More than 6,500 samples from surfaces, air, water reveal fast-changing microbiome The Hospital Microbiome Project seeks to understand how to encourage beneficial microbial interactions and decrease potentially harmful contact. Photo by: Michael Satalic CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017 By: John Easton A 12-month study mapping bacterial diversity within a hospital—with a focus[Read More…]
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South Suburban College to Host MakerGirl Class on July 3
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2017. MakerGirl is a non-profit start-up founded by students at the University of Illinois in Champaign. They inspire elementary girls to be active in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) through 3D printing sessions. Women are underrepresented in STEAM and girls tend to[Read More…]
Quad Cities Real Estate Developer Pleads Guilty to Investment Wire Fraud Scheme
Rock Island, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Rock Island, Ill., businessman, Todd B. Raufeisen, waived indictment and pled guilty to an information that charged him with defrauding investors in his land development and management projects of approximately $1.7 million. Raufeisen, 56, entered his guilty pleas to one count each of wire fraud and[Read More…]
South Suburban College Offering Free Highway Construction Careers Training Program
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –-(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. South Suburban College will be offering a Free Highway Construction Careers Training Program this summer at their Oak Forest Campus. Orientation and Assessment Testing will be June 20-22 at the Oak Forest Center, with the program set to begin on July 17, 2017. The[Read More…]
Above-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season is Most Likely This Year
‘Weak or non-existent’ El Nino is a factor Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center say the Atlantic could see another above-normal hurricane season this year. For the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30, forecasters predict a 45 percent chance of[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Column Shows State Losses Under Medicaid Per Capita Cap Scenarios
The Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, August 2015. AP/Andrew Harnik Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. As the Senate considers vast cuts to the Medicaid program under the House passed American Health Care Act (AHCA), a new column from the Center for American Progress assesses how states would have been affected by caps[Read More…]
Counter-ISIS Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq, May 26, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 30 strikes consisting of 88 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]
House Approves Bill to Eliminate Clean Water Act Pesticide Protections
H.R. 953 Eliminates Public Right to Know When Pesticides Sprayed Directly Into Water WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation yesterday that would eliminate critical Clean Water Act safeguards, allowing more pesticides to be sprayed directly into streams, lakes, rivers and drinking water supplies. If enacted into[Read More…]
ACLU Sues to Expose Treatment of Hunger Strikers in ICE Detention
Reports of Hunger Strikers Being Force-Fed and Shunted Into Solitary Confinement Raise Serious Concerns WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to expose the treatment of hunger strikers in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities.[Read More…]
Crete Public Library to Host Dave DiNaso’s Traveling World of Reptiles on Thursday, June 15
Crete, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. The Crete Public Library, 1177 North Main Street, will host Dave DiNaso’s Traveling World of Reptiles on Thursday, June 15 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Reptiles may be the most feared and misunderstood creatures on Earth. Many of their species are facing extinction. The[Read More…]
