Graduating students listen to a commencement speech on June 3, 2016, in New York. Source: AP/Bebeto Matthews Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. African American and Latino students are dramatically underrepresented at the nation’s most selective public research universities, and as many as 193,000 black and Latino students would have enrolled at those[Read More…]
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New CDC Study Shows Changes in Breast Cancer Death Rates by Age Group
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. Breast cancer death rates among women decreased during 2010-2014, but racial differences persisted, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The findings show changes for death rates from breast cancer by age[Read More…]
Contaminated Devices Putting Open-Heart Surgery Patients at Risk
CDC encourages hospitals to take action, advises patients to seek care if ill Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning healthcare providers and patients about the potential risk of infection from certain devices used during open heart (open-chest) surgery. Patients who have had[Read More…]
ACLU Takes Legal Action to Protect Rights of Minnesota Transgender Student
St. Paul, MINN. —(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and the ACLU filed a motion yesterday to intervene on behalf of a transgender student in a lawsuit that seeks to bar trans students from using locker rooms consistent with the student’s gender identity. The transgender girl, identified as[Read More…]
Governor Rauner Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. Governor Rauner yesterday joined Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. He highlighted the importance of the Hispanic community in Illinois. “We are very blessed here in Illinois because we have one of the largest, most vibrant, most dynamic Hispanic communities in the country[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Harnessing the Possibilities of Science, Technology, and Innovation
President Obama Hosts Frontiers Conference, Focusing on the Potential of Science, Technology, and Innovation to Drive Prosperity and Address Challenges in Personal, Local, National, Global, and Interplanetary Frontiers for the Next 50 Years and Beyond President Barack Obama looks at the moon through a telescope while talking with student Agatha[Read More…]
Toxic Chemicals Found in Kids’ Makeup Products – What Will You Shop for This Halloween?
New report shows you should be worried about more than just checking your children’s Halloween candy this year Chicago -(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. Findings from the new Breast Cancer Fund report published today and co-released by Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) show potentially harmful chemicals could be in the products[Read More…]
So Far, So Good: What We Know About Marijuana Legalization in Colorado, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and Washington D.C.
New Report Finds Massive Drop in Marijuana Arrests, No Increase in Youth Marijuana Use, No Increase in Traffic Fatalities, and Major Fiscal Benefits in States With Legalized Marijuana; Tens of Thousands of People Spared from Harmful Marijuana Arrests and Collateral Consequences; $552 Million in Tax Revenue Raised in Colorado, Washington and[Read More…]
Reigning NBA Champ LeBron James’ Slam Dunk Response to a ‘Locker Room Banter’ Question (Video)
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016 By Jen Hayden LeBron James talks about “locker room banter” Athletes far and wide have spoken out to rebuke Donald Trump for saying his lewd comments that he described as nothing more than “locker room banter.” So what does the biggest star in the NBA have to[Read More…]
Leading GOP Woman Resigns over Trump Saying She Cannot ‘Look at Myself in the Mirror Each Morning’
IOWA–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016 By Jen Hayden One less Republican woman on the Trump Train Melissa Gesing has had enough of her party’s nominee Donald Trump. In a public announcement on Twitter and her Mel’s Musings blog, she says she is resigning her position as the president of the Iowa Federation of Republican Women. Gesing[Read More…]
