WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2015. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), John McCain (R-AZ), Rob Portman (R-OH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) today urged Secretary of State John Kerry to immediately tighten international sanctions against Russia[Read More…]
Day: February 20, 2015
MLB, MLBPA Announce Pace of Game Initiatives, Replay Modifications
Rule will require players to keep a foot in the batter’s box; Timers will track breaks during non-game action only; Managers may invoke replay from dugout NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2015. Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr., Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark and Atlanta Braves President John[Read More…]
UN Rights Experts Describe ‘Unconscionable’ Suffering of Syrians in Four-year Conflict
A young boy sits in front of a destroyed building in Homs, Syria. Photo: WFP/Abeer Etefa GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 February 2015 – Four United Nations human rights experts briefed the Security Council today on a new report into human rights and humanitarian law violations in Syria since the uprising in the country[Read More…]
Libya: UN Condemns Latest ‘Cowardly’ Terror Attack, Urges Political Unity
An estimated 400,000 people are displaced across Libya, including this man at a site near the capital, Tripoli. Photo: UNHCR/L. Dobbs LIBYA–(ENEWSPF)–20 February 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has strongly deplored a string of suicide car bombings that struck the eastern city of Al-Qubbah in[Read More…]
Representatives Polis and Blumenauer Introduce Bills to End the Federal Prohibition and Tax Marijuana
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2015. Today, Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced two bills that together would legalize and tax marijuana at the federal level. Representative Polis’s legislation, H.R. 1013, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, removes marijuana from the schedule set by the Controlled Substances Act; transitions marijuana[Read More…]
New Survey Data from Planned Parenthood Shows Parents Need More Information About the HPV Vaccine
Forty Percent of Parents Surveyed Don’t Know the HPV Vaccine Can Prevent Cancer New York, NY —(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2015. Planned Parenthood has released new data on parents’ understanding of HPV and the HPV vaccine, showing that parents need more information about the vaccine and why it is important to vaccinate[Read More…]
NASA, ESA Telescopes Give Shape to Furious Black Hole Winds
Supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies blast out radiation and ultra-fast winds, as illustrated in this artist’s conception. NASA’s NuSTAR and ESA’s XMM-Newton telescopes show that these winds, containing highly ionized atoms, blow in a nearly spherical fashion. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2015. NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, Feb. 20, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2015. Retirees Visit More than 120 Members of Congress with Retirement Security Message Members of the Alliance visited over 120 Members of Congress and staff in their home states this week during the Presidents Day recess. “Under the new 114th Congress, retirees issues are once again under[Read More…]
Senator Wyden: Oil Train Accidents Raise Red Flags about Safety of New Rail Cars
Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2015. Recent oil train accidents raise serious concerns about newer rail cars that carry crude oil in Oregon and across the country, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said today. Wyden urged the administration to take into account a series of accidents involving new cars as it finalizes[Read More…]
DePaul University Opera Theatre Presents Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’
The DePaul University Opera Theatre will present Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at the historic Merle Reskin Theatre, located at 60 E Balbo Drive. The opera premiers March 13 and offers a second and final performance March 15. (Image provided by the School of Music) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2015. The DePaul University[Read More…]
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