Fourth graders can obtain pass that grants free access to federal lands and waters nationwide for them and their family WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. As part of President Obama’s commitment to protect our nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them,[Read More…]
Day: September 1, 2016
Iraq: More Than Two-Thirds of Those Killed in August Civilians, Reports UN Mission
In Iraq, a UNICEF child protection staff member speaks to children who are staying in the Amiriyat Al Fallujah IDP camp in the province of Anbar that has been established for internally displaced persons fleeing conflict in Fallujah. Photo: UNICEF/Overtoun Mgemezulu IRAQ–(ENEWSPF)–1 September 2016 – Civilians continue to disproportionately bear[Read More…]
New Research Shows Impact on Women When Politicians Impose Outdated Medical Protocols on Abortion
New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. A new study published in PLOS Medicine from researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Planned Parenthood reveals the significant obstacles and increased medical treatments that Ohio women experienced when health care providers were forced to use outdated FDA protocols[Read More…]
SEIU’s Rocio Saenz on Donald Trump’s Immigration Policy Speech: Trump Obsessed With ‘Us’ vs. ‘Them’ Bigotry
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. In response to Donald Trump’s immigration policy speech in Arizona, SEIU Executive Vice President Rocio Saenz issued the following statement: “This speech changed nothing for Donald Trump. What we heard tonight was nothing new. Just more of the same hateful and divisive speech aimed at creating an ‘Us’ vs ‘Them’ divide in our country. We heard it[Read More…]
The Reviews Are In: Trump Doubles Down on Anti-Immigrant Policies
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Delivering his darkest speech yet, last night Donald Trump confirmed what we knew all along: there’s no new Trump, no pivot and no “softening.” He will continue his divisive campaign, spewing hateful rhetoric and pledging to forcibly deport every undocumented immigrant from our country. He described[Read More…]
NASA Sees Hurricane Lester Move into Central Pacific Ocean Basin
HAWAII–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Hurricane Lester continues to march to the west and NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite saw the storm as it was crossing from the Eastern Pacific to the Central Pacific Ocean and triggered new hurricane watches for Hawaii. On Aug. 31 at 6:50 p.m. EDT (22:50 UTC) the VIIRS[Read More…]
NASA’s GPM Sees Increasingly Organized Tropical Storm Hermine — Formerly Tropical Depression 09 Atlantic Ocean (Video)
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission known as GPM found intense storms in Tropical Storm Hermine as it continued to strengthen and organize in the Gulf of Mexico. On Sept. 1 there are many warnings and watches posted along the Florida coast as Hermine is forecast to track[Read More…]
NOAA Grants to Aid Marine Mammal Rescue and Stranding Programs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Today, NOAA Fisheries awarded nearly $3 million in grants to support the conservation and recovery of protected marine species through stranding response and marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation. Through the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, NOAA awarded 32 grants to nonprofit organizations,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Unprecedented TV Filming Underway And More Than $1 Billion Generated By Surge In Film Production Over Last Five Years
With a record 8 shows filming this fall season and $1.3 billion generated by film and commercial production since 2011, Chicago’s status as a preferred destination for filming continues to bolster neighborhoods and local economy CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was joined yesterday by award-winning producer Dick Wolf, NBCUniversal[Read More…]
Owner of Homewood Telemarketing Company Convicted of Taking Illegal Kickbacks for Referring Patients to Home Health Agencies
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2016. A federal jury has convicted the head of a Homewood telemarketing company of pocketing illegal kickbacks in exchange for referring patients to home health care agencies. As the owner of Serenity Marketing Inc., which did business as Serenity Living, SUNDAE WILLIAMS used unsolicited phone calls[Read More…]