Day: July 10, 2017

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Mayor Emanuel and Amazon Open Company’s Chicago Office

Growing Office in the Loop is Currently Home to More Than 200 Employees CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Amazon to open the company’s new corporate office in Chicago. Located in the Loop, the office is home to more than 200 employees today and is growing. The company[Read More…]

physical activity

NIH-Funded Team Uses Smartphone Data in Global Study of Physical Activity

Large-scale study reveals targets for obesity prevention, wisdom of walkable communities. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. Using a larger dataset than for any previous human movement study, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, have tracked physical activity by population for more than 100 countries. Their[Read More…]

Operation Inherent Resolve

U.S., Coalition Continue Strikes to Defeat ISIS, July 10, 2017

SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 22 strikes consisting of 59 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…]

HB40

Illinois Handmaids to Deliver Timely HB 40 Message to Governor Rauner on Thursday, July 13

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2017. The Handmaids are coming to the Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph Street in downtown Chicago on Thursday, July 13, at 12 p.m. to tell Governor Rauner he must sign HB40. We want to deliver an important statement to him: We are standing up for reproductive rights for[Read More…]

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New Drug Policy Alliance Report: It’s Time for the U.S. to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession

Supporters of Decriminalization Include the United Nations, World Health Organization, International Red Cross, Organization of American States, NAACP, National Latino Congreso, and American Public Health Association; Defying Retrograde Federal Administration, U.S. States & Localities Are Taking Lead Unraveling Drug War and Implementing Health-Based Drug Policies Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2017. An[Read More…]

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