Recent news round-up

Good News

• Judge rejects strict limits on nurse who treated Ebola patients
• Girl, 7, Barred From a Connecticut School Over Ebola Concerns Goes Back to Class
• Pirate Bay co-founder sentenced to 42 months in jail in Denmark
• Estonian man faces cyber scam charges in US
• NYC Police Unions Can’t Intervene in Stop-and-Frisk Cases, Appeals Panel Rules
• Hungary internet tax cancelled after mass protests
• Apple CEO publicly acknowledges that he's gay

Bad News

• Boko Haram says kidnapped schoolgirls 'married off'

Living with moose IX

Alaska mayor vetoes law aimed at protecting moose

New York: Moose spotted by shopping center

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Orson Welles' last film may finally be released
• Ky. man who posted song lyrics won't face charges
• Islamic State conflict: Kurdish fighters arrive in Turkey
• Arizona sheriff ordered to undergo training to stop racial profiling
• Jail for Ivory Coast dad who tried to marry off 11-year-old daughter
• Ohio trooper pleads guilty to civil rights charges

Animal headline of the day

X-ray shows sick tortoise swallowed turtle pendant

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Connecticut father sues after Ebola fears keep daughter from school It's good that he's suing.
• Peshmerga fighters head to Turkey
• Minister Defrocked for Officiating at Gay Son`s Wedding Officially Reinstated

Bad News

• North Dakota court bans use of drug in abortions
• Army unlawfully discriminated against transgender employee, report finds Of course it's good that the army is doing something about it.

Plat du jour--guest submission

Found by Joanne.

Recent news round-up

Good News

• More U.S. air strikes target Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq
• Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria's Kobane
• US to recognize gay marriage in another six states
• Afghan cleric jailed for raping 11-year-old girl

Bad News

• Thirty adolescents abducted in northeast Nigeria: local chief
• Egyptian court jails 23 activists for violating protest law
• Judge rules Oklahoma abortion law can take effect
• ISIS Urging 'Lone Wolves' to Launch Attacks
• Iran re-arrests leading human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
• NYC Judge Presiding Over ‘Silk Road’ Case Receiving Online Death Threats