Today's news round-up

Good News

• Biden: No question transgender people can serve in military
• Pledging to Fight Injustices, Hillary Clinton Focuses on Transgender Rights in Speech

Bad News

• After Passing Strict Voter ID Laws, One State Shuts Down 31 DMVs That Issue Licenses
• 24 killed in Baghdad suicide attack claimed by IS

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Notorious patent troll dealt fatal blow as Judge throws out 168 cases
• Android fans have yet another reason to cheer Motorola
• Islamic State targeted in 28 air strikes by U.S., allies: statement

Bad News

• Boko Haram suspected after Abuja suburbs hit by blasts
• Suicide bombers kill 10 people in Borno state in Nigeria

Whoever put giant googly eyes in this tree – take the rest of the day off.

Source: The Poke

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Missouri Finds Planned Parenthood Didn’t Mishandle Fetal Tissue
• 2 constables convicted in woman's arrest over unpaid ticket
• Oklahoma panel orders removal of Ten Commandments monument
• Virginia teacher who used 'N-word' allowed back in classroom
• Farmworkers Finally Get Safety Regs Every Other Industry Has Had for Decades
• US sends search-and-rescue aircraft, crew to Turkey
• FBI arrests 10 Puerto Rico police in corruption crackdown
• U.S. sanctions Islamic State supporters, targets finances
• Coalition fighting Islamic State launch 17 airstrikes in Syria, Iraq

Semi-Good, Semi-Bad News

• Idaho woman gets 1½ year term for California egg donor fraud She should have gotten a lot more than 1½ years.

Bad News

• Homophobic mobs attack LGBT people in Kenya with impunity: report
• Islamic State group says it guns down Italian in Bangladesh
• Study finds increase in foreign fighters heading for Syria, Iraq

Micro movie review

Pawn Sacrifice: The story of  Bobby Fischer from his rise as a chess prodigy in Brooklyn to his Cold War era challenge of the Soviet champion, to his descent to mental illness. It's a gripping story, very well-acted.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• U.S., allies conduct 23 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: U.S. military
• France carries out airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State

Bad News

• Record number of guns found in U.S. airport searches: TSA
• IS shuts playgrounds in east Syria city: monitor
• 'IS fighters' attack Afghan police posts: officials
• Nine dead in suspected Boko Haram attack in NE Nigeria: police