Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• U.S.-backed alliance advances against Islamist groups in Syria's north: spokesman
• Iraq forces extend Ramadi control, rescue civilians
• U.S. reports 24 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq

Bad News

• Erdogan cites Hitler's Germany to defend presidency plans I'm sure this will go over really well in the EU countries the Nazis attacked. NOT.
• Baga is a ghost town one year after Boko Haram massacre

Animal headline of the day

Sheep takes offense at its own reflection in owner's car door

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Trans Veterans Will Now Get Better Health Care Thanks to This Arizona Clinic
• Court blocks Utah governor from stopping Planned Parenthood funds
• Federal judge blocks Arkansas abortion law for 2 weeks
• Obama may expand background checks on gun sales: news reports
• US: ISIS Figure Linked to Paris Attacks Killed
• Bill Cosby Charged With a Felony for Sexual Assault
• Belgium, Netherlands to exchange territory _ without a fight
• ‘Star Trek’ 50th Anniversary To Be Commemorated With New U.S. Postal Stamps
• New York Man Arrested on Suspicion of Plotting New Year's Eve Bar Attack for ISIS
• Life sentences for London attack plot couple
• US-led strikes in Syria, Iraq hit IS 'middle-management'

Bad News

• Female WWII pilots barred from Arlington National Cemetery
• Egyptian officials raid art gallery, publishing house
• IS restaurant bombings kill 16 in northern Syrian city
• IS claims deadly shooting in Russia's Caucasus

Animal headline of the day

Attack owl returns in Oregon, targeting government workers

Yesterday's news round-up. Part 2

Good News

• Your Employer Can't Stop You From Recording Conversations At Work
• TSA increases screening of airport and airline employees
• Ethiopia Soars Toward Gender Equality With Its First All-Female Flight Crew
• Nigerian army repels Boko Haram attack near state capital: witnesses

Bad News

• This Photo Collage Earned a Burmese Activist Six Months in Prison
• 110 journalists killed in 2015, most in 'peaceful' countries: RSF

Yesterday's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Judge stops Missouri from revoking abortion license
• New York is finally installing its promised public gigabit Wi-Fi
• Texas 'affluenza' teen taken into custody, official says
• U.S., allies conduct 37 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military

Bad News

• Database of 191 million U.S. voters exposed on Internet: researcher
• Federal judge: Drinking tea, shopping at a gardening store is probable cause for a SWAT raid on your home
• Court affirms Minnesota man's conviction in assisted suicide
• At least 48 killed in bombings in north Nigeria
• Bombs in Syria's Homs kill 32, wound 90: monitoring group

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Egypt to try policeman for vet's death in custody Egypt may be doing better in clamping down on police brutality than the U.S.
• Fall of Ramadi flashpoint hands Iraq forces landmark victory
• U.S., allies conduct 33 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military

Bad News

• Since September, There Have Been 14 Assaults in Dallas' Gay Neighborhood
• Dangerous helicopter bird strikes on the rise, FAA warns

Micro movie review

The Big Short: The story of the housing and credit bubble of the mid-2000s, and some fairly weird guys who realized what was happening and profited greatly from it. The film is quirky and confusing even if you know something about finance. Though it tries to explain things, sometimes quite humorously, if you don't know much about finance I think you'd be totally confused.