Today's news round-up

Good News

• Judge rules Atlanta Botanical Garden may ban guns

Bad News

• Ex-Stanford swimmer leaves jail after serving half his term
• Maine Senate leaders will not seek special session to chide LePage

Living with bears XLVIII

Bears swim, rummage through garbage while roaming LA suburb

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Hispanic backers move away from Trump after immigration speech I didn't realize he had any Hispanic backers.
• Northeast Florida voters kick controversial State Attorney Angela Corey out of office, One Of The Most Reviled Prosecutors In Florida Just Got Kicked Out Of Office
• Settlements totaling $12M-plus reached in minimum wage cases
• Romanian hacker 'Guccifer' sentenced to 52 months in U.S. prison

Bad News

• White nationalists use Twitter with ‘relative impunity': report

Animal headline of the day

Pennsylvania firefighters battle bees while chasing loose alligator

Today's news round-up

Good News

• U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid to reinstate North Carolina voting limits
• Insurers Can Make Obamacare Work, But They Need Help From Congress
• Georgia grand jury charges white ex-policeman with murdering black man

Bad News

• Maine governor says will not resign, to seek spiritual advice Spiritual advice? He needs anger management advice. And why should his wife and children need advice?
• Study: Ohio's abortion pill law led to worse health outcomes
• NYPD might not say if officer in chokehold death is punished
• Son had 36 bruises. Mom quoted the Bible as defense.

Animal headline of the day

With help from goat, wily Clydesdale goes on lam for 5 days

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Virginia Woman Blasts Drone 'to Smithereens' with Shotgun I consider this to be a form of self-defense. Flying at a low altitude near a residence without permission is an invasion of privacy.

Bad News

• Christian woman told to remove headscarf for license: ACLU lawsuit
• India's Tourism Minister to Women: Don't Wear Skirts Here

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• N.Y. high court broadens definition of parent in landmark ruling I'm proud to say that I am on the board of directors of one of the organizations that participated in this this victory.
• Five Chicago officers face firing over slaying of black teen
• Obama cuts short the sentences of 111 federal inmates
• Wisconsin Sen. Johnson has another awkward campaign moment
• 'Principal architect' of IS attacks on West killed in Syria

Bad News

• Phoenix sheriff wins primary after toughest campaign yet
• North Carolina Republicans Accused of Dodging Order to Fix Election Rules
• Judge won't review sex case in which athlete got probation
• Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Iraqi wedding

Animal headline of the day

Pregnant Chihuahua Poses for Maternity Photo Shoot After Rescue From Hoarder Home

Today's news round-up

Good News

• This Pro Bono Clinic Guides Transgender People Through Legal Bureaucracy
• City supports LGBT newspaper after explosion destroys box
• Boston police rolling out body-worn cameras
• Libyan forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte

Bad News

• California legal setback fails to discourage tenure opponents
• Visitor misbehavior abounds as US parks agency turns 100

Micro movie review

Florence Foster Jenkins: It's a comedy! It's a love story! It's both! The best performance by Hugh Grant I've ever seen. Otherwise, nothing special. (I'll never look at potato salad the same way again.)