Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• The Federal Government Just Outlawed LGBTQ Discrimination in Credit
• FBI trying to build legal cases against Russian hackers: sources

Bad News

• Missouri Republicans vote to override veto of gun bill The law goes into effect in 30 days. You have until then to get out of Missouri. It will be a very dangerous place.
• California high school football hazing scandal may widen

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• ACC to relocate athletic championships from North Carolina
• SoCon suggests it may move hoops from North Carolina
• Court denies Virginia GOP's challenge on felon voting rights
• Serbian transgender army veteran celebrates new beginnings
• Man sentenced in $31 million mortgage scam conspiracy case
• McCartney, Starr reunite on blue carpet for Beatles documentary

Bad News

• Transgender patients face fear and stigma in the doctor's office

Animal headline of the day

Catfish falls out of the sky, slaps woman in the face

Today's news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Chelsea Manning ends hunger strike, Army agrees to treatment: ACLU
• Thai junta to end trial of civilians by military courts But royal defamation is still a crime there.
• Facebook, Twitter join network to tackle fake news

Bad News

• Indian girls attacked with acid days after landmark death sentence verdict

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Push to Stop Brock Turner Launching Speaking Tour on ‘Drinking and Promiscuity’ Gains Traction It's good that people are protesting his speaking tour. Drinking does not cause rape. The victims do not cause rape. Rapists cause rape.
• California farmworker overtime bill signed by Jerry Brown
• US says it destroyed IS chemical threat in Iraq

Bad News

• U.S. Supreme Court leaves Ohio voting restrictions in place
• The Burning of a Muslim Woman on Fifth Avenue

Plat du jour

Today's news round-up

Good News

• North Carolina to lose college championships over transgender law
• Instagram lets users filter offensive comments
• Ohio University removing Ailes' name, returning gift

Bad News

• Study details sugar industry attempt to shape science
• Official: Circumstances suggest hate crime in mosque fire

My 22nd Walmart warning

2 injured, 1 suspect killed outside Kansas Wal-Mart Walmarts are dangerous. Stay away.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Appeals Court blocks Kansas, Alabama, Georgia on voter ID rule

I'm Not Sure How I Feel About This

• Real-Time Election Day Projections May Upend News Tradition It's interesting to say the least. I tend to think it will have little effect on the presidential election, but I wonder about the down-ballot races.

Bad News

• Report: Benchmark led to special education services denials
• IS-claimed bombings near Baghdad mall kill at least 13 people
• Boko Haram blamed after road attack in NE Nigeria

Plat du jour

If they went to Connecticut why do they still have Virginia plates?

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Lafayette [Indiana] adds transgender antidiscrimination protections
• Seattle Children's to open Gender Clinic in October
• Appeals court blocks proof-of-citizenship voting requirement

Bad News

• Some police departments shelve body cameras, cite data costs