Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• California requires single-stall public bathrooms to be open to all
• California Expands Equal Pay Law To Include Protections For Race And Ethnicity
• Waynesboro man convicted in same-sex kidnap case
• Norman Rockwell Museum has has received a $1.5 million grant from the George Lucas Family Foundation
• France 'conducts operations against IS'

Bad News

• Singapore rebel teen jailed for anti-religion posts
• Myanmar man jailed for calling president 'crazy' on Facebook

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• California toughens sex assault laws after Stanford case
• U.S. to Bar Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Contracts Compulsory arbitration, especially between economic unequal parties, should be illegal.
• Court Overturns New Hampshire Ban on Selfies (and Snapchat) in Voting Booths
• Alabama Chief Justice suspended over gay marriage stance He was suspended without pay for the remainder of his term. I'd say he was fired.
• Van Gogh paintings stolen from Amsterdam found in Italy

Bad News

• This terrible editorial is a monument to Silicon Valley’s sexism

Living with coyotes XXXVIII

Rhode Island: Neighborhood coyote won't be euthanized after public outcry

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Judge orders Georgia to release database records on voter registration
• California governor signs bill dumping rape-reporting limit
• Ethics panel rebukes W.Va. Rep. McKinley over business name
• After 170 years, remains of US troops return from Mexico

Bad News

• Halifax trans football player says 'media attention' a reason for McDonald's firing
  

Living with moose XIX

Norway: Lawnmower vs. Apple Thieving Moose

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Appeals court: Ohio elections chief wrongly purged voters
• Hasidic Man Found Guilty of Gang Assault in Beating of Black Student in Brooklyn
• Hacker who aided IS sentenced to 20 years in US prison
• Mom who swore at meeting not guilty of disorderly conduct

Bad News

• Uganda: Police stop gay pride parade deemed illegal
• Eighteen killed in Islamic State attack north of Iraq's Tikrit