Today's news round-up

Good News

• US Army gives combat medics new type of tourniquet
• 'Bea Arthur' LGBT Homeless Shelter Slated for Completion in Feb. 2017
• We will rock you: ​Asteroid named after late singer Freddie Mercury

Bad News

• Video shows vandals destroying popular Oregon rock formation
• 40 killed in wave of bombings targeting government-allied parts of Syria

Today's news round-up

Bad News

• When tech firms judge on skills alone, women land more job interviews
• Apologetic Hacker? Not if You Peek at His Emails I hope he gets a lot more time in  jail because of this. He's horrible.
• 4 Chad troops killed by 'Boko Haram mine'
• US fears over IS group's SE Asia expansion

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• More than 100 celebrities pledge to work against Trump
• At least 105 Russian athletes banned so far, The Latest: 22 Russian rowers rejected for Olympics
• US Army special forces accepts first female candidates
• Feds: Senate cafeteria workers will get $1 million back pay
• Texas attorney general took gift while investigating company It's good they have found something else bad that this jerk did.
• Bangladesh police kill nine suspected Islamists in Dhaka raid

Bad News

• Anti-abortion duo behind Planned Parenthood videos cleared Only on a technicality. I wonder if a new grand jury could hand up a valid indictment--but I doubt the DA would ever present that case to another grand jury.
• Georgia appeals court says 'upskirting' not against the law I think the dissent's reasoning is correct, though they should make the law more explicit.
• Islamic State group claims attack that killed priest of 85
• Suicide bombing north of Baghdad kills 16, Islamic State claims attack

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Austin police probe officer's throwing black woman to ground
• Nevada ending discrimination of prison inmates with HIV
• US acts to block two mega-mergers in health insurance
• Papa John's Worker Fired After Writing N-Word on Delivery Receipt
• Celeb hacker who stole nude images gets six months in prison
• Ventilation to Be Required in All New York Nail Salons

Bad News

• Fashion brand Zara accused of copying LA artist's designs

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• New Hampshire: Governor bans discrimination against transgender government workers
• Mississippi: U.S. judge blocks law allowing religion as reason to deny service to LGBT people
• California tightens gun control laws, expands assault weapons ban
• More Upheaval on Donald Trump’s Team as Two Staff Members Resign
• Hacker Pleads Guilty To Stealing Info From L.A. Celebrities

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Ban on transgender troops to be lifted July 1
• Black leaders emerge as powerful allies in LGBT fight in U.S. South
• Hawaii becomes first U.S. state to place gun owners on FBI database
• Sanders will vote for Clinton to stop Trump
• U.S. charges Filipino man with hacking accounts of celebrities
• Exclusive: Google, Facebook quietly move toward automatic blocking of extremist videos

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Laverne Cox: Counting LGBT People Is ‘a Matter of Life and Death’
• California attorney general slams sentence in Stanford sex assault case
• Stepgrandmother of baby killed by dog gets 3 years in prison
• Court: No right to carry concealed weapons in public
• Ireland’s Abortion Law Violated Woman’s Human Rights, UN Panel Finds
• IS militants retreat from Libya bastion as militias advance

Bad News

• Ex-Stanford swimmer expected to leave jail 3 months early
• UN plan to end AIDS by 2030 faces Russian resistance
• ISIS claims deadly suicide bombings in Baghdad area

Today's news round-up

Good News

• China panel hears first transgender discrimination case
• US, Goldman Sachs reach $5B settlement over risky mortgages
• New York State Corrections Dept. Takes On Guards’ Union Over Brutality
• Gloria Steinem to produce, host TV series   

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Springsteen cancels show because of North Carolina law
• Conventions pulling out of Charlotte, citing House Bill 2
• State backs off plan to single-out doctor who successfully sued to help sick kids

Bad News

• Facebook provides a home for illegal arms sales in Libya
• Gay slur aimed at hairdresser 'not homophobic' - French ruling I get the feeling the tribunal was homophobic.
• U.S. judge in Boston ordered Apple to help law enforcement examine iPhone

Today's news round-up

Good News

• At GLAAD Media Awards, Hollywood vows to continue fight against anti-LGBT laws
• Right-to-die group comes up with new, cheaper medication
• Iraqi forces take northern edge of IS-held town
• U.S. says it killed ISIS militant who killed Marine in Iraq

Bad News

• Top Female Players Accuse U.S. Soccer of Wage Discrimination

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Robert De Niro Pulls Anti-Vaccine Documentary From Tribeca Film Festival There's no place for junk science in a reputable film festival.
• Salt Lake City Lyft Driver Fired Over Anti-Muslim Comments

Bad News

• New York's stringent paperless-prescribing law takes effect This is really bad for the patients. It gives them, I should say us, no opportunity to shop around for a better price. Even worse is when the pharmacy you specify is out of stock. I don't know what you'd do. And I have heard that doctors can only prescribe via specific computers--which they will not have access to if they are out of the office. 
• Pakistan suicide attack kills 65 celebrating Easter in Lahore
• Suicide bombers kill three soldiers in attack on Iraq base
• Turkish soldier killed in Iraq by IS rockets fired at base

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Guilty plea in nude photo hack reveals 'phishing' scam
• Ohio prosecutor in Tamir Rice shooting case loses re-election bid
• French historians unveil WWII secret services' archives
• New York details major ferry expansion for 2017
• For New York hospital's patients, miniature horses are a strong Rx

Bad News

• Instagram to ditch chronological user feed for 'interest' based one I've never gotten an Instagram account, but this is just one more reason not to.
• Cyber criminals snap up expired domains to serve malicious ads
• Agency told to 'stand down' in assault inquiry

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• ‘I Am Cait’ Renewed For Season 2 By E!
• New Mexico secretary of state resigns, enters guilty plea Another Republican in trouble.
• New Jersey Senate Overrides Christie’s Veto of Gun Control Bill
• FCC caps "egregious rates" charged on inmate phone calls
• Verizon follows AT&T, asks FCC to let it enable Wi-Fi calling This would be great for me. The cellular reception in the rear of my apartment where my office (and wi-fi) is is pretty weak.
• New York Philharmonic Discusses Temporary Home at Hunter College This also would be great for me. It's an easy trip from where I live.

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Spotify search warrant helps nab alleged child abductors
• Turkey arrests 21 suspected IS members in major operation
• Iraq's Shi'ite militias target Falluja in Anbar campaign
• Kentucky Gov. Beshear: Issue marriage licenses or resign
• Perfumania, Maker Of Donald Trump Fragrances, Cuts Ties With Mogul
• Canadian teenager sentenced to 16 months in jail for online harassment, bomb threats
• Jury to 50 Cent: Pay $5M to woman who sued over sex tape

Bad News

• Health Law’s Contraceptive Rule Eased for Businesses With Religious Objections

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Israeli man gets 14 months for stealing Madonna's songs
• South Carolina's Confederate flag will be removed Friday
• Same-sex couples to get federal marriage benefits: attorney general
• Celebrity chefs pull out of Trump's Washington DC hotel
• U.S. FAA to change navigation codes named after Trump

Bad News

• Two suicide bombers kill around 30 in northern Nigeria

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Donald Trump Immigration Stance Costs Him ESPN’s ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic
• PGA Grand Slam to move from Trump Course in Los Angeles
• New York to Hold Parade for U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
• Court upholds ban on contractor political contributions
• Public finally gets pathway to 'Billionaires' Beach'
• Time Warner Cable owes $229,500 to woman it would not stop calling
• West Virginia DMV changes photo policy after transgender women threaten lawsuit I met Kitzmiller at TLDEF's annual fundraising event last month. She really likes to talk.

Bad News

• Nigeria suicide blast 'kills 25' in Zaria
• Kenya protesters warn Obama not to bring up gay rights in visit
• Islamic State takes ground from Syrian Kurds after air strikes

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Justices uphold Arizona's system for redistricting
• Louisiana issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples
• NBC severing business relationship with Donald Trump
• John Oliver To Media: Transgender Medical Choices “None Of Your F*cking Business”
• Pine Bush School District Agrees to Pay $4.48 Million to Settle Anti-Semitism Suit
• Mozambique scraps colonial-era homosexuality ban
• Colorado's high court blocks school voucher program
• Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Clinics to Remain Open
• Ninth Circuit Panel Revives Transgender Inmate’s Bid for Surgery

Bad News

• Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan to retire after next season
• Texas attorney general calls court's gay marriage decision 'a lawless ruling'
• Hounded and out of work, gay Ukrainians flee rebel east

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Dutch campaigners fly abortion pills into Poland
• No guns on post office property, says U.S. appeals court

Bad News

• Joni Mitchell loses speech after aneurysm: Crosby
• Activists: IS fighters kill 200 civilians in Syrian town
• Nigerian court sentences nine to death for blasphemy
• Hate crimes shake Brazil's religious melting pot

Today's news round-up

Good News

• 'Transparent' Is “Built With Trans People Participating”, Says Associate Producer Zackary Drucker
• NBC Distances Itself From Donald Trump In Wake Of Univision Pageant Pullout
• U.S. allies target Islamic State with 28 air strikes in Syria, Iraq
• Feds Order Federal Employee Health Plans To Cover Transgender Health Services
• California Judge Throws Out Ballot Initiative Calling For Execution Of Gay People

Bad News

• Tunisia, France, Kuwait Attacks Follow ISIS Call for Ramadan 'Month of Disaster'
• Thailand junta cancels human rights report launch on Vietnam

Recent news round-up

Good News

• U.S., allies conduct 35 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
• Turkey, US to provide air protection to Syrian rebels
• In Rhode Island, residents gush about paid family leave

Bad News

• Actress Anne Meara, wife of Jerry Stiller, dies
• Boko Haram hacks 10 to death in NE Nigeria: local official
• IS executes 16 traders on Iraqi road
• Russia plans to use prison labor for 2018 World Cup