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

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

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Czech court frees Russian artist facing extradition, may seek asylum Russia is not a democracy.
• County to pay $4 million in sheriff's racial profiling case
• Affidavit allowed for North Dakota voters lacking ID

Bad News

• Lawsuit: Transgender inmate raped at New Orleans' new jail
• Judge dismisses challenge to N. Carolina gay-marriage law

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Serbian police cordon off central Belgrade to protect pride march
• Spotify adds third gender to registration forms for non-binary users
• Museum in New York acquires Billie Jean King archive

Bad News

• Trans Woman Murdered in Baltimore Is 21st This Year, Nearing 2015's Total
• A Trump Empire Built on Inside Connections and $885 Million in Tax Breaks
• Some Republicans Acknowledge Leveraging Voter ID Laws for Political Gain

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Bolivia's transgender citizens celebrate new ID cards
• King of Norway’s incredible speech on gay rights goes viral
• New York City’s Firefighting Arsenal Will Soon Include Drones

Bad News

• Texas wedding venue places ad telling same-sex couples they’re not welcome
• Tanzania threatens to ban groups supporting gay rights

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Judge orders state not to block Planned Parenthood funding
• Turkey court acquits famed pianist of blasphemy charges Blasphemy should not be a crime.
• Female WWII pilot has finally been laid to rest at Arlington
• Hungarian camerawoman who kicked refugees charged
• Rival Boko Haram groups clash in NE Nigeria: sources

Bad News

• New Hampshire city to reinstall Ten Commandments monument
• Maldives police raid newsroom after documentary broadcast

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

• Virginia governor restores voting rights to 13,000 felons
• Anti-abortion boss to recuse self from case at medical board
• Suit alleging Catholic school gay marriage bias to proceed
• AG: Ex-Milwaukee officers investigate fatal police shooting
• Woman settles lawsuit, now OK to use '8THEIST' license plate
• Nikki Hamblin, Abbey D’Agostino awarded rare Olympic medal
• Nigeria: Air raid 'fatally wounds' Boko Haram leader If it's true it would be good--though these groups seem to be able to replace leaders without that much difficulty.

Bad News

• U.S. judge grants nationwide injunction to halt Obama transgender policy 
• GOP senator suggests swapping college instructors for videos

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Bud Light Appears To Pull Sponsorship Of Ted Nugent Concert
• Egypt military says killed leader of Islamic State in Sinai

Bad News

• High court: School can block transgender teen from boys room
• Ugandan police break up gay pride event, briefly arrest some
• Bangladesh shuts 'objectionable' news sites

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Federal judge blocks North Dakota voter identification law
• An After School Satan Club could be coming to your kid’s elementary school
• Interpol arrests Nigerian accused of $60 million cybercrime
• U.S. Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya

Bad News

• Thai mother indicted over one-word 'royal slur' Facebook message Royal defamation should not be a crime.

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Court strikes down "discriminatory" North Carolina voter ID law
• Kansas: Kobach will not appeal ruling on voting rights
• U.S. judge strikes down parts of Wisconsin voter ID law: report
• The creator of the viral pro-Trump act ‘USA Freedom Kids’ now plans to sue the campaign This guy is a total amateur. He gets nothing in writing, and falls for the "great exposure" crap. As performers I know say, "People die from exposure." But this is straight from the Trump playbook: Stiff the little people. See below:
• Judge orders Trump to pay nearly $300,000 in attorney’s fees in Doral painter’s lawsuit
• Congresswoman Trolls Melania Trump By Wearing Her Dress To DNC Hilarious!
• With Degree Debunked, Melania Trump Website Is Taken Down
• Former St. Louis police officer gets 52 months in prison for punching handcuffed man
• 6 public workers charged in Flint water crisis
• Russian weightlifters banned from Rio Olympics for doping

Slightly Good News

• Turkey's Erdogan dropping lawsuits for insults against him I'm guessing most of the people he's suing have already been dismissed from their jobs. They wouldn't have any money to pay him even if he won. "Insulting" a politician should not be illegal. But as I keep saying, Turkey is not a democracy.

Today's news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• 3 charged in Trump rally altercation
• Judge to Monitor Kansas' Actions on Gay Marriage for 3 Years
• Yelp Is Now Marking Businesses That Sue Reviewers
• Libya loyalists take IS bomb factory in Sirte

Bad News

• Turkey coup attempt: 'Arrest warrants issued' for journalists Turkey is not a democracy.

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Alaska parental notification abortion law struck down
• California governor signs bill to require registration of 'ghost guns'
• Thousands March in Jerusalem’s Gay Pride Parade One Year After Deadly Attack
• Why a Penn. man arrested for flag desecration was awarded $55,000
• France to supply artillery to Iraqi army

Bad News

• Teen sues school for proposing trans students wear green wristbands This is just like the Nazis making Jews wear yellow stars.
• Thai Police Question the Wife of a British Writer Critical of Thailand’s Royal Family

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Gay Marriage: Court rejects GOP claim in North Carolina case
• Peacemaking Goes Awry as Donald Trump Lashes Out at G.O.P. Senators
• Movie About U.S. Constitution Shut Down After Student Crew Joins IATSE, Walks Off Job
• Museum of Ice Cream to Rock New York This Summer With Pool of Sprinkles

Bad News

• More states sue Obama administration over transgender directive
• Tiny South Carolina town bans sagging pants, threatens fines The only thing that is going to be expensive is the lawyers' fees this town will have to pay if they try to defend this unconstitutional law.

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Donald Trump Finds Himself Playing Catch-Up in All-Important Ohio
• Charges weighed after Ohio incident triggers Emirati warning on robes Unfortunately, I suspect there will be no prosecution. The clerk will say she said something innocent to her relatives, and they will say they misunderstood her. Lots of reasonable doubt.
• Pakistan: 'Honor' killings grow more brutal, draw backlash The backlash is good.
• Infidelity website Ashley Madison facing FTC probe, CEO apologizes This was a scam. It should be investigated.
• Twitter suspends account of Nigerian militant group Niger Delta Avengers
• Kuwait detains Islamic State suspects, foils attack

Bad News

• Maldives court order threatens closure of media group

Yesterday's news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• New law prohibits domestic abusers from possessing firearms Yay, Virginia!

Bad News

• Kansas to use provisional ballots for upcoming elections
• Turkish prosecutors 'demand over 14 years in jail' for activists
• 18 Libya pro-government fighters dead in clashes with IS

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• U.S. unveils new rules on low-altitude drones
• NYC lawmakers pass a novel requirement for free tampons

Bad News

• Proposals to curb online speech viewed as threat to open internet

Yesterday's news round-up, Part 1`

Good News

• Marines Under Investigation for Allegedly Threatening to Attack Gay Bars It's good they are under investigation. Also, it's good the post was taken down.
• Hundreds counter-protest Westboro Baptist demonstration in Orlando Also, Orlando: Hundreds form human chain to block Westboro protesters
• Ringleader pleads guilty in StubHub ticket cybertheft case

Bad News

• Supreme Court rules for police in search case
• France's first Shakespearean-style theatre vandalised
• Turkey charges press freedom activists with 'terrorist propaganda' Turkey is not a democracy.
• Polygamous leader Lyle Jeffs flees home confinement

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• ABC Decides Maybe It’s Best To Not Feature A Hate Group Leader Discussing The Orlando Shooting
• Recovery schools for addicted teens on the rise
• New York Senate passes bill that bans short-term apartment listings on Airbnb  I hope the governor signs it. It is limited to whole apartment rentals. People can still advertise to rent out rooms. 

Bad News

• Istanbul riot police break up LGBT rally