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

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.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• P&G hires transgender model for ad campaign Rehires.
• Phoenix 1st Arizona city to offer transgender-inclusive benefits to city workers
• Gender-neutral restrooms now available at Southeast Missouri State University
• Georgia Man Who Threw Boiled Water on Gay Men Gets 40 Years
• Mississippi Islamic State recruit gets 8 years in prison

Bad News

• Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets
• Why Conservative States Handpicked This Texas Judge for Transgender Bathroom Challenge
• Lesbian couple upset after getting crude joke inside their pizza box Domino's pizza is the worst. This doesn't help.

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• No appeal in Indiana woman's overturned feticide conviction
• California Court Decision Keeps Teacher Tenure Protections
• Ruling: Grad students at private universities can unionize

Bad News

• States file another lawsuit over Obama transgender rules
• Appeals court: Week of early voting shouldn't return to Ohio
• Woman guest editing @ireland Twitter account gets racist and sexist abuse

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

Good News

• Clinton leads Trump by eight points: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• Illinois latest state to expand domestic workers' rights
• Hundreds protest in Istanbul over transgender woman's murder
• Ole Miss won’t play 'Dixie' at football games anymore: What changed?
• Libyan forces say they capture mosque, prison from Islamic State in Sirte

Bad News

• Egypt state TV orders female hosts to lose weight
• 'Un-Islamic' cultural heritage in jihadists' crosshairs
• Galaxy’s Robbie Rogers says opponent used homophobic slur
• Man accused of unprovoked attack on interracial couple
• An Ethiopian medalist just led a protest that could land him in jail

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Being a Transgender Police Officer in New York: ‘We’re All Cops’
• Amtrak: New locomotives have cut delays nearly 25 percent

Semi-Good News

• Rare conviction made in shooting by Virginia police officer He should have been convicted of murder.

Bad News

• Stalker sets schoolgirl on fire in deadly attack in southern India

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.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Koch network refusing to help Trump
• Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts disciplined over gender comments
• Socially conservative Guatemala sees quiet LGBTQ gains
• U.S.-backed forces win control of most of Syria's Manbij from Islamic State: spokesman
• Baguette vending machine bakes up French-style bread at anytime

Bad News

• Two sisters shot dead in Pakistan 'honour' killings

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Florida: New York Grilled Cheese Defends Transgender Employee
• Electoral Map Gives Donald Trump Few Places to Go
• For LGBT High Schoolers, Gay-Straight Alliances Spell Safety
• Three Chicago police officers relieved of duty after fatal shooting
• Justice Department to review fatal Arizona police shooting
• Dallas Weatherman Resigns After Post Bashing DNC For 'Parading Mothers of Slain Thugs'
• Judge refuses to let indicted sheriff carry gun

Bad News

• Donald Trump attacks Muslim father's convention speech I keep wondering how low Trump will go. I'm afraid it will be a lot further.
• Baylor's strict conduct code may have silenced rape victims
• In Florida Zika probe, federal scientists kept at arm's length

Recent News round-up, Part 2

Good News

• U.S. Judge denies Uber motion to compel arbitration in surge-pricing lawsuit Excellent! Compulsory arbitration between parties that are economically unequal should be banned.
• Reliance on jailhouse informant dooms Chandra Levy case Jailhouse informant evidence should be highly restricted, if not totally banned. It is highly suspect.
• Texas A&M suspends 2 assistant coaches over slide show, apologizes
• Alabama court orders sheriff removed for corruption
• Paris bombings suspects extradited to France from Austria

Bad News

• IS executes 24 civilians after seizing Syria village

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 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

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.

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• California man sentenced for trying to aid Islamic State
• After ruling, McAuliffe moves to restore rights individually
• Illinois Republican lawmaker resigns, cites Facebook, Twitter hacks It's not that hard to eliminate or discredit fake accounts. There's got to be more behind this.
• U.S. judge faults Uber, bans background check in NY lawsuit
• 7 Russian swimmers to miss Rio Olympics over doping It's not a ban of the whole Russian team, but it's something.
• Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reformspart 

Bad News

• Islamic State group claims second Germany attack in a week

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 1

Good News

• NBA Moves 2017 All-Star Game Out Of North Carolina To Protest Anti-LGBT Law
• NCAA to survey potential host cities on discrimination laws
• Roger Ailes Out At Fox News, Rupert Murdoch Taking Over As Acting CEO
• Feds File Copyright Charges Against Owner Of World’s Most-Visited File-Sharing Site

Bad News

• Virginia's top court rules against move to restore felons' voting rights
• Court: Birth control mandate violates religious rights

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• U.S. appeals court finds that Texas voter ID law is discriminatory
• Court: Traffic stop, arrest prompted by high beams improper
• Campaign aims to register a million U.S. Muslims voters in anti-Trump move
• Indiana Court Tosses Purvi Patel's 2015 Feticide Conviction
• Alaska court strikes down parental notice for abortions
• Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Exempt Sales and Use Taxes on Feminine Hygiene Products
• Ventilation to Be Required in All New York Nail Salons
• US goes after more than $1B taken from Malaysian fund
• Bangladesh arrests top Islamist extremist

Bad News

• WikiLeaks may have just published your SSN and credit card number
• Zara has been accused of ripping off an independent artist’s designs Zara needs to be taught about intellectual property law.
• Status update: The rise of the social-media extortionist These people belong in jail.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Wisconsin voter identification law eased for November election
• 2 state troopers arrested following beating caught on tape
• Dad, teen son ordered to disclose data on weaponized drones

Bad News

• Turkey coup: Crackdown toll passes 45,000 I generally dismiss conspiracy theories, but perhaps the one that said Erdogan knew the coup was coming and let it happen has some merit. This crackdown on his political opponents is further proof that Turkey is not a democracy.
• Pakistani man killed for 'honour' over affair: police

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Judge rejects ex-sheriff's plea deal as too lenient
• Russia state-sponsored doping across majority of Olympic sports, claims report It's good Russia was caught. I hope the entire Russian team is barred from the Olympics.

Bad News

• A teen knocked on the wrong door. Now he’s dead, and the homeowner is accused of murder
• Indian rape survivor gang-raped again by same men: police