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

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

Good News

• Facebook co-founder pledging $20 million to defeat Trump
• Supreme Court rejects Michigan straight-ticket voting appeal
• Facebook allows postings of 'napalm girl' photo after debate
• Deputy who tossed student wants job back; sheriff says no
• CEO cuts 'Creationism' from Youngstown school classrooms

Bad News

• Foiled Paris attack 'was directed by IS'
• Report cites growing evidence of extremists reviving slavery

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 2

Good News

• Governor Baker signs transgender bill into law I'm very glad that Massachusetts finally has this. When they added gender identity to their non-discrimination law a few years ago, public accommodations was left out, because there weren't enough votes. Businesses could be required to employ trans people, but didn't have to serve them.  
• Private prison company CCA to face trial in violence lawsuit Private prisons should be outlawed.
• Overland Park cop fired for Facebook threat that seemed to reference Black Lives Matter

Bad News

• A Man Was Allegedly Denied AirBnB Booking Because He Is Gay
• Putin signs controversial anti-terror measures into law Russia is not a democracy.
• Suicide bomber kills six in mosque in northeast Nigeria -army

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

Yesterday's news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Supreme Court rules for R.J. Reynolds in racketeering case I'm glad to see at least a little limitation on the use of the RICO law, which was poorly worded and has been used against far more things than true organized crime racketeering.
• An Australian Man Just Pled Guilty to Sexist Online Harassment on Tinder The headline is wrong. The harassment was on Facebook, not Tinder. And I think it should be "sexual," not "sexist."

Bad News

• Florida GOP candidate to give away semi-automatic rifle Idiot.
• First female teen to win Ohio masonry competition bumped from national contest Smells fishy to me.

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• 2 years in prison for man who sent spam to Facebook users
• Bill Gates endorses genetically modified mosquitoes to combat malaria
• Apple cites Trump as it turns its back on GOP convention, says report

Bad News

• Obama says climate change already damaging national parks
• Egyptian court sentences 2 Al-Jazeera employees to death
• Radiohead fans attacked at Istanbul record shop

Recent news round-up

Unsurprising News

• Convicted Stanford rapist talked of drug use before college: court records

Good News

• 10th Circuit: Kansas can't block voters from casting ballots
• Campaign to remove judge in Stanford rape case gains steam
• Five sentenced to life for raping Danish woman in Delhi
• Retired Rikers Captain Convicted in Beating of Inmate
• Libyan forces claim port in Islamic State stronghold of Sirte
• Fox Sports Florida Subs Out Sideline Reporter Over Racial Comments In Facebook Chat
• Thousands march for gay rights in Poland, Croatia, Italy
• Thousands march in Seoul for Gay Pride parade

Bad News

• Lawyer says Qatar detained Dutch woman who reported rape
•  A Hindu Monastery Worker Has Been Killed in Bangladesh Amid a New Wave of Extremist Violence

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

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Judge blocks Mississippi ban on adoption by same-sex couples
• FCC Vote Kicks Off Debate Over Consumers’ Internet Privacy Rights
• Police Officer in Mail Carrier’s Arrest Is Stripped of His Badge
• Pittsburgh station fires newswoman over black-on-black crime Facebook post

Bad News

• Miffed Maine governor refuses to swear in new senator

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Threatening Obama
• US indicts seven Iranians over hacking banks, dam
• Woman convicted of working for decade as unlicensed attorney
• Virginia Governor Vetoes Gun Bill Undoing Executive Order

Bad News

• Threats continue following Oregon wildlife refuge takeover I really hope some of these people making threats are caught. They belong in jail.

At the book store

Posted by Tim Hankel on Wednesday, March 23, 2016

He's really got a lot of funny stuff on his Facebook timeline.

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Two Louisiana sheriff officials charged in federal court with jail assaults
• Ethiopian girl wins $150,000 for rape, abduction and marriage at 13

Bad News

• South Dakota governor signs 20-week abortion ban into law
• Uganda moves to tighten control of social media

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Attorneys: Transgender inmate's surgery order will stand
• Feds want proof for ACA exchange special enrollment windows If people cheat then the ACA won't work.
• Oregon refuge protesters to be arraigned over armed occupation
• Polygamous sect leaders facing food stamp fraud charges
• Google's Project Shield helps any news site beat DDoS attacks
• 'Wow': Facebook launches 'Reactions' worldwide

Bad News

• IS briefly takes center of strategic Libyan city

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Turkey police recover stolen Picasso in Istanbul: report
• Hollande waives prison for abused woman who shot husband
• Wisconsin activists push student free-press protections
• Officer resigns after uproar over words to black motorist

Bad News

• 4 remaining occupiers of wildlife refuge remain watchful There is no acceptable reason for giving them immunity. Starve them out.
• Tax Scams Are Targeting Uninsured, I.R.S. Warns
• Thai junta pressures Facebook, Line to censor online posts
• Officials: Ohio man made several tries to find child for sex
• Italy protest against same-sex unions gathers thousands
• Islamic State bombings near Syria Shiite shrine kill 71
• 86 Dead as Boko Haram Burns Children Alive in Nigeria

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Facebook to expand beyond its 'like' button 'pretty soon'

Bad News

• At least 12 killed in suicide blasts in north Nigeria

Recent news round-up

Good News

• DJI just launched new software to stop its drones from flying in restricted airspace

Bad News

• Militiamen occupy U.S. national parks building in Oregon They're not militiamen. They're a gang of thugs, who think they can get their way by using force. They should be removed, by force if necessary.
• Egypt arrests 3 Facebook admins ahead of Jan. 25 anniversary Bad headline. These are not Facebook employees, just people who run pages on Facebook.

Yesterday's news round-up. Part 2

Good News

• Your Employer Can't Stop You From Recording Conversations At Work
• TSA increases screening of airport and airline employees
• Ethiopia Soars Toward Gender Equality With Its First All-Female Flight Crew
• Nigerian army repels Boko Haram attack near state capital: witnesses

Bad News

• This Photo Collage Earned a Burmese Activist Six Months in Prison
• 110 journalists killed in 2015, most in 'peaceful' countries: RSF

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Facebook, Google, Twitter agree to delete hate speech in 24 hours: Germany
• U.S. arrests three men over hacking scheme targeting 60 million people
• U.S., allies stage eight air strikes in Iraq, six in Syria: U.S. military
• Turkey arrests suspected IS militant over planned U.S. consulate attack -Dogan