Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Ohio court: Juvenile crimes can't enhance adult sentences
• Russian man convicted of hacking into US businesses
• 2 men in Nevada standoff case plead guilty in federal court
• Clinton Leads Trump by 10 Points in New Poll of Likely Voters
• NHL’s first female full-time coach hired by Arizona Coyotes
• A gay couple in Natick was targeted. Here’s how the neighborhood responded
• Judge in Stanford rape case will stop hearing criminal cases I guess it is good news. I hope he has learned something.

Bad News

• DOJ: Vet's Purple Heart lies cost government $752,000 What a crook. He deserves at least 5 years in jail. I hope they're prosecuting his mother and sister also.

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Populist surge puts first woman in charge of Rome
• At Least 1,000 Protesters Swarm Church of Pastor Who Celebrated Orlando Massacre

Bad News

• Pregnant woman and husband gunned down in Pakistan honour killing
• Corpses and silence after Boko Haram's Niger strike
• IS mounts fierce defence of besieged Syrian bastion

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• First GOP senator calls for vote on Garland court nomination
• U.S. general Lori Robinson to become first woman to lead combatant command
• Oregon refuge protester arrested after threats against U.S. officers
• Norway set to allow gender change without medical intervention
• Iraq forces in major push against IS in Anbar

I Suppose This Is Good News

• Costs May Scuttle Oklahoma Anti-Abortion Curriculum Bill

Bad News

• Police: Atlanta man pours boiling water on gay couple in bed
• Lufthansa reports near miss with drone over Los Angeles
• How Chicago racked up a $662 million police misconduct bill

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Illinois school district OKs deal over locker room access A reasonable compromise: access with privacy.
• Boston library recovers stolen map created in 1612
• Cameroon: Army raid kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages
• Syria conflict: German MPs vote for anti-IS military mission
• U.S.-led air strikes hit Islamic State oil production in Syria

Bad News

• Feminist Germaine Greer Doubles Down on Anti-Trans Rhetoric in New Interview
• Big Pharma Payments for High Prescribing Doctors
• Officer tells black driver: 'I don't care about your people'
• Boko Haram waging 'scorched-earth' campaign in Niger: official
• Military says boy trained as suicide bomber against refugees

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Cuomo: Nearly $1 billion loan for commuter rail safety I only ride these trains occasionally, but this is reassuring.
• Arizona sheriff's re-election chances called into question
• No Mor Chikin: Johns Hopkins Students Ban Chick-fil-A From Campus
• Eight women finish first week of US Army Ranger test
• Nevada Assembly rejects transgender 'bathroom bill'
• Hawaii poised to become 1st state to raise smoking age to 21

Bad News

• Iraqi general, 3 officers killed in Islamic State ambush
• Nigerian troops forced to retreat from mined Boko Haram stronghold
• Arizona sheriff shifts blame over disobeying court order

Today's news round-up

Good News

• U.S. top court makes it easier for people to sue the government
• Supreme Court settles latest Fourth Amendment dog-sniff case
• Little Rock approves anti-discrimination protections
• U.S. allies conduct 18 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: military
• Transgender teen settles with state over license photo
• Michigan Music Festival That Excluded Transgender People To Shut Down The headline is misleading. Transgender men were welcome. Only transgender women were excluded.
• This Miami Bakery Will Make Anti-Gay Cakes, But Not For The Reason You Think I think this in an excellent response from the bakery. I suspect they won't get a single order.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Milwaukee council approves $124 million streetcar system
• From Jordan base, UAE resumes airstrikes on Islamic State
• Royal & Ancient announces first female members
• Three white Mississippi men sentenced for hate crimes

Bad News

• Boko Haram abducts 30 people in Cameroon, Nigeria
• 20,000 foreign fighters flock to Syria, Iraq
• Kansas Governor Rescinds Order Protecting Gay State Workers

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Ceuta: Suspected jihadists held in Spanish territory

Bad News

• GOP presses state bills limiting gay rights before ruling
• Female veteran shamed for parking in veterans-only spot
• Boko Haram fighters kill 15 villagers in Nigeria's northeast
• Founder of Russian gay teen site convicted of 'propaganda'

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Women gain as gender gap 'narrows' But the U.S. is only 23rd.
• Majority-woman crew officiates D-2 football game
• Judge Who Changed Baby's Name Could Be Disciplined
• United fined $1.1 million for tarmac delays at O'Hare: DOT
• Court-at-law judge switches to Democratic Party
• Universal Studios Cancels 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure'
• Appeals court: Eden Foods can’t claim religious exemption on contraception mandate

Semi-good News

• 'So Help Me God' Optional in Air Force Honor Oath It shouldn't just be optional, it should be eliminated.

Bad News

• Saudi Arabia warns online backers of women drivers

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Argentina: Women will now collect welfare money

Bad News

• After Ruling, States Rush to Enact Voting Laws

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Multilingual Kerry charms French, German hosts
• Seth MacFarlane: 'No Way' I'll Host The Oscars Again! It's one thing for his adult cartoon characters to be sexist, etc. It's quite another thing for the host of the Oscars to disparage people that way.
• Fraternity raises money for member’s sexual reassignment surgery
• Kan. Supreme Court rules same-sex partners have parental rights

Bad News

• Ark. House overrides veto of abortion restrictions

"Transphobic feminist" is an oxymoron. Spread the word.

The above is a quote by my friend Helen Boyd from her blog. She was posting a link to a story on the Jezebel website, "Transphobia Is a Goddamn Embarrassment to Us All," about the latest brouhaha in the feminist world in the UK.

Helen Boyd is very smart.