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.

The Trump sandwich

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

Animal headline of the day

'Bagel Rat' carries a cream cheese-topped bagel at New York subway station

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.

Animal headline of the day

'Pizza squirrel' scales Michigan tree with a full slice

I'd call it a copycat but...

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Washington to launch its first streetcar line since 1962
• Nigeria army foils Boko Haram attack: military

Bad News

• CNN: Cables “Tampered With” At Donald Trump’s Chris Christie Endorsement Event
• Court orders abortion waiting period to be enforced in Florida
• Group: Ruling may leave Louisiana with 1 abortion clinic Also: Louisiana abortion clinics ask high court help to stay open
• Muslim-majority Indonesia's gay community under attack, Mayor Blames Instant Noodles for Rise in LGBT Indonesians

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• New Rules Make Companies Do More to Police Imported Food
• How to get tickets to ‘The Lion King’ for $30
• Victims of Debt Collection Scheme in New York Win $59 Million in Settlement
• Restaurant fires patron who berated autistic delivery driver
• US confident 'Jihadi John' killed in drone strike

Bad News

• Old laws collide with digital reality in teen sexting cases

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Praying football coach placed on paid leave by district He should be fired.
• Fish Success Story: Cod Makes a Comeback
• U.S. judge bars Alabama from defunding Planned Parenthood clinics
• Drone carrying drugs, hacksaw blades crashes at Oklahoma prison

Bad News

• Islamic State on recruitment spree in Russia
• Two more boys charged with 'insulting' Erdogan Another example of why Turkey should not be allowed in the EU.

Semi-random thoughts

• Putting my name in the title of your email does not make it any more likely I'll read it. In fact, it might make it less likely.
• I am amazed at how many brick and mortar stores don't put their address on the home page of their websites.
• I had forgotten how much I like Häagen Dazs Belgian chocolate ice cream. Which is probably a good thing.

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Former peanut company CEO sentenced to 28 years for salmonella outbreak
• Federal judge rules 'Happy Birthday' song in public domain

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Space vegetables are on the menu for the first time at the International Space Station
• New York, Combating Worker Abuse, Will Require Salon Owners to Secure Wage Bonds
• Pregnant Officer Denied Chance to Take Sergeant’s Exam Fights Back
• Bahrain lifts ban on pro-opposition newspaper

Bad News

• Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill four in road ambush in Nigeria's Borno state
• Zimbabwe police bar trade union protests over job losses
• Bomb in Egypt's Sinai kills two police

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

• ‘Transparent’ Renewed For Season 3 By Amazon, Creator Jill Soloway Inks Overall Deal
• In a First, New Jersey Jury Says Group Selling Gay Cure Committed Fraud
• Confederate flag furor spreads to stained glass windows
• Kansas judge blocks state ban on late-term abortion method
• U.S.-led air strikes hit Islamic State in al Hasaka, other cities
• IS fighters dead in failed attack on Syria Alawite town: monitor

Bad News

• Whole Foods Accused of Purposeful Overcharging on Packaged Foods
• Five people killed in 'Boko Haram' attack in southeast Niger
• About 40 killed in suspected Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria: witnesses
• Kobane again a source of anguish for Kurds as Islamic State strikes back
• IS sells 42 Yazidi women to fighters in Syria: monitor
• Russia's Caucasus Islamists 'pledge allegiance' to IS
• Trucker's bankruptcy exit may roughen road for small creditors
• Mentally ill Thai man jailed for lese majeste

Animal headline of the day

Mozart-loving chickens may answer quest for healthier nugget

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Justices Side With Black Lawmakers in Alabama The article also covers another good decision about pregnancy discrimination.

Bad News

• Kansas set for 1st ban on a 2nd trimester abortion procedure
• Official: Boko Haram using civilians as human shields
• Turkish cartoonists fined for suggesting Erdogan is gay
• 9,000 Mainers lose food stamps under new rules

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• California grants posthumous law license to nation's first Chinese-born lawyer
• Data on Health Law Shows Largest Drop in Uninsured in 4 Decades, the U.S. Says
• Oregon: Voter Registration Made Automatic
• Nigeria military retakes towns from Boko Haram in Yobe, Borno
• U.S. conducts air strikes in Syria and Iraq against Islamic State

Bad News

• N.Y.U. Professor Is Barred by United Arab Emirates
• Northern India state strengthens beef ban

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Afghan men don burqas, take to the streets for women's rights
• British teacher jailed for trying to join Islamic State in Syria
• Appeals court upholds California city's gun-magazine ban
• Court rules for Manning in gender pronoun fight

Bad News

• Boy, three, shoots 18-month-old brother in Tennessee
• After beef ban, Hindu groups force Indian abattoirs to close
• Boko Haram fighters mass in Gwoza, several residents killed
• Iraq says Islamic State militants 'bulldozed' ancient site

Happy Cheap Chocolate Day!

deconstructingyourself.com

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Italy court recognizes child born to gay couple for first time
• U.S. court upholds NY state vaccination requirement for students
• Official's threat to keep name out of print backfires badly Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter. He really needs to learn something about the First Amendment. UPDATE: Official says he was wrong to ask that his name not be used 
• Netflix says it wants to stream 'The Interview'
• Foie gras back on menu in California

Bad News

• Assailant stabs transgender woman after melee on Muni bus