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

• Judge orders Georgia to release database records on voter registration
• California governor signs bill dumping rape-reporting limit
• Ethics panel rebukes W.Va. Rep. McKinley over business name
• After 170 years, remains of US troops return from Mexico

Bad News

• Halifax trans football player says 'media attention' a reason for McDonald's firing
  

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

• Transgender Teen Becomes the First to Join His High School Football Team
• Government severs ties with for-profit colleges accreditor
• Three Phoenix policemen resign after making motorist eat marijuana
• UN holds first leaders' meeting on LGBT rights
• Kentucky's GOP governor overridden in feud with Democrat

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

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Good News

• Mayor Roberts: Charlotte City Council won’t consider LGBT ordinance repeal Monday
• Chicago police to undergo mandatory 'de-escalation' training
• Boy who wanted to try on skirts found ‘Justice’ in this North Carolina store
• Seattle passes new scheduling rules for hourly workers

Bad News

• L.A. Woman Gender-Profiled & Escorted From Female Bathroom
• Federal court OKs Christian prayers at county board meetings

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• The Federal Government Just Outlawed LGBTQ Discrimination in Credit
• FBI trying to build legal cases against Russian hackers: sources

Bad News

• Missouri Republicans vote to override veto of gun bill The law goes into effect in 30 days. You have until then to get out of Missouri. It will be a very dangerous place.
• California high school football hazing scandal may widen

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• ACC to relocate athletic championships from North Carolina
• SoCon suggests it may move hoops from North Carolina
• Court denies Virginia GOP's challenge on felon voting rights
• Serbian transgender army veteran celebrates new beginnings
• Man sentenced in $31 million mortgage scam conspiracy case
• McCartney, Starr reunite on blue carpet for Beatles documentary

Bad News

• Transgender patients face fear and stigma in the doctor's office

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Push to Stop Brock Turner Launching Speaking Tour on ‘Drinking and Promiscuity’ Gains Traction It's good that people are protesting his speaking tour. Drinking does not cause rape. The victims do not cause rape. Rapists cause rape.
• California farmworker overtime bill signed by Jerry Brown
• US says it destroyed IS chemical threat in Iraq

Bad News

• U.S. Supreme Court leaves Ohio voting restrictions in place
• The Burning of a Muslim Woman on Fifth Avenue

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Appeals Court blocks Kansas, Alabama, Georgia on voter ID rule

I'm Not Sure How I Feel About This

• Real-Time Election Day Projections May Upend News Tradition It's interesting to say the least. I tend to think it will have little effect on the presidential election, but I wonder about the down-ballot races.

Bad News

• Report: Benchmark led to special education services denials
• IS-claimed bombings near Baghdad mall kill at least 13 people
• Boko Haram blamed after road attack in NE Nigeria

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Lafayette [Indiana] adds transgender antidiscrimination protections
• Seattle Children's to open Gender Clinic in October
• Appeals court blocks proof-of-citizenship voting requirement

Bad News

• Some police departments shelve body cameras, cite data costs

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 1

Good News

• N Carolina elections board expand voting hours
• New York to allow late-term abortions for health at-risk women I am amazed that it has taken over 40 years to clear this up.
• FCC Chairman Shifts To App-Based Approach For Set-Top Box Competition This has a long way to go before it happens, unfortunately.
• U.S. Marine trainers may be prosecuted after suicide of Muslim recruit, Muslim Marine Recruit Was Slapped Before Falling to His Death: Report
• France sees sharp fall in number of citizens joining Islamic State
• Ryan Lochte Suspended For 10 Months Over Rio Gas Station Incident I think this is a reasonable punishment.

Bad News

• Asking for raises benefits men more than women, research finds

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Former St. Louis prosecutor who helped cover up beating of suspect loses her law license
• Mariners apologize to LGBTQ community, plan to train staff
• Atty General Ken Paxton shares dinner with transgender boy and his family
• Court rules search warrant in Terrebonne blog case unconstitutional
• Hometown of Kim Davis just threw its first ever Pride celebration

Bad News

• Suspected Boko Haram militants riding camels kill five in Niger

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Judge rules Atlanta Botanical Garden may ban guns

Bad News

• Ex-Stanford swimmer leaves jail after serving half his term
• Maine Senate leaders will not seek special session to chide LePage

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.

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

• N.Y. high court broadens definition of parent in landmark ruling I'm proud to say that I am on the board of directors of one of the organizations that participated in this this victory.
• Five Chicago officers face firing over slaying of black teen
• Obama cuts short the sentences of 111 federal inmates
• Wisconsin Sen. Johnson has another awkward campaign moment
• 'Principal architect' of IS attacks on West killed in Syria

Bad News

• Phoenix sheriff wins primary after toughest campaign yet
• North Carolina Republicans Accused of Dodging Order to Fix Election Rules
• Judge won't review sex case in which athlete got probation
• Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Iraqi wedding

Today's news round-up

Good News

• This Pro Bono Clinic Guides Transgender People Through Legal Bureaucracy
• City supports LGBT newspaper after explosion destroys box
• Boston police rolling out body-worn cameras
• Libyan forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte

Bad News

• California legal setback fails to discourage tenure opponents
• Visitor misbehavior abounds as US parks agency turns 100