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.

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Washington State: I-1515, the 'bathroom initiative,' fails to make November ballot
• Same-sex couples win birth certificate lawsuit
• Mike Huckabee paying $25,000 for playing 'Eye of the Tiger'
• Iraq PM says key base taken back from Islamic State
• Islamic State conflict: Nato surveillance planes to help US-led coalition

Bad News

• Ohio: Bakery takes online heat for refusing same-sex pair The refusal is bad. The heat is good.
• Texas: Pride picnic postponed after group says they received threat of violence

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Alabama chief justice faces ouster after gay marriage fight
• WGA Panel Sees More Viewer And Network Acceptance of LGBT Themes

Bad News

• North Carolina lawmaker dismisses U.S. deadline to change bathroom law
• Girl says she was thrown out of her prom for wearing a suit
• Egyptian court recommends death penalty for journalists, Mursi verdict postponed
• Turkey jails Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul
• Rolling Stones get no satisfaction from Trump on song ban
• Polish government to take control of WWII museum

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Boston traffic reporter comes out as a woman
• Minnesota college system bars team travel to North Carolina
• ECB scraps 500 euro note
• U.S., allies target Islamic State in Mosul with 10 strikes: statement

Bad News

• Apple loses China trademark case for 'iPhone' on leather goods
• Big data breaches found at major email services : expert

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• 'Affluenza' teen's mom returned to Texas to face charge
• US recruits tech leaders to help disrupt Islamic State group
• Burns, Ore., residents to Bundys: It's time to go home
• New York to Appoint Civilian to Monitor Police’s Counterterrorism Activity
• Judge: Monkey cannot own selfie photos copyright

Bad News

• Justice's gay marriage order halts licenses in parts of Alabama
• Polish president seals government control of state media

Today's news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• New Zealand judge rules Kim Dotcom can be deported to US
• Yet Another High School Girl Is Calling Out the School Dress Code Double Standard This is no different than Islamic countries requiring women to cover up their hair, face, or entire body.
• Court upholds Quebec doctor-assisted dying law

Bad News

• Judge rules in favor of San Francisco officers in racist text case It's bad that the judge had to do this, because the city took too long to discipline the officers.
• 3 young suicide bombers kill 6 in Nigeria's northeast

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• New York City lays out transgender protection on dress codes, bathroom use
• Appeals court says gov't can't reject offensive trademarks
• Virginia to Stop Recognizing Concealed Gun Permits From 25 States
• Greek parliament approves civil union for same-sex couples
• Support for legal abortion at highest level in 2 years
• Utah Planned Parenthood to get funds to year end
• Iraq forces advance into centre of IS-held Ramadi
• Islamic State lost 14 pct of its territory in 2015: report

Yesterday's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• All drones to require federal registration
• Apple ordered to pay $234 million to university for infringing patent
• Treasure trove of late Triassic fossils discovered in Utah
• Canada's Girl Guides say all transgender girls are welcome
• US to conduct counter-Boko Haram ops in Nigeria
• U.S. judge rules Maryland can ditch Confederate flag license plates

Bad News

• New IS branch claims Saudi shooting that killed 5
• 2 bombs explode by Nigerian mosque, killing at least 30
• IS pays recruiters $10,000 per person: UN

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Village Voice Sold to Peter Barbey, Owner of a Pennsylvania Newspaper It would be great if the Voice regained its, er, voice. Reading it every week was one of the things that made me want to live in New York City.
• New York Times offers daily digital access with newsstand copies
• Apple loses patent lawsuit to University of Wisconsin, faces hefty damages
• Prominent astronomer resigns over student sexual harassment
• U.S. report calls for end to 'conversion therapy' for LGBT youth
• Virginia governor tightens gun control rules, creates task force

Bad News

• Medicare Premiums May Soar as Social Security Payments Stay Flat

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Notorious patent troll dealt fatal blow as Judge throws out 168 cases
• Android fans have yet another reason to cheer Motorola
• Islamic State targeted in 28 air strikes by U.S., allies: statement

Bad News

• Boko Haram suspected after Abuja suburbs hit by blasts
• Suicide bombers kill 10 people in Borno state in Nigeria

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