Recent news round-up

Good News

• TV’s first out transgender child actor on ‘Modern Family’
• Appeals court rules against Kansas in voting rights case
• School adopts gender-neutral homecoming court, so there might be no ‘king’ or ‘queen’
• New York City Starts $5 Million Fund for Women in Film and Theater
• Chad, Niger forces kill 123 Boko Haram in crackdown - Niger

Bad News

• Poor, Transgender and Dressed for Arrest I'm surprised this law has not been found to be unconstitutional by now.

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

Today's news round-up

Good News

• US Army gives combat medics new type of tourniquet
• 'Bea Arthur' LGBT Homeless Shelter Slated for Completion in Feb. 2017
• We will rock you: ​Asteroid named after late singer Freddie Mercury

Bad News

• Video shows vandals destroying popular Oregon rock formation
• 40 killed in wave of bombings targeting government-allied parts of Syria

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Clinton leads Trump by eight points: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• Illinois latest state to expand domestic workers' rights
• Hundreds protest in Istanbul over transgender woman's murder
• Ole Miss won’t play 'Dixie' at football games anymore: What changed?
• Libyan forces say they capture mosque, prison from Islamic State in Sirte

Bad News

• Egypt state TV orders female hosts to lose weight
• 'Un-Islamic' cultural heritage in jihadists' crosshairs
• Galaxy’s Robbie Rogers says opponent used homophobic slur
• Man accused of unprovoked attack on interracial couple
• An Ethiopian medalist just led a protest that could land him in jail

Today's tiny news round-up

Due to the my watching the Olympics, my posts are going to sparse and small for the next couple weeks.

Good News

• NJ Police Chief Suspended, Demoted For Email Advocating Racial Profiling

Bad News

• Hot Springs Store Owner Asks Lesbian Couple to Stop Holding Hands

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Florida: New York Grilled Cheese Defends Transgender Employee
• Electoral Map Gives Donald Trump Few Places to Go
• For LGBT High Schoolers, Gay-Straight Alliances Spell Safety
• Three Chicago police officers relieved of duty after fatal shooting
• Justice Department to review fatal Arizona police shooting
• Dallas Weatherman Resigns After Post Bashing DNC For 'Parading Mothers of Slain Thugs'
• Judge refuses to let indicted sheriff carry gun

Bad News

• Donald Trump attacks Muslim father's convention speech I keep wondering how low Trump will go. I'm afraid it will be a lot further.
• Baylor's strict conduct code may have silenced rape victims
• In Florida Zika probe, federal scientists kept at arm's length

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

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Transgender Activists Will Air This Ad During the Republican National Convention
• Detroit cop demoted; called black activists 'terrorists' I'm glad he was demoted. I'm also glad about the response of the police union president. While not condemning what the cop did, he also did not endorse it either--a far cry from what police union officials usually say when a member is charged with wrong-doing.
• South Carolina: Columbia Fire Department captain fired for threatening posts

Bad News

• Attorneys confirm Chelsea Manning attempted suicide

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• ABC Decides Maybe It’s Best To Not Feature A Hate Group Leader Discussing The Orlando Shooting
• Recovery schools for addicted teens on the rise
• New York Senate passes bill that bans short-term apartment listings on Airbnb  I hope the governor signs it. It is limited to whole apartment rentals. People can still advertise to rent out rooms. 

Bad News

• Istanbul riot police break up LGBT rally

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

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 2

Good News

• ESPN Fires Curt Schilling for Anti-Transgender Comments
• M.T.A. Spending Plan Restores Funding for 2nd Ave. Subway 

Today's news round-up

Good News

• China panel hears first transgender discrimination case
• US, Goldman Sachs reach $5B settlement over risky mortgages
• New York State Corrections Dept. Takes On Guards’ Union Over Brutality
• Gloria Steinem to produce, host TV series   

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

Today's news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Five North Carolina Sheriff's deputies disciplined over Trump rally
• Botswana's top court rejects gov't bid to ban gay rights group
• Justice Department probing town's denial to build mosque
• Man charged with supporting Islamic State pleads guilty
• ‘Gotham’ Renewed For Season 3 By Fox This is one of the two non-PBS series I've been watching the last couple years. I started watching only because I know someone who had a tiny recurring part in it during the first season. 

Bad News

• Two suicide bombers kill 22 in Maiduguri, NE Nigeria

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• California Gives Terminally Ill Residents The Right To Die On Their Own Terms
• Online harassment must be met head-on: tech summit panel
• IS jihadists pull out of several Iraq towns: officers
• U.S., allies launch 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq: statement

Bad News

• CBS News Reporter Tossed To Ground At Trump Melee, Charged With Resisting Arrest The Chicago police have been out of control since probably forever.
• Egypt court sentences blogger to 3 years for insulting women
• At least 16 dead as gunmen storm Ivory Coast beach resort

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• FCC approves proposal to boost TV set-top box competition
• Ohio tests 10,000 rape kits to clear backlogs, hundreds indicted

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Anti-abortion activists indicted in Texas for Planned Parenthood video
• Justices won't let North Dakota enforce tough abortion law
• Judge: Louisiana cannot enforce abortion law
• Arrested Oregon protest leader tells holdouts to go home Meanwhile one of the holdouts gets on the internet and says there's no laws in the United States. As I've said before, they're lawless thugs.
• OECD countries agree to share info to combat corporate tax avoidance
• FCC Chief Moves To Break Cable And Satellite Control Of Set-Top Boxes I hope he's successful.

Bad News

• Turkish journalists face life in jail over Syria report
• Kansas lawmaker imposes dress code on female witnesses Idiot. 

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• U.S. justices reject Arkansas bid to revive abortion law
• U.S. top court rejects new challenge to Obamacare
• U.S. Toughens Rules for Latecomers Trying to Enroll in Health Care Act I think a big factor should be whether they had insurance before and now have a legitimate reason they need to switch. If not, they should have to wait until the next open enrollment period.
• Oregon standoff leader attends meeting, hears chants of 'go'
• Conservation groups demand end to refuge occupation
• Exodus Refugee Ship Flag Finds Safe Haven at Holocaust Museum
• IS halves its jihadists' monthly salaries: monitor Excellent news!
• Experts: Willingness claim unlikely to help "affluenza" teen
• IS confirms death of 'Jihadi John' in Syria drone strike

Bad News

• One in 10 college graduates believes Judge Judy sits on Supreme Court
• Bill would require South Carolina journalists to register In this day and age of the internet and blogs, I'd love to see how this law would try to define journalist. In any event, this is totally unconstitutional.