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

• 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

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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, 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, Part 1

Good News

• More than 100 celebrities pledge to work against Trump
• At least 105 Russian athletes banned so far, The Latest: 22 Russian rowers rejected for Olympics
• US Army special forces accepts first female candidates
• Feds: Senate cafeteria workers will get $1 million back pay
• Texas attorney general took gift while investigating company It's good they have found something else bad that this jerk did.
• Bangladesh police kill nine suspected Islamists in Dhaka raid

Bad News

• Anti-abortion duo behind Planned Parenthood videos cleared Only on a technicality. I wonder if a new grand jury could hand up a valid indictment--but I doubt the DA would ever present that case to another grand jury.
• Georgia appeals court says 'upskirting' not against the law I think the dissent's reasoning is correct, though they should make the law more explicit.
• Islamic State group claims attack that killed priest of 85
• Suicide bombing north of Baghdad kills 16, Islamic State claims attack

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• California man sentenced for trying to aid Islamic State
• After ruling, McAuliffe moves to restore rights individually
• Illinois Republican lawmaker resigns, cites Facebook, Twitter hacks It's not that hard to eliminate or discredit fake accounts. There's got to be more behind this.
• U.S. judge faults Uber, bans background check in NY lawsuit
• 7 Russian swimmers to miss Rio Olympics over doping It's not a ban of the whole Russian team, but it's something.
• Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reformspart 

Bad News

• Islamic State group claims second Germany attack in a week

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Mississppi: Emails show Christian group drafted much of HB 1523 This is good because it shows why the law is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.
• Democrats Agree To Compromise On Superdelegates And Other Reforms

Bad News

• IS suicide bomber kills at least 15 in Baghdad

Today's news round-up

Good News   

• ACLU praises new Illinois limits on cellphone surveillance
• Rulings may make voter ID laws presidential race nonfactors
• PGA threatens to move future events from North Carolina because of HB2

Bad News

• Effort to abolish superdelegates fails at DNC rules meeting I hope some sort of compromise can be reached. 700+ superdelegates is ridiculous. I'd like to see the number limited to 5-10% of the total delegates. 
• Turkish lawmakers give leader Erdogan sweeping new powers, Defiant Turkey extends police powers, shutters schools after coup  Turkey is not a democracy.
• Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul attack, 80 dead

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Governor Baker signs transgender bill into law I'm very glad that Massachusetts finally has this. When they added gender identity to their non-discrimination law a few years ago, public accommodations was left out, because there weren't enough votes. Businesses could be required to employ trans people, but didn't have to serve them.  
• Private prison company CCA to face trial in violence lawsuit Private prisons should be outlawed.
• Overland Park cop fired for Facebook threat that seemed to reference Black Lives Matter

Bad News

• A Man Was Allegedly Denied AirBnB Booking Because He Is Gay
• Putin signs controversial anti-terror measures into law Russia is not a democracy.
• Suicide bomber kills six in mosque in northeast Nigeria -army

Recent news round-up, Part 3

Good News

• Air strike kills two Islamic State military commanders: Pentagon

Bad News

• Hindu priest stabbed, critically wounded in Bangladesh
• Boko Haram suicide bomber kills 11 in Cameroon

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Laverne Cox: Counting LGBT People Is ‘a Matter of Life and Death’
• California attorney general slams sentence in Stanford sex assault case
• Stepgrandmother of baby killed by dog gets 3 years in prison
• Court: No right to carry concealed weapons in public
• Ireland’s Abortion Law Violated Woman’s Human Rights, UN Panel Finds
• IS militants retreat from Libya bastion as militias advance

Bad News

• Ex-Stanford swimmer expected to leave jail 3 months early
• UN plan to end AIDS by 2030 faces Russian resistance
• ISIS claims deadly suicide bombings in Baghdad area