English Channel - At least 31 migrants dead and others missing after boat sinks off French coast

Dalal Mawad, Xiaofei Xu, Pierre Bairin

CNN

Calais, France

(middle-upper left on map)

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please press:  www.cnn.com

Iowa accident - One person dead after accident at Adventureland amusement park in Iowa

Press

CNBC

Altoona, IA

Adventureland Park

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please press:  www.cnbc.com

shooting - A mass shooting at a house party with hundreds of guests leaves 2 dead and 12 others shot

Holly Yan, Jamiel Lynch, Alta Spells

CNN

Fairfield Township, NJ (Cumberland county)

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please press:  www.cnn.com

 

lead story - South Korea's first known transgender soldier found dead

AP

ABC News

Cheongju, South Korea

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please press:  abcnews.go.com

lead story - Transgender Woman Found Dead in Sand at NYC Beach, Police Say

Press
NBC News

New York City, NY

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please press:  www.nbcnewyork.com

lead story - Black transgender woman shot dead in Dallas

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Dallas, TX

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

ezs note:  If you live in Dallas or the surrounding area, and have information about the murder of Merci Mack, please call the Dallas Police Department at 214-671-3986. Thanks.  

Florida - Florida Transgender Icon Henrietta Robinson Dead at 79

Donald Padgett
Advocate

South Beach, FL

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ezs note:  rest in peace, Henrietta...

civil rights - Iowa bill to end transgender civil rights protections is dead

Press
NBC News

ezs note:  He's dead, Jim!

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lead story - Iowa bill to end transgender civil rights protections is dead

Press
NBC News

Denison, IA

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

ezs note:  I know that some more conservative transgender people might feel a bit slighted, but when a Republican leader does a really good thing, I try not to let it pass by.  If you live in Iowa (especially the 18th district) be sure to thank Rep. Holt.  

Florida - Crime Stoppers seeks information about shooting that left transgender woman dead

Amanda Batchelor
Local10 .com

Miami, FL (1896)

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please press:  www.local10.com

ezs note:  If you have any information about the killing of Kiki (Marquis) Fantroy, please call Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

FLASH - Two children killed in shooting that left gunman dead at Gilroy Garlic Festival in San Francisco Bay Area

Staff
CBS News

Gilroy, CA

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please press:  www.cbsnews.com

civil rights - ‘We refuse to hide’: Sarah DePalma, transgender ‘firebrand,’ dead at 67

Lisa Gray
Houston Chronicle

her scrapbook

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please press:  www.houstonchronicle.com

ezs note:  I remember the very last words in her scrapbook - '...and we vote'.  Remember that in November. 

Michigan - Transgender person shot dead in Detroit, Michigan

Rafaella Gunz
Gay Star News

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please press:  www.gaystarnews.com

civil rights - Houston civil rights activist Ray Hill dead at age 78

Brittany Taylor, Robert Arnold
Click 2 Houston

Ray Hill (died 11-24-2018)

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please press:  www.click2houston.com

lead story - 2 transgender women have turned up dead in Dallas in the last week

Matthew Martinez
The Sacramento Bee

Vincent van Gogh, Sorrow

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please press:  www.sacbee.com

ezs note:  Unfortunately, two transgender women have been found murdered in Dallas, TX in a short period of time. The first, mentioned previously, was Carla Patricia Flores-Pavon.  The second is unidentified.  She was a black transgender woman, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 130 pounds.  If you have information about either one of these murders, please call the Dallas police at 214-283-4856. Thanks.   

Bathroom bill is dead, but one Dallas transgender man won't stop fighting

Lauren McGaughy
Dallas News

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please press:  www.dallasnews.com

FATHER OF DEAD NAVY SEAL FROM ILLINOIS REFUSED TO MEET PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT CEREMONY

Press
ABC7

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please press:  http://abc7chicago.com

Transgender woman found dead in cell at Doncaster prison (UK)

Josh Halliday
The Guardian

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please press:  https://www.theguardian.com

ezs note:  Please, before doing anything drastic, call one of these numbers.  They CAN help.

UK- 116 123

US- 1-800-273-8255

Australia- 13 11 14

Funeral services today for missing transgender teen found dead over the weekend

Alex Fisher
Kern Golden Empire.com

Jai Bornstein

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please press:  http://www.kerngoldenempire.com

ezs note:  If you feel hopeless - even if it's only passing - contact the Trans Lifeline.

My condolences to the entire Bornstein family and friends.

Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary And Dictator, Dead At 90

Dan Avery
newnownext

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please press:  http://www.newnownext.com

ezs note: On the one hand, he was simply the product of a bygone age.  On the other hand... gawd, what a dick.  He did reform a bit in his later years, though.