Daily News Roundup: Major AIDS Charity Draws Fire for Political Spending

Big Calif. AIDS Nonprofit Driving Property Debate: The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which provides treatment for hundreds of thousands of patients at clinics worldwide, is bankrolling the campaign for a city ballot measure that would impose new restrictions on property development, drawing criticism that it is straying far from its mission, the Los Angeles Times writes.

Israel Denies Entry to Human Rights Watch Worker: The government rejected a work visa for a researcher for the advocacy group, which it accused of engaging in “Palestinian propaganda,” reports The New York Times. The nonprofit, which has worked in Israel for 30 years, said the move reflects the country’s escalating effort to hinder rights groups.

Video Gamer Dies During 24-Hour Charity Marathon: Brian Vigneault, a popular player on game-streaming site Twitch.tv, was found unresponsive at his home in Virginia Beach, Va., after leaving his computer 22 hours into a daylong session of the game “World of Tanks” to raise money for Make-a-Wish, The Washington Post writes.

Guatemala Detains Nonprofit’s Boat Carrying Abortion Aids: The Guatemalan military prevented Women on Waves, a Dutch group that provides abortion services outside the territorial waters of countries where abortion is illegal, from picking up pregnant women on shore, reports the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The army said the nonprofit’s plan to distribute abortion-inducing pills to the women violated the country’s constitution.