A pro-government protester points at a soldier during a cleanup at a pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Friday, May 23, 2014. Thailand’s ruling military on Friday summoned the entire ousted government and members of the politically influential family at the heart of the country’s long-running conflict, a day after it seized control of this volatile Southeast Asian nation in a non-violent coup.Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
- THAILAND TO JUNTA: PLEASE CHANGE YOUR SOUNDTRACK
Thai citizens give the thumbs-down to the military’s idea of TV programming during martial law: dour announcements and patriotic hymns.
- ONE STATE’S RESPONSE TO THE EXECUTION DRUGS SHORTAGE
Tennessee is bringing back the electric chair if prisons can’t get the lethal doses. Legal challenges are expected.
- DEATHS REPORTED AFTER MORTAR HITS ASSAD ELECTION GATHERING
It’s not clear how many fatalities there are; the Syrian president himself wasn’t present.
- HOW DETROIT IS COMBATTING CARJACKINGS
Among the measures: Convicted carjackers will get their faces and prison sentences plastered on billboards.