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Police break up land reform protests in Kazakhstan

Edit Press TV 21 May 2016
Police in Kazakhstan blocked attempts by protesters Saturday for holding demonstrations over a controversial government plan for land reforms ... Witnesses said police, some in full riot gear, blocked about 100 protesters gathering at one police checkpoint from accessing Almaty's main square ... General Zhakip Asanov said in a statement on Friday....

60 lakh pilgrims throng Ujjain on last day of Simhastha

Edit The Times of India 21 May 2016
As many as 60 lakh pilgrims thronged Ujjain on the last day of Simhastah maha kumbh on Saturday forcing administration to block entry of people to the temple town ... the Kshipra river as the general public looked on....

Rourkela boy with genetic disorder awaits treatment

Edit The Times of India 21 May 2016
According to family sources, Dipak Sahu, son of Bhubaneswar Sahu, a native of Jharbeda village of Gurundia block, was good at studies ... Dipak's parents took him to several hospitals, including Ispat General Hospital, ......

Vetoed Oklahoma abortion bill follows other failed attempts

Edit Times Union 21 May 2016
A 2010 law requiring every woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound performed and to listen to a description of the fetus was blocked before it took effect and was ultimately rejected as unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court ... GENERAL ANTI-ABORTION LAW....

3 dead, 8 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 21 May 2016
At 3.52 p.m., a 19-year-old man flagged down officers in the 3500 block of South State saying he had been shot, and they found 49-year-old Yvonne Nelson on a sidewalk nearby with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Nelson, of the 4900 block of South Vincennes, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she died at 4.33 p.m., authorities said....

Cong, NCP block Sunil Kadam's nomination again

Edit The Times of India 21 May 2016
The Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday once again blocked the nomination of former mayor and Tararani Aghadi candidate Sunil Kadam for the post of co-opt corporator on the basis of their majority in their house ... However, last week, the state rejected the general body's proposal to cancel Kadam's nomination and asked the civic body to present its view within a month....

Tom Thibodeau Clearing Out Minnesota Timberwolves Front Office

Edit Inquisitr 21 May 2016
NBA rumors are swirling around Tom Thibodeau ... Major changes are taking place in the franchise ... Flip Saunders [Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images]General manager Milt Newton was among those on the chopping block ... The San Antonio Spurs alumnus was hired to become the new general manager ... Though he had a really bad stint as general manager of the Toronto Raptors, Babcock should be able to find a job somewhere in the NBA ... NBA Rumors....

Hawthorne, Gardena and Lawndale crime reports

Edit Daily Breeze 21 May 2016
HAWTHORNE. Robbery. 11-11.55 a.m. May 9, 2700 block of West 120th Street. Clothing was reported stolen. Robbery. 5.41 p.m. May 12, 11600 block of South Wilton Place. A wallet and its contents were reported stolen. Attempted robbery. 11.25 a.m. May 10, 3900 block of 139th Street. Residential burglary. 5.34 p ... ....

APD Media Release 05/20/16 - 2 (City of Annapolis, MD)

Edit Public Technologies 21 May 2016
An apartment in the 900 block of President Street was struck, but no one inside was injured. A home in the 1000 block of Park Avenue was struck, but no one inside was injured. Seven unoccupied vehicles parked in the 900 block of President Street were struck by bullets ... Jeffrey Somerville was arrested at a residence in the 400 block of Hidden Brooke Drive in Glen Burnie....

Noida battles water shortage as Celsius climbs

Edit The Times of India 21 May 2016
Noida. As summer has reached its peak, residents of various sectors have complained of inadequate supply of water in their areas. More than 30,000 people in sectors like 11, 12, 19, 20, 26 and 119 said they were either getting muddy water or no water at all ... R C Gupta, general secretary, Sector 19 RWA, said complaints haven't yielded any results ... As a result, all the blocks in the sector face water crisis ... ....

Load times contribute to ad-blocking, says report

Edit DNA India 21 May 2016
Slow load times are a major factor in the adoption of ad-blocking solutions, according to a new report ... the major, contributing factor to the increasing use and adoption of ad-blocking solutions," the report stated....

Chicago Bulls Possibly Signing Hassan Whiteside In Free Agency

Edit Inquisitr 21 May 2016
Whiteside became the first player in 25 years with at least 12 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 blocks in a game ... That season, he averaged 11.8 points, ten rebounds, and 2.6 blocks per game ... Whiteside became the seventh player in National Basketball Association history with multiple points-rebounds-blocks triple doubles. He is the fastest player in Heat history to grab 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocks....

Rousseff's attorney: Brazil is like 'House of Cards'

Edit Al Jazeera 21 May 2016
Brazil, the world's fifth largest country, is in turmoil ... But none of this, she argues, amounts to an impeachable offence ... the man she appointed attorney general, who is today leading her defence team. Jose Eduardo Cardozo is a passionate defender of the president, even though she caved into pressure to remove him as justice minister in February when he refused to block corruption investigations against members of their own party ... ....
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