'No more discounts on traffic challans': CM Revanth Reddy orders direct auto-debit from vehicle owners’ accounts

HYDERABAD: Tightening the noose around traffic violators chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday said they will no longer be ...
Leinster Express

‘Everyone’s got a crack of the whip’ as Tommy Fitzgerald prepares to cut Laois senior hurling panel

Laois played Wexford in Rathdowney on Sunday, January 4, Carlow in Stradbally on Thursday, January 8, and Kilkenny in ...
The Hindu

Police to crack the whip on those who create nuisance during New Year Celebrations

The NTR Commissionerate police will book those who resort to drunk and rash driving and create nuisance at public places on the pretext of New Year Celebrations. Police Commissioner S.V. Rajashekar ...
Scientific American

Here’s How Much Practice You Need to Become the Best in the World

What does it take to become the best at something? The answer may not lie in early childhood practice or in lifelong, laser-focused dedication. Instead the path to becoming exceptional at a skill ...
The Baltimore Sun

Outgoing House Majority Whip Jazz Lewis to become top lobbyist for UMD

Outgoing House Majority Whip Jazz Lewis, a Democrat who represented Prince George’s County, will become the University of Maryland’s director of state government relations on Jan. 5. The announcement ...
New Republic

The MAGA Crack-Up Is Overrated. MAGA Is Here to Stay.

There is an emerging conventional wisdom that MAGA is eating itself alive with internecine warfare between various politicians, pundits, thought leaders. People also point to the diminution of Trump ...
THE WEEK

Marty Supreme: Timothée Chalamet is ‘captivating’ as ‘ping-pong prodigy’

“Marty Supreme” is the “best film of the year, and exactly the jolt the coming Oscars season needed”, said Robbie Collin in The Telegraph. Timothée Chalamet stars as Marty Mauser, a “ping-pong prodigy ...
The Hill

Trump accuses Democrats of ‘cracking like dogs’ on shutdown over filibuster fears

President Trump on Saturday claimed Democrats were cracking under the pressure of the government shutdown, days after saying the federal closure is at least partly to blame for Republican losses ...
KQED

San José Is Cracking Down on Smoke Shops and Sales of Nitrous Oxide ‘Whip-Its’

San José lawmakers are aiming to crack down on the proliferation of smoke shops and the sale of nitrous oxide canisters, or “whip-its.” The City Council unanimously passed two ordinances on Tuesday to ...
AOL

Job hugging. Quiet cracking. Rage applying. Are these buzzwords helping — or hurting — the workplace?

I’ve been in HR for over two decades, and I’ve never seen workplace terminology evolve this quickly: Job hugging. Quiet cracking. Rage applying. Every few months, a new phrase takes over headlines and ...
The New York Times

Can Your Spouse Put Limits on Knuckle-Cracking?

A ruling on a dispute over body noises. Arielle says: My fiancé, William, cracks his knuckles multiple times a day. It makes my skin crawl! I want him to leave the room first. I think that’s ...