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1 week, 3 days ago

'Ridiculous': Doctor charges for surgery after pulling splinter from toddler's hand

When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to a pediatrician last summer for a checkup, the doctor noticed a little splinter in the child’s palm. That brief tug was transformed into a surgical billing code: Current Procedural Terminology code 10120, “incision and removal of a foreign body, subcutaneous” — at a cost of $414. “There’s more pressure …

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2 months, 1 week ago

What will NASCAR look like in five years? Could we see a splinter series? Mailbag

New York Times

A “soap opera.” That’s how Brad Keselowski described the state of NASCAR as the sanctioning body faces a federal antitrust lawsuit brought against it by NBA legend Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports. Considering NASCAR’s relationship with the current schedule of track owners, what do you think a splinter series would look like and where might they race? …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The extremist group behind the Bali bombings says it has disbanded. Can it be believed?

ABC

After decades of fighting Indonesia's democratic government and promoting violence to establish an Islamic state in South-East Asia, the notorious militant group Jemaah Islamiah declared in late June that they would be disbanding. Jemaah Islamiah was "the first organisation in South-East Asia to explicitly link domestic grievances … to the global jihad", said Sidney Jones, director of the Jakarta-based Institute …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

New change coming to retail theft legislation could splinter support for tough-on-crime initiative

LA Times

Legislative leaders plan to fast-track bills to crack down on retail theft in California and are using the package of reforms to pressure supporters of a proposed tough-on-crime initiative headed for the November ballot to abandon that effort. Two people with knowledge of the meeting said legislative leaders are moving forward with a hard-ball approach that would make voters choose …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Viktor Orbán’s anti-woke resistance has made him the ‘splinter under the fingernail’ of the EU

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote, finally, on approving Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance. Has railed against what he describes as “woke culture,” and in a speech at the Conservative Political …

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11 months ago

Opinion: New data is making us rethink the narrative about runaway inequality

CNN

Editor’s Note: Jordan McGillis is economics editor at City Journal. Jordan McGillis Manhattan Institute Auten and Splinter’s analysis, accepted in November by the Journal of Political Economy, shows that the share of the nation’s income going to the top 1% of earners after taxes and transfers has increased by just 1.4% since 1979. Going back to the early 1960s, Auten …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Colombia extends cease-fire with FARC splinter group in bid to reduce rural violence

Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s government has extended a cease-fire with the FARC-EMC rebel group that was set to expire this week, as both sides hold peace talks in Bogota in an effort to reduce violence in rural parts of the country. “What we get to see now is whether this ceasefire can change that paradigm.” Colombia’s government in October announced …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Punjab: Ahead of LS polls, SAD ramps up efforts to galvanise Panthic factions, splinter groups

Hindustan Times

: With the electoral fortunes of the Shiromani Akali Dal nosediving following drubbing in the 2022 Punjab assembly elections and accusations of mishandling the 2015 sacrilege incidents, the party has stepped up efforts to unite the Panthic factions and splinter groups to salvage its political image and increase prospects during the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Punjab: Ahead of LS polls, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Protester screaming 'democracy is in crisis' throws glitter over Keir Starmer after storming stage during his Labour conference speech in major security breach - as new 'Just Stop Oil splinter group'

Daily Mail

Keir Starmer's big pitch to be the next Prime Minister descended into chaos before it began today after a protester linked to eco-pests Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion stormed the Labour Conference stage and hurled glitter on him. The Labour leader was just about to start his speech when a protester identified as Yaz Ashmawi, 28, ran up to …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Ninja Turtles back in fighting form

China Daily

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was released in China on Aug 11, 2023. The domestic movie audiences are relishing iconic Ninja Turtle siblings, four mutant creatures who are skilled martial artists, being "raised" and "trained" by action hero Jackie Chan in their new animated offering, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. A scene in the movie features Splinter, a …

China Ninja Turtles Mutant Splinter

1 year, 4 months ago

Ninja Turtles back in fighting form

China Daily

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was released in China on Aug 11, 2023. The domestic movie audiences are relishing iconic Ninja Turtle siblings, four mutant creatures who are skilled martial artists, being "raised" and "trained" by action hero Jackie Chan in their new animated offering, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. A scene in the movie features Splinter, a …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Movie review: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back, and maybe better than ever

Associated Press

There are some good gags and clever innovations in the animated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” but there is one brilliant idea: casting Ice Cube as the voice of the movie’s mutant insect supervillain Super Fly. But we’re now up to the seventh “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film, not counting all the series and videogames. This image released by …

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2 years, 2 months ago

‘Odious acts’: 7 Djibouti soldiers killed in armed group attack

Al Jazeera

Officials blame violence on a splinter of the FRUD group, which launched a 1991 uprising but later signed a peace deal. Djibouti‘s military said seven soldiers were killed in a clash with an armed group in the East African country’s north. The ministry blamed the attack on the “Armed FRUD”, referring to a splinter group of the Front for the …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Trump continues to praise Putin, forcing GOP to fall in line or splinter from former president

LA Times

Former President Trump continued his criticism of President Biden on Wednesday, saying in a statement that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is “playing” him “like a drum.” “It is not a pretty thing to watch!” Trump said. And in an interview with “The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show” published Tuesday, Trump called it “genius” of Putin to recognize two enclaves …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Unhappy Congressmen to Farmer Leaders: Amarinder Singh is Firming Up Plans for a Regional Front

News 18

A day after announcing that he was parting ways with the Congress, speculations are rife over former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s next course of action with him reportedly toying with the idea of a new regional political party ahead of the forthcoming assembly polls. Insiders say that apart from focusing on disgruntled elements within the Congress party, Singh …

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3 years, 3 months ago

New redistricting commissions splinter along partisan lines

Associated Press

When voters in some states created new commissions to handle the politically thorny process of redistricting, the hope was that the bipartisan panelists could work together to draw new voting districts free of partisan gerrymandering. The prospects of that increased last week, when Democrats and Republicans on the commission failed to agree and instead released competing versions of new maps …

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3 years, 3 months ago

‘Horrific lies’ splinter Pennsylvania Republicans after Trump endorsed in key Senate race: report

Raw Story

Republican infighting in Pennsylvania burst into the open on Tuesday. "The only reason Senator 'Gloomy' Pat Toomey is not running for the Senate in Pennsylvania is that I would not give him an endorsement—I feel he has been a terrible representative for both Pennsylvania and the United States, as a whole," Trump said. But as The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, Republican …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Is One of the Milky Way's Spiral Arm Broken? Here's What Scientists Found

News 18

Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and ESA’s Gaia space observatory, astronomers have found a weird new feature in our Milky Way galaxy. Our Milky Way, like more than two-thirds of the galaxies we know, is spiral in shape with its spiral arms panning out at an angle. The two major spiral arms of our Milky Way — Scutum-Centaurus …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch fringe party offered Russian money before election: EenVandaag

Dutch News

A Russian called Vadim Belkov offered €250,000 to fringe political party Splinter in what may be the first clear case of a Kremlin-instigated attempt to influence Dutch politics, it has been revealed. She reported it to the parliamentary security service BVA which, for reasons unknown, failed to inform the security services, current affairs programme EenVandaag said. The programme delved into …

Russian Eenvandaag Splinter

3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch fringe party offered Russian money before election: EenVandaag

Dutch News

A Russian called Vadim Belkov offered €250,000 to fringe political party Splinter in what may be the first clear case of a Kremlin-instigated attempt to influence Dutch politics, it has been revealed. She reported it to the parliamentary security service BVA which, for reasons unknown, failed to inform the security services, current affairs programme EenVandaag said. The programme delved into …

Russian Eenvandaag Splinter

3 years, 10 months ago

J&K: 4 army soldiers injured in grenade attack by militants in Kulgam

India TV News

Four soldiers were injured, including 2 in critical condition after terrorists lobbed a grenade on a road opening party of the army in South Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday. "Four soldiers sustained splinter injuries when terrorists lobbed a grenade on a road opening party of the Army at Shamsipora in Anantnag district," official said. According to an official statement of …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Expelled from Ruling Party by Prachanda Faction, May Revive CPN-UML

News 18

The Prachanda-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party has expelled hill nation’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli from the ruling party as a part of disciplinary action against him. Earlier in December, the splinter group had removed 68-year-old Oli, one of the two chairmen of the ruling party, as the co-chair. Acting on the prime minister’s recommendation, President Bidya Devi …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli expelled from ruling Communist Party

Hindustan Times

Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was removed from the ruling Nepal Communist Party after a Central Committee Meeting of the party's splinter group on Sunday. Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli has been removed from the ruling Nepal Communist Party "His membership has been revoked," the spokesperson for the splinter group, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, confirmed to news agency ANI. On …

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'Ridiculous': Doctor charges for surgery after pulling splinter from toddler's hand

What will NASCAR look like in five years? Could we see a splinter series? Mailbag

The extremist group behind the Bali bombings says it has disbanded. Can it be believed?

New change coming to retail theft legislation could splinter support for tough-on-crime initiative

Viktor Orbán’s anti-woke resistance has made him the ‘splinter under the fingernail’ of the EU

Opinion: New data is making us rethink the narrative about runaway inequality

Colombia extends cease-fire with FARC splinter group in bid to reduce rural violence

Punjab: Ahead of LS polls, SAD ramps up efforts to galvanise Panthic factions, splinter groups

Protester screaming 'democracy is in crisis' throws glitter over Keir Starmer after storming stage during his Labour conference speech in major security breach - as new 'Just Stop Oil splinter group'

Ninja Turtles back in fighting form

Ninja Turtles back in fighting form

Movie review: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back, and maybe better than ever

‘Odious acts’: 7 Djibouti soldiers killed in armed group attack

Trump continues to praise Putin, forcing GOP to fall in line or splinter from former president

Unhappy Congressmen to Farmer Leaders: Amarinder Singh is Firming Up Plans for a Regional Front

New redistricting commissions splinter along partisan lines

‘Horrific lies’ splinter Pennsylvania Republicans after Trump endorsed in key Senate race: report

Is One of the Milky Way's Spiral Arm Broken? Here's What Scientists Found

Dutch fringe party offered Russian money before election: EenVandaag

Dutch fringe party offered Russian money before election: EenVandaag

J&K: 4 army soldiers injured in grenade attack by militants in Kulgam

Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Expelled from Ruling Party by Prachanda Faction, May Revive CPN-UML

Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli expelled from ruling Communist Party