October 2019

Contract talks continue as GM strike enters fourth week

DETROIT (AP) — Contract talks aimed at ending a 22-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors continued Monday after United Auto Workers union bargainers rejected a company offer on Sunday.

In a letter to members, UAW Vice President Terry Dittes cast doubt on whether there will be a quick settlement in the contract dispute, which sent 49,000 workers to the picket lines on Sept. 16, crippling GM’s factories.

Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis and treatment by text

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn’t even leave her dining room.

The emergency physician nevertheless helped a pregnant Ohio woman handle hip pain, examined a Michigan man’s sore throat and texted a mom whose son became sick during a family trip to Mexico.

Welcome to the latest wrinkle in health care convenience: the chat diagnosis.

Hounds set to open district play

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WELSH — The learning curve continues for the Welsh Greyhounds despite their 1-4 season record. Welsh entered the 2019 season with a target on their backs after a state championship and a state runner-up the last two seasons. Former Head Coach John Richardson had a great deal of difficulty completing another two-year schedule, as teams avoided the Greyhounds as if they were contaminated.

Tigers look to get healthy

LAKE ARTHUR - The Lake Arthur Tigers will begin play in District 6-2A Friday night when they travel to face Lafayette Christian. The Tigers have compiled a 3-2 worksheet thus far this season. “We are not satisfied with our record, as we all believe we should have beat DeQuincy a couple of weeks ago,” commented Tiger Head Coach Mark Deshotel. “We were without Torrell Levias in that game and he would have made all the difference.”

Deshotel noted some of the areas in which his team must improve as they head into the second season.

Steelers QB Rudolph remains in concussion protocol

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says quarterback Mason Rudolph “appears to be doing fine” but remains in the concussion protocol following an illegal hit by Baltimore safety Earl Thomas.

Climate activists block roads, camp out in global protests

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of climate change activists camped out in central London on Tuesday during a second day of world protests by the Extinction Rebellion movement to demand more urgent actions to counter global warming.

Determined activists glued themselves to the British government’s Department of Transport building as police working to keep streets clear appealed to protesters to move to Trafalgar Square.

Cities in Australia, elsewhere in Europe and other parts of the world also had climate change protests for a second day.

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Three win Nobel Prize in Physics for work to understand cosmos

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for exploring the evolution of the universe and discovering a new kind of planet, with implications for that nagging question: Does life exist only on Earth?

Dogs take win in eventful match

The Washingon-Marion defense, the 56-minute lightning delay, the 28-minute homecoming halftime or the stadium main lighting going out for the entire fourth quarter; none of the above could hold the

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HOUMA - The Vandebilt Catholic Terriers used touchdowns in each of the first three quarters here Friday night to claim a 21-7 win over the visiting Welsh Greyhounds. With the