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2020 ELECTION The tension builds

REBECCA BLACKWELL/AP A demonstrator holds up a sign outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Thursday in Philadelphia as vote counting in the general election continued. Biden on cusp of White House; Twin Senate runoffs in Georgia Trump sows doubt in process could shape the next presidency

BY BILL BARROW majority in the Senate, increasing BY JONATHAN LEMIRE, a surging pandemic and deep po- ALEX BRANDON/AP Associated Press his chances for passing legisla- ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN litical polarization. tion and securing major appoint- AND WILL WEISSERT The focus on Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump faces ATLANTA — The outcome in where Biden led Trump by more ment confirmations. Otherwise, Associated Press a narrow path to reelection as several contested states will de- Senate Majority Leader Mitch than 9,000 votes, and Georgia, counting of votes continues. termine whether Joe Biden de- WASHINGTON — Democrat where Biden led by more than McConnell, a Kentucky Repub- feats President Donald Trump. If lican, could wield the power to Joe Biden was on the cusp of win- 1,500, came as Americans en- the Democratic challenger wins, ning the presidency Friday as he tered a third full day after the block Biden. the ambitions of a Biden presi- Races in North Carolina and opened narrow leads over Presi- election without knowing who dency could well come down to dent Donald Trump in the criti- will lead them for the next four Alaska also hold the potential to Georgia. reshape the balance of power, but cal battlegrounds of Georgia and years. The prolonged process Georgia, long a Republican Georgia offers the more likely Pennsylvania. added to the anxiety of a nation stronghold — but one with rapidly prospect. Two runoff elections Those put Biden in a stronger whose racial and cultural divides changing demographics — could would mean a campaign on an al- position to capture the 270 Elec- were inflamed during the heated be the site of two runoffs on Jan. campaign. CAROLYN KASTER/AP most national scale, with tens of toral College votes needed to take 5 to settle which party would con- millions of dollars spent by both Biden was at his home in Wilm- Former Vice President Joe Biden the White House. The winner trol the Senate. sides. will lead a country facing a his- ington, Del., as the vote count needs only to claim one of the Should Democrats win them, toric set of challenges, including SEE BIDEN ON PAGE 6 remaining battleground states. Biden would be dealing with a SEE RUNOFFS ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Uber’s food delivery outshines core rides service Military rates Switzerland (Franc) ...... 0.9016 Euro costs (Nov. 9) ...... $1.16 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.63 Dollar buys (Nov. 9) ...... €0.82 Turkey (Lira) ...... 8.5578 British pound (Nov. 9) ...... $1.28 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those vehicles. from the same time last year. Japanese yen (Nov. 9) ...... 102.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Nov. 9) ...... 1,097.00 “Without question, the (pan- Despite the decline, the rides Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance NEW YORK — Uber’s food de- for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the demic’s) impact on the world has business showed improvement Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For livery business brought in more British pound ...... $1.3111 been one of the most significant from the second quarter, when it nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3066 money during the third quarter purchasing British pounds in Germany), impacts of our lifetimes, and we brought in just $790 million. China (Yuan) ...... 6.6190 check with your local military banking than its signature rides business, moved quickly as a company to The partial recovery in rides Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.2822 showing just how much consumer Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.6901 facility. Commercial rates are interbank respond,” said Dara Khosrowsha- was linked to the level of lock- Euro ...... $1.1859/0.8432 rates provided for reference when buying behavior has changed — and how hi, CEO of Uber, in a conference down restrictions in any given Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7537 currency. All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, far the company has adapted — call with investors Thursday. city. “When cities start to move, Hungary (Forint) ...... 302.98 Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.3786 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, since the pandemic struck. Uber brought in $3.13 billion in so too does Uber,“ Khosrowshahi Japan (Yen) ...... 103.58 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) The San Francisco-based ride- revenue, down 18% from the same said. Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3054 INTEREST RATES hailing company lost $1.09 billion time last year. Its mobility busi- Uber’s Eats business generated Norway (Krone) ...... 9.1892 Philippines (Peso) ...... 48.22 Prime rate ...... 3.25 in the three months that ended ness, which includes ride-hailing, $1.45 billion in revenue, up 125% Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.82 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Sept. 30 as many customers scooters and bikes, accounted for from a year ago as restaurants re- Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7508 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.09 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3489 3-month bill ...... 0.10 were still staying out of shared $1.37 billion of that, down 53% lied on Uber for delivery. South Korea (Won) ...... 1123.60 30-year bond ...... 1.54 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Naples 72/51 Okinawa Morón 75/70 68/49 Sigonella Rota 70/51 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 88/76 70/56 66/59 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Comics ...... 18 Crossword ...... 18 Health and Fitness ...... 16 Movies ...... 15 Opinion ...... 17 Sports ...... 19-24 Travel ...... 12-13 Video Games ...... 14 Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Afghans: Airport workers remain untrained

BY J.P. LAWRENCE enough certified air traffic con- Stars and Stripes trollers, SIGAR said. Last year, the director general KANDAHAR, Afghanistan of the ACAA said it was two to — The U.S. and NATO plan to three years away from being able transfer control of airports in Af- to independently shoulder all civil ghanistan as the coalition with- aviation responsibilities. draws, but Afghan officials at the This week, however, the ACAA country’s second largest airport said it will be able to take control say they still haven’t been trained if international troops leave in to take over. May. Locals haven’t been shown “Some of our foreign col- how to run the air traffic control leagues will still be coordinating tower, man the radar or perform with us in some of the sectors of a number of other crucial tasks the airports after the handover is handled by NATO personnel at finished,” ACAA spokesman Mo- Kandahar’s Ahmad Shab Baba hammad Naim Salihi said. International Airport, said Mas- But Kandahar Gov. Hayatul- soud Pashtoon, the facility’s di- lah Hayat said he remained con- rector of civil aviation. cerned about handing over the “Our guys are not even able to province’s airport operations. start the fire trucks,” he said. “If NATO training for locals in the U.S. leaves, the airport will be vital civil aviation functions was in trouble.” delayed because of the corona- The State Department has said virus — which SIGAR estimates there are plans to hand full con- has affected roughly a third of Af- trol of Afghanistan’s four largest ghans — and then canceled after airports — Kabul, Kandahar, international officials said the Af- Herat and Mazar-e Sharif — to ghans sent for training were “not the government by May 2021, capable of being trained,” Hayat when a deal signed by the Tal- said. He also worried about how iban and the U.S. in February this J.P. LAWRENCE/Stars and Stripes the facility would be protected year says all international troops Afghans are supposed to take control of Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport in Kandahar, from Taliban mortar and rocket will leave if the Taliban abide by attacks. its terms. Afghanistan, from U.S. and NATO troops when they leave the country, but officials say the locals are not up to the job. “I don’t want to transfer control But exactly when the airports and then everything is collapsed,” will be handed over to the Af- sion said there is “no ‘deadline’ said in a command statement. The Afghan Civil Aviation he said. “I think we didn’t plan ghans is still under review by this well ... We should have been NATO and the Afghan govern- for a full turnover of Kandahar NATO has said it wants the Authority, formed in 2012, was Airfield.” “We will hand over Afghan government to develop supposed to take control of the thinking about this day, that this ment, a report released Thursday will be transferred to us.” by the Special Inspector General operations and facilities when a plan for the airport handovers, airports in 2014, during an ear- conditions permit and there is no and to familiarize local staff with lier drawdown of international Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this for Afghanistan Reconstruction report. said. longer a military requirement for key airfield functions, the state- troops, but was prevented from [email protected] NATO’s Resolute Support mis- the airfield,” Resolute Support ment said. doing so because it didn’t have Twitter: @jplawrence3 Over 5K sailors with critical skills eligible for $30,000 bonus

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY equipment. have 14 years of service or less, broken up who do not take advantage of the money Stars and Stripes “[The bonus] rewards sailors who attain into three zones. Zone A is for sailors who soon could lose out later. training and skills most needed in the fleet have served up to six years, Zone B is for The bonuses have also increased payouts WASHINGTON — Some sailors are en- and helps meet critical skill reenlistment service between six to 10 years, and Zone for 14 skillsets but decreased the money titled to a reenlistment bonus of at least benchmarks, while enhancing [the] Navy’s C is for 10 to 14 years of service. $30,000 after the Navy added more critical ability to size, shape, and stabilize man- There are five bonus levels depending for 51 others. The Navy removed 44 skill- skillsets to its eligibility list. ning,” according to the Navy fact sheet on on the need for a specific skill: $30,000; sets from the bonus list and left the money The Navy added 78 more skillsets eli- the bonus. $45,000; $60,000; $75,000, and $100,000. amount the same for 107 skills, according gible for the fiscal year 2021 Selective Re- The Navy plans to spend slightly more Sailors will receive half of their bonus up- to a Navy fact sheet. enlistment Bonus list allowing about 5,220 than $379 million on reenlistment bonuses front and the remainder will be spread out Sailors must submit their request for additional sailors to receive the money, ac- once the fiscal year 2021 defense budget is over the rest of their enlistment, according the bonus between 35 and 120 days prior cording to the service. approved, according to the service. The De- to the Navy. In addition, if a sailor reenlists to their reenlistment date, the fact sheet Sailors receive a skillset code after fense Department is operating now under in a designated combat zone, they can re- they have completed training for certain a continuing resolution while it waits for ceive the entire bonus tax free. states . skills or knowledge, such as learning a Congress to pass the defense funding bill. The Navy said the service is constantly [email protected] new language or how to repair specific The bonus is only eligible for sailors who updating its bonus award levels, so sailors @caitlinmkenney Marine vet fired over using medical marijuana to treat PTSD

Associated Press policy and he failed to notify his Gullett agrees with her prede- ployee.” Hickman argued it was boys bathroom!” supervisor he was using it. cessor’s decision and Hickman’s unfair that he legally could have The district learned of Hick- OCALA, Fla. — A Florida high school dean has been fired after The central Florida district of- military service should not cloud kept using the opioid painkiller man’s use one year ago when he he tested positive for marijuana, fered to suspend Hickman, 51, their judgment. Hickman fought he took before switching to mari- was injured breaking up a fight at even though it had been pre- if he agreed not to use medical in Iraq during Gulf Storm 30 juana because it was more effec- Belleview High School. A work- scribed for him by a doctor to marijuana in the future, but the years ago. tive and has fewer side effects. ers’ compensation doctor who treat post-traumatic stress disor- 10-year employee refused. After “He was given the opportunity Chris Altobello, an executive treated Hickman discovered the der he incurred in the Marines. an administrative judge upheld a to stop using it,” Levitt said. director with the Marion County drug in a urine test and notified The Marion County School previous superintendent’s recom- Hickman’s attorney, Mark teachers union, told the paper in a the district. Board voted 5-0 Wednesday to mendation that he be fired, the Herdman, told the Ocala Star- text message that Hickman “was “Imagine if this employee just fire Mike Hickman, saying that board acted. Banner, “It is just another unfor- no more impaired than someone sat back and let the two students while medical marijuana is legal Mark Levitt, an attorney who tunate decision handed down by who took an aspirin for a head- continue to fight without regard in Florida, it is illegal under fed- represents current Superinten- the Marion County School Board ache. They implied that this is for their safety. We wouldn’t be eral law, its use violates district dent Diane Gullett, told the board to fire yet another good em- tantamount to smoking pot in the here right now,” Altobello said. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK VA cases Military increase role for to record numbers vaccine BY NIKKI WENTLING Stars and Stripes

WASHINGTON — Nearly 6,900 Department of Veterans Affairs patients were battling clarified coronavirus infections Thursday — a record-breaking number of cases for the department. BY EMILY KOPP On Thursday morning, the CQ-Roll Call agency reported 6,890 active WASHINGTON — President cases, which includes veterans Donald Trump has often touted and VA employees. The previ- the role of the military in dis- ous high was about 6,400 during tributing a COVID-19 vaccine, a surge of infections in mid-July. but health officials close to the KREGG YORK/U.S. Air National Guard Cases increased 10% since process who are concerned about Monday. Cpl. Nikki Sherman, a soldier assigned to the Ohio Military Reserve, conducts a COVID-19 test during a public distrust are taking pains to According to agency data, 81 pop-up testing drive-thru in Whitehouse, Ohio, on Oct. 19. say the federal government won’t more veterans and two employ- actually be handling vaccines. ees died since Tuesday, bringing The president said at the final support. bers of the military, is a “stark de- Tuskegee experiment that oc- “There will not be this vision parture” from prior public health curred from the 1930s to the the total deaths to 4,098 veterans presidential debate that the dis- and 64 employees since the start tribution of a vaccine would be that some people have that there’ll crises. 1970s, the government enticed of the pandemic. swift because he’s “counting on be Army trucks driving through A Defense Department spokes- Black men to participate in a the military.” the streets delivering vaccine,” person told CQ Roll Call there study of untreated syphilis by Reflecting national trends, “We have our generals lined up, he said, adding that is not “fea- is sufficient U.S. commercial promising medical care that was cases among VA patients are one in particular that’s the head sible or the right way to do it.” transportation capacity so “there ultimately withheld. This year, surging in the Midwest. The Min- of logistics. ... He’s ready to go,” Even if federal troops do not should be no need for a large human rights groups alleged that neapolis VA hospital has the most Trump said Oct. 22. end up handling vaccines, Na- commitment of DOD units or per- officials at a U.S. Immigration cases across the VA system, with But Paul Mango, a spokes- tional Guard units operating sonnel” in distribution. Any DOD and Customs Enforcement facil- 203 patients who are currently man for Operation Warp Speed, under control of a governor may support in distribution beyond ity performed hysterectomies on sick with the virus – up 8.5% from the federal effort to develop vac- do so in many states, which could planning would be an exception, women without their consent. Tuesday. Milwaukee, Wisc., is a cines, clarified the next day: “It lead to public confusion. such as if military air assets were Susan Winkler, chief executive close second, with 196 patients, is extremely unlikely that anyone A review by CQ Roll Call of needed to deliver vaccines to a of the Reagan-Udall Foundation, an increase of 7% from Tuesday. 16 states’ COVID-19 vaccina- remote location, according to the from the government will touch a a nonprofit that advises the Food Though active cases are rising tion plans indicates that at least agency. vaccine, whether that’s loading a and Drug Administration, is con- higher than ever, VA Press Secre- truck, unloading a truck, moving nine expect to incorporate state Federal officials’ careful com- ducting focus groups with people National Guard units under gov- ments in recent days on the tary Christina Noel said the count dry ice or actually injecting the who experience health disparities of active cases is not the best way vaccine prior to Americans get- ernors’ control. The draft propos- military’s role reflect growing and are also at an increased risk als indicate plans for those units concerns that even with a safe to measure how the virus is af- ting it.” for COVID-19. She said their con- to provide backup transportation and effective vaccine, conflicting fecting patients. Instead, the Mango said the Defense De- cerns were often left out of previ- and security. At least one state, messages and deep distrust could agency is looking to the rate of partment would oversee logistics ous research on attitudes toward Maryland, signaled intentions jeopardize its success. hospitalizations. from a distance. Operation Warp vaccines. Speed is led by the departments of to use its National Guard Medi- Quinn said the president’s For the month of October, hos- cal Service Corps to administer comments further linking the Some front-line workers in pitalizations among coronavirus Defense and Health and Human health care and retail, as well as Services. shots. COVID-19 vaccine and the gov- patients reached a low point of Black, Latino and Indigenous peo- “I know what the president Sandra Quinn, a University of ernment won’t help. 15%. All VA hospitals have capac- ple, have fears around the speed means because (Operation Warp Maryland health equity professor “White people would be more ity to meet current demand and of the vaccines being developed Speed leader Gen. Gustave who studies racial differences in likely to question the govern- care for additional patients, Noel and worry about being “guinea Perna) has briefed him several flu vaccination rates, said the pub- ment’s competence, while African said. pigs,” according to the interim times on this, and that is we have lic is unlikely to make a clear dis- Americans would be more likely However, hospitalizations are the best logisticians in the United tinction between state-deployed to question the government’s mo- findings, which she recently pre- sented to the FDA. Transparency on the rise. They increased by States at the Department of De- National Guard and Trump’s in- tives. Does the government really more than 20% over the past vocation of “the military.” have our best interest at heart?” is important, experts say. Some fense,” he said. “Every logistical week, bringing the total to 606 Two Democrats on the Sen- she said of her research. states have not yet published their detail you could think of: needles, veterans hospitalized with the syringes, swabs, bandages, dry ate Armed Services Committee Touting the military’s logisti- draft vaccination plans. virus Thursday. ice, trucks, U.S. marshals guid- have called for a hearing on the cal prowess is unlikely to be an “Clarifying (the National ing those trucks, planes, flying in military’s role in Operation Warp effective way to assuage concerns Guard’s) role is really important, The VA’s data does not include equipment, getting vaccines out.” Speed. Elizabeth Warren of Mas- rooted in centuries of harms by and some of that will have to hap- all veterans, such as those who Perna clarified at an Oct. 27 sachusetts and Mazie K. Hirono the government and medical pen at state and local health de- have died or contracted the virus event that the military is helping of Hawaii wrote that the organi- community on Black, Latino and partments. As they finalize their at state-run veterans homes. with things like planning, logis- zational structure of Operation Indigenous Americans. plans, they should be talking to [email protected] tics, augmentation and program Warp Speed, dominated by mem- For example, in the infamous their communities,” Quinn said. Twitter: @nikkiwentling US military reports 10 new cases in S. Korea, 1 in Japan

Stars and Stripes positive after arriving on a commercial patients that arrived and were tested dur- Public health authorities identified and flight Tuesday at Incheon International ing the same time frame. quarantined five of the individual’s close TOKYO — The U.S. military in Asia re- Airport. The U.S. military in South Korea has contacts, according to Kadena’s 18th ported 11 new coronavirus cases on Friday, Eight of the individuals tested positive reported 298 total coronavirus cases dur- Wing. one in Japan and 10 in South Korea. on the mandatory first test prior to enter- ing the pandemic, of which 224 were active The U.S. military in Japan does not al- U.S. Forces Korea said nine service ing the required 14-day quarantine; two duty service members. members tested positive at Osan Air Base ways specify whether its coronavirus others tested positive while in quarantine, In Japan, one person at Kadena Air Base patients are service members, Defense after arriving on government-chartered according to USFK. tested positive for the virus after returning Department civilian employees or family Patriot Express flights on Oct. 29 and on All 10 are in isolation at Camp Hum- to Okinawa from elsewhere in the country, Monday and Tuesday, according to a USFK phreys, the release said. On Thursday, according to a base Facebook post Thurs- members. news release. One service member tested USFK also reported 10 new coronavirus day evening. [email protected] Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Unemployment drops as US adds solid 638K jobs

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER ers who need to leave home to get Associated Press to their jobs during that time pe- riod and people who need to leave WASHINGTON — U.S. em- home for an emergency to seek ployers added 638,000 jobs in medical care, purchase medical October, a solid pace though far supplies, food or groceries. fewer than needed to regain most Also at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, of the jobs lost to the pandemic the state begins Phase 2.1, which recession just as new viral cases limits restaurant capacity to 50% are setting record highs. instead of 75%, with no more than The gain suggested that a ten- eight people at a table; recom- tative economic recovery is still mends indoor gatherings, includ- intact even as it faces a surging ing Thanksgiving meals, to be viral outbreak. October’s gain limited to 10 people; and limits was slightly below the 672,000 religious venues to a maximum jobs added in September and the of 100 people, or 50% capacity, 1.5 million in August. among other measures. But last month’s gain was stron- Gov. Ned Lamont had original- ger than it appears: It was held ly said restaurants and certain at- down by the loss of about 150,000 tractions such as movie theaters temporary Census jobs. Exclud- would have to close by 9:30 p.m., ing governments, private em- with an exception for takeout and ployers added a healthy 906,000 delivery of meals. But he said jobs. Job growth was particularly Thursday that restaurants will be strong in construction, retail, and allowed to stay open until 10 p.m. COLTER PETERSON, ST. LOUIS (MO.) POST-DISPATCH/AP a category that includes restau- rants and hotels. Kentucky Mike Wagner, left, and Ken Gleich, dressed in hazmat suits, wheel cleaning carts to their next classroom The report Friday from the as they disinfect Richard A. Simpson Elementary School in Arnold, Mo., on Thursday Labor Department said the un- FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s employment rate fell to 6.9% bar and restaurant operators are most vulnerable members of our flags in western New York, the aries, he said. from 7.9% in September. Still, the getting a break from alcoholic society.” Finger Lakes, and in other com- Twenty-two more COVID-19 nation now has 10.1 million fewer beverage renewal fees in a cost- munities across the state, so it is deaths were reported Thursday jobs than it did before the pan- saving step as they struggle with New Mexico more important than ever that we in El Paso County, bringing the demic intensified in March. revenue losses from the coronavi- be vigilant,” the Democrat said. county’s death toll for the eight- ALBUQUERQUE — New Mex- And the job market and the rus pandemic. month pandemic to 639. ico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham overall economy are under inten- The Department of Alcoholic Tennessee Meanwhile, 1,920 new cases on Thursday said the state has re- were reported in the county sified pressure from the acceler- Beverage Control is granting a corded its highest daily count for JOHNSON CITY — Health of- ating pandemic. On Thursday, the 12-month fee renewal waiver to Thursday, a significant increase deaths related to the coronavirus ficials in northeastern Tennessee from the 1,537 new cases report- nation broke another record in the license holders, Gov. Andy Bes- pandemic in what has become a say they do not have enough nurs- seven-day rolling average for new hear said Thursday. ed Wednesday, Mayor Dee Margo “dramatic, critical situation” that es to combat COVID-19 inside its said. cases, hitting nearly 90,000. Daily Bar and restaurant operators will likely result in tougher public hospital system. new cases were also on track for who haven’t submitted the re- health restrictions. “There are no longer enough another day above 100,000, with newal fee this year won’t have to She announced an additional nurses to fill the need that we Vermont surging numbers reported all pay until 2021, he said. Those who 23 deaths during a public brief- have,” Ballad Health Senior around the country, including a have paid this year will have their MONTPELIER — Five Ver- ing, saying that the statewide Vice President and Chief Nurs- mont state senators said Thurs- combined nearly 25,000 in Texas, fees waived in 2021, he said. total now stands at more than ing Officer Lisa Smithgall told Illinois and Florida. “This has certainly been a diffi- day that they were disturbed to 1,080. More than 10% of those WJHL-TV. learn that Walmart will not seek The economy, which had re- cult year for our bars, restaurants deaths have come in the last two According to Ballad Health, bounded sharply in the July-Sep- and venues, and they deserve this hazard pay grants for its Vermont weeks as the state has been deal- the hospital system is looking to employees who worked during the tember quarter as businesses innovative support as we face ing with a surge of infections, hire 350 registered nurses to fill reopened from virus-related shut- what could be a very painful win- first three months of the COVID- higher positivity rates and more its nurse shortage. 19 pandemic. downs, is now expanding more ter,” Beshear said. hospitalizations. “In the last eight weeks, we’ve slowly. Many businesses, espe- Bars and restaurants have en- In a Thursday press release, Nearly 17% of those who have had more than 900 patients ad- the senators, led by Senate Presi- cially restaurants and bars that dured capacity limitations to help been hospitalized in the state due mitted to COVID-19,” said Ballad had made use of outdoor seating, contain the virus. dent Pro Tem Tim Ashe, said the to COVID-19 have died, state Health Chief Administrative Of- grants of $1,200 or $2,000 are may struggle as the weather turns The fee waiver doesn’t apply to health officials said. They also re- ficer Eric Deaton. colder. Consumers could also pull producers, distributors, whole- paid for by the state, but employ- ported that the number of deaths After hitting 200 inpatients this ers must apply on behalf of their back again on shopping, traveling salers and others able to continue has increased 230% in just the week, the health care system has and other activities to avoid con- operations throughout the virus- workers. last two weeks and hospital ca- adjusted its COVID-19 surge plan They said the workers put tracting the virus. related state of emergency. pacity is shrinking to unsustain- to receive 300 inpatients. Some large companies are still themselves at risk while most able levels. Deaton said: “These numbers Americans stayed at home. shedding workers. ExxonMobil represent lives, they’re non-en- Michigan “Their decision, cruel under said late last month that it would couraging. In fact, it’s really be- New York any circumstances, is especially cut 1,900 jobs, mostly at corpo- TRAVERSE CITY — Gov. coming a tragedy in the increased unthinkable since the grants are rate headquarters. Chevron has Gretchen Whitmer urged Michi- ALBANY — Nearly 3,000 peo- rates that we’re seeing.” said it will cut about a quarter of gan lawmakers Thursday to enact ple tested positive for COVID-19 intended to thank essential work- the employees from its newly ac- a statewide law on mask wearing, in New York in one day, a mile- Texas ers who stayed on the job in high quired unit Noble Energy. Boeing as the state continues to shatter stone that illustrates the steady risk positions in the earliest days said it expects to cut its workforce coronavirus case records and erosion of the progress the state EL PASO — Five trailers from of the COVID pandemic,” they by 30,000 to 130,000. hospital admissions steadily rise. made to get the virus under con- the Federal Emergency Manage- said in the press release. A state emergency order al- trol this summer, according to ment Administration have been There are six Walmart stores in Connecticut ready requires people to wear state data released Thursday. brought to El Paso to help accom- Vermont. The politicians said the masks in indoor public places After averaging as few as 600 modate the surge of COVID-19 company’s decision not to seek Connecticut residents were and crowded outdoor areas. But positive tests per day in August, fatalities in the border city, offi- the grants means that “hundreds, being urged Thursday to limit the Democratic governor said autumn has brought a disturbing cials said Thursday. if not more than a thousand” any nonessential trips between 10 compliance might improve with upswing. Three of the trailers were Walmart employees in Vermont p.m. and 5 a.m. to help reduce the bipartisan support from the GOP- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said staged at the El Paso County Med- won’t receive the grants. spread of the coronavirus, a move led Legislature. weddings, birthdays and other ical Examiner’s Office while two Walmart has given employees that comes as the state starts “We’ve known for a long time private gatherings have fueled were being held in reserve, said special cash bonuses during the rolling back portions of the third that the single most important the spread, on top of universities Jorge Rodriguez, the city’s emer- pandemic, and it believes the Ver- phase of reopening. weapon we have against this and schools opening their doors. gency management coordinator. mont program’s funds are more The Department of Public virus is the simple act of wearing He has also pointed to public The Texas Funeral Service appropriately used by “small Health issued the statewide advi- a mask,” Whitmer said. “Wear- weariness of mask mandates and Commission also has been asked and medium employers in the sory, which takes effect at 12:01 ing a mask protects our families, distancing rules. to send representatives to make state who might be unable to pay a.m. on Friday. It applies to all it protects ourselves, it protects “COVID fatigue is creeping an assessment of the needs of the a similar bonus,” said company residents except essential work- our frontline workers, and our up and there are serious caution area’s funeral homes and mortu- spokesperson Jami Lamontagne. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 2020 ELECTION Runoffs: Georgia emerges as key to balance of Senate

FROM FRONT PAGE legacy.” Biden has been mum on the Republicans countered with Senate balance as he awaits the warnings of an “extremist” gov- results in his race, but he offered ernment if Democrats, who ap- a preview days before Tuesday’s pear positioned to keep the House election. majority despite losing seats, con- “I can’t tell you how important trol both ends of Pennsylvania it is that we flip the United States Avenue. Senate. There’s no state more “David Perdue won this race consequential than Georgia in in regular time and will do the that fight,” Biden declared at an same in overtime,” said Kevin Atlanta rally on Oct. 27, when he McLaughlin, executive director campaigned alongside Demo- of the Senate Republicans’ cam- cratic Senate hopefuls Jon Ossoff paign arm, blasting Ossoff as a and Raphael Warnock. front man for “national Demo- Votes were still being counted crats and their shared dream of a to determine whether Ossoff will socialist America.” meet Georgia Sen. David Perdue Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a in a second round. Georgia law potential 2024 presidential can- requires an outright majority to didate, was harsher. “We are in win a statewide office. danger of losing the Senate to ex- Separately, a Georgia special tremist liberals who want to raise election to fill the unexpired term your taxes, defund the police and pass legislation for a sweeping of former Sen. Johnny Isakson GENE J. PUSKAR/AP will require a runoff between government takeover,” Hawley Warnock and Sen. Kelly Loef- wrote in a fundraising pitch for Election office workers process ballots as counting continues from the general election at the Allegheny fler, the Republican appointed to Loeffler. County elections returns warehouse in Pittsburgh on Friday . the post last year after Isakson Biden’s tax plan proposes in- retired. creases only on corporations and Nationally, the Senate stands at the wealthiest Americans. Nei- 48-48. But Republicans lead un- ther Ossoff nor Warnock propos- Biden: Mail-in vote favoring Democrat called races in Alaska and North es “defunding the police.” And Hawley’s fundraising email didn’t Carolina. By FROM FRONT PAGE Trump showed no sign of giv- ing by mail would lead to wide- Thursday, explain what continued and aides said he would ing up and was back on Twitter spread voter fraud. the focus Democrats’ address the nation in primetime. around 2:30 a.m. Friday, insisting Mail ballots from across the turned to “takeover” Trump remained in the White the “U.S. Supreme Court should state were overwhelmingly Georgia. would be. But House residence as more results decide!” breaking in Biden’s direction. A Both sides his asser- trickled in, expanding Biden’s Trump’s erroneous claims final vote total may not be clear promised tions track lead in must-win Pennsylvania. about the integrity of the elec- for days because the use of mail- unlimited the fault tion challenged Republicans now in ballots, which take more time funds would lines that In the West Wing, televisions re- faced with the choice of whether to process, has surged as a result flow to the will define mained tuned to the news amid the runoff trappings of normalcy, as report- to break with a president who, of the coronavirus pandemic. campaigns though his grip on his office grew and onto the campaigns. ers lined up for coronavirus tests The Trump campaign said and outdoor crews worked on the tenuous, commanded sky-high it was confident the president airwaves, Ossoff Perdue In Geor- gia, Repub- North Lawn on a mild, muggy fall approval ratings from rank-and- would ultimately pull out a vic- and they file members of the GOP. That predicted an all-star cast of cam- licans and Democrats embraced day. tory in Arizona, where votes were the national frame, even as they Trump’s campaign, meanwhile, was especially true for those who also still being counted, including paigners for a state that in recent are eyeing presidential runs of weeks drew visits from Biden, talked up their candidates’ in- was quiet — a dramatic differ- in Maricopa County, the state’s their own in 2024. Trump, Vice President Mike dividual attributes. Loeffler is ence from the day before, when most populous area. The AP has Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Pence, Democratic vice presiden- Georgia’s first female senator in it held a morning conference call declared Biden the winner in Hogan, a potential presidential tial nominee Kamala Harris and the modern era. Warnock, pas- projecting confidence and held a Arizona and said Thursday that it hopeful who has often criticized former President Barack Obama. tor of the church where civil flurry of hastily arranged press was monitoring the vote count as Trump, said unequivocally: Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Mary- rights icon Martin Luther King conferences announcing litiga- it proceeded. “There is no defense for the Pres- land Democrat who led Senate Jr. preached, would be Georgia’s tion in key states. “The Associated Press con- ident’s comments tonight under- Democrats’ campaign efforts first elected Black senator. With his pathway to reelec- tinues to watch and analyze vote mining our Democratic process. in the 2018 cycle, warned that “These are compelling candi- tion appearing to greatly narrow, count results from Arizona as America is counting the votes, McConnell, who has gleefully dates … but I think they have to Trump was testing how far he they come in,” said Sally Buzbee, and we must respect the results dubbed himself the “grim reaper” accept it for what it is: a Demo- could go in using the trappings of AP’s executive editor. “We will as we always have before.” of the Democratic agenda, would crats-versus-Republican race presidential power to undermine follow the facts in all cases.” But others who are rumored to threaten a Biden presidency if he that’s all about the setup and au- confidence in the vote. Trump’s campaign was lodging be considering a White House run returns as majority leader. thority in the Senate,” said Jack On Thursday, he advanced un- legal challenges in several states, of their own in four years aligned “His DNA has been all about Kingston, a former congressman supported accusations of voter though he faced long odds. He fraud to falsely argue that his themselves with the incumbent, obstruction and very little about who narrowly lost a GOP Senate would have to win multiple suits rival was trying to seize power including Sen. Josh Hawley, R- constructive progress together,” runoff to Perdue in 2014. in multiple states in order to stop in an extraordinary effort by a Mo., who tweeted support for Van Hollen said. State Democratic Chair Nike- vote counts, since more than one sitting American president to Trump’s claims, writing that “If McConnell almost certainly ma Williams, just elected to suc- state was undeclared. sow doubt about the democratic last 24 hours have made anything wouldn’t grant a floor vote to ceed the late Rep. John Lewis Some of the Trump team’s law- Biden’s proposal for a public op- process. clear, it’s that we need new elec- in Congress, said it’s impossible suits only demand better access tion expansion of the 2010 Afford- “This is a case when they are tion integrity laws NOW.” to separate Senate control from for campaign observers to loca- able Care Act or the Democrat’s trying to steal an election, they Trump’s campaign engaged issues that matter to voters on tions where ballots are being pro- proposed repeal of some of are trying to rig an election,” in a flurry of legal activity to try the ground. “That national con- Trump’s top-end tax cuts. Mc- Trump said from the podium of to improve the Republican pres- cessed and counted. A judge in versation has implications for Connell refused to grant Obama’s the White House briefing room. ident’s chances, saying it would Georgia dismissed the campaign’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick every Georgian,” she said, not- Biden spent Thursday trying to seek a recount in Wisconsin and suit there less than 12 hours after Garland, hearings or a vote. ing that McConnell has blocked ease tensions and project a more file lawsuits in Pennsylvania, it was filed. And a Michigan judge Progressives, meanwhile, la- Democratic bills to expand the traditional image of presidential Michigan and Georgia. dismissed a Trump lawsuit over ment losses in Senate races that Voting Rights Act and send aid leadership. After participating Judges in Georgia and Michigan whether enough GOP challengers could have given Democrats a to state and local governments in a coronavirus briefing, he de- quickly dismissed Trump cam- had access to handling of absen- majority with a cushion. Adam hammered by the pandemic and clared that “each ballot must be paign lawsuits there Thursday. tee ballots Green, co-founder of the Progres- would do the same on health care counted.” In Pennsylvania, officials were Biden attorney Bob Bauer said sive Change Campaign Commit- and other Biden initiatives. “I ask everyone to stay calm. not allowed to process mail-in the suits were legally “meritless.” tee, tried Thursday to downplay “I can’t wait to have that dis- The process is working,” Biden ballots until Election Day under Their only purpose, he said “is to the pitfalls of GOP control, argu- cussion,” Williams said. said. “It is the will of the vot- state law. It’s a form of voting that create an opportunity for them ing that “bold executive branch Williams further celebrated ers. No one, not anyone else who has skewed heavily in Biden’s to message falsely about what’s actions that impact people’s the attention as confirmation of chooses the president of the Unit- favor after Trump spent months taking place in the electoral lives” still could “define Biden’s Georgia’s battleground status. ed States of America.” claiming without proof that vot- process.” Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 2020 ELECTION Election officials worried by threats, protests

BY NOMAAN MERCHANT ing those employees from doing AND TIM SULLIVAN their job.” Associated Press On Thursday, about 100 Trump Election officials in several supporters gathered in front of closely contested states said they the Maricopa County election are worried about the safety of center in Phoenix, some carrying their workers amid threats and military-style rifles and hand- gatherings of angry protesters guns. Arizona law allows people outside vote tabulation centers, to openly carry guns. drawn by President Donald Authorities at the center used Trump’s baseless claim of wide- spread fraud in the race for the fences to create a “freedom of White House. speech zone” and keep the en- “I can tell you that my wife and trance to the building open. my mother are very concerned The crowd took turns chanting for me,” said Joe Gloria, the regis- — “Count the votes!“ and “Four trar in Clark County, Nev., which more years!“ — and complaining includes Las Vegas. He said his through a megaphone about the staff was bolstering security and tracking vehicles coming and voting process. going from the election offices. They paused to listen as Trump But he added that he and others spoke from the White House, would not be stopped from “doing where he repeated many of his what our duty is and counting groundless assertions of a rigged ballots.” vote. They whooped and clapped Groups of Trump supporters when the president said, “We’re gathered at vote tabulation sites REBECCA BLACKWELL/AP in Detroit and Philadelphia again on track to win Arizona.” The As- A parking violation envelope is affixed to the windshield of a Hummer parked near the Pennsylvania Friday, decrying counts that sociated Press has called Arizona Convention Center where votes are being counted, Friday in Philadelphia. Two men with guns for Biden. showed Democrat Joe Biden lead- arrested near the center admitted the Hummer was their vehicle. ing in those and other key states. In Atlanta, roughly 100 chant- While the protests have not ing Trump supporters gathered been violent or very large, local outside State Farm Arena Thurs- officials were distressed by the 2 with guns arrested near counting day as votes were being counted. gatherings and concerned about Several Atlanta police officers the relentless accusations. Associated Press information earlier in the day Friday. Michigan Attorney General monitored the scene. that individuals armed with An additional firearm was Dana Nessel tweeted a plea PHILADELPHIA — Phila- In Las Vegas, about 100 back- firearms were on their way to recovered from inside the ve- Thursday to “stop making ha- delphia police said they arrested ers of the president chanted as the convention center in Phila- hicle, police said. rassing & threatening calls” to two men Thursday for not hav- they stood along the road in front ing permits to carry the guns delphia in a Hummer truck. Both men will face firearm her staff. of the election offices. “Asking them to shove sharpies they were armed with near the The two men arrested acknowl- charges but have not been for- in uncomfortable places is never state convention center, where edged that the Hummer spot- mally charged yet, police said. Meanwhile, Facebook banned appropriate & is a sad commen- vote counting is ongoing. ted by officers near the center Their names had not been re- a large group called “Stop the tary on the state of our nation,” Police said they had received was their vehicle, police said leased as of Friday morning. Steal” that Trump supporters wrote Nessel, a Democrat, refer- were using to organize protests ring to a false conspiracy theory against the vote count. Some that Trump supporters were told vention center Friday morning, Again,” and “We Love Trump.” Katie Hobbs, speaking on CNN, members had called for violence, to fill out ballots with Sharpie where election workers have Police cordoned off streets lead- said her main concern was staff while many falsely claimed Dem- markers instead of regular pens counted ballots. ing to the tabulation center and safety but that sheriff’s deputies so that their votes wouldn’t be ocrats are stealing the election. counted by the machines. “Stop the steal,” the protest- maintained a close watch on the were providing protection. She The group had amassed more Dozens of Trump supporters ers chanted. Some carried signs protest. said the protesters were “causing than 350,000 members before rallied outside Detroit’s con- that read, “Make Elections Fair Arizona Secretary of State delay and disruption and prevent- Facebook took it down. GOP split over Trump claim that Dems trying to ‘steal’ election

BY MATTHEW DALY sylvania — whose state is a key details or evidence, and state and arguments. alongside the president. Associated Press battleground in the presidential federal officials have not report- “You can’t stop the count in One top Trump ally, Sen. Lind- election, where votes are still ed any instances of widespread one state and decide you want the sey Graham, told reporters Fri- WASHINGTON — Key Repub- being tallied — called Trump’s voter fraud. count to continue in another state. day that he supports Trump’s lican lawmakers, including 2012 claim of fraud “very disturbing.” Yet Senate Majority Leader That might be how you’d like to efforts to challenge ballot counts presidential nominee Mitt Rom- “There’s simply no evidence Mitch McConnell struck a more see the system work but that’s in several states yet to be called in ney, on Friday slammed President anyone has shown me of any neutral tone, and other top Re- not how the system works,” Blunt the presidential race. The South Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated widespread corruption or fraud,” publicans more defiantly urged said at the Capitol. Carolina Republican said he had claim that Democrats are trying Toomey told “CBS This Morn- Trump to fight to defeat Demo- House Minority Leader Kevin talked to the Trump campaign to “steal” the election, even as ing.” “The president’s speech last crat Joe Biden. McCarthy took a more confronta- and expects evidence of voting ir- GOP leaders struck a more neu- night was very disturbing to me “Every legal vote should be tional tone, insisting inaccurately regularities to surface in the next tral tone — and others urged the counted,” McConnell tweeted that Trump “won” the election 48 hours, but added that it was up White House to fight. because he made very, very seri- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, ous allegations without any evi- early Friday. “All sides must get — even though officials in several to the Trump campaign to make said Trump was within his rights dence to support it.. to observe the process.” states are still counting Ameri- that case. to request recounts and call for While he voted for Trump, “I McConnell grew testy during cans’ ballots. While he’s “not conceding” that investigations where evidence of want the next president to be the a press conference later in Ken- “So everyone who’s listening, Biden is going to win the presi- irregularities exists. person who legitimately wins the tucky when was repeatedly asked do not be quiet, do not be silent dency, Graham said he will try to But Trump “is wrong to say the Electoral College, and I will ac- to say more. about this. We cannot allow this work with a potential Democratic election was rigged, corrupt and cept whoever that is,” Toomey “Beyond that, I don’t have any- to happen before our very eyes,” administration. stolen,” Romney said on Twit- said. thing to say,” McConnell said. “It McCarthy, R-Calif., said Thurs- “It’s important for me to be me, ter. Trump’s claim ”damages the Trump, who has complained for won’t make any difference how day on Fox News. “Join together and that is, be a solid conserva- cause of freedom here and around weeks about mail-in ballots, esca- many times you ask, I’ve already and let’s stop this.” tive, fight like hell for stopping a the world ... and recklessly in- lated his allegations late Thurs- given my answer.” The split showed the grip radical agenda for the conserva- flames destructive and danger- day, saying at the White House Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, a Trump still has on his party, par- tive cause, but also recognizing ous passions,” Romney said. that the ballot-counting process member of the GOP leadership, ticularly after Republicans in that, if Biden does win, he’s presi- Romney’s comments came as is unfair and corrupt. Trump did said Friday that Trump’s cam- Congress won seats in the House dent, and try to work with him GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Penn- not back up his claims with any paign was making inconsistent and Senate running for reelection when we can,” Graham said. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 NATION Counties hard-hit by virus vote for Trump

Associated Press adding that there’s a chance a retooled under control. public health message might unify Ameri- Thirty-six percent of Trump voters de- U.S. voters went to the polls starkly di- cans around lowering case counts so hospi- scribed the pandemic as completely or vided on how they see President Donald tals won’t get swamped during the winter mostly under control, and another 47% said Trump’s response to the coronavirus pan- demic. But in places where the virus is months. it was somewhat under control, according most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enor- The electoral divide comes amid an ex- to AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of mous support. plosion in cases and hospitalizations in the more than 110,000 voters conducted for the An Associated Press analysis reveals that U.S. and globally. AP by NORC at the University of Chicago. in 376 counties with the highest number of The U.S. broke another record in the 7- Meanwhile, 82% of Biden voters said the new cases per capita, the overwhelming day rolling average for daily new cases, pandemic is not at all under control. majority — 93% of those counties — went hitting nearly 90,000. The tally for new The pandemic was considered at least cases Thursday was on track for another somewhat under control by slim majorities for Trump, a rate above other less severely ROGELIO V. SOLIS/AP hit areas. day above 100,000, with massive numbers of voters in many red states, including Ala- Most were rural counties in Montana, A voters uses hand sanitizer at a polling reported all around the country, including bama (60%), Missouri (54%), Mississippi the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and place to clean their hands before casting a combined nearly 25,000 in Texas, Illinois (58%), Kentucky (55%), Texas (55%), Ten- Wisconsin — the kinds of areas that often their ballot in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday. and Florida. Iowa and Indiana each report- nessee (56%) and South Carolina (56%). have lower rates of adherence to social dis- ed more than 4,000 cases as well. In Wisconsin, where the virus surged tancing, mask-wearing and other public that the election is over. The AP’s analysis was limited to coun- just before the election, 57% said the pan- health measures, and have been a focal “Public health officials need to step ties in which at least 95% of precincts had demic was not under control. In Washing- point for much of the latest surge in cases. back, listen to and understand the people reported results, and grouped counties ton state, where the virus is more in control Taking note of the contrast, state health who aren’t taking the same stance” on into six categories based on the rates of now compared to earlier in the year, 55% officials are pausing for a moment of intro- mask-wearing and other control measures, COVID-19 cases they’d experienced per said the same. Voters in New York and New spection. Even as they worry about rising said Dr. Marcus Plescia of the Association 100,000 residents. Hampshire, where the virus is more con- numbers of hospitalizations and deaths, of State and Territorial Health Officials. Polling, too, shows voters who split on trolled now after early surges, were rough- they hope to reframe their messages and “I think there’s the potential for things Republican Trump vs. Democrat Joe ly divided in their assessments, similar to aim for a reset on public sentiment now to get less charged and divisive,” he said, Biden differed on whether the pandemic is voters nationwide. Confounding Dems, Trump, GOP make inroads with Latinos Associated Press wanted,” said Chuck Rocha, a for- mer strategist for Vermont Sen. President Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, whose presiden- his Republican allies made signif- tial campaign dominated with icant inroads with Latino voters Latino voters during the Demo- in Tuesday’s election, alarming cratic primary. “Until we start some Democrats who warned treating Latinos as a diverse and that immigration politics alone not monolithic group, Democrats was not enough to hold their edge are going to lose more and more with the nation’s largest minority of them.” group. The overwhelming majority Trump’s strong performance of Trump’s support comes from with Cuban Americans in South white voters, not Latinos, who re- Florida narrowed the traditional mained heavily Democratic. But Democratic edge in Miami-Dade even small shifts in a population County and helped put Florida can have huge repercussions in an in Trump’s column early Tues- almost evenly divided country. day. In Texas, Trump won tens Biden still won a sizable ma- WILFREDO LEE/AP of thousands of new support- jority of Latino voters — 63% na- ers in predominantly Mexican tionwide, compared to Trump’s Supporters of President Donald Trump chant and wave flags outside the Versailles Cuban restaurant American communities along the 35%, according to AP VoteCast, a during an Election Night celebration Tuesday in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. border. massive survey of the electorate. A GOP win in a heavily Latino But Trump was able to shave that list economic tendencies,” said Republicans defeated two Miami- Geraldo Cadava, a Northwest- New Mexico congressional dis- margin somewhat in some com- Mike Madrid, a California-based area congressional incumbents - ern University Latino studies trict suggested a surge of Repub- petitive states, like Florida and strategist and former Republican Reps. Donna Shalala and Debbie professor and author of “The lican-leaning support there. And Nevada. who is part of the anti-Trump Mucarsel-Powell. Hispanic Republican,” said even in Nevada, where Demo- Trump’s appeal to Latino vot- Lincoln Project. “They’re not Maria Peiro, 47, a third grade Democrats need to pay attention crats’ strength among Latinos ers is no surprise to veteran po- listening to the vulgarity; they’re teacher who lives in Miami’s Lit- to voters like Peiro. “It’s not just had powered the party to domi- litical observers in those states. not on Twitter. They just want to tle Havana and volunteered with about Biden needing to do more nance, there were some signs of Trump’s emphasis on jobs and go and do their jobs.” the Trump campaign, said she and earlier,” Cadava said. “The new Trump support among La- economic growth got the atten- VoteCast data shows the wide saw the Republican Party attract argument just underestimates tinos frustrated at the economic tion of at least some in a group of range of views among Latinos. more Cuban American voters who the political agency of Latinos. toll of coronavirus-related shut- voters that has been dispropor- About a quarter identify as con- have arrived in the U.S. since the People need to start listening to downs. Democrat Joe Biden and tionately hit by the pandemic and servative ideologically, roughly 4 late 1990s and were previously Republican Latinos instead of Trump were still locked in a tight ensuing plunge in business. in 10 favor building a wall at the not interested in politics. just calling them traitors.” race there as officials counted the In Nevada, where tourism is the U.S.-Mexico border and roughly “We have seen a huge change. Trump also made huge gains vote. economic engine, about half of all that many say they want abortion It’s no longer just the Cubans who in heavily Latino areas along Democrats had hoped this Latino voters said they thought illegal in all or most circumstanc- arrived after the 1959 revolution,” the South Texas border. He won would be the year when their casinos should be open as usual es. About half of self-identified Peiro said, adding that the shift sparsely populated Zapata Coun- strength among Latino voters or with just minor restrictions Protestants and Christians backed was dramatic over the summer ty, south of Laredo, after losing it would translate into victories during the pandemic, AP Vote- Trump, while roughly one-third after racial justice protests erupt- by a 2-to-1 margin to Hillary Clin- in Florida and Texas, a game- Cast found. of Roman Catholics did. ed around the country. Peiro said ton four years ago. And he closed changer that would reshape Forty-one percent said they The most dramatic shift in La- she believes Democrats “were not the gap in larger counties that presidential politics. But Trump’s approved of the way Trump has tino voters came in Florida. Biden supporting the police“ and was cover the border cities of Laredo, margins dashed those hopes and handled the public health crisis, won Miami-Dade, home to a large troubled by acts of vandalism and McAllen and Brownsville, add- prompted debate on whether the compared with 34% of Latinos Cuban American community, by violence. ing tens of thousands of votes in party was taking Latino voters’ nationally. 7 percentage points compared “We didn’t come to this country parts of the state that have long support for granted. “The emerging Latino vote is with Hillary Clinton’s 30-point for this. We came here to live in been considered a Democratic “It was tighter than all of us going to have some deeply popu- victory margin four years ago. peace,” she said. stronghold. Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Portland rejects bid for $18M police cut

BY GILLIAN FLACCUS The commission voted in June Associated Press to cut nearly $16 million from the police — eliminating school PORTLAND, Ore. — City resource officers, transit police commissioners in Portland, Ore. and a gun violence reduction unit on Thursday rejected a budget — and the force has also suffered amendment that would have pandemic-related budget cuts. slashed another $18 million from Police accountability has been the Portland Police Bureau amid a driving issue in Portland since months of racial justice protests, the killing of George Floyd in and shifted the money to the city’s May and was one of the biggest is- pandemic response. sues in the mayor’s race. Portland The commission voted 3-2 has been roiled by five months of against the amendment, which near-nightly Black Lives Matter had been proposed by Commis- protests and Wheeler has come sioner Jo Ann Hardesty, the first under intense criticism for what Black woman on the elected body many see as an overly aggressive that acts like a city council. Mayor Ted Wheeler, who is police force. also police commissioner, was A challenger to Wheeler’s left one of three commissioners who who attended dozens of protests voted last week to delay a vote on against racial injustice and police the budget amendment until after brutality almost beat him by dou- Tuesday’s election. Wheeler won bling down on a platform of po- a second term and voted “no” on lice reform and proposed police the amendment Thursday. budget cuts of $50 million, among “Last week, we heard that it other things. AP won’t require layoffs, which is And while protests around the wrong. It will require layoffs. country focused on the vote count Volunteers put together food trays from excess food donated by a casino at Three Square, a food bank This is not a detail. This is a criti- in the U.S. presidential election in Las Vegas last year. A study in the journal Science, says how we grow, eat and waste food is a big cal piece of information,” he said this week, protests in Portland climate change problem that may keep the world from reaching its temperature-limiting goals. before voting no. were centered on racial injustice “The testimony we’ve heard is and police brutality. clear: The status quo is unaccept- On Thursday, a day after dem- able. Many Portlanders, and most onstrators smashed windows in Study: Fix to global warming of the people who testified about the downtown, a group of protest- this item, do not trust the current ers stood in heavy rain for sever- criminal legal system — they do al hours to call for authorities to doesn’t require veganism not trust the Police Bureau,” he reopen an investigation into the said, adding that he nonetheless fatal police shooting of a 27-year- felt cutting the police budget fur- old Black man, Patrick Kimmons, BY SETH BORENSTEIN ed States and the United King- reductions. ther was not the solution. two years ago. Associated Press dom found: “There are many innovations  A nearly complete switch to that are possible with stopping The world likely can’t keep a plant-rich diet around the world food waste as well as stopping global warming to a relatively could slash almost 720 billion tons unsustainable practices such as safe minimum unless we change of greenhouse gases. cutting tropical forests for soy Oregon man charged how we grow, eat and throw away  If almost everyone ate the production and its export as (ani- our food, but we don’t need to all right number of calories based on mal) feed,” said Poertner, who go vegan, a new study says. their age, around 2,100 calories a wasn’t part of the study. “It can- with supporting ISIS Researchers looked at five day for many adults, it would cut not be ignored that reducing meat types of broad fixes to the food about 450 billion tons of green- consumption to sustainable levels system and calculated how much house gases. would be important.” BY ANDREW SELSKY immediately respond to messages they fight warming. They found  If farming got more carbon A Mediterranean diet of less Associated Press seeking comment. Mothafar lives that sampling a buffet of partial efficient — by using less fertil- meat and animal fats, along with in a Portland suburb. SALEM, Ore. — An Oregon fixes for all five, instead of just izer, managing soil better and cutting portions, would do the The indictment by a federal man was indicted Thursday after diving into the salad bar, can get doing better crop rotation — it trick and make people healthier, grand jury alleges that between the job done, according to a study would slice nearly 600 billion tons Hill said. authorities said he supported the February 2015 until the time of published in Thursday’s Science of greenhouse gases. “Something like convincing Islamic State by distributing arti- his arrest Thursday, Mothafar journal.  If farms could increase yield the whole world to go vegan was cles on how to kill and maim with conspired with ISIS members to If the world food system keeps through genetics and other meth- always going to be an impossible a knife and encouraging readers provide support, including creat- on current trajectories, it will ods, it would trim almost 210 bil- large sell,” said Breakthrough to carry out attacks. ing and editing publications and produce near 1.5 trillion tons of lion tons of greenhouse gases . Institute climate director Zeke Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, articles. greenhouse gases over the next  If people waste less food ei- Hausfather, who wasn’t part of 31, appeared in federal court in He also is accused of providing 80 years, the study found. That’s ther on their plates, in restaurants the study. “This paper shows that Portland on charges of conspira- technical support to members of coming from belching cows, fer- or by getting it to people in poorer a mix of different behavioral and cy to provide material support to the group overseas on opening so- tilizer, mismanaged soil and food countries, that would eliminate technological solutions can make a designated terrorist organiza- cial media and email accounts. waste. nearly 400 billion tons of green- a real difference.” tion and providing such support, In December 2019, according That much emissions — even house gases. While most of the world’s heat- U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams to the indictment, Mothafar at- if the globe stops burning fos- Or if the world does each of trapping gases come from the and FBI Special Agent in Charge tempted to acquire information sil fuels which produce twice as those five things but only half burning of coal, oil and natural Renn Cannon said. on the piloting of a drone for Sal- much carbon pollution as food way, emissions would plummet by gas, one-quarter to one-third of “The threat of ISIS-inspired eck Ould Cheikh Mohamedou, — is enough to likely warm Earth almost 940 billion tons . And that, the greenhouse gases come from terrorism remains very real an Islamic extremist who was by more than the goals set in the with fossil fuel emissions cuts, agriculture, Hill said. thanks, in part, to an army of on- convicted of attempting to assas- 2015 Paris climate accord. would give the world a fighting John Roy Porter, a professor of line supporters who produce pro- sinate then-President Mohamed “The whole world doesn’t have chance of preventing another 0.5 agriculture at the University of paganda that aims to incite ‘lone Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania. to give up meat for us to meet to 1.3 degrees of warming, which Montpellier in France, said some actor’ operators in the U.S. and Mohamedou is currently incar- our climate goals,” said study co- the Paris accord aims to do, the of the calculations from Hill’s around the world,” Cannon said. cerated in the African nation. author Jason Hill, a biosystems study found. study double counted emissions, Mothafar, who has physical dis- Mothafar is accused of pro- engineering professor at the Uni- Hans-Otto Poertner, who leads which Hill disputes, and said he abilities and uses a wheelchair, viding assistance to Al Dura’a versity of Minnesota. “We can eat the United Nations science panel worried that “the only people re- was released on condition that he al Sunni, or Sunni Shield, a pro- better, healthier foods. We can looking at world climate change ally to profit from such a paper limit travel and the use of elec- ISIS internet-based media orga- improve how we grow foods. And impacts, said the study makes will be the fossil fuel lobby who tronic devices. nization that published Al-Anja! we can waste less food.” sense in laying out the many paths can divert attention from oil wells The federal public defender ap- newspaper, including by moder- The researchers from the Unit- to achieving the needed emission to farmers’ fields.” pointed to represent him did not ating private chat rooms. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 WORLD Dozens dead in flooding, mudslides from Eta

BY MARLON GONZALEZ rain-swollen river. AND SONIA PEREZ D. Marvin Aparicio of Honduras’ Associated Press emergency management agency said Wednesday that some 457 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — homes had been damaged, most- The rain-heavy remnants of Hur- ly by floodwaters. There were 41 ricane Eta flooded homes from communities cut off by washed Panama to Guatemala Thursday out roads. as the death toll across Central At least eight people were re- America rose to 57, and aid or- ported missing after flooding and ganizations warned the flooding landslides in the Panama prov- and mudslides were creating a ince of Chiriqui, which borders slow-moving humanitarian disas- Costa Rica. ter across the region. “The situation is worrisome; a The storm that hit Nicaragua lot of help is needed,” said Javier as a mighty Category 4 hurricane Pitti, mayor of Tierras Altas in on Tuesday had become more of a Chiriqui. Landslides had closed vast tropical rainstorm, but it was many roads, including the main advancing so slowly and dumping highway connecting the province so much rain that much of Cen- to the rest of Panama. tral America remained on high The homes of more than 200 alert. Forecasters said the now- residents of the Ngabe Bugle au- tropical depression was expected tonomous indigenous area were to regather and head toward Cuba flooded. and possibly the Gulf of Mexico The U.S. National Hurricane by early next week. Center forecast that parts of Ni- On Thursday afternoon, Gua- caragua and Honduras could DELMER MARTINEZ/AP temala President Alejandro receive 15 to 25 inches of rain, Giammattei said a water-soaked A toddler is carried over a street flooded by Hurricane Eta in Jerusalen, Honduras, Thursday. with 40 inches possible in some mountainside in the central part isolated parts. When what’s left of the country had slid down onto In Guatemala, two children bringing that country’s toll to 13. girl killed in Santa Barbara de- of the storm wobbles back into the town of San Cristobal Vera- died when their home collapsed The bodies of two adults and two partment when she was swept the Caribbean it will regain some paz, burying homes and leaving under heavy rains in the central children were found after excava- away by floodwaters. strength and become a tropical at least 25 dead. department of Quiche, according tions in a mudslide that occurred Heavy rain was forecast to con- storm again, forecasts show. Two other slides in Huehu- to a statement by local firefight- Wednesday in the township of tinue across Honduras through And then Eta is predicted to etenango had killed at least 12 ers. A third person also died in Gualala, and two boys aged 8 and at least Thursday as Eta moved slowly move toward Cuba and more, he said. Earlier Thursday, Quiche, but details were not im- 11 died in another mudslide in the toward the northern city of San Florida, or at least close enough to five others had been killed in mediately available. Giammat- township of El Nispero. Pedro Sula. Florida for forecasters to warn of smaller slides in Guatemala. tei confirmed a fourth death in a Earlier, residents found the Dozens of residents of a San 7 inches of rain for South Florida Guatemala’s toll was on top of landslide in Chinautla Wednes- body of a girl buried in a landslide Pedro Sula neighborhood had to in the next five to seven days. And 13 victims in Honduras and two day night. Wednesday in mountains outside abandon their homes at 4 a.m. next week, Eta could even move in Nicaragua. Panamanian au- On Thursday, Giammattei said the north coast city of Tela. In Thursday when water from the into the Gulf of Mexico. thorities reported eight missing. on local radio that 60% of the the same area, a landslide bur- Chamelecon river arrived at their “Whatever comes out (of Cen- Eta had sustained winds of 35 eastern city of Puerto Barrios ied a home with a mother and doorsteps. tral America) is going to linger mph and was moving north-north- was flooded and 48 more hours of two children inside it, according Honduran officials earlier re- awhile,” said Colorado State Uni- west at 8 mph Thursday. It was rain was expected. to Honduras Fire Department ported that a 12-year-old girl died versity hurricane researcher Phil centered 65 miles west-northwest Honduras’ National Police said spokesman Oscar Triminio. He in a mudslide and a 15-year-old Klotzbach. “I’m not convinced of La Ceiba, Honduras. six more bodies had been found, said there was also a 2-year-old boy drowned trying to cross a we’re done with Eta.” Iraq ratifies new law to help Ethiopian PM announces airstrikes in restore confidence in elections Tigray, defends efforts to restore order BY CARA ANNA AND ELIAS MESERET launched early Wednesday after Abiy ac- BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA tary crackdown and hundreds were killed. Associated Press cused the Tigray government of a deadly Associated Press The Iraqi president said that although attack on a military base. He asserted that the new law was not perfect, it signaled Ethiopia’s prime minister on Friday months of patiently trying to resolve differ- BAGHDAD — Iraq’s president ratified progress and had the potential to enable night said airstrikes have been carried out ences with the regional government have on Thursday a new election law aimed future reforms. He called for the quick ful- against the forces of the country’s well- failed because of the leadership’s “crimi- at giving political independents a better fillment of remaining conditions required armed Tigray region, asserting that the nal hubris and intransigence.” chance of winning seats in parliament, to hold elections, including biometric voter strikes in multiple locations “completely And with that, the prime minister ap- paving the way for early elections next registration and reforming the electoral destroyed rockets and other heavy weap- peared to close the door on dialogue, which year. commission. ons” and made it impossible for a retalia- some experts and diplomats say is desper- President Barham Saleh stressed the A dispute over the mechanism to replace tory attack. ately needed. need for free, fair and transparent ballot- retired judges at the Federal Supreme Abiy Ahmed’s announcement on the He asserted that the “large-scale law ing that would restore Iraqi citizens’ confi- Court — the body that rules on constitu- state broadcaster marked another escala- enforcement operation” has “clear, limited dence in the legitimacy of the process. tional disputes — still needs to be settled tion in clashes this week that experts say and achievable objectives: to restore the The new law changes each of the coun- before the elections can take place. could slide into civil war. rule of law and the constitutional order.” try’s 18 provinces into several electoral “We have to create a political climate There was no mention of casualties in He described the region’s leadership as districts and prevents parties from run- which will help alleviate this suffering, as what Abiy called the “first round of opera- “fugitives from justice ... using the civilian ning on unified lists, which has in the past well as ensuring justice and integrity dur- tion” against the region’s government, the population as human shields.” helped them easily sweep all the seats in a ing the choosing of a strong government,” Tigray People’s Liberation Front. He said The prime minister, who won the Nobel specific province. Instead, the seats would Saleh said in a speech Thursday. “This is the air force destroyed heavy weapons in Peace Prize last year for his sweeping go to whoever gets the most votes in the what we aspire to, through an electoral law Tigray’s capital, Mekele, and its surround- political reforms, now faces his great- electoral districts. which will enable Iraqis from all walks ing areas, alleging that the TPLF “has the est test as the TPLF, which dominated Drafting a new election law has been a of life to vote and to participate in elec- desire to use them.” Ethiopia’s government before he took of- key demand of the hundreds of thousands tions, God willing, without the historical The operation will continue, Abiy said, fice in 2018, has pushed back while feeling of protesters who have been taking to the problems of forgery, manipulation and “until the junta is made accountable by marginalized. streets in Baghdad and the predominantly pressure.” law.” Aid groups warn a humanitarian disas- Shiite south since last year. The protesters Iraq’s Parliament earlier this week There was no immediate response from ter is in the making if fighting continues, have called for an end to endemic corrup- passed the final version of the new law the Tigray government, while the region with the COVID-19 pandemic just one of tion by a political class that is largely seen despite objections from some political is increasingly boxed in by movement re- several crises. as having squandered Iraq’s resources parties. The 329-member chamber was strictions and a six-month state of emer- Communications remained almost com- through greed and mismanagement over elected in May 2018. The vote is held every gency imposed by the federal government. pletely cut off in Tigray. They disappeared the past years. four years, but the protesters have been Hours earlier, the prime minister de- around the time that Abiy made his early The protests were met with a heavy mili- demanding early elections. fended the military operations that were Wednesday announcement. Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Great white shark reappears off coast

BUXTON — A massive NC great white shark who often swims off of North Caroli- na’s coast has kept an active sat- ellite tag longer than any other of her kind. The Virginian-Pilot reported Tuesday that scientists tagged the now-famous shark seven years ago off Cape Cod. The shark, named Katherine, was recently spotted swimming hundreds of miles off the coast of Virginia on Monday. It was the first evidence of her whereabouts in about a year and a half. Ocearch, a nonprofit group doing research on large marine animals, has tagged about two dozen great whites. The tags bounce a signal from a satellite when they surface. Katharine is 14 feet, 2 inches long and weighs 2,300 pounds. She has spent a large part of her life off the Outer Banks. Gang leader sentenced to 18 years in prison

BOSTON — The MA former second in DAVID CRIGGER, BRISTOL HERALD COURIER/AP command of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin Kings gang has been sentenced to 18 years in Up in lights prison, federal prosecutors said Thursday. BMS employee Zach Smtih installs Christmas lights along pit road on Wednesday in Bristol, Tenn.. The 24th annual Pinnacle Speedway In U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling’s Lights, Powered by TVA, began Friday . The 4 mile drive through the Bristol Motor Speedway property features more than 2 million lights. office said Jorge Rodriguez, 32, was sentenced Wednesday in Boston federal court. He pleaded snapped pictures and submitted THE CENSUS pected to start next year with the guilty to racketeering and drug them this year. production of more than 1 billion charges in June. The annual project is sponsored The dollar amount Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration Liberty Gloves. Initially, the com- Prosecutors say Rodriguez ran by the West Virginia Department is offering in grants for charter schools across the state. Lee’s pany plans to hire 45 computer a cocaine distribution network in of Environmental Protection’s Department of Education says the charter school support technicians and hire additional New Bedford that used apartment Adopt A Highway program. The 5M grant is funded through the Governor’s Emergency Education staff as new production lines are buildings known as “trap houses” state’s Operation Wildflower Relief Fund. Every charter school will be allocated per-pupil installed. to distribute the narcotics. program helps create garden money based on 2020 enrollment, totaling $2.5 million. The other $2.5 million Retired Maj. Gen. Michael Da- beds and plant wildflowers along will be awarded to charter schools based on their significant academic growth. vidson is the CEO of U.S. Medical Troopers injured in roadways. Glove and said the company aims Calendars can be ordered on to provide jobs for area veterans. crash scene response the Department of Environmen- “They bring the values and tal Protection’s website. family’s home, police said. a flap. An envelope attached to skills they learned in their mili- LAKEWOOD — Two After the toddler shot his moth- the carton contained $85, accord- tary service, “ Davidson said. ”We WA troopers in Washing- County approves sale er Wednesday morning with a ing to the report. describe Liberty Gloves as made ton state were injured after one semi-automatic pistol, his 5-year- An employee told the agent that for America by Americans.” trooper crashed into another’s of beer and liquor old brother called their grand- customers paid $5 to participate patrol car as they were respond- mother for help and she then in the lottery, writing their name Man struck, killed by ing to a single-vehicle accident on TYLERTOWN — A called 911, the Hendricks County across from the covered numbers, a rain-soaked highway, authori- MS county in southwest- Sheriff’s Office said. the report said. After a race fin- car in his own yard ties said. ern Mississippi has voted to le- The siblings’ 40-year-old moth- ished, the numbers were revealed Washington State Patrol Troop- galize the sale of beer, light wine er was taken in serious condition and the money awarded, the re- SHERBORN — A er Ryan Burke said a trooper ar- and liquor. to an Indianapolis hospital, where port said. The employee told the MA Massachusetts man rived on scene Thursday just Walthall County joins several she was in stable condition. agent similar games are played was struck and killed by a car before 2:30 a.m. on Interstate 5 other places in Mississippi that Police said the shooting ap- at the lodge awarding prizes like in his own yard and the driver where a driver had fallen asleep have moved from dry to wet in pears to have been an accident. guns and money. is facing charges, police said and struck a barrier, KOMO-TV recent years. Neither child was injured. The lodge faces suspension for Wednesday. reported. The Enterprise-Journal re- five days starting Dec. 4 unless it Sherborn police said a 40-year- A second trooper lost control of ported that the beer and light Illegal gambling found pays a $500 fine by Nov. 30, the old man was struck at around his patrol car as he was approach- wine were one ballot question and report said. 4:40 p.m. by an Acura SUV. The ing the scene and smashed into liquor was another in Walthall at Moose Lodge Sherborn resident, who police the first trooper’s patrol vehicle, County, which borders Louisi- didn’t identify, was pronounced CHARLOTTE — A New company to make which then collided with the civil- ana. Each passed with about 75% dead on scene. Moose Lodge in North ian’s car, Burke said. support. NC medical gloves, hire 192 The driver of the vehicle, Josh- Carolina could lose its liquor li- Both troopers were taken to Mississippi Department of ua Patel, 37, of Mansfield, was cense and pay a fine after state PARIS — A new com- St. Clare Hospital and treated for Revenue maps show that Walthall arrested and charged with op- agents discovered illegal pool pany plans to open a minor injuries, Burke said. had been among a small number KY erating under the influence and of counties that were completely gambling involving NASCAR high-tech manufacturing facil- races, authorities said. ity in central Kentucky, creat- other charges. Calendar of roadside dry because they did not have He wa s to b e a r r a i g ned i n Nat ick any exceptions for cities or resort The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage ing nearly 200 new jobs, officials wildflowers available Control Commission reported said. District Court on Thursday. areas to sell beer, light wine or Police said their preliminary liquor. the game was discovered at the U.S. Medical Glove Co. LLC CHARLESTON — Mooresville lodge on March 5, plans to invest $32.5 million to investigation suggests Patel WV West Virginia’s free The Charlotte Observer reported purchase, retrofit and expand an struck the victim and then struck 2021 calendar of wildflowers Boy, 2, shoots mother Thursday. No one answered the existing facility in Paris that will another car. Responding officers growing in the state is now avail- after finding gun phone at the lodge on Thursday. employ 192 people and produce also observed signs of impair- able to order. A report by an Alcohol Law medical-grade gloves, Gov. Andy ment on Patel, police said. The calendar has 12 pictures of DANVILLE — A 2-year- Enforcement agent said cigarette Beshear said in a statement on The Middlesex District Attor- flowers growing along state high- IN old central Indiana boy cartons were cut open, with hand- Wednesday. ney’s Office and State Police are ways or in beds created by the shot his mother, seriously wound- written names on one side and The company’s automated also investigating. state. Dozens of photographers ing her, with a gun he found in the numbers on the other covered by manufacturing operation is ex- From wire reports PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 TRAVEL

Tattooing: A colorful history Centuries-old art has complicated origins

BY SEBASTIAN MODAK writer Charles M. Taylor Jr. devotes is to small beer.” Special to The Washington Post multiple pages to a meeting with Hori Today, tattoos are popular among Chiyo, an artist who claimed to have travelers, as ways to pay homage to n today’s travel guides to tattooed the British princes Albert a place (e.g., Japanese kanji script, Japan, tattoos are generally Victor and the future King George V. an iconic building) or to traveling as only mentioned in the context In Japan at the time, tattoos were a way of life (e.g., a compass, a map of places where tourists should seen as a sign of degeneracy. They of the world). But how far back does Ibe prepared to cover them up, were used to brand criminals — and the practice go? The history of tattoo- such as gyms, public pools and bath- for those criminals to then cover up ing as a way to mark travels is hard ing houses known as onsens. A cen- their brands. As the country opened to pin down. But there is something tury ago, it was a very different story. up to the West for the fi rst time, the that most scholars agree on: The most Guidebooks, like Basil Hall Cham- emperor outlawed the art, seeing it as common origin story is wrong, and berlain’s 1893 “Handbook for Travel- antithetical to modernity. Ironically, the meaning of tattoos isn’t always lers in Japan,” feature ads for fi ne art tattooing for tourists remained legal clear cut. galleries that double as tattoo parlors; — and, as Chamberlain wrote in a CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 you could pick up a piece of Japanese 1905 travel guide, the Japanese take Michelle Myles, a co-owner of Daredevil Tattoo, sits pottery while getting a more per- on the art was considered the cham- inside her shop in Lower Manhattan. The shop also manent souvenir. In “Vacation Days pagne of tattooing: “an art as vastly serves as a kind of museum, showcasing antique tattoo machines, original photos, news articles and in Hawaii and Japan,” published in superior to the ordinary British sail- sideshow banners.

the early 1900s, Philadelphia-based or’s tattooing as Heidsieck Monopole SARAH BLESENER/For The Washington Post Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 TRAVEL

FROM PAGE 12 Yes, Capt. James Cook sailed the Pacifi c Ocean in the 18th century, and many of his crewmen might have received tattoos from the Polynesian people they encoun- tered along the way. Sometimes there might have even been an overlap in the reasons British and Polynesian sailors got tattoos: protection, for example. The letters “H-O-L-D F-A-S-T” tattooed across the knuckles was thought to save a sailor when letting go of a rope was a matter of life and death. But the common narrative that those sailors were the fi rst people to bring tattoos back to Europe isn’t true. Rather, according to some, it’s a story rooted in some of the same instincts that make people get tattooed on their travels today. “There’s a misconception in certain Western cultural memory that tattooing is sort of something that’s for- eign,” says Matt Lodder, senior lecturer of art history at the University of Essex in England. “Certainly that’s what drove a lot of the history: it was part of a cultural encounter, acquiring something ‘exotic.’ ” Tracing the history of Europeans getting tattoos to mark trips to distant lands brings us much further back than British nobility visiting Japan or even sailors returning from the Pacifi c islands with the bold, black Polynesian tattoos that are still popular today. Both Lodder and Lars Krutak, a tattoo anthropologist, pinpoint some of the fi rst instances of traveler tattoos in Europe to pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. In the 1600s, a trip to Jerusalem was arduous, dangerous and the ultimate way to show just how good of a Christian you were. There, Coptic Christians from Egypt had tattooing down to a brisk business, using carved blocks to replicate SARAH BLESENER/For The Washington Post commonly requested designs, like the Jerusalem cross Yoon Park, a tattoo artist at Daredevil Tattoo, works on a client’s leg on a Monday afternoon. Daredevil Tattoo — a grid of four small crosses around one central cross opened in 1997, when tattooing was re-legalized in New York City after being banned since 1961. — accompanied by the year of the pilgrimage. “By having a stencil block pre-made, they could display. Many will go for more predictable images of New with the traditions of another culture? just stamp it on somebody’s arm and go on to the next York: a linework skyline of the city is a common request. person,” Krutak says. “On holy days, you’d have a line of But Myles says that what comes to symbolize New York The appropriation consideration people out the door and around the block.” City varies from person to person. Case in point? Her For Indian tattoo artist Moranngam Khaling, who goes Hundreds of years later, some of those blocks can husband’s New York tattoo depicts a cockroach riding a by Mo Naga, it is a question that he grapples with daily. still be found at Razzouk Tattoo in Jerusalem’s Old City. rat. Mo Naga, who splits his time between Delhi and his home Claiming to be in operation in some capacity since 1300 A tradition for millennia state of Manipur in the country’s northeast, has spent the and run by the 27th generation of tattooists in the Raz- past decade devoted to reviving the traditional tattoo- zouk family, the shop still attracts long lines of pilgrims Of course, talking only about Europeans and their de- ing practices of his people, the Naga, a group made up during Easter festivities. scendants in the United States traveling around the world of more than 30 tribes spread across northeastern India By the 19th century, tattooing was integral to the and getting tattoos ignores large populations. Indigenous and northwestern Myanmar. To do so, he has spent years pilgrimage tradition in Jerusalem, to the point that even groups across all six inhabited continents have incor- traveling in the northeastern regions the Naga call home, British nobility — the future King George V among them porated tattooing into their traditions for thousands of talking to elders who are the last people to have the tat- — were getting inked as a way to show their piety. At the years. Tattoos told uplifting stories of cultural exchange, toos that were once commonplace. same time, according to Lodder, some visitors com- like shipwrecked sailors who married into Polynesian After years of research, Mo Naga began offering tat- plained about it being too commercialized. families and got the tattoos to mark their new alle- toos that used many of the motifs and symbols of tradi- “We have traveler accounts from the 1850s, where giances, or French fur traders in North America who got tional Naga tattooing, something he dubbed “Neo-Naga.” people are complaining about how dirty, busy and noisy tattoos from their indigenous colleagues. But there were Today, he says, more than 80% of his clients are members it is,” Lodder says. “And in those descriptions, you have far less harmonious interactions, too. of the more than 30 tribes that make up the Naga, but peddlers selling trinkets in a big list of things found ob- Krutak, for example, talks about an Inuit mother and travelers from abroad play a role in reviving a lost art jectionable, right alongside all the tattoo shops.” daughter, both tattooed, who in the 1560s were taken and spreading awareness of its importance. They were descriptions that would be just as applicable from their home in the Arctic and sent to Belgium to be “I have a very tough job,” Mo Naga says over the phone to tourist strips in Bali or Cancun today. Or New York put on display in taverns. Some time later, a tattooed man from his home in Manipur. “But people who come to me City’s Bowery neighborhood more than 100 years ago. from an island that is now part of the Philippines was are also very conscious about appropriation. They have ‘Flash’ in the Bowery taken to London to be shown off. He died of smallpox. no idea what they are going to get, and they want to be “Christian doctrine stated that to mark one’s skin was part of the revival. They know this is something impor- Starting around the 1880s, the Bowery in Lower Man- basically the mark of Cain,” Krutak says. “And so people tant.” hattan was a destination for a far less wholesome kind of were fascinated by these individuals.” Mo Naga says he gets regular requests on social media pilgrimage. Long before the Western narrative of exoticism, some from people overseas asking for Naga designs they can “The Bowery was the place that you came to in New indigenous people were using tattoos to mark their own use in their tattoos, but he always refuses. A big part York City when you wanted to have fun, get in trouble, travels. The word “tattoo” itself comes from Polynesian of his process is the consultation, in which Mo Naga do some drinking, maybe do some fi ghting — and get languages. Krutak points to the Iban “bejalai” tradition explains the history of Naga tattooing and the intricacies tattooed,” says Michelle Myles, a co-owner of Daredevil in Borneo, for example, wherein young men were sent of the tradition to his client, and then they settle on an Tattoo in New York’s Lower East Side. “Whether it was away from their communities as a rite of passage. As they appropriate design. with tourists, sailors or New Yorkers, the Bowery just had explored the wilds and neighboring settlements, they “Sometimes that consultation can go on for one whole this reputation as a playground for the working class.” received tattoos to mark their journeys. day — and the actual tattoo might just take an hour,” Mo Myles, who also led tattoo history walking tours of the Krutak believes that those young men were getting Naga says. neighborhood before the coronavirus pandemic, says she tattooed for reasons that aren’t so different from today’s Some off-limits tattoos, regardless of the tourist, often meets visitors from all over the world looking for travelers getting a permanent reminder of their jour- include the tattoos that were once given to headhunters vestiges of that past. neys. “These guys were also taking a souvenir; a story to to mark their bravery in battle and those that symbolize Myles and her business partner, Brad Fink, opened talk about, of this incredible journey,” Krutak says. “It’s family lineage. Instead, Mo Naga often opts for motifs Daredevil Tattoo in 1997, the year tattooing was re-legal- something they can always share with their family and that draw from the natural world, something relevant to ized in the city after being banned since 1961. Today, friends.” both the Naga people and his clients from far away. the shop doubles as a museum, with artifacts including a The thick blackwork of Iban tattooing became popular Mo Naga, who is in Manipur working on building a Tat- Thomas Edison electric pen that the fi rst electric tattoo around the world with non-Iban travelers in the 1970s, too Village where people would come to learn more about machines were based off; signage from Charles Wag- in part because of a few intrepid tattooers who went into traditional Naga art, hopes that the travelers he tattoos ner’s shop, where he was famous for giving tattoos for a Borneo to get tattooed by some of the last remaining today could lead to more interest in the at-risk tradition. quarter; and plenty of “fl ash” (tattoo designs) from the masters of the tradition and learned the craft. With that, “When you have a Neo-Naga tattoo on your body, you Bowery’s glory days. of course, came questions of appropriation. You only need become a cultural ambassador for my people: you will As a tourist attraction itself, Daredevil has always to go to Venice Beach in Los Angeles for an afternoon to be telling a story about us to the world,” Mo Naga says. received a steady stream of visitors looking to mark see a plethora of “tribal tattoos,” derivative of Polynesian “You’ll be spreading the news of a dying tradition, and their trip to New York City. Oftentimes, they will pick a traditions that go back thousands of years. So when is it maybe you’ll get my people excited and interested in design “off the wall,” where the shop has vintage fl ash on OK to mark yourself with a souvenir that might intersect preserving and protecting it.” Tracing the history of Europeans getting tattoos to mark trips to distant lands brings us much further back than British nobility visiting Japan or even sailors returning from the Pacifi c islands with the bold, black Polynesian tattoos that are still popular today. PAGE 14 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 VIDEO GAMES Pikmin 3 Deluxe loses some of its original charm

BY MICHAEL THOMSEN tering glass barriers. They’re also capable days and draw routes for secondary charac- Special to The Washington Post of pooling their collective strength to pick ters (two of the three astronauts that weren’t up and carry the building-sized pieces of under direct control). ikmin 3 Deluxe opens on a note of fruit scattered across PNF-404 with antlike Switching between the two control layers exhaustion. The inhabitants of a effi ciency. was cumbersome and confusing, but after a planet named Koppai have almost Deluxe is a straightforward rerelease of few hours it began to seem like an unexpect- Prun out of food, the opening mono- the original Pikmin 3, which arrived on the edly elegant design. The precision of the logue tells us, due to “a booming population, Wii U in 2013 from makers Eighting Co. Ltd./ pointer aim gave the game a methodical pace a booming appetite and a basic lack of plan- Nintendo. In addition to the original story that quietly favored parsimony and careful ning.” After sending out a fl eet of scout ships mode, the Deluxe version includes two new deployment of just as many Pikmin as were to scour the galaxy for planets that haven’t diffi culty options for experienced players, necessary to get the job done and no more. yet depleted their ecosystems, only one shows a two-player co-op mode, and 14 extra side The secondary map screen on the Wii U any promise, the lush and Earthlike PNF- story missions featuring Olimar and Louie, gamepad would shift the TV to an overhead 404. With the future of their species at stake, the respective heroes from Pikmin and view that made it possible to compare the three diminutive astronauts — Brittany, Alph Pikmin 2 who have ended up on PNF-404 at actual game world to the map, which let play- and Captain Charlie — set off in a treehouse- the same time as the Koppaites. These extra ers scout routes in advance, to minimize the sized spaceship, hoping to fi lch every last missions sound promising, but they are little chances of an unexpected enemy encounter piece of fruit they can fi nd on PNF-404’s more than scrambled combat arenas, mostly while controlling another character. surface. set in the same maps used in the main story Playing without either of these options in The catch is that the Koppaites are too tiny mode. They’re mildly diverting, but rarely as Deluxe somehow feels even clunkier and to actually scavenge anything themselves. clever or demanding as the Mission stages shallower than the original. In place of point- Instead, they have to rely on Pikmin to do the that came included in the original game er aiming, the Deluxe version defaults to a dirty work for them. Part mandrake and part seven years ago. lock-on system that forces players to repeat- Nintendo photos pack mule, Pikmin are sprout-sized crea- The most consequential change is the new tures with bulging white eyes and no mouths, control scheme to account for the Switch’s edly tap a shoulder button to cycle through Pikmin 3 Deluxe, an enhanced who spend their days lolling on leaves of input limitations compared to the Wii U, targets. In areas with more enemies and version of real-time strategy grass or burrowing under the PNF-404’s something that feels more like a subtraction objects on screen, cycling through targets and puzzle game for Nintendo topsoil to nap. They can travel in swarms than an addition. The original game was creates real confusion and the lock-on often Switch, features cooperative of up to 100, and come in fi ve varieties: Red tuned for a control setup that initially seemed jumps between targets, and I started to feel play in the story mode and all Pikmin are fl ame resistant fi ghters; Blue Pik- ludicrous and jumbled, with the Wii remote like I was spending more time overcompen- downloadable content from the min can swim underwater; Yellow Pikmin and Nunchuk used for movement and aiming, sating for the interface’s unreliability than I Wii U version. conduct electricity; Pink Pikmin can fl y; and while the Wii U gamepad, placed in one’s lap was playing the game. When I fi nally fi nished Purple Pikmin are made from an onyx-like or propped up on a coffee table, displayed a the game, I was convinced that the ideas material that makes them useful for shat- map that players could use to plan out their behind Deluxe’s control scheme aren’t bad, they just weren’t meant for a game with the kind of level layout and pace of the original Pikmin 3. Despite the ill-suited controls, Pikmin 3 still has many vestiges of its original charm. There’s a sense of teasing wonderment in the way the Koappites rename each unfamiliar piece of fruit. Cherries are Cupid’s Gre- nades; cantaloupes are Wayward Moons; red grapes become Dusk Pustules; peaches are dubbed Mock Bottoms; and plums, Lesser Mock Bottoms. Likewise, unlocking all the game’s secret nooks and caverns in search of those fruit can often be enchanting. A newly acquired type of Pikmin in one area can be brought back to another to break down an electric fence, or lift up a line of bamboo stakes, opening a path into an area with even more secrets to dismantle. It feels like un- folding an elaborate piece of origami step by step, a sequence of secret creases that show how easily a hummingbird or dragon can become an ordinary piece of paper again. For me, playing Pikmin 3 Deluxe felt a little bit more like playing with a creased-up piece of paper. Platforms: Nintendo Switch Online: pikmin3.nintendo.com Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 MOVIES

(1930-2020) Sean Connery A lion of cinema whose roar went well beyond James Bond

BY JAKE COYLE Associated Press riting an appreciation of Sean Connery feels inevitably inadequate compared to experiencing the real thing. To glimpse Whis magnetism, you might turn to a pho- tograph of him in a tailored suit, leaning against an Aston Martin. You’d probably get more of his menac- ing charisma by pulling up the “Chicago way” scene from “The Untouchables.” It might be enough simply APPRECIATION to say: The king is dead. As a lion of movies for half a century, Connery’s talent was manifest. He was famously cast as James Bond without a screen test. It was that obvious. And from then on, in even the lesser fi lms, Connery, who died Oct. 31 at 90, was never out of place on screen. His presence was absolute. Noting his supreme confi dence, the late fi lm critic Pauline Kael once wrote, “I don’t know any man since Cary Grant that men have wanted to be so much.” As a more earthy, macho movie-star ideal, Con- nery was so beloved that he was shared, like folklore, between generations. It helped that he never seemed to be appealing to the audience, or to anybody, for any- thing. With raised eyebrows and roguish wisecracks, there was little that Connery (nearly always the lead) didn’t command. And to a certain extent, that cock- sureness shaped his career, too. Connery, 32 when “Dr. No” came out, had already lived through World War II. Born into poverty in Edinburgh, he left school at age 13 during the war and worked as a laborer and a bricklayer before he donned AP the tuxedo. He saw Bond, too, as a product of the war.

“Bond came on the scene after the War, at a time when people were fed up with rationing and drab times and utility clothes and a predominantly gray color in life,” Connery, who served in the British Navy as a teenager, told Playboy in 1965. “Along comes this character who cuts right through all that like a very hot knife through but- ter, with his clothing and his cars and his wine and his women.” Long after achieving fame, Connery contentedly gave it up. He spent his fi nal two decades cheerfully retired in the Caribbean, often playing golf with his wife, unimpressed and little tempted by more modern Hollywood productions. (He said he was “fed up AP photos with the idiots.”) Connery, as James Bond, poses in an event for the 1965 spy film “Thunderball.” There was irony in that. Connery, as the original cinema Bond, did much table strength and defi ance jailed in a Department agent: “You see, what I’m to make the style and tone of today’s sadistic British Army WWII military saying is, what are you prepared to do?” movie franchises — even if few carry a Connery celebrates his best supporting prison in the scorching Libyan desert. Connery aged well as an actor, lick of Connery’s danger. His Bond heir actor win at the 1988 Oscars. He was a soldier again a decade crafting more diverse and inquisitive Daniel Craig credited Connery with later in John Huston’s “The Man Who portraits of masculinity. He played an helping “create the modern block- woman with an open fi st was justifi able. Would Be King,” based on the Rudyard aging Robin Hood in “Robin and Mar- buster.” It’s hard to imagine the suave Bond is the fi rst word on Connery, Kipling short story, playing a military secret-service spy would have ever ian” (1976), a combustible submarine but it’s certainly not the last. Against offi cer who’s embraced as a god in captain in John McTiernan’s “The Hunt become a cultural force if the franchise the pleas of fans, he departed the char- Kafi ristan, an impression he struggles hadn’t from the start traded on its for Red October” and a lovable, play- acter at 41 (he was later coaxed back to maintain. It’s a perfect role and ful father to Harrison Ford in Steven star’s brutal charm. Connery crucially for 1983’s “Never Say Never Again”), performance for Connery, whose best Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Last added humor to Ian Fleming’s pages, refusing to be typecast. His best and work came when he — this former Crusade” (1989). along with a dash of cruelty. most interesting work all came after. bodybuilder of unimpeachable force Connery’s Bond became etched as an “The Hill” (1965) was the fi rst of and magnetism — was humbled. Another “Indiana Jones,” Connery icon of its era, one increasingly distant fi ve fi lms with Sidney Lumet (the Connery’s confi dence came through said, had been the only thing that really from today. He was the epitome of a others were “The Anderson Tapes,” most dramatically when it was chal- tempted him to come out of retirement. dashing, womanizing, macho image “The Offense,” “Murder on the Orient lenged by foes more formidable than That could be because the glint of mis- that loomed over the second half of the Express” and “Family Business”), a Bond villain. In his Oscar-winning chief that accompanied nearly every 20th century. Connery differed from and while it’s less seen than many of performance in Brian De Palma’s Pro- Connery performance was so present his character in many respects, but not Connery’s fi lms, it remains possibly the hibition-era crime fi lm “The Untouch- in “The Last Crusade.” Connery always all. In that same Playboy interview, he best expression of the actor’s rugged ables,” he’s alive to Al Capone’s threat, left you feeling if not shaken, then very explained why he believed hitting a power. He plays a prisoner of indomi- telling Kevin Costner’s Treasury happily stirred. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 HEALTH AND FITNESS Bursting the outdoor bubble Health experts say ‘bubble dining’ has some advantages, but patrons still need to be diligent

BY ALLYSON CHIU That means it is possible for the droplets people pro- too, but the occupants are really only having prolonged, The Washington Post duce when they’re talking or breathing to build up inside unmasked interactions with the other members of their the bubble, said Linsey Marr, a civil and environmental group, Sax said. ubble tents. Domes. Dining pods. Whatever you engineering professor at Virginia Tech who studies the “Clearly small spaces with poor ventilation are high call them, the clear, igloo-like structures have airborne transmission of infectious diseases. The novel risk,” he said. “But at the same time, limiting the num- started popping up in cities where colder weath- coronavirus most commonly spreads through close in- bers of people that you’re exposed to reduces the risk, so Ber threatens the outdoor dining that restaurants person contact, but can also be transmitted through tiny it’s a trade-off.” have turned to in their attempt to stay afl oat during the droplets and particles that hang in the air for extended coronavirus pandemic. periods of time, especially in poorly ventilated indoor Evaluate who you’re dining with In Seattle, a local restaurant owner told KING-TV he spaces, according to the Centers for Disease Control and The level of risk a dining bubble poses largely depends spent thousands of dollars installing two large plastic Prevention. on its occupants, said Erica Shenoy, associate chief of the domes outside his eatery that would hold one table each. “So, imagine that someone is smoking a cigarette in Infection Control Unit at Massachusetts General Hospi- Similar enclosures now line the streets of Chicago’s one of these tents,” Marr said. “The tent is going to kind tal. Fulton Market and Randolph Restaurant Row area, of trap the smoke in there for a bit longer than if you are “If you put 20 of your closest friends in an igloo to- Eater Chicago reported, noting that the structures are at an open table.” gether, then there are 20 opportunities that one person in made out of a material that traps heat and have controls On the other hand, the bubbles could be an effective that group is infectious,” Shenoy said. It is much safer for to regulate airfl ow. Tent-style bubbles also have been way to limit the exposure a group of diners has to others people to have a meal with their immediate household in spotted in New York City: A recent viral video showed around them, provided it is one table per bubble, said a bubble tent, she said, noting that the experience would groups of diners clustered closely around candlelit tables Paul Sax, clinical director of the Division of Infectious be similar to eating at home. in individual plastic pods on the sidewalk. Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Marr agreed. “I would eat with my own family in one While infectious-disease experts warn that careless “It keeps the group that you’re potentially exposed to of those, but not with anyone else,” she said. use of these bubbles could facilitate transmission of the while dining out much smaller,” Sax said. “From just a Risk also could be fairly low for people who are dining coronavirus, they also say it is possible for dining in them mathematical basis, it’s safer than dining in a restaurant, with members of their pandemic pods, which could in- to be relatively low-risk, as long as certain precautions where you have, potentially, exposure to multiple other clude trusted friends who are not part of their household, are taken. people.” El-Sadr said. People who form these groups commit to “There is no right answer to this,” said Aditya Shah, Restaurants have attempted to make indoor dining following strict safety protocols, such as mask-wearing an assistant professor of infectious diseases at the Mayo safer by requiring masks, reducing capacity and spacing and social distancing, when they are in public or interact- Clinic in Rochester, Minn., who specializes in infection out tables, but a growing body of evidence suggests it is ing with others outside their pod. prevention and control. “But there’s various levels of risk still a high-risk activity. A recent CDC study of roughly “It is obviously safer because then you know that the that we have to think of before going to these spaces.” 300 adults who tested positive for the coronavirus found individuals you are with have been also observing the Here are the safety measures Shah and other experts that they were more than twice as likely to have eaten at public health measures” and are likely all at lower risk, recommend to lower your chances of contracting or a restaurant in the two weeks before getting sick com- she said. spreading the coronavirus if you decide to go “bubble pared to people who were not infected. dining.” “The diffi culty is you don’t know the ventilation” inside Prioritize ventilation and sanitation Know the risks and benefits restaurants and bars, Sax said. “People who are dining Once inside the bubbles, diners should fi nd ways to and drinking are taking their masks off; they’re having make sure there is air fl ow within the space, experts said. While the bubbles are physically out in the open air, conversations. If the noise level increases, they’re having “You don’t need to feel a breeze, but it defi nitely enclosing people inside may be akin to “creating indoor loud conversations. And all of these things have been shouldn’t feel stuffy,” Marr said. “Smells shouldn’t build dining outdoors,” said Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epi- shown to increase the risk of spread of the virus.” up in there.” demiology and medicine at Columbia University. These behaviors prob- Shah of the Mayo Clinic suggested keeping at least one The igloo structures and tents “seem to be ably occur inside side of the tent open. He added that experts have consis- quite tight,” El-Sadr said. “Therefore, dining tently recommended sitting outside for meals because of there’s not much cross-ventila- pods, the importance of ventilation. tion that’s happening, and “If there’s no ventilation, then there’s no difference often they even will between sitting outside and inside,” Shah said. “If some- close the windows body else is infected there and within six feet of you, or zip up the win- and you’ll be breathing stale air, then you do have dows and the a chance of getting infected.” doors of the Fans could help with ventilation, but they enclo- must be positioned correctly to avoid just sure.” moving contaminated air around the space and potentially keeping the virus in the air longer, Marr said. She sug- gested that fans be placed facing outward near a tent’s openings. People should also follow public safety guidelines inside the pods, including practicing good hand hygiene and wearing their masks when they aren’t eating or drinking, experts said. “As people are talking to each other and socializing, I think keeping a mask on is very, very important,” El-Sadr said. “I do that because I think it’s also im- portant to protect the servers.” After each group of diners, the surfaces inside the bubbles should be sanitized using soap and water or disinfectant, Shah said. El-Sadr recommended that tents also be aired out for as long as possible, though she said there is not clear guidance on the exact amount of time.

This plastic igloo dome tent has been erected outside a pub in Chorleywood, England, in an attempt to keep diners safe from the coronavirus. iStock Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander US goals don’t require having troops in Afghanistan Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander

Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY DANIEL R. DEPETRIS ghanistan’s own interest, the United States threaten the homeland. Regardless of what Special to Stars and Stripes doesn’t need peace breaking out across transpires in Afghanistan or what form of EDITORIAL Afghanistan to defend the homeland from government the Afghans live under, the ore than eight months since terrorist attacks. U.S. will continue to possess the intelli- Terry Leonard, Editor the U.S. and the Taliban signed U.S. troops have been fighting in Af- gence, surveillance, reconnaissance and [email protected] an agreement in Doha, Qatar, ghanistan for so long that policymakers quick-strike capability to do precisely the Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor MAfghanistan still remains and pundits in Washington have conflated same thing. None of this is contingent on [email protected] at war. With the exception of a weeklong U.S. and Afghan interests. 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It also gives tinuing to put Americans in uniform in as a reason to slow down the ongoing U.S. the Afghan government a major incentive high-risk situations and spending money Europe/Mideast troop withdrawal. This, however, would to toughen their demands at the negotiat- to preserve a failed status quo is hardly Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief be a fundamental mistake. Diving into Af- ing table. If Kabul knows in advance that a an appealing option. 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(14) Clint Bowyer, Ford. Pittman (not injury related). FULL: S Ju- NEW YORK GIANTS at WASHINGTON Ugo Humbert, France, def. Marin Cilic, 10. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. lian Blackmon (not injury related), TE FOOTBALL TEAM — GIANTS: DNP: CB Ryan Croatia, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3. Thursday’s scores 11. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. Trey Burton (not injury related), DE Jus- Lewis (hamstring). LIMITED: LB Devante Pablo Carreno Busta (9), Spain, def. 12. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. tin Houston (not injury related), C Ryan Downs (shoulder), RB Devonta Freeman Norbert Gombos, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-2. FAR WEST 13. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. Kelly (knee), RB Jonathan Taylor (ankle), (ankle), LB Blake Martinez (hamstring), Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Jordan Colorado St. 34, Wyoming 24 14. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota. RB Jordan Wilkins (groin). S Logan Ryan (hip), WR Sterling Shepard Thompson, Australia, 6-1, 7-6 (3). Nevada 34, Utah St. 9 15. (41) Cole Custer, Ford. CAROLINA PANTHERS at KANSAS CITY (shoulder, toe). FULL: WR Golden Tate Alexander Zverev (4), Germany, def. 16. (42) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet. CHIEFS — PANTHERS: No Data Reported. (not injury related). WASHINGTON: DNP: Adrian Mannarino, France, 7-6 (11), 6-7 AP Top 25 schedule 17. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota. CHIEFS: DNP: T Mitchell Schwartz (back). T Geron Christian (knee), WR Dontrelle (7), 6-4. 18. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. LIMITED: DE Frank Clark (knee), DT Chris Inman (hamstring). FULL: DE James Stan Wawrinka (12), Switzerland, vs. Andrey Rublev (5), Russia, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. Saturday 19. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford. Jones (groin, not injury related), WR Sam- Smith-Williams (concussion), DE Montez No. 1 Clemson at No. 4 Notre Dame 20. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet. my Watkins (hamstring). FULL: DE Taco Sweat (concussion), TE Logan Thomas Men’s Doubles No. 3 Ohio State vs. Rutgers 21. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet. Charlton (knee), T Eric Fisher (shoulder), (ankle), WR Isaiah Wright (shoulder). Round of 16 No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 8 Florida DT Derrick Nnadi (ankle), C Austin Reiter PITTSBURGH STEELERS at DALLAS Michael Venus, New Zealand, and 22. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. John Peers (7), Australia, def. Franko No. 6 Cincinnati vs. Houston 23. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet. (knee), DT Khalen Saunders (ankle). COWBOYS — STEELERS: DNP: DE Tyson No. 7 Texas A&M at South Carolina CHICAGO BEARS at TENNESSEE TITANS Alualu (knee), DE Isaiah Buggs (ankle), Skugor, Croatia, and Austin Krajicek, 24. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4). No. 10 Wisconsin vs. Purdue, ccd. 25. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet. — BEARS: No Data Reported. TITANS: G Stefen Wisniewski (pectoral). LIMITED: No. 12 Oregon vs. Stanford DNP: WR A.J. Brown (knee), LB Jadeveon CB Mike Hilton (shoulder). FULL: S Jordan Nikola Mektic, Croatia, and Wesley 26. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet. Clowney (knee), WR Adam Humphries Koolhof (6), Netherlands, def. Casper No. 13 Indiana vs. No. 23 Michigan 27. (38) John Hunter Nemechek, Ford. Dangerfield (quadricep), DT Cameron No. 14 Oklahoma State at Kansas State (concussion), T Dennis Kelly (knee), P Ruud, Norway, and Taylor Fritz, United 28. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford. Heyward (quadricep), C Maurkice Pounc- States, 6-4, 7-6 (1). No. 15 Coastal Carolina vs. South Ala- Brett Kern (wrist), DT Jeffery Simmons ey (not injury related), QB Ben Roethlis- 29. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford. (ankle). FULL: S Dane Cruikshank (groin), Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, and Felix bama 30. (96) Daniel Suarez, Toyota. berger (not injury related). COWBOYS: No. 16 Marshall vs. Massachusetts C Daniel Munyer (hand), CB Kareem Orr Auger-Aliassime, Canada, def. Robert 31. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford. DNP: P Chris Jones (abdomen). LIMITED: Farah, Colombia, and Horacio Zeballos No. 17 Iowa State vs. Baylor (illness), CB Tye Smith (shoulder). RB Ezekiel Elliott (hamstring), DE Aldon 32. (27) JJ Yeley, Ford. DENVER BRONCOS at ATLANTA FAL- (1), Argentina, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6. No. 18 SMU at Temple 33. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. Smith (knee). No. 19 Oklahoma vs. Kansas CONS — BRONCOS: No Data Reported. Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Mate Pavic 34. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at BUFFALO BILLS (2), Croatia, def. Sander Gille and Joran No. 20 Southern Cal vs. Arizona State FALCONS: DNP: DE Dante Fowler (ham- — No Data Reported. 35. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet. string), C Alex Mack (not injury related), SEAHAWKS: BILLS: Vliegen, Belgium, 6-4, 7-6 (3). No. 22 Texas vs. West Virginia 36. (53) James Davison, Chevrolet. DNP: DE Mario Addison (rest), DE Darryl No. 25 Liberty at Virginia Tech T Kaleb McGary (not injury related), DE Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues 37. (51) Joey Gase, Ford. Takkarist McKinley (groin), CB Jordan Johnson (knee), RB Taiwan Jones (ham- Herbert (5), France, def. Matwe Middel- 38. (77) Josh Bilicki, Ford. Miller (oblique), WR Calvin Ridley (foot). string), LB Matt Milano (pectoral), C koop, Netherlands, and Marcelo Arevalo- 39. (7) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet. LIMITED: WR Russell Gage (shoulder, Mitch Morse (concussion), CB Josh Nor- Gonzalez, El Salvador, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Pro soccer knee). FULL: TE Jaeden Graham (knee), man (hamstring), RB T.J. Yeldon (back). Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo Desert Diamond Casino CB Kendall Sheffield (concussion, wrist). LIMITED: T Cody Ford (knee), QB Jake Melo (4), Brazil, def. Jamie Murray and DETROIT LIONS at MINNESOTA VIKINGS Fromm (not injury related), DT Quinton Neal Skupski, Britain, 6-2, 1-6, 10-6. West Valley Top 200 lineup — LIONS: DNP: WR Jamal Agnew (ribs), Jefferson (knee), TE Dawson Knox (calf), MLS G Joe Dahl (back), WR Kenny Golladay G Brian Winters (knee). FULL: QB Josh NASCAR Xfinity Series Allen (left shoulder), WR John Brown EASTERN CONFERENCE (hip), S Tracy Walker (foot). LIMITED: T Race Saturday Taylor Decker (back), LB Christian Jones (knee), DT Vernon Butler (groin), DE Jerry Deals W L T Pts GF GA At Phoenix Raceway x-Philadelphia 13 4 5 44 42 20 (knee), CB Darryl Roberts (hip, groin), DT Hughes (foot), S Micah Hyde (concus- Avondale, Ariz. Danny Shelton (wrist), CB Desmond Tru- sion). x-Toronto FC 13 4 5 44 32 24 Lap length: 1 mile x-Orlando City 11 3 8 41 38 22 fant (hamstring), T Halapoulivaati Vaitai MONDAY Thursday’s transactions (Car number in parentheses) (foot). FULL: TE T.J. Hockenson (toe). NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at NEW x-Columbus 11 6 5 38 34 20 1. (7) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet. x-New York City FC 11 8 3 36 33 22 VIKINGS: DNP: CB Cameron Dantzler YORK JETS — PATRIOTS: DNP: DT Carl BASEBALL x-New England 8 6 8 32 26 23 2. (98) Chase Briscoe, Ford. (concussion), CB Mark Fields (chest), Davis (concussion), CB Stephon Gilm- Major League Baseball x-New York 8 9 5 29 27 30 3. (22) Austin Cindric, Ford. CB Holton Hill (foot). LIMITED: WR Dan ore (knee), DT Lawrence Guy (shoulder, American League x-Nashville 7 7 8 29 21 20 4. (11) Justin Haley, Chevrolet. Chisena (hip), CB Harrison Hand (ham- elbow and knee), WR N’Keal Harry (con- BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Acquired INFs Montreal 7 13 2 23 30 41 5. (20) Harrison Burton, Toyota. string). FULL: RB C.J. Ham (shoulder), WR cussion), RB J.J. Taylor (illness). LIMITED: A.J. Graffanino and Greg Cullen from At- Chicago 5 9 8 23 30 35 6. (9) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet. Adam Thielen (shoulder). LB Ja’Whaun Bentley (groin), LB Shilique lanta to complete the Aug. 30 trade for Atlanta 6 12 4 22 22 28 7. (10) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet. HOUSTON TEXANS at JACKSONVILLE Calhoun (knee), S Kyle Dugger (ankle), LHP Tommy Milone. Inter Miami CF 6 13 3 21 23 34 8. (19) Brandon Jones, Toyota. JAGUARS — TEXANS: DNP: LB Kyle Eman- RB Damien Harris (ankle), TE Ryan Izzo OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired OF D.C. United 5 11 6 21 23 38 9. (18) Riley Herbst, Toyota. uel (concussion). FULL: TE Jordan Akins (hamstring), CB J.C. Jackson (knee), TE Junior Perez from San Diego to complete Cincinnati 4 14 4 16 11 34 10. (1) Michael Annett, Chevrolet. (ankle, concussion), WR Randall Cobb Dalton Keene (knee), G Shaquille Ma- the June 30 trade for INF Jorge Mateo. WESTERN CONFERENCE 11. (39) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet. (illness), LB Peter Kalambayi (ham- son (calf), DE John Simon (elbow), T Joe National League W L T Pts GF GA 12. (02) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet. string), CB Bradley Roby (knee). JAG- Thuney (ankle), DE Deatrich Wise (knee, ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Acquired x-Portland 11 6 5 38 45 34 13. (51) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet. UARS: No Data Reported. hand), T Isaiah Wynn (ankle). JETS: SS Ronny Simon from Chicago Cubs to x-Sporting KC 11 6 3 36 36 25 14. (68) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS at LOS ANGELES DNP: LB Blake Cashman (hamstring), complete the Aug. 31 trade for LHP An- x-Seattle 10 5 6 36 40 22 15. (21) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet. CHARGERS — RAIDERS: No Data Report- WR Jamison Crowder (groin), QB Sam drew Chafin. x-FC Dallas 9 5 7 34 28 21 16. (92) Josh Williams, Chevrolet. ed. CHARGERS: No Data Reported. Darnold (right shoulder), DT Nathan PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Acquired x-Los Angeles FC 9 8 4 31 46 38 17. (44) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet. MIAMI DOLPHINS at ARIZONA CARDI- Shepherd (back), DT Quinnen Williams RHP Rodolfo Sanchez from Tampa Bay to x-Minnesota United 8 5 7 31 33 26 18. (8) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet. NALS — DOLPHINS: DNP: RB Matt Breida (hamstring). LIMITED: G Josh Andrews complete the Aug. 18 trade for RHP Edgar x-San Jose 8 8 6 30 34 47 19. (13) Timmy Hill, Toyota. (hamstring). LIMITED: CB Jamal Perry (shoulder), K Sam Ficken (right groin), Garcia. x-Colorado 7 6 4 25 30 27 20. (4) Jesse Little, Chevrolet. (foot). FULL: S Kavon Frazier (shoulder), DE John Franklin (knee), LB Jordan Jen- BASKETBALL Vancouver 8 14 0 24 24 44 21. (36) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet. CB Byron Jones (achilles), RB Patrick kins (rib, shoulder), C Connor McGovern National Basketball Association LA Galaxy 6 11 4 22 27 43 22. (0) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet. Laird (ankle), DE Shaq Lawson (shoul- (knee), WR Breshad Perriman (concus- SACRAMENTO KINGS — Announced Real Salt Lake 5 9 7 22 25 33 23. (08) Joe Graf, Jr., Chevrolet. der), S Bobby McCain (ankle), LB Elandon sion), WR Vyncint Smith (groin), TE Trev- the hiring of Rex Kalamian as an assin- Houston 4 9 9 21 29 38 24. (26) Mason Diaz, Toyota. Roberts (elbow), S Eric Rowe (shoulder), on Wesco (ankle). FULL: Mekhi Becton tant coach. Note: For the 2020 season, MLS will 25. (15) Colby Howard, Chevrolet. TE Adam Shaheen (shoulder), LB Kyle (ankle), RB Frank Gore (hand). FOOTBALL determine standings using points per 26. (90) Donald Theetge, Chevrolet. National Football League game. 27. (78) BJ McLeod, Toyota. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Activated OLB Note: Three points for victory, one 28. (6) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet. Matthew Judon from the reserve/COVID- point for tie. 29. (07) David Starr, Chevrolet. Golf 19 list. Saturday, Oct. 31 30. (52) Kody Vanderwal, Chevrolet. BUFFALO BILLS — Activated TE Dawson FC Dallas 3, Houston 0 31. (47) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet. Knox from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Chicago 1, Nashville 1, tie 32. (5) Matt Mills, Toyota. Houston Open Cameron Tringale 33-37—70 E CAROLINA PANTHERS — Activated DE Sunday, Nov. 1 33. (74) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet. Charley Hoffman 35-36—71 +1 Yetur Gross-Matos from injured reserve. Columbus 2, Philadelphia 1 34. (61) JJ Yeley, Toyota. PGA Tour Si Woo Kim 34-37—71 +1 Waived C Sam Tecklenburg. Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 0 35. (93) CJ McLaughlin, Chevrolet. Thursday Hudson Swafford 33-38—71 +1 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Promoted LB New York City FC 5, New York 2 36. (99) Jesse Iwuji, Chevrolet. At Memorial Park Golf Course Austin Cook 36-35—71 +1 Elijah Lee to the active roster. Waived C Orlando City 1, Montreal 0 37. (66) Stan Mullis, Toyota. Houston, Texas Padraig Harrington 34-37—71 +1 Evan Brown. New England 4, D.C. United 3 Purse: $7 million Sean O’Hair 37-34—71 +1 DENVER BRONCOS — Promoted DB Minnesota at Sporting Kansas City ppd. Yardage: 7,432; Par: 72 James Hahn 35-36—71 +1 Kevin Toliver to the active roster. Toronto FC 2, Miami 1 First Round Suspended for Darkness Maverick McNealy 36-35—71 +1 GREEN BAY PACKERS — Promoted S Colorado 3, Seattle 1 Pro baseball (nine players DNF) Erik Barnes 34-37—71 +1 Henry Black, CB Stanford Samuels and Portland 1, Vancouver 0 Brandt Snedeker 32-33—65 -5 Doc Redman 32-39—71 +1 RB Dexter Williams to the active roster LA Galaxy 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Cameron Davis 31-36—67 -3 Brian Harman 35-36—71 +1 as COVID-19 replacements. Promoted Los Angeles FC at San Jose ppd. Gold Glove winners Michael Thompson 32-35—67 -3 Erik van Rooyen 36-35—71 +1 G Ben Braden to the active roster from Wednesday, Nov. 4 Scottie Scheffler 32-35—67 -3 Luke List 33-38—71 +1 practice squad. Orlando City 2, Columbus 1 American League Harold Varner III 31-36—67 -3 Tom Lewis 36-35—71 +1 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Activated CB Chicago 2, Minnesota 2, tie P — Griffin Canning, Los Angeles Carlos Ortiz 32-35—67 -3 Tyrrell Hatton 37-34—71 +1 Damon Arnette to return from injured re- FC Dallas 1, Nashville 0 C — Roberto Perez, Cleveland Jason Day 30-37—67 -3 Branden Grace 35-36—71 +1 serve. Placed OT Trent Brown on the re- Colorado 1, Portland 0 1B — Evan White, Seattle Adam Long 33-35—68 -2 Henrik Stenson 37-35—72 +2 serve/COVID-19 list. Promoted RB Theo Seattle 1, LA Galaxy 1, tie 2B — Cesar Hernandez, Cleveland Kevin Streelman 35-33—68 -2 Lanto Griffin 34-38—72 +2 Riddick to the active roster. San Jose 3, Los Angeles FC 2 3B — Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Texas Sam Burns 35-33—68 -2 Brooks Koepka 36-36—72 +2 MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed RB Myles Sunday’s games SS — J.P. Crawford, Seattle Talor Gooch 34-34—68 -2 Stewart Cink 37-35—72 +2 Gaskin on injured reserve. New York City FC at Chicago LF — Alex Gordon, Kansas City Sepp Straka 32-36—68 -2 Martin Laird 35-37—72 +2 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Promoted Atlanta at Columbus CF — Luis Robert, Chicago Scott Piercy 34-34—68 -2 Charl Schwartzel 34-38—72 +2 G Tony Bergstrom and RB Austin Walter Montreal at D.C. United RF — Joey Gallo, Texas Adam Scott 31-37—68 -2 Robby Shelton 35-37—72 +2 from the practice squad to the active Cincinnati at Miami National League Greg Chalmers 35-33—68 -2 Kelly Kraft 35-37—72 +2 roster. Activated WRs River Cracraft and Toronto FC at New York P — Max Freid, Atlanta Matt Jones 35-34—69 -1 Dustin Johnson 34-38—72 +2 Kevin White, S Johnathan Cyprien, TE Nashville at Orlando City C — Tucker Barnhart, Cincinnati Russell Henley 35-34—69 -1 C.T. Pan 34-38—72 +2 Daniel Helm to the active roster. Signed New England at Philadelphia 1B — Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Denny McCarthy 34-35—69 -1 David Hearn 34-39—73 +3 DT Josiah Coatney to the practice squad. Colorado at Houston 2B — Kolten Wong, St. Louis Shane Lowry 35-34—69 -1 Jhonattan Vegas 35-38—73 +3 Released WR Chris Finke. Activated TE Portland at Los Angeles FC 3B — Nolan Arenado, Colorado Tony Finau 35-34—69 -1 Lucas Glover 34-39—73 +3 Jordan Reed from injured reserve. Placed FC Dallas at Minnesota SS — Javier Baez, Chicago Corey Conners 34-35—69 -1 Jordan Spieth 33-40—73 +3 QB Jimmy Garoppolo and TE George Kit- Sporting Kansas City at Real Salt Lake LF — Tyler O’Neill, St. Louis Patton Kizzire 33-36—69 -1 Nate Lashley 36-37—73 +3 tle on injured reserve. San Jose at Seattle CF — Trent Grisham, San Diego Pat Perez 34-35—69 -1 Jason Dufner 37-36—73 +3 MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed RB Myles LA Galaxy at Vancouver RF — Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Mark Hubbard 34-35—69 -1 Tom Hoge 34-39—73 +3 Gaskin on injured reserve. Graeme McDowell 35-34—69 -1 Vaughn Taylor 33-40—73 +3 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Re-signed Russell Knox 34-35—69 -1 John Huh 37-36—73 +3 WR Cyril Grayson to the practice squad. Scott Brown 34-35—69 -1 Jamie Lovemark 34-39—73 +3 Released WR John Hurst. AP sportlight Dylan Frittelli 36-34—70 E Chris Kirk 37-36—73 +3 TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed LS Matt Hideki Matsuyama 36-34—70 E Brian Stuard 37-36—73 +3 Orzech from the Miami practice squad. Fabian Gomez 35-35—70 E Zach Johnson 34-39—73 +3 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Nov. 7 nent’s apartheid policy. It’s the first time J.T. Poston 33-37—70 E Danny Lee 34-40—74 +4 Signed LB Justin Phillips to the practice 1943 — The Detroit Lions and New the final is not played. Martin Trainer 36-34—70 E Did not finish first round squad. York Giants play the last scoreless tie in 1985 — Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the Satoshi Kodaira 36-34—70 E Kristoffer Ventura HOCKEY the NFL. former middleweight boxer convicted Aaron Wise 35-35—70 E Justin Harding National Hockey League 1968 — Red Berenson scores six goals, twice of a triple murder in 1966 and the Scott Harrington 33-37—70 E Dawie van der Walt WINNIPEG JETS — Signed F Marko including four in the second period, to hero of a Bob Dylan song, is released af- Keegan Bradley 36-34—70 E Isaiah Salinda Dano to a one-year, two-way contract. lead the St. Louis Blues to an 8-0 victory ter 19 years in prison. Carter, 48, is freed Viktor Hovland 36-34—70 E Patrick Rodgers COLLEGE over Philadelphia. after a federal judge rules the boxer and Mackenzie Hughes 32-38—70 E Sam Fidone NCAA — Announced approval of trans- 1974 — South Africa is awarded the a co-defendant were denied their civil Francesco Molinari 33-37—70 E Will Gordon fer and eligibility for F Logan Padgett Davis Cup against India. India refuses rights by prosecutors during trials in Kevin Chappell 35-35—70 E Ben Willman from Stanford University to University of to play in the final because of its oppo- 1967 and 1976. Andrew Landry 33-37—70 E Kyle Hogan New Mexico. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 NASCAR/NBA Path to victory clear for last 4 Despite dominant season, Harvick isn’t in running for NASCAR crown

BY JENNA FRYER go down to the finale. Associated Press But Harvick had a poor third round of the playoffs and his AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kevin season collapsed. He’s out of the Harvick was a sure bet to make way and Hamlin will race Chase the NASCAR finale and likely Elliott, Brad Keselowski and close out one of the most domi- Joey Logano for the Cup Series nant seasons of the decade. championship. Instead, he’s been eliminated It’s a much cleaner path to the and the hyped head-to-head title since Harvick is a nine-time STEVE HELBER/AP matchup between Harvick and winner at Phoenix, which is host- Denny Hamlin, left, and Kyle Busch come through a turn during a NASCAR Cup Series race on June Denny Ham- ing NASCAR’s championship 10 in Martinsville, Va. Hamlin was anticipating racing Kevin Harvick for the championship. But despite lin has been weekend for the first time. winning nine races this season, Harvick missed out on the chance to race for the championship. scrapped. Out of the mix, he might still be For better in contention for the race win. Stewart-Haas Racing crew since ahead. Keselowski won a series- don’t have many feelings for oth- or worse, “They’ve got a chip on the Harvick’s dramatic elimination. high six races in 2014 but didn’t ers,” Logano said. “When I’m NASCAR’s shoulder and if they’ve got a fast Hamlin appreciates the season make it to the final four that sea- competing, it’s about my team.” title-decid- car, they are going to give the his rival has put together in the son, the year Harvick won his Elliott, racing in the final four ing format guys in the championship a whole pandemic-altered season, when only title. for the first time in his career, knocked the lot of trouble,” said NBC Sports there was no practice or qualify- Now Keselowski is in the cham- has somewhat shielded himself strongest analyst Dale Earnhardt Jr. “I ing, and Harvick and crew were pionship round with a chance at from the dramatics of the season team this think Harvick might hustle up in good every week with the car his own second crown. and focused only on his Hendrick season from Harvick there and just not care.” brought straight from the shop. “It’s a helpless feeling. It’s a Motorsports effort. He’s taken a contention Hamlin, a seven-race winner Harvick was so focused on frustrating feeling. But it’s what break from social media over the for Sunday’s this season, believes the cham- winning a second Cup title that he the format is,” Keselowski said. “I closing months of the season and winner-take-all final four at pion has to win Sunday. But he homeschooled his 8-year-old to do feel those sympathies for him. didn’t focus on Harvick’s season. Phoenix Raceway. also knows Harvick has nothing minimize health risks. The No. 4 In a selfish way, I’m glad that I “For us to sit here and talk “I’m not going to view if we win to lose. team was locked in on the cham- won’t have to compete against about others, or the other three it any different whether he was in “I still think I’m going to have pionship and everyone expected him.” guys in it, or who’s not in it, who or out,” Hamlin said Thursday. to race him,” Hamlin said. “I them at Phoenix. Logano raced his way into the somebody thinks the favorite is No one denies Harvick de- would think they probably come “In my mind he was deserving finale as the only playoff driver or isn’t, is just very unproductive served a chance at the title. He loaded and ready to go out and of racing for a championship, but with a third-round victory. Since in my eyes,” Elliott said. “I’m just won a series-high nine times, had show that they should be cham- didn’t earn it because of the sys- clinching his berth three weeks really thinking about us, being a whopping 20 top-five finishes pions, right? I don’t expect him to tem,” Hamlin said. “I understand ago, his Team Penske crew has selfish in a lot of ways this week, and led nearly every statistical waffle around and just kind of let their pain.” been focused on a plan for Phoe- trying to put emphasis on the category this year. It was a back- all four of us go race for it.” There’s a balance, though, in nix and doesn’t much care about things that are going to make us and-forth between Harvick and Hamlin has had conversations commiserating with Harvick and Harvick’s fate. go fast. Me ranking Kevin’s sea- Hamlin that most assumed would with Harvick and some of his exulting over the opportunity “I honestly as a competitor son is not one of them.” NBPA approves plan to start season on Dec. 22

BY TIM REYNOLDS though there is obvious urgency to final- Associated Press ize things. The NBA Draft is scheduled for Nov. 18 and the plan presented to play- The National Basketball Players Asso- ers — and now approved by the team reps ciation voted Thursday to support the no- — calls for training camps to begin on Dec. tion of starting this coming season on Dec. 1. 22, the date that the league has been tar- Free agency would almost certainly geting in its talks about how and when to have to be wedged between the draft and get teams back on the floor for a planned the start of those camps, the league year 72-game season. would have to open, trades would have to The vote, conducted by the NBPA’s board become permissible again and some play- — which has a player rep from each team, ers need to be presented with deadlines by entrusted to speak on behalf of his team- which they will have to either accept or de- mates — is just another part of a lengthy process. Among the primary matters still cline options for this coming season. to be determined: how much escrow will The NBA wanted the Dec. 22 start date be taken from player salaries because of over a mid-January notion for many rea- the shorter-than-usual season, and how the sons, revenue being foremost among them. league and the players will navigate test- A 72-game season, by league estimates, ing and other health and safety issues amid would allow for $500 million more in rev- the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. enue than a season of no more than 60 All that has to be worked out before games — the mid-January option — would the plans for next season truly become have provided. official. The Dec. 22 start also means that the “Additional details remain to be negoti- NBA’s traditional Christmas schedule ated and the NBPA is confident that the of games will be possible, something the MARK J. TERRILL/AP parties will reach agreement on these re- league and its broadcast partners wanted. The Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, left, and Anthony Davis celebrate after the maining issues relevant to the upcoming The season is also expected to conclude Lakers defeated the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Oct. 11 in season,” the union said in a statement. before the start of next summer’s Tokyo Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The NBA players association approved the league’s plan to Talks between the NBA and NBPA on Olympics, meaning NBA player participa- start the upcoming season on Dec. 22 and play a 72-game season. those and other topics are continuing, tion in those games remains possible. Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 SPORTS BRIEFS/COLLEGE FOOTBALL Source: Red Sox set to rehire Cora

Associated Press day’s game against the Denver Broncos. BOSTON — The Boston Red “The whole reason we’re doing Sox will rehire Alex Cora as man- it is to get guys to the game,” ager, a person with knowledge of coach Raheem Morris said. “We the decision told The Associated want to make sure we go through Press, restoring him to the dugout all the precautionary measures to less than a year after letting him play the game. Everybody wants go because of his role in the Hous- to play the game. ” ton Astros cheating scandal. The Falcons already have expe- The person spoke to the AP on rience in dealing with the league’s the condition of anonymity on most intensive protocols. Friday because the sides were still finalizing terms of the agree- The team worked virtually ment and the move was not ready three days before an Oct. 18 to be announced. game at Minnesota. The players The decision came about a were able to return to the train- week after Cora finished serving ing facility in suburban Flowery a one-season suspension assessed Branch the next day to complete by Commissioner Rob Manfred their preparations. for Cora’s cheating while bench The Falcons hope to reopen coach of the Houston Astros dur- their facility on Saturday to do their final walkthrough for the ing their run to the World Series MARK ROGERS/AP championship in 2017. Cora joined game. the Red Sox in November 2017 In other NFL news: Oklahoma running back Seth McGowan carries during last week’s game against Texas Tech in Lubbock,  and led Boston to the 2018 World Pittsburgh Steelers coach Texas. The Sooners are the five-time defending Big 12 champions have already suffered two losses. Series title after a franchise-re- Mike Tomlin has been fined cord 108 regular-season wins. $100,000 and the club $250,000 Boston finished third in 2019, because coaches improperly wore and Cora was identified by Man- facial coverings last Sunday, a fred last Jan. 13 as the ringlead- person with knowledge of the er in the Astros’ sign-stealing fines told The Associated Press. Big 12 probably already scheme, with his penalty held The person, who spoke on con- off until Manfred ruled on sign dition of anonymity because the stealing allegations against Bos- fines have not been announced ton. An infielder on Boston’s 2007 publicly, said Friday that Tomlin champions, Cora was mentioned and the Steelers were disciplined 11 times in Manfred’s decision on because members of the coach- out of playoff contention the Astros. ing staff were “not wearing face coverings at all times on the side- The fallout from the Astros in- BY STEPHEN HAWKINS vestigation also cost newly hired lines.” Tomlin was cited among Associated Press New York Mets manager Carlos the coaches not following proto- Beltran his job. Beltran was a cols during the victory over the he Big 12 made it to November with every player on the 2017 Astros. Baltimore Ravens. team at least halfway through its reduced Manfred absolved Cora of mis- Snedeker takes regular-season schedule, five-time defend- conduct while with the Red Sox Ting conference champion Oklahoma finally in his report on April 22 and sus- Houston Open lead on a roll — and the league probably already out of pended Cora through the World playoff contention. Series. Roenicke was let go after HOUSTON — Brandt Snedeker Even before the Pac-12 starts play this weekend the salary-shedding Red Sox found a lot of fairways and greens and with the Big Ten only two games in after its de- stumbled to a last-place finish in at difficult Memorial Park, top- layed start in this pandemic-affected season. the AL East. ranked Dustin Johnson returned No. 14 Oklahoma State (4-1, 3-1 Big 12) is the only In other baseball news: from the coronavirus, and fans Big 12 team without at least two losses, even though  Trevor Bauer’s agent says were back, too, Thursday at the none has played more than six games. Every team /AP the pitcher is rejecting the Cin- Houston Open. has lost in league play, and the only three non-con- BRODY SCHMIDT cinnati Reds’ $18.9 million quali- Snedeker shot a 5-under 65 in ference losses were all to opponents from the Sun Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy and the fying offer. the afternoon to take a two-stroke Belt — no fun for a Power Five league. Cowboys are the only team in the Big 12 without The right-hander, who turns 30 lead in the last event before the While the Big 12 made some schedule revisions at least two losses. Oklahoma State suffered its in January, was given the offer on Masters. He’s one of 37 players in and kicked off the season in September like the first loss last week in overtime to Texas. Sunday and had until Nov. 11 to the field this week set to play at SEC and ACC, the 10-team league that has had only make his decision. Augusta National. Oklahoma make the College Football Playoff in the “I just never get caught up in that,” Sooners coach Bauer was 5-4 with a National The tournament — at public past has already cannibalized its chances of getting Lincoln Riley said. “We’ve got a good league, a lot League-leading 1.73 ERA, strik- Memorial Park for the first time one of the four playoff spots. of strong teams in the league right now. This year is ing out 100 and walking 17 in 73 since 1963 — is limiting ticket “You know we debate that every year anyway. So difficult to judge anybody, I think, based on all that’s innings. Acquired from Cleve- sales to 2,000 a day. It’s the first it’s a mess with where we’re at,” Oklahoma State going on. But maybe more difficult than in a normal land on July 31, 2019, he had a domestic PGA Tour event to have coach Mike Gundy said of comparing the leagues. year.” $17.5 million, one-year contract fans since The Players Champi- “How it’s all going to end up, I’ve got no idea how Oklahoma State or Kansas State (4-2, 4-1), who that resulted in $6,481,481 in onship on March 12. they’ll come to that conclusion. We all signed up for play Saturday, will go from no Big 12 losses to two in prorated pay. He would earn a Johnson had a 72 — bogeying the same policies to start the season. So we’ve got that many games. They were the last teams unbeat- $92,593 bonus for winning the five of the last seven holes on his to kind of get in line and take what medicine they en in conference play, until the last day of October NL Cy Young Award, prorated front nine — in his return after a give us.” when the Cowboys lost in overtime to No. 22 Texas from an original $250,000. positive coronavirus test knocked After starting 0-2 in the Big 12 for the first time and the Wildcats with their freshman quarterback him out of the CJ Cup at Shadow since 1998, Oklahoma (4-2, 3-2) has won its last three fell 37-10 at West Virginia. Falcons cancel practice Creek and the Zozo Champion- games. The Sooners won in four overtimes against After an open date, Oklahoma State then faces the after staffer’s positive ship at Sherwood. Texas in a strange scene at the State Fair of Texas, Bedlam game against the Sooners in Norman on the Jason Day was tied for second then won by 19 points over TCU and 34 points over same day that Kansas State goes to No. 17 Iowa State ATLANTA — The Atlanta with Scottie Scheffler, Harold Texas Tech while not playing a game in Norman in (4-2, 4-1). Falcons canceled practice and Varner III, Carlos Ortiz, Michael the month of October. While Baylor and TCU weren’t able to play worked virtually Friday after a Thompson and Cameron Davis. Oklahoma has to keep winning just to make the their scheduled non-conference games because of member of the football staff test- Brooks Koepka also had a 72. Big 12 championship game and have a chance to win COVID-19 issues, there has been only one game al- ed positive for COVID-19. He’s playing for the second time its sixth conference title in a row. tered since the Big 12 got into conference play Sept. The Falcons said the move was since a two-month layoff to heal The latest ESPN playoff predictor gives the Soon- 26. “out of an abundance of caution” injuries. Player partner Lanto ers only a 1% chance of being in the CFP for the fifth The Big 12 pushed back Baylor’s home game Oct. while contact tracing is used to Griffin, the winner last year at time in six seasons. That is only slightly below the 17 against Oklahoma State to Dec. 12 because of an determine if anyone else might Golf Club of Houston, also shot 1.2% chance given to Oklahoma State. Two Pac-12 outbreak of positive tests in the Bears program. That have been exposed. 72. Jordan Spieth rounded out the teams that haven’t even played a game are given at was a tentative date for the Big 12 title game, which The team expects to play Sun- morning threesome with a 72. least a 15% chance. will likely get moved to the following weekend. PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, November 7, 2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Army-Air Force game postponed; West Point quarantines 110 cadets

BY KEN MCMILLAN Tuesday press conference. “We The Times Herald-Record haven’t had a bigger game this (Middletown, N.Y.) year than the one we’re going to play this weekend. I know our WEST POINT — The COVID- guys are excited for the opportu- 19 pandemic has claimed another nity and certainly what’s at stake Army football game, and this is a when we play the academy games big one. to earn the Commander-in- An outbreak of the coronavirus Chief’s Trophy. It’s always a great at the U.S. Air Force Academy game and always a tremendous in Colorado Springs, Colo., has battle and hopefully we’ll play forced the postponement of the well enough this Saturday that we Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy can make it a battle again.” game at West Point on Saturday Rescheduling the Air Force morning. A sellout in non-COVID game may be near impossible, years, no fans other than West again due to COVID. The pan- Point cadets were going to be per- demic originally led Mountain MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP mitted inside Michie Stadium. West Conference officials to can- The game was going to be tele- cel the fall 2020 season, though Southern California head coach Clay Helton, left, smiles at quarterback Kedon Slovis after a 52-35 win vised by CBS. Air Force — like Army and Navy over UCLA last season in Los Angeles. With both Helton and Slovis — now a sophomore — returning, “We are disappointed to post- — remained committed to the the Trojans are favored to win the Pac-12’s South Division. pone this game,” said Air Force Commander-in-Chief series and director of athletics Nathan Pine, agreed to retain the service acad- “but the health and safety of our emy dates. Week 10 preview cadets, staff and the community Like the Big Ten, Pac 12 and continues to be our number one Mid-America conferences, the priority at the Academy. Due to Mountain West reversed course the upward trends in our COVID on Sept. 25 and announced it numbers across the campus, we Trojans favored as Pac-12 would play a league schedule have paused all intercollegiate starting Oct. 24. As a result, team activities.” that left Air Force with no open Pine said efforts are being dates between Oct. 24 and Dec. made to re-schedule the contest season finally set to begin 3, removing the possibility of re- but that appears very unlikely scheduling with Army on Nov. 28 this fall due to the unavailability BY RALPH D. RUSSO Dame is playing in the ACC this night at No. 21 Boise State. or Dec. 5. Army will likely play a of open dates. Associated Press season), but Bulldogs-Gators gets No. 15 — The ranking of Pac 12 Conference team in the In- The Colorado Springs Gazette the nod. Coastal Carolina, the best ever for dependence Bowl in Shreveport, was reporting that as many as The final major college football The Gators are sixth in the a Sun Belt team. The Chanticleers La., on the evening of Dec. 26, seven Air Force players would conference to begin its season country in offense at 7.50 yards face South Alabama at home, try- so the Dec. 19 date is also highly be unavailable for the contest. A gets going Saturday. per play. The Bulldogs are 14th in ing to remain unbeaten. doubtful. source said the Pentagon called The Pac-12 kicks off at noon ET yards per play allowed (4.53), but 2000 — The last year Iowa The only other option would be the game off, despite pleas to play (9 a.m. PT) with Arizona State it should be noted that is skewed started 0-3. The Hawkeyes will playing the Air Force game in the from officials of both schools. at No. 20 Southern California. heavily by one game against try to avoid that in this unique spring, and that would be highly A source told the Times Herald- Instead of Pac-12 after dark it’s Alabama. The Crimson Tide conference-only season at home unlikely. Record there are 110 cadets quar- Pac-12 for lunch. averaged 7.42 yards per play in against Michigan State. Air Force has played Army antined on the West Point post The Trojans are the favorites beating Georgia. due to COVID tracing of other in- since 1959 and Navy since 1960 in the South Division, with each Under the radar dividuals but with no cadets test- but not every season until 1972. league team scheduled to play six Heisman watch ing positive. Another source said Army athletic director Mike games against division rivals plus Arkansas State at Louisiana: players have already been moved Buddie said he received word one crossover game. Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clem- Before Coastal Carolina became out of the barracks and to a local from Pine at 10:45 a.m. Buddie The favorite in the North is son: Lawrence has been ruled out the hot Sun Belt team, it was Lou- hotel in order to socially distance engaged in talks with Superin- No. 12 Oregon, which kicks off in for the top-ranked Tigers against isiana knocking off Iowa State — the Army football team has for tendent Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams primetime. Notre Dame, so what we’ll be and getting ranked. years sequestered at hotels on about finding solutions but none Of course, nothing is certain watching is him on the sideline The Ragin’ Cajuns then lost to Friday nights in advance of Sat- could be found. anywhere this season and one of watching freshman quarterback Coastal and have slipped off the urday home games but this is dif- “We exhausted every oppor- the biggest games on the docket DJ Uiagalelei lead Clemson. radar. But they are still quite good ferent, the source said. tunity to play this, we exhausted won’t even be played after a Cali- Lawrence has been considered and could end up in the confer- Lt. Col. Chris Ophardt, a West every possibility,” Buddie said. fornia player tested positive for the Heisman Trophy co-favorite ence title game. Arkansas State Point spokesman, confirmed that “It all went away in two hours.” COVID-19. The Golden Bears’ with Ohio State’s Justin Fields. also had a marquee upset early in the football team began seques- Buddie said West Point offered home game Saturday against But missing two games, including the season, beating Kansas State. tering at a hotel on Friday. testing and lodging and even of- Washington was canceled and Clemson’s biggest regular-sea- The Red Wolves have stumbled The Commander-in-Chief’s fered to play in Colorado. will be declared a no-contest. son matchup, has got to hurt his since with a defense that can’t Trophy series has been contested Buddie said there is still an op- California doesn’t have the chances. seem to stop anyone. since 1972 when the three service portunity to find an open date but minimum number of scholarship Unless, of course, Clemson academies agreed to meet annu- Air Force would have to work out players available as a result of loses with an uneven perfor- Hot Seat ally. The winner of two games a deal with the Mountain West the positive test and the need for mance from Uiagalelei. Does that between Army, Navy and Air Conference to move games to other players to isolate under con- open a path to Lawrence coming Scott Frost, Nebraska: With Force takes possession of the tro- make it happen. tact tracing protocols, the Pac-12 back to save the Tigers’ season the caveat that Frost is not get- phy. Air Force beat Navy, 40-7, on “Hopefully we find a way to get said in a statement. and make a Heisman claim as ting fired, this one against North- Oct. 3. With a win over Army, the it done but we don’t want to en- The rest of the nation’s schedule college football’s MVP? western seems to be another very Falcons would have claimed the danger the Navy game, which is is highlighted by top-10 match- interesting mental health game Trophy for the 21st time and first our crown jewel,” Buddie said. ups, with No. 1 Clemson at No. 4 Numbers to know for Cornhuskers fans. since 2016. Army coach Jeff Monken was Notre Dame, and No. 8 Florida vs. Nebraska has not played since This is a crushing blow for all very disappointed over the can- No. 5 Georgia. 0-5 — Notre Dame’s record getting pounded by Ohio State, involved. Army coach Jeff Monk- cellation and questioned the mo- There is a lot going on. against top-five opponents in 10 which was not surprising. Nebras- en has been quoted regularly tives behind it. seasons under coach Brian Kelly. ka’s home game against Wiscon- throughout his seven seasons of “They felt they didn’t have Best game 24 — No. 23 Michigan’s win- sin was canceled because of the the critical importance of win- enough guys, whether it be COVID ning streak against Indiana. The Badgers’ COVID-19 outbreak. ning the Commander-in-Chief’s or not having enough guys due to No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 8 13th-ranked Hoosiers host the Northwestern enters unbeaten Trophy, and this week was no injury,” Monken said. Florida at Jacksonville: Hard to Wolverines as a slight underdog. and favored by about a field goal. different. Monken said, like him, the play- choose between this and the top- 31 — No. 9 BYU’s margin of In nine meetings since Nebraska “Obviously, this week is a big ers were “disappointed and ticked five matchup in the Atlantic Coast victory in its undefeated start. The joined the Big Ten, the Huskers game for us,” Monken said at his off” when the broke the news. Conference (Reminder: Notre Cougars’ toughest game is Friday are 5-4. Saturday, November 7, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 NFL Scoreboard Source: Raiders hit hard for violations American Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 6 2 0 .750 198 199 Team, coach fined, docked Miami 4 3 0 .571 188 130 New England 2 5 0 .286 136 167 draft pick for breaches of N.Y. Jets 0 8 0 .000 94 238 South Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 198 136 league’s COVID-19 protocols Tennessee 5 2 0 .714 208 184 Houston 1 6 0 .143 166 217 Jacksonville 1 6 0 .143 154 220 BY JOSH DUBOW North Associated Press Pittsburgh 7 0 0 1.000 211 142 Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 203 132 Cleveland 5 3 0 .625 206 237 The Las Vegas Raiders and Cincinnati 2 5 1 .313 194 214 West coach Jon Gruden have been Kansas City 7 1 0 .875 253 152 fined a total of $650,000 and Las Vegas 4 3 0 .571 187 203 Denver 3 4 0 .429 147 183 docked a sixth-round draft pick L.A. Chargers 2 5 0 .286 179 185 for repeated violations of the National Conference NFL’s COVID-19 protocols. A person familiar with the pun- East W L T Pct PF PA ishment said Thursday the team Philadelphia 3 4 1 .438 186 205 has been fined $500,000, Gruden Washington 2 5 0 .286 133 165 Dallas 2 6 0 .250 185 266 has been docked $150,000 and N.Y. Giants 1 7 0 .125 145 199 the draft pick has been stripped South Tampa Bay 6 2 0 .750 247 165 because of how the team handled New Orleans 5 2 0 .714 206 197 Carolina 3 5 0 .375 179 193 Trent Brown’s positive coronavi- Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 209 224 rus test last month. The person North Green Bay 6 2 0 .750 253 204 spoke on condition of anonymity Chicago 5 3 0 .625 161 166 because no announcement had Detroit 3 4 0 .429 177 206 Minnesota 2 5 0 .286 183 214 been made. West Yahoo first reported the Seattle 6 1 0 .857 240 199 punishments. Arizona 5 2 0 .714 203 146 RON SCHWANE/AP L.A. Rams 5 3 0 .625 193 152 The Raiders have been penal- San Francisco 4 5 0 .444 225 207 Thursday’s game ized several times already this Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has been fined $150,000 and the franchise’s sixth-round Green Bay 34, San Francisco 17 season for violating coronavirus draft pick has been stripped for repeated violations of the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols. Sunday’s games Baltimore at Indianapolis protocols with the punishments Carolina at Kansas City leading to a total of $1,215,000 for he was not wearing a mask as the COVID-19 list last week but was fined $50,000 for allowing Chicago at Tennessee Denver at Atlanta the team, Gruden and players. required and didn’t socially dis- missed the game at Cleveland an unauthorized employee in the Detroit at Minnesota Houston at Jacksonville While several teams have been tance with teammates. That led to after a reported mishap with an locker room after the game. N.Y. Giants at Washington fined so far this season, the Raid- four other starting offensive line- IV sent him to the hospital before Tight end Darren Waller was Seattle at Buffalo Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers ers are the first to be penalized men to be placed on the COVID- the game. Brown went back on the fined $30,000 and nine team- Miami at Arizona a draft pick following multiple 19 list as “high-risk” contacts. COVID-19 list Thursday when he mates, including quarterback Pittsburgh at Dallas New Orleans at Tampa Bay violations. They missed the rest of the prac- had more symptoms. Derek Carr, were fined $15,000 Open: Cincinnati, Cleveland, L.A. The latest punishment stems tice week before returning the Gruden had the coronavirus in for attending an indoor charity Rams, Philadelphia Monday’s game from Brown’s positive test last morning of a 45-20 loss to Tampa July and has praised the team’s event held by Waller’s foundation New England at N.Y. Jets month when the Raiders were Bay on Oct. 25. handling of the issue despite re- that violated local coronavirus Thursday, Nov. 12 Indianapolis at Tennessee already supposed to be in “inten- Safety Johnathan Abram was peated violations. protocols. Players were seen at Sunday, Nov. 15 sive” protocols following team- forced to miss that game because Gruden was fined $100,000 and the event not wearing masks or Houston at Cleveland Jacksonville at Green Bay mate Damon Arnette’s positive he spent time with Brown the fol- the team docked $250,000 after social distancing. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants test. lowing day and wasn’t cleared to the coach didn’t wear his mask The team didn’t immedi- Tampa Bay at Carolina Washington at Detroit At a practice on Oct. 19 a day return until Oct. 26. properly during a Week 2 win ately respond to a request for Buffalo at Arizona Denver at Las Vegas before Brown tested positive, Brown was activated from over New Orleans. The team also comment. L.A. Chargers at Miami Cincinnati at Pittsburgh San Francisco at New Orleans Seattle at L.A. Rams Baltimore at New England Open: Kansas City, N.Y. Jets, Atlanta, Overwhelm: Dallas Packers take Monday, Nov. 16 Minnesota at Chicago Thursday Packers 34, 49ers 17 advantage of hobbled Niners Green Bay 7 14 10 3—34 San Francisco 3 0 0 14—17 First quarter FROM BACK PAGE zone for his league-leading eighth TD recep- GB—D.Adams 36 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 11:42. title game. tion of the season. SF—FG Gould 22, :47. Nick Mullens had an apparent TD throw to Second quarter The rematch looked nothing like those GB—Lewis 1 pass from Rodgers (Cros- games in part because the Niners were miss- River Cracraft wiped out on replay for San by kick), 7:01. Francisco and then threw an interception to GB—Valdes-Scantling 52 pass from ing almost all their key pieces from the game Rodgers (Crosby kick), 1:53. because of injuries and a positive coronavirus Raven Greene after backup left tackle Justin Third quarter GB—Valdes-Scantling 1 pass from test for receiver Kendrick Bourne that also Skule got beat for a pressure from Preston Rodgers (Crosby kick), 7:17. sidelined three of his teammates for “high Smith. GB—FG Crosby 19, 2:01. Fourth quarter risk” contacts. That mistake led to Rodgers’ 1-yard throw GB—FG Crosby 53, 6:15. to Lewis and the Packers took control when SF—James 41 pass from Mullens That left San Francisco without quarter- (Gould kick), 5:00. back Jimmy Garoppolo (ankle), All-Pro tight Valdes-Scantling got behind the defense for SF—McKinnon 1 run (Gould kick), :04. the 52-yard catch late in the first half. A—0. end George Kittle (foot), NFC title game star GB SF running back Raheem Mostert (ankle), re- “I know they were missing some creatures First downs 21 17 on both sides of the ball, but that’s one of the Total Net Yards 405 337 ceivers Deebo Samuel (hamstring) and Bran- Rushes-yards 31-111 17-55 don Aiyuk (COVID-19 list), left tackle Trent better defenses I think that we’ve played de- Passing 294 282 Punt Returns 0-0 1-13 Williams (COVID-19 list) and key defenders spite missing some of those guys,” Packers Kickoff Returns 1-5 6-135 Nick Bosa (knee), Dee Ford (back) and Rich- coach Matt LaFleur said. “On offense it’s Interceptions Ret. 1-17 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 25-31-0 22-35-1 ard Sherman (calf). always difficult going against Kyle and that Sacked-Yards Lost 1-11 1-9 “We knew it was going to be a challenge,” staff.” Punts 3-51.3 4-54.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said. “We knew at Rodgers added a second TD pass to Valdes- Penalties-Yards 5-45 4-33 Scantling and the rout was on. Time of Possession 36:30 23:30 the start of the week it would be a challenge. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Losing those three guys yesterday would be Adams finished with 10 catches for 173 RUSHING—Green Bay, Jones 15-58, Ervin 8-24, Taylor 1-9, Williams 2-8, Rodg- a bigger challenge. I still thought we could yards, making him the first Packers player ers 1-7, Lovett 3-6, Boyle 1-(minus 1). San have a game. ... I know we could have done with three 150-yard receiving games since Francisco, McKinnon 12-52, Hasty 4-3, better.” Donald Driver in 2006. Mullens 1-0. JED JACOBSOHN/AP PASSING—Green Bay, Rodgers 25-31-0- Rodgers and the Packers, who were miss- “We’re definitely in a groove right now,” 305. San Francisco, Mullens 22-35-1-291. RECEIVING—Green Bay, D.Adams 10- Green Bay wide receiver Davante Adams ing three players on the COVID-19 list, took Adams said. “I don’t have much to say about 173, Jones 5-21, Ervin 4-48, Valdes-Scant- catches a pass in front of San Francisco advantage of the opportunity. it, I don’t want to sound conceited or noth- ling 2-53, Tonyan 1-5, Shepherd 1-3, Lewis 1-1, Sternberger 1-1. San Francisco, 49ers cornerback Jamar Taylor during Rodgers capped the opening drive with a ing, sound bad, but obviously when you start James 9-184, Dwelley 3-52, McKinnon 3- 16, Cracraft 2-13, Hasty 2-10, T.Taylor 1-9, Thursday’s game in Santa Clara, Calif. The 36-yard shot to Adams, who made an acrobat- getting in a rhythm like that, it does get a lot Juszczyk 1-4, Reed 1-3. Packers won 34-17. ic catch over Emmanuel Moseley in the end easier.” S TARS AND STRIPES Saturday, November 7, 2020 Sloppy shop NFL docks Raiders draft pick, fi ne SPORTS Gruden for protocol violations » Page 23

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Rogers’ four TDs lead Green Bay rout of undermanned San Francisco

BY JOSH DUBOW Bay Packers twice last season. but no one’s feeling sorry for anybody in (6-2) out to a 21-3 lead over the Niners Associated Press Rodgers threw for 305 yards and this league. That’s the way it goes. No- (4-5). four touchdowns and the Packers over- body’s feeling sorry for us. We’re dealing It was quite a reversal from the two SANTA CLARA, Calif. meetings last season when San Francisco aron Rodgers took advantage whelmed the depleted 49ers 34-17 on with injuries.” Thursday night. Rodgers connected on deep shots to outscored Green Bay by a combined 50-0 of the undermanned San in the first halves on the way to lopsid- “They’re a different team on paper for Davante Adams and Marquez Valdes- Francisco 49ers rather than ed wins in the regular season and NFC sympathizing with the team sure,” Rodgers said. “They’ve had some Scantling, and a short toss to Marcedes A that dominated his Green tough injuries to some really key players, Lewis in the first half to get the Packers SEE OVERWHELM ON PAGE 23 Green Bay Packers wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, bottom left, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers, center, celebrate after connecting on a touchdown pass alongside center Corey Linsley during the second half of Thursday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif.

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