A25 U.S. NEWS Monday 13 July 2020 As U.S. grapples with virus, Florida hits record case increase

Continued from Front bts about the accuracy of the figures. Officially, the Giroir, the assistant secre- country has over 18,000 tary at the Health and Hu- confirmed infections and man Services Department, 382 deaths since March. told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday’s report of 11 co- Sunday that “if we don’t ronavirus deaths was the have that, we will not get country’s second-highest control of the virus.’’ daily death toll. President Donald Trump Serbian police clashed with wore a mask in public for anti-government protesters the first time Saturday, for four nights last week, something Democratic demonstrations that forced House Speaker Nancy Pe- the Serbian president to losi said Sunday showed he withdraw plans to reintro- has “crossed a bridge.” duce a coronavirus lock- Pelosi told CNN’s “State of down. Many of the increa- the Union” that she hopes sing infections have been it means the president “will blamed on crowded soc- change his attitude, which cer matches, tennis events will be helpful in stopping and nightclubs. the spread of the corona- In Bulgaria, authorities rein- virus.” troduced restrictions lifted In Florida, where parts President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he walks down a hallway during a visit to Walter a few weeks ago because of Walt Disney World Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, July 11, 2020. of a new surge in cases. Associated Press reopened Saturday, 15,299 Albania also has seen a sig- people tested positive, for think the count probably far underestimate actual brought in from abroad.” nificant increase in infecti- a total of 269,811 cases, will not go up as dramati- totals. Countries in Eastern Hungarian authorities said ons since mid-May, when it and 45 deaths were recor- cally as it did in the spring Europe were among those Sunday they have sorted eased lockdown measures. ded, according to state because of several factors, facing rising waves of new countries into three cate- The Balkan nation reported Department of Health sta- including increased testing. infections, leading to riots gories — red, yellow and 93 new cases, over twice tistics reported Sunday. The World Health Organiza- in Serbia, mandatory face green — based on their as many as the highest California had the previous tion, meanwhile, reported masks in Croatia and travel rates of new coronavirus daily figures in March and record of daily positive ca- another record increase in bans or quarantines impo- infections, and will impose April, and the health mini- ses — 11,694, set on Wed- the number of confirmed sed by Hungary. restrictions, including entry stry called the situation at nesday. coronavirus cases over a “We see worrisome signs bans and mandatory qua- the main infectious disease The numbers come at the 24-hour period, at over about an increase in the rantines, depending on hospital “grave.” end of a record-breaking 230,000. number of cases in the which country people are “Don’t lower vigilance and week as Florida reported The U.N. health agency neighboring countries, Eu- arriving from. respect hygiene rules,” 514 fatalities — an average said the United States again rope and the whole world,” Serbia, where health au- Albanian health authori- of 73 per day. Three weeks topped the list among said Gergely Gulyas, Hun- thorities are warning that ties urged. Croatia, whose ago, the state was aver- countries, with more than garian Prime Minister Vik- hospitals are almost full island-dotted Adriatic Sea aging 30 deaths per day. 66,000 cases. The figures tor Orban’s chief of staff. due to the latest surge, re- coast is a major tourist des- Researchers expect deaths don’t necessarily account “Now, we have to protect ported 287 new infections tination, is making wearing to rise in the U.S. for at least for delays in reporting ca- our own security and pre- on Sunday, although there masks mandatory in stores some weeks, but some ses, and are believed to vent the virus from being have been increasing dou- beginning Monday. q

Court rules 1st federal execution in 17 years can proceed By MICHAEL BALSAMO Nancy, and her 8-year-old The federal Bureau of Pris- response to lawsuits that Associated Press daughter, Sarah Powell. ons said Sunday that a have sought to halt ex- WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chief District Judge Jane staff member involved in ecutions scheduled to re- federal appeals court has Magnus-Stinson ruled Fri- preparing for the first fed- sume Monday. ruled that the first federal day in Indiana that the ex- eral executions in nearly The staff member did not execution in nearly two ecution would be put on two decades has tested wear a mask at all times decades can proceed as hold because of concerns positive for coronavirus. during meetings with other scheduled on Monday. from the family of the vic- The Justice Department Bureau of Prisons employ- The ruling from the 7th U.S. tims about the coronavi- said the development will ees and other law en- Circuit Court of Appeals rus pandemic, which has not mean an additional forcement officials in the overturns a lower court or- killed more than 130,000 delay in the government's days before learning of der that had put the exe- people and is ravaging timetable, already stalled the exposure, the agency cution of 47-year-old Dan- prisons nationwide. by a federal court, be- said. The bureau says the iel Lewis Lee on hold. The Justice Department cause the worker had staff member did not en- Lee, of Yukon, Oklahoma, argued that the judge's or- not been in the execution ter the execution facility had been scheduled to der misconstrued the law chamber and had not or the prison's command In this Oct. 31 1997 file die by lethal injection on and asked the appeals come into contact with center and left the facility photo Danny Lee waits for Monday at a federal pris- court to immediately over- anyone on the specialized before the dozens of Bu- his arraignment hearing on in Indiana. He was con- turn the ruling. team sent to the prison to reau of Prisons employees for murder in the Pope victed in Arkansas of the THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS handle the execution. who are part of the team County Detention Center in 1996 killings of gun dealer UPDATE. AP's earlier story is The agency made the dis- handling the executions Russellville, Ark. William Mueller, his wife, below closure in court filings in arrived at Terre Haute. q Associated Press A26 Monday 13 July 2020 U.S. NEWS 2 officers, suspect killed in Texas border town shooting

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — backing of the state and Two police officers were expressed his support via shot and killed Saturday social media. by a suspect who later fa- "Two of our finest were killed tally shot himself in a South in the line of duty while Texas border town after working to protect residents responding to a domestic in their community," Abbott disturbance call, authori- wrote on Twitter. "We unite ties said. to #BackTheBlue." McAllen Police Chief Vic- Lt. Christopher Olivarez, tor Rodriguez identified the spokesman for the Texas slain officers as Edelmiro Department of Public Safe- Garza, 45, and Ismael ty, said DPS was among the Chavez, 39. Garza was an agencies assisting McAllen officer with the police de- police on Saturday. partment for more than Olivarez noted that DPS eight years while Chavez sent troopers to secure the had over two years of ex- scene after the McAllen Po- perience. "We have lost lice Department requested two brave public servants their assistance. He said who sought only to keep his agency received a call peace in our City," Rodri- about the incident around guez, visibly distraught, told 4:30 p.m. McAllen is lo- The (McAllen) Monitor. cated at the southern tip of The officers first met with Texas, about 70 miles (113 two people who reported kilometers) west of the Gulf assaults that took place People salute as the body of a McAllen Police officer is carried out at McAllen Medical Center, of Mexico. inside a nearby home on Saturday, July 11, 2020, in McAllen, Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken the south side of McAllen Associated Press Paxton tweeted that his of- around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, wounds, they have both arrest last month on as- their fellow officers anytime fice will provide the McAl- Rodriguez said. But the al- passed away as a result. sault charges, according soon. "The next few days len Police Department with leged shooter, whom po- The officers never had a to public records. More for us, moving forward as any help needed. lice identified as 23-year- chance to suspect deadly details surrounding the do- well, will be very, very dif- "Our prayers and full sup- old Audon Ignacio Ca- assault on them, much less mestic disturbance Garza ficult, for ourselves at the port are with the valiant marillo, opened fire when death." and Chavez responded department and at the city men and women of the officers attempted to enter Camarillo shot and killed to were not immediately of McAllen, but our strength #CityofMcAllen PD this the home. himself shortly after open- known. Rodriguez said the will get us through," the evening," the tweet read. "They were doing their job. ing fire on the officers, Ro- attack happened sudden- chief said. "We gather our "We are grateful for police That is what they were sup- driguez said, adding that ly and fellow police officers strength from our police in McAllen and around this posed to do. The person the suspect hid behind a didn't learn of the officers' officers, and we gather great state." was a suspect of the inci- vehicle after other officers deaths until arriving to the our strengths from our col- U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez dent, met our officers at responded to the scene. area moments later. leagues, as you can see of McAllen said in a state- the door, and shot at both Camarillo had a few run- Rodriguez said he doesn't here." Texas Gov. Greg ment that receiving news officers," Rodriguez said. ins with police beginning expect his department Abbott, who spoke with of the two officers' deaths "Both officers suffered fatal in 2016 to his most recent to get over the deaths of Rodriguez, offered the full was "devastating." q Maryland governor says GOP needs 'bigger tent' after Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — A becoming a bigger tent The governor pointed to his Republican governor ru- party?'" 2018 reelection as a model, mored to be eyeing a run The rebuke was a rar- when he won in deep-blue for the White House in 2024 ity from Republicans, who Maryland by almost 12 per- said Sunday that the GOP have largely been afraid centage points "by reach- needs to be a "bigger tent to criticize a president still ing out, by trying to find party" after President Don- popular with the GOP rank- that middle ground where ald Trump leaves office. and-file despite questions people can stand togeth- Maryland's Larry Hogan, about how he has handled er" and by eschewing "divi- who has been known to the COVID-19 pandemic. sive rhetoric." He also noted break with Trump, told Hogan did not rule out vot- that he did well with subur- NBC's "Meet the Press" that ing for Joe Biden, the Dem- ban women, a group that he doesn't "know what the ocrat challenging Trump in polls suggest has largely future holds in November." the November election. In abandoned Trump. "But I know that the Re- 2016, Hogan wrote in the Hogan also raised ques- publican Party is going to name of his father, a former tions with Trump's decision be looking at what hap- Republican congressman on Friday to commute the pens after President Trump from Maryland. sentence of longtime politi- and whether that's in four "It's a difficult choice," he cal ally, Roger Stone, who months or four years," said. "I think most people had been convicted of ly- In this June 3, 2020 file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces he will lift an order that closed non-essential Hogan said. "And I think would like to see something ing to help the president, businesses during a news conference in Annapolis, Md. they're going to be looking different, and maybe we'll and said "it's certainly go- Associated Press to, 'How do we go about figure that out in 2024." ing to hurt politically."q A27 WORLD NEWS Monday 13 July 2020 Okinawa governor wants tougher action as 61 Marines infected

By MARI YAMAGUCHI base activities. The state- Associated Press ment said measures are "to TOKYO (AP) — The gover- protect our forces, our fam- nor of Japan's Okinawa is- ilies, and the local commu- land demanded a top U.S. nity," without providing de- military commander take tails on the infections. tougher prevention mea- The Marine Corps Instal- sures and more transpar- lations Pacific said on its ency hours after officials Facebook page on Sat- were told that more than urday that "this week, the 60 Marines at two bases Marine Corps experienced have been infected with two localized clusters of in- the coronavirus over the dividuals who tested posi- past few days. tive for the virus." It said Okinawan officials on Sun- those who tested positive day reported a total of were in isolation. 61 cases — 38 of them at Okinawa is home to more Marine Corps Air Station than half of about 50,000 Futenma, which is at the American troops based in center of a relocation dis- Japan under a bilateral pute, and another 23 at security pact, and the resi- Camp Hansen — since July dents are sensitive to U.S. 7. They said that U.S. military base-related problems. officials told them the two This Jan. 27, 2018, aerial file photo shows U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, Many Okinawans have bases have since been put southern Japan. long complained about Associated Press in lockdown. pollution, noise and crime. The disclosure of the exact and seal the bases, as well doubts that the U.S. mili- Adding to their concern is Okinawans also oppose figures came only after Oki- as provide more transpar- tary has taken adequate quarantining of an uniden- a planned relocation of nawa's repeated requests ency. disease prevention mea- tified number of American Futenma Air Base from the to the U.S. military. "Okinawans are shocked sures," he added. service members arriving current site in a densely Gov. Denny Tamaki, in by what we were told (by Tamaki said he wants more from the mainland U.S. for populated area in the telephone talks late Satur- the U.S. military)," Tamaki talks with the U.S. military. ongoing staff rotations at south to a less populated day with Lt. Gen. H. Stacy told a news conference Okinawan officials also an off-base hotel due to area on the east coast. Clardy, commander of Saturday. "It is extremely asked the Japanese gov- shortage of space on base, Okinawa has had about III Marine Expeditionary regrettable that the infec- ernment to pressure the officials said. 150 cases of the corona- Force, demanded the U.S tions are rapidly spread- U.S. side to provide details The Marines said in a state- virus. In all, Japan has had military increase disease ing among U.S. personnel including the number of ment Friday that the troops about 21,000 cases and prevention measures to when we Okinawans are cases, seal off Futenma were taking additional pro- 1,000 deaths, with Tokyo re- maximum levels, stop send- doing our utmost to con- and Camp Hansen, and tective measures to limit porting more than 200 new ing personnel from the tain the infections." step up preventive mea- the spread of the coronavi- cases for a third straight mainland U.S. to Okinawa "We now have strong sures. rus and were restricting off- day Saturday.q

Australia to offer residence UN: Libyan coast guard intercepts option to 10,000 Hong Kongers 83 Europe-bound migrants By SAMY MAGDY to Libya this year to some SYDNEY (AP) — The Aus- Associated Press 6,000, Mselhi said. tralian government says CAIRO (AP) — Libya's coast Libya, which descended it will offer around 10,000 guard intercepted 83 mi- into chaos following the Hong Kong passport hold- grants on a boat heading 2011 uprising that toppled ers currently living in Aus- for Europe and brought and killed longtime dicta- tralia a chance to apply them to a detention center tor Moammar Gadhafi, has for permanent residence in western Libya, the U.N. emerged as a major transit once their current visas migration agency said Sun- point for African and Arab expire. day. migrants fleeing war and Prime Minister Scott Mor- Safa Mselhi, a spokesperson poverty to Europe. rison's government be- for the International Orga- Most migrants make the lieves China's imposition Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press nization for Migration, said perilous journey in ill- of a new tough national conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, July the migrants were mostly equipped and unsafe rub- security law on the semi- 9, 2020. from Sudan and Eritrea, ber boats. The IOM said autonomous territory Associated Press and included one woman. earlier this year that its es- means pro-democracy They were intercepted off timated death toll among supporters may face po- them," Acting Immigra- the national security test the Mediterranean town of migrants who tried to cross litical persecution. tion Minister Alan Tudge and the like," Tudge said. Garabouli overnight, and the Mediterranean passed "That means that many told Australian Broadcast- Morrison announced last were taken to the Souq al- the "grim milestone" of Hong Kong passport hold- ing Corp. television on week Australia suspend- Khamis detention center in 20,000 deaths since 2014. ers may be looking for Sunday. ed its extradition treaty the town of Khoms, around In recent years, the Euro- other destinations to go In order to obtain per- with Hong Kong and ex- 120 kilometers (75 miles) pean Union has partnered to and hence why we manent residency, appli- tended visas for Hong east Tripoli. This brought the with the coast guard and have put forward our ad- cants would still have to Kong residents from two total number of migrants in- other Libyan forces to stop ditional visa options for pass "the character test, to five years. q tercepted and taken back the flow of migrants.q A28 Monday 13 July 2020 WORLD NEWS

Kosovo president Hashim Thaci speaks during a televised address to the nation, in Pristina, Kosovo, Monday, June 29, 2020. Associated Press Kosovo's Thaci strongly denies committing any war crimes Gypsy Cordova blows smoke and shakes a maraca in front of a Juan Ponce de Leon monument By LLAZAR SEMINI international staff working while leading a group of activists in a march demanding statues and street names commemorating Associated Press under Kosovo's law, is man- symbols of colonial oppression be removed, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, July 11, 2020. Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — dated to look into allega- Kosovo's president said tions that members of the Sunday he was going to Kosovo Liberation Army, Puerto Rico questions Spain's The Hague to prove to which was fighting for inde- prosecutors investigating pendence, committed war legacy as statues tumble in U.S. war crimes allegedly com- crimes and crimes against mitted during and after a humanity. By DÁNICA COTO group of the Arawak Indi- "No, it won't be easy," 1998-1999 armed conflict Thaci, a KLA commander, Associated Press ans. Historians and anthro- acknowledged activist in Kosovo between ethnic was mentioned in the in- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) pologists believe that up to Francisco Jordán García, Albanian separatists and dictment together with — Statues, street names, 60,000 Tainos lived in Puerto who helped organize the Serbia that he had broken former Kosovo assembly plazas and even the body Rico at the time, but they march. "It's going to be a no international laws dur- speaker Kadri Veseli, and of conquistador Juan were soon forced into labor long process." ing the war. some others not mentioned Ponce de León himself: and succumbed to infec- But he quickly offered alter- Hashim Thaci spoke to pri- by name. Both have de- Spain left a nearly indelible tious disease outbreaks. natives: "We can melt them vate television Top Chan- nied responsibility for war legacy in Puerto Rico that Centuries later, local gov- and create a different stat- nel at the Mother Teresa crimes. attracts hordes of tourists ernment officials honored ue of someone who truly Tirana International Air- "It is true we violated the every year, but some activ- both explorers by erect- deserves it." port before leaving for The laws of Slobodan Milos- ists are trying to erase it as ing statues and naming Activists recently contact- Hague to be questioned evic's regime and for that, they join a U.S. movement streets and plazas after ed the office of San Juan by prosecutors on Monday. I am proud as people and to eradicate symbols of op- them across Puerto Rico. Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz The Kosovo Specialist as an individual," said Tha- pression. The Columbus Plaza is lo- and said an assistant told Chambers and Specialist ci. "But (I have violated) no Dozens of activists marched cated at the entrance of them officials would evalu- Prosecutor's Office, a court international law under any through the historic part Old San Juan and bears ate the cost of taking down based in The Hague with circumstances."q of Puerto Rico's capital on a statue of Columbus un- the statues. A Cruz spokes- Saturday, some wearing veiled in 1893 to celebrate man did not return a mes- traditional Taino clothing the 400th anniversary of sage for comment. U.S., Chinese as they banged on drums his arrival. Meanwhile, a The march comes as Puer- ambassadors spar and blew on conch shells nearby statue of Ponce de to Ricans' interest in the ter- to demand that the U.S. León stands facing south ritory's indigenous past con- on Twitter in Brazil territory's government start with his left hand on his hip tinues to grow. In the 2010 by removing statues includ- and right finger pointed to- Census, some 42,000 of the By DANIEL CARVALHO in Xinjiang" province. ing those of explorer Chris- ward the first settlement he 3.7 million people living on Associated Press "Silence is not an option," topher Columbus. founded. The ruins still mark the island at that time iden- BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Chapman added. "These statues represent all the spot of the island's first tified themselves as at least U.S. and Chinese ambas- On Saturday, the U.S. Em- that history of violence, of Spanish capital and is a U.S. partially Taino. sadors have gotten into a bassy Twitter account invasion, of looting, of theft, National Historic Landmark. Statues of Columbus have Twitter spat in Brazil, echo- quoted the FBI director ac- of murder," said an activ- The statue made of melted been removed or toppled ing the tense relations be- cusing China of paying sci- ist who goes by the name steel from British cannons elsewhere in the U.S. main- tween the nations as a entists at American univer- of Pluma and is a member also points in the same di- land following an uproar whole. sities "to secretly bring our of Puerto Rico's Council for rection of the nearby San over racism after the police It started Friday when U.S. knowledge and innovation the Defense of Indigenous Juan Bautista Cathedral killing of George Floyd. Pro- Ambassador Todd Chap- back to China - including Rights. "These are crimes that bears Ponce de León's testers in Baltimore threw man retweeted a State valuable research, funded against humanity." remains and is a popular a Columbus statue into a Department account ac- by the federal govern- Columbus landed in Puerto tourist spot. harbor, while they behead- cusing the Chinese Com- ment". Rico in 1493 accompanied Activists on Saturday de- ed another one in Bos- munist Party of conducting It added: "Is this happen- by Spaniard Ponce de manded that both statues ton. Meanwhile, officials in "a mass sterilization cam- ing in Brazil?" León, who later became be removed as the first step states including New York, paign for women as part Chinese Ambassador Yang the island's first governor in taking down symbols of Ohio, California, Missouri of its crackdown on Uighurs Wanming reacted on Twit- and quelled an uprising by oppression across Puerto and Connecticut have re- and other ethnic minorities ter Sunday. q the native Tainos, a sub- Rico. moved similar statues.q A29 business Monday 13 July 2020 American Airlines threatens to cancel some Boeing Max orders

By DAVID KOENIG ning of March until mid- AP Airlines Writer April. Traffic has recovered DALLAS (AP) — American slightly since then, but re- Airlines is warning Boeing mains down more than 70% that it could cancel some from a year ago. With little overdue orders for the revenue coming in, airlines grounded 737 Max unless are slashing spending and the plane maker helps line preparing to furlough thou- up new financing for the sands of workers this fall. jets, according to people American has accepted familiar with the discussions. $5.8 billion in federal aid to American's stand comes as pay workers through Sept. airlines are finding financ- 30, reached tentative ing increasingly difficult agreement on a $4.75 bil- and expensive as the coro- lion federal loan, and lined navirus pandemic has crip- up billions more in avail- pled their operations. able cash from private American had 24 Max jets lenders to survive the travel before they were ground- downturn. q ed in March 2019. It has or- ders for 76 more but wants In this May 8, 2019, file photo, workers stand near a Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner being built for American Airlines prior to a test flight in Renton, Wash. Boeing to help arrange fi- Associated Press nancing for 17 planes for which previous financing News of American's threat a sharp drop in air travel order without penalty and has or will soon expire, ac- to cancel some orders was and a loss of interest in new recovering its down pay- cording to three people first reported by The Wall planes. Nearly 40% of the ments now, according to who spoke Friday on condi- Street Journal. world's passenger jets are one of the people familiar tion of anonymity to discuss The situation underscores idled, according to avia- with the matter. The deliv- private talks between the the strain facing airlines tion data supplier Cirium, eries have been delayed companies. during the coronavirus as most airlines have more while Boeing works to fix If the companies can't pandemic. It has grown planes than they need until a flight-control system sus- reach an agreement, more difficult and expen- travel recovers. pected of playing a role in American could use Max sive for them to finance That has made it more dif- the crashes. financing that is about to planes. American's negoti- ficult to finance planes. Airlines have canceled or- expire to pay for jets from ating stance doesn't reflect United Airlines and South- ders for more than 400 Max Boeing's archrival Airbus, a loss of confidence in the west Airlines found foreign planes so far this year, and one of the people said. plane's safety, the sources lenders who agreed in April 320 are no longer certain Chicago-based Boeing said. and May to buy Max jets enough to count in Boe- said in a statement that it The Max was Boeing's and lease them to the air- ing's backlog. Some were is working with customers best-selling plane before lines, but those carriers are dropped because the air- during "an unprecedent- crashes in Indonesia and in stronger financial situa- line buyer ran into finan- ed time for our industry as Ethiopia killed 346 people tions than American. cial problems, while others airlines confront a steep and led regulators around The 17 planes in dispute were swapped for different drop in traffic," but did not the world to ground all Max were supposed to have Boeing planes. The compa- comment on the talks with jets. been delivered to Ameri- ny had taken 4,619 orders American. The Fort Worth, The coronavirus pandemic can at least a year ago. through May. Texas-based airline de- has compounded Boe- That has given the airline Air travel in the U.S. fell clined to comment. ing's problems by causing the option of canceling the about 95% from the begin-

Fed buys more corporate bonds but may soon end purchases

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER fett. Combined with pur- AP Economics Writer chases from earlier in the WASHINGTON (AP) — The month, the Fed has bought Federal Reserve said Friday nearly $1.8 billion in corpo- that it purchased $1.3 bil- rate debt. The purchases lion in corporate bonds in are intended to keep in- late June as part of its effort terest rates on corporate to keep U.S. interest rates bonds from spiking, which low and ensure large com- would make it harder for panies can borrow by sell- companies to borrow by This July 31, 2019, file photo, shows the Federal Reserve logo ing bonds. selling debt. The Fed's an- ahead of the start of a scheduled news conference by Chairman Jerome Powell in Washington. The Fed bought bonds is- nouncement in March that Associated Press sued by several hundred it would, for the first time, large companies, includ- purchase corporate debt buying bonds from a wide Last month it bought bonds ing AT&T, PepsiCo, and quickly boosted trading range of companies to issued by UPS, Home Depot, Berkshire Hathaway, the in corporate bonds and mimic a broad market in- oil and gas pipeline com- conglomerate controlled brought down interest rates dex, in order to avoid fa- pany Kinder Morgan, and by billionaire Warren Buf- in that market. The Fed is voring any specific industry. drugstore chain CVS.q A30 Monday 13 July 2020 people & arts With new name and album, The Chicks' voices ring loud again

By KRISTIN M. HALL the three-part harmonies AP Entertainment Writer backed by fiddle and ban- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — jo, in new ways. The Dixie Chicks are no Their last album, 2006's "Tak- more. Breaking their ties to ing The Long Way," earned the South, The Chicks are five Grammys, including al- stepping into a new chap- bum of the year, and won ter in their storied career over masses of fans who with their first new music in never listened to them be- 14 years. fore. But it's unlikely the fans The Texas trio of Emily Stray- who turned their back on er, Martie Maguire and The Chicks 17 years ago Natalie Maines have been are going to feel any differ- teasing new music for a ent about their return. year, and "Gaslighter" fi- When The Chicks and Be- nally drops on July 17 when yoncé performed at the the nation is embroiled in This combination of self-portraits shows, from left, Martie Maguire, Emily Strayer and Natalie Country Music Association divisive politics, cancel cul- Maines, of The Chicks, who are promoting the release of their latest album "Gaslighter." Awards in 2016, a vocal mi- ture and a racial reckon- Associated Press nority unleashed their an- ing. try music's next big thing got so mad?'" said Ma- who feel like they've let ger on social media at the "It just seemed like a good until suddenly the door was guire. The trio are all now down their kids. idea that both artists would reflection on our times," slammed on them. parents of teenagers when Hit pop songwriter Justin be invited to perform. said Maines. "In 20 years, In 2003, as then-President youth activists are taking Tranter, who has co-written Although their fallout oc- we'll look back at that al- George Bush was prepar- the lead on gun control, hits for Justin Bieber, Selena curred before Twitter or bum cover and title and ing to invade Iraq, the climate change and ra- Gomez and Lady Gaga, Facebook, The Chicks have remember exactly what trio were playing a show cial inequality. Their song, helped The Chicks co-write a unique viewpoint on the was going on in the coun- in London when Maines "March March," which was some of the album's most rise of cancel culture, when try right then." announced they were released the same day raw, vulnerable break up prominent people are at- "Gaslighter" is a term that ashamed that the presi- they announced they were songs, including "Sleep At tacked online in an almost describes a psychological dent was from Texas. dropping the word Dixie Night." mob mentality. abuser who manipulates The fallout became coun- from their name, was in- "Some of those pre-cho- "On one hand, you know, the truth to make a person try music lore, a warning spired by student-led gun ruses are not songs," said it's freeing now. People feel crazy. In recent years, to stay away from political control demonstrations in Tranter. "Natalie was just just are way more vocal," it's been used to describe talk, especially of the lib- 2018. talking and I was literally said Maines. "But then the powerful men like Harvey eral kind. They were booed On "Juliana Calm Down," writing down what she was downside is one slip up, Weinstein or Donald Trump. on awards shows, radio their daughters and niec- saying and then I found a one major slip up, and no "I think most everybody has stations pulled their music es are name-checked in way to put it to a melody." publicist can make that go a gaslighter in their lives and fans destroyed their a song that encourages "Gaslighter" was recorded away." somewhere," said Strayer. CDs. Maguire only recently young women to keep and co-written with Jack Maines said for movements "But, yeah, it was so weird showed her daughters the their heads held high when Antonoff, a Grammy-win- like #MeToo, those speak- how it echoes our current 2006 documentary called struggling through life's ob- ning producer-artist known ing out online held people administration." "Shut Up and Sing," that stacles. Maines speaks to for recording with Taylor accountable. "And you As the best-selling female showed how the backlash her two teenage boys on Swift, Lana Del Rey and can't silence or quiet them group in RIAA history, The affected them behind the "Young Man," a song for Lorde. He pushed them when you've got so many Chicks appealed to a scenes. all those divorced parents to use their core strength, women coming forward."q generation of country fans Maguire feared her who saw themselves in the 11-year-old might be too band's stories, whether it young for some of the Search of California lake resumes for was "Wide Open Spaces" or material, which included "Cowboy Take Me Away." death threats. missing ‘Glee’ star Their first major label record Instead, her social media- in 1998 has sold 13 million savvy daughters were con- northwest of Los Angeles. copies in the U.S. alone. fused by the reaction to Her 4-year-old son was dis- With Maguire on fiddle and Maines' tame comments covered alone in a rented Strayer on banjo, they were compared to today's vitri- boat. all steeped in bluegrass olic criticism. The boy, who was found and classic country, but rel- "And it was just funny hear- asleep and wearing a life ished in fun country pop on ing 16- and 11-year-olds vest late Wednesday af- crossover songs like "Good- going, 'Why? What? Wait. ternoon, told investigators bye Earl." They were coun- She said that? And people that he and his mother went swimming and he got back on the boat, but "his mom never made it out In this Jan. 13, 2018, file photo, Naya Rivera participates in the of the water," Sheriff's Sgt. "Step Up: High Water" panel during the YouTube Television Critics Kevin Donoghue said. Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. Rivera began acting at a Associated Press young age, but she rose to LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ties said. national attention playing search to find "Glee" TV The Ventura County Sher- a lesbian teen on "Glee," show star Naya Rivera in a iff's Office said last Thursday which aired from 2009 until Southern California lake re- that they believe Rivera, 2015 on Fox.q sumed on Sunday, authori- 33, drowned in Lake Piru, A31 local Monday 13 July 2020

University of Aruba is still open for registration until July 15th! “Many see the university as their second home”

ORANJESTAD — A library we have a project table distance, hand sanitizer, all gives peace, it imbues where small groups of stu- books are plasticized and knowledge, stimulates cre- dents can sit together and cleaned with Lysol, two ativity. The shelves are full work on projects. It turned entrances each with their of books up to the ceiling, out to be a meeting point own purpose, controlling the tranquility; the study for students from different the number of people in- room where silence gives studies which is great,” she side, the study room has its you focus… all that togeth- explains.“We as university own entrance and fewer er makes it a favorite place like to provide in the needs people are permitted. “It for many of us. Here you of the students because is challenging because we can have your moment, every person has their own already lack space and we dive into books and gain favorite way to study. Many expect more students than knowledge. Even though do not have the privacy last year but we will work on the digital world has taken at home and therefore the basis of appointments over a big part of that, we the university is the place if it gets too crowded. All see that books still attract, where they spend much data bases are available even the younger gen- time. We strive to make it as online and are acces- eration. And we are hap- comfortable as possible for sible from home through py about it, says Leonie them. Many see this as their an online learning system. Boerkamp. second home.” The book catalogue is also digital.” Boerkamp and her She is the coordinator of The new walk staff are happily ready for the university library since Boerkamp is ready for the the new academic year 2004 and in 2016 became ‘new normal’ or rather ‘new and welcome all new and manager of the book store. walk’. The library measure- returning students. “I am and about this library but mitting this passion to the “The library is not only about ments: less chairs, more so passionate about books even more about trans- young generation.”q lending books. We assist students in their search of literature, we offer data bases and we train them in the use of the data bases. We sell books they need for their studies and we offer magazines, tours, instruc- tions and for the freshmen we organize a game to get them acquainted with the way the library works.” The library also has a member group consisting of former students, lawyer’s offices and companies who bor- row books. The book shop offers books on sale to students. “Of- ten our prices are cheap- er than when they order themselves online because we have discounted pric- es. It is a service we offer so when students register for a study they can order the books right away with us.” Boerkamp says the univer- sity had about 700 students in 2019 and this year they expect more. “Students can study here in the silence room and A32 Monday 13 July 2020 local

“We will not compromise the social distancing”

ORANJESTAD — Walk into the main building of the uni- versity and peace will take over. Their ecosystem of flora and fauna enchants_ including a patio with a huge mango tree, beauti- ful flowers and plants, sev- eral gardens with seats and tables for students to study in all this tranquility, a fish pound, house cats completed by the heart of this all: the historical La Salle Building. The ambi- tious Giovanni Lew Jen Tai is taking care of the facili- ties owned by the university and enlightens us with the university’s protocol of the COVID-19 lifestyle.

He is passionate about his job as Facility Manager which he has been doing for five years. “Currently we hold three branches that I oversee: the Boule- vard building, the small building on the side of the main university building called Centro Educativo Cristian and the university building itself.” His depart- ment sources out facilities for four faculties: Econom- ics, Hospitality & Tourism, Arts & Science and Law. Besides that, they have custom-made programs for tax lawyers or partitions in law. “We started in 2016 with the Academic Foun- 10pm. In this new times we teachers of the protocol. is needed. “It is an urge of very strongly to this new dation Year, a kind of ori- urge students to come for “Teachers will rotate ac- the human race and it is situation and adapted to it entation year for students. study, not to hang out and cording to a schedule and important to mental health. immediately. “My satisfac- I was supervising the con- have fun.” In the ‘new nor- students stay in the room. We want to cater to every- tion is to see that students struction of two model units mal’ Lew Jen Tai will offer Distancing applies when one but we cannot do that and teachers are happy in and a garden building and some of the smaller class waiting and communica- for all in the same propor- their environment. You got made sure these facilities rooms as study rooms that tion is essential. We provide tion.” Therefore the 2nd, to do things with passion or are healthy, safe, pleasant can be reserved by stu- Lysol spray, hand sanitizer, 3rd and 4th year students don’t do it. I got your back, and inspiring for the users.” dents. Class rooms have apply cleaning the rooms will have less time on the I make you feel good. That He says people become 1.5 meters between chairs before and after use and premises, the priority is to is what I like.” q relaxed when they come meaning the max capacity have face masks avail- give more face-to-face op- here and some students all of a sudden is 10 instead able.” portunity to freshman stu- Register now stay from early morning un- of 30 students. “I needed Lew Jen Tai states that dents because all is new to Registration for the Uni- til late in the evening. to create more space and even though they man- them. “We are going into versity of Aruba is now at the same time, I have aged to survive during the deep waters that we do open until July 15th, Into deep waters no storage for the left over lockdown with 100% on- not know as yet how deep more information is to “The class rooms and study tables and seats so we line learning it is confirmed it will be. But we will make be found at https:// rooms are open from 6am put crosses on them and by students and teachers it work.” He is happy to say www.ua.aw. to 5pm but the garden until informed all students and that face-to-face contact that the university reacted