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BY DAN LAMOTHE coronavirus outbreak on his ship, defense dore Roosevelt and its former commander, ficial, said administration officials wanted officials said Friday. Navy Capt. . more time to review their options. The delay comes after the Pentagon’s Several other defense officials said they Hoffman said in a statement that Esper WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has chief spokesman, Jonathan Rath Hoff- expected a conclusion to be announced af- had received a “verbal update” from se- deferred a decision about the future of an man, told reporters earlier in the day that terward. But as the afternoon wound down, nior Navy officials about the inquiry into aircraft carrier captain who was relieved senior Navy officials would brief Defense the Navy acknowledged that no decision the outbreak. of command after he raised concerns Secretary about an inquiry was forthcoming. Two people familiar with about the Navy’s handling of a sprawling into what happened with the USS Theo- the issue, including one senior defense of- SEE DECISION ON PAGE 3 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER

EXCHANGE RATES Military rates (Franc)...... 0.9744 Wall Street ends manic week with a gain Euro costs (April 27) ...... $1.05 Thailand (Baht) ...... 32.43 Dollar buys (April 27) ...... €0.9036 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.9789 British pound (April 27) ...... $1.20 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press Japanese yen (April 27) ...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking outbreak. The bond market was The S&P 500 still lost 1.3% for South Korean won (April 27) ...... 1,204.00 facilities in the country of issuance quiet, while crude prices climbed the week as worries about the Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, , the NEW YORK — In a manic again. economic damage dealt by the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3781 and the United Kingdom. For week full of previously unthink- British pound ...... $ 1.2332 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., The gains offered a soothing coronavirus outbreak outweighed (Dollar) ...... 1.4080 purchasing British pounds in Germany), able market moves, Wall Street China (Yuan) ...... 7.0771 check with your local military banking coda for a wild week, which began hopes that businesses could soon facility. Commercial rates are interbank (Krone) ...... 6.9065 ended Friday with one reminis- with Monday’s astonishing plum- reopen. That snapped the first rates provided for reference when buying cent of what things were like Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7903 currency. All figures are foreign currencies met for oil and carried through two-week winning streak for the Euro ...... $1.0797/0.9262 to one dollar, except for the British pound, before the coronavirus outbreak Thursday’s sudden disappear- S&P 500 since it began selling off Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7504 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, upended everything. (Forint) ...... 329.33 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) ance of a morning stock rally . in February. Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5132 The S&P 500 glided to a gain of “The market sort of feels like The S&P 500 added 38.94 Japan (Yen) ...... 107.53 1.4%, with Apple, Microsoft and Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3107 INTEREST RATES Dorothy coming to the crossroads points to 2,836.74. The Dow Jones Norway (Krone) ...... 10.6476 other technology stocks leading and has yet to meet the scarecrow Industrial Average rose 260.01, Philippines (Peso)...... 50.79 Prime rate ...... 3.25 the way, as they did so many times to tell her which way to go,” said or 1.1%, to 23,775.25, and the Nas- (Zloty) ...... 4.20 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7608 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 before the economy shut down in Sam Stovall, chief investment daq composite added 139.77, or Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4255 3-month bill ...... 0.15 hopes of slowing the spread of the strategist at CFRA. 1.7%, to 8,634.52. South Korea (Won) ...... 1233.55 30-year bond ...... 1.20 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY WYATT OLSON news release said. fication code, qualifying second Stars and Stripes With 1,445 confirmed cases of class petty officers and below who coronavirus as of Friday morn- qualify could receive up to $750 The Navy has added nearly two ing, the Navy is the hardest hit of for each additional month spent at dozen job categories for which America’s military services. sea. First class petty officers and sailors are eligible for sea-duty Sailors assigned to the carrier above could receive $1,000 per bonus pay, an expansion done to USS Theodore Roosevelt account month, the news release said. ensure operations will continue for 840 of those cases. The ship Sailors who wish to extend sea during the coronavirus epidemic, has been sidelined in Guam since duty can either choose a billet at the Navy said. late March as it deals with the their current command, or choose Twenty-three new ratings were contagion. one at a new command, according added to an existing list of those Sailors testing positive for the to the Navy. In doing so, sailors eligible to receive sea-duty incen- virus have been found in another must commit to serve one to four tive pay for extending current 26 Navy ships now in port, a Navy years in that billet. tours at sea or returning to sea official speaking on the condi- Requests for extension should early, the Navy said in a news re- tion of anonymity told Stars and lease Wednesday. Stripes on Wednesday. be made more than 14 months The additions bring the total Among the newly added rates prior to a sailor’s projected rota- number of ratings eligible for the qualifying for incentive pay tion date. bonus to just under 120. are: aviation ordnanceman, cu- The Navy established the sea- “The move was done to ensure linary specialist, cryptologic duty incentive pay in 2007 and the Navy continues to fill opera- technician, engineman, gunner’s has since made numerous ad- JOMARK ALMAZAN/U.S. Navy tional requirements for sea-going mate, machinery repairman and ditions and deletions of eligible commands, particularly in this steelworker. billets. Gunner’s Mate Seaman Jose Garciaflores and Gunner’s Mate 3rd challenging time brought on by Depending on the rating, pay- [email protected] Class Anne Canta work on a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the the [coronavirus] pandemic,” the grade and Navy enlisted classi- Twitter: @WyattWOlson USS America in the Philippine Sea earlier this month. Decision: Delay comes amid speculation on Crozier’s reinstatement

FROM FRONT PAGE sailors for supporting him. Cro- “After the Secretary receives zier, Modly said, had either writ- a written copy of the completed ten the memo to be leaked to the inquiry, he intends to thoroughly media, or was “too naive or too review the report and will meet stupid” to be commanding officer again with Navy leadership to of the ship. discuss next steps,” Hoffman Modly later apologized. said. “He remains focused on and Trump, as commander in chief, committed to restoring the full has the authority to intervene in health of the crew and getting the Crozier’s case. But it would be ship at sea again soon.” highly uncommon for a president The delay comes after days of to sway an administrative deci- speculation that the Navy could sion in the military. reinstate The sensitivity comes after Crozier, Trump created turmoil in the who was re- service last year by repeatedly moved from weighing in on the case of Chief his job after Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, sending a a Navy SEAL who was acquitted memo to se- of murder but convicted of posing nior Navy with a corpse in Iraq. Esper fired officials that former Navy Secretary Richard raised alarm Spencer in November after the about how senior Navy official went directly to the White House and sought Crozier quickly the service was to keep Trump from getting in- moving to test and quarantine volved in administrative disci- sailors aboard his ship. pline for Gallagher. Adm. Michael Gilday, the chief On Friday, the Pentagon also of naval operations, has said he CHRIS LIAGHAT/U.S. Navy disclosed that the Navy is coping was open to Crozier’s reinstate- with a new coronavirus outbreak ment and recommended that on Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt depart the ship earlier this month. on a warship at sea, with at least 18 Friday, a person familiar with the cases emerging on the destroyer discussions said Friday. The New and can “stand up under the ported 856 positive cases among to 20 or 30 people, but a copy of USS Kidd. The outbreak became York Times first reported the rightful scrutiny of Congress, the 4,954 tests, about 17%. One Theo- his email obtained by The Wash- evident after a sailor aboard the recommendation. media, the families and crew of dore Roosevelt sailor, Chief Petty ington Post later showed that he vessel developed symptoms as- The Navy said in a statement the Theodore Roosevelt, and the Officer Charles Robert Thacker actually sent it to three admirals, sociated with the virus, and the that no final decisions have been American people,” the official Jr., 41, died April 13 after testing and copied seven other Navy Navy flew the individual to San made. said. positive on March 30. captains. Antonio, Texas, for testing. “Chief of Naval Operations President ex- Crozier, as captain of one of “I fully realize that I bear re- “They are preparing to return Adm. Mike Gilday has presented pressed an interest this month the Navy’s most powerful strate- sponsibility for not demanding to port, where they will under- recommendations to the Act- in reviewing Crozier’s case, after gic weapons, was on a fast track more decisive action the moment take efforts to clean the ship,” ing Secretary of the Navy James videos of sailors chanting their to becoming an admiral when we pulled in, but at this point my Hoffman told reporters Friday. McPherson. Secretary McPher- captain’s name as he left the ship he sent an email and memo on only priority is the continued “They will remove a portion of son is continuing discussions went viral. March 30 that pleaded for more well-being of the crew and em- the crew from the ship and work with Secretary of Defense Mark Though Trump initially lam- help in evacuating, testing and barked staff,” Crozier wrote in to get everybody back to health Esper,” it said. basted Crozier for writing the quarantining sailors from his the email, obtained by The Post. and get the ship back to sea.” Another senior defense official, memo, he later softened his tone, crew in Guam after the outbreak. “… I believe if there is ever a time The destroyer, which typically also speaking on the condition saying that he was impressed The March 31 publication of to ask for help it is now regardless deploys with a crew and aviation of anonymity, said that Esper’s with the officer’s overall record the memo in the of the impact on my career.” detachment of more than 350 peo- briefing with Navy officials on and didn’t “want to destroy” Cro- Chronicle prompted Acting Navy Modly resigned on April 7, ple, had been deployed this month Friday took about an hour. The zier over “a bad day.” Secretary Thomas Modly to re- one day after flying from Wash- in the Pacific Ocean as part of a inquiry is “in fact about far more The Navy said Friday that it had move Crozier from command, cit- ington to Guam to visit the crew military task force that carries than one person,” so Esper wants just completed testing the crew for ing bad judgment. Modly alleged and delivering a speech in which out drug interdiction, according to ensure the report is thorough the coronavirus. The service re- that Crozier had sent his message he insulted Crozier and lectured to the ship’s Facebook page. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Poll: Most think jobs will return after crisis

BY JOSH BOAK not done enough to help small AND EMILY SWANSON businesses, while 53% say the Associated Press same of aid to individuals. Mean- while, about 4 in 10 think too WASHINGTON — One out of much assistance has been offered every four American adults say to larger corporations. The poll someone in their household has was conducted before Congress lost a job to the coronavirus pan- passed a new bill worth nearly demic, but the vast majority ex- $500 billion aimed at helping pect those former jobs will return small businesses and hospitals. once the crisis passes, according to a new poll from The Associat- Brandon Reynolds, 45, resells ed Press-NORC Center for Public vintage toys, jewelry and artwork Affairs Research. online. The Houston resident’s The economic devastation writ earnings have been solid enough by COVID-19 is clear: 26.4 mil- to cover the monthly rent of his lion people have lost their job in roommate, a barber who cannot the past five weeks, millions of work because of stay-at-home homeowners are delaying mort- orders. But Reynolds has only gage payments and food banks three months of inventory, and he are seeing lines of cars that might not be able to restock if the stretch for miles. Forty-six per- pandemic keeps thrift stores and cent of all Americans say their flea markets closed. household has experienced some “I’m definitely not ready to be form of income loss from layoffs, running around in the streets reduced hours, unpaid leave or with a lot of people,” he said. “Not salary reductions. enough people are taking this And yet, the survey finds a seriously.” majority of Americans still feel Overall, 52% of Americans say positive about their personal fi- they approve of how President nances. One possible reason: Donald Trump is handling the Among those whose households FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP economy. Trump’s overall ap- have experienced a layoff, 78% proval rating stands at 42%. Even believe those former jobs will Food Bank for volunteers hand out packages at a mobile food pantry during the though 53% of Republicans said definitely or probably return. coronavirus pandemic at Barclays Center on Friday, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. national economic conditions Another positive sign: The per- were poor, 88% of them approve centage of workers who say their most Americans — money that whether the economy will rebound their household experienced a job of Trump’s economic steward- household has lost a source of in- has helped stabilize some fami- over the next year. Forty-five per- loss, compared with 22% of those ship. Twenty-three percent of come is not significantly different lies’ finances. cent expect it will improve, while who make more. Similarly, 28% Democrats approve, even as 90% from a few weeks ago. Skylar Banks, 24, used her 2019 37% say it will worsen. Just 17% of those without a college degree call the economy poor. Seventy-one percent of Ameri- tax refund and a separate govern- expect it to stay the same. experienced a household layoff, Monique Hewan, a nursing stu- cans now describe the national ment check for $3,000 to prepay The survey found Americans while just 19% with a degree said economy as poor, up from 60% six months of rent on her house. overwhelmingly support stay- the same. dent in Cold Spring, Kentucky, three weeks ago and 33% in Janu- Her plan: to ensure her family’s at-home orders and other efforts As the crisis drags on, 22% of said the outbreak only appears to ary. At the same time, 64% call housing is secure in case coro- to slow the spread of the coro- Americans have started to miss have intensified political tensions their personal financial situation navirus infections spike in a sec- navirus — 61% described ef- payments on housing or debts, the as some Republican governors good — a number that remains ond wave later this year and the forts in their area as about right, survey found. That includes 11% make plans to allow some busi- largely unchanged since before nation’s economy gets worse. while 26% said they didn’t go far of Americans who have unpaid nesses to reopen and to ease other the virus outbreak began. “We’re not sure how many enough — even as those actions rent or mortgage bills, 11% who restrictions aimed at slowing the Some of the resiliency can people actually have COVID-19,” have forced an untold number of have missed a credit card pay- spread of the virus. likely be traced to the nearly $2 said Banks, who lives in Dyers- businesses to close. ment and 19% who were unable “It all depends on whether trillion rescue package enacted ville, Tennessee, and works at Lower-income households and to pay another type of bill. Some you’re red and blue as to how you by Congress that expanded job- Walmart. “If they open every- those with less education appear were unable to pay more than one think about it,” she said. “The less benefits, extended forgivable thing back up, we have no clue especially hard hit by job losses kind of bill. calls for older people to die for loans to small businesses and what is going to happen.” — 29% of those whose families More than half of Americans, the sake of the economy — it’s provided a government check to Indeed, the country is split on earn less than $50,000 a year said 58%, think the government has just insanity.” Virus relief pushing US deficits to staggering heights

Associated Press ed to persist for some time,” Swa- to record Pentagon expenditures ‘ gel wrote in a blog post. He said and the addition of baby boomers WASHINGTON — Spend what I think the wise move for Congress is the economy is likely to begin re- to Medicare and Social Security. it takes, Washington said as it to keep the economy afloat regardless of bounding in the third quarter, but Even Washington’s few re- confronted the coronavirus. Well over $2 trillion later, it’s unclear what it costs. ’ the jobless rate will remain about maining spending hawks say red where that spending will end. Brian Riedl 10% by the end of 2021. ink should not be a focus for now One of the lasting legacies of economic and budgetary policy analyst On the government front, coro- as the government faces unem- the coronavirus pandemic will navirus-related figures point to ployment levels not seen since be staggering debts and deficits red ink unparalleled since World the Great Depression and shut- on the U.S. balance sheet, with War II. Economists generally say down orders lasting well into next to $3.7 trillion in 2020, fueled by economic shock ever — accompa- shortfalls hitting levels that would the most significant measure of month or beyond. the four coronavirus relief bills nied by a 15% unemployment rate have been unthinkable just a few debt and deficits is to compare it “Right now, I think the wise decades ago. signed into law by President Don- this spring and summer. For the against the size of the economy, move for Congress is to keep It’s a fiscal stranglehold that is ald Trump. A fifth bill is already entire year, the economy is pre- and by that measure, the debt is the economy afloat regardless of likely to persist for a generation, in the works and will be “expen- dicted to shrink by 5.6%. soon to rival the record. CBO says what its cost,” said Brian Riedl, with debt levels having passed sive,” according to House Speak- CBO Director Phillip Swagel publicly held debt will reach 101% an economic and budgetary the point of easy return in a capi- er , D-Calif. cautioned that there is “enormous of gross domestic product by the policy analyst at the free market tal where lawmakers are increas- The deficit for 2021 is esti- uncertainty“ to the projections, end of this year, just below the Manhattan Institute think tank. ingly incapable, or unwilling, to mated to tally $2.1 trillion, double given the unprecedented nature post-war high. “That being said, the budgetary constrain them. previous CBO estimates. of the crisis, but it’s plain the eco- The deficit was entrenched long cost is enormous, cannot be ig- The latest, and dire, projection The report predicts a devastat- nomic shock is unlike anything before the virus, with federal rev- nored, and makes it even more from the Congressional Budget ing hit to the economy this quarter seen since the Great Depression. enues shrinking to well below his- important that lawmakers begin Office, released Friday, states at an annualized rate of decline “Challenges in the economy toric averages and the spending thinking about how to fix the fed- the U.S. deficits will mushroom of 40% — probably the sharpest and the labor market are expect- side of the ledger rising thanks eral budget after this is over.” Sunday, April 26, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK FDA: Malaria drug can cause cardiac rhythm side effects

Associated Press New York University and NYU Langone Health found a signifi- WASHINGTON — The U.S. cant prolonging of what’s called Food and Drug Administration the heart’s QT interval two to on Friday warned doctors against five days after coronavirus pa- prescribing a malaria drug, tout- tients were given usual doses of ed by President Donald Trump hydroxychloroquine and azithro- for treating the new coronavirus, mycin. The drugs can alter the except in hospitals and research QT interval, or the time it takes studies. the heart to charge between In an alert, regulators flagged beats. When that time is too long, reports of sometimes fatal heart ALEX BRANDON/AP side effects among coronavirus it can trigger a rhythm problem President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room patients taking hydroxychloro- that can lead to sudden death. of the White House on Friday. quine or the related drug chlo- Nine of the 84 patients had se- roquine. The decades-old drugs, vere prolongation of this interval. also prescribed for lupus and Four patients died from organ rheumatoid arthritis, can cause a failure, but there was no evidence Format of press briefings may number of side effects, including heart problems contributed. Se- heart rhythm problems, severely vere disease or other health prob- low blood pressure and muscle or lems may play a role in whether change to limit president’s role nerve damage. the heartbeat abnormality devel- The warning comes as doctors ops, the researchers speculated. at a New York hospital published The results show how impor- Associated Press previous evening’s briefing won- officials to take the lead. a report that heart rhythm ab- tant it is that these drugs only be dering if it would be helpful to Trump has been reluctant to used in a study where patients are WASHINGTON — For the first normalities developed in most of inject disinfectant into people to cede the spotlight at the brief- closely tracked, said one indepen- time, President Donald Trump 84 coronavirus patients treated fight the coronavirus. That idea ings, which are the closest thing with hydroxychloroquine and the dent expert, Dr. Rais Vohra, an cut off his daily coronavirus task emergency medicine specialist at force briefing on Friday without drew loud warnings from health he currently has to his beloved antibiotic azithromycin, a combo experts, who said the idea was political rallies. He has talked up Trump has promoted. the Fresno branch of the Univer- taking any questions from report- sity of California, San Francisco. ers. It may not be the last time. dangerous, and sharp criticism their robust television ratings and Both drugs are known to some- from Democrats. his ability to dominate the news times alter the heartbeat in dan- “That combination really sets There have been discussions you up for having a problem within the White House about Trump did answer questions cycle and drown out his likely gerous ways, and their safety from reporters earlier Friday general election opponent, Demo- or ability to help people with with the heart,” he said. “My changing the format of the brief- colleagues and I are concerned. ings to curtail the president’s and claimed that his suggestion crat . COV I D -19 is un k now n. A Nat iona l about disinfectant had been “sar- But advisers have argued that Institutes of Health experts panel People are self-medicating and role, according to four White coming down with very predict- House officials and Republicans castic. ” That doesn’t square with while the briefings may appeal to earlier this week recommended a transcript of his remarks. his most loyal base of supporters, against taking that drug combo, able side effects on the heart.” close to the White House who Another recent analysis involv- spoke on condition of anonymity For weeks, advisers have been they could be alienating some except in a formal study, because urging the president to scale back viewers, including senior citizens of the side effects potential. ing 368 patients in U.S. veterans because they were not authorized hospitals found no benefit from his appearances at the briefings, worried about their health. Offi- Last month, the FDA autho- to discuss the matter publicly. hydroxychloroquine — and more saying that he should come be- cials at Trump’s reelection cam- rized limited use of the malaria The briefings often stretch well deaths. The report was not a rig- fore the cameras only when there paign have also noted a slip in drugs for hospitalized patients beyond an hour and feature com- orous test of the drug, and results is major news or a positive devel- Trump’s support in some battle- with COVID-19 who aren’t en- bative exchanges between Trump have not yet been reviewed by opment to discuss, according to ground states and have expressed rolled in ongoing research. The and reporters. other scientists but are the larg- Trump was angry after a day the officials. Otherwise, they sug- concerns that the briefings, which FDA said the drugs’ risks are manageable when patients are est so far of its use in COVID-19 of punishing headlines Friday, gested, he should leave it to Vice often contain inaccurate informa- patients. largely about his comment at the President Mike Pence and health tion, may be playing a role. carefully screened and monitored by doctors. A number of studies Last month, the federal gov- are testing hydroxychloroquine ernment accepted more than 30 as a treatment or for prevention million doses of hydroxychloro- of COVID-19. quine and chloroquine donated Physician in charge at VA acknowledges Regulators said they are now to the strategic national stock- investigating dangerous side ef- pile by drugmakers Sandoz and fects and deaths reported with Bayer. The Federal Emergency shortage of adequate protective gear the malaria drugs to poison con- Management Agency said Friday trol centers and other health it has sent out more than 14 mil- BY LISA REIN move to “austerity levels” at some most gone, and employees have authorities. lion doses of hydroxychloroquine The Washington Post. hospitals. held protests to say they were not “It is important that health care to state and local health officials. Stone said the Federal Emer- safe. The system was burning providers are aware of the risks Earlier this month the agency re- WASHINGTON — For weeks, gency Management Agency di- through about 200,000 masks in a of serious and potentially life- ported that it had sent 19 million nurses and other employees at rected vendors with equipment day, Stone said. threatening heart rhythm prob- doses. The agency didn’t explain Veterans Affairs hospitals have on order from VA to instead “The supply system was re- lems that can occur with these the discrepancy between the two said they were working with in- send it to FEMA to replenish the sponding to FEMA,” said Stone, drugs,” the FDA said in a state- figures. adequate protective gear. VA of- government’s rapidly depleting a former combat surgeon and for- ment. The agency did not specify Accepting the donation re- ficials denied it. emergency stockpile. mer Army deputy surgeon gen- the number of reports it has re- quired sign off by both the FDA But in an interview, the physi- FEMA has responded to Presi- and the Biomedical Advanced eral. “I couldn’t tell you when my ceived of side effects or deaths. cian in charge of the country’s dent Donald Trump’s decision to Trump has repeatedly touted Research and Development Au- next delivery was coming in.” largest health care system ac- invoke the Defense Production hydroxychloroquine during his thority, or BARDA, a unit of HHS The shortages, and the agen- knowledged the shortage — and Act to boost supplies as gover- regular coronavirus briefings, tasked with procuring treatments said masks and other supplies are nors have made frantic requests cy’s claims that they did not exist, suggesting its skeptics would be to combat bioterrorism and infec- being diverted for the national for masks, ventilators, medical have been a low point in what ob- proven wrong. He has offered pa- tious diseases. stockpile. gowns and other supplies, deplet- servers say is an otherwise com- tient testimonials that the drug is Earlier this week, former “I had 5 million masks incom- ing the stockpile. mendable response by VA to the a lifesaver. BARDA director, Rick Bright, ing that disappeared,” said Rich- VA’s four-week supply of equip- pandemic. The health system, But a number of early coro- said he was demoted from his ard Stone, executive in charge of ment — on the shelves of 170 with fewer COVID-19 patients navirus studies have suggested job leading the agency be- the sprawling Veterans Health medical centers and in an emer- than it expected, is now reaching problems or no benefit. cause he resisted political pres- Administration. He acknowl- gency cache normally used for out to assist veterans in troubled In Friday’s report in the jour- sure to allow widespread use of edged that he’s been forced to hurricane responses — was al- state facilities. nal Nature Medicine, doctors at hydroxychloroquine. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK India reopens as global lockdowns eased

Associated Press officials and transport workers, preparing for millions of Italians NEW DELHI — A tentative returning to work when lockdown easing around the world of coro- restrictions are eased May 4. navirus lockdowns gathered pace Britain was still holding off on Saturday with the reopening in changes to its lockdown as the India of neighborhood stores that coronavirus-related death toll in many of the country’s 1.3 billion hospitals was on target to surge people rely on for everything from cold drinks to mobile phone past 20,000. It’s the fourth high- data cards. est in Europe, behind , T he U. S . s t ate s of G e or g i a , Ok l a - and , each of which has re- homa and Alaska also began loos- ported more than 20,000 deaths. ening lockdown orders on their In France, the government is pandemic-wounded businesses, preparing to gingerly ease one even as the confirmed U.S. death of Europe’s strictest lockdowns toll from the coronavirus soared from May 11. The health minister past 50,000 and despite warnings detailed plans Saturday to scale from health experts that such up testing to help contain any new steps may be coming too early. flare-ups. The relaxation of the super- Testing shortages are a critical strict Indian lockdown came with problem elsewhere, too, including major caveats. It did not apply to in , Latin America’s largest hundreds of quarantined towns nation, which is veering closer to and other hot spots that have becoming a pandemic hot spot. been hit hardest by the outbreak Medical officials in Rio de Ja- that has killed at least 775 people neiro and four other major cit- in the country and terrified its ies warned that their hospital multitudes of poor who live hand- systems are on the verge of col- to-mouth in slum conditions too lapse or already overwhelmed. /AP crowded for social distancing. MANU FERNANDEZ In Manaus, the biggest city in Shopping malls also remained A woman wearing a face mask and gloves protection against coronavirus walks past a closed shop in the Amazon, officials said a cem- closed nationwide. Still, for fami- , Spain, on Saturday. etery has been forced to dig mass lies that run small stores, being graves because there have been able to earn again brought relief. where the virus originated. a day on the Indian Ocean island. sewing shops so people can make so many deaths. Workers have “This is a good decision,” said And South Korea reported just The new curfew remains in effect face masks. Bars and restaurants been burying 100 corpses a day Amit Sharma, an architect. “We 10 fresh cases, the eighth day in a until Monday. would be allowed to start reopen- — triple the pre-virus average. In the U.S., Republican gover- have to open a few things and let row its daily jump came below 20. The global death toll climbed ing June 8, although Belgian nors in Georgia and Oklahoma the economy start moving. The There were no new deaths for the Saturday toward 200,000, accord- Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes allowed salons, spas and barber- poor people should have some second straight day. ing to a tally compiled by John also cautioned that a surge in in- shops to reopen, while Alaska source of income. This virus is In Sri Lanka, however, the lock- Hopkins University from govern- fections could alter the timeline going to be a long-term problem.” opened the way for restaurants down was tightened, not eased, ment figures. The actual death and that “nothing is set in stone.” Last week, India also allowed to resume dine-in service and re- confirming a pattern of one-step- toll is believed to be far higher. Kids in Spain will get their first manufacturing and farming to tail shops and other businesses to resume in rural areas to ease forward, one-step-back also seen Pope Francis appealed to fresh air in weeks on Sunday when open their doors, all with limita- the economic plight of millions elsewhere in the pandemic, trying people to pray for funeral home a total ban on letting them outside tions. Some Alaska municipalities of daily wage-earners left jobless to juggle public health against the workers, saying: “What they do is is relaxed. After 44 days indoors, chose to maintain stricter rules. by the lockdown imposed March health of shut-down economies. so heavy and sad. They really feel they’ll be allowed to take one toy Though limited in scope, and 24. India’s stay-home restrictions Sri Lanka had partially lifted a the pain of this pandemic.” or scooter with them but not play subject to social-distancing re- have allowed people out of their monthlong curfew during daytime In Europe, sketched together for the adult-supervised strictions, the reopenings marked homes only to buy food, medicine hours in more than two-thirds of out plans for a progressive lock- one-hour excursions no further a symbolic milestone in the debate or other essentials. the country. But it reimposed a down relaxation starting May 4 than 0.6 miles from home. raging in the and Elsewhere in Asia, authorities 24-hour lockdown countrywide with the resumption of nones- Italy announced that free pro- beyond as to how quickly political reported no new deaths Saturday after a surge Friday of 46 new sential treatment in hospitals tective masks will be distributed leaders should lift economically for the 10th straight day in China, infections, the highest increase in and the reopening of textile and to nursing homes, police, public devastating lockdown orders. Many states fall short of mandate to track virus exposure

Associated Press ing for states was “forthcoming.” In South Korea, for example, the national ing workforce” and train 10,000 people. “We’ll not ever control the whole coun- health agency oversees the effort, gather- In , the nation’s second most — As more states push to try unless we have the same strategy,” said ing and sharing data on the movement of populous city, those found to be positive at reopen their economies, many are falling Dr. Cyrus Shahpar, a former CDC official. confirmed cases with local health depart- drive-thru testing centers are being asked short on one of the federal government’s “Right now, that’s not what we’re doing.” ments. The country has seen its case count to sign up for a contact-tracing website. essential criteria for doing so — having an Contact tracing is a pillar of infection plummet and remain low. Washington state, which experienced efficient system to track people who have control and typically requires in-depth There is little consensus in the states the first major outbreak in the U.S., was been physically near a person infected interviews with those who may have been on basic questions such as how extensive also overwhelmed. It now has about 700 with the coronavirus. exposed. The number of public health em- the tracing should be and whether cellular people focused on tracing contacts, with An Associated Press review found a ployees needed for the work throughout data should be used to assist in identifying plans to expand the workforce to 1,500 by patchwork of systems around the country the U.S. remains up for debate, but some people who may have been exposed at a the second week of May. for so-called contact tracing, with many estimates are as high as 300,000 people. public location. One major challenge for states is the states unable to keep up with caseloads Louisiana, which has been hit hard by Some states have taken decisive action. ability to conduct widespread virus test- and scrambling to hire and train enough the virus, had only about 70 people working Utah has 250 people at the state health ing, which has been hampered in part by people to handle the task for the months on tracing contacts this week. By compari- department assisting local agencies in the difficulty in obtaining testing supplies. ahead. The effort is far less than what pub- son, North Dakota, with less than a fifth of tracing contacts, and it can add 500 more Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has said that lic health experts say is needed to guard Louisiana’s population and no serious out- staffers if needed. Massachusetts expects for the state’s contact-tracing plan to work, against a resurgence of the virus. breaks, has 250 case investigators and will to spend $44 million on an aggressive con- daily testing needs to increase from about The result is a wide array of strategies soon bring on an additional 172 staffers. tact-tracing plan and has already begun 4,000 tests to 20,000 or 30,000 tests. and little national coordination. With few With more than 37,000 confirmed coro- hiring and training the 1,000 people it ex- The CDC said Friday that it is working exceptions, most states reviewed by AP navirus cases, Pennsylvania is still work- pects to need. with state and local jurisdictions to identi- are going it alone. Many other countries ing to determine how many people it will Other states are slower to create robust fy needs for “surge support staff” to assist dealing with the pandemic are taking a na- need in the field. In Texas, coordination tracing systems. with contact tracing and other infection- tional approach to testing. will be left to individual counties. California, with nearly 40 million people control measures. Currently, states seek- As late as Friday, the website for the Health experts worry that a scattershot and more than 37,000 confirmed cases, ing help must rely on CDC staff members Centers for Disease Control and Preven- approach will only prolong the crisis, and has limited tracing ability. It recently an- who are embedded with state health de- tion said detailed guidance on contact trac- they urge a more coordinated strategy. nounced plans to establish a “contact-trac- partments and other agencies. Sunday, April 26, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Louisiana sees death rates greater than other states

Associated Press and appreciates the helpful guid- ance that they have given to states BATON ROUGE, La. — Even as her and her fellow governors amid positive trends in Louisi- make these tough decisions,” ana’s coronavirus outbreak, of- Maiola said. ficials are grappling with a state death rate from the virus that appears higher than other states’ California rates while outpacing Louisiana’s SACRAMENTO — Califor- own modeling. nia restaurants will get taxpayer The Louisiana Department of money to feed millions of seniors Health offered reporters a first during the coronavirus pandem- detailed look Friday at the state’s ic, but only if they can offer meals modeling of deaths from the with fresh fruit, vegetables and COVID-19 disease caused by the no sugary drinks. coronavirus. And while Louisi- Gov. Gavin Newsom said Fri- ana’s falling hospitalization rate is day the requirements reflect tracking the projected results for California’s values, though law- Gov. John Bel Edwards’ statewide makers have repeatedly failed to stay-at-home order, the death rate impose special taxes and require is higher than expected. warning labels for sugary drinks More than 1,600 Louisiana res- in the past. idents have died from COVID-19, “We want to ... have a diversity /AP about 6% of all positive tests for of options and make sure what DUSTIN SAFRANEK, KETCHIKAN DAILY NEWS the coronavirus announced so far we are sending to our seniors is Dody’s Hair Creation owner and operator Dody Morrison wears a mask and gloves during a haircut in the state. But that testing data low sodium and not high-fructose service for Evelyn Wilson, Friday, at her salon in Ketchikan, Alaska. Both Wilson and Morrison conversed doesn’t reflect those who never drinks or sugary drinks and the with each other from behind masks. develop symptoms and never get like,” Newsom said. tested for the virus. Restaurants have been one May 15, while lifting restrictions mid-June at the earliest. facility, said Linn County Sher- The health department esti- of the hardest-hit industries in so some businesses can reopen “We don’t make this decision iff’s Capt. Michelle Duncan, the mates that 2% of Louisianans who the state, with more than 1 mil- and the public can participate in lightly, but it’s important to pro- county’s coronavirus pandemic contract COVID-19 are dying lion workers either laid off or outdoor activities like golf and tect the health and safety of our spokeswoman. from it, based on modeling of the furloughed, according to a sur- motorized boating during the students and our school staff,” number of residents presumed to Steve Schossberger, general vey by the National Restaurant coronavirus pandemic. Cooper said at a media briefing. have been infected, said Jeanie counsel and vice president of Association. The measure immediately re- The governor emphasized that Donovan, policy director for the National Frozen Foods, said the Local governments will choose places one that was scheduled remote learning would continue agency. shutdown started Friday and which restaurants will make the to expire next week. Michigan through the end of the semester. will continue at least through the The department is trying to food and get the money. But res- has nearly 3,100 deaths related weekend. A deep cleaning of the determine why the death rate is taurants have to meet nutrition to COVID-19 after 108 more Nebraska Albany plant will be done with double what was expected and guidelines. Meals can’t have too varies considerably among re- were reported, behind only New the oversight of Linn County Pub- much sodium and lunch and din- York and New Jersey among U.S. LINCOLN — Life in the Omaha gions of the state, she said. ner must have at least one piece of area and other parts of Nebraska lic Health, he added. Among the theories: Louisiana’s states. “We’ll look at opening back up fresh fruit or vegetable. People are now required, will start inching back toward higher-than-average percentage normal on May 4, Gov. Pete Rick- on Monday, but only on automat- of residents who have high blood rather than encouraged, to wear ed lines. ... That’s still yet to be Massachusetts face coverings in enclosed pub- etts announced Friday as he un- pressure, obesity, chronic kidney veiled plans to loosen the state’s determined,” Schossberger said. lic spaces such as grocery stores disease and other health condi- — Gov. Charlie coronavirus restrictions. if they can medically tolerate it. tions may be a factor. Also, the Baker said Friday that while the Ricketts said he will relax re- Wisconsin Employers must provide non- state may be seeing a larger share state continues to battle the coro- strictions in 59 counties, includ- medical grade masks to their in- of older people and those with un- navirus, it still hasn’t reached the ing Douglas, Sarpy and Cass in MADISON — The latest dem- person employees. derlying health conditions being other side of the surge. the Omaha area, but not Lancast- onstration by right-wing groups Landscapers, lawn-service infected than the general popula- That means steps taken to slow er, which includes Lincoln. against measures to contain the companies, plant nurseries and tion, which could skew the death the spread of COVID-19 — from “We want to tailor this to each coronavirus came to Wiscon- rate, Donovan said. shuttering nonessential busi- bike repair shops can resume region,” Ricketts said at a news sin on Friday, with hundreds of nesses to social distancing — will operating, subject to social-dis- conference. “If we don’t have a people ignoring social distancing Alabama remain in place. tancing rules. Stores selling non- significant spread of the virus recommendations and crowding “Until we start to see some of essential supplies can reopen for in these communities, the things together on the steps of the state MONTOGOMERY — Alabama that kind of information about curbside pickup and delivery. we are doing are really very Capitol to protest the Democratic Gov. Kay Ivey will work with the the peaking of the surge and the Big-box retailers no longer have incremental.” governor’s stay-home order. state health officer “to firm up a move in the other direction for to close off garden centers and The new orders, which will be With the building closed, the timetable to reopen” state busi- some sustained period of time, areas dedicated to selling paint, in effect until May 31, will allow protesters — some with banners nesses, her office said Friday, we’re not going to be interested in flooring and carpet. restaurants in chosen counties supporting President Donald as the state’s current stay-home reopening anything,” Baker said. to reopen their dining rooms but Trump — stood outside in chilly order for the coronavirus out- Baker said there has been some North Carolina require them to keep crowds at weather waving American flags break sets to expire on April 30. discussion about how the state or below half of their rated oc- RALEIGH — North Carolina’s or wearing them as masks and Facing political pressure to fol- might safely reopen the economy, cupancy. Dining parties would be capes. Many carried signs criti- low the aggressive plans of other public school buildings, already but again emphasized the state is limited to six people, and buffets cizing Gov. Tony Evers and the Southern states — including shuttered for the past month due not at that point. would remain closed. Bars would stay-at-home order he issued that Georgia, which began reopen- to COVID-19, won’t reopen this Health officials are keeping have to keep their dining areas closed most nonessential busi- ing businesses Friday — Ivey school year, Gov. Roy Cooper an- an eye on the number of people closed. nesses until May 26. has stated that the decision to tested and what percentage have nounced Friday. reopen will be driven by data. The decision was largely ex- “We think there’s been a major tested positive. The percentage Oregon overstep in our rights by our gov- Ivey spokeswoman Gina Maiola of positive tests compared to all pected. Cooper originally closed said, “we will probably hear an all K-12 public schools in mid- ALBANY — The National ernor,” said Procopis, one tests has fluctuated in the 20s, of the protesters. “We’re here to announcement from them early Baker said. March for two weeks, then Frozen Foods plant in Albany, send Governor Evers a message. next week as to how Alabama Baker, a Republican, also cau- extended his executive order Oregon, has shut down produc- The solution is going to be more will gradually phase in business.” tioned that the state has been through May 15. tion because of an outbreak of harmful than the virus itself.” The governor’s office said previ- focusing a good portion of its test- Cooper on Thursday extended COVID-19 that has sickened ously that an announcement is ing on locations believed to have a a statewide stay-at-home order for 10 people, Linn County Public Some protesters wore masks expected around Tuesday. high number of people who have another two weeks, saying case Health announced Friday. or bandannas in accordance with “Governor Ivey is mindful and contracted COVID-19 . and hospitalization trends did not Of the illnesses linked to the recommendations of the Centers sensitive to the sacrifices the support loosening restrictions. plant, eight are workers and two for Disease Control and Preven- people of Alabama have made Michigan And his plan by which businesses are associated with those employ- tion. Many did not. during this pandemic, and she is could reopen and mass gathering ees, The Albany Democrat-Her- Some health care workers eager for businesses to safely re- LANSING — Gov. Gretchen limits eased if epidemiological ald reported. staged a small counter-protest, open. She has been in continuous Whitmer on Friday lengthened and supply goals are met likely The county worked with the with one woman holding a sign discussions with the White House her stay-at-home order through could not be fully achieved until plant to temporarily close the saying, “Please go home.” PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 NATION Postal Service warned to raise Amazon charges

BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER Mnuchin told reporters that he AND DARLENE SUPERVILLE had Treasury officials working Associated Press with the Postal Service on the terms of the loan if postal officials WASHINGTON — President decide they need more money. Donald Trump said Friday that “We are going to post certain he won’t approve a $10 billion criteria for (a) postal reform loan for the U.S. Postal Service program as part of the loan,” unless the agency raises charges Mnuchin said. He said the Postal for Amazon and other big ship- Service board is already conduct- pers to four to five times current ing a search for a new postmaster rates. general to run the agency and un- PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP “The Postal Service is a joke dertaking reforms of operations. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden walks on a picket line Feb. 19 with because they’re handing out The Washington Post, which members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 outside the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. packages for Amazon and other first reported the administration’s internet companies and every push for changes at the Postal time they bring a package, they Service, quoted unnamed offi- lose money on it,” Trump told re- cials as saying that senior Postal Biden’s links to Obama could porters in the Oval Office. Service officials have been told The president was responding the administration wants to use to a question about reports his ad- the $10 billion loan as leverage to limit appeal to Hispanic voters ministration plans to force major influence how much the agency changes in postal operations as charges for delivering packages the price for approving a $10 bil- and how it manages its finances. BY WILL WEISSERT another four years of President “I think it was a big mistake,” lion loan that was included in the Trump has complained for Associated Press Donald Trump, who escalated his Biden said. government’s $2 trillion econom- years that the Postal Service was hard-line stance this week with Domingo Garcia, president ic rescue package. being exploited by Amazon and WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s an executive order freezing some of the League of United Latin Under the rescue package leg- other shippers and that was the tenure as Barack Obama’s vice immigration into the U.S. during American Citizens, said some “in islation, Treasury Secretary Ste- reason the agency was losing so president is complicating his ef- the coronavirus pandemic. the more liberal side of the La- ven Mnuchin must approve the much money. But analysts have forts to deepen ties with Latinos “The ‘Let’s go back to how tino community” view the issue who could be critical to winning loan before the Postal Service can said that efforts to sharply boost things were’ for people who feel as a “litmus test that’s something receive the money. Officials at the the White House. charges on big shippers like Am- like they have a boot on their neck, they’ve not forgotten.” But he Postal Service had no immediate For many Latinos, Biden’s em- azon could backfire by raising it’s not always that compelling,” said many activists see it as pal- reaction to Trump’s comments. prices above those being charged brace of the Obama years is a said Marisa Franco, director and ing in comparison to Trump’s Trump said the changes the by competitors such as UPS and frightening reminder of when the co-founder of the Latino activist race-baiting. administration will insist on will FedEx. former president ejected about 3 make it a “whole new ballgame” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, million people living in the U.S. group Mijente, which made its The Republican president isn’t at the Postal Service. He said the asked about the administration’s illegally, earning him the moni- first-ever endorsement when it toning down his approach to the Postal Service did not want to efforts Friday, said the Postal ker of “deporter in chief.” backed Sanders for president. issue of immigration, viewing it make the changes because they Service enjoyed wide support That’s one reason Latinos Biden long defended the ad- as a way to motivate his base. did not want to offend Amazon with the American people and overwhelmingly backed Bernie ministration’s immigration pol- “Our community definitely and other companies. that the administration is threat- Sanders during the Democratic icy, even telling one activist in understands and knows the con- Looking at Mnuchin, who was ening to harm a critical part of primary. But with the Vermont South Carolina who decried de- sequences of having Trump as with him in the Oval Office, the the economy. senator out of the race and Biden portations, “You should vote for president,” said Laura Jimenez, president said, “If they don’t raise “This is really dangerous and left as the presumptive Demo- Trump.” But just before losing the Biden campaign’s Latino en- the price of the service they give Mnuchin at Treasury is trying cratic nominee, Latinos face an the caucuses in heavily Hispanic gagement director. “This election ... I’m not signing anything and to leverage the debt situation in a agonizing choice. They could look Nevada in February, Biden con- is about our lives, our safety, our I’m not authorizing you to do way that must be stopped,” Pelosi past Biden’s resume and vote for ceded, “We took far too long to ability to thrive and be in this anything.” told reporters. him or sit out the election and risk get it right.” country and be accepted.” Boy Scouts suit filed as Hawaii shuts abuse claims window

BY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER ruptcy plan. “Hawaii is one of the first to close their immediately be reached for comment after Associated Press The Boy Scouts filed for bankruptcy windows,” he said. States that have active the lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon. protection in February in an effort to halt windows include California, Arizona, New Among the allegations, a California man HONOLULU — Eight men were sexu- hundreds of individual lawsuits and cre- York, New Jersey and Montana. says he was about 10 when an assistant ally abused when they were Boy Scouts ate a huge compensation fund for men who The Hawaii lawsuit filed in state court scoutmaster abused him during camping in Hawaii in the 1960s and 1970s, they al- were molested as youngsters decades ago will likely be put on hold and it’s unclear trips on Oahu. The assistant scoutmaster leged in a lawsuit filed Friday as the state’s by scoutmasters or other leaders. whether it will be transferred to bankrupt- “would tell ghost stories, and many of the window closed on allowing child sex abuse The Scouts resorted to Chapter 11 in cy court, Eisenberg said. scouts would become very scared,” and claims that would have been barred under hopes of surviving a barrage of lawsuits, “It’s important because the councils, the assistant scoutmaster would use that a statute of limitations. many of them made possible by changes in we believe, need to be held to account, fear to visit scouts in their tents and abuse Various states and Washington, D.C., ex- state laws to allow people to sue over long- because in many instances they were the them, the lawsuit said. tended or suspended statute of limitations ago sexual abuse. ones that were directly responsible for hir- Another California plaintiff said he was to allow child sex abuse claims stretching Named as a defendant in the Hawaii law- ing the perpetrator, putting him in a posi- about 14 around 1976 when a cook “held back decades. In Hawaii, a window for fil- suit is the Boy Scouts’ Aloha Council. tion where he could gain access to kids in a knife to his throat in the shower while ing old claims was first opened in 2012. It While the bankruptcy proceedings their programs, at their scout camps and forcing him to comply with his sexual de- was reopened in 2018 and closed Friday. have halted lawsuits against Boy Scouts so on and so forth,” said Tim Kosnoff, an- mands” during a five-week Boy Scouts The lawsuit by the eight men now living of America, the windows allow for filing other attorney representing the men. camping trip on the Big Island, according in Hawaii, California, Oregon and Wash- claims against local councils and other The two lawyers are part of Abusedin- to the lawsuit. ington state also comes while attorneys sponsoring organizations, said Stewart Scouting, a consortium of law firms repre- A deadline for bringing claims in the urge potential victims to come forward as Eisenberg, one of the attorneys represent- senting victims. bankruptcy proceedings is expected in the Boy Scouts of America works on its bank- ing the eight men. Aloha Council representatives couldn’t fall, Kosnoff said. Sunday, April 26, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Judge OKs Baltimore’s aerial surveillance test

Associated Press “The United States Supreme Court and and cover about 90 percent of the city. The technology was secretly tested in the United States Court of Appeals for the The police department has defended the Baltimore in 2016. Residents and top city A federal judge on Friday cleared a Fourth Circuit have long upheld the use plan as an opportunity to test a crime-fight- officials were unaware of the police-ap- planned pilot program by the Baltimore of far more intrusive warrantless surveil- ing tactic as violent crime has continued in proved test until the media revealed it. Police Department to consistently surveil lance techniques than the (Aerial Investi- Maryland’s largest city, even in the midst Earlier this month, the think tank and the city for six months using cameras at- gation Research) program,” Bennett wrote of a global pandemic. Philanthropic funds activists filed their federal lawsuit to stop tached to airplanes. in a 34-page opinion denying the plaintiffs’ will cover the cost of the program. another tryout. They argued the program U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett in motion for a preliminary injunction. More than 300 people were killed in infringes upon people’s reasonable expec- Baltimore ruled against a grassroots think Under the six-month pilot program, up Baltimore in each of the past five years. tation of privacy regarding movement, re- tank and area activists who asked him to to three planes equipped with cameras will Eighty-five people have been killed in sults in indiscriminate searches without a keep the program from taking off, argu- gather images of the city at a rate of one 2020 as of Friday morning, a tie compared warrant and impedes the right to gather ing that it violates their First and Fourth per second to help police investigate mur- with the same period last year. The area freely. Amendment rights. The department now ders, nonfatal shootings, armed robberies has also tallied 170 nonfatal shootings this The American Civil Liberties Union, expects the first flight to take place next and carjackings. Weather permitting, the year, down 21 compared with the same which is representing the plaintiffs, plans week. aircraft will fly at least 40 hours a week time last year. to appeal the ruling on the motion. Wall construction goes on at border, despite protests

Associated Press ect and scaring residents who fear getting the virus, said resident PHOENIX — The federal Emily Saunders. Ajo has about government is proceeding with 3,500 people and has seen years plans for a border wall even as of border barrier construction communities where construction and increases in Border Patrol is ongoing protest the presence personnel. Some of the workers of workers, according to court come from the Phoenix area, a documents. roughly 90-minute drive north. In the Yuma, Ariz., area, the “Here in Ajo we’re so isolated government modified a contract that when folks come in from the on March 24 to add 1.5 miles of city they’re bringing germs that a 30-foot border wall with angled we don’t have yet,” Saunders said, tops and an anti-climb plate to the adding that the nearest hospital is cost of $55.8 million. That’s ac- 90 minutes away. cording to documents the Sierra Ajo residents also often have to Club obtained this week in one of encounter Border Patrol check- /AP two lawsuits challenging the use points where agents are rarely RANDY HOEFT, THE YUMA SUN of defense department funds to wearing masks or other protec- Workers install a new section of 30-foot-high “bollard wall” at a construction site south of Yuma, Ariz., build the wall. tive gear, Saunders said. “It is be- near the border between the United States and last month. The federal government is look- coming very clear that our safety ing to award another $50 million is not actually what the govern- and technology to complement ment to at least temporarily stop Building more barrier along contract next month to add fiber ment is concerned about right border barriers. construction. the southern border has been a optic cables, lighting, closed cir- now. It appears to me that border “Illegal drug and human smug- “We are continuing to push one of President Donald Trump’s cuit TV, a ground detection sys- enforcement is their priority,” gling activities have decreased in that it has to be paused, that it is key issues. tem and signage. she said. those areas where barriers are a health risk, during this emer- This week, Customs and Bor- Still, lawmakers and advocates U.S. Customs and Border Pro- deployed. Illegal cross-border gency. That’s not to say the en- der Protection launched a web are calling for construction to tection said that border wall traffic has also shifted to areas vironmental damage it’s doing,” page dedicated to all things bor- be halted amid the coronavirus construction continues because with inferior, legacy barriers or Grijalva said. “I would like them der wall, including video of ongo- outbreak, saying the workers put building in high-priority areas no barriers at all,” the agency to halt it permanently. But even ing construction. As of this week, small border communities with allows the Border Patrol “to de- said in a statement. when we ask for a pause, no reac- the administration has completed few health care resources at risk. cide where border crossings take On Friday, U.S. Rep. Raul Gri- tion and not even a comment back 170 miles of border wall, and an- In Ajo, Ariz., construction place, not smugglers,” and that jalva, D-Arizona, and others held from Homeland Security or the other 180 miles or so are under crews are working on a wall proj- the agency can deploy personnel a press call to urge the govern- Justice Department.” construction. Kentucky’s Democratic governor vetoes abortion legislation

Associated Press would have required reelection themselves. ic, it is simply not the time for a divisive set doctors to provide life- Republican House Speaker David Os- of lawsuits that reduce our unity and our FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Dem- sustaining care for an borne said he was “outraged and sad- focus on defeating the novel coronavirus ocratic governor vetoed legislation Friday infant born alive after dened” by the veto. (COVID-19) and restarting our economy,” that would have given the state’s anti-abor- a failed abortion at- “Make no mistake, the governor had a he said. tion attorney general new authority to reg- tempt. Beshear noted choice and he used it to defend the indefen- Cameron said there’s nothing more divi- ulate abortion clinics. in his veto message sible,” he said. sive than to veto a bill that “protects our The measure cleared the GOP-domi- that existing law al- Cameron denounced the veto as “repre- most vulnerable.” nated legislature in the waning hours of ready protects the life hensible” and “an affront to the people of The bill’s lead sponsor, Republican Sen. this year’s legislative session. As a result, of infants. Kentucky.” Whitney Westerfield, also criticized the lawmakers won’t have an opportunity to Kentucky lawmak- In his veto message, Beshear focused on governor’s action. override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto. ers have moved ag- Beshear the “born-alive” sections of the legislation. “I’m not surprised, but I am supremely The bill also would have given Repub- gressively in recent He said existing Kentucky law already disappointed the governor has once again lican Attorney General Daniel Cameron years to put restrictions on abortions. fully protects newborns from being denied shown his hostility to unborn life,” West- the power to suspend abortions as an elec- Their passage of the latest measure, and life-saving care. Beshear, a former state erfield said. tive procedure during the coronavirus Beshear’s veto, sets the table for keeping attorney general, added that similar mea- Beshear supports abortion rights but outbreak. the issue front and center in this year’s sures have been struck down elsewhere. backs “reasonable restrictions,” especially Another part of the vetoed measure election, when many GOP lawmakers face “During this worldwide health pandem- on late-term procedures. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 WORLD ISIS member on trial in Germany for child’s death

BY DAVID RISING Associated Press — An Iraqi man went on trial in Frankfurt on Friday for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, on allegations that as an Islamic State mem- ber he was part of an effort to exterminate the Yazidi religious minority, and killed a 5-year-old girl he purchased as a slave by chaining her in the hot sun to die of thirst. Taha Al-J., 27, whose full last name wasn’t given in line with German privacy laws, faces a possible life in prison if convicted of the charges and others, includ- ing murder for the death of the DOMENICO STINELLIS/AP ARNE DEDERT, POOL/AP Yazidi girl and membership in a terrorist organization. Taja Al-J. covers his face with Celebrating amid shutdown No pleas were entered in the a folder at the Higher Regional German system, and Al-J. de- Court in Frankfurt, Friday. clined to give any opening com- Former partisan Modesto Di Veglia waives his tricolored Italian Partisans National Association scarf from and her daughter, Al-J. took the the balcony of his apartment in Rome on Thursday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of liberation from ment to the panel of judges two to his household in the Iraqi the Nazis during World War II. All Italian Liberation Day activities were cancelled because of COVID-19. hearing the case other than to confirm his identity as the trial city of Fallujah and forced them opened, according to the court. to “keep house and to live ac- Al-J.’s wife, a German convert cording to strict Islamic rules,” to Islam identified only as 28- while giving them insufficient year-old Jennifer W., has been on food and beating them regularly Ambush kills 12 rangers who trial separately in since to punish them, according to the last April on charges of murder, indictment. war crimes and membership in a Near the end of 2015, Al-J. guarded gorillas in Congo terrorist organization. chained the girl to the bars of a Al-J. was still at large when his window in the open sun on a day wife went on trial, but was ar- where it reached 122 degrees BY AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Joel Wengamulay, a spokesman rebels. The fighters, who have rested a month later in Greece Fahrenheit and she died from the Associated Press with the Congolese Institute for been active in the area for more and extradited to Germany in punishment, according to the in- the Conservation of Nature. A than 25 years, are among the October. BENI, Congo — An ambush dictment. Prosecutors in the case driver and four civilians also armed groups competing for con- According to the indictment, near the renowned Virunga Park against Al-J.’s wife said the pun- died, he added. trol of the region’s vast natural he was an active member of the in eastern Congo has killed 12 ishment was carried out because “Investigations are underway resources. Islamic State group from 2013 to rangers who helped guard some the 5-year-old had wet the bed. 2019 in Syria, Iraq and Turkey. of the world’s last remaining to find the killers who attacked “I think that these rebels did The charges against Jennifer In 2015, Al-J. bought a Ya- mountain gorillas in the wild, and our convoy,” he told The Associ- not ambush just the rangers but W. are based partially on the alle- zidi woman and her 5-year-old another five people, authorities ated Press. “We have started call- attacked civilians on this road to gation that she did nothing to help daughter as slaves at an IS base said Friday. ing the families of the victims of Rumangabo, ” he said. “We call the girl. in Syria, prosecutors allege. The The attack, which left five other this ambush to inform them.” on the central government to The Yazidi girl’s mother, who two had been taken as prisoners rangers in critical condition, took Daniel Maniragua, deputy ad- strengthen the military presence survived captivity, testified at by the militants in northern Iraq place near the park’s headquar- ministrator of the Rutsuru terri- in the area to eradicate these neg- W.’s trial and is also expected to at the beginning of August 2014, ters in Rumangabo, located in tory, condemned the attack and ative groups that are swarming in appear as a witness at the trial of and had been “sold and resold Rutsuru territory, according to pointed the finger at the FDLR the region.” Al-J., according to the court. several times as slaves” by the W. , who quit school after com- group already. pleting eighth grade, grew up in “Taha Al-J. intended, according Lower Saxony as a Protestant but to the charges, to exterminate the Britain drags its feet on negotiating religious minority of the Yazidis converted to Islam in 2013. by his acquisition of the two Ya- She’s alleged to have made zidi females, and to have personal her way to Iraq through Turkey trade deal as Brexit deadline looms benefits from their services in his and Syria in 2014 to join the IS. household,” the Frankfurt state In 2015, as a member of the ex- Associated Press to a chaotic trade rupture which tion bloc on Jan. 31, but remains court said as the trial opened. tremist group’s “morality police,” would mount economic losses on within the EU’s economic orbit, The United Nations has called she patrolled parks in Fallujah BRUSSELS — Despite the dev- both sides on top of those already including its single market for the IS assault on the Yazidis’ an- and Mosul, armed with an as- astating economic fallout from sault rifle and a pistol as well as expected from the coronavirus trade in goods and services, until cestral homeland in northern the coronavirus pandemic, Brit- an explosive vest and looking for crisis. the end of the year. Iraq in 2014 a genocide, saying ain is making scant effort to ne- women who did not conform with “I am worried,” Barnier said The two sides have until then to the Yazidis’ 400,000-strong com- gotiate a far-reaching free trade after what he described as anoth- munity “had all been displaced, its strict codes of behavior and work out a new relationship cov- deal in the wake of Brexit that er week of “disappointing” video captured or killed.” Of the thou- dress, prosecutors said. ering trade, security and a host of would stave off a costly final sep- negotiations between both sides. sands captured by IS, boys were She was taken into custody aration at the end of the year, the Barnier said Britain had made it other issues. forced to fight for the extremists, when trying to renew her identity European Union said Friday. clear it would not seek an exten- Both sides have been hit hard men were executed if they didn’t papers at the German embassy EU negotiatior Michel Barnier sion to the transition period be- by the coronavirus, with Bar- convert to Islam — and often ex- in Ankara in 2016 and deported said his British counterparts keep yond Dec. 31, even though it could nier and British Prime Minister ecuted in any case — and women back to Germany. insisting on unrealistic deadlines get one of up to two years. Boris Johnson both having been and girls were sold into slavery. The trial against her husband and demands that could only lead Britain officially left the 27-na- infected. After purchasing the woman is scheduled to resume April 27. Sunday, April 26, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 ENTERTAINMENT & FOOD

BY CAROLINA A. MIRANDA some way features the end of humanity Los Angeles Times — or a piece of humanity — I will watch it. ’ve twisted myself into a yoga pretzel And I will fi nd it relaxing. Mainly because nothing makes me feel better about my on Zoom. I’ve downloaded the medi- station in life than knowing that at least Disaster tation apps. I’ve watched koala bear a bunch of zombies aren’t gnawing at my Inaps on the San Diego Zoo’s koala dangling entrails. cam. (OMG, the baby.) All of it has helped Naturally, whenever I watch, I always soothe my simmering coronanxiety to — always — prepare a plate, since impend- some degree, though none quite as much as ing doom builds an appetite. Here, I outline degustation streaming a fi lm festival’s worth of disaster fi ve very simple dishes that can be made fl icks and diving into a pile of snacks. from just about any stock of disaster ra- “Armageddon.” “The Towering Inferno.” tions and pair them with fi ve of my favorite A coronavirus food and fi lm pairing guide “San Andreas.” “28 Days Later.” If it in disaster fi lms.

Diner dash Movie: “Miracle Mile” This 1988 fl ick by writer-director Steve De Jarnatt features a lovely young couple, played by Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham, who meet and fall in love at the La Brea Tar Pits — because gazing upon a drowning mammoth is just the sort of thing to bestir hot pangs of desire. Their blossoming union, however, is cut short when Edwards picks up a ringing pay phone outside of Johnie’s Coffee Shop on Fairfax, and learns that a nuclear attack is imminent. Then it becomes a race against time to get out of L.A. before the bombs hit. The terrible haircuts and the scenes of the Miracle Mile in the ’80s make this a must-see for anyone who considers themselves an Angeleno. And, of course, there’s the dialogue: as riots consume Wilshire Boulevard, Winningham declares: “Hell, I’ll write an article about all this for Esquire. Someone will “The Andromeda Strain,” from 1971, with probably make a TV movie out of it.” Alexis Diaz de Villegas as Juan in “Juan de los Kraft mac and cheese and Campari soda. Or maybe a full feature fi lm. Muertos,” with a classic Cuban meal. Food pairing: Grilled ham and cheese sandwich. Since much of the action is set around a diner, it’s only right to eat diner-y 1970s cheese food. Pancakes, burgers and watery coffee are all good options. I went with A lo cubano what I had on hand: ham and American cheese, the sort of cheese that will Movie: “The Andromeda Strain” survive any end-of-the-world scenario. Movie: “Juan de los Muertos” (Juan of the Based on the book by Michael Crichton, Preparation tip: In grilling your sandwich, use all the butter you can. Ameri- Dead) the plot revolves around an alien contagion can cheese may survive a nuclear attack, but the butter defi nitely will not. In this humorous 2011 political allegory by that crash-lands to Earth aboard a satellite director Alejandro Brugues, a group of rum- and turns human innards to dust. A team of drinking Havana slackers face off against scientists take to a secret underground bun- an army of the undead — fl esh eaters they ker to study the rapidly multiplying organism initially confuse for dissidents. Alexis Diaz de so that they can develop a cure. It’s a race Villegas plays Juan, a veteran of the Cuban against time, and a U.S. president who isn’t intervention in Angola who makes an under- big into science. the-table business out of dispatching zombies And it’s totally worth it for the rudimen- with a variety of implements, including an oar. tary technology, 1970s sets and Kate Reid as Food pairing: Oven-roasted chicken with the lone female scientist, a sassy lady with a rice and beans and tostones. sensible haircut who chainsmokes and utters A Cuban movie calls for Cuban food, a lines like, “I never liked red lights. It reminds cuisine that knows how to make a lot out of a me of my years in a bordello.” few basic staples: rice, beans, chicken. But the Food pairing: Kraft macaroni and cheese critical part are the tostones: green plantains and steamed broccoli, accompanied by a glass that you fry twice . of Campari and soda. Preparation tips: Slice a green plantain This pairing is all about aesthetics: the into 1-inch-thick diagonal wedges. In a broad fi lm’s unnatural palette — those ’70s reds, frying pan, heat enough vegetable oil to cover greens and oranges — begs for food and drink the bottom of the pan over medium heat. Fry of an equally unnatural color. Kraft, with its the banana slices lightly on each side — about nuclear shade of orange, and its undertones three to four minutes total — and remove of milk protein concentrate, is just the sort of them when they start to soften and change thing you might eat in an underground bun- color. Drain on a paper towel. ker. Campari adds color, as well as the bitter Then comes the smashing. Cut a couple of taste of certain annihilation. large squares out of a brown paper grocery Preparation tips: The Kraft recipe calls bag. Place a piece of banana between them for ¼ cup milk and 4 tablespoons of butter. and use the palm of your hand to press them to

Change that to 2 tablespoons of milk and 5 PHOTOS BY CAROLINA A. MIRANDA/Los Angeles Times about a ½-inch width. Fry for about 3 to 4 more tablespoons of butter and you’ve got creamier minutes at medium heat, turning the bananas mac. Refi ll your Campari as needed. Grilled cheese and ham and a dazed Anthony Edwards in “Miracle Mile.” until they are golden and crisp. Salt to taste. Eggs and a side of apocalypse Instant soup’s on Movie: “This Is the End” Movie: “Flu” I thought the end of the world was When it comes to fl u fl icks, I am incred- going to be super-Mad Max. Instead, it’s ibly partial to South Korean director a tedium of Zoom video conference calls Sung-su Kim’s 2013 thriller, which fea- and celebrities singing “Imagine.” Which tures all the right teeth-gritting plot lines: is why I deeply appreciate the lowbrow a fast-moving, fatal virus and a single- humor of “This Is the End,” the stoner-bro mom doctor who is laboring to fi nd a cure — in a race against time and an offi cial comedy directed by Seth Rogen and Evan from the World Health Organization with Goldberg, that captures the banalities an itchy trigger fi nger. and fragile egos of a pack of callow actors Food pairing: Nongshim instant ramen. as they muddle through a biblical apoca- Bacon, eggs and Seth Rogen in gross-out It may seem glib to suggest Korean Nongshim instant ramen paired with the lypse. apocalypse flick “This Is the End.” instant ramen for a Korean movie, but 2013 film “The Flu,” starring Hyuk Jang. Plus, there’s Emma Watson fi ghting off it’s a match made in disaster heaven. a bunch of dudes with an ax, Channing soul, you might as well eat all your protein One, because Nongshim instant ramen is Preparation tips: Prepare as directed, Tatum as a BDSM slave, and a cameo by in one go — like the unrepentant Danny featured in a scene that takes place inside then add whatever toppings you can the Backstreet Boys. It’s the end of days McBride, in a key scene in the movie. a quarantine camp. Also, because Nong- scrounge up. My favorites include canned — as written by People magazine. Preparation tip: Fry the eggs in the shim ramen is good. Two of my preferred or frozen corn (we’re in a pandemic; don’t Food pairing: Fried eggs and bacon bacon grease. We can’t see your too-tight fl avors are Spicy Seafood Ramyun and the judge), mushrooms, an egg and a pat of but- with toast. pants on Zoom. Hell, we can’t tell if you’re Shin Ramyun Noodle Soup in Gourmet ter. Scallions, chopped cilantro and leftover If the devil is about to consume your wearing pants at all. Spicy fl avor. bits of chicken or beef are also great. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 MUSIC

n the night of Thurs- then on, he plucked the strings day, March 12, just vigorously each night in front hours after some of the of adoring fans in sold-out clubs Oworld’s largest concert across the country. promoters urged a moratorium When Post released his fol- on live events due to the spread- low-up, “Beerbongs & Bentleys,” ing coronavirus, 18,000 people in spring 2018, the market was packed into the Pepsi Center in primed. He sold 461,000 cop- downtown to watch Post ies in one week, earning his Malone perform. “If I get the fi rst No. 1 album. “Beerbongs & coronavirus at the Post Malone Bentleys” stayed in the top 20 concert tonight in Denver just for a year and a half. “That just know it was lit,” one fan wrote doesn’t happen,” Bakula said. on Twitter, along with an emoji Even so, many critics were expressing tears of joy. unimpressed. “The most popu- Such blind devotion is not un- lar young artist in the most common among admirers of Post unpopular young nation is a Malone, a 24-year-old Texan rhinestone cowboy who looks like whose real name is Austin Rich- he crawled out of a primordial ard Post. Last year, his music swamp of nacho cheese,” Jeff was listened to more times than Weiss, a prominent music writer, any artist in the U.S., according wrote in the Washington Post in to MRC Data, and he generated October 2018. He called Post’s more than 1.6 billion views on music “one of the shallowest bas- YouTube in the U.S., second only tardizations of rap to date.” to Louisiana rapper YoungBoy His fans are not easily dis- Never Broke Again. suaded. Post’s audience has In Bloomberg’s new Pop Star broadened from teens and Power Rankings, which grade tweens to include adults. He is artists’ earnings ability based on as popular in Los Angeles and six criteria across touring, album New York, where he can sell out sales and social media, Post an arena two nights in a row, as Malone debuted at No. 10 for he is in Omaha, Neb., where he March, thanks to the continued grossed more than $2 million in sales of his latest album, “Holly- ticket sales one night this year. wood’s Bleeding.” Looking back Record executives compare at the 2019 data, Post would have Post to Nickelback and Creed, ranked No. 1 for the entire year. two rock bands that never got “This guy is never really off much respect from critics or the radar,” said David Bakula, POST awards voters but sold more than the head of analytics at MRC 100 million albums between Data. “Every single week he them. is streaming like crazy.” Ba- Post is easy to mock, a goofy- kula has seen the rise and fall looking white guy with face of every pop star over the past tattoos who endorses Bud Light couple of decades. Post is the and Croc shoes. While most pop fi rst act he’s seen who gets equal MALONE stars in the age of Instagram amounts of play on mainstream craft online personas that seem Top 40 radio, alternative rock just a tad too perfect, Post rejects and hip-hop stations. this artifi ciality. He belongs to Post even has a following Is Planet Earth’s the Chrissy Teigen school of among fans of country music. social media: Messy is good. His Before Goldenvoice postponed most relatable Instagram is littered with photos its annual Stagecoach festival, in which he looks tired and which occurs the weekend after ridiculous. You’re just as likely Coachella, it had asked Post to pop star to see him in pajama pants as perform. “We don’t box him into Gucci. For many of his fans, that any genre,” said his agent Cheryl unkempt relatability is central Paglierani. to his appeal. “He doesn’t care BY LUCAS SHAW The unrelenting rise of Post Bloomberg what other people think,” said Malone kicked off in February James, a Wisconsin resident 2015 when he released an inde- who oversees a Post Malone fan pendently produced single titled account. (He declined to provide “White Iverson” on Soundcloud, his last name or age.) “He seems the free audio distribution plat- like a genuine person.” form. The spacey, laconic song Amy Snorteland Esposito, 39, a drew an analogy between his rock-music fan from Port Wash- lyrical skills and the basketball ington, N.Y., said she has seen prowess of Allen Iverson, the the Dave Matthews Band about 11-time NBA All-Star. To some 75 times. She fell in love with listeners, the comparison didn’t Post Malone after hearing the seem all that far-fetched, and song “Sunfl ower” on the radio. the song did well enough online Esposito’s only complaint about to land Post a deal with Repub- her new favorite act is his ample lic Records, the home of Taylor use of swear words. “As a mother Swift, Ariana Grande and Drake. of two kids, I curtail the listening Executives at Republic, led they do,” she said. “When they by brothers Monte and Avery are not in the car, I listen to more Lipman, are famous for their re- signing might not live up to their opened him up to a new audience 21 Savage, became Post’s fi rst of it.” liance on data to drive big sign- expectations. Perhaps he was and put him in front of thousands No. 1 song. In February, Esposito and a ings. They see a song bubbling less of an Allen Iverson and more of teen girls every night, very At the time, Post was still group of friends drove down to up on the internet and put the of a Bobby Hurley? different from the hardcore hip- known primarily as a rapper, Philadelphia to see Post perform. full force of their promotional To broaden his base of support hop audience at Fetty Wap.” but while on tour for “Stoney,” They packed into Section 106 machine behind it. The video for beyond some kids on the inter- Post released his fi rst studio he proved he didn’t fi t neatly into of the Wells Fargo Center, close “White Iverson” was generating net, Paglierani decided to send album, “Stoney,” in December any genre. For two years, his enough to feel the pyrotechnic millions of views on YouTube, him on the road. On tour with 2016. It debuted at No. 6 on the team had been begging him to displays. Esposito was surprised and they were convinced they SBTRKT, Post began winning Billboard charts, got steady play a guitar on stage. Post had to see how many people over the could turn the song into the big- over fans of electronic music. attention on streaming services grown up on country music, but age of 30 were in attendance. She gest hit in the world. From there, he started opening and eventually worked its way he was reluctant to play in front was also surprised to see a large They were wrong. Radio sta- for Fetty Wap, a rapper from into rotation on the radio. In Oc- of a crowd. Halfway through the number of kids. “There is a lot of tions didn’t give the song much New Jersey. Then, in March tober 2017, “Rockstar,” featuring tour, he changed his mind. From pop music that is really terrible. love, and it petered out midchart, 2016, he landed a coveted spot It lacks substance. It lacks musi- peaking outside the top 10. For a opening for Justin Bieber on his Above and inset: Post Malone performs at the Wells Fargo Center cal quality,” she said. “His music moment, executives at Republic summer tour. “That was a game in Philadelphia on Feb. 21 during his “Runaway Tour.” offers an attainable way to stay Records fretted that their new changer,” Paglierani said. “It PHOTOS BY OWEN SWEENEY, INVISION/AP fresh and hip.” Sunday, April 26, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 MUSIC REVIEWS

Nina Simone Fodder On My Wings (Verve/UMe) Nina Simone’s “Fodder On My Wings” is an album of contrasts and extremes — personal trau- mas and world sounds, joy and despair, harmony and defi ance, the carnal and the spiritual. Recorded in Paris in 1982, as Simone’s enduring restlessness and creeping mental illness kept her life seemingly barely teth- ered to anything but her music, it’s a considerable triumph of personality and genius. The album opens with the gleeful “I Sing Just To Know That I’m Alive,” a horn-fi lled tune in which Simone bids fare- well to the year gone by while fondly recalling Trinidad, one of the many places — Barbados, Liberia, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands among them Wrenne Evans — where she lived after leaving the U.S. in the early 1970s. “Fodder In Her Wings” ap- he borders delineating M. Ward’s “Mi- Opener “Migration of Souls,” with striking vo- pears to depersonalize the album gration Stories” come in terrestrial and cals from Irish duo The Lost Brothers, has a tran- title, but the references to self celestial forms, with songs inspired by his scendent focus, while its sister track, “Heaven’s are clear and the weariness Tgrandfather’s journey from Mexico and Nail and Hammer,” echoes the atmosphere of the deeply intimate — “fodder in California earthquakes, as well as family reunions Cowboy Junkies at their most delicate. “Coyote her wings” and “dust inside her taking place in other dimensions. Mary’s Traveling Show” sounds like the result of brains” as “she fl itted here and Recorded principally in Quebec with members a fragile Sun Records session. there.” With an African-inspired introduction ceding to harpsi- and collaborators of Arcade Fire, the collection Ward considers “Chamber Music” and “Torch,” chord and piano, her worlds ap- began as largely instrumental ballads, mostly another exception in its sprightliness, also to be hushed moods occasionally linked by similar pear together but separate. “Oh, connected, and says that while he can’t reveal the themes or visions. how sad” — indeed. poem that may have transformed guitar instru- Ward, whose career also has included roles in The repetitive, direct ap- mental “Stevens’ Snow Man,” the words “may supergroup Monsters of Folk and — with Zooey proach of “Vous etes seuls, mais Deschanel — in She & Him, fi lters reality through be useful in the middle of a drought or winter or je désire etre avec vous” — You M. Ward poetry, dreams and humane science fi ction, al- pandemic.” If we only knew. are alone, but I want to be with ternating looks through grounded telescopes and The relaxed pacing, Ward’s intimate vocals and you — leaves no room for doubt, Migration Stories (Anti- Records) microscopes in orbit. tips of the cap to Hank Williams, Elvis Presley while “Il y a un baume à Gilead” “Unreal City,” referencing a dream about a and the sounds of the West give the album a and “Heaven Belongs To You” “continental shake” and “the fi nal tidal wave,” has decidedly nighttime atmosphere, a drizzle of star- are the spiritual expressions in the album’s nimblest rhythms and sunny backing light that settles gently on the ears and the mind. the equation. vocals, tuning our satellite radio to the Soothing — Pablo Gorondi “Liberian Calypso” is another Sounds of the ’70s channel amid the calamity. Associated Press sparkling composition recount- ing a carefree night of dancing, followed in brutal contrast by one of the bonus tracks, a bitter might be petite, but she’s a mon- breathe,” Reyez reassures on a third. She may yet stately reworking of Gilbert ster. We didn’t say that. She did, on her offi cial rely on co-writers, but the lyrics are usually all O’Sullivan’s “Alone Again (Natu- debut album. But she memorably adds a certain hers and she shows her passion and her scars. rally),” more depressing even expletive before the word “monster.” Reyez is Reyez can modify her voice to be childlike or that the original. defi nitely a monster when it comes to music. The whispery and then zoom into pure gangsta men- Narrating her father’s agoniz- -bred artist who once handed out mix- ace. On the fantastic “Roof,” she raps with as- ing death, it rails against bad tapes for free has created a stunning full-length tonishing speed. She can pivot wonderfully from but lasting marriages, betrayals calling card with “Before Love Came to Kill Us.” style to style, offering the spare, Spanish guitar- and childhood deceptions, yet Before the coronavirus disrupted our lives, infl ected “Intruders” one moment and then sing- includes a most understandable Reyez was showing off her music on tour with Bil- ing entirely in Spanish on “La Memoria.” lament: “I loved him then and I lie Eilish, and that combo of artists on the same Not all of it works, including the Eminem col- loved him still / That’s why my bill is genius. Reyez is as unique and undeniable laboration “Coffi n,” which seems unbalanced. But heart’s so broken.” as her musical compatriot. the other featured artist, 6LACK, does better on At the end, the brief “Stop” and The 14-track “Before Love Came to Kill Us” the terrifi c R&B hit “Imported,” in which Reyez’s the even briefer “They Took My shows off multiple sides to Reyez, who isn’t easy Jessie Reyez voice fl utters and she cracks herself up. Hand” are in playful, Mose Al- to categorize. There’s some hip-hop, downer R&B, “Same Side” rather meanders, without the bite Before Love Came to Kill Us lison mode, the former undress- arena ballads and pop. Whatever it sounds like, (FMLY/Island Records) of the other songs. “Dope” simply grates. (Plus ing the tragedy of “Send In the it’s intense. “Far Away,” a fantastic immigrant’s love song, is Clowns” and the latter a rollick- “If I blow your brains out / I can guarantee unfortunately not on the main album but on the ing Bob Marley salute. that you’d forget her / If I blow your brains out / one exclusive for Target.) “Fodder On My Wings” is not I can kiss it better,” Reyez sings on the fi rst song, But there’s no denying this rising artist, who al- an album for casual listeners or “Do You Love Her,” which casually mentions her ready has a Grammy nomination for her 2018 EP day trippers, but one that shows Beretta. “Being Human in Public.” On the single “Ankles” how clearly Simone could fold She lets her fi erce fl ag fl y frequently on the from the new album, Reyez boasts that no rival her inescapable anguish and raw album: “You make me wanna jump off the roof,” can measure up to her ankles. She’s right. honesty into her art. she sings in one song. “My love is ruthless,” — Mark Kennedy — Pablo Gorondi she sings on another. “I ain’t a killa / I’ll let you Associated Press Associated Press PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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BY GREGG ELLMAN You have eight choices of cover Tribune News Service colors, a microfi ber cleaning cloth and one Pilot FriXion pen ’ve always been one to go is included with each. lighter, smaller and as Online: getrocketbook.com portable as possible. The IRocketbook Core portable Some smart home systems reusable notebook is a nice addi- are more complex than others, tion to my mission. but overall, most are really easy My school years were during to set to operate devices in your the pen and pencil period, so I home. Sure, turning a light on or can only imagine how handy this off manually is easy. /TNS iStock product would have been during VERA But setting it up to that stage of my life. In these do it on a schedule Stay-at-home orders are causing people to rethink the role screen time plays in their lives. stay-at-home days, I would nor- can go easier on your mally have Post-it Notes covered energy consump- with chores and shopping lists tion and electric everywhere, but the Rocketbook bill, and that’s just Core simplifi es everything and one example of how The villain becomes a hero even lets me save and upload the smart home devices content in PDF or JPEG to cloud can help. services such as Google Drive, The latest smart iCloud, email and Dropbox. home product I tried ‘Screen time’ has gone from sin to survival tool To put my schoolwork theory is the Vera Ezlo Atom to the test, I enlisted a college smart home controller hub, part BY GEOFFREY A. FOWLER For millions of Americans now struggling with student to give the product a try. of the Vera controller family. AND HEATHER KELLY isolation or depression, screens are a path for Within a few days she gave it For the most part, the Atom The Washington Post healing. Every day at 9 p.m., New York comedian an A+, and especially enjoyed looks like a fl ash thumb drive Kelly Bachman hops on a video chat with com- the cloud upload with the reus- (1.1-by-0.4-by-2 inches) with e’re on Zoom calls six hours per day. plete strangers from around the world to read able notebook. She also pointed a standard USB-A connector The kids have gotten their own iPads. “Harry Potter” aloud. The connection is a “joyful out that for some classes a laptop built on a swivel hinge. Inside And no need to keep asking, Netfl ix constant,” she said. “We are trying to fi nd light in or tablet aren’t needed, making the Atom is a 160 MHz 32-bit W— we’re defi nitely still watching. dark places as Dumbledore would.” the Rocketbook Core lighter and LX6 processor, with NOR 16 But we should stop being hard on ourselves Unsurprising to anyone sheltering in place easier to tote around campus, MB of fl ash memory and SRAM for staring at screens and start embracing how alone or home schooling kids, Americans fortu- whenever college students actu- 520 KB of RAM. It’s built with they’re helping us survive. And in this extraordi- nate enough to have home broadband have never ally return to campuses. 2.4GHz Wi-Fi for connecting to nary moment, that’s just what the doctor ordered. used it more. Comcast says its peak network traf- At fi rst glance, the Rocketbook your home network. Before the coronavirus outbreak, Brett Ver- fi c is up as much as 60% in some regions. Verizon Core looks like a traditional It needs to be plugged into any gara abided by the trendy advice that excessive says overall network traffi c for video games is up spiral notebook. Instead of paper, USB power source and, when “screen time” was as bad as smoking, but for your 102%. Half of Americans think a home internet it makes use of patented reusable used with the Vera mobile app, it brain. He would put his phone on airplane mode outage would be a “very big” problem right now, technology consisting of syn- controls smart home devices in- at work to make its screen less alluring. Then according to the Pew Research Center. thetic paper, which you write on. cluding lightbulbs, thermostats, last month, New York forced him to stay at home What we heard from most other doctors and Once you’re done, the page wipes window sensors, motion detec- with roommates he hardly knows. “There’s just a therapists is that it’s OK to have more screen time clean with a damp cloth for the tors, locks and more. different lens to the world we’re currently in,” the now — just try to focus on the quality kind. next use. Setting a smart home device 27-year-old said during a break from playing the “I don’t want parents to beat themselves up Before erasing, uploading the intimidates a lot of users, but I latest “Animal Crossing” video game. about anything,” said Nusheen Ameenuddin, a content is pretty simple. With the found the Atom as easy as can Vergara joked he was “personally victimized” Mayo Clinic doctor and chair of the American Rocketbook app on your smart- be to use. I simply downloaded by a recent notifi cation from Apple that his screen Academy of Pediatrics council on communica- phone or tablet, the pages can be the app, follow the simple setup use had surged to 10 hours per day. “What do you tions and media. “These are really extraordinary, scanned for the cloud storage. instructions and had the Atom expect from me? Get out of here, iPhone.” unusual circumstances and we don’t expect any- Writing is done using any pen working to control lightbulbs A few weeks in, America’s great self-quaran- one — even before COVID-19 — to follow rules from the Pilot FriXion line of in seconds. I then connected it tine is prompting a rethink of one of the great one hundred percent.” markers or highlighters. to a few other Z-Wave security villains of modern technology: screens. Now your No one is saying we should become couch pota- The cost-friendly Rocketbook devices I already had planted in devices are portals to employment and education, toes. Sleep, fresh air and exercise improve your Core is available in letter size my home. ways to keep you inside and build community, mental health and build your immune system. (8.5-by-11 inches) with 32 pages The app has a user-friendly and vital reminders that you’re not alone. The old And all of the nasty problems we discovered with for $34, and the executive is dashboard, which lets you set up concerns aren’t gone, but they look different when apps, games and social media haven’t gone away, 6-by-8.8 inches with 36 pages for new rules for schedules, short- people are just trying to get by. from misinformation to bullying. $32. Both are also available with cuts and instant control. Before our new normal, screen time concerns But being stuck at home during the coronavirus a dot grid pattern or lined. I’d recommend it for fi rst-time had spawned an industry of screen “addiction” pandemic can actually give us some clarity about smart home users or for those experts, books and detox events. Researchers which uses make us feel better — and not. who have existing devices and have linked excessive screen time to depression “This isn’t the time to say all screens are bad,” want to control of them from and obesity. In 2016, the American Academy of said Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, a psychology profes- one place. The Atom Pediatrics decreed that kids aged 2 to 5 should sor at Hunter College in New York City. “This is also works with smart have no more than one hour of screen time per the time to say, ‘What am I noticing about how home assistants, day. In 2018, facing criticism from lawmak- technology supports my well-being — and how it Alexa, Google ers and even some investors, Apple and Google gets in the way?’ And that’s going to be different Assistant and added controls to their software to, theoretically, for every individual.” Apple short- encourage people to use their devices less. There are tips for a healthy balance that still cuts. Now many experts are reframing the issue, at resonate in the time of the coronavirus. Having Online: least temporarily, and rejecting screen shame. any rules in place, even if they slide away, can getvera.com; Last week, the World Health Organization of- help families cope, Ameenuddin said. Keeping $29.95 fi cially encouraged people to play video games devices out of the bedroom at night can help as a way to get us to stay at home. And the U.S. everyone sleep better. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Consider picking one day per week where you recommended people “call, video chat, or stay just put the phone down. Tiffany Shlain, author of connected using social media.” the book “24/6,” said her family has been unplug- Those screens are doing important jobs. ging for the Sabbath for a decade, and she fi nds They’re a way to keep kids distracted while par- the practice even more useful under stay-at-home ents working from home try to balance nonstop orders where everyone’s daily use of screens has video meetings and Slack notifi cations. With skyrocketed. seniors confi ned to their rooms for safety, nursing “We’re going through an extraordinary period homes have replaced daily activities with family in human history. And I want time to refl ect,” said ROCKETBOOK/TNS video calls. Shows like Netfl ix’s top-ranked “Tiger Shlain. “I feel like I’m just on and responding and King” are escapes to even-crazier realities. connecting all this stuff and it’s too much.” Rocketbook Core notebooks work with Pilot FriXion markers. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 TELEVISION Remembering the mischief Film adaptation of 2018 book explores evolution of the Beastie Boys

BY MARK OLSEN an amazing time that we had to- Los Angeles Times gether. So that will remain. What does it do to yourself to pretend his is nice, just or to just block that out of your hanging out life?” with you guys.” “I think that’s part of being Spike Jonze fortunate,” Diamond says. “We is in Hawaii. actually got to be around long “TAdam Horovitz is in his garage, enough to comment on the dumb and Michael Diamond is in his (stuff) that we did. I feel like bedroom, both in greater Los a lot of times, people just don’t Angeles. It’s late March, not long get that moment of actually still after the coronavirus prompted having a voice or still having shelter-at-home orders, and the some relevance to be like, ‘Hold three of them are on a video on, let’s rewind here for a minute conference call ostensibly for an and let’s look at what we did and interview about their collabora- sort of be able to live through tion on the new fi lm “Beastie that again.’ ” Boys Story.” Before Jonze can answer about Originally scheduled to have his part in the process of mak- its world premiere at the South ing the stage show and the fi lm, by Southwest Film Festival Horovitz interrupts — “Can we — canceled because of the global go back to the walk that you and pandemic — the movie hits Mike had on the beach?” Apple TV Plus on Friday. Jonze is now an Oscar-win- Though they are promoting ning fi lmmaker. In the early the fi lm — directed by Jonze as 1990s, he was transitioning an adaptation of a stage show from making skateboard videos performed by Horovitz and Dia- to being one of the era’s most mond, better known by their re- infl uential music video direc- spective Beastie Boys monikers tors. He directed the video for “Ad-Rock” and “Mike D ” — the BERTRAND GUAY, AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/TNS trio would rather just catch up, the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage,” share inside jokes, playfully razz From left: Adam Yauch, aka “MCA ”; Michael Diamond, aka “Mike D”; and Adam Horovitz, aka “Ad- an uproarious parody of ’70s cop one another and think about any- Rock,” of the Beastie Boys, are pictured in Paris on May 20, 2004. shows shot around Los Angeles thing besides the thing everyone that became a defi ning artifact of can’t stop thinking about. They performed in several cities kind of took a life of its own and Horovitz and Diamond are the mid-’90s. He drove a car in a “This is crazy,” Horovitz says and fi lmed three nights in April realized, no, it had to be its own remarkably candid and refl ec- demolition derby at a California at one point. “I got no plans to 2019 at Brooklyn’s Kings Theater thing.” tive about mistakes they made county fair for the Beastie Boys’ do nothing except try not to die. for the movie. For a band that seemed dedi- along the way, such as the short-lived magazine Grand Straight up.” “I think it’s defi nitely our cated to always moving forward undiplomatic way they dropped Royal. Their mutual sensibilities There are running gags about intent to have each thing sort of to its next creative endeavor, their fi rst drummer, Kate Schel- of mischievous creativity seemed how Diamond cannot get the be its own thing,” Diamond says its evolving cultural curiosities lenbach, from the band, or the perfectly aligned. camera on his computer to work of the evolution from book to au- often making a road map to the bratty, regressive attitudes “Well, I loved everything they — “Hold on, I’m going to crack diobook to stage show to movie. styles of the zeitgeist, the idea they displayed during the early did before I met them, so I kind the fi rewall,” Jonze says — or “But then I also really liked that of looking back might seem “License to Ill” era and how they of already had a relationship their complex relationship to it was kind of this continuous anathema. made a conscious effort to adopt with them, in my head,” Jonze “leather bad boys,” the type of arc. Like I remember how we Asked whether his perspec- more progressive views as they says. “And I think in meeting couches ubiquitous to recording fi nished the book and I was going tive on the band has changed developed over the years. They them, they were even cooler than studios, or a digression about for a beach walk with Spike one at all over the course of putting are also very open about their in my imagination. They were learning three-dimensional day. And that’s before we even together the book and show and relationship and eventual falling more fun than I could have pos- breathing techniques. More than did our very fi rst show, and I was now movie, Diamond says dryly, out with their fi rst manager, Rus- sibly hoped. And it felt very easy anything, they seem to want to like, ‘Adam and I are trying to “Bunch of jerks.” sell Simmons, and producer Rick to make stuff with them. And I make one another laugh, each fi gure out what to do. Pretend He adds, “I think the thing Rubin. was maybe only a couple of years disappointed when a joke doesn’t like we’re actual authors, wear that doing the show and movie “The interesting thing is that if younger, but certainly wasn’t land. Harris tweed blazers with suede and everything made me ap- you write a book about yourself, successful or known in any way, “You’re a tough crowd,” patches and act professorial at preciate is just how completely it’s a good opportunity to be able but they treated me like an equal Diamond says to his longtime bookstores?’ frigging unlikely the whole thing to rewrite history, right?” Horo- creative collaborator. It kind of cohorts. “And we talked about, well is. Because while you’re in it and vitz says. “You can write what- fell right into place pretty easily.” “Beastie Boys Story” rose out what if we picked the stories we you’re making stuff, you don’t ever you want; you can write how Having completed the book, of 2018’s “Beastie Boys Book,” a like and made it a little more know. The fact that all these amazing you were, and you can the audiobook, the stage show 571-page telling of the history of theatrical?” Diamond continues. things happened in the fi rst place blame other people for this, that and now the movie, this could the band from their days as teen- “And it was kind of like that, this and keep happening, in a good and the other, whatever. And so conceivably be the end of the line agers on the New York City punk nice thing where we literally had way — that we were really for- I feel like we tried to just sort of for the collaboration between scene in the early 1980s to their no idea what we’re doing, but it tunate to be able to continue for tell it like it was. Horovitz and Diamond, wrap- rise as a multiplatinum, Gram- seemed to kind of work, and it this ridiculously long time and “Good example : Russell Sim- ping up the business of being my-winning rap group. They had felt good to us. And then origi- doing what we love with people mons,” Horovitz continues. “We Beastie Boys. startling longevity and a knack nally I think we all thought that that we love and still somehow had great times with Russell So will they work together for creative renewal, seeing them the fi lm was going to be more of managed to enjoy doing it. So I Simmons. He was really impor- again on something new? guess we appreciated that more.” tant to our band. Same with Rick through albums such as “License this document of what we’d done “I mean, I don’t want to,” on stage, but then actually we Throughout the book and on Rubin, right? I’m not friends to Ill,” “Paul’s Boutique,” “Check Horovitz says, his joke landing realized, once we started, that it into the stage show and movie, with either of them, but it was Your Head” and “Ill Commu- with a bit of a thud as Diamond’s nication” all the way to their videoconference camera re- last, 2011’s “Hot Sauce Commit- mained dark. “I wish I could see tee Part Two.” Member Adam your face, Mike. Yauch, known as “MCA, ” died ‘ I feel like a lot of times, people just don’t get that moment of “I’m sure we’re going to. I from cancer in 2012 at age 47. mean, what else are we going Diamond and Horovitz didn’t actually still having a voice or still having some relevance to be to do?” Horovitz continues. “We really see themselves doing don’t know how to do anything conventional book signings or like, “Hold on, let’s rewind here for a minute and let’s loook at else.” Q&As to promote the book. They what we did and sort of be able to live through that again.” “We don’t have any other life decided to put on a stage adapta- ’ skills,” Diamond says, “although Michael Diamond, aka “Mike D” tion of the book, a multimedia Beastie Boys member now we have some downtime to presentation directed by Jonze. work on that.” Sunday, April 26, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Woman sentenced for posing as FBI agent

CHARLOTTE — A NC North Carolina woman was sentenced to three years in prison for impersonating an FBI agent on an online dating site, and on a date. Riane Brownlee, who identi- fied herself as Agent Alexandria Mancini, posed in a dating profile with a fake FBI badge and a sto- len gun, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina said in a news release. Brownlee had prior convictions on various charges, including identity theft. The day she was arrested, she told a date she was working as an undercover agent in a drug case without the aware- ness of law enforcement. 3 men arrested for possessing stolen guns

RAPID CITY — Rapid SD City police arrested three men they said were in pos- session of firearms stolen from a local pawn shop. Ten AR-15-style rifles and one shotgun were stolen from Pawn With Us, according to authorities. Investigators said they received a tip that some of the weapons were at a Rapid City home. Officers saw three men leaving the property in a vehicle, pulled it over, found two of the guns in the vehicle and arrested the three. LM OTERO/AP Police said two additional guns and methamphetamine were found in the residence. Virtual kickoff

Dog found 4 months Amid virus concerns, Arfa Yousuf, 8, throws a kick as her martial arts instructors look on virtually during a belt test at her home in after being stolen Richardson, Texas . Yousef took a break from her family’s Ramadan preparations to participate in the online test during mandated social distancing measures meant to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. SAN FRANCISCO CA — Four months after a the embankment, according to a THE CENSUS Officer charged for distraught San Francisco woman news release from the Maine De- partment of Inland Fisheries & nude photos of minors hired a plane to fly a search ban- The amount in pounds of food donated to a Virginia Wildlife. ner for her stolen dog, the blue- food bank, making it its largest donation in 30 years. The eyed mini Australian shepherd VALDOSTA — A Interfaith Food Pantry of Blacksburg received 35,566 GA Georgia police officer was found and the two were DNA used to ID 2 vicitms 35K pounds of nonperishable food from the Church of Jesus was arrested for possessing nude reunited. Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Roanoke Times reported. after cases went cold photos of underage people, au- Emilie Talermo, 31, said she The food was driven across the country from the church’s Utah headquarters, ac- thorities said. received a call from an animal cording to the newspaper. There is so much food coming that the Interfaith Pantry DAYTONA BEACH — Valdosta Police Lt. Jeremyah shelter in Palmdale, which is Two victims of separate plans to divide it with City of Refuge and Beans and Rice Inc., both of which oper- about 370 miles away in Southern FL “J.B.” Jones was charged with violent crimes were identified ate in Pulaski County. California, telling her someone one count of child exploitation through DNA decades after their had just dropped off a dog with a and was later fired from the de- cases went cold. microchip connected to her phone partment, police Chief Leslie Ma- The Volusia County Sheriff’s number. tectives received confirmation the scene after the fire. nahan told news outlets. Office said in a Facebook post To be sure it was her 6-year-old that the daughter’s DNA sample Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley that DNA was used to identify the dog, Jackson, Talermo asked the matched the remains found in Man killed by bullet fired remains of Howard “Kip” Evans, Paulk said a social media account shelter to send her photos. Volusia County in 1991. whose body was found in 1986, from nearby apartment was brought to their attention by “As soon as I saw them, I burst and Doris Regina Chavers, whose the Georgia Bureau of Investiga- into tears. It was him!” Talermo Man angry about aid body was found in 1991. FRANKFORT — A tion, which prompted an investi- said. Evans was 29 when he disap- check set shed on fire KY Kentucky man was fa- gation into Jones. peared and his remains were tally shot when a gun went off in a neighboring apartment unit, Teen in recovery after found in January 1986, officials MARKSVILLE — Fire Man shoots at FBI piercing through walls, a couch said. His body had been there LA Marshals in Louisiana fall near waterfall and the man’s back, authorities field office; no injuries for an undetermined amount of said a man set his mothers shed on fire out of anger for not receiv- said. WEST FORKS — A time . PHOENIX — The FBI ing a federal stimulus check amid Samuel Sexton, 20, was in a ME Maine teenager res- In 2019, information about said no one was injured the coronavirus pandemic. friend’s Frankfort apartment AZ cued after slipping and falling Evans was received from posts in when he was fatally struck, and a suspect is in custody after Marvin Smith Jr., 51, got into a 30 feet down an embankment a missing persons group, sheriff’s Capt. Dustin Bowman told news dispute with his mother over the he allegedly fired at the bureau’s near the state’s tallest waterfall is officials said. Detectives obtained outlets. Phoenix field office . a DNA sample from his mother in federal payout before the arson recovering. Frankfort police said the shot FBI spokeswoman Jill Mc- South Carolina. happened, the Louisiana Office of Maine officials and volunteers came from an apartment across Cabe said a man approached the were able to place Antonio Ja- Chavers was last seen at her State Fire Marshal said in a news the hall. Police accused Trevor bureau’s North Phoenix offices cobs, 18, of China into a rescue mother’s home in Aug. 1, 1989, release. Fridenmaker, 20, of handling and fired at the building and at an jacket after he slipped and fell and reported missing the follow- Investigators were able to de- the gun that went off. Police said employee who was exiting. The into a gorge at the base of Moxie ing year, the post said. Two fisher- termine the fire was intention- Fridenmaker tried to hide the gun shooter did not access the FBI’s Falls. men found her badly decomposed ally set inside the Hamburg shed. but it was found along with an ad- building or grounds, she said. Maine Game Wardens said body on Aug. 19, 1991. They arrested Smith after wit- ditional gun and marijuana. Jacobs was immobile when they In 2018, Seminole County nesses told them they saw him He was charged with man- Phoenix police officers and FBI found him. Sheriff’s officials looked further in the shed moments before the slaughter, evidence tampering, agents took the man into custody The teen was hiking with into the case and tracked down fire started. Witnesses also told possession of marijuana and drug without incident . three friends when he fell down Chavers’ biological daughter. De- investigators they saw Smith flee paraphernalia. From wire reports PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Trump fan not the person for Pentagon post Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY MAX BOOT duct. Under the circumstances, his mis- vene to prevent a biased, small-minded The Washington Post conduct was prejudicial to good order and person like Spencer from spitefully tilting EDITORIAL discipline.” the weight of the bureaucracy on top of a he barriers to the politicization Army investigators also looked into com- single sailor.” Abandoning our Kurdish Terry Leonard, Editor of the military have been falling plaints from Tata’s (by then) ex-wife that allies by ordering U.S. troops out of north- [email protected] with alarming rapidity since Jim he had failed to pay court-ordered child west Syria? Tata: “I think the president Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor TMattis’ resignation as secretary of support. They dismissed the accusation is making the exact right move in Syria.” [email protected] defense in December 2018. Mark Esper is after Tata produced a court order that Striking a dubious deal with the Taliban a weak defense secretary who simply won’t criticized his ex-wife for incurring unnec- that calls for U.S. withdrawal but allows Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content stand up to the president as Mattis so often essary medical expenses. But the “court the insurgents to keep on fighting? Tata: [email protected] did. order” turned out to be a forgery. Tata “This is the president showing very strong In February, Esper agreed to fire the Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation denied concocting the court order, but de- leadership.” undersecretary of defense for policy, [email protected] cided to retire a few months later. And when something goes wrong — such John Rood, who had been chosen by Mat- Since leaving the Army, Tata has au- Managing Editor for Digital as North Korea’s failure to disarm — Tata Joe Gromelski, tis. Rood alienated Trump by criticizing thored Tom Clancy-style thrillers and [email protected] is ready to blame Trump’s critics. He as- decisions such as holding up military aid served briefly — and not very successfully cribed North Korea’s short-range missile to Ukraine, exiting the Iran nuclear deal — as chief operating officer of D.C. Public tests in part to “this Russia narrative here BUREAU STAFF and withdrawing troops from Syria. Rood Schools, superintendent of the Wake Coun- “never hesitated to tell the White House at home” on the theory that criticism of the Europe/Mideast ty, N.C., public school system, and secre- that he disagreed on stuff,” a former ad- tary of transportation of North Carolina. president encourages rogue regimes to act Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief up. [email protected] ministration official told Politico. “He (He was fired from the Wake County post +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 definitely wasn’t a loyalist.” In this admin- after less than two years.) On top of everything else, Tata endears istration that’s a fireable offense. But that is not why he is being nominated himself to Trump with his attacks on “glo- Pacific balism,” immigration and Muslims. After Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief Now, Trump is reportedly nominating for a top Pentagon job. It is because of his [email protected] retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata — a shameless boosterism for Trump on Fox a terrorist attack in Strasbourg, France, +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Fox News regular — as Rood’s successor. News. in 2018, he said on Fox: “There is intent It’s impossible to imagine Mattis signing A Dec. 29, 2018, article on Fox News’ to harm Western society by Islam, and we Washington off on this choice for the Defense Depart- website gives a taste of Tata’s abject syco- have to accept that.” Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] ment’s No. 3 job. phancy: “President Trump’s foreign policy Tata’s appointment, if confirmed by the (+1)(202)886-0033 Tata is a West Point graduate who had a accomplishments in his first two years are Senate, would further the Foxification of Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News distinguished Army career, but he retired staggering in their success ... From mut- the government and the politicization of [email protected] under a cloud. According to the Raleigh ing the North Korean missile and nuclear the armed services. The last person we (N.C.) News and Observer, the Army’s in- threat, to mostly defeating ISIS in Iraq and need in such a critical position is a MAGA CIRCULATION spector general concluded that, while still Syria, to countering Russia by insisting firebrand and Trump worshiper. But those Mideast married to his first wife, Tata had affairs that NATO member nations … pay their are precisely the qualifications — the only Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager with three women — including a more ju- fair share to defend themselves, President qualifications — that Trump seeks in his [email protected] nior officer — and that he had a son out of Trump is hitting on all international rela- appointees. The president is finally getting [email protected] wedlock. Army leadership chose to let it DSN (314)583-9111 tions cylinders.” the kind of government he wants, and, as go, even though adultery is technically a There is seemingly nothing that Trump usual, someone else (in this case the whole Europe violation of the Uniform Code of Military can do that Tata doesn’t approve of. Par- country) will be left to pay the bill. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager Justice, because Tata believed that his doning a disgraced Navy SEAL who was [email protected] marriage was over. But the inspector gen- accused of war crimes and firing Navy Max Boot is the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow [email protected] for national security studies at the Council on +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 eral concluded that his “actions reflected Secretary Richard Spencer for objecting? Foreign Relations and a global affairs analyst for poor judgment and a pattern of miscon- Tata: “The president was right to inter- CNN. 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Suddenly I felt something That alone was enough to prompt an in- hole the size of a quarter.) Use the garbage OMBUDSMAN heavy and sharp hit the back of my left stinctive, horrified scream. disposal, if you have one, to limit the food calf. I had been so focused on the coronavirus waste you’re putting in the trash can. Make Ernie Gates It was a corpulent brown rat. that I hadn’t even thought about the immi- sure your trash stays in tightly sealed, lid- Where had this foul beast come from? I nent danger literally under my feet. Was ded bins. Avoid keeping yard debris, like The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow had never seen a rat in our suburban neigh- of news and information, reporting any attempts by the another, growing threat going unnoticed leaf piles or construction materials, where military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s borhood before. But a block and a half away and unaddressed because of COVID-19? rats can hide. independence. 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Among could face unpleasant surprises when they I recount this tale not to create extra of the purchaser, user or patron. the most common, according to Jim Fred- return to workplaces where rats will have stress but to prevent it. If raising aware- © Stars and Stripes 2020 ericks, chief entomologist at the National had months to flourish unmolested. Espe- ness and sharing expert tips can help keep Pest Management Association, are food- cially troubling are shuttered restaurants, vermin at bay, then perhaps I will have stripes.com borne illnesses such as salmonella. Rodent which, even if they were rodent-free in confronted a rat so that you don’t have to. Sunday, April 26, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 19 PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 SCOREBOARD/BASEBALL

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Deals league under way in empty stadiums Friday’s transactions BY RALPH JENNINGS Associated Press FOOTBALL National Football League HOUSTON TEXANS — Agreed to terms NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan with OT Laremy Tunsil on a three-year contract extension. Signed S Michael hen Wang Wei-chen Thomas to a one-year contract. had a base hit for the HOCKEY National Hockey League Chinatrust Broth- COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed G ers, no one booed or Elvis Merzlikins to a two-year contract. W cheered from the stands at the suburban Taipei ballpark. No Pro basketball one hurled insults at the umpires. And no one yelled the Chinese- NBA language line of encouragement EASTERN CONFERENCE “add oil” to either team. Atlantic Division The 12,150 blue plastic seats W L Pct GB Toronto 46 18 .719 — were devoid of fans Friday night Boston 43 21 .672 3 for the game between Chinatrust Philadelphia 39 26 .600 7½ Brooklyn 30 34 .469 16 Brothers and , New York 21 45 .318 26 down from the average crowd Southeast Division Miami 41 24 .631 — of 6,000 at professional baseball Orlando 30 35 .462 11 games in Taiwan. No fans have Washington 24 40 .375 16½ Charlotte 23 42 .354 18 come to any games here since Atlanta 20 47 .299 22 play started on April 11. Central Division Milwaukee 53 12 .815 — Taiwan’s five-team Chinese Indiana 39 26 .600 14 Professional Baseball League is Chicago 22 43 .338 31 Detroit 20 46 .303 33½ barring spectators over concerns 19 46 .292 34 of spreading the coronavirus in a WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division crowded space. But Taiwan has W L Pct GB relatively few cases of COVID-19, Houston 40 24 .625 — so the league decided it was safe Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ PHOTOS BY CHIANG YING-YING/AP Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ to let in players, coaches, cheer- New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ leaders, costumed mascots, face Above: Players of Chinatrust Brothers warm up before Friday’s game against Fubon Guardians at Northwest Division Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Taiwan’s five-team Chinese Professional Baseball Denver 43 22 .662 — mask-wearing batboys and the Utah 41 23 .641 1½ media. League is barring spectators over concerns of spreading the coronavirus in a crowded space. Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ Below: Encouraging slogans have taken the place of fans in the stands. Portland 29 37 .439 14½ “We’d like to have fans com- Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ ing into the stadium to cheer us Pacific Division bang drums along with the cheer- L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — on, yet due to the outbreak they L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ can’t,” said Wang, an infielder leaders. Fans are excited enough Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ that about 50 of them have spon- Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 for Brothers. “We are still lucky, Golden State 15 50 .231 35 since we have not stopped our sored the LED boards, cheer All games postponed at least until squad leader Eric Chiu said. mid-May. season and people can still see us in this way.” A Monkeys game on April 15 Other baseball leagues around attracted about 650,000 viewers Pro hockey the world have been postponed in different countries, according to May or later. Beyond baseball, to the Taiwan government-backed NHL organized sports worldwide have Central News Agency. EASTERN CONFERENCE canceled or delayed competition. “They think what we’re doing Atlantic Division now is OK, but we still hope this GP W L OT Pts GF GA The Tokyo Olympics have been Boston 70 44 14 12 100 227 174 pushed back a year. outbreak passes soon,” Chiu Tampa Bay 70 43 21 6 92 245 195 Toronto 70 36 25 9 81 238 227 At the Taiwan ballpark, about said. “It’s better to have the fans Florida 69 35 26 8 78 231 228 150 placards were placed upright back.” Montreal 71 31 31 9 71 212 221 Buffalo 69 30 31 8 68 195 217 on the seats. They wished luck Guardians manager Hong I- Ottawa 71 25 34 12 62 191 243 to particular players from the chung is less sure. Detroit 71 17 49 5 39 145 267 Metropolitan Division Guardians home team, some with “If you ask the players, they Washington 69 41 20 8 90 240 215 cut-out effigies, and thanked Tai- won’t find it so different, actu- Philadelphia 69 41 21 7 89 232 196 Pittsburgh 69 40 23 6 86 224 196 wan’s medical personnel for keep- ally,” Hong told reporters before Carolina 68 38 25 5 81 222 193 ing coronavirus caseloads low on regular games in empty parks cast in English as well as Chinese Friday’s game. “They need to Columbus 70 33 22 15 81 180 187 N.Y. Islanders 68 35 23 10 80 192 193 the Western Pacific island. through the season’s end in mid- this year in case fans overseas focus on the field, and often noise N.Y. Rangers 70 37 28 5 79 234 222 November, if needed. want to watch a live season. from fans can throw off their New Jersey 69 28 29 12 68 189 230 Rock and roll sounds blasted WESTERN CONFERENCE out of the bleachers as if in a nor- Taiwan has had just 428 coro- “Because there is so much state of mind.” Central Division He particularly noted the im- GP W L OT Pts GF GA mal game, and players did some navirus cases among a population room up there in the stands, it St. Louis 71 42 19 10 94 225 193 cheering for their teammates to of 23 million. Bars, restaurants, leaves space for creativity and pact of players being “scolded” Colorado 70 42 20 8 92 237 191 Dallas 69 37 24 8 82 180 177 replace the din of fans. shops and schools still run nor- each team can be creative as it by comments from fans in the Winnipeg 71 37 28 6 80 216 203 “I think it feels like a real mally. Taiwan has limited the wishes,” the commissioner said. stands. Nashville 69 35 26 8 78 215 217 Minnesota 69 35 27 7 77 220 220 game,” said Mac Huang, a long- spread by imposing flight restric- Teams are still making some Other people on the field Friday Chicago 70 32 30 8 72 212 218 time baseball fan and middle tions and through contact tracing money from broadcast games, he said they were ready to play as Pacific Division Vegas 71 39 24 8 86 227 211 school teacher in Taipei who is of anyone who comes near a con- added. The league charges a sub- usual. Pre-game chatter with re- Edmonton 71 37 25 9 83 225 217 following the league now online. firmed patient. scription fee for online viewers. porters focused more on hitting, Calgary 70 36 27 7 79 210 215 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 Fan-less games, he said, are “a “We have to be grateful to Tai- In Taiwan’s Taoyuan city, the pitching and lineups than on the Arizona 70 33 29 8 74 195 187 good way to stop coronavirus, but wan’s citizens for keeping the out- unbeaten Monkeys are lack of fans or Taiwan baseball’s Anaheim 71 29 33 9 67 187 226 Los Angeles 70 29 35 6 64 178 212 no one knows when coronavirus break under control and let us do charming fans by placing 40 world outlier status. The Brothers San Jose 70 29 36 5 63 182 226 will stop, and it’s good to have the this,” league commissioner Wu mannequins in the stands — to be won 11-0. All games postponed at least until early May. games on anyway.” Chih-yang said. sent to local clothing stores once “The fact that we were playing League officials delayed the To keep fans watching on their their duties are done. Stadium in front of empty seats, that’s fine, season twice from its originally phones, PCs and TVs, the league seats support four long LED-lit we’re still playing the game, get- AP sportlight scheduled opening day on March is encouraging teams to give display boards that twinkle with ting the opportunity to come out 14, and only started competition their stadiums a realistic, lively slogans to inspire base hits and here and play,” said Rob Ducey, April 26 1995 — The Colorado Rockies defeat after close consultation with the feel. That’s where the placards home runs. a former Major League Baseball the New York Mets 11-9 in 14 innings, ty- ing the NL record for innings played in a Ministry of Health and Welfare. and cheerleaders come in. Online The Monkeys, last season’s outfielder who is now a hitting season opener. They’re ready to allow all 240 game commentar y is being broad- champions, deploy six robots to coach for the Guardians. Sunday, April 26, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 SPORTS BRIEFS/TENNIS Analysis Time for unity has come Federer’s online comments spark conversation about bringing together WTA, ATP

BY HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press Here was Billie Jean King’s initial reac- tion when she saw Roger Federer’s tweets suggesting that the men’s and women’s professional tennis tours unify: “I went, ‘This can happen! This can hap- ANDREW HARNIK/AP pen!’ ” she said by telephone. “The time’s right.” The San Francisco 49ers acquired seven-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Trent Williams And then what came to mind for King? from the Redskins on Saturday, sending a fifth-round pick in this year’s draft and a “I know not to get too excited, though,” 2021 third-rounder to acquire Williams. cautioned the owner of a total of Briefl y ‘ It probably 39 Grand Slam ti- should have tles, 12 in singles. “Unless you’re happened a shaking hands at 49ers acquire Pro Bowler long time ago, the net, it’s not done yet.” but maybe With his think- EVAN AGOSTINI/AP Williams from Redskins now is really ing-out-loud via the time. social media Tennis legend Billie Jean King, who ’ Wednesday, Fe- ushered in women’s pro tennis with a Associated Press partments. Local governments may have Roger Federer derer sparked group called the Original 9 in 1970, was some different health restrictions.” The San Francisco 49ers acquired suggesting that the a conversation ecstatic to see Roger Federer champion As for Charlotte hosting the 600 on seven-time Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Wil- men’s and women’s about bringing to- the cause of unifying the WTA and ATP Memorial Day weekend for the 60th con- liams from the Washington Redskins on pro tennis tours unify gether the WTA, online, saying “The time’s right.” secutive year, Cooper said he would have Saturday. which oversees a decision soon. Cooper said discussions Williams’ agent, Vincent Taylor, said in the women’s circuit, and the ATP, its coun- you know per our discussions I completely with NASCAR, Speedway Motorsports and a statement that it was time for Williams terpart for men, to boost the sport. While agree that it would be great to get out of teams have shown there is “a plan to pro- such a move, if it actually happens, would this world crisis with the union of men’s to leave Washington after he sat out all last tect employees with no fans in the stands.” season in a dispute with management. be arriving about a half-century late, this and women’s tennis in one only organisa- “Trent Williams is ready to get back to most certainly is a case of better late than tion tennis ball.” competing in the NFL and is glad to be Ex-Padre, officer Walters dies never, no matter what someone like 24- Kyrgios was undeterred, return- year-old Australian player Nick Kyrgios ing to Twitter later to follow up on his part of a great organization like the San SAN DIEGO — Dan Walters, who played Francisco 49ers,” Taylor said. thinks. comments. for the San Diego Padres for parts of two “It just brought back memories of how “Did anyone ask the majority of the ATP Two people familiar with the deal say seasons, has died from complications of the Niners will send a fifth-round pick in hard we’ve been trying all these years for what they think about merging with the injuries he suffered as a police officer in WTA and how it is good for us?” this year’s draft and a 2021 third-rounder that to happen,” King said. “In my day, the 2003. He was 53. men, culturally, just could not wrap their He followed that up with another, more to acquire Williams. The people spoke on Walters’ death is considered a line-of- heads around us ever making a dime.” declarative tweet: “We shouldn’t merge.” condition of anonymity because the com- duty fatality. She ushered in women’s pro tennis with It might be complicated to figure out pensation hasn’t been announced. “Dan grew up locally, played profession- a group called the Original 9, which signed how to make it happen — Dell asks: Start Williams sat out the entire 2019 season al baseball here in San Diego and proudly a contract for a symbolic $1 to start a tour with a commissioner’s office led by two because of a dispute with Washington’s served his city as a police officer,” the San in 1970. Then she got the WTA going in people, one from each tour? — but the ben- front office. Diego Police Department said in a state- 1973, a year after the ATP was formed. efits could be enormous, both in terms of The deal reunites him with 49ers coach ment. “He will forever be remembered by Her push about 50 years ago to put men finances and appeal to the public. Kyle Shanahan, who was the offensive co- the members of this Department.” and women under one umbrella was not As Federer noted: “It’s too confusing for ordinator in Washington when Williams Walters attended suburban Santana well-received, King recalls. So does an- the fans when there are different ranking was drafted fourth overall in 2010. High and played with the Padres in 1992 other member of the International Ten- systems, different logos, different websites, and 1993. He later played in the Colorado nis Hall of Fame: Donald Dell, a former different tournament categories.” NASCAR race in N.C. possible and Oakland organizations but never re- player, Davis Cup captain, agent and co- He wasn’t advocating for competition to turned to the majors. His playing career founder of the ATP. be combined. He was pushing for the sport CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The governor of ended when he suffered a severe spine in- “The men always felt that they were to be run as one sport. And that would put it North Carolina said Thursday that NAS- jury while diving for a ball during a spring more dominant in the sport,” said Dell, in a unique position, with global appeal be- CAR teams can work in their race shops if training drill. who played mixed doubles at Wimbledon cause it features men and women. They al- they maintain social distancing guidelines, He joined the police department in with King in the 1960s. “Now equal prize ready share a stage at the four Grand Slam clearing a potential hurdle to resuming the 1998. money has come into the sport, and the tournaments and combined events such as season in coming weeks. Walters was paralyzed on Nov. 12, 2003, women’s game has grown and grown and at Indian Wells or the Miami Open. Gov. Roy Cooper extended the state’s when he was shot in the neck during a grown to where there’s parity.” “It probably should have happened a stay-at-home order through May 8 on struggle with a domestic violence suspect Remember, though: It took until the long time ago, but maybe now is really the Thursday and said he would gradually and struck by a passing car, crushing two 2000s for equal pay at Grand Slam tourna- time,” Federer wrote, with an eye to the fi- open the state in three phases. He said cervical vertebrae. The suspect was killed ments to become standard. nancial woes facing players, tournaments he is still considering NASCAR’s request by officers. Walters used a wheelchair until Nowadays, Dell said, “It would be much and the tours themselves as a result of the to run the Coca-Cola 600 as scheduled on his death Thursday. better for the sport if there was a really in- coronavirus pandemic that has shuttered May 24 without spectators. telligent way to combine the ATP and WTA tennis until at least mid-July. “These are The governors of both Florida and Texas NCAA men’s hoops get options into one working group.” tough times in every sport, and we can have already said NASCAR is welcome to The 20-time Grand Slam winner thrust come out of this with 2 weakened bodies or race in their states without fans, and South INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA is giv- the idea into public conversation on 1 stronger body.” Carolina and Georgia are gradually easing ing teams new scheduling options for the Wednesday, tweeting: “Just wondering... The current head of the women’s tour, restrictions. For any racing to be done, the 2020-21 season. am I the only one thinking that now is the Steve Simon, and the leader of the men’s, North Carolina-based teams need access The NCAA’s Division I Council approved time for men’s and women’s tennis to be Andrea Gaudenzi, have been cooperat- to their shops to prep the cars. a proposal Friday to give men’s basketball united and come together as one?” ing to deal with the consequences of the “From the information that I have now, programs choices with 28- and 29-game Kyrgios objected, however, replying COVID-19 outbreak. already under our state executive order, schedules. “yes” — claiming Federer is the only one “Tennis has always led the way when it they can begin working in their garages as The council vote still must be reviewed who thinks the idea is a good one. comes to putting men and women together an essential business, as defined under our by the NCAA Board of Directors and won’t Federer’s longtime rival, No. 2 Rafael on the biggest stages,” Gaudenzi said via executive order,” Cooper said. “(Teams) be considered final until the conclusion of Nadal was quick to show his support for email. “It’s one of our strengths, and sets are still in contact with local health de- its board meeting on Wednesday. the idea, writing: “Hey @rogerfederer as us apart from many other sports.” PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, April 26, 2020 OLYMPICS Davis, US boxers remain committed

BY GREG BEACHAM could have caused upheaval for Associated Press many Western nations’ teams in an amateur sport that frequently LOS ANGELES — Keyshawn loses its brightest talents to the Davis took several weeks to pros, even in normal Olympic choose his path to boxing star- cycles. But U.S. head coach Billy dom after the Tokyo Olympics Walsh has managed to keep his were postponed. whole team together for 2021 by Thanks to the coronavirus selling his boxers on the prom- pandemic, the top professional ise of brighter pro futures if they prospect on the U.S. Olympic show a little patience. qualification “We’ve always had that chal- team was lenge,” said Walsh, the Irish ‘ It’s just suddenly fac- coach who has restored the frac- hard to ing nearly a tious U.S. program to respect- year without ability in his five years in charge. say no an amateur “Since I came here, we’ve turned to the fight that that around a piece. We’ve given Olympics. mattered. the guys the vision of first becom- He could ing an Olympic champion, as all That’s like wait for 16 the greats did back in the day, and passing months to using that for a platform to launch get his shot PHOTOS BY JOHN BAZEMORE/AP up a deal your professional career.” at gold in After decades of the pro game’s Olympic pole vaulting silver medalist Sandi Morris runs on the vaulting runway she is building with her right in Tokyo, or he predation and innumerable scan- father in Greenville, S.C. Morris didn’t have a place to practice and plenty of down time due to the could accept dals, amateur boxing is no longer coronavirus pandemic. So she and her father are constructing their own pole vault setup. front of one of several the marquee Olympic event that your face lucrative of- catapulted Muhammad Ali (then that makes fers to begin known as Cassius Clay), Sugar his profes- Ray Leonard and Oscar De La a lot of sional career Hoya to athletic superstardom. sense. ’ immediately. Yet Olympic experience still When turns heads within the sport Keyshawn Project runway Davis began — and it remains an enormously Davis his delib- valuable commodity to boxing U.S. boxer, eration, the promoters, who pay higher prices on passing up 21-year-old for fighters they can promote with an opportunity lightweight “Olympian” perpetually affixed to turn pro was leaning to them like a new first name. toward turn- Morris building own pole vault setup And if a boxer manages to come ing pro. After speaking to family, home with gold, the game changes coaches and his fellow fighters, even more. Just ask two-time gold BY PAT GRAHAM he decided to keep his Olympic medalists Vasyl Lomachenko or Associated Press flame burning. Claressa Shields, who established “It’s just hard to say no to the thriving pro careers and claimed andi Morris set the bar high with her latest Olympics,” Davis said from his world title belts within months of do-it-yourself project. home in Virginia. “That’s like their Olympic triumphs. Soon, she will be clearing it, too. passing up a deal right in front “You can go now, and you’re S The Olympic pole vault silver medalist of your face that makes a lot of going to have to take 20-odd didn’t have a place to practice and plenty of down sense.” fights to fight for a world title,” time due to the coronavirus pandemic. So she and Every member of the U.S. team Walsh told his fighters recently. her father constructed their own pole vault setup agrees so far. Even with an extra “You go get an Olympic gold, or if near Greenville, S.C. year to wait, Davis and his 12 you have those Olympic rings on Built out of plywood, the 120-foot runway is situ- teammates are all still focused your shoulder, that will fast-track ated between a soccer field and a tennis court on on Tokyo and the rewards of the you to world title fights. You’re a neighborhood land two blocks from her parents’ Olympic experience. name. You’re known. You’re an place. Their pole vault project could be operational The Olympic postponement Olympian.” as soon as this weekend (they just need the landing mat to arrive). Viewing is definitely encouraged — from windows for now (social distancing and all). “There are tons of houses that can see the field from their windows,” said the 27-year-old Morris, who usually trains in Fayetteville, Ark., but traveled home to start the project with the Tokyo Games post- poned to next summer and no foreseeable competi- tions. “So I’m being literal when I say they’re going to watch me from their windows. It will be fun.” This project has been in the back of their minds for ages. Morris would always venture home and wouldn’t be able to stay long because she had to re- turn to practice. Now, her coach can simply send along a workout. “This virus kind of pushed us to do something that we’ve always wanted to do,” said Morris, who Morris and her father, Harry Morris, work on the finished second to Katerina Stefanidi of Greece at pit where the landing mat will rest. the 2016 Rio Olympics. The entire endeavor took about three weeks and It’s no easy task. cost around $4,000 (not counting the landing mat, “Almost like building a skate park — you can re- which usually runs around $30,000 but was loaned ally mess it up if you don’t know what you’re doing,” to her). There’s a rubber surface covering the run- Sam Kendricks said. “But I saw her running on it way for better traction, too. No concrete was used so and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s a fine runway you guys MARTIN MEJIA/AP it can be moved (although, not easily). have built.’ ” The United States’ Keyshawn Davis, right, hits Cuba’s Andy Cruz The blueprint was provided by Scott Kendricks, He’s eager to try it out — once shelter-at-home re- during their men’s light welterweight final at the Pan American the father of two-time world pole vaulting cham- strictions are eased and it’s safer to travel again, of Games on Aug. 2 in , . Even with an extra year to wait, pion Sam Kendricks. The Kendricks family built a course. Davis and his 12 teammates are all still focused on Tokyo and the similar setup years ago in Mississippi (they’ve since “Heck yeah. I’d definitely drive through Atlanta rewards of the Olympic experience. switched to a fabricated runway). to visit Sandi and try that,” Kendricks said. Sunday, April 26, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 NFL DRAFT No players taken from Miami, Nebraska Old powers trending in wrong direction

BY RALPH D. RUSSO the second round by New . In Associated Press the third round, running back Darrynton Evans from Appalachian State was select- Miami and Nebraska dominated college ed by Tennessee and Alex Highsmith from football from the 1980s through the early Charlotte was picked by Pittsburgh. 2000s. Meanwhile, national champion LSU tied Since the Hurricanes and Cornhuskers a record with 10 players taken in the first played for the 2001 national champion- three rounds and the Southeastern Con- ship they have been trending in the wrong ference had a record 40 players drafted direction, and both are coming off losing overall. seasons in 2019. Miami was the No. 1 producer of NFL So maybe it should be no surprise that players for years in the 1980s and ’90s neither the Hurricanes nor Cornhuskers while winning four national titles. “The U” had a player taken in the NFL Draft’s first surged again in the early 2000s, winning three rounds. Heading into Saturday’s another national title and playing for an- final four rounds, Miami is still trying to other. Miami had a string of 14 straight sea- extend a streak of having at least one play- sons with at least one player being selected er drafted that started in 1976. Nebraska in the first round that ended in 2009. will try to avoid a second straight season of This is now the third straight season no drafted players after having its 56-year the Hurricanes have gone without a first- streak snapped last year. round selection. Miami, coming off a 6-7 CHRIS SEWARD/AP Other prominent college programs with- season that ended with three straight loss- out a selection after Friday’s second and es, is likely to avoid the embarrassment of Miami fans show their displeasure after a failed drive during the first half of a game third rounds were Washington, Michigan no draft picks. Saturday may have been a against North Carolina on Sept. 7 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Miami lost 28-25. State, Oklahoma State and Stanford. good day for several Miami players with Through three rounds, none of the power receivers Jeff Thomas and K.J. Osborn, the 1990s, but has not even reached a bowl ing the first three rounds. Defensive tackle five schools in North Carolina had a player linebacker Shaq Quarterman and defen- game the last two seasons under coach Scott Khalil Davis and cornerback Lamar Jack- drafted. The first North Carolina college sive end Jonathan Garvin were all candi- Frost, a former Huskers quarterback. son were probably good enough to keep the player drafted was safety Kyle Dugger dates to be picked. This is the fourth straight season Ne- streak of no drafted players from reaching from Division II Lenoir-Rhyne, taken in Nebraska won three national titles in braska has not had a player drafted dur- two in a row on Saturday. Scoreboard Valued: Higgins becomes teammate NFL Draft selections 55. Baltimore (from New England through Atlan- ta), J.K. Dobbins, rb, Ohio State. Thursday 56. Miami (from New Orleans), Raekwon Davis, dt, of wide receiver he grew up idolizing FIRST ROUND Alabama. 1. Cincinnati, Joe Burrow, qb, LSU. 57. L.A. Rams (from Houston), Van Jefferson, wr, 2. Washington, Chase Young, de, Ohio State. Florida. FROM BACK PAGE 3. Detroit, Jeff Okudah, cb, Ohio State. 58. Minnesota, Ezra Cleveland, ot, Boise State. Barry Sanders, who retired in 1998. 4. N.Y. Giants, Andrew Thomas, ot, Georgia. 59. N.Y. Jets (from ), Denzel Mims, wr, Baylor. Four more running backs went in the 5. Miami, Tua Tagovailoa, qb, Alabama. 60. New England (from Baltimore), Josh Uche, lb, talking about this to my good friend — I 6. L.A. Chargers, Justin Herbert, qb, Oregon. Michigan. could end up with the Bengals and be his round. 7. Carolina, Derrick Brown, dt, Auburn. 61. Tennessee, Kristian Fulton, cb, LSU. Safety was ignored on Thursday, but im- 8. Arizona, Isaiah Simmons, lb, Clemson. 62. Green Bay, A.J. Dillon, rb, Boston College. teammate one day. Now that this moment 9. Jacksonville, CJ Henderson, cb, Florida. 63. Kansas City (from San Francisco), Willie Gay is here, it’s surreal.” mediately was addressed by the Giants in 10. Cleveland, Jedrick Wills Jr., ot, Alabama. Jr., lb, Mississippi State. Round 2 with Alabama’s Xavier McKinney. 11. N.Y. Jets, Mekhi Becton, ot, Louisville. 64. Carolina (from Kansas City through Seattle), In addition to finding what they hope will 12. Las Vegas, Henry Ruggs III, wr, Alabama. Jeremy Chinn, s, Southern Illinois. New York’s secondary has been a sieve. 13. Tampa Bay (from Indianapolis through San THIRD ROUND be their franchise quarterback in LSU’s Francisco), Tristan Wirfs, ot, Iowa. 65. Cincinnati, Logan Wilson, lb, Wyoming. Burrow with the first overall pick, the Ben- “He also has that ability to be a quarter- 14. San Francisco (from Tampa Bay), Javon Kin- 66. Washington, Antonio Gibson, wr, Memphis. back on the back end, a signal caller for the law, dt, South Carolina. 67. Detroit, Julian Okwara, de, Notre Dame. gals (2-14 last season) added a threat who 15. Denver, Jerry Jeudy, wr, Alabama. 68. N.Y. Jets (from N.Y. Giants), Ashtyn Davis, s, can make the spectacular reception. defense,” coach Joe Judge said. “He fits 16. Atlanta, A.J. Terrell, cb, Clemson. California. the mold of a smart, tough, fundamentally 17. Dallas, CeeDee Lamb, wr, Oklahoma. 69. Seattle (from Carolina), Damien Lewis, g, LSU. Pittman takes his 6-foot-4, 224-pound 18. Miami (from Pittsburgh), Austin Jackson, ot, 70. Miami, Brandon Jones, s, Texas. frame to Indianapolis. The Colts had no sound guy we are looking to build with.” Southern Cal. 71. Baltimore (from L.A. Chargers through New 19. Las Vegas (from Chicago), Damon Arnette, cb, England), Justin Madubuike, dt, Texas A&M. first-rounder, and they quickly gave new New England finally surfaced with the Ohio State. 72. Arizona, Josh Jones, ot, Houston. quarterback Philip Rivers a target in Pitt- 37th overall spot after trading out of the 20. Jacksonville (from L.A. Rams), K’Lavon Chais- 73. Jacksonville, DaVon Hamilton, dt, Ohio State. son, lb, LSU. 74. New Orleans (from Cleveland), Zack Baun, lb, man, whose father also played in the NFL. first round. Coach Bill Belichick was no- 21. Philadelphia, Jalen Reagor, wr, TCU. Wisconsin. where in sight — his dog appeared to be 22. Minnesota (from Buffalo), Justin Jefferson, wr, 75. Detroit (from Indianapolis), Jonah Jackson, g, “I think they brought me in to make an LSU. Ohio State. impact right now and they have Philip Riv- manning his laptop — as the Patriots chose 23. L.A. Chargers (from New England), Kenneth 76. Tampa Bay, Ke’Shawn Vaughn, rb, Vanderbilt. Kyle Dugger, a safety from Division II Murray, lb, Oklahoma. 77. Denver, Michael Ojemudia, cb, Iowa. ers, who I think is a Hall of Famer,” Pit- 24. New Orleans, Cesar Ruiz, c, Michigan. 78. Atlanta, Matt Hennessy, c, Temple. tman said. “I’m happy I get to start with, Lenoir-Rhyne. Dugger not only was the 25. San Francisco (from Minnesota), Brandon Ai- 79. N.Y. Jets, Jabari Zuniga, de, Florida. yuk, wr, Arizona State. 80. Las Vegas, Lynn Bowden Jr., wr, Kentucky. like, a Hall of Fame quarterback.” first player not in FBS to be selected, but 26. Green Bay (from Houston through Miami), Jor- 81. Las Vegas (from Chicago), Bryan Edwards, wr, Hurts wound up in Philadelphia, which only the second from a non-Power Five dan Love, qb, Utah State. South Carolina. 27. Seattle, Jordyn Brooks, lb, Texas Tech. has an established QB in Carson Wentz. conference. Utah State quarterback Jor- 28. Baltimore, Patrick Queen, lb, LSU. 82. Dallas, Neville Gallimore, dt, Oklahoma. 29. Tennessee, Isaiah Wilson, ot, Georgia. 83. Denver (from Pittsburgh), Lloyd Cushenberry, dan Love, who went 26th overall to Green c, LSU. But the Eagles envision using Hurts, who 30. Miami (from Green Bay), Noah Igbinoghene, Bay, was the other. cb, Auburn. 84. L.A. Rams, Terrell Lewis, de, Alabama. was at Alabama before being beaten out as 31. Minnesota (from San Francisco), Jeff Gladney, 85. Indianapolis (from Philadelphia through De- starter by Tua Tagolvailoa. After a record 15 of the 32 players in the cb, TCU. troit), Julian Blackmon, s, Utah. 32. Kansas City, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, rb, LSU. 86. Buffalo, Zack Moss, rb, Utah. “We’re always going to be about the QB first round came from the Southeastern Friday 87. New England, Anfernee Jennings, lb, Alabama. Conference, another 10 SEC players came SECOND ROUND 88. Cleveland (from New Orleans), Jordan Elliott, position,” Eagles draft boss Howie Rose- 33. Cincinnati, Tee Higgins, wr, Clemson. dt, Missouri. man said. “It’s the most important position off the board in Round 2. And that’s not in- 34. Indianapolis (from Washington), Michael Pitt- 89. Minnesota, Cameron Dantzler, cb, Mississippi cluding Hurts, who transferred to the Big man Jr., rb, Southern Cal. State. in sports. ... We think Jalen is an incredible 35. Detroit, D’Andre Swift, rb, Georgia. 90. Houston, Jonathan Greenard, lb, Florida. teammate. 12 for his final season. 36. N.Y. Giants, Xavier McKinney, s, Alabama. 91. New England (from Seattle through Houston 37. New England (from L.A. Chargers), Kyle Dug- and Las Vegas), Devin Asiasi, te, UCLA. “We believe Carson will lead us to our Other teams making their initial selec- ger, s, Lenoir-Rhyne. 92. Baltimore, Devin Duvernay, wr, Texas. next championship. ... We are quarterback tions Friday night saw: 38. Carolina, Yetur Gross-Matos, de, Penn State. 93. Tennessee, Darrynton Evans, rb, Appalachian 39. Miami, Robert Hunt, ot, Louisiana-Lafayette. State. developers.”  TCU defensive tackle Ross Blacklock 40. Houston (from Arizona), Ross Blacklock, dt, TCU. 94. Green Bay, Josiah Deguara, te, Cincinnati. going to Houston; 41. Indianapolis (from Cleveland), Jonathan Tay- 95. Denver (from San Francisco), McTelvin Agim, Two positions barely or not addressed lor, rb, Wisconsin. dt, Arkansas. at all in the first round got some atten-  Chicago adding a 10th tight end to its 42. Jacksonville, Laviska Shenault Jr., wr, Colorado. 96. Kansas City, Lucas Niang, ot, TCU. 43. Chicago (from Las Vegas), Cole Kmet, te, Compensatory Selections tion directly after Higgins and Pittman roster in Cole Kmet of Notre Dame; Notre Dame. 97. Cleveland (from Houston), Jacob Phillips, lb, LSU. were selected. Georgia’s D’Andre Swift  Another Irish player, wideout Chase 44. Cleveland (from Indianapolis), Grant Delpit, 98. Baltimore (from New England), Malik Harri- s, LSU. son, lb, Ohio State. became the second running back chosen, Claypool, a Canadian, to Pittsburgh; 45. Tampa Bay, Antoine Winfield Jr., s, Minnesota. 99. N.Y. Giants, Matt Peart, ot, Connecticut.  Florida State’s Cam Akers to the 46. Denver, K.J. Hamler, wr, Penn State. 100. Las Vegas (from New England), Tanner Muse, by Detroit. LSU’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire 47. Atlanta, Marlon Davidson, de, Auburn. s, Clemson. was the only RB who went in the opening Rams, who had released their standout 48. Seattle (from N.Y. Jets), Darrell Taylor, de, Ten- 101. New England (from Seattle through N.Y. Jets), nessee. Dalton Keene, te, Virginia Tech. round, last to Super Bowl champion Kan- running back, Todd Gurley last month, 49. Pittsburgh, Chase Claypool, wr, Notre Dame. 102. Pittsburgh, Alex Highsmith, lb, Charlotte. sas City. with Gurley surfacing in Atlanta; 50. Chicago, Jaylon Johnson, cb, Utah. 103. Philadelphia, Davion Taylor, lb, Colorado. 51. Dallas, Trevon Diggs, cb, Alabama. 104. L.A. Rams, Terrell Burgess, s, Utah. Swift is a dynamic playmaker unlike  Buffalo adding to an already solid de- 52. L.A. Rams, Cam Akers, rb, Florida State. 105. New Orleans (from Minnesota), Adam Traut- 53. Philadelphia, Jalen Hurts, qb, Oklahoma. man, te, Dayton. anyone the Lions have had in the backfield fense with Iowa end A.J. Epenesa, one of 54. Buffalo, A.J. Epenesa, de, Iowa. 106. Baltimore, Tyre Phillips, g, Mississippi State. in years — maybe since Hall of Famer the Big Ten’s outstanding defenders. S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, April 26, 2020 A new home Redskins trade Williams to 49ers SPORTS for two draft picks » Sports briefs, Page 21

Clemson wide receiver Tee Higgins, left, NFL DRAFT was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals with the first pick of the second round Friday. Mike McCarn / AP

Receiver-heavy Wideouts valued most in second round

BY BARRY WILNER Southern California’s Michael Pittman to In- the second round by Associated Press dianapolis — seven wideouts were drafted. grabbing Higgins to catch Add that to the six who went in the opening Joe Burrow’s passes. The pair worked Pitch and catch. session, and it set an NFL record through out together heading toward the draft. While only one quarterback, Oklahoma’s two rounds. And Higgins idolizes Bengals star re- Jalen Hurts, was taken in the second round The NFL these days is built on passing of- ceiver A.J. Green. of the NFL Draft on Friday, the guys who fenses. This draft is loaded with outstanding “I actually model my game after him,” haul in passes were everywhere. pass catchers. Many teams had both Higgins Higgins said. “Man, it’s crazy. I was just Starting with the top two selections on Day and Pittman rated as top-32 talent. 2 — Clemson’s Tee Higgins to Cincinnati and So the Cincinnati Bengals held firm atop SEE VALUED ON PAGE 23

Southern California’s Michael Pittman Jr., right, was one of seven wideouts taken during the second round, going 34th overall. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

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