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BY ILEANA NAJARRO Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times

TAMPA, Fla. — Many were infants on Oct. 7, 2001, the day the U .S. unleashed Operation Enduring Freedom and began the Afghanistan War. Some had yet to be born. So as the 18th anniversary of America’s longest war approaches, it’s not surprising that the newest military recruits have no emotional connection to the events of Sept. 11. “It doesn’t feel as serious as it must have been to the older genera- tions,” says Isabelle Acevedo, 18, an Air Force ROTC cadet at the Uni- versity of South Florida. Acevedo is one of a number of teens who told the Tampa Bay Times they intend to join the military, but aren’t sure why U.S. troops are still in Afghanistan or what prompted the war that has lasted their entire lifetime. Experts say Sept . 11 means differ- ent things to the two generations that came of age in its shadow. Millennials, born before 1996, have personal memories of the attacks and their immediate after- math, said Jason Dorsey, president of the Center for Generational Ki- netics in Austin, Texas. He said it MONICA HERNDON, TAMPA BAY (FLA.) TIMES/TNS later prompted many to enlist. Standing from left: Trevor Yarborough , Kadie Weston and Connor Gadson-Yarbrough supervise their NJROTC classmates while preparing SEE RECRUITS ON PAGE 3 for the Iron Bear Challenge at Robinson High School in Tampa, Fla. Unrest in Iraq: Who’s behind the protests and why

BY ZEINA KARAM Islamic State. RELATED A look at what happened this week: AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA The response to the unrest has triggered Who are the protesters? Associated Press ongoing confrontations with protesters Violence escalates in Iraq across the country and has claimed the They are mostly men in their early 20s, BAGHDAD — The young men and lives of more than 50 people in three days. after top cleric urges calm embittered and frustrated at a ruling elite women coordinated on social media. Fed Hundreds have been injured. they see as having squandered Iraq’s oil up with an Iraqi political elite they blame Page 11 wealth for years. They included hundreds for their many grievances, they agreed on The turmoil in Iraq, a country central to America’s Middle East policy, comes at a of new university graduates, both male and a mass demonstration on Oct. 1. female, who are unable to find jobs, along They were met with bullets, water can- critical moment in the region amid soar- and also is home to powerful Iranian- with teachers, elderly men and women and nons and tear gas, plunging the country ing tensions between Iran and the United backed militias. There were already con- civil society activists. into renewed instability just as it was start- States — both allies of the Iraqi govern- cerns the country was turning into a proxy ing to emerge from a bloody war against ment. Iraq hosts thousands of U.S. troops battlefield between the two sides. SEE IRAQ ON PAGE 11 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 MILITARY Astronaut’s classmates share ‘waiting’ poses

BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL physical tests like the “watching Stars and Stripes TV” pose, in which airmen as- sume the plank position, “resting Air Force Lt. Col. Nick Hague on elbows, hands under chin, and was welcomed back to Earth when asked to change channels, from the International Space you reach out and mime turning Station on Thursday by a phrase a TV knob,” explained Divers. that’s familiar to him and his fel- Some of Hague’s classmates low Air Force Academy class of held signs 1998 alumni: “We’re waiting on a saying, “Wait- classmate.” ‘ We ing for my The phrase describes “one of did this classmate, the ‘fun’ things at the academy,” Nick.” said Kevin Divers, who put to- because, Hague’s gether the welcome-home video as a classmates featuring himself and others class, we also sent him from his graduating class waiting a message for Hague, academy-style. wanted to to mark his Photos by Kevin Divers “If one of your classmates was show our birthday in not present for formation, you support late Septem- Members of the Air Force Academy’s class of 1998 sent photos to classmate Kevin Divers to put into would end up doing some physi- ber, which he a video showing them “waiting on their classmate’’ on the International Space Station, Air Force Lt. Col. cal activity while chanting, ‘We for him... celebrated on Nick Hague. are waiting for our classmate,’ let him the ISS. until they showed up,” Divers “We did said by phone Wednesday. “So I know how this because, decided to reach out to our class- much he as a class, mates and get some ‘waiting for is inspiring we wanted to our classmate’ pictures for Nick, show our sup- and found that the class of ‘98 is us. ’ port for him doing some pretty extraordinary Kevin Divers and let him things all over the world, not just classmate know how in orbit.” much he is Forty-seven of Hague’s class- inspiring us mates sent in photos. Two had and many, many more,” said Div- become U.S. citizens while he ers, who along with the others is was in space, Divers said. One still waiting for their classmate to coached the under-18 U.S. girls’ return to Houston, which he is ex- volleyball team to a world cham- pected to do in the coming days. pionship win. Hague conducted three space- A classmate from Estonia who walks during his mission, took now leads NATO’s cybersecurity p a r t i n m a n y s c i e n c e ex p er i m e nt s , division was at a training session and chatted by video link with with Olympic athletes. Images Brad Pitt, who plays an astronaut came in from Djibouti, Afghani- in “Ad Astra.” A capsule carrying stan, Malta and one undisclosed Hague and two other astronauts location. landed safely on the steppe in Ka- The video, which can’t be shown zakhstan on Thursday. for copyright reasons, shows the [email protected] alumni doing push-ups and other Twitter: @StripesZeit T O D A Y IN STRIPES

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BY JOHN VANDIVER choice but to act on our own, east Stars and Stripes of the Euphrates,” Erdogan said Tuesday at a parliamentary cer- STUTTGART, Germany — emony in Ankara. The U.S. and Turkey conducted The U.S. agreed to the joint their third joint ground patrol in patrols in hopes they would re- Syria on Friday even as disagree- duce tensions with Turkey, a key ments between the two NATO NATO ally, and protect Kurdish allies over how to operate in the militia fighters. area have brought threats from While the U.S. views Kurdish Turkish leaders to launch a uni- People’s Protection Units that lateral military intervention on have operated near Turkey’s TWITTER/U.S. European Command its southern border. border as key to fighting Islamic Turkish and U.S. forces began State militants, Ankara regards A U.S. servicemember and a Turkish soldier near the Turkish-Syrian border during the third joint ground conducting combined ground the group as a terrorist organiza- patrol in Syria on Friday . patrols in September to satisfy tion. The buffer area was a way Ankara’s calls for a buffer zone for the U.S. to recognize Turkey’s to go. There’s still lots of consul- cleared of Kurdish militias. concerns and attempt to reduce tations ongoing and we expect “The two militaries are al- the chances of direct conflict this relationship to continue into ready executing concrete steps between Kurdish and Turkish the future. And we’ll continue to to address Turkey’s security con- forces. improve with each and every sub- cerns,” U.S. European Command The Syrian government, which sequent patrol.” said in a statement announcing is locked in a protracted civil war, The U.S. relationship with the most recent patrol. has called for both countries to Turkey has been increasingly The patrol comes three days withdraw from inside its borders. strained, not just over how far after Turkish President Recep Syrian forces have the right to the safe zone should project Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at the take countermeasures if they re- into Syria, but also because of U.S. for not doing enough to meet fused, the country’s Foreign Min- Erdogan’s close ties to Moscow Ankara’s demands for a more ister Walid al-Moualem warned and Turkey’s recent acquisition expansive safe zone in northern last week at the United Nations in of Russia’s sophisticated S-400 Syria. Erdogan wants the zone New York. air defense system. The U.S. re- along its 300-mile border to ex- U.S. and Turkish forces have sponded by kicking Turkey out of tend about 20 miles inside Syria. been working out of a joint opera- its F-35 fighter program and can- Turkey, which aims to settle tions center in the southern town celed plans to sell the aircraft to some 2 million Syrian refugees of Akcakale, where troops plan the long-time NATO ally. in the safe zone, had called for an their patrols and how to maneu- Still, Wolters said at the mili- agreement to be reached by the ver across the border in an area tary level Turkish and U.S. troops end of September, but Washing- the U.S. describes as a “security remain close. ton and Ankara remain at odds mechanism” rather than “safe “When we as U.S. service over how deep the zone should zone,” as the Turks call it. members interact, from an exer- reach into Syria. The patrols have been “very, cise standpoint, with our Turk- “We have not achieved any of very effective,” U.S. European ish counterparts, they treat us as ALEC DIONNE/U.S. Army the results we desired … Tur- Command’s Gen. Tod Wolters told brothers at arms,” Wolters said. key cannot lose even a single day Pentagon reporters Wednesday. [email protected] U.S. and Turkish military forces conduct a joint ground patrol inside on this issue. There is no other “But we’ve still got a long ways Twitter: @john_vandiver the security mechanism area in northeast Syria on Sept. 8 . Recruits: Military, ROTC change strategies in appealing to new generation

FROM FRONT PAGE tional benefits and job opportunities than branches are working more closely to- new Pew Research Center study found. Members of Gen Z, born after 1996, rely older millennials. They want to know more gether. Multiple combat tours are the new The Department of Veterans Affairs is on an interpretation of the attacks and their about daily military life and turn to social normal. working to improve medical services for meaning. They’ve grown up desensitized media for answers. “It’s a different war now,” said Elliott the growing number of female veterans to global terrorism. Their lives were much Trevor Yarborough, 17, a senior in the Berman, a Navy veteran and commander who will require specialized treatments as more affected by mass shootings across Navy Junior ROTC program at Robinson of Robinson High School’s ROTC program they age. High School, said he regularly sees ads Increasingly, it’s being fought by a dif- the country, especially in schools. But for everything that’s changed in the showing military drills on YouTube and ferent soldier. The removal of barriers This generational divide has forced re- world since 2001, the core reasons driving cruiters and ROTC leaders to change ap- follows recruiters on Instagram. for women is a significant factor in their people toward military service remain the proaches when discussing deployments “I see all the time the stuff they do,” he representing 18 percent of enlistments and modern-day military service. said. in the Army this year, according to local same. Recruitment has always been hard, with Yet with almost infinite access to infor- recruiters. Dalton Hongell, 18, is a member of USF’s each generation providing unique chal- mation online, recruits who grew up in a The changes inspire 17-year-old Kadie Air Force ROTC program. He was an in- lenges, said Beth Asch, a senior economist digital world can still struggle to discern Weston, also in Robinson High School’s fant lying on his mother’s bed on a military at the California-based Rand Corporation. fact from fiction. ROTC program. base when the first plane struck one of the During the Cold War, few felt the need to Dispelling online rumors is one of the “Women want to serve as much as men,” World Trade Center towers in New York. enlist during what was generally a time biggest new challenges recruiters face, she said. “I know the saying that it’s a His aunt had to take care of him after his of peace. Public support for the military Pine said. For instance, there’s a miscon- man’s world but I feel that soon it’s going to mother deployed. ception that all those who enlist will only be a woman’s world.” faltered in the aftermath of the Vietnam Though the attacks directly affected War. go to war and not work engineering jobs or These new recruits will likely face new his early upbringing, what drives him is After 9/11, interest in military service other noncombat tasks. challenges once they become veterans. spiked, driven by a sense of patriotism. Recruiting strategies aren’t all that’s People who served after the Sept. 11 at- a commitment to his mother’s legacy and That interest has slowed over the last few changed. tacks were twice as likely to face combat a sense of pride. Hongell plans to join the years, said Capt. Nicholas Pine of the U.S. New technologies such as drones are compared to previous veterans so they are Air Force. Army Tampa Recruiting Battalion. reducing manpower needs while cyberat- more likely to suffer from post-traumatic “It’s a duty that needs to be done,” he Recruits today ask more about educa- tacks have redefined warfare. The various stress disorder than earlier generations, a said. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 MILITARY Pentagon extends border deployment for Texas Guard BY ROSE L. THAYER in the Rio Grande Valley city of Stars and Stripes Donna and the other is in Tornil- lo, near El Paso in west Texas. AUSTIN, Texas — A deploy- Migrants are supervised by ment expected to end Monday DHS law enforcement personnel, was extended into November Mitchell said. for 1,000 Texas National Guard The remaining Texas National troops serving along the U.S.- Guard members provide port- Mexico border, Pentagon officials of-entry enforcement support at said Thursday. CBP-designated U.S. entry points Defense Secretary Mark Esper and airports in Texas to enhance approved the extension Sept. 16 at the request of the Department border security and improve the of Homeland Security, said Lt. flow of commercial traffic. Col. Chris Mitchell, a Pentagon Officials at the Texas Mili- spokesman. tary Department said soldiers MARK OTTE/Texas Army National Guard “The request was simply an will return from this mission, extension to the mission already which is separate from the other A Texas Guardsman and a Customs and Border Patrol agent discuss the lay of the land April 10 on the being carried out by the Texas missions conducted by National shores of the Rio Grande River in Starr County, Texas, as part of the call-up to the Texas-Mexico border. National Guard, and covers all as- Guard troops at the border, on pects of it, to include the number or about Nov. 15. The other mis- border in addition to the 1,000 way to help Border Patrol agents seeking asylum. In August, ap- of troops,” he said. sion, known as Operation Guard- Texas National Guard members, deal with an increase in appre- prehensions dropped to about About 750 of the soldiers pro- ian Support, stretches across the according to information released hensions along the southern bor- 64,000 — the third consecutive vide operational, logistical and southern border and is approved last month by the Pentagon. That der. In May, more than 144,000 month to have a decrease. Data administrative support to U.S. through the end of fiscal year includes about 2,900 active-duty people were arrested at the bor- on September apprehensions has Customs and Border Protection 2020, Mitchell said. troops and 2,000 National Guard der, according to data from CBP. not been released. at two tents used as adult migrant Nearly 5,000 servicemembers members. They were primarily migrants [email protected] holding facilities. One is located are serving along the southern The deployments began as a from South and Central America Twitter: @Rose_Lori Lawmakers: Food stamp changes would negatively impact veterans

BY NIKKI WENTLING Stars And Stripes ‘ (The) USDA should be doing more to WASHINGTON — Veter- increase SNAP participation for veterans ans could be disproportionately who experience food insecurity … harmed by potential changes to ’ the Supplemental Nutrition As- Letter from 39 Democratic lawmakers sistance Program, also known as On proposed changes to the food stamp program food stamps, Democratic House lawmakers argued Wednesday. President Donald Trump’s ad- USDA to send information about sider local economic factors. ministration is proposing chang- how many veterans would be im- Perdue said in a statement that es to SNAP that would result in pacted by the changes. the policy “has been used to ef- Facebook an estimated 3 million people They cited a 2018 study from fectively bypass important eligi- bility guidelines.” A post on the Naval Academy’s Facebook page called for an end to losing food assistance — a sav- the Center on Budget and Policy “Too often, states have misused the home-game tradition of throwing food at midshipmen. ings of $2.5 billion each year, ac- Priorities, a progressive think cording to the U.S. Department of tank, that found nearly 1.4 million this flexibility without restraint,” Agriculture. veterans live in households that Perdue said. “That is why we are Thirty-nine lawmakers signed receive food assistance. Florida changing the rules, preventing USNA: Halt snack attacks a letter Wednesday to Agriculture was found to have the highest abuse of a critical safety net sys- Secretary Sonny Perdue, arguing number of participating veterans tem, so those who need food assis- BY BROOKS DUBOSE years, the tradition has expanded the veterans on SNAP could be at 120,000. Oregon had the high- tance the most are the only ones Capital Gazette to include throwing or handing negatively affected. est percentage of its veterans on who receive it.” out larger food items like pretzels The proposed rule change was ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The “(The) USDA should be doing SNAP, with 13 percent. and hotdogs. posted to the Federal Register in U.S. Naval Academy is asking more to increase SNAP partici- Democrats also cited a study “We are still appreciative of July. A public comment period fans, alumni and others to stop pation for veterans who experi- from the Department of Veterans what our fanbase is wanting to ended in September. throwing food and drinks at mid- ence food insecurity, rather than Affairs in 2015 that found high do and provide our mids with The Democrats called on Per- shipmen as they march to Navy- proposing new restrictions that food insecurity among Iraq and snacks,” Garas said. “We want our due to drop it. Marine Corps Memorial Stadium worsen hunger among those who Afghanistan veterans. mids to engage with the public.” “Restricting categorical eli- ahead of home football games. have made great sacrifices for “Previously undocumented, gibility would make it more dif- The request was made in a let- The academy posted the re- our country,” they wrote. the problem of hunger among our ter sent to alumni and posted on quest Wednesday, three days be- Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., or- newest veterans deserves atten- ficult for veterans to qualify social media. fore Navy football is set to play Air chestrated the letter. He’s chair- tion,” the VA wrote at the time. for needed nutrition assistance Naval Academy spokeswoman Force, one of its biggest rivals. man for the subcommittee on In July, the USDA first pro- through SNAP, thus putting their Cmdr. Alana Garas said the acad- Reaction was split, with some economic opportunity, which is posed to remove what the agency health and well-being at risk,” emy has asked fans to stop over Facebook commentators ap- part of the House Committee described as a “loophole” that they wrote. “We urge USDA to the years but the tradition, which plauding the change while others on Veterans’ Affairs. It was also allows states to raise the income withdraw this proposal, which started with midshipmen hand- bemoaned the loss of tradition. signed by Rep. Mark Takano, level for food assistance eligibil- would take our country in the ing out candy to children, has As of Thursday afternoon, the D-Calif., chairman of the full ity. The federal policy, known as wrong direction in terms of car- “gotten a little more than what Facebook post had nearly 1,000 committee. “broad-based categorical eligibil- ing for America’s veterans.” it should be,” she said. In recent reactions. The Democrats asked the ity,” gives states flexibility to con- [email protected] Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY GI hailed for El Paso acts arrested for desertion

BY NEIL FOTRE “military desertion warrant” is- or place of duty with intent to shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, He is an automated logistics Stars and Stripes sued by Fort Hood, which is more remain away therefrom perma- Oakley was shopping at a nearby specialist assigned to 504th Com- than 500 miles east of Fort Bliss nently.” Contrary to being absent store in the Cielo Vista Mall, ac- posite Supply Company, 142nd WASHINGTON — The Fort and is located near the town of without leave, or AWOL, deser- cording to media reports at the Combat Support Sustainment Bliss, Texas, soldier who was Killeen, Texas. tion characterizes the service- time. A young child ran up to Oak- Battalion, 1st Armored Division hailed as a hero for saving chil- Oakley grew up in Killeen, member as intending to remain ley to inform him that there was a Sustainment Brigade. Oakley has dren during the El Paso mass been deployed to Kuwait and re- shooting was arrested Thursday while his father was stationed at absent. AWOL is a temporary sta- shooter at the Walmart. Oakley for desertion, according to police. Fort Hood, according to a report tus in which the soldier is likely had said he heard gunfire and turned months before the mass Pfc. Glendon Oakley, 22, was by KWTX-TV. to return. A soldier’s status must immediately went into combat shooting in El Paso. arrested at about 2:19 a.m. by the Article 85 of the Uniformed be upgraded to desertion from mode, grabbing as many children His awards include the Army Harker Heights Police on the 500 Code of Military Justice defines AWOL after a predetermined as he could to escort them to safe- Commendation Medal, National block of Central Texas Express- desertion as “any member of amount of time has passed since ty. Oakley was credited as a hero Defense Service Medal and the way, just outside of Fort Hood, the armed forces who without the servicemember was original- for escorting people to safety . Army Service Ribbon. Texas, according to a police re- authority goes or remains ab- ly reported as AWOL. Oakley joined the Army in Oc- [email protected] port. Oakley was detained on a sent from his unit, organization, In August, during the mass tober 2017. Twitter: @Neil_Fotre Bumped: VA’s cemetery Navy trims projects delayed, permanent run over budget BY NIKKI WENTLING shave waivers Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The Department of BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Veterans Affairs is at least $17 million over Stars and Stripes budget and years behind schedule on proj- ects to build new veterans cemeteries, a WASHINGTON—The Navy will no federal watchdog reported this week. longer issue permanent shaving waivers The National Cemetery Administration, for sailors diagnosed with razor bumps part of the VA, plans to create new cem- because whiskers can hinder the effec- eteries across the country to provide vet- tiveness of breathing devices, the service erans with “reasonable access” for burial announced Friday. — meaning that state or national cemeter- “First and foremost, this change is about ies are within 75 miles of veterans’ homes. safety of our sailors and reducing the risk About 8% of the country’s veterans don’t to mission and risk to force,” Rear Adm. have reasonable access, especially in rural Jeffrey Jablon, director of the Navy’s mili- areas, the VA said. The agency missed its tary personnel plans and policy division, goal of reducing that to 4% by the end of told reporters Wednesday at the headquar- 2017, the Government Accountability Of- ters for the Navy’s chief of personnel in Ar- fice said in a report released Tuesday. lington, Va. The GAO found the VA “has made lim- Pseudofolliculitis barbae, or more com- ited progress in implementing its plan to monly known as razor bumps, is caused SPENCER FLING/U.S. Navy create burial access and is years behind when curly beard hair curves back into the Chief Operations Specialist James Conyne, a recruit division commander, inspects the its original schedule for opening new skin after being shaved, causing inflam- quality of a recruit’s shave before a personnel inspection inside a compartment in the cemeteries.” mation. Servicemembers are required to USS Kearsarge barracks at Recruit Training Command (RTC). In one instance, a cemetery planned shave every day, so troops susceptible to for San Francisco was set to open in 2015 razor bumps will be affected, Lt. Cmdr. in the next six months, according to the but was pushed back until 2027, the report Adam Cole, a spokesman for the chief of ‘ Navy. shows. A rural cemetery planned for Elko, navy personnel, wrote in an email. This change is about Of the more than 337,000 sailors in the safety of our sailors and Sailors will now only be able to obtain a Nev., was supposed to be completed in 2017, Navy, about 6,000 each year are treated for temporary shaving waiver to help manage but the VA now says only that it would open the condition, according to Cmdr. Thomas reducing risk to mission the skin condition. While a sailor is under- “in a future year.” Barlow, a dermatologist at Naval Medical and risk to force. going treatment, the temporary shaving Other delayed projects are in Los Ange- Center San Diego. The Navy only tracks ’ waiver allows them to grow a beard for up les; New York City; Indianapolis; Chicago; how many people are treated for the condi- Rear Adm. Jeffrey Jablon to 60 days. The 60 days allows for the sailor Rhinelander, Wis.; Twin Falls, Idaho; tion and not how many permanent waivers Director of the Navy’s military personnel plans to evaluate how well the treatment is work- Cheyenne, Wyo.; Machias, Maine; and are issued, he said. and policy division ing, Barlow said. Cedar City, Utah. The VA recently com- The condition occurs predominantly in If a sailor finds that following treatment pleted a new cemetery in Fargo, North Da- African American men and is treatable, with creams and growing his hair that he kota, that was delayed five years. according to Navy documents. Treatment still has razor bumps after shaving, the Officials with the National Cemetery ‘non’ smooth nature of their skin.” Administration told the GAO they “over- includes applying creams and allowing for In November, a Navy safety message Navy also offers laser treatments that can sailors with shaving waivers, or “no-shave stated” their expectations to complete the following the 2018 review cited responses kill some of the hairs over time and thins chits,” to grow out their beard hair not lon- out the beard. projects in 2017 and cited a lengthy pro- from respirator manufacturers that “clean, cess for requiring land, and designing and ger than one-quarter inch in length. The cost to the military for the cream smooth faces are required for a proper seal constructing the cemeteries. The change in policy regarding razor treatment is about $30 per month for a and their user manuals warn that failure The GAO also found issues with the VA’s bumps, which goes into effect immediate- sailor, he said. Most of the laser treatments to follow the guidance can result in serious cost estimates for the projects. The agency ly, was prompted after two reviews by the are conducted at military facilities. A cost personal injury, including death.” estimated seven rural cemetery projects Naval Safety Center — one in 2016 and then for the laser treatment was not provided. another in 2018 — to validate the original “This policy is, I think, long overdue in would cost $7 million total. By August 2018, the light of safety. We want to make sure The policy still allows commanding of- the estimates had increased to nearly $24 review’s findings. The research concluded ficers the authority to require shaving in beard hairs are a “personnel safety risk” that when we go out into the battlespace million — an overrun of more than 200%. an operational, training, and maintenance for face seals of devices such as respira- onboard ships that sailors are safe and In response to the report, Pamela Pow- environment for safety reasons, according tors, Jablon said. protected. And I think based on the safety ers, VA Chief of Staff, wrote that she dis- The 2016 review looked at several stud- study, this is really important that we get to Jablon. agreed with the GAO . ies and regulations for respirators. Re- after it,” said Master Chief Anton Fitz, The change will not affect the Marines The National Cemetery Administra- search found the proper use of a respirator who serves on the staff of the chief of Navy because they already have their own in- tion “has made significant progress in required a tight-fitting face seal of the de- personnel and is the senior enlisted leader structions for razor bumps, Jablon said. this regard,” Powers wrote. An estimated vice, and facial hair was shown to interfere and adviser for enlisted plans, policy, and The new Navy policy will closely align 503,961 more veterans will have access to with a proper seal. oversight. with what the Marines already do, which state or national cemeteries by fiscal 2022, The study also noted people who have Sailors who previously received a per- is mandatory shaving. she said. razor bumps “will have (a) difficult time manent waiver must undergo a medical [email protected] [email protected] achieving a satisfactory fit-test due to the reevaluation and new treatment plan with- Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Twitter: @nikkiwentling PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 NATION Diplomats pushed Ukraine to investigate

BY ERIC TUCKER anti-corruption advocates, there AND LISA MASCARO has been no evidence of wrongdo- Associated Press ing by either the former vice pres- ident or his son. Still, Ukraine’s WASHINGTON — Top U.S. Prosecutor General said Friday diplomats encouraged Ukraine’s that his office is reviewing all newly elected president to con- the cases closed by his predeces- duct an investigation linked to sors, including several related to Joe Biden’s family in return for a Burisma. high-profile visit with President Trump and Giuliani have also Donald Trump. It soon escalated promoted an alternative theory of into what one diplomat feared 2016 election interference, which was a “crazy” swap that risked puts Ukraine, not Russia, at the vital U.S. military aid. center, at odds with the 2017 That’s according to a cache findings of the U.S. intelligence of text messages released late community and special counsel Thursday by House investiga- Robert Mueller’s 2019 report. tors following a 10-hour inter- Trump has said his call with view with one of the diplomats, Zelenskiy was “perfect” and por- Kurt Volker, who stepped down trays the impeachment inquiry as as special envoy to Ukraine amid a sham. the Democrats’ impeachment The text messages released inquiry. Thursday show that within a Trump said Friday the White JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AP month of the call, Trump had House is preparing a letter to canceled the visit with Zelenskiy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for- Kurt Volker, a former special envoy to Ukraine, leaves a closed-door interview with House investigators sending the diplomats into an ef- mally objecting to the impeach- at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. ment inquiry without an official fort to salvage a meeting with Vice President Mike Pence or vote. myr Zelenskiy, wrote: “Heard US-UKRAINE relationship, in- ty assistance and WH meeting are possibly Secretary of State Mike He acknowledged that Demo- from White House — Assuming cluding among other things Bu- conditioned on investigations?” Pompeo. crats in the House “have the President Z convinces trump he risma and election meddling in he wrote. What followed was the scram- votes” to begin a formal impeach- will investigate / “get to the bot- investigations,” Yermak wrote “This is my nightmare scenar- ment inquiry, but said he is con- tom of what happened” in 2016, two weeks later. io,” Taylor texted his colleagues ble, and finger-pointing, to ap- fident they don’t have the votes we will nail down date for visit to “Sounds great!” texted Volker. days later. Taylor said that by parently fix what had been to convict in the GOP-controlled Washington.” Volker and the two other dip- withholding the Ukrainian assis- launched. Senate. He also said he believes An adviser to the Ukrainian lomats — William “Bill” Taylor, tance, “we have already shaken Taylor told Sondland he was the move will backfire on Demo- president appeared to go along the charge d’affaires at the U.S. their faith in us.” “counting on you to be right,” and crats politically. with the proposal, which entailed Embassy in Ukraine, and Gordon House Democrats launched Sondland snapped back, “Bill, I The pages of text messages re- investigating Burisma, a Ukrai- Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the impeachment inquiry over never said I was right.” leased Thursday lay out the raw nian gas company where Joe the European Union — discussed the Ukraine matter after a gov- Sondland early on had texted contours of a potential quid-pro- Biden’s son Hunter served on the the statement Zelenskiy would ernment whistleblower disclosed that he wanted to get the conver- quo exchange — Trump gets his board. issue in support of the investi- Trump’s call with Zelenskiy and sation started with Ukraine “irre- political investigation of a top “Phone call went well,” wrote gation. As the negotiations pro- the push to have a foreign govern- spective of the pretext” because Democratic rival in return for Andrey Yermak in a text to Volk- gressed, Sondland said Trump ment interfere in U.S. elections he was “worried about the alter- granting a favor to Ukraine. er later that day after the two “really wants the deliverable.” by digging up dirt on Biden. native.” Now, he was saying, they The text messages convey a presidents spoke. Yermak sug- Then, Trump put a hold on $250 As a Democratic front-runner, have identified the best path for- distinct campaign among the gested several dates when Trump million in military assistance to Biden could be Trump’s opponent ward, and “let’s hope it works.” three diplomats, who — appar- and Zelenskiy could meet in Ukraine, which was depending in the 2020 presidential election. Taylor then texted, “As I said ently against some of their stated September. on the funds as part of its defense Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giu- on the phone, I think it’s crazy to better judgment — appear to be But all that planning started against Russia. liani have tried, without evidence, withhold security assistance for trying to help Ukraine reset its to unravel when Zelenskiy’s “Need to talk with you,” Yer- to implicate Biden and his son help with a political campaign.” relationship with Trump by push- aide tried to lock in a date for mak wrote to Volker. Hunter in the kind of corruption After a more than four-hour ing his interest in investigating the Trump meeting before put- Taylor, the seasoned top diplo- that has long plagued Ukraine. pause, Sondland texted Taylor his Democratic rival and the 2016 ting out the statement on the mat in the Ukrainian Embassy, Hunter Biden served on the that he was incorrect, and wrote election. investigations. conveyed his concerns and ques- board of Burisma at the same that Trump “has been crystal Volker, in a text message on “Once we have a date we will tioned whether the money was time his father was leading the clear, no quid pro quos of any the morning of a planned July call for a press briefing, an- being withheld until Ukraine Obama administration’s diplo- kind.” 25 phone call between Trump nouncing upcoming visit and agreed to Trump’s demand. matic dealings with Kyiv. Though He also wrote, “I suggest we and Ukraine President Volody- outlining vision for the reboot of “Are we now saying that securi- the timing raised concerns among stop the back and forth by text.” Ukraine reviews cases on owner of firm that hired Biden’s son

BY YURAS KARMANAU has been no evidence of wrongdoing by ei- envoy to Ukraine who stepped down amid AND NATALIYA VASILYEVA ther the former vice president or his son. the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Associated Press “We are now reviewing all the cases Volker in the messages encouraged that were closed or split into several parts Zelenskiy’s aide to conduct an investiga- ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine — Ukraine’s or were investigated before, in order to be tion linked to Biden’s family in return for a Prosecutor General said on Friday that his able to rule to reverse those cases where high-profile visit to Washington with Pres- office is reviewing several cases related to illegal procedural steps were taken,” Ry- ident Donald Trump. the owner of a gas company where former aboshapka said. The Prosecutor General’s Office in a Vice President Joe Biden’s son sat on the Asked if the prosecutors had evidence statement issued after Ryaboshapka’s board, as part of a review of all the crimi- of any wrongdoing on Hunter Biden’s briefing said that among the cases they are nal cases closed by his predecessors. part, Ryaboshapka said: “I have no such reviewing, there are 15 where Burisma’s U.S. President Donald Trump had Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP information.” owner Zlochevsky is mentioned. None of pressed for such a review in a phone call On a trip in the city of Zhytomyr, Presi- the Zlochevsky-related cases has been re- with Ukraine’s new leader, a “favor” that Ukraine Prosecutor General Ruslan dent Volodymyr Zelenskiy, when asked by vived yet, they said. They did not specify now has led the U.S. Congress to begin an Ryaboshapka said his office is reviewing The Associated Press about Trump’s com- how many, if any, were related to Hunter impeachment inquiry. Ruslan Ryaboshap- cases related to the firm that hired ment that the U.S. has an “absolute right” Biden’s work at Burisma. ka’s statement shows that Kyiv is under an Hunter Biden in 2014. to ask foreign leaders to investigate cor- Ryaboshapka was mentioned in the July increasing pressure to react to Trump’s ruption cases, Zelenskiy said that Ukraine 25 call between Trump and Zelenskiy, who overtures, analysts say. pany Burisma that hired Hunter Biden in is “open” and that all the cases under in- assured Trump that Ryaboshapka was “his Ryaboshapka told reporters in Kyiv that 2014, at the same time his father was lead- vestigation are “transparent.” man” and that he would resume investiga- prosecutors are “auditing” all the cases ing the Obama administration’s diplomatic Ryaboshapka and Zelenskiy’s remarks tions into Burisma. that were closed or dismissed by former dealings with Kyiv. came a day after House investigators re- The prosecutor general insisted on Fri- prosecutors, including several related to Though the timing raised concerns leased a cache of text messages provided day that he did not feel any pressure over Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the gas com- among anti-corruption advocates, there by Kurt Volker, the former special U.S. the Burisma case. Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 NATION Trump: Medicare for All plans would hurt seniors

BY KEVIN FREKING can’t beat us fairly,” he told the lion seniors and disabled people, is AND RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR friendly audience, which included the government’s flagship health care Associated Press many seniors. program. Health care has emerged as a cen- Trump also signed an executive THE VILLAGES, Fla. — President tral issue for Democrats competing order directing his administration to Donald Trump on Thursday accused for their party’s 2020 presidential pursue changes to Medicare. Much of Democrats of an all-out attempt to nomination. Much of the debate has what he wants to do is geared toward “totally obliterate Medicare” and centered on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ enhancing Medicare Advantage, the portrayed himself as the program’s “Medicare for All” plan, which would private insurance option picked by defender as he signed a directive to cover everyone under a government- about one-third of seniors. expand the program’s private insur- run plan and eliminate most private Medicare Advantage plans offer ance options. insurance. Trump said electing a savings on premiums and an annual Trump skipped past his own pro- Democrat would jeopardize seniors’ limit on out-of-pocket costs. These posals for Medicare budget cuts, and access to health care. he ignored the fact that no Democrat “Medicare is under threat like plans provide one-stop shopping, is proposing to take coverage or ben- never before,” Trump said. “Almost eliminating the need for separate efits away from seniors. every major Democrat in Washing- supplemental insurance. Offered by During a visit to The Villages, a bus- ton has backed a massive government major insurers, the plans also cover tling community for adults in Central health care takeover that would to- prescription drugs in most cases. Florida, Trump was trying to turn at- tally obliterate Medicare.” But there are trade-offs. People tention away from House Democrats’ joining a Medicare Advantage plan EVAN VUCCI/AP Far from “obliterating” Medicare, impeachment inquiry and focus on Sanders says his plan would lower generally must accept limits on their President Donald Trump shows an executive order pocket-book issues instead. costs and provide new benefits, in- choice of hospitals and doctors as well about Medicare at the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts “That’s why they do the impeach- cluding coverage for long-term care. as prior insurer approval for certain Center Thursday in The Villages, Fla. ment crap, because they know they Medicare, which covers about 60 mil- procedures. Sanders’ wife says he will be up for debate

Associated Press “Bernie is up and about,” she LAS VEGAS — Bernie Sanders said. “Yesterday, he spent much remained hospitalized in Nevada of the day talking with staff about on Thursday because of a blocked policies, cracking jokes with the artery in his heart but will par- nurses and doctors, and speaking ticipate in the next Democratic with his family on the phone. His presidential debate on Oct. 15 in doctors are pleased with his prog- Ohio, according to his campaign. ress, and there has been no need The 78-year-old Vermont sena- for any additional procedures.” tor was hospitalized in Las Vegas Sanders received a hospital after he experienced chest dis- visit from former Senate Majority comfort during a campaign event Leader Harry Reid, said Bianca Tuesday and sought medical Recto, Sanders’ Nevada commu- evaluation. Two stents were “suc- nications director. The longtime cessfully inserted,” his campaign Democratic lawmaker from Ne- said. DAVID GOLDMAN/AP Sanders’ wife, Jane O’Meara vada served with Sanders in Con- Sanders, said in a statement re- gress for decades. A man sunbathes amid patches of dried out lawn from a lack of rain in Atlanta on Thursday. Scientists leased by the campaign Thursday Jane Sanders said her husband say more than 45 million people across 14 Southern states are now in the midst of a drought that’s that her husband was expected will rest for a few days, “but he’s cracking farm soil, drying up ponds and raising the risk of wildfires. to be discharged and fly back to ready to get back out there and is Vermont before the end of the looking forward to the October weekend. debate.” ‘Flash drought’ spreads in South BY JEFF MARTIN By the numbers Supreme Court to hear La. Associated Press ATLANTA — More than 45 abortion regulation case million people across 14 South- ern states are now in the midst BY MARK SHERMAN virtually identical to a Texas law of what’s being called a “flash 20% $2.6 45M Associated Press the Supreme Court struck down drought” that’s cracking farm in 2016, when Justice Anthony soil, drying up ponds and raising WASHINGTON — The Su- Kennedy was on the bench and the risk of wildfires, scientists Percentage of Loss in the People impacted preme Court is adding an abor- before President Donald Trump’s said Thursday. lower 48 states billions from the by the current tion case to its busy election-year two high court picks, Justices Neil The weekly U.S. Drought Moni- experiencing 2017 drought drought, mostly docket, agreeing to take up a Lou- Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. tor report released Thursday isiana law that could leave the Also Friday, the court agreed to shows extreme drought condi- drought in the northern in 14 states in state with just one clinic. hear an appeal by energy compa- tions in parts of Texas, Alabama, conditions. Great Plains. the South. The justices won’t hear argu- nies and the Trump administra- Georgia, Kentucky, South Caro- SOURCE: Associated Press ments until the winter and a deci- tion asking the court to overturn lina and the Florida panhandle. sion is likely to come by the end an appeals court ruling and rein- Lesser drought conditions also of June, four months before the state a permit to allow construc- have expanded in parts of Arkan- said Brian Fuchs, a climatologist said. “The idea is that it’s more of presidential election. tion of a natural gas pipeline sas, Louisiana and Mississippi. at the National Drought Mitiga- a rapidly developing drought situ- The high court in February in- through two national forests, in- Overall, nearly 20 percent of tion Center in Nebraska. ation compared to what we typi- dicated it would take a thorough cluding parts of the Appalachian the lower 48 U.S. states is experi- “Typically we look at drought cally see.” look at the case when it agreed to Trail. encing drought conditions. as being a slow onset, slow-de- Fuchs said he expects scientists block the law requiring doctors The 605-mile pipeline would The drought accelerated rap- veloping type phenomenon com- to have further discussions about who perform abortions to have begin in West Virginia and trav- idly in September, as record heat pared to other disasters that flash droughts, and perhaps de- admitting privileges at a nearby el through parts of Virginia and combined with little rainfall to rapidly happen, so this flash velop parameters for what consti- hospital. The Louisiana law is North Carolina. worsen the parched conditions, drought term came about,” Fuchs tutes a flash drought. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 NATION Airman credited with helping after B-17 crash

BY DAVE COLLINS the accident. AND SUSAN HAIGH Investigators have begun se- Associated Press curing evidence, including the engine in which the pilot had re- An airman with the Connecticut ported a problem, National Trans- National Guard who was aboard portation Safety Board member a B-17 bomber that crashed at Jennifer Homendy said at a news an airport helped other passen- conference. gers escape the flames by using As part of the investigation, she his fire-resistant gloves to open a said, they also will look into wit- hatch, officials said. ness reports that work was being Seven people died when the done on one or two of the engines plane, which prior to takeoff. The plane had had 13 peo- last been through a major inspec- ple on board, tion in January , she said. crashed and Bridgeport Hospital officials burned after said that one survivor who arrived experienc- in serious condition was upgrad- ing mechan- ed Thursday to fair condition, and ical trouble that two others there were still in at Bradley fair condition. All three suffered Internation- burns and broken bones. al Airport in The retired, civilian-regis- Connecticut tered plane was associated with Traficante on Wednes- NTSB via AP the Collings Foundation, an edu- day morning. cational group that brought its Chief Master Sgt. James Trafi- This image taken from video provided by National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday shows Wings of Freedom vintage air- cante, command chief for the damage from a World War II-era B-17 bomber plane that crashed Wednesday at Bradley International craft display to the airport this 103rd Airlift Wing and a trained Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn. week, officials said. C-130 loadmaster, was trained in The vintage bomber — also handling aircraft emergencies that owned the World War II-era Windsor, Conn., who was a his- The other passengers killed in known as a Flying Fortress, one of and brought his military-issued plane and was also its safety of- tory and military buff, according the flight were James Roberts, the most celebrated Allied planes gloves on the flight. He was treat- ficer, according to the National to his son, Daniel Mazzone. 48, of Ludlow, Mass.; David Brod- of World War II — was used to ed at a hospital and has been re- Transportation Safety Board. The wife of Robert Riddell, an erick, 56, of West Springfield, take history buffs and aircraft covering at home, the Guard said Five passengers were killed insurance company analyst from Mass.; and Robert Rubner, 64, of enthusiasts on short flights, dur- Thursday in a statement. along with McCauley and the East Granby, Conn., said she was Tolland, Conn. ing which they could get up and Among the dead in the crash co-pilot, Michael Foster, 71, of devastated by the loss of her hus- The flight engineer, Mitchell walk around the loud and windy were the pilot of the plane, Ernest Jacksonville, Fla., according to band. Robert Riddell had posted Melton, 34, of Dalhart, Texas, interior. McCauley, 75, of Long Beach, the Connecticut Department of a photo from inside the plane just survived with injuries. Five other One patient injured in the crash Calif., who had more than 7,000 Emergency Services and Public before takeoff. passengers on the plane were in- remained at Hartford Hospital, hours of experience flying a B-17. Protection. Debra Riddell was at the air- jured along with Andrew Sulli- officials said. McCauley had flown for over 20 Among the passengers killed port and watched with dread as van, 28, an airport employee who Stars and Stripes added information to years with the educational group was Gary Mazzone, 60, of East the plane struggled. was on the ground near the site of this report. Man convicted Expert: Las Vegas massacre payouts in death of to be ‘cold mathematical calculation’ Chicago boy Associated Press phen Paddock rained fire down While some people recovered on a country music festival from from gunshots, others were in- Associated Press LAS VEGAS — They may have his perch in a high-rise Las Vegas jured when they were trampled, been united by a love for country Strip hotel on Oct. 1, 2017. and others have emotional scars. CHICAGO — A jury convicted music, but the folks gunned down Paddock, 64, killed himself as “There are a lot of people who a man of first-degree murder E. JASON WAMBSGANS, CHICAGO TRIBUNE/AP two years ago at a Las Vegas con- Thursday night in the shooting cert will not be seen as equals police closed in. may not have been touched by death of a 9-year-old Chicago boy Dwright Boone-Doty reacts at when up to $800 million is paid Publicly traded MGM Resorts bullets but still have to live their who was lured into an alley with the Leighton Criminal Court out from a legal settlement. admitted no liability or guilt. life with the trauma that comes the promise of a juice box. Building in Chicago on Thursday. The administrator oversee- Victims accused the casino from being a part of that event,” Prosecutors contended that ing the process will have the icy giant of failing to protect 22,000 said Stephanie Wellek, who has Dwright Boone-Doty and fel- Tyshawn to gain his trust after task of calculating the value of a people at a concert venue it owns post-traumatic stress disorder low gang member Corey Mor- the boy arrived at the park, life based on how much victims or stop the shooter from amass- from the shooting. “That’s the gan planned the November 2015 prosecutors said. He picked up earned or based on the gravity of ing an arsenal of assault-style biggest group that really is going killing of Tyshawn Lee before the basketball that the boy had survivors’ wounds and the hazy weapons and ammunition over to be helped, I think, by this law- Boone-Doty took a gun Morgan brought to the park, lured him concepts of pain and suffering, several days before opening fire suit settlement.“ gave him and shot the boy. into a nearby alley and shot him and emotional distress. from a suite at the Mandalay Bay Attorney Robert Eglet, who The Cook County jury that with a .40-caliber handgun mul- “It is a cold mathematical cal- resort. represents about 2,500 of 4,400 found Boone-Doty guilty delib- tiple times at close range while culation,” said attorney Kenneth Attorneys representing family people with claims, said a Nevada erated for a little more than two Morgan watched from an SUV, Feinberg, who has administered members of the dead and those state court judge in Las Vegas hours after a long day of closing they said. payouts from the nation’s high- wounded or haunted by the shoot- will be asked in coming weeks to arguments. A separate jury will Prosecutors said tests revealed est-profile tragedies. “Forget ing applauded the settlement and name one or more administrators decide Morgan’s fate, and the that Boone-Doty’s DNA was on courage and integrity. Those are said it would eliminate a protract- to set up a program, assess settle- judge ordered those jurors se- the basketball found near the characteristics to ask a priest or ed court battle. ment claims and disburse funds. questered for the night after they boy’s body. Boone-Doty, 25, faces rabbi, not the administrator of a “They really don’t want money,“ The settlement creates the didn’t reach a verdict. They were up to life in prison. fund.” Los Angeles attorney Kevin Boyle third-largest victims compen- to resume deliberations Friday. Morgan, 31, and Boone-Doty The settlement between MGM said. “They want their loved ones sation fund in U.S. history, said Prosecutors said Tyshawn was were tried together but before the Resorts International and fami- back.“ Feinberg, a claims administrator killed because Boone-Doty and separate juries. The trial lasted lies of the 58 people who died and But it is money that they will who distributed $7.1 billion in vic- Morgan believed his father be- for nearly three weeks. hundreds of others who were in- get, which will be divvied up tim compensation after the Sept. longed to a rival gang they blamed A third man charged in the at- jured in the mass shooting was based on formulas such as expect- 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and for fatally shooting Morgan’s tack, Kevin Edwards, pleaded announced Thursday. ed lifetime earnings or severity $6.5 billion following the 2010 BP brother and wounding his mother. guilty to first-degree murder The agreement will resolve of injuries. Payouts will be cal- oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The fourth grader, still wearing before trial. Edwards, who pros- lawsuits in at least 10 states seek- culated by reviewing such items Payments are based on statisti- his school uniform, had headed to ecutors described as the getaway ing compensation from the hotel as medical bills, hospital records cal data, age and lifetime earnings a park to play basketball. driver, received a 25-year prison owner for physical and psycho- and the prognosis for a lifetime of that would have been expected if Boone-Doty befriended sentence. logical injuries after gunman Ste- long-term health problems. someone had survived. Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION FTC probes vaping firms over marketing

BY MATTHEW PERRONE trust of regulators, policymakers Associated Press and other stakeholders.” Federal law prohibits tradi- WASHINGTON — Federal tional tobacco companies from consumer watchdogs have or- numerous sales tactics, including dered Juul and five other vaping giving away cigarettes, sponsor- companies to hand over informa- ing sports events and advertising tion about how they market e-cig- on television, radio, public trans- arettes, the government’s latest portation and billboards. But SETH WENIG/AP move targeting the industry. those laws don’t apply to e-ciga- The announcement Thursday rettes, which first launched in the On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission ordered Juul and five other vaping companies to hand over from the Federal Trade Commis- U.S. in 2007. information about how they market e-cigarettes. sion comes amid a nationwide More than 1 in 4 high school crackdown on e-cigarettes as pol- students report vaping in the tion and several state attorneys iticians and health authorities try past month, according to the lat- generals. US vaping illnesses top 1K to reverse an explosion of under- est government survey data. Top The privately-held company age vaping by U.S. teenagers. health officials have called the controls nearly 70 percent of the The FTC said in a statement trend an epidemic that risks ad- U.S. retail market for e-cigarettes and death count is up to 18 it wants to “better understand” dicting a generation of young and became a cultural phenom- vaping sales and promotional people to nicotine. enon on the success of its high- BY MIKE STOBBE there’s no sign of it slowing, the practices, including e-cigarette Besides Juul, the government nicotine, flavored pods. Associated Press CDC’s Dr. Anne Schuchat said in giveaways, online influencer pro- is also seeking information from Most experts agree that e- a Thursday call with reporters. grams and marketing on college R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co ., Fontem cigarette vapor is less harmful NEW YORK — The number of The Food and Drug Admin- campuses. Those techniques are US, Logic Technology Develop- than cigarette smoke because it vaping-related illnesses has sur- istration is analyzing products also at the center of several state ment, Nu Mark and NJOY. Regu- doesn’t contain most of the can- passed 1,000, and there’s no sign from 18 states, but neither that and federal investigations into lators want to review company cer-causing chemicals in burning the outbreak is fading, U.S. health agency nor the CDC has pinpoint- whether Juul’s early viral mar- materials beginning in 2015. tobacco. officials said Thursday. ed an electronic cigarette, vaping keting efforts helped spark the Besieged by criticism, Juul The recent outbreak of lung Doctors say the illnesses, device, liquid or ingredient as the surge in teen vaping. announced a series of surprise illnesses mostly involves people which first appeared in March, root cause. Last week San Francisco-based concessions last week: halting all who say they vaped THC, the resemble an inhalation injury. The investigation has increas- Symptoms include severe short- Juul announced it would cease advertising, pledging not to lobby high-inducing chemical found in ingly focused on THC vaping ness of breath, fatigue, and chest all advertising of its small, dis- against a planned federal ban on marijuana. Still, health inspectors products. But until a cause is pain. Most who got sick said they crete vaping devices. A company vaping flavors and replacing its have not ruled out any products found, the CDC continues to ad- vaped products containing THC, spokesman said Thursday in a CEO. Juul already faces multiple and are encouraging Americans vise Americans to refrain from the marijuana ingredient that statement: “We will fully cooper- investigations from Congress, to avoid vaping until they deter- using any vaping products. causes a high, but some said they Complicating the investigation ate and are focused on earning the the Food and Drug Administra- mine the cause of the illnesses. vaped only nicotine. are apparently conflicting medi- The Centers for Disease Con- cal reports about what’s been trol and Prevention said 1,080 seen in the lungs of different pa- Panel: FAA’s guidance on vaping confirmed and probable cases tients. Some doctors suggested have been reported in 48 states patients’ lungs are being clogged and one U.S. territory as of Tues- and inflamed by oils from vaping device fire response is outdated day afternoon. The count includes liquids, but a report published this 18 deaths in 15 states. week by the New England Journal More than a third of patients of Medicine pointed to the kind of BY MICHAEL LARIS But the e-cigarettes are em- these things are coming from and are under age 21, but the deaths chemical burns that might come The Washington Post blematic of a broader problem, what’s in them and how legitimate have been older adults who ap- from poisonous gases. data shows. Passengers in the they are.” parently had more difficulty “There may be a lot of different When an e-cigarette battery United States bring an estimated The Post analysis considers the recovering. nasty things in e-cigarette or vap- started smoldering on a flight to 2.3 billion electronic devices on nearly three-year period since Recently, 275 cases have been ing products, and they may cause Los Angeles, a SkyWest flight at- planes each year, and safety ex- the FAA took the rare step of ban- added to the tally each week, and different harms in the lung,” tendant threw it in an ice buck- perts say federal regulators have ning fire-prone Samsung Note 7 about half of the newest batch Schuchat said. “We hope over et before shoving it into a fire struggled to keep up with the del- smartphones on Oct. 15, 2016. were people hospitalized in the the months ahead that we’ll learn containment bag. In Denver, a uge, often deferring to airlines to Some advocates — and even last two weeks. more about the spectrum of lung carry-on bag with overheating manage potential dangers. some inside the industry — say “Unfortunately, the outbreak ... conditions that these exposures vaping batteries “caught fire on In addition to the e-cigarette in- federal regulators have not been is continuing at a brisk pace” and are having.” a boarding bridge,” and firefight- cidents, the FAA recorded at least aggressive enough in addressing ers were called to put it out, ac- 65 other cases of smoking, spark- the risks. cording to the Federal Aviation ing and flaming lithium-ion bat- An FAA advisory group said Administration. teries in laptops, tablets, phones last year that the agency’s guid- In March, Southwest Airlines and other devices, including ance for flight crews in fighting baggage handlers had to pull a power packs, rechargeable drill fires caused by electronic devic- smoking suitcase containing e- batteries and a camera, accord- es is “inadequate and outdated.” cigarette batteries from a plane ing to a Washington Post analysis It said better training is needed in San Diego. Adjacent bags were of FAA data, which the agency ac- to manage threats from burning damaged, as was the plane, which knowledged is incomplete. batteries, including potentially was temporarily taken out of ser- “We think that’s a pretty sig- toxic and flammable gases and vice, according to the FAA. nificant threat,” said Mark Mil- smoke that could obscure pilots’ E-cigarettes and the recharge- lam, vice president of technical vision. able lithium-ion batteries that programs at the Flight Safety “So far we’ve been lucky noth- power them have caused smoke Foundation and a former safety ing’s happened,” said Charlie MICHAEL R. BLOOD/AP or fire incidents on planes or at chief at Northwest Airlines. “It’s Leocha, president of the advoca- airports 30 times in less than gone from one to multiple devices cy group Travelers United. “I just The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on three years, according to an FAA that most passengers are carry- don’t think the FAA has caught Thursday that 1,080 confirmed and probable cases of vaping-related database. ing on. You don’t know where all up with the threat.” illnesses have been reported in 48 states and one U.S. territory. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 NATION Two years after being removed, Baltimore’s Uncertain future Confederate statues languish on a city lot

BY COLIN CAMPBELL dethroned monuments on their The Baltimore Sun still-empty pedestals around the city. Baltimore’s Confederate monu- He suggested creating monu- ments, removed from their pedes- ments to black Union soldiers; tals in the dead of night more than to African American civil rights two years ago, remain stashed out leaders in Baltimore; and to the of sight in a city-owned lot, await- scores of people who were sold ing an uncertain future. into slavery in the city. After crews took down the four Even a memorial of the Pratt bronze statues under orders from Street Riot in 1861, in which Con- then-Mayor Catherine Pugh in federate sympathizers in Balti- August 2017, suggestions for what more drew the first blood of the to do with them ranged from de- Civil War by attacking Union stroying them to restoring them soldiers passing through the city, to their plinths. Instead, they’ve would provide important histori- stood hidden from the public in- cal context for the subsequent side a small pen made of Jersey riots of 1968 and 2015, after the barriers, while officials deter- deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. mine what’s next for them. and Freddie Gray, respectively, A museum expressed interest Brown said. in acquiring the bronze statues, “Understanding the Pratt but they were too large, and the Street riot and contextualizing it Maryland Division of the Sons of helps us understand why the city Confederate Veterans still wants is so prone to violence and upris- them returned to their platforms, ings,” he said. said Eric Holcomb, division chief “It’s in Baltimore’s DNA. You’re of the city’s Commission on His- not going to get to the root of that torical and Architectural Preser- if you don’t understand how it all vation. He declined to name the interested museum, which he said started. … You can’t solve today’s pressing problems by ignoring has asked to remain anonymous. JERRY JACKSON/The Baltimore Sun “We are looking for organiza- the past.” tions that will care for them, that Confederate statues remain in the corner of a city-owned lot in Baltimore two years after they were Corey Brooks, associate pro- will [provide] the most historical- removed under cover of darkness. fessor of history at York College ly accurate interpretation,” Hol- in Pennsylvania, researched the comb said . “Everything’s on the scrutiny in 2015 after a white mayor, or legendary abolitionists update the Maryland Historical origins of the Confederate statues table, but we’re looking to make supremacist killed nine African such as Frederick Douglass and Trust on its progress in finding after noticing the Taney monu- sure they’re kept and interpreted Americans in a domestic terror Harriet Tubman. homes for the monuments, said ment in Mount Vernon when he accurately.” attack at a church in Charleston, If someone wants to buy them David Buck, a spokesman for the lived in Baltimore. A spokesman for Mayor Ber- S.C. from the city, they should be sold, state Department of Planning. “Nostalgia for the Confederacy nard C. “Jack” Young did not re- (While he did not join the Con- and the profits should fund schol- The most recent correspon- and public monuments commem- spond to requests for comment federacy, Taney infamously wrote arships for low-income students, dence, on July 5, mentioned orating supposed heroes of the In a surprise move that made the 1857 Dred Scott decision, up- he said. CHAP staff members had briefed Confederate ‘lost cause’ emerged national news, Pugh ordered holding slavery in the lead-up to “I would want to do something the mayor’s office on their work, in concert with widespread post- the four monuments taken down the Civil War, as chief justice of that helps benefit Baltimore,” Holcomb said, but no home for bellum efforts to shore up white from their pedestals “quickly and the Supreme Court.) Scott said. “That’s what this is the monuments had been found. supremacy,” Brooks wrote in a quietly” to avoid any clashes like After removing the statues, about for me, turning darkness The Historical Trust and the piece that ran in Maryland His- the one days earlier in Charlot- Pugh suggested adding historical into light.” city “are working cooperatively torical Magazine in 2017. tesville, Va. In that event, a coun- markers to the empty pedestals Terry Klima, commander of to make the monuments acces- Baltimore’s residents should be terprotester had been killed and explaining the significance of the the Maryland division of the Sons sible to the public in an appro- given a say in the decision about two police officers had died in a monuments — and the reasons of Confederate Veterans, said in priate setting,” Buck said in a what happens to the monuments, helicopter crash during a Neo- for their removal. As for what to 2017 that the monuments “should statement. he said in an interview. Nazi rally to save a monument to do with the statues themselves, go back exactly where they were Lawrence Brown, associate pro- “It seems to me whatever is Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. she mentioned the possibility of found.” Criticizing the monu- fessor in Morgan State Universi- going to be done with [the monu- The Lee-Jackson Monument in moving them to a Confederate ments’ removal as an arbitrary ty’s School of Community Health ments] should be done as part of Baltimore’s Wyman Park Dell, the cemetery. Nothing came of either attempt to erase history, the group and Policy, said that the statues an inclusive process of commu- Confederate Soldiers and Sailors idea. has called on the Maryland His- belong in a museum exhibit ex- nity engagement,” he said. Monument on Mount Royal Av- Brandon Scott, now City Coun- torical Trust to overrule Pugh’s amining the white supremacist “How do we want to tell these enue, the Confederate Women’s cil president and a candidate for directive and restore the Confed- roots of the post-Civil War ven- stories, not just that Taney was Monument on West University mayor, suggested melting down erate statues to their pedestals. eration of the Confederacy. a force for promoting systems of Parkway, and the Roger B. Taney the bronze monuments and mold- Klima could not be reached for Short of that, he said, “destroy racism in Civil War-era America, Monument in Mount Vernon, had ing them into statues of prominent comment. them.” but also what it means that the been installed from 1887 to 1948. Baltimoreans, such as Clarence The city preservation com- Brown said he is more con- city sought to honor him in the They had previously come under “Du” Burns, the city’s first black mission is required to regularly cerned with what replaces the post-Civil War decades?”

PHOTOS BY ALGERINA PERNA/The Baltimore Sun Above: The base of a Confederate monument that was removed from Mount Vernon Square just north of the Washington Monument. Left: The base of Confederate monument on Mount Royal Avenue near the intersection with Mosher Street in Baltimore. Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 WORLD Iraq’s top cleric urges calm amid clashes

BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Iraq: Protesters decry corruption BAGHDAD — Security forces opened fire directly at hundreds FROM FRONT PAGE Prime Minister Adel Abdul- of anti-government demonstra- They rallied online around Mahdi, who came to power a year tors Friday in central Baghdad, an Arabic hashtag of “I’m pro- ago, promised to introduce change killing at least 10 protesters and testing for my rights.” On the and fight corruption, but he has injuring dozens, hours after streets, they carried Iraqi flags been unable to bring meaningful Iraq’s top Shiite cleric warned or wrapped themselves in them. reform. He also been powerless both sides to end four days of vio- Their grievances include high to rein in the militias, and many lence “before it’s too late.” unemployment, few opportuni- Iraqis have grown frustrated with The deaths raised to 53 the a government they see as increas- number of people killed in clash- ties and endemic corruption — a ingly subservient to Iran. es during the continuing protests top complaint. Iraq ranks 11th in  Regional context: The vio- and marked a sharp escalation in the 2017 World Corruption Index. the use of force against unarmed The World Bank says youth un- lence engulfing Iraq after the protesters. The violence showed employment in Iraq is more than protests spread to most of its both sides to be unwilling to back 20 percent. provinces puts Abdul-Mahdi in down from the most serious chal- The mostly spontaneous, lead- a critical position, threatening erless demonstrations were con- to bring down his government lenge to Prime Minister Adel ALI ABDUL HASSAN/AP Abdul-Mahdi’s government on its centrated in Baghdad and in at a time of heightened regional first anniversary in power. Anti-government protesters look over a concrete barrier blocking the working class neighborhoods. tensions. Despite the death toll, In a televised address to the protest site area in Baghdad on Friday . The protests occurred in predom- he has not addressed the nation, country early Friday, Abdul- inantly Shiite provinces, although other than to issue a statement in Mahdi said the protesters’ “legiti- vent more people from reaching country. some Sunnis have taken part. The which he blamed “infiltrators” mate demands” had been heard the square. Tahrir, or Liberation Iraq’s most senior Shiite spiri- country has a Shiite majority with among the protesters for inciting and they should go home, adding square, is famous for its monu- tual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali a Shiite dominated government. the violence, and promising to ad-  that the security measures used ment known as the Freedom Stat- al-Sistani urged both sides to Why now? The pressure has dress their concerns. against the demonstrations were ue that depicts key events in Iraqi end the violence, and he blamed been building since the battle Protesters are calling for his like “bitter medicine” that needs history before it became a repub- politicians, particularly lawmak- against Islamic State was de- government to resign, but moves clared over in 2017 — and even to be swallowed. lic starting in 1958. ers, for failing to enact promised such as the curfew and internet beforehand. After the fighting Authorities have shut the in- “There’s no electricity, no jobs, reforms on the economy and cor- shutdown indicate a hard-line ended, large parts of Iraq were ternet and imposed an around- people are dying of starvation, ruption. The comments were his stance. in ruins and tens of thousands the-clock curfew in the capital in and people are sick. It is a curse,” first since the protests began, and Political heavyweights like of people were displaced with no a desperate attempt to curb the said one young protester, who de- many across Iraq’s predominant- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are homes to return to. The country’s rallies. clined to be identified for fear of urging an investigation into the ly Shiite south had looked to the famously bad electricity and Gunfire rang out in Baghdad on reprisal. security services’ excessive vio- influential cleric for guidance. water services got worse. Friday as security forces battled “I am taking part in the dem- lence but stopped short of back- Al-Sistani singled out the lead- There have been periodic pro- and chased groups of protesters. onstrations because of unemploy- ers of the two biggest parliament ing the protesters. Security forces fired directly at tests in recent years, particularly ment and corruption,” said Rasoul blocs. The leaders of PMF militias people trying to reach the central Saray, 34, an unemployed Bagh- in the hot summer months when “The government and the po- that are represented in the gov- Tahrir Square, which was sealed dad resident who wore a green electricity and water shortages litical sides have not fulfilled the ernment and parliament have not off, hitting two protesters directly mask. He vowed to continue pro- are at their worst. The southern demands of the people to fight commented on the protests, ap- in the head and killing them, ac- testing despite the crackdown. city of Basra saw violent protests parently fearing a backlash. Some cording to witnesses as well as to As a group of journalists were corruption,” al-Sistani said in his and riots last summer after thou- of their offices have been set on security and hospital officials. interviewing a protester in the Friday sermon, delivered by his sands of people fell ill because of The military’s media arm said square, a policeman opened fire representative Ahmed al-Safi in polluted water. fire by protesters in the south, in- two policemen and two civilians and wounded the youth in the leg. the Shiite holy city of Karbala. The war against ISIS has also cluding in Najaf and Amara. TV were killed by sniper fire. None of the Iraqi journalists were Al-Sistani urged the govern- given unprecedented clout to channels they control have large- The protesters, many of whom hit. ment to “carry out its duty” to Iranian-backed militias known ly ignored the unrest. had camped on the streets over- Since the spontaneous rallies ease people’s suffering and reit- collectively as the Popular Mo- There are already indications night, gathered before noon near began Tuesday, security forces erated his call for a committee of bilization Forces, which fought that regional tension is at play. Tahrir in defiance of Abdul- have fired live rounds and tear technocrats to make recommen- the extremist group alongside Some demonstrators in Baghdad Mahdi’s call and the curfew an- gas every day to disperse them dations on fighting corruption as Iraq’s army and are now part blamed Iranian-backed groups nounced a day earlier. Around in multiple provinces. The mostly a way out of the current crisis. of the country’s security forces. within the security forces for the sunset, following Friday prayers, young demonstrators are de- It was not immediately clear They have accumulated immense violence. Media affiliated with the number of protesters grew to manding jobs, improved services whether his comments would political and economic power, the Iranian-backed groups have more than 1,0 0 0 as security forces like electricity and water, and an give momentum to protesters or challenging the authority of the pointed toward the U.S. and Saudi opened fire in side streets to pre- end to corruption in the oil-rich help resolve the situation. central government. Arabia for the unrest. Thousands in Hong Kong Abe seeks summit with N. Korea protest mask ban at rallies Associated Press Abe used to say he would meet people as we will closely cooper- Kim only when there is prog- ate with the U.S. and the interna- Associated Press TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Min- subway stations and set street ress on denuclearization and the tional community,” Abe said. fires, prompting police to respond ister Shinzo Abe said Friday he HONG KONG — Violence decades-old issue of Japanese While maintaining its alliance with tear gas in many areas. wants to meet with North Korean erupted across Hong Kong as leader Kim Jong Un even though citizens abducted to North Korea. with the U.S. as a “cornerstone” Hong Kong Chief Executive But he changed his tune after of diplomacy and security, Japan defiant masked protesters ram- Carrie Lam told a news confer- he keeps testing missiles. At the other regional leaders, including will also “join hands with coun- paged and police fired tear gas ence that the mask ban, imposed same time, Abe gave a cold shoul- those in China, South Korea and tries that it shares fundamental Friday, hours after the city’s under a colonial-era Emergency der to South Korea amid tensions Russia, ch ose to meet Kim. values, such as Britain, France, embattled leader invoked rarely Ordinance that was last used over wartime history. used emergency powers to ban over half a century ago, would be In a policy speech opening the North Korea has resumed mis- Australia and India, to achieve masks at rallies in a hardening “an effective deterrent to radical parliamentary session, Abe said sile tests following the February free and open Indo-Pacific,” Abe of her stance after four months of behavior.” he will take any chance to meet collapse of its summit with the said. anti-government demonstrations. The ban applies to all public Kim. United States. The latest was a Unlike in the past, Abe did not Challenging the ban, set to gatherings, both unauthorized “I’m determined to face Chair- test-firing Wednesday of an un- mention South Korea in the con- take effect Saturday, thousands and those approved by police. man Kim Jong Un, without at- derwater-launched missile, parts text of cooperation on North Ko- of protesters crammed streets Lam stressed it doesn’t mean taching any preconditions,” Abe of which fell inside Japan’s exclu- rean missile and nuclear threats. in the central business district the semi-autonomous Chinese said, after changing his policy sive economic zone. The U.S. talks He only repeated that South and other areas, shouting “Hong territory is in a state of emer- earlier this year. “Based on a resume Saturday in Stockholm. Korea must withdraw demands Kong people, resist.” Pockets of gency. She said she would seek level-headed analysis, I will act “Regarding the current North for Japanese wartime compen- angry protesters later attacked the legislature’s backing later for decisively so that I won’t miss any Korea situation, we will do the ut- sation beyond what was already Chinese bank outlets, vandalized the rule. chance.” most to protect the safety of the paid under the peace treaty. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 WORLD Vatican selects prosecutor for financial tribunal

BY NICOLE WINFIELD showed that the financial reforms Associated Press launched by Pope Benedict XVI a decade ago were working. VATICA N CITY — Pope Fran- But the institutional damage to cis on Thursday named one of the reputation of the Financial In- Italy’s leading anti-Mafia pros- ecutors as president of the Vati- formation Authority was already can’s criminal tribunal, just as a being felt. The office cooperates new scandal erupted over alleged with counterparts in other coun- financial wrongdoing in the heart tries, sharing information in the of the Holy See. global fight against money-laun- MOHAMMED ZAATARI/AP The appointment of Giuseppe dering and terrorist financing. A Pignatone came two days after Vatican police raid and sequester Hezbollah soldiers march during a memorial. The Trump administration has been imposing sanctions on Vatican police raided the Ap- of files might make other nations Hezbollah and institutions linked to it at an unprecedented rate in recent months, targeting lawmakers in Lebanon’s parliament for the first time, as well as a local bank. ostolic Palace and seized docu- less willing to share sensitive fi- ments and computers from the nancial information. secretariat of state. Also searched Pignatone retired in May as were the offices of the Vatican’s chief prosecutor in Rome, where financial watchdog agency, which US raises sanctions in Lebanon he led investigations into political is tasked with flagging possible money laundering and other sus- corruption and organized crime picious financial transactions. as well as Italy’s probe into the to squeeze Iran-backed Hezbollah The Vatican press office de- suspicious death in Egypt of an clined to comment further on Italian graduate student. Previ- BY BASSEM MROUE Two U.S. officials visited Bei- “do the right thing here in mak- the raids, saying only that they ously Pignatone had been pros- Associated Press rut in September and warned the ing sure that Hezbollah can no were based on a report from the ecutor in Palermo, Sicily and sanctions will increase to deprive longer have access to funds at the Vatican bank and auditor gener- Reggio Calabria, where he han- BEIRUT— The conflict be- Hezbollah of its sources of in- bank.” al’s office about past financial dled major anti-Mafia investiga- tween Iran and the U.S. that come. The push is further adding Hezbollah, whose Arabic name operations. has created tensions throughout tions into the Cosa Nostra and the to Lebanon’s severe financial and translates into “Party of God,” A Vatican source familiar with much of the Middle East is now Italian crime group ’ndrangheta. economic crisis, with Lebanese was established by Iran’s Revo- the case, speaking on condition also being felt in Lebanon, where The Vatican’s criminal tribunal officials warning the country’s lutionary Guard after Israel’s in- of anonymity because he wasn’t Washington has slapped sanc- handles crimes that occur on Vat- economy and banking sector vasion of Lebanon in 1982. The authorized to reveal details, said tions on the Iran-backed Hezbol- can’t take the pressure. ican territory or involving Vati- group, which enjoys wide support the transactions concerned ef- lah and warned they could soon “We have taken more actions can diplomats. The penal code among Lebanon’s Shiite commu- forts by the secretariat of state to expand to its allies, further deep- recently against Hezbollah than is based on the Italian criminal nity, runs institutions such as hos- sanitize a botched, money-losing ening the tiny Arab country’s in the history of our counter- real estate deal in London that code with elements of canon law. economic crisis. terrorism program,“ Sigal P. pitals, clinics and schools. originated during the previous Some of the tribunal’s most The Trump administration has Mandelker, undersecretary for Today, it is among the most pontificate. high-profile cases in recent years intensified sanctions on the Leba- terrorism and financial intelli- effective armed groups in the L’Espresso magazine, mean- have involved the two “Vatile- nese militant group and institu- gence at the U.S. Treasury, said Middle East with an arsenal while, reproduced what it said aks” scandals of leaked Holy See tions linked to it to unprecedented in the United Arab Emirates last more powerful than that of the was a Vatican police directive an- documents; the prosecution of the levels, targeting lawmakers for month. Lebanese army, and has sent nouncing the precautionary sus- former president of the Vatican’s the first time as well as a local Mandelker said Washington is thousands of its fighters to Syria pension of five Vatican employees children’s hospital over financ- involved in the transactions. bank that Washington claims has confident the Lebanese govern- to back President Bashar Assad’s ing for a cardinal’s apartment ties to the group. ment and the central bank will forces in that country’s civil war. The Vatican newspaper, renovations; and the conviction of L’Osservatore Romano, de- a Vatican diplomat on child por- nounced the publication of the nography possession charges. directive as “mediatic mudsling- ing,” though the editorial didn’t More recently, Vatican pros- address the Vatican police’s de- ecutors have recommended that Samsung shutters last factory in China cision to distribute the directive, two priests from the Vatican’s complete with photos and identi- youth seminary be prosecuted Associated Press ties of the employees, to all Vati- in a sexual abuse case involving SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics can staff. It said the investigation young seminarians. said Friday it has ended the production of smart- phones in its last factory in China. Production at the factory in southern China’s Huizhou ended last month, the company said in an Mali: 38 dead in assault on email Friday. It said it made “the difficult decision to cease op- regional counterterror force erations of Samsung Electronics Huizhou” in order “to enhance efficiency” in its manufacturing. Samsung’s market share in China has dwindled to Associated Press No group has claimed respon- near insignificance as competitors like Huawei and sibility for the attacks in central BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s de- Xiaomi got the upper hand. fense ministry says the death toll Mali near the Burkina Faso bor- The South Korean company has moved a large from two attacks against Malian der, though the G5 Sahel force share of its smartphone production to Vietnam and LEE JIN-MAN/AP commander has blamed the al- members of a regional counter- had shuttered a factory in northeastern China’s Samsung said in an emailed statement Friday that Qaida-linked Ansarul Islam. terror force has risen to 38. Tianjin last year. it has ceased operations of Samsung Electronics Assailants rode into the com- Gen. Dahirou Dembele said “The production equipment will be reallocated to Huizhou in China. late Thursday this is the biggest munity of Boulikessi with heavy other global manufacturing sites depending on our loss the G5 Sahel force has re- weaponry overnight Sunday to global production strategy based on market needs,” conglomerate, is weathering a spell of slack demand corded since its creation in 2017. Monday to attack a Malian battal- Samsung said. for computer chips. He said another 33 soldiers are ion of the regional force. Around Samsung is the world’s biggest maker of semicon- Like other South Korean electronics makers, it missing. the same time, armed men at- ductors and smartphones and a major producer of also is facing the impact of tightened Japanese con- The government earlier report- tacked another army camp in display screens. trols on exports of high-tech materials used in semi- ed 25 dead and 60 missing. Mondoro. The tech giant, flagship of South Korea’s largest conductors and displays. Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 13 BUSINESS/WEATHER Data: Provided cash used for necessities in Calif. city

BY ADAM BEAM he said. “I thought it was im- gram, but it doesn’t really tell you Associated Press portant to illustrate folks aren’t much about what a basic income using this money for things like program would do if implement- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The that. They are using it for literal ed on a long-term and large-scale first data from an experiment necessities.” basis.” in a California city where needy But critics say the experiment The researchers overseeing people get $500 a month from the likely won’t provide useful infor- the program, Stacia Martin-West RICH PEDRONCELLI/AP government shows they spend mation from a social science per- at the University of Tennessee Mayor Michael Tubbs initiated the program in Stockton, Calif., that most of it on things such as food, spective given its limited size and and Amy Castro Baker at the clothing and utility bills. gives $500 a month to 125 people who earn at or below the city’s duration. University of Pennsylvania, said The 18-month, privately funded median household income of $46,033. Matt Zwolinski, director of the their goal is not to see if people program started in February and Center for Ethics, Economics and change their behavior but to mea- involves 125 people in Stockton. Walmart and discount dollar EXCHANGE RATES Public Policy at the University of sure how the money impacts their It is one of the few experiments stores that also sell groceries. Military rates San Diego, said people aren’t like- physical and mental health. That testing the concept of “universal Just over 11% went to utility bills, Euro costs (Oct. 7) ...... $1.1261 ly to change their behavior if they data will be released later. Dollar buys (Oct. 7)...... €0.888 basic income,” an old idea getting while more than 9% went to auto British pound (Oct. 7) ...... $1.26 new attention from Democrats know the money they are getting People in the program get $500 Japanese yen (Oct. 7) ...... 105.00 repairs and fuel. seeking the 2020 presidential will stop after a year and a half. each month on a debit card, which South Korean won (Oct. 7) ...... 1,166.00 The rest of the money went to Commercial rates nomination. That’s one reason why he says the helps researchers track their Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3769 experiment is “really more about spending. But 40% of the money services, medical expenses, in- British pound ...... $1.2288 Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3308 has committed to publicly releas- story telling than it is about social has been withdrawn as cash, surance, self-care and recreation, China (Yuan) ...... 7.1485 ing data throughout the experi- science.” making it harder for researchers transportation, education and Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.8067 Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.3108 ment to win over skeptics and, he Plus, he said previous studies to know how it was used. They fill donations. Euro ...... $1.0970/0.9116 hopes, to convince state lawmak- have shown people don’t spend in the gaps by asking people how Of the participants, 43% are Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8428 the money on frivolous things. they spent it. Hungary (Forint) ...... 303.21 ers to implement the program working full or part-time while Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4787 statewide. “What you get out of a program Since February, when the pro- Japan (Yen) ...... 107.05 2% are unemployed and not look- “In this country, we have an like this is some fairly compelling gram began, people receiving Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3042 ing for work. Another 8% are re- Norway (Krone) ...... 9.0969 issue with associating people who anecdotes from people,” he said. the money have on average spent Philippines (Peso)...... 51.71 “That makes for good public re- nearly 40% of it on food. About tired, while 20% are disabled and Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.94 are struggling economically and Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7510 people of color with vices like lations if you are trying to drum 24% went to sales and merchan- 10% stay home to care for chil- Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3789 drug use, alcohol use, gambling,” up interest in a basic income pro- dise, which include places like dren or an aging parent. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,194.98 Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9950 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.47 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.6988 (Military exchange rates are those MARKET WATCH available to customers at military banking HP’s new CEO unveils plan to reduce jobs facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Associated Press purchasing British pounds in Germany), drop 7,000 to 9,000 people from He had been overseeing the HP check with your local military banking its global workforce of about division that includes its profit- facility. Commercial rates are interbank SAN FRANCISCO — HP Inc.’s rates provided for reference when buying new CEO has unveiled the com- 55,000 by 2020. able business of selling ink for the currency. All figures are foreign currencies It expects the moves to save it company’s printers before being to one dollar, except for the British pound, pany’s latest plan to streamline which is represented in dollars-to-pound, its operations — one that envi- about $1 billion a year by the end named to the top job last month. and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) sions cutting its workforce by as of its 2022 fiscal year. The workforce reductions INTEREST RATES HP announced the job cuts come as the Palo Alto, Calif. com- much as 16% over the next three Prime rate ...... 5.00 years. Thursday at a meeting with Wall pany wraps up a three-year re- Discount rate ...... 2.50 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.85 The personal computer and Street analysts headlined by in- structuring plan that included the 3-month bill ...... 1.67 printer maker says it expects to coming CEO Enrique Lores. elimination of up to 5,000 jobs. 30-year bond ...... 2.04 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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NAPLES — Officials FL say a Florida deputy who pulled over a car for speed- ing ended up delivering a baby instead of writing a ticket. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page that Deputy Robert Pounds helped deliver the baby girl on the side of a Naples road early Tuesday morning. Authorities say Pounds spot- ted a car doing 63 mph in a 45 mph zone and initiated a traffic stop. He approached the car, and the driver told him that his wife was in labor. As the baby’s head crowned, Pounds called for an ambulance and grabbed a blan- ket from his patrol vehicle. The ambulance arrived min- utes after the birth, and rescue workers cut the umbilical cord. The mother and newborn ap- peared to be in good health and were taken to a nearby hospital. Moose rescued after getting stuck in pool

BEDFORD — A young NH moose that got stuck in a New Hampshire swimming JERRY JACKSON, THE BALTIMORE SUN/AP pool has been successfully coaxed out. New Hampshire Fish and Game Roaming bull Department biologists and con- servation officers were called to a Bedford home Tuesday to help An escaped Angus breeding bull crosses North Warwick Avenue near Coppin State University after being shot with several tranquilizer darts, remove the young bull. He was in Wednesday in Baltimore. The bull eventually went down a couple blocks later and was loaded into a trailer. the water for several hours. They said he was unable to get New Mexico State University Quaig, 62, lived down the street himself out as the pool, so they THE CENSUS student Juan Treto says he had from the portable toilet, which put a set of wooden steps in the was outside of a home under con- been taking care of the dog for The number of alligators reported found in Pittsburgh this year. pool. struction. It exploded Saturday six weeks after the dog showed George DeSavage told WTAE-TV he and his girlfriend spotted the latest The department posted a video morning. up near his home. alligator along the Allegheny River as the sun was setting on Tuesday. of the moose looking back and Mulligan said the cause of the forth as the team held a rope and It turns out Bella had traveled 7 He said he grabbed it and it “went kind of limp and calm.” He said it around 700 miles from South- seemed like it was handled by somebody. Police took it to Humane explosion is still under investiga- coaxed him out, before he stepped tion. He says the bomb squad x- out and scampered away. ern California to southern New Animal Rescue, which named the gator Gus. The shelter shared photos on its Mexico. Facebook page. The shelter believes the reptile was a pet. rayed the melted plastic to see if Man gets 15 years for Bella’s original owner, Jessica anything was inside. Smith, says her two daughters A neighbor called 911 Satur- setting fire to steal beer had been heartbroken the dog day morning after hearing a loud an alleged ax attack. was lost and thought they’d never Man takes Girl Scouts’ bang. The Florida Times-Union The Albuquerque Journal re- GREENWOOD — A see her again. reported the portable toilet was in 50 plastic flamingos ported Chris Gavaldon was ar- SC man who set a fire at a The dog has been reunited with flames when firefighters arrived. South Carolina Walmart to divert rested last week after Rio Rancho Once they put out the fire, they the family. SPRINGFIELD — A attention as he stole a case of beer police were called to a mobile found McQuaig’s body. Mulligan Girl Scout leader in has been sentenced to the maxi- OH home over reports of a fight be- says foul play isn’t suspected. City to pay panhandlers Ohio said someone took 50 plastic mum of 15 years in prison. tween a man and a woman. flamingos her troop was using to Solicitor David Stumbo said minimum wage for work Rio Rancho Police Capt. An- City: House stunk up raise money. Russell Geddings, 34, pleaded drew Rodriguez said Gavaldon town, costing thousands guilty Tuesday to third-degree HOT SPRINGS — Six Leader Jessica Husted pro- used an ax to batter the woman, vided the Springfield News-Sun causing “significant injury” to arson — the same day his trial AR months after a federal EUNICE — A house surveillance footage of a man her hand. was set to start. judge struck down a Hot Springs in southeastern New jumping out of a truck this week- Rodriguez said police sent in NM Stumbo said Geddings set a ordinance that would have re- Mexico severely damaged by end in Springfield, yanking the their canine Diesel after Gaval- clothes rack on fire at a Green- stricted panhandling, the city is a sewer backup while vacant wood Walmart on Dec. 5, then rolling out a new program that pink birds worth about $200 don barricaded himself inside his from a lawn and riding away with is continuing to leave a stench stole the beer in the chaos. will offer work to the homeless home. That’s when police say Ga- — financially. Stumbo said in a statement no and panhandlers. them. Husted said the worst part valdon bit the dog. was that the man marred the The Hobbs News-Sun reports one was injured, but $1.2 million The Sentinel-Record reported Rodriguez said the bite didn’t officials in Eunice, N.M., want girls’ efforts. worth of damage was done to the the announcement of the Hope break Diesel’s skin but the canine to recoup the previous adminis- The 10- to 12-year-olds in Troop store and merchandise. Works Initiative on Tuesday will was placed on antibiotics. tration’s expenses on the feces- 30037 have been “flocking” hom- pay participants minimum wage Gavaldon is charged with ag- plagued house and are seeking eowners’ lawns with the birds to Lost dog found after to pick up litter from roads and gravated battery with a deadly repayment of more than $34,500 three-state journey public areas. It’s expected to start solicit donations for a trip to Sa- weapon. from the current homeowner. by the month’s end. vannah, G a., Girls Scouts’ birth- Records provided to the News- City Manager Bill Burrough place. Homeowners can donate Woman dies in portable Sun show sewage from the city’s LAS CRUCES — A money, and the girls pick up the NM lost dog who belonged says the program will help indi- toilet explosion sewer system backed up some- viduals connect to other support birds and place them in another time around June 2015 into the to a Los Angeles-area family person’s yard of their choosing. has been found in southern New services offered by nonprofits and ST. AUGUSTINE — In- house. A recent widow who had Mexico followed a three-state local churches. It will also direct FL vestigators say they’ve moved to Roswell owned the un- journey. participants to resources such as Man accused of biting identified a woman as the person insured house, so no one had en- KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, substance abuse treatment and police dog after attack who died when a portable toi- tered it to discover the backup. reports Bella was located in Las mental health services. let exploded and burned to the Tree roots had plugged the Cruces, N.M., after a college The city is partnering with RIO RANCHO — A ground with her inside. sewer line and had not been re- student took the young husky to Jackson House, a local crisis cen- NM New Mexico man is St. Johns County Sheriff’s moved by city workers before sig- an expo and discovered she was ter. They will staff and oversee facing charges after authorities spokesman Chuck Mulligan said nificant damage occurred. chipped. the program. say he bit a police dog following Tuesday that Denise Victoria Mc- From wire reports Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 MOVIES

TOO serious? Some are calling Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker’ dangerous and irresponsible, while others hail it as Oscar-worthy

Joaquin Phoenix

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BY LINDSEY BAHR out having seen it. And even in their think pieces write, ‘I and painful bursts of laughter are because of a medical Associated Press don’t need to see it to know what it is.’ I fi nd it astounding, condition. His only joy seems to be watching a talk show to be quite frank, how easily the far left can sound like host, Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro), in the evenings. here may be no such thing as bad publicity, the far right when it suits their agenda,” Phillips said. “The truth is, you see it and it’s heartbreaking. And but the spotlight on “Joker” is testing the “To that point, I’ve been disappointed.” he’s heartbreaking,” Phillips said. “And you know what limits of that old cliche. The pre-emptive backlash is all the more baffl ing happens in the movies when you have a world that lacks The origin story about the classic Bat- to Phillips because he hopes it inspires conversations: empathy and lacks love? You get the villain you deserve.” man villain has inspired pieces both in About guns, about violence and about the treatment of It’s a role that has often required actors to go to dif- defense of and against the movie. It’s been people with mental illness. fi cult places, and “Joker” has the added complication of hailed as the thing that’s going to fi nally “Part of the reason we made the movie is a being more realistic than most of the other depictions get Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar and also response to the comic book world of movies,” even though it’s still set in a fi ctional world. To play Ar- decried for being “dangerous,” “irresponsible” and Phillips said. “Like, ‘Why is this celebrated? thur and Joker, Phoenix researched a number of people even “incel-friendly.” Last month, some parents of Why is this funny? Why is this fun? What that he’s reluctant to even name. victims of the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting are the real-world implications of vio- “Some of the people I studied, I feel what they crave even wrote to the Warner Bros. CEO asking for lence?’” is attention and notoriety,” he said. “I don’t feel like they support for anti-gun causes. The studio issued a The fi lm itself is a slow-burn character deserve any more of that.” statement in response saying that the fi lm is not study of how a mentally-ill, middle-aged He also underwent a drastic physical transformation, “an endorsement of real-world violence of any man named Arthur Fleck becomes the losing 52 pounds on an extremely calorie-restricted diet kind.” Joker. When the audience drops in on his with the supervision of a doctor. He expected “feelings In his 80 years as part of the culture, the life, he’s working as a clown-for-hire, living of dissatisfaction, hunger, a certain kind of vulnerability Joker has always had a way of getting under with his mother in a run-down Gotham and a weakness.” Instead, he found the emaciation led to people’s skin — whether it’s because of who apartment and checking in occasionally a physical “fl uidity” that he didn’t quite anticipate. the character appeals to, what he repre- with a social worker. He has a card that he The set was also fairly fl uid in a way, and Phoenix said sents or even the stories actors tell gives to people to explain that his spontaneous he and Phillips were constantly discovering new ele- about how they got into char- ments to Joker and Arthur. acter. But perhaps the biggest “There seemed to be an infi nite number of ways to in- irony of all this time around is that all the discourse and terpret every moment or how he might behave in any mo- hand-wringing occurred ment. And there wasn’t anything that didn’t make sense. before the fi lm, now So we would do scenes so many different ways and some playing, even opened in ‘ I would cry and others I would make jokes and others theaters. We didn’t make the I would be angry and it would be the same scene and It’s made for a com- movie for everyone they all (expletive) made sense,” he said. plicated release for the It made the experience constantly “exciting” high-profi le fi lm, which ... You have a choice. and “surprising,” but portraying Arthur/Joker also got off to a triumphant Don’t see it is the proved to be “messy and uncomfortable” for the start premiering at 44-year-old actor. and then winning the other choice. It’s OK. As for whether or not audiences will use the char- top award from the ’ acter as an inspiration or excuse to act out, Phoenix Todd Phillips thinks that the onus is on the individual. Venice Film Festival. “Joker” director and co-writer And while reviews are “I do think that the audience should be chal- mostly positive, it’s also lenged and they should be able to know the difference been heavily scruti- between right and wrong. I don’t think it’s the fi lmmak- nized and put the fi lm- er’s responsibility to teach morality,” Phoenix said. “If makers on the defensive. you don’t know the difference between right and wrong, Director and co-writer then there are all sorts of things that you are going to Todd Phillips doesn’t mind interpret in the way that you want.” the discussion. Both he and Phillips make sure to stress that “Joker,” “I’ll talk about it all day,” which is rated R, is not a kids’ movie. It also won’t be for he said. “I’m not shy about it.” Director Todd Phillips says he everyone. He just wishes people would doesn’t mind discussions about “I just hope people see it and take it as a movie,” Phil- see the movie before drawing controversy involving “Joker,” but lips said. “Do I hope everyone loves it? No. We didn’t conclusions. he wishes people would see the make the movie for everyone. Anytime anyone tries to “It’s a little troubling when movie before drawing conclusions. make a movie for everyone it’s usually for nobody ... You people write think pieces with- RICHARD HARTOG/AP have a choice. Don’t see it is the other choice. It’s OK.” PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 VIDEO GAMES

Faithful rebuild of Link’s Awakening will please fans and newcomers alike

BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD the mountain which overlooks the island. To accomplish to the game stems more from the act of doing than in Special to The Washington Post this, Link will have to thread his way through a number listening to something a character says. Sitting on a log of dungeons in which there are instruments capable of on the beach or leading a lost, friendly ghost to its home n recent years, the Zelda franchise has seen a num- stirring the Wind Fish. are the types of sentimental moments that punctuate ber of remakes. Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Leaving aside for the moment the revamped visuals the story. What makes Link’s Awakening a classic is the Wind Waker and Twilight Princess have all been re- of the new Nintendo Switch version, Link’s Awakening is old formula, pioneered by the Zelda series, of dropping Icast to take advantage of more versatile hardware. a testament to how well its developers have adapted, for players off in a world brimming with secrets and leaving Advances in technology have allowed the masterful game gaming-on-the-go, the sprawling landscapes for which them to puzzle out what is needed to get from one point to design of these titles to shine even brighter. Arguably, no Zelda is known. Though I played a lot of Link’s Awaken- the next. It is as compelling today as it was more than a game in the series has benefi ted as much from a visual ing on my TV, via the Switch’s docked mode, the game quarter of a century ago. overhaul as the The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, feels particularly suited to handheld play Unsurprisingly given the province of its hardware, which was originally released in 1993 on the Game Boy. because of its snug environments. the vibrant new visuals of Link’s Awakening boast I never played Link’s Awakening when it originally The map, with its grass, for- more details than A Link Between Worlds came out. Back then, I was rather est, rock, desert and water — the 3DS spiritual successor to A Link put off by the system’s mono- regions, is geographi- to the Past. This is old-school Zelda the chrome palette, which looked cally diverse, and these way you’d like to remember it. washed out in comparison to the areas were obviously Platform: Nintendo Switch PC games I was into with their designed with a small Online: zelda.com/links- sumptuous, 256-color VGA graph- screen in mind. awakening ics. This was my loss. I imagine From the trees to the that if I’d spent time with it, I houses, everything would have found in those drab appears miniatur- visuals a compensatory vitality because Link’s Awakening strikes ized, and the screen me as a wonderful companion is never overcrowded piece to The Legend of Zelda: A with enemies. Through the Link to the Past, probably my haze of memory, it seems favorite game on the Super Nin- to me that bosses in Link’s tendo. Both games ably create the Awakening are, generally illusion that one has fallen into a small, densely packed speaking, easier than world like something out of a swaggering fairy tale. those that origi- At the start of the updated adventure, Link appears on nated on consoles. a boat in the middle of a dark, storm-tossed sea. As he That said, a “Hero” frantically tries to maintain control of his vessel, it’s de- diffi culty level is stroyed by lightning. Later, on a sunny day, a young girl available from the discovers him washed up on a beach. After waking up start that makes in the home of a villager, he learns that he is on Koholint enemies deal double Island. Though the homeowner tells him that he retrieved damage. Link’s shield, the man neglected to pick up Link’s sword Still, the appeal on account of the monsters that cropped up around it. of Link’s Awaken- After Link makes his way south to the beach and fi nds ing lies more in the In The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, his sword, a large owl lands on a fl ower-decked promon- joy of exploration the protagonist has washed ashore on a tory near him. Putting two and two together, the owl than in whacking some mysterious island with strange and color- attributes the recent violent behavior of the monsters to enemy over the head or ful inhabitants. To return home, Link must Link’s appearance on the island. He informs Link that the game’s writing, for that collect magical instruments across the the only way for him to get off the Island is to awaken matter, which is rudimentary. land and awaken the Wind Fish. the Wind Fish nestled in a large egg that rests on top of Any emotional attachment Nintendo photos

More game reviews at stripes.com/games Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 TRAVEL End of an era

PHOTOS BY HARRISON KEELY/AP Above: Travelers dine on the Amtrak Crescent on Sept. 9. Below: Harrison Keely and his mother, Sherrie, enjoy dessert in an Amtrak dining car in June. Days of white-linen dining aboard Amtrak trains coming to a close

BY LUZ LAZO Crescent (New York-New Orleans) and The Washington Post Silver Meteor (New York-Miami). The shift will happen next year on the Silver arrison Keely’s most fond Star — a 1,500-mile route from New York memories of riding Amtrak to Miami. all include snapshots of the For passengers, it will be the end of the dining car. The shiny sil- freshly prepared meals aboard. No more verware and white linens. eggs over easy or the favorite Railroad HEnjoying thick slices of French toast cov- French toast. No more steak cooked to ered with powdered sugar and drenched their liking. Travelers will no longer need in syrup while taking in the scenery. The to make reservations for the breakfast, friends made over a slice of cheesecake. lunch and dinner service hours. “There’s something fantastic about Passengers in roomettes and bedrooms, dinner in the dining car,” said Keely, 32, a considered premium riders, will have the writer from Brasstown, N.C., who swears choice to have meals delivered to their by the Amtrak crab cake and steak din- rooms. If desired, they will be able to use ner. “You get to meet other people and a new version of a dining car, open exclu- hear so many great stories. It is to me one sively to them, with booths, but no white of the best parts about traveling.” That experience is about to change. Am- linens. Eventually, Amtrak said, it may get trak says it is reinventing its service on rid of the booths altogether and create a long-distance trains, killing the traditional more contemporary lounge setting. dining car to create more “fl exible” and The new menu offers a variety of pre- “contemporary” dining options. packaged meals; for example, red wine The carrier says the change, starting braised beef and chicken fettuccine. In this fall on the one-night routes east of the the morning, passengers will be able to Mississippi River, is driven by the desire pick up a pastry and coffee from a buffet- end restaurants and clubs. people, especially our new millennial to save money and lure a younger genera- style continental breakfast. Amtrak isn’t labeling the change the customers, don’t like it so much. They tion of new riders — chiefl y, millennials Coach riders will eventually be able to known to be always on the run, glued to end of the dining car, but rather an evolu- want more privacy; they don’t want to feel buy the meals offered to premium riders, their phones and not particularly keen on tion more in line with the demands of this uncomfortable sitting next to people” they but in the cafe car. breaking bread with strangers at a com- era. don’t know. Wilander said the food standards aren’t munal table. “It is part of an evolution,” said Peter It’s that demographic, he said, that Am- taking a hit, but rather, he said, the meals Amtrak is doing away with the tra- Wilander, who oversees Amtrak’s cus- trak wants to attract with more contempo- will be more consistent while the ingre- ditional onboard kitchen, switching to tomer experience. “The concept is to rary car designs and food options. dients remain of “high quality.” He said serving prepackaged meals and easing provide service the way our customers For now, the changes are only on the process of preordering and preselect- restrictions on the traditional serving want rather than have everybody conform Amtrak’s one-night routes on the East ing meals will allow Amtrak to maintain times. The change allows the railroad to to one service delivery. Coast. The “fl exible” dining service for tighter controls of inventory, resulting in cut costs associated with cooking aboard “Some people really like (the dining sleeping car customers starts Oct. 1 on savings. and keeping up with the white-tablecloth car) and view it as sort of a nostalgic the Cardinal (New York-Chicago), City The railroad anticipates the change will service that was once known to rival high- train experience,” Wilander said. “Some of New Orleans (Chicago-New Orleans), save it about $2 million a year. PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 HEALTH & FITNESS

Dental tourism comes at a bargain price, and includes a vacation

BY MIKE SALMON Kaiser Health News o you want numbing gel?” the dental technician asked me as she prepared “Dto plunge into my mouth. In the entire history of dentistry, from caveman days to now, who has ever said no to more painkiller? Smear that gel around like spackle! She did. And then ground and scraped. And scraped and ground, for a full hour and a half. Ninety minutes later, I was writhing in a iStock different kind of pain. The offi ce assistant handed me a bill for $930. That was $900 for root planing and $30 for the numbing airport pickup and transportation to the new one. That, however, would take time, gel. I had to bite my gel-numbed tongue to The U.S. Bureau of dentist’s offi ce. He didn’t charge me for and he knew my schedule was tight. I ap- avoid asking why they stopped there. “Sir, Economic Analysis says this service. He collects commissions preciated his honesty, and it was nice to be would you prefer we do this while you lie from the dentist and hotel. on the fl oor or would you prefer the Chair Americans spent $2.6 given a choice. I opted to wait for the new I arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Package?” “Care for our Adequate Light- crown, which he glued on the night before billion on medical and a Tuesday, and the next day a driver ing Option?” my fl ight home. It fi t perfectly. whisked me to the clinic, where I was re- Worse: This was just the beginning. The dental tourism in 2018. Total dental bill: $2,580, including assured. I saw state-of-the-art equipment dentist said I needed at least four crowns anesthetics. Because our dental plan is a That’s up from just $757 and learned that several of the dentists Preferred Provider Organization, Aetna — at about $1,500 each. While that’s about had trained at American dental schools. the average cost of crowns around our million in 2008. says we can be reimbursed for some of My dentist had done some training at this expense, but it is still working on that. home in Maryland, according to our in- Baylor College of Dentistry in Texas, now surer, that would probably be about $5,000 My wife’s and my airfare and a week in Texas A&M College of Dentistry. The a San Jose hotel ran about $1,000. Throw more than our insurance would cover. staff was fl uent in English. can result in mistreatment. Also of con- in $500 for meals and incidentals, and the I was moaning about this to my brother- After his examination ($80), the Costa cern for anyone having major work done: total cost of the dental trip/vacation came in-law who lives in Norway, and he said Rican dentist announced he thought I Flying shortly after any kind of surgery in under $4,100. People who live close to people there fl y to Hungary for good, af- needed fi ve crowns. (I really should have heightens the risk of deadly blood clots. Mexico and can drive across the border fordable dentistry. A little Googling about fl ossed more.) The cost: $500 each. I said dental tourism had me sold. The savings But putting off needed dental care also to dental centers such as Los Algodones yes. would have much lower costs. from crossing the border can appear re- has risks. So, I was determined to try it. At home, a wise person would prob- That math shows that dental tourism markable. Crowns that cost $1,500 would First, to fi nd that good and affordable ably spread out this kind of ordeal. But for people who live far from the Mexican run just $300 to $600 apiece in Mexico or overseas dentist. I opted for Costa Rica the Costa Rican dentist was eager to get border makes economic sense only if you Costa Rica, I found. No wonder medical because I’d never been there, it had a everything done right away, and my time require signifi cant expensive dentistry, and dental tourism is a booming business. good reputation for dental tourism, and was limited. So, for the next 6½ hours The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis I’d heard it was a great place to vacation. they ground and they pierced and they like crowns, implants or veneers, costing says Americans spent $2.6 billion on Why not offset the pain with a little plea- grated and they chipped. That’s a lot of more than about $5,000 in the U.S. But in medical and dental tourism in 2018. That’s sure? Googling for Costa Rican dentists Novocain. And the conversation among return for the savings — and the cheap up from just $757 million in 2008. While returns almost 1.8 million results. To staffers was in rapid Spanish, which tropical vacation — you have to be com- there are no reliable counts of how many narrow my choices, I used a facilitator, or Americans who don’t speak the language fortable traveling in a foreign country and people leave the U.S. for discount foreign broker. I fi gured that was safer, since the might fi nd disconcerting. willing to accept a little extra risk. dentistry, offi cials in Costa Rica, a hub dentists are beholden to him for repeat It would take a few days to make the Generally, your local dentist will repair for dental tourism, estimate that tourists business. crowns, so my wife and I took a short a loose crown he or she installed at no spent more than $200 million on implants, While it’s diffi cult to suss out legiti- fl ight to the Drake Bay area, where we charge in the fi rst year or two. If some- crowns, veneers and other tooth care mate online reviews of anything any- snorkeled, swam and poked around the thing goes wrong with my Costa Rican there in 2017. more, I chose a broker who seemed to mangroves. My mouth was sore for about crowns, I’ll probably have to pay a local Of course, a cheap but bad dentist is no get real-sounding praise on sites like a day, but ibuprofen and a few refreshing dentist about what it cost to do a crown to bargain. Traveling to a foreign country for TripAdvisor. I sent him my X-rays “leche de pantera” nonalcoholic cocktails take care of that. But after more than six discount dentistry certainly has additional and my American dentist’s treatment took care of that. months, I’ve had no complaints. hassles and risks. The federal Centers for proposal. He distributed those to several When I returned to San Jose for the I can only say that most guests at my Disease Control and Prevention warns Costa Rican dentists, who sent back bids. fi nal fi tting, an interesting thing hap- San Jose hotel were there for the dentist- that local standards of facilities and train- I chose one who passed my wife’s online pened. One crown did not sit perfectly. ry. Most were return customers. They had ing may be lower than in the U.S. and that investigation. The facilitator also handled The dentist explained that he could grind beautiful smiles. mistakes in translation or communication travel, arranging for a hotel ($75 a night), it down, but the best practice was to cast a And nice tans. Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 21 ENTERTAINMENT Rejuvenated by ‘Dolemite’ On the heels of his new Netfl ix biopic, Eddie Murphy planning a return to stand-up comedy

BY JAKE COYLE (“Hustle and Flow”), it’s an ode Associated Press to DIY fi lmmaking and to Moore, who through sheer toil and pluck, ddie Murphy is very carved out a place for himself fond of his couch. and others in a movie industry He talks about it a lot. that offered little room for Afri- EIt’s where, according to can Americans. Murphy, he’s spent much of his Murphy fi rst tried to get the last few years, in a happy retreat fi lm going years ago after meet- from the public eye. He’s a natu- ing with Moore, shortly before ral homebody, content to stick his death in 2008. close to his Los Angeles home “There was no Netfl ix then. with his family around him. One That was just a crazy thing we of the funniest, most electric were trying to put together,” comedians ever — the leather- says Murphy before slipping into suited dynamo of “Delirious,” the voice of an incredulous fi lm the street-wise rebel of “Beverly producer. “A Rudy Ray Moore Hills Cop” — just lounging. biopic? And you’re just coming But after a decade of relative off ‘Pluto Nash?’ I don’t know if relaxation — a time of half- we’re going to get fi nancing.” hearted comebacks, movies that To write it, Murphy sought out fi zzled and occasional music Larry Karaszewski and Scott Al- projects — Murphy is back. He exander, the screenwriting team is — and this is big news — feel- behind another affectionate por- ing it again, decades after he last trait of a movie-making striver performed stand-up. whose enthusiasm surpassed “When I’m being funny, there’s his fi lmmaking profi ciency: “Ed this spirit that comes up,” Mur- Wood.” phy says. “That spirit comes up But when they couldn’t get the in me a lot now. Stuff’s just been Netflix fi lm off the ground and as years coming out of me like it used to. went by, Karaszewski says, “We This movie has got my spirit up. When Hollywood shuts him out, Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy, center) strikes out on his own to sort of felt the whole thing had This movie got me off the couch.” make the 1975 blaxploitation film “Dolemite.” Co-starring Wesley Snipes and Keegan-Michael Key. passed us by.” Other plans for a The movie is “Dolemite Is My “Dolemite” remake or a biopic of Name,” which opens in theaters Moore fl oated around Hollywood, Friday and arrives on Netfl ix MOVIE REVIEW never coming to fruition. The Oct. 25. In it, Murphy plays Rudy project was revived, the writers Ray Moore, the iconic comic say, after their success creating performer whose pimp persona, the miniseries “The People v. O.J. Dolemite, spawned a long-run- Simpson.” With their new indus- ning stage show, a series of Murphy shines in vulgar, heartfelt ‘Dolemite’ try capital in hand, they asked if profane comedy records and the Murphy wanted to give “Dolem- shambling 1975 classic Blaxploi- BY LINDSEY BAHR might not actually make it. ite Is My Name” another try. tation fi lm “Dolemite.” Associated Press But he has an eye for talent and at a low point “Eddie hadn’t made a movie Murphy’s performance as borrows some material from a local homeless in a while but we always felt that Moore has all the familiar charis- For the amount of cursing, vulgarity and nu- man about a larger-than-life character named this movie doesn’t exist unless ma and exuberance of peak “48 dity in “Dolemite Is My Name ,” it might come Dolemite, and, fi nally he’s got people’s attention. Eddie is doing Rudy Ray Moore,” Hours”-era Murphy, but mixed as a surprise that it’s actually a rather sweet and But there are still many challenges he’ll have says Karaszewski. with a more mature and gentle heartfelt fi lm. “Dolemite” is not here to shock to overcome to get an album made and then Murphy has long adored side of the 58-year-old comedian. and scandalize. It’s simply a loving, R-rated released. And we haven’t even gotten to the cult Moore. His movies, Murphy says, It’s the Eddie Murphy we’ve portrait of Rudy Ray Moore, a nobody who had classic movie yet. were “the best thing to watch been missing, one that Murphy the guts to believe in himself when no one else While it’s a joy spending time with Moore as when you smoked.” “Dolemite Is was ready to rejuvenate. At least did, featuring a killer comeback performance by he ascends in the comedy world, the fi lm really My Name” goes behind Dolemite, under the right circumstances. Eddie Murphy. kicks into gear when he gets the idea to make a capturing Moore assembling his “I didn’t want to just pop up The self-proclaimed “Godfather of rap,” fi lm one night after he and his buddies decide over-the-top character bit by bit, out of nowhere. I was waiting for Moore was an Army veteran, stand-up come- to see a movie — something funny — and are a transformation familiar to the a really funny movie. We were dian, musician and born performer who in the left scratching their heads at a packed showing mild-mannered Murphy. thinking I could tour after a 1970s came to niche prominence for his rhyth- of Billy Wilder’s 1974 remake of “The Front “I’m nothing like any of my ‘Coming to America’ movie but mic and raunchy Dolemite act. That character Page” with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, characters. I’m this guy. What I this movie came out so funny,” would beget both stand-up albums and the 1975 wondering what the appeal is. like to do the most is be around Murphy said in a recent inter- Blaxploitation fi lm “Dolemite,” a low-budget So they decide to make something that they my family, sit on the couch, view from Toronto where he was production that made some $10 million at the want to see (kung-fu, nudity and action are a few strum the guitar,” Murphy says. momentarily breaking from pro- box offi ce. of the requirements). Moore scrapes together “Even when I’m doing stand-up duction on a “Coming to Ameri- But it’s almost irrelevant whether you know money, friends, acquaintances, some strangers comedy, it all comes from little ca” sequel. “This movie turning Moore’s name well, and how he inspired the (a playwright played by Keegan-Michael Key, snippets of stuff I’ve really said. out the way it turned out made likes of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, or are learn- and actor D’Urville Martin, played by Wesley But once I put it all together into me go, ‘I’m going back to “SNL.” ing about him for the fi rst time: “Dolemite Is Snipes) and a few fi lm school students and sets a structure and go up there in a And I’m doing stand-up.’ ” My Name” is just a good piece of entertainment. off to make a feature. The only problem? None of leather suit, I’m not that guy.” In December, Murphy will And it’s the kind of fi lm that will help his legacy them really know how to make a movie. But they “Dolemite Is My Name” host “Saturday Night Live” for live on . do their best which is often funny and always achieved something that noth- the fi rst time since 1984, shortly “Dolemite Is My Name” transports you to endearing. ing else could: It got Murphy after he departed the sketch Moore’s 1970s Los Angeles, thanks to Ruth E. Aside from Murphy, who eases back into star- back on the stage. To fi lm scenes show. And he’s prepping a return Carter’s evocative costumes and Clay Griffi th’s dom seamlessly, the other standout performance of Moore performing in small to stand-up with a tour next year production design. There’s nothing terribly comes from Da’Vine Joy Randolph, a Tony-nom- clubs, Murphy was again in front along with a Netfl ix special. interesting about the way it’s told, it’s just a inated stage actress who bursts off the screen of a microphone, telling jokes When it’s pointed out that straightforward underdog story with a big beat- as comedian Lady Reed. Moore “discovers” her and riffi ng. people would have been plenty ing heart. one night on tour as someone with presence. Murphy has lately been thrilled for those things, regard- Murphy plays Moore with a wide-eyed eager- “Some people walk around with their own regularly dictating potential less of the big-screen lead-in, ness we typically only see on screen in much personal spotlight,” Murphy’s Moore tells her. new material into his phone. He Murphy replies with a grin: “I younger characters. He’s constantly told no The same could be said of Randolph, or Moore estimates he already has enough didn’t want to show up there and or to stay in his lane. Even his friends (Craig himself and it’s a lovely thing to have a very for 15 or 20 minutes. the last movie you’ve seen me in Robinson, Mike Epps and Tituss Burgess among good fi lm like “Dolemite Is My Name” to show “The muscle that always came is ‘Mr. Church.’ ” them) look at him with that kind of half-pitying/ off both. up with jokes, I never stopped And “Dolemite Is My Name,” half-supportive smile that will leave the audi- “Dolemite Is My Name” is rated R for some sexuality, full using that muscle,” says Murphy. thankfully, is no “Mr. Church.” ence wondering if this is just a big dreamer who nudity and brief language. Running time: 118 minutes. “At the core, I’m a funny person. Directed by Craig Brewer I’m a funny guy.” PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander White Christians, don’t cheapen Brandt Jean’s hug Europe Business Operations Caroline E. Miller, BY JEMAR TISBY the color line. But when another black man killer are the words of Botham’s mother. Special to The Washington Post has been murdered by a person charged “There is much to be done by the city of EDITORIAL to “serve and protect,” forgiveness should Dallas,” she said. “The corruption that we n a high-profile case this week, for- neither be demanded nor assumed. saw during this process must stop.” Terry Leonard, Editor mer police officer Amber Guyger, A society built around white superiority Instant absolution minimizes the magni- [email protected] who is white, was found guilty of the is also built around white innocence — an tude of injustice. It distracts attention from Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Imurder of Botham Jean, a black man, assumption of the intrinsic moral virtue the systemic change needed to prevent [email protected] in his Dallas home. of all white people and the purity of their such tragedies from occurring. On Wednesday, the same day she was intentions regardless of impact. White in- The same Bible that urges forgiveness Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content sentenced to 10 years in prison, Brandt nocence assumes black forgiveness. also urges justice. [email protected] Jean, Botham’s younger brother, made a So people are celebrating Brandt’s ges- “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation victim impact statement in the courtroom ture of forgiveness. Such a sentiment is the oppressed. Take up the cause of the [email protected] and then sealed his words with a gesture. praised as an admirable example of Chris- fatherless; plead the case of the widow.” “If you are truly sorry,” he said. “I know tian faith in action. (Isaiah 1:17). Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital I can speak for myself, I forgive you.” Of course, Jesus urges his followers to Black forgiveness as a response to white [email protected] Brandt is a Christian, and his brother forgive. racism is an act of faith in God and of self- professed to be one. He urged Guyger to “Forgive us our debts as we also have preservation. With all that black people BUREAU STAFF turn to Jesus. forgiven our debtors. … For if you forgive have endured over four centuries of racial “I think giving your life to Christ would other people when they sin against you, oppression, forgiveness protects the heart Europe/Mideast be the best thing that Botham would want your Heavenly Father will also forgive from the consuming heat of hatred. It en- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief for you,” he said. you.” (Matthew 6:12, 14-15). sures that people who have been wounded [email protected] don’t have to constantly relive the injury. +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 Brandt went so far as to say that he didn’t From a certain perspective, Brandt is want Guyger to face jail time for the acci- simply following the dictates of his con- The act of forgiveness honors God, who Pacific dental 2018 shooting in the Dallas apart- science and his faith. But what must be un- forgives undeserving people, when some- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief ment complex where both Botham and she derstood is that when tragedies such as the one extends it to someone else who is simi- [email protected] lived. He pleaded with the judge to let him larly undeserving. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 murder of a black man by a white police hug his brother’s murderer, a request the officer occur, they aren’t just felt by one No one should mistake black forgive- judge granted. black person. The black community feels ness, whenever and if ever it is offered, for Washington complacency with racial injustice. No one Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief The courtroom embrace — the griev- the impact. should assume that a public act of mercy [email protected] ing brother of a black man wrapping his If white people expect all black people on the part of one black person eclipses (+1)(202)886-0033 arms around the white female former offi- to extend forgiveness as quickly as Brandt Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News the demands for change from an entire cer who had killed his brother — instantly Jean did, then they understand neither [email protected] community. went viral. black people nor black pain. Black forgiveness is costly. It requires Some viewed Brandt’s actions as a stun- CIRCULATION Black grief is a community project. It us to absorb wrongdoing even as we con- ning example of forgiveness, a moment of is felt widely but dealt with individually. tinue to work for justice. Black forgiveness Mideast grace and tenderness that briefly bridged Some go to therapy. Some participate in Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager becomes cheapened when we take it for the chasm between races and provided an demonstrations. Others write op-eds. Ev- granted. [email protected] example for all to emulate. Although Chris- eryone is entitled to their own process. [email protected] Black forgiveness is admirable when it is DSN (314)583-9111 tians of different backgrounds shared a As Brandt stated, he speaks for himself. freely given and not demanded or expect- variety of responses, this moment was es- No one should expect swift mercy from Europe ed. And the best response to black forgive- pecially celebrated by white Christians. It every black person. And the risk of offer- ness is to prevent the harm that makes it Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager seems to indicate a desire to hastily move ing such speedy forgiveness is that not [email protected] necessary in the first place. [email protected] on from the wrong done and offer a perfect nearly enough attention is given to the in- picture of reconciliation. justice itself. Jemar Tisby is a doctoral candidate in history at +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 the University of Mississippi and the author of Perhaps, with just the right amount of What is lost in the tearful embrace be- “The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the Pacific compassion, some believe we can erase tween a murdered man’s brother and the American Church’s Complicity in Racism.” Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)229.3171 CONTACT US Socialists in US should drop the illusions about Europe Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 BY NOAH SMITH tries taxed individual wealth; by 2018, only as a percent of gross domestic product is 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Bloomberg Opinion Switzerland, Norway and Spain did so. The higher than in the U.S.. And their levels of Reader letters reason? 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LIMITED: DT Grady Jarrett (el- DNP: LB Brian Burns (wrist), WR Chris Quarterfinals McDermott. bow), T Kaleb McGary (knee), C Wes Sch- Hogan (knee), CB Donte Jackson (groin), Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Pe- CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Thursday’s scores weitzer (shoulder). TEXANS: DNP: C Greg T Greg Little (concussion), TE Chris tra Kvitova (7), Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, Trenton Irwin to the practice squad. Mancz (concussion). LIMITED: WR Will Manhertz (concussion), RB Christian 6-3. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Claimed LB EAST Fuller (not injury related), WR DeAndre McCaffrey (not injury related), QB Cam Kiki Bertens (8), Netherlands, def. Eli- Tim Williams off of waivers from Balti- Newton (foot), S Eric Reid (ankle), WR na Svitolina (3), Ukraine, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Glenville St. 22, Fairmont St. 15 Hopkins (not injury related), WR Kenny more. Released TE Evan Baylis. Shepherd 62, Lock Haven 28 Stills (hamstring, ankle). FULL: G Zach Curtis Samuel (not injury related), G Trai Caroline Wozniacki (16), Denmark, Fulton (back), S Tashaun Gipson (wrist), Turner (ankle). LIMITED: LB Bruce Irvin def. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (5). HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed TE Jerell SOUTH Adams to the practice squad. Released Georgia Southern 20, South Alabama T Seantrel Henderson (illness), RB Car- (hamstring). FULL: LB Marquis Haynes Men’s Doubles los Hyde (shoulder), LB Peter Kalambayi (elbow), DT Gerald McCoy (knee), LB Semifinals LB Wyatt Ray from the practice squad. 17, 2OT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed K Temple 27, East Carolina 17 (hand), QB Alex McGough (hamstring), Shaq Thompson (hand). Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo DE Charles Omenihu (knee), S Justin Reid MINNESOTA VIKINGS at NEW YORK GI- Melo (2), Brazil, def. Karen Khachanov Mike Nugent. (shoulder), T Laremy Tunsil (toe). ANTS — VIKINGS: DNP: WR Stefon Diggs and Andrey Rublev, Russia, 7-5, 7-5. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed WR Schedule BALTIMORE RAVENS at PITTSBURGH (not injury related), S Anthony Harris Jalen Hurd and CB Jason Verrett on IR. Signed CB Dontae Johnson and WR Jor- Saturday’s games STEELERS — RAVENS: DNP: TE Mark An- (quadricep). LIMITED: CB Mackensie Al- Japan Open EAST drews (foot), CB Jimmy Smith (knee), exander (elbow, groin), C Garrett Brad- dan Matthews to one-year contracts. Tulane (3-1) at Army (3-1) S Earl Thomas (not injury related), DT bury (shoulder), LB Kentrell Brothers Friday Re-signed OL Will Holden to the practice LIU (0-3) at Duquesne (2-2) Brandon Williams (knee). LIMITED: S (hamstring, wrist), G Josh Kline (concus- At Ariake Coliseum squad. Purdue (1-3) at Penn St. (4-0) Brynden Trawick (elbow). STEELERS: sion). FULL: S Jayron Kearse (back), CB Tokyo WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed OL Maryland (2-2) at Rutgers (1-3) DNP: LB Mark Barron (not injury related), Xavier Rhodes (knee). GIANTS: DNP: RB Purse: $1,895,290 Travis Vornkahl to the practice squad. Rhode Island (0-4) at Brown (1-1) LB Anthony Chickillo (foot), RB James Saquon Barkley (ankle), LB Alec Ogletree Surface: Hardcourt outdoor HOCKEY Lehigh (1-3) at Colgate (0-5) Conner (ankle), DT Cameron Heyward (hamstring), G Kevin Zeitler (shoulder). Men’s Singles National Hockey League Howard (1-4) at Harvard (1-1) (quadricep), TE Vance McDonald (shoul- LIMITED: LB Lorenzo Carter (neck), LB Quarterfinals ANAHEIM DUCKS — Assigned LW Max Bryant (0-5) at Merrimack (2-3) der), RB Roosevelt Nix (knee), C Maurkice Tae Davis (concussion), RB Wayne Gall- Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Lucas Comtois and C Isac Lundestrom to San Columbia (1-1) at Princeton (2-0) Pouncey (not injury related), WR JuJu man (neck), T Nate Solder (neck). Pouille (5), France, 6-1, 6-2. Diego (AHL). Fordham (2-3) at Yale (2-0) Smith-Schuster (toe). FULL: LB Vince Wil- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at WASH- David Goffin (3), Belgium, def. Chung BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled F Vic- Holy Cross (1-3) at Bucknell (0-4) liams (hamstring). INGTON REDSKINS — PATRIOTS: LIM- Hyeon, South Korea, 6-2, 6-2. tor Olofsson and D Henri Jokiharju from CCSU (3-1) at Sacred Heart (3-1) BUFFALO BILLS at TENNESSEE TI- ITED: RB Rex Burkhead (foot), S Patrick Rochester (AHL). Assigned C Jean-Sebas- Georgetown (3-1) at Cornell (1-1) TANS — BILLS: DNP: RB Patrick DiMarco Chung (heel), S Nate Ebner (groin), WR tien Dea, F Curtis Lazar and D Lawrence Ohio (1-3) at Buffalo (2-3) (concussion), TE Tyler Kroft (ankle), T Julian Edelman (chest), WR Josh Gordon Pilut to Rochester. Air Force (3-1) at Navy (2-1) Ty Nsekhe (ankle), LB Corey Thomp- (knee), LB Dont’a Hightower (shoulder), Pro basketball CALGARY FLAMES — Signed general Elon (2-3) at New Hampshire (2-2) son (ankle). LIMITED: QB Josh Allen WR Gunner Olszewski (hamstring). FULL: manager Brad Treliving to a multiyear Texas (3-1) at West Virginia (3-1) (concussion), CB Taron Johnson (ham- DE Michael Bennett (shoulder). RED- contract extension. James Madison (4-1) at Stony Brook (4-1) string), S Dean Marlowe (concussion), SKINS: No Report. Monmouth (NJ) (2-2) at Wagner (1-4) WNBA playoffs CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to RB Devin Singletary (hamstring). FULL: NEW YORK JETS at PHILADELPHIA terms with F Alex DeBrincat on a three- SC State (2-1) at Delaware St. (1-3) Finals South Florida (1-3) at UConn (1-3) WR Cole Beasley (ankle), WR Robert Fos- EAGLES — JETS: DNP: RB Trenton Cannon year contract extension through the ter (groin), C Spencer Long (ankle), CB (hamstring, ankle), LB Jordan Jenkins (Best-of-five; x-if necessary) 2022-23 season. SOUTH Washington 1, Connecticut 1 Utah St. (3-1) at LSU (4-0) Tre’Davious White (ankle). TITANS: DNP: (calf), LB C.J. 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Boston 0 0 .000 — RUTGERS — Named Lauren Marinez Alcorn St. (3-2) at Alabama St. (2-2) DENVER BRONCOS at LOS ANGELES LIMITED: DE Derek Barnett (groin), CB Brooklyn 0 0 .000 — volunteer assistant gymnastics coach. UT Martin (2-2) at E. Kentucky (3-2) CHARGERS — BRONCOS: No Report. Sidney Jones (hamstring). New York 0 0 .000 — Va. Lynchburg (0-4) at MVSU (0-4) CHARGERS: No Report. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at NEW OR- Philadelphia 0 0 .000 — Furman (3-2) at Samford (3-2) GREEN BAY PACKERS at DALLAS COW- LEANS SAINTS — BUCCANEERS: DNP: LB Toronto 0 0 .000 — Wofford (2-2) at ETSU (2-3) BOYS — PACKERS: DNP: WR Davante Ad- Shaquil Barrett (groin), LB Jack Cichy Southeast Division Pro soccer Auburn (5-0) at Florida (5-0) ams (toe), CB Tony Brown (hamstring). (elbow), T Demar Dotson (calf), WR Chris Atlanta 0 0 .000 — Arkansas St. (3-2) at Georgia St. (2-2) LIMITED: DE Montravius Adams (shoul- Godwin (hip), C Ryan Jensen (back), WR Charlotte 0 0 .000 — Virginia Tech (2-2) at Miami (2-2) der), T Bryan Bulaga (shoulder), LB Oren Breshad Perriman (hamstring). LIMIT- Miami 0 0 .000 — MLS Marshall (2-2) at Middle Tennessee (1-3) Burks (chest). FULL: S Adrian Amos (bi- ED: CB Jamel Dean (ankle), DT Vita Vea Orlando 0 0 .000 — Gardner-Webb (1-3) at W. Carolina (1-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE ceps). COWBOYS: DNP: T La’el Collins (neck), LB Devin White (knee). SAINTS: Washington 0 0 .000 — W L T Pts GF GA Villanova (5-0) at William & Mary (2-3) (back), DE Tyrone Crawford (hip), T Tyron DNP: QB Drew Brees (right thumb), S J.T. Central Division Memphis (4-0) at Louisiana-Monroe (2-2) x-New York City FC 17 6 10 61 61 41 Smith (ankle). LIMITED: WR Amari Coo- Gray (hand), DE Trey Hendrickson (neck). Chicago 0 0 .000 — x-Atlanta 17 12 4 55 55 42 Morgan St. (0-4) at Bethune-Cookman per (ankle), WR Michael Gallup (knee), LIMITED: S Vonn Bell (back), C Will Clapp (3-1) Cleveland 0 0 .000 — x-Philadelphia 16 10 7 55 57 48 North Carolina (2-3) at Georgia Tech (1-3) P Chris Jones (back), DE Demarcus Law- (hand), DE Cameron Jordan (calf), G An- Detroit 0 0 .000 — x-D.C. United 13 10 10 49 42 38 Chattanooga (2-3) at Mercer (2-3) rence (knee, shoulder), G Zack Martin drus Peat (thighs), WR Tre’Quan Smith Indiana 0 0 .000 — x-New York 14 13 6 48 53 48 Cent. Arkansas (3-1) at Nicholls (2-2) (back), DT Antwaun Woods (knee). FULL: (ankle). Milwaukee 0 0 .000 — x-Toronto FC 12 10 11 47 56 52 SE Louisiana (3-1) at McNeese St. (2-3) LB Luke Gifford (ankle), LB Sean Lee Monday WESTERN CONFERENCE x-New England 11 10 12 45 49 54 Savannah St. (3-1) at Charleston (knee), S Xavier Woods (ankle). CLEVELAND BROWNS at SAN FRANCIS- Southwest Division Chicago 9 12 12 39 50 45 Southern (0-4) INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at KANSAS CITY CO 49ERS — BROWNS: No Report. 49ERS: W L Pct GB Montreal 11 17 5 38 44 60 W. Kentucky (2-2) at Old Dominion (1-3) CHIEFS — COLTS: DNP: WR Parris Camp- No Report. Houston 2 0 1.000 — Columbus 10 15 8 38 39 46 UMass (1-4) at FIU (1-3) Dallas 0 0 .000 — Orlando City 9 14 10 37 42 47 Grambling St. (0-4) at Jackson St. (1-3) Memphis 0 0 .000 — Cincinnati 6 22 5 23 31 75 Tennessee St. (1-4) at Jacksonville St. New Orleans 0 0 .000 — WESTERN CONFERENCE (3-2) Golf San Antonio 0 0 .000 — W L T Pts GF GA Georgia (4-0) at Tennessee (1-3) Northwest Division y-Los Angeles FC 20 4 9 69 82 36 Rice (0-5) at UAB (3-1) Denver 0 0 .000 — x-Minnesota 15 10 8 53 52 42 Vanderbilt (1-3) at Mississippi (2-3) Shriners Hospitals Volunteers of America Classic Minnesota 0 0 .000 — x-Seattle 15 10 8 53 51 49 Pittsburgh (3-2) at Duke (3-1) Oklahoma City 0 0 .000 — x-LA Galaxy 16 14 3 51 56 55 MIDWEST for Children Open LPGA Tour Portland 0 0 .000 — x-Real Salt Lake 15 13 5 50 45 41 Jacksonville (2-2) at Dayton (2-1) Thursday Portland 13 13 7 46 49 48 PGA Tour Utah 0 0 .000 — TCU (3-1) at Iowa St. (2-2) At Old American Golf Club Pacific Division FC Dallas 12 12 9 45 48 46 Oklahoma (4-0) at Kansas (2-3) Thursday The Colony, Texas San Jose 13 15 5 44 51 52 At TPC Summerlin Golden State 0 0 .000 — Iowa (4-0) at Michigan (3-1) Purse: $1.3 million L.A. Lakers 0 0 .000 — Colorado 12 15 6 42 57 60 Kent St. (2-2) at Wisconsin (4-0) Las Vegas Yardage: 6,475; Par 71 (35-36) Phoenix 0 0 .000 — Sporting KC 10 15 8 38 49 61 N. Dakota St. (4-0) at Illinois St. (3-1) Purse: $7 million First Round Sacramento 0 0 .000 — Houston 11 18 4 37 45 57 Valparaiso (0-4) at Drake (1-2) Yardage: 7,255; Par 71 (35-36) Stephanie Meadow 30-33—63 -8 L.A. Clippers 0 1 .000 — Vancouver 8 15 10 34 37 58 UC Davis (2-3) at North Dakota (2-2) First Round Dori Carter 33-32—65 -6 Thursday’s games Note: Three points for victory, one E. Michigan (3-1) at Cent. Michigan (2-3) a-denotes amateur Amy Olson 31-34—65 -6 No games scheduled point for tie. S. Illinois (2-2) at S. Dakota St. (2-1) Nick Taylor 33-30—63 -8 Cheyenne Knight 32-34—66 -5 Sunday’s games Indiana St. (2-2) at South Dakota (1-3) Friday’s games Brian Harman 31-33—64 -7 Ruixin Liu 32-34—66 -5 Houston 109, L.A. Clippers 96 New England at Atlanta Baylor (4-0) at Kansas St. (3-1) Brian Gay 34-31—65 -6 Moriya Jutanugarn 33-33—66 -5 Cincinnati at D.C. United Illinois (2-2) at Minnesota (4-0) Indiana vs. Sacramento at Mumbai Sam Ryder 31-34—65 -6 Jaye Marie Green 34-33—67 -4 Franca Franca at Brooklyng Sporting Kansas City at FC Dallas Ball St. (1-3) at N. Illinois (1-3) Phil Mickelson 31-34—65 -6 LA Galaxy at Houston Bowling Green (1-3) at Notre Dame (3-1) Kristen Gillman 35-32—67 -4 Saturday’s games Brian Stuard 32-33—65 -6 Jeongeun Lee6 34-33—67 -4 Sacramento vs. Indiana at Mumbai Colorado at Los Angeles FC W. Michigan (3-2) at Toledo (3-1) Maverick McNealy 30-35—65 -6 New York at Montreal Troy (2-2) at Missouri (3-1) Katherine Perry 35-32—67 -4 L.A. Lakers at Golden State Adam Schenk 34-32—66 -5 Gaby Lopez 35-32—67 -4 Orlando at San Antonio Chicago at Orlando City Northwestern (1-3) at Nebraska (3-2) New York City FC at Philadelphia Missouri St. (0-3) at W. Illinois (0-4) Patton Kizzire 35-31—66 -5 Brittany Altomare 33-34—67 -4 Adelaide 36ers at Utah Adam Scott 34-32—66 -5 Inbee Park 34-33—67 -4 San Jose at Portland Youngstown St. (4-0) at N. Iowa (2-2) Sunday’s games Minnesota at Seattle Tennessee Tech (4-1) at SE Missouri (2-2) Daniel Berger 33-33—66 -5 P.K. Kongkraphan 36-32—68 -3 Maccabi Haifa at Memphis Patrick Cantlay 32-34—66 -5 Peiyun Chien 33-35—68 -3 Columbus at Toronto FC Michigan St. (4-1) at Ohio St. (5-0) Charlotte at Boston Real Salt Lake at Vancouver SOUTHWEST Bryson DeChambeau 36-30—66 -5 Angela Stanford 34-34—68 -3 Shanghai Sharks vs. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma St. (4-1) at Texas Tech (2-2) Troy Merritt 32-34—66 -5 Mi Jung Hur 32-36—68 -3 Honolulu Lane (2-2) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (3-2) Bronson Burgoon 33-33—66 -5 Hannah Green 32-36—68 -3 Monday’s games NWSL Sam Houston St. (3-2) vs. Stephen F. John Huh 33-33—66 -5 Cristie Kerr 34-34—68 -3 Buenas Aires San Lorenzo at Cleveland Austin (1-4) at Houston Chase Koepka 33-33—66 -5 Sei Young Kim 37-31—68 -3 New York at Washington W L T Pts GF GA Incarnate Word (2-2) at Houston Bap- Rob Oppenheim 33-33—66 -5 Lizette Salas 34-34—68 -3 North Carolina 14 5 4 46 51 21 Orlando at Detroit Chicago 14 8 2 44 41 28 tist (4-1) Dylan Wu 36-30—66 -5 Pornanong Phatlum 35-33—68 -3 New Orleans at Atlanta Abilene Christian (2-3) at Lamar (2-3) Lucas Glover 33-34—67 -4 Portland 11 6 6 39 40 31 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 33-35—68 -3 Milwaukee at Chicago Reign FC 10 6 7 37 25 25 Tulsa (2-2) at SMU (5-0) Chez Reavie 33-34—67 -4 Jennifer Song 35-33—68 -3 UTSA (1-3) at UTEP (1-3) Brandt Snedeker 32-35—67 -4 Utah 9 10 4 31 23 24 Dottie Ardina 35-33—68 -3 NBA calendar Washington 8 8 6 30 27 25 FAR WEST Nate Lashley 33-34—67 -4 In Gee Chun 32-36—68 -3 Idaho St. (2-2) at Montana (4-1) Houston 7 11 5 26 20 34 James Hahn 35-32—67 -4 Alena Sharp 32-36—68 -3 Oct. 18 — Preseason ends. Sky Blue FC 5 13 5 20 18 31 Arizona (3-1) at Colorado (3-1) Scott Stallings 32-35—67 -4 Pernilla Lindberg 33-35—68 -3 Weber St. (2-2) at Idaho (2-3) Oct. 21 — Rosters set for opening night Orlando 4 15 3 15 22 48 Chris Stroud 33-34—67 -4 Georgia Hall 33-35—68 -3 (5 p.m. EDT). Note: Three points for victory, one Marist (1-3) at San Diego (1-2) Rod Pampling 35-32—67 -4 S. Utah (1-4) at Portland St. (2-3) Wei-Ling Hsu 33-35—68 -3 Oct. 22 — Regular season opens. point for tie. N. Colorado (1-4) at N. Arizona (2-3) Bo Hoag 33-34—67 -4 Ariya Jutanugarn 33-35—68 -3 2020 Sunday, Sept. 29 Montana St. (4-1) at Cal Poly (2-2) a-Jack Trent 34-33—67 -4 Jasmine Suwannapura 34-34—68 -3 Jan. 5 — 10-day contracts can be Orlando 1, Sky Blue FC 1, tie Liberty (3-2) at New Mexico St. (0-5) Scottie Scheffler 33-34—67 -4 Lindy Duncan 34-34—68 -3 signed. Reign FC 2, Portland 0 California (4-1) at Oregon (3-1) Ben Taylor 33-34—67 -4 Youngin Chun 36-33—69 -2 Jan. 10 — All contracts guaranteed for Saturday’s game Oregon St. (1-3) at UCLA (1-4) Aaron Baddeley 35-32—67 -4 Kris Tamulis 36-33—69 -2 rest of season. Washington at Orlando E. Washington (2-3) at Sacramento St. Collin Morikawa 36-31—67 -4 Caroline Hedwall 35-34—69 -2 Feb. 6 — Trade deadline (3 p.m. EST) Saturday, Oct. 12 (2-2) Matthew Wolff 33-34—67 -4 Cydney Clanton 35-34—69 -2 Feb. 14-16 — All-Star weekend, Chi- Sky Blue FC at North Carolina San Diego St. (3-1) at Colorado St. (1-4) Webb Simpson 34-33—67 -4 Gerina Piller 32-37—69 -2 cago. Reign FC at Orlando Washington (4-1) at Stanford (2-3) Austin Cook 33-34—67 -4 Chella Choi 35-34—69 -2 April 15 — Regular season ends. Houston at Utah Boise St. (4-0) at UNLV (1-3) Dylan Frittelli 35-32—67 -4 Sung Hyun Park 34-35—69 -2 April 18 — Playoffs begin. Washington at Portland Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 25 SPORTS BRIEFS/TRACK AND FIELD Briefl y Blues, Schenn agree on 8-year, $52M extension

Associated Press tion on which athletes have been investigated and the scope of evi- ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis dence gathered. Blues have signed Brayden “We are confident that WADA Schenn to an eight-year contract is looking into this anyway,” the extension worth $52 million, German lawyer said. locking up one of their top centers The allegations against Sala- after their run to the Stanley Cup zar included possessing and traf- championship last season. ficking testosterone, but did not The 28- directly implicate runners from year-old his Nike Oregon Project training Schenn was center. acquired in Salazar was removed on Tues- a trade with day from the track worlds in Philadelphia Doha, Qatar, where NOP runners in 2017 and have won two gold medals. put up a ca- reer-high 28 goals the fol- Top-seeded Thiem lowing sea- beats Murray in China son and 70 points over- BEIJING — Andy Murray’s Schenn run at the China Open is over. all as he was HASSAN AMMAR/AP named an The former No. 1, who had won Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser, foreground, wins gold ahead of the Bahamas’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo during the All-Star. Last season, Schenn had consecutive singles matches for women’s 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday. 54 points in the regular season the first time since undergoing and 12 more in the playoff run. hip surgery in January, lost to Schenn, a Saskatoon, Saskatch- top-seeded Dominic Thiem 6-2, 7- ewan, native in his ninth full NHL 6 (3) Friday in the quarterfinals. Top-seeded Ash Barty reached Naser wins women’s 400 meters season, has 154 goals and 218 as- the semifinals in the women’s sists in 588 regular-season games draw by beating Petra Kvitova 4- and eight goals and 18 assists in 6, 6-4, 6-3. 50 career postseason games. In other tennis news: Bahrainian wins world championship gold in fastest time in 34 years  Showing no lingering ef- Browns’ WR Landry out fects of a shoulder injury, Novak BY JAMES ELLINGWORTH of concussion protocol Djokovic coasted into the semifi- Associated Press nals of the Japan Open on Friday DOHA, Qatar — Faster than BEREA, Ohio — Browns with a straight-sets 6-1, 6-2 win anyone else since 1985, Salwa star receiver Jarvis Landry has over fifth-seeded Lucas Pouille. cleared concussion protocol and Eid Naser stormed past Shaunae is practicing. Feds: Mob looked to fix Miller-Uibo to win the women’s Landry sustained a head injury 400 meters at the world track in the third quarter of Sunday’s college hoops game championships Thursday. Competing for Bahrain, Naser 40-25 win over Baltimore. NEW YORK — Authorities Landry’s return means quar- took the lead on the second turn bringing a racketeering indict- and held off Olympic champion terback Baker Mayfield could ment against purported members Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas to have his full complement of wide of a New York City organized win in 48.14 seconds. receivers for Monday night’s crime family say their tactics “Being world champion has game at San Francisco. are reminiscent of playground settled down, but the time is Rashard Higgins is back after bullies. missing three games with a knee Federal prosecutors say 11 Co- still mind-blowing,” Naser said. injury, and Antonio Callaway lombo members or associates are “Hopefully, I sleep well tonight is back following a four-game among 20 people charged Thurs- because it’s stuck here. I can’t DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP league suspension for a substance day with extortion, loansharking stop thinking about it.” abuse violation. and other offenses, including an That time was faster than any- Germany’s Niklas Kaul competes in the javelin throw of the men’s In other NFL news: unrealized plot to bribe college one had run since Marita Koch of decathlon on Thursday at the World Athletics Championships. Kaul,  Jets quarterback Sam Dar- players to intentionally lose. East Germany set the world re- the youngest decathlon world champion ever at 21, threw the javelin nold has been ruled out for New In the alleged basketball plot, cord at 47.60. Koch’s world record nearly 7 meters farther than anyone else. York’s game at Philadelphia on one defendant was allegedly was set in an era when her gov- Sunday as he continues to recover heard on a wiretap saying he ernment routinely doped its top for Jamaica in 49.47. The top five tears in the eighth event, the pole from mononucleosis. wanted to pay thousands of dol- athletes with vast quantities of runners all beat their personal vault, with injuries to his ham- Luke Falk will make his second lars to players on an unnamed steroids. Koch never failed a drug best times. string and Achilles tendon. straight start. The Jets also re- team to let the other team cover test during her career and has Just 45 minutes after Miller-Ui- China’s Gong Lijiao defended signed quarterback David Fales the points spread. said she has a clean conscience. bo’s race, her husband, decathlete her shot put title, while Jamaica’s to serve as Falk’s backup. The indictment did not mention Naser was born in Nigeria as Maicel Uibo of Estonia, settled surge in the field events contin- a team by name. Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu to a for another family silver after ued with silver. IOC president: Salazar Nigerian mother and Bahrain fa- Germany’s Niklas Kaul domi- Gong threw 19.55 meters to doping case ‘worrying’ Mystics’ Delle Donne ther, but changed her name after nated the final two events to pass beat Jamaican Danniel Thomas- has herniated disk moving to Bahrain. him for gold. Kaul, the youngest Dodd’s 19.47. Thomas-Dodd hit LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Naser is competing in Doha decathlon world champion ever at the 20-meter tape with one shot The doping case of banned track WASHINGTON — Washington while Bahrain is part of a re- 21, threw the javelin nearly 7 me- but it was ruled a foul. Christina coach Alberto Salazar is “very Mystics star Elena Delle Donne gional diplomatic and economic ters better than anyone else. Schwanitz won bronze for Ger- worrying” and raises questions has a herniated disk in her back. boycott of Qatar that has been in Kaul, was third before the final many with 19.17. about Olympic race results being The league’s MVP left Game place since 2017. Her success was event, the 1,500 meters. He beat Thomas-Dodd’s medal is affected, IOC President Thomas 2 of the WNBA Finals on Tues- down to “hard work, hard work, Uibo by 15 seconds, to win gold Jamaica’s third in field events. Bach said Thursday. day night after playing only a few hard work,” she said. with a points total of 8,691, 87 That’s a new frontier for the tra- The International Olympic minutes in the first quarter be- Miller-Uibo had wanted to win more than Uibo. Canada’s Da- ditional sprint power, which has Committee wants more informa- cause of back spasms. She didn’t a 400 and 200 double in Doha but mian Warner won bronze with only two medals on the track. tion from the World Anti-Doping return, and an MRI revealed the leaves with a single silver after 8,529. Six gold medals were up for Agency about the long investiga- herniated disk Wednesday. Delle being unable to run the 200 due After the last race, Miller-Uibo grabs Friday night: men’s 400 tion by American officials which Donne is undergoing treatment to scheduling difficulties. Her met her husband on the track and meters, high jump, steeplechase, ended in Salazar’s four-year ban and the team said it would update wait for world gold continues poured a bottle of water over his and 20-kilometer race walk; this week during the track world her status. after winning 400 silver in 2015 head to cool him down. along with women’s discus and championships. Bach said the The series is tied 1-1, with Game and 200 bronze in 2017. World record holder Kevin 400-meter hurdles, with three IOC will ask WADA for informa- 3 at Connecticut on Sunday. Shericka Jackson won bronze Mayer of France withdrew in potential American medalists. PAGE 26 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 NHL Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Ducks 2, Coyotes 1 Atlantic Division Arizona 0 1 0—1 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 1 1 0—2 Toronto 1 1 0 0 2 5 3 First Period—1, Anaheim, Grant 1 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 0 2 5 2 (Lindholm, Shore), 14:32. Buffalo 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 Second Period—2, Arizona, Stepan 1 Boston 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 (Kessel, Keller), 9:03. 3, Anaheim, Fowler Montreal 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 1 (Rowney, Jones), 19:28. Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Third Period—None. Ottawa 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 Shots on Goal—Arizona 14-8-11—33. Florida 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 Anaheim 6-14-9—29. Metropolitan Division Power-play opportunities—Arizona 0 N.Y. Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 6 4 of 1; Anaheim 0 of 1. Goalies—Arizona, Kuemper 0-1-0 (29 Washington 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 shots-27 saves). Anaheim, Gibson 1-0-0 Carolina 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 (33-32). Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A—17,174 (17,174). T—2:22. Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Islanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sabres 3, Penguins 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 Buffalo 1 2 0—3 Pittsburgh 0 1 0—1 Western Conference First Period—1, Buffalo, Sheary 1 (Mit- telstadt), 5:23. Central Division Second Period—2, Pittsburgh, Malkin GP W L OT Pts GF GA 1 (Letang, Crosby), 5:50 (pp). 3, Buffalo, Colorado 1 1 0 0 2 5 3 Sheary 2 (Miller, Mittelstadt), 14:03 (pp). Nashville 1 1 0 0 2 5 2 4, Buffalo, Dahlin 1 (Reinhart, Olofsson), St. Louis 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 19:16. Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shots on Goal—Buffalo 17-13-11—41. Dallas 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 Pittsburgh 13-5-11—29. Minnesota 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 Power-play opportunities—Buffalo 1 Winnipeg 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 of 2; Pittsburgh 1 of 5. Pacific Division Goalies—Buffalo, Hutton 1-0-0 (29 Vegas 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 shots-28 saves). Pittsburgh, Murray 0-1- Edmonton 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 (41-38). Anaheim 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 A—18,616 (18,387). T—2:27. Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 Rangers 6, Jets 4 Calgary 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 Vancouver 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 Winnipeg 1 2 1—4 San Jose 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 N.Y. Rangers 1 2 3—6 First Period—1, N.Y. Rangers, Staal 1 GENE J. PUSKAR/AP Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in (Zibanejad, DeAngelo), 11:35. 2, Winni- each division and two wild cards per peg, Scheifele 1 (Ehlers), 17:23. The Buffalo Sabres’ Conor Sheary returns to the bench after scoring during the second period of conference advance to playoffs. Second Period—3, N.Y. Rangers, Pan- arin 1 (Trouba, Zibanejad), 0:27 (pp). 4, Thursday’s game against the Penguins in Pittsburgh. Sheary scored two goals in the Sabres’ 3-1 victory. Wednesday’s games Winnipeg, Wheeler 1 (Ehlers, Heinola), Toronto 5, Ottawa 3 0:57. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Trouba 1 (Kreider, Washington 3, St. Louis 2, OT Panarin), 6:03. 6, Winnipeg, Wheeler 2 Edmonton 3, Vancouver 2 (Ehlers, Kulikov), 6:12. Roundup Vegas 4, San Jose 1 Third Period—7, Winnipeg, Connor 1 Thursday’s games (Morrissey, Laine), 2:41 (pp). 8, N.Y. Rang- Carolina 4, Montreal 3, SO ers, Zibanejad 1 (Trouba, Hajek), 5:04. Buffalo 3, Pittsburgh 1 9, N.Y. Rangers, Howden 1 (Skjei, Fast), Tampa Bay 5, Florida 2 15:51. 10, N.Y. Rangers, Smith 1 (Zibane- N.Y. Rangers 6, Winnipeg 4 jad), 19:43 (sh). Nashville 5, Minnesota 2 Shots on Goal—Winnipeg 13-20-14— Boston 2, Dallas 1 47. N.Y. Rangers 7-14-11—32. Colorado 5, Calgary 3 Power-play opportunities—Winnipeg Anaheim 2, Arizona 1 1 of 5; N.Y. Rangers 1 of 2. Friday’s games Goalies—Winnipeg, Hellebuyck 0-1-0 Sheary’s two goals help Chicago vs. Philadelphia at Prague (31 shots-26 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lun- Washington at N.Y. Islanders dqvist 1-0-0 (47-43). Toronto at Columbus A—18,006 (18,006). T—2:30. Winnipeg at New Jersey Vegas at San Jose Saturday’s games Hurricanes 4, Tampa Bay at Florida Canadiens 3 (SO) Montreal at Toronto Columbus at Pittsburgh Montreal 0 3 0 0—3 New Jersey at Buffalo Carolina 1 1 1 0—4 Sabres upend Penguins Carolina won shootout 1-0 Carolina at Washington First Period—1, Carolina, Wallmark 1 N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa (Pesce), 17:19. Associated Press Montreal in the teams’ opener. Dallas at St. Louis Second Period—2, Carolina, Necas Detroit at Nashville 1 (Teravainen, Hamilton), 2:19 (pp). 3, Erik Haula, making his debut with the Hur- Minnesota at Colorado Montreal, Tatar 1, 4:18 (pp). 4, Montreal, PITTSBURGH — Conor Sheary scored twice Boston at Arizona ricanes, tied it at 3 with 13:05 left. Martin Necas Kotkaniemi 1 (Lehkonen, Drouin), 5:22. against his old team and Carter Hutton stopped San Jose at Anaheim 5, Montreal, Weal 1 (Thompson, Byron), also scored with the man advantage for a Carolina Vancouver at Calgary 16:36. 26 shots in the Buffalo Sabres’ 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles at Edmonton Third Period—6, Carolina, Haula 1 team that struggled in those situations during the Sunday’s games (Hamilton, Dzingel), 6:55. Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night in the open- postseason. Tampa Bay at Carolina Shootout—Montreal 0 (Byron NG, Dr- er for both teams. Dallas at Detroit ouin NG, Suzuki NG), Carolina 1 (Hamil- Rangers 6, Jets 4: Brett Howden broke a tie with Winnipeg at N.Y. Islanders ton G, Haula NG, Teravainen NG). Rasmus Dahlin also scored to help Buffalo give 4:09 remaining and host New York beat Winnipeg in Shots on Goal—Montreal 13-13-7-3— Ralph Krueger a victory in his Sabres coaching 36. Carolina 10-13-19-1—43. a wild season opener. Scoring leaders Power-play opportunities—Montreal debut. Buffalo beat Pittsburgh in regulation for the Mika Zibanejad had a goal and three assists, Jacob Through Thursday 1 of 3; Carolina 1 of 3. first time since April 23, 2013. GP G A PTS Goalies—Montreal, Price 0-0-1 (43 Trouba added a goal and two assists, and Artemi Mika Zibanejad, NYR 1 1 3 4 shots-40 saves). Carolina, Mrazek 1-0-0 Krueger last coached in the NHL in 2012-13 when Leon Draisaitl, EDM 1 1 2 3 (36-33). Panarin had a goal and an assist for New York. Marc Jacob Trouba, NYR 1 1 2 3 A—18,680 (18,680). T—2:39. the Edmonton Oilers had 19 wins during a short- Staal also scored, and Henrik Lundqvist — making Matt Duchene, NSH 1 0 3 3 ened 48-game regular season. Buffalo went 33-39- Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG 1 0 3 3 Predators 5, Wild 2 his 14th consecutive opening-day start — stopped Mikhail Sergachev, TB 1 0 3 3 10 under Phil Housley last season. 25 tied with 2 pts. Minnesota 0 2 0—2 43 shots. Nashville 0 1 4—5 Sheary, who played on two Stanley Cup champi- Predators 5, Wild 2: Ryan Ellis and Filip Fors- Second Period—1, Nashville, Ellis 1 on teams with the Penguins, has four goals and six Thursday (Forsberg, Duchene), 3:37. 2, Minnesota, berg each had a goal and an assist and host Nash- Zucker 1 (Hunt, Koivu), 16:04 (pp). 3, Min- points in four games against his former club. ville rallied with four third-period goals to beat Lightning 5, Panthers 2 nesota, Dumba 1 (Suter, Foligno), 16:47. Evgeni Malkin scored on the power play for Pitts- Minnesota in the opener for both teams. Florida 0 1 1—2 Third Period—4, Nashville, Granlund Tampa Bay 1 1 3—5 1 (Josi, Duchene), 0:27. 5, Nashville, Wat- burgh. Matt Murray made 38 saves. Mikael Granlund, Austin Watson and Viktor Ar- First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Kucherov son 1 (Bonino, Ellis), 1:56. 6, Nashville, Bruins 2, Stars 1: Brett Ritchie scored on his 1 (Sergachev, Joseph), 6:39. Arvidsson 1 (Smith, Johansen), 7:32. 7, vidsson also scored goals for the Predators, and Second Period—2, Florida, Hoffman 1 Nashville, Forsberg 1 (Ekholm, Duchene), first shift against his former team barely a minute (Trocheck, Connolly), 2:35. 3, Tampa Bay, 18:34. Pekka Rinne stopped 22 shots. Matt Duchene, who Shots on Goal—Minnesota 6-6-12—24. into the game and visiting Boston beat Dallas to signed a seven-year deal with Nashville as a free Shattenkirk 1 (Killorn, Sergachev), 10:28. Nashville 14-8-10—32. open defense of its Eastern Conference title. Third Period—4, Florida, Trocheck 1 Power-play opportunities—Minnesota agent, had three assists. Jason Zucker and Matt (Ekblad), 8:49 (sh). 5, Tampa Bay, Palat 1 1 of 3; Nashville 0 of 2. Danton Heinen had a power-play goal in the first Dumba scored for Minnesota, and Devan Dubnyk (Killorn, Sergachev), 9:34 (pp). 6, Tampa Goalies—Minnesota, Dubnyk 0-1-0 (31 Bay, Maroon 1 (Hedman, Kucherov), shots-27 saves). Nashville, Rinne 1-0-0 period, and Tuukka Rask made 28 saves in a meet- made 27 saves. 13:51. 7, Tampa Bay, Cernak 1 (Cirelli), (24-22). ing of teams that lost Game 7s in the playoffs to 19:14. A—17,455 (17,113). T—2:28. Avalanche 5, Flames 3: Mikko Rantanen had two Shots on Goal—Florida 12-16-9—37. Stanley Cup champion St. Louis last season — the goals less than a week after agreeing to a contract, Tampa Bay 8-9-13—30. Stars in double overtime in the second round and Power-play opportunities—Florida 0 Avalanche 5, Flames 3 and Joonas Donskoi also scored twice in his debut to of 4; Tampa Bay 1 of 3. Calgary 1 2 0—3 the Bruins in the Cup Final. help host Colorado beat Calgary. Goalies—Florida, Bobrovsky 0-1-0 (29 Colorado 2 2 1—5 shots-25 saves). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy First Period—1, Colorado, Donskoi 1 Lightning 5, Panthers 2: Reigning NHL MVP J.T. Compher also scored, and Philipp Grubau- 1-0-0 (37-35). (Girard, Burakovsky), 5:59 (pp). 2, Cal- Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, Kevin er made 26 saves for Colorado. Mark Giordano, A—19,092 (19,092). T—2:27. gary, Monahan 1 (Lindholm, Gaudreau), 8:33 (pp). 3, Colorado, Rantanen 1 (Lan- Shattenkirk and Pat Maroon scored in their debuts Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau scored for Bruins 2, Stars 1 deskog), 16:08. with their new team, and host Tampa Bay opened Calgary. Second Period—4, Calgary, Gaud- Boston 2 0 0—2 reau 1 (Tkachuk, Monahan), 1:50 (pp). 5, the season with a victory over Florida. Ducks 2, Coyotes 1: Cam Fowler scored the tie- Dallas 0 1 0—1 Colorado, Compher 1 (Zadorov, Calvert), Ondrej Palat snapped a 2-2 tie with a power-play breaking goal late in the second period, John Gibson First Period—1, Boston, Ritchie 1 12:22. 6, Colorado, Rantanen 2 (MacKin- (Coyle), 1:09. 2, Boston, Heinen 1 (Grzel- non, Makar), 16:51 (pp). 7, Calgary, Gior- goal midway through the third period. Maroon, made 32 saves and host Anaheim beat Arizona in dano 1 (Bennett, Ryan), 17:07. cyk, McAvoy), 5:59 (pp). Third Period—8, Colorado, Donskoi 2 who helped St. Louis win its first Stanley Cup last Dallas Eakins’ debut as coach. Second Period—3, Dallas, Hintz 1 (Pav- (Nieto, Graves), 18:51. elski, Janmark), 7:55. Shots on Goal—Calgary 3-13-14—30. season, made it 4-2 before Erik Cernak added an Fowler skated around a pair of Arizona defend- Shots on Goal—Boston 6-7-7—20. Dal- Colorado 14-12-6—32. empty-netter. ers and lofted a wrist shot that beat Darcy Kuemper las 4-9-16—29. Power-play opportunities—Calgary 2 Power-play opportunities—Boston 1 of 4; Colorado 2 of 6. Hurricanes 4, Canadiens 3 (SO): Dougie Ham- on his glove side with 32 seconds remaining in the of 4; Dallas 0 of 2. Goalies—Calgary, Rittich 0-1-0 (31 ilton scored in the shootout, Petr Mrazek stopped Goalies—Boston, Rask 1-0-0 (29 shots- shots-27 saves). Colorado, Grubauer 1- second. Derek Grant also scored for the Ducks, who 28 saves). Dallas, Bishop 0-1-0 (20-18). 0-0 (30-27). three shots in the tiebreaker and host Carolina beat have won three straight season openers. A—18,532 (18,532). T—2:33. A—18,016 (18,007). T—2:40. Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 27 NFL Scoreboard Rebound game from Goff not enough for LA American Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Rams QB cuts down on turnovers New England 4 0 0 1.000 122 27 Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 76 63 N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 33 70 Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163 BY TIM BOOTH South Associated Press Houston 2 2 0 .500 78 78 Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 94 102 Jacksonville 2 2 0 .500 84 84 SEATTLE — Jared Goff didn’t have long Tennessee 2 2 0 .500 91 62 North to let the mistakes of last week linger. In that Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 89 91 way, playing on a short week was a benefit for Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 135 100 Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 76 88 the Los Angeles quarterback. Cincinnati 0 4 0 .000 57 110 And if Greg Zuerlein’s 44-yard field-goal at- West Kansas City 4 0 0 1.000 135 94 tempt in the closing seconds hooks just slight- Oakland 2 2 0 .500 79 102 L.A. Chargers 2 2 0 .500 90 74 ly to the left, the narrative around Goff and Denver 0 4 0 .000 70 93 his team is likely far different. National Conference As it stands, the Rams have lost two straight after falling 30-29 to the Seattle Seahawks on East W L T Pct PF PA Thursday night. But it was Goff who put the Dallas 3 1 0 .750 107 56 Rams in position to have a chance at getting Philadelphia 2 2 0 .500 110 105 N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 87 97 out of Seattle with an unlikely victory, and Washington 0 4 0 .000 66 118 South not just because of what he did in the final 90 New Orleans 3 1 0 .750 84 92 seconds. Tampa Bay 2 2 0 .500 123 117 Carolina 2 2 0 .500 95 80 Goff finished 29-for-49 for 395 yards and Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 70 99 one touchdown against the Seahawks just days North Green Bay 3 1 0 .750 85 69 after throwing for a career-high 517 yards Chicago 3 1 0 .750 66 45 and tying an NFL record with 45 completions Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95 Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 84 63 in a loss to Tampa Bay. He was maligned after West San Francisco 3 0 0 1.000 96 54 the loss to Tampa Bay for his three intercep- Seattle 4 1 0 .800 133 118 tions and one fumble lost to go along with all L.A. Rams 3 2 0 .600 146 134 the yards thrown. Arizona 0 3 1 .125 74 115 STEPHEN BRASHEAR/AP Thursday’s game There weren’t any fumbles this time. The Seattle 30, L.A. Rams 29 Sunday’s games only interception bounced off the hands of his Rams quarterback Jared Goff, center, is tackled by Seahawks defensive tackle Al Woods, Atlanta at Houston intended target. And Goff changed the mo- right, and middle linebacker Bobby Wagner on a failed two-point conversion during the Minnesota at N.Y. Giants Baltimore at Pittsburgh mentum of the game with a key touchdown second half of Thursday’s game in Seattle. Jacksonville at Carolina Buffalo at Tennessee drive late in the first half. He wasn’t perfect Chicago vs Oakland at London and was ultimately outplayed by Seattle’s felt Seattle controlled was only a 14-13 lead at son. The Rams defense held and Goff got one Tampa Bay at New Orleans New England at Washington Russell Wilson. But it was more reminiscent halftime. more chance, taking possession at his own 7 Arizona at Cincinnati of what Goff did a year ago. Goff continued to roll into the second half. with 1:38 remaining. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia Denver at L.A. Chargers “It didn’t all come down to that kick, there He led touchdown drives on two of three pos- He was nearly flawless. Goff hit five of his Green Bay at Dallas are a lot of plays that we could have done bet- sessions in the third quarter, and Zuerlein’s first six passes, the big blow being a 28-yard Indianapolis at Kansas City Open: Detroit, Miami ter. ... There’s a million things that could have 36-yard field goal with 9:19 left gave the Rams completion to Everett to the Seattle 30. The Monday’s game Cleveland at San Francisco gone differently to change that game, you a 29-24 lead. Rams stalled and had to settle for Zuerlein’s Thursday, Oct. 10 learn from them and you move forward,” Goff “We were ready to go on offense most of the attempt that stayed out to the right and never N.Y. Giants at New England Sunday, Oct. 13 said. second half,” Goff said. “We had some things hooked to the middle of the uprights. Carolina vs Tampa Bay at London Goff helped change the course of the game that didn’t go our way, where we didn’t finish Goff was 27-for-42 for 371 yards over the Philadelphia at Minnesota New Orleans at Jacksonville on the final drive of the first half after Se- drives, but we were moving the ball really final three quarters. He isn’t worried about Houston at Kansas City attle’s Jason Myers missed a 48-yard field- well. Knew what they were doing defensively, where the Rams go from here. Washington at Miami Cincinnati at Baltimore goal attempt. Goff hit four straight passes, had some pretty good plays for it.” “We’ve been 3-2 before. That was two years Seattle at Cleveland San Francisco at L.A. Rams capitalized on a roughing-the-passer call, Goff’s lone mistake came with 2:28 left ago, if I remember correctly. The Patriots Atlanta at Arizona and capped the drive with a 9-yard TD toss to when his pass for Gerald Everett deflected were 3-2 last year and they won the Super Tennessee at Denver Dallas at N.Y. Jets Cooper Kupp. Suddenly a game Los Angeles into the hands of Seattle safety Tedric Thomp- Bowl. So there’s a lot of game left,” he said. Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers Open: Buffalo, Indianapolis, Chicago, Oakland Monday, Oct. 14 Detroit at Green Bay Prime: Seahawks hold on after Rams’ Zuerlein misses late FG Thursday Seahawks 30, Rams 29 FROM BACK PAGE play,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. L.A. Rams 6 7 13 3—29 Wilson’s 5-yard touchdown pass Seattle 7 7 7 9—30 to Chris Carson on fourth-and- Seattle appeared to wrap up First quarter La—FG Zuerlein 47, 12:24. goal with 2:28 left gave Seattle the victory when Tedric Thomp- La—FG Zuerlein 32, 4:55. son made a juggling interception Sea—Lockett 13 pass from Wilson the lead, and the Seahawks held (Myers kick), :49. on for a 30-29 win over the Rams of Jared Goff’s pass while lying Second quarter on the turf with 2:08 left. But the Sea—Metcalf 40 pass from Wilson on Thursday night when Greg Zu- (Myers kick), 8:08. erlein’s 44-yard field goal with 11 Rams forced Seattle to punt and La—Kupp 9 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), :06. seconds left was wide right. took possession at their own 7 Third quarter with 1:38 left. La—Gurley 8 run (Zuerlein kick), Seattle earned a needed win 12:07. against its NFC West foe after In just seven plays, Goff had Sea—Moore 10 pass from Wilson (My- the Rams to the Seattle 30 after a ers kick), 5:45. losing six of the past eight to the La—Gurley 1 run (run failed), 3:07. Rams. And while there were con- 28-yard strike to Gerald Everett. Fourth quarter Sea—FG Myers 42, 13:37. tributions from plenty of others, The Rams stalled and a 9-yard La—FG Zuerlein 36, 9:19. Wilson orchestrated a memorable pass to Everett on third-down set Sea—Carson 5 pass from Wilson (pass failed), 2:28. night. up Zuerlein’s attempt. The snap A—68,988. was good, but the kick stayed just LA Sea Whether it was his throws from First downs 24 25 the pocket or when he was forced to the right. Total Net Yards 477 429 Rushes-yards 18-82 43-167 to improvise, Wilson was at his Zuerlein had hit three field Passing 395 262 best. It was one stunning play goals earlier in the game. Punt Returns 2-16 1-0 “It’s one kick. He’s made a lot Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-33 after another from Seattle’s star, /AP Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 ELAINE THOMPSON of big kicks for us. He’s going to Comp-Att-Int 29-49-1 17-23-0 continuing the best start to a sea- Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-6 son in his career. Los Angeles Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein reacts after missing a field continue to make a lot of big kicks Punts 3-51.0 4-47.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Even his opponents were left in goal in the final seconds of Thursday’s 30-29 loss to Seattle. for us,” Rams coach Sean McVay Penalties-Yards 6-45 5-45 awe. said. Time of Possession 24:42 35:18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS “Russell Wilson is playing out in the third quarter and he had a time to find Carson open in the Carson finished with 118 yards RUSHING—Los Angeles, Gurley 15-51, of his mind right now,” Rams final answer after the Rams’ had corner of the end zone. rushing on 27 carries. The touch- Cooks 1-27, M.Brown 1-3, Goff 1-1. Se- attle, Carson 27-118, Wilson 8-32, Penny safety Eric Weddle said. taken a 29-24 lead. The running back scared near- down was his only reception. 6-18, Dissly 1-7, Lockett 1-(minus 8). PASSING—Los Angeles, Goff 29-49-1- Wilson was 17-for-23 for 268 Wilson led Seattle 60 yards in ly all of the 69,000 in attendance “Everyone kept their compo- 395. Seattle, Wilson 17-23-0-268. yards and four touchdowns, and 12 plays, helped during the drive by juggling the pass before gain- sure. Everyone was so poised and RECEIVING—Los Angeles, Kupp 9-117, Everett 7-136, R.Woods 5-48, Higbee 3-47, rushed for another 32 yards. He by a roughing-the-passer call on ing control. Carson said he lost stayed in the moment,” Seattle Gurley 3-6, Cooks 1-29, Reynolds 1-12. Se- had touchdown passes of 13 yards Clay Matthews. After stalling in- the pass in the stadium lights, tackle Duane Brown said. “We attle, Dissly 4-81, Lockett 4-51, Metcalf 2- 44, J.Brown 2-36, Penny 2-31, Willson 1-10, to Tyler Lockett and 40 yards to side the 10, Seattle faced fourth which led to the juggle. were always very optimistic and Moore 1-10, Carson 1-5. DK Metcalf in the first half. He had all the faith in the world and MISSED FIELD GOALS—Los Angeles, down at the 5. Wilson scrambled “I thought Russell played one of Zuerlein 44. Seattle, Myers 48. threw a 10-yarder to David Moore as he had all night, buying enough the best games I’ve ever seen him big time players stepped up.” PAGE 28 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Five things to know Week 6: Spotlight on Gators, Tigers

BY JOHN ZENOR 21 — Oklahoma has won 21 con- Associated Press secutive true road games, the longest current active streak. A win over Kan- lorida and Auburn get sas would break a tie with Alabama’s to claim the spotlight in streak from 1970-75 for the second- their respective South- longest streak since the AP poll started Feastern Conference di- in 1936. Bud Wilkinson’s Sooners visions for a change while Ohio won 25 in a row on the road from State faces one of its potential 1953-58. challengers in the Big Ten East. 95.5 — Minnesota’s Tanner Mor- The seventh-ranked Tigers visit gan completed 21 of 22 passes for 396 No. 10 Florida in the teams’ first yards against Purdue. The completion meeting since 2011 and the lone percentage of 95.5 was the best sin- top-10 matchup of the weekend. gle-game mark in Big Ten history with The fourth-ranked Buckeyes, who 13-plus passing attempts. have won their first five games by 23-23-2 — That’s the record in an average of 43.8 points, host No. the Georgia-Tennessee series heading 25 Michigan State. Both teams into Saturday’s game. JOE RONDONE, THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL/AP have won their first two Big Ten 299 — Auburn has made 299 straight extra-point attempts dating Navy quarterback Malcolm Perry pitches back to running back Keoni-Kordell Makekau during last games. back to 2013. That’s three away from week’s game against Memphis in Memphis, Tenn. Navy hosts rival Air Force Saturday in Annapolis, Md. The top two teams — newly minted No. 1 Alabama and No. the FBS record set by Florida State 2 Clemson — get the weekend from 2012-16. off. SEC East front-runner No. 3 Georgia visits 25-point underdog Under the radar Tennessee. Florida is trying to ultimately Tulane (3-1) got more than a week dethrone Georgia in the East off to savor its crazy come-from-behind Looking for revenge while Auburn, Alabama and LSU victory against Houston, and now the are also potential playoff contend- Green Wave visit Army (3-1) in what ers in the West. figures to be a challenging nonconfer- ence game. Navy remembers blowout loss to Air Force Both teams play option football and Game of the week have coaches who have done stints at No. 7 Auburn at No. 10 Florida Georgia Southern, where the triple op- BY BILL WAGNER but this is one of their better These teams once had a pretty good tion is gospel. But they do it in different The Capital Gazette teams,” Niumatalolo said during rivalry going but haven’t faced each ways. Under Coach Jeff Monken, Army the American Athletic Confer- other since 2011. is old school. The Cadets rarely throw. A resounding loss at Air Force ence football teleconference on It’s not must-win for either to con- Under coach Willie Fritz, Tulane mixes on Oct. 6 sent Navy’s 2018 season Monday. “Watching Air Force, tend for a spot in the SEC champion- in a lot more passes and likes to take spiraling out of control. they have a good chance to be un- ship game, but there’s little margin for shots down the field with quarterback The Midshipmen managed defeated right now. We know we error along the way. That’s especially Justin McMillan. only 178 total yards in a devastat- Air Force (3-1) have a great task ahead of us.” true for the Tigers, who have to face ing 35-7 loss as the Falcons domi- at Navy (2-1) This marks the 52nd meeting three more top-10 opponents after this Hot seat watch nated in all three phases. AFN-Sports2 between the two service acad- one. Navy was a one-trick pony that Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee: The emies, with Air Force leading the Auburn has already beaten two afternoon in Colorado Springs 9:30 p.m. Saturday CET Volunteers’ fortunes haven’t gotten rivalry 30-21. The home team has ranked teams while the Gators haven’t with quarterback Malcolm Perry 4:30 a.m. Sunday JKT much better since a stunning open- won six straight in the series dat- played one but visit No. 5 LSU next repeatedly attempting — unsuc- ing loss to Georgia State. Tennessee is ing back to 2012, when Navy beat week. cessfully — to run between the coming off a 34-3 loss to Florida before Air Force 28-21 in overtime. The quarterback matchup pits Au- tackles against a defense de- an open date and now hosts a high- publicly, the Midshipmen will Navy and Air Force are the top burn freshman Bo Nix against Feleipe signed to stop it. powered Georgia team. The Vols have most assuredly have revenge on two rushing teams in the country, Franks’ replacement, Kyle Trask. Nix’s Perry finished with just 54 lost five straight against FBS opponents their minds when they welcome averaging 344.7 and 332.8 yards father, Patrick, was the Auburn quar- yards rushing on 19 carries while and are off to their first 1-3 start since the Falcons into Navy-Marine per game, respectively. While the terback who threw the game-winning seven fullbacks and slotbacks 2008. Corps Memorial Stadium for the Midshipmen and Falcons both touchdown pass to beat No. 1 Florida combined to contribute just 75 first leg of the Commander-in- employ option offenses, there in 1994. yards on 20 attempts. The Mid- Chief’s Trophy. are numerous differences in shipmen also had no semblance “We’re getting ready for this approach. Heisman watch of a passing game, adding a mere year. That’s so long ago now. That Air Force has a returning start- 49 yards through the air. is something the media might ing quarterback in D.J. Ham- Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts It was a loss that produced seri- talk about, but we’ve got to get mond, who accounted for 202 has been putting up big numbers ous repercussions as head coach ready for this year,” Niumatalolo total yards of offense and four and now faces a beleaguered Kansas Ken Niumatalolo made a sig- said when asked if memories of touchdowns in last year’s game defense. nificant change prior to the next the blowout loss at Air Force pro- against Navy. Running backs Hurts is the nation’s third-rated game against Temple. Perry was vides Navy with motivation. Kadin Remsberg and Taven Bird- passer and also leads all quarterbacks moved back to slotback and senior Air Force will arrive in An- ow have combined to rush for 691 in rushing while guiding the top offense Garret Lewis was installed as the napolis brimming with confi- yards and five touchdowns so far in FBS. He’ll face a Kansas defense starting quarterback. dence thanks to a 3-1 record that this season. that ranks last in the Big 12 in scoring In hindsight, when contemplat- includes a 30-23 overtime victory Navy has been led by quarter- defense and ninth in total defense. Les ing a dismal season in which Navy at Colorado of the Pac-12. Last back Malcolm Perry and fullback Miles’ Jayhawks are coming off a 51-14 wound up with a 3-10 record, Niu- week, Air Force authored a 41-24 Nelson Smith, both of whom got loss to TCU. matalolo determined that deci- rout of a San Jose State squad that hurt during the Memphis game. Hurts passed for 415 yards and three sion had been a major mistake. had upset Arkansas of the power- Perry, who has rushed for 275 touchdowns in less than three quarters Lewis, and later Zach Abey, fared ful Southeastern Conference. yards and seven touchdowns, was against Texas Tech. He also ran for 70 no better as the starting quarter- Air Force’s lone loss came to full-go at practice on Monday and yards and a score. back and could do nothing to stop Boise State, which is 4-0 and did not show any lingering effects the losing. ranked No. 16 in the latest Associ- of what is believed to be a shoul- Numbers to know One year later, Niumatalolo ated Press poll. The Falcons held der injury. feels Navy is vastly improved as a lead late in the third quarter Smith, who has run for 167 0 — Georgia and Iowa are the only JOHN RAOUX/AP an overall program as it prepares before the Broncos made a few yards and three scores, suf- FBS teams that have allowed zero for its annual showdown with Air game-changing plays. fered a head injury during the touchdown runs this season. Every Tennessee head coach Jeremy Force. While the 12th-year head “This is a really good Air Force second quarter and his status is FBS team has allowed at least one Pruitt is off to a 1-3 start as coach certainly won’t admit it team. Air Force is always good, unknown. touchdown pass. No. 3 Georgia rolls into town. Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 29 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

TOP 25 SCHEDULE

Friday No. 18 UCF at Cincinnati Saturday No. 3 Georgia at Tennessee No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 25 Michigan State No. 5 LSU vs. Utah State No. 6 Oklahoma at Kansas No. 7 Auburn at No. 10 Florida No. 8 Wisconsin vs. Kent State No. 9 Notre Dame vs. Bowling Green No. 11 Texas at West Virginia No. 12 Penn State vs. Purdue No. 13 Oregon vs. California No. 14 Iowa at No. 19 Michigan No. 15 Washington at Stanford No. 16 Boise State at UNLV No. 21 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech No. 24 SMU vs. Tulsa

SERVICE ACADEMIES

Air Force (3-1) at Navy (2-1), Saturday Last week: beat San Jose State 41-24 Army (3-1) vs. Tulane (3-1), Saturday Last week: did not play Navy (2-1) vs. Air Force (2-1), Satuday Last week: lost to Memphis 35-23

POWER FIVE STANDINGS

ACC Atlantic Division Conference Overall W L W L Clemson ...... 3 0 5 0 Wake Forest ...... 2 0 5 0 Florida State ...... 2 1 3 2 Boston College ...... 1 1 3 2 NC State ...... 0 1 3 2 JOHN RAOUX/AP Syracuse ...... 0 1 3 2 Louisville ...... 0 1 2 2 Coastal Division Florida quarterback Kyle Trask throws a pass as he’s hit by Towson linebacker Christian Dixon last week in Gainesville, Fla. The Gators have Virginia ...... 2 0 4 1 a tougher test on Saturday against Auburn, which boasts NFL talent across its defensive line. Duke ...... 1 0 3 1 North Carolina ...... 1 2 2 3 Pittsburgh ...... 0 1 3 2 Miami ...... 0 1 2 2 Georgia Tech ...... 0 1 1 3 KEY POWER FIVE MATCHUPS Virginia Tech ...... 0 2 2 2 Big 12 Conference Overall W L W L No. 25 Michigan State (4-1) No. 7 Auburn (5-0) Utah State (3-1) Baylor ...... 1 0 4 0 Oklahoma ...... 1 0 4 0 at No. 4 Ohio State (5-0) at No. 10 Florida (5-0) at No. 5 LSU (4-0) TCU ...... 1 0 3 1 Texas ...... 1 0 3 1 1:30 a.m. Sunday CET 9:30 p.m. Saturday CET 6 p.m. Saturday CET West Virginia ...... 1 0 3 1 Oklahoma State...... 1 1 4 1 AFN-Atlantic AFN-Atlantic AFN-Atlantic Kansas State ...... 0 1 3 1 Iowa State ...... 0 1 2 2 Series record — Ohio State leads 32-15. Series record — Auburn leads 43-38-2. Series record — LSU leads 2-0. Texas Tech...... 0 1 2 2 What’s at stake? — Michigan State’s defense is What’s at stake? — A first loss for one the South- What’s at stake? — LSU must win its final non- Kansas ...... 0 2 2 3 Big Ten one of the best in the country, but the unit may have eastern Conference’s five remaining undefeated conference game of the season if the Tigers want to East difficulty containing quarterback Justin Fields and a teams. Considering both still have to play No. 5 LSU maintain a top-five ranking and remain firmly in con- Conference Overall W L W L Buckeyes offense that is coming off a 48-7 disman- and third-ranked Georgia, the loser could have a tention for a College Football Playoff bid. Utah State Ohio State ...... 2 0 5 0 Michigan State ...... 2 0 4 1 tling of Nebraska. Ohio State is not making many mis- tough time making the league title game and the Col- seeks a statement victory but otherwise wants to get Penn State ...... 1 0 4 0 takes on either side of the ball but will be playing a lege Football Playoff. out of Death Valley in good health before resuming Michigan ...... 1 1 3 1 Maryland ...... 0 1 2 2 ranked team for the first time this season. Key matchup — Auburn’s vaunted defensive front Mountain West Conference play. Indiana ...... 0 2 3 2 Key matchup — Ohio State quarterback Justin versus Florida’s struggling offensive line. The Tigers Key matchup — Utah State QB Jordan Love and Rutgers ...... 0 2 1 3 West Fields vs. Michigan State’s defense. Fields has ac- have NFL talent across their D-line that features se- the Aggies’ fast-paced, spread offense against LSU’s Wisconsin ...... 2 0 4 0 Iowa ...... 1 0 4 0 counted for 23 touchdowns — 16 passing, seven niors Marlon Davidson and Derrick Brown. Auburn banged-up defense. With several defensive starters Minnesota ...... 1 0 4 0 running — and his 138 points responsible for is sec- only has 13 sacks, but ranks third in the league missing, LSU has been giving up 320 yards and 23.3 Nebraska ...... 1 1 3 2 Illinois ...... 0 1 2 2 ond in the nation. Michigan State has the fourth-best against the run. Gators coach Dan Mullen ripped his points per game. Utah State’s offense has been aver- Purdue ...... 0 1 1 3 running defense in the country and is limiting oppo- O-line after another lackluster performance last week aging 533 yards and 38.5 points per game. Northwestern ...... 0 2 1 3 Pac-12 nents to an average of 15 points per game. The unit and challenged them to play better. Players to watch — Utah State: LB David Wood- North has caused 10 turnovers . Players to watch — Auburn: Sophomore RB JaTar- ward has forced a nation-best four fumbles in four Conference Overall W L W L Players to watch — Ohio State: RB J.K. Dobbins. vious Whitlow is averaging 92.6 yards a game on the games this season to go with 55 tackles, including Oregon ...... 1 0 3 1 California ...... 1 1 4 1 The Buckeyes’ No. 1 tailback has been nearly unstop- ground and has scored seven touchdowns, including 3 ½ tackles for loss. Washington ...... 1 1 4 1 pable and could have gaudier numbers if not for giving at least one in each of the last four weeks. LSU: Joe Burrow has gotten the attention of Heis- Stanford ...... 1 2 2 3 Oregon State ...... 0 1 1 3 way to backups in every game. He has 654 yards and Florida: Senior LB Jon Greenard is wreaking havoc man Trophy voters with 100 completions for 1,520 Washington State ...... 0 2 3 2 South five touchdowns in five games. He’s averaging over 7 on opposing offenses. He’s tied for the league lead yards and 17 TDs this season. Colorado ...... 1 0 3 1 yards per carry. with four sacks, but he also has 6 ½ tackles for Facts & figures — Utah State is 19-4 in its last Arizona ...... 1 0 3 1 Southern Cal ...... 2 1 3 2 Michigan State: QB Brian Lewerke. The fifth-year loss, three pass breakups, a forced fumble and an 23 games under coach Gary Andersen. ... Utah State Utah ...... 1 1 4 1 player leads the Big Ten in total passing yards (1,325) interception. has scored 20 or more points in 21 straight games, Arizona State ...... 1 1 4 1 UCLA ...... 1 1 1 4 and completions (104) and is tied for second with 10 Facts & figures — It’s the first game between the the third-longest active streak in the nation behind SEC TD passes. He’s completed just under 60 percent of teams since 2011 . ... Auburn has won three straight Oklahoma (45) and Ohio State (32). ... Junior WR East Conference Overall his passes and has just one interception. and four of five in the series. Florida has won 13 of the Savon Scarver leads the nation in kickoff return av- W L W L Florida ...... 2 0 5 0 Facts & figures — The Spartans have defeated the last 16 meetings in Gainesville. ... The teams played erage at 41.4 yards. Scarver also led the nation in Georgia ...... 1 0 4 0 Buckeyes three times since 2011, the most of any every year between 1927 and 2002 (except for war- that category last season with 33.7 yards per return. Missouri ...... 1 0 3 1 South Carolina...... 1 2 2 3 team in the Big Ten. ... The Buckeyes are outscor- time hiatuses). ... Auburn’s Gus Malzahn and Florida’s ... LSU is 4-0 for the 11th time since 2003. ... The Tennessee ...... 0 1 1 3 ing opponents by 43.8 points per game. ... The Ohio Mullen are two of the five SEC head coaches who call Tigers defeated Utah State 38-17 in 1993 and 31-14 Vanderbilt...... 0 2 1 3 Kentucky ...... 0 3 2 3 State defense has allowed just 43 points, with 17 plays. Both also wear visors as a nod to retired coach in 2001. ... LSU has scored 45 or more points in the West Alabama ...... 2 0 5 0 of them coming in Big Ten wins over Nebraska and Steve Spurrier. ... Malzahn has beaten every team in first four games of a season for the first time in school Auburn ...... 2 0 5 0 Indiana. The unit ranks fourth nationally in scoring the SEC except for Florida during his seven seasons at history and LSU leads the nation in scoring offense at LSU ...... 1 0 4 0 Texas A&M ...... 1 1 3 2 defense, surrendering an average of just over eight Auburn. ... Florida expects to have six injured players 57.8 points per game. ... LSU has completed 24 TD Mississippi State ...... 1 1 3 2 points per game. ... Spartans All-American linebacker back, including speedy cornerback CJ Henderson and drives this season in less than three minutes. Mississippi ...... 1 1 2 3 Arkansas ...... 0 2 2 3 Joe Bachie leads the Big Ten with 46 tackles. disruptive defensive end Jabari Zuniga. — Associated Press PAGE 30 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 5, 2019 MLB Cards edge Braves in Game 1 of NLDS Four-run ninth inning lifts St. Louis in opener

BY PAUL NEWBERRY pinch-hit bloop single off Melancon to tie Associated Press the game in the eighth. “Every out, every pitch is important. There’s a lot of adrena- ATLANTA — Back in the playoffs for line involved, but that’s what you play for, the first time since 2015, the St. Louis Car- that’s why you’re here.” dinals look as gritty as ever. During a run of nine playoff appear- The Atlanta Braves also started down a familiar path. ances from 2004-15, the Cardinals were Marcell Ozuna and Kolten Wong each known for their postseason heroics, most hit two-run doubles in the ninth inning as notably rallying for a dramatic World Se- the Cardinals overcame shaky defense and ries win over Texas in 2011. a wild finish to extend Atlanta’s postseason This team looks ready to follow in that misery, holding off the Braves 7-6 in Game mold. 1 of the NL Division Series on Thursday The Braves are stuck in a nightmare that night. seems to repeat itself every October. The Cardinals fell behind 3-1 — hurt Atlanta has lost nine straight playoff by their normally reliable defense. But series and is just one away from tying the Paul Goldschmidt homered in the eighth, Chicago Cubs’ record for postseason fu- sparking a two-run outburst that tied it at tility — 10 postseason losses in a row be- 3. In the ninth, the Cardinals blew it open tween 1908 and 2003. Atlanta has not won against Braves closer Mark Melancon. a postseason series since 2001, and hasn’t Dexter Fowler and Tommy Edman sin- even led a series since going up 2-1 on San gled before Goldschmidt walked on four Francisco in the 2002 NLDS. The Giants pitches to load the bases with one out. Mel- won the next two games to advance. ancon got ahead of Ozuna with two quick strikes, only to give up a liner just inside To their credit, the Braves didn’t go qui- the third-base bag that put St. Louis ahead etly in their half of the ninth. for the first time. Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a two-run homer off Carlos Martinez, and Freddie Freeman Wong finished off Melancon with anoth- JOHN BAZEMORE/AP er two-run double, this one down the right- added a solo shot. But Martinez got the field line. final two outs to claim the win and put the The Cardinals’ Marcell Ozuna celebrates his two-run double against the Braves during “These are fun, exciting games,” said Cardinals ahead in the best-of-five series the ninth inning on Thursday in Game 1 of the NLDS in Atlanta. Ozuna and Kolten Matt Carpenter, who came through with a going into Game 2 Friday. Wong each hit two-run doubles in the ninth inning of St. Louis’ 7-6 victory. Acuna criticized by teammates for lack of hustle on key play

BY CHARLES ODUM ‘ Associated Press You’ve got to know you can’t have that ATLANTA — In a one-run mistake. That can’t happen in the playoffs. playoff loss, Ronald Acuna Jr.’s That can’t happen in the regular season. lack of hustle was the obvi- ous mistake the Atlanta Braves Unfortunately, that happened. couldn’t afford. ’ Freddie Freeman Acuna failed to run out a long on Braves teammate Ronald Acuna Jr.’s lack of hustle running out a long fl y ball fly ball to right field in the sev- during the 7th inning of Thursday’s 7-6 loss in Game 1 of the NL Division Series enth inning of the Braves’ 7-6 loss to St. Louis in Game 1 of the NL Division Series on Thursday night. He admired his drive as he Acuna’s close friend, second ond,” Snitker said. “And we’re carried his bat with him on his baseman Ozzie Albies, said the kind of short-handed to do any- slow jog down the first-base line. lollygagging could have cost At- thing about it right there. You The bad news for Acuna and lanta a win. Albies said “a couple hate to see that happen.” the Braves: It was not a homer. guys” spoke up in the clubhouse Acuna hit a two-run homer in The ball hit off the wall, and he after the game to tell Acuna “just the ninth and also admired the had to settle for a single instead run out of the box.” blast before flipping his bat. Free- of a double. “He had a chance to kill the in- man also homered as the Braves After showing lack of hustle in ning,” Albies said. “We probably tried to rally from a 7-3 deficit. an almost identical play on Aug. score in that inning if he’s at sec- The fact the Braves needed one 18, Acuna was pulled out of a 5- ond base. It was a big chance in a more run to complete the come- 3 win over the Dodgers by man- tight ballgame.” back added more attention to ager Brian Snitker. Acuna was Speaking through a translator, Acuna’s mistake in the seventh. contrite after that first mistake, Acuna insisted, “I always try to Freeman said players shouldn’t and Snitker seemed convinced give my best effort. Those things have to be told more than once to the 21-year-old All-Star learned just kind of get away from me. So, run out of the box. his lesson. obviously, I would love to have a “I think you have that conversa- No one was as quick to forgive double.” tion once,” Freeman said. “You’re Acuna after the gaffe was repeat- Acuna described his mistakes going to beat a dead horse after ed in the spotlight of the postsea- as “things only happen to guys you keep having that same con- son opener. who are on the bench. You get versation over and over again.” JOHN AMIS/AP “It is frustrating,” star team- benched for that.” Snitker said he had not yet had mate Freddie Freeman said. “... Braves center fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. runs to first base after a hit This time, however, Snitker the opportunity to speak with his You’ve got to know you can’t have against the St. Louis Cardinals during the seventh inning of Game was running out of players and young star. Albies said it’s cru- that mistake. That can’t happen 1 of the best-of-five National League Division Series on Thursday couldn’t afford to remove Acuna cial that Acuna understands the in the playoffs. That can’t happen in Atlanta. Acuna was criticized for admiring his drive as he jogged from the game as a disciplinary message. in the regular season. Unfortu- down the first-base line on the play and was forced to settle for a measure. “It’s a big deal,” Albies said. nately, that happened.” single instead of a double when the ball hit off the wall. “He should have been on sec- “He needs to do better there.” Saturday, October 5, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 31 MLB Scoreboard

Playoffs DIVISION SERIES Dodgers blank Nats in Game 1 (Best-of-five; x-if necessary) American League Houston vs. Tampa Bay Friday: at Houston Saturday: Tampa Bay (Snell 6-8) at Houston (Cole 20-5) LA’s Buehler AFN-Sports, 3 a.m. Sunday CET; 10 a.m. Sunday JKT Monday: Houston (Greinke 8-1) at Tampa Bay (Morton 16-6, 1-0) allows one hit x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: at Tampa Bay x-Thursday, Oct. 10: at Houston N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota Friday: at N.Y. Yankees Saturday: Minnesota (TBD) at N.Y. over six innings Yankees (Tanaka 11-9) AFN-Sports, 11 p.m. Saturday CET; 6 a.m. Sunday JKT BY BETH HARRIS Monday: N.Y. Yankees (Severino 1-1) at Minnesota (TBD) Associated Press x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: at Minnesota x-Thursday, Oct. 10: at N.Y. Yankees National League LOS ANGELES — The Dodg- L.A. Dodgers 1, Washington 0 ers overpowered the Nationals on Thursday: L.A. Dodgers 6, Washington 0 Friday: at L.A. Dodgers the mound and at the plate, ex- Sunday: L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 14-5) at tending the dominance that led to Washington (TBD) x-Monday: at Washington a franchise-record 106 victories x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: at L.A. Dodgers in the regular season right on into St. Louis 1, Atlanta 0 Thursday: St. Louis 7, Atlanta 6 the playoffs. Friday: at Atlanta Walker Buehler allowed one Sunday: Atlanta (Soroka 13-4) at St. Louis (Wainwright 14-10) hit over six innings, Max Muncy x-Monday: at St. Louis drove in three runs and Los An- x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: at Atlanta geles capitalized on mistakes to Thursday beat Washington 6-0 in Game 1 Cardinals 7, Braves 6 of their NL Division Series on St. Louis Atlanta Thursday night. ab r h bi ab r h bi “Oh, they’re good. They’re re- Fowler rf-cf 4 1 1 1 Acuna Jr. cf 4 1 3 2 Edman 3b-rf 5 1 2 0 Albies 2b 4 1 0 0 ally good,” Nationals manager Gldschmdt 1b 4 2 2 1 Freeman 1b 4 1 2 1 Dave Martinez said. “That’s why Ozuna lf 4 1 2 2 Dnaldson 3b 4 1 0 1 Molina c 4 0 0 0 Mrkakis lf-rf 5 1 1 0 they have been in the postseason DeJong ss 4 1 2 0 Joyce rf 2 0 0 0 so many years in a row.” Wong 2b 4 0 2 2 Duvall ph-lf 1 0 1 0 MARK J. TERRILL/AP Bader cf 3 1 1 0 McCann c 2 0 1 0 Buehler struck out eight, Crpnter ph-3b 1 0 1 1 Cervlli ph-c 2 0 0 0 C.Martinez p 1 0 0 0 Swanson ss 4 0 1 1 walked three and retired his final The Dodgers’ Max Muncy watches his two-run single against the Washington Nationals during the Mikolas p 1 0 1 0 Keuchel p 1 0 0 0 seven batters after earning the seventh inning of Game 1 of the National League Divisional Series on Thursday in Los Angeles. Webb p 0 0 0 0 O’Day p 0 0 0 0 Gallegos p 0 0 0 0 Ortega ph 1 0 0 0 start over veterans Clayton Ker- J.Martnez ph 1 0 0 0 Greene p 0 0 0 0 shaw and Hyun-Jin Ryu, whose inning they ever pitched in the earned — and three hits in six about the way I tried to make Brebbia p 0 0 0 0 Hchavrria ph 1 0 0 0 Miller p 0 0 0 0 Fried p 0 0 0 0 2.32 ERA was the lowest in the postseason. innings. The left-hander struck that play. Just one of those times Helsley p 0 0 0 0 Martin p 0 0 0 0 Arozarena cf 1 0 0 0 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 majors this season. Reinhart walked four — includ- out nine and finished with five you just miss it,” Kendrick said. Melancon p 0 0 0 0 “Walker, time and time again, ing Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig walks. “You never want to let your team- Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 Hamilton ph 0 1 0 0 just knows how to temper, control — in the fifth inning of Game 4 “It just didn’t seem like he had mates down or do anything that Totals 37 7 14 7 Totals 35 6 9 5 his emotions and transfer that of the 1926 World Series against his command,” Muncy said. “We could give the other team the St. Louis 000 010 024—7 Atlanta 100 002 003—6 into the delivery, the execution of the Yankees. did a really good job of not chas- advantage.” E—Wong (1), DeJong (1). DP—St. Louis pitches,” Dodgers manager Dave “That first inning was the ing balls out of the zone.” In the fourth, Muncy singled 1, Atlanta 2. LOB—St. Louis 10, Atlanta 8. 2B—Mikolas (1), Goldschmidt (1), Edman Roberts said. game,” Roberts said. “That really Cody Bellinger walked with leading off. Corey Seager fol- (1), Ozuna 2 (2), Wong (1), McCann (1), Acuna Jr. (1), Markakis (1). HR—Gold- Dodgers rookie Gavin Lux and set the tone.” two outs and scored on an error lowed with a hit that got past schmidt (1), Acuna Jr. (1), Freeman (1). Joc Pederson slugged pinch-hit Corbin walked three in a row by Kendrick in the fifth that a diving Kendrick at first and SB—Bader (1). S—Mikolas (1). solo homers in the eighth. with two outs in the 31-pitch in- made it 2-0. Third baseman An- rolled into right, sending Muncy IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Nationals first baseman Howie ning. Yan Gomes was charged thony Rendon made a diving stop to third. But then Corbin settled Mikolas 5 3 1 1 2 2 Kendrick had two grounders roll with a passed ball, too, and on Chris Taylor’s single down the down and retired the next three Webb B 1 2 1 1 0 Gallegos C 1 0 0 0 2 under his glove, the second lead- Muncy drew a free pass with the line, but his throw to first wasn’t batters to end the inning. Brebbia B 1 0 0 0 0 ing to the Dodgers’ second run in bases loaded to put the Dodgers in time and Bellinger went to “Mechanically, was rushing a Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 Helsley B 1 0 0 0 0 the fifth. in front. third. little bit. Was cutting my fastball,” C.Martinez W,1-0 1B 2 3 3 1 2 Washington’s Patrick Corbin “Walked a lot of guys, chased Muncy’s grounder rolled Corbin said. “Later on was able to Atlanta Keuchel 4C 5 1 1 3 0 stumbled through a rocky first a lot of bad pitches,” Martinez through Kendrick’s legs for an get back to my sinker and every- O’Day B 0 0 0 0 0 said. “When you’re walking guys error, scoring Bellinger, and Tay- thing else felt good after that.” Greene 1 1 0 0 1 0 inning. He issued four walks, Fried H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2 joining Art Reinhart of the St. and not hitting, it’s tough to win lor got thrown out at the plate to Muncy added a two-run single Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson H,1 C 3 2 2 0 1 Louis Cardinals as the only pitch- ballgames.” end the inning. with two outs in the seventh, ex- Melancon L,0-1 BS,0-1 1 5 4 4 2 1 ers to walk that many in the first Corbin gave up two runs — one “I wouldn’t change anything tending the lead to 4-0. Newcomb B 0 0 0 0 1 Miller pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Melancon pitched to 8 batters in the 9th. HBP—Webb (Donaldson), Miller (Free- man). T—4:07. A—42,631 (41,149). Mets fire Callaway after two bumpy seasons Dodgers 6, Nationals 0 Washington Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi BY MIKE FITZPATRICK which was get to the post- begin a “thorough and deliberate process.” T.Turner ss 4 0 1 0 Pollock lf 4 1 0 0 Associated Press season,” chief operating “I think we’re looking for strong leadership. Eaton rf 3 0 0 0 Kelly p 0 0 0 0 Rendon 3b 3 0 0 0 Freese 1b 3 0 0 0 officer Jeff Wilpon said We’re looking for a voice that can keep our Soto lf 4 0 1 0 Pdrson ph-rf 1 2 1 1 NEW YORK — Mickey Callaway went 11-1 on a 30-minute confer- clubhouse culture going in the right direction, Kendrick 1b 2 0 0 0 J.Turner 3b 5 1 1 0 Cabrera 2b 3 0 0 0 Bllnger cf-1b 2 1 0 0 in his first 12 games as manager of the New ence call with reporters. can keep this team unified and that can ac- Robles cf 3 0 0 0 C.Taylr rf-cf 2 0 1 0 York Mets. After that, nothing ever seemed to Gomes c 3 0 0 0 Mncy 2b-1b 3 0 2 3 “We’re not playing Octo- celerate our path here,” Van Wagenen said. “I Corbin p 2 0 0 0 Seager ss 4 0 1 0 go smoothly for him again. ber baseball, and that’s think at the end of the day, it’s less about any Rainey p 0 0 0 0 Smith c 4 0 0 0 Following more than a year on the hot seat, Rodney p 0 0 0 0 Buehler p 2 0 0 0 what it’s about.” shortcomings for Mickey and it’s more about Parra ph 1 0 0 0 Hrnandz ph 1 0 0 0 Callaway was fired Thursday by the Mets The Mets became the the upside opportunities that we feel like some Strickland p 0 0 0 0 Kolarek p 0 0 0 0 Maeda p 0 0 0 0 after missing the playoffs in both his seasons seventh team seeking a of the other potential candidates may bring to Lux ph-2b 1 1 1 1 at the helm. new manager this offsea- us. Totals 28 0 2 0 Totals 32 6 7 5 Washington 000 000 000—0 The move came four days after New York Callaway son, joining the Angels, “Mickey helped us get to this point. I think Los Angeles 100 010 22x—6 wrapped up an 86-76 campaign that marked E—Kendrick 2 (2). DP—Washington 0, Cubs, Giants, Padres, Pi- he helped us start this progression and I think Los Angeles 1. LOB—Washington 4, Los a nine-win improvement over his 2018 debut. rates and Royals. we got better year over year with him,” the Angeles 9. 2B—T.Turner (1). HR—Lux (1), Pederson (1). SB—J.Turner (1), Muncy But a strong second half wasn’t enough to save Joe Girardi, the former Yankees and Mar- GM added. “We don’t want to take the foot off (1). the embattled Callaway, who had one year re- lins skipper, and Houston Astros bench coach the pedal.” IP H R ER BB SO maining on his contract. Joe Espada have been mentioned as potential While the persistent Mets certainly made Washington Corbin L,0-1 6 3 2 1 5 9 New York went 46-26 following the All-Star replacements for Callaway. strides this year, it’s no surprise Van Wa- Rainey B 1 2 2 1 1 break and made an unlikely charge into the Rodney C 1 0 0 1 1 “The goal is to have the best person, regard- genen wanted to make a change and bring in Strickland 1 2 2 2 0 1 National League wild-card race, only to be less of his résumé,” general manager Brodie his own choice to manage the team. The 44- Los Angeles eliminated during the final week. Van Wagenen said. year-old Callaway was hired under previous Buehler W,1-0 6 1 0 0 3 8 Kolarek H,1 B 0 0 0 0 1 “I feel unfulfilled. I feel we left some games Van Wagenen said the Mets had already GM Sandy Alderson and retained after Van Maeda H,1 1C 0 0 0 0 2 Kelly 1 1 0 0 0 2 on the field that we should have won, and we “spent a good amount of time” identifying an Wagenen, a former player agent, took the job T—3:23. A—53,095 (56,000). didn’t fulfill what we really had as a goal, “expansive list of potential candidates” as they nearly a year ago. S TARS AND STRIPES Saturday, October 5, 2019 Getting results Cardinals, Dodgers prevail in SPORTS divisional openers » Pages 30-31

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Above: Seahawks running back Chris Carson hauls in a 5-yard Seahawks QB Wilson at his best in touchdown reception against the Rams during the fourth quarter on Thursday. Left: Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson scrambles victory over NFC West rival Rams during the Seahawks’ 30-29 win. BY TIM BOOTH AP photos Associated Press SEATTLE ‘ or all the other times when Seattle’s Russell Wilson Russell was the best player on the field and made highlight Wilson plays, this was different. is playing It could have been the stage of prime time or fac- F ing a division nemesis in the Rams. Or the circum- out of stances of building an early lead, losing it and then rallying once his mind more in the fourth quarter. right now. Whatever the reason, Seattle received a performance from ’ Wilson that’ll be hard to top. Eric Weddle Los Angeles “It was one of the best, I think,” Wilson said. Rams safety SEE PRIME ON PAGE 27

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