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BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes AUSTIN, Texas — An indepen- dent panel will review the com- mand climate and culture of Fort Hood, Texas, in the wake of the killing of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced Friday. The announcement followed a meeting between McCarthy, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, and lead- ers from the League of United Latin American Citizens. The congresswoman from Houston and LULAC have worked with the Guillen family, who also are from Houston, to raise awareness about the soldier’s disappearance and death and to help communi- cate with the Army throughout the investigation. “I am directing an independent [and] comprehensive review of the command climate and cul- ture. We have to listen in order to create enduring change,” McCar- thy wrote on Twitter immediately following the meeting. The review is to determine whether the command climate and culture at Fort Hood, and the surrounding military com- GODOFREDO A. VASQUEZ, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP munity, reflects Army values, including respect, inclusiveness, Juan Cruz, boyfriend of Army soldier Vanessa Guillen, kneels in front of a mural honoring her on July 5, in Houston. An independent review of the command climate and culture at Fort Hood has been commissioned after questions and concerns voiced by family members, SEE REVIEW ON PAGE 4 Congress, and various Hispanic advocacy groups during the Army’s investigation of Guillen’s dissappearance. US commander: ‘Disarray’ in Iran after Soleimani death

BY TONY CAPACCIO ‘ After a surge in tensions earlier this troops out of the region. Just not yet. Bloomberg I think they’re still sorting year following the killing of Quds force “Iran recognizes that we have the capa- themselves out and what commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, bility in the theater to make it very painful The top American commander in the for them to launch a direct or indirect at- Middle East says he sees Iran’s decision- and additional damage done to the Islamic they want to do. tack against either us or one of our part- making abilities in “disarray” after a U.S. ’ Republic from the COVID-19 pandemic, Kenneth McKenzie ners or allies,” McKenzie, who heads U.S. drone strike killed a senior Iranian com- Marine General Kenneth McKenzie said Marine General, U.S. Central Command Central Command, said in a telephone mander in January, but he doesn’t expect he expects the Islamic Republic’s military the lull to last. to regroup and focus on trying to drive U.S. SEE IRAN ON PAGE 3

MIDEAST NATION MUSIC Singer’s deployment Trump commutes sentence of Difficult to single out one inspires folk song ally convicted for obstruction ‘Song of the Summer’ in about Afghan love during Russia investigation year unlike any other Page 3 Page 8 Pages 12-13

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 17 Books ...... 14 Comics/Crossword ...... 15 Movies ...... 11 Music ...... 12-13 Opinion ...... 18 Sports ...... 19-24 Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MIDEAST Russian envoy mocks Taliban bounty intel

Associated Press Russian Foreign leged push on them to fight against U.S. the Russian track.” Minister Sergey Lav- servicemen or even a reward for their Lavrov noted that Russia welcomed a MOSCOW — Russia’s top diplomat on rov dismissed the in- heads,” Lavrov said during a videoconfer- February peace deal between the U.S. and Friday dismissed U.S. intelligence infor- telligence claims as a ence on foreign policy issues. “I can only the Taliban aimed at ending the protracted mation alleging that Moscow offered boun- sham. The intelligence say that the entire thing has hinged on un- war in Afghanistan. ties to the Taliban for killing American assessments that Rus- scrupulous speculations, and no concrete “We have provided assistance via our soldiers as a product of election year poli- sia offered bounties facts have been presented whatsoever.” channels to help this agreement work,” the tics in Washington. were first reported by He charged that the intelligence claims Russian foreign minister said. U.S. intelligence officials said informa- The New York Times, were floated to hurt the Trump adminis- Top Pentagon leaders told U.S. Congress tion about Russia’s alleged bounties on then confirmed to tration before the U.S. presidential election on Thursday that reports of Russia offer- the heads of troops in Afghanistan was The Associated Press in November. “The entire story looks like it ing Taliban militants bounties for killing included in an intelligence brief for Presi- by American intel- Lavrov has been written and designed specifically Americans weren’t corroborated by de- dent Donald Trump in late February. The ligence officials and for the purpose of the domestic political fense intelligence agencies, but said they White House has denied Trump received others with knowledge of the matter. struggle in the run-up to the election,” he are looking into it and the U.S. will respond the information at that time, arguing that “There has been a hype in the United said. “Once again, they’re trying to attack if necessary. Defense Secretary Mark the intelligence wasn’t credible enough to States over speculation on alleged ties be- the incumbent administration and dis- Esper said that the threats were taken seri- bring to the president’s attention. tween Russia and the Taliban and our al- credit everything it’s doing, especially on ously, but haven’t yet been found credible. Deployment inspires song from folk singer

BY J.P. LAWRENCE YouTube. Stars and Stripes Pettis — who uses his middle name, Rayvon, while perform- An American folk/country ing — deployed to northern Af- song about two young lovers on ghanistan in 2010 with the now the run is a tale as old as time. disbanded 900th Maintenance But this one’s got a twist: it’s set Company out of Alabama. in Afghanistan. He returned from deployment “Lailly and Abdullah” is about and begin a music career, inter- Afghan youth in conflict with tra- rupted briefly by another deploy- dition and features a musician ment in 2013. from Alabama singing “Allahu Joseph Harmon, who deployed Akbar.” with Pettis, said Pettis was always The unique melding of Ameri- strumming a guitar downrange. cana and Afghanistan comes “That place left an indelible from Maj. Pierce Pettis, a Nation- mark on all of us,” said Harmon, al guardsman who wrote the song now a major with the 1200th after being inspired by one of his Combat Sustainment Support Courtesy of Pierce Pettis deployments overseas. Battalion. Pettis said he hopes his song As a young logistics officer, Pet- Pierce Pettis interacts with children from the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan during a gets people to think about the tis tried his hand at civil affairs deployment there in 2010. lives of the people of Afghanistan, missions such as building schools which he said remains mostly un- and tried to leave base as much as The main characters are two The main characters of Pettis’ ing conversations with Afghan known to Americans even after possible to speak with the people young Afghan lovers who connect song are similarly from different friends about how too many sto- 20 years of U.S. troops deploying of Balkh province. over losing their parents during backgrounds. Abdullah is shot by ries about Afghanistan end badly. there. “He was always trying to learn the country’s decades of war. a religious cleric and Lailly is de- So Abdullah survives and the “Humans care about each about Afghan culture from the lo- Pettis said the song was in- spondent at his hospital bed when young couple escape to start a other once we know each other,” cals,” said Dave Abdullah Ali, an spired by an intel brief he heard a doctor tells her she must be re- happy life. Pettis said in a recent phone in- Afghan-American who served as about two young people unable to alistic about life. “In the same way things can terview about the song, recently an interpreter alongside Pettis. marry because they were from But Pettis adds another twist: a turn awful, they can turn unex- featured on Grammy Award win- The song comes from his ex- different tribes. They were then happy ending. While his original pectedly wonderful,” Pettis said. ner Margo Price’s livestream. It periences while deployed, but it’s were killed by their families when version ended sadly, Pettis said [email protected] has drawn hundreds of views on not about a soldier. they tried to elope, he recalled. he reworked it after remember- Twitter: @jplawrence3 Iran: US commander says attack on Soleimani disrupted Iran’s objectives

FROM FRONT PAGE 35A stealth jets redeployed June 2 for a by Tehran. enzie what he says is the most worrisome interview Thursday. “Right now, it is kind third stint to the region. Iran’s government rejects that charge. threat U.S. forces and allies face in the of quiet, but I think part of that is they’re McKenzie said Iran felt it had momen- The United Nations has said the weapons region today: “It is the small drone — it’s still on their heels a little bit from January tum in its efforts to bolster influence over used in the Aramco strike were of Iranian the Costco-purchased drone” because “if and I think they’re still sorting themselves neighboring Iraq at America’s expense, origin, without directly saying Tehran was you can see it with a larger radar cross- until the unexpected U.S. attack on Solei- responsible. section we can engage it with traditional out and what they want to do.” mani — a commander who was lionized “I draw no confidence from periods of measures.” McKenzie oversees American forces in Iranian society but accused of being quiet,” McKenzie added. “That’s when I Those smaller, relatively cheap mod- in a region President Donald Trump has behind conflicts from Lebanon to Yemen actually begin to look very hard at what els can be launched close to targets as an long said he wants U.S. forces to leave. But — disrupted their efforts. the Iranians might be up to because I think opening salvo meant to disable early warn- Trump has also bolstered the American Yet short-term setbacks won’t distract they have long-term goals to eject us.” ing radar, opening the way for a larger at- presence there at times to help defend a the Iranian regime from its ultimate goal But so far, “they are deterred because in tack — “either a swarm attack or a highly key ally — Saudi Arabia — and heighten of ejecting the U.S. and all Western allies the mind of the opponent — the Iranians precise single strike,” McKenzie said in pressure on Iran after quitting the 2015 from the region, he said. — they believe, that the goal that they de- the interview. nuclear accord with the country. “I remember well the lesson of last fall sire — ejection of the United States from Since May 2019, Iranian-supported Among the forces under McKenzie’s where we were in a relative period of quiet the theater — will be more painful than the groups have “conducted scores of UAS re- command are roughly 6,500 U.S. troops in and, bang, they attacked Aramco,” McK- value of attaining it — that’s classic deter- connaissance flights near U.S. and Iraqi Iraq out of as many as 80,000 in the region, enzie said, referring to the mid-September rence theory,” he said. “That’s what I think Security Force bases” and used drones in including Afghanistan. The weaponry at drone and cruise missile attack on Saudi we are operating under right now.” the September attack against Saudi oil fa- his disposal includes next-generation F- oil facilities that the U.S. says was directed The Aramco attack highlighted for McK- cilities, McKenzie said earlier this year. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 MILITARY Review: Guillen case challenges military’s approach to assaults

FROM FRONT PAGE she was assured it would be trans- and workplaces free from sexual parent and its findings would be harassment, according to a news given to Congress. release. James McPherson, undersec- Guillen, 20, went missing from retary of the Army, and Gen. Jo- Fort Hood on April 22 while seph Martin, Army vice chief of working in an arms room with staff, will be co-chairmen of an the 3rd Cavalry Regiment’s En- implementation team, which will gineer Squadron. Her remains consider every recommendation were found June 30 near a river from the panel and make changes about 30 miles from the base. as appropriate, according to the Spc. Aaron Robinson, another release. McPherson and Mar- soldier in Guillen’s squadron, hit tin attended Friday’s meeting as did Sergeant Major of the Army and killed her with a hammer, Michael Grinston. Gen. James then moved her body, according McConville, Army chief of staff, to federal court documents. A MARK MULLIGAN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP attended remotely. second suspect, Cecily Aguilar, McCarthy asked LULAC lead- Members of #TeamVanessa and FIEL Houston gather demanding justice for Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen is in federal custody and accused ers during the meeting to recom- on the Dunlavy Street bridge that goes over the Southwest Freeway in Houston on Wednesday. of conspiracy to tamper with mend Hispanic men and women evidence. Robinson shot himself who could serve on the panel, Command has already begun its dead June 30 when approached said Domingo Garcia, national own inspection of Fort Hood’s im- by civilian law enforcement in president of LULAC, America’s plementation of its sexual harass- Killeen, the town just outside Fort largest and oldest Hispanic ment and assault program at the Hood. group that works to advance the request of base commanders. Following the confirmation that economic condition, education More than 400 Hispanic state the human remains found were opportunities, political influ- lawmakers have demanded an Guillen, members of Congress ence and civil rights of Hispanic investigation into the safety of and organizations outside the fed- Americans. He is not related to women serving in the military, eral government began sending the Texas congresswoman. citing two on-base killings that letters to Defense Department Guillen’s case has also brought they believe need further review leaders asking for various reviews forth questions about the efficacy of how they were handled and the or investigations into the soldier’s of the military’s approach to pre- related policies that could prevent disappearance and death, and the venting and prosecuting sexual more deaths. Army’s investigation into locat- harassment and assault within Earlier this week, the National ing her. They’ve also called for its ranks. The Guillen family has Hispanic Caucus of State Leg- an investigation and overhaul of said the soldier reported to her islators asked the Army and Air the military’s program to prevent mother and sister that she faced Force secretaries and Congress’ and report sexual assault and ha- sexual harassment on base but armed services committees to rassment in its ranks. did not feel she was able to re- “address the continued lack of The independent review arose port the incidents to her chain of safety experiences by female en- MARIE D. DE JESUS, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP from the questions and concerns command. listed service members.” voiced by family members, Con- Those allegations inspired hun- Yaressy Davila, 22, a friend of Guillen’s, participates on a protest The group’s letter cited the gress, and various Hispanic dreds of veterans to share their demanding justice for the slain soldier on the Dunlavy Street bridge deaths of Guillen and Airman 1st advocacy groups during the in- own stories of sexual assault and in Houston. Class Natasha Aposhian at Grand vestigation, according to the harassment through the #IAM- Forks Air Force Base, N.D., say- release. VANESSAGUILLEN campaign ily’s allegations of harassment, potential harassment did not ing they “demonstrate a continu- McCarthy will recommend the on social media. Many of those but speaking to reporters Fri- come from Robinson or people of ing culture where enlisted women Pentagon’s inspector general also veterans posted that nothing was day, investigators with the Army interest in the investigation, they — especially enlisted women of conduct a review to focus more on done to bring justice to their com- Criminal Investigation Command said. Officials did not say whether color — have more to fear from the sexual harassment program, plaints. LULAC leaders said they changed course, The Washington the potential harassment was sex- those with whom they serve than Garcia said Friday during a news gave these stories to McCarthy Post reported. ist or racial in nature. from this nation’s enemies,” ac- conference with LULAC lead- during their meeting. Guillen could have faced some Sylvia Garcia said she will con- cording to the letter. “We must ers on Capitol Hill following the The Army had previously form of harassment, not sexual in tinue to push for the inspector learn from these tragedies.” meeting. She said the independent maintained it had no credible in- nature, before she was killed, ac- general review of the sexual ha- [email protected] review panel is “a great step” and formation about the Guillen fam- cording to the news report. That rassment program. Army Forces Twitter: @Rose_Lori Esper: SOUTHCOM seized thousands of pounds of cocaine, pot

BY COREY DICKSTEIN timated $90 billion drug-trafficking opera- ligence, surveillance and reconnaissance no mercy,” Trump said. “We are doing Stars and Stripes tion that benefits “bad actors,” including missions in the region. numbers like nobody thought possible. … Mexican cartels and Venezuela’s embat- In brief remarks, Trump announced Our message is clear: You will not threaten WASHINGTON — Three months into tled leader President Nicolas Maduro, who Coast Guard forces in May had found our citizens, you will not poison our chil- an increased effort to combat drug traf- the United States has labeled illegitimate. and halted three cartel submarines car- dren, and you will not infiltrate our bor- fickers in South and Central America, the “Transnational criminal organizations rying “thousands of pounds” of narcotics. ders. We will find you, we will stop you, U.S. military has captured more than 120 have destroyed far too many American He warned the drug traffickers that they and we will put everybody that we find be- metric tons of cocaine and 18,000 pounds lives by smuggling heroin, cocaine, fen- would be caught, saying the United States hind bars if you’re lucky.” of marijuana headed for U.S. shores, top tanyl and methamphetamines into our has apprehended about 1,000 suspected Military officials have said in recent American officials said Friday. country, leading to drug overdoses and months that the increase in operations The Pentagon has flooded waters in U.S. addiction in our communities,” Esper said traffickers since April 1. Southern Command’s area of operations Friday during a visit to SOUTHCOM’s The Department of Justice has brought in the SOUTHCOM region has been the off South and Central America with a 75% Miami headquarters alongside President charges against at least 60 suspected drug largest boost in activity there in decades. increase in surveillance aircraft and 65% Donald Trump. smugglers so far as a result of the operation, Top Southern Command leaders, going more ships than usual as part of the opera- Esper said SOUTHCOM now has about said Amanda Liskamm, an associate U.S. back years, have continuously asked for tion launched April 1, Defense Secretary one dozen Navy and Coast Guard ships pa- deputy attorney general, who joined the more resources, especially to combat drug Mark Esper said. The Pentagon’s top of- trolling waters in the Caribbean Sea and delegation visiting Southern Command. trafficking. ficial said the new operations had “shown eastern Pacific Ocean and 15 military and “We are taking the fight directly to the [email protected] great success” already cutting into an es- law enforcement aircraft conducting intel- sinister cartels, and we are showing them Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Trump threatens funding for schools, colleges

Associated Press Public Policy continues. Our includes. The White House and schools, colleges or universities kins University on Friday. The children must be Educated, not Treasury Department did not im- in a tweet,” Hartle said. “Having University of California system In his push to get schools and Indoctrinated!” mediately comment on the presi- said that, I don’t think anything has said it also plans to sue. colleges to reopen this fall, Presi- dent Donald Trump is again tak- The Republican president did dent’s message. will come of this quickly.” The universities are chal- ing aim at their finances, this not explain what prompted the Previous guidance from the In his latest threat, Trump re- lenging new guidance issued by time threatening their tax-ex- remark or which schools would Internal Revenue Service lays vived his oft-repeated claim that Immigration and Customs En- empt status. be reviewed. But the threat is just out six types of activities that can universities are bastions of lib- forcement saying international Trump said on Twitter on Fri- one more that Trump has issued jeopardize a nonprofit organiza- eralism that stifle conservative students cannot stay in the U.S. day he was ordering the Treasury against schools as he ratchets tion’s tax-exempt status, includ- ideas. He used the same argu- if they take all their classes on- Department to re-examine the up pressure to get them to open ing political activity, lobbying and ment last year when he issued an line this fall. The policy has been tax-exempt status of schools that this fall. Twice this week Trump straying from the organization’s executive order telling colleges to viewed as an attempt to force the he says provide “radical indoctri- threatened to cut federal fund- stated purpose. ensure free speech on campuses nation’s universities to resume nation” instead of education. ing for schools that don’t reopen, But ideology is not on the IRS’s or lose federal research funding. classroom instruction this fall. “Too many Universities and including in an earlier tweet on list, said Terry Hartle, senior vice His interest in colleges’ financ- Under the rules, international School Systems are about Radi- Friday. president of the American Coun- es appears to have been renewed students must transfer schools or cal Left Indoctrination, not Edu- It’s unclear, however, on what cil on Education, which repre- as several schools sue the Trump leave the country if their colleges cation,” he tweeted. “Therefore, grounds Trump could have a sents university presidents. Any administration over new restric- plan to hold instruction entirely I am telling the Treasury De- school’s tax-exempt status ter- review of a school’s status would tions on international students. online. Even if their schools offer partment to re-examine their minated. It was also not clear have to follow previously estab- Harvard University and the Mas- a mix of online and in-person Tax-Exempt Status and/or Fund- what Trump meant by “radical lished guidelines, he said. sachusetts Institute of Technolo- classes, foreign students would ing, which will be taken away if indoctrination” or who would “It’s always deeply troubling gy sued to block the policy earlier be forbidden from taking all their this Propaganda or Act Against decide what type of activity that to have the president single out this week, followed by Johns Hop- courses remotely. In school opening debate, Trump again ramps up attacks on health experts

BY JILL COLVIN in response to surging infections AND MIKE STOBBE within its boundaries and neigh- Associated Press boring Texas and Arizona. Yet Trump paints a rosy pic- WASHINGTON — The White ture of progress and ramps up House seating chart spoke his attacks on his government’s volumes. own public health officials, chal- When the president convened lenging the CDC’s school-re- a roundtable this week on how to opening guidelines and publicly safely reopen schools with coro- undermining the nation’s top in- navirus cases rising, the seats fectious-diseases expert, Dr. An- surrounding him were filled with thony Fauci. parents, teachers and top White “Dr. Fauci is a nice man, but House officials, including the he’s made a lot of mistakes,” first and second ladies. Trump told Fox News Channel But the head of the Centers for host Sean Hannity in a call-in ALEX BRANDON/AP Disease Control and Prevention, interview Thursday, pointing, in usually the lead- President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump listen during a “National Dialogue on Safely part, to changes in guidance on er of disease- Reopening America’s Schools,” event in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday. ANALYSIS mask-wearing over time. fighting efforts, In his latest beef with the CDC, was relegated working together in partner- tious diseases at the Vanderbilt days, when it botched develop- the president accused the Atlan- to secondary seating in the back ship since the very beginning of University School of Medicine ment of a test kit, delaying track- ta-based federal agency of “ask- with the children of parents who this pandemic to carry out the in Nashville. They have “been ing efforts. ing schools to do very impractical had been invited to speak. president’s highest priority: the sidelined and their voices — their Trump also grew enraged in Intentional or not, it was a tell- things” in order to reopen. The health and safety of the Ameri- clear, consistent, transparent late February when Dr. Nancy ing indication of the regard that recommended measures include can public.” voices — have been muffled or Messonnier — a CDC official who President Donald Trump has spacing students’ desks 6 feet But the flap has touched a even completely silenced.” was then leading the agency’s for the government’s top health apart, staggering start and arriv- nerve amid increasing concern While Trump has led the way, coronavirus response but has professionals as he pushes the al times, and teaching kids effec- over how the administration has he’s not the only one sending mes- since been sidelined — contra- country to move past the coro- tive hygiene measures to prevent sidelined, muzzled and seemed to sages contrary to those of public dicted statements by other fed- navirus. Whatever they say, he’s infections. derail the CDC. Repeatedly now, health officials. At a briefing this eral officials that the virus was determined to revive the battered After Trump’s scolding com- the administration has shelved week by the White House coro- contained. economy and resuscitate his re- ment, Vice President Mike Pence or altered CDC draft guidance, navirus task force, Pence’s mes- “It’s not so much a question of election chances, even as U.S. announced Wednesday that the or even told the agency to take sage to those in states like Texas, if this will happen anymore, but hospitalizations and deaths keep CDC would be “issuing new guid- down guidance it has already Florida, California and Arizona, rather more a question of exactly climbing. ance” that would “give all-new posted. That includes in early where cases are rising, was sim- when,” Messonnier said, sending Confirmed COVID-19 cases in tools to our schools.” March, when administration offi- ple: “We believe the takeaway stocks plunging and infuriating the U.S. hit the 3 million mark But the agency’s director, Dr. cials overruled CDC doctors who from this for every American, Trump, even though she proved this week, with over 130,000 Robert Redfield, pushed back wanted to recommend that older particularly in those states that correct. deaths now recorded. The surge amid criticism that he was bowing and physically fragile Americans are impacted, is: Keep doing what Many outside the White House has led to new equipment short- to pressure from the president. be advised not to fly on com- you’re doing.” also fault Redfield, who was ap- ages as well as long lines at test- “I want to clarify, really what mercial airlines because of the Not so, said Dr. Deborah Birx, pointed two years ago, for fail- ing sites and delayed results. we’re providing is different refer- pandemic. the task force’s response coordi- ing to adequately assert himself States are responding. ence documents. … It’s not a revi- In May, officials removed some nator. She said those states should and his agency. Redfield does not At midnight Friday, Nevada sion of the guidelines,“ he said the recommendations for reopening instead close bars, end indoor have a close personal relation- was to enforce new restrictions next day. religious events hours after post- dining and limit gatherings “back ship with the president and has on bars and restaurants in sev- Indeed, draft documents ob- ing them, deleting guidance that down to our Phase 1 recommen- rubbed some at the White House eral areas including Las Vegas tained by The Associated Press discouraged choir gatherings and dation, which was 10 or less.” the wrong way. and Reno after a spike in cases. seem to confirm Redfield’s asser- shared communion cups. Experts warn the U.S. has suf- This week, before his later, And New Mexico’s Gov. Mi- tion, though officials stress the “Here we have at this time fered from a lack of clear, sci- tougher comments, Redfield ap- chelle Lujan Grisham said her drafts are still under review. the 21st century’s biggest public ence-based messaging during the peared to fold before Trump’s state was halting indoor restau- Deputy White House press sec- health crisis, and the CDC has pandemic — typically provided complaints, saying that the CDC rant service, closing state parks retary Judd Deere issued a sup- been shunted aside,” said Dr. by the CDC. But Trump and the guidelines should not “be used to nonresidents and suspending portive statement Friday: “The William Schaffner, a professor of White House have kept the agen- as a rationale to keep schools autumn contact sports at schools White House and CDC have been preventive medicine and infec- cy at arm’s length since the early closed.” PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Disparity of care underscored in many countries

Associated Press Infected people are packing India’s public hospitals as many JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus are unable to afford private ones cases have doubled in just two that generally uphold higher stan- weeks to a quarter-million, and dards of care. India on Saturday saw its big- Indian Prime Minister Naren- gest daily spike as its infections dra Modi met with top officials passed 800,000. The surging Saturday on the country’s re- cases are raising sharp concerns sponse to COVID-19, urging them about unequal treatment dur- to improve infection testing and ing the pandemic, as the wealthy tracking, especially in states with hoard medical equipment and high positivity rates. use private hospitals and the poor In Australia, the beleaguered crowd into overwhelmed public state of Victoria received some facilities. good news with health officials Globally more than 12.5 mil- reporting 216 new cases in the lion people have been infected by past 24 hours, down from the the virus and over 560,000 have record 288 the previous day. It died, according to data compiled hopes a new six-week lockdown by Johns Hopkins University. in Melbourne, Australia’s second- Experts say the pandemic’s true toll is much higher due to testing largest city with a population of 5 shortages, poor data collection in million, will curb the spread. some nations and other issues. “As inconvenient and as chal- Some of the worst-affected lenging as it is, we cannot deny countries are among the world’s the reality of the situation we most unequal. South Africa leads face, and we cannot pretend that them all on that measure, with doing anything other than fol- RAJANISH KAKADE/AP the pandemic exposing the gap in lowing the rules will get us to the care. Health workers screen residents for COVID-19 symptoms at Devnar slum in Mumbai, India, Saturday. other side of this,” said Victoria In Johannesburg, the epicenter In just three weeks, India went from the world’s sixth worst-affected country to the third, according to a Premier Daniel Andrews. of South Africa’s outbreak, badly tally by Johns Hopkins University. In Latin America, where in- needed oxygen concentrators equality is sharp and Brazil and that help people with COVID-19 virus cases, including more than al safety & health of frontline of health staffing and more than Peru are among the world’s top struggling to breathe are hard 3,800 deaths. To complicate mat- workers is a non-negotiable 550,000 cases, and the pandemic five most badly hit countries, the to find as private businesses and ters, the country’s troubled power minimum!!” the Kenya Medical is reaching “full speed,” the Af- COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping individuals are buying them up, utility has announced new elec- Practitioners, Pharmacists and rica Centers for Disease Control through the continent’s leader- tricity cuts in the dead of winter Dentists Union tweeted after her and Prevention says. a public health specialist volun- ship, with two more presidents teering at a field hospital, Lynne as a cold front brings freezing death. On Saturday, the union Many parts of the world are and powerful officials testing Wilkinson, told The Associated weather. Many of the country’s and other medical groups called facing fresh waves of infections positive in the past week. Press. urban poor live in shacks of scrap on President Uhuru Kenyatta to as they struggle with trying to re- Meanwhile, South Africa’s pub- metal and wood. implement a promised compen- open their economies. Yet developing countries are lic hospitals are short on medical And in Kenya, some have been sation package to ease the “anxi- In India, which reported a new not the only ones overwhelmed. oxygen — and they are now see- outraged by a local newspaper ety and fear that has now gripped daily high of 27,114 cases on Sat- Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the ing a higher proportion of deaths report that says several gover- health care workers.” urday, nearly a dozen states have U.S. have hit the 3 million mark, than private ones, the National nors have installed intensive care More than 8,000 health work- imposed partial lockdow ns in with over 130,000 confirmed Institute for Communicable Dis- unit equipment in their homes. ers across Africa have been high-risk areas. A surge in in- deaths — the worst outbreak by eases says. The country lost its first doctor to infected, half of them in South fections saw cases jumping from far in the world. The surge has led South Africa now has more COVID-19 this week. Africa. The continent of 1.3 bil- 600,000 to more than 800,000 in to equipment shortages as well as than 250,000 confirmed corona- “The welfare, occupation- lion has the world’s lowest levels nine days. long lines at testing sites. No guarantee of workers’ comp for front-line workers

Associated Press Workers’ compensation is not and day out, that person starts health insurance, or an unem- to look like the coal miner who is WASHINGTON — Lauded for ployment benefit. The $56 billion, routinely exposed to a hazardous their service and hailed as ev- state-level insurance system is health condition because of their eryday heroes, essential workers one of the nation’s oldest forms who get the coronavirus on the work,” he explained. of a social contract. In exchange Think hospital and nursing job have no guarantee in most for coverage, workers give up the states they’ll qualify for workers’ home clinical staff, first respond- right to sue their employers for ers, and meat packing workers, compensation to cover lost wages job-related harms. Employers and medical care. among others. pay premiums to support the sys- Acknowledging such realities, Fewer than one-third of the tem. Complex rules differ from states have enacted policies that more than a dozen states have state to state. enacted policies known as “pre- shift the burden of proof for cov- Dealing with job-related in- erage of job-related COVID-19 so sumptions” that relieve essential juries is fairly straightforward, workers like Harrington, the workers like first responders and but diseases have always been nurse from Connecticut, of hav- nurses don’t have to show they trickier for workers’ comp, and ing to prove how they actually got got sick by reporting for a risky JOHN MINCHILLO/AP COVID-19 seems to be in a class assignment. COVID-19 on the job. Medical personnel are applauded in April in New York City. In most of its own. Debate over workers’ comp in “You don’t know per se where The list includes liberal states the states is part of a much larger states, front-line workers who get COVID-19 on the job have no like California and conservative guarantee they’ll qualify for workers’ comp . you inhaled that breath whereby national discussion about liability you became infected,” said Bill states like Kentucky, according to for virus exposure, with Republi- Smith, president of the Workers’ WILG, the lawyers’ group. Nurse Dori Harrington of nor peculiar” to her job. cans in Congress seeking a broad Injury Law & Advocacy Group, or Duff, however, predicts most shield for businesses in the next Manchester, Conn., said she got “It’s great to be appreciated, but WILG, a professional association states will be reluctant to expand coronavirus relief bill. COVID-19 caring for infected pa- we need to be taken care of, too,” of lawyers representing workers. protections because the issue in- And for most employees going tients at a nursing home, with lim- said Harrington, who eventually You can still reach a logical volves significant costs and hard back to job sites as the economy ited protective gear. Harrington won her claim with union help. conclusion, says University of lobbying. It pits workers, labor reopens, there’s even less protec- was severely ill and missed five “Nobody should have to fight to Wyoming labor law professor Mi- groups, lawyers, and social wel- tion than for essential workers. weeks of work, yet her workers’ be taken care of when they were chael Duff. fare advocates against employ- In nearly all states, they have to comp claim was initially denied simply doing their job taking care “When you are talking about ers, insurers, and even local and prove they got the virus on the job on grounds that her disease was of other people. It’s obnoxious to certain kinds of frontline work- state governments that employ to qualify for workers’ comp. “not distinctively associated with, me.” ers, out in the trenches, day in frontline workers. Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Atlanta mayor clashes with governor as Georgia hikes its hospital bed capacity

Associated Press Gavin Newsom amid fast-rising virus cases and hospitalizations. ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp It’s unclear if any similar pro- announced Friday that Georgia hibition on singing exists in the would increase hospital bed ca- United States, though there is one pacity as COVID-19 hospitaliza- in England. tions surged, the state set a new The virus is more easily trans- single-day record for coronavirus mitted indoors and singing re- infections and he clashed anew leases minuscule droplets that with Atlanta’s mayor. can carry the disease. The ban Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance may well end up in court as there Bottoms told residents of the are differing opinions on its le- state’s largest city to stay home gality, with some groups arguing except for essential trips and for it infringes on religious freedom restaurants to limit themselves while others believe it’s con- to takeout, but the Republican stitutional, especially during a Kemp has barred local officials pandemic. from taking actions stronger than The American Center for Law his statewide mandates. Bottoms and Justice, a religious freedom on Wednesday ordered people to law firm with ties to President wear masks, another move Kemp Donald Trump, says it will sue. says is legally void. “We can’t stand by and watch The city has previously said as California strips its believ- its guidelines are voluntary, al- ers of their God-given right to though Bottoms claimed Wednes- raise their voices in worship and day she does have the authority to praise,” executive director Jor- order masks. Augusta on Friday dan Sekulow said on the center’s became the latest large Georgia website. MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP jurisdiction to order masks. “Mayor Bottoms’ action today Iowa Volunteers Leonard Gresham, 17, left, and his brother Joshua Gresham, 14, back center, from Bowie, is merely guidance — both non- Md., load food items into a car during a event to provide for families affected by the coronavirus pandemic at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Friday in Washington. binding and legally unenforce- RIPPEY — A west-central able,” Kemp said in a statement. Iowa woman has been sentenced “As clearly stated in the gover- to one year of probation for hold- Maine if they cannot consistently keep gating at a bar or in a crowded nor’s executive order, no local ing a large party in May during a 6 feet from non-household mem- setting where social distancing action can be more or less re- government-order ban on gather- PORTLAND — Maine’s casi- bers, and while using public trans- isn’t being practiced are lead- strictive, and that rule applies ings of 10 or more people. nos are emerging from a COVID- portation, a taxi or a ride-sharing ing to spikes in cases and higher statewide.” Charity Snavely, 38, of Rippey, 19 closure. vehicle — with some exceptions. percent-positive rates,” Gov. Newly confirmed cases re- was also sentenced earlier this Hollywood Slots opens on Fri- In a change, violators will now Tom Wolf said in a news release ported Friday in Georgia totaled month to 10 days in jail, but that day, a day after the opening of the be subject to a misdemeanor fine Friday. nearly 4,500, surpassing the old sentence was suspended, televi- Oxford Casino. Both have limits but will continue to face no jail daily record by more than 1,000. sion station WOI reported Friday. on capacity and strict rules for time. South Carolina Experts say many more people disinfecting to prevent the spread “No shirts, no shoes, no mask Snavely pleaded guilty to a COLUMBIA — In an effort are infected, but never tested. The public health violation stem- of the new coronavirus. — no service,” Whitmer wrote in to stem South Carolina’s raging number of people hospitalized for ming from a May 23 party at her The openings come after the an order. coronavirus outbreak, particu- the virus rose above 2,400 on Fri- Rippey home in which police said office of Maine Gov. Janet Mills Businesses must comply begin- larly among young adults he says day, more than doubling in the she served 13 minors alcohol. At released safety protocols for ca- ning Monday or risk losing their are gathering in unsafe group- past two weeks. the time, Gov. Kim Reynolds had sinos and short-term rentals that license. ings, Gov. Henry McMaster is The state will contract for 100 ordered a ban on such gatherings want to participate in the state’s shutting off the late-night sale of new hospital beds at an unnamed in an effort to slow the spread of latest phase of reopening. Pennsylvania alcohol at bars and restaurants Atlanta-area hospital and will re- COVID-19. Mills, a Democrat, released HARRISBURG — New con- across the state. activate an overflow hospital at In exchange for Snavely’s plea, “COVID-19 prevention check- firmed coronavirus infections McMaster on Friday said that, the mammoth state-owned con- charges related to supplying alco- lists” for businesses on Thursday. in Pennsylvania hit their highest starting on Saturday, the 8,000 vention center in downtown At- hol to minors were dismissed. Her office also released updated one-day mark since May on Fri- bars and restaurants across the lanta, Kemp’s office announced safety guidelines for nail salons, day, with state officials blaming state-licensed to sell alcoholic Friday. community sports, day camps Kansas the rising numbers on crowded beverages would have to shut off St. Joseph’s/Candler hospi- and overnight summer camps. bars where people aren’t wearing those sales at 11 p.m. each night. tal system, which operates two TOPEKA — Kansas has not The state is in the midst of its third masks and on out-of-state travel “We are saying emphatically, of Savannah’s three hospitals, contained a resurgence in coro- stage of reopening its economy. to virus hot spots. it’s time for our younger adults to has seen a big jump in coronavi- navirus cases, raising questions The state intends to “support Pennsylvania reported more behave like mature adults,” Mc- rus patients. The hospitals were about whether Democratic Gov. Maine businesses while remain- than 1,000 new coronavirus in- Master said, noting that, while treating 63 COVID-19 patients on Laura Kelly and the Republi- ing vigilant in the fight against fections for the first time since younger people may not get se- Friday, compared to 12 a month can-controlled Legislature erred this virus and planning our long- May 10. That’s partly due to a re- riously ill from the virus, they earlier. in allowing local officials to set term economic recovery,” said rules for businesses and public Heather Johnson, the commis- porting delay because about 175 could spread it to more vulner- California gatherings. sioner of the Maine Department of those cases arose from private able, older adults. “This is very State Department of Health of Economic and Community lab results reported together in serious. Wear your mask. Keep SACRAMENTO — Crossroads and Environment figures show Development. one batch, according to the state that distance.” Community Church Senior Pastor that Kansas experienced its worst Health Department. McMaster’s move comes less Jim Clark wants to keep his 1,500 spike in confirmed new cases Michigan Health officials reported anoth- than a week than a deadly shoot- parishioners safe during the since the pandemic began in the er 32 coronavirus-related deaths, ing at a Greenville nightclub, coronavirus pandemic but he’s two-week period ending Friday, LANSING — Gov. Gretchen raising the statewide toll to 6,880. where two people were killed and drawing the line at a new Califor- with an average of 362 a day. It Whitmer on Friday toughened a State health officials warned in eight others injured. Greenville nia ban on singing or chanting at was also the fourth consecutive requirement to wear masks dur- a health alert to hospitals, doctors’ County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said religious services. health department report within ing the coronavirus pandemic, offices and other health care pro- a “very large crowd” of about 200 “I said enough’s enough,” Clark eight days showing a new record. mandating that businesses open viders that increasing numbers of people were at the Lavish Lounge said. “We will be singing and The department on Friday re- to the public deny service or young people are contracting the on Sunday to see trap rapper Foo- praising the Lord. ... We don’t ported 993 confirmed new coro- entry to customers who refuse to virus. The Health Department giano, an event that went against chant, but if we did chant, we’d be navirus cases over the previous wear one. also said that local outbreaks are South Carolina gathering orders chanting too.” two days, bringing the state’s pan- The governor also expanded being traced to out-of-state travel due to the pandemic. The California ban was one of demic total to 18,611. The agency where people must have a face- and to parties, restaurants, bars “That club should not have been a number of restrictions on in- also reported an additional two covering beyond indoor public and other social gatherings. opened,” McMaster said Friday, door businesses and gatherings COVID-19-related deaths, bring- spaces. Starting immediately, “Risky behavior such as going asked if the violence prompted put in place last week by Gov. ing the toll to 284. they have to wear one outdoors out without a mask and congre- his move. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 NATION Shipbuilder Trump commutes complains of union Roger Stone’s intimidation Associated Press Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works on Friday filed a complaint prison sentence with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing its largest union of threatening workers who cross Associated Press and my vindication,” Stone said the picket line during an ongoing by phone from Fort Lauderdale, strike in Maine. WASHINGTON — President Fla., where he was celebrating The company accused leaders Donald Trump has commuted the with friends. He said he had to of Machinists’ Local S6 of threat- sentence of his longtime political change rooms because there were ening so-called scabs with fines confidant Roger Stone, interven- “too many people opening bottles and loss of benefits — and hinting ing in extraordinary fashion in a of Champagne here.” at violence. criminal case that was central to “We are extremely disappoint- the Russia investigation and that Although a commutation does ed that union leaders would make concerned the president’s own not nullify Stone’s felony convic- conduct. tions, it protects him from serv- false and threatening statements The move came Saturday, just ing prison time as a result. to the very employees they are days before Stone was to begin The move marks another ex- supposed to represent,” said BIW serving a 40-month prison sen- traordinary intervention by President Dirk Lesko. “We take tence for lying to Congress, wit- Trump in the nation’s justice sys- these issues very seriously and ness tampering and obstructing tem and underscores anew his will continue to ensure our em- the House investigation into willingness to flout the norms ployees’ rights are protected.” whether Trump’s campaign col- and standards that have governed Union leaders in a statement presidential conduct for decades. warned that anyone who chooses luded with Russia to win the 2016 CLIFF OWEN/AP election. As Trump stares down a corona- to cross the picket line will be The action, which Trump had virus pandemic that has worsened Roger Stone arrives at federal court in Washington last year. fined after the strike is over and foreshadowed in recent days, his chances for reelection, he has had this to say about scabs: “No underscores the president’s lin- been more willing than ever to closer to acting, had repeatedly A longtime Trump friend and man has a right to scab so long as gering rage over special counsel test the limits of his power. publicly inserted himself into informal adviser, Stone boasted there is a pool of water to drown Robert Mueller’s investigation Democrats denounced Trump’s Stone’s case, including just before during the campaign that he was his carcass in, or a rope long and is part of a continuing effort action. House Intelligence Com- Stone’s sentencing. in contact with WikiLeaks founder enough to hang his body with.” by the president and his admin- mittee Chair Adam Schiff called That earned a public rebuke Julian Assange through a trusted Jay Wadleigh, a district busi- istration to rewrite the narrative it “offensive to the rule of law and from his own attorney general, intermediary and hinted at inside ness representative for the Ma- of a probe that has shadowed the principles of justice. Democratic William Barr, who said the presi- knowledge of WikiLeaks’ plans to chinists, said the quote came White House from the outset. National Committee Chair Tom dent’s comments were “making it release more than 19,000 emails from a Jack London poem, “Ode Democrats, already alarmed by Perez asked, “Is there any power impossible” for him to do his job. hacked from the servers of the to a Scab.” the Justice Department’s ear- Trump won’t abuse?” Barr was so incensed that he told Democratic National Committee. “Maybe they should study po- lier dismissal of the case against White House press secretary people he was considering resign- But Stone denied any wrong- etry a little more,” Wadleigh said Trump’s first national secu- Kayleigh McEnany, in a state- ing over the matter. doing and consistently criticized of the shipyard’s managers. rity adviser, Michael Flynn, de- ment, called Stone a “victim of “With this commutation, the case against him as politi- Wadleigh insisted that pro- nounced the president as further the Russia Hoax that the Left Trump makes clear that there are cally motivated. He did not take duction workers who cross the undermining the rule of law. and its allies in the media,“ and two systems of justice in Ameri- the stand during his trial, did not picket line are no longer eligible Stone, 67, had been set to re- declared, “Roger Stone is now a ca: one for his criminal friends, speak at his sentencing. His law- for union benefits, and may face port to prison on Tuesday after free man!” and one for everyone else,” Schiff yers did not call any witnesses in fines, as well. The number of a federal appeals court rejected Stone had been open about his said. “Donald Trump, Bill Barr, his defense. striking workers who’ve chosen his bid to postpone his surrender desire for a pardon or commuta- and all those who enable them Prosecutors had originally rec- to return to their jobs is small date. But he told The Associated tion, appealing for the president’s pose the gravest of threats to the ommended Stone serve seven to — roughly a dozen, he said. Press that Trump called him Fri- help with a monthslong television rule of law.” nine years in prison. But in a high- About 4,300 Local S6 workers day evening to tell him he was off and social media campaign and Stone, a larger-than-life politi- ly unusual move, Barr reversed went on strike June 22 after over- the hook. seeking to postpone his surren- cal character who embraced his that decision after a Trump tweet whelmingly rejecting the com- “The president told me that he der date by months after getting a reputation as a dirty trickster, and recommended a more lenient pany’s proposal in dispute that’s had decided, in an act of clem- brief extension from the judge, in was the sixth Trump aide or ad- punishment, prompting a mini- primarily centered on subcon- ency, to issue a full commutation part by citing the coronavirus. viser to have been convicted of revolt inside the Justice Depart- tractors, work rules and seniority of my sentence, and he urged me Trump, who had made clear in charges brought during Mueller’s ment, with the entire prosecution while wages and benefits are a to vigorously pursue my appeal recent days that he was inching investigation. team resigning from the case. secondary concern. Texas congressman questions Senator Duckworth’s values

BY DAVID WEIGEL by the Trump campaign. “Be- ington should come down, kick- pointing to her recently published service to our nation and will con- The Washington Post cause even liberal veterans prob- ing off days of criticism from New York Times op-ed defending tinue defending his First Amend- ably don’t agree with that, unless Republicans. her remarks against monologues ment right to say whatever he Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, you’re Tammy Duckworth.” “Calling for a ‘national dia- by Fox News host Tucker Carl- wants, including that he believes suggested to an online audience In a logue’ to tear son that called her a “moron” dialogues are ‘worthy of criti- this week that Sen. Tammy Duck- statement, down stat- and questioned whether the Iraq cism’ in a country founded on the worth, D-Ill., agreed with “the de- Crenshaw ues of our War veteran, who lost her legs in right to free speech.” struction of America,” adding his defended Founders combat, was a patriot. President Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL voice to a chorus of Republicans his remarks, is certainly Donald Trump tweeted a video of officer who lost his right eye to an who have questioned the Demo- saying his worthy of Carlson’s comments. explosive attack while serving in crat’s values since she suggested disagree- criticism, “Let me be clear: I don’t want Afghanistan, has built a profile in that protesters who opposed mon- ment with and can be George Washington’s statue to be uments to some of the Founding the U.S. reasonably pulled down any more than I want his party similar to the one Duck- Fathers should be listened to. senator was described as the Purple Heart that he estab- worth has built with Democrats. “I think a general message that political and the ideologi- lished to be ripped off my chest,” Since winning a House seat in the left stands for the destruction not personal. cal destruc- Duckworth wrote. “I never said Houston’s suburbs in 2018, he has Duckworth Crenshaw of America, and the right doesn’t, Duckworth, tion of our that I did.” published a best-selling book and probably works pretty well with in a Sunday interview with CNN, country,” Crenshaw said in the After this story was published, become a high-profile critic of veterans, even liberal ones,” had said Americans needed to statement. Duckworth’s office said in a state- Democrats, tangling online with Crenshaw said in a Wednesday “have a national dialogue” about Duckworth’s office initially ment that the senator “appreci- opponents including Rep. Alex- night “MAGA meetup” organized whether statues of George Wash- declined to respond Thursday, ates Congressman Crenshaw’s andria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Over 150 cops in Minneapolis seek disability

BY AMY FORLITI the direct cause of many of the Associated Press disability requests, attorney Ron Meuser said, those events and MINNEAPOLIS — More than what Meuser called a lack of sup- 150 Minneapolis police officers port from city leadership were a JIM MONE/AP are filing work-related disability breaking point for many who had A protester holds a newspaper in front of the Minneapolis police standing guard against protesters, May claims after the death of George been struggling with PTSD from Floyd and ensuing unrest, with 27, at the Third Precinct as people protest the arrest and death of George Floyd. years on the job. Duty disability about three-quarters citing post- means the officer was disabled traumatic stress disorder as the it home, he said and wrote final people of Minneapolis during a partment currently has about 850 while engaged in inherently dan- reason for their planned depar- notes to loved ones. People in the challenging time for our city,” he officers and will adjust staffing to tures, according to an attorney gerous acts specific to the job. crowd ultimately set fire to the said. ensure it can do its job, he said. representing the officers. “Following the George Floyd building. Meuser said in recent weeks, The city said it has received incident, unfortunately, it became Their duty disability claims, Mayor Jacob Frey issued a 150 officers have retained his of- 17 PTSD workers compensation too much and as a result, they which will take months to pro- statement saying that COVID- fice for help in filing for duty dis- claims in the last month, but when were unable to, and are unable to, 19 and unrest following Floyd’s ability benefits through the state’s cess, come as the city is seeing it comes to PERA duty disability, continue on and move forward,” death tested the community and Public Employment Retirement an increase in violent crime and officers are not obligated to noti- while city leaders push a proposal Meuser said. “They feel totally officers in profound ways. He Association, or PERA. So far, 75 fy the Police Department that an to replace the Minneapolis Police and utterly abandoned.” said cities need resources to re- of them have already left the job, Department with a new agency He said many officers he repre- flect the realities on the ground. he said. application was submitted. Meus- that they say would have a more sents were at a precinct that police “In the meantime, I am com- Police spokesman John Elder er said the city isn’t being trans- holistic approach. abandoned as people were break- mitted to supporting those offi- questioned Meuser’s figure of parent about departures, and the While Floyd’s death in May and ing in during the unrest. Some of- cers committed to carrying out 150, though he does expect an numbers it sees will lag as PERA the unrest that followed are not ficers feared they wouldn’t make their oath to serve and protect the increase in departures. The de- benefits take months to process. New US dietary guideline takes aim at sugar

BY LAURA REILEY public health experts, recom- coming overweight. es are at higher risk during the The Washington Post mends reducing added sugars to The advisory committee’s re- coronavirus pandemic, according 6% of daily calories, from 10%. port guides the Department of to the Centers for Disease Control WASHINGTON — The future The previous Dietary Guidelines Health and Human Services and and Prevention. And there has may not be so sweet. took a major step forward in 2015 the Agriculture Department in been greater national scrutiny of The committee assembled to by suggesting added sugars be determining the 2020 Dietary systemic racism and the ways in help formulate the 2020 Dietary limited to 10% of total daily calo- Guidelines for Americans, which which it compromises the health Guidelines for Americans is tak- ries, but leading health organiza- help shape federally funded food and well-being of people of color. ing aim at sugar-sweetened bev- tions, supported by science, have assistance programs and the con- Americans consume an av- erages and added sugars. In a long argued that lower limits tents of school lunches, how foods erage of 17 teaspoons of added surprising development during would better protect health. are labeled and what our doctors sugar daily. Added sugars intake the Trump administration, which And for the first time, the com- exhort us to avoid or embrace. is higher among adults who are has rolled back nutritional stan- mittee made recommendations With half of American adults younger, less educated, less afflu- dards for school lunch and food for children up to 2 years old, sug- suffering from one or more pre- ent and less physically active. assistance programs, the group is gesting a ban on sugar-sweetened ventable, chronic diseases and But there are signs Americans strongly advising a reduction in beverages. The experts argued about two-thirds of U.S. adults are moving in a more healthy di- the amount of added sugars con- that calories from sugar-sweet- overweight or obese, the commit- rection. About 37% met the guide-

JERRY HOLT, STAR TRIBUNE/AP sumed by children and adults. ened beverages may displace tee’s recommendations come at a lines to get less than 10% of their The committee, a group of 20 those from nutritious foods and critical time. calories from added sugar in A child enjoys ice cream. doctors, registered dietitians and increase the risk of the child be- People with diet-related diseas- 2016, up from 30% in 2013. Amazon: Email to workers banning TikTok was mistake

BY TALI ARBEL about what happened. Amazon is the second-larg- it also makes a Chinese version around midday Eastern. That Associated Press The initial internal email, est U.S. private employer after called Douyin. Like YouTube, email read, “The TikTok app which was disseminated widely Walmart, with more than 840,000 TikTok relies on its users for the is no longer permitted on mo- Roughly five hours after an online, told employees to delete employees worldwide, and mov- videos that populate its app. It has bile devices that access Amazon internal email went out to em- TikTok, a video app increasingly ing against TikTok would have a reputation for fun, goofy videos email.” To retain mobile access to ployees telling them to delete the popular with young people but escalated pressure on the app. It and is popular with young people, company email, employees had to popular video app TikTok from also the focus of intensifying na- is banned on employee phones by including millions of American delete the TikTok app by the end their phones, Amazon appeared tional-security and geopolitical the U.S. military and the compa- users. But it has racked up con- of the day. to backtrack, calling the ban a concerns because of its Chinese ny is subject to a national-security cerns such as censorship of vid- “We still do not understand mistake. ownership. The email cited “se- review of its merger history. U.S. eos, including those critical of the “This morning’s email to some curity risks” of the app. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Chinese government; the threat their concerns,” TikTok said at of our employees was sent in An Amazon employee who said this week that the govern- of sharing user data with Chi- the time, adding that the company error. There is no change to our confirmed receipt of the initial ment was “certainly looking” at nese officials; and violating kids’ would welcome a dialogue to ad- policies right now with regard to email but was not authorized to banning the app. privacy. dress Amazon’s issues. A spokes- TikTok,” Amazon emailed report- speak publicly had not seen a re- Chinese internet giant Byte- TikTok said earlier in the day woman did not immediately reply ers . Spokeswoman Jaci Anderson traction at the time of Amazon’s Dance owns TikTok, which is de- that Amazon did not notify it to a request for comment Friday declined to answer questions backtrack. signed for users outside of China; before sending the initial email evening. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 WORLD Russian diplomat isn’t optimistic about nuke pact

BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV clear powers, including Britain, Associated Press France and China to join nuclear arms cuts, but emphasized that it MOSCOW — Russia’s top dip- should be their own decision. lomat said Friday he’s not very The minister noted that Ameri- optimistic about prospects for an can and Russian negotiators last extension of the last remaining month held a round of nuclear U.S.-Russia arms control agree- arms control talks in Vienna and ment because of Washington’s are poised to continue the discus- focus on making China sign up to sions, but added that the U.S. in- the pact. sistence on having China join the Foreign Minister Sergey Lav- talks leaves little hope for their rov warned that Russia only success. wants to keep the New START “I’m not particularly optimistic treaty as much as the U.S. does about the New START in view of and will protect its security re- the course taken by U.S. negotia- EMRAH GUREL/AP gardless of the pact’s fate. tors,” he said. “We only need the extension as Lavrov emphasized that Russia Muslims offer their evening prayers Friday outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul’s much as the Americans do,” Lav- is ready for the treaty to expire main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. rov said during a conference call in February, adding that “we are with foreign policy experts. “If absolutely confident that we can they categorically refuse, we will guarantee our security for a long not try to persuade them.” perspective, even in the absence Turkey decides to convert ancient The New START treaty was of this treaty.” signed in 2010 by U.S. President He noted that Russia hasn’t Barack Obama and then Russian decided yet whether to remain in Hagia Sofia to mosque once again President Dmitry Medvedev. The the Open Skies Treaty allowing pact limits each country to no observation flights over military Associated Press group and annulled the 1934 spread international criticism, more than 1,550 deployed nuclear facilities after the U.S. pullout. Cabinet decision that turned the including from U.S. and Ortho- ANKARA, Turkey — The warheads and 700 deployed mis- Trump declared an intention to site into a museum. Within hours, dox Christian leaders, who had president of Turkey on Friday siles and bombers and envisages pull out of the agreement in May, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Turkey to keep its status as formally converted Istanbul’s sweeping on-site inspections to citing Russian violations. Russia signed a decree handing over a museum symbolizing solidarity sixth-century Hagia Sophia back verify compliance. denied breaching the pact, which Hagia Sophia to Turkey’s Reli- among faiths and cultures. After both Moscow and Wash- came into force in 2002, and the into a mosque and declared it open for Muslim worship, hours gious Affairs Presidency. The debate hits at the heart of ington withdrew from the 1987 European Union has urged the In a televised address to the Turkey’s religious-secular di- Intermediate-range Nuclear after a high court annulled a 1934 U.S. to reconsider. nation, Erdogan said the first vide. Nationalist and conserva- Forces Treaty last year, the New decision that had made the reli- “We will make a final decision prayers inside Hagia Sofia would tive groups in Turkey have long START became the only remain- gious landmark a museum. on whether to stay in it after we be held on July 24, and he urged yearned to hold prayers at Hagia ing nuclear arms control deal be- The decision sparked deep dis- weigh all the consequences of the respect for the decision. Sophia, which they regard as part tween the two countries. It’s set U.S. withdrawal,” Lavrov said. may among Orthodox Christians. “I underline that we will open of the Muslim Ottoman legacy. to expire in February 2021 unless Russia-U.S. relations have Originally a cathedral, Hagia Hagia Sophia to worship as a Others believe it should remain a the parties agree to extend it for plunged to the lowest levels since Sophia was turned into a mosque mosque by preserving its char- museum, as a symbol of Christian another five years. Cold War times after Moscow’s after Istanbul’s conquest by the Russia has offered its extension 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Ottoman Empire but had been acter of humanity’s common cul- and Muslim solidarity. without any conditions, while the Crimean Peninsula, its support a museum for the last 86 years, tural heritage,” he said, adding: In Paris, the United Nations Trump administration has pushed for pro-Russia insurgents in drawing millions of tourists “It is Turkey’s sovereign right to cultural body, UNESCO, said it for a new arms control agreement eastern Ukraine and Russian in- annually. decide for which purpose Hagia deeply regretted the decision. that would also include China. terference in the 2016 U.S. presi- There was jubilation outside the Sofia will be used.” “Its status as a museum re- Moscow has described that idea dential election. terracotta-hued structure with its He rejected the idea that the flects the universal nature of its as unfeasible, pointing at Beijing’s Commenting further on U.S.- cascading domes and four mina- decision ends Hagia Sophia’s heritage, and makes it a powerful refusal to negotiate any deal that China tensions, Lavrov voiced rets. Dozens of people awaiting status as a structure that brings symbol for dialogue,” said Direc- would reduce its much smaller concern about their impact on the court’s ruling chanted “Allah faiths together. tor-General Audrey Azoulay. nuclear arsenal. global stability, noting that Russia is great!” when the news broke. A “Like all of our other mosques, U.S. State Secretary Mike Pom- Lavrov dismissed the U.S. sug- isn’t going to benefit from them in large crowd later prayed outside the doors of Hagia Sophia will be peo said last month the landmark gestions that Russia help con- any way. it. open to all, locals or foreigners, should remain a museum to serve vince Beijing to join nuclear arms Asked if Russia could be a bro- In the capital of Ankara, legis- Muslims and non-Muslims,” Er- as a bridge between faiths and cuts, saying that Moscow respects ker in U.S.-China relations, he lators stood and applauded as the dogan said. cultures. His comments sparked the Chinese position and consid- said it could do so if asked. decision was read in Parliament. Erdogan had spoken in favor a rebuke from Turkey’s For- ers it “undiplomatic” to push it “If they ask us, if they show Turkey’s high administrative of turning the hugely symbolic eign Ministry, which said Hagia on the issue. He reaffirmed that such interest, we won’t refuse to court threw its weight behind a UNESCO World Heritage site Sophia was a domestic issue of Russia would welcome other nu- do so,” Lavrov said. petition brought by a religious back into a mosque despite wide- Turkish national sovereignty. Shark kills surfer in Australia’s second fatal attack in a week Associated Press in New South Wales state just ence Valley shire, said visitors the boy’s family.” far from where 23-year-old before 2:30 p.m. when he was at- had flocked to the region for the The previous Saturday, a 20- SYDNEY — A 15-year-old Queensland wildlife ranger Zach- surfer died Saturday when he tacked. The shark attack left him school holidays and there would year-old scuba diver who was ary Robba was fatally mauled by was mauled by a shark, the sec- with severe injuries to his legs. likely have been many people in spear fishing died after being at- a great white shark in April. Several surfers came to the the water. tacked by a shark off the coast of ond fatal attack in a week in Aus- A 57-year-old diver was killed aid of the boy and helped him to “What’s happened there this af- Australia’s Queensland state. The tralia and at least the fifth in the off Western Australia state in country this year. shore for medical attention. De- ternoon would shake everybody,” man was attacked near Indian Police said the boy was surf- spite CPR efforts to revive him, Simmons said. “It’s terribly Head on the eastern side of Fra- January, and a 60-year-old surfer ing at Wooli Beach, near Grafton, he died at the scene. shocking. All of our sympathies, ser Island. was killed off Kingscliff in New about 370 miles north of Sydney Jim Simmons, mayor of Clar- from people in the area, go out to That attack happened not South Wales state in June.. Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 MOVIES Still fighting the good fight ‘Old Guard’ director Prince-Bythewood on what fi lm means for Black women in Hollywood

BY LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press ina Prince-Bythewood knows what good fi ght- ing looks like. The “Love & Basketball” director has been an athlete her entire life, but she also Gjust loves action movies. So when she started dreaming up the template for a bare-knuckle clash be- tween Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne in the new Net- fl ix fi lm “The Old Guard,” her bar was high: the bath- room fi ght from “Mission: Impossible — Fallout.” “It’s a perfect fi ght scene. I wanted ours to be as dope as that,” Prince-Bythewood said. “We wanted the audi- ence to feel like they were in the fi ght, to feel the slams into the wall.” For her, that meant not cheating by having “fl yaway walls” in the aircraft that would make it easier to move the camera around or relying too heavily on stunt doubles whom she’d have to cut away from. The pressure was enormous. It was the fi rst scene she shot on her fi rst-ever big-budget action pic, which was more than 10 times the budget of her last fi lm. She only had fi ve days to do it, where the Mission: Impossible team had a month. And it was an historic moment: Before “The Old Guard,” a Black woman had never directed a comic book fi lm. She was acutely aware of the milestone. “The fact that we’re still having fi rsts is ridiculous,” Prince-Bythewood said in a phone interview last week. “I knew I could do it. Hollywood just hasn’t caught up to me yet.” On Friday, she’s going to get the biggest audience of her career when “The Old Guard” debuts on Netfl ix to subscribers in 190 countries. And she can’t wait to know NETFLIX/AP photos what that feels like. Although “Love & Basketball” and Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, right, appears with actress KiKi Layne on the set of the action film “The Old Guard.” “Beyond the Lights” are beloved by critics and audienc- es, neither have exactly been runaway hits at the box of- “It’s so much about ambition and stamina and outwork- prep. And you’re reminded every day that you cannot fail. fi ce, hampered by limited distribution plans informed by ing everybody,” she said. “That mentality drives who I “Because if I fail, I kill it for the next group of Black incorrect assumptions about the reach of fi lms with Black am as a director. And this industry early on was con- women who want this opportunity.” leads. Her biggest to date, “The Secret Life of Bees,” stantly telling me that my stories weren’t worthy or valid. from 2008, made just under $40 million. The Netfl ix I kept having to fi ght for my space.” scope feels like a victory that’s been a long time coming. She feels like she’s fi nally in a good place, however, “After all these years of fi ghting for any sort of distri- thanks in part to the enduring affection for “Love & bution and being told these stories, these characters don’t Basketball” and “Beyond the Lights,” which often get travel? And now, 190 countries? I can’t get over that,” she mentioned in meetings. Her next two projects focus on said. Black women and, she said, for the fi rst time she didn’t Skydance Media approached Prince-Bythewood to have to fi ght for them. direct “The Old Guard,” an adaptation of Greg Rucka’s But she still feels immense pressure to succeed with comic book about a group of mercenary immortals. She’s “The Old Guard.” Opportunities are rare for female picky about her projects and writes most of them. In her directors on the blockbuster level, and even rarer for over 20 years in the business, she’s only directed fi ve women of color. Only a few years ago, Ava DuVernay fi lms. But this struck a chord with her: It was an action- became the fi rst woman of color to direct a live-ac- drama, the leads were women and one was Black. And tion fi lm with a budget over $100 million. (Du- she was being asked to infuse the action — even the plane Vernay is also joining the superhero club fi ght — with character-driven drama. with the DC fi lm “The New Gods”). “She was still able to bring that deeper emotional work To ease her nerves, Prince- that she shows in her fi lms,” Layne said of her director. Bythewood met with a fellow “It was nice to see that blossom here.” trailblazer, “Wonder Woman” Prince-Bythewood is used to fi ghting for herself. It director Patty Jenkins, before goes all the way back to childhood when she wanted to shooting. She said Jenkins play sports. was helpful. “There were no girls’ leagues,” she said. “Boys often “What she achieved didn’t want me and my sisters out there.” under that pressure She was undaunted though, and became the fi rst girl to was really a beacon of play kickball at her school. light for me,” Prince- “I was real good at kickball,” she added with a laugh. Bythewood said. Not taking an initial “no” is how she got into UCLA’s “It is really hard prestigious directing program, landed her fi rst writ- making a fi lm like ing gig on the television show “A Different World” and this. It’s 63 days of the only reason “Love & Basketball” and “Beyond the shooting and nine Lights” exist. Her drive, she thinks, stems from being an and a half months athlete. overseas in hard

‘ The fact that we’re still having firsts is ridiculous. I knew I could do it. Hollywood just hasn’t caught up to me yet. ’ Gina Prince-Bythewood “The Old Guard” director, on being the first Black woman to direct a comic book film PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 MUSIC CHOOSING A SONG OF THE SUMMER LIKE NO OTHER

BY MIKAEL WOOD boasts of looking “pandemic fl y on the runway” and the tunes that softened the ground well in advance; Los Angeles Times of having “made a picket sign off your picket fence.” ditto “Toosie Slide” by Drake, who claimed the song She’s rapping and singing with equal command in of the summer in 2018 with the similarly sleek “In Anointing the song of the summer was going to be another display of her mastery of synthesis. My Feelings.” a challenge even before once-in-a-generation pro- Yet as good as the track is — and in spite of But these songs spent a relatively short time at No. tests roared to life last month in response to George Beyonce’s authority as pop’s most clear-eyed thought 1 — just a week each for “Toosie Slide” and “Savage,” Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police. leader — “Black Parade” is unlikely to end up as and four nonconsecutive weeks for “Blinding Lights.” By shutting down so many of the activities that 2020’s song of the summer, if only because it came In fact, as nine chart-toppers emerged over the make a song of the summer happen — concerts, out late in a season that typically starts heating up in past three months — including “Rain on Me,” Lady sporting events, pool parties involving people beyond the spring. Gaga and Ariana Grande’s club jam for an era with your immediate family — the COVID-19 pandemic Often the songs competing in a given year are well no clubs, and DaBaby and Roddy Ricch’s “Rockstar,” had already interrupted the annual process that led known by Memorial Day, which means you can think with its references to abusive cops — the top of the tunes like Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” and Luis of the actual summer as the home stretch of a longer Hot 100 has experienced more churn, according to Fonsi’s “Despacito” to warm-weather cultural ubiq- race. (Last year, “Old Town Road” began its record- Billboard, than at any point since 1990. uity. breaking 19-week run atop Billboard’s Hot 100 in That’s another sign, along with our poll responses, But the explosive widening of the Black Lives early April.) that this fraught moment has splintered listeners’ Matter movement only deepened the task at hand: This summer, the Weeknd’s desires. (Also: that TikTok, where many a smash Suddenly, the established hallmarks of the song of gleaming “Blinding Lights” and fi rst catches on these days, is chewing through the summer — a casually fl irty lyric or a groove to Megan Thee Stallion’s “Sav- new songs with increasing speed.) inspire a night without cares — felt insuffi cient to age” — the latter best heard One upside of this fragmentation is soundtrack a season of such righteous discontent. in a remix featuring fellow that it’s created a window for viral The Times asked 17 arts and music journalists and Houston native Beyonce hits from outside the pop machine industry insiders to pick the song that best embodies — are among — see the irrepressible “Lose Yo the spirit of a summer defi ned by contradictory im- Job,” with vocals sourced from peratives: to stay inside or to take to the streets? That a Facebook video shot in a park- so little consensus materialized says plenty about the ing lot. No longer do listeners different needs listeners count on music to meet. need giant record companies to Ideally, one song could exult, could object, could tell them what’s happening; no mourn, could reassure. And indeed, just such a tune longer do folks with something appeared two weeks ago from Beyonce, whose exu- to say need those companies berant “Black Parade” — released with no advance to help them say it. notice but plenty of symbolic signifi cance on At a time when it feels Juneteenth — celebrates Blackness in its many like anything might hap- glories, even as it acknowledges the persis- pen, we should be on the tent threats of racism and police violence. lookout for major state- Over a swaggering beat brightened ments from anywhere. with wind instruments redolent of an outdoor march, Beyonce CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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REVIEW Young’s long-shelved album links catalog classics

BY SCOTT BAUER grown,” much like the lost Beach Boys record along with Emmylou Harris on one song. Associated Press “Smile,” only grew. Longtime Young collaborators Ben Keith, Tim Now, nearly 50 years later, Young is unleash- Drummond and Stan Szelest are also on board. eil Young’s “Homegrown,” ing what he describes as “the one that got That all combines for a familiar mid-1970s fi nished 45 years ago but not away.” As any Young fan knows, there is far sound for Young, with acoustic guitar and released until now, is the missing more than just “one” that got away from the harmonica dominating. link during one of his most pro- artist known for his mercurial ways, record- There are songs long familiar to Young Nductive and creative periods. ing and then shelving projects numerous times fans, most notably “Love is a Rose,” one of fi ve If it had been released as originally planned, over his career. songs that would appear in different versions “Homegrown” would have come out after But what to make of “Homegrown”? on subsequent Young records. There’s also the his smash “Harvest” that includes two of his It’s Young’s breakup record, coincidentally out-of-left-marijuana-fi eld “Florida,” one of most-loved songs, “Heart of Gold” and “Old recorded the same year as one of the most fa- seven previously unreleased tracks, which is Man.” In the decades that followed, fi ve of Neil Young mous breakup records of all-time, Bob Dylan’s less of a song and more of a stoned stream-of- the 12 songs that are on “Homegrown” were “Blood on the Tracks.” consciousness ramble. released, in one form or another, but never as Homegrown (Reprise) “Homegrown” also features backup players “Homegrown” stands up nearly 50 years Young originally intended. closely associated with Dylan. There’s Robbie later as both a work of art and as fi lling a gap The legend and mystique around “Home- Robertson and Levon Helm from The Band, in Young’s storied career.

FROM PAGE 12 a Butterfl y” (which he and Washington “The Bigger Picture,” Lil Baby. Scott both worked on), while Curry and Daylyt Plagenhoef, Apple Music’s global head lose their collective minds with searing of music programming: While “Rock- verses that could melt skin. star” and “Rain on Me” battle for the title “Desole,” Gorillaz featuring Fatoumata of the summer’s biggest song, Lil Baby Diawara. Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco has turned in the season’s most crucial Chronicle staff writer: With its fi dgety record. The Atlanta rapper’s socially con- disco rhythms, jangly guitars and soar- scious turn lives up to its title’s promise, ing vocals from the French-based Malian channeling the mood of the moment as singer Fatoumata Diawara, this may much of the country comes to grips with be the closest most of us get to summer the magnitude of systemic racism and vacation. The incessantly creative Damon recognizes the opportunity to fi nally take Albarn serves as captain of the ship, not it on and create lasting change. only in wrangling together his eclectic “Lose Yo Job,” Johnniqua Charles, infl uences in a song that was built for iMarkkeyz x DJ Suede The Remix repeated plays but also quite literally in its God. Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork contributing accompanying video that sees him and Di- editor: When Johnniqua Charles was awara cruising around Italy’s Lake Como being detained outside a South Carolina with assorted animated band members in strip club in February, she knew it was the holiday afternoon of our dreams. wrong, and she quickly spoke truth to “Comfortable,” H.E.R. Nelson George, power. “You about to lose yo job / Get this writer and fi lmmaker: The most impor- dance!” Charles sang at a security guard. tant young female R&B artist of this era, “You about to lose yo job ’cause you are AP H.E.R. has made a song about intimacy detaining me for nothing!” Two produc- in a year when our ideas about connec- ers — Atlanta’s DJ Suede the Remix God Megan Thee Stallion, above, already had a contender for song of the summer with tion, personal space and human touch are and Brooklyn’s DJ iMarkkeyz — turned “Savage,” but the song shifted to a higher gear with a remix featuring Beyonce. being transformed by COVID-19. Charles’ statement of conviction into a “Simmer,” Hayley Williams. Ilana bona fi de rap banger. “Lose Yo Job” is a feels like a piece of Miles Davis’ “Bitches and passive-aggressively shared with rac- Kaplan, freelance writer: The ominous protest anthem for 2020 brought to life Brew” broken off like communion. The ist family members all over the country. harmonies build gradually, rebelling online and in the streets as protesters words swirl and overlap within a broken- “Yo Perrero Sola,” Bad Bunny. Maria against what a song of the summer should around the country are calling to defund glass landscape of keyboards, drums and Sherman, author of “Larger Than Life: sound like. But this isn’t a typical summer, the police. bass; it could go on for days without losing A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB and perhaps its anthem needs to be dark “Gagarin,” Moses Sumney. Makeda its energy. We’re always looking for a way to BTS”: While I’m stuck inside my and defi ant — a way for us to confront Easter, Los Angeles Times staff writer: into something better, and “Change” is a Brooklyn apartment, there’s no song I reality, fi nd catharsis and plan for a differ- I’m not sure what it is about “Gagarin” — reminder that while new futures are pos- hear more frequently than Bad Bunny’s ent future. the feeling of time slowing down to almost sible, now and then we need someone to dembow ode to gender-fl uid autonomy on “Hate for Sale,” the Pretenders. nothing, its sense of otherworldliness and tell us to keep going. the dance fl oor, blasted from passing cars Holly Gleason, writer and artist develop- profound sadness — but I’ve been hooked “Rain on Me,” Lady Gaga and Ariana and teens’ backpacks between sirens and ment consultant: I’d forgotten how good on this song lately. There’s something Grande. Eve Barlow, freelance writer: A the distant cadence of political protest. In furious, stripped-down rock and roll can about Sumney’s voice that allows me to show of solidarity and level prowess that that way, the song is both a soundtrack to be. In 2 minutes and 32 seconds of pure give in to the weight of my feelings instead demonstrates the life lesson we’re hoping isolation and collective action. When Bad combustion, Chrissie Hynde reminds us of of trying to pretend that everything is OK. a pandemic has served us: that we’re only Bunny sings, “Yo perreo sola” (I twerk punk’s raw, gutting capabilities. The song “Toosie Slide,” Drake. Andrew Unter- going to get through this together. “Rain alone), the sentiment reverberates. This is an indictment of the win-at-all-costs berger, Billboard deputy editor: Leave it on Me” is successful because of its direct- summer, between moments of combating ethos for today’s Gordon Gekkos who to Drake to go to No. 1 with a dance-craze ness and its simplicity. The lyrics are open injustice, everyone twerks alone. instructional when there isn’t an open to multiple interpretations — a metaphor “Clorox Wipe,” Chromeo. Vanessa bleed the systems dry, step on the bones dance fl oor in North America. But it’s not of being caught in a storm, a possible nod Franko, Southern California News Group and don’t look back as they move on to the like the low-energy “Toosie Slide” was to struggles with sobriety — but at the digital director of entertainment: Chro- next. really intended for the club anyway: Like heart of the matter is survival. It exists meo turned its weekly coronavirus- “Watermelon Sugar,” Harry Styles. all of Drake’s frostiest and most insidious as a memory of what has been and what themed Instagram jams into a real EP, Sean Ross, Ross on Radio newsletter: jams, it was meant for the internet and the will be again — of silliness, of ecstasy, of and this sexy, funky ode to the elusive It’s genuinely good, different from ev- bedroom — a muted smash for a muted oneness. cleaning product outlasts 99.9% of lock- erything else on the radio — and already season. “The Crime Rate Jingle”. Devon down-inspired songs. a proven hit elsewhere in the world. I “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd. Clin- Maloney, freelance writer: TikTok user “Pig Feet,” Terrace Martin featur- was sorry in December when Columbia ton Yates, The Undefeated columnist: Rynnstar’s viral smash — it has no name, ing Denzel Curry, Kamasi Washington, Records went with Styles’ “Adore You,” With its themes of loneliness and the but we’ll call it “The Crime Rate Jingle” G Perico and Daylyt. Philip Cosores, which sounded more like everything else importance of touch and escapism, paired — started as a blithe-but-deadly riff Uproxx managing editor, music: Of the on the radio, as the American single. But with the adventurous old-school synth another TikTok user identifi ed only as EC many anthems to emerge during the “Watermelon Sugar” is certainly teed up beat, “Blinding Lights” evokes the perfect rattled off on her porch one afternoon in protests, L.A.’s own Terrace Martin deliv- as a result. feeling that all of us can relate to either response to manipulated “statistics” about ered what might be the most immediate. “Savage,” Megan Thee Stallion featur- because we’re doing it or because we crime rates in Black neighborhoods. Then Released with a video depicting moments ing Beyonce. Leah Greenblatt, Enter- can’t: drowning in the night. it shot into the stratosphere when a third that have defi ned the recent demonstra- tainment Weekly critic at large: “Sassy, “Change,” Moor Mother featuring user, Alex Engelberg, added virtual three- tions and a list of Black people killed by moody, nasty / Acting stupid, what’s Sham-e-Ali Nayeem. Brandon Stosuy, part barbershop harmony. Since then, the police offi cers, Martin’s track recaptures happening?” is pretty much my entire the Creative Independent co-founder: It jingle has been remixed, choreographed the magic of Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp emotional color wheel for this quarantine. PAGE 14 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 BOOKS

Jim Carrey’s new book, “Memoirs and Misinformation,” is a strange work of autofiction, satirizing Hollywood’s self- absorption. At right, Carrey is photographed remotely via Facetime on an iPad from his home on June 16.

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In semi-autobiographical novel, Jim Carrey fashions a wild story about acting, Hollywood and privilege

Jim Carrey’s new semi-autobiographi- “Whenever I go to Vegas, I go crazy,” incoming ballistic missile attack. cal novel, “Memoirs and Misinformation,” Carrey says. “The only way I can live there “My assistant, Linda, called me and said, features fl ying saucers and a fi re-bombing is if I put all the faucets on scalding hot so ‘Chief, we have 10 minutes,’ and I said, ‘What on Rodeo Drive, apocalyptic fi res devour- the room becomes some sort of terrarium do you mean?’ And she said, ‘The missiles ing Malibu and a mega-budget Hungry for tropical plants where literally you can’t are coming.’ And she was squeezing the Hungry Hippos movie written by Kenneth see out the windows after awhile. They’re phone and accidentally took a screen shot,” Lonergan. One moment, “Carrey” dreams just bleeding with sweat. It’s what I imagine Carrey says. “That’s the cover of the book, of strangling his late mother; the next, he living on Mars is going to be like. ‘I don’t give my actual face after being told I had 10 min- pines for Renee Zellweger (“his last great a damn how you think you’re controlling my utes to live.” love”) and challenges Nicolas Cage, a man environment! I’m going tropical!’ I might After initially trying to reach his daughter “whose artistic bravery had always given have to break a window at some point to stick from Maui, Carrey walked outside, sat on the my head out.” him courage,” to a jujitsu duel. (Warning: lanai and spent eight minutes going through “Memoirs and Misinformation,” which Cage fi ghts dirty.) a “gratitude list.” Staggered by the bounty Carrey describes as “burning myself to the of his life, he reached a state of grace, closed Cowritten with novelist Dana Vachon in ground and telling you that’s not who I was his eyes and waited for the missiles. BY GLENN WHIPP the third person to capture what Carrey anyway,” began its life eight years ago when calls the “wholeness that has an infi nite “Now, I walk around the world knowing Los Angeles Times Vachon walked into Carrey’s West Village knowledge of all of its parts,” “Memoirs and artist workspace, checked out his paint- what that is for me, and if that should hap- Misinformation” is, like the twisted political ings and thought, “There’s a story here.” In pen, where my head’s going to be,” Carrey drawings Carrey posts on Twitter, entirely one corner, there was a depiction of Malibu says haltingly, wiping away tears. “I’ll sit and its own thing. A satire of Hollywood’s self- engulfed in fl ames. In another, a self-portrait thank God for the blessings in my life. If I absorption coinciding with the end of the had been slashed. Vachon told Carrey that was anybody, who was I? And I don’t really planet, none of it is real ... except when it is. the scene reminded him of Aeneas standing believe that I’m anybody. I believe there’s And given the extreme circumstances that in Juno’s temple, lamenting the hardships of nothing that isn’t you.” have marked Carrey’s life, it’s sometimes his life. “Memoirs and Misinformation” features diffi cult to sort out fact from fi ction. Instantly, a friendship was born. a comparable apocalyptic accounting, with When Sonny Mehta, Alfred A. Knopf’s late Early in the collaboration, Carrey spilled similar results. Yet the real Carrey has been publisher, bought the book several years ago, his life story — his family’s fi nancial strug- anticipating oblivion for most of his life. In he wrote Carrey a note, congratulating him gles, his mother’s pain-medication addiction, the book’s sixth chapter, our hero goes to the for steering clear of “‘There is a town in North his eight-hour shifts at a tire factory, his Saharan Motor Hotel to meet screenwriter Ontario’ bull-,” referencing the opening line father’s “sweet, incredible soul,” his stand- Charlie Kaufman to discuss playing Mao Ze- from Neil Young’s autobiographical song “Help- up days in Toronto and his meteoric rise to dong in a biopic that “Carrey” believes “will less.” “Memoirs and Misinformation” is a decon- fame — so that Vachon could upload those be his ‘Raging Bull.’ ” It’s the same seedy struction of the standard-issue show biz chronicle. There memories before composing the fi ctionalized Sunset Boulevard lodge Carrey checked into aren’t any fun anecdotes about the making of “Dumb and Dumber” or “Ace “Carrey.” They Skyped constantly, Carrey in 1982, freshly arrived from Toronto with Ventura: Pet Detective.” Instead, there is a wholly strange work of autofi ction, spewing ideas, Vachon struggling to turn just a suitcase of clothes and a secondhand them into cohesive prose. That process con- laden with symbolism and metaphor, sometimes beautiful, sometimes tragic, copy of Hal Lindsey’s doomsday bestseller, tinued regularly for nearly a decade, ending often inscrutable. “The Late Great Planet Earth.” only in February with a fi nal draft. The book In a recent FaceTime call — with Vachon fi rst joining, followed by another “I walked through a parade of hookers and was originally set for a May release with good hour one-on-one — Carrey, 58, says he didn’t want to write a memoir an accompanying promotional tour, but the took my little green ass to some motel room that dryly cataloged his life. “You can tell a lot about somebody through their COVID-19 pandemic scuttled those plans. Its that would make Baretta jealous,” Carrey fi ctional choices,” he says, with Vachon adding that they wanted to use height- new release date was July 7. says. “And I’m reading this book saying the ened reality to create a “super-position of truth.” Writing, Carrey says, felt like “somebody world is going to end soon and I’m like, ‘But I That reality, as you might expect from Carrey’s career of infi ltrating fi ends, opened the doors of an ancient temple for just got here. I gotta make it before I die.’ So, clowns and sad men trying to stave off loneliness, naturally tilts toward the me.” What he saw inside — and what he literally, I’ve been making it before I die for surreal — a tone consistent with the experience of speaking with Carrey wished to convey — can be glimpsed in the almost 40 years. But we all have the sword himself. For instance, when the conversation turns to Las Vegas, a place the image on the book’s cover. The painting, of Damocles over our heads. That mushroom book’s “Jim Carrey” fears he’ll wind up “when he’s old, jowly with bleached by Carrey, incorporates a photo acciden- cloud is a character in our lives. And we have teeth and hair plugs, whoring for the bingo crowds,” Carrey describes his tally taken of him in Maui in 2018 when an to learn how to dance and smile and do all own visits to Sin City in feverish prose that surpasses the book. emergency alert warned, by mistake, of an the proper and appropriate things.” Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and online at gunstonstreet.com. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 GADGETS & TECHNOLOGY The light of day UV plane-disinfecting invention gets boost from virus

BY HUGO MARTIN air, surgical equipment, cellphone screens Los Angeles Times and catheters, among other things. Medical experts note that UV light is al- even years before the coronavirus ready used to disinfect hospital operating pandemic hit, Arthur Kreitenberg, rooms, and two of Southern California’s a Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon, swankiest hotels, the Waldorf Astoria Scame up with an invention in his Beverly Hills and the Beverly Hilton, basement to quickly disinfect an airplane recently announced plans to use UV light cabin using ultraviolet light. to disinfect their rooms in response to the He even bought airplane seats from the coronavirus outbreak. airline graveyard in the Mojave desert to But experts point out that once an test his idea. airplane cabin has been disinfected, a But the idea did not catch on quickly. passenger infected with COVID-19 can sit His wife joked that Kreitenberg’s tinker- down and jeopardize the health of many of ing in the basement was “cheaper than the fl iers. having a girlfriend.” At the many aviation The biggest risk of being infected is trade shows and conferences he attended from close contact with another per- to pitch his invention, few showed interest. GEORGE SAYAH/Lunch Break Productions for Dimer LLC son, said Peter Chin-Hong, a professor COVID-19 changed all of that. of medicine and an infectious disease Orthopedic surgeon Arthur Kreitenberg, right, invented the plane-disinfecting device Honeywell International, the multina- specialist at UC San Francisco. Using UV he named the GermFalcon, and his son Elliot helped get it to market. tional conglomerate with $37 billion in light to disinfect an airplane cabin “could annual sales, announced recently that it is teaming up with Kreitenberg to build possibly help,” he said. “But UV light is worldwide, but we’re starting in-person The father-son team estimated they vis- the UV invention and distribute it to the not the end-all and be-all.” demonstrations with domestic carriers.” ited up to 20 trade shows and conferences, world’s airlines. The company plans to Philip Barruel, the biosafety program It all began with a volleyball. hoping to sell the idea — with no success. build more than 100 units by the end of manager for laboratory research at UC While attending his daughter Zoe’s One of the challenges was trying to talk July, with production increasing in the Davis, agrees, saying UV light may not college volleyball matches, Kreitenberg directly with an airline executive who had following months. reach far enough into creases and corners noticed that during the H1N1 outbreak the authority to approve the purchase. The invention, originally named the of an airplane cabin to kill the virus. of 2009 the players didn’t shake hands to The company stayed afl oat over the GermFalcon, looks like an airline bever- “There are a lot of unknowns about this reduce the chances of spreading the virus. years thanks to investments, most of age cart equipped with two mechanical virus,” he said. But all the players touched the same vol- which came from doctors. arms that stretch out over the plane’s Kreitenberg acknowledges that his leyball. Once the coronavirus pandemic seats like a pair of wings. The arms emit invention will only reduce the chances of Inspired by the use of UV light to reached the U.S. early this year, the Kre- UV light as the cart is pushed down the getting infected by germs left on the sur- disinfect operating rooms, Kreitenberg itenbergs offered to donate the use of the aisle. faces of an airline cabin and won’t make invented a device — dubbed the Germ GermFalcon to disinfect planes that were Kreitenberg’s son, Elliot, who gave up fl ying entirely safe. Ninja — to quickly disinfect the balls by fl ying passengers in from overseas. A his basement batting cage for his dad’s Still, he points out that UV light can kill passing UV light over them. The invention handful of airlines at Los Angeles Inter- invention, has teamed with his father to several kinds of germs, with the potential was so successful it was used in the 2012 national Airport accepted the offer, which get the GermFalcon off the ground. to help stem the spread of infl uenza and Summer Olympics in London. drew the attention of a few cable televi- The contraption can disinfect a cabin other diseases. Not long after that, Elliot Kreitenberg sion news outlets. It also got the attention in about 10 minutes at a cost of about $10 Honeywell began in early June to meet fl ew home from college, trying to sleep of several potential business partners, per plane, according to Honeywell, which with airlines and demonstrate the UV with his face resting on the fold-down including Honeywell. is marketing the device as the Honeywell cabin system but has yet to get a commit- tray. A fellow fl ier warned Elliot about the The father-son team is not done yet. UV Cabin System. ment from any carrier. germs on the tray, reminding him that it They are now working on a version of the It’s not a novel concept. The U.S. Patent “The initial reaction from airlines was fl u season. Elliot relayed the story GermFalcon that can be used in class- and Trademark Offi ce’s database shows has been very positive,” said Honeywell to his father, and the idea for using UV rooms, offi ces, buses and train stations, more than 30 patents fi led since 1995 that spokesman Adam Kress. “We believe this light to disinfect commercial planes was among other locations. They call it the UV propose using UV light to disinfect water, product has great potential at airlines hatched. Hammer. GADGET WATCH Better hearing through technology

BY GREGG ELLMAN balanced sounds and is designed With the Olive Smart Ear in Tribune News Service to work with those with hearing one ear away from me, she defi - impairment of less than 50 dB. nitely felt improvement on hear- ’ve never seen anyone go They are designed for people ing the TV while still able to hear around showing off their who aren’t quite ready for hear- my occasional conversation. new hearing aid. But I often ing aids, which cost anywhere Olive Union states that the Isee people bragging about from $2,000 to $5,000, compared product’s Wide Dynamic Range their new earbuds. The Olive to $299 for the Olive Smart Ear. Compression algorithm is tuned Smart Ear has the appearance A companion app (IOS and to capture 99.8 percent of the and style of a single earbud, but Android) offers a hearing test for sounds within our hearing range does the job of a hearing aid. recommended settings, and the without distortion. The parent company, Olive user-friendly dashboard gives Alone it gives seven hours of Union, states that 48 million you instant adjustments from the charge, and when combined with Americans have trouble hear- basic default mode to TV watch- the included portable recharging OLIVE UNION/TNS ing, yet only 1 in 5 who need one ing and conversations. Feedback case, it’s good for more than 20 use an assisted hearing device can be altered and other controls hours. The Olive Smart Ear has the appearance and style of a single earbud to correct for their impairment. can easily be customized based It’s not something you would but does the job of a hearing aid. Most often, hearing loss begins on the user and the environment. wear all day, but it’s so small and in just one ear. First comes little Crowded restaurants need differ- portable, when it’s needed it can It has two 7.5 watt Qi wireless USB-C port can be used with things like talking louder than ent adjustments than talking at be useful. charging spots, a single 5 watt your charging cable to power you normally would, keeping the breakfast table. Online: oliveunion.com; $299, Apple Watch wireless charging and charge a Macbook, iPad or the TV at a higher volume, or What makes it stand out is the available in white and black spot and a USB-C powered port iPhone. The same port is used cupping your ear to hear better amplifi ed sound. I don’t have with 30 watts of power to deliver. for recharging the battery itself. during a meeting. hearing loss, so I enlisted a The new EGGTronic Power The 3-in-1 Apple MFI-certifi ed A 3-foot USB-C to USB-C The Olive Smart Ear is built friend who does. We put our- Bar portable battery is a handy, multi-device can simultaneously cable, a 3-foot USB-C to Light- with state-of-the-art design and selves in a normal environment effi cient, all-in-one product — it’s charge an iPhone, Apple Watch ning cable and a handy USB-C to technology, patented sound tech- with the TV in surround sound, one of the most versatile portable and AirPods with its 10,000 mAh USB-A adapter tip are included. nology for outstanding, clear and but not on deafening levels. batteries I’ve ever seen. of portable battery power. The Online: eggtronic.com; $149.99 Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Police say woman hit, killed by semi-trailer

KANSAS CITY MO — Police in Kansas City are investigating the death of a woman who was report- edly standing on an interstate on-ramp when she was hit by a semi-trailer. The driver of the semi reported that he was on the ramp to get onto I-435 and had looked over his shoulder to check for traffic as he merged onto the interstate, police said. When he looked for- ward again, a woman was in the roadway directly in front of the semi and he was unable to avoid hitting her, he told police. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Boy hurt when explosive device blows up in hand

PHILADELPHIA — A PA boy holding an explo- sive device he had lit was seri- ously injured when it exploded in his hand on a Philadelphia street, authorities said. The 12-year-old was with a friend when the accident oc- curred . The boy had been trying to hold on to the device as long as possible before letting go, author- ities said. City police who happened to be IVY CEBALLO, TAMPA (FLA.) BAY TIMES/AP on patrol in the area heard the blast and soon found the injured boy, who was running toward his Keeping on their toes home. They then took him and his mother to a hospital, where he un- Kelsey Louie, Dima Smith, Ainsley Keaveny and Marabelle Coggins, front to back, practice ballet during a socially-distanced summer class at derwent surgery. Patel Conservatory in Tampa, Fla, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The boy suffered severe inju- ries to his left hand, authorities made an online plea for people to THE CENSUS door that read, “Exam Room 2, said, but they were not consid- stop using aerial fireworks. Ronnie.” ered life-threatening. Pahrump Valley firefighters The number of guns stolen by a group from a gun shop in Officers found a 23-year-old had to respond to calls about fires Delaware. Nahsiem McIntosh, 21, and Derris Lloyd, 35, were man in the exam room, taking Inmate sentenced in at homes and desert brush areas. indicted on gun charges by a federal grand jury, according to a refuge from the storm. The man drug ring run from jail Sheriff’s officials said deputies 35 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware. Both was arrested on suspicion of will be searching and citing or ar- men allegedly participated in a burglary at American Sportsman, trespassing, criminal mischief resting anyone found launching PROVIDENCE — A a federal firearms dealer in Newark, in May. Federal authorities said they were in and drug possession counts for aerial fireworks. RI Rhode Island man con- possession of those guns last month. Authorities are also offering a $5,000 reward an amphetamine-loaded syringe victed of continuing to run a crack Video shows girls hitting for information leading to the arrest of three other people wanted for the burglary. and a marijuana pipe found in his cocaine trafficking ring while an backpack. inmate at the state prison with the another on school field help of his mother was sentenced ment reported by WHNT-TV. The dispute began when Lloyd Loon hatches for to more than six years in a federal NORTH TONAWA- The university received the became dissatisfied with the vic- prison, prosecutors said . NY NDA — Authorities request from the People for the tim’s work and demanded the re- first time in a century Fellow inmates provided James are looking into a video posted on Ethical Treatment of Animals fund, the department said. Gomes, 33, of Pawtucket with pro- social media that showed a group after the lion’s sister, Una, died The department said Lloyd al- FALL RIVER — A spective buyers outside of prison of girls attacking another girl on in June. Una and her brother, Leo legedly identified himself as an MA loon has hatched for and their contact information, ac- a school athletic field in western III, had lived in a campus habitat, officer and made the victim go the first time in more than cen- cording to the U.S. attorney’s of- New York. where Una died, since 2003, offi- to a bank with him to get a certi- tury in southeastern Massachu- fice in Rhode Island. Local media reported the clip cials said. fied check for a refund. The vic- setts thanks to a long-term effort Gomes often passed the infor- was shared in a Facebook group Leo III’s veterinarian, Matt tim told police he complied with to restore the traditional nesting mation through his 51-year-old but has since been removed. It Connolly, told the TimesDaily the Lloyd because he was in fear of grounds for the aquatic birds, mother to two other men, who showed several girls repeatedly familiarity of the lion’s environ- being arrested. wildlife officials said. delivered the drugs to Gomes’ hitting and pushing another girl ment “is paramount for him to Three other detectives in The chick hatched this spring in customers. to the ground. All appear to be in get through this period of grief Lloyd’s homicide unit have had Fall River, according to the Mas- Gomes frequently called his their young teens. and continue to thrive.” their police powers suspended in sachusetts Division of Fisheries mother directing her to establish Police said those involved will connection with the incident, and Wildlife and Biodiversity conference calls with the other be charged and referred to fam- Sergeant arrested in Research Institute, a Portland, two men and directing them to ily court. Man broke into clinic to sell crack to others, according to a dispute over refund Maine-based group. federal investigation. His mother University denies PETA’s escape storms, left note Biodiversity Research Institute would then keep some of the drug BALTIMORE — A relocated loon chicks from Maine proceeds and deposit the rest into request to retire mascot MD Baltimore city police LINCOLN — A man and New York to the Lakeville, Gomes’ prison account, prosecu- sergeant is facing accusations of NE accused of breaking Mass.-area back in 2015 in the tors said. FLORENCE — The kidnapping and extortion after into a Lincoln medical clinic to hopes of reestablishing breeding AL University of North Ala- demanding a refund in connec- escape strong thunderstorms and nesting patterns. Fireworks cause fires; bama said the school will keep tion with a home improvement wasn’t hard to track down, police They said that appears to have its lion mascot following a re- project. said, because he left a note on the worked because one of the relocat- officials threaten arrests quest by an animal rights group James Lloyd, 45, was arrested door. ed birds is the father of the new- that the lion be transferred to a after Baltimore County police Officers were called to the born chick. Officials also said that LAS VEGAS — Nye sanctuary. detectives received information MedExpress Urgent Care for a nine of the 24 loon chicks original- NE County officials are “Our UNA community has en- about a dispute between Lloyd burglar alarm as storms raged in threatening citations and arrests joyed visiting our lions on cam- and the victim doing the home the area, the Lincoln Journal Star ly translocated from Maine and for illegal fireworks that led to some pus, and our lions have a special improvement project, the Balti- reported. Arriving officers found New York have since returned to fires across metro Las Vegas. place in our University tradi- more County Police Department a front window smashed and a Massachusetts to mate. The county Sheriff’s Office tions,” the school said in a state- said in a news release. Post-it note adhered to the clinic From wire reports PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Check racism in the prosecutor’s office Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY RACHEL CICUREL D.C. Superior Court, where I practice as a I’ve listened to prosecutors absurdly claim Special to The Washington Post public defender, and you’ll see prosecution that a chronically ill black man was as like- treated like a sport. Criminal defendants, ly to contract COVID-19 at home as he was EDITORIAL ince the killing of George Floyd on disproportionately black, aren’t evaluated inside a crowded, filthy jail. Terry Leonard, Editor May 25, the nation has witnessed as people with futures at stake; they are in- Those tactics, and others like them, are [email protected] a massive outpouring of anger to- terchangeable chess pieces in a game that chillingly effective at keeping people of ward our criminal legal system. Robert H. 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(34) Michael McDowell, Ford. Group E — Eastern Conference Chicago vs. San Jose Corporation. Promoted Brad Alberts to W L T GF GA Pts President and CEO. 31. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet. But San Jose goalkeeper Daniel Philadelphia vs. Inter Miami Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle vs. Vancouver SOCCER 32. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. Vega was his equal. Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 Major League Soccer 33. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. Monday, July, 20 Vega stopped Cristian Roldan Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 New York City FC vs. Inter Miami ORLANDO CITY SC — Agreed to terms 34. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota. New York Red Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 with F Tesho Akindele to a two-year con- 35. (51) Joey Gase, Ford. on a clear chance in the first half. Orlando City vs. Nashville Group F — Western Conference Tuesday, July 21 tract extension. 36. (27) JJ Yeley, Ford. Vega then made a pair of key W L T GF GA Pts 37. (96) Daile Suarez, Toyota. Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto vs. New England 38. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. saves late in the match. He denied LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Atlanta United vs. Columbus Montreal vs. D.C. United Raul Ruidiaz inside the penalty Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pro soccer Alsco 300 Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday, July 22 area in the 84th minute. Wednesday, July 8 Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting KC NASCAR Xfinity Series Orlando City 2, Inter Miami CF 1 Cincinnati vs. New York Red Bulls NWSL Challenge Cup Friday Vega finished with six stops. Thursday, July 9 Colorado vs. Minnesota United At Kentucky Speedway “In the end, obviously sloppy Philadelphia 1, New York City FC 0 Thursday, July 23 At Herriman Utah Sparta, Ky. New England 1, Montreal 0 LA Galaxy vs. Houston Saturday, June 27 Lap length: 1.50 miles play for the first game in three Friday, July 10 Chicago vs. Vancouver North Carolina 2, Portland 1 (Start position in parentheses) Seattle 0 San Jose 0 Los Angeles FC vs. Portland Chicago 1, Washington 2 1. (15) Austin Cindric, Ford, 200 laps, months, whatever, it was prob- Tuesday, June 30 58 points. ably going to be summed up like Houston 3, Utah 3 2. (12) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 200, 46. OL Reign 0, Sky Blue 0 3. (9) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 200, 36. that,” Roldan said. “But if we had Wednesday, July 1 4. (13) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 200, 34. taken care of one or two opportu- an outbreak of positive tests and of the tournament and arrived in Portland 0, Chicago 0 5. (20) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200, 32. Washington 0, North Carolina 2 6. (10) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, nities we would be happy with the Chicago was moved from Group Florida 16 days before Friday’s Saturday, July 4 200, 47. result.” A to Group B to fill out the tour- first match. Utah 1, Sky Blue 0 7. (5) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 200, 43. Houston 2, OL Reign 0 8. (11) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 200, 29. It was the first match of the nament with six groups of four “Ever since I came to this team Sunday, July 5 9. (34) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 200, 36. revamped Group B that lost FC teams. Matias really put that in us that North Carolina 1, Chicago 0 10. (14) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 200, 37. Portland 1, Washington 1 11. (4) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, Dallas when it was removed from San Jose has been in Florida we had to do our best,” Vega said Wednesday, July 8 200, 30. Utah 0, OL Reign 1 the tournament after 10 players longer than any other MLS team. through an interpreter. “I think Sky Blue 2, Houston 0 12. (17) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 200, 42. tested positive for COVID-19. It was not permitted to practice in tonight’s result shows that and Sunday, July 12 13. (27) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, Washington vs. Houston 199, 24. Nashville was later removed after its home market prior to the start we’re happy that we’re back.” Chicago vs. Utah 14. (2) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, 198, 23. Monday, July 13 15. (26) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 198, 22. OL Reign vs. Portland 16. (31) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, Sky Blue vs. North Carolina 198, 21. Quarterfinals 17. (6) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 197, 0. Friday, July 17 18. (29) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, Briefl y Teams TBD 197, 19. Saturday, July 18 19. (30) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 197, 18. Teams TBD 20. (18) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 197, 17. Semifinals 21. (32) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 197, 16. Wednesday, July 22 22. (3) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, 197, 15. Duke tabs Lawson to lead women’s team Quarterfinal winners 23. (28) Mason Massey, Toyota, 196, 14. Championship 24. (24) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 196, 13. Sunday, July 26 25. (22) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 195, 0. Associated Press ing the turn Friday, finished with another birdie Semifinal winners 26. (21) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 194, 0. 27. (33) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevro- after the first of two storm delays and shot 6-under Duke has turned to Boston Celtics assistant coach let, 194, 10. 66. Morikawa is at 13-under 131, one shot off the 36- 28. (23) Vinnie Miller, Chevrolet, 193, and former WNBA All-Star Kara Lawson to lead its Golf 9. hole course record set by Jason Dufner in 2017. 29. (25) Kody Vanderwal, Chevrolet, women’s basketball program. 192, 8. The school announced the hiring in a social Workday Charity Open 30. (36) Brandon Jones, Toyota, acci- dent, 178, 17. media post Saturday, a little more than a week after Cindric completes Xfinity sweep PGA Tour 31. (1) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, acci- Joanne P. McCallie announced she wouldn’t return Friday dent, 156, 6. SPARTA, Ky. — In two nights, Austin Cindric At Muirfield Village Golf Club 32. (19) Ronnie Bassett Jr, Chevrolet, for a 14th season as she entered the final year of her Dublin, Ohio vibration, 73, 5. went from the cusp of winning on ovals to showing Purse: $6.2 million 33. (16) Chad Finchum, Toyota, electri- contract. It is the first college head-coaching job his ability to dominate those layouts. Yardage: 7,456; Par: 72 cal, 66, 4. for the 39-year-old Lawson, who played under Pat Second Round 34. (35) Stephen Leicht, Toyota, fu- As Cindric threw his hands in the air after his Collin Morikawa 65-66—131 -13 Summitt at Tennessee before a long WNBA career elpump, 52, 3. most impressive win, Harrison Burton and Noah Kevin Streelman 70-64—134 -10 35. (7) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, suspen- as well as work in broadcasting. Justin Thomas 68-66—134 -10 sion, 22, 2. Gragson threw punches at each other in the only Sam Burns 69-66—135 -9 Lawson played in the WNBA from 2003-15 and 36. (8) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, real battle at Kentucky Speedway. Hideki Matsuyama 67-68—135 -9 accident, 0, 1. won the 2005 championship with Sacramento. She Viktor Hovland 69-67—136 -8 Race statistics Cindric dominated Friday night to sweep the Ian Poulter 68-69—137 -7 Average speed of race winner: 134.914 also was part of the U.S. Olympic team that won a Chase Seiffert 68-69—137 -7 mph. gold medal in Beijing in 2008. She had also worked NASCAR Xfinity Series doubleheader at Kentucky. Patrick Reed 68-70—138 -6 Time of race: 2 hours, 13 minutes, 25 In other auto racing news: Richy Werenski 71-67—138 -6 seconds. as a TV commentator for NBA and college bas- Matt Kuchar 69-69—138 -6 Margin of victory: 2.262 seconds.  World champion Lewis Hamilton kept his com- Nick Taylor 67-71—138 -6 Caution flags: 5 for 27 laps. ketball games before the Celtics hired her in June Talor Gooch 71-68—139 -5 Lead changes: 8 among 7 drivers. 2019. posure on a rain-drenched track to take pole position Henrik Norlander 70-69—139 -5 Lap leaders: M.Snider 0; J.Clements Saturday for the Styrian Grand Prix in Spielberg, Adam Hadwin 66-73—139 -5 1-11; N.Gragson 12-48; H.Burton 49-61; Lawson inherits a Duke program that regularly Brendan Steele 69-70—139 -5 A.Cindric 62-148; C.Briscoe 149-150; goes to the NCAA Tournament, yet hasn’t won a Austria, extending the Mercedes driver’s record- Steve Stricker 69-70—139 -5 H.Burton 151-152; R.Chastain 153-157; extending 89th career pole. Peter Malnati 68-72—140 -4 A.Cindric 158-200 league title since the ACC added national powers Keegan Bradley 69-71—140 -4 Leaders summary (driver, times led, Notre Dame (2013) and Louisville (2014) to what Austin Cook 70-70—140 -4 laps led): A.Cindric, 2 times for 130 laps; Russell Henley 70-70—140 -4 N.Gragson, 1 time for 37 laps; H.Burton, was already a top-flight conference. Lightning’s Stamkos suffers injury Jason Day 69-71—140 -4 2 times for 15 laps; J.Clements, 1 time Corey Conners 71-69—140 -4 for 11 laps; R.Chastain, 1 time for 5 laps; Captain Steven Stamkos will be limited at the start Pat Perez 68-72—140 -4 C.Briscoe, 1 time for 2 laps; M.Snider, 1 Morikawa builds big lead in Ohio Troy Merritt 69-72—141 -3 time for 0 laps. of Tampa Bay Lightning training camp because of a Rickie Fowler 72-69—141 -3 Wins: C.Briscoe, 5; N.Gragson, 2; Stewart Cink 72-69—141 -3 A.Cindric, 2; H.Burton, 2; J.Haley, 1; DUBLIN, Ohio — Among the lessons Collin Mori- new lower-body injury. Adam Long 68-73—141 -3 B.Jones, 1; A.Allmendinger, 1. kawa took away from missing his first cut as a pro General manager Julien BriseBois said Satur- Joaquin Niemann 69-72—141 -3 Top 16 in points: 1. C.Briscoe, 643; Graeme McDowell 68-73—141 -3 2. N.Gragson, 624; 3. A.Cindric, 610; 4. was that his reliable cut shot had left him. He found day that Stamkos fully recovered from core muscle Roger Sloan 68-73—141 -3 R.Chastain, 583; 5. J.Haley, 521; 6. H.Burton, at it Muirfield Village, and it sent him to a three-shot surgery in early March but was injured again dur- Matt Jones 69-72—141 -3 492; 7. J.Allgaier, 491; 8. M.Annett, 443; 9. Shane Lowry 69-72—141 -3 B.Jones, 401; 10. R.Herbst, 376; 11. R.Sieg, lead going into the weekend at the Workday Charity ing voluntary workouts. Stamkos is expected to be Gary Woodland 73-68—141 -3 364; 12. B.Brown, 321; 13. M.Snider, 307; ready for the start of the NHL’s expanded 24-team Billy Horschel 72-69—141 -3 14. J.Clements, 291; 15. D.Hemric, 290; 16. Open. Zach Johnson 67-74—141 -3 A.Alfredo, 287. Morikawa ran off four straight birdies after mak- Stanley Cup playoffs in early August. PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 NBA/MLB All 22 NBA teams arrive in Orlando

BY TIM REYNOLDS arenas as well. Some teams left Associated Press player development coaches be- hind, some even left assistant The 22 teams participating in coaches, and all teams traveled the NBA restart were all at the with only one media relations Disney campus together for the staffer and one equipment man- first time Friday. ager. In normal circumstanc- None of them, however, made es, some teams travel with as it to the Orlando, Fla., area with many as three people to handle their usual travel party. media requirements and two for Leaving families behind for equipment. several weeks — or maybe even “You know, it’s tough,” Orlando three months, depending on how President of Basketball Opera- deep a team goes in the playoffs tions Jeff Weltman said. “We kind — during a pandemic isn’t the of shied away from some of the only hardship that teams language that was being are dealing with during thrown around — the this restart. Space limi- ‘ We’re whole idea of essential tations within the quasi- (staff) and non-essential bubble at Disney also not able (staff). It’s not about that. meant that teams had to to take This is a very narrowly CARLOS OSORIO/AP cut their official travel- defined circumstance, Prized Chicago White Sox pitching prospect Michael Kopech won’t play this season ing parties down to 37, everybody and it requires certain including players, so — and that skill sets to address this many people who usu- stinks, circumstance.” ally travel with a club Players counted aren’t on this trip. because against the list of 37, “We’re not able to of the and most teams brought Churning rosters: Teams take everybody — and the full complement of that stinks, because of amount 17 players. That left 20 the amount of work that of work spots for coaches, as- they all put in every sin- that they sistant coaches, player gle day,” Boston coach development, video, Brad Stevens said. all put in security, strength and see players dropping out “We’ve tried to identify every conditioning, athletic how to be the most ef- training, media relations ficient we can be with single and content creators. BY DAVID BRANDT weighed the risks and decided to people that can be ex- day. ’ Miami coach Erik Associated Press play. Baltimore pitcher Alex Cobb cellent remotely as well. Spoelstra said the pro- has a young family to care for, in- Brad Stevens PHOENIX — San Francisco I think that that’s one Celtics coach cess of figuring out who cluding a newborn, so he wasn’t of the things that we’ve goes and who doesn’t catcher Buster Posey became the so sure about participating in the had to identify. In some was brutal. latest well-known player to opt delayed season. cases, their excellence remotely “We already have had a model out of the abbreviated 2020 sea- But after consulting with his probably hurt their chances of of everybody sharing responsibil- son because of concerns over the wife, pediatricians and doc- going initially.” ities,” Spoelstra said. “We already coronavirus pandemic, joining tors, Cobb joined the rebuilding It’s expected that as the bubble had a meeting about this where Dodgers pitcher David Price and Orioles. population shrinks after six teams there’s an absolute understand- Nationals first baseman Ryan “There’s just no guarantee that are eliminated from playoff con- ing that this is an ‘all-hands-on- Zimmerman on the sidelines. if I opted out and stayed home tention and then eight more are deck’ situation. And that means Later Friday, the Chicago White that we wouldn’t get it,” he said ousted in the first postseason bags, laundry, cleanup, every- Sox said prized pitching prospect this week, wearing a mask during round, teams will be allowed to thing ... that’s not just for equip- Michael Kopech wouldn’t play a Zoom call from Camden Yards. bring in more staff. ment managers, that’s everybody this year. No reason was given for “This is a great opportunity for But until then, while teams are — coaches, trainers, weight room his decision. me personally — especially since playing games on-site at Disney, staff, head coach, coaches, we’re Others like Texas slugger Joey I missed all last year — to go out JEFF CHIU/AP there will be plenty of work done all going to be involved in every Gallo and San Diego outfielder and get a season in.” back in home markets and home aspect of it.” Tommy Pham provided good Giants catcher Buster Posey In the middle of the uncertainty news: They can get back on the said Friday his family finalized there have occasionally been rays field after previously testing posi- the adoption of identical twin of hope: Gallo returned to camp tive for the virus. girls this week. The babies were after missing the first week fol- One week into Major League born prematurely and Posey said lowing a positive COVID-19 test. Baseball’s strange summer camp, after consultations with his wife Padres manager Jayce Tingler the constant churn of rosters is and doctor he decided to opt out said Pham has also been cleared one of the few constants. of the season. through MLB and was due at Posey — a six-time All-Star and Friday’s practice. Pham tested 2012 NL MVP — said his family three have already been allowed positive during intake and was finalized the adoption of identi- to return. asymptomatic. cal twin girls this week. The ba- “I get something at the begin- The Braves endured a jolting bies were born prematurely and ning of the day or at the end of the start to camp. First baseman and Posey said after consultations day that says ‘This is who’s avail- team leader Freddie Freeman, with his wife and doctor he de- able, and this is who’s not avail- premier reliever Will Smith, cided skipping the season was in able,’ ” Lovullo said. “So it’s kind right-hander Touki Toussaint his family’s best interest. of a boring answer.” and infielder Pete Kozma tested “These babies, being as frag- But trying to keep things sim- positive for coronavirus. Out- ile as they are for the next four ple has been paramount as MLB fielder Nick Markakis, veteran months minimum, this wasn’t ul- continues its cautious journey to right-hander Felix Hernandez timately that difficult a decision a 60-game regular season that’s and first base coach Eric Young for me,” he said. scheduled to begin on July 23. Sr. opted out. Arizona manager Torey Lovul- The first seven days of camp were There is no update as to when lo has developed a straightfor- anything but dull: Several players Freeman and the other three will ward strategy to deal with his across the sport tested positive for rejoin the team. changing situation in the middle COVID-19, results for some tests “I’m still not counting Freddie of a stress-filled pandemic. The were delayed and a slow trickle of out,” Snitker said. Diamondbacks have had multiple players have decided to opt out of AP sports writers Charles Odum, Josh players test positive for COVID- the season, citing personal, health Dubow, David Ginsburg, Bernie Wilson, WINSLOW TOWNSON/AP 19, including pitcher Junior Guer- or family reasons. Stephen Hawkins, Steve Wine, Kyle Hightower, Steve Megargee, Rob Gillies Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is still adjusting to the number of ra, outfielder Kole Calhoun and While some have opted out of and Andrew Seligman contributed to personnel each team is allowed to bring to Orlando, Fla. young prospect Seth Beer. All the season, others have carefully this story. Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 COLLEGES/NHL Pac-12 going to conference-only schedule League follows Big Ten’s ‘ I expect every lead; fears grow Big 12, conference will at ACC, SEC could be next least move towards

BY JOHN MARSHALL fewer games ... and Associated Press likely a conference- The Big Ten and Pac-12 be- only model. came the first Power Five leagues Patrick’ Rishe to shift to an all-conference fall director, sports business program schedule as college sports face a dramatically different landscape at Washington University (St. Louis) due to the coronavirus pandemic. In football alone, 73 games were scrapped in two days, from mar- will at least move towards fewer quee matchups like Oregon-Ohio games. ... and likely a conference- State to storied rivalries like only model,” Rishe said. “If you USC-Notre Dame. reduce beyond that, what’s the All eyes are now on the Atlantic point of conducting the sport in Coast, Southeastern and Big 12 the fall? You’d be better off giv- conferences to see if more games ing the spring a try and craft a will be shelved in what is already conference-only spring schedule shaping up as a college football which can be contested in less season like no other. Hundreds time, less travel, etc.” of games have already been can- Some schools could lose more celed, suspended or pushed to than 5% of their entire athletic the spring semester at the lowest budgets if guarantee games are tiers of college football. wiped off their schedules. Most of the canceled football Most guarantee game contracts games in the Pac-12 and Big Ten have so-called act of God clauses, are less-glamorous matchups providing some compensation against small schools counting on when an uncontrollable event RALPH FRESO/AP big payouts to keep their athletic causes a cancellation. The clauses budgets afloat when they are al- The Pac-12 has become the second major conference to shift to a conference-only fall schedule amid vary by each contract and schools ready facing ugly bottom lines. the coronavirus pandemic. The Big Ten canceled nonconference competition on Thursday. are already sorting through those Saving that money is crucial for in case guarantee games — or the the power conference schools COVID-19 concerns. The Pac- uled to be paid to its member programs — nine more against entire season — are wiped out. — and a tremendous blow to their 12 followed suit a day later, an- schools and the pandemic has Power Five opponents, including “I don’t think we know what opponents. nouncing it was eliminating all continued to exacerbate financial two against Pac-12 foes — with the financial impact is,” MAC “It’s significant, to say the nonconference games from its shortcomings with many schools payouts ranging in the six figures Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher least,” Northern Arizona athletic fall schedules for football, men’s facing a drop in tuition revenue to more than $1 million to smaller acknowledged in a telephone in- director Mike Marlow said Friday and women’s soccer and women’s and lower attendance. Stanford schools. terview Thursday. “Those schools after the Pac-12 announcement. volleyball. The Ivy League has has already announced plans Non-Power Five schools will will have to work through how “We’re fortunate in the state of called off all fall sports. to eliminate 11 of its 36 varsity collectively lose at least $110 mil- you disassemble that contract Arizona to have both (Arizona A conference-only schedule sports next year to help shore up lion — possibly up to $150 million and put it back together. We’ll all State) and (Arizona) here and we also allows schools to cut down some of a projected $25 million — in revenue from guaranteed act accordingly and we’ll see over have one or the other scheduled on travel and other expenses budget shortfall and at least 171 payments by Power Five schools the next two to three weeks what through 2029. That’s a significant at a time when athletic depart- sports programs at four-year in a conference-only model, ac- the season looks like if we’re able part of our budget.” ments are facing massive budget schools have been cut during the cording to Patrick Rishe, director to have a season at all.” The Big Ten announced Thurs- constraints. pandemic. of the sports business program day it will eliminate all noncon- The cancellation of the NCAA The Big Ten’s decision wipes at Washington University in St. AP sports writers John Zenor in Montgomery, Ala.; Cliff Brunt in ference games in football and Tournament left the NCAA $375 out 33 nonconference football Louis. Oklahoma City; and Larry Lage in several other sports amid rising million short in revenue sched- games against non-Power Five “I expect every conference Detroit contributed to this report. League, Players’ Association OK plan to resume season, extend CBA

BY STEPHEN WHYNO time,” NHLPA executive director Don AND JOHN WAWROW DID YOU KNOW ? Fehr said. “We are pleased to be able to Associated Press bring NHL hockey back to the fans.” The top four teams in each conference — Boston, Tampa Bay, Washington and Philadelphia in Getting back on the ice also comes with Hockey became the latest sport to fi- the East, and St. Louis, Colorado, Vegas and Dallas in the West — automatically advance to the labor peace through at least 2026. nalize a return during a global pandemic field of 16 and will play separate round-robin tournaments to determine seeding. The best-of-five The CBA extension includes an agree- after NHL owners and players approved qualifying round series in the East are No. 5 Pittsburgh vs. No. 12 Montreal, No. 6 Carolina vs. ment to send players to Olympics in 2022 an agreement Friday to resume the season No. 11 New York Rangers, No. 7 New York Islanders vs. No. 10 Florida and No. 8 Toronto vs. and 2026 — pending an agreement with — and with it an assurance of labor peace No. 9 Columbus and in the West No. 5 Edmonton vs. No. 12 Chicago, No. 6 Nashville vs. No. the International Olympic Committee through September 2026. and International Ice Hockey Federation 11 Arizona, No. 7 Vancouver vs. No. 10 Minnesota and No. 8 Calgary vs. No. 9 Winnipeg. Action Games are scheduled to begin Aug. 1 — and includes some salary deferrals that in Toronto and Edmonton, Alberta, with will begin with five games on Aug. 1, starting with Hurricanes-Rangers, Islanders-Panthers and allow both sides to bear the brunt of losses coronavirus cases in the U.S. pushing the Penguins-Canadiens in Toronto, and Oilers-Blackhawks and Flames-Jets in Edmonton. from the COVID-19 pandemic and share in league into Canada for the summer and SOURCE: Associated Press the benefits of an upcoming U.S. TV rights fall until the Stanley Cup is awarded in late contract. September or early October. hospitalized last year with a respiratory The return-to-play plan, tentatively ap- “All we know is we will be playing hock- Training camps open across North illness proved by the NHL and NHL Players’ ey, there will be labor peace so long as this America on Monday, which is also the “I wish I could lace up my skates and Association on Monday, was ratified by thing gets ratified for another four years, deadline for players to opt out of partici- be out there battling, blocking a shot and the league’s board of governors and with six years maybe,” Carolina veteran Justin pating with no penalty. Minnesota’s Zach helping my team win, but my family has majority approval from players following Williams said. “That’s good for the fan, Parise said earlier this week he doesn’t and always will come first,” Hamonic said. a three-day voting period, ending Friday. that’s good for the TV audience, that’s good think a lot of players will choose not to play, “Being my little kids’ dad every day is the Along with it, the two sides also formally for the players, it’s good for everybody. So but the NHL already has one example. most important job I have.” approved a four-year extension of the col- we’re obviously excited about that. It’s awe- Hours after the agreement was reached, Flames general manager Brad Treliv- lective bargaining agreement. some that they were able to do this. I don’t Calgary defenseman Travis Hamonic be- ing said, “While we will miss Travis in “This agreement is a meaningful step think a normal CBA negotiation goes this came the first to publicly opt out, citing our lineup, we understand and respect his forward for the players and owners, and quickly. But both parties wanted it done family reasons. Hamonic’s daughter was decision.” for our game, in a difficult and uncertain and they got it done.” PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 MLB Award: Short season could skew statistics FROM BACK PAGE in 2006, though Ryan Howard won the MVP that season. Only one Cy Young winner over the past 20 seasons has had more than the nine wins Verlander had after 60 games last year. Randy Johnson was 10-1 with 139 strikeouts through his first 13 starts over Ar- izona’s first 60 games in 2000, when he won Johnson the second of his four consecutive NL Cy Young Awards. No losses: Only three Cy Young win- ners since 2000 have gotten through their team’s first 60 games, generally 12 or 13 starts, without losing a game. The last was Max Scherzer for the Tigers in 2013, when he was 8-0 with a 3.24 ERA and 100 strike- outs through 12 starts. He finished 21-3, matching the fewest losses overall for any Cy Young winner in that stretch. Brandon Webb was 8-0 through 13 starts for Arizona on way to being the 2006 NL Cy Young winner, two years after Roger PHOTOS BY DUANE BURLESON/AP Clemens went 9-0 starting 12 of Houston’s first 60 games and won the NL award be- Tigers rookie Spencer Torkelson fields a ground ball during training camp at Comerica Park on Saturday in Detroit. Torkelson is fore the Astros switched leagues. making a strong positive impression already, putting on an impressive display of power in batting practice Monday. Varying Twins: Justin Morneau likely wouldn’t have been the 2006 AL MVP if that season had ended after 60 games, when he was hitting .240 with 13 homers and 43 RBIs. That included his two hom- Torkelson showing why he was No. 1 ers and five RBIs in Minnesota’s 60th game, the first of five consecutive multi-hit games to start a tear when he hit .364 the ‘ rest of the season to finish at .321 with 34 20-year-old top overall pick At the end of the day, homers and 130 RBIs. it’s playing baseball. Three years later, Twins teammate Joe tantalizing Tigers with talent Mauer was hitting .415 through 60 games See ball. Hit ball. in his MVP season, when the Twins again BY LARRY LAGE Spencer’ Torkelson had a losing record at that point before win- Associated Press ning another AL Central title. Mauer ended No. 1 overall draft pick for the Detroit Tigers at .365 with 28 homers and 96 RBIs. DETROIT — Spencer Torkelson has Mauer and Morneau have the highest quickly showed the Detroit Tigers why and lowest batting averages for any MVP they drafted him No. 1 overall this year backing you up,” Torkelson said. through 60 games since 2000. and gave him a $8-plus million signing Undrafted out of high school, Torkelson When Rod Carew was the AL MVP in bonus to get in uniform for training camp. hit 54 home runs at Arizona State. He fin- 1977 with the Twins, the Hall of Fame Torkelson put his power on full display ished two shy of the school record set by during his first batting practice. left-handed hitter finished with a career- Bob Horner, who was drafted No. 1 overall best .388. That was also his exact average “His first couple of rounds of batting in 1978. practice have been pretty impressive,” after 60 games, though he peaked at .411 The Tigers plan to convert Torkelson between then and the end of the season. Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire acknowl- from first to third base and one of their Chasing .400: Tony Gwynn would have edged Monday. “He could definitely do former greats, shortstop Alan Trammell, been a .400 hitter had the 1997 season some things. You see why a guy goes num- is working with him as a special assistant ended after the San Diego Padres played ber one — right away.” to the general manager during camp. their 60th game, when he was at .403 — he Torkelson signed a minor league contract The 20-year-old Californian acknowl- and is not expected to play in the majors edged he really wasn’t sure who Trammell finished with a .372 average. When the during the pandemic-shortened season. was initially, but his father filled him in. Hall of Fame outfielder and 15-time All- Teams often are reluctant to put their top “He’s like, ‘You know who you’re talking Star hit a career-best .394 in 1994, he was prospects in the majors until they’re fully to, right?’ ” Torkelson recalled his father at .378 through 60 games. ready to avoid starting the clock on how asking. “I’m like, ‘Yeah, I follow baseball In 2008, nine years after Chipper Jones much time they have them under control and all, but I don’t know the name.’ And was the NL MVP, he was hitting .409 contractually. The Tigers have been happy with what he’s like, ‘He’s a Hall of Fame shortstop.’ through Atlanta’s first 60 games. The Hall Gardenhire, though, did not want to rule they’ve seen from No. 1 overall draft pick “I guess it was good that I didn’t know of Fame third baseman hit a majors-best out Torkelson playing in Detroit this season Torkelson, but don’t expect to see him in that before I started talking to him because and career-high .364 that season. perhaps in part to not dampen his spirits. the big leagues this season. I would’ve got a little intimidated.” Gwynn and George Brett are the only “I’m not going to say, ‘No, he won’t make The dimensions of spacious Comerica players who have finished within 10 points it to the big leagues this year,’ or anything Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera has al- Park, which has a 420-foot marker in cen- of a .400 season since Ted Williams had the like that,” Gardenhire said. “We’re just ready let Torkelson know loud and clear ter, have not done anything to diminish last one in 1941. Williams hit .406, only one happy to have him in this organization, in that he wants him in the team’s major Torkelson’s confidence. When he was on point lower than he was through Boston’s this camp, where we get eyes on him. We’ll league clubhouse. the field for the first time last weekend and first 60 games that season. see how it all plays out here as we go. You “Miggy told him we need him,” left- looked around, doubt didn’t set in. Brett was at .337 through 54 games for don’t want to rush this kid too quick. hander Matthew Boyd said. “It didn’t really faze me,” he said. the Kansas City Royals in 1980 before “And, this is one of those years it’s a lit- Torkelson appreciated the gesture from The hype his hitting has generated also missing a month because of an ankle in- tle bit different, but him being around all Cabrera, who like the rest of the team, has not gotten to his head. jury. He returned to hit .421 over the last these major league guys is going to help.” has warmly welcomed the highly touted “I don’t worry about it too much,” Torkel- half of the season, and was at .400 overall The Tigers put Torkelson in their player prospect. son said. “At the end of the day, it’s playing on Sept. 19 before finishing at .390 for the pool for the abbreviated season. “It’s really cool to have guys like that baseball. See ball. Hit ball.” AL champions. Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 MLB Eyeing social change, Bucs’ Bell finds voice BY WILL GRAVES that was where a lot of players felt Associated Press silenced. A lot of players were like, ‘Well, shoot.’ ” PITTSBURGH — Josh Bell This time things feel different. wanted to make a statement with There is a groundswell of support his actions, a way to channel the across races and ages. And Bell is disgust the Pittsburgh Pirates intent on being a part of it. Reti- first baseman felt in the wake cent by nature, Bell is growing of George Floyd’s death at the more comfortable in his role as hands of Minneapolis police in the face of a franchise whose his- late May. tory is filled with players of color Yet as the crowds surged in that made a difference far beyond downtown Pittsburgh last month the field. during a planned peaceful pro- Roberto Clemente. Willie test, he fought the urge to join in. Stargell. Andrew McCutchen. He couldn’t help but Now, Bell believes it’s notice the helicopters his turn. buzzing. He checked ‘ I feel “I feel like social jus- the Internet and saw tice is something that a ELISE AMENDOLA/AP what began with a posi- like social lot of people are learn- Red Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi walks through the seating area to the field for the beginning of summer tive vibe had shifted justice is ing right now,” Bell training Monday at Fenway Park in Boston. All major league teams are training at their home stadiums. to something darker. something said. “For the most part, Wary of the optics and I’m trying to stay as po- the fallout, Bell, who is that a lot of litically correct as I can. Black, heeded the ad- people are I’m not trying to bring vice of his girlfriend. emotions into anything. “(She told me) ‘You’re learning You guys know me by A taste of luxury going to make a lot more right now. ’ now. I’m not trying to impact with your plat- Josh Bell be the guy who has the form than going to this Pirates 1B headline for something riot right now. That’s on the social negative. I’m doing my how people get hurt. unrest sweeping best to try to learn. That That’s where the con- Boston players enjoy retrofit at Fenway Park the country support from the Pirates versation turns bad,’ ” has really allowed me to Bell said on Saturday. express my opinions.” BY JIMMY GOLEN homes to help them prepare for accommodates the entire staff “ ‘Josh Bell is at a protest is a good His deeds, too. Bell started a Associated Press the season, with enough lockers only has room for two people thing. But Josh Bell is at a riot is book club with his teammates for everyone still trying to make under baseball’s social distancing a terrible thing. That’s something with the belief of opening a clear BOSTON — A pitching mound the team and extra fields for them guidelines. that could change your career in and honest dialogue. The titles so in a picnic area. Exercise bicycles all to get their work in. “You can tell they put a lot of a heartbeat.’ ” far have included “The New Jim in the concourse. Lockers in the But the century-old Fenway thought and consideration into And not the kind of change the Crow” and the fantasy novel “The luxury suites. Park never had space for too many the way they set this up,” outfield- 27-year-old All-Star from Texas Alchemist.” Banished from their spring modern conveniences, let alone er Jackie Bradley Jr. said, adding wants to impart. He watched “It’s kind of like who I am as training complex in COVID 19- the social distancing demands that he had never been in the what happened to former NFL well as books that I feel like ev- ravaged Florida to their historic of the coronavirus pandemic. So luxury boxes before. “It’s nice. I quarterback Colin Kaepernick in erybody should read so every- but cozy home, the Red Sox are the Red Sox have had to find the get to watch my teammates from 2017 when he chose to kneel dur- body can be on the same page in squeezing any space they can out room in unusual places. a different angle.” ing the national anthem to protest regards to not only understand- of Fenway Park for the reboot of The area under the first-base Usually filled by sponsors and police brutality. Kaepernick’s ing what social justice looks like, spring training that baseball is stands became a workout room, other corporate swells, the suites message got lost amid outcry over but understanding what being a calling summer camp. with artificial turf over the ce- rent for as much as $14,300 per the method he chose to express it. good human being looks like,” When players arrived last ment walkway usually trod by game; that includes tickets for 22 It’s something Bell wants desper- Bell said. “I feel like if I promote week, they found their lockers fans and a batting cage blocking fans (food and drink are extra). ately to avoid. that message, it’s not going to be set up not in the traditional home the concession stands. A mound With no fans expected at Fenway “In regards to where he wanted going up into a conversation like clubhouse used since the days of for pitchers to warm up is under this season, though, they are sud- the conversation to go, that got this, like one side or the other, Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzem- the bleachers in what the team denly available. shut down pretty much from the like you’re either right or you’re ski but in the upper-deck luxury calls the “Big Concourse.” And the Red Sox say they’re get go and his career was forever wrong. We’re all in this thing suites along the first-base line. Part of the players’ parking lot being put to good use. changed from that,” Bell said. “So together.” “It’s pretty cool eating break- is being used for intake testing. Players arrived last week to fast in the suite looking out into According to manager Ron find they had been assigned to the the field,” first baseman Mitch Roenicke, no players will be suites, in groups of two. Inside, Moreland said on Monday. “I using the clubhouse to store their lockers had been installed with don’t know if we’ll move back.” gear or change into and out of the equipment they will need to Major league teams, including their uniforms. Coaches also prepare for the three-week ramp- the Red Sox, have elaborate com- needed to find a new space, be- up to the 60-game season base- plexes at their spring training cause the room that traditionally ball is hoping to pull off amid the pandemic. In a video tour posted on social media by infielder Michael Cha- vis, boxes of bats leaned against the window between the areas marketed to fans as the “climate- controlled indoor space” and the “private seating perch.” An equipment bag sat on one of the box’s big leather chairs; a base- ball glove rested on the granite countertop. “I was so impressed with ev- erything,” said Chavis, who shares a suite with new outfielder Alex Verdugo. “We had an idea of what it would kind of look like. We COREY SIPKIN/AP got word of what they were doing. But then just seeing it in person Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell is intent on being a part and being in the room and every- of the protests that have rocked the United States in the wake of thing like that, it was really cool. the death of George Floyd. Reticent by nature, Bell is growing more MICHAEL DWYER/AP And then the beautiful view of comfortable in his role as the face of a franchise whose history is Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke, right, talks with Christian Vazquez. Fenway. Everything about it.” filled with players of color that made a difference beyond the field. S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, July 12, 2020 Into the bubble All 22 participating teams SPORTS arrive in Orlando » NBA, Page 20

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BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press ody Bellinger was well on his way to becoming the Nation- al League MVP only 60 games into last season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, already with 20 homers in that stretch Cbefore his 24th birthday. Over that same span for the Houston Astros last summer, Justin Verlander won nine games and struck out 103 batters on the way to his second AL Cy Young Award. The veteran right-hander had more wins and strikeouts through the first 60 games for the American League champions than he did just over one-third of the way into the 2011 season for the Detroit Tigers, when he finished 24-5 and was also the AL MVP. After 60 games this year, it will already be time to determine who wins those awards. There will be no more games to be played in a regular season that’s set to begin July 23 and is 102 games shorter than usual because of the coronavirus pandemic. Bellinger was only the fifth MVP from either league over the past 20 seasons to have 20 homers in his team’s first 60 games — Barry Bonds did it twice, and the last to do it had been Bryce Harper with the Washington Nationals in 2015. The Dodgers were 41-19 and al- ready with a big lead in the NL West, with Bellinger hitting .376 with 52 RBIs. He finished at .305 with 47 homers and 115 RBIs two years after being the NL Rookie of the Year. When Bonds set the single-season record with 73 homers in 2001, the first of his four consecutive MVP seasons, baseball’s home run king also had the best 60-game start in the majors over the past 100 years with 32. The best such start for an active hitter was the 25 for three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols

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The last Cy Young winner to make it through the season’s first 60 games without a loss was Max Scherzer, then of the Detroit Tigers, who was 8-0 with a 3.24 ERA and 100 Ks through 12 starts in 2013. When the Twins’ Rod Carew was 1977 AL MVP, the Hall of Fame left-handed hitter hit a career-best .388. That was also his average after 60 games, though he peaked at .411 between then and the season’s end. Tony Gwynn would have been a .400 hitter had the 1997 season ended after the San Diego Padres played their 60th game, when he was at .403 — he finished with a .372 average. SOURCE: Associated Press

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