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First Lt. Baldomero Lopez leads Marines over a seawall High-stakes gamble during the Incheon landing on Sept. 15, 1950. Lopez, who died smothering a grenade, of Incheon landing was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. led to crucial victory U.S. MARINE CORPS Naval History and Heritage Command BY KIM GAMEL Stars and Stripes INCHEON, South Korea — U.S.-led forces were in danger of losing the Ko- rean War as the North Koreans pushed them back to a defensive line on the southern tip of the peninsula known as the Pusan Perimeter. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in com- mand of the troops fighting under Unit- ed Nations auspices, knew what needed to be done. But first, the five-star gener- al had to convince the other top brass. The Incheon landing, which began 69 years ago Sunday, went against the better judgment of Navy, Marine and other Army commanders who argued the narrow port channel, swift currents and extreme tides were too dangerous and could leave ships stranded and vul- nerable to attack. The 70-year-old war hero prevailed, insisting that the riskiness of the plan to land Marines behind enemy lines only boosted the element of surprise. SEE WAGER ON PAGE 6 INSIDE North Korea fires 2 projectiles after offering to restart talks Page 3 Trump’s halt to talks pushes Afghans toward fragile vote

BY CARA ANNA ANALYSIS longest war on hold, Af- trustful than ever and has vowed to keep efits Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who Associated Press ghanistan suddenly faces fighting. The talks are “dead,” Trump said was sidelined in the negotiations because a presidential vote amid Monday. the Taliban dismiss his government as KABUL, Afghanistan — President Don- warnings that it’s not ready — and the The Afghan people, essentially shut out a U.S. puppet. Ghani insists the Sept. 28 ald Trump’s sudden halt to U.S.-Taliban threat of even more violence. of the talks, want a say in their fate. But if election go ahead, even as the U.S. seemed talks looks like a gift to the beleaguered The Taliban have told Afghans to boycott this election is as chaotic as last year’s par- to be more interested in signing a deal with Afghan president, who has insisted on the vote and warned that rallies and poll- liamentary vote and the 2014 presidential the Taliban and committing to immediate holding a key election in less than three ing stations would be targets. Spurned by election, some observers fear the Afghan intra-Afghan talks on the country’s politi- weeks’ time despite widespread expecta- Trump on the brink of a deal they said had government could be badly weakened at a cal future. tions that a peace deal would push it aside. been “finalized” to end nearly 18 years of pivotal time. Now, with an agreement to end America’s conflict, the insurgent group is more dis- Trump’s surprise announcement ben- SEE AFGHANS ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 MILITARY US bombs ISIS island in Iraq’s Tigris River

BY CHAD GARLAND Task Force, referring to ISIS by It was seized by ISIS in 2014 Stars and Stripes an Arabic term. after the Americans left. U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Ea- The base was recaptured by Coalition and Iraqi forces gles and F-35 Lightning II air- U.S.-backed forces and used carried out airstrikes Tuesday craft took part in bombing the as a staging ground as part of against an island south of Mosul “Daesh infested-island,” Opera- the nine-month battle to retake in the Tigris River believed to be tion Inherent Resolve spokesman Mosul from the terrorist group a safe haven for Islamic State in Col. Myles B. Caggins III said on that began in late 2016. Iraq. Twitter. While ISIS was routed from Fireballs exploded across The fighter jets dropped about the last of the territory it held in Qanus Island, in Iraq’s Salahud- 80,000 pounds of bombs, he said. Iraq in late 2017 and ousted from din province, as plumes of smoke The operation “demonstrates its last bastion in Syria early this billowed up into the sky, a video our continued partnership to en- year, the group has continued to posted on Twitter showed. Black- able [Iraqi security forces] to carry out targeted killings and clad Iraqi counterterrorism keep its boot on the forehead of arson of crops in both countries. troops are seen watching over the ISIS,” Caggins said. operation from the ground. Officials have warned that the It was aimed at destroying a U.S. Air Force Following the early morning major transit hub for ISIS mem- group is seeking to regain its ca- strikes, ground clearance opera- bers moving from Syria and the pabilities and remains a threat as Bombs are loaded onto an F-15 Strike Eagle on Monday, a day tions conducted by the Iraqi spe- Jazeera desert into the Mosul, an insurgent movement in both before F-15s and F-35A Lightning IIs dropped 80,000 pounds of cial forces were underway on the Makhmour and Kirkuk regions. countries. bombs on ISIS on an island in the Tigris River in Iraq. island, the U.S.-led coalition said The island lies near Qayyarah “ISIS remains a threat in Iraq in a statement in the afternoon. Airfield West, known as Q-West and Syria,” the Pentagon’s lead to disrupt the hard-line Islamist for our partner forces to continue “We’re denying Daesh the abil- or Forward Operating Base En- inspector general for the U.S. op- group’s ability to hide in the thick bringing stability to the region,” ity to hide on Qanus Island,” said durance, which was home to U.S. eration in the region said in a re- vegetation on the island, the co- Hill said. Maj. Gen. Eric T. Hill, command- forces during the Iraq War of port last month. alition statement said. [email protected] er of Special Operations Joint 2003-11. Tuesday’s strikes were meant “We’re setting the conditions Twitter: @chadgarland

Survey: Most vets approve of Trump; some question his military judgment

BY NEIL FOTRE Washington, based its results on veterans generally have a more veyed said they trust Trump to cisions about the use of military Stars and Stripes an online survey of 1,284 military favorable rating of Trump than make the correct decision about force and nuclear weapons than veterans. The survey results from the general public. The survey the use of military force and the ones who did not have such WASHINGTON — The major- the summer were compiled before of veterans found 57% approve of nuclear weapons. Approximately experiences. ity of veterans surveyed recently the most recent tensions between Trump in his execution of duties 40% said they do not. Opinions about Trump also var- said they support President Don- the United States and Iran. as commander in chief. In addition, 45% of veterans said ied based on generations. About ald Trump as leader of the armed Almost half, or 48%, said they Trump is not listening enough to The purpose of the study was 38% of veterans who served in forces, though some of them believe Trump administration his military leaders. to gauge whether there is a differ- uniform before 9/11 are more question his ability to make the policies have made the military The survey also asked veterans likely to trust Trump regarding right decision when it comes to ence of opinion between the vet- stronger. That is more than the to identify whether they had sig- using military force and nuclear eran community and the general approximately 41% of the general nificant or traumatic emotional the use of nuclear weapons, com- weapons, according to a report public on the performance and public that approves of the Trump experiences while in combat. pared with 30% of veterans of the released Tuesday. judgment of Trump, according to administration, according to the Fewer veterans who said they post-9/11 generation. The Pew Research Center, a the report. survey results. had these experiences, roughly [email protected] nonpartisan think tank based in Overall, the survey results show The majority of veterans sur- 27%, trust Trump in making de- Twitter: @Neil_Fotre T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 17 Business ...... 21 Classified ...... 19, 23 Comics ...... 22 Crossword ...... 22 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 20 Sports ...... 24-32 Weather ...... 21 Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY 2 North Korean launches follow new call for talks Projectiles sail in 10th firing since May

BY KIM GAMEL While their traveling distance AND YOO KYONG CHANG has been short, experts warned Stars and Stripes they could pose a threat to South Korea and the 28,500 American SEOUL, South Korea — North troops stationed on the divided Korea fired two short-range pro- peninsula. jectiles Tuesday, officials said, Trump has insisted the weap- hours after the communist state ons tests are standard and don’t offered to restart stalled nucle- violate North Korean leader Kim TAYLER P. S CHWAMB/U.S. Marine Corps ar negotiations with the United Jong Un’s promise to suspend U.S. Marines and a Norwegian Coastal Ranger Commando plan how to execute immediate action drills States. long-range missile and nuclear during a May exercise at Fort Trondennes, Harstad, Norway . A recent survey found overwhelming The latest launch — the 10th testing that raised fears of war in support of NATO from Americans of all political leanings. since May — raised pressure on 2016-17. President Donald Trump, who is His administration, mean- eager for talks to resume and so while, has been trying to restart far has downplayed the surge in diplomatic efforts with the North, Survey finds Americans support weapons testing as routine. which have been stalled since Experts say the North is likely Trump and Kim failed to reach trying to gain leverage in future an agreement during their second NATO, mixed on overseas bases negotiations by showing strength summit in February in Vietnam. while continuing to improve its The two leaders met again on BY JOHN VANDIVER troops be pulled from the coun- maintaining or increasing levels weapons capabilities without June 30 on the Korean border and Stars and Stripes try, which he says doesn’t invest while 48% wanted to downsize or crossing Trump’s red line. agreed to resume working-level enough in its own defense. Trump pull out. Two short-range projectiles talks, but no date has been set. STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. also has complained about the Despite 18 years of war in Af- were launched eastward from North Korean Vice Foreign backing of NATO is at an all-time costs associated with basing ghanistan, half of Americans an area in Kaechon, north of the Minister Choe Son Hui said Mon- high, but there is less support for troops and conducting exercises support increasing or maintain- nation’s capital, about 20 minutes day that she has taken note of U.S. basing troops in Europe than in in South Korea. ing troop levels there, the survey apart starting at 6:53 a.m. Tues- appeals to resume talks, but she the Pacific or Middle East, ac- Among the public, though, bi- found. day, according to a statement warned that the North expects cording to a survey by the Chica- partisan support remains strong But military interventions were by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of new proposals from the Ameri- Staff. go Council on Global Affairs. for organizations like NATO and generally unpopular — only 27% can side. They flew more than 200 miles “Whether they identify as historic allies like South Korea of those surveyed said they back “We have willingness to sit Democrats, Independents, or and reached a maximum altitude and Japan. them, “suggesting that Americans with the U.S. side for comprehen- Republicans, large numbers of of 31 to 37 miles, the military When asked if NATO was es- favor using US military clout to sive discussions of the issues we Americans continue to favor the said. sential to U.S. security, 86% of deter aggressive actions by other have so far taken up at the time foundational elements of tradi- Officials said they could not Democrats said it was, compared countries rather than to invade or and place to be agreed late in tional, post–World War II US provide the speed or confirm with 62% of Republicans. More occupy them,” the report said. September,” she said, according foreign policy,” said the report whether the projectiles had land- to the state-run Korean Central than three-quarters of Ameri- Yet, when it comes to Iran, entitled “Rejecting Retreat.” ed in the sea because U.S. and News Agency. cans said the U.S. should main- 79% of Americans would sup- In the 45 years that the Chicago South Korean intelligence au- Choe warned that North Ko- tain or increase its commitment port using U.S. troops to prevent Council survey of American opin- thorities were still analyzing the rean-U.S. “dealings may come to to NATO, and 74% said they want- Tehran from obtaining nuclear ion of U.S. foreign policy has been data. an end” if the Americans stick to ed to preserve military alliances weapons. conducted, “support for NATO, “This provocative behavior is their previous stance. Majorities also support the U.S. military alliances and trade have with other countries. not helpful to efforts to ease ten- Before departing the White coming to the defense of close al- never been higher,” an executive Only a slight majority — 51% sions on the Korean Peninsula,” House for a rally in North Caro- summary of the findings stated. — said they believe stationing lies. Nearly 6 in 10 support com- the JCS said. “We again call on lina on Monday, Trump said he The survey results come at a troops in allied countries contrib- mitting U.S. troops to defend North Korea to stop such actions was aware of the North Korean time of confusion about the direc- utes to security at home. South Korea from a North Ko- immediately.” offer for talks but did not say he tion of U.S. foreign policy. Presi- More Americans support main- rean invasion, and 54% said they U.S. Forces Korea said it was would accept. dent Donald Trump, a frequent taining or boosting troop levels in support a U.S. commitment to de- “aware of reports of two North “We’ll see what happens, but I critic of NATO and multinational South Korea (69%) Japan (57%) fend members like Latvia, Lithu- Korean missile launches” and always say having meetings is a alliances in general, has raised and the Persian Gulf (60%) than ania and Estonia from a Russian was “consulting closely with good thing,” he told reporters. questions about the value of the in Europe, the survey found. invasion. our South Korean and Japanese But the president has shown that transatlantic military pact and In the case of Germany, 49% The survey of 2,059 people was allies.” his patience has limits. Trump been critical of traditional U.S. favored reducing or withdraw- conducted June 7-20. The margin South Korea’s national security announced over the weekend allies. ing troops, while 47% wanted of sampling error is plus or minus council also expressed “strong that he was canceling talks with Germany has been a focal point to maintain levels. For Poland, 2.3 %. concern that North Korea has the Taliban in Afghanistan after of Trump’s criticism. The presi- where the U.S. plans to increase [email protected] continued to launch short-range an attack in Kabul killed several dent has suggested that some U.S. troop deployments, 50% backed Twitter: @john_vandiver projectiles since May.” people, including an American On Guam, a U.S. Pacific terri- soldier. tory, the public information office Kim has overseen the other issued an alert, which it said was weapons tests, with KCNA usu- University of Hawaii to add Navy ROTC program a standard practice, announcing ally releasing photos and a state- that the launches posed no imme- ment the following day. diate threat. Associated Press Corps program last week, The of the Hawaii Territorial Guard “I would say these short range Japan’s Defense Ministry also Honolulu Star-Advertiser report- following the Japanese attack on tests are becoming so routine HONOLULU — U.S. Navy offi- said it didn’t detect a threat to — just as Kim wants them to be, ed Thursday. Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. cials have approved the creation Japanese territory, according to to desensitize us and to operation- The university has an Army The program is expected to of the first-ever Navy ROTC pro- the Kyodo news agency. alize them for deployment, as he gram at the University of Hawaii, ROTC program and an Air Force give more students a chance to The weapons tested previ- said he would,” Vipin Narang, a officials said. ROTC program, school officials earn scholarships and gain an ously have apparently included a nuclear proliferation specialist at Democratic Sens. Mazie Hi- said. The Army program was the education, Schatz said. Funding guided multiple rocket launcher MIT, wrote on Twitter. rono and Brian Schatz announced only unit to be called to active for the program was included in system and short-range ballistic [email protected] the Navy’s decision to add the duty and serve in World War II the Navy’s 2019 budget but has missiles designed to evade U.S. [email protected] Naval Reserve Officers’ Training when its cadets were made a part not been released yet. and South Korean defenses. Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 MILITARY Soldier dies Officials: Yokota as he works on vehicle at funds for border Fort Hood

BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes wall not an issue AUSTIN, Texas — A soldier’s death while conducting main- SETH ROBSON/Stars and Stripes tenance on a Bradley Fighting B Y SETH ROBSON tenance facilities. Japanese journalists check out a CV-22 Osprey at Yokota Air Base, Vehicle at Fort Hood is under Stars and Stripes “The [hangar] and warehouse Japan, in October 2018. U.S. military officials say Osprey operations investigation by the U.S. Army facility are parts of a planned Air won’t be affected by the diversion of funds to pay for a border wall. Combat Readiness Center, of- YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan Force Special Operations Com- ficials at the central Texas base — CV-22 Osprey operations won’t mand CV-22 Campus,” Anthony preys out of Yokota. Their mission ed and work will begin within the said Monday. be affected by the diversion of Mayne, a spokesman for the U.S. is to deliver “reliable, profession- next year, Mayne said. Pfc. Mason Webber, 22, from nearly $87 million from projects Army Corps of Engineers’ Japan al Tilt-Rotor capability in support “This future construction Marion, Iowa, died Thursday, ac- supporting tilt-rotor aircraft in District, said in an email Friday. of [Special Operations Command includes a transmitter facil- cording to a news release. Fort western Tokyo, according to U.S. Defunded Yokota projects as- Pacific] and [Special Operations ity, roads, apron and utilities,” he Hood officials declined to provide military officials. sociated with the Ospreys were Command Korea] Missions,” ac- said. more information about his death, Six construction projects worth just under $87 million, cording to the Air Force. Other defunded projects at Yo- citing the ongoing investigation. planned for Yokota — home of he said in a follow-up email kota, unrelated to the Ospreys, Lt. Col. Jason Hock, command- Webber entered the Army in U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Tuesday. include the corrosion-control er of the 21st, told reporters July March 2018 as a Bradley Fighting Force — are included in a De- Master Sgt. William Coleman, hangar and a combat arms train- 1 that a plan is on track to eventu- fense Department list of projects a spokesman for the 374th Airlift ing maintenance facility. Those Vehicle system maintainer and being defunded to pay for $3.6 Wing, said in an email Thursday ally station 10 Ospreys, supported are older projects that have been had been assigned to 4th Squad- billion worth of a wall and im- that defunding the Yokota proj- by 450 personnel, at the base. The delayed for nine months and 12 ron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd provements on the U.S. border ects “will not change any plans units are working out of tempo- months, respectively, Mayne Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cav- with Mexico. previously made by the [21st Spe- rary facilities at Yokota and will said. alry Division since August 2018. Defunded Yokota projects cial Operations Squadron] and stay in them until purpose-built When or if the defunded proj- Webber’s awards and decora- listed by the Pentagon include the [753rd Special Operations ones have been constructed, he ects might proceed is “still to be tions include the National Defense munitions structures, a C-130J Maintenance Squadron].” said. determined at the DOD level,” he Service Medal and the Army Ser- Super Hercules corrosion-con- The squadrons, which stood up Contracts for the construction said. vice Ribbon. trol hangar and other hangars, in July, are charged with flying of parts of the special operations [email protected] [email protected] operations, warehouse and main- and maintaining five CV-22 Os- campus have already been award- Twitter: @SethRobson1 Twitter: @Rose_Lori Serbia to take delivery of 9 Chinese-built armed drones

BY SLOBODAN LEKIC Serbia — which was heav- Stars and Stripes ily bombed by NATO during the Kosovo war in 1999 — is a leading Serbia’s military will receive candidate to join the European Chinese-built armed drones in Union, but it has also rejected the the coming months, marking the possibility of NATO membership. first time Chinese remotely pi- Instead, Belgrade has declared loted aircraft have been sold to a itself a military-neutral nation, European country, officials said saying it wants to procure weap- Tuesday. ons and other military equipment Serbia will take delivery of nine from various suppliers, including Chengdu Pterodactyl-1 drones the U.S., Russia, China and Euro- within six months, with a possible pean nations. follow-on order of 15 more, media “This [sale] will greatly reports in Belgrade said. strengthen the Serbian military, China’s sale of the unmanned which will gain capabilities it aircraft is believed to be its larg- has not had in the past,” Defense est export of military equipment Minister Aleksandar Vulin said to Europe in recent decades and in an interview Tuesday on state- marks Beijing’s most signifi- cant foray into a continent where owned television. Vulin spoke armed forces have tradition- just a day after hosting a high- ally relied on U.S. and European level Chinese military delegation weapons makers. led by Gen. Zhang Youxia, vice Beijing has increasingly be- chairman of the powerful Central come economically engaged in Military Commission in Beijing. Serbia and elsewhere in south- The Pterodactyl-1 combat eastern Europe as part of its drones, which look remarkably global Belt and Road campaign, similar to the U.S.-built MQ-9 particularly in infrastructure Reaper and MQ-1 Predator fam- projects such as roads, railways ily of unmanned aerial vehicles, and ports. have the ability to scout, discov- Mztourist Recent moves by China on or er targets during the day and at near NATO’s turf have attracted night and strike them with laser- A Chengdu Pterodactyl-1 drone displayed at the 2017 Dubai Air Show looks remarkably similar to the U.S. scrutiny. At U.S. European guided bombs and missiles, ana- U.S.-built MQ-9 Reaper and the MQ-1 Predator . The Serbian military plans to take delivery of nine of the Command headquarters in Stutt- lysts said. Chinese-built drones. gart, Germany, officials have “The Chinese have very good expressed concern about China pilotless aircraft, probably sec- was an important consideration 29 jet fighters from Russia. The Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Pakistan, purchasing stakes in numer- ond only to the United States,” for Serbia’s cash-strapped mili- drones will be the first signifi- Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Saudi ous European ports and about Belgrade military analyst Miro- tary, the Chinese drones also cant Chinese weapons system in Arabia, Uzbekistan and Egypt. China’s “polar silk road” Arctic slav Lazanski said in a TV in- offer “top” performance, he said. its inventory. They have been used in airstrikes ambitions. terview. “They obviously copied In the past two years, Serbia’s The Pterodactyls, also known against Islamic State in Libya There was no immediate com- some American systems, (but) military has obtained dozens of in China as the Wing Loong, have and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, and ment from EUCOM on Tuesday Chinese drones are very effective U.S. armored Humvee vehicles, been ordered by or are in service one was recently shot down over about Serbia’s planned acquisi- and very cheap.” nine Airbus H145M armed heli- in a number of Asian and African Yemen by Houthi rebels. tion of the Chinese drones. While the cost of the drones copters and six secondhand MiG- countries, including the United [email protected] Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 WAR ON TERRORISM UN chief: ISIS remains resilient in Afghanistan

BY EDITH M. LEDERER people “to exercise their political Associated Press rights in safety and without fear of violence.” UNITED NATIONS — Secre- The secretary-general said the tary-General Antonio Guterres winner of the presidential elec- says Islamic State remains re- tion will take on “the hefty re- silient in Afghanistan despite “a sponsibility of leading the country high pace” of operations against through the next phase of its jour- it by government and interna- ney towards stability and self-re- tional forces — and he is urging liance and, above all, of pursuing all armed groups not to interfere a negotiated settlement to end the RAHMAT GUL/AP in the upcoming presidential devastating conflict.” Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a ceremony to introduce the new chief of the intelligence election. But what will happen now that service in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Ghani is seeking a second five-year term in this month’s elections. The U.N. chief said in a report the U.S.-Taliban deal appears to the Security Council circulated dead, at least for the foresee- Monday that between mid-June able future, remains to be seen. and early September 183 incidents The Security Council was sched- Afghans: Many are uncertain about how were attributed to ISIS fighters, uled to discuss Guterres’ report nearly double the 93 incidents Tuesday. during the same period in 2018. Guterres appealed to all Af- the US-Taliban talks would affect elections Guterres’ report was written ghan leaders and candidates “to before President Donald Trump display leadership in discourag- FROM FRONT PAGE Afghan government to speak di- the perception of the government, abruptly ended a nearly yearlong ing fraud and to take firm action rectly with the Taliban instead of and this vote could be “incredibly effort to reach a political settle- to prevent it.” He said the elec- So certain were many candi- ment with the Taliban on Satur- dates that the election would be an interim one. damaging.” tion “must be contested on a level But confidence in the Afghan There will certainly be allega- day. Trump said Monday that playing field, without unduly fa- delayed — and that an interim U.S. peace talks with the Taliban government might be formed in- electoral process is low. The 2014 tions of fraud which “will lead, at voring any candidate.” presidential vote led to months of best, to major delays in declaring were now “dead.” He welcomed the public com- stead — that they hadn’t bothered In the report, the secretary- to campaign. The uncertainty turmoil ending in a shaky national a result and, at worst, to a para- mitments of President Ashraf unity government between Ghani lyzing political crisis that may general says the U.S.-Taliban Ghani and Chief Executive also restricted Ghani; with U.S.- talks, a dialogue between Afghan Taliban talks seemingly hurtling and his rival, now-Chief Ex- require U.S. mediation,” said Mi- Abdullah Abdullah — both candi- ecutive Abdullah Abdullah, who chael Kugelman, deputy director parties in Qatar and strength- dates for the top job — to contest toward a deal, he had been hold- ened efforts “to build a regional ing “virtual” campaign rallies via alleged fraud. Last year’s parlia- of the Asia program at the Wilson the election fairly. mentary elections were so chaotic Center. Either will complicate consensus on peace have given video conference instead of trav- rise to cautious optimism that a eling out of the capital, Kabul. He that Ghani fired the entire Inde- efforts to resume talks because pendent Electoral Commission. “once Afghanistan is in full-on formal peace process may soon seeks a second five-year term and begin.” what he calls a strong mandate to This year’s vote already has election mode, the political class been delayed since April as the will be too consumed with the poll Guterres cautioned, however, deal with the Taliban. that a peace process could be “Let the people decide,” Ghani electoral machinery was re- to focus on anything else.” placed. The country hardly seems But an influential joint state- sustained only if it is inclusive, declared on Monday, and vowed protects the rights of all Afghans, not to allow the “slightest threat” ready even now, a local watchdog, ment issued last week by several the Transparent Election Founda- former U.S. ambassadors to Af- and is “grounded in a broad con- to the legitimacy of the vote. sensus.” He reiterated his call for Now as many scramble to com- tion of Afghanistan, warned last ghanistan said there was a strong week. argument for the election to go direct talks between the Taliban prehend the breakdown in the and the government, which the peace process, some are plead- One major problem has been ahead. the confusion about how the U.S.- “Millions of Afghans have Taliban has rejected. ing for stability in a country with The secretary-general said little of it. Taliban negotiations would affect risked, and again are prepared the election, along with the lack of to risk, death to vote,” they said. Afghanistan’s “volatile security “Today more than ever Afghan- situation is highly concerning,” istan needs a political leadership international consensus to priori- “It is not up to the United States to citing direct threats to the presi- who will receive from citizens tize “these two momentous pro- deprive them of this opportunity dential election scheduled for a renewed democratic mandate cesses.” That has led to political to determine who speaks for the Sept. 28 “by anti-government ele- to set the country on a course to disunity and “scattered prepara- Afghan state.” ments that may discourage many peace,” the European Union’s mis- tions” for the vote, it said. The former ambassadors ac- Afghans from voting.” sion to Afghanistan said. “Now is Taliban attacks are also a dan- knowledged the risks, including Guterres called on the Taliban time for a reduction in violence,” ger. At least 56 people were killed a possible runoff vote that could and other armed groups, includ- the British high commission said. and 379 wounded in election-re- take months and delay any intra- ing ISIS, “to desist from threat- Both are major election funders in lated violence during last year’s Afghan talks. But the struggle ening or targeting electoral staff, a country where the international polling, the U.N. has said. within Afghanistan’s politically candidates or voters.” He also community pays for much of the Of the 5,373 polling centers for fractured society to decide who urged anti-government forces to process. the current election, some 400 to might make up an interim govern- refrain from damaging electoral The U.S.-Taliban talks could 500 are in areas either controlled ment, they said, could take just as sites and to allow the Afghan still resume, and the Taliban have by the Taliban or under high much time. signaled they are open to that. threat, a spokesman with the elec- But time is quickly running out toral commission, Aziz Ibrahimi, for a deal before the election. The said Monday. Thousands of secu- Taliban have said that under the rity forces will be deployed. “finalized” deal the intra-Afghan In addition, the majority of the talks were set to begin on Sept. 23, 17 candidates have alleged that five days before the vote. Ghani has been using government Ghani, who Trump said had resources for his campaign. been invited to the now-canceled “It would have been smarter Camp David talks, could still visit to delay the election on logistical Washington if he attends the an- grounds months ago,” said Jarrett nual United Nations General Blanc, the deputy U.S. special rep- Assembly of world leaders that resentative for Afghanistan and starts on Sept. 24. It’s a chance Pakistan from 2012 to 2014. Each to make his case for an elected Afghan election has weakened PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 PACIFIC Wager: Few reminders of the operation remain

FROM FRONT PAGE “As American forces were on the brink The high-stakes gamble marked a turn- of being driven from South Korea by the ing point early in a war which, absent a invasion of the North Korean army, Gen- formal peace treaty, is technically still eral MacArthur ordered an amphibious underway. The landing severed North Ko- landing deep behind enemy lines,” ex-De- rean supply lines, allowed the allied forces fense Secretary Jim Mattis wrote in his to recapture Seoul and pushed the North new memoir. Koreans back toward the 38th parallel that “This reversed the Korean War virtually at the time divided the Communist North overnight,” the retired Marine general said from the Western-backed South. in “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead.” “MacArthur’s brilliance in Korea lay Element of surprise in moving the Marines hundreds of miles by sea to land in Not taking any chances, U.S., British and the rear of the un- South Korean forces staged diversionary ‘ Some of suspecting North bombardments in other areas in the days Korean army, and before aiming at the port of Incheon, about that land resulted in far fewer 25 miles west of Seoul. has been friendly casualties,” Naval destroyers and warplanes then Mattis said. converged near Wolmi-do, a heavily forti- reclaimed, The victory also fied North Korean-held island with a hill and was a turning point that overlooked the Incheon harbor and everything in restoring the Ma- was the first target of the landing. rine Corps, which Marine aircraft squadrons “began the has shifted. had been devas- softening-up of Wolmi-do” on Sept. 10 by Suddenly, tated by post-World dropping napalm tanks that “burned out War II cuts. most of the buildings on the island,” re- some of the But, historians tired Marine Brig. Gen. Edwin Simmons markers say, the success em- wrote in “Over the Seawall: U.S. Marines are several boldened MacAr- at Inchon.” thur and lowered Finally, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines blocks from resistance to his rode the tide in at dawn at a landing point the water. plan to push farther known as Green Beach. ’ north than original- They met little resistance and quickly se- Cord Scott ly planned, ignor- history professor cured the area, attaching an American flag ing warnings that who has retraced the to the top of a tree and guarding dozens of the Chinese were invasion route dazed North Korean prisoners while wait- prepared to join ARMY SIGNAL CORPS COLLECTION/U.S. National Archives ing for the evening tide to allow the mission the war to keep the to continue. Americans from reaching their doorstep, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, center, is shown on board the USS Mount McKinley during About 12 hours later, the main assault historians say. the Incheon landings on Sept. 15, 1950. group crossed a point called Red Beach The Chinese intervention in mid-Octo- across a narrow causeway that linked the ber reinvigorated the communist forces as island with Incheon proper, while other the two sides fought in a bloody stalemate Marines landed over Blue Beach in the until an armistice was reached in 1953. inner harbor to the south. The use of the term beaches to de- Overshadowed by progress scribe the landing points was a misnomer since they were surrounded by a granite While Incheon is often mentioned in seawall. the same breath as Normandy on lists of “I was in the fifth wave that hit ‘Red the most successful amphibious landings, Beach,’ which in reality was a rough, ver- there are few reminders of the operation tical pile of stones over which the first as- on the island where it began. sault troops had to scramble with the aid For one thing, Wolmi-do is no longer of improvised landing ladders topped with an island, having been linked to Incheon steel hooks,” wrote Marguerite Higgins, a proper, as the city is now spelled in Eng- reporter who won the Pulitzer Prize for her lish, by reclaimed land. front-line accounts of the war. In 2008, a South Korean truth and rec- “Despite a deadly and steady pounding onciliation commission found that villag- from naval guns and airplanes, enough ers on the island had not been warned of North Koreans remained alive close to the the impending attack and at least 10 civil- beach to harass us with small-arms and ians were killed. mortar fire,” she added. Memorials marking the sites of the three In one iconic photo, 1st Lt. Baldomero targeted beachheads have been overshad- owed by South Korea’s subsequent rush Lopez is shown climbing over the seawall U.S. NAVY/National Archives under enemy fire. The 25-year-old Marine, toward capitalism, including a popular who died after he fell on a live grenade, was amusement park with a Viking ship ride Men and equipment are unloaded at low tide on Incheon’s Red Beach on Sept. 16, posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor. at the foot of the hill that was the original 1950, the day after the initial landings there. Marine objective. Strategic success That’s a sharp contrast to the solemn A landing craft and well-preserved D-Day memorials in used by the In all, the amphibious landing, known as France, although there is a museum and a Marines during the Operation Chromite, involved some 75,000 larger-than-life statue of MacArthur else- September 1950 troops and 261 naval vessels. Meanwhile, where in the city. Incheon landing is the Eighth Army broke out of the Pusan “Some of that land has been reclaimed, among the displays Perimeter and pressed north by land, and everything has shifted. Suddenly, some at a museum squeezing the North Koreans in a “ham- of the markers are several blocks from the devoted to the mer and anvil” maneuver. water,” said Cord Scott, a history professor pivotal operation in Allied forces took Seoul and the strate- who has retraced the invasion route. the South Korean gically important Kimpo airport within “In a roundabout way, they’re showing port city. about two weeks in what is widely consid- how much South Korea has progressed Robert H. Reid/ ered one of the most successful wartime and developed,” he said. “The Blue Beach Stars and Stripes operations of the 20th century. marker is literally next to a gas station on The U.N. death toll for the entire opera- the side of the road. I drove past it twice.” tion was 566, while tens of thousands of [email protected] North Koreans were killed or captured. Twitter: @kimgamel Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MIDEAST Turkey says US stalling on plans for ‘safe zone’

BY SUZAN FRASER which annoyed Turkey. Associated Press “Turkey’s plans are ready,” Cavusoglu said. “To clear this region of terrorists is a ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey accused matter of national security.” the United States on Tuesday of taking only The minister’s comments came as two “cosmetic steps” toward the creation of a U.S. military officials so-called “safe zone” in northeast Syria were visiting Turkey and renewed Ankara’s threat of unilateral ‘ Turkey’s for talks about the safe military intervention to form a buffer area zone. The U.S. and along its border. plans are Syrian Kurdish forces Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu ready. To refer to it as a “secu- PHOTOS BY MAYA ALLERUZZO/AP told journalists that Washington was too clear this rity mechanism.” Men on a motorbike pass American armored vehicles in a joint patrol with Turkey of strongly involved with U.S.-allied Syrian Turkey’s Defense Ministry said a delega- the safe zone between Syria and the Turkish border on Friday. Kurdish fighters and was stalling on plans region of terrorists tion headed by Lt. Gen. for the safe zone. Stephen Twitty, depu- Turkey has been pressing for the zone is a matter ty commander of U.S. to keep the Syrian Kurdish fighters away of national European Command, from the border. Ankara considers the and Lt. Gen. Thomas fighters terrorists, claiming they are linked security. ’ Bergeson, deputy com- to a Kurdish insurgency within Turkey’s Mevlut mander of U.S. Central borders. Cavusoglu Command, met Turk- The Syrian Kurdish fighters were the Turkish foreign ish military officials on top U.S. allies in the war against Islamic minister Tuesday. The ministry State in Syria. said more discussions “We are speaking about an ally who can- would be held Wednes- not act independently from the terror or- day at a joint operations center near Tur- ganization,” Cavusoglu said, referring to key’s border with Syria. the U.S. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo- “While on one side, it is taking cos- gan said Sunday that rifts remain in the way Turkey and the U.S. envision the zone, metic steps with us, on the other side, it is claiming Washington was “trying to create strengthening its engagement with” Syr- a safe zone for the terrorist organization, ian Kurdish fighters, he added. not for us.” He was referring to recent joint Turk- So far, the Kurdish-led forces have with- ish-U.S. helicopter patrols of the planned drawn as deep as 9 miles from the border safe-zone region, as well as a joint ground and have removed defensive positions, forces patrol that took place Sunday. U.S. sand berms and trenches. The depth of the troops on Saturday also conducted patrols zone, as well as who will control it, is still U.S. soldiers survey the safe zone near Tal Abyad, Syria, on Friday. with the local Syrian Kurdish-led forces, being worked out. Kuwait’s ruler, 90, hospitalized in US, cancels Trump visit

Associated Press covery and looks forward to wel- coming him back to Washington DUBAI, United Arab Emirates as soon as he is feeling better,” — Kuwait’s ruling emir, 90, has the statement said. cancel ed a visit Thursday with President Donald Trump at the “The Emir is a well-respected White House after being admit- leader and has been a tremen- ted to a U.S. hospital following an dous partner of the United States earlier health scare last month. in tackling challenges in the re- Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al gion,” it said. Sabah will undergo unspecified On Aug. 18, Kuwait acknowl- tests during his hospitalization, edged the emir suffered an un- the state-run KUNA news agen- specified medical “setback.” cy reported late Sunday. It did That came after visiting Ira- not elaborate. nian Foreign Minister Moham- It quoted Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al mad Javad Zarif, who wrote on Sabah, the minister of the emir’s Twitter that he was “praying for diwan council, as saying Sheikh emir’s speedy recovery,” without Sabah would reschedule his visit elaborating. with Trump. Sheikh Sabah has ruled Ku- “Sheikh Ali prayed to Allah the wait since January 2006. Almighty to bestow His High- A longtime diplomat, he ness the Emir with good health,” pushed for diplomacy to solve re- KUNA said. gional issues, such as the ongo- A White House statement said ing boycott of Qatar by four Arab Trump was aware of the emir nations. being hospitalized. He also hosted major donor “The president wishes his conferences for war-torn nations friend, the Emir, a speedy re- like Iraq and Syria. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 NATION

Senate vote A U .S . Customs and Border Protection Officer checks the documents would block of migrants seeking asylum in July in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. A federal judge DOD wall cash has reinstated an injunction to halt a Trump BY ANDREW TAYLOR administration Associated Press plan to prevent most migrants WASHINGTON — The Senate’s top Democrat from seeking intends to force a vote to block President Donald asylum on the Trump from using special emergency powers to border. transfer money from military base construction MARCO UGARTE /AP projects like new schools to pay for new fences along the U.S.-Mexico border. That’s according to prepared remarks Tuesday by Sen. Chuck Schumer, who says the vote would give lawmakers a chance to block Trump “from stealing military funding from their states to foot the bill for an expensive and ineffective wall he Federal judge halts asylum policy promised Mexico would pay for.” A similar measure passed this past spring with Associated Press and found that nonprofit organizations tion policy, and noted the administra- 12 Senate Republican votes but was vetoed by such as Al Otro Lado don’t know where tion’s request to the Supreme Court to OAKLAND, Calif. — A U.S. judge in Trump. The rules allow Schumer to retry every asylum-seekers who enter the U.S. will set aside the injunction is still pending. California on Monday reinstated a na- few months and don’t allow Republicans to block end up living and making their case to The courts have halted some of the vote. tionwide halt on the Trump adminis- tration’s plan to prevent most migrants remain in the country. Trump’s key policy shifts on immigra- The Pentagon last week identified $3.6 billion from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico “The court recognized there is grave tion, including an earlier version of an worth of military construction projects it’s will- border. danger facing asylum-seekers along asylum ban. The president has prevailed ing to kill to build 175 miles of border wall. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar ruled in the entire stretch of the southern bor- on several fronts after initial legal set- The projects included a $63 million middle Oakland that an injunction blocking the der,” Lee Gelernt, an attorney for the backs, for example, when the Supreme school in GOP Majority Leader Mitch McCon- administration’s policy from taking ef- American Civil Liberties Union, said in Court recently lifted a freeze on using nell’s state of Kentucky, though most of them are fect should apply nationwide. a statement. Pentagon money to build border walls. located outside the continental U.S. Tigar blocked the policy in July after President Donald Trump said he dis- The rules issued by the Trump admin- “This rises to a large and vital constitutional a lawsuit by groups that help asylum- agreed with the judge’s ruling. istration in July apply to most migrants “I think it’s very unfair that he does who pass through another country be- issue: Does our country truly have checks and bal- seekers. But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court that,” Trump told reporters as he de- fore reaching the United States. ances, particularly important when we have such of Appeals limited the impact of Tigar’s injunction to states within the area over- parted the White House for a trip to They target tens of thousands of Cen- an overreaching president?” Schumer stated. seen by the appeals court. North Carolina. “I don’t think it should tral Americans fleeing violence and Trump says a wall would stop immigrants from That meant the policy was blocked in be allowed.” poverty who cross Mexico each month entering the United States illegally. He promised the border states of California and Ari- White House Press Secretary Stepha- to seek asylum and would affect asylum- repeatedly during his 2016 presidential campaign zona but not in New Mexico and Texas. nie Grisham said in a statement that a seekers from Africa, Asia and South that Mexico would pay for the wall, but Mexico In his ruling, Tigar stressed a “need to sole judge shouldn’t have the ability to America who arrive regularly at the refused. maintain uniform immigration policy” exert such a broad impact on immigra- southern border.

Customs lauds 30% drop in border apprehensions

Associated Press 57% of border arrests in August, down There are about 19,000 people wait- from 67% in July and 72% in May. ing in Mexico to formally request asy- PHOENIX — The Trump adminis- Morgan credited President Donald lum in the U.S. tration said Monday it saw a 30% drop Trump’s efforts to reduce immigration Randy Capps, director of research in the number of people apprehended as well as the Mexican government’s at the Migration Policy Institute, said at the southern U.S. border from July clampdown on migrants traveling while the number of apprehensions to August amid an aggressive crack- north, which it says resulted in a 56% has dropped, it’s still high compared down by the Mexican government on reduction in three months. He said with August in other years. He said migrants traveling north. the drop has “nothing to do” with sea- the spike the U.S. saw in the spring Acting Customs and Border Pro- sonal trends in which fewer migrants isn’t necessarily tied to the weather tection Commissioner Mark Morgan cross during the hot summer months. but to chaos at the border. said at the White House that the per- The Border Patrol apprehended “The smugglers know when there’s centage of border crossers who are just over 50,600 people at the south- chaos they have a lot more options. traveling as families also slid, a wel- ern border in August, compared with They can lower prices or make better come change for U.S. authorities who nearly 72,000 in July and more than guarantees,” Capps said. claim adults bring children to the U.S. 132,000 in May at the peak of illegal The administration has depended CAROLYN KASTER/AP because the government can’t detain border crossings. Authorities at offi- on Mexico for its “Remain in Mexico” Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection them as long. cial ports of entries also turned away program, which sends asylum-seek- Mark Morgan said Monday the number of families Migrants traveling in families and 13,300 people in August, an increase ers back to Mexico to wait for U.S. trying to cross the border dropped from July to August. unaccompanied children accounted for from the 10,000 turned back in July. court hearings. Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Dems press Trump to intervene on gun bill

BY MATTHEW DALY of a House-passed bill to expand back- Associated Press ground checks. The bill, approved in Feb- ruary, would expand background checks WASHINGTON — Congressional Demo- to cover private sales such as one that al- crats pressed President Donald Trump on lowed a Texas shooting suspect to purchase Monday to intervene with Senate Republi- his weapon before killing seven people last cans and demand passage of a bipartisan month. bill to expand background checks for gun Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon- purchases. nell has made it clear that he won’t take ac- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen- tion on guns without Trump’s commitment ate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said to sign a bill into law. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP Trump’s “urgent, personal intervention is But Trump has flip-flopped on guns, needed to stem the endless massacres of first suggesting he’d be open to background From left: Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Nan Whaley, whose city suffered a mass shooting Aug. our fellow Americans by gunfire.” checks legislation or other measures to try 4 ; Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, whose district contains El Paso, where a gunman They implored Trump in a letter re- to stem gun violence, only to backtrack killed 22 people at a Walmart; and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., call leased Monday to “seize this moment when after speaking to the National Rifle As- for a Senate vote on the House-passed Bipartisan Background Checks Act . your leadership and influence over Repub- sociation and others in the gun lobby. Mc- licans in Congress on the issue of guns is so Connell, a Kentucky Republican, wants to House bill,” said Whaley, one of several about a lot of different things having to do critical.” Trump must not “squander” the avoid a politically uncomfortable situation mayors who met with White House coun- with, as you call it, gun control.” opportunity for meaningful action on gun of forcing Republicans to vote on gun con- selor Kellyanne Conway and other officials At the same time, “we have to protect our violence “by acceding to NRA-backed pro- trol bills only to have Trump reject them. Monday. Second Amendment very strongly and we posals or other weak ideas that will do noth- Nan Whaley, the mayor of Dayton, Ohio, Whaley, a Democrat, said prevention of will always do that,” he added. ing to stop the continuing, horrific spread who has emerged as a leading gun control gun violence crosses party lines. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, said the of gun violence,” the Democrats said. advocate following a mass shooting that “We want some Republicans to do the lack of urgency on gun control is baffling The letter came as Congress returned killed nine people in her city last month, right thing here and [vote for] something to voters in El Paso, where 22 people were to the Capitol from a six-week break, with said members of the U.S. Conference of that 90% of the American people say makes killed in a mass shooting last month. Esco- gun violence legislation at the top of the Mayors are focusing on background checks the most sense” to prevent gun violence, bar, who was in El Paso during the August agenda following a spate of mass shootings as a first step to stem gun violence. A let- she said. recess, said she heard the same question that killed dozens of people. A group of U.S. ter signed by 278 mayors from both parties Asked Monday when he will release his over and over from city residents: “Why mayors, including some where mass shoot- urges Congress to act on the House-passed plan to address gun violence, Trump said: haven’t we done something to stop this? ings occurred, met with the White House bill. “We’re dealing with Democrats. We’re Why hasn’t the Senate majority leader felt and individual lawmakers to urge approval “We want an up-or-down vote on the dealing with Republicans. We’re talking our pain?” Big tech’s new foes: Prosecutors from nearly all 50 states

BY MATT O’BRIEN Justice; the Democrat-led House law except against companies the cine, tried unsuccessfully to get bridge Analytica privacy scandal, Associated Press Judiciary Committee is conduct- president is upset with.” the Federal Trade Commission in which a political data min- ing a similar probe. But should She noted the Trump adminis- to reopen an earlier investigation ing firm affiliated with Donald Big tech companies have long federal officials tire of their work, tration’s unsuccessful push to use into Google for allegedly favoring Trump’s presidential campaign rebuffed attempts by the U.S. fed- the state-led efforts could keep antitrust law to block AT&T’s ac- its own products in search results. improperly accessed the person- eral government to scrutinize or them on their toes. quisition of Time Warner, which The FTC declined, leaving Eu- al data of as many as 87 million scale back their market power. States have worked closely to- owns CNN, a frequent target of ropean regulators to take the lead users. Now they face a scrappy new co- gether on other matters, such as Trump’s criticism, and Friday’s in similar probes overseas, Reyes On Monday, Reyes and Racine alition as well: prosecutors from the fight to curb opioid abuse. But announcement that federal anti- said. joined forces again — this time nearly all 50 states. the sheer number participating trust enforcers would investigate Google’s parent company, Al- flanked by nearly a dozen mostly In a rare show of bipartisan in this kind of antitrust effort is automakers that worked with phabet — and peers such as Ama- Republican state attorneys gen- force, attorneys general from 48 unprecedented and gives it more California on tougher emissions zon, Facebook and Apple — have eral on the steps of the Supreme states along with Puerto Rico weight, said Utah Attorney Gen- limits. long argued that although their Court and dozens more from both and the District of Columbia are eral Sean Reyes, a Republican. “That’s not what consumers businesses are large, they are parties who signed onto the formal investigating whether Google’s “It’s just an accumulation of want,” she said. “Consumers want useful and beneficial to consum- investigation. huge online search and advertis- public frustration, whether it’s to be protected from anticompeti- ers. Influenced by the popularity “Ignoring 50 AGs is a lot more ing business is engaging in mo- from consumers, other players in tive conduct.” of the companies’ ubiquitous tech difficult than ignoring two AGs,” nopolistic behavior. The Texas-led the market, regulators, lawmak- States haven’t seriously taken products and their significant Reyes said. “D.C. and Utah had antitrust investigation of Google, ers,” Reyes said in an interview up antitrust enforcement — using lobbying power, most American raised these issues but didn’t feel announced Monday, follows a Monday. laws originally crafted to combat political leaders didn’t challenge we had enough firepower or re- separate multistate investigation Fiona Scott Morton, a Yale railroad and oil barons in the 19th that view. sources on our own.” of Facebook’s market dominance economics professor and former century — since a major antitrust But the public debate over the He said there’s nothing wrong that was revealed Friday. antitrust official at the Justice case against Microsoft about two tech industry has changed dra- with Google being the dominant The state moves follow similar Department under the Obama ad- decades ago. Then, state leader- matically since Reyes and Racine search player if it’s done fairly, sweeping antitrust tech investi- ministration, said it’s important ship helped propel federal action. sent their letter to the FTC at the but the investigation will look into gations launched by the Federal that states are taking the lead be- Back in 2016, Reyes and a Dem- end of the Obama administration whether Google crosses the line Trade Commission and the Trump cause the Trump administration ocratic counterpart, Washington, three years ago. Culprits in that “between aggressive business administration’s Department of is “not really enforcing antitrust D.C., Attorney General Karl Ra- shift include Facebook’s Cam- practices and illegal ones.” PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 NATION Military service not moving needle for 2020

BY DANIEL FLATLEY appealing now that the party is retake the House of Representa- tenure as mayor of South Bend, Bloomberg News being pushed left by Sanders and tives by winning tight races . Ind., at least as much as his time Warren, whose focus on economic But foreign affairs have rarely as a Navy intelligence officer in WASHINGTON — Three Dem- issues better reflects Americans’ been a priority in recent presi- Afghanistan. ocratic 2020 candidates can boast concerns. dential primaries. While every “Being a community organizer of military service in America’s Trump and other s without mil- post-World War II president until is one way of showing who you longest-running wars in Iraq and itary experience sometimes face Bill Clinton in 1992 had military are,” Buttigieg said on MSNBC in Afghanistan. But that experience a skeptical Pentagon and have to experience, it has mattered less July. “Holding a different kind of is doing nothing for them in the be commander in chief. Trump since then. The last veteran to office is one way of showing who current race. walked into a wall of criticism this clinch the Democratic nomina- you are. But serving in the mili- Of the three veterans remain- past weekend after announcing tion was John Kerry in 2004. For tary says something about who ing in the Democratic campaign, that secret talks with the Taliban Republicans, it was John McCain you are. And faking a disability in Pete Buttigieg hasn’t cracked were to be held at Camp David, in 2008. order to avoid serving in the mili- double digits in national polling. Md., but that he canceled them In this election, Democratic tary definitely says something Tulsi Gabbard failed to qualify after a U.S. soldier was killed. voters can choose from the larg- about who you are.” for the third debate in Houston A generation ago, military est-ever field of candidates with He was referring to Trump, who on Thursday. Joe Sestak, a re- ROBERT F. B UKATY/AP experience “would be a selling a variety of policy proposals and got a medical deferment for bone tired admiral, has 0% support in point even within a Democratic experience, making military spurs. Trump, however, contin- an aggregate of polls compiled by Democratic presidential primary,” Murray said. “Here’s experience just one credential ues to enjoy high support among RealClearPolitics. A fourth, Seth candidate Pete Buttigieg somebody that could appeal to among many, according to Loren military veterans, according to a Moulton, dropped out in August. highlights his tenure as South ‘middle America.’ What we’re DeJonge Schulman, Leon E. Pa- recent Pew Research survey. The combat veterans all Bend, Ind., mayor as much as seeing is a Democratic primary netta Senior Fellow at the Center Gabbard, a major in the Hawaii launched their bids by emphasiz- his time as a Navy intelligence where a large chunk of those vot- for a New American Security, a Army National Guard, served ing their military expertise. But officer in Afghanistan. ers are saying, ‘Appealing to the nonpartisan defense think tank. tours of duty in Iraq and Kuwait. they have failed to catch fire with middle is not a part of the calcula- “Though the military is the In August, she withdrew from the voters even though U.S. troops the Vietnam War. Bernie Sand- tion for me.’ ” most trusted institution in the campaign trail for two weeks to remain in Afghanistan after 18 ers was a conscientious objector. The armed forces are one of country, this is not a time in the participate in a National Guard years and many Democrats have Elizabeth Warren, 70, and Kama- the most highly esteemed insti- presidential race where veteran’s training mission in Indonesia . expressed frustration with presi- la Harris, 54, didn’t serve either, tutions in the country, according status is going to make a massive Sestak, who served 31 years in dents of both parties for failing to but it is less expected of female to a 2017 Gallup poll, with 78% of difference in vote share, or in the Navy, says he has focused on end overseas armed interventions candidates of their generations. Americans who profess a “great donor networks,” Schulman said kitchen table issues . such as those in Syria and Iraq. Patrick Murray, director of the deal or quite a lot of confidence in an email. “To me, when I’m running, I Among the top candidates, Monmouth University Polling in the military.” That was a factor In response, all three veterans am trying to make the argument, Democratic front-runner Joe Institute, said that while mili- during the 2018 midterms when still in the race now talk about it isn’t because I’m a vet,” Sestak Biden and President Donald tary service was a highly valued a crop of Democratic candidates their policies and other elements said. The country, he said, “wants Trump both got deferments that attribute when Democratic vot- with military or national security of their resume beyond their somebody who they feel is ac- helped them avoid service in ers hewed to the center, it is less experience helped their party service. Buttigieg highlights his countable to them.” Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 NATION Poverty Trump fires top rate drops; uninsured security adviser rate raises

BY DON LEE BY ZEKE MILLER tomorrow.’ ” AND DEB RIECHMANN Bolton’s ouster came as a sur- Los Angeles Times Associated Press prise to many in the White House. WASHINGTON — The nation’s Just an hour before Trump’s poverty rate dropped further WASHINGTON — President tweet, the press office announced Donald Trump said Tuesday he last year, but household income that Bolton would join Secretary stalled, and the share of people fired national security adviser of State Mike Pompeo and Trea- John Bolton, citing strong dis- without health insurance went up sury Secretary Steven Mnuchin EVAN VUCCI/AP agreements on a number of policy for the first time since the Afford- in a briefing. issues. National security adviser John Bolton, shown in May, submitted his able Care Act took effect in 2013, Trump tweeted that he told Bolton was always an unlikely resignation Tuesday after meeting with the president Monday night. according to federal government Bolton on Monday night his ser- pick to be Trump’s third na- data released Tuesday. vices were no longer needed at tional security adviser, with a Bolton even briefly considered terminded a quiet campaign in- The Census Bureau found that the White House and said Bolton world view seemingly ill-fit to the running for president in 2016, in side the administration and with the percentage of U.S. residents submitted his resignation Tues- president’s isolationist “America part to make the case against the allies abroad to persuade Trump who went without medical insur- day morning. Trump said that he First” pronouncements. isolationism that Trump would to keep U.S. forces in Syria to ance last year rose to 8.5% from a “disagreed strongly” with many He’s espoused hawkish foreign come to embody. counter the remnants of the Is- revised 8% in 2017. of Bolton’s suggestions, “as did policy views dating back to the Inside the administration he lamic State and Iranian influence It was the first such increase others in the administration.” Reagan administration and be- advocated caution on the presi- in the region. since the Affordable Care Act, Bolton responded in a tweet came a household name over his dent’s whirlwind rapprochement Bolton was named Trump’s commonly referred to as Obam- of his own that he offered to re- vociferous support for the Iraq with North Korea and against third national security adviser in acare, led to sharp declines in the sign Monday “and President War as the U.S. ambassador to Trump’s decision last year to pull April 2018 after the departure of uninsured rate, which was previ- Trump said, ‘Let’s talk about it the U.N. under George W. Bush. U.S. troops out of Syria. He mas- Army Gen. H.R. McMaster. ously reported as 14.5% before the full effect of the act in 2014. Analysts were expecting an erosion of the gains from Obam- NOAA chief thanks acare in 2018, thanks in part to the Trump administration’s moves to weaken it. Ala. weather office The administration cut out- reach programs and supported new state policies making it Associated Press ently relied on information that harder to enroll in Medicaid, the was several days old when he sent HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The government’s health care pro- the message. The office issued a head of the National Oceanic gram for lower-income families tweet of its own saying Alabama and Atmospheric Administration and individuals, according to ex- wasn’t at risk. perts at the Center on Budget and both defended the administration Laws said Birmingham fore- on Tuesday and thanked a local Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan casters working in the agency’s think tank. weather office that contradicted suburban office on Sept. 1 were President Donald Trump’s claims The census report showed the having a quiet morning when the nation’s median income — the about Hurricane Dorian threat- phones suddenly lit up. midpoint at which half of house- ening Alabama. “We got calls about people hav- holds make more and half make Acting administrator Neil Ja- ing surgery and should they can- less — was $63,179 last year, cobs told a meteorology group cel. We got calls about ‘Should I that a NOAA statement which go get my elderly parents?’ There up less than 1% from 2017, even criticized the Birmingham-area were so many concerns,” he said though more people had jobs and forecast office after it disagreed in an interview. workers’ real earnings rose 3.4% with Trump was meant to clar- Forecasters didn’t know what last year. ify “technical aspects” about had happened until reaction Median income jumped more Dorian’s potential impact. started on social media, where than 5% in 2015 but since then “What it did not say, however, some accused the staff of pur- has been moderate or essentially was that we understood and fully posely attempting to embarrass flat. support the good intent of the Trump, Laws said. The poverty rate, meanwhile, weather office, which was to calm “The social media comments dropped 0.5 percentage point last fears in support of public safety,” started rolling in and then we re- year to 11.8%. It was the fourth said Jacobs. alized there was more to this than consecutive year of decline and The acting chief scientist at we first thought,” he said. the first time that the poverty NOAA previously said the agency Jacobs said Dorian presented level was significantly lower than likely violated its scientific integ- forecasters with a “particularly 2007. rity rules last week when it pub- difficult” challenge and noted The number of people in pov- licly chastised the office in an that, early on, the storm did show erty in 2018 was 38.1 million, unsigned statement issued late the possibility of doing something 1.4 million fewer people than in Friday. other than veering northward up 2017. Jacobs, a career meteorologist, the East Coast. The number of people fall- appeared near tears at the lec- “At one point Alabama was in ing below the poverty threshold tern as he thanked the Birming- the mix, as was the rest of the — less than $25,465 for a family ham office and mentioned Kevin Southeast,” he said. of two adults and two children Laws, a staff leader who was in While some forecasters had — was almost certainly helped by the audience. talked about walking out on Ja- Laws, a science and operations cobs’ speech or staging some sort the growing number of jobs and officer with the weather service of protest, there was no demon- higher minimum wages in differ- office in Birmingham, said he ap- stration and he received polite ent parts of the country. preciated the remarks by Jacobs, applause. Economic growth, however, who he has known for 20 years. Jacobs’ remarks came a day has moderated this year. Through JAY REEVES/AP “Absolutely no hard feelings,” after National Weather Service August, employers on average Laws said. Director Louis Uccellini said Christina Crowe signs a poster Monday in support of the National added 158,000 new jobs a month, Weather officials said Birming- forecasters in Birmingham did Weather Service office in Birmingham, Ala., during a convention of a still-healthy level that is more ham forecasters didn’t realize the right thing Sept. 1 when they the National Weather Association in Huntsville, Ala. The organization than enough to absorb the grow- that rumors about Dorian threat- tried to combat public panic and held its annual meeting days after a statement by the National ing labor force population, but ening to hit the state began with rumors that Dorian posed a threat Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration criticized the office for down from 223,000 jobs a month a tweet by Trump, who appar- to Alabama. contradicting the president on the path of Hurricane Dorian . last year. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 NATION San Francisco sued Livestreamed fatal shooting by NRA over city’s by officers is scrutinized

BY AMY FORLITI ‘terrorist’ resolution Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The BY LISA MARIE PANE San Francisco’s resolution fol- livestreamed video of the final Associated Press lows some recent high-profile minutes of Brian Quinones’ life shootings, including one in Gilroy, before he was fatally shot by po- The National Rifle Association Calif., about 80 miles southeast of lice show him calmly driving a sued San Francisco on Monday San Francisco, where a gunman car and listening to music, run- over the city’s recent declaration entered a festival with an AK- ning at least one red light as he that the gun rights lobby is a “do- style long gun, killing three peo- leads officers on a chase through mestic terrorist organization.” ple and injuring 17 before killing two Minneapolis suburbs. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. Dis- himself. At one point, the video shows, trict Court for the Northern Since that shooting on July 28, Quinones got out of the car with District of California, accuses there have been at least three what appears to be a knife. Mo- city officials of violating the gun mass shootings — in El Paso, JOSH EDELSON/AP ments later, someone shouted an lobby’s free speech rights for po- unintelligible command and mul- Texas; Dayton, Ohio; and in the People participate in the March for Our Lives rally for gun control litical reasons and says the city tiple shots rang out. Quinones, 30, West Texas towns of Odessa and in San Francisco in March 2018. The city is being sued by the NRA is seeking to blacklist anyone as- Midland. died at the scene. over its declaration that the gun rights lobbying group is a “domestic His brother said afterward that sociated with the NRA. It asks San Francisco Supervisor Cath- terrorist organization.” the court to step in “to instruct erine Stefani said she drafted the Quinones had been having sui- elected officials that freedom of cidal thoughts. resolution after the Gilroy shoot- dollars on such things as expen- with the group’s then-president, speech means you cannot silence ing, driven in part by the vision of The shooting sparked a pro- sive clothing, travel, housing and Oliver North, and its top lobbyist, test and raised questions about or punish those with whom you one of those killed while playing inflated salaries. Chris Cox, stepping down, giving whether police were too quick to disagree.” in a bouncy house at the festival. Stefani told the AP that she be- gun rights activists pause about shoot Quinones and whether they Last week, the San Francisco Stefani, an attorney who has been lieves the lawsuit is a “desperate the NRA’s ability to hold sway in could have used another means to Board of Supervisors passed a involved for years in gun control move by a very desperate organi- the upcoming 2020 presidential stop him or help him if he was in resolution calling the NRA a “do- organizations, said the thought zation,” taking note of those alle- elections. crisis. mestic terrorist organization,” sickened her. gations by some NRA members. Democrat leaders in Congress Shawn Price, 35, stopped contending the group spreads “I had enough,” she told The Monday to pay his respects at a propaganda that seeks to deceive Associated Press. “They con- “I truly believe their time is up.” on Monday urged President Don- The NRA has been battling a ald Trump, a favorite of the NRA, makeshift memorial near where the public about the dangers of tinue to stand in the way of gun Quinones was shot. Price said gun violence. violence reform, and people are number of challenges to its opera- to push Republicans to agree to tions in recent months, including expand background checks, and that, based on what he heard in “This action is an assault on all dying because of it.” Quinones’ video, the number of an investigation by the attorney there have been efforts to make advocacy organizations across the She also criticized NRA lead- shots fired seemed to be “com- country,” said William A. Brewer ership for how it spends dues general in New York, where its it easier to seize firearms at least pletely in excess” and he wonders III, the NRA’s lawyer. “There can from its self-proclaimed 5 million charter was formed, and the at- temporarily from people who are if police could have done more to be no place in our society for this members — a sore point among torney general in Washington, exhibiting mental health issues. deescalate the situation. manner of behavior by govern- some gun rights activists as well where authorities are question- The NRA would rather go to “There was no attempt at ment officials. who believe its longtime CEO, ing whether its operations are in court than tackle the “epidemic” Taser or to do any other method “Fortunately, the NRA, like all Wayne LaPierre, and some of violation of its nonprofit status. of gun violence in the U.S., said that would have prevented, you U.S. citizens, is protected by the those in his inner circle have mis- There also have been inter- John Cote, San Francisco City know, this young man’s life being First Amendment.” spent hundreds of thousands of nal battles over NRA leadership, Attorney’s Office spokesman. taken,” Price said. Investigators released no new information about the case Mon- day, including how many times Quinones was shot or whether Sarah Palin’s husband appears to be seeking a divorce there was any attempt to use a stun gun. About 12 shots can be BY RACHEL D’ORO Palin as his running mate. heard in Quinones’ video. Associated Press During her speech to the Re- Craig Futterman, a University publican National Convention, of Chicago law professor, said ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin said of her husband, “We deadly force should be a last re- Palin’s husband, commonly re- met in high school, and two de- sort, and police need to assess a ferred to as “Alaska’s first dude” cades and five children later, he’s developing situation and look for when she was governor, appears still my guy.” a way to deescalate. to be seeking a divorce from his But the family is no stranger “Could they have responded to wife of 31 years. to domestic upheavals, start- the situation in different ways that Paperwork believed to be from ing with the news soon after she would not have put their safety in Todd Palin cited “incompatibility joined the McCain ticket that her danger?” Futterman asked. of temperament” in seeking to end then-teenage daughter, Bristol, He said police are trained to his marriage to the 2008 Republi- was pregnant. use tactics such as time and dis- can vice presidential nominee. More recently, the couple’s el- tance to avoid the need to use The filing Friday in Anchor- dest son, Track, served less than deadly force. National best prac- tices call for training officers on age Superior Court identified two months at an Anchorage half- how to work with people who may the couple only by initials. The way house after a conviction for be in crisis. initials, birthdates and wedding assaulting his father in 2017. It also has become best practic- date match the Palins’, as do the Track Palin also was accused /AP es for many departments to have initials given for their only young TED S. WARREN of punching his then-girlfriend crisis intervention teams to work child. in 2016. He pleaded guilty to mis- Todd Palin, shown with then-Republican vice presidential candidate with people who are in trouble. The documents list the minor demeanor possession of a fire- Sarah Palin in 2008, apparently is seeking a divorce. Authorities began chasing Qui- as T.P.V.P., born April 18, 2008, arm while intoxicated, and other nones late Saturday after they say the same date Sarah Palin gave charges were dismissed. joint custody of the child living at didn’t immediately respond to re- he ran a red light and wouldn’t birth to Trig Paxon Van Palin, A brawl broke out at an Anchor- home. He also wants an “equita- quests for comment Monday. She pull over. In the livestream video, the youngest of the couple’s five age house party involving mem- ble division” of marital debts and filed paperwork to keep the di- Quinones, who is from Puerto children. bers of Sarah Palin’s family in assets. vorce confidential to protect the Rico but had lived in Minneso- The Palins married in 1988. 2014, with allegations that Bristol “There is an incompatibility of privacy of the child. ta for many years, can be seen After Sarah Palin became gover- Palin punched the host several temperament between the par- Colbo also has represented glancing in the rearview mirror nor in 2006, Todd Palin continued times in the face. No arrests were ties such that they find it impos- Dakota Meyer in divorce pro- and sometimes rapping along to fish commercially and work an made, and no one wanted to press sible to continue to live together ceedings from the Palins’ eldest with the music before he gets out oil field job on the North Slope. charges, according to a police as man and wife,” the complaint daughter, Bristol. of the car. Their lives were changed after report. said. Anchorage blogger Craig Before starting the livestream, Republican presidential candi- In the divorce filing believed Kimberlee Colbo, an Anchor- Medred first reported on the he posted on Facebook, “So date John McCain picked Sarah to be from Todd Palin, he seeks age attorney for the plaintiff, divorce. sorry.” Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 NATION Full crew rescued from capsized ship in Ga.

Associated Press out the night,” Capt. John Reed said. Those sounds helped lead JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — Coast Guard rescuers pulled four rescuers to the right place on trapped men alive from a capsized the 656-foot vessel and provided cargo ship Monday, drilling into motivation. the hull’s steel plates to extract On Monday morning, rescuers the crew members more than a landed on the side of the Golden day after their vessel overturned Ray and rappelled down the hull. while leaving a Georgia port. Heflin, who was coordinating All four were described as alert the search, said they found three and in relatively good condition men in a room close to the propel- and were taken to a hospital for ler shaft, near the bottom of the further evaluation. stern. “Best day of my 16-year ca- Responders began drilling, reer,” Lt. Lloyd Heflin, who was starting with a 3-inch hole. Coast coordinating the effort, wrote in Guard officials brought the ship’s a text message to The Associated chief engineer, who was rescued Press. Sunday, out to the ship to translate Now that four crew members and found the three men were “on have been rescued, the Coast board and OK,” as Heflin put it. Guard said it’s focused on safely Reed said rescuers passed food removing the massive vessel while and water through the hole to the protecting the environment. men. They also provided fresh air A video posted online by the to the propeller room, which Reed Coast Guard showed respond- said was even hotter than outside, ers clapping and cheering as the where the high was 93 degrees. final man, wearing only shorts, Responders set up a tent on climbed out of a hole in the hull the hull and began drilling addi- and stood up. tional holes, eventually making Three of the South Korean crew U.S. COAST GUARD/AP an opening large enough to insert members came out in the midaft- a ladder and help the men climb ernoon. The fourth man, who was In this Monday image taken from video, a crew member of a capsized cargo ship is assisted by U.S. out. trapped in a separate compart- Coast Guard rescuers after being pulled from the ship off Jekyll Island, Ga. ment, emerged three hours later. The fourth rescue was a great- The rescues followed nearly South Korean President Moon members involved in the rescue. the remaining four crew mem- er challenge. That crewman was 36 hours of work after the Gold- Jae-in sent a letter to President In the hours immediately after bers. At first, rescuers thought behind glass in a separate engi- en Ray, a giant ship that carries Donald Trump to express grati- the accident, the Coast Guard the noises they were hearing in- neering compartment on another automobiles, rolled onto its side tude over the successful rescue lifted 20 crew members into he- side could be some of the vehicles deck, Reed said. early Sunday as it was leaving of the men, saying that the news licopters before determining that crashing around. But by dawn The Golden Ray is now stuck in Brunswick, bound for Baltimore. brought “huge relief and joy” to smoke and flames and unstable Monday, they were confident that the shipping channel, closing one “All crew members are ac- South Koreans. cargo made it too risky to venture the taps were responses to their of the busiest U.S. seaports for counted for,” Coast Guard South- The presidential Blue House f arther inside the vessel. Officials own taps, indicating someone was shipping automobiles. One ship e a s t w r ote on T w it t er. “ O p er at ion s said Moon also sent a letter to U.S. were concerned that some of the alive inside. is unable to leave port and four will now shift fully to environ- Coast Guard Commandant Karl 4,000 vehicles aboard may have “It was outstanding when I more are lined up outside wait- mental protection, removing the Schultz and praised the “courage broken loose. heard the news this morning ing to come in, according to ship- vessel and resuming commerce.” and dedication” of Coast Guard That left responders looking for that we had taps back through- tracking website Marine Traffic. Calif. vaccine measures now law Authorities seek scuba boat Associated Press initial bill last week aimed at doc- with a 43-14 vote and the Senate info from former passengers tors who sell fraudulent medical followed on a 27-11 roll call. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Cali- exemptions. Democratic Sen. “This goes past vaccines and is Associated Press fornia Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Coast Guard and U.S. attorney in Richard Pan, of San Francisco, again a major government over- Los Angeles are participating in bills Monday to crack down on LOS ANGELES — Authorities agreed to also carry follow-up reach,” said Republican Assem- the investigation with other agen- doctors who write fraudulent conducting a criminal investiga- legislation that, among other blyman Devon Mathis, of Visalia, cies. Investigators want to know if medical exemptions for school things, would give school chil- tion into the scuba diving boat children’s vaccinations. adding that, “Our medically the captain and boat owners fol- dren grace periods that could last fragile children are what are at fire that killed 34 people off the The Democratic governor qui- coast of Southern California plan lowed safety requirements. several years on existing medical stake.” etly acted less than an hour after to interview previous patrons of On Friday, Santa Barbara exemptions. Newsom demanded a phase-out lawmakers sent him changes he the boat company to determine County Sheriff Bill Brown said The two bills are needed to period for medical exemptions demanded as a condition of ap- what kind of safety information the investigation had not taken “keep children safe from prevent- similar to one allowed when Cali- a criminal turn, though charges proving the bills even as protest- able diseases,” Pan said. they were provided during trips, fornia eliminated personal belief were possible. That turn of events ers outside his office chanted for The effort was co-sponsored by a law enforcement source said. vaccine exemptions in 2015. A appeared to happen Sunday when him to veto the measures. the American Academy of Pedi- Investigators will ask the pa- kindergartener with an exemp- federal agents first executed the Legislators approved the atrics, the California Medical As- trons about possible safety viola- tion could retain it through sixth search warrants . Investigators changes as protests by hundreds sociation and the advocacy group tions and what they saw on the grade, for instance, while a sev- of opponents boiled over, with Vaccinate California, all of which boat during their excursions with have been gathering other evi- enth grader could be exempted dissenters delaying Senate debate hailed their final approval. Truth Aquatics Inc., according dence, including interviewing the through high school. for nearly two hours by shouting Protesters forced delays in to the source, who has knowl- captain and four surviving crew and pounding on walls and doors. both the Assembly and Senate. The companion bill also would edge of the evidence collected members, since the Sept. 2 trag- Others were detained by police They unfurled an upside-down allow officials to revoke any under search warrants in Santa edy off the Channel Islands. earlier while blocking entranc- American flag from the Senate’s medical exemptions written by a Barbara. Thirty-three passengers and es to the Capitol as lawmakers public gallery in a traditional sig- doctor who has faced disciplinary The source was not authorized one crew member were trapped scrambled to act on bills before nal of distress and chanted “My action. to comment publicly and spoke to below deck when the fire broke their scheduled adjournment on kids, my choice” and “We will not Republican Sen. Jeff Stone, of The Associated Press on Monday out after 3 a.m. on the Conception. Friday. comply.” Temecula, asked protesters to on the condition of anonymity. Initial examinations indicate the “This legislation provides new They later returned to the As- “watch your democratic process The source also said investi- people died of smoke inhalation tools to better protect public sembly, where they continued with respect” after a shouting gators collected electronics, em- before being burned, Brown said. health, and does so in a way that shouting “Kill the bill” and “Pro- opponent was removed from the ployee and training records, and All but one body has been found. ensures parents, doctors, public tect our children” as lawmakers gallery by officers. documents during search war- Authorities are looking into health officials and school admin- considered other legislation. He also said it is unfair to label rants executed at the company’s various safety issues, including istrators all know the rules of the Republicans in both chambers dissenters as “extremists” and office and remaining two vessels. whether patrons received safety road moving forward,” Newsom objected that there were no pub- “antivaxers” when they are con- FBI spokeswoman Laura Ei- briefings and if a night watchman said in a statement. lic committee hearings before the cerned about the health and wel- miller said no criminal charges was on duty when the blaze broke Lawmakers sent Newsom the Assembly approved the measure fare of their children. have been filed and the FBI, U.S. out before dawn. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 HURRICANE DORIAN Storm survivors in Bahamas struggle to start a new life BY DANICA COTO Getting back to Abaco is the Associated Press dream of Betty Edmond, 43 , a cook who picked at some fries NASSAU, Bahamas — Thou- Monday night while with her son sands of hurricane survivors are and husband in a restaurant at a filing off boats and planes in the capital of the Bahamas, facing the Nassau hotel, where her nephew need to start new lives after Hur- is paying for their stay. ricane Dorian but with little ideas They arrived in Nassau on Sat- on how or where to begin. urday night after a six-hour boat Some sat in hotel lobbies as they trip from Abaco and plan to fly debated their next steps. Others to South Florida on Wednesday, FERNANDO LLANO/AP were bused to shelters jammed thanks to plane tickets bought by A Bahamas coroners team carries a body out of The Mudd neighborhood in the Marsh Harbor area of to capacity. Some got rides from friends who will provide them a friends or family who offered a Abaco Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian on Monday. The death toll from the powerful hurricane temporary home until they can was at least 50 people in the Bahamas as of Tuesday. temporary place to stay on New find jobs. But the goal is to return, Providence island, which has Edmond said. never seen so many people arrive “Home will always be home,” on its shores in recent history. Most of the nearly 400,000 peo- she said. “Every day you wish you 1,200 US troops to assist in recovery ple in the Bahamas live on New could go back. Providence, which includes the “You try to keep your hopes up, BY COREY DICKSTEIN Security Department — had been credited with capital, Nassau. but ...,” she added, her voice trail- rescuing some 300 during operations in the Ba- Carla Ferguson, 51, a resident ing off as she shook her head. Stars and Stripes hamas in the last week, the service said. Some of Treasure Cay, walked out of a The upheaval, however, was ex- WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has mobi- 700 Coast Guard members and six MH-60 Jay- small airport in Nassau with her citing to her son, Kayden Mones- lized about 1,200 active-duty troops to assist the hawk helicopters are supporting hurricane re- daughter and other relatives late time, 8, who said he was looking Hurricane Dorian-stricken Bahamas, where the Monday afternoon and looked lief efforts in the Bahamas, according to a Coast forward to going to a mall, Mc- death toll rose to at least 50 on Tuesday, about Guard statement Sunday. around as the sun set. Donald’s and Foot Locker. one week after the Category 5 storm devastated “We don’t know where we’re The Bataan’s Ospreys ferried an Air Force air- Instead of starting school Mon- the islands. field assessment team into the Bahamas to exam- going to stay,” she said. “We don’t day, as had been scheduled before The troops — some of whom arrived in the Ba- know.” ine the airfields at Grand Bahama International the Category 5 storm hit, Mones- hamas over the weekend — have begun a variety Ferguson and her family had Airport and Marsh Harbour airport on Great of missions, including search and rescue opera- one large duffel bag and three time spent the day accompanying Abaco Island in the northern Bahamas. Hoff- tions and assessing air fields to ensure they could plastic storage boxes, most of his parents to the bank and a shel- man said the Grand Bahama airport, just west safely receive aircraft loaded with troops, equip- them stuffed with donated clothes ter as they prepared for the move of Marsh Harbour, had been cleared for traffic ment and relief supplies, Jonathan Hoffman, the they received before leaving their to the U.S. including C-130 and C-17 cargo planes. Marsh tiny, devastated island. Dorian slammed into Great Pentagon’s chief spokesman, said Monday. The Harbour’s airfield had yet to be cleared for use “No one deserves to go through Abaco and Grand Bahama islands U.S. military might also help with air traffic con- as of Monday, Hoffman said. trol for the Bahamas, he said. this,” said her daughter, Dimple a week ago as one of the strongest The Pentagon could provide additional support Defense Secretary Mark Esper has autho- Lightbourne, 30, blinking away Atlantic hurricanes ever . Carib- for the Bahamas if the island nation requests it, rized the use of 20 Army and Navy helicopters tears. bean emergency officials say at he added. in the Bahamas, and the Navy’s USS Bataan, an Hoffman said the Defense Department had not The government has estimated least 50 people died, and search- amphibious assault ship carrying four Marine yet determined the amount of damage Hurricane that up to 10,000 people from the ers expect to find more victims. Abaco islands alone, including MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and some 2,000 Dorian had caused on U.S. military bases along The huge debris piles left by the Treasure Cay, will need food, troops, has been moved south toward the Baha- the East Coast. He said the services have begun water and temporary housing as storm are challenging for search mas to aid in recovery efforts. assessing damage in areas affected by the storm, officials consider setting up tent and recovery teams, which can- Hoffman said Pentagon-led troops had rescued including in the Carolinas and Virginia. not use bulldozers or other heavy eight people during 30 search and rescue flights or container cities while they The Associated Press contributed to this report. clear the country’s ravaged north- equipment to search for the dead. in the Bahamas as of Monday. U.S. Coast Guard [email protected] ern region of debris so people can That makes recovery and identifi- members — who are assigned to the Homeland Twitter: @CDicksteinDC eventually return. cation a slow process. Hurricane reshaped parts of North Carolina’s Outer Banks

From wire reports The seashore is a 56-mile preparing for the storm a week While it was far too early to es- “You can’t just get electricity stretch of the Southern Outer ago. timate the island’s total economic and go back to work,” said Ben- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dorian’s Banks running from Ocracoke in Recovery from Dorian con- damages, “It’s going to be cata- nink, who owns the Back Porch landfall in the Outer Banks of the north to Beaufort in the south, tinued Monday, with an ongoing strophic for sure,” Shumate said. Restaurant and Wine Bar. “You North Carolina did more than according to the National Park focus on Ocracoke Island. There About 100 National Guard have all this insulation and duct flood coastal communities — it Service. were roughly 2,500 power out- soldiers remained on Ocracoke work that on most properties is reshaped parts of the barrier is- Also Monday, North Carolina ages late Monday at the coast. supporting recovery operations, going to have to get ripped out lands, early damage assessments officials reported another storm- Cooper said North Carolina along with a medical team and and redone.” show. related death — bringing the Emergency Management and emergency managers, Cooper’s Farther north on the Outer The National Park Service In- number to three. FEMA will begin conducting office said in a news release. Banks, which were subject to cident Management Team said In a report relayed through their own preliminary damage as- Ocracoke Island resident and a mandatory evacuation order it deployed 68 employees to take Gov. Roy Cooper, the State Medi- sessments at the coast this week, restaurant owner Daphne Ben- ahead of the storm’s arrival, offi- stock of the aftermath and found cal Examiner’s Office said that according to a news release. nink told The Associated Press cials in Dare and Currituck coun- dozens of new inlets carved into an unidentified 54-year-old man “State agencies and our part- that the flooding from Dorian af- ties were staging re entries for part of the Cape Lookout National died Saturday from injuries sus- ners will continue to deliver fected the majority of people and residents and visitors. Seashore. tained in a chain saw accident as supplies and aid until our coast businesses on the island, from “Not every area evacuated “There are approximately 54 he tried to remove a tree in New has recovered from Hurricane Ocracoke’s single public school is safe to return to just yet,” new inlets cutting through from Hanover County. Dorian,” Cooper said. to its one grocery store to entire Cooper said in the statement. the Atlantic Ocean to the Core Other deaths included a Pam- Damage surveys and work to homes. “Those eager to return to the is- Sound at various points of North lico County man who collapsed clean up the mess on Ocracoke She said repairs will likely lands should follow the re-entry Core Banks,” officials said in an Friday and a Columbus County were underway, said Hyde Coun- take weeks if not months on some instructions issued by local advisory Monday. man who fell from a ladder while ty spokesman Donnie Shumate. properties. governments.” Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 WORLD Johnson suspends Parliament after defeats on Brexit

BY JILL LAWLESS of it. His options — all of them Associated Press extreme — include disobeying the law, which could land him in LONDON — Opposition poli- court or even prison, and resign- ticians raged Tuesday at Prime ing so that someone else would Minister Boris Johnson’s five- have to ask for a delay. week suspension of Parliament Legislators also demanded the before the deadline for Brexit, government release, by Wednes- which drew angry and unprec- day, emails and text messages edented protests in the House of KIN CHEUNG/AP among aides and officials relat- Commons. In a sign of protest against the police using force against the media, journalists wear protective gear Parliament has been prorogued ing to suspending Parliament and during a police media conference in Hong Kong on Monday. Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, has called — or suspended — at the govern- planning for Brexit amid allega- for an end to violent protests and the start of dialogue over the protesters’ concerns. ment’s request until Oct. 14, a tions that the suspension is being drastic move that gives Johnson a used to circumvent democracy. respite from rebellious lawmak- Under parliamentary rules, the ers while he plots his next move government is obliged to release Hong Kong’s leader renews appeal as he tries to lead Britain out of the documents. In a statement, the European Union by Oct. 31. the government said it would Opposition lawmakers chanted “consider the implications of this to halt violence, engage in dialogue “Shame on you” and held up signs vote and respond in due course.” reading “Silenced” as Parliament Then, early Tuesday, lawmak- BY EILEEN NG her sincerity to heal society and “I am very worried,” Li told a was formally shut down in the ers rebuffed, for a second time, Associated Press bring back peace. religious gathering outside a Bud- early hours of Tuesday morning. Johnson’s request for an early “We are gearing up to go into dhist temple over the weekend. As legislators implored House election, which he said was “the HONG KONG — Hong Kong the community to have that dia- “We hope Hong Kong people will of Commons Speaker John Ber- only way to break the deadlock in leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday logue directly with the people, be able to ride out the storm. We cow not to comply, he expressed the House.” renewed an appeal to pro-democ- but I make hope the young people can con- his displeasure, saying “this Opposition parties voted racy protesters to halt violence a further sider the big picture and those at is not a standard or normal against the measure or abstained, and engage in dialogue as the appeal here: the helm can give the masters of prorogation.” denying Johnson the two-thirds city’s richest man urged the gov- that the first our future a way out.” “It’s one of the longest for de- majority he needed. They want ernment to provide a way out for priority in “Although humanity may cades and it represents ... an act to make sure a no-deal departure the mostly young demonstrators. order to sometimes clash with the rule of of executive fiat,” Bercow said. is blocked before agreeing to an The government promised last achieve the law, in political issues, both sides The suspension came after law- election, making a vote before week to withdraw an extradition objective should try to put their feet in an- makers inflicted a series of de- November unlikely. bill that sparked three months of of bring- other’s shoes, then many big trou- feats on Johnson’s Brexit plans. Opposition Labour Party leader protests, but that failed to placate ing peace bles can be reduced into smaller Johnson says the country must Jeremy Corbyn accused Johnson protesters, whose demands also and order to ones,” he said. Li recently took leave the EU at the end of Octo- of seeking to crash out of the EU include democratic reforms and Hong Kong out newspaper advertisements ber, with or without a divorce and seek a “one-sided” trade deal police accountability. Protesters Lam is for all of us, urging an end to violence. agreement to smooth the way. But vandalized subway stations, set all people of Many see the extradition bill, many lawmakers fear a no-deal with the United States that would street fires and blocked traffic Hong Kong, to say no to violence,” which would have allowed Hong Brexit would be economically damage Britain. over the weekend, forcing police she told a news conference. Kong residents to be sent to main- devastating, and are determined “A no-deal Brexit is really a to fire tear gas. Billionaire Li Ka Shing, in a land China for trial, as a glaring to stop him. Trump-deal Brexit,” Corbyn told Lam said the escalation of vio- video broadcast on local TV, de- example of the city’s eroding au- Opposition legislators, backed a union conference, lence, in which more than 150 scribed the summer of unrest as tonomy since the former British by rebels in Johnson’s Conserva- Johnson has acknowledged people, including students, were the worst catastrophe since colony returned to Chinese con- tive Party, passed a law that com- that a no-deal Brexit “would be a detained in clashes since Friday, World War II. In his first public trol in 1997. pels the government to ask the failure of statecraft” for which he will deepen rifts and prolong the comments, Li, 91, called youths Asked about Li’s comments, EU for a three-month delay if no would be partially to blame. He road to recovery. the “masters of our future” and Lam agreed that the government deal has been agreed by Oct. 19. said he believed a deal could be She said her decision to formal- said the government should tem- “can do more and can do better,” “I will not ask for another struck by Oct. 18, when leaders of ly withdraw the extradition bill per justice with mercy in resolv- especially in meeting young peo- delay,” Johnson said. all 28 EU count ries hold a sum- and her other initiatives reflected ing the crisis. ple to hear their grievances. But he has few easy ways out mit in Brussels.

Iranian female soccer fan who snuck into stadium sets self on fire, dies

BY JON GAMBRELL issue resolved before Oct. 10, when Iran said she had stopped taking medication a Associated Press — the top-ranked team in Asia — hosts year ago. its first home World Cup qualifier against In March, Khodayari tried to sneak into DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Cambodia. Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to watch her fa- Iranian woman detained for dressing as Khodayari died Monday at a Tehran hos- vorite team, Esteghlal, take on the United a man to sneak into a soccer stadium to pital after suffering burns on 90% of her Arab Emirates’ team, Al Ain. As in other watch a match died after setting herself body. She had been on a respirator since matches, she disguised herself as a man on fire upon learning she could spend six dousing herself with gasoline in front of by wearing a blue wig and a long overcoat, months in prison, semiofficial news outlets reported Tuesday. Tehran’s Ershad Courthouse on Sept. 2, ac- gaining the nickname the “Blue Girl.” The self-immolation death of Sahar Kho- cording to the Iranian news website Rokna, However, police arrested her after an al- dayari, 29, has shocked Iranian officials which publishes in Iran with government tercation and detained her. and the public, becoming an immediate permission. She spent three nights in jail before /AP hashtag trend across social media in the She had just learned she could be tried being released pending the court case. She VAHID SALEMI Islamic Republic. by a Revolutionary Court in Iran and be reportedly returned to the court to retrieve Iranian women in Tehran were allowed It also comes as FIFA is working with put in prison for six months, her father told her seized mobile phone and heard she into Azadi stadium to watch a soccer Iranian authorities to overcome a ban the website. could face prison time. match last October, a rare concession on women entering stadiums for men’s Khodayari’s sister told Iran’s pro-reform News of her death ricocheted across by authorities. A woman who was caught games, a ban in place since the country’s Shahrvand newspaper that her sister suf- Iran on Tuesday, with tributes hashtagged after sneaking into another match died 1979 Islamic Revolution. FIFA wants the fered from bipolar disorder. Her father “BlueGirl.” after setting herself on fire. PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 WORLD Finding freedom, then lacking sustenance Woman fled N. Korea for a better life. How her lonely, impoverished death became political

BY VICTORIA KIM government subsidy that barely Los Angeles Times covered her housing deposit and phone contract. She went through SEOUL, South Korea her first several winters without hen they heard the ever turning on the heat. news about Han Once when her donated rice Sung-ok, they gath- cooker broke, she barely ate for Wered from all corners 15 days. of the capital and other South Eventually, Park put herself Korean cities near and far. through medical school in South Most had never met the 42- Korea and now runs her own busi- year-old single mother, who long ness, a postpartum care center. ago had escaped from North People such as Park are an ex- Korea. ception, said Lee Na-kyung, a fel- She and her 6-year-old son, low escapee who runs a charity to Dong-jin, had little contact with support other refugees who are the outside world in the months disabled or raising children on leading up to late July when they their own. were found dead in a low-income About 70% of the North Ko- Seoul apartment, possibly of rean refugees are women, and starvation. after Han’s death, dozens of new But many fellow North Korean ones contacted Lee’s organization refugees felt like they knew her. seeking help. They understood the dangers Han must have endured to reach /TNS Seeking Seoul’s support this metropolis — and the hard- VICTORIA KIM, LOS ANGELES TIMES ships that came with trying to North Korean refugees stand vigil at a makeshift memorial in Seoul, South Korea, for Han Sung-ok, 42, It was after 11 on a recent Sat- make a new life. and her son Dong-jin, 6, who were found dead in late July in a case of possible starvation. urday night in downtown Seoul. They converged amid the high- The cacophony of the city had rises in downtown Seoul at a coastal city of Incheon. their lives, Choi said. would have made a difference if died down and the insurance makeshift memorial, forming a “It was like she was a relative,” “She risked her life to get here,” he’d gone to visit Han, if he would building next to the memorial stand-in family to keep vigil. That said Choi, 39. “It feels like this he said. at least have managed to get her had gone dark. was weeks ago. didn’t happen to a stranger.” some donated supplies. Kim J.B. helped her 5-year-old Politicians and cameras have Back in North Korea, the only Safe, but not secure For weeks, Kim held out on daughter set up an orange tent on come and gone; chrysanthemums exposure he had to Seoul was visiting the memorial. He finally the sidewalk so the girl could get have wilted and yellowed. Night through movies that circulated Kim Yong-hwa never forgot the went by recently but couldn’t some sleep while her mother kept after night, unknowing tourists illegally. He marveled at the first time he saw Han’s hands. bring himself to enter. watch over the memorial . have snapped photos, and joggers tall buildings, traffic-clogged Han was barely 30, but they “How could I face her now, She asked that her full name have passed without a second avenues and limitless supply of were wrinkled and calloused, as when I couldn’t do anything for not be published for the safety look. electricity. though they belonged to someone her while she was alive?” he said. of relatives back in North Korea. The mourners are still there. He made a run for it six years a decade or two older. At the time, Dressed in all black, she wore the ago, slipping across the Yalu she was living in the Chinese Refugee’s healthy gains traditional hemp armband signi- Vigil solidifies a bond River into China. Twice, he was countryside. fying a family in mourning. caught and sent back. That’s where she met Kim, who One of the mourners was a 41- In 10 days at the memorial, she It was a water meter inspector He succeeded on his third try, had escaped North Korea in the year-old woman who had taken a said, she’d shed more tears than who noticed the foul odor coming and after a few months in China 1980s and was living in Seoul, train the length of the country to when her own parents died. As from the apartment and alerted found a smuggler to take him to where he was starting a charity to get to the memorial. a 47-year-old single mother who the building management. A tele- the border with Laos. From there, help other refugees get to South She understood starvation. divorced an abusive husband and vision crew broke the news two he walked through the mountains Korea and begin new lives. Years ago, as a doctor in North lives on government support, she weeks later, and upon entering the for eight days, making his way to It was unclear how long Han Korea, she saw many of her fellow could relate to how dire things vacated unit, flipped through her Thailand, where he sought refuge had been out of North Korea. But citizens waste away on hospital must have gotten for Han. bank statement and discovered at the South Korean Embassy. she told Kim that after she got to beds during widespread famine. “We all lived through the ‘Ar- that in mid-May she’d withdrawn Later he heard that his brother, China she was sold as a bride to a “Most people who starve to duous March’ and survived,” she her last 3,858 won — about $3. who had also tried to escape, was Chinese man and had a son with death die with their eyes open,” said, referring to a period of se- The cleaner who emptied the caught and eventually died in a him. she said. “It’s almost like they vere famine in North Korea in the sparsely furnished apartment told North Korean prison. Kim brought Han to South hold on to hope until the end.” 1990s. the television crew that the only Choi received a resettlement Korea about 10 years ago, leav- Her parents were still in North The mourners want the South thing he found in the refrigerator payment when he arrived in South ing her husband and son behind. Korea, and because she was wor- Korean government to provide a was red pepper powder, leading Korea, but he had to use it all to A few years later, Han gave birth ried about their safety, she asked proper burial for Han, a clearer to speculation that the mother pay the smuggler. He begged for to Dong-jin. to be identified only as Park, her accounting of why she and her and son had starved to death. meals from other refugees while Han got a job at a shipyard, last name. son died, and an investigation Police would neither confirm he waited for his next check from but when that work dried up she She arrived in Seoul around holding officials responsible. But nor deny that, saying only that the government. Later he mar- went back to China. Kim last the same time as Han and lived their demands run deeper than there was no sign of foul play ried another North Korean refu- heard from her last winter when in the same dormitory with her Han’s case. They say newly arriv- or disease and that the autopsy gee and had a daughter. They live she said she had just divorced her and about a dozen other refugees ing refugees should receive better could not determine a cause of in subsidized housing and scrape husband and returned to Seoul. for a few months. They were all job training and more financial death because of the condition of by on his meager wages from de- She asked for help finding students in a government-run re- and other support. the bodies. livering Chinese food. work. Kim told her about a pos- settlement education program. The Unification Ministry has The news spread through Choi has watched the memorial sible job scrubbing pans at a res- Among the lessons they were acknowledged there have been the scattered community of the grow into a more elaborate shrine taurant, but she said she couldn’t taught: Be wary of spies among “blind spots” and said it was ex- roughly 33,000 North Korean es- to Han, with more flowers, a manage it while also caring for your fellow North Koreans. amining its policies and proce- capees living in South Korea. The white tent and an expanded altar her son. Han also hoped to secure Park said that message made dures. The ministry announced memorial was born when some that also includes a photograph government assistance and asked it difficult for them to open up last week it would conduct a of them set up a folding table on of her son. The memorial has Kim to talk to a local welfare to each other and is the reason wholesale survey of vulnerable the sidewalk and placed a framed also become a potent symbol of agency on her behalf. When Kim so few people knew much about North Korean refugee households photo of Han on it. The mourners protest by a group that has been called, he was told Han needed to Han, who she remembers as a across the country. lit sticks of incense and perched rarely heard and largely apo- submit her divorce papers before sweet-tempered loner. City officials also came by the them atop a cardboard box. litical. The refugees believe the she could qualify for benefits as a The two would sporadically run memorial, saying they intended Following traditional Korean government has failed to protect single parent. into one another at holiday events to clear it because the structure funeral rites, they began keeping them, a responsibility that falls to Kim tried to explain to the of- for North Korean refugees. Still, wasn’t properly permitted. The overnight vigil there. the Unification Ministry. ficial that was nearly impossible Park knows firsthand the diffi- city backed off after one of the Choi Myung-chul read about it Choi and a half-dozen or so for her, with an uncooperative culties Han must have faced. refugees doused himself with on social media and drove more other North Koreans keep vigil ex-husband in China, but it was Upon finishing her resettle- gasoline and threatened to set than an hour from his home in the day after day . Han’s life was all of to no avail. Now he wonders if it ment training, Park was given a himself on fire. Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 AMERICAN ROUNDUP A pology letter includes $500 for broken sign

LINCOLN — An anon- NE ymous person has paid $500 to a Lincoln bar for break- ing a sign at the bar 45 years ago. The Lincoln Journal Star re- ported that Zoo Bar owner Pete Watters recently found five $100 bills and a handwritten letter in- side an envelope with no return address and no name. The brief letter reads: “45 years ago I broke the Zoo Bar sign. Here is my restitution.” Watters said the incident oc- curred before he owned the bar. Deer leans into wedding photo, eats bouquet

HOLLAND — A deer MI leaned into a wedding photo of a Michigan couple, mak- ing a memento of their big day all the more memorable. The Detroit News reported that the friendly deer seemed drawn by Morgan Mackley’s bouquet of flowers, walked up and began chomping on the roses. The couple had just walked to the edge of a field with their wed- ding photographer during their reception last week in Holland . The photographer, Laurenda Bennett, called it a “special mo- ment” for the newly wed Morgan DAVID CRIGGER, BRISTOL (VA.) HERALD COURIER/AP and her husband of just a few hours, Luke Mackley, when the deer approached. The couple sur- An uplifting kickoff rendered the bouquet to the deer. Members of the Abingdon Youth Football League carry a large American flag along Main Street during the annual Washington County Fair Reenactor announces kickoff parade Saturday in Abingdon, Va. 2020 Gettysburg plan fires as smokejumpers. They THE CENSUS Fish to be poisoned, GETTYSBURG — A were also expected to find and PA veteran Civil War reen- dismantle bomb-carrying hydro- The amount incorrectly deposited by a park lake restocked actor in Pennsylvania said he will gen balloons that Japan launched BB&T bank into Robert and Tiffany Wil- GLACIER NATION- take over planning a 2020 reenact- to drift across the Pacific. liams’ account. Instead of reporting the AL PARK — Officials ment of the battle of Gettysburg The interpretive panel on Main $120K error, the Montoursville, Pa., couple splurged MT plan to poison fish to help other after the organization behind the Street in Pendleton describes the on a camper, a Chevy and a race car, state annual event said it didn’t intend unit known as the Triple Nickles trooper Aaron Brown told the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. They spent $100,000 in fish species repopulate two lakes to host one next summer. and their work. about 2 ½ weeks, WNEP reported. The Sun-Gazette reported that the couple told and a creek in Glacier National Dustin Heisey, of Manheim, police they “admitted to knowing the mislaid money did not belong to them, but Park. who said he has been taking part Bottle with $4, man’s they spent it anyway.” The couple face three felony charges, court records show. The project in the upper reach- in reenactments since he was 14, es of Camas Creek will attempt to told The (Hanover) Evening Sun ashes resumes journey keep native westslope cutthroat that he wants to keep the tradition trout from breeding with non-na- North Texas lake reeled in some- The statement says the woman of honoring the soldiers alive. MIRAMAR BEACH — tive Yellowstone cutthroat trout. thing unusual: a semi-automatic told deputies she and her husband The Gettysburg Anniversary FL A bottle containing four Park and state wildlife officials rifle. were smoking meth and halluci- Committee said last week it “does $1 bills, a couple of notes and a plan to use the poison rotenone Police said the man was fishing nated the kidnapping. She said not anticipate organizing or host- man’s ashes is back on its journey, to remove the non-native Yellow- with relatives at Lake Arlington, her husband made a device with ing a 157th reenactment.” returning to the sea after making stone cutthroat from Lake Evan- about 13 miles west of Fort Worth, black powder to distract their Heisey said he plans some a brief stop at a coastal commu- geline, Camas Lake and Camas nity in Florida’s Panhandle. when he hooked a Galil ACE rifle. imagined captors. Deputies said changes aimed at creating an Creek. They will restock the The bottle carries the ashes of After reeling in the weapon, the the device exploded and burned 1860s atmosphere, and may use lakes and creek with westslope a 39-year-old Florida man who man went to a park and called the man’s hands . a T-shirt campaign and sponsor- cutthroat and bull trout. died this year and whose family police. ships to raise money. The area will be closed to the wanted to give him an adventure. Authorities took possession of Family of once-missing public through next spring. Marker recognizes US’ The bottle began drifting off the weapon and have it in their dog fetes searchers the shore of Destin, Fla., before property room. 1st black paratroopers washing ashore 20 miles down New license plate CHESHIRE — The the coast. It was turned in to the Deputy: Couple on meth family of a missing dog features landmarks PENDLETON — His- Walton County Sheriff’s Office. CT found after more than a month OR tory buffs, local of- Sgt. Paula Pendleton got the hallucinates kidnapping used a party to thank everyone NEW YORK — New ficials and a sociology professor bottle and read the notes in it CHARLESTON — who kept an eye out for their Eng- NY York has a new license recently dedicated a historical from the man’s mother and his Authorities in West lish bulldog, Charlie. plate that features several of the marker in Oregon recognizing a daughter. Pendleton lost her hus- WV Virginia said a couple was hal- The Record-Journal reported state’s famous landmarks. segregated Army battalion com- band last year and was touched. lucinating while smoking meth- Charlie broke free when the fam- The Department of Motor pris ing the nation’s first black On Friday, a friend with a boat Vehicles announced the design paratroopers. amphetamine when they falsely ily took him to a July 3 fireworks took the bottle far into the Gulf to Friday based on the results of a Eastern Washington University reported a hostage situation. show in Shelton. let it continue its journey. statewide survey. sociologist Bob Bartlett said 555th A Kanawha County Sheriff’s John Artes said his family The winning plate showcases Parachute Infantry Battalion sol- Office statement says a man and hung posters , posted photos on iconic settings like the Statue of diers thought they were heading Man reels in rifle woman called 911 early Monday social media and did interviews to Japan when they stopped at while fishing at lake and said they were escaping from on area television stations. A cou- Liberty, Niagara Falls and the Pendleton Army Airfield in the kidnappers and that there was an ple in Shelton spotted Charlie in a Montauk Lighthouse. spring of 1945. FORT WORTH — The explosion. stream behind a Walmart . It also features the state motto Barlett told Oregon Public TX Fort Worth Star-Tele- Deputies said they found the A pet food store, The Cheshire “Excelsior,” a Latin word mean- Broadcasting the soldiers were gram reported that a man who couple in a car and had them Cat and Dog Too, host ed the ing “ever upward .” instead assigned to fight forest was fishing on Saturday at a flown to a hospital. party . From wire reports PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 FACES ‘A great underdog story’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ revs into high gear at Toronto Film Fest

BY JAKE COYLE there’s an exhaustion with the kind of superhero- Associated Press tentpole movie and all the tropes of them,” said Mangold. “Certainly ‘Logan’ was my response. I s a big-budget original movie made largely wasn’t just trying to make a Western disguised as a with practical effects, “Ford v Ferrari” superhero movie. I was also trying to make an isn’t so much pointed against headwinds in original superhero movie.” AHollywood as it is speeding 200 miles per The 55-year-old Mangold (“Walk the hour right into them. Line,” “3:10 to Yuma”) has made a career The film, directed by James Mangold, premiered out of directing a disappearing breed Monday at the Toronto International Film Festival, of movie: studio films aimed at adults. unveiling a big, swaggering throwback movie, a Before “Joker” was winning plaudits studio-made crowd-pleaser led by a pair of in-form for rewriting the superhero film, Man- movie stars in Christian Bale and Matt Damon. gold’s gritty, unadorned take on Wol- “As the real stars of more and more movies be- verine, “Logan,” became the first come the IP — the source material, the costume, superhero film to earn an Oscar the uniform — the magic of the actors walking into nomination for its writing. something completely unknown to you is an exciting “Ford v Ferrari,” costing close thing that we haven’t seen in a long time,” Mangold to $100 million to make, is a po- said before the film’s premiere. “To make an intel- tentially risky project for 20th ligent action movie was the goal.” Century Fox, which after pro- “Ford v Ferrari” is just getting into gear. It won’t ducing the film was acquired hit theaters until Nov. 15, but it’s already drawn by the Walt Disney Co. After strong reviews and been drafted into this fall’s disappointing results for awards season after first debuting at the Telluride Fox’s initial releases under Film Festival last week. For Damon, such talk is too its new parent company (“Dark Phoenix,” “Stu- early, especially for a movie made with the intention ber”), “Ford v Ferrari” of reaching a mass audience. may turn the tide. “I read the script and I thought it was a crowd- But as Shelby initially pleasing movie in all the right ways — like a movie tells Ford’s Lee Iacocca that people would want to go see,” said Damon. (Jon Bernthal), “You “That’s what we made. It’s just a great underdog can’t buy a win.” Yet story.” you can, Shelby says, “Ford v Ferrari” dramatizes the Ford Motor Co.’s pay the right people drive to dethrone the reigning power of internation- to give you a shot at al racing, Ferrari, at the 1966 Les Mans, the classic winning. 24-hour endurance race. Damon plays automotive “Our goal and designer Carroll Shelby; Bale plays the headstrong all our money was driver Ken Miles. It’s a movie about obsession and put toward trying drive, in which Shelby and Miles are often chafing to make as analog a at the constricting corporate dictates of Ford. film as possible,” said Mangold sees his movie, also, as an effort to battle Mangold. “We tried to a dominant force. do it for real. Our actors “I definitely feel, at least inside my own body, that could drive.”

Actors Matt Damon, left, and Christian Bale costar in “Ford v Ferrari” (inset), which had its premiere Monday in Toronto.

NATHAN DENETTE, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP

Redmayne high on A woman could play James Bond, reunion with Jones say Bond actors Brosnan, Craig The Washington Post ville American Film Festival in France, former 007 Pierce Bros- for ‘The Aeronauts’ The James Bond franchise’s nan wholeheartedly endorsed the less-than-progressive portray- Associated Press idea of a woman playing Bond to als of women, who are often rel- the Hollywood Reporter. As soon as Eddie Redmayne read the script egated to the role of love interests “I think we’ve watched the for “The Aeronauts,” he knew whom his co-star and femme fatales, have for years guys do it for the last 40 years. should be: His “Theory of Everything” co-star Fe- led a faction of fans to clamor for Get out of the way, guys, and put licity Jones. CHRIS PIZZELLO, INVISION/AP a woman (or really, anyone who is “I read it ... with Felicity in mind and the second not a white man) to take over the a woman up there,” said Brosnan, I finished it, I called her up and I said, ‘I’ll do this Felicity Jones, left, and Eddie Redmayne play a part. who played the super spy in four if you do,’” the star said. “And we sort of made that pilot and a scientist fighting for survival in “The And now, two James Bonds films: “The World Is Not Enough,” very quick decision. It was a spontaneous thing.” Aeronauts,” in wide release Dec. 6. are saying it’s time for a casting “Tomorrow Never Dies,” “Gold- Jones, who was nominated for an Oscar for her shake-up. In separate interviews enEye” and “Die Another Day.” performance in 2014’s “The Theory of Every- as they attempt to discover how high they can rise at two film festivals last weekend, “I think it would be exhilarating; thing,” said reuniting with Redmayne — who won in a hot-air balloon in the 1800s. Redmayne and Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig it would be exciting.” an Oscar for the movie — “felt really natural.” Jones walked the red carpet Sunday for the film’s endorsed the idea of a woman However, Brosnan conceded “But the thing that pushed it was that the parts world premiere at the Toronto International Film taking the helm of the storied spy that a female James Bond was were so good,” she said. “I mean, if one of us had Festival. franchise. unlikely, given executive produc- read it and one part hadn’t been good, it would it Redmayne said their previous connection made Today’s reigning Bond, Craig, er Barbara Broccoli’s insistence would never have worked. But they were both bril- it easier to film “The Aeronauts.” told Variety that “of course” the that Bond is male. liantly written. They were both parts that we were “It’s a weird thing when you start a film because iconic spy could be played by a “He’s a male character. He was ready to do at that moment. And I think it made you meet people you don’t know often and then you woman in the future. Craig made written as a male, and I think he’ll it feel more of an adventure coming back together have to play very closely and intimately with them his remarks while promoting the probably stay as a male,” Broc- and it made the film feel like it was part of some sort of instantaneously. And this film demanded Agatha Christie-esque murder coli told the Guardian in October. kind of a narrative in some way, obviously pivoting by its essence, the fact that it’s two people for a mystery “Knives Out” at the To- “And that’s fine. We don’t have to from ‘Theory of Everything.’ ” portion of the film in this basket, a huge amount of ronto International Film Festival, turn male characters into women. In the true story, Jones plays pilot Amelia Wren, closeness,” he said. and jokingly endorsed his co-star Let’s just create more female while Redmayne portrays scientist James Glaish- The film opens in the United Kingdom on Nov. 6 Jamie Lee Curtis for the role. characters and make the story fit er, who find themselves in an epic fight for survival before its U.S. release on Dec. 6. Across the Atlantic at the Deau- those female characters.” Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19

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Transportation 944 Transportation 944 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander There’s still a path forward with the Taliban Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JAMES STAVRIDIS ed a U.S. withdrawal of its 14,000 troops, nance the Afghan security forces. When Bloomberg Opinion including a down-payment of around 5,000 I commanded the NATO mission, we had EDITORIAL leaving within a few months after the ac- 150,000 troops in country, a number now resident Donald Trump is tak- cord was completed. The Taliban were to reduced by 85% to about 14,000 U.S. and Terry Leonard, Editor ing a lot of criticism for abruptly [email protected] provide guarantees that there would be no 5,000 allied forces. Casualties to U.S. and cancel ing talks he had hoped to return to creating “safe havens” for groups allied troops are likewise far below what Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor sponsor between the Taliban and like al-Qaida and Islamic State (which is we experienced a decade ago. The Afghan [email protected] P the government of Afghanistan at Camp rising in prominence within Afghanistan). security forces are taking 95% of all casu- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content David. But he was right to do so — his an- There was also a provision to free thou- alties, and the NATO mission is in support, [email protected] nouncement sent a signal that the Taliban sands of Taliban prisoners being held by not in the lead — providing training, logis- must demonstrate in far more concrete the Afghan government. All of this was to tics, intelligence and some limited special Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation ways a commitment to a peaceful negotia- forces and air operations. [email protected] be cemented with a prolonged cease-fire tion to end nearly two decades of war. — and it was that portion of the agreement Washington also needs to recognize the I say this from experience. When I head- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital that the Taliban failed to honor, continuing role Pakistan has played in supporting the ed the NATO mission in Afghanistan as [email protected] their attacks and killing another U.S. ser- Taliban for decades and continue to pres- supreme allied commander for all global vicemember last week. sure the Pakistanis to encourage the insur- operations from 2009 to 2013, I studied Secretary of State Mike Pompeo evi- gents to come to the bargaining table. BUREAU STAFF the Taliban closely. The movement’s name dently continues to believe that there is Most insurgencies end not on a battlefield itself simply means “students” in Pasht o, Europe/Mideast a path forward for the talks. But the Tal- or at a formal surrender but in a negotia- and it is a movement that learned about Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief iban have been consistent in their loathing tion. There is still time to avoid a Vietnam- [email protected] taking and using power — enough to domi- like outcome, with helicopters lifting off +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 nate Afghanistan after the overthrow of of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul, calling its leaders “stooges” and at times the roofs of Afghan government buildings Pacific the Russia-backed central government ferrying off the survivors. A better model before 9/11. Taliban leaders facilitated and refusing to even begin a conversation with Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief it until all U.S. troops have left. How can is the end of the insurgency in Colombia in [email protected] protected al-Qaida and provided support the mid-2010s, in which the FARC rebels this go forward? +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 in the attacks against the U.S. I found them came in from the jungle after five decades, First, the U.S. needs to recognize the to be tenacious, determined, resilient and stacked their weapons peacefully and were Washington Taliban for what they are: a deeply unpop- utterly implacable foes who took the long given the opportunity to compete in free Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief ular theocracy (polling consistently shows view. “The Americans have all the watch- elections. [email protected] them with less than 10% approval ratings (+1)(202)886-0033 es, but we have all the time,” was a favorite If the Taliban are unwilling to accept a Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News saying. nationwide) with brutal norms of behav- peaceful outcome — including a full cease- [email protected] The new peace agreement thus far, pains- ior (particularly against women and girls) fire while negotiations are underway — the takingly negotiated by U.S. envoy Zalmay that aren’t going to change anytime soon. U.S. should walk away from the table. Arti- CIRCULATION Khalilzad — a skilled former ambassador Instead of using the Ronald Reagan line ficial deadlines would be a tragic mistake. Mideast to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Na- about the Soviet Union, “trust, but verify,” The NATO allies should continue to sup- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager tions — was between the U.S. and the Tal- with the Taliban the U.S. must “verify, port our Afghan partners with a limited [email protected] iban only. The Camp David meeting was then trust.” That means demanding a full military mission and sufficient funding to [email protected] supposed to be a turning point, wherein the cease-fire for at least a six month cooling- keep the military pressure on the Taliban. DSN (314)583-9111 Afghan government of President Ashraf off period before beginning any U.S. troop That is the only path to a lasting and just Europe Ghani and the Taliban could come togeth- withdrawal. It also means the Taliban peace. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager er, echoing former President Bill Clinton’s must be willing to sit with the Afghan gov- [email protected] bringing together of the Palestine Libera- ernment to at least initiate a conversation Bloomberg Opinion columnist James Stavridis is [email protected] a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former supreme tion Organization and the government of about a peaceful end to the conflict. allied commander of NATO. He is dean emeritus of +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Israel in 2000, also at Camp David. 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BY DAISY NGUYEN would not result in rate increases lieves they are owed far more and Associated Press for its customers, PG&E said. will urge the committee to oppose “Under the plan we filed today, the plan. SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E we will meet our commitment to “Huge disappointment in their Corp. proposed Monday to re- fairly compensate wildfire vic- attitude toward compensat- MICHAEL CHAPMAN, (REDDING, CALIF.) RECORD SEARCHLIGHT/AP solve its bankruptcy case by of- tims and we will emerge from ing victims of the fires,” Cecily fering nearly $18 billion to settle Chapter 11 financially sound and Dumas said. A crew from PAR Electrical Contractors prepares to change out a claims from devastating wildfires able to continue meeting Califor- The plan’s filing came three utility pole as PG&E worked to restore power Aug. 23 in the Bear started by its equipment in recent nia’s clean energy goals,” CEO days after San Francisco leaders Mountain Road area near Redding, Calif. PG&E is offering billions to years — an amount immediately and President Bill Johnson said offered to buy pieces of PG&E’s victims and others to resolve claims after devastating wildfires. criticized by victims who said in a statement. assets for $2.5 billion so the city less than half of that is intended PG&E is under deadline pres- can run parts of the power sys- ity after it filed for bankruptcy EXCHANGE RATES for them. sure to emerge from bankruptcy tem on its own. protection. The city isn’t looking Military rates The preliminary plan filed in by June 2020 in order to partici- Mayor London Breed and City to buy any part of PG&E’s gas Euro costs (Sept. 11) ...... $1.1320 Dollar buys (Sept. 11) ...... €0.8834 federal court is part of its effort to pate in a state wildfire fund to Attorney Dennis Herrera said system. A May report by the San British pound (Sept. 11) ...... $1.27 exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy help California’s major utilities in a statement that the offer was Francisco Public Utilities Com- Japanese yen (Sept. 11) ...... 104.00 South Korean won (Sept. 11) ...... 1,161.00 protection by next year. pay out future claims as climate “competitive, fair and equitable” mission said public ownership Commercial rates PG&E sought the protection in change makes wildfires across and would lead to financial stabil- of the electric grid could help Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3771 British pound ...... $1.2369 January because it said it could the U.S. West more frequent and ity for the beleaguered investor- the city become carbon neutral Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3175 not afford billions in damages more destructive. owned utility. by 2030 and stabilize electricity China (Yuan) ...... 7.1104 Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7588 from wildfires in 2017 and 2018 The plan, which must be ap- PG&E said in a statement that rates. Egypt (Pound)...... 16.4629 that were caused by company proved by state regulators, pro- it doesn’t believe the sale would The city already has its own Euro ...... $1.1040/.9058 Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8410 equipment, including a Novem- poses settling aside two trusts be “in the best interests of our power system but relies on PG&E Hungary (Forint) ...... 300.48 ber fire that killed 86 people and totaling $16.9 billion to pay vic- customers and stakeholders.” to deliver electricity to many Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5436 Japan (Yen)...... 107.24 largely destroyed the Northern tims and insurance companies. About 452,000 of the utility’s 5.4 customers. Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3039 California town of Paradise. Another $1 billion will go toward million electric customers are in Money for the purchase would Norway (Krone) ...... 8.9524 Philippines (Peso) ...... 52.02 The company said in court pa- local governments affected by the San Francisco. come from a bond that voters Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.93 pers it was confident it could raise wildfires. San Francisco, where PG&E agreed last year the city could Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7507 Singapore (Dollar)...... 1.3806 more than $30 billion in debt and An attorney for the committee was founded more than a century use. State and federal regulators South Korea (Won) ...... 1,192.77 equity financing from the largest of wildfire victims involved in ago, began examining options would need to sign off on any Switzerland (Franc) ...... 0.9905 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.63 banks in the nation. The strategy the bankruptcy case said she be- for taking over pieces of the util- deal. Turkey (New Lira) ...... 5.7790 (Military exchange rates are those available to customers at military banking MARKET WATCH facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Court says startup may collect LinkedIn data nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., purchasing British pounds in Germany), check with your local military banking Associated Press facility. Commercial rates are interbank LinkedIn invoked a federal anti-hacking law in rates provided for reference when buying telling hiQ to stop and installed technical blocks currency. All figures are foreign currencies SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has to one dollar, except for the British pound, to prevent hiQ from accessing otherwise publicly which is represented in dollars-to-pound, affirmed the right of a startup company to collect and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) information from people’s public profiles on net- available information on LinkedIn users. A 2017 working service LinkedIn. ruling ordered LinkedIn to stop blocking the start- INTEREST RATES The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit up. Linked-In appealed. Prime rate ...... 5.25 in San Francisco upheld a previous ruling Monday LinkedIn said it is disappointed in the decision Discount rate ...... 2.75 Federal funds market rate ...... 2.13 siding with hiQ Labs, a San Francisco company that and evaluating options for an appeal. HiQ did not 3-month bill ...... 1.92 analyzes workforce data scraped from profiles. immediately respond for a message for comment. 30-year bond ...... 2.10 WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Sports College football Pro soccer Tennis SOUTH STATS FCS poll Arkansas St. (1-1) at Georgia (2-0) MLS Jiangxi Open on AFN The top 25 teams in the STATS Foot- Kansas St. (2-0) at Mississippi St. (2-0) EASTERN CONFERENCE Monday ball Championship Subdivision poll, with Chattanooga (1-1) at Tennessee (0-2) W L T Pts GF GA Nanchang International Tennis Center first-place votes in parentheses, records Furman (1-1) at Virginia Tech (1-1) New York City FC 15 5 8 53 53 35 Nanchang, China through Sept. 7, points and previous The Citadel (0-2) at Georgia Tech (1-1) Philadelphia 15 8 6 51 54 42 Surface: Hard-Outdoor Go to the American Forces rank: Norfolk St. (1-1) at Coastal Carolina (1-1) Atlanta 15 10 3 48 47 33 Singles Record Pts Pvs Morgan St. (0-1) at James Madison (1-1) D.C. United 11 10 9 42 39 38 First Round Network website for the most 1. North Dakota State (149) 2-0 3939 1 Memphis (2-0) at South Alabama (1-1) New York 12 12 5 41 47 44 Rebecca Peterson (5), Sweden, def. up-to-date TV schedules. 2. James Madison (9) 1-1 3712 2 Alabama (2-0) at South Carolina (1-1) Toronto FC 11 10 8 41 49 46 Xun Fangying, China, 6-0, 6-3. 3. South Dakota State 1-1 3639 3 Stanford (1-1) at UCF (2-0) New England 10 10 9 39 42 49 Viktorija Golubic (6), Switzerland, def. myafn.net 4. Eastern Washington 1-1 3398 4 North Greenville (1-0) at W. Carolina (0-2) Montreal 11 15 4 37 42 56 Jaqueline Cristian, Romania, 6-3, 6-2. 5. UC Davis 1-1 3195 5 E. Washington (1-1) at Jacksonville St. Orlando City 9 13 8 35 37 41 Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenia, def. Sara 6. Weber State 1-1 3039 7 (1-1) Chicago 8 12 10 34 44 43 Errani, Italy, 6-1, 6-1. 7. Maine 1-1 2846 6 Bethune-Cookman (1-0) at Miami (0-2) Columbus 8 15 7 31 33 44 Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, def. Monica Pro basketball 8. Towson 2-0 2783 8 SE Louisiana (1-0) at Mississippi (1-1) Cincinnati 5 21 3 18 29 72 Niculescu, Romania, 1-6, 6-3, 4-1 retired. 9. Kennesaw State 1-1 2489 9 Kentucky Christian (2-0) at Morehead WESTERN CONFERENCE Magda Linette (3), Poland, def. Giuli- 10. Montana State 1-1 2268 13 St. (1-1) W L T Pts GF GA ana Olmos, Mexico, 6-3, 6-2. 11. Northern Iowa 1-1 2221 11 Louisville (1-1) at W. Kentucky (1-1) Los Angeles FC 19 4 6 63 76 32 Liu Fangzhou, China, def. Anna Dani- WNBA 12. Nicholls 0-1 2165 10 Kennesaw St. (1-1) at Alabama St. (1-1) Seattle 13 9 7 46 46 45 lina, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. EASTERN CONFERENCE 13. Illinois State 1-1 1693 16 NC A&T (1-1) at Charleston Southern Minnesota 13 9 6 45 46 37 Kateryna Kozlova (7), Ukraine, def. W L Pct GB 14. Central Arkansas 2-0 1542 20 (0-2) San Jose 13 10 5 44 48 43 Greta Arn, Hungary, 6-2, 6-1. x-Washington 26 8 .765 — 15. N.C. A&T 1-1 1385 15 UMass (0-2) at Charlotte (1-1) Real Salt Lake 13 11 4 43 40 35 Doubles x-Connecticut 23 11 .676 3 16. Furman 1-1 1332 17 Fort Valley St. (0-1) at Florida A&M (0-1) Portland 13 11 4 43 45 41 First Round x-Chicago 20 14 .588 6 17. Jacksonville State 1-1 1322 18 NC Central (0-2) at Gardner-Webb (0-2) FC Dallas 12 10 7 43 47 38 Wang Xinyu and Zhu Lin, China, def. Indiana 13 21 .382 13 18. Delaware 2-0 1216 21 Buffalo (1-1) at Liberty (0-2) LA Galaxy 13 12 3 42 41 45 Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, and Lidziya New York 10 24 .294 16 19. Southeast Missouri State 1-1 1170 12 Elon (1-1) at Richmond (1-1) Sporting KC 10 12 7 37 42 47 Marozava (1), Belarus, 6-7 (5), 6-0, 10-4. Atlanta 8 26 .235 18 20. Montana 2-0 1107 22 SC State (2-0) at South Florida (0-2) Colorado 9 14 6 33 47 54 Sofia Shapatava, Georgia, and Emily WESTERN CONFERENCE 21. Wofford 0-1 906 19 Southern Miss. (1-1) at Troy (1-0) Houston 9 15 4 31 38 49 Webley-Smith, Britian, def. Jacqueline W L Pct GB 22. Villanova 2-0 843 24 Colgate (0-2) at William & Mary (1-1) Vancouver 6 15 9 27 30 53 Cako and Ingrid Neel, United States, 6-3, x-Los Angeles 22 12 .647 — 23. Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 782 23 Samford (0-2) at Wofford (0-1) Note: Three points for victory, one 6-3. x-Las Vegas 21 13 .618 1 24. Sam Houston State 1-1 516 25 Ohio (1-1) at Marshall (1-1) point for tie. x-Minnesota 18 16 .529 4 25. Elon 1-1 289 — Kent St. (1-1) at Auburn (2-0) Saturday, Sept. 7 Japan Women’s Open x-Seattle 18 16 .529 4 Others: Indiana State 256, Princeton WV Wesleyan (0-1) at Davidson (2-0) New York City FC 2, New England 1 x-Phoenix 15 19 .441 7 229, S.C. State 167, Duquesne 109, ETSU New Hampshire (0-1) at FIU (0-2) Toronto FC 5, Cincinnati 1 Monday Dallas 10 24 .294 12 100, Stony Brook 99, Eastern Kentucky Florida (2-0) at Kentucky (2-0) Los Angeles FC 2, Orlando City 2, tie Hiroshima Regional Park Tennis Court x-clinched playoff spot 91, Dartmouth 83, Youngstown State 50, Alcorn St. (1-1) at McNeese St. (1-1) Colorado 2, Seattle 0 Hiroshima, Japan Sunday’s games Alcorn State 46, Colgate 44, Mercer 42, Austin Peay (1-1) at Mercer (2-0) Portland 2, Sporting Kansas City 1 Surface: Hard-Outdoor New York 71, Atlanta 63 McNeese 35, Yale 30, Dayton 30, Lamar Duke (1-1) at Middle Tennessee (1-1) Wednesday’s games Singles Indiana 104, Connecticut 76 30, Southern Illinois 28, Northern Arizona Alabama A&M (1-1) at North Alabama Toronto FC at New York City FC First Round Seattle 78, Dallas 64 26, Monmouth 24, Chattanooga 15, Cal (1-1) Minnesota at Houston Zarina Diyas (6), Kazakhstan, def. Los Angeles 77, Minnesota 68 Poly 11, Holy Cross 3, Sacramento State Jacksonville (0-1) at Presbyterian (0-1) LA Galaxy at Colorado Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-2, 6-2. Washington 100, Chicago 86 2, Idaho State 2, Citadel 1. Edward Waters (0-1) at Southern U. (0-2) San Jose at Real Salt Lake Priscilla Hon, Australia, def. Katarzyna Las Vegas 98, Phoenix 89 Jackson St. (0-2) at Tennessee St. (1-1) Saturday’s games Kawa, Poland, 6-0, 1-6, 6-4. Monday’s games FCS Coaches poll Virginia-Wise (1-0) at Tennessee Tech San Jose at New York City FC Veronika Kudermetova (2), Russia, No games scheduled (1-1) FC Dallas at Chicago def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, Tuesday’s games Through Sept. 7 VMI (1-1) at ETSU (1-1) Columbus at Atlanta 6-4, 6-2. No games scheduled Record Pts Pvs Northwestern St. (0-2) at LSU (2-0) Cincinnati at Montreal Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def. Liud- Wednesday’s games 1. North Dakota State (26) 2-0 650 1 Texas Southern (0-2) at Louisiana-La- New England at Orlando City mila Samsonova, Russia, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Phoenix at Chicago 2. James Madison 1-1 621 2 fayette (1-1) Los Angeles FC at Philadelphia Alison Van Uytvanck (3), Belgium, def. Minnesota at Seattle 3. South Dakota State 1-1 599 3 Florida St. (1-1) at Virginia (2-0) Houston at Vancouver Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2. 4. UC Davis 1-1 546 4 Missouri St. (0-1) at Tulane (1-1) Sunday’s games Doubles 5. Eastern Washington 1-1 543 5 MIDWEST D.C. United at Portland First Round 6. Weber State 1-1 474 8 Colorado at Toronto FC Anastasia Potapova and Yana Siziko- Miami (Ohio) (1-1) at Cincinnati (1-1) va, Russia, def. Giorgina Garcia Perez Deals 7. Kennesaw State 1-1 464 7 E. Michigan (1-1) at Illinois (2-0) Real Salt Lake at Minnesota 8. Towson 2-0 457 9 and Sara Torribes Tormo (4), Spain, 6-4, Ohio St. (2-0) at Indiana (2-0) New York at Seattle 6-4. 9. Maine 1-1 423 6 E. Kentucky (1-1) at Indiana St. (0-2) Sporting Kansas City at LA Galaxy 10. Northern Iowa 1-1 388 12 Christina McHale, United States, and Monday’s transactions FAU (0-2) at Ball St. (1-1) Wednesday, Sept. 18 Valeria Savinykh, Russia, def. Kyoka Oka- 11. Nicholls 0-1 355 10 Atlanta at Cincinnati 12. Illinois State 1-1 319 16 CCSU (2-0) at Valparaiso (0-1) mura and Ayano Shimizu, Japan, 6-4, 6-3. BASEBALL Duquesne (1-0) at Youngstown St. (2-0) New York at Portland American League 13. Furman 1-1 312 11 14. Central Arkansas 2-0 311 18 New Mexico (1-0) at Notre Dame (1-0) FC Dallas at Seattle BOSTON RED SOX — Fired director of Akron (0-2) at Cent. Michigan (1-1) Saturday, Sept. 21 baseball operations Dave Dombrowski. 15. Montana State 1-1 291 19 Zhengzhou Open Illinois St. (1-1) at E. Illinois (0-2) San Jose at Atlanta MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the 16. Jacksonville State 1-1 264 17 Monday contract of OF Ryan LaMarre from Roch- 17. N.C. A&T 1-1 226 14 Houston Baptist (1-1) at South Dakota Columbus at Vancouver At Central Plains Tennis Center ester (IL). 18. Delaware 2-0 180 21 (0-2) Chicago at Cincinnati Zhengzhou, China OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled 18. Montana 2-0 180 23 Georgia Southern (1-1) at Minnesota (2-0) Real Salt Lake at New England Purse: $1.5 million (Premier) OF Luis Barrera from Midland (TL) and 20. Southeast Missouri State 1-1 149 13 UNLV (1-1) at Northwestern (0-1) Orlando City at Houston Surface: Hard-Outdoor placed him on the 60-day IL. Selected the 21. Sam Houston State 1-1 140 22 Iowa (2-0) at Iowa St. (1-0) Colorado at Sporting Kansas City Singles contract of LHP Jeszardo from Las Ve- 22. Wofford 0-1 136 20 Arizona St. (2-0) at Michigan St. (2-0) Montreal at LA Galaxy First Round gas (PCL). Recalled RHP Daniel Mengden 23. Villanova 2-0 75 — Montana St. (1-1) at W. Illinois (0-2) Toronto FC at Los Angeles FC Sofia Kenin (6), United States, def. from Las Vegas. 24. Southeastern Louisiana 0-1 71 — Louisiana Tech (1-1) at Bowling Green Chloe Paquet, France, 6-2, 7-5. National League 25. Princeton 0-0 50 25 (1-1) NWSL Petra Martic (7), Croatia, def. Jasmine CHICAGO CUBS — Selected the con- Others receiving votes: Indiana State Sam Houston St. (1-1) at North Dakota Paolini, Italy, 7-5, 6-1. tract of INF Nico Hoerner from Tennes- 37, S.C. State 31, Youngstown State 31, (1-1) W L T Pts GF GA Caroline Garcia (8), France, def. Tereza see (SL). Recalled RHP James Norwood Colgate 22, Yale 18, Elon 16, Northern Ari- Taylor (0-1) at Butler (1-1) Portland 10 4 6 36 39 23 Martincova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. from Iowa (PCL). Designated LHP Randy zona 16, Alcorn State 12, Portland State UT Martin (1-1) at S. Illinois (1-1) North Carolina 10 4 4 34 34 18 Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Ta- Rosario was designated for assignment. 11, North Alabama 5, Mercer 4, North Murray St. (1-1) at Toledo (0-1) Chicago 10 8 2 32 32 26 mara Zidansek, Slovenia, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1. Optioned RHP Adbert Alzolay to South Dakota 4, Delaware State 3, Eastern Ken- Georgia St. (2-0) at W. Michigan (1-1) Utah 9 6 4 31 20 15 Doubles Bend (MW). tucky 3, Lamar 3, The Citadel 3, Dayton 2, SE Missouri (1-1) at Missouri (1-1) Reign FC 8 5 6 30 19 21 First Round BASKETBALL Stony Brook 2, Cal Poly 1, Dartmouth 1, TCU (1-0) at Purdue (1-1) Washington 7 7 4 25 22 19 Desirae Krawczyk, United States, and National Basketball Association Incarnate Word 1. N. Illinois (1-1) at Nebraska (1-1) Houston 6 9 4 22 18 31 Ellen Perez, Austria, def. Ulrikke Eikeri, CHICAGO BULLS — Waived G Antonio SOUTHWEST Sky Blue FC 4 12 4 16 16 27 Norway, and Laura Pigossi, Brazil, 7-5, Blakeney. Oklahoma St. (2-0) at Tulsa (1-1) Orlando 4 13 2 14 20 40 6-2. Women’s NBA Schedule Army (1-1) at UTSA (1-1) Note: Three points for victory, one Monique Adamczak, Australia, and INDIANA FEVER — Fired coach and Friday, Sept. 13 Colorado St. (1-1) at Arkansas (1-1) point for tie. Han Xinyun, China, def. Cornelia Lister, general manager Pokey Chatman. EAST Langston (1-0) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (1-1) Friday, Sept. 6 Sweden, and Renata Voracova, Czech FOOTBALL Kansas (1-1) at Boston College (2-0) Abilene Christian (1-1) at Cent. Arkan- Utah 1, Portland 0 Republic, 6-3, 6-4. National Football League SOUTH sas (2-0) Saturday, Sept. 7 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released TE North Carolina (2-0) at Wake Forest (2-0) Nicholls (0-1) at Prairie View (1-1) North Carolina 2, Sky Blue FC 1 Darrell Daniels. Re-signed OL Jeremy Vu- FAR WEST Texas St. (0-2) at SMU (2-0) Reign FC 3, Orlando 1 jnovich. Houston (1-1) at Washington St. (2-0) Lamar (2-0) at Texas A&M (1-1) Sunday, Sept. 8 Golf ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed G Chris Saturday, Sept. 14 Rice (0-2) at Texas (1-1) Chicago 3, Houston 0 Lindstrom on IR. Agreed to terms with OL EAST FAR WEST Wednesday’s games John Wetzel. Catholic (0-1) at Georgetown (1-1) Air Force (1-0) at Colorado (2-0) Chicago at Orlando World rankings JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Acquired Stetson (1-0) at Marist (0-1) Southern Cal (2-0) at BYU (1-1) North Carolina at Portland QB Josh Dobbs from Pittsburgh for a Pittsburgh (1-1) at Penn St. (2-0) North Texas (1-1) at California (2-0) Friday’s game Through Sept. 8 2020 fifth-round draft pick. Placed QB Merrimack (1-1) at St. Francis (Pa.) (1-1) Cal Poly (1-1) at Oregon St. (0-2) Utah at Houston 1. Brooks Koepka USA 12.62 Nick Foles on IR. Maryland (2-0) at Temple (1-0) Idaho St. (1-0) at Utah (2-0) Saturday’s games 2. Rory McIlroy NIR 9.68 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed NC State (2-0) at West Virginia (1-1) Idaho (1-1) at Wyoming (2-0) Orlando at North Carolina 3. Dustin Johnson USA 8.81 WR Antonio Brown. Released TE Lance Sacred Heart (1-1) at Lafayette (0-2) W. New Mexico (0-1) at N. Arizona (1-1) Reign FC at Washington 4. Justin Rose ENG 7.60 Kendricks and DB Obi Melifonwu. Re- Fordham (0-2) at Bryant (0-2) Weber St. (1-1) at Nevada (1-1) Sunday’s game 5. Justin Thomas USA 7.20 leased TE Stephen Anderson from the N. Dakota St. (2-0) at Delaware (2-0) Hawaii (2-0) at Washington (1-1) Chicago at Sky Blue FC 6. Jon Rahm ESP 6.89 practice squad. Albany (NY) (1-1) at Monmouth (NJ) (1-1) San Diego St. (2-0) at New Mexico St. Tuesday, Sept. 17 7. Patrick Cantlay USA 6.79 OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed WR Kee- Dayton (1-0) at Robert Morris (0-2) (0-2) Houston at North Carolina 8. Tiger Woods USA 6.37 lan Doss. East Carolina (1-1) at Navy (1-0) Oklahoma (2-0) at UCLA (0-2) Wednesday, Sept. 18 9. Xander Schauffele USA 6.10 TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed WR Kalif Lincoln (Pa.) (0-1) at Delaware St. (0-1) Stephen F. Austin (0-2) at S. Utah (0-2) Utah at Reign FC 10. Bryson DeChambeau USA 6.04 Raymond to the practice squad. Hampton (1-1) at Howard (0-2) N. Colorado (0-2) at Sacramento St. (1-1) Saturday, Sept. 21 11. Francesco Molinari ITA 6.04 HOCKEY Villanova (2-0) at Bucknell (0-2) Lehigh (0-2) at UC Davis (1-1) Washington at Chicago 12. Tony Finau USA 5.62 National Hockey League Wagner (0-2) at Stony Brook (1-1) Portland St. (1-1) at Boise St. (2-0) North Carolina Courage at Utah 13. Tommy Fleetwood ENG 5.49 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed D Texas Tech (2-0) at Arizona (1-1) Sky Blue FC at Reign FC 14. Paul Casey ENG 5.49 Zach Werenski to a three-year contract Towson (2-0) at Maine (1-1) Clemson (2-0) at Syracuse (1-1) Montana (2-0) at Oregon (1-1) Houston at Portland 15. Adam Scott AUS 5.49 extension. 16. Webb Simpson USA 5.46 SOCCER 17. Patrick Reed USA 5.10 U.S. SOCCER — Announced the resig- 18. Gary Woodland USA 5.08 nation of CEO and Secretary General Dan 19. Rickie Fowler USA 4.96 Flynn, effective Sept. 16. Boxing 20. Matt Kuchar USA 4.87 Major League Soccer 21. Shane Lowry IRL 4.74 MLS — Issued an additional game sus- Jose Zepeda, 10, junior welterweights; terweights; Jesus Ramos vs. Rickey Ed- pension and an additional undisclosed Fight schedule 22. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.11 Isaac Lowe vs. Ruben Garcia Hernandez, wards, 10, super lightweights. 23. Jason Day AUS 3.88 fine to FC Cincinnati F Kekuta Manneh Sept. 13 10, featherweights; Felix Valera vs Vy- Sept. 28 for violent conduct in an Aug. 31 match 24. Marc Leishman AUS 3.81 At Madison Square Garden, New York, acheslav Shabranskyy, 10, light heavy- At Staples Center, Los Angeles, Errol 25. Bubba Watson USA 3.71 against FC Dallas. Devin Haney vs. Zaur Abdullaev, 12, for weights. Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter, 12, for Spen- COLLEGE 26. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 3.60 the interim WBC World lightweight title; At Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, ce’s IBF/WBC World welterweight titles; 27. Chez Reavie USA 3.59 CLEMSON — Named Jared Broughton Michael Hunter vs. Sergey Kuzmin, 10, Calif., Jaime Munguia vs. Patrick Allotey, volunteer assistant baseball coach. Anthony Dirrell vs. David Benavidez, 12, 28. Kevin Kisner USA 3.58 for Hunter’s WBA Inter-Continetal heavy- 12, for Munguia’s WBO World super wel- for Dirrell’s WBC World super middle- 29. Matthew Fitzpatrick ENG 3.53 COASTAL CAROLINA—Named Sara No- weight title. tereight title; Ryan Garcia vs. Avery Spar- lan assistant women’s lacrosse coach. weight title; Mario Barrios vs. Batyr 30. Matt Wallace ENG 3.44 Sept. 14 row, 10, lightweights. Akhmedov, 12, for the vacant WBA World MARSHALL — Dismissed RB Tyler King At London, Sunny Edwards vs. Hugo Sept. 20 31. Henrik Stenson SWE 3.11 from the football team for an unspeci- super lightweight title; Josesito Lopez 32. Ian Poulter ENG 3.03 Rosendo Guarneros, 12, for Edwards At La Hacienda Event Center, Midland, vs. John Molina Jr., 10, welterweights; fied violation of team rules and policies. IBF International super flyweight title; Texas, Ruben Villa vs. Enrique Vivas, 33. Jordan Spieth USA 3.01 MEMPHIS — Promoted Corey Green to Brad Foster vs. Lucien Reid, 12, for Fos- 10, for Villa’s WBO International feath- Robert Guerrero vs. Jerry Thomas, 10, 34. Kevin Na USA 3.00 director of women’s basketball opera- ter’s British super bantamweight title; erweight title; Michael Dutchover vs. welterweights. 35. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.98 tions. Named Madeleine Sikmon gradu- Dec Spelman vs. Shakan Pitters, 10, for Thomas Mattice, 10, lightweights. Oct. 1 36. Billy Horschel USA 2.96 ate assistant women’s basketball coach. Spelman’s BBBofC English light heavy- Sept. 21 At Osaka, Japan, Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. 37. Abraham Ancer MEX 2.92 SOUTHERN CAL — Announced the res- weight title; Zak Chelli vs. Kody Davies, At Rabobank Theater, Bakersfield, Tetsuya Hisada, 12, for Kyoguchi’s WBA 38. Brandt Snedeker USA 2.89 ignation of athletic director Lynn Swann. 10, light heavyweights. Calif., Jeison Rosario vs. Bakhram Mur- Super World light flyweight title. 39. Keegan Bradley USA 2.88 Named Dave Roberts interim athletic di- At T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Tyson tazaliev, 12, super welterweights; Pe- Oct. 5 40. Phil Mickelson USA 2.87 rector. Fury vs. Otto Wallin, 12, heavyweights; ter Quillin vs. Alfredo Angulo, 12, super At Madison Square Garden, New York, 41. Rafa Cabrera Bello ESP 2.80 TEMPLE — Named Katie Gwinn Hewitt Emanuel Navarrete vs. Juan Miguel middleweights; Chris Colbert vs. Miguel Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs. Gennady 42. Eddie Pepperell ENG 2.71 assistant athletics director for branding Elorde, 12, for Navarrete’s WBO junior Beltran Jr., 10, featherweights; Thomas Golovkin, 12, for the vacant IBF middle- 43. Sergio Garcia ESP 2.71 and digital strategy. featherweight title; Jose Pedraza vs. Dulorme vs. Terrel Williams, 10, wel- weight title. 44. Andrew Putnam USA 2.68 Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 NHL Labor talks breeding cautious optimism

BY STEPHEN WHYNO pretation of silence,” said Ross, director is important and how to proceed. Roughly Associated Press of the Penn State Institute for Sports Law, 50 players met last week in Chicago, and Policy and Research. “The fact that there’s there is consensus talks are moving in the Representatives from the NHL and NHL nothing public and no leaks suggests to right direction. Players’ Association have met numerous me a high likelihood that things are going “Just from what I’ve heard, everything’s times in the past eight months and not once well and nobody wants to damage the good been really positive,” Pittsburgh Penguins in a secret underground bunker or a dark relations.” captain Sidney Crosby said. “I try not to parking garage. Toews and other prominent players have read into everything too much, but I think Unlike previous collective bargaining made it known they’re not happy with initially everything seems really good.” negotiations that spilled out into the pub- some financial aspects of the CBA, namely If players decide not to opt out, the NHL lic, few details are emerging from behind the escrow payments connected to the is guaranteed labor peace for at least the closed doors, a development that provides Fehr Bettman 50/50 split of hockey revenues with own- next three seasons with the hope the two more than a little quiet optimism that ers. Health care and Olympic participation sides can extend it longer than that. hockey won’t face its third work stoppage there aren’t disagreements, but they may are also issues, though there could be other “If they opt out, then we’ll have to be fo- in two decades. not be big enough to cause the cancellation topics moving to the forefront privately. cused on this at the time a little differently “It’s probably the way it should be, and I of games, which is what happened in 2012- think that’s probably a good sign that there 13 and 2004-05. That’s no accident. than we are right now,” Bettman said. “I’m is some mutual respect and both sides are “This is an outgrowth of a relationship “We’ve been told to give the answer that not going to threaten anything. I’m not trying to come to agreements,” Chicago that is many years old, even with Don in we’re working on it,” Arizona Coyotes going to suggest anything. We’ll deal with Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said. hockey coming over from baseball,” Bett- player representative Derek Stepan said. it if that’s what happens. It’s their decision “You have mutual dedication to keeping man said. “It’s a dialogue that continues. “Everyone’s on the same page, and that’s and I don’t want to say anything that im- our game going down the same path and It’s a relationship that’s important, there’s huge. I went through the one in 2012 and it pacts that decision one way or the other. not disrupting that.” mutual respect, there’s good communica- seemed a little more chaotic. But this one, It’ll be what it’ll be.” Players have until Sunday to decide tion flow and we’re busy focused on what it seems a little more organized and guys Ross said Fehr, who was the longtime whether to opt out of the current labor may for each of our constituents be the ap- are on the same page, and that’s a huge head of the Major League Baseball Play- contract effective September 2020 after propriate path forward.” thing.” ers Association, is a master at playing the owners decided earlier this month not to On the job since 2010, Fehr said these Bettman and the owners showed a uni- chess match of preparing for and weighing trigger their opt-out clause. The sides met talks have so far been “free from ran- fied front in announcing they would like various scenarios in bargaining talks. He’s twice in the past five days to try to hammer cor” and deemed that a big improvement. to maintain labor peace for the next few not showing his hand on which way the out a CBA extension, and the fragments of It’s certainly a divergence from the past years because the league is healthy. It’s NHLPA might be leaning. reports coming out of talks suggest an en- two CBA disputes in the NHL that were no surprise given the owners’ gains in the “Guys understand the importance of vironment of cooperation that is less con- marred by leaks. It all leads labor expert 2005 and 2013 agreements that they feel this and what’s coming up, they’re in- tentious than previous negotiations. Stephen F. Ross to infer talks are progress- this way, and players were always the ones formed and we’re on the same page,” said NHLPA executive director Don Fehr ing better this time around. most likely to reopen this CBA to tweak Ryan O’Reilly, whose St. Louis Blues won described talks as cordial and pleasant. “The NHL has a particular history that some things. the Stanley Cup last season. “There’s stuff NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman called I think would allow a, not 100 percent Several players said the diverse, 700- going on, and hopefully it gets solved the it joint problem-solving. That doesn’t mean choice, but a relatively optimistic inter- plus-member NHLPA is united on what right way.” PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 MLB Yanks end Red Sox’s reign atop AL East Boston eliminated from division race, still in playoff hunt

BY KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON — The music blared in the clubhouse behind the door to manager Aaron Boone’s office — “New York, New York” was playing through the speakers, and a few voices could be heard joining in on the lyrics. The New York Yankees had an extra rea- son to be happy after ending their longtime rivals’ run atop the AL East. New York officially stopped Boston’s three-year reign as division champion, blanking the Red Sox 5-0 Monday night be- hind another big effort by James Paxton. “Absolutely, it’s awesome,” Paxton said. “We feel really confident as a team right now and it feels great to knock those guys out.” Hours after the defending World Series champion Red Sox parted ways with team president Dave Dombrowski, and right after former star David Ortiz returned to Fenway Park three months after being shot, they were shut out at home for the first time this season. Boston dropped 18 ½ games behind the /AP division-leading Yankees with 18 games MICHAEL DWYER left. James Paxton (13-6) won his eighth straight start Monday as the New York Yankees shut out the Red Sox 5-0 in Boston. The Red Sox are still in playoff conten- tion, but just barely. They remained eight time rivals. New York increased its club division,” Boone said. “We know the Red 1.03 ERA in his last four starts, and the games behind the second wild-card spot. record to 270 homers, a night after setting Sox, defending world champs. We know Red Sox lost for just the second time (12-2) Paxton (13-6) won his eighth straight the mark. how great they were a year ago. To play when he started at Fenway Park. 2 start, allowing four hits in 6 ⁄3 innings, as “It’s not about talent. We’re very tal- well against that team is satisfying. As far Romine sliced his homer down the right- the Yankees increased their lead to nine ented, it just happened that over 19 games as who you knock out, we want to win a field line past the Pesky Pole, making it 1-0 games over second-place Tampa Bay. New they were better than us,” Boston manager little more to shore up the division.” in the fifth. York is tied with Houston for the best re- Alex Cora said. Paxton struck out seven and walked New York broke it open by getting three cord in the majors. Last year, the Red Sox clinched the East three in setting a career best in victories. runs off Darwinzon Hernandez in the sev- Austin Romine and Gio Urshela each in Yankee Stadium, and also knocked them Eduardo Rodriguez (17-6) gave up one enth. Urshela led off with his homer into hit solo homers for the Yankees, who took out of the playoffs there in the divisional run in six innings, striking out nine with the Green Monster seats. DJ LeMahieu the final three of a four-game series and round. five hits and a walk while throwing a sea- had an RBI double and scored on Gleyber finished the season 14-5 against their long- “We wanted to be in a position to win this son-high 117 pitches. He was 4-0 with a Torres’ sacrifice fly. Roundup Alonso, deGrom lead Mets past D-backs

Associated Press Astros 15, Athletics 0: Zack Trent Grisham had a career-high Bieber pitched seven stellar in- Greinke (15-5) struck out five five hits and drove in two runs, nings of five-hit ball in his first NEW YORK — Pete Alonso hit in six strong innings, Robinson and visiting Milwaukee won its career start at his hometown sta- two home runs to take the major Chirinos and Yordan Alvarez fourth straight. dium, and rookie Yu Chang hit league lead, Jacob deGrom struck each homered twice as host Hous- Yasmani Grandal hit a two- his first major league homer in out 11 and the New York Mets ton hit a major league-record six run homer and Lorenzo Cain had visiting Cleveland’s win over Los beat the Arizona Diamondbacks home runs in the first two innings three hits and knocked in a run Angeles. 3-1 Monday night in the opener during a rout of Oakland. for the Brewers in a game that Bieber (14-7) struck out eight of a crucial four-game series for After a 21-1 win over Seattle on lasted 4 hours, 8 minutes. without a walk while allowing both teams. Sunday, the Astros set a franchise Milwaukee moved within six only one run for the first time The Diamondbacks slipped to record for runs scored in consec- games of idle first-place St. Louis since July. He retired 17 of his 2 ½ games behind the Cubs for utive games with 36. in the NL Central. The Brewers final 18 hitters. the second NL wild-card spot and Braves 7, Phillies 2: Mike remain two games out of the sec- Cubs 10, Padres 2: Touted the Mets trail by four. Foltynewicz (6-5) threw seven im- ond wild-card spot occupied by prospect Nico Hoerner had three Alonso hit a solo drive in the pressive innings, Josh Donaldson the division rival Chicago Cubs. hits and four RBIs in his big first inning, then connected for and Ronald Acuna Jr. hit homers Pirates 6, Giants 4: Rookie league debut and made some nice his 47th home run in the fifth. He and NL East-leading Atlanta beat Bryan Reynolds hit a go-ahead plays at shortstop as visiting Chi- moved two ahead of Mike Trout visiting Philadelphia. single against his former team cago beat San Diego and snapped for most in the majors and closed Atlanta increased its lead over during a four-run rally in the a three-game losing streak. KATHY WILLENS/AP within five of Aaron Judge’s rook- Washington to 9 ½ games and ninth inning that sent visiting The 22-year-old Hoerner, the Mets rookie Pete Alonso ie record set two years ago. reduced its magic number to 10 Pittsburgh over San Francisco. Cubs’ first-round draft pick out of watches the second of his two DeGrom (9-8) allowed one run with 17 games remaining. The Down 4-2, the Pirates used Stanford in 2018, was promoted home runs, a solo shot in the and three hits in seven innings. Phillies fell three games behind three pinch-hitters and came from Double-A Tennessee earlier fifth inning, during Monday’s He gave up a home run to former the Cubs for the second wild-card back against three Giants reliev- in the day because All-Star short- game against the Arizona teammate Wilmer Flores in the spot in the NL. ers in the ninth. stop Javier Baez and Addison Diamondbacks in New York. fifth. Brewers 8, Marlins 3: Rookie Indians 6, Angels 2: Shane Russell are sidelined by injuries. Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 MLB SCOREBOARD

American League Wild-card race Brewers 8, Marlins 3 East Division AMERICAN LEAGUE Milwaukee Miami W L Pct GB W L Pct WCGB ab r h bi ab r h bi New York 95 50 .655 — Tampa Bay 86 59 .593 — Grisham lf 6 2 5 2 Rojas ss 5 0 3 2 Tampa Bay 86 59 .593 9 Oakland 84 60 .583 — Grandal c 5 2 2 2 Walker 1b 3 0 1 1 Boston 76 68 .528 18A Yelich rf 3 1 1 0 Cooper rf 5 0 2 0 Toronto 55 89 .382 39A Cleveland 84 61 .576 ½ Thames 1b 1 1 0 0 Castro 3b 3 0 0 0 Baltimore 46 97 .322 48 Braun ph 0 0 0 1 Alfaro c 5 0 1 0 Central Division NATIONAL LEAGUE Peralta p 0 0 0 0 Diaz 2b 5 0 0 0 Minnesota 88 55 .615 — W L Pct WCGB Jackson p 1 0 0 0 Ramirez lf 5 1 2 0 Cleveland 84 61 .579 5 Washington 79 63 .556 — Black p 0 0 0 0 Berti cf 3 2 1 0 Chicago 63 80 .441 25 Chicago 77 66 .538 — Faria p 0 0 0 0 Dugger p 1 0 0 0 Kansas City 53 91 .368 35A Cain cf 5 0 3 1 Moran p 0 0 0 0 Arizona 75 69 .521 2 Detroit 42 100 .296 45A Spngnbrg 2b 3 0 0 1 Guerrero p 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee 75 68 .524 2½ Shaw 3b 4 0 0 1 Grndrson ph 1 0 0 0 West Division Philadelphia 74 69 .517 3 Perez ss 5 1 1 0 Chen p 0 0 0 0 Houston 95 50 .655 — New York 73 70 .510 4 Lyles p 2 0 0 0 Kinley p 0 0 0 0 Oakland 84 60 .583 10A Albers p 0 0 0 0 Sierra ph 1 0 0 0 Texas 72 73 .497 23 Freitas ph 1 0 0 0 Quijada p 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 67 78 .462 28 Monday Austin 1b 1 1 0 0 Keller p 0 0 0 0 Seattle 58 86 .403 36A Braves 7, Phillies 2 Prado ph 0 0 0 0 Noesi p 0 0 0 0 Atlanta Philadelphia Urena p 0 0 0 0 National League ab r h bi ab r h bi Totals 37 8 12 8 Totals 37 3 10 3 East Division Acuna cf-rf 3 3 1 1 Hrnndez 2b 4 1 1 1 MATT SLOCUM/AP Milwaukee 200 011 400—8 W L Pct GB Albies 2b 5 1 2 1 Realmuto c 4 0 1 0 Miami 000 012 000—3 Atlanta 90 55 .621 — Freeman 1b 5 1 3 1 Harper rf 4 0 0 0 The Phillies’ Bryce Harper reacts after striking out against Braves LOB—Milwaukee 12, Miami 14. 2B— Washington 79 63 .556 9A Donldson 3b 3 1 1 3 Hoskins 1b 4 0 1 0 Grisham (4), Cain (27), Perez (10), Berti Philadelphia 74 69 .517 15 Joyce rf 3 0 0 0 Dickerson lf 4 1 1 1 starter Mike Foltynewicz during the fourth inning on Monday. (12). 3B—Grisham (1). HR—Grandal (26). New York 73 70 .510 16 Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 Segura ss 3 0 0 0 SB—Rojas (7), Berti (10). SF—Braun (3). Miami 51 92 .357 38 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 Haseley cf 2 0 0 0 S—Spangenberg (1). Central Division McCann c 4 0 0 0 Kngry ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Yankees 5, Red Sox 0 Astros 15, Athletics 0 IP H R ER BB SO Swanson ss 2 1 1 0 Franco 3b 2 0 0 0 St. Louis 81 62 .566 — New York Boston Oakland Houston Milwaukee Chicago 77 66 .538 4 Ortega lf 4 0 0 0 Rodrgz ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Lyles 4B 4 1 1 3 3 Foltynwicz p 3 0 0 0 Nola p 1 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Milwaukee 75 68 .524 6 LeMahieu 2b 5 1 1 1 Betts rf 5 0 1 0 Semien ss 2 0 0 0 Springer cf 3 1 1 0 Albers W,6-5 C 0 0 0 1 0 Cincinnati 67 77 .465 14A Camargo ph 1 0 0 0 Miller ph 1 0 1 0 Peralta H,4 C 3 2 2 1 2 Hamilton cf 0 0 0 0 Pivetta p 0 0 0 0 Judge rf 4 0 2 0 Devers 3b 3 0 1 0 Barreto ss 2 0 0 0 Tucker rf-1b 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 63 81 .438 18A Grossman rf 4 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 3 2 3 2 Jackson H,1 1 2 0 0 2 1 Garcia p 0 0 0 0 Torres ss 4 0 2 1 Bogaerts ss 4 0 0 0 B West Division Encrncion 1b 5 0 1 0 Martinez dh 3 0 0 0 Chapman 3b 2 0 0 0 Stubbs lf 2 1 1 0 Black H,1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Los Angeles 93 52 .641 — Pirela ph 1 0 0 0 Neuse 3b 2 0 0 0 Brantley lf 3 2 2 1 Faria 1 1 0 0 0 2 Davis p 0 0 0 0 Voit dh 5 0 2 1 Vazquez c 4 0 2 0 Arizona 75 69 .521 17A Olson 1b 1 0 0 0 Marisnck cf 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 7 8 6 Totals 32 2 5 2 Gardner cf 5 0 0 0 Travis 1b 3 0 0 0 Miami San Francisco 69 75 .479 23A Herrmann lf 2 0 1 0 Bregman ss 2 1 1 3 Dugger L,0-2 3 4 2 2 4 3 Atlanta 220 000 300—7 Urshela 3b 4 1 2 1 M.Hrndz ph-2b 1 0 0 0 San Diego 66 77 .462 26 Maybin lf 4 0 0 0 Holt 2b-1b 3 0 0 0 Canha cf 1 0 0 0 Straw pr-ss 2 0 0 0 Moran 1C 2 1 1 0 1 Colorado 60 84 .417 32A Philadelphia 000 010 001—2 Pinder ph-cf 2 0 1 0 Alvarez dh 5 2 2 2 Guerrero B 0 0 0 0 0 DP—Atlanta 0, Philadelphia 2. LOB— Romine c 2 3 2 1 Owings ph 1 0 0 0 Monday’s games G.Hrnndz lf 4 0 0 0 Brown lf-1b 3 0 0 0 Diaz 1b-2b 4 2 1 0 Chen B 2 1 1 1 0 Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 3. 2B—Freeman Davis dh 2 0 1 0 Toro 3b 4 2 2 0 Kinley C 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 0 (32), Swanson (23). HR—Acuna Jr. (38), Brsdley cf 3 0 3 0 Houston 15, Oakland 0 Totals 38 5 12 5 Totals 34 0 7 0 Mrphy ph-dh 0 0 0 0 Chirinos c 4 2 3 6 Quijada C 3 4 4 2 2 Donaldson (37), Dickerson (6), Hernan- Profar 2b 3 0 0 0 Rddick rf-cf 4 0 1 0 B Cleveland 6, L.A. Angels 2 New York 000 010 301—5 Keller 0 0 0 0 1 dez (10). SB—Swanson (8). Phegley c 3 0 0 0 Noesi 1 0 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 2 Boston 000 000 000—0 Totals 29 0 3 0 Totals 39 15 17 14 N.Y. Mets 3, Arizona 1 IP H R ER BB SO LOB—New York 10, Boston 10. 2B—Tor- Urena 1 1 0 0 0 2 Atlanta res (24), Voit (19), Romine (10), Judge Oakland 000 000 000— 0 Jackson pitched to 5 batters in the Milwaukee 8, Miami 3 7th. HBP—Moran (Thames). WP—Faria, Foltynewicz W,6-5 7 3 1 1 0 7 (16), Urshela (33), Bradley Jr. (23). HR— Houston 650 001 30x—15 Pittsburgh 6, San Francisco 4 E—Barreto (5), Altuve (12). DP—Oak- Guerrero. T—4:08. A—6,672 (36,742). Chicago Cubs 10, San Diego 2 Newcomb 1 0 0 0 0 1 Romine (7), Urshela (19). SF—Torres (6). Tomlin 1 2 1 1 0 0 land 3, Houston 2. LOB—Oakland 3, Hous- Tuesday’s games IP H R ER BB SO ton 2. 2B—Pinder (19). 3B—Toro (2). HR— Pirates 6, Giants 4 N.Y. Yankees at Detroit Philadelphia New York Bregman (35), Alvarez 2 (24), Chirinos 2 L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore Nola L,12-5 6 6 4 4 4 7 Paxton W,13-6 6C 4 0 0 3 7 (17), Altuve (26), Brantley (21). Pittsburgh San Francisco Pivetta 1 2 3 3 1 0 Boston at Toronto Britton B 1 0 0 0 1 IP H R ER BB SO ab r h bi ab r h bi Washington at Minnesota Garcia 1 0 0 0 1 1 Newman 2b 5 1 1 2 Ystrzmski lf 2 2 0 0 Gearrin 1 1 0 0 0 1 Oakland Tampa Bay at Texas Davis 1 0 0 0 0 1 Lyons 1 1 0 0 0 1 Reynolds cf 5 1 2 1 Slater ph 1 0 0 0 Kansas City at Chicago White Sox T—2:47. A—25,071 (43,647). Fiers L,14-4 1 9 9 9 0 1 Cabrera rf 5 0 1 1 Posey c 4 0 1 0 Boston Blackburn 5 8 6 5 1 0 Oakland at Houston Osuna 1b 3 0 0 1 Belt 1b 4 0 3 2 Rodriguez L,17-6 6 5 1 1 1 9 Trivino 1 0 0 0 0 1 Reyes lf 5 0 0 0 Longoria 3b 4 0 1 1 Cleveland at L.A. Angels Cubs 10, Padres 2 Hernandez B 3 3 3 0 1 Buchter 1 0 0 0 1 0 Cincinnati at Seattle Stallings c 3 1 2 1 Pillar cf 4 1 1 0 Chicago San Diego Kelley C 1 0 0 0 0 Houston Kramer ph 1 1 1 0 Crwford ss 4 0 1 0 Atlanta at Philadelphia Lakins 1 1 0 0 0 1 Arizona at N.Y. Mets ab r h bi ab r h bi Greinke W,5-1 6 2 0 0 0 5 Vazquez p 0 0 0 0 Davis rf 3 0 1 1 Shawaryn C 2 1 1 2 0 Tucker ss 4 0 1 0 Dubon 2b 4 1 1 0 Milwaukee at Miami Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 0 G.Garcia 2b 5 0 1 0 Abreu 2 1 0 0 1 3 Happ 2b-cf 2 0 0 0 Martini lf 5 1 3 0 Brewer B 0 0 0 0 1 Perez 1 0 0 0 0 2 Gonzalez 3b 2 0 1 0 Bumgrner p 2 0 0 0 St. Louis at Colorado WP—Hernandez. T—3:25. A—35,884 Fiers pitched to 3 batters in the 2nd, Bell ph 0 0 0 0 Rogers p 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh at San Francisco Schwarber lf 5 2 2 1 Machado 3b 3 1 2 0 Castllanos rf 5 3 3 2 France 3b 1 0 0 0 (37,731). Blackburn pitched to 4 batters in the Marte pr 0 1 0 0 Abad p 0 0 0 0 Chicago Cubs at San Diego Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 Hosmer 1b 3 0 0 0 7th. WP—Blackburn. T—2:42. A—38,289 Moran 3b 0 0 0 0 Gustave p 0 0 0 0 Wednesday’s games Lucroy ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Mjias-Brn 1b 1 0 0 0 Mets 3, Diamondbacks 1 (41,168). Williams p 2 0 0 0 Solano ph 1 0 0 0 N.Y. Yankees (German 17-4) at Detroit Caratini c 5 1 2 0 Myers cf 3 0 1 1 Feliz p 0 0 0 0 (Boyd 8-10) Hoerner ss 5 2 3 4 Naylor rf 3 0 0 0 Arizona New York Indians 6, Angels 2 Frazier ph 1 0 0 0 L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 4-4) at Balti- Heyward cf 3 1 2 1 Hedges c 3 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Rios p 0 0 0 0 more (Means 10-10) Mills p 0 0 0 0 Guerra p 0 0 0 0 Marte cf 4 0 0 0 McNeil 3b 4 0 1 0 Cleveland Los Angeles R.Rdrguez p 0 0 0 0 Boston (TBD) at Toronto (Thornton 4- Norwood p 0 0 0 0 Margvcius p 0 0 0 0 Rojas lf 4 0 1 0 Alonso 1b 4 2 2 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi Diaz ph-c 1 1 1 0 9) Descalso ph 1 0 0 0 Margot ph 1 0 0 0 Escobar 3b 4 0 1 0 Conforto rf 3 0 1 0 Lindor ss 4 1 0 0 Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0 Totals 37 6 10 6 Totals 33 4 9 4 Washington (Strasburg 16-6) at Min- Holland p 0 0 0 0 Reyes p 0 0 0 0 Walker 1b 3 0 0 0 Ramos c 3 1 2 0 Mercado cf 5 0 1 0 Fletcher 3b 4 0 2 0 Pittsburgh 000 011 004—6 nesota (Perez 10-6) Bote 3b 3 0 1 0 Urias ss 4 0 2 0 Flores 2b 3 1 1 1 Cano 2b 4 0 1 0 Santana 1b 5 0 0 0 Ohtani dh 4 0 0 0 San Francisco 100 021 000—4 Tampa Bay (TBD) at Texas (Jurado 7- Hendricks p 2 0 0 1 Quantrill p 1 0 0 0 C.Kelly c 3 0 0 0 J.Davis lf 3 0 0 0 Puig rf 3 0 1 1 Upton lf 4 0 0 0 E—Dubon (2). DP—Pittsburgh 1, San 10) Wieck p 0 0 0 0 Yardley p 0 0 0 0 Crichton p 0 0 0 0 Lagares cf 0 0 0 0 Luplow lf 2 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 1 1 1 Francisco 0. LOB—Pittsburgh 8, San Fran- Cleveland (Plutko 6-4) at L.A. Angels Kemp ph-2b 2 0 1 0 Jankwski ph 1 0 0 0 McFarland p 0 0 0 0 Nimmo cf-lf 2 0 0 0 Allen ph-lf 2 1 2 0 Calhoun rf 3 0 0 0 cisco 7. 2B—Reynolds (35), Cabrera (20), (Peters 3-2) Erlin p 0 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 3 0 0 0 Rosario ss 3 0 2 1 Reyes dh 3 1 0 0 Simmons ss 4 0 1 0 Tucker (9), Belt (26), Pillar (36). HR—Stall- Kipnis 2b 4 1 2 2 Rengifo 2b 4 0 1 0 Kansas City (Sparkman 3-11) at Chi- Allen ph-c 2 0 0 0 Dyson rf 2 0 0 0 deGrom p 2 0 0 0 ings (5). SB—Dubon (2), Yastrzemski (2). Totals 42 10 15 9 Totals 36 2 9 1 M.Kelly p 2 0 0 0 Panik ph 1 0 0 0 R.Perez c 3 1 2 0 Bemboom c 2 0 1 0 SF—Osuna (3). S—Posey (1). cago White Sox (Lopez 9-12) Chang 3b 3 1 1 3 Walsh ph 1 1 1 1 Oakland (Anderson 11-9) at Houston Chicago 200 152 000—10 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Lugo p 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Scott p 0 0 0 0 Smith c 0 0 0 0 (Valdez 4-7) San Diego 000 200 000— 2 Totals 34 6 9 6 Totals 34 2 7 2 Pittsburgh Cincinnati (Gray 10-6) at Seattle (Gon- E—Zobrist (1), Bote (14), G.Garcia (4). Avila c 1 0 0 0 Williams 5C 8 4 4 3 6 Totals 29 1 3 1 Totals 29 3 9 3 Cleveland 120 003 000—6 B zales 14-11) LOB—Chicago 9, San Diego 9. 3B—Hoern- Los Angeles 010 000 010—2 Feliz 0 0 0 0 1 Atlanta (Keuchel 7-5) at Philadelphia er (1). HR—Castellanos (14), Schwarber Arizona 000 010 000—1 E—Pujols (5). DP—Cleveland 0, Los An- Rios 1 0 0 0 0 1 (Eflin 8-11) (35). SF—Myers (1). S—Hendricks (6). New York 100 110 00x—3 geles 1. LOB—Cleveland 6, Los Angeles 6. R.Rodriguez, W, 4-5 1 1 0 0 0 0 Arizona (Ray 12-7) at N.Y. Mets (Matz IP H R ER BB SO E—Ramos (7). DP—Arizona 4, New HR—Kipnis (17), Chang (1), Pujols (22), Vazquez, S, 26-29 1 0 0 0 0 2 9-8) York 1. LOB—Arizona 2, New York 5. 2B— Walsh (1). San Francisco Chicago Ramos (17), McNeil (34). HR—Flores (8), Milwaukee (Davies 9-7) at Miami (Lo- Hendricks W,10-9 5C 7 2 1 1 5 IP H R ER BB SO Bumgarner 7 6 2 2 2 5 Alonso 2 (47). Rogers, H, 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 pez 5-8) Wieck B 0 0 0 0 1 Cleveland St. Louis (Hudson 15-6) at Colorado IP H R ER BB SO Abad, L, 0-2, H, 5 B 1 2 2 1 0 Mills 1 1 0 0 0 2 Bieber W,14-7 7 5 1 1 0 8 C (Senzatela 8-10) Norwood 1 0 0 0 0 1 Arizona Gustave, BS, 1-2 2 1 0 0 0 Carrasco 1 2 1 1 0 2 Rogers pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Pittsburgh (Musgrove 9-12) at San Holland 1 1 0 0 0 0 M.Kelly L,10-14 6 7 3 3 2 5 Clippard 1 0 0 0 1 1 Francisco (Webb 1-1) Lopez B 0 0 0 0 0 HBP—Williams (Davis). T—3:09. A—26,826 San Diego B Los Angeles (41,915). Chicago Cubs (Hamels 7-6) at San Di- Quantrill L,6-7 4B 10 8 8 2 5 Scott 1 0 0 0 0 B C Sandoval L,0-3 3 5 3 3 2 4 ego (Paddack 8-7) Yardley C 1 0 0 0 0 Crichton 1 0 0 0 2 C Bard 2 2 1 1 1 1 Calendar Erlin 1 3 2 2 0 1 McFarland 0 0 0 0 0 Mejia B 0 0 0 0 0 This date in baseball Oct. 1-2 — Wild-card games. Guerra 1 1 0 0 1 1 New York Anderson B 1 2 2 1 0 Sept. 11 Oct. 3 — Division Series start. Margevicius 1 0 0 0 0 1 deGrom W,9-8 7 3 1 1 1 11 Jewell 3 1 0 0 1 4 1936 — Hod Lisenbee of the Philadel- Oct. 11 — League Championship Se- Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 2 Lugo S,5-10 2 0 0 0 0 4 Bard pitched to 2 batters in the phia A’s tied a major league record for ries start. WP—Quantrill. T—3:13. A—22,420 HBP—M.Kelly (Ramos). T—2:45. A— 6th. WP—Carrasco. T—3:11. A—35,753 hits allowed, giving up 26 in a 17-2 rout Oct. 22 — World Series starts. (42,445). 21,337 (41,922). (45,050). by the Chicago White Sox. PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Oklahoma reloads OL Sooners lost four to NFL but are getting the usual results

BY CLIFF BRUNT an undisclosed injury. Swenson started at Associated Press left tackle and Proctor moved over to left guard. Hayes’ status for the UCLA game is NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma’s rebuilt uncertain. offensive line is getting its usual results. Regardless of the combination, the re- Bobby Evans, Cody Ford, Dru Samia sults have been good, especially for a squad and Ben Powers all were drafted into the with one senior on the two-deep depth NFL from last year’s team that reached the chart. Hayes, Humphrey, Robinson and College Football Playoff. With new faces in Ealy are sophomores. Proctor, a senior, is place, the fifth-ranked Sooners lead the na- a graduate transfer from Virginia. tion with 709.5 yards per game. Oklahoma “There are makings of a good group, (2-0) hopes to keep it rolling Saturday at and we’ve had some really good moments UCLA (0-2). up front in the first two games,” Riley said. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley resorted “We have to continue to get more of those to picking at penalties to find a weakness, but he acknowledged he was reaching. as we move forward.” “We had some silly penalties that re- Oklahoma is excelling in both the run- ally set us back,” Riley said. “But I think it ning and passing games. Jalen Hurts leads shows you the standard of what we expect the nation in passing efficiency, and the there. Not just the standard, but how good Sooners rank ninth nationally in passing we expect this group can be that we can offense. The Sooners rank fifth nationally have 70 points and a bunch of yards and with 332 yards rushing per game, and sec- still not be happy about the way we played ond nationally with 8.7 yards per carry. SUE OGROCKI/AP up front.” “I mean, just hard workers,” running Sophomore center Creed Humphrey, a back Kennedy Brooks said. “Just dogs in Oklahoma offensive lineman Creed Humphrey, left, and quarterback Jalen Hurts walk captain, is the only returning starter on the there. They just go down in the trenches onto the field before Saturday’s game against South Dakota. Humphrey is the only offensive line. The new starters have been and work every single day, don’t complain returning starter on the offensive line for the Sooners after four from last year left for right guard Tyrese Robinson, right tackle about it, just get in work. I’m really proud the NFL, but this year’s unit has fueled an attack that leads the nation in total offense. Adrian Ealy, left tackle/left guard R.J. of them.” Proctor, left guard Marquis Hayes and left In the opener, the Sooners gained 686 school-record 10 Sooners scored touch- run game,” Riley said after the South Da- tackle Erik Swenson. yards against Houston — 332 yards pass- downs. Oklahoma gained 733 yards — 423 kota game. “We were better and a little Hayes, the starting left guard, missed ing and 354 yards rushing. passing and 310 rushing. cleaner in the run game than we were the Saturday’s game against South Dakota with In the win against South Dakota, a “We did some really nice things in the first week.” After bizarre game, Washington tries to regroup

BY TIM BOOTH restarted by 11 p.m., it would be Associated Press called off and the teams would try to reschedule. SEATTLE — When Chris Pe- But the emphasis was on trying tersen finally went back to watch to play that night since the teams what happened to No. 23 Wash- didn’t have a mutual open date on ington after enduring a delay he’d the calendar. never experienced as a coach “We were trying to figure out and a game that ended at an hour if we were going to play is really never seen in school history, he what we were doing. We were didn’t see glaring issues. looking at the weather and how It was a lot of little problems long this was going to take,” Pe- that cumulatively added up to a tersen said. “I think we were get- loss on one of the strangest nights ting close, both sides were getting in Washington’s football history. very close to calling it off if we “A lot of it, three quarters of it couldn’t get that thing started by was really good football. ... Played about 10:30. Kept talking about well on tape,” Petersen said. “And 11 o’clock, that’s too late for the then there’s a handful of things guys.” you just would love to have back. When the game did restart, That’s the game. That’s why we’re still a work in progress.” California’s secondary caused Eventually the multitude of fac- problems for Washington quar- tors that went into Washington’s terback Jacob Eason, who com- surprising 20-19 loss to Califor- pleted just 18 of 30 passes for nia will likely be forgotten. The 162 yards. And the Bears were Huskies missed several red-zone especially troublesome in the opportunities, settling for field red zone, where Washington was goals instead of touchdowns; had forced to kick three field goals some untimely penalties; and put after getting inside the Cal 20. In TED S. WARREN/AP up little resistance to the Golden the opener against Eastern Wash- Bears’ rushing attack in the third Washington quarterback Jacob Eason tries to pass under pressure from California linebacker Tevin Paul ington, the Huskies had four TDs quarter. during the first half of Saturday’s game in Seattle, which was delayed 2 hours, 39 minutes by lightning. in six red-zone trips. This game will always be re- Petersen knows the Huskies membered for the severe weath- doing that.” will need to be better at finishing er early in the first quarter that ‘ We just needed to come out with a little It wasn’t even a sure thing that drives with Hawaii visiting on caused a delay of 2 hours, 39 min- the game would resume. Saturday. The Warriors already utes. The game restarted at 10:30 bit more edge and energy, and I don’t Petersen said Monday there have wins over Arizona and Or- p.m. and ended at 1:22 a.m. Sun- think we did a good job doing that. was constant communication egon State and are averaging 38 day, shortly after Cal kicker Greg ’ with Cal’s staff, including coach points and over 425 yards passing Myles Bryant Thomas hit a 17-yard field goal Justin Wilcox, about the options through two games. Washington safety on resuming the game after a long weather delay for the winning points. as lightning continued to flash “You don’t see what they’re Petersen said after the game within an 8-mile radius around doing out there and they’re good and again on Monday the delay the stadium and restart a 30-min- at it,” Petersen said. “(Hawaii was not an excuse for Washing- right back where it was,” Wash- needed to come out with a little ute delay clock with every bolt. coach Nick Rolovich) has gotten ton’s lapses. ington safety Myles Bryant said bit more edge and energy, and There appeared to be a consen- back to his roots and they are “I feel like the game picked up after the game. “But we just I don’t think we did a good job sus that if the game couldn’t be good.” Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 SPORTS BRIEFS/TENNIS Briefl y NFL to warn Beckham about wearing a watch

Associated Press completed 88% of his passes. “We’re just going to have to Foles broke his left clavicle on wait on Javy,” manager Joe Mad- CLEVELAND — Odell Beck- Jacksonville’s 10th offensive play ham’s football fashion taste don said. of the season, and the Jaguars clashed with the NFL’s. placed him on injured reserve The league reached out to Menard retiring after Monday. If he is designated to re- the Browns on Monday and told turn, which is what the team ex- 16 years in Cup Series them that their star can no longer wear a watch on the field after he pects, Foles would be eligible to CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Paul sported an expensive one during return to practice in late October Menard has decided to walk away Sunday’s season opener against and would be eligible to play in from NASCAR’s top level after Tennessee. Week 11 at Indianapolis. more than 460 races and Wood The flashy, fashionable wide Brothers Racing is replacing him receiver wore an orange Richard Baez could return if with Matt DiBenedetto in the Mille-designed watch — which Cubs make playoffs iconic No. 21 Ford next season. retails for more than $250,000 After spending 16 years in the — during the Browns’ 43-13 loss SAN DIEGO — All-Star short- Cup Series, Menard said Tuesday stop Javier Baez could return to to the Tennessee Titans. he wants to step back from full- the Chicago Cubs if they reach On Monday, league spokesman time racing to spend more time the playoffs. Michael Signora said while there with his family. The 39-year-old Baez saw a hand specialist in are no rules prohibiting jewelry, driver, whose only win came at there is a policy “prohibiting hard Chicago who confirmed the slug- the Brickyard 400 in 2011, has objects.” ger has a hairline fracture of his RON SCHWANE/AP two young children with his wife, Browns coach Freddie Kitch- left thumb. He is expected to miss Jennifer. ens said he was not aware that Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. wore an expensive watch, the rest of this month, but the Beckham had on the lavish time worth over $250,000, during the game Sunday. The NFL has a team said Monday he will contin- “I’ve enjoyed every moment of piece. Kitchens also said the team policy “prohibiting hard objects.” and plans to speak with the team ue his rehab in hopes of playing my career racing in the NASCAR will abide by the rules. and Beckham about wearing a watch in games. in October. Cup Series and I’m so thankful It’s not clear if Beckham spoke The slumping Cubs still hold for all the great memories and with anyone from the league or Dobbs in a trade with Pittsburgh, for Dobbs, who was in his third the NL’s second wild-card spot. friendships I’ve made,” Men- if he will be fined for his fashion giving them a backup while Nick season with the Steelers. Baez got hurt on a headfirst ard said. “I’m excited for what faux pas. Foles recovers from a broken Dobbs, who has played in five slide into second base during a the future holds and I’m looking In other NFL news: collarbone. career games, will back up rookie 4-0 loss to Milwaukee on Sept. 1. forward to sharing the plans for  The Jacksonville Jaguars The Jaguars gave up their Gardner Minshew, who replaced He is batting .281 with 29 homers 2020 and beyond in the coming have acquired quarterback Josh fifth-round pick in the 2020 draft Foles in the first quarter and and 85 RBIs. weeks.” On tennis Federer vs. Nadal vs. Djokovic is fun

BY HOWARD FENDRICH “He’s in a better position today,” one of (26-22 over Federer, 28-26 over Nadal) and Associated Press Nadal’s coaches, Francisco Roig, said after broke up their hold on the No. 1 ranking. his guy edged Medvedev in a 4-hour, 50- What’s most impressive, really, is how NEW YORK minute epic. “But all of them are still win- this trio has ruled the sport for about 15 t some point, of course, Rafael ning tournaments. It’s a long way, but he’s years. Nadal and the rest of the Big in the best position.” “The three of us are doing things that Three will stop winning Grand Here’s the current count: Federer 20, never were done in the history of tennis,” ASlam titles, someone younger will Nadal 19, Djokovic 16. Nadal said. “I take pride in being part of emerge and a shift at the top of tennis will In 2019, Djokovic and Nadal won two this fight.” happen. majors apiece, drawing closer to Federer, They have won 51 of the last 59 Grand Just not yet. whose most recent Slam trophy came at Slam titles, including the past 12, and there And while so much attention in the sport the 2018 Australian Open. hasn’t been a first-time male champ at a has been focused recently on trying to fig- Each has a career Grand Slam, too. major since 2014. ure out who will break up the dominance of Federer’s tally: eight from Wimbledon, Here’s how different things are in the Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, six from the Australian Open, five from women’s game: Bianca Andreescu’s 6-3, it might just be more fun to contemplate the U.S. Open, one from the French Open. 7-5 win against Serena Williams on Sat- — from now until the Australian Open in Nadal’s tally: 12 from the French Open, urday made the 19-year-old Canadian the January, at least four from the U.S. Open, two from Wimble- seventh first-time major champion in the — how that trio’s don, one from the Australian Open. past 11 events. ‘ The three of competition for the most major cham- Djokovic’s tally: seven from the Aus- Or put another way: Andreescu gave us are doing pionships will end tralian Open, five from Wimbledon, three the women a Grand Slam champion born things that up when they’ve all from the U.S. Open, one from the French in the 2000s before the men have had one walked away from Open. who was born in the 1990s. never were The other relevant numbers are their Some took it as a sign that change was the game. EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AP done in the After eventually ages: Federer 38, Nadal 33, Djokovic 32. afoot when Nadal was the only member of Nadal hasn’t been this close in the the Big Three to get to the semifinals at the Rafael Nadal reacts after defeating Daniil history of emerging with a 7- 5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 “standings” since the “score” was Federer U.S. Open. Djokovic, the defending cham- Medvedev in the U.S. Open men’s singles tennis. I take victory over Daniil 1, Nadal 0, after Wimbledon in 2003. By the pion and No. 1 seed, stopped while way be- final on Sunday. It was Nadal’s 19th pride in being Medvedev in a time Nadal picked up his first major, at the hind in his fourth-round match, citing pain Grand Slam title. memorable see- 2005 French Open, he trailed 4-0. in his left shoulder. Federer, dealing with part of this saw of a U.S. Open For so many years, so many folks were a bad back, bowed out in five sets in the tion. It’s really tough, because these guys, fight. ’ final Sunday night, prepared to proclaim Federer the “GOAT” quarterfinals. they are playing good tennis. I don’t know Nadal insisted that, — Greatest Of All-Time — based largely Too old for this? what else to say. They are just playing Rafael Nadal on his accumulation of majors and a sub- Two 23-year-olds reached the semifi- amazing tennis,” Medvedev said. “It’s re- US Open champ yes, he wants the record by the time jective assessment of supposed aesthetics. nals, Medvedev and Matteo Berrettini, so ally tough to beat them, even to get a set he’s done, but, no, Others would point out that Nadal’s edge in maybe this was the time for a younger man from them. Even every game, to win, is it’s not all that matters to him or how he’ll their head-to-head series, which currently to hold a trophy? tough. We’re just doing our best job to try define his own happiness. stands at 24-16, should give him the nod. No. Instead, Nadal became the first man to make it happen sometimes.” That’s fine, of course. Djokovic, meanwhile, elbowed his way into in the professional era to win five majors In the meantime, Federer vs. Nadal vs. To each his own. the “best ever” discussion, too, because after turning 30. Djokovic provides plenty to talk about. But the rest of us can — and should — he’s the only one to have won four majors in “I can say that I’m sure all of us, we’re AP Sports Writer Dan Gelston contributed to this track it and care. a row, leads both of the others head to head fighting our best to try to make this transi- report. PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 NFL Scoreboard

American Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 17 16 New England 1 0 0 1.000 33 3 N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 16 17 Miami 0 1 0 .000 10 59 South Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 43 13 Houston 0 1 0 .000 28 30 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 24 30 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 26 40 North Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 59 10 Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 20 21 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 13 43 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 3 33 West Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 24 16 Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 40 26 L.A. Chargers 1 0 0 1.000 30 24 Denver 0 1 0 .000 16 24 National Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 35 17 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 32 27 Washington 0 1 0 .000 27 32 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 17 35 South New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 30 28 Carolina 0 1 0 .000 27 30 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 12 28 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 17 31 North Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 10 3 Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 28 12 Detroit 0 0 1 .500 27 27 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 3 10 West San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 31 17 L.A. Rams 1 0 0 1.000 30 27 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 21 20 Arizona 0 0 1 .500 27 27 Thursday, Sept. 5 Green Bay 10, Chicago 3 Sunday, Sept. 8 PHOTOS BY BILL FEIG/AP Baltimore 59, Miami 10 Kansas City 40, Jacksonville 26 Minnesota 28, Atlanta 12 Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, left, tries to elude Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan on Monday in New Orleans. Tennessee 43, Cleveland 13 Buffalo 17, N.Y. Jets 16 L.A. Rams 30, Carolina 27 Philadelphia 32, Washington 27 L.A. Chargers 30, Indianapolis 24, OT Seattle 21, Cincinnati 20 Saints rally from 11 points down Dallas 35, N.Y. Giants 17 Right: San Francisco 31, Tampa Bay 17 Arizona 27, Detroit 27, OT New England 33, Pittsburgh 3 Monday’s game FROM BACK PAGE Saints 30, Texans 28 we had 15 more seconds, are you a 10-second runoff to begin from New Orleans 30, Houston 28 Oakland 24, Denver 16 “I knew how big this win would Houston 0 14 7 7—28 kidding me?” when the game was stopped, not Thursday’s game New Orleans 0 3 14 13—30 The 40-year-old Brees com- when Thomas came down with Tampa Bay at Carolina be,” Lutz said. Second Quarter Sunday’s games The moment the ball left Lutz’s Hou—Watson 21 run (Fairbairn kick), pleted 32 of 43 passes, mirroring the ball 15 seconds earlier. Seattle at Pittsburgh 14:13. his NFL-record 74.4 completion Indianapolis at Tennessee foot, punter Thomas Morstead, NO—FG Lutz 32, 9:22. Brees animatedly disputed the Arizona at Baltimore who holds on field goals, turned Hou—Hopkins 2 pass from Watson percentage last season. One of decision, which left the Saints New England at Miami (Fairbairn kick), 1:47. L.A. Chargers at Detroit toward his kicker, triumphantly Third Quarter his TD passes went to reserve QB just 16 seconds to work with from Dallas at Washington flexing both arms at his side. Mo- NO—Murray 30 run (Lutz kick), 12:51. and utility player Taysom Hill, their own 47. Jacksonville at Houston Hou—Hopkins 16 pass from Watson San Francisco at Cincinnati ments later, the crowd noise in the (Fairbairn kick), 8:20. who also subs in as a tight end or After the game, NFL vice pres- Buffalo at N.Y. Giants Superdome reached an ear-split- NO—T.Hill 9 pass from Brees (Lutz slot receiver. The other went to ident of officiating Al Riveron Minnesota at Green Bay kick), 2:39. Kansas City at Oakland ting crescendo as the ball split the Fourth Quarter second-year pro Tre’Quan Smith. said: “We should have reset it to Chicago at Denver uprights and Saints players jubi- NO—Smith 14 pass from Brees (Lutz 41 (seconds), not 26, and then ul- New Orleans at L.A. Rams kick), 14:55. Philadelphia at Atlanta lantly streamed onto the field. NO—FG Lutz 47, :50. Stat lines timately to 31 (seconds) after the Monday, Sept. 16 Deshaun Watson threw a 37- Hou—Stills 37 pass from Watson (Fair- 10-second runoff.” Cleveland at N.Y. Jets bairn kick), :37. Thomas caught 10 passes for yard touchdown pass to ex-Saints NO—FG Lutz 58, :00. Fans in the Superdome, who 123 yards, and Ginn’s seven- NFL calendar receiver Kenny Stills with 37 sec- A—73,039. won’t soon forget last year’s offi- Hou NO catch, 101-yard night was high- Oct. 15-16 — Fall league meeting, Fort onds left, capping a two-play, 75- First downs 22 25 ciating gaffes, booed during the Lauderdale, Fla. yard drive that put the Texans in Total Net Yards 414 510 lighted by his 41-yard reception Oct. 29 — All trading ends for 2019 at Rushes-yards 23-180 21-148 runoff and after Lutz’s long miss. 4 p.m. (ET) front after they began their final Passing 234 362 deep down field at the 2-minute possession down by six with 50 Punt Returns 0-0 3-20 warning. Kickoff Returns 1-12 2-36 seconds left. Interceptions Ret. 1-2 1-0 Alvin Kamara had 169 yards But that left just enough time Comp-Att-Int 20-30-1 32-43-1 from scrimmage, including an Sacked-Yards Lost 6-34 1-8 for Brees, who capped a 370-yard, Punts 4-43.0 2-44.0 11-yard run set up the first score two-touchdown performance by Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 of the final minute on Lutz’s 47- Penalties-Yards 8-69 7-48 completing a 15-yard pass to Ted Time of Possession 29:47 30:13 yard kick. Ginn Jr., an 11-yarder to Michael INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Watson completed 20 of 30 RUSHING—Houston, Hyde 10-83, Thomas and another pass to Ginn D.Johnson 9-57, Watson 4-40. New Or- passes for 268 yards and three for 9 yards in quick succession. leans, Kamara 13-97, Murray 6-43, T.Hill touchdowns — two of them to De- 2-8. That allowed New Orleans to save PASSING—Houston, Watson 20-30-1- Andre Hopkins. Watson also ran its final timeout until just 2 sec- 268. New Orleans, Brees 32-43-1-370. for a 21-yard score on a fourth- RECEIVING—Houston, Hopkins 8-111, onds remained and set up Lutz’s D.Johnson 4-33, Stills 3-37, Fuller 2-69, down play. career-long kick. Akins 1-17, Hyde 1-2, Carter 1-(minus 1). The Texans finished with 180 New Orleans, Thomas 10-123, Ginn 7-101, “When you have Drew as your Kamara 7-72, Cook 2-37, Smith 2-26, Mur- yards rushing — 68 yards more quarterback, all I cared about ray 2-4, T.Hill 1-9, J.Hill 1-(minus 2). than the Saints allowed in any MISSED FIELD GOALS—New Orleans, was getting ready for the kick, be- Lutz 56. game last season — with Carlos cause I knew with 37 seconds left Hyde rushing for 83 yards and there was going to be a chance,” a botched ruling left the Saints Duke Johnson 57. Lutz said. with 15 fewer seconds to run their Had the Saints lost, it would hurry-up offense at the end of the Clock questions have marked the second straight first half. New Orleans had to game in the Superdome in which settle for a 56-yard field-goal try The officiating mistake oc- a league-acknowledged officiat- that Lutz narrowly missed. curred when replay review of- ing mistake worked against New The Saints came back from an ficials stopped the game with Orleans. In last season’s NFC 11-point, third-quarter hole to 26 seconds left in the first half championship game, missed win anyway, but Brees wasn’t let- to determine if Thomas’ catch pass interference and helmet-to- ting the officials or the league off was long enough for a first down helmet contact fouls against the the hook. after he was initially marked just Los Angeles Rams went uncalled “That can’t happen. That’s a short. After the review resulted New Orleans Saints backup quarterback Taysom Hill celebrates his in the final minutes. This time, game changer,” Brees said. “If in a first down, officials called for 9-yard touchdown reception during the second half. Wednesday, September 11, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 NFL Raiders look electric after Brown out Oakland beats Denver after tumultuous week, WR’s release

BY JOSH DUBOW Raiders, 24, Broncos 16 fight with the NFL over his hel- Associated Press Denver 0 0 6 10—16 met, skipped practices, multiple Oakland 7 7 0 10—24 First Quarter fines, a run-in with general man- OAKLAND, Calif. — The night Oak—Williams 8 pass from Carr (Carl- ager Mike Mayock and odd social started with Oakland Raiders son kick), 8:52. Second Quarter media posts ultimately led to the fans derisively chanting at for- Oak—Jacobs 2 run (Carlson kick), decision to release the game’s 3:30. mer disgruntled receiver Antonio Third Quarter most prolific receiver two days Brown and ended with coach Jon Den—FG McManus 26, 9:20. before the opener. Den—FG McManus 26, 3:42. Gruden celebrating a victory in Fourth Quarter Brown agreed to a deal with the Black Hole. Oak—Jacobs 4 run (Carlson kick), New England hours after being 11:52. The saga that consumed the Den—FG McManus 39, 8:39. granted his wish to be released football world for days didn’t Oak—FG Carlson 29, 4:38. Den—Sanders 1 pass from Flacco (Mc- by Oakland on Saturday and the hamper the Raiders a bit. Manus kick), 2:15. Raiders wasted little time prov- Derek Carr threw a touchdown A—52,359. Den Oak ing they had moved on. pass on the opening drive of the First downs 18 19 “He’s gone. I wish him the season, rookie Josh Jacobs ran Total Net Yards 344 357 Rushes-yards 23-95 28-98 best,” Carr said. “There’s no hurt for two scores and the Raiders Passing 249 259 feelings. There’s no anger in me. Punt Returns 0-0 1-7 responded to a tumultuous week Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-101 It stung as a friend seeing him go surrounding Brown by beating Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 21-31-0 22-26-0 somewhere else, but I wish him the Denver Broncos 24-16 on Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 0-0 the best.” Monday night. Punts 3-47.7 3-44.7 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 The Raiders took the opening “As much as people talked Penalties-Yards 6-44 9-62 kickoff and marched 75 yards about it, I mean my god. I feel Time of Possession 27:15 32:45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS in 10 plays. Carr completed all like somebody was smashing my RUSHING—Denver, Freeman 10-56, five passes to four receivers, temple on the side of the head,” Lindsay 11-43, Flacco 1-1, Fant 1-(minus 5). Oakland, Jacobs 23-85, Washington 2- capped by an 8-yard TD to Tyrell Gruden said. “Get over it, man. 8, Richard 1-3, Carr 2-2. PASSING—Denver, Flacco 21-31-0-268. Williams. It’s over. We were good this pre- Oakland, Carr 22-26-0-259. Oakland added another score in season without him. We were fine RECEIVING—Denver, Sutton 7-120, Sanders 5-86, Lindsay 4-23, Fant 2-29, the second quarter when Jacobs without him. We wish him the Hamilton 2-5, Freeman 1-5. Oakland, capped a 95-yard drive with a 2- best. We gave it a shot. Now New Waller 7-70, Williams 6-105, Grant 3-16, Moreau 2-20, Renfrow 2-13, Jacobs 1-28, yard run to make it 14-0. Jacobs England gets their turn. Good Dw.Harris 1-7. scored again in the fourth quar- luck to them. I can’t deal with it MISSED FIELD GOALS—Denver, McMa- nus 64. ter, becoming the first Raider to anymore.” run for two TDs in his debut. The Raiders (1-0) responded the Raiders, they outplayed us with a convincing win over the today. Killed us on third down in AFC West rival Broncos (0-1). Under pressure the first half.” The offensive line cleared holes The final scheduled home After recording an NFL-low for Jacobs and protected Carr, opener at the Coliseum before 13 sacks last year following the and the defense harassed Joe trade of Khalil Mack, the Raiders Flacco into three sacks and kept the Raiders’ planned move to Las Vegas next season began with de- got off to a much better start this Denver out of the end zone until year, sacking Flacco three times. /AP risive chants from the boisterous D. ROSS CAMERON 2:15 remained in the game. Benson Mayowa had two sacks, fans toward Brown. Those only The victory spoiled the Denver becoming the first Oakland play- Oakland Raiders wide receiver Tyrell Williams gets past Denver grew louder after each success- debuts for Flacco and coach Vic er to record more than one in a Broncos free safety Justin Simmons for a touchdown during the first Fangio and ended the NFL’s lon- ful pass play as both the fans and game since Mack had two against quarter Monday night in Oakland, Calif. Williams caught six passes gest opening weekend winning Raiders players seemed relieved Denver on Dec. 17, 2017. Rookie for 105 yards in the Raiders’ 24-16 victory. streak at seven games. to have the monthlong saga over Clelin Ferrell also had one. “Disappointed but we’re not Brown in the past. short in part because the Bron- sacks by Mayowa and Ferrell discouraged,” Broncos outside He arrived with optimism fol- Missed chance cos had to settle for field goals stalled two drives and DaeSean linebacker Von Miller said. “First lowing a trade from Pittsburgh in on three trips inside the 20 in Hamilton dropped a potential TD game of the season. Hats off to March. But a bizarre foot injury, Denver’s comeback attempt fell the second half. Two third-down in the end zone. Analysis Some wonder if AB’s drama will disrupt ‘Patriot Way’

BY ARNIE STAPLETON America,” Rodney ganization, ‘We are not going to do this.’ ” interference and zero were overturned. Of Associated Press Harrison, who played Brown couldn’t sign until Monday, so he the 29 challenges for noncalls, seven re- in New England, said missed New England’s 33-3 wipeout of the sulted in a penalty upon review. As far as critics are concerned — along he doubts Brown can Steelers, a dismantling that suggests the The rule stemmed from officials’ failure with fans of the Steelers, Raiders and even become Bill Belich- Patriots don’t need much help defending to flag a blatant penalty in the NFC cham- some Patriots backers — A.B. is TNT. ick’s latest reclama- their latest title. pionship, and the lack of a flag for pass in- Antonio Brown didn’t play a down on tion project in the While Belichick gives newcomers a terference or roughness helped the Rams opening weekend but grabbed the head- mold of Randy Moss clean slate, Brown has “always been a ‘me’ Brown beat the Saints and advance to the Super lines nonetheless for forcing his way out or Corey Dillon. guy,” Harrison said. “I’m not a big believer Bowl. of Oakland and landing with the defending “When I heard he’s going to come in and fit in the ‘Patriot While it’s likely to come into play this champion Patriots eight months after quit- about it, it didn’t surprise me,” Harrison Way.’ ” season and have a major impact on a said. “I didn’t agree with it because, as a ting on the Steelers. Other notable Week 1 decisions, when game’s outcome, the new rule was largely Patriot, you have to sacrifice — you have “Seeing him catch balls from Tom Brady Odell Beckham Jr.’s Browns debut was inconsequential on opening weekend. would be beautiful,” NBC analyst Tony to sacrifice finances, you have to sacrifice most notable because he was wearing a your stats, you have to sacrifice a lot of in- Coaches went 1-for-4, with the Bucca- Dungy said. “But he’s going to have to $250,000 watch during the game: dividual things. And that’s the one thing neers’ Bruce Arians lodging the only suc- change if this is going to work.” that Antonio Brown has shown me, that Seeing red cessful pass interference challenge. Brown’s penchant for drama followed he’s not willing to sacrifice anything for Arians threw his flag after an incomplete him from Pittsburgh to Oakland, where he anybody else besides himself.” Every year there’s angst in the preseason deep pass from Jameis Winston to Mike spent his summer recovering from frostbit- Dungy criticized Patriots owner Rob- over a new NFL rule, and come opening Evans in the first quarter, saying 49ers ten feet in a cryotherapy mishap, fighting ert Kraft for rewarding a player’s bad weekend the fuss seems rather frivolous. cornerback Richard Sherman should have with the league over his desire to wear an behavior. This time, it was the league’s new pass in- been flagged. Upon review, the officials outlawed helmet, feuding with his general “I really think this sent the wrong mes- terference policy allowing coaches to chal- agreed and penalized Sherman. manager and constantly posting updates to sage,” Dungy said. “I know coaches want to lenge calls and noncalls. The Packers (for a noncall), the Vikings his saga on social media. win, but I’m disappointed in Robert Kraft. In the preseason, there were 15 chal- (for a call) and the Seahawks (just because) Dungy’s cohort on “Football Night in I think at some point you say, just as an or- lenges to flags that were thrown for pass all lost challenges. S TARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, September 11, 2019 F3HIJKLM Boston’s reign ends Yankees halt Red Sox’s 3-year run SPORTS atop AL East » MLB, Page 26

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Above: Saints kicker Wil Lutz celebrates his game-winning, 58-yard field goal Monday against the Houston Texans in New Orleans. Left: Saints quarterback Drew Brees completed 32 of 43 passes for 370 yards and two touchdowns in his team’s 30-28 victory.

BUTCH DILL, ABOVE, AND BILL FEIG, LEFT/AP Off on the right foot Saints win opener for first time in six years

BY BRETT MARTEL Associated Press Inside: NEW ORLEANS rew Brees and Wil Lutz supplied Raiders look fi ne after weeklong saga, Page 31 the accuracy and poise New Brown could wind up bombing Patriots, too, Page 31 Orleans needed to overcome Danother officiating gaffe and its defense’s late collapse. Lutz made a 58-yard field goal as time “That one’s got to be a top-one moment season openers. And after last season expired, and the Saints beat the Houston for me,” Lutz said, adding that as much as ended with a bitter loss in the NFC title Texans 30-28 on Monday night in a game he tries to treat each kick the same, “I got to game, the Saints had expressed urgency to start the 2019 campaign well. that had three scoring plays in the final be honest. That one felt a little different.” minute. New Orleans had lost its previous five SEE RIGHT ON PAGE 30

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