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Report does AFGHANISTAN not confirm, or rule out, UFO activity

BY MISSY RYAN AND ALEX HORTON The Washington Post A soon-to-be-released govern- ment report on unexplained ae- rial phenomena finds no proof of extraterrestrial activity, but can- not provide a definitive explana- tion for scores of incidents in which strange objects have been spotted in the sky, officials said on Thursday. The findings of the report, due to be provided to Congress by the director of national intelligence as soon as this month, will offer no firm conclusions about what the objects — repeatedly detected by military pilots and others in re- PHOTOS BY LORENZO TUGNOLI/For The Washington Post cent years — might be, according Above: Afghan special forces on May 25 arrive at the Bolan Qala army outpost near the city of Lashkar Gah, where the fight against the Taliban to two officials who spoke on the has intensified. Below: Gen. Sami Sadat talks with troops during a May 25 visit at Nazar outpost near Lashkar Gah. condition of anonymity to address a document that is not yet public. That the report, whose conclu- sions were first described by the New York Times, does not rule out extraterrestrial activity is ‘The war is taking a new turn’ likely to further stoke what has become a highly unusual national discussion about the possibility Fight between Afghan government troops and the Taliban is entering a more brutal phase that unknown life-forms are vis- BY SUSANNAH GEORGE ded: dirt roads littered with cra- iting Earth, as senators, former The Washington Post ters and mud-straw walls pock- CIA directors and former presi- NAWA, Afghanistan — The marked with bullets and shrapnel. dent Barack Obama express new fight between Afghan government For months, the Taliban slowly openness to UFOs. troops and the Taliban is entering expanded its influence across Af- The report, mandated as part of a more brutal phase as a reduction ghanistan after signing the with- a gargantuan pandemic relief in airstrikes against the militants drawal deal with the United package signed last year by then- by withdrawing U.S. forces has States. The halt in offensive U.S. President Donald Trump, emerg- largely shifted combat to ground operations, especially airstrikes es as what was once seen as a engagements, many on the edges and raids, allowed the group to fringe conspiracy theory becomes of densely populated urban areas mass fighters, gather supplies and more mainstream. It comes as after some recent Taliban advanc- chip away at government-held years of political divisions and es. territory. misinformation shake Americans’ To clear pockets of this district, The country’s south, specifical- faith in their government and fuel just a few hundred yards from the ly Helmand, witnessed some of doubt about established science. edge of Helmand’s provincial cap- the militants’ most striking ad- Interest in the UFO report was ital, Afghan government forces tightly packed neighborhoods, of- The area had been densely vances. By May 1, the date mark- under Gen. Sami Sadat moved ten on foot, as Afghan aircraft car- mined by the Taliban, and weeks SEE REPORT ON PAGE 3 house to house last month through ried out waves of heavy strikes. of clashes left the streets shred- SEE FIGHT ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER List of Chinese firms off-limits to investors expands EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1111.73 Associated Press spokesman Wang Wenbin urged mine the security or values of the Switzerland (Franc) 0.8984 Euro costs (June 7) $1.19 Thailand (Baht) 31.18 China vehemently objected Fri- Washington to withdraw the order United States and our allies.” Dollar buys (June 7) 0.8009 Turkey (NewLira) 8.6670 British pound (June 7) $1.38 day to President Joe Biden’s ex- and “provide Chinese enterprises The revised list includes compa- Japanese yen (June 7) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available pansion of a list of Chinese compa- with a fair and non-discriminatory nies that Washington alleges con- South Korean won (June 7) 1090.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ nies whose shares are off-limits to business and investment environ- tribute to the surveillance of reli- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. 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BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS were taken and published by the Stars and Stripes U.S. Army Pacific’s public affairs WASHINGTON — An animal office on March 2, 2020, as part of rights group on Thursday a media package on the exercise. launched its third protest of the “The fact that the general public snake blood-drinking tradition as- was able to see footage of our U.S. sociated with the multinational Marines taking part in something Cobra Gold military exercise in so cruel set this apart,” PETA As- Thailand, this time taking its sociate Director Ashley Byrne cause to the front steps of the Thai said at the protest outside the em- embassy and the U.S. defense sec- bassy. retary’s home. The exercise co-hosted by the About 15 protesters from People U.S. and Thailand is the largest for the Ethical Treatment of Ani- joint military exercise in South- mals held graphic photos and east Asia and includes training in CAITLIN DOORNBOS/Stars and Stripes signs in English and Thai outside disaster response, humanitarian People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Thursday protested the practice of killing king cobras the embassy of Thailand denounc- assistance and jungle survival, ac- during the U.S.­Thai military exercise Cobra Gold outside the Thai embassy in Washington, D.C. ing the practice of decapitating cording to the Army. king cobras during the military The blood-drinking tradition is was brought to the group’s atten- tice and protested outside the Pen- ensure we are employing best exercise. They also planned to part of the jungle-survival train- tion when the photographs were tagon. practices for the humane treat- take their protest to Defense Sec- ing, during which Thai instructors published last year, according to “Because the military has not ment of animals while accom- retary Lloyd Austin’s Great Falls, share their knowledge of life-sus- the organization. The group sent committed to [ending the prac- plishing the need to prepare and Va., home Thursday evening. taining sources of food and hydra- letters to Marine Corps Comman- tice], it has become necessary to train our service members for sur- PETA is known for its protests tion, the Army said in a statement dant Gen. David Berger and Aus- take it right to their doorstep,” By- vival in any and all situations.” with graphic depictions of animal issued March 2, 2020. In a pinch, tin in March 2020 and February rne said. “I don’t think that this re- The next Cobra Gold was de- abuses often revealed through un- cobra blood can be used as an “al- 2021, respectively. flects the values that we want as- layed until August because of the dercover investigations, but the ternative way to stay hydrated” in In March 2020, the organization sociated with our country.” coronavirus pandemic, Marine gruesome images the group dis- areas without clean water sourc- sent a letter to Berger calling for Asked for a response to PETA’s Corps Times reported April 7. played Thursday of slaughtered es. an end to killing animals in the concerns, Austin’s office in an snakes’ blood dropped on the This is the third time that PETA training. In February, the group email Thursday said the Defense [email protected] tongues of Marines in uniform has protested the practice since it petitioned Austin to end the prac- Department would “continue to Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Report: Many officials call for UFO possibility to be taken seriously stand in the way of a serious probe According to UAP experts, FROM PAGE 1 into what is taking place. some of the observed aircraft stirred further last month when John Ratcliffe, who served as have no wings or visible elements “60 Minutes” aired footage of in- director of national intelligence of thrust or propulsion, or can frared video of unidentified aerial under Trump, said this spring change direction at high speeds phenomena, or UAPs in Pentagon that there were many more UAP with ease. Some of the UAPs lack parlance, taken by military air- sightings than were publicly telltale signs of terrestrial con- craft. Ryan Graves, a retired Na- known. struction such as rivets and bolts vy pilot, said that he and other pi- “We are talking about objects and appear smooth and rounded. lots had similar sightings every that have been seen by Navy or Others have flown low over and day for several years. Air Force pilots, or have been appear to vanish below the sur- Objects recorded in such videos picked up by satellite imagery, face, which was observed in a vid- have baffled pilots, military and that frankly engage in actions that eo leaked by UFO enthusiast Jer- intelligence officials for their ap- are difficult to explain, move- emy Corbell last month. Vehicles parent defiance of known laws of ments that are hard to replicate, that can operate in the water and flight and gravity, Luis Elizondo, that we don’t have the technology air have design trade-offs, but the a former military intelligence of- for or are traveling at speeds that UAP in the video did not appear to ficial, told reporters on an April exceed the sound barrier without have any compromises, Elizondo roundtable call. a sonic boom,” he told Fox News. has said. Navy pilots struggled to under- One senior defense official, who Elizondo said the entire report, stand the velocity and movements spoke on the condition of anonym- which is expected to include an of UAPs they captured on fighter ity because the report’s details unclassified section and a classi- jet sensors. In one 2015 video re- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE/AP have not been made public, said fied annex, should be released to corded by a F/A-18 Super Hornet, An unexplained object is seen at center, in 2015, as it is tracked as it one possible explanation is that the public. a tracked UAP powers through soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. the aircraft belongs to adversarial “Wherever these technologies wind recorded at more than 130 nations harnessing unknown come from, they are clearly far miles per hour. The pilots are explained aerial objects was for- vestigation, including Obama, for- technology. more advanced than any earthly heard discussing its possible ori- mer Senate majority leader Harry mer CIA director James Woolsey The Pentagon is increasingly technology known to our intelli- gins before it oscillates like a top. Reid, D-Nev., who urged the fed- and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. Ru- focused on competing with Russia gence services,” he said. “We ur- “It’s rotating!” one pilot says in eral government to take the po- bio, who serves on the Senate In- and China, which are making ma- gently need our best scientific and bewilderment. tential for UFOs seriously. telligence Committee, has said jor strides in advanced technolo- intelligence collection tools ap- Among the early proponents in More than a decade later, oth- the stigma associated with talking gy, including hypersonic and di- plied to understand what our pi- Washington of investigating un- ers are calling for a thorough in- about potential UFOs shouldn’t rected energy. lots are witnessing.” PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 WAR ON TERRORISM Fight: Afghan military head expects they’ll be more effective without US FROM PAGE 1 for the Afghan government to ing the start of the complete with- fight the Taliban more freely. U.S. drawal of foreign forces from Af- support in combat operations had ghanistan, the Taliban had many advantages, he said, but it massed hundreds of fighters in also added bureaucracy, exten- Helmand. And as the U.S. military sive coordination and many meet- handed over its last base here to ings. “We don’t have to do that the Afghan government, Taliban anymore,” he said. “It’s easier fighters launched a massive as- now.” sault the same day on the provin- Operating with more independ- cial capital, Lashkar Gah, over- ence, Sadat said he is able to em- running territory in three districts power ground commanders to including Nawa. fight with less U.S. oversight. And While Nawa had fallen to the with the Afghan air force now con- Taliban several times over the ducting the majority of strikes, past two decades, residents say there are fewer steps to approve the current battle to retake the ar- and less need to deconflict air sup- ea is unlike the others before: It port. has dragged on for weeks rather Sadat said he now plans to ac- than days, and both sides are using celerate military operations after heavier weaponry. months of stalled negotiations in Sadat described one of the most Qatar with the Taliban — a period successful raids, which surround- that he argued was used by the ed and killed a unit of about 50 Ta- militants to strengthen their fight- liban fighters. “They were eager ers on the ground. “Let me be to collect the dead, so we kept clear, we gave a chance to peace, watch on the area,” he said, re- and it didn’t work,” he said. counting that his forces shot sev- Ultimately, he said he thinks the eral more of the militants as they Afghan military can be more ef- tried to retrieve bodies. fective without the presence of He said he didn’t know if any of U.S. troops and can defeat the Ta- the Taliban fighters had tried to liban in a matter of years. surrender. “The boys were an- U.S. intelligence assessments gry,” he replied, referring to his disagree, instead predicting wide- men. The junior officer who led spread Taliban territorial gains the operation was promoted to after the complete withdrawal of major. foreign forces. The battle in Helmand could in- Hasham Fedayee, a tribal elder dicate how the war in Afghanistan LORENZO TUGNOLI/For The Washington Post from Helmand province, also dis- will evolve once the U.S. and other Tajbib at home, hearing explosions nearby. She said she doesn’t understand why the violence is becomingagrees with Sadat and expects that NATO forces completely with- worse, now that the U.S. is withdrawing. the rising wave of violence will draw from the country. Over the continue for decades. past month, violence has escalat- huddled with the women and chil- three times higher in May than in based in Kabul, when asked about “The war is taking a new turn,” ed significantly. The Taliban car- dren of her extended family. After the month prior. More than 300 ci- the spike in civilians killed or he said, predicting the next stage ried out a wave of attacks on pro- navigating around the fighting, vilians were killed and over 690 wounded. of the conflict to be “internal” and vincial capitals, initially trigger- however, the entire family man- injured in May, according to pre- When asked about any U.S. role similar to the years leading up to ing a collapse of government aged to reach the government- liminary findings from the Afghan in supporting Afghan forces in the outbreak of civil war in the forces at several bases and out- held provincial capital on foot. Independent Human Rights Com- Helmand last month, Leggett said, 1970s. “And Afghans will continue posts. Now, where the Afghan mil- Families in her neighborhood mission. Children accounted for “We have no operational announ- to fight [for many years],” he said. itary is pushing back, both sides say they have fled fighting several 378 of the civilian casualties in cements at this time.” He contin- “We have already been at war for are increasingly turning to harsh- times over the years, but for many May. ued, “Our mission is a safe and or- four decades.” er tactics. this was the first time the Taliban In a series of tweets warning of derly withdrawal and to leave the In Nawa, low-level fighting is Taliban fighters are blanketing forced them from their homes. heavy civilian casualties in recent [Afghan military] in the best pos- continuing near Tajbib’s home, al- territory with roadside bombs and When Tajbib returned, she dis- days, the United Nations said indi- sible position as we depart.” though government forces have booby-trapped explosives. And covered that her neighborhood rect fire, Afghan airstrikes and But the caliber of the forces that deemed the area “cleared.” As she Afghan government forces on the had been turned into a Taliban Taliban explosives are killing make up the Afghan military is spoke, gunfire sputtered a few offensive are waging exhausting garrison. Passageways were many civilians. wildly uneven. The vast majority hundred yards away, and blasts ground operations covered by in- knocked between rooms and The Afghan government does of desertions and casualties suf- from controlled detonations of tense Afghan air support. Of the houses, smaller holes were not disclose casualty figures for its fered by government forces are roadside bombs sent shock waves eight provinces where the Taliban punched through walls looking forces, but local officials said ca- within units that lack supplies and through her modest front room, gained territory last month, the out on the street, and tunnels were sualties among Afghan troops in training. But the country’s elite thrashing the pastel curtains Afghan military has advanced in dug connecting adjacent homes. Helmand are about twice as high units — which make up just a frac- hanging in the window. three: Baghlan in the north, Lagh- “I begged them, ‘Don’t do this,’ now as when the military had tion of the national security forces “We don’t feel safe, but we man to the east and in Helmand, but they said, ‘You are the friend close U.S. air support. The offi- — have trained and worked along- couldn’t afford the rent in the around its capital Lashkar Gah. of Americans. Get out of here,’” cials spoke on the condition of ano- side U.S. and NATO special oper- city,” she said, surrounded by Where combat has flared, the said Tajbib’s neighbor, in a similar nymity because they were not au- ators for nearly two decades, and about half a dozen children who war’s new phase has proved dead- account of being forced from her thorized to release such informa- they display a deep commitment appeared unfazed by the noise. lier for government forces, Tali- home by the Taliban. Fearing ret- tion. to fighting for their country. They are fine during the day, Taj- ban fighters and civilians alike. ribution, she spoke on the condi- The Taliban is also suffering Sadat is the product of some of bib said. But at night when the air- Last month, the airstrikes in Na- tion of anonymity. more losses. Sadat said his men that elite training. He attended strikes and artillery begin, she wa drew so close to the home of a As the neighbor, a slight elderly killed or wounded about 700 Tali- military academies in Germany added, they often wake up woman named Tajbib that explo- woman, fled, her son stepped on a ban fighters in Helmand over the and Britain, has fought alongside screaming in terror. sions littered her garden with 2- roadside bomb. The blast killed past month. Local officials esti- U.S. Special Operations forces She said she doesn’t understand foot-long pieces of burning shrap- him almost immediately, she said, mated the number to be closer to and says he will always have deep why the violence is becoming nel, she said. Then, Taliban fight- recounting the story in wails of 300 but said this was still more gratitude for the U.S.-led mission worse now that the U.S. is with- ers appeared at her gate and or- mourning and anger to a group of than triple the Taliban casualties in Afghanistan. “None of this drawing. Without foreign forces in dered the entire family to leave. Afghan soldiers. Her son was one in previous operations. would even exist without the Unit- Afghanistan, Muslims should live But the street outside her home of the family’s main breadwin- “As we have said before, the ed States,” he said, gesturing to his together in peace, she said. was in the middle of a battle. ners, and she pleaded for help best way to reduce civilian casu- team of officers, their base and “Those who are fighting out “We were caught,” recounted from the troops to feed her grand- alties is for all sides to reduce the equipment. there,” Tajbib said of the govern- Tajbib, who has a single name and children. violence,” said Col. Sonny Leg- But he sees the withdrawal of ment troops and the Taliban, estimates she is in her 30s, as she Civilian casualties were nearly gett, a U.S. military spokesman foreign forces as an “opportunity” “they are brothers.” Saturday, June 5, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK US to promptly boost global vaccine sharing

BY ZEKE MILLER urgency to international vaccina- Associated Press tion efforts that we have demon- WASHINGTON — President strated at home.” Joe Biden announced Thursday U.S. National Security Adviser the U.S. will swiftly donate an ini- Jake Sullivan said the U.S. “will tial allotment of 25 million doses of retain the say” on where doses dis- surplus vaccine overseas through tributed through COVAX ulti- the United Nations-backed CO- mately go. TONY DEJAK/AP VAX program, promising infu- But he also said: “We’re not Coleen Piteo, director of marketing at Yours Truly restaurant, puts out a sign for hiring, Thursday, in sions for South and Central Amer- seeking to extract concessions, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. ica, Asia, Africa and others at a we’re not extorting, we’re not im- time of glaring shortages abroad posing conditions the way that and more than ample supplies at other countries who are providing home. doses are doing. ... These are doses US adds modest 559,000 jobs, The doses mark a substantial — that are being given, donated free and immediate — boost to the lag- and clear to these countries, for ging COVAX effort, which to date the sole purpose of improving the sign of more hiring struggles has shared just 76 million doses public health situation and help- with needy countries. ing end the pandemic.” Associated Press Many large chains, including are at the highest level on records The announcement came just The remaining 6 million in the WASHINGTON — U.S. em- Amazon, Walmart, Costco, and dating back to 2000. hours after World Health Organi- initial distribution of 25 million ployers added 559,000 jobs in Chipotle, have raised starting And consumers are opening zation officials in Africa made a will be directed by the White May, an improvement from pay to better attract applicants. their wallets. In April, they in- new plea for vaccine sharing be- House to U.S. allies and partners, April’s sluggish gain but still evi- Yet so far, those efforts aren’t creased their spending after a cause of an alarming situation on including Mexico, Canada, South dence that many companies are bearing much fruit. The number huge gain in March that was the continent, where shipments Korea, West Bank and Gaza, In- struggling to find enough work- of people working or looking for fueled by the distribution of have ground to “a near halt” while dia, Ukraine, Kosovo, Haiti, Geor- ers as the economy rapidly recov- work last month slipped slightly $1,400 stimulus checks. With virus cases have spiked over the gia, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Ye- ers from the pandemic recession. in May after three months of more Americans feeling comfort- past two weeks. men, as well as for United Nations Last month’s job gain was gains. able about staying in hotels and Overall, the White House has frontline workers. above April’s revised total of The economy expanded last visiting entertainment venues, announced plans to share 80 mil- The White House did not say 278,000, the Labor Department quarter at a robust 6.4% annual spending on services jumped. lion doses globally by the end of when the doses would begin ship- said Friday. The unemployment rate, and economists envision In fact, service industries, in- June, most through COVAX. Offi- ping overseas, but press secretary rate fell to 5.8% from 6.1%. growth in the current quarter re- cluding banking, retail, and ship- cials say a quarter of the nation’s Jen Psaki said the administration The speed of the rebound from aching a sizzling pace of 9% or ping, expanded at the fastest excess will be kept in reserve for hoped to send them “as quickly as the pandemic recession has more. All that growth, driven by pace on record in May. The evi- emergencies and for the U.S. to we can logistically get those out caught employers off guard and higher spending, has raised infla- dence suggests that consumers share directly with allies and part- the door.” touched off a scramble to hire. tion fears. But for now, it has have begun to embark on a long- ners. Vice President Kamala Harris The reopening of the economy, mainly propelled demand for la- anticipated shift away from the Of the first 19 million donated informed some U.S. partners they fueled by substantial federal aid bor. sizable goods purchases that through COVAX, approximately 6 will begin receiving doses, in sep- and rising vaccinations, has re- Job postings in late May were many of them had made while million doses will go to South and arate calls with Mexican Presi- leased pent-up demand among nearly 26% above pre-pandemic hunkered down at home to Central America, 7 million to Asia dent Andres Manuel López Obra- consumers to eat out, travel, levels, according to the employ- spending on services, from hair- and 5 million to Africa. dor, President Alejandro Giam- shop, attend public events and ment website Indeed. Govern- cuts to sporting events to vaca- “As long as this pandemic is mattei of Guatemala, Indian visit with friends and relatives. ment data shows that posted jobs tion trips. raging anywhere in the world, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi American people will still be vul- and Prime Minister Keith Rowley nerable,” Biden said in a state- of Trinidad and Tobago. Harris is ment. “And the United States is to visit Guatemala and Mexico in Heart reaction probed as possible committed to bringing the same the coming week. rare vaccine link in teenage boys Associated Press Pfizer shots in April or May and evidence of a possible previous Health authorities are trying to developed chest pain within a few COVID-19 infection and doctors determine whether heart inflam- days. Heart imaging tests showed determined none of them had a mation that can occur along with a type of heart muscle inflamma- rare inflammatory condition link- many types of infections could al- tion called myocarditis. ed with the coronavirus. so be a rare side effect in teens and None were critically ill. All were The cases echo reports from Is- young adults after the second dose healthy enough to be sent home af- rael in young men diagnosed after of COVID-19 vaccine. ter two to six days in the hospital receiving Pfizer shots. An article on seven U.S. teen and are doing “doing pretty well,” The CDC hasn’t determined if boys in several states, published said Dr. Preeti Jaggi, an Emory there’s really a link to the shots, online Friday in Pediatrics, is University infectious disease spe- and continues to urge that every- among the latest reports of heart cialist who co-authored the report. one 12 and older get vaccinated inflammation discovered after She said more follow-up is need- against COVID-19, which is far COVID-19 vaccination, though a ed to determine how the seven riskier than the vaccine. The Pfiz- EVAN VUCCI/AP link to the vaccine has not been fare but that it’s likely the heart er vaccine is available to those as President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID­19 vaccination proven. changes were temporary. young as 12; the Moderna shot re- program, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, The boys, aged 14 to 19, received Only one of the seven boys had mains cleared only for adult use. on Wednesday. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 NATION House Dems propose $547B public works bill

BY KEVIN FREKING as Biden prepares to hold another IRS enforcement. tation planning out of the 1950s and DeFazio’s legislation used as a Associated Press round of talks with the lead Senate He is seeking roughly $1 trillion toward our clean energy future.” starting point a bill that passed his WASHINGTON — House Dem- Republican negotiator, Sen. Shel- in new infrastructure spending, The bill is being closely watched committee last year without GOP ocrats are weighing in on the in- ley Moore Capito of West Virginia. down from an initial pitch of $2.3 as a building block toward a broad- support and was then rolled into a frastructure negotiations between In his meeting earlier this week trillion. Senate Republicans have er infrastructure package. DeFa- $1.5 trillion infrastructure package President Joe Biden and Senate with Capito, Biden offered tax con- countered with only $257 billion in zio’s panel is expected to debate that passed the House but went no- Republicans by calling for a public cessions aimed at reaching a bipar- additional spending on infrastruc- and vote on the measure next where in the Senate. works boost that would dedicate tisan compromise on his overall in- ture as part of a $928 billion pack- week. It is not expected to attract The bill would boost investment about $547 billion over five years to frastructure proposal. The two age. much GOP support, as Republi- in roads and bridges by about 54% roads, public transit systems and sides are at odds over how to pay DeFazio’s legislation, a reauth- cans unveiled their own legislation with an emphasis on fixing existing rail programs. for infrastructure projects, with orization of surface transportation recently that would authorize infrastructure. It would dedicate The proposal from Rep. Peter Republicans ruling out higher cor- programs set to expire Sept. 30, about $400 billion over five years about $4 billion to electric vehicle DeFazio, the Democratic chair- porate taxes and the White House doesn’t address how to pay for the for road, bridge and transit pro- charging stations and would pro- man of the House Transportation rejecting a GOP proposal to use un- projects. He tacked on major in- grams. vide record levels of investment for and Infrastructure Committee, spent COVID-19 relief funds. vestments in passenger and freight A similar dynamic is playing out pedestrian and cyclist pathways. comes during a key moment of the Biden proposed a 15% minimum rail, key pieces of Biden’s $1.7 tril- in the Senate, where a panel re- It would also seek to reconnect infrastructure debate as the White tax on corporations — there’s no lion American Jobs Plan within his cently passed its version of the low-income communities divided House signals its desire to start minimum tax now on corporate committee’s jurisdiction. He called highway bill unanimously, but the by highways with a $3 billion pro- wrapping up negotiations. The leg- profits — and the possibility of ad- the effort a “once-in-a-generation lawmakers didn’t have to vote yet gram “to correct mistakes of the islation’s unveiling Friday comes ditional revenues from increased opportunity to move our transpor- on how they would pay for it. past.” Humanitarian groups to recommend migrants for asylum Associated Press exposing them to potential threats and SAN DIEGO — The Biden administra- physical attacks from extortionists and oth- tion has quietly tasked six humanitarian er criminals. groups with recommending which mi- Critics of the new selection processes say grants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. too much power is vested in a small number instead of being rapidly expelled from the of organizations and that the effort is country under federal pandemic-related shrouded in secrecy without a clear expla- powers that block people from seeking asy- nation of how the groups were chosen. Crit- lum. ics also say there are no assurances that the The groups will determine who is most most vulnerable or deserving migrants will vulnerable in Mexico, and their criteria has be chosen to seek asylum. not been made public. It comes as large The consortium was formed after the numbers of people are crossing the south- U.S. government asked the U.N. High Com- ern border and as the government faces in- missioner for Refugees’ office in Mexico for tensifying pressure to lift the public health the names of organizations with deep expe- powers instituted by former President Do- rience and capacity in Mexico, said Sibylla nald Trump and kept in place by President Brodzinsky, a spokeswoman for the U.N. of- Joe Biden during the coronavirus pandem- fice. ic. GREGORY BULL/AP “We’ve had long relationships with them Several members of the consortium Migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua sit in line after turning themselves in and they’re trusted partners,” she said. spoke to The Associated Press about the cri- upon crossing the U.S.­Mexico border May 17 in La Joya, Texas. The groups say they are merely stream- teria and provided details of the system that lining the process but that the vulnerable have not been previously reported. The Committee, a global relief organization. into the United States at places along the migrants’ cases can come from anywhere. government is aiming to admit to the coun- The others are London-based Save the Chil- border. It has no end date. In Nogales, Ariz., the International Res- try up to 250 asylum-seekers a day who are dren; two U.S.-based organizations, HIAS The Homeland Security Department said cue Committee is connecting to migrants referred by the groups and is agreeing to and Kids in Need of Defense; and two Mex- in a statement that its efforts involve “close via social media and smartphones to find that system only until July 31. By then, the ico-based organizations, Asylum Access coordination with international and non- candidates. It plans to refer up to 600 people consortium hopes the Biden administration and the Institute for Women in Migration, governmental organizations in Mexico” to a month to U.S. officials, said Raymundo will have lifted the public health rules, according to two people with direct knowl- identify vulnerable people using govern- Tamayo, the group’s director in Mexico. though the government has not committed edge who spoke on condition of anonymity ment criteria and that it has final say on who Special consideration is being given to to that. because the information was not intended gets in. It described its work with the groups people who have been in Mexico a long So far, a total of nearly 800 asylum-seek- for public release. as fluid and said it hasn’t publicly identified time, are in need of acute medical attention ers have been let in since May 3, and mem- The effort started in El Paso, Texas, and them to avoid giving them exposure. or who have disabilities, are members of the bers of the consortium say there is already is expanding to Nogales, Ariz. Some consortium members are con- LGBTQ community or are non-Spanish more demand than they can meet. A similar but separate mechanism led by cerned that going public may cause their of- speakers, though each case is being The groups have not been publicly identi- the American Civil Liberties Union began fices in Mexico to be mobbed by asylum- weighed on its unique circumstances, Ta- fied except for the International Rescue in late March and allows 35 families a day seekers, overwhelming their tiny staffs and mayo said. Justice Department steps up efforts to combat hate crimes Associated Press past six months. But the number of to make that a reality.” ders in 2019, which includes 22 peo- ported, up from 7,120 the year be- WASHINGTON — The Justice hate crimes has grown: In Novem- The statement comes during the ple who were killed in a shooting fore — and approaching the 7,783 Department is stepping up its en- ber, the FBI said they'd reached the first days of Pride Month, a celebra- that targeted Mexicans at a Wal- from 2008. The FBI’s annual report forcement of hate crimes and other highest level in more than a decade. tion of LGBTQ rights, and as the mart in the border city of El Paso, defines hate crimes as those motiva- bias-related incidents, furthering a “Hate crimes are especially per- Justice Department has leveled a Texas, the FBI report found. The ted by bias based on a person’s race, promise by Attorney General Mer- nicious because they harm targeted series of civil rights charges, includ- suspect in that August 2019 shoot- religion or sexual orientation, rick Garland to focus on civil rights individuals and the entire commu- ing against three white men accused ing, which left two dozen other peo- among other categories. violations. nity to which the individual be- of killing Ahmaud Arbery, who was ple injured, was charged with both Some of the 2019 increases may Assistant Attorney General Kris- longs,” she said in a statement to The Black, in Georgia. It has also opened state and federal crimes in what au- be the result of better reporting by ten Clarke, recently sworn in and Associated Press. “No community several investigations into policing thorities said was an attempt to police departments, but law en- the first Black woman to hold the po- should live in fear because of who practices at departments around scare Hispanics into leaving the forcement officials and advocacy sition, said the effort has led to in- they are, where they are from, or the country. United States. groups don’t doubt that hate crimes dictments in multiple cases over the what they believe, and it is our goal There were 51 hate crime mur- There were 7,314 hate crimes re- are on the rise. Saturday, June 5, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION House panel to interview Trump counsel

Associated Press Mueller’s report on the matter. In him in publicly available portions his team examined for potential the media, to publicly and falsely WASHINGTON — The House the report, Mueller pointedly did of Mueller’s report. obstruction of justice during the deny that demand had ever been Judiciary Committee is poised to not exonerate Trump of obstruc- Still, House Democrats kept Russia investigation. McGahn made. question former White House tion of justice but also did not rec- the case going, even past Trump’s proved a pivotal — and damning McGahn also described the cir- counsel Don McGahn behind ommend prosecuting him, citing presidency, and are moving for- — witness against Trump, with cumstances leading up to closed doors on Friday, two years Justice Depart- ward with the interview to make his name mentioned hundreds of Trump’s firing of James Comey after House Democrats original- ment policy an example of the former White times in the text of the Mueller re- as FBI director, including the ly sought his testimony as part of against indict- House counsel. House Judiciary port and its footnotes. president’s insistence on includ- investigations into former Presi- ing a sitting Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, McGahn described to investi- ing in the termination letter the dent Donald Trump. president. D-N.Y., said the agreement for gators the president’s repeated fact that Comey had reassured The long-awaited interview is Mueller’s report McGahn’s testimony is a good- efforts to choke off the probe and Trump that he was not personally the result of an agreement reac- quoted exten- faith compromise that “satisfies directives he said he received under investigation. hed last month in federal court, sively from in- our subpoena, protects the Com- from the president that unnerved And he was present for a crit- and a transcript will be publicly terviews with mittee’s constitutional duty to him. ical conversation early in the McGahn released within a week. House McGahn, who conduct oversight in the future, He recounted how Trump had Trump administration, when Sal- Democrats — then investigating described the Republican presi- and safeguards sensitive execu- demanded that he contact then- ly Yates, just before she was fired whether Trump tried to obstruct dent’s efforts to stifle the investi- tive branch prerogatives.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions to as acting attorney general as a the Justice Department’s probes gation. It is unclear what House Demo- order him to unrecuse himself holdover Obama appointee, re- into his presidential campaign’s While the Judiciary panel crats will do with the testimony, from the Russia investigation. layed concerns to McGahn about ties to Russia — originally sued eventually won its fight for which they sought before twice McGahn also said Trump had im- new national security adviser Mi- after McGahn defied an April McGahn’s testimony, the court impeaching Trump. The Senate plored him to tell the deputy at- chael Flynn. She raised the possi- 2019 subpoena on Trump’s or- agreement almost guarantees its acquitted Trump of impeach- torney general at the time, Rod bility that Flynn’s conversations ders. members won’t learn anything ment charges both times. Rosenstein, to remove Mueller with Russian Ambassador Ser- That month, the Justice De- new. The two sides agreed that As White House counsel, from his position because of per- gey Kislyak — and his subse- partment released a redacted McGahn will be questioned only McGahn had an insider’s view of ceived conflicts of interest — and, quent interview by the FBI — left version of special counsel Robert about information attributed to many of the episodes Mueller and after that episode was reported in him vulnerable to blackmail. Pence: May Facebook never agree suspends with Trump Trump Associated Press Facebook says it will suspend on Jan. 6 former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years BY MICHAEL CASEY following its finding that he Associated Press stoked violence ahead of the MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former Vice Pres- deadly Jan.6 insurrection. ident Mike Pence says that he isn’t sure that he “At the end of this period, we and former President Donald Trump will ever will look to experts to assess see “eye to eye” over what happened on Jan. 6 whether the risk to public safety but that he would “always be proud of what we has receded. We will evaluate ex- accomplished for the American people over ternal factors, including instances the last four years.” of violence, restrictions on peace- Pence, speaking at a Republican dinner ful assembly and other markers of Thursday in the early-voting state of New civil unrest,” Nick Clegg, Face- Hampshire, gave his most extensive com- book’s vice president of global af- ments to date on the events of Jan. 6, when an- fairs, wrote in a blog post Friday. gry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, Facebook also plans to end a some chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” after the contentious policy championed vice president said he did not have the power to by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that au- overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s election victo- tomatically exempted politicians ry. from certain moderation rules on “As I said that day, Jan. 6 was a dark day in its site. history of the United States Capitol. But thanks ELISE AMENDOLA/AP The social media giant said on to the swift action of the Capitol Police and fed- Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the annual Hillsborough County, N.H., GOP Friday that while it will still apply eral law enforcement, violence was quelled. Lincoln­Reagan Dinner, on Thursday, in Manchester, N.H. this “newsworthiness” exemption The Capitol was secured,” Pence said. to certain posts it deems to be in “And that same day, we reconvened the Con- president. radical agenda,” Pence said. “My fellow Re- the public interest even if they vi- gress and did our duty under the Constitution Pence praised Trump several times during publicans, for our country, for our future, for olate Facebook rules, it will no and the laws of the United States,” Pence con- his nearly 35-minute speech at the Hillsbor- our children and our grandchildren, we must longer treat material posted by tinued. “You know, President Trump and I ough County Republican Committee’s annual move forward, united.” politicians any differently from have spoken many times since we left office. Lincoln-Reagan Awards Dinner in Manches- He accused Biden of campaigning as a mod- what’s posted by anyone else. And I don’t know if we’ll ever see eye to eye on ter. He tried to turn the events of Jan. 6 back erate but becoming the most liberal president The move is in response to rec- that day.” around on Democrats, saying they wanted to since Franklin D. Roosevelt. He said the ad- ommendations from the compa- It was a rare departure for Pence, who spent keep the insurrection in the news to divert at- ministration forced through Congress “a CO- ny’s quasi-independent oversight four years standing loyally beside his boss tention from Biden’s liberal agenda. VID bill to fund massive expansion of the wel- board, which last month upheld a amid controversy, investigation and impeach- “I will not allow Democrats or their allies in fare state” and was pushing a “so-called infras- decision by Facebook to keep for- ment. It comes as Pence considers his own po- the media to use one tragic day to discredit the tructure bill” that was really a “thinly dis- mer President Donald Trump in- tential 2024 White House run and as Republi- aspirations of millions of Americans. Or allow guised climate change bill” funded with cuts in definitely suspended but said the cans, some of whom were angry at Trump in Democrats or their allies in the media to dis- the military and historic tax increases. company must decide what to do the days after the Jan. 6 insurrection, have tract our attention from a new administration “I just say enough is enough,” he said, adding with his accounts within 6 largely coalesced back around the former intent on dividing our country to advance their that “we’re going to stand strong for freedom.” months. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 NATION Traffic deaths up 7%, most since 2007

Associated Press increase on drivers taking more bers normally come out in the fall. 5% to 23,395, according to common. DETROIT — U.S. traffic deaths risks on less-congested roads by The increase came even though NHTSA. Preliminary data from the Fed- rose 7% last year, the biggest in- speeding, failing to wear seat the number of miles traveled by Deaths involving a large truck eral Highway Administration crease in 13 years even though belts, or driving while impaired vehicle fell 13% from 2019. fell 2%, while traffic fatalities shows that vehicle miles traveled people drove fewer miles due to by drugs or alcohol. Motorcyclist deaths rose 9% among people 65 and older fell fell by about 430.2 billion miles the coronavirus pandemic, the An estimated 38,680 people last year to 5,015, while bicyclist 9%. last year when compared with government’s road safety agency died in traffic crashes last year, deaths were up 5% to 846. Pedes- The agency said it has data 2019. There were 1.37 deaths per reported Thursday. the most of any year since 2007, trian deaths remained steady at showing that speeds increased 100 million vehicle miles traveled The National Highway Traffic the agency said in releasing pre- 6,205, and the number of people through the year, and examples of in 2020, up from 1.11 deaths a year Safety Administration blamed the liminary numbers. Final num- killed in passenger vehicles rose extreme speeding became more earlier. Police: Third victim dies in banquet hall shooting in Miami Associated Press MIAMI — Police in South Flor- ‘Our family ida announced “Operation Sum- mer Heat” to combat escalating wants the gun gun violence as a third person died from a gunshot wound suf- violence to end, fered during a mass shooting out- side a banquet hall near Miami. for these Shaniqua Peterson, 32, died on Thursday afternoon, Miami- predators to be Dade police said in a news re- lease. caught.’ She was among the 23 people shot early Sunday during a rap- Shaniqua Peterson’s family per’s album release party at the “Our family wants the gun vio- El Mula Banquet Hall. Two of the lence to end, for these predators RICHARD TSONG­TAATARII, STAR TRIBUNE (MINNEAPOLIS)/AP victims remained in critical con- to be caught. This shooting has Protesters set a dumpster on fire after a shooting Thursday, in Minneapolis. dition at a hospital, police said. shaken the family to its core,” Pe- Other gun violence over the terson’s family said in a state- past week included a car chase ment. and shooting near a Miami casi- Two 26-year-old men, Des- Unrest erupts after man dies no, a mass shooting in Wynwood mond Owens and Clayton Dillard that left one dead and six wound- III, also died in the banquet hall ed and a shooting outside a South shooting. in Minneapolis arrest attempt Beach restaurant that left a man Police said they’ve confirmed paralyzed and a rapper behind there were multiple shooters Associated Press forcement and “produced a shattered back window. It was bars. “from various locations” outside MINNEAPOLIS — Crowds handgun resulting in task force surrounded by many other vehi- The motive for the banquet hall the banquet hall. Surveillance vandalized buildings and stole members firing upon the sub- cles near a white pop-up tent. shooting is still unknown, but in- video shows some of the shooters from businesses in Minneapolis’ ject,” the U.S. Marshals said in a Several officers were nearby and vestigators were focusing on so- arrived in a Nissan Pathfinder Uptown neighborhood after offi- statement. Task force members in a glass-enclosed stairwell. cial-media feuds involving the lo- late Saturday night and parked cials said a man wanted for ille- attempted life-saving measures, The state Bureau of Criminal cal rappers who hosted the show, close to the banquet hall. gally possessing a gun was fatally but he died at the scene, they Apprehension and the federal the Miami Herald reported. This The video shows three people shot by authorities who were part said. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and includes two rival groups whose getting out of the vehicle, one of a task force trying to arrest him It was not clear how many law Firearms both tweeted that they tensions go back years and have gripping a handgun while the that included U.S. Marshals. enforcement officers fired their were responding to help investi- been fueled by threats made on- other two carried what police de- Following the Thursday after- weapons. A spokeswoman with gate. The Marshals said the state line and in rap lyrics, according scribed as “assault-style rifles.” noon shooting, a small crowd the U.S. Marshals said the U.S. BCA is leading the investigation. to the Herald. Another video showed another gathered in the neighborhood Marshals leads the task force, The Minneapolis Police De- “A lot of these violent acts person shooting from a different where the man was shot, shouting which is comprised of several partment said it was not involved you’re seeing on their social angle, news outlets reported. expletives at police. agencies. Other agencies with in the shooting. media. You’re seeing them call The crowd had been waiting to Later in the night, people van- personnel on the scene at the The city has been on edge since each other out, they’re giving get inside for an album release dalized “numerous” buildings time of the shooting include sher- the deaths of George Floyd, a verbal cues,” Miami-Dade Police party by Courtney Paul Wilson, and looted some, Minneapolis po- iff’s offices from Hennepin, Ano- Black man who died last year af- Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ra- 24, better known as rapper lice spokesman John Elder said ka and Ramsey counties, the ter he was pinned to the ground mirez said during Thursday’s ABMG Spitta. in an email to reporters early Fri- Minnesota Department of Cor- by Minneapolis officers, and press conference. “Some of the Authorities said the suspects day. A dumpster was burned and rections and the Department of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist songs have verbal cues that are began spraying bullets indis- windows were smashed. Arrest Homeland Security. who was fatally shot in April by triggering rolling violence, real- criminately into the crowd but totals weren’t expected to be The U.S. Marshals said a fe- an officer in the nearby suburb of time violence. Back in the ’90s, it had specific targets in mind. available until later Friday. male who was in the vehicle was Brooklyn Center. was drug turf wars. Here it’s a lit- The Pathfinder had been re- Little is known about Thurs- treated for minor injuries due to Before Thursday night’s un- tle bit of that but a lot of it is show- ported stolen earlier, and was day’s shooting. The U.S. Mar- glass debris. rest, tensions in Minneapolis al- ing off.” found Monday submerged in a shals Service said a task force According to the Minneapolis ready had risen after crews early Peterson’s relatives told news canal several miles away. was trying to arrest the man on a Star Tribune, an aerial view of Thursday removed concrete bar- outlets she had a bullet lodged in There is a reward of up to state warrant for being a felon in the top level of the parking ramp riers that blocked traffic at a Min- her head and had been in a med- $130,000 for information that possession of a firearm. where Thursday’s shooting re- neapolis intersection where a ically induced coma since the leads to an arrest of the people re- The man, who was in a parked portedly occurred showed a sil- memorial to Floyd was assem- shooting. sponsible. car, didn’t comply with law en- ver sport utility vehicle with a bled after his death. Saturday, June 5, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 SCIENCE/MEDICINE Radiation drugs able to track and kill cancer cells Associated Press ding to hormone-blocking treat- Doctors are reporting improved ment. survival in men with advanced The study tested a new way to prostate cancer from an experi- get radiation treatment to such pa- mental drug that delivers radiation tients. directly to tumor cells. It involved 831 men with ad- Few such drugs are approved vanced prostate cancer. Two- now, but the approach may be- thirds were given the radiation come a new way to treat patients drug and the rest served as a com- with other hard-to-reach or inop- parison group. Patients got the erable cancers. drug through an IV every six The study tested an emerging weeks, up to six times. FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION/AP class of medicine called radiophar- After about two years, those who A female North Atlantic right whale, right, swims with another whale. maceuticals, drugs that deliver ra- received the drug did better, on av- diation directly to cancer cells. The erage. The cancer was kept at bay drug in this case is a molecule that for nearly nine months compared contains two parts: a tracker and a to about three months for the oth- Shrinking giants: North Atlantic cancer-killing payload. ers. Survival was better too — Trillions of these molecules hunt about 15 months versus 11 months. right whales are getting smaller down cancer cells, latching onto The gain may not seem like protein receptors on the cell mem- much, but “these patients don’t Associated Press track to average not quite 43 feet, populations to further dwindle, brane. The payload emits radi- have many options,” said ASCO One of the giants of the deep is according to the study. said study co-author Michael ation, which hits the tumor cells president Dr. Lori Pierce, a cancer shrinking before our eyes, a new “This isn’t about ‘short’ right Moore, marine mammals director within its range. radiation specialist at the Univer- study says. whales, it’s about a physical mani- at Woods Hole Oceanographic In- “You can treat tumors that you sity of Michigan. The younger generation of crit- festation of a physiological prob- stitute. The authors were able to cannot see. Anywhere the drug can Radioactivity can reduce blood ically endangered North Atlantic lem, it’s the chest pain before the take pictures of 129 of the right go, the drug can reach tumor cell production, which can lead to right whales are on average about heart attack,” said Regina Asmu- whales and use a computer pro- cells,” said Dr. Frank Lin, who had anemia and clotting problems for three feet shorter than whales tis-Silvia, executive director of gram to compare them to right no role in the study but heads a di- patients. In the study, 53% of the were 20 years ago, drone and air- Whale and Dolphin Conservation whales of similar age 20 years ago. vision at the National Cancer Insti- patients had serious side effects craft data show in a study in North America, who wasn’t part of The issue emerged from a re- tute that helps develop such med- compared to 38% of patients in the Thursday’s journal Current Biolo- the study. “Ignoring it only leads search trip several years ago icine. comparison group. Both groups gy. to an inevitable tragedy, while when Knowlton and others saw a Results were released Thursday were allowed to get other treat- Scientists say humans are to recognizing and treating it can lit- few small whales and a dead one. by the American Society of Clinical ments. blame. Entanglements with fish- erally save a life, or in this case, an They figured the small whales Oncology ahead of its annual meet- The results pave the way for gov- ing gear, collisions with ships and entire species.” were calves, less than a year old, ing this weekend. The study was ernment approval and will boost climate change moving their food There are only about 356 North because of their size, but checking funded by Novartis, the drug’s interest in radiation drugs, Lin supply north are combining to Atlantic right whales left, down showed the whales actually were maker, which plans to seek ap- said. stress and shrink these large from 500 in 2010, said study co-au- about two years old. Whale calves provals in the United States and Others already in use include whales, the study says. thor Amy Knowlton, a senior sci- normally double in size in two Europe later this year. Novartis’ Lutathera for a rare type Diminishing size is a threat to entist at the New England Aquar- years, said study lead author Josh- When cancer is confined to the of cancer of the stomach and gut. the species’ overall survival be- ium. Other estimates put the pop- ua Stewart, a National Oceanic prostate, radiation can be beamed And Bayer’s Xofigo is approved cause the whales aren’t having as ulation around 400, though re- and Atmospheric Administration onto the body or implanted in pel- for men whose prostate cancer has many offspring. They aren’t big searchers agree the population is researcher. lets. spread to the bone but not else- enough to nurse their young or shrinking. The study authors said the No. 1 But those methods don’t work where. Xofigo targets areas where even get pregnant, study authors In the past, scientists and activ- issue with smaller right whales is well in more advanced prostate the body is trying to repair bone said. ists have concentrated solely on entanglement in fishing gear, es- cancer. About 43,000 men in the loss from tumor damage, but it These marine mammals used to whale deaths, but now they realize pecially ropes that have become United States each year are diag- isn’t directly aimed at prostate grow to 46 feet on average, but there’s a problem afflicting sur- stronger and harder for whales to nosed with prostate cancer that cancer cells wherever they may be now the younger generation is on viving whales that can still cause shed. has spread and is no longer respon- in the body. SpaceX launches tiny sea creatures, solar panels to space station Associated Press from Kennedy Space Center. have been in continuous oper- Earth methods will work in zero space station. By identifying the CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first-stage booster was new ation for 20 years. gravity,” researcher Jeffrey genes behind the animals’ adapt- SpaceX launched thousands of ti- for a change, landing on an off- More power will be needed to Ebersole of the University of Ne- ability, scientists hope to better ny sea creatures to the Interna- shore platform several minutes accommodate the growing num- vada Las Vegas said in a state- understand the stresses on the tional Space Station on Thurs- after liftoff so it can be recycled ber of ticket-buying visitors, NA- ment. human body during long space day, along with a plaque-fighting for a NASA astronaut flight this SA’s space station program man- Also headed to the orbiting lab: stays. toothpaste experiment and pow- fall. ager, Joel Montalbano, said 20,000 tardigrades, better known The baby bobtail squid are erful solar panels. The Dragon cargo capsule — Wednesday. as water bears, and 128 bobtail part of a study investigating the The 7,300-pound shipment — also brand new — is delivering The cargo includes samples of squid, as well as chile pepper relationship between beneficial which also includes fresh lem- the first of three sets of high-tech saliva and oral bacteria from plants and cotton seedlings. bacteria and their animal hosts. ons, onions, avocados and cherry solar panels designed to bolster dental patients that will be treat- Tardigrades can survive in This is SpaceX’s 22nd station tomatoes for the station’s seven the space station’s aging power ed with toothpaste and mouth- drastic environments on Earth supply run for NASA. The space astronauts — should arrive Sat- grid. Astronauts will conduct two wash in an experiment aimed at and even in the vacuum of space. agency turned to private compa- urday. spacewalks later this month to keeping astronauts' teeth and Launched frozen, these micro- nies to transport cargo and astro- SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blast- help install the two roll-out pan- gums healthy in space. scopic extremophiles will be nauts following the shuttles’ re- ed into the hazy afternoon sky els alongside solar wings that “There’s no guarantee that the thawed and revived aboard the tirement a decade ago. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 WORLD Police arrest organizer of Hong Kong vigil Associated Press sweeping moves to quell dissent in HONG KONG — Police arrest- the city, including a new national ed an organizer of Hong Kong’s security law, election system annual candlelight vigil remem- changes and the arrest of many ac- bering the deadly crackdown in tivists who participated in pro-de- Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, mocracy protests that swept Hong warned people not to attend the Kong in 2019. banned event and cordoned off Hong Kong police cordoned off parts of the venue Friday as au- parts of the park, including foot- thorities mute China’s last pro-de- ball fields and basketball courts, to mocracy voices. try to prevent any gatherings. Po- In past years, tens of thousands lice said they were aware of calls of people gathered in Hong Kong’s on social media urging people to Victoria Park to honor those who turn up for the vigil. died when China’s military put “Police appeal to members of down student-led pro-democracy the public to refrain from partici- protests on June 4, 1989. Hun- pating in, advertising or publiciz- dreds, if not thousands, were ing any unauthorized assemblies killed. and prohibited gatherings,” a gov- China’s ruling Communist Par- ernment statement said. ty has never allowed public events At the University of Hong Kong, on the mainland to mark the anni- students took part in an annual versary and security was in- washing of the “Pillar of Shame” creased at the Beijing square, with sculpture, which was erected to police checking pedestrians’ IDs VINCENT YU/AP remember the victims of the Tia- as tour buses shuttled Chinese Police officers stand guard at Hong Kong Victoria Park on Friday, where people gathered in past years nanmen crackdown. Charles tourists in and out. during a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on a pro­democracy Kwok, the president of the stu- Chinese officials say the coun- student movement in Beijing, in Hong Kong. dents’ union, said the event was le- try’s rapid economic development gal. in the years since what they call ory of the Tiananmen events have the vice chair of the Hong Kong Al- Park has been banned for a second “In cleaning the Pillar of Shame, the “political turmoil” of 1989 lately turned to Hong Kong. A tem- liance, a group that organizes both year under coronavirus pandemic we shall learn how our predeces- proves that decisions made at the porary June 4 museum closed af- the museum and the vigil, on Fri- restrictions, although the city has sors defended the freedom of ex- time were correct. ter a visit from authorities earlier day morning. had no local cases for over six pression before, and we shall not Efforts to suppress public mem- this week and police then detained The nighttime event in Victoria weeks. The move came amid easily give up,” Kwok said. Opposition: Belarusian dissident forced to confess on state TV Associated Press Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the sian flight controllers ordered the WARSAW, Poland — The Bela- main opposition candidate in Bela- pilots to land in Minsk, citing a rusian opposition said Friday a dis- rus’ presidential election last Au- bomb threat. No bomb was found, sident journalist was coerced to gust, said that Pratasevich and oth- but Pratasevich and his Russian appear in a video on state TV in er inmates speaking in videos from girlfriend were arrested. which he wept and praised the custody “are for sure being Speaking in a trembling voice country’s authoritarian ruler, a tortured and violated.” and looking nervous in the pro- broadcast sharply criticized by Tsikhanouskaya’s spokeswo- gram on the state-controlled ONT Western officials. man, Anna Krasulina, described channel, Pratasevich said the op- In the 90-minute video aired Pratasevich as a hostage. position was pondering plans for a ONT CHANNEL/AP Thursday night, 26-year-old Ra- “He made his statements under forceful change of government Dissident journalist Raman Pratasevich smokes a cigarette while man Pratasevich repented for his tough physical and psychological and was locked in infighting to di- speaking in a video from a detention center in Minsk, Belarus. opposition activities and said he pressure and, possibly, under vide the funds offered by Poland respects Belarus’ President Alex- drugs,” Krasulina told The Associ- and Lithuania. carry a 15-year prison sentence. launched a criminal probe against ander Lukashenko as “a man with ated Press. “We demand the im- Pratasevich, who ran a widely Pratasevich said he fears that he him. balls of steel.” mediate release of Raman, who is popular channel on the Telegram could face a death sentence on In the end, he said, he was tired His associates reacted with out- used by Lukashenko’s regime as a messaging app that helped orga- charges linked to him being part of of political activism and only rage, accusing the Belarusian au- toy and instrument to blackmail nize months of protests against Lu- a volunteer battalion that fought wants to have a family and live a thorities of forcing Pratasevich to Belarus’ democratic forces.” kashenko, also offered repentance against Russia-backed separatists normal life. Then he broke into smear himself and disavow the op- Pratasevich was traveling from for his action and said he pleaded in eastern Ukraine. He pleaded tears, covering his face with his position. Greece to Lithuania aboard a Rya- guilty to the charges of organizing with Lukashenko not to hand him hands, scratches left by handcuffs Speaking on a visit to Poland, nair flight on May 23 when Belaru- mass disturbances. The charges over to separatists who have clearly visible on his wrists. Watchdog says that Syria has likely used chemical weapons 17 times

Associated Press disturbing reality” that eight Chemical Weapons will be tak- sue from May 18 to June 1, and in September 2013 by its close UNITED NATIONS— The years after Syria joined the ing up a new issue at its next requested visas but never got a ally Russia after a deadly chem- head of the international chem- Chemical Weapons Convention, consultations with Syria — “the response. He said he informed ical weapons attack that the ical weapons watchdog told the which bans the production or presence of a new chemical Damascus he was postponing West blamed on Damascus. By U.N. Security Council that its use of such weapons, many weapons agent found in samples the arrival to May 28. August 2014, President Bashar experts have investigated 77 al- questions remain about its ini- collected in large storage con- With no reply from Syria by Assad’s government declared legations against Syria, and tial declaration of its weapons, tainers in September 2020.” May 26, he said, “I decided to that the destruction of its chem- concluded that in 17 cases stockpiles and precursors and Arias said he sent a letter in- postpone the mission until fur- ical weapons was completed. chemical weapons were likely its ongoing program. forming the Syrian government ther notice.” But Syria’s initial declaration to or definitely used. He said Thursday that the Or- that he intended to send an Syria was pressed to join the the OPCW has remained in dis- Fernando Arias called it “a ganization for the Prohibition of OPCW team to look into this is- Chemical Weapons Convention pute. Saturday, June 5, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Police: Girls aged 9 and 4 drive car into semi WEST VALLEY CITY UT — Two Utah girls aged 9 and 4 got behind the wheel of a car and crashed into a semi trac- tor-trailer as they tried to drive to California early Wednesday morning, police said. The two girls emerged unin- jured, as did the truck driver, au- thorities said. Their parents were asleep when the girls took the car, Detective Scott List with West Jor- dan Police Department told KUTV. They were awakened by police informing them about the crash. The 9-year-old told police they were planning to drive cross coun- try to go on a beach vacation, said West Valley City Police Lt. Sean McCarthy. The crash happened when the 9- year-old driver sideswiped one driver, then swerved into the semi’s path on a highway frontage road in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City. The crash briefly closed part of the highway, but the children were wearing their seatbelts and suffered no serious injuries.

Man calls for help while ELI HARTMAN, ODESSA AMERICAN/AP floating downriver LISBON — A Maine Ready to make a splash ME man who dialed 911 Lifeguard Dshybroen Deary jumps off a diving board during a break at the Woodson Park Aquatic Center on Wednesday in Odessa, Texas. while being swept down the An- droscoggin River survived the mal. THE CENSUS to city spokeswoman Sarah harrowing episode, officials said. The bear was taken from Nash- McKenzie. A fist sculpture, which Conner O’Reilly, 21, of Top- ua to a wildlife management area The amount San Diego will pay to an 82-year-old stands several feet tall, will re- sham, had his cellphone, along in central New Hampshire, offi- $900K woman whose foot and ankle were crushed when her main in the middle of the intersec- with a lifejacket, as he floated cials said. car collided with a city fire engine that sped through a red light while heading to tion, McKenzie said. down the river after his boat cap- an emergency in 2018, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The settlement ap- sized, Lisbon Fire Chief Nate Le- Police: Man killed when proved by the City Council last week, covers Marlowe Berg’s medical bills, Police: 58 horses seized Clair said. riding mower overturned future treatment and adverse impact on the remaining years of her life, the from ranch amid concerns The 911 call helped rescuers lo- Union-Tribune reported. cate him quickly before hypother- WICHITA — A man HELENA — About 60 mia set in. The water temperature KS has died after becom- with a bullhorn outside the home grabbed that attendant by the arm. MT horses have been in the area was close to 50 degrees. ing pinned under water by an of Mayor Van Johnson at 12:30 The U.S. Attorney’s Office said seized from a ranch in Montana af- A rescue boat located O’Reilly overturned riding lawn mower in a.m. Monday. Johnson admitted in the plea ter police believe the animals and took him ashore, where he was Wichita, police there said. Brooks was released from jail agreement to having been under were being neglected, authorities evaluated and allowed to return The accident happened around on a $1,300 bond. She told WTOC- the influence of alcohol but in con- said. home. His sunken fishing boat will 2 p.m. Wednesday in east Wichita TV she was protesting because she trol of his actions. The Lewis and Clark County remain in the river until it can be when the 40-year-old man was believes the mayor’s policies have sheriff’s office moved 58 horses on salvaged. mowing property in a residential encouraged gentrification of his- Crews removing barriers, Tuesday to the county fairgrounds neighborhood, police said. Inves- torically Black and poor neighbor- memorials at square so two veterinarians could assess Black bear makes a tigators said the man was operat- hoods in Savannah. the condition of the horses in 50-mile trek in 10 days ing the mower when it slid into a MINNEAPOLIS — states of neglect ranging from lake on the property and pinned Man sentenced for MN Crews removed con- moderate to severe, The Inde- NASHUA — A black the man under the water. assault of 2 on flight crete barriers as well as artwork, pendent Record reported. NH bear out for a stroll Witnesses reported the man flowers and other memorial items The assessment will be used to managed to trek from Barre, was submerged for about 10 min- ALBUQUERQUE — on Thursday from a Minneapolis criminally charge the owner of the Mass., to Nashua, N.H., in just 10 utes before first responders found NM A California man has intersection that has become a horses. The sheriff’s office has not days, officials said. him, Wichita Police Lt. Kris Hen- been sentenced to six months in sprawling memorial to George yet identified the owner. The Massachusetts Division of derson said. Medics pulled him prison for assaulting two flight at- Floyd, whose death last year at the About 15 law enforcement offi- Fisheries and Wildlife tagged the from the water and performed tendants while traveling from San hands of police galvanized the ra- cials, including a U.S. Forest Ser- bear on May 17 and released it in CPR, but could not revive him. Diego to Albuquerque, N.M. cial justice movement. vice ranger and a Department of the Worcester County town, Mass- The office of the U.S. Attorney City crews began the work Livestock employee, acted on a Live reported. Woman arrested in for New Mexico announced the about 4:30 a.m. at the intersection, search warrant that was served The bear opted not to stick protest at mayor’s home sentencing Wednesday of Alton which is informally known as Ge- Tuesday, Sheriff Leo Dutton said. around, however, and instead James Johnson, 43, of Yuba City, orge Floyd Square and was where Neighboring ranch workers also launched a 50-mile journey before SAVANNAH — A 21- Calif. James pleaded guilty to the the 46-year-old Black man was offered to help. winding up in Nashua, according GA year-old woman faces assault on Jan. 12. pinned to the ground by police. The sheriff’s office purchased to the New Hampshire Fish and criminal charges after being ac- Prosecutors said in a plea agree- The intersection at 38th Street bales of hay to feed the horses, but Game Department. cused of protesting after midnight ment that Johnson repeatedly tou- and Chicago Avenue has been Dutton said the department will Nashua police discovered the outside the home of Savannah’s ched a female flight attendant on closed to traffic and became a pri- need help to provide up to 25 bales bear in a congested area of Nashua mayor. her legs during a December 2019 mary gathering place for those required daily to feed the animals. on Bridge Street and contacted of- Police arrested Keiajah Brooks flight. She asked him to stop and mourning Floyd’s death. He said he hopes horse sanctuar- ficials from the Fish and Game on charges of disorderly conduct he then grabbed her by the but- The community group Agape, ies can help support the string of Department for help. and unlawful assembly. A Savan- tocks. which contracted with the city to horses. A biologist from the department nah police report said she was Prosecutors said a second flight keep watch over the area, worked chemically immobilized the ani- among a group of people shouting attendant stepped in to help and he to coordinate the effort, according From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 MOVIES

Emma Stone, right and bottom, who also was a producer, Emma Thompson, had nearly left, and Joel Fry, 50 costumes right, in “Cruella.” in the film.

DISNEY PHOTOS/AP Sew impressive In a punk ‘Cruella,’ dogs play second fiddle to designs

BY LINDSEY BAHR produced something new, (Stone) seemed to take to it album cover. Associated Press like a duck to water and make it work. She is, absolutely Stone, she said, was game for anything. She didn’t erman punk princess Nina Hagen isn’t the and without a doubt, totally fabulous.” have to dye her hair for the role, but Stacey said she most obvious inspiration for a Disney movie, One of the final looks that stood out for Beaven was would have in a heartbeat. but “Cruella” is not your typical Disney Cruella’s military-styled jacket paired with a big skirt “I weighed in a bit, but there were geniuses that were Gmovie. The live-action origin story about the and Doc Martens. creating her look,” Stone said. “Putting on all black-and-white-haired cartoon supervillain is less Stacey said she was given one rule for Cruella: of that really did make you feel like Cru- about a maniacal dalmatian-skinner than an aspiring The black and white hair needed to be on the ella de Vil.” designer with a punk sensibility out to disrupt the stuffy same sides as in the cartoon. Anything else was The endeavor was an epic under- ways of the past in 1970s London. fair game. taking with a reported $200 million Departments like hair and makeup “I sort of went at it with a punk spirit, like, budget. There were some 277 cos- and costume design work overtime to you know, I’m just going to do this and go for it tumes for the principal cast, 47 blend into the fabric of a film. In “Cru- and see what happens,” Stacey said. “The changes for Cruella/Estella and 33 ella,” the story itself gives them the punk revolution was such a change in fashion for Emma Thompson’s Baroness. spotlight. So director Craig Gillespie and music and makeup and hair. It does really “Every week I’d come in and my and star and producer Emma Stone kind of follow the narrative of Cruella as well.” (assistant director) would be like, ‘Oh, enlisted some of the best in the busi- Stacey found inspiration not only in Nina we’ve got a big week this week,’ and I ness to help: Two-time Oscar-winning Jenny Beavan, Hagen but Blondie frontwoman Debbie said, ‘Every week is a big week.’ costume designer Jenny Beavan, who a two­time Harry, who she said often paired edgy We have four to six hundred has mastered everything from Mer- Oscar winner stylings with pink lipsticks. extras and balls and galas,” chant Ivory period films like “A Room (and 10­time “That sparked an idea that I could Gillespie said. “We were just with a View” to the post-apocalyptic nominee), make stuff punky or messed up but keep racing all the time.” looks of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” and designed the a beauty element to it, which makes it One gala scene alone re- BAFTA-winning hair and makeup costumes for not just period and punk, it gives it a quired 152 wigs and dressing designer Nadia Stacey, who trans- “Cruella.” fresh take and makes it modern,” Stacey 149 members of the supporting formed Stone into an 18th century said. “So if you are doing a really graph- cast. Another pivotal party had social climber in “The Favourite.” ic, harsh (look), you can do a softer beau- 80 dresses and 88 wigs, each “I never thought I would do it. It was never a film that ty lip with it. Or if she’s hanging off a of which required four hours would come up in my range of stuff because I’m not garbage truck, she can still have pink of prep. really into fashion,” said Beavan. “Of course, I was and blue jewels that contradict with the “I’ve never seen such around in the ’70s. This film and script triggered my situation. There’s that kind of juxtaposi- attention to detail before,” memory of what it was like.” tion, a real clash of things that I tried to said actor Kirby Howell- With the script and Gillespie’s comprehensive mood keep in mind when creating.” Baptiste, who plays Anita board and soundtrack in mind, Beavan and her team set One of Stacey’s most striking looks Darling. “It also just kind off both designing originals and scouring London’s (and one that many beauty bloggers have of felt like a party, like, vintage stores for real pieces and things that had at already re-created and sent to her) fea- the scene where we least the spirit of the ’70s, when the buttoned-up styles tures Cruella with a black spray paint were outside and essen- of Dior and Balenciaga were giving way to the likes of mask across her eyes with the words tially, like, at a rock Vivienne Westwood with zippers and holes everywhere. “The Future” stenciled out. The font, concert felt just like “It was just really fun,” Beavan said. “Every time we she said, was inspired by a Sex Pistols that.” Saturday, June 5, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 TRAVEL Paradise in black, white and blue Dr. Beach says Hawaii’s powerful Hapuna Beach is best in US for 2021

BY CALEB JONES Associated Press ruising along the west side of Hawaii’s Big Island, the land- scape is dominated by ancient Cvolcanic flows and jagged shore- lines. Then you get to Hapuna Beach. There, the contrast of black lava rock, white sand and blue water means you have arrived in paradise — at least that’s what “Dr. Beach” believes. “It’s like an oasis,” said Stephen Leather- man, who has been ranking U.S. beaches on his annual list under the alias “Dr. Beach” for three decades. The sand “looks super white there be- cause of the black lava beside it,” he said. “I think the contrast makes you think, ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve never seen sand so white in my life.’ ” Hapuna Beach State Park was ranked the best beach in the U.S. in Leatherman’s review of sandy shorelines for 2021. Leatherman, a coastal scientist and professor at Florida International Uni- versity, hopes his 31st annual list will en- courage people to get out and leave the past year of pandemic struggles in the rearview mirror. He acknowledged that people will have MICHAEL DARDEN/AP to pay extra to get tested for COVID-19 Stephen Leatherman, a coastal scientist and professor at Florida International University, also known as “Dr. Beach,” has named before coming to the islands. “Hawaii is a Hapuna Beach Park on the Big Island of Hawaii, pictured in the summer of 2006, as the best beach in the country in his 2021 list. really special place, and so I think it’s worth it,” he said. Kandi Miranda, who owns Manuela Dr. Beach’s Top 10 for 2021 Malasada Company and runs a food truck near Hapuna Beach State Park, was born 1. Hapuna Beach Park on Hawaii’s Big and raised on the Big Island. She was able Island to stay open for locals throughout the pan- 2. Coopers Beach in Southampton, N.Y. 3. Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach in the Outer demic and is optimistic about the return of Banks of North Carolina visitors. 4. St. George Island State Park in Florida “There was a lot of darkness at that time; 5. Lighthouse Beach, Buxton, Outer Banks I mean, everyone was closing,” she said of of North Carolina the early days of the pandemic. “I wanted 6. Duke Kahanamoku Beach on Oahu’s people to know that through good times Waikiki and bad, we would still be there.” 7. Caladesi Island State Park in Dunedin and Miranda said Hapuna Beach is a power- Clearwater, Fla. ful place — both spiritually and literally. 8. Coronado Beach in San Diego “It’s unapologetically magical,” she said. 9. Beachwalker Park in Kiawah Island, S.C. 10. Coast Guard Beach in Cape Cod, Mass. When the water is calm, it’s a great place to be, Miranda said. But when the ocean From The Associated Press rises and big waves begin to crash, it can be “really dangerous.” ing of rip currents because a lot of people “It’s beautiful, but there’s a very strong don’t understand them. They say ‘We can’t undertow there,” she said. see them, then they’re probably not there.’” Growing up on Hawaii Island, a place of Leatherman uses 50 criteria to evaluate active volcanoes, towering waterfalls and beaches, with the most important cate- CALEB JONES/AP huge sea cliffs, she learned to respect na- gories being safety and cleanliness. A woman walks on Waikiki Beach in April 2020 in Honolulu. Kahanamoku Beach, on the ture. Leatherman uses data from the U.S. west end of Waikiki Beach and in view of the iconic Diamondhead volcano in the “The ocean in general in our culture is a Environmental Protection Agency to grade distance, has been named the sixth­best beach in the country by “Dr. Beach.” really powerful place,” she said. “It’s very the beaches on water quality and has been healing, but you know the way that we to all of the beaches on his list. Cigarettes “are the number one form of Last year, Leatherman chose a beach grew up, it gives but it takes away, right?” Beaches in Hawaii are consistently litter in terms of numbers,” Leatherman outside of Hawaii because, he said, island Leatherman agreed and said that while ranked high, and in recent years he has said. lockdowns and quarantine rules made it Hapuna has a well-trained group of life- given them extra points for prohibiting For the first 25 years of rankings, any nearly impossible for people to visit. guards and is great for swimming and smoking. beach that won the top spot on Leather- “I know a lot of people have been vacci- snorkeling on calm days, the winter swells “First of all, it’s a health issue,” he said of man’s list was ineligible for inclusion in nated,” he said. “And so I think this year can be deceiving. wafting cigarette smoke. “But the biggest subsequent years. But in 2015, Dr. Beach it’s fine for Hawaii to be on the list. And I Rip currents cause “the greatest loss of thing is disposal of the cigarette butts. cleared the slate to allow any beach in the encourage people to go there.” life that we have at beaches,” he said. ”I’m People look at beaches like a giant ash- nation to once again be eligible, though “You can really social distance on the trying to give people a better understand- tray.” new winners are now being retired. Big Island,” Dr. Beach added. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 HEALTH & FITNESS Better brain function just a break away Experts offer tips to maximize productivity at work by recognizing, optimizing our limited ability to focus BY KERI WIGINTON under a lot of stress and anxiety for the Schedule your breaks brain function and productivity,” Bonak- Special to The Washington Post past year,” said Borna Bonakdarpour, a darpour said. “But the thing is, it does take Michalska takes five-minute rests after y mind gets a little fuzzy behavioral neurologist and assistant pro- energy. The next day, you may feel tired. her working blocks, making sure she leav- when I concentrate for too fessor of neurology at Northwestern Uni- And you need to consider that and plan for es extra time for lunch. She recommends long. So, to protect my fo- versity’s Feinberg School of Medicine in it.” planning your week with your downtime cused time, I rearranged my Chicago. “That, by itself, affects our fo- M as a priority. life, trading a steady salary as a multime- cus.” Protect your most creative time “I would put in the breaks first,” she dia journalist covering the tech world for Pandemic aside, Bonakdarpour said the You probably have a certain time of day said. “Put in the run, the lunch, the break. flexibility as a freelance writer focusing main culprits behind our limited ability to when you’re most productive. If possible, Otherwise, you’re never going to do it.” on health and wellness. Working less, not focus are cognitive overload and energy tell your boss and colleagues you’re going In her schedule, she also leaves a little more, holds the key to my productivity. use. to set aside those hours for focused work, room for transitions between tasks, which I do the bulk of my work in four or five “When you increase the metabolism of and you’ll get to your other work outside include writing, researching, teaching, 55-minute chunks throughout the day, the brain, it comes with byproducts that that time. and meeting with students. She said these taking half-hour breaks when my mind need to be cleared out and cleaned,” he “I’m not particularly effective from 1 buffers felt counterintuitive at first, but starts to wander. This schedule puts me in said. “The brain needs to rest.” According p.m. to 3 p.m.,” Michalska said. “So, I just they help keep her on schedule. good company. Although there’s not much to Bonakdarpour, research shows that for schedule all my emails at that time, when “You need a little time to shift the task, hard science behind it, a lot of produc- every two hours of focused work, “you I don’t have to think that much.” to get water, to take a walk, the mail tivity gurus push the idea that we get our need about 20 to 30 minutes to break.” comes, somebody calls,” she said. “I would best work done with about four or five Of course, some of the work we do Keep tabs on your productivity fall behind, because something unexpect- hours of focus a day. doesn’t require 100 percent of our atten- You can think about your focused time ed would happen when I didn’t put a little They came up with this range partly tion, Bonakdarpour added. kind of like your finances, meaning you downtime in between.” because of a well-known study of music “That’s why you can kind of get through should create a detailed list of how you While work breaks can feel like road- training, led by psychologist K. Anders even when you’re tired,” he said. “But as a spend it. blocks, you might be surprised at what Ericsson, that inspired the “10,000-hour general principle, your brain is function- “Every 15 minutes, jot down what happens when you give your thoughts a rule.” (The concept, popularized by writer ing at a lower level.” Studies show that as you’re actually doing,” Michalska said. little room. Malcolm Gladwell, is that it takes at least our focus slides, we’re less motivated, we This can be tedious at first, she said, but “Your creative or subconscious mind 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to be- make more mistakes and we get distracted it’ll show you how often you make a snack doesn’t stop working while you’re waiting come an expert at something, although more easily. or check social media when you think in line for coffee or you’re taking a walk Ericsson has said this is an oversimplifica- This truth is recognized in some profes- you’re working. around the block,” Pang said. This can tion.) What’s the connection to four or five sions where attention failure can be life- lead to “those moments of insight that hours of focus? That’s how long the “best” threatening. Air traffic controllers, for Guard against interruptions we’ve all had.” students in Ericsson’s research tended to example, only manage live traffic for an My most productive days are when practice. average of about four hours out of their Avoid work during downtime work feels so effortless that I fly through Such a schedule is not uncommon eight-hour shifts, according to the Federal Bonakdarpour goes for a walk during my breaks because I don’t feel the need among the accomplished, according to Aviation Administration. his breaks, because physical activity for them. This state of “flow” — a term Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, a Silicon Valley But most of us are not air traffic con- boosts blood flow and brain function. But a coined by Hungarian psychologist Mihaly writer and consultant who specializes in trollers with bosses who understand the conversation with a colleague can also Csikszentmihalyi — is when “you feel productivity. Alice Munro, Charles Dar- limits of focus. If we only have four or five help, he said. Just make sure you “talk stretched to the edge of your abilities but win and Gabriel García Márquez are hours of peak attention within a normal about things that don’t have anything to do not beyond them,” Pang said. among the creative people with similar workday, how can we optimize them? with work.” To cultivate an environment to make habits, a topic Pang dedicated a chapter to Here are some tips from our experts. flow more likely, limit your distractions; in his 2016 book, “Rest: Why You Get Rest more when you overwork research has found that it can take from More Done When You Work Less.” Work in chunks to rest the brain We all have days or weeks when dead- 30 seconds to 60 seconds to refocus on a “Rather than working super long hours, Michalska first tried the Pomodoro lines pile up. But your concentration task when your attention is diverted to a they maximized the amount of depth of method: You work for 25 minutes, then doesn’t have to suffer if you occasionally second one. I set “do not disturb” on my focus time they had per day,” he said, rest for three to five minutes. After four of overwork. In fact, deadline crunches can devices. I don’t get alerts for emails, text “and really protected that and organized those blocks, you take a half-hour break. sharpen your focus and help you work messages or news headlines. their day so they could put in about 4 or But she found herself more focused on faster. This kind of disconnection might seem 4½ hours of really intensive deep work.” the timer than her work. She eventu- “A little bit of positive anxiety — impossible where you work. But a grow- While there isn’t extensive research into ally settled into a longer period: “I I’ve got to get this done by this ing number of companies are redesigning working and focus, the four-to-five-hour try to do 45 minutes, and then I time — can boost their workdays so employees can unplug sweet spot sounds about right to Kalina take a break.” for several hours each week, Pang said. Michalska, a developmental neuroscientist “They carve out time where everyone can and assistant professor in the Department be heads down, a little antisocial, ig- of Psychology at the University of Cali- nore the Slack channel, not fornia at Riverside. She stops short answer the phones and just of applying this number to concentrate on their most everyone, however. Humans important tasks.” have individual differences It’s a simple shift, he “in attentional networks said, but it goes a long and circadian way in boosting worker rhythms,” she productivity and well- said. being. There are also “There are plenty of differences in how people who’ve recog- we manage our emo- nized that it’s possible tions, something most to change work,” he workers have had to said, “and to change it deal with during the for the better.” coronavirus pandemic. “We’ve all been

iStock Saturday, June 5, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 VIDEO GAMES Latest MLB The Show spectacular but flawed

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The latest base- to mirror a real-life ball video game game that’s been from the team over defined by the shift at San Diego Studio more than ever. is as groundbreak- It’s satisfying to ing as they come, play MLB The Show HandyGames the first time Sony’s 21 in any situation, Chicken Police ­ Paint it RED! follows anthropomorphic investigators around a noirish city to solve a crime.published its title on both Play- even online. Only once has the Station and Xbox platforms, game dropped on me, and the complete with a data vault action smartly shifts between shared between the two consoles, gameplay and cutscene so seam- Noir title rules the roost and crossplay online action. It’s lessly that neither you nor your an instant triumph that gets more opponent will realize if some- people playing one of the best body’s taking a few seconds to Chicken Police - Paint it RED! a dryly hilarious animal adventure sports games of the past decade. guess the next pitch. This is MLB And yet it’s a flawed experi- The Show’s best online experi- BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD With the help of Sonny’s ex-partner, Marty Mac- ence, slightly sluggish on Micro- ence yet. Good thing, too, since it Special to The Washington Post Chicken, a gun-loving agitator with keen intuition soft’s highest-level console, with spans across both consoles. here is a perfect little joke at the start of who plays the straight man to the sad-sack and little annoyances throughout. It’s It’s sad, however, that the the closing credits for Chicken Police - dryly comedic Sonny, the Chicken Police delve into also a game that’s seen limited Franchise mode still hasn’t taken Paint it RED! It would be rash of me to Clawville’s demimonde. The case takes them to the evolution in some areas. Make no any appreciable steps forward. Tgive away the punchline — it’s a slight workplaces of informants, a high-end brothel, the mistake: MLB The Show 21 is It’s a solid enough experience, to thing — but it so thoroughly fits the spirit of what office of a shady medical professional and the home plenty of fun, just like Tatis Jr. be sure, and it’s plenty of fun. came before that it made me chuckle. Usually, I get of the city’s most notorious gangster. Just like Tatis, it has plenty of But the list of things missing fidgety during credit sequences, but not here. I was Chicken Police is studded with a few basic mini- room for improvement, too. from the Franchise mode is pleased to look at photographs of the people who games that task players with things like tracing the The good, however, is plentiful. growing longer and longer. Ev- created this love letter to the knots of a rope to make a quick escape or picking You get the standard flood of ery other sports game out there noir genre that made me lol off targets at a shooting range. These distractions sports games modes, a collectible lets you build custom draft class- many, many times. amount to little more than filler. The real amuse- card mode, a spectacular Road to es, but not The Show. NBA 2K Chicken Police is a mash- ment simply comes from chatting up the menagerie the Show mode and a strong tracks advanced stats, but The up of classic noir such as of anthropomorphic animals who are generally Franchise mode. And the stan- Show hasn’t embraced the Fan- “The Big Sleep” and internet some combination of jaded, guarded and broken, dard gameplay is a site to behold, graphs era and doesn’t give you culture. In an interview with with a touch of don’t-give-a-damn. especially on next-gen consoles. hard-hit data, launch angle data, the web site bg4ghub, the Flipping through the screenshots I took of the It’s a fully customizable experi- or anything that feels current game’s writer/director Bánk game, I laughed again when I saw Mullen, an old ence that continues to scale as with the new analytics era of Varga said the seed for the beaver who runs the city’s most venerable news- impressively as any sports game, baseball. In fact, its stat tracking project arose from a You- stand, verbally jab Marty with the compliment: courtesy of dynamic difficulty feels more convoluted this time Tube video “where two real “Anyway, you look good. You’re in good shape. You settings for both pitching and around, buried in a new menu roosters provide justice in look more like a turkey than a rooster, if you ask hitting, which adjust as your structure that seems to waste someone’s backyard.” There me.” gameplay adjusts. screen real estate. is something inherently meme-worthy about the Naturally, over the course of his investigation, Getting better at hitting? Even- Essentially, the Franchise’s game’s signature sight of a rooster decked out in a Sonny interrogates suspects. During these episodes, tually, you’ll go from beginner biggest issue is that stat-keeping. necktie and a trench coat. It gives added zest to players are given a small range of questions to difficulty to advanced as the Baseball is a game that’s histor- observations such as: “She had a bygone look in her choose from and are graded at the end of the in- game watches you improve. ically been about its numbers, eyes, older than this ancient building and perhaps terrogation on the pertinence of their choices. Ulti- Struggling with pitch mix and but historical stat-keeping is the whole city itself. Or maybe I’m just drunk. But mately, these conversations lead to low-stakes in- timing after coming back to the limited, and the menu design she was the first womanly thing in place for a long vestigation scenes where players must try to draw game after several weeks? Watch overall just doesn’t prioritize any time, so I had to give her a chance.” connections between clues and suspects. your difficulty slide slightly, until of the special numbers about Santino “Sonny” Featherland utters those lines at The game’s point-and-click puzzles are basically you adapt and ascend again. This baseball. The fundamental on- the beginning of the game after a mysterious lady speed bumps between its dialogue chat boxes isn’t a new feature, but it’s exe- field gameplay in MLB The Show appears in his less-than-tidy office. On suspension which, all together, works in its favor. Kerry Shale, cuted as fluidly as ever. is as good as ever, but not getting from the Clawville Police Department, Sonny has who voices Sonny, delivers an outstanding Hum- The gameplay itself is also the franchise right, after several been boozing it up and getting by as a private detec- phrey Bogart impersonation. Shale is given plenty highly versatile. Hitting, fielding, years of failing to give the mode tive operating out of a hotel room. His New Year’s of good zingers to work with, and the rest of the baserunning and pitching can all any TLC, is a bothersome issue. night becomes interesting after Deborah Ibaneza, voice cast also make the residents of Clawville be tuned the way you want, cre- To be fair, MLB isn’t alone in this an alluring impala, hires him to look into a job for endearing. ating more or less challenge and (Madden has barely touched its her employer, Natasha Catzenko, a nightclub own- In the tiny pantheon of visual novel/adventure inviting plenty of playstyles. And franchise either), but MLB fans er. Widely considered the most desirable woman in games of which I am a fan, Chicken Police - Paint it however you play, you’ll be do deserve better. the city, Catzenko has received threatening mess- RED! has a spot. greeted by the most visually Platforms: PlayStation 4, Play- ages that touch on a secret from her past. Although Platforms: Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One complete baseball game you’ve Station 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series Sonny has been counting down the days until his Online: handy-games.com/en/games/chicken- ever seen on the field. X/S retirement, he decides to accept the case. police Players, hitting stances, pitch- Online: theshow.com PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander Pentagon’s UFO report is coming Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff Baltimore Sun millions fake, and fake news is often judged have estimated that are at least 300 million id we ever tell you about the real, with QAnon conspiracy theories thriv- planets with conditions similar to our own EDITORIAL unidentified flying object dis- ing against all odds, one can predict what’s in the Milky Way galaxy alone. What are Terry Leonard, Editor covered outside Baltimore? In going to happen next as sure as Donald the chances that life would emerge with the [email protected] D1949, a farm in Glen Burnie was Trump refusing to concede the last elec- right combination of a not-too-hot, not-too- briefly swarming with state troopers and tion: We are headed for a summer of X- cold sun with a not-too-big, not-too-small Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor military investigators checking out reports Files and Twilight Zone with maybe a little planet with hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and [email protected] of a flying saucer. And, indeed, they found Star Trek and Star Wars thrown in for good all those other building blocks of life? Un- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content what were later described as “prototypes” measure. As The Sun’s own H.L. Mencken doubtedly high. But this is the real prob- [email protected] of aircraft in a rundown barn — experi- once injudiciously observed, no one in the lem: Space is vast. The distances between ments in manned flight pieced together by world “has ever lost money by underesti- Earth and the nearest such place is almost Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] an eccentric designer. mating the intelligence of the great masses incomprehensively great. What might generously be described as a of the plain people.” And that was pre-so- At the current speed of human space- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital historical footnote to the nation’s fascina- cial media. craft travel, it would take an estimated [email protected] tion with UFOs later turned up in docu- That’s not to suggest that Congress and 75,000 years to travel a mere four light ments eventually released by the U.S. Air the American people should not be open to years, which is about how far Proxima Cen- BUREAU STAFF Force and widely reported in 2015 as part whatever evidence the military cares to de- tauri b, the closest planet considered to be of the service branch’s “Project Blue classify or share. Just as today’s unmanned potentially habitable is to our own. So the Europe/Mideast Book,” which investigated unexplained drones would be baffling to people just a working theory is that some alien culture Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] sightings from 1947 to 1969 and found no decade or two ago, it’s hard to know what might travel for thousands of years to get +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 alien invaders, nor space-age technology. technology — in the hands of a foreign gov- here (or at least years if they somehow dis- Pacific Just oddities often made all the more un- ernment or perhaps just a private inventor covered travel approaching light speed), Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief usual by an odd reflection of sunlight or im- — has wrought. There are also glitches in and then merely spend their time buzzing [email protected] probable weather conditions or malfunc- technology that might do who-knows-what commercial airlines and military aircraft +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 tioning radar. to satellite or radar images. And yes, even or flitting about in view for a few seconds Washington The episode seems pertinent now be- the old weather balloon explanation may before disappearing into the sky? We’re go- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief cause of this month’s expected release by have to be trotted out a time or two. Think ing to call that improbable. We might as [email protected] the Pentagon of yet another report on UFOs Mother Nature can’t offer a few surprises? well be talking about time travel or magic. (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News — or what others call “UAP,” which stands Check out the various YouTube videos that So while it’s all very well to sit around the [email protected] for unidentified aerial phenomena. In brief, look like there’s a lake or a mountain float- campfire and watch the assorted clips of the report is thought to suggest that first, ing in the sky. Your own eyes can be de- stunned pilots or read eyewitness accounts CIRCULATION UFOs exist; second, that they defy easy ex- ceived by something as common as light or imagine objects traveling ultra-fast and Mideast planation; and third, that they ought to be bouncing off a cloud. turning on a dime, let’s also keep it in con- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager taken seriously and studied further. What it But what we would counsel our readers text. Unexplained doesn’t mean the Vul- [email protected] is not expected to claim is that this is all to be highly skeptical about is any suggesti- cans finally showed up to welcome us into [email protected] clearly the work of extraterrestrials. on that these unusual events are the work the United Federation of Planets. What we DSN (314)583-9111 But in a nation suffering from a credibil- of an alien visitor. Why? Not because we have is a mystery, not a 1960s science fic- Europe ity gap, where real news is considered by doubt the existence of aliens. Scientists tion TV show. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Can GOP repeat Florida success nationwide? Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 BY JAMES HOHMANN make up a diminishing share of Florida’s di- from the right’s growing nativism. 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ACROSS 54 Hyper 27 Texter’s “I 1 Attempted personality didn’t need to 6 Humiliate know that!” 11 Baby rocker DOWN 29 Amusing bit

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Carpe Diem 52 “Ironic” singer Morissette 53 Type of trapshooting Beetle Bailey Bizarro PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 Saturday, June 5, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/SPORTS BRIEFS

PRO SOCCER DEALS BRIEFLY MLS for tie. Thursday’s transactions RHP J.T. Brubaker from bereavement list and placed on the 10-day IL (COVID-19 pro- Sunday, May 30 BASEBALL Mikulak struggles EASTERN CONFERENCE tocol). Philadelphia 3, Portland 0 Major League Baseball ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Activated LHP WLTPts GF GA Austin FC 0, Seattle 0, tie American League Andrew Miller from the 10-day IL. Desig- at U.S. Championships Saturday, June 12 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP nated LHP Tyler Webb for assignment. New England 5 1 2 17 11 7 Zac Lowther to Norfolk (Triple-A East). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP FORT WORTH, Texas — Sam Austin FC at Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia 4 2 2 14 9 5 BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Col- Logan Webb on the 10-day IL, retroactive Mikulak expected jitters at his ten Brewer to Worcester (Triple-A East). to May 31. Placed OF Mike Yastrzemski on Orlando City 3 1 3 12 8 4 NWSL Selected the contract of RHP Brandon the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 2. Re- first competition in 15 months. NYCFC 3 2 2 11 13 7 Workman from Worcester. called RHP Nick Tropeano and INF/OF Ja- CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9 WLTPts GF GA CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed OF An- son Vosler from Sacramento (Triple-A What the six-time men’s nation- Columbus 3 2 2 11 7 6 drew Vaughn on the 10-day IL (Covid 19 West). al gymnastics champion didn’t ex- Orlando 3 0 1 10 6 3 protocol). Recalled INF/OF Gavin Sheets WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned Nashville 2 0 5 11 9 6 Washington 2 1 1 7 4 4 from Charlotte (Triple-A East). RHP Erick Fedde to Wilmington (Triple-A pect was his body to give out on Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7 Portland 2 2 0 6 8 4 DETROIT TIGERS — Placed CF Victor East) on a rehab assignment. Reyes on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June FOOTBALL him. Yet as the 29-year-old walked New York 3 4 0 9 10 10 North Carolina 1 1 1 4 6 2 2. Recalled CF Derek Hill from Toledo (Tri- National Football League onto the floor for his fifth event D.C. United 3 5 0 9 8 11 Reign FC 1 1 1 4 2 2 ple-A East). NFL — Suspended Detroit’s DE Jashon Inter Miami CF 2 4 2 8 8 13 Gotham FC 1 1 1 4 1 1 KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned OF Cornell first three games of the season for during the first day of U.S. Cham- Toronto FC 1 4 2 5 8 12 Houston 1 2 1 4 5 6 Edward Olivares to Omaha (Triple-A East). violating the substance abuse policy. pionships on Thursday, he could Recalled RHP Ronald Bolanos from Oma- ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed CB Dar- Chicago 1 5 1 4 4 11 Louisville 1 1 1 4 2 5 ha. queze Dennard to a one-year contract. tell his tank was empty. Cincinnati 1 4 1 4 6 15 Chicago 1 2 1 4 3 7 LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated RHP Waived WR Krishawn Hogan with an injury The result, a seventh-place fin- Kansas City 0 2 2 2 2 5 Chris Rodriguez from the 10-day IL. Op- designation. WESTERN CONFERENCE tioned C Anthony Bemboom to Salt Lake BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed WR Devin NOTE: Three points for victory, one point ish and a likely end to his long run (Triple-A West). Gray. WLTPts GF GA for tie. MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed LHP Caleb BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DE Gregory at the top. Mistakes on parallel Seattle 5 0 3 18 14 3 Friday, May 28 Thielbar on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Rousseau to a four-year contract. bars, floor and pommel horse left North Carolina 5, Louisville 0 Shaun Anderson from St. Paul (Triple-A DETROIT LIONS — Waived DT John At- Sporting KC 5 2 1 16 15 10 East). kins. him with a score of 82.450, well off Saturday, May 29 LA Galaxy 5 2 0 15 11 11 TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Chaz JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed WR the pace set by two-time NCAA Colorado 4 2 1 13 12 8 Houston 2, Chicago 1 Roe to Durham (Triple-A East) on a rehab Terry Godwin on IR. Signed WR Pharoh assignment. Cooper. champion Brody Malone at Houston 3 3 2 11 11 12 Sunday, May 30 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Activated LHP KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released LB Ka- San Jose 3 5 0 9 11 12 Portland 1, Gotham FC 0 Anthony Kay from the 10-day IL and op- malei Correa. 86.250. Portland 3 4 0 9 9 11 Orlando 1, Kansas City 0 tioned him to Buffalo (Triple-A East). LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Released OL Erik Yul Moldauer, the only man to Washington 1, Reign FC 0 National League Magnuson and TE Carson Williams. Real Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 9 7 Saturday’s games ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Acquired Signed DB Roderic Teamer, T Sam Young win a national title outside of Mik- LAFC 2 3 2 8 8 9 RHP Tyler Jones from Miami. Recalled RHP and TE Alex Ellis. Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9 North Carolina at Chicago Humberto Castellanos from Reno (Tri- LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed DT Bobby ulak since 2013, came off the horse Reign FC at Gotham FC Austin FC 2 4 1 7 5 8 ple-A West). Placed LHP Madison Bumgar- Brown. in the middle of his routine but ral- Louisville at Portland ner on the 10-day IL. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed CB Tye Minnesota 2 4 1 7 6 11 Sunday’s games ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned 1B Johan Smith. lied to finish in a tie for second FC Dallas 1 3 3 6 8 11 Camargo to Gwinnett (Triple-A East). Re- NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed WR Kadari- Orlando at Washington called LHP Tucker Davidson from Gwin- us Toney to four-year contract. with Brandon Briones at 83.600. Three points for victory, one point Houston at Kansas City Note: nett. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed WR De- Shane Wiskus, who left the Uni- GOLF CINCINNATI REDS — Sent RF Aristides Vonta Smith to a four-year contract. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Aquino to Louisville (Triple-A East) for a Signed DT Milton Williams, CB Zech versity of Minnesota to train at the rehab assignment. McPhearson and RB Kenneth Gainwell. U.S. Olympic and Paralympic NCAA Division I World Series The Memorial LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Activated OF SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed TE My- A.J. Pollock and RHP Jimmy Nelson from Cole Pruitt. Training Center last fall, took a At USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium PGA Tour the 10-day IL. Optioned LHP Alex Vesia and TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DTs Tre- Oklahoma City Thursday major step after landing his vault At Muirfield Village Golf Club RHP Edwin Uceta to Oklahoma City (Tri- von Coley and Abry Jones. Waived DTs Double Elimination; x-if necessary ple-A West). Daylon Mack and Jullian Taylor. Thursday, June 3 Dublin, Ohio but recovered to finish fourth. Yardage: 7,543; Par: 72 MIAMI MARLINS — Designated INF Luis WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — James Madison 4, Oklahoma 3, 8 innings Marte for assignment. Activated RHP Waived TE Dylan Cantrell with an injury Oklahoma St. 3, Georgia 2 Purse: $9.3 Million Siebatcheu scores to lift First Round Suspended (60 players DNF) Elieser Hernandez from 60-day IL and re- designation. Alabama 5, Arizona 1 hab assignment. Activated OF Lewis Brin- HOCKEY UCLA 4, Florida St. 0 Collin Morikawa 32-34—66 -6 son from the 10-day IL and optioned him to National Hockey League US men over Honduras Friday, June 4 Adam Long 32-35—67 -5 Jacksonville (Triple-A East). — Agreed to terms James Madison vs. Oklahoma St. NEW YORK RANGERS DENVER — Honduras held the Alabama vs. UCLA USGA Women’s Open MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Recalled LHP with D Nils Lundkvist on a contract. Saturday, June 5 Hoby Milner from Nashville (Triple-A WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed F United States even for nearly an Oklahoma vs. Georgia Thursday East). Optioned Alec Bettinger to Nash- Joe Snively to a one-year, two-way con- Arizona vs. Florida St. At Olympic Club ville. tract. entire match, giving most of the Sunday, June 6 San Francisco NEW YORK METS — Optioned OF Cam- SOCCER young Americans their first flavor Teams TBD Cypress Creek eron Maybin and SS Wilfredo Tovar out- Major League Soccer Championship Series Yardage: 6,842; Par: 71 right to Syracuse (Triple-A East). Optioned REAL SALT LAKE —Signed D Toni Datkov- of the even harsher rough-and- Monday, June 7 Purse: $5.5 million INF Luis Guillorme to Syracuse on a rehab ic to a two-year contract pending receipt Teams TBD First Round assignment. of his international travel card (ITC) and tumble that awaits in World Cup Tuesday, June 8 Mel Reid 33-34—67 -4 PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Activated INF visa. qualifying. Ke’Bryan Hayes from the 60-day IL and re- VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC — Loaned F Teams TBD Megha Ganne (a) 32-35—67 -4 Wednesday, June 9 hab assignment. Optioned RHP Wil Crowe David Egbo to Phoenix (USL Champion- Shortly before the game would Angel Yin 36-32—68 -3 Teams TBD to Indianapolis (Triple-A East). Activated ship). have gone to penalty kicks, Jordan PRO TENNIS PRO BASKETBALL Siebatcheu scored his first inter- national goal in the 89th minute, French Open Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine, def. Zheng Sai- Nikola Cacic, Serbia, and Tomislav Brkic, WNBA sai, China, 6-3, 6-4. Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Marcel Granoll- and the U.S. beat Honduras 1-0 on Thursday Magda Linette, Poland, def. Ashleigh ers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (4), Ar- EASTERN CONFERENCE At Stade Roland Garros Thursday night to reach the final Barty (1), Australia, 6-1, 2-2, ret. gentina, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. WLPct GB Paris Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, def. Luke Saville and Max Purcell, Australia, of the first CONCACAF Nations Purse: Euro 16,404,509 Ekaterina Alexandrova (32), Russia, 6-2, def. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Ben Connecticut 7 2 .778 — Surface: Red clay 6-3. Mclachlan (15), Japan, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. League. Men‘s Singles Varvara Gracheva, Russia, def. Camila Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Maximo Gon- Atlanta 4 2 .667 1½ Second Round Giorgi, Italy, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2. zalez, Argentina, def. Fabrice Martin and New York 5 3 .625 1½ John Brooks lofted a pass to Matteo Berrettini (9), Italy, def. Federico Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Ka- Jeremy Chardy (13), France, 6-2, 6-3. Washington 2 4 .333 3½ Weston McKennie, who cush- Coria, Argentina, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. rolina Pliskova (9), Czech Republic, 7-5, Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal Kwon Soon Woo, South Korea, def. An- 6-1. (2), Colombia, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Chicago 2 6 .250 4½ ioned a one-hop headed pass dreas Seppi, Italy, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5. Maria Sakkari (17), Greece, def. Jasmine Dan Added, France, 7-6 (0), 6-3. Indiana 1 9 .100 6½ Diego Schwartzman (10), Argentina, def. Paolini, Italy, 6-2, 6-3. Women’s Doubles ahead of Siebatcheu’s path. The Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Coco Gauff (24), United States, def. First Round WESTERN CONFERENCE 25-year-old forward, who made Lorenzo Musetti, Italy, def. Yoshihito Wang Qiang, China, 6-3, 7-6 (1). Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, and Nadia Nishioka, Japan, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. Elise Mertens (14), Belgium, def. Zarina Podoroska, Argentina, def. Jessika Pon- WLPct GB his international debut in March, Mikael Ymer, Sweden, def. Gael Monfils Diyas, Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. chet and Estelle Cascino, France, 6-3, 6-1. (14), France, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Jennifer Brady (13), United States, def. Latisha Chan and Hao-Ching Chan (6), Seattle 6 1 .857 — leaned in front of Óscar Boniek Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. As- Fiona Ferro, France, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. Taiwan, def. Irina Khromacheva, Russia, Las Vegas 6 3 .667 1 García and leaped forward to nod lan Karatsev (24), Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 4-6, Anett Kontaveit (30), Estonia, def. Kristi- and Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 1-6, 6-4, Phoenix 5 3 .625 1½ 6-1. na Mladenovic, France, 6-2, 6-0. 6-1. the ball past goalkeeper Edrick Dominik Koepfer, Germany, def. Taylor Iga Swiatek (8), Poland, def. Rebecca Pe- Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara (4), Los Angeles 3 3 .500 2½ Fritz (30), United States, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. terson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-1. Japan, def. Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov and Dallas 2 4 .333 3½ Menjívar. Men’s Doubles Jannik Sinner (18), Italy, def. Gianluca Paula Badosa, Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (1). Minnesota 1 4 .200 4 Mager, Italy, 6-1, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. First Round Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Caroline Amateur holds share of Cameron Norrie, Britain, def. Lloyd Har- Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe Sa- Dolehide, United States, def. Mihaela Bu- Thursday’s games ris, South Africa, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. lisbury (3), Britain, def. Salvatore Caruso, zarnescu and Patricia Maria Tig, Romania, lead at US Women’s Open Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. James Italy, and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 6-4, 6-2. Las Vegas 94, New York 82 Duckworth, Australia, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0. Spain, 7-5, 6-3. Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, and Phoenix 77, Chicago 74, OT SAN FRANCISCO — High Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Pablo Michael Venus, New Zealand, and John Wang Yafan, China, def. Elena Vesnina and Los Angeles 98, Indiana 63 Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Peers (10), Australia, def. Benjamin Bonzi Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, 6-1, 7-5. Friday’s games school junior Megha Ganne shot a Marco Cecchinato, Italy, def. Alex de Mi- and Antoine Hoang, France, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Darija Ju- Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren, Atlanta at Minnesota 4-under 67 on Thursday to be- naur (21), Australia, 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. rak (11), Croatia, def. Madison Brengle and Dallas at Seattle Roger Federer (8), Switzerland, def. Ma- United States, def. Casper Ruud, Norway, Danielle Collins, United States, 7-6 (2), 6-1. come the first amateur in 15 years rin Cilic, Croatia, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. and Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, 7-5, 6-1. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, and Misaki Doi, Saturday’s games Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Fa- Hugo Gaston and Arthur Cazaux, Japan, def. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove Las Vegas at Washington to have a share of the lead after cundo Bagnis, Argentina, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4. France, def. Sam Querrey and Steve John- and Rosalie van Der Hoek, Netherlands, Chicago at Los Angeles Carlos Alcaraz, Spain, def. Nikoloz Bas- son, United States, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1. 7-6 (3), 6-4. New York at Connecticut any round at the U.S. Women’s ilashvili (28), Georgia, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Philipp Oswald, Austria, and Marcus Da- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, and Open. Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Richard Gas- niell (16), New Zealand, def. Stefano Tra- Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan, def. Alison Sunday’s games quet, France, 6-0, 7-5, 6-2. vaglia, Italy, and Marton Fucsovics, Hun- van Uytvanck and Greet Minnen, Belgium, Atlanta at Minnesota The 17-year-old from New Jer- Women’s Singles gary, 6-3, 6-3. 6-1, 6-2. Dallas at Seattle Second Round Pablo Andujar and Pedro Martinez, Gabriela Dabrowski and Leylah Annie sey made back-to-back birdies on Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Petra Kvito- Spain, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Fernandez, Canada, def. Georgina Garcia AP SPORTLIGHT the back nine to take sole posses- va (11), Czech Republic, walkover. Guido Pella, Argentina, 6-4, 6-2. Perez, Spain, and Julia Wachaczyk, Ger- Ons Jabeur (25), Tunisia, def. Astra Shar- Men’s Doubles many, 6-2, 6-1. sion of the lead before making bo- ma, Australia, 6-2, 6-4. Second Round Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Nao June 5 Elina Svitolina (5), Ukraine, def. Ann Li, Rohan Bopanna, India, and Franko Sku- Hibino, Japan, def. Viktoria Kuzmova, Slo- 1925 — Willie McFarlane beats Bobby gey on the 18th hole to end the day United States, 6-0, 6-4. gor, Croatia, def. Nicholas Monroe and vakia, and Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, 6-2, Jones by one stroke in the second round of in a tie with Mel Reid. Jessica Pegula (28), United States, def. Frances Tiafoe, United States, 6-4, 7-5. 6-3. a playoff to capture the U.S. Open. Macfar- Tereza Martincova, Czech Republic, 6-3, Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Jamie Murray Monica Niculescu, Romania, and Jelena lane shoots a 291 at Worcester (Mass.) Lexi Thompson, Yuka Saso and 6-3. (7), Britain, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, Ostapenko (12), Latvia, def. Aliaksandra Country Club. Sofia Kenin (4), United States, def. Hailey and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 7-5, Sasnovich, Belarus, and Marta Kostyuk, 1999 — Charismatic loses his bid to be- Shanshan Feng were two shots Baptiste, United States, 7-5, 6-3. 6-1. Ukraine, 6-0, 6-3. come the 12th Triple Crown winner when back. Karolina Muchova (18), Czech Republic, Andrey Golubev and Alexander Bublik, Ajla Tomljanovic and Storm Sanders, he fractures his left front cannon bone and def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, Kazakhstan, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Australia, def. Yana Sizikova and Ekateri- sesamoid while finishing third to Lemon 6-3, 6-4. Filip Polasek (5), Slovakia, 7-6 (5), 6-1. na Alexandrova, Russia, 6-1, 6-1. Drop Kid in the Belmont Stakes. Associated Press PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 FRENCH OPEN/COLLEGE SOFTBALL

WOMEN’S CWS ROUNDUP No. 1 seed Sooners stunned by Dukes Associated Press Oklahoma (50-3), which led the OKLAHOMA CITY — James nation in home runs this season by Madison looked like a Women’s a wide margin, never figured out College World Series regular on the movement or the speed of Thursday. Alexander’s pitches. It actually was the Dukes’ first Oklahoma State 3, Georgia 2: trip, and they made their first Chyenne Factor’s two-run homer game memorable. Kate Gordon in the fourth inning helped the hit a solo homer in the top of the fifth-seeded Cowgirls defeat the eighth inning and Odicci Alexan- Bulldogs in the opener for both der threw a complete game to help teams. James Madison stun top-seeded Carrie Eberle gave up just one Oklahoma 4-3 in eight innings. earned run in a complete game The Dukes (40-2) got the win victory for Oklahoma State(48- against a program that won na- 10). She scattered seven hits, tional titles in 2000, 2013, 2016 and struck out two and walked one. 2017 and was the runner-up in It was Eberle’s first World Se- CHRISTOPHE ENA/AP 2012 and 2019. In front of an ries appearance, and the first- The United States’ Serena Williams plays a return to compatriot Danielle Collins during their third­round amped-up crowd at the newly ex- team NFCA All-American han- match on day 6 of the French Open in Paris. Williams won in straight sets. panded USA Softball Hall of Fame dled business in front of what Stadium just 25 miles from Okla- amounted to a home crowd. The homa’s campus, James Madison Cowgirls were playing about 60 and its small group of energetic miles from campus, and orange supporters looked right at home. was plentiful in the stands. Williams erases deficit, “I think with the mindset of just Alabama 5, Arizona 1:Montana another game, we haven’t looked Fouts struck out 16 and allowed past anybody,” Gordon said. “We two hits in a complete-game victo- prepared. We had fun. In our pre- ry, helping the third-seeded Crim- game we were enjoying it. We’re son Tide beat the Wildcats in the soaking in the fans, soaking in this opener for both teams. moves into fourth round atmosphere and this experience.” Fouts threw 103 pitches, includ- BY SAMUEL PETREQUIN The Dukes believe the win mat- ing 73 strikes. She regularly hit the AND ANDREW DAMPF ters to more than just them. low 70s on the radar gun, yet didn’t Associated Press Female Russian player arrested “I think these players, they’re allow a walk. PARIS — Even a 23-time playing for each other, but they’re It was Alabama’s 19th straight Grand Slam champion needs to PARIS — A Russian tennis player of “sports bribery and organized playing for a lot more,” James Ma- win. The Crimson Tide’s last loss remind herself now and then how suspected of match-fixing last year fraud for acts likely to have been dison coach Loren LaPorte said. was on April 17. to play winning tennis. has been arrested during this year's committed in September 2020," “We’re playing for all the smaller UCLA 4, Florida State 0: Ra- Serena Williams employed ver- French Open, her lawyer told The the prosecutor’s office said. schools out there that work just as chel Garcia threw a five-hitter and bal motivation to help her recover Associated Press on Friday. An investigation was opened last hard.” struck out 11 as the Bruins beat the from a 4-1 deficit in the second set The player, 765th-ranked Yana October by a French police unit spe- Alexander controlled the ac- Seminoles in the opener for both of a 6-4, 6-4 victory over fellow Sizikova of Russia, denied the alle- cializing in betting fraud and match- tion. The second-team NFCA All- teams. American Danielle Collins in the gations, according to her lawyer, fixing. It has previously worked with American threw 129 pitches and Garcia, a U.S. Olympian and third round of the French Open on Frederic Belot. He told The Associ- Belgian authorities investigating struck out nine. She faced the top two-time USA Softball Collegiate Friday. ated Press that Sizikova wants to file suspect matches at the lower levels of Oklahoma’s order in the eighth Player of the Year, threw 80 of her Yelling, “C’mon,” and, “Move a complaint for defamation. of professional tennis. and escaped without allowing a 112 pitches for strikes. your feet,” Williams started dom- The Paris prosecutor's office con- The French tennis federation said run. The Dukes advanced to a win- Florida State got runners to sec- inating again with big serves and firmed to the AP that a “women's in- it could not provide further informa- ners bracket game against Okla- ond base in the second, third, crushed returns that the 50th- ternational player" was in custody, tion because the investigation is on- homa State on Friday. The Cow- fourth and sixth innings. Even ranked Collins had no answer for. but it did not identify her. She was going. girls defeated Georgia 3-2 on when it appeared things could un- “I needed to find me and know arrested Thursday night on charges — Associated Press Thursday afternoon. ravel, Garcia remained calm. who I am,” Williams added. ”No- body is Serena out here. It’s me. It’s pretty cool.” Her next opponent will be Vic- for the first time at a major. Aside from Williams, top wom- toria Azarenka, who beat 23rd- Following a marathon five-set en’s players continue to exit Ro- seeded Madison Keys 6-2, 6-2 in battle, Alejandro Davidovich Fo- land Garros. 70 minutes. The two-time Grand kina upset 15th-seeded Casper The latest to go home was third- Slam champion reached the Ruud 7-6 (3), 2-6, 7-6 (6), 0-6, 7-5 seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who fourth round for the first time in 4 hours, 35 minutes. was upset by Anastasia Pavlyu- since her semifinal run in 2013. Kei Nishikori followed up two chenkova 6-4, 2-6, 6-0. Unseeded Tamara Zidansek al- consecutive five-setters with a Sabalenka had been the highest so advanced, reaching the second one-set victory, reaching the sec- remaining seed after top-ranked week at a major for the first time. ond week of the clay-court Grand Ash Barty retired from her sec- Early in the afternoon, play was Slam for the seventh time after ond-round match due to an injury interrupted by rain on all courts qualifier Henri Laaksonen retired on Thursday. Second-seeded Nao- besides the main stadium — with a thigh injury while trailing mi Osaka withdrew after the first where the roof was closed. Feder- 7-5. round, saying she is taking a ico Delbonis said the interruption Nishikori will next play sixth- break from competition for men- helped him calm down after seeded Alexander Zverev, who tal health reasons. stress started to get hold of him beat Laslo Djere of Serbia 6-2, Sabalenka’s 39 unforced errors toward the end of the second set 7-5, 6-2. Second-seeded Daniil helped Pavlyuchenkova reach the of his match with Fabio Fognini. Medvedev also advanced with a fourth round for the first time Delbonis took a quick shower straight-set win over big server SARAH PHIPPS/AP since she made it to the quarterfi- and eventually prevailed 6-4, 6-1, Reilly Opelka of the United James Madison players celebrate beating Oklahoma 4­3 on Friday at nals in Paris a decade ago. 6-3 to also reach the fourth round States. the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. Saturday, June 5, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NBA PLAYOFFS

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First Round (Best­of­seven) Suns eliminate champion Lakers x­if necessary Eastern Conference Associated Press Philadelphia 4,Washington 1 Philadelphia 125, Washington 118 Philadelphia 120, Washington 95 LOS ANGELES — Devin Booker has a tat- Philadelphia 132, Washington 103 Washington 122, Philadelphia 114 too on his forearm of the message that Kobe Philadelphia 129, Washington 112 Bryant wrote for him on a pair of shoes after Brooklyn 4, Boston 1 they faced each other at Staples Center six Brooklyn 104, Boston 93 Brooklyn 130, Boston 108 years ago: “Be legendary.” Boston 125, Brooklyn 119 Brooklyn 141, Boston 126 Back in the house his idol built with a Brooklyn 123, Boston 109 chance to secure his first team playoff suc- Milwaukee 4, Miami 0 cess, Booker put on a performance worthy of Milwaukee 109, Miami 107 (OT) Milwaukee 132, Miami 98 the Black Mamba’s legend and propelled the Milwaukee 113, Miami 84 Milwaukee 120, Miami 103 Phoenix Suns onward in the postseason. Atlanta 4, New York 1 Booker scored 22 of his 47 points in a phe- Atlanta 107, New York 105 nomenal first quarter, and the Suns won their New York 101, Atlanta 92 Atlanta 105, New York 94 first playoff series since 2010, eliminating the Atlanta 113, New York 96 defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lak- Atlanta 103, New York 89 Western Conference ers with a 113-100 victory in Game 6 on Thurs- Utah 4, Memphis 1 day night. Memphis 112, Utah 109 Utah 141, Memphis 129 After hitting eight three-pointers, grabbing Utah 121, Memphis 111 11 rebounds and going a stunning 15-for-22 Utah 120, Memphis 113 Utah 126, Memphis 110 from the field, Booker cast his eyes up at Phoenix 4, L.A. Lakers 2 Bryant’s two retired numbers as he left the Phoenix 99, L.A. Lakers 90 L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 102 floor amid the cheers from a small, vocal road L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 95 rooting section. Kobe is never far from Book- Phoenix 100, L.A. Lakers 92 Phoenix 115, L.A. Lakers 85 er’s mind on the court, but his breakthrough Thursday: Phoenix 113, L.A. Lakers 100 playoff game felt like a testimonial to Booker. Denver 4, Portland 2 Portland 123, Denver 109 “Honestly, I was thinking about Kobe and Denver 128, Portland 109 the conversations we had,” Booker said. Denver 120, Portland 115 Portland 115, Denver 95 “About what we went through, and the post- Denver 147, Portland 140, 2OT LUIS SINCO/TNS Thursday: Denver 126, Portland 115 season, and being legendary and taking the steps to get there. Seeing that 8 and 24 up The Suns’ Devin Booker shoots against the Los Angeles Lakers during Game 6 of their West­ Dallas 3, L.A. Clippers 2 ern Conference first­round series at Staples Center on Thursday in Los Angeles. Dallas 113, L.A. Clippers 103 there, with the lighting Staples has, it’s like it Dallas 127, L.A. Clippers 121 L.A. Clippers 118, Dallas 108 was shining down on you. I know he was here soaked them up and is using them to his ad- year, joining Miami and Boston. All four final- L.A. Clippers 106, Dallas 81 Dallas 105, L.A. Clippers 100 tonight, and I know he was proud.” vantage.” ists endured significant injury problems this Friday: at Dallas Afterward in the arena tunnel, Booker got a Jae Crowder scored 18 points for the sec- season after a radically truncated offseason, x­Sunday: at L.A. Clippers signed jersey from another hero and mentor: ond-seeded Suns, who won three consecutive but the Nuggets held off Portland in six games Conference semifinals LeBron James, who could only marvel at his games to send James to a first-round series earlier Thursday to advance despite losing (Best­of­seven) x­if necessary up-and-coming friend’s brilliance in Game 6. loss for the first time in his 18-year NBA ca- Jamal Murray to a knee injury in April. Eastern Conference “I love everything about D-Book,” James reer. First flop: James had been 14-0 in first- Milwaukee vs. Brooklyn Saturday: at Brooklyn said. “We’ve had numerous conversations in Phoenix will meet Denver in the second round series during his career, which in- Philadelphia vs. Atlanta Sunday: at Philadelphia the past. When you want to be legendary in round. Game 1 is Monday in Phoenix. cludes four championships. Only Lakers Western Conference this game, you’ve got to continue to improve Sensing a theme here: The Lakers are the greats Derek Fisher and Robert Horry ever Utah vs. L.A. Clippers­Dallas winner, TBD not only your game, but also as a man. All the third conference finalist from the 2020 post- had more first-round perfection in NBA histo- Phoenix vs. Denver­Portland winner, TBD conversations we’ve had, I can tell he’s season to be eliminated in the first round this ry, with both going 16-0. Jokic, Nuggets eliminate Trail Blazers in Game 6 Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — The Denver Nug- “Nobody can take the fight out of us.” gets were undaunted, even when down 14 Nikola Jokic points in the third quarter and facing an antagonistic Portland crowd. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic had 36 points and the Nug- gets eliminated the Portland Trail Blazers Rivers’ three with 3:52 left. with a 147-140 double overtime victory in in six games with a 126-115 victory Thurs- Portland tried to catch up, pulling to 121- Denver on Tuesday night. It spoiled Lil- day night. 115 on CJ McCollum’s layup, but Aaron lard’s epic playoff performance: He had 55 “Nobody can take the fight out of us,” Gordon hit a corner three-pointer that all points, including 12 three-pointers, and 10 Jokic said. “We will just go out there and but sealed it for Denver with less than a assists. It was the most three-pointers ever fight and that’s what we have been doing. minute to go. in a playoff game. We’re never going to quit. Quit is not in our “I think the key was when they were go- The Blazers needed big man Jusuf Nur- vocabulary.” ing on runs and we weren’t playing our best kic to stay out of foul trouble. Tasked with Michael Porter Jr. added 26 points, in- every huddle was positive, staying en- defending Jokic, he fouled out in three of cluding 22 in the opening quarter, for the gaged, demanding guys to be better, but the first five games. third-seeded Nuggets. Denver will take on staying together,” Denver coach Michael Nurkic didn’t have a foul in the first half, Phoenix, which eliminated the Los Angeles Malone said. “I think we’ve shown as a but then had four quick fouls in the third Lakers in Game 6, 113-100. Game 1 in the group that every time we hit adversity, quarter and had to head to the bench. series is Monday in Phoenix. most times, we never run from it. We buck- “I think one of the reasons is they just Denver advanced to the Western Confer- le down, we embrace it, we find a way.” outplayed us,” Nurkic said when asked ence semifinals for the third straight sea- Portland crumbled in the final quarter, about what went wrong for the Blazers. “I son. outscored 28-14. give them credit, they had a hell of a sea- Damian Lillard finished with 28 points “We didn’t do what was necessary to win son.” and 13 assists for the sixth-seeded Blazers. the series,” Lillard said. “We’ve got to keep Porter had six three-pointers in the first They led by 14 points in the third quarter fighting, keep working and keep coming quarter alone, tying an NBA playoff record but couldn’t stave off elimination. back to battle. Regardless of how it ended, for most threes a quarter. Monte Morris hit a buzzer-beating three- CRAIG MITCHELLDYER/AP we are always going to have our heads held “Here’s a young man, 26 points in back- pointer to close Denver to 101-98 heading Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic high, have class. They won, congratulations to-back games, and he’s only a second-year into the last period. Jokic hit a three-point- shoots over Trail Blazers center Jusuf to them, but it’s back to the drawing board player,” Malone said. “So Mike is only gon- er to put Denver ahead 108-106 and the Nurkic during Game 6 of their first­round to us.” na get better than he already is, which is a Nuggets stretched it to 117-108 on Austin playoff series Thursday in Portland, Ore. The Nuggets took a 3-2 lead in the series scary thought.” PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 MLB

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American League East Division Giants win WLPct GB Tampa Bay 36 22 .621 _ Boston 33 23 .589 2 New York 31 26 .544 4½ series opener Toronto 29 25 .537 5 Baltimore 19 37 .339 16 Central Division WLPct GB against Cubs Chicago 34 22 .607 _ Cleveland 30 24 .556 3 Associated Press Kansas City 28 26 .519 5 Detroit 23 33 .411 11 SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Crawford Minnesota 22 34 .393 12 homered and drove in four runs, Anthony DeS­ West Division clafani pitched six solid innings and hit an RBI WLPct GB double, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland 33 25 .569 _ Chicago Cubs 7­2 on Thursday night. Houston 31 25 .554 1 Buster Posey and Alex Dickerson added two Seattle 29 29 .500 4 hits apiece to help the Giants win the opener of Los Angeles 25 31 .446 7 a four­game series. Texas 22 36 .379 11 Rays 9, Yankees 2:Ryan Yarbrough ended National League a 24­start skid with visiting Tampa Bay’s first East Division complete game in more than five years. WLPct GB The AL East­leading Rays salvaged a four­ New York 27 22 .551 _ game split, improving to 10­3 at Yankee Stadi­ Atlanta 26 28 .481 3½ um since the start of last season. Philadelphia 26 29 .473 4 Padres 4, Mets 3: Miami 24 31 .436 6 Fernando Tatis Jr. re­ Washington 23 30 .434 6 turned to the lineup with a two­run homer that Central Division slipped out of center fielder Mason Williams’ D. ROSS CAMERON/AP WLPct GB glove, and host San Diego held off New York. The Giants’ Brandon Crawford, right, is congratulated by third­base coach Ron Wotus after Tatis also dashed home aggressively on a hitting a three­run homer against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday in San Francisco. Chicago 32 24 .571 _ St. Louis 31 26 .544 1½ wild pitch as the Padres ended a four­game Milwaukee 30 26 .536 2 skid in the opener of a seven­game homestand victory over Los Angeles. Red Sox 5, Astros 1:At Houston, Martín Pé­ Cincinnati 25 29 .463 6 2 Pittsburgh 21 34 .382 10½ against a pair of first­place teams. White Sox 4, Tigers 1: Yoán Moncada and rez pitched 7 ⁄3 scoreless innings, and Boston Braves 5, Nationals 1: Dansby Swanson Jake Lamb homered for host Chicago, and Hall avoided a four­game sweep. West Division kept up his power surge with a two­run homer of Fame manager Tony La Russa closed in on Royals 6, Twins 5:At Kansas City, Mo., Sal­ WLPct GB in host Atlanta’s four­run sixth inning. John McGraw for second on baseball’s career vador Pérez became only the fourth Kansas San Francisco 35 21 .625 _ Rockies 11, Rangers 6: Austin Gomber wins list. City player with consecutive multihomer San Diego 35 23 .603 1 pitched six shutout innings, Charlie Blackmon Brewers 7, Diamondbacks 4: Christian Yel­ games, and Jarrod Dyson scored the tiebreak­ Los Angeles 33 23 .589 2 Colorado 23 34 .404 12½ homered and Colorado extended a franchise­ ich hit his second home run of the season, a ing run in the seventh inning when center fiel­ Arizona 20 38 .345 16 worst 0­9 road trip for Texas and extend its three­run shot in the third inning that helped der Gilberto Celestino made a pair of errors on Thursday’s games longest losing streak since 2003 to nine games. power host Milwaukee past Arizona. a simple fly ball. Tampa Bay 9, N.Y. Yankees 2 Boston 5, Houston 1 Mariners 6, Angels 2: At Anaheim, Calif., Reds 4, Cardinals 2: Jesse Winker hit a two­ Pirates 5, Marlins 3: Jacob Stallings hit a Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 1 Jake Fraley hit his first major league homer, run homer for visiting Cincinnati, and Vladi­ three­run double in the eighth inning, lifting Kansas City 6, Minnesota 5 Seattle 6, L.A. Angels 2 and Seattle began a 10­game road trip with a mir Gutiérrez earned his first career win. host Pittsburgh to the victory. Atlanta 5, Washington 1 Colorado 11, Texas 6 Pittsburgh 5, Miami 3 Milwaukee 7, Arizona 4 Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 2 San Francisco 7, Chicago Cubs 2 Swing: Chicago front office in tricky spot with Bryant San Diego 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Friday’s games Boston at N.Y. Yankees Cleveland at Baltimore FROM PAGE 24 pen too often, so it’s like status Houston at Toronto quo not to do that,” he said. Tampa Bay at Texas Detroit at Chicago White Sox Brushing off his health or any That means Bryant could be on Minnesota at Kansas City Seattle at L.A. Angels significant mechanical adjust­ the move before the July 30 dead­ Miami at Pittsburgh ments, Bryant offered a simpler line, even if Chicago is in conten­ Washington at Philadelphia L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta explanation for his success this tion. Or president of baseball op­ Arizona at Milwaukee Cincinnati at St. Louis year. erations Jed Hoyer could hold on­ Oakland at Colorado “It’s just who I am,” he said. to Bryant, giving the Cubs a bet­ Chicago Cubs at San Francisco N.Y. Mets at San Diego “You go through ups and downs ter chance of a second straight Saturday’s games throughout your whole career. division title, but also raising the Detroit (Skubal 2-7) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-4) You have a hundred at­bats that possibility of losing him this win­ Houston (Urquidy 4-2) at Toronto (Strip- are good, a hundred at­bats so­so, ter with nothing coming back in ling 1-3) Cleveland (Civale 7-2) at Baltimore a hundred at­bats that are bad, return. (Means 4-1) Tampa Bay (Hill 4-2) at Texas (Allard 1-1) and sometimes they just happen Whatever happens, the ultra­ Minnesota (Berríos 5-2) at Kansas City (Keller 5-4) at different points.” competitive Bryant — who wants Boston (Rodríguez 5-4) at N.Y. Yankees With every swing, every rou­ to win everything he tries, includ­ (Taillon 1-4) Seattle (Kikuchi 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Cobb tine day at a new spot in the field, CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/AP ing family board games with his 3-2) Cincinnati (Mahle 4-2) at St. Louis (TBD) Bryant is adding to a tricky situa­ The Cubs’ Kris Bryant watches his hit during a May 7 game against wife, Jessica, and his parents — Miami (Rogers 6-3) at Pittsburgh (De tion for Chicago’s front office. Af­ the Pittsburgh Pirates in Chicago. doesn’t carry it home as much as Jong 0-0) Washington (Ross 2-5) at Philadelphia ter helping the Cubs win the before. Not with Kyler waiting for (Howard 0-1) Arizona (Kelly 2-6) at Milwaukee (Peral- World Series in 2016 and spend­ spring training. After consistent­ it during the season? It’s just a dis­ him. ta 5-1) ing the beginning of his big league ly saying in the past that he was traction. “I’m blown away with how Chicago Cubs (Stewart 1-0) at San Fran- cisco (Gausman 6-0) career with the team that drafted willing to listen, he cast doubt on “But, yeah, I don’t know. I just smart he is,” Kris Bryant said. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-4) at Atlanta (Morton 4-2) him No. 2 overall in 2013, Bryant the possibility of getting a deal feel like the last couple years, I’ve “He just loves walking around, Oakland (Irvin 3-7) at Colorado (Free- is eligible for free agency after done ahead of next month’s trade always felt like I would get trad­ opening up all the cabinets. ... We land 0-0) N.Y. Mets (deGrom 4-2) at San Diego this season. deadline. ed, and that was always in my have a blanket with my face on it. (Musgrove 4-4) Asked about the possibility of a “I feel like it has passed,” mind, reading about it.” He loves just holding it and walk­ MLB calendar contract extension, Bryant made Bryant told the AP. “I think usu­ Bryant said he feels extension ing around with it. He’s tripping July 11-13 — Amateur draft, Denver. July 13 — All-Star Game, Denver. it sound as if there hadn’t been ally if something gets done it’s al­ talks at this point are “just a dis­ himself, falling down constantly. July 25 — Hall of Fame induction, Coo- any conversations with the Cubs ways in spring training. Why service to the people involved.” “I never expected fatherhood perstown, N.Y. Aug. 12 — New York Yankees vs. Chicago for a while, not even during would anybody want to talk about “And it just doesn’t really hap­ to be this awesome.” White Sox at Dyersville, Iowa. Saturday, June 5, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NHL PLAYOFFS Marchand scores in OT to lift Bruins Boston wins on road, takes 2-1 series lead

BY VIN A. CHERWOO straight games — finished with 39 saves. Associated Press “Both teams were playing hard,” Barzal UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Brad Marchand said. “It’s tough for about 10 minutes and knew he didn’t have a great angle on his then it’s the playoffs, so you turn the page. shot in overtime. He just fired the puck at We know there’s a lot of good things to- the net and it got past Islanders goalie Se- night to build off of, so we’re excited. myon Varlamov. We’ve been in this situation before against Marchand scored 3:36 into overtime Pittsburgh, so we’re just going to grind.” and the Boston Bruins beat New York 2-1 Game 4 is Saturday night at Nassau Col- Thursday night in Game 3 to take the lead iseum. in the second-round playoff series. Boston got its first power play 1:38 into In the extra period, Charlie McAvoy the third period and mustered five shots brought the puck up ice along the left side on goal during the advantage, but couldn’t and passed to Marchand, who skated beat Varlamov. along the boards and fired a sharp-angle Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo was shot into the top right corner. helped off the ice after a hard hit by Cal “Obviously not a great one, but any Clutterbuck near the end boards to Rask’s puck, especially in overtime, has the right a little more than six minutes into the chance to go in,” Marchand said. “Can’t third. It left Boston with five defensemen. pass up a shot, and that’s another example Cassidy said Carlo was talking in the lock- of it. ... I tried to get it on net and it found er after the game and would be re-evaluat- its way in. Very relieving.” ed Friday. Varlamov wasn’t sure what happened on the shot and said he needed to see a re- Cassidy wins play. Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy got his “It was a weird shot, but the puck found 33rd playoff win, breaking a tie with Art the net,” he said. Ross to move into sole possession of sec- Craig Smith also scored for Boston, and ond place on the franchise list. Claude Ju- Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots — includ- lien is first with 57 postseason victories. ing five in overtime, as the Bruins took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Early goals “I try to be patient and calm in there,” For the fourth time in his four starts this Rask said. “It doesn’t matter what the sit- postseason, Varlamov gave up a goal in uation is. You’re just trying to make that the first three shots he faced to start a save and give your team a chance to win, game. He allowed a goal to Bryan Rust and fortunately we capitalized after.” 3:22 into Game 2 of the first round against FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP Mathew Barzal scored the tying goal Pittsburgh, and to Kris Letang at 2:01 of The Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand celebrates Thursday after scoring the game­winning late in the third period for New York, and Game 3. On Monday night, Boston’s Char- goal during overtime of Game 3 against the New York Islanders in Uniondale, N.Y. The Varlamov — making his second straight lie Coyle scored 2:38 into Game 2 of this Bruins won 2­1 to take a 2­1 lead in the second­round series. start after Ilya Sorokin went in four series. Staal’s overtime goal cuts Canes’ deficit to 2-1

BY ERIK ERLENDSSON over again and trust our system. But it obvious- The Hurricanes built the lead on a well-exe- Associated Press ly feels good to win.’’ cuted set play as Jaccob Slavin sent a pass from Scoreboard TAMPA, Fla. — Jordan Staal scored on a Brayden Point and Alex Killorn had power- inside his own zone up ice to Svechnikov, who power play at 5:57 of overtime to give the Car- play goals for Tampa Bay, which outshot the one-touched a pass to a streaking Aho. The play Second round olina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Hurricanes 37-27. sent Aho in alone for a breakaway to give Car- (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) Bay Lightning on Thursday night in Game 3 of “We did everything we wanted to do tonight olina a 2-0 lead at 7:40. Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 the second-round series. except score one more goal than they did,’’ It didn’t take long for Tampa Bay to respond Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 Staal deflected Sebastien Aho’s shot with Lightning oach Jon Cooper said. “A lot of the on a power play. At 8:57, a passing play from Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 Thursday: Carolina 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov serving a penal- things we put in place the players implement- Steven Stamkos to Kucherov to Point cut the Saturday: at Tampa Bay x-Tuesday: at Carolina ty for holding the stick to cut Tampa Bay’s se- ed and I thought they did a hell of a job. We just lead to 2-1. x-Thursday, June 10: at Tampa Bay ries lead to 2-1. came up one short.’’ x-Saturday, June 12: at Carolina Not so savvy Boston 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Game 4 is Saturday Tampa. The Hurricanes did something they were Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Carolina coach Rob Brind’Amour changed unable to do in the opening two games on home Tampa Bay defenseman David Savard mis- N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 3, OT Thursday: Boston 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, OT goaltenders, opting for Petr Mrazek after Alex ice — score first. sed his third consecutive game with an undis- Saturday: at N.Y. Islanders Monday: at Boston Nedeljkovic started the first eight games of the The first lead of the series for the Hurricanes closed upper-body injury. Though Savard x-Wednesday: at N.Y. Islanders playoffs. Mrazek stopped 35 shots. came courtesy of Pesce, who one-timed a shot practiced with the team Monday and coach Jon x-Friday, June 11: at Boston “He was good,’’ Brind’Amour said. “Did I ex- from above the right circle off a feed from An- Cooper indicated Savard is expected to return Montreal 1, Winnipeg 0 Montreal 5, Winnipeg 3 pect him to be like that? I didn’t really know drei Svechnikov at 5:15 of the second period. in the series, he did not take part in the team’s Friday: at Winnipeg Sunday: at Montreal what to expect, to be honest with you, he’d been It’s the first time Carolina opened the scoring morning pregame skate. Monday: at Montreal out for so long. But he’s a battler.’’ since Game 2 against the Nashville Predators x-Wednesday: at Winnipeg x-Friday, June 11: at Montreal Brett Pesce and Aho also scored for Caroli- in the opening round and the first lead for the Nod for Ned x-Sunday, June 13: at Winnipeg na. Hurricanes since Game 4. Carolina rookie goaltender Nedeljkovic was Colorado 2, Vegas 0 Colorado 7, Vegas 1 “Feels great, obviously, but at the same time, It also was the first 5-on-5 goal scored by named Thursday as one of three finalists for Colorado 3, Vegas 2, OT Friday: at Vegas it was only our first win in the series,’’ said Aho, Carolina in the series and the first one Tampa the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year, along Sunday: at Vegas who finished with three points. “We just have Bay had allowed since the second period of with Minnesota forward Kiril Kaprizov and x-Tuesday: at Colorado x-Thursday, June 10: at Vegas to keep going to Game 4 and just do it over and Game 5 against the Florida Panthers. Dallas forward Jason Robertson. x-Saturday, June 12: at Colorado PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, June 5, 2021 Taking his shot SPORTS Marchand scores in OT to give Bruins 2-1 series lead ›› NHL playoffs, Page 23

MLB Back in the swing of things Versatile Bryant producing MVP-worthy offensive numbers as Cubs surge into contention

BY JAY COHEN ing with a rash of injuries. Associated Press 0-for-8 Bryant has made at least five starts at five different po- he Kris Bryant watch is on. Chicago’s sweet- sitions: third base, first base and each of the three outfield swinging slugger is playing like an MVP again, Bryant’s disappointing stat line, which included two strikeouts, spots. He is batting .317 with 12 homers heading into a and he could be the biggest name on the trade during the Cubs’ season-ending sweep at the hands of the Miami seven-game West Coast trip, ranking among the NL lead- Tmarket this summer. Marlins last year in the NL Wild Card Series. The 29-year-old ers with 36 RBIs, a .598 slugging percentage and a .996 While baseball is watching Bryant, waiting to see what Chicago slugger is having a bounce-back season after struggling OPS. the Cubs do, the 29-year-old Bryant is watching Kyler through last year’s pandemic-shortened campaign. “I mean he’s definitely hitting the high fastball better,” Bryant, waiting to see what his precocious son does next. SOURCE: Associated Press manager David Ross said. “I think that’s a mechanical is- “Anytime there’s baseball on TV, he points and says sue he worked on in the offseason. I see a confidence, I see ‘Daddy,’ even if it’s a different team,” a grinning Bryant Bryant’s versatility — while producing offensive num- him on the attack in the box.” said. “Like no, I’m right here. Listen, look.” bers that belong alongside his NL MVP season in 2016 — Bryant struggled with injuries during the pandemic- Hard to blame Kyler, who turned 1 in April. Dad is ev- is a big reason why Chicago is on top of the NL Central shortened season last year, batting a career-low .206 erywhere these days. once again, helping the Cubs go on a 22-9 run while deal- with four homers in 34 games. He also went 0-for-8 with two strikeouts as Chicago was swept by The Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant is batting .317 with 12 Miami in the NL Wild Card Series. homers, ranking among the NL leaders with 36 RBIs. SEE SWING ON PAGE 22 GENE J. PUSKAR/AP

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