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Soldiers with the Army’s Urban Augmentation Medical UK, US, Canada Task Force 332-1 pose Soldiers who helped in early coronavirus fight for a photo at University accuse Russia Hospital in Newark, N.J., on describe an overwhelmed hospital as they of hacking virus April 14. The task force spent more than five weeks vaccine trials assisting hospital staff in the brace for potential second deployment fight against COVID-19. Page 8

CARLOS CUEBAS FANTAUZZI/U.S. Army Page 9 Restrictions leave contractors stranded for months without pay on Afghanistan base

BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN tary contracts with for services including Due to COVID-19-related travel restric- ficials said in April. Stars and Stripes construction, security and food services, tions, some workers have lived in these The military has acknowledged that for- have been confined to temporary lodg- conditions for up to four months. They eign contractors from several countries KABUL, Afghanistan — Some foreign ing quarters at Bagram Airfield, where haven’t been paid since their jobs were ter- have been unable to leave Bagram because workers stuck at the largest U.S. airfield in they are constantly monitored by security minated, they said. of travel restrictions related to COVID-19. Afghanistan have been living in what they guards, several contractors said. Fluor is one of two companies in Af- Fluor was trying to repatriate about 200 describe as jail-like conditions for months Visitors to Bagram who don’t meet cer- ghanistan operating the umbrella service people from the base last week, according after their jobs were cut, but they’ve been tain security criteria are given red badges contract LOGCAP IV. Those services were to an official from the company who was unable to return home. — green badges allow more freedom — and to be reduced after the U.S. agreed to shut not authorized to disclose the figure. “Red-badged” employees of the U.S.- are not allowed mobile phones, regular in- down five bases and withdraw thousands based Fluor Corporation, which the mili- ternet access or trips to the store. of troops earlier this year, U.S. military of- SEE STRANDED ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EUROPE GAS PRICES EXCHANGE RATES

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BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY helicopters to extinguish the fires The fire has destroyed the ship’s Stars and Stripes aboard. forward mast and damaged its su- Firefighters were off the ship perstructure, which sits on top of WASHINGTON — Firefighters for less than an hour before they the ship and where the bridge is temporarily evacuated the USS were able to board again and con- located, according to Rear Adm. Bonhomme Richard overnight tinue their work, Lt. Cmdr. Patri- Philip Sobeck, the commander Wednesday as a safety precaution cia Kreuzberger, a spokeswoman of Expeditionary Strike Group when excessive amounts of water for Naval Surface Force U.S. Pa- 3, which includes the Bonhomme used to fight the fire caused the cific Fleet, said in a statement Richard. ship’s tilt to worsen, according to Thursday. The more than 400 firefighters the Navy. No other information was pro- have had to move compartment Crews were cleared from the vided about the shift of the ship’s to compartment to contain the ship and the pier at Naval Base tilt . fire and are encountering fallen San Diego, Calif., “due to an ini- As of Thursday, 40 sailors and debris such as scaffolding from tial shift in the ship’s list” as of- 23 civilians have been treated the maintenance work that was ficials monitored the situation for minor injuries including heat being done. as the ship settled, according exhaustion and smoke inhalation “There is no threat to the fuel to a statement from Naval Sur- while fighting the fire aboard the tanks, which is well below any face Force U.S. Pacific Fleet late amphibious assault ship, accord- active fires or heat sources. The Wednesday. ing to the Navy. ship is stable, and the structure JASON WAITE, U.S. NAVY/AP The ship is tilting due to the Since the fire began Sunday is safe,” Sobeck said earlier this An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter combats a fire aboard the amount of water being used in- morning, it spread throughout the week. amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San side the Bonhomme Richard and ship from the cargo hold, where [email protected] Diego on Tuesday. dropped on top of the ship from Navy officials believe it started. Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Navy warship sails near Spratlys after US rejects China’s claims

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS recognized in international law, Stars and Stripes by challenging restrictions on innocent passage imposed by The Navy sent a guided-mis- China, Vietnam and Taiwan,” the sile destroyer on a freedom-of- Navy statement said. navigation operation in the South Though the U.S. has been con- China Sea on Tuesday, a day after ducting freedom-of-navigation the United States officially reject- exercises in the region for years, ed Beijing’s claims there. the Ralph Johnson’s operation The USS Ralph Johnson, as- came after Secretary of State signed to the 7th Fleet, sailed Mike Pompeo on Monday for the within 12 nautical miles of the first time announced the official Spratly Islands, according to a U.S. stance on China’s claims and statement by the U.S. Pacific operations in the South China Fleet on Tuesday. The cluster of Sea. more than 100 islands and reefs “We are making clear: Bei- comprise less than 3.1 square jing’s claims to offshore resourc- miles. es across most of the South China /U.S. Navy China, Vietnam and Taiwan Sea are completely unlawful, ANTHONY COLLIER claim to own all of the Spratlys. as is its campaign of bullying Aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson, Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Vance scans the The Philippines, Malaysia and to control them,” he said in his horizon near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday. Brunei also lay claim to portions announcement. of them. Beijing has been “working to “Beijing wants dominion for it- panel in 2016, ruling in a case as its maritime empire,” he said. China has reclaimed land and undermine the sovereign rights self,” he said. “It wants to replace brought by the Philippines, re- “America stands with our South- built military infrastructure in of other coastal states and deny international law with rule by jected these claims. east Asian allies and partners in the Spratlys since 2014, accord- them access to offshore resources threats and coercion.” In his statement, Pompeo said protecting their sovereign rights ing to the Center for Strategic and — resources that belong to those Beijing believes it has a his- China has “offered no coher- to offshore resources, consistent International Studies Asia Mari- states, not to China,” assistant toric right to the region, pointing ent legal basis” for these claims, time Transparency Initiative. secretary of state David R. Still- to early maps China published which were first announced in with their rights and obligations “This freedom of navigation well said Tuesday to a virtual that include a line that claims the 2009. under international law.” operation upheld the rights, free- audience with the Center for Stra- South and East China Seas as its “The world will not allow Bei- [email protected] doms, and lawful uses of the sea, tegic and International Studies. own. However, a United Nations jing to treat the South China Sea Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Army private died before being declared AWOL, reports say

BY NIKKI WENTLING disappeared outside Fort Hood in Wedel-Morales was last seen within a couple of days after he “Since the investigation is on- Stars and Stripes August 2019. The Army declared driving a 2018 Black KIA Rio disappeared. going, we are not going to release him AWOL and listed him as a with Texas temporary license Authorities found his remains any other information at this WASHINGTON — A dead deserter. tags outside Fort Hood in Killeen after U.S. Army criminal inves- time,” Ofelia Miramontez, public Army private will be reinstated The AWOL designation meant on Aug. 19, the Army Criminal In- tigators from Fort Hood got a affairs, said in a statement. and entitled to a military funeral Wedel-Morales would not be en- vestigation Command told Stars tip about a body being found in a Army special agents and the after being declared AWOL last titled to a military benefits or and Stripes. field. Killeen Police Department year, multiple news outlets re- honors at his funeral. At the time, Wedel-Morales, An autopsy was ordered but ported Wednesday. His mother, Kim Wedel, told a motor transport operator as- no details were immediately re- are offering a reward of up to The skeletal remains of Pvt. Texas news outlets KWTX and signed to the 1st Sustainment leased by police. $25,000 to anyone with credible Gregory Wedel-Morales, 23, KXXV on Wednesday that the Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, The Killeen Police Depart- information. were found last month in a field Army had decided to reinstate was processing out of the Army ment confirmed that foul play is [email protected] in Killeen, Texas. Wedel-Morales her son after reviewing evidence. and would have been discharged suspected. Twitter: @nikkiwentling PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 MILITARY Air Force’s new pistol tested at Aviano Air Base

BY NORMAN LLAMAS M9. Stars and Stripes “I really like it,” said Senior Airman Jaclyn R. Edwards, a AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy monitoring facility operator as- — Airmen gave high marks to the signed to the 31st SFS. “It fires Air Force’s new service pistol, … much smoother than the M9, the SIG Sauer M18, which they’ve maybe due to the fact that the been training with at this base in M18 lacks a double safety pull.” northern Italy since last month. Staff Sgt. Brandee Hahn, a The M18 is “more modern, combat arms instructor assigned easier to use and easier to un- to the 31st SFS, said the pistol derstand for an inexperienced “fits better in airmen’s hands, it’s shooter” than the M9 Beretta, more tactical and it just fits our which has been in service for 30 needs better than the M9.” PHOTOS BY NORMAN LLAMAS/Stars and Stripes years, said Capt. Taylor Buracze- Although many airmen at Avia- wski, officer in charge of supply no were full of praise for the M18, Staff Sgt. Enrique Salas, the Combat Arms Instructor for the 31st Security Forces Squadron at Aviano and logistics for the 31st Security the Pentagon had some reserva- Air Base, Italy, instructs airmen on the proper engagement of their weapons, prior to a marksmanship Forces Squadron. tions before fielding the weapon. qualification session Tuesday with M4 carbines and the M18 handgun. It also has “a much lighter and Testing conducted in 2017 crisper trigger and … balances found that the M18 could fire ac- with the 31st SFS. much better than the old M9,” cidentally if dropped and some- Its predecessor indicated the Buraczewski said, calling the 9 times ejected a live round along safety was off with a red mark, mm M18 “an amazing evolution with a spent cartridge case dur- but “with the M18, you have to for us as a career field.” ing normal use, said a report remember that ‘up’ is safe and The M18 was chosen as the released in January 2018 by the ‘down’ is to fire,” he said. Air Force’s new service pistol as Pentagon’s Office of the Director, The M18 also “tends to pull a part of the Reconstitute Defender Operational Test and Evaluation. little to the left,” he added, but Initiative, a program that aims to SIG Sauer fixed the problems overall he rated it as “way bet- modernize and improve weapon before shipping the guns to the ter than the M9, and it’s easier to systems, according to previous military, media reports said. teach how to fire it.” reports from the Air Force Small Airmen training with the pistol The Army was the first service Arms Program Office. identified other issues, including to use the M18 and its sister hand- With small, medium or large that the M18 lacks a visual aid gun, the M17, starting in 2017. handgrips, the M18 can be cus- on the safety lever, to let users Today, each U.S. military service tomized to individual shooters, know if it’s “on safe or in the fire uses the pistols. Security forces airmen assigned to the 31st Security Forces and because it’s made of polymer, position,” said Staff Sgt. Enrique [email protected] Squadron at Aviano practice drawing and aiming with their M18 not metal, it’s lighter than the Salas, a combat arms instructor Twitter: @normanllamas service pistols, prior to a qualification session. Space Force approves more than 2,400 airmen to join

BY COREY DICKSTEIN a key role in detecting potential threats, duties within the Space Force. to know precisely how many troops are to Stars and Stripes such as missiles targeting the homeland. Currently, about 16,000 Air Force troops fill out the new service and how many ser- The moves will expand the service to al- — including many of those selected for vice members will hold each rank and the WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force most 2,500 troops. The Pentagon intends to transfer — and civilians are serving tem- jobs they will perform. on Thursday announced it had approved grow Space Force to about 16,000 service porary assignments with the Space Force They also want to know the service’s more than 2,400 Air Force troops already members. until the new branch can be staffed. plans for Reserve forces. The Pentagon serving in space specialties to move into Those troops selected to join the Space The remaining roughly 4,000 slots ex- has yet to decide whether the Space Force the new branch of the military later this Force should be notified via official com- pected to be transferred into the Space will have its own Reserve component, such year. munication channels in the coming weeks, Force beginning in February will come as a Space National Guard. Top leaders in The 2,410 space operations officers and Kirby said. Officers will have to resign from Air Force officers and enlisted air- the Army and Air Guard have lobbied for enlisted space systems operations special- their Air Force commission and officially men now working in intelligence, cy- months for such a space-focused Guard ists approved to join the Space Force will commission into the new service. Enlisted berspace operations, developmental force. Pentagon officials said they are still transfer Sept. 1 or shortly thereafter, said personnel will undergo a formal enlist- engineering, acquisition management, studying the issue. Lynn Kirby, a spokeswoman for the new ment process, as well. operations intelligence, geospatial intelli- Also yet to be decided are what members service. Airmen serving in 11 other spe- In all, the Space Force saw about 8,500 gence, signals intelligence, fusion analysis, of the Space Force will be called, what the cialties eligible for transfer into the Space active-duty airmen request transfers into targeting analysis, cyberspace support and service’s rank titles will be and what their Force are expected to do so in early 2021, the new branch, which will operate as a client systems. dress uniforms will look like. and space-focused troops from the other separate military service within the Air The Space Force will begin its evalu- Officials have said those announcements military services could move in 2022 or Force Department, much as the Marine ation of officers who applied to transfer will come in the months ahead. 2023, she said. Corps operates within the Navy Depart- from those specialties later this month, Lt. Gen. David “DT” Thompson, the ment. The service intends to select about Kirby said. Enlisted airmen who applied “There has been substantial planning Space Force’s vice commander, called the 6,000 airmen for transfer by next year, of- from those specialties are expected to be behind the scenes between the Space Force move “exciting and historic” for the select- ficials have said previously. evaluated in the fall, she said. and Air Force ... to get us to this day,” Pa- ed space operators. Air Force space operators who de- While Space Force officials unveiled an tricia Mulcahy, deputy chief of space op- “Each one of them has an important cided not to request a transfer should be organizational structure this month for the erations for personnel and logistics, said in responsibility to contribute bold ideas to informed of their options in the coming new service’s units, House lawmakers have the statement Thursday. “I am incredibly shape the Space Force into a 21st century weeks, Kirby said. Those choices include included a provision in their draft version proud of the team’s thoughtfulness put into service,” Thompson said in a prepared moving into another Air Force career field, of the 2021 National Defense Authorization every decision to ensure we provide mem- statement. applying to transition into the National Act, the annual defense bill that sets Pen- bers with as seamless a transfer process as The transfers will dramatically grow the Guard or Air Force Reserve, or applying tagon spending and policy priorities, for possible.” new service, which is charged with safe- to separate from the service or retire. For the Space Force to submit more detailed [email protected] guarding U.S. space operations and has now, those airmen are likely to be assigned planning. Lawmakers have said they want Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Family seeks answers in death of airman

BY ROSE L. THAYER The two airmen had gone out said. “It’s not right for anybody. women’s issue. But to put it only Stars and Stripes a few times over the course of a If I can accomplish anything be- in that category “is to do a dis- couple weeks, Megan Aposhian yond trying to get some justice for service to our nation,” Ivey-Soto AUSTIN, Texas — It’s been said. But her daughter told her the Aposhian and Guillen fami- said. more than a month since Airman that she was afraid of him and lies, it is that.” “This is a readiness issue. This 1st Class Natasha Aposhian was he’d used misogynistic language Chavez took his initiative to is a military cohesiveness issue. killed at Grand Forks Air Force to refer to her on social media. the National Hispanic Caucus of That’s where I think we can Base, N.D., and her parents said “She said, ‘I’m afraid he’s going State Legislators, which sent a broaden the conversation. I think they are still struggling to under- to kill me, Mom. I feel like I need letter on behalf of its 430 mem- both conversations are neces- stand why the service hasn’t pro- to get an order of protection,’ ” bers to ask Air Force Secretary sary,” he said. “We need to make vided them answers. Megan Aposhian said. “She did Barbara Barrett and Army Sec- sure that we have a military that “I’m devastated. I don’t know express that she was afraid of retary Ryan McCarthy to “ad- part of its readiness is people how people go on,” Megan Aposhi- him and thought he was going to dress the continued lack of safety trusting the folks that they are an, the airman’s mother, said shoot her. I don’t know why.” experienced by female enlisted deployed with.” from her home outside of Phoe- On May 31, Natasha told a service members.” The letter also Natasha Aposhian’s parents nix. “I don’t think I’ll ever heal friend she was going to go to was sent to the House and Senate believe holding the Air Force from this, but I want answers. I her leadership, but she changed Armed Services Committees. accountable will create a better, want to know [what happened] as her mind because Torres had New Mexico state Sen. Daniel safer military for everyone, Mur- if I was there. I want to know what been nice when she delivered Ivey-Soto, a Democrat from Al- ray said. happened to my daughter.” the breakup news to him, Megan buquerque who serves as the cau- “We still support our military The Air Force has only said Na- Aposhian said. cus president, wrote the letter. He and our service men and women. tasha, 21, died of a gunshot wound By sunrise, she was dead. said local and state officials walk Obviously, we want the Air Force in a base dormitory at about 4:30 Courtesy of Megan Aposhian a fine line of holding the military a.m. June 1 and Airman 1st Class higher-ups to answer for what has Fraternity culture accountable while welcoming the happened and to be truthful. Be- Julian Carlos Torres, 20, also died Airman 1st Class Natasha presence of bases in their states. in the incident. Officials have Aposhian and her mother, Natasha Aposhian’s parents cause we want that, that doesn’t But after reading about Aposhian mean we love our troops any not released his cause of death Megan Aposhian. worked with Arizona state Rep. and Guillen, he said the Ameri- and they have not said who shot Cesar Chavez, a Democrat from less,” he said. can people need more than com- Megan Aposhian said she also Natasha. room at Fort Hood. Her remains Phoenix. mitments from the military. They believes if Natasha were alive Linda Card, a spokeswoman were found miles from the base “Everybody is tackling it at dif- need change. for the Air Force Office of Special more than two months later. She ferent directions,” Chavez said, and had seen a fellow airman die Investigations, said Monday that was killed by fellow soldier, Spc. noting the approaches, mostly A readiness issue from a similar fate as she did, she she cannot provide any informa- Aaron Robinson, according to from Congress and veteran and would want to create change. tion beyond what was released in court documents. Hispanic groups, calling for dif- In closing the first paragraph of Murray has asked anyone with June. The investigation remains During the search for Guillen ferent investigations and reviews the letter, Ivey-Soto wrote the two information about his daughter’s open, she said. and since her remains were found into the death of Guillen from fed- cases demonstrate a continuing case to email him at justiceforta- Natasha’s parents said they June 30, her family has been eral agencies outside of military. culture where “enlisted women [email protected]. He’s also created are frustrated. They want people critical of Fort Hood and Army “I would like to see a sudden — especially enlisted women of a GoFundMe page to raise money to know what happened to their commanders and the manner in change or change within this color — have more to fear from for the legal fees associated with daughter and they want to know which the investigation was con- year that would end the fraternity those with whom they serve than their advocacy in Natasha’s case. why the Air Force won’t officially ducted by Army Criminal Inves- culture that exists within the U.S. from this nation’s enemies.” It is available at https://www.go- confirm how their daughter was tigation Command. Among their military. ‘If something happens The reality of that sentence fundme.com/f/justicefornatasha. killed. requests in the wake of Guillen’s to you, we don’t speak because we makes him angry, he said. On [email protected] Megan Aposhian said investi- death, her family has asked Con- don’t tattletale on each other,’ ” he the surface, it might appear as a Twitter: @Rose_Lori gators have told her privately that gress to review the investigation Torres shot her daughter, then and the military’s sexual harass- shot himself in the head. She and ment and assault program. Natasha’s father, Brian Murray, “We want the same reforms that believe this was an act of domes- Vanessa Guillen’s family is asking tic violence because their daugh- for. The military has a major issue ter had told Torres the day prior with domestic violence and sexu- to her killing that she did not want al violence,” Murray said. “There to date him any longer. should be places where they feel “I just want to know these an- safe to go to. I think that was part swers: What kind of gun was it? of the problem with my daughter How did he get the gun? Where as well. She’s one who wouldn’t was my baby shot? Did she die at want to get anyone in trouble. She the first bullet?” Megan Aposhian was fearful of this guy, but prob- said. “This is my baby. We were ably afraid to go to [a] supervisor best friends.” because of the fallout.” Murray added: “I under- While she said she feared her stand the investigation is pend- daughter could be sent to com- ing. It’s been six weeks now bat, Megan Aposhian never and it’s pretty evident that it’s a imagined Natasha wouldn’t be murder-suicide.” safe on a stateside base. Between Megan Aposhian said she also her own experience and reading wants a copy of the autopsy, but about Guillen’s case, the mother the Air Force will not release it now feels naive that she was un- to her. She knows nothing will aware of the domestic and sexual change the fact that Natasha, the violence issues in the military. second oldest of her four children, She said she had been proud her is gone. She knows the informa- daughter chose to enlist. tion will not change the fact that The choice to serve came to Na- her two youngest children, ages 9 tasha Aposhian as she was feeling and 10, will never be the same. restless attending college in Tuc- “We’re ruined,” she said. son. She enlisted in December as an aircraft parts store apprentice Fears of reporting because in military service “she knew where her path was going to In the wake of the disappear- lead her,” Murray said. “For her, ance and killing of Army Spc. it was something where she felt Vanessa Guillen at Fort Hood, like she had a purpose.” Texas, Natasha Aposhian’s par- The last time she talked to her ents said they hope the calls for dad on May 31, Murray said they investigations and reform can spoke through video chat. During provide answers in their daugh- the conversation, Natasha told ter’s case as well. Guillen went him she had ended her relation- missing April 22 from an arms ship with Torres. PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Stranded: US firm ‘saddened’ over death of contractor, won’t commit to compensation Private firm now

FROM FRONT PAGE By Wednesday, most of those responsible for employees had returned home, company spokesman Brian Mer- shon said. However, a Kenyan contractor who was red-badged two months ago told Stars and Stripes on COVID-19 data Wednesday that at least 19 people he knew of were still living in the BY MIKE STOBBE care Safety Network system was austere transit conditions at the AND BERNARD CONDON launched 15 years ago and is base. Associated Press perhaps best known for its work He was among several contrac- gathering, and publicly reporting, tors stuck at Bagram who contact- NEW YORK — Hospital data data on hospital infections. ed Stars and Stripes to report the related to the coronavirus pan- The system started doing conditions after one of their for- demic in the U.S. will now be COVID-19 data collection in mer co-workers, a Macedonian, collected by a private technology March. Two other systems have was found dead this month in the firm, rather than the Centers for been put in place since, one in- showers — one of the few places Disease Control and Prevention volving hospitals reporting di- where they are allowed privacy. — a move the Trump administra- rectly to states and the other the He had taken his own life. tion says will speed up reporting TeleTracking system. “We are depressed, we can’t but one that concerns some pub- Administration officials put call our families [who] are suffer- lic health leaders. A photo taken on July 8 — provided by one of roughly 200 foreign incentives in place to encour- ing back home, we are the ones The CDC director said Wednes- contractors stranded without pay at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan age hospitals to report through who provide for them,” another day that he’s fine with the change — shows one of the sparse rooms in which they have been held. the other systems, the official Kenyan who also has been wait- — even though some experts Many of the contractors have been stuck since the U.S. company said. For instance, the corona- ing two months to return home fear it will further sideline the that brought them to Afghanistan terminated their contracts. virus treatment remdesivir was said in an email. All the contrac- agency. sometimes allocated to hospi- tors who spoke insisted on ano- The CDC has agreed to step out labor experts said. tals based on whether they used nymity for fear of reprisal. of the government’s traditional ‘ Given that their jobs were TeleTracking. The Kenyans said in addition We are depressed, data collection process “in order eliminated and the travel restric- Some outside experts expressed to their compatriots, Indians and we can’t call our to streamline reporting,” Dr. suspicion and concern about the Nepalese nationals were sharing tions are out of Fluor’s hands, the company might not be obliged to Robert Redfield said during a call decision to drop CDC from the their living quarters. All three families [who] are with reporters set up by the agen- data-collection mix. countries have prevented the compensate them for their time suffering back awaiting departure from Bagram, cy’s parent, the U.S. Department The data “are the foundation return of their nationals from said the labor experts, who de- of Health and Human Services. that guide our response to the Bagram. home, we are the clined to be named because they HHS officials recently posted pandemic,” Dr. Thomas File Jr., Another Macedonian is also did not have firsthand knowledge a document on the agency’s web- president of the Infectious Dis- in their room, the Kenyans said. ones who provide of the situation. site that redirected hospitals’ eases Society of America, said in North Macedonia is allowing its for them. Concerns of importing COVID- daily reporting of a range of data a statement. nationals to return. However, re- ’ a Kenyan worker who has been 19 from Afghanistan come as 28 meant to assess the impact of Collecting and reporting public patriation to countries welcom- waiting two months to return home Georgian soldiers supporting the coronavirus on them. Tele- health data has always been a core ing their citizens back has been from Afghanistan after his job with NATO’s Resolute Support mis- Tracking Technologies, based in function of the CDC, he added. delayed because of the travel Fluor Corp. was terminated sion tested positive and returned Pittsburgh, will now collect that “The administration should pro- disruption caused by COVID-19, to their home country last week, information. vide funding to support data col- Fluor said, calling the situation Georgia’s Defense Ministry said. However, if hospitals are al- lection and should strengthen the “extraordinary, unprecedented North Macedonia reported Satur- ready directly reporting to state role of CDC to collect and report and unforeseen” in a statement. demanding many of its work- day that an unspecified number health departments, they can get COVID-19 data,” he said. The Macedonian who died by ers also leave the facility, citing of Macedonians returning from a written release from the state to Gregory Koblentz, a biodefense suicide did so after waiting two COVID-19 countermeasures. Afghanistan also tested positive keep doing that. expert at George Mason Univer- months to return home, his col- The Federal Acquisition Regu- for the virus, quoting the coun- The information includes bed sity, said the change appears to leagues said. lation requires companies like try’s health ministry. occupancy, staffing levels, the be consistent with administration Officials have begun conduct- Fluor to provide return travel As of Wednesday, the official severity level of coronavirus pa- moves in recent months that have ing welfare checks at least twice for workers brought to foreign count of coronavirus cases in tients, ventilators on hand, and sidelined the CDC from the role a week and are making efforts to countries under government Afghanistan stood at over 34,700 supplies of masks, gowns, and it has played in other epidemics, improve access to communica- contracts. with over 1,000 deaths. Resolute other personal protective equip- as the public’s primary source of tions, exercise options and other “We recognize and understand Support declined to disclose how ment. The CDC will continue to information. amenities, Pentagon spokeswom- that this has been a very difficult many infections there have been collect other data, like informa- “We know the administration an Lisa Lawrence said late Fri- time for employees who have on foreign bases in Afghanistan. tion about cases and deaths, from has been trying to silence the day, days after Stars and Stripes not been able to travel freely, The contractor who took his state health departments. CDC,” he said. “Now it looks like first inquired about the situation. and we appreciate their patience own life had repeatedly told Michael Caputo, an HHS the administration might be try- Military officials in Afghani- and understanding,” said Fluor’s company officials and medical spokesman, said the CDC has ing to blind the CDC as well.” stan did not offer an explana- statement, adding it was “deeply personnel that he suffered from been seeing a lag of a week or The White House directed a re- tion as to why some of the men saddened” over the death. depression and anxiety, his still- more in data coming from hos- quest for comment to HHS. couldn’t be given green badges The badging system at Bagram stranded colleagues said. pitals and that only 85% of hospi- Redfield, the CDC director, after a certain period. is a long-standing U.S. military He killed himself because of tals have been participating. The said the agency will retain access More than 10,000 U.S. and security measure, Fluor said. “the stress and anxiety … due to change is meant to result in faster to all the data. He also said the 11,000 foreign contractors Fluor, with assets of about $9 being restrained from earning and more complete reporting, he change will enable it to focus on worked for the U.S. military in billion, did not say whether it a living wage and feeling, by his said. collecting other data, like infor- Afghanistan as of April, U.S. Cen- would compensate the contrac- own words, that he was a prisoner It’s not clear how that will hap- mation from nursing homes. tral Command data show. At the tors for the time they’ve been being held against his will,” said pen. HHS officials on Wednesday In April, the government time, the U.S. military denied a stuck in Afghanistan. a British contractor who knew did not answer questions about awarded a $10.2 million contract Bagram newsletter forecast of Diplomatic efforts have been him. whether there would be added to a TeleTracking Technologies . $30 million in looming cuts to the launched to get the contractors “This could have been prevent- government incentives or man- At the time, the company was LOGCAP contract, telling Stars from countries not accepting ed,” said the Briton, who spent dates to get more reporting from hired to gather data on things and Stripes that such decisions their citizens exempted from only a few weeks in limbo at the busy hospitals. that were already being reported “have not been finalized.” travel bans, U.S. Forces-Afghani- base before managing to fly out. A CDC official, who is familiar to the CDC, such as available hos- But the military had begun stan said in a statement. The workers’ allegations of mis- with the agency’s system, disput- pital beds. shuttering the base in March, as DOD officials are working conduct should be investigated, ed Caputo’s figures, saying only TeleTracking has won 29 con- agreed under a U.S. peace deal with investigators to determine said Patricia Gossman, Human about 60% of the nation’s hospitals tracts for federal government with the Taliban signed Feb. whether any of the activity at Ba- Rights Watch associate director have been reporting to the CDC work stretching back to 2004 . 29, and last month it said 4,000 gram violated human trafficking for Asia, “particularly in light of system, but most data is collected The prior contracts were for com- troops had been withdrawn from laws, said Lawrence, the Penta- the reported suicide.” and reported out within two days. puter systems and programming the country. Also last month, the gon spokeswoman. But as long as The official spoke on condition of at Veteran Affairs hospitals. Stars and Stripes reporter J.P. Army halted various Fluor ser- Fluor repatriates the workers, it’s Lawrence contributed to this report. anonymity because he was not TeleTracking did not imme- vices at a base near the city of unlikely any of the activity would [email protected] authorized to talk about it. diately respond to requests for Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, amount to trafficking, several Twitter: @pwwellman The CDC’s National Health- comment. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Tokyo cases hit new daily high; Okinawa Marines add 2 more BY AYA ICHIHASHI nonessential travel and to avoid Stars and Stripes crowded bars and clubs at night. Meanwhile, two more corona- CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa virus cases at Marine Corps Air — The number of new corona- Station Futenma were reported /Stars and Stripes virus cases confirmed daily in Thursday to Okinawa prefecture, AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA Japan’s capital city reached a according to a prefectural health Pedestrians stroll through the Ometesando area of central Tokyo in May. record 286 on Thursday, accord- official. That brings the total ing to the Tokyo Metropolitan cases reported to Okinawa by the Not counting the cases associ- U.S. military personnel are not Kono said. Government. U.S. military since March to 138. ated with the U.S. military, Oki- required to be tested if they fly Kono also cited the U.S. prac- Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at a More than 100 of those cases nawa has reported 148 infections into Misawa Air Base, Yokota tice, ending this week, of housing noon press conference said au- are tied to a cluster outbreak that and seven deaths as of Wednes- Air Base or Kadena, according to military personnel newly arrived thorities were still counting, “but surfaced after Fourth of July day, according to the prefectural the Japanese Ministry of Foreign on Okinawa in an off-base hotel today’s new confirmed cases will weekend at MCAS Futenma and website. Affairs. during their 14-day mandated be around 280,” based on more Camp Hansen on the southern is- The recent surge in military Earlier this week, Japanese De- quarantine. than 4,000 tests, public broad- land prefecture. cases, and U.S. efforts to contain fense Minister Taro Kono cited As of Wednesday, the 18th Wing caster NHK reported. The pre- Also on Okinawa, an 80-year- the virus’ spread, elicited sharp problems with the U.S. military’s at Kadena Air Base requires that vious all-time high — 243 — was old driver for a central-area taxi critiques from Japanese officials. effort to contain the coronavirus newly arrived personnel test neg- reported July 10, according to the company that operates on Camp On Thursday, Okinawa Gov. among its personnel, including ative for the virus before leaving metro Tokyo website. Hansen tested positive for the Denny Tamaki, visiting Defense a military family that arrived quarantine, according to a post The metro government on virus Thursday, the prefectural Minister Taro Kono in Tokyo, Sunday and tested positive after on the official base Facebook Wednesday, after counting 165 health official said by phone. demanded that all incoming U.S. a commercial flight to Marine page. The order affects service new cases, raised its coronavi- The driver often picks up fares military personnel be tested for Corps Air Station Iwakuni. The members, Defense Department rus health alert to the highest of on base, but the health depart- the coronavirus upon their arriv- family gave false information civilian employees, contractors four levels, according to Japanese ment is still investigating wheth- al in Japan, according to a report about their travel plans before and their families. media. Koike called on Tokyo er he had contact with an infected by JIJI Press. Under the status leaving Tokyo’s Haneda Inter- [email protected] citizens to again refrain from passenger, the official said. of forces agreement with Japan, national Airport for the air base, Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Positive case at MCAS Iwakuni turned out to be an error BY JAMES BOLINGER The person had driven in a pri- In a separate case, the air sta- family of three. He said the fam- destination. Stars and Stripes vate vehicle from Kansai Airport tion said a group that tested posi- ily misled authorities at Haneda “The circumstances of this in- before entering the mandated, 14- tive after arriving Monday posed Airport in metro Tokyo on Sun- cident are still under investiga- MARINE CORPS AIR STA- day quarantine at MCAS Iwakuni, a low risk of exposure, based day and took a commercial flight tion,” the statement said. “Failure TION IWAKUNI, Japan — One the statement said. on cont act tracing by Japanese Monday to Iwakuni. to abide by the policies in place case of the coronavirus reported Marine officials learned of health authorities and authorities U.S. military personnel arriv- increases the risk to our host na- Tuesday at this base in southern the error Thursday from Japa- at MCAS Iwakuni. ing in Japan aboard commercial tion and local population, and Japan turned out to a false posi- nese officials. The test result was Japanese Defense Minister flights are barred from using may result in administrative or tive, MCAS Iwakuni announced “miscommunicated,” according Taro Kano on Tuesday identi- domestic air travel or other pub- disciplinary action.” in a statement Thursday. to the statement. fied the group as a U.S. military lic transportation to reach their [email protected]

Number of Americans arriving in South Korea with virus grows

BY KIM GAMEL tested positive after arriving on Stars and Stripes separate commercial flights on July 11 and 13, it said. CAMP HUMPHREYS, South “All individuals were tested Korea — The number of coro- prior to entering quarantine, and navirus-infected American ser- have since been transferred to an vice members traveling to South isolation facility designated for Korea from the United States confirmed COVID-19 cases on mounted with 14 new cases over either Camp Humphreys or Osan the past week, the military said Air Base,” it added. Thursday. The shuttle buses that carried South Korea has expressed con- the affected troops to quarantine cern over the growing numbers, barracks and rooms they had oc- although U.S. Forces Korea in- cupied all had been disinfected, it sisted that mandatory testing and said. two-week quarantine procedures The report raised to 88 the total helped contain the problem. number of cases affiliated with “None of the arrivals have in- USFK. teracted with anyone residing The Korean Centers for Dis- in the local community due to ease Control and Prevention said USFK’s aggressive preventative authorities were working with control measures,” the command the U.S. to prevent the virus from said. spreading. Nine troops and two depen- “We’re keeping an eye on it at dents tested positive after landing present,” the agency told Stars at Osan Air Base on government- and Stripes in response to a chartered flights between July 11- question. 15, USFK said in a press release. [email protected] Three other service members Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Russia accused of hacking vaccine trials

BY JILL LAWLESS Britain’s National Cybersecu- The persistent and ongoing at- Russian Foreign Ministry did not with the advice we have published AND DANICA KIRKA rity Centre made the announce- tacks are seen by intelligence immediately respond to a request to help defend their networks.” Associated Press ment, which was coordinated officials as an effort to steal intel- for comment. The statement did not say with authorities in the U.S. and lectual property, rather than to Cozy Bear, also known as the whether Russian President Vladi- LONDON — Britain, the Unit- Canada. disrupt research. The campaign “dukes” has been identified by mir Putin knew about the vaccine ed States and Canada accused “It is completely unacceptable of “malicious activity” is ongoing Washington as one of two Rus- research hacking, but British of- Russia on Thursday of trying to that the Russian Intelligence Ser- and includes attacks “predomi- sian government-linked hacking ficials believe such intelligence steal information from research- vices are targeting those work- nantly against government, dip- groups that broke into the Demo- would be highly prized. ers seeking a COVID-19 vaccine. ing to combat the coronavirus lomatic, think-tank, healthcare cratic National Committee com- A 16-page advisory prepared The three nations alleged that pandemic,” British Foreign Sec- and energy targets,” the National puter network and stole emails hacking group APT29, also known retary Dominic Raab said in a Cybersecurity Centre said in a ahead of the 2016 presidential by the U.S. National Security as Cozy Bear and said to be part statement. “While others pursue statement. election. The other group is usu- Agency and made public by of the Russian intelligence ser- their selfish interests with reck- It was unclear whether any in- ally called Fancy Bear. Britain, the U.S. and Canada on vice, is attacking academic and less behaviour, the U.K. and its formation actually was stolen but The director of operations for Thursday accuses Cozy Bear of pharmaceutical research institu- allies are getting on with the hard the center says individuals’ confi- the British cybersecurity center, using custom malicious software tions involved in coronavirus vac- work of finding a vaccine and dential information is not believed Paul Chichester, urged “organi- to target a number of organiza- cine development. protecting global health.” to have been compromised. The zations to familiarize themselves tions globally. 11 arrested for Detroit summer school protests

Associated Press the spread of a deadly disease in our schools, to prevent that from DETROIT — Police on Thurs- spreading from the schools back day arrested at least 11 protest- into the community,” said teacher ers who tried to block buses from and protester Benjamin Royal. picking up Detroit students, the Eleven people were repeatedly fourth day of demonstrations warned before they were arrest- against voluntary summer classes ed for blocking operations at the during the coronavirus outbreak. bus company, police Commander The Detroit school district this Arnold Williams said. week began offering online or in- There were 630 students in person instruction to students. classrooms Wednesday and 1,100 Students and teachers must wear more participating online, Super- masks, and class sizes are smaller intendent Nikolai Vitti said. Most to reduce virus risk. students don’t ride buses to get to EMILIO MORENATTI/AP But a group of people has ap- one of the two dozen schools. Tourists wearing face masks wait to cross a road in downtown Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday . peared each day to protest the “We are staying focused on program, saying officials are put- what matters: serving children ting people at risk. A lawsuit has and their families and adjusting also been filed. to the new normal with COVID,” Tourists face limits amid spike fears “We are out here to prevent Vitti said on Twitter.

Associated Press COVID-19 curve. the beach of Palma de Mallorca Germany’s foreign minister are known, and on another boule- MADRID — From the palm- condemned the rowdy tourists for vard in nearby Magaluf. fringed beaches of southern India to the bar-lined streets of a Span- imperiling hard-won gains in ef- Another European tourism ish island and the rolling hills of forts to contain the virus. hotspot, Greece, lifted a ban on Ireland, restaurants, pubs and “We just recently managed to flights from Britain on July 15 clubs are emerging as frontlines open the borders again in Eu- and on Thursday welcomed the in efforts to prevent the re-emer- rope. We cannot risk this by reck- first arrivals with random testing gence of the coronavirus. less behavior,” Heiko Maas told at the airport in Athens. With Europe’s summer vacation Funke Media Group on Thurs- Finland is one of the countries season kicking into high gear for day. “Otherwise, new measures to have eased lockdown measures. millions weary of months of lock- will be inevitable.” On Wednesday night, dozens of down, scenes of drunken British In a move designed to stop the people queued shoulder-to-shoul- and German tourists on Spain’s spread of the coronavirus and der waiting to get into a Helsinki Mallorca island ignoring social shake off the region’s reputation night club. distancing rules and reports of as a party hub, regional authori- Americans heading overseas American visitors flouting quar- ties in the Balearic Islands or- were causing consternation in DAVID GURALNICK, THE DETROIT NEWS/AP antine measures in Ireland are dered the closure from Thursday Ireland, amid fears that some raising fears of a resurgence of of all establishments along Mal- were ignoring the government’s Demonstrators block the driveways of the Detroit Public Schools infections in countries that have lorca’s “Beer St.” and “Ham St.,” requirement that they self-isolate West Side Bus Terminal to keep school buses from running on the battled for months to flatten the as the popular party areas near for 14 days after arrival. first day of summer school, in Detroit, on Monday . Deaths hit new high in Texas as governor urges mask wearing

Associated Press ered their faces, even though Two weeks after Republican cases, along with a record 110 but conduct the first six weeks of Texas’ mask mandate exempts Gov. Greg Abbott ordered most of deaths. AUSTIN, Texas — Signs in the learning online. polling locations. Others ada- the state’s 30 million residents to T he r ising toll includes 3 5 deat hs “For those people who think Texas Panhandle urged voters mantly made clear they wouldn’t. wear masks, Texas is still scram- that officials on the Texas-Mexico to wear masks. Polling precincts “It’s kind of along the same lines bling to contain one of the biggest border said happened Wednesday this virus is a joke, that it’s made were already staffed thin because you see in other parts of Texas — coronavirus surges in the U.S., morning alone in Hidalgo County. up, not real, that it’s not having an some election workers backed out there is a faction they’re not going and Abbott is stressing that the That was more than twice the impact, I want you to take a look of the state’s primary runoffs, to wear a mask unless absolutely widespread use of face cover- number of new deaths reported in at that chart,” Houston Mayor cautious about the coronavirus required,” said Melynn Huntley, ings could avoid another lock- Harris County and where Texas’ that socked the rural meatpack- Potter County’s elections admin- down — one he hasn’t ruled out. largest school district decided that Sylvester Turner said, waving to ing region in May. istrator. “And even then, they’re On Wednesday, Texas again set a Houston public schools would not a graphic listing biographical de- By and large, most voters cov- going to try not to.” new high with nearly 10,800 new only postpone the first day of class tails about the new deaths. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Task force troops saw High level virus tax of jobless NJ hospital aid seekers

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — When a medical de- holds firm tachment of Army soldiers first arrived at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., in BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER mid-April to assist the mounting corona- Associated Press virus fight there, they found overwhelmed doctors and nurses treating patients in WASHINGTON — The number of laid- hallways. off workers seeking unemployment benefits The rooms in the state-run, civilian hos- remained stuck at 1.3 million last week, a pital were filled to capacity and its emer- historically high level that indicates many ICHAEL CHWENK/U.S. Army National Guard companies are still cutting jobs as the viral gency room was flooded with new patients M S outbreak intensifies. arriving with coronavirus-like symptoms, Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, The elevated level of applications for soldiers who deployed there this spring gets fitted for a mask before a tour at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., on April 21, jobless aid is occurring as new confirmed said Wednesday. Doctors and nurses at the a week after the 85-soldier Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 332-1 arrived. cases of coronavirus are spiking across hospital, in many cases, had worked for much of the Sunbelt, threatening to weak- weeks without a day off, as between 30% attle. Task Force 332-1 would spend just rival we were greeted with open arms. en the economic recovery. Case counts are and 50% of their colleagues were forced more than five weeks integrating its doc- They were relieved to see us.” rising in 40 states and 22 states have either into isolation after contracting the virus, tors, nurses, mental health professionals Her task force’s soldiers treated an aver- paused or reversed their efforts to reopen the soldiers said. and other medical support soldiers in with age of more than 100 coronavirus patients their economies, according to Bank of When the 85-soldier Urban Augmenta- the hospital’s regular staff. By the time the each day in intensive care units, emergency America. tion Medical Task Force 332-1 arrived at soldiers left on May 20, the hospital was rooms, pharmacies and in surgery. Some Rising infections paralleled rising ap- University Hospital on April 14, New Jer- operating as normal, said Army Maj. Erin soldiers even went out in ambulances to aid plications for aid in some states getting hit sey was among the states hardest hit by the Velazquez, who commanded the unit. emergency medical technicians, she said. right now, and fell in states with declining spreading pandemic. State health officials “I was really kind of taken aback and Velazquez, a clinical social worker in infections. In Florida claims doubled to that day reported nearly 69,000 cases of the saddened by the conditions on the ground Lakeland, Fla., in her civilian life, said she 129,000, and in Georgia they rose nearly coronavirus statewide and more than 2,800 in New Jersey,” Pena told reporters in a was awed by the work of her team, the vast one-third to 136,000, according to the deaths. The hospital was at its “breaking telephone news briefing. “I was seeing majority of soldiers who had never previ- Labor Department’s Thursday report. In point,” described Army Staff Sgt. Mauricio firsthand a hospital that was really doing ously worked together. California they increased 23,000 to nearly L. Pena, the task force’s top enlisted soldier just the best that they could.” During the deployment, she said, she 288,000. Applications also rose in Arizona and a respiratory therapist. Officials declined Wednesday to provide pushed the Army to alter somewhat the and South Carolina. This week, as coronavirus cases have specifics on which medical units had been makeup of her team, advising the UAMTF Applications fell in Texas, which has surged in other parts of the country, the tasked now to prepare to deploy, but they needed more nurses, especially those with seen infections spike, and in New Jersey Army has deployed six more Urban Aug- confirmed the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 44th ICU experience. The Army eventually and New York, where the virus is mostly mentation Medical Task Forces, or UAMT- Medical Brigade was among them. under control. added 17 additional nurses to her team, the Fs, primarily to San Antonio and Houston, That brigade led the military’s corona- “Conditions in the labor market remain service said. U.S. Northern Command announced Mon- virus fighting efforts in the eastern United weak and the risk of mounting permanent Army Col. Kimberlee Aiello, who com- day. Some medical soldiers have also been States this spring, including operations at job losses is high, especially if activity con- manded the 44th Medical Brigade during dispatched to California. New York City’s Javits Center, where mili- tinues to be disrupted by repeated virus- its spring deployment, said the Pentagon Army officials said Wednesday thou- tary health professionals worked alongside related shutdowns,” said Rubeela Farooqi, sands of additional medical troops — in- civilians to treat more than 1,000 coronavi- was largely successful in building new chief U.S. economist at High Frequency cluding at least some of those who served at rus patients earlier this year in the make- units to respond across the country in some Economics. University Hospital — have been placed on shift hospital. cases within three days. She commended A separate government report showed prepare to deploy orders, in case Federal UAMFT 332-1’s 85 soldiers were among the work of Velazquez’s task force and the that retail sales jumped 7.5% in June, a Emergency Management Agency officials the roughly 3,000 service members under other 3,000 troops she oversaw. healthy gain that suggested the economy request additional military help in the fight the 44th Medical Brigade’s Command dur- “I think we did a great job with what we was healing just before the viral resur- against the virus. Public health officials in ing that initial coronavirus response. knew [about the coronavirus] at the time,” gence has weighed on hopes for a steady recent days have listed southeastern states Velazquez said her task force of soldiers Aiello said Wednesday. “We learned a lot recovery. and California, Texas and Arizona as loca- from 13 different states who volunteered to from our [local] partners on how to take The Census Bureau reported Thursday tions with growing outbreaks. be part of the deployment proved that rap- care of [coronavirus] patients and what we that retail sales are 1.1% higher than their The task force sent to New Jersey in idly built military units of medical special- needed to do. levels from a year ago, after a brutal plunge April was one of the first of its kind, which ists can be an easy boost for overwhelmed “But we consider this ongoing. [Corona- in March and April was offset by a decent the Army built quickly of reservists with medical facilities dealing with coronavirus virus] has not been stopped. We consider rebound in May and June. medical expertise to send into hot spots surges. this an ongoing effort.” While applications for jobless aid fell by about 10,000 from the previous week, across the country, including in Newark; “Our integration into the hospital was [email protected] New York City; Baton Rouge, La.; and Se- seamless,” Velazquez said. “Upon our ar- Twitter: @CDicksteinDC the figure has now topped 1 million for 17 straight weeks. The record high for weekly unemployment applications before the pandemic was nearly 700,000. Those figures are adjusted for seasonal GOP to scale back its convention in Florida variations, a practice intended to filter out trends that don’t reflect on the economy, The Washington Post guest, and alternate delegates can also at- The letter also says attendees will be of- such as the firing of seasonal workers after tend — or 6,000 to 7,000 people. fered coronavirus testing, though specifics the winter holidays. Yet the impact of the WASHINGTON — The Republican In the letter, McDaniel says the changes are not included. coronavirus has made such adjustments Party will hold a scaled-back convention are to comply with Florida rules after the Cases have surged in Florida in recent less relevant, economists say, because in Jacksonville, Fla., next month that in- party moved most of the convention from weeks, and some local officials are consid- claims are so far above normal levels. cludes a mix of outdoor and indoor venues, North Carolina. ering additional shutdowns to try to stem Before seasonal adjustment, applications according to a letter sent to delegates. “When we made these changes, we had the spread of the virus. actually rose 100,000 to 1.5 million, a sign The Thursday letter from Republican hoped to be able to plan a traditional con- The Associated Press reported that that layoffs are worsening. National Committee Chairwoman Ronna vention celebration to which we are all ac- Florida reached another ominous mark An additional 928,000 people sought McDaniel, obtained by The Washington customed. However, adjustments must be Thursday with a record 156 deaths from benefits last week under a separate pro- Post, said admittance will be limited to made to comply with state and local health the coronavirus reported in a single day. gram for self-employed and gig workers only regular delegates for the first three guidelines,” she said. The state Department of Health re- that has made them eligible for aid for the days of the convention — or about 2,500 McDaniel said in the letter that officials ported 13,965 new coronavirus cases in first time. These figures aren’t adjusted people. For the final day, when President are likely to use both outdoor and indoor Florida, bringing the total throughout the for seasonal variations, so the government Donald Trump attends, delegates will get a spaces in Florida. pandemic in Florida to nearly 316,000. doesn’t include them in the official count. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 NATION Trump curbs major environment law to speed big projects

BY AAMER MADHANI 40 years,” said Brett Hartl, gov- AND KEVIN FREKING ernment affairs director at the Associated Press Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group that works ATLANTA — President Donald to save endangered species. Trump announced Wednesday Trump has made slashing gov- that he is rolling back a founda- ernment regulation a hallmark of tional Nixon-era environmental his presidency and held it out as a PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP law that he says stifles infrastruc- way to boost jobs. Environmental President Donald Trump participates in a law enforcement briefing on the MS-13 gang in the Oval Office ture projects, but that is credited groups have said the regulatory of the White House on Wednesday. with keeping big construction rollbacks threaten public health projects from fouling up the en- and make it harder to curb global vironment and ensuring there is warming. With Congress and the public input on major projects. administration divided over how Feds bring terrorism charges in “Together we’re reclaiming to increase infrastructure invest- America’s proud heritage as a ment, the president is relying on nation of builders and a nation his deregulation push to demon- crackdown of MS-13 gang leader that can get things done,” Trump strate progress. said. Among the major changes in Trump was in Atlanta to an- the new rule: limiting when fed- BY JIM MUSTIAN baseball bat. A lawyer for Saenz Barr said, in that it is driven not nounce changes to National Envi- eral environmental reviews of Associated Press declined to comment. by “commercial interests” but ronmental Policy Act regulations projects are mandated, and cap- “We believe the monsters who sheer bloodlust. for how and when authorities NEW YORK — Federal au- ping how long federal agencies murder children should be put “It’s about the honor of being must conduct environmental re- thorities announced terrorism and the public have to evaluate to death,” Trump told reporters the most savage, bloodthirsty views, making it easier to build and comment on any environ- charges Wednesday against a at the White House, adding that person you can be and building leader of MS-13, continuing a na- highways, pipelines, chemical and mental impact of a project. his administration would not rest up a reputation as a killer,” Barr solar plants and other projects. “We won’t get certain projects tionwide crackdown against a no- before bringing every member of said. torious street gang that President The 1970 law changed environ- through for environmental rea- the gang to justice. “There’s never MS-13 is believed to have been Donald Trump described as “vile mental oversight in the United sons. They have to be environ- been any move like this before.” founded as a neighborhood street and evil.” States by requiring federal agen- mentally sound. But you know The announcement came a day gang in Los Angeles in the mid- An indictment unsealed in cies to consider whether a project what? We’re going to know in a after grand juries in New York 1980s by immigrants fleeing a Virginia against Melgar Diaz would harm the air, land, water or year. We’re going to know in a marked the first time the Justice City and Nevada handed up new civil war in El Salvador. The gang wildlife, and giving the public the year and a half. We’re not going to Department has brought terror- charges against nearly two dozen recruits young teenagers from El right of review and input. know in 20 years,” Trump said. ism charges against a member MS-13 members, ranging from Salvador and Honduras, though Critics called Trump’s move a NEPA requires all federal of MS-13. Attorney General Wil- drug dealing and kidnapping to many gang members were born cynical attempt to limit the pub- agencies to evaluate the poten- liam Barr described Diaz as “the murder and racketeering. in the U.S. lic’s ability to examine and influ- tial environmental effects of pro- person who would green-light as- Barr said the prosecutions are “The only way to defeat MS-13 ence proposed projects under one posed projects, but fewer than 1% sassinations” for the gang in the part of the government’s efforts is by targeting the organization of the country’s bedrock environ- of those reviews are the kind of United States. to dismantle a gang he likened to as a whole, focusing on the lead- mental protection laws. complex and detailed review that Prosecutors also said they a “death cult.” ership structure and deploying a “This may be the single biggest Trump focused on — environ- would seek the death penalty Also known as Mara Salva- whole-of-government approach giveaway to polluters in the past mental impact statements. against Alexi Saenz, another MS- trucha, MS-13 is considered one against a common enemy,” said 13 leader on Long Island, N.Y. , of the top transnational orga- John Durham, a federal pros- charged in seven killings, includ- nized crime threats in the United ecutor in New York who directs ing those of two high schools stu- States. a special task force targeting the dents slain with a machete and a The organization is unique, gang. US sanctions companies linked to ‘Putin’s Chef’ Controversy continues as Trump, daughter Associated Press announcing the sanctions by the Treasury Department’s Office of WASHINGTON — The Trump Foreign Assets Control. pose with products from GOP donor Goya administration has imposed Prigozhin, whose close rela- sanctions on companies con- tionship to Putin has earned him Bloomberg for the President’s Hispanic Pros- the company’s slogan, “If it’s nected to a Russian businessman the nickname of “Putin’s Chef,” perity Initiative that the country Goya, it has to be good,” in Eng- who is close to Russian President It was an image evocative of an attracted attention in 2018 after was “truly blessed” to have such lish and Spanish. Vladimir Putin and suspected of he and Russian companies he earlier era, when Donald Trump helping finance the covert social controlled were indicted in spe- was pitchman, not president. On a leader. The president sent one of his Liberal Latinos, furious at own, stating Goya is “doing media campaign aimed at Ameri- cial counsel Robert Mueller’s Wednesday, he posted to his per- can voters ahead of the 2016 pres- Trump’s anti-immigrant com- GREAT” and “people are buying investigation into ties between sonal Instagram account a grin- idential election. ments and policies, took to social like crazy!” Russia and the Trump campaign. ning, two-thumbs-up image of The actions announced media with the hashtag #Goy- The U.S. Office of Government He was accused of financing an himself sitting at the Resolute Wednesday take aim at front away, urging a boycott. Ethics may investigate Ivanka for effort to use social media posts to Desk in the Oval Office behind companies that officials say spread disinformation and to di- kidney beans, coconut milk and “Hamilton” star Lin-Manuel what many consider a breach, but Yevgeny Prigozhin has relied Miranda tweeted about a beloved ultimately it’ll be up to the presi- vide American public opinion on chocolate wafers. on to process millions of dollars hot-button social issues ahead of Latino sauce: “We learned to bake dent to apply any penalty. The post was the latest volley in and to evade sanctions in Sudan, the election. bread in this pandemic, we can “It’s not entirely clear what the a battle raging over Goya Foods where the Trump administration The Justice Department in Inc., a company best known a learn to make our own adobo con consequences would be because says Russia has been involved in March dropped charges against week ago for wholesome and pimienta. Bye.” Others showed all of it depends on enforcement,” paramilitary operations and sup- two of those companies, Concord cheap quarantine staples and themselves chucking Goya prod- Delaney Marsco, an official with porting authoritarian regimes. Management and Consulting LLC now being shunned and touted in ucts in the trash. the Campaign Legal Center, a “Today’s actions will further and Concord Catering, citing con- the fight over Trump himself. Trump supporters were quick nonpartisan ethics watchdog limit attempts by Prigozhin and cerns that the entities would use The controversy erupted last to counter, urging their followers group said by telephone. “And his backers to foment disorder or the case to send sensitive law en- Thursday when Goya’s Chief Ex- to “buy Goya.” Daughter Ivanka this administration has not been undermine democratic reforms forcement tools back to Russia ecutive Officer Robert Unanue Trump posted a photo of herself particularly quick to enforce in Sudan,” Secretary of State while facing no meaningful pun- said at a White House ceremony holding a can of black beans with consequences.” Mike Pompeo said in a statement ishment even if convicted. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 NATION Experts: Twitter breach troubling, undermines trust Associated Press person, you can no longer assume it’s really from them,” said Mi- HONG KONG — A breach in chael Gazeley, managing director Twitter’s security that allowed of cybersecurity firm Network hackers to break into the accounts Box. of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in re- Reacting to the breach, Twit- cent years and may shake trust in ter swiftly deleted the tweets a platform politicians and CEOs and locked down the accounts to investigate. In the process, it pre- JIM MONE/AP use to communicate with the pub- lic, experts said Thursday. vented verified users from send- Civil rights attorney Ben Crump wears a face mask with the words “Where’s the love?” after announcing The ruse discovered Wednes- ing out tweets for several hours. Wednesday, in Minneapolis the filing of a civil lawsuit against the city of Minneapolis and the officers day included bogus tweets from The company said Thursday involved in the death of George Floyd. former President Barack Obama, it has taken “significant steps to former Vice President Joe Biden, limit access to internal systems Mike Bloomberg and a number of and tools.” tech billionaires including Ama- Many celebrities, politicians Floyd family sues Minneapolis zon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co- and business leaders often use founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Twitter as a public platform to Elon Musk. Celebrities Kanye make statements. President Don- officers charged for his death West and his wife, Kim Kardashi- ald Trump, for example, regularly an West, were also hacked. uses Twitter to post about nation- Hackers used social engineer- al and geopolitical matters, and BY AMY FORLITI was announced by attorney Ben he couldn’t comment on pending ing to target some of Twitter’s his account is closely followed by Crump and other lawyers repre- litigation. Interim City Attorney Associated Press employees and then gained ac- media, analysts and governments senting Floyd’s family members. Erik Nilsson said the city is re- cess to the high-profile accounts. around the world. MINNEAPOLIS — George It seeks compensatory and spe- viewing the lawsuit and will re- The attackers sent out tweets Twitter faces an uphill battle Floyd’s family filed a lawsuit cial damages in an amount to be spond to it. from the accounts of the public in regaining people’s confidence, Wednesday against the city of determined by a jury. It also asks Floyd, a Black man who was figures, offering to send $2,000 Gazeley said. For a start, it needs Minneapolis and the four police for a receiver to be appointed handcuffed, died May 25 after for every $1,000 sent to an anony- to figure out exactly the accounts officers charged in his death, al- to ensure that the city properly Derek Chauvin, a white police mous Bitcoin address. were hacked and show the vul- leging the officers violated Floyd’s trains and supervises officers in officer, pressed his knee against Cybersecurity experts say such nerabilities have been fixed, he rights when they restrained him the future. Floyd’s neck for several minutes a breach could have dire conse- said. and that the city allowed a culture “This complaint shows what as Floyd said he couldn’t breathe. quences since the attackers were “If key employees at Twitter of excessive force, racism and we have said all along, that Mr. Chauvin is charged with second- tweeting from verified, globally were tricked, that’s actually a se- impunity to flourish in its police Floyd died because the weight degree murder, third-degree influential accounts with millions rious cybersecurity problem in it- force. of the entire Minneapolis Police murder and manslaughter. Three of followers. self,” he said. “How can one of the The lawsuit came the same Department was on his neck,” other officers at the scene — Tou “If you receive a tweet from a world’s most used social media day that members of a city char- Crump said in a statement. “The Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Kueng verified account, belonging to a platforms have such weak secu- ter commission took public com- City of Minneapolis has a history — are charged with aiding and well-known and therefore trusted rity, from a human perspective?” ments on a proposal to dismantle of policies, procedures and delib- abetting both second-degree the Minneapolis Police Depart- erate indifference that violates murder and manslaughter. ment. Many residents strongly the rights of arrestees, particu- All four officers were fired the favored putting the proposal to a larly Black men, and highlights day after Floyd’s death, which set citywide vote in November. the need for officer training and off protests that spread around the Ex-cop in Hawaii sentenced The civil rights lawsuit, filed in discipline.” world and turned into a national U.S. District Court in Minnesota, Mayor Jacob Frey’s office said reckoning on race in America. for making man lick urinal

BY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER if he didn’t lick the urinal, Ko- Associated Press bayashi said. He then grabbed the Berkeley looks at police reform plan man’s shoulder, held him down HONOLULU — A U.S. judge and stepped sentenced a former Honolulu Associated Press on his legs police officer Wednesday to four to keep him SAN FRANCISCO — After hours of emotional years in prison for forcing a on his knees public testimony and a middle-of-the-night vote by homeless man to lick a public uri- until he Berkeley leaders, the progressive California city is nal, telling him to imagine some- licked the moving forward with a novel proposal to replace po- one doing that to his two young urinal, the daughters. lice with unarmed civilians during traffic stops in a judge said. The homeless man was just as bid to curtail racial profiling. Rabago defenseless and powerless as the The City Council early Wednesday approved a later told the children of defendant John Raba- police reform proposal that calls for a public com- other officer go, U.S. District Judge Leslie Ko- Rabago to delete text mittee to hash out details of a new Berkeley Police bayashi said. Department that would not respond to calls involv- messages about the incident, Ko- “You took from him his only bayashi said. ing people experiencing homelessness or mental ill- possession: his dignity as a human “I’m here to judge you on the ness. The committee also would pursue creating a /AP being,” Kobayashi said. BEN MARGOT worst thing you’ve done in your separate department to handle transportation plan- Rabago had taken an oath as a ning and enforcing parking and traffic laws. A Berkeley police vehicle waits at a stop light near police officer to protect and de- life,” Kobayashi said. However, The council voted for the committee to find ways graffiti in the street Wednesday, in Berkeley, Calif. fend but instead took advantage she noted that he should not let to eventually cut the Police Department’s budget of someone poor and homeless, the act define his future. by half and approved analysis of police calls and “There may be situations where police do need she said. Reginald Ramones, the other spending. to intervene, and so we need to look at all that,” he Rabago, 44, and another officer officer, has also left the depart- A tired but excited Berkeley Mayor Jesse Ar- said. had responded to a nuisance com- ment and is scheduled to be reguin said he doesn’t expect a new transportation It’s believed the plan to separate traffic enforce- plaint in 2018 when they found sentenced next week. Ramones department overnight because conversations will be ment from police is the first of its kind in the U.S. the homeless man in a stall in a pleaded guilty to knowing Raba- hard and detailed with complicated logistics to fig- and comes as many cities seek broad public safe- public restroom. go committed a civil rights viola- ure out. But he said communities of color in his city ty reforms, including reducing law enforcement Rabago threatened to beat the tion and not informing authorities feel targeted by police and that needs to change. budgets . man and stuff his face in a toilet about it. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 NATION US executes 2nd man this week

Associated Press laying his head back down on the gurney. His time of death was TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The 8:19 a.m. EDT. United States on Thursday car- His spiritual adviser was in the ried out its second federal execu- room, wearing a face mask and a tion this week, killing by lethal surgical mask and appeared to be injection a Kansas man whose praying, his gloved hands held to- lawyers contended he had demen- gether at the palms. tia and was unfit to be executed. The Supreme Court cleared Wesley Ira Purkey was put to the way for the execution to take death at the Federal Correctional place just hours before, ruling in a Complex 5-4 decision. The four liberal jus- in Terre tices dissented, like they did for Haute, Ind.. Purkey was the first case earlier this week. convicted of Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote kidnapping that “proceeding with Purkey’s execution now, despite the grave and killing a GREGORY BULL/AP 16-year-old questions and factual findings re- girl, Jennifer garding his mental competency, Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham, right, knocks on a door alongside worker Tim Metzger as Long, before casts a shroud of constitutional they arrive to conduct the first enumeration of the 2020 Census in Toksook Bay, Alaska, in January. dismember- doubt over the most irrevocable of injuries.” She was joined by ing, burning Purkey and dumping Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen her body in a septic pond. He also Breyer and Elena Kagan. Census takers to visit homes that was convicted in a state court in It was the federal government’s Kansas after using a claw ham- second execution after a 17-year mer to kill an 80-year-old woman hiatus. Another man, Daniel have not responded to headcount who had polio. Lewis Lee, was put to death Tues- day after his eleventh hour legal Purkey was strapped to a gur- Associated Press The door knocking will expand next week to parts bids failed. ney inside the execution cham- of Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, the Both executions were delayed ORLANDO, Fla. — Thousands of census takers ber. A prison official removed Virginia suburbs of the District of Columbia and into the day after they were started the most labor-intensive part of America’s a mask from Purkey’s face and Tacoma, Wash. Next month, hundreds of thousands scheduled as legal wrangling once-a-decade headcount: visiting the 56 million asked him if he wanted to make a more temporary census workers will fan out across continued late into the night and households that have not yet responded to the 2020 final statement. the entire nation in the largest peacetime mobiliza- into the next morning. questionnaire. He leaned his head up slightly tion the federal government undertakes. The Justice Department has The visits that started Thursday kick off a phase from the gurney and said: “I Because it costs money to deploy census takers, been questioned for holding the of the census that was supposed to begin in May be- deeply regret the pain and suffer- the government is making one last push through ad- executions in the middle of the fore it was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, ing I caused to Jennifer’s family. vertising and social media to get people to respond worsening coronavirus pandem- which forced the Census Bureau to suspend field op- I am deeply sorry.” He also ex- online, by phone or through the mail over the next ic, prompting lawsuits over fears erations for a month and a half and to push back the pressed remorse for his own adult several weeks before workers head out in large those who would travel to the completion of the census from July 31 to Oct. 31. daughter’s suffering his actions numbers. prison could become infected. Census takers will ask questions about who lives caused. “I deeply regret the pain As of this week, more than 62% of U.S. house- The decision to resume execu- in a household and the residents’ race, sex and rela- I caused to my daughter, who I holds had answered the census questions on their tions after nearly two decades tions to each other. Because of the virus, they have love so very much,” he said. His own. The Census Bureau reached its goal of a 60.5% was criticized as a dangerously been instructed to pose questions from outside and last words were: “This sanitized self-response rate six weeks ago, though it had more murder really does not serve no political move in an election year, to decline invitations to come indoors. The workers time to get there because of the virus-related delays. purpose whatsoever. Thank you.” forcing an issue that is not high will wear cloth face masks and come equipped with The 2020 census started for most U.S. residents in As the lethal chemical was in- on the list of American priorities hand sanitizer, gloves, laptops and cellphones. March. jected, Purkey took several deep considering the 11% unemploy- The first visits will be focused on six locations The locations chosen for this week’s door-knock- breaths and blinked repeatedly, ment rate and the pandemic. — West Virginia, Idaho, Maine, Kansas City, New Orleans and the Oklahoma City area. Separate from ing mix rural and urban areas by design. They were the temporary census takers, Census Bureau staff- picked to achieve that variety and to ensure safe op- ers will also start visiting groceries and pharmacies erations during the pandemic, including the avail- this week in neighborhoods with low response rates ability of workers and safety equipment, according Congressman facing charges to assist residents in filling out questionnaires. to the Census Bureau. seeks to disqualify prosecutor

Associated Press The criminal complaint said he Mom sentenced to 5 weeks for son’s online class cheating TOPEKA, Kan. — A fresh- provided false information to a Associated Press volving wealthy parents and ath- The grade was a C and the expe- man Kansas congressman who sheriff’s deputy who was looking into whether he broke state elec- letic coaches at elite universities rience was a nightmare,” she told listed a UPS Inc. postal box as his A California woman who paid across the country. Authorities Singer’s accountant in an email, residence on a voter registration tion laws. $9,000 to have someone secretly Kagay, a Republican who will say the parents worked with the according to court documents. form is seeking to disqualify a take online college courses for admissions consultant at the cen- U.S. District Judge Allison Bur- stand for re-election this year, prosecutor from pursuing a case her son and then demanded a ter of the scam, Rick Singer, to roughs told Littlefair she taught against him. announced the charges shortly discount when he received a C have someone cheat on their kids’ her son “it’s OK to cheat, it’s OK Kansas Congressman Steve before Watkins was set to appear was sentenced Wednesday to five exams or get them admitted to se- to take shortcuts.” Watkins’ attorney filed a motion in a televised primary debate. weeks in prison. lective schools with fake athletic “You’re supposed to get more Wednesday night asserting that The motion from Watkins’ Karen Littlefair, 57, said she’s credentials. by earning it and working for it Shawnee County District Attor- team points to the timing of the “truly sorry” for her actions and After Littlefair’s son was put on and I think that’s a lesson your ney Mike Kagay has a conflict of charges and to connections be- asked the judge for leniency, call- academic probation by George- son needs to learn and sadly he’s interest and that the case is politi- tween Kagay and Watkins’ pri- ing the experience a “nightmare” town University, she hired Sing- going to learn it the hard way cally motivated, The Kansas City for her family. mary opponent, Jake LaTurner, er’s company to take four online here,” the judge said. Star reports. “I acted out of love for my through a shared direct mail ven- classes on his behalf so he could Prosecutors had sought four Watkins, whom fellow Re- son but I ended up hurting my dor. LaTurner, the Kansas trea- graduate in 2018, prosecutors months in prison. Littlefair’s law- publicans are pushing to oust son greatly,” said Littlefair, said. yer told the judge she deserves surer, called the assertion absurd from the eastern Kansas seat he who appeared via videoconfer- Littlefair sought a discount probation. The Newport Beach, won in 2018, faces three felony Wednesday, noting that hundreds ence because of the coronavirus on the cheating after the person Calif. , woman pleaded guilty in charges and one misdemeanor of Republicans use the firm. pandemic. earned a C in one of the courses, January to a count of conspiracy charge related to an investigation Kagay did not immediately Littlefair is among more authorities said. to commit wire fraud. Nearly 30 into whether he voted illegally reply to an email from The Star than 50 people charged in the “Kind of thought there would parents have pleaded guilty in the in a 2019 municipal election. about the motion. college cheating scheme in- have been a discount on that one. case. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Pompeo downplays chance of another N. Korea summit

BY KIM TONG-HYUNG border cooperation. He made no Associated Press direct comment on the prospects for U.S.-North Korea talks. SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Pompeo’s comments during a Secretary of State Mike Pompeo forum in Washington on Wednes- downplayed the possibility of an- day followed repeated North Ko- other summit between President rean statements insisting it would Donald Trump and North Korean no longer gift Trump high-profile leader Kim Jong Un before the meetings he could boast as for- U.S. presidential election, saying eign policy achievements when Trump would only want to en- it’s not being substantially re- gage if there were real prospects warded in return. of progress. “The North Koreans have South Korean President Moon given mixed signals, but the truth Jae-in, who has called for anoth- is President Trump only wants to er Trump-Kim meeting ahead engage in a summit if we believe of the election in November, there’s a sufficient likelihood that acknowledged Thursday that we can make real progress in U.S. and South Korean relations achieving the outcomes that were with North Korea were still like set forth in Singapore,” Pompeo “walking on ice” after two years said during the event , referring of high-stakes summitry. to the first Trump-Kim summit During a parliamentary in June 2018. CHIANG YING-YING/AP speech, Moon urged North “You need to have a willing Korea to return to inter-Korean partner, and the North Koreans A BGM-71 anti-tank missile is fired during the 36th Han Kung military exercises in Taichung City, central dialogue, which has also stalled, have chosen at this point in time Taiwan on Thursday. and called for South Korean law- not to engage in a way that can makers to support government lead to a potential solution. We policies aimed at reviving cross- hope they’ll change their mind.” Taiwan holds military drills Hundreds protest change against potential China threat

BY JOHNSON LAI drill, killing the pilot and co-pilot, determination and efforts to pro- to Russian constitution Associated Press the army said. The cause of the tect our country.” President Tsai crash was under investigation. Ing-wen said, observing the exer- Associated Press long vote organized in the midst TAICHUNG, Taiwan — Tai- The drills were part of a five-day cise in a helmet and camouflage of the coronavirus outbreak, with wan’s military fired missiles MOSCOW — Police in Moscow annual exercise that ends Friday. military fatigues. independent observers and media from the air and the island’s Assault helicopters launched detained over 130 people during China regards Taiwan as a outlets reporting numerous viola- shore facing China on Thursday missiles and fighter jets dropped a protest against the constitu- breakaway province that is part tional reform that allows Presi- tions and incidents of suspected in a live-fire drill to demonstrate bombs on targets at sea, while rigging. its ability to defend against any tanks and missile trucks fired of its territory. The self-govern- dent Vladimir Putin to remain in ing island of 24 million people lies power until 2036. The rally was organized by the Chinese invasion. from a beach to deter a simulated 100 miles off China’s southeast Moscow police said Thursday activists of the “No!” campaign One helicopter crashed when invading force. they detained 132 protesters. that advocated for voting against returning to base from another “We want the world to see our coast across the Taiwan Strait. The OVD-Info rights group that the reform. It was not authorized monitors arrests and detentions by the city authorities. Detentions in Russia put the figure at 147. started as protesters marched, Several hundred people gath- blocking the Moscow traffic. Foot- City removes artist’s statue of UK protester ered in central Moscow on age of the rally showed riot police Wednesday to rally and leave clashing with protesters, pushing Associated Press graphed standing on the plinth donate to our collection.” signatures on a petition contest- some of them on the ground and after demonstrators pulled down Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees ing the results of a nationwide dragging them to police vans. BRISTOL, England — Offi- the statue of Edward Colston said the decision about what re- vote on a set of constitutional Chair of Russia’s Journalists cials in the English city of Bristol and dumped it in Bristol’s harbor places it must be made by the amendments that extend Pu- Union Vladimir Solovyov told the on Thursday removed a statue of June 7. people of Bristol. tin’s rule, redistribute executive Interfax news agency that several a Black Lives Matter activist that It was erected before dawn on “This is not about taking down powers within the government, reporters covering the rally were was installed on a plinth once oc- Wednesday without the approval a statue of Jen, who is a very im- prioritize Russian law over inter- also detained. He called for their cupied by a monument to a 17th- of city authorities, but 24 hours pressive woman,” Rees told the national law and outlaw same-sex immediate release. century slave trader. later it was gone. BBC. “This is about taking down marriage. According to media reports, Artist Marc Quinn created the Bristol City Council said the a statue of a London-based artist The changes elicited a lot of most of those detained were re- resin and steel likeness of Jen sculpture “will be held at our mu- who came and put it up without criticism, and so did the week- leased by Thursday morning. Reid, a protester who was photo- seum for the artist to collect or permission.” PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WORLD EU cancels US data-sharing pact over snooping concerns

BY CARLO PIOVANO data is afforded the same privacy the American government was Associated Press protection in the U.S. as it is in the snooping on people’s online data EU. and communications. The revela- LONDON — The European Privacy activists hailed the tions included detail on how Face- Union’s top court ruled Thursday court ruling as a major victory, book gave U.S. security agencies that an agreement that allows while business groups worried access to the personal data of thousands of companies — from about the potential to disrupt Europeans. JENNY KANE/AP tech giants to small financial commerce, depending on how The Court of Justice of the EU firms — to transfer data to the the ruling is implemented. Com- ruled Thursday that those clauses An iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger . United States is invalid because panies like Facebook routinely are still valid in principle. How- the American government can move such data among their ever, it declared invalid the Pri- EU regulators should vet, and if that there are “limitations on the snoop on people’s data. servers around the world and the vacy Shield agreement between needed block, the transfer of data. protection of personal data aris- The ruling to invalidate Pri- practice underpins billions of dol- the U.S. and EU on data transfers That raises the prospect that EU ing from the domestic law of the vacy Shield will complicate busi- over concerns that the U.S. can regulators will block Facebook, United States on the access and ness for some 5,000 companies, lars in business. “It is clear that the U.S. will demand access to consumer data for example, from transferring use by U.S. public authorities of and it could require regulators for national security reasons. any more European data to the such data transferred from the to vet any new data transfers to have to seriously change their surveillance laws if U.S. com- It said that in cases where there U.S. European Union to that third make sure Europeans’ personal are concerns about data privacy, The court noted in its ruling country.” information remains protected panies want to continue to play according to the EU’s stringent a major role on the EU market,” standards. said Max Schrems, an Austrian It will no longer simply be as- activist whose complaints about sumed that tech companies like the handling of his Facebook data Facebook will adequately protect triggered the ruling after years of the privacy of its European users’ legal procedures. data when it sends it to the U.S. He first filed a complaint in Rather, the EU and U.S. will like- 2013, after former U.S. National ly have to find a new agreement Security Agency contractor Ed- that guarantees that Europeans’ ward Snowden revealed that Nude swimming debate marks return to normal life banalities in Europe

BY RICK NOACK Germany is now experiencing The Washington Post what may be its sharpest econom- ic contraction since World War II , LYCHEN, Germany — There and it has reported more than is perhaps no better sign that 9,000 coronavirus deaths. Still, it people are eager to move on from has so far been spared the worst the coronavirus than the fact that of the pandemic and its fallout. this German lake district town “Us humans, we don’t care too is embroiled in a heated debate much about what’s happening about nude swimming, and it has 6,000 kilometers away,” said psy- drawn national attention. chologist Andreas Mojzisch of the The local council’s ban on University of Hildesheim. “Most naked swimming — and other ac- Germans don’t know anyone per- tivities such as naked yoga — has sonally who has been infected.” returned the town to the banali- He added that the quick easing ties of pre-coronavirus summers of restrictions by German federal and earned it a spot on the nation- states has contributed to a feeling al public broadcaster’s nightly that “the crisis is over.” newscast, where it received more After the Czech government airtime than the United States’s lifted most of its coronavirus spiraling coronavirus outbreak measures, Prague approved what that day. was advertised as the “city’s larg- Sitting fully dressed in his back- est dinner party ever.” Thousands yard, pro-nudist council member congregated on Charles Bridge Thomas Held, 54, acknowledged on June 30, sharing food and say- that the interest in his fight ing “farewell” to the coronavirus against swimming trunks was crisis. “very strange.” In neighboring Poland, a fierce “I think there are so many more presidential election campaign important things,” he added. attracted thousands to rallies in As elsewhere in Europe where recent weeks. The two candi- coronavirus outbreaks have been dates, incumbent President An- brought under control, the snap- drzej Duda and Warsaw mayor back in Germany to familiar rou- Rafal Trzaskowski, both offered tines and more trivial problems handshakes to their supporters. has been rapid — for some, jar- Health experts and psycholo- ringly so. gists note this more relaxed be- Four months ago, few Germans havior is rational, to a degree. The expected summer 2020 to look threat of the virus in Europe has anything like normal. Chancel- receded, at least for now, and the lor Angela Merkel was warning loosening of restrictions hasn’t that 70% of the population could brought the sort of resurgence become infected. people feared. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Mayor steps in to save wedding ceremony

MASPEE — A couple MA gathered with family for a Cape Cod wedding found themselves without an officiant minutes before being wed, until a Massachusetts mayor wrangled special permission to perform the ceremony. Carlo DeMaria, the mayor of Everett, Mass., was on vacation near the venue in West Yarmouth on Saturday, when the mother of the bride asked if he could help. The minister who was sup- posed to perform the ceremony had canceled at the last minute because of an emergency. DeMaria said he called Massa- chusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito to request special authorization to wed the couple, who recently moved to Cape Cod from Pittsburgh. Matt and Naomi Kalliath are both physicians and will start po- sitions at hospitals in Massachu- setts and Rhode Island. DeMaria officiated the couple’s union at sunset wearing a polo shirt and shorts and reading their vows off a cellphone . On Tues- day, the newlyweds met DeMaria again for lunch to thank him. Patrol: Chase reached speeds of 155 mph GERALD HERBERT/AP

GRAND ISLAND NE — An attempt to stop Cruising on the levee a speeding car on Interstate 80 led to a high-speed chase over 60 People ride bikes with cumulus clouds in the background, on the Mississippi River levee in Jefferson Parish, near New Orleans, on Tuesday. miles that reached 155 mph, the Nebraska State Patrol said. The incident happened Mon- the body for injuries and immedi- THE CENSUS and the truck was not parked in day night, when a Seward County ately realized it was a sex doll . the shade, WLS-TV reported. sheriff’s deputy tried to stop a It’s unclear whether authorities The value of a lottery ticket a man was given in error A 30-year-old man who police speeding Camaro on the inter- will investigate . by a store clerk in Eastpointe, Mich. The Michigan Lot- said owned the horse was charged state near Seward, the patrol said tery said the man stopped at a gas station to put air with one misdemeanor count of in a news release. Troopers later Beach swimmers saved $2M in a tire. He needed change for the air machine and violating animal owner duties . spotted the speeding car at Waco, by surfer, boogie board also asked for a $10 Lucky 7’s scratch-off ticket. “The where it hit traffic cones in a con- clerk handed me the $20 ticket by mistake. He offered to exchange it for me but Couple arrested in struction site, and near Hender- KENNEBUNK — A something told me to keep it. I am sure glad I did!” the unidentified man said in a attack on hotel clerk son. Troopers were unable to get ME 14-year-old surfer statement released Tuesday by the Lottery. He is taking a lump sum of about $1.3 the driver to stop. saved a woman from drowning at million instead of $2 million spread over many years, the Lottery said. STONINGTON — A The Camaro was later found Gooch’s Beach in Kennebunk by CT New York couple is abandoned, and the suspected pulling her onto his surfboard. charged with assaulting a 59- driver, 23-year-old Utah man, Lucas Drinkwater told WGME- the car, a 23-year-old California a hunter who bred and raised year-old hotel worker in Connect- was arrested at a Grand Island TV that the drama unfolded last man, was injured but his injuries beagles. icut, in what police say was a hate hotel, the patrol said. weekend when he and another were not life-threatening. “He’s been doing this for many, crime. Law enforcement officials have person heard screams and pad- The trooper was not in the SUV many years and as his health de- Philip Sarner and Emily Orbay, lamented a growing problem with dled to a mother and daughter in at the time of the crash and was clined, he still felt like he could do who have no permanent address- excessive speeding along the in- the water. He helped one of the not injured. The people inside the this and it just got too overwhelm- es but are known to be primarily terstate since the coronavirus women while someone on a boo- ambulance were also not injured ing him,” Benge said. from Nassau County, were taken outbreak began earlier this year, gie board helped the other. in the crash, KPHO-TV reported. Rescuers said they found 46 including a chase in late May in into custody Monday in New York “She was struggling to stay The ambulance and trooper purebred beagles, some as young which a car was clocked at 174 and returned to Connecticut. were on the side of the Interstate as eight weeks and as old as about mph before it was stopped . up, exhausted,” Drinkwater said. Sarner and Orbay are accused “I said, ‘Yeah, we’re going to be 10 after responding to an earlier 11. Fifteen of the beagles are in of attacking Crystal Caldwell, a fine,’ reassuring her. And then I accident. Raleigh with Triangle Beagle 59-year-old Black desk clerk at ‘Body’ at tracks is sex looked back at the beach and said, The California man was driv- Rescue and will soon be ready a Quality Inn in Mystic, on June doll, detectives discover ‘OMG, we’re so far away,’ ” he told ing a Tesla, which was in an auto- for adoption. Another 25 went to 26 after complaining about a lack WGME-TV. pilot mode, DPS said. a All 4 Paws, a rescue in Pawley’s of hot water in their room. The ALLENHURST — It Kennebunk Fire Rescue Divi- Island, S.C., while the rest stayed couple, who are white, called GA seemed like a major sion Chief John Brady said that Rescuers take 46 dogs at Piedmont Animal Rescue. Caldwell a monkey and punched crime for Allenhurst, a town the two women got in trouble at from overwhelmed man her in the face, according to ar- in southeast Georgia. A female the beach despite being experi- Police rescue miniature rest warrants. body was spotted by the railroad enced and familiar with it. After being separated by other MOORESVILLE horse found tied to truck tracks. Liberty County deputies hotel employees, Caldwell told — Two rescue groups gathered at the scene and waited NC police she went to put ice on her Car hits trooper’s SUV, worked together to retrieve 46 CHICAGO — A Chicago for the coroner. face and was attacked again. damages ambulance beagles from a home where a man police officer rescued a It took a while before they re- IL All three people were taken to said he had become overwhelmed miniature horse after finding alized the joke was on them: The a local hospital for treatment of BENSON — Arizona trying to take care of the dogs. the animal tied to a truck outside corpse was actually a sex doll. injuries, where police said they law enforcement of- Triangle Beagle Rescue and without access to water or shade, Detective Mike Albritton said AZ were unable to stay and monitor ficials said a car collided with a Piedmont Animal Rescue worked police said. officers found the female human- the couple because of visitation state trooper’s SUV pulled over together to get the dogs out of the Police said an officer discov- oid Tuesday afternoon, WSAV-TV policies related to the COVID-19 on the side of a highway near Iredell County home, news sourc- ered the horse Monday afternoon reported. Under department pol- pandemic. Sarner and Orbay later icy, deputies can’t touch a dead Benson on Tuesday, shoving the es reported Tuesday. in the city’s Back of the Yards returned to the hotel, retrieved body until the coroner arrives. SUV into an ambulance. Jason Benge with Piedmont neighborhood. The horse was tied their car and left the state . Once the coroner came to the The Arizona Department of Animal Rescue in Mooresville to a tow truck in a vacant lot and scene, detectives began checking Public Safety said the driver of said he received a call to help it had no access to food or water, From wire reports Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17

Same Chicks, different day

The band of firebrands is done with ‘Dixie’ and ready for their voices to be heard again as they release their first new album in 14 years Music, Page 32

Movies — 19-21 Video games — 22 Travel — 23-29 Books — 34 Crossword — 38 PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: GADGETS & TECHNOLOGY Bringing wireless dead zones to life Rural Pennsylvania solves its slow internet problem

BY JASON NARK areas in and near the Allegheny National The Philadelphia Inquirer Forest in the northwest, had the slowest speeds. Some were as dismal as 0 to 3 ig Valley is a living postcard of megabits per second, far below the FCC’s Pennsylvania. Jet-black buggies 25 mbps benchmark for “high speed.” A hug the shoulders of its long, 2016 Federal Communications Commis- Bstraight roads and knobby-kneed sion report estimated that 39% of rural foals prance in fi elds so green they look Americans, about 23 million people, had electrifi ed. Most signs there urge motor- no access to 25 mbps. In Pennsylvania, ists to repent and rejoice, or to buy fresh the number of people without access to strawberries from the Amish children high-speed internet is 803,645, about 6% sitting in the shade. of the state’s total population. But one Pennsylvania tradition also The Philadelphia suburbs had the high- plagued residents who live in this sweep- est speeds. ing landscape: slow, unreliable and The areas of Miffl in and Huntingdon expensive internet service. The govern- counties that the RBC serves often had ment couldn’t help. Private suppliers have speeds less than 2 mbps, Diven said. He long said improved speeds were too costly was served by Verizon and said he was to provide for such a sparsely populated frequently in touch with the company area. So a group of mostly retirees banded about improving speeds. Verizon repre- together and took a frontier approach to sentatives often attended local meetings a modern problem. They built their own about the issue. Comcast, he said, wanted TIM TAI, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TNS wireless network, using radio signals $80,000 to lay high-speed internet for ap- From left, Rural Broadband Cooperative board members Deborah Grove and Tom instead of expensive cable. proximately eight miles. Bracken, president Brandon Beck and Ken Diven, one of the founding members, at “We just wanted better internet service “I tried the FCC and the PUC (Penn- the cooperative’s wireless internet tower in Mill Creek, Penn. up our valley. It was pretty simple as sylvania’s Public Utility Commission) and that,” said Kevin Diven, a founding mem- got nowhere,” said Diven, who had hoped starting in 2017, saving money by divvy- station in Allensville. The signal races ber of the Rural Broadband Cooperative. they would intervene with the private ing up talents and livelihoods. Approxi- across Big Valley, then up the mountain The nonprofi t RBC services anyone who providers. mately 25 people kicked in $60,000 for past buzzards and ravens. The signal can can see the 120-foot, former HAM radio The issue of slow internet speeds isn’t the project. Some worked in construction, be bounced off other dishes and relayed to tower its founders bought and erected on something that anyone rages on about, others in engineering. One was a former other homes, much like a laser off mir- a patch of land they lease from an Amish but it’s a consistent problem from coast to genomics professor at Penn State, another rors. Each home has its own small dish to man at around 1,900 feet on Stone Moun- coast, made even more noticeable during retired from the U.S. Army. Brandon receive the wireless signal from the tower. tain, on the border of Miffl in and Hunting- the pandemic. In some parts of Pennsyl- Beck, the RBC’s president, was a profes- The signal can service a 15-mile radius. don counties, 180 miles from Philadelphia. vania, online learning was not possible sional musician in the Tampa Bay area, Fixed wireless systems are “line of sight,” Users pay an initial set-up fee of about for school districts. Kotala, 30, works as playing the French horn. They pooled meaning users have to be able to see the $300, and monthly costs for the service the mapping coordinator for the Penn- their money to clear the land, buy the tower from their residences in order to are approximately $40 to $75, depending sylvania Environmental Council and has tower and equipment, and pour concrete connect. Sometimes, trees block it. on the speeds you choose, ranging from 5 to download large fi les to her computer for the bunker that houses the electron- “Leaves are the enemy,” Beck said. to 25 megabits per second. daily. When the COVID-19 pandemic ics, which includes two banks of batteries Tom Bracken, an RBC board member, The RBC has just under 40 paying struck, she left her offi ce in State College used to propel Nissan’s electric car, the said pines are the worst. “If you’re going customers. and started working from home, where Leaf. to try to shoot through pines,” Bracken “We love living out here,” said customer downloads screeched to a halt. “They were available,” Beck said, ex- said, “just hang it up and go home.” Helena Kotala, of Jackson Corner, Hunt- After one month of quarantine, she plaining the batteries. Bracken, retired from the U.S. Army, ingdon County. “It’s just that the internet bought into the RBC and loves the service. Power is supplied through solar panels, said fi xed wireless systems exist all over totally sucked.” “I had already gotten rid of Netfl ix with a back-up wind generator. the world and rural communities can A Pennsylvania State University re- because watching any movie online was a The signal went live in 2019. Unlike tra- emulate what the RBC did. search project conducted in 2018 found nightmare,” she said. “I would have to sit ditional DSL or satellite-based wireless, “You have to tap into the skills of your that internet speeds in the state were there and wait for stuff to download or up- the RBC taps into an existing fi ber line community,” he said. “You never know dismal. Counties such as Sullivan and load and just go do something for a while.” it turns into a radio signal that bounces who your neighbor is and what they can Wyoming in the northeast, along with vast The RBC’s members did all the work off a dish fastened to a three-pump gas do.” GADGET WATCH Wi-Fi that fills every nook and cranny

BY GREGG ELLMAN It’s been common over the Lutron system range by 60 feet Tribune News Service past few years to put the main when placed within 60 feet of controls for Wi-Fi, smart home a Lutron Caseta Smart Bridge. o the list of all the home products and Lutron systems in The Smart Bridge is the central improvements people a central location in your home. point of the system. have generated in the That’s the best idea so the signal Setup is easy. There’s no ether- Tpast few months, add is strong enough for your TV as net connection, and the Repeater an easy setup of extending the well as computers and scattered just plugs into any home outlet range of some of your home smart home devices. as long as it’s in range of the sys- Wi-Fi smart products. It’s a At times the signal is still tem. Then add it to an existing great thing to do, and a company not enough; some new Lutron system through the Caseta App, called Lutron makes it a do-it- products help solve the problem and you’re done. Once installed, yourself easy project with a new so the signal reaches areas like a scheduling, scenes, Smart Away Caseta Wireless Repeater and back closet tucked in the corner and more are at your fi ngertips Motion Sensor. of a house or a unique layout of without the use of Wi-Fi. LUTRON/TNS Caseta Smart Motion If you’re not familiar with Lu- your home, which has a restroom The Lutron’s Caseta Repeater will extend your existing Lutron system Sensor tron, you need to be. They design buried in another corner. ($49.95) is perfect for a range by 60 feet when placed near a Lutron Caseta Smart Bridge. and manufacture automated light Lutron’s Caseta Repeater room needing hands-free control and shade controls for homes and ($74.95) placed in your dead for lights. in a room where you want the Think of those critical hid- commercial applications. zones will extent your existing It can be as easy as placing it lights to turn on as you enter or den rooms, hallways, garages or leave a room. That one sensor anywhere. With the sensor you can control Caseta shades, lights, get a 180-degree fi eld of view, so ON THE COVER: The Chicks are Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Strayer. fan controls or anything within it sees you coming. Robin Harper 60 feet. Online: lutron.com Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 WEEKEND: MOVIES

There’s no new Pixar movie this summer, so here are 7 of the best to see again

BY CHRIS HEWITT lates into fi lms that make viewers Star Tribune (Minneapolis) cry, too. From the fi nal goodbye of Nemo’s mom in “Finding heir movies have been Nemo” to the stars of “Toy Story” the most consistent in saying “hello” to a new owner the biz, creatively and in “Toy Story 3,” these emotions Tcommercially, but cre- have led writers to produce think ators from trailblazing animation pieces. Lots of them. studio Pixar nearly always talk Pixar — which has won the about a moment during produc- animated feature Oscar 10 tion when they realized they times and the shorts Oscar fi ve were doing everything wrong. — has become a familiar part Initially, “WALL-E” had an of summer moviegoing. This alien invasion. Woody used to be is the fi rst summer since 2015 the villain in “Toy Story.” The that we aren’t getting a new one, lead of the Mexico-set “Coco” now that “Soul,” conceived by was going to be white. The emo- Bloomington, Minn., native Pete tion of Fear dominated early Docter, was moved from June to versions of “Inside Out” until November. While we wait for the creators realized Sadness was a movie (which is about an adult better fi t. Instead of a girl fret- jazz musician), I’ll be streaming ting that there were monsters in my favorite titles to tide me over. her bedroom closet, “Monsters, All are on Disney Plus and other Inc.” started out being about an platforms. adult man. All bad ideas, and none made it ‘Finding Nemo’ (2003) to the screen because Pixar mov- Really funny and really sad is a ies are conceived with a “brain winning combination. “Nemo” trust” of artists. Members of the gets the tears over almost im- collective tell each other when mediately, when little Nemo’s they’re headed down the wrong mom dies, then plows into a story path and must scrap completed about growing up as Nemo’s dad work because the movie they’re (voiced by Albert Brooks) and making isn’t the movie they pal Dory learn about life while hoped they were making. searching for Nemo. Dad, by The “Monsters” mistake is the way, has to learn when to let particularly revealing. Animated go in a movie that’s also about movies have gone in and out of parenting skills. fashion in the past hundred years (in the late ’70s and early ’80s, ‘Toy Story 3’ (2010) even Disney barely made them). I love all four “Toy Story” mov- Clockwise from top: When they succeed at the box ies and it’s tough to choose “3” “Finding Nemo,” “Ratatouille,” offi ce, it’s usually because they over “2,” but the former gets a “Toy Story 3,” “The Incredibles,” offer a story for kids that adults slight edge because of its pitch- “Toy Story 2,” “Up” and “Coco.” are willing to sit through, too. perfect ending, which deepens a Disney/Pixar photos I’d argue that Pixar has fl ipped theme from “2”: All toys want is that script, making movies for to please the kids who play with are indelible: Russell, an ebullient adults that, because they happen them. kid, odd-couples it with Carl, a to be animated, kids are willing crabby old man. The poignant, to check out. ‘Coco’ (2017) four-minute sequence that en- Although the adult scaredy- Miguel longs to be a musician, capsulates Carl’s life with his late cat vanished from “Monsters, but to make that happen he wife, Ellie, is one of my favorite Inc.,” grown-up concerns form must break a curse and weather scenes in any movie, ever. the backbone of just about every the disapproval of his great- (2004) Pixar movie, whether it’s the grandmother. The Day of the ‘The Incredibles’ a surly food writer (voiced by showing us how deeply invested overprotective parents whose Dead-inspired story is lovely, the The masterminds at Pixar have Peter O’Toole) revealing hidden Slinky, Buzz Lightyear and the worries kick off both “Inside exploration of what it means to created dozens of memorable dimensions of his personality. others are in the children who Out” and “Finding Nemo,” the grieve is sensitive and the ma- characters, but none is more But the stunning Paris “loca- give them a reason for exist- nostalgic portrait of marriage riachi and ranchero-infl uenced distinctive than Edna Mode, the tions” and the talented rodent ing. Randy Newman earned an in “Up,” the career concerns of music includes performances stylish, demanding, secretly- who defi es typecasting to Oscar nomination for the elegiac “Ratatouille” or the fragile family by stars Gael Garcia Bernal and a-sweetie-pie who designs the become a Michelin star-worthy “When She Loved Me,” in which dynamics of “The Incredibles.” Benjamin Bratt (the song “Re- titular superheroes’ capes and chef are the frosting on Bird’s cowgirl Jessie dreams about a No matter how bright and member Me” won an Oscar). tights. Director/writer Brad Bird delicious cake. time before her child owner grew wacky the cartoon characters supplies her distinctive, German- up — one of those numbers that look, Pixar creators clearly care ‘Up’ (2009) accented voice. ‘Toy Story 2’ (1999) is on a lot of people’s songs-that- most about the emotions of their This Docter-directed adventure The premise of the initial “Toy make-me-cry-every-time list. stories — I’ve been in interviews would be higher on my list if the ‘Ratatouille’ (2007) Story” was “what toys do when Says heartsick Jessie, “You never where they cried about their second half were as good as the It was practically designed to their owners are not around,” but forget kids like Emily or Andy. childhood toys — which trans- fi rst. But its two main characters be loved by critics, what with “2” ups the emotional stakes by But they forget you.” PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: MOVIES

We’re trying to get as much coffee in the can.” Instead, he found a director in Aaron Schneider, a vet- eran cinematographer who last helmed 2010’s “Get Low,” with Robert Duvall. “Tom always called it ‘the perfect little 90-minute movie,’ ” Schneider says. “From the beginning, his point of entry was about maintaining this almost hyper-subjec- tive point of view in terms of this captain’s experience. You would throw the audience into his world, sticking to over his shoulder.” Hanks, of course, has been in similar worlds before. He’s been a captain four times previously: “Saving Pri- vate Ryan,” “Apollo 13,” “Sully” and — his last time man- ning the bridge — “Captain Phillips.” A voracious reader of history, he’s returned frequently to WWII. With Steven Spielberg, Hanks is currently developing for Apple a Actor talks COVID-19, new fi lm third miniseries, following “The Band of Brothers” and “The Pacifi c.” ‘Greyhound,’ wartime mentality For Hanks, whose father served in the Navy, his at- tachment to the era goes deeper than DNA. It’s about connecting to the wartime mentality of survival and BY JAKE COYLE sacrifi ce. Associated Press “I’m asked by every journalist, ‘Why do you keep going ince contracting COVID-19 in March, Tom back to World War II?’ ” says Hanks, donning a vaguely Hanks has been, by most measures, busy. He and European accent. “The answer is because I come back to his wife, Rita Wilson, fl ew home after recuperat- that position of the stress upon a human being’s psyche. ing in Australia, where he had been shooting Baz It doesn’t have to be a captain, necessarily, on board a S APPLE TV+/AP destroyer in the middle of the North Atlantic. It can be on Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley fi lm. He hosted a from-home episode of “Saturday Night Live,” an already distant Tom Hank’s latest fi lm, the World War II adventure an 8-year-old kid or a 24-year-old woman or even a 54- enough memory that it takes a beat for him to remem- “Greyhound,” premiered on Apple TV+ on July 12. year-old man back in the United States wondering, ‘Are ber it. And he saw his new World War II naval drama we going to live or die? Are we going to be free or not? “Greyhound” steered from theatrical release by Sony to last,’ ” says Hanks. “We didn’t expect a worldwide How long is it going to go on?’ To me, that’s the human Pictures to Apple TV+ — the streaming service’s biggest pandemic to mirror the theme and the action of the condition in every circumstance, even in movie yet. movie.” today in 2020.” But he’s mostly been taking it day by day. “This is just about yesterday, today and The fi lm had just weeks of post- “There’s sort of an ongoing physiological maintenance tomorrow,” Hanks says. “Those three days production remaining when for your brain and for your body that we’ve been follow- are pretty much all humanity has.” Hollywood shut down. During that time, a modern-day Navy ing through,” Hanks says, speaking by video conference “Greyhound” has long been a pet proj- captain, Capt. Brett Cozier, was from his home in California. “What can you do but try to ect for the 64-year-old actor. He wrote removed from command on the bind up the hay in neat little bundles. That’s what we’ve the script, adapted from C. S. Forester’s aircraft carrier USS Theodore been doing. Just going into the barn with the baling ma- 1955 novel “The Good Shepherd,” a book fi rst given to him by his late Roosevelt after pleading for chine, saying, ‘Well, we got all this hay. Let’s at least stack permission to take crew mem- it up and get it ready for the next day.’ ” friend and “Sleepless in Seattle” director Nora Ephron. bers ashore during a COVID- For many, Hanks’ contraction of COVID-19 was the 19 outbreak on the ship. In fi rst loud alarm bell that went off in the early days of “It just stuck with him,” says Gary Goetzman, Hanks’ producing part- Cozier, who like Hanks later the pandemic. If “America’s Dad” could get it, so could ner and co-founder of their com- tested positive for the virus, anyone. The decision to go public with their diagnoses, pany, Playtone. “As happens with Hanks saw the kind of Hanks said in a recent interview, was twofold. He didn’t him, he’ll ruminate about a certain character he’s often drawn want any rumors about why the production was shut idea, it goes in his blender, and one to playing. down. And if he was going to serve as an overdue public day he just put a script on my desk “I thought,” said Hanks, service announcement, so be it. and very much wanted to make it.” “that guy’s kind of badass.” “Why hide from the facts?” he says. “These were the Hanks had approached others to facts.” write it and met with other fi lmmak- Tom Hanks poses for a The ordeal, one experienced with varying severity and ers. But they tended to envision a portrait to promote his symptoms between Hanks and Wilson, gave him a per- grander version of the fi lm. new fi lm, “Greyhound,” in spective on differing national responses to the coronavi- “I said, ‘I love you so much, but that’s New York in November. rus. The comparison with Australia, Hanks grants, isn’t not the point of what we’re trying to a favorable one for the United States. But he says, there’s do,’ ” Hanks says. “We’re trying to MATT LICARI, INVISION/AP no need for “another dump truck to unload all the things condense this. that have gone wrong” in the U.S. “Here we are. And let’s just all do our part, eh?” says Hanks. “Can we not all just wear a mask and social dis- tance and wash our hands? It sounds pretty simple to me, and if you have a problem with that, I certainly wouldn’t trust you with a driver’s license. Chances are you’ll drive as fast as you want to, never use your turn signal and aim for pedestrians.” Before the pandemic, “Greyhound” was going to hit theaters in early June, smack in between “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Top Gun 2.” “We were going to fi ght like the scrappy runt of a litter in order to get somebody to pay attention to us,” says Hanks, chuckling. Now, “Greyhound” will head straight into homes as a marquee event with little competition of similar scale or star power. A Tom Hanks-led, special effects-laden WWII movie is a weight class above most straight-to- streaming options in this strange summer movie season. Disney+ has “Hamilton,” but Apple TV+ has Hanks. The fi lm, made for about $40 million and acquired by Apple for a reported $70 million, is a taut 88-minute naval drama about a lesser-seen theater of WWII, the Battle of the Atlantic. Hanks’ character is a humble captain for the fi rst time shepherding a convoy of boats across the Atlantic, guarding them from attacking German U-boats while traversing the “black pit” — the middle ocean territory bereft of air support. All heavy waves, faint sonar blips and evasive ma- neuvers, the fi lm takes on almost mythical qualities. “When everything went kablooey, we began to imagine: ‘Well, we have this movie about the stasis of characters in the middle of something of which they have no idea how long it’s going Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 WEEKEND: MOVIE REVIEWS Aye Aye, Captain In ‘Greyhound,’ Hanks once again a steady hand at helm of a WWII fl ick

BY JOCELYN NOVECK to “Band of Brothers” to “The Associated Press Pacifi c.” Here, he focuses on a lesser chronicled part of that e’s Forrest Gump. war: the Battle of the Atlantic, He’s Mr. Rogers. He’s which started in 1939 and ended Woody. in 1945 with Germany’s defeat. H But with all the As the fi lm tells us in the credits, famous titles Tom Hanks has Allied losses included 3,500 owned, few have fi t as snugly merchant ships and 175 warships and as smoothly as “captain” sunk, and more than 72,000 crew — whether it’s fending off Somali members and troops killed (some pirates in “Captain Phillips,” estimates have the human loss landing a plane on the Hudson even higher.) in “Sully,” fi nding his way back Based on the novel “The Good to Earth in “Apollo 13” or com- Shepherd” by C.S. Forester and manding World War II troops in directed by veteran cinematog- “Saving Private Ryan.” rapher Aaron Schneider, “Grey- APPLE TV+/AP Now Hanks, our square-jawed hound” is perhaps not so much a Tom Hanks stars as Capt. Ernie Krause in “Greyhound,” based on the novel “The Good Shepherd.” Everyman, “America’s Dad” thriller as a very spare, economi- even when his characters don’t cal drama — a tightly focused will die today,” they warn. The place on the ship. The experience scene is when he leads a burial at have children, is playing a cap- account of one voyage, from one voyage is both monotonous and — for Krause, and for the viewer sea for three fallen men. tain again, in the taut new naval perspective: that of Capt. Ernie terrifying. For hours nothing can — is claustrophobic. The captain Hanks has been working on thriller on Apple TV+ — yet Krause on his warship, the Grey- happen, and then within minutes, never seems to leave his perch, this project for years. Of course, another of his forays into World hound, leading a convoy of 37 all hell can break loose, some- even to eat or sleep. he always envisioned it in the- War II, this time in the treacher- supply vessels to Liverpool. times on multiple fronts. The script is heavy on naval aters. ous North Atlantic. All the background you really Krause is a stalwart, religious lingo: “Stand by for shallow But even on a small screen, And let’s face it, there’s some- need to know is that the sup- man who keeps his emotions to pattern!” “All ahead standard!” this new project feels like a thing soothing merely in the plies ferried along these routes himself. When we meet him, it’s “Reciprocal course!” These well-timed if low-key offer- sight of Hanks wearing a helmet were crucial to the Allies: they February 1942, and he’s fi nally expressions are not explained; ing for these troubled days. It that says “CAPT” in these days included arms, food and other been assigned his fi rst mission we need to pay attention. But also will escape the attention of when the world feels like it’s necessary staples. But the ships across the sea. We fl ash back we do. What carries the movie few that the actor is one of the turned upside down (to quote had to forge a treacherous path to a few months earlier for the is Hanks’ affecting, unshowy most prominent names to have from another big streaming across the sea, particularly the only personal glimpse we get of portrayal of a man who is highly suffered from — and overcome fi lm of the month, “Hamilton”). so-called “Black Pit,” the section Krause’s life: He meets his lady professional but also scared as — the coronavirus, making his As one character tells him as of ocean not reachable by air love, played by Elisabeth Shue, heck, and never less than fully face an even more welcome sight the war is just beginning: “The cover from either U.S. or British in San Francisco and asks her to aware of the stakes. right now. world has gone crazy, Ernie.” forces. come away with him so he can He’s also pained by the human The world has indeed gone Indeed. So for 50 hours here, the ships propose in style. cost, and not just on his side: crazy, Tom. It’s comforting to “Greyhound” is a passion need to fend for themselves But she says they need to put When a U-boat goes under, watch you run the ship. project for Hanks, who penned against the Germans and their things on hold, until he comes a sailor exults: “Congratula- the script and whose interest U-boats. Enemy forces taunt the back. It’s clear she thinks he may tions, captain — 50 less krauts!” “Greyhound” has been rated PG-13 for war-related action/violence and brief in World War II has taken him Greyhound with radioed threats not make it. Krause replies somberly: “Fifty strong language. Running time: 91 from “Saving Private Ryan” — “You and your comrades The rest of the movie takes less souls.” The most affecting minutes. ‘First Cow’: A friendship baked with milk, kindness and circumstance

BY JAKE COYLE (Orion Lee), a Chinese immi- variety found 200 years ago in istry of its two leads. The softly Associated Press grant who is being sought for the Pacifi c Northwest. stirring guitar of William Tyler’s murder. Cookie fi nds him cower- Ordered by the area’s local of- score. All of these details add up he American West is ing naked behind a fern. fi cial (Toby Jones), the territory’s to a wholly original western, one about as well-trod terri- They have an immediate rap- fi rst bovine (Evie, in the credits) with its own rhythms, ideas and tory as there is in mov- port, and recognize in each other arrives on a raft while onlookers iconography. Ties, but Kelly Reichardt fellow low rungs on the already gawk. The force of history has “First Cow” is based on the keeps unearthing new treasures. forming ladder of society. When been heralded by many sounds novel “The Half-Life,” by Jon Her latest excavation, “First they later encounter each other before — a railroad whistle, for Raymond, a frequent collabora- Cow,” is her most sublime yet. at the trading post, a tender, instance. But I can’t recall it ever tor of Reichardt’s who wrote Like many of Reichardt’s previ- unspoken friendship develops before arriving with a “moo.” the script with her. Though not ous fi lms, it’s set in Oregon but between them. King-Lu invites King-Lu, impressed by a household name, Reichardt in a seemingly unremarkable Cookie, a shy and guileless Cookie’s baking, hatches a plan has long been one of the more in-between moment in history. grown orphan soulfully played of udder brilliance. The two celebrated American fi lmmak- It’s a tale literally dug up. In its by Magaro, to drink a bottle at stealthily sneak milk from the ers for fi lms (“Old Joy,” “Certain opening scenes, a contemporary their shack. Once there, Cookie cow at night, and the next morn- Women,” “Meeks’ Cutoff”) that, woman and her dog are walking sweetly begins to sweep the ing with the otherwise impos- with a spare, untamed beauty, near a broad river where an oil place and add a few fl owers. It’s sible-to-fi nd ingredient, Cookie have remapped the Pacifi c /A24 films tanker slowly glides past. The ALLYSON RIGGS as beautiful a beginning to a whips up a rare delicacy. Their Northwest. dog sniffs something fi rst, then Otis “Cookie” (John Magaro, friendship as you’re likely to see “oily cakes” sell like hot cakes, Her best-known fi lm might be the woman sets to clawing the above), and his friend King- this side of “Casablanca.” bringing daily lines of mean “Wendy and Lucy,” with Mi- dirt away. Lu (Orion Lee) fi nd success in Friendship is indeed what and mangy trappers eager for a chelle Williams, about a broke Her fi nd can only be mysteri- making “oily cakes” with the “First Cow,” a simple and radi- taste. Their success stokes their drifter and her dog. They could ous to her; it reveals nothing for milk of the fi rst cow to arrive in ant Old West fable, is about. The dreams; King-Lu and Cookie easily be the same woman and posterity or science. Just some the Oregon Territory. movie opens with a quote from start fantasizing about opening a canine who kick off “First Cow.” eternal truths, and one achingly William Blake about its indis- hotel and bakery in San Fran- In that way, they’re a kind of lovely yarn that reaches, through baked goods. pensable and homely place in cisco. But it also brings peril, modern-day echo of Cookie and time and cinema, to today. “First Otis, known as “Cookie” (John life: “The bird a nest, the spider especially once they earn the King-Lu. The same struggles Cow” leaps back to the Oregon Magaro), is a cook for a band of a web, man friendship.” But as admiration of Jones’ gentleman. persist, but, thank heavens, so Territory of the 1820s, where a trappers who gruffl y order him a portrait of human connection, The joys of “First Cow” are does companionship. pair of aimless and impoverished around. Shortly before coming “First Cow” is situated within many. The thoughtful, unshowy “First Cow” is rated PG-13 for brief travelers are brought together to a sparsely populated trading the rugged terrain of capitalism, textures of its clothes and sur- strong language. Running time: 121 by circumstance, kindness and post, he encounters King-Lu even the rough and ill-formed roundings. The fabulous chem- minutes. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES Overcoming battle royale fatigue Is Twitch integration enough to set Hyper Scape apart?

BY ELISE FAVIS When the game is streamed The Washington Post on Twitch, viewers can vote on limited-time in-game events. For t’s no surprise that example, a health event would three years since the spawn health zones in the world debut of Fortnite and where players can regenerate, IPlayerUnknown’s Battle- and an infi nite ammo event for grounds, some studios still hope a period of time. Those holding to lean into the popularity of the a battle pass can progress and battle royale genre. unlock rewards just by watching. Hyper Scape, a new free-to- If you want to enter the game, play battle royale and fi rst-person the streamer can invite you in shooter from Ubisoft Montreal, directly from Twitch, queuing takes place in a fi ctional world in you up to join the next match. 2054, when everyone can seam- “We wanted to create a game lessly plug into that was able to bring players ANALYSIS a metaverse. and streamers together, and have This virtual them interact,” creative director playground allows 100 players Jean-Christophe Guyot told The to battle in hopes of being the Washington Post. last one standing in a variety of It’s a novel idea that helps Ubisoft game modes. Hyper Scape was bridge the gap between viewers First-person shooter Hyper Scape was released on PC July 12 with a later console release planned. released to PC fi rst via open beta and streamers, but in practice, on July 12. PlayStation 4 and it’s gimmicky. The Washing- Xbox One access will come at a ton Post had a chance to play same melee weapon, and looting team’s possession for 45 seconds of danger. If your squad manages later, unspecifi ed date. a match where in-game events is how you can customize your or eliminate all enemies on the to eliminate enemies, a restore were spawned randomly (since loadout with new abilities (called map. The second mode is called point — an area that lets you re- To make the splash they’re the demo wasn’t streamed on “hacks”) and items. You can Dark Haze Solo. It features no spawn and return to the playing hoping for, Ubisoft has a lot to Twitch). Unfortunately, these carry two weapons at a time, and teams — all players are left to fi eld — appears in their spot. prove. The battle royale market events don’t dramatically change two hacks. If you fi nd duplicates, themselves to battle one another During the demo, it was diffi - is saturated, and many have the experience due to their short you can fuse your hacks or weap- — and must navigate the map cult to judge how well this works, expressed fatigue with the genre. duration, and some were poorly ons to generate new upgrades with reduced visibility. because of the limited amount That’s why Ubisoft hopes to set explained (such as the “visibility that impact cooldown rate, Two additional modes will of players. The map felt vacant, itself apart with some unique ele- event”), confusng players. magazine size and the amount of launch with open beta: Hack with only pockets of enemies. ments, such as Twitch integra- Ubisoft confi rmed the game damage you infl ict. Runner is focused on hacks and The big question following tion, and twists to respawn cycles has a single map called Neo-Ar- Finding loot takes careful Turbo Mode is more fast-paced, my demo is whether Ubisoft is and upgrading your arsenal. cadia that “changes over time,” exploration. Higher-end gear is with more powerful weapons and doing enough to stand out. So far, The Washington Post had a especially around new seasons, found in “landmarks,” which are hacks. the answer is no. Much of the chance to play the game for a Guyot said. Like most battle often large, fl ashy buildings that When you die in Hyper Scape, gameplay is standard fare for the couple hours. While navigation royale maps, the playable portion come with more risk. all is not lost. In death, you turn battle royale genre, aside from a — sliding, jumping and being of the map shrinks, and if players Hyper Scape has two game into an “echo,” a holograph of few twists that don’t feel conse- beamed up to reach higher fi nd themselves in zones that are modes in the technical test: your former self that lets you quential enough. Time will tell vantage points — feels great, decaying, they’ll take damage, so Crown Rush Squad features roam the map in a translu- when the game releases to the gunplay lacks satisfying impact it’s best to keep moving. teams of three and offers two cent form. You can’t engage in public this summer. when shooting and a singular Like most battle royale games, routes to victory: Steal a crown, combat, but you can ping items Platform: PC map begins to feel stale after a the playing fi eld is relatively which spawns in the center of and areas of interest, as well as Online: ubisoft.com/en-us/ number of matches. even. Everyone begins with the the map, and keep it in your scout ahead to warn teammates game/hyper-scape 5 couch co-op games to play while riding out quarantine

BY GENE PARK AND ELISE FAVIS and back and crave something simpler, Overcooked 2 can be played through local Genesis series was the creative apex of The Washington Post the fi rst real Minecraft spinoff title might and online co-op. the genre. Indie-driven project Streets do the trick. Minecraft Dungeons is a of Rage 4 cements that legacy. The game Online gaming has pushed split-screen great introduction to the action role-play- A Way Out does very little to the classic formula of and couch co-op play to the side. But offl ine ing genre. It’s a lot easier to understand Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC “run to the right and punch everything in multiplayer games are getting a lot more than tried-and-true classics like Diablo, It’s both a prison escape and buddy your way,” and thank goodness. attention these days, thanks to the still-on- but it plays a bit more like arcade brawler story, and probably the most “coopera- going quarantine reality for many homes. Gauntlet, with even shades of Streets of tive” game on the list. Each player will Halo: The Master Outside of the arcade, couch co-op Rage. Unlike more complicated action occupy a half of the screen, making their Chief Collection games were the only way to play multi- RPGs, Minecraft Dungeons is less about own choices but relying on the other for Platforms: Xbox One, PC player before the Internet. playing with statistics and more about progress. The two male leads are char- The recent PC release of this collection In the past two decades, developers just collecting whatever items or weapons ismatic and likable, and so is the story. has no split-screen feature, but the Xbox shifted resources to online multiplayer, have the higher attribute number and Success requires coordination on key One release does, and it’s still excellent. a far more lucrative investment. But stu- feels better for you. story decisions, too. As far as video games The Halo series was the real genesis dios know that some of our best gaming go, it’s less than 10 hours at most, and of the console fi rst-person shooter, and memories are with friends on the couch, Overcooked 2 moderately priced at $30. It’s a steal for the original allowed for classic Golden- so we can banter in person. One subreddit Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlaySta- one of the more memorable and unique eye-style split-screen multiplayer. The forum, r/localmultiplayer, is dedicated to tion 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac games on the list. updated fi ve Halo games on this collec- fi nding and promoting local multiplayer This frantic game about meal prepara- tion all feature a split-screen, two-player games. Check it out for more recommen- tion involves 2-4 players, all working to- Streets of Rage 4 cooperative mode, all with adjustable dations after playing these titles. ward the same goal: Cook as much food as Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlaySta- diffi culty modes. The games may be old, possible in the allotted time. Players work tion 4, Xbox One, PC but the gameplay has rarely been outdone. Minecraft Dungeons as chefs, divvying up tasks like cleaning Objective fact: The best way to re-cre- The fi ve Halo games in this collection Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlaySta- plates, slicing up ingredients and cooking ate the magic of playing a “Streets of represent the fi nest in the shooter genre, tion 4, Xbox One, PC on stove tops to make all sorts of dishes. Rage” game is to play a Streets of Rage and they’re even better with a friend. Diablo 3 is always a standing recom- While that may sound mundane, the fast game. Games like Final Fight and Teen- Also notable: Cuphead, Earth Defense mendation, but it’s also an obvious one. If pace makes this charming game a blast, age Mutant Ninja Turtles come to mind Force 5, Keep Talking and Nobody Ex- you’ve already played that series to hell especially when playing in a larger group. when you hear “brawler,” but the Sega plodes, Portal 2 Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Europe ON THE QT DIRECTIONS The eastern side of the Zellertalweg can be ac- cessed at Monsheim, a village near Worms and less than an hour’s drive from Kaiserslautern. There is parking next to the train station. GPS coordinates for the station: Germany, Rhineland-Pa- latinate, Monsheim, GPS: 49.6335,8.2082. COSTS Parking is free. FOOD There are numerous res- taurants and wineries in villages along the trail. INFORMATION For information about the Zell valley, go to: zellertal- aktiv.de. For information about the hiking circuits along the Zellertalweg, look up Zellertalweg online at: komoot.com. PHOTOS BY JENNIFER H. SVAN/Stars and Stripes — Jennifer Svan Hikers rest and enjoy the panaromic view in Moelsheim, a quaint wine village along the Zellertalweg in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. A seat with a view Benches along Germany’s Zellertalweg invite you to rest, enjoy wine country

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN Stars and Stripes ying on a wooden bench in a park with a pan- oramic view of the Rhine valley, I closed my eyes and dozed off. L A friend and I, along with my 9-year-old son, had found the best rest spot in the Zellertal, or Zell valley, Hikers and cyclists can plunge their arms into this cold- nestled at the northern end of the Palatine wine region water arm basin in Moelsheim to re-energize. and less than an hour’s drive from Kaiserslautern. After hiking through vineyards under a withering sun and sharing a bottle of local wine — grape juice for my son — I was too drowsy to take in the views or care about napping in public. The Zellertal connects the region between Worms in Young grapes begin to show in a Zell valley vineyard. the east and Donnersberg in the Palatinate, and is the only valley in Germany that combines two wine-grow- can be divided into six stages, with the longest circuit ing regions, the Palatine and Rheinhessen. It hosts more about six miles. We started our route at Monsheim, con- than a dozen vineyards. sidered the eastern gateway to the Zellertal, and hiked The bench where we stopped to rest was on the part of a 5.9-mile circuit that cuts through the vineyards outskirts of Moelsheim, one of a string of quaint wine between Monsheim and Moelsheim before circling back villages along the Zellertalweg, a series of connecting along the Pfrimm River past Wachenheim. trails that traverse the valley for 24 miles through the The views were spectacular, but it was the unexpected hilly vineyards and on fl atter ground along the Pfrimm, a that made the hike memorable — things like dialing a tributary of the Rhine River. number for a local winery that was posted on the side of The well-marked trail, which opened in March 2016, a hut on the trail, and having a bottle of wine, grape juice and bubbly water delivered to where we were in less than 10 minutes for under 20 euros (about $23). In the center of Moelsheim, we found a Kneipp “arm basin” — a trough of cold water that passersby can sub- merge their arms in, said to be restorative and energiz- ing. The winner of our contest to see who could keep their forearms in the icy water the longest, toughed it out for more than fi ve minutes. Although it was closed the day we went, we learned that, at the bench with a view — offi cially called a “wine rest”— there’s a stand, on Sundays and public holidays, that serves Palatine and Rheinhessen wines from the Zell valley. It’s open on those days until October. We ended our day back at Monsheim, where we had parked for free at the lot next to the train station. For those who don’t want to drive, there are train and bus sta- A hut along the Zellertalweg advertises a local wine tions along the Zellertalweg. A sign posted in Monsheim, Germany, shows the route delivery service. Call the number, and wine will be [email protected] of the Zellertalweg, a series of connecting trails that delivered in minutes. Twitter: @stripesktown winds 24 miles through the Zell wine-growing region. PAGE 24 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe Alsace: The land between two cultures Region bordered by France, Germany, Switzerland has an identity all its own

lsace — or ’s Elsass, the south include Bergheim, as it’s called in its own Colmar, Eguisheim, Ensisheim, language — refers to Guebwiller, Hirsingue, Hirtz- Aa cultural and histori- bach, Huningue, Masevaux, cal part of France bordered by Mulhouse, Ribeauville, Saush- Germany to the north and east, eim and Soultzmatt. Make way to Switzerland to the south, and any of the above and prepare for the region of Lorraine to the enchantment. Online: alsace-jar- west. This land between the dins.eu/fl euris.html Vosges mountain range and the Hiking galore: The Vosges are Rhine River is one of impossibly a range of thickly wooded moun- quaint medieval villages, rolling tains teeming with possibilities vineyards, fertile fi elds and a for outdoor strong industrial base that keeps enthusiasts the local economy humming. Its year round. major urban areas of Strasbourg, In most Mulhouse and Colmar have more winters, than enough curb appeal and the slopes re- cultural happenings to make ceive enough them tourist destinations in their snow cover own right. to allow for French infl uence has made skiing, snow- itself known in Alsace since the Karen Bradbury boarding or end of the 16th century. At the tobogganing; end of the Franco-German War top-rated resorts include Ballon in 1871, Alsace was detached d’Alsace, as well as Gerardmer from France and annexed to the and La Bresse-Hohneck . German Empire. Following the In warmer months, hik- defeat of Germany in World War ers can enjoy endless miles of I, Alsace was returned to France marked trails, many of which under the Treaty of Versailles. In wind through dense forests and the early 1940s, Alsace was once alongside lakes beckoning one again annexed by Germany, and for a cooling dip. The Balcon Lac remained part of it throughout Blanc trail is a two-mile route World War II. In 1945, it was tracing the contours of a glacial lake from on high; this easy path again retroceded to France, iStock photos and today, along with neighbor- can be completed in just over an ing Champagne-Ardenne and hour. Time, stamina and sure- Clockwise from top: The wine Lorraine, makes up part of the footedness are prerequisites to village of Wihr-au-Val in the administrative region known as hiking the Traversee du Massif Munster valley is one of many Grand Est. The Alemannic Ger- des Vosges, a 270-mile, 19-stage that tempt travelers to stop man dialect known as Alsatian trail skimming the crest of the and linger; Colmar, France, is is widely spoken here, and both Vosges. A network of simple picture-ready at every turn; French and German are taught hostel-style accommodations Strasbourg’s Christmas market in schools. provide shelter and a hearty is one of the best; savory With its close proximity to the meal after a long day’s exertion; Flammekueche and white wine Kaiserslautern military com- for options, see visit.alsace/en/ are specialties of the region. munity and Stuttgart, the area refuges-and-lodges. has long been a favorite weekend Top-class wines: The wines this year’s general no-festivals destination for those stationed of Alsace are justly famous trend by offering a “Pique-nique in these communities. Here’s throughout the world. Its chez le Vigneron Independant just a sampler plate of excellent vineyards yield abundant crops d’Alsace” July 26-27. Local reasons to include this seductive of Pinot Blanc, Sylvaner and wineries open their doors and slice of paradise in one of your Riesling grapes, varieties more allow visitors to tour their cellars next outings. typical to Germany than other and take part in wine tastings. Beguiling villages: If it looks parts of France. The term “Edel- Exhibitions, sales of regional Themed routes and family- inns of the Munster Valley. as if Alsatian towns are in a zwicker” refers to a blend of the products and a treasure hunt for friendly destinations: Unusual Culture galore: Once events competition to out-charm one region’s so-called noble grapes. children round out the agenda. things to see that the whole become a thing again, go when another, that’s not entirely a false Of note here are the region’s aro- As all undertakings are being family might enjoy include the displays of culture and folklore impression. Throughout France, matic Gewurtzraminer wines, organized with current coronavi- Montagne des Singes, at which are at the fore: the Streisselho- villages vie for the designation particularly the “vendanges rus regulations in mind, advance some 200 Barbary macaques chzeit in Seebach in July and the of Town and Villages in Bloom, tardives,” made of late-harvested reservations at the wineries are a roam atop a mountaintop, or the Wedding of Old Fritz in Marlen- a label bestowed on munici- grapes. Cremants d’Alsace, must. To reserve online: tinyurl. Volerie des Aigles (Eagle park), heim in August display typical palities exhibiting exceptional sparkling wines produced in the com/y8bxehzs where birds of prey fl y just above marriage ceremonies of the landscapes, outstanding fl oral traditional method of secondary Regional specialties: Alsace visitors’ heads. Those in search past. The Pfi fferdaj, or Fiddlers’ displays and respect for the fermentation in the bottle, are is known not only for wine but of exotic beauty might enjoy Festival, held in Ribeauville in natural surroundings. Couple also held in highest regard. for its outstanding beers, with the Butterfl y Gardens in Hu- September, offers a window on all that blossoming beauty with For wine tasting sessions that Kronenbourg, Fischer and nawihr. The Ecomusee d’Alsace, the city’s medieval past. Fans of half-timbered houses painted combine grand vintages with Meteor among its top brands. France’s biggest open-air mu- fl owers fl ock to Ribeauville in in bold colors that traditionally great vistas, perpetual tourist Culinary specialties include seum, refl ects Alsatian village August, when the Corso Fleuri designated the type of trade car- favorite towns of Eguisheim and a meat and potato casserole life from the beginning of the parade of dahlia-bedecked fl oats ried out by its inhabitants, and Riquewihr won’t disappoint. known as a baeckeoffe, as well as 20th century and delights with rolls through the streets. The what emerges is a pretty picture Turckheim and Kaysersberg choucroute, a type of sauerkraut sweet houses and craftsmen at Alsace Wine Fair, held in July indeed. are smaller but no less charm- made with juniper berries. A work. The hulking Haut-Kœnigs- and August in Colmar, offers top- Alsatian towns to the north ing. Dozens of less-famous towns soft “bretzel” is easy to fi nd and bourg Castle impresses young class live entertainment nightly. proudly bearing the 4-star along the Alsace Wine Route, delicious here. A dining highlight and old alike. Strasbourg’s Christmas market, “Ville Fleurie” designation a winding, hundred-mile-plus is sampling tarte fl ambee, or For breathtaking mountain held since 1570, stands shoulder include Bischheim, Diebol- route stretching roughly from Flammekueche, a thin crust pie scenery, a drive along the 50- to shoulder with Europe’s best. sheim, Dieffenbach-Les-Woerth, Marlenheim in the north to slathered with cream, cheese, mile Peak Route between Sainte- With essentially all major events Drusenheim, Hohwiller, Holt- Thann in the south, are equally onions and thin strips of ham. Marie-aux-Mines and Cernay is for 2020 called off already, we’re zheim, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, worthy of stopovers. Gingerbread, pain d’epices, is a in order. Cheese lovers won’t go left to enjoy the sights for now Itterswiller, Marckolsheim and The Pays de Ribeauville & beloved treat of the Christmas wrong along the Route de From- and hope for less need for social Mattstall. Standout places to Riquewihr tourism offi ce bucks season. age, which links up dairies and distance in times to come. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING Europe

A silhouette of Hans and his goose leads diners to the outdoor patio at downtown Kaiserslautern’s Hans im Glueck burger bar. HANS IM GLUECK

Location: Fruchthallstrasse 7-9, Kaiserslautern Kitchen hours: Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday, 12 a.m. to 11 p.m. Prices: From 7-9 euros for burgers and sandwiches, plus 6-9 euros to make it a combo; up to 12 euros for salads Information: Phone: +49 (0)631 627 99007, Online: hansimglueck.com/location/kaiserslautern-fruch- thalle English menu: tinyurl.com/ycbq8v9f PHOTOS BY CHAD GARLAND/Stars and Stripes — Chad Garland A cheese and bacon burger at downtown Kaiserslautern’s Hans im Glueck. Food with a happy ending No fairy tales, just good burgers at Hans im Glueck in Kaiserslautern

BY CHAD GARLAND special sauce, plus Stars and Stripes various other fi xings, but they don’t overdo ne of the fi rst few times I meandered past a it. newly opened Hans im Glueck burger joint Optional add-ons AFTER last winter in downtown Kaiserslautern, an include fried egg, HOURS inviting warm light poured out through the extra cheese, bacon, large front windows. chili peppers or a GERMANY OI envied the crowd gathered around cozy tables in a pepper crust. Fries dining room forested with skinny, white birch trunks. can be ordered as Such a scene is far less appealing since the coronavirus side portions or in one-pound quantities and topped, for a Other options at Hans im Glueck include the ‘’Elsasser’’ pandemic began, but thankfully the weather is nice and fee, with things like camembert and avocado sauces. burger on multigrain bun with camembert cheese and Hans im Glueck has a large outdoor seating area, so I I skimped on the upgrades and ordered my fries plain, lingonberries, left, and a vegan ‘’Naturbursche’’ burger fi nally gave it a try. with mayo on the side. Wide and thin, almost like steak with caramelized mushrooms and onions on sourdough, After making a reservation online and arriving, a fries, they arrived perfectly crispy outside and tender right, with sweet potato fries. masked hostess guided me through the wooded indoors inside. and into a clearing out back, populated with picnic tables My adult beverage, garnished with a mint leaf sprin- kled with powdered sugar (I rubbed it on my gums to an emphasis that suggested she was mildly surprised and chattering diners clinking beer glasses. my order wasn’t even larger. If she’d have suggested it, With locations all around Germany, including in Stutt- check), was syrupy on fi rst sip but pleasing overall. To expand my sampling, for your benefi t, dear reader, though, I might’ve ordered the pancake with lingonber- gart and Nuremberg, the burger chain is named after ries for dessert. a “lucky” fairy tale soldier who trades down, in stages, I also placed a takeout order for a specialty beef burger and one of the vegan options, with a side of sweet potato My takeaway order was ready in about 10 minutes. I from a back-breaking large gold nugget to nothing. Hap- paid and, happily heaving the paper burger sack, scur- pily unburdened of all his possessions, he runs home. fries. My waitress had a habit of asking “is that all?” with ried home. The restaurant’s menu is fairly simple, with at least The “Naturbursche” burger, described as a “hearty a handful of options in any category and various “little plant-based patty, caramelized onions & mushrooms,” extra happiness” upgrades for sandwiches, fries or other was still warm when I bit into it. It was no substitute for dishes. beef in my book, but had a surprisingly enjoyable nutty I went with what I consider the height of burger per- fl avor and meaty texture. fection, a bacon cheeseburger, as part of a combo that My, ahem, third burger was the “Elsasser,” a juicy includes a choice of side salad, coleslaw or fries and a beef patty on multigrain bun (no fl our dust!), topped with drink. After 5 p.m. that means a cocktail, but the cheaper melty, creamy camembert cheese and sweet lingonber- lunchtime combo includes soft drinks or a small beer, ries. plus a hot drink. I was torn, wanting to fi nish both sandwiches after a I ordered a mojito, which arrived quickly, followed few bites of each, but I was nearly stuffed. Still, I man- almost immediately by my sandwich and golden fries. aged to scarf down all but a couple bites of the Elsasser My chosen burger, served on sourdough, featured a and every last one of the slightly mushy sweet potato good layer of crisp bacon. Its worst feature was the dust- fries. ing of fl our atop the bun, a fl ourish I fi nd annoying, but All told, I traded about 36 euros for enough food to feed despite that and a little crumbling near the center, the three happy wanderers. A bit pricey, but Hans, the fool, bread did its job of keeping my fi ngers dry. was never so lucky. In recent months of homemade burgers, I’ve been I’ll probably return soon for fries and dessert. And paring to the essentials of meat, cheese and condiments, that’s probably not all. but at Hans im Glueck they are not so minimalist. They The Hans im Glueck burger bar in downtown [email protected] top all theirs with sweet red onions, tomato, lettuce and Kaiserslautern. Twitter: @chadgarland PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe

DOMINIC ARIZONA BONUCCELLI/Ricksteves.com Historic British pubs, such as this one in the Cotswolds, allow visitors to befriend the bartender and get a taste of traditional culture, the Rick Steves-approved way.

DOMINIC ARIZONA BONUCCELLI/Ricksteves.com Rick Steves takes tour groups to Germany’s Burg Eltz, CAROL RIES/Ricksteves.com which has Steves’ favorite castle interior and is more Parisians have their city mostly to themselves this summer as the current pandemic keeps many tourists home. than 700 years old. The castle was never conquered. The future world of tourism Masks and social distancing aren’t Rick Steves’ idea of an enjoyable travel experience

BY NATALIE B. COMPTON The Washington Post ravel has changed considerably since European travel expert Rick Steves published his fi rst guide, “Europe Through the Back Door,” in 1979. In the time it took Steves to write 50 guidebooks, host 10 seasons of “Rick Steves’ TEurope” on TV, start a public radio show, release a mobile app for audio tours and grow a company that guides 30,000 people through Europe each year, he’s adapted to innumerable changes to the industry. Now Steves is adjusting to the next major development in travel: the coronavirus pandemic. From his home in Edmonds, Wash. (where he’s spending his fi rst summer in 30 years, as he’d normally be in Europe for the season), Steves recently discussed the future of travel with The Washington Post.

Washington Post: How do you to sit next to a stranger and drink house. You’ve got to pack the theater. think your business will change? beer. You go to France to have your You’ve got to pack the bus. You’ve Between writing the guidebooks cheeks kissed. You go to Italy to do got to pack the airplane. You got to and your tour program that brings the passeggiando, you know, when pack the hotel because then you can so many people to Europe annually, everybody’s out strolling together generate enough revenue to provide what do you think is going to hap- and licking their ice cream cones. a service that’s top notch. If you have pen next? I think that’s going to come back, to have every other seat fi lled, you’ve Steves: Oh, nobody knows what’s but it’s going to be a while. For me got half the revenue. So the little going to happen next. personally, the future of people stay- mom-and-pop restaurants that I love I’m not going to morph into ing six feet apart and wearing masks to feature, if they can only have 50% something else. I’m not going to start is not my idea of travel. capacity, they can’t pay their rent. doing gourmet river rafting tours in Do you think that travel will And that’s what scares me. Idaho. If there’s no European travel, return to how it looked before the If the airlines can only put half as we’re not going to be taking tours pandemic? Or what do you think many people on the plane, it’s going around Europe, and there’s not going potential changes could be? to cost us all double. Then travel to be guidebooks for Europe. I do I’m all about accessibility. I like becomes an activity just for wealthy Europe, and there’s a certain “Rick Europe to be accessible. For things people. And I’ve always wanted DOMINIC BONUCCELLI Steves” kind of Europe, and it’s not to be accessible, it has to be a really travel to be affordable and accessible to people who just, you know, are social distancing. quality experience and it’s got to be Cross a bridge in Venice, and you never know what you’ll reasonably employed but not neces- see — though a gondola is a good bet. Most Americans I don’t want to take people to affordable. sarily wealthy. will have to wait to take in European sights such as Amsterdam and have them eat in The only way somebody can have these until the pandemic, and travel restrictions, ease. little bubbles. You go to an Irish pub a quality experience is to pack the CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 WEEKEND: TRAVEL

FROM PAGE 26 deep in the middle of it who have Yes, I think that is unfortu- no passports. I’ve thought a lot nately the reality of it. In the about it lately, and fear is for time that you’ve been at home, people who don’t get out very what are some of the things much. that you’ve missed most about The fl ip side of fear is under- travel? standing, and we gain under- I’m such a fortunate person standing when we travel. It’s that I’ve found my niche in life, pretty straightforward to me. and that is sharing my love of And I just think that if everybody Europe. As I’m home right now, traveled, we would be a country we would have had 100 buses that better understood certain with 100 wonderful guides and realities that are confronting us. 25 Americans on each of those If everybody traveled, we would buses having the time of their be able to celebrate diversity lives. We’ve got zero buses in instead of being afraid of it. Europe right now, and the guides What would be your advice are without work. And all those to travelers who are maybe travel dreams of all of our tour struggling to stay at home right members are put on hold. now, or feeling low because of I just can’t stop thinking of all dreams put on hold? the dreams and all the creative Take this opportunity to adventures that have been put hone your ability to appreci- on hold or are upended by this. ate different cultures. Get kids Whether it’s people’s graduations into art. Read something about or weddings or once-in-a-lifetime Islam. Read something about opportunities to do their thing. the Renaissance. Watch a TV It’s kind of heartbreaking. I hope series about nature. There are Rick Steves there is a silver lining to it, but ways that we can sort of vicari- everywhere you look there’s ously travel through wonderful dreams that have to be put on information available that you Rick Steves poses with teenage girls in Iran — a place that might give many Americans culture shock. hold. can watch or read. The cool thing It’s defi nitely a devastating about that is it’s not just enter- fi ve years? Well, what happened crisis upon crisis there. productive is a blessing to dust time. And what you do brings taining now. It really gets you after that? People just tore out of It’s important for us to pause, off old passions. I’m learning so many people lifetime memo- tuned in to better appreciating their cages and ended up having to refl ect on how richly blessed how to cook, walking the dog. I ries that they’ll cherish forever. the travel spirit, and the actual fulfi lling and productive lives we are to live here. To refl ect dusted off my trumpet and now Hopefully they can get back to travel experiences that await that they intended to have. I don’t on the importance of us work- I play for my community from that. you when you’re ready to travel think we’re going to be locked ing together. And the only way my garden as the sun goes down This virus can put our dreams again. down that long, but it’s a setback. that I see us working together every night. on hold. It can delay our dreams, 2020 is the 1940 of our lives. We need to be thankful for as a community is through good We have these opportunities but it can’t crush our dreams. What if you were young and what we’ve got. We’ve got to be governance. And patience. to focus our travel spirit more I’m trying to be thankful for fi lled with aspirations and aware that the suffering we’re And for people like me, inwardly and more into our im- what we’ve got right here. I dreams in 1940 and suddenly in, this crisis, that a lot of people workaholics with a tendency to mediate neighborhood. And that mean, you can have a traveler’s everything’s on hold for four, were in crisis before. Now, it’s be super productive, not being might be a good exercise. spirit and not leave your home- town. And that’s the fun thing, is just fi nding ways to embrace life just like if I was on the road. You can do that in wonderful ways. What are you most looking forward to when we can travel again? If you could plan to go somewhere fi rst, where would you go? The biggest heartbreak for me was my daughter is getting married and I’m excited to get to know all of her fi ance’s rela- tives. My son was going to be the guide, it was going to be a 20-day tour of the best of Europe, and I was going to be on vacation. But that’s been put on hold now. As soon as the coast is clear, we’ve all vowed that we’re going to take that trip together and get to know each other and cel- ebrate all the cultural wonders of Europe. That’s something I’m looking forward to. We just have to be patient, and I hope we learn something out of this. You have said in your TED Talk that travel wipes out ethnocentricity. Why do you think that is going to be maybe even more important after the pandemic? Travel is the best way to get to know your neighbor. If a com- munity is going to function, you need to know and respect your neighbors, need to trust your neighbors. You need to collabo- rate and work together. That’s not just a community thing. Com- munity is global now. That’s a scary thought for a lot of people, especially people who don’t travel, who are afraid of people who are different. When you travel, you celebrate diversity. When you travel, you’re not afraid. The most fearful people in our country are the people buried PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Pacific

Gorgeous waterfalls are just feet away during the hike to Nishizawa Gorge in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan.

PHOTOS BY THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes

An ethereal landscape ON THE QT DIRECTIONS Take the JR Chuo Line to Yamanashi-shi Station. From here, travel via city Waterfalls of Japan’s Nishizawa Gorge are an awe-inspiring site for hikers bus or approximately one hour until you reach the BY THERON GODBOLD of nature — birds, wind and the Nishizawa-keikoku bus Stars and Stripes rush of fl owing water — slowly stop, then follow the signs begin to fi ll your ears. to the start of the trailhead. idden in the for- At the beginning, gravel paths Google maps GPS code: ested mountains lead you deeper into the cavern- VP9V+GQ Yamanashi, north of Mount ous woods. Small waterfalls lie Japan Fuji, you’ll fi nd a along the path, hinting at some- picturesque canyon thing much bigger ahead. TIMES Hloaded with waterfalls called Farther on, the path grows Nishizawa Gorge. steeper with roots and rocks Open year-round Inside Chichibu-Tama-Kai threatening your ankles with National Park in Yamanashi pre- almost every step. As you climb COSTS fecture, the gorge is one of three higher into the mountainous Free, though donations are hike-able gorges in the park. The woodlands, the rush of water requested for restroom trail — 7 miles long, round trip grows louder. Hiking boots and maintenance — is fi lled with awe-inspiring poles are recommended. The scenery that leads to a fi ve-tiered trip may be too much for young waterfall called Nanatsugama- children. FOOD Godan-no-Taki or Seven Iron Small break areas can be Pack a lunch, as there are Pots-Five Steps. found along the path, giving no restaurants nearby. Walking to the largest set of some hikers a much-needed falls isn’t for everyone as it takes respite from the rugged trail. INFORMATION nearly two hours to reach them At the top of the falls, when it’s from the large parking lot near accessible, are a bathroom and Phone: 0553-22-1111; the trailhead. During my visit in small wooden benches that are Online: yamanashi-kankou. early July, the last couple hun- a handy place to eat a packed jp/foreign/english/spot/p1_ dred feet of trail from the base of lunch. 4789.html the falls to the top was temporar- The mystical look of the — Theron Godbold ily closed due to a bridge washed sunlight refracting through the out by heavy rains. Nonetheless, water at the base of the falls cre- the view from the base, and the ates an ethereal glow. That sight Upper left: Waterfalls are the strenuous walk to get there, are was more than enough to make main attraction for hikers at worth the effort. the slick rocks, steep inclines and skittering over or around rock Nishizawa Gorge in Yamanashi A paved road leads to the trail- prefecture, Japan. head where a small rest area and faces well worth the journey. bathroom marks the entrance to [email protected] Lower left: The trail through the the trail. From here, the sounds Twitter: @GodboldTheron gorge can be slippery at times. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Recovered from the abyss Unclaimed Baggage Center sells the treasures travelers leave behind

BY NATALIE B. COMPTON Luggage Carom lizard leather embossed pool cue The Washington Post At the risk of stating the obvious, yes, the Unclaimed Picture this: You’re having friends over for game night t’s the lone suitcase riding the baggage claim car- Baggage store sells a lot of suitcases and other travel es- and someone motions to your pool table. ousel long after the rest have been collected. It’s the sentials such as neck pillows and passport holders. “Hey, that’s an interesting cue you have there,” your duffel bag checked into the abyss. It’s lost luggage, Bag types include, but are not limited to: toiletry, golf- friend asks. Iand it’s now available for you to buy online. shoe holder, duffel, laptop, crossbody, garment, foldable, You pick up your carom lizard leather embossed pool Fifty years ago, entrepreneur Doyle Owens started wheeled, soft, leather, hip and more. cue. “Oh this old thing?” you reply. “That’s my carom the Unclaimed Baggage Center by buying left-behind lizard leather embossed pool cue.” bags from transportation companies and selling the best Electronics and accessories This Unclaimed Baggage fi nd is the ultimate ice fi ndings to customers at his brick-and-mortar store in Electronics are aplenty on the Unclaimed Baggage site. breaker, well worth the $590.99 (a $589.01 discount, by Scottsboro, Ala. “We’re not a Best Buy and we’re not an Apple store, but the way). Today, that operation has grown to become a 50,000- we have all of those items,” Cantrell said. square-foot store that sells everything but the kitchen You can fi nd unlocked iPhones and iPads, plus cases, 14-karat diamond tennis bracelet sink (except for that time they did sell a kitchen sink) to chargers and AirPods. Not your everyday purchase, this diamond tennis customers interested in the promise of great deals and Other electronics highlights include fi tness trackers, bracelet is one of those pieces of jewelry you (or the interesting fi nds. camera lenses and noise-canceling headphones. loved one you give it to as a gift) will have for the rest of Before the pandemic, Unclaimed Baggage was pro- your life. This like-new, 14-karat gold and diamond fi nd cessing some 7,000 items bought from airlines daily. is poised to become a new family heirloom, one you “We literally sit and unpack the items, and it’s a pretty hopefully keep track of better than its former owner extensive process,” said Brenda Cantrell, brand am- who abandoned it in their luggage. bassador for Unclaimed Baggage. A third of the fi nds is donated to charity, a third Beauty products and toiletries is thrown away and a third is cleaned and put up Forget duty free. Unclaimed Baggage’s for sale. This year, Unclaimed Baggage came on- Health & Beauty collection has everything line for the fi rst time, bringing the heavily discount- from makeup to shampoo to essential oils to ed odds and ends to shoppers around the country who stock your toiletry bag before your next trip. can’t make the trip to the warehouse personally. Most of these items are “new in box.” A quick spin around the Unclaimed Baggage web- site shows that you can never guess what someone Nick Fouquet felt hat is traveling with in their suitcase. Justin Bieber. Lady Gaga. Bob “We’ve always said if these Dylan. Maybe you next? bags could talk, they’d have a These are the people who have story to tell,” Cantrell enjoyed Nick Fouquet hats. The said. Venice, Calif., hat maker draws The Unclaimed in celebrity clients with his high- Baggage staff end dome apparel with price has found items tags running upward of $1,000. including a bear One unlucky traveler left his pelt packed in salt, or her gently used Nick Fouquet an Egyptian burial mauve felt hat behind at the airport, mask packed in a Gucci and it’s up for grabs on Unclaimed suitcase and a live rattle- Baggage. It’s available online for snake, to name a few standout discoveries. $335.99, just over 70% off its sug- However, Cantrell gested retail price of $1,135. says the store’s Sporting goods strong suit is sell- ing everyday items By now you’ve already pur- for 20% to 80% off chased that lizard leather pool the suggested retail cue, but know there are plenty other price. sporting goods up for grabs on the Here are some of the Unclaimed Baggage site. There best deals and conver- are practical items such as bike sation starters we found wheel sets and running shoes on the site, beyond for your standard physical clothes. activities. Then there are items that may inspire new hobbies, like a fl y-fi shing rod or wet suit.

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Express yourself even while wearing a mask by following these makeup tips

BY JENNA BIRCH Special to The Washington Post n the age of masks, makeup can be a nui- sance. Sweat causes Ifoundation to smudge and renders powder useless; lip color rubs off on the fab- ric. The only part of the face that’s unaffected and can be seen is the eyes, which is why STRATEGIES FOR USING EYE MAKEUP SAFELY bright and bold eye looks are “Of course, if you can avoid wearing Nehls, an ophthalmologist at the Uni- Soap and water works for cleaning trending among infl uencers makeup during this time, even better,” versity of Wisconsin at Madison. brushes, but you can also use a special and on social media. said Nada Elbuluk, a dermatologist “The makeup could be potentially brush cleaner that dries quickly, espe- with Keck Medicine of the University of contaminated,” she said. “[The coro- cially if you don’t have access to a sink. Makeup artist Vincent Southern California. navirus] has been found on the ocular As for the rest of your makeup ward- Oquendo has noticed the “With [the coronavirus], but also just surface. This is why conjunctivitis robe — eye pencils, mascara tubes, eye- in general with bacteria and viruses, we [pinkeye] can be an initial symptom of lash curlers — Elbuluk said these items bold-eye-with-mask trend catch them through the portals into our infection.” in your rotation should be cleansed, too. Apply makeup just once, in the morn- body: the mucosal sites, which absorb The most important tip for apply- and is “very much here for” ing before you leave your house, rather germs more readily,” Elbuluk said. The ing makeup is to wash your hands than doing so in public restrooms or playing up the eyes. eyes, nose and mouth are all mucosal thoroughly before touching your face in other places where people will be “I feel like people are excit- sites that are vulnerable to viruses. to apply it, Elbuluk said. Make sure to touching surfaces, Elbuluk said. ed to express themselves any In addition to possibly contracting honor makeup expiration dates, so your “Look for products that are longer- the virus from contaminated fi ngers cosmetics are not harboring bacteria. lasting and waterproof, so you don’t way they can, because we’ve or brushes, a makeup user also risks And wash your brushes regularly. touch your face [to fi x the makeup],” been locked up in quarantine exposure to the coronavirus from the “If you’re dealing with sponges, the Nehls said. products themselves, especially if those disposable ones are even better,” she When you take your makeup off, for so long,” he said. “Not products are shared with others or are said, and they should be housed in a wash your hands thoroughly again, and being able to wear lipstick, I used outside of the home, said Sarah M. clean canister. then use a wipe or makeup remover. think people are more adven- MAKEUP TIPS FOR PLAYING UP THE EYES turous with their eye makeup looks. I’ve been seeing a lot Playing up the eyes is all about prep, eyes. However, if you choose a tool of look, he said. according to Oquendo. poor quality, you can break off your Oquendo, who thinks colored mas- of really great colored mas- “A lot of people forget the fundamen- lashes; Oquendo prefers “tried-and- cara is making a comeback, recom- caras, even some really cool tals of makeup,” Oquendo said. Creat- true options,” such as the Shiseido and mends Shiseido’s ControlledChaos, ing a foundation with the right tools and Tweezerman eyelash curlers. which comes in emerald, sapphire, glitter looks.” creams before applying any makeup is Then, lay down the basics for your black and purple : “You can also apply a But arresting eye makeup a lot like “having the right underwear eye makeup. black mascara fi rst, then do a top coat — for instance, of cobalt blue. It will requires you to use possibly on,” he said. “I start with a pencil, either kohl or “One of my favorite prep products is kajal,” Oquendo said, recommending create a navy blue, making your eyes germy fi ngers or brushes Lumify Redness Reliever eye drops,” Maybelline TattooStudio in a shade of pop, but it’s more subtle.” Finally, use a setting spray to keep he said, noting that they should not be brown, such as walnut. “Pencils are a to apply it. And fl aking eye it all in place; he likes Maybelline’s used with contacts in the eye. “This little easier to control ,” and they come shadow or mascara could get affordable option, but he also recom- helps to brighten the eyes and works in in many colors . “Lay down a generous mends the ones by Urban Decay and into your eyes, prompting you one minute.” amount of product; it’s a good time to Cover FX. To rejuvenate tired skin around play around with that pencil.” to touch them. We talked to If you are using longer-lasting and the eyes, Oquendo recommends the You can use an eye shadow base waterproof products for safety, as Nehls medical experts about safety Georgia Louise Cryo Freeze Tools or — such as the NARS Smudge Proof recommends, it might take a little lon- the Klorane Smoothing and Relaxing Eyeshadow Base or the MAC Cream ger to get used to applying them. Long- strategies to observe and to Patches. After using them, apply eye Colour Base — but Oquendo suggests lasting products are historically harder a makeup artist about how to cream. (He favors the one by Dr. Bar- using white shadow pots. to work with and blend, Oquendo said. bara Sturm.) “I’ll use [a clean] fi nger or fl uffy But once you master them, “you’ll be make the most of makeup, if Another prep tool is an eyelash brush to apply, and then lay eye shadow glad you did,” he said, “because they you do use it. curler, which can widen the look of the on top.” It lends a more high-impact will wear well.” Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 WEEKEND: FOOD

BY TIM CARMAN the bathroom, though presumably that The Washington Post number has increased since the pandemic and the constant messaging about keeping efore every stranger and every our mitts clean. set of communal salad tongs “You’d have to say the risk would go up became a threat to our existence, just because the number of touches are Burying Bthe Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars higher” at a buffet, says Ruth Petran, a Palace was the ultimate grazing land for senior corporate scientist for food safety herds of wandering tourists in Las Vegas. and public health at Ecolab. “There are It served more than 3,000 people a day viruses that can get on those surfaces across nine stations, featuring hundreds and then be picked up by the next person of items including nigiri sushi, dim sum, coming along. But it still has to get from the buffet rotisserie chicken, bone marrow, 12- that person’s hand into their body.” This is hour roasted American wagyu, paella, where, she adds, 20-second hand-washing lobster bisque, snow crab legs, chicken becomes your best friend. ‘All you can eat’ may never again and waffl es, gnocchi, pizza, deviled eggs, The coronavirus and its associated dis- pho, miso soup (pause for breath), panang ease, which has killed at least 131,000 in curry, cheeseburger sliders, soba noodles, the United States, have put all these con- look – or taste – the way it used to, poke, foie gras PB&J, oysters on the cerns back under the microscope, which half-shell, shrimp and grits, street tacos, is why so many buffets remain closed. The thanks to the coronavirus pandemic pozole, mapo tofu, General Tso’s chicken, buffet’s common surfaces — counters, avocado toast, peppercorn-crusted prime utensils, salad dressing bottles, dispens- rib ... I haven’t even touched upon the des- ers, condiment stations — are viewed sert options yet. as potential sources of transmission, If you had a hankering for some dish in though that fear may be more perception the world, the odds were good you could than reality. Petran says it’s possible to fi nd it on the Bacchanal Buffet, prepared contract the virus from surfaces, but the by one of nearly 50 cooks employed to set risk is pretty low. What’s more, there’s no (and reset and reset again) the daily feast. evidence whatsoever to suggest you can You know what happened next. Buffets get the coronavirus from food, which goes — along with salad bars, hot bars, con- through our digestive system, not our re- tinental breakfasts, condiment stations spiratory system, where the virus attacks. and anything else that allowed customers The main transmission route remains to serve themselves — were one of the person-to-person contact, Petran says, earliest victims of the pandemic. The Bac- which is why she recommends that buffet chananal Buffet was no exception. The managers adopt the usual protocols: social federal government has recommended distancing, mask wearing for staff and restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and the customers and regular hand-washing, like to discontinue any operations that before and after visiting the buffet. She “require customers to use common uten- has also noticed that some owners have sils or dispensers.” Journalists started transformed their buffets into cafeteria- writing the buffet’s obituary, sometimes style operations, with employees plating with a heavy heart. They wondered if the food instead of the customer. They’ve pandemic would permanently padlock the come up with other solutions, too, such as gate at the Golden Corral. pre-portioned servings, ready for pickup, If anything, the coronavirus outbreak or even “endless entrees” delivered to has simply reminded us of the risks your table. already inherent in buffets. To be clear, “All of our restaurants are reopening buffets, in and of themselves, are not a with new curbside pickup service, and problem. I’ve enjoyed many. many of them partner with local delivery No, the problem is people, in all our companies,” says Lance Trenary, the glorious and maddening unpredictability. president and chief executive of Golden The buffet has always been in the busi- Corral, in a video on the chain’s website. ness of fantasy fulfi llment: They promise The Bacchanal Buffet will adopt a few “all you can eat.” They allow you to serve similar policies when it reopens in late yourself, accountable only to your appetite August after a multimillion-dollar reno- and your conscience, not some server who vation. In an email, a spokeswoman for may have the temerity to ask, “Is this all Caesars Entertainment says diners will for you?” They offer public gluttony at af- no longer share tongs, and the buffet “will fordable prices. offer more miniature composed dishes But buffets also require vigilance, from than ever before and all-new tableside people on both sides of the line. Cooks and delivery of popular and innovative items managers must monitor the food to make like lobster bisque, Cajun seafood boil, sure hot dishes stay hot and cold dishes foie gras PB&J and cheeseburger bao stay cold. They must switch out common buns.” The menu remains in fl ux, but it utensils on the regular to keep them clean will continue to have hundreds of options, and sanitized. They must toss food that the spokeswoman adds. has sat for two hours or longer at room All of these are smart survival tactics, temperature. but you know what they aren’t? They’re But even with careful management, a not the same as a buffet. Curbside pickup buffet is only as sanitary as its custom- is not a buffet. Mini-composed plates are ers, and this is where the horror stories not a buffet. Cafeteria-style service is not multiply faster than bacteria on room- a buffet. A buffet is one of the last places temperature tilapia. Such as: The kid who where adults can feel like kids again, licked a serving spoon and stuck it back overwhelmed and delighted by all the in the mac and cheese tray. The guy who options. But more than that, it’s a place took bites of pizza and dipped his slice into where accidents happen. Where the food a communal wonton soup bowl. The 1999 on your plate knows no boundaries, as New York Times’ analysis of seven food sauces, meats and vegetables tumble and and salad bars in Manhattan, which found collide into involuntary mashups, some “high levels of bacteria, yeasts or molds in more delightful than others. most samples, indicating that the food had The current format won’t foster such been kept at improper temperatures and accidental fusions. Nor will it foster much for too long, and that much of it was either interaction between diners, which, to me, spoiled or on the verge of spoiling.” The is an integral part of the buffet experi- recent Japanese experiment that showed ence. I’ve learned a lot about Philippine, how easily contaminants can transfer Brazilian, Indian and Pakistani fare from one “infected” diner to a roomful of while standing in a buffet line. Those them. days appear to be gone for now, which is And I haven’t even touched upon why, aside from the sheer risk involved in hand-washing, arguably the single most dining out, I won’t be staking out a buffet important behavior to prevent the spread anytime soon. Not until I can recognize of germs and viruses. As recently as it as one, and not until I can talk to my iStock January, only 58% of Americans said they buffet neighbors freely without spreading always washed their hands after going to anything more than information. PAGE 32 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: MUSIC

Emily Strayer BY KRISTIN M. HALL self-portrait Associated Press he Dixie Chicks are no more. Breaking their ties to the South, The Chicks are stepping into a new chapter in their storied career with their first new music in 14 years. The Texas trio of Emily Strayer, Martie Ma- guire and Natalie Maines have been teasing new music for a year, and “Gaslighter” finally dropsT on Friday with the nation embroiled in divisive politics, cancel culture and reckoning with inequality. The timing is right for their voices to be heard again. “It just seemed like a good reflection on our times,” Maines said. “In 20 years, we’ll look back at that album cover and title and remember exactly what was going on in the country right then.” “Gaslighter” is a slang term, inspired by a 1944 Ingrid Bergman film, to describe a psychological abuser who manip- ulates the truth to make a person feel crazy. In recent years, it’s been used to describe powerful men like Harvey Wein- stein or Donald Trump. “I think most everybody has a gaslighter in their lives some- where,” Strayer said. “But, yeah, it was so weird how it echoes our current administration.” As the best-selling female group in RIAA history, The Chicks appealed to a generation of country fans that saw themselves in the band’s stories, whether it was “Wide Open Spaces” or “Cowboy Take Me Away.” After three independent albums, their first major-label record in 1998 sold 13 million copies in the U.S. alone. With Maguire on fiddle and Strayer on banjo, they were all S steeped in bluegrass and classic country, but indulged in fun country-pop on crossover songs like “Goodbye Earl.” They were country music’s next big thing until suddenly the y door was slammed on them. stor CONTINUED ON PAGE 33 S hi ncture in U nother key ju

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FROM PAGE 32 Hit pop songwriter Justin Tranter, who were not approved, so they were removed In 2003, as then-President George Bush has penned hits for Justin Bieber, Selena before the broadcast. REVIEW was preparing to invade Iraq, the trio were Gomez and Imagine Dragons, helped The “The CMAs were absolutely wrong to playing a show in London when Maines Chicks co-write some of the album’s most cower to that racism,” Maines said. “It was announced they were ashamed that the raw, vulnerable breakup songs, including disgusting. It’s good that they put it back up, president was from Texas. “Sleep at Night.” but it should have never come down.” The fallout became country music lore, a “Some of those pre-choruses are not “When you invite (Beyonce) knowing warning to stay away from political talk, es- songs,” Tranter said. “Natalie was just talk- that she’s going to bring that elevation to the pecially of the liberal kind. They were booed ing and I was literally writing down what show and those eyeballs and then you diss on awards shows, radio stations pulled their she was saying and then I found a way to put her like that, it’s twisting the knife,” Strayer said. music off the air and fans destroyed their it to a melody.” Although their fallout occurred before CDs. Maguire only recently showed her “Gaslighter” was recorded and co-written Twitter or Facebook, The Chicks have a daughters the 2006 documentary called with Jack Antonoff, the Grammy-winning unique viewpoint on the rise of cancel cul- “Shut Up and Sing” that showed how the producer-artist known for recording with ture, when prominent people are attacked backlash affected them behind the scenes. pop’s female elite: Taylor Swift, Lana Del online in an almost mob mentality. “I was putting off showing them because Rey, Lorde and Sia. Antonoff pushed them to use their core strength, the three-part “On one hand, you know, it’s freeing now. I have one that’s 11 and I just thought she People just are way more vocal,” Maines was a little young,” Maguire said. “I thought harmonies backed by fiddle and banjo, in new ways. said. “But then the downside is one slipup, she might be upset by just the death threat one major slipup, and no publicist can make Maguire’s fiddle playing is rhythmic on stuff.” that go away.” The Chicks “Texas Man” backed by electric guitar from Instead, her daughters, living in a social Maines said for movements like #MeToo, Gaslighter (Columbia) Grammy-winner St. Vincent. Strayer’s banjo media generation when everyone is afforded those speaking out online held people ac- leads a chorus of electronic melodies, cello an opinion, were confused by the reaction countable. “And you can’t silence or quiet The newly minted The to Maines’ tame comments compared to the and double drums on “Sleep at Night.” Their them when you’ve got so many women com- Chicks pull a phoenix-like vitriolic criticism lobbed by politicians and voices, strong, sharp and haunting, blend ing forward,” Maines said. move with their eighth studio pundits every day. and build in cinematic ways. The phrase “shut up and sing” is still used album, “Gaslighter.” “And it was just funny hearing 16- and Their last album, 2006’s “Taking the as a weapon against women, minorities and The Dixie Chicks have 11-year-olds going, ‘Why? What? Wait. She Long Way,” earned five Grammys, includ- anyone straying from their musical lane. died, long live The Chicks. said that? And people got so mad?’ ” Maguire ing album, record and song of the year, and But The Chicks think younger music fans In a stunning act of double said. won over masses of fans who never listened don’t adhere to that idea. re-invention, the country- The trio are all now parents of teenagers to them before. But it’s unlikely that the “There’s not a whole lot of respect pop trio have changed their when youth activists are taking the lead on fans who turned their back on The Chicks anymore if you’re just going to smile and name and re-emerged from a gun control, climate change and racial in- 17 years ago are going to feel any different entertain,” Maines said. “They want you to 14-year hiatus and personal equality. Their song “March March,” which about the band’s return. have a point of view.” turmoil with their new album was released the same day they announced When The Chicks and Beyonce performed Strayer added, “My 15-year-old won’t — one that feels so private they were dropping the word Dixie from at the Country Music Association Awards even let me use a filter on my phone! They it’s almost as if you are there, their name, was inspired by student-led in 2016, a vocal minority unleashed their want real.” nose-pressed, at steaming demonstrations over gun control in 2018. anger on social media at the idea that both While the break between albums was lead singer Natalie Maines’ “We were all at March for Our Lives artists would be invited to perform. longer than any of them anticipated, they re- windows. The artist — who with Emma Gonzalez leading that charge,” The Chicks knew the high-profile awards alized they still had important things to say. worked through her feelings Strayer said. “We were in the hundreds of show performance would get some criti- “We have to say things when the time is about her divorce from actor thousands of people in that march. And it’s cism, but they were upset after the CMA right to say them, and we’ve been quiet for Adrian Pasdar creatively — the first time I’ve ever experienced some- briefly removed promo videos online of the 10 years, so get ready,” Strayer said with a commits an act of immolation thing like that. And it was very powerful.” performance. The CMA later said the clips laugh. of her marriage so radical, it On “Juliana Calm Down,” their daugh- bursts through every lyric on ters and nieces are name-checked in a song From left: the record. that encourages young women to keep their Emily Robison, The Chicks’ two singles heads held high when struggling through Natalie Maines and from the album, the title track Martie Maguire life’s obstacles. Maines is speaking to her and “March March,” envelop pose with their two teenage boys on “Young Man,” a song one in their up-tempo; the awards for song for divorced parents who feel like they’ve let former with its boppy, almost of the year, record down their kids. playful drums, and the latter of the year, album Fans have been quick to try to associ- with its dramatic, synth-y wa- of the year, best ate very specific lyrics from “Gaslighter” terdrop effect that makes one to Maines’ contentious divorce from actor country album and for best country forget its call to arms intent. Adrian Pasdar. Between the three women, They burst through with vigor they’ve had five divorces, so they said performance at the Grammy and the promise of an energiz- people shouldn’t read too literally into the ing re-invention. words. Awards on Feb. 11, 2007, Instead, the 12 tracks are “I think people had it in their minds that a deconstruction and recon- this album is about one thing and one thing in Los Angeles. struction of emotions that only, and it’s not,“ said Maines. “People are sometimes drag with its quiet, jumping to conclusions.” AP ballad-heavy set. It will save many broken hearts along the way, taking Behind the music: The Chicks’ decision to drop ‘Dixie’ this country theme to a new, almost quantum level. The Jack Antonoff-produced re- When The Chicks decided to drop the word signed a seven-record deal with Sony and again, more overthinking. No more hesitation. Now is the cord’s low-key instrumentals “Dixie” from the band’s name, it was the culmina- they questioned whether to continue as The Dixie time.’ ” — lots of strings in “Tights tion of years of internal discussions and attempts Chicks. Strayer even wondered if the word “chicks” But it’s not as easy as just changing a name, as on My Boat,” “Young Man” to distance themselves from negative connotations was too derogatory to women, but ultimately felt it evidenced by the legal conflict that came out of and “Set Me Free,” banjos in with the word. was empowering. country group Lady A’s decision to drop the word “Sleep at Night,” the touch of The 13-time Grammy-winning trio made the “When we signed to Sony, we thought about it “Antebellum“ only to find out that a Black woman the violin in “Julianna Calm switch last month, just weeks before the release of again and (the label was) like, ‘No, it’s alliterative, had been performing as Lady A for years. The Down,” a dash of church their first new music in 14 years. it’s catchy, it’s you. There’s history here,’ ” Strayer Chicks did some research and found a female duo organ in “My Best Friend’s The band was formed in Dallas in the late 1980s said. in New Zealand had been using the name The Weddings” — and stripped- by sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer with As the years progressed, they kept trying to Chicks for decades. Laura Lynch and Robin Lynn Macy as a bluegrass distance themselves from the word. They started The two parties now have a co-existence agree- down vocals make for a band. calling themselves The Chicks on merchandise, and ment for both of them to continue using the same curious Schroedinger’s cat of “We were totally working the kitschy cowgirl on their last tours they referred to themselves as name. a record. For the most part, clothes and everything at that stage in our career, DCX. “They’re being very gracious,” Strayer said. the feelings of the lyrics are big hair, you know,” Strayer said. “And so we “It means different things for different people,” “They’re the national treasure of New Zealand, so tampered down by the music: had, like, cowboy hats on playing down on street Strayer said. “But if it does make a statement that we hear. And so we wanted to be very respectful the anger is there but it’s not corners.” is derogatory to certain people, us included, we of that.” there, the sadness is there but But they started getting requests for bookings were just like, ‘This doesn’t feel right anymore.’ ” Now they have new merchandise with their new it’s not there. The Chicks have and they needed a name. “That Little Feat song, But in 2020, the band saw how the death of name for sale, although some first pressings of their worn their heart on the sleeve, ‘Dixie Chicken,’ came on the radio. And so we were George Floyd was leading many to re-evaluate as- upcoming record “Gaslighter” on vinyl still have the but they’re afraid to move on the Dixie Chickens for like maybe six months,” sociations with racist symbols, like the Confederate old name. and have fun. Strayer said. flag, sometimes called the rebel flag or the Dixie For the band, they feel like a weight has been After all, they’ve all been Maguire, though, hated being called a chicken, flag. lifted with the new name. burned before. Strayer said. So it got shortened to just chicks. “I think the sort of now moment for me was “I think one of the words we kept using was — Cristina Jaleru They released three independent albums before when NASCAR banned the Dixie flag,” Maines said. relieved,“ Maguire said. Associated Press Natalie Maines became the lead singer. The band “It just struck me as, ‘OK, we’re doing this now. No — Kristin M. Hall / AP PAGE 34 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: BOOKS The Gauls are coming Comic hero Asterix plans friendly assault on America through new English-language series of graphic novels

BY MARK KENNEDY Johnson’s translations are more streamlined and Associated Press accessible than its predecessors. In the old books, the Roman camps were “entrenched.” Now, they are “forti- mericans have long adored things from France, fi ed.” In the old, the village leader announced: “And now like its bread, cheese and wine. But they’ve been I declare the revels open!” In the new, he says: “Let the stubbornly resistant to one of France’s biggest party begin!” Aexports: Asterix. One very American change can be detected just a few The bite-sized, brawling hero of a series of treasured panels into the fi rst volume, when Obelisk warns his pal comic books is as invisible in America as the Eurovision that the Romans will be mad because he keeps beating Song Contest is big in Europe. One U.S. publisher hopes them up. “Huh!” Asterix replied in the old translation. to change that. “Whatever,” he says in the new. Papercutz, which specializes Goscinny died in 1977 and Uderzo, who died in March, in graphic novels for all ages, is took on both the writing and illustrating for many years. republishing “Asterix” collections The last three editions of Asterix were written by Jean- this summer with a new English Yves Ferri and drawn by Didier Conrad. The latest is AP translation — one specifi cally “The Chieftain’s Daughter,” released in October 2019. geared to American readers. So far, America seems immune to the series’ Gaulish Obelix, left, and Asterix wave to children at the Asterix “Compared to the great success charms, perhaps due to a history of being untouched by theme park in 1995 in Ermenonville, France, north of it is worldwide, we have a lot of the Roman Empire or its citizens not forced to confront Paris. Though popular in Europe, the heroes of Gaul are potential here to explore,” said Latin, as they do in Europe. practically unknown in America. Terry Nantier, CEO and publisher Nantier thinks there is one good reason American of Papercutz, who spent his teen- kids might enjoy the series: A feisty group of quirky When Asterix visits Cleopatra, adults will chuckle at age years in France. “We’re just underdogs making an entire empire look foolish. Sound her resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor, who starred in a looking to make this as appealing to an American audi- familiar? That’s the story of the American colonies’ fi ght 1963 fi lm epic about the Ancient Egyptian leader. (Obe- ence as possible.” for independence from England. lisk, it turns out, is the reason the Sphinx’s nose has been Enter Joe Johnson, a professor of French and Spanish “It is French history, but it’s incredibly successful in lost. It was an accident.) at Clayton State University in Georgia who has translated Germany and England and many other countries, and Johnson’s task was of the toughest he’s faced: “Asterix” hundreds of graphic novels and comics. He ignored the in hundreds of languages. It has a universal appeal,” he is very textually driven and pun-heavy, sometimes re- existing translation for the United Kingdom and went said. quiring him to come up with a similar joke to the original directly to the original French source. The books contain slapstick for the kids and parody for or even a new song to replace an outdated one. “My driving thing is, ‘What do I think a kid will under- adults. Asterix and Obelisk travel to Egypt, India, Rome “Fundamentally, the stories are about friendship. stand?’ ” Johnson said. “That’s in the back of my mind as I and the Olympics, among other places, often mocking the That’s the story that we’re always interested in talking translate it. But still keeping to the spirit of the original.” nationalities they meet: The Brits drink warm beer, the about as human beings,” Johnson said. “It’s a winning Created by comic-strip artist Alberto Uderzo and Spanish take any opportunity to dance. formula, I think.” writer Rene Goscinny in 1959, “Asterix” books have been Much of the humor is based on French puns of a The series seems less dated than its contemporary translated into 111 languages, sold some 380 million col- bygone era, which don’t travel well across borders. The “Tintin,” which often depicted people of color in racist lections worldwide and spawned multiple fi lms. solution has been to tailor each book for different coun- ways. While the world of “Asterix” is not immune, the They’re set in 50 B.C. in a region of Western Europe tries, hence the creation of such English character names new U.S. volumes stick to the original notion that no one almost entirely conquered by the Romans. One small vil- as Ginantonicus and Crismus Bonus. people are better than any other. lage of Gauls manages to resist, thanks to a special magic The books contain sly send-ups of popular fi gures, such “Nobody looks pretty in there. It’s all raucous. The formula. The heroes are the wily and tough Asterix and as Sean Connery as Agent Dubbelosix in “Asterisk and Gauls themselves are portrayed as a brawling lot that his best friend Obelix, a red-haired giant prone to prat- the Black Gold” and Elvis Preslix in “Asterix and the can’t get together,” Nantier said. “So nobody comes out of falls and drinking too much. Normans.” it unscathed. Everybody is skewered happily.” Niece talks about growing up Trump in ‘Too Much and Never Enough’

BY CARLOS LOZADA deftly written account of cross-genera- a desperate need to please a man who he didn’t have any.” The Washington Post tional trauma, but it is also suffused by had no use for him.” Instead, Donald was Books and essays have been written an almost desperate sadness — sadness elevated while Freddy, suffering from speculating on the mental health of the hen discussing his father in in the stories it tells and sadness in the alcoholism and heart ailments, was cast 45th president; to the frequent armchair his memoir “Trump: The Art telling, too. Mary Trump brings to this aside, his entire family line “effectively diagnoses of “narcissistic personal- of the Deal,” Donald Trump account the insider perspective of a family erased,” Mary explains, written out of ity disorder,” Mary Trump might add Wstresses the business savvy he member, the observa- wills, eulogies and simple kindnesses. “antisocial personality disorder” (chronic gleaned from the late Fred C. Trump. “I tional and analytical The Trump family, perhaps fearing criminality, arrogance, disregard for oth- learned about toughness in a very tough abilities of a clinical shame or worse, tried hard to quash this ers) and “dependent personality disorder” business, I learned about motivating psychologist and the book, based on the terms of a settlement (inability to make decisions or take re- people, and I learned about competence writing talent of a in a long-ago lawsuit. They failed, and sponsibility, discomfort with being alone). and effi ciency.” former graduate stu- Mary Trump does offer some embar- She even suggests that Trump suffers a In “Too Much and Never Enough,” dent in comparative rassing, even silly, stories about growing “long undiagnosed learning disability” Mary L. Trump, the president’s niece, de- literature. up Trump: that Donald paid a friend to that hinders his processing of informa- scribes those lessons somewhat different- But she also brings take the SATs for him; that, for all their tion. She provides little specifi c evidence ly. In her telling, her wealthy grandfather the grudges of riches, Trump and his wives skimped on or context for this assertion — a habit that was a suffocating and destructive infl u- estrangement. Mary Christmas presents, regifting old food recurs throughout the book, as the author ence: emotionally unavailable, cruel and Trump writes that baskets and used designer handbags; that makes defi nitive pronouncements about controlling. Fred Trump both instilled her own father, Freddy, the oldest child Maryanne, a former appeals court judge, her uncle’s state of mind. and fortifi ed his middle son’s worst quali- of the Trump family, was robbed of his described her younger brother Donald as And she contends that Trump has been ties — Donald’s bullying, disrespect, lack birthright and happiness for committing “a clown” with “no principles.” “institutionalized” for most of his adult of empathy, insecurity and relentless self- the unforgivable sin of failing to meet More memorable are this book’s in- life, in that he has been shielded from his aggrandizement — while lavishing on him Fred’s demands and expectations. Freddy sights and declarations. Mary describes shortcomings — whether by his father every opportunity and fi nancing every was supposed to take over the family busi- her grandfather as a “high-functioning bailing him out of terrible investments or mistake, to the point that both men came ness, was supposed to be a “killer,” which sociopath,” a condition that can include by a federal government now deployed to believe the myths they had created. in the Trump family means being utterly abusiveness, ease with deceit and indiffer- to protect his ego. “Donald’s pathologies In the wreckage of this relationship, invulnerable. But he preferred to become ence to right and wrong. Couple that with are so complex and his behaviors so often Mary Trump writes, is a “malignantly a commercial airline pilot, an ambition his a mother who was often absent because inexplicable that coming up with an accu- dysfunctional family” that engages in father constantly mocked. of health problems, and young Donald rate and comprehensive diagnosis would “casual dehumanization” around the din- “Freddy simply wasn’t who he wanted began to develop “powerful but primitive” require a full battery of psychological and ner table, a family in which privilege and him to be,” Mary Trump writes. “Fred coping mechanisms, Mary Trump writes, neuropsychological tests that he’ll never anxiety go together, in which money is the dismantled his oldest son by devaluing including hostility, aggression and indif- sit for,” Mary Trump concludes. only value, in which lies are just fi ne and and degrading every aspect of his per- ference to the neglect he experienced. A lesson for the Trump family: Keep apologies are just weak. sonality and his natural abilities until all Unable to have his emotional needs met, your friends close, but your nieces with “Too Much and Never Enough” is a that was left was self-recrimination and “he became too adept at acting as though doctorates in psychology closer. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 35 WEEKEND: TELEVISION & DVD NEW ON DVD

“Marriage Story”: We open with renowned actress Nicole Underrated for 35 years Barber (Scarlett Johansson) and renowned director Charlie Barber (Adam Driver) sharing touching monologues about why they love each other through the intimate moments of their dec- adelong relationship. The catch? They’re in mediation, preparing to end their marriage, which quickly goes awry. The pair have dedicated their lives to Charlie’s New York the- ater company, which Nicole has begun to resent, and she heads to Los Angeles to shoot a TV pilot. There, Nicole’s co-workers rec- ommend a divorce lawyer, which quickly throws the couple and their 8-year-old son into an ugly custody battle. It’s a touching portrait of a family whose foundation cracks, violently breaks and eventually begins to healthily scar. Come for the emotional journey, stay for the infectiously delightful performances by Julie Hagerty as Nicole’s impossibly charm- ing mom, and the incomparable Laura Dern, as the fi erce-but- warm attorney Nora Fanshaw . Also available on DVD: “Capone”: The infamous mob fi gure (Tom Hardy) faces the end of his life, suffering from Pandemic, lack of live sports has given MTV’s ‘Challenge’ more viewers, respect dementia and reliving painful memories. BY GARY GERARD HAMILTON ‘ Lavin, who’s hosted for 25 seasons, says “Castle Rock: The Complete Associated Press I don’t think [MTV’s “The rival shows pay attention. Second Season”: The Steven Challenge”] gets its due in “They are looking at our show and saying, King multiverse-set series efore “Survivor,” “The Amaz- ‘OK, maybe we can do (this).’ So it’s like, re-creates the author’s popular ing Race” and “American Ninja the pantheon ... of reality ‘Oh, I see you — I see you, ‘Survivor.’ ” works in a fi ctional Maine town. Warrior,” there was MTV’s “The television. Some of that Another aspect has been upped this sea- “Curb Your Enthusiasm: BChallenge.” is because ‘Survivor,’ ‘Big son: its cinematography. Season 10”: The HBO cringe It’s often brought big ratings and memo- “I think that people generally gravitate to comedy series starring Larry rable moments for the network, but long- Brother’ — those are on something that makes you feel like you’re David returns after a three-year time host T.J. Lavin doesn’t believe the big networks and they’re in it. And that’s been my goal,” said Jason break. show gets the respect it deserves. “Ninja” Williams, this season’s director of “DeadTectives”: Reality TV “I defi nitely think it’s probably the most getting a lot more viewers. ’ photography. ghost hunters encounter the real underrated show on television,” said Lavin, Breanna L. Heldman This season, dubbed “Total Madness” deal while shooting in Mexico. a former professional BMX competitor and senior editor, People magazine with a post-apocalyptic theme, was fi lmed Stars Chris Geere, Tina Ivlev, X Games gold medalist. in a Cold War bunker outside of Prague David Newman and Jose Maria Currently airing its 35th season, the coro- — a far cry from the cushy digs contestants de Tavira. navirus pandemic and the lack of live sports ‘Survivor,’ ‘Big Brother’— those are on big are accustomed to. Williams, one of the “Resistance”: During World has allowed “The Challenge” to draw in new networks and they’re getting a lot more few Black cinematographers in television War II, aspiring actor Marcel viewers to its consistently loyal fan base. viewers.” production, said while he doesn’t scout other Mangel (Jesse Eisenberg), later This season is on pace to be the highest Debuting in 1998, contestants were competition shows, he is inspired by Hol- legendary mime Marcel Mar- rated in eight years, MTV said. tapped from MTV’s “Road Rules,” which lywood. ceau, becomes a fi gure in the Lavin said he doesn’t look at ratings but last aired in 2007, before adding cast mem- “When I fi rst started (on) ‘The Challenge,’ French Resistance to rescue has felt the increase. we didn’t have gimbals. We didn’t have orphaned children. bers from the groundbreaking series “The “(Men) used to come up to me and say, Real World.” Storylines, and rivalries, have slow motion cameras,” said Williams, who’s “SCOOB!”: In this computer- ‘Hey, can I get a picture? My wife loves worked occasionally on the show since 2009. animated Scooby-Doo tale, the developed over multiple seasons. you.’ Now, it’s ‘I’m a big fan, bro. Can I get a “We’ve gotten to watch them grow and “Now, the market has allowed them to be so mystery-solving gang must picture?’ ” he said with a smile. “It’s funny much more accessible to us. And then we thwart evil plans to sic a ghost fall in love and fall out of love and make because it’s defi nitely expanded because of enemies and kiss and make up and make the can actually provide these different angles dog onto the world. Features the the sports situation.” and shots and really interesting tricks that voice talents of Will Forte, Gina enemies again,” Heldman said. “It is a soap The show revolves around a different opera as much as it is a reality competition you would normally see in a fi lm.” Rodriguez, Zac Efron, Amanda theme each season, pitting competitors in Heldman, citing the example of trans Seyfried, Ken Jeong, Tracy Mor- series.” a series of weekly mini-competitions that Recent seasons have expanded the con- “Challenge” contestant Katelynn Cusanelli, gan and Mark Wahlberg. combine puzzles and strategy and argu- said MTV “does not get credit” for some of “Survive the Night”: A doctor testant ranks, welcoming competitors from ably the most physical competitions in the other series, including “Big Brother,” “Sur- the ways in which it has broken boundar- (Bruce Willis) and his family are genre. Castmates are sequestered in a huge, ies. Cusanelli fi rst appeared on “The Real attacked by a pair of demented vivor,” “American Ninja Warrior” and the decked-out house in an exotic locale that World: Brooklyn” in 2009 and “opened up criminals holding them hostage. UK’s “Geordie Shore” and “Love Island.” provides the drama MTV shows are known about the trans experience through reality “The Room”: After moving Contests are being constantly re-imag- for. Most episodes end with two players television in a way that I’d never seen before into a new house, a couple (Olga ined, with this season upping the complex- going head-to-head in the hopes of quali- and I think many people had never seen Kurylenko and Kevin Janssens) ity and peril. One challenge called “Bomb fying for a dayslong fi nal challenge and a before.”. encounter a magical room that Squad” has teams of players searching for large cash prize. The show airs Wednesdays While some viewers are wondering about grants unlimited wishes — with hidden numbers to solve an equation while stateside on MTV. a catch. riding in a stunt car driving on two wheels. the show’s future even as some fan favorites Although “The Challenge” came fi rst, it “The Whistlers”: A literal “Flag Down” straps players to the side of a are getting older, Lavin believes “The Chal- mafi a whistleblower (Vlad hasn’t garnered the same type of critical ac- moving tank while they collect fl ags. Then lenge” is in good hands. Ivanov) uses a coded whistling claim, or Emmy love, as some other reality there’s a hilarious trivia quiz — Lavin’s “It’s going to be tough without those dudes language to help break a mobster competition shows. favorite — in which contestants answer if they don’t want to come back. But at the out of prison in this Romanian “I don’t think that it gets its due in the basic pop culture questions while suspended same time, there’s also new stars coming up comedy. In Romanian, English pantheon ... of reality television,” said above open bodies of water. Wrong answers that are pretty interesting people,” Lavin and Spanish. Breanna L. Heldman, a senior editor at lead to breathtaking drops, sometimes said. “So I think it’ll survive, man. There’s “You Don’t Nomi”: This People magazine. “Some of that is because resulting in injuries. new stars born every day.” documentary follows the history and production of the cult classic Currently airing its 35th season (cast shown above), the coronavirus pandemic has allowed “The Challenge” to draw in new viewers movie “Showgirls.” to its consistently loyal fan base. This season’s premiere gained its highest rating in more than 14 years. — Katie Foran-McHale/TNS MTV/AP PAGE 36 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: HEALTH & FITNESS

Watching short, funny videos can boost one’s mood, serve as a distraction from the news and increase productivity iStock

BY ELIZABETH HEATH says. “When you experience positive emo- com/ydx7lgtq)? The bear, the tiger and my best interests — of those of baby deer Special to The Washington Post tion, it lets you do things you can’t do as the lion, rescued from a terrible roadside — at heart. well in a negative mood state.” zoo and bonded for life? Come on! These “Whether we want to acknowledge it or emember the crazy cockatoo Negative emotions, on the other hand, are golden. not, the bad actors are absolutely onboard — the one dancing exuber- can help us focus on a repetitive task or Yes, it’s hard not to feel at least a little with COVID, and they’re taking advan- antly while his human strums get through something we don’t want to guilty about time spent passively watching tage of the situation,” Lambe says. “They and sings Elvis’ “Don’t Be do, Parks adds. videos online instead of being productive, know people are working from home, Cruel”? The two-minute video “A negative mood can help me be but that (negative) emotion is probably home schooling and spending way more R(video at tinyurl.com/y9optzof) is made focused and determined,” she says. Nega- misplaced. time online. There’s been a dramatic funnier still by the dancing cockatoo’s tive emotions such as anxiety, annoyance “People have this illusion that there uptick in the number of phishing scams straight-man feathered companion, who or even anger at ourselves for slacking are positive emotions that you’re allowed during lockdown.” seems positively mortifi ed by his partner’s off may help us, for example, meet the to have and those you’re not allowed to Lambe says that when it comes to antics. deadline to fi nish a paper, but we need the have,” Parks says. But research doesn’t watching videos, Facebook and YouTube I either wasted two minutes of my life positive emotions to get out of the starting support the theory that the satisfaction of are surprisingly well-vetted, meaning it’s watching the dancing cockatoo video (and gate. working on a big, important project is a probably safe to ooh and ahh over puppy I confess, I’ve watched it more than once), “If I need to brainstorm and be creative, “valid” positive emotion and that watching videos we fi nd there. or I practiced a little moment of self-care. say, for example, write an outline for a a cat video is somehow cheating or taking “It’s diffi cult to do Facebook and Mental health experts would argue the paper, then I need to watch the danc- a shortcut to feeling good, she says. Google content and ads with criminal latter. ing cockatoo,” Parks says. The outline “I’d discourage anyone from thinking intent,” he says, thanks to those compa- We all need a mood boost now and then, and paper example that just because a nies’ security thresholds, “but that just especially when we’re dealing with a pan- Parks uses could video is short or means you have to be more cunning if demic, protests, a tanking economy and be any positive silly, that it doesn’t you’re a bad guy.” He says the warning the possibility of being attacked by mur- action that helps us ‘ I’d discourage have value,” she bells should go off if you receive ads that der hornets. And if some of us get those feel ready to tackle says. “The ground- “deliberately create a sense of fear and ur- boosts — or positive emotions, as they’re something we may anyone from thinking work we lay with gency” regarding animal welfare. Scam- referred to among psychologists — from dread, be it getting those good feelings mers who have the technology to home in watching cute animal videos, experts say back on the tread- that just because a lasts.” on my weakness for baby deer could send that’s fi ne. mill, resuming a video is short or silly, Going back to me an urgent appeal to save 500 fawns at “Anything that’s distracting from nega- job search after the example of risk of slaughter. If I donated to save the tivity and that gives you positive emotion a disappointing that it doesn’t have the paper outline, baby deer, my money and data would be in — that makes you feel happy — is worth- rejection or recon- value. The groundwork Parks says, “I only the hands of the bad guys. while,” says Sonja Lyubomirsky, vice necting with an need to be in a And while protecting your fi nancial chair of the Department of Psychology at estranged relative. we lay with those good mood for 10 health from malicious baby deer videos the University of California at Riverside. Positive emo- minutes to write is important, sensitive souls should also It doesn’t have to be cute, funny animal tions are also good feelings lasts. ’ the outline. Then I guard their emotional well-being. Repeat- videos, either; eating chocolate or talking thought to help can write the paper edly watching videos of animals in dis- to friends are other ways people might people achieve Acacia Parks when I’m mad and tress, even when there’s a happy ending, fi nd positive emotions. Those methods, fl ow, says Lyu- Research psychologist, motivated to get it could trigger feelings that are the opposite however, have drawbacks: Eating too bomirsky of that Happify Health done.” of positive. A baby elephant whose mother much chocolate is bad for you, and friends nearly mystical And no one is was killed by poachers is rescued and aren’t always available. Watching cute state of mind suggesting we brought to an elephant sanctuary where content online, Lyubomirsky says, “is where we’re concen- spend our whole day he begins a new life. You might feel relief easy and accessible,” a quick in and out trating, creating or performing at optimal watching cute animal videos. for the orphaned elephant but grieve that gives us a little lift. capacity and enjoyment. So, whether it’s “My thinking is always that everything for his mother, imagine all the other Positive emotions — joy, hope and love painting a canvas, playing sports or giving should be done in moderation for happi- elephants felled by poachers and worry are among them — have been shown to a lecture to a room full of riveted students, ness or health,” Lyubomirsky says. “And about elephants going extinct. These are neutralize negative emotions such as fear, that dancing cockatoo may give us the any feel-good activity can become addic- probably not the emotions you’re seeking . anger and disappointment, Lyubomirsky positive juice we need to reach peak fl ow tive and take you away from important The answer, say both the psychologists says. That dancing cockatoo — or friend state. things in your life.” and the cybersecurity pros, is simply to or chocolate — goes a long way toward The original dancing cockatoo video has Apart from the risk of spending too stop looking. If animal videos are taking keeping our chins up, especially in a trau- been viewed more than 10 million times. much time on silly animal videos, there’s a up too much space, either in your news matic news environment such as the one Even allowing for repeat offenders like greater menace — that of being fi nancially feed or your psyche, scroll past them for we’re living through. me, that’s a whole lot of people watching a and emotionally manipulated by malware, a while. Clearing your browser cache will And the little bump we get from a funny silly video that will not render them more phishing schemes or scams. In reporting also help. Eventually, Lambe says, fewer video can do more than just balance out intelligent or informed, help them fi nd this article, I came across a video of a man baby deer videos will turn up. the bad news: It can help us get things a job or prevent them from catching the rescuing a fawn from a soccer net (video In the meantime, enjoy those two min- done. Research psychologist Acacia coronavirus. Yet a quick online search for at tinyurl.com/y8cm2ws8). (I swear, it utes without guilt or shame. Parks, chief scientist at Happify Health, “happy animal videos” returns more than was research!) Nick Lambe, director of “A lot of us are just passing the time a digital mental health company, explains 2 trillion feel-good results. Bears joyfully GordAlex, a London-based technical and until things get better,” Parks says. “We that to complete a task, we need both posi- swimming in backyard pools. Puppies cybersecurity fi rm, says I’ve hence been have no precedent to cope for what’s going tive and negative emotions. being rescued from sewer pipes. A heroic branded a lover of baby deer. That means on in the world.” “Positive emotions have this adaptive kitten with no front legs. And my favorite more, similar content is going to appear The dancing cockatoo, the liberated ability to help us explore, think about the genre: interspecies love. The orangutan on my Facebook feed, and some of it might baby deer and the backstroking bears are bigger picture and be creative,” Parks and the bloodhound (video at tinyurl. be placed there by people who don’t have here to help us get through it all. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 37 WEEKEND: FAMILY

THE MEAT AND Circadian confusion POTATOES OF LIFE COVID-19 has pushed bedtimes for kids, adults later Lisa Smith Molinari

BY TY TAGAMI The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Northern thoughts on licia Simpson’s daughter may be precocious, having Southern exposure skipped a grade, but mom Ais worried that her 8-year- old is advancing too quickly in an ecause I wholeheartedly believe the old adage unhealthy way. that “Tan fat is better than pale fat,” I’ve been Bradley, a rising fourth grader, spending more time in the sun this summer. My used to be an early-to-bed kid but Bwaistline plumped considerably during quar- has been going to bed later since antine, and I’ve found that lounging in a bathing suit in COVID-19 upended her life. She my backyard is infi nitely more enjoyable than diet and is now getting nine or 10 hours of exercise. sleep when she used to get nearly a Despite my nice tan, I’ve always been somewhat un- dozen. easy exposing my body parts during summer, so I hide Simpson, who observed that her myself away where my neighbors can’t see. Born and own bedtime has pushed later, too, raised in snowy Western Pennsylvania, I’m most com- is experiencing something that doc- fortable packed securely into jeans and a turtleneck. Add tors, researchers and teachers say is boots, a wool sweater, mittens, hat, scarf and a hooded a real trend, with potentially harm- DREAMSTIME/TNS parka, and I feel downright sexy. All those layers of fabric ful consequences if parents fail to not only cover varicose veins and stretch marks, but they Children and adults have been going to bed and waking up later during the rein it in. In extreme cases, they also magically smooth away any fl abby bits so I can live coronavirus pandemic, which does not bode well for the start of school. are seeing kids going to bed nearly in oblivious denial of my body’s imperfections. when they used to wake up. However, I married a Navy man whose career eventu- people sleep better when the timing on weekends, and reducing the dif- “It’s happening,” said Dr. Stepha- ally took us to warmer climates. We lived in the South suits their natural rhythms, said ferential is healthy. The respondents for 13 of Francis’ 28 years on active duty. Although most nie Walsh, medical director of Child Posner, an adjunct Stanford Univer- also reported getting about a quar- of that time was spent in the Norfolk area, I found our Wellness at Children’s Healthcare sity clinical associate professor. ter of an hour more shut-eye. The years in Florida to be the most challenging to my modest of Atlanta. She is concerned be- He is not a fan of the relatively paper from the University of Basel, sensibilities. When we transferred there from Stuttgart, cause sleep affects emotional, physi- early start times in U.S. high published in the science journal Germany, I was mentally unprepared to live in the South, cal and mental health — basically schools, which he said are “tortur- Current Biology, concluded that the where unseasonably warm weather required me to show all aspects of life. It’s even happen- ing” teenagers; sleepy kids perform respondents, most of them higher more skin than I ever had before. ing in her own household: She goes worse academically and are like wage earners, had more fl exible Having arrived in July, I learned quickly that in to bed before her sons, but keeps drunken drivers behind the wheel. schedules while working from home Florida, one can’t be covered in all those imperfection- them in line by reminding them she However, he worries about the and were therefore freer to follow hiding layers unless one is in the market for a serious will wake them on schedule, though consequences of extreme unstruc- case of heatstroke. To the contrary, the people of that she admits to letting them stay up their natural sleep rhythms. tured behavior during the pandemic Another paper appearing in the sun-washed subtropical peninsula relish the hot climate later than normal, until 1 a.m. — of going to bed, and rising, too and use it as the ultimate excuse to expose themselves in Jordan Kohanim, a high school same publication found something late or at inconsistent times for similar happening among young every skimpy garment imaginable. At the beaches, in the English teacher in Fulton County, months on end. Some can suf- malls, and, as I regrettably learned one Christmas while Ga., said in the spring that her adults in the United States. The fer from chronic insomnia if they study of 139 University of Colorado in Tampa, at the amusement parks while wearing bathing juniors were often groggy for her 10 suits and eating smoked turkey legs. ignore their body clocks for too long, Boulder students found that their a.m. video conferences. Many told For two years, I tried my best to adapt to Florida’s said Posner, president of Sleepwell bedtimes shifted later by nearly an her they’d gone to bed at 4 a.m. relaxed couture standards, but it wasn’t easy, especially Consultants in Massachusetts and a hour on weekdays but only half an “I would say 70% of my kids said founding member of the Society of when surrounded by all that fl esh-expanding Southern their sleep patterns went off the hour on weekends, so their bedtimes food. It was diffi cult for me to put on spaghetti straps Behavioral Sleep Medicine. converged. The study, by research- wall,” said Kohanim, who had 108 “Your brain’s going to eventually when I’d eaten so much spaghetti. I found it tough to pull on her roster at Milton High School. ers at CU Boulder and the Univer- off a maxi dress while approaching my maximum weight. forget when to put you to sleep,” he sity of Washington, also found that “A lot of kids are staying up very, said. It was downright impossible to wear shorts at Epcot when the students were sleeping an extra very late.” Poor sleep is associated with my thighs were at epic proportions. half-hour on weekdays and nearly health risks, such as Type 2 diabe- All the while, I witnessed aging snowbirds migrating as much on weekends. Body clocks take over tes, heart disease, hypertension, from northern states to that bastion of retirement bliss, Lead author Kenneth Wright has It’s not just high school students. obesity, dementia, depression and wearing their wraparound sunglasses and driving too read the European study. He said Bridget Edison teaches seventh substance abuse. It can also under- close to the steering wheels of their Chryslers. They grade English and social studies in mine the body’s immune system, last month that he was unaware of couldn’t wait to peel off their gabardine stretch slacks, Early County in southwest Georgia. of particular concern during a any emerging research showing kick off their orthopedic shoes and bare their potbellied After schools closed in March, pandemic. children following a similar pat- paunches, fl apping lunch-lady arms and gnarled toes many of her 50 students started tern, “but both of our studies show to the world in sequined sandals, garish muumuus and emailing her questions about their Getting more shut-eye that adults, whether they’re older tropical shirts. assignments later and later, some or younger, are timing their sleep And what about the thongs, er, I mean throngs of locals Kids are not the only ones shift- born and raised in the South, who think nothing of belly- telling her they had slept until 2 ing later. later, so it’s likely.” p.m. While the extra sleep and more ing up to a bounty of fatback bacon, buttermilk biscuits, Jessica Harvin, another teacher barbecue and bourbon balls while bubbling out of their “In the beginning, I was pretty in Early County, normally wakes consistent bedtimes are healthy much on call around the clock,” she developments, he said, many teens booty shorts? While living in the South for 13 years, I around 4:30 a.m., but after the pan- was consistently impressed with their endless repertoire said. “I had to tell them, guys, I’m may be going to bed well after they demic started, she pushed that to 8 of skin-cooling strategies and mastery of deep-frying probably not going to respond to you should. a.m. and later. techniques. But more importantly, I envied their ability to at midnight.” The professor of integrative “I’ve kind of enjoyed the sleeping- abandon stuffy notions of modesty and restraint in favor She worries about their brains in aspect,” she said. physiology and director of the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory at of simply enjoying oneself. adapting to the new pattern. She appears to be part of a global During our years in Florida, I often wondered, “Will I “Getting back on schedule is trend among adults, and it’s not all CU Boulder said it takes years for medical issues to develop from ever learn to let it all hang out?” going to be a nightmare,” she said. bad. Our last two tours of duty were back in the North, and later and inconsistent bedtimes, so This was predictable, sleep expert Adults seem to be sleeping both we fi nally settled here in New England. Here, where the risk of that happening during Donn Posner said. longer and with more regular there are two main seasons — winter and July — I can “What happened with coro- bedtimes, new research shows. The the pandemic is low. But he said a safely avoid exposing my body parts for most of the year. navirus is every day became a studies didn’t look at kids, but if short-term trend could trigger sub- I’ve learned that the key to enjoying oneself while weekend,” he said, “and everybody they’re following a similar pattern, stance abuse and other behavioral scantily clad is to be a Southerner. Or, to be so old, you was allowed to sleep in their own then that’s a good thing, experts problems in some, so parents should just don’t give a damn. This summer, I’ve had no prob- preferred phase.” said. rein it in. He recommends exposing lems swilling sweet tea and slathering pork products in For reasons as yet unclear to One study, based on surveys of kids to bright light in the morning, a barbecue sauce like they do in the South. But consider- science, the natural bedtime for 435 adults in Switzerland, Germany little earlier each day. ing my Northern heritage, it’ll be quite a few more years teens generally shifts later, and the and Austria, found that after their However, health isn’t the only before I’ll be comfortable showing my armpit fl ab to my pandemic has exacerbated that ten- countries locked down, they started reason to get back on track, he neighbors while tanning in the backyard. dency by removing the guardrails going to bed later on weekdays noted. Normal schedules will even- Read more of Lisa Smith Molinari’s columns at: on their lives. but not as late as they used to on tually return, forcing everyone to themeatandpotatoesoflife.com That can be a good thing, since weekends. It’s common to shift later readapt anyway. Email: [email protected] PAGE 38 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 WEEKEND: CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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Associated Press Michelle Obama will let her own voice be heard on a new podcast. The former first lady will host “The Michelle Obama Podcast” on the streaming service, the Obama’s Higher Ground and Spo- tify announced Thursday. The podcast will exclusively debut on Spotify on July 29. “My hope is that this series can be a place to explore meaningful topics together and sort through so many of the questions we’re all PEACOCK/NBC trying to answer in our own lives,” Obama said in a statement. From left to right: “Lost Speedways,” with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matthew Dillner; Nick Mohammed, left, and David Schwimmer from Michelle Obama’s new podcast the series “Intelligence”; Harry Lloyd stars as Bernard Marx and Jessica Brown Findlay plays Lenina Crowne in “Brave New World.” The expects to hold candid and per- three shows are among those now available on new streaming service Peacock. sonal conversations with a focus on topics concerning relation- ships and health. She expects to have several guests on the series including talk-show host Conan O’Brien and Valerie Jarrett, busi- Another proud streaming option ness woman and former senior adviser to Barack Obama. “Perhaps most of all, I hope this podcast will help listeners open Low-priced Peacock service the newest feather in NBCUniversal’s cap up new conversations — and hard conversations — with the people who matter most to them,” she BY MEG JAMES AND RYAN FAUGHNDER wars, Peacock faces plenty of hurdles. Advertising-based streaming has made a said. “That’s how we can build Los Angeles Times For more than a year, NBCUniversal had resurgence during the COVID-19 outbreak more understanding and empa- planned the launch of Peacock to coincide as consumers look for more budget-conscious thy for one another.” BCUniversal’s Peacock stream- with its comprehensive coverage of the 2020 viewing options. Rupert Murdoch’s Fox ing service debuted nationwide Tokyo Olympics. But in late March, as the Corp. bought ad-based Tubi for $440 million Megan Thee Stallion Wednesday, betting that weary coronavirus outbreak struck, the Interna- in March. ViacomCBS Inc. is expanding its Nconsumers will tolerate a few com- tional Olympic Committee and the Japanese Pluto TV offering with additional shows. shot multiple times mercials in exchange for a low-priced offer- government postponed the Tokyo Summer NBCUniversal recognizes the value of that Rapper Megan Thee Stallion ing that includes news, sports and thousands Games until next year. format, in part, because it was one of the said Wednesday that she was shot of hours of TV shows. And despite the network’s ubiquitous mas- founding partners of the streaming service multiple times on Sunday, but ex- The gambit sets the NBCUniversal’s ser- cot, Peacock isn’t a household name. Hulu more than a decade ago. vice apart from streaming giants Netflix, pects to fully recover. Then there’s the matter of distribution. The “This isn’t their first rodeo,” said Stepha- “I suffered gunshot wounds, as Amazon Prime Video and Disney+. Those company has been working to strike partner- nie Dade, senior vice president of global services have soared in popularity in recent a result of a crime that was com- ships with distributors, including Cox Com- content and operations for the Los Angeles- mitted against me and done with years with edgy original shows, deep librar- munications, so that its subscribers can get based BEN. “They’ve been a leader in the the intention to physically harm ies of movies and TV classics — and a lack of Peacock for free. The goal is to reach more streaming space for quite awhile and they me,” the 25-year-old Texan whose commercial interruptions. than 35 million consumers within a couple of know how to program for wide audiences and legal name is Megan Pete wrote But NBCUniversal and its parent, cable years, putting it on par with Hulu. very niche lifestyle channels. And they have in an Instagram post, without giant Comcast Corp., have little interest Peacock also will be available on Apple been incredibly supportive of their advertis- saying who shot her or why. “I’m in encouraging more consumers to cut the devices, Google platforms including Android ing partners.” incredibly grateful to be alive and cable cord. Its goal is to preserve traditional TV and Chromecast, Microsoft’s Xbox One The multitiered pricing plan for Peacock that I’m expected to make a full TV economics by replicating the very fea- devices and Vizio and LG smart-TVs. Com- could be an advantage because it makes it recovery.” tures that keep tens of millions of consumers cast’s eligible Xfinity X1 and Flex customers easier for households to sample the offering Rapper Tory Lanez, who was still watching network TV and paying their have access as well as eligible Cox Commu- without sticker shock, said Needham & Co. with Pete that evening, was ar- monthly cable bills. nication’s Contour customers, at no addition- media analyst Laura Martin. rested on a concealed weapons “Peacock is the manifestation of the next al cost. Starting the week of July 20, Peacock Martin compared the plan to the “freemi- charge in the Hollywood Hills version of broadcast TV,” Matt Strauss, also will be available on Sony PlayStation 4. um” model that propelled music streaming early Sunday, Officer Jeff Lee chairman of Peacock, said Tuesday. “We Nonetheless, NBCUniversal failed to strike service Spotify to popularity. said. think Peacock is the tip of the spear for the partnerships with Roku and Amazon Prime “The hybrid model is the smartest,” she Lanez was released after post- next incarnation of NBC.” Video, which could bring tens of millions of said, “because you get people hooked on your ing bail later Sunday, Los Angeles Just like the early days of TV, Peacock will additional households into the mix. content and then they pay to watch without County jail records showed. be available free to millions of consumers, Tal Chalozin, co-founder and chief tech- ads.” Police said that officers re- including 24 million homes at launch. nology officer of advertising technology firm As consumers remain sheltered at home, sponded to gunfire in the neigh- The New York media company’s service Innovid, said not being available on popular Peacock’s free version could prove particu- borhood about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, will come in three tiers — a free option with platforms such as Roku could be a challenge larly popular, said marketing and advertis- and a woman was treated for a 13,000 hours of video-on-demand program- for Peacock. ing industry veteran Shini Reddy Wark, who foot injury. ming and 20 themed channels, including ones “Definitely, distribution is key,” Chalozin is the chief revenue officer for Ryff, a prod- for NBC News, E! News and Jimmy Fallon’s said. “But Peacock is the only one that’s uct placement technology company. Other news “Fallon Tonight”; a $4.99 a month premium launching with a free tier. More than any- “Especially with the economy having is- Joanna Cole, offering with channels and more than 20,000 thing, NBC comes in with a very strong sues, people are going to become more selec- Author whose hours of video-on-demand content; and a brand, so I’m bullish on their ability to scale tive,” she said. “They are not going to be able “Magic School Bus” books trans- $9.99 a month commercial-free option. up numbers.” to hold on to that many subscriptions.” ported millions of young people While the premium service will have a NBCUniversal plans to spend $2 billion on Despite the challenges, NBCUniversal on extraordinary and educational handful of originals, it will draw on an ex- Peacock in the next two years and reach prof- needs a streaming offering that gives custom- adventures, has died at age 75. Mary L. Trump pansive slate of shows produced for the itability by 2024, executives said. It opened ers the option to binge-watch shows online ’s scathing company’s linear channels, including NBC, the door to advertisers who have been shut without undermining its pay-TV business. memoir about her uncle, Presi- Bravo, USA, Syfy, E! and Telemundo. out of most streaming services that are built “The consumer has spoken, and they want dent Donald Trump, is nearly a But as a late entrant into the streaming around subscriptions. to binge watch,” Martin said. million seller on preorders alone. Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that Mary Trump’s ‘ Peacock is the manifestation of the next version of broadcast TV. “Too Much and Never Enough” had sold a company record We think Peacock is the tip of the spear for the next incarnation of NBC. ’ 950,000 copies in combined print, Matt Strauss digital and audio editions as of its chairman of Peacock date of sale, earlier this week. PAGE 40 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 41 PAGE 42 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 43 PAGE 44 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Roberts’ healthy contribution to America Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY ADAM J. WHITE ment among different mixes of conserva- That was just the latest in a string of Special to The Washington Post tive and progressive justices. cases in which Roberts’ opinions for the Meanwhile, stability was a guiding prin- court have created or reiterated doctrines EDITORIAL he defining moment of the Supreme ciple as justices grappled with prior prece- mitigating the wild swings in policy that Court’s just-completed year was dents. Roberts joined a majority of justices are increasingly symptomatic of our ad- Terry Leonard, Editor not any single case, or the unprec- [email protected] in striking down Louisiana’s regulations ministrative state. (His decision in last Tedented oral arguments during on abortion clinics because of their close year’s census citizenship question case Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor the COVID-19 crisis, or even Chief Justice similarity to Texas regulations that the was another.) This is one of Roberts’ most [email protected] John Roberts’ role in President Donald court had struck down four years earlier significant achievements in his 15 years Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. It was — a decision that Roberts himself had dis- on the court, but it is also one of the least [email protected] the chief justice’s publication of a letter, sented from. The principle of stare deci- noticed; it has been overshadowed by his on New Year’s Eve, urging the nation not sis, or deferring to legal precedent, is not famous — or infamous — opinion in NFIB Managing Editor for Presentation Sean Moores, to take democracy for granted — and de- an “inexorable command,” he conceded. v. Sebelius, affirming Congress’s power to [email protected] claring the federal judiciary to be a “key Sometimes, the court is warranted in over- legislate the ACA’s individual mandate. Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital source of national unity and stability.” turning precedent. But despite the high But his deference to Congress in NFIB is [email protected] It would be difficult to describe more hopes and political consequences hanging consistent with his concerns about how er- succinctly the chief justice’s vision for on the outcome, this was no such case. ratic presidential lawmaking exacerbates the court’s own labors: unity and stabil- Roberts also applied precedent for the instability from one administration to the BUREAU STAFF ity. This, more than any other imperative, sake of stability in Seila Law v. Consumer next. It used to be the case that Congress Europe/Mideast defined the justices’ work this term — and Financial Protection Bureau, which ad- provided some measure of unity and stabil- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief is the key to understanding where Roberts dressed the novel structure of the agency. ity through the work of actual legislation: [email protected] seeks to steer the court in the future. The agency was set up to be independent, resolving controversies in a deliberative +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 The court made impressive showings yet lacked the multimember-commission process that fostered moderation and com- Pacific of unity in several of its most politically template that independent agencies have promise and enduring written laws. Yet, as Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief fraught cases. These included 7-to-2 super- long followed. This new approach was too Congress has stepped back from these du- [email protected] majorities to preserve subsidies that re- out of keeping with the court’s established ties, we are governed instead by executive +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 duce insurance companies’ financial risks precedents for what independent agen- agencies and judges, whose capacity for swift and strident change endangers the Washington under the Affordable Care Act; to affirm cies can look like. Roberts, writing for the religious organizations’ exemption from majority, noted that the “most telling in- constitutional values that Roberts champi- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief oned in his December letter. federal contraceptive coverage mandates dication” of the CFPB’s “severe constitu- [email protected] While the outcomes in this term’s cases (+1)(202)886-0033 stemming from ACA regulations; and to tional problem” was its “lack of historical leave no one totally satisfied, the chief jus- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News protect religious schools’ First Amendment precedent.” tice’s focus on the court’s institutional role [email protected] exemption from employment laws regard- The chief justice worked to advance an- deserves attention — and credit. Nearly ing their teachers and other ministers. other kind of stability in the administrative a year ago, the court’s term began with a CIRCULATION And, in perhaps the year’s most famous state. In a decision blocking the Trump group of Democratic senators filing a brief Mideast cases, seven-justice supermajorities re- administration’s attempt to roll back the declaring the court “not well” and warn- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager jected Trump’s broad assertions of immu- Obama administration’s Deferred Action [email protected] ing that it could be “restructured” by Con- nity against subpoenas from the House of for Childhood Arrivals immigrant-relief gress. The senators’ ill-tempered threat [email protected] Representatives and a New York district at- program, Roberts’ opinion for the court DSN (314)583-9111 was ironic. The Supreme Court is the least torney, while also affirming that Congress did not categorically prohibit changes to unwell branch of government, in no small Europe and prosecutors must meet high standards the policy. But it did fault the Trump ad- part because of the chief justice’s careful Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager of proof to show that their subpoena re- ministration for failing to satisfy a basic stewardship. [email protected] quests are justified. Given the contentious rule of federal administrative law: Namely, [email protected] nature of those cases, the justices could that an agency cannot simply ignore the Adam J. White is a resident scholar at the +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 American Enterprise Institute and director of easily have fractured along familiar 5-to-4 major real-life consequences implicated George Mason University’s Gray Center for the Pacific lines. Yet Roberts marshaled broad agree- by proposed changes in its policies. Study of the Administrative State. Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US Maxwell finally discovers something money can’t buy Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 BY HELAINE OLEN By the mid-1990s, when the federal dred dollars for bringing their friends to The Washington Post government alleges Maxwell and Epstein Epstein’s mansion; these friends, in turn, Reader letters began to recruit underage women for sex, would receive a few hundred dollars for [email protected] hen U.S. District Judge Alison Maxwell was a woman in need of a sugar their abuse. It was a sick and predatory Nathan denied Ghislaine daddy herself. After her father — British version of the trickle-down economy. Additional contacts Maxwell’s request for release stripes.com/contactus publishing magnate Robert Maxwell — Epstein also used his estimated $500 Won $5 million bail on Tuesday, died in a mysterious boating accident, his million fortune — where it came from re- OMBUDSMAN Maxwell, in the words of The Associated fortune was revealed to be a fraud. Epstein mains unknown — to purchase respect- Press, seemed “dejected” and “appeared fit the bill. Maxwell’s alleged role was to ability and influence. He offered private Ernie Gates to wipe a tear from underneath one eye.” recruit and groom girls — at least one, ac- flights to prominent politicians and din- On one hand, it seems incredible that cording to the indictment, as young as 14. ners with celebrities, including Prince The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow Maxwell would think a federal judge might These girls were almost always working- Andrew — a friend of Maxwell’s. And he of news and information, reporting any attempts by the release her to what prosecutors identified bought himself intellectual prestige with military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s class, often from troubled homes, suddenly independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns as a luxury hotel. Maxwell is now the key exposed to unimaginable wealth: a town- philanthropic donations to places such as and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- to the Jeffrey Epstein abuse scandal, and house on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, MIT’s Media Lab. ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman No wonder that, even now, Maxwell is so welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted is facing federal charges for her alleged Epstein’s estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Max- by email at [email protected], or by phone at role in the horrific scheme, which involved well’s home in London, flights on private certain about the power of money that she 202.886.0003. recruiting and grooming young — often planes and encounters with celebrities. couldn’t be bothered to actually reveal her underage — girls to do Epstein’s sexual Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre full finances to the court. Maxwell’s law- bidding. Maxwell is wealthy and a citizen (whose claims are not part of the federal yer claimed she didn’t have the chance to Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- collect the paperwork while residing at the days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday of three countries, including one — France indictment) says Maxwell once tried con- through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and — that won’t extradite her to the United vincing her to stay by saying, “If the guy Metropolitan Detention Center in Brook- Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals States if asked. She is all but the definition likes you, then, you know, it will work out lyn for the past week. (Prosecutor Alison postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send Moe scoffed at the excuse: “At a basic level, address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, of a flight risk. for you.” Just in case Giuffre missed the APO AP 96301-5002. On the other hand, it might just be the point, Maxwell added: “You’ll travel. You’ll the defense argument is that she cannot This newspaper is authorized by the Department of first time ever that Maxwell couldn’t use make good money. You’ll be educated.” One remember off the top of her head just how Defense for members of the military services overseas. many millions of dollars she has.”) It’s also However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, money to manipulate people and get her girl reported when questioned that Epstein and are not to be considered as the official views of, or way. The Epstein scandal, from its very be- promised to help her get into NYU. Anoth- worth noting that Maxwell paid more than endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, ginnings, has always been as much about er, Maria Farmer (Annie Farmer’s older $1 million in cash just last year for the 156- Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- acre New Hampshire estate where she was nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote the role of money in our very unequal soci- sister), claimed Epstein said he would help locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. ety as it is about sex. As David Boies, a law- her achieve success as an artist. Later, she arrested by FBI agents last week. The appearance of advertising in this publication does yer who represents several of the women says, Maxwell threatened to destroy her Well, she’s got lots of time now. She’ll not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense await trial, scheduled for next summer, or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. who say they were victimized by Epstein art career. Products or services advertised shall be made available for and Maxwell (including Annie Farmer, Eventually, according to newspaper re- behind bars. Maxwell finally discovered purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, who gave a brief statement at Tuesday’s ports, Epstein turned to a perverted pyra- something money couldn’t buy. There will religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical be no luxury digs for her — not this time. handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor hearing), told me in an interview Wednes- mid scheme: multiple women who acted as of the purchaser, user or patron. day, “For two decades, Jeffrey Epstein and recruiters, who brought on others — some- Helaine Olen is a contributor to The Washington Ghislaine Maxwell bought their way out of times high school girls — to invite their Post’s Plum Line blog and the author of “Pound © Stars and Stripes 2020 Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal everything, with a combination of money, friends to, er, meet Epstein. These school- Finance Industry.” She serves on the advisory stripes.com political influence and sex.” aged recruiters would receive a few hun- board of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 45 OPINION

the better. Like K-12 public schools, uni- What newspapers versities are trying to figure out a plan as the pandemic’s realities continually shift. They want to open but they can’t change are saying at home the laws of safety and science simply be- cause Trump and the reality of COVID-19 The following editorial excerpts are se- remain strangers. lected from a cross section of newspapers Had the students dropped out of their throughout the United States. The editori- programs, our universities would have als are provided by The Associated Press been drained of teaching assistants, grad- and other stateside syndicates. uate students and the full-pay tuition that most international students contribute. Princeton suppressing primary It’s true that there long has been an issue with foreigners using bogus claims mission of weighing all views of college studies to immigrate while they The Wall Street Journal took courses at sham schools. But the ad- When a Princeton classics professor ministration knew perfectly well that the wrote an article for the Quillette website students it targeted are here legitimately, taking issue with recent faculty demands contributing to our higher education sys- over race, a storm of criticism descended. tem, to our economy and in many cases, This was an opening for President Chris- to our global leadership in science and topher Eisgruber and other university technology. leaders to remind people that Princeton is a place where speech and debate are cher- ished. Instead, Princeton is demonstrating Let last word on Stone’s acts how a lack of leadership enables the cancel be Mueller’s, not Trump’s culture. (Minneapolis) Star Tribune The professor is Joshua Katz, and his Roger Stone has a tattoo of Richard money. The only thing clear at this point offending piece was headlined “A Dec- Everyone longs to reopen US Nixon on his back. But it’s the current is that children will pay a price far higher laration of Independence by a Princeton president, Donald Trump, who had Stone’s schools, but risk is too great than it had to be. Professor.” Katz took issue with a petition The Washington Post back when last Friday he granted a com- sent to Eisgruber signed by more than 350 mutation of the 40-month sentence his “What do you tell parents, who look at faculty members. The faculty letter began friend was facing for lying during the Rus- this, who look at Arizona where a school- Rule on international students with the statement “Anti-Blackness is teacher recently died teaching summer nixed, but remember its intent sia investigation. foundational to America” and included de- school; parents who are worried about the In doing so Trump turned his back on mands ranging from an extra semester of Los Angeles Times the justice system and, ultimately, the safety of their children in public schools?” From the Trump administration per- sabbatical for faculty of color to removing American people by shamelessly shielding That was the question posed Monday to spective, suddenly forcing international the statue of John Witherspoon, a signer Stone, a felon convicted of obstruction of a President Donald Trump about teacher students out of the country must have of the Declaration of Independence and congressional investigation, five counts of Kimberley Chavez Lopez Byrd, who died looked like three wins in one. It would have former Princeton president who owned making false statements to Congress, and after contracting COVID-19. And — to no ejected mostly non-European immigrants, slaves. for intimidating a witness. great surprise — it went unanswered. advanced the administration’s new de- Katz’s capital offense was his description Even Attorney General William Barr, No expressions of sympathy for the fam- mand that schools reopen their campuses of the university’s Black Justice League who often wrongly acts more like Trump’s ily. No discussion of steps being taken. No despite the threat posed by COVID-19, and as a “local terrorist organization.” This assurances about safeguards being put in financially and academically harmed uni- personal attorney rather than the nation’s hyperbole has given critics an excuse to place. Trump instead just doubled down versities, which Trump views as bastions chief law enforcement officer, called denounce Katz without addressing his ar- on his insistence that schools reopen in of liberal indoctrination. Stone’s prosecution “righteous” and the gument. His own department accuses him the fall. “The schools should be opened. Not to mention striking a blow against final sentence “fair” (after working to re- of using language that has long been used Schools should be opened. You’re losing a science, and especially against the nation’s duce the length of it, that is). to “incite racial and specifically anti-Black lot of lives by keeping things closed,” he leadership in scientific research, which has Other, more principled Republicans violence.” said. come about largely because of its globally were blunt about what can only be seen as In a statement to the Daily Princetonian, We happen to agree with the president admired university programs in engineer- a presidential protection racket. “Unprec- Eisgruber piled on: “While free speech about the importance of getting children ing and laboratory science. edented, historic corruption: An American permits students and faculty to make ar- back into the classroom. Too much learn- At least the odious preliminary directive president commutes the sentence of a per- guments that are bold, provocative, or even ing already has been lost, and continued was withdrawn Tuesday, though we don’t son convicted by a jury of lying to shield offensive, we all have an obligation to ex- time away from school robs children of the know how new students and those whose that very president,” Sen. Mitt Romney, R- ercise that right responsibly. Joshua Katz educational and social tools they will need visas are ending will be affected. Utah, tweeted on Saturday. has failed to do so, and I object personally to succeed in life. The original version would have re- That description wasn’t far from what and strongly to his false description of a Those who are vulnerable because of quired the international students to leave Stone said himself last Friday. “(Trump) Princeton student group as a ‘local terror- income or special needs are especially at the country unless they attended in-person knows I was under enormous pressure to ist organization.’ ” risk. And there can be no true economic classes this fall. It would have given univer- turn on him,” Stone told journalist Howard But Katz was not saying the Black Justice recovery until children are back in school sities that are planning to offer only online Fineman. “It would have eased my situa- League is al-Qaida or the IRA. The rest of and parents can go back to work. courses until Wednesday to come up with tion considerably. But I didn’t.” that sentence defined what he meant, call- Unlike the president, though, we don’t in-person lesson plans for international Another resolute Republican, Robert ing it a group “that made life miserable for think it is sufficient, let alone effective, to students. Seventeen states and the District Mueller, who hearkens back to an era when the many (including the many black stu- make believe the virus isn’t a problem while of Columbia sued and the plan’s chances “law and order” was a governing guide- dents) who did not agree with its members’ bullying and threatening states and local were looking iffy in court Tuesday. post, not a Nixon or Trump campaign slo- demands.” school districts to open their doors in Au- Still, this ridiculous attempt shouldn’t be gan, broke his long silence in a Washington As for Eisgruber, in 2016 Princeton re- gust. Trump and his remarkably unhelpful forgotten by the American public. It was a Post commentary. The investigation, Muel- jected demands to remove Woodrow Wil- education secretary, Betsy DeVos, threat- harmful and punitive measure for no pur- ler wrote, was of “paramount importance” son’s name from a Princeton residential en to withhold federal funds from schools pose other than to be harmful and puni- because “Russia’s actions were a threat to college and its School of Public and Inter- that don’t return to in-person instruction tive, and it would have injured the nation’s America’s democracy.” national Affairs. Wilson’s racism was not while failing to offer any guidance or even economy as well as the noble purposes of Regarding Stone’s prosecution in par- in doubt then or now. Eisgruber said Princ- endorse school safety recommendations higher education. ticular, Mueller wrote that, “Stone became eton had “rightly” concluded the best path from the Centers for Disease Control and About a million international students, a central figure in our investigation for two to diversity “is not by tearing down names Prevention. more than half of them from China or India, key reasons: He communicated in 2016 from the past but rather being more hon- This is pretty much the opposite of what pursue their studies in the United States. with individuals known to us to be Russian est about our history.” But this June stu- schools need: careful planning, thoughtful They make up at least three-fourths of the intelligence officers, and he claimed ad- dents again demanded that Wilson’s name precautions and additional resources to graduate students in computer science and vance knowledge of WikiLeaks’ release of be purged. A week later the board decided manage risks. But thoughtfulness is anath- industrial, petroleum and electrical engi- (Clinton campaign) e-mails stolen by those — on Eisgruber’s recommendation — to ema to this administration. In fact, its neering, and large numbers in laboratory Russian intelligence officers.” excise the former U.S. president. heedless approach to the pandemic, elevat- sciences. This country is literally richer So Stone’s crimes — and in fact, they Katz has tenure, but the cancel culture ing politics over public health expertise, for their presence. remain crimes of which he is not absolved doesn’t need to get him fired to succeed. It has led to an epidemic so out of control in The United States is at the forefront in — were a direct threat to the electoral pro- succeeds by making him an outcast in his many states that any thought of reopening many of the sciences because of its out- cess, the DNA of our democracy. Crimi- own university, and intimidating into si- schools has become irresponsible. standing STEM graduate programs. And nals like Stone endanger justice itself. It lence others on campus who might agree. It is rich to see the administration point to these students are a major reason those was “critical,” Mueller wrote, for Congress This is happening across America and is the experience of other countries that have programs remain robust. Many students and the Justice Department to obtain ac- especially disappointing at Princeton. The managed to reopen schools as examples return home after graduation, but many curate information. “When a subject lies to university has welcomed more conserva- to follow when those countries embraced others have taken on important roles in investigators, it strikes at the core of gov- tive and independent voices than some of the kind of careful steps and precautions those science, technology, engineering and ernment’s efforts to find the truth and hold its peers, and under Eisgruber it was one — lockdowns, masks, extensive testing — math industries and in research programs wrongdoers accountable.” of only two Ivy League schools to sign the that Trump constantly belittles. The fed- in this country. While they’re here as grad Mueller’s patient, painstaking explana- University of Chicago principles upholding eral abdication of any kind of leadership students, they contribute $45 billion a year tion contrasts starkly with Trump’s claim free and open inquiry. It’s a shame to see leaves it up to state and local officials to, to the economy, according to the U.S. De- that Stone was treated “very unfairly.” Eisgruber wilt under pressure now, when using DeVos’ words, “figure things out.” partment of Commerce. On the contrary, it’s Americans who were liberal values of speech and tolerance most Many school districts are still struggling The situation on COVID-19 is changing treated unfairly by Stone, and by a presi- need defending. with what to do. Most say they need more by the week, and in many cases not for dent buying his silence. PAGE 46 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 47 PAGE 48 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 SCOREBOARD/AUTO RACING

Sports Pro soccer MLS is Back tournament on AFN GROUP A (EASTERN CONFERENCE) W D L GF GA Pts Orlando City 2 0 0 5 2 6 Philadelphia 2 0 0 3 1 6 Go to the American Forces Miami 0 0 2 2 4 0 New York City FC 0 0 2 1 4 0 Network website for the most Wednesday, July 8 up-to-date TV schedules. Orlando City 2, Miami 1 Thursday, July 9 myafn.net Philadelphia 1, New York City FC 0 Tuesday, July 14 Orlando City 3, New York City FC 1 Philadelphia 2, Miami 1 Monday, July 20 Deals New York City FC at Miami Orlando City at Philadelphia GROUP B (WESTERN CONFERENCE) Wednesday’s transactions W D L GF GA Pts BASEBALL San Jose 1 1 0 4 3 4 Major League Baseball Chicago 1 0 0 2 1 3 American League Seattle 0 1 1 1 2 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Selected the Vancouver 0 0 1 3 4 0 contracts of LHP’s Wade LeBlanc and Friday, July 10 Tommy Milone. San Jose 0, Seattle 0, tie BOSTON RED SOX — Placed LHPs Edu- Tuesday, July 14 ardo Rodriguez, Josh Taylor and Darwin- Chicago 2, Seattle 1 zon Hernandez on the 10-day IL. Signed Wednesday, July 15 LHP Jeremy Wu-Yelland to a minor San Jose 4 Vancouver 3 league contract. Sunday, July 19 HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP Joe San Jose at Chicago Smith on the restricted list. Vancouver at Seattle KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed 1B Thursday, July 23 Ryan O’Hearn and RHP Brad Keller on Vancouver at Chicago the 10-day IL. Activated C Salvador Perez GROUP C (EASTERN CONFERENCE) from the 10-day IL. W D L GF GA Pts LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed RHP New England 1 0 0 1 0 3 Parker Markel on the 10-day IL. D.C. United 0 1 0 2 2 1 MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed SS Wil- Toronto FC 0 1 0 2 2 1 fredo Tovar on the 10-day IL. Montreal 0 0 1 0 1 0 Thursday, July 9 National League MARK HUMPHREY/AP CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms New England 1, Montreal 0 with C Jose Lobaton on a minor league Monday, July 13 contract. D.C. United 2, Toronto FC 2, tie Chase Elliott celebrates with a victory lap after winning the NASCAR All-Star race Wednesday at Bristol COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RF Thursday, July 16 Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. Elliott’s father Bill won the race in 1986. Charlie Blackmon on the 10-day IL. Toronto FC at Montreal Agreed to terms with RHP Blake Golds- Friday, July 17 berry on a minor league contract. New England at D.C. United MIAMI MARLINS — Signed RHP Kyle Tuesday, July 21 Nicolas to a minor league contract. New England at Toronto FC NEW YORK METS — Placed RHP’s Brad D.C. United at Montreal Brach and Jared Hughes on the IL. GROUP D (WESTERN CONFERENCE) FOOTBALL W D L GF GA Pts National Football League Real Salt Lake 1 0 0 2 0 3 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DE Minnesota 1 0 0 2 1 3 Like father, like son Myles Garrett to a five-year contract ex- Sporting KC 0 0 1 1 2 0 tension. Signed S Grant Delpit. Colorado 0 0 1 0 2 0 TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms Sunday, July 12 with RB Derrick Henry on a multi-year Minnesota 2, Sporting Kansas City 1 contract extension. Real Salt Lake 2, Colorado 0 WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Jeff Friday, July 17 Scott assistant director of pro-scouting / Colorado at Sporting Kansas City advance coordinator. Minnesota at Real Salt Lake Elliott joins dad as winner of All-Star race HOCKEY Wednesday, July 22 National Hockey League Sporting Kansas City at Real Salt Lake NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed F Minnesota at Colorado GROUP E (EASTERN CONFERENCE) Sean Malone to a one-year, two-way BY JENNA FRYER contract. W D L GF GA Pts ing against the very best. To beat ORLANDO CITY SC — Signed D Michael Columbus 1 0 0 4 0 3 Associated Press the best is always special.” Halliday. New York 1 0 0 1 0 3 NASCAR All-Star Race COLLEGE Atlanta 0 0 1 0 1 0 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Elliott won the second and third SIENA — Announced the hiring of Gra- Cincinnati 0 0 1 0 4 0 BRISTOL, Tenn. — Chase El- Wednesday stages of the event and earned ciano Brito as men’s soccer head coach. Saturday, July 11 liott collected the checkered flag At Bristol Motor Speedway New York 1, Atlanta 0 Bristol, Tenn. the right to choose which lane he Columbus 4, Cincinnati 0 and soaked in the sounds of fans in Lap length: 0.53 miles Thursday, July 16 wanted to restart for the final 15- the grandstands. The spectators at (Start position in parentheses) Pro basketball Cincinnati at Atlanta 1. (13) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 140 lap sprint to the finish. He picked New York at Columbus Bristol Motor Speedway surged to laps, 0 points. Tuesday, July 21 2. (10) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 140, 0. the outside lane and pulled buddy Columbus at Atlanta the fence, chanted “USA! USA!” NBA Restart schedule 3. (5) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 140, 0. Ryan Blaney with him on the re- Wednesday, July 22 and celebrated NASCAR’s most 4. (9) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 140, 0. All games in Orlando, Fla. New York at Cincinnati 5. (15) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 140, 0. start but was never challenged Thursday, July 30 GROUP F (WESTERN CONFERENCE) popular driver. 6. (3) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 140, 0. and beat Kyle Busch to the finish Utah vs. New Orleans W D L GF GA Pts Cue the siren at the Dawson- 7. (12) Joey Logano, Ford, 140, 0. L.A. Clippers vs. L.A. Lakers Portland 1 0 0 2 1 3 8. (2) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 140, 0. line. Houston 0 1 0 3 3 1 Friday, July 31 ville Pool Room — another Elliott 9. (17) Aric Almirola, Ford, 140, 0. Bill Elliott won the race in 1986, Orlando vs. Brooklyn Los Angeles FC 0 1 0 3 3 1 is an All-Star winner. 10. (1) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 140, 0. Memphis vs. Portland LA Galaxy 0 0 1 1 2 0 11. (16) Erik Jones, Toyota, 140, 0. the only year it was held at At- Phoenix vs. Washington Monday, July 13 Chase Elliott joined his father, 12. (18) William Byron, Chevrolet, 140, 0. Houston 3, Los Angeles FC 3, tie lanta Motor Speedway. The race Boston vs. Milwaukee Hall of Famer “Awesome” Bill 13. (19) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 140, 0. Sacramento vs. San Antonio Portland 2, LA Galaxy 1 14. (4) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 140, 0. began in 1985 at Charlotte Motor Houston vs. Dallas Saturday, July 18 Elliott, as winner of NASCAR’s 15. (20) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 140, 0. Houston at Portland Speedway and was held at that Saturday, Aug. 1 annual All-Star race, earning the 16. (8) Cole Custer, Ford, 140, 0. Miami vs. Denver LA Galaxy at Los Angeles FC 17. (14) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, North Carolina track every year Utah vs. Oklahoma City Thursday, July 23 $1 million prize Wednesday in 140, 0. New Orleans vs. L.A. Clippers Houston at LA Galaxy 18. (6) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet, 140, 0. but one until it was moved during Portland at Los Angeles FC front of limited spectators at the Philadelphia vs. Indianapolis 19. (11) Ryan Newman, Ford, 140, 0. this pandemic-altered year. L.A. Lakers vs. Toronto Tennessee track. 20. (7) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 140, 0. Sunday, Aug. 2 NWSL Challenge Cup Race statistics Tennessee officials allowed Washington vs. Brooklyn “Tonight felt like an event again Average speed of race winner: 101.085 Portland vs. Boston At Herriman, Utah and I felt like we’ve been missing mph. NASCAR and Speedway Motors- San Antonio vs. Memphis Quarterfinals Time of race: 1 hour, 8 minutes, 10 ports to sell 30,000 tickets to the Sacramento vs. Orlando Friday, July 17 that piece for a couple months,” seconds. Milwaukee vs. Houston North Carolina vs. Portland said Elliott, who won races at Margin of victory: 0.418 seconds. All-Star race, so it was moved Dallas vs. Phoenix Houston vs. Utah Caution flags: 5 for 13 laps. from Charlotte because North Monday, Aug. 3 Saturday, July 18 Charlotte in the Cup Series and Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers. Toronto vs. Miami Washington vs. Sky Blue Lap leaders: M.Truex 0; A.Bowman 1- Carolina would not authorize Denver vs. Oklahoma City OL Reign vs. Chicago Truck Series with no fans. “It 2; R.Blaney 3-55; K.Harvick 56-61; C.Elliott Indianapolis vs. Washington Semifinals felt good to have NASCAR back. 62-90; R.Blaney 91-109; C.Elliott 110-140 spectators for the race. Memphis vs. New Orleans Wednesday, July 22 Leaders summary (driver, times led, It was the most spectators at San Antonio vs. Philadelphia Quarterfinal winners NASCAR is about the fans. I felt laps led): R.Blaney, 2 times for 72 laps; L.A. Lakers vs. Utah Championship like the vibe was back.” C.Elliott, 2 times for 60 laps; K.Harvick, 1 a sporting event in the United Tuesday, Aug. 4 Sunday, July 26 time for 6 laps; A.Bowman, 1 time for 2 States since March. Because the Brooklyn vs. Milwaukee Semifinal winners Back in his Georgia hometown, laps. Dallas vs. Sacramento the pool room marks every win Wins: K.Harvick, 4; D.Hamlin, 4; speedway is privately owned, at- Phoenix vs. L.A. Clippers B.Keselowski, 2; J.Logano, 2; R.Blaney, tendance numbers will not be Orlando vs. Indianapolis AP sportlight by the father or son by blaring its 1; C.Elliott, 1; M.Truex, 1; A.Bowman, 1; Boston vs. Miami horn no matter the time of day or C.Custer, 1. released, but there appeared to Houston vs. Portland Top 16 in points: 1. K.Harvick, 675; be about 20,000 people in the Wednesday, Aug. 5 July 17 night. 2. B.Keselowski, 587; 3. R.Blaney, 580; 4. Memphis vs. Utah — Henry Picard beats Byron C.Elliott, 575; 5. J.Logano, 564; 6. D.Hamlin, grandstands. Tickets were on sale Philadelphia vs. Washington 1939 “I hope someone got a good Nelson 1-up in 37 holes to win the PGA 553; 7. M.Truex, 543; 8. A.Almirola, 504; Denver vs. San Antonio video of it for me,” Elliott said. 9. A.Bowman, 498; 10. Ku.Busch, 492; 11. through Tuesday evening and Oklahoma City vs. L.A. Lakers championship. Ky.Busch, 477; 12. M.DiBenedetto, 456; still available on Bristol’s website Toronto vs. Orlando 1941 — Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak “That’s such a special tradition.” 13. C.Bowyer, 435; 14. W.Byron, 418; 15. Brooklyn vs. Boston of 56 games is stopped by Al Smith and Over in victory lane, the nor- J.Johnson, 412; 16. A.Dillon, 388. until the deadline. Thursday, Aug. 6 Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 at New Orleans vs. Sacramento Cleveland. mally reserved Elliott celebrated Bristol, dubbed “The Last Miami vs. Milwaukee 1955 — Beverly Hanson beats Louise like never before. He accepted Great Colosseum,” can hold about Indianapolis vs. Phoenix Suggs by three strokes in a playoff to L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas capture the first LPGA championship. the track’s gladiator sword trophy “What a special race to win. It’s 140,000 spectators. Speedway Portland vs. Denver 1966 — Jim Ryun becomes the first and waved it in the air, stabbed it extremely special to join Dad in Motorsports had those in atten- L.A. Lakers vs. Houston American to hold the record in the mile Friday, Aug. 7 since 1937. With a time of 3:51.3 at Berke- toward his Hendrick Motorsports winning this race,” Elliott said. dance socially distanced through Utah vs. San Antonio ley, Calif., Ryun shatters Michel Jazy’s Chevrolet — he drives No. 9, just “To me this is one of the pres- the grandstands and masks were Oklahoma City vs. Memphis mark of 3:53.6 by 2.3 seconds. Sacramento vs. Brooklyn 1979 — Sebastian Coe breaks the world like his father did — and pretend- tigious events on the schedule. only required upon entrance. Orlando vs. Philadelphia record in the mile with a time of 3:48.95 Washington vs. New Orleans in Oslo, Norway. The time is rounded up ed to vanquish his foes with it in There’s a lot of hype around it. It Fans were told they could remove Boston vs. Toronto to 3:49. his celebration. means a lot to me .... you are rac- them once in their seats. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 49 NBA Oladipo backtracks on sitting out

BY MICHAEL MAROT when it’s time to play, I can play.” Associated Press The Pacers hope so, too. Oladipo had surgery for a rup- Victor Oladipo is having sec- tured quad tendon last year and ond thoughts about calling it a missed 12 months of action. When season. he returned in late January, Olad- If all goes well for the next two ipo wasn’t the same. In 13 games, weeks, the Indiana Pacers could he averaged 13.8 points 3.2 re- get their two-time All-Star back. bounds and 3 assists while shoot- AP Twelve days after announcing ing just 39.1% from the field. he would sit out because of con- This spring, McMillan said Jamal Crawford is back in the cerns over his surgically repaired he would be cautious with Ola- NBA with the Brooklyn Nets as right knee, Oladipo told reporters dipo — if he played — though he the league’s oldest player. Wednesday the workouts in Or- acknowledged Wednesday that lando, Fla., have forced him to Oladipo has not been limited in Crawford’s rethink his decision. practice. “It was hard for me to assess “I think it’s something that’s latest chance where I was,” Oladipo said. “But going to be a collective decision being able to come down here and based off me, the medical staff, practice with my guys at a high my trainer, the upper office, the finally arrives level, I think there’s a strong pos- coach,” Oladipo said. “I think it’s sibility that I might play. I want to going to be a collective decision Associated Press be smart because I want to play because stubbornly, I want to go the next 10 years.” out and play 40 minutes. But this LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Oladipo’s presence could give is a different situation.” — Jamal Crawford is coming off the Pacers a big boost when the Brogdon tore a muscle in his a 51-point game. season resumes, especially with thigh March 4 and was listed as People might have forgotten. starting guard Malcolm Brogdon week to week. In June, Brogdon After all, it was more than 450 also expected to be healthy. declared himself 100% healthy. days ago. For a while, it looked Indiana is scheduled to play AP He later tested positive for like that game might have been three scrimmages before facing Victor Oladipo shoots during practice Jan. 28 at the Indiana Pacers’ COVID-19 and finally returned Crawford’s last as a player — be- Philadelphia on Aug. 1, the first training facility in Indianapolis. The two-time All-Star is rethinking his to practice for the first time cause for most of this season, of eight regular-season games. decision to sit out the rest of the season because of concerns over Wednesday. the 40-year-old guard remained First-round playoff games are set his surgically repaired right knee. If Oladipo does play, McMillan unsigned. to begin Aug. 17. may finally get to see just how “To be honest with you, I went Oladipo told team officials Still, Oladipo’s decision drew said. “When I made my decision, good these Pacers could be. through a range of emotions,” last week he would only practice criticism from those who thought I wasn’t able to play five on five, “I think that group (the start- Crawford said. “I was frus- — not play — when the team ar- the former Indiana University wasn’t able to get up and down the ing five) maybe played five or trated at the beginning. I didn’t rived in Florida. Kevin Pritchard, six games where Vic was in the star was trying to protect him- floor and wasn’t able to do things understand. I didn’t know what the Pacers president of basketball lineup and they were working on happened.” operations, and coach Nate Mc- self for a potentially big payday in at a high level, so I didn’t think I chemistry,” McMillan said. “So Luckily for Crawford, it doesn’t Millan both said they supported free agency after next season. would be able to play. But after what he brings is another strong matter anymore. He’s back in Oladipo, whose minutes were Instead, Oladipo followed the coming down here and working weapon to the lineup. We know the NBA, filling one of the spots being closely monitored when plan. with the guys, rebounding, run- he’s very capable of scoring and that the Brooklyn Nets needed the season was suspended in “I was always going to come ning and jumping, I’m trending in creating but he also does a great to address after their roster was mid-March. down here and test it out,” he a positive direction. So hopefully job defending for us.” decimated by injuries and coro- navirus-related issues coming into the season restart at Walt Disney World. With Vince Carter Plenty of options for teams inside bubble retired, Crawford comes back into the league as its oldest player — about 2 ½ months older than BY TIM REYNOLDS the days go a little faster, with ac- outside their door each day, with Miami’s Udonis Haslem. Associated Press tivities available almost around an array of items to choose from Crawford, a three-time NBA the clock. Players are making the in those bags. Sixth Man of the Year and a past LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. best of it; The Denver Nuggets Teams have meal rooms set up winner of the Twyman-Stokes — Every team in the NBA bubble turned an off day into time for a with menus that were developed Teammate of the Year Award, has played golf. Most have had full-team pool workout this week. in cooperation with their staffs practiced with the Nets for the at least a few players go fishing. “I don’t think you can ever and dietitians. And when all else AP first time on Wednesday. Some have taken boats out. Bowl- build enough ‘we,’ enough togeth- fails, there are delivery options “He’s a guy that loves playing ing is available most nights. The erness,” Nuggets coach Michael and room service offering every- the game of basketball in the off- barbers arrive for the first time Malone said. thing from bisques to steaks to this week. The walking trail is ‘ season, really keeps himself in We’ve got a lot Golf has been the free-time flourless chocolate cakes. pretty much always occupied by shape, whether that’s playing in hit so far; a new private driving The NBA even developed an coaches or players. to do. It’s still not pro-ams, whether that’s playing range just for NBA player use is app for the Disney life. On occasion at Walt Disney pickup games, whether that’s just normal, but that’s scheduled to open Saturday, just Every team was assigned a liai- World, basketball gets played. being around the game with his to keep up with their demand. A son to help book outings and han- kids,” Nets interim coach Jacque This is the NBA’s home away fine with us. ... few players — including some dle needs, and the app includes Vaughn said. “And then some from home for the foreseeable fu- we’re going to live who don’t even play golf regularly everything from how to get food people just have the genetics that ture — and efforts are being made — figured they might as well try delivered to how to book extra go with it, that they’re special to make the time here is fun. The the best Disney life to learn the game. practice time. There’s a page human beings and they can still so-called bubble in Central Flori- that we can. play at the age of 40 — or 20 times da is where 22 teams have settled ’ “It’ll be good for me mentally within the app that allows players two, right?” for about a week, where they all Doc Rivers to have something else to think to report violations of health pro- The Nets will become Craw- will remain for another month Clippers coach about during the downtime,” said tocols, as well as links to mental ford’s ninth team in a career and where teams that make the Miami’s Goran Dragic, whose health resources and even details that, once he gets into a game at playoffs will be for considerably wife and children returned to the on how players can register to Walt Disney World, will reach 20 longer. family’s native Slovenia . “So, I vote . seasons. “We’re trying to just live our rus, and there are daily reminders had my golf clubs sent here, just In short, there are many ways His last game was April 9, 2019, life,” Los Angeles Clippers coach that even this well-isolated world to try something new.” to keep busy in the bubble. when he came off the bench and Doc Rivers said. “Have our best was created during a pandemic. Of course, there’s the food. “I brought my bike — it’s yet to scored 51 points for Phoenix Disney life.” Medical personnel — wearing Panned by some players upon leave the room, but the thought is against Dallas. He’s the oldest This summer away from home gowns, masks, gloves and plastic arrival, the fare in quarantine nice, hopefully someday I get on player in NBA history to score 50 isn’t ideal, for obvious reasons. visors — are arriving to place a wasn’t quite the level that NBA it,” Rivers said. “We’ve got a lot to in a game — Michael Jordan was Players and coaches are away swab in everyone’s mouth and types are used to seeing but has do. It’s still not normal, but that’s about seven weeks shy of his 39th from their families, many teams two more in their nasal passages generally gotten decent reviews fine with us. Again, we’re going birthday when he had his last 50- are missing players or other per- for the next COVID-19 test. since. Those still in quarantine at to live the best Disney life that we point outing. sonnel because of the coronavi- The league is trying to make Disney get three meals dropped can.” PAGE 50 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL/NHL TV challenge ESPN considers ‘GameDay’ problems during pandemic

BY RALPH D. RUSSO different every week what it looks Associated Press like,” Fitting told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “It could or millions of college be potentially on the sidelines of football fans, couch an early game. It could be on the potato Saturdays begin concourse in a stadium. It could with ESPN’s “College even still be on campus. GameDay.” “Will there be thousands of FThe COVID-19 pandemic has fans behind our set screaming put this season in peril, but if it like we’ve known it the last how- can be salvaged, so too ever many years?” Fit- will the sport’s most ting said. “Absolutely popular pregame show. ‘ If there not.” “If there is college Fitting conceded the NATI HARNIK/AP is college football there will be show could even origi- Workers set up the ESPN “College GameDay” stage in front of Memorial Stadium on Sept. 26 in ‘College GameDay.’ Pe- football nate from a studio in Lincoln, Neb. The COVID-19 pandemic has put college football Saturdays in peril, but if the season can riod,” said ESPN’s Lee there Bristol, Conn., for the be salvaged, so to will the sport’s most popular pregame show. Fitting, who oversees first time since the week all the network’s college will be college football returned pects Corso, who recovered from game analyst on “Saturday Night streit lives in Tennessee; Howard studio shows and remote “College after the 9/11 attacks. a stroke in May 2009 to return Football” to be unchanged. lives in Florida; analyst David “I don’t think we can programs. GameDay.” to “GameDay” that season, to be Normally, “GameDay” has Pollack lives in Georgia. All “GameDay” just ever rule that out. That’s part of the show for a 33rd year. about 100 people working on site, those states are currently on the won’t look like the trav- Period. ’ not our first option,” Fit- How? Don’t know yet, Fitting many of whom have been flown restricted list, though a lot can ting said. “But our first eling circus fans have Lee Fitting said. in. change in a few months. grown accustomed to ESPN producer priority is the health “We’re not going to be put him, “That’s not realistic in these Davis, entering his fifth season over almost three de- and safety of everyone obviously, in harm’s way. Nor does times,” Fitting said. as “GameDay” host, led ABC’s cades, broadcasting we work alongside.” he want that. And if that means Nor is it necessary if “Game- coverage of the NFL Draft ear- from the site of a big game in Most notable when it comes to we get to the point where there’s Day” scales back its production lier this year. That was a massive front of thousands of pumped-up, health and safety is Corso, whose a camera at his house, that’s what and the show is done with very endeavor with numerous analysts signing-waving fans. Lee Corso’s role in the show has shrunk in we do,” Fitting said. limited or no fans around the set. being connected remotely. signature selection at the end of recent years. Still, his quips and He also added: “Our goal is to A potential complication for “GameDay” prides itself on the show could end up being done bursts of energy are an essential have all our people in one spot.” having the show in studio is trav- being able to mobilize a small from his home in central Florida, part of its chemistry. Corso is the There have been reports ESPN el restrictions on people enter- army on short notice from week with the 84-year-old former coach longest-tenured member of the is considering using Herbstreit ing Connecticut, where ESPN is to week, chasing college football’s donning a baseball cap instead of show’s core on-air team, which as an NFL analyst for “Monday based. Currently, New York, New best games and most intriguing a mascot head. also includes host Rece Davis Night Football” this season. Fit- Jersey and Connecticut are re- stories. “We’re still determining what and analysts Kirk Herbstreit and ting would not comment on that quiring people coming from cer- This season — if there is a sea- ‘GameDay’ would look like this Desmond Howard. but said he fully expects Herbst- tain coronavirus hotspot states to son — those skills will be tested season and, frankly, it could be Fitting said he “absolutely” ex- reit’s role with “GameDay” and as self-quarantine for 14 days. Heb- like never before. Older NHL coaches debate wearing masks behind bench

BY STEPHEN WHYNO America’s four major profession- on the ice for camp practices this Associated Press al sports leagues. week like normal. Columbus’ With that life experience comes John Tortorella, 62, Florida’s Joel After two days behind a mask meetings like New York Island- Quenneville, 61, and Montreal’s and off his skates, Rick Bowness ers coach Barry Trotz held with Claude Julien, 60, also all felt returned to his natural habitat his staff this week to talk about comfortable enough to get back on the ice with air inside the rink whether to don a mask for games to work. blowing against his face. and practices. Tortorella, who along with Phil- “You get out there and you miss “I don’t know exactly what I’m adelphia’s 59-year-old Alain Vi- it,” the Dallas Stars coach said. going to do,” Trotz said Wednes- gneault and Boston’s 55-year-old “You realize how much you enjoy day on his 58th birthday. “I’m Bruce Cassidy is a finalist for the being out there.” not too concerned. I’m in pretty Jack Adams Award as coach of The NHL’s oldest head coach good health, but it affects every- the year, brushed aside a question still worries about COVID-19 body differently if you do get it. about himself and said, “Safety is but not enough to stop doing his I don’t want to get it, so there’s a the priority” for all involved. job. It’s a risk-reward proposition good chance I could have a mask Kitchen made what he called “a coaches and executives around behind the bench, but I haven’t difficult decision to say the least, sports are weighing, and while decided yet. I should say I don’t but the right decision for me and Florida assistant Mike Kitchen want to give it to anybody if I have my family” in opting out, and is the only one to so far opt out of it, but I don’t.” Quenneville said he wished his hockey’s return, plenty of others The NHL reported 43 players longtime right-hand man nothing JEFF TOATES, DALLAS STARS/AP are considering masking up be- tested positive during voluntary but the best. hind the bench and taking other Stars interim head coach Rick Bowness watches practice Tuesday workouts from June 8-July 12. At Much like players, only a hand- precautions in the middle of a in Frisco, Texas. Because of the coronavirus, Bowness, 65, coached least three of those cases came ful of whom decided not to play, pandemic. from behind the bench the first couple of days of training camp. from the Tampa Bay Lightning coaches had to make their own “It’s a different world out and one from the Boston Bruins, determinations. there,” Bowness, 65, said. “I’m now, my first grandkid. I intend severe in people 60 and over, and though the league took over re- “I think this is going to be an going to have to adjust to it, there on playing some golf with that kid the NHL has four head coaches porting statistics in the name of individual thing,“ Bowness said. is no question. I just want to make down the road. I intend on being and a handful of assistants in that privacy and anonymity. “We’re all going to deal with it in sure I’m cautious, which we’ve here a lot longer. So, yeah, am I age range. The average age of the The only coach taking part in our own way. ... We’re all going to been since this virus started, going to be careful? Absolutely.” 24 head coaches in the playoffs the NHL’s return older than Bow- have to make that call.” and I will continue to do that. My The World Health Organiza- is just under 54, the second-old- ness is 67-year-old Pittsburgh as- AP sports writer Stephen Hawkins in health — hey, I’m a grandfather tion said the disease can be more est behind the NBA among North sistant Jacques Martin, who was Dallas contributed. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 51 OLYMPICS/COLLEGE FOOTBALL/NFL Olympic briefs American sprinter banned 18 months Associated Press Burroughs planning MONACO — Olympic final- to wrestle until 2024 ist sprinter Deajah Stevens was banned for 18 months on Thurs- Jordan Burroughs, the face of day for missing doping tests and U.S. wrestling for nearly a de- will miss the Tokyo Games. cade, said he plans to compete an- The Athletics Integrity Unit, other four years with the hope of which prosecutes cases in track finishing his career at the Paris and field, said Stevens was un- Olympics in 2024. available for three doping con- Burroughs laid out his future trols in 2019 in Oregon and West in a statement Wednesday, say- Hollywood. Three whereabouts ing he will leave his longtime violations within one year can training headquarters in Lincoln, lead to a ban. Neb., and join the Pennsylva- The 25-year-old American run- nia Regional Training Center in ner’s ban was backdated to start Philadelphia as a resident athlete on Feb. 17, 2020. It will expire in September 2021. days after the scheduled closing Burroughs competed as a col- ceremony of the postponed Tokyo legian at Nebraska and has con- MICHAEL AINSWORTH/AP Olympics in August 2021. tinued to train under coach Mark Stevens cited issues with her Manning the past 14 years. Bur- Quarterback Dak Prescott will play whatever becomes of the upcoming season under the one-year telephone for officials being un- roughs, 32, said he and his wife franchise tag after failing to reach a long-term deal with the Cowboys. Prescott is set to make $31.4 able to contact her for two of the have always wanted to move million after earning slightly more than $4 million under his four-year rookie contract. missed visits, according to the closer to his hometown of Sick- published ruling from her disci- lerville, N.J., a short drive from plinary hearing. Philadelphia. On one occasion her phone ran Burroughs won a gold medal out of battery power overnight, at the 2012 Olympics in London, and another time she changed and he won world championships No deal: Prescott must the number to avoid harassment in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. He from an unknown individual, the also earned bronzes at worlds in ruling stated. 2014, 2018 and 2019. Stevens can appeal against the He’s one of three American ban at the Court of Arbitration for wrestlers to win four or more Sport. world golds, and his combined play under franchise tag A 200-meter specialist, Stevens eight medals at worlds and in placed seventh in the final at the the Olympics are the third most BY SCHUYLER DIXON 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, in U.S. wrestling history. He has Associated Press and fifth at the 2017 world cham- won 189 of 198 matches as a se- pionships in London. nior freestyle wrestler. Dak Prescott will play whatever becomes of the 2020 season under the one-year franchise tag after the Dallas Cowboys and their star quarterback couldn’t agree on a long-term contract. Clubs had until Wednesday afternoon to reach AAC lays out testing plan multiyear deals with players given the franchise tag. Of the 14 tagged in March, two have agreements, Associated Press ences the Ivy League and Patriot including NFL rushing leader Derrick Henry with League, the MEAC announced The American Athletic Confer- Tennessee just before the deadline. Thursday it would not have com- ence will require all its schools to Two more — Cincinnati receiver A.J. Green and petition in the fall and consider test football players for COVID- defensive end Yannick Ngakoue of Jacksonville — trying to make up the schedule 19 at least 72 hours before haven’t signed the one-year contract that goes with CHARLES KRUPA/AP competition. for those sports in the 2021 spring the tag. They can stay away from team activities semester. The announcement Thursday without the risk of being fined. Ngakoue has said he Derrick Henry and the Titans agreed on a deal The MEAC is comprised of 11 by the conference comes ahead won’t play for the Jaguars and wants to be traded. reportedly worth $50 million over four years. of the expected release of rec- historically black colleges, though Prescott signed his $31.4 million contract in June. ommendations for testing before its membership is in flux. Earlier The 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year earned sons, but finished with a career-low half sack last games from the NCAA. this year, Florida A&M and Bet- slightly more than $4 million total in the four years year. The Power Five conferences hune-Cookman announced they of his rookie contract after being drafted in the Matthew Judon of Baltimore is set to earn $16.8 — ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 would be leaving the MEAC and fourth round. million as the midpoint between linebacker and and SEC — have been working joining the Southwestern Athletic The Cowboys and Prescott have been working for defensive end, according to the NFL Network. The toward a minimum standard for Conference next year. MEAC- more than a year on a long-term contract for a two- 2016 fifth-round pick led the Ravens with a career- testing throughout major college power North Carolina A&T has time Pro Bowler who has started every game of his high 9 ½ sacks last season. football. announced it will be moving to career. NFL sacks leader Shaquil Barrett of Tampa Bay The Big Ten and Pac-12 an- the Big South in 2021. Prescott replaced an injured Tony Romo during and Pittsburgh’s Bud Dupree are classified as line- nounced last week that they would Other FBS conferences have the 2016 preseason and led a franchise-record 11- backers ($15.8 million), but the NFL Network has play only conference games in not yet decided on scheduling game winning streak that carried the Cowboys to reported that both have filed grievances seeking the football and other sports this fall formats for the coming football the top seed in the NFC playoffs. Romo, a 10-year defensive end salary of $17.8 million. to help minimize potential dis- season, which appears to be in starter, never got his job back. Barrett had 19 ½ sacks in his first season with the ruptions caused by COVID-19. peril because of the surging Henry and the Titans agreed on a multiyear deal Bucs after signing a $4 million, one-year contract. The Big East joined those pandemic. a day after Kansas City secured Pro Bowl defensive In his first five NFL seasons with Denver, Barrett leagues Thursday by going con- AAC Commissioner Mike Ares- end Chris Jones on a four-year contract that could totaled 14 sacks. Dupree broke through in a “prove- ference-only for the fall season, co said the testing protocols will be worth up to $85 million. Henry’s deal is reported it” season with a career-high 11 ½ sacks. which for the basketball-focused apply throughout the regular and to be at $50 million over four years. LA Chargers tight end Hunter Henry is set to league includes men’s and wom- bowl seasons. More operational The Bengals used the $17.9 million tag on Green earn $10.6 million. He was one of Philip Rivers’ en’s soccer, men’s and women’s protocols are still being finalized, despite the seven-time Pro Bowler missing all of last most reliable targets last season, finishing with 55 cross-country, volleyball and as are testing protocols for other season with an ankle injury. catches for 652 yards while missing four games with field hockey. sports. Leonard Williams of the New York Giants is set to a knee injury. With Rivers gone to Indianapolis in The Mid-American Athletic “We are committed to meeting play on the $16.1 million tag for a defensive tackle, free agency, Tyrod Taylor is expected to start. Conference, meanwhile, suspend- or exceeding all guidelines and although the union has filed a grievance intended Anthony Harris of Minnesota and Denver’s Jus- ed fall sports, becoming the third standards recommended by the to classify him as a defensive end earning $17.8 tin Simmons are set to play under the $11.4 million Division I league to postpone its NCAA and its member institu- million. tag for a safety. Guards Joe Thuney of New England football season. tions in all fall sports, including Williams was acquired from the Jets in October and Brandon Scherff of Washington are set to earn Following fellow FCS confer- football,” Aresco said. for two draft picks. He has 17 ½ sacks in five sea- $14.8 million. PAGE 52 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 MLB Extra-inning format stirs much debate Baseball’s answer to shootouts, PKs aims to prevent long games

BY STEVE MEGARGEE “I think it makes sense in terms Associated Press of trying to bring some finality to the game in this short season,” MILWAUKEE — Baseball has Chicago White Sox general man- its answer to penalty kicks, over- ager Rick Hahn said. “And, frank- times and shootouts, and it fig- ly, in a year where we’re playing ures to stir just as much debate as 60 games, why not try something all those other tiebreakers. different? Why not experiment a AARON GASH/AP Major League Baseball will little bit?” Fans cheer as the Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich walks off the field after driving in the winning start each extra inning in this There will be experimentation run with a double during the ninth inning against the Chicago Cubs last season. Yelich likes the new rule abbreviated, 60-game season by in dugouts as baseball adjusts to in which games will start each extra inning this season by putting a runner on second base. “I think it’s putting a runner on second base. the change. great,” the 2018 National League MVP said. The rule has been used since Will road teams try to bunt 2018 in the minor leagues, where that runner over to third or play it created more action and settled for the big inning? How often will quently will teams pinch-run for games sooner. pitchers walk the leadoff batter the guy on second? ‘ I haven’t met ‘ As a player, there’s “It’s like ‘arena baseball,’ ” said to set up a double play? How fre- “It’s a whole different realm Scott Thorman, who managed anyone so far that nothing worse than the Kansas City Royals’ Single- likes it. extra innings. A Carolina League affiliate in ’ ’ Dave Martinez Christian Yelich Wilmington, Del., last season. Nationals manager Brewers OF and 2018 MVP Those words may cause tradi- tionalists to shudder. “I haven’t met anyone so far that likes it,” Washington Nation- strategy-wise,” Arizona Dia- Home teams won minor-league als manager Dave Martinez said. mondbacks general manager extra-inning games 50.5% of the Dave Martinez, meet Christian Mike Hazen said. time in 2019 and 51% of the time Yelich. Minor league managers al- in 2018. That’s down from 52% in “I think it’s great,” said Yelich, ready know that. 2016 and 53.8% in 2017 — the two the Brewers outfielder and 2018 Thorman used to make sure he years before the rule change. National League MVP. “As a saved at least one or two reliev- Some players wonder if all player, there’s nothing worse than ers in case a game ended up last- these tactical decisions could extra innings. Especially in a sea- ing 14-plus innings. He said he defeat the purpose of the format son like this, where you literally doesn’t have to worry about that change by lengthening time be- can’t take on that 15- or 16-in- anymore because games rarely tween pitches. ning game with just how rosters last that long. “I think you’ve all seen, with a runner on second base these days, are constructed and pitchers not Matt Erickson, who manages we have to be pretty complicated being built up to where they usu- the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers ally are and not really having the with our sequences,” Minnesota of the Single-A Midwest League, option to draw from this minor Twins closer Taylor Rogers said. NICK WASS/AP said the cold weather had road league talent pool.” “I don’t see that speeding up the teams often bunting and playing Indeed, MLB is experimenting Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez, left, said he doesn’t game. In fact, I see that slowing for one run early in the first sea- with the rule this year in part to know anyone who likes the new rule this season that will have it down.” son under the new rule. prevent marathon games from major league games starting each extra inning by putting a runner That hasn’t been the case in the “But as the summer went on, causing long-term damage to on second base. This rule has been used since 2018 in the minor minors. you find out you’re not really pitching staffs. leagues, where it created more action and settled games sooner. Extra-inning games in the mi- Brady Williams, who manages playing for a run as the visiting nors lasted 29.3 minutes longer the Tampa Bay Rays’ Triple-A By the numbers team,” Erickson said. “You’re than an average nine-inning game affiliate in Durham, N.C., said pretty much playing for multiple in 2018 and 29.7 minutes longer he initially considered the extra- runs if you’re on the road, trying last year. That’s down from a 45- inning format “Mickey Mouse to get a big inning.” minute difference in 2016 and a baseball” but eventually appreci- Williams believes road teams 43-minute margin in 2017. ated how it reduced his bullpen’s have an advantage because the S kep t ic s of t h i s for m at m ay n e e d workload. 93 50.5 29.7 runner on second scores so often, to get used to it even though MLB According to minor league data, putting immediate pressure on has indicated this is a one-year the home team. deal put in place because of this 71% of extra-inning games ended The percentage Percentage of Average number after one or two more innings in “As the season went on, I was season’s unusual circumstances. 2016 and it was about the same of games in the minor league of minutes longer talking to my coaches and I’d say “I wouldn’t necessarily say I in 2017 (74%). With the new rule minor leagues games won by an extra-inning that I wish you had a rule where support it or don’t moving for- ward,” New York Yankees manag- in place, that number climbed to if you’re the home team, you had that ended after home team in game lasted er Aaron Boone said. “In the short 93% each of the past two seasons. the option of hitting first or pitch- term, I’m OK with it. I do think Brewers general manager one or two extra 2019, the second than a 9-inning ing first (in extra innings),” Wil- there’s some tactical advantages David Stearns, who backs the innings since year the rule was game in 2019. It liams said. to be taken advantage of there if change, noted a game that lasts at The other side of it is that when the rule was in effect. In 2017 was 43 minutes you can be smart about it.” least 15 innings “can impact you implemented. it was 53.8%. longer in 2017. a road team doesn’t score, the for weeks after that if they are home team can win the game AP sports writers David Brandt, Dave Campbell, Jake Seiner, Andrew compounded by other challeng- without another batter even Seligman and Dave Skretta contributed ing games.” SOURCE: Associated Press reaching base safely. to this report. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 53 MLB OF Robert, 2B Lux are among rookies to watch

BY JAY COHEN Associated Press CHICAGO — Baseball’s 60- game season is plenty of time for a young slugger or pitcher to play a pivotal role in a playoff run. Here is a closer look at a handful of rookies who could grab a star- ring role this year: OF Luis Robert, Chicago White Sox: Robert, 22, joins a formida- ble White Sox lineup after agree- ing to a $50 million, six-year GREGORY BULL/AP contract in January — ahead of his major league debut. The ath- Los Angeles Dodgers second letic Cuban slugger batted .328 baseman Gavin Lux hit .347 in with 32 homers, 92 RBIs and 36 the minors last season. steals over three minor league stops last season. minors last season. He made his INF Carter Kieboom, Washing- big league debut in September, ton Nationals: Anthony Rendon’s batting .240 with two homers in departure in free agency created 23 games. an opening at third base for the LHP Jesus Luzardo, Oakland Nationals, and the reigning World Athletics: Luzardo broke into the Series champions are looking to majors in September, striking out Kieboom to fill the role. Kieboom 16 in 12 innings and recording spent most of last year with Tri- two saves in six relief appearanc- ple-A Fresno, hitting .303 with es. But the A’s think his future is 16 homers and 79 RBIs in 109 in their rotation. The left-hander went 1-1 with a 3.19 ERA in seven ASHLEY LANDIS/AP games. LHP Brendan McKay, Tampa starts for Triple-A Las Vegas last The Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols fields a ground ball during practice July 8 in Anaheim, Calif. Bay Rays: The delay to the start year. Pujols, 40, is likely to be the team’s everyday first baseman, according to manager Joe Maddon. of the season created plenty of RHP Deivi Garcia, New York time for McKay to prepare after Yankees: The development of the he was hampered by shoulder 21-year-old Garcia took on added stiffness early in spring training. significance for the Yankees The No. 4 pick in the 2017 ama- after Luis Severino was lost for teur draft could take on a more the season with an elbow injury. ‘I still have that hunger’ prominent role after the two-way Now Garcia could begin the year player made his major league in New York’s rotation after he 1 debut last year, going 2-4 with a struck out 165 in 111 ⁄3 innings in 5.14 ERA in 13 games and 2-for- the minors in 2019. Angels’ Pujols heads into 20th big league season healthy 10 with a homer at the plate. 2B Nico Hoerner, Chicago OF Dylan Carlson, St. Louis Cubs: Hoerner, 23, became the Cardinals: The switch-hitting first member of the 2018 draft BY GREG BEACHAM healthy like I have, it’s like, ‘Wow, this how it felt class to join a big league roster when I was 25 and in my 30s.’ ” Carlson is on the brink of his Associated Press when he was promoted in Sep- Pujols is likely to be the Angels’ regular first major league debut after an im- tember. The former Stanford ANAHEIM, Calif. — Albert Pujols’ 20th season baseman, according to new manager Joe Maddon, pressive 2019 season. The out- star looked pretty comfortable in the majors is about to begin with the Los Ange- who understands both Pujols’ limitations and excep- fielder, who doesn’t turn 22 until with the Cubs, batting .282 in 20 les Angels. When it does, the 40-year-old slugger is tional qualities. October, batted .292 with 26 hom- games. He is in the mix for the likely to be the oldest player in the big leagues. “He is definitely a Level 5, ‘All I want to do is win’ ers and 68 RBIs over two minor second base job, but he also could Although time has chipped away at Pujols’ moun- guy,” Maddon said. “He has been there, done that league stops. He was selected by back up Javier Baez at shortstop. tainous talent, he has never believed his advancing before. I’m watching him hustle on and off the field, St. Louis with the No. 33 pick in the 2016 draft. RHP Casey Mize, Detroit Ti- age will prevent him from putting up more big num- running to first base, (and) to say he gets it is ridicu- 2B Gavin Lux, Los Angeles gers: It’s a big season for the bers on the diamond. His recent years of diminish- lous. He’s gotten it for so Dodgers: The loaded Dodgers 23-year-old Mize, who threw a ing overall production have been counterbalanced many years.” ‘ have a couple of promising rook- no-hitter in his Double-A Erie by steady power numbers, and they have done noth- Being healthy Pujols believes he can stay healthy while push- ies who could help the debut last year, but also was ham- ing to hurt his confidence — particularly as he heads brought me club this year, led by pered by shoulder inflammation. into this short season with big plans. ing himself to the limit more joy in a shortened season, the sweet-swinging The No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 After struggling through injuries that slowed him Lux. The No. 20 pick amateur draft went 6-3 with a earlier in his 10-year contract with the Angels, the for the game.’ realizing the impor- tance of every at-bat in the 2016 amateur 3.20 ERA in 15 starts with the three-time MVP is feeling better than he has in Albert Pujols in this truncated time draft hit .347 in the SeaWolves. years as he heads into the ninth season of that mam- On his recovery from frame. Although he has LHP MacKenzie Gore, San moth $240 million deal. He fervently hopes this will surgery after never been a particular- Diego Padres: The 6-3 Gore is be the year when the Angels finally get their first the 2018 season ly fast starter, with his one of baseball’s top pitching playoff victories of his tenure. career batting average prospects. He went 9-2 with “When you don’t have that hunger and that joy in April ranking as the worst of any month in his a sparkling 1.69 ERA in 20 and that passion coming to the ballpark and hang- career (.280), he doesn’t feel like he’s starting cold minor league starts in 2019, ing out with your teammates, that’s when you walk this season at the height of summer. striking out 135 in 101 in- away,” Pujols said Saturday. “The game will let you “Right out of the gate, you need to be ready to go,” nings. He turned 21 in Febru- know. But I still feel like I was in 2001 with the Car- he said. “You don’t have a lot of games to wake up. ary, and San Diego is hoping he dinals, when I came to camp to make that ballclub. I It’s a short season. ... I think you need to take every will help anchor its rotation still have that hunger and that desire.” day, every game like it’s the last game of your life, for years to come. Pujols is still a key component of the Angels’ line- pretty much.” up even though his West Coast numbers have never Pujols received widespread praise earlier in the reached his St. Louis prime. He is eager to build on pandemic when he agreed to pay the salaries of the Cuban slugger last season, when his 23 homers gave him 656 for his Angels’ staffers in the Dominican Republic for five Luis Robert signed career, putting him just behind Willie Mays (660) months. The Angels have been particularly aggres- a six-year, $50 for fifth place in baseball history. sive among major league clubs in cutting expenses million contract Pujols believes he can do it because he’s healthy. during the pandemic by furloughing or dropping with the Chicago He is nearly two years removed from three surger- employees. White Sox in January. ies that were necessary after the 2018 campaign. Pujols said he didn’t write the check to earn NAM Y. HUH/AP “Being healthy brought me more joy for the praise, or because it was for his fellow Dominicans. game,” he said. “Talk to any athlete, and you start “I felt in my heart that I was capable to help those going through injuries and tough parts of your ca- people,” Pujols said. “It’s something that I felt was reer, and you start doubting yourself. When you stay needed.” PAGE 54 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 17, 2020 MLB 10 players to watch The search Reds hope they’ve found leadoff hitter in Akiyama

BY DAVID BRANDT is to play in every game so I just Associated Press want to compete in every single game I play. That’s what I want to PHOENIX bring.” he Cincinnati Reds Here’s a look at 10 players to hope their long-running watch for the upcoming season. search for a consistent This week’s focus is on the NL Tleadoff hitter comes to and AL Central Divisions. an end with Shogo Akiyama. The first Japanese-born play- AL Central er in franchise history signed a three-year, $21 million deal dur- Chicago White Sox: RHP ing the offseason and is part of Lucas Giolito. The former first- the team’s extensive overhaul. round pick developed into an All- Mike Moustakas, Nick Castella- Star last season, finishing with a nos, Wade Miley and Pedro Strop 14-9 record, 3.41 ERA and 228 were also added to end a streak of strikeouts in 176 innings. He’s six straight losing seasons. still young — turning 26 on Tues- But it’s the 32-year-old Aki- day — and part of the White Sox’s yama who might be the most in- young nucleus that the franchise triguing. He was a consistent star hopes can lead a turnaround. /AP in Nippon Professional Baseball Cleveland Indians: SS Francis- AARON DOSTER over the past five seasons, hitting co Lindor. The 26-year-old short- The Reds signed Nippon League star Shogo Akiyama to a $21-million, three-year deal this offseason. over .300 four times while flash- stop is an established star and ing consistent power and provid- had another great year in 2019, Detroit Tigers: RHP Michael ing stellar defense. batting .284 with 32 homers, 22 Fulmer. The 27-year-old righty is If he can do something similar stolen bases and winning a Gold trying to come back from Tommy in Cincinnati, the Reds will be Glove. The problem for the Indi- John surgery, which cost him the thrilled. ans is they probably can’t afford entire 2019 season. He was one “There’s only 60 games and to keep him when he hits the free of the game’s intriguing young obviously the goal is to make the agency market following the 2021 pitchers just a few years ago, win- playoffs,” Akiyama said through season. A blockbuster trade could ning Rookie of the Year in 2016 an interpreter. “My personal goal happen sooner rather than later. and making the All-Star team in 2017. Kansas City Royals: C Sal- vador Perez. One of the game’s best catchers was sidelined all of last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. The 30-year-old is also dealing with COVID-19, though he’s said he’s asymptomatic. He’s a six-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner. Minnesota Twins: OF Byron Buxton. The 26-year-old has been considered a future star for the better part of a decade, but hasn’t quite been able to deliver on his potential. He’s had a few good moments — especially in 2017 when he won a Gold Glove — but the Twins hope he can avoid in- juries and provide consistent production. NL Central ELAINE THOMPSON/AP Chicago Cubs: OF/DH Kyle The Royals’ Salvador Perez is one of the best catchers in baseball Schwarber. The National League but missed last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. has decided to use the DH dur- ing this abbreviated season and batting .278 with 22 homers. His St Louis Cardinals: IF/OF one of the obvious candidates for bat isn’t a question but his defen- Tommy Edman. The 25-year-old the Cubs would be Schwarber. sive work behind the plate will be came out of nowhere to become The 27-year-old has never been a closely watched. a crucial piece for the Cardinals great fielder, but there’s no doubt Pittsburgh Pirates: OF Greg- during their playoff push last he can provide punch with his ory Polanco. The Pirates hope year. He’s a versatile defender bat. He hit a career-high 38 hom- that the 28-year-old’s surgically who can play in the infield or ers last season. outfield and was good with the repaired left shoulder is ready Milwaukee Brewers: C Omar bat in 2019, finishing with a .304 to go. He was limited to just 42 Narvaez. He’s the clear-cut start- average, 11 homers and 15 stolen ing catcher after the Brewers lost games last season because of lin- DAVID DERMER/AP bases in a little more than half of All-Star Yasmani Grandal to the gering soreness. Back in 2018, he a season. Cleveland Indians’ Francisco Lindor runs the bases during a White Sox in free agency. The 28- was one of the team’s best hitters, AP sports writers Steve Megargee, Joe simulated game at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Lindor is due to year-old had a breakout season finishing with a .254 average, 32 Kay, Dave Campbell and Dave Skretta be a free agent after the season, which means he may be traded. with the Mariners last season, doubles and 23 homers. contributed to this story. Friday, July 17, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 55 MLB Injury concerns in New York, Chicago Mets’ deGrom, Cubs’ Rizzo have back issues

BY JAY COHEN Cubs manager David Ross said. Associated Press “I think the main thing is that we’re progressing in the right CHICAGO — Opening day is direction.” next week, and there is some un- While injuries put the opening- ease for New York Mets ace Jacob day plans for New York and Chi- deGrom and Chicago Cubs first cago in question, the coronavirus baseman Anthony Rizzo because continued to have a dramatic ef- of back issues. It looks as if New fect on rosters across the sport. York Yankees star Aaron Judge is Twins first baseman Miguel feeling much better. Sano was cleared to join the The Mets sent deGrom for an team after testing positive for the MRI on Wednesday after the virus upon his arrival in Minne- right-hand- sota. Royals er pitched catcher Sal- just one in- vador Perez ning in a is back after summer his own pos- camp ap- itive test, as pearance is Baltimore due to back outfielder tightness. Anthony

ALEX BRANDON/AP The test Santander showed and slug- Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer, left, talks with manger Dave Martinez and catcher Yan Gomes, nothing ger Derek right, during a workout at Nationals Park on Monday in Washington. to be con- deGrom Rizzo Dietrich in cerned Cincinnati. about, according to a person fa- “It changed my way of think- miliar with the situation. ing,“ Dietrich said. “It humbled Adapt: High fives, fist bumps, hugs The person spoke on condition me and motivated me. I have of anonymity because no imme- empathy for anyone dealing with diate announcement on deGrom’s this because it sucks. It really medical condition was planned. does. ... This isn’t about you. A lot all banned under strict safety rules An MRI of Rizzo on Tuesday of people are dealing with this. It showed rib-head inflammation on is real. It is very real.” his left side that is causing back Santander suited up for the first FROM BACK PAGE He’s not sure players or even umpires will be able spasms — a condition he has dealt time Tuesday and went through a with top athletes across the sports landscape. “If to follow the new rules. But he knows this: “I’m sure with before in his career. rigorous workout in an effort to you’re superstitious, you’re probably going to be in I’m going to get yelled at. I can guarantee that.” “Frustrating, just because how make up for lost time. He is hop- big trouble right now. ... Superstitions are out the Mental skills personnel could wind up work- physically in shape I felt like I was ing to be part of the starting line- door because none of that stuff is going to be there. ing extra hours. Anxieties about the virus plus the coming in,” Rizzo said. “Just can’t up when Baltimore visits Boston For a lot of people, it’s a willingness to be uncom- emotions of a shortened season figure to create a control the flareups. The MRI for opening day on July 24. fortable, the right to evolve some of your habits.” charged environment. Players almost certainly will getting kind of what we knew, just “This was something serious,” He said players with a “willingness to be vulner- hug or pat each other on the back at some point, with confirming it. Just kind of getting Santander said. “Thank God I able” and adjust will have an easier time. But under so much riding on each game. it to calm down and get back out had only mild symptoms.” the new rules, scenarios that once seemed unthink- “There’s going to be slip-ups,” Cubs slugger An- there as fast as I can.” Perez was cleared with a sec- able are plausible. thony Rizzo said. “There’s going to be emotions that Judge has been hampered by ond negative test in a 24-hour Imagine this: come with this game.” a stiff neck, but the outfielder period Tuesday, and Kansas City Someone hits a game-ending home run and no At a time when players and team personnel are homered off James Paxton dur- manager Mike Matheny said the one mobs him as he crosses the plate. A manager testing positive, going to bars and parties are out, ing New York’s intrasquad game news gave the entire club a boost goes out to argue a call and gets tossed for coming too. Then again, MLB isn’t isolating in a bubble the at Yankee Stadium. Masahiro — especially with Brad Keller, too close to the umpire. way the NBA, NHL and Major League Soccer are. Tanaka was scheduled for a bull- Ryan O’Hearn and Cam Galla- Under the new rules detailed in a 113-page manu- The Cleveland Indians asked outfielder Franmil pen session Thursday in his first gher still sidelined by the virus. al, it’s possible. And that’s not the only change. Reyes to stay away from the team for a few days action since he was struck on the “It was the perfect timing for a With spitting prohibited, forget about sunflower after he was seen on social media at a weekend holi- head by Giancarlo Stanton’s liner shot in the arm,” Matheny said. seeds in the dugout. Tobacco, too. day party without a mask. on July 4. Catchers like Perez are in a bit Don’t expect players and coaches to sit too close NYU Langone sports psychologist Bonnie Marks The loss of deGrom or Rizzo of a precarious position on the together. And inactive players might wind up in the said players will have to find alternatives to habits for an extended period would be field, with their inability to so- stands, at least six feet apart. now prohibited and suggested breathing exercises a huge blow for either of their cially distance with the umpire According to the Centers for Disease Control and to ease tension instead of chewing and spitting. teams — especially in a short- and batter also around the plate. Prevention, “in general, the more closely a person Teams will also need to enforce the rules without ened 60-game season. Kyle Higashioka, who became interacts with others and the longer that interaction, browbeating players. The 32-year-old deGrom won the Yankees’ backup catcher fol- the higher the risk of COVID-19 spread.” But Marks, who has worked with Olympic ath- his second consecutive NL Cy lowing the departure of Austin So the way everyone communicates figures to letes, also sees the potential to strengthen bonds, Young Award in 2019, finishing Romine, is wearing another mask change. Imagine mound visits at a distance, with no whether players share their experiences with each with a 2.43 ERA and NL-best 255 during intrasquad matchups and fan noise to drown out the discussion. other or simply find new ways to amuse each other. strikeouts in 204 innings. If de- plans to during games. “You can’t stand four feet apart and talk in a nor- It’s important they discuss their feelings, what they Grom is unable to go on opening “I’m kind of in an enclosed in mal voice because someone is going to hear you,” went through if they contracted the virus or some- day against Atlanta on July 24, the vicinity with a couple other Chicago White Sox catcher James McCann said. one close to them did. Marcus Stroman, Rick Porcello people, so might as well just More side effects: Players are encouraged to skip “Before COVID, the word empathy wasn’t used or Steven Matz could get the ball. throw the face covering on just in tossing the ball around the infield after outs, as that much,” Marks said. “But now, empathy is used “It’s a little bit too early still to case,” he said. “Not sure if it will teams have done forever. a lot. You hear the word empathy more than you did make those decisions,” Rojas said help of not.” If a player wants to lick his fingers to get a better before.” Wednesday afternoon. He uses a model that’s very grip on the ball, well, that’s against the rules, too. They still need to have fun, too. And that might Rizzo, who is expected to bat thin. But a pitcher can, instead, keep a wet rag in his back take some creativity. second in Chicago’s lineup, hit “It’s a nice, cool material, so pocket. Instead of high-fives, players could give each .293 with 27 homers and 94 RBIs it doesn’t really hinder me,” he “I’m not going to lie,” Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher other air-fives — with no contact. Maybe make a last year. Kris Bryant and Vic- said. “I don’t like wearing it hit- Derek Holland said. “I really don’t want to have a lighthearted video explaining the new rules. Or de- tor Caratini could fill in at first if ting because it like kind of messes wet rag in my back pocket, because — this is weird velop new and fun ways to communicate through Rizzo has to begin the season on with me turning my head. But for — but I’m probably going to get a butt rash, if you signals. the injured list. catching, it’s nothing really that think about it.” “I encourage people to laugh,” Marks said. “He doesn’t seem worried,” bugs me about it.” S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, July 17, 2020 F3HIJKLM No deal in Dallas Cowboys, QB Prescott fail to reach SPORTS long-term agreement » NFL, Page 51

MLB Learning to adapt Players, managers still adjusting habits to accomodate virus safety rules BY ANDREW SELIGMAN ‘ Associated Press If you’re superstitious, you’re probably going to be in big trouble right now. Graham Betchart’ CHICAGO mental skills coach ashington Nationals manager Dave Martinez wanted to hug, high-five and fist bump his myself today from almost spitting in my mask nearly four months away following the shut- players. After all, the defend- because I drank some water. You’re just used down of training camps because of the COVID- ing World Series champions to it.” 19 pandemic. They are being asked to set Wspent nearly four months apart before resum- Things sure will be different when it’s time to aside behaviors stitched into the game’s fab- ing workouts last week. play ball in two weeks. And it’s won’t just be the ric under rules designed to contain the novel Then, he remembered: Those are out. And empty stands or 60-game schedule. coronavirus. just like crying, now there’s no spitting in base- “You’ve got to change your ways a little bit and No easy task for such creatures of habit. ball, either. try to establish new routines,” Chicago Cubs “I think the big thing is the difference be- “The first thing you want to do when you see slugger Kris Bryant said. “But we shouldn’t be tween superstitions and habits,” said mental the guys come in after not seeing them for a complaining about that because we all want this skills coach Graham Betchart, who has worked while, you want to give them a big hug, a fist thing to work.” bump, high-five,” Martinez said. “Had to stop Players are adjusting to a new normal after SEE ADAPT ON PAGE 55

The Brewers’ Orlando Arcia covers his face with his mask Tuesday in Milwaukee.

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