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Volume 80 Edition 100A ©SS 2021 CONTINGENCY EDITION SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 Free to Deployed Areas CHANGING COURSE Marine Corps revamps infantry school to produce critical thinking and more advanced infantrymen

BY COREY DICKSTEIN At Camp Lejeune, N.C., the Stars and Stripes Corps’ School of Infantry-East is CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Ma- attempting to make those chang- rine Corps leaders have their eyes es, experimenting with a new ini- on the kind of combat that a war tial infantry training program that against an adversary such as Chi- lasts longer, includes more face- na or Russia could bring, and they to-face time with instructors, and are training their troops to be pre- challenges green infantrymen on pared for that fight by building more difficult skills, said Col. Da- better-thinking, more well-round- vid Emmel, the school’s com- ed infantrymen capable of operat- mander. ing in small units with little over- “The Marine Corps is going sight. through very large changes … and The Corps wants to create in- we are one element of that within fantrymen who will arrive at their the larger service’s efforts,” Em- first duty station with the critical mel told reporters Aug. 27 at and creative thinking skills of Ma- Camp Lejeune, as the first group rines several years into their ca- of 194 Marines neared completion reer, instead of the robot-like, trig- of the School of Infantry-East’s ger-pullers that some have ac- first attempt of the new training cused the service of producing in program, known as the Infantry its longstanding entry-level infan- Marine Course. “That’s making a try course, Marine officials said last week. SEE COURSE ON PAGE 4

A Marine infantry student at Camp Lejeune, N.C., practices setting up an ambush Aug. 27 as part of a pilot program meant to drastically change the way the Corps trains its infantrymen.

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BY MIKE CATALINI Ida. on Wednesday and Thursday, of New York City remained sus- swollen Schuylkill River started AND MICHAEL R. SISAK The disaster underscored with submerging cars, swamping sub- pended or severely curtailed. In cleaning up and assessing the Associated Press heartbreaking clarity how vulner- way stations and basement apart- the Hudson Valley, train tracks damage. NEW YORK — Police went able the U.S. is to the extreme ments and drowning scores of were covered in several feet of President Joe Biden approved door to door in search of more pos- weather that climate change is people in five states. mud. New York’s subways were emergency declarations for New sible victims and drew up lists of bringing. It overwhelmed urban drainage running with delays or not at all. York and New Jersey. the missing as the death toll rose to More than three days after the systems never meant to handle so In Philadelphia, part of the The death toll was highest in 49 on Friday in the catastrophic hurricane blew ashore in Louisia- much rain in such a short time — 3 crosstown Vine Street Express- New Jersey, where at least 25 peo- flooding set off across the North- na, the storm’s rainy remains hit inches in just an hour in New York. way remained under water as peo- east by the remnants of Hurricane the Northeast with surprising fury Commuter train service north ple in neighborhoods along the SEE IDA ON PAGE 7 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, September 4, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER GM, Ford halt some production due to chip shortage EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1156.07 Associated Press at its Kansas City Assembly Plant Industry analysts say the delta Switzerland (Franc) 0.9134 Euro costs (Sept. 6) $1.16 Thailand (Baht) 32.47 DETROIT — The global short- for the next two weeks. Shifts will variant of the novel coronavirus Dollar buys (Sept. 6) 0.8189 Turkey (NewLira) 8.3020 British pound (Sept. 6) $1.35 age of computer chips is getting be cut at two more truck plants in has hit employees at chip facto- Japanese yen (Sept. 6) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available worse, forcing automakers to Dearborn, Mich., and Louisville, ries in southeast Asia hard, forc- South Korean won (Sept. 6) 1127.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ temporarily close factories in- Ky. ing some plants to close. That’s many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3769 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ cluding those that build popular The cuts will compound an al- worsened a chip shortage that Britain (Pound) 1.3851 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2529 your local military banking facility. Commercial pickup trucks. ready short supply of cars, trucks was starting to improve earlier in China(Yuan) 6.4375 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.2549 General Motors announced and SUVs on dealer lots nation- the summer. Egypt (Pound) 15.7036 when buying currency. All figures are foreign Thursday that it would pause pro- wide that have pushed prices to “Now the prospects for new Euro 0.8412 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7736 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ duction at eight of its 15 North record levels. Automakers report- sales for the rest of the year con- Hungary (Forint) 292.65 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2039 American assembly plants during ed that U.S. dealers had just un- tinue to dim with the reality that Japan (Yen) 109.67 INTEREST RATES the next two weeks, including two der a million new vehicles on tight inventory will last well into Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3006 Norway (Krone) 8.6420 Prime rate 3.25 that make the company’s top-sell- their lots in August, 72% lower 2022,” said Kevin Roberts, direc- Philippines (Peso) 49.87 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.79 Federal funds market rate 0.09 ing Chevrolet Silverado pickup. than the 3.58 million in August of tor of industry insights for Cargu- Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7507 3­month bill 0.05 Ford will stop making pickups 2019. rus.com. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3405 30­year bond 1.91 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 12 Comics/Crossword ...... 18 Health & Fitness ...... 16 Opinion ...... 17 Sports ...... 19-24 Travel ...... 14-15 Video Games ...... 13 Saturday, September 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Pentagon is restarting 16 advisory boards BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Members are being named to Miller’s last-minute replace- in Austin’s initial memo, 31 had Board, Defense Policy Board, De- Associated Press the panels, and Kirby said that ments. At the time, officials said their members removed, six were fense Health Board, Defense WASHINGTON — Defense recommendations for other that Austin’s decision to suspend part of the review but their mem- Board of Actuaries, Medicare-Eli- Secretary Lloyd Austin has boards to resume operations are the boards and study the issue was bers were retained, and five oth- gible Board of Advisors, Defense agreed to restart 16 defense advi- still under consideration. More driven by the frenetic activity of ers had either no members or had Science Board, Defense Advisory sory boards, after halting activity announcements will be made in Miller to remove dozens of board concluded their business. Among Committee on Investigation, Pros- by all the panels in February and coming weeks. members and replace them in the 31 were some of the depart- ecution, and Defense of Sexual As- essentially purging a number of During the last two months of such a short amount of time be- ment’s most well known boards, sault in the Armed Forces, Uni- members who were appointed in his tenure, former acting Defense tween Trump’s election loss and including those with purview over form Formulary Beneficiary Ad- the final days of the Trump admin- Secretary Christopher Miller re- the inauguration of President Joe defense policy, science, health, in- visory Panel, Inland Waterways istration. moved a number of longtime Biden. novation, Arlington National Users Board, Defense Depart- Pentagon spokesman John Kir- members from several defense The review was designed to as- Cemetery and women in the mil- ment Wage Committee, Board on by said a sweeping review of all policy, health, science and busi- sess whether each board provides itary. Coastal Engineering Research, the boards is complete, and Austin ness boards and replaced many value and make sure its focus All together there were more Marine Corps University Board of has begun taking action on some of with loyalists of former President aligns with U.S. strategic priori- than 600 members on the 42 Visitors, Department of the Air the recommendations from the Donald Trump. ties and the National Defense boards, but defense officials we- Force Scientific Advisory Board, study. The 16 boards being rein- After taking office, Austin in Strategy. And all committee mem- ren’t able to say exactly how many U.S. Strategic Command Strategic stated so far include many of the early February, ordered a review bers whose appointment comes had to resign. They said it was Advisory Group, Army Science more prominent panels, including and said hundreds of Pentagon ad- from the defense secretary were “hundreds.” Board and the Defense Advisory the Defense policy, business, sci- visory board members had to re- ordered to resign by Feb. 16. The 16 that will be able to begin Committee on Women in the Ser- ence and health boards. sign, including more than 30 of Of the 42 advisory panels listed again are: Defense Business vices. House panel to debate banning extremism in the ranks BY JOHN M. DONNELLY heightened threat to the homeland.” CQ-Roll Call Moreover, the Army Criminal Investiga- WASHINGTON — House Democrats tion Command, in a report last year, found a want the new National Defense Authoriza- 66% increase in gang or domestic extremist tion Act to make plain that armed services activity from the previous year, Brown personnel and recruits are not allowed to said. advocate or take part in extremist activities A 2019 survey found more than one third or belong to extremist groups. of all active-duty servicemembers had wit- But the debate over what extremism nessed instances of white nationalism or means and how such a prohibition would be ideologically driven racism in their units. enforced is expected to be fierce — starting The Pentagon has been working on this at Wednesday’s House Armed Services issue for many months. Committee markup of the fiscal 2022 bill. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III re- Maryland Democrat Anthony G. Brown quired in February that all military com- plans to file an amendment at the markup manders take time over a two-month period that would make explicit a military com- to discuss extremism. And he set up the mander’s authority to bar or expel people Countering Extremism Working Group to who espouse or act on extremist beliefs or study the issue. are members of such groups. The amend- In April, Austin ordered the review of ment also says that the military can use so- how best to define extremism. He also man- cial media posts as evidence of extremist dated updating security questionnaires to views that could lead to so-called separa- more accurately determine recruits’ back- tion from service. SUSAN WALSH/AP grounds on the issue. And he required new “An individual who engages in extremist Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in training for retiring personnel who may activities or is a member of an extremist or- Washington on Wednesday. face recruitment efforts from extremist ganization may not serve as a member of groups. the armed forces,” states a draft of the data indicating that extremists — ranging institutions. In 2020, after protests over the killing of amendment. from white supremacists to criminal gangs Brown, a retired Army aviator and judge George Floyd, the department convened a Brown would leave it to the secretary of — represent a small but seemingly growing advocate general, believes U.S. military task force to take a closer look at military Defense to define extremist activities. A and increasingly dangerous portion of the commanders already have inherent author- efforts to become more racially diverse. Pentagon Countering Extremism Working U.S. military. The fact that some 20% of the ity to ban extremism to the degree that it is, One of the group’s recommendations, bur- Group is reportedly already at work on that rioters in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol re- by its nature, a threat to military order and ied in its voluminous report, was to make question. portedly had ties to the military has cata- discipline. His measure is intended to clar- extremist violence punishable under the Brown told CQ Roll Call in a statement lyzed these concerns. ify the terms of that authority, aides said. military’s code of justice. that he recognizes that extremists form a ti- But Republicans have regularly pushed The amendment does not create a new The House’s fiscal 2021 NDAA included ny fraction of the U.S. military, but he be- back against most attempts to crush extre- crime in the Uniform Code of Military Jus- language by California Democrat Jackie lieves it is a growing peril. mism in the ranks and are expected to do so tice but would alter the law to explicitly au- Speier that would have done just that. But “Racism, white supremacy, antisemi- again. The GOP critics generally say Dem- thorize commanders to root out — be it in senators, fearing a veto by President Do- tism, discrimination, and other extremist ocrats are exaggerating the extent of the recruits or those currently serving — any- nald Trump over the issue, diluted that beliefs are not in line with the values of our problem. Republicans say they are con- one who advocates hatred based on bigotry mandate in the final measure, Speier said armed services and have no place in our cerned too that what constitutes extremist or puts it into violent practice. earlier this year. ranks,” Brown said. activity is not clearly defined. And they The measure would not mandate moni- The fiscal 2021 NDAA instead created a Brown’s amendment would set up a Pen- worry that servicemembers’ privacy and toring of social media but would authorize new deputy inspector general to oversee di- tagon Office of Countering Extremism to their rights to due process could be threat- the services to use an online post advocat- versity and anti-extremism efforts. track reports of such behavior across the ened. ing supremacist views as cause for dis- Brown’s bill would require the director of Defense Department’s uniformed and ci- Brown’s extremism amendment is not charge. the proposed Office of Countering Extre- vilian ranks. The office would share data on the only NDAA proposal that will stir a ra- Brown also argues that nothing in the bill mism to coordinate with the deputy inspec- the problem with other federal agencies cially charged, partisan debate. would shortchange due process protections tor general. and would produce an annual report to Con- One of the highest-temperature debates for servicemembers. The Senate’s fiscal 2022 NDAA would gress. The amendment would empower the could come when Republicans offer one or Even beyond the attack on the Capitol, again defer definitive action on the matter. military services to train personnel and more amendments seeking to restrict the troubling signs have appeared recently of a It would merely require the Defense secre- recruiters in identifying and avoiding ex- Pentagon from teaching so-called critical small but festering problem in the ranks. tary to report to Congress on whether and tremism. race theory, an academic approach to reex- The director of national intelligence said how to potentially make violent extremism The amendment is a response to recent amining how racial bias is encoded in social in March that violent extremists pose “a a crime under the military code. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, September 4, 2021 MILITARY Course: New training puts instructors with smaller groups FROM PAGE 1 more lethal, smarter, more elite Marine infantryman — Marines with a strong moral foundation, who are grounded in the Marine Corps ethos, who possess the skill and the will to succeed in the fu- ture operational environment. And, as part of that, the critical thinking which allows him [or her] to be adaptive in that environ- ment.” Those changes have been dri- ven by the vision of Marine com- mandant Gen. David Berger — who, since becoming the top Ma- rine in 2019, has instituted an overhaul of the service aimed largely at checking Chinese power in the Indo-Pacific region, where he believes his troops will need to work more closely with the Navy and in smaller units to compete with China’s forces. As comman- dant, Berger has axed the Ma- rines’ tank units, urged Congress to shrink its force size and in- structed units to prepare its youngest Marines to make tough battlefield decisions without a higher command’s input. At Camp Lejeune, Marine in- PHOTOS BY COREY DICKSTEIN/Stars and Stripes structors are preparing some of Marine infantry students at Camp Lejeune, N.C., practice setting up an ambush, as their instructor looks on. The live­fire training on Aug. 27 the Corps’ newest infantrymen for was part of their 12th week of initial infantry training and part of a program meant to drastically change the way the Corps trains its infantrymen. just that operating environment in the Infantry Marine Course pilot program, which expands initial infantry training from nine weeks to 14 weeks. It marks the second use of the new program, which be- gan with a course at the Marine’s School of Infantry-West at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The new course puts new Ma- rines in the field for about nine weeks, practicing critical infantry skills, fighting each other in force- on-force battles, and training them on advanced weapons to which those who have completed traditional Marine initial infantry training have not been exposed. But the most critical change to A Marine infantry student places a claymore mine during training at the course is how instructors work Camp Lejeune. with their students, Emmel and other officials said. vanced quicker than those he has Marines opened fire with M27 ri- The new model pairs a single taught in the traditional class, he fles and M240B machine guns. combat instructor — an experi- said. In minutes, the smoke cleared enced infantry noncommissioned “Their development is actually and the firing ceased. The enemy officer trained to teach new Ma- exceeding a lot of our expecta- — robotic targets outfitted in cam- rines — with a squad of 14 Ma- tions,” Ritter said. “I took them ouflage — had been defeated. For A Marine infantry student practices setting up an ambush during rines, who the instructor is from Day 1 where they couldn’t do the squad of freshly minted Ma- live­fire training event. charged with overseeing, teaching any infantry skills, and then now rines about 12 weeks into the new and mentoring throughout the en- to see them on the live-fire ranges, Infantry Marine Course, the brief Company, which is conducting the the attack, his instructor said. In tire course. For decades, instruc- being able to execute, use their live-fire operation was the culmi- pilot course. Combat instructors another, Marines set their mine tors taught Marines in infantry weapons for the right target with- nation of a week focused on sharp- then tagged along as the squads off too early, failing to injure any school in large groups, 80 to 200- out any [instructor] supervision — ening the planning and tactical conducted their ambushes, offer- enemy targets. In another am- plus at a time, officials said. that’s extremely rewarding. skills that go into executing an ing the occasional pointer, but al- bush, some of the Marines set Sgt. Jonathon Ritter, a combat “A lot of the stuff they’re learn- age-old combat tactic — an am- lowing the Marines to make — and themselves up in positions where instructor in charge of one of the ing now is stuff that Marines [who bush. hopefully — learn from their own they were ultimately unable to see Infantry Marine Course squads, are] traditionally one or two years For those leading the Marines, it mistakes, Allen said. the enemy targets as they entered said he has gotten to know his trai- into the fleet learn, and here we was verification of the new efforts. One squad after another on Aug. the “kill box,” another instructor nees much better during the pilot have them learning this stuff at en- The squads each planned their 27 ran through the exercise on the said. course than when he has taught in try level training. That’s huge.” ambushes on their own without sandy, wooded training grounds. Despite the shortcomings, none previous iterations of initial infan- their instructors’ input after Some groups executed near-per- of the Marines were chewed out. try training. An ambush spending the week learning the fect ambushes, Allen said. Others Combat instructors rarely yelled, The one-on-one time allows him A blast from a Claymore mine tactics that go into planning an struggled. except over the roar of gunfire. to better understand how his stu- shot a cloud of smoke billowing ambush and practicing without In at least one iteration, a Ma- Young Marines held their heads dents learn, what they respond to dozens of feet into the air. From live ammunition, said Marine rine’s M240B machine gun high, as their instructors went and how they react to challenges. positions concealed by trees just Capt. David Allen, the command- jammed, likely because it had not His young Marines have ad- beyond the mine’s reach, 14 young er of the School of Infantry’s Echo been cleaned well enough before SEE COURSE ON PAGE 5 Saturday, September 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Course: Infantry Marines learn to use more advanced weapons FROM PAGE 4 over what they had done right and wrong just minutes after complet- ing the mission. The Marines asked questions, and they pre- pared to run ambushes again. “They’re more willing to ap- proach you, ask a question, more willing to engage in the training and just learn,” said Sgt. Govan Walcott, a combat instructor lead- ing one of the 14-man squads in the pilot. “We’re not yelling. We’re here to instruct, to teach and then let them learn it their way and then go out and execute what it is that we’re trying to teach.” ‘Not just idiots’ Traditionally, a new Marine in- fantryman — a boot, in Marine slang — will arrive at his or her first station with an elementary understanding of infantry tactics and spend the next two or more years learning how to actually op- erate from unit leaders, Walcott said. The pilot program is designed to provide boot Marines to the Corps’ infantry battalions nearly ready to fight on the first day. “We’re speeding up the time- line,” said Emmel, the School of Infantry-East commander. PHOTOS BY COREY DICKSTEIN/Stars and Stripes For the instructors, it takes a Marine infantry students listen to their combat instructor’s feedback after conducting an ambush during training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on shift in mindset. Walcott, who en- Aug. 27. listed in 2015, said his instructors at the School of Infantry-East would tell him exactly what to do and when to do it. In the pilot pro- gram, instructors explain to stu- dents an outcome they want out of ascenario and let the new Marines find their own paths to that result. “We’re looking at it like, hey, these are not just idiots, you know. These are individuals who can ac- tually think and operate on their own and operate as a unit,” Wal- cott said. “So it’s — I’m going to give you this knowledge. Let me see how you apply it. And, the way you apply it actually might be somewhat of a different train of thought than I would have had. It might even work better.” Walcott and other instructors In the trial program, instructors said the pilot course was proving explain a scenario's desired beneficial to the new Marines. outcome and let students find He said he believed the Corps their own paths to that result. should adopt the training, which Marine infantry students at Camp Lejeune practice setting up an ambush in a live­fire training event. Corps brass will consider later cadre was possible, but he de- this year after running at least two fleet that are not there right now.” clined to provide a specific num- more pilot courses, one each at “Their development is actually The pilot model is also more de- ber of additional instructors he Camp Pendleton and Camp Le- manding on the instructors, Wal- would require. jeune. exceeding a lot of our cott and Ritter admitted. Their Those figures could change as Unlike infantry Marines who days often last from sun up to sun the pilot course is adjusted based graduate traditional initial infan- expectations.” down and occasionally well into on feedback from the first two it- try training, those who complete the night, they said. Nonetheless, erations, he added. Even the num- the pilot program will have Sgt. Jonathon Ritter they said those challenges were ber of weeks could be changed. learned to shoot Javelin anti-tank combat instructor worthwhile. Nonetheless, Emmel and other missiles, fire machine guns, and An influx of new instructors School of Infantry officials en- use other weapons that new rifle- single military occupational spe- been exposed to some of the weap- would also be needed to adopt the dorsed the pilot program as send- men usually would not be trained cialty. That decision is yet to be ons, including the Javelin before Infantry Marine Course pilot pro- ing the Corps in the right direction to do. made, a Marine spokesman said becoming an instructor. gram as the Corps’ initial infantry for the future. The decision to incorporate Tuesday. “These guys are definitely more training program, officials said. “We’re giving the fleet more le- more advanced weapons than just Training Marines to use multi- trained up, so it wouldn’t take as Emmel said the East Coast and thal Marines,” Emmel said. the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle ple weapons systems is a major long to spin them up” at their first West Coast infantry schools were comes as the Corps considers advantage on the battlefield, Wal- unit, he said. “And, then these working with Marine headquar- [email protected] merging all infantry jobs into a cott said, adding he had never guys are going to bring skills to the ters to determine how large a Twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, September 4, 2021 AFGHANISTAN Afghan women demand rights as Taliban rule

BY KATHY GANNON the protesters themselves. Associated Press The Taliban have said women KABUL, Afghanistan — A small will be able to continue their edu- group of Afghan women protested cation and work outside the home, near the presidential palace in Ka- rights denied to women when the bul on Friday, demanding equal militants were last in power. But rights from the Taliban as Afghan- the Taliban have also vowed to im- istan’s new rulers work on form- pose Sharia, or Islamic law, with- ing a government and seeking in- out providing specifics. ternational recognition. Interpretations of Islamic law The Taliban captured most of vary widely across the Muslim PHOTOS BY WALI SABAWOON/AP the country in a matter of days last world, with more moderate Women gather to demand their rights under Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday. month and celebrated the depar- strains predominating. The Tali- ture of the last U.S. forces after 20 ban’s earlier rule was shaped by culture. years of war. Now they face the ur- Afghanistan’s unique tribal tradi- Ahmadullah Muttaqi, a spokes- gent challenge of governing a war- tions, under which women are not man for the Taliban’s cultural ravaged country that is heavily re- to be seen in public. Those cus- commission, said a senior official liant on international aid. toms endure, especially in the from the United Arab Emirates The Taliban have promised an countryside, even during 20 years flew into Kabul’s international inclusive government and a more of Western-backed governments. airport on Friday to meet with Ta- moderate form of Islamic rule A potentially more pressing liban officials, without naming than when they last ruled the concern for the Taliban is the him. Afghanistan’s TOLO TV re- country from 1996 to 2001. But economy, which is mired in crisis. ported that the aircraft was also many Afghans, especially women, Civil servants haven’t been paid carrying 60 tons of food and med- are deeply skeptical and fear a for months, ATM’s have been shut ical aid. rollback of rights gained over the down and banks are limiting with- Sher Mohammad Stanikzai, a last two decades. drawals to $200 per week, causing senior Taliban official based in The protest in Kabul was the large crowds to form outside Qatar, recently met with British second women’s protest in as them. Aid groups have warned of and German delegations, accord- many days, with the other held in widespread hunger amid a severe ing to the Taliban, which said an- the western city of Herat. Around drought. other official, Abdul Salam Hana- 20 women with microphones gath- The Taliban said Western fi, had a phone call with Chinese ered under the watchful eyes of Union, which halted service after deputy foreign minister Wu Jiang- Taliban gunmen, who allowed the the militants entered Kabul last hao. demonstration to proceed. month, will resume transfers, Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a Most Western embassies were The women demanded access which may help Afghans to re- protest in Kabul, Afghanistan. evacuated and shuttered in the to education, the right to return to ceive cash from relatives living days after the Taliban rolled into work and a role in governing the abroad. But most of Afghanistan’s The Taliban say they want good their promises to form an inclu- Kabul on Aug. 15. The Taliban country. “Freedom is our motto. It foreign reserves are held abroad relations with all countries, even sive government and prevent Af- have urged diplomats to return. makes us proud,” read one of their and frozen while Western nations the United States, and have held a ghanistan from being a haven for Taliban political leaders have signs. consider how to engage with the string of meetings with foreign en- terrorist groups. They may also gone on TV to say the world has A Taliban fighter ventured into Taliban, putting pressure on the voys in recent days in the Gulf na- press the Taliban on women’s nothing to fear from them. But the crowd at one point, but wit- local currency. tion of Qatar, where they have rights, though that could be a har- many Afghans, as well as Western nesses said he was angry at the by- There was no immediate com- long maintained a political office. der sell for the group’s hard-line nations that spent two decades standers who had stopped to ment from Western Union on the Western nations are expected to base, which is steeped in Afghan- fighting the group, remain deeply watch the demonstration and not resumption of service. demand the Taliban live up to istan’s deeply conservative, tribal skeptical. Biden visits wounded service members at Walter Reed

BY JENNIFER EPSTEIN first retaliatory drone strike the had “some sense” of the loss the Bloomberg News next day. families felt, pointing out that his President Joe Biden and first The bodies of the service mem- son, Beau Biden, had served in lady Jill Biden met with wounded bers were flown to Dover Air the Army in Iraq before dying of service members on Thursday at Force Base in Delaware. On Sun- brain cancer. Walter Reed National Medical day, Biden attended what is ”You get this feeling like you’re Center, where some of the Amer- known as a dignified transfer cer- being sucked into a black hole in icans hurt in last week’s suicide emony at the base and also met the middle of your chest; there’s bombing in Afghanistan are be- with relatives of the dead. no way out,” Biden said. “My ing treated. A Navy corpsman, an Army heart aches for you.” Thirteen U.S. service members staff sergeant, and 11 Marines as Biden is deeply familiar with were killed in the Aug. 26 attack well as dozens of Afghans were Walter Reed, having spent time by ISIS-K outside the Kabul air- killed in the suicide bombing at there as a patient in the 1980s af- SUSAN WALSH/AP port, where the U.S. had been the airport’s Abbey Gate. An ad- ter suffering a brain aneurysm. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden leave Walter Reed evacuating its citizens and Af- ditional 18 U.S. service members He also kept watch over his son National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Thursday, after ghan allies after the capital fell to were wounded. there during his battle with can- visiting with injured troops. the Taliban. The U.S. launched its The president said last week cer. Saturday, September 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Ida: Hochul says region should prepare for future FROM PAGE 1 vice. ple perished. Most drowned after In Philadelphia, crews worked their vehicles were caught in flash seven large pumps to drain the floods. flooded expressway, with officials At least six people were still giving no estimate on when the missing in New Jersey, Gov. Phil heavily trafficked interstate Murphy said. would fully reopen. An inch-thick Floodwaters and a falling tree layer of muck was left behind in also took lives in Maryland, Penn- the portions that were drying out. sylvania, Connecticut and New Leaders in some states pledged York. In New York City, 11 people to examine whether anything died when they were unable to es- could be done to prevent a catas- cape rising water in their low-ly- trophe like this from happening ing apartments. again. After the storm, fires broke out New Jersey and New York have in several New Jersey homes and both spent billions of dollars im- businesses that were largely inac- proving flood defenses after Su- cessible to firefighters because of perstorm Sandy hit in 2012, but the floodwaters. Authorities said much of that work was focused they suspect gas leaks triggered primarily on protecting communi- by the flooding fed the blazes. ties from seawater, not rain. The search for possible victims New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was not over. said Thursday the region needs to “I don’t have an exact answer turn its attention to storm systems regarding how many people are EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AP unprepared to handle a future of actually missing, but we are going Floodwaters cover Route 206 as a result of the remnants of Hurricane Ida in Somerville, N.J., Thursday. more frequent flash flooding be- to continue to work hard through- cause of climate change. out the day, throughout the eve- department, said Thursday. ached record levels, swamping Elsewhere, work continued on “One thing I want to make clear: ning to make sure we identify ev- In Wilmington, Delaware, roads, bridges and homes. No ma- hauling away ruined cars, clear- We’re not treating this as if it’s not eryone’s location,” Rodney Harri- crews rescued more than 200 peo- jor injuries or deaths were report- ing mud and other debris from going to happen again for 500 son, New York City police chief of ple after the Brandywine River re- ed. streets and restoring transit ser- years,” she said. Calmer winds aid firefighters in Most of New Orleans California but hot weekend looms to get power back BY SAM METZ AND JANIE HAR Associated Press by next Wednesday SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Associated Press West, a group president for utility Fire crews took advantage of de- NEW ORLEANS — Power operations. creasing winds to battle a California should be restored to almost all of Ida’s agonizing aftermath took wildfire near popular Lake Tahoe New Orleans by Wednesday, 10 another grim turn Thursday as and were even able to allow some days after Hurricane Ida de- Louisiana officials announced an people back to their homes but dry stroyed the electric gird, tearing investigation into the deaths of weather and a weekend warming down poles, transformers and four nursing home residents who trend meant the battle was far from even a massive steel transmission had been evacuated to a ware- over. tower and leaving more than 1 mil- house ahead of the severe weath- The Caldor Fire remained only a lion customers in Louisiana with- er. few miles from South Lake Tahoe, out power. The nursing home residents which was emptied of 22,000 resi- Not every customer will have who died were among hundreds dents days ago, along with casinos JAE C. HONG/AP power back in the city, utility En- from seven nursing homes taken and shops across the state line in A firefighter pauses briefly with a water hose while monitoring a spot tergy said in a statement Friday. to the warehouse in Independ- Nevada. fire from the Caldor Fire near South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Thursday. Customers with damage where ence, where conditions became The wind-driven fire that began power enters their home will need unhealthy and unsafe after the Aug. 14 had raged through densely flee South Lake Tahoe earlier this we’re making some progress.” to fix it themselves, and there hurricane struck on Sunday, state forested, craggy areas and still week remained evacuated along Russ Crupi, who two days ago could be some smaller areas that health officials said. A coroner threatened more than 30,000 with people across the state line in was arranging sprinklers around take longer. classified three of the deaths as homes, businesses and other build- Douglas County, Nev. his mobile home park in South Lake And there still is no concrete storm-related. ings ranging from cabins to ski re- The resort can easily accommo- Tahoe just miles from the fire line, promise of when the lights will Health officials received re- sorts. date 100,000 people on a busy week- had turned off the water for now, come back on in the parishes east ports of people lying on mattresses But there was optimism and pro- end but on Thursday, just before the feeling confident his neighborhood and south of New Orleans, which on the floor, not being fed or gress as winds eased on the fire’s Labor Day weekend, it was eerily was no longer under threat. The were battered for hours by winds changed and not being socially western flank while in the north- empty. nearby mountains, cloaked in of 100 mph or more, Entergy said. distanced to prevent the spread of east, despite gusty ridgetop winds, Yet after days of flames threaten- smoke for most of the week, had be- The company asked for pa- the coronavirus, which is current- firefighters with bulldozers and ing to engulf the resort at any mo- come visible. tience, acknowledging the heat ly ravaging the state, Louisiana shovels were steadily hacking out ment, any respite was welcome. “I’m just happy they stopped it. It and misery in Ida’s aftermath. En- Department of Health spokesper- fire lines or burning away vegeta- “I feel like we are truly the luck- looked close,” he said. tergy said more than 25,000 work- son Aly Neel said. When a large tion to box in the flames before they iest community in the entire world Farther west, evacuation orders ers from 40 states are fixing the team of state health inspectors reached Tahoe. right now. I’m so incredibly happy,” were lifted or downgraded to warn- 14,000 damaged poles, 2,223 bro- showed up on Tuesday to investi- “In the valleys we’re doing plenty said Mayor Tamara Wallace, who ings in several areas of El Dorado ken transformers and 155 de- gate the warehouse, the owner of of work,” fire information officer evacuated to Truckee, Calif. County. stroyed transmission structures. the nursing homes demanded that Marco Rodriguez said. “The crews “It’s finally a chance to take a Friday’s forecast called for light- “Please know that thousands of they leave immediately, Neel said. are working and they’re doing con- breath,” said Clive Savacool, chief er winds but also extremely dry employees and contractors are Neel identified the owner as Bob trolled fires … to try to make those of South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue. daytime weather, with a warming currently in the field working day Dean. Dean did not immediately containment lines a little bit stron- “It’s a breath full of smoke. None- trend through the weekend as high and night to restore power. We will respond Thursday to a telephone ger.” theless, I think we’re all breathing a pressure builds over the West, fire continue working until every com- message left by The Associated Residents who were forced to little bit easier and we feel like officials said. munity is restored,” said Rod Press at a number listed for him. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, September 4, 2021 NATION US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis

Associated Press Coule said. The COVID-19 pandemic has The average pay for a traveling created a nurse staffing crisis that nurse has soared from roughly is forcing many U.S. hospitals to $1,000 to $2,000 per week before pay top dollar to get the help they the pandemic to $3,000 to $5,000 need to handle the crush of pa- now, said Sophia Morris, a vice KYLE GREEN/AP tients this summer. president at San Diego-based Registered nurse Jack Kingsley attends to a COVID­19 patient in the Medical Intensive care unit at St. The problem, health leaders health care staffing firm Aya Luke's Boise Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday. say, is twofold: Nurses are quitting Healthcare. She said Aya has or retiring, exhausted or demoral- 48,000 openings for traveling Shields. nurses have flooded the state to The pandemic was in its early ized by the crisis. And many are nurses to fill. He said it is hard to compete help with the surge through a stages when Kim Davis, 36, decid- leaving for lucrative temporary The explosion in pay has made with the travel agencies, which state-supported program. But on ed to quit her job at an Arkansas jobs with traveling-nurse agen- it hard on hospitals without deep are charging hospitals $165 to $170 the same day that 19 of them went hospital and become a travel cies that can pay $5,000 or more a enough pockets. an hour per nurse. He said the to work at a hospital in the north- nurse. She said she has roughly week. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly la- agencies take a big cut of that, but ern part of the state, 20 other nurs- doubled her income in the 14 It’s gotten to the point where mented recently that the state’s he estimated that nurses are still es at the same place gave notice months that she has been treating doctors are saying, “Maybe I hospitals risk being outbid for clearing $70 to $90 an hour, which that they would be leaving for a patients in intensive care units in should quit being a doctor and go nurses by other states that pay a is two to three times what the hos- traveling contract, said Carrie Phoenix; San Bernardino, Califor- be a nurse,” said Dr. Phillip Coule, “fortune.” She said Wednesday pital pays its staff nurses. Kroll, a vice president at the Texas nia; and Tampa, Fla. chief medical officer at Georgia’s that several hospitals, including “I think clearly people are tak- Hospital Association. Davis said many of her col- Augusta University Medical Cen- one in Topeka, had open beds but ing advantage of the demand that “The nurses who haven’t left, leagues are following the same ter, which has on occasion seen 20 no nurses to staff them. is out there,” Shields said. “I hate who have stayed with their facil- path. to 30 resignations in a week from In Kansas City, Mo., Truman to use ‘gouged’ as a description, ities, they are seeing these other “They’re leaving to go travel be- nurses taking traveling jobs. Medical Centers has lost about 10 but we are clearly paying a premi- people come in now who are mak- cause why would you do the same “And then we have to pay pre- nurses to travel jobs in recent days um and allowing people to have ing more money. It provides a job for half the pay?” she said. “If mium rates to get staff from anoth- and is looking for travelers to re- fairly high profit margins.” tense working environment,” they’re going to risk their lives, er state to come to our state,” place them, said CEO Charlie In Texas, more than 6,000 travel Kroll said. they should be compensated.” Manchin GOP-led states see Texas law seeks halt as model to restrict abortions on Biden Associated Press tions once medical professionals “Even though you may have SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Repub- can detect cardiac activity, usual- pro-life legislators, you do not al- lican states that have passed in- ly around six weeks and before ways have pro-life bureaucrats $3.5T bill creasingly tough abortion restric- many women know they’re preg- who are willing to do enforcement tions only to see them blocked by nant. While a dozen states have inspections,” said Indiana state Associated Press Sen. Joe Manchin, D­W.Va. the federal courts have a new tried to enact bans early in preg- Sen. Liz Brown, a Republican WASHINGTON — Centrist template in an unusually written nancy, those laws have been who has been the sponsor of sev- Sen. Joe Manchin said Thursday onciliation legislation,” Manchin Texas law that represents the blocked by courts. eral anti-abortion bills adopted in that Congress should take a “stra- wrote in an op-ed published in the most far-reaching curb on abor- Texas may have found an end- recent years. tegic pause” on more spending, Wall Street Journal. tions in nearly half a century. run around the federal courts by Democrats also anticipated the warning that he does not support “I, for one, won’t support a $3.5 On Thursday, Republican law- enacting an unusual enforcement Supreme Court’s new conserva- President Joe Biden’s plans for a trillion bill, or anywhere near that makers in at least half a dozen scheme that authorizes private ci- tive majority overturning Roe, al- sweeping $3.5 trillion effort to re- level of additional spending, with- states said they planned to intro- tizens to file lawsuits in state though they fear a ruling striking build and reshape the economy. out greater clarity about why Con- duce bills using the Texas law as a court against abortion providers it down would leave old state laws The West Virginia Democrat’s gress chooses to ignore the serious model, hoping it provides a path- and anyone involved in aiding an outlawing abortions in effect. pointed opposition was stronger effects inflation and debt have on way to enacting the kind of abor- abortion, including someone who “Reproductive freedom in our than his past statements and taps existing government programs.” tion crackdown they have sought drives a woman to a clinic. The state is built on case law,” said into a grab-bag of arguments over Democrats have no votes to for years. law includes a minimum award of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a inflation, national security and spare as they labor to helm Bi- In Mississippi, Republican $10,000 for a successful lawsuit, Democrat, as he pushed for state other concerns to deny Biden and den’s big “build back better” state Sen. Chris McDaniel said he but does not have government of- lawmakers to enact a bill that his party a crucial vote on the agenda to passage in the narrowly would “absolutely” consider fil- ficials criminally enforce the law. would enshrine access to abor- emerging package. The timing of divided Congress, where they ing legislation to match the Texas In addition to Mississippi, GOP tions. his comments comes as lawmak- have the majority in the 50-50 Sen- law after a sharply divided U.S. lawmakers and abortion oppo- “All of that case law is in turn ers are laboring behind the scenes ate because of the tie-breaking Supreme Court let it stand. nents in at least five other Repub- built on the Supreme Court’s de- to draft the legislation ahead of vote of Vice President Kamala “I think most conservative lican-controlled states — Arkan- cision on Roe v. Wade. If the foun- this month’s deadlines. Harris. states in the South will look at this sas, Florida, Indiana, North Da- dation of that series of case laws is “Instead of rushing to spend Manchin has long been a hold- inaction by the court and will see kota and South Dakota — said impacted, impaired, taken away, trillions on new government pro- out against the topline amount, that as perhaps a chance to move they were considering pushing the entire reality in our state falls grams and additional stimulus $3.5 trillion, even though he voted on that issue,” he said. bills similar to the Texas law and like a house of cards, which is why funding, Congress should hit a last month to approve a budget The Texas law, which took ef- its citizen-enforcement provi- we need to, as soon as possible, strategic pause on the budget-rec- resolution that set the figure. fect Wednesday, prohibits abor- sion. put this protection into statute.” Saturday, September 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Hiring slows to 235K jobs after 2 strong months BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER threatening the survival of some Associated Press downtown restaurants, coffee WASHINGTON — America’s shops and dry cleaners. employers added just 235,000 Supply shortages have also fed jobs in August, a surprisingly an inflation surge, with consumer weak gain after two months of ro- prices having jumped in July by bust hiring at a time when the the most in three decades, ac- delta variant’s spread has dis- cording to the Fed’s preferred couraged some people from fly- measure. Rising inflation pres- ing, shopping and eating out. sures have contributed, in turn, to The unemployment rate drop- a sharp drop in consumer confi- ped to 5.2% from 5.4% in July. dence. SHAFKAT ANOWAR/AP The August job gains the gov- Yet there are signs that many Traffic flows along the Interstate 90 highway in Chicago March 31. The government’s road safety agency ernment reported Friday fell far companies are still looking to reported Thursday that traffic deaths in the first quarter of 2021 rose by 10.5% over last year. short of the roughly 940,000 that hire, particularly those that are employers had added in each of not in public-facing service in- the previous two months, when dustries like restaurants and widespread vaccinations allowed bars. The job listings website In- NHTSA: Traffic deaths rise the economy to fully reopen from deed says the number of availa- pandemic restrictions. Still, the ble jobs grew in August, led by number of job openings remains such sectors as information tech- again as drivers take risks at record levels, and hiring is ex- nology and finance, in which pected to stay solid in the coming many employees can work from Associated Press is a continuation of a trend that hol. months. home. U.S. traffic deaths in the first started in 2020. In June, the Preliminary data from the Fed- With COVID cases having Walmart announced this week quarter of 2021 rose by 10.5% over NHTSA reported that traffic eral Highway Administration spiked in July and August, Amer- that it will hire 20,000 people to last year, even as driving has de- deaths rose 7% last year to 38,680, shows that vehicle miles traveled icans have been buying fewer expand its supply chain and on- clined, the government’s road the most since 2007. That increase fell 2.1% — roughly 14.9 billion plane tickets and reducing hotel line shopping operations, includ- safety agency reported Thursday. came even as the number of miles miles — in the first three months stays. Restaurant dining, after ing jobs for order fillers, drivers The National Highway Traffic traveled by vehicles fell 13% from of 2021. The agency estimates that having fully recovered in late and managers. Amazon said Safety Administration estimated 2019 due to the coronavirus pan- there were 1.26 deaths per 100 mil- June, has declined to about 10% Wednesday that it is looking to fill that 8,730 people died in motor ve- demic. lion vehicle miles traveled in the below pre-pandemic levels. 40,000 jobs in the U.S., mostly hicle traffic crashes from January The NHTSA said drivers con- first quarter this year, compared Some live shows, including the technology and hourly positions. through March, compared with tinue to exhibit risky behavior on to a rate of 1.12 deaths for the same remaining concerts on country And Fidelity Investments said the 7,900 fatalities from the same the roads, including speeding, not period in 2020. star Garth Brooks’ tour, have Tuesday that it is adding 9,000 period in 2020. wearing seat belts and driving un- Neither the data from 2020 nor been canceled. Businesses are more jobs, including in customer The increase in traffic fatalities der the influence of drugs or alco- 2021 is final. delaying their returns to offices, service and IT. Limo operator avoids prison time in crash that killed 20 Associated Press tional toll of a trial, he faces five to fix the limo’s brakes. Under the deal, Hussain will be Schoharie County District At- SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — The oper- years of probation and 1,000 hours Hussain was accused of putting formally sentenced after an inter- torney Susan Mallery’s office has ator of a limousine company was of community service. His case the victims in a death trap. im probation of two years. The said Hussain allowed passengers spared prison time Thursday in a had been de- “My son, my baby boy, was judge noted that Hussain’s guilty to ride in the limo despite having 2018 crash that killed 20 people layed by the cor- killed in a limo while trying to be plea could be used to buoy any law- received “multiple notices of vio- when catastrophic brake failure onavirus pan- safe,” said Beth Muldoon, the suits. lations” from the state and having sent a stretch limo full of birthday demic. mother of Adam Jackson, 34, who On Oct. 6, 2018, Axel Steenburg been told repairs were inadequate. revelers hurtling down a hill in up- As Judge Ge- was killed along with his wife, Abi- of Amsterdam, 30 miles west of Al- State police said the vehicle should state New York. orge Bartlett III gail King Jackson. bany, rented the 2001 Ford Excur- have been taken out of service be- Loved ones of the dead excoriat- prepared to ac- The couple, who with the others sion limousine for the 30th birth- cause of brake problems identified ed Nauman Hussain, 31, as he sat cept the agree- had rented the limo to avoid drink- day of his new wife, Amy. The par- in an inspection a month before the quietly at the defense table during ment, loved ones ing and driving, had two small chil- ty group, ranging in age from 24 to crash. a hearing that was held in a high Hussain of the victims dren. Muldoon lamented the holi- 34, included Axel’s brother, Amy’s But complications were high- school gymnasium to provide for took turns talk- days and life milestones the par- three sisters and two of their hus- lighted in the plea agreement. social distancing among the many ing of lives cut short, the holes left ents will miss. bands, and close friends. In a separate report last fall, the relatives, friends and media mem- in their own and their frustration One spectator left the hearing, En route to Brewery Omme- National Transportation Safety bers attending. that the operator would avoid time cursing and shouting, “He killed gang, south of Cooperstown, the li- Board concluded that while the Hussain, who operated Prestige behind bars. 20 people,” before apologizing to mo’s brakes failed on a downhill crash was likely caused by Pres- Limousine, had originally been “Every day I try to wrap my the judge on her way out. stretch of state Route 30 in Schoha- tige Limousine’s “egregious disre- charged with 20 counts each of head around this impossible situa- Hussain sat quietly as parents rie, west of Albany. The vehicle gard for safety” that resulted in criminally negligent homicide and tion,” said Sheila McGarvey, talked about their smothering blew through a stop sign at a T-in- brake failure, ineffective state second-degree manslaughter in whose 30-year-old son Shane grief and anger. Defense attorney tersection at over 100 mph and oversight contributed. what was the deadliest U.S. trans- McGowan and his wife, Erin, were Joseph Tacopina said his client ac- crashed into a small ravine near a Lee Kindlon, an attorney for portation disaster in a decade. passengers. “I hate every day cepts responsibility for his actions popular country store. Hussain, has said his client tried to But under an agreement for without him.” and cried as the relatives spoke. Seventeen family members and maintain the limousine and relied Hussain to plead guilty only to the She wished, she said, that a frac- Hussain did not answer report- friends were killed, along with the on what he was told by state offi- homicide counts and spare fam- tion of any money Hussain spent ers’ questions after the court pro- driver and two bystanders outside cials and a repair shop that in- ilies the uncertainties and emo- on lawyers would have been spent ceeding. the store. spected it. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, September 4, 2021 WORLD ‘Terrorist’ killed after stabbing 6 in New Zealand BY NICK PERRY peared to be going into the store to Associated Press do his grocery shopping. WELLINGTON, New Zealand “He entered the store, as he had — New Zealand authorities were done before. He obtained a knife so worried about an extremist in- from within the store,” Coster spired by the Islamic State they said. “Surveillance teams were as were following him around-the- close as they possibly could be to clock and were able to shoot and monitor his activity.” kill him within 60 seconds of him Witnesses said the man shouted unleashing a frenzied knife attack “Allahu akbar” — meaning God is FIRDIA LISNAWATI/AP that wounded six people Friday at great — and started stabbing ran- A worker feeds macaques during a feeding time at Sangeh Monkey Forest in Sangeh, Bali Island, an Auckland supermarket. dom shoppers, sending people Indonesia, on Wednesday. Three of the shoppers were tak- running and screaming. en to Auckland hospitals in critical Coster said that when the com- condition, police said. Another motion started, two police from was in serious condition, while the special tactics group rushed With no tourist handouts, hungry two more were in moderate condi- over. He said the man charged at tion. the officers with the knife and so Bali monkeys steal from villages Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern they shot and killed him. said the incident was a terror at- One bystander video taken from Associated Press About 600 of the macaques live Since July, when Indonesia tack. She said the man was a Sri inside the supermarket records SANGEH, Indonesia — De- in the forest sanctuary, swinging banned all foreign travelers to the Lankan national who was inspired the sound of 10 shots being fired in prived of their preferred food from the tall nutmeg trees and island and shut the sanctuary to by ISIS and was well known to the rapid succession. source — the bananas, peanuts leaping about the famous Pura local residents as well, there has nation’s security agencies. Coster said there would be and other goodies brought in by Bukit Sari temple, and are consid- been nobody. Ardern said she had been per- questions about whether police tourists now kept away by the cor- ered sacred. Not only has that meant nobody sonally briefed on the man in the could have reacted even quicker. onavirus — hungry monkeys on In normal times the protected bringing in extra food for the past but there had been no legal He said that the man was very the resort island of Bali have tak- jungle area in the southeast of the monkeys, the sanctuary has also reason for him to be detained. aware of the constant surveillance en to raiding villagers’ homes in Indonesian island is popular lost out on its admission fees and “Had he done something that and they needed to be some dis- their search for something tasty. among local residents for wed- is running low on money to pur- would have allowed us to put him tance from him for it to be effec- Villagers in Sangeh say the ding photos, as well as among in- chase food for them, said oper- into prison, he would have been in tive. gray long-tailed macaques have ternational visitors. The relative- ations manager Made Mohon. prison,” Ardern said. Ardern said the attack was vio- been venturing out from a sanctu- ly tame monkeys can be easily The donations from villagers The attack unfolded at about lent and senseless, and she was ary about 500 yards away to hang coaxed to sit on a shoulder or lap have helped, but they are also 2:40 p.m. at a Countdown super- sorry it had happened. out on their roofs and await the for a peanut or two. feeling the economic pinch and market in New Zealand’s largest “What happened today was de- right time to swoop down and Ordinarily, tourism is the main are gradually giving less and less, city. spicable. It was hateful. It was snatch a snack. source of income for Bali’s 4 mil- he said. Police Commissioner Andrew wrong,” Ardern said. “It was car- Worried that the sporadic sor- lion residents, who welcomed “This prolonged pandemic is Coster said a police surveillance ried out by an individual. Not a ties will escalate into an all-out more than 5 million foreign vis- beyond our expectations,” Made team and a specialist tactics group faith, not a culture, not an ethnic- monkey assault on the village, itors annually before the pandem- Mohon said, “Food for monkeys had followed the man from his ity. But an individual person who residents have been taking fruit, ic. has become a problem.” home in the suburb of Glen Eden is gripped by ideology that is not peanuts and other food to the San- The Sangeh Monkey Forest The macaque is an omnivore to the supermarket in New Lynn. supported here by anyone or any geh Monkey Forest to try to pla- typically had about 6,000 visitors and can eat a variety of animals But while they had grave ongo- community.” cate the primates. a month, but as the pandemic and plants found in the jungle, but ing concerns about the man, they Ardern said the man had first “We are afraid that the hungry spread last year and international those in the Sangeh Monkey For- had no particular reason to think moved to New Zealand in 2011 and monkeys will turn wild and vi- travel dropped off dramatically, est have had enough contact with he was planning an attack on Fri- had been monitored by security cious,” villager Saskara Gustu that number dropped to about humans over the years that they day, Coster said. The man ap- agencies since 2016. Alit said. 500. seem to prefer other things. British national pleads guilty to role in ISIS beheadings Associated Press with the deaths of four American to face charges after the U.S. as- the United Kingdom as well. If he tims attended Thursday’s hearing ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Brit- hostages — journalist James Fo- sured Britain that neither man were to receive a sentence of less and stood outside the courthouse ish national admitted Thursday ley, journalist would face the death penalty. than life there, the deal requires afterward with prosecutors. They evening in a federal courtroom Steven Sotloff Elsheikh is still scheduled to go that he serve the rest of his life will have an opportunity to speak near the nation’s capital that he and aid workers on trial in January. A third Beatle, sentence, either in the United at Kotey’s formal sentencing on played a leadership role in an Is- Peter Kassig and Mohammed Emwazi, also known Kingdom if that country will do March 4. lamic State scheme to torture, Kayla Mueller — as “Jihadi John,” was killed in a so, or be transferred back to the James Foley’s mother, Diane, hold for ransom and eventually as well as Eu- 2015 drone strike. A fourth mem- U.S. to serve the life term. said she was grateful for the con- behead American hostages. ropean and Ja- ber is serving a prison sentence in The deal also requires him to viction and praised prosecutors Alexanda Amon Kotey, 37, panese nationals Turkey. cooperate with authorities and for obtaining a detailed account of pleaded guilty to all eight counts who also were The plea deal sets a mandatory answer questions about his time Kotey’s culpability. Kotey against him at a plea hearing in held captive. minimum sentence of life without in the Islamic State group. He “This accountability is essen- U.S. District Court in Alexandria. Kotey is one of four ISIS mem- parole. After 15 years, though, he would not, though, be required to tial if our country wants to dis- The charges include hostage-tak- bers who were dubbed “the Beat- would be eligible to be trans- testify at Elsheikh’s trial. courage hostage-taking,” she ing resulting in death and provid- les” by their captives because of ferred to the United Kingdom to The deal also requires him to said. Diane Foley also called on ing material support to ISIS from their British accents. He and an- face any possible charges there. meet with victims’ families if they the U.S. government to prioritize 2012 through 2015. other man, El Shafee Elsheikh, In the plea deal, he admits that request it. the return of all Americans being He admitted guilt in connection were brought to the U.S. last year life is an appropriate sentence in Family members of all four vic- held abroad. 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Drone operators warned ahead of air show BRUNSWICK — The ME Great State of Maine Air Show this weekend will fea- ture aerial acrobats, all manner of vintage and modern planes, and the Navy’s flight demonstration team. But drones are not welcome. The Brunswick Police Depart- ment said drones and other air- craft are not allowed within 5 miles of the Brunswick Executive Airport effective Thursday and through the show’s completion on Sunday. “The FBI has been working di- rectly with Brunswick PD in plan- ning the security/safety for the Air Show and stated that they will prosecute those that choose to not follow the no-fly restriction,” said Police Chief Scott Stewart. Drones are typically used by the public to get aerial footage and photographs, and are controlled remotely by their operators. The flight ban also applies to conven- tional aircraft. Authorities raid pet store called ‘shop of horrors’ BURNSIDE — Police KY and members of the GILLIAN JONES, THE BIRKSHIRE EAGLE/AP Humane Society have removed 150 neglected animals from a pet shop in southern Kentucky. Wet walk Local authorities in Pulaski Vera de Jong, left, walks along Main Street in Williamstown, Mass. with her umbrella, while Valerie Krall wears a raincoat as she walks her two County, including the Burnside dogs Harrie and Llewey around the corner at Cole Avenue on Wednesday. Police Department, served a search warrant on the pet shop, Bad batteries, illness: THE CENSUS cation, also works to train school Tim’s Reptiles and Exotics, on School year starts rocky teachers and employees to detect Wednesday morning. A media re- The amount the University of Massachusetts has re- and respond to mental health is- lease from the Humane Society of BALDWIN — The $50M ceived as a gift from a pair of alumni, the largest gift of sues and connect young people af- Kentucky said dozens of “snakes, MI school year is off to a any kind in system history, school officials announced Wednesday. The gift fected by behavioral health issues lizards, turtles, rabbits, guinea slow start in a western Michigan from Robert J. and Donna Manning will be spread among the system’s five with needed services, Manchin pigs, hamsters, gerbils and fish district due to power outages, campuses, with $15 million earmarked to endow the UMass Boston nursing and Capito said in a news release. program, which will become the Robert and Donna Manning College of Nurs- were found living in filthy, poor faulty batteries and students with The award comes from the U.S. ing and Health Sciences. conditions.” flu-like symptoms. Department of Health and Hu- Todd Blevins, Kentucky direc- The Baldwin district, 70 miles man Services Substance Abuse tor for the Humane Society, called north of Grand Rapids in Lake cials received the footage last showed up to campus saying the and Mental Health Services Ad- the store a “shop of horrors.” County, called off classes for week, the California Department school was violating the law by not ministration. The pet shop owner was Wednesday and Thursday and of Fish and Wildlife said in a state- allowing his children to attend charged with 19 counts of animal told students to return Sept. 7. ment Saturday. school. Crews pull people from cruelty, according to the Humane Schools were already closed Fri- It is possible the wolf could be Kivlin told television station flooded apartments Society. day ahead of the holiday weekend. OR-93, a young male wolf that en- WFLA that he had no intention of “The state requires that we tered California from Oregon in hurting anyone but just wanted to ROCKVILLE — Af- Roadside flower photos have 75% of attendance across the January. The animal was spotted talk to a school official. MD ter the remnants of sought for calendar entire district,” interim Superin- in San Luis Obispo County on He apologized for scaring any- Hurricane Ida dumped heavy tendent J. Mark Parsons told April 5, when his collar stopped one and said “it was just emotions rains in Maryland, rescue crews CHARLESTON — 9and10news.com. “We were not transmitting, they said. built up.” pulled people from flooded base- WV The West Virginia De- making that threshold.” OR-93 dispersed from the “I found out after the fact that ment units in apartment buildings partment of Environmental Pro- Most flu-like symptoms were in White River pack in northern Ore- the school had to go into lockdown, and two people remained unac- tection is planning its 2022 wild- the elementary school. Parsons gon, officials said. I was like, ‘That’s horrible,’ ” Kiv- counted for Wednesday morning, flower calendar and says there’s a canceled classes on two days last lin said. “I feel like I might have officials said. week left to send in photo submis- week, too. School locked down after scared other parents.” Montgomery County Fire Chief sions. Online learning is not an imme- parent’s fit over masks Scott Goldstein said the water had Photos must show flowers diate option. The batteries used in Department gets mental almost reached the ceiling when growing along a road, with the internet hot spots were recalled. SARASOTA — A Flor- health program funds crews arrived at the apartments in road prominently visible in the FL ida elementary school Rockville, news outlets reported. photo. Flowers may be natural Gray wolf spotted in area was placed in a temporary, limited CHARLESTON — “In many years I have not seen growth or in a Division of High- for 1st time in decades lockdown after a parent threat- WV The West Virginia De- circumstances like this,” Gold- ways wildflower bed, but photos of ened to leave his job and confront partment of Education’s program stein said. cultivated species in arranged BAKERSFIELD — A an assistant principal for telling to increase mental health aware- About 200 people from 60 apart- beds don’t qualify, the Depart- CA gray wolf was spotted his children they couldn’t come to ness among youth and train school ments are displaced because of ment of Environmental Protec- in Kern County earlier this year, school without being masked. staff to respond has received a $1.8 the flooding, Goldstein said. Two tion said in a news release. the farthest south the species has Christopher Kivlin was met by million grant from the federal gov- people were unaccounted for Photos must have been taken in traveled since being reintroduced police officers Tuesday outside ernment. Wednesday morning, he said. West Virginia and no more than in California after going extinct, Ashton Elementary School in Sa- The award was announced Once rescues were complete, the three per person submitted, each wildlife officials said. rasota. No charges were filed but Tuesday by U.S. Sens. Joe Man- focus turned to pumping out water as an 8-by-10-inch color print in The collared gray wolf was cap- he was ordered not to come back chin and Shelley Moore Capito of so crews could search the apart- landscape orientation, with a tured on a trail camera drinking to the school without calling first West Virginia. ments, he said. high-resolution digital copy on a from a water trough on private and getting permission. Project AWARE, or Advancing CD or flash drive. property back on May 15, but offi- An incident report said Kivlin Wellness and Resiliency in Edu- From The Associated Press Saturday, September 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 VIDEO GAMES Secret to Deathloop: discovery Warning to future players: Stop reading if you’d like to save best part of game

BY MIKE HUME The Washington Post If you want to enjoy the true Deathloop experience, Arkane Studios photos don’t read previews about The world of Deathloop is filled with crash­test­dummy­like foot soldiers called Eternalists who are tasked with killing players on sight. the game. Seriously. Stop Without spoil- Julianna in an online version where Doing so, we’re told, will break the loop. right now. ers, we can share they’re tasked with killing another player You progress in the game every time Here’s the thing: Death- that so far — and who is completing the game as Colt. We Colt discovers a new lead, information we played about haven’t seen this in action yet; it could critical to breaking the loop, the game’s loop’s defining activity is five hours of the either be very cool or very troll-y. principle quest. Colt can gather info on not the elimination of eight game — Death- The learning process begins on the other things as well, including weaponry loop is an origi- aforementioned beach, where Colt stum- and slabs, which are objects that grant boss-type characters, or nal, witty and bles ahead guided by the map’s design and characters special abilities like teleporta- breaking the time loop in stylized thinking- floating words that appear to be visual tion, invisibility and rewinding the game which the protagonist is person’s shooter reminders from Colt’s runs during previ- to before Colt dies. Colt’s weapons and from Bethesda ous loops. But are the words actually from movement abilities can be upgraded trapped. The game’s core and Arkane Colt’s memory, or something else? Should through the use of trinkets, which look like experience is about discov- Studios. But if you really want to know you trust them? The paranoia sets in and shiny credit cards and are scattered more about Deathloop’s mechanics and wreaks havoc on your decision-making. around Blackreef. ery — and not just plot what the game’s early hours are like, read Here’s how that manifests in gameplay: The information you uncover while points. It starts with dis- on. Knowing that my progress would be lost combing through the game’s four main covering simply how to upon death, and knowing that there was a maps (the slummy urban residential area Are you sure about this? time limit in which I had to complete my of Updaam; the remote outpost of Fris- play the game. Really? You’re still here? OK. I guess I assignment of killing all eight bosses, in tad’s Rock; the coastline of Karl’s Bay; and Deathloop is a unique don’t blame you: Arkane’s Deathloop is my early hours with the game I would the hulking central hub of the Complex) one of just a few PlayStation 5 exclusives often beeline to the objective, retrieve the endures beyond the resetting of the time game. It reminded me, all to hit the market in 2021 and is, as such, information I needed to progress the loop. The retention of your findings about at once, of Fallout, Hitman, one of the year’s most anticipated titles. game’s plot and return to the safety of my Blackreef, the time loop, the Visonaries Below, I’ll go over what I’ve learned home base in the island’s tunnels, which and Colt’s role in all of it gives Deathloop a Returnal, the movie “Me- without spoiling any plot details. acts as a checkpoint. Forget looting, forget more satisfying sense of progress than mento” and the TV series exploring — time was of the essence. Returnal, the PS5 bullet-hell roguelike “Lost.” But when you pick Deathloop’s early hours (which I still There are a lot of prompts in the game that released earlier this year. Additional- think you shouldn’t read) spelling out the game’s mechanics and ly, there’s a way for Colt to retain his gear up a Fallout title, for exam- The game’s protagonist, Colt, wakes up how certain items or weapons work, as after the loop resets, which is achievable ple, you mostly know what on a beach complaining of a wicked han- well as delivering a ton of information (too fairly early in the game. gover and knowing absolutely zilch. He much for my liking). But the first prompt I The dialogue is witty and entertaining, you’re going to get and how doesn’t know where he is. He doesn’t can recall that referenced time indicated with the banter between Julianna and Colt to play. Deathloop, by con- know how he got there. He doesn’t know that I had two choices: to return to the particularly enjoyable. And the game trast, asks you to play by why he feels hungover. He doesn’t even tunnels or stay and explore the current delivers more than a few early-game plot know his own name. Deathloop sends map. What it didn’t make clear was that twists. its rules, which are fairly players on a search for answers as basic as when you’re exploring the map, time es- Mechanically, though, the game played unique. And so, to explain the main character’s identity and as com- sentially stands still. a little stiff at times. The gun play is more plex as the workings of the space-time Each day is broken into four stages of Fallout than Call of Duty, which is fine in how the game works is to continuum. the day: morning, noon, afternoon and AI gunfights but might yield some frustra- spoil one of Deathloop’s Eventually you’ll figure out your ulti- nighttime. Each time you return to the tion for first-person shooter fans going most enjoyable aspects: mate task (breaking the time loop) and tunnels, time advances to the next stage. head-to-head against a human-controlled head off to explore the island of Blackreef. For example, if you explore the urban Julianna. There were also a few glitches in just learning its distinctive Rather than one big, open world, Black- map of Updaam at noon, it will stay the early hours. More than once, the game mechanics. reef is divided into four main explorable “noon” the entire time you’re there no lagged for a few seconds — an unusual areas, each filled with crash-test-dummy- matter how long you spend exploring. feeling on the PS5. So, if you want to fully looking foot soldiers, called Eternalists, When you leave to return to your home Deathloop isn’t the easiest game to immerse yourself in the who are tasked with killing you on sight. base in Blackreef’s tunnels, the game grasp due to its originality, and its early story of this game, stop There are also eight bosses, called Vision- moves to the next time frame, so noon hours are certainly a learning process. But aries, who preside over the island and are becomes afternoon. After completing a so far, it’s been an enjoyable series of reading. Have a nice day. likewise not fond of your desire to break stage at nighttime, the loop resets and you lessons, well integrated with how the pro- Go outside. Read a book. the time loop. find yourself back on the beach. tagonist acts and feels, bringing the player Among the bosses is Julianna, Colt’s foil, Knowing this, you can better plan your right into the story. It will be nice, after Do literally anything aside who has a nasty habit of popping up out of runs, organizing them in a way so that you the game releases Sept. 14, to see how that from scrolling down and nowhere and trying to kill Colt. And she’s can find the bosses in specific places in story ends. better than the average bot because — and specific times and line up the dominoes, so Platforms: PlayStation 5; PC reading more. You can this is one of the cooler aspects of the to speak, for your final mission of offing Online: bethesda.net/en/game/death- thank me later. game — players can choose to play as them all. loop PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, September 4, 2021 TRAVEL

PHOTOS BY MONICA RODMAN/The Washington Post Federal Air Marshals reenact a scene involving an unruly passenger. While this was only a reenactment, incidents in which flight crews have to handle dangerous behavior from passengers have been on the rise this year. Some crews are taking self­defense classes to learn how to handle dangerous behavior. Fight and flight Self-defense courses teach air crews how to handle unruly plane passengers

BY NATALIE B. COMPTON As air travel began to rebound The Washington Post from its pandemic rock-bottom, ou want a drink, so has bad passenger behavior. sir?” The Federal Aviation Adminis- The passen- tration has received nearly 4,000 “Y ger looked up at reports of unruly passengers in the male flight attendant, then 2021, an uptick from the 146 total slurred a request for five more reports received in 2019. drinks. The flight attendant re- “This is the most dangerous fused, causing the drunk traveler and uncertain time in our entire to become irate. history,” said Sara Nelson, in- He lunged out of his seat to- ternational president of the Asso- Katie, a flight attendant, gets ready to practice some punches on the bag during a self­defense class. ward the flight attendant, then an ciation of Flight Attendants- air marshal appeared, pummel- CWA. that could happen,” says Katie, a “I’ve been involved in situa- Others are new, like raking an ing the unruly passenger. The Nelson says the pandemic has flight attendant attending the tions before,” she said. “And we attacker’s face with your nails. man’s hands were now cuffed wreaked havoc on the profession training at the Federal Air Mar- have de-escalation scenarios that The flight attendants wince at the behind his back. for myriad reasons, from the fear shal Service (F.A.M.S.) New we try to run through to the best mention of gouging an attacker’s This was just a drill. The drunk of contracting coronavirus to the York field office. So she could of our abilities, but sometimes it eyes. passenger was from the Federal logistic issues of returning to an speak freely, she asked that her just gets to a level that we need a “Remember, this guy is attack- Air Marshal Service. But the industry operating with a staffing last name and employer to be little extra defense training,” she ing you,” the air marshal said, dangerous behavior flight crews shortage. kept private. said. encouraging the class to keep are dealing with in the skies “Flight attendants are working During her 17 years working in After watching the pretend their warrior mind-set. today is very real. longer days with shorter nights, the industry, Katie was always scenarios in the simulated air- Katie and the other flight at- In a nondescript office building wearing masks for 14, 15 hours a interested in enrolling in the plane, the flight attendants were tendants practiced their new near LaGuardia Airport in day ... having a harder time get- class, but because it only takes taken to a room with a padded techniques on the air marshals, Queens, N.Y., a group of real ting nutrition throughout the day place at a handful of locations mat floor to learn how to phys- punching bags and B.O.B.s, or flight attendants watched the and charged with keeping every- across the country, it was diffi- ically and mentally prepare “Body Opponent Bags,” life-size drill in a fake airplane, beginning one safe on the plane,” Nelson cult to find the right free time in themselves for aggressive-pas- dummies. their four-hour self-defense said. “Those are just the basics.” her travel schedule. senger interactions. “I want you to strike through training run by the Transporta- While most flights get from A During the pandemic, the The instructors demonstrated him,” an air marshal told Katie’s tion Security Administration. to B without incident, the new monthly four-hour classes were how to stand, move and approach group of flight attendants while TSA has offered these classes stressors are driving flight at- put on hiatus until July of this an attacker, as well as fight or demonstrating a palm heel strike across the country free of charge tendants to seek out TSA’s volun- year. When Katie got an email defend themselves with their to a B.O.B. “I want you to take his to flight crews since 2004, but tary self-defense training. announcing class openings in the hands, elbows, palms, knees, feet head off.” they seem more relevant than “I just wanted to make sure New York area, she jumped at and shins. Some techniques are ever. that I’m prepared for anything the opportunity to attend. standard, like a punch to the face. SEE SELF­DEFENSE ON PAGE 15 Saturday, September 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 TRAVEL

Self-defense: Classes build self-confidence, teach basic skills FROM PAGE 14 Judith, another flight attendant in attendance who requested to keep her last name and employer private, believes unruly pas- sengers have been an issue for the airline industry for years. It is not just the pandemic trigger- ing the latest violence. “I think it’s the many layers of stress,” said Judith, who has been a flight attendant for nearly a decade. “There is the stress of getting to the airport, the stress of going through the security, stress of getting up early, stress Getting of traveling, stress of family, traveling with family.” Stephanie Metzger, a super- visory air marshal in charge who was on-site for the training, said a big part of the class is to build in sync self-confidence, as well as give flight crews critical self-defense lessons. The right mind-set is essential for carrying out the Hotel programs, smartphone apps take aim at jet lag iStock defenses. “This is important training for flight attendants because it pre- BY CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT Hotels are trying to help. The Hoshinoya fatigue, visual impairment and inability to pares them with the basic skills Special to The Washington Post Tokyo hotel has a deep-breathing spa re- sleep,” Lamm says. that are needed for them to be ramped seats, mask requirements gimen for people who arrive in Japan feeling Tried-and-true ways of warding off jet lag able to address unruly passen- and surly service aren’t the worst a little disoriented. It also offers a three-day include melatonin supplements (which help gers on board aircraft,” Metzger part of international airline travel. regimen of body-warming herb treatments regulate the circadian rhythm) and prescrip- said. CNo, it’s that awful feeling when they and open-air baths to help you get acclimated tion sleeping pills. I used melatonin on a trip Nelson agrees. Taking the class turn on the cabin lights in the middle of the to the 13-hour time difference between Japan to Africa a few years ago and had almost no one time is not enough to turn night and try to serve you breakfast before and the East Coast. The hotel adjusts the jet lag. flight attendants into self-defense landing. Fortunately, there are some new humidity and brightness of your room to ease On a recent flight from San Francisco to experts, and it is not going to tricks for fighting jet lag. the transition, and a massage therapist shows Lisbon, I tried a more natural approach. I solve the issue of violence on Jet lag is a sleep disorder that affects peo- you deep-breathing techniques to help you bought a bag of pistachios, which are loaded planes, but “it gives just some ple crossing several time zones quickly. It sleep. with melatonin, and ate a handful every hour. basic maneuvers to help better leaves your body’s internal clock, better In late 2019, Four Seasons Hotels and Re- I know it sounds, well, nuts, but my jet lag protect yourself from getting known as your circadian rhythm, out of sync sorts began collaborating with celebrity train- was minimal. It took me about two days to hurt,” she said. with the local time zone. er Harley Pasternak to create an anti-jet lag adjust to the eight-hour time difference. The flight attendants finished Christopher Lee, author of the book “Jet exercise routine for its hotels. The series of If you go with a sedative, be mindful of the the class sweating and tired. Lag,” says a disrupted circadian rhythm is exercises, called Jet Lag Rescue, is meant to side effects. Always consult a physician be- Despite the serious nature of the becoming a more common problem — and restore guests’ circadian balance. It includes fore taking pills before a flight — and, as you course, they ended on a high not just because of air travel. simple activities to raise your heart rate and would on the ground, avoid combining them note, laughing and swapping “One way of thinking about jet lag is that it engage your glutes, quads, hamstrings and with alcohol. contact information with the air is part of a broader pattern of technological calves, as well as a restorative sequence of One of the best weapons against jet lag is marshals who encouraged them innovation and time acceleration in the pre- stretches to ease aching muscles. common sense. The bone-dry aircraft cabin to return to the class whenever sent,” says Lee, an associate professor of Of course, there’s also an app for jet lag. can dehydrate you quickly; drink lots of wa- they would like. history at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. It’s called Timeshifter ($24.99 a year), and it ter. Don’t sit in your seat for nine straight Katie hopes she will be able to There are some new services aimed at allows you to create a personalized plan to hours; get up and move around. And, for the take refresher courses to keep combating jet lag, ranging from hotel pro- avoid jet lag based on variables such as your sake of yourself and the travelers around you, her new skills fresh in her mind grams to smartphone apps. But the best way sleep pattern and itinerary. You can even stay away from alcohol. The “free” wine going forward. to avoid nodding off on your first day of vaca- factor melatonin supplements into your re- that’s served in business class has a cost. “I hope that it doesn’t get to the tion is to take some common-sense steps gimen. The Minnesota-based business travel When I was younger, I suffered from days of physical level, but more and beforehand. agency CWT announced last year a deal to disrupted sleep after having a drink too many more these days it has been sort Jet lag leaves me feeling as if I’ve gotten distribute Timeshifter to all of its clients, so if on a transatlantic flight. of getting to the physical level,” half a night’s sleep each night for an entire you work for a large company with a man- Josephine Arendt, a professor emeritus at she said. “I think it’s really im- week. I once flew from New York to London aged business travel program, you might the University of Surrey in England, has portant to make sure that you’re and scheduled an interview for 8 a.m. the already have access to Timeshifter at no proposed a potential defense against jet lag: a prepared for that as well.” next day. About five minutes into the meet- extra cost. wearable sensor that measures light expo- Judith, who had never taken ing, I dozed off. I had to reschedule the in- There are new preventive measures for jet sure and tells the wearer when to take mela- self-defense or martial arts class- terview for the following afternoon. I return- lag, too. Steven Lamm, medical director of tonin. es before her TSA experience, ed to my room and tried, in vain, to sleep it NYU Langone Health’s Preston Robert Tisch Cindy Geyer, medical director at Canyon found the training rewarding, off. Center for Men’s Health, says a study pub- Ranch Lenox, a wellness resort in Lenox, albeit conflicting. Pamela Losey used to commute across the lished in 2018 showed that supplementing Mass., says this approach shows some prom- “I don’t want to hurt anybody. I Atlantic frequently. She says she thinks of the with the natural antioxidant Pycnogenol (a ise. In fact, aspects of Arendt’s research have never want to use these tech- red-eye to London as a missed night’s sleep. French maritime pine bark extract) reduced already been incorporated into the Timeshift- niques on a real person,” she “I once nodded off very briefly during a the duration and severity of jet lag symptoms. er app. said. “But it was surprisingly fun client meeting,” says Losey, a garden design- “This research showed that supplementing “But, as of now, there’s no current treat- and very gratifying to see how a er from Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. “But when with Pycnogenol actually reduced the dura- ment yet available that can instantly shift our little technique can really do big they learned that I basically flew 24 hours tion of time individuals felt jet lagged by body’s circadian rhythm to a new time zone,” changes.” just to be there, they were very kind.” nearly 50 percent and improved feelings of Geyer says. 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BY STACEY BURLING ic, occupancy at Penn Presby- The Philadelphia Inquirer terian was often high, making it n Feb. 28, David important to use available space Campbell woke up wisely and increase outpatient with a terrible case of capacity. COVID-19 surges have Overtigo. only emphasized the importance “I couldn’t open my eyes with- of reserving hospital beds for out the room and all of the ob- patients who really need them. jects around me just spinning Independence Blue Cross violently,” he said. “Any slight chose to give Penn a grant to test movement of my head massively PATH after hearing about it exacerbated the symptoms.” during a competitive pitch day, Campbell, a 58-year-old re- said Rodrigo Cerdá, an internist tired pharma director, couldn’t who is vice president of clinical walk. He had intense nausea. He care transformation at the in- called a family member, who surer. His program seeks to carried him down the steps of his improve health care value, which Northern Liberties, Pa., home it defines as a combination of and took him to Penn Presby- quality, patient experience, equi- terian Medical Center’s emer- ty and cost. gency department. “PATH was clearly one of the An electrocardiogram and a ones that has the most potential,” CT scan found nothing life- he said. threatening. Over the course of a Patients generally prefer to day and night in the department, receive care at home, he said, he got medicines that helped the and COVID-19 has pushed health nausea and dizziness, but he was providers to improve efficiency. still sick enough that, under nor- “COVID helps us sometimes to mal circumstances, he would move faster because of being have been admitted to the hospi- HEATHER KHALIFA, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TNS really careful with hospital ca- tal. Instead, he entered a clinical Austin Kilaru, an emergency physician at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, led research on whether pacity,” he said. trial supported by Penn Med- some emergency department patients who would normally be admitted could safely recover at home. Cerdá said PATH’s results look icine and Independence Blue “encouraging” so far. If that Cross that was testing an alterna- continues, IBC will figure out tive to hospitalization: going how it can change the way it pays home. for care at home to encourage As part of the Practical Al- wider use of the concept. ternative to Hospitalization No place like home IBC is also interested in “hos- (PATH) program, Campbell got pital at home” models, which extra support from a team head- provide more complicated care ed by emergency physician Aus- at home. It is in discussions with tin Kilaru. A nurse practitioner providers, but no one is trying it called him every day to discuss to rest and heal yet. his symptoms, explain vertigo Cerdá’s program this year and answer his questions. The gave five Clinical Care Innova- program coordinated follow-up Penn Medicine tests home-care program to help potential ER tion Grants of about $200,000 care with his primary care doc- each to study ideas ranging from tor. patients sick enough to be hospitalized avoid being admitted enhanced primary care treat- Campbell was understandably ment for chronic kidney disease worried about his disturbing for two days or less, a sign that emergency department program Kilaru’s team did a larger to automated text messaging for symptoms. He didn’t trust him- some had problems that could be is unique. randomized trial with 72 patients cancer patients on complicated, self to decide whether he needed managed elsewhere. Two pilot tests of PATH were this year. Results are still being at-home chemotherapy re- to go back to the hospital. He felt Working with Penn’s Center successful. Results of one of analyzed, and Kilaru said he gimens. vulnerable, disoriented. The for Health Care Innovation, Kila- them, which involved 30 patients, could not discuss them in detail Kilaru said that both physi- nurse calmed him. ru and his team developed a were published in April in the before they are published in a cians and patients accepted the “I’ve not needed someone in program that would identify journal Healthcare. The most medical journal. idea that some could go home. the past to help me manage car- patients who could safely go common diagnoses for participa- “Our results look very promis- “Patients loved it,” he said. ing for myself,” he said. home and coordinate the person- ting patients were chest pain, ing,” he said. The program itself “The consistent thing that amaz- After a few days, Campbell felt alized support they would need heart failure and high blood is on hiatus now while the eval- es me is that patients really do better. He emerged a fan of the for about a week once they got sugar, the study found. Research- uation is underway. want to be at home.” experimental approach. there. That included nursing ers estimated that the program Patients with COVID-19 were Leslie Meeks, who was also “It was phenomenal,” he said. care, lab work, transportation, reduced time in the emergency not included in the trial, but Penn part of the recent trial of PATH, “I would imagine that, without it, medication refills and physical department for those patients by had a similar program for those went to Penn Presbyterian in the outcome would have been therapy. 8.2 hours and prevented hospital who sought help for infection in early February with extreme several unnecessary trips to the Extra support has become inpatient stays averaging 2.3 the emergency department. gastric distress. Meeks, who ER on my part.” That, he said, common after hospitalized pa- days. Four participants returned COVID-19 was not on Kilaru’s would say only that she is in her would have added cost to the tients are discharged, Kilaru to the emergency department radar when PATH was con- “golden years,” has had short health system and inconvenience said, but he believes Penn’s within the next 30 days. ceived. Even before the pandem- stays in the hospital before. for him. “You don’t get a lot of rest in Kilaru, who has a masters in the hospital, because there’s a lot health policy, initially hoped to The most common diagnoses for participating patients of things going on all the time,” prevent emergency department she said. “… It’s just not very visits entirely by sending home were chest pain, heart failure and high blood sugar, the quiet and calming.” health nurses or paramedics to She got IV fluids and medica- the homes of sick people. That study found. Researchers estimated that the program tions at home after she was stabi- proved difficult, because those lized at the emergency depart- patients still needed lab and reduced time in the emergency department for those ment. A nurse called every day. imaging tests that were difficult Meeks called once with a ques- to deliver at home. patients by 8.2 hours and prevented hospital inpatient tion. Her roommate was there to He changed his focus to help- help her. ing emergency patients avoid stays averaging 2.3 days. Four participants returned to She thought it was a good ex- hospitalization. In 2018, a quarter perience. At the hospital, she of patients admitted to the hospi- the emergency department within the next 30 days. said, “it’s always busy. At home, tal through Penn Presbyterian’s results of one PATH pilot test with 30 patients published in the journal Healthcare in April you get more rest and you start emergency department stayed feeling better.” Saturday, September 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander John Rodriguez, Europe chief of staff US military got some things right in Afghanistan Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander BY JAMES STAVRIDIS read.” ence to a small detachment from tiny Lux- Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff Bloomberg Opinion So we did. The basic literacy program we embourg. Troops from Central America, mid the anger and finger-pointing created, working with various humanitarian Mongolia and New Zealand fought bravely at the end of America’s flawed 20- organizations, became foundational to the and well. EDITORIAL year mission in Afghanistan, it’s NATO training mission. Nongovernmental The situation was far from perfect, and easy to conclude that it was all a organizations were also teaching reading, many countries restricted how NATO could Terry Leonard, Editor A [email protected] failure from start to finish. While I broadly under our protection, in villages, districts use their forces. But most militaries were en- agree that the effort failed overall — due to and provinces around the country. Eventual- gaged in true combat operations, and their Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor mistakes the U.S. made in training the Af- ly, we instructed hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought and died alongside ours. [email protected] ghan army, the Taliban’s nimble perform- Afghan recruits in the basics of reading, and Some countries had more combat deaths per Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation ance at the end, Pakistan’s support for the our efforts contributed to a significant im- capita than the U.S. had. Of the roughly 2,000 [email protected] Taliban and Afghan leadership failures — provement in literacy in the country. It may letters of condolence I signed over four years certain positive outcomes are worth remem- be the most lasting thing we did to help Af- to the families of NATO troops killed in ac- BUREAU STAFF bering. ghanistan. tion, about 700 went to non-American servi- Obviously, for 20 years we prevented an- The U.S. military also helped advance the cemen and women. Special operations in Europe/Mideast other devastating attack on the U.S. from the rights of girls and women. Several genera- particular was a multinational effort, as was Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief ungoverned wilderness of Afghanistan. And tions of female Afghans were provided edu- intelligence gathering. The lessons we [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 after a 10-year manhunt, we killed Osama bin cation, medical care, the ability to work out- learned in Afghanistan about coalition oper- Laden. But there were also other, more sub- side the home and other opportunities — ations will be part of U.S. military doctrine Pacific tle successes. leading to profound shifts in Afghan culture, for decades to come. Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief The most important of these is literacy. especially in the bigger population centers. Measured against all that the U.S. got [email protected] When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, most of Will these changes survive the return of the wrong, perhaps these achievements provide +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 the population couldn’t read, especially girls Taliban? It’s hard to say. The world has yet to small comfort. In retrospect, it’s clear we Washington and women, who had been denied the bene- see the real policy direction of “Taliban 2.0.” built the wrong kind of Afghan army, under- fits of even primary school education. NATO But I’d bet on at least an improvement over estimated the Taliban and overestimated Af- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] struggled to train the Afghan army, because 2001. And if the Taliban leaders of today are ghan leadership. We overshot the goal on at- (+1)(202)886-0033 the soldiers couldn’t read maintenance serious about entering the international sys- tempting to build a new Afghan nation, failed Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News manuals, understand the wording on a map tem, accessing the global financial networks, to prevent cross-border sanctuaries for the [email protected] or communicate in writing on command and and gaining diplomatic recognition from enemies of that effort, and staged a messy control networks. In 2009, as the supreme al- most countries, they will have to show some and humiliating final exit. Even so, the U.S. CIRCULATION lied commander of NATO, I found myself of- progress in this key area. military has learned some things that will Mideast ten complaining in planning sessions about A third success in Afghanistan was the prepare it to face the next foreign crisis. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager how illiteracy made our job difficult. military’s learning to rise above the frustra- [email protected] At one meeting, Ambassador Richard Hol- tions of coalition warfare and work cooper- Bloomberg Opinion columnist James Stavridis is a retired U.S. [email protected] brooke, who at the time was a presidential atively with other countries. At the time I led Navy admiral and former supreme allied commander of NATO, DSN (314)583-9111 and dean emeritus of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy envoy to both Afghanistan and Pakistan, lost NATO operations in Afghanistan, more than at Tufts University. He is also chair of the board of the Rocke- feller Foundation and vice chairman of Global Affairs at the Europe patience with my complaining. “Hey Admi- 50 countries had troops on the ground, rang- Carlyle Group. This column does not necessarily reflect the Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager ral,” he said, “stop whining and teach them to ing in numbers from the massive U.S. pres- opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Dems denounce gerrymandering, then offer this map? Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] BY HENRY OLSEN +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 of each party. So while Democrats would nat- ing any simple comparison of vote share to Special to The Washington Post urally win a majority because they dominate seats gained dubious. 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In most states, getting the courts in- Ernie Gates tioner of the dark redistricting arts proud. larger share of U.S. House seats than their volved in redistricting simply shifts partisan Consider state House maps in the Chicago share of votes cast in every one of their major- game-playing to another forum. The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the area. Democratic map wizards take thin slices ities going back to 1938. Some of that is be- The obvious solution is for both parties to military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s of heavily Democratic precincts in the city cause of voting patterns in the Deep South, or agree to disarm. At the federal level, that independence. 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PRO SOCCER DEALS COLLEGE FOOTBALL MLS Thursday’s transactions DETROIT LIONS — Re­signed TE Darren Thursday’s scores Bryant (0­0) at Rhode Island (0­0) EASTERN CONFERENCE Fells and S Dean Marlowe. Placed QB Tim SOUTH BASEBALL Boyle and DE Da’Shawn Hand on injured EAST Louisiana­Monroe (0­0) at Kentucky (0­0) WLTPts GF GA Major League Baseball reserve. Signed OLB Jessie Lemonier, QB American International 14, Millersville 9 Army (0­0) at Georgia St. (0­0) American League Steven Montez, CB Parnell Motley, TEs Buffalo 69, Wagner 7 West Florida (0­0) at McNeese St. (0­0) New England 15 4 4 49 44 28 BOSTON RED SOX — Claimed 3B Taylor Jared Pinkney and Shane Zylstra to the California (Pa.) 23, Fairmont St. 14 Davidson (0­0) at VMI (0­0) practice squad. Released OLB Rashod Ber­ Delaware 34, Maine 24 NC A&T (0­0) at Furman (0­0) Orlando City 9 4 8 35 30 24 Mott off waivers from Colorado. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned C Gian­ ry, NT Miles Brown, TE Alize Mack and RB East Stroudsburg 35, Pace 14 Howard (0­0) at Richmond (0­0) Nashville 8 2 11 35 34 20 paul Gonzalez to Columbus (Triple­A Dedrick Mills from the practice squad. New Hampshire 27, Stony Brook 21 Wofford (0­0) at Elon (0­0) NYCFC 10 6 4 34 36 19 East). Selected the contract of C Ryan La­ GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed LS Ste­ Seton Hill 16, Wheeling Jesuit 14 Alabama (0­0) vs. Miami (0­0) at Atlanta ven Wirtel to the practice squad. Released Walsh 27, West Liberty 6 St. Andrews (0­0) at Presbyterian (0­0) Philadelphia 8 6 8 32 28 23 varnway from Columbus. SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent RHP Jimmy DL Willington Previlon. SOUTH Louisiana Tech (0­0) at Mississippi St. CF Montréal 8 7 7 31 30 27 Yacabonis outright to Tacoma (Triple­A HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed LB Joe Tho­ Albany St. (Ga.) 24, Mississippi College 0 (0­0) D.C. United 9 10 3 30 35 32 West). Sent RHP Diego Castillo to Arizona mas. Placed DB A.J. Moore Jr. on the re­ Appalachian St. 33, East Carolina 19 Gardner­Webb (0­0) at Georgia South­ Complex League (ACL) on a rehab assign­ serve/COVID­19 list. Austin Peay 30, Chattanooga 20 ern (0­0) Columbus 7 9 6 27 25 29 ment. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WR Keke Chowan 30, Mars Hill 24, OT Morehead St. (0­0) at James Madison Atlanta 6 7 9 27 25 28 TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed RHP Chris Coutee to the practice squad. Activated C Coastal Carolina 52, The Citadel 14 (0­0) Delta St. 48, Bethel (Tenn.) 14 E. Kentucky (0­0) at W. Carolina (0­0) Chicago 6 11 5 23 24 33 Mazza on the COVID­19 related IL. Ryan Kelly, WR Zach Pascal and QB Carson TEXAS RANGERS — Sent RHP Spencer Wentz from the reserve/CIVID­19 list. FIU 48, LIU 10 Virginia Union (0­0) at Hampton (0­0) Inter Miami CF 6 9 5 23 21 31 Howard to Round Rock (Triple­A West) on Placed QB San Ehlinger, WRs T.Y. Hilton Frostburg St. 20, Kentucky Wesleyan 13 Miles (0­0) at Alabama St. (0­0) New York 6 10 4 22 23 25 a rehab assignment. and Dezmon Patmon on injured reserve. Kennesaw St. 35, Reinhardt 25 Campbell (0­0) at Liberty (0­0) National League Waived TE Noah Togiai with an injury set­ Mercer 69, Point (Ga.) 0 Warner University (0­0) at Stetson (0­0) Cincinnati 3 9 8 17 21 37 tlement. Murray St. 35, MVSU 0 Akron (0­0) at Auburn (0­0) ATLANTA BRAVES — Recalled LHP Sean Monmouth (NJ) (0­0) at Middle Tennes­ Toronto FC 3 13 6 15 26 47 Newcomb from Gwinnett (Triple­A East). JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed TE NC State 45, South Florida 0 Matt Sokol and QB Kyle Lauletta to the Samford 52, Tennessee Tech 14 see (0­0) WESTERN CONFERENCE Placed RHP Chris Martin on the 10­day IL. Nicholls (0­0) at Memphis (0­0) CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP R.J. practice squad. Tennessee 38, Bowling Green 6 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Re­signed TE De­ UCF 36, Boise St. 31 Southern U. (0­0) at Troy (0­0) WLTPts GF GA Alaniz to Louisville (Triple­A East). Sent North Alabama (0­0) at SE Louisiana RHP Art Warren to Louisville on a rehab as­ rek Carrier and DB Dallin Leavitt. Signed W. Kentucky 59, UT Martin 21 OL Jermaine Eluemunor. Signed DB Madre West Georgia 45, Carson­Newman 7 (0­0) Seattle 12 4 6 42 35 19 signment. Wingate 30, Shaw 7 E. Illinois (0­1) at South Carolina (0­0) COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent CF Yonath­ Harper to the practice squad. Placed LBs Sporting KC 11 4 7 40 37 22 Nicholas Morrow, Javin White, DB Keisan MIDWEST SC State (0­0) at Alabama A&M (0­0) an Daza to Albuquerque (Triple­A West) N. Illinois (0­0) at Georgia Tech (0­0) Colorado 11 4 5 38 30 20 on a rehab assignment. Nixon and RB Jalen Richard on injured re­ Angelo St. 40, Lindenwood (Mo.) 20 Ball St. 31, W. Illinois 21 FAU (0­0) at Florida (0­0) LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Selected the serve. Waived LB Asmar Bilal with an inju­ LA Galaxy 11 8 3 36 35 35 ry settlement. Bemidji St. 24, Sioux Falls 16 Georgia (0­0) vs. Clemson (0­0) at Char­ contract of LHP Andrew Vasquez from Ok­ Capital 41, Defiance 7 lotte, N.C. Minnesota 8 6 7 31 24 24 lahoma City (Triple­A West). Optioned LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Waived OT Tyree St. Louis and DT Chris Okoye with in­ Cent. Oklahoma 24, Missouri Western 20 William & Mary (0­0) at Virginia (0­0) Portland 8 10 3 27 29 39 RHP Ryan Meisinger to Oklahoma City. Drake 45, WV Wesleyan 3 ETSU (0­0) at Vanderbilt (0­0) Transferred LHP Scott Alexander from the jury settlements. Signed WR Austin Real Salt Lake 7 8 6 27 31 27 Proehl. E. Texas Baptist 37, Wis.­Platteville 31 Southern Miss. (0­0) at South Alabama 10­day IL to the 60­day IL. Ferris St. 54, Findlay 14 (0­0) Vancouver 6 7 8 26 27 31 MIAMI MARLINS — Returned INF Lewin LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed G Jared Hocker. Gannon 28, Northwood (Mich.) 21, OT MIDWEST San Jose 6 7 8 26 24 29 Diaz to Jacksonville (Triple­A East). Desig­ Lakeland 28, Illinois College 18 Stanford (0­0) vs. Kansas St. (0­0) at Ar­ nated RHP Austin Pratt for assignment. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed OT Kion FC Dallas 6 9 7 25 30 33 Smith to the practice squad. Signed DB Ti­ Minn. St. (Moorhead) 33, SW Minnesota lington, Texas Reinstated RHP Paul Campbell, LHP Trevor 21 W. Michigan (0­0) at Michigan (0­0) LAFC 6 9 6 24 28 31 Rogers and INF Joe Panik from the 10­day no Ellis and DE Jason Strowbridge to the practice squad. Minnesota St. 40, Northern St. 34, OT Fordham (0­0) at Nebraska (0­1) Austin FC 5 12 4 19 20 29 IL. NW Missouri St. 15, Fort Hays St. 7 Robert Morris (0­0) at Dayton (0­0) — Placed LHP MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed QB Sean Houston 3 9 10 19 24 34 MILWAUKEE BREWERS Mannion and WR Triston Jackson to the Neb.­Kearney 38, Missouri Southern 0 Penn St. (0­0) at Wisconsin (0­0) Brett Anderson on the 10­day IL. Recalled practice squad. Signed P Jordan Berry. Re­ Ohio St. 45, Minnesota 31 St. Francis (Ill.) (0­0) at St. Thomas Note: Three points for victory, one point RHP Alec Bettinger from Nashville (Tri­ leased P Britton Colquitt. Signed LS An­ Pittsburg St. 35, Cent. Missouri 16 (Minn.) (0­0) for tie. ple­A East). drew DePaola and DE Everson Griffen. S. Illinois 47, SE Missouri 21 Albany (NY) (0­0) at N. Dakota St. (0­0) Friday’s games NEW YORK METS — Claimed LHP Brad NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed WR S.D. Mines 34, Missouri S&T 31 Miami (Ohio) (0­0) at Cincinnati (0­0) Hand off waivers from Toronto. Designat­ N’Keal Harry on injured reserve. Signed QB Shepherd 35, Ohio Dominican 30 Indiana (0­0) at Iowa (0­0) New York City FC at Nashville ed RHP Geoff Hartlieb for assignment. Re­ Cent. Michigan (0­0) at Missouri (0­0) New England at Philadelphia Garrett Gilbert, FB Ben Mason and LB Jah­ Slippery Rock 24, Wayne St. (Mich.) 21 called RHP Yennsy Diaz from Syracuse Trine 52, Manchester 14 N. Iowa (0­0) at Iowa St. (0­0) Portland at Houston lani Tavai to the practice squad. Claimed Valparaiso (0­0) at Indiana Wesleyan Sporting Kansas City at Los Angeles FC (Triple­A East). Optioned OF Khalil Lee to RB/WR malcolm Perry off waivers from Washburn 76, Lincoln (Mo.) 12 Syracuse. Sent RHP Jake Reed and INF Jose (0­0) Saturday’s games Miami. Wayne St. (Neb.) 34, Mary 27 Martinez to Syracuse on a rehab assign­ Winona St. 47, Concordia (St.P.) 6 Syracuse (0­0) at Ohio (0­0) NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed OL Matt Oregon St. (0­0) at Purdue (0­0) Austin FC at Vancouver ment. Skura and TE Chris Myarick to the practice Youngstown St. 44, Incarnate Word 41, Columbus at Orlando City PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent RHP OT Norfolk St. (0­0) at Toledo (0­0) Miami at Cincinnati squad. Waived CB Montre Hartage, TE UTSA (0­0) at Illinois (1­0) Vince Velasquez to Lehigh Valley (Triple­A Cole Hikutini and WR Alex Bachman with SOUTHWEST FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake East) on a rehab assignment. Ark.­Monticello 30, S. Nazarene 23 Butler (0­0) at Illinois St. (0­0) Colorado at San Jose injury settlements. Signed LS Casey Krei­ SOUTHWEST PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled LF ter and WR C.J. Board. Henderson St. 31, SW Oklahoma 13 Friday, Sept. 10 Phillip Evans from Indianapolis (Triple­A Lamar 47, 3 Rice (0­0) at Arkansas (0­0) NEW YORK JETS — Re­signed DE Jabari Louisiana­Lafayette (0­0) at Texas (0­0) Orlando City at Atlanta East). Optioned RHP Max Kranick to Indi­ Zuniga to the practice squad. Signed TEs Ouachita Baptist 38, Oklahoma Baptist 31 Portland at Vancouver anapolis. S. Arkansas 32, NW Oklahoma 13 Tulane (0­0) at Oklahoma (0­0) Ryan Griffin and Daniel Brown Missouri St. (0­0) at Oklahoma St. (0­0) ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHP Dako­ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed DT SE Oklahoma 38, Arkansas Tech 20 NWSL ta Hudson to Springfield (Double­A Cen­ UC Davis 19, Tulsa 17 Lane (0­0) at Ark.­Pine Bluff (0­0) Hassan Ridgeway. Placed T/G Jack Dris­ Tarleton St. (0­0) at Stephen F. Austin tral) on a rehab assignment. coll, TE Tyree Jackson and CB Josiah Scott FAR WEST WLTPts GF GA SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed 2B Arizona St. 41, S. Utah 14 (0­0) on injured reserve. Signed TE Nick Eu­ Texas Tech (0­0) at Houston (0­0) Wilmer Flores on the 10­day IL Recalled SS banks, WR KeeSean Johnson and DT Mar­ Black Hills St. 30, Dickinson St. 24 Portland 10 4 2 32 24 11 Maurico Dubon from Sacramento (Tri­ Cent. Washington 66, E. New Mexico 24 Baylor (0­0) at Texas State (0­0) vin Wilson to the practice squad. Acquired Cent. Arkansas (0­0) at Arkansas St. (0­0) North Carolina 8 4 4 28 22 9 ple­A West). DB Andre Chachere via waivers. Colorado Mesa 40, William Jewell 3 BASKETBALL Colorado Mines 42, W. Oregon 3 Abilene Christian (0­0) at SMU (0­0) Reign FC 9 7 1 28 23 18 PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed OG B.J. Northwestern St. (0­0) at North Texas National Basketball Association Finney, CB Arthur Maulet and OT Rashaad E. Washington 35, UNLV 33, OT Orlando 6 5 6 24 20 19 — Signed G Marcus Garrett New Mexico 27, Houston Baptist 17 (0­0) MIAMI HEAT Coward. Kent St. (0­0) at Texas A&M (0­0) Chicago 7 7 3 24 19 22 to a two­way contract. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released LB Sam Houston St. 42, N. Arizona 16 FOOTBALL Texas A&M Commerce 12, CSU­Pueblo 6 Prairie View (0­0) at Texas Southern Mychal Kendricks from injured reserve (0­0) Washington 6 5 5 23 19 18 National Football League with a settlemnt. Signed C Jake Brendel Utah 40, Weber St. 17 West Texas A&M 73, Texas College 0 Duquesne (0­0) at TCU (0­0) Gotham FC 5 5 6 21 17 15 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Activated OL and DB Dontae Johnson. Bethune­Cookman (0­0) at UTEP (1­0) Houston 6 7 3 21 18 21 Justin Pugh from the reserve/COVID­19 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed QB Jake FAR WEST list. Placed DL Jordan Phillips on injured Luton. Signed CB Mike Jackson to the prac­ Schedule Louisville 4 8 4 16 13 23 Fresno St. (1­0) at Oregon (0­0) reserve. Waived LB Jamell Garcia­Wil­ tice squad. Saturday’s games Lafayette (0­0) at Air Force (0­0) Kansas City 2 11 4 10 9 28 liams with an injury settlement. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Activated K EAST North Dakota (0­0) at Idaho St. (0­0) Note: Three points for victory, one point ATLANTA FALCONS — Claimed OL Colby Ryan Succop from the reserve/COVID­19 Holy Cross (0­0) at Uconn (0­1) Montana St. (0­0) at Wyoming (0­0) for tie. Gassett off waivers from Cleveland. list. Placed G John Molchon on injured re­ Colgate (0­0) at Boston College (0­0) Simon Fraser (0­0) at Idaho (0­0) Wednesday, Sept. 1 Signed RB Wayne Gallman. Released RB serve. Signed RB Darwin Thompson, S An­ Villanova (0­0) at Lehigh (0­0) Cal Poly (0­0) at San Diego (0­0) Qadree Ollison. Signed LS Josh Harris. drew Adams, OLB Ladarius Hamilton, WR Marist (0­0) at Georgetown (0­0) San Jose St. (1­0) at Southern Cal (0­0) Reign FC 1, Houston 0 BALTIMORE RAVENS — Re­signed OLB Jaydon Mickens and DB Troy Warner to St. Anselm (0­0) at Merrimack (0­0) Montana (0­0) at Washington (0­0) Saturday’s games Pernell McPhee. Signed TE Eric Tomlinson. the practice squad. West Virginia (0­0) at Maryland (0­0) LSU (0­0) at UCLA (1­0) Chicago at Gotham FC BUFFALO BILLS — Signed TE Kahale War­ TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DL Amani Marshall (0­0) at Navy (0­0) Sacramento St. (0­0) at Dixie St. (0­0) Reign FC at Louisville ring to the practice squad. Signed LS Reid Bledsoe and QB Matt Berkley to the prac­ Towson (0­0) at Morgan St. (0­0) New Mexico St. (0­1) at San Diego St. (0­0) Washington at Portland Ferguson. tice squad. Waived TE Luke Stocker. Umass (0­0) at Pittsburgh (0­0) Nevada (0­0) at California (0­0) Placed RB Darrynton Evans, WR Marcus Sunday’s games CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Aa­ Bowie St. (0­0) at Delaware St. (0­0) BYU (0­0) vs. Arizona (0­0) at Las Vegas ron Parker to the practice squad. Claimed Johnson and OL Daniel Munyer on injured Bucknell (0­0) at Sacred Heart (0­0) Utah St. (0­0) at Washington St. (0­0) Houston at Orlando RB Royce Freeman off waivers from Den­ reserve. Activated LB Nick Dzubnar from North Carolina at Kansas City ver. Waived RB Trenton Cannon. Signed the reserve/COVID­19 list. TENNIS QB James Morgan to the practice squad. WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — PRO BASKETBALL CHICAGO BEARS — Signed CB Artie Waived OT Rick Leonard with an injury set­ Burns and DB Marqui Christian. tlement. Signed OLB David Mayo. U.S. Open 7­5, 6­2. WNBA CINCINNATI BENGALS — Re­signed WR SOCCER Denis Shapovalov (7), Canada, def. Ro­ Mike Thomas. Placed DE Khalid Kareem on Major League Soccer Thursday berto Carballes Baena, Spain, 7­6 (7), 6­3, EASTERN CONFERENCE injured reserve. MLS — Fined Toronto FC F Noble Okello At USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis 6­0. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DB Tim an undisclosed amount for failure to leave Center Women’s Singles WLPct GB Harris, G David Moore, K Chris Naggar and the field in a timely manner in a match on New York Second Round T Jordan Steckler to the practice squad. August 27 against CF Montreal. Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Belinda Bencic (11), Switzerland, def. x­Connecticut 21 6 .778 — Signed DE Joe Jackson. National Women’s Soccer League Men’s Singles Martina Trevisan, Italy, 6­3, 6­1. Chicago 14 14 .500 7½ DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed LS Jake NWSL — Fined Angel City FC for signing a Second Round Varvara Gracheva, Russia, def. Paula McQuaide. Signed TE Ian Bunting to the player prior to the full execution of the Badosa (24), Spain, 6­4, 6­4. Washington 10 16 .385 10½ Reilly Opelka (22), United States, def. Lo­ practice squad. player’s agreement and for ignoring a renzo Musetti, Italy, 7­6 (1), 7­5, 6­4. Anett Kontaveit (28), Estonia, def. Jil New York 11 18 .379 11 DENVER BRONCOS — Signed DT Shamar league directive regarding the announce­ Alexander Zverev (4), Germany, def. Al­ Teichmann, Switzerland, 6­4, 6­1. Indiana 6 19 .240 14 Stephen and OT Cameron Fleming. ment. bert Ramos­Vinolas, Spain, 6­1, 6­0, 6­3. Maria Sakkari (17), Greece, def. Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6­4, 6­2. Atlanta 6 20 .231 14½ Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, def. Max­ GOLF AP SPORTLIGHT ime Cressy, United States, 7­6 (3), 6­3, 7­5. Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, def. Hsieh WESTERN CONFERENCE Ilya Ivashka, Belarus, def. Vasek Pospi­ Su­wei, Taiwan, 6­1, 6­3. Tour Championship Sept. 4 sil, Canada, 6­3, 6­4, 7­6 (5). Emma Raducanu, Britain, def. Zhang WLPct GB 1932 — Olin Dutra defeats Frank Walsh in Oscar Otte, Germany, def. Denis Kudla, Shuai, China, 6­2, 6­4. PGA Tour United States, 6­4, 6­4, 6­2. Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Clara Thursday the final round 4 and 3 to win the PGA x­Las Vegas 20 7 .741 — Championship. Matteo Berrettini (6), Italy, def. Corentin Tauson, Denmark, 6­1, 7­5. At East Lake Golf Club x­Seattle 19 10 .655 2 1951 — Frank Sedgman becomes the Moutet, France, 7­6 (2), 4­6, 6­4, 6­3. Iga Swiatek (7), Poland, def. Fiona Ferro, Atlanta, Ga. Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Hubert Hur­ France, 3­6, 7­6 (3), 6­0. x­Minnesota 17 9 .654 2½ first Australian to win the men’s singles ti­ Yardage: 7,346; Par: 70 tle in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association kacz (10), Poland, 2­6, 6­4, 6­4, 7­6 (6). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (14), Russia, x­Phoenix 16 10 .615 3½ Purse: $46 Million championships, beating Victor Seixas in Lloyd Harris, South Africa, def. Ernesto def. Anna­Karolina Schmiedlova, Slova­ kia, 6­2, 5­7, 6­2. Dallas 12 15 .444 8 First Round three sets. Sixteen­year­old Maureen Escobedo, United States, 6­4, 6­4, 6­2. Patrick Cantlay 34-33—67 -13 Connolly wins the first of three consecu­ Gael Monfils (17), France, def. Steve Petra Kvitova (10), Czech Republic, def. Los Angeles 10 18 .357 10½ Jon Rahm 34-31—65 -11 tive women’s titles, beating Shirley Fry in Johnson, United States, 7­5, 4­6, 6­4, 6­4. Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 7­6 (4), Aslan Karatsev (21), Russia, def. Jordan 6­2. Thursday’s games Harris English 34-32—66 -8 three sets. 1983 — Lynn Dickey of Green Bay com­ Thompson, Australia, 3­6, 3­6, 7­5, 7­6 (9), Greet Minnen, Belgium, def. Liudmila Minnesota 66, Los Angeles 57 Bryson DeChambeau 36-33—69 -8 pletes 27 of 31 passes, including 18 6­1. Samsonova, Russia, 6­4, 6­4. Dallas 72, Atlanta 68 Viktor Hovland 31-35—66 -7 straight, for 333 yards and four touch­ Jannik Sinner (13), Italy, def. Zachary Jessica Pegula (23), United States, def. Seattle 85, New York 75 Cameron Smith 32-36—68 -7 downs to lead the Packers in a 41­38 over­ Svajda, United States, 6­3, 7­6 (2), 6­7 (6), Misaki Doi, Japan, 6­3, 6­2. Las Vegas 90, Chicago 83 Justin Thomas 36-31—67 -7 time victory over Houston. 6­4. Angelique Kerber (16), Germany, def. Anhelina Kalinina, Ukraine, 6­3, 6­2. Friday’s games Kevin Na 34-32—66 -6 1992 — Jimmy Connors loses to Ivan Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Mackenzie Lendl 3­6, 6­3, 6­2, 6­0 in his record 115th McDonald, United States, 7­6 (3), 6­3, 6­7 Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Sora­ No games scheduled Tony Finau 38-34—72 -6 and final U.S. Open singles match. (5), 2­6, 6­3. na Cirstea, Romania, 7­5, 6­2. Saturday’s games Billy Horschel 33-32—65 -5 1994 — Fu Mingxia of China becomes the Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Tallon Bianca Andreescu (6), Canada, def. Lau­ Phoenix at Indiana Brooks Koepka 32-35—67 -5 first woman to win consecutive highboard Griekspoor, Netherlands, 6­2, 6­3, 6­2. ren Davis, United States, 6­4, 6­4. Washington at Minnesota Jason Kokrak 33-34—67 -5 world diving titles, beating countrywo­ Jack Sock, United States, def. Alexander Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, def. Petra Dustin Johnson 35-33—68 -5 man Chi Bin in Rome. Bublik (31), Kazakhstan, 7­6 (3), 6­7 (2), 6­4, Martic (30), Croatia, 7­6 (6), 6­4. Sunday’s games 2010 — DeMarco Murray’s career­best 4­6, 6­3. Karolina Pliskova (4), Czech Republic, Las Vegas at Chicago Louis Oosthuizen 35-33—68 -5 218 yards rushing leads Oklahoma to a 31­ Jenson Brooksby, United States, def. def. Amanda Anisimova, United States, Atlanta at Dallas Jordan Spieth 34-35—69 -5 24 victory for the Sooners’ 800th win. Taylor Fritz, United States, 6­7 (7), 7­6 (10), 7­5, 6­7 (5), 7­6 (7). PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, September 4, 2021 MLB/SOCCER

MLB ROUNDUP MLB scoreboard

American League

East Division WLPct GB Tampa Bay 84 50 .627 _ Estrada helps Giants halt skid New York 77 56 .579 6½ Boston 77 59 .566 8 Associated Press Toronto 70 62 .530 13 SAN FRANCISCO — Thairo Es- Baltimore 41 91 .311 42 trada hit a three-run homer dur- Central Division ing San Francisco’s four-run WLPct GB eighth inning, and the Giants beat Chicago 78 56 .582 _ the Brewers 5-1 on Thursday to Cleveland 67 64 .511 9½ avoid a four-game sweep. Detroit 63 72 .467 15½ Kansas City 59 74 .444 18½ A day after falling out of first Minnesota 58 75 .436 19½ place for the first time since May West Division 30, the Giants (85-49) moved into a WLPct GB tie atop the NL West with the idle Houston 78 55 .586 _ Los Angeles Dodgers. Austin Slat- Oakland 74 60 .552 4½ er also connected, and Logan Seattle 72 62 .537 6½ Webb pitched seven sparkling in- Los Angeles 66 68 .493 12½ nings. Texas 47 86 .353 31 San Francisco had dropped four National League in a row. East Division Milwaukee (82-53) wasted a WLPct GB terrific performance by Eric Atlanta 71 62 .534 _ Lauer, who tossed seven innings Philadelphia 69 64 .519 2 of three-hit ball. The NL Central New York 66 67 .496 5 leaders had won four in a row. Washington 55 77 .417 15½ Miami 55 79 .410 16½ Darin Ruf put the Giants ahead Central Division to stay with a two-out RBI double off Devin Williams (7-2) in the WLPct GB eighth. Estrada followed with a Milwaukee 82 53 .607 _ Cincinnati 72 63 .533 10 drive to left for his fourth homer. St. Louis 68 64 .515 12½ Red Sox 4, Rays 0: Eduardo Chicago 60 75 .444 22 Rodriguez (11-7) pitched four-hit JEFF CHIU/AP Pittsburgh 48 86 .358 33½ ball into the seventh inning, and The Giants’ Thairo Estrada watches his three­run home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during the West Division visiting Boston earned a split in its eighth inning of Thursday’s game in San Francisco. The Giants won 5­1 to avoid a four­game sweep. WLPct GB four-game series against AL East- Los Angeles 85 49 .634 _ leading Tampa Bay. for Atlanta, which stayed two two games of idle Cincinnati in the tive innings in his return from the San Francisco 85 49 .634 _ Bobby Dalbec drove in two runs games ahead of Philadelphia in race for the second NL wild card. injured list, leading visiting Cleve- San Diego 71 63 .530 14 for Boston, which has a two-game the NL East. Mets 4, Marlins 3: Dominic land past Kansas City. Colorado 61 73 .455 24 Arizona 45 90 .333 40½ lead over Oakland in the race for Phillies 7, Nationals 6:Andrew Smith broke a seventh-inning tie Cleveland has won 11 straight Thursday’s games the second AL wild card. McCutchen drove in four runs and with a pinch-hit RBI single, send- games against the Royals, the Oakland 8, Detroit 6 Braves 6, Rockies 5: Adam visiting Philadelphia erased a six- ing host New York past Miami. longest winning streak over Kan- Boston 4, Tampa Bay 0 Cleveland 4, Kansas City 2 Duvall hit a two-run homer in his run deficit on its way to a three- Athletics 8, Tigers 6: Jed Lowrie sas City in club history. Philadelphia 7, Washington 6 San Francisco 5, Milwaukee 1 team’s three-run fifth inning, and game series sweep of Washington. hit a three-run homer in the first Cubs 6, Pirates 5 (11): Sergio N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 3 visiting Atlanta overcame a grand The Phillies overcame a disap- inning for the first of visiting Oak- Alcántara scampered home when Atlanta 6, Colorado 5 Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 5, 11 innings slam by Charlie Blackmon to beat pointing start from Aaron Nola land’s eight two-out runs against second baseman Wilmer Difo Friday’s games Colorado. and rallied against the Nationals’ Detroit’s Matt Manning. mishandled a popup in the 11th in- Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees Oakland at Toronto Jorge Soler also homered and bullpen for their sixth consecutive Indians 4, Royals 2: Triston ning, and host Chicago beat Pitts- Cleveland at Boston Austin Riley had a two-run double win. Philadelphia pulled within McKenzie (4-5) pitched six effec- burgh for its third straight win. Minnesota at Tampa Bay Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Texas at L.A. Angels Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs N.Y. Mets at Washington Detroit at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Miami St. Louis at Milwaukee US, El Salvador battle to scoreless draw Atlanta at Colorado Seattle at Arizona BY RONALD BLUM Right back DeAndre Yedlin, L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco Associated Press Houston at San Diego who started in the infamous 2-1 Saturday’s games SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador loss at Trinidad and Tobago in Oc- Baltimore (Ellis 1-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 5-5) — American players and the en- tober 2017 that ended a streak of Oakland (Blackburn 0-1) at Toronto tire U.S. soccer community waited seven straight World Cup appear- (Berríos 9-7) Minnesota (Albers 1-0) at Tampa Bay 1,424 days for this moment. Nei- ances, and Ream, a central de- (Archer 0-1) Cleveland (Morgan 2-6) at Boston ther a triumph nor another tum- fender who was on the bench in (Houck 0-3) ble, the night showed problems Couva that night, were the only Chicago White Sox (López 3-1) at Kansas City (Hernández 4-1) mixed among promise. holdovers. Texas (Allard 3-11) at L.A. Angels (Sua- rez 5-7) “First reaction is disappointed,” In his first qualifier as Ameri- N.Y. Mets (Stroman 9-12) at Washington defender Tim Ream said after a can coach, Gregg Berhalter didn’t (Fedde 6-9) Pittsburgh (TBD) at Chicago Cubs (Hen- 0-0 draw at El Salvador on Thurs- have star attacker Christian Pulis- dricks 14-6) N.Y. Mets (Megill 2-3) at Washington day night in the opener of pan- ic (regaining fitness after testing (TBD) Philadelphia (Suárez 6-4) at Miami (Rog- demic-delayed World Cup quali- positive for COVID-19) and goal- ers 7-6) fying. keeper Zack Steffen (back Detroit (Boyd 3-7) at Cincinnati (Mahle 10-5) At the type of Central American spasms). St. Louis (Kim 6-6) at Milwaukee (Houser 7-6) stadium that repeatedly has sty- Goalkeeper Matt Turner, who Atlanta (Anderson 6-5) at Colorado mied the Americans, fireworks debuted in January, made a key (Márquez 11-10) Seattle (Gonzales 6-5) at Arizona (TBD) started during El Salvador’s na- MOISES CASTILLO/AP stop when he was tested, diving to Houston (Valdez 9-4) at San Diego (Mus- grove 9-8) tional anthem and lasted into the The United States’ Tyler Adams, center, and El Salvador’s Melvin stop Eriq Zavaleta’s header from L.A. Dodgers (Urías 15-3) at San Francis- fifth minute. That energized an al- Cartagena fight for the ball during a World Cup qualifying match Marvin Monterroza’s corner kick co (TBD) ready boisterous crowd of about Thursday in San Salvador, El Salvador. in the 57th. Calendar 29,000 that started filling Monu- “I thought the fight was good,” Dec. 1 — Collective bargaining agree- ment expires, 11:59 p.m. EST. mental Estadio Cuscatlán, Central American starters averaged 23 era. Twelve Americans, included Berhalter said. “The intention to Dec. 6-9 — Winter meetings, Lake Buena America’s largest stadium, about years, 282 days, the fourth-young- nine starters, made their qualify- win the game was good, but we’ve Vista, Fla. Dec. 8 — Winter meeting draft, Lake Bue- 8½ hours before kickoff. est in a qualifier in the modern ing debuts. got to get better.” na Vista, Fla. Saturday, September 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 SPORTS BRIEFS/US OPEN

BRIEFLY NHL players to play in Beijing Olympics

Associated Press Groupe Yvon Michel, the orga- The NHL is set to return to the nizer of the boxing event, said Olympics in Beijing this winter af- Thursday that 18-year-old Jea- ter reaching an agreement with nette Zacarias Zapata died from international officials, though the injuries sustained in a bout with league and players have the op- Marie-Pier Houle on Saturday portunity to withdraw if pandemic night at IGA stadium. circumstances warrant. Zapata suffered a series of pow- The NHL, its players’ union, the er punches in the corner of the International Olympic Committee ring and, after a solid uppercut, and the International Ice Hockey the Mexican seemed stunned near Federation struck a deal Friday the end of the fourth round. A final that will put the best players in the right hook caused Zapata’s mouth- world back on sports’ biggest guard to fly out and left her unable stage in February after they to return to her corner after the skipped the 2018 Pyeongchang bell rang. Games. Zapata, who appeared to con- “It was not easy, but we did it,” vulse while still standing, was IIHF president Rene Fasel told joined by her partner and trainer FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP The Associated Press by phone. Jovanni Martinez, who quickly Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns a shot to the Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor during the second round of “I’m really, really happy. When laid her down in the ring. The on- the US Open on Thursday in New York. Djokovic won in straight sets to advance to the third round. you see the last was 2014, and they site medical team rushed to her would wait until 2026, so you have side and she was immobilized on a 12 years in between — that means stretcher before being rushed to a we have a generation of hockey hospital by ambulance. players that would not be able to play in the Olympics.” Djokovic stays on track Cubs’ Ross, Hoyer test Even after the NHL and players agreed to Olympic participation positive for COVID-19 as part of a long-term extension of CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs the collective bargaining agree- manager David Ross and presi- ment last summer, the coronavi- dent of baseball operations Jed for calendar-year Slam rus pandemic and related costs Hoyer have tested positive for CO- threatened to shelve that possibil- VID-19. BY HOWARD FENDRICH Ash Barty and other top women en- ity. Instead, the sides were able to A spokesman for the team said Associated Press countered earlier Thursday came figure it out, allowing for the Ross and Hoyer are feeling fine NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic in the delays trying to get to Flush- league or players to withdraw if and quarantining. Both of them missed an overhead along the way ing Meadows in the aftermath of virus circumstances change for are vaccinated. to getting broken for the only time Hurricane Ida’s remnants blowing the worse or there’s an outbreak Bench coach Andy Green will Thursday night and stared at a through the Northeast a night earli- during the season. run the team while Ross is away, man in the Arthur Ashe Stadium er. As long as that does not happen, beginning with Friday afternoon’s stands who made noise during the Barty, a two-time major cham- NHL players will compete in the game against the Pittsburgh Pi- point. pion including at Wimbledon in Ju- Olympic men’s hockey tourna- rates. There was no word on any After breaking right back in the ly, three-time Grand Slam champ ment for the sixth time in seven players being unavailable. next game of his second-round vic- Angelique Kerber, Tokyo Olympic chances dating to 1998. The Cubs are among a handful tory at the U.S. Open, Djokovic gold medalist Belinda Bencic, dou- In other NHL news: of big league teams that have glared in that direction again, as if ble Wimbledon title winner Petra ■ The NHL plans to punish un- failed to reach the 85% vaccina- to say, “How you like me now?” Kvitova and other seeded women vaccinated players more harshly tion threshold required for the re- Miffed as the distractions persist- including No. 14 Anastasia Pavlyu- if they test positive for the corona- laxation of Major League Base- ed, he later spoke to the chair um- chenkova, No. 17 Maria Sakkari, virus as part of new protocols for ball’s COVID-19 protocols. pire about what’s considered a no- No. 23 Jessica Pegula and No. 28 the upcoming season. no in tennis. Anett Kontaveit all won in two sets Teams will be able to suspend Cantlay starts with lead, That, then, is pretty much what during the afternoon to reach the unvaccinated players without pay provided some intrigue and inter- third round. if they cannot participate in hock- keeps his distance est in this one, because the ultimate FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP At night, 2019 U.S. Open cham- ey activities as part of the proto- ATLANTA — Patrick Cantlay outcome — a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory Canada’s Bianca Andreescu, the pion Bianca Andreescu improved cols, according to a person with met his goal in the first round of for Djokovic over Tallon Grieks- 2019 U.S. Open champion, her tournament record to 9-0 by knowledge of the new rules. The the Tour Championship on Thurs- poor — seemed fairly obvious after improved her tournament record defeating Lauren Davis 6-4, 6-4. person spoke to The Associated day, and it had nothing to do with all of about 15 minutes. Or maybe to 9­0 by defeating Lauren Davis. Among the men’s winners were Press on condition of anonymity the score on his card or the size of even before the No. 1-ranked Djo- Summer Games gold medalist and Friday because the protocols had his lead. kovic and his 121st-ranked oppo- pointed out, he knew exactly what 2020 U.S. Open runner-up Alexan- not been announced. As the top seed in the FedEx nent stepped on court on a cool, he was doing, and that’s all.” der Zverev, 2021 Wimbledon final- Fully vaccinated players will Cup, he started with a two-shot breezy evening. If that bothered Djokovic, his ist Matteo Berrettini, No. 17 Gael have any COVID-19 positives lead over Tony Finau before even “That guy, for some reason, was shot-making and serving boosted Monfils and No. 22 seed Reilly treated as hockey injuries and still hitting a shot. He finished the calling, raising the sound and kind his mood as he took another step to- Opelka of the U.S. But No. 10 Hub- be paid. Coaches and other team warm, breezy day at East Lake at of screaming just before I would hit ward completing the first calen- ert Hurkacz, a Wimbledon semifi- staff who closely interact with 3-under 67 with a two-shot lead my smash, which was a big point. dar-year Grand Slam in men’s ten- nalist, lost to Andreas Seppi of Ita- players are required to be fully over Jon Rahm. Before that, he would do it a few nis since 1969 and claiming a 21st ly, and No. 31 Alexander Bublik vaccinated. Only four players had a better times. After that, again,” Djokovic major championship to eclipse the was beaten by American wild-card Female Mexican boxer score, so it was a good day regard- said. “That wasn’t nice. That’s all. I mark he shares with Roger Feder- recipient Jack Sock 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), less of the format that allows play- don’t mind the noise. Don’t get me er and Rafael Nadal. 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. dies five days after fight er to start at various points under wrong. I think it’s important for the “All in all very good, very good. Another U.S. man who got a wild MONTREAL — A female Mex- par depending on their FedEx entertainment, for the crowds, the I’m very pleased with the level of card, 20-year-old Jenson Brooks- ican boxer died Thursday, five Cup position. music. I get it. But if someone does my tennis,” Djokovic said. “All is by, won an all-Californian match- days after being injured in a Mon- Five shots behind were Bryson it over and over again ... he knows going in the right direction.” up against Taylor Fritz 6-7 (7), 7-6 treal ring. DeChambeau and Harris English. why he’s doing it. The guy that I About the only problems No. 1 (10), 7-5, 6-2. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, September 4, 2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

WEEKEND PREVIEW Shine: Expectations sky-high for QB Jones FROM PAGE 24 “I call Emory (Jones) “I think he understands it,” Mullen said Monday. “You look at a mobile pocket his playing time and experience throughout the years. Everybody passer because this says this will be his first time play- guy, he can launch ing the first play of the game, but to say he hasn’t played in a lot of that ball.” big moments in a lot of different games, big difference.” Dameon Pierce Mullen made it clear that the of- Florida running back fense won’t be watered down or scaled back with Jones at the Emory brings a lot to the table this helm. Jones helped create the year.” game plan and will have the free- His best attribute might be pa- dom to audible or scramble on any tience. After all, Jones never com- play. The sky-high expectation is plained or caused a scene during Jones will be able to improvise his time on the bench — three JOSH MORGAN/AP like no other quarterback in Flor- years in which the NCAA transfer Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei finally has the national spotlight to himself when he leads the No. 3 ida lore, too. portal exploded in popularity. Tigers against No. 5 Georgia on Saturday in the Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte, N.C. “We’ll just throw the whole He could have moved on and thing at him and let him go,” Mul- gotten on the field sooner. He len said. could have already started some- Mullen has raised some eye- where else. Instead, he stuck it brows with some of his claims re- out. Now, the payoff could be sig- Clemson-Georgia biggest garding Jones, especially the one nificant. about Jones being able to make Even though the Gators lost two throws that Trask could only first-round draft picks, dynamic dream about. tight end Kyle Pitts and elusive re- “He’s got a cannon for an arm,” ceiver Kadarius Toney, they seem game of opening weekend Mullen said. to have enough talent to be a title Teammates have delivered contender in the Eastern Division. BY RALPH D. RUSSO been stacking top-three recruiting 13: Consecutive games in equally glowing praise. A lot of that will depend on Associated Press classes in recent years to keep up which Wisconsin’s defense has “I don’t like to call Emory a dual Jones’ development. And his time No team has lost its opening with Alabama — but Georgia forced at least one turnover, the threat because most people like comes with a twist: Jones waited game and reached the Bowl hasn’t had Tide-level success. longest streak in the Big Ten. see Emory break and see him so long and now might have to Championship Series title game or Is this the season for a break- Penn State’s Sean Clifford tied for run,” running back Dameon share the spotlight with redshirt the College Football Playoff. through, with USC transfer JT Da- the Big Ten lead with nine inter- Pierce said. “I call Emory a mo- freshman Anthony Richardson, Something to keep in mind niels now healthy and established ceptions thrown last season. bile pocket passer because this who’s bigger, faster and quite pos- when watching No. 3 Clemson at quarterback? 21­4: Combined record the last guy, he can launch that ball. sibly a better NFL prospect. play No. 5 Georgia in the biggest Meanwhile, Clemson’s new two seasons for No. 23 Louisiana- “That’s probably the most un- “Coach Mullen definitely uses game of the opening weekend of starter at quarterback, D.J. Uiaga- Lafayette, which opens at No. 21 derrated aspect of his game. He his offense around the quarter- the season. lelei, gave everyone a glimpse at Texas. It’s the first game for new can launch the ball! He wants to back,” Jones said. “Whatever Tigers-Bulldogs is one of five his high ceiling in two starts last Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian throw the ball first. He only runs type, style quarterback you are, games matching teams in the AP season replacing Trevor Law- and it comes against a team that when there’s absolutely nothing he’s going to make it happen. For Top 25 on Saturday, the center- rence. beat a ranked Big 12 school (Iowa there or pressure comes and he’s me, just a different skill set. I feel I piece of a long Labor Day week- Realistically, the 60th meeting State) last year. got to get out the pocket. I feel like can do anything on the field.” end of college football. between the schools — first since 34­1­1: No. 15 Southern Califor- The Big Ten decided to em- 2014 — should not be a CFP elim- nia’s record against current mem- brace early season conference ination game, but history suggests bers of the Mountain West. The games this year like never before, the loser is in a bind. Trojans open Saturday against de- and the result is two ranked fending Mountain West champion matchups (No. 17 Indiana at No. 18 Hesiman watch San Jose State, which is 0-4 Iowa and No. 19 Penn State at No. Bryce Young, QB, Alabama: against USC. 12 Wisconsin) plus both of last sea- Young played some mop-up duty 376: Nebraska’s sellout streak son’s division winners (No. 4 Ohio last year, throwing 22 passes, but after a donor bought up the re- State and Northwestern) opening the former five-star recruit is still maining tickets for the Cornhusk- up. mostly an unwrapped present. ers’ game Saturday against Ford- There are also a plethora of in- The Crimson Tide unleash him ham, an FCS school from New triguing games with neither team against No. 14 Miami in Atlanta. York. The streak dates to 1962, but ranked such as Texas Tech vs. Despite the inexperience, Young if the Huskers continue to struggle Houston, West Virginia at Mary- is already one of the betting favor- — they opened the season with a land and Louisville-Mississippi on ites to win the Heisman Trophy, loss at Illinois in Week 0 — Ne- Monday night. according to FanDuel. braska might have to continue to New starting quarterbacks will Exploding out of the gate with a rely on the generosity of boosters debut at powerhouse programs big game against a ranked oppo- to keep its record streak rolling. such as No. 1 Alabama, Ohio State, nent would quickly help validate Hot seat No. 6 Texas A&M and No. 9 Notre the hype around a player that gets Can opening weekend be a Dame. compared to Heisman Trophy must-win? No, not really. Let the fun begin! winner and Arizona Cardinals However, after taking a pay cut Best game quarterback Kyler Murray. after last year’s losing season, it Georgia vs. Clemson in Char­ would certainly help Michigan lotte, N.C.: Sometimes the game Numbers to know coach Jim Harbaugh to take care with the highest-ranked teams is 11­3: No. 17 Indiana’s record in of business in a drama-free way LYNNE SLADKY/AP not the best game. This is not one its last 14 Big Ten games. That’s against Mid-American Confer- Florida head coach Dan Mullen hasn’t scaled back the playbook for of those times. the best stretch of 14 games in the ence contender Western Michi- quarterback Emory Jones, who will have the freedom to audible or Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart has history of the program. gan at the Big House. scramble on any play the Gators call this season. Saturday, September 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL No. 4 Ohio State outlasts Minnesota in Stroud’s debut

BY DAVE CAMPBELL sociated Press All-American had Associated Press DID YOU KNOW? 30 carries for 163 yards and two MINNEAPOLIS — C.J. Stroud’s The Buckeyes have won 12 straight scores, both giving the Gophers mind was not right as he sparred games over the Gophers and 28 of the lead and the first one after Te- with first-game jitters, feeling 29 since their last loss at Minnesota rell Smith intercepted an off-tar- “kind of all over the place” in his in 1981. The Gophers last won in get pass by Stroud that hit Olave’s debut as Ohio State’s starting 2000, at Ohio Stadium. hand. quarterback. SOURCE: Associated Press The Gophers were probably Playing for the Buckeyes comes never going to have a better oppor- with plenty of pressure. It also The Buckeyes flashed their five- tunity to topple the mighty Buck- brings plenty of help. star speed with two 70-plus-yard eyes than this, fielding one of the Stroud passed for 294 yards and scores in the opener, one early on a most experienced teams in the four touchdowns, and the fourth- run off right end by Miyan Wil- country at home — and at night — ranked Buckeyes kept coach Ryan liams and one late on a third-down to open the season against a new- Day unbeaten in Big Ten play with screen to true freshman TreVeyon bie quarterback. a 45-31 victory over Minnesota on Henderson. With fans allowed back in the a rainy Thursday night. Chris Olave had touchdown seats at what’s now called Hun- Ohio State trailed at halftime catches of 38 and 61 yards, and tington Bank Stadium, after the vi- (14-10) for the first time in a regu- Garrett Wilson scored on a 56- rus emptied them out for an abbre- lar-season game under Day, but yard reception that gave Ohio viated 2020 schedule, Minnesota time in the locker room was all State the lead for good at 24-21 enjoyed its third straight sellout Stroud needed to settle in. He midway through the third quarter. dating to the Penn State and Wis- passed for 246 yards in the second Less than three minutes later, consin games in November 2019. half. Haskell Garrett grabbed a fumble Already a time-of-possession “Everybody was encouraging from a strip-sack that Zach Harri- team, the Gophers needed to play me, telling me I can do it. My team- son delivered on Tanner Morgan keep-away more than ever to mates all have belief in me,” said and ran it in for a 32-yard touch- make this a game. They were ten- Stroud, who went 13-for-22 with down. tative at times but bold at others, one interception. More painful for the Gophers including a fourth-and-1 play from Said Day, who is 24-2 overall than their fade down the stretch deep in their own territory when and 16-0 in conference games was the loss of star running back Ibrahim ripped off a 56-yard run. BRUCE KLUCKHOHN/AP starting his third full year on the Mo Ibrahim, who hurt his lower That set up a touchdown throw Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud throws a touchdown pass against job: “We weren’t going to play it left leg late in the third quarter and by Morgan to Texas A&M transfer Minnesota during the third quarter of Thursday’s game in close to the vest. That’s not how we left the field in a walking boot. Dylan Wright, who had five catch- Minneapolis. Ohio State won 45­31. do it here.” The second team preseason As- es for 57 yards.

TOP 25 ROUNDUP No. 24 Utah pulls away to beat Weber State Associated Press ing three in a row to get Utah into the Chants scored TDs on their SALT LAKE CITY — Charlie the red zone. first two series of the third quar- Brewer threw for 233 yards and Devin Lloyd snagged a tipped ter. two touchdowns in his Utah debut ball at the Weber State 31 to set up McCall completed 16 of 19 pas- to help the No. 24 Utes beat Weber a 12-yard touchdown run from ses before coming out early in the State 40-17 on Thursday night. Thomas that extended Utah’s lead third quarter. Reese White had Dalton Kincaid caught four pas- to 19-7 in the second quarter. scoring runs of 4 and 16 yards, be- ses for 75 yards and two touch- Lloyd had 12 tackles, a forced fore McCall, the 6-foot-3, 210- downs in the opener for both fumble and a sack to go along with pound sophomore, connected with teams. Tavion Thomas ran for 107 that interception. Javion Heiligh on a 30-yard scor- yards and two touchdowns on 12 “We had been in worse situa- ing pass to make it 28-0. carries in his Utah debut. tions I felt like and came back,” Heiligh had six catches for 133 Brewer beat out Cameron Ris- Utes cornerback Clark Phillips III yards, and Shermari Jones also ing for the starting quarterback said. “That was just a stumbling had two touchdowns and ran for job in camp and did not disap- block we were excited to attack.” 100 yards. point. He was crisp on many No. 22 Coastal Carolina 52, No. 25 Arizona State 41, throws and gave Utah a legitimate The Citadel 14: At Conway, S.C., Southern Utah 14:Darien Butler passing attack it lacked at times Grayson McCall threw for 262 had two interceptions and the Sun last season. yards and a touchdown and the Devils used their punishing run- “I thought he was very poised in Chanticleers scored on their first ning game to overcome some slop- the pocket,” Utah coach Kyle RICK BOWMER/AP seven possessions against the py moments in their season open- Whittingham said. “He did a nice Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid catches a pass as Weber State safety Bulldogs. er. job keeping his eyes downfield. Preston Smith defends on Thursday in Salt Lake City. Coast Carolina was among the Arizona State was a bit rusty to He was accurate. ... Did a good job biggest surprises last season, go- start a season of high expecta- of running the offense.” coach Jay Hill said. first quarter because of a lightning ing 11-1 and winning the Sun Belt tions, committing numerous mis- Bronson Barron threw for 213 Weber State took a 7-3 lead delay that lasted 90 minutes. Conference’s East Division after cues on special teams and 13 pe- yards and a touchdown for Weber when Rashid Shaheed cut to the Utah marched down the field being picked last in the preseason. nalties for 135 yards. State, but the Wildcats had just 57 edge and returned a kickoff 100 quickly after play resumed. The McCall, last year’s Sun Belt of- The Sun Devils still proved to be yards rushing. yards untouched. He tied an FCS Utes covered 75 yards in five fensive player of the year, direct- too much for the FCS Thunder- “We did not do a good enough record with his sixth kickoff re- plays, culminating in a 17-yard ed an efficient, dynamic offense birds (0-2), forcing four turnovers job of getting yards on the first turn for a touchdown. pass from Brewer to Kincaid, to go that scored touchdowns the first and running for six touchdowns to down which put us in too many The teams then retreated to the back ahead 10-7. Brewer complet- four times it had the ball. After a win their 22nd straight home third-and-longs,” Weber State locker rooms with 8:26 left in the ed four passes on the drive, includ- field goal to close the opening half, opener. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, September 4, 2021 ‘We’ve got to get better’ SPORTS United States, El Salvador battle to draw in World Cup qualifier ›› Soccer, Page 20

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Shine time

QB Jones finally getting his chance at Florida

BY MARK LONG over in Gainesville three years later, he asked how they move and how they operate and it’s Florida’s Emory Jones (5) first Associated Press Jones to join him. definitely just helping me.” landed on coach Dan Mullen’s mory Jones first landed on Dan Mul- Jones obliged and became Mullen’s first While Trask set school and Southeastern recruiting radar seven years len’s recruiting radar seven years hand-picked quarterback to sign with the Ga- Conference records and became a Heisman ago. Jones was a high school ago. tors. Trophy finalist in 2020, Jones served as a freshman in LaGrange, Ga., and Mullen was scouring the Jones was a high school freshman Now, after waiting three years behind Fe- change-of-pace option. E country for another spread in LaGrange, Ga., and Mullen was scouring the leipe Franks and then Kyle Trask, Jones finally Jones completed 18 of 32 passes for 221 yards quarterback at Mississippi country for another spread quarterback at Mis- gets his chance when No. 13 Florida opens the last year, with two touchdowns and an intercep- State. When Mullen took over sissippi State. Ideally, Mullen wanted to find season against Florida Atlantic on Saturday tion. He also ran for 217 yards and two scores. in Gainesville three years later, the next Alex Smith, Tim Tebow, Cam Newton night. He was at his best against Oklahoma in the Cot- he asked Jones to join him. or Dak Prescott. “It has been hard, but it’s all been for a rea- ton Bowl, where he threw for 86 yards and ran RON JENKINS/AP Mullen could see Jones’ raw talent: a big, ac- son,” Jones said. “That’s what I’ve realized over for 60 more and a score. curate arm and game-breaking mobility. Ev- the past years. I have been playing a little bit, so But this, no doubt, will be different. erything else, Mullen figured, could be taught. that keeps me going. I’ve just been watching the They bonded quickly, and when Mullen took guys in front of me do their best and watching SEE SHINE ON PAGE 22

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