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Volume 78, No. 120 ©SS 2019 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas North Korea: Clashes Talks with US to resume escalate this weekend BY KIM GAMEL Stars and Stripes SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea and the U.S. agreed to re- sume nuclear negotiations this weekend, Pyongyang said Tues- day, a move that would break a seven-month-long diplomatic deadlock. The sides have been teasing plans to restart working-level talks since President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met at the Korean border on June 30. Efforts remained stalled after the leaders failed to reach an agreement during their Febru- ary summit in Vietnam, which exposed sharp disagreements over the pace of sanctions re- lief in exchange for steps toward denuclearization. North Korea’s first vice min- ister of foreign affairs, Choe Son Hui, said the countries agreed to have preliminary contact Friday and to hold working-level talks Saturday. FELIPE DANA/AP North Korean delegates “are Police detain an anti-government protester in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Thousands of black-clad protesters marched in central Hong Kong ready to enter into the [North as part of multiple pro-democracy rallies Tuesday urging China’s Communist Party to “return power to the people.” Korean]-U.S. working-level nego- tiations,” Choe announced via the state-run Korean Central News Agency. Hong Kong protester shot as China “It is my expectation that the working-level negotiations would marks 70 years of Communist rule accelerate the positive develop- ment of DPRK-U.S. relations,” BY EILEEN NG years in power. she added, using the initials for AND JOHN LEICESTER The pistol shot fired by the of- the North’s official name, the Associated Press ficer as protesters swarmed to- Democratic People’s Republic of ward him hit the 18-year-old on Korea. HONG KONG — In a fearsome the left side of his chest, police She did not say where the meet- escalation of violence, Hong spokeswoman Yolanda Yu said. ing would take place or give more Kong police shot a protester in She described the protesters as details. the chest at close range Tuesday, “rioters” and said the officer The State Department con- leaving the teenager bleeding feared for his life. firmed that “U.S. and DPRK offi- and howling on the ground. Tens The wounded youth was taken cials plan to meet within the next of thousands joined anti-govern- to a hospital for treatment, Yu week.” ment demonstrations that spread added, without giving details “I do not have further details across the semi-autonomous about his condition. to share on the meeting,” spokes- GEMUNU AMARASINGHE/AP Chinese territory as Communist woman Morgan Ortagus said. leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 SEE CHINA ON PAGE 15 Protesters set a fire to block traffic in Hong Kong on Tuesday. SEE TALKS ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 MILITARY Navy brings back Torpedoman rating

BY JOSHUA KARSTEN storage and systems maintenance Stars and Stripes on all classes of submarines, ac- cording to a Navy statement. MANAMA, Bahrain — The “Although there are similari- Navy has reinstated its Torpe- ties between a Machinist’s Mate doman’s Mate rating nearly a and a Torpedoman’s Mate, the quarter of a century after it was TM’s main focus at sea is weap- consigned to Davy Jones’ locker, ons handling, force protection the service said in a message and maintaining an incredible MICHAEL LEE/U.S. Navy Tuesday. level of proficiency in ordnance, The change is a direct response small arms and the upkeep of Petty Officer 3rd Class Raul Bonilla, a Machinist’s Mate (Weapons) on the USS Olympia in this July to fleet feedback and supports those systems,” Senior Chief 2018 photo, would transition to a Torpedoman’s Mate under the Navy’s announcement on the return of “rating modernization initiatives Heath Mangrum, a Machinist’s the Torpedoman’s Mate rating starting Tuesday. to continue to empower sailors Mate (Weapons) who will transi- and expand professional devel- tion to a Torpedoman, said in the ing to bring back our identity,” then Chief of Naval Operations changes to advancement exams, opment opportunities,” said the Navy statement. one commenter, who signed his Adm. John Richardson proposed selection boards or sea/shore ro- message from Chief of Naval Per- Mangrum, who serves as the name as retired TM Master Chief the idea to the crowd, the Navy tations, Tuesday’s message said. sonnel Vice Adm. John Nowell. lead torpedoman at the Navy’s Eddie Smith, posted. “Great job message said. “I think the Navy bringing The Torpedoman moniker was Atlantic Submarine Force com- N1 staff!!!!” The change is strictly admin- back the TM rating is going to first used in 1921 and changed mand, added that excitement “Glad to have our Torpedo istrative and will only require pay incredible dividends,” said to Torpedoman’s Mate in 1942. among his sailors about the re- brothers and sisters back,” an- affected sailors to change the Mangrum. “It’s the right time for It retained that name until 1995, instatement of the rating was other commenter said. rating badge on their uniforms, a change like this to light the fire when the Navy merged the job “through the roof.” The decision to bring the Tor- going back to the same one that under our sailors and embrace with machinist submariners. Their glee was also evident on pedoman rating back stemmed was used prior to the 1995 name the heritage in the rating.” Torpedo mates are responsible the CNP Facebook page. from an April “All Hands Call ” at change. Current Machinist’s [email protected] for weapons loading, unloading, “I’m so glad we continued fight- Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., where Mates (Weapons) will not see any Twitter: @joshua_karsten Navy to drop instructor-led college at sea program, saving $2M annually

BY JOSHUA KARSTEN the program and the steady decline in en- higher education institutions when the sup- courses provided by NCPACE IL. Stars and Stripes rollment over the years, officials said. porting contract came up for renewal this “We recognize that sailors are interested “NCPACE IL was resource-intensive year,” Ernest D’Antonio, director of Navy in pursuing advanced degrees, and we sup- MANAMA, Bahrain — A Navy program with administrative costs exceeding one- Voluntary Education, said in a statement. port their ability to further their personal that allowed sailors to take college courses third of the overall program expenses ($1.3 The roughly $2 million that will be educational goals,” D’Antonio said. “This while at sea is being shuttered, and the million annually), regardless of enrollment saved annually by closing instructor-led change ensures funding remains available funds saved by the move are being trans- numbers,” Lt. Cmdr. James Stockman, NCPACE will be redirected to tuition as- to the greatest number of sailors.” ferred to a tuition assistance program that spokesman for Naval Education and Train- sistance, where the funds will benefit more The NCPACE program is not going away will benefit more sailors, Navy officials ing Command, said in an email. sailors, both men said. completely, Stockman said. The program said Monday. In addition to the instructor-led program Enrollment has declined from 5,587 will be transitioned to a virtual model to The decision to ax the Navy College requiring “intensive administrative over- sailors in 2010 to only 1,491 in 2018, Stock- accommodate demand among sailors for Program for Afloat College Education-In- sight,” having high program costs and at- man said. In just the past year, 80% of sail- online and distance-learning courses, he structor Led program, or NCPACE IL, was tracting only a relatively small number of ors chose online and distance education said. made because of the high cost of running sailors, it had generated “no interest from programs over the traditional classroom [email protected] T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 17 Business ...... 21 Classified ...... 19, 23 Comics ...... 22 Crossword ...... 22 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 20 Sports ...... 24-32 Weather ...... 21 Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Milley faces challenges as new Joint Chiefs chairman BY LOLITA C. BALDOR In a brief speech Monday, Mil- investigate Democratic foe Joe Associated Press ley told Trump, “You can rest as- Biden’s family. sured that I will always provide But the issue casts broad ques- WASHINGTON — Army Gen. informed, candid, impartial mili- tions over whether allies must Mark Milley is taking over as tary advice to you.” worry that any U.S. military aid the nation’s top military officer He vowed to maintain the high could come with political strings against a backdrop of controver- quality of the world’s preeminent attached. Milley will be at the sy over defense aid to Ukraine fighting force. forefront of military delibera- that has triggered a presidential “With the complex challenges tions with U.S. allies and partners impeachment inquiry at a time of the international environment, around the world. of persistent threats from China, the United States Armed Forces The matter did not come up MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP Russia and Iran. stand ready. We stand ready to during the Fort Myer ceremony. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, center, with Milley, who was sworn in dur- keep the peace or, if necessary, Addressing the visiting chiefs his wife, Hollyanne, is congratulated by the outgoing chairman of ing a rain-soaked ceremony win the war,” he said. of defense from other nations who the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, during a ceremony at Monday at Joint Base Myer-Hen- Trump, who attended the cer- attended the event, Milley said in Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., on Monday . derson, officially became chair- emony, praised Milley, saying, his speech that their presence man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “Mark is living proof that the “demonstrates the importance of Milley commanded troops dur- Herzegovina to implement the and President Donald Trump’s American warfighter is the tough- our shared security interest and ing several tours in Iraq and Dayton Peace Accords. top military adviser at midnight. est, smartest and bravest, best common values. As chairman, I Afghanistan. As the Army’s leader, Milley He will face what has been an and brightest by far anywhere in look forward to working with all Milley, a native of Winchester, helped shepherd the ground- increasingly difficult task: main- the world.” of you to ensure our collective Mass ., received his Army com- breaking move of women into taining the nonpolitical nature of Pentagon leaders have largely security.” mission from Princeton Univer- front-line infantry and other the U.S. military and providing tried to avoid the impeachment Milley, 61, has been serving sity in 1980. An infantry officer combat positions. More recently, blunt advice to a president who matter. House Democrats are as the Army chief of staff since by training, he commanded Spe- he has worked with his senior is prone to making sudden Penta- moving ahead with their probe August 2015, and he succeeds cial Forces units in a career that officers to reverse a shortfall in gon announcements via Twitter into a phone call and whistle- Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford as included deployments in the inva- Army recruiting when the ser- and abruptly turning on Cabinet blower complaint that Trump Joint Chiefs chairman. sion of Panama in 1989 and the vice fell far short of its annual members who cross him. pressured Ukraine’s president to A combat-hardened veteran, multinational mission in Bosnia- goal last year. Exhibit 1 person killed as Iraqi highlights police fire on protesters

Army base’s Associated Press seen carried away, some of them bleeding. BEIRUT — Iraqi security Medical officials said one pro- green efforts forces fired live bullets, tear gas and water cannons to disperse tester was killed and dozens were BY MARTIN EGNASH hundreds of anti-government pro- injured, some with live bullets and Stars and Stripes testers in Baghdad on Tuesday in others with rubber bullets, while hourslong clashes that killed one many others suffered breathing GRAFENWOEHR, Germany person and injured 200, according problems because of the tear gas. — Deer don’t seem to mind rou- to officials. The officials spoke on condition tine artillery fire at an American The confrontations were some of anonymity in line with Iraqi military base here, and bats like of the worst in the Iraqi capital Health Ministry regulations. to breed in old bunkers, a local in more than a year, and signaled A joint statement issued by the German museum exhibit says. that the war-weary country could Iraqi interior and health ministries “Eco-friendly” might not be be facing a new round of political said one person was killed and 200 what springs to mind when most instability. injured, including 40 members of /Stars and Stripes people think of military bases, but MARTIN EGNASH The Tuesday afternoon rally, the security forces. the special exhibit called “Green A picture of the large number of red deer at the Grafenwoehr which was organized on social It said it “regretted” the violence Paradise and Military Train- Training Area is on display at the Culture and Military Museum media, began peacefully with that accompanied the protests in ing” highlights the efforts being Grafenwoehr in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on Tuesday . more than 1,000 people march- Baghdad and several other prov- made by the U.S. Army training ing into the central Tahrir Square. inces, blaming “a group of rioters” As some tried to cross the bridge base’s environmental protection arrays of colorful moths. suitable hot spots and habitat for the inciting violence, while to reach the fortified Green Zone division. The Army has catalogued at calling for calm and restraint. stepping-stones for preserving — home to government offices The Culture and Military Mu- least 3,000 types of plants and sensitive species in an otherwise Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric seum of Grafenwoehr is showcas- and foreign embassies — police Muqtada al-Sadr in a tweet called animals in the training area, in- developed world,” the division started throwing stun grenades ing geological, plant and animal cluding more than 800 animals said in a statement. on government leaders to launch and firing rubber bullets and tear an investigation into Tuesday’s specimens from the training classified as threatened or en- The museum shows projects area, along with explanations gas to disperse them. Some fell to clashes. dangered, such as the bats that the environmental division has the ground as they ran away, wip- about how the Army’s practices “We want the very basic rights use former bunkers as breeding undertaken over the years, such ing their eyes. have affected them, often in sur- — electricity, water, employment, grounds. as soil erosion prevention, water “We want this government to be prisingly positive ways. and medicine, and nothing else,” Base environmentalists are conservation and reseeding. changed. This is a government of For instance, the red deer pop- said Mohammed Jassim, a pro- crossing their fingers that a pair In addition to preserving natu- political parties and militias,” said ulation is found in larger concen- tester. “But this government is of wolves that recently returned ral habitats, the base includes Fadhel Saber, 21, who was partici- trations on-base than anywhere to the area will mate soon. They shooting at the crowd and killed more than 100 abandoned human pating in the protest because he is else in Germany. It’s believed to belong to a species that was over- some people.” settlements, including former unable to find a job. be the largest concentration of hunted in the 19th century. Over the past months, protests fruit orchards featuring varieties As more people converged into red deer anywhere in Europe, the “Many people may be sur- across Iraq have left scores of no longer found outside the train- the square chanting anti-govern- exhibit says. prised to know that military ment slogans, riot policemen began people injured. Similar protests ing areas. Exhibit photos show a herd training areas tend to be areas of to fire live ammunition to disperse and confrontations took place Fri- The exhibit, which is spon- of deer in the artillery impact high preservation and conserva- them, scattering the mostly young day in the southern cities of Basra area during the autumn mating tion significance,” said the U.S. sored by Stadt Grafenwoehr and male protesters, some of whom and Nasiriya. season. Other displays show the Army Garrison Bavaria environ- the Heimatverein Grafenwoehr, covered their faces with scarves. Iraq finds itself increasingly base’s scenic natural beauty, from mental division. began last month. It will continue Other protesters responded by caught in the middle of U.S.-Iran its rocky Jurassic zone in the west Because they are relatively un- until March 2020. throwing stones at security forces tensions in the region, which began to flood plains, forests, bogs and disturbed parts of military bases, [email protected] and waved Iraqi flags above the after the U.S. withdrawal from the heath in the east. Glass cases hold training areas “provide the most Twitter: @Marty_Stripes water cannon. Young men were Iran nuclear deal last year. PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 MILITARY Japan’s off-base sales tax raised

BY SETH ROBSON ing more. Staff Sgt. Steven AND HANA KUSUMOTO Campbell, 29, of Detroit, who Stars and Stripes has worked at Yokota in western Tokyo since 2017, said he had to YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan pay a higher road toll than usual — U.S. servicemembers in Japan during a trip Tuesday. will have to fork over a little more Companies operating express- yen for off-base goods and ser- ways in Japan said they’d raised vices after the host nation raised prices in line with the tax in- its sales tax from 8% to 10% crease. For example, the Kyushu Tuesday. Expressway toll has increased The last time Japan increased from 510 yen, or about $4.70, to the tax was in 2014, when it went 520 yen for passenger cars. from 5% to 8%. The latest tax in- Campbell said he shops off- THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes crease was postponed twice by base and uses public transporta- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but tion and toll roads regularly. Signs above cash registers at a McDonald’s near Yokota Air Base, Japan, explain new pricing after the officials say it’s needed to fund “I will probably just keep doing country’s 10% consumption tax took effect Tuesday . social services. The cost of car- the same things … maybe cut Yokota, said higher costs might yen, or $3.32, to 370 yen, or $3.41, 233 meters, or 764 feet, not the ing for the elderly and keeping one or two trips here and there 237 meters, or 778 feet, it did the national debt under control is to save,” he said. “Two percent hit young airmen who want to according to train operation before Tuesday, according to rising as Japan’s population ages. doesn’t look like much, but it does explore off base rather than save Keikyu. The fare between Fussa a statement by the Ministry of The tax increase doesn’t apply add up over time.” their money to spend when they — near Yokota — and Shinjuku Land, Infrastructure, Transport to items such as food and drinks, The U.S. government should return to the United States. stations has gone from 640 yen, and Tourism. except for alcohol and restaurant increase troops’ cost-of-living al- The Japanese government has or $5.90, to 650 yen, or $5.99, ac- Taxi fares have risen by a simi- meals, to reduce the impact on lowance — a payment designed to published some examples of the cording to Japan Rail East. lar amount in other parts of the low-income people, according to make up for higher costs at cer- sort of increases people can ex- The initial cost to hire a taxi country, according to government information posted online by Ja- tain locations — to compensate pect to see. in downtown Tokyo, Mitaka and officials. pan’s Ministry of Finance. them, he said. For example, a train fare from Musashino cities has increased U.S. military personnel are Steve Deland, 68, a retired Air Yokosuka Chuo Station — near from 410 yen ($3.78) to 420 yen [email protected] Twitter: @SethRobson1 already feeling the impact with Force command and control tech- Yokosuka Naval Base — to Yo- ($3.87) . Additionally, the 80-yen [email protected] train and taxi companies charg- nician living in Tachikawa, near kohama has increased from 360 (73 cents) fare now covers only Twitter: @HanaKusumoto Spokesman for DODEA’s Pacific schools accused of drunk driving on Okinawa

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE attention of police. When Ste- City pending the completion of an AND AYA ICHIHASHI venson was pulled over, police investigation, Agarie said. Stars and Stripes smelled alcohol on his breath, A third of the 2,222 drunken Agarie said. driving arrests on Okinawa in CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa A breath test measured his blood 2018 occurred between 6 and 10 — The spokesman for all Depart- alcohol content at 0.12%, four times a.m., according to the Okinawa ment of Defense Education Activ- Japan’s legal limit of 0.03 percent. Prefectural Police website. The ity schools in the Pacific region For comparison, all 50 U.S. states period between 2 and 6 a.m. pro- was arrested in Okinawa over the have set 0.08 as the legal limit for duced about one-fourth of the ar- weekend on suspicion of drunken Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force driving under the influence or rests that year. driving. Stevenson arrived on Okinawa DODEA public affairs official driving while impaired. The engine of a P-3C Orion like the one shown here fell while being Stevenson admitted he had in June to become the spokesman detached in a hangar at Kanoya Air Base, killing a Japanese sailor. Paul Stevenson, 56, was taken for DODEA Pacific, which com- into custody at approximately been drinking but did not remem- ber how much or what he drank, prises nearly 50 schools serving 5:30 a.m. Sunday on Route 58 in more than 22,500 children on Agarie said. The case was re- Kina, Yomitan village, according military installations in Japan, Japanese sailor dies on base ferred to the Naha District Public to Kadena police station Deputy South Korea and Guam. Chief Officer Zenpei Agarie. Prospectors Office. as he works on aircraft engine As of Tuesday afternoon, Ste- [email protected] Stevenson was reportedly driv- Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 ing erratically, speeding up and venson was being held at Oki- [email protected] BY MATTHEW M. BURKE by its propeller. The cause of the slowing down, which caught the nawa Police Station in Okinawa Twitter: @AyaIchihashi AND AYA ICHIHASHI incident is unknown at this time, Stars and Stripes the spokesman said. The JMSDF has launched an CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — investigation. Airman, his wife found dead after shooting A Japan Maritime Self-Defense “My sincere condolences to Force sailor was killed at a base the sailor’s family, losing [him] in Kagoshima prefecture this BY ROSE L. THAYER The Associated Press reported. June 26, 2002, according to of- to such an unfortunate accident,” week while working on an air- First Maintenance Squadron Stars and Stripes Firlik was identified Monday by ficials at Offutt. His awards and craft engine. commander Capt. Hirotaka Oot- base officials as the airman found decorations included two Air The unnamed sailor — de- Tech. Sgt. Zachary Firlik, a suka said in a written statement dead. However, base officials did Force Commendation medals scribed as a chief petty officer in 17-year veteran of the Air Force, provided to Stars and Stripes. not name Firlik’s wife. and one Air Force Achievement his 40s — was pronounced dead and his wife were found dead Sat- Base officials also did not pro- Medal, according to his service “May the sailor rest in peace. by a naval doctor at 2:43 p.m. We shall not have this accident urday night following a shooting vide details about the deaths. The record. Monday at Kanoya Air Base, a again and we will come up with in military housing near Offutt Air Force Office of Special Inves- Offutt is home to U.S. Strategic JMSDF spokesman told Stars and a plan.” Air Force Base, Neb., service of- tigations detachment at Offutt is Command and is located about Stripes on Tuesday. It is custom- The P-3C is a long-range, anti- ficials confirmed. leading the investigation, though 10 miles south of Omaha. It has ary in Japan for some government submarine patrol aircraft that’s Air Force Col. Gavin Marks personnel from Sarpy County about 6,500 airmen, and the 55th officials to speak on condition of been in operation since the 1960s, told the Omaha World-Herald also responded to the incident. Wing is the Air Force’s only unit anonymity. according to the U.S. Navy. that the shooting occurred about Firlik was an assistant flight to fly the RC-135, a fixed-wing re- The sailor was working with 8:30 p.m. in the Rising View com- chief assigned to the 55th Secu- connaissance aircraft. [email protected] several others in a hangar to Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 munity in the Omaha suburb of rity Forces Squadron since April [email protected] detach the engine from a P-3C [email protected] Bellevue, just west of the base, 25. He joined the Air Force on Twitter: @Rose_Lori Orion when it fell. He was struck Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 PACIFIC S. Korea shows its US-made F-35s for 1st time

BY HYUNG-JIN KIM since the first two of the planes Associated Press were delivered here in March, according to the state-run De- SEOUL, South Korea — South fense Acquisition Program Korea on Tuesday displayed Administration. some of its newly purchased U.S.- Moon, a liberal who espouses made F-35 stealth fighter jets for greater reconciliation with North the first time during its Armed Korea, was behind a flurry of Forces Day ceremony, a devel- North Korea-U.S. diplomacy on opment that will likely infuriate the North’s nuclear program. rival North Korea. During his third summit with Under its biggest-ever weapons North Korean leader Kim Jong purchase, South Korea is to buy Un in Pyongyang last September, 40 F-35 fighter jets from Lock- the two Koreas struck a set of heed Martin by 2021. The first agreements meant to ease mili- few batches of the aircraft ar- tary animosities such as halting rived in the South this year. North front-line live-fire exercises and Korea has sharply reacted to the dismantling guard posts along deliveries, calling them a grave their border. provocation that violates recent Many conservatives in South inter-Korean agreements aimed at lowering military tensions. Korea have said the deals greatly PHOTOS BY JEON HEON-KYUN, POOL/AP On Tuesday, President Moon undermined South Korea’s na- Jae-in reviewed military planes, tional security because North Above: South Korean President Moon Jae-in, center right on vehicle, attends a ceremony for Armed including an F-35, missiles and Korea’s nuclear threats remain Forces Day at Daegu Air Base in South Korea on Tuesday at which U.S.-made F-35 stealth fighters were artillery systems that were dis- intact. displayed for the first time. Below: South Korean Army soldiers participate in the event. played on the ground at the start Moon said during Tuesday’s of the ceremony at an air base in ceremony that strong national southeastern South Korea. security would support dialogue Moon and other top officials and cooperation with North later watched three F-35s and Korea and an effort to build a other warplanes flying in close lasting peace on the Korean formation one after another. Peninsula. In a televised speech during Nuclear diplomacy largely re- the ceremony, Moon said he felt mains stalled since the second “secure about the might of our summit between Kim and Presi- military armed with new equip- dent Donald Trump in Vietnam ment such as F-35As that we in February collapsed due to disclosed for the first time.” He disputes over U.S.-led sanctions said South Koreans would also on North Korea. However, North be “very proud” of the military Korea has announced talks will capacity. resume this weekend. South Korea previously pub- Kim and Trump held a brief, licized photos of its F-35s, but impromptu meeting at the Kore- it was the first time the aircraft an border in late June and agreed were shown at an official event to resume diplomacy. Talks: Bolton says North trying to buy time with diplomacy

FROM FRONT PAGE how to achieve their professed Choe’s statement came a day goal of the denuclearization of the after Trump’s hawkish former Korean Peninsula. national security adviser, John However, the North has praised Bolton, warned that the North Trump’s suggestion made last was not willing to give up its nu- month that Washington may pur- clear weapons and was trying to sue an unspecified “new method” buy time with diplomacy. in the negotiations. North Korea has long despised North Korea’s ambassador to Bolton, who has called for regime the United Nations, Kim Song, change and advocated a so-called blamed Washington for the dead- “Libya model” of denucleariza- lock in his speech at the U.N. tion, an unattractive prospect for General Assembly. the North since Libyan leader “It depends on the U.S. whether Moammar Gadhafi was killed the DPRK-U.S. negotiations will years after he disarmed. become a window of opportunity “The strategic decision Kim or an occasion that will hasten the Jong Un has made is to do what- crisis,” the ambassador said. ever he can to keep nuclear weap- SUSAN WALSH/AP Harry Kazianis, an analyst ons capability and development,” with the Washington-based Cen- President Donald Trump stands with North Korean leader Kim Bolton said in remarks at the ter for the National Interest, said Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Center for Strategic and Interna- the two sides need to compromise tional Studies in Washington. Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone on June 30. North Korea says to prevent the talks from falling In his first public remarks since it will resume nuclear talks with the U.S. this weekend. apart again. being ousted from the admin- “The challenges that could istration, Bolton also criticized The communist state also has negotiating position,” Jean Lee, a Trump’s lax reaction to recent stepped up its bellicose rhetoric, Korea expert with the Washing- result if these talks fail should short-range missile tests that he expressing anger over continued ton-based Wilson Center, wrote not be understated,” he said in a said clearly violate U.S.-led Unit- joint U.S.-South Korean military on Twitter. commentary, warning that could ed Nations Security Council sanc- exercises and frustration over the “Tactics included #missile lead to new provocations on both tions resolutions. lack of diplomatic progress after tests, threats & playing hard to sides. The North has suspended a series of historic meetings last get. Also wanted John Bolton “That can only mean one thing: nuclear and long-range missile year. Out of the picture. Now they’re a repeat of the 2017 crisis that tests, but satellite images and the “The return to talks is not a ready,” she added. could have started a nuclear war,” recent launches show it is con- surprise; #NorthKorea needed a Neither side has given any pub- he wrote. tinuing to develop its weapons face-saving interval after Hanoi lic indication of progress toward [email protected] programs. to regroup — and to improve its narrowing the gap in views about Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 WAR ON TERRORISM Task force earns nearly 50 medals in 1 deployment

BY CHAD GARLAND posthumously to their loved ones. Stars and Stripes Lindsay, 33, a Green Beret with 10th Group, was awarded a Silver Members of a special opera- Star, the third-highest military tions task force distinguished combat decoration. Collette, 29, themselves with “exceptional an EOD tech with the 71st Ord- heroism, valor and dedication” on nance Group’s 242nd Ordnance a recent six-month deployment Battalion, received a Bronze Star to Afghanistan, officials said last with Valor. week. Two other 10th Group mem- For their efforts, the soldiers bers — Master Sgt. Micheal Riley of Special Operations Task Force and Sgt. 1st Class Elliott Robbins 102 earned five Silver Star med- — were posthumously awarded COLE ERICKSON/U.S. Army als, seven Bronze Star medals Army Commendation medals with Valor devices, 15 Army Com- with Valor. Riley was killed by Green Berets of 10th Special Forces Group received awards for combat action in Afghanistan during a mendation medals with Valor de- small-arms fire during combat valor award ceremony at Fort Carson, Colo. , on Sept. 26. vices and 21 Purple Hearts. The operations in southern Uruz- medals were presented last week gan province in June. Robbins, statement said. at a ceremony attended by sol- a medic and new father, report- Very little has been made pub- diers, family and friends at Fort edly died in a noncombat incident lic about those missions or their Carson, Colo. that same month in Helmand effects. In recent years, the U.S. “We come together as fam- province. military gradually ceased mak- ily and unit to honor the heroism “This ceremony brings mean- ing public most of the measures and sacrifice of our soldiers and ingful closure to such an incred- of progress in Afghanistan, and their families,” Lt. Col. Justin ible group of warriors,” said last year stopped publishing Hufnagel, 2nd Battalion, 10th Beaudette. “This is a warrior bat- regular assessments of which Special Forces Group (Airborne) talion, within a warrior forma- districts in the country are under commander, said in a statement. tion, and we get a sense of their government or Taliban control, or “For 170 days of a blistering se- love of country, unit and their neither. ries of operations, we focused teammates.” Meanwhile, militant groups on disrupting the enemy in their With three combat deaths and a have gained attention through strongholds.” noncombat fatality, 10th Group’s stunning attacks in crowded pub- The task force was made up of 2nd Battalion has suffered the lic areas in large cities and by soldiers assigned to 10th Group, most fatalities of any unit in Af- carrying out deadly attacks on 19th Special Forces Group ghanistan this year, which has Afghan forces posted at check- (Airborne), 9th Psychological been the deadliest year for U.S. points throughout the country. The U.S. has aligned its ef- Operations Battalion and 71st forces in Afghanistan since 2014, DUSTIN MILLER/U.S. Army Ordnance Group (Explosive Ord- when large-scale combat opera- forts in Afghanistan to prioritize nance Disposal). U.S. Army Spe- tions ended. Two soldiers with Valor awards are ready to be presented to the Green Berets of 2nd the prevention of high-profile at- cial Operations Command’s Lt. the 71st Ordnance Group were and 3rd Battalions, 10th Special Forces Group. The awards were tacks, disrupting insurgent and Gen. Francis M. Beaudette, who also killed alongside 10th Group presented for valorous actions during the battalions’ most recent terrorist networks, and defeating presented the 48 awards, said he soldiers there this year. deployment to Afghanistan. ISIS-K, the Pentagon said in a re- was “incredibly humbled” to be The U.S. mission in the country port to Congress in June. in their presence. has focused on pressuring the Tal- serve on the front lines of the war. Videos played during the awards The awards presented to the “These Green Beret heroes … iban on the battlefield into mean- Most who do are special opera- ceremony told the stories of sev- special operations task force embody all the values and attri- ingful negotiations during peace tions troops taking part in unilat- eral courageous acts during those members recognized their con- butes we hold dear in the ARSOF talks that were abruptly ended by eral or joint operations with their missions, which the statement tributions to that fight, said community,” Beaudette was quot- President Donald Trump in early Afghan counterparts as part of a said were able to “penetrate the Hufnagel, the 2nd Battalion ed as saying at the event. September. separate U.S. counterterrorism enemy’s defenses.” commander. The families of Sgt. 1st Class With most of the roughly 14,000 mission. “The task force produced “They earned these awards Will Lindsay and Sgt. Joseph Col- U.S. troops deployed to the coun- SOTF-102 carried out “endur- unmatched effects against the supporting one another, side-by- lette, two soldiers killed in com- try assisting NATO’s training ing, complex and sensitive op- Taliban, Islamic State of Iraq side, in battle,” he said. bat in northern Afghanistan in and advising mission, a relatively erations” during its deployment, and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K), [email protected] March, received medals awarded small number go into combat or the 10th Group statement said. Haqqani, and Al-Qaeda,” the Twitter: @chadgarland Afghan officials: Taliban attack killed at least 11 policemen

BY RAHIM FAIEZ provincial governor. Taliban spokesman The Taliban had casualties during the from distant outposts. At least five people Associated Press Zabihullah Mujahid said the insurgents battle, said Hadid, but he couldn’t provide were killed, including one policeman, and had overr un the compound. any figure. scores more were wounded. KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban Farhad denied the claim, saying Afghan In a separate Taliban attack in east- Despite upgraded security, authorities launched a multi-pronged attack on a security forces were still in control of the ern Ghazni province, at least three civil- said 431 polling stations stayed closed be- district headquarters in a remote area of district headquarters. He said that Afghan ians were shot and killed by Taliban, said cause it was impossible to guarantee their northern Afghanistan early Tuesday, kill- reinforcements drove the Taliban from the Ahmad Khan Serat, spokesman for the security since they were either in areas ing at least 11 policemen and triggering an area. “Security situation is under control provincial police chief. under Taliban control or in places where hourslong gunbattle, officials said. right now,” he added. He added that six other civilians were insurgents could threaten nearby villages. Taliban attacks have continued unabated There has been some damage to the wounded when the Taliban targeted the ci- Results of the vote are not due for even as Afghanistan held presidential elec- district police chief headquarters, said vilian vehicle traveling from Jaghatu dis- weeks. tions Saturday, weeks after U.S.-led peace Farhad. trict toward Ghazni city. The Afghan government was sidelined talks collapsed. The district is very remote, said Mo- The Taliban did not immediately com- in the U.S.-Taliban talks, aimed at ending The attack on the Shortepa district hammad Afzel Hadid, head of the Balkh ment on the attack in Ghazni. America’s longest war. The Taliban have headquarters in northern Balkh province provincial council. He also confirmed that Last week, there were at least 68 attacks refused to negotiate with Kabul officials started early in the morning, according to the Taliban were defeated after reinforce- by the Taliban across the country during as they consider the Afghan government a Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the ments arrived. election day, most of them rockets fired U.S. puppet. Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY GI hurt in Somalia attack, AFRICOM clarifies

BY JOHN VANDIVER Stars and Stripes STUTTGART, Germany Amnesty accuses US military of civilian deaths — One U.S. servicemember was injured when militants attacked a BY JOHN VANDIVER base used by American forces in Earlier this year, Amnesty accused AF- from an airstrike in 2018. Somalia, U.S. Africa Command Stars and Stripes RICOM of killing 14 civilians in five air- That acknowledgement was made after strikes in Somalia between April 2017 and an internal review of airstrikes found a U.S. said Tuesday, revising an ear- STUTTGART, Germany — A U.S. air- lier statement that there were no December 2018. counterterrorism unit failed to properly re- strike in Somalia earlier this year killed The latest accusation is related to a March port the deaths to higher headquarters. U.S. casualties when al-Shabab three civilians, an international human fighters launched an assault on 18 attack in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle re- The review was prompted in part by con- rights organization claimed Monday, citing gion, in which an airstrike hit a passenger tinued interest in civilian deaths by both Baledogle Military Airfield. a new investigation. AFRICOM clarified that one vehicle, killing three civilians, Amnesty Amnesty and Congress, AFRICOM has Three men killed in a March airstrike servicemember sustained non- said. The group interviewed relatives and said. were farmers, not terrorists belonging to the life-threatening injuries during business associates of the victims, who In its latest report, Amnesty’s Daphne al-Shabab militant group, Amnesty Interna- Monday’s attack on the complex, all said the men were not members of al- Eviatar called on the U.S. government to tional said in the report released Monday. which is used by U.S. forces to Shabab, the report said. conduct impartial investigations into “all U.S. Africa Command disputed the re- train the Somali military and AFRICOM’s intelligence, however, in- credible allegations of civilian casualties,” conduct surveillance operations. port’s findings, saying a “body of multi-in- cluded “actions observed from the vehicle” hold wrongdoers responsible, and make The command also corrected telligence reporting” showed all suspects which enabled the military to arrive at reparations to victims and survivors. details released earlier about the were actively supporters of al-Shabab. “reasonable certainty the vehicle and its “It can start by establishing an accessible U.S. response to the attack. “U.S. Africa Command minimizes the risk occupants” were al-Shabab members, the mechanism for Somalis to safely report “One U.S. service member was to civilians by following a thorough, reason- Stuttgart-based command said. civilian casualties of U.S. military opera- treated as part of standard con- able methodology that accounts for weapons AFRICOM has conducted about 50 air- tions,” said Eviatar, Amnesty USA’s direc- cussion protocol,” the Stuttgart- effects and mitigates risk to civilians,” said strikes in Somalia so far in 2019, more than tor of security with human rights. based command said. John Manley, an AFRICOM spokesman, in any other year. To date, the command has [email protected] Additionally, one airstrike was a statement. acknowledged only two civilian causalities Twitter:@john_vandiver launched against al-Shabab fight- ers in response to the attack, not two as previously stated, it said. one more terrorist was killed, Chris Karns, AFRICOM spokes- a result of the airstrikes, which ternational report, saying a “body A total of 10 al-Shabab fighters AFRICOM said. man, in a statement. “Continued come amid new allegations from of multi-intelligence reporting” were killed in the U.S. response to “This strike demonstrates that pressure on al-Shabab impacts a human rights organization that showed all suspects killed in that U.S. and Somali forces will con- their ability to further export a strike earlier this year killed the attack on the base. attack were active supporters of In a separate strike Monday in tinue to take every opportunity to violence across Somalia and three civilians, not al-Shabab Qunyo Barrow, an area near the counter and degrade the capacity elsewhere.” fighters as the U.S. military has al-Shabab. coast and roughly 100 miles south of al-Shabab to plan and conduct AFRICOM assessed that no ci- claimed. AFRICOM has disputed [email protected] of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, attacks,” said U.S. Air Force Col. vilians were injured or killed as the findings of the Amnesty In- Twitter:@john_vandiver Court is told Airman is suspects in home invasion recovering had loaded gun after crash BY MARCUS KLOECKNER that killed 2 Stars and Stripes BY JENNIFER H. SVAN ZWEIBRUECKEN, Germany — A judge Stars and Stripes on Monday brought more serious charges against one of the men accused of violently KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A attempting to burglarize the Landstuhl car involved in a deadly crash on Spangda- home of an American family in February lem Air Base this week caught fire after it after learning that he and his alleged ac- left the road and hit a stationary object, a complices had a loaded gun and zip ties base official said Tuesday. with them. Two airmen were killed and a third was The suspect, a 61-year-old man with a injured in the crash near the base’s passen- long criminal record, told a psychiatrist ger terminal on Monday morning. who conducted a mental health assessment The two dead airmen’s next of kin have MARCUS KLOECKNER/Stars and Stripes of him that he had left the gun in the ve- been notified, said Air Force Capt. Erin hicle the four men drove to the Americans’ A court in Zweibruecken, Germany, learned Monday that the four men accused of Recanzone, a 52nd Fighter Wing spokes- home on an evening in February, because being involved in the violent invasion of an American family’s home in Landstuhl in woman, but the servicemembers’ names, he knew that taking the weapon inside the February had a loaded gun with them. ages and units have not been released. house would mean they would face more The injured airman, who was airlifted to serious charges if they were caught, the under German law can only be referred to J.M., 52, and a 33-year-old French national a hospital in Koblenz after the crash, was court was told. in news articles by his initials, A.M., from who grew up in Germany, J.R. They tes- in “good condition,” Recanzone said. What he didn’t know was that possess- attempted burglary to aggravated robbery. tified earlier that they did not expect to The base is host to the only U.S. Air ing zip ties at a crime scene is considered She is expected to do the same for the two find anyone at home when they went to Force fighters in Germany — F-16 C/D by German courts to also indicate intent to other suspects, who are due to appear in the Americans’ house with intent to “take Fighting Falcons, which are part of the commit a felony with violence. court on Wednesday. things.” 480th Fighter Squadron. One suspect was killed by the Ameri- If convicted of the more serious charge, The four went to the house after learn- Monday’s single-vehicle accident hap- can father, who stabbed him during the the three could face a minimum of three ing from a moving company employee pened on the perimeter road that winds attempted burglary. A German court has years and up to 15 years in prison. who helped deliver the American family’s past the passenger terminal and along the back of the base, connecting the area ruled that the American, a former Air Because of his long criminal record, household goods that there was a safe full around the golf course to base housing. Force major who moved to Germany with A.M. is also expected to be placed under of gold coins and gold-plated roses in the his family to work as a Defense Depart- preventive detention if convicted, which The speed limit on the road, which has one home, they said at an earlier hearing. ment civilian, acted in self-defense and means he could spend the rest of his life lane traveling in either direction, is 70 kilo- After learning about the loaded gun and threw out a lawsuit brought against him by in prison. Preventive detention allows a meters per hour (about 43 miles per hour). zip ties, the judge delayed sentencing for two of the other suspects, both brothers of convicted criminal’s prison sentence to be The cause of the crash was being investi- the deceased. extended indefinitely. J.M. and J.R., which was supposed to hap- gated, base officials said. pen on Wednesday. The judge elevated the charges against A.M. is being tried separately from the [email protected] the suspect who testified Monday, who other two surviving suspects, his brother [email protected] Twitter: @Stripesktown PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 NATION House Dems subpoena Giuliani in Trump probe

Associated Press internal matter, provided the first American people,” the president confirmation that a Cabinet offi- wrote. “It bore NO relationship to WASHINGTON — At one end cial heard Trump press President what I said on the call. Arrest for of Pennsylvania Avenue, the Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investi- Treason?” president raged about treason. At gate Hunter Biden’s membership Also taking a defiant stance in the other, the methodical march on the board of a Ukrainian gas the impeachment inquiry, Pom- toward impeachment proceeded company. peo on Tuesday declared that apace. It is that call, and the circum- House Democrats are trying Democrats on Monday subpoe- stances surrounding it, that are to “intimidate, bully and treat naed Rudy Giuliani, the presi- fueling the new Democratic drive improperly” five current and dent’s personal lawyer who was for impeachment. former career officials in seek- at the heart of Trump’s efforts to McConnell, a steadfast Trump ing information in the Ukraine get Ukraine to investigate politi- defender, nonetheless swatted investigation. cal rival Joe Biden’s family. That down talk that the GOP-con- Pompeo said in a letter to the was after one of Trump’s staunch- trolled Senate could dodge the House Foreign Affairs Commit- CHARLES KRUPA/AP est defenders, Senate Majority matter of impeachment if the tee, as part of the chamber’s im- Leader Mitch McConnell, said House approved charges against peachment inquiry into President Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer who was he would have “no choice” but to Trump. Donald Trump, that the request- at the heart of Trump’s efforts to get Ukraine to investigate political consider articles of impeachment “It’s a Senate rule related to ed dates for the officials to volun- rival Joe Biden’s family, was subpoenaed Monday by Democrats. if the House approved them. impeachment. It would take 67 tarily appear for depositions were With Congress out of ses- votes to change, so I would have “not feasible.” that stonewalling their inves- Democrats are driving the pro- sion for observance of the Jew- no choice but to take it up,” McCo- “I am concerned with aspects tigation would be considered ceedings toward what some hope ish holidays, Democrats moved nnell said on CNBC. “How long of your request,” Pompeo wrote obstruction of Congress in its is a vote to impeach, or indict, aggressively against Giuliani, you’re on it is a whole different to Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., chair- investigation. Trump by year’s end. They have requesting by Oct. 15 “text mes- matter.” man of the panel. “I will not tol- The panels are seeking docu- launched a coordinated messag- sages, phone records and other Trump took to Twitter to de- erate such tactics, and I will use ments from the State Department ing and polling strategy aimed at communications” that they re- fend anew his phone call with all means at my disposal to pre- and voluntary testimony from the keeping any political backlash in ferred to as possible evidence. Zelenskiy as “perfect” and to vent and expose any attempts current and former officials. closely divided districts from top- They also requested documents unleash a series of attacks, most to intimidate the dedicated “Your failure or refusal to com- pling their House majority. and depositions from three of his ply with the subpoena shall con- strikingly against House intel- professionals.” Support across America for business associates. stitute evidence of obstruction of ligence committee Chairman In halting any appearances by impeachment has grown signifi- Meanwhile, the circle of offi- Adam Schiff. The Democrat, he State officials, and demanding the House’s impeachment inqui- cantly from its level before the cials with knowledge of Trump’s suggested, ought to be tried for a that executive branch lawyers ry,” wrote Engel, Schiff and Eli- House launched its formal inqui- phone call to Ukraine’s president capital offense for launching into accompany them, Pompeo is un- jah Cummings of the Oversight widened with the revelation that a paraphrase of Trump during a derscoring the administration’s Committee. ry last week. Secretary of State Mike Pom- congressional hearing last week. expansive view of the White The chairmen in their letter A new poll from Quinnipiac peo listened in on the July 25 “Rep. Adam Schiff illegally House’s authority and setting the were seeking testimony over the University shows 47% of regis- conversation. made up a FAKE & terrible state- tone for conflicts to come. next two weeks from officials in- tered voters say Trump should be Pompeo’s presence on the ment, pretended it to be mine as When issuing a separate sub- cluding the former ambassador to impeached and removed from of- Ukraine call, confirmed by two the most important part of my call poena last week as part of the Ukraine, Marie “Masha” Yova- fice, while 47% say he should not. officials who spoke on the condi- to the Ukrainian President, and inquiry, the chairmen of three novitch, and former special envoy Just a week before, it was 37% for tion of anonymity to discuss an read it aloud to Congress and the House committees made it clear Kurt Volker. impeachment and 57 % against. President sought Australia’s help on Russia probe origins

Associated Press The president has sought, with- Trump was requesting help for out evidence, to implicate the U.S. Attorney John Durham’s in- WASHINGTON — President Bidens in the kind of corruption vestigation into the origins of spe- Donald Trump recently asked that has long plagued Ukraine. cial counsel Mueller’s probe into the Australian prime minister Hunter Biden served on the board Russian interference in the 2016 and other foreign leaders to help of a Ukrainian gas company at the election. The investigation out- Attorney General William Barr same time his father was leading raged Trump, who cast it as a po- with an investigation into the the Obama administration’s dip- litically motivated “witch hunt.” origins of the Russia probe that lomatic dealings with Kyiv. Durham’s investigation has shadowed his administration for Though the timing raised con- been cheered by Trump allies, more than two years, the Justice cerns among anti-corruption who believe the original FBI probe Department said Monday. advocates, there has been no evi- into Russia’s election interference The revelation underscores the dence of wrongdoing by either the was driven by Democrats. extent to which Trump remains former vice president or his son. Barr traveled to Italy last week consumed by special counsel There is no evidence that Biden’s with Durham, where the two met Robert Mueller’s investigation, son was ever under investigation with government officials as part and the ways in which he has in Ukraine. of the investigation, a person fa- used the apparatus of the United The July 25 call by Trump to miliar with the matter told The States government to investigate Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zel- Associated Press. As part of his what he believes are its politically enskiy prodding him to dig up dirt investigation, Durham is exam- motivated origins. ALEX BRANDON/AP on Biden was separate from the ining what led the U.S. to open a It also highlights Barr’s hands- numerous conversations Trump counterintelligence investigation on role in leading that investiga- Attorney General William Barr, right, has been praised by President had with foreign leaders as part on the Trump campaign and the tion, including traveling overseas Donald Trump, who views Barr as a key ally in his push to of the investigation into the Rus- roles various countries played in for personal meetings with for- “investigate the investigators” in the Russia probe. sia probe. that probe . eign law enforcement officials. Justice spokeswoman Kerri Mueller wrapped up his report Trump’s interactions with for- president, revealed by a whistle- for his political agenda, including Kupec said Trump made those earlier this year with an inconclu- eign leaders — and Barr’s role blower CIA intelligence officer, in his push to “investigate the in- calls on Barr’s behalf. sive finding about Trump — the in those discussions — are under which Trump presses for help in- vestigators” in the Russia probe. “At Attorney General Barr’s re- president was not charged with heightened scrutiny now that the vestigating Democrat Joe Biden. But the Justice Department has quest, the President has contact- any crimes, but Mueller pointedly House has launched an impeach- Trump has heaped praise on denied Barr had any knowledge ed other countries to ask them to said he did not exonerate Trump. ment inquiry into the president. Barr since he took the helm of the that Trump encouraged Ukraine introduce the Attorney General The president promptly called for The probe centers on Trump’s Justice Department earlier this to work with him on a separate and Mr. Durham to appropriate an investigation into the origins summertime call with Ukraine’s year, viewing him as a key ally investigation into Biden. officials,” Kupec said. of the Mueller probe . Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Biden more Sanders raises fierce amid uproar over $25M for 2020 Ukraine BY BILL BARROW Associated Press

John Kerry got “Swift Boated” in 2004. For Hillary Clinton in in 3rd quarter 2016, it was her “damn emails.” Remembering those failed Dem- ocratic presidential campaigns, BY BRIAN SLODYSKO offer a clear sign that both candi- Joe Biden is determined not to get Associated Press dates will have ample resources “Ukrained” in 2020. Since a whistleblower report to compete in the final months CHERYL SENTER/AP WASHINGTON — Bernie before the Iowa caucuses in Feb- last week revealed that President Sanders reported Tuesday that ruary. They are the first two con- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., takes Donald Trump asked Ukrainian he raised $25.3 million during tenders to release their numbers, a selfie with students at a campaign event Sunday at Dartmouth officials to investigate Biden, the the third fundraising quarter, the which don’t have to be reported to College in Hanover, N.H. Sanders on Tuesday reported raising former vice president has struck largest three-month sum a Dem- the Federal Election Commission $25.3 million for his campaign in the latest quarter. an aggressive tone. ocratic White House hopeful has until Oct. 15. He has told supporters that he posted all year and an amount “Media elites and professional Beto O’Rourke offered to “try to get out, something that might not would beat Trump “like a drum” that ensures he will be an endur- pundits have tried repeatedly to text you” in exchange for $5. happen soon enough for some in a general election and that the ing presence in the primary. dismiss this campaign, and yet There’s a growing sense of ur- angsty Democrats. Republican president is scared Pete Buttigieg, who entered the working-class Americans keep gency as the primary becomes a “If you are being outraised 3- of that possibility. Biden has de- race as the little-known mayor of saying loudly and clearly that fierce battle for a limited pool of to-1 by Elizabeth Warren, Bernie manded that reporters “ask the South Bend, Ind., also released they want a political revolution,” cash that could make the differ- Sanders or Joe Biden, you have right questions” and accused his numbers, pulling in $19.1 mil- said Faiz Shakir, campaign man- ence between staying in the race no viable path to victory,” said Trump of trying to “hijack” the lion for the quarter, an almost $6 ager for the Vermont senator. and heading for the exits. Those Rufus Gifford, President Barack campaign with unfounded as- million dip from his field-leading In the days and hours before who continue to muddle along in Obama’s former finance director. sertions that Biden and his son, sum last quarter but an amount Monday’s fundraising deadline, the lower tier will not only face “Even if you can compete in the Hunter, had corrupt dealings in that’s destined to place him in the Democratic candidates pleaded challenges paying for advertis- early states … shortly thereafter Ukrainian business and politics. top tier. for campaign cash, making ap- ing to amplify their message but you will run out of money.” Biden has built his campaign The large sums, which were peals on social media and collec- they are also likely to struggle Cory Booker recently warned around the idea that he can re- posted after the notoriously dry tively blasting out more than 80 reaching fundraising thresholds that unless he juiced his fundrais- turn Washington to a more stable summer fundraising months, set by the Democratic National ing numbers by an additional $1.7 emails asking supporters to “chip pre-Trump era. But Biden’s abili- come as both candidates have in” $5, $10 or $50. Committee to qualify for future million, he’d likely have to drop ty to win will turn on his ability to faced skepticism about their pros- An email from Sanders said, debates. out, stating that he didn’t “believe navigate the turbulent, no-holds- pects. Buttigieg has struggled to “I hate asking people for money” Top-tier candidates like people should stay in this just to barred vortex that Trump has im- break out of single-digit polling, — and then asked for money. For- Sanders, Buttiegieg, Biden and stay in it.” But the New Jersey while Sanders has faced a drum- mer Vice President Joe Biden’s Warren, a U.S. senator from Mas- senator announced he surpassed posed on American politics with beat of speculation that progres- campaign warned that President sachusetts, are anticipated to be his goal on Monday, raising $2 his Twitter megaphone, deep well sive rival Elizabeth Warren is Donald Trump would “feel like he among the leaders in the field. million after enlisting help from of campaign cash and phalanx of eating into his base of support. won” if a fundraising goal wasn’t But others are facing pressure Hillary Clinton and his girlfriend, surrogates. Taken together, the figures reached. And former Texas Rep. to post competitive numbers or the actress Rosario Dawson. While many Democratic strat- egists and Biden supporters give him plaudits for pushback, there Trump critics struggle to raise money for primary challenge remain some worries about how the storyline might affect Biden’s tenuous front-runner status. BY HUNTER WOODALL go support one of these guys is it’s not like some light bulb went a $1 million campaign urging Re- “It’s really a no-win situation,” just, I don’t think, realistic,” said off. This may open up a new group publicans to stand up for the rule Associated Press said Karen Finney, an adviser to Reed Galen, a former Repub- of donors. I just don’t know yet.” of law and speak out against the Clinton in 2016, when the former MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mark lican-turned-independent who Weld was joined in the Republi- president’s abuse of power.” Sanford, the most prominent worked in the past for George W. can primary race in recent weeks It could be a new ballgame, secretary of state was besieged primary challenger to President Bush and John McCain. by Joe Walsh, a former tea party- Kristol said, and he raised the with media scrutiny and Trump Donald Trump, has said he won’t Weld, the former Massachusetts backed, one-term congressman possibility of other Trump chal- criticism over her use of a private solicit contributions from his governor from Illinois, lengers get- email server when she ran the longtime donor base until he’s and the first and Sanford, ting into the State Department. “proven a measure of electoral Republican the former race. Finney credited the Biden success.” to announce South Caro- “I would campaign for “working the refs” Bill Kristol has yet to fully ac- a primary lina gov- say they’re by sending detailed memos to tivate a super PAC aimed at hurt- challenge to ernor and being seen the media explaining the time- ing Trump’s reelection chances. Trump, has congress- as serious. I line of Hunter Biden’s service And Stuart Stevens, the top struggled to man. don’t think on a Ukrainian energy company strategist for Sen. Mitt Romney’s mount a seri- Since an- people think board and Joe Biden’s involve- 2012 presidential campaign, until ous fundrais- nouncing for they can ment in Ukraine as vice president he was prompted, could not recall ing effort, president in win,” Kris- to establish that there were no the name of the super PAC he is according April, Weld tol said of conflicts. The campaign followed advising that supports another Sanford to the most Walsh has strug- Weld the three that by pressuring television ex- Trump challenger, Bill Weld. recent Fed- gled to gain current Trump primary chal- ecutives not to give a platform So far, not even the start of an eral Election Commission filings. footing in New Hampshire, even lengers. “But I think you can be to Rudy Giuliani, the president’s impeachment inquiry against That’s also been true for the pro- with frequent campaigning in the serious without having much of personal attorney. the president has energized the Weld super PAC America United. state. Sanford and Walsh both re- a chance of winning if you raise Giuliani has alleged that Biden, campaigns of those candidates, or At the end of June, the com- cently made initial visits. issues and show weakness in the while vice president, tried to aligned groups, seeking to deny mittee had raised only $60,000 Kristol, a director of Defending Trump the Republican presiden- and had less than $20,000 cash Democracy Together, a 501(c)(4) front-runner.” quash a Ukrainian investigation tial nomination. on hand. Stevens emphasized last anti-Trump conservative group, That has resulted in a transition of the company that paid Hunter Still, outside spending by disen- week that fundraising is just start- said Trump’s dealings with for Trump’s Republican critics. Biden as a board member. The chanted “Never Trump”-type Re- ing. By comparison, New Day for Ukraine and the impeachment “Most of the Never Trumpers top Ukrainian prosecutor said publicans could diminish Trump’s America, a super PAC supporting proceedings have led to Never in the Republican Party, both do- earlier this year that his team 2020 odds by wounding his candi- former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Trump donors feeling vindicat- nors and activists, are gradually found no wrongdoing, and there’s dacy even if stopping well short of ended June with close to $414,000 ed. And last week, Republicans becoming After Trumpers,” said no evidence that U.S. law enforce- denying him the nomination. cash on hand. for the Rule of Law, a project of Dan Schnur, a former Republi- ment has gotten involved. “For now, the idea that some- “The people that we’re talking Defending Democracy Together, can-turned-independent who was “Why should Joe Biden be how, some way, some seven-figure to are against Donald Trump,” announced it had begun targeting national director of communica- forced to defend himself against guy or some seven-figure bundler, Stevens said. “And they were digital ads at some congressional tions for McCain’s 2000 presiden- something that’s not true?” is going to break from the pack to against Donald Trump before, so Republicans as “the first stage in tial run. Finney argued. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 NATION Officials try to fill gaps in family planning funding

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The administration “continues to Associated Press fall far short of preserving access to care for patients who need it WASHINGTON — Federal of- the most,” she added. ficials said Monday they’re re- The administration earlier this directing nearly $34 million to year imposed a series of restric- cover gaps in access to birth con- tions on Title X clinics, winning trol for low-income women after applause from religious con- Trump administration abortion servatives that are a key part of BEN ALLAN SMITH, THE MISSOULIAN/AP restrictions led to an exodus of President Donald Trump’s politi- clinics from the federal family cal base. The new rules included From left, Tommy Little, Cody Little, Kyndra Neal and Tanya Little sled down a hill Sunday in Missoula, planning program. the ban on abortion referrals and Mont. Schools in Montana towns near the Rocky Mountains were closed Monday because of snow Diane Foley, director of the requirements for financial and — the earliest day in the school year for a snow closure in memory. Health and Human Services of- physical separation from abor- fice that oversees the so-called tion providers. Planned Parent- Title X family planning program, hood offers both women’s health said Monday the goal is to serve services and abortions. Weekend snow leads some about the same number of women, Lawsuits challenging the abor- or more, avoiding disruptions. tion restrictions are working “We think we are very close to through federal courts, which so replacing the number of clients far have ruled the administration’s Montana schools to close seen, if not exceeding it,” Foley policy can go into effect while the said. legal issues are decided. Associated Press conditions. “I think our furthest student is Led by Planned Parenthood af- Montana Gov. Steve Bullock 30 miles away,” he said. Planned Parenthood and other HELENA, Mont. — Some filiates, about 20 % of participating has declared an emergency after Snowdrifts shut down the U.S.- groups say the ban on abortion schools in Montana took their service organizations have left the referrals is in effect a “gag rule” the storm brought heavy, wet Canada border crossing at U.S. earliest snow day in memory program over a Trump adminis- on providing full medical infor- snow and high winds that closed Highway 89, where state trans- Monday after a blizzard dumped tration ban on referring women mation to patients. roads, downed trees and caused several feet of snow, while plung- portation officials also reported for abortions. Called “grantees,” While abortion is a legal medi- scattered power outages. The ing temperatures threatened that 200 head of cattle were on those organizations receive fed- cal procedure, backers of the declaration allows the state to crops across other parts of the the roadway. A crash slowed traf- eral grants and distribute them administration’s move say it is mobilize resources to help areas Rocky Mountains in an unusually fic on Interstate 15 and several among clinics that directly pro- not a form of family planning. Re- that were hit. surrounding state highways were vide services to women. ligious conservatives have long early blast of wintry weather. The snow and treacherous Freeze warnings were in ef- closed because of the snow. About 930 clinics serving an seen the family planning program roads led to school closures Mon- The National Weather Service estimated 900,000 clients have as an indirect subsidy to Planned fect in parts of Utah and Idaho, day in Montana towns near the and temperatures were expected issued both freeze warnings and been affected by grantees leaving Parenthood, even though family Rocky Mountains that received extreme wildfire danger warn- the program. to drop into the teens and 20s in the most snow. School superinten- planning grants could not be used ings in Utah. The hard-freeze The money returned to the those states and Montana over- dents in some of those communi- to pay for abortion services. warnings in the western part government has been divided According to the latest re- night and Tuesday morning. The ties said they couldn’t remember of the state are expected to last up among organizations that re- search, the number and rate of cold set in with the lingering fall the last time they had to cancel until Tuesday, meaning outdoor mained, said Foley, among them abortions in the U.S. have fallen storm system that dumped snow school this early because of snow. plumbing and crops that have no state and local health depart- to their lowest levels since 1973, for three days across much of “This is the first time in 23 ments. However, five states will when the Supreme Court’s Roe v. central and western Montana, years for sure,” said Les Meyer, protection could sustain signifi- no longer be served by the federal Wade decision legalized abortion including more than 4 feet on the superintendent in the town of cant damage. program. They are Maine, Ore- in all the states. Part of the rea- Blackfeet Reservation and Gla- Fairfield. “I am sure we could The fire warning is in the east- gon, Utah, Vermont and Washing- son for the decline is seen as bet- cier National Park. have held school, but the way this ern part of the state near Moab ton. Foley said in those cases the ter access to birth control, which While parts of the Rockies storm hit and the lack of prepa- through Monday evening. states themselves have pledged to health plans must now cover free were dealing with frigid temper- ration for winter with all of us, it Like the Rockies, Nevada saw replace federal funding. of charge as a preventive service atures and unusually early snow, just made it a better situation for wintry weather this past week- In a statement, Planned Parent- for women. warnings of extreme wildfire the students, parents and staff to end. Less than 1 inch of snow fell hood Vice President Jacqueline The Title X program serves danger emerged in eastern Utah close for the day.” in the tiny town of Winnemucca, Ayers said the Trump administra- nearly 4 million clients a year, and much of Colorado, where Augusta Superintendent Matt breaking a 142-year-old record, tion was “frantically scrambling mainly low-income women who temperatures as high as the mid- Genger said schools closed down while Lake Tahoe and some other to try to fill the gaps” caused by may not be covered by workplace 80s , gusty winds and dry air Monday because of the road northern Nevada towns also got the fallout from its own policy. health plans. were expected to create critical conditions. snow. Treasury targets Russian financier, troll farm workers with sanctions

Associated Press “Let this serve as a warning: any actors ing U.S. politicians to end the stupid game Mnuchin said. who continue to engage with these individ- of sanctions that brings zero results and The U.S. is also taking measures to pro- WASHINGTON — The Treasury De- uals, companies, aircraft or vessel may also come back to common sense.” tect the 2020 elections against adversaries partment on Monday took its first action in be subject to future sanctions,” Secretary Prigozhin, who was already on the sanc- that may be seeking to influence that vote response to foreign interference in the 2018 of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement. tions list for his alleged involvement in as well, Treasury said, singling out Russia, midterm elections by placing the yacht and “We have been clear: We will not tolerate influencing the 2016 U.S. elections, uses Iran and China. private planes of a Russian financier on an foreign interference in our elections.” a series of front companies to manage the In the run-up to the November 2018 elec- international sanctions list along with em- The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized yacht and planes that he and his family use tions, the Internet Research Agency, based ployees of a Russian troll farm he funded to the sanctions. to vacation around the world, Treasury in St. Petersburg, Russia, used fake social spread false information on social media. “We realize that such steps reflect an said. media accounts to flood America with dis- Sanctions placed on the planes and yacht internal political crisis that has engulfed The U.S. accuses him of attempting to information aimed to discredit candidates of financier Yevgeny Prigozhin mean that the United States, in which Russia-relat- “subvert American democratic processes,” it deemed hostile to Russia. In 2016, the any U.S. and many foreign ports would ed issues are deliberately used by part of though there is no evidence that the efforts same organization sought to help Donald face penalties for providing services to the Washington’s establishment to achieve its of the Internet Research Agency or other Trump by disparaging Hillary Clinton, vessel or the aircraft, according to a U.S. goals,” the ministry said in a statement. foreign actors managed to prevent anyone according to special counsel Robert Muel- Treasury Department notice announcing “This anti-Russian move won’t be left from voting, changed votes or disrupted ler’s report on Russian interference in the the measures. unanswered. At the same time, we are urg- the counting, Treasury Secretary Steven campaign. Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 NATION US scientists blast research that questions limiting meat

BY CANDICE CHOI dence is weak, and that there’s Willett, who has led studies Associated Press not much certainty meat is really tying meat to bad health out- the culprit, since other diet and comes, also said the reviews do NEW YORK — Eating red meat lifestyle factors could be at play. not consider the particularly is linked to cancer and heart dis- Most people who understand pronounced benefits of switch- /AP ease, but are the risks big enough the magnitude of the risks ing from red meat to vegetarian ELISE AMENDOLA to give up burgers and steak? would say “Thanks very much, options. A man makes a submarine sandwich at a delicatessen in A team of international re- but I’m going to keep eating my The journal, Annals of Internal Massachusetts. An international team of researchers is questioning searchers says probably not, meat,” said co-author Dr. Gordon Medicine, defended the work and the advice to limit red and processed meats, saying the link to contradicting established advice. Guyatt, of McMaster University said the request to have it pulled cancer and heart disease is weak. In a series of papers published in Canada. before publication is not how sci- Monday, the researchers say the It’s the latest example of how entific discourse is supposed to that they didn’t take into account larger for those who eat such high increased risks are small and un- divisive nutrition research has happen. Guyatt called the attempt other factors, such as animal wel- amounts. certain and that cutting back like- become, with its uncertainties to halt publication “silly.” fare and the toll meat production Still, other researchers not ly wouldn’t be worth it for people leaving the door open for con- In the papers, the authors has on the environment. involved in the reviews have who enjoy meat. flicting advice. Critics say find- sought to gauge the potential im- There was dissent even among criticized nutrition science for Their conclusions were swiftly ings often aren’t backed by strong pact of eating less meat, noting the the authors; three of the 14 panel- producing weak and conflicting attacked by a group of prominent evidence. Defenders counter that average of two to four servings a ist said they support reducing red findings. Dr. John Ioannidis, a U.S. scientists who took the un- nutrition studies can rarely be week eaten in North America and and processed meats. A co-au- professor of medicine at Stanford usual step of trying to stop publi- conclusive because of the diffi- Western Europe. They said the thor of one review is also among University, said such advice can cation until their criticisms were culty of measuring the effects of evidence for cutting back wasn’t those who called for a publication distract from clearer, more effec- addressed. any single food, but that methods compelling. For example, they delay. The new work does not say red have improved. found that cutting three servings Those who pushed to postpone tive messages, such as limiting meat and processed meats like “What we need to do is look at of red meat a week would result publication also questioned why how much we eat. hot dogs and bacon are healthy the weight of evidence — that’s in seven fewer cancer deaths per certain studies were included or As for his own diet, Guyatt said or that people should eat more of what courts of law use,” said 1,000 people. excluded in the reviews. he no longer thinks red or pro- them. The reviews of past studies Dr. Walter Willett, a professor Based on the analyses, a panel Harvard’s Dr. Frank Hu also cessed meats have significant generally support the ties to can- of nutrition at Harvard Univer- of the international researchers noted that about a third of Ameri- health risks. But he said he still cer, heart disease and other bad sity who was among those calling said people do not have to cut can adults eat at least one serv- avoids them out of habit and for health outcomes. for the papers’ publication to be back for health reasons. But they ing of red meat a day. He said the animal welfare and environmen- But the authors say the evi- postponed. note their own advice is weak and benefits of cutting back would be tal reasons. VA nationwide smoking ban has some vets fuming

BY MICHAEL CASEY “This is a major cultural Associated Press change,” he said. “It’s really been something often utilized for ca- CONCORD, N.H. — Serving up maraderie, essentially a sense of drinks at the American Legion community.” post in Concord, Jeff Holland gets But even a gradual rollout is a little testy when the talk turns seen as too stringent for some to smoking. smokers — and even some veter- A Marine veteran who enjoys ans who don’t smoke. They argue lighting up, Holland, 44, fought that there should be someplace for unsuccessfully against a ban at smoking at VA facilities and fear the post that went into effect last that some veterans may choose month. And as of Tuesday, he cigarettes or cigars over visiting cannot smoke when he visits the their VA doctors. nearby Manchester VA Medical “It’s going a little too far,” said Center in New Hampshire. Gregory d’Arbonne, president of It is part of a nationwide smok- the New Hampshire chapter of the ing ban outside all Department Association of the United States of Veterans Affairs medical fa- Army. “I’m against smoking, cilities that applies to visitors, pa- but there are people who smoke. tients and employees. When they do, they go outside and “I get the aspect that it’s a hospi- have this little smoking area. Now, tal and for all practical purposes what are they going to do?” you shouldn’t be smoking inside Jorg Dreusicke, 72, a former the VA,” Holland said. “But as far smoker from New Hampshire as outside, I think they should still who recruits members for the CHARLES KRUPA/AP have a smoking area. I mean you Veterans of Foreign Wars nation- got guys from World War I, World Patient Michael Swan rests his hand on his walker while taking a cigarette break Monday in the smoking wide, called the move government War II where this is all they have shack outside the West Roxbury campus of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boston . The VA overreach. He started smoking at known for 40 or 50 years. To kind started banning smoking at all of its grounds nationwide Tuesday . the age of 10 and quit three years of take that right away, it’s kind of ago. a shame.” “This is a really good thing for medical facilities and four nation- the stress of combat. “It’s big brother telling people Smoking was already prohib- our veterans and our staff,” said al health care systems that have “We recognize this is a difficult how to live,” he said. “Some peo- ited inside VA medical buildings, Kevin Forrest, associate direc- made their grounds smoke-free. change for many folks,” said John ple don’t mind because it doesn’t but now patients, employees and tor of the Manchester VA, which The move isn’t without contro- D’Adamo, who is co-chairing affect them. But for those it af- visitors will not be able to puff serves 27,000 veterans. “It’s a versy. A third of veterans smoke, the smoke-free implementation fects, they are pissed.” away anywhere on the grounds. Others are welcoming the ban, safer environment. It reduces fire according to the Centers for Dis- working group for VA Boston. It Previously, smoking was allowed saying it is long overdue. in designated shelters dotting the risk. There is certainly evidence ease Control and Prevention, is gradually implementing the Tony Botticello, 76, a Coast grounds of VA medical facilities. that smoking and second-hand and many were introduced to the ban for the 62,000 veterans it Guard veteran whose lung can- Posters and banners promot- exposure is a medical risk for our habit while serving. Tobacco has serves over the coming months, cer is in remission, said he ing the ban have been put up in veterans.” long been tied to military. Ciga- including providing resources would often pass by smokers in facilities and the VA is alerting The smoking ban was first an- rette ads featured troops, and the that could help veterans kick the the parking lot on the way to his veterans through social media nounced this past summer. It culture of the service historically habit. Violators will initially be treatment at the Manchester VA. and letters. They have also held brings the facilities in line with promoted smoking on the battle- warned of the policy and eventu- He smoked for over 50 years but forums on the ban. bans already in place at 4,000 field or as a welcome respite from ally VA police will enforce it. quit five years ago. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 NATION Teens seek emergency climate declaration in NM

BY MORGAN LEE munity of Native Americans and sent a let- Associated Press ter expressing solidarity with protesters. On Sept. 20, thousands of students SANTA FE, N.M. — Student activists thronged the New Mexico state capitol including several Native American high amid worldwide “Climate Strike” demon- school students urged New Mexico’s Dem- strations that urged world leaders to com- ocratic governor Monday to take more ag- bat climate change. gressive action to address climate change, Wednesday’s much smaller protest insisting that her targets for reducing pol- brought demands for a moratorium on lution from vehicles, power plants and oil fracking for oil and gas. rigs are not ambitious enough. Seneca Johnson, 17, a Santa Fe resident About 20 climate activists — mostly high of indigenous Muskogee and Seminole school students — urged Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to declare a climate emer- heritage, said climate change has begun gency and set aside state income from the to undercut Native American traditions at oil and gas industries to pay for the transi- sacred sites and is striking fear into her tion to an economy without greenhouse gas generation. emissions. New Mexico harbors a simmering dis- “In the last year, we have seen increased pute over the impacts of energy develop- oil and gas production from our state and MORGAN LEE/AP ment near the ancient stone dwellings at do not believe we are on track to meet car- High school student Artemisio Romero y Carver, right, leads environmental activists in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, bon reduction goals nor end our depen- a climate change protest song as they deliver a letter of demands to the office of New while Johnson says her concerns extend dence on fossil fuel revenues,” said a letter Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in Santa Fe, N.M., on Monday . as far as Native American communities in from two climate action groups, including Alaska affected by a warming climate. Youth Unified for Climate Crisis Action. Basin that underlies parts of southeastern sideration and highlighting the governor’s “A lot of other young people really feel State government and school districts in New Mexico and West Texas. commitment to a long list of initiatives and fear for our future,” she said. “It makes it New Mexico rely heavily on income from The governor’s chief of staff, John Bin- alliances to address climate change. hard to do everyday things, like going to oil and natural gas production amid a surge gaman, met briefly with the protesters, Lujan Grisham was attending indigenous school. … It’s just making it a lot harder to in petroleum production in the Permian promising to take their concerns into con- feast day events at the Taos Pueblo com- keep our traditions alive.” Special prosecutor in the Smollett case donated to state’s attorney’s campaign

Associated Press ston & Strawn. Included with “made it clear” Foxx won’t claim Webb’s filing was a copy of the any conflict of interest or make CHICAGO — The special pros- flyer touting the fundraiser. The “any other objection related to ecutor appointed to look into why invitation notes lawyers in the this contribution.” the state’s attorney’s office in Chi- firm including Webb, a Repub- A hearing is scheduled for cago abruptly dropped the case lican, supported Foxx, a Demo- Friday, during which Webb is against “Empire” actor Jussie crat, in her campaign for state’s expected to discuss the political Smollett allegedly staging an at- attorney. donation with Toomin. tack on himself acknowledged “I should point out that it is The Chicago Police Depart- Monday that he donated to the common for Winston partners to ment maintains that there is top prosecutor’s campaign and host fundraisers for political can- overwhelming evidence Smollett that his law firm co-hosted a 2016 didates at our firm,” Webb wrote staged the attack and paid his two fundraiser for her. to Judge Michael Toomin, who “attackers” to carry it out. In a document filed in Cook JOHN AMIS/AP appointed the former U.S. attor- The Cook County state’s at- County Circuit Court, Dan K. ney as special prosecutor in Au- torney’s office charged Smollett Former President Jimmy Carter, shown at an annual Carter Town Hall Webb says he doesn’t recall writ- gust. “It is also common that my in February with 16 counts of at Emory University in Atlanta last month, has turned 95, making ing a $1,000 check to State’s At- Winston partners request that I disorderly conduct for allegedly him the longest-living former U.S. president. torney Kim Foxx’s campaign. contribute to these fundraisers.” orchestrating the incident. How- The Chicago Tribune reported Webb said the matter was ever, it dropped all of the charges he also said he doesn’t remember brought to his attention last week a month later with little explana- Former president turns 95 attending the fundraiser thrown by Michael Bromwich, an attor- tion, angering city officials and by his high-powered firm, Win- ney for Foxx. He said Bromwich the police. BY BILL BARROW later this week to Nashville, Tenn., Associated Press where they will help build houses for Habitat for Humanity. ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter Carter survived a dire cancer CVS stops sale of certain heartburn drugs is celebrating his 95th birthday, diagnosis in 2015 and became becoming the first U.S. president the longest-lived U.S. president in BY LINDA A. JOHNSON cancer-causing chemical known from its shelves. Walgreens earli- to reach that milestone as he con- history this past spring, surpass- Associated Press as NDMA in Zantac and related er said it’s removing Zantac prod- tinues his humanitarian work ing George H.W. Bush, who died generic drugs to treat ulcers and ucts from shelves while the FDA and occasionally wades back into in 2018. Rosalynn Carter, now 92, CVS has halted sales of popular reflux disease. The same chemi- continues its investigation. politics and policy debates almost is among the longest-lived first heartburn treatment Zantac and cal has been linked to dozens of Last week, two generic makers four decades after leaving office. ladies. The couple has been mar- its generic store brand after warn- recalls of prescription blood pres- voluntarily recalled their prod- Carter, who served from 1977 to ried 73 years. ings by U.S. health regulators. sure drugs in the past year. ucts — Apotex and Sandoz, the 1981 and still lives in tiny Plains, In recent public appearances, It’s the latest precautionary The agency said the amount generic unit of drug giant Novar- Ga., planned no public celebra- the former president has sounded move by retailers and manufac- found in Zantac products barely tis AG. Both companies said they tions on Tuesday. like a man still intent on secur- turers after the U.S. Food and exceeds levels found in common haven’t received any reports of The 39th president, born in ing his legacy, amplifying his Drug Administration recently foods such as meats, dairy prod- patient harm. Some other manu- 1924 and raised during the Great criticisms of American military warned consumers about a poten- ucts and chemicals. Even so, the facturers have stopped shipping Depression, has slowed physical- spending and war, blasting the tially dangerous contaminant in warning has led some pharma- their product to pharmacies. ly in recent years, acknowledging proliferation of money in U.S. pol- prescription and over-the-coun- cies and manufacturers to stop The recalled Apotex products recently that he has trouble walk- itics and urging action to combat ter versions of Zantac. selling drugs containing Zantac’s are sold at and labeled by Wal- ing after hip replacement surgery the climate crisis. He’s expressed In its announcement this past active ingredient, ranitidine. greens, Walmart and Rite-Aid, in May. But he remains active particular pride that the U.S. en- weekend, CVS said customers CVS Health said Saturday it according to the FDA. with programs at the post-presi- gaged in no foreign wars during who bought Zantac products can has pulled Zantac and its generic Sanofi, which makes brand- dency center he and Rosalynn his tenure. return them for a refund. The re- store brand, saying the move “is name Zantac, said Monday it’s Carter opened in Atlanta in 1982. “I just want to keep the whole tailer will continue to sell other being taken out of an abundance working with the FDA and doing He still teaches Sunday school world at peace,” Carter said in heartburn medications. of caution.” On Monday, Rite Aid its own investigation. But it has at Maranatha Baptist Church in September during his annual In September, the FDA said it said it’s removing Zantac and re- not stopped selling Zantac in the Plains. The Carters plan to travel Carter Center report. detected low levels of a probable lated drugs sold under its name U.S. Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 NATION Juul stops funding vaping measure in San Francisco Associated Press lowed the sale of vape products However, Larry Tramutola, to adults, partially overturning who directs the No on Prop C SAN FRANCISCO — Juul Labs the city’s June ordinance that as campaign, was skeptical, noting SAMANTHA MALDONADO/AP Inc. announced Monday that it will stop supporting a ballot mea- of next year would ban sales of e- that about $7 million in Juul’s A cashier displays a packet of tobacco-flavored Juul pods at a store sure to overturn an anti-vaping cigarettes and vape products not campaign donations remain in San Francisco. Juul says it has ended its campaign to overturn an law in San Francisco, effectively reviewed by the U.S. Food and unspent. anti-vaping law passed in San Francisco. killing the campaign. Drug Administration. “This could very well be yet The nation’s largest maker of The move was part of a broad another of a series of lies and ments tied to vaping, although no vaping products. President Don- e-cigarettes said it will end its review of company policies in the exaggerations from Juul and Big major e-cigarette company has ald Trump has said the federal support for Proposition C after wake of a leadership shake-up. Tobacco,” he said in a statement. been linked to them and many government would act to prohibit donating nearly $19 million. It “I am committed to seeing “Until they return the $7 million patients said they vaped products thousands of flavors used in e- was virtually the only financial that Juul engages productively unspent dollars that is in their po- that included THC, the intoxicat- cigarettes because they appeal to backer of the measure. with all stakeholders, including litical account, until they suspend ing chemical in marijuana. underage users. “Based on that news, we have regulators, policymakers and their mail, their advertising, their Even so, critics contend that Juul has said it doesn’t market to made the decision not to continue our customers,” newly appointed paid phone calls and lay off their vaping products are being mar- youth and its products are meant on with the campaign,” Yes on C CEO K.C. Crosthwaite said in a consultants, we do not believe keted to minors through the use to be an alternative to smoking. said in a statement. statement. “This decision does them.” of social media popular with teens However, the company’s adver- However, the proposition will not change the fact that as a San The move came as a 14th U.S. and the production of candy- and tising is under federal investiga- still appear on the November Francisco-founded and head- death linked to vaping was re- fruit-flavored vaping capsules. tion, and the company recently ballot. quartered company we remain ported in Nebraska. Hundreds Michigan, New York and Rhode announced it will stop advertising Proposition C would have al- committed to the city.” of people have suffered lung ail- Island recently banned flavored its e-cigarettes in the U.S Ex-cop NYPD: Officer fatally shot convicted was killed by friendly fire BY MICHAEL R. SISAK the pair struggled. But police said Associated Press Monday that Mulkeen retained in man’s control of his gun and fired five NEW YORK — For the second shots after Williams reached to- time this year, a New York City ward his waistband, said Depu- police officer has been killed by ty Chief Kevin Maloney, of the shooting friendly fire. NYPD’s Force Investigation Officer Brian Mulkeen, who Division. Associated Press was shot while struggling with an Other officers fired a total of 10 armed man Sunday, was fatally shots. A loaded .32-caliber revolv- DALLAS — A white former struck by two police bullets dur- PHOTOS BY TOM FOX, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS/AP er belonging to Williams was re- Dallas police officer who said she ing the confrontation on a Bronx covered at the scene, police said. fatally shot her unarmed black Botham Jean’s mother, Allison Jean, leaves the courtroom following street, police Commissioner It had not been fired. neighbor after mistaking his closing arguments in the murder trial of fired Dallas police Officer James O’Neill said. Police officials said they were apartment for her own was found Amber Guyger on Monday in Dallas. Guyger was convicted Tuesday. “This is an absolute tragedy,” still investigating whose shots guilty of murder on Tuesday. O’Neill said Monday, though he killed Williams. quickly turned the blame on the A jury reached the verdict in “Anybody who wants to play the man Mulkeen was grappling Amber Guyger’s trial for the kill- ‘blame the cops’ game with this with, who was also killed during ing of Botham Jean after six days tragedy needs to swallow their the burst of gunfire. of witness testimony but just a rhetoric and look at the facts,” “Make no mistake, we lost the handful of hours of deliberation. said Patrick Lynch, president of life of a courageous public ser- Cheers erupted in the court- Mulkeen’s union, the Police Be- vant solely due to a violent crimi- house as the verdict was an- nevolent Association. “That perp nal who put the lives of the police nounced, and someone yelled is the one who carried an illegal “Thank you, Jesus!” In the hall- and all the people we serve in jeopardy,” O’Neill said. gun onto our streets. He is the one way outside the courtroom where who chose to fight with the cops. Guyger was tried, a crowd cele- Investigators are still piecing together exactly what happened, He is solely responsible for our brated and said “black lives mat- hero brother’s death.” ter” in raised voices. When the but police officials described a chase and fight that led to a All of the officers except Mul- prosecutors walked into the hall, Guyger visits with her attorneys before proceedings at the Frank chaotic moment in which six of- keen activated their body cam- the crowd broke into cheers. Crowley Courts Building last week. ficers fired 15 shots in about 10 eras. He was unable to amid the Guyger sat alone, weeping, at seconds. struggle with Williams, O’Neill the defense table. Guyger was arrested three the officer shot him. Mulkeen, 33, was on patrol with said. “He displayed incredible, In Texas, the sentence for mur- days after the killing. She was In a frantic 911 call played re- a plainclothes anti-crime unit incredible courage,” O’Neill said. der is from five to 99 years in later fired and charged with mur- peatedly during the trial, Guyger when he and his partners encoun- Mulkeen’s death echoed that prison. The jury was expected to der , but spoke publicly about the said “I thought it was my apart- tered Antonio Williams, 27, about of Detective Brian Simonsen, return Tuesday afternoon for the shooting only upon taking the ment” nearly 20 times. Her 12:30 a.m. Sunday near a public who was killed by friendly fire in punishment phase of the trial. witness stand Friday. Tension has lawyers argued that the identi- housing complex, police said. For February. The basic facts of the unusual been high during the trial in Dal- cal physical appearance of the reasons that remain unclear, the Simonsen was hit once in the shooting were not in dispute las, the same city where an attack apartment complex from floor to officers chased Williams, who chest by crossfire as he and six throughout the trial. In Septem- three years ago killed five police floor frequently led tenants to the was on probation following a drug other officers fired 42 shots at a ber 2018, Guyger walked up to officers. wrong apartments. arrest last year and previously robbery suspect who charged to- Jean’s apartment — which was The 31-year-old tearfully apol- Prosecutors, however, ques- served 3½ years behind bars for ward them and mimicked pulling on the fourth floor, directly above ogized for killing Jean and told tioned how Guyger could have burglary. the trigger of a fake handgun. hers on the third — and found the the jurors she feared for her life missed numerous signs that she Mulkeen grabbed him and the In more than 6½ years with the door unlocked. She was off duty upon finding the door to what was in the wrong place, and sug- two began wrestling. NYPD, Mulkeen made 270 arrests but still dressed in her police she thought was her apartment gested she was distracted by O’Neill said Mulkeen could be — many of them for felonies . uniform after a long shift when unlocked. Guyger said that Jean sexually explicit phone messages heard on body-worn camera foot- He left a high-paying finance she shot Jean with her service came toward her at a fast walk with her police partner. age saying, “He’s reaching for it! job to become a police officer be- weapon. when she entered with her gun They also asked why Guyger He’s reaching for it!” cause, as friend Daniel Tucker The 26-year-old accountant had out, but prosecutors have suggest- didn’t radio in for help when she Investigators had previously wrote on Facebook, he “felt like been eating a bowl of ice cream ed he was just rising from a couch thought there was a break-in at suggested that Williams had he wasn’t doing enough with his before Guyger entered his home. toward the back of the room when her home. wrested the officer’s gun away as life.” PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 NATION ‘Guns down, Gloves up.’ Virginia fight club offers a safe place to settle personal disputes

BY THERESA VARGAS face” and sometimes just “Face,” The Washington Post created the fight club “Street- beefs” in his Harrisonburg back- Jeff Spille doesn’t want to talk yard in 2008. His goal at that time about what started the beef. was to provide a safe place for “I get it,” I tell him. people in his community to settle I know what happened between disputes. him and Charles Surber, and it’s Like him, many of the club’s personal, it’s painful. first members had criminal re- It also doesn’t matter what cords and were aware of what caused the two friends to become could happen if they took their enemies. What matters is that for fights to the streets. The club’s eight years, anger boiled, then motto is “Guns down, Gloves up.” simmered, then stuck in that im- “We don’t want anyone dying possible-to scrub-off way inside and we don’t want anyone going PHOTOS BY MATT MCCLAIN/Washington Post of Spille. He carried it with him to jail,” Wilmore said. “What we wherever he went. Charles Surber, left, and Jeff Spille, fight during a Streetbeefs event in Winchester, Va. The fight club’s do is make them give their word founder started the group as an alternative to violence on the streets. “It was always in the back of that if this fight doesn’t solve it, my mind,” he said. “It was just they have to come back.” would last for a week. But that eating away at me.” He said he has seen men fight day, he later recalled, he “felt Let’s just call what happened over borrowed money that wasn’t great.” “the incident.” paid back, a lent car that was re- After the fight, he went and Before “the incident,” he and turned damaged, a woman, a tree bought a six-pack of beer, and in- Surber graduated from the same stand, a tip given to a probation high school, shared the same officer about someone’s marijua- vited Surber to join him for one. circle of friends and saw each na habit. One dispute got so out “We actually sat down and other often, sometimes intention- of hand, he said, the men tried to talked together for the first time ally, sometimes not. Spille would run each other off the road. in eight years,” Spille told me walk into a bar, and there would “I was stabbed in my throat in a when I call him a few weeks later. be Surber. Surber would walk street dispute years ago,” he said. I wanted to give him and Surber into Walmart, and there would be “You may think your dispute is some time before checking on Spille. petty. I’ve seen people die over whether the fight had really set- After “the incident,” Spille said, petty.” tled anything. the two never ran into each other. In recent years, the club has “It’s over and done,” Spille said. He’s not sure how that’s even pos- grown in popularity. Videos of its “I was in a really bad spot for a sible in a small town like Win- fights are now watched by people long time. It took a long time for chester, Va., but he knows himself in other states and countries who me to get over it, and honestly, I well enough to describe that as a sometimes come to participate. never fully got over it until that good thing. On a recent weekend, men trav- day.” “I was ready to fight at any mo- eled from California, Oklahoma He hadn’t followed Streetbeefs ment or do whatever it took,” he and the Netherlands to gather in Anthony “Italian Tyson” Russo of Frederick, Md., celebrates after a much before his own fight, but he said. the bare-bones backyard of one mixed martial arts match. said he now believes in what the Many smart, much-debated of Wilmore’s friends. There, they group is trying to do. He has a ideas exist on how we should ad- stepped into a ring made from a Each fight consists of three want to fight, but he agreed be- concealed-weapons permit and dress the nation’s gun violence chain-link fence and black-paint- two-minute rounds. That’s six cause “I did him wrong.” estimates he owns about 15 guns. problem. They can be found in ed plywood bearing the scrawled minutes of contact. It seemed a “I understood his side of it,” He said many of the people he academic studies, and in state names of other fighters: Iraqi As- small amount of time to accom- Surber said. “It’s about forgive- knows hunt and own weapons plish something as big as extin- ness. Sometimes it’s a little bit and federal legislation that has sassin, Russian Bear, Vandal. too. guishing eight years of anger. easier to forgive someone when passed and failed. They can be Most of the people who fought “I think what Chris started is On the day that Spille and Surb- you get to punch him in the face.” found on the signs of March for that day simply wanted to test an outlet for a lot of people,” he er stepped into the ring, Wilmore Spille had requested that they Our Lives protesters, and on the their skills. said. “Even people who aren’t stood between them. The men wear mixed martial arts gloves, lips of people who have lost chil- Spille and Surber were there beefin’, they might have other dren, parents and parts of their were an even match, with both which can do more damage. Surb- for another reason. They had demons they are fighting in their own bodies to gunshot blasts. come to settle their beef. measuring 6 feet tall and about er insisted they use boxing gloves heads and they’re letting them They can also be found on a Spille and Surber had both 190 pounds. For their fighting — and once they started fighting, loose in the ring.” grassy lot located more than an recently started going to Neu- names, they chose “Caterpillar” he was glad he did. Surber said he felt a genuine hour and a half from Washington. tral Corner Boxing, which was and “Chuck D.” By the end of the third round, “connection” with Spille after If you arrive at the right time on owned by a mutual friend, and “When this is over, it’s over, he had a broken blood vessel in the right weekend each month, Spille realized that made it more man,” Wilmore told them. “No one eye and a couple of bumps their match ended. No winners you’ll find a group of people who likely they would run into each matter what happens, you leave forming on his brow. He noticed are declared in beef fights, so no say they have found a way to fight other. He figured it was finally this s--- here, in the yard, all that Spille didn’t seem to have one will feel as if they lost. gun violence that has nothing to time to address what they hadn’t. right?” any marks on him. “He looked me right in my do with studies, laws or protests. Through their friend, he invited The men nodded and then Spille, who is 35, threw sev- eyes and I looked him in his, and Their solution, they will tell Surber to fight him at the Street- tapped gloves. eral missed punches and hurt the negativity was out of there,” you, is much simpler: Let two beefs event. Surber, who is 36, said he didn’t his shoulder enough that the pain Surber said. “That was on his people with a grudge pummel part. He was actually able to for- each other. give me. That’s pretty cool. It felt “I know that it probably sounds nice not to have to look over my ridiculous from the outside,” ‘ shoulder.” Chris Wilmore said. “It’s hard I think what Chris started is an outlet for a lot of people. Even Both men said they don’t expect to explain. But I can tell you that people who aren’t beefin’, they might have other demons they are they’ll ever be good friends again. I have solved beefs with guys I They also don’t expect to feel any hated before I fought them, and fighting in their heads and they’re letting them loose in the ring. ’ urge to fight if they happen to now we talk regularly.” Jeff Spille walk into the same bar, store or Wilmore, who is called “Scar- Streetbeefs participant gym on the same day. Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PACIFIC China parades latest missiles on anniversary

BY CHRISTOPHER BODEEN weapon, which is speculated to Associated Press be a replacement for the People’s Liberation Army’s current CJ-10 BEIJING — Military planners cruise missile that has an esti- in Washington and elsewhere mated range of about 930 miles. will be taking note of new missile The CJ-100s are “characterized technology displayed by China, by a long range, high precision particularly a hypersonic bal- and quick responsiveness and are listic nuclear missile believed the latest addition to the CJ mis- capable of breaching all existing sile series,” Xinhua reported. anti-missile shields deployed by the U.S. and its allies. The vehicle-mounted Dong Credible threats Feng 17, or DF-17, was the stand- All those weapons seemed in- out among weapons showed off at tended to imbue China with the a military parade Tuesday mark- ability to back up its territorial ing the 70th anniversary of the claims with credible threats, es- founding of the Chinese state. pecially against the possibility of Those also include the Dong Feng 41, or DF-41, an intercontinental U.S. intervention. Many, includ- ballistic missile with a range of ing the already deployed DF-21D 9,300 miles — China’s longest- anti-ship ballistic missile, are range weapon — that could reach seen as standoff weapons to keep the United States in 30 minutes. U.S. aircraft carriers at bay while Also featured at the event were subjecting bases such as Guam to the JL-2 submarine-launched the possibility of attack. /AP strategic missile believed to be MARK SCHIEFELBEIN China has also responded to standard weaponry for China’s Chinese military vehicles carrying Dong Feng 17 ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate what it sees as U.S. moves in the nuclear-powered subs, as well as the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Tuesday. region that threaten its own se- the CJ-100 cruise missile. curity. That includes the deploy- Beijing insists all are home- ment of the advanced THAAD air grown, and though China is be- defense system in South Korea lieved to have benefited from and Washington’s stated deter- industrial spying and imported China: Protester says Hong Kong people have mination to deploy a land-based, technologies, its massive military intermediate-range missile in the research and development pro- Asia-Pacific “sooner rather than gram and the size of its economy nothing to celebrate and mourn communist rule later” following its withdrawal have put its weapons technology from the Intermediate-Range at the forefront along with Russia FROM FRONT PAGE plosion of flames. ber of simultaneous protests Nuclear Forces Treaty. and the U.S. While officers have previ- The shooting marked a dra- since the unrest began in early China said in August it “will “The overall combat ability of ously fired warning shots in the matic escalation in violence June over a now-shelved extra- not stand idly by” and would take China’s missile force has been en- air on multiple occasions dur- that spread chaos to multiple dition bill that activists say was countermeasures if the U.S. goes hanced significantly,” said Song ing months of protests in Hong areas of China’s freest and most an example of how Hong Kong’s ahead with those plans. Zhongping, a military commen- Kong, this was the first time a international city. freedoms and citizen rights are “China should develop mis- tator for Hong Kong’s pro-China protester is known to have been Riot police fired tear gas in being eroded. The movement siles that can hit any corners of Phoenix TV. shot. There were other instanc- at least six locations and used has since snowballed into an the world, especially the U.S., as The DF-17 hyperglide vehicle es Tuesday when officers also water cannons in the business anti-Chinese campaign with a means of counterattack,” Yue can be launched from a missile drew their weapons, including district as protesters turned demands for direct elections Gang, retired colonel and mili- and, once separated, can reach two with bloodied faces who streets into battlefields. A se- for the city’s leaders and police tary commentator said. “China more than five times the speed pointed pistols as protesters and curity clampdown to thwart accountability. of sound, according to analysts. must have the deterrent to curb riot police fought fierce battles violence that would embarrass The smell of stinging tear That speed, and its use of multiple the use of nuclear weapons. … at multiple locations in the city Chinese President Xi Jinping gas and smoke from street fires independently targetable reentry China has been forced to do so by on edge, with many determined failed to deter the protests, in- started by protesters engulfed vehicles, a technology known as the situation.” to spoil the Tuesday anniver- cluding a massive march in the the Wan Chai, Wong Tai Sin, MIRV, to deliver its warheads The renewed attention focused sary of Communist rule. city center. Sha Tin, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan makes it far more difficult to de- on China’s missile programs Video that spread quickly on Organizers said at least and Tsim Sha Tsui areas. Pro- tect and intercept. comes largely following the for- social media appeared to show 100,000 people marched along testers hurled gasoline bombs, It also flies at a much lower al- mation in 2015 of the latest branch the officer opening fire as the a broad thoroughfare in defi- bricks and other objects at po- titude just prior to delivering its of the PLA, the Rocket Force. protester came at him with a ance of a police ban, chanting lice, who responded with vol- warhead, further frustrating at- Tuesday’s military parade fea- metal rod, striking the officer’s anti-China slogans and some leys of tear gas. tempts to detect and intercept. tured 350 members of the force shooting arm. carrying Chinese flags defaced Protesters used umbrellas as Some analysts have called in their dark green uniforms. Taken by the City Univer- with a black cross. Police didn’t shields and threw tear gas can- the missile a threat to regional Apart from missiles, China also sity Student Union, it showed provide an estimate of the isters back at police. Police said stability because its speed al- showed off new technologies such a dozen black-clad protesters turnout. protesters used corrosive fluid lows far less time to determine hurling objects at a group of “They are squeezing our in Tuen Mun, injuring officers as its “Sharp Sword” unmanned whether to fire nuclear weapons riot police and closing in on the necks so we don’t breathe the and some reporters. aerial vehicle believed capable of in response. lone officer, who pointed his air of freedom,” said K ing Chan, “Today we are out to tell the attacking targets such as radar pistol and opened fire. The pro- 57, a homemaker who came out Communist Party that Hong stations and military bases, as World’s longest range tester toppled backward onto to protest with her husband. Kong people have nothing to well as drone submarines that the street, bleeding from below Many demonstrators tossed celebrate,” said activist Lee could reach depths far deeper As with the DF-17, little has than those of crewed subs. been officially released about the his left shoulder. wads of fake bank notes usually Cheuk-yan as he led the down- Drones are becoming increas- DF-41, which was shown publicly As another protester rushed used at funerals into the air. town march. “We are mourning ingly important for the Chinese for the first time. It was loaded in to try to drag away the “The leaders who won’t listen that in 70 years of Communist military in a range of fields, in- aboard a formation of launch ve- wounded youth and was tack- to our voice, this is for them,” Party rule, the democratic hicles but is also transportable by led by an officer, a gasoline said marcher Ray Luk. rights of people in Hong Kong cluding for use by artillery units train. Analysts say they believe bomb landed in the middle of Thousands confronted police and China are being denied. We in reconnaissance and in damage it may be housed in silos in the the group of officers in an ex- across the city, the largest num- will continue to fight.” evaluation, TVBS’ Song said. country’s northeast. Technology gaps still remain The Center for Strategic & In- with the U.S. and Russia, who ternational Studies in Washing- China also displayed an up- and speed of launch, comes with each. Their range of 4,473 miles have had longer to develop their ton says the missile may have the grade of its mainstay missile, “high mobility and precision,” makes them more of a threat re- strategies, especially in the nu- world’s longest range, at 9,400 the Dong Feng 31, which has a according to the official Xinhua gionally than to the continental clear field, Song said. miles. Flying at 25 times the range of more than 6,990 miles News Agency. United States. However, the advances align speed of sound, it might be able to that puts most of the continental Displayed for the first time, the China’s latest CJ-100 super- with the commander of the armed reach the United States in 30 min- United States within reach. The JL-2 is the standard weapon for sonic cruise missile also made forces and President Xi Jinping’s utes and send up to 10 warheads second-generation Dong Feng- China’s Jin-class nuclear-pow- its public debut Tuesday, car- calls for a military that is capable to separate targets using MIRV 31AG, which like the DF-41 uses ered subs, each of which can de- ried aboard 16 trucks in forma- of fighting and winning wars technology. solid fuel for ease of deployment ploy 12 missiles with one warhead tion. Little is known about the under modern conditions. PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 WORLD Catalonians mark 2 years since vote for independence

Associated Press GIRONA, Spain — A few hundred secession sup- porters marched early Tuesday in Spain’s north- eastern city of Girona to mark two years since a banned independence referendum that shook Span- ish politics. Larger protests were scheduled later in the day amid heightened security measures across the

TAIWAN’S MILITARY NEWS AGENCY/AP wealthy Catalonia region of 7.5 million people, where separatist sentiment has been on the rise for This image made from video shows the collapsed Nanfangao Bridge in Taiwan, which fell Tuesday, sending a burning oil nearly a decade. tanker truck falling onto boats in the water below. They are being watched by all sides as a sign of the independence movement’s strength and its ca- pacity to keep troublemakers from tarnishing its reputation of peaceful struggle. 6 boaters The sensitive anniversary comes as Spain’s Su- preme Court is set to rule on a rebellion and sedition trial against a dozen Catalan politicians and activ- missing as ists who were key protagonists in Catalonia’s Oct. 1, 2017, independence referendum. Any ruling that doesn’t absolve the defendants will bridge falls be considered “unfair,” grass- roots pro-secession civil soci- Tuesday’s ety groups announced Tuesday, in Taiwan referendum calling for protests and “peace- ful civil disobedience” if the BY RALPH JENNINGS anniversary court rules otherwise. Associated Press protests The arrests last week of seven pro-independence activ- TAIPEI, Taiwan — A towering arch took place ists who face possible terror- bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan col- amid a ism charges have also angered lapsed Tuesday, sending the span and strong many in Catalonia, who liken a burning oil tanker truck falling onto the crackdown to an attempt by boats in the water below. An air force COAST GUARD ADMINISTRATION/AP police Spanish authorities to criminal- helicopter, fishing vessels and more presence . ize their political independence than 60 military personnel, includ- This image made from a surveillance camera shows splashes after the movement. ing divers, were searching for possible Nanfangao Bridge collapsed. The activists were linked to victims. the grassroots, self-appointed Committees for the Six people were believed trapped on said she hoped all government depart- ing up to 85 mph affected the island be- Defense of the Republic, or CDRs, which have called one of the fishing boats, the National ments would do everything possible to fore the storm moved to the northeast. some of Tuesday’s protests. Fire Agency said. Interior Minister save people and “keep the number of The storm injured 12 people, felled Although the judicial probe is sealed by Spain’s Hsu Kuo-yung told reporters about five deaths and injuries as low as possible,” trees, damaged vehicles and caused National Court, which typically has jurisdiction over people were feared to have been on the CNA reported. power outages around the island. terrorism-related cases, details of the interrogations bridge when it collapsed. Ten people National Fire Agency spokesper- Nanfangao Bridge is a tourist attrac- of the activists have been leaked to Spanish media. were sent to hospitals, six of them with son Su Hong-wei said the tanker’s fall tion in Yilan. It was opened in 1998 and They largely paint a picture of a secretive, orga- serious injuries. smashed three fishing boats. It also set was built to replace a lower bridge that nized group who allegedly prepared explosives to wreak havoc in communications and key infrastruc- The 460-feet -long bridge collapsed off a fire on the tanker truck but it did prevented large fishing vessels from about 9:30 a.m. in Nanfangao, a tiny ture and planned to occupy the regional Catalan not spread beyond the vehicle. passing underneath. but often-crowded Pacific coast fishing parliament in Barcelona in response to the upcom- Of the 10 people hospitalized, six are According to the company that de- village. ing Supreme Court’s ruling. The weather at the time was sunny, Filipinos and three are Indonesians, signed the nearly 60-foot -high bridge, Some of the publications linked the activities of but the collapse occurred hours after the agency said in a statement. People MAA Consultants, it’s the only single- the CDRs to the region’s current and former sepa- a typhoon swept by the island. Disaster from both countries regularly work span arch bridge in Taiwan supported ratist leaders. relief officials would not say if the storm on fishing boats registered in Taiwan, by cables and the second single arch- Spanish politicians and editorials have criticized had weakened the bridge or give other where pay is better than in their home cable steel bridge in the world. separatist leaders for not condemning the activists’ details on the potential cause. Govern- countries. Video footage on Twitter showed a alleged plans. ment-run Central News Agency said a The center of Typhoon Mitag passed large truck almost getting across the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who has bridge pier may have collapsed. east of Taiwan on Monday night and bridge and then tumbling backward as been in a caretaker capacity since February and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen early Tuesday, but the outer winds gust- the bridge collapsed into the water. faces a repeated general election next month, deliv- ered a stern warning Tuesday to the separatists. If regional separatist leaders break Spanish laws again, he told Cadena Ser radio, central authorities would not hesitate to suspend the region’s self-government Starstruck Ukrainian president meets Tom Cruise and apply direct rule again, like they did two years ago after the divisive independence attempt. Associated Press Zelenskiy’s office. “it pays the bills.” Tuesday’s referendum anniversary protests took Zelenskiy tapped his roots as a TV Zelenskiy joked about how exhaust- place amid a strong police presence, especially in KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s leader train stations and on highways. isn’t just trying to charm President and film comedian when hosting Cruise ing it is to be president, and mentioned in the Ukrainian presidential headquar- the stalled peace process for conflict- In Girona, some activists threw eggs filled with Donald Trump — he’s set his sights now red paint at riot police and overturned large trash ters Monday night. ravaged eastern Ukraine. on Tom Cruise too. containers. Marchers holding smoke torches shout- Mission impossible? Maybe not — As Cruise walked in, he said “You’re The video excerpts included no men- ed “Out with the occupying forces!” at the gates of Cruise is studying possible Ukrainian good-looking! ” according to video ex- tion of Trump or the U.S. impeachment the city’s Civil Guard barracks before moving to the locations for an upcoming film, accord- cerpts released Tuesday by his office. inquiry in which Ukraine plays a star- Spanish government’s provincial delegation to stage ing to Ukrainian President Volodymyr The Hollywood star laughed and said ring role. a sit-in. Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Motorists see porn on electronic billboard

AUBURN HILLS — MI Police are investigating after motorists traveling through a Detroit suburb were stunned to see a pornographic video playing on an electronic billboard. Auburn Hills police said the video played on the billboard along Interstate 75 near Michi- gan highway 59 for about a half- hour Saturday night before police contacted the company that owns the billboard and the images were removed. Police said multiple people called 911 after seeing the explicit video. Police are investigating how the images ended up on a bill- board, including whether some- one hacked into the electronic sign’s system. Police seek witnesses to knife attack at mall

COCKEYSVILLE — MD Authorities in Mary- land said they are hoping to hear from witnesses who saw a knife- wielding man shot dead by police officers after attacking five peo- ple at an outdoor shopping mall. Baltimore County police on Sunday identified Jamaal Ra- mone Taylor, 31, of Baltimore in the stabbing spree at the Hunt Valley Towne Centre on Saturday afternoon. Police said Taylor stabbed four people with a folding knife and GREG EANS, THE (OWENSBORO, KY.) MESSENGER-INQUIRER/AP beat a fifth person before officers shot and killed him. Police said officers fired after Taylor refused repeated commands to drop the knife. Urging girls to aim high All five victims suffered inju- ries that weren’t life-threatening Emily Herron, a pilot from Beaver Dam, Ky., teaches a group of girls about her 1946 Piper J-3 Cub airplane during Girls Aviation Day at the and were transported to area hos- Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport in Owensboro, Ky., on Saturday. pitals for treatment. Anderson family has had tough THE CENSUS New Mexico Veterans Memo- W ork on track for WWII conversations about race with rial Foundation vice president naval vessel’s move their four adopted children, but The approximate number of bee stings suffered by James Lehner said the bronze the racially offensive graffiti a Southern California resident Saturday in Banning, shoes were stolen Friday night. Michael Burd, with the New EVANSVILLE — Of- crossed a line. Calif. The Desert Sun reported that the person, who was Mexico Veterans Memorial ficials said work could The family said the teenage 100 not identified, was transported to a hospital after being IN Board of Directors, said the five be completed in November on son discovered the KKK symbols stung about 23 miles west of Palm Springs. Authori- pairs of bronze shoes are worth a project allowing the move of a on six to eight trees as he walked ties said another person had a small number of stings and refused treatment by thousands of dollars. restored World War II naval ves- through the woods next to their responders at the scene. Their medical conditions were not immediately known. sel to a more prominent location house heading to a lake. Lehner said thieves also took along the Ohio River in downtown Snohomish County depu- the M-16 and helmet at the Viet- ties said an investigation is nam memorial. Evansville. three dozen undersized fish in the underway. Battleship park gets Albuquerque police and the Crews are building a visitors Florida Keys. center and barges so the LST 325 grant to fight flooding New Mexico Veterans Memorial The Monroe County Sheriff’s said no arrests have been made. troop landing ship can move to Police: Man killed for Office said in a news release the former site of the Tropicana looking at fellow driver WILMINGTON — A Saturday that George Singh, 73, Black bear knocks Evansville casino boat. Evans- NC North Carolina park of Ontario, was charged with 31 ville Port Authority chairman PHOENIX — Phoenix containing a piece of history has counts of possession of under- down, injures hiker Pat Wathen told the Evansville AZ police have made an received a grant to help protect it sized mangrove snapper. Singh Courier & Press that the $3.6 mil- from an increase in flooding. arrest in a March homicide in was also charged with 27 counts SOUTHBURY — Con- lion project is on track and within News outlets reported the N.C. which the victim reportedly was of possession of fish that were CT necticut officials said budget after high initial construc- Clean Water Management Fund shot for merely looking at another over the bag limit. a hiker who was knocked to tion bids delayed work. awarded $400,000 to Battleship man stopped at a red light. Authorities said they found the ground by a black bear was The ship took part in the 1944 North Carolina near the Cape Police arrested Nicolas El- Singh with the fish in a bucket at treated for non-life-threatening D-Day landing in France and has liott, 30, Thursday on suspicion of Fear River last week. injuries. been based in Evansville since The Battleship is working on the Whale Harbor Bridge in Is- murder and other crimes in the lamorada. All but one of the man- Connecticut Environmental 2005. LST 325 board member a $2 million effort to protect the Conservation Police said a New- killing of Alex Mixon, 26. grove snapper were under the Chris Donahue said the ship’s park and ship from high water. town man was knocked down by Police said Mixon was shot legal size limit of 10 inches . move is planned for April 2020. after leaving the intersection and Capt. Terry Bragg told StarNews a black bear while hiking near of Wilmington the goal is to de- he then crashed his pickup. Lake Zoar on Saturday. The sign and engineer a plan, create Veterans’ memorial’s KKK symbols found Sgt. Tommy Thompson said man, who is 38, was able to get a living shoreline and construct a there’s no indication the men ar- bronze shoes stolen away, and the bear took off into in woods near home wetland near the parking lot . gued or exchanged words before the woods. The man was taken to Danbury Hospital and has since SNOHOMISH — A the shooting but that detectives Man charged with ALBUQUERQUE WA multiracial Washing- located witnesses who either said NM — Authorities said been released. ton state family raised concerns they were with Elliott at the time catching too-small fish bronze shoes at an Albuquer- Environmental police have not after Ku Klux Klan symbols were or that he later bragged about que veterans’ memorial meant been able to find the bear. Wild- spray-painted on multiple trees what he’d done. ISLAMORADA — A to honor those who served in the life biologists set up a trap in the near their home. Elliott was jailed in lieu of $1 FL Canadian man was U.S. war on terrorism have been area . KOMO-TV reported that the million bond . charged with possessing nearly stolen. From wire reports PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 FACES ‘Stranger Things’ gets fourth season on Netflix It’s happening: “Stranger Things” is getting a fourth season to chronicle the sci-fi exploits of Eleven and her crew — and further heighten your sense of 1980s nostalgia. Netflix on Monday announced its flagship series’ renewal with a teaser clip showcas- ing a spooky “Stranger Things 4” logo and the ominous declaration that “We’re not in Hawkins anymore.” The development also came with word that the streaming giant had signed the series’ creators and show- runners, Matt and Ross Duffer, to a multi- year film and series overall deal. The streaming service previously said that Season 3 was streamed by a record- breaking 40.7 million household accounts in its first four days, with 18.2 million fin- DARK ishing the entire series in that time. ‘Clueless’ actress Stacey Dash charged with domestic battery An actress known for appearing in the SUBJECT 1990s comedy “Clueless” faces a domestic battery charge in Florida. A Pasco County Sheriff’s Office report says 52-year-old Stacey Dash was arrested Sunday night. The report says Dash got into a verbal Director promises thrills in Thai cave rescue saga argument with a man at a New Port Richey apartment. Deputies say she pushed the BY TASSANEE VEJPONGSA story to tell on screen,” he said. man and slapped his face. Investigators AND JERRY HARMER But putting the parts together after noted that the man had red scratch marks Associated Press their dramatic rescue proved to be a chal- on his left arm. The reports say no alcohol lenge. Thailand’s government, at the time or drugs were involved. Their story gripped the world: deter- led by a military junta, became very pro- Besides portraying Dionne Davenport mined divers racing against time and tective of the story, barring unauthorized in “Clueless,” Dash has film and television water to rescue 12 boys and their soccer access to the Wild Boars or their parents. credits beginning in the 1980s. She worked coach trapped for more than two weeks Waller often feared his production might as a Fox News commentator from 2014 to in a flooded cave deep inside a northern be shut down. 2017. Thai mountain. His good fortune was that the events at The ordeal in late June and early July the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai prov- Other news 2018 had barely ended when filmmakers ince had multiple angles and interesting began their own race to get the nail-bit- characters. Especially compelling were  Grammy-nominated songwriter-pro- ing drama onto cinema screens. The first the stories of the rescuers, particularly the ducer busbee, who co-wrote Maren Mor- of those projects will premiere this week- expert divers who rallied from around the ris’ breakout hit “My Church” and also end, when director Tom Waller’s “The world. He decided to make a film “about crafted songs for Keith Urban, Lady Ante- Cave” shows at the Busan Film Festival the volunteer spirit of the rescue.” bellum, Pink, Shakira and Florida Georgia in South Korea. “I took the view that this was going to Line, has died. He was 43. Warner Records The film was shot over three months be a story about the people we didn’t know confirmed his death in a statement re- earlier this year and has been in post-pro- about, about the cave divers who came all leased Sunday but offered no details on the duction. The 45-year-old Thai-born, Brit- the way from across the planet,” Waller cause of death. His real name was Michael ish-raised filmmaker said the epic tale of said. “They literally dropped everything James Ryan.  Jessye Norman, the Wild Boars football team was a story to go and help, and I just felt that that was the renowned inter- he simply had to tell. more of an exciting story to tell, to find DE WARRENNE PICTURES/AP photos national opera star whose passionate so- The boys and their coach entered the prano voice won her four Grammy Awards, out how these boys were brought out and Top: Director Tom Waller’s film “The Tham Luang cave complex after soccer the National Medal of Arts and the Kenne- what they did to get them out.” Cave” shoots on location in Thailand. practice and were quickly trapped inside Waller even had more than a dozen key dy Center Honor, died Monday, according by rising floodwater. Despite a massive rescue personnel play themselves. Waller, above in an interview and on to family spokesperson Gwendolyn Quinn. search, the boys spent nine nights lost in Some scenes were filmed on location at location with actors, says the movie was She was 74. Norman was one of the rare the cave before they were spotted by an the entrance to the actual Tham Luang filmed in water caves that were flooded. black singers to attain worldwide stardom expert diver. It would take another eight cave, but most of the action was shot else- in the opera world. She sang the works of days before they were all safe. where, Waller said. creepy-crawlies in there. So it was no Wagner, but was not limited to opera or Waller was visiting his father in Ireland “We filmed in real water caves that mean feat trying to get a crew to go and classical music, performing songs by Duke when he saw television news accounts of were flooded, all year-round,” he said. “It film in these caves.” Ellington and others as well. the drama. is very authentic in terms of real caves, “The Cave” will be in wide release in From wire services “I thought this would be an amazing real flooded tunnels, real divers and real Thailand on Nov. 28. Snipes says he’s moving on from ‘Blade’ character

BY RYAN PEARSON and him,” Snipes told The Associated Press in will be pleasantly, pleasantly pleased.” Associated Press an interview. “Flattery — what do they say? Snipes spoke to The Associated Press while Imitation is the best form of flattery. Yeah. So promoting “Dolemite Is My Name,” which The news that another actor was cast as you know, it’s something that he has acknowl- opens in limited release Oct. 4. He plays the vampire hunter Blade came as a surprise to edged he wanted to do, and his family wanted director and co-star of “Dolemite” in the Wesley Snipes, who portrayed the character him to do it. So I’m appreciative of getting the Netflix movie about filmmaker Rudy Ray in three successful films, but he says he’s love. And I’ve created something that others Moore and his creation of the 1975 Blax- moving on. want to carry on, and maybe put their own ploitation classic. Eddie Murphy portrays Marvel Studios announced at this summer’s stamp on it.” Moore. Comic-Con that the Oscar winner Mahersha- Snipes, who trained in martial arts, is work- “As an artist, I don’t stay in one spot,” la Ali would play the comics character in its ing on a different action-focused project. Snipes said. “I’m constantly pushing the blockbuster cinematic universe. “So we did that (‘Blade’). That’s all great. envelope of my creativity.” Snipes’ last turn in the role was 2004’s But we got something else that we going to “Blade: Trinity.” rock,” Snipes said. “So all of that stuff that you Wesley Snipes promotes “Dolemite Is My “People are very, very sneaky. They try to saw in the ‘Blade’ franchise, we got something Name” Sept. 28 in Los Angeles. make it about the actors. And it’s not about me that’s going to come out that I think people RICHARD SHOTWELL, INVISION/AP Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19

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Transportation 944 Transportation 944 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Interpreting tighter visa policy as unfair Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY TRUDY RUBIN or workers. was threatened with death; his uncle, also EDITORIAL The Philadelphia Inquirer Even more shocking is the White House a translator, was murdered. willingness to betray Iraqis and Afghans The brothers made it to America, thanks Terry Leonard, Editor part from Ukraine-gate, another who are at risk because they helped the to Herculean efforts by Army Reserve Sgt. [email protected] White House scandal revved up U.S. military. Last week’s court case, Af- Peter Farley. Their immediate family, par- recently, almost unnoticed. ghan and Iraqi Allies v Pompeo, revealed ents and younger siblings, entitled by law Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor The White House effort to block [email protected] A that 14,000 Iraqi and Afghan applicants for to follow, went through five years of back- legal immigration shifted into overdrive. SIV visas have been waiting for years in ground checks, quit jobs and sold a house, Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content The State Department announced last dangerous conditions. This, despite a legal furniture and car. They were set to arrive [email protected] week it would slash the already shrunken requirement that their cases be decided in August 2016. The day before their de- U.S. refugee program almost in half, to within nine months . parture, the U.S. Embassy called and said Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation 18,000 admissions over the next 12 months, [email protected] Administration callousness beggars be- they needed another background check. nearly eliminating America’s historic role lief. Many of these applicants and their They are still waiting, living in total limbo, Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital as a safe haven. families have been hiding for years under fearful for their lives and subsisting on the [email protected] And the Trump team is trying to limit death threats. Meantime, State Department charity of relatives. the impact of a recent D.C. District Court data shows that only 1,649 Afghans got SIV Now a computer technician in Alexan- ruling that it end years long delays in grant- visas in 2018, a 60% drop from 2017. dria, Va., Khalid told me, “If anyone finds BUREAU STAFF ing special immigrant visas for thousands As for Iraqis, the situation is far worse. out what we did, that’s it, my family is of Afghans and Iraqis who helped the U.S. Europe/Mideast Those in greatest danger — such as mili- done. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief military — as mandated by Congress. “I still feel proud of what I did,” Khalid What kind of moral bankrupts try to shut tary interpreters and their families — have [email protected] been tossed into a huge pool of applicants said. “I am proud to be a U.S. citizen, and +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 our doors to those who saved American that I worked with the U.S. Army. I was a lives? also entitled to visas because they worked bridge between the U.S. Army and Iraqis. Pacific Here’s the answer: These moves are for U.S. civilians. That backlog has reached Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief “But you feel guilty that you are the part of a crusade by White House adviser 100,000. Under Miller, only 51 Iraqis were [email protected] admitted in 2018 (as compared with 10,000 cause of their suffering because working +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Stephen Miller to slash legal refugee ad- missions to zero, if possible. Even before in 2016). with the U.S. Army caused this to happen. Washington the latest move, the Trump administration “They (the SIV applicants) served brave- And I am not proud of the way the govern- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief had already cut refugee admissions this ly in support of our missions abroad, and ment treats my family. I am desperate to [email protected] year by one-third to 30,000. (Historically, we promised them a pathway to safety in get them back.” (+1)(202)886-0033 the number used to be around 95,000.) return,” pointed out Deepa Alagesan, the And get this: After eight years, the Baid- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News supervising attorney who brought the suc- hanis have just been told they need to re- [email protected] “With one final blow, the Trump admin- istration has snuffed out Lady Liberty’s cessful court case on behalf of the Interna- peat the whole interview/checking process. CIRCULATION torch and ended our nation’s legacy of tional Refugee Assistance Project. Despite the appeals of U.S. lawmakers, compassion and welcome,” said the Rev. Under pressure from Congress, 4,000 of and a Change.org petition with more than Mideast John L. McCullough, president of Church the rare refugee slots will supposedly be 135,000 signatures, the Baidhani family is Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager World Service, a cooperative ministry of reserved for Iraqis who worked for the U.S. still being denied visas. Along with thou- [email protected] 37 Christian denominations. military. But will they ever receive them? sands of other Afghans and Iraqis who [email protected] To understand the sheer cruelty of the helped Americans stay safe. DSN (314)583-9111 Never mind that demographers point out that U.S. population growth has hit its low- current immigration system, consider the In my mind, that is a scandal that tars Europe est level since 1937. Without immigrants, story of the al-Baidhani brothers from President Donald Trump as much as any- Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager the United States faces a graying popula- Baghdad, who both worked for the U.S. thing else he’s done. [email protected] tion — like Japan and Europe — that will Army. Khalid Baidhani was shot in the Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial board [email protected] be unable to provide sufficient tax revenue face and the hand, and his brother Wissam member for The Philadelphia Inquirer. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)229.3171 Political winds allow Dems to move left on taxes CONTACT US BY PAUL WALDMAN to 1 depending on which measure you use immediately plunge America into an out- Washington The Washington Post to account for stock options). At some large right economic cataclysm. Of course, the tel: (+1)202.886.0003 corporations, the ratio is more than 1,000 opposite happened: We experienced a dra- 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 week ago, Sen. Bernie Sanders, to 1. Over the past 40 years, while worker matic boom . I-Vt.,, having been beaten out pay has grown by only 12% in inflation-ad- But the point is that even though it raised Reader letters of the gate with a wealth tax by [email protected] justed terms, CEO pay has grown by more plenty of revenue and helped lead to a bal- ASen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., than 1,000 %. anced budget, Clinton’s tax increase was Additional contacts released a proposal for his own tax on Sanders’ approach to this problem is a relatively modest. Just seven years before, stripes.com/contactus the richest Americans, one even more kind of outside-in one: Tell the companies the top rate had been 50%. sweeping than Warren’s. And he has now they’ll be punished if the outcome of their Then after George W. Bush cut the top OMBUDSMAN delivered a new plan to address economic pay reflects this glaring inequality, and rate to 35 %, Barack Obama negotiated a Ernie Gates inequality aimed at corporations. then let them figure out how to fix it. deal whereby the Bush cuts would be re- While Sanders may be still be on the Warren, in contrast, has a proposal that tained for all but the wealthiest, bringing left of the Democratic Party, the economic is in many ways more fundamental. She the top rate back to 39.6% — an even small- The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the proposals this campaign is producing show would mandate that large corporations er increase than Clinton’s. In 2016, Hillary military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s how much the conversation around the serve the interests of all stakeholders (in- Clinton offered a proposal that would have independence. 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BY DAVID KOENIG sion is up to the regulators, we can Airlines, said American plans Associated Press continue to work towards return to fly two of its grounded Max jets to service of the MAX in the from storage in New Mexico to its PLANO, Texas — Pilot union fourth quarter of this year.” maintenance base in Tulsa, Okla., /AP MARK LENNIHAN leaders at Southwest Airlines say Boeing is making changes to this week or next . It will need Amid skepticism about money-losing WeWork’s prospects for turning it could be February or March be- the Max’s flight control comput- FAA permission for the flights. a profit, the New York-based office rental company has canceled fore their airline resumes flights ers and rewriting software that DeLeeuw said American wants plans for an initial public stock offering . using the Boeing 737 Max. mistakenly activated on flights to perform maintenance on the That’s much later than pro- in Indonesia last October and jets, “but also to see how the air- jected by either Southwest or Ethiopia in March, pushing the planes are flying after being in WeWork shelves plan for IPO, Boeing. noses of the planes down based the desert for six, seven months.” Union officials said Monday on faulty sensor readings. The that the grounded plane’s return changes are intended to make EXCHANGE RATES works to fix battered image will take longer for several rea- the automated software, called Military rates sons, including pilot training re- MCAS, less powerful and easier Euro costs (Oct. 2) ...... $1.1173 BY ALEXANDRA OLSON now operates and launch in up to quirements and possible changes for pilots to control. Dollar buys (Oct. 2) ...... €0.8950 AND STAN CHOE 169 additional cities around the British pound (Oct. 2) ...... $1.26 to checklists that pilots are ex- Greg Bowen, Southwest pilots’ Japanese yen (Oct. 2) ...... 105.00 Associated Press world. pected to perform when some- union chairman for training mat- South Korean won (Oct. 2) ...... 1,168.00 Commercial rates Analysts have said WeWork’s thing goes wrong with a plane. NEW YORK — WeWork’s ters, said even after that work is Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 outlook could improve if it raised The Max has been grounded done, the Federal Aviation Ad- British pound ...... $1.2218 new leaders shelved plans to cash and slowed its growth to Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3272 enter the stock market Monday since March after two crashes ministration will need to decide China (Yuan) ...... 7.1485 conserve capital, even though killed 346 people. Southwest, the what type of pilot training will Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.8500 as they sought to repair the bat- that would lower its long-term Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.3016 biggest operator of the plane, has be needed before the planes fly Euro ...... $1.0897/0.9177 tered image of a company that ap- value. Its revenue has more than peared to revolutionize the office dropped the Max from its sched- again. He said the FAA is consid- Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8419 doubled each year since 2016, Hungary (Forint) ...... 307.69 rental industry and was poised ule through Jan. 5. ering revising a half-dozen pilot Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4881 mostly through its acquisition of just weeks ago to go public with a Jon Weaks, president of the checklists related to MCAS and Japan (Yen) ...... 108.39 new property leases. flight control computers, which Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3046 valuation of nearly $50 billion. Southwest Airlines Pilots Asso- Norway (Krone) ...... 9.1371 “It’s a dangerous line they have The decision came less than ciation, said the union has been he said would take at least 30 Philippines (Peso)...... 52.05 to walk. You have to keep up the days. Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.02 a week after co-founder Adam uncomfortable with Southwest’s Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7517 Neumman stepped aside as chief revenue growth, and for that you timetable. The FAA declined to comment. Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3873 have to keep adding properties. “On our side, we think we’re John DeLeeuw, safety chair- South Korea (Won) ...... 1,203.49 executive officer. His corporate Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9995 governance practices had raised And to keep adding properties, looking at maybe even February man of the pilots’ union at Ameri- Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.67 you have to keep getting invest- or March,” he said during a meet- Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.7171 conflict-of-interest questions that (Military exchange rates are those compounded skepticism about ment or issue stocks or bonds,” ing of pilot union representatives MARKET WATCH available to customers at military banking said Dan Morgan, senior portfolio facilities in the country of issuance the money-losing company’s from several airlines. for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the prospects for turning a profit. manager for Synovus Trust. Southwest spokeswoman Bran- Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., The suspended IPO raised an Without revenue growth, “you dy King said the airline is waiting purchasing British pounds in Germany), immediate funding challenge for lose the whole magnet of why for more information from fed- check with your local military banking facility. Commercial rates are interbank WeWork, which had counted on a anyone would be interested in the eral regulators about the timing rates provided for reference when buying stock because you aren’t profit- of the plane’s return. currency. All figures are foreign currencies successful stock offering to pur- to one dollar, except for the British pound, sue the meteoric growth strategy able,” he added. “We continue our work on which is represented in dollars-to-pound, that made it so attractive to pri- WeWork’s new co-CEOs, Artie schedule revisions but do not and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) vate investors in the first place. Minson and Sebastian Gunning- have any new information on tim- INTEREST RATES ham, said the company was sus- The company, which began as a ing for MAX return to service,” Prime rate ...... 5.00 co-working space in Manhattan pending its IPO to “focus on our she said. Discount rate ...... 2.50 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.85 in 2010, had planned to expand core business, the fundamentals Boeing spokesman Gordon 3-month bill ...... 1.84 in many of the 111 cities where it of which remain strong.” Johndroe said, “While the deci- 30-year bond ...... 2.12 WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Sports College football Tennis Top 25 schedule AFCA Division II Coaches poll Rhode Island (0-4) at Brown (1-1) Japan Open on AFN Lehigh (1-3) at Colgate (0-5) Friday, Oct. 4 Records through Sept. 28 Howard (1-4) at Harvard (1-1) Tuesday No. 18 UCF at Cincinnati Record Pts Pvs Bryant (0-5) at Merrimack (2-3) At Ariake Coliseum Saturday, Oct. 5 1. Valdosta State (30) 4-0 774 1 Columbia (1-1) at Princeton (2-0) Tokyo No. 3 Georgia at Tennessee 2. Ferris State (1) 4-0 761 2 Fordham (2-3) at Yale (2-0) Purse: $1,895,290 Go to the American Forces No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 25 Michigan 3. Minnesota State 4-0 723 3 Holy Cross (1-3) at Bucknell (0-4) Surface: Hardcourt outdoor State 4. Tarleton State (1) 4-0 705 4 CCSU (3-1) at Sacred Heart (3-1) Network website for the most 5. Notre Dame (OH) 4-0 636 5 Georgetown (3-1) at Cornell (1-1) (seedings in parentheses): No. 5 LSU vs. Utah State up-to-date TV schedules. 6. Ouachita Baptist 4-0 627 6 Ohio (1-3) at Buffalo (2-3) Men’s Singles No. 6 Oklahoma at Kansas 7. NW Missouri State 4-0 621 7 Air Force (3-1) at Navy (2-1) Round Of 32 myafn.net No. 7 Auburn at No. 10 Florida 8. Lenoir-Rhyne 4-0 581 8 Elon (2-3) at New Hampshire (2-2) Radu Albot, Moldova, def. Filip Kraji- No. 8 Wisconsin vs. Kent State 9. Grand Valley State 4-0 539 9 Texas (3-1) at West Virginia (3-1) novic, Serbia, 6-3, 7-5. No. 9 Notre Dame vs. Bowling Green 10. Slippery Rock 4-0 498 10 J. Madison (4-1) at Stony Brook (4-1) Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Alexei No. 11 Texas at West Virginia 11. Indianapolis 4-0 481 12 Monmouth (NJ) (2-2) at Wagner (1-4) Popyrin, Australia, 6-4, 6-2. No. 12 Penn State vs. Purdue 12. Minnesota Duluth 4-0 457 13 SC State (2-1) at Delaware St. (1-3) Jordan Thompson, Australia, def. Juan Deals No. 13 Oregon vs. California 13. Colo. School of Mines 4-0 437 14 South Florida (1-3) at UConn (1-3) Ignacio Londero, Argentina, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. No. 14 Iowa at No. 19 Michigan 14. West Chester 4-0 350 16 SOUTH Denis Shapovalov, Canada, def. Miomir No. 15 Washington at Stanford 15. Pittsburg State 4-0 322 t18 Utah St. (3-1) at LSU (4-0) Kecmanovic, Serbia, 6-4, 6-4. Monday’s transactions No. 16 Boise State at UNLV 16. Wingate 4-0 305 17 Butler (1-3) at Stetson (3-1) Men’s Doubles No. 21 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech 17. Central Missouri 4-0 283 t18 Boston College (3-2) at Louisville (2-2) BASEBALL 18. CSU-Pueblo 3-1 270 20 Round Of 16 No. 24 SMU vs. Tulsa Presbyterian (0-4) at Campbell (3-1) American League 19. Indiana (Pa.) 4-0 232 21 Davidson (3-1) at Morehead St. (2-2) Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, and Lu- BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Announced 20. Bowie State 4-0 161 23 NC Central (2-3) at Florida A&M (3-1) cas Pouille, France, def. Jurgen Melzer RHP Chandler Shepherd has cleared FCS Coaches poll 21. Texas A&M-Commerce 2-1 120 11 North Alabama (2-3) at Hampton (2-2) and Oliver Marach, Austria, 6-4, 6-7 (4), waivers and was assigned outright to 22. Harding 3-1 118 22 E. Illinois (0-5) at Murray St. (2-3) 10-8. Norfolk (IL). Records Through Sept. 28 23. Angelo State 4-0 116 NR NC A&T (3-1) at Norfolk St. (1-4) Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger- HOUSTON ASTROS — Promoted Pete Record Pts Pvs 24. Kutztown 4-0 90 NR Albany (NY) (3-2) at Richmond (1-3) Vasselin (2), France, def. Benoit Paire, Putila to assistant general manager, 1. North Dakota State (26) 4-0 650 1 25. West Alabama 3-1 70 24 VMI (2-3) at The Citadel (2-3) France, and Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 6-4, player development, Brandon Taubman 2. James Madison 4-1 621 2 Others Receiving Votes: Midwestern Texas Southern (0-4) at Ala. A&M (3-2) 6-4. to assistant general manager, player 3. South Dakota State 3-1 594 3 State, 49; Truman, 44; Virginia Union, Alcorn St. (3-2) at Alabama St. (2-2) Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor, 9; Florida Tech, 5; West Florida, 5; Delta evaluation, Bill Firkus to senior director 4. Kennesaw State 4-1 551 4 UT Martin (2-2) at E. Kentucky (3-2) Croatia, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, State, 4; West Texas A&M, 4; Henderson Va. Lynchburg (0-4) at MVSU (0-4) of baseball strategy, Armando Velasco 5. Weber State 2-2 521 6 and Horacio Zeballos (1), Argentina, 6-4, 6. Illinois State 3-1 484 8 State, 2; California (Pa.), 1. Furman (3-2) at Samford (3-2) 7-6 (3). to senior director of baseball operations Wofford (2-2) at ETSU (2-3) and Charles Cook director of player eval- 7. Montana State 4-1 477 11 Artem Sitak, New Zealand, and Divij 8. Villanova 5-0 466 13 AFCA Division III Coaches poll Auburn (5-0) at Florida (5-0) uation. Arkansas St. (3-2) at Georgia St. (2-2) Sharan, India, def. Luke Bambridge, Brit- LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Fired man- 9. Montana 4-1 388 17 ain, and Ben Mclachlan, Japan, 6-2, 6-3. 10. Central Arkansas 2-2 379 14 Records through Sept. 28 Virginia Tech (2-2) at Miami (2-2) ager Brad Ausmus. Record Pts Pvs Marshall (2-2) at Middle Tenn. (1-3) SEATTLE MARINERS — Announced will 10. Towson 3-2 379 10 1. M.H.-Baylor (Tex.) (44) 3-0 1314 1 Gard.-Webb (1-3) at W. Carolina (1-3) China Open not be renewing the contracts of third 12. UC Davis 2-3 356 5 2. Mount Union (Ohio) (9) 3-0 1281 2 Villanova (5-0) at William & Mary (2-3) base and outfield coach Chris Prieto and 13. Northern Iowa 2-2 340 7 3. Wisconsin-Whitewater 3-0 1205 3 Memphis (4-0) at La.-Monroe (2-2) Tuesday bullpen coach Jim Brower. Reassigned 14. Furman 3-2 329 15 4. St. John’s (Minn.) 3-0 1160 4 Morgan St. (0-4) at Beth.-Cook. (3-1) At National Tennis Center pitching coach Paul Davis within the or- 15. Nicholls 2-2 267 9 5. North Central (Ill.) 3-0 1092 5 N. Carolina (2-3) at Georgia Tech (1-3) Beijing ganization. 16. North Carolina A&T 3-1 265 18 6. Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 4-0 1059 7 Chattanooga (2-3) at Mercer (2-3) Purse: $3,515,225 17. Youngstown State 4-0 248 20 7. Muhlenberg (Pa.) 4-0 955 8 Cent. Arkansas (3-1) at Nicholls (2-2) National League Surface: Hardcourt outdoor 18. Delaware 3-2 189 19 8. Berry (Ga.) 4-0 877 10 SE Louisiana (3-1) at McNeese St. (2-3) ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — An- (seedings in parentheses): 19. Southeastern Louisiana 3-1 172 22 9. Wheaton (Ill.) 3-0 839 t11 Savannah St. (3-1) at Charleston nounced Darnell Coles, Mike Fetters, Men’s Singles 20. Jacksonville State 3-2 134 12 10. Wesley (Del.) 3-0 827 t11 Southern (0-4) Robby Hammock, Eric Hinske, Dave Round Of 32 21. Eastern Washington 2-3 129 21 11. Bethel (Minn.) 3-0 777 13 W. Kent. (2-2) at Old Dominion (1-3) McKay, Jerry Narron, Tony Perezchica Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, def. 22. Maine 2-3 127 16 12. Ithaca (N.Y.) 3-0 623 14 UMass (1-4) at FIU (1-3) and Luis Urueta coaches will return for 13. Wartburg (Iowa) 4-0 591 15 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-3, 6-4. 23. Princeton 2-0 91 23 Grambling St. (0-4) at Jackson St. (1-3) the 2020 season. Announced pitching 14. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 3-1 514 17 Tenn. St. (1-4) at Jacksonville St. (3-2) Andy Murray, Britain, def. Matteo Ber- 24. Stony Brook 4-1 67 NR coach Mike Butcher will not return for 15. John Carroll (Ohio) 2-1 493 9 Georgia (4-0) at Tennessee (1-3) rettini (8), Italy, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7). 25. Houston Baptist 4-1 34 NR 2020 season. 16. Salisbury (Md.) 2-0 481 16 Rice (0-5) at UAB (3-1) John Isner, United States, def. Gael 25. SE Missouri State 2-2 34 NR BASKETBALL 17. St. Thomas (Minn.) 2-1 435 6 Vanderbilt (1-3) at Mississippi (2-3) Monfils (7), France, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee National Basketball Association 18. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 3-1 415 18 Pittsburgh (3-2) at Duke (3-1) Dominic Thiem (1), Austria, def. Rich- Tech, 23; South Carolina State, 21; Yale, 19. Redlands (Calif.) 3-0 380 20 MIDWEST ard Gasquet, France, 6-4, 6-1. CHICAGO BULLS — Signed Gs Perrion 19; Austin Peay, 15; Dartmouth, 13; North 20. Wisconsin-La Crosse 2-1 356 19 Callandret, Milton Doyle and Justin Si- Jacksonville (2-2) at Dayton (2-1) Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. Mikhail Ku- Dakota, 13; Sacramento State, 12; Sam 21. Hobart (N.Y.) 4-0 274 22 TCU (3-1) at Iowa St. (2-2) kushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6). mon. Houston State, 12; Elon, 9; Samford, 9; 22. Linfield (Ore.) 1-1 182 21 Oklahoma (4-0) at Kansas (2-3) FOOTBALL Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, def. Gui- Idaho State, 5; Campbell, 3; Indiana State, 23. Trine (Ind.) 3-0 166 24 Iowa (4-0) at Michigan (3-1) do Pella, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (3). National Football League 2; Central Conn. State, 1; The Citadel, 1. 24. Wisconsin-Platteville 3-0 149 NR Kent St. (2-2) at Wisconsin (4-0) NFL — Suspended Oakland LB Vontaze 25. Case Western Reserve 3-0 115 25 Stefanos Tsitsipas (3), Greece, def. N. Dakota St. (4-0) at Illinois St. (3-1) Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Burfict for the rest of the season for re- Others Receiving Votes: Susquehanna Valparaiso (0-4) at Drake (1-2) peated violations of unnecessary rough- STATS FCS poll (Pa.), 99; Whitworth (Wash.), 98; Central UC Davis (2-3) at North Dakota (2-2) Women’s Singles (Iowa), 76; Chapman (Calif.), 46; Cortland Round Of 32 ness rules. Records Through Sept. 28 E. Michigan (3-1) at Cent. Mich. (2-3) (N.Y.), 40; Washington & Jefferson (Pa.), S. Illinois (2-2) at S. Dakota St. (2-1) Sofia Kenin (15), United States, def. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released S Record Pts Pvs D.J. Swearinger. Re-signed WR A.J. Rich- 31; WPI (Mass.), 31; Bridgewater (Va.), Indiana St. (2-2) at South Dakota (1-3) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-3, 1. North Dakota State (152) 4-0 3968 1 28; Brockport (N.Y.), 28; Carnegie Mel- Baylor (4-0) at Kansas St. (3-1) 6-2. ardson to the practice squad. Placed WR 2. James Madison (7) 4-1 3786 2 Johnnie Dixon on IR. lon (Pa.), 23; Rensselaer (N.Y.), 19; Wit- Illinois (2-2) at Minnesota (4-0) Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Yu- 3. South Dakota State 3-1 3670 3 tenberg (Ohio), 18; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, ATLANTA FALCONS — Acquired S Ball St. (1-3) at N. Illinois (1-3) lia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-2. 4. Weber State 2-2 3349 5 12; Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 11; Amherst Bowling Green (1-3) at Notre Dame (3-1) Johnathan Cyprien and a sixth-round Petra Kvitova (7), Czech Republic, def. 5. Villanova 5-0 3178 8 (Mass.), 9; Illinois Wesleyan, 9; Martin Lu- W. Michigan (3-2) at Toledo (3-1) Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-4, 6-4. draft pick from the Philadelphia Eagles 6. Montana State 4-1 3058 7 ther (Minn.), 9; Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), Troy (2-2) at Missouri (3-1) for LB Duke Riley and a seventh-round Daria Kasatkina, Russia, def. Aryna 7. Kennesaw State 4-1 2928 6 9; Albion (Mich.), 8; Ohio Wesleyan, 6; Northwestern (1-3) at Nebraska (3-2) Sabalenka (12), Belarus, 6-4, 7-6 (5). draft pick. 8. Montana 4-1 2594 18 Randolph-Macon (Va.), 6; Centre (Ky.), 5; Missouri St. (0-3) at W. Illinois (0-4) CHICAGO BEARS — Waived DL Abdul- Naomi Osaka (4), Japan, def. Andrea 9. Towson 3-2 2370 10 Middlebury (Vt.), 5; Nebraska Wesleyan, Youngstown St. (4-0) at N. Iowa (2-2) Petkovic, Germany, 6-2, 6-0. lah Anderson. 5; Union (N.Y.), 5; Wabash (Ind.), 5; Wash- Tenn. Tech (4-1) at SE Missouri (2-2) 10. Illinois State 3-1 2307 14 Caroline Wozniacki (16), Denmark, DETROIT LIONS — Signed DE Jonathan 11. Central Arkansas 3-1 2096 15 ington (Mo.), 5; Endicott (Mass.), 4; West- Michigan St. (4-1) at Ohio St. (5-0) Wynn to the practice squad. Released DT ern New England (Mass.), 4; Wesleyan SOUTHWEST def. Christina McHale, United States, 6- 12. UC Davis 2-3 2021 4 4, 6-0. Ray Smith from the practice squad. 13. UNI 2-2 1962 9 (Conn.), 3; Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), Oklahoma St. (4-1) at Texas Tech (2-2) 2; Norwich (Vt.), 2; Baldwin-Wallace Lane (2-2) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (3-2) Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. An- HOCKEY 14. Furman 3-2 1943 16 National Hockey League (Ohio), 1; Marietta (Ohio), 1; Massachu- Sam Houston St. (3-2) vs. Stephen F. gelique Kerber (10), Germany, 6-4, 6-2. 15. North Carolina A&T 3-1 1754 17 setts-Dartmouth, 1; Trinity (Tex.), 1. Austin (1-4) at Houston Zheng Saisai, China, def. Sloane Ste- ANAHEIM DUCKS — Waived F Daniel 16. Nicholls 2-2 1505 12 Sprong and D Luke Schenn. Incarnate Word (2-2) at Hous. Baptist phens (13), United States, 6-3, 6-1. 17. Southeastern Louisiana 3-1 1393 19 Schedule (4-1) Men’s Doubles ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned G Adin 18. Youngstown State 4-0 1253 22 Abilene Christian (2-3) at Lamar (2-3) Hill to Tucson (AHL). Round Of 16 19. Delaware 3-2 1167 20 Thursday, Oct. 3 Tulsa (2-2) at SMU (5-0) BUFFALO SABRES — Placed Fs Remi Mao Xin Gong and Ze Zhang, China, 20. Maine 2-3 1147 12 SOUTH UTSA (1-3) at UTEP (1-3) def. Henri Kontinen, Finland, and John Elie, Curtis Lazar and Scott Wilson and 21. Jacksonville State 3-2 892 11 Ga. Southern (1-3) at S. Alabama (1-4) FAR WEST D Casey Nelson on waivers. Assigned Peers, Australia, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7. 22. Eastern Washington 2-3 731 21 Temple (3-1) at East Carolina (3-2) Idaho St. (2-2) at Montana (4-1) Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Filip Polasek, Fs Rasmus Asplund and Tage Thomp- Arizona (3-1) at Colorado (3-1) 23. SE Missouri State 2-2 616 23 Friday, Oct. 4 Slovakia, def. Michael Venus, New Zea- son and D Lawrence Pilut to Rochester 24. Stony Brook 4-1 527 NR EAST Weber St. (2-2) at Idaho (2-3) (AHL). Dartmouth (2-0) at Penn (1-1) Marist (1-3) at San Diego (1-2) land, and Raven Klaasen (3), South Af- 25. Princeton 2-0 483 NR rica, 6-1, 5-7, 10-5. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Waived G MIDWEST S. Utah (1-4) at Portland St. (2-3) Others: Dartmouth 146, South Caro- Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo Anton Forsberg. lina State 113, Austin Peay 99, Sam Hous- UCF (4-1) at Cincinnati (3-1) N. Colorado (1-4) at N. Arizona (2-3) Montana St. (4-1) at Cal Poly (2-2) Melo (2), Brazil, def. Daniel Evans and EDMONTON OILERS — Waived F Sam ton State 97, Houston Baptist 86, Elon 82, FAR WEST Gagner and D Brandon Manning. New Mexico (2-2) at San Jose St. (2-2) Liberty (3-2) at New Mexico St. (0-5) Kyle Edmund, Britain, 6-4, 6-3. Indiana State 66, Yale 66, Citadel 40, Sac- California (4-1) at Oregon (3-1) Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev, NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Waived D Saturday, Oct. 5 ramento State 32, Samford 30, Wofford EAST Oregon St. (1-3) at UCLA (1-4) Steven Santini. Russia, def. Matteo Berrettini, Italy, and 26, Tennessee Tech 24, Southern Illinois Tulane (3-1) at Army (3-1) E. Wash. (2-3) at Sacramento St. (2-2) Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, 6-7 (2), NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Jer- 23, Central Connecticut State 17, Idaho LIU (0-3) at Duquesne (2-2) San Diego St. (3-1) at Colo. St. (1-4) 6-2, 10-8. emy Groleau to Binghamton (AHL). State 13, Eastern Kentucky 12, Alcorn Purdue (1-3) at Penn St. (4-0) Washington (4-1) at Stanford (2-3) John Isner, United States, and Alexan- NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Waived F State 2, North Dakota 2, Cal Poly 1. Maryland (2-2) at Rutgers (1-3) Boise St. (4-0) at UNLV (1-3) der Zverev, Germany, def. Kevin Krawietz Josh Ho-Sang and D Thomas Hickey. and Andreas Mies (4), Germany, 4-6, 7-5, NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned Fs 10-7. Filip Chytil, Vitali Kravtsov and Vinni Let- tieri; D Ryan Lindgren and G Igor Shes- Pro soccer Women’s Doubles Round Of 32 terkin to Hartford (AHL). Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, and PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Waived G Note: Three points for victory, one Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Casey DeSmith. MLS NWSL Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, and Ve- SOCCER point for tie. Eastern Conference ronika Kudermetova, Russia, 6-3, 6-2. USL Championship Sunday’s games W L T Pts GF GA W L T Pts GF GA Peng Shuai and Wang Yafan, China, LOUDOUN UNITED — Signed F Alioune Toronto FC 2, Chicago 2, tie North Carolina 14 5 4 46 51 21 x-NYC FC 17 6 10 61 61 41 def. Monique Adamczak, Australia, and Ndour for the remainder of the 2019 sea- Orlando City 1, Cincinnati 1, tie Chicago 14 8 2 44 41 28 x-Atlanta 17 12 4 55 55 42 Han Xinyun, China, 7-5, 6-1. son. Columbus 2, Philadelphia 0 Portland 11 6 6 39 40 31 x-Philadelphia 16 10 7 55 57 48 Women’s Doubles TENNIS Atlanta 1, Montreal 1, tie Reign FC 10 6 7 37 25 25 x-D.C. United 13 10 10 49 42 38 Round Of 16 International Tennis Federation New England 2, New York City FC 0 x-New York 14 13 6 48 53 48 Utah Royals FC 9 10 4 31 23 24 Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia ITF — Reappointed Mary Pierce and D.C. United 0, New York 0, tie x-Toronto FC 12 10 11 47 56 52 Washington 8 8 6 30 27 25 Kenin, United States, def. Elise Mertens, Mark Woodforde as the two ITF Board Colorado 3, FC Dallas 0 New England 11 10 12 45 49 54 Houston 7 11 5 26 20 34 Belgium, and Aryna Sabalenka (3), Be- Athlete representatives to serve the 2019- Chicago 9 12 12 39 50 45 Vancouver 4, LA Galaxy 3 Sky Blue FC 5 13 5 20 18 31 larus, 6-3, 7-6 (5). 23 term. Appointed Rene Stammbach as Montreal 11 17 5 38 44 60 Los Angeles FC 1, Minnesota 1, tie Orlando 4 15 3 15 22 48 treasurer, who will continue as chair- Columbus 10 15 8 38 39 46 Real Salt Lake 2, Houston 1 man of the finance committee; Katrina Note: Three points for victory, one Orlando City 9 14 10 37 42 47 Seattle 1, San Jose 0 point for tie. Adams, Bernard Giudicelli and Bulat Ute- Cincinnati 6 22 5 23 31 75 Portland 2, Sporting Kansas City 2, tie Saturday’s games Pro basketball muratov vice presidents. Western Conference Sunday, October 6 Washington 2, North Carolina 1 COLLEGE W L T Pts GF GA New England at Atlanta BROWN — Named Rufus Biggs men’s y-Los Angeles FC 20 4 9 69 82 36 Cincinnati at D.C. United Chicago 2, Utah FC 1 assistant crew coach. WNBA playoffs x-Minn. United 15 10 8 53 52 42 Sporting Kansas City at FC Dallas Sunday’s games NORTH CAROLINA STATE — Suspend- x-Seattle 15 10 8 53 51 49 LA Galaxy at Houston Orlando Pride 1, Sky Blue FC 1, tie (x-if necessary) ed F DJ Funderburk from the men’s bas- x-LA Galaxy 16 14 3 51 56 55 Finals Colorado at Los Angeles FC Reign FC 2, Portland 0 ketball team for violation of team policy. Real Salt Lake 15 13 5 50 45 41 Saturday, October 5 (Best-of-five) SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Andrew New York at Montreal Washington 1, Connecticut 0 Portland 13 13 7 46 49 48 Washington at Orlando Adams men’s assistant tennis coach and FC Dallas 12 12 9 45 48 46 Chicago at Orlando City Sunday: Washington 95, Connecticut Kyle Koch men’s volunteer assistant ten- San Jose 13 15 5 44 51 52 New York City FC at Philadelphia Saturday, October 12 86 nis coach. Colorado 12 15 6 42 57 60 San Jose at Portland Sky Blue FC at North Carolina Tuesday: at Washington SOUTH CAROLINA STATE — Named Je- Sporting KC 10 15 8 38 49 61 Minnesota at Seattle Reign FC at Orlando Sunday: at Connecticut rod Wims men’s and women’s track and Houston 11 18 4 37 45 57 Columbus at Toronto FC Houston at Utah Royals FC x-Tuesday, Oct 8: at Connecticut field and cross country coach. Vancouver 8 15 10 34 37 58 Real Salt Lake at Vancouver Washington at Portland x-Thursday, Oct. 10: at Washington Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 NHL New Sabres coach fine with being an unknown

BY JOHN WAWROW finish at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, ferred to the open line of communication Associated Press ‘ I don’t and was as a consultant for Canada’s gold- he’s established with players. medal team at the 2014 Winter Games. Though Krueger prides himself for Ralph Krueger doesn’t care if you have care about He’s also not exactly a recycled en- being always upbeat, that doesn’t mean never heard of him. that at all. tity either, despite having spent 2012-13 he’ll avoid being critical. Having just turned 60, the Buffalo Sa- coaching the Edmonton Oilers before “I’m not a smiley, friendly guy,” he said. bres’ new coach leans on the benefit of Not one being fired — via Skype of all things — “Positive isn’t always friendly. Positive is his vast experience — in hockey, soccer, following a 19-22-7 finish. constructive. Positive is working toward and life as a father, husband, author and second, If Quenneville benefits from having solutions. So if a player gets sent down, motivational speaker — to have stopped instant recognition when walking into a there’s an opportunity for him, too. And worrying a long time ago about how oth- not even a locker room, Krueger focused on making we’ll be clear on why and what has to be ers view him and whether he might have a good impression on a Sabres lineup fea- worked on.” something to prove returning to the NHL millisecond turing a majority of players who weren’t Krueger spent his time away from hock- following a six-year absence. in the NHL when he was in Edmonton. ey developing on-ice strategies, some of “I don’t care about that at all. Not one do I care about my “I think the thing that sticks out is the which he experimented with while coach- second, not even a millisecond do I care popularity here. personality. He’s somebody you want to ing Team Europe. about my popularity here,” Krueger em- ’ be around, you want to be a better person Ralph Krueger He emphasizes simplicity in allowing phatically told The Associated Press ear- around,” captain Jack Eichel said. “He’s Buffalo Sabres coach players to play to their strengths, and lier this month. very calculated, very smart. He knows speed in always being focused on attack- “I have zero fear in this job because I what he wants.” ing the opposing zone. have nothing to prove to anybody other He began by reaching out to players by than I want this team to be successful and phone or personally, such as visiting with Though he has no regrets leaving hock- Philadelphia. ey, the hiatus gave him time to realize give back to the city,” he added. “But it’s In Buffalo, the Sabres essentially split captain Jack Eichel and forward Sam Re- not that I’m out to prove to people that I how much he missed the game and deal- the middle in choosing between hiring a inhart in Slovakia, where they competed was an out-of-the-box hire.” ing directly with players. so-called retread versus a first-timer by at the world championships in May. This offseason’s NHL coaching carou- Krueger then gripped his players’ at- “My kids, when they saw me at the luring Krueger back to hockey after he sel featured seven changes. While it had tention during a pre-camp-opening World Cup of Hockey said, ‘Dad, that was spent the past five years running soccer’s the Florida Panthers landing the most speech which forward Kyle Okposo said the happiest period you’ve had in the last highly-prized candidate in three-time Southampton FC of the English Premier was so impassioned several of his team- five years,’” he said. Stanley Cup champion Joel Quenneville, League. mates were ready to run through a wall “They didn’t mean I wasn’t happy, but it the Sabres took the most intriguing ap- From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Krueger afterward. was more in my job, the energy, and that proach in hiring Krueger to turn things is not exactly a fresh new face though he “He’s got that presence about him,” stuck with me.” around. is highly respected for the quarter-cen- Okposo said “I’ve been around a lot of The joy to be back behind a bench is re- The other changes have Dallas Eakins tury spent in hockey on both sides of the coaches, a lot of people, and I would say flected in messages he sends to his family in Anaheim, Dave Tippett in Edmon- Atlantic. he’s an alpha.” in Switzerland. ton, Todd McLellan in Los Angeles, D.J. He has coached Switzerland’s national Krueger regarded Okposo’s impression “The nicest thing I’m telling them is I Smith in Ottawa and Alain Vigneault in team, led Team Europe to a second-place of him as a compliment and believed it re- really feel at home,” Krueger said. PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 NHL O’Reilly has ‘another gear’ after trophy-winning year

BY STEPHEN WHYNO whole period. He’s obviously not Henrik Lundqvist Associated Press one of the fastest guys out there, but he’s so good positionally and “The King” is 37, yet could be yan O’Reilly stockpiled just aware of where guys are and the difference between the New quite the hardware to what to do with the puck. I think York Rangers missing the play- show off at his Stanley he’s just an all-around super in- offs for a third consecutive season RCup day. telligent player.” or contending ahead of schedule. On display next to the Cup he The longtime starting goaltender helped the St. Louis Blues win in Nathan MacKinnon isn’t fazed by young backup Alex- June were the Conn Smythe Tro- andar Georgiev and top prospect phy as playoff MVP and the Selke Already considered one of the Igor Shesterkin looming . Trophy as the NHL’s best defen- fastest hockey players on earth, “My approach will not change,” sive forward. Any player would MacKinnon carried the Colorado Lundqvist said. “I need to reach gladly celebrate with those shiny Avalanche to within one victory my top level no matter what, no centerpieces, though O’Reilly — of the Western Conference final matter who’s next to me or where at 28 and on his third team — is and is the biggest reason they’re the team is at.” only now showing he is this kind a fashionable Cup contender Lundqvist said the start of last MICHAEL DWYER/AP of elite player. this season. Fellow Cole Har- season was the best he had felt in “I still think I have another bour, Nova Scotia, native Sidney a while. He posted a 2.68 goals- The Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly stockpiled the hardware last year when gear to get to, and that’s my plan,” Crosby said MacKinnon is in the against average and .919 save he helped St. Louis win the Stanley Cup. He won the Conn Smythe O’Reilly said. “There’s still many category of Pittsburgh teammate percentage in his first 22 starts Trophy as playoff MVP and the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best things to improve on. There are Evgeni Malkin and Edmonton last season, which would be great defensive forward. Despite that, “there’s still many things to improve areas to be better. One thing, too, star Connor McDavid as players for an improved Rangers team on. There are areas to be better,” O’Reilly said. is I think power-play production who can take over games. with a better blue line and more for myself could’ve been a lot “We saw a pretty good glimpse firepower up front. 25 minutes or whatever it is — I ing on that in their first season better, and that’s an area I need of that in the playoffs,” Crosby “That’s the level I just need to just want to be here to win, what- under coach Ralph Krueger. Cap- to grow. There’s some stuff I’ve said. “He did it consistently. ... I’d reach and sustain throughout the ever it takes.” tain Jack Eichel has big expecta- been working on to try to improve expect him to take another big year, and then I know I can make Ovechkin preceded O’Reilly tions for Dahlin, who he believes that.” a difference,” Lundqvist said. step.” as playoff MVP when he led the “lived up to all the hype.” O’Reilly had nine points in the Capitals to the first title in fran- Cup Final against Boston play- Rookie Avalanche defenseman Alex Ovechkin “You look at how good he was Cale Makar said it’s electrify- chise history in 2018. After a full ing through a cracked rib. He summer off, he is refreshed to try last year in year one and how was nearly a point-a-game player ing to watch MacKinnon on the The release of “Ovi O’s” cereal much more he knows now,” Eichel ice. And the 24-year-old center to do it again. during the regular season. Yet, marked his 34th birthday. If any- said. “I think he’s primed to have is an example to his younger “He’s obviously a different tal- somehow he still seemed under- one has shown age is just a num- ent,” Caps winger Carl Hagelin a monster season.” teammates and those around the appreciated outside his peers. ber, it’s Ovechkin, who is now the said. “A guy like that doesn’t come league. “People didn’t realize how Washington Capitals’ oldest play- around very often. He’s one of “He’s just a super committed Scoreboard good of a player Ryan O’Reilly er and still could score 50 goals. those energetic guys even though guy,” Makar said. “He loves hock- was until this year,” Vancouver Ovechkin trained differently this he’s 33, 34 years old. He comes to ey, and that’s the way he plays. It forward Bo Horvat said. “All summer, but don’t expect him to the rink with a smile every day. shows on the ice. Just the way he the players knew how good he alter his style too much. He does what he has to do.” Eastern Conference was and how big of a part of that handles his routine is very spe- “I’m still young, you know,” Atlantic Division team he was and how special of a cific and you just learn from star Ovechkin said. “I still want to GP W L OT Pts GF GA Mark Stone Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 player — just his two-way game, players like that.” play my game. ... We’re here for Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 his faceoffs. Obviously his point There may not be a more com- Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 production this year was out- plete winger in the NHL than Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 standing. His play in the playoffs, Stone, who put up 12 points in Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 winning MVP and obviously the the Vegas Golden Knights’ seven- Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Metropolitan Division Stanley Cup, it was a great year game first-round series against N.Y. Islanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 for him and I think he opened up San Jose. Stone is free of Ottawa’s Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a lot of eyes.” long-term rebuild and starting a Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O’Reilly said he figured some- Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $76 million, eight-year contract N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 thing out during the playoffs: how with big expectations to help Vegas Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 to clear out some “garbage” in his make another long playoff run. Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 brain to focus on what matters. “You get a No. 1 forward,” Western Conference The challenge now is trying to Golden Knights forward Jona- Central Division duplicate that during an 82-game than Marchessault said. “He’s an GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 regular season. unbelievable player. He does ev- St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 “Just go out there and complete- erything well on the ice. He puts Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ly be in the moment and go from up great numbers every year, and Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 there,” O’Reilly said. “That’s a he’s a successful player.” Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 big lesson for myself, trying to Vegas is one of several NHL Pacific Division establish that more. Be clear and teams without a captain. That Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 find a way to take all the noise might not last long with Stone in Vegas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and all the stuff that you don’t Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the fold. Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 need in your head and just throw “He’s not a guy that’s trying to San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 it out. It just seems like when I did Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 be a leader,” Marchessault said. Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 that, I tend to get more bounces “He’s just a born leader, so it’s Note: Two points for a win, one point and things went my way.” for overtime loss. Top three teams in just natural for him.” each division and two wild cards per Winning the Selke was evi- conference advance to playoffs. Wednesday’s games dence enough of O’Reilly’s strong Rasmus Dahlin Ottawa at Toronto regular season. He ranked eighth Washington at St. Louis Vancouver at Edmonton in the league in faceoffs, which is The 2018 No. 1 pick had 44 San Jose at Vegas part of what makes him so tough points to lead all rookie defen- Thursday’s games Montreal at Carolina to play against. semen. It was just the floor for Winnipeg at New York “He’s just so competitive on where Dahlin wants to start. Buffalo at Pittsburgh Florida at Tampa Bay draws,” Chicago captain Jona- “Of course I want to score more Minnesota at Nashville than Toews said. “I’m one of goals, have more assists and stuff Boston at Dallas Calgary at Colorado those guys I want to start every like that,” Dahlin said. “Last Arizona at Anaheim JOHN LOCHER/AP shift with the puck and if we’re season, I had more points than I Friday’s games Chicago at Philadelphia going up against a guy like that The Golden Knights’ Mark Stone skates ahead of the Kings’ Austin expected, but this year, I always Toronto at Columbus Wagner in a preseason game. Stone had 12 points in Vegas’ seven- Winnipeg at New Jersey that could catch fire, and we want more. That’s why I play.” Washington at New York might be chasing it down for a game first-round series last year. The Buffalo Sabres are count- Vegas at San Jose Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 NHL Canadian teams looking to take next step

BY STEPHEN WHYNO with their iPhones at a live Bell Centre Associated Press Montreal Canadiens game in the playoffs and just visualizing how cool that would uston Matthews watched the be,” Domi said. “It’s a dream of mine.” NBA champion Raptors parade Carey Price, who in 2015 won the Hart through the streets of Toronto Trophy as NHL MVP and Vezina Trophy Aand couldn’t help but wonder. as the top goaltender, is the biggest reason What if instead of Kawhi Leonard and to believe the Canadiens can overcome the Kyle Lowry, it was him and his Maple Leafs odds and make the playoffs. teammates celebrating the franchise’s first “He’s the best goalie in the world for a Stanley Cup title since 1967? reason,” Domi said. “It’s a major confi- “I definitely get stuck thinking about dence boost, for sure. He’s outstanding.” stuff like that,” Matthews said. “You kind of picture yourself in that situation.” Oil shortage Matthews first wants to picture the Maple Leafs on a long playoff run after The Edmonton Oilers have one playoff three consecutive first-round exits. For appearance since reaching the 2006 Stan- Toronto and all seven Canada-based NHL ley Cup Final. They have a new general teams, this season is about taking the next manager in Ken Holland, a new coach in step, whether it’s into Cup contender status, Dave Tippett and new questions about cap- into the postseason or a long-term rebuild. tain Connor McDavid coming off a knee in- /AP The Maple Leafs — with Matthews, CHRISTOPHER KATSAROV, THE CANADIAN PRESS jury. The biggest question, though, is if this Mitch Marner, John Tavares and William once-proud franchise can put it together Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews would like to bring the first Stanley Cup and stop wasting McDavid’s prime. Nylander up front and a retooled blue line title to Toronto since 1967. No Canadian team has won the Cup since 1993. featuring former Avalanche defenseman “We all get frustrated at times,” center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. “You’re kid- Tyson Barrie — on paper look like the best The Bruins got to Game 7 of the Cup Final ba to the Rangers, lost Tyler Myers in free ding yourself if you say it doesn’t. We’ve hope to end Canada’s Cup drought that before losing to St. Louis. agency and are dealing with the possibility got to find our way out of it. There’s no dates to 1993 (Montreal Canadiens). But “They were that close,” Matthews said. that Dustin Byfuglien could retire. The un- they play in arguably hockey’s toughest point dwelling on it, no point getting down “It’s always in the back of your mind kind certain futures of unsigned restricted free about it. You’ve just got to push through division with the Tampa Bay Lightning, of that ‘What could have been.’” agent forwards Patrik Laine and Kyle Con- Boston Bruins and the improved Florida and we’ve got to find a way to get out of it nor add to the uncertainty in Winnipeg. together.” Panthers, so they can’t really be judged Western powers “If we don’t have those two guys for the until they get into the playoffs and show whole season, which I don’t think is going Out West, the Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Maybe next year what they can do. to happen, then it does change our team Flames are each coming off disappointing “Obviously the Achilles heel has been a little bit because then we’ve lost a lot of Swedish sensation Elias Pettersson gives first-round defeats and have high expecta- that first round for us,” Matthews said. players,” Ehlers said. the Vancouver Canucks hope that they can “It’s tough to really measure a successful tions of burying those memories and ad- return to prominence with a new wave of season without reaching that ultimate goal vancing further this spring. Montreal’s hump young talent. It’s still a process for Vancou- and accomplishing it. For us obviously it’s “We never really found that level that we ver, which will need to build up more talent been frustrating, especially the last two did two years ago when we made it to the The Montreal Canadiens just want to get before contending. Defenseman Thomas years — the same team, same result. So for conference finals, and we need to get back back to the playoffs after missing them two Chabot’s $64 million, eight-year extension us just making sure that everybody’s really at that,” Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers said. of the past three seasons. They haven’t won is similarly good news for the Ottawa Sena- focused and dialed in and ready to kind of “We need to find that and we need to find it a series since 2015, and forward Max Domi tors that a rising star wants to stay there get over that hump.” earlier. I’m excited for this year and I think can’t imagine what his first home playoff and be part of the solution. The Senators Toronto lost to Boston in Game 7 of the the guys are, too.” game will be like in a city starved for it. need a handful more players like Chabot first round each of the past two seasons. The Jets traded defenseman Jacob Trou- “I watch videos all the time of people before they can reach the playoffs again. Adversity: Blues showed title hopefuls that early losses don’t spell end

FROM FRONT PAGE team is at by Thanksgiving or New Year’s celebrations had begun. Players who watched all four division ‘ It was very awful at the Day, which used to be important markers Rallying points are impossible to predict, champions bow out in the first round and start. We couldn’t seem about who will make the postseason. and there’s no way to control when and the Blues grind to the first title in fran- “We started well and we ended bad,” how a group comes together. Still, general chise history came away with some im- to string wins together. said Jack Eichel, whose Sabres went on a managers, coaches and players are always portant lessons on how to approach the 10-game winning streak, were first in the searching for that recipe of how to peak at regular season. St. Louis showed a mid- But guys kept working. league at Thanksgiving and missed the the right time. season coaching change can work, a goalie playoffs. “You look at St. Louis and they did “You want to keep climbing,” said goal- Guys didn’t shut down. the complete opposite. It’s a long season, can come out of nowhere and have success, tender Tuukka Rask, whose Boston Bru- and a lot goes into it. Consistency is one of and momentum can snowball in a positive They kept working for ins pushed St. Louis to Game 7 of the Cup the most important things in this league.” direction. Final. “I don’t think you want to peak early “It was good understanding that it’s a each other and the next Is it, though? The Blues didn’t put togeth- and then slowly decline from there. That’s roller coaster, and the more you can stay er a winning streak longer than two until thing you know, things what everybody’s looking for. But you’re even keel and keep staying with things mid-January. They got a boost from rookie and keep pushing each other to think that started to change. Once goalie Jordan Binnington, tied a franchise just trying to make the playoffs, always. sometimes things will change, you’ll get that belief happened, it record with 11 consecutive victories and You’re just trying to make the playoffs on a bounce and things will start to go your became the poster boys for coming togeth- a good note and not feeling like, ‘Oh, we way,” said Blues center Ryan O’Reilly, the kind of steamrolled. er at the right time. dodged a bullet here. We barely made it.’ “It’s just something to rally behind,” And then you’re kind of starting the play- playoff MVP. “It was very awful at the Ryan’ O’Reilly start. We couldn’t seem to string wins to- Blues center, playoff MVP Dallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop said. offs not knowing what your game’s going to gether. But guys kept working. Guys didn’t “Usually that’s kind of what it comes down look like. You want to be feeling great as a shut down. They kept working for each to. Something happens, and usually a team team entering the playoffs.” other and the next thing you know, things rallies behind it.” Toews pointed out a hot start never hurts. started to change. Once that belief hap- season. “The regular season was great. We For Vegas in 2017-18, it was the home- Points banked in October, November and pened, it kind of steamrolled.” were on a good run. In the playoffs, I think town shooting that killed 58 people and December count just the same. our tank was empty because of that and we Tampa Bay wound up on the flip side, bonded an expansion hockey team with its The Blues’ title run is perfect evidence just went straight down because of that.” community. The Golden Knights shocked having not lost more than two games in a that games lost early don’t spell the end. row all season and lacking the struggles to The Lightning tied the NHL record with the league by winning eight of their first That’s how Jaccob Slavin sees the regular draw from when things went poorly in the 62 victories and finished 21 points ahead nine games of existence and reached the season now that he and the Carolina Hurri- playoffs. They went four and out against of the next closest team. They also became Stanley Cup Final before losing to the the Columbus Blue Jackets. the 10th Presidents’ Trophy winners in 11 Washington Capitals. For St. Louis, Laura canes are trying to back up a surprise trip “We were good in the regular season tries to fall short of winning the Stanley Branigan’s “Gloria” became a popular ral- to the Eastern Conference final and every and probably thought we’ll be all right in Cup. lying cry and young fan Laila Anderson other team is looking to find the Blues’ the playoffs because we were good in the All of which supports the believe that battling a rare auto-immune disease was rhythm and win it all. regular season,” said the Lightning’s An- standings and seeding matters little in the a heartwarming touchstone for the players “Until you’re out of it, don’t give up,” drei Vasilevskiy, voted the Vezina Trophy playoffs, where matchups take precedence. as they made their run under Craig Ber- Slavin said. “If you get on a roll at the right winner as the league’s best goaltender last It also apparently doesn’t matter where a ube, who was an interim coach until the time, anything can happen.” PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 TRACK/COLLEGE FOOTBALL/SOCCER Gators get Coach Salazar gets healthy for 4-year doping ban big game BY MARK LONG BY EDDIE PELLS Salazar said he was shocked by Associated Press Associated Press the arbitration outcome, and that he would appeal. He said through- GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No. Renowned track coach Alberto out a six-year investigation, he 10 Florida will be close to full Salazar, who trained four-time and his athletes “endured unjust, strength, especially on de- Olympic champion Mo Farah, unethical and highly damaging fense, for its biggest game of the along with a gold medalist and treatment from the USADA.” season. other top contenders at this “The Oregon Project has never Coach Dan Mullen said Monday week’s world championships, has and will never permit doping,” that six injured players — includ- been kicked out of the competi- Salazar said. ing speedy cornerback CJ Hen- tion after being handed a four- Hassan said she was aware of derson and disruptive defensive year ban in a case long pursued the USADA investigation when end Jabari Zuniga — will be back by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. she joined Salazar’s team “and against seventh-ranked Auburn USADA said in a news release have always had a clean con- early Tuesday that an arbitration in the Swamp. science, knowing we are being It’s a top-10 matchup involving panel decided on the four-year monitored to the absolute fullest two of the Southeastern Confer- penalty for Salazar and endocri- by USADA and” the World Anti- ence’s five undefeated teams, and nologist Jeffrey Brown for, among Doping Agency. the Gators will have two of their other violations, possessing and “I am saddened by the timing of top players back on the field for trafficking testosterone while USADA as it brings my champi- training top runners at the Nike onship out of balance,” she said. it. Oregon Project (NOP). The existence of the long-run- Henderson missed the last Brown did consulting work for ning USADA investigation be- three games after spraining his left ankle against Tennes- the NOP and was a personal phy- came public after a 2015 report KIN CHEUNG/AP sician for some of the runners. by BBC and ProPublica that de- see-Martin in early September. Among the seven runners list- tailed some of Salazar’s practices, Track coach Alberto Salazar, who trained four-time Olympic Zuniga tweaked his left ankle the ed as members of Salazar’s team which included use of testosterone champion Mo Farah and a number of other top runners, has been following week at Kentucky and are Sifan Hassan of the Nether- gel and infusions of a supplement given a four-year ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. USADA said missed two games. lands, who won the 10,000-meter called L-carnitine that, when in a news release Monday that Salazar and Jeffrey Brown were Henderson, a junior from gold medal on Saturday night, mixed with insulin, can greatly receiving four-year bans for, among other violations, possessing and Miami, has six interceptions in and is entered to run later this enhance athletic performance. trafficking testosterone while working at the Nike Oregon Project 27 games. Zuniga, a senior from week in the 1,500; and Donavan Distance runner Kara Goucher (NOP), where they trained top runners. Marietta, Georgia, has 18 ½ sacks Brazier and Clayton Murphy of and a former NOP coach, Steve in 39 games. the U.S., each of whom are sched- Magness, were among the wit- into Salazar and gave Farah the than 2,000 exhibits between the “The guys that are veteran uled to run in the 800-meter final nesses who provided evidence for OK to continue working with him. two cases and that proceedings players, I don’t worry about as Tuesday. the case. USADA said it received Farah parted ways with Salazar included nearly 5,800 pages of much,” Mullen said. “The key is The USADA ban went into ef- information from 30 witnesses. in 2017, saying he wanted to move transcripts. just getting them back in the flow fect Monday, and track’s gov- Goucher left NOP in 2011, and in back home. “The athletes in these cases at practice and getting them the erning body, the IAAF, moved the ProPublica piece, she called On Tuesday, Farah released a found the courage to speak out practice reps they need.” quickly to revoke Salazar’s cre- Salazar a “sort of a win-at-all- statement saying he has “no tol- and ultimately exposed the truth,” Safety Shawn Davis, linebacker dential for the final six days in costs person and it’s hurting the erance for anyone who breaks the USADA CEO Travis Tygart said. Ventrell Miller, receiver Freddie Doha. The Athletics Integrity sport.” rules or crosses a line.” “While acting in connection with Swain and safety Jeawon Taylor Unit, which oversees anti-doping Farah, who runs for Britain, Salazar also coached 2012 the Nike Oregon Project, Mr. Sala- — each of them has started at in track, was preparing to no- worked with the Nike Oregon Olympic silver medalist Galen zar and Dr. Brown demonstrated least one game this season — also tify the Salazar athletes that they Project while he was racking up Rupp of the U.S., who in the that winning was more important will return after missing last could not associate with their six world and four Olympic cham- past has strongly denied any than the health and wellbeing of week’s game against lower-divi- coach because of his ban. pionships. During that period, UK wrongdoing. the athletes they were sworn to sion Towson. In a statement released by NOP, Athletics did its own investigation USADA said it relied on more protect.” “I’m not going to say every- body is 100% coming back into it, but they are going to be ready to play,” Mullen said. “Us getting them prepared throughout the US Soccer opposes class status for women week to get ready to be as close to 100% as possible on Saturday is the most important thing. That’s BY ANNE M. PETERSON gan, Rapinoe, Carli time men lose in order to be paid and have the the concern of getting them to go, Associated Press ‘ USSF tries Lloyd and Becky same working conditions as the men. but I’m happy to have guys com- Sauerbrunn — were “It runs counter to every American prin- to spin the ing back.” The U.S. Soccer Federation has filed a mo- each paid more ciple of equality, won’t stop this case from tion opposing the U.S. women’s national team’s undeniable than the highest Florida will be without elusive going forward, and doesn’t stand a chance in receiver Kadarius Toney for a request to certify the players’ lawsuit seeking fact that if the paid player on the a trial.” equitable pay as a class action. men’s national team fourth consecutive game. Toney men players The motion says the four players made injured his left shoulder against The women filed their motion for class cer- in four years over more in 2015 and then from 2017-2019 more tification on Sept. 11, asking the court to in- won their the period between UT Martin, and Mullen said than the highest-paid men’s player in each of he won’t be back until after the clude in the lawsuit all players called up to the games, they 2014-2019. The those years. national team, in addition to those originally team’s bye week. That means he four earned more The men’s team did not make the field for named. U.S. Soccer filed its response to the would be paid will miss games against Auburn, even when NWSL the 2018 World Cup in Russia and had fewer request on Monday night. salaries were not in- fifth-ranked LSU and South Car- considerably matches and therefore fewer call-ups and Twenty-eight players, including Alex Mor- cluded, the motion olina. He’s expected to return training camps from 2017-18. The team has gan and Megan Rapinoe, sued U.S. Soccer more than the said. against No. 3 Georgia on Nov. 2. also transitioned to new coach Gregg Berhal- in March alleging institutionalized gender women are U.S. Soccer main- Toney is one of Florida’s top ter, who was hired last December. discrimination that includes inequitable com- now. tains that because playmakers. The offense also pensation compared to players on the men’s ’ those players made The women’s team won this year’s World is without starting quarterback national team. Molly Levinson more, they lack the Cup in France and had additional games lead- Feleipe Franks. players spokeswoman U.S. Soccer maintains that compensation standing to repre- ing up to the event, including qualification But the team is otherwise as for each team is the result of separate col- sent a class. matches. The women also won the World Cup healthy as it’s been since the sea- lective bargaining agreements, and that the “Pay should be in 2015. The team also played in victory tour son opener, and the defense is pay structures are different as a result. Men’s based on performance, not gender. USSF tries matches following those World Cup titles. expected to be intact for the first team players are paid largely by appearance to spin the undeniable fact that if the men The lawsuit accused the federation of pay- time all year. and performance, while the contract for the players won their games, they would be paid ing players on the women’s team less than “I’m really looking forward women’s team includes provisions for health considerably more than the women are now,” similarly situated male national team players to having all my brothers on the care and other benefits, as well as salaries in said Molly Levinson, a spokeswoman for the on a per game basis. field with me,” cornerback Marco the National Women’s Soccer League. players concerning the lawsuit. “This is a Following a failed attempt to mediate the Wilson said. “Now we can run as The federation argued in its motion Monday tired argument from USSF that women play- matter, a May 5 trial date was set in U.S. Dis- one, with nobody out, we’re deep that four players for the U.S. team — Mor- ers must work twice as hard and win every trict Court in Los Angeles. with depth. That’s great.” Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 MLB PLAYOFFS Which teams can turn to reliable relief? Bullpens certain to make an impact in October

BY JAKE SEINER Man In The Middle: Two years Oakland Athletics Associated Press after he went undrafted, rookie right-hander Randy Dobnak has For The Big Out: Australian t’s been three years since pitched himself into a key postsea- righty Liam Hendriks completed Andrew Miller led the son role. The 24-year-old certain- a remarkable turnaround after Cleveland Indians to the ly didn’t expect to be here — he being cut last year by locking Ibrink of a World Series scheduled his wedding for Sept. himself into Oakland’s closer role championship by coming out of 28, figuring he’d be free when the this season. He credits the come- the bullpen early and often, and minor league season ended. back to tarot cards and an energy bulk work from relievers has been healer named Rubi — “she’s phe- an October staple since. Whether Houston Astros nomenal” Hendriks told The As- it’s Brewers All-Star Josh Hader sociated Press — but it also helps stretching out for three innings For The Big Out: Roberto that he’s throwing his fastball or Astros ace Justin Verlander Osuna is Houston’s closer, but harder than ever. moonlighting in middle relief, Ryan Pressly is the guy manager Man In The Middle: Just like aggressive bullpen management AJ Hinch will call in the most David Price with Tampa Bay in has become standard postseason critical spots. The right-hander 2008, rookie left-hander Jesus practice. has dominated since being ac- Luzardo could have an outsized As the calendar flips, a look at quired from Minnesota last sea- impact for Oakland despite limit- the best relief options — for the son thanks to a curveball with the ed big league experience. Ranked biggest outs, and for a bunch of highest average spin rate in the among baseball’s top starting majors. The 30-year-old had knee them — for each of the 10 playoff pitching prospects, Luzardo has surgery in August but returned clubs. a 1.50 ERA in six relief appear- Sept. 20 and has looked sharp. ances as a September call-up. New York Yankees Man In The Middle: With Jus- tin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and For The Big Out: In baseball’s Zack Greinke, Houston shouldn’t Atlanta Braves BEN MARGOT/AP deepest bullpen, the difference need much length from its reliev- For The Big Out: After a few maker is Aroldis Chapman. The ers. Wade Miley got accustomed uneven seasons in San Francisco, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenley Jansen has a 2.08 ERA in the 31-year-old left-hander has lost to unusual October usage last Mark Melancon has returned past six postseasons, but a season-long slump has made the some steam — he averaged about year with Milwaukee, and he or to All-Star form in Atlanta. He’s 31-year-old a potential weak link. 98 mph on his fastball this year, rookie Jose Urquidy will likely go improved his control and begun down from 101 at his peak in 2016 to the bullpen. Don’t count out a throwing harder since being Man In The Middle: Los An- — but he’s made up for it with an relief look from Verlander, either. acquired from the Giants at geles has options for length, and Scoreboard improved slider that he’s throwing the trade deadline, supplanting it will likely need someone to more than ever. Although he fa- Tampa Rays struggling Luke Jackson in the follow 39-year-old Rich Hill in a mously blew a lead for the Cubs in closer’s role. potential Game 4. Rookie righties Playoffs glance Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, For The Big Out: Even with Man In The Middle: Max Fried Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin x-if necessary Chapman has been fantastic in one of baseball’s best and most WILD CARD made 30 starts during the regu- appear to be battling for the final October, posting a 2.30 ERA with versatile pitching staffs, the Rays Tuesday: Milwaukee (Woodruff 11-3) went shopping at the deadline to lar season but likely won’t crack bullpen spot. Either would slot at Washington (Scherzer 11-7) seven saves in 27 appearances. the postseason rotation. The left- Wednesday: Tampa Bay (Morton 16-6) Man In The Middle: CC Sa- get right-hander Nick Anderson well behind the left-handed Hill. at Oakland (TBD) from the Marlins. The 29-year- hander is an enticing piggyback DIVISION SERIES bathia impressed last week in the option after right-handed starter (Best-of-5) first regular season relief appear- old rookie has struck out 41 and Washington Nationals American League 1 Mike Foltynewicz. ance of his career, and he and J.A. walked two in 21 ⁄3 innings since Houston vs. Oakland-Tampa Bay winner the deal. For The Big Out: Washington Friday: at Houston Happ will both be in the bullpen. hoped to lean on two-time All- Saturday: at Houston The left-handed starters could be Man In The Middle: Ryan St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Oct. 7: at Oakland-Tampa Yarbrough has thrived following Star Sean Doolittle, but he’s been Bay winner used in tandem with right-hander For The Big Out: Last year’s responsible for six of the Nats’ x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: at Oakland-Tampa Luis Severino, or after a righty Tampa Bay’s openers the past two deal sending slugger Luke Voit to Bay winner seasons, although he’s been used NL-leading 29 blown saves. The x-Thursday, Oct. 10: at Houston opener like Chad Green. the Yankees looked like a steal for N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota effectively as a standard starter club’s best chance in the late in- New York, but Giovanny Gallegos Friday: at N.Y. Yankees down the stretch and might be nings may be complete games Saturday: at N.Y. Yankees Minnesota Twins has evened things out by becom- Monday, Oct. 7: at Minnesota Tampa Bay’s No. 4 man instead. from Max Scherzer, Stephen ing a bullpen anchor. The rookie x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: at Minnesota For The Big Out: Taylor Rog- Yonny Chirinos and Trevor Rich- Strasburg and Patrick Corbin. x-Thursday, Oct. 10: at N.Y. Yankees right-hander has been excellent ers built on a breakout 2018 and ards both have long relief experi- Man In The Middle: If the National League in middle relief, walking hardly L.A. Dodgers vs. emerged as one of baseball’s ence, too. With Charlie Morton, starters aren’t working deep, the Washington-Milwaukee winner anyone and holding opponents to steadiest closers this year. The Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and Nationals are probably in trouble. Thursday: at L.A. Dodgers a .168 average. His emergence Friday: at L.A. Dodgers 28-year-old is perhaps the most Yarbrough all healthy, manager Expect Scherzer to be a bullpen at Washington-Mil- has also lessened the loss of in- Sunday, Oct. 6: reliable strike thrower in the Kevin Cash might use his pitchers option late in the series should waukee winner jured closer Jordan Hicks. x-Monday, Oct. 7: at Washington-Mil- American League. in surprisingly traditional roles. Washington advance past the Man In The Middle: Andrew waukee winner wild-card round. x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: at L.A. Dodgers Miller was once the poster boy Atlanta vs. St. Louis Thursday: at Atlanta for October relief pitching, but Friday: at Atlanta the 34-year-old left-hander hasn’t Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, Oct. 6: at St. Louis been nearly the same pitcher in x-Monday, Oct. 7: at St. Louis For The Big Out: Josh Hader x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: at Atlanta his first season with St. Louis. was the most-feared pitcher in LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Manager Mike Shildt leans tradi- (Best-of-7) last year’s postseason, with every American League tional, and extraneous starter Mi- managerial decision factoring Saturday, Oct. 12 chael Wacha is probably the club’s Sunday, Oct. 13 if and when he might pitch. The Tuesday, Oct. 15 best bet for multiple innings. left-hander is practically auto- Wednesday, Oct. 16 x-Thursday, Oct. 17 matic for 6 to 9 outs, although he x-Saturday, Oct. 19 Los Angeles Dodgers blew a critical save Saturday at x-Sunday, Oct. 20 National League For The Big Out: Kenley Jan- Colorado and allowed a career- Friday, Oct. 11 high 15 home runs this season. Saturday, Oct. 12 sen has a 2.08 ERA over the past Monday, Oct. 14 six postseasons, but a season- Man In The Middle: Only two Tuesday, Oct. 15 long slump has made the 31-year- pitchers topped 130 innings for x-Wednesday, Oct. 16 x-Friday, Oct. 18 old a potential weak link for the Milwaukee this year — Zach Da- x-Saturday, Oct. 19 two-time defending NL champs. vies and Chase Anderson — and WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) Despite winning 106 games, Los both may be left off the playoff Tuesday, Oct. 22: at better record Angeles lacks a reliable, shut- roster. Nearly everybody is going Wednesday, Oct. 23: at better record down reliever, and converted to be asked to cover multiple in- Friday, Oct. 25: at worse record JOHN MINCHILLO/AP Saturday, Oct. 26: at worse record starters like Kenta Maeda or nings. Veteran left-hander Gio x-Sunday, Oct. 27: at worse record x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: at better record Brewers closer Josh Hader was the most-feared pitcher in last year’s Julio Urias could be asked for key Gonzalez in particular has taken x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at better re- postseason but allowed a career-high 15 home runs this season. outs in short bursts. well to recent long relief work. cord PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 2, 2019 NFL Browns coach wants more consistent calls in wake of OBJ choke

BY TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns coach Freddie Kitchens has Odell Beckham’s back. He’s more worried about the NFL pro- tecting the star’s neck. Kitchens said Monday that he wishes the league’s officials were more consistent calling penal- ties in the aftermath of Beckham being choked by Ravens corner- back Marlon Humphrey dur- ing Cleveland’s 40-25 victory on Sunday. Beckham got into a heated fight NICK WASS/AP with Humphrey, who pinned the three-time Pro Bowler to the Cleveland Browns wide receiver PETER JONELEIT/AP ground and appeared to have his Odell Beckham, left, got into a skirmish with Baltimore Ravens Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict has been suspended by the NFL for the rest of the season hands around his throat before for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle on Sunday. being pulled away. cornerback Marlon Humphrey, Both players were assessed right, who pinned the three- personal fouls, but neither was time Pro Bowler and had his ejected. Kitchens felt Humphrey hands around his neck before Burfict banned for rest of season should have been thrown out, but being pulled away Sunday. Both Shawn Hochuli said the actions players were assessed personal BY JOSH DUBOW pointed appeal officers that future violations would didn’t rise to the level of a “dis- fouls, but neither was ejected. Associated Press result in escalated accountability measures. How- qualifying foul.” ever, you have continued to flagrantly abuse rules fore others intervened. “Here’s my big deal with that: Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict was designated to protect yourself and your opponents Browns center JC Tretter ran I just want to have consistency suspended Monday for the rest of the season for a from unnecessary risk.” to help Beckham and was also pe- on how we’re going to deal with helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end “Your extensive history of rules violations is fac- nalized on the play. things, OK?” Kitchens said dur- Jack Doyle, the most severe punishment in NFL his- tored into this decision regarding accountability “I wouldn’t change anything ing a conference call. “I don’t tory for an on-field infraction. measures.” like seeing our player on the field I did,” Tretter said. “Seeing a Burfict will miss the final 12 games of the sea- teammate pinned down like that, The suspension is without pay, costing Burfict and someone’s hands around his son and any playoff games for “repeated violations more than $1.1 million in salary and per game ac- I’m not just going to stand there of unnecessary roughness rules.” He has been sus- throat. I don’t like that. I don’t tive roster bonuses. and let that go on.” pended three times in his career for hits violating think that needs to be in our game Burfict was flagged for unnecessary roughness Kitchens said Hochuli ex- the league’s player safety rules. and I would be the first to say that and ejected from the Raiders’ game against the plained the decision not to eject Burfict has the right under the collective bargain- if it was our guy doing it. Colts on Sunday after a blow to Doyle’s head early in Humphrey and he credited the ing agreement to appeal the punishment in the next “And I want everybody held to the second quarter. officials with not letting things three days. He had one of his previous suspensions the same standard. That’s all I “I just got tackled,” Doyle said after the game. want.” escalate. reduced from five games to three games on an ap- “I’m sure it looked worse than it was. I didn’t really Following the game, Kitchens Ravens coach John Harbaugh peal in 2017. feel anything from it. My helmet protected me.” indicated he was going to call wasn’t nearly as opinionated on It’s that history that led to the most severe punish- The Colts have now had two players enter the con- head of officiating Al Riveron be- the matter as Kitchens. ment the NFL has handed out when it comes to play- fore the Browns flew home from “I don’t know about an ejec- er safety, topping the five games Tennessee’s Albert cussion protocol following games this season — All- Baltimore. He changed his mind. tion,” Harbaugh said. “I just try Haynesworth got in 2006 for kicking and stomping Pro linebacker Darius Leonard two weeks ago and “It’s against the rules to call be- to focus on what I’m going to say on Cowboys center Andre Gurode’s face, leading to starting safety Clayton Geathers following Sunday’s fore 9 a.m. I want to make it very to our player, because you can’t 30 stitches. game. Doyle, Colts coach Frank Reich said Monday, clear that I did not call last night,” control the way the officials see it. Burfict had served two three-game suspensions showed no symptoms of a head injury. Kitchens said. “But we’re still in I’m not exactly sure why (Hum- already in his career and had been warned about Reich backed the league’s decision. the process of talking through phrey) got the foul, but I’m sure severe punishment for future infractions. “I was just thankful the league took the action some things with that.” they’ll tell us what they thought “There were no mitigating circumstances on this that it did, and (I) support the league and the deci- He didn’t say if he had spoken they saw. Based on the close up play,” NFL Vice President of football operations sion,” he said on a conference call Monday. “I did with Riveron. that we have of the footage that Jon Runyan said in a letter to Burfict announcing have a reaction yesterday. When someone does Beckham, who has a history we had, (Humphrey) pinned him the suspension. “Your contact was unnecessary, fla- something like that and attacks one of your players of scrapping with defenders, was on the ground after about three or grant and should have been avoided. For your ac- — that’s just not supposed to be in the game. Then blocking Humphrey when things four things happened. And I don’t tions, you were penalized and disqualified from the when it’s against one of your players, you naturally got out of control. Humphrey want to alleviate him from any game. have a reaction. I’m just glad they did what they did overpowered Beckham and had responsibility, because we can’t “Following each of your previous rule violations, at the game and the follow-up action seems very him in a vulnerable position be- get flags in that situation.” you were warned by me and each of the jointly-ap- appropriate.” Broncos LB Chubb out for season with torn ACL

BY ARNIE STAPLETON fumble on the last series. The ball body this morning when he woke Chubb who’s been rushing the Associated Press bounced right back to quarter- up feeling the way he did.” passer more with Miller having back Gardner Minshew, who then In the postgame locker room, more coverage and contain-the- ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The drove the Jags for the game-win- Chubb blamed cramps for his edge responsibilities in Fangio’s winless Denver Broncos suffered ning field goal as time expired being on and off the field in the defense. Chubb had one of Den- the worst loss of their anguished two weeks after the Bears had a fourth quarter, although he was ver’s five sacks Sunday after the season Monday when rising star walk-off field goal in Denver. seen limping around the sideline Broncos became the first NFL Bradley Chubb was diagnosed “He felt good enough to come and going into the medical tent. team to go the first three games with a torn left ACL will require back in and actually he played “Just cramps,” Chubb said. surgery and end his season. that last series pretty damn “Feeling good now but need to without a sack or a takeaway. The fifth overall pick in the well, had some really good pass shake that off, hydrate more and “It’s a huge loss,” Fangio said. /AP DAVID ZALUBOWSKI 2018 draft, Chubb was injured in rushes, caused that fumble that can’t let my team down not being “He’s one of our better players, The loss of Bradley Chubb is the Broncos’ 26-24 loss to Jack- we weren’t able to get,” Broncos on the field.” obviously. He’s a tempo setter, another blow for a team still sonville on Sunday although he coach Vic Fangio said. “So, he Although Miller reached 100 great player, great person, great looking for its first win. finished the game and forced a was as surprised, I think, as any- career sacks Sunday, it’s been leader, all that. So, it is a loss.” Wednesday, October 2, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 NFL Scoreboard

American Conference East W L T Pct PF PA New England 4 0 0 1.000 122 27 Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 76 63 N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 33 70 Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163 South Houston 2 2 0 .500 78 78 Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 94 102 Jacksonville 2 2 0 .500 84 84 Tennessee 2 2 0 .500 91 62 North Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 89 91 Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 135 100 Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 76 88 Cincinnati 0 4 0 .000 57 110 West Kansas City 4 0 0 1.000 135 94 Oakland 2 2 0 .500 79 102 L.A. Chargers 2 2 0 .500 90 74 Denver 0 4 0 .000 70 93 National Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 3 1 0 .750 107 56 Philadelphia 2 2 0 .500 110 105 N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 87 97 Washington 0 4 0 .000 66 118 South New Orleans 3 1 0 .750 84 92 Tampa Bay 2 2 0 .500 123 117 Carolina 2 2 0 .500 95 80 Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 70 99 North Green Bay 3 1 0 .750 85 69 Chicago 3 1 0 .750 66 45 Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95 Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 84 63 West San Francisco 3 0 0 1.000 96 54 Seattle 3 1 0 .750 103 89 L.A. Rams 3 1 0 .750 117 104 Arizona 0 3 1 .125 74 115 Thursday’s game Philadelphia 34, Green Bay 27 Sunday’s games L.A. Chargers 30, Miami 10 N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 3 Tennessee 24, Atlanta 10 Carolina 16, Houston 10 Cleveland 40, Baltimore 25 Oakland 31, Indianapolis 24 New England 16, Buffalo 10 Kansas City 34, Detroit 30 Seattle 27, Arizona 10 Chicago 16, Minnesota 6 Jacksonville 26, Denver 24 Tampa Bay 55, L.A. Rams 40 New Orleans 12, Dallas 10 Open: San Francisco, N.Y. Jets DON WRIGHT/AP Monday’s game Pittsburgh 27, Cincinnati 3 Thursday, Oct. 3 Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jaylen Samuels celebrates his 2-yard touchdown run during the second half against the Cincinnati Bengals L.A. Rams at Seattle on Monday night in Pittsburgh. The Steelers decided to try some direct snaps to Samuels in an effort to spark their struggling offense. Sunday, Oct. 6 Atlanta at Houston Minnesota at N.Y. Giants Baltimore at Pittsburgh Jacksonville at Carolina Buffalo at Tennessee Chicago vs Oakland in London Tampa Bay at New Orleans New England at Washington Steelers find spark, rout Bengals Arizona at Cincinnati N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia Denver at L.A. Chargers Green Bay at Dallas BY WILL GRAVES Samuels ran for 26 yards on 10 carries, Indianapolis at Kansas City Associated Press caught eight passes for 57 more and was cred- Open: Detroit, Miami Monday, Oct. 7 ited with three completions for 31 yards. Con- Cleveland at San Francisco PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers ner had 14 touches for 125 yards, including a insisted they might have been winless through 21-yard sprint through the Cincinnati defense Monday three weeks, but they were far from hopeless. in the second quarter that gave the Steelers Steelers 27, Bengals 3 They stressed the process of finding an iden- a lead they never came close to squandering Cincinnati 3 0 0 0— 3 tity with franchise quarterback Ben Roethlis- Pittsburgh 0 10 14 3—27 while beating the Bengals for the ninth con- First Quarter berger out for the season with an elbow injury secutive time. Cin—FG Bullock 28, 8:22. would take time and a collective effort. Second Quarter Pit—Conner 21 pass from Rudolph An effort that looked an awful lot like what Woe and 4 (Boswell kick), 10:32. they put together during a 27-3 pounding of Pit—FG Boswell 29, :58. the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor became the Third Quarter second first-year coach to drop his first four Pit—Samuels 2 run (Boswell kick), Mason Rudolph threw for 229 yards and two games with the Bengals. Sam Wyche started 10:36. scores. Running back, part-time wide receiv- TOM PUSKAR/AP Pit—D.Johnson 43 pass from Rudolph 0-5 in 1984 but helped his team rebound to an (Boswell kick), 9:24. er and occasional wildcat quarterback Jaylen Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton, Fourth Quarter Samuels accounted for 134 yards of total of- 8-8 finish. Taylor’s task of getting Cincinnati Pit—FG Boswell 49, 5:51. top, is sacked by Pittsburgh’s Devin Bush, back to respectability will be far harder if he A—57,959. fense and a 2-yard touchdown run. James left, and T.J. Watt. The Steelers sacked Cin Pit Conner emerged from an early funk to run for can’t figure out a way to protect Dalton. First downs 16 20 Dalton eight times in their 27-3 victory. “To be quite honest, it starts with me,” Tay- Total Net Yards 175 326 42 yards and catch eight passes for 83 yards Rushes-yards 19-73 25-66 and a score. The defense sacked Andy Dalton lor said. “I’ve got to make sure the standard Passing 102 260 frequently during his college career at N.C. is higher than what it is right now, because I Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 eight times and held the Bengals scoreless State, and the Bengals (0-4) certainly looked Kickoff Returns 2-44 0-0 over the final 51 minutes. haven’t done a good enough job.” Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 caught off guard when Samuels lined up in the Comp-Att-Int 21-37-1 27-31-0 It wasn’t perfect, but it was a start. One that shotgun and started distributing the ball like Sacked-Yards Lost 8-69 0-0 helped the Steelers (1-3) avoid their second Rudolph rolls Punts 5-41.0 2-49.5 a point guard. Sometimes he’d hand it off to 0-4 start in 51 years and reaffirmed their be- Rudolph was uneven at best in his first ca- Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Conner. Others he’d “throw” a “pop” pass to a Penalties-Yards 8-60 4-37 lief that they can find a way forward without reer start last week in San Francisco after Time of Possession 30:14 29:46 teammate running in motion in front of him. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Roethlisberger. being thrust into the gig for the rest of the sea- RUSHING—Cincinnati, Mixon 15-62, “It’s huge,” Samuels said. “Coming in 0-3 Still others he opted to keep it himself, includ- son while Roethlisberger rehabs from elbow Dalton 3-8, Bernard 1-3. Pittsburgh, Con- ing on his third-quarter touchdown in which ner 10-42, Samuels 10-26, Snell 2-1, Ru- and coming back, getting a divisional game, surgery. Rudolph was considerably sharper dolph 3-(minus 3). that’s huge. We’ve just got to build off this he strolled into the end zone after the Bengals against Cincinnati, although he wasn’t asked PASSING—Cincinnati, Dalton 21-37- bit on a fake handoff. 1-171. Pittsburgh, Rudolph 24-28-0-229, game.” to do much other than find the closest open Samuels 3-3-0-31. With Pittsburgh’s running game going no- “We knew if we could get a lot of guys going man — usually Conner or Samuels — and RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Tate 4-50, Ber- sideways, it was going to mess them up a little nard 4-16, Mixon 4-1, Ross 3-36, Boyd 3- where through three weeks, running backs keep the sticks moving. He completed 24 of 33, Eifert 2-27, Willis 1-8. Pittsburgh, Con- coach Eddie Faulkner suggested to offensive bit so that’s what we did,” Samuels said. “It 28 passes, the only deep shot a 43-yard strike ner 8-83, Samuels 8-57, D.Johnson 6-77, Smith-Schuster 3-15, Vannett 2-28. coordinator Randy Fichtner that it might be was working. . . . We were picking up five, six to Diontae Johnson in the third quarter that MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. time to dust off the wildcat. Samuels ran it yards every play. They couldn’t stop it.” broke it open. S TARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, October 2, 2019 F3HIJKLM Finding their footing Steelers shake up offense, SPORTS stomp Bengals » NFL, Page 31

St. Louis Blues right wing Vladimir Tarasenko hoists the Stanley Cup after his team beat the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the championship series on June 12 in Boston.

MICHAEL DWYER/AP Aided by adversity Blues’ run from last place to Stanley Cup shows value of NHL regular season

BY STEPHEN WHYNO less, although players suggest it actually shows the Associated Press Inside: importance of ups, downs and adversity during the Maple Leafs 82-game grind as a way to prepare to win playoff hen the Tampa Bay Lightning woke up games. on Jan. 3 atop the NHL standings, the among Canadian “You’ve got to understand in the bigger picture St. Louis Blues were dead last. teams looking to take if you’re going to have a four, five, six-game losing W Tampa had won 31 of its first 39 streak at some point, it’s no reason to hit the panic games, while St. Louis had won only 15 of its first 37. next step, Page 27 button,” said Jonathan Toews, who won the Cup as The Lightning staked themselves to 30-point lead on the Chicago Blackhawks’ captain in 2010, 2013 and the Blues before the season’s halfway mark. Blues’ O’Reilly one of the players 2015. “You almost have to go through that so when The rest is league history: The Lightning got playoffs do come around, you’re ready to turn that swept out of the playoffs in the first round, and the to watch this season, Page 26 switch and you’ve got that energy and you’ve got that Blues went from the basement to lifting the Stanley confidence that if you work, you’re going to get the Cup in triumph. That the Blues struggled for so long Sabres coach Krueger fi ne with results for it.” and didn’t hit their stride until January could make much of the six-month regular season seem point- fl ying under the radar, Page 25 SEE ADVERSITY ON PAGE 27

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