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CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Trump issues travel restrictions

President imposes monthlong cutback on arrivals from 26 European countries

BY JILL COLVIN, ZEKE MILLER, LISA MASCARO AND ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON — Taking dra- matic action, President Donald Trump sharply restricted pas- senger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. and moved to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling global financial markets and disrupting the daily lives of Americans. Trump, in a rare Oval Office address to the nation Wednesday night, said the monthlong restric- tion on travel would begin late Friday, at midnight. After days of playing down the coronavirus threat, he blamed Europe for not acting quickly enough to address the “foreign virus” and claimed that U.S. clusters were “seeded” by European travelers. “We made a lifesaving move with early action on China,” Trump said. “Now we must take ANDREW MEDICHINI/AP the same action with Europe.” A woman checks the departures board at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport on Thursday. SEE TRAVEL ON PAGE 8 RELATED Americans snap to attention Army exercise in Europe Fear, anxiety still loom although Research groups racing STORIES as more measures are taken is curtailed amid angst most patients have recovered to create virus vaccine Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 2 Americans, 1 Briton killed in rocket attack on Camp Taji in Iraq

BY CHAD GARLAND U.S. Central Command’s top officer said. in a statement, which said about a dozen act,” said British Defense Secretary Ben Stars and Stripes “They will be remembered,” Marine others were wounded. Wallace in a statement Thursday. “The Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., head The U.K. Ministry of Defense confirmed people that did this are not friends of Three coalition troops — two Americans of CENTCOM, told the Senate Armed Ser- a service member from the Royal Army Iraq.” and a Briton — were killed Wednesday vices Committee on Thursday. Medical Corps was killed. The family had Coalition and Iraqi security forces were when nearly 20 107mm Katyusha rockets The names of the dead were being with- been notified but requested privacy. investigating the incident, Inherent Resolve struck Camp Taji north of Baghdad, where held pending next of kin notification, the “Last night’s attack on UK and coalition U.S. and other coalition troops are based, U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve said personnel was a cowardly and retrograde SEE ATTACK ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Boeing shares suffer worst one-day drop in years Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9386 Euro costs (March 13) ...... $1.1546 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.63 Dollar buys (March 13) ...... €0.8661 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.2743 British pound (March 13) ...... $1.31 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those ders last month for new large year. Japanese yen (March 13) ...... 102.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (March 13) ...... 1,170.00 planes, but 46 orders were can- The latest drop occurred after Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance Boeing’s stock tumbled 18% on for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3766 celed, most of them for the Bloomberg News reported that Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Wednesday, its biggest one-day British pound ...... $1.2624 grounded 737 Max, leaving the Boeing will soon draw down the nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3774 percentage drop since 1974, and purchasing British pounds in Germany), company with a net loss of 28 or- last of a $13.8 billion bank loan it China (Yuan) ...... 7.0274 check with your local military banking company leaders painted a sober- Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.6501 ders in February. arranged a little over a month ago. facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7017 ing picture for the business in rates provided for reference when buying The company is also restricting The company has been burning Euro ...... $1.1237/0.8899 2020. employees’ travel and discretion- through cash since halting deliv- Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7814 currency. All figures are foreign currencies The Chicago-based company Hungary (Forint) ...... 301.43 to one dollar, except for the British pound, ary spending and limiting over- eries of the 737 Max last spring . Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.6522 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, said it has imposed a hiring freeze time to work on getting the Max “The year ahead is shaping up Japan (Yen) ...... 104.72 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) in response to the virus outbreak back in flight. to be as challenging for our busi- Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3074 INTEREST RATES that is undercutting air travel and Norway (Krone) ...... 10.0478 Shares of Boeing Co. fell below ness as any in the recent past,” Philippines (Peso)...... 51.20 Prime rate ...... 4.25 threatening to kill airlines’ appe- $200 for the first time since mid- CEO David Calhoun and Chief Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.89 Discount rate ...... 1.75 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7542 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.09 tite for new planes. 2017, closing at $189.08. They Financial Officer Greg Smith Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4052 3-month bill ...... 0.41 Boeing said it received 18 or- have plunged 58% in just over a said in a note to employees. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,209.56 30-year bond ...... 1.32 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 18 Comics ...... 21 Crossword ...... 21 Faces ...... 17 Opinion ...... 22-23 Sports ...... 25-32 Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 PACIFIC New base for Marines taking shape on Guam

BY SETH ROBSON look like giant golf balls. Stars and Stripes During a recent tour of Camp Blaz, Navy Cmdr. Brian Foster, ANDERSEN AIR FORCE who is helping oversee the con- BASE, Guam — A new home for struction for the Naval Facilities thousands of Marines is taking Engineering Command, pointed shape on land near Andersen Air out some of the planned facilities Force Base that, until recently, using a tabletop map. was covered in a thick jungle full The Navy last month awarded of snakes and littered with World a contract to build two six-story War II-era bombs and bullets. barracks at the new base, he said, Dozens of workers swarmed adding: “It’s more than the con- PHOTOS BY SETH ROBSON/Stars and Stripes over a construction site at Fin- struction of Camp Blaz.” egayan, near the northern tip of The Marines will practice Above: Guam late last month. sharpshooting at several new Construction The facility they’re building, to ranges, including a “multipur- workers make be known as Marine Corps Base pose” machine-gun range being progress last Camp Blaz, is named in honor built along Guam’s northwestern month on Camp of the late Marine Brig. Gen. coast. Troops will also train on Blaz, a new Vicente “Ben” Tomas Garrido the islands of Tinian and Farallon base expected Blaz, a Guam native. The base is de Medinilla, Foster said. to accommodate designed to accommodate 5,000 An abandoned housing area, 5,000 Marines Marines under a plan to reduce known as Andersen South, is near the America’s military footprint on being turned into an urban train- northern tip the Japanese island of Okinawa ing compound. of Guam. Left: over the next decade. “There are hundreds of vacant The north ramp In 18 months, the workers have houses there. It’s already being at Andersen cleared snake-filled jungle that used by the Marines for urban Air Force covered a small arsenal of un- training,” he said. Base, Guam, exploded munitions, including The Navy plans to add taller is being turned bombs as large as 500 pounds, buildings to allow Marines to into a facility grenades, rockets and bullets. train the way they’d fight in a equivalent to a Heavy equipment is still mov- major city, as well as a mock Marine Corps ing earth across 400 acres that embassy, breach training facil- air station. will become work and living ity and a convoy training course, areas for single Marines. But it’s Foster said. ing and facilities for ground-sup- bridges and utilities such as water vation, Foster said. possible to get an idea of what the Marine families will live on An- port equipment and an armory, treatment, electricity and sewage Naval Facilities Engineering base will look like with a road dersen, where another 300 hous- he said. systems to cater to the Marines. Command Marianas commander leading to its main gate and the ing units will be built, he added. At Naval Base Guam, to the “It’s a huge benefit to every- Capt. Daniel Turner spoke about shells of a few concrete buildings The base will also host the Ma- south, workers will build new em- body who lives on the island,” he the construction projects in a rising from the dirt. rines’ aviation element. Anders- barkation and debarkation facili- said. March 20 speech to the Society of The heart of Camp Blaz, where en’s North Ramp is being turned ties for the Marines, including a Former Guam Sen. Robert American Military Engineers in barracks will be built for unac- into a facility equivalent to a headquarters, medical and den- Klitzkie, who hosts a radio talk Guam. companied Marines, is next door Marine Corps air station, Foster tal facilities, equipment storage show called Tall Tales on local “We are doing construction at to Naval Computer and Telecom- said. areas and a kennel for military station 93.3 FM, said he supports every one of these locations,” he munications Station Guam, just One hangar has already been working dogs involved in customs the military buildup. said. west of Andersen. The top secret built and another is under con- inspections, Foster said. “We have probably had that The work will pick up in 2023 listening post includes an impres- struction. Workers have also Only 1,300 Marines will be many service members here in and be heavy through the rest of sive array of white domes that completed a headquarters build- permanently stationed on Guam the 1980s and during the Vietnam the decade, he said. with another 3,700 coming to War,” he said. “It will be a real An issue is getting visas for the island as a rotational force in boost for our economy and put enough foreign construction the same way that a Marine Air more money in people’s pockets.” workers to complete the work. Ground Task Force deploys to Improved infrastructure, such There are only about 3,500 local Australia’s Northern Territory to as widening an important road construction workers on Guam train each summer, he said. — Route 3A — from two lanes to and the projects will require a The Japanese government is four, is another benefit, Klitzkie force of 11,500 by 2023. So far funding $3 billion worth of proj- said. only 1,500 foreign workers have ects for the Marines’ relocation Not everyone agrees. Last year, visas, Turner said. with the U.S. government spend- more than 100 residents held He showed the engineers a list ing another $5.7 billion, Foster a roadside protest south of the of dozens of projects yet to be said. planned base to voice concerns awarded, ranging from munitions “What we will see in the months about the construction’s impact storage facilities to barracks, and years ahead is a steady in- on the environment and cultural parking lots, refueling facilities, crease in the number of these sites, the Pacific Daily News re- ranges and wells. construction projects,” he said. ported July 11. The expansion means there “There will be about 50 in total, The Navy is trying to limit the are plenty of government jobs including projects that encom- impact of the projects on the is- available on Guam, Turner said, pass multiple facilities.” land’s ecology. Workers are plant- noting that the engineering com- The arrival of the Marines will ing new forest on government mand has more than 100 vacan- have a deep impact on the 32- land to replace trees cut down to cies in the islands and expects mile-long island and its 170,000 make way for the new base and to advertise more than 100 more inhabitants, Foster added. archaeologists are collecting any jobs as the construction work Navy Cmdr. Brian Foster, who is helping oversee construction for the “We are trying to limit impact evidence of prehistoric habitation ramps up. Naval Facilities Engineering Command on Guam, points out some of on infrastructure,” he said. such as pottery shards discovered [email protected] the planned facilities on a tabletop map last month. That means improving roads, on construction sites for preser- Twitter: @SethRobson1 PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 MILITARY Military family sues over moldy housing conditions at base BY ROSE L. THAYER wheezing, coughing and sneez- Stars and Stripes ing, according to the lawsuit. In January 2019, one son spent a Another military family in the month in the hospital for a swol- San Diego area has filed a lawsuit len lymph node. against Lincoln Military Hous- Lincoln Military Housing said ing, complaining of mold-infested in a statement that the company J.P. LAWRENCE/Stars and Stripes housing that was not properly strictly follows state and federal addressed and caused ongoing industry standards. Zabihullah Bayan, a former Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military, prepares to leave Kabul, Afghanistan, illnesses. “While we are looking into the with his family on a special immigrant visa in October. There are now at least nine on- facts in this case, we strongly going cases against the military deny these allegations and look housing management company forward to defending ourselves in in San Diego Superior Court, a court of law,” according to the Fixes to interpreters’ visa according to the court’s online statement. database. The statement also added that The latest lawsuit, filed Feb. 18 Lincoln has worked with its resi- by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class dents over the past year to de- program deemed ‘offensive’ Ryan Prunty, his wife, Cynthia, velop and implement policies to and their three sons, seeks dam- improve customer service and BY J.P. LAWRENCE government is not taking serious- who worked directly for the U.S. ages for nine allegations including satisfaction. Stars and Stripes ly a court order,” it said. government, over contractors gross negligence, rent abatement Of the other ongoing lawsuits Almost no applicants get their who worked on bases and others and negligent infliction of emo- filed against Lincoln in San Diego, A Trump administration pro- results within the congressionally whose work supported the U.S. tional distress. only one has reached a jury. In posal to fix a visa program that mandated nine-month response mission throughout the country. The family arrived at Camp September, the jury awarded $2 allows war zone interpreters to time, said government data cited Its proposal to eliminate the Pendleton after leasing two other million in damages to a Marine resettle in the U.S. has been re- in court documents. delays requires the more than homes at California bases from Corps family. Two months later, jected as “downright offensive” Last month, U.S. District Judge 8,000 incomplete applications in Lincoln with no issues. Their however, a judge ruled that the by a refugee advocacy group. Tanya S. Chutkan in Washington, the system to submit required troubles began at Camp Pend- award was excessive and ordered The government plan was sub- D.C., gave the government 30 days documents within a strict 30-day leton on the day they arrived in a new trial to determine the ap- mitted last week in federal court to submit a plan to fix the issue deadline, or their cases will be March 2017, according to the propriate amount the family of in response to a judge’s order to and process cases for over 7,700 closed. Requests for independent lawsuit. When they moved into four should receive. A hearing clear the backlog of interpret- applicants waiting longer than verification of documents must the residence, the family “dis- is scheduled in that case for this ers waiting for visas, which goes nine months. She ruled last fall be answered within 30 days, the covered a number of sanitation month. back years in some cases. It pro- that such delays were unlawful. proposal says. issues and health hazards on the poses new deadlines for Special “While the SIV process is [email protected] The State Department would leased property, including dirt Twitter: @Rose_Lori Immigrant Visa processing and complex and resource-intensive, also stop considering those who and animal hair imbedded in the recommends closing out long- [government officials] have a have had applications and appeals floor, dog feces inside the house, stalled applications. non-discretionary duty to fully denied in the past to cut down on a maggot infestation underneath But the International Refugee adjudicate applications without repeat submissions without “sub- the house and mold visible in the Assistance Program, which filed unreasonable delay,” Chutkan stantive change in the facts.” closets and within the window- a lawsuit in 2018 over the long said in her February order. Applicant interviews would be waits faced by many SIV appli- In its response last week, the sills,” according to the suit. held at any embassy or consulate cants, said that the plan places government said that it believes The issues were reported to in the world where host govern- the burden on applicants to speed Congress’s nine-month deadline Lincoln and the company clas- up the process. is merely a “reference point,” ments admit Iraqis or Afghans, sified the mold as cosmetic and “The government’s plan is adding that resources and staff- but failing to show up for an inter- directed the family to use bleach downright offensive,” IRAP said ing for the program were already view and not scheduling a new one and clean it themselves, accord- Friday in a statement on Twit- stretched thin. within a year, or failing to provide ing to the lawsuit. The Prunty ter. “It has no timelines and no If required to decide on cases missing documentation within family ultimately paid a cleaning commitments. Only proposals to within that period, the govern- a year, would result in the case company “to sweep the home and make the process harder for ap- ment said that it may “be forced being considered abandoned. make it habitable.” plicants that won’t actually help to shut the door on potential SIV “We’re very disappointed,” Ryan Prunty, a hospital corps- with the delays.” applicants.” said Deepa Alagesan, an attorney man at the base, also reported Officials with the organization, The State Department has for IRAP. The organization is still water damage and leakage. which initially brought the suit implemented a plan to give pri- mulling its response to the gov- Throughout the two years that on behalf of five applicants from ority to Afghan interpreters and ernment proposal. the Prunty family lived in the Iraq and Afghanistan, were “dis- translators — particularly those [email protected] house, the couple’s children be- mayed and frankly angry that the with combat experience — or Twitter: @jplawrence3 came sick. All three boys began Marine who died during training exercise identified

BY JOSHUA KARSTEN fied, but Camp Pendleton said in friends and comrades during this National Defense Service Medal Stars and Stripes a statement that a lance corporal trying time.” and a Global War on Terror Ser- sustained serious injuries and a The accident, which occurred vice Medal, according to the MANAMA, Bahrain — The corporal suffered non-life-threat- Tuesday, involved a single me- statement. Marine who died in a training ac- ening injuries. Both Marines are dium tactical vehicle replace- Thousands of U.S. and UAE cident during an exercise in the being treated at medical facilities ment on a road in the UAE. It is forces are taking part in Native United Arab Emirates has been in Abu Dhabi. currently under investigation, the Fury, a joint biennial training identified as Cpl. Eloiza Zavala of “This is a tragic accident, and statement said. exercise, which started Sunday. California. we are praying for the loved ones Zavala enlisted in the Marine The live-fire exercise is designed Zavala, 20, a native of Sac- of our lost and injured Marines,” Corps in April 2018 and gradu- ramento, was a motor vehicle Brig. Gen. Roberta L. Shea of the ated from Motor Transportation to demonstrate the ability to re- operator with Combat Logistic 1st Marine Logistics Group said School at Fort Leonard Wood, spond to contingencies, natural Battalion 13 out of Camp Pendle- in a statement. “Our priority is Mo. She was previously attached disasters and other crises in the ton, Calif. assisting in medical recovery to Combat Logistic Battalion 1 region. Two Marines who were injured efforts and to provide comfort at Camp Pendleton in Decem- [email protected] in the accident were not identi- and assistance to their families, ber 2018. Her awards include a Twitter: @joshua_karsten Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 WAR ON TERRORISM Iran-controlled militia suspected in attack

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — A top U.S. Attack: Polish soldier injured in incident general on Thursday fingered an Iranian-linked Shia militia group as likely responsible for the rocket FROM FRONT PAGE from the base, Iraq’s security played out on Iraqi soil, includ- attack on an Iraqi base that killed said. While CENTCOM officials information cell said on social ing a drone strike that killed top two American troops and a Brit- were still working to determine media, posting photos of the Iranian Quds Force command- ish service member, potentially responsibility, McKenzie told 36-tube launcher installed in er Gen. Qassem Soleimani, reigniting tensions between the lawmakers only the Iranian the Kia flatbed. Three rockets Iraqi lawmakers with ties to JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes United States and Iran. proxy group Kataeb Hezbollah were still in the launcher, said Iran pushed the government Marine Gen. Kenneth McKen- Gen. Kenneth McKenzie , had previously conducted an in- the government account, which in Baghdad to have U.S. forces zie, the commander of the U.S. commander of the United States direct fire attack “of this scale” stated only 10 had been fired. expelled from the country. The Central Command, said the in- Central Command, testifies against coalition forces in Iraq. The attack is the latest in a U.S. briefly halted its support long series of similar strikes on vestigation into the deadly attack at a hearing on Capitol Hill on In the wake of the attack, to Iraqi counter-Islamic State bases housing U.S. and other Wednesday on Camp Taji north of Thursday. Syrian opposition activists and operations to focus on security, foreign troops in the country, Baghdad was ongoing, but Kataeb a war monitor reported three but has since resumed its assis- and appeared to use a similar Hezbollah is probably the culprit. bases hosting American troops unidentified aircraft struck tance and advising mission. vehicle to the ones used in two Kataeb Hezbollah is an Iran-con- and the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iranian militia positions along Wednesday’s attack coincid- separate attacks in November trolled militia known to target which houses the U.S. Embassy in Iraq’s border with Syria. The ed with what would have been American troops and their allies Iraq. The group was also deemed and December. An American Soleimani’s birthday. air raid killed at least 18 mem- contractor was killed in a rocket in Iraq, especially using small responsible for a similar attack bers of Iraq’s Popular Mobi- Coalition forces are in the Iranian-supplied rockets. on a U.S.-Iraqi base in Kirkuk attack at the K1 base in Kirkuk country at the Iraqi govern- lization Forces, an umbrella days after Christmas. Retalia- “I will note that the Iranian in northern Iraq in December organization that includes Shiite ment’s request to train local tory American airstrikes just forces and fight ISIS, “not proxy group Kataeb Hezbollah that killed an American defense paramilitary groups, the Lon- before the new year kicked off any other party,” the govern- is the only group known to have contractor and ignited tensions don-based Syrian Observatory that brought the United States a series of escalations that saw ment statement said Thursday previously conducted an indirect for Human Rights reported. and Iran to the brink of war in additional Marines and soldiers morning. fire attack of this scale against U.S. officials told The Asso- January. rushed to defend the U.S. Em- The three coalition deaths U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq,” ciated Press that airstrike was The attack Wednesday saw bassy in Baghdad and bolster came days after two elite U.S. McKenzie said while testifying not related to the Taji attack. nearly 20 107mm Katyusha rock- regional security. Marine Raiders were killed before the Senate Armed Servic- The camp, located about 17 ets strike Camp Taji where Amer- The tensions subsided some- during a joint U.S.-Iraqi com- es Committee. miles north of Baghdad, is home He also warned attacks result- ican and other troops with the what after Iranian ballistic mando raid on a well-defend- to American and other coalition ing in the deaths of American anti-Islamic State coalition train missile strikes earlier this year ed ISIS mountain stronghold troops training Iraqi forces. and coalition troops, such as the Iraqi forces, according to the co- left more than 100 American near Iraq’s northern town of A Polish soldier was wounded Wednesday attack, would cross a alition. McKenzie confirmed two troops at the Ain al-Asad base Makhmour, making this one of in the attack, Poland’s armed “red line,” foreshadowing some U.S. service members were killed in western Iraq with traumatic the deadliest weeks for the anti- forces said on Twitter. No Aus- forthcoming American military in the attack and several more brain injuries. More than 175 ISIS alliance since its opera- response to the incident. were wounded. The United King- tralian or New Zealand troops civilian passengers and crew tions began in 2014. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, dom on Wednesday said one of were harmed, the militaries of were killed when Iranian forc- those countries said. es downed an airliner during Stars and Stripes reporter Corey later Thursday, vowed such re- its troops, from the Royal Army Dickstein contributed to this report. taliation, telling reporters at the Medical Corps, was also killed. The attack was launched those attacks. [email protected] Pentagon that he had spoken with Names of the fallen troops had from a truck found a few miles As the U.S.-Iran tensions Twitter: @chadgarland President Donald Trump about not been released as of Thursday the attacks and “all options are morning, pending the family noti- on the table.” fication process. “You don’t get to shoot at our Army Gen. Mark Milley, the bases and kill and wound Ameri- chairman of the Joint Chiefs cans and get away with it,” Esper of Staff, said 14 other coalition said, stopping short of naming troops were injured in the attack, Kataeb Hezbollah as responsible. including five who required ur- However, the defense secretary gent care. He said the wounded said retaliation would be focused included American, British and on “the [Iran-linked] group or Polish service members and groups we believed perpetrated contractors. Milley said the at- this in Iraq.” tack also damaged buildings and The Kataeb Hezbollah group structures on the base. has been blamed for a series of [email protected] recent rocket attacks on Iraqi Twitter: @CDicksteinDC

Congress acts to limit Trump on military action in Iran

Associated Press Iran. Kaine and other support- ers say the measure is not about WASHINGTON — Defying Trump or even the presidency, a veto threat, Congress has ap- proved a bipartisan measure to but instead is an important reas- limit President Donald Trump’s sertion of congressional power to authority to launch military op- declare war. erations against Iran. Six Republicans joined 220 The House gave final legis- Democrats and independent Rep. lative approval to the measure Justin Amash of Michigan to sup- Wednesday, 227-186, sending it to port the measure. Six Democrats Trump. The president has prom- and 180 Republicans opposed it. ised to veto the war powers reso- In the Senate last month, eight Re- lution, warning that if his “hands publicans backed the resolution. were tied, Iran would have a field The resolution “sends a clear day.” message that the American people The resolution, sponsored by don’t want war with Iran and that Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., declares Congress has not authorized war that Trump must win approval with Iran,” said Rep. Eliot Engel, from Congress before engaging D-N.Y., chairman of the House in further military action against Foreign Affairs Committee. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 EUROPE

Staff Sgt. Robert Welborn watches a team of firefighters prepare to put out a fire. Fire drill NATO firefighters hold training with US at Ramstein

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN Stars and Stripes

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Ger- PHOTOS BY MICHAEL ABRAMS/Stars and Stripes many — Armed with hoses and oxygen masks, firefighters from four NATO countries took turns Wednesday putting out a pro- pane-fueled fire on a burning jet simulator as U.S. instructors looked on. The tricky part of the live fire drill was getting the pilot out — a ragdoll-like manikin seated in- side the cockpit of the F-15 fire trainer. One of the lessons the teams from Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria learned at the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Fire Academy is to carry the pilot down the ladder feet first to pro- tect the head. Led by instructors from the 435th Construction and Train- ing Squadron, the academy holds courses several times a year Clockwise from top: for NATO firefighters, offering A team of Lithuanian unique live fire training. firefighters put out Other drills during the week the flames coming included a structure burn and from a mock fighter room-to-room search and rescue. jet engine on “Our Army doesn’t have this Wednesday at the similar facility for training,” said USAFE Fire Academy Capt. Jan Mericka of the Czech on Ramstein Air Army’s Logistics Agency. Base, Germany. Two The F-15 fire trainer was used members of the for the first time Wednesday, said Latvian firefighting Tech. Sgt. Frank Butler, a 435th team carry the pilot, CTS instructor. It took about 18 a dummy, away from months to align U.S. and Euro- the mockup of a jet pean safety requirements before fighter. A firefighting it could be used. team pulls out the Feeding a line of propane to the dummy from a trainer, the instructors controlled fighter jet mockup the height and length of the fire, after putting out a simulating first an engine intake fire on the jet. Czech fire, then a brake fire, Butler firefighters get said. ready for training. The presence of U.S. aircraft Firefighters from throughout Europe underscores four NATO nations the importance of the drills, But- practiced putting out ler said. fires during training “They’ll be able to provide that led by the 435th support in the event there was an Construction and aircraft emergency,” he said. Training Squadron at [email protected] the base. Twitter: @stripesktown Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 MILITARY DOD limits travel based on path of virus

BY JOSEPH DITZLER for “compelling cases,” includ- Stars and Stripes ing mission-essential travel, hu- manitarian reasons and extreme Travel ban extends to US personnel, The Defense Department im- hardships. posed travel restrictions effective Combatant commanders have Friday and in some cases banned authority to grant exceptions for families in a wide swath of Europe travel for 60 days to countries af- command members, as do sec- fected by COVID-19, according to retaries of military departments BY JENNIFER H. SVAN a memo from Defense Secretary and chief management officers Mark Esper. for their respective organizations, Stars and Stripes The order encompasses eight the memo states. KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — New Pen- countries in Asia, Europe and the An accompanying person- Middle East, including several tagon travel restrictions aimed at curbing the nel and readiness memo details spread of coronavirus in the United States could where the United States has a further instructions for all DOD substantial military presence. affect up to 70,000 military and civilian person- travel, emphasizing risk reduc- nel in Europe. The DOD essentially banned tion, screening prior to boarding travel to, through or from China, The 60-day travel restriction, which takes ef- military aircraft and managing Italy, Iran and South Korea, all fect Friday, applies to locations the Centers for patients who show COVID-19 countries under a Travel Health Disease Control and Prevention deems Level 3 symptoms. Notice Level 3 by the Centers for risks because of widespread sustained transmis- All DOD organizations should Disease Control and Prevention, sion of the virus. Germany and 28 other Euro- identify service members who according to Esper’s memo. A pean countries were added to the Level 3 list of “travel or have traveled in the CDC Level 3 advisory means a countries after Defense Secretary Mark Esper prior 14 days” to a Level 3 or widespread community transmis- ordered the travel ban. The restriction bars all sion of the disease is occurring. Level 2 country, whether by mili- forms of travel, including permanent changes of The “stop movement” order to tary or commercial carriers or by station, temporary duty, and government-funded those countries covers all uni- personal means. That instruction leave, the Pentagon said in a statement. U.S. Air Force applies to all travel, official or Esper’s order at first applied only to the coun- formed service members, DOD Airmen and their families board an airplane for civilians and family members. It personal. Those personnel should tries hit hardest by the virus — China, Italy, Iran be placed on 14-day restricted the U.S. Pentagon travel restrictions to curb encompasses “all forms of offi- and South Korea, which the CDC had already ad- the spread of coronavirus could affect up to cial travel,” including permanent movement. vised against traveling to. But the agency moved Military air crews are ex- 70,000 military and civilian personnel — and changes of station, temporary much of Europe to Level 3 after Esper’s order. their families — assigned to Europe. duty and government-funded empt from most travel guidance The list now includes countries where thousands for countries under Level 3 and of U.S. personnel are assigned, deployed and va- leave. At a town hall on Spangdahlem Air Base, Ger- For uniformed personnel, the Level 2 advisories, according to cation, including France, Poland, Belgium, the many, on Thursday, leaders addressed concerns order also bans personal leave the memo. Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Monaco, about the virus from personnel on the installa- and other non-official travel. In some cases, the DOD ex- Portugal, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Greece, tion . Some issues still have to be sorted out, said To countries under a Level 2 pects that “DOD sponsored trav- Malta, Iceland, Luxembourg, Finland, Hungary, CDC travel advisory, which in- elers” who recently visited those Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Col. David Epperson, the 52nd Fighter Wing clude Japan, Singapore, the Unit- countries switch en route to mili- In Europe, U.S. military officials were work- commander, such as whether personnel could ed Kingdom and Bahrain, DOD tary or DOD-contracted aircraft ing through the guidance Thursday to determine travel within the restricted countries. ordered official travel deferred “to the greatest extent possible.” how it will affect personnel and their families liv- Travel outside of Europe, including for leave for anything other than essential It lays out detailed instructions ing and working in the high-risk countries. that’s already been approved and near-term PCS missions. Level 2 means a sus- for service members on “restrict- U.S. European Command is following Pen- moves, however, appears “to be off the table right tained community spread of the ed movement,” including a 14- tagon, State Department, CDC and host nation now,” he said during the live-streamed event disease is underway. day quarantine inside their home guidance, said Lt. Cmdr. Joe Hontz, a command posted to the wing’s Facebook page. However, official travel by or “other appropriate domicile,” spokesman. More detailed guidance will soon be “For me, it’s very clear guidance from the family members of uniformed limited close contact with others issued, Hontz said. Secretary of Defense — we are not supposed to and DOD civilian employees to and self-monitoring for a fever, “The health and welfare of our force is our No. travel,” Epperson said . cough or difficulty breathing. Level 2 countries is barred for 60 1 priority,” he said — that and that everyone in [email protected] days starting Friday. DOD hir- “DOD strongly recommends EUCOM stays informed. Twitter: @stripesktown ing for civilian positions in Level that DOD civilian employees, 2 and Level 3 countries is also on contractor personnel and family hold for that period, according to members” who travel through, travel guidance for uniformed are “more stringent than CDC tries, and working from home if Esper’s order. to or from countries under lev- guidance.” possible. His memo allows exceptions els 2 and 3 advisories follow the personnel. The DOD instructions That also means limiting work- place access for 14 days for those [email protected] Esper confirms more service members, who traveled to the affected coun- Twitter: @JosephDitzler dependents tested positive for virus

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY to the Centers for Disease Control 3 locations, include Italy, South Stars and Stripes and Prevention, a presumptive Korea and Germany. positive result is when a patient Travel is also being denied for WASHINGTON — Seven has tested positive by a local pub- American service members and 60 days for families and DOD ci- lic health laboratory, but those vilians to and from Level 2 loca- seven military dependents have results are still pending confir- tions with a sustained community confirmed cases of the corona- mation at a CDC lab. virus, Defense Secretary Mark spread, such as Japan, the United The airman had recently trav- Esper said Thursday at the eled to Seattle, Wash. The state Kingdom and Bahrain. Anyone Pentagon. currently has one of the larg- who has traveled to or from these At least one service member Level 2 or 3 countries will have to with a confirmed case has been est outbreaks of the virus in the undergo a screening and 14-day reported in South Korea; Naples, country. Italy; Quantico, Va.; and Wash- A contractor at Moody Air quarantine. ington state. Force base in Georgia has also The new travel restrictions are Dependents who have been tested positive for coronavirus, to protect the force. infected are in South Korea and according to the Air Force. “We think that rather than Washington state, but Esper did Starting Friday, all travel for moving back and forth, that service members, dependents not say whether all seven cases you’re better off protecting in and DOD civilians to and from are from those two locations. place,” Gen. Mark Milley, chair- An airman assigned to Altus locations with serious coronavi- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Base, Okla., has tested rus outbreaks will be suspended presumptive positive for the coro- for 60 days, including military said Thursday. navirus, the Air Force announced moves. Countries with these [email protected] Thursday afternoon. According widespread outbreaks, or Level @caitlinmkenney PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Americans realize impact as events cut

Associated Press difficult but necessary, given that the company normally serves A basketball tournament, with 50,000 guests from 70 countries. no fans. A St. Patrick’s Day, with Swartz said customers can get no parades. College campuses, 100% of what they’ve spent trans- with no students. Corporate head- ferred to a future cruise, or re- quarters, with barren cubicles. quest cash refunds if that doesn’t California’s governor urged work for them. Cruises will de- people to avoid even small social part again starting May 11, he gatherings if they can’t remain six feet apart. said. The nation snapped to atten- The Seattle Public School sys- tion as the new coronavirus was tem said it would close for at least declared a pandemic and stocks two weeks for its 53,000 students. slid into bear market territory. As COVID-19 has killed more than Americans belatedly seemed to two dozen in the Seattle area. come to grips with the outbreak, Seattle Public Schools Super- President Donald Trump held a intendent Denise Juneau called it rare prime-time address from the “an unprecedented situation.” Oval Office to calm the public. The World Health Organiza- Health and government of- tion called the crisis a pandemic, ficials have been sounding the a step it had previously resisted. alarm about the virus for nearly Stocks plunged, with the S&P 500 two months as it infected and on the cusp of falling into bear killed thousands of people, pin- territory at nearly 20% lower than balling from China to Iran to Italy the record set just last month. and beyond before striking Se- As of Wednesday evening, 38 attle in the first deadly outbreak people had died in the U.S., while in the U.S. more than 1,300 people had tested positive for the new coronavirus. But Wednesday was the mo- /AP ment that the larger American JOHN MINCHILLO Meanwhile, from UCLA to the public came to the dawning re- Pedestrians pass under a news ticker in Times Square Wednesday in New York City. University of Vermont, the num- alization that the toll of the virus ber of colleges and universities would be unavoidable for months issued among the most sweeping canceling in-person classes and to come, perhaps longer. “guidance,” urging an end to all moving the rest of the semester In a matter of hours Wednes- events involving more than 250 online mounted. day afternoon, the signs were people, and even small gather- In New York City, there have everywhere. The NCAA an- ings in spaces that don’t allow for only been a few dozen people di- nounced that the rite of spring for “social distancing.” agnosed with COVID-19, but the so many Americans — its college “Not holding that concert or virus is still all that anyone was basketball tournament — would community event can have cas- talking about. be played before largely empty cading effects — saving dozens Subway trains, usually jam- arenas. The NBA said it would of lives and preserving critical packed at rush hour, were unusu- suspend its season until further health care resources that your ally uncrowded Wednesday. City notice. family may need a month from transportation officials reported News feeds lit up with cancella- now,” Newsom said in a statement that the number of people cycling tions of St. Patrick’s Day parades, late Wednesday. to work in Manhattan over the major university systems in Cali- Newsom’s announcement is a East River bridges has soared fornia, New York and elsewhere recommendation, not a ban like 55% over the past few days as ending classes for the term and the one Washington Gov. Jay In- people have heeded the mayor’s late-night comedians making slee imposed on all gatherings suggestion to avoid public trans- plans to film without live studio of 250 or more in Seattle’s metro portation during peak hours. TED S. WARREN/AP audiences. area, more than two dozen peo- Rhode Island Gov. Gina Rai- CBS Evening News anchor Workers from a Servpro disaster recovery team, wearing protective ple have died and schools were mondo also asked residents not Norah O’Donnell solemnly suits and respirators, are given supplies before entering the Life ordered closed for at least two to organize or attend gatherings declared during Wednesday Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., to begin cleaning and disinfecting weeks. The San Francisco Bay of more than 250 people. She evening’s broadcast that two em- the facility Wednesday . Area and other American cities stopped short of an outright ban ployees of the network had tested also have banned large gather- but pleaded for people sick even positive and those who worked Koloud ‘Kay’ Tarapolsi of ties including cookie-selling have ings of people. with just aches and pains to stay closely with them had been asked the Seattle suburb of Redmond already been curtailed. Princess Cruises announced home. to self-quarantine. learned that two of her children “We’re adjusting,” she said. “If a two-month pause of global op- “We understand that people Then, Hollywood icon Tom will have to be kept home from we avoid each other and listen erations on Thursday that will have to live their lives and busi- Hanks announced from Australia school because their district to the scientists, maybe in a few gradually sideline all 18 of its ness has to continue,” she said. that he and his wife have tested closed for two weeks starting weeks it will be better.” cruise ships. Company president “However, we only have one positive for the virus. Thursday. Their Girl Scout activi- California Gov. Gavin Newsom Jan Swartz said the decision was chance to contain this.” Travel: US citizens, family of citizens are not affected by European ban

FROM FRONT PAGE the virus and associated quaran- 14 days prior to their scheduled administration is also request- severity of the virus outbreak. Trump said the restrictions tines and restrictions. arrival to the United States. The ing travelers returning to the Many Americans shared a simi- won’t apply to the United King- Trump spoke after days of area includes France, Italy, Ger- U.S. from Europe to “voluntarily lar mindset in recent weeks, but dom, and there would be exemp- confusion in Washington and in man, Greece, Austria, Belgium quarantine” for 14 days. the grueling events of Wednes- the face of mounting calls on the and others, and the White House Trump said the prohibitions tions for “Americans who have day changed the mood: Com- president to demonstrate greater said the zone has the highest would “not only apply to the tre- undergone appropriate screen- munities canceled public events leadership. At times, though, number of confirmed COVID-19 mendous amount of trade and nationwide, universities moved ings.” He said the U.S. would his remarks contributed to the cases outside of mainland China. cargo but various other things.” to cancel in-person classes, and monitor the situation to deter- uncertainty. The restrictions don’t apply to But the official proclamation re- mine if travel could be reopened While Trump said all European legal permanent residents, im- leased after Trump spoke made families grappled with the impact earlier. travel would be cut off, Homeland mediate family of U.S. citizens clear it applies to people, not of disruptions to public schools. The State Department followed Security officials later clarified or others “identified in the proc- goods and cargo. The number of confirmed cases Trump’s remarks by issuing an that the new travel restrictions lamation” signed by Trump. The Oval Office address rep- of the infection topped 1,000 in extraordinary global health ad- would apply only to most foreign Vice President Mike Pence said resented an abrupt shift in tone the U.S. and the World Health visory cautioning U.S. citizens to nationals who have been in the Thursday on ABC’s “Good Morn- from a president who has re- Organization declared the global “reconsider travel abroad” due to “Schengen Area” at any point for ing America” that the Trump peatedly sought to play down the crisis is now a pandemic. Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Italy base facilities among nationwide closures

BY NORMAN LLAMAS “We are limiting all our move- Stars and Stripes ment to essential movement. They can get their essential services AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy here,” said Maj. Chris Bradley, a — The food court at the base ex- 173rd spokesman. change was a ghost town Thurs- The brigade has some 3,800 day. No milk was being frothed paratroopers, although some are for cappuccinos at Aviano’s cof- based in Germany. fee shops. And nothing was cook- Service members in Italy have ing at the golf course or bowling been placed under a 60-day stop alley grill as U.S. bases followed movement order that applied to Italy’s lead in the effort to stop the “permanent changes of station, spread of the coronavirus. temporary duty assignments, In Vicenza, 173rd Airborne government-funded travel, per- Brigade soldiers were essentially sonal leave and non-official trav- restricted to base following the el, temporary duty, government KENT HARRIS/Stars and Stripes latest Italian government order funded travel, personal leave and that all retail businesses except other non-official travel,” a mes- The food court at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on March 6. grocery stores, pharmacies, sage posted on Naval Air Station banks and post offices were to Sigonella’s Facebook page said. More than 15,000 people have the commissary, the Italian caf- home, only going out for mission- shut down. “We are working through what tested positive for the corona- eteria, called Mensa, the dining essential work, emergencies or to “There is no need to rush to buy that means to our uniformed virus in Italy, and the death toll facility and both shopettes, base buy necessities such as food. food. The grocery stores remain and civilian personnel and their has topped 1,000, The Associated officials said. Anyone who ventures out must open,” Italian Prime Minister Gi- families. We will provide further Press reported Thursday. Only Physical training has been carry official authorization forms useppi Conte said in a message guidance as soon as we can,” the one American service member prohibited at Sigonella’s airfield from the military with them. Not on Facebook. Public services, message said. in Europe, a sailor in Naples, has site, although service members having the documents could lead including transportation and Italy, which has the worst coro- tested positive for the virus. He can work out on their own at the to time in jail or a fine of more utilities, would also remain open, navirus outbreak outside of Asia was staying at home and anyone other two sites on base, public af- than $200. Conte said. and the second-highest death rate he has had close contact with is fairs officer Lt. Karl Schonberg Short walks are allowed, espe- Soldiers on Del Din were ex- after China, has been listed for being monitored, officials said. said. The base’s schools and other cially for people with pets. But pected to shop for food at the several weeks by the Centers for Nearly every other country in facilities closed for the first time even then, it is essential to carry shopette or eat in the dining fa- Disease Control and Prevention Europe was raised to Level 3 by Tuesday and will remain closed the authorization documents, of- cility. On Caserma Ederle, where as a Level-3 country with wide- the CDC overnight after Presi- through at least Monday, Schon- ficials said. the dining facility is closed, they spread sustained transmission of dent Donald Trump announced berg said. could shop at the commissary the coronavirus. The CDC advis- a planned ban of travelers from American service members, Stars and Stripes reporter Nancy Montgomery contributed to this or go to the food court and get es people to “avoid nonessential Europe from entering the U.S. their families and base personnel report. take out. travel” to Level-3 countries. At Aviano, food was available at Aviano have been asked to stay [email protected] Massive Army exercise in Europe is curtailed amid coronavirus angst

BY JOHN VANDIVER were still to take place or were tracted the coronavirus from a ebration and open house for re- nally ill and older veterans. Stars and Stripes among the activities curtailed. Norwegian service member who tired Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught on C o n g r e s s d e c i d e d T h u r s d a y U.S. Army Europe said that it is tested positive. March 14. Vaught spearheaded to close the Capitol and congres- STUTTGART, Germany — still working through the details U. S . A f r i c a C o m m a n d s c a l e d the fundraising campaign to build sional office buildings to the pub- The largest U.S. military exercise of the adjustments. back African Lion, one of the the memorial. lic until April 1. Only lawmakers, in Europe in a generation will be “The decision to make the largest military exercises in Afri- The Honor Flight Network staff, journalists and visitors scaled back because of concerns change is the right thing to do ca that was set to start March 23 canceled nearly 70 trips to Wash- with official business may enter. about the coronavirus, marking in light of the ongoing outbreak in Morocco. Academic portions of ington through April 30, citing a The White House also suspended a possible setback for the Army of the coronavirus,” USAREUR the drill will continue, but activi- Centers for Disease Control and tours. after the service spent years said. “The health protection of ties that involved lodging troops Prevention recommendation that T h e D e f e n s e D e p a r t m e n t building up for the drill known as our force, and that of our allies in close quarters were cut. older adults avoid nonessential canceled all public tours of the Defender-Europe 20. and partners, is a top priority.” T h e U. S . A r m y c a n c e l e d t h i s air travel. The Honor Flight Net- Pentagon until further notice, U.S. European Command said For the military, Defender-Eu- year’s Bataan Memorial Death work brings veterans from across DOD Press Secretary Alyssa Wednesday that the training, rope was designed to showcase March, an annual event at White the country to see the war memo- Farah announced. The building which initially called for sending the military’s ability to mobilize in Sands Missile Range in New rials in Washington. Priority for typically sees more than 2,000 20,000 U.S.-based soldiers across large numbers to face off against Mexico that commemorates the the flights is often given to termi- visitors each week. the Atlantic Ocean, would be “near-peer” adversaries. While deadly transfer of American and downsized. Russia wasn’t overtly named as Filipino prisoners of war during “After careful review of the the motive for the drills, the idea World War II. Survivors of the ongoing Defender-Europe 20 ex- ercise activities and in light of the was to demonstrate the capacity march, along with thousands of current coronavirus outbreak, of allies to defend NATO’s east- supporters, usually participate. we will modify the exercise by ern flank. The event was scheduled for reducing the number of U.S. The exercise comes with a March 15. participants,” EUCOM said in a price tag of about $340 million. The U.S. Air Force and Navy statement More so, about 15 of 27 planned are closing their basic military The training will be adjusted, air missions have been completed graduation ceremonies to family but the military will still work so far, bringing 3,500 soldiers members and other guests until with allies to meet “our high- to Europe, USAREUR said last further notice. The Army and est priority training objectives,” week. Four of 10 transport ves- Coast Guard had not announced EUCOM said. sels have also arrived, bringing similar measures as of Thurs- In all, more than 35,000 troops with them 2,700 pieces of equip- day. A Marine Corps boot camp were originally slated to take part ment, and more than 50 military graduation scheduled for Friday in Defender Europe, which is al- convoys are underway in Germa- in San Diego remained open to ready underway and is slated to ny and Poland. family members and guests. run until the end of June. Most Following is a list of other mili- The Air Force Academy in of the major exercises, including tary exercises and events that Colorado Springs, Colo., will tem- paratroopers dropping into the have been canceled or curtailed porarily close to visitors begin- Republic of Georgia and ground in an effort to limit the spread of ning Friday evening. The academy forces rehearsing the defense the coronavirus: said it was taking precautionary of territory in the vicinity of the U.S. European Command measures; it had no confirmed Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, ended a cold-weather exercise cases of the coronavirus. were to take place in April and in Norway just two days after it The Women in Military Ser- May. started. Nearly two dozen U.S. vice for America Memorial at It was unclear Wednesday soldiers were quarantined amid Arlington National Cemetery whether such large-scale drills fears that they might have con- canceled its 90th birthday cel- PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Despite patients recovering, many still have worries Associated Press losses since the Gulf War in 1991, and new restrictions were im- SEATTLE — Amid all the posed in Italy and in Israel as the fears, quarantines and stockpil- Holy Week approached. ing of food, it has been easy to But even some of the most vul- ignore the fact that more than nerable patients can fight their 60,000 people have recovered way through the disease. from the coronavirus spreading GREG YEREX/AP around the globe. Charlie Campbell’s father, The disease can cause vary- Eugene Campbell, 89, has been Greg and Rose Yerex in a hospital in Nagoya, Japan, on Feb. 24. Former passengers of the cruise ship ing degrees of illness and is es- diagnosed with the coronavirus Diamond Princess, they both tested positive for the coronavirus. pecially troublesome for older and is hospitalized in Edmonds, adults and people with existing Wash . Charlie Campbell said his time for an outpatient CT scan probably only have missed one health problems, who are at risk father’s doctor is cautiously op- and received a call asking her to day of work if he had been diag- of severe effects, including pneu- timistic, adding, “Under normal come back did she understand nosed with the cold or flu. monia. But for most of those af- circumstances, he would dis- her symptoms came from some- American Greg Yerex, who fected, coronavirus creates only charge my dad, but these aren’t thing other than the common flu. was diagnosed along with his mild or moderate symptoms, such normal circumstances.” After many days and a number wife, Rose Yerex, on the Diamond as fever and cough, with the vast Eugene Campbell came to the of tests, doctors eventually told Princess, said he had no symp- majority recovering from the hospital from Life Care Center, her that the infection had spread toms and felt as healthy as he did virus. a nursing home in Kirkland that to both of her lungs. on any other normal day. According to the World Health has been linked to a large share of “After that, I felt a heavy head “If I was home, I would be out Organization, people with mild ill- the state’s coronavirus deaths. while walking, unable to breathe, doing everything I normally do,” ness recover in about two weeks, “We went and saw him yester- and nauseous,” Tan said in a he said in an interview conduct- KHTS RADIO/AP while those with more severe ail- day and he looked pretty good,” video blog post. But after over two ed via Facebook calls when the ments may take three to six weeks Campbell said, noting that his fa- weeks in the hospital, a CT scan Carl Goldman at the University couple was still hospitalized in to rebound. In mainland China, ther is breathing normally and his showed her infection was disap- of Nebraska Medical Center in Nagoya, Japan. Rose Yerex test- where the virus first exploded, vital signs and heart rate are good. pearing and she was discharged. Omaha, on Feb. 19. A Diamond ed negative when she got to the more than 80,000 people have “He may be the oldest person to For some who’ve been quar- Princess passenger, Goldman hospital. been diagnosed, but more than recover from coronavirus.” antined, anxiety and dread that arrived after developing a fever For Greg Yerex, it was the 58,000 already have recovered. In China, Tan Shiyun, a post- they will become stigmatized by while flying back from Japan. couple’s mental health that faced Because the difference in im- graduate student at a university friends, neighbors and co-work- the biggest threat as they spent pact can be so great, global health in Wuhan, had traveled to her ers have made them reluctant ular cold or flu. days in quarantine, isolated from authorities have the difficult task family home in Yichang over 180 to acknowledge even the most “It’s been a 2 on a scale of 10,” friends and family and deprived of alerting the public to the virus’ miles away when she began to ex- modest health impact. A few pa- said Carl Goldman, hospitalized of any direct human contact. dangers without creating panic. perience minor symptoms from tients with the virus who were in Omaha, Neb., since Feb. 17, “It’s like being a prisoner,” Already, the widespread con- the virus. interviewed by The Associated after developing a 103-degree he said. “You pace, you worry, sequences of the virus have been She went to the hospital, where Press — all of them passengers fever on a chartered flight from you fret, you imagine all sorts of staggering, sending shock waves she was given common cold med- on the Diamond Princess cruise Japan to the U.S. things. You have no control.” through the world’s financial icine and sent home. It was only ship that ended up quarantined Goldman said he continued Greg Yerez said that he and markets. Global oil prices sus- after her symptoms persisted and off Japan — described symptoms coughing more than two weeks his wife have since been released tained their worst percentage she visited the hospital a second that were no stronger than a reg- after he first got sick, but would from the hospital . DC strains for virus response amid closures, confusion

Associated Press “We should be exuding confidence na- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. ‘ tionally,” said Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. Trump said he would not support the WASHINGTON — Washington is strain- We’re basically, in my “The confusion is damaging.” measure “because there are things in there ing for an ample response to the corona- opinion, flying blind. Congress decided to shut the Capitol to that have nothing to do with what we’re virus outbreak that is testing the nation’s ’ Rep. Susie Lee the public until April. Congressional office talking about.” He did not go into detail. political and health care systems after D-Nev. President Donald Trump restricted air buildings and the Congressional Visitor The bill would build on last week’s $8.3 travel from Europe, Congress ran into Center, through which tourists enter the billion emergency coronavirus measure trouble approving an aid package and the Capitol, were also being closed. Only law- and provide free testing, a new federal sick centers of power — the domed Capitol and tion, Trump also proposed postponing this makers, staff, journalists and visitors with pay program, more unemployment insur- stately White House — are being shuttered summer’s Olympics in Japan for a year. official business will be permitted to enter. ance and food aid for workers and other to visitors. So far, the administration’s haphazard White House tours have been temporarily Americans hit by the crisis. Trump, in an Oval Office address to the response and the stalemate in Congress suspended. The package would create a federal sick nation Wednesday night, said the month- have resulted in more uncertainty as the The Smithsonian said it was canceling pay program, providing up to three months long restriction on travel would begin late crisis roils the financial markets and re- all public events, programming and gath- of partial pay, for those stricken or caring Friday at midnight. After days of playing writes daily life for Americans. erings, including rental of its facilities, for those ill from the virus. down the threat, he blamed Europe for not House lawmakers expressed alarm through May 3. The Smithsonian’s net- It would require health insurance com- acting quickly enough to address the “for- Thursday after a private briefing with Dr. work of museums and the National Zoo will panies to provide free testing for the virus eign virus” and claimed that U.S. clusters Anthony Fauci, the National Institute of remain open for now. and eliminates cost-sharing requirements were “seeded” by European travelers. Health’s infectious disease chief, and other The State Department issued a global such as co-payments for Medicare and But he said Thursday that he is also public health officials. Lawmakers were health advisory cautioning U.S. citizens Medicaid patients. There’s more than considering restricting travel to domestic particularly frustrated that U.S. officials to “reconsider travel abroad” due to the $1 billion in food aid for the poor and se- hot spots such as California and Washing- have tested relatively few patients suspect- virus and associated quarantines and nior citizens, including money to replace ton state. “Is it a possibility? Yes,” he said. ed to be infected. restrictions. school lunch benefits for children whose The president also said he would postpone “We’re basically, in my opinion, flying Congress’s multibillion-dollar aid pack- schools have closed. It has $1 billion in campaign rallies, telling reporters that he blind,” said Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev. Oth- age from Democrats was being halted extra money for unemployment pay, for believes he needs a “little separation until ers described the meeting as heated, testy by Republicans before a hoped-for vote the newly jobless. such time as this goes away.” with many lawmakers leaving flooded with Thursday. “Right now we have to find our Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon- As classes, sports events, concerts and graver concerns about the administration’s common ground to work together to get nell, R-Ky., called it “an ideological wish conferences are canceled across the na- response. this done as soon as possible,” said House list” that Republicans would oppose. Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK Sick leave policies limit options for avoiding virus

BY KELVIN CHAN provide an additional 14 days in AND MAE ANDERSON the event of any public health Associated Press emergency, including the cur- rent coronavirus crisis. President LONDON — A barber in Bei- Donald Trump said he was seek- jing is supporting his wife and ing help for hourly-wage workers child by charging food and other to ensure they’re “not going to expenses to a credit card while miss a paycheck ” Tuesday when he waits for his employer’s shop he offered a proposed payroll tax to reopen. A waiter at a barbecue break. Trump’s team offered few restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., specifics at a closed door GOP washes his hands more often and lunch Tuesday on the size of the hopes for the best. A parcel de- payroll tax break or its duration, livery driver in Britain worries senators said. about getting sick from the people The British government last who sign for their packages. week made it easier to collect While white collar workers statutory sick pay and is work- trying to avoid contagion can ing on changes to help millions work from home or call in sick if of non-permanent workers like they experience symptoms of the Cross who aren’t eligible for it. In virus, that’s not an option for the a sign the industry is waking up millions of waiters, delivery work- to the problem, his parcel com- ers, cashiers, ride-hailing drivers, museum attendants and countless pany, Hermes, announced a $1.3 others who routinely come into million fund to help couriers who contact with the public. need to self-isolate. Their dilemma is often com- The viral outbreak has re- pounded by spotty sick leave vealed gaping holes in health policies or inadequate health in- care coverage at a time when surance coverage, leaving them people may need it most. Most vulnerable to the fast-spread- European countries and Canada ing coronavirus that has already have universal health care sys- claimed thousands of lives and tems, but the U.S. relies on a put them in a financially precari- patchwork of public and private FRANK AUGSTEIN/AP ous position. insurance. About 69% of private “The recommendations on what A waitress at the Chinese restaurant Hot Pot serves customers in London. industry workers in the U.S. have people should be doing to protect access to health care benefits, themselves really gives a sharp ing to the Bureau of Labor Statis- ing care of my family.” of private sector workers don’t but that drops to 43% of service indication of the divide between tics. That means retail workers On Tuesday, Walmart an- have access to paid sick leave, ac- workers. U.S. employers with 50 white collar and blue collar work- like Mendy Hughes must fend for nounced a new policy that might cording to the Bureau of Labor or more employees are required ers,” said Shannon Liss-Reardon, themselves. The Walmart cashier offer her some relief: employees Statistics. Some countries, like to offer health insurance. But the a workers rights attorney in Bos- in Malvern, Ark. , serves hun- who work in a region that is re- Britain, are looking into help- same protection isn’t provided to ton. “Our social safety net is just dreds of people a day, and her big quired to quarantine by the gov- ing out non-permanent workers. part-time workers or independent not equipped at this moment to worry is what will happen to her ernment or by the retailer, as well There is no federal sick leave contractors. deal with a crisis like this, and income if she catches the virus or as those who have a confirmed policy in the U.S., but 12 of the Liss-Reardon said that most gig it will disproportionately affect comes in contact with someone case of the new virus, will receive 50 states and Washington, D.C., workers — independent or tempo- the most vulnerable low wage who’s had it and must self-quar- two weeks of pay. If they are not require employers to offer paid rary contractors — she represents workers.” antine for 14 days. able to return to work after that sick leave. don’t have health insurance. While tech companies like “If I can’t go to work, I could time, additional pay may be pro- Some House and Senate Demo- “We won’t have a fully insured Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft try to take a leave but it will be vided for up to 26 weeks for both crats have been pushing legisla- population until we get universal have implemented work-from- unpaid,” said Hughes, who earns full-time and part-time hourly tion that would require employers health care,” he said. “ The bur- home policies, only 29% of U.S. $11.60 an hour. “I don’t know workers. to allow workers to accrue seven den is falling on the poorest and workers have that option, accord- what I would be doing about tak- In the United States, about 27% days of paid sick leave and to most vulnerable in our society.” Behind the scenes, scientists prep for COVID-19 vaccine test

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD cines — shots developed from itself. The goal is purely to check “spike” that lets the virus burrow teins stable enough for immuniza- Associated Press new technologies that are not only that the vaccines show no wor- into human cells. Block that pro- tion, and sent that key ingredient faster to make than traditional in- risome side effects, setting the tein, and people won’t get infect- to Moderna to brew up doses. WASHINGTON — A team of oculations, but might also prove stage for larger tests of whether ed. That makes “spike” the target Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is scientists jostled for a view of the more potent. they protect. of most vaccine research. exploring a different approach: lab dish, staring impatiently for Some researchers even aim Even if initial safety tests go Not so long ago, scientists simply injecting people with coro- the first clue that an experimen- for temporary vaccines, such as well, “you’re talking about a year would have had to grow the navirus-fighting antibodies in- tal vaccine against the new coro- shots that might guard people’s to a year-and-a-half” before a vac- virus itself to create a vaccine. stead of having the body make its navirus just might work. health a month or two at a time cine could be ready for wide use, The NIH is using a new method After weeks of constant re- while longer-lasting protection is said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director that skips that step. Researchers own. This method could provide search at the National Institutes of developed. of NIH’s National Institute of Al- instead copy the section of the temporary protection against in- Health, it was time for a key test. “Until we test them in humans, lergy and Infectious Diseases. virus’ genetic code that contains fection or work as a treatment for If the vaccine revs up the immune we have absolutely no idea what That would still be a record- the instructions for cells to create someone already infected. system, the samples in the dish the immune response will be,” setting pace. But manufacturers the spike protein, and let the body Whichever approaches, or oth- — blood drawn from immunized cautioned vaccine expert Dr. know that the wait — required become a mini-factory. ers in the pipeline, pan out, NIH’s mice — would change color. Judith O’Donnell, infectious dis- because it takes additional stud- Inject a vaccine containing that Corbett said scientists one day Minutes ticked by, and finally ease chief at Penn Presbyterian ies of thousands of people to tell if code, called messenger RNA or hope to have vaccines on the shelf they started glowing blue. Medical Center. “Having a lot of a vaccine truly protects and does mRNA, and people’s cells pro- that could be used against entire “Especially at moments like different vaccines — with a lot no harm — is hard for a fright- duce some harmless spike pro- families of viruses. this, everyone crowds around,” of different theories behind the ened public. tein. Their immune system spots One frustration when scientists said Kizzmekia Corbett, an NIH science of generating immunity “I can really genuinely under- the foreign protein and makes have to start from scratch is that research fellow leading the vac- — all on a parallel track ultimate- stand everybody’s frustration antibodies to attack it. The body outbreaks too often are waning cine development. When her team ly gives us the best chance of get- and maybe even confusion,” said would then be primed to react sent word of the positive results, ting something successful.” Kate Broderick, Inovio’s research quickly if the real virus ever by the time vaccine candidates “it was absolutely amazing.” First-step testing in small num- and development chief. “You can comes along. are ready for widespread testing. Dozens of research groups bers of young, healthy volunteers do everything as fast as possible, Corbett’s team had a head start. Fauci said it is “quite conceiv- around the world are racing to is set to start soon. There’s no but you can’t circumvent some of Because they’d spent years try- able” that COVID-19 “will go be- create a vaccine as COVID-19 chance that participants could these vital processes.” ing to develop a vaccine against yond just a season, and come back cases continue to grow. They’re get infected from the shots, be- The new coronavirus is stud- MERS, a cousin of the new virus, and recycle next year. In that pursuing different types of vac- cause they don’t contain the virus ded with a protein aptly named they knew how to make spike pro- case, we hope to have a vaccine.” PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Spread triggers travel bans, new limits on society

Associated Press “It’s similar to what you might think of as an infectious disease ROME — Sweeping travel equivalent of a major earthquake bans accelerated around the that’s going to shake us for weeks globe Thursday, walling regions and weeks,“ said Dr. Jeff Duchin, apart, keeping people inside their a top public health official for EMILIO MORENATTI/AP homes and slowing the engines of the Seattle area, which has one commerce to slow the unfolding of the biggest U.S. coronavirus A couple kiss at the airport in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday. President Donald Trump, who had coronavirus pandemic. outbreaks. downplayed the coronavirus for weeks, suddenly struck a different tone, announcing strict rules on President Donald Trump, who Around the world, nursing restricting travel from much of Europe to begin this weekend. had downplayed the virus for homes emptied of visitors to pro- weeks, delivered a somber Oval tect the elderly, who are especial- her face. “I’d rather be home. I’m Now Reynaert was canceling try could become infected since Office address announcing strict ly vulnerable to the virus. worried, even if I’m keeping a each step of the trip. people do not have immunity to rules on travel from much of Eu- More than 126,000 people in distance.” Britain and Ireland were ex- COVID-19. rope to begin this weekend. more than 110 countries have Ireland, Norway and Lithuania empt, despite imposing far fewer “We have called every day for The European Union quickly been infected. The vast majority joined the growing list of coun- restrictions in response to the countries to take urgent and ag- slammed Trump’s “unilateral“ are in just four countries: China tries shutting down their school virus than many EU countries, gressive action,” said WHO’s decision, declaring the virus a systems, and Europe’s most suc- raising questions about the co- and South Korea — where new leader, Tedros Adhanom Ghe- “global crisis, not limited to any cessful soccer team, Real Madrid, herence of the U.S. policy. Trump cases are declining — and Iran breyesus. “We have rung the continent and it requires coop- put all its players into quarantine accused Europe of not acting and Italy, where they are not. alarm bell loud and clear.” eration rather than unilateral More than 4,600 people have died after one tested positive. quickly enough to address the Double Oscar winner Tom action.” worldwide. Even remote Mount Ever- “foreign virus” and claimed that The virus detected three In Italy, the center of Europe’s est closed for business. Chinese U.S. clusters were “seeded” by Hanks said he and his wife, Rita months ago in China has produced epidemic, new restrictions closed mountaineering officials can- European travelers. Wilson, tested positive. Aus- crippling outbreaks in Asia, Eu- restaurants, cafes and retail celed spring climbs from their As the pandemic grips Europe tralian officials say the couple rope and the Middle East, ignited shops Thursday after the prime side of the mountain, while on the and the U.S., it continues to ebb are in a Queensland hospital global financial panic and in the minister imposed a nationwide other side in Nepal, operators say in China, where the first cases of and their close contacts need to last week has seen dizzying de- lockdown on personal movement cancellations were pouring in. COVID-19 emerged in December. self-quarantine. velopments that are erupting by earlier in the week. Grocery Europeans were adjusting to It reported a record low of just 15 In Greece, where the Olympic the hour. stores, pharmacies and outdoor the American travel restrictions, new cases Thursday. So far more torch for the 2020 Tokyo Games Those include an official des- markets were allowed to operate, which hit some of the world’s than three-fourths of China’s pa- was lit behind closed doors, there ignation of “pandemic” from the most heavily traveled routes and tients have recovered . as were newspaper stands. was an urgent call from the gov- World Health Organization, a dra- Rosanna Farina, whose fam- threw travel plans into chaos. Research published Wednes- ernment for more doctors and matic halt to much travel between ily has run a newspaper kiosk in “We were going to get married day found that the coronavirus the United States and 26 Europe- Rome’s historic center since the in Las Vegas, with Elvis. It was can live in the air for several nurses. an countries, and infections being 19th century, was torn on wheth- going to be epic,” said Sandrine hours, and for as long as two to “The time of the battle has announced in rapid-fire pace by er it was worth staying open. Reynaert, a Parisian who had to three days on some surfaces. come,” Health Minister Vassilis Hollywood celebrities, sports “So few people are out and cancel the April 20 ceremony. German Chancellor Angela Kikilias said on live television. stars and political leaders as well about. People are terrorized,“ Her future husband already has Merkel warned her nation that, “The battle will be determined by as ordinary folks on cruise ships. she said, wearing a scarf around the date engraved in his ring. over time, two-thirds of the coun- how we respond as citizens.” Spike in Gulf pushes Mideast past 10,000 infections

Associated Press banning travel to 39 countries. mune system was impaired be- Regional stock markets were cause he had cancer. Local media DUBAI, United Arab Emir- also down, reflecting investor reported the man was 79 years ates — A spike in cases in the concerns and nerves felt globally old and that the virus was trans- Gulf Arab states helped push in- as oil prices plunge and tourism mitted to him from the first man fections in the Middle East for revenue is eroded by the virus. who had died in Lebanon earlier the new coronavirus past 10,000 The World Health Organization this week. Outside of Iran, only cases on Thursday, with most on Wednesday officially designat- Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon have infected people either in Iran or ed the outbreak a “pandemic.“ recorded deaths from the virus in having recently traveled there. The vast majority of people re- the Middle East . Iran has asked for an emer- cover from the new virus and the This week, Qatar reported a gency $5 billion loan from the COVID-19 illness it causes. massive jump in cases of the new International Monetary Fund to Because the there is still no coronavirus late Wednesday with combat the outbreak there, which vaccine for the infectious disease, 262 now infected. The more than has killed more than 360 people countries are implementing tough 200 new cases had been found and infected some 9,000 people measures to restrict its spread, as in quarantine. In Bahrain, con- in the Islamic Republic. Iran’s well as the impact an outbreak firmed cases also rose by nearly Central Bank chief Abdolnasser could have on emergency rooms 70% this week to 189 confirmed Hemmati said Thursday he made and intensive care units. cases, after some 77 new cases the request last week in a letter to Multiple top officials in Iran were confirmed on a returning IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva. HUSSEIN MALLA/AP — from its senior vice president flight of Bahrainis from Iran. The international lender has said to Cabinet ministers, members of Kuwait on Thursday closed all it stands ready to support coun- A woman wears a mask and gloves as she checks products at a parliament, Revolutionary Guard workplaces and non-essential tries through a Rapid Financial supermarket in Beirut on Wednesday . Health Ministry officials say members, health workers and business for two weeks, includ- Instrument. there are more confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Lebanon. health ministry officials — have ing restaurants, cafes and health Iran’s economy has been bat- contracted the virus. Some of clubs. Schools and universities tered by U.S. sanctions, which neighbors closing their borders Countries in the region have those officials have died. have already been suspended. have choked Tehran’s ability to to Iranians and multiple nations imposed their own varying levels A third Lebanese man died All commercial flights are being sell oil. The recent outbreak of the cutting travel links , including of travel restrictions, from whole- from the coronavirus, state- halted to Kuwait starting Friday. virus there has compounded its shipping in some cases, which is sale halting of all commercial run National News Agency said The country has over 70 con- economic woes, with all of Iran’s affecting imports, as well. flights in Kuwait, to Saudi Arabia Thursday. It said the man’s im- firmed cases of the new virus. Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 NATION Trump, GOP allies move to discredit and attack Biden

BY ZEKE MILLER But that burn-it-down style will AND BILL BARROW be tested anew before a Demo- Associated Press cratic Party that is showing signs of greater unity against Trump WASHINGTON — President than four years ago and hopes to CHARLES KRUPA/AP Donald Trump and his allies build on victories from the 2018 are planning sustained personal midterms. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., walks from the podium after speaking to and reputational attacks against “Increased turnout and all of reporters Wednesday in Burlington, Vt. Joe Biden, casting him as ill- these big wins across the country equipped for the presidency and make clear voters aren’t buying pushing unsubstantiated claims what Trump is selling this time,“ of corruption as he emerges as said Scott Mulhauser, a Demo- the favorite for the Democratic Sanders isn’t dropping out, cratic strategist and former Biden nomination. spokesman. “They know the Vice The president and his top cam- President, they like him and it’s paign aides are stoking division clear they think he can win in but where does he go next? among Democrats, arguing that November.” Biden is only taking the lead in But some Republicans warn the Democratic contest because against overconfidence by Demo- Associated Press how long Sanders will persist and that he could show that during the party’s establishment is against increasingly daunting Sunday’s debate. Sanders prom- crats and note that Trump has a BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bernie aligned against progressive rival odds, especially as the pressure ised to press Biden for answers unique ability to define his oppo- Sanders is vowing to press ahead Bernie Sanders. Fox News host within his own party increases about millions of Americans who nents in ways that resonate. with his presidential campaign, Sean Hannity is portraying the exponentially. don’t have health insurance, a “We’ve seen this movie before. at least long enough to debate Joe 77-year-old Biden as a doddering Nobody is better at driving a nar- Sanders addressed reporters criminal justice system that he Biden this weekend, even while old man, devoting nearly 10 min- rative about his opponents than in Burlington after offering no said unfairly targets and punishes acknowledging that his deficit utes of his show Tuesday night to Donald Trump,” said Republican public statements Tuesday night, minorities and raising the federal in the Democratic race may be what he called “disturbing” ver- consultant Terry Sullivan, who when he suffered a devastating minimum wage. insurmountable. bal miscues. ran Marco Rubio’s 2016 presiden- defeat in Michigan and losses in After that, though, Demo- The Vermont senator on And some Republicans in the tial campaign. “Love him or hate Missouri, Idaho and Mississippi. crats’ desperate desire to defeat Senate are moving to ensure him, there is no denying that he is Wednesday offered no further Sanders noted that he won North Trump could affect his calculus. there will be renewed scrutiny of a branding master.” details on what his campaign may Dakota and that the continuing Should Sanders get out soon, he Biden’s son, Hunter, and his ties Biden’s campaign believes look like before or after he and count in Washington state re- could save Democrats months of to a Ukrainian gas company that that its biggest advantage over Biden — the last two major can- mained close — but admitted that a messy and expensive primary put him on its board while his fa- Trump’s attacks is the former didates vying for the Democratic he was trailing badly in the race fight. But an early departure ther was vice president. There’s vice president’s likability. As presidential nomination — spar to secure enough delegates to would also deprive the party’s no evidence that Biden or his son he’s consolidated support from Sunday night . The Democratic clinch the nomination before the most passionate supporters, in- engaged in misconduct with Bu- Democratic lawmakers and other National Committee moved the Democratic National Convention cluding many young people, of risma, the gas company. power brokers, his backers often debate from Arizona to Washing- in Milwaukee. the one man who embodies the The sometimes-misleading say they’re endorsing Biden be- ton on Thursday because of con- “While our campaign has won dramatic change they crave. tactics are a reprise of Trump’s cause “we know Joe.” cerns about coronavirus. the ideological debate, we are Sanders also noted that he was 2016 playbook against his Repub- “He’s been known for decades The only thing on Sanders’ pub- losing the debate over electabil- winning a greater percentage of lican foes and, ultimately, Hillary as someone who is true to him- lic schedule was taping an appear- ity,” Sanders said, meaning that young voters while Biden contin- Clinton. By deploying the same self and speaks his mind,” said ance on Wednesday’s “Tonight Democrats think Biden has a bet- ues to run up the score with older methods, Trump and his allies Andrew Bates, who runs Biden’s Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” ter chance of beating President ones. believe that voters will favor the rapid response operation. “This And that will continue to raise Donald Trump in the fall. “That “Today, I say to the Democratic president’s combative nature and is not some over-calculating questions — as unlikely as it is what millions of Democrats and establishment, in order to win in emphasis on conflict over Biden’s politician. may seem less than two weeks independents today believe.” the future, you need to win the appeal to restore decency and “On balance,” Bates said, “that after losing his once-command- He was quick to add that he voters who represent the future honesty to the White House. becomes an enormous strength.” ing front-runner status — about thinks he’s the stronger choice, of our country,” Sanders said. Issa advances to November runoff in race for California House seat

BY JULIE WATSON campaign funds. in an attempt to win over voters nition, a loyal following with the Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Cali- Associated Press Updated vote totals Wednesday who backed DeMaio and Califor- GOP and huge personal wealth fornian and close ally of Trump. solidified Issa’s hold on second nia Republican State Sen. Brian from his time running vehicle se- Issa campaigned as “the con- SAN DIEGO — Former U.S. place in the March 3 primary Jones. He said that they “deserve curity companies to underwrite servative in the race who will Rep. Darrell Issa, a relentless in the 50th District east of San credit for a hard-fought cam- his campaign. help President Trump enact his critic of President Barack Obama Diego. With more than 185,000 paign” in trying to keep the seat Issa spent more than $2.7 agenda.” who retired from his increasingly ballots counted, Issa has 23% of in GOP hands . million during the primary to That will go far in the Repub- Democratic district two years the votes, three percentage points DeMaio said in an email to his Campa-Najjar’s $1.2 million. He lican-leaning 50th, said Gary ago, took a step toward return- ahead of third-place finisher and supporters that he will be return- previously represented the neigh- Jacobson, emeritus professor of ing to Congress by advancing fellow Republican Carl DeMaio. ing to his radio program after boring coastal 49th district that political science at the University Wednesday to a runoff in one of Campa-Najjar finished first with falling short of advancing to the includes portions of San Diego of California San Diego. Southern California’s last conser- vative bastions. 37%. Under California’s election runoff, and that he will support and Orange counties, but was “It’s hard to imagine an earth- Issa, 66, will face off in Novem- rules, candidates from all parties the Republican candidates fight- facing a tough re-election fight quake large enough that would ber against 31-year-old Democrat run in a single primary and the ing to win California congressio- two years ago in the increasingly change the outcome,” he said, Ammar Campa-Najjar, who near- top two vote-getters advance. nal seats in November, including Democratic district and retired. meaning an Issa victory. ly pulled a major upset two years Issa and DeMaio, a San Diego his former foe Issa. The disgraced Hunter, who is But Democratic political strat- ago when he came within three radio host and political com- Despite his first-place finish in scheduled to be sentenced Tues- egist Bill Carrick thinks the par- percentage points of defeating mentator, waged a bitter fight. the primary, it will be an uphill day, stayed out of the race since ty’s fortunes are changing there. Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter They called each other liars and battle for Campa-Najjar, a small leaving office. But his still-popu- “We’ve seen many congres- while the lawmaker was under in- challenged the other’s loyalty to businessman and former pub- lar father, Duncan L. Hunter Sr., sional districts move slowly but dictment on corruption charges. President Donald Trump. The lic affairs official for the Obama backed Issa. The elder Hunter surely from strong Republican Hunter was elected to six terms president did not endorse either administration. In Issa, he is up represented the district for 28 to toss up to some now that are before resigning in January after in the primary. against a former nine-term con- years. Issa was also endorsed by pretty Democratic,” said Carrick, pleading guilty to misspending Issa has since changed his tone gressman who has name recog- U.S. House Minority leader Rep. who is based in Los Angeles. PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 NATION Senate approves repeal of rebuke on student loans

BY COLLIN BINKLEY cancel federal student loans for Associated Press borrowers whose colleges com- mit fraud. It dates to the 1990s but The Senate on Wednesday gave was expanded under the Obama final congressional approval to administration to forgive loans a measure that would overturn for students whose colleges used rules issued by Education Sec- false claims to get them to enroll. retary Betsy DeVos in 2019 that The Obama-era update was di- made it harder for students to get rected at thousands of students loans erased after being misled who attended Corinthian Colleg- by for-profit colleges. es, ITT Technical Institute and GREGORY BULL/AP The measure, which passed other for-profit college chains with a 53-42 vote, stands as a that shut down after authorities Migrants wait before being taken to the San Ysidro port of entry to begin the process of applying for rare rebuke of DeVos by the Re- found that they made exagger- asylum in the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico, on Jan. 29, 2019. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, publican-led Senate. The House ated claims about the success of allowed the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in approved the measure in Janu- their graduates. Mexico for U.S. court hearings. ary, and it now goes to President But when DeVos took office, Donald Trump. The White House she suspended the rules before has threatened a presidential veto they took effect and began writ- but it remains to be seen whether ing new ones even as thousands White House has several policies Trump will overturn a resolution of applications awaited review. that drew support from 10 Repub- Her 2019 update made it harder lican senators. for students to get their loans can- to handle asylum-seekers in US The Education Department celed by requiring them to prove quickly condemned the move and that their colleges knowingly BY ELLIOT SPAGAT it’s a reckless and inhumane pro- tion custody, where lights are on defended her policy. misled them and also caused per- Associated Press gram that has subjected countless around the clock. During that “It’s disappointing to see so sonal financial harm. asylum seekers to kidnapping, time, they get a maximum of 60 to many in Congress fooled by mis- DeVos’ rules required students SAN DIEGO — The Supreme extortion and violence in Mexico 90 minutes to call attorneys and information from the Left and to apply for relief within three Court has allowed the Trump ad- border cities where gangs wield cannot leave call-back numbers. the fake news narrative about our years of leaving the school, and ministration to continue making tremendous power. Asylum-seekers who appeal efforts to protect students from they ended a policy allowing the asylum-seekers wait in Mexico Fly to Central America to failed screenings are connected fraud,” Education Department Education Department to cancel for their U.S. court hearings. It seek asylum there by phone to an immigration judge spokeswoman Angela Morabito loans for large groups of students may be the most far-reaching The administration has flown who reaches a final decision with- said in a statement. “Our rule is that attended schools known to measure in a series of policies the more than 800 people to Guate- in two days. consistent with Congress’s intent, have committed fraud. government has put in place over mala since November, denying Quick deportation flights to it protects students and it treats The measure would undo the last year amid an unprec- them a chance to claim asylum in Central America taxpayers fairly.” DeVos’ changes and restore the edented surge of asylum-seeking the United States. Instead, they The U.S. government can now Lawmakers moved to reverse rules created under President arriving at the border, many from can apply for asylum in Guatema- more quickly deport immigrants DeVos’ policy through the Con- Barack Obama. The move drew Central America. la, which is stricken with poverty back to Guatemala, Honduras gressional Review Act, which quick praise from borrower ad- The Trump administration has and violence. and El Salvador. allows Congress to overturn fed- vocates and consumer protection enacted at least five policies since All people sent to Guatemala Under a new policy, U.S. Cus- eral rules with a simple majority groups, along with Democrats the beginning of last year that so far are from El Salvador and toms and Border Protection of- of both chambers and approval of and some Republicans. officials contend are designed to Honduras. They are subject to ficials can electronically verify the president. The Senate mea- “We applaud the Senate for its address asylum claims that don’t the policy because they passed citizenship of people who have sure was led by Sen. Dick Durbin, bipartisan vote to overturn the have merit and to confront a sharp through Guatemala on the way to final removal orders, avoiding D-Ill., who told lawmakers that borrower defense rule that at- increase in border arrests to a 13- the U.S. the exercise of obtaining paper DeVos has made it nearly impos- tacks the rights of borrowers,” year high in May. Here is a look at The government plans to ex- travel documents from a consul- sible for students to get their loans said Toby Merrill, director of the policies and what they do. pand the “Asylum Cooperative ate, which officials say can take canceled after attending fraudu- the Project on Predatory Stu- Return to Mexico to wait for Agreements” program and start one to two weeks. They do not lent for-profit colleges. dent Lending at Harvard Univer- hearings sending people back to Honduras leave CBP custody, which typi- “She made it extremely dif- sity. “We call on the president to A Supreme Court decision on and El Salvador to request asy- cally lacks beds and showers. ficult for these students to get put the voices of students above Wednesday affected the fate of lum there as well. Flights to Guadalajara for any relief,” Durbin said before the interests of for-profit col- a policy often called “Remain Lightning-fast asylum Mexican asylum-seekers the vote. “These schools take the leges by signing this bipartisan in Mexico.” It was introduced hearings In January, the administration money and run, and the students legislation.” in January 2019 and gradually About 4,000 Mexicans and Cen- said it would begin deporting end up holding the bag with mas- Among the Republicans who expanded to all major crossing tral Americans have been deport- about 250 Mexicans a week on sive debts.” backed the measure was Sen. corridors. ed after failing initial screenings flights to Guadalajara from Tuc- The measure aims to strike Cory Gardner of Colorado who Migrants arriving at the border for asylum that are administered son, Ariz., more than 1,000 miles down DeVos’ changes to a policy said he was “proud to stand with are turned back to Mexico and with very little turnaround time. apart. Authorities believe repeat known as borrower defense to students who were defrauded by must wait there for their court They get one day to prepare while attempts are less likely if they are repayment, which promises to educational institutions.” hearings in the U.S. Critics say in Customs and Border Protec- returned deep in Mexico. Attorneys: Chelsea Manning attempted suicide in Virginia jail

BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS Jail officials responded to an incident in 2010, has been held for about a year for that she will not betray her principles, even The Washington Post involving Manning at 12:11 p.m. at the Al- refusing to testify to a federal grand jury at risk of grave harm to herself,” her legal exandria Adult Detention Center, accord- investigating the anti-secrecy website. team said in a statement Wednesday. Former Army intelligence analyst Chel- ing to a statement released by Alexandria WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is “Her actions today evidence the strength sea Manning attempted suicide inside an Sheriff Dana Lawhorne. charged in Alexandria federal court with of her convictions, as well as the profound Alexandria, V a., jail Wednesday and was “It was handled appropriately by our violating the Espionage Act and accused harm she continues to suffer as a result of hospitalized just days before a federal professional staff and Ms. Manning is of helping Manning expose secret war logs her ‘civil’ confinement.” judge is scheduled to hear a motion to re- safe,” Lawhorne’s statement said. and diplomatic cables. He is fighting extra- No other information could be immedi- lease her from custody, according to her Manning, who leaked hundreds of thou- dition from London. ately learned about the incident, which was attorneys. sands of classified documents to WikiLeaks “Ms. Manning has previously indicated first reported by Gizmodo. Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 NATION Judges hear arguments on Down syndrome abortions

Associated Press has moved rightward in recent stripped of their medical license, years with Republican Presi- and be held liable for legal dam- CINCINNATI — Federal judg- dent Donald Trump making six ages. The pregnant woman faces es on Wednesday sharply ques- appointments. no criminal liability under the tioned attorneys on both sides of an Ohio law that threatens doc- Attorneys for the government law. tors with a felony charge if they contend in legal filings that the This and similar proposals perform abortions aimed at pre- sidelined 2017 law does not in- around the country have trig- /AP venting the birth of a baby with fringe on a woman’s constitution- gered emotional debate over TONY DEJAK al rights — because it “does not women’s rights, parental love, Down syndrome. Chrisse France talks in a procedure room at Preterm on Feb. 25 in prohibit any abortions at all.” and the trust between doctor and Jessie Hill, an attorney for the Cleveland. ACLU of Ohio, argued that the Judge Raymond Kethledge, an patient. appointee of Republican Presi- Hill said the law would “cut law seeks unconstitutionally to and lets people with Down syn- legal twists, a group of mothers dent George W. Bush, indicated off communication between a take “the ultimate decision” on drome know they “have lives that whose children have Down syn- agreement with the government woman and her doctor.” abortion away from the woman. are worth living.” drome has sided with the ACLU in his questions, suggesting that Judge Jeffrey Sutton, another Benjamin Flowers, Ohio’s solici- Opponents call the law an ille- of Ohio, Preterm-Cleveland and tor general, said it seeks to pre- the Ohio law “strikes a balance George W. Bush appointee, coun- gal “reason ban.” They say it un- other abortion providers who vent abortions that target and between two extremes.” Other tered: “We don’t want our doc- dercuts the woman’s independent brought the suit. They argue the discriminate against those with judges questioned whether it tors knowingly doing selective decision-making by attempting to law — dubbed the “Ohio Down Down syndrome, which would stands up under existing law on abortions.” get into her mind, or prevent her Syndrome Non-Discrimination send them a message that people abortion and whether it encour- The Trump Justice Depart- from speaking freely with her Act” — actually perpetuates dis- including some medical provid- ages women to mislead their ment took the state of Ohio’s side doctor, as she makes an abortion crimination against their chil- ers “do not think people like you doctors. in the case in January, writing, decision. dren by singling out their genetic are as valuable as others.” The Ohio law prohibits phy- “Nothing in Ohio’s law creates a Wednesday’s high-stakes hear- anomaly over others. The case is viewed as pivotal sicians from performing an substantial obstacle to women ob- ing follows two earlier decisions in Down syndrome is a genetic in the national debate over the abortion if they’re aware that a taining an abortion.” which a federal judge and a three- disorder that can cause a variety procedure. The 6th U.S. Circuit diagnosis of Down syndrome, Justice Department attorney judge panel ruled the law is likely of physical and mental disabili- Court of Appeals heard the argu- or the possibility, is influencing Alexander Maugeri told the judg- unconstitutional. It has been on ties. It occurs in about one in 700 ments in a rare full-court hearing the decision. They could face a es Wednesday that the “Ohio law hold since it was enacted. babies born in the U.S. each year, before 15 judges on a court that fourth-degree felony charge, be serves an important purpose” In another of the Ohio case’s or about 6,000 annually. Planet’s forecast is House OKs restrictions on always cloudy with government surveillance Associated Press join us.” chance of iron rain The statement said the legisla- WASHINGTON — Congress tion “balances the need to reau- Associated Press has taken a first step toward ad- thorize these critical authorities dressing errors made by the FBI CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — At one hot, faraway with the need for tailored re- during its investigation of the forms to increase accountabil- world, it’s always cloudy with a chance of iron rain. Trump campaign and Russia, That’s the otherworldly forecast from Swiss and with the House passing legislation ity.” Signing on with McConnell other European astronomers who have detected Wednesday that would impose were Senate Judiciary Commit- clouds full of iron droplets at a hot Jupiterlike planet new restrictions on the federal tee Chairman Lindsey Graham, 390 light-years away. government’s surveillance tools. Senate Intelligence Committee This mega planet is so hot on the sunny side — The legislation is a compro- Chairman Richard Burr, Texas 4,350 degrees Fahrenheit — that iron vaporizes in mise that reflects angst in both Sen. John Cornyn and South Da- the atmosphere. The iron likely condenses on the parties about the way the surveil- kota Sen. John Thune. cooler night side of the planet, almost certainly lance powers have been used, but It was not immediately clear turning into rain. also a reluctance to strip those whether Trump would sign it. “Like droplets of metal falling from the sky,” said powers from the government’s And a handful of Republican and Christophe Lovis of the University of Geneva who arsenal. The bipartisan bill, ne- Democratic senators have strong- took part in the study. gotiated by House Speaker Nancy ly criticized the House measure, The iron rain would be extremely dense and pack Pelosi and Republican leader possibly threatening procedural a pretty good punch, according to the research team Kevin McCarthy, would renew delays. whose study appears Wednesday in the journal several provisions the FBI sees Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Nature. as vital to fighting terrorism even Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky “It’s like in the heavy steel industry on Earth as it aims to ensure stricter over- and Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden where they melt iron, and so you see this melting, sight of how the bureau conducts of Oregon, all longtime skeptics FREDERIK PEETERS, ESO/AP flowing metal. That’s pretty much what we are talk- surveillance. of surveillance laws, are opposed ing about here,” Lovis told The Associated Press. An illustration by graphic novelist Frederik Peeters The compromise, which passed to the legislation. Discovered just a few years ago, the planet desig- titled “Singin’ in the Iron Rain — An Evening on 278-136, came after Republicans But Wyden indicated he would nated Wasp-76b is nearly twice the size of Jupiter, Wasp-76b.” and Democrats in the House not filibuster, or delay, the bill, the largest in our solar system, yet takes less than broadly agreed that they did not saying he was focused on a re- two days to orbit its star. vapor in the morning” as night transitions back into want civil liberties sacrificed in sponse to the spread of the Because the planet’s rotation matches the time day, lead scientist David Ehrenreich of the Univer- efforts to thwart terrorism and coronavirus. it takes to complete one orbit, the same side always sity of Geneva said in a statement. other crimes. Republicans had It wasn’t certain what tactics faces the star. The astronomers concluded the most likely expla- been aggressively seeking chang- Paul or Lee might use to slow So it’s always daytime on the star-facing side, with down the legislation. Lee said nation is that it rains iron on the night side. es to the law since the Russia clear skies. And it’s always nighttime on the night Wednesday that “there are a lot of Ehrenreich and his team studied Wasp-76b and investigation, while many Demo- side, where temperatures fall to about 2,700 degrees crats already had concerns about procedural tools at our disposal,” its extreme climate using a new instrument on the Fahrenheit and the sky is continually overcast with government surveillance. indicating he might try to delay iron rain, according to the researchers. European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Tele- The Senate is poised to pass the passage. Paul has been working Strong wind — gusting at more than 11,000 mph scope in Chile. bill, as well, after Senate Majority closely with Trump, who told Re- — constantly sweeps some of the vaporized iron While vaporized iron previously has been detect- Leader Mitch McConnell issued a publican lawmakers at a meet- from the day to night side of the planet. Inside the ed at an even hotter, more distant Jupiterlike world, statement with several other Re- ing last week that he would not day-to-night transition zone, clouds appear to form it’s believed to remain in a gaseous state around that publicans saying they “strongly sign an extension of the current as temperatures begin to drop. entire planet, Lovis said. At Wasp-76b, this is the support this legislation and urge surveillance authorities without “Surprisingly, however, we do not see the iron first time iron condensation has been seen, he said. all of our Senate colleagues to reforms. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 WORLD Supercomputer tracks locusts plaguing Africa

BY RODNEY MUHUMUZA for locusts so climate experts can AND DESMOND TIRO predict their next destination,” Associated Press the U.K.’s Department for Inter-

national Development said in a BEN CURTIS/AP KAMPALA, Uganda — A su- statement. “By improving early percomputer is boosting efforts warning systems we are helping A farmer’s daughter waves her shawl in the air to try to chase away swarms of desert locusts from her in East Africa to control a locust charities and African govern- crops, in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya, on Jan. 24. outbreak that raises what the U.N. ments to take rapid action to pro- food agency calls “an unprec- tect vulnerable communities.” Locust swarms, sometimes as edented threat” to the region’s Kenya, Somalia and Uganda large as some cities, can destroy food security. have been battling the worst lo- crops and devastate pasture for The computer, a donation from cust outbreak that parts of East animals. Aerial spraying is gen- Britain, uses satellite data to track Africa have seen in 70 years. erally considered the only effec- locust swarms and predict their Swarms have also been sighted tive control method. In Uganda, next destination. Quickly shar- in Djibouti, Eritrea, Tanzania, where the locust infestation has ing the information of the locusts’ Congo and South Sudan, a coun- recently spread to more than 20 movements with regional author- try where roughly half the popu- districts in the country’s north ities is key to controlling the out- lation already faces hunger after and northeast, soldiers have been break, as even a small swarm of years of civil war. battling swarms using hand-held locusts in a single day can move The threat from the locusts spray pumps because of difficul- nearly 100 miles and consume “remains extremely alarming” in ties in getting aircraft as well as the amount of crops that would the Horn of Africa, where “wide- the recommended pesticide. otherwise feed 35,000 people. spread breeding is in progress Officials in Kenya’s capital, KHALIL SENOSI/AP Based in a regional climate cen- and new swarms are starting to Nairobi, where the supercomput- ter in Kenya, where the insects form, representing an unprece- er is based, said the technology Abubakr Salih Babiker, a climate scientist, shows server racks have been particularly destruc- dented threat to food security and will boost their efforts in tracking containing a supercomputer in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 5. tive, the supercomputer system livelihoods at the beginning of the locust swarms. “produces extensive weather upcoming cropping season,” ac- “The forecast is quite useful be- locust in the coming say, 10 days,” they are more efficient in allocat- forecasts to predict the high cording to a warning issued this cause it helps them to focus their said Abubakr Salih Babiker, a cli- ing their resources, allocating the winds, rainfall, and humidity that month by the U.N. Food and Agri- efforts in the areas that are most mate scientist at Nairobi’s region- financial capacity to control the provide ideal breeding conditions culture Organization. likely to be affected by the desert al climate center. “In this way desert locust. ” Cubans use social media to find basic goods amid shortages

BY ANDREA RODRIGUEZ tal, is stocking it. usefulness is obvious and it’s something Associated Press “I’ve been able to sort out” diaper and that represents, above all, development and other purchases since joining several so- also helps open people’s minds a little.” HAVANA — “Where to find it?” and cial media groups aimed at locating es- Cuba doesn’t have classified ads in of- “Whatever you want” and “What do you sential items, said Havana resident Laura ficial newspapers. Some businesses offer need?” Vela, who has a young child. sales on the internet, but the social media These are the names of some of the so- Some of the groups have waiting lists of groups help people grapple almost in real- cial media groups catering to thousands people anxious to get the benefits of being time with constant challenges. of Cubans who are using newly available a member. WhatsApp limits group chat Cooking oil might vanish from shelves, mobile internet to grapple with shortages sizes to 256 people, while other platforms but then it returns and there is no flour. of basic goods that are worsening under accept thousands. One day there is no butter and the next tougher U.S. sanctions. Shopping through social media is easing there is no cheese. Many people, particu- ISMAEL FRANCISCO/AP Armed with internet access on cell- life for many on the island, but it may be larly those not getting information from phones that came into general use last year, Men load a newly bought refrigerator exacerbating inequality and making things a social media network, can spend hours Cubans are forming online chat groups to onto a truck Monday in Havana, Cuba. harder for those without internet connec- fruitlessly searching for household items. share tips about where to find dish deter- tions. Moreover, people get discounts on Cubans have been used to struggling for gent, chicken, diesel fuel and other scarce administers a dozen WhatsApp groups at data if they pay with badly needed dollars the basics since the collapse of their bene- essentials. They do so on WhatsApp, Insta- no charge. through companies outside Cuba, mean- factors in the Soviet Union decades ago, gram and Facebook. Now, for example, someone can ask ing those without U.S. currency are at a but the situation deteriorated in 2019 after Without the chat groups, people would about a certain product — toilet paper or disadvantage. U.S. President Donald Trump escalated have to “spend all day going around the milk powder or soap — and another person “A lot of people can’t afford” to buy phone sanctions. The economic woes of Venezu- city” looking for things that they need, said on the chat might reply within minutes to data or a good phone, said Lucia March, a ela, a key provider of oil to Cuba, has also Claudia Santander, a graphic designer who say which store in Havana, the Cuban capi- writer. For those who can, she said, “the hurt the Caribbean country. Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 FACES The road to forgiveness Schwarzenegger Pratt interviewed people with hard-won experience for book on tricky subject

BY ALICIA RANCILIO out to everybody and didn’t know anyone beforehand Associated Press and just blindly asked them if they would be willing to sit down and talk to me about forgiveness. I went Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt has made a ca- into every single interview not knowing how much reer of writing what she knows, from teaching about they would open up or what they would give me in healthy body image to grappling with entering the the interview, and every single person was just so real world after graduating college. incredible to talk to, so inspiring and raw and open Her latest book, “The Gift of Forgiveness: Inspir- and vulnerable. ing Stories from Those Who Have Overcome the What did you ultimately take away on Unforgivable,” is a deep dive into various stories on forgiveness? forgiveness. For some people, it comes very easily and natu- Schwarzenegger Pratt, the eldest child of actor rally, and they can just decide to forgive someone and politician Arnold Schwarzeneg- and be done with it. And for a lot of people, myself ger and broadcast journalist Maria included, it’s an ongoing process. So, it’s about being Shriver, writes in the book that she OK with it. came up with the idea when strug- Did you want to be a writer growing up? gling with how to forgive a friend I always would write in journals when I was young- whom she had a falling out with. er and found it very helpful for myself and therapeu- She interviewed 22 people, including tic. If you had asked me when I was 10 years old if kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart I would be writing books, I don’t know that I would and Tanya Brown, the sister of mur- say that, but I think it’s been such a blessing for me der victim Nicole Brown Simpson, and in my life. I’ve been able to take situations and topics Sebastian Marroquin, the son of drug that I have struggled with and have looked at oth- kingpin Pablo Escobar, about their own ers struggling with and it’s driven me to write about experiences with forgiveness. these topics to help other people. Schwarzenegger Pratt says the big- Your dad is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Your mom gest lesson learned is that forgiveness is MATT LICARI, is Maria Shriver and a member of the Kennedy INVISION/AP not a one-size-fits-all process. family. You must have met so many notable peo- “There isn’t one way to forgive. There’s not a right ple . Is there anyone you haven’t met yet? way, a wrong way; there’s only your way,” she said. I don’t actually know who that would be. A lot of “I would never be able to tell somebody how to prac- times I think of people who are no longer on this ‘ tice forgiveness specifically in their lives because earth that I would like to spend extra time with and There isn’t one way to forgive. it’s so unique to their situation.” I often will think about my grandma, especially as There’s not a right way, a wrong way; AP: You talk to people for the book who’ve I’ve gotten older. When you’re little, you kind of take experienced some pretty heavy circumstances. your grandparents for granted, and when you’re there’s only your way. Were you nervous to do those interviews? older, you wish you could go back and talk to them ’ Schwarzenegger Pratt: You’re always nervous about certain life things. So that’s probably who I Katharine Schwarzenegger Pratt when interviewing people that you don’t know about would think about — both my grandparents — to a topic that’s very intense like forgiveness. I reached have more time with.

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Talk show, game show hosts getting test positive for virus used to new normal — no audiences Hollywood star Tom Hanks an- nounced Wednesday night that BY BETHONIE BUTLER he and his wife, actress Rita Wil- The Washington Post son, have tested positive for the The fans that make up Wendy Williams’ studio audience are so in- novel coronavirus. The 63-year- tegral to her syndicated daytime talk show that she regularly refers old Oscar winner is currently in to them as her co-hosts. But when Williams began her show Wednes- Australia for the pre-production day, the trademark whoops that welcome her to each episode sounded stage of an Elvis Presley biopic. a little less amplified than usual. Hanks noted in a statement For the first time since her show debuted, in 2008, there were no shared on his Facebook, Twitter fans staring back at Williams. The former radio shock jock was in- and Instagram accounts that he stead offering her candid thoughts on pop culture, current news and and Wilson, also 63, started to controversies in front of a collection of show staffers. feel “a bit tired, like we had colds, Over on “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg offered an enthusiastic and some body aches.” “Rita had some chills that came greeting at the top of the show. “Well, hello, hello, hello, and welcome ABC to ‘The View,’ y’all.” She turned to the empty gray chairs usually re- and went,” he continued. “Slight fevers too. To play things right, as served for the show’s studio audience. “Welcome to ‘The View,’ wel- “The View” recorded its daytime talk show without a studio come to ‘The View,’ welcome to ‘The View,’ ” she repeated, feigning audience March 11 due to concerns over coronavirus. is needed in the world right now, an echo effect, as her greeting dissipated into the ether. we were tested for the Coronavi- rus, and were found to be posi- “The echo is real,” said her co-host Meghan McCain. cigarettes. Because why not? On “Strahan, Sara and Keke,” staff- This is the reality of daytime television amid growing fears about ers cheered and danced as Strahan explained the reason behind the tive.” A representative for Hanks the novel coronavirus. As the number of confirmed cases in the Unit- drastic change. “The great thing is, some of them — their parents confirmed the news as shared on ed States has topped 1,000, experts have recommended communities didn’t even know they had a job, and we just put them on TV, so now the actor’s accounts. practice social distancing, avoiding large crowds and other nonessen- your mama knows you got a job,” he said. Hanks is the first American ce- tial interactions that could cause the virus to spread more quickly. Goldberg said the decision to go without an audience was “unprec- lebrity to publicly announce a di- “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” were among the first shows edented” on “The View.” But the talk show — like many other day- agnosis of the novel coronavirus. to announce that they would be scrapping their typical live studio time staples — tapes in New York City, which has canceled a number One of the most beloved ac- audiences. But the absence of crowds is particularly striking on the of highly attended events, including a half-marathon, as the number tors in Hollywood, Hanks kept daytime talk show circuit, which heavily incorporates the energy of of confirmed cases has jumped to more than 200 statewide. his statement in tune with his audience members who gather to see their favorite hosts and react, in Williams, who also tapes in New York, shared mixed feelings about good-natured reputation. He also real time, to recurring segments, celebrity interviews or juicy spats the decision to remove the audience from her show as she offered a shared a photograph of a medi- between some of TV’s most recognizable personalities. On Wednes- rundown of the precautions people and businesses have taken amid cal glove discarded in a trash day, “Strahan, Sara and Keke,” “Good Morning America” and “Live what the World Health Organization has labeled a pandemic. “I’m can layered with a yellow biohaz- with Kelly and Ryan” all aired without their typical audiences. not sure I’m down with it. Part of me says the stats are going up,” ard liner, keeping with his social Some, like Williams, turned to their own employees to avoid she said. “But the other part of me says they might be creating mass media theme of lost gloves. crickets. The daytime diva opened the show by passing out candy hysteria, including telling me no audience. Even I didn’t go there.” From The Washington Post PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP W oman charged in case of compensation fraud

POMONA — A former CA Southern California college student has been charged with making fake threats in order to portray herself as a victim, prosecutors said. The criminal complaint alleges that Anayeli Dominguez Pena, 25, of Ontario reported the false threats to police and applied for compensation from the Califor- nia Victim Compensation Board, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said. The former University of La Verne student pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to two felony counts and six misdemeanor counts. According to the prosecution, the woman created fake messag- es and email accounts last spring and used them to fake a threat against herself and a student who was unaware of the scheme. Police: Dealers, players took $100K from casino

UNCASVILLE — Two CT blackjack players and three dealers conspired to cheat a Connecticut casino operated by the Mohegan tribe out of over $100,000 in 2018, according to tribal police. Three of the five people named in court documents have been charged with involvement in il- legal bets, according to an ar- rest warrant affidavit written by CALEB AYERS, DANVILLE (VA.) REGISTER & BEE/AP Mohegan Tribal Police Detective John Graves . Police: Theft suspect The ultimate stretch claims she’s Beyonce After weeks of getting rained out, members of the Danville (Va.) Ultimate Disc for Everyone group play pickup ultimate Frisbee on Tuesday. LAS CRUCES — A equipment, the U.S. attorney’s of- THE CENSUS bills in a Kansas hotel room and NM New Mexico woman fice in Boston said in a statement. reprinting them to look like $100 is facing charges after police say Naranjo Rodriguez was ar- The number of properties in a historic West bills. she stole a car and later tried to rested in Concord, Mass., in No- Virginia district added to the National Register The U.S. attorney’s office said claim she was pop singer Beyonce vember after police spotted him of Historic Places last week, news outlets re- John Sebestyen, 51, of Mission Knowles. at a closed gas station next to an 200+ ported. The area includes properties between Viejo, also was ordered Monday Surena Henry was arrested unlocked gas pump with keys in 31st and 41st streets from Chapline Street to to pay nearly $20,000 in restitu- Saturday in Las Cruces, N.M., the lock, prosecutors said. West Virginia 2 in South Wheeling. “South Wheeling as a historic district is impor- tion. Two co-defendants previ- when an officer spotted a vehicle Officers searched Naranjo Ro- tant because it recognizes the industrial and vernacular architecture of Wheeling,” ously were sentenced in the case. that resembled one that had been driguez, a nearby vehicle and his said Betsy Sweeny, Wheeling Heritage historic preservation program manager. “For Charging documents say they reported stolen, the Las Cruces hotel room and found multiple much of history, these spaces have been overlooked, with more attention being used the fake $100 bills to pur- Sun-News reported. skimming devices and additional given to high-style architecture, but human history is not limited to high-style.” chase items from retailers in the According to court documents, pump keys, authorities said . Kansas City metro area. Henry, 48, ignored the officer’s orders to pull over and later School district to drop Police: Woman paid bail parked in front of her home. U.S. prosecutors say the pair pleaded guilty to 12 counts of in- Documents say Henry told the Redskins nickname spray-painted rock formations vasion of privacy. with pot-scented cash officer she was Beyonce. in a national monument that fea- Christopher Esnes, 42, of Long Police also reported Henry told PAW PAW — A school tures petroglyphs. Hill, will forfeit his teaching li- ASHLAND — A Louisi- the officer she found the keys in MI district in southwestern Daniel Plata and Jonathan cense as part of a plea deal with LA ana woman was arrest- the vehicle and decided to take it Michigan is dropping its Red- Pavon, both 25 and from Elko, the Morris County Prosecutor’s ed on drug charges after police for a ride . Henry is charged with skins nickname and mascot after are charged with conspiracy, de- office. He entered his pleas Mon- determined the $5,000 cash she unlawful taking of a motor ve- the superintendent urged school struction of government property day and will be sentenced April used to post an inmate’s bail had hicle, concealing identity and re- board members to end the con- and unauthorized damage or al- 17, when prosecutors will recom- a “strong odor of marijuana.” sisting or obstructing an arrest. tentious name. teration or defacement of archae- mend that he get probation and 90 Authorities began investigat- The Paw Paw school board ological resources, U.S. Attorney days’ community service. ing Stormy Lynn Parfait, 33, on Man arrested in gas voted 6-1 on Monday to retire the Nicholas Trutanich’s office said Esnes admitted putting a cam- Friday, shortly after she showed nickname by the end of the school Monday. era in a faculty bathroom at the up at the Ashland jail to pay the pump skimming scheme year following Superintendent Prosecutors say the men drove Littleton Elementary School in bond fee for an inmate being held Rick Reo’s recommendation last into the White River Narrows Ar- Parsippany during the 2016-17 there on drug charges, the Terre- BOSTON — A Florida week to drop the nickname . chaeologica l Distr ict within Basin school year. Officials have said bonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said man prosecutors say MA The board’s decision to drop and Range National Monument, no students were filmed, but they in a statement obtained by news was involved in a scheme to attach the Redskins comes after it voted where Pavon acted as a lookout as have not disclosed when the cam- outlets. “skimming” devices to pumps at 4-3 in 2017 to keep the name after Plata spray-painted, according to era was installed, how long it was After catching a whiff of the gas stations across New England months of heated debate. a criminal indictment . there or how it was discovered. to steal the debit and credit ac- cash, a detective searched her count numbers from thousands car while she was still at the jail of unsuspecting drivers has been 2 charged with defacing Teacher used bathroom Man sentenced in and found nearly $40,000 more charged. ancient rock art camera on coworkers scheme to forge money inside, along with about 100 Luis Angel Naranjo Rodriguez, Klonopin pills and a food stamp 29, of Hialeah, Fla., was charged LAS VEGAS — Two PARSIPPANY — An el- OVERLAND PARK — card that wasn’t registered to Monday with possessing 15 or NV Nevada men have been NJ ementary school teacher KS A California man has Parfait, according to the sheriff’s more counterfeit access devices, indicted on charges of vandal- who put a hidden camera in the been sentenced to three years in statement . and possession of device-making izing an archaeological site after school’s faculty bathroom has prison for washing the ink off $1 From wire reports Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 19 NATION DEA targets drug cartel in massive raid

BY MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press CHANTILLY, Va. — In the darkness, the team suits up qui- etly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutters and heavy weaponry by foot up a hill on a residential California street that’s softly aglow from street lamps. Then the agents turn onto the walkway of their target’s home. “Police! Search warrant!” one officer yells as agents bang on the front door. “Police search war- rant!” And then three thunderous bangs as the task force breaks down the front door. Moments later, a reputed mem- ber of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, known as CJNG, is walked out in handcuffs. In early-morning raids Wednes- day, agents fanned out across the United States, culminating a Photos by AP six-month investigation with the primary goal of dismantling the DEA agents are briefed in a parking lot prior to an arrest of a drug trafficker Wednesday in Diamond Bar, Calif. upper echelon of CJNG and hop- ing to get closer to capturing its leader, one of the most wanted men in America. There’s a $10 million reward for the arrest of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera. The gang controls between one-third and two-thirds of the U.S. drug market. It is so violent that members leave piles of bod- ies in streets and hanging from overpasses in Mexico, and they fill the city of Guadalajara with mass graves. They carry ma- chine guns and hand grenades. They once used rocket launchers to shoot down a Mexican military helicopter. More than 50 0 people have been arrested during the operation in recent months, more than 15,000 kilograms of meth were seized and nearly $20 million taken as search and arrest warrants were executed. Dozens were arrested Drug Enforcement Administration agents and intelligence analysts Wednesday. gather information from field operations across the country at their DEA agents take a suspect into custody during an arrest of a drug “El Mencho and his associates command center in Chantilly, Va. trafficker Wednesday in Diamond Bar, Calif. prey on the addicts, and they prey on small towns where they can said Bill Bodner, the special agent phones rang at the command streets of the U.S., fueling home- Mencho and CJNG is greater act as bullies and infiltrate these in charge of the DEA’s field office center and analysts recorded the lessness and the opioid crisis, and right now because, in my opinion, small towns,” said Wendy Wool- in Los Angeles. number of arrests and amount leaving behind another trail of at the time Chapo was captured cok, the special agent in charge of The Associated Press had ex- of drugs seized on printed bodies: from overdoses. or at the time he was kind of at his Drug Enforcement Administra- clusive access to the raid outside worksheets. The Jalisco Cartel was formed at his heyday … the Sinaloa Car- tion’s special operations division. Los Angeles and the national com- An analyst entered the informa- in 2010 from a wing of the Sinaloa tel was fractured, it was a little “They promise hope, and they de- mand center. In California, about tion into a DEA computer screen cartel based in the western city broken up,” Bodner said. liver despair.” a dozen team members prepped as other analysts ran phone num- of Guadalajara. While it once El Chapo was a little flashier, For the U.S., combating Mex- early Wednesday for their target. bers, addresses and nicknames specialized in producing meth- but Mencho and the Jalisco gang ico’s fastest-growing and most They searched the home, a state- found inside the homes being amphetamine, like most Mexican see their drug business as just violent gang is a top priority. Law ly, salmon-colored Spanish Colo- searched. cartels it has expanded into mul- that — business, Bodner said. enforcement officials believe that nial-style with a large chandelier The special agent in charge of tidrug shipments, including fen- “They have a little bit more dis- the gang has drug distribution in the foyer and palm trees in the the special operations division tanyl, cocaine, meth and heroin. cipline. They’re not necessarily hubs in Los Angeles, New York, front yard, and crawled on the assembled with her team in front The cartel is led by the elusive into the partying and living the Chicago, Houston and Atlanta. It ground to look under cars in the of a heat map — red dots glowing Oseguera, whose bodyguards good life, it’s just about the busi- is believed to have a presence in driveway. No shots were fired. darker and darker as more arrests once shot down a Mexican mili- ness of drug trafficking and con- 24 of Mexico’s 32 states. Victor Ochoa, 34, was arrested are made, primarily in Texas, tary helicopter to prevent his ar- trol, and that’s what makes them Unlike other cartels, CJNG on drug charges. The DEA al- California and New Jersey. By rest. In recent weeks, prosecutors scarier, Bodner said. shows no reluctance in directly leges that he acts as a stash house 9 a.m., more than 60 people had have brought charges against his The Jalisco cartel is also known attacking police and army patrols, manager for the cartel. It wasn’t been taken into custody. son, Rubén Oseguera, also known for brazen tactics such as driv- and is blamed for the deadliest clear yet whether he had a de- While Mexican drug cartels as “El Menchito,” and his daugh- ing around in convoys of pickup attacks against law enforcement fense attorney. made their money predominantly ter, Jessica Johanna Oseguera. trucks marked with the letters forces in Mexico. In eliminating At the command center tucked from marijuana in past decades, And officials say that he’s more “CJNG” and for circulating rivals, it has carried out spectac- inside a nondescript government the market has somewhat dissi- dangerous than reputed Mexican videos of heavily-armed cartel ular acts of violence. building in northern Virginia, pated with the state-level legal- drug kingpin and escape artist gunmen in military-style dress. “Their propensity to violence a group of a dozen analysts and ization of cannabis in dozens of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, While Mexico says that it is no is a big part of it, they’re a very agents sat behind computer states across the U.S. who, as leader of the Sinaloa car- longer concentrating on detaining violent organization, they’re a screens inside a converted con- They’ve now turned to meth- tel, ran a massive drug conspiracy drug lords, the Mexican govern- well-armed organization, but re- ference room. amphetamine and fentanyl, sell- that spread murder and mayhem ment has extradited Oseguera’s ally the gasoline that was thrown As agents were banging down ing it at almost 14 times the price for more than two decades. son and has detained some of his on the fire was synthetic drugs,” doors across the country, the it costs to make and flooding the “I think the threat from El associates. PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 NATION Food fights Trademark law collides with evolving dining landscape

BY TERRY TANG Associated Press GILBERT, Ariz. — When picking a name for their Asian-Mexican fusion restaurant in suburban Phoenix, Paul and Nicole Fan settled on “Panda Libre,” hoping the mix of China’s iconic bear and the Spanish word for “free“ would signal to customers the type of cuisine it offered. That decision could cost them dearly. Chinese takeout chain Panda Express sued them in federal court last month alleging trademark infringement. PHOTOS BY TERRY TANG/AP The lawsuit showcases how trademark A Panda Express restaurant in Phoenix. Panda Libre, an Asian-Mexican fusion restaurant, is seen last month in Gilbert, Ariz. law can collide with an evolving dining landscape, where restaurateurs peddling media posts and other materials with the trademark ‘Whole Foods’ the grocery Tex Mex chain Baja Fresh of stealing his Asian or Asian “inspired” foods often pick name. store.” concept. The Los Angeles-based truck’s a name that instantly invokes a connection “It would be like starting a new company. Panda Express, which Andrew and name came from a combination of “gogi,” to that culture. But getting a trademark for That alone there is hundreds of thousands Peggy Cherng launched in 1983 as an off- the Korean word for meat, and “K” for the new name can lead to ugly and some- of dollars in this restaurant,” Nicole Fan shoot of their Panda Inn restaurants, has Korean BBQ. Baja Fresh had applied to times public clashes over ownership and said. “Going through this whole ordeal, the more than 1,900 locations nationwide. The trademark “Kogi” for its own line of Ko- cultural appropriation. In recent years, lawsuit, will bankrupt us.” company says it has a “legal obligation to rean tacos and merchandise. businesses have butted heads over wheth- On top of punitive damages and legal consistently protect them” but is hopeful Within a day, the company publicly apol- er a restaurant or food truck can legally fees, Panda Express, which generated $2 for a resolution. ogized for appearing to hijack Kogi. Baja own the right to use words rooted in Asian billion in sales last year, is asking for all “We believe there is a path forward that Fresh said it would instead use gogi. It also American Pacific Islander cultures like of Panda Libre’s profits since it opened allows for this small business to operate dropped the trademark pursuit. “aloha” and “poke.” last year in Gilbert, about 20 miles east of while respecting our intellectual property In 2018, Chicago-based Aloha Poke Co. The growing popularity of fast-casual Phoenix. rights, and we remain open to a conver- trademarked its name and sent cease- restaurants like Thai, Indian or poke — “Oftentimes it’s overstated — the dam- sation with those involved,” the company and-desist letters to poke restaurants with diced and marinated raw fish — has led to ages — to get the attention of the defen- said in an email. “aloha” or “aloha poke” in their names. In a rush for ownership of certain aspects of dant,” said Charles Valauskas, a Chicago Nicole Fan says nobody has entered Hawaii, the birthplace of the raw fish dish, that culture, said Telly Wong of IW Group intellectual property attorney who has rep- Panda Libre thinking it was a Panda Ex- locals decried a “mainlander” dictating marketing agency in New York City. Hav- resented restaurants. “It’s not like (Panda press. She points to the logo — a panda how their community used their own lan- ing a name that conveys authenticity is Express is) going to sit there and wait till dressed in a cape and mask like a Mexi- guage. A social media firestorm followed. crucial when consumers make snap judg- every last penny is drained from a bank can wrestler — and the fact that there are Jeff Sampson’s Aloha Poke Shop in Ho- ments, he said. “Sometimes you need that account.” other eateries that use “panda.” nolulu was among those worried about a cultural shorthand to convey that mes- Experts say Panda Express is within its Panda Restaurant Group said it takes lawsuit. But he got a letter from Aloha Poke sage,” Wong said. “Otherwise, you’re ex- right to trademark “Panda” for restaurant legal action on a “case-by-case basis.” It Co. attorneys that said he was “allowed” to plaining to people, ‘Oh, at Jack’s, we sell and food products. also says it settled several trademark in- use the term because of the geographic southern Chinese food.’ ” “If you were selling pandas under the fringement issues without litigation last location. Panda Express’ parent company, Rose- name ‘Panda,’ you probably wouldn’t be year. “That was the worst business decision mead, Calif.-based Panda Restaurant able to do that because it’s describing liter- Other efforts to trademark cultural they made to go after ‘aloha’ and ‘poke,’ ” Group, says it has owned the trademark for ally what you’re doing,” said Mark Simp- words have been met with fierce online Sampson said. “Hawaiian poke has been “Panda” for Chinese food services since son, a veteran intellectual property lawyer backlash. around for hundreds of hundreds of years. 2001. The chain wants a court injunction in Philadelphia. “It’s like trying to trade- In 2009, loyalists to chef Roy Choi’s Kogi It’s like a cheeseburger. You can’t trade- and for Panda Libre to destroy signs, social mark the words ‘grocery store.’ You could Korean taco truck went online to accuse mark cheeseburger.” Lawsuit aims to end California license plate language limits

Associated Press the department’s argument that cheers (COYW) to someone’s so it doesn’t discriminate based ‘ vehicle license plates constitute nickname (OGWOOLF) that on viewpoint,” he said. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Cali- We probably wouldn’t government statements, ruling need to be banned,” foundation The suit includes plaintiffs with fornia may have to end most re- challenge a regulation that it is unlikely that “view- attorney Wen Fa said in an email four other examples: strictions on personalized license limited to seven  plate language that some might ers perceive the government as exchange. “As the DMV’s regula- “DUK N A,” which the law- find offensive, if a lawsuit filed obscene words, but speaking through personalized tion underscores, vague bans on suit says is short for Ducati mo- vanity plates.” ‘offensive’ speech inevitably lead torcycles and Andrea, the first Tuesday prevails. it strains credulity The libertarian Pacific Legal In that challenge filed by the to arbitrary results.” name of plaintiff Andrea Cam- Foundation lawsuit challenges to say that there are same nonprofit legal organiza- The OGWOOLF plate was panile. The department said it the state Department of Motor tion, the department subsequent- sought by the firm’s lead plaintiff sounds like an obscene phrase. over 30,000 messages  Vehicles’ current policy on free ly allowed California soccer fan in the new lawsuit, Army veteran “BO11UX,” though the law- speech grounds. per year. Jonathan Kotler to honor his Paul “Chris” Ogilvie of Concord, suit says “bullocks” has been used ’ favorite team with the vanity Calif. He says it combines the to mean “nonsense” in a national The department denied more Wen Fa plate “COYW.” Kotler supports first two letters of his last name advertising campaign. than 30,000 of the nearly 250,000 Pacific Legal Foundation attorney applications submitted in 2018, London-based Fulham, whose with an old nickname. The de-  “SLAAYRR,” which it says is the last year for which statistics fans often chant “Come On You partment rejected the plate for a reference to the metal band are available, after deciding that Whites” for their players in white fear people would interpret OG as  “QUEER,” which it says is a the proposed language “may Department officials declined jerseys. short for “original gangster,” the reference to the plaintiff’s sexual carry connotations offensive to to comment on the pending litiga- But the department didn’t lawsuit says. It says he acquired orientation and his record label, good taste and decency,” says the tion, which challenges a program change its underlying policy, the nickname OG during his mili- Queer Folks Records, which he lawsuit filed in federal court in that brought the state nearly $60 which the new lawsuit seeks to tary service. adopted in an effort to reclaim San Francisco. million last year. end on the grounds that the First The firm probably has a good what has become a pejorative “This broad and vague regula- The environmental plates chal- Amendment doesn’t allow the point, said Eugene Volokh, who label. tion requires four full-time DMV lenged in the lawsuit cost $53 ini- government to ban speech just teaches First Amendment law at Even if the state ultimately al- administrators police license tially and $43 annually to renew because it finds it offensive. the UCLA School of Law. lows more arguably offensive plate applications,” the lawsuit and are among 14 special inter- “We probably wouldn’t chal- “When the government sets up words on license plates, Volokh argues. Those denials “deprive est license plates that help pay lenge a regulation limited to a program in which people can said, “it’s not such a huge deal. It’s plaintiffs their right to freedom for environmental and special seven obscene words, but it engage in their own speech, like a not that people will start distrust- of speech, in violation of the First programs. strains credulity to say that license plate program, it general- ing the DMV. Anything people Amendment to the United States The lawsuit comes months after there are over 30,000 messages ly has to administer it in a reason- can say on a license plate they Constitution.” another federal judge rejected per year, ranging from sports able and viewpoint-neutral way, could say on a bumper sticker.” Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Voters’ longing for normalcy benefits Biden Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY DOYLE MCMANUS Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff for Sanders. The poll suggested that some United States, which he tried but failed to Los Angeles Times voters who prefer Sanders’ policy positions prevent. But he surely deserves to be held had decided to vote for Biden instead, on accountable for his administration’s man- EDITORIAL WASHINGTON grounds of electability. (Call them “Ber- agement of the ensuing crisis, just as Bush ill coronavirus make Joe Biden nie-Biden voters.”) and Obama were. Terry Leonard, Editor president? The CNN poll also showed a second As the epidemic spreads, voters are un- [email protected] When he launched his presi- reason for Biden’s surge: Asked which likely to forget that Trump spent weeks Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Wdential campaign 10 months candidate “would best handle a major cri- insisting that he had it under control. (He [email protected] ago, Biden cast himself as a sober, seasoned sis,” 65% of Democrats named Biden, 23% didn’t.) Or that he insisted testing was antidote to the disruptive politics and cha- Sanders. available for everyone who needed it. (It Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content otic style of President Donald Trump. [email protected] That could be an important factor in No- isn’t.) Or that he claimed the virus would Biden’s campaign has relied on two un- vember. Crisis management is on voters’ “magically” disappear in April. (It may die Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation derlying messages: a claim that he’s the minds and will remain there as long as the down, but it may also come back.) 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He has promised, in effect, to Make “It will go away; just stay calm,” he told A president who trumpeted stock mar- BUREAU STAFF America Normal Again. reporters, referring to the epidemic. ket advances as evidence of his brilliance Biden deployed that message not only Biden has seized the opportunity to may have a hard time pinning responsibil- Europe/Mideast against Trump, but also to contrast with renew his role as the anti-Trump. ity for a market slump on other countries Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] his strongest Democratic rival, Sen. Ber- “I wish he would just be quiet,” Biden — although Trump is trying. 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leaders from clinging on. It’s possible he’s What newspapers keeping his options open as he plans a safe way out. Kazakh President Nursultan Naz- arbayev showed how this could be done are saying at home last year, after he stepped down from the presidency but retained some powers to The following editorial excerpts are se- protect himself. But like most authoritar- lected from a cross section of newspapers ians, Putin can’t afford to leave office lest throughout the United States. The editori- he lose protection against the enemies he’s als are provided by The Associated Press made and the power to keep his many busi- and other stateside syndicates. ness and political retainers rich. Putin has been lucky in his 20-year reign, Some young people politically not least with a long run of high oil and gas prices. But that era has been challenged by engaged, but others don’t vote the rise of American shale drilling, which The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post is why he is now hoping to use slumping Young people could change this country. global oil demand to break the U.S. indus- They have the numbers. In 2016, Ameri- try. He is unlikely to succeed even if there cans aged 18 to 35 were roughly 31% of the is a U.S. recession since American produc- U.S. electorate same as the powerful baby ers that survive will get more efficient. In a boom generation. Only, the younger voters’ country without the rule of law, even seem- percentage is on the rise while the boom- ingly secure leaders can never sleep well. ers’ is declining because of mortality. By now, millennials could be the largest co- Tax credit might get retail, hort in American politics. They are, by a long shot, the most liberal restaurant workers sick leave and racially diverse of the age groups eligi- The New York Times ble to vote. By substantial margins, they’re Walmart, the nation’s largest private em- more likely to favor universal health care, doesn’t perpetuate itself. It needs the ac- Border Patrol facility. Both of those steps ployer, set a standard for the rest of the pri- climate action, diplomacy over military tive participation of every new generation. are worth considering too. vate sector on Tuesday by announcing that, might, abortion rights, and to say that im- The beneficiaries are us. All of us . That the government would so callously in addition to its existing paid sick leave migrants strengthen America, according use statements elicited from unaccompa- policy, it would provide up to two weeks of to the Pew Research Center. nied minors in therapy sessions to under- paid leave for employees who fall ill or are But they’re not changing the country. Disgraceful that therapy notes cut their asylum applications is part of the quarantined because of a confirmed expo- Not enough. That’s largely because, for all shared, used against migrants Trump administration’s broad and inhu- sure to the coronavirus. their potential power, they aren’t voting Los Angeles Times mane efforts to effectively shut off the U.S. It’s now incumbent upon other American — at least in substantial numbers. Kevin Euceda, a 17-year-old Honduran as a destination for people seeking to exer- employers to match that example. The dismaying fact is that on Super boy, arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border cise their right to ask for sanctuary. Companies that do not provide paid sick Tuesday, despite the heavy stakes affect- three years ago and was turned over to There are legitimate policy discussions leave to all employees, particularly those ing their future, younger voters didn’t show the custody of the Department of Health to be had over how this government should in the retail and restaurant industries, are up. In Virginia, for example, where overall and Human Services until his request for handle immigration, asylum requests and endangering their workers and customers. voting surged 62% over four years ago, asylum could be decided by immigration broad comprehensive immigration re- Studies show that paying for sick employ- the share of young voters declined to 13%, courts. During that interim period, he was form. In the meantime, no government has ees to stay home significantly reduces the three points less than in 2016. The young required, as are all unaccompanied minors the right to treat people with such abject spread of the seasonal flu. There’s every cohort’s standard bearer, Sen. Bernie in custody, to meet with therapists to help inhumanity. reason to think it would help to check the Sanders, won 55% of those young voters. him process what he had gone through. spread of the new coronavirus, too. But former Vice President Joe Biden took In those sessions, Kevin was encour- Authoritarian Putin wants But many of the nation’s big restaurant the Old Dominion State, commandingly. aged to speak freely and openly and was chains, in particular, do not provide paid It was the same in North Carolina. Young told that what he said would be kept con- term limits – only for others sick leave. Nationwide, only 45% of work- voters were 14% of the electorate on Super fidential. So he poured out his story of a The Wall Street Journal ers in the hotel and food service industries Tuesday, compared to 16% four years ago. brutalized childhood, of how MS-13 gang “It would be very disturbing to return get paid sick days, compared with 97% in In Tennessee, 11% compared to 15%. Even members moved into the family shack to the situation of the mid-1980s,” Russian the financial industry, according to the lat- in California, where Sanders romped to after his grandmother died when he was President Vladimir Putin said in Janu- est federal data. The list of restaurants that victory, voters under age 30 were only 11% 12, of how he was forced to run errands, ary. “With the leaders of the state, one by don’t pay sick workers to stay home is a roll of the overall turnout. sell drugs and, as he got older, take part in one, staying in power until the end of their call of familiar brands, including Burger Sanders admits that a pillar of his cam- beating people up. When he was ordered to days.” He was right at the time, but this King, Chick-fil-A, Jack in the Box, Wendy’s paign strategy — a surge in youth voting — kill a stranger to cement his position in the week Putin nonetheless cleared the way to and Panera. has flopped. “Let me tell you the bad news, gang, Kevin decided to run. rule Russia past his 83rd birthday. No one One consequence: The Centers for Dis- to be honest with you, young people vote at His therapists submitted pages of notes anywhere is surprised. ease Control and Prevention reported in much lower rates than older people,” the over several sessions to the file on him, as On Tuesday the rubber-stamp Duma ap- 2014 that “one in five food service workers Vermont senator said Monday. “All right? they were expected to do. But then, HHS proved a constitutional amendment that have reported working at least once in the That is the facts. I hope all of the old people officials — without the knowledge of the would allow the 67-year-old to run for two previous year while sick with vomiting or vote, that’s great, but I want young people teen or the therapists — shared the notes more six-year terms. The measure must diarrhea.” to vote at the same rates.” with lawyers for Immigration and Cus- be approved by a Russian court, but woe to Other developed nations, and a number The failure to translate youthful enthusi- toms Enforcement, who used them in im- the judge who finds it illegal. Then Russian of American states and cities, already man- asm into votes is particularly disappointing migration court to paint the young migrant voters will get their say in a referendum, date some form of paid sick leave, and some because millennial turnout nearly doubled as a dangerous gang member who should but the Kremlin controls nearly all Rus- congressional Democrats have seized the between the midterm elections in 2014 and be denied asylum and sent back to Hon- sian media. This all but ensures that Putin, coronavirus moment to push for a change 2018 from 22% to 42%, according to Pew duras. In sharing those therapy notes, the who has been prime minister or president in federal law. Such a change is long over- Research. government did not break any laws. But it for two decades, won’t have to step down in due, and would be welcome news. Why did that momentum stop this year? most assuredly broke its promise of con- 2024 as he had promised. But it is not sufficient, by itself, to meet NPR correspondent Michel Martin inter- fidentiality to Kevin, violated standard The strongman has a reputation in some the demands of the moment. Public health viewed young voters in Washington state in professional practices — the first therapist quarters as a master political tactician. It’s officials recommend that people exposed advance of Tuesday’s primary, asking why involved quit once she learned her notes true that Russia punches above its weight to the coronavirus remain in isolation for more young people aren’t voting. One said had been shared — and offended a funda- internationally, from Venezuela to Syria 14 days. Even companies that provide sick that the candidates aren’t talking enough mental expectation that people cannot be and increasingly across Africa. Yet these leave are rarely that generous. Accord- about their issues. That’s hard to believe, compelled to testify against themselves in costly interventions are often driven by ingly, the proposed legislation would also given how Sanders, especially, focuses on this country. a need to find foreign villains in order to require up to 14 days of paid sick leave dur- the financial straits of most Americans Kevin, whose story was detailed by The shore up domestic political support as ing public health emergencies. and his promise to eliminate student debt. Washington Post, wasn’t the only unac- much as any grand geopolitical vision. One flaw in the proposal is that it would One young woman said she works sev- companied minor to fall victim to the gov- Russia remains an economic backwater require employers to foot the bill, even as eral jobs and goes to school — but in Wash- ernment’s atrocious behavior, though how overly reliant on energy exports. Life ex- many companies are facing a drop in rev- ington, voting is almost all by mail. She many have been affected is unknown. The pectancy is comparable to the U.S. in the enue. The government should absorb the suggested making Election Day a holiday. government says it has changed that policy 1970s. The average Hungarian or Pole is cost of the emergency sick leave provisions Another said there should be “an incen- and no longer shares confidential therapy now wealthier, and millions of Russians by giving companies a tax credit. tive to come to the polls to vote.” She sug- notes, but that’s not particularly reassur- know it. Putin’s high approval ratings ob- Americans needn’t wait on Washing- gested doughnuts. ing coming from this administration. It ad- scure that surveys show only about a third ton — particularly because any change in What kind of breakdown in civics educa- opted the policy once, it could do so again. of Russians say they trust their leader. federal law depends on President Donald tion produces young adults who think that Last week, Rep. Grace Napolitano, D- That’s largely because of the corruption Trump’s willingness to act in the public voting is some kind of favor they do for Calif., and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., intro- that has flourished at every level of the interest. People looking for a place to eat someone else, like participating in a prod- duced the Immigrants’ Mental Health Act Russian state under Putin. The country can protect their own health, and encour- uct survey, and that they should get a little of 2020 to ban the practice, which is a nec- ranks 137 out of 180 in Transparency In- age restaurants to do the right thing, by pa- something in return? essary preventive measure. The bill would ternational’s 2019 Corruption Perceptions tronizing places that offer paid sick leave. Obviously, we need to be doing more also create a new training regimen to help Index. That’s a regression from 82 when he “If we work sick, then you get sick,” than teaching kids about the U.S. Consti- border agents address mental health issues took office. workers chanted during a recent protest. tution. We need to instill in them that self- among migrants and require at least one Putin conceded during the Duma debate They’re right — and companies have a government is a fragile inheritance that mental health expert at each Customs and that “in the long term” it’s good to prevent duty to make sure that doesn’t happen. PAGE 24 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 25 SCOREBOARD

Sports College basketball College baseball Pro football Women’s Manhattan vs. Quinnipiac Wednesday’s scores XFL on AFN Semifinals conference tournaments Friday, March 13 EAST EASTERN CONFERENCE Rider vs. Manhattan-Quinnipiac winner Quinnipiac7Kennesaw St.5 W L Pct PF PA America East Conference Marist vs. Fairfield—Siena winner Sacred Heart 4, Manhattan 2 DC 3 2 .600 82 89 Championship Championship Army 6, Georgetown 4 St. Louis 3 2 .600 97 77 Go to the American Forces Friday, March 13 Saturday, March 14 Bucknell 5, Cent. Michigan 3 New York 3 2 .600 79 85 Maine at Stony Brook Semifinal winners Fordham 11, Wagner 5 Tampa Bay 1 4 .200 98 115 Network website for the most Atlantic Sun Conference Mid-American Conference James Madison 4, Maryland 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE up-to-date TV schedules. Semifinals At Cleveland Mount St. Mary’s 10, Coppin St. 2 W L Pct PF PA Wednesday, March 11 Quarterfinals Navy 6, Md.-Eastern Shore 5 Houston 5 0 1.000 158 111 myafn.net Florida Gulf Coast 73, North Florida 57 Wednesday, March 11 Northeastern 3, Hartford 1 Dallas 2 3 .400 90 102 Liberty 90, North Alabama 87, OT Toledo 78, Cent. Michigan 69 Seton Hall 13, Fairleigh Dickinson 3 Los Angeles 2 3 .400 129 122 Championship Ohio 84, W. Michigan 75 St. John’s 9, Iona 3 Seattle 1 4 .200 87 119 Sunday, March 15 E. Michigan 64, Ball St. 63 Stony Brook 4, Merrimack 2 Sunday, March 8 Liberty vs. Florida Gulf Coast Kent St. 72, Buffalo 66 SOUTH DC 15, St. Louis 6 College hockey Big Sky Conference Semifinals Appalachian St. 9, Siena 8 Los Angeles 41, Tampa Bay 34 At Boise, Idaho Friday, March 13 Bryant 11, W. Carolina 5 Saturday’s games Semifinals Cent. Michigan vs. Ohio Butler 8, Saint Joseph’s 6 Houston at New York Conference tournaments Wednesday, March 11 E. Michigan vs. Kent St. Clemson 3, Winthrop 2, 11 innings St. Louis at Tampa Bay Montana State 76, Northern Arizona 71 Championship Coastal Carolina 10, Wake Forest 4 Sunday’s games ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Idaho 66, Idaho St. 51 Quarterfinals Saturday, March 14 Eastern Kentucky 9, N. Kentucky 5 Dallas at DC Championship Semifinal winners FIU 4, Bethune-Cookman 2 Los Angeles at Seattle (Best-of-three) Friday, March 13 Friday, March 13-Sunday, March 15 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Florida A&M 5, South Florida 4, 10 innings Saturday, March 21 Semifinals winners At Norfolk, Va. Florida St. 7, Illinois St. 4 Dallas at Tampa Bay American International vs. Bentley Big South Conference Sacred Heart vs. Robert Morris Quarterfinals Georgia Southern 6, Georgia 1 Los Angeles at St. Louis Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 11 Georgia St. 10, UNC-Asheville 7 Sunday, March 22 RIT vs. Air Force Thursday, March 12 Army vs. Niagara Md.-Eastern Shore 61, Bethune-Cook- Jacksonville 8, Yale 3 New York at Seattle At Campbell man 55 Lipscomb 17, Tennessee Tech 14 DC at Houston BIG TEN CONFERENCE Campbell vs. Presbyterian Semifinals Norfolk St. 76, Howard 45 Louisville 13, Chicago St. 3 Saturday, March 28 Hampton vs. Gardner-Webb Thursday, March 12 LSU 4, South Alabama 1 Tampa Bay at DC Saturday, March 14 At Radford Minnesota at Penn State NC A&T vs. NC Central Marshall 3, Ohio 2 St. Louis at New York Radford vs. SC Upstate Morgan St. vs. Delaware St. Miami 3, UCF 2 Michigan at Ohio State High Point vs. UNC Asheville Championship Semifinals Middle Tennessee 2, Memphis 1 Semifinals Friday, March 13 Mississippi 18, Louisiana-Monroe 7 Saturday, March 21 Friday, March 13 Semifinal winners Md.-Eastern vs. NC A&T-NC Central Mississippi St. 3, Texas Tech 2 Deals At Campbell ECAC winner NC Central 14, Longwood 5 Campbell-Presbyterian winner vs. Norfolk St. vs. Morgan St.-Delaware St. NC State 8, North Carolina A&T 7 Quarterfinals Hampton-Gardner Webb winner (Best-of-three) Championship Nicholls St. 1, MVSU 0 Wednesday’s transactions At Radford Saturday, March 14 North Alabama at Samford, ppd. Friday, March 13-Sunday, March 15 BASEBALL Princeton at Cornell Radford-SC Upstate winner vs. High Semifinal winners North Carolina 9, VMI 2 Point-UNC Asheville winner Missouri Valley Conference North Florida 9, Ohio St. 5 Major League Baseball Colgate at Clarkson American League Yale at Quinnipiac Championship At Moline, Ill. Notre Dame 9, Radford 8 Sunday, March 15 First Round Richmond 14, Charleston Southern 7 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Harvard at Rensselaer Keegan Akin to Norfolk (IL). HOCKEY EAST At Higher-remaining seed Thursday, March 12 SC-Upstate 9, Jackson St. 4 Semifinal winners Loyola of Chicago vs. Indiana St. UNC-Wilmington 5, East Carolina 2 CHICAGO White SOX — Optioned C First Round Seby Zavala to Charlotte (IL). Optioned (Best-of-three) Big 12 Conference S. Illinois vs. Evansville Vanderbilt 11, Toledo 2 At Kansas City, Mo. Quarterfinals VCU 8, The Citadel 4 RHP Zach Burdi, LHP Bernardo Flores Jr. Friday, March 13-Sunday, March 15 and OFs Micker Adolofo, Luis Basabe Providence at Boston College First Round Friday, March 13 Virginia 4, Mass.-Lowell 3 Thursday, March 12 Missouri St. vs. Loyola of Chicago-In- Virginia Tech 5, George Mason 3 and Blake Rutherford to Birmingham Northeastern at UMass (SL). Re-assigned RHPs Tayron Guerrero Boston U. at UMass Lowell Oklahoma St. vs. Oklahoma diana St. winner Wofford 4, Auburn 3 Texas Tech vs. Kansas Illinois St. vs. N. Iowa MIDWEST and Bryan Mitchell and LHPs Caleb Frare, UConn at Maine Kodi Medeiros and Matt Tomshaw to mi- NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Quarterfinals Drake vs. S. Illinois-Evansville winner Arkansas 10, Grand Canyon 9 Friday, March 13 Bradley vs. Valparaiso Austin Peay 10, Western Illinois 1 nor league camp. HOCKEY CONFERENCE HOUSTON ASTROS — Re-assigned RHP First Round Iowa St. vs. Kansas St. Northeast Conference Dallas Baptist 5, Baylor 4 Baylor vs. Oklahoma St.-Oklahoma Semifinals Eastern Illinois 9, Ark.-Pine Bluff 2 Bielak, IF Osvaldo Duarte, RHP Ralph (Best-of-three) Garza, C Lorenzo Quintana, RHP Andre Friday, March 13-Sunday, March 15 winner Thursday, March 12 Fairfield 7, Stetson 4 TCU vs. Texas Tech-Kansas winner Fairleigh Dickinson at Mount St. Mary’s Ill.-Chicago 6, Augustana (Ill.) 4 Scrubb and OF Stephen Wrenn to minor St. Cloud St. at W. Michigan league camp. Miami at Minn. Duluth Texas vs. West Virginia Sacred Heart at Robert Morris Indiana 6, Cincinnati 2 Big West Conference Championship Iowa 3, Kansas 1 SEATTLE MARINERS — Re-assigned Colorado College at North Dakota LHP Anthoney Misiewicz to minor league Omaha at Denver At Long Beach, Calif. Sunday, March 15 Kansas St. 10, S. Dakota St. 0 Second Round Semifinal winners Minnesota 5, Creighton 4 camp. WESTERN COLLEGIATE TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned LHP HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Wednesday, March 11 Patriot League Missouri 3, N. Illinois 2, 12 innings Cal Poly 70, UC Irvine 49 Missouri St. 13, SIU-Edwardsville 3 Kolby Allard and RHP Demarcus Evans to Semifinals Semifinals the Nashville Sounds(PCL). Optioned INF (Best-of-three) Hawaii 72, Cal St.-Fullerton 58 Thursday, March 12 Nebraska 8, N. Colorado 1 At Anaheim, Calif. New Mexico 11, Incarnate Word 6 Sherten Apostel and OF Leody Taveras Friday, March 13-Sunday, March 15 Holy Cross at Bucknell to the Frisco Roughriders(Texas) Re-as- Michigan Tech at Minnesota State Semifinals Lehigh at Bucknell Oklahoma St. 7, Saint Louis 1 Friday, March 13 S. Illinois 6, Southeast Missouri 4 signed RHP Joe Barlow and LHPs Brian Bowling Green at Bemidji St. Championship Flynn and James Jones to minor league Championship UC Davis vs. Cal Poly Sunday, March 15 Texas 9, Abilene Christian 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. Hawaii Texas St. 11, Prairie View A&M 4 camp. Placed LHP Yohander Mendez on Saturday, March 21 Semifinal winners the suspended list. Semifinal winners Championship Southland Conference Texas-Rio Grande Valley 4, Texas Saturday, March 14 A&M-CC 1 National League At Katy, Texas CHICAGO CUBS — Optiond EHP James Semifinal winners First Round Tulane 6, Lamar 3 Colonial Athletic Association Urbana 1, Akron 0 Norwood to the Iowa Cubs (PCL). Re-as- Thursday, March 12 signed RHPs Dakota Mekkes and Ben Pro soccer At Elon, N.C. New Orleans vs. SE Louisiana West Virginia 7, Liberty 0 First Round WEST Taylor and LHPs Danny Hultzen and Wy- Nicholls St. vs. Incarnate Word att Short to minor league camp. Wednesday, March 11 Second Round Air Force 17, Utah Valley 12 UNC-Wilmington 69, Charleston (WV) 55 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 11, Nevada 1 NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms MLS Friday, March 13 with INF Pete Alonso, RHP Tyler Bashor, Elon 71, Hofstra 51 Sam Houston St. vs. New Orleans-SE Boise St. 12, Niagara 9 EASTERN CONFERENCE Quarterfinals INF/OF J.D. Davis, INF Andres Gimenez, Louisiana winner LHP Stephen Gonsalves, INF Luis Guillor- W L T Pts GF GA Thursday, March 12 Abilene Christian vs. Nicholls St.-In- Atlanta 2 0 0 6 4 2 Drexel vs. UNC Wilmington me, RHP Jordan Humphreys, RHP Frank- carnate Word winner lyn Kilome, RHP Walker Lockett, INF/OF New York 1 0 1 4 4 3 Towson vs. Northeastern Southwestern Athletic Conference Pro baseball James Madison vs. Elon Jeff McNeil, C Tomas Nido, RHP Stephen Montreal 1 0 1 4 4 3 At Birmingham, Ala. Nogosek, RHP Corey Oswalt, RHP Jacob Toronto FC 1 0 1 4 3 2 William & Mary vs. Delaware Semifinals Semifinals Rhame, INF Amed Rosario, C Ali Sanchez, Columbus 1 0 1 4 2 1 Friday, March 13 Spring Training RHP Paul Sewald, INF/OF Dominic Smith, D.C. United 1 1 0 3 3 3 Friday, March 13 Jackson St. vs. Alabama A&M Drexel—UNC Wilmington winner vs. Wednesday’s games RHP Drew Smith, LHP Thomas Szapucki, Chicago 0 1 1 1 2 3 Texas Southern vs. Southern (NO) Washington 6, Houston 2 and LHP Daniel Zamora to one-year con- New England 0 1 1 1 2 3 Towson-Northeastern winner Championship James Madison-Elon winner vs. Wil- Miami 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 tracts. Optioned RHP Corey Oswald to Orlando City 0 1 1 1 1 2 Saturday, March 14 Atlanta 3, Minnesota 2 minor league camp. Re-assigned LHP Philadelphia 0 1 1 1 3 5 liam & Mary-Delaware winner Semifinal winners Championship Toronto 14, Baltimore 2 David Peterson and RHP Pedro Payano to Cincinnati 0 2 0 0 3 5 Sun Belt Conference N.Y. Mets 7, St. Louis 3 minor league camp. Inter Miami CF 0 2 0 0 1 3 Saturday, March 14 Second Round Semifinal winners San Francisco 6, Texas 4 FOOTBALL New York City FC 0 2 0 0 0 2 Wednesday, March 11 Kansas City at Cleveland, cancelled National Football League WESTERN CONFERENCE Conference USA South Alabama 55, Texas-Arlington 47 At Frisco, Texas Oakland at L.A. Angels, cancelled DENVER BRONCOS — Signed LS Jacob W L T Pts GF GA Louisiana-Lafayette 49, UALR 46 Chicago White Sox at Colorado, cancelled Bobenmoyer. Sporting KC 2 0 0 6 7 1 First Round At New Orleans Wednesday, March 11 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1 HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed WR De- Minnesota United 2 0 0 6 8 3 Semifinals Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego (ss) 2 Andre Carter to a contract extension. Colorado 2 0 0 6 4 2 Marshall 71, Southern Miss. 67 OT Saturday, March 14 Louisiana Tech 66, UAB 63 L.A. Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 1 TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to a one- FC Dallas 1 0 1 4 4 2 Troy vs. Lafayette Seattle 4, San Diego (ss) 2 year extension with OLB Reggie Gilbert. Los Angeles FC 1 0 1 4 4 3 UTEP 95, FAU 67 Coastal Carolina vs. South Alabama Charlotte 71, North Texas 67 Thursday’s games HOCKEY Seattle 1 0 1 4 3 2 Championship Atlanta vs. Detroit National Hockey League Portland 1 1 0 3 2 3 Quarterfinals Sunday, March 15 Thursday, March 12 N.Y. Yankees vs. Washington DALLAS STARS — Recalled LW Joel Ki- Vancouver 1 1 0 3 2 3 Semifinal winners Miami vs. St. Louis viranta from Texas (AHL). Real Salt Lake 0 0 2 2 1 1 Rice vs. Marshall Western Athletic Conference Middle Tennessee vs. Louisiana Tech Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled F Ste- LA Galaxy 0 1 1 1 1 2 At Las Vegas Toronto (ss) vs. Pittsburgh ven Fogerty from Hartford (AHL), Re-as- Old Dominion vs. UTEP First Round San Jose 0 1 1 1 4 7 W. Kentucky vs. Charlotte Canada Jr. vs. Toronto (ss) signed F Jake Elmer to Hartford (AHL). Houston 0 1 1 1 1 5 Wednesday, March 11 L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs PHOENIX COYOTES — Assigned D Aar- Semifinals UMKC 86, Chicago St. 52 on Ness to Tuscon (AHL). Nashville SC 0 2 0 0 1 3 Friday, March 13 Oakland vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) Note: Three points for victory, one New Mexico St. 73, Texas Rio Grande SOCCER Rice-Marshall winner vs. Middle Ten- Valley 61 Seattle (ss) vs. Kansas City point for tie. San Diego vs. Cleveland Major League Soccer nessee-Louisiana Tech winner Seattle 61, Utah Valley 48 Announced Saturday, March 7 Old Dominion-UTEP winner vs. W. Ken- Colorado vs. Milwaukee (ss) SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Chicago 1, New England 1, tie Grand Canyon vs. CS Bakersfield, ppd. the retirement of MF Benny Feilhaber. tucky-Charlotte winner Semifinals Cincinnati vs. Seattle (ss) New York 1, Real Salt Lake 1, tie Championship Milwaukee (ss) vs. Arizona Montreal 2, FC Dallas 2, tie Friday, March 13 Saturday, March 14 Seattle vs. Grand Canyon-CS Bakers- Baltimore vs. Minnesota D.C. United 2, Miami 1 Semifinal winners Friday’s games Toronto FC 1, New York City FC 0 field winner AP sportlight Ivy League UMKC vs. New Mexico St. Tampa Bay vs. Boston Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 1 At Cambridge, Mass. Miami vs. Washington Minnesota 5, San Jose 2 Championship First Round Saturday, March 14 Houston vs. St. Louis March 13 Sporting Kansas City 4, Houston 0 Friday, March 13 Detroit (ss) vs. Philadelphia Colorado 2, Orlando City 1 Semifinal winners 1894 — J.L. Johnstone of England in- Princeton vs. Columbia, ccd. N.Y. Mets vs. Atlanta vents the starting gate for horse racing. Vancouver 1, LA Galaxy 0 Toronto vs. Baltimore Penn vs. Yale, ccd. 1961 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Columbus 1, Seattle 1, tie Championship Women’s NCAA Tournament Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox Sunday, March 8 Cleveland vs. Milwaukee Ingemar Johansson in the sixth round Saturday, March 14 to retain the world heavyweight title in Portland 1, Nashville 0 Semifinal winners, ccd. automatic bids San Diego vs. Colorado (ss) Philadelphia 3, Los Angeles FC 3, tie Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh Miami Beach. Princeton advances as regular season Boise St., Mountain West Conference — Elaine Zayak of the United Saturday’s games champion. Dayton, Atlantic 10 Conference Detroit (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees 1982 FC Dallas at New York City FC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference DePaul, Big East Conference Kansas City vs. Texas (ss) States wins the world figure skating LA Galaxy at Miami At Atlantic City, N.J. IUPUI, Horizon League Colorado (ss) vs. Cincinnati championship. Nashville at Toronto FC First Round Maryland, Big Ten Conference San Francisco (ss) vs. L.A. Angels 1983 — Randy Smith’s consecutive Real Salt Lake at Columbus Tuesday, March 10 NC State, Atlantic Coast Conference L.A. Dodgers vs. Seattle game streak ends at 906 games, the lon- D.C. United at Cincinnati Niagara 64, St. Peter’s 53 Oregon, Pac-12 Conference Arizona vs. San Francisco (ss) gest in NBA history. Smith played for Buf- Sporting Kansas City at Atlanta Monmouth (NJ) 69, Iona 60 Princeton, Ivy League Texas (ss) vs. Oakland falo, San Diego (twice), Cleveland and Colorado at Vancouver Siena 58, Canisius 48 Samford, Southern Conference New York during the streak. San Jose at Philadelphia Quarterfinals San Diego, West Coast Conference 1997 — The America’s Cup, the oldest Chicago at Orlando City Wednesday, March 11 South Carolina, Southeastern Conference MLB calendar trophy in international sports and yacht- Seattle at Houston Rider 79, Niagara 74 South Dakota, Summit League March 26 — Opening day, active ros- ing’s most coveted prize, is all but de- Sunday’s games Marist 68, Monmouth 44 Southeast Missouri, Ohio Valley Con- ters reduced to 26 players. stroyed by a Maori protester who struck Portland at New England Thursday, March 12 ference April 18-19 — San Diego vs. Arizona at it repeatedly with a sledgehammer in New York at Minnesota Fairfield vs. Siena UConn, American Athletic Conference Mexico City. Auckland, New Zealand. PAGE 26 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 SOCCER/OLYMPICS Player protests precede apology from US Soccer BY ANNE M. PETERSON warm-up jerseys inside out for the Associated Press national anthems and team photo before a 3-1 win over Japan in The U.S. Soccer Federation an Olympic prep match. Players apologized Wednesday night after hid the USSF crest on the jerseys it made claims in court docu- but allowed the four stars — one ments that women on its national for each World Cup title — to be team had lesser responsibilities visible. and physical abilities than their “I think it just was a power- JEFFREY MCWHORTER/AP male counterparts, an assertion ful message,” said forward Carli that drew widespread criticism Lloyd, a two-time FIFA Player of US players Tierna Davidson, Lindsey Horan, Julie Ertz, Abby Dahlkemper and Kelley O’Hara stand with and sparked a player protest. the Year. their jerseys turned inside out during the playing of the national anthem before a SheBelieves Cup The statement from USSF Coca-Cola had called the fed- women’s soccer match against Japan on Wednesday in Frisco, Texas. president Carlos Cordeiro came eration’s assertion in documents hours after The Coca-Cola Co. filed earlier this week “unaccept- ment, the USSF said the women against senior women’s national Watkins, the firm where former denounced the federation for its able and offensive.” claimed their ability level is the teams).” USSF president Alan Rothenberg stance. Cordeiro also announced “We have asked to meet with same as the men “by ignoring the Molly Levinson, spokeswoman is a retired partner. Seyfarth a shake-up of the USSF legal them immediately to express our materially higher level of speed for the players in the lawsuit, said Shaw had been representing the team. concerns. The Coca-Cola Co. is and strength required to perform “this ‘argument’ belongs in the federation. “On behalf of U.S. Soccer, I sin- firm in its commitment to gen- the job of an MNT player.” Paleolithic Era.” “I have made it clear to our cerely apologize for the offense der equality, fairness and wom- “A reasonable juror could con- “It sounds as if it has been legal team that even as we debate and pain caused by language in en’s empowerment in the United clude that the job of MNT player made by a caveman,” she said in facts and figures in the course of this week’s court filing, which States and around the world and requires materially different a statement. “Literally everyone this case, we must do so with the did not reflect the values of our we expect the same from our part- skill and more responsibility than in the world understands that an utmost respect not only for our Federation or our tremendous ners,” Coca-Cola said in a state- plaintiffs’ job does, while also argument that male players ‘have women’s national team players admiration of our women’s na- ment, first reported by The Wall taking place under materially dif- more responsibility’ is just plain but for all female athletes ,” Cor- tional team,” the statement said. Street Journal on Wednesday. ferent working conditions,” USSF simple sexism and illustrates the deiro said. “Our WNT players are incredibly Coca-Cola has been a long- lawyers wrote. “The job of MNT very gender discrimination that Players filed the gender dis- talented and work tirelessly, as term partner with the USSF and player (competing against senior caused us to file this lawsuit to crimination lawsuit in federal they have demonstrated time and a sponsor of the World Cup. men’s national teams) requires begin with.” court in Los Angeles last year, again from their Olympic gold In court documents filed Mon- a higher level of skill based on In addition to apologizing, claiming they are paid less than medals to their World Cup titles.” day in response to the players’ speed and strength than does the Cordeiro said the USSF had re- their counterparts on the men’s American players wore their motion for a summary judg- job of WNT player (competing tained the law firm of Latham & national team. Will ‘pandemic’ ruling impact Tokyo Olympics?

BY STEPHEN WADE plans,” Tokyo organizing committee Presi- on May 6. Associated Press dent Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday. “This The biggest obstacle if the games go is an important time for the organizing ahead might be figuring out who is quali- TOKYO — Tokyo Governor Yuriko committee to stay firm. I realize these are fied. Many qualifying events have been Koike spoke Thursday after the World complex problems. But that should not stop postponed or moved, which is sure to be Health Organization labeled the spreading everything.” stressful for athletes. All 33 Olympic sports virus a “pandemic,” a decision almost cer- Is the torch relay going ahead? have their own qualifying procedures. tain to affect the Tokyo Olympics. Yes, though plans change almost daily. How much money is at stake? “I can’t say there won’t be an impact,” The torch is to arrive on a flight from Tokyo is officially spending $12.6 billion she said. “But I believe cancellation is Greece on March 20 at a military airbase to organize the games. But a national gov- impossible.” in northern Japan. The welcome ceremony ernment audit board says it’s at least twice The reality for Koike and Japanese or- has been downsized but is still to include that. Perhaps as much as $28 billion. Of all ganizers is that any decision to cancel or a military band and a flyover by Japanese the money spent, $5.6 billion is privately fi- proceed with the July 24 opening rests ul- forces. About 140 children who were to per- nanced and represented in the local orga- timately with the Switzerland-based Inter- form have been withdrawn. The flame will nizing committee’s operating budget. The national Olympic Committee. THANASSIS STAVRAKIS/AP be displayed in each of the three northern rest of public money is from the city of Last year, Koike vehemently opposed prefectures devastated by the 2011 earth- European Commissioner for Innovation Tokyo, other prefectures, and the national moving the Olympic marathon out of Tokyo quake, tsunami, and meltdown of three and Youth Mariya Gabriel, the fourth government. to Sapporo. IOC President Thomas Bach nuclear reactors. torchbearer, holds the torch of the 2020 The IOC has a budget reserve of almost supported the move, and he won. Tokyo Olympic Games on Thursday. The relay starts officially on March 26 The IOC and local organizers say the in Fukushima prefecture — 150 miles $2 billion to carry it to the next Olympics Greek Olympic officials are holding a — the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing games will open as planned in 4½ months. pared-down flame-lighting ceremony for northeast of Tokyo. Organizers have put An irrevocable decision probably needs to off announcing any change in the scope of — in case of cancellation. The IOC also has the Tokyo Games due to concerns over an insurance policy on cancellation. It paid be made by the end of May or early June the spread of the coronavirus. the relay until a government science panel — giving 11,000 Olympic athletes time meets on March 19 to access conditions. If $14 million for the policy four years ago in to plan, TV space to set up, and spon- plans don’t change, IOC President Thomas Rio de Janeiro. sors enough notice to activate advertising cott ... or if the IOC has reasonable grounds Bach is to be in Hiroshima when the torch The IOC, a not-for-profit organization, programs. to believe, in its sole discretion, that the circulates there on May 18-19. had income of $5.7 billion in the last four- Of course, the WHO will be consulted. safety of participants in the games would Are test events happening? year Olympic cycle. Television broadcast So will international broadcasters and be seriously threatened or jeopardized for Several test events since the end of Feb- rights represent 73% of the IOC’s income, sponsors — and hundreds of lawyers. any reason whatsoever.” ruary have been postponed or downsized. and another 18% is from major sponsors. The Host City Contract, signed between An Irish bookmaker on Thursday was The next big one to watch is a gymnastics U.S. broadcaster NBC paid $4.38 billion the IOC and the city of Tokyo and the Japa- showing odds favoring a cancellation: 1-3 test set for April 4-6. The meet is being co- for four Olympics — 2014 through 2020 — nese Olympic Committee, gives the IOC the games will not open as scheduled, and ordinated by FIG, the governing body of and $7.75 billion for the next six Olympics leverage. It has the right to terminate be- 2-1 they will. world gymnastics. Non-Japanese athletes — 2022 through 2032. This is at least half cause of “a state of war, civil disorder, boy- “There is no plan now to change our are supposed to attend. The final test ends of the IOC’s broadcast income. Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 27 NHL/VIRUS OUTBREAK Scoreboard

Eastern Conference NHL ‘pausing’ season amid outbreak Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 70 44 14 12 100 227 174 Tampa Bay 70 43 21 6 92 245 195 Toronto 70 36 25 9 81 238 227 It’s unclear what this move means for the rest of the regular season or playoffs Florida 69 35 26 8 78 231 228 Montreal 71 31 31 9 71 212 221 Buffalo 69 30 31 8 68 195 217 BY STEPHEN WHYNO of their seasons. Associated Press on Thursday that Gobert’s Ottawa 71 25 34 12 62 191 243 AND JOHN WAWROW Detroit 71 17 49 5 39 145 267 “We will continue to monitor all the appro- Utah teammate, Donovan Mitchell, also test- Metropolitan Division Associated Press priate medical advice, and we will encourage ed positive. Washington 69 41 20 8 90 240 215 Philadelphia 69 41 21 7 89 232 196 our players and other members of the NHL So far, the NHL has not said any player has Pittsburgh 69 40 23 6 86 224 196 The NHL is following the NBA’s lead and community to take all reasonable precautions tested positive for COVID-19. Carolina 68 38 25 5 81 222 193 suspending its season because of the corona- Columbus 70 33 22 15 81 180 187 — including by self-quarantine, where appro- The NHL, as recently as 2012-13, cut down N.Y. Islanders 68 35 23 10 80 192 193 virus pandemic. priate,“ Bettman said. “Our goal is to resume to a 48-game regular season after a lockout. N.Y. Rangers 70 37 28 5 79 234 222 NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman an- New Jersey 69 28 29 12 68 189 230 play as soon as it is appropriate and prudent, That season did include full playoffs. nounced Thursday it is pausing its season, one so that we will be able to complete the season Western Conference As of Wednesday, the NHL did not have a day after the NBA suspended play after a play- and award the Stanley Cup.” leaguewide declaration about even potentially Central Division er tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19. In anticipation of the season being suspend- holding games in empty arenas without fans GP W L OT Pts GF GA “In light of ongoing developments resulting St. Louis 71 42 19 10 94 225 193 ed, numerous teams set to play road games in the stands. The Columbus Blue Jackets Colorado 70 42 20 8 92 237 191 from the coronavirus, and after consulting were already finalizing plans to return home became the first team to take that step, say- Dallas 69 37 24 8 82 180 177 with medical experts and convening a con- Winnipeg 71 37 28 6 80 216 203 in the afternoon. The NHL preceded it’s de- ing their games would go on with attendance Nashville 69 35 26 8 78 215 217 ference call of the Board of Governors, the cision to suspend the season by having all 31 Minnesota 69 35 27 7 77 220 220 “limited to home and visiting club personnel, National Hockey League is announcing today Chicago 70 32 30 8 72 212 218 teams cancel practices and pre-game skates. credentialed media and broadcast partners, Pacific Division that it will pause the 2019-20 season begin- There were 10 games scheduled for Thursday Vegas 71 39 24 8 86 227 211 essential club and arena staff and NHL of- Edmonton 71 37 25 9 83 225 217 ning with tonight’s games,“ Bettman said in night. ficials.” The San Jose Sharks then said their Calgary 70 36 27 7 79 210 215 a statement. “The NHL has been attempting It’s unclear what this move means for the Vancouver 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 remaining home games in March would go on Arizona 70 33 29 8 74 195 187 to follow the mandates of health experts and rest of the regular season or playoffs. Anaheim 71 29 33 9 67 187 226 local authorities, while preparing for any pos- The Stanley Cup has been awarded every without fans. Los Angeles 70 29 35 6 64 178 212 The NWHL postponed its Isobel Cup final San Jose 70 29 36 5 63 182 226 sible developments without taking premature year since 1893 with two exceptions: in 1919 Note: Two points for a win, one point scheduled for Friday night in Boston but did for overtime loss. Top three teams in or unnecessary measures. However, follow- when the final was canceled after five games each division and two wild cards per ing last night’s news that an NBA player has because of the Spanish flu outbreak and in not give a new date. conference advance to playoffs. A person with direct knowledge of discus- Wednesday’s games tested positive for coronavirus — and given 2005 when the season was called off because Chicago 6, San Jose 2 that our leagues share so many facilities and of a lockout. sions tells The Associated Press that a rec- Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 2 St. Louis 4, Anaheim 2 locker rooms and it now seems likely that For most people, the new coronavirus ommendation has been made to the IIHF Colorado 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT some member of the NHL community would causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such to cancel the men’s world championships Los Angeles 3, Ottawa 2 test positive at some point — it is no longer ap- as fever and cough. For some, especially older in Switzerland. The recommendation will Leaders Goal scoring propriate to try to continue to play games at adults and people with existing health prob- be taken up for a vote by IIHF members on Name, Team GP G this time.“ lems, it can cause more severe illness, includ- Thursday, the person told The AP on the con- Alex Ovechkin, Washington 68 48 David Pastrnak, Boston 70 48 The NHL is halting play with 189 games ing pneumonia. The vast majority of people dition of anonymity because a decision has Auston Matthews, Toronto 70 47 left in the season and uncertainty about how recover from the new virus. not yet been reached. Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton 70 43 Mika Zibanejad, N.Y. Rangers 56 40 many more — if any — could be played before The NBA suspended its season after Utah That development comes days after the Sebastian Aho, Carolina 68 38 Kyle Connor, Winnipeg 70 36 the playoffs. A handful of European hockey Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for IIHF canceled the women’s worlds set to Jack Eichel, Buffalo 68 36 leagues have already called off the remainder COVID-19. A person with knowledge told The begin in late March in Nova Scotia. MLS shutting down for 30 days; PGA Tour to ban fans

Associated Press on April 10 and Brazil four days Inter Miami’s stadium is lo- of The Players Championship or President Donald Trump and later at San Jose, Calif., as they cated in Broward County, where three other tournaments — one in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — get ready for the Olympics this seven COVID-19 cases have been Florida, two in Texas — leading he said both supported the plan to Major League Soccer is shutting summer. confirmed as of Thursday morn- up to the Masters. proceed without a gallery. down for 30 days because of the Mas told Inter Miami players ing. Cases have also been con- Even as other leagues were can- The only other times the PGA coronavirus, delaying the home and coaches of the MLS suspen- firmed in Palm Beach County, celing tournaments and events for Tour has kept fans off the golf opener for the expansion team sion late Thursday morning, then on Broward’s northern border, a month or more, Monahan leaned co-owned by former England course were for weather-related held a news conference at the and Miami-Dade County on Bro- on golf not being a contact sport captain David Beckham. safety issues, when high wind team’s temporary stadium. ward’s southern border. and being played outdoors across “Our clubs were united today toppled trees at Congressional in “We think it is a prudent deci- “We were 48 hours from kick- sprawling acreage as a reason not 2012 and at Torrey Pines in 2016. in the decision to temporarily sion by the league, because ob- to shut down entirely. suspend our season — based on off with a tremendous amount He said key personnel — ven- viously we want to protect our of excitement in our community “Our players are making their dors, media, volunteers and the advice and guidance from players and protect our fans as way over 400 acres,” Monahan the Centers for Disease Control and having a full house here on player support staff — would be much as is possible for us to un- Saturday,” Mas said. “That does said. “Because of the nature of allowed at Sawgrass. He also said and Prevention, Public Health dertake,” Mas said. “We look with that ... and over the course of a Agency of Canada and other pub- not change. It’ll just be a different the situation with COVID-19 was optimism that we can continue date.” round our players generally do so fluid that plans to stage tourna- lic health authorities,” MLS Com- building here in South Florida.” socially distance themselves, we missioner Don Garber said in a Inter Miami sporting direc- ments the next three weeks could Mas says he expects the full tor Paul McDonough said calls felt like by taking this step to ad- change. statement Thursday. 34-match season to be played. dress the problem with our fans, Inter Miami, co-owned by would be held later Thursday to The PGA Tour is in the Tampa He was on the league’s board of determine exactly how the team we’re in a position where we can Bay area next week for the Val- Beckham and Jorge Mas, had governors call on Thursday when continue to operate the events as will spend the time off. Saturday spar Championship. After that been scheduled to play its home the decision was made, and said it of right now. would have been the first time an is the Dell Match Play in Austin, opener Saturday. MLS started its was not a difficult choice. “We’re comfortable having our MLS match was played in South Texas, and the Valero Texas Open season on Feb. 29 and each of the For most people, coronavi- players continue to play at this Florida since 2001, and Beck- in San Antonio. 26 teams has played two league rus causes only mild or moder- time.” ham’s group has been working matches. ate symptoms, such as fever and Fans were on the TPC Saw- The tour already announced toward getting a team back in the In addition, the U.S. Soccer cough. For some, especially older grass on Thursday before the the tournament in the Domini- area for about six years. Federation canceled exhibitions adults and people with existing announcement and were allowed can Republic — two weeks from Mas said this is just another in March and April for its men’s health problems, it can cause to stay as long as they wanted. now opposite the same time as the challenge along that road. and women’s national teams. more severe illness, including Monahan said the policy was ef- World Golf Championships event The men had been scheduled pneumonia. “We’ll deal with it the best fective through the Valero Texas in Austin — has been postponed to play the Netherlands in Eind- The vast majority of people way,” Mas said. Open on April 2-5. That’s the final because of travel issues. hoven on March 26 and Wales four recover from the new virus. Ac- event before the Masters, which The Players Championship is days later in Cardiff, preparation cording to the World Health Orga- PGA Tour to carry on is operated by Augusta National the premier event run by the PGA for the scheduled start of World nization, people with mild illness without spectators Golf Club. Tour, offering a record $15 mil- Cup qualifying in September. recover in about two weeks, while Augusta National said last week lion in prize money and attracting The next scheduled match for those with more severe illness PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. it was monitoring the spread of more than 200,000 fans through the men’s national team is against may take three to six weeks to re- — The PGA Tour plans to keep the new coronavirus. The club the week. Honduras in Houston on June 4 in cover. In mainland China, where playing, just without anyone has a history of not making quick Monahan said continuing to the semifinals of the CONCACAF the virus first exploded, more watching from outside the ropes. decisions, and no updates were play at a time when major sports Nations League. than 80,000 people have been Commissioner Jay Monahan expected until next week at the were canceling events could serve The women had been slated diagnosed and more than 58,000 said Thursday that fans will not earliest. as a “source of inspiration, espe- to face Australia at Sandy, Utah, have so far recovered. be allowed at the final three days Monahan said he spoke with cially if it’s done in a safe way.” PAGE 28 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 MLB Seattle teams shut out of city because of virus

BY TIM BOOTH “This is a major event, not only in Seattle, but the Associated Press world.” MLB could shift the Rangers-Mariners four- SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners are seeking game series to Texas. The Rangers are set to open alternative options for their season-opening se- a retractable-roof stadium this year, and Texas gen- ries after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced eral manager Jon Daniels said this week the park Wednesday a ban on all large gatherings in the would be ready if need be. three counties of the Seattle metro area because of “Everything’s being discussed, all potential con- the virus outbreak. tingency plans,” Daniels said at the Rangers’ camp ELAINE THOMPSON/AP Inslee said social gatherings of 250 or more peo- in Surprise, Ariz. The Oakland Athletics’ Sean Murphy doubles against the Seattle ple, including sporting events, are banned through at “I think one key thing to try to keep in mind is, Mariners during a spring training game on March 7. The Athletics, least the end of March because obviously it’s changed day by day. We’re talking Mariners and San Francisco Giants will be forced to postpone or of the COVID-19 outbreak in about something a little over two weeks from now relocate games scheduled at their home stadiums this month. the Seattle area. Officials said and what are the circumstances looking like at that gatherings of under 250 could point. So, it is a little early to sit here and kind of also be barred unless specific break down what pros and cons of each option to measures are followed. them, not totally sure what specifics will be by the West Coast squads The decision impacts the time we get there,” he said. Mariners’ first seven games NCAA President Mark Emmert announced of the Major League Baseball Wednesday that all NCAA Division I basketball season against the Texas Rang- tournament games will be played with only essential must change plans ers (March 26-29) and Minne- staff and limited family in attendance. That will af- sota Twins (March 30-April 1), fect the men’s first and second rounds that are being Inslee BY DAVE SHEININ plus home games for the MLS played at the Spokane Arena in eastern Washington, DID YOU KNOW ? Seattle Sounders, XFL Seattle while early rounds of the women’s tournament could The Washington Post Dragons and a pair of junior hockey teams in the end up being played on campus at Gonzaga, which is The Seattle Mariners, Oakland The Oakland Athletics and Seattle area. also in Spokane. Athletics and San Francisco Gi- “We’re working through the alternatives right The Seattle area is dealing with the worst COVID- Mariners each have seven-game ants will be forced to postpone homestands to start the season, now,” Mariners owner John Stanton said at the 19 outbreak in the country — there have been 22 or relocate games scheduled at and six of those games fall in team’s spring training complex in Peoria, Ariz. “We deaths from the same suburban nursing home and their home stadiums this month think the alternatives include playing in Seattle in 29 total in the state. Inslee said Tuesday the state is or play them without fans after March. But government officials in an empty stadium, the alternatives include playing preparing for potentially tens of thousands of cases, government officials in those lo- Oakland and Seattle have banned in the home park of our opponents, in this case the based on estimates of the spread of the disease. cales Wednesday banned large large gatherings through the end of Rangers and the Twins. Or playing at a neutral park After the opening homestand, the Mariners are public gatherings because of the month due to concerns about in Peoria.” not scheduled to play at home again until April 9-14 concerns about the spread of the the spread of the coronavirus. Stanton said he hoped to have an answer on where against Boston and Washington. coronavirus. SOURCE: Associated Press the team will play the first two series by Friday. He Major League Soccer announced Wednesday The announcements moved said it’s unlikely the Mariners would play in Seattle that it is shutting down for 30 days because of the the impacting of Major League at an empty stadium. coronavirus. Six of the first seven games for Baseball regular-season games both teams fall in March. “As you can imagine, a lot of this is happening That will affect only one Sounders home game — from the realm of the theoreti- real time. So we’re trying to figure it out as we go,” March 21 vs. FC Dallas. The next home game isn’t MLB officials said Tuesday the cal to that of the actual and could sport prefers games to be relocat- he said. until April 18, after both the league shtdown and Se- be followed by more teams being Seattle third baseman Kyle Seager said conversa- attle ban are over. The Sounders played their first ed — to venues away from major forced to alter plans as the coro- coronavirus outbreaks — rather tions about the virus have dominated the clubhouse two matches at home, including last Saturday with navirus continues to spread. over the past few days. He added players would like an announced crowd of 33,080. than played in empty stadiums, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a and the Mariners on Wednesday some sort of resolution to the team’s playing situa- The XFL Seattle Dragons will host Los Angeles Democrat, banned public gath- were exploring the feasibility of tion as soon as possible, but that everyone’s health on Sunday with no fans permitted in the stadium. erings of more than 250 people keeping the team at its spring was most important. The Dragons also have a home game against New for the three counties that form training site in Peoria, Ariz., and “This is a major, major, major thing,” Seager said. York on March 22. the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan playing home games at the stadi- area, and Oakland Mayor Libby um there, which has a capacity of Schaaf, a Democrat, banned pub- about 12,000. lic gatherings of at least 1,000 The Giants, meanwhile, open people in Alameda County, both through the end of March. San the regular season on the road, but Francisco Mayor London Breed, they will cancel or relocate their a Democrat, set the limit at 1,000 March 24 exhibition game against people for a period of two weeks. the A’s — previously scheduled to The time frames could be extend- be played at their home stadium ed if the situation warrants. of Oracle Park in San Francisco Following Inslee’s announce- — possibly to their spring train- ment, the Mariners released a ing home in Scottsdale, Ariz. The statement saying the team is Giants’ home opener is scheduled “working with [MLB] on alterna- for April 3 against the Los Ange- tive plans for our games that were les Dodgers. scheduled for the end of March at “We are in the process of work- T-Mobile Park in Seattle. While ing with [MLB] and the A’s to fi- we hope to be back to playing nalize alternative arrangements,” baseball in Seattle as soon as pos- the Giants said in a statement. sible, the health and safety of our “We will make that information community is the most important available as soon as possible.” consideration.” MLB prefers relocating games After Schaff’s announcement over playing them without fans Wednesday evening, the A’s issued as much for aesthetic reasons as a similar statement, saying they for revenue concerns, with play- “are working with Major League ers expressing deep reserva- Baseball on alternative plans for tions over the notion of playing our games that will be impacted to empty stadiums. The Major at the Oakland Coliseum.” League Baseball Players Asso- The Mariners and Athletics ciation would have to approve al- ELAINE THOMPSON/AP were both due to open the regular terations to the schedule, and its Grounds crew members pull a tarp over the infield to cover it in anticipation of rain after a spring season with seven-game homes- leadership has been in frequent training game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday in Peoria, Ariz. The tands beginning March 26, which contact with MLB officials and Mariners would wind up playing their first home games of the regular season at the facility. is opening day across baseball. local governments. Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 29 NBA Scoreboard No joke: Gobert first to test positive Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Toronto 46 18 .719 — x-Boston 43 21 .672 3 Jazz center is league’s Patient Zero ‘ Was just on the phone with Philadelphia 39 26 .600 7½ Brooklyn 30 34 .469 16 New York 21 45 .318 26 BY TIM REYNOLDS Rudy. He is doing good man. Southeast Division Miami 41 24 .631 — Associated Press Lets not (panic) everyone. Orlando 30 35 .462 11 Washington 24 40 .375 16½ Charlotte 23 42 .354 18 It started as a joke: Before leaving a post- Love you all. Atlanta 20 47 .299 22 practice interview session Rudy Gobert ’ Evan Fournier Central Division touched all the tape recorders that were x-Milwaukee 53 12 .815 — on French national teammate Rudy Gobert, who was Indiana 39 26 .600 14 placed before him on a table, devices that re- Chicago 22 43 .338 31 the fi rst NBA player diagnosed with coronavirus Detroit 20 46 .303 33½ porters who cover the Utah Jazz were using Cleveland 19 46 .292 34 during an availability with him on Monday Western Conference before a game with the Detroit Pistons. It isn’t so funny now — not with two Jazz because he had been on the court with Gob- Southwest Division W L Pct GB players now having tested positive for the ert two nights earlier, and who knows how Houston 40 24 .625 — virus, and with a league on edge. many ballboys, stat-crew employees, security Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ Gobert is now the NBA’s Patient Zero for guards, attendants and others did as well. New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 coronavirus after becoming the first player  Then there’s Gobert’s own teammates San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ Northwest Division in the league to test positive, a person with and the Jazz coaches and staff. And everyone Denver 43 22 .662 — knowledge of the situation told The Associ- Utah 41 23 .641 1½ he’s been on a plane with in recent days. Or Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ ated Press. And a second person with knowl- shared a hotel elevator with. Or dined with. Portland 29 37 .439 14½ Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ edge told AP on Thursday that Gobert’s Utah Or shook hands with. And so on, and so on. Pacific Division teammate, Donovan Mitchell, tested positive “ The NBA shutdown could cost teams x-L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ as well. well into the hundreds of millions of dollars Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ “As a follow-up to yesterday’s positive Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 depending on how long the shutdown lasts. Golden State 15 50 .231 35 COVID-19 test, Oklahoma health officials Those teams that have faced Gobert in recent Wednesday’s games tested all members of the Utah Jazz travel- Philadelphia 124, Detroit 106 days will likely face some testing. And some Charlotte 109, Miami 98 ing party, confirming one additional positive of those Jazz reporters said they were getting New York 136, Atlanta 131, OT outcome for a Jazz player,” the Jazz said in a tested for COVID-19, just in case. Dallas 113, Denver 97 statement Thursday. “We are working closely Utah at Oklahoma City, ppd RICK BOWMER/AP “It’s unprecedented,” Detroit Pistons coach New Orleans at Sacramento, ppd with the CDC, Oklahoma and Utah state offi- Thursday’s games Dwane Casey said. “I think it’s the prudent cials, and the NBA to monitor their health and Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was the first Chicago at Orlando, ppd thing to do. And what went on in Utah, I don’t Boston at Milwaukee, ppd determine the best path moving forward.” player in the league to test positive for Memphis at Portland, ppd know all the information but that just shows The Jazz have not confirmed that Gobert coronavirus. Another member of the Jazz, Brooklyn at Golden State, ppd you how fragile everything is right now.” Houston at L.A. Lakers, ppd and Mitchell are the two positive tests. Donovan Mitchell, tested positive as well Friday’s games Charlotte coach James Borrego said these Cleveland at Charlotte, ppd Gobert, the 7-foot-1 Frenchman, is at the after additional tests on Thursday. Washington at Boston, ppd center of why the league has been shut down are scary times in the NBA, and no one Minnesota at Oklahoma City, ppd argued. New York at Miami, ppd for the foreseeable future: nent of the Jazz. The Wizards said players, Denver at San Antonio, ppd  “Everybody in our league should be con- New Orleans at Utah, ppd Utah’s game against Oklahoma City coaches and basketball operations staff who Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, ppd Wednesday night was canceled and the Pis- have flu-like symptoms will be tested for cerned,” Casey said. “I think everybody in Saturday’s games our country right now, more than just basket- Phoenix at Dallas, ppd tons are among five teams that have played coronavirus. Cleveland at Atlanta, ppd the Jazz — and Gobert — since the start of  The Raptors also said Thursday they are ball, is concerned. We all have to take care of Detroit at Toronto, ppd ourselves and look out for our fellow man.” Indiana at Philadelphia, ppd March, the others being Boston, Toronto, New self-quarantining. “Our players, coaches and Chicago at Miami, ppd York and Cleveland. And Washington, which traveling staff have all been advised to into That’s what Orlando’s Evan Fournier did Golden State at Milwaukee, ppd Minnesota at San Antonio, ppd played Utah in late February, said Thursday self-isolation for 14 days,” the team said, also Wednesday night. Memphis at Utah, ppd that it was having its players, coaches and confirming Toronto players had been tested. Fournier, a French national teammate of New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, ppd Sunday’s games basketball operations personnel self-quaran-  Gobert shared the court with 50 oppos- Gobert’s, reached out to him after news of the Houston at Portland, ppd tine for the next three to four days. ing players in those games, plus 15 referees. diagnosis and leaguewide shutdown broke. Charlotte at Orlando, ppd Oklahoma City at Washington, ppd The Wizards played at Utah on Feb. 29.  One of the refs was Courtney Kirkland, “Was just on the phone with Rudy,” Fourni- Boston at Chicago, ppd Brooklyn at Sacramento, ppd Washington also played Tuesday against who was to work the New Orleans-Sacra- er wrote. “He is doing good man. Lets not Denver at L.A. Lakers, ppd the New York Knicks, another recent oppo- mento game on Wednesday that got canceled (panic) everyone. Love you all.” Suspend: NBA first to pause season, others quickly follow suit

FROM BACK PAGE outbreak; the team and Major make the most of it.” remainder of their seasons. League Baseball have not de- Elsewhere, the Ivy League can- A person with knowledge of the cided whether the games will be celed all spring sports, as many situation said the Jazz player who played at the opponent’s ballpark American schools told students tested positive was center Rudy or a neutral site. not to return from spring break Gobert. The person spoke to The The pinnacle of the college bas- and prepare for classes to be Associated Press on condition of ketball season, the NCAA Tour- taught online. The conference had anonymity because neither the nament is a month-long festival already canceled its men’s and league nor the team confirmed of pep bands and face-painting women’s basketball tournaments. the presumptive positive test. and a cash cow that, along with More than 1,000 people have “The NBA will use this hiatus football, helps fund non-revenue tested positive for the novel coro- to determine next steps for mov- sports at schools throughout the navirus in the United States, with ing forward in regard to the coro- country. A decision to play in fan- 32 deaths; those rates are expect- navirus pandemic,” the league less arenas would cost millions in ed to continue to rise. said in a statement. ticket sales but preserve billions Most people quickly recover The test result, the NBA said, in TV rights fees. from the virus after experiencing was reported shortly before the The 68-team men’s tournament only mild or moderate symptoms, Utah at Oklahoma City game was is scheduled to begin Tuesday in such as fever and cough. For called off. New Orleans at Sacra- Dayton, Ohio, where Gov. Mike some, especially older adults and mento also was postponed after DeWine has announced plans to people with existing health prob- ASHLEY LANDIS, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS/AP the announcement. ban “mass gatherings” to combat lems, it can cause more severe ill- The G League also suspended Crews break down the court after the Dallas Mavericks defeated the spread of COVID-19, which ness, including pneumonia. its season. the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, at American Airlines Center in was declared a global pandemic According to WHO, people with NCAA President Mark Em- Dallas. The NBA has suspended its season “until further notice,” a by the World Health Organization mild illness recover in about two mert said earlier in the day that move that came only hours after the majority of the league’s owners on Wednesday. weeks, while those with more se- only essential staff and limited were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas. “It will have a different feel vere illness may take three to six family will be allowed to attend but it will still be highly competi- weeks to recover. In China, where the upcoming NCAA basketball calendar. Also Wednesday, the Mariners tive, and the kids will still play the virus first exploded, more tournaments, draining the sig- But the organization could re- said they will move their home like there’s no tomorrow,” said than 80,000 people have been nature school spirit from one of assess its plans in the wake of the games in March out of Seattle, Kansas Jayhawks coach Bill Self. diagnosed and more than 58,000 the biggest events on the sports move by the NBA. the U.S. city hardest-hit by the “They’ll make the most of it. We’ll have so far recovered. PAGE 30 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, March 13, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Major conferences cancel tournaments Associated Press SEC Major conferences canceled The Southeastern Conference their basketball tournaments canceled its basketball tourna- on Thursday, putting the NCAA ments and an hour later said the Tournament in doubt. Initially on Wednesday, The Big league was suspending regular- Ten, Big 12, SEC, Big East, ACC season competition for teams in and Pac-12 conferences were all all sports on SEC campuses as preparing to play games in large well as league championships arenas across the country, but until March 30. with few people in the buildings. Then, one by one, they an- Pac 12 nounced the tournaments were Like the SEC, the Pac-12 can- canceled. The Big East actually celed its basketball tournament got its first game underway before and then said it was scrapping all canceling it with St. John’s lead- league championship events and ing Creighton 34-29 at halftime. As the Bluejays and Red Storm all competitions effective imme- were playing, a few subway stops diately and until further notice. /AP KEITH SRAKOCIC away at Barclays Center in Brook- The NCAA made the unprecedented move on Wednesday in announcing the men’s and women’s Division lyn, the Atlantic-10 was holding Big 12 I basketball tournament games will be off-limits to the general public because of coronavirus concerns. a news conference to call off its In addition to its basketball tournament. tournament, the conference is Also, canceling tournaments canceling all of its champion- were the American Athletic Con- ships through April 15, including ference in Fort Wort, Texas; the upcoming gymnastics and eques- NCAA’s one silent moment? Sun Belt in New Orleans; the trian meets, and will reassess the Western Athletic Conference in Anaheim, Calif.; and the Mid- rest of its spring sports schedule Tournament, for now, is on but will be played in mostly empty arenas American Conference in Cleve- April 15. land at an arena that is home to Commissioner Bob Bowlsby the NBA’s Cavaliers and is sched- said he anticipated a conference- BY RALPH D. RUSSO uled to be the site of NCAA men’s wide policy for spring football, Associated Press ‘ We debated every option available to tournament games next week. though athletic directors have not The NCAA had announced yet discussed a plan. The NCAA basketball tourna- us, but that’s the one nobody wanted to Wednesday that it planned to play The league anticipates a heavy ments are on — for now — though pursue. its men’s and women’s tourna- financial hit from refunded ticket the buzzer-beaters, upsets and ’ ment games that start next week sales to its men’s and women’s all the other shining moments NCAA President Mark Emmert basketball tournaments and hav- On the NCAA’s decision not to cancel its tournament with restricted access for the gen- will take place in mostly empty eral public. The NCAA said only ing to adjust the rights fees it re- arenas. essential staff and limited family ceives from its TV partners. Trying to avoid spreading the members would be allowed to at- Bowlsby also said that nobody new coronavirus that has become to be in the best interest of our said Louisville women’s coach tend the games. from the conference, including a global pandemic, the NCAA on student-athletes, of course,“ Em- Jeff Walz, whose team is ranked There was no immediate word staff members, coaches and play- Wednesday decided the men’s and mert told the AP in an phone No. 6 in the latest AP poll. “At the from the NCAA if it also planned ers, had fallen ill or been tested women’s Division I tournament interview. “But also the public same time, I completely under- to scrap its celebrated men’s bas- for coronavirus. games will be off-limits to the health implications of all of this. stand for the health and safety of ketball tournament. The NCAA general public. The major college We recognize our tournaments the fans and student-athletes and Tournament generates more than Others conferences followed the NCAA’s bring people from all around the everyone involved.” $900 million dollars for the asso- lead, one by one announcing their country together. They’re not The decision applies to more ciation and its hundreds of mem- The Ivy League says all ath- league tournaments would go on just regional events. They’re big than just men’s and women’s ber schools. letic practices and events have the rest of the week with restrict- national events. It’s a very, very basketball. All NCAA-sponsored been canceled, while the Division ed fan access. hard decision for all the obvious championships including hock- III New England Small College “I think the right answer is we ACC reasons.” ey’s Frozen Four will be affected. Athletic Conference says it has considered every option available Emmert said the NCAA wants But the men’s basketball tour- The ACC announced the can- cancelled conference play for all to us,” NCAA President Mark to move the men’s Final Four on nament is the crown jewel, one cellation of its tournament about spring sports. Emmert told The Associated April 4 and 6 from Atlanta’s Mer- of the most popular events on the 10 minutes before the scheduled The decisions come as colleges Press. “The notion of cancella- cedes-Benz Stadium to a smaller American sports calendar. March start of Thursday’s first quarter- and universities place increasing tion, however, is one that is pretty arena in the area. The NCAA Madness draws hundreds of thou- final game featuring No. 4 Florida restrictions on student gatherings draconian because we’re dealing also will consider using smaller sands of fans to arenas from coast State and Clemson. With the tour- in hopes of limiting the spread of with student-athletes for whom venues for second-week regional nament scrapped, the Seminoles the coronavirus. participating in a national cham- to coast. The men’s tournament sites currently set to be played generated more than $900 mil- will earn the league’s automatic “Given this situation, it is not pionship is a lifelong dream. at the Toyota Center in Houston, lion in revenue last year for the bid to the NCAA Tournament, feasible for practice and competi- “We debated every option Madison Square Garden in New NCAA and its member schools, assuming there is one, after win- tion to continue,“ the Ivy League available to us, but that’s the one York, Staples Center in Los An- ning the regular-season title. though the majority of that was said in a statement. nobody wanted to pursue.” geles and Lucas Oil Stadium in ACC Commissioner John Swof- from a media rights deal with The Princeton, N.J.-based A few hours later, the NBA Indianapolis. ford presented the Seminoles CBS and Turner that pays about league says the decision by mem- suspended its season after Utah “We have to determine the with the tournament trophy on $800 million per year. ber university presidents to scrap Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested availability of the sites, obviously, the court, while the Tigers joined “We’re like any enterprise of all practices and competitions positive for COVID-19, and re- but it doesn’t make good sense to them on the court instead of tip- this size, we have business inter- was unanimous. opened questions about whether have a football stadium be empty,” ping off their game. the NCAA had gone far enough. Emmert said. ruption insurance, and a variety The Ivy League says individ- The NCAA did not immediately All sites for next week’s men’s of other things but we’ll sort that Big Ten ual institutions may still decide return a request for comment fol- games will remain the same un- out in due course,” Emmert said. whether winter sports teams lowing the NBA’s announcement. less conditions in those areas Emmert said CBS and Turner In Indianapolis, Big Ten of- or athletes who’ve qualified for The NCAA’s plan is to con- force relocation, he said. Or plan to broadcast the games as ficials scrapped the tournament postseason play may continue to duct both tournaments, which worse. usual. Other media members less than 30 minutes before Mich- participate. begin next week, with only es- The NCAA said tickets already will be allowed into the arenas to igan and Rutgers were scheduled The College Basketball Invi- sential staff and limited family in purchased will be refunded. cover the games, but how many is to play in the first game of the tational in Columbus, Ohio, was attendance. First- and second-round sites still being determined, he said. day. canceled on Wednesday. This “The decision was based on a for the women’s tournament will Emmert said a protocol for The abrupt announcement would have been the 13th year of combination of the information become official next week. Those the medical screening of people came shortly after a handful of the tournament which invites 16 provided by national and state games are usually played at or entering the arenas is still being Michigan players ran onto the teams not included in the NCAA officials, by the advisory team near the campuses of the highly worked out, too, along with what floor in a mostly empty Bankers Tournament or NIT and included that we put together of medical seeded teams. constitutes essential staff (bands? Life Fieldhouse, waving their a $50,000 fee to participate. South experts from across the country, “It’s really sad. Obviously it’s cheerleaders?) and how to define arms and begging for cheers from Florida won the tournament last and looking at what was going disappointing for all our fans,” family members. the nonexistent crowd. season, beating DePaul. Friday, March 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 31 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Boston University wins Patriot title

BY JOHN KEKIS double figures as the Terriers to Lafayette. Colgate was going Associated Press shocked the regular-season cham- for its second consecutive NCAA pion Raiders to earn an automatic Tournament berth. HAMILTON, N.Y. — Walter bid into the NCAA Tournament. Fears of the coronavirus were Whyte was still in a daze. “I’m really fortunate to be nonexistent at Cotterell Court “I can’t even put it into words. in this position, really, because — capacity 1,675 — as a crowd of Unbelievable,” Whyte said I have great kids ... that really 1,724 jammed the tiny venue to Wednesday night after Boston would do anything that we asked cheer the hometown Raiders. University upset Colgate 64-61 to them to do,” BU coach Joe Jones “Coach told us yesterday just to win its first Patriot League Tour- said. “It’s all about them. They embrace it, it’s going to be loud, nament. “We faced so much ad- put us in this position. I’m just us against the world,” Mahoney versity. There’s been some dark here for the ride.” said. “We got the job done.” moments.” The third-seeded Terriers Whyte and Jonas Harper each Not on this night. (21-13) lost both regular-season scored 12 points and Javante Tournament MVP Max Ma- matchups to top-seeded Colgate McCoy had 11 points and seven honey had 18 points and 10 re- (25-9), which was 15-1 at home assists with no turnovers for the bounds to lead four players in entering the game, the lone loss Terriers.

Scoreboard DARRON CUMMINGS/AP Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg calls a play during the first half of a Big Ten tournament game against Indiana on Wednesday in Conference tournaments Big Ten Conference Missouri Valley Conference Indianapolis. Hoiberg was hospitalized after the game. At Indianapolis Championship America East Conference First Round Bradley 80, Valparaiso 66 Semifinals Wednesday, March 11 Mountain West Conference Tuesday, March 10 Minnesota 74, Northwestern 57 Championship Vermont 81, UMBC 74 Indiana 89, Nebraska 64 Utah State 59, San Diego State 56 Hartford 64, Stony Brook 58 Second Round Northeast Conference Championship Thursday, March 12 Championship Saturday, March 14 Rutgers vs. Michigan Robert Morris 77, Saint Francis (Pa.) 67 Hartford at Vermont Iowa vs. Minnesota Ohio Valley Conference Hoiberg: I wouldn’t American Athletic Conference Ohio State vs. Purdue Championship At Fort Worth, Texas Penn St. vs. Indiana Belmont 76, Murray State 75 First Round Quarterfinals Pacific-12 Conference Thursday, March 12 Friday, March 13 At Las Vegas South Florida vs. UCF Wisconsin vs. Rutgers-Mich. winner First Round UConn vs. Tulane Illinois vs. Iowa-Minnesota winner Wednesday, March 11 SMU vs. Temple Michigan St. vs. Ohio St.-Purdue winner Oregon State 71, Utah 69 Memphis vs. East Carolina Maryland vs. Penn State-Indiana win- Arizona 77, Washington 70 have coached if it Quarterfinals ner California 63, Stanford 51 Friday, March 13 Big 12 Conference Washington State 82, Colorado 68 Cincinnati vs. S. Florida-UCF winner At Kansas City, Mo. Quarterfinals Wichita St. vs. UConn-Tulane winner First Round Thursday, March 12 Houston vs. SMU-Temple winner Wednesday, March 11 Oregon vs. Oregon State Tulsa vs. Memphis-E. Carolina winner Oklahoma State 72, Iowa State 71 Southern Cal vs. Arizona Atlantic Coast Conference Kansas State 53, TCU 49 UCLA vs. California Quarterfinals was risk to others At Greensboro, N.C. Arizona St. vs. Washington State First Round Thursday, March 12 Semifinals Tuesday, March 10 Texas vs. Texas Tech Friday, March 13 BY ERIC OLSON eryone who has reached out for Pittsburgh 81, Wake Forest 72 Kansas vs. Okla. State Oregon-Oregon State winner vs. North Carolina 78, Virginia Tech 56 Baylor vs. Kansas State Southern Cal-Washington State winner Associated Press your support.” Second Round Oklahoma vs. West Virginia UCLA-California winner vs. Arizona Phone and text messages were Wednesday, March 11 Semifinals State-Washington State winner Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg, Clemson 69, Miami 64 Friday, March 13 Patriot League left with Hoiberg by the AP. NC State 73, Pittsburgh 58 Texas-Texas Tech winner vs. Kansas- Championship facing criticism for coaching With the spread of coronavi- Notre Dame 80, Boston College 58 Oklahoma State winner Wednesday, March 11 his team when he was not feel- Syracuse 81, North Carolina 53 Baylor-Kansas State winner vs. Okla- Boston U. 64, Colgate 61 rus and COVID-19 disease caus- Quarterfinals homa-West Virginia winner Southeastern Conference ing well, wrote in a social media ing major disruptions across the Thursday, March 12 Big West Conference At Nashville, Tenn. Florida St. vs. Clemson At Anaheim, Calif. First Round post Thursday he would not have country, several media members Duke vs. NC State First Round Wednesday, March 11 been on the bench if he knew his took issue with Hoiberg on social Virginia vs. Notre Dame Thursday, March 12 Georgia 81, Mississippi 63 Louisville vs. Syracuse UC Irvine vs. Long Beach State Arkansas 86, Vanderbilt 73t presence could expose others to media for being on the bench if he CS Northridge vs. Cal State Fullerton Semifinals Second Round illness. was not feeling well. UC Santa Barbara vs. UC Riverside Thursday, March 12 Friday, March 13 Hawaii vs. UC Davis Florida State-Clemson winner vs. Tennessee vs. Alabama “Please let it be known that The NCAA announced hours Colonial Athletic Association Duke-NC State winner Florida vs. Georgia I would never do anything that Championship Texas A&M vs. Missouri earlier that its men’s and wom- Virginia-Notre Dame winner vs. Louis- Hofstra 70, Northeastern 61 ville-Syracuse winner South Carolina vs. Arkansas would put my team, family or en’s basketball tournaments and Conference USA Quarterfinals Atlantic Sun Conference At Frisco, Texas anyone else in harm’s way,” Hoi- Championship Friday, March 13 other championship events would First Round Kentucky vs. Tennessee-Alabama berg wrote on Twitter. Liberty 73 Lipscomb 57 Wednesday, March 11 be contested with attendance re- Atlantic 10 Conference Florida Atlantic 66, Old Dominion 56 winner Hoiberg was taken to an In- At New York Miss. State vs. Florida-Georgia winner stricted to family members and FIU 85, Rice 76 Auburn vs. Texas A&M-Missouri win- First Round UAB 74, UTSA 69 dianapolis hospital after he left essential personnel. Wednesday, March 11 ner Marshall 86, UTEP 78 LSU vs. S. Carolina-Arkansas winner Wednesday night’s 89-64 loss to On Wednesday, the Big Ten, George Mason 77, Saint Joseph’s 70 Quarterfinals Fordham 72, George Washington 52 Southern Conference Indiana in the Big Ten Tourna- along with several other confer- Thursday, March 12 Championship Second Round N. Texas vs. FAU ment with about four minutes ences, canceled the remainder of Thursday, March 12 Charlotte vs. FIU ETSU 72, Wofford 58 UMass vs. VCU W. Kentucky vs. UAB Southland Conference left. The team and staff were held its tournament over fears of expo- St. Bonaventure vs. George Mason La. Tech vs. Marshall At Katy, Texas in the locker room for about two Davidson vs. La Salle Horizon League First Round sure to the coronavirus moments Duquesne vs. Fordham Championship Wednesday, March 11 hours after the game out of con- before tipoff . Quarterfinals Northern Kentucky 71, Ill.-Chicago 62 Northwestern State 79, A&M Corpus Friday, March 13 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Christi 62 cern over possible exposure to Officials with the Big 12 and Dayton vs. UMass-VCU At Atlantic City, N.J. Lamar 80, McNeese State 59 the new coronavirus. SEC announced their tourna- Saint Louis vs. St. Bonaventure-George First Round Second Round Mason winner Tuesday, March 10 Thursday, March 12 The Cornhuskers left the arena ments were off. In New York City, Richmond vs. Davidson-La Salle winner Manhattan 61,Fairfield 43 Sam Houston State vs. Northwestern after Hoiberg was diagnosed the Big East Tournament began Rhode Island vs. Duquesne-Fordham Iona 70 Canisius 60 State winner Niagara 56, Marist 54 Nicholls State vs. Lamar with influenza-A, which the as scheduled, but was canceled at Big East Conference Quarterfinals Southwestern Athletic Conference school characterized as a “com- halftime of the opening game be- At New York Wednesday, March 11 First Round First Round Siena 63, Manhattan 49 Tuesday, March 10 mon cold” in a news release. Hoi- tween St. John’s and Creighton. Wednesday, March 11 St. Peter’s 56, Iona 54 Prairie View 82, Alabama A&M 60 berg returned to the team hotel St. John’s 75, Georgetown 62 Thursday, March 12 Southern (NO) 67, Alabama St. 53 “This is a scary time for all DePaul 71, Xavier 67 Rider vs. Nigara Texas Southern 75, Grambling St. 62 after being discharged from the of us,” Hoiberg wrote. “Let’s Quarterfinals Monmouth vs. Quinipiac Jackson St. 69, Alcorn St. 52 Thursday, March 12 Mid-American Conference Semifinals hospital. offer our thoughts and prayers Creighton vs. St. John’s At Cleveland Friday, March 13 Hoiberg was in visible discom- directly to those affected with Providence vs. Butler Quarterfinals Prairie View vs. Jackson State Villanova vs. DePaul Thursday, March 12 Southern (NO) vs. Texas Southern fort on the Cornhuskers’ bench. coronavirus.” Seton Hall vs. Marquette Akron vs. Ohio Summit League Assistant coach Doc Sadler took For most people, the new coro- Semifinals N. Illinois vs. Miami Championship Friday, March 13 Bowling Green vs. Toledo North Dakota St. 89, North Dakota 53 over after Hoiberg left the floor navirus causes only mild or mod- Creighton-St. John’s winner vs. Provi- Ball State vs. Kent State Sun Belt Conference in the second half. erate symptoms, such as fever dence-Butler winner Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Third Round Villanova-DePaul winner vs. Seton At Norfolk, Va. Wednesday, March 11 “I was feeling under the weath- and cough. For some, especially Hall-Marquette winner First Round Georgia Southern 81, Georgia State 62 Big Sky Conference Tuesday, March 10 Texas State 85, Appalachian State 68 er on Wednesday and we felt older adults and people with ex- At Boise, Idaho Delaware State 68, Md. East Shore 64 Semifinals the right thing to do was to get isting health problems, it can First Round Howard 70, South Carolina State 63 Saturday, March 14 Wednesday, March 11 Quarterfinals South Alabama vs. Texas State checked by a tournament doctor cause more severe illness, includ- Sacramento State 62, Weber State 54 Wednesday, March 11 Little Rock vs. Georgia State prior to our game in the Big Ten ing pneumonia. Southern Utah 75,Idaho 69 N. Carolina Central 92, Delaware St.75 West Coast Conference Idaho State 64, Northern Arizona 62 North Carolina A&T 86, Howard 77 Championship Tournament against Indiana,” Around the country, many col- Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 Gonzaga 84, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 66 Hoiberg wrote. “Once that medi- leges and universities in recent Thursday, March 12 Bethune Cookman vs. Morgan State Western Athletic Conference E. Washington vs. Sacramento State Norfolk St. vs. SC State At Las Vegas cal official cleared me, I made a days have been shifting to virtual Portland State vs. Montana State Semifinals First Round decision to coach my team. classes and telling students to ex- N. Colorado vs. S. Utah Friday, March 13 Thursday, March 12 Montana vs. Idaho St. NC Central vs. Bethune Cookman-Mor- New Mexico State vs. Chicago State “I would like to thank event tend their spring breaks, encour- Big South Conference gan State winner Grand Canyon vs. Kansas City Championship North Carolina A&T vs. SC State-Nor- Texas RGV vs. Cal State Bakersfield staff for their care and profes- aging them to stay away from Winthrop 76 Hampton 68 folk State winner Seattle vs. Utah Valley sionalism. Also, thank you to ev- campus. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, March 13, 2020 Played in protest US Soccer Federation apologizes SPORTS to women’s national team » Page 26

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BY JIMMY GOLEN AND JAY COHEN March Madness and other pro sports. missioner Gary Bettman announcing that the league Associated Press It looked as if the NBA might be moving toward will ‘pause’ its season with 189 games left and un- playing in empty arenas before it announced that a certainty about how many more — if any — could he NBA became the first major American Utah Jazz player tested positive for the coronavirus be played before the playoffs. A handful of Euro- sports league to suspend play because of and it had decided to pause its season after Wednes- pean hockey leagues have already called off the the coronavirus pandemic, raising ques- day’s games. T tions about the future of college basketball’s The NHL followed suit on Thursday, with Com- SEE SUSPEND ON PAGE 29 Inside: NCAA conference tourneys canceled, Page 30 NHL ‘pausing’ season, Page 27

The Golden 1 Center, in Sacramento, Calif., empties out after Wednesday’s game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings was postponed because official Courtney Kirkland, who was scheduled to referee the game, worked a Utah Jazz game earlier in the week.

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