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BY LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON — Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Su- preme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, with Re- publicans overpowering Demo- crats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely con- servative court majority for years to come. Trump’s choice to fill the va- cancy of the late liberal icon Ruth Bader Gins- burg poten- tially opens a new era of rulings on abortion, the Affordable Care Act and even his own election. Barrett Democrats were unable to stop the outcome, Trump’s third jus- tice on the court, as Republicans race to reshape the judiciary. Barrett, 48, will be able to start work Tuesday, her lifetime ap- Semper tankers pointment as the 115th justice solidifying the court’s rightward tilt. BY CHAD GARLAND He was inspired to launch the weekly “This is a momentous day for Stars and Stripes Marines holding on video series after realizing many current or America,” Trump said at a prime former tankers have memories and feelings time swearing-in event on the he Marine Corps is ditching tanks, to community spirit as to share. It’s been “like therapy,” he said, South Lawn at the White House. but its tankers are working to pre- adding that it had spurred old friends to re- Justice Clarence Thomas admin- serve their unique subculture, 100-year legacy ends connect off-camera too. istered the constitutional oath to T some with hopes that their special In parts oral history, pep talk and eulogy, Barrett before a crowd of about breed may one day be called on again. the episodes occasionally open a window 200. 4th of July, as tank companies were closing into the final days of the service’s remain- Barrett told those gathered “We are small and we are all really cut and their M1A1 Abrams tanks were being ing tank units, slated to be shuttered by 2023 that she believes “it is the job of from the same cloth,” said Maj. Ronald “JR” hauled away. The Marines who crewed a judge to resist her policy prefer- — one century after the Corps received its Valasek, an armor officer who launched a them were being asked to retrain, change ences.” She vowed, “I will do my first six M1917 tanks from the Army. YouTube channel this summer where the services or retire. job without any fear or favor.” Master Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Formella, tight-knit community can document its own “It’s a way for us to keep our stories Monday’s vote was the closest operations chief at the North Carolina-based legacy. “I will always be a tanker.” alive,” Valasek said in a phone interview. high court confirmation ever to Dubbed “100 years of Marine Corps Tank- “The series is going to go for as long as I 2nd Tank Battalion, spoke with Valasek a presidential election, and the ers,” the channel was born days after the have interviews.” SEE TANKERS ON PAGE 6 first in modern times with no support from the minority party. Marines with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, track through tank trails on Camp Lejeune, N.C., for the last time, July 27. The spiking COVID-19 crisis has hung over the proceedings. Vice PATRICK KING/U.S. Marine Corps SEE COURT ON PAGE 10 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 28, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9066 Dunkin’ shares hit new high after buyout talks Euro costs (Oct. 28) ...... $1.15 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.23 Dollar buys (Oct. 28)...... €0.8243 Turkey (Lira) ...... 8.1689 British pound (Oct. 28) ...... $1.27 (Military exchange rates are those BY DEE-ANN DURBIN certain a deal would be reached history. Dunkin’ was founded in Japanese yen (Oct. 28) ...... 102.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Oct. 28) ...... 1,101.00 Associated Press and would not comment further. 1950 in Quincy, Mass . 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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 15 Sports ...... 19-24 Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Police: Fights over strip club visits led to fatal crash BY ROSE L. THAYER when someone she knew got back Stars and Stripes from Afghanistan, she would have him shoot Perry, according AUSTIN, Texas — Anger over to the court document. frequent strip club visits ignited Nelson-Royster and Sennessie a night of fights, violent threats then got into her Jeep Wrangler and car chases for two romanti- and, after gathering three other cally involved Army captains people for support, went to Per- assigned to Fort Bliss that ended ry’s apartment complex, where with one dead in a fiery crash and they used the Jeep to ram a se- the other charged with murder, a curity gate to get inside and con- court document revealed. front him. A night of jealousy and violence The group found Perry sitting led Capt. Clevy Muchette Nelson- in his car, an Audi A4 sedan. Nel- JEWEL SAMAD/AP Royster, 27, and a civilian man son-Royster “proceeded to as- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper pay their tributes at on Oct. 11 to chase down her on- sault [Perry], by punching him the National War Memorial in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday. again, off-again boyfriend, Capt. several times. [Perry] managed Malcom X. Perry, and ram his to get away and drove off in his car with her vehicle until his car vehicle,” according to the court flipped and burst into flames, ac- document. Pompeo, Esper continue to drive cording to an arrest affidavit filed Nelson-Royster told police that with the El Paso County District she then got back into the pas- Attorney’s Office. senger side of her Jeep with Sen- anti-China message in India visit Perry, 27, was burned alive in nessie and began following Perry his car, authorities said. and intentionally rammed his car. She “conspired, orchestrated BY MATTHEW LEE Esper earlier said the two May. Trump has offered to help Richard Mustapha Sennessie, and committed” the events of Associated Press countries’ focus must now “be defuse tensions, but has yet to 23, was arrested two days later on institutionalizing and regular- receive any indication of interest and charged with murder for his the night, according to the court NEW DELHI — U.S. Secretary izing our cooperation to meet the from either side. India and China involvement in Perry’s death, document. She “kept yelling at of State Mike Pompeo and De- challenges of the day and uphold fought a monthlong war over the which occurred at about 5:50 a.m. Sennessie to ram into [Perry’s] fense chief Mark Esper stepped the principles of a free and open region at the height of the Cuban at the intersection of John Hayes vehicle, evidencing her intent to up the Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific well into the future.” Missile Crisis in the fall of 1962, Street and Zaragoza Road in east commit an aggravated assault.” anti-China message in India on That, he said, is particularly im- and some fear a similar confron- El Paso where Fort Bliss is locat- Sennessie told police that Nel- Tuesday, exactly a week ahead of portant “in light of increasing ag- tation before this winter sets in. ed. Nelson-Royster was arrested son-Royster kept grabbing the America’s presidential election. gression and destabilizing actions Pompeo will head back to Wash- Oct. 15 and also charged with wheel and blowing the horn, and With President Donald Trump by China.” ington by way of Sri Lanka, the murder. that she was not concerned about in a tight race for a second term Just hours before the meetings Maldives and Indonesia, where Eyewitnesses and video sur- damage to her own vehicle. against former Vice President Joe began, the Trump administration he plans to press each nation to veillance footage shows that Nel- During the chase, Perry called Biden, Pompeo and Esper sought notified Congress of plans for push back against Chinese asser- son-Royster and Sennessie were 911. to play on Indian suspicions about a $2.37 billion sale of Harpoon tiveness, which U.S. officials com- at a bar called 915 Vibes, where “They are hitting my car. China to shore up a regional front missile systems to Taiwan — the plain is highlighted by predatory she got into a fight with a group of They’re bumping my car,” Perry against increasing Chinese as- second major arms sale in two lending and development projects women and was kicked out. From said, according to the court docu- sertiveness in the Indo-Pacific weeks to the island that Beijing that benefit China more than the there, the two went to Jaguars, a ment. “I am going to die.” region. They also lauded joint co- regards as a renegade province. presumed recipients. strip club that Perry was known “Moments later there was a operation in fighting the COVID- China reacted to the first sale by The Chinese Embassy in Sri to frequent, “and this has caused loud crash sound and the victim 19 pandemic. announcing sanctions on U.S. de- Lanka denounced Pompeo’s visit a strain on their relationship,” ac- could be heard yelling for help,” In talks with their Indian coun- fense contractors. to the island even before he ar- according to the document. Sen- terparts, Pompeo and Esper cording to the court document. Shortly before the Harpoon rived there, denouncing a senior nessie fled the scene, but Nelson- signed an agreement expanding Inside the strip club, Nelson- sale was announced, Pompeo met U.S. official’s warning that the Royster was still in the Jeep when military satellite information Royster confronted Perry and late Monday with Indian Foreign country should be wary of Chi- broke his eyeglasses, which trig- police arrived and was taken into sharing and highlighted strategic custody. cooperation between Washington Minister S. Jaishankar to laud nese investment. gered a fight with Perry that also “the strong partnership between “We encourage Sri Lanka to involved a stripper. Surveillance Nelson-Royster and Sennessie and New Delhi with an eye to- remain in the El Paso County ward countering China. The two the United States and India,” review the options we offer for footage shows Nelson-Royster Detention Facility with bonds men paid tribute to Indian troops declaring it to be “critical to the transparent and sustainable eco- fighting with other club employ- set at $500,000 and $1 million, killed in defense of their country, security and prosperity of both nomic development in contrast to ees before being physically re- respectively. including 20 who died earlier this countries, the Indo-Pacific region discriminatory and opaque prac- moved from the club. Outside the year in an incident with China. and the world,” the State Depart- tices,” the top U.S. diplomat for club, she was heard shouting that [email protected] “The United States will stand ment said in a statement. South Asia, Dean Thompson, said with the people of India as they Regardless of domestic U.S. last week. “We urge Sri Lanka confront threats to their freedom election considerations, it is a to make difficult but necessary and sovereignty.” Pompeo said, critical time in the U.S.-India re- decisions to secure its economic referring pointedly to ones posed lationship as China looms large independence for long-term pros- by the Chinese Communist Party. over the Indo-Pacific. perity, and we stand ready to “Our leaders and our citizens see Heightened border tensions partner with Sri Lanka for its eco- with increasing clarity that the between New Delhi and Beijing nomic development and growth.” CCP is no friend to democracy, have added to Chinese-American The Chinese Embassy said the the rule of law, transparency, nor animosity that has been fueled comments were a blatant viola- to freedom of navigation — the by disputes over the coronavirus, tion of diplomatic protocols and foundation of a free and open trade, technology, Taiwan, Tibet, also chided the U.S. for organizing and prosperous Indo-Pacific,” he Hong Kong, human rights and Pompeo’s 24-hour visit and im- said. disputes between China and its posing a major logistical burden In a meeting with Indian Prime smaller neighbors in the South on the country, which is the midst Minister Narendra Modi, Pompeo China Sea. of the coronavirus pandemic. and Esper discussed security and Tuesday’s meetings come dur- “Does this approach truly prove defense cooperation, the coro- ing a flareup of military tensions your respect to the host country? navirus pandemic and “shared between India and China in a dis- Is it helpful to local epidemic pre- interests in a free and open Indo- puted mountainous region where vention and control? Is it in the in- Pacific,” said U.S. principal depu- tens of thousands of soldiers have terests of the Sri Lankan people?” ty spokesperson Cale Brown. been engaged in a standoff since the embassy said in a statement. Malcolm X. Perry Clevy Muchette Nelson-Royster PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 28, 2020 PACIFIC USFK order: Get flu shot by Dec. 1 Command stresses safety of military’s vaccine after deaths, illnesses in S. Korea

BY KIM GAMEL and all other beneficiaries over 6- Stars and Stripes months-old by Dec. 21 or earlier if mandated by education officials. CAMP HUMPHREYS, South “The presence of the common Korea — U.S. Forces Korea or- cold and flu season are upon us,” dered troops to get flu shots by Abrams said in a press release. Dec. 1, saying Tuesday that the “And the potential exposure of vaccine issued by the Defense the COVID-19 virus is something Department is safe and inocu- we cannot afford to risk by de- lation is especially important laying or avoiding the flu shot,” this year due to the coronavirus he added. “Do your part to pro- pandemic. tect the force and get your shot Safety concerns rose after 59 today.” South Koreans died and hun- Most of those who died in South dreds more reported side effects Korea were in their 70s and 80s, following their flu shots this year. according to the Korea Disease Health authorities said no direct Control and Prevention Agency. link between the deaths and the It cited a comprehensive assess- vaccine has been found but they ment, including autopsies, in find- were monitoring the situation. ing no link between the vaccines /Stars and Stripes The supply chain for that vaccine SETH ROBSON and the deaths. is separate from USFK’s. “After reviewing death cases An Air Force CV-22 Osprey carrying U.S. Forces Japan chief Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider and Japan’s top USFK said the vaccine admin- so far, it is not the time to sus- military leader, Gen. Koji Yamazaki, lands on the helicopter destroyer JS Kaga on Monday . istered to the military communi- ty has been approved by the U.S. pend the flu vaccination program Food and Drug Administration since vaccination is crucial this and has resulted in “zero reports year,” considering the pandemic, Air Force Ospreys kick off the agency’s director Jeong Eun- of serious adverse effects or reac- tions” across the Defense Depart- kyung told reporters last week. ment medical system. Influenza and COVID-19 are Keen Sword drills in Japan The command noted the flu both contagious respiratory ill- vaccine won’t protect against the nesses with similar symptoms, coronavirus, but said it has been including fever , cough , shortness shown to reduce symptoms and of breath, runny nose and sore BY SETH ROBSON zation of outposts built illegally stealth fighters. the risk of illness, hospitalization throat . Stars and Stripes in the South China Sea and con- “I very much look forward to and death associated with an in- They are, however, caused by tinued harassment of Taiwan by the exercise of these capabilities fluenza infection. different viruses. COVID-19 also EAST OF JAPAN ON THE JS Chinese military, he said. with these platforms off the Kaga All members of the U.S. mili- seems to spread more easily than KAGA — Standing on the deck Over the next 10 days, ap- and (JS) Izumo in the near fu- tary are required to get the flu the flu and causes more serious of a Japanese flattop, jet fighters proximately 9,000 U.S. service ture,” Schneider said. shot annually. illness in some people, according screaming overhead, the com- members from the Navy, Marine Japan’s largest warships are USFK commander Gen. Rob- to the Atlanta-based Centers for mander of U.S. Forces Japan on Corps, Army and Air Force will being upgraded to accommodate ert Abrams laid out deadlines for Disease Control and Prevention. Monday called out China for “ma- train with 37,000 Japanese per- F-35B fighters like the ones that service members in South Korea lign activities” against its neigh- sonnel along with 20 ships and operate from the Sasebo, Japan- [email protected] to get their flu shots by Dec. 1 Twitter: @kimgamel bors in the Western Pacific. 170 aircraft. based amphibious assault ship Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider and The USS Ronald Reagan air- USS America. Gen. Koji Yamazaki, chief of Ja- craft carrier cruised off the Ka- Since late last year, the Chinese pan’s military, had just landed in ga’s starboard side as the generals navy has launched two Type 075 an Air Force special operations spoke to reporters on the deck. amphibious assault ships that are Pilot accidentally drops CV-22 Osprey marking the start “The security environment about the size of the U.S. Navy’s of the biennial Keen Sword ex- surrounding Japan has been in- USS Wasp amphibious ship; a ercise and the first time a tiltro- creasingly becoming severe,” third is reportedly due to join the projectile in S. Korea tor aircraft had touched down on Yamazaki said. fleet shortly. the helicopter destroyer JS Kaga Almost three weeks ago, Japan Keen Sword includes space and BY MATTHEW KEELER from both the U.S. and [South Ko- — something, they said, shows Coast Guard vessels responded cyber operations, Yamazaki said. rean] sides determined that based the ability of their forces to work to Chinese patrol ships lingering The U.S. stood up its Space Force Stars and Stripes on the terrain at the projected lo- together. in December, and Japan estab- near the Senkakus, and at least OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea cation of impact, there was not a “Our arrival today was sim- lished its first space operations once approaching a Japanese — An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot significant threat to anyone and ply to demonstrate the ability to fishing vessel. It was the longest squadron in May. inadvertently dropped a projec- called the search off on Oct. 16,” move a few people, but the same stay near the islands by Chinese “Nowhere else in the world will tile outside a designated training de La Fe wrote. De La Fe did not capability could be used to deploy ships since Japan purchased you find two nations operating area on Oct. 13, according to the describe what type of projectile combat troops to defend the Sen- them in 2012, according to Japan together in the way we do,” Sch- 51st Fighter Wing at Osan. the Thunderbolt was carrying. kaku Islands or respond to other Times on Oct. 13. neider said. The pilot from the 25th Fight- A safety investigation is un- crisis and contingencies,” Sch- It’s important for U.S. and Jap- U.S. Marines and Japan’s new er Squadron was on a routine derway, and the wing imposed neider said, referring to Japanese anese forces to work together to amphibious brigade will practice training flight when he released “additional mitigation measures administered islands in the East defend Japan’s land, sea and air amphibious landings on islands the nonexplosive projectile over to reduce the likelihood of fu- China Sea that are also claimed territory, including the Senkakus, off the coast of Japan as part of rough, remote terrain just south ture incidents,” according to the by Taiwan and China. Yamazaki said. the drills. of Pilsung Ragne in Gangwan statement. The islands — known as Daioyu The U.S.-Japan alliance is a cor- Japan’s Amphibious Rapid De- province, according to an emailed The squadron at Osan oper- by the Chinese — are surrounded nerstone of the peace and stability ployment Brigade, a force mod- statement from wing spokesman ates nearly two dozen upgraded by natural resources including in the Far East and must demon- eled after the U.S. Marines and 1st Lt. Daniel de La Fe. A-10 Thunderbolt IIs. In Janu- fish, oil and gas. strate unwavering strength, even charged with defending outer is- The South Korean Ministry of ary, the wing completed instal- Schneider listed recent “malign during a pandemic, he said. lands, some of which are claimed Defense was immediately noti- lation of new aircraft wings that activities on the part of Beijing.” America will continue to send by China, will participate in the fied and a combined search and will extend the service life of the These included breaking an its most advanced military capa- training. The brigade has been recovery team from the wing and 45-year-old close-air-support agreement to protect the rights of bilities to the region, Schneider building its capabilities with the South Korea swept the area from aircraft for another 8,000 flight people in Hong Kong, harassment said, noting that both the United Marines’ help. the air and ground, according to hours. of neighbors such as Malaysia, States and Japan operate the Os- [email protected] the statement. [email protected] Indonesia and Vietnam, militari- preys and fifth-generation F-35 Twitter: @SethRobson1 “During the sweep, leadership Twitter: @MattKeeler1231 Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MIDEAST Report: Safety issues found at US-funded prison

BY J.P. LAWRENCE Kabul, a report by the Special In- e Charki, with inmates housed deficiencies and several safety ground, the report said, due to Stars and Stripes spector General for Afghanistan in the hallways. A 2014 report and maintenance issues, the re- problems with the waterproof Reconstruction said. detailed poor performance by a port said, adding the plant gen- liner underneath the facility’s fil- KABUL, Afghanistan — In- Workers built part of the plant company contracted by the U.S. erally met contract and design tration ponds. spectors found contaminated using metal from Iran, a country to renovate the prison, with elec- standards. The State Department in its drinking water, overflowing sew- under U.S. sanctions, in a pur- trical and plumbing fixtures often Tap water from the prison after response generally agreed with age and materials purchased chase violating federal regula- broken or missing. testing showed an “unacceptable SIGAR’s findings and said they from Iran at a recently completed had addressed some of the prob- $11.3 million wastewater treat- tions, the report said. In 2018, the U.S. State Depart- level of e-coli bacteria,” the re- ment plant funded by the U.S. at The issues listed in Tuesday’s ment, through the Bureau of In- port said. Inspectors found sew- lems already. Afghanistan’s largest prison, a report add to a long history of ternational Narcotics and Law age spilling from a septic tank Water contamination should Pentagon watchdog agency said problems at the Pul-e Charki Enforcement Affairs, awarded a next to the prison’s well house. not be an issue anymore, State Tuesday. prison, which was infamous for contract to a Turkish company, The spilled sewage, close to the officials said, because the facility Staff are at risk due to safety the torture and execution of dis- Biltek Organizasyon, to build prison’s water supply, could be now has a fully functional chlori- and maintenance deficiencies sidents during the Soviet-backed a sewage plant for up to 20,000 the cause of the contaminated tap nation system, but they are wait- found at the wastewater treat- regime starting in the late 1970s. prisoners and staff. water, the report said. ing for results of further testing. ment facility for Pul-e Charki Previous SIGAR reports found SIGAR inspectors during site Wastewater from the plant [email protected] prison on the eastern outskirts of widespread overcrowding at Pul- visits found eight construction could also be seeping into the Twitter: @jplawrence3 Brother of Attack near Afghan base slain student kills at least 3 survived an Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — A sui- cide bomber detonated an explo- attack in 2018 sives-laden vehicle near a police special forces base in eastern Af- BY SHARIF HASSAN ghanistan on Tuesday, setting off AND PAMELA CONSTABLE a gunfight with police followed by The Washington Post a second suicide bombing, a co- ordinated attack that killed three KABUL, Afghanistan — In the spring of people, Afghan officials said. 2018, Mohammad Reza Bahadur was study- Four militants were also killed. ing for his college entrance exams when a Habib Shah Ansari, provincial man wearing a suicide vest entered the class- health director in Khost said that room. Failing to set off his explosives, he deto- so far three bodies and around 30 nated a grenade, wounding six students and wounded, both military and civil- killing himself. ian, were brought to the hospital. Unnerved but determined, Bahadur was There was no immediate claim accepted to Kabul University. He urged his of responsibility for Tuesday’s younger brother, who hoped to attend medi- attack. cal school, to take the same prep course at the Interior Ministry spokesman

Kawsar-e-Danish center in west Kabul. MARIAM ZUHAIB/AP Tariq Arian said that earlier On Saturday his brother, Ghulam Abbas Tuesday morning a vehicle full Ramanzani, was just leaving class when a Afghan men Sunday bury a victim of a Saturday suicide attack that targeted an education of explosives detonated near a suicide bomber tried to enter the facility, then center in Kabul Afghanistan . The brother of one of the students who was killed survived a base belonging to police special blew himself up in the alley outside. The pow- similar attack in the same place in 2018. forces. erful blast killed 24 people, mostly students, He added that at least four at- and wounded 70 others. The report attributed the decline mostly to tackers were killed and Afghan Ramanzani, 18, died almost instantly, his ‘ His only crime was that a drop in suicide bombings and foreign air- forces were fighting two others family said. strikes, while noting that targeted killings who were still resisting forces. “I feel lonely without him,” Bahadur said he was a Hazara and a and Afghan airstrikes had increased. It said Arian said that the gun battle Sunday, sitting morosely in the family’s home Shiite who wanted to get an Taliban-caused casualties were down by 24 underway between the attackers and trying to console their mother, who was percent and those caused by the Afghan army and the Afghan forces may in- weeping in a corner. “He understood me bet- education. ’ were up by the same percentage. It did not in- crease casualties. ter than anyone in our family. His only crime Mohammad Reza Bahadur clude the recent surge of Taliban attacks and Separately, in the capital Kabul was that he was a Hazara and a Shiite who brother fighting. on Tuesday three people were wanted to get an education.” The Dasht-i-Barchi bombing also struck a killed when a bomb attached to The bombing, like dozens that have tar- special chord because it targeted an educa- a vehicle exploded, said Ferdaws geted Kabul’s minority community of ethnic tional facility, full of eager teenagers hoping Faramarz, spokesman for the Hazara Shiites, was claimed by Islamic State, ideological gene,” Vice President Amrullah to get into college. Kabul police chief. a Sunni extremist group that views Shiites as Saleh tweeted Sunday. “They are together at It echoed another deadly bombing in Dasht- Faramarz added that ten other apostates. The group, known here as Daesh a tactical level now.” i-Barchi in August 2018, in which 48 students people were wounded in the at- or ISIS-K, has bombed mosques, shrines, A spokesman for the Interior Ministry, at the Mowud Education Center were killed. tack. No one immediately claimed Tariq Aryan, called the bombing “the contin- schools, gyms and public gatherings in the Higher education remains very limited in responsibility for the Kabul at- district known as Dasht-i-Barchi. uation of crimes by the Taliban and their al- Afghanistan, especially for girls, with only 14 tack, but both Taliban and Islam- But this time, the attack resonated far be- lies … against education centers, holy places ic State affiliates are active and percent of men and 5 percent of women reach- yond the minority enclave. An especially and clinics.” have claimed previous attacks in ing college, according to the World Bank. Haz- horrific crime in the crowded capital, it re- On Sunday, a large gathering of Islamic the city. aras, long relegated to menial roles in society, inforced growing public alarm at a spate of clerics in Kabul condemned all violence The violence comes as the U.N. more distant violence by Taliban insurgents. against civilians. “Do not kill or harm the place an especially high value on advanced mission in Afghanistan, known as The Taliban has denied any connection Afghan people for the sake of power,” stated education for both sons and daughters. UNAMA, released its third quar- with the education center bombing, and its one cleric, Maulawi Salam Abed. The group Both facilities are known for sending grad- ter report showing a 30% decrease relations with the regional Islamic State af- called on all sides in the Afghan conflict to uates to the best institutions in the country in civilian casualties compared to filiate have been contentious. But many Af- “preserve the sanctity of the Koran” and end and helping Hazara families of limited means the same period last year. ghans, including senior officials, said Sunday the war. boost their children’s chances for success. While noting that “the conflict that the attack might have been executed or The attack came as the United Nations As- Some community leaders have said the in Afghanistan remains one of the inspired by the Taliban. The group has staged sistance Mission in Afghanistan reported bombings are aimed at destroying an up-and- deadliest in the world for civil- recent attacks across 24 provinces, even while that 2,117 civilians had been killed and 3,822 coming minority generation. Advanced edu- ians,” the U.N. said the first nine it holds peace talks in Qatar with Afghan gov- wounded between January and September, cation is considered anathema to extremist months of this year produced the ernment delegates from Kabul. fewer than in any similar period since 2012 groups because it encourages young people to lowest number of civilian casual- “The Taliban and ISIS-K share the same and 30 percent fewer than in 2019. challenge orthodoxy. ties since 2012. PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 28, 2020 MILITARY Tankers: ‘Just because our equipment’s going away, our brotherhood’s not. It will never die.’

FROM FRONT PAGE tank units to be unscathed, he pated several complications from in late July, just hours after his was “personally shocked” that relying on another service for battalion’s M1A1s were loaded none survived. heavy armor. This is partly be- onto railcars at Camp Lejeune for A veteran of the Iraq War who cause tanks are a maneuver ele- the last time. spent over six months fighting in ment of their own in the Army, “It hurts seeing that [tank] Fallujah, he but the Marine Corps sees them ramp empty. Oh, it hurts,” For- said “tanks strictly as support for infantry mella said. “I’ve been trying to were an ab- forces. hold it together all week.” solute neces- A military fellow at the non- sity” there It’s like losing a loved one, said profit watchdog Project on Gov- during Oper- Valasek, a 17-year veteran. An- ernment Oversight, Grazier was ation Phan- other heartbreak was knowing also skeptical that the U.S. would tom Fury he and others will retire in a few see the type of conflict the Marine and subse- years without the traditional cer- Corps now envisions and suggest- quent opera- emony on the tank ramp, standing ed it could be more likely to see tions. Many combat operations where armor under crossed 120 mm cannons, Marine in- as their mentors and heroes had units would be direly needed. Mitch Meador/Fort Sill (Okla.) Tribune Valasek fantrymen “I really fear the day that a in years past. would not future Marine finds himself in a Donna Smith, supervisor of the Clothing Initial Issue Point inside The Marines got the news this have made it home without them, bind and looks around because he Vessey Hall at Fort Sill, Okla., gets Pvt. Andrew Fraughton fitted for spring, when Marine Corps Com- he and others say. needs a tank and there isn’t one the jacket of the Army Green Service Uniform this month. mandant Gen. David Berger pub- “When you need a tank, nothing there to help him,” he said. lished a vision for the service’s else will suffice,” Valasek said. “I future without heavy armor and don’t know what direct fire asset But on the YouTube channel, several other units. But it’s a de- is going to replace [tanks].” several Marines have voiced mise that’s long been foretold. Still, as a former aide to Berger, what Valasek calls “tanker opti- “This day has been coming for he said he knows the general’s de- mism” that the service may one Fort Sill trainees … 30 years,” Chris Juhls, a re- cision wasn’t made without con- day backtrack — and that it’ll tired gunnery sergeant, said in sidering its full ramifications. The need Marines like them again July. “It just so happens it’s now, commandant envisions a lighter, when it does. and there’s nothing we can do more agile Marine Corps, largely “Just because our equipment’s about it.” designed to counter China, and going away, our brotherhood’s 1st to get Army’s Servicewide cuts to equipment, has said the Army would continue not. It will never die,” Formella units and personnel are partly to provide tanks and other heavy said. “Our stories will continue meant to free up money for mod- ground systems. through our kids … until tanks ernization without asking Con- But the concept raises ques- come back.” gress for a bigger budget. tions for former Marine armor [email protected] throwback greens While Valasek didn’t expect officer Dan Grazier, who antici- Twitter: @chadgarland

BY COREY DICKSTEIN soldiers including recruiters and Stars and Stripes senior generals have been sport- More Marines choosing Corps over ing the new uniforms in recent WASHINGTON — Some 200 months. new privates nearing the end of Army officials said in August tanks as service eliminates armor basic training at Fort Sill, Okla., that the new Army greens should BY CHAD GARLAND received the Army’s new, throw- be available to nearly all soldiers back-style dress green uniforms to purchase on their installations Stars and Stripes this month, becoming the first by the spring. They will not be- Most Marine tankers have chosen to stay in the recruits issued the World War II- come mandatory until 2027, when Corps rather than join the Army to keep on tanking inspired threads. they will replace the blue Army in the months since the top Marine general called The trainees assigned to the Service Uniforms as the service’s for the shuttering of heavy armor battalions earlier 1st Battalion, 79th Field Artil- everyday, office-setting attire. lery basic training unit were is- this year. The blue uniforms will remain The service gave tank officers, enlisted crew and sued the new uniforms on Oct. authorized for more formal func- maintainers the option to move into a new military 14, ahead of their scheduled tions, Army officials have said. specialty, retire early or transfer into another ser- Nov. 13 graduation, according to Army and Air Force Exchange vice by April 2022, when it would begin choosing for the Army. The soldiers, with the Service stores in the continen- them. battalion’s alpha company, were tal United States are expected to “They’re Marines,” said Chris Juhls, a retired chosen to be first to receive the have the uniforms available for PATRICK KING/U.S. Marine Corps new uniforms simply because of sale by December. AAFES loca- gunnery sergeant, in a July episode of a YouTube series about the service’s tank community. “They’ll A Marine prepares to depart from a tank lot on that timing, said Command Sgt. tions in Alaska, Hawaii and on Camp Lejeune, N.C., in July. Maj. Donald Harding, the senior overseas posts are expected to adapt, they’ll overcome, they’ll find something enlisted leader for the 434th Field else.” begin selling them by February. rine Division provided to Stars and Stripes. Artillery Brigade, responsible for The uniforms will initially Up to about the end of last month, that appears to After discussing his options with a career plan- basic training at Fort Sill. cost about $500, but that price have been the case, service data shows. At the time, ner, Staff Sgt. Edward Douse Jr., a platoon sergeant, Harding said it was “pretty is expected to drop as the Army 70% of Marines who had submitted paperwork re- requested jobs in the information security, logistics neat” that some of his recruits ramps up production of the cloth- questing one of the options had chosen to stay in the and supply fields as his top three choices, based on would be the first in the Army to ing, Daniel Koglin, a military Corps. Of some 820 Marines, about 130 had opted to receive it. He said he looked for- clothing manager for the Army switch to a new specialty within the branch, 46 had his interests and his aptitude test scores, he said. ward to seeing the unit wear the and Air Force Exchange Service, requested transfer to another service and six had Cpl. Tristen T. Stamps, a tank commander with new uniform when they gradu- said in August. chosen early retirement. the battalion who hopes to stay in the Corps until ate Basic Combat Training next Soldiers will also be able to About 650 had not requested any of the options by retirement, chose the combat engineer specialty, in month. purchase option items for the late September. Some 30 Marines whose contracts part because of stories his grandfather told of serv- The new privates were each uniform, including the so-called ended in fiscal year 2020 or were eligible for regular ing as an Army engineer during the Vietnam War, issued one Army Green Service “Ike” jacket, inspired by the retirement by Oct. 1 weren’t included in the data, he said. Uniform, which includes one cropped jacket made iconic by said Yvonne Carlock, spokeswoman for Marine And Capt. John Neail, a company commander, jacket, pants, a dress shirt, brown Gen. Dwight Eisenhower during Manpower & Reserve Affairs. was tempted to swap over to the Army but eventu- oxford shoes, matching socks, World War II. With coronavirus precautions forcing career ser- ally decided to become a financial management of- their rank insignia, one long- and After Fort Sill, the Army is vices programs to close earlier this year, much of ficer in the Corps after he was given no guarantee short-sleeved T-shirt, a tie, gloves next expected to begin issuing the transition and retention guidance for the tankers he would be a tanker as a soldier, he said. and a garrison cap, which is a the Army greens to trainees at was being done “in-house” within the battalions this “My only desire to transfer to the Army would be straight-sided, foldable hat. Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, summer, Master Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Formella, op- to stay on the tank,” he said. “I wasn’t willing to risk Fort Sill’s drill instructors in Fort Benning in Georgia and Fort erations chief at the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 2nd hanging up my 8-point (Marine hat) to put on (the September were among the Ar- Jackson in South Carolina, Army Tank Battalion, said on the YouTube channel “100 Army’s) patrol cap without knowing I’ll be back in my’s first soldiers to be issued the officials said. years of Marine Corps Tankers” in July. the tank.” new uniforms. In addition to drill [email protected] A few Marines with the battalion described their [email protected] instructors, other high-visibility Twitter: @CDicksteinDC career-planning process in a statement the 2nd Ma- Twitter: @chadgarland Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK US Navy in Japan reports two new cases

BY JOSEPH DITZLER The military does not identify public broadcaster NHK and data al cases of COVID-19 within our ing the number of individuals on AND AYA ICHIHASHI new cases in Japan as service from the Tokyo Metropolitan school community.” quarantine status.” Stars and Stripes members, Defense Department Government. The city center is Yokota High School on Thurs- On Okinawa, home to the larg- civilian employees, contractors considered a hot spot by U.S. mil- day announced one member of est concentration of U.S. service TOKYO — The U.S. Navy in or family members. itary authorities and is generally “our Yokota High School family” members, the prefecture issued a Japan reported two new cases of All new arrivals and return- off-limits to all U.S. personnel, ci- had tested positive. Friday was a coronavirus warning on Monday COVID-19 on Tuesday as the dis- ing travelers are required by U.S. vilian employees and families. teacher workday and no classes evening as the number of new ease continues to recede within Forces Japan and the Japanese At Yokota Air Base in western were held. cases there continues to climb. the U.S. military. government to isolate themselves Tokyo, base public health offi- The school reopened for class Both patients are recent arriv- for two weeks. cials conducted a second round on Monday after a thorough Okinawans dining out are als to Japan who tested positive The naval base south of Tokyo, of contact tracing Monday at the cleaning, according to the prin- asked to do so in groups of four or sometime since Friday while still home of the U.S. 7th Fleet, on Fri- base high school after someone cipal, although the Department less and keep their time together in isolation, according to a Face- day reported that two people, also tested positive there, according of Defense Education Activity at two hours or less. Some recent book post by Yokosuka Naval new arrivals, had tested positive to a letter from Principal Marian declined to say how many close cases have been traced to dining Base. The base has six active for the virus sometime in the pre- Leverette to staff, students and contacts health officials identi- events, according to the prefec- cases. vious week. family. fied and sent to isolation. tural website. Most new infections among the Tokyo reported 158 new pa- The base conducted the second Base public affairs officer 1st [email protected] U.S. military community occur tients on Tuesday, the highest round “out of an abundance of Lt. Stuart Thrift in an email to Twitter: @Joseph Ditzler within new arrivals to Japan or number of new daily cases since caution,” she wrote. “Please know Stars and Stripes on Friday wrote [email protected] travelers returning from abroad. 203 on Saturday, according to at this time there are no addition- that Yokota “will not be releas- Twitter: @AyaIchihashi General credits mindset of soldiers with monthlong virus-free training rotation

BY COREY DICKSTEIN the virus’ spread was to test soldiers at Stars and Stripes home before deploying and order them to restrict their movement to only home and WASHINGTON — If all goes as planned, work for two weeks before leaving. some 5,500 soldiers with the 25th Infantry Top Army officials have billed the return Division will return to Schofield Barracks to training as a success, but they have also in Hawaii without a single coronavirus said they had continued to see new cases of case reported during an almost monthlong the virus crop up in units as they trained training exercise in Louisiana, the divi- in the isolated field settings at JRTC and sion’s top general said Monday. NTC in recent months. The division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team Pentagon policy bars the Army from re- on Monday conducted live-fire exercises at leasing precisely how many coronavirus Fort Polk’s Joint Readiness Training Cen- cases units have detected during those ter, wrapping up the final stages of its rota- training rotations. tion at the key training post, said Maj. Gen. The Army has reported the most virus James Jarrard, the 25th ID commander cases among the military services, with who spoke with reporters by phone from 20,509 total cases since the start of the Fort Polk. pandemic, according to the Pentagon’s lat- He credited his soldiers with taking the est data released Monday. virus seriously, allowing them to deploy Jarrard joked he worried his announce- and train without spreading the coronavi- ment Monday of zero positive cases during U.S. Army rus among themselves. the 2nd Brigade rotation, which began the “We had to collectively exercise disci- first week of October, could “jinx” the unit Soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division take part pline in all facets of our life, whether it was before it returns to Hawaii. in exercises at Fort Polk, La., this month. out shopping on-post or off-post, or wheth- The unit did have some positive tests for er it was coming in to work,” Jarrard said. the virus among its soldiers before it left at JRTC, he said. are not required to where the face-cover- “I think the self-discipline and the mindset for Fort Polk, the general said. Those sol- “And so, right now they are ready to do ings, because they are able, typically, to by everybody to protect themselves and diers quarantined and either joined their anything the nation asks them to do,” Jar- maintain six feet of distance and operate to make sure that they were protecting unit at JRTC later or remained in Hawaii, rard said. “The second brigade has shown within “bubbles,” where they are isolated their families, was a key element of that he said. that they’re ready by their excellent rota- from others who have not been tested for success.” While top Army leaders have said some tion here at the Joint Readiness Training the virus. In March, as the coronavirus pandemic units in recent months have struggled to Center, we’ve only got a couple of days “They are executing just like they would spread quickly around the world, the Army train at home station amid the pandemic, left here … and they have done extremely any other rotation,” Jarrard said. “And halted sending units to its major combat Jarrard said his brigade completed almost well.” training centers. It restarted the large- all its training it would typically need be- He said the brigade’s training at JRTC so, not a whole lot of difference once they scale training events during the summer, fore a combat training center rotation. The has not changed much because of the pan- started training. Everyone is training sending units to JRTC and the National brigade’s companies did miss out on a live- demic. Soldiers working closely together hard, just like they normally do.” Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. fire training exercise, but they were set to in operations centers wear masks, he said, [email protected] Among the changes implemented to limit make up that training in the coming days but combat troops operating out in the field Twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 28, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Kaiserslautern steps up As feared by health experts, fatal cases restrictions as rate rises rising again in US

BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL Associated Press ing of a grim fall and winter, with a widely cited model from the Stars and Stripes BOISE, Idaho — Deaths per University of Washington project- day from the coronavirus in the KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- ing about 386,000 dead by Feb. 1. U.S. are on the rise again, just as ny — Kaiserslautern will require A vaccine is unlikely to become health experts had feared, and face masks outdoors in its pedes- widely available until mid-2021. cases are climbing in practically trian zone and ban overnight al- The seven-day rolling average every state, despite assurances cohol sales, as the city that hosts for daily new cases hit a record thousands of U.S. troops steps up from President Donald Trump over the weekend that “we’re high on Sunday of 68,767, accord- measures to curb the rapid spread ing to Johns Hopkins, eclipsing of the coronavirus, officials said. rounding the turn, we’re doing great.” the previous mark of 67,293, set The city convened its corona- in mid-July. The U.S. recorded virus task force for the first time With Election Day just over a week away, average deaths per more than 80,000 new cases on since the pandemic started after both Friday and Saturday — the its weekly infection rate climbed day across the country are up 10% over the past two weeks, from 721 highest marks ever — though last weekend from well under 50 to nearly 794 as of Sunday, ac- testing has expanded dramatical- new cases per 100,000 to 83 per cording to data from Johns Hop- ly over the course of the outbreak, 100,000 as of Monday, it said in a kins University. Newly confirmed making direct comparisons statement posted on its website. infections per day are rising in 47 problematic. The true number The task force, which includes states, and deaths are up in 34. of infections is thought to be far officials from the city and the re- Health experts had warned that higher because many Americans gional health authority, called for it was only a matter of time before have not been tested, and studies mandatory masks in Kaiserslaut- deaths turned upward, given the suggest people can be infected ern’s pedestrian area, including record-breaking surge in cases without feeling sick. the old town, starting Wednesday, engulfing the country. Deaths On Wall Street, stocks had their alcohol sales to be banned from are a lagging indicator — that is, worst day in more than a month, 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., and gatherings it generally takes a few weeks for amid the surging caseload and to be limited to try to stop the people to sicken and die from the mounting doubts that Washing- spread of the virus, the statement KARIN ZEITVOGEL/Stars and Stripes coronavirus. ton will come through with more said. Michael Osterholm, a Univer- relief for the economy before “The situation is very serious; An employee of a hairdressing salon in Kaiserslautern, Germany, sity of Minnesota expert on infec- Election Day . we have no time to lose,” Kaiser- wears a face mask as he waits for customers in March . Salons can tious diseases who warned over On Monday, the White House slautern Mayor Klaus Weichel stay open when new restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of the summer of a fall surge, said coronavirus response coordina- said in the statement, calling on the coronavirus take effect Wednesday, city officials said. what’s happening now is a conflu- tor spent the day looking around everyone to “do their part to con- ence of three factors: “pandemic North Dakota’s capital city and tain the infection.” cases rose above 50 per 100,000 ing to districts considered at high fatigue“ among people who are proclaimed the COVID-19 proto- At the same time, Chancel- inhabitants over seven days. risk for the virus and limited most weary of hunkering down and cols to be the worst she’s seen in lor Angela Merkel was mulling The military often imposes other travel to day trips within are venturing out more; “pan- her travels around the country. a short-term national lockdown stricter measures on service Germany. Rules on face masks demic anger” among those who Dr. Deborah Birx, whose tour as the virus continued to spread members than those required by and social distancing that were don’t believe the scourge is a real has taken her to nearly 40 states, across Germany, several news Germany. announced in the early weeks of threat; and cold weather, which is said she found the absence of face outlets reported, citing the Ger- Ramstein has required since the pandemic remained in place, forcing more Americans indoors, coverings and the lack of social man tabloid Bild. No details were April that face coverings be worn the command said. where the virus can spread more distancing in Bismarck “deeply available on the German govern- “in public places or when indi- The decision to require masks easily. unfortunate” and a danger. ment’s website. viduals cannot maintain physical in Kaiserslautern’s pedestrian “When you put those three to- “Over the last 24 hours as we Kaiserslautern’s task force also distancing on base, and face cov- zone was taken after officials gether, we shouldn’t be surprised were here and we were in your recommended that students in all erings have been required in base noted repeated violations of so- what we’re seeing,” Osterholm grocery stores and in your res- but primary and special educa- schools throughout this academic cial distancing and other mea- said. taurants and frankly even in tion schools wear face coverings school year,” officials from the sures there, Weichel said in the The virus is blamed for more your hotels, this is the least use until Nov. 8; that flea markets and 86th Airlift Wing said in a state- city’s statement. than 8.6 million confirmed infec- of masks that we have we seen in fairs be canceled; and that the ment sent to Stars and Stripes. Mandating that face masks be tions and over 225,000 deaths in retail establishments of any place number of people allowed at in- “We remain committed to worn in high schools and adult the U.S., the highest such totals in we have been,” Birx said. “And door and outdoor events, includ- maintaining our strong partner- education institutions for the next the world. we find that deeply unfortunate ing amateur sports, and who can ship with the local community two weeks was intended to pre- Deaths are still well below the because you don’t know who’s dine together in restaurants be and fighting this virus together,” vent transmission by someone U.S. peak of over 2,200 per day in infected and you don’t know if restricted, the statement said. the statement said. who may have brought the virus late April. But experts are warn- you’re infected yourself.” Brothels were the only line of U. S. A r my Ga r r ison R hei n la nd- back from their fall vacation, he business that would be shuttered Pfalz has postponed its holiday said. But because there were under the new rules, but they bazaar, which was due to be held few reports of coronavirus rules may apply for a waiver to stay Nov. 6-10, “to mitigate risk dur- being violated at cultural events open, Matthias Thomas, a spokes- ing this time of increased COVID Antibody drug fails in study; and in retail outlets, no additional man for Weichel, told Stars and cases in the area and in line with restrictions would be imposed in Stripes. Brothels are off-limits to our Host Nation partner’s guid- other Eli Lilly efforts go on those settings, Weichel said. service members under the Uni- ance on events,” it announced on “I ask all shop owners and event form Code of Military Justice. Facebook on Tuesday. Associated Press It is a setback for one of the most organizers to do what’s necessary The anti-coronavirus measures Kaiserslautern officials will promising treatment approaches to ensure that it stays that way,” U.S. government officials are were expected to take effect decide in the coming days if the for COVID-19. President Donald he said. Wednesday, Thomas said. Most city’s popular Christmas market putting an early end to a study Trump received a similar experi- Hair salons and barbers, which would remain in effect for four will go ahead, Weichel said. If testing an Eli Lilly antibody mental, two-antibody drug from weeks. Those caught violating the the numbers continue to rise or were shut down for months in the drug for people hospitalized with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. new rules could be fined at least remain at their current level, the spring, will also remain open, COVID-19 because it doesn’t on an emergency basis when he 50 euros, he said. market will be canceled, he said. Thomas said. seem to be helping them. was sickened with the coronavi- Weichel and other officials Nuremberg in Bavaria has The virus was spreading “more Independent monitors had rus earlier this month. regularly discuss coronavirus already canceled its Christmas rapidly than in the spring,” Merkel paused enrollment in the study In a statement Lilly notes that measures with U.S. military au- market, which is one of Germa- said in a video posted on the Ger- two weeks ago because of a pos- the government is continuing a thorities in the area, which is ny’s best-known, Euronews re- man government’s website. sible safety issue. But on Monday, separate study testing the anti- home to Ramstein Air Base and ported. Mayor Marcus Koenig Fighting it was “everyone’s re- the National Institute of Allergy body drug in mild to moderately numerous Army bases. Kaiser- said allowing the market to go sponsibility,” said Weichel, add- and Infectious Diseases, which ill patients, to try to prevent hos- slautern district, which surrounds ahead as coronavirus cases rise ing that “the majority should not sponsors the study, said a closer pitalization and severe illness. the city, was raised Monday to would send the wrong message. have to suffer because of the mis- look did not verify a safety prob- The company also is continuing the “red” alert health status by The Bavaria-based 7th Army conduct of a few.” lem but found a low chance that its own studies testing the drug, Germany’s public health agency, Training Command last week [email protected] the drug would prove helpful for which is being developed with the the Robert Koch Institute, after barred its soldiers from travel- Twitter: @StripesZeit hospitalized patients. Canadian company AbCellera. Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Gulf Coast again under hurricane warning

BY GABRIEL ALCOCER Tuesday, and it was centered about 540 in Cancun took refuge in a nearby lagoon earliest 27th Atlantic named storm that Associated Press miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi channel, anchored among the mangroves formed Nov. 29, 2005. It’s also the 11th hur- River. If Zeta makes landfall in Louisiana, to avoid the battering wind, waves and ricane of the season. An average season CANCUN, Mexico — Storm-weary it will be the fifth named storm to hit the storm surge. Boat captain Francisco Sosa sees six hurricanes and 12 named storms. Louisiana is once again under a hurricane state this year, joining Cristobal, Laura, Rosado noted they had to perform the warning, with Zeta leaving Mexico’s Yu- Marco and Delta. same maneuver barely three week ago, There have been so many storms this catan Peninsula on a path that could hit Zeta was still drenching the north- when the area was hit by a stronger Hur- season that the hurricane center had to New Orleans on Wednesday night. ern Yucatan as its center moved over the ricane Delta, which made landfall with top turn to the Greek alphabet after running Zeta, the 27th named storm in a very water. Quintana Roo state Gov. Carlos Joa- winds of 110 mph . out of assigned names. busy Atlantic season, made landfall as a quin said via Twitter early Tuesday that “With Delta, the gusts of wind were very Zeta is the furthest into the Greek alpha- hurricane just north of the ancient Mayan early reports indicated his state suffered strong ... the anchor lines were at risk of bet the Atlantic season has gone. There was city of Tulum with maximum sustained no major damage, nor were there reports breaking,” Sosa Rosado said. “I hope it also a Tropical Storm Zeta in 2005, but that winds of 80 mph. It weakened to a tropi- of deaths or injuries. He said airports were won’t be as bad with this hurricane.” cal storm as it crossed over land, but it was open and business activity could resume , Quintana Roo state officials reported year had 28 storms because meteorologists expected to regain strength over the Gulf though beaches would remain closed until nearly 60,000 tourists in the state as of later went back and found they missed one, of Mexico. the surf calms. midweek. which then became an “unnamed named Zeta’s top winds were 70 mph early Some boats that normally carry tourists Zeta broke the record for the previous storm.” Police shooting of Black man sparks Philadelphia protests

Associated Press to the ground. The video does not make it clear whether he was in fact holding a PHILADELPHIA — More than a dozen knife, but witnesses said he was. people were arrested and more than 30 of- Wallace was hit in the shoulder and ficers injured in protests stemming from chest, Little said, but she would not say the police shooting death of a Black man they say refused their orders to drop a how many times he was shot or the number knife in a confrontation captured on video, of times officers fired. One of the officers Philadelphia police said Tuesday. drove him to a hospital, where he was pro- The man, identified by city officials as nounced dead a short time later, she said. Walter Wallace, 27, was shot before 4 p.m. No officers or bystanders were injured Monday in an episode filmed by a bystand- in the initial confrontation, Little said. The er and posted on social media. Bystanders names of the officers who fired the shots, and neighbors complained that police fired and their races, were not immediately dis- excessive shots. closed. Both were wearing body cameras Wallace’s father, Walter Wallace Sr., told and were taken off street duty during the investigation. The Philadelphia Inquirer that his son ap- TIM TAI, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/AP peared to have been shot 10 times. He said Neighbors and witnesses soon gathered his son was also a father, was on medica- Monday night on the block of Locust Street A police officer lies on the ground before being loaded into an ambulance in West tion and struggled with his mental health. where the shooting occurred, yelling that Philadelphia on Tuesday . “Why didn’t they use a Taser?” he police didn’t have to shoot Wallace and asked. didn’t have to fire so many shots. Police officers Officers had been called to the predomi- Hundreds of people later took to the move in nantly black Cobbs Creek neighborhood in streets in west Philadelphia into the wee formation west Philadelphia on reports of a man with hours of Tuesday, with interactions be- during a a weapon, said Officer Tanya Little, a po- tween protesters and police turning vio- protest in lice spokesperson. lent at times, the Inquirer reported. Video response to Officers said they found Wallace holding showed many yelling at officers and the police a knife and ordered him to drop the weap- crying. shooting of on several times. Wallace advanced toward Dozens of protesters gathered at a near- Walter Wallace the officers, who fired several times, Little by park and chanted “Black lives matter.” Jr. on Monday . said. Police cars and dumpsters were set Jessica Griffin, In the video, a woman and at least one on fire as police struggled to contain the The Phil adel phia man follow Wallace, trying to get him to crowds. More than a dozen officers, many Inquirer/AP listen to officers, as he briskly walks across with batons in hand, formed a line as they the street and between cars. The woman, ran down 52nd Street. The crowd largely identified by family members as Wallace’s dispersed then. mother, screams and throws something Thirty officers were injured, most of at an officer after her son is shot and falls them from thrown objects, such as bricks. Long prison stint looms for self-help guru in sex slave case

Associated Press lyn culminates several years of for his conviction on charges in- The likelihood of leniency Women were also pressured into revelations about NXIVM, which cluding racketeering, alien smug- seemed to dissipate with the re- NEW YORK — Keith Raniere, giving up embarrassing informa- charged thousands of dollars for gling, sex trafficking, extortion cent sentencing of Clare Bronf- a self-improvement guru whose tion about themselves that could invitation-only self improvement and obstruction of justice. man, 41, an heir to the Seagram’s be used against them if they left organization NXIVM attracted courses at its headquarters near Prosecutors said Raniere, 60, liquor fortune, for her role in millionaires and actresses among Albany and had branches in Mex- led what amounted to a criminal what has been described by some the group. its adherents, faces sentencing ico and Canada. enterprise, inducing shame and ex-members as a cult. Bronfman Along with Bronfman, Raniere’s Tuesday on convictions that he Guests included Hollywood ac- guilt to influence and control co- was sentenced to nearly seven teachings won him the devotion turned some female followers tors and other affluent or promi- conspirators who helped recruit years in prison. Prosecutors had of Hollywood actors including Al- into sex slaves branded with his nent individuals, some of whom and groom sexual partners for only sought five years. lison Mack of TV’s “Smallville.” initials. were willing to endure humili- Raniere. Reniere’s followers called him Mack also has pleaded guilty and U.S. District Judge Nicholas ation and pledge obedience for They said that among other “Vanguard.” To honor him, the is awaiting sentencing. Garaufis was expected to an- Raniere’s vision of how to pursue crimes, Raniere began a sexual group formed a secret soror- nounce a lengthy prison term perfection. relationship in 2005 with a 15- ity comprised of female “slaves” In a sentencing submission, Tuesday for Raniere after hear- Prosecutors seek life in prison year-old girl and confined anoth- who were branded with his ini- lawyers for Reniere said he “con- ing victims speak. while defense lawyers say he er teenager to a room for nearly tials and ordered to have sex tinues to assert his complete in- The court proceeding in Brook- should face 15 years behind bars two years. with him, the prosecutors said. nocence to these charges.” PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 28, 2020 NATION Court: Confirmation of Barrett underscores deep partisan divide

FROM FRONT PAGE Trump has said he wanted President Mike Pence declined to swiftly install a ninth jus- to preside at the Senate unless tice to resolve election disputes his tie-breaking vote was needed and is hopeful the justices will after Democrats asked him to end the health law known as stay away after at least five of his “Obamacare.” aides tested positive for COVID- In a statement, Democratic 19. The vote was 52-48, so Pence’s presidential candidate Joe Biden vote was not necessary. tied Barrett’s nomination to the “Voting to confirm this nomi- court to the Republican effort to nee should make every single pull down the Affordable Care senator proud,” said Senate Ma- Act. He called her confirmation jority Leader Mitch McConnell, “rushed and unprecedented” and fending off “outlandish” criticism a stark reminder to Americans in a lengthy speech. During a rare that “your vote matters.” weekend session, he declared that During several days of public Barrett’s opponents “won’t be testimony before the Senate Ju- able to do much about this for a diciary Committee, Barrett was ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP long time to come.” careful not to disclose how she Iconic singer Cher speaks near a polling station as she campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Barrett, a federal appeals court would rule on any such cases. Joe Biden on Monday in Phoenix. judge from Indiana, was formally She presented herself as a neu- sworn in Tuesday as the Supreme tral arbiter and suggested, “It’s Court’s ninth justice, her oath not the law of Amy.” But her writ- administered in private by Chief ings against abortion and a ruling Biden on offensive in Georgia, Justice John Roberts. on “Obamacare” show a deeply Underscoring the political di- conservative thinker. vide during the pandemic, the Republicans focused on her Republican senators, most wear- Catholic faith, criticizing earlier while Trump targets Midwest ing masks, sat in their seats as is Democratic questions about her tradition for landmark votes, and beliefs. Associated Press acknowledgment of Georgia as a declares in a 60-second closing applauded the outcome along with At the start of Trump’s presi- battleground state.” fist-bumps. Democratic senators dency, McConnell engineered a WASHINGTON — With one ad airing on national cable chan- Trump is staying focused on emptied their side, heeding party Senate rules change to allow con- week until Election Day, Joe nels and 16 states his campaign the so-called “blue wall” states leadership’s advice to not linger firmation by a majority of the 100 Biden is going on offense, head- considers battlegrounds. that he flipped in 2016: Pennsyl- in the chamber. A Rose Garden senators, rather than the 60-vote ing Tuesday to Georgia — which Both campaigns focused vania, Michigan and Wisconsin, event with Trump to announce threshold traditionally needed hasn’t backed a Democrat for Monday on Pennsylvania, with where he’ll return on Tuesday Barrett’s nomination last month to advance high court nominees president since 1992 — and push- Trump drawing thousands of to hit West Salem just three days ended up spreading the virus, over objections. That was an es- ing into other territory where largely mask less supporters to including to some GOP senators President Donald Trump was after holding a Janesville rally. calation of a rules change Demo- While Biden rarely travels to rallies while Biden popped just who have since returned from crats put in place to advance other once expected to easily repeat his over the border from his home in quarantine. wins from four years ago. more than one state per day, the court and administrative nomi- Delaware to greet a small group Pence’s presence would have The Democratic presidential Republican president has main- nees under President Barack tained a whirlwind schedule, of supporters outside a campaign been expected for a high-profile Obama. nominee planned to travel to Iowa, moment. But Senate Democratic crisscrossing the country and field office in Chester. Republicans are taking a politi- which Trump took by 10 points in leader Chuck Schumer and his 2016, later in the week. His run- making the argument that he Biden declared, “Bottom line is cal plunge days from the Nov. 3 built a booming economy before leadership team said it would not election with the presidency and ning mate, California Sen. Kama- Donald Trump is the worst possi- only violate virus guidelines of the coronavirus pandemic up- their Senate majority at stake. la Harris, is heading to Arizona ble person to lead us through this the Centers for Disease Control ended it. Only one Republican — Sen. and Texas, where Republicans pandemic.” Trump countered that and Prevention, “it would also be His latest swing could be a vic- Susan Collins, who is in a tight haven’t lost any statewide office his Democratic challenger would a violation of common decency tory lap after the Senate on Mon- reelection fight in Maine — voted since 1994 — the nation’s longest and courtesy.” day approved the nomination of impose unnecessary shutdowns. against the nominee, not over political winning streak. Democrats argued for weeks Amy Coney Barrett and gave “It’s a choice between a Trump any direct assessment of Barrett. The aggressive schedule is a boom or a Biden lockdown,” that the vote was being improper- sign of confidence by the Biden conservatives a commanding 6-3 Rather, Collins said, “I do not the president said at a rally in ly rushed and insisted during an team, which is trying to stretch advantage on the Supreme Court. all-night Sunday session it should think it is fair nor consistent to Allentown. the electoral map and open up Biden, meanwhile, is hoping to be up to the winner of the Nov. 3 have a Senate confirmation vote more paths to 270 electoral col- lift Democrats running for Sen- With more than a third of the election to name the nominee. prior to the election.” lege votes. But after Democrats ate in Georgia and Iowa with expected ballots in the election Speaking near midnight Sun- Trump and his Republican al- flirted with GOP territory in 2016, this travel plans. He planned to already cast, it could become day, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, lies had hoped for a campaign only to lose those states as well unveil his closing message dur- increasingly challenging for D-Mass., called the vote “illegiti- boost, in much the way Trump as their traditional Midwestern ing a Tuesday speech in Warm Trump and Biden to reshape the mate” and “the last gasp of a des- generated excitement among con- strongholds, Biden’s campaign is Springs, G a., where natural hot race. Biden is leading in most na- perate party.” servatives and evangelical Chris- springs offered President Frank- tians in 2016 over a court vacancy. mindful of overreaching. tional polls and has an advantage, Several matters are await- lin Delano Roosevelt comfort as That year, McConnell refused to The former vice president will though narrower, in many key ing decision just a week before also visit Wisconsin, Michigan he battled polio and governed a allow the Senate to consider then- battlegrounds. Election Day, and Barrett could and Florida in the coming days. nation weathering the Great De- be a decisive vote in Republi- President Barack Obama’s choice The campaign’s final week is Georgia, where Biden planned pression and World War II. can appeals of orders extend- to replace the late Justice Antonin to make two stops on Tuesday, The former vice president’s colliding with deepening con- ing the deadlines for absentee Scalia, arguing the new president has increasingly become a draw campaign said his appearance cerns about the coronavirus cri- ballots in North Carolina and should decide. for Democrats in recent years, as will bookend his visit earlier this sis. Trump is anxious for voters Pennsylvania. Most other Republicans facing turnout increases among Black month to Gettysburg, Pa., when to focus on other issues such as The justices are also weighing tough races embraced the nomi- voters and the Atlanta suburbs Biden used the site of the bloody the economy. Biden, meanwhile, Trump’s emergency plea for the nee who clerked for the late Sca- tilt away from the GOP. Civil War battle to issue a call for has repeatedly hit Trump on the court to prevent the Manhattan lia to bolster their standing with “If this was the Georgia of bipartisanship and putting coun- virus while presenting himself as District Attorney from acquiring conservatives. Sen. Thom Tillis, try ahead of party. On Tuesday, R-N.C., said in a speech Monday 2008, 2012, I think there’s no a safer, more stable alternative. his tax returns. And on Nov. 10, way we would have seen a Biden he will try to evoke Roosevelt’s the court is expected to hear the that Barrett will “go down in his- Biden has accused Trump of come this late,” said Nse Ufot, New Deal sensitivities while Trump-backed challenge to the tory as one of the great justices.” chief executive officer of the New promising to restore the nation’s “waving the white flag” in his re- Obama-era Affordable Care Act. But it’s not clear the extraor- Georgia Project, which aims to character. sponse to the virus, while Trump Just before the Senate voted, the dinary effort to install the new increase voter registration, espe- “This is our opportunity to leave fired back Monday that the for- court sided with Republicans in justice over such opposition in a cially among young people and the dark, angry politics of the mer vice president “waved a refusing to extend the deadline heated election year will pay po- minorities. “It’s a loud signal and past four years behind us,” Biden white flag on life.” for absentee ballots in Wisconsin. litical rewards to the GOP. Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Ex-hospital worker charged in supply theft

NASHVILLE — The TN Tennessee comptrol- ler’s office said a former hospi- tal worker stole at least $798,200 in medical supplies from the facility. According to the comptroller’s investigation, former Maury Re- gional Medical Center supply chain department system coor- dinator Tommy John Riker was indicted this spring on theft and money laundering charges for in- cidents from April 2017 through September 2019. The investigation found that Riker sold the goods online and kept the cash. The items ranged from needles to wound dressings. The report says Riker’s job du- ties didn’t include filling supply orders, but he manipulated the hospital inventory control system to make it appear that orders were filled and dispensed to staff. Research identifies 91 more species of spiders

AUGUSTA — The ME Maine Forest Ser- vice’s newly released Checklist of Maine Spiders identifies 677 CHRIS DILLMANN, VAIL (COLO.) DAILY/AP different species of spiders. That includes 91 additional species that were identified during the Trading sun for snow project. The checklist is the result of a Conrad, 7, left, and Camille Dunmire, 9, of Florida, have a snowball fight Sunday in Beaver Creek, Colo. The family said they extended their 14-year collaboration between re- trip an extra day to enjoy the snow, which was courtesy of a blast of arctic air. Temperatures throughout much of the Rockies were below searcher and Maine spider expert zero to start the week. Dr. Daniel T. Jennings and the Forest Service, as well as retired Police said several callers re- an accident. One officer parked Forest Entomologist Charlene THE CENSUS ported seeing a vehicle creating his cruiser near an intersection Donahue and Maine Department sparks from something that was to divert traffic from the crash of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The number of Tucs on, Ariz., banks two men, Deangelo Dawson, apparently underneath it. scene, then later discovered it “Most people don’t count spi- 44, and Handy Velarde, 31, are suspected of robbing about an hour had been stolen. ders among their favorite crea- When officers found the ve- apart, authorities said. Pima County Sheriff’s deputies responded to tures,” said Allison Kanoti, state hicle, the suspect eventually ran 2 two bank robberies Saturday afternoon. After the first robbery at about Officers soon tried to stop the entomologist. away and got into the car of a 1 p.m., the suspects reportedly fled the scene in a vehicle. One hour vehicle at the Goethals Bridge, “But spiders are an important delivery driver. When the driver later, deputies responded to another report of a bank robbery at a different loca- but authorities said Suarez re- part of our world, and we depend refused to pull away, the man tion. T wo suspects fled the scene in a vehicle. Deputies found a car that fit the fused to stop. Port Authority upon their existence.” assaulted him and tried to steal description of the suspect vehicle and took two men into custody. police later reported they were There are likely more species money, police said. pursuing the cruiser in Staten of spider in Maine that have yet to The suspect tried to enter an- Island, and Suarez eventually crashed in Brooklyn. Suarez was be documented, experts said. other car that was occupied be- Boy, 3, fatally shoots facility. fore he was arrested. Police said a couple pulled into arrested there without incident, Police fatally shoot dog The man is facing multiple self at birthday party a Cumberland Farms parking lot and no serious injuries were re- charges. in Providence on Saturday and ported in the crash. that mauled its owner PORTER — A 3-year- left the car running as they went Tourist site with natural TX old Houston-area boy into the store. While they were Court overrules county SEATTLE — A Seat- was killed when he shot himself inside, a man jumped in the car airboat noise ordinance WA tle police officer shot a rock bridge up for sale accidentally at his own birthday and drove off with the baby in the dog to death while responding to party, sheriff’s officials said. backseat, police said. GAINESVILLE — A a call for help from the pet owner, HAYLEYVILLE — A The incident was reported Shortly after, the man left the court has invalidated a who was severely mauled by the AL tourist site in northern shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday at baby at a storage facility and sped FL Florida county’s ordinance that animal. Alabama that is billed as having a home in Porter, 25 miles north- off again, police said. The stolen restricted noise from airboats to The Seattle Police Depart- the longest natural rock bridge east of Houston, according to a car was found later in a different ment said in a release that it is east of the Rocky Mountains is up statement from the Montgomery location, officials said. certain times each day. investigating the incident as a for sale, and at least one legisla- County Sheriff’s Office. The baby was returned to the A panel of three judges in Ala- police shooting, which happened tor is interested in turning it into The child’s family and friends couple, unharmed, police said. chua County recently ruled that at a northside Seattle apartment a state park. told investigators that they were the county’s airboat noise ordi- about 4:30 a.m. Saturday. The family that has owned Nat- playing cards when they heard Man steals police car in nance conflicted with state law The dog attacked three people ural Bridge Park for 40 years is a gunshot and the boy was found and is unconstitutional. County inside the home, including one asking $3 million for the 149-acre with a chest wound, according NJ, crashes it in NYC officials said they may appeal. man with severe injuries. Offi- site about 70 miles northwest of to the statement. He was taken The Gainesville Sun reported cers applied tourniquets to three Birmingham, the Daily Mountain to a nearby fire station where he BAYONNE — A man the ordinance was originally ap- who stole a police cruis- of his limbs to try and stem the Eagle reported. died. NJ proved by county voters in 2010. er from an accident scene in bleeding at the scene before he The park’s bridge is a roughly Investigators said the child It prohibited the use of airboats northern New Jersey eventually was taken to Harborview Medi- 150-foot-long rock arch that rises found a handgun that had fallen between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. on area led authorities on a pursuit into cal Center. more than 60 feet high. The park from a family member’s pocket. lakes as a solution to disturbance New York City that ended when of local residents by the loud also offers nature walks, picnic the driver crashed into a parked Police: Fleeing man spots and a gift shop. It opened in Thief steals idling car sound of the boats’ large rear car, officials said, propellers. beat up delivery driver 1954. with baby in back seat Frank Suarez, 31, of Bayonne, The ordinance was largely un- David Denton, whose parents was charged Sunday with reck- enforced, but officials voted last MADISON — Madison Jimmie and Barbara Denton PROVIDENCE — Rhode less endangerment, possession WI police said a man who bought the park in 1980, told the RI Island authorities are of stolen property and grand year to have sheriff’s deputies attempted to flee from officers Daily Mountain Eagle his sib- searching for a man that they larceny. patrol the waters and give out ci- Saturday night after reports of a lings are not in a position to run said stole a car with a 2-month- The incident began shortly be- tations to those violating the time suspicious vehicle beat up a deliv- the park now. Jimmie Denton old baby in the backseat before fore midnight Saturday in Bay- restrictions. ery driver before his arrest. died in 2018. dropping the baby off at a storage onne, when police responded to From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 28, 2020 NATION Wind could intensify Southern Calif. fires Judge: US can’t replace Associated Press businesses, although it restored some power by Monday night. Trump in LOS ANGELES — Crews tried In Northern California, eas- to beat back two out-of-control ing winds allowed Pacific Gas & wildfires in Southern California lawsuit Electric to begin restoring power on Tuesday that have kept tens of after the largest of five safety Associated Press thousands of people out of their homes even as another round of shutoffs this year. NEW YORK — A federal judge dangerous fire weather raises the At its peak, PG&E cut power on Tuesday denied President to about 345,000 customers — an risk for flames erupting across Donald Trump’s request that the estimated 1 million people — in the state. United States replace him as the 34 counties. The nation’s largest Fierce winds that drove twin defendant in a defamation lawsuit utility said it had restored power fires through brushy hills near alleging he raped a woman in a to more than 150,000 customers cities in Orange County a day ear- Manhattan department store in by Monday evening, with elec- lier were expected to pick back the 1990s. tricity coming back at the other up, although not to the earlier ex- The decision by U.S. District tremes, according to the National homes and buildings by Tues- day night after crews do inspec- Judge Lewis A. Kaplan came Weather Service. after the Justice Department ar- Southern California Edison tions to make repairs and ensure /AP gued that the United States — and reported to regulators that it was LEONARD ORTIZ, THE ORANGE COUNTY (CALIF.) REGISTER equipment is safe. A dozen reports of damage had by extension the American people investigating whether its equip- Firefighters with Cal Fire are enveloped in smoke as fire from the — should replace Trump as the ment might have sparked the Green Fire passes by near homes in Yorba Linda, Calif., on Monday. been received, PG&E said. Nearly two dozen wildfires defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Silverado Fire near the city of Ir- columnist E. Jean Carroll. vine. The utility said a wire that were reported in Northern Cali- home was reported damaged. how the injuries occurred. They The government’s lawyers con- lashed a telecommunications line fornia on Sunday night and Mon- Forecasts call for Santa Ana each suffered second- and third- tended that the U.S. could step in to a supporting cable may have day but all were rapidly contained winds topping 50 mph at times degree burns over large portions as the defendant because Trump struck a 12,000-volt conducting without serious damage. over much of Southern California, of their bodies and were getting The threat, however, was was forced to respond to her law- line above it. with some of the strongest gusts help breathing at a hospital, offi- Edison was among the utili- far from over in many parts of suit to prove he was physically howling through Orange County, cials said. ties in California that deliber- PG&E’s vast service area. A and mentally fit for the job. where the major fires are. Pat McGrath, 78, of Irvine, ately cut power to customers to red-flag warning of extreme fire Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for The winds were so strong went to a shelter after someone prevent equipment from being danger was in place Tuesday in Carroll, said in a statement: “The knocked down or hit with debris Monday that firefighters had to pounded on her door Monday. the Santa Cruz Mountains near simple truth is that President in the winds and sparking wild- ground their aircraft for much The stranger told her about the the San Francisco Bay Area and Trump defamed our client be- fires. Utility equipment has been of the day in Irvine, though they evacuation orders. some coastal and valley areas, cause she was brave enough to blamed for several destructive got back up by late afternoon and “I just panicked. I started cry- with warnings extending into reveal that he had sexually as- fires in recent years. were expected to fly Tuesday. ing,” McGrath, who has no fam- Tuesday evening for some higher saulted her, and that brutal, per- Irvine residents had to evacuate Two firefighters, one 26 and ily on the West Coast, told the Los elevations in the Bay Area. sonal attack cannot be attributed after the fire broke out early Mon- the other 31, were critically in- Angeles Times. “I’m cold, I’m “Bone-dry” humidity could dry to the Office of the President.” day, while later and a few miles jured while battling the larger hungry, I’m stressed, and I don’t out vegetation, which can contrib- Messages were left on Tues- away, another blaze, the Blue blaze near Irvine, according know what to do.” ute to “catastrophic” fires, PG&E day for lawyers for Trump and Ridge Fire, sent people fleeing to the county’s Fire Authority, Southern California Edison cut meteorology chief Scott Strenfel the Justice Department seeking from the Yorba Linda area. One which didn’t provide details on power to about 38,000 homes and said. comment. Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Bomb kills Thousands in Bangladesh protest against caricatures at least 8 Associated Press out the attack was later shot dead by police. DHAKA, Bangladesh — The teacher, Samuel Paty, has Around 10,000 people in Bangla- been heralded as a symbol of in Pakistan desh rallied in the South Asian France’s staunch secular ideals nation’s capital on Tuesday to and its rejection of religious in- protest France’s president and his trusion in public spheres. Macron Associated Press staunch support of secular laws and members of his government that deem caricatures depicting have vowed to continue support- PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A the Prophet Muhammad as pro- ing such caricatures as protected powerful bomb blast ripped tected under freedom of speech. under freedom of expression. through an Islamic seminary on Protesters from the conserva- Muslim politicians, religious the outskirts of the northwest tive Islami Andolon Bangladesh scholars and everyday people Pakistani city of Peshawar on group, which supports the intro- have condemned such depictions Tuesday morning, killing at least MUHAMMAD SAJJAD/AP duction of Islamic law in the Mus- as a form of hate speech and view eight students and wounding Paramedic staff transport a man wounded in a bomb attack at an lim-majority country, carried them as sacrilegious and insulting 136 others, police and a hospital Islamic seminary to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday. banners and placards reading: to Islam. Muslims have been call- spokesman said. “All Muslims of the world, unite” ing for both protests and a boycott The bombing happened as a and “Boycott France.” It was the pounds of explosives were used in dents rushed to the seminary to of French goods in response to prominent religious scholar dur- largest protest yet against the the attack. check up on their sons or relatives France’s stance on caricatures of ing a special class was deliver- cartoons in recent days. Several of the wounded stu- who were studying there. Many Islam’s most revered prophet. ing a lecture about the teachings Some carried portraits of Five years ago, French-born of Islam at the main hall of the dents were in critical condition, relatives were gathering at the French President Emmanuel and hospital authorities feared city’s main Lady Reading Hospi- al-Qaida extremists killed 12 Jamia Zubairia madrassa, said Macron with an “X” on his face. employees of the French sa- the death toll could climb further. tal, where the dead and wounded police officer Waqar Azim. One protester carried a cutout tirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Authorities said some seminary students were brought by police in He said initial investigations image of the French president response to its publication of cari- teachers and employees were also ambulances and other vehicles. suggest the bomb went off min- with shoes around his neck as a catures depicting the Prophet utes after someone left a bag at wounded in the bombing. Some Afghan students studying sign of insult. Muhammad. Those cartoons also the madrassa. Initially police said the bomb- at the seminary were also among The issue has once again come sparked mass protests in Muslim- TV footage showed the dam- ing killed and wounded children the wounded, officials said. to light in recent days following a majority countries, with some aged main hall of the seminary, studying at the seminary but Pakistani Prime Minister gruesome beheading near Paris turning deadly. where the bombing took place. later revised their account to say Imran Khan condemned the of a French teacher who showed Elsewhere, Iran summoned The hall was littered with broken that the students were in their bombing and asked authorities to caricatures of the Prophet Mu- a French diplomat to pro- glass and its carpet was stained mid-20s. ensure the provision of best pos- hammad in class. The 18-year- test France’s stance on the with blood. Police said at least 11 Shortly after the attack, resi- sible medical aid to the victims. old Chechen refugee who carried caricatures. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander What’s fair – and legal – when a protest hits home?

Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY CHARLES LANE ers deemed too moderate or too willing to night or damage property, as at Wheeler’s The Washington Post compromise. Portland home or at the residence of San EDITORIAL When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Jose, Calif., Mayor Sam Liccardo, where n the continuing protests over polic- Schumer, D-N.Y., voted to confirm some of protesters spray-painted “f--- you” on the Terry Leonard, Editor ing and racial injustice, the latest President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks walls despite the Black Lives Matter poster [email protected] flashpoint is Evanston, Ill., where in January 2017, thousands of people sur- Liccardo hung in the window. Yet regulat- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor INorthwestern University students rounded his Brooklyn apartment build- ing residential picketing when it does not [email protected] and others are calling for the abolition of ing, loudly rhyming “what the f--- Chuck?” violate other laws raises constitutional is- campus police. Portland, Ore., Mayor Ted Wheeler was sues, which, not surprisingly, the Supreme Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content Late on the night of Oct. 17, about 300 forced to move out of his condo in Septem- Court has addressed several times. [email protected] people marched to Northwestern Presi- ber after left-wing protesters broke win- The resulting doctrine holds that states Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation dent Morton Schapiro’s house, where they dows and threw burning debris into the and localities may limit or even ban dem- [email protected] burned a banner and chanted, among other lobby. In June, a progressive city council onstrations at individual homes, with two slogans, “piggy Morty,” an epithet Schap- member convened hundreds of defund- caveats: Rules must apply equally, regard- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital iro, who is an observant Jew, later blasted the-police protesters at Seattle Mayor less of demonstrators’ views, and people [email protected] as bordering on anti-Semitic. Jenny Durkan’s house. should be free to march through a given “I ask them to consider how their parents Yet lesser-known people have also found neighborhood, as distinguished from fo- BUREAU STAFF and siblings would feel if a group came to themselves under siege at home, in the cused protest at a particular house. their homes in the middle of the night to name of lesser-known causes. Justice Hugo Black, one of the court’s Europe/Mideast wake up their families with such vile and In Maryland in May, Montgomery Coun- staunchest backers of free speech — he Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief personal attacks,” Schapiro wrote in an ty’s public employees union staged a noisy voted to uphold Gregory’s right to march [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 open letter. It’s a good question — worth parade outside a local legislator’s house on Daley’s home — nevertheless supported pondering regardless of what you think because he voted against a pay increase. reasonable constraints on residential pick- Pacific about abolishing the Northwestern campus Earlier this month, pickets assembled at eting. 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Only four states have anti-residential [email protected] is also no denying that they can, and do, Progressive activists who take their picketing laws, while city and county ordi- (+1)(202)886-0033 harass, annoy and intimidate, sometimes struggle to residential streets today may nances vary widely in both content and ac- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News intentionally. The notion that people have a feel they are following the righteous exam- tual enforcement. Partly this reflects the [email protected] right to assemble and speak out everywhere ple of such 1960s freedom activists as Dick inherent difficulty of writing consistent CIRCULATION is democratic; the notion that there should Gregory, who in 1966 led a pro-school de- rules for everything from candlelight vig- be no boundary between the public square segregation march to the house of Chicago ils to obscenity-chanting crowds. Mideast and the private sphere is totalitarian. Mayor Richard Daley. And in some cases, Partly it shows that law can do only so Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager The demonstration at Schapiro’s home they are. They also need to know, however, much to balance people’s right to be heard [email protected] (which was guarded by police) is one of about the right-wing antiabortion activists and their right to be left alone. If citizens [email protected] many that have occurred recently outside DSN (314)583-9111 in the 1980s and 1990s who would locate do not value, and practice, mutual respect, the private living spaces of public figures, abortion providers’ homes and stand out- self-restraint and empathy, there won’t be Europe beginning even before George Floyd’s side chanting “baby killer.” any safe space left for anyone. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager death in Minneapolis police custody in Obviously, the law can punish protest- Charles Lane is a member of the Council on [email protected] May. As it happens, targets have often ers who actually attack someone at home, [email protected] Foreign Relations, and a frequent panelist on Fox been liberal Democrats whom the protest- create loud noise in the middle of the News’s “Special Report” and “Fox News Sunday.” +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 A Biomedical National Guard would improve testing CONTACT US BY MICHAEL KOTLIKOFF ment of Health and Human Services and scientists into emergency service early in Washington AND JACK LIPTON the Environmental Protection Agency. tel: (+1)202.886.0003 the pandemic, we believe that we could 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Special to The Washington Post All this work, in other words, is already have stopped the uncontrolled spread of overseen and largely funded by the U.S. the virus. Reader letters e have had the capacity for government. 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Let’s discuss “The West Wing” special for HBO Max. What was that experience like for you? (Brown played chief of staff Leo McGarry, a character originally por- trayed by the late John Spencer.) Tommy (Schlamme) and Aaron (Sorkin) called me and Finding his balance they were like, ‘We were wondering if you would play the role of Leo.’ I’m like, ‘You know I’m 44 years old.’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah, OK, no problem.’ And the fact that I ‘This Is Us’ star Sterling K. Brown discusses the importance was even asked was a tremendous offer. Like, honestly, that was my show, you know? It’s a perfect example of the kind of art where it doesn’t necessarily show a reflection of speaking out, his hiatus in quarantine, ‘West Wing’ special of the way life as it is, but life as it could be, you know, an idealized version or something like it. And, it’s acting six years, it’s been, ‘Well, what do you think?’ ... Sometimes BY ALICIA RANCILIO crushes that I’ve had for years. I’m now sharing a space the best comment you can make is to have no comment. Associated Press with these people. It exceeded expectations because Mar- Don’t speak about things you’re not as versed in. tin Sheen is 80 years old. That old Jed Bartlett shows up eason five of NBC’s “This Is Us” debuts Wednesday What was your long hiatus from “This Is Us” like when and he is ice cold. He has the most lines in the episode on AFN-Pulse, and viewers will get to see the Pear- you’re usually working on other projects? son family as they navigate both the pandemic and It was the longest break I’ve had in six by far, and he’s talking about chess moves and people in Black Lives Matter movement. Sterling K. Brown, years. I was home so much to the point India who introduced things and just tricky stuff and he S was like (snaps his fingers three times). I was like, ‘Oh, who plays Randall Pearson, says he can relate to how his where my oldest son (9-year-old An- character — a Black man who was adopted into a white drew) got a little annoyed with me. He so this is what’s happening.’ And like everybody else family — feels in the aftermath of the deaths of Ahmaud was like ‘Dude, you’re always around.’ saw and they’re like, ‘Yeah, we’re not going to let the Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, as his white I was like, ‘This is cool, right? Let’s president just blow us all away.’ So everybody started TV relatives look to him on what they should do to make play some Madden.’ He was like, ‘Uh, rehearsing their scenes by their trailers outside with him feel better. I’m trying to do this Fortnite thing with their PPE on. I didn’t have much to do in the episode Brown says he received “tons of phone calls from white my friends.’ And the baby Amare, he’s but I was like, ‘Can I just sit in the audience and friends saying, ‘What can I do? Let me know? Is there not a baby, he’s 5. But he was full of joy watch?’ I was like a kid in a candy store. something I should be doing?’ and it’s like, ‘Guys, I ap- and sunshine. We just graduated from the Season 5 of “This Is Us” premieres preciate where your heart is, I really do, but I’ve got like balance bike to the big bike. My wife and Wednesday on AFN-Pulse. every other white person calling me saying this. I need I had a wonderful time but in that, a won- you to go pick up ‘White Fragility’ (by Robin DiAngelo.) I derful, difficult time. When you’re used to don’t know. Do what you’ve got to do, but I kind of just need going away and coming back, you have a a break. You don’t realize you’re inundating me, in a very rhythm. And when that rhythm was bro- sweet way, but I’m still trying to figure out what my next ken it was a little like, ‘Why are you here?’ step is.’ It’s hard enough to represent yourself rather than ‘Why are YOU here?’ And then we realized represent all of Black America,” he said. ‘Oh, man. We kind of missed each other a In an interview with The Associated Press, Brown spoke little bit.’ about becoming a celebrity who people suddenly want to Did you watch a lot of TV? hear from, his hiatus in quarantine and appearing in “A So much. It’s an occupational neces- West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote,” as a for- sity. You’re in too many rooms with mer “West Wing” super fan. Answers have been edited for people you want to collaborate with. length and clarity. If you don’t know their work, Associated Press: What does it feel like to be some- then you don’t have anything to one who people want to know your opinions? say. But it also works well for Brown: There was this Dave Chappelle joke about how someone who has been ad- people always want to know what celebrities have to say dicted to the me- and MTV interviewed Ja rule about 9/11. And I’m like, dium since ‘Am I Ja rule now? Is this what’s happening to me?’ But I do the days of feel like silence in the face of inequality is complicity, and yore. I don’t want anyone to think I think the status quo is OK. So there is some pressure to have something to say. You want to inform yourself to what’s going on in the world, have an opinion and be able to defend yourself. This is a somewhat recent shift for you, too. For the first 14, 15 years of my career, it was just show up, say your lines and then you go home. In the past five, AP New this week: ‘This Is Us,’ Baby Yoda, ‘The Craft’ redone

Associated Press Neon, the “Parasite” distributor, last week ryn Gallagher and Ashley Park. Set three delayed by the coronavirus. Weaving social put a restored version into theaters and on years into quarantine, the comedy follows and other issues into its fictional family’s Here’s a collection curated by The Asso- Tuesday brings it to VOD. It’s about the three college students on a wild night out. saga is in the series’ DNA, with the Vietnam ciated Press’ entertainment journalists of investigation on the man, then uncaught, The Dramatists Play Service is streaming War, racial identity and addiction explored what’s arriving on TV, streaming services believed to be South Korea’s first serial it on YouTube through Nov. 10. in past seasons. and music platforms this week. killer, and Bong’s filmmaking is just as Get spooky with some Broadway favor- Baby Yoda is back! OK, so it’s really a commanding as it was in “Parasite.” ites — and help people all at the same time Yoda relation known as The Child and five Movies And just in time for the election is Fred- — with the one-night-only “The Nightmare decades old, but the key point is that his Many things will be different about Hal- erick Wiseman’s “City Hall,” a sprawling Before Christmas Halloween Benefit Con- cuteness again graces “The Mandalorian,” loween this year, but the annual rush of four-hour X-ray of municipal life that pa- cert.” Featuring songs from Tim Burton’s returning Friday. The Disney+ series, set a horror films is much the same. This week tiently documents Boston’s government “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” the handful of years after “Return of the Jedi,” brings a bagful. There’s “Come Play,” a under Democratic mayor Martin J. Walsh. concert will star Rafael Casal, Adrienne won seven technical Emmys for its debut sinister parable of too much screen time The celebrated 90-year-old Wiseman Warren, Danny Burstein and Rob Mc- season. Season two finds The Child in the about a lonely phone-glued boy (Azhy makes epic portraits capturing the life Clure. The show is on Vimeo on Saturday . care of bounty hunter Din Djarin, aka Robertson) who needs saving from his of institutions by letting the camera roll Tickets are available on The Actor’s Fund Mando (series star Pedro Pascal), who’s parents (Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher and letting conversations unfold. In “City Vimeo page and cost just $4.99 — directly been tasked with returning the little one to Jr.), which Focus Features will release in Hall,” which opens in virtual cinemas benefiting The Lymphoma Research Foun- its mysteriously described “own kind.” theaters Friday. “His House,” out Friday Wednesday beginning with New York’s dation and The Actor’s Fund. With the world mired in COVID-19, most on Netflix, gives the genre an immigration Film Forum, he’s made — by profiling a — AP Entertainment Writer of us are focused on the immediate fall- spin. It stars Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mo- progressive, ambitious, self-critical realm Mark Kennedy out. But science is looking ahead to try to saku as a Sudanese refugee couple finding of government — what some have called thwart future pandemics, as detailed in new horrors in life in England. On demand his most pointedly political film. Television the National Geographic channel’s special Wednesday is Blumhouse’s “The Craft: — AP Film Writer Jake Coyle “Virus Hunters,” airing Sunday. Christo- Legacy,” a sequel written and directed by The rift between brothers Randall and pher Golden, an epidemiologist and ecolo- Zoe Lister-Jones to the 1996 teenage witch Theater Kevin (Sterling K. Brown, Justin Hartley), gist, joins with ABC News correspondent movie “The Craft.” as well as matriarch Rebecca’s (Mandy James Longman to report on efforts to de- If you want a more masterful portrait of Lots of plays have been adapted for Moore) decision to fight a crushing di- cipher the coronavirus as well as the events darker societal realities, you can also turn Zoom, but few have been made for Zoom. agnosis and an overlay of the real-world that could cause another such scourge. The to Bong Joon Ho, the Korean filmmaker One is Natalie Margolin “The Party Hop,” pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests special is a companion to November’s issue whose “Parasite” took best picture back which she wrote during quarantine in one are part of season five of “This Is Us.” The of National Geographic Magazine, focused in February. His 2003 film “Memories of week in early April. It stars Ben Platt, NBC drama, which returns Wednesday on the 2020 pandemic that’s claimed more Murder” never got a wide release in the Katilyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Molly on AFN-Pulse with a two-hour episode, is than 1 million lives worldwide. U.S. and has been hard to find since. But Gordon, Noah Galvin, Ayo Edebiri, Kath- among the fall shows whose production was — AP Television Writer Lynn Elber Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/WORLD SERIES

Sports Pro soccer MLS on AFN EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 12 3 5 41 39 17 Toronto FC 12 3 5 41 30 22 Go to the American Forces Columbus 10 4 5 35 31 16 Orlando City 8 3 8 32 31 20 Network website for the most New York City FC 9 8 3 30 27 20 up-to-date TV schedules. New England 7 5 8 29 22 19 New York 7 8 5 26 24 25 myafn.net Nashville SC 6 6 7 25 19 18 Montreal 7 11 2 23 30 39 Chicago 5 8 6 21 26 30 Inter Miami CF 6 11 3 21 21 30 Atlanta 5 11 4 19 19 24 College football D.C. United 4 10 6 18 19 34 Cincinnati 4 12 4 16 11 31 WESTERN CONFERENCE AP Top 25 schedule W L T Pts GF GA Friday Sporting KC 10 6 3 33 35 25 No. 19 Marshall (5-0) at Florida Inter- Seattle 9 4 5 32 36 18 national Portland 9 5 5 32 39 31 Saturday Los Angeles FC 8 7 4 28 42 34 No. 1 Clemson (6-0) vs. Boston College Minnesota United 7 5 6 27 29 23 No. 2 Alabama (5-0) vs. Mississippi State FC Dallas 6 5 7 25 22 20 No. 3 Ohio State (1-0) at Penn State Vancouver 8 12 0 24 24 41 No. 4 Notre Dame (5-0) at Georgia Tech San Jose 6 8 6 24 29 45 No. 5 Georgia (3-1) at Kentucky Real Salt Lake 5 7 7 22 24 29 No. 6 Oklahoma State (4-0) vs. Texas Houston 4 7 9 21 28 33 No. 7 Cincinnati (4-0) vs. Memphis Colorado 5 5 4 19 25 24 No. 8 Texas A&M (3-1) vs. Arkansas LA Galaxy 5 10 3 18 22 36 No. 9 Wisconsin (1-0) at Nebraska Note: Three points for victory, one No. 10 Florida (2-1) vs. Missouri point for tie. No. 11 BYU (6-0) vs. Western Kentucky Saturday, Oct. 24 No. 13 Michigan (1-0) vs. Michigan State Miami 2, Orlando City 1 No. 15 North Carolina (4-1) at Virginia D.C. United 2, Atlanta 1 No. 16 Kansas State (4-1) at West Vir- New York 2, Chicago 2, tie ginia Minnesota 1, Cincinnati 0 PHOTOS BY ERIC GAY/AP No. 17 Indiana (1-0) at Rutgers New York City FC 3, Montreal 1 No. 20 Coastal Carolina (5-0) at Geor- Philadelphia 5, Toronto FC 0 gia State Columbus 1, Houston 1, tie Above and below: Fans cheer during Game 5 of the World Series Sunday in Arlington, Texas. The No. 22 SMU (5-1) vs. Navy Sporting Kansas City 4, Colorado 0 games have roughly 11,000 mask-wearing fans each night, the smallest Series attendance since 1909. No. 23 Iowa State (3-2) at Kansas FC Dallas 0, Real Salt Lake 0, tie No. 24 Oklahoma (3-2) at Texas Tech Vancouver 2, San Jose 1 No. 25 Boise State (1-0) at Air Force Sunday, Oct. 25 Los Angeles FC 2, LA Galaxy 0 Tuesday’s games Nashville at Montreal Deals Seattle at Vancouver Wednesday’s games New England at New York Monday’s transactions Sporting Kansas City at Cincinnati Worth cheering for Atlanta at Orlando City BASEBALL Chicago at Philadelphia American League New York City FC at Toronto FC BOSTON RED SOX — Outrighted INF/ Columbus at D.C. United OF Tzu-Wei Lin and RHP Robinson Leyer Colorado at Minnesota Rays, Dodgers say they’re grateful to have fans at neutral-site Series from the major league roster to Pawtuck- Miami at FC Dallas et (IL). Outrighted LHP Mike Kickham, LA Galaxy at Portland RHPs Zack Godley and Andrew Triggs Houston at Los Angeles FC from the major league roster. Real Salt Lake at San Jose BY SCHUYLER DIXON Many of these fans, though, SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Trent Saturday’s games Associated Press are used to being crammed into Blank bullpen coach and director of Houston at FC Dallas pitching strategy. Released bullpen Chicago at Nashville the corridors of, say, Dodger Sta- coach Brian De Lunas. Sunday’s games ARLINGTON, Texas dium, in the postseason. TEXAS RANGERS — Named Doug Philadelphia at Columbus Mathis and Brendan Sagara co-pitching Cincinnati at Atlanta ndividual whistles echo dur- “It’s great that it’s empty and coaches. Named Bobby Wilson catching New York at New York City FC ing quieter moments, and coordinator. Orlando City at Montreal it’s clean and it was easy to get in,” National League D.C. United at New England a single fan with enough said Ana Chacon, born, raised and NEW YORK METS — Claimed INF Robel Minnesota at Sporting Kansas City persistence can leave an still living in Los Angeles County. Garcia off waivers from Cincinnati. Des- Miami at Toronto FC I ignated OF Ryan Cordell for assignment. Seattle at Colorado impression with a chant dur- “But it sucks that not everyone FOOTBALL Vancouver at Portland ing World Series games with the National Football League Real Salt Lake at LA Galaxy got to come. And it sucks that it’s ATLANTA FALCONS — Activated DT Los Angeles FC at San Jose smallest crowds in more than 100 not in Los Angeles.” Marlon Davidson from the reserve/CO- VID-19 list. years. Game 1’s restricted total of CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed T Alex Because of the coronavirus, Taylor to the practice squad. Tennis 11,388 was the smallest Series GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released G this year’s Fall Classic is being crowd since 10,535 attended Ben Braden. Placed LB James Burgess on held at a neutral site. A team from the active roster from the exempt/com- Vienna Open Game 6 in 1909 between the Ti- missioner permission list. each coast is playing in Texas, gers and Pittsburgh at Detroit’s HOUSTON TEXANS — Activated DT Eli Monday Ankou and RB C.J. Prosise from the ex- At Wiener Stadthalle drawing fans from Los Angeles Bennett Park, according to the empt/commissioner permission list. Re- Vienna and Tampa, Fla. — along with Elias Sports Bureau. leased RB C.J. Prosise. Purse: $1,409,510 MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed CB Surface: Hardcourt indoor curious Texas Rangers support- It’s the first World Series Mark Fields II to the active roster. Men’s Singles ers seeing the home squad’s new played entirely at one ballpark Claimed CB Chris Jones from waivers. Round of 32 Designated LB Troy Dye and G Pat Elflein Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Taylor Fritz, retractable-roof stadium for the Scoreboard since 1944 between the Cardinals to return from injured reserve. United States, 6-4, 6-4. first time. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Designated Kevin Anderson, South Africa, def. and Browns at Sportsman’s Park WR Jalen Reagor, LT Jason Peters, LB T.J. Dennis Novak, Austria, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 The roughly 11,000 mask- in St. Louis — and the fourth Edwards and S Rudy to return from in- (6). jured reserve. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, def. Gael wearing fans each night — well, World Series overall. The Yankees and Giants SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Waived DL Monfils (7), France, 6-1, 2-0, ret. they’re supposed to be wearing (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) shared New York’s Polo Grounds Alex Barrett and CB Parnell Motley. Andrey Rublev (5), Russia, def. Nor- face coverings — are roughly At Arlington, Texas TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived LB Will bert Gombos, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2. Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Tampa Bay 2 in 1921 and 1922. Compton. Jurij Rodionov, Austria, vs. Denis 11,000 more than players saw L.A. Dodgers 8, Tampa Bay 3 Jacob Ornelas grew up in the WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Re- Shapovalov (8), Canada, 6-4, 7-5. Tampa Bay 6, L.A. Dodgers 4 leased DE Gerri Green, LB Donald Payne Men’s Doubles in the stands during the regular L.A. Dodgers 6, Tampa Bay 2 Dallas area before returning to and DB Manny Patterson from the prac- Round of 16 season and all of the American Tampa Bay 8, L.A. Dodgers 7 his native El Paso. He still makes tice squad. Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe L.A. Dodgers 4, Tampa Bay 2 SOCCER Salisbury (2), Britain, def. Stan Wawrin- League playoffs. So 40,518-seat Tuesday: Game 6 it back for Texas Rangers games, National Women’s Soccer League ka, Switzerland, and Grigor Dimitrov, Bul- Globe Life Field might as well be x-Wednesday: Game 7 (AFN-Sports, 2 and would have been at Globe RACING LOUISVILLE FC — Acquired Fs garia, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. a.m. Thursday CET; 9 a.m. Thursday JKT) Yuki Nagasato and Savannah McCaskill, Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Mate Pavic full as far as the Tampa Bay Rays Life Field’s first opening day had a fifth overall pick in the 2021 draft and (1), Croatia, def. Karol Drzewiecki and an international roster spot for both the Szymon Walkow, Poland, 7-6 (7), 6-3. are concerned. fans been allowed. 2021 and 2022 seasons from the Chicago Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski, Brit- “It certainly sounds like there’s Ornelas went to games at the Red Stars in exchange for full roster pro- ain, def. Dominic Thiem and Dennis No- 32 years. tection in the 2020 expansion draft. vak, Austria, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 10-5. 40,000 people in there,” manag- original homes of the Rangers, er Kevin Cash said. “Now, they That also means plenty of since-demolished Arlington Sta- might be 35,000 Dodger fans, masks with the iconic interlock- dium, and watched them in the Golf which is OK. Any type of loud- ing LA logo since face coverings World Series a decade ago at ness and energy, that creates a are required except when fans Globe Life Park . 18. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.29 are “actively eating or drinking” World rankings 19. Matthew Fitzpatrick ENG 4.24 lot in the dugout. That creates in- He was standing in a conces- Through Oct. 25 20. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 3.99 tensity. It’s loud and it’s been re- — an activity apparently more sion line, trying to keep his social 1. Dustin Johnson USA 10.26 21. Abraham Ancer MEX 3.93 2. Jon Rahm ESP 10.17 22. Paul Casey ENG 3.87 ally refreshing to get to play with loosely defined by some. distance, on a concourse with 3. Justin Thomas USA 9.06 23. Sungjae Im KOR 3.68 fans.” There’s plenty of elbow room large dots everywhere remind- 4. Collin Morikawa USA 7.58 24. Viktor Hovland NOR 3.63 5. Rory McIlroy NIR 7.50 25. Jason Kokrak USA 3.55 To Cash’s point, there has been on the concourses, and fans in ing people to stay 6 feet apart. 6. Bryson DeChambeau USA 7.42 26. Justin Rose ENG 3.49 plenty of Dodger blue visible for clusters of four are separated by Just like with the masks, some 7. Xander Schauffele USA 7.17 27. Marc Leishman AUS 3.47 8. Webb Simpson USA 7.01 28. Matt Kuchar USA 3.41 each of the 12 games with limited at least one row above and below lines were compliant, others not 9. Patrick Cantlay USA 6.32 29. Tiger Woods USA 3.41 crowds since the start of the Na- them. Mask compliance on the so much. 10. Tyrrell Hatton ENG 6.26 30. Scottie Scheffler USA 3.35 11. Patrick Reed USA 6.03 31. Shane Lowry IRL 3.35 tional League Championship Se- concourses is close to 100%, while “It takes away from the experi- 12. Brooks Koepka USA 5.53 32. Gary Woodland USA 3.33 ries two weeks ago. The 13th was in the seats about one in four can 13. Matthew Wolff USA 4.98 33. Ryan Palmer USA 3.32 ence overall, but not my experi- 14. Daniel Berger USA 4.95 34. Kevin Kisner USA 3.30 Game 6 of the World Series on be seen either without a mask on, ence as far as being here the first 15. Adam Scott AUS 4.71 35. Harris English USA 3.14 16. Tommy Fleetwood ENG 4.64 36. Victor Perez FRA 2.97 Tuesday night, with Los Angeles or with the covering pulled down time, being in a World Series,” 17. Tony Finau USA 4.58 37. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.96 in position to win its first title in around the neck. Ornelas said. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 28, 2020 NBA/COLLEGE BASKETBALL More than 30 teams to play in college ‘bubble’ Mohegan Sun in Connecticut will be the venue

BY PAT EATON-ROBB UConn, USC, Virginia, Florida, Associated Press St. John’s, UMass, Vanderbilt, BYU, Louisville, North Carolina UNCASVILLE, Conn. — A State and other men’s and wom- resort casino on tribal land in en’s programs also have agreed to Connecticut is completing plans play, organizers said. to host more than 30 college bas- Southern California coach ketball teams as it becomes a Andy Enfield said the Trojans are modified bubble for several early expected to be in a pod with BYU, PHOTOS BY MARK. J. TERRILL/AP season tournaments, including UConn and Vanderbilt. two moved from New York. Above: The Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo dunks during Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Below: Miami’s Goran “It’ll be a great event once we The Mohegan Sun has teamed Dragic shoots over Laker defenders. The Heat are working to keep both key players. President Pat Riley get there,” Enfield said. “We’re with the Naismith Memorial says he plans to ‘take care of’ Dragic, a free agent and to offer Adebayo a contract extension. not concerned as long as we know Basketball Hall of Fame, which we’ll get tested and the opposing holds its men’s Tip-Off Tourna- teams are, too.” ment and Women’s Challenge The Hall of Fame on Friday an- there every year, and the Gazelle nounced a revised field of teams Riley talks Heat future, his Group, which runs the Empire and schedule for the Tip-Off Classic and the Legends Classic Tournament. The event will be in New York. split into two brackets called Nai- plans for keeping core intact The organizers plan to hold smith and Springfield. those tournaments and several The Naismith bracket com- other “pods” of games, which will prised of Rhode Island, South BY TIM REYNOLDS get names in the next few weeks, Florida, Temple and Virginia Associated Press at the Mohegan Sun, which is Tech will play Nov. 28-29. The owned by the Mohegan Tribe and Springfield bracket of Albany, MIAMI — Pat Riley is always includes a 10,000-seat arena that Drexel, Long Island and Quinni- looking around for ways to make is home to the WNBA’s Connecti- piac will play Dec. 3-4. the Miami Heat better. This off- cut Sun. “We’ve been able to combine season has him wondering if that “It’s a single site, secluded loca- and leverage both our organi- improvement might come from tion, with enormous square foot- zations and strengths to create within. age for social distancing,” said something bigger than what we The Heat president said Friday Greg Procino, vice president of originally had,” Giles said. “I that the top offseason priority of basketball operations for the Hall don’t know if either organization the Eastern Conference champi- of Fame. “There are a lot of things individually could have pulled ons “is to take care of the players that will work in our favor, ” off what we’re about to do next that we have” such as free-agent- Rick Giles, the president of the month.“ to-be Goran Dragic, all while Gazelle Group, expects about 35 The Mohegan Sun has already maintaining salary cap flexibility teams from more than a dozen developed protocols for coronavi- to add an impact player in a 2021 conferences will participate at rus testing, cleaning and manag- offseason that could see many what they are dubbing “Bub- ing sports during the pandemic. stars on the move. bleville” between Nov. 25 and It also has its own medical staff “We have a good idea of what Dec. 5, with up to seven games a and facilities to treat and isolate we want to do,” Riley said in day. anyone who may be infected. his annual end-of-season media There will be at least nine Tom Cantone, the senior vice availability. ‘ We have a good idea of what we want to “pods” of games, beginning with president for sports and enter- No plan can be considered com- the Empire Classic on Nov. 25- tainment at Mohegan Sun, said pletely firm yet; the NBA’s board do. 26, which will include Villanova, this is not a full bubble, like the of governors were meeting Fri- ’ Baylor, Arizona State and Boston NBA and WNBA in Florida, but a day, simultaneous to Riley speak- Pat Riley Miami Heat President College. highly controlled environment. ing, to discuss ideas about when it might be feasible to start next season — with Dec. 22 as the ini- tial target for a season of about 72 mon Hill and Derrick Jones Jr. The Heat have long been ex- ESPN won’t use Disney for games. And the financial details are among Miami’s free agents. pected to be a major player in for next season remain unclear as “We know what our priorities the 2021 free-agent season, when a college basketball bubble well, such as the salary cap and are,” Riley said. “It is to take care names like two-time NBA MVP luxury tax numbers. All that will of the players that we have, that Giannis Antetokounmpo, two- Associated Press ESPN Events lists 10 college have an obvious impact on every we have to make decisions on al- time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi basketball tournaments and dou- team’s plans, Miami’s included. most immediately. We know Bam ORLANDO, Fla. — ESPN Leonard, Paul George and many bleheaders on its website origi- But the team is already clear has a decision to make and we do others could potentially choose to won’t hold college basketball with him. We know the guys that nally scheduled for the upcoming on some matters: The Heat have hit the market. tournaments in a Florida bubble have sacrificed for us that we re- season, including the Champions no intention of letting extension- “I just think we need to remain next month. ally like, our free agents, espe- Classic that annually features eligible All-Star center Bam Ade- fluid,” Riley said. “Once we get In a statement Monday, ESPN bayo leave (though it remains cially Goran.” Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and all the numbers and we get every- Events said it had “set out to cre- unclear when his extension will The Heat may have ended up ate a protected environment” in Michigan State as well as the Pre- thing down, we get the schedule, get done). Riley added that the as the surprise of the league this Orlando for teams set to compete season NIT, the Jimmy V Classic we know when the dates are, and notion of bringing back this past season, with All-NBA player in events it operates. Those plans and the Orlando Invitational. season’s team as close to intact Jimmy Butler’s arrival leading what the rules are in everything, changed due to “certain chal- The NCAA delayed the start as possible has crossed his mind. a turnaround that saw Miami go once we get all of that, we’re lenges surrounding testing pro- of the season to Nov. 25 amid the Kelly Olynyk has a player option from missing the 2019 NBA play- going to remain fluid. And what- tocols,” leading to the decision to coronavirus pandemic, though for about $12 million, while Mey- offs to winding up in this season’s ever presents itself to us, we’ll resume those events during the scheduling remains unsettled ers Leonard, Jae Crowder, Solo- finals as a No. 5 seed. look at it.” 2021-22 season. with less than a month to go. Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Gators can finally get back at work No. 10 Florida preparing to play Missouri after 21-day layoff due to virus outbreak

BY MARK LONG it, ready to get back to football,” Associated Press Mullen said. “I think after not playing, I think that is something GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No. 10 that is big within the team right Florida resumed meetings and now, is that ability to get back out practices for the first time in two on the field, get back to doing foot- weeks Monday, getting back to ball, you know what I mean? work after a COVID-19 outbreak “This year’s been kind of a caused the Southeastern Confer- unique year like no other, with ence to postpone two of the team’s stops and starts, and different games. schedules, and kind of everything The Gators (2-1) are scheduled going on. Our guys, I thought, to host Missouri (2-2) on Saturday, have handled everything ex- ending a 21-day layoff and begin- tremely well throughout the year, ning the first of seven consecutive so I think they’re going to be re- games for coach Dan Mullen and ally excited to get back out there his team. on the practice field.” Mullen was one of more than 30 Mullen already tempered his players and coaches who tested expectations. positive for the coronavirus fol- /AP “I don’t expect us to come out DARRON CUMMINGS lowing a road trip to Texas A&M there and have certainly our Indiana head coach Tom Allen celebrates after the Hoosiers defeated Penn State in overtime on earlier this month. Everyone else sharpest, most crisp practice of Saturday in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana moved up the No. 17 in the latest rankings after the upset. on the plane — about 75 people in the year,” he said. “But I do ex- all — was quarantined because pect us to have great energy, ex- of potential exposure and contact citement and enthusiasm to be on tracing protocols. the field to be back out there to It forced the team to shut down get going as we kind of build up to Hoosiers moving past upset team activities and work remote- Saturday.” ly. It also left Mullen with con- Mullen said he felt “rested, for cerns about missing so much time sure” following his 10-day quar- on the field and away from a daily antine, the worst of which was to take another major step routine. “being isolated in your house and “We’ve got some veteran play- not being able to see your family.” BY MICHAEL MAROT The last time they entered back-to-back games as ers,” Mullen said. “For those guys, Florida traced its outbreak to Associated Press a ranked team came at the end of 1993. And with a just picking it back up and getting two players ignoring symptoms win at Rutgers (1-0) this weekend, and a little help, going. Fortunately, when you have and getting on the team plane oach Tom Allen and the No. 17 Indiana Indiana could crack the top 15 for the first time some older, veteran guys, it helps. headed to Texas A&M. Both play- Hoosiers celebrated wildly after Saturday’s since October 1988. But we’ll see.” ers had tested negative the day monumental upset of Penn State. But last year’s successes and tribulations includ- Adding to the team’s issues: before the trip. C On Sunday, they were rewarded with ing a stinging bowl-game loss when they failed to SEC rules mandate that players But they tested positive the day their highest ranking since November 1993. recover an onside kick taught everyone about the who tested positive must adhere after the game and likely spread it By Monday, everyone was back to business in need to focus on small details. to a four-day reacclimation pe- to teammates and coaches on the Bloomington, looking to take the next step in the “It’s been just a lot of recovery and watching film., riod that includes cardiac moni- plane, in the hotel, in the cramped program’s steady, yearslong progression: staying in going over stuff we need to fix so we can execute at toring. The protocols call for Day confines of a visiting locker room, the Top 25. a higher level,” quarterback Michael Penix Jr. said 1 practice to be 25% or a normal at team meals and on the flight “We’ve got a lot of guys who went through the when asked what he’s done since clinching the Penn routine, with Day 2 increasing to home. course of last season where we won enough games to State win with a diving 2-point conversion. “We won 50%, Day 3 at 75% and then full “We always knew the travel was become nationally recog- the game but we’ve got to execute at a higher level. participation on Day 4. going to be a concern and an issue nized and we didn’t stay We’ve got Rutgers this week, that’s all I’m really fo- It essentially means Mullen for us,” Mullen said. “When you ‘ We’ve got a there very long. That’s a cused on.” won’t be able to get his full team add those all up, all of those dif- fact,” Allen said. Monday. The Scarlet Knights (1-0) pose a real challenge. on the field for a full practice until ferent combinations, you add that lot of guys who “So a big win, no question They opened Greg Schiano’s second stint as head Thursday. up, and you throw the virus in the went through about it, a historic win. coach with a 38-27 victory at Michigan State that Still, he was able to hold an in- middle of it with obviously some- person team meeting Monday for one having it on the team, or at the course of But it’s in the past.” was nearly as stunning as Indiana’s overtime win. He said he’s hoping the The victory snapped a 13-game road losing streak the first time in what seemed like least maybe two people I’m guess- last season lessons of 2019 stick with and a 21-game losing streak in conference play. forever. ing have it on the team, and then where we won an older team that’s more And they did it with a new coach, a new coaching “I think everybody’s really you put it in to that environment, mature. staff, a new quarterback and a defense that forced excited, ready to get back after you’re going to get a spread.” enough games Last year, Indiana pro- seven turnovers. to become duced its first eight-win While the Hoosiers have won five straight in the season and first winning series, Allen & Co. know their first road game will nationally record in league play be different and not just because of the new mask recognized and since 1993. Then, after guidelines and social distancing measures required we didn’t stay beating Northwestern for by the Big Ten. its fourth straight victory, “Rutgers is a very different football team than it’s there very long. the Hoosiers made their been in the past and it’s very obvious on film,” Allen That’s a fact. ’ first Top 25 appearance said. “Our guys have to be 100% focused on that and since September 1994, how we’re going to get better. New quarterback, new Tom Allen Indiana coach ending the longest active system, I have a lot of respect for their coordinators drought by a power-five and the staff they’ve put together. So we’re 1-0 now team. and we want to go to 2-0 and that’s how we have to Of course, the return ended when Indiana lost its approach it.” next game, at Penn State. It’s a message that resonated quickly in the locker Now, after beating their first top-10 opponent since room — even amid the celebration. October 1987 and taking down their highest-rated “We just came off a great win, a great team win THOMAS GRANING/AP foe since the 1967 Rose Bowl season, the Hoosiers and we’ve still got to move on to next week,” Penix (1-0) are back in the rankings and on the cusp of po- said. “We’ll focus on the team ahead of us and the Coach Dan Mullen and No. 10 Florida resumed meetings and tentially more breakthrough moments after Allen’s film study and make sure we’re at our best, whoever practices for the first time in two weeks on Monday. The Gators got crowd-surfing locker room moment. (the opponent) is.” back to work after a COVID-19 outbreak. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, October 28, 2020 COMMENTARY/NFL Rested Ravens gear up for battle with Steelers BY DAVID GINSBURG to convince him to stick around Associated Press for years to come. “I think this place is perfect Coming off an unusual bye for him,” Campbell said. “I hope week that included daily COVID- this really works out for him here 19 testing, a stay-safe directive and he can be a longtime Raven and the addition of sack specialist because this place is really spe- Yannick Ngakoue, the Baltimore cial. What it means to be a Raven, Ravens have turned their atten- he possesses that. The coaching tion toward Sunday’s AFC North staff here is going to allow him to showdown with the unbeaten be himself and flourish.“ Pittsburgh Steelers. Ngakoue is expected to prac- Baltimore’s bye came a week tice Wednesday and make his earlier than scheduled after the debut Sunday in a matchup for pandemic forced the postpone- first place in the division. Camp- ment of the Oct. 4 game between bell and Ngakoue will be chasing Pittsburgh and Tennessee to Sun- quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, day. The Steelers won to improve who’s returned from elbow sur- CURTIS COMPTON, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION/AP to 6-0 while the Ravens (5-1) gery to help the Steelers become wrapped up a mellow weekend in The Atlanta Falcons’ Todd Gurley tries to stop short of the end zone the lone remaining unbeaten during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions the area. In years past, the players would team in the NFL. in Atlanta. Gurley landed on the goal line for a touchdown that, as it “It’s the best I’ve seen him,” turned out, led to another stunning loss for the Atlanta Falcons. use the bye to head home or take a short vacation. This year, be- Campbell said. “He’s always been cause of COVID-19, forays out of great, but he’s locked in, he’s get- town are unwise and essentially ting rid of the ball fast, making Cost: Penn State coach undoable. great reads, getting the ball to his After the team practiced Tues- playmakers. They’re rolling, so day and Wednesday, tight end we’ll have our hands full.” Mark Andrews went on a fishing Coach John Harbaugh said the doesn’t blame TD for loss time off enabled Baltimore to get trip with a couple of teammates. That’s about as adventurous as it healthy, but he’s unsure of the FROM BACK PAGE Trailing 16-14, the Falcons gets during a football season held status of running back Mark In- MARK ZALESKI/AP were trying to run down the clock in the middle of a pandemic. gram, who sprained his left ankle The Hoosiers then won it on an- against Cincinnati two weeks other two-point conversion when and kick a chip-shot field goal for “Just chilled and relaxed,” An- Wide receiver JuJu Smith- the win when they picked up a drews said. “All this COVID stuff, Schuster and the Pittsburgh ago. quarterback Michael Penix Jr. “It’s a matter of how he feels rolled left and dived, barely touch- first down at the Detroit 10 with just being smart and just keeping Steelers are unbeaten. just over a minute remaining. the big picture in mind.” as the week goes on,” Harbaugh ing the pylon with the football in said. his outstretched right hand and The Lions had used up all their Defensive lineman Calais 13 sacks in two games before the timeouts on the drive, so their Campbell said he watched mov- bye. Harbaugh also confirmed that giving Indiana its first win over a the team will take another look top-10 team in 33 years. only hope was to allow a quick ies and studied football tape dur- “Being able to have him as ing his four-day hiatus. at former Cowboys receiver Dez Penn State coach James Frank- TD and they got out of the way a teammate again, I’m excited General manager Eric De- about that,” Campbell said Mon- Bryant, who could end up on the lin defended his running back as Gurley took the handoff from Costa stayed busy, trading a pair day. “I feel like he’s going to help team’s practice squad if he makes and refused to blame the ill-ad- Matt Ryan. Only safety Will Har- of draft picks to Minnesota for us win a lot of ballgames.” a positive impression. vised touchdown for the excruci- ris got a hand on the runner but Ngakoue, who played with Camp- Ngakoue grew up in Maryland “If we sign him, we’ll make ating loss. But he also indicated he released Gurley about 3 yards bell at Jacksonville last year. The and played at the University of that announcement when it hap- his players were instructed not to shy of the goal line. “It was great situational defense deal should improve an already Maryland. He’s signed through pens and we’ll go from there,” the score in that situation. awareness right there,” Detroit effective pass rush that totaled this season, but Campbell hopes coach said. “We went through that situa- coach Matt Patricia beamed. tion this week, we went through Gurley realized what the Lions that situation on the sideline and, were doing and tried to go down obviously, we could have handled shy of the end zone, but his mo- it better, and I could have handled mentum carried him too far as he it better,” Franklin said. “But I landed on the goal line with his don’t want to make it about that ball-carrying left hand. one play.” As Gurley fell across the goal Teammate Pat Freiermuth line, Lions linebacker Jamie Col- consoled Ford afterward, im- lins signaled touchdown as his ploring him to “stay off social teammates celebrated around media, head down and just flush him. it down, and I’ll have your back “My job is just going down,” regardless.” Gurley lamented. “I’m taking all “I’ve been in his shoes in high the responsibility.” school once,” Freiermuth ex- Atlanta converted a two-point plained. “It’s very hard to see that conversion to make it 22-16, but end zone open up like that and just Stafford had just enough time to think to yourself, ‘Get down.’ ” deliver another stunning fourth- If it makes Ford feel any better, quarter dagger to the Falcons, Todd Gurley II made the same who fired their head coach ear- mistake Sunday. lier this month after becoming The Lions let Gurley score with the first team to ever blow back- just over a minute remaining to to-back 15-point, fourth-quarter get the ball back, giving Matthew leads. Stafford enough time to drive De- “I was mad as hell,” Gurley said troit to the winning TD as time of his game-losing touchdown. “I expired. was trying not to (score), but my T.J. Hockenson’s 11-yard TD momentum took me in. It’s kind grab tied it and Matt Prater nailed of crazy.” a 48-yard extra point to give the And so perfect for 2020. DERIK HAMILTON/AP Lions a 23-22 win after an exces- With contributions from AP national sive celebration penalty moved writer Paul Newberry and AP sports The Eagles’ Carson Wentz, left, is tackled by the Baltimore Ravens’ Calais Campbell during their game the ball to the 30-yard line. writer Michael Marot. on Oct. 18 in Philadelphia. Campbell spent Sunday’s bye studying football film and watching movies, Wednesday, October 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 NFL Scoreboard Best defense: Rams down Bears American Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 174 178 BY GREG BEACHAM Miami 3 3 0 .500 160 113 Associated Press New England 2 4 0 .333 115 143 N.Y. Jets 0 7 0 .000 85 203 South INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Tennessee 5 1 0 .833 188 153 Rams could tell Leonard Floyd Indianapolis 4 2 0 .666 157 115 Houston 1 6 0 .142 166 217 was playing with an uncommon Jacksonville 1 6 0 .142 154 220 fury against his old team, and the North Pittsburgh 6 0 0 1.000 183 118 rest of the Los Angeles defense Baltimore 5 1 0 .833 179 104 followed his lead. Cleveland 5 2 0 .714 200 221 Cincinnati 1 5 1 .214 163 194 By the time the Rams were West done with the Chicago Bears on Kansas City 6 1 0 .857 218 143 Las Vegas 3 3 0 .500 171 197 Monday night, Floyd had two Denver 2 4 0 .333 116 153 sacks and the game ball — and L.A. Chargers 2 4 0 .333 149 154 Los Angeles had a decisive, ener- National Conference gizing victory over a fellow NFC East contender. W L T Pct PF PA Josh Reynolds and Gerald Ev- Philadelphia 2 4 1 .357 163 196 Dallas 2 5 0 .285 176 243 erett caught touchdown passes Washington 2 5 0 .285 133 165 from Jared Goff, and the Rams N.Y. Giants 1 6 0 .142 122 174 South won a matchup of dominant de- Tampa Bay 5 2 0 .714 222 142 fenses, beating the Bears 24-10. New Orleans 4 2 0 .666 180 174 Carolina 3 4 0 .428 162 168 “We proved that we were the Atlanta 1 6 0 .142 184 207 better defense today,” Floyd said North Green Bay 5 1 0 .833 197 159 after a six-tackle performance in Chicago 5 2 0 .714 138 140 his first game against Chicago Detroit 3 3 0 .500 156 165 Minnesota 1 5 0 .166 155 192 since the Bears released him last West offseason. Seattle 5 1 0 .833 203 172 Arizona 5 2 0 .714 203 146 After his first sack, Floyd L.A. Rams 5 2 0 .714 176 124 jumped up and went toward the San Francisco 4 3 0 .571 181 136 PHOTOS BY KELVIN KUO/AP Thursday’s games Chicago sideline, shouting and Philadelphia 22, N.Y. Giants 21 gesticulating at the team that let Above: Los Angeles Rams linebacker Justin Hollins, right, sacks Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles Sunday’s games Buffalo 18, N.Y. Jets 10 him go. Floyd already knows he during the Rams’ 24-10 win Monday in Inglewood, Calif. The Rams sacked Foles four times. Below: Pittsburgh 27, Tennessee 24 landed in a good spot with Los Rams safety John Johnson III, right, breaks up a pass intended for Bears wide receiver Anthony Miller. Green Bay 35, Houston 20 Cleveland 37, Cincinnati 34 Angeles (5-2), which remained New Orleans 27, Carolina 24 unbeaten at brand-new SoFi 12-yard TD catch-and-run by Ev- Detroit 23, Atlanta 22 ‘ Washington 25, Dallas 3 Stadium and reasserted itself in I thought our defense was outstanding erett, their big-play tight end. Tampa Bay 45, Las Vegas 20 the conference hierarchy with The Bears showed life when Kansas City 43, Denver 16 from start to finish. Jackson returned Robert Woods’ San Francisco 33, New England 6 a rebound performance one ’ L.A. Chargers 39, Jacksonville 29 week after a rough loss at San Sean McVay fumble on a jet sweep for the sixth Arizona 37, Seattle 34, OT Monday’s games Francisco L.os Angeles Rams coach on his team’s win Monday over the Chicago Bears defensive touchdown of his four- L.A. Rams 24, Chicago 10 “I thought our defense was year career, but couldn’t ride any Open: Baltimore, Indianapolis, Miami, Minnesota outstanding from start to finish,” momentum. Thursday, Oct. 29 Rams coach Sean McVay said. seasons. some games ... but we’re going to Atlanta at Carolina Sunday, Nov. 1 “They did such a great job. Some “Obviously, stating the obvious, continue to rally around one an- Primo punting Tennessee at Cincinnati key stops, some key turnovers. the offense, we’ve got to get this other and do our best.” N.Y. Jets at Kansas City Even Los Angeles punter John- L.A. Rams at Miami Offensively, we did enough to get stuff figured out,” Bears coach Los Angeles’ defense, now co- Indianapolis at Detroit that lead and then really just run Matt Nagy said. “It’s not good ordinated by former Bears out- ny Hekker dominated the Bears, New England at Buffalo Las Vegas at Cleveland out the clock on that game.” enough, and to be outscored by side linebackers coach Brandon pinning them inside their 10 with Pittsburgh at Baltimore Goff passed for 219 yards and your defense, obviously, is un- all five of his punts in a superb Minnesota at Green Bay Staley, sacked Foles four times L.A. Chargers at Denver Malcolm Brown rushed for a acceptable, too. So that part is and picked off two of his passes, performance by the four-time New Orleans at Chicago score for Los Angeles, but its de- frustrating.” Pro Bowler. San Francisco at Seattle including Jalen Ramsey’s first Dallas at Philadelphia fense did the hardest work. Nick Foles passed for 261 yards interception of the season near “Johnny is the best punter in Monday, Nov. 2 Taylor Rapp made an end-zone for Chicago, which dropped out of the league, and he showed it to- Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants midfield to clinch the victory with Open: Houston, Jacksonville, Arizona, interception on a pass deflection the NFC North lead and fell to 3-1 3:13 to play. night,” Goff said. “He really was Washington by Troy Hill while the Rams held on the road with its latest discour- Staley also was awarded a game a weapon for us.” Monday the Bears (5-2) to 182 yards in the aging offensive performance. It ball by McVay after the latest in The Rams celebrated his big Rams 24, Bears 10 first three quarters and built a managed just 49 yards rushing a strong line of performances by kicks as a team, and Hekker even Chicago 0 3 0 7—10 24-3 lead. and has 175 yards on the ground his defense. got a chest bump from Donald, L.A. Rams 7 3 14 0—24 Eddie Jackson returned a in the past four games. LA’s All-Pro defensive tackle. First quarter “The defense, we’re playing ag- LAR—Reynolds 4 pass from Goff (Slo- fumble 8 yards for Chicago’s only Jackson insisted the defense gressive, we’re playing physical, man kick), 3:57. touchdown with 7:30 to play, but won’t get discouraged by the of- Second quarter and we’re making all the right Injury report Chi—FG Santos 42, 14:13. Los Angeles’ defense stayed in fense’s struggles. plays,” said linebacker Justin LAR—FG Sloman 22, 4:55. control, yielding 279 total yards “It’s a team sport, and we know Bears: WR Allen Robinson was Third quarter Hollins, who had a huge fourth- LAR—Brown 1 run (Sloman kick), 8:06. and three points. The Rams have the type of players we have on of- down sack in the red zone after evaluated for a concussion after LAR—Everett 12 pass from Goff (Slo- won twice in three defense-domi- fense,” Jackson said. “We’ll put he left the game late in the fourth man kick), 1:34. Aaron Donald flushed Foles from Fourth quarter nated games between these long- ’em against any defense any day. the pocket in the fourth quarter. quarter. He led the Bears with 70 Chi—E.Jackson 8 fumble return (San- time rivals over the past three You’re going to come up short in yards receiving. ... C Cody White- tos kick), 7:30. “Everybody is on one page. We’re A—0. just one tight unit right now.” hair injured his calf in the second Chi LAR half. First downs 14 24 The Rams led 10-3 at halftime Total Net Yards 279 371 after holding Chicago to 126 Rams: Rookie S Terrell Bur- Rushes-yards 17-49 34-161 gess was taken off the field on a Passing 230 210 yards. Reynolds made his 4-yard Punt Returns 0-0 2-14 TD reception in the first quarter, cart in the fourth quarter with Kickoff Returns 4-94 2-41 an air cast around his left leg. He Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-2 but the Bears stopped two ad- Comp-Att-Int 28-40-2 23-33-0 ditional drives just outside field- has an ankle injury. ... TE Tyler Sacked-Yards Lost 4-31 1-9 Punts 5-47.6 5-44.2 goal range to keep the deficit Higbee was inactive with a hand Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 manageable. injury, missing his second game Penalties-Yards 6-46 4-46 Time of Possession 27:25 32:35 Los Angeles went up 17-3 mid- since 2016. Johnny Mundt had a INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS way through the third quarter on career-high 47 yards receiving in RUSHING—Chicago, Montgomery 14- 48, Patterson 3-1. L.A. Rams, Henderson a TD drive capped by Brown’s his absence, including a career- 15-64, Brown 10-57, Woods 4-23, Kupp 1- 1-yard run. Chicago mounted its best 34-yard catch . 16, Goff 4-1. PASSING—Chicago, Foles 28-40-2-261. best drive immediately thereaf- L.A. Rams, Goff 23-33-0-219. ter, but its 71-yard march ended RECEIVING—Chicago, Graham 5- Up next 31, Montgomery 5-21, Robinson 4-70, when Hill deflected a pass in- Mooney 3-40, Miller 3-20, Patterson 3- tended for Darnell Mooney in the Bears: Host New Orleans on 11, Kmet 2-45, Harris 2-15, Wims 1-8. L.A. Sunday. Rams, Kupp 6-43, Reynolds 4-52, Everett end zone and Rapp snagged it for 4-28, Mundt 3-47, Woods 3-22, Henderson an interception. Rams: Visit Miami on Sunday 2-13, Jefferson 1-14. MISSED FIELD GOALS—L.A. Rams, Slo- The Rams followed with a as the opponent in Tua Tago- man 48. crisp, 80-yard drive capped by a vailoa’s debut start. S TARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, October 28, 2020 F3HIJKLM Battering Ram Floyd helps Los Angeles defense SPORTS put clamps on Bears » NFL, Page 23

COMMENTARY

Detroit Lions linebacker Jamie Collins, center, signals “touchdown” as Atlanta Falcons running back Todd Gurley tries to stop short of the end zone during Sunday’s game in Atlanta.

CURTIS COMPTON, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION / AP Game-losing TDs Late scores cost Atlanta, Penn St.

BY ARNIE STAPLETON The Falcons should have learned their lesson Associated Press from the Nittany Lions 24 hours earlier. Penn State’s Devyn Ford got the handoff with a n the disjointed football autumn that is 2020, one-point lead at the Hoosiers 14 and only 1:42 to it somehow makes perfect sense that defend- play in Bloomington in the rivals’ first game of the ers were left celebrating touchdowns by run- coronavirus-delayed season. The third-string tail- ning backs who accidentally reached the end back slowed as he approached the goal line. Izone. If only he went down, the Nittany Lions could Twice in one weekend, once in the Big Ten on have run out the clock because Indiana had just one Saturday, which led to Indiana’s stunning 36-35 timeout left. Instead, the sophomore tip-toed into win over Penn State in overtime, and the other in the end zone, giving Penn State an eight-point lead the NFL on Sunday, when the Atlanta Falcons — but leaving Indiana just enough time to tie it and DARRON CUMMINGS/AP who else? — flopped their way through yet another force overtime, which it did with a touchdown and two-point conversion. Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr., center, celebrates with fourth-quarter fiasco in losing to the appreciative teammates Saturday after the Hoosiers beat Penn State in overtime. Detroit Lions 23-22. SEE COST ON PAGE 22

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