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Volume 78, No. 255A ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Top officials seek to calm Under enormous strain fleet after week Record 16.8M claims for jobless aid in US; cars line up at nation’s food banks of Navy chaos

BY WYATT OLSON Stars and Stripes Two top Navy officials sought to reassure U.S. sailors that the service was moving forward after a week marred by the coronavi- rus contagion, the sacking of an aircraft carrier captain and the untimely exit of the acting Navy secretary. “The events of the past week have been difficult for our Navy and our nation,” Adm. Mike Gild- ay, chief of naval operations, said Thursday in a memo to the fleet. “We will learn from them. But make no mistake, we are moving forward. The Navy has our orders and we are executing them.” James E. McPherson, the newly installed acting Navy secretary, told sailors in a memo he would “do everything in my power to support your efforts and safety, and the safety and well-being of your families.” Former acting secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday after audio was leaked in which he called the former commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt “stupid” during an in-person ad- dress to the ship’s crew. Modly had fired Capt. Brett Crozier over a memo the carrier commander composed warning certain Navy officials that the coronavirus was spreading on the ship and immediate steps were needed to deal with the hazard. Modly flew to Guam to address the Roosevelt crew, which had given Crozier a standing ova- GENE J. PUSKAR/AP tion as he departed the ship after Boxes of food are handed out Friday by the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank at a drive thru distribution in downtown Pittsburgh. being relieved. McPherson said in the memo he BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER The ripples of those losses reached places Express-News. was “keenly aware of the sacrific- es you make,” but with the chal- Associated Press like San Antonio, where thousands lined up Across the nation the unemployment num- at a flea market Thursday for a distribution bers collectively constitute the largest and lenges posed by the coronavirus With a startling 6.6 million people seeking of household essentials. fastest string of job losses in records dating SEE NAVY ON PAGE 5 unemployment benefits last week, the United About 10,000 households were aided in to 1948. By contrast, during the Great Reces- States has reached a grim landmark: More a jammed flea market lot as the San Anto- sion it took 44 weeks — roughly 10 months  Esper willing to than one in 10 workers have lost their jobs in nio Food Bank served more people than at — for unemployment claims to go as high as just the past three weeks to the coronavirus any time in its 40-year history, Food Bank they now have in less than a month. consider reinstating outbreak. President Eric Cooper told the San Antonio SEE STRAIN ON PAGE 7 fired Navy captain  Bases in Afghanistan close facilities; limit gatherings to control virus spread Page 4 Page 5 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER

Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9649 EXCHANGE RATES Thailand (Baht) ...... 32.65 Military rates Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.6940 Deal to boost oil prices at impasse Euro costs (April 13)...... $1.06 (Military exchange rates are those Dollar buys (April 13) ...... €0.8941 available to customers at military banking British pound (April 13) ...... $1.22 facilities in the country of issuance Japanese yen (April 13) ...... 106.00 for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Associated Press South Korean won (April 13) ...... 1,185.00 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For producers lasted until early Fri- Analysts, however, warn the Commercial rates nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., day morning, when it apparently proposed 10 million barrel per Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3794 purchasing British pounds in Germany), DUBAI, United Arab Emirates check with your local military banking devolved into a Mexican standoff. British pound ...... $1.2473 — A deal between OPEC and na- day cut for May and June will Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3963 facility. Commercial rates are interbank The cartel, Kuwait and Saudi Ara- not be enough to offset plummet- China (Yuan) ...... 7.0373 rates provided for reference when buying tions including Russia to boost Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.8197 currency. All figures are foreign currencies bia say Mexico’s refusal to agree to one dollar, except for the British pound, ing demand for oil globally, and Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7937 oil prices involves a 10 million blocked the proposed accord. which is represented in dollars-to-pound, runs the risk of coming too late as Euro ...... $1.0947/0.9135 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) barrels per day cut until July, Mexico has yet to respond, Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7526 storage capacity for oil nears its Hungary (Forint) ...... 322.68 then an 8 million barrels per day though the deal comes as prices maximum. Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5825 cut through the end of the year, have been gutted by the coronavi- Japan (Yen) ...... 108.46 INTEREST RATES though the cartel said Friday rus pandemic and the COVID-19 However, a cut of 10-15 million Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3122 Norway (Krone) ...... 10.2061 Prime rate ...... 3.25 its approval hinges on Mexico’s illness it causes. The oil market barrels per day is enough to prop Philippines (Peso)...... 50.41 Discount rate ...... 0.25 agreement. was already oversupplied when up oil prices and helps to reduce Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.15 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7638 3-month bill ...... 0.25 A marathon videoconference Russia and OPEC failed to agree strain on crude storage facilities, Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4132 30-year bond ...... 1.35 call between OPEC and other on output cuts in early March. analysts said. South Korea (Won) ...... 1210.95 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 17 Comics ...... 19 Crossword ...... 19 Entertainment ...... 11 Lifestyle ...... 12 Opinion ...... 18 Sports ...... 21-24 Saturday, April 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Army aims to fire drones out of grenade launchers

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The Army’s future front-line fighters could find a new use for their grenade- launchers — shooting tiny camera-drones into the sky to scope out unseen enemy threats. Army Research Lab scientists at Aberdeen Prov- ing Ground in Maryland are developing the micro- drones the same size as the Army’s 40 mm grenade, which are meant to be fired by the service’s stan- dard M203 grenade launchers, service officials

BRIDGET GLYNN/U.S. Marine Corps said Thursday. They have dubbed the new drones Grenade Launched Unmanned Aerial Systems, or Marine 1st Lt. Kevin Heine of 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, GLUAS. stands with an M777 Howitzer in Darwin, Australia, after completing The drones could be lifesavers for infantrymen CCDC Army Research Laboratory a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine April 8. fighting in places such as eastern and northern Afghanistan where tall, jagged mountains often One of the proposed variants of the Army’s conceal the location of enemy fighters and their Grenade Launched Unmanned Aerial System. Marines passed time movements. Soldiers under attack from an unseen enemy could fire the GLUAS and almost instantly the drones, allowing soldiers to identify the exact lo- receive a “bird’s eye view” of the battlefield, said cation of objects or persons observed from the air. jumping rope during John Gerdes, a mechanical engineer working on the The Army has a history of using small drones to project. give its infantrymen and others on the front lines a “This device provides an autonomy and intelli- safe view from the air. Last summer, an 82nd Air- gence platform to help soldiers perform useful mis- borne Division unit deployed to Afghanistan with isolation Down Under sions while having a lookout from hundreds of feet tiny, helicopter-like drones called Black Hornets. in the air,” Gerdes said in an Army release. But Army officials said being able to launch the BY SETH ROBSON the longest jump-rope sessions It was not immediately clear Thursday when Army drones as a projectile would get them in the air Stars and Stripes I’ve ever done,” he said, adding officials expected the drone project to be completed quicker to find a threat as fast as possible. that one of his comrades can do or when they might be ready for use in combat. “Basically, if there is something you want to look A group of Marines has some nifty tricks. “All eight of The Army is developing two versions of the at, but you have no idea where it is yet, that’s where emerged from a two-week quar- us could probably put on a show GLUAS — one similar to a paraglider and the other the drone comes in,” Gerdes said. antine in Darwin, Australia, with after two weeks.” designed like a helicopter that can hover, Gerdes Gerdes and his partner Hao Kang, another me- new jump-rope skills. The Marines spent a lot of their said. Both are projected to fly up to 2,000 feet in the chanical engineer with the Army Research Lab, filed Fifty-four Marines, the ad- time on the internet, Heine said. air for at least 90 minutes. for a patent for the GLUAS drone design last month. vance party of what was to be a They also watched movies and Because the drones are similar in size, weight and The design could become a reality for soldiers in the 2,500-strong summer rotational read books. shape to the Army’s standard grenades, they should future, or it could simply lead researchers to other force Down Under, were placed “Most Marines passed the easily fit into the standard kit combat soldiers carry, innovations for the battlefield, the service said in quarantine last month to time talking to family back in he said. “We’re here to develop innovative concepts for guard against transmission of the the States,” he said. “I got work Once launched, the drones spread their wings and the warfighter’s needs, which generally means we coronavirus. done.” their motor takes over allowing soldiers to control bring the size and weight down of a device, and push The Marine Corps postponed Heine is Kilo Battery’s execu- them using a joystick or other hand-held device, the up the range and lethality,” Gerdes said. “At ARL, the rotation on March 30 follow- tive officer and spent much of his service said. The camera sends a live video feed- we’re typically focused on the basic innovation and ing an order from Defense Secre- time in quarantine planning and back to the soldiers on the ground from as far away discovery aspects of research.” tary Mark Esper a week earlier coordinating for the arrival of as 2 kilometers. barring nearly all official move- [email protected] the rest of the force once the pan- Gerdes said he envisions adding GPS receivers to Twitter: @CDicksteinDC ment overseas for Defense De- demic subsides. partment personnel. “We were just setting condi- One of the Marines in Darwin, tions for what we would have to 1st Lt. Kevin Heine, 25, of Fred- do when we got out of quaran- erick, Md., said he and seven tine,” he said. Marines’ families sue over fatal helo crash other members of Kilo Battery, At the end of quarantine, each 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regi- BY ROSE L. THAYER ramar in San Diego, Calif. “Disintegrating rubber in the Marine was checked by a corps- ment, learned they were headed Stars and Stripes The families were informed valve button caused a danger- man who took their temperature for quarantine during the trip following a Marine Corps investi- ous blockage in the helicopter’s and looked for signs of the virus. south from Marine Corps Air The families of four Marines gation that “the root cause of the hydraulic system — making the Now they’re living in differ- Ground Combat Center Twenty- killed in a helicopter crash in crash was the failure of a com- flight control system uncontrol- ent barracks rooms and working nine Palms, Calif. 2018 have filed a lawsuit against ponent part known as a bypass lable and inoperable,” he said. “Before we left Twentynine in the motor pool with the gear two companies, claiming they valve button,” according to the that was shipped down to support Neither company responded Palms we got word there was a provided faulty parts for the air- court documents. Thursday to inquiries about the good chance [a quarantine] was the rotation. Kilo Battery fires craft that led to the fatal accident The part’s failure caused what several M777 155 mm towed claims made in the lawsuit. going to happen,” he said. in southern California. is known as a “hydraulic lock” The families seek a jury trial howitzers. Defendants Kampi Components The Marines, who took a com- condition, resulting in a loss of to determine the appropriate First Lt. Bridget Glynn, a public and Diamond Rubber knew or mercial flight to Australia out of flight control of the helicopter. amount of damages “sufficient to affairs officer with the Marines in should have known they provided Los Angeles, were given masks In this condition, pilots could not punish and deter them for their Darwin, said the group is follow- a noncompliant part that caused and gloves when they landed at do anything to regain control of misconduct and to deter others Darwin, then taken to nearby ing guidelines that include social the Marine CH-53E Super Stal- the aircraft and are “blameless from similar misconduct in the Robertson Barracks in official distancing and limiting groups to lion helicopter to crash on April 3, in this crash,” according to the future,” according to the lawsuit. vehicles, Heine said. a maximum of two Marines. 2018, in El Centro, near the U.S. lawsuit. “There was clearly a defective The Marines did their quaran- The Marines can leave their border with Mexico, according to Investigators concluded a by- product installed in the helicop- tine in barracks rooms, each with base to shop for necessities, but court documents filed March 31 pass valve button manufactured its own bathroom, desk, couch Darwin’s beaches and bars are in the Court of Common Pleas in by Alabama-based Diamond Rub- ter that led to this tragic crash and kitchenette, he added. off limits, Glynn said. Philadelphia County, Pa. ber Products Co. and supplied — leaving the families with a dev- South African President Nel- “We are going to know to pre- Capt. Samuel Schultz, Capt. by Pennsylvania-headquartered astating loss,” Casey said. son Mandela shadow boxed and pare for any possible future,” she Samuel Phillips, Gunnery Sgt. Kampi Components Co., Inc., Prior to the crash, the compa- ran in place to keep fit during 18 said. “The Marine Corps is in Derik R. Holley and Lance Cpl. used rubber that decomposes nies knew the critical importance years as a political prisoner on consultation with the Australian Taylor J. Conrad died in the when exposed to hydraulic fluid, of compliance, knew they contin- Robben Island. Heine and the government and preparing to crash. They were assigned to Ma- said David S. Casey Jr., manag- ued to use faulty parts and were other Marines in his unit worked conduct the deployment later in rine Heavy Helicopter Squadron ing partner at San Diego-based aware that a fix was available, ac- out with jump ropes during their the year if the situation permits.” 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, law firm CaseyGerry. He repre- cording to court documents. confinement. [email protected] 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, based sents the families of Holley and [email protected] “This probably forced me into Twitter: @SethRobson1 at Marine Corps Air Station Mi- Conrad. Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK US bases in Afghanistan try to limit spread

BY J.P. LAWRENCE continuing using remote means, Stars and Stripes Resolute Support said. Troops must maintain six feet KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. of distance from each other and bases in Afghanistan have closed wear a face mask if that distance some facilities and limited gather- is not possible, in line with Pen- ings under a public health emer- tagon guidelines. No more than gency declared in late March to 10 people are to gather in a room control the spread of the coro- at one time, and meetings are to navirus, military officials said take place remotely when possi- Friday. ble, a Resolute Support statement The emergency order from said. Gen. Scott Miller also allows com- The public health emergency manders to impose quarantine or declaration will continue at least isolation, close buildings and re- through late April, military offi- strict movement, NATO Resolute cials said. Support said in a statement. The “Enforcing measures to pre- order issued March 28 includes vent the spread of COVID-19 service members and others across the force is not only a com- under U.S. and NATO authority. mand focus but an individual re- “Under the (public health NATO Resolute Support sponsibility,” Leggett said in the emergency), a civilian or contrac- statement. tor who refuses to comply with NATO Resolute Support troops and civilians wait in line to receive their takeout lunch at a dining facility U.S. and NATO medical per- the rules or follow instructions in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 10. sonnel have formed a COVID-19 from medical professionals could prevention task force , and some be sent home,” NATO Resolute in recent weeks at military bases and Air Force Exchange Service. are closed, although personnel deployed commanders are hold- Support spokesman Col. Sonny worldwide. Morale, Welfare and Recreation are encouraged to exercise at out- ing virtual meetings to answer Leggett said in a statement. U.S. and NATO dining facilities facilities, where troops could play door gyms, the Resolute Support questions from troops, Leggett Measures by NATO Resolute in Afghanistan are takeout only, video games or call their families, statement said. said. Support to limit the spread of the with shortened hours for stores have been closed. The U.S.-led mission to advise [email protected] virus resemble those announced and restaurants run by the Army All indoor gyms at U.S. bases Afghanistan security forces is Twitter: @jplawrence3 DOD: Special pay rules can be waived

BY COREY DICKSTEIN example, are doled out to service Stars and Stripes members who perform func- tions including parachuting from WASHINGTON — The Penta- airplanes, the demolition of ex- gon will allow troops to receive plosives, or handling toxic fuel. special pay, such as incentives Paratroopers typically receive for dangerous duties, even if they a $150 monthly hazardous-duty cannot complete requirements payment — often called jump pay because of the pandemic, the De- — as long as they meet the re- fense Department said Thursday. quirements for it, which includes The new guidance will allow jumping from an airplane at least top commanders to waive the once every three months. requirements service members The new policy will allow ser- must complete to receive those vice members who typically re- special and incentive payments ceive that payment to go up to one for troops who are “unable to per- U.S. Army year without jumping, if they are form the required duties through stopped from doing so by the mil- A biomedical equipment specialist conducts depot-level maintenance on a ventilator at Tobyhanna Army no fault of their own” amid the itary’s widespread travel restric- Depot, Pa., on March 23. ongoing pandemic that has locked tions or other complications of the down most military movement ongoing pandemic, officials said. globally. The guidance also al- The memo also stated service lows service members to receive Army seeks ideas for ventilators members who have been confined free Defense Department-sup- plied meals as part of an on-post, to government housing “for self- coronavirus-related isolation, and monitoring, to protect the health BY JAMES BOLINGER has two phases to whittle down invited to develop a prototype. it grants some reservists and Na- of our personnel and their fami- Stars and Stripes prospective concepts, each with Follow-on contracts for addition- tional Guard members the ability lies, or to assure essential mission a monetary reward to further al production and deployment The Army will pay $100,000 to complete monthly training via function capability” will not have development, according to the are also at stake, according to the for a low-cost, easily manufac- telework. to pay for government-provided website. website. Pentagon officials issued the meals during their isolation. Typ- tured ventilator to help with the During phase one, a team of ex- “Whether this particular pro- new guidance Thursday with a ically, service members would shortage caused by the corona- perts will review a three-minute gram will result in any signifi- memorandum to the force, which have to pay for such meals out of virus pandemic, according to the video and a “concept quad chart,” cant returns is always hard to say, stated top leaders within each their Basic Allowance for Subsis- service’s xTech Search website examples of which are available but that programs like this are service had the power to apply tence payment. operating the competition. on the xTech website. Selected critical in today’s world is beyond the exemptions. The memo said The Pentagon memo also The competition opened April applications will receive $5,000, question,” said Braden Allenby, those policy exemptions are, in cleared the way for National 5 , and the virtual pitch phase be- and an invitation to compete in an Arizona State University en- part, meant to minimize finan- Guard and reserves commanders gins April 13. phase two. gineering professor, in an email cial risks to service members and to approve telework or “alternate xTech Search competitions In the Technology Pitches Thursday to Stars and Stripes. their families. places of dut y ” to conduct mont h ly allow small, U.S.-based business- phase that begins Monday, appli- Businesses can sub- Special and incentive pay im- drills, so their troops can continue es that are normally unable to cants will present their proof of mit their applications here: pacted by the guidance includes to be paid. That policy exemption compete for Defense Department concept to a virtual panel of med- https://usg.valideval.com/teams/ programs such as Hazardous is only meant to be used in local research and development con- ical and manufacturing experts, xTech_covid_vent/signup Duty Incentive Pay and Aviation areas impacted by the coronavi- tracts to submit their solutions like the show “Shark Tank.” Incentive Pay, according to the rus, the memo states. to complex problems on a short Selected pitches will receive Stars and Stripes reporter Seth Robson contributed to this report. memo. [email protected] timeline. a prize of $100,000 and the en- [email protected] Hazardous duty payments, for Twitter: @CDicksteinDC The ventilator competition trepreneurs behind them will be Twitter: @bolingerj2004 Saturday, April 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 WAR/MILITARY New squad marksman rifles set for delivery

BY SLOBODAN LEKIC HK-USA facility in Columbus, Stars and Stripes Ga., where scopes, mounts and other accessories are installed KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- prior to delivery to the service. ny — German firearms manufac- Heckler & Koch will also pro- turer Heckler & Koch has shipped vide spare parts, support and the first batch of its new M110A1 training, the company said. Squad Designated Marksman The designated marksman’s Rifles to the U.S. Army. task within an infantry squad is Between 5,000 and 6,000 of the to engage targets accurately out new rifles will be delivered to the to about 600 meters, thus extend- Army through mid-2021, a com- ing the reach of the unit beyond pany statement said. that of service rifles. The SDMR will add much- Unlike snipers, who often act needed capabilities to virtually independently, designated marks- every squad in the Army, making men normally operate as part of a it a top priority for the company fire team. Also in contrast to snip- despite the difficulties caused by ers, who generally use specialized the coronavirus pandemic, HK- bolt-action rifles, the sharpshoot- USA President and Chief Operat- ers are issued with automatic or ing Officer Michael Holley said in semi-automatic weapons. the statement. Both the Army and Marine The new weapons system will Corps recently opted to buy a replace modified M-16s and new multi-caliber sniper rifle, 1950s-era M-14s, used over the the bolt-action, modular Barrett past decade in the conflicts in Af- Firearms Multi-Role Adaptive ghanistan and the Middle East. The SDMR is a variant of Design, in order to improve accu- Heckler & Koch’s gas-operated racy at longer ranges. G28 gun, chambered with 7.62 The MRAD also allows for mm NATO rounds and equipped quick barrel swaps to handle 7.62 BRIAN MICHELICHE/U.S. Army with a suppressor. mm NATO, .300 Norma Mag- The new rifles are manufac- num and .338 Norma Magnum A soldier with 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, fires the Squad Designated tured in Oberndorf in southwest- ammunition. Marksman Rifle in January 2019 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Between 5,000 and 6,000 of the new rifles will be ern Germany, then shipped to the [email protected] delivered through mid-2021.

Esper would consider reinstating Navy: Virus efforts lauded former commander of Roosevelt FROM FRONT PAGE vided an example of “staring and changing global threats down an invisible enemy” in BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY cording to the Navy. the nation “needs you more the “new environment of coro- Stars and Stripes Modly resigned Tuesday after than ever.” navirus” that requires “learn- his speech to the Roosevelt crew ing, adapting and improving WASHINGTON— Defense He said Navy leadership that included calling Crozier stu- would maximize its resources by the hour.” Secretary Mark Esper said Fri- pid surfaced online a day earlier. He ticked off a list of things day that he is willing to consider in response to the coronavirus James McPherson, who had been crisis to “protect our people, sailors were doing to assist in reinstating Capt. Brett Crozier as the acting Army undersecretary, the mission to treat and con- commander of the USS Theodore maintain warfighting readi- was appointed by Esper to be the ness, and fully support the trol the spread of the virus. Roosevelt, pending the outcome acting Navy secretary. “As I write, we have thou- of an investigation. whole of government/whole of Adm. Robert Burke, vice chief nation response to protect the sands of Sailors on mission, “No further action will be taken of naval operations, is investigat- above, under, and on the seas against Capt. Crozier until the American people.” ing Crozier’s decision to email “Many of you — our active as well as here at home on the investigation is completed. And the letter as well as the climate front lines of the coronavirus once that’s completed, we’ll see and reserve shipmates — are across the Pacific Fleet to deter- closing the margin and sav- crisis,” he said. where that takes us. And so we’ve mine why there was a breakdown “Seabees are converting taken nothing off the table,” Esper ing lives through countless in the chain of command. and selfless acts of individual commercial buildings into said Friday during an interview Esper said he is waiting for the medical facilities across six with CBS This Morning. initiative and collective team- Navy’s recommendations from work,” McPherson said. states. Three thousand Navy Crozier was relieved of his com- the investigation. doctors, nurses and corpsmen, mand of the Roosevelt on April 2 Gen. John Hyten, vice “My inclination is to always chairman of the Joint Chiefs of including hundreds of reserv- by former acting Navy Secretary U.S. Navy support the chain of command ists, are caring for our fellow Thomas Modly after the captain Staff, told reporters at the Pen- and to take their recommen- tagon on Thursday that 416 of Americans on USNS MERCY, emailed at least 20 people re- Capt. Brett Crozier was relieved dations seriously. So, we’ll see COMFORT, in New York City’s questing help for the coronavirus of command of the USS the Roosevelt’s crew of 4,865 how that plays out,” he said. “At had tested positive for coro- Javits Center, and in civilian outbreak aboard the aircraft car- Theodore Roosevelt last week. some point here in the coming hospitals. Hundreds more de- rier. Crozier’s letter was leaked to navirus. One of them is now days, they will come to me and hospitalized in intensive care ployed to treat the sick in Dal- the media. About 3,155 sailors of the 4,800 share with me their findings and on Guam. las and New Orleans.” As of Friday, 447 sailors from member crew have been moved recommendations.” Gilday said in his memo that [email protected] the ship have tested positive for ashore in Guam where the ship [email protected] the Roosevelt crew had pro- Twitter: @WyattWOlson the coronavirus. is in port due to the outbreak, ac- @caitlinmkenney

Pakistan seeks extradition of ISIS affiliate leader from Afghanistan

Associated Press stan earlier this month. house of worship that killed 25 wracked portion of the disputed In a statement late Thursday, Aslam Farooqi is a Pakistani worshipers. Himalayan region of Kashmir. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has national wanted in connection Islamic State, on its affilated A single gunman rampaged said the Afghan Ambassador to asked neighbor Afghanistan to with attacks claimed by ISIS in Amaq website, took credit for the through the Gurdwara, a Sikh Pakistan, Atif Mashal, had been extradite a leader in the local Is- Pakistan. The Afghan govern- attack saying it was carried out place of worship, exploding gre- summoned and told of Pakistan’s lamic State affiliate who was ar- ment accuses Farooqi of involve- by Indian national Abu Khalid nades and firing at worshipers. worries about the activities of the rested in an Afghan intelligence ment in last month’s attack in the Al-Hindi in revenge for Indian There was no immediate re- Islamic State affiliate, known as operation in southern Afghani- Afghan capital of Kabul on a Sikh military action in its violence- sponse from Afghanistan. the IS-Khorazan. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Recovery of US economy won’t happen quickly

BY JOSH BOAK es of a sudden negative shock on Associated Press the economy, Behravesh studied how many people returned to fly- BALTIMORE — President ing after the Sept. 11, 2001, ter- Donald Trump has been telling rorist attacks. voters that the U.S. economy will “It took two and a half years leap back to life “like a rocket,” for airline passenger traffic to go stronger than ever after its bout back to previous levels,” he said. with the coronavirus. No longer able to campaign on But there is a reason econom- a half-century low unemployment NAM Y. HUH/AP ics is called the “dismal science.” rate, Trump has begun to tell vot- A woman looks to get information about job applications in front of the Illinois Department of There are emerging signs that ers that he can quickly rebuild the Employment Security WorkNet center in Arlington Heights, Ill., on Thursday. any recovery will fail to match economy. He said measures like the speed and severity of the eco- the $2.2 trillion rescue package virus response since Day One.” Trump declared Wednesday on Recession, He suggested on Twit- nomic collapse that occurred in — with more money likely on the If his view holds, that plays to Twitter. ter that the U.S. economy would just a few weeks. The 2020 presi- way — can send employment and the advantage of likely Demo- Treasury Secretary Steve behave much as a beach town on dential and Senate elections like- economic growth to new highs. cratic nominee Joe Biden. But Mnuchin, who has been lead- Cape Cod, which closes in the ly will take place as the world’s Jefrey Pollock, a Democratic Biden will have to give voters a ing the stimulus efforts, has said winter and reopens around Me- largest economy is still attempt- pollster, said voters will judge in fuller idea of how he would boost there will be “a very big bounce ing to climb back from the deadly November whether the Repub- the economy, Pollock said. back,” though he noted that the morial Day for a burst of summer outbreak. lican president has delivered an Trump has repeatedly sought gains could be uneven. activity. “Anyone who assumes we’re economic revival, and they will to portray the situation as the U.S. “Certain parts of the economy Adding to the challenge is that going to get a sharp snapback be taking a similar measure of in- economy being sideswiped by the you’re going to see come back im- political leaders cannot simply in activity isn’t thinking about cumbent members of Congress. “hidden enemy” of COVID-19, mediately,” Mnuchin said Tues- command an economic recovery how consumers are going to feel. “The fact that we’re as partisan which he and his advisers initial- day on the Fox Business Network. to occur. The timing depends on They’re going to be very cau- as ever doesn’t mean we’re des- ly downplayed in February and “Certain things are going to take the shared actions of millions of tious,” said Nariman Behravesh, tined to forgive a president who March and later suggested was a little bit longer.” consumers and employers, said chief economist at IHS Markit. fails on the economy,” Pollock impossible to foresee. His mes- One of the arguments for a Paul Winfree, a former Trump “Households and businesses have said. “This is a man who champi- sage to voters is that his leader- quick recovery came from the seen their finances deteriorate. oned his economic abilities — and ship will make the economy even Harvard University economist White House official who is People are buying groceries on to me, there is nothing to suggest stronger. Larry Summers, who served as a now director of economic policy their credit cards.” that voters will forgive him since “Our Economy will BOOM, top economic adviser to President at the conservative Heritage To understand the consequenc- he’s been front and center on the perhaps like never before!!!” Barack Obama during the Great Foundation. Schools struggle to safely get free meals to needy students

Associated Press Robles, 49, is unemployed and Like Houston, it reopened with depends on the meals to help a drastically reduced number of AUSTIN, Texas — When feed her teenage son, who typi- places to pick up food. schools started closing across the cally eats twice a day at school. In Charleston, W.V. , the state’s U.S. during the coronavirus pan- Plus, her house is now crowded largest school district limited food demic, they scrambled to keep with four more children after her feeding millions of students from pickup to once a week at school niece saw her work hours slashed bus stops after staffers began to poor families who depend on free and moved in. and reduced-price meals every worry about their exposure to the When Houston schools tem- virus. day. porarily halted meals, Robles’ Cities big and small quickly Schools in Durham, N. C. , and family went to food banks, where nearby Johnson County suspend- ran into problems: food workers, pickings were often slim. teachers and volunteers manning ed their meal programs last week “Food is scarce right now,” after an employee tested positive. curbside pickup locations came Robles said, fighting back tears. down with the virus themselves Other regions hit with closures “It’s hard for the adults because include Memphis, Tenn. , parts of or were too scared to report for we have to see our children go Louisiana, California and south duty. Some districts have been through it. ... It has gotten real Texas. forced to suspend their programs scary. There are times I will not Houston restarted its program altogether. eat to make sure they will get LM OTERO/AP after packing food bags in one That’s left families already something.” struggling to put food on the Cafeteria worker Demi Haywood pauses while helping get meals to During a normal school day, place and reducing the number of table more desperate and schools parents waiting in line for the weekly drive-up school meal pick up about 22 million students nation- workers needed. There are fewer searching for ways to keep serv- for students in Dallas, on Thursday. wide receive free or reduced-price places to pick up meals, but they ing those in need safely. Among breakfast and lunch, according rotate through the city every day. the biggest school districts to dent School District. juice and more. They’re designed to the School Nutrition Associa- Workers put bags into cars to re- suspend its federally assisted It stopped giving out meals for to last a family of four several tion, a nonprofit that works with duce interaction, said Wiggins, meal program was in Houston, more than a week. When the pro- days. more than 55,000 school food the schools’ nutrition officer. the nation’s fourth-largest city, gram reopened this week, it had a Among those getting food this providers. But small school districts may after a worker was exposed to the new way of packaging and hand- week was Maria Robles, who ar- The problems have affected struggle to duplicate Houston’s coronavirus. ing out food. Instead of providing rived two hours before pickup rural and urban districts alike. model, said Diane Pratt-Heavner, “We said, ‘Oh, my God, we have small meals every day citywide, opened and the line of cars be- Detroit, which has been hit spokeswoman for the School Nu- to close down because we don’t the district now has fewer, cen- hind her already stretched for hard with a surge of coronavi- trition Association. They may not know what’s happening,’ ” said tralized locations where people more than a mile. Some without rus cases, shut down its meal have enough staffers or the facili- Betti Wiggins, nutrition services pick up 30-pound bags stuffed cars pick up food in anything they program for two days last month ties to prepare meals with proper officer for the Houston Indepen- with chicken, potatoes, apples, can, including baby strollers. when a worker tested positive. social distancing, she said. Saturday, April 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK No halt to culture wars during pandemic

BY MARK SHERMAN versity of California at Irvine law during the pandemic. AND JESSICA GRESKO professor Richard Hasen. Abortion clinics aren’t the only Associated Press “It is a very bad sign for No- places that states have sought to vember that the Court could not close during the pandemic. Gun WASHINGTON — A partisan come together and find some stores, too, have been targeted. fight over voting in Wisconsin was form of compromise here in the Most states have deemed gun the first issue linked to the coro- midst of a global pandemic un- sellers essential businesses al- navirus to make it to the Supreme like anything we have seen in our lowed to remain open during Court. Efforts to limit abortion lifetimes,” Hasen wrote about the the emergency. But three states during the pandemic could even- U.S. Supreme Court justices on — Massachusetts, New Mexico tually land in the justices’ hands. his Election Law blog. and Washington — forced those Disputes over guns and religious More fights over elections may businesses to close. freedom also are popping up be ahead, but the pandemic has Gun rights groups have gone around the country. already led to clashes in multiple to court to pressure New Jersey’s The virus outbreak has put states over abortion access. In Democratic governor, Phil Mur- much of American life on hold, Republican-led Alabama, Iowa, phy, and local officials in North but the combatants in the nation’s Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas, Carolina to reverse course on culture wars aren’t taking a governors sought to prohibit al- gun restrictions. Other lawsuits cease-fire. most all abortions by classifying are pending in California. And in a country deeply divided them as elective procedures that Some churches also have be- over politics, some liberals are ac- JOHN HART, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL/AP should be put off during the virus cusing conservatives of using this outbreak. come embroiled in fights about crisis to advance long-held goals, Maya Banks, of Madison, Wis., expresses her opposition to Those efforts have, so far, whether they can stay open. especially in the areas of access decisions by the state’s legislature and Supreme Court to proceed been mostly blocked. In Iowa, Some states’ stay-at-home orders to abortion and the ballot box. with a the state’s primary election while holding a sign outside the the American Civil Liberties have specifically exempted some Conservatives have complained Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison, on Tuesday . Union and the state reached an level of religious activity, but that about restrictions on church ser- agreement that allows women to hasn’t necessarily prevented vices and gun shops. called restrictions on gun sales timately, conservative majori- obtain “essential” surgical abor- clashes. “We see the right as being very “a knee-jerk response to some- ties on both the high court and tions. Federal court rulings have Three Houston-area pastors opportunistic to advance their thing we don’t quite understand. Wisconsin Supreme Court broke allowed abortions to continue in sued over potential fines for hold- agenda,” said Marge Baker, exec- I hope and pray it doesn’t happen with more liberal colleagues to Alabama, Ohio and Oklahoma. ing religious services amid the utive vice president of the liberal but that’s what I fear,” he said in a reject Democratic efforts to delay But not so in Texas, where the virus outbreak. People for the American Way. recent online forum. the vote and extend absentee 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “We believe the government’s Tim Schmidt, founder and The clash over Tuesday’s elec- balloting. The rulings signal an in New Orleans held 2-1 Tuesday power stops at the church doors,” president of the gun-rights U.S. tion in Wisconsin is just one fight approaching season of bitter elec- that the state’s restrictions on said Jared Woodfill, a lawyer who Concealed Carry Association, sparked by the coronavirus. Ul- tion-related litigation, said Uni- abortions could remain in place represents the pastors. Strain: Over 20 million may lose jobs during downturn

FROM FRONT PAGE labor market continued unabat- The damage to job markets is ed,” said Joseph Brusuelas, chief extending across the world. The economist for RSM, a tax advi- equivalent of 195 million full- sory firm. time jobs could be lost in the The viral outbreak is believed second quarter to business shut- to have erased nearly one-third downs caused by the viral out- of the U.S. economy’s output in break, according to the United the current quarter. Forty-eight Nations’ labor organization. It states have closed non-essential estimates that global unemploy- businesses. A nation of normally free- ment will rise by 25 million this spending shoppers and travelers year. And that doesn’t even count is mainly hunkered down at home, workers on reduced hours and bringing entire gears of the econ- pay. Lockdown measures are af- omy to a near-halt. Non-grocery fecting nearly 2.7 billion workers retail business plunged 97% in — about 81% of the global work- the last week of March compared force — the agency said. with a year earlier, according to Around half a billion people Morgan Stanley. The number of could sink into poverty as a re- airline passengers screened by sult of the economic fallout from the Transportation Security Ad- the coronavirus unless richer ministration has plunged 95% /AP countries act to help developing from a year ago. U.S. hotel rev- KIN MAN HUI, THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS nations, Oxfam, a leading aid or- enue has tumbled 80%. Veronica Hernandez, with the San Antonio Food Bank, wears a mask and sunglasses as people in cars ganization, warned Thursday. Applications for unemployment gather at Traders Village to get food from the San Antonio Food Bank on Thursday . In the United States, the job benefits are a rough proxy for market is quickly unraveling as layoffs because only people who issued shutdown orders later than the second half of the year. vino, chief U.S. economist at S&P businesses have shut down across have lost a job through no fault of most other states, filings for un- “There is every reason to be- Global Ratings. the country. All told, in the past their own are eligible. employment claims nearly tripled lieve that the economic rebound, The Penn Wharton Budget three weeks, 16.8 million Ameri- The wave of layoffs may be last week to 388,000. In Arkansas, when it comes, will be robust,” Model, created at the University cans have filed for unemploy- cresting in some states even they more than doubled. In Arizo- Powell said. of Pennsylvania’s business school, ment aid. The surge of jobless while still surging in others. Last na, they jumped by nearly 50%. Because the U.S. government- projects that the U.S. economy claims has overwhelmed state week, applications for jobless aid On Thursday, the Federal Re- mandated business shutdowns will shrink at an astonishing 30% unemployment offices around the declined in 19 states. In Califor- country. And still, more job cuts nia, they dropped nearly 13% to serve intensified its efforts to that are meant to defeat the virus annual rate in the April-June are expected. 925,000 — still a shockingly high bolster the economy with a series have never brought the American quarter — even including the gov- More than 20 million people figure. In Pennsylvania, they of lending programs that could economy to such a sudden and ernment’s new $2.2 trillion relief may lose jobs this month. The dropped by nearly one-third to inject up to $2.3 trillion into the violent standstill, economists are measure, the largest federal aid unemployment rate could hit 15% 284,000. That’s still more than economy. Chairman Jerome struggling to assess the duration package in history by far. when the April employment re- the entire nation experienced just Powell said that the economy’s and severity of the damage. An economic contraction of that port is released in early May. four weeks ago. strength before the viral outbreak “We’re just throwing out our scale would be the largest quar- “The carnage in the American By contrast, in Georgia, which means it could rebound quickly in textbooks,” said Beth Ann Bo- terly plunge since World War II. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Spain insists on reopening despite warnings

BY ARITZ PARRA transmission (of the virus),” the return to normalcy in all the eco- stations and other public trans- of the pandemic in the country Associated Press spokeswoman of Spain’s health nomic activity, but this must be portation hubs. Shops will remain could be much higher. Friday’s emergency coordination center, accompanied by a good system closed, and office workers are still Cabinet meeting approved a 20 MADRID — Spanish authori- Maria Jose Sierra, said Friday. to detect and isolate and treat the encouraged to work from home billion-euro fund to help small ties say they trust that plans to “We wouldn’t be adopting them new cases that occur.” as Spain essentially rolls back to businesses and the self-employed allow the return of nonessential otherwise.” Margarita del Val, a virologist the lockdown situation two weeks cope with the economic fallout of workers to factories and con- Some experts had warned that from CSIC, Spain’s main public ago, when most people were shel- the outbreak. struction sites next week won’t relaxing the two-week lockdown scientific body, said that loosen- tered at home. Illa said it’s too early to say cause a significant resurgence in on a broader part of the manu- ing the lockdown on industry is Sierra said that the social dis- what comes next for the 47 mil- coronavirus infections, as some facturing and construction sector “hasty” and that any rollback tancing that was in place then lion Spaniards who have been scientists have warned. comes too early. needs to be accompanied by a would be enough to avoid new quarantined for four weeks. The move would not see a re- Barcelona University’s Dr. An- program to isolate new corona- significant outbreaks. A three-week survey of 30,000 turn of commercial activity in toni Trilla, who has advised the virus carriers. Del Val supported With 605 new deaths recorded households should help under- restaurants or shops other than government in its response to the the idea of a Europe-wide mobile overnight, the lowest increase stand how many people are or supermarkets, pharmacies or pandemic, said in a radio inter- app that shows the proximity of since March 24, the country con- have been infected and guide newsstands, but has raised ques- view Thursday that confinement people to those who have tested tinues to see both mortality and any further reductions in the tions about the timing in easing measures should continue. positive. contagion rates drop. lockdown. some restrictions as the outbreak The doctor, who said the gov- As a way to lower new possible The COVID-19 illness has The state of emergency has remains intense. ernment had not contacted a infections, Salvador Illa, Spain’s claimed at least 15,843 lives been extended to April 26, al- “We are not under the impres- group of advising scientists ahead Minister of Health, announced and officially infected 152,446 though Prime Minister Pedro sion that these measures will in- of partially lifting the confine- that the government will distrib- although authorities have ac- Sanchez has said he will most crease in an important way the ment, said: “It is logical to try to ute reusable masks at subway knowledged that the true scale likely seek an extension. Good Friday celebrated without usual festivities

Associated Press hats as they entered the damaged cathedral before taking them off JERUSALEM — Christians for the ceremony. Standing be- are commemorating Jesus’ cruci- fore a large cross and beneath fixion without the solemn church a gaping hole in the roof, they services or emotional processions sang, prayed and venerated the of past years, marking Good Fri- Crown of Thorns that survived day in a world locked down by the the flames. coronavirus pandemic. The chanting of a small group Classical musician Renaud Ca- of clerics inside Jerusalem’s pucon played violin, the mourn- Church of the Holy Sepulcher ful notes echoing off the walls echoed faintly through the heavy and pillars. Actors Judith Chemla wooden doors, as a few people and Philippe Torreton delivered stopped and kneeled outside to readings, and Chemla sang a pray. The centuries-old church, moving rendition of “Ave Maria. ” built on the site where Christians All three wore white protective believe Jesus was crucified, bur- overalls. ied and rose from the dead, is The bishop said the ceremony, usually packed with pilgrims and which was broadcast live, showed tourists. that “life is still here,” even as Later, four monks in brown the pandemic is “spreading death robes and blue surgical masks and paralyzing us.” prayed at the Stations of the In the Philippines, Asia’s bas- Cross along the Via Dolorosa, tion of Catholicism, Masses and the ancient route through the other solemn gatherings have Old City where Jesus is believed been put on hold, including folk to have carried the cross before rituals that feature real-life his execution at the hands of the crucifixions and usually draw Romans. It runs past dozens of thousands of tourists and peni- souvenir shops, cafes and hostels, tents. The annual procession of nearly all of which are closed. LUDOVIC MARIN, POOL/AP the “Black Nazarene,” a centu- ries-old statue of Jesus, through In ordinary times, tens of thou- Notre Dame Cathedral’s rector Monsignor Patrick Chauvet holds the Crown of Thorns during a ceremony downtown Manila, has also been sands of pilgrims from around to celebrate Good Friday in a secured part of the cathedral Friday in Paris. Although still damaged and canceled. the world retrace Jesus’ steps scarred by fire, Notre Dame Cathedral has — if only for an instant — come back to life as a center for Churchgoers have been told to in the Holy Week leading up to prayer in a Paris locked down against the coronavirus. Easter. But this year, flights are stay home and remember Jesus’ suffering through family prayers, grounded and religious sites in seum is a highlight of Holy Week, widespread — participated in the break that has claimed more than fasting and by watching Masses the Holy Land are closed as au- drawing large crowds of pilgrims, procession, which circled several 15,000 lives. Many churches are and religious shows on TV or thorities try to prevent the spread tourists and locals. It’s been can- times around the obelisk in St. instead holding services online. of the virus. celled this year, along with all Peter’s Square. “With the pandemic that we online. James Joseph, a Christian pil- other public gatherings in Italy, On display in the square was a have due to the coronavirus, the For Josille Sabsal, it’s a test of grim from Detroit dubbed “the which is battling one of the worst wooden crucifix, famed for being people are once again remem- faith. The 30-year-old Catholic Jesus guy , ” because he wears outbreaks. carried in a procession during bering the story of Jesus,” said missionary tried to replicate an robes and goes about barefoot, The virus has killed more than the plague that ravaged Rome in Francisco Lucena, a member of altar in her Manila home by set- lives near the Church of the Holy 18,000 people in Italy and over the early 16th century. a brotherhood in a town near the ting up a laptop, a crucifix and Sepulcher year-round. On Friday 95,000 worldwide, according to In Spain, which has also been southern city of Cordoba. small statues of Jesus and the morning he had the plaza outside data gathered by Johns Hopkins hit especially hard, Good Friday In Paris, a ceremony was held Virgin Mary on a table. to himself. He said Good Friday University. is traditionally a day of celebra- in the charred and gutted interior “It’s different, because the has special meaning this year. Instead of presiding over the tions, especially in the south. Peo- of Notre Dame Cathedral, which priest is on a screen,“ she said. “The crucifixion is the saddest Way of the Cross procession, ple traditionally fill the streets to was nearly destroyed by fire a “When the internet lags, the thing possible, and he felt what Pope Francis led a Good Friday watch processions of religious year ago. The ceremony was Mass suddenly gets cut off and we feel right now,” he said. “But ceremony in St. Peter’s Square brotherhoods carrying heavy, closed to the public because of you have to look for another You- thanks be to God .... He rose from without the public. elaborately decorated platforms the virus lockdown and because Tube video.” the dead and changed the world Ten people — five from the Vat- bearing statues of Jesus Christ the structure is not deemed safe “I miss that moment in church on Easter.” ican’s health office and five from a and the Virgin Mary. for parishioners. when you say, ‘Peace be with you,’ In Rome, the torch-lit Way of prison in Padua, in northern Italy, There will be no festivities this Archbishop Michel Aupetit and to complete strangers and they the Cross procession at the Colos- where infections are particularly year, as the country battles an out- three other clergymen wore hard smile back,“ she said. Saturday, April 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Inmates stage protest at prison in Washington state

Associated Press The court said Thursday it has scheduled three arguments on SEATTLE — Inmates at a April 14 and three more April 16. Washington state prison staged a The justices will be in the large protest following new coro- courtroom except for a former navirus diagnoses at the facil- justice and a Court of Appeals ity and health officials say they judge filling in for justices who continue to see high numbers of recused themselves from one or cases in the state’s long-term care facilities. more cases. The fill-in justices More than 9,600 people have will be in Tucson and participate tested positive for COVID-19 and remotely. at least 446 have died, according With six other the justices in to the Department of Health. the courtroom each day, it will be State Health Officer Dr. Kathy temporarily reconfigured to en- Lofy said there are signs that the sure social distancing, the court state has begun to “flatten the said in a statement. curve” but said people should continue to stay home and keep California their distance from others. SACRAMENTO — California “We are no where near being lawmakers want a fuller account- out of the woods here,” said Sec- ing of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan retary of Health John Wiesman. to buy 500 million protective “This virus can easily spring masks, with a top budget official JEFF WHEELER, STAR TRIBUNE/AP back.” on Thursday seeking details on Lofy said as of April 5 authori- how the state will distribute the The Rev. Sharbel Maroun blesses a building while traveling along a street in Northeast Minneapolis, ties had identified the virus in 126 masks and ensure they are good Thursday. Catholic priests fanned out across Northeast Minneapolis to offer blessings and prayers to the of long-term care facilities. Wash- quality. faithful on Holy Thursday. ington’s first large coronavirus In a letter to Newsom’s finance outbreak was at the Life Care director, state Sen. Holly Mitchell demic. “This is about worship The person was linked to infec- Center in Kirkland, Washington, North Carolina asked for details on the contract and we can follow the rules.” tions outside of Maine, as well, which has been linked to dozens Newsom is executing to buy 200 As of Thursday, Indiana had Shah said. He declined to release RALEIGH — North Carolina of deaths. million masks per month through 6,351 confirmed cases following groceries and other retailers Inmates at the Monroe Cor- details, citing privacy concerns. corrections to the previous day’s must meet capacity restrictions rectional Complex held a dem- an American subsidiary of a The discovery highlights how total and 245 deaths due to com- and cleanliness standards if they onstration on Wednesday night Chinese company. Newsom an- the spread of the coronavirus can plications from the COVID-19 want to keep operating next week after six inmates tested positive nounced the deal Tuesday and often be traced to individuals and under expanding social distance at the prison, according to the asked lawmakers for authority to virus. gatherings. directives to blunt COVID-19, Washington State Department of quickly spend some of the money Gov. Roy Cooper announced Corrections. The latest two cases needed to purchase the masks. Louisiana Minnesota Thursday. at the facility that can house up to In total, Newsom expects to BATON ROUGE — Gov. John MINNEAPOLIS — Partisan Under a new executive order 2,500 inmates were men aged 68 spend nearly $1 billion on the Bel Edwards said Thursday he’s tempers flared over Minneso- and 28. masks. The state plans for the Cooper signed, retailers, phar- likely to keep Louisiana’s K-12 ta’s response to the COVID-19 Corrections officers used ver- first shipment to arrive in early macies and other businesses will May, and the initial contract will public schools shuttered for the outbreak Thursday as Republi- have to limit entry so that occu- bal orders, pepper spray and rest of the school year because rubber pellets to get the demon- last 2½ months, said Brian Fer- cans expressed frustration with pancy can’t be more than 20% of guson, spokesman for the Office of the coronavirus, in response to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz for their fire-code capacity, or above strators under control, but the calls from state education lead- inmates ignored those efforts, of Emergency Services. extending his stay-at-home order 5 customers per 1,000 square feet. ers not to reopen them because of through May 4 and questioned Retailers also will have to mark officials said. Both housing units public health risks. were evacuated and the situation Connecticut the modeling behind his decision. out 6 feet of spacing in cashier Edwards’ school closure order was under control soon after- GOP Senate Majority Leader lines and high-traffic areas. HARTFORD — Public schools remains in place through the end ward. No one was injured. Paul Gazelka expressed dismay “This should make shopping across Connecticut will be re- of April. Louisiana’s top education a day after Walz issued an ex- safer for customers and retail em- Alaska quired to stay closed until at least board, school superintendents and tension that allowed certain cat- ployees and help prevent stores May 20 to fight the spread of the school boards sent requests to the egories of employees to return to from becoming flash points for JUNEAU — State officials ex- coronavirus, Gov. Ned Lamont Democratic governor, asking him work but maintained closures of virus transmission,” he said at a tended a closure of schools and said Thursday. to extend those closures through bars, restaurants and other busi- news conference. “We want to en- restrictions on travel and public Schools had been under orders the end of the school year, which nesses deemed non-essential. sure that retail stores are as safe activities meant to help slow the to stay shuttered until April 20, runs until the final weeks of May. About 80% of Minnesota employ- as possible for everyone, so that spread of the coronavirus, as and Lamont has suggested previ- “I just want to make sure that ees are exempt. no one is afraid to go out for basic Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said ously that students might not re- I’m clear on what they’re request- “I do not approve of the Gov- necessities.” Thursday the state plans to lay turn until the fall. ing,” Edwards said, adding that ernor’s unilateral decision to The retail rules, which take ef- out some “re-entry ideas to get “I don’t want us to get compla- he expects to make an announce- continue the order to shelter at fect Monday afternoon and last ment soon. “Obviously there’s a society and businesses up and cent and I wouldn’t be surprised home until May 4th. We have to for 30 days, also require frequent if that May 20th date extends really good chance that I’m going running again.” get on with our lives,” tweeted and routine cleaning of “high- as well,” the Democrat said. to quickly do what they’re asking Dunleavy said the state has Gazelka, the state’s top elected touch” areas. Lamont, who plans to soon issue me to do.” been planning for that eventual- Republican. an executive order finalizing the ity and next week officials would In a separate tweet, Gazelka Vermont new date, said bars, restaurants Maine discuss ideas “to give Alaskans disputed the updated modeling and other businesses closed for All 95 senior nursing students hope, and it’s going to be genuine data that Walz used Wednesday the outbreak could also anticipate AUGUSTA — A traveling at the University of Vermont are hope, that we can get things going as justification for extending his opening around May 20 or later. salesperson helped to spread the going to be graduating early this again.” The effort will be led by order, suggesting that it’s unduly the state’s medical team, he said. coronavirus in Maine and several year so they can support health Indiana other states early in the outbreak pessimistic. care workers during the COVID- Arizona last month. “Gov Walz expecting up to 19 pandemic, school officials said INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric The salesperson was a so- 5,000 people in ICU this June,” Thursday. PHOENIX — The coronavirus Holcomb on Thursday urged called “super spreader,” a single he tweeted. “New York State has Vermont’s State Board of Nurs- outbreak has prompted the Arizo- Indiana churches, synagogues person responsible for a signifi- less than 5,000 people in the ICU ing will offer the students tempo- na Supreme Court to schedule re- and other faith venues to remain cant number of exposures to the TODAY! NY has 19.5 million rary permits so they can begin mote legal arguments in six cases closed and adhere to social dis- virus, said Dr. Nirav Shah said, people to our 5.6 million. We have staffing hospitals and other health with attorneys appearing through tancing guidelines during servic- director of the Maine Center for around 3000 beds available. We facilities immediately after they video conferencing. es and observances for Passover Disease Control. are ready for the surge now. Why graduate May 1, the university The arrangement is a depar- and Easter to slow the spread of “This traveling salesperson vis- shut MN business down for a NY said. The nurses had been sched- ture from the court’s standard the COVID-19 virus. ited a particular establishment in sized surge?” uled to graduate in late May. Nor- practice of hearing arguments “Get the word and get home,” Maine and had a series of meet- Walz said on his daily confer- mally, new graduates begin work in its Phoenix courtroom or al- Holcomb told reporters during ings and infected a certain num- ence call with reporters that he’s in early August, after they’ve ternative locations such as law a daily update on Indiana’s re- ber of individuals, all of whom we listening to top experts and using taken a licensure exam and be- schools. sponse to the coronavirus pan- traced,” Shah said. the latest available data. come registered nurses. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 NATION Thousands of migrants at border expelled

Associated Press The Trump administration has offered little detail on the rules, A U.S. Border Patrol agent which haven’t been challenged in wouldn’t let Jackeline Reyes ex- court. The lack of specifics means plain why she and her 15-year- the change got little attention old daughter fled Honduras and when it went public March 20, the needed asylum, pointing to the same day Trump announced at a coronavirus. It was just days after news conference that the south- the Trump administration essen- ern border was closed to nones- tially shut down the nation’s asy- sential travel. lum system. The administration tapped “The agent told us about the a law allowing the head of the virus and that we couldn’t go fur- Centers for Disease Control and ther, but she didn’t let us speak Prevention to ban foreigners if or anything,” said Reyes, 35, their entry would create “a seri- who was shuttled on March 24 to QUENTIN WINSTINE, THE JONESBORO SUN/AP ous danger” to the spread of com- Reynosa, Mexico, a violent bor- municable disease. The U.S. has Stephanie Fatheree, right, salvages items from her house damaged from the tornado the previous night der city. the most confirmed cases in the with help from a neighbor on Thursday in Harrisburg, Ark. President Donald Trump’s ad- world by far. CDC director Dr. ministration is relying on a sel- Robert Redfield issued a 30-day dom-used public health law to set order and said he may extend it. aside decades-old national and “The administration is able to Storms packing high winds cause international immigration laws. do what they always wanted to People seeking refuge in the U.S. do,” said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, are whisked to the nearest border policy counsel for the American damage in Indiana and Arkansas crossing and returned to Mexico Immigration Council, which has without a chance to apply for asy- criticized the administration. “I Associated Press storm knocked the second story Energy reporting 25,000 linger- lum. It may be the most aggres- don’t see this slowing down.” off a two-story vacant building, ing outages and Indianapolis sive clampdown on immigration Mexico said it won’t take un- MOORESVILLE, Ind. — Se- by a president who’s made reduc- and one woman was slightly in- Power & Light more than 11,000. accompanied children and other vere storms with high winds, hail ing asylum claims a top priority. jured after power lines fell on her The National Weather Service “vulnerable people.“ Carlos Gon- and tornadoes swept across the U.S. Customs and Border Pro- car. in Indianapolis sent a survey zalez Gutierrez, Mexico’s consul Midwest and caused damage to tection said Thursday that nearly Indiana’s stay-at-home order crew Thursday to the Moores- general in San Diego, said that dozens of homes and businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic 10,000 Mexicans and Central includes people who are over 65, in parts of Indiana and Arkansas, ville area and other communities Americans have been “expelled” likely kept people out of danger to assess storm damage and de- pregnant or sick. authorities said. to Mexico since the rules took ef- The U.S. also is returning Cen- as the storms moved through, termine whether there were tor- A few injuries were reported fect March 21. Mark Morgan, the tral American children who trav- tearing roofs off some buildings nadoes, said meteorologist David following Wednesday night’s and damaging downtown store- agency’s acting commissioner, el with grandparents, siblings and storms and the threat of more se- Beachler. Among the other places said the changes were “not about other relatives, said a congres- fronts, said Division Chief John in the state reporting damage was vere weather was forecast for the Robinson of the Mooresville Fire immigration.” sional aide who was briefed by the central Indiana community of coming days throughout much of Department. “What’s happening right now Customs and Border Protection Whiteland. the United States. “We have some small restau- is a public health crisis driven officials and spoke on the condi- In the central Indiana commu- rants downtown here and folks Just outside the Arkansas town by a global pandemic, which has tion of anonymity because the nity of Mooresville, about 15 miles would be in those under normal of Harrisburg, about 105 miles resulted in a national emergency information was not intended for southwest of Indianapolis, what circumstances. Luckily, because northeast of Little Rock, a tor- declared by this president to pro- public release. Previously, chil- the National Weather Service de- of the virus everyone was gone. nado spinning winds of about tect the health and safety of every dren who weren’t with parents or scribed as an EF-1 tornado with Honestly, that’s sort of a bless- 125 miles per hour touched down American in this country,” he told guardians were considered unac- winds estimated at 100 miles per ing,” Robinson told WXIN-TV. Wednesday night near Claypool reporters. companied and automatically put hour damaged downtown build- More than 100,000 utility cus- Reservoir, the National Weather Mexico is providing criti- into the asylum pipeline. ings. Bricks were scattered along tomers in Indiana lost power fol- Service confirmed Thursday. cal support, agreeing to take The health risks of holding the town’s main downtown thor- lowing the storms across central The EF2 storm damaged more migrants from Guatemala, El migrants in crowded spaces like oughfare and traffic was blocked and southern Indiana. About than 30 homes and injured two Salvador and Honduras, who ac- Border Patrol stations is “the by debris. Police Officer Brock A. 36,000 remained without power people, Jonesboro TV station counted for well over half of all touchstone of this order,” Red- Chipman told WISH-TV that the as of 3 p.m. Thursday, with Duke KAIT reported. U.S. border arrests last year. field wrote. No social distancing in space: New crew is greeted with hugs

Associated Press one by one, the new astronauts embraced Russia-based employees of the space agen- antine. The sparse crowds mostly stayed a the three already there. They had been in cy were at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. safe distance from the astronauts; even the CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Three as- tronauts flew to the International Space prelaunch quarantine for the past month. Cassidy’s wife, Peggy, watched the Orthodox priest offering the customary Station on Thursday, departing the virus- The newest crew members will remain launch from NASA’s Mission Control in blessing stood several feet away. plagued planet with little fanfare and no on board until October, keeping the out- Houston. She said goodbye to her husband “Obviously, we’d love to have our fami- family members at the launch site to bid post running until SpaceX launches a pair at cosmonaut headquarters in Star City, lies here with us, but it’s what we under- them farewell. of NASA astronauts from Florida’s Ken- Russia, a few weeks ago. stand we have to do to be safe,” Cassidy NASA’s Chris Cassidy and Russians Ana- nedy Space Center, as early as next month. “No virus is stronger than the human said Wednesday. toly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner arrived at It will be the first orbital launch of astro- desire to explore,” tweeted NASA Admin- Added Ivanishin: “We’ve been complete- the orbiting lab in their Soyuz capsule six nauts from the U.S. since NASA’s space istrator Jim Bridenstine. “I’m grateful to ly isolated at this final stage of training.” hours after blasting off from Kazakhstan. shuttle program ended in 2011. the entire @NASA and @roscosmos teams There was another twist, besides corona- They joined two Americans and one Rus- Thursday’s liftoff was low-key even by for their dedication to making this launch virus: Ivanishin and Vagner were assigned sian who will return to Earth in a week. Russian standards, given the coronavirus a success.” to the flight just two months ago, after one There was no social distancing 260 miles pandemic sweeping the globe. NASA tele- On the eve of liftoff, the astronauts said of the original Russian crewmen suffered up: As they floated into the space station vised the liftoff live as usual, but only a few they felt fantastic after being in strict quar- an eye injury. Saturday, April 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 ENTERTAINMENT

Comedian Taylor Tomlinson talks about why the 20s aren’t actually that great

Taylor Tomlinson performs in her Netflix special “Quarter-Life Crisis.” Netflix

BY JESSICA M. GOLDSTEIN me live.” All her upcoming tour dates are off; like the and have fun right now,” she said. “I’m so desperate Special to The Washington Post rest of us, her plans for the future are extremely for all the wisdom that only comes with age. But TBD. I can’t do anything except wait for it. And even he Taylor Tomlinson on my television screen A return to normalcy, whenever that hap- though I’ve always been told that I’m an old was just striding across the stage in tight black pens, may not be a return to comedy-busi- soul and mature for my age, I don’t know jeans and a leather motorcycle jacket, lamenting ness-as-usual. “People are going to be out of what I’m doing. And it’s frustrating to keep Ther theoretically enviable but actually miserable work for a while,” she said. “They may not being reminded of that by life, every year.” condition: being 25 years old. She recently heard she was want to spend extra money on live shows. Conan O’Brien, who’s had Tomlinson as two years shy of developing the frontal lobe function that Maybe people are going to be afraid to be a guest on his show and brought her on his enables real adults to anticipate the consequences of their in large groups like that for a while. “Team Coco Presents Conan & Friends: actions. This, she explained, made her feel unmoored, Or maybe they’ll be starved for An Evening of Stand-Up and Investment dumber than she’d like to be and vaguely useless. it and there’ll be another huge Tips” tour, respectfully disagrees with “You have no intuition. No instincts,” she said. “You comedy boom. We just don’t Tomlinson’s harsh self-assessment. can’t make decisions, only mistakes. That’s why you’re know.” “When I toured with Taylor, we were thin in your 20s: You don’t have a gut to listen to yet.” In the meantime, playing to some very large venues and The Taylor Tomlinson on my FaceTime screen is sit- she and Morril are she would walk out on that stage without a ting in her home in Los Angeles with a white scrunchie occupying themselves hint of fear,” he told The Washington Post holding back her hair and clear-rimmed glasses on her with “New Couple Gets via email. “I could not have done that when face. All that gives Tomlinson “a reason to put in contacts Quarantined.” The 90- I was her age. Taylor has the steely resolve and put on makeup” in the morning is shooting “New second videos are usually of someone who has been doing standup for Couple Gets Quarantined” sketches with her boyfriend, based on a real conversa- decades, and I still cannot believe that she is comedian Sam Morril, who went from long-distance to tion, like when Tomlinson so young.” live-in just weeks before, about fi ve months into their re- suggested they watch Tomlinson’s jokes about being uncool — less “life of the party,” more “faint pulse lationship. She fi gures those two processes — expending “Contagion” and Morril, of the potluck” — have been in her set any effort on her appearance, creating comedy — have who is Jewish, countered for years, as have bits about how nobody “probably been helping keep me sane.” She gestures at “that would be like if the Jews expects anything from her because she’s her get-up from sweatshirt to po- watched ‘Schindler’s so young. nytail. “I would have just looked List’ during the like this for two weeks, and I But the linchpin of her special came ‘ Being in your Holocaust.” about in a totally unexpected way. might have started to lose any Tomlinson is, sense of self I had.” Tomlinson broke off an engagement 20s is like having a like her audi- last summer, after she landed the Tomlinson’s standup spe- ence, in a holding cial, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” was virus. You can’t do Netfl ix gig but before she taped it. pattern, trying As she mined jokes from her pain released by Netfl ix on March 3, anything. You just to make something in that several-month span, her right before the national response bearable out of a night- existing material took on a new to COVID-19 began to ramp up. have to wait until mare scenario. As the charge. It was the accidental For weeks now, we’ve all been you’re better. days blur together, we’re all but ultimate proof of concept: stuck at home hitting “play next ’ just sweating it out until She didn’t know what she was episode” over and over, treating Taylor Tomlinson the awful part is over, so doing with her life. “The broken our Netfl ix accounts like a mor- we can get on with our engagement feels like the turning point of, phine drip that keeps the panic lives. Which is something ‘I thought I had it fi gured out,’ ” she said. at bay. The coronavirus has given a whole new meaning Tomlinson’s been thinking about for “I obviously don’t.” to the concept of a captive audience. “I feel like that’s a while. It’s actually something she “It sucks that I had to get engaged and a popular post right now (on social media),” she said. talks about in her standup. then go through an excruciating breakup “Everybody’s like, ‘This is a great quarantine watch!’ ” Back in the spring of 2018, when and let go of this future I had planned for Yet that success “also feels a little gross to acknowl- Tomlinson made her “Tonight myself with another person,” she said. “But edge,” she added. Before the gravity of this crisis seeped Show” debut, she put it his way: the hour that ended up being ‘Quarter-Life in across America, interviewers were still cracking jokes “Being in your 20s is like having Crisis’ was different and, in my opinion, so with her about how “at least everybody’s indoors watch- a virus. You can’t do anything. You much better than what it would have been if I ing Netfl ix,” she said. “And you’re like, I mean, I guess? just have to wait until you’re better.” hadn’t gone through that right before. And I felt But I put out this special so that people would come see “I don’t want to be irresponsible like a different, better person after it as well.” PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 LIFESTYLE A hairy situation

With salons closed to curb the spread of coronavirus, amateurs are taking cuts, color into their own hands

BY LEANNE ITALIE Instagram from her Los Angeles Before Associated Press home. For others, styles are going ister love playing out in shaggy as they rediscover pony- a living-room hair trim. tails, buns, and dusty stashes of A botched home dye job headbands and hair baubles. Swith a silver lining. Styl- Not the Hinds sisters. ists shipping out kits of person- The younger, 18-year-old alized color with promises to Sophie, calmly read a book as talk their regulars through the her 20-year-old sister, Fiona, process via FaceTime. nervously lopped a good 7 inches As the spread of the coronavi- off her long red hair at home on rus sends more people into isola- Manhattan’s Upper West Side, tion, trips to beloved salons and creating an adorable bob. barbershops for morale-boosting Fiona said she boned up for the services and camaraderie are on task by watching “one YouTube hold. video that we didn’t even fi nish. While some brazenly cut We watched the fi rst fi ve min- themselves new bangs, turn to utes.” over-the-counter color or try To which Sophie responded: picking up electric clippers and “Are you kidding? You didn’t tell scissors to work on the heads me that.” of loved ones, others are letting In Fayetteville, Ark., styl- nature take its course. ist Scarlett Howell voluntarily Memes and real-life stories are canceled all appointments for at fl ying about cuts gone bad and least two weeks. She’s relying in the onslaught of gray hair, along part on savings to pay her bills. After with out-of-control eyebrows, sad “There’s a lot of salon own- Kody Christiansen lash extensions and overdue nail ers and stylists who refuse to work. While such things seem close until it’s mandated, and so Before frivolous in the sad and desper- they’re actively putting people ate crush of the pandemic, many at risk,” she said. “It’s incredibly people are reaching for rituals as frustrating.” emotional relief and connection Howell doesn’t recommend to their longstanding way of life. DIY cuts or coloring using Mary Beth Warner in Syra- professional products that are cuse, N.Y., has a lighthearted air stronger and trickier than over- about her as she hunkers down the-counter varieties. with her husband and 17-year- “It’s really damn hard to cut old son, but she isn’t laughing on your own hair,” she said. the inside. Some of her regulars are pay- “I remember my mom used ing for their canceled appoint- to say during the war, as long as ments. they could get lipstick they were “My clients are my family,” happy,” she said. “That’s how I Howell said, breaking down in feel right now about my hair.” tears. “It really means a lot for Warner, 63, usually travels people to reach out.” to Manhattan for color appoint- Kelly Cardenas, who shut ments every four weeks with down his salons in Las Vegas, Frank Friscioni at Oon Arvelo Chicago and Carlsbad, Calif., Salon. He’s been doing her color calls the DIY hair experiments (blonde) for 25 years. playing out in homes and on so- She’s past her regular appoint- cial media a mere “15 minutes of ment, but rather than take on feeling OK that could take your the task herself, she’s wearing hairdresser up to a year to fi x.” a baseball cap to walk her dog Debra Hare-Bey, a braider Brian Coughlin until she can coax Friscioni up and stylist in Brooklyn, said Submitted photos for a house call, something he’s black hair, depending on texture, doing with other clients closer to length and style, might pose Kody Christiansen, a student the city. home challenges for those used at New York University, went the “Oh I love my Frank,” War- to relying on specialists. Asked box-color route with a slight mis- ner said. “I don’t trust anybody how her clients are feeling now hap, but has no regrets. The 30- else. Right now I’m mortifi ed for that her home business is closed something about to graduate with anybody to see. Emotionally, it until the health emergency sub- an associate’s degree was going means a lot. I don’t care if I die, sides, she said: “It’s pandemo- for platinum, like the person on as long as my hair is blonde in nium. Pure and simple. They’ve the box. He wound up a brassy that coffi n.” lost their minds.” yellow instead, but used a silver Others are more settled in Mylena Sutton, 43, in Haddon- spray he had on hand to even out letting their gray hair fl y. Co- fi eld, N.J., isn’t ready to take mat- median-actor Kevin Hart puts ters into her own hands. his color for a two-tone effect. videos on Instagram chronicling “I’m an African American “It’s a metaphor for my life,” After his life at home with salt-and- woman with very kinky, curly said the Bronx actor and author, pepper hair and beard. Hashtag: hair that tends toward being dry. who until a few years ago was #GreyHairDon’tCare. I don’t relax my hair, but I do homeless and addicted to drugs He was about a month overdue priate attachment for the clip- “Everybody’s going gray. I’m color it, and there’s no way in the and alcohol. “Until recently, my when he asked his wife, Ashley, pers and carved a bald spot into going to embrace it right now. world that I’m attempting that at life wasn’t anything like life on to try the clippers. the back of his hair. I look like Morgan Freeman’s home,” she said. the box.” “Huh! huh!” Ashley gasped “I’m sorry. I was doing so nephew,” he told Ellen DeGe- For now, she’s covering her Brian Coughlin, 35, in Evan- near the end of a YouTube video good,” she said, to which Brian neres in one of the celebrity roots with hats, headbands and ston, Ill., usually heads to the they made during the process. replied: “It’s OK. Just cut around phone chats she’s posting on “overall hiding.” barber every eight to 10 weeks. She forgot to snap on the appro- it and we’ll see what we can do.” Saturday, April 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 TRAVEL

The world is your oyster, but at the moment, there’s no lustrous pearl inside. Until travel returns, spend your time organizing the best vacation ever. Here are 10 things you can do.

BY CATHARINE HAMM  Los Angeles Times Choose your destination A beach vacation may sound simple, but California has more than 400 public beaches. Which one of the thou- sands will work for you? A learning Set a goal trip can be any place you choose; what’s Gather your group a favorite and what are the risks? — even if virtually — and fi gure out what each of you wants Figure out who’s going from your respite. It’s critical to fi nd out who wants to Whether the family, you and your sib- lounge undisturbed on the beach lings or some other collection of folks, for a week and who wants to do check whether there are dates that won’t the equivalent of study abroad. If work. If you’re going solo, congratulate this doesn’t go well, maybe some yourself and skip to Step 2. folks should go one way and some another. Begin expense calculations If you’re driving, fi gure your mileage, miles per gallon and the cost of gas. Go to AAA Gas Prices. Flying? Start perusing Add up hidden fees airfares. Lodging, meals and incidentals? See the federal gov- ernment’s per diems for international travel and U.S. travel in the Do you need insurance? If you need Lower 48 and in Alaska, Hawaii and the territories. to board a pet, pay someone to bring in your mail and check on the house, park at the airport or a cab or ride- Begin your share, fi gure in those costs. Unless you’re tent camping or staying with family, bookings calculate tips, and don’t forget the house- A travel adviser (don’t keeper. Figure in transportation at your call them agents) can help destination. with complex vacations. But if you prefer to do it yourself, save the details of each transaction. Keep meticulous Decide how much records. Consider using a plan- you want to spend ning app (TripIt is one), but many people also like to keep paper Start saving. How much can you records as a backup. set aside? You don’t want to rely on credit cards. A vacation savings account is one of the most important girders in this construction.

Make sure your documentation is current If you’re traveling internation- ally, check passport expiration Buy insurance, dates; know that some countries require that you have as much as six months left on but be careful your passport. (Go to country information at iStock photos Because coronavirus is now a known travel.state.gov.) Find out whether you need a event, you probably won’t be covered Begin studying your destination visa. For now, domestic fl yers do not need to if you want to cancel your trip, unless Keep track of attractions and restaurants you’ll want to visit. worry about having the federally compliant you have cancel-for-any-reason insurance. Consider a loose daily itinerary. Check the weather so you pack driver’s license or other acceptable identi- Read the fi ne print, talk with an agent and correctly (you are making a list of outfi ts you can put together out fi cation to board a plane. President Donald fi nd out whether a travel provider’s default is of what you’re packing, right?); if going abroad, study up on what is Trump has postponed the implementation, covered. considered inappropriate dress at your destination. which was to have been Oct. 1. PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 VIDEO GAMES Heavy hitters From baseball to battle royale, the best Apple Arcade games to play this spring

BY HAROLD GOLDBERG Special to The Washington Post he expansion of the Apple Arcade library is much slower now than around the service’s launch in the fall, when I reviewed dozens of its games. And while the early excitement has Twaned, the games below, many new, but some older, prove that Apple Arcade continues to offer strong, creative titles across all genres — from RPGs to puzzle games to multiplayer offerings. No matter how much social distancing or sheltering in place you’re dealing with, no one can stop you from having a stellar time with your iPhone or iPad in these sundry worlds for what’s still a very at- Gameloft tractive monthly subscription price of $5. Ballistic Baseball Butter Royale wears a Charlie Brown smile as he climbs ladders, crosses streams and moves boxes Butter Royale is a mildly amusing riff to solve puzzles in order to fi nd and save on the battle royale genre with 32 players the last plants and seeds in the world. It online in a meltingly fast-paced, top-down may sound Polyanna-like, but I gently food fi ght. Filled with puns, this Fortnite watered my own plants each day after homage offers varied powerups that in- playing. While there’s no overt message clude hot dogs to throw and baguettes that to Help The Earth in a games for change fi re like rockets. It’s a breeze to play. There way, Doomsday Vault does indeed make are no levels to ascend to, just a fl at subur- you want to do more to protect the world. ban surface for your fi ve-minute game. There’s no fl ossing, unfortunately. Then Inmost again, there are also no dreaded, poten- Inmost is a thinking person’s puzzle tially addicting in-app purchases. game, oozing with dark energy. With a UFO on Tape: First Contact monochrome palette and stylish pixel tech- nology, its ghosts and creepy goo are truly This timed, photo-taking game about No Way Home frightening. Of the three characters you a UFO invasion takes you through the SMG Studio follow, the big-eyed monster that “feeds on historical deserts of Egypt and the jam- pain” is the most nuanced. It’s both abhor- packed streets of neon Tokyo. As you rent and, dare I say, somehow lovable. whip around, snapping pictures of UFOs Searching for 80 well-concealed items was and taking videos as they zip through the a chore, but the story wins big. What starts skies, you’ll feel a breathless exhilaration, out as a tale of terror morphs into an emo- as though you’ve become a photographer, tional story of sacrifi ce by the end. discovering that the truth really is out there. Despite a corny moment or two of Yaga dialogue, this is one of the better games to On the surface, Yaga is as cheesy as a ever appear on Apple Arcade. well-worn fairy tale. However, this light role-playing game is steeped in Slavic Spyder folklore that’s compelling in its simplicity. Despite not being a proper arachnid, the Shakespearean witches who rhyme, goats tiny, eager six-legged robot in Spyder is a under devilish spells and thieves with wonder — and so is the game. A ’60s spy pitchforks all try to foil the protagonist, a movie-inspired soundtrack sets the mood. one-armed blacksmith. Add some toe-tap- As you move stealthily through a bunker ping folk music to heighten the action, and for clues to halt the launch of a nuclear the game will catch you in its spell. device, Spyder tap tap taps along to fi nd answers in lockboxes and, fi nally, on the Monomals bomb itself as it drops from a plane. The Butter Royale If you remember Viva Pinata, the only issue is the game engine’s camera, sweetly lurid Xbox game, you’ll get an which goes haywire in corners. In those Mighty Bear Games idea of the appealing, colorful palette of moments, you go from feeling like a cool Monomals. Even more engaging, though James Bond to a bumbling Austin Powers. up to 50 vehicles, and meeting a variety of wearing turtle who’s been trapped for 563 somewhat jarring, is that Monomals is two loopy characters who send you on quests. years. Hopping from island to island, you games in one. First, you play as a fi shing Ballistic Baseball The hand-drawn artwork is a plus, as are fi nd orbs, solve slider puzzles, and watch lure (and what an ingenious idea for a Major League Baseball is on hold. If you the 60 different enemies you encounter. Milton stop to fi sh on the beach occasion- character it is). You wander in an under- don’t have time to play the latest, big con- Kings of the Castle ally. It’s good, diverting fun — the beaches water platformer environment, catching sole sim, the over-the-top arcade nature and ocean especially so — if you canceled and piercing all you can. Get to the end of Ballistic Baseball is a happy, quick hit. You’ve landed on a bright, appealing is- your vacation due to the coronavirus. of the level and you’ll unlock a Monomal. I just love the details. For instance, when land world of tweeting birds, Crash Bandi- Pilgrims That character lets you open a music- a wry hitter smacks a homer, the player coot-like music and plush, giant fl owers making app with seemingly infi nite pos- laughs wildly before running the bases. that give you wild jumping powers. As Created by the brilliant but sadistic sibilities. Then, a stegosaurus in the stands rages a smiling girl adventurer in this world, minds at Amanita Design (which created on two legs in appreciation of a home run. you try to save a Prince Rupert from the the Samorost series), Pilgrims is more Towaga: Among Shadows With a light career mode, single-player clutches of Zantorian the Dragon. You than a puzzle game. In it, you search to It’s you in a hellish environment against and online play modes, you’ll feel as can pick from a small variety of princess fi nd small clues that will propel you to the the demons who dare to take down the though you were taken out to the ballgame characters to play as, deal with timed next diffi cult encounter. With its folksy sacred temple called Towaga. In this bullet — from the comfort of your phone. trials, and even go online for some hectic music, quirky characters and fairy-tale hell, you may be tempted to get lost in the multiplayer play. It’s properly distracting woodcut graphics, Pilgrims is just about art. But don’t gaze too long. A barrage of No Way Home in short doses. But you may get a bit dizzy: perfect. And you’ll most defi nitely chuckle monsters and minions attack with startling Boy, the dialogue and voice acting in Kings of the Castle is played from a fi rst- when your character deals with an angry speed. You return the favor with a beam this title can feel like a child’s fi rst attempt person perspective. priest. of killing light that powers up with spells. at humor on TikTok. Don’t let that deter The myth-like sentences describing each you: Everything else is nothing short of Down In Bermuda Doomsday Vault enemy in your codex immerse you in this superb. When you begin, the game play in You’ve crashed hard on a Bermudian This riff on Norway’s Global Seed Vault violent world, populated by the awesome space is reminiscent of Asteroids, updated island, and encounter a character who’s might be considered mediocre if not for its Voidmonger. Don’t be fooled by the relative for 2020. But there’s more. You move from slept for 30 years . As you help the bearded, timely focus on environmentalism. It fea- ease in purifying the shrine on the fi rst planet to planet, exploring the frontier in backpacking Milton, you fi nd a glasses- tures a little being called DV Robot, who level. The next fi ve are incredibly diffi cult. Saturday, April 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 BOOKS Author’s focus on pandemic feels prescient

BY SUZANNE BERNE Set over 10 days in Vietnam and New biking. After Austin’s body is recovered might be linked to the death of a Viet- Special to The Washington Post York, the novel opens with Alexis Rem- the next day by the Vietnamese police, namese food chemist and a fi re at her lab, nick, a young ER doctor, waiting by a who determine that he was the victim of a which happened around the same time. hat could be more suspenseful hotel pool not far from Da Nang for her hit and run, Alexis takes those gels home To further complicate matters, we keep right now than the question boyfriend, Austin, to to New York, along with Austin’s other receiving detailed dispatches about rats as of whether a virulent disease, return from a bike effects, and tries to return to work. Yet she disease carriers from a mysterious fi rst- Wreleased into the world, can trip into the moun- is hounded by doubts. It’s now clear that person source, speaking in italics. We are be contained? In a time fi lled with un- tains. This is the last Austin lied to her about his father’s mili- also reminded, periodically, that Alexis nerving ironies and coincidences, another day of their bike tour tary service, but why? Then she discovers still has those Psych gels. arrives in Chris Bohjalian’s most recent (his idea), a kind of his laptop has been “wiped clean.” Also, I’m not giving away as much of the story novel, “The Red Lotus,” which delves into pilgrimage to honor what to make of the strange skewer-like as it seems: The plot becomes labyrin- biologically engineered pathogens and the his father and uncle’s puncture wound on the back of his hand, thine as we move back and forth between possibility that profi teers and unscrupu- service in Vietnam. which she noticed while identifying his New York and Vietnam, joined by more lous laboratory scientists have created a That morning he body at the morgue? And were those re- characters and more unsettling facts plague for sale. rode alone to the Hai ally cat bites on his fi ngertips? about rats. Especially rats as laboratory Bohjalian specializes in well-researched, Van Pass, to be near Growing increasingly suspicious, she subjects infected with pathogens. Alexis’ topical thrillers with complex plots and “where his father had enlists the aid of a private investigator unhappy childhood and her history with fl awed but principled heroes struggling been wounded and his uncle had died.” recommended by his former boss, Sally self-harm are added to the mix, which with some of the world’s most intractable But now he’s late. Douglas, the hospital’s chief fundraiser. tangles the story further, though readers problems. His 21 novels have involved A promising beginning, with a cold Sally’s offi ce happens to be near a labo- who crave suspense will get it, along with homelessness, animal rights, human traf- splash of dread, although we discover al- ratory that conducts research on rats; a grim chill from reading about a plague fi cking and genocide, to name just a few; most immediately what happens to Austin. she’s also having an affair with Douglas, while COVID-19, the disease caused by several have also focused on ethical issues Not so Alexis, who sets out on a panicked Austin’s dart-playing friend from the bar, the coronavirus, menaces the world. They in alternative medicine, from midwifery search for him with the tour leaders. an inexplicably wealthy travel writer and will get, as well, a resolution that swiftly to homeopathy. But with “The Red Lotus,” They fi nd nothing but several innocuous- obvious bad guy. unsnarls the many narrative threads, he has managed to be topical in a way he looking Psych energy gels lying on the Meanwhile in Vietnam, Quang, a police metes out punishments to the evil and could not have predicted. mountain road where Austin had been captain, deduces that Austin’s death (mostly) spares the good.

The Familiar Dark It’s Not All Downhill Wow, No Thank You Devoted Providence Amy Engel From Here Samantha Irby Dean Koontz Max Barry Eve Taggert, a waitress in the Terry McMillan In her third book of essays, Kipp, a 3-year-old golden A crew of research scientists impoverished town of Barren Loretta “Lo” Curry is pushing the honest and self-deprecating retriever, is no ordinary dog. He makes fi rst contact with an alien Springs in the Missouri Ozarks, 70 years old and has no plans to Irby muses on everything from is one of the “Mysterium dogs” species of creatures that look knows fi rsthand how love can slow down. Her beauty business her approach to step-parenting living in California with a big like salamanders and it all goes be transformative. Raised in a is a huge success, her close circle (avoid the children at all costs) secret: They can’t speak, but horribly wrong. The violence to the pressure of caring for the volatile home by a drug-dealing of friends are available any time they are as intelligent as human is captured on video, and now “smelly, actively decaying body single mother with a “penchant of day, and even though her fam- beings. Earth is at war. that (she) never asked for” to the Seven years into the battle, for casual violence” and a string ily is a bit dysfunctional, she can The Mysterium dogs stay months she avoided replying to four people go through train- of brutal boyfriends, Eve went always count on her husband, in touch with each other tele- an email from a “very famous ing to be chosen as the crew of through her wild phase, not car- Carl, to make her feel like a mil- pathically. One day, Kipp hears person.” the Providence Five, a warship ing what people thought. After lion bucks. a strange murmur that seems to Irby, who made a name for designed for long-term travel all, she reasoned, people already Lo’s sparkling outlook on life come from a human boy. The boy looked down on her. Her only herself with her blog, Bitches seems to need help, so Kipp goes and support for soldiers on the dampens thanks to a terrible Gotta Eat, has become quite front. The four are chosen for stability in life has been her older tragedy. As the days unfold, Lo’s to fi nd him. brother, Cal, who protected her as the famous person herself these Kipp is picked up by Ben their knowledge of weaponry, confi dence plummets and the days. Now, as she says in the a child and now as an adult. Hawkins, a good-hearted novelist engineering talents, ability to not weight of her “golden years” book, she can move a bunch of Then Eve had Junie — the and former Navy SEAL. Hawkins panic in tense situations and how feels suffocating. stuff off her Amazon wish list they appear on the cameras back result of a one-night stand — and follows the dog’s unspoken direc- Her friends swoop in at full and into the main cart. Despite home. It’s a reality show set in her world changed. Eve gave up tions and delivers Kipp to the force. They are quick to share her rise in star status, though, outer space, and the ship itself is drinking to excess and watched boy’s home some 80 miles away. that they too suffer from their her fresh, unique writing is as run by artifi cial intelligence. what she said and did so not to own struggles. Since each one raunchy and relatable as ever. And just in time, too. The long periods of isolation embarrass or refl ect badly on brings a different strength to the “Wow, No Thank You” is Irby’s The boy, Woody Bookman, and vast space take their toll Junie. But now 12-year-old Junie table, the friends will rely on one exploration of life as a full-grown and his widowed mother, Megan, anyway, and they soon struggle is dead — murdered along with another to remind them who they adult, navigating questions like have just been terrorized by one with their tasks and patience her best friend, Izzy Logan . Now were meant to be. “do people clean their roofs or of the evil people intent on killing with each other. It becomes dif- Eve isn’t concerned what anyone “It’s Not All Downhill From does the rain just take care of it,” them. Why? Woody has found fi cult for them to interact without thinks of her, or if her investiga- Here” is a story about the ups and having a panic attack while evidence that his father didn’t die distrust, paranoia and hostility. tion causes her harm, or worse. and downs of family and the wondering whether it would be from a freak accident. He was It doesn’t help that even after all Eve is out to get revenge for her consistency of deep friendships. too weird to put gummy bears murdered. this time, the enemy’s motives daughter, tapping into the dark- McMillan proves once again that on the group grocery list while Kipp learns all this from remain a mystery. ness within her. she is a skilled master at writing working in a TV writers room. Woody, who can communicate Ultimately, “Providence” From its gripping beginning to dialogue for strong, intelligent Irby is a delight to spend time with Mysterium dogs, and plots is really about how we can all its sobering fi nale, “The Familiar women who know how to laugh with. “Wow, No Thank You” is the to defeat the villains. overcome adversity even when Dark” never fails to enthrall with in the face of tragedy instead of perfect read at a time when we all “Devoted” has every mark of answers and resolutions are not surprising twists. being consumed by it. could use a little comic relief. a classic. clear-cut. — Oline Cogdill/AP — Lincee Ray/AP — Molly Sprayregen/AP — Waka Tsunoda/AP — Jeff Ayers/AP PAGE 16 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 HEALTH & FITNESS

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BY LISA BOONE 1. Desktop elbows at 90 degrees, your fi ngers should 90 degrees,” Loesing says. A slight recline Los Angeles Times reach the keyboard ’s home row. will take the pressure off your hip fl exors. computer “You know when you get up from a chair any of us 4. Seating and you feel like you are 100 years old? are working Use your home computer so that you Not everyone can afford an Aeron chair, That’s because your hips are tight from from home don’t work exclusively on your laptop. If sitting at 90 degrees.” now as the you can work on a bigger monitor, con- a popular work chair that can cost as fast-spreading sider purchasing one. much as $1,600. 6. Move Mcoronavirus has forced us to “The monitor is the key to every- Still, Loesing says, “You get what you shelter in place. thing,” Loesing says. “You want to look pay for.” Take a walk. Do some stretches. If there is one particular part of your body that is That means that many of us straight ahead while you are working.” Loesing likes the Mirra 2 work chair, bothering you, do some stretches for that are working remotely in less- If you can’t live without two starting at $600 on the Herman Miller problem area. Try to change your posture than-ideal ergonomic situations monitors, use your laptop as a second website; the Leap ($880) and the Gesture twice an hour , and aim to perform some as we type on laptops in bed, on monitor. ($938) from Steelcase; as well as custom- tasks while standing throughout the day. bookshelves, on the couch and at Adjust your monitor so that it is izable chairs by Bodybilt and Ergocentric. Use software break reminders such as the kitchen table. directly in front of you at arm’s dis- Adjust the height of your chair so that Fade Top or Stretchclock or smartphone Staying home may be the right tance (or a bit more) , and your head your feet are on the fl oor, or on a footrest. apps such as UP or Stand Up. thing to do for the greater good, is about 3 inches below the top of the Adjust the back of your chair so that Alan Hedge, Cornell professor emeritus but it can be the wrong thing for monitor. the lumbar support is positioned slightly and a noted expert on ergonomics, recom- your body, especially if you’re below your belt line. mends getting up to stand and stretch working at an impromptu desk 2. Riser There should be a two- to three-fi nger every 20 minutes. with spouses, roommates, An inexpensive laptop riser will allow width between the edge of your seat and children and pets underfoot. you to bring your monitor to your eye the back of your knees. As a result, many of us are level. Books will also do the trick. Loesing Adjust your chair, whether with pillows 7. The desk feeling stiff and sore, no recommends the Nulaxy laptop stand, or mechanical adjustments, so that your The average desk is 29 inches high, and matter how many online $75, and the Soundance laptop stand, $34. elbows are the same height as the desk. most kitchen tables are even higher. yoga classes we do. It’s important to mix it up a bit, Loesing “It’s too high for everyone,” Loesing “There is a saying that 3. Keyboard says. says. Raise your chair so that your elbows ‘the best position is the “If you want to sit on your couch for 15 are the same height as the table, and place next position,’ ” says ergo- and mouse minutes, that’s fi ne. One of the nice things something under your feet if they are dan- nomics consultant Karen Invest in an external keyboard and about being at home is being able to sit gling. Step stools are often too high. You Loesing, an expert in mouse such as the Logitech K400 Plus and stand and mix it up,” s he says. “It’s need a 4-inch support for your legs so that evaluating work stations. wireless touch TV keyboard with a built-in OK to go sit and work on your easy chair, they are at 90 degrees. The key, Loesing says, touchpad, $26.99, or the Logitech MK345 but not for more than a half hour.” is to break up the workday wireless combo, $49.99. Learn how to use your chair if it’s 8. Footrest with stretching, walking Adjust your desk and keyboard tray adjustable. It’s worth investing in a footrest as shel- and a variety of postures. height so that your keyboard and mouse tering in place continues. Here, Loesing offers 8 tips are level or slightly below elbow height. 5. Posture “A lot of people perch at the edge of on how to stay healthy while Keep your shoulders relaxed and your When sitting, try to recline by 10 to 15 their chair because the table is too high,” working from home, plus some wrists straight while operating y our key- degrees. Loesing says. “If you have a footrest, it shopping inspiration in case you board and mouse. “Most people think, incorrectly, that pushes you back in your chair so that your need to upgrade your WFH setup. With your arms at your sides and your they should be sitting with their back at back is supported.” Saturday, April 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Guns stolen from police chief’s SUV

CHAMBLEE — Multi- GA ple guns were recently reported stolen from a Georgia police chief’s city-owned SUV, despite a department policy stat- ing firearms should not be left unattended inside take-home cars, police records obtained by a newspaper showed. The firearms were taken from Chamblee police Chief Kerry Thomas’ city-issued Chevrolet Tahoe while it was at an apart- ment complex , The Atlanta Jour- nal Constitution reported, citing Chamblee police reports. Among the items missing from the department vehicle were a rifle with scope, a long rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, ammunition, magazines, bulletproof vests and police badges from another de- partment, the report listed. Walmart patron sprays cashier with Lysol

LEICESTER — Po- MA lice in Massachusetts are searching for a woman who they said sprayed a Walmart employee in the eyes with Lysol disinfectant. STEPHEN M. DOWELL, ORLANDO SENTINEL/AP Leicester police said in a Face- book post that the unidentified woman sprayed the worker after Scaling Mount Ice Cream being informed there was a limit on the number of cans she could Clem Carrion, with Visual Artisan, climbs atop the chocolate topping of the ice cream cone roof of the Twistee Treat in the SoDo District in buy. Orlando, Fla. The new restaurant is scheduled to open soon. Carrion is installing LED “sprinkles” onto the cone for a nighttime effect. Police said the woman com- pleted her purchase after spray- Brookville post office, which was THE CENSUS Man crashed into home, ing the employee and then left in open just four hours a day. an Uber. They said EMS also re- The investigation began in Feb- violated state virus order sponded to the scene to treat the The number of Mainers orbiting the planet in the International Space ruary 2019, when a greeting card Station. Chris Cassidy and two Russians blasted off and climbed worker. containing a $200 gift card ar- COLUMBIA — A aboard the space station, where they’ll spend the next six months. SC man who police said rived at its destination taped shut 2 It’s the third mission into space for Cassidy, who attended York High Explosion at fuel plant, was behind the wheel of a car after being opened and without School. Already onboard the space station is Jessica Meir, a Caribou no serious injuries the gift card. that crashed into a South Caro- native. She and two other crew members will return to Earth on April 17. lina home was accused of driving LONG VIEW — An Synagogue vandalized under the influence and violating explosion at a hydro- a state coronavirus order. NC with swastikas, slurs a statement. ing to follow the guidelines, he Markevis Kinard, 26, hit a ve- gen fuel plant in North Carolina Fernandez was recaptured cannot risk a robbery. Now he’s has damaged nearby homes but hicle at a gas station and crashed HUNTSVILLE — An Wednesday night, the depart- installing lockers so that patrons left workers without any serious into the occupied home on Alabama synagogue has ment said. can call ahead and pick up their injuries. AL Wednesday , according to a news The department said it ap- bottles without coming into the News outlets reported that the been vandalized with swastikas release from Columbia police. No peared that inmates in the ex- store. explosion occurred at the OneH2 and other anti-Semitic graffiti at injuries were reported. ercise yard weren’t adequately Inc. hydrogen fuel facility in the start of Passover. Kinard was charged with driv- monitored and that an evening Long View . The plant provides News outlets reported that Wire theft puts street ing under the influence, reckless hydrogen for fuel cells that power Huntsville police were investigat- headcount wasn’t conducted lights out of commission driving and other charges. He was machines such as forklifts. ing after the Etz Chayim temple appropriately. also wanted on other outstanding was desecrated. arrest warrants, police said. Terri Byers, fire education co- ALBUQUERQUE Photos showed at least two Nazi Police said Kinard was cited ordinator for the Hickory Fire Shop owner threatens — Officials in New symbols on the exterior of the NM for violating the state’s “Home or Department, told the Hickory mask wearers online Mexico’s largest city are warning building along with anti-Jewish Work” order, issued in response Daily Record that there were no that copper wiring thefts have slurs. to the coronavirus pandemic. serious injuries. MILFORD — A Dela- put some street lights out of com- A statement from another Jew- The plant’s building was dam- ware distillery owner mission, resulting in dangerous ish congregation in the city, B’nai DE aged. So were some nearby hous- threatened to point a shotgun conditions for pedestrians and 2 eateries, apartments Sholom, said an attack on one es that suffered broken windows at anyone who tries to enter his drivers. destroyed by fire synagogue is an attack on all. The and had doors blown out of their store wearing a mask, a news out- In an effort to discourage statement said B’nai Sholom has frames. let reported. would-be thieves, the city of Albu- RIDGEWOOD — A fast- asked for additional police pro- Eric Fibelkorn made the threat querque is working with a light- moving fire destroyed at tection in response. NJ Postal worker sentenced in a Facebook message that was ing contractor to reinforce poles least two eateries and left several for stealing gift cards later deleted, saying that people and switch out copper wiring for people homeless in a northern Jail inmate escaped who come into Feebs Distilling less valuable aluminum. New Jersey community, authori- TOPEKA — A woman undetected for 14 hours Co. in Milford with a mask on Mayor Tim Keller said the ties said. KS who ran a small Kansas would “be met with a 12-gauge copper thefts can create a safe- The fire in downtown Ridge- post office has been sentenced to TUCSON — A Pima to the face,” The Delaware News ty problem as well as burden wood started in a building hous- probation after she allegedly stole AZ County jail inmate Journal reported . Fibelkorn post- taxpayers. ing a bagel shop and quickly gift cards from the mail. whose escape wasn’t detected for ed the message shortly after the In February alone, the city saw spread to a nearby restaurant, Stacy A. Vasko was sentenced about 14 hours has been recap- Centers for Disease Control and $16,000 worth of copper stolen, authorities said. to three years of probation, 40 tured in Tucson, the Sheriff’s De- Prevention released guidance ad- which accounted for more than The eateries were on the ground hours of community service and partment said. vising people to wear face cover- one-quarter of all maintenance of floors of the buildings, which also ordered to $200 in restitution. She Jose Fernandez, 29, escaped ings in public to slow the spread street lights. Officials said deal- contained apartments. Everyone pleaded guilty in federal court to late Tuesday afternoon by break- of the coronavirus pandemic. ing with the theft makes it harder in the apartments were able to misdemeanor obstructing mail. ing through steel mesh covering Fibelkorn defended his mes- to get to the routine maintenance safely escape the flames, but the At the time of the thefts, Vasko an exercise yard and his escape sage in an interview with the required to keep street lights run- units are now uninhabitable, au- was living in Salina and was wasn’t reported until Wednesday newspaper, saying that while he ning, replace broken bulbs and thorities said. the only postal employee at the morning, the department said in understands customers want- install new lights. From wire reports PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander COVID-19 already reshaping defense strategies Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY DAVID IGNATIUS Indo-Europeans, say, but spares Han Chi- al monitoring is a must. But the pandemic’s Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Washington Post Writers Group nese, remains hard to engineer, defense spread wasn’t so much a failure to antici- analysts say. That’s because human beings pate the danger, but to execute policy ef- EDITORIAL WASHINGTON are more alike in their genetic makeup fectively. President Donald Trump was ven as the COVID-19 pandemic than they are different. catastrophically slow and disorganized, Terry Leonard, Editor nears its peak, defense analysts Our personal DNA is so specific that it’s but Wall Street financial markets, military [email protected] are beginning to assess how the possible to target an individual, as The At- leaders and even public-health planners Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Eglobal spread of this deadly dis- lantic noted in a pathbreaking 2012 article, also didn’t respond presciently to early [email protected] ease should change how we think about “Hacking the President’s DNA.” But scien- warnings from China. warfare. tists say it would be hard to target individu- Richard Danzig, a former Navy secre- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content “This has exposed some genuine gaps in al nations, troop units or even racial groups [email protected] tary who’s a leading defense strategist, military planning and readiness, as well as without risk of uncontrolled spread. argues that human beings simply aren’t Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation vulnerabilities in our national prepared- What about warriors that don’t get sick? well equipped to understand how fast the [email protected] ness,” messaged Derek Chollet, a former The pandemic’s ability to cripple the world can be transformed by exponential assistant secretary of defense who’s now mighty nuclear aircraft carrier USS Theo- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital change. A new phenomenon may be dou- executive vice president of the German dore Roosevelt shows the vulnerability of bling every few days, but to most observ- [email protected] Marshall Fund. “The silver lining is it will military forces to disease. In the aftermath ers it still looks very small weeks later. By force us to fix some things and prepare in a of the pandemic, many defense analysts the time the threat is obvious, it’s too late to way we have needed to do for years.” BUREAU STAFF will step up their arguments to shift the contain some of the damage. Certainly, COVID-19 has had a “dem- Pentagon budget toward autonomous ships, The Pentagon will certainly prepare Europe/Mideast onstration effect,” several analysts said. It planes and ground systems that can resist better for the next pandemic, as will civil- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief shows how suddenly the global economy pathogens, natural or bioengineered. ians in federal, state and local government. [email protected] can be brought to a near-standstill by a But analysts caution that this transition +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 We’ll probably enter a new age of strategic new pathogen whose origins, transmission won’t be easy, and not just because of the Pacific and effects are still murky, more than four political constituencies that support air- stockpiles, in which we’ll warehouse vastly Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief months after the initial outbreak in China. craft carriers. U.S. military planners truly more ventilators and face masks than we [email protected] “Our form of democracy is vulnerable believe that America’s strategic depth is would need, even in a crisis far worse than +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 in the extreme. And any adversary who smart human commanders on the ground, this. failed to notice would be brain dead,” mes- around the world. Lessons learned from past wars often Washington are forgotten when new wars begin, and Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief saged Graham Allison, a leading strategist Explained Philip Zelikow, a defense ana- [email protected] who’s a professor at the Harvard Kennedy lyst at the University of Virginia: “No coun- that will be true with disease outbreaks, (+1)(202)886-0033 School. try is now more deeply invested in those too. Defense analysts note how quickly the Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News But the COVID-19 narrative also shows legacy notions and paradigms than the world returned to the old “normal” after [email protected] how problematic it would be to use a patho- United States, and no country faces more the devastation of the 1918 Spanish flu gen as a bioweapon. The attacker would be difficult challenges of adjustment.” But outbreak. CIRCULATION nearly as vulnerable as the target, as the with ballooning deficits, “Folks will look a But militaries are adaptive, learning Mideast pandemic spread. Such a blight might be little harder about just what war, exactly, systems. We’re now like Taiwan, Singa- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager appealing to anarchists who sought only we are thinking about, with less tolerance pore and South Korea, which experienced [email protected] global destruction. But an Islamic terror- for ‘Let’s just increase the DOD topline,’ ” the SARS outbreak in 2003 and were better [email protected] ist group, say, would have to expect that the Zelikow told me. prepared than other countries for COVID- DSN (314)583-9111 pathogen could kill as many of the Muslim The COVID-19 crisis has promoted calls 19. Maybe that’s the good news: Fighting a Europe faithful as unbelievers. for better intelligence collection about pandemic is now embedded in America’s Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager A bio-engineered weapon, which kills such exotic global threats, and better glob- muscle memory. [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] Marine Corps still honors its gallantry at Iwo Jima +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US BY SEN. TODD YOUNG talion sustained over 80% casualties. Marine Corps resulted in more medals. Special to Stars and Stripes Through sheer determination and with The courage of those men was some- the assistance of brave commanders at sea thing taught to me as a Naval Academy Washington ou could’ve held up a ciga- tel: (+1)202.886.0003 who brought their ship’s guns within close midshipman and Marine officer, and the 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 rette and lit it on the stuff range of the island, the Marines eventually lessons of their struggle are ones I carry going by,” said Medal of fought their way off the beach. with me today. Reader letters “YHonor recipient Lt. Col. Over the next five weeks, 110,000 Amer- Last year, I organized a delegation of [email protected] Justus Chambers on Feb. 19, 1945, D-Day icans fought tooth and nail to wrest control Members of Congress who would travel to on the island of Iwo Jima. Additional contacts of the eight-square-mile island from 21,000 Iwo Jima to participate in a joint memorial stripes.com/contactus The Marines that Chambers command- determined Japanese defenders. Even service with the Japanese government, ed were part of a 74,000-man force that after the Marines successfully crossed the and this spring I introduced a Senate Reso- OMBUDSMAN stormed the beaches of Iwo Jima just over island and began to isolate pockets of resis- lution honoring the 75th anniversary of the 75 years ago. The 36-day battle that fol- tance, many Japanese defenders continued battle. I am proud of the strides our nations Ernie Gates lowed will echo throughout the centuries fighting to their death. have made to come together as partners of American history, and will remain a On D-Day+4, Feb. 23, the 28th Marine and allies in the years since this battle. 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Sports on AFN Johnson’s final season in limbo

Go to the American Forces Network website for the most Farewell tour up-to-date TV schedules. myafn.net on hold during Deals virus pandemic Thursday’s transactions BY JENNA FRYER FOOTBALL National Football League Associated Press CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DL Adrian Clayborn. TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie with OLB Kamalei Correa on a one-year Johnson, seven-time NASCAR contract. HOCKEY champion and all-around Every- National Hockey League man, has added home-school- ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed D Cam- eron Crotty to a three-year contract. ing elementary teacher to his COLLEGE CSU NORTHRIDGE — Named Victor résumé. Garcia men’s soccer lead assistant and The sports stoppage from Milan Radovic men’s soccer assistant coach. the coronavirus pandemic has thrown a red flag on Johnson’s Pro soccer farewell tour. He had planned a final season of racing a full NAS- CAR schedule, but so far that has MLS lasted just four races. EASTERN CONFERENCE Amid all the uncertainty, W L T Pts GF GA Atlanta 2 0 0 6 4 2 Johnson doesn’t know when he’ll New York 1 0 1 4 4 3 be back in his beloved No. 48 Montreal 1 0 1 4 4 3 Toronto FC 1 0 1 4 3 2 Chevrolet. Columbus 1 0 1 4 2 1 NASCAR is publicly targeting D.C. United 1 1 0 3 3 3 Chicago 0 1 1 1 2 3 a May 9 return at Martinsville, WILL LESTER/AP New England 0 1 1 1 2 3 privately holding its breath for a Orlando City 0 1 1 1 1 2 Philadelphia 0 1 1 1 3 5 May 24 re-opening at the Coca- Jimmie Johnson carries his youngest daughter Lydia while trailed by his oldest daughter Genevieve and Cincinnati 0 2 0 0 3 5 Cola 600 at Charlotte but vowing Inter Miami CF 0 2 0 0 1 3 wife Chandra befpre a NASCAR Cup Series race on March 1 in Fontana, Calif. Johnson wanted to retire New York City FC 0 2 0 0 0 2 to complete the entire 36-race from full-time racing after this season, but the coronavirus pandemic has brought his final season to an WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA points schedule. unexpected pause, and now the seven-time champion isn’t sure what his future holds. Sporting KC 2 0 0 6 7 1 In the meantime, Johnson Minnesota United 2 0 0 6 8 3 Colorado 2 0 0 6 4 2 teaches his two daughters’ daily much on that path. I am hopeful list — the kind of schedule for- racer: Besides triathlons, Iron FC Dallas 1 0 1 4 4 2 school lessons, continues his fa- that we get our full year in and we mer Formula One champion Fer- Man competitions and cycling Los Angeles FC 1 0 1 4 4 3 Seattle 1 0 1 4 3 2 natical fitness routine, spends can get back going in a month or nando Alonso, a new friend, has pursuits, Johnson was locked Portland 1 1 0 3 2 3 hours upon hours on his racing so ... and that I can run the season created. in on trying IndyCar and had Vancouver 1 1 0 3 2 3 Real Salt Lake 0 0 2 2 1 1 simulator and waits to see how his to its entirety. I really don’t have This unconventional route a test scheduled for early April LA Galaxy 0 1 1 1 1 2 pending retirement plan goes. an answer — it’s up in the air just works for drivers who still have that was canceled because of the San Jose 0 1 1 1 4 7 Houston 0 1 1 1 1 5 “I don’t know what’s going to as so much is in the world.” the skills and ability to compete pandemic. Nashville SC 0 2 0 0 1 3 happen in the coming months This 19th season was supposed but are exhausted from their Now he’s adapting to what he All games postponed at least until early May. and if we’ll be able to run the to be his last as a full-time driver full-time jobs. NASCAR has the described as the most free time full season or not,” Johnson said at Hendrick Motorsports because longest season in sports and par- he’s ever had as an adult and is Pro football Thursday. “I feel like I set out to Johnson, now 44 and father of two ticipants average three nights eager to get back to work. John- make 2020 my last full-time year, active young girls, doesn’t want a week — the weekend — away son was off to a decent start be- but I’ve always left the door open to live in a motorhome at tracks from home. fore the season was suspended; NFL calendar for other racing in NASCAR and across the country 38 weekends Johnson figured he’d transi- through four races he had a pair April 17 — Deadline for restricted free abroad for the future. a year. Johnson wanted to shift tion to the kind of competitions of top-10 finishes and was fifth in agents to sign offer sheets. April 23-25 — NFL Draft, remote loca- “I feel like I am still pretty his racing to focus on a bucket he could never do as a NASCAR points. tions. May 19 — Spring owners meeting, Ma- rina del Rey, Calif. Late July — Training camps scheduled to open. Aug. 6 — Hall of Fame game, Canton, Ohio. ESPN, Disney force cancellation of UFC 249 Aug. 8 — Hall of Fame inductions, Can- ton, Ohio. Sept. 5 — Final roster cutdown to 53. Sept. 10 — Kickoff game to open regu- BY GREG BEACHAM lar season. While the UFC won’t have fights in the up- Sept. 13 — First full regular-season Associated Press coming weeks, White said he is still pursuing schedule. his plan to build an octagon and everything LOS ANGELES — UFC 249 was canceled else necessary to telecast small fight shows Pro baseball Thursday after ESPN and parent company on an unidentified private island. White had Disney stopped UFC President Dana White’s planned to use the so-called “Fight Island” in MLB calendar plan to keep fighting amid the coronavirus upcoming months for non-American fighters pandemic. who couldn’t get into the U.S. TBA — Opening day, active rosters re- duced to 26 players. After defiantly vowing for weeks to main- “Fight Island infrastructure is being built June 3-4 — Owners meeting, New tain a regular schedule of fights while the rest and will be up and running ASAP,” White told York. June 10-July 20 — Amateur draft of the sports world halted, White confirmed the AP. starts. the decision to cease competition in a text to White’s frustration with the decision was June 15 — International amateur sign- ing period closes. The Associated Press. obvious after he had repeatedly vowed to July 2-Jan. 15 — International amateur “I was ready to go on Saturday, but Disney fight on amid mixed public opinion. He has signing period opens. July 10-Aug. 1 — Deadline for drafted and ESPN asked me to step down,” White described the past month of preparation for players to sign, except for players who wrote. “I love and respect my partnership UFC 249 as the most challenging part of his have exhausted college eligibility. July 14 — All-Star Game at Los Ange- with them so I postponed the event.” fight promotion career, which began as the GREGORY PAYAN/AP les. UFC 249 was scheduled for April 18 on UFC’s president in 2001. July 26 — Hall of Fame induction, Coo- perstown, N.Y. ESPN Plus pay-per-view, and White planned After defiantly vowing for weeks to maintain The UFC boss still remained upbeat, vow- July 31 — Last day during the season to follow it with regular fight cards from a regular schedule of fights, UFC President to trade a player. ing to be “the first sport back” after the pan- Aug. 13 — New York Yankees vs. Chi- Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino on tribal land in Dana White announced the decision to cease demic eases. cago White Sox at Dyersville, Iowa. California’s Central Valley. competition Thursday. Aug. 23 — Boston vs. Baltimore at Wil- White announced the cancellation shortly liamsport, Pa. In an interview on ESPN, White said he after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein issued a Aug. 31 — Last day to be contracted to “got a call from the highest level you can go “ESPN has been in constant contact with the an organization and be eligible for post- statement urging the mixed martial arts pro- season roster. at Disney and the highest level of ESPN” ask- UFC regarding UFC 249. Nobody wants to see motion to reconsider its plan. A few hours Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 28 sports return more than we do, but we didn’t players. ing him to cancel the shows. The UFC moved earlier, former strawweight champion Rose Sept. 29-30 — Wild-card games. to ESPN in 2019 with a reported $1.5 billion feel this was the right time for a variety of Namajunas dropped out of her co-main event Oct. 20 — World Series starts. October TBA — Trading resumes, day deal. reasons. ESPN expressed its concerns to the bout at UFC 249 after two deaths in her family after World Series. The network issued a statement to the AP: UFC and they understood.” related to the pandemic. PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, April 11, 2020 MLB/NHL Special feature How important is baseball?

BY RYAN ZIMMERMAN The Associated Press Ryan Zimmerman is a two-time All-Star infielder who has played 15 years in the majors, all with the Washington Nationals. He holds most of the team’s Putting every team in Arizona career hitting records, and his two homers and seven RBIs last postseason in May? There would be so many helped the Nationals win their first World Series championship. With baseball variables and so many things that on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, Zimmerman occasionally will would have to be worked out that offer his thoughts — as told to AP sports writer Howard Fendrich — while it’s hard to fathom that it would waiting for the 2020 season to begin. work. One example: I get to the field at 2 o’clock to play a 7 o’clock game actually human beings. We want to play; we want to give at night. If we’re not going to be I have my third child due in people something to watch on TV; able to have any crossover be- June. If this “bubble” in Arizona people love sports. tween teams, then say we’re play- was going to happen starting in But you’ve got to consider the ing Game 3 of a tripleheader at May, you’re trying to tell me I’m human element. Maybe pump Chase Field that day — how much not going to be able to be with the brakes a little bit. Maybe this time do they have between games my wife and see my kid until wasn’t supposed to be leaked yet. to disinfect the entire clubhouse? October? I don’t know if we’re at the point Do I have a locker? Or do I just I’m going to go four or five to set this sort of thing up yet. PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP show up with my uniform on, months without seeing my kid This virus situation is obvi- AAU travel ball style? And then I when it’s born? I can tell you right ously bigger than sports. Big- Washington Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman poses with just go right out to the field with now that’s not going to happen. ger than anything. People’s lives the World Series trophy in Washington in December. my bag to start the game? Then Not many people have to go and health take precedence over you’re going to have people get- through that, nor should they. everything. good idea for the mental health of person and have him say, “I want ting hurt. Then you might get people who Would it be nice to have base- the country. People love watching the season to be canceled” or “I We don’t get there at 2 o’clock would say, “Oh, well, then some- ball on or something for people sports, so to give them that would want to continue to not play.” for a 7 o’clock game just to get one else who doesn’t have kids to watch on TV? It actually could be great. But you have to be sensitive a chance to hang out with our will play.” The more things that keep people inside a little bit It’s just you’ve got to kind of to people dying and people hav- friends. We have a whole process happen like that, then you have more, so it could help with the check the temperature of every- ing family members in intensive that we go through to prepare and to worry about the product on the quarantine and getting people to thing going on. care. get our bodies ready to play so we field. follow the rules a little bit more. Look, all of us want to play. And you have to think: Is it re- don’t get injured. I know everything’s being So I think the thought process That’s what we do: We play base- ally that important to figure out Also: People forget that we’re done by everyone in good faith. of trying to get sports back is a ball. You wouldn’t ask a single how to play baseball right now? Rinks: Hockey players face unique challenges without access to ice FROM BACK PAGE ‘ are proceeding as though they You just try to do will. Aside from a few exceptions, what you can, make most haven’t skated since before play stopped March 12, and self- it fun. It’s our job. quarantine guidelines will keep them off the ice for at least anoth- We’re pro athletes er week and likely longer. for a reason. This is nowhere near normal ’ for athletes used to spending the Nick Foligno spring gearing up for the inten- Columbus forward sity and brutal grind of the NHL playoffs. “I can just do my workouts and Manson said he doesn’t want to just try to stick as close to a rou- risk going to a store to get roller tine as you can,” New Jersey de- blades. Anaheim teammate Ham- fenseman P.K. Subban said. “It’s pus Lindholm has taken his blades hard because you’re anticipating for a spin or two during quaran- the season coming back, but at tine, but he and others around the the same token it’s so much time. league are quick to point out it And when you’re not skating, doesn’t require the same balance there’s nothing you can do that’s or train the same muscles as ice going to mimic skating.” skating. Little things have to fill the “You don’t get the buildup of void for now. Team trainers are lactic acid and having to deal with sending out customized plans to your groins and your hip motion players with home gym setups. when you’re digging into the ice Running has replaced practicing. and trying to stop and start, and Biking might be the only way to that’s a big part of it,” Krug said. simulate the high intensity of a TNS, AP photos Minnesota’s Zach Parise tries shift — sort of. to stay sharp playing 1-on-1 in the Above: Then-Montreal Canadiens “That all helps and it’s great, basement with his 6-year-old son, players Nicolas Deslauriers, but there’s absolutely nothing you Jax. He also bought a bike be- left, and Jonathan Drouin work can do to prepare for the ins and cause he is not much of a runner. out on bikes in 2018 — but for outs of a shift and the physicality Resigned to life off the ice for of it,” Boston defenseman Torey those trying to stay in shape some time, players — especially Krug said. “Not only are you try- with the season on hold, there’s those with young families — are ing to mimic the skating motion, no way to replicate the motion typically getting workouts done but there’s no way you can train of ice skating. Left: Arenas like early in the day like it’s a morning for going into the corner with a the Columbus Blue Jackets’ skate. There are no games to pre- guy who’s 6-foot-2, 210 pounds Nationwide Arena have been pare for at night, but they know and trying to out-battle him and empty since March 12. there will be at some point. get the puck and skate away from “You just try to do what you him.” to keep his heart rate up. Phil- can, make it fun,” Foligno said. Draisaitl’s Edmonton team- adelphia’s Scott Laughton does “It’s our job. We’re pro athletes mate Connor McDavid is staying yoga with his girlfriend on occa- for a reason, so it’s something we strong by lifting his dog, Lenny, sion, which is one way to keep his have to make sure we continue to and Lee takes his dogs for a run mind and body sharp. do and be ready if called upon.” Saturday, April 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 NFL/NBA Source: Rams trade WR Cooks to Texans LA gets second-round draft pick

BY GREG BEACHAM Cooks played in back-to-back Associated Press Super Bowls, suiting up for New England in early 2018 and for the LOS ANGELES — The Los An- Rams in early 2019. He caught geles Rams are trading receiver 80 passes for 1,204 yards and Brandin Cooks to the Houston five touchdowns in 2018 with the Texans, according to a person fa- Rams’ NFC championship team. miliar with the deal. But Cooks managed a career- The person spoke on condition low 42 catches for just 583 yards of anonymity Thursday because last season while overcoming the the teams hadn’t announced the latest in a series of concussions. trade. The NFL Network report- He had only 15 catches after Week ed the Rams will get a second- 7, and he sat out for two games round pick while sending a future after incurring a concussion dur- fourth-rounder to Houston. ing the Rams’ game against Cin- Cooks will help the Texans re- cinnati in London. place DeAndre Hopkins, who was Cooks has incurred at least five shockingly traded to the Arizona concussions during his NFL ca- Cardinals last month for run- reer. He didn’t play for four weeks ning back David Johnson and two after his most recent concussion, draft picks. seeking additional medical help While Cooks hasn’t matched during that stretch. Hopkins’ superstar play, Cooks is Although Houston still has re- a fast, steady deep threat who has ceivers Kenny Stills, Will Fuller five 50-reception seasons over and Randall Cobb, the Texans his six-year career. Cooks posted clearly wanted another veteran BUTCH DILL/AP 1,000-yard seasons for each of target for Deshaun Watson after his first three NFL teams: New they moved on from Hopkins and Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks pulls in a touchdown reception in front of New Orleans Orleans, New England and Los his steadily spectacular produc- Saints free safety Marcus Williams during the first half of game on Nov. 4 in New Orleans. A person Angeles. tion. Hopkins, who has five ca- familiar with the deal says the Rams are trading Cooks to the Houston Texans for a second-round draft Cooks, a California native who reer 1,000-yard seasons, caught pick while sending a future fourth-rounder to Houston. spent his first three seasons with roughly one-third of Watson’s the Saints, played the past two completions over the past three were vital components of coach Robert Woods and Cooper sence, making 15 catches for 224 years for the Rams after they ac- years. Sean McVay’s offense the past Kupp were a potent, productive yards in a five-game stretch. quired him from the Patriots. Los Cooks joins running back Todd two seasons. wideout combination last season Tight end Tyler Higbee also Angeles gave him an $81 million Gurley in the offseason exodus Yet the Rams still have plenty while Cooks’ availability was had a breakout finish to last sea- contract extension through 2023 of veteran talent from the Rams. of offensive skill-position talent limited. Receiver Josh Reynolds son, making a whopping 48 catch- before he played a game for the Cooks and Gurley, the former heading into the draft later this seemed capable of a larger role es for 542 yards in the Rams’ final team. AP Offensive Player of the Year, month. when he stepped up in Cooks’ ab- six games. Players will receive NBA scoreboard Karnisovas reportedly Eastern Conference Atlantic Division taking over in Chicago full checks April 15 W L Pct GB Toronto 46 18 .719 — Boston 43 21 .672 3 BY ANDREW SELIGMAN in place if the season resumes Philadelphia 39 26 .600 7½ BY TIM REYNOLDS in revenue should the season ei- Brooklyn 30 34 .469 16 Associated Press from the COVID-19 pandemic Associated Press ther be shortened or not finished New York 21 45 .318 26 suspension. Southeast Division could easily reach hundreds of Miami 41 24 .631 — CHICAGO — The Chicago The 48-year-old Karnisovas NBA players will receive their millions of dollars. Orlando 30 35 .462 11 Bulls came into the season think- starred at Seton Hall and had a full checks when the next payday Washington 24 40 .375 16½ Being paid in full now also Charlotte 23 42 .354 18 ing they were poised to contend successful international career for most of them arrives on April doesn’t mean that things will Atlanta 20 47 .299 22 for a playoff that included two Olympic bronze Central Division 15 despite no games having been stay that way for players. What Milwaukee 53 12 .815 — spot. The medals playing for Lithuania. He played for more than a month at the collective bargaining agree- Indiana 39 26 .600 14 plan did not worked in basketball operations Chicago 22 43 .338 31 that point. ment between the league and its Detroit 20 46 .303 33½ unfold the for the NBA from 2003 to 2008 The league gave teams the di- players describes as a “Force Cleveland 19 46 .292 34 way they and spent five years as an inter- rective on Thursday in a memo Majeure Event” — the legal term Western Conference envisioned, national scout for the Houston that was obtained by The Associ- for unforeseeable circumstances, and now, Rockets before joining Denver’s Southwest Division ated Press. such as an epidemic or pandemic W L Pct GB they have a front office in 2013. He became The league and the National — could still come into play. Per Houston 40 24 .625 — new leader the Nuggets’ general manager Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ Basketball Players Association the Collective Bargaining Agree- Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ in the front four years later, with Tim Con- have been in talks for weeks ment, players could lose 1.08% of New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 office. nelly promoted from GM to presi- about the status of salaries dur- their annual salary for each game San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ The Bulls Northwest Division Karnisovas dent of basketball operations. ing the game’s shutdown. The last that is canceled. Denver 43 22 .662 — hired Den- Karnisovas had big roles in Utah 41 23 .641 1½ NBA games were played March If the rest of the season is Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ ver Nug- Denver taking two-time All-Star 11, the day that Utah center Rudy called off, that means players Portland 29 37 .439 14½ gets general manager Arturas center Nikola Jokic in the sec- Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ Gobert became the first player in would lose, on average, about 21% Pacific Division Karnisovas to run their basket- ond round of the 2014 draft with the league to test positive for the of their salary. The size of those L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — ball operation, a person familiar the 41st overall pick, as well as L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ coronavirus. hits in terms of gross salary lost Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ with the situation said Thursday recent lottery selections Jamal The pandemic will lead to the would range from about $8 mil- Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 night. Murray and Michael Porter Jr. Golden State 15 50 .231 35 delay of at least 259 regular-sea- lion for Golden State’s Stephen All games postponed at least until The person, who confirmed Karnisovas and Connelly also son games through April 15, what Curry to about $189,000 for play- mid-May. reports by several outlets, spoke have constructed a highly re- would have been the end of the ers on minimum contracts. on the condition of anonymity spected international scouting regular season. NBA Commis- An option that has been dis- because the move has not been operations. sioner Adam Silver said earlier cussed by the league and the less of a hit in future checks if the announced. Denver is third in the West- this week that no decisions about union is for NBA teams to take season is canceled. But for at least Longtime executive John Pax- ern Conference and leading the the rest of the season, including some money out of upcoming the April 15 check, players will be son was expected to move into an Northwest division with a 43-22 whether play can resume, would checks and holding it in escrow paid like normal. advisory role. The futures of gen- record. occur before May. in anticipation of at least some Most NBA players are paid on eral manager Gar Forman and Reports that the Bulls would None of the games have been games being canceled; play- the 1st and 15th of each month. coach Jim Boylen were unclear. shake up their front office sur- canceled yet. The playoffs were to ers would get the money back if The next scheduled payment for The move allows the Bulls to faced during the All-Star break begin on April 18, and the losses games are played, or would take that group comes on May 1. have their new top executive in Chicago. 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NHL

No ice? Big problem. Without access to rinks, players resort to desperate measures

BY STEPHEN WHYNO on pause because of the coronavirus Associated Press pandemic. While many athletes can aking ice away from NHL replicate the workouts and move- players has caused some ment of their sports — NBA players to resort to desperate are missing the gym — hockey play- T measures. ers have no way to truly replace skat- New York Islanders captain An- ing while rinks are closed. ders Lee bought a Peloton. Anaheim “I don’t think too many people have defenseman Josh Manson wants a access to rinks or anything like that, pair of roller blades. League leading and that’s a huge hurdle for a player,” scorer Leon Draisaitl of Edmonton Washington defenseman John Carl- stickhandles around his dog. son said. “It doesn’t matter how hard Whatever works. you train, the on-ice stuff is different “You’re kind of going back to that and we’re going to have to pick it up ‘Rocky’ mentality where you’re doing pretty quick when things turn around push-ups and sit-ups and punching here.” the cow,” Columbus forward Nick While there remains plenty of un- Foligno said. certainty over whether the NHL JACK HARRIS, LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS NHL players are running, biking will play again this season, players and trying to stay in shape in case NHL players, clockwise from top left, Logan Couture, Ryan Getzlaf, Anze Kopitar, the season resumes after being put SEE RINKS ON PAGE 22 and Marc-Andre Fleury stay in touch via video chat during the coronavirus outbreak.

‘ That’s a huge hurdle for a player. It doesn’t matter how hard you train, the on-ice stuff is different. John Carlson’ Washington defenseman, on the diffi culties of staying prepared without access to ice rinks

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