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CAMERON PINSKE/U.S. Navy The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower transits the Suez Canal on Friday. The canal was blocked for six days when a commercial ship ran aground last month. Carrier group transits Suez after container ship is freed

BY CHAD GARLAND Stars and Stripes The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has sailed through the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean Sea, making them the first U.S. warships to pass through the maritime chokepoint since a nearly weeklong blockage of the waterway. The aircraft carrier, the cruiser Ellen Comfort and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ken Ates, USS Monterey and the destroyers Special Operations Command Para-Commando, USS Mitscher and USS Thomas skydive March 13 in Zephyrhills, Fla. Comfort is Hudner entered the Red Sea on the Gold Star mother of Capt. Kyle Comfort, an Friday, the Navy’s 5th Fleet said in Army Ranger who died during combat a statement over the weekend. operations in Afghanistan in 2010. “We appreciate the government

BARRY STEELE/U.S. Army of Egypt and Suez Canal Author- ity’s efforts to ensure the safety of navigation in this critical water- way for all ships, and in allowing the IKE CSG to transit so quickly,” 5th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo said. The canal had been blocked to ‘I feel like I’m with him’ all traffic for six days starting March 23, when the container ship Ever Given ran aground in the middle of the waterway. During the blockage, more than 400 ships Gold Star mothers skydive in memory of their sons were stranded at the canal, which links the Mediterranean to the Page 4 Red Sea. SEE CARRIER ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER

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BY ERICA EARL Sunday by the hospital’s Facebook Stars and Stripes page. TOKYO — An officer at Yokosu- “I am aware of the recent allega- ka Naval Base, Japan, is under in- tion that a member of our staff sent vestigation for purportedly writ- a letter to the housing office with ing a complaint to the base housing comments disparaging to enlisted office about the “deviant nature” service members,” she wrote. of enlisted sailors who pose a dan- “We are conducting an internal in- ger to his family. vestigation into the matter and if The letter, allegedly authored any allegations are found to be by Lt. Nathanael Allison of Naval true, we will take appropriate ac- Hospital Yokosuka, states that liv- tions.” ing in the Ikego Housing Detach- Allison’s command is working ment in an apartment building for with the housing office to confirm enlisted families is “unaccept- the letter’s authorship, hospital able.” The message, filled with spokeswoman Erika Figueroa told spelling and grammatical errors, Stars and Stripes in a phone call on condemns enlisted sailors as “per- Monday. verts” and accuses them of egre- “It is under investigation, as is gious behavior such as rape, invol- any case when someone allegedly ALEXANDER KUBITZA/U.S. Navy vement in drug cartels and attack- acts in a way that is counter to our An officer checks sailors on the USS Boxer amphibious assault ship in the Arabian Sea on Sept. 20, 2019. ing each other with hatchets. standards of behavior,” she said. “There are often drunk and of- The letter states that officers are ten hostile sailors hanging around “more respectable” than enlisted enlisted housing,” the letter states. members and that Allison’s chil- For Navy grooming standards, “Housing with enlisted greatly in- dren should “only be friends with creases the risk to my family. I officers’ children” and his wife have a good-looking family, a wife “only friends with officer wives.” ‘faddish,’ ‘outrageous’ are out and two daughters, ages 3 and 4. He also expressed concern that his BY THERON GODBOLD pearance.” officer looked at the interpretation They are prime targets to be vic- officer colleagues would not want Stars and Stripes The message comes after a Na- and carrying out what those regu- tims for these enlisted deviant ac- to visit him in enlisted housing. Sailor feedback has prompted vy review of its hair and grooming lations were.” tivities.” The letter struck a nerve in the Navy to change grooming standards in the summer and fall The message states that the up- According to screenshots, the some service members, who said standards terms that are consid- of 2020. The service assembled fo- date is “forthcoming” and that un- letter was sent Feb. 8 via a Google in Facebook comments they were ered vague and sometimes arbi- cus groups of sailors, male and fe- til the Navy’s uniform regulations email account to housing. It began disappointed that people in lead- trarily applied, according to a re- male, officer and enlisted, and are updated, the naval administra- circulating last week on military ership positions may have such cent Navy administrative mess- asked them whether the existing tive message should serve as a ref- community Facebook pages, and a low opinions of them. age. standards are racially biased, the erence to those upcoming chang- YouTube video about the letter “Understandably, emotions are A series of changes are coming message states. es. has garnered over 300,000 views high because some extremely of- to hair standards, especially, that The Navy found no bias, but “I think the changes were very as of Monday. fensive things were said,” military are aimed at “enhancing clarity, sailors cited many instances of in- needed, especially with the expe- The Yokosuka housing office spouse and former Ikego resident interpretation and application of consistent application and policy riences of my peers,” Petty Offi- declined Stars and Stripes’ re- Amy Hayes said in a Facebook uniform policies,” according to enforcement because of vague cer 3rd Class Belen Saldana, who quests for comment. Allison did message to Stars and Stripes on Naval Administrative Message terms in the grooming standards. works for American Forces Net- not respond to attempts to reach Monday. “Any trust community 072/21 issued Thursday. “Overall, with grooming stan- work at Yokota Air Base, Japan, him by email. members could have possessed Terms like “faddish,” “good dards, we found that there were said Monday. “It helps protect The base hospital is investigat- for this man to serve hospital pa- taste” and “outrageous” will be none that were discriminatory,” sailors and better defines what ing the letter for the strong re- trons without bias has been oblit- deleted from the regulation, ac- Vice Adm. John Nowell Jr., the sailors can and can’t do with their marks and language used, accord- erated.” cording to the message. Other Navy’s chief of personnel, told the hair.” ing to a response from Naval Hos- terms like “professional appear- Navy Times in February. “But the pital Yokosuka commanding offi- [email protected] ance,” are being revised, or added, way that some were written, it was [email protected] cer Capt. Carolyn Rice posted Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl like “professional military ap- too subjective, as a commanding Twitter: @GodboldTheron Japan F-35 squad could help defend Senkaku Islands claimed by China

BY SETH ROBSON ernment sources. copter carriers Izumo and Kaga, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd commander Col. Jesse Friedel at AND HANA KUSUMOTO A Defense Ministry spokesman which are being upgraded to sup- Austin affirmed that the U.S. mil- Misawa on Saturday, the wing Stars and Stripes confirmed to Stars and Stripes, in port them. itary would respond to any attack said in a statement that day. TOKYO — Japan may base a telephone interview the same The deployed planes would be on the Senkakus, during a January The group discussed ways to F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters day, that deploying the jets is un- operational in 2024 and boost de- telephone conversation with his make their air forces unpredict- in the southern part of the country der consideration but no decision fense capabilities in the Senkaku Japanese counterpart, Defense able to potential adversaries and where they could defend remote has been made. Japanese govern- Islands, which are administered Minister Nobuo Kishi. the importance of Misawa as the islands that are claimed by China, ment spokespeople typically ask by Japan but also claimed by Tai- Japanese F-35A stealth fighters premier location for Japanese pi- according to local media. not to be quoted by name. wan and China, Kyodo reported. are already deployed at Misawa lots training in the fifth-genera- The short-takeoff, vertical- Eventually, Japan plans to ac- The aircraft would conduct ex- Air Base in Aomori prefecture, tion aircraft. landing aircraft could fly out of quire 105 F35As — the conven- ercises alongside U.S. F-35Bs northeastern Japan. Nyutabaru Air Base in Miyazaki tional takeoff and landing version from Marine Corps Air Station Kishi met with U.S. Forces Ja- [email protected] Twitter: @SethRobson1 prefecture, Kyodo News reported of the fighter — and 42 F-35Bs, Iwakuni in Yamaguchi prefec- pan commander Lt. Gen. Kevin [email protected] Monday, citing anonymous gov- which will operate from the heli- ture, the report said. Schneider and 35th Fighter Wing Twitter: @HanaKusumoto PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 MILITARY Gold Star mothers skydive in sons’ memory BY BRIAN FERGUSON Both Comfort and Markwell Stars and Stripes were airborne-qualified soldiers. Two Gold Star mothers experi- “People used to ask him all the enced a slice of their sons’ best time why he wanted to jump,” moments, courtesy of Special Op- Rouse said in the statement. “He erations Command’s elite para- would say, ‘because of the rush.’ chute demonstration team. So, I thought I would try and jump Ellen Comfort and Sandee out of a perfectly good airplane to Rouse, whose sons served in the feel his rush.” 75th Ranger Regiment, skydived Ellen Comfort called her son an from 13,500 feet last month with “adventurous soul and spirit,” and the Para-Commandos at Skydive said she thought her son would City in Zephyrhills, Fla., the Army have encouraged her to take the said Friday. leap. The tandem jumps allow fam- “I can’t just sit here and not do ilies of fallen service members to anything,” Comfort said. “When connect more closely with their I’m around people who are jump- loved ones, the statement said. ing from airplanes and doing all Ellen Comfort’s son, Capt. Kyle the things he did, I feel like I’m Comfort, was killed May 8, 2010, closer to him, I feel like I’m with STEVEN SMITH/U.S. Marine Corps by a roadside bomb in Afghanis- him.” Sandee Rouse, Gold Star mother, and Army Sgt. Maj. Jose Vazquez, Special Operations Command tan. Sandee Rouse’s son, Pfc. Jim Para­Commando, skydive March 13, in Zephyrhills, Fla.

Markwell, died in 1989 during [email protected] ground operations in Panama. Twitter: @BrianFerg57

RYAN DECAMP/U.S. Air Force U.S. Special Operations Command Para­Commandos prepare to Courtesy photo Courtesy photo tandem skydive with Gold Star mothers Sandee Rouse and Ellen Ellen Comfort, her son, Army 1st Lt. Kyle Comfort, and his wife, Army Pfc. Jim Markwell poses in Comfort. Brooke Comfort, in March 2010. his service uniform in 1989. Army allows Marine Osprey squadron arrives ribbons and in Spain for AFRICOM mission unit mark on Stars and Stripes A Marine Corps Osprey tiltrotor Class B suit squadron has arrived at Moron Air Base in Spain for a rotation in sup- Stars and Stripes port of U.S. Africa Command’s Soldiers may wear an insignia North and West Africa Response and some accouterments on their Force, which conducts contingen- Class B service uniforms, the Ar- cy and crisis operations throughout my announced in an update to uni- the two regions. form regulations. Marine Medium Tiltrotor The change allows a soldier to Squadron 261 (Reinforced) took wear up to six ribbons in two rows over the support mission from on the left side of the Class B Army Squadron 266 on Thursday, U.S. Green Service Uniform, along Marine Corps Forces, Europe and with one badge or metal tab repli- U.S. Army Africa said in a statement. YURITZY GOMEZ/U.S. Marine Corps ca, the update released Wednes- The Army now allows a soldier to Both squadrons are based at Ma- Cpl. Austin Eslinger observes the landing zone at Hunter Army day said. Previously, soldiers wear up to six ribbons in two rine Corps Air Station New River, Airfield, Savannah, Ga., for an MV­22B Osprey on Dec. 10, 2020. could only wear their ribbons on rows on the left side of the Class N.C. the Class A version of the uniform, B Army Green Service Uniform, VMM-261 will work “alongside VMM-261 flies MV-22 Osprey gerien troops were killed in an am- which includes a jacket. along with one badge or metal the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat transport aircraft. bush by ISIS-linked militants in tab replica. A soldier may wear a The wearer may also opt to in- Team to accomplish our shared Countries in the response force’s Niger in 2017, in what was the regimental insignia on the right. clude a regimental insignia on the crisis response mission in North area of operations include Libya, largest loss of American lives in right side of the Class B uniform. and West Africa, supporting our al- where civil strife and fighting have combat in Africa since the Battle of The insignia and accouterments World War II-inspired uniform to lies and partners in the region,” the contributed to chronic instability Mogadishu in 1993. And last week, are mandatory when the service soldiers completing basic training squadron’s commanding officer, since 2011. four United Nations peacekeepers uniform is worn as a dress uni- this year. Soldiers have until 2027 Lt. Col. Travis Stephenson, said in Violence in West Africa’s Sahel were killed by Islamic militants in form substitute in hot weather, to acquire the uniform, service of- the statement. He described the region by militants linked to the Is- Mali, which has been trying to con- which can be authorized at a com- ficials said last year. mission as “incredibly important” lamic State and al-Qaida has been tain an insurgency since 2012. mander’s discretion. one. on the rise in recent years. The Army began issuing the [email protected] Known as the “Raging Bulls,” Four Green Berets and four Ni- [email protected] Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY US closes Guantanamo unit, moves prisoners Associated Press Camp 7 opened in December WASHINGTON — A once-se- 2006 for prisoners previously held cret unit within the Guantanamo in a network of clandestine CIA de- Bay detention center that had fall- tention facilities, often referred to en into disrepair has been closed as “black sites,” where they were and the prisoners moved to another subjected to brutal interrogation facility on the American base in techniques. The military ran it un- Cuba, the U.S. military said Sun- der an agreement with CIA, and day. Southern Command said intelli- The prisoners at Camp 7 were gence agencies were involved with transferred to a facility adjacent to the transfer. where the other detainees on the The military long refused to even base are held as part of what U.S. acknowledge the location of Camp Southern Command said in a state- 7on the base and has never allowed ment was an effort to “increase op- journalists to see the inside of the erational efficiency and effective- facility. Officials had said that unit, ness.” which was never designed to be Miami-based Southern Com- permanent, had structural issues mand, which oversees the deten- and needed to be replaced, but the tion center at the southeastern Pentagon dropped plans to seek edge of Cuba, did not say how many money for the construction. prisoners were moved. Officials Among those held at Camp 7 have previously said about 14 men were the five prisoners charged were held in Camp 7. There are 40 with war crimes for their alleged prisoners at Guantanamo. roles planning and providing logis- Southern Command said the tical support for the Sept. 11, 2001, Camp 7 prisoners were moved to terrorist attacks. Camp 5 “safely and without inci- President Joe Biden has said he dent,” but did not say when the intends to close Guantanamo, but transfer occurred. Camp 5, which that would require approval from was largely empty, is next to Camp Congress to move some prisoners BRENNAN LINSLEY/AP 6, where the other detainees are to the United States for trial or im- The sun rises over the Guantanamo detention facility on the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, on held. prisonment. May 13, 2009. Marine held at base in connection with missing ammo The Orange County Register March 19 at the Western Judicial McGuire added that the Camp legedly stole thousands of rounds In May 2015, he went to training at A 28-year-old Reconnaissance Circuit Court, said 2nd Lt. Kyle Pendleton investigation is unrelat- of military-grade ammo and ex- US Army Training Center, Fort Marine is being held in the brig at McGuire. If Naughton’s case is re- ed to 10 pounds of C-4 explosives plosives. Then, one Marine alleg- Leonard Wood, Mo. Camp Pendleton after he was ferred to a general court-martial, a that were reported missing from edly tried to sell the ammo online From September 2015 to No- charged with six counts of larceny redacted charge sheet will provide Marine Air Ground Combat Cen- but got caught in a sting operation vember 2019, he trained as part of and military property-related of- more details on the materials that ter Twentynine Palms in March. that was set up by federal agents.” the Chemical Biological Incident fenses involving missing ammuni- are missing, McGuire said. More details are not being re- McGuire said he could confirm Response Force, Marine Corps tion from the base, military offi- A second, unidentified Recon leased because the case is under that only Naughton is being held in Forces Command, Indian Head, cials said Friday. Marine is awaiting a similar Arti- investigation by the Naval Crimi- custody on the base. Md. There he trained as a chem- The charges against Sgt. Gun- cle 32 hearing, McGuire said, add- nal Investigation Service. According to military records, ical, radiological and nuclear spe- nar Naughton, with 1st Reconnais- ing he couldn’t discuss specific de- An ABC 10News report in San Naughton, of Kansas, started as a cialist. He joined the elite 1st Re- sance Battalion, follow an Article tails on possible charges or the Ma- Diego on March 25 stated, “At least recruit at Marine Corps Recruit connaissance Battalion at Camp 32 fact-finding hearing held on rine’s identity prior to the hearing. five reconnaissance Marines al- Depot San Diego in January 2015. Pendleton in November 2019. Carrier: Eisenhower to continue supporting Inherent Resolve after clearing Panama Canal

FROM PAGE 1 Rear Adm. Scott F. Robertson, the Gulf of Oman, Red Sea and parts The cruiser USS Philippine Sea strike group’s commander. of the Indian Ocean, includes was the first Navy ship to make a U.S. officials have declined to three critical chokepoints. northbound trip through the canal discuss the effect of the canal While the blockage did bog Saturday, 5th Fleet said Monday blockage on operations in the re- down ship traffic, it wasn’t expect- on Twitter. gion, but Pentagon spokesman ed to cause significant delays to While sailing in the eastern and retired Rear Adm. John Kirby replenishment and logistics sup- Mediterranean last week, the Ei- told reporters last week in Wash- port, officials with both the De- senhower strike group had al- ington that the U.S. military has fense Logistics Agency and the ready started flight operations to “any number of alternate ways” to Navy said. support the anti-Islamic State fulfill its missions in the region. As the Eisenhower entered the campaign in Iraq and Syria. Kirby credited local authorities region, the 15th Marine Expedi- SOPHIE PINKHAM/U.S. Navy Known as Operation Inherent Re- for “amazing work” to free the tionary Group, embarked on the The cruiser USS Monterey, left, and the destroyer USS Thomas solve, the coalition carried out 200,000-ton Ever Given from the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Hudner sail behind the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower more strikes against ISIS in Iraq canal bank. Group, announced Saturday that during a Suez Canal transit Friday. last month than in all of 2020. The reopening “will certainly it would end its support to the anti- The Eisenhower is expected to facilitate greater movement,” he ISIS coalition from the Indian sions from the USS Makin Island, tion spokesman Army Col. Wayne continue support to Inherent Re- said, but added that the United Ocean. The Makin Island ARG the 15th MEU said, including long- Marotto said Saturday on Twitter solve while operating and training States has long factored the possi- had been in the 5th Fleet area of range strikes and counter-air mis- after airstrikes destroyed four alongside regional and coalition bility of chokepoint blockages into operations since January. sions in Iraq and Syria. enemy hideouts and killed two ter- partners, the Navy said. its planning. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning Coalition airstrikes and Iraqi rorists in Salahuddin province. “Our strike group is excited to The U.S. 5th Fleet’s area of op- II joint strike fighters with Marine ground operations “have left sail and fly in the conduct of our erations, spanning 2.5 million Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 Daesh with no sanctuaries & crip- [email protected] operations in the Red Sea,” said square miles in the Persian Gulf, (Reinforced) conducted nine mis- pled its ability to resurge,” coali- Twitter: @chadgarland PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 NATION Poll: Problems at border dent Biden approval

Associated Press around hard-line policies that ex- WASHINGTON — More Amer- panded and fortified border walls, icans disapprove than approve of made it tougher for people fleeing how President Joe Biden is hand- drug violence and other desperate ling waves of unaccompanied mi- circumstances in Mexico and grant children arriving at the U.S.- Central America to seek U.S. asy- DARIO LOPEZ­MILLS, POOL/AP Mexico border, and approval of lum and separated immigrant Young unaccompanied migrants, from ages 3 to 9, watch television inside a playpen at the U.S. Customs his efforts on larger immigration families. and Border Protection facility, in Donna, Texas, on March 30. policy falls short of other top is- Biden has tried to seize political sues — suggesting it could be a momentum on the issue by prom- tration, that people feel that they companied minors. immigration system in a genera- weak point for the new adminis- ising a more humane and orderly can come to the country,” said Just 42% of Americans say they tion on Biden’s first day in office. tration. system, but his administration has Mindy Kiehl, a 40-year-old real approve of how the president is It has stalled in Congress, though, A new poll by The Associated struggled to cope with rising num- estate agent in Erie, Pa., who oth- handling immigration in general, and Republicans and even some Press-NORC Center for Public Af- bers of migrants coming to the erwise approves of Biden’s hand- and a similar share, 44%, say they top Democrats say passage will be fairs Research also shows that border, especially unaccompa- ling of the presidency so far. approve of how he’s handling bor- difficult. solving the problem of young peo- nied children. “I get it. They’re seeking ref- der security. Both are significant- The plan would provide an ple at the border is among Amer- Overall, 40% of Americans dis- uge,” Kiehl added. “But bringing ly lower than the 61% of Ameri- eight-year path to citizenship for icans’ highest immigration prior- approve of Biden’s handling of these children, it’s not good for the cans who say they approve of how the estimated 11 million people in ities: 59% say providing safe treat- children reaching the nation’s children, it’s not good for the fam- Biden is handling his job overall the U.S. illegally, but the poll ment of unaccompanied children southern border without their par- ilies. I don’t know how that’s going and fall short of the president’s shows doing so isn’t high on the when they are apprehended ents, compared with just 24% who to solve the problem.” rating on some other issues, in- public’s priority list. Only 29% of should be a high priority, and 65% approve. Thirty-five percent don’t Biden said at a recent news con- cluding his response to the pan- Americans overall, including 42% say the same about reuniting fam- have an opinion either way. ference that “we’re sending back demic and the economy. of Democrats and 14% of Repub- ilies separated at the border. “I don’t know how to politically the vast majority of the families That gap comes despite the licans, called legal status for peo- Former President Donald correctly say this: I do feel that, that are coming.” But his strug- White House endorsing the most ple in the country illegally a high Trump built his presidency because there’s this new adminis- gles on the issue go beyond unac- ambitious overhaul of the nation’s priority. Biden infrastructure bill hits McConnell, GOP blockade BY LISA MASCARO ed Press-NORC Public Research nal to Teddy Roosevelt’s designs Associated Press Center found Americans have re- on a national park system. WASHINGTON — Republicans sponded favorably to the presi- “Now, in this century, President in Congress are making the politi- dent’s approach, with 73% approv- Biden is undertaking something in cally brazen bet that it’s more ad- ing of his handling of the pandem- the tradition of thinking big,” Pe- vantageous to oppose President ic. That includes about half of Re- losi said at a news conference. Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild publicans. As Congress hunkers down to America agenda than to lend sup- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., a mem- begin drafting the legislation for port for the costly $2.3 trillion un- ber of Senate GOP leadership, Biden’s proposal, both parties will dertaking for roads, bridges and said Sunday a smaller package of be put the test. other infrastructure investments. about $615 billion, or 30% of what In the House, lawmakers will be Much the way Republicans pro- Biden is proposing, could find bi- invited to submit requests for pro- vided no votes for the $1.9 trillion partisan backing from Republi- jects in their home districts — COVID-19 relief bill, they plan to cans if the White House found a roads and other infrastructure sit on the sidelines for this next big way to pay for it without raising that could be “earmarks” eligible lift by the White House, forcing the corporate tax rate. He pointed for federal funds. It’s a way to en- Democrats to take full ownership to potential user fees on drivers tice bipartisan participation and of the massive package of spend- and others. ensure the funds are spent on J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP ing and corporate tax hikes that “There’s an easy win here,” agreed-upon needs. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R­Ky., shown last month at Biden wants approved over the Blunt said on “Fox News Sunday.” Republicans will be forced to ei- a hearing on voting reform legislation, declared last week that he will summer. The tension could mount fight President Joe Biden's agenda “every step of the way.” Rather than shy from a new era ther participate or disengage, of- this week as Biden shows no signs of big government, Democratic ten with pressure from elected of- of adjusting to satisfy Republican blockade that helped sour voters den’s agenda “every step of the leaders in Congress are embrac- ficials and other constituents leaders, instead appealing direct- on the Democratic president more way.” ing it, believing they can bypass clamoring for funds to upgrade ly to their constituents for support. than a decade ago. Then and now But it’s not at all certain the the GOP blockade on Capitol Hill sewers, airports and countless “I think the Republicans’ voters Republicans are intent on sad- GOP playbook that worked more and make the case directly to other infrastructure systems. are going to have a lot to say about dling Democrats with responsibil- than a decade ago will produce the Americans hungry for invest- Peppered in Kentucky with whether we get a lot of this done,” ity for all the taxes and spending to same political gains this time ments in homes, communities and questions about money that could Biden told reporters at the White come, much as they did the 2009 around. Voters appear tired of the livelihoods, especially as China be potentially flowing for home- House. rescue after the economic crisis, partisan stalemate in Washington, and other rival countries make ad- state road, bridge and housing That leaves Biden and congres- framing it as government overre- live amid the country’s run-down vancements. projects after the president un- sional Republicans on a collision ach that piles on debt. spots and signal they are initially House Speaker Nancy Pelosi veiled his plan, McConnell batted course, the outcome of which Senate Republican leader supportive of Biden’s approach to compared Biden’s plan to the far- them back one by one. could define the parties and his Mitch McConnell set the defining governing, at least on the virus aid reaching aims of presidents be- Biden’s package “is not going to presidency. The GOP strategy is tone for his party when he flatly package. fore him — from Thomas Jeffer- get support from our side,” reminiscent of the Obama-era declared last week he will fight Bi- Recent polling by The Associat- son’s efforts to build the Erie Ca- McConnell said. Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Doctor theorized that lack of oxygen stopped Floyd’s heart Associated Press Under questioning by prosecu- MINNEAPOLIS — The emer- tor Jerry Blackwell, Langenfeld gency room doctor who pro- said that based on the information nounced George Floyd dead after he had, death by asphyxiation was trying to resuscitate him testified “more likely than the other possi- Monday that he theorized at the bilities.” time that Floyd's heart most likely Chauvin, 45, is charged with stopped because he didn't get murder and manslaughter in enough oxygen. Floyd’s death May 25. The white RICHARD TSONG­TAATARII, STAR TRIBUNE/AP Dr. Bradford Langenfeld, who officer is accused of pinning his Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo is expected to testify in the Derek Chauvin trial. Arradondo was a senior resident on duty that knee on the 46-year-old man’s fired Chauvin and three other officers the day after George Floyd’s death. night at Hennepin County Medi- neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds, as cal Center, took the stand at the Floyd lay face-down in handcuffs fentanyl and methamphetamine, “other significant conditions” but istered a drug that would reverse beginning of Week Two at former outside a market, where had been both of which were found in not under “cause of death.” the effects of an opioid overdose. Minneapolis Officer Derek Chau- accused of trying to pass a coun- Floyd’s body, can do so. Under cross-examination from The doctor said giving Narcan vin’s murder trial, as prosecutors terfeit $20 bill for a pack of ciga- The county medical examiner’s Nelson, Langenfeld said Floyd’s once a patient is in cardiac arrest sought to establish that it was rettes. office ultimately classified carbon dioxide levels were more would provide no benefit. Chauvin’s knee on the Black The defense argues that Chau- Floyd’s death a homicide — that than twice has high as levels in Prosecutors in the second week man’s neck that killed him. vin did what he was trained to do is, a death at the hands of someone healthy person, and he agreed of the trial are also expected to ze- Langenfeld said Floyd’s heart and that Floyd’s use of illegal else. that that could be attributed to a ro in on Chauvin’s training in the had stopped by the time he ar- drugs and his underlying health The full report said Floyd died respiratory problem. But on ques- use of force. Minneapolis Police rived at the hospital. The doctor conditions caused his death. of “cardiopulmonary arrest, com- tioning from the prosecutor, the Chief Medaria Arradondo was ex- said that he was not told of any ef- Chauvin attorney Eric Nelson plicating law enforcement sub- doctor said the high levels were pected to testify Monday. Arra- forts at the scene by bystanders or questioned Langenfeld about dual, restraint, and neck compres- also consistent with cardiac arrest dondo, the city’s first Black chief, police to resuscitate Floyd but whether some drugs can cause sion.” A summary report listed — the stopping of the heart. fired Chauvin and three other offi- that paramedics told him they had hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation. fentanyl intoxication and recent Langenfeld also testified that cers the day after Floyd’s death, tried for about 30 minutes. The doctor acknowledged that methamphetamine use under neither he nor paramedics admin- and in June called it “murder.” Supreme Court rules for Google in closely watched tech copyright case

The Washington Post part in the decision. old case that Google infringed on allows the unlicensed use of copy- to write with each program. WASHINGTON — The Supreme “We assume, for argument’s copyrights related to using roughly right-protected work in circum- Google won the support of sever- Court on Monday said Google did sake, that the material was copy- 11,000 lines of code from the Java stances, such as this case, when al tech companies, including Mi- not violate copyright law when it rightable,” Justice Stephen Breyer programming platform to develop there is no other way to do it. crosoft, which argued in its own developed its Android mobile oper- wrote for the majority. “But we hold Android. Oracle, which acquired The dispute centers on the tech- brief that the appeals court ruling in ating system using code from Ora- that the copying here at issue none- Java in 2010 when it bought Sun Mi- nical way software developers use Oracle’s favor “risks upsetting cle. theless constituted a fair use. crosystems, has sought $9 billion in application programming interfac- long-settled expectations” that The court ruled 6 to 2 in favor of Hence, Google’s copying did not vi- damages, arguing that Google used es, or APIs. That’s the computer have allowed the tech industry to Google in the highly anticipated olate the copyright law.” the code without its permission. code which enables websites and flourish by enabling programs to ruling. The case was argued before Justices Clarence Thomas and Google argued that weaving that applications to work together. APIs interoperate. Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined Samuel Alito dissented. code into Android was protected also reduce the amount of basic The Department of Justice sup- the court and so she did not take Oracle has alleged in the decade- under the “fair use” doctrine that computer coding developers need ported Oracle. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 NATION Schools weigh how to spend new federal aid BY COLLIN BINKLEY ments,” said Nathan Kuder, chief Associated Press financial officer of Boston Public With a massive infusion of fed- Schools, which is expecting $275 eral aid coming their way, schools million. across the U.S. are weighing how But the spending decisions car- to use the windfall to ease the ry high stakes. If important needs harm of the pandemic — and to are overlooked — or if the money tackle problems that existed long does not bring tangible improve- before the coronavirus. ments — schools could face blow- CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP The assistance that was ap- back from their communities and proved last month totals $123 bil- from politicians who influence Freshman Hugo Bautista eats lunch separated from classmates by plastic dividers, Wednesday, at Wyandotte County High School in Kansas City, Kan., on the first day of in­person learning. lion — a staggering sum that will their funding. At the same time, offer some districts several times schools must be wary of dreaming have a better experience than they forts to address learning loss, but dollars. the amount of federal education too big and taking on long-term did before the pandemic,” Cardo- they expect to have wide flexibil- To keep future costs in check, funding they receive in a single costs they cannot sustain. na said in an interview. ity in how to use most of the aid. many schools are avoiding big hir- year. The aid will help schools reo- Education Secretary Miguel Districts with higher concentra- With more than three years to ing increases, and few are pursu- pen and expand summer pro- Cardona said the assistance al- tions of poverty will get the largest spend the new money, school lead- ing programs that carry heavy grams to help students catch up on lows schools to “hit the reset but- sums. Public schools in some ci- ers are thinking big. personnel costs. Instead, many learning. It also offers a chance to ton” and confront challenges that ties are expected to receive more Even though the funding brings will consider adding teachers un- pursue programs that have long have long plagued the nation’s than $1 billion, including Los An- a bonanza for some districts, ques- der short-term agreements or hir- been seen as too expensive, such education system. He said schools geles and Philadelphia. The new tions loom around other sources of ing contractors to provide social as intensive tutoring, mental can train teachers in social and money joins more than $67 billion financial support. Some states and mental health services. health services and major curri- emotional learning and work to made available to schools in other have already slashed education And while the funding is largely culum upgrades. close persistent racial disparities relief packages during the pan- budgets as they face steep reve- intended to reverse the setbacks “This feels like a once-in-a-gen- in education. demic. nue losses, and other states are caused by a year of remote learn- eration opportunity for us to be “With successful implementa- Schools must reserve 20% for likely to follow, which could di- ing, there’s also a push to sustain able to make critical invest- tion, our students are going to summer programs and other ef- minish the effect of the federal virtual options. Possible 2nd Fla. New law to require breach found as Utah dads to pay half leak continues of pregnancy costs BY AMY HOLLYFIELD Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times BY SOPHIA EPPOLITO Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republi- PALMETTO, Fla. — Around 2 a.m. Monday, an in- Associated Press/ can, recently signed the proposal, frared drone “identified what could be a second Report for America which received widespread sup- breach” in the plastic lining surrounding a reservoir SALT LAKE CITY — Biological port in the GOP-controlled Legis- at the former Piney Point phosphate plant, Manatee fathers in Utah will be legally re- lature. County officials said Monday. quired to pay half of a woman’s Republican Rep. Brady Bram- Jake Saur, director of Manatee County public safe- out-of-pocket pregnancy costs un- mer said he decided to sponsor the ty, appeared with Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., and TIFFANY TOMPKINS, THE BRADENTON (FLA.) HERALD/AP der a new law unique to the state measure because he had grown other officials to update the threatening situation. He Specialists are trying to determine the state of the that critics say doesn’t do enough frustrated with the number of an- said the Army Corps of Engineers and other special- plastic lining surrounding a reservoir at the former to adequately address maternal ti-abortion measures going Piney Point phosphate plant in Bradenton, Fla. ists are on site trying to assess the findings of the health care needs. through the Legislature and want- drone. The bill’s sponsor has presented ed to pursue legislation that would He said they have four major lines and smaller Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was on site for a tour the measure as an effort to de- make it easier to bring life into the pumps moving water out of the site. Evacuation or- Sunday and he and county officials laid out their plan crease the burden of pregnancy on world. ders remain in place. to prevent the 77-acre wastewater pond from total women and increase responsibil- “We want to help people and ac- Buchanan said he took a helicopter tour of the area collapse after a plastic lining is believed to have torn ity for men who have children. But tually be pro-life in how we do it as and was committed to getting the right resources on last week. The reservoir sits among phosphogypsum some critics argue the new legisla- opposed to anti-abortion,” Bram- this problem. stacks — high berms made of a substance monitored tion won’t help women who are “To see the reality of (it) is very concerning to me,” for its radioactivity. most vulnerable and could make mer said. “One of the ways to help he said. “To see the water spewing out it looked very Acting Manatee County administrator Scott Hopes abusive situations even more dan- with that was to help the burden of contaminated to me.” and others suggested that extreme measures were gerous for pregnant women. pregnancy be decreased.” The congressman emphasized the need to “bring working to pump out the water before an uncon- Utah appears to be the first state The bill would apply to a preg- all the resources we can” and said those plans were in trolled collapse. More resources are expected to to mandate prenatal child support, nant woman’s health insurance motion. come in from across the country. according to the state’s Planned premiums and any pregnancy-re- “I am concerned about the threat to public safety, In addition to ordering the evacuation of residents Parenthood association and the lated medical costs, Brammer homes, as well as businesses and, of course, marine in the surrounding areas of the plant, Manatee Coun- bill’s sponsor. But a few states, in- said. life,” Buchanan said. “I really hate to see what’s hap- ty Sheriff’s officials evacuated about 345 inmates cluding Wisconsin and New York, If the paternity of the child is pened.” from the county jail’s first floor. The Manatee County have provisions that can result in disputed, fathers won’t be re- “When I see water flowing into Tampa Bay, it Central Jail is in the northwest corner of the evac- fathers being financially respon- quired to pay until after paternity makes me sick about it.” uation zone. sible for pre-birth expenses. is established. Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK

UK eyes ‘vaccine passports’ US troops based on as it eases lockdown rules LONDON — Britain’s slow but steady march out of a three-month lockdown remains on track even as Okinawa see cases coronavirus cases surge elsewhere in Europe, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday, as he confirmed that businesses from barbers to bookstores will be al- surge for 4th week lowed to reopen next week. Johnson said it’s too soon to de- BY JOSEPH DITZLER Station Futenma. cide, however, whether U.K. resi- Stars and Stripes Kadena Air Base had six people MATTHEW M. BURKE/Stars and Stripes dents will be able to have summer TOKYO — U.S. military bases test positive, according to a base American Village, a popular entertainment district on Okinawa, was trips abroad. He confirmed that the on Okinawa reported 16 new coro- Facebook post Friday evening. quiet on March 30. U.S. military bases on Okinawa reported 16 new government will test out a conten- navirus patients over the weekend. Four of those individuals had close coronavirus patients over the weekend. tious “vaccine passport” system — A surge in new cases at bases on contact with a previously infected a way for people to offer proof they the island that prompted com- person; the remaining two became virus resurgence, posting more tached to U.S. Army Japan, Yoko- have protection from COVID-19 — manders to reimpose restrictions ill with COVID-19 symptoms and than 2,000 cases each day between suka Naval Base, Sasebo Naval as a tool to help travel and large on off-base dining and other mea- isolated themselves. Air Force Thursday and Saturday, the latest Base, Marine Corps Air Station events return safely. sures is nearly a month old. While a public health authorities have fin- numbers available from the World Iwakuni, Kadena Air Base and the Four weeks after England took its concern to military health author- ished contact tracing and have Health Organization. Marines on Okinawa. first step out of lockdown by reopen- ities, the surge is creating only a quarantined an unspecified num- In the Osaka, Miyagi and Hyogo Tokyo, the nation’s capital, re- ing schools, Johnson said Britain’s fraction of the hundreds of new ber of close contacts, the base said. prefectures, new “quasi-emergen- ported 249 people tested positive vaccination program was proceed- cases generated by outbreaks on One of the new patients is a com- cy” measures took effect Monday, Monday, according to public ing well and infections were falling. Okinawa last summer. missary employee who quarantin- including mask requirements and broadcaster NHK. Monday typi- He said the next step would come as The Marine Corps had 10 people ed a week before testing positive, fines for restaurants that fail to ad- cally yields the lowest one-day planned on April 12, with the reo- test positive for COVID-19, the cor- the base said. here to shorter business hours, ac- count of the week in the city. pening of hairdressers, beauty sa- onavirus respiratory disease, be- Kadena reported on March 30 cording to Kyodo News. The seven-day moving average lons, gyms, nonessential shops and tween Friday and Monday, ac- that another commissary employ- Osaka, also the second largest for the past week in Tokyo was bar and restaurant patios. cording to a Facebook post by Ma- ee had tested positive for the coro- city in Japan, reported a one-day higher by nearly 60 people on Mon- “We set out our road map and rine Corps Installations Pacific. navirus. In that case, the base said pandemic high of 666 people newly day than it was a week earlier, ac- we’re sticking to it,” Johnson said The command reported three new the patient had no close contacts infected with the coronavirus Sat- cording to Tokyo Metropolitan during a news conference. But, he cases at Camp Foster, two each at with service members, Defense urday, according to its COVID-19 Government data. added, “We can’t be complacent.” Camps Hansen and Kinser and Department civilian employees, data website. It reported 593 on one each at Camps Schwab and contractors or family members. Sunday. [email protected] Courtney and Marine Corps Air Japan is experiencing a corona- Osaka is off-limits to anyone at- Twitter: @JosephDitzler From The Associated Press PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Hundreds of Special Olympics athletes in Hawaii get vaccine

Associated Press under quarantine after an out- HONOLULU — Hundreds of break of COVID-19 that officials Special Olympic athletes with in- said may be related to several tellectual disabilities have re- large, off-campus parties last ceived their first dose of the coro- weekend. navirus vaccine at a facility in Ha- Thirty-five positive cases had waii. been identified on campus in the Physicians and medical em- two days leading up to Friday, the ployees from Kaiser Permanente Hartford Courant reported. Resi- worked in tandem with Special dents at the five dorms are able to Olympics Hawaii to administer receive meals at designated din- shots at Consolidated Theatres ing halls, but aren’t allowed to at- Kapolei on Saturday. tend in-person classes or events. More than 250 people attended Officials said the quarantine to receive their first shot of the will likely last until the end of this Pfizer vaccine. week, when students are sched- The Special Olympics athletes uled to leave for spring break and DARIN OSWALD, IDAHO STATESMAN/AP and coaches said they decided to learn remotely the rest of the se- After organizing a prayer rally in front of a magistrate court judge earlier in the day, supporters of Ammon receive the vaccine because they mester. Bundy gather in front of the Ada County Courthouse, in Boise, Idaho, on Saturday to protest Idaho Gov. felt it was important to do their On March 27, state police ar- Brad Little's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, trespassing arrests and, most recently, a failure to part for society. rested two people after breaking appear in court by Bundy for not agreeing to wear a face mask. “I think it’s important to get this up an off-campus house party in- because if you don’t, you cannot go volving more than 100 people. An- that 3,660,880 Floridians had been urday. ported more than 1,600 new cases out, but if you do have one vacci- other party involving as many as completely inoculated, and anoth- of the disease caused by the coro- nation you still got to keep your 200 maskless revelers was shut er 2,638,758 had received the first Michigan navirus Sunday. distance and wear a mask,” said down earlier in March for violat- dose of the vaccine, according to DETROIT — A historic Detroit The Texas Department of State Cassilly Woll, a Special Olympics ing state restrictions in gather- the state’s Department of Health church reopened its doors Easter Health Services reported 21 new athlete. ings. dashboard. Sunday for in-person services for fatalities from COVID-19 on Sun- Kaiser Permanente hosted the Illinois the first time in over a year, a day along with 1,465 confirmed vaccination clinic to inoculate Delaware move that comes amid a statewide cases of the virus and 219 probable community members who are at DOVER — All Delawareans CHICAGO — Illinois logged COVID-19 surge. cases. 2,449 new cases of COVID-19 and higher risk of severe illness after above the age of 16 will soon be- Hartford Memorial Baptist There were 2,817 people in state 14 more deaths on Sunday, state contracting the virus, Hawaii come eligible to sign up for the Church, which was closed last hospitals with the disease Satur- health officials announced. News Now reported. coronavirus vaccine. Easter for the first time in its more day, the most recent day for which The Illinois Department of Pub- “One of the challenges that indi- The Delaware State News re- than 100-year history, limited data is available. That’s fewest lic Health said the confirmed and viduals with intellectual disabili- ported that the expanded eligibil- worshipers and required masks since June of last year. probable cases were among the ties have is social isolation, so you ity begins Tuesday. People can Sunday. Christians worldwide The lower hospitalization count more than 1.2 million COVID-19 can imagine the effect that COVID sign up for the state’s waiting list marked a second Easter Sunday comes as more than 15% of Texans infections since the start of the has had on this community,” said at vaccinerequest.delaware.gov. marked by pandemic precautions. have been fully vaccinated, ac- pandemic. Daniel Epstein, president and The state has fully vaccinated “We believe that the church cording to Johns Hopkins Univer- The death toll in Illinois from CEO of Special Olympics Hawaii. more than 174,000 people, accord- should be a part of the resurrec- sity data. The U.S. Centers for Dis- COVID-19 is 21,373. The prelimi- ing to the Delaware Division of tion of our society, and an effort to ease Control and Prevention re- Alaska nary seven-day statewide test pos- Public Health. That’s more than return to a sense of normalcy,” the ported that 27% of the state’s pop- BETHEL — Alaska tribes will itivity is 4.3%. 17% of Delaware’s total popula- Rev. Charles Christian Adams ulation has received at least one receive over $1 billion from the At the same time, more than 6.3 tion. told The Detroit Free Press. “We dose. most recent $1.9 trillion federal million COVID-19 vaccine doses At the same time, Delaware has know that other sectors of society coronavirus relief bill. have been administered. Illinois is administered nearly half a million are doing it. Restaurants have reo- Vermont The tribes can take as long as set to expand vaccine eligibility to vaccine doses. pened, they’re letting people in to MONTPELIER — Vermonters three years to spend these funds, all state residents age 16 and older athletic events, the malls are open age 40 and over are now eligible to unlike a similar bill that was later this month. Florida and all of those people are laying it make appointments to be vacci- passed in 2020, which had a short- GAINESVILLE — Starting Maryland all on the line to get society going nated against the virus that causes er deadline, KYUK-AM reported Monday, any adult in Florida is el- again. And we feel that the church COVID-19. Wednesday. BALTIMORE — Health offi- igible to receive the coronavirus should not sit on the sidelines, and The Vermont Health Depart- Teresa Jacobsson from the cials in Maryland have reported vaccine. In addition, the state an- wait until all is well to reopen. ... ment website will begin accepting Alaska Tribal Administrators As- 1,669 new cases of the coronavirus nounced that teens ages 16 and 17 People need the church.” appointments at 8:15 a.m. Mon- sociation said tribes will have as well as eight more virus-related can also get the vaccine with pa- Hartford was hit hard by the day. A week later, the age limit more leeway on how to spend the deaths. rental permission. pandemic: At least 14 congregants drops to age 30 and over. On April funds compared to previous legis- The Baltimore Sun reported In an effort to get students inoc- died from COVID-19. 19, all adult Vermonters will be el- lation. But, the government will Sunday that the state posted its ulated, the University of Florida’s Michigan’s number of new CO- igible to be vaccinated. not just give tribal members highest number of daily coronavi- Athletics Department is working VID-19 cases topped 8,400 Satur- The presence of the virus in checks without a reason. rus cases since Jan. 31. On that “You have to show a need, with UF Health and the local day, state health officials had re- day for the highest daily total since Vermont has been increasing in which is show basic living essen- health department to administer ported 1,747 cases. early December, according to the recent weeks. Officials have said tials like housing and rent expens- the vaccine at Ben Hill Griffin Sta- The total number of coronavi- state’s Department of Health and the state is in a race to vaccinate as es, utilities, internet connectivity, dium. University and health offi- rus cases in Maryland is now more Human Services. Michigan many people as possible to help personal cleaning and sanitation cials plan to inoculate up to 5,000 than 417,000. More than 8,000 peo- doesn’t report new COVID-19 data stop the spread of the virus. Offi- products,” Jacobsson said. “You people, starting at 11 a.m. Monday. ple have died. Both figures come on Sundays. cials blame the increase on a num- have to tie the money to a COVID- Officials hope to meet a goal of from the Maryland Department of Texas ber of more transmissible variants related need.” vaccinating 20,000 per week, a Health. of the virus that are being found in news release said. The event is More than 1,100 people are also DALLAS — The count of people Vermont, and among young peo- Connecticut open to anyone eligible for the hospitalized in the state due to hospitalized with COVID-19 in ple who are more socially active STORRS — The University of vaccine. complications from the virus. Texas has continued to decline, but not yet eligible to be vaccinat- Connecticut has put five dorms On Sunday, the state reported That’s 67 more people than on Sat- even as state health officials re- ed. Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Police find $20K of cocaine in man’s car OSSEO — A Chicago WI man is in trouble with the law after police in western Wis- consin discovered $20,000 worth of cocaine in his car. The La Crosse Tribune reported that court documents show a Trempealeau County Sheriff’s deputy stopped 33-year-old Da- juan Cortez Thomas on Interstate 94 near Osseo on Monday for mul- tiple traffic violations. A police dog alerted to narcotics in the car. A search of the vehicle revealed 300 grams of cocaine. Online court records show Tho- mas has been charged with posses- sion of cocaine with intent to deliv- er. He posted a $20,000 cash bond on Tuesday and is due back in court for a preliminary hearing April 19. 30 dogs were abandoned at park in last 2 weeks RENO — Authorities NV said more than two doz- en dogs were abandoned at Sun Valley Regional Park in the last two weeks. Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying any- one involved in the incidents. Washoe County Regional Ani- mal Services officials said there were initially about 10 to 15 dogs found abandoned at the park. That number grew to 27 dogs within the last two weeks. The Reno Gazette Journal re- GREG EANS, THE MESSENGER­INQUIRER/AP ported that by Friday, three more dogs were captured and that pushed the total to 30. Just like new Authorities suspect the person Ethan Reherman of Evansville, Ind., cleans the windshield of his 1947 Studebaker truck while showing it during the Sunset Cruisers' ninth or people involved have been leav- season of its Downtown Cruise­in on Saturday in Owensboro, Ky. Reherman restored the car himself from the frame up. ing the dogs at the park during the cover of darkness. They also be- ed, trapped or fish, as well as thou- THE CENSUS The farm’s other horses are be- lieve the dogs may be from the sands of insect species. ing given a rabies vaccination and same household. The number of years the Massachusetts College of Art and De- are being observed. Omelette festival returns 32 sign will have held its annual auction when the next one takes Couple leaves $144K to after pandemic break place from April 10-11. MassArt will be holding a virtual auction for the second Piece of SpaceX rocket wildlife and K-9 programs year in a row, with the live auction taking place on the evening of April 10 and debris lands at state farm LAFAYETTE — Loui- the silent auction portion of the fundraising event ending at noon on April 11. CONCORD — A couple LA siana’s Giant Omelette The auction is held to help support student scholarships. Artists who have had EPHRATA — A piece who enjoyed New Celebration is returning this fall af- their works juried into the auction donate either 50% or 100% of the sale price of burning rocket de- NH to support MassArt scholarships. The two auctions will feature over 300 works WA Hampshire’s outdoors left ter taking a year off because of the bris seen streaking across the Pa- from MassArt students, graduates, members of the faculty and others. $144,000 from their estate to the coronavirus pandemic. cific Northwest sky last week state Fish and Game Department KATC-TV reported that the crashed on a farm in east Washing- for its K-9 and endangered wildlife event, which features a giant om- arts and crafts show. deputies and the Colorado State ton state, authorities said. programs. elette cooked by multiple chefs in Patrol were taking the inmate to After the March 25 event, a Clarence and Gertrude Sleeper, front of crowds in Abbeville, will be Inmate damages unit another facility when he got farmer discovered a nearly intact of Littleton, traveled through New held Nov. 6 and 7. Organizers an- during escape attempt around security measures and be- piece of rocket in a private field, England and other areas, skied, nounced the festival’s return by came armed with a metal object. A The Tri-City Herald reported. gardened, and had three dogs. saying: “We are soooo Egggcit- HUGO — A Lincoln regional emergency was declared The approximately 5-foot com- They died in December 2019 in ed!!” CO County Jail inmate who and members from across the area posite-overwrapped pressure ves- what was determined to be a mur- The Vermilion Parish festival — tried to escape from a housing unit responded to help contain and con- sel used for storing helium left a der-suicide after both had suffered which celebrated its 35th anniver- was caught and tried to escape trol of the inmate. nearly 4-inch dent in the ground, health issues and limited mobility, sary in 2019, the last time it was again while being transported to Grant County sheriff’s spokesman the Caledonian-Record reported. held — draws people from around another facility. Investigators looking into Kyle Foreman said. No one was Late last month, the Executive the country. The inmate, 33-year-old Natha- how horse got rabies hurt, he said. Council authorized the department The Abbeville recipe started niel Gallion, of Arriba, is facing The farmer, who authorities said to accept the donation to help the years ago with 5,000 eggs — with multiple felony charges, according CHERRYVILLE — In- didn’t want to be identified, sus- programs survive. It came as “a one more egg added each year. Al- to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Of- NC vestigators in North pected the debris may have come complete surprise to us,” said Col. so used in the dish are 50 pounds of fice. Carolina are trying to figure out from the rocket and left a message Kevin Jordan, the department’s onions, 75 bell peppers, gallons of The jail declared an emergency how a horse contracted rabies. with the sheriff’s office over the top law enforcement officer. onion tops and parsley, gallons of at 8:15 p.m. Thursday in the male The Charlotte Observer report- weekend, Foreman said. Deputies The K-9 teams are used in cooking oil and milk, 52 pounds of housing unit after deputies discov- ed Sunday that rabies in horses is responded Monday and contacted search-and-rescue missions and butter and boxes of pepper and ered that an inmate used a desktop uncommon in the United States. SpaceX officials. SpaceX con- finding missing people, such as salt. The omelette is served free to that had been bolted to the wall as a The rabid horse was at a farm in firmed it was part of the rocket and stranded hikers. The Nongame and all who gather to watch with a side battering ram. During his escape Cherryville in Gaston County, has since retrieved it, Foreman Endangered Wildlife Program of French Bread. attempt, he destroyed windows about 30 miles northwest of Char- said. monitors and manages more than In addition to the cooking of the and equipment inside the housing lotte. The infection was discovered 400 species of mammals, birds, omelette, the festival includes mu- unit, officials said. by a veterinarian who was treating reptiles and amphibians not hunt- sic, contests, a charity walk and an At about 11 a.m. Friday, sheriff’s “a sick horse” last week. From wire reports PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 WORLD

Turkey detains In court, editor says ex-admirals for statement on boss pressured him straits treaty Associated Press ANKARA — Turkish authorities to praise Netanyahu on Monday detained 10 former admi- rals after a group of more than 100 re- BY ILAN BEN ZION mony and political consultations tired top navy officers issued a mid- Associated Press pointed to an increasingly uphill night statement that government of- JERUSALEM — Prime Minis- struggle for Netanyahu as he ficials tied to Turkey’s history of mil- ter Benjamin Netanyahu’s cor- fights for his political life. itary coups. ruption trial resumed Monday, In a post-election ritual, Presi- The 10 retired admirals were de- with a key witness painting a pic- dent Reuven Rivlin was consult- tained as part of an investigation, ture of an image-obsessed Israeli ing with the various parties elect- ABIR SULTAN/AP launched by the chief prosecutor in leader forcing a prominent news ed to parliament before choosing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, comes out of the Ankara on Sunday, over suspicions site to flatter his family and a candidate to form a new govern- courtroom during a hearing evidence stage for his trial over alleged that they had reached “an agreement smear his opponents. ment. With a majority of lawmak- corruption crimes at the Jerusalem district court in Salah El­Din, East with the aim of committing a crime The testimony came as Neta- ers opposed to giving Netanyahu Jerusalem, on Monday. against the security of the state and nyahu’s chances of securing an- another term, Rivlin could give the constitutional order,” the state- other term in office following last the task to a different candidate, livered hundreds of millions of prime minister wanted,” he said. run Anadolu Agency reported. month’s parliamentary elections possibly as soon as Monday night. dollars of profits to the Bezeq In another case, Netanyahu is Four others were not detained be- appeared to be dwindling in high- Netanyahu has been charged telecom company in exchange accused of accepting gifts worth cause of their advanced ages but stakes political talks hosted by with fraud, breach of trust and for positive coverage on the hundreds of thousands of dollars were asked to report to the author- the country’s figurehead presi- accepting bribes in three sepa- firm’s popular news site, Walla. from wealthy associates, includ- ities within three days, Anadolu re- dent just a few miles away. rate cases. Monday’s proceed- Ilan Yeshua, Walla’s former ing Hollywood film mogul Arnon ported. In a nationally televised ad- ings, the first in two months, chief editor, described a system Milchan and Australian billio- A total of 103 retired admirals dress, Netanyahu accused prose- marked the beginning of the evi- in which Bezeq’s owners, Shaul naire James Packer. In the third signed the statement declaring their cutors of persecuting him in an dentiary phase, in which a long and Iris Elovitch, repeatedly case, Netanyahu is accused of commitment to an international trea- attempt to undermine the will of line of witnesses are to take the pressured him to publish favor- trying to orchestrate positive ty that regulates shipping through the voters and to drive him out of stand against the prime minister. able things about Netanyahu and coverage in a major Israeli news- the Bosporus and Dardanelles office. The session focused on the smear the prime minister's ri- paper in exchange for curbing straits, which link the Mediterranean “This is what a coup attempt most serious case against Neta- vals. distribution of a free pro-Neta- Sea to the Black Sea. The 14 suspects looks like," he said. nyahu — in which he is accused The explanation he was given nyahu tabloid. Netanyahu denies are believed to have organized the Taken together, the court testi- of promoting regulations that de- by the couple? “That’s what the all charges. declaration. Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD Jordan prince remains defiant in new audio BY BASSEM MROUE tween Jordan’s King Abdullah II and his governance. nect with people and you are only allowed to Associated Press half brother Hamzah, a former crown “The army chief of staff came to me and see family members,’ ” he said. “When an BEIRUT — Jordan’s Prince Hamzah prince. The United States quickly sided issued threats in the name of heads of secu- army chief of staff says that, this is some- says he has been threatened by the coun- with Abdullah, a close Western ally in a vol- rity agencies,” Hamzah says in the record- thing that I think is unacceptable.” try’s security agencies but does not plan to atile region. ing. “I recorded his comments and distrib- An individual close to the prince con- follow their “unacceptable” orders that he Jordanian authorities said on Sunday uted them to my acquaintances abroad as firmed the authenticity of the recording, remain confined at home and cut off from they had foiled a “malicious plot” by Ham- well as my family in case something hap- speaking on condition of anonymity be- public communication, according to a new zah to destabilize the kingdom with foreign pens.” cause of security concerns. The individual voice recording released Monday. support. Hamzah has denied being part of “I don’t want to escalate now, but of said the recording is a few days old and was The recording, which circulated online, any plot and says he is being targeted for course, I will not abide when he tells me, made after the army chief threatened the indicates that tensions are running high be- speaking out against corruption and poor ‘You are not allowed to go out, tweet or con- prince. Damage, rain hamper rescuers in Indonesia

Associated Press nations for days while moving Mitigation Agency. Severe flood- LEMBATA, Indonesia — Res- south toward Australia. ing also has been reported in Bi- cuers were hampered by dam- Mud tumbled down from sur- ma, a town in the neighboring aged bridges and roads and a lack rounding hills onto dozens of province of West Nusa Tenggara, of heavy equipment Monday after homes in Lamenele village shortly killing two people and submerg- torrential rains caused multiple after midnight Sunday on Adona- ing nearly 10,000 houses. disasters on remote eastern Indo- ra island in East Nusa Tenggara The rains also caused solidified nesian islands as well as in East province. Rescuers recovered 38 lava to tumble down the slopes of Timor. bodies and at least five people Ili Lewotolok volcano and hit sev- At least 73 people died and doz- were injured, said Lenny Ola, who eral villages. That disaster on ens are missing in Indonesia, and heads the local disaster agency. Lembata island killed at least 14, 27 deaths were reported in East Flash floods killed at least 33 while at least 42 others were still Timor. A tropical cyclone causing people elsewhere and at least 70 buried under tons of solid lava, RICKO WAWO/AP the damage is expected to contin- are missing in the province, ac- said Lembata district chief Elias- Indonesians scavenge items from the ruins of their house hit by a ue affecting the Southeast Asian cording to the National Disaster er Yentji Sunur. landslide in East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on Monday. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Good luck with your fan base, MLB

BY HUGH HEWITT the new Georgia law as “Jim Crow on ste- EDITORIAL Special to The Washington Post None of the leaders roids” and falsely claiming that the law “ends Terry Leonard, Editor y moving the Major League Base- voting hours early.” But they seem to have [email protected] ball All-Star Game from Atlanta, of these organizations missed that the president’s words were ridi- where it was scheduled to be culed far and wide. The Post’s Fact Checker Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor played this summer, MLB Com- appears to have done blog slapped its worst standard rating, “four [email protected] B missioner Rob Manfred has, in the opinion of Pinocchios,” on the president’s claim. Yet in Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content many Republicans, declared the league an anything other than running over the interests of their customers, [email protected] arm of the Democratic Party and baseball it- listen to agitprop the commissioner and CEOs didn’t stop to Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation self to be a blue sport, with values opposed to study, ponder and consult. They wanted to be [email protected] the Constitution and representative govern- seen as “doing the right thing.” ment. from the left that was As for Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital No doubt Manfred will insist he didn’t mean Democrat, who previously called the law [email protected] that, but Republicans know the insult of the ac- designed to score “public policy based on a lie,” he now faces a cusation of racism when it hits them. MLB political nightmare 18 months before he has to BUREAU STAFF wants to be a Democratic Party interest political points. defend his new job at the polls. He issued a group? Fine, Republicans should oblige them. not exist a year ago — are now officially part of mushy statement regretting that MLB had Europe/Mideast I will. And the same applies to Delta, the non- state law, but not without some new changes,” yanked the game and pleading that other busi- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] official but very real airline of the Democratic reports GPB. Changes to absentee voting re- nesses not boycott the state. Too late, senator. +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 Party, and Coca-Cola, the nonofficial but very quiring ID were indeed made, and these sorts You could have stopped this earlier, but you Pacific real drink of the Democratic Party. Good luck of revisions are needed given the problems chose not to. You chose, just like the president, Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief with your fans and your customers. Maybe that plagued voting in America last year — MLB, Coke and Delta did, to slander millions [email protected] they won’t notice. New York’s troubles counting votes, the in- of Americans as racists and pummeled your +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 None of the leaders of these organizations credibly close House race in Iowa that Demo- own state in the process. Good luck defending Washington appears to have done anything other than lis- crats were trying to overturn until a few days that in 2022. Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief ten to agitprop from the left that was designed ago, and so on — as well as the deluge of false “This was neither our decision, nor our rec- [email protected] to score political points free of the law’s provi- claims about fraud and real fears of foreign in- ommendation and we are saddened that fans (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News sions. It seems no one involved in last week’s terference. The best security and thus the best will not be able to see this event in our city,” the [email protected] virtue signaling — Manfred, Delta Chief Ex- assurance for everyone that voting is free of Atlanta Braves said in a statement. “Unfortu- ecutive Ed Bastian and Coca-Cola Chief Exec- fraud is robust voter ID requirements. nately, business, employees, and fans in Geor- CIRCULATION utive James Quincey — engaged anyone with Neither I nor millions of Americans favor- gia are the victims of this decision.” The comprehensive knowledge of the bill. ing voting security think significant fraud was Braves know. Tens of millions of Americans Mideast A comprehensive review of the new law proved in Georgia. But we do believe in re- know. Will these CEOs put their shareholders Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] was undertaken by Georgia Public Broadcast- quiring identification to vote to prevent fraud first and apologize? Will Manfred put the fans [email protected] ing (GPB) — not exactly a segregationist and in acting to guarantee integrity in voting first and reverse his terrible decision? That DSN (314)583-9111 stronghold. The bill expands early voting ac- —just as MLB asks all fans at ballgames for ID would take courage, so don’t bet on it. Europe cess for most counties, adds an additional before they buy beer or Delta asks all passen- Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager mandatory Saturday for voting and formally gers for ID before they board airplanes. Hugh Hewitt, a Washington Post contributing columnist, hosts a [email protected] codifies Sunday voting hours as optional. “Se- The three musketeers of virtue signaling nationally syndicated radio show on the Salem Network. He is [email protected] also a political analyst for NBC, president of the Nixon Founda- +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 cure absentee ballot drop boxes — which did likely heard President Joe Biden describing tion and a professor of law at Chapman University Law School. Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 N. Korea best handled with allies’ assistance CONTACT US BY ARTHUR I. CYR Korean War. Yet, accommodating moves fol- source of growing well-founded anxiety. Washington Special to Stars and Stripes lowed. In short, unpredictability is normal. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought tel: (+1)202.886.0003 nce again, North Korea is engag- This implies considerable factional infight- North Korea’s long-growing economic dete- 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 ing in disturbing provocation. On ing. rioration to a crisis point. 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© Stars and Stripes 2021 “state of war” with South Korea and abruptly and traditional caution regarding military Arthur I. Cyr is Clausen Distinguished Professor at Carthage stripes.com abrogated the 1953 armistice that ended the force. North Korea is a drain, and over time a College and author of “After the Cold War.” Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Eugene Sheffer Crossword Frazz Dilbert

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‘Godzilla vs. ‘Kung Fu’ debut Kong’ achieves pandemic-best Actress Liang excited about opportunity opening record From wire reports TV show provides for Asian Americans A week after Warner Bros.’ in- ternational rollout of “Godzilla vs. BY ALICIA RANCILIO tive producer, Christina M. Kim. Kong” set a new pandemic record Associated Press “I’m so excited that I get to give for a Hollywood film, its North Up-and-coming actors will some people this opportunity to American release continued to sometimes claim to know a variety shine,” said Kim. “When I was on hint at a forthcoming return to the of skills to be considered for roles, set for the first time, we did a cam- box office with a pandemic-best but Olivia Liang set a boundary era test and I literally was staring opening of $48.5 million over five early in her career. at the monitor and it just hit me. I days since its March 31 debut and “When I started off in the indus- was like, ‘I’ve never seen the $32.2 million this weekend, ac- try, people would ask me why screen filled with Asian American cording to estimates from mea- martial arts wasn’t on my résumé faces like this is.’” surement firm Comscore. because it was such a typecast for Kim says her writers room is al- The previous benchmark for a Asians to do martial arts roles,” so diverse. She has five writers of pandemic-era domestic opening said Liang. “So I made a promise Asian descent on staff. Half of the was the debut of “Wonder Woman to myself. I was like, ‘I’ll never writers are women, which Kim 1984” in December, with $16.7 learn martial arts until someone says is a novelty. “Usually it’s just million over the three-day Christ- pays me to learn martial arts.’” me and one other woman in a mas weekend. “Godzilla vs. Liang kept that promise. She room,” said Kim. Kong,” which simultaneously de- learned martial arts as the lead of “Kung Fu” premieres Wednes- buted domestically in theaters The CW’s new series “Kung Fu” day stateside on The CW. and on HBO Max, played in 3,064 — and she’s getting paid for it. Tzi Ma, who plays Nicky’s fa- locations, the most since the pan- “Kung Fu” is inspired by the ther, Jin, says it’s remarkable to demic began more than a year 1972 series starring David Carra- have so many people with Asian ago. It currently stands at $285.4 dine. It stars Liang as Nicky Shen, backgrounds working on the million in global receipts. who, while visiting China, joins a show, because he doesn’t have to DMX on life support after monastery where she is taught explain the Asian experience to Shaolin values and martial arts. people who are making creative heart attack, lawyer says When her mentor is killed, she re- assumptions about what that’s DMX is in grave condition at a turns home to find her community like. White Plains, N.Y., hospital after a disrupted by a local gang. She “Not only is there representa- heart attack, according to his long- must use the martial arts skills she tion on screen, but we back it up time attorney and friend Murray learned to protect her neighbor- from our writers room to all our Richman. hood and family, and soon discov- guest directors. It is an amazing Richman told The Washington ers she’s being targeted by the sight to behold. ... I have never CW/AP Post that the rapper, whose real same assassin who killed her seen this kind of makeup,” said Olivia Liang stars as Nicky Shen, whose character learns martial arts name is Earl Simmons, is on life Shaolin mentor. Ma. in China and then returns to the U.S., in the new TV show “Kung Fu.” support, surrounded by family Liang, 27, says what makes Ma hopes the authenticity of the members including his ex-wife, “Kung Fu” different than the su- series will help to change the pub- Valerie Soe, a professor in the one. Like, ‘Is ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ current partner and children. perhero shows The CW is known lic consciousness at a time when Asian American Studies Depart- going to represent us accurately? Richman said he had no knowl- for is that Nicky is not a vigilante. hate crimes against Asian Amer- ment at San Francisco State Uni- Is ‘Joy Luck Club’ going to repre- edge that Simmons, 50, suffered a “Nicky is heroic, but she doesn’t icans are on the rise. versity, says the series is a win sent us accurately?’ It’s like, ‘Well, drug overdose, as reported by see herself as a hero. She doesn’t “The camera is a very interest- overall because it’s one more ex- if that one doesn’t, then we’ve got TMZ. A representative for Sim- have a hero complex where she is ing instrument. I want the audi- ample of an Asian American story this other one,’” she said. mons told TMZ that he was rushed going out to find bad guys. She ence to have the opportunity final- being told. “The more the merrier. I think to the hospital on April 2 after col- sees bad things happening and ly to see what real reputation rep- “There’s a phrase called ‘narra- not everything’s going to be fabu- lapsing at his home. feels like she needs to do some- resentation is like. And when they tive plentitude’ that Viet Thanh lous and not everything’s going to The rapper burst on the music thing about it.” get educated ... they will begin to Nguyen the author uses — about be exactly what we want. But, if scene in 1998 when his debut al- The series has a mostly Asian develop their taste of what’s good, having a lot of different stories out you have a lot of different choices, bum “It’s Dark and Hell is Hot” American cast with an Asian what’s real and what’s true,” said there to pick from so we don’t have then you don’t expect everything became a platinum-selling suc- American showrunner and execu- Ma. to just like obsessively focus on from one.” cess. ‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ takes top honors at SAG Awards BY JAKE COYLE Chicago 7” marked the first time a film ward hating each other less.” category that has often belonged to Carey Associated Press from a streaming service won the guild’s The win came over two other Netflix re- Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) or The starry cast of Aaron Sorkin’s 1960s ensemble award. Written and directed by leases — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”). It’s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” had “Da 5 Bloods” — as well as Amazon’s “One Davis’ fifth individual SAG award. 7” took the top prize Sunday at a virtual been set for theatrical release by Para- Night in Miami” and A24’s “Minari.” The Academy Awards frontrunner, “No- Screen Actors Guild Awards where actors mount Pictures before the pandemic hit, The SAG Awards are a closely watched madland” missed out on a best-ensemble of color, for the first time, swept the individ- leading to its sale to Netflix. Oscar harbinger. Actors make up the large- nomination possibly because its cast is com- ual film awards. Frank Langella, who plays the judge who st branch of the Academy of Motion Pic- posed of largely non-professional actors. The 27th SAG Awards, presented by the presided over the 1969 prosecution of activ- tures Arts and Sciences, and SAG winners Zhao’s film previously won at the highly Hollywood actors’ guild SAG-Aftra, were a ists arrested during the 1968 Democratic often line up with Oscar ones. predictive Producers Guild Awards, as well muted affair — and not just because the red National Convention, drew parallels be- Those awards this year went entirely to as at the Golden Globes. carpet-less ceremony was condensed to a tween that era’s unrest and today’s while actors of color: Chadwick Boseman, best In television categories, the ensembles of pre-recorded, Zoom-heavy, one-hour accepting the award on behalf of the cast. male actor for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bot- “Schitt’s Creek” (for comedy series) and broadcast. The perceived Academy “‘God give us leaders,’ said the Rev. Mar- tom”; Viola Davis, best female actor for “The Crown” (for drama series) added to Awards frontrunner — Chloé Zhao’s “No- tin Luther King before he was shot down in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; Yuh-Jung their string of awards. Other winners in- madland” — wasn’t nominated for best en- cold blood on this very date in 1968 — a pro- Youn, best female supporting actor for “Mi- cluded Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s semble, making this year’s postponed SAG found injustice,” said Langella, citing nari”; and Daniel Kaluuya, best male sup- Gambit”), Gillian Anderson (“The Awards less of an Oscar preview than it is events leading up to those dramatized in porting actor for “Judas and the Black Crown”), Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”), Ja- most years. “The Trial of the Chicago 7. “The Rev. King Messiah.” son Bateman (“Ozark”) and Mark Ruffalo Still, the win for Netflix’s “The Trial of the was right. We need leaders to guide us to- Davis’ win was the most surprising in a (“I Know This Much Is True”). Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/NBA

DEALS ROUNDUP Sunday’s transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated RHP Shawn Armstrong from the paternity list and placed him on the 10­day IL. NEW YORK YANKEES — Activated LHP Clippers rout short-handed Lakers Aroldis Chapman. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Selected the contract of LHP Tommy Milone from the alternate training site. Optioned RHP Joel Associated Press Payamps to the alternate training site. NBA scoreboard Placed RHP Kirby Yates on the 60­day IL. LOS ANGELES— Marcus Mor- National League ris scored 22 points as the Los An- LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled RHP Dennis Santana from the alternate train­ geles Clippers dominated the Eastern Conference ing site. Placed RHP Tony Gonsolin on the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 10­day IL retroactive to April 1. Atlantic Division PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Activated RHP in a 104-86 victory on Sunday to Kyle Crick from the COVID­19 IL. Placed INF WLPct GB Ke’Bryan Hayes on the 10­day IL. Optioned end a two-game skid. RHP Wil Crowe to the alternate training Philadelphia 34 16 .680 — site. Selected the contract of INF Wilmer Kawhi Leonard had 19 points, 10 Difo from the alternate training site. Des­ Brooklyn 34 16 .680 — ignated RHP Tyler Bashlor for assignment. rebounds and eight assists, and New York 25 25 .500 9 BASKETBALL Paul George added 16 points for Boston 25 25 .500 9 National Basketball Association the Clippers. Toronto 19 30 .388 14½ MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Agreed to terms with G Jrue Holiday on a four­year con­ “We set the tone early defen- Southeast Division tract extension. HOCKEY sively, we were physical and got WLPct GB National Hockey League into bodies,” Clippers coach Ty- NEW JERSEY DEVILS— Recalled LW Jesp­ Atlanta 26 24 .520 — er Boqvist from the taxi squad. ronn Lue said. Miami 26 24 .520 — TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled D Charlotte 25 24 .510 ½ Ben Thomas and G Christopher Gibson The Lakers trailed the entire from the taxi squad. game in which they were without Washington 17 31 .354 8 Orlando 17 33 .340 9 injured All-Star duo of LeBron GOLF James and Anthony Davis, as well Central Division Texas Open as Andre Drummond and Wesley WLPct GB PGA Tour Matthews. They’ve dropped six of Milwaukee 32 17 .653 — Sunday nine. Indiana 22 26 .458 9½ At San Antonio, Texas Chicago 20 28 .417 11½ Purse: $7.7 million Montrezl Harrell led the Lakers Yardage: 7,494; Par: 72 Cleveland 17 32 .347 15 Final Round with 19 points against his old team. Detroit 14 35 .286 18 Jordan Spieth, $1,386,000  67­70­67­66—270­18 Marc Gasol was the only starter in Charley Hoffman, $839,300  75­66­65­66—272­16 Western Conference Matt Wallace, $531,300  69­68­67­70—274­14 double figures with 11 points. Southwest Division Lucas Glover, $377,300  73­67­70­66—276­12 Kyle Kuzma’s shooting typified Anirban Lahiri, $315,700  71­69­69­69—278­10 the Lakers’ offensive woes. He was WLPct GB Chris Kirk, $259,875  72­72­67­68—279 ­9 Brandt Snedeker, $259,875  72­67­72­68—279 ­9 held to six points as one of four MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP Dallas 27 21 .563 — Gary Woodland, $259,875  71­72­67­69—279 ­9 starters who combined to shoot 12 Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard shoots over Los Angeles Memphis 24 23 .511 2½ Patton Kizzire, $209,825  71­74­70­65—280 ­8 San Antonio 24 23 .511 2½ Cameron Tringale, $209,825  66­69­73­72—280 ­8 of 41. Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma during the first half on Sunday in Los New Orleans 22 27 .449 5½ Tom Hoge, $171,325  68­76­66­71—281 ­7 “We got to play the right way on Angeles. The Clippers coasted to an easy victory. Houston 13 36 .265 14½ Matt Kuchar, $171,325  70­70­70­71—281 ­7 the offensive end,” Kuzma said. Corey Conners, $140,525  71­74­67­70—282 ­6 Northwest Division “Defensively, we’ll be all right. Of- the Western Conference. Brooklyn, which played without Kyle Stanley, $140,525  71­68­72­71—282 ­6 WLPct GB Erik van Rooyen, $140,525  71­68­72­71—282 ­6 fensively, we got to find ways to Tobias Harris scored 21 points James Harden and Kevin Durant. Rickie Fowler, $105,875  76­68­69­70—283 ­5 Utah 38 11 .776 — Brandon Hagy, $105,875  70­70­72­71—283 ­5 play together. Can’t win games for the 76ers, who have played 11 of The Nets had won 10 of 12. Denver 31 18 .633 7 Luke List, $105,875  73­71­70­69—283 ­5 scoring in the 80s and 90s. Got to their past 12 games without Embi- Hawks 117, Warriors 111:Clint Portland 30 19 .612 8 Keith Mitchell, $105,875  72­69­71­71—283 ­5 find ways to incorporate every- id. Capela had 24 points and 18 re- Oklahoma City 20 29 .408 18 Ryan Palmer, $105,875  72­71­70­70—283 ­5 Minnesota 12 38 .240 26½ Camilo Villegas, $105,875  64­76­71­72—283 ­5 one.” Embiid returned from a 10- bounds, Danilo Gallinari scored 25 ANA Inspiration Open The Clippers built a double-digit game absence due to a bone bruise points and host Atlanta beat Gold- Pacific Division lead midway through the second in his left knee in Saturday night’s en State for its third straight win. WLPct GB Sunday At Rancho Mirage, Calif. that the Lakers never reduced to victory over Minnesota, but he Stephen Curry and Draymond Phoenix 34 14 .708 — Purse: $3.1 million single digits the rest of the way. didn’t play in the second game of a Green returned after injuries L.A. Clippers 33 18 .647 2½ Yardage: 6,865; Par: 72 Final Round “Credit the Clippers’ defense,” back-to-back in order to recover forced both to miss an embarrass- L.A. Lakers 31 19 .620 4 Patty Tavatanakit, $465,000  66­69­67­68—270­18 Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. from that outing. ing blowout against Toronto on Golden State 23 27 .460 12 Lydia Ko, $287,716  70­69­71­62—272­16 Sacramento 22 28 .440 13 Sei Young Kim, $151,615  72­71­68­66—277­11 “They got up into us and we didn’t Pelicans 122, Rockets 115: Friday. The Warriors were a dif- Nelly Korda, $151,615  71­70­70­66—277­11 handle their pressure at all and we Lonzo Ball had 27 points and a ca- ferent team, but they still couldn’t Saturday's games Nanna K. Madsen, $151,615  72­68­71­66—277­11 Dallas 109, Washington 87 Shanshan Feng, $151,615  70­73­65­71—279­11 had a tough shooting night. We got reer-high eight three-pointers as close out the Hawks. New York 125, Detroit 81 Miami 115, Cleveland 101 Jin Young Ko, $79,025  69­70­71­68—278­10 to play through their pressure and visiting New Orleans defeated Curry, returning from a tailbone Philadelphia 122, Minnesota 113 Inbee Park, $79,025 70­69­70­69—278­10 physicality better than we did.” Houston to end a two-game skid. injury, had 37 points as the War- Utah 137, Orlando 91 Ally Ewing, $79,025  71­70­66­71—278­10 Indiana 139, San Antonio 133, OT Megan Khang, $59,333  68­73­71­67—279 ­9 Five different Clippers powered Ball was on fire early, making all riors lost their seventh in the last Portland 133, Oklahoma City 85 Moriya Jutanugarn, $59,333  68­69­73­69—279 ­9 a 12-3 run to start the third, with four of his three-point attempts in eight games. Milwaukee 129, Sacramento 128 Mirim Lee, $59,333  69­70­68­72—279 ­9 George’s three-pointer capping the first quarter in his return after Celtics 116, Hornets 86: Jay- Sunday's games Chicago 115, Brooklyn 107 COLLEGE FOOTBALL the spurt that created their largest missing seven games with a hip in- son Tatum had 22 points and eight L.A. Clippers 104, L.A. Lakers 86 Boston 116, Charlotte 86 lead of 24 points. They matched jury. He had nine assists, and his rebounds, and host Boston blew Memphis 116, Philadelphia 100 Saturday's scores that lead later in the quarter on a 27 points tied a season-best. past short-handed Charlotte. Atlanta 117, Golden State 111 EAST New Orleans 122, Houston 115 three-pointer by Luke Kennard, Kelly Olynyk had a season-high Terry Rozier led Charlotte with Denver 119, Orlando 109 Bucknell 6, Lehigh 0 Delaware St. 37, Howard 28 who scored 12 of his 15 points in the 26 points in his second 20-point 22 points and seven assists Monday's games Fordham 40, Colgate 8 fourth. game in the five games since he Charlotte was without LaMelo Cleveland at San Antonio Villanova 44, Maine 17 Detroit at Oklahoma City SOUTH The Clippers stretched their was traded to Houston from Mia- Ball (fractured right wrist), Malik New York at Brooklyn Ark.­Pine Bluff 24, MVSU 17 lead to 20 points in the second, run- mi. The Rockets lost their fourth Monk (sprained right ankle) and Sacramento at Minnesota Austin Peay 34, Murray St. 31 Utah at Dallas ETSU 24, VMI 20 ning off 10 in a row that ended with straight. Gordon Hayward, who went on the Washington at Toronto Kennesaw St. 35, Robert Morris 0 Phoenix at Houston McNeese St. 43, Nicholls 31 back-to-back three-pointers by Bulls 115, Nets 107:Nikola Vu- injured list Friday after he Mercer 26, Furman 14 Tuesday's games Monmouth (NJ) 48, Gardner­Webb 19 Marcus Morris. cevic had 22 points and 13 re- sprained his right foot during a win Chicago at Indiana Presbyterian 26, Stetson 3 Grizzlies 116, 76ers 100: bounds, Zach LaVine added 25 at Indiana. L.A. Lakers at Toronto SC State 14, Alabama St. 7 New Orleans at Atlanta SE Louisiana 42, Lamar 12 Grayson Allen had 11 of his 15 points and host Chicago beat Nuggets 119, Magic 109: Aa- Philadelphia at Boston SE Missouri 21, UT Martin 16 Memphis at Miami Southern U. 34, Jackson St. 14 points during a game-changing Brooklyn to snap a six-game losing ron Gordon scored 24 points Detroit at Denver Tennessee Tech 24, Tennessee St. 10 third quarter, lifting visiting Mem- streak. against his former team, rallying Milwaukee at Golden State The Citadel 28, Wofford 24 Portland at L.A. Clippers MIDWEST phis over short-handed Philadel- Tomas Satoransky had a season- host Denver past Orlando. Wednesday's games Jacksonville St. 44, E. Illinois 23 phia, which was without All-Star high 19 points and 11 assists as Chi- Gordon scored Denver’s first Morehead St. 35, Butler 14 Minnesota at Indiana Valparaiso 10, Drake 7 center Joel Embiid. cago won for the first time since ac- dozen points, then helped the Nug- Washington at Orlando W. Illinois 27, Youngstown St. 24 New Orleans at Brooklyn Dillon Brooks scored 17 points quiring Vucevic before the trade gets erase an 18-point halftime def- New York at Boston FAR WEST Charlotte at Oklahoma City Davidson 31, San Diego 25 and Jonas Valanciunas had 16 deadline. icit for their 14th win in 17 games Dallas at Houston E. Washington 32, UC Davis 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Kyrie Irving had 24 points and and their 10th straight over the Memphis at Atlanta Idaho St. 24, Idaho 22 San Antonio at Denver Weber St. 19, S. Utah 16 Grizzlies, who began play ninth in 15 assists to lead short-handed Magic. Utah at Phoenix PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 NHL

ROUNDUP Ovechkin scores as Caps sweep Devils

Associated Press and continue to top the NHL’s North NEWARK, N.J. — The Washing- Division. ton Capitals came up with two Great Coyotes 3, Ducks 2 (OT):Jakob 8s against the New Jersey Devils. Chychrun scored his third goal 1:47 Alex Ovechkin hit another mile- into overtime and visiting Arizona stone in his amazing career and the beat Anaheim. Capitals finished off a rare eight- It was the first career hat trick for game sweep of their season series Chychrun, who scored on a long with the Devils with a 5-4 win on wrist shot. Sunday. Adin Hill made 18 saves for the Ovechkin scored his 265th power- Coyotes. play goal to move into a second- place tie with Brett Hull on the Scoreboard ADRIAN KRAUS/AP NHL's all-time list in that category. Sabres left wing Taylor Hall, right, is pressured by Flyers center Joel Farabee in a game last week. Hall is He is 10 shy of passing all-time lead- one of the prominent players expected to be dealt before next week’s trade deadline. er Dave Andreychuk (274). East Division Like most of his personal marks, GP WLOT Pts GF GA he downplayed it. Washington 38 25 9 4 54 132 117 “Keep going,” said the 35-year- N.Y. Islanders 38 24 10 4 52 117 90 old Russian who now has 725 goals, Pittsburgh 38 24 12 2 50 126 102 six goals shy of tying Marcel Dionne Boston 34 19 10 5 43 96 86 Flat cap, unique season Philadelphia 36 17 14 5 39 109 132 for fifth place all time in the NHL. “It N.Y. Rangers 37 17 15 5 39 117 99 is what it is.” New Jersey 36 13 17 6 32 88 113 The Great 8 was more impressed Buffalo 37 8 23 6 22 82 128 with the sweep and the play of goal- Central Division mean tight trade deadline tender Ilya Samsonov, who had 35 GP WLOT Pts GF GA saves in a game the Caps were out- Florida 39 26 9 4 56 130 103 BY STEPHEN WHYNO the quarantine imposed earlier ble, the price is going to be high.” shot 39-19. Tampa Bay 38 26 10 2 54 130 93 Associated Press this season but still makes it more A couple of top defensemen “I think Sammy today was un- Carolina 37 25 9 3 53 120 92 Acquiring Blake Coleman and difficult to swallow paying a hefty could also stay put if Nashville re- stoppable,” Ovechkin said. “Obvi- Nashville 39 20 18 1 41 99 113 Barclay Goodrow at the 2020 NHL price for a player who might be mains in playoff contention and ously he gave us the victory.” Chicago 39 17 17 5 39 109 122 Dallas 36 13 13 10 36 98 95 trade deadline helped the Tampa available for only 10 games before keeps Ryan Ellis and Mattias Ek- T.J. Oshie, Conor Sheary, Carl Columbus 40 14 18 8 36 98 129 Bay Lightning win the Stanley the playoffs begin. holm. Right-shooting Blue Jackets Hagelin and Evgeny Kuznetsov also Detroit 40 13 22 5 31 88 125 Cup. No such moves will be possi- And that’s if teams can agree to a defenseman David Savard is a scored for Washington. The eight- West Division ble in their attempt to repeat. trade with so little cap room. Tam- pending free agent and arguably game sweep was the first in team GP WLOT Pts GF GA “We have zero dollars of cap pa Bay, Washington, Vegas and the most sought-after player on history against a single opponent. Colorado 37 25 8 4 54 132 83 space to acquire a player between Montreal don’t have the space to the market. Red Wings 5, Lightning 1: Tho- Vegas 36 24 10 2 50 113 84 now and the trade deadline,” gen- add even a player making the Hall and New Jersey’s Kyle mas Greiss made 27 stops to lead Minnesota 36 23 11 2 48 104 89 eral manager Julien BriseBois league minimum, according to Palmieri fit the Islanders’ need Detroit to its first road win against Arizona 38 18 15 5 41 102 116 said. “Literally zero dollars. That’s PuckPedia calculations, and sev- without Lee, though they aren’t the Tampa Bay in the regular season in St. Louis 37 16 15 6 38 103 118 San Jose 37 17 16 4 38 105 122 the obstacle.” eral others would need to clear only team looking for that kind of more than 10 years. Los Angeles 36 14 16 6 34 98 102 That obstacle isn’t unique to the room to add anyone with even a player. Marc Staal, Valtteri Filppula, Mi- Anaheim 39 11 21 7 29 87 130 defending champions going into a modest salary. “We’re always trying to find a chael Rasmussen, Darren Helm North Division trade deadline like none other in “A lot of teams are in the same scoring winger,” Lamoriello said. and Dylan Larkin all scored for the GP WLOT Pts GF GA league history. Eighteen of 31 situation we’re in where they liter- “Everybody is. That’s not some- Red Wings, who snapped a three- thing that’s easy to do.” Toronto 38 25 10 3 53 125 95 teams have $1 million or less of sal- ally have no cap space or very, ve- game winless streak. Edmonton 38 23 14 1 47 125 109 ary cap space and the cap ceiling ry little — not enough to add a It’s also not easy to find a relia- Victor Hedman scored his sev- Winnipeg 38 22 13 3 47 121 104 won’t go up a penny next season, so player without subtracting,” Bri- ble goaltender, which Colorado enth goal for the Lightning. Montreal 34 16 9 9 41 111 94 things are tighter than ever. seBois said. “The teams that are and Washington would love to add. Panthers 3, Blue Jackets 0: Vancouver 37 16 18 3 35 100 120 Prominent players like Buffa- kind of on the bubble, I don’t know Maybe that’s Bernier or Carolina’s Aleksander Barkov had a goal and Calgary 39 16 20 3 35 100 119 Ottawa 38 13 21 4 30 101 142 lo’s Taylor Hall and goaltenders how what’s ultimately going to James Reimer, who are currently an assist, Chris Driedger posted his Saturday's games Jonathan Bernier and Devan Dub- guide their decisions. Are they go- injured, or a bigger swing at some- third career shutout, and host Flor- Tampa Bay 2, Detroit 1 nyk seem likely to move, but even ing to try to add? Are they going to one like Jonathan Quick of Los An- ida won its sixth straight. Boston 7, Pittsburgh 5 Nashville 3, Chicago 0 hockey’s most seasoned execu- sell? Will there be more teams just geles. Frank Vatrano and Gustav For- Dallas 3, Carolina 2 Florida 5, Columbus 2 tives aren’t sure what to expect be- standing pat? I don’t know, but it’s Players like Quick or Anaheim sling also scored as the Panthers Buffalo 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, SO fore the clock strikes 3 p.m. East- going to be interesting to find out.” forward Rickard Rakell would moved into sole possession of first N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Ottawa 6, Montreal 3 ern on April 12. Philadelphia and Columbus are normally be important additions place in the Central Division. Minnesota 2, Vegas 1 Colorado 2, St. Louis 1 “There’s so much unknown be- among those on the playoff bubble this time of year because they’re Hurricanes 1, Stars 0:Petr Mra- San Jose 3, Los Angeles 2 cause of the cap,” New York Islan- with tradeable assets. signed beyond this season. That zek made 28 saves in his first game Sunday's games ders GM Lou Lamoriello said. The buyers are easier to identi- was Tampa Bay’s thinking getting back after a two-month absence as Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 1 Washington 5, New Jersey 4 “The cap is going to be flat next fy: Lamoriello’s Islanders lost cap- Coleman and Goodrow for at least host Carolina beat Dallas. Florida 3, Columbus 0 year. So any contract that you take tain Anders Lee to a season-end- two playoff runs, but the salary cap Stars coach Rick Bowness didn’t Arizona 3, Anaheim 2, OT Carolina 1, Dallas 0 on that is more than one year is go- ing right knee injury, Dubas’ Ma- remaining flat at $81.5 million return to the bench for the third pe- Toronto 4, Calgary 2 ing to disrupt whatever you’re do- ple Leafs look like the class of the changes the equation. riod because of what the team an- Monday's games ing next year and will put you in North Division with perhaps a hole “Usually you’d put a premium nounced was a COVID protocol. Edmonton at Montreal Ottawa at Winnipeg worse shape. So that complicates or two to fill and Edmonton might on getting a player that has future Jordan Martinook’s second-peri- Philadelphia at Boston Colorado at Minnesota the matter without the cap in- be a top-four defenseman away years,” Dubas said. “It’s a little bit od goal was enough scoring. It was Vegas at St. Louis creases, but it’s the same for ev- from challenging Toronto. more complex this year knowing his second goal of the season. Toronto at Calgary Arizona at Los Angeles eryone.” “If you’re talking about trying to that very likely it’s going to be at Maple Leafs 4, Flames 2:Auston Tuesday's games The seven Canadian teams are go out and get a legit top-four — 81.5 again, the cap, so anything Matthews and John Tavares each Boston at Philadelphia in a “tougher spot,” Toronto GM any, a lefty or a righty — defense- that we take from next year’s allot- had a goal and an assist and visiting Buffalo at New Jersey Florida at Carolina Kyle Dubas acknowledged, be- man, No. 1 there’s not a lot of them ment, it impacts a number of dif- Toronto beat Calgary. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers Tampa Bay at Columbus cause of a weeklong mandatory that are going to be available,” Oil- ferent things as you can well imag- Morgan Rielly and Alex Galche- Washington at N.Y. Islanders quarantine for any player ac- ers GM Ken Holland said. “And ine. It’s a rare time where proba- nyuk also scored for the Maple Nashville at Detroit Dallas at Chicago quired from the U.S. That’s half those that are going to be availa- bly a rental is a better fit.” Leafs, who are 6-3-1 in their past 10 Anaheim at San Jose Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

Scoreboard Amercian League Ohtani’s 2-way play, Walsh’s East Division WLPct GB Baltimore 3 01.000 _ Tampa Bay 2 1 .667 1 Toronto 2 1 .667 1 New York 1 2 .333 2 HRs lift Angels past White Sox Boston 0 3 .000 3 BY GREG BEACHAM Central Division Associated Press WLPct GB ANAHEIM, Calif. — In the first Detroit 2 1 .667 _ Kansas City 2 1 .667 _ inning alone, Shohei Ohtani threw Minnesota 2 1 .667 _ a ball nearly 101 mph and hit a Cleveland 1 2 .333 1 homer that jumped off his bat at Chicago 1 3 .250 1½ 115 mph. West Division By the time he left, the Los An- WLPct GB geles Angels’ two-way star had Houston 4 01.000 _ dazzled on the mound and at the Los Angeles 3 1 .750 1 plate in a historic two-way per- Seattle 2 1 .667 1½ formance. Texas 1 2 .333 2½ And after Sho-time ended, Oakland 0 4 .000 4 Jared Walsh put on his own im- National League pressive effort to secure another East Division win for the Halos. WLPct GB Ohtani smashed a 451-foot Philadelphia 3 01.000 _ homer and pitched two-hit ball in- New York 0 0 .000 1½ to the fifth inning, and Walsh hit a Washington 0 0 .000 1½ walkoff homer to end the Angels’ Miami 1 2 .333 2 7-4 victory over the Chicago White Atlanta 0 3 .000 3 Sox on Sunday night. Central Division “I’m glad I got one game like WLPct GB this under my belt, and it’s going to Chicago 2 1 .667 _ lead to a lot of confidence for me,” Cincinnati 2 1 .667 _ Ohtani said through his translator. Milwaukee 1 2 .333 1 Ohtani reached another mile- Pittsburgh 1 2 .333 1 ASHLEY LANDIS/AP St. Louis 1 2 .333 1 stone in his unique career when he took the mound and occupied the The White Sox’s Jose Abreu checks on Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani after they collided at home following a West Division No. 2 slot in the batting order for passed ball during the fifth inning on Sunday. Abreu and Adam Eaton scored. Ohtani left the game. WLPct GB the Angels. He was just the third Los Angeles 3 1 .750 _ pitcher in 45 seasons to hit for more succinctly: “Oh, he nasty.” through the first four innings, but five-out save. San Diego 3 1 .750 _ himself in a game with the desig- So was Walsh, who hit two his control problems abetted Chi- Ohtani left the game with gener- San Francisco 1 2 .333 1½ Arizona 1 3 .250 2 nated hitter available, and the first homers — including a big three- cago’s three-run rally in the fifth. al soreness, but no injury, general Colorado 1 3 .250 2 to bat second since Jack Dunleavy run shot off Matt Foster to end the Ohtani left after a passed ball and manager Perry Minasian said. “I

Saturday's games did it for the Cardinals in 1903. Angels’ third win over Chicago in a throwing error by catcher Max feel fine as of now,” Ohtani said. Baltimore 4, Boston 2 Although he lost a three-run their four-game, season-opening Stassi led to a collision between “It wasn’t as bad as it looked.” Detroit 5, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 3 lead and narrowly avoided injury series. Ohtani and AL MVP José Abreu. Ohtani even mastered Yermín Kansas City 11, Texas 4 in a home plate collision during In that wild first inning, Ohtani Ohtani finished with seven Mercedes, the 28-year-old White Houston 9, Oakland 1 Miami 12, Tampa Bay 7 the fifth inning, Ohtani left both both threw the hardest pitch by strikeouts and five walks, show- Sox rookie who improbably got his Minnesota 2, Milwaukee 0 Seattle 4, San Francisco 0 teams amazed by his abilities. any starting pitcher in baseball casing his typical duo of other- first eight major league hits con- L.A. Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 3 “He’s everything we thought he this season and his first-pitch worldly speed and shaky control. secutively over the past two Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 0 could be, right?” Angels manager homer off Chicago’s Dylan Cease David Fletcher and Justin Up- games. Ohtani struck out Mer- Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 6 San Diego 7, Arizona 0 Joe Maddon said. “That’s the com- was the hardest hit by any batter ton drove in early runs for the An- cedes in the second and fourth in- L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 5 plete baseball player. He just this season. gels. After Chicago tied it in the nings, dropping the designated N.Y. Mets at Washington, ppd. needed the opportunity to do it. ... Even Ohtani’s 109.7-mph line- fifth by scoring three runs without hitter’s average all the way down Sunday's games What he did tonight was pretty out to center in the second inning an RBI, Walsh reclaimed the lead to .727. Toronto 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 Cleveland 9, Detroit 3 special, and you’re going to see a was hit harder than any other ball for Los Angeles in the fifth — but Mercedes beat out an infield Baltimore 11, Boston 3 Texas 7, Kansas City 3 lot more of that.” in the game except his own homer. new Angels closer Raisel Iglesias single later for his ninth hit in Minnesota 8, Milwaukee 2 Houston 9, Oakland 2 Chicago’s Leury García put it Ohtani didn’t allow a run (1-0) couldn’t quite come up with a three games. L.A. Angels 7, Chicago White Sox 4 Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 12, St. Louis 1 Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 2 Nationals will finally open season Tuesday Arizona 3, San Diego 1 N.Y. Mets at Washington, ppd. BY HOWARD FENDRICH past week and are isolating, while Mets on Thursday, Saturday and ative ways under the protocol and Monday's games Associated Press another seven are under quaran- Sunday was postponed. under the guidance to get these Minnesota at Detroit Toronto at Texas WASHINGTON — The Nation- tine because contact tracing deter- “Believe me, we’re in constant guys as ready as possible,” Rizzo Kansas City at Cleveland Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees als will begin their season Tuesday mined they might have been ex- contact with MLB,” Rizzo said in a said. Tampa Bay at Boston by hosting the Atlanta Braves after posed to the illness. video call with reporters Sunday af- “It makes a lot of sense for base- Houston at L.A. Angels L.A. Dodgers at Oakland Major League Baseball postponed General manager Mike Rizzo ternoon, while he was still awaiting ball, player protection-wise, to have Chicago White Sox at Seattle Atlanta at Washington, ppd. Monday’s opener of the teams’ said Sunday that none of those 11 — a decision about Monday’s game. these guys go through their paces in Pittsburgh at Cincinnati St. Louis at Miami three-game series because of a cor- a majority of whom, although not Rizzo has been adamant that a full workout before we take the N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia onavirus outbreak that involves 11 all, were supposed to be on the Washington would need to be able field,” he added. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs San Francisco at San Diego of Washington’s players. opening day roster — would be to hold team workouts before facing The reigning NL East champion Tuesday's games “The most recent round of test re- available if the three-game set with an opponent. Pitchers were able go Braves are 0-3, and scored just Minnesota at Detroit sults of Nationals personnel includ- Atlanta began Monday. Rizzo has to Nationals Park one by one on Sat- three runs. Houston at L.A. Angels Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees ed no new positives,” said an MLB not publicly identified any of the urday and Sunday to throw bullpen Braves manager Brian Snitker Tampa Bay at Boston statement sent Sunday night. “All of players involved or the two staff sessions. said in the afternoon — before Toronto at Texas L.A. Dodgers at Oakland (Washington’s) eligible personnel members who also have been “Position players haven’t worked MLB’s ruling arrived — that he was Chicago White Sox at Seattle Atlanta at Washington will be able to participate in base- placed under quarantine because of out in a week. And pitchers haven’t going to assume his club would be Pittsburgh at Cincinnati ball activities at Nationals Park on possible exposure. thrown any competitive pitch in playing Monday until he heard oth- St. Louis at Miami N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia Monday.” Washington has yet to play this that same period of time. It’s some- erwise. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs Four Nationals players have test- season; its opening three-game se- thing that we’re taking very seri- “This is the COVID era. Every- Arizona at Colorado San Francisco at San Diego ed positive for COVID-19 over the ries at home against the New York ously here. We’re thinking of cre- thing’s fluid,” Snitker said. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 MLB/GOLF

MLB ROUNDUP GOLF ROUNDUP Phillies Spieth ends victory drought in Texas Associated Press “I’ve had a chance on Sundays pitchers SAN ANTONIO — Jordan three or four different times in the Spieth tapped in for par to win the last two months, and today was by British Open for his third major far the best that I played,” Spieth and 11th victory in just five years said. “Just to see those putts go in, dominate on the PGA Tour. He never imag­ I felt like I was doing everything ined he would go 1,351 days before right those other Sundays and I hit he felt that way again. good putts and they wouldn’t go in. He went 82 events on tour with­ Today I hit a couple that I didn’t out winning. Once the No. 1 player, quite strike very well but they again LAURENCE KESTERSON/AP he was headed out of the top 100 in went in.” Phillies starting pitcher Zach Eflin throws during the first inning the world. Tavatanakit holds off Associated Press against the Braves on Sunday. Elfin gave up one run in seven innings. And now he’s back. PHILADELPHIA — Alec Spieth ended a mystifying charging Ko for first win Bohm had a tiebreaking single in Daniel Norris (0­1) in the seventh, three innings on his 25th birthday. slump Sunday by giving himself RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — the eighth inning, Zach Eflin gave and Luplow added his homer one Rangers 7, Royals 3: Nate birdie chances and making most Patty Tavatanakit survived Lydia Philadelphia another strong start out later. Lowe three­run homer in the third of them, closing with a 6­under 66 Ko’s final­round charge to win the and the Phillies completed a three­ Baddoo was taken by the Tigers for Texas, which avoided a sweep, to hold off Charley Hoffman for a ANA Inspiration for her first game sweep of the defending NL with the third pick of the 2020 win­ and a team­record nine RBIs in two­shot victory in the Valero LPGA Tour victory. East champion Atlanta Braves ter meeting draft of unprotected the first three games of the season, Texas Open. Five strokes ahead entering the with a 2­1 win Sunday. players. The 22­year­old, who had a Texas record. “There’s peaks and valleys in day and six in front after a chip­in Philadelphia’s starting trio of never played above Class A, gave Isiah Kiner­Falefa also drove in this sport, but I never expected to eagle on the par­5 second, Tavata­ Aaron Nola, Zack Wheeler and his bat a little flip after hitting an three runs. go this long,” Spieth said. “Back nakit shot a 4­under 68 in 100­de­ Eflin (1­0) surrendered three opposite­field drive to left in the Jordan Lyles (1­0) gave up two then, in between wins, maybe I gree heat to beat Ko by two strokes 2 2 runs, 11 hits and one walk in 20 ⁄3 third off Aaron Civale (1­0). runs in 5 ⁄3 innings, struck out took things more for granted than in the first major championship of innings against an Atlanta lineup Orioles 11, Red Sox 3:Boston eight and allowed five hits. I should have. It’s very difficult to the year. that led the majors in 2020 with dropped to 0­3 at Fenway Park for Twins 8, Brewers 2:Miguel Sa­ win out here and I’ll certainly en­ Ko matched Lorena Ochoa’s 556 hits. the first time since 1948 and the nó and Mitch Garver homered to joy this one as much as I have any tournament record with a 62, The Phillies bullpen, which second time ever as Trey Mancini back up Michael Pineda (1­0), who other.” shooting 7­under 29 on the front posted a 7.06 ERA in 2020, didn’t and Austin Hays hit two­run dou­ gave up just one unearned run and The only surprise was that he nine for the best nine­hole score in 1 yield a run in 7⁄3 innings in the set. bles during a seven­run third in­ four hits in five innings. figured he would be more emo­ event’s 50­year history. The New “Everyone did their job,” Phil­ ning. Luis Arraez went 3­for­3 with a tional. He was too busy holding off Zealander began the day tied for lies manager Joe Girardi said. Cedric Mullins went 5­for ­with pair of walks as the Twins took two a spirited run by Hoffman, who seventh at 6 under, eight strokes “The starters came in and did their three doubles and walk for the of three. Max Kepler and Sanó went from a three­shot deficit with behind Tavatanakit in the tourna­ job. The bullpen did their job. To Orioles, collecting four of hits in each drove in three runs. six holes to play to one shot be­ ment played without spectators limit this team to the amount of the initial four innings. Maikel Adrian Houser (0­1) struck out hind. Spieth all but sealed it with a for the second time in seven runs that we did is not easy to do.” Franco added a first­inning, two­ four while allowing two runs, four wedge to a back pin to 5 feet for months. Eflin went seven strong innings, run double, helping Baltimore to hits and two walks in five innings. birdie. Winless since April 2018, the 23­ allowing only four hits and one its first three­game sweep at Fen­ Dodgers 4, Rockies 2: Julio “This is a monumental win for year­old Ko played the first 11 walk while striking out eight. The way since Aug. 25­27, 2017. Urías (1­0) gave up one run and me,” Spieth said. “It’s been a long holes in 9 under and added a bird­ lone mistake he made was hanging Baltimore left­hander Bruce three hits in seven­plus innings in road. There were a lot of times that ie on the par­4 15th. On the par­5 a curveball to Travis d’Arnaud, Zimmerman (1­0) gave up three the longest start of the 24­year­old I didn’t know I would be here.” 18th, she drove into rough near the who pierced the winds blowing in­ runs and four hits in six innings left­hander’s major league career. Now he heads to Augusta Na­ water that lines the left side, laid to Citizens Bank Park with a tying, with five strikeouts and one walk He struck out six and walked one. tional as one of the favorites at the up and hit a wedge 30 feet long and solo homer in the seventh that end­ for his first victory. Los Angeles scored three runs Masters. Even going so long with­ right. Her birdie try missed to the ed Atlanta’s 19­inning scoring Blue Jays 3, Yankees 1:Vladi­ without a hit in the first, and Will out winning, the 12th win of his ca­ left, stopping inches away. drought. mir Guerrero Jr. and Randal Gri­ Smith homered leading off the reer allowed him to join some elite Tavatanakit had a series of late Philadelphia regained the lead chuk homered off Domingo Ger­ eighth. Garrett Hampson had a company. In the past 40 years, on­ par saves to keep her two­stroke in the eighth as Rhys Hoskins, mán (0­1). who allowed three runs two­run double in the bottom of ly Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, lead. Bryce Harper and Bohm hit con­ over three innings in his first ap­ the eighth. Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas The 21­year­old Thai player fin­ secutive singles off Chris Martin pearance since Sept. 18, 2019, after Astros 9, Athletics 2: Jason has won at least 12 times before ished the wire­to­wire victory (0­1). serving a suspension under Major Castro homered in his first start turning 28. with a short par putt on 18. Hector Neris got his first save. League Baseball’s domestic vio­ with Houston since signing as a Reds 12, Cardinals 1:Nick Cas­ lence policy. Toronto won two of free agent following the 2016 sea­ tellanos came out swinging with three. son, helping complete a four­game his bat a day after being ejected for T.J. Zeuch pitched four score­ sweep. inciting a bench­clearing melee, less innings, left­hander Ryan Bo­ Dusty Baker tied Bill McKech­ hitting a three­run homer off Car­ rucki (1­0) got two outs to escape a nie for 14th among managers with los Martinez (0­1) and triple to fin­ jam in the sixth and Julian Merry­ 1,896 wins. ish the series 6­for­11 with five weather got his second save with a Kyle Tucker and Chas McCor­ RBIs. perfect ninth. mick also homered for the Astros, Tyler Naquin also a three­run Cubs 4, Pirates 4:Zach Davies off to their best start since 2001. shot for the Reds, who won two in a (1­0) permitted two runs and four Yuli Gurriel had three hits and two 2 row to take the opening matchup hits in 5 ⁄3 innings in his Chicago RBIs. of NL Central teams that earned debut against short­handed Pitts­ Diamondbacks 3, Padres 1: wild­card spots last season. burgh. Rookie Taylor Widener (1­0) held Indians 9, Tigers 3:Jordan Lu­ Ian Happ homered and Kris San Diego to three hits in six score­ plow hit a two­run homer to cap a Bryant reached three times as less innings to win his first big four­run seventh, and Cleveland Chicago earned its second straight league start and David Peralta hit overcame a home run by Akil Bad­ win after losing on opening day. a two­run triple as Arizona avoid­ doo on the first pitch of his first Pittsburgh played without third ed a four­game sweep. major league at­bat. baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes, placed Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his first Cleveland avoided a sweep in on the 10­day injured list with a homer of the season with two outs Detroit after falling behind 3­1 in strained left wrist. in the ninth, off Chris Devenski, RINGO H.W. CHIU / AP the third. Yu Chang put the Indi­ Mitch Keller (0­1) allowed three who got the save. Tatis also made Patty Tavatanakit jumps into the water after winning the LPGA’s ANA ans up 4­3 with a two­run single off runs, two hits and four walks over his fifth error at shortstop. Inspiration tournament at Mission Hills Country Club on Sunday. Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT Cardinal: COVID created long road to title for Stanford

FROM PAGE 24 did just enough to pull off the win — its second consecutive victory by a point. Stanford (31-2) built a nine- point lead in the fourth quarter be- fore Arizona (21-6) cut it to 51-50 on star guard Aari McDonald’s three-pointer. After a timeout, Jones answered with a three-point play with 2:24 left. That would be Stanford’s last basket of the game. McDonald got the Wildcats to 54-53 with 36.6

seconds left by converting three of ERIC GAY/AP four free throws. Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer “I just owe it all to my team- watches from the bench during mates, they have confidence in me the first half Sunday night. The when I don’t have confidence in Cardinal won the Pac­12’s first myself,” said Jones, who was hon- women’s basketball title since ored as the tournament’s Most Stanford’s win in 1992. Outstanding Player. “I saw they needed me to come up big and I MORRY GASH/AP did.” Among the elite Arizona guard Aari McDonald lies on the court after missing a shot at the end of the championship game After another timeout, the Car- against Stanford on Sunday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio. dinal couldn’t even get a shot off. Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, Arizona got one last chance with 67, now has a third national title 6.1 seconds left, but McDonald’s to go along with the ones she won in 1990 and 1992. That moved contested shot from the top of the her into a tie with Baylor’s Kim key at the buzzer bounced off the Mulkey for third most behind rim. Geno Auriemma (11) and Pat Overlooked Arizona It’s been quite a journey for Summitt (eight). VanDerveer and the Cardinal this season. The team was forced on the road for nearly 10 weeks be- was played in the San Antonio ar- cause of the coronavirus, spend- ea because of the COVID-19 pan- ing 86 days in hotels during this demic. good to the last shot nomadic season. While Stanford had history on “It was a long, very difficult its side, Arizona has been building BY JIM VERTUNO Arizona forced a shot clock turnover with six seconds journey being on the road, sleep- under coach Adia Barnes, who Associated Press to play. ing in hotels, living out of your bag. was the fourth Black woman to SAN ANTONIO — Aari McDonald’s small shoul- “They just built on their confidence, just built and It’s just a lot. You’re on the bus, lead her team to the championship ders carried Arizona through a rebuilding project to built and built throughout the tournament,” Stanford you’re on planes all the time and game, joining Carolyn Peck, the brink of a national championship. coach Tara VanDerveer said. “The fact that we (had) there’s just never really an end in Dawn Staley and C. Vivian Strin- Then the wild ride out of the desert ended on a last- beaten them twice and, quite honestly, in Arizona we sight so it’s difficult,” Jones said. ger. second shot that bounced helplessly, and heartlessly, beat them very badly. A real credit to their team and “But I think from that experi- Peck and Staley won titles. off the rim in Texas. staff. They played great.” ence and losing on the road and Barnes starred for the Wildcats McDonald’s desperate attempt couldn’t carry the McDonald will choose to remember that fight to the dropping one at home I think it as a player in the late ’90s and Wildcats to the title, but the program that has been rou- end instead of how it ended. just really kind of grew this extra came back to her alma mater five tinely overlooked and was on the bottom of the Pac-12 “We always fought. this is a good group of ladies that like chip on our shoulder almost.” years ago. She guided the team to just four years ago fought perennial power Stanford to I played with,” McDonald said. “What I’ll remember The team didn’t complain and the WNIT title in 2019 and led the end. And despite the 54-53 loss, Arizona has served most is this ride. We had a great run in the NCAA Tour- went about their business and now them to their first NCAA title notice the program is a new power out West and one to nament.” have another NCAA champion- game. This was the team’s first ap- be reckoned with nationally going forward. The loss ended a special season for the Wildcats. ship. Along the way the Hall of pearance in the NCAA Tourna- “We want to come back here,” Wildcats coach Adia A rebuilding project with Barnes at the helm and Fame coach earned her 1,099th ment since 2005 — although the Barnes said. McDonald on the floor had the Wildcats climb to sec- career victory to pass Pat Summitt Wildcats would have made the McDonald and the Wildcats nearly snatched the ti- ond in the Pac-12 behind Stanford. Barnes acknowl- for the most in women’s basket- NCAAs last season had it not been tle from the overall No. 1 seed in the women’s NCAA edged during the tournament run that she was uneasy ball history. canceled by the coronavirus. Tournament with a late defensive flurry that rallied about taking her first head-coaching job at her alma VanDerveer had many great McDonald, who followed her them from nine points down in the final quarter. But mater. She was worried that if it didn’t work out, she teams between titles, including coach from Washington as a trans- what began as a difficult night for McDonald — 2 of 11 might not get another chance at a major program. the ones led by Candice Wiggins fer, has been a huge reason for the shooting in the first quarter — ended in the player That’s understandable considering Arizona was liv- and the Ogwumike sisters — Nne- team’s success. The 5-foot-6 guard slumped at midcourt after she launched a desperate ing in the Pac-12 basement before makings its steady ka and Chiney, but the Cardinal struggled against the Cardinal, three-pointer over three defenders that bounced off climb out once McDonald, a transfer from Washing- just couldn’t end their season with finishing with 22 points while go- the rim as the buzzer sounded. ton, started playing in 2018-2019. that elusive win in the title game ing 5-for-20 from the field. “I got denied hard, I tried to turn the corner, they Arizona (21-6) made it to its first tournament since until Sunday night. sent three at me .... It didn’t fall, that’s what I remem- 2005, it’s first Sweet 16 since Barnes was a Wildcats It was the first women’s basket- Tip-ins ber,” McDonald said. point guard in 1998, and beat fabled UConn in the na- ball championship for the Pac-12 Sunday night’s game was the McDonald had been the the most dynamic scorer of tional semifinals to reach the championship game. since VanDerveer and Stanford first with two teams from west of the tournament until Sunday night when her early Barnes will have work to do to get back here. The won the title in 1992. The last time the Mississippi playing for a title shots wouldn’t fall, her spinning drives wouldn’t move Wildcats will lose McDonald and two other senior a team from the conference was in since 1986. ... No other Division I defenders, and the biggest stage of her career turned starters. But the lineup can be quickly rebuilt around the title game was 2010 when the coach has gone more than 20 years into solo act of frustration for nearly 35 minutes of junior forward Cate Reese, guard Shaina Pellington, Cardinal lost to UConn. That game between titles. In basketball, the play. who had a breakout game with 15 point and three steals was also played in the Alamodome longest gap is 17 years for both the Still, the Wildcats almost did enough to nearly beat a against Stanford, and an incoming recruiting class that — the site of every game in this women (Muffet McGraw, 2001 team that has handled them easily twice during the ranks among the top 15 in the country. tournament from the Sweet 16 and 2018 at Notre Dame) and men regular season. McDonald made two 3-pointers in the “This should motivate this team coming in next through Sunday’s championship (Rick Pitino, 1996 at Kentucky and fourth quarter and her three free throws in the final year, just looking at what we did,” McDonald said. game. 2013 at Louisville, although that ti- minute gave the Wildcats a last chance to win when “This should make them hungry.” The entire NCAA Tournament tle was later vacated) PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Power pitcher SPORTS Ohtani hits 100 on the gun, long homer for Angels ›› MLB, Page 21

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ERIC GAY/AP Stanford players celebrate after defeating Arizona 54­53 in the women’s national championship game Sunday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Stanford holds off Arizona to win 1st women’s NCAA title since 1992

BY DOUG FEINBERG the road this season because of the corona- mit it, we were very fortunate to win.” “The other one was not quite as close, the Associated Press virus, for VanDerveer and the Cardinal to Haley Jones scored 17 points and Stan- last one. But we’re really excited. No one SAN ANTONIO — Tara VanDerveer be crowned NCAA women’s basketball ford beat Arizona 54-53 on Sunday night, knows the score, no one knows who scored, hugged each of her Stanford players as they champions again. giving the Cardinal and their Hall of Fame it’s a national championship.” climbed the ladder to cut down the nets, “We had some special karma going for coach their first national championship It wasn’t a masterpiece by any stretch, capping a taxing whirlwind journey and us,” VanDerveer said. “Had the comeback since 1992. with both teams struggling to score and ending an exhausting championship against Louisville, dodge a bullet against “Getting through all the things we got missing easy layups and shots, but Stanford drought for the Cardinal. South Carolina, dodge bullet against Arizo- through, we’re excited to win the COVID It took 29 years, that included 10 weeks on na. Sometimes you have to be lucky. I’ll ad- championship,” VanDerveer said. SEE CARDINAL ON PAGE 23

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