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CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Children in MIDEAST Spain relish outdoor hour

BY JOSEPH WILSON AND GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Shrieks of joy rang out in the streets of Spain as children were allowed to go outside and play Sun- day for first time in six weeks, while peo- ple in Italy and France were eager to hear their leaders’ plans for easing some of the world’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns. “This is wonderful! I can’t believe it has been six weeks,” Susana Sabate, a mother of 3-year-old twin boys, said in Barcelona. “My boys are very active. Today when they saw the front door and we gave them their scooters, they were thrilled.” Wary of igniting new infection flare-ups, nations have been taking divergent paths on how and when to reopen their econo- mies after weeks at a standstill. The official death toll from the virus topped 200,000 worldwide, with 2.9 million confirmed infections, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Those fig- ures understate the enormity of the crisis, because of limited testing, differences in Ready to deliver counting the dead and some governments’ efforts to underplay their outbreaks.

SEE OUTDOOR ON PAGE 7 US gunships prepared to make good on Trump’s warning to Iran

BY TONY CAPACCIO ‘ I have instructed the United States Navy to Bloomberg News shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian WASHINGTON — Even before Pres- ident Donald Trump’s vow to “shoot gunboats if they harass our ships at sea. ’ down” Iranian speedboats if they ha- President Donald Trump rass American ships in international Tuesday morning on Twitter waters, the U.S. Navy was bolstering its ability to call in AC-130 gunships and any and all Iranian gunboats if they ha- 1,000 small boats that was growing. In Apache attack helicopters to defend its presence in the Persian Gulf. rass our ships at sea.” early January 2017 a U.S. Navy guided- A practice run for the new tactics on Going back to the Obama adminis- missile naval destroyer fired warning April 15 drew 11 gunboats from Iran’s tration, Revolutionary Guard members shots at four Iranian rapid-attack craft Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in small but agile speedboats have ha- in the Strait of Hormuz. that crossed the bows and sterns of rassed U.S. ships, but the encounters While attention has turned on the lat- American vessels at close range. And usually have ended with warnings est confrontation at sea between Iran that prompted Trump’s tweet on April from the Americans to back off. As far and the U.S. — and on Trump’s vow to 22 saying he’d “instructed the United back as 2007, the Office of Naval Intel- States Navy to shoot down and destroy ligence estimated Iran had a fleet of SEE DELIVER ON PAGE 6 EMILIO MORENATTI/AP The U.S Navy has bolstered its ability to call in AC-130 gunships like the one pictured to “essentially strafe” Iranian Brothers sit near the beach in Barcelona, Revolutionary Guard Corps’ small, agile gunboats, part of an effort to show U.S. forces can go on the offensive against Spain, Sunday, as children under 14 Iranian small boats, rather than simply defending against them. years old were allowed to take limited walks with a parent for up to one hour, ERICA ENGBLOM/U.S. Air Force ending six weeks of compete seclusion.

MILITARY PACIFIC FACES Army moving forward Mystery surrounding Country music star with plans for summer location of N. Korean Church preaches troop rotations leader deepens safety in video Page 3 Page 5 Page 16

NBA players will get access to team facilities in some areas » Back page PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, April 27, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9744 Boeing ends deal, angering Brazilian jet maker Euro costs (April 27) ...... $1.05 Thailand (Baht) ...... 32.43 Dollar buys (April 27) ...... €0.9036 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.9789 British pound (April 27) ...... $1.20 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those tions laid out by the deal, in which factured false claims as a pretext Japanese yen (April 27) ...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (April 27) ...... 1,204.00 Boeing would have held a major- to seek to avoid its commitments Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance CHICAGO — Boeing an- for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3781 ity ownership. The companies to close the transaction and pay Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For nounced Saturday that it ter- British pound ...... $1.2332 had “productive but ultimately Embraer the U.S. $4.2 billion nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.4080 minated an agreement to join purchasing British pounds in Germany), unsuccessful negotiations” about purchase price. China (Yuan) ...... 7.0771 check with your local military banking forces with Embraer, prompting Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.9065 the unsatisfied conditions, which “We believe Boeing has en- facility. Commercial rates are interbank an angry response from the Bra- Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7903 was “deeply disappointing,” said gaged in a systematic pattern of Euro ...... $1.0797/0.9262 rates provided for reference when buying zilian jet maker, which threat- Marc Allen, Boeing’s president of delay and repeated violations of Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7504 currency. All figures are foreign currencies ened to seek damages. They had Hungary (Forint) ...... 329.33 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Embraer partnership and group the MTA (master transaction Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5132 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, planned to work on Embraer’s operations. agreement), because of its unwill- Japan (Yen) ...... 107.53 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) commercial aviation business Embraer issued a statement ingness to complete the transac- Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3107 INTEREST RATES and to develop new markets for Norway (Krone) ...... 10.6476 saying that it “believes strongly tion in light of its own financial Philippines (Peso)...... 50.79 Prime rate ...... 3.25 its C-390 Millennium aircraft. that Boeing has wrongfully ter- condition and 737 Max and other Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.20 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7608 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 Boeing ended the agreement minated” the mutual transaction business and reputational prob- Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4255 3-month bill ...... 0.11 after Embraer did not meet condi- agreement and “that it has manu- lems,” it added. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,233.55 30-year bond ...... 1.18 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY JOHN VANDIVER Stars and Stripes ‘ We have trained STUTTGART, Germany — The for many months PHOTOS BY KYLE COPE/U.S. Air Force Army is moving forward with to prepare to serve An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, gets a plans for summer troop rotations water salute Thursday after completing 10,000 flight hours. The F-16 was the first in Europe, and only to Europe, Iraq and Afghanistan in Europe and we the second in the U.S. Air Force’s inventory, to cross the 10,000 flight-hour mark. even as the military grapples with the disruptive effects of the are excited to work global coronavirus pandemic, the directly with our service announced Thursday. F-16 jet at Spangdahlem first in The announcement came allies. ’ days after the Pentagon issued Maj. Gen. Jeffery Broadwater the latest version of a sweeping 1st Cavalry Division commander Europe to hit 10,000 flight hours stop-movement order, aimed at stemming the spread of the coro- navirus among troops. The latest BY JENNIFER H. SVAN order, which is scheduled to last Russian aggression. They will Stars and Stripes through June 30, allows senior replace the 2nd Brigade Combat An F-16 combat jet at Spang- service officials to grant exemp- Team, 1st Cavalry Division, cur- dahlem Air Base achieved a tions for service members whose rently on rotation in Poland and landmark 10,000 flight hours new assignments are deemed locations along NATO’s eastern Thursday, nearly 27 years after it essential to the Defense Depart- flank. rolled off the production line and ment’s overall mission. Overseeing the Atlantic Re- began flying for the 52nd Fighter Headed to Iraq are the 2nd solve campaign will be the 1st Wing. Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Air- Cavalry Division Headquarters The aircraft — Tail No. 343 — is borne Division stationed at Fort out of Fort Hood, Texas, which the first Block 50 Fighting Falcon Bragg, N.C., as part of a regular will deploy to Poznan, Poland, in Europe and only the second rotation of forces to support the this summer, the Army said. F-16 in the U.S. Air Force’s inven- ongoing campaign against Islam- “We have trained for many tory to reach the historic mile- ic State. months to prepare to serve in Eu- stone, something maintainers “Our paratroopers are hon- rope and we are excited to work hailed as a testament to its dura- ored to answer our nation’s call directly with our allies and part- bility and their dedicated labor. to deploy and work alongside the ners to deter potential threats,” An F-16 at Misawa Air Base international coalition in support said 1st Cavalry Division com- in northern Japan hit the mark of Operation Inherent Resolve,” mander, Maj. Gen. Jeffery Broad- a year ago, but that jet was deliv- said Col. Jason Curl, commander water, in a statement. ered a year earlier than Spangda- U.S. Air Force Col. Jason Hokaj, 52nd Fighter Wing vice commander, of the 2nd BCT, in a statement. hlem’s, maintainers said. It also prepares for takeoff in aircraft 343, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, at The 4th Security Forces Assis- The 101st Airborne Division took 26 years and 11 months to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. tance Brigade out of Fort Carson Combat Aviation Brigade sta- reach 10,000 hours — two months in Colorado will head to Afghani- tioned at Fort Campbell, Ky., is longer than No. 343. the 52nd Maintenance Group going past that mark, he said. stan to replace the 3rd Security also bound for Europe to replace “It takes a lot of work and a superintendent. Yager likened the F-16 to the Forces Assistance Brigade. the 3rd Infantry Division Com- lot of diligence and a lot of very With Thursday’s milestone, Air Force’s Cold War-era B-52 SFABs, specialized Army units bat Aviation Brigade, U.S. Army thorough inspections to keep (the Yager said he sees “the fruits of bomber, which is still in service launched three years ago, are Europe said in a statement. The aircraft) safe and ready to fly,” that labor.” after more than 50 years. designed to provide higher-end statement did not specify where said Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Keeping No. 343 airworthy “It was only designed for so training to partners. In Afghani- on the Continent the 101st would Yates of the 480th Aircraft Main- involved about 190,000 hours of many hours but it keeps going stan, they have also been involved be based. tenance Unit at Spangdahlem. work by ground crews, maintain- and going,” he said. in combat operations. Deployments to the Middle East “The plane’s been flying since ers said. The F-16 on average re- “The 4th Security Force Assis- are between six and 13 months’ before about 75% of the people Lockheed Martin’s F-35A quires 19 hours of maintenance tance Brigade is ready to advise, duration, while rotations to Eu- in this building were even born Lightning II is the planned re- for every hour of flying time — a support, liaise and assess our rope typically last nine months. — definitely before any of us even placement for the F-16 across the figure that includes thorough in- partnered foreign security forces joined the military,” he said. service, but due to delays in the Most of the movements to Europe spections, refueling and basic in the CENTCOM AOR,” said Both are true for 1st Lt. Chris- program, the F-16s are expected announced last week are for mis- maintenance such as changing Brig. Gen. Mark H. Landes, head tina Nunley, 25, the assistant offi- tires and oil. to receive service-life extension sions in Poland, where troops are of Security Force Assistance cer in charge of the 480th AMU. The wing’s vice commander, upgrades to keep them airworthy focused on training with allies Command. “This aircraft has been at Col. Jason Hokaj, took the jet up until 2048 and beyond. along NATO’s eastern flank. The The 4th Infantry Division Com- Spangdahlem longer than I have Thursday afternoon for less than No. 343 was part of the 480th’s summer moves were announced bat Aviation Brigade, stationed at been alive,” she said. “Obviously, an hour to reached the milestone. deployment for Operation Inher- as the Pentagon continues to Fort Carson, Colo., also is headed there are struggles that come Base firefighters hosed down ent Resolve to Iraq and Syria in make wide-ranging adjustments, to Afghanistan as part of Opera- with having an older aircraft, but the aircraft as it taxied down the 2016 when the squadron broke a including canceling exercises tion Freedom Sentinel. the history behind it is a huge mo- flightline after landing. record for number of munitions and delaying troop movements, to And the 2nd Brigade Combat tivating factor and it’s something “This is such an amazing event dropped by an F-16 unit within a try to curb the spread of the coro- Team, 1st Armored Division, that we take a lot of pride in.” to be part of,” Hokaj said in a six-month period. navirus. Some units, such as the Chief Master Sgt. Chris Yager, statement. “To think about the stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, “It’s just been a good, durable will deploy to Kuwait as part of a 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Bri- 45, is part of that history. His first amount of hands and minds used aircraft,” Yates said. “There’s a gade Combat Team, which was assignment out of tech school in regular rotation focused on main- to get here, to keep this machine lot of superstition in the mainte- rushed to Kuwait after Christmas 1997 was at Spangdahlem, where flying, it’s a testament to the pro- taining ready forces in the great- nance community — rubbing the amid escalating tensions with he worked on the jet and saw it fessionalism of the 52nd Mainte- er Middle East. reach 2,000 flight hours. nance Group.” bellies and certain things — but Among troops heading to Eu- Iran, have had their deployments Back then, “there were those The Lockheed Martin Block really, the biggest reason is … rope is the 2nd Armored Brigade extended as the coronavirus pan- old crusty guys that were out 50 F-16s that the 480th Fighter making sure all the required in- Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Di- demic led to widespread restric- there training me how to work Squadron flies were initially de- spections for this aircraft are vision, stationed at Fort Stew- tions on civilian and military on aircraft and sometimes I won- signed to last 8,000 flight hours, complied with.” art, Ga., which will be part of movement around the world. dered why they were training me Yates said. But a series of up- [email protected] the Pentagon’s Atlantic Resolve [email protected] the way they were,” said Yager, grades have kept many of them Twitter: @stripesktown campaign, focused on deterring Twitter: @john_vandiver PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, April 27, 2020 MILITARY Internet firms lower fees at some US bases

BY JAMES BOLINGER and May. Americable International Inc., broadband service for free to counts, reminded service mem- Stars and Stripes The announcement followed in an email Friday to Stars and those living in quarantine bar- bers and their families that the surge in internet traffic after Stripes. racks, said spokeswoman Melody Americable’s service is a finite Some internet providers at U.S. students were sent home from “In a typical month, between Walker in an emailed statement resource constrained by band- military bases are slashing over- school and base workers began 8-10% of customers exceed the on Wednesday. This free service width availability. age fees or providing free service teleworking in March and April. data limits for their subscribed covers more than 7,000 beds. Echoing the requests of base to troops in lockdown or quaran- The changes affect Marine plan,” he said. “However, had we “Boingo is, and always has commanders, he implored cus- tine due to the coronavirus. Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Yo- not waived the overage fees last been, an unlimited data service tomers to limit their screen time Americable, which serves kosuka Naval Base, Naval Air month that number would have provider — we don’t have data and to log onto their accounts bases in Japan, announced April Station Atsugi and Sasebo Naval been much higher.” caps, charge late fees, install fees regularly to monitor their usage 17 it would reduce overage fees Base, where peak traffic hours Boingo, another internet ser- or cancellation fees,” she said. to ensure everyone stays within from $12.50 to $6.25 for every now last an entire day instead of vice provider for service mem- Smith, in his April 17 letter to their limits. 50 gigabytes beyond the limits in the evening or on weekends, bers in the United States, Japan customers that was shared over [email protected] on customers’ data plans in April said James Smith, president of and South Korea, is offering base-affiliated social media ac- Twitter: @bolingerj2004 Officials: Germany won’t be buying US jets before 2022

BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL new planes available to the Luft- Stars and Stripes waffe,” or German air force, by 2030, when the Tornado is due to KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- be taken out of service. ny — Germany has not commit- The replacement aircraft must ted to buying 45 American jets to “seamlessly” fill the aging Torna- replace some of its Tornado fight- do’s dual role, serving as a fighter- er-bombers, the country’s top de- bomber in conventional warfare fense official said last week amid and maintaining the capability to accusations that she formally in- carry U.S. nuclear bombs as re- dicated to the Pentagon that the quired by NATO, Kramp-Karren- multibillion-dollar deal would go bauer said. ahead. The ministry is in preliminary “No decision has been taken talks with Airbus and Boeing so (on which planes will be chosen) that a decision could be possible and, in any case, the (defense) during the 2022- 23 legislative pe- ministry can’t take that decision Photos by Michael Maguire riod, Kramp-Karrenbauer said. — only parliament can,” Defense The Super Hornets have been A company run by a former Air Force medic, AirMid Critical Care Products, pitched an idea for manual Minister Annegret Kramp-Kar- selected to be part of the package ventilator, shown in this artistic rendering, and won a $100,000 prize announced Friday . renbauer told reporters after a 90- since “only U.S. manufacturers are minute, closed-door meeting with offering” the capacity to carry nu- a parliamentary defense commit- clear weapons, as required under tee Wednesday. NATO’s nuclear-sharing terms, Former USAF medic a winner Kramp-Karrenbauer has been Kramp-Karrenbauer told the under fire since a report in Der Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday. Spiegel newsmagazine Sunday The Tornados are currently in Army’s contest for ventilators said she sent Defense Secretary the only planes in the German air Mark Esper an email recently, an- force certified by NATO to carry nouncing that Germany planned BY J.P. LAWRENCE to manual ventilators, which are U.S. nuclear bombs. to buy 30 Boeing F/A-18E/F Although none of the jets in the Stars and Stripes hand-pumped and often used by Super Hornets and 15 EA-18G first responders. running to replace the Tornado Growlers to replace 45 of its Pana- are dual-capability aircraft, the A company run by a former Air A COVID-19 patient with in- via Tornados, which have been in Force medic is one of two win- fected lungs, after being picked U.S. government told the Ger- service since the 1970s. mans that Boeing’s fighter could ners of an Army contest to find up by a first responder, will often Some in the political opposi- be certified more rapidly than the low-cost, easily manufactured be placed on a manual air pump tion have questioned whether the Typhoon to carry the U.S. B61 nu- ventilators to help with shortages until they can get to a mechanical email was a formal declaration of clear gravity bomb, media reports caused by the coronavirus pan- ventilator located at a hospital, Germany’s intent to purchase the demic, a statement from the ser- said last month. Maguire said. American planes, media reports The Tornado’s replacement vice said Friday. said. Artistic rendering of manual But due to shortages, mechani- would be a stopgap measure be- Michael Maguire’s company Kramp-Karrenbauer said the ventilator cal ventilators may be far away fore the planned introduction in defense ministry has only sug- AirMid Critical Care Products, or unavailable, meaning the pa- the next decade of the Future Inc. pitched an idea for a manual, gested that Germany purchase “The Army recognizes there is tient may have to be on a manual Combat Air System, a sixth-gen- bellow-based ventilator and won the 45 Boeing planes along with a crisis, there was a demand for ventilator for a long time. These eration multirole jet made by a a $100,000 award for further re- 93 Eurofighter Typhoons, made readily-manufactured, easy-to- ventilators, because they are consortium of French, Spanish search, Diane Pollard, a spokes- by a consortium of European produce ventilators,” Willis told hand-pumped, risk errors and and German companies. woman with the Office of the companies. Stars and Stripes in mid-April. over-inflation of the lungs, with Assistant Secretary of the Army, deadly results, he said. “The suggestion that we pur- Stars and Stripes reporters Marcus “We wanted to put out this prize chase Eurofighters … and a much Kloeckner and Slobodan Lekic contrib- told Stars and Stripes. The solution, Maguire said, is uted to this story. competition as a way to identify smaller number of F-18s is a com- Spiro Devices, LLC, also re- a manual pump that is portable, [email protected] and potentially solicit new and promise that will allow us to make Twitter: @Stripeszeit ceived a $100,000 prize through novel ideas.” but has controls on how much the xTech COVID-19 Ventilator The contest had two phases, air is put into a patient’s lungs Challenge, an Army contest be- with those getting to the pitch similar to a hospital’s mechanical ginning in early April that sought stage winning $5,000 and se- ventilator. pitches for ventilators similar to lected pitches receiving $100,000 “It projects a level of safety the show “Shark Tank.” and an invitation to develop a that is only available today in me- Some 150 companies have prototype. chanical ventilators, to a manual pitched ideas so far and sent in The competition continues and device so you can ventilate safely three-minute videos for review by others can receive prizes if their from the very first breath,” Ma- panels of experts, Pollard said. ideas have merit, Willis said. guire said. The contest started after re- The award will help acceler- The finished product would sell Stars and Stripes ports of widespread ventilator ate development of a prototype, for less than $3,000 and he hopes shortages in COVID-19 response said Maguire, the CEO of AirMid it can be used by both the military A U.S. Navy F-18 Super Hornet takes off from RAF Lakenheath, efforts, said Matthew Willis, the Critical Care Products, Inc. and civilians, Maguire said. England, in 2018 . German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp- Army’s director for laboratory The D.C.-based company’s [email protected] Karrenbauer said that her country is in preliminary talks but hasn’t management. idea adds a control mechanism Twitter: @jplawrence3 yet committed to buying 45 F/A-18s. Monday, April 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 PACIFIC Mystery deepens over N. Korea leader’s location

BY KIM GAMEL believed to be for his yacht, ac- Stars and Stripes cording to 38 North. The report was the latest piece SEOUL, South Korea — The of the puzzle surrounding Kim’s mystery over Kim Jong Un’s prolonged absence from the pub- whereabouts deepened this week- lic eye, heightened by his failure end as satellite images showed a to appear at celebrations marking train probably belonging to the the April 15 birthday of his late North Korean leader at his coast- grandfather and the country’s al compound amid speculation founder, Kim Il Sung. about his health. Reuters, citing three people The images, which were re- familiar with the situation, also leased by the monitoring website reported this weekend that China 38 North, showed that the 820-foot has dispatched a team of doctors train has been at the compound and officials to advise on Kim, al- near the eastern city of Wonsan though it provided few details. since April 21. The delegation led by a senior The website stressed that the member of the Chinese Commu- train’s presence doesn’t confirm nist Party’s international liaison the 36-year-old leader’s location department left Beijing for North /AP or indicate anything about his Korea on Thursday, Reuters said, MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES health, “but it does lend weight to adding that it was unable to de- This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and annotated by 38 North, a website specializing reports that Kim is staying at an termine what the trip signaled in in North Korea studies, shows an overview of Wonsan complex in Wonsan, North Korea. elite area on the country’s east- terms of Kim’s health. ern coast.” South Korean officials have in- The most recent photos of him Kim’s father, Kim Jong Il, had ports on Kim Jong Un’s death, or The train wasn’t at the Lead- sisted that no unusual signs have on state-run media were of him died of a heart attack in 2011 incapacitation right now because ership railway station, which been detected to indicate that reportedly chairing an April 11 until it was announced publicly we have seen this before, it would services the Wonsan compound, Kim is seriously ill. meeting of the ruling Workers’ two days later. represent another unprecedent- April 15, but was there April 21 President Donald Trump has Party’s political bureau. Kim Jong Un, who assumed ed crisis for the president of the and April 23, according to the also dismissed unconfirmed re- He discussed efforts to prevent power after his father died, also United States and the president of analysis published Saturday by ports that Kim had been inca- the spread of the coronavirus and disappeared once before in 2014, South Korea to handle in addition experts Martyn Williams, Peter pacitated after cardiovascular appointed his sister, Kim Yo Jong, but reappeared with a cane after to the coronavirus,” said Matthew Makowsky and Jenny Town. surgery. as an alternate member of the po- about six weeks. South Korea’s in- Schmidt, a security and political “Imagery indicates the train “I think the report was incor- litical bureau, according to the telligence agency said that he had science associate professor at the arrived sometime before April rect, let me just put it that way,” Korean Central News Agency a cyst removed from his ankle. University of New Haven. 21 and was still present on April Trump said Thursday in re- He was also shown inspecting The stakes are high, as the Kim “It would force both of the pres- 23, when it appeared to be repo- sponse to a question about Kim’s family has ruled the nuclear- an air defense unit that weekend. idents to consider their contin- sitioned for departure. However, condition. “I hear the report was KCNA reported that Kim sent armed nation since it was found- gency plans to do things like move there was no indication when that an incorrect report. I hope it was separate messages to the leaders ed in 1948. While they have been into the north to secure nuclear departure might take place,” it an incorrect report.” of Syria and Cuba last week, but accused of widespread human added. But concern has intensified as released no photos. rights abuses, many fear that an sites and population movement, The Wonsan compound has thinly sourced media reports and Experts have urged caution abrupt change in leadership could as well as being concerned about been described as a palatial play- rumors ranging from claims that since it’s virtually impossible to spark chaos in the region. the tens of thousands of artillery ground for Kim by past visitor Kim is in a vegetative state or confirm information about the It also raises questions about pieces aimed at Seoul,” he added former Chicago Bulls star Dennis already dead circulate on social North Korean leader’s health, what would happen to already in an emailed commentary. “We Rodman. media. which has long been a topic of stalled nuclear talks with the have never done this before and It includes a large main build- The third-generation leader concern because of his weight, a United States, which have largely to do this in addition to the virus ing, nine large guesthouses, a also was a no-show for Saturday’s heavy smoking habit and a family depended on Kim’s relationship would be extraordinary.” recreation center, a horse-riding anniversary of the founding of history of heart disease. with Trump. [email protected] track and a covered dock that is the nation’s military. The world did not learn that “While I am skeptical of re- Twitter: @kimgamel N. Korean sympathizer calls news on Kim’s health ‘false’

BY SHAMIM ADAM 15 birthday celebration for his grandfather, Kim Bloomberg News Il Sung, who founded the nation. He has not been seen since he reportedly visited a military The head of the Korean Friendship Associa- unit on April 12, raising speculation about his tion, a group that says it receives official infor- condition. mation from North Korea, called news reports The Korean Friendship Association was that Kim Jong Un is gravely ill untrue. founded in November 2000 with the intention of Alejandro Cao de Benos said that “information building international ties with North Korea, it about the serious state of health of our Marshal said on its website. Kim Jong Un is false and malicious,” according The group says that it has membership in 120 to a post on Twitter. Cao did not say where he got countries, and has “full recognition from the the information and declined further comment Government of the Democratic People’s Repub- when contacted by Bloomberg. lic of Korea and is the worldwide leading organi- Kim has been reported to be in critical con- zation of its supporters.” dition after undergoing cardiovascular surgery. The group organizes tours to North Korea, U.S. officials said Monday that they were told and Cao regularly travels to the country. He was Kim’s condition was critical after the operation, featured in the 2015 documentary “The Propa- though they were unsure of his current health. ganda Game,” a case study on propaganda that KOREA SUMMIT PRESS POOL/AP President Donald Trump on Thursday cast focuses on North Korea. doubt about a CNN report saying the North Ko- The association’s website describes Cao as a North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signs a guestbook next to his sister, Kim rean leader was gravely ill. special delegate of North Korea’s Committee for Yo Jong, inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom in the Kim was conspicuously absent from the April Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Demilitarized Zone. PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, April 27, 2020 WAR/MILITARY US asks Afghans to halt disputes, focus on virus BY KATHY GANNON own” during the Muslim holy Associated Press month of Ramadan, which began last week. ISLAMABAD — The U.S. He urged the government and peace envoy to Afghanistan on the Taliban to carry out a prison- Sunday called on the country’s er exchange that was part of the feuding leaders to set their dif- U.S.-Taliban peace agreement ferences aside to combat the signed in February. The agree- coronavirus pandemic and ad- ment had called for the release vance a stalled peace agreement of 5,000 Taliban prisoners and signed with the Taliban earlier 1,000 government personnel held RAHMAT GUL/AP this year. by the insurgents. A street vendor sells protective masks and gloves to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Kabul, “The well-being of the Afghan To date, Ghani has released Afghanistan, on April 19. people and the country itself 550 detainees based on age, vul- depend on all parties devoting nerability to the virus and time fire in intra-Afghan talks. Those to be completed next year. while reported 1,463 infections their full energies to fighting the served. The Taliban have not said negotiations were supposed to The Taliban have carried out and 47 deaths from the new COVID-19 pandemic, the shared if those are among the prisoners have begun within 10 days of the 2,804 attacks since the agree- coronavirus. enemy of all,” Zalmay Khalilzad referred to in the agreement. The Feb. 29 deal but are still on hold ment was signed, Jawed Faisal, Afghanistan’s health care sys- tweeted early Sunday. Taliban have freed 60 prisoners. spokesman for the national secu- because of the political bickering tem has been heavily degraded He said Afghan President Taliban spokesman Zabihullah rity adviser’s office, said Satur- Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdul- Mujahed said in a statement Sun- in Kabul. day. However, the Taliban have by decades of war and would be lah Abdullah, who each declared day that the insurgent group was The Taliban are continuing to not attacked U.S. or NATO troops, ill-equipped to contain a major himself the victor in September’s living up to its side of the agree- attack security outposts, even as who say they will continue to aid outbreak. Testing has been spo- election, should “put the inter- ment, and that it was willing to the U.S. and NATO proceed with Afghan forces. radic, in part because of local est of the country ahead of their negotiate a countrywide cease- a full troop withdrawal that is set Afghanistan has mean- stigma surrounding the disease. Deliver: US military runs exercises to showcase range of capabilities

FROM FRONT PAGE of nighttime attacks. Armed with a 30 mm can be stationed on the Puller, the Navy’s rent for any threats against the U.S. and al- stop such close encounters — there’s been Gatling gun and precision-guided muni- first specially designed floating sea base. lied watercraft.” little focus on the recent moves by the U.S. tions, the famed gunships have been used The Puller, a destroyer and other, smaller The Apaches can fire Hellfire laser- to attack ground targets — but not naval U.S. vessels were practicing spotting tar- Central Command to come better-armed guided missiles or shoot guns, said Bryan targets — from Vietnam to Grenada, Pan- gets for the Apaches and transmitting with joint Navy, Air Force and Army sys- Clark, a former special assistant to the ama, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. the information. The exercises continued chief of naval operations who’s now a naval tems for spotting targets and transferring Then on April 15, Navy vessels were through April 19. analyst for the Hudson Institute. data. practicing coordinated operations with The Apache exercise shows how the The live-fire gunship exercises began in Army AH-64E Apache tank-busting at- Army “can use naval platforms as lily pads “Since the helicopter can move fast and March as a first-time effort at coordina- tack helicopters when the U.S. says Irani- to expand their operational range along is shooting down at the boats, they have an tion between Navy patrol coastal ships, the an boats came within 50 yards of the USS with providing security in its region of easier time hitting than surface ships try- service’s P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance Lewis B. Puller and within 10 yards of the operation,” Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich, the ing to hit a fast boat that is bouncing on the aircraft and the Air Force’s special opera- bow of the Coast Guard cutter Maui. spokeswoman for the Navy’s 5th Fleet, said water.” The AC-130 “essentially can strafe tions AC-130 gunships, which are capable Under the new approach, the Apaches in an email. “The security acts as a deter- the boats,” he said. Paratroopers to return home after rapid deployment to Mideast

BY CHAD GARLAND said late last month that the remaining But they won’t get the typical welcome said. Stars and Stripes thousands of paratroopers would remain home reception at the “green ramp,” said But by late March, the soldiers remain- deployed indefinitely, as tensions in the re- the rear detachment’s Command Sgt. Maj. ing in Kuwait had complained of a lack of Some 2,500 members of the 82nd Air- gion remained high. Cory Bell in the livestream. Instead, there mission set and a family member told Stars borne Division will return home soon after In a livestream on Friday, Lt. Col. Doug will be a parade at the base’s four-acre and Stripes that they hadn’t done anything being rapidly deployed to the Middle East Massey, the commander of the brigade’s Pike Field, where the troops will be in bus- for weeks other than sit around in tents and amid growing tensions with Iran, just after rear detachment, said timelines of the ses and families will be gathered, while go to chow. Christmas. brigade’s return would not be discussed maintaining appropriate distancing. But, as tensions between the U.S. and Paratroopers with the division’s 1st Bri- publicly. None of the paratroopers with “I highly encourage any family member Iran remained high, including a fatal gade Combat Team were sent to bolster se- the brigade had tested positive for COVID- within the Devil Brigade to go out and line rocket attack in mid-March that killed two curity in the U.S. Central Command area 19, Massey said, but all would be subject the road there with flags, banners, stream- American service members and a British of operations on short notice after a rocket to a 14-day quarantine upon their return ers, whatever it is to welcome home our soldier, military officials said they were attack killed an American contractor in stateside. Devil Brigade paratroopers,” Bell said. continuing to evaluate whether to redeploy Iraq and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was The soldiers had seen a drop in quality As the U.S. military’s Immediate Re- the brigade and when. stormed by an Iran-backed Shiite militia of life due to the closure of gyms, some sponse Force Brigade, the 1st Brigade sent In the video message announcing they the Defense Department had hit with re- dining facilities and other services at Cen- its first battalion to the Middle East within had been approved to come home, Saslav taliatory strikes. tral Command bases, meant to combat the 18 hours of receiving orders in late Decem- said he “can’t begin to tell you how proud” In a Facebook video last week, brigade spread of the virus. The unknown date of ber. It was the first such rapid deployment he and the unit’s top enlisted soldier were commander Col. Andrew O. Saslav said the return was also causing increased stress since soldiers were called up in response to of their troops. troops had been approved to return home to for many who were separated from their a devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. “The paratroopers and our families have Fort Bragg, N.C., “in the coming weeks.” families during the pandemic, one para- Much of the brigade stayed in Kuwait had a historic deployment and now we Some 800 had returned in February, be- trooper told Stars and Stripes in March. during its deployment, where some con- can’t wait to be back in your arms again,” fore the outbreak of the global coronavirus Though they will be in quarantine, they ducted training. Some others operated in he said. pandemic forced the military to restrict will be able to be home with their families Iraq, including bolstering security at the [email protected] movement around the world, but officials upon their return, Massey said. U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, officials have Twitter: @chadgarland Monday, April 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK WHO warns you may catch virus more than once

BY PATRICK HENRY option. Bloomberg News While there’s a consensus that the key to ending the coronavi- Catching COVID-19 once may rus pandemic is establishing so- not actually protect you from called herd immunity, there are getting it again, according to the many unknowns. One is whether World Health Organization, a researchers can develop a safe finding that could jeopardize ef- and effective vaccine. Another forts to allow people to return to is how long people who’ve recov- ALVARO BARRIENTOS/AP work after recovering from the ered have immunity; reinfection A woman helps a child clean his hands to protect against COVID-19 in Pamplona, northern Spain . virus. after months or years is common “There is currently no evidence with other human coronaviruses. that people who have recovered Finally, it’s not clear what per- from COVID-19 and have an- centage of people must be im- Outdoor: tibodies are protected from a mune to protect the “herd.” That Nations around the world second infection,” the United depends on the contagiousness of Nations agency said in a recent the virus. statement. The WHO said that it’s review- The WHO guidance came after considering different reopening plans some governments suggested ing the scientific evidence on antibody responses to coronavi- that people who have antibodies FROM FRONT PAGE there is no manual, no road map, lockdown. to the coronavirus could be is- rus, but no study has evaluated Two weeks after being released to follow.” In France, Prime Minister Ed- sued an “immunity passport” or whether the presence of antibod- from a London hospital, British Until now, adults in Spain were ouard Philippe said that he will “risk-free certificate” that would ies “confers immunity to sub- sequent infection by this virus Prime Minister Boris Johnson — allowed out only for essential unveil a “national deconfinement allow them to travel or return to shopping or to go to work. Chil- strategy” on the same day. That in humans” as of yet. And while the only major world leader so far work, based on the assumption dren under 14 were in complete follows weeks of work by experts many countries are currently to fall ill with COVID-19 — plans that they were safe from reinfec- seclusion for 44 days, but as of seeking a balance between re- testing for antibodies, these stud- to return to work Monday. tion, according to the statement, Spain, Italy and France, which Sunday they were allowed to take starting the eurozone’s second- issued Friday. People given such ies aren’t designed to determine walks with one parent for up to an largest economy and preventing whether people recovered from have Europe’s highest death tolls a certificate could ignore pub- from the virus, all imposed tough hour. They must stay within 0.6 a second wave of infections that the disease acquire immunity, lic health guidance, increasing lockdown rules in March. All have miles of their homes, take only could overwhelm France’s inten- the agency said. the risk of the disease spreading reported significant progress in one toy out and cannot play with sive care units. further. As the hunt for a vaccine con- bringing down infection rates other youngsters. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte Chile was the first country to tinues around the world, the and are ready — warily — to start The sound of children shout- is expected to announce more de- announce plans to issue immuni- WHO has formed an international giving citizens more freedom. ing and the rattle of bikes on the tails on easing the lockdown in the ty cards based partly on antibody alliance to ensure that treatments “Maximum caution will be pavement soon returned. coming days for the first Euro- tests. This has raised concerns are distributed fairly. French our guideline for the rollback,” In Barcelona, Sabate’s sons pean country to see a large-scale because the tests have proven President Emmanuel Macron, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro wore child-size face masks as coronavirus outbreak. Conte said unreliable elsewhere, and some European Commission President Sanchez said as he announced they went out. “Now we will see that priorities include restarting people may get deliberately ill Ursula von der Leyen and the Bill that Spaniards will be allowed to how long they stay on!” she said. construction projects and export in order to obtain the card. The and Melinda Gates Foundation leave their homes for short walks The prime minister plans to industries. He confirmed that U.S. and others have nonetheless are among those involved in the and exercise starting May 2. “We present a detailed plan Tuesday school classes won’t resume until said that they’re looking into the alliance. must be very prudent, because for the “de-escalation” of Spain’s September. Dutch students complete Atlantic crossing forced by restrictions

BY ALEKSANDAR FURTULA “At home, you just have some that sent an orange cloud drifting Associated Press ‘ The children learned a lot about moments for yourself, but here, over the glassy water. you have to be social all the time Masterskip, the company that HARLINGEN, Netherlands — adaptivity, also about media attention, but to everyone because you’re sleep- organized the cruise, runs five Greeted by relieved parents, pet also their normal school work. ing with them, you’re eating with educational voyages for about 150 dogs, flares and a cloud of orange ’ them, you’re just doing every- students in all each year. Crossing smoke, a group of 25 Dutch high Christophe Meijer Director of Masterskip thing with them, so you can’t re- the Atlantic is nothing new for the school students with very little ally just relax,” she said. Wylde Swan, which has made the sailing experience ended a trans- Her mother, Renee Scholte- trip about 20 times. Atlantic voyage Sunday that was meijer, said that she expects her The company’s director, Chris- forced on them by coronavirus she said as she set foot on dry land boxes for Atlantic Ocean cross- daughter to miss life on the open tophe Meijer, said that the stu- restrictions. sea once she encounters corona- again. “The arrival time changed ing, mid-ocean swim and surviv- dents were monitored for the The children, ages 14 to 17, virus containment measures in like 100 times. Being flexible is ing the Bermuda triangle. coronavirus in March to ensure watched over by 12 experienced the Netherlands. really important.” The teens hugged and chant- nobody was infected. crew members and three teach- Instead of flying back from ed each other’s names as they “I think that after two days He said that he was pleased the ers, were on an educational cruise Cuba as originally planned, the walked off the ship and into the she’ll want to go back on the boat, students had adapted to life on of the Caribbean when the pan- crew and students stocked up on arms of their families, who drove because life is very boring back at demic forced them to radically supplies and warm clothes, and their cars alongside the yacht one home,” she said. “There’s nothing board and kept up their education change their plans for returning set sail for the northern Dutch by one to adhere to social distanc- to do, she can’t visit friends, so it’s on the long voyage. home in March. port of Harlingen, a five-week ing rules imposed to rein in the very boring.” “The children learned a lot That gave one of the young sail- voyage of nearly 4,350 miles , on spread of the virus that forced The twin-masted Wylde Swan about adaptivity, also about ors, 17-year-old Floor Hurkmans, board the 200-foot top sail schoo- the students into their long trip glided into Harlingen harbor late media attention, but also their one of the biggest lessons of her ner Wylde Swan. home. morning Sunday, its sails neatly normal school work,” he said. “So impromptu adventure. As they arrived home, the stu- For Hurkmans, the impossibil- stowed. Onlookers gathered on a they are actually far ahead now “Being flexible, because every- dents hung up a self-made banner ity of any kind of social distanc- sea wall to watch the arrival set of their Dutch school colleagues. thing is changing all the time,” saying “Bucket List” with ticks in ing took some getting used to. off flares and a smoke grenade They have made us very proud.” PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, April 27, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Navy hospital ship Town helps guardsmen readies to leave celebrate graduation

BY CHRIS FRANKLIN NY as numbers dip nj.com During a typical Coast Guard graduation period in Cape May, BY MICHAEL R. SISAK the virus in the nation’s hardest N.J., the area buzzes with fami- Associated Press hit city and is a welcome sign.” lies, friends and graduates moving A temporary hospital set up at a about the seaside city’s beaches, NEW YORK — A Navy hospi- Manhattan convention center has tal ship is offloading patients as restaurants and sights. Many of also seen lower than projected them are from out of state. it gets ready to set sail from New patient volume. As of Saturday, At Coast Guard Training Cen- York City, the state is starting the facility had treated a total of ter Cape May, the night before to test health care workers and about 1,100 patients, with 125 still graduation is a time for parents first responders for coronavirus receiving care. of graduates to meet the center’s antibodies and data shows hospi- First envisioned as a 2,500-bed command staff and share train- talizations for the disease fell to field hospital for people without ing stories. their lowest level in three weeks. the disease, the Javits Center was For the latest classes, who Details on developments in soon converted to a coronavirus- graduated in the middle of the the coronavirus outbreak in New only hospital, but only ever topped coronavirus pandemic, no par- York: out at about 500 beds. ents, friends or loved ones were The Federal Emergency Man- in town for the ceremonies. The agement Agency said Saturday Shipping off FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP latest was Wednesday, when 86 that there is no official date for men and women of class Oscar The Navy hospital ship sent to the closure of the facility. Cyclists wearing protective masks ride through Times Square, on relieve stress on New York City 198 graduated basic training. “We are encouraged by the Saturday, in New York. But the town, the adoptive hospitals at the height the pan- data which suggest the curve is demic was discharging or trans- “Coast Guard Community,” of flattening in New York and we are evidence that people who have in the state falling to their lowest Cape May is stepping in to make ferring its last 12 patients over working with the city and state to antibodies are protected from level in three weeks. the weekend as it nears the end sure the new members of the begin the strategic drawdown of coronavirus. A little more than 13,000 people of its mission, according to North- Coast Guard receive a rousing resources,” the agency said. After weeks of reserving con- were being hospitalized for the well Health, which provides op- send off. ventional coronavirus testing to disease Friday, about the same erational assistance to the vessel. For the last three classes over Antibody testing people with symptoms to con- level the state was on April 1. The USNS Comfort, docked at the past few weeks, vehicles line serve supplies, the state is ex- The state’s COVID-19 hospital- up along Philadelphia and Pitts- a Manhattan pier since March 30, The state is starting to test panding eligibility to include first ization tally peaked at 18,825 on burgh avenues to honk their will soon leave for its homeport health care workers for corona- responders, health care workers April 12 and has fallen every day horns and cheer the graduates in Norfolk, Va. , where it will re- virus antibodies and will do the and a long list of essential em- since. as they leave the training center stock and be readied for another same next week with transit and ployees, such as bus drivers, dry New hospitalizations for the for the next part of their Coast possible assignment, Pentagon law enforcement workers as the cleaners, undertakers and gro- Guard journey. A police car leads spokesman Jonathan Hoffman state eases away from the worst disease are also continuing to cery store workers. the bus full of graduates out of the said. He did not provide a date for days of the pandemic, Gov. An- drop. “Why? Because these people center. the ship’s departure. drew Cuomo said Saturday. A rolling three-day average have been carrying the load and They did it all again Friday As of Saturday, the 1,000-bed Doctors, nurses and other em- showed about 1,200 new hospital- they have been subjected to the for the class that graduated hospital ship had treated just 182 ployees at four New York City izations for coronavirus on Fri- public all during this crisis, and Wednesday . patients. There was just one pa- day, Cuomo said, the fewest since hospitals that have handled high because they’re public facing,” “It was exciting because you tient left on the ship late Saturday March 25. volumes of coronavirus patients Cuomo said. “These are the peo- saw all of the people out with the evening. “All of the numbers are basi- will be the first tested under the ple you interact with.” trucks, the cars, and their kids,” Originally deployed to care cally saying the same, that we new program, Cuomo said. Cuomo said he is signing an Cape May City Mayor Clarence for patients without coronavirus, are in fact on the downside of the Antibody testing is a way of de- executive order to allow pharma- Lear said . the Comfort switched gears and mountain,” Cuomo said. termining if a person has been in- cies to serve as collection points “Even in spite of the lockdown, started accepting them as the fected by the coronavirus even if for testing samples. The number of people dying in the state from the disease is also people came out while being re- city’s hospitals became overrun they hadn’t shown symptoms. sponsible and staying away from trending lower, though Friday’s with people suffering from the Making such testing widely Hospitalizations down each other, but still showing their total of 437 deaths was up slightly disease. available is seen as a key to re- patriotism and love of the Coast over Thursday’s tally. Hoffman said the Comfort’s im- opening society, but the World Cuomo’s testing announce- Guard families here. Many of pending departure “is a sure sign Health Organization on Satur- ments came as new data showed The state peaked with 799 the people do not know who those of modest progress in mitigating day warned there is currently no hospitalizations for coronavirus deaths in one day on April 9. recruits are because they come from all over the country, but they are out there, and they are supporting them, and I think it sends a real message to these re- Retired general brings team to help Boston beat virus cruits who are probably scared to death and been through all of this BY HILLARY CHABOT “This isn’t just the A team, this said Ormsby. National Clandestine Service training,” the mayor said. Boston Herald is the A+ team,” said U.S. Rep. Walsh signed a $458,122 con- under former President Barack “Here they are going through Seth Moulton, a Salem Demo- tract with leadership coaches at Obama and was the lead paramil- a community that they probably Two military all-stars have crat and Iraq War veteran who the McChrystal Group through itary adviser to Hamid Karzai as barely saw during their recruit joined retired four-star Gen. is a close friend of McChrystal’s. May, with an option to extend he battled the Taliban in 2001. He training. To go out and see the Stanley McChrystal to help Bos- “You gotta give credit to Mayor the contract at a rate of $229,061 threw himself on the Afghan poli- streets lined with people wav- ton Mayor Marty Walsh steer the Walsh for humbly asking for their a month. The Hub mayor an- tician during a Dec. 5 airstrike, ing at you. I think it is a great city and quickly address daily is- advice and being able to say, ‘I nounced last month he would hire saving his life. send off, and hopefully, they will sues popping up during the coro- don’t know everything.’ I wish the the Virginia-based firm to review Vines served in the Army for be home soon. I think those who navirus outbreak. president was able to do that. ” city operations. 35 years and was in continuous go through it will appreciate it,” Legendary CIA operative The team talks every morn- The team could even help command for the last six years of Lear added. Greg Vogle — who saved Afghan ing with Walsh administra- Walsh as he carefully plans to re- Training center spokesman, his service. politician and Taliban resistor tion officials to identify needs open the city. Walsh hinted Friday Chief Warrant Officer Timothy Hamid Karzai in 2001 — and Lt. throughout the city and prioritize on WGBH radio that re-opening McChrystal created the Vir- Tamargo, says the makeshift ap- Gen. John R. Vines have joined which ones need fast action, said could happen in June. ginia-based McChrystal Group to preciation for the recruits does the twice-daily phone calls with Walsh spokeswoman Samantha “I think the transitioning starts consult and share the leadership not go unnoticed. He said parents Walsh’s administration as part Ormsby. probably early summer and I methods he learned in the field. often comment on the training of the McChrystal Group’s two- “Through this work, we seek to think it’s a slow, steady getting He also reviews disaster plans center’s Facebook page thanking month, nearly $500,000 contract. solve problems within 24 hours, back to business over the summer in different agencies across the the city and county for support- Walsh hired the group in late which allows us to stay as ahead and the fall,” Walsh said. city and identifies any gaps or ing their recruit children when March. of this virus as much as possible,” Vogle served as director of the overlaps. they spend time in the area. Monday, April 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK In Trump’s shadow, Congress-at-home eyes a reboot

BY LISA MASCARO a GOP remote vote proposal. He Associated Press expects Congress to return May 4, as planned. WASHINGTON — They long The reluctance to change is for what’s being lost: the ability to leaving the legislative branch publicly question officials at com- behind after even the tradition- mittee hearings, to chat across bound Supreme Court announced the aisle, to speak from the House that it would hear oral arguments and Senate floor for all of Ameri- by teleconference as stay-home ca, and history, to hear. rules reorder civic life. Congress wants its voice back. “It’s a huge can of worms,” With no real plan to reopen said Sarah Binder, a professor at Capitol Hill any time soon, the George Washington University. coronavirus shutdown poses an She said that the pandemic pro- existential crisis that’s pushing vokes a set of issues far beyond Congress ever so reluctantly to- the logistics of working remotely. ward the 21st-century option of Among them: Is it safe to return GAIL BURTON/AP remote legislating from home. to Capitol Hill? Can you be “pres- “It’s the ability to be an equal ent” if you appear on a computer Kweisi Mfume, Democratic nominee for Maryland’s 7th Congressional District, raises his fist at a branch of government,” said Rep. screen? February victory party in Baltimore. Katie Porter, a freshman Demo- But she also said, “They need a crat from California. solution if they’re not going to be Divisions are fierce, but so too able to come back.” is the sense of what is being lost. Lawmakers have said that they Virus creates unprecedented Every day lawmakers shelter at can only do so much on confer- home, their public role is being ence calls and virtual town hall visibly diminished. While they meetings as they assess $3 tril- Maryland congressional election are approving record sums of lion in coronavirus aid and con- virus aid, they are ceding author- sider annual spending, defense BY BRIAN WITTE includes a large portion of Balti- creation. ity to oversee the effort and tackle and other bills. Associated Press more as well as parts of its sub- Mfume supports stronger gun- next steps. While the 100 senators can usu- urbs in Baltimore and Howard control measures and focusing It’s an imbalance of power ally command attention on their ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Ballots counties is heavily Democratic, on root causes of crime, like the for all to see: President Donald cast in person in Maryland’s spe- own, the 435 rank-and-file House with more than four Democrats inability of young adults to find Trump’s daily public briefings cial congressional election be- members have a harder time for each Republican. jobs. He has been advocating for without a robust response from tween Democrat Kweisi Mfume being heard. Klacik, the Republican who has greater support for apprentice- Capitol Hill, though there have and Republican Kimberly Klacik One prime opportunity is time appeared on Fox News and caught ships to develop skills for young been discussions within the will be quarantined for about 24 allotted to lawmakers at commit- President Donald Trump’s atten- people to find work. White House about changing the hours after the polls close before tee hearings. tion with her social media posts Klacik has been advocating format of the briefings to curtail being counted — to give any po- It may be just five minutes on that prompted the president to to help struggling parts of Balti- his role. tential germs a chance to die to C-SPAN, but for members of describe the district as a “disgust- more through a federal program “This is a time where oversight help protect election workers. Congress, the committee means ing rat and rodent-infested mess,” known as opportunity zones. The is really important,” said Rep. It’s one of the safety measures said that the pandemic has made program, which is supported by Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., a leader everything. It’s their chance to that’s being taken in an unprec- it difficult to campaign. But the Trump, focuses on increasing of the moderate New Democrats make a difference. edented Maryland election Tues- 38-year-old believes she has an private investment in distressed caucus. Porter knows firsthand what’s day that will only have three being lost with Congress away. edge on the 71-year-old Mfume in communities with tax incentives The pandemic “begs for Con- places for in-person voting out the realm of social media. As the pandemic emerged, she for people who invest in real es- gress’s engagement, virtual or of concern for the coronavirus, “I don’t think he was really on wrote a letter asking the Centers tate projects and operate busi- otherwise,” he said. as election officials are strongly social media platforms previous- for Disease Control and Preven- nesses in designated low-income Changing the rules to allow urging eligible voters to mail in ly, so I felt like we had a little bit tion to provide free virus testing communities. lawmakers to cast votes or hold their ballots in a single race to de- of an advantage that way, but, at as the country scrambled to slow Only three in-person voting hearings from home would be un- cide who will serve the rest of the the same time, he has such a big the spread of COVID-19. centers will be open Tuesday for precedented in House and Senate term of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah name,” Klacik said. “So we’re ba- “They blew us off,” she said. voters who can’t vote by mail, history. The Constitution requires Cummings, who died in October. sically trying to shout out loud on such as the disabled or the home- lawmakers be “present” for most But when CDC Director Dr. In hopes of avoiding the lines social media how we can make a less, though other eligible voters action. Robert Redfield appeared before seen in this month’s Wisconsin positive impact against basically can cast ballots in person if they The simmering debate cuts the House Oversight and Re- primary, roughly 484,000 ballots an incumbent, because he had across political fault lines. Some form Committee, Porter had her were mailed to registered voters the seat prior to Congressman choose. lawmakers want to stick with moment. in the district. More than 77,000 Cummings.” Voting centers are being pre- tradition, while others are tech- In a video that went viral, she already have been turned in. Mfume, a former NAACP head pared to comply with social dis- savvy and ready for change. A grilled Redfield on whether he More than half of the vote could who held the U.S. House seat for tancing guidelines. vocal band of conservatives in- would commit to invoking author- be released on the state elections five terms from 1987 to 1996, said “Things will be very spread sists that Congress must reopen ity under federal law to declare board website shortly after the 8 that he also has been working apart,” said Nikki Charlson, the now, despite public health warn- pandemic testing free. p.m. poll close on Tuesday. hard on social media. The man state election board’s deputy ad- ings, echoing Trump’s push to end He said yes. Precautions due to the virus in who won his first race for Bal- ministrator. “The poll workers the shutdown. Others have no in- “It wasn’t until we got Dr. Red- this special election have thrust timore City Council in 1978 by will be sanitizing the surfaces.” terest in returning to the crowded field in front on me, and I had my the candidates into unknown three votes said that he’s not tak- The winner will run as an in- Capitol complex until it’s safe. five minutes with the cameras campaign territory in the time of ing anything for granted in the cumbent in the state’s crowded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on him, in front of the American a pandemic. uncertain times. June 2 primary for a full term. D-Calif., shelved a proposal for people, that I was able to get an Fundraising has been tough. “It probably concerns me more, Ballots for the primary will be proxy voting this past week after answer,” she said. Candidates haven’t been able because I recognize how elections mailed to Maryland voters in Republicans objected. Once resis- But under House rules, com- to reach voters with traditional can be close — even when you early to mid-May, very soon after tant to what she called “Congress mittees usually need members techniques like door-to-door cam- don’t think that they are going to Tuesday’s election. by Zoom” meeting, she tapped a to be physically present to meet. paigning or large events. Both be,” Mfume said. “That just seems a little strange bipartisan task force to present While several committees have candidates have said that they Some of the leading issues both and foreign. It’s because it really fresh ideas. been conducting briefing calls have been trying to reach voters candidates have been campaign- is,” Mfume said. “We’ve never In the Senate, Majority Leader with key administration officials, more through social media. ing on include health care, re- had anything like this in the state Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., rejected it’s mostly out of public view. The majority-black district that ducing crime and promoting job before.” PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, April 27, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Crowds flock to Calif. beaches amid restrictions

BY KEVIN BAXTER rooms and restaurants all remain AND ALEX WIGGLESWORTH closed, as does the Ventura pier, Los Angeles Times which separates city and state beaches that are operating under Ventura and Orange county slightly different rules. beaches in Southern California “We’re coordinating so they’re that were open Saturday drew consistent,” Higgins said. big crowds hoping to cool off and The rules forbid beachgoers enjoy the views. from sitting or lying on the sand, Officials reported few incidents but that wasn’t being strictly en- and said people were doing their forced Saturday. ALLEN J. SCHABEN, LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS best to social distance. At midday, Ventura police Sgt. Thousands of beachgoers enjoy a sunny day at the beach Saturday in Huntington Beach, Calif., amid In Ventura, the opening of city Mike Anselmo walked along the state-mandated stay-at-home and social distancing guidelines in a bid to stave off the coronavirus . and state beaches brought out sand politely asking people with hundreds, an unseasonably large children to take their umbrel- crowd, said Ventura Police Cmdr. las down but allowing them to a solitary lifeguard in a red bath- nearby home. home orders, despite an uptick in Tom Higgins. sunbathe. ing suit stood outside her tower They have been hiking county beachgoers. Most people, drawn by comfort- “Technically you’re not sup- scanning the turquoise water trails and riding their bikes to “The beaches are crowded able temperatures that hovered posed to sit down. But they’re with binoculars. work since their favorite beach and look like a summer day in in the mid 70s under pale-blue with kids. I’m not going to ask Although few people — in- was closed last month, but they Newport Beach,” she said in an skies, stuck to the bike and run- some 50-year-old parents to run cluding the lifeguard and police waited for the visitors from L.A. email. ning paths just above the sand. around with kids all day,” An- — wore masks, most observed so- County, where beaches are still Huntington Beach also elected But hundreds also made their selmo said. The lack of shade, he cial-distancing rules, reminded closed, to leave before coming to open its coastline, though the to stay six feet apart by a flash- back Saturday to play paddle way down to the water’s edge. added, would encourage them to pier, beach parking lot and some “After being cooped up, we un- ing road sign outside Santa Bue- ball. move on. metered parking remain closed. derstand people want to enjoy the The goal, Higgins said, was to naventura State Beach. “It’s pretty laid-back now,” Angie Bennett, spokeswoman outside,” Higgins said. apply common sense and seek At the north end of the beach, Hoag said. “People will go wher- But with restrictions. The cooperation rather than issue several dozen surfers fought to ever it’s open.” for the Huntington Beach Police beaches in Ventura County are citations. get atop the 3- to 4-foot swells. Heather Rangel, media infor- Department, said that beaches ap- only partially opened and poster- “We’re in a mode of educating By midafternoon, with the mation officer for the Newport peared somewhat busy, but there size signs offer constant remind- right now,” he said. beach largely emptied, Robin Beach Police Department, said were no significant incidents, and ers of what is and isn’t permitted. Even dogs were given a long Hoag and Paige Leichtnam final- there had been no arrests or no one was cited for violating so- Parking lots, playgrounds, rest- leash, allowed to wander freely as ly made their way over from their citations related to the stay-at- cial-distancing guidelines. California’s Catalina Island struggles without tourism

BY JOHN ROGERS shoreline south of Los Angeles, the is- AND CHRIS CARLSON land draws more than a million tourists Associated Press a year, according to the local Chamber of Commerce. AVALON, Calif. — When the gates to Cruise ships deposit as many as 2,000 California’s “island of romance” were all people a week for brief stopovers while the but locked to lovers and pretty much ev- Catalina Express ferries thousands more erybody else last month it may have saved each day from mainland ports, including the 4,000 residents from a coronavirus out- many who stay at hotels. break but it destroyed an economy based Now the Express is just down to a couple almost solely on tourism. runs a day, mainly carrying islanders to the The stay-at-home order instituted across mainland for doctor appointments or other California isolated tiny Santa Catalina essential trips while bringing a few utility Island from the virus that was spreading workers over to keep things running. rapidly on the mainland. The ocean-front In the weeks that the city’s normally bus- city of Avalon, whose picturesque beauty tling Avalon port has been closed, Mayor has sold millions of postcards over the Ann Marshall estimates the harbor alone years, has been turned into a ghost town. has lost nearly $2 million in business. The hotels are empty, the bars along “We are seriously looking for some of the strand have shut down, almost all the this bailout money to help us,” she said. restaurants are closed and the snorkel- Meanwhile, many people say they are ers, boaters, surfers, hikers and others getting antsy to return to work at the bait who would be filling the island’s beaches and tackle stores, surf shops, kayak-rent- and crystal-blue waters are nowhere to be al places and other businesses that ferry found. CHRIS CARLSON/AP people around the island on glass-bottom “We’re dying here,” said 25-year resi- boats or trams, allowing them to watch the dent Carole Cotter, pulling off her protec- A resident walks down the empty main shopping street on Catalina Island in Avalon, buffalo roam the island’s back country or tive mask to talk after a grocery trip. “We Calif, on April 18. the deer and the dolphins play. And not just can’t survive just on property taxes, that’s because they want to start making money insufficient. We need our tourist dollars when people jammed the streets, crowded chased Santa Catalina in 1919 and built again. back.” restaurants and made it difficult to find a many of its landmarks to draw visitors. “At this point, we really do miss all of our Cotter, whose husband has been fur- place to pitch a towel on the beach. He also owned the Chicago Cubs and used visitors,“ said Megan Wright, owner of the loughed from operating the tram that “It’s very, very quiet here and we’re not the island as the team’s spring training Cafe Metropole near the beach. carries people to Catalina’s picturesque used to that,” she said. “We’re used to being location. “We’re used to seeing the same people “Airport in the Sky,” said that although a noisy, touristy town.” Further popularized by the 1950s pop every year,” she added, noting that during the peace and quiet has sometimes been That was the vision of William Wrigley song “26 Miles,” a reference to Catalina’s her 10 years on the island many of them pleasant most locals long for the days Jr., the chewing gum magnate who pur- location from the Southern California have become friends as well. Monday, April 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK Fear, unease at drive-thru testing sites

Associated Press people have learned through test- ing that they are infected. The PARAMUS, N.J. — They climb true number of ill people in both into their cars in the middle of the states is undoubtedly higher, as in night, racing to get in a line from many places tests remain scarce which they may be turned away. enough that people are being Feeling sick and stressed, peo- urged to only seek them if they ple in the states hardest hit by are very ill. the coronavirus have continued In New Rochelle, the New York to stream into drive-thru test- City suburb that was an early ing sites, hoping to get guidance hot spot for the virus, a drive- about whether to seek treatment, thru testing site was established or reassurance that they aren’t at Glen Island Park. That still infected. left many people frustrated: Po- So, they wait in darkness out- lice turned away cars when they side tented testing sites like the showed up without required one at Bergen Community Col- appointments. lege, in Paramus, N.J., with achy Even those who didn’t feel sick bodies and uneasy minds, hoping were jolted when they arrived at shortly after sunrise they can fi- the popular location for picnics nally be tested. and special events on the Long Is- “This is obvious, but I just hope land Sound, and were greeted by I didn’t infect anybody,” said Al- National Guard troops and medi- exander Carpio, 17, as he waited cal personnel outfitted head-to- for his turn. toe in masks and other protective Mobile testing sites like the one equipment. in northern New Jersey, across “It was nerve-wracking be- the border from the epicenter of PHOTOS BY SETH WENIG/AP cause it was like a movie scene. I the U.S. outbreak in New York, used to go to Glen Island all the were hastily arranged in a scram- A police officer waves traffic past the entrance to a drive-thru coronavirus testing center after it reached time and now it’s a pandemic ble to catch up on testing that re- capacity in Paramus, N.J., in March. zone,” said Joe Goubeaud, who mains difficult to get, especially was advised to test along with his for those who weren’t showing se- per day, the site was reaching its restrictions on social interaction may be infected with an illness family after his wife, Kristina, a vere symptoms or elderly. There capacity so quickly that it was that have kept people away from that has killed more than 18,000 nurse in the New Rochelle school are 24 in New Jersey handling closing not long after its 8 a.m. their jobs, and each other, for in the two states, there is a desire system, had symptoms. about 8,000 tests per day. opening. weeks. to protect family members who An appointment wasn’t re- As of Wednesday, about 96,000 Teresa Reyes arrived after 4 A majority of the people who may be even more susceptible. quired in Paramus, but those people had tested positive in the a.m. and, with her husband Gene, successfully get a test wind up Alexander is a senior in high seeking to be tested had to be state. Next door, in New York, she waited in a line of cars that testing negative, state statistics school, aware he may miss out showing symptoms. And with the more than a quarter million can snake dozens deep inside show. ability to conduct only 500 tests on prom night, a graduation cere- lanes divided by orange cones. Roseli Contreras, a new mother mony and so much more that was They both work in New York hos- with a 2-month-old son, was one supposed to make this springtime pitals, watching colleagues fall ill of them. The baby’s pediatrician so fun. He’s been accepted to col- and dreading they would as well. told her to stop breastfeeding lege but doesn’t know where that She’s back at work now, but baf- after she began feeling ill, and stands, because he isn’t sure if or fled at the struggle to get a test. even testing negative didn’t ease when he can take the placement “It’s kind of sad and also frus- her concerns because she feared exams that are supposed to deter- trating because this is America a mix-up in the results. mine his classes. and we came from the Philippines Her father, Roselio Contreras, and it’s a third-world country. who tested with her, was positive But he has much bigger And I feel also for my co-workers, — even though he feels no symp- concerns. because we’re dealing with some- toms. She wonders whether the He shares a room in his fam- thing that we don’t know, and similarity of their names resulted ily’s home with his 72-year-old we’re not even protected,” she in a mistake, all while hoping she grandmother, who is diabetic. said while breaking into tears. won’t have to stop seeing her son With pain in his lungs that was “It’s heartbreaking. This is the altogether. so severe that he switched from USA. This is a first-world coun- “I just don’t want to end up in a sleeping on his stomach to his try. It’s supposed to be rich.” hospital,” she said. “I don’t want back, he was certain he would be Officials in many states hit us to separate. Yeah, it’s just a like his mother, who had already hard by the virus have said that scary thought really.” tested positive. A lexander Carpio waits in line to be tested for the new coronavirus in the lack of widespread testing is It’s one that consumes all of He did, though he’s now feeling Paramus, N.J., earlier this month. the biggest challenge to lifting them. Besides wondering if they better. Plunge in donations leaving some churches in jeopardy

The Washington Post “I made a commitment to God, to my tion’s many small congregations (about Scott has cut all of his staff, including people. We’ve been teaching and preach- half of U.S. congregations are the size of church musicians and secretaries, and is Pastor J. Artie Stuckey has cut or elimi- ing faith. Anyone can be a leader, but if Stuckey’s or smaller). Some experts think agonizing about congregants who are iso- nated every staff salary at his small Missis- sippi church. He’s nervously watching the you’re a faith leader, what do we do?” he the coronavirus could reshape the coun- lated. He streams Sunday services and payments for the building where Restora- asked. “Do we fold, or do we become a liv- try’s religious landscape and wipe out Wednesday Bible studies live on Facebook tion Baptist meets. He reminds his congre- ing example of what we’ve preached for so many small houses of worship. These are but knows only about half of the congrega- gation to keep tithing, but he knows many many years?” places where members typically go to seek tion is connected. The region has poor con- of them — the barber, the electrician, the The novel coronavirus is pressing pain- guidance and comfort, but members are nectivity, many people lack money to pay musician — have also seen their finances fully on the soft underbelly of U.S. houses of now finding closed buildings and desper- for devices to connect to the Internet, and rocked by the pandemic shutdown. worship: their finances. About a third of all ate pleas for funds. some are older and uncomfortable with the Stuckey, a 42-year-old who sold cars congregations have no savings, according “It’s like a father who can’t do for their technology. until ministry called him 15 years ago, is to the 2018-2019 National Congregations child. Like if God sent Jesus to earth but “I see my psychological effect like that sympathetic to being cash-strapped. Res- Study. Just 20% streamed their services, could do nothing for him. There’s nothing of the Apostle Paul when he was in prison, toration wasn’t in great financial shape and 48% were able to accept donations I can do, and that’s one of the worst things to the Philippians,” he said, citing writings even before the virus wiped out more than electronically, the study found, making it a father can say to a child,” said the Rev. attributed to an imprisoned Paul sending 50% of its weekly offerings. more challenging to serve the faithful and Rickey Scott, pastor of the 175-member a message to a community of Christians But now the 65-member evangelical gather their donations during the virus East St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church in Greece. “I feel I’m in spiritual solitary church outside Jackson is in survival mode. shutdown. outside Oxford, Miss. confinement. For the sake of Jesus Christ, Which, to Stuckey, feels like a test of faith. The blow has been hardest on the na- With funding at about 65% of normal, I have to endure this suffering.” PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, April 27, 2020 NATION Supreme Court will hear cases over the phone

BY MARK SHERMAN “giant leap forward,” Cushman AND JESSICA GRESKO said, for a court that has shunned Associated Press technology in favor of tradition. The court used an obsolete docu- WASHINGTON — This is how ment delivery system, pneumatic the Supreme Court embraces tubes, until 1971. It was slow to technology. Slowly. add computers and late in transi- It took a worldwide pandemic tioning from printing opinions in for the court to agree to hear ar- the court’s basement on Linotype guments over the telephone, with machines, which used metal type, audio available live for the first to electronic printing in the early time. C-SPAN plans to carry the 1980s. /AP arguments. Before the coronavirus out- J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE Just two years ago, case filings break, the justices circulated The Supreme Court has agreed to here cases over the phone with audio available live for the first time. were made available online, de- messages and opinion drafts on The court has had issues with integrating technology into its daily life. cades after other courts. Other paper rather than by email. forays into technology, including Still, most of the nine justices Stephen Breyer used Zoom to talk “In my lower level office at traditional summer break. posting opinions online, have not — six of them over the age of 65 to students at a New York school. home I have a FAX machine. The This year, those cases include always gone smoothly. — seem perfectly comfortable His background: a picture of the thing works 24 hours a day. You President Donald Trump’s effort Chief Justice John Roberts ac- with modern technology in their court. can use it to send and receive any to shield his tax and other finan- knowledged in 2014 that courts own lives. Justice Elena Kagan And 87-year-old Justice Ruth time you like,” Kennedy wrote in cial records and whether presi- will always be cautious when it has said she is on Twitter, and Bader Ginsburg has said she a note now in the Library of Con- dential electors must cast their comes to embracing the “next big Justice Samuel Alito has de- reads her email on an iPhone and gress archives. Electoral College ballots for their thing” in technology. scribed reading briefs on an iPad. uses an iPad, though not perhaps Still, the decision to hold 10 ar- states’ winners. And even the decision to hold Justice Sonia Sotomayor wears to its maximum advantage — she guments in cases via telephone The new arrangement might arguments via telephone is “sort an electronic sensor that moni- told an audience in 2016 that she during six days in May and let the be good for one month only, as- of retro,” given much of the coun- tors her diabetes. And Justices uses the iPad as a sound machine public listen in was unimaginable suming the justices can return try and other courts are doing Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavana- to help her sleep. even two months ago. to courtroom arguments when meetings and arguments using ugh have teenage and pre-teen The court has come a long way The dramatic change is a prod- their new term begins in October. video conferencing, said Clare children who might be expected since 1993, when Justice Anthony uct of efforts to slow the spread of But several advocates of greater Cushman, the director of publica- to text their fathers. Kennedy, now retired, marveled the virus, recognize the reality transparency hope the justices tions at the Supreme Court His- Even the court’s two oldest jus- over a new device in his home and that most of the justices are at risk will allow simultaneous broad- torical Society. tices are somewhat tech-savvy. invited two colleagues who lived because of their age and decide casting of arguments even after But the decision remains a This month, 81-year-old Justice nearby to come use it. significant cases by the court’s the pandemic is over. Court reinstates California ammunition purchase law Associated Press ‘ eral interstate commerce laws. SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court This means that the same restrictions that have been Attorney General Xavier Becerra said has reinstated a California law requiring previously in effect regarding ammunition in California in a court filing earlier this month that the background checks for people buying am- background checks stopped more than 750 munition, reversing a federal judge’s deci- are back for the time being. ’ people from buying bullets illegally from sion to stop the checks that he said violate National Rifle Association release July 2019 through January 2020, not in- the constitutional right to bear arms. cluding those who didn’t even try because The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Fri- they knew they weren’t eligible. day granted the state attorney general’s re- The law requires buyers who already are nition, which involves running buyers’ duly and severely burdening the Second quest to stay the judge’s order. in the state’s firearm background check names through a California Department Amendment rights of every responsible, “This means that the same restrictions database to pay a $1 fee each time they that have been previously in effect regard- of Justice database that tracks legal pur- gun-owning citizen desiring to lawfully buy ammunition, while others can buy lon- ing ammunition in California are back for chases of guns. buy ammunition.” ger-term licenses if they do not have cer- the time being,” the National Rifle Associ- Gun rights activists complained the While it is intended to keep ammunition ation, which hailed the judge’s injunction, law’s red tape and database errors unfairly from criminals, it blocked sales to legiti- tain criminal convictions or mental health said in a news release. limited legal purchases of ammunition. mate, law-abiding buyers about 16% of the commitments. The law, which took effect in July, re- U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez time, Benitez wrote. Moreover, he ruled It took an average of fewer than five min- quires Californians to pass an in-store in San Diego ruled in their favor, saying that the state’s ban on importing ammuni- utes to complete the background checks, background check before buying ammu- the law “defies common sense while un- tion from outside California violates fed- according to state court filings.

Man sentenced to 18 months in prison for threatening to kill Trump

Associated Press said. According to plea documents, prosecutors said that on May “Kill Trump” sign and detained Mickael Gedlu was sentenced Gedlu admitted he threatened 31, 2018, Gedlu was observed him as he screamed, “kill the DALLAS — A 36-year-old Friday, according to a statement Trump’s life on social media, stat- across the street from Dallas’ president.” Texas man has been sentenced from U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy ing on YouTube: “I am waiting Adolphus Hotel just 30 minutes Prosecutors said the U.S. Se- to 18 months in federal prison for Cox’s office in Dallas. He pleaded for Trump to visit Dallas before I before Trump arrived there for cret Service conducted the inves- threatening to assassinate Presi- guilty in December to making attempt to assassinate him.” a fundraiser. Dallas police of- tigation with the assistance of the dent Donald Trump, prosecutors threats against Trump. During court proceedings, ficers noticed Gedlu holding a Dallas police. Monday, April 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Poland suspects Russia in disinformation attack

BY VANESSA GERA Russian propaganda for many matched the main narratives Associated Press years,” Zaryn told The Associat- Russian propaganda constantly ed Press in an emailed statement. pushes against Poland and the WARSAW, Poland — A Polish “Lately these kinds of efforts are United States,” Zaryn wrote. government official says Poland intensifying more and more.” Zaryn said that Polish authori- has been hit by a “complex dis- Zaryn on Twitter described a ties believe the purpose of the at- information operation” that ap- cyberattack on the website of the tacks is to sow information chaos, pears aimed at weakening the War Studies Institute in Warsaw, undermine the morale of Polish Polish-U.S. alliance and is con- sistent with previous Russian a defense academy that trains soldiers and stir up anti-American cyberattacks. Polish military leaders. He said sentiment, among other reasons. Stanislaw Zaryn, spokesman for cyberattackers posted a fake let- He alleged that the Kremlin the head of the country’s security ter in the name of the schools’ is trying to use the coronavirus services, said Saturday that Po- rector calling on Polish soldiers to crisis to free itself from its inter- land continues to investigate and fight the “American occupation.” national isolation and persuade has no final evidence that the at- The letter’s message was am- the West to lift sanctions imposed

ROSCOSMOS SPACE AGENCY PRESS SERVICE/AP tack was directed by Russia. But plified by being reported on news over Russian activity in Ukraine. he said it bears all the hallmarks portals, including one known for He said “the Kremlin tries to The Russian Progress MS-14 cargo spacecraft blasts off from the of a Kremlin-led campaign. pushing disinformation, he said. slander Poland” because it is “one launch pad at Russia’s space facility carrying 2.5 tons of supplies for “Poland has been a target of “The content of the letter of the hardliners” on sanctions. the International Space Station Saturday in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Russia sends 2.5 tons of German minister backs right to work from home Associated Press aims to put forward such leg- over,” Heil was quoted as saying. supplies to space station islation this fall. He said initial “We are learning in the pandemic BERLIN — Germany’s labor estimates suggest the proportion minister wants to enshrine into how much work can be done from Tribune News Service of the work force working from home these days.” agency Roskosmos said. law the right to work from home home has risen from 12% to 25% Three people aboard the ISS if it is feasible to do so, even Heil stressed that “we want to MOSCOW — A Russian cargo during the virus crisis, to around — NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy after the coronavirus pandemic 8 million people. enable more home working, but ship docked with the Internation- not force it.” He said people could al Space Station, delivering more and Russian cosmonauts Ana- subsides. “Everyone who wants to and choose to switch entirely to work- than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, equip- toly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner Labor Minister Hubertus Heil whose job allows it should be able ment for experiments and other — were on hand to help with its told Sunday’s edition of the Bild to work in a home office, even ing from home, or do so for only supplies on Saturday. arrival. am Sonntag newspaper that he when the corona pandemic is one or two days per week. The uncrewed Russian Prog- Because of the highly con- ress 75 freighter had success- tagious new coronavirus, the fully launched on a Soyuz rocket Progress underwent a special Lightning kills at least ernment official said. north of Patna, the state capital. from the Baikonur Cosmodrome disinfection before the launch, as Pratay Amrit, a Bihar state di- Amrit said nine villagers died spaceport in Kazakhstan on Fri- well as the cargo it carried. 10 villagers in India saster management official, said on the spot and one later died in day evening. NASA said the Progress 75 is nine others suffered injuries after a hospital. In July last year, light- expected to stay docked to the PATNA, India — Lightning It arrived at the space station, lightning struck them in Khalpu- ning killed 39 people in Bihar some 250 miles above Earth, after ISS for seven months, departing killed at least 10 villagers during ra, a village in Bihar state’s Saran state during the monsoon season. a journey that lasted 3 hours and in December for its “deorbit into thunderstorms and heavy rain in district. They were plucking veg- 20 minutes, the Russian space Earth’s atmosphere.” eastern India on Sunday, a gov- etables in farms, about 35 miles From The Associated Press PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, April 27, 2020 WIRED WORLD Lots of companies now want your The virtual reality video chats — even Facebook

BY BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Amid the coronavirus pandemic, this has become an era of Zoom birthdays, virtual happy hours, FaceTime story times and Google yoga classes. Our friends, coworkers, teachers — and doctors, if we’re lucky — now largely exist as faces in rectangles on our phones and computer screens. With people’s social lives moved indefinitely online, a bevy of big and small tech companies want to unseat fast-rising Zoom from its perch atop the heap, given security concerns and other is- sues with the video-calling ser- vice. There were already several smaller contenders for the throne, and now there’s a big one as well: Facebook. Zoom, which boasts 300 mil- lion users, had the luck to be in the right place at the right time just as millions of employees around the world suddenly found themselves ordered to work from home. But the service has always been focused on business users, and it shows. Inviting people to video chats is cumbersome — for instance, Zoom generates an in- vitation more than 20 lines long that offers a bewildering number of ways to connect (H.323/SIP protocol, anyone?). Its text-chat system is rudimentary and it gives people exactly two emojis JEFF CHIU/AP for reacting to others in video — a wave and a thumbs-up. Alexis Garrod, CrossFit Potrero Hill partner and head coach, gives virtual high-fives Friday to participants after instructing a class over Zoom Smaller services like House- in an empty gym, which closed for shelter-in-place orders over COVID-19 concerns, in San Francisco . party, which launched in 2016, think this gives them an open- thy,” said Carole Elaine Furr, an ing. The app, owned by Fortnite accountant in Richmond, Vt., who maker Epic Games, lets up to is a frequent Zoom user. eight people videochat together Zoom’s meteoric rise has come in virtual rooms, send video with some growing pains. Hack- messages called “Facemail” and ers have invaded meeting rooms play games. Houseparty said in to make threats, interject racist, late April that it had 50 million anti-gay or anti-Semitic messag- new sign-ups in the past month es, or show pornographic images, — a figure that’s around 70 times although the company has taken above normal in some areas. steps to prevent that. It also faced Facebook’s WhatsApp, Apple’s privacy concerns, such as an “at- FaceTime and similar Google tention tracking” feature that apps offer group video chat as Zoom eventually removed earlier well, although FaceTime is lim- this month. Zoom was also sued in ited to iPhones and other Apple California for sharing user data devices. So do a variety of more with Facebook — another prac- business-focused companies: tice it now says it has stopped. Cisco with WebEx, Microsoft The COVID-19 pandemic has with Skype and Teams, and the “rewritten the rules for inter- smaller company 8x8 with its personal communication,” said open-source service Jitsi. Ian Greenblatt, managing direc- Now Facebook aims to make a tor and head of the J.D. Power bigger splash in the field, although technology, media and telecom it will have to contend with pri- intelligence business. For some vacy concerns and the question companies, he said, this could of whether it will ultimately show FACEBOOK/AP mean a rare chance to build ads alongside video chat. awareness and consumer loy- Called Messenger Rooms, the Facebook’s new video chat service, called Messenger Rooms, is seen on a mobile phone. alty. For others, the sudden in- Facebook service announced Fri- flux of users — and new ways of day uses virtual rooms similar App, Instagram Direct and the kind of spontaneous serendipity.” adding a “virtual” option to its using their tools — means new to those that exist for text chat company’s Portal video calling Zuckerberg said Facebook had dating service. challenges. within Messenger. These let you device as well. been working on the service be- “Certainly having everyone at Facebook says it will not listen open the door so your friends can “It’s really nice because during fore the pandemic forced people home has shifted how we think into video calls or record what swing by unannounced, or sched- this period when we are all home, around the world to confine about this,” Zuckerberg said. people show or tell. For this rea- ule a dinner party for 8 p.m. on a a lot of people you probably won’t themselves in their homes. And While Facebook has enjoyed a son, should a virtual date veer X- Friday. People without Facebook call directly,” said Facebook CEO he thinks the trend toward video bit of a resurgence in usage amid rated, the company is unlikely to accounts can be included, and the Mark Zuckerberg, speaking to communication will stay after it’s the pandemic, it is not yet clear if step in unless someone complains. company says they won’t have to The Associated Press via a Mes- over, even if it is at an “unnatural that will stick if and when people Facebook says it has no plans right create accounts senger video call from his home peak” right now. The company return to normal. “Even though now to show ads on video calls or The tool will live on Facebook’s in Palo Alto, Calif. “There is not is also expanding the number of Zoom has had a hilarious assort- use information from them to tar- main app and on Messenger; it really another piece of software people who can join WhatsApp ment of security issues, Facebook get users with ads. Of course, that will eventually spread to Whats- out today that would create that video calls from four to eight and strikes us as even less trustwor- could change. Monday, April 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 AMERICAN ROUNDUP City upgraded with 20 focused tornado sirens

NASHVILLE — Nash- TN ville is adding 20 tor- nado sirens in a system upgrade that will let the warnings go off in specific areas, instead of through- out all of the city. The Metro Office of Emergen- cy Management said in a news release that it will begin work on the next phase of a $1.9 mil- lion upgrade to Nashville’s tor- nado warning system alongside Metro Information Technology Services. Officials expect to finish the project this year. Nashville will then have 113 sirens that will pro- vide more focused alerts based on National Weather Service information. When completed, sirens will only sound inside a warned area, instead of throughout Nashville’s city-county boundaries. W oman traps fox in pot used to scald chickens

GRAY — A fox that ME was attacking a Maine woman quickly found that its goose was cooked when she wres- tled it into a pot meant for scald- ing chickens. Eliza Ruth Watson, 37, of Gray tried to scare the fox away while she was gardening. Instead, the animal ran toward her, the Sun

Journal reported. RICH PEDRONCELLI/AP The fox bit Watson’s hand, and she grabbed it by the neck to keep it from biting her again. After a ‘Be Here Now,’ on the driveway struggle, she found a pot used to scald birds for plucking, shoved A pair of bicyclists wave to musicians George Sheldon, left, and Sandra Carter as they perform a neighborhood concert in Sacramento, Calif. the fox in and closed the lid. She With people following the mandatory stay-at- home directive, the duet was invited by friends to perform a show. The pair, who perform then called 911. locally by the name “Be Here Now,” has had several appearances canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. An ambulance took Watson to a hospital, where her cuts were TV reported. area code will now have to dial cleaned and she received five ra- THE CENSUS Wilkerson saw the woman those three extra digits to make bies vaccine injections. The approximate number of chickens to be destroyed at farms when he went back to the cellar a a call. Game wardens later trapped in Maryland and Delaware due to coronavirus-related staffing second time after the electricity shortages at processing plants. The Baltimore Sun reported that The 10-digit dialing require- the fox, which was taken to Au- in his house went out, the Bowl- gusta to be tested for rabies. 2M the plants are unable to keep pace with the number of birds that ment went into effect April 25 ing Green Daily News reported. are ready for harvest. Though their extermination methods have because starting in May, a new Bigfoot statue urging He said a young woman with been approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association for handling cases 839 area code will be added to the dark hair told him she was “hid- of infectious avian disease, activists are raising concerns. Save Delmarva Chickens region, news outlets reported. social distancing stolen ing from someone” before she said it’s inhumane to use measures designed to control avian flu on healthy birds. The 803 area code covers York, ran away into the street. Lancaster, Chester, Lexington, The mayor said he doesn’t BRIMFIELD — Po- Richland, Fairfield and Kershaw know when the woman started MA lice in one Massa- using and discharging a destruc- sticks to puncture the small car’s counties. chusetts town are on the hunt for living in his cellar but noted that tive device during a crime of tires and then used a maneuver The new area code will only af- Bigfoot. she did not steal anything from violence and possessing a de- to stop the vehicle and make an fect brand new phone numbers. A statue of the legendary ape the house. structive device. arrest. creature was stolen from outside The 839 area code will be the a home in Brimfield, a small town Man faces charges for fifth in the state, joining 864 in Driver in freeway chase In-line skating bandit the Upstate, 803 in the Midlands 20 miles east of Springfield. hurling Molotov cocktail The Worcester Telegram re- faces multiple charges robs Dunkin’ Donuts and 843 and 854 along the coast. ported that the roadside Big- WASHINGTON — foot-sized statue had lately been HICKSVILLE — A City to end horse-drawn Federal prosecutors PHOENIX — A driver outfitted with signs reminding DC robber wearing in-line announced charges against a AZ who led authorities on NY carriage rides next year people to observe social distanc- skates skated off into the night man they say threw a lit Molotov a slow-speed freeway car chase ing guidelines amid the corona- after sticking up a Dunkin’ Do- cocktail at a police officer sitting from Gilbert through Phoenix CHICAGO — The Chi- virus outbreak. It even sported a nuts on Long Island, police said. in an unmarked car in the nation’s faces multiple charges. cago City Council voted to face covering. Nassau County police said the IL capital. Arizona Department of Public end horse-drawn carriage rides Bigfoot’s owner has offered a suspect glided into the Hicksville Ashton Nesmith, 23, was ac- Safety officials said Binh Thien $200 reward for the statue, which shop, bought a cup of coffee and in the city after Dec. 31. cused of walking up to a police Nguyen, 40, was being held on he said has a value of $2,400. then demanded cash while mak- Alderman Brendan Reilly, officer who had just entered the suspicion of charges of unlawful ing it seem like he had a gun whose ward includes the city’s vehicle outside a police station in flight from law enforcement, DUI, central business district, said he Mayor reports woman possession of drug paraphernalia under his clothing. northeast Washington, lighting has tried to persuade carriage op- and criminal damage. The man got away with an un- hiding in his cellar flammable liquid in a bottle and erators to “treat their animals in They said Nguyen likely faces determined amount of money throwing it at the officer, accord- a humane way.” When the viola- more charges from Gilbert po- and was last seen heading in the BOWLING GREEN ing to federal prosecutors. direction of a Long Island Rail tions continued, he had no choice The Molotov cocktail hit the lice, who say the suspect report- KY — A Kentucky mayor Road station a few blocks away . but to push to banish them from said he found a woman hiding in police car, bounced off and then edly was yelling and screaming in city streets, Reilly said. his cellar. exploded, officials said. No one a parking lot before getting into a With the vote, Chicago joins Bowling Green Mayor Bruce was injured. Smart Car and driving away. Some residents now Wilkerson said he found the Police said Nes mith fled from Police said they tried multiple need to dial 10 digits cities such as Salt Lake City and woman after he heard noises and the scene, but officers chased him times to pull Nguyen over, but he Camden, N.J., that have also smelled cigarette smoke outside a on foot and took him into custody. didn’t stop. COLUMBIA — South banned horse-drawn carriages. home he was renovating, WNKY- He was charged with arson, DPS troopers used spiked SC Carolinians in the 803 From wire reports PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, April 27, 2020 FACES ‘Parks and Recreation’ cast reunites for fundraiser Church The original cast members of “Parks and Recreation” are getting back to work for a coronavirus-related fundraising special. Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz An- sari, Nick Offerman and Adam Scott are among the sitcom’s stars to be featured preaches in the half-hour special airing Thursday stateside on NBC. The story reflects the real-life crisis, with Poehler’s Leslie Knope striving to stay in touch with her friends while ob- serving social distancing. safety “Like a lot of other people, we were look- ing for ways to help and felt that bringing these characters back for a night could raise some money,” said executive produc- er Michael Schur. “I sent a hopeful email to Video from country star the cast and they all got back to me within 45 minutes.” urges fans not to panic Viewers’ donations will go to Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund, which is helping food banks serve vulner- BY KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press able community members, NBC said. Up to $500,000 in donations made through Country star Eric Church doesn’t know May 21 will be matched with contributions when concerts might resume in the Unit- from NBC Universal, the sitcom’s cast, ed States after the spread of the coronavi- writers and producers, and State Farm and rus, but he wants people to feel safe when Subaru of America. they return to hear live music. “Parks and Recreation,” about an Indi- The singer known for his often-worn ana’s town idiosyncratic public officials, sunglasses sent a message to fans in a AP ended its seven-season run in 2015. new video and tease of a new song that of- fers his belief in the American resolve to A recent video from country singer Eric Church teases new music, including a song ‘The Chi’ star arrested for overcome the pandemic. called “Through My Ray Bans.” With echoes of the 2017 mass shooting drugs, weapons in Mississippi .or rescheduled or postponed indefinitely, for album releases this year, including his in Las Vegas in his mind, Church record- A fired star of the hit Showtime series ed the song “Through My Ray Bans,” co- Church wants to remind fans that con- own. Prior to the virus spread, Church vol- certs and gatherings will resume eventu- untarily secluded himself in a makeshift “The Chi” who was also featured in the written with Luke Laird and Barry Dean, Academy Award-nominated film “Straight in February about seeing people standing ally, but urged people in his new video not studio in the North Carolina mountains to to give into fear and panic. record for a full month with several writ- Outta Compton” has been arrested on shoulder to shoulder, “like an army of Fri- drugs and weapons charges on Mississip- day night soldiers.” “When people come back, they have to ers and his band. He wrote and recorded feel that it’s OK to be there, that they can a song each day, ending up with about 28 pi’s coast. “It could be sports. It could be music. It Jason Mitchell, who portrayed Brandon could be church. It’s that fellowship that experience it the way they want to expe- songs. “It’s always intrigued me, a kind of rience it,” Church said. “They should be old rock ’n’ roll model,” Church said. “You Johnson on the cable series’ first two sea- we have that makes life worth living,” sons, was arrested Wednesday during a Church said in an interview with The As- able to go up and throw their arms around write the song in the studio. You record the person next to them. They should not the song the same day.” traffic stop in Gulfport, Harrison County sociated Press. Sheriff Troy Peterson announced. The virus reminded him of the fear that be scared about being three feet away and Even though he hasn’t released any Deputies searched Mitchell’s SUV many people, even himself, felt after the not six.” songs for download or streaming or to and found about 2 pounds of marijuana Route 91 Harvest music festival, where But Church said he thinks major festi- radio yet, he’s been living with them a lot wrapped in separate packages along with Church had played the night before the vals and touring could be delayed as far longer than he normally does before the a bag of 1,300 dosage units of Ecstasy, Pe- shooting. out as next year. public or even the people at his label or terson said. Deputies also found an AK-47 “The thing that shook me about Vegas “For me, I think it’s summer or fall of management has heard them. firearm and a Glock 9mm pistol with ex- was, that was my safe place,” Church said. ’21. I am going on the promise of a vac- “I don’t know if this is an album, if it’s “As messed up as the world is, I never in a cine. I’m going on the possibility of a two albums, if it’s three,” he said. “I feel tended magazines, he said. million years thought that could be a dan- therapeutic that could change the game,” confident enough with the material that Mitchell, 33, of New Orleans, faces mul- ger area.” Church said. people will get to hear all of these songs tiple counts, including possession of a con- Now as tours and festivals are canceled The virus has also upended a lot of plans at some point.” trolled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a felon. Mitchell achieved critical acclaim for his role as rapper Eazy-E in “Straight Outta Rolling Stones think new song ‘resonates’ Tribbett’s new tune sends positive vibes Compton,” the story about the rise of the rap group N.W.A, as well as for his work in The Rolling Stones have unveiled a new song the band thinks Grammy-winning gospel singer Tye Tribbett has fused Ken- 2017’s “Mudbound.” is perfect for these coronavirus times. drick Lamar’s hit song “Alright” into a new tune to send a mes- A third season of “The Chi,” a drama The legendary band released the four-minute slow-burning sage to people during the coronavirus pandemic: We are going about life on the South Side of Chicago, is bluesy and harmonica-driven “Living in a Ghost Town” on to be all right. planned without Mitchell, who was fired April 23. Tribbett released the new amid allegations of misconduct. “I’m a ghost / Living song “We Gon’ Be Alright” on in a ghost town / You can April 24. The new track interpo- Other news look for me / But I can’t lates part of Lamar’s anthemic be found,” sings frontman 2015 song, which was co-pro-  Shirley Knight, a Kansas-born actress Mick Jagger, who wrote duced by Pharrell and won two who was nominated for two Oscars early in it with guitarist Keith Grammy Awards. her career and went on to play an astonish- Richards. Tribbett, 44, said he’s hoping ing variety of roles in movies, TV and the Jagger explained that to offer some light to the world stage, died April 22. She was 83. Knight the song was one they were during a time of darkness. was nominated for two Tonys, winning one. working on long before the AP “We Gon’ Be Alright,” which In recent years, she had a recurring role as global lockdown and the fuses elements of trap music, Phyllis Van de Kamp in the long-running band decided to revisit The Rolling Stones — from left, includes lyrics like, “Troubles ABC show “Desperate Housewives,” gain- it in isolation, thinking it Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, come and go, even on the moun- AP ing one of her many Emmy nominations. “would resonate through Mick Jagger and Keith Richards tain high or valley low / Never  Beyonce is focusing her coronavirus the times that we’re living — have released a new song. let your faith go, never let your Gospel singer Tye Tribbett’s relief efforts on organizations that are in right now.” Richards faith go.” new song is called “We helping communities of color that have added: “Mick and I decided this one really needed to go to “Every time I play the song Gon’ Be Alright.” been hit hard by the coronavirus pandem- work right now.” in my house, my family rushes ic. The superstar announced April 23 that The lyrics do certainly sound timely: “I’m going nowhere/ to dance together and celebrate, even during this pandemic! her BEYGood charity will partner with Shut up all alone / So much time to lose / Just staring at my My prayer is that this song does the same for your house or Twitter’s Jack Dorsey’s Start Small cam- phone.” wherever this song is heard as we hope in the promises of a paign to provide $6 million in relief funds a The Stones recently joined forces remotely to perform “You God who has never failed,” Tribbett said in a statement. variety of groups working to provide basic Can’t Always Get What You Want” for the “One World: Togeth- Tribbett won the best gospel album and best gospel song necessities in cities like Detroit, Houston, er At Home,” concert. Grammys at the 2014 show. New York and New Orleans. From The Associated Press From The Associated Press From The Associated Press Monday, April 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander US virus response like that of past crises Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY DANIEL AKST Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff United States had the world’s 18th larg- turned out well when the government has Los Angeles Times est army, behind even that of Portugal. In declared “war” in some crisis that is not a one notorious set of military training exer- military conflict, as in the war on drugs. EDITORIAL f you’re groping to understand the cises, many U.S. soldiers were armed with The good news is that, in our biggest disorganization and ineptitude of broomsticks, yet 12 managed to get them- crises, things usually come out right at the Terry Leonard, Editor America’s response to the coronavi- [email protected] selves killed and 200 injured despite the end, though not without a lot of unneces- Irus, you might find it helpful to know absence of any real enemy. The attack on sary suffering and waste. With luck and Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor there’s a single word that captures the situ- Pearl Harbor, in 1941, came as a surprise. leadership, we usually manage to mobilize [email protected] ation perfectly. That word is: normal. The picture is just as bleak in civilian our vast national resources and creativity Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content The sad truth is that we’ve faced many crises. John M. Barry, whose books in- to vanquish whatever has beset us. [email protected] crises in our history, and we almost always clude “The Great Influenza” about the Great crises, however mishandled ini- make a hash of them. We start with inertia, 1918 pandemic, states flatly that, “In the tially, have also been the occasion for Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation bestir ourselves to hubris, move on to bun- [email protected] United States, national and local govern- overdue changes. The Depression gave us gling and spice everything with venality. ment and public health authorities badly Social Security, modern securities regula- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital Situated far from the world’s troubles, we mishandled the epidemic.” The federal tion and a wised-up Fed (itself the belated [email protected] are invariably drugged by complacency government, embarking on the crusade offspring of the Panic of 1907). The Second and handicapped by federalism, the sys- of the Great War, suppressed news of the World War resulted in the Marshall Plan BUREAU STAFF tem that gives us so many levels of govern- outbreak as part of a draconian crackdown and helped propel us down the road to ment to get in each other’s way. on dissent. Local officials participated in equality for black people, women and oth- Europe/Mideast Unpreparedness is a signal feature of the deception, contributing to the growth ers. Our latest crisis may finally force us Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief almost every American crisis, from the of suspicion and the breakdown of mutual to universalize health care and find a way [email protected] Revolutionary War right up to our recent +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 aid. “As the epidemic exploded,” Barry to rein in its costs. 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BY JOSH DUBOW a deteriorating neck injury led Washington’s front office. The Associated Press to his decision to retire after 13 Redskins weren’t able to get the seasons. Staley also missed nine compensation they wanted at last The San Francisco 49ers ac- games last season with injuries to year’s trade deadline and kept quired one Pro Bowl left tackle his leg and finger. Williams. He renewed his request and said goodbye to another. “The game of football has been for a trade this offseason and was The defending NFC champion a true passion of mine since I was finally dealt. 49ers acquired seven-time Pro 8, but my body is telling me it is “Trent Williams is a first-round Bowl left tackle Trent Williams time,” Staley said in a statement. value, that’s what he is,” Redskins from the Washington Redskins on “Football is a physical sport and I vice president of player personnel Saturday for a pair of draft picks have given my all to the game and Kyle Smith said. “That’s what the and later announced that six-time pushed my limits. Last season was tape tells you. That’s what every- ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP Pro Bowler Joe Staley is retiring. a dream to be a part of, having the body knows. His circumstance “He’s as good as a player and opportunity to chase a champion- and everything that has gone into San Francisco 49ers running back Matt Breida was traded to the warrior and person as any player ship. But, it was by far the most this for two years or whatever Miami Dolphins for a fifth-round draft pick on Saturday. I’ve ever been around,” coach difficult on me and my family.” it’s been, that’s what’s devalued Kyle Shanahan said. “I love the Staley was a first-round pick him.” The 49ers made two more Jerick McKinnon and Jeff Wilson guy. It was really hard on us when in 2007 and played 181 games The deal reunites Williams with trades Saturday, sending away Jr. all under contract. we realized he wasn’t going to over 13 seasons. He was selected Shanahan, who was the offensive veterans whom they didn’t need The Niners then traded re- play this year.” to the NFL’s all-decade team for coordinator in Washington when anymore. ceiver Marquise Goodwin to But it made it easier that the the 2010s and played a big role in Williams was drafted fourth over- San Francisco dealt running Philadelphia to move up from No. Niners were able to find a replace- San Francisco’s runs to the Super all in 2010. back Matt Breida to Miami for 210 to 190, where they took Geor- ment. They sent a fifth-round pick Bowl following the 2012 and ’19 “Skill-set wise, Trent is similar the 153rd pick used on West Vir- gia blocking tight end Charlie in this year’s draft and a 2021 ginia offensive lineman Colton seasons. to Joe,” Shanahan said. “They are Woerner. third-rounder to acquire Wil- Staley leaves a big void but the two of the most athletic guys I’ve McKivitz. San Francisco had been looking liams, who still must pass a physi- Niners were appreciative that he been around at that position.” Last year Breida rushed for 623 cal for the trade to be finalized. told them of his plans before the Williams made the Pro Bowl yards in 13 games but saw little to unload the speedy Goodwin all The 49ers had a big need at left draft so they could make the move every season from 2012-18 and action late in the season. offseason. He had 35 catches in 20 tackle because Staley informed for Williams. is considered one of the best Breida was available because games the past two seasons. them he planned to retire. He an- Williams sat out the entire 2019 left tackles in the league when of a logjam at running back with AP Sports Writer Stephen Whyno con- nounced it later Saturday, saying season because of a dispute with healthy. Raheem Mostert, Tevin Coleman, tributed to this report. Team-by-team picks

Arizona Denver L.A. Chargers N.Y. Jets 1 (8) Isaiah Simmons, lb, Clemson. 1 (15) Jerry Jeudy, wr, Alabama. 1 (6) Justin Herbert, qb, Oregon. 1 (11) Mekhi Becton, ot, Louisville. 3 (72) Josh Jones, ot, Houston. 2 (46) K.J. Hamler, wr, Penn St. 1 (23) Kenneth Murray, lb, Oklahoma. 2 (59) Denzel Mims, wr, Baylor. 4 (114) Leki Fotu, dt, Utah. 3 (77) Michael Ojemudia, cb, Iowa. 3 (71) John Simpson, g, Clemson. 3 (68) Ashtyn Davis, s, California. 4 (131) Rashard Lawrence, dt, LSU. 3 (83) Lloyd Cushenberry, c, LSU. 4 (112) Joshua Kelley, rb, UCLA. 3 (79) Jabari Zuniga, de, Florida. 6 (202) Evan Weaver, lb, California. 3 (95) McTelvin Agim, dt, Arkansas. 5 (151) Joe Reed, wr, Virginia. 4 (120) La’Mical Perine, rb, Florida. 7 (222) Eno Benjamin, rb, Arizona State. 4 (118) Albert Okwuegbunam, te, Missouri. 6 (186) Alohi Gilman, s, Notre Dame. 4 (125) James Morgan, qb, Florida International. Atlanta 5 (178) Justin Strnad, lb, Wake Forest. 7 (220) K.J. Hill, wr, Ohio State. 6 (181) Netane Muti, g, Fresno State. 4 (129) Cameron Clarke, g, Charlotte. 1 (16) A.J. Terrell, cb, Clemson. L.A. Rams 5 (158) Bryce Hall, cb, Virginia. 2 (47) Marlon Davidson, de, Auburn. 7 (252) Tyrie Cleveland, wr, Florida. 2 (52) Cam Akers, rb, Florida State. 3 (78) Matt Hennessy, c, Temple. 7 (254) Derrek Tuszka, de, North Dakota State. 2 (57) Van Jefferson, wr, Florida. 6 (191) Braden Mann, p, Texas A&M. 4 (119) Mykal Walker, lb, Fresno State. Detroit 3 (84) Terrell Lewis, de, Alabama. Philadelphia 4 (134) Jaylinn Hawkins, s, California. 1 (3) Jeff Okudah, cb, Ohio State. 3 (104) Terrell Burgess, s, Utah. 1 (21) Jalen Reagor, wr, TCU. 7 (228) Sterling Hofrichter, p, Syracuse. 2 (35) D’Andre Swift, rb, Georgia. 4 (136) Brycen Hopkins, te, Purdue. 2 (53) Jalen Hurts, qb, Oklahoma. Baltimore 3 (67) Julian Okwara, de, Notre Dame. 6 (199) Jordan Fuller, s, Ohio State. 3 (103) Davion Taylor, lb, Colorado. 1 (28) Patrick Queen, lb, LSU. 3 (75) Jonah Jackson, g, Ohio State. 7 (234) Clay Johnston, lb, Baylor. 4 (127) K’Von Wallace, s, Clemson. 2 (55) J.K. Dobbins, rb, Ohio State. 4 (121) Logan Stenberg, g, Kentucky 7 (248) Sam Sloman, k, Miami (Ohio). 4 (145) Jack Driscoll, ot, Auburn. 3 (71) Justin Madubuike, dt, Texas A&M. 5 (166) Quintez Cephus, wr, Wisconsin 7 (250) Tremayne Anchrum, g, Clemson. 5 (168) John Hightower, wr, Boise State. 3 (92) Devin Duvernay, wr, Texas. 5 (172) Jason Huntley, rb, New Mexico State. Miami 6 (196) Shaun Bradley, lb, Temple. 3 (98) Malik Harrison, lb, Ohio State. 6 (197) John Penisini, dt, Utah. 1 (5) Tua Tagovailoa, qb, Alabama. 6 (200) Quez Watkins, wr, Southern Mississippi. 3 (106) Tyre Phillips, g, Mississippi State. 7 (235) Jashon Cornell, dt, Ohio State. 1 (18) Austin Jackson, ot, Southern Cal. 6 (210) Prince Tega Wanogho, ot, Auburn. 4 (143) Ben Bredeson, g, Michigan. Green Bay 1 (30) Noah Igbinoghene, cb, Auburn. 7 (233) Casey Toohill, de, Stanford. 1 (26) Jordan Love, qb, Utah State. 5 (170) Broderick Washington, dt, Texas Tech. 2 (39) Robert Hunt, ot, Louisiana-Lafayette. Pittsburgh 6 (201) James Proche, wr, Southern Methodist. 2 (62) A.J. Dillon, rb, Boston College. 2 (56) Raekwon Davis, dt, Alabama. 3 (94) Josiah Deguara, te, Cincinnati. 2 (49) Chase Claypool, wr, Notre Dame. 7 (219) Geno Stone, s, Iowa. 3 (70) Brandon Jones, s, Texas. 3 (102) Alex Highsmith, lb, Charlotte. Buffalo 5 (175) Kamal Martin, lb, Minnesota. 4 (111) Solomon Kindley, g, Georgia. 6 (192) Jon Runyan, g, Michigan. 4 (124) Anthony McFarland, rb, Maryland. 2 (54) A.J. Epenesa, de, Iowa. 5 (154) Jason Strowbridge, de, North Carolina. 4 (135) Kevin Dotson, g, Louisiana-Lafayette. 3 (86) Zack Moss, rb, Utah. 6 (208) Jake Hanson, c, Oregon. 5 (164) Curtis Weaver, te, Boise State. 4 (128) Gabriel Davis, wr, UCF. 6 (209) Simon Stepaniak, g, Indiana. 6 (185) Blake Ferguson, ls, LSU. 6 (198) Antoine Brooks Jr., s, Maryland. 5 (167) Jake Fromm, qb, Georgia. 7 (236) Vernon Scott, db, Texas Christian. 7 (246) Malcolm Perry, wr, Navy. 7 (232) Carlos Davis, dt, Nebraska. 6 (188) Tyler Bass, k, Georgia Southern. 7 (242) Jonathan Garvin, de, Miami. Minnesota San Francisco 6 (207) Isaiah Hodgins, wr, Oregon State. Houston 1 (22) Justin Jefferson, wr, LSU. 1 (14) Javon Kinlaw, dt, South Carolina. 7 (239) Dane Jackson, cb, Pittsburgh. 2 (40) Ross Blacklock, dt, TCU. 1 (31) Jeff Gladney, cb, TCU. 1 (25) Brandon Aiyuk, wr, Arizona State. Carolina 3 (90) Jonathan Greenard, lb, Florida. 2 (58) Ezra Cleveland, ot, Boise State. 5 (153) Colton McKivitz, ot, West Virginia. 1 (7) Derrick Brown, dt, Auburn. 4 (126) Charlie Heck, ot, North Carolina 3 (89) Cameron Dantzler, cb, Mississippi State. 6 (190) Charlie Woerner, te, Georgia. 2 (38) Yetur Gross-Matos, de, Penn St. 4 (141) John Reid, cb, Penn State. 4 (117) D.J. Wonnum, de, South Carolina. 7 (217) Jauan Jennings, wr, Tennessee. 2 (64) Jeremy Chinn, s, Southern Illinois. 5 (171) Isaiah Coulter, wr, Rhode Island. 4 (130) James Lynch, de, Baylor. Indianapolis Seattle 4 (113) Troy Pride, cb, Notre Dame. 2 (34) Michael Pittman Jr., rb, Southern Cal. 4 (132) Troy Dye, lb, Oregon. 1 (27) Jordyn Brooks, lb, Texas Tech. 5 (152) Joe Reed, wr, Virginia. 2 (41) Jonathan Taylor, rb, Wisconsin. 5 (169) Harrison Hand, cb, Temple. 2 (48) Darrell Taylor, de, Tennessee. 6 (184) Bravvion Roy, dt, Baylor. 3 (85) Julian Blackmon, s, Utah. 5 (176) K.J. Osborn, wr, Miami. 3 (69) Damien Lewis, g, LSU. 7 (221) Stantley Thomas-Oliver, cb, FIU. 4 (122) Jacob Eason, qb, Washington. 6 (203) Blake Brandel, g, Oregon State. 4 (133) Colby Parkinson, te, Stanford. Chicago 5 (149) Danny Pinter, g, Ball State. 6 (205) Josh Metellus, s, Michigan. 4 (144) DeeJay Dallas, rb, Miami. 2 (43) Cole Kmet, te, Notre Dame. 6 (193) Rob Windsor, dt, Penn State. 7 (225) Kenny Willekes, de, Michigan State. 5 (148) Alton Robinson, te, Syracuse. 2 (50) Jaylon Johnson, cb, Utah. 6 (211) Isaiah Rodgers, db, Massachusetts. 7 (244) Nate Stanley, qb, Iowa. 6 (214) Seattle, Freddie Swain, wr, Florida. 5 (155) Trevis Gipson, de, Tulsa. 6 (212) Dezmon Patmon, wr, Washington State. 7 (249) Brian Cole II, s, Mississippi State. 7 (251) Stephen Sullivan, te, LSU. 5 (163) Kindle Vildor, cb, Georgia Southern. 7 (253) Kyle Hinton, g, Washburn. 6 (213) Jordan Glasgow, lb, Michigan. Tampa Bay 5 (173) Darnell Mooney, wr, Tulane. Jacksonville New England 7 (226) Arlington Hambright, g, Colorado. 2 (37) Kyle Dugger, s, Lenoir-Rhyne. 1 (13) Tristan Wirfs, ot, Iowa. 1 (9) C.J. Henderson, cb, Florida. 2 (45) Antoine Winfield Jr., s, Minnesota. 7 (227) Lachavious Simmons, g, Tennessee State. 1 (20) K’Lavon Chaisson, lb, LSU. 2 (60) Josh Uche, lb, Michigan. Cincinnati 3 (87) Anfernee Jennings, lb, Alabama. 3 (76) Ke’Shawn Vaughn, rb, Vanderbilt. 2 (42) Laviska Shenault Jr., wr, Colorado. 5 (161) Tyler Johnson, wr, Minnesota. 1 (1) Joe Burrow, qb LSU. 3 (73) DaVon Hamilton, dt, Ohio State. 3 (91) Devin Asiasi, te, UCLA. 2 (33) Tee Higgins, wr, Clemson. 4 (116) Ben Bartch, ot, St. John’s (Minn.) 3 (101) Dalton Keene, te, Virginia Tech. 6 (194) Khalil Davis, dt, Nebraska. 3 (65) Logan Wilson, lb, Wyoming. 4 (137) Josiah Scott, cb, Michigan State. 5 (159) Justin Rohrwasser, k, Marshall. 7 (241) Chapelle Russell, lb, Temple. 4 (107) Akeem Davis-Gaither, lb, Appalachian St. 4 (140) Shaquille Quarterman, lb, Miami. 6 (182) Michael Onwenu, g, Michigan. 7 (245) Raymond Calais, rb, Louisiana-Lafayette. 5 (147) Khalid Kareem, te, Notre Dame. 5 (157) Daniel Thomas, s, Auburn. 6 (195) Justin Herron, g, Wake Forest. Tennessee 6 (180) Hakeem Adeniji, g, Kansas. 5 (165) Collin Johnson, wr, Texas. 6 (204) Cassh Maluia, lb, Wyoming. 1 (29) Isaiah Wilson, ot, Georgia. 7 (215) Markus Bailey, lb, Purdue. 6 (189) Jake Luton, qb, Oregon State. 7 (230) Dustin Woodard, c, Memphis. 2 (61) Kristian Fulton, cb, LSU. Cleveland 5 (206) Tyler Davis, te, Georgia Tech. New Orleans 3 (93) Darrynton Evans, rb, Appalachian State. 1 (10) Jedrick Wills Jr., ot, Alabama. 7 (223) Chris Claybrooks, cb, Memphis. 1 (24) Cesar Ruiz, c, Michigan. 5 (174) Larrell Murchison, dt, North Carolina 2 (44) Grant Delpit, s, LSU. Kansas City 3 (74) Zack Baun, lb, Wisconsin. State. 3 (88) Jordan Elliott, dt, Missouri. 1 (32) Clyde Edwards-Helaire, rb, LSU. 3 (105) Adam Trautman, te, Dayton. 7 (224) Cole McDonald, qb, Hawaii. 3 (97) Jacob Phillips, lb, LSU. 2 (63) Willie Gay Jr., lb, Mississippi State. 7 (240) Tommy Stevens, qb, Mississippi State. 7 (243) Chris Jackson, db, Marshall. 4 (115) Harrison Bryant, te, Florida Atlantic. 3 (96) Lucas Niang, ot, TCU. N.Y. Giants Washington 5 (160) Nick Harris, c, Washington. 4 (138) L’Jarius Sneed, s, Louisiana Tech. 1 (4) Andrew Thomas, ot, Georgia. 6 (187) Donovan Peoples-Jones, wr, Michigan. 2 (36) Xavier McKinney, s, Alabama. 1 (2) Chase Young, de, Ohio State. 5 (177) Michael Danna, te, Michigan. 3 (66) Antonio Gibson, wr, Memphis. Dallas 7 (237) Bopete Keyes, cb, Tulane. 3 (99) Matt Peart, ot, Connecticut. 1 (17) CeeDee Lamb, wr, Oklahoma. Las Vegas 4 (110) Darnay Holmes, cb, UCLA. 4 (108) Saahdiq Charles, ot, LSU. 2 (51) Trevon Diggs, cb, Alabama. 1 (12) Henry Ruggs III, wr, Alabama. 5 (150) Shane Lemieux, g, Oregon. 4 (142) Antonio Gandy-Golden, wr, Liberty. 3 (82) Neville Gallimore, dt, Oklahoma. 1 (19) Damon Arnette, cb, Ohio State. 6 (183) Cameron Brown, lb, Penn State. 5 (156) Keith Ismael, c, San Diego State. 4 (123) Reggie Robinson II, cb, Tulsa. 3 (80) Lynn Bowden Jr., wr, Kentucky. 7 (218) Carter Coughlin, de, Minnesota. 5 (162) Khaleke Hudson, lb, Michigan. 4 (146) Tyler Biadasz, c, Wisconsin. 3 (81) Bryan Edwards, wr, South Carolina. 7 (238) T.J. Brunson, lb, South Carolina. 7 (216) Kamren Curl, s, Arkansas. 5 (179) Bradlee Anae, de, Utah. 3 (100) Tanner Muse, s, Clemson. 7 (247) Chris Williamson, cb, Minnesota. 7 (229) James Smith-Williams, de, North Carolina 7 (231) Ben DiNucci, qb, James Madison. 4 (139) Amik Robertson, cb, Louisiana Tech. 7 (255) Tae Crowder, lb, Georgia. State. Monday, April 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NFL DRAFT SEC-ond to none: LSU, Bama lead the way Southeastern Conference runs away with the most number of picks again

BY BARRY WILNER ing world needed the draft to be Associated Press held on time. And the amount of eyeballs watching has been, well, Maybe the Southeastern Con- an eye-opening number. Late in ference should simply hold onto Saturday’s final round, the league its players and become part of the said it had gone over $100 million NFL. in total funds raised in all its ef- The home of national champion forts to battle the coronavirus. LSU and perennial contenders The telethon accompanying the Alabama, Georgia and Auburn, draft raised more than $6.6 mil- the SEC dominated the first lion for six organizations involved four rounds of the NFL Draft in coronavirus relief. before the flow of talent slowed NFL general managers also to a trickle. Or the conference put together donations, initiated finally began running out of top by the Eagles’ Howie Roseman, prospects. with each giving at least $8,000 The top four rounds are where for every selection in this draft. the vast majority of pro start- The NFL matched every tele- ers are found. So beginning with thon donation on Friday and LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, Saturday. who went first overall to the Ben- “We’re forced to adapt here gals, the SEC provided the moth- and change and do this differ- er lode. And by the time this draft ently, but it’s actually been a lot was over, 63 players had come of great learning,” Goodell said. from its 14 teams — well, 13, be- “We’ve seen some things that cause Ole Miss was ignored. LSU we’ve maybe called ‘stumbled on’ sent 14, tying the most in a seven- AP photos that really, I think, will be ele- Alabama linebacker Terrell Lewis hits LSU quarterback Joe Burrow during a Nov. 9 game in Tuscaloosa, round draft, followed by Alabama ments of drafts going into the fu- Ala. Burrow was the first player taken in the NFL Draft and Lewis went in the third round. with nine. Not quite a record, be- ture. The ability to use the virtual cause the SEC had 64 selectees a platforms in a way that we really plagued by off-field issues and year ago. But this grab bag was didn’t think about until we were served a six-game suspension. By the numbers further proof of its place atop col- forced to. The Niners, who later an- lege football. “And so I think we’re really nounced the retirement of long- “I think it’s really easy to see going to able to make future time standout left tackle Joe NFL players when you watch as drafts even better because we’re Staley, sent a fifth-round pick in many players get drafted from going to be able to combine it with this year’s draft and a 2021 third- the SEC and from that confer- 63 14 the core elements that we’ve had. rounder to acquire Williams. ence,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel But I think that’s one of the things The first quarterback chosen said after his team grabbed Geor- about the draft, it just keeps evolv- on Day 3 was Washington’s Jacob gia tackle Isaiah Wilson and LSU SEC players taken in the LSU players selected this ing and it keeps getting better be- Eason, who went to Indianapolis. cornerback Kristian Fulton. “But cause we keep learning.” The Colts, of course, signed Phil- 2020 NFL Draft, the most year, most of any team, there’s great players in every The league even awarded the ip Rivers as a free agent and still of any conference, one shy matching the record set by conference. It’s just you don’t 2022 draft to Las Vegas after all have incumbent Jacoby Brissett. of the SEC’s 2019 record. Ohio State in 2004. have to look too far to see them events on the Strip for this year Both have contracts only through play against some really talented were canceled due to the nation- 2020, though. players.” wide shutdown of large gather- Eason lost out to Jake Fromm SOURCE: Associated Press The Lions noticed. They took ings to curb the spread of the at Georgia, then transferred to Georgia running back D’Andre virus. Washington. Fromm finally went Swift and Kentucky guard Logan To open Saturday, Appalachian 167th overall to Buffalo, which Stenberg. State had its second player cho- has a young QB in Josh Allen. “The SEC, I would argue, is one sen, linebacker Akeem Davis- Fromm likely was hurt by a me- of the top one or two conferences Gaither, who went to Cincinnati. diocre combine performance. He in college football. I think a lot of The Sun Belt’s defensive player of was taken well after the Jets got people say it is the best confer- the year was a standout at the Se- Florida International QB James ence,” Detroit general manager nior Bowl — a game the Bengals Morgan at 125th. Bob Quinn said. “The competi- coaching staff worked. Carolina pulled off a new one tion that’s in that conference — The Redskins dealt their unhap- by choosing nothing but defen- from LSU to Alabama to Auburn py veteran tackle Trent Williams sive players, seven in all. Includ- to Georgia to all those schools — to San Francisco on Saturday ing, naturally, the seventh overall and some of the other teams have morning, and then chose LSU’s choice, DT Derrick Brown of Au- really, really good players. So the Saadiq Charles, who has been burn. Of the SEC. level of competition, they get the high recruits, they really do.” Nearly every NFL club will have an LSU Tiger or member of the Crimson Tide on its roster by next week. As the third day of this unusual draft concluded, it became clear that concerns about communica- tion problems cropping up were vastly overblown. Clunky at times, poignant at others, and ex- ceptionally entertaining in spots, the draft has done what Commis- sioner Roger Goodell hoped. Sure, there were awkward mo- ments, but those come even when the draft is a megaevent drawing hundreds of thousands of fans to the “Rocky Steps” in Philadelphia or lower Broadway in Nashville. Cornerback Kristian Fulton was selected by the Tennessee Titans in Goodell has insisted the sport- the second round of the draft, one of 14 LSU players taken. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, April 27, 2020 NFL DRAFT Hands off: Pack keeps away from receivers in draft

BY STEVE MEGARGEE Scott and Miami defensive end Associated Press Jonathan Garvin in the seventh round. The Green Bay Packers ac- quired Aaron Rodgers’ potential QB questions successor but didn’t give their star quarterback any new wide The success of this draft likely receivers. will depend on whether Love In a draft heralded for its re- eventually develops into the kind ceiving depth, the Packers opted of player who can continue Green against taking a single player at Bay’s three-decade run of quality a position that was widely consid- quarterback play. PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP ered a major need. His arrival already has pro- Michigan linebacker Josh Uche, right, tackles Maryland quarterback Ryan Brand. Uche was selected by The Packers traded up four duced plenty of speculation New England in the second round, one of three linebackers the Patriots selected. spots in the first round to take regarding how much longer Rod- Utah State quarterback Jordan gers will stay in Green Bay, no Love with the 26th overall pick. matter how much the Packers at- By the time they drafted again tempt to downplay that. Patriots don’t select QB, but late in the second round, 13 re- ceivers already had been taken. Emphasizing the run? “We felt (the receiver class) was Green Bay’s draft strategy sug- address several other needs really strong at the top,” general manager Brian Gutekunst said. gests the Packers may adopt a run-oriented approach, though “I don’t know as we went through BY KYLE HIGHTOWER linebackers Kyle Van Noy, Jamie Collins and Eland- Gutekunst cautioned against the middle and the end, that we Associated Press on Roberts, safety Duron Harmon and defensive reading too much into that. felt it was as strong as maybe oth- tackle Danny Shelton. “I don’t really think any of the ers did. BOSTON — The Patriots didn’t find a replace- The Patriots began by selecting safety Kyle Dug- “I thought the top was one of personnel acquisitions that we ment for Tom Brady in the draft, if that was even made over the last three days ger from Division II Lenoir-Rhyne and added three the stronger drafts at the wide re- possible. linebackers with various skill sets in Michigan’s ceiver class that I can remember, were an attempt to kind of tran- But they did address almost every other one of sition to that,” Gutekunst said. John Uche, Alabama’s Anfernee Jennings and Wyo- but the runs went pretty early, their needs. ming’s Cassh Maluia. and once we got to a certain spot, “They were the right players at New England entered the draft with 12 picks and the right time.” with the group that we had com- after making several trades over three days wound The Packers will have solid Offensive line help ing back, it wasn’t like we weren’t up selecting 10 players. depth at running back with Dil- looking to add to that competition. Patriots coach Bill Belichick acknowledged the The remaining picks were used to target offensive lon joining Jones and Jamaal Wil- We just felt there weren’t a lot of team made an attempt to add a third quarterback, needs, with three used to bolster the line. great candidates that were locks liams, who both could become free agents next year. Deguara but it simply didn’t work out. The tight end position fell off significantly last to make our team next year.” “The bottom line is we’re evaluating the position season following the retirement of Rob Gronkows- Davante Adams is the only also can help with his ability to play fullback and H-back. along with all the other ones,” he said. “If we feel ki, who came out of retirement before the draft to Packer who caught as many as 50 like we find the right situation, we certainly draft rejoin Brady in Tampa Bay. New England hopes passes or accumulated as many as Family ties them. We’ve drafted them in multiple years in mul- Devin Asiasi (UCLA) and Dalton Keene (Virginia 500 yards receiving last season. tiple points in the draft. It didn’t work out the last Tech) can provide a longer-term solution after Matt The Packers’ biggest offseason Runyan is the son of former three days. It wasn’t by design. It could have, but it LaCosse, Ben Watson and Ryan Izzo combined for addition to their receiving corps NFL offensive tackle Jon Run- didn’t.” 36 catches and two touchdowns last season. is Devin Funchess, who played yan, who played from 1996-2009 Belichick said the Patriots would address the po- The line will get some size with the selection of just one game for Indianapolis last before serving two terms as a Re- sition via the undrafted free agent market. J’Mar 340-pound guard Michael Onwenu (Michigan) and season before going on injured re- publican congressman from New Smith of Louisiana Tech is a possibility. guard Justin Herron (Wake Forest) in the sixth serve with a broken collarbone. Jersey. The elder Runyan now is For now, second-year player Jarrett Stidham and round. New England also took Memphis center “I do think we have talent and the NFL’s vice president of policy former Brady backup Brian Hoyer remain the only Dustin Woodard in the seventh round with its final depth at that position,” coach Matt and rules administration. quarterbacks on the roster. pick. Woodward has a great shot to make the team. LaFleur said. Runyan said he’d take a lesson New England made four picks on defense, which He played in every game during his time at Mem- The lack of receivers was per- he received from his dad to heart was hit hard in free agency by the departures of phis, including 52 consecutive starts. haps the biggest surprise of a draft while trying to “kind of be that in which the Packers focused on nasty guy on the field that gets in solving potential long-term issues. everybody’s heads.” Old school: Steelers focus on seniors How much a team that finished a “I remember one time in eighth game short of the Super Bowl last grade, my dad caught me patting season improved its 2020 fortunes some defensive player on the back Associated Press offseason. And there is nothing is up for debate. after he made a good hit, and (my PITTSBURGH — The Pitts- normal about this one. The Packers used their first- dad) gave me a stern talking-to burgh Steelers love to pick young- Still, Colbert insisted the deci- round pick on Love, who will like- after that game and told me never er players. In this year’s draft, not sion to take wide receiver Chase ly spend his first couple of seasons to do that again,” Runyan said. so much. Claypool, linebacker Alex High- backing up Rodgers. They drafted “That kind of changed my whole While general manager Kevin smith, offensive lineman Kevin Boston College running back A.J. Dotson, safety Antoine Brooks perspective on how to play the Colbert stressed it was coinciden- Dillon in the second round when and defensive tackle Carlos Davis game.” tal that the Steelers used five of they already have Aaron Jones, — all of whom are on pace to grad- their six picks on seniors, if there who rushed for 16 touchdowns Recovering from injury uate by the end of the summer — and 1,084 yards last year. ever was a spring to tilt toward was based on their potential, not Green Bay added Cincinnati Stepaniak tore his anterior cru- prospects with an extra year of necessarily their experience. tight end Josiah Deguara in the ciate ligament during a practice seasoning, this might be it. “It’s just the way it broke for third round and Minnesota line- before the Gator Bowl but said he Neither Colbert nor head coach us this year,” Colbert said Sat- backer Kamal Martin in the fifth is progressing well and hopes to Mike Tomlin — or the rest of the urday. “We’re very comfortable round. The Packers selected be ready for training camp. NFL for that matter — knows how with that. We always try to catch three offensive linemen in the Martin, who played eight games things will shake out over the next them younger because they’re a sixth round by taking Michigan for Minnesota last season due to a few months, with the U.S. among little fresher. The senior usually MICHAEL CONROY/AP guard/tackle Jon Runyan Jr., knee injury, said he’s “way ahead the hardest-hit countries in the comes in at a different maturity Oregon center Jake Hanson and of where I’m supposed to be” in global coronavirus pandemic. level because he finished school Notre Dame wide receiver Chase Indiana guard Simon Stepaniak. his recovery and that the situa- Adjusting from college to the pros or he’s close to finishing school. ... Claypool is one of five seniors They chose TCU safety Vernon tion shouldn’t cause any issues. can be difficult during a normal We had no plan to do that.” the Steelers selected. Monday, April 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 MMA/SPORTS BRIEFS/NBA UFC 249 to be held May 9 Organization plans three events in Florida next month without fans

BY GREG BEACHAM Associated Press The UFC is returning to competition on May 9 for three shows without fans in eight days in Jackson- ville, Fla. The mixed martial arts promotion announced its plans Friday to return to action after postponing and canceling several shows due to the coronavirus pandemic. UFC 249 will be held May 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville with no fans in at- /AP tendance. The pay-per-view show will still be head- CHRIS SEWARD lined by Tony Ferguson’s interim lightweight title On Saturday, Wake Forest announced it has fired men’s basketball bout against Justin Gaethje. coach Danny Manning. His record at the school was 78-111 with a UFC President Dana White said he also plans to 30-80 mark in ACC regular-season games. hold shows on May 13 and May 16 at the same arena in northern Florida. Only “essential personnel” will be in the arena, according to White. Briefl y “I can’t wait to deliver some great fights for the fans,” White said in a statement. “My team is ready /AP to go and the fighters are excited to get back in there JULIO CORTEZ Wake Forest fires Manning with these back-to-back events.” UFC president Dana White says his organization The UFC has been out of action since holding a is returning to competition on May 9 with three full fight card in an empty arena in Brazil on March shows in eight days in Jacksonville, Fla. after 5 losing seasons in 6 14. But White has been determined to return to ac- Associated Press tion while the rest of the sports world remains shut Series since 2005 and MLB’s fail- and safety precautions for the shows in Florida. The ure to promote him to crew chief. down. RALEIGH, N.C. — Danny promotion says all athletes and staff will be held Documents and depositions UFC 249 was almost held on tribal land in central Manning never built a winner to “a number of precautionary measures, such as from pretrial discovery were California on April 18, but the show was postponed at Wake Forest. Now the school participating in advanced medical screenings and filed late Friday night and early April 9 at the insistence of ESPN and Disney, the is looking for a new coach and temperature checks and following social distancing Saturday . UFC’s broadcast partners. Prominent California guidelines.” direction. state officials were opposed to the UFC’s plan to UFC 249 will include two title fights, with ban- Wake Forest fired Manning hold a show there. However, the promotion’s plans Scully returns home tamweight champ Henry Cejudo defending his belt on Saturday after losing seasons have satisfied Florida officials, including the Florida against former champion Dominick Cruz. The card in five of his six years with one after hospital stay State Boxing Commission, which regulates MMA in NCAA Tournament appearance. also includes a heavyweight bout between contend- the state. The move came more than six LOS ANGELES — Retired Los ers Francis Ngannou and Jairzinho Rozenstruik, “The UFC organization is a renowned entertain- weeks after the Demon Deacons Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin ment brand that’s presented a safe and sensible plan along with a matchup of veteran contenders Antho- lost to Pittsburgh in the opening Scully is back home after falling to use this Jacksonville location, and we are thrilled ny Pettis and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. game of the Atlantic Coast Con- and being hospitalized. to have our city highlighted nationally,” Jacksonville Only a few UFC fighters have voiced concern ference Tournament, ending the The team quoted Scully on Mayor Lenny Curry said. about White’s determination to keep fighting amid season shortly before the coro- Twitter Saturday saying, “I’m ESPN also is on board with White’s current plan, the pandemic, and most have been publicly eager navirus pandemic led to a shut- home and resting comfortably according to a statement issued by the network: to return despite the worldwide health concerns. down of college and professional with my wife and we are both ea- “Sports play an important role in people’s lives and MMA fighters traditionally don’t get paid unless sports. gerly awaiting the Time for Dodg- can bring moments of escape in challenging times. they compete, although Bellator and other promo- The decision came after what er Baseball!” That’s a phrase We look forward to bringing UFC to fans again.” tions have given aid to their fighters in recent weeks athletic director John Currie announced before the start of The UFC issued a brief statement about its health after shutting down. called an “overall evaluation” every Dodgers home game. of a program with two winning The 92-year-old fell Tuesday at seasons in the past decade going his Los Angeles-area home. back to the days of Jeff Bzdelik. “As time goes by, we’re able to NCAA won’t waive Div. I Open: Move allows NBA players a chance resume things,” Currie said Sat- sport requirement urday in a video teleconference. “We never stopped working on The NCAA Division I Council to return to practice courts on limited basis this particular program because denied a request to temporarily it is so important to all of us, just waive the minimum number of FROM BACK PAGE had access to a basket since the league ordered like we haven’t stopped with the sports required to be a Division teams to close their practice facilities on March 19. day-to-day duties. ... But certainly I member and delayed a decision began loosening restrictions on personal movement, the onset of the pandemic played on allowing all college athletes to the NBA decided it was time to let players return All-Star Jimmy Butler sent baskets to his Miami Heat teammates earlier this month, but some other a role in the timing of today’s be immediately eligible one time to their practice courts — if only on a limited basis. announcement.” after transferring. Georgia and Oklahoma are among the states that players around the league said they haven’t even touched a basketball during the shutdown. Manning, a former No. 1 over- The NCAA announced Friday have allowed some businesses to reopen and some all NBA draft pick, went 78-111 night that a request made recent- cities in Florida are expected to loosen their stay- If they’re so inclined, that can now change. There remains no indicator about when a full-fledged at the school with a 30-80 mark ly by five FBS conference com- at-home policies in the coming days, even though return to organized team workouts will resume, in ACC regular-season games. missioners to waive numerous health officials are warning that such moves are however. Those league struggles included Division I requirements for up to being made too quickly. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has said on sev- a 6-49 mark in league road games four years would be considered in For those teams in cities where stay-at-home or- eral occasions that the league does not anticipate and 1-6 in the ACC Tournament. the coming weeks. But a blanket ders still make such a return impossible, the NBA being able to decide until sometime in May — at the waiver permitting schools to drop said it would work to find “alternative arrange- earliest — if a resumption of the season is possible. Official: Manfred had below the minimum 16 sports ments,” the person with knowledge of the matter The NBA suspended the season March 11. It or- hand in ump’s removal would only be considered on a said. dered teams to shutter their facilities eight days case-by-case basis. This move does not mean that a resumption of later, saying at the time it was doing so “in light of NEW YORK — A major league games is imminent. Still, the decision to let teams the rapidly-developing coronavirus situation, and official testified he suggested Louisville football back into facilities is a significant step. consistent with evolving advice from health experts Ángel Hernández be removed signee fatally shot ESPN first reported details of the NBA’s regarding how to promote individual and public from consideration for the 2015 decision. health while minimizing the spread of the virus.” World Series because he did not ORLANDO, Fla. — A star high In the NHL, suspended at about the same point of Johns Hopkins University, which tracks the num- think Commissioner Rob Man- school football player from Flori- the season as the NBA, Deputy Commissioner Bill bers of those affected or killed by the virus based fred would approve the umpire to da who had signed to play for the Daly said league officials “haven’t made any deci- off official government figures, said the COVID-19 work baseball’s premier event. University of Louisville was fa- sions yet.” Daly said only the NHL owes players and worldwide death toll surpassed 200,000 on Satur- Hernández sued Major League tally shot late Saturday, Orlando teams guidance before April 30 and will consider its day. And the World Health Organization said “there Baseball in 2017, alleging race police said. Dexter Rentz Jr. tied next steps in that context. is currently no evidence” that people who have re- discrimination and cited his fail- a state record in 2017 when he in- Many NBA players have said they haven’t even covered from the virus cannot fall sick again.. ure to be assigned to the World tercepted five passes in a game. S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, April 27, 2020 F3HIJKLM Fighting in Florida UFC planning three events SPORTS for May » MMA, Page 23

VIRUS OUTBREAK Open gym NBA players will be allowed to use team facilities in some states

By Tim Reynolds order prohibiting such movement still in urday on the condition of anonymity be- Associated Press place as part of the response to the coro- cause the directives from the league were MIAMI navirus pandemic. not released publicly. BA players will be allowed to Any workouts that take place would be Group practices would not be allowed return to team training facili- voluntary and be limited to individual ses- yet, and teams will not yet be permitted to ties starting Friday, provided sions only, according to a person familiar organize in-person workouts. that their local governments with the league’s decision. The person But as certain states and municipalities Ndo not have a stay-at-home spoke to The Associated Press on Sat- SEE OPEN ON PAGE 23

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