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VIRUS OUTBREAK

Firefighting gear may have spread COVID-19 to sailors battling USS Bonhomme Richard blaze

BY ANDREW DYER The San Diego Union-Tribune t least two sailors from the amphibi- ous transport dock USS San Diego tested positive for COVID-19 after fighting the fire onboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, the Navy said Friday. At least 27 people who were in contact with them are quarantined. The Navy’s statement came in response to questions raised by several USS San Diego sailors during US interviews with The San Diego death Union-Tribune. According to the sailors, at least five sailors from count their ship have tested positive in the last few days. climbs The sailors spoke anonymous- ly because they are not autho- Page 7 rized to publicly comment on the matter. The Navy confirmed that two of the sick were at the scene of the fire. “Two Sailors supporting USS Bonhomme Richard firefighting operations recently tested positive for COVID-19 after exhibiting

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Sailors prepare to combat the fire onboard the USS Bonhomme Richard on July 12. At least two sailors from the USS San Diego have tested positive for COVID-19 after fighting the fire, the Navy said Friday.

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Report: Pentagon gave White House options for South Korea cuts

By Stars and Stripes worldwide, including Asia, the Middle East, ficials was quoted as saying. POINT OF CONTENTION Europe and Africa, the newspaper said The officials declined to provide details SEOUL, South Korea — The Pentagon has Friday. about contingency plans to cut the number of given the White House options for reducing The U.S. and South Korea have failed The Pentagon came up with broad ideas by troops in South Korea below the current level the U.S. military presence in South Korea to reach a new agreement for sharing the end of the year that reflected its strategy of 28,500 and said no decision has been made, amid a defense cost-sharing dispute between the cost of housing Americans on for competing with China and Russia, and its according to the Journal. the allies, the Wall Street Journal reported, the divided peninsula after President emphasis on rotational forces. The report came weeks after President citing unnamed administration officials. Trump demanded that Seoul increase It refined a number of options, including Donald Trump approved a plan to cut nearly In the fall, the White House requested its contribution to $5 billion per year. some for South Korea, and presented them preliminary options for withdrawing troops to the White House in March, one of the of- SEE OPTIONS ON PAGE 5

MILITARY NATION MUSIC Pentagon weighing new John Lewis, icon of Best-selling Chicks measures to address bias civil rights movement, back in spotlight with in promotion process passes away at 80 a new name, album Page 3 Page 9 Page 12

Player’s Association wants clarity from NFL on virus protocols » Back page PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER

EXCHANGE RATES Wall Street closes 3rd straight winning week Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9400 Euro costs (July 20) ...... $1.11 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.70 Dollar buys (July 20) ...... €0.8543 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.8671 British pound (July 20) ...... $1.22 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press Most stocks across the market ing activity but also a weakening Japanese yen (July 20)...... 104.00 available to customers at military banking rose. in consumer sentiment. They’re South Korean won (July 20) ...... 1,176.00 facilities in the country of issuance NEW YORK — Wall Street Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Trading was muted across the latest in a stream of data that Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For ticked higher Friday to close out British pound ...... $1.2532 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., its third straight winning week, other markets, too, with stocks has shown how uncertain the path Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3579 purchasing British pounds in Germany), overseas, oil and gold making rel- is for the economy, as the continu- China (Yuan) ...... 6.9973 check with your local military banking one punctuated by hopes that the Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.5142 facility. Commercial rates are interbank economy can continue to steady atively modest moves. Even Chi- ing rise in coronavirus counts Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.9546 rates provided for reference when buying Euro ...... $1.1431/0.8748 currency. All figures are foreign currencies itself despite the pandemic. na’s market held steady: Stocks threatens to undo improvements to one dollar, except for the British pound, in Shanghai inched up 0.1% fol- that seemed to have taken root in Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7541 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, The S&P 500 rose 9.16 points, or Hungary (Forint) ...... 309.41 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) 0.3%, to 3,224.73 after yet another lowing a run earlier this month the economy. Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4378 Japan (Yen) ...... 107.18 day of wobbly trading. The Dow where their average daily move “The market just continues Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3076 INTEREST RATES Jones Industrial Average slipped was more than 2%. to try and get its finger on the Norway (Krone) ...... 9.2841 Philippines (Peso)...... 49.45 Prime rate ...... 3.25 62.76, or 0.2%, to 26,671.95, while Friday’s meandering trad- pulse,” said James McCann, se- Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.92 Discount rate ...... 0.25 the Nasdaq composite added ing came after reports showed a nior global economist at Aber- Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7504 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.03 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3901 3-month bill ...... 0.11 30-year bond ...... 1.30 29.36, or 0.3%, to 10,503.19. strengthening in U.S. home build- deen Standard Investments. South Korea (Won) ...... 1204.91 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 17 Books ...... 14 Comics/Crossword ...... 15 Music ...... 12-13 Opinion ...... 18 Sports ...... 19-24 Travel ...... 11 Sunday, July 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Pentagon mulls promotion packet changes

BY COREY DICKSTEIN guidance that directed the military ser- 1st Sgt. Jonathan Fadeyi, who was born to develop new training protocols on those Stars and Stripes vices to remove all official photographs in Nigeria and raised in Michigan after issues by Oct. 1. from promotion packets later this year. moving to the United States when he was “When it comes to names and possibil- WASHINGTON — Top Pentagon offi- That followed the Army’s decision last 5 years old. ity of redacting certain information, we cials said Friday that they are considering month to remove photos from its promo- Fadeyi said he was concerned evalua- are taking a very holistic look at the way new moves to remove information from tions processes. tors could determine the gender or race of that boards can look at packages by virtue service members’ promotion packets that “We are trying to root these practices the service member they were evaluating of merit toward promotion,” Colon-Lopez could potentially lead evaluators to dis- out that might enable unconscious bias and by reading their name, instead of looking said. “That is looking at character, demon- criminate against them, such as redacting things like that,” Esper said Friday during merely at the person’s qualifications for strated abilities and credibility of [the per- individuals’ full names and gender. a virtual town hall session at the Pentagon advancement. son] based on actions, to go ahead and pick Defense Secretary Mark Esper said a alongside Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman Esper’s new task force is challenged the best person for the best duties.” task force was created last month to study of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the mili- with looking at a wide range of race-relat- He vowed improvement in the Penta- issues of racism and equality in the ranks tary’s top enlisted service member, Senior ed issues within the ranks, including how gon’s military promotions systems. would consider whether the inclusion of Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramon to train service members to identify their “We can do better when it comes to those troops’ names and genders could “trig- Colon-Lopez. own unconscious biases and to root out boards,” Colon-Lopez said. ger unconscious bias” in some evaluators. The subject was raised in a video record- practices, policies or cultural norms that [email protected] Esper on Wednesday released updated ing played during the town hall by Army might be discriminatory. The services are Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Mounted warfare museum in works

BY ROSE L. THAYER pact on construction. Stars and Stripes The museum will be built in a large field near Fort Hood’s Mar- AUSTIN, Texas – Plans to build vin Leath Visitors Center and the the first phase of an $11 million stables of the 1st Cavalry Divi- mounted warfare museum at Fort sion Horse Cavalry Detachment. Hood, Texas, have been approved The area is on Fort Hood land, after nearly 10 years of planning, but outside of the base gate so that fundraising and designing, the it is accessible to the public. foundation spearheading the fa- Army Secretary Ryan McCar- cility announced. thy had to sign off on the plans be- The National Mounted Warrior cause the land is Army property Museum, which is slated to open and the museum will be owned in 2022, will feature the storyline and operated by the Army upon of America’s warfighting from completion, according to a news National Mounted Warfare Foundation the Revolutionary War to the con- release. flicts of today. Though the foundation has been The National Mounted Warrior Museum is expected to open at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2022. Construction will take about a working since 2011 to raise funds year and could begin as early as for the museum, it did not submit ready have museums dedicated Defense Authorization Act to in- museum staff. September, said Bob Crouch, a for approval until they had the $11 to their history on base and those clude language to begin changing “Fort Hood is exceptionally retired Army lieutenant colonel million needed for the first phase will move into the new museum. the name of Fort Hood and nine excited to soon host the National and vice president of the National of construction and opening. “Because it will talk about that other Army bases that bear the Mounted Warrior Museum,” Mounted Warfare Foundation, The first phase includes a history and the history of com- names of Confederate generals. Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, III which has led efforts to build the 58,000 square foot museum with bined arms, which is the way we “I’m sure in the storyline we Corps deputy commander, said museum. Fort Hood officials will 13,000 square feet of permanent fight, it will make it a unique mu- will address the history very in a statement. “The home of make the final decision on when exhibit space and 7,000 square seum in the Army’s inventory,” briefly of the namesake. It won’t America’s armored corps is the crews can begin work. feet of temporary exhibit space, Crouch said. be in a glorious manner. It’s a fac- ideal place to display the history “The intent is to do a ground- according to the news release. In the past month, discussions tual manner,” Crouch said. and innovation of mounted and breaking ceremony,” Crouch The Army Center of Military have resurfaced about the nam- With this first phase of the armored warfare. This museum said, noting any plans will follow History will create the exhibits. ing history of Fort Hood, which museum funded and approved, will stand as a testimony to the necessary guidelines of the coro- While the museum is meant to was named during World War II the foundation will continue its strength, agility and power that navirus pandemic. “We’re hoping be a national museum dedicated in recognition of John Bell Hood, fundraising efforts to support fu- armored warfare brings to the things are at a point where we can to the history of modern warfare, a graduate of the U.S. Military ture project phases, including an modern battlefield.” make a big deal out of it.” it will also feature the history of Academy who went on to serve as 11,000-square-foot expansion of For more information on the Though the pandemic has cre- Fort Hood and its units, which a Confederate general during the the permanent exhibit space, four project, go to https://nmwfounda- ated added challenges to in-per- includes III Corps, the 1st Cav- Civil War. large multifunctional classrooms tion.org. son fundraising efforts, Crouch alry Division and the 3rd Cavalry Democrats in Congress are and conference rooms, a gift shop [email protected] said they do not anticipate an im- Regiment. The two later units al- pushing for the 2021 National and offices for the foundation and Twitter: @Rose_Lori Amid pandemic, Pentagon would cut back chem-bio efforts

BY JOHN M DONNELLY ruary, he proposed cutting $5.7 The armed services have doz- tional weapon attacks or disease draw attention on Capitol Hill. CQ-Roll Call billion from dozens of programs ens of programs, organizations outbreaks. The Senate adopted without de- to instead pay for hypersonic and systems for dealing with Throughout the Trump admin- bate on July 1 an amendment to WASHINGTON — The De- missiles, the nuclear arsenal and chemical and biological weap- istration, spending on the chem- its defense authorization bill by fense Department wants to spend other weapons that, he said, were ons. But the chem-bio defense bio program has lagged behind Utah Republicans Mitt Romney less in fiscal 2021 on chemical needed to deter or fight Russia program centralizes the budget the rate of surge in the wider de- and Mike Lee that would require and biological defense programs, and China. and oversight for the bulk of the fense budget. The proposed fiscal Esper to explain the impact of re- budget documents show, in the Lost in the fine print and un- military’s chem-bio efforts. It is 2021 cut would reduce spending ducing chem-bio spending. middle of a pandemic and despite mentioned in the press was a managed by a deputy assistant on programs such as protective its own officials’ warning of a proposed drop in funding for secretary. It develops the tech- shelters for troops, decontamina- Notably, the provision orders heightened risk of attacks on U.S. research and procurement ini- nical tools — from medicines to tion gear and systems for detect- “an assessment of the threat troops from such weapons. tiatives in the Chemical and Bio- military gear — that can detect ing when dangerous agents are posed to members of the Armed After what Defense Secretary logical Defense Program — from and protect against chem-bio present, according to the budget Forces as a result of a reduction Mark T. Esper called a Defense $1.4 billion this fiscal year to $1.2 agents and help people respond to documents. in testing of gear for field readi- Wide Review of spending in Feb- billion. or recover from such unconven- Now this decision has started to ness,” the amendment said. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 MILITARY Marine gets 5-year term in shooting death

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY “Lance Cpl. Johnson had not followed sor to watch him, Marine Capt. Brendan work out a plea bargain, she said. Stars and Stripes procedures to unload his pistol in accor- McKenna, the prosecutor in the case, said Markelle Kuznia also wrote it was dif- dance with Guard Company policy,” Bur- in August during a preliminary hearing, ficult to hear Johnson’s apology for killing WASHINGTON— The Marine Corps gos said. The Washington Post reported. her son because they “felt he made excuses has sentenced a lance corporal to five Kuznia, from Karlstad, Minn., was a Investigators determined he had re- for every action.” years in jail and a dishonorable discharge team leader for Guard Company at the versed the steps to unload the weapon “True apologies are when you man up for the shooting death of a fellow Marine barracks, according to the Marine Corps. safely, McKenna said during the hearing. and take full responsibility for your ac- while they were on guard duty at Marine Guard Company is Instead of removing the clip from the pis- tions. Unfortunately, this never happened,” Barracks Washington, D.C., on New Year’s responsible for pro- tol first, he instead pulled back the pistol’s she wrote. Day in 2019. viding security to the slide, ejected a bullet, released the slide After the incident, the Marines’ unit Lance Cpl. Andrew M. Johnson was installation, accord- forward and then removed the clip. John- — Guard Company — took steps to pro- found guilty of involuntary manslaugh- ing to the barracks son had apparently forgotten when the vide more supervision and personal ac- ter and four charges of willful dereliction website. countability, Gunnery Sgt. John Jackson, of duty as part of a plea agreement. He slide moves forward with the clip still in Marine Barracks was sentenced June 5 to a reduction in the pistol, another bullet is pushed into the a spokesman for Marine Barracks Wash- rank to E-1 or private, loss of all pay, five Washington, D.C., chamber. When he removed the clip, John- ington, said in a statement Friday. This years of confinement, and a dishonorable is about a half-mile son thought the gun was empty, McKenna includes changes to shift turnover proce- discharge, Capt. Allison Burgos, a spokes- from the Washington said, according to The Washington Post. dures and each day having an officer or woman for Marine Corps Base Quantico, Navy Yard and home He then pointed the pistol at Kuznia’s staff noncommissioned officer who serves said in a statement Friday. The base is Kuznia to the Marine Corps head, laughing as he called Kuznia by a as the guard duty officer to provide more where Johnson was sentenced. Commandant. It hosts nickname and then pulled the trigger, ac- supervision. On Jan. 1, 2019, Johnson pointed his M9 “Evening Parades” on Fridays throughout cording to McKenna. When he saw Kuznia “The newly implemented procedures service pistol at the head of Lance Cpl. the summer, featuring the Marine Corps collapse with a head wound, Johnson be- provide more oversight and increased per- Riley S. Kuznia, 20, and pulled the trig- band, the service’s drum and bugle corps came distraught and dropped the pistol. sonal accountability of all service weapons ger “believing the weapon was unloaded,” and its silent drill platoon. Kuznia’s mother, Markelle Kuznia, wrote and ammunition during the turnover pro- Burgos said. A charge sheet released by At the end of his shift on the first day on Facebook a week after the sentencing cess,” according to the statement. the Marine Corps in August stated John- of 2019, Johnson unloaded his pistol alone that “no justice was served that day.” The [email protected] son had pulled “the trigger in jest.” and incorrectly, not waiting for a supervi- family wanted Johnson to stand trial, not @caitlinmkenney Guillen family attends memorial for slain specialist at Ford Hood

BY ROSE L. THAYER side of the base’s east gate where tic box. When confronted June Stars and Stripes a mural was painted with the 30 by local law enforcement in soldier’s image. A protest seeking Killeen, the city located outside of AUSTIN, Texas — Soldiers of justice for Guillen was scheduled Fort Hood, Robinson shot himself the 3rd Cavalry Regiment held a at that location for later in the in the head and died. memorial service Friday to honor afternoon. A civilian suspect, Cecily Agui- the life of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, a “We were all able to witness a lar, 22, was being held without small arms repairer for the reg- very beautiful memorial for Van- bail on three federal charges re- iment’s engineer squadron who essa over at Fort Hood, but it’s not lated to helping Robinson, her was killed by another soldier on enough,” Khawam said. “That boyfriend, mutilate and hide April 22. special investigation? Not enough. Guillen’s body. Guillen’s family attended the We didn’t mince our words when “My sister did not have to go closed service, as did Fort Hood we said we want a congressio- to war, go to combat to die,” said commanders and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville. nal investigation. Do you under- Lupe Guillen, the soldier’s 16- “This is difficult to discuss be- stand? We want a congressional year-old sister. “Someone killed cause the tragedy of her loss has investigation.” her. She got murdered. The most forever changed our squadron Guillen, a 20-year-old Houston gruesome, horrifying, disgust- and it has forever changed her native, was reported missing in ing way someone could take a family,” Lt. Col. Edward Gavin, late April. She was last seen work- human’s life. My sister was taken ing in one of the regiment’s arms away from me.” the engineer squadron command- BLAIR DUPRE, FORT HOOD PUBLIC AFFAIRS/U.S. Army er, said during the ceremony, ac- room. More than two months The family has called for a cording to a base release. “We later, her remains were found congressional investigation into The family of Spc. Vanessa Guillen grieves in front of her Soldier’s wrestle with feelings of anger, along the Leon River more than what happened to Guillen and the Cross, Friday, during her unit memorial ceremony at Fort Hood, Texas . depression, anxiety, fear, frustra- 20 miles from the base. subsequent investigation lead by tion and sadness. And, we have so Spc. Aaron Robinson, 20, a the Army Criminal Investigation to review the climate and culture speak louder than words.’ If you many questions, some of which fellow soldier in the squadron is Command, which the family be- of Fort Hood. want to take action, take action may never be answered.” believed to have killed Guillen lieves did not respond fast enough “They all express their con- and demand a congressional in- After the service, Natalie Kha- with a hammer in an arms room, to find the soldier. dolences. They all express their vestigation as well.” wam, the Guillen family attorney, and then moved her body to a site The Army has said it is creat- words,” said Lupe Guillen. “But I [email protected] addressed a crowd gathered out- along the river using a large plas- ing an independent review panel said, ‘Words are nothing. Actions Twitter: @Rose_Lori Soldier’s widow arrested in animal cruelty case in Texas

BY ROSE L. THAYER a civilian who was married to Wedel-Mo- was last seen Aug. 19 driving in Killeen, “His status was administratively Stars and Stripes rales, according to a statement released by the city located just outside the gates of changed based on trustworthy investiga- Fort Hood officials. About two hours later, Fort Hood, according to Army Criminal tive updates into his disappearance in co- AUSTIN, Texas — The widow of Fort Morales was taken into custody in relation Investigation Command. ordination with investigators,” according Hood soldier Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales, to possible cruelty to dogs. The Army initially declared him AWOL to the statement. who was found dead in Killeen last month, Morales was to be issued citations and and listed him as a deserter, which blocked Autopsy results are pending and detec- was arrested Thursday at her on base resi- released. The statement said there was no his family’s wishes to have the soldier tives from the Killeen police homicide unit dence on animal cruelty charges, accord- indication that the incident was related to buried with full military honors. His ing to base officials. her husband’s case. unit, the 1st Cavalry Division, changed continue to investigate the case alongside The Fort Hood Military Police desk re- The Killeen Police Department is lead- Wedel-Morales’s status this week to active Army personnel. ceived a call at around 10 a.m. Thursday ing the investigation into Wedel-Morales’s duty, which entitles him to full honors at The two agencies are offering a reward from someone reporting animal cruelty death after the 23-year-old’s remains were burial, according to a statement from the of up to $25,000 to anyone with credible in- and neglect at the home of Penny Morales, found in a field in Killeen on June 19. He division. formation on Wedel-Morales. Sunday, July 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY Adm. Gilday visits ship in San Diego to survey damage Bonhomme Richard’s future still to be determined, top officer says

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY fire up into the superstructure Stars and Stripes and then forward,” he said. How the fire started is still un- WASHINGTON— The Navy’s known, however, Navy officials top officer, Adm. Mike Gilday, believe it began in the cargo hold toured the fire damage to the of the ship where supplies for the USS Bonhomme Richard at maintenance work being con- Naval Base San Diego on Friday, ducted on the ship were stored at describing it as “very extensive the time. in terms of the damage and the intensity.” There were also a series of /U.S. Navy “We’ve not seen a fire of this explosions during the fire that MASS COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS KYLE CARLSTROM magnitude in a Navy ship in re- forced firefighters off the ship, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, right, walks through the amphibious assault ship USS cent memory, at least in my ca- Gilday said. One explosion could Bonhomme Richard in San Diego, on Friday. reer,” Gilday, the chief of naval be heard about 13 miles away, operations, said during a news he said he was told, and another conference following the tour of blew debris across the pier and the ship. onto another ship. The fire aboard the amphibi- There will be three different Risk: Many shared masks, equipment ous assault ship started Sunday but synchronized investigations morning and lasted more than into the events of the fire and Gil- four days, spreading throughout day intends to make them avail- during chaotic battle against the blaze the ship. During the effort to ex- able to the public once they are tinguish the multiple fires, 40 sail- completed. One will be a safety FROM FRONT PAGE of the conflagration was “cha- It has been a tumultuous ors and 23 civilians were treated investigation to determine the otic” and responding sailors few months for the Navy as it for minor injuries and helicopters fire’s cause. Another will be led symptoms,” said Lt. Cmdr. routinely swapped and shared tries to balance its national de- were called in to dump water on Nicole Schwegman, a Navy by Naval Criminal Investigative firefighting equipment, such as fense mission with the need to the ship to cool it down. spokeswoman. Service to make certain “there’s masks and gloves. keep sailors healthy amidst a Gilday said he toured four “Contract tracing identified no malfeasance at the root of the Photos provided by the Navy pandemic. decks, the flight deck and in- 27 close contacts. All contacts fire,” Gilday said. The last in- show firefighting equipment The San Diego-based air- spected the damage to the ship’s were placed in ROM (restriction vestigations will be a command of movement). The Navy con- being washed and sanitized. craft carrier Theodore Roos- superstructure. investigation to see whether the More than 400 sailors from evelt was sidelined in Guam for “I was able to get a good sense tinues to implement COVID-19 right procedures were in place mitigation measures to protect 16 San Diego-based ships two months earlier this year as of the extent of the damage, and and what could have been done the health of our force.” helped fight the fire, said Adm. the virus spread to almost 25% the damage is extensive. There differently. The sailors from the ship Mike Gilday, the chief of naval of its 5,000-person crew, claim- is obviously electrical damage to There will also be an assess- said a significant number of operations, at a news confer- ing the life of one of them. The the ship, there’s structural dam- ment to determine the damage the 27 “close contacts” work ence Friday. Gilday was in San subsequent firing of the Roos- age to the ship, and mechanical to the ship and its future in the in the San Diego’s engineering Diego touring the fire-ravaged evelt’s captain by then-Acting damage to the ship that we need Navy. While Gilday said he be- department and include senior ship and meeting with its lead- Navy Secretary Thomas Modly to assess in much more detail be- lieves the defense industry can department personnel. The ers, sailors and firefighters who ignited a political firestorm that fore we make a final determina- repair the ship and bring it back department has increased its battled the blaze over five days. ended with Modly’s resignation tion of next steps,” he said. According to the sailor who days later. to sea, he questions whether the staffing rotations to fill in gaps Navy officials believed there fought the fire, much of the The fate of the Bonhomme Navy should “make that invest- left by those under quarantine, was potential to get the fire under the sailors said. Bonhomme Richard’s firefight- Richard is up in the air. Gilday ment in a 22-year-old ship.” control and put it out by Sunday Citing health privacy law, ing equipment was damaged or said he believes the 22-year-old “And I’m not going to make any evening, according to Gilday. How- Schwegman declined to com- destroyed in the flames, so its ship can be repaired but he isn’t ever, the wind coming off the bay predictions until we take a look ment on who is quarantined sailors relied on gear brought sure it should be. A damage as- and the location of the fire allowed at all the facts and we follow the or in which department they from neighboring vessels — in- sessment is not yet complete it to spread throughout the ship. facts. And we can make reasoned work. cluding the USS San Diego. Navy fire teams are expected “This fire probably couldn’t recommendations up the chain of One USS San Diego sailor The Navy announced the fires to continue to rotate through have been in a worst point on the command on the future steps, any who helped fight the fire told onboard were extinguished the Bonhomme Richard ship in terms of its source that future repair efforts with Bon- the Union-Tribune Friday that midday Thursday. The damage throughout the weekend, doing allowed it to spread up elevator homme Richard,” he said. the scene outside the Bonhom- done to the ship is “extensive,” fire watches and inspecting the shafts as an example, up exhaust [email protected] me Richard during the height Gilday said. ship, the sailors said. stacks as an example. To take that @caitlinmkenney Options: Trump complains about cost of basing troops in other countries

FROM FRONT PAGE tions on drawing down troops in last year’s failed to reach a new agreement for sharing of the year, leaving the military to operate a third of the 34,500 American troops in funding bill. Similar legislation is being the cost of housing the Americans on the with Defense Department funds approved Germany, prompting worries in South considered this year. divided peninsula after Trump demand- for critical projects and positions. Korea and other allied nations that they Trump has frequently complained about ed that Seoul increase its contribution as Seoul also agreed last month to spend may face similar decisions. the cost of stationing troops overseas and much as fivefold to $5 billion per year. about $200 million to pay the salaries of U.S. legislators also have raised con- said he wanted to bring them home. The previous deal, known as the Special South Korean base workers to end a two- cerns, with Congress including restric- The United States and South Korea have Measures Agreement, expired at the end month furlough. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 MIDEAST DOD IG: Turkey sends Syrians to fight in Libya

Associated Press Despite widespread reports that Russia brought in hundreds planted land mines and other of the fighters’ extremist links, of mercenaries to back Hifter’s booby-trap explosives around Turkey sent between 3,500 the report says the U.S. military monthslong siege of Tripoli. A Tripoli that have killed 52 people and 3,800 paid Syrian fighters to found no evidence to suggest the private Kremlin-linked military and wounded 96, including civil- Libya over the first three months mercenaries were affiliated with company known as the Wagner ians and mine clearance workers, of the year, the U.S. Defense De- partment’s inspector general con- the Islamic State extremist group Group first introduced skilled by U.N. estimates. cluded in a new report, its first to or al-Qaida. It says they were snipers and armed drones last Kremlin spokesman Dmitry detail Turkish deployments that “very likely” motivated by gen- fall, inflicting “significant casu- Peskov dismissed the U.S. mili- helped change the course of Lib- erous financial packages rather alties” on Tripoli forces strug- tary’s accusations Thursday, in- ya’s war. than ideology or politics. gling to fend off Hifter’s assault, sisting “the Russian military is The report comes as the con- The report covers only the first the report said. not involved in any processes in flict in oil-rich Libya has esca- quarter of the year, until the end This year, in response to Libya in any way.” lated into a regional proxy war of March — two months before a Erdogan Turkey’s new shipments of bat- The warring sides are mobiliz- fueled by foreign powers pouring string of Turkish-backed victo- tle-hardened Syrians, Wagner in- ing now around the edges of Sirte, weapons and mercenaries into ries by the Tripoli forces drove April. Turkey also deployed an creased its deployment of foreign a strategic gateway to Libya’s the country. The U.S. military has Hifter’s self-styled army from “unknown number” of Turkish fighters, also including Syrians, central and eastern oil crescent, grown increasingly concerned the capital’s suburbs, its strong- soldiers during the first months with estimates ranging from 800 where most of the country’s pro- about Russia’s growing influ- hold at Tarhuna and a key west- of the year, the inspector general to 2,500 mercenaries. Russia and duction of 1.2 million barrels a ence in Libya, where hundreds ern airbase. adds. the Syrian government agreed to day flowed before Hifter-allied of Russian mercenaries backed a The reversal for Hifter and his To the consternation of re- send 300 to 400 former opposition tribes choked off pipelines in campaign to capture the capital, foreign backers, including Egypt, gional rivals and NATO allies rebels from the southwest village January to protest unequal distri- Tripoli, in the country’s west. Russia and the United Arab like France, Turkey is staking its of Quneitra to Libya in exchange bution of oil revenues to the long- The quarterly report on coun- Emirates, trained the spotlight hopes for greater leverage in the for a $1,000 per month salary and neglected east. terterrorism operations in Africa on Turkey’s deepening role in the eastern Mediterranean on the clemency from President Bashar Following Hifter’s retreat from by the Pentagon’s internal watch- proxy war. U.N.-supported government in Assad, the report added. Tripoli, his backers pushed for dog, published Thursday, says The latest report says the Turk- Tripoli. Ankara’s open military In May, the Pentagon accused a cease-fire and proposed a po- Turkey paid and offered citizen- ish deployments likely increased intervention stands in contrast Russia of sending at least 14 litical settlement. But Turkey ship to thousands of mercenaries ahead of the Tripoli forces’ tri- to covert support from foreign warplanes to a central Libyan refused to back down. The Trip- fighting alongside Tripoli-based umphs in late May. It cites the backers on the other side of the airbase, which it claimed were oli government, eager to regain militias against troops of east U.S. Africa Command as saying conflict. repainted in Syria to hide their access to Hifter’s blockaded oil Libya-based commander Khalifa that 300 Turkish-supported Syri- The inspector general had re- Russian origin. Earlier this week, fields, has pledged to retake the Hifter. an rebels landed in Libya in early ported in its last quarterly review it alleged Russian mercenaries coastal city . Iraqi official: Water shortage likely unless Turkey cooperates

Associated Press high levels of salinity lead to many Iraqis falling sick and prompted DOHUK, Iraq — Iraq’s min- violent protests in the summer of ister of water resources says his country will face severe water 2018 across southern Iraq. shortages if agreements are not Many letters were sent to An- forged with neighboring Turkey kara over its plans for the Ilisu over Ankara’s irrigation and dam dam, said al-Hamdani, but Tur- projects that have decreased river key only responded with “many inflows to Iraq’s parched plains. excuses.” Descending from the moun- “They say it’s their right to tains of southeast Turkey and build a dam, and we argue that it coursing through Syria and then is harmful to our rights to water,” Iraq before emptying out in the he said. Persian Gulf, the Tigris and Eu- The coronavirus pandemic phrates rivers are Iraq’s main postponed a face-to-face meeting water source and essential for with Turkish officials. The Iraqis agriculture. have requested a videoconference But tensions have mounted in the meantime to revive talks. over the years as Turkey pressed Last year, an envoy of Erdogan ahead with dam projects to meet came to Baghdad with an action its domestic electricity demands. plan to improve data sharing and In turn, this has directly impact- management of water resources. ed water flows into Iraq. A Turkish official, speaking on Measurements of inflows from condition of anonymity because the border with Turkey in north- he was not permitted to talk to ern Iraq were 50% below average journalists, said negotiations to this year, Iraq’s Water Resources ensure a certain amount of water Minister Mahdi Rashid Al-Ham- allocations to Iraq are difficult dani said in an interview with the NABIL AL-JURANI/AP because of climate change issues. Associated Press on Thursday. At one point, Iraq demanded This year also saw a reduction in A street vendor who sells drinking water waits for customers in Basra, Iraq on July 13. Iraq’s Minister of Turkey ensure at least 500 cubic annual rainfall by 50% compared Water Resources is sounding the alarm over looming water shortages meters per second. to last year, he said. “But inside Turkey, the Tigris “We asked our Ministry of For- Ordinary Iraqis have yet to fill Dam, “it dropped to around tor of Dohuk’s water department, sometimes doesn’t go above 350 eign Affairs to send an urgent the effects of the drop, partly be- 300-320.” said water levels had dropped by on average,” he said. “It’s hard message to Turkey’s Ministry of cause of the reservoir at the Had- The Ilisu Dam on the Tigris, 8 billion cubic meters, compared to speak about certain limits of Foreign Affairs, to ask them what hitha dam on the Euphrates River part of a megaproject by Turkish to water flows in April 2019. is the reason for the drop in our in Iraq, which is compensating President Recep Tayyip Erdo- “Iraq needs to put pressure water — it’s so unpredictable flow,” he said. for the shortage, he said. gan, is at the heart of the dispute. on Turkey to release its share of now.” Iraq is still waiting for a re- In Fishkhabour, along the The dam, which became opera- water,” Hamza said. In the absence of an interna- sponse, he added. border with Turkey, Ramadan tional in May after three years A recent report by the U.N.’s tional agreement, it also unclear With the impacts of climate Hamza, a senior expert on water of delay, is to be one of 22 power International Organization for what responsibilities Turkey has change as well as future hydro- strategy and policy at the Univer- dams in southeastern Turkey. Ne- Migration found that water lev- toward Iraq’s water supply. But electric projects in Turkey, the sity of Dohuk, eyed the drop in gotiations over water allocations els of the Tigris and Euphrates al-Hamdani said there are inter- ministry estimates Iraq will face river flows with concern. resumed when Ankara began to are decreasing at an “unprec- national laws Iraq could turn to if a shortage of 10.5 billion cubic “The water level of the Tigris make progress on plans to fill the edented rate,” that could result in needed to pressure Ankara. meters of water by 2035, accord- River was around 600 cubic me- Ilisu reservoir last year but have the forced displacement of entire “Turkey’s position will change,” ing to an internal study, al-Ham- ters per second,” he said. After since stalled. Iraqi communities. al-Hamdani said on a hopeful dani said. Turkey built the so-called Ilisu Hezha Abdulwahed, the direc- Water shortages, pollution and note. Sunday, July 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Trajectory reversal: US deaths climbing

BY GRIFF WITTE beneath the toll during the vi- AND BEN GUARINO rus’s most devastating stretch, in The Washington Post. April, when 2,000 or more people were dying daily nationwide. But For weeks this summer, it was it is also well above the totals ear- a seeming paradox of the coro- lier this month, when the average navirus pandemic: cases in the number of daily deaths dropped United States were rising but below 500. deaths were falling. More than 136,000 people in To the Trump administration, the United States have died of this was evidence that its strat- COVID-19, the disease caused by egy for combating COVID-19 was the novel coronavirus. working. To medical experts, it The recent increase in fatali- was only a matter of time before ties follows a nationwide surge in the trajectory changed. cases that has brought the coun- And now it has. Nationwide, try record numbers of new infec- deaths have begun to rise again. tions. Public health experts have In some of the worst-hit states, long said that the death count is a especially across the South and lagging indicator — with patients the West, new death records are JOSH BELL, THE SUN NEWS/AP being set daily. As a virus-scarred typically taking two to three summer wears on, public health weeks after diagnosis to succumb Tidelands Health medical professionals conduct drive- thru COVID-19 test s Friday at Myrtle Beach specialists say the numbers are — and that the number of new Pelicans Ballpark in Myrtle Beach, S.C. almost certain to continue to deaths would inevitably follow climb. the case count higher. For one thing, doctors have derly parents or grandparents. Arizona that morgues could run “Even if we could magically But Trump administration offi- learned new techniques for at- “Young people are not liv- out of room. The medical exam- lock everyone in their room cials — and the president himself tacking the virus. ing in a vacuum,” said Farshad iner’s office has ordered more and no one transmits to any- — have repeatedly sidestepped “We’ve gotten better at treating Fani Marvasti, director of public portable storage coolers. Funeral that view and used lower mortal- one, we would still be seeing an patents,” Troisi said, “so they’re health at the University of Arizo- directors, meanwhile, have been ity rates as an argument for why increase in deaths for the next less likely to die.” na College of Medicine Phoenix. busy ensuring they have suf- concerns about a coronavirus re- several weeks,” said Catherine For another, the latest spike “They’re interacting with people ficient capacity, said Heather Troisi, an epidemiologist with surgence were overblown. of infections has been concen- who are more susceptible.” “When you look at the mortal- Long, executive director of the the UTHealth School of Public trated among younger people, That is likely contributing to trade group that represents Ari- Health in Houston. ity rate, we’re seeing that our many of whom have contracted the spike in deaths now, Marvasti zona funeral homes, cemeteries That grim assessment came as efforts here at the federal govern- the virus while at work, bars or said. and crematoria. the United States on Friday set ment have been working,” White restaurants. They are generally In Arizona, home to one of the another record for total cases, House press secretary Kayleigh less vulnerable to severe conse- nation’s fastest growing corona- “It’s 115 degrees in Arizona. with more than 76,000 — includ- McEnany said this week. quences from COVID-19 than virus infection rates, the aver- So we want to make sure we have ing a new high of nearly 15,000 in Experts say there are legiti- older people, many of whom have age daily death toll has risen by everything in place if there is a Texas alone. mate reasons mortality rates are continued to stay home despite around 60% just in the past week, surge,” Long said. That includes More than 900 people died, lower now than in the spring, economic reopenings. up to 91 on Friday. The cumula- preparing for “the ability to cre- matching a death count of recent when COVID-19 ravaged New But that phenomenon can only tive number of dead in the state mate when we need to,” she said. days that has consistently hov- York City and other major urban last for so long as working-age topped 2,500. “If that means cremating 24/7, we ered just below 1,000. That is well centers. Americans meet up with their el- Worries have been rampant in can.” South Africa poised to join ranks of worst-hit countries

Associated Press warned that the pandemic will states each reported roughly lay that bare. 10,000 new cases and some of JOHANNESBURG — South “The simple fact is that many their highest death counts since Africa was poised on Saturday to South Africans are sitting ducks the pandemic began. join the top five countries most af- because they cannot comply with In China, the number of con- fected by the coronavirus, while World Health Organization proto- firmed cases in a new COVID-19 breathtaking numbers around the cols on improved hygiene and so- outbreak in the far western region world were a reminder a return to cial distancing,” the foundation of of Xinjiang has risen to 17. normal life is still far from sight. former South African archbishop In Bangladesh, confirmed Confirmed virus cases world- and fellow Nobel Peace Prize cases surpassed 200,000, but wide have topped 14 million and winner Desmond Tutu and his experts say the number is much deaths have surpassed 600,000, wife , said in a statement. higher as the country lacks ad- according to Johns Hopkins Uni- South Africa’s new epicenter, equate labs for testing. Most peo- versity data, a day after the World Gauteng province, is home to ple in rural areas have stopped Health Organization reported a one-quarter of the country’s pop- wearing masks and are throng- single-day record of new infec- ulation, with many poor people ing shopping centers ahead of the tions at over 237,000. Death tolls living in crowded conditions. Islamic festival Eid al-Adha later in the United States are reaching The country’s cases make up this month. new highs, and India’s infections roughly half of all on the African And in Britain, scientists are are over 1 million. continent. Its struggles are a sign pouring cold water on Prime Iran’s president made the star- THEMBA HADEBE/AP of trouble to come for less-re- Minister Boris Johnson’s hope tling announcement that as many sourced nations there. that the country may emerge as 25 million Iranians could have People protest against coronavirus trials outside Chris Hani In India, a surge of 34,884 new from lockdown and return to nor- been infected, the state-run IRNA Baragwanath Hospital in the township of Soweto in Johannesburg, cases was reported as local gov- mality by Christmas. news agency reported Saturday. South Africa, Saturday. The first clinical trial in Africa for a COVID- ernments continue to re-impose Epidemiologist John Edmunds, Hassan Rouhani cited a new 19 vaccine started last week in South Africa. focused lockdowns in several a member of the government’s Health Ministry study that has parts of the country, only allow- Scientific Advisory Group for not been made publicly available. as countries try to ease lockdowns, That comes as the world marks ing essential food supplies and Emergencies, said a return to Iran has seen the worst outbreak new ripples of cases follow. Mandela Day, remembering health services. pre-pandemic normality is “a in the Middle East with more than South Africa could join the South Africa’s first Black presi- In the U.S., teams of military long way off, unfortunately” with- 270,000 confirmed cases. U.S., Brazil, India and Russia as dent and his legacy of fighting medics have been deployed in out a vaccine for the virus. Experts believe the true num- the most badly hit countries as its inequality. The country, however, Texas and California to help hos- Britain has registered more bers around the world are higher cases near 350,000. Current case remains the world’s most un- pitals deluged by coronavirus than 45,000 COVID-19 deaths, because of testing shortages. And trends show it will surpass Peru. equal, and health officials have patients. The two most populous the highest in Europe. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP NYC cleared to open zoos; malls, museums stay shut

Associated Press ers back to campus but those in grades three through 12 must NEW YORK — New York City wear masks. was cleared Friday to take the Several large school districts next step in its reopening next have already said their schools week, allowing movie and TV will begin the new term virtu- crews to film, zoos to welcome re- ally, including Los Angeles and duced crowds, professional sports San Diego, the state’s two larg- teams to play to empty seats. Visi- est with a combined enrollment tors are set to return to the island of 720,000 K-12 students. San that houses the Statue of Liberty Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, — but not the statue itself. Long Beach, Santa Ana and San But malls, museums and res- Bernardino are among the other taurant dining rooms will stay districts opting not to immediate- shuttered in the nation’s biggest ly return to classrooms. city. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the city is set to begin a lim- Colorado ited version of the fourth phase of DENVER — Denver Public the statewide reopening process Schools is planning to delay the starting Monday. But he warned opening of fall semester by a that New York’s progress is frag- week, starting with remote learn- CHRISTOPHER DOLAN, THE (SCRANTON, PA.) TIMES-TRIBUNE/AP ile as COVID-19 cases surge else- ing Aug. 24 and gradually transi- where in the country. tioning to in-person classes Sept. United States Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Malachy E. Mannion administers the “I feel like we’re standing on a 8 at the earliest. citizenship oath to a new American citizen during a drive-up naturalization ceremony outside the William beach and we’re looking out at the Starting the week of Aug. 17, J. Nealon Federal Building and United States Courthouse on North Washington Avenue in downtown sea and we see the second wave teachers will begin reaching out Scranton, Pa., on Friday . building in the distance, so I want to individual students to build re- all New Yorkers to be on high lationships and gauge their tech- neider said in a statement. hospitality sectors, the number Wolf’s order this week to re- alert,” the Democratic governor nology needs for remote learning, Hawkins was charged in a of people employed increased duce occupancy at bars and res- told reporters during a telephone The Denver Post reported Friday. criminal complaint. The case by more than 20,000, driving a taurants from 50% to 25% will briefing. The district handed out laptops remains under investigation. 2 percentage point drop in the drive them out of business or New York City, which has seen and internet hotspots in the spring When completed, a determina- unemployment rate to 7.1%, state into debt, restaurant owners said the bulk of the state’s confirmed to students who needed them and tion will be made on whether a officials said. That’s one of the Friday, asserting his administra- coronavirus cases and deaths, plans to expand that effort going felony indictment will be sought, lowest rates in the U.S. and well tion lacks the data to target them began reopening June 8, after the into the fall. Schneider’s office noted. below the national rate of 11.1%. as the reason behind the spike in rest of the state. Based on current models of But employment in Montana coronavirus cases in some parts In the city’s scaled-down Phase coronavirus cases in Denver, Minnesota remains roughly 4% below pre- of the state. 4, botanical gardens and zoos can schools Superintendent Susana pandemic levels. That’s equal to At a news conference outside a reopen at 33% capacity, produc- Cordova said, “We have come to MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota about 21,000 fewer jobs. suburban Harrisburg restaurant, tion of movies and TV shows can the determination that it would hospitals asked Gov. Tim Walz to Officials have said repeatedly restaurant owners said they are proceed and professional sports not be possible to open schools order people throughout the state that controlling the virus’s spread laying off staff and taking yet an- such as baseball can be played with the size of cohorts we’d been to wear masks in public to slow is key to getting the economy fully other hit, with barely any notice without fans in the stands, Mayor planning.” the spread of the coronavirus functioning. before the governor announced Bill de Blasio said. District officials, the Board of — a step the governor said he has new restrictions Wednesday. Meanwhile, the National Park Education and the teacher’s union been considering. Oklahoma Service announced that the met with local health experts be- In a letter released Friday, the Texas grounds of Liberty Island would fore making the decision. Minnesota Hospital Association OKLAHOMA CITY — The reopen to visitors Monday after Most classes will begin Aug. urged the governor to act quickly Oklahoma City Council voted HOUSTON — A federal judge being closed since March 16. But 24, although dates for charter to protect the state from the type Friday to require faces to be cov- ruled Friday that Houston can’t there’s no reopening date yet for and innovation schools may be of surges in other states, many of ered inside all public buildings in ban the Texas Republican Party Lady Liberty herself, the statue different. which aggressively lifted virus an effort to slow the spread of the from holding its convention museum or nearby Ellis Island. restrictions to reopen their econ- new coronavirus. in-person, but it was not clear The rest of the state is already Michigan omies despite warnings from The council approved the or- whether the GOP would move in Phase 4, which typically per- health officials about doing so too dinance by a 6-3 vote at a special for a physical meetup or keep the mits opening malls and certain DETROIT — A contract em- soon. meeting. The ordinance requires event virtual as the coronavirus arts and entertainment centers. ployee for the state of Michigan “We have a narrow window persons age 11 and up, with few continues to surge. But Cuomo said this week that has been charged in a scheme of time to slow the spread of the exceptions, to don face coverings U.S. District Judge Lynn even in Phase 4, New York City that saw the fraudulent disburse- virus, so we are asking you to or shields covering their noses Hughes ruled verbally that the can’t have “any additional indoor ment of more than $2 million in mandate the wearing of face and mouths in all indoor public city failed to make a case compel- activity” in places like malls and unemployment insurance fund- masks statewide as soon as pos- spaces. ling enough to trump the party’s museums because of coronavirus ing intended to help people dur- sible,” wrote Dr. Rahul Koranne, Among the exempt are those First Amendment right to meet, transmission risks. ing the coronavirus pandemic. the association’s president and who work in offices with no face- said Jared Woodfill, attorney for Brandi Hawkins, 39, of Detroit, CEO. to-face interactions, diners while GOP party activist Dr. Steven California worked in the state’s Unemploy- Walz told Minnesota Pub- eating and drinking, those en- Hotze. A written order was to be ment Insurance Agency with lic Radio on Friday that he still gaged in sports or cardio exer- filed later. SACRAMENTO — Most of duties that included reviewing, hadn’t made a decision. Although cise, and those who are deaf or “He gave us everything we California’s 6.7 million school processing and verifying the the Democratic governor said he hard-of-hearing. asked for,” Woodfill said. “This kids will be learning from home legitimacy of unemployment would be willing to order a man- Oklahoma City joins Tulsa is a great victory for the First when the new school year begins insurance claims for the state, ac- date “at some point in time,” he in mandating masks in public Amendment.” in a few weeks as the state strug- cording to U.S. Attorney Matthew said he’d like to get Republican to limit the spread of the virus Hughes ordered the city to ac- gles with soaring rates of corona- Schneider’s office. support rather than impose it that causes COVID-19. However, commodate the party convention virus cases, hospitalizations and Starting in April, insider ac- unilaterally. Oklahoma County commissioners this weekend or the following deaths. cess was used to release federal have voted down a countywide weekend, at the GOP’s choice, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday and state funds on hundreds of Montana mandate twice, most recently on Woodfill said. issued strict guidelines for 32 fraudulent claims, his office said. Friday. James Dickey, chairman of the counties that are on a state watch A search of Hawkins’ home BILLINGS — Montana’s unem- Republican Party of Texas, said list because of COVID-19 out- later turned up more than ployment rate dropped sharply Pennsylvania the party is still on-track to try breaks. They effectively require $200,000 in cash. Authorities said in June as many businesses re- a virtual gathering this weekend distance learning in public and some of the money was used to opened, but the state’s economic HARRISBURG — As Penn- but said it’s good to know the op- private K-12 schools until those buy high-end handbags and other rebound from the coronavirus sylvania approached 100,000 con- tion for an in-person convention counties see 14 days of declines luxury items. pandemic remained on shaky firmed cases of the coronavirus on exists. He hopes the ruling will in virus cases. “Brandi Hawkins is charged ground as confirmed infections Friday, restaurant and bar owners set a precedent “for other state Rural counties in the central with exploiting the current pan- jumped again Friday and new say they will fight back against and local Republican parties and and northern parts of the state demic to defraud the state of problems emerged with testing Gov. Tom Wolf’s orders to fur- organizations who come against have seen little of the virus and Michigan and United States for for the virus. ther limit the number of patrons a bully Democrat mayor’s mali- can bring students and teach- her own personal gain,” Sch- Led by hiring in the leisure and they’re allowed to serve at a time. cious shutdown,” he said. Sunday, July 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION John Lewis, civil rights icon, dies at 80

Associated Press segregated public schools. As a boy, he wanted to be a minister, and ATLANTA — John Lewis, a lion of the practiced his oratory on the family chick- civil rights movement whose bloody beat- ens. Denied a library card because of the ing by Alabama state troopers in 1965 color of his skin, he became an avid reader, helped galvanize opposition to racial seg- and could cite obscure historical dates and regation, and who went on to a long and details even in his later years. He was a celebrated career in Congress, has died. teenager when he first heard King preach- He was 80. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed ing on the radio. They met when Lewis was Lewis’ passing late Friday night, calling seeking support to become the first Black him “one of the greatest heroes of Ameri- student at Alabama’s segregated Troy can history.” State University. “All of us were humbled to call Congress- He ultimately attended the American man Lewis a colleague, and are heartbro- Baptist Theological Seminary and Fisk ken by his passing,” Pelosi said. “May his University in Nashville, Tenn. He began memory be an inspiration that moves us organizing sit-in demonstrations at whites- all to, in the face of injustice, make ‘good only lunch counters and volunteering as a trouble, necessary trouble.’ ” Freedom Rider, enduring beatings and ar- The condolences for Lewis were bipar- rests while traveling around the South to tisan. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc- challenge segregation. Connell said Lewis was “a pioneering civil Lewis helped found the Student Non- rights leader who put his life on the line violent Coordinating Committee and was to fight racism, promote equal rights, and named its chairman in 1963, making him bring our nation into greater alignment one of the Big Six at a tender age. The with its founding principles.” Above: civil others, in addition to King, were Whitney Lewis’s announcement in late December rights leader Young of the National Urban League; A. 2019 that he had been diagnosed with ad- U.S. Rep. Philip Randolph of the Negro American vanced pancreatic cancer — “I have never John Lewis, Labor Council; James L. Farmer Jr., of faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” D-Ga., is seen the Congress of Racial Equality; and Roy he said — inspired tributes from both sides at the Capitol Wilkins of the NAACP. All six met at the of the aisle, and an unstated accord that in Washington Roosevelt Hotel in New York to plan and the likely passing of this Atlanta Democrat in December. announce the March on Washington. would represent the end of an era. Left: Lewis, The huge demonstration galvanized The announcement of his death came far right, locks the movement, but success didn’t come just hours after the passing of the Rev. C.T. arms with others quickly. After extensive training in non- Vivian, another civil rights leader who died as Dr. Martin violent protest, Lewis and the Rev. Hosea early Friday at 95. Luther King Jr., Williams led demonstrators on a planned Lewis was the youngest and last survi- fourth from left, march of more than 50 miles from Selma to vor of the Big Six civil rights activists, a foreground, Montgomery, Alabama’s capital, on March group led by the Rev. Martin Luther King leads a march to 7, 1965. A phalanx of police blocked their Jr. that had the greatest impact on the the courthouse exit from the Selma bridge. movement. He was best known for leading in Montgomery, Authorities shoved, then swung their some 600 protesters in the Bloody Sunday Ala., in 1965. truncheons, fired tear gas and charged on march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge AP photos horseback, sending many to the hospital in Selma. and horrifying much of the nation. King At age 25 — walking at the head of the risked his life and its blood so that it might “scorched earth” march through the South returned with thousands, completing the march with his hands tucked in the pockets live up to its promise,” President Barack and scaling back criticisms of President march to Montgomery before the end of of his tan overcoat — Lewis was knocked to Obama said after Lewis’ death. “Early on, John Kennedy. It was a potent speech the month. the ground and beaten by police. His skull he embraced the principles of nonviolent nonetheless, in which he vowed: “By the Lewis turned to politics in 1981, when he was fractured, and nationally televised resistance and civil disobedience as the forces of our demands, our determination was elected to the Atlanta City Council. images of the brutality forced the coun- means to bring about real change in this and our numbers, we shall splinter the seg- He won his seat in Congress in 1986 and try’s attention on racial oppression in the country.” regated South into a thousand pieces and spent much of his career in the minority. South. Lewis joined King and four other civil put them together in an image of God and After Democrats won control of the House Within days, King led more marches in rights leaders in organizing the 1963 democracy.” in 2006, Lewis became his party’s senior the state, and President Lyndon Johnson March on Washington. He spoke to the It was almost immediately, and forever, deputy whip, a behind-the-scenes leader- soon was pressing Congress to pass the vast crowd just before King delivered his overshadowed by the words of King, the ship post in which he helped keep the party Voting Rights Act. The bill became law epochal “I Have a Dream” speech. man who had inspired him to activism. unified. later that year, removing barriers that had A 23-year-old firebrand, Lewis toned Lewis was born on Feb. 21, 1940, outside Lewis’ wife of four decades, Lillian barred Blacks from voting. down his intended remarks at the insis- the town of Troy, in Pike County, Ala. He Miles, died in 2012. They had one son, “He loved this country so much that he tence of others, dropping a reference to a grew up on his family’s farm and attended John Miles Lewis. Mayor of Portland seeks removal of troops Justice Ginsburg says

Associated Press said Friday that arresting people with- off the street we call it kidnapping,” cancer has returned out probable cause is “extraordinarily said Jann Carson, interim executive PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Associated Press concerning and a violation of their civil director of the American Civil Liber- Portland demanded Friday that Presi- liberties and constitutional rights.” ties Union of Oregon. “The actions of WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said dent Donald Trump remove milita- Oregon Attorney General Ellen the militarized federal officers are Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence rized federal agents he deployed to Rosenblum said she would file a law- flat-out unconstitutional and will not of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme the city after some detained people on suit in federal court against the U.S. go unanswered.” Court. streets far from federal property they Department of Homeland Security, Federal officers have charged at The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who has had four earlier were sent to protect. the Marshals Service, Customs and least 13 people with crimes related bouts with cancer including pancreatic cancer last year, “Keep your troops in your own Border Protection and Federal Pro- to the protests so far, Oregon Pub- said her treatment so far has succeeded in reducing le- buildings, or have them leave our tection Service alleging they have lic Broadcasting reported Thursday. sions on her liver and she will continue chemotherapy city,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said at a violated the civil rights of Oregonians Some have been detained by the fed- sessions every two weeks “to keep my cancer at bay.” news conference. by detaining them without probable eral courthouse, which has been the “I have often said I would remain a member of the Democratic Gov. Kate Brown said cause. She will also seek a temporary scene of protests. But others were Court as long as I can do the job full steam. I remain Trump is looking for a confrontation restraining order against them. grabbed blocks away. fully able to do that,” Ginsburg said in a statement is- in the hopes of winning political points The ACLU of Oregon said the fed- “This is part of the core media strat- sued by the court. elsewhere. It also serves as a distrac- eral agents appear to be violating egy out of Trump’s White House: to Ginsburg, who was appointed by President Bill Clin- tion from the coronavirus pandemic, people’s rights, which “should concern use federal troops to bolster his sag- ton in 1993, is the senior liberal justice on a court that which is causing spiking numbers of everyone in the United States.” ging polling data,” Wheeler said. “And leans conservative by a 5-4 margin. Her departure be- infections in Oregon and the nation. “Usually when we see people in un- it is an absolute abuse of federal law fore the election could give President Donald Trump Brown’s spokesman, Charles Boyle, marked cars forcibly grab someone enforcement officials.” the chance to shift the court further to the right. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 NATION Biden warns of election prying after intel brief PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after meeting with Senate Republicans at their weekly BY WILL WEISSERT “hoax.” luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 19. Associated Press Biden received intelligence briefings while vice president but WASHINGTON — Joe Biden told reporters he wasn’t getting said Friday night that he’s begun them as of June 30. He said then Surging Democrats expand Senate receiving intelligence briefings as that President Donald Trump’s he warned that Russia, China and administration had not offered other adversaries were attempt- classified briefings, even though election target to Republican states ing to undermine the upcoming they are traditionally provided to U.S. election in November. major-party nominees once they Associated Press “Donald Trump’s failed han- “The left’s antipathy toward the The presumptive Democratic win the primary. Biden won’t for- dling of the coronavirus crisis has president becomes an easy rally- WASHINGTON — It’s come presidential nominee wasn’t mally become the Democratic changed everything,” said Demo- to this for Republicans straining ing cry” for Democratic fundrais- specific and offered no evidence presidential cratic pollster Geoffrey Garin. to defend their Senate majority ing, said Steven Law, who leads a while addressing a virtual fund- nominee He said GOP senators are linked in November’s elections: They’re pair of outside groups aligned raiser with more than 200 at- until the too closely to Trump, leaving him air-dropping millions of dollars with Senate Majority Leader tendees. But, in the process, he party’s con- into races in Alabama, Kentucky “pleased and surprised by the Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. confirmed receiving classified vention next and other red states where Donald willingness of so many Republi- In early TV spots, the National briefings after saying as recently month. Trump coasted during his 2016 cans to go down with the ship.” Republican Senatorial Commit- as late last month that he wasn’t Biden has presidential election triumph. Democrats have at least a tee accuses Democratic Senate getting them but might request previously This year, challenged by puncher’s chance of grabbing candidate Jon Ossoff in Georgia one about reports of Russian suggested Trump’s fumbled handling of the Republican-held seats in four of backing “policies so extreme bounties being offered on U.S. that Presi- coronavirus pandemic, the crip- states Trump won by double dig- only Hollywood would want him.” troops in Afghanistan. dent Don- its: Alaska, Kansas, Kentucky “We know from before, and pled economy and his racially in- One by the Democratic Senatori- Biden ald Trump and South Carolina. They have I guarantee you I know now be- flammatory stances, Republicans al Campaign Committee accuses could hold an even shot at ousting GOP Sen. cause now I get briefings again. face potentially competitive races Ernst, the GOP senator from up emergency funding to help the Steve Daines in Montana, which The Russians are still engaged, t h e y ’d n o r m a l l y h a v e l o c k e d d o w n . Iowa, of protecting corporate in- Postal Service continue normal Trump carried by 20 percent- trying to de-legitimize our elec- Compounding their problems is terests, adding, “In tough times operations during the corona- age points, and long-shot hopes of toral process. Fact,” Biden said strong fundraising by Democrat- it’s important to know who has virus, which has devastated the retaining their most endangered Friday. “China and others are ic candidates that’s kept them in your back.” agency’s finances and contributed senator, Doug Jones of Alabama, engaged as well in activities de- contention in unlikely locations. Although dollars don’t always to a huge drop in mail volumes. where Trump won by 28 points. signed for us to lose confidence in “The president’s weakening translate into votes, campaign re- Trump has repeatedly said he Republican incumbents face le- the outcome.” poll numbers over the last several ports filed this week show surg- opposes expanding mail-in bal- months have made down-ballot gitimate challenges for two Sen- The White House and National loting during the pandemic, sug- ing Democratic fundraising in Security Council didn’t imme- races more competitive,” said ate seats in Georgia and difficult gesting without evidence that solidly Republican terrain. diately respond to requests for GOP pollster Whit Ayres. While fights in Arizona and North Caro- doing so could lead to widespread Jones’ $18 million haul in Ala- comment on Biden’s statement. saying he believes Republicans lina, all where Trump won nar- fraud — even though there is bama more than quadruples the Reached by phone, a Biden will win many of the contested rowly. In two states Trump won equally no evidence the president amount raised by his Republican spokesperson did not immediate- seats, Ayres added, “It’s fair to by 9 points, Iowa GOP Sen. Joni or White House will use Postal opponent, Tommy Tuberville, a ly provide further details. say the map is expanded.” Ernst faces a tough Democratic Service funding to do what Biden former Auburn football coach. US intelligence agencies say GOP fretting is being aggravat- opponent in businesswoman The- Even in Kansas, which hasn’t Russia meddled in the 2016 elec- is suggesting. ed by some polls showing Trump resa Greenfield, while Republi- elected a Democratic senator tion with the goal of swaying the Biden lobbed similar charges trailing nationally and in some can Sen. John Cornyn is on alert contest toward Donald Trump, on Friday, saying Trump may try battleground states against Joe against a Texas upset. since before World War II, a group and officials have warned that to “defund the post office so they Biden, the presumptive Demo- Republicans say they’ll keep with ties to state and national Re- there remains a threat of foreign can’t deliver mail-in ballots.” cratic presidential nominee. their majority, aided by Trump at- publicans plans to spend $3 mil- interference in the 2020 contest. “Frankly, this is the thing that And while it’s early and well- tacks on Biden that will close the lion to prevent the polarizing Kris Throughout his presidency, keeps me up most at night,” Biden known senators can differentiate overall gap by Election Day. They Kobach from winning the party’s Trump has questioned the intel- added. “Making sure everyone themselves from an unpopular argue that Trump’s name on the Senate nomination. Top Repub- ligence community’s findings who wants to vote can vote, mak- president atop their ticket, Demo- ballot will give Senate candidates licans fear a Kobach nomination about the 2016 Russian interfer- ing sure that the vote is counted, crats are defending just 12 Senate in Republican states a major edge could mean victory for Democrat ence and called investigations making sure we’re all trusting in seats this November to Republi- and say they’re spending there Barbara Bollier, who’s collected into whether his campaign had the integrity of the results of the cans’ 23. The GOP controls the because Democrats are raising more cash than the three GOP any connection to the meddling a election.” Senate 53-47. sums that can’t be ignored. contenders combined. Vice president casts Biden as socialist bent on ruining America

Associated Press Pence’s message in Wisconsin reflects arguments casting Trump as fundamen- Pence said that if Biden wins the elec- a broader effort from Trump’s reelection tally unfit for the presidency. Biden points tion, the country will spin into economic MADISON, Wis. — Vice President Mike campaign and his allies to paint Novem- repeatedly to Trump downplaying the decline, be less safe and have open bor- Pence stepped up attacks on Joe Biden ber in the starkest terms, and it highlights coronavirus pandemic and stoking racial ders and taxpayer-funded abortions. He with an aggressive speech Friday in the the core message the president appears to tensions amid a national reckoning with accused Biden of having a “radical agen- birthplace of the Republican Party, cast- have settled on for the closing months of police violence against Black Americans da” that will “transform this country into ing the election in under four months as a the campaign. and centuries of systemic inequalities. Be- something utterly unrecognizable.” choice “between freedom and opportunity The speech delivered on the campus of yond Republicans’ usual framing of Demo- Pence said Trump, not Biden, supports and socialism and decline.” Ripon College in battleground Wisconsin crats as tax-and-spend liberals, Pence’s law enforcement and will “stand with Af- Pence, drawing sharp contrasts between comes as polls show Trump trailing Biden, attack on Biden Friday was pegged in part rican American families and all minori- President Donald Trump’s vision for the the presumptive Democratic nominee, in a to the Democrat’s sweeping economic pro- ties to improve our quality of life in our country and that of Biden and other Dem- state that Trump won by fewer than 23,000 posals, from making a government health cities and towns.” He called a recent rise ocrats, said the election will determine votes in 2016. Winning Wisconsin is key to insurance plan available to all working- in shootings and murders in some major “whether America remains America. ... both Trump and Biden’s plans for victory. age Americans to a $2 trillion plan to over- cities a “frightening preview of Joe Biden’s or whether we leave for our children and Biden, for his part, also frames No- haul the nation’s energy grid and reduce agenda in action.” grandchildren a country that’s fundamen- vember as a fundamental choice, with his the carbon pollution driving the climate “The hard truth is you won’t be safe in tally transformed into something else.” campaign’s paid advertising and daily crisis. Joe Biden’s America,” Pence said. Sunday, July 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 TRAVEL Recovered from the abyss Unclaimed Baggage Center sells the treasures travelers leave behind

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Emily Strayer BY KRISTIN M. HALL self-portrait Associated Press he Dixie Chicks are no more. Breaking their ties to the South, The Chicks are stepping into a new chapter in their storied career with their first new music in 14 years. The Texas trio of Emily Strayer, Martie Ma- guire and Natalie Maines have been teasing new music for a year, and “Gaslighter” finally dropsT on Friday with the nation embroiled in divisive politics, cancel culture and reckoning with inequality. The timing is right for their voices to be heard again. “It just seemed like a good reflection on our times,” Maines said. “In 20 years, we’ll look back at that album cover and title and remember exactly what was going on in the country right then.” “Gaslighter” is a slang term, inspired by a 1944 Ingrid Bergman film, to describe a psychological abuser who manip- ulates the truth to make a person feel crazy. In recent years, it’s been used to describe powerful men like Harvey Wein- stein or Donald Trump. “I think most everybody has a gaslighter in their lives some- where,” Strayer said. “But, yeah, it was so weird how it echoes our current administration.” As the best-selling female group in RIAA history, The Chicks appealed to a generation of country fans that saw themselves in the band’s stories, whether it was “Wide Open Spaces” or “Cowboy Take Me Away.” After three independent albums, their first major-label record in 1998 sold 13 million copies in the U.S. alone. With Maguire on fiddle and Strayer on banjo, they were all S steeped in bluegrass and classic country, but indulged in fun country-pop on crossover songs like “Goodbye Earl.” They were country music’s next big thing until suddenly the door was slammed on them. story CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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FROM PAGE 12 Hit pop songwriter Justin Tranter, who were not approved, so they were removed In 2003, as then-President George Bush has penned hits for Justin Bieber, Selena before the broadcast. REVIEW was preparing to invade Iraq, the trio were Gomez and Imagine Dragons, helped The “The CMAs were absolutely wrong to playing a show in London when Maines Chicks co-write some of the album’s most cower to that racism,” Maines said. “It was announced they were ashamed that the raw, vulnerable breakup songs, including disgusting. It’s good that they put it back up, president was from Texas. “Sleep at Night.” but it should have never come down.” The fallout became country music lore, a “Some of those pre-choruses are not “When you invite (Beyonce) knowing warning to stay away from political talk, es- songs,” Tranter said. “Natalie was just talk- that she’s going to bring that elevation to the pecially of the liberal kind. They were booed ing and I was literally writing down what show and those eyeballs and then you diss on awards shows, radio stations pulled their she was saying and then I found a way to put her like that, it’s twisting the knife,” Strayer said. music off the air and fans destroyed their it to a melody.” Although their fallout occurred before CDs. Maguire only recently showed her “Gaslighter” was recorded and co-written Twitter or Facebook, The Chicks have a daughters the 2006 documentary called with Jack Antonoff, the Grammy-winning unique viewpoint on the rise of cancel cul- “Shut Up and Sing” that showed how the producer-artist known for recording with ture, when prominent people are attacked backlash affected them behind the scenes. pop’s female elite: Taylor Swift, Lana Del online in an almost mob mentality. “I was putting off showing them because Rey, Lorde and Sia. Antonoff pushed them to use their core strength, the three-part “On one hand, you know, it’s freeing now. I have one that’s 11 and I just thought she People just are way more vocal,” Maines was a little young,” Maguire said. “I thought harmonies backed by fiddle and banjo, in new ways. said. “But then the downside is one slipup, she might be upset by just the death threat one major slipup, and no publicist can make Maguire’s fiddle playing is rhythmic on stuff.” that go away.” The Chicks “Texas Man” backed by electric guitar from Instead, her daughters, living in a social Maines said for movements like #MeToo, Gaslighter (Columbia) Grammy-winner St. Vincent. Strayer’s banjo media generation when everyone is afforded those speaking out online held people ac- leads a chorus of electronic melodies, cello an opinion, were confused by the reaction countable. “And you can’t silence or quiet The newly minted The to Maines’ tame comments compared to the and double drums on “Sleep at Night.” Their them when you’ve got so many women com- Chicks pull a phoenix-like vitriolic criticism lobbed by politicians and voices, strong, sharp and haunting, blend ing forward,” Maines said. move with their eighth studio pundits every day. and build in cinematic ways. The phrase “shut up and sing” is still used album, “Gaslighter.” “And it was just funny hearing 16- and Their last album, 2006’s “Taking the as a weapon against women, minorities and The Dixie Chicks have 11-year-olds going, ‘Why? What? Wait. She Long Way,” earned five Grammys, includ- anyone straying from their musical lane. died, long live The Chicks. said that? And people got so mad?’ ” Maguire ing album, record and song of the year, and But The Chicks think younger music fans In a stunning act of double said. won over masses of fans who never listened don’t adhere to that idea. re-invention, the country- The trio are all now parents of teenagers to them before. But it’s unlikely that the “There’s not a whole lot of respect pop trio have changed their when youth activists are taking the lead on fans who turned their back on The Chicks anymore if you’re just going to smile and name and re-emerged from a gun control, climate change and racial in- 17 years ago are going to feel any different entertain,” Maines said. “They want you to 14-year hiatus and personal equality. Their song “March March,” which about the band’s return. have a point of view.” turmoil with their new album was released the same day they announced When The Chicks and Beyonce performed Strayer added, “My 15-year-old won’t — one that feels so private they were dropping the word Dixie from at the Country Music Association Awards even let me use a filter on my phone! They it’s almost as if you are there, their name, was inspired by student-led in 2016, a vocal minority unleashed their want real.” nose-pressed, at steaming demonstrations over gun control in 2018. anger on social media at the idea that both While the break between albums was lead singer Natalie Maines’ “We were all at March for Our Lives artists would be invited to perform. longer than any of them anticipated, they re- windows. The artist — who with Emma Gonzalez leading that charge,” The Chicks knew the high-profile awards alized they still had important things to say. worked through her feelings Strayer said. “We were in the hundreds of show performance would get some criti- “We have to say things when the time is about her divorce from actor thousands of people in that march. And it’s cism, but they were upset after the CMA right to say them, and we’ve been quiet for Adrian Pasdar creatively — the first time I’ve ever experienced some- briefly removed promo videos online of the 10 years, so get ready,” Strayer said with a commits an act of immolation thing like that. And it was very powerful.” performance. The CMA later said the clips laugh. of her marriage so radical, it On “Juliana Calm Down,” their daugh- bursts through every lyric on ters and nieces are name-checked in a song From left: the record. that encourages young women to keep their Emily Robison, The Chicks’ two singles heads held high when struggling through Natalie Maines and from the album, the title track Martie Maguire life’s obstacles. Maines is speaking to her and “March March,” envelop pose with their two teenage boys on “Young Man,” a song one in their up-tempo; the awards for song for divorced parents who feel like they’ve let former with its boppy, almost of the year, record down their kids. playful drums, and the latter of the year, album Fans have been quick to try to associ- with its dramatic, synth-y wa- of the year, best ate very specific lyrics from “Gaslighter” terdrop effect that makes one to Maines’ contentious divorce from actor country album and for best country forget its call to arms intent. Adrian Pasdar. Between the three women, They burst through with vigor they’ve had five divorces, so they said performance at the Grammy and the promise of an energiz- people shouldn’t read too literally into the ing re-invention. words. Awards on Feb. 11, 2007, Instead, the 12 tracks are “I think people had it in their minds that a deconstruction and recon- this album is about one thing and one thing in Los Angeles. struction of emotions that only, and it’s not,“ said Maines. “People are sometimes drag with its quiet, jumping to conclusions.” AP ballad-heavy set. It will save many broken hearts along the way, taking Behind the music: The Chicks’ decision to drop ‘Dixie’ this country theme to a new, almost quantum level. The Jack Antonoff-produced re- When The Chicks decided to drop the word signed a seven-record deal with Sony and again, more overthinking. No more hesitation. Now is the cord’s low-key instrumentals “Dixie” from the band’s name, it was the culmina- they questioned whether to continue as The Dixie time.’ ” — lots of strings in “Tights tion of years of internal discussions and attempts Chicks. Strayer even wondered if the word “chicks” But it’s not as easy as just changing a name, as on My Boat,” “Young Man” to distance themselves from negative connotations was too derogatory to women, but ultimately felt it evidenced by the legal conflict that came out of and “Set Me Free,” banjos in with the word. was empowering. country group Lady A’s decision to drop the word “Sleep at Night,” the touch of The 13-time Grammy-winning trio made the “When we signed to Sony, we thought about it “Antebellum“ only to find out that a Black woman the violin in “Julianna Calm switch last month, just weeks before the release of again and (the label was) like, ‘No, it’s alliterative, had been performing as Lady A for years. The Down,” a dash of church their first new music in 14 years. it’s catchy, it’s you. There’s history here,’ ” Strayer Chicks did some research and found a female duo organ in “My Best Friend’s The band was formed in Dallas in the late 1980s said. in New Zealand had been using the name The Weddings” — and stripped- by sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer with As the years progressed, they kept trying to Chicks for decades. Laura Lynch and Robin Lynn Macy as a bluegrass distance themselves from the word. They started The two parties now have a co-existence agree- down vocals make for a band. calling themselves The Chicks on merchandise, and ment for both of them to continue using the same curious Schroedinger’s cat of “We were totally working the kitschy cowgirl on their last tours they referred to themselves as name. a record. For the most part, clothes and everything at that stage in our career, DCX. “They’re being very gracious,” Strayer said. the feelings of the lyrics are big hair, you know,” Strayer said. “And so we “It means different things for different people,” “They’re the national treasure of New Zealand, so tampered down by the music: had, like, cowboy hats on playing down on street Strayer said. “But if it does make a statement that we hear. And so we wanted to be very respectful the anger is there but it’s not corners.” is derogatory to certain people, us included, we of that.” there, the sadness is there but But they started getting requests for bookings were just like, ‘This doesn’t feel right anymore.’ ” Now they have new merchandise with their new it’s not there. The Chicks have and they needed a name. “That Little Feat song, But in 2020, the band saw how the death of name for sale, although some first pressings of their worn their heart on the sleeve, ‘Dixie Chicken,’ came on the radio. And so we were George Floyd was leading many to re-evaluate as- upcoming record “Gaslighter” on vinyl still have the but they’re afraid to move on the Dixie Chickens for like maybe six months,” sociations with racist symbols, like the Confederate old name. and have fun. Strayer said. flag, sometimes called the rebel flag or the Dixie For the band, they feel like a weight has been After all, they’ve all been Maguire, though, hated being called a chicken, flag. lifted with the new name. burned before. Strayer said. So it got shortened to just chicks. “I think the sort of now moment for me was “I think one of the words we kept using was — Cristina Jaleru They released three independent albums before when NASCAR banned the Dixie flag,” Maines said. relieved,“ Maguire said. Associated Press Natalie Maines became the lead singer. The band “It just struck me as, ‘OK, we’re doing this now. No — Kristin M. Hall / AP PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 BOOKS The Gauls are coming Comic hero Asterix plans friendly assault on America through new English-language series of graphic novels

BY MARK KENNEDY Johnson’s translations are more streamlined and Associated Press accessible than its predecessors. In the old books, the Roman camps were “entrenched.” Now, they are “forti- mericans have long adored things from France, fi ed.” In the old, the village leader announced: “And now like its bread, cheese and wine. But they’ve been I declare the revels open!” In the new, he says: “Let the stubbornly resistant to one of France’s biggest party begin!” Aexports: Asterix. One very American change can be detected just a few The bite-sized, brawling hero of a series of treasured panels into the fi rst volume, when Obelisk warns his pal comic books is as invisible in America as the Eurovision that the Romans will be mad because he keeps beating Song Contest is big in Europe. One U.S. publisher hopes them up. “Huh!” Asterix replied in the old translation. to change that. “Whatever,” he says in the new. Papercutz, which specializes Goscinny died in 1977 and Uderzo, who died in March, in graphic novels for all ages, is took on both the writing and illustrating for many years. republishing “Asterix” collections The last three editions of Asterix were written by Jean- this summer with a new English Yves Ferri and drawn by Didier Conrad. The latest is AP translation — one specifi cally “The Chieftain’s Daughter,” released in October 2019. geared to American readers. So far, America seems immune to the series’ Gaulish Obelix, left, and Asterix wave to children at the Asterix “Compared to the great success charms, perhaps due to a history of being untouched by theme park in 1995 in Ermenonville, France, north of it is worldwide, we have a lot of the Roman Empire or its citizens not forced to confront Paris. Though popular in Europe, the heroes of Gaul are potential here to explore,” said Latin, as they do in Europe. practically unknown in America. Terry Nantier, CEO and publisher Nantier thinks there is one good reason American of Papercutz, who spent his teen- kids might enjoy the series: A feisty group of quirky When Asterix visits Cleopatra, adults will chuckle at age years in France. “We’re just underdogs making an entire empire look foolish. Sound her resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor, who starred in a looking to make this as appealing to an American audi- familiar? That’s the story of the American colonies’ fi ght 1963 fi lm epic about the Ancient Egyptian leader. (Obe- ence as possible.” for independence from England. lisk, it turns out, is the reason the Sphinx’s nose has been Enter Joe Johnson, a professor of French and Spanish “It is French history, but it’s incredibly successful in lost. It was an accident.) at Clayton State University in Georgia who has translated Germany and England and many other countries, and Johnson’s task was of the toughest he’s faced: “Asterix” hundreds of graphic novels and comics. He ignored the in hundreds of languages. It has a universal appeal,” he is very textually driven and pun-heavy, sometimes re- existing translation for the United Kingdom and went said. quiring him to come up with a similar joke to the original directly to the original French source. The books contain slapstick for the kids and parody for or even a new song to replace an outdated one. “My driving thing is, ‘What do I think a kid will under- adults. Asterix and Obelisk travel to Egypt, India, Rome “Fundamentally, the stories are about friendship. stand?’ ” Johnson said. “That’s in the back of my mind as I and the Olympics, among other places, often mocking the That’s the story that we’re always interested in talking translate it. But still keeping to the spirit of the original.” nationalities they meet: The Brits drink warm beer, the about as human beings,” Johnson said. “It’s a winning Created by comic-strip artist Alberto Uderzo and Spanish take any opportunity to dance. formula, I think.” writer Rene Goscinny in 1959, “Asterix” books have been Much of the humor is based on French puns of a The series seems less dated than its contemporary translated into 111 languages, sold some 380 million col- bygone era, which don’t travel well across borders. The “Tintin,” which often depicted people of color in racist lections worldwide and spawned multiple fi lms. solution has been to tailor each book for different coun- ways. While the world of “Asterix” is not immune, the They’re set in 50 B.C. in a region of Western Europe tries, hence the creation of such English character names new U.S. volumes stick to the original notion that no one almost entirely conquered by the Romans. One small vil- as Ginantonicus and Crismus Bonus. people are better than any other. lage of Gauls manages to resist, thanks to a special magic The books contain sly send-ups of popular fi gures, such “Nobody looks pretty in there. It’s all raucous. The formula. The heroes are the wily and tough Asterix and as Sean Connery as Agent Dubbelosix in “Asterisk and Gauls themselves are portrayed as a brawling lot that his best friend Obelix, a red-haired giant prone to prat- the Black Gold” and Elvis Preslix in “Asterix and the can’t get together,” Nantier said. “So nobody comes out of falls and drinking too much. Normans.” it unscathed. Everybody is skewered happily.” Niece talks about growing up Trump in ‘Too Much and Never Enough’

BY CARLOS LOZADA deftly written account of cross-genera- a desperate need to please a man who he didn’t have any.” The Washington Post tional trauma, but it is also suffused by had no use for him.” Instead, Donald was Books and essays have been written an almost desperate sadness — sadness elevated while Freddy, suffering from speculating on the mental health of the hen discussing his father in in the stories it tells and sadness in the alcoholism and heart ailments, was cast 45th president; to the frequent armchair his memoir “Trump: The Art telling, too. Mary Trump brings to this aside, his entire family line “effectively diagnoses of “narcissistic personal- of the Deal,” Donald Trump account the insider perspective of a family erased,” Mary explains, written out of ity disorder,” Mary Trump might add Wstresses the business savvy he member, the observa- wills, eulogies and simple kindnesses. “antisocial personality disorder” (chronic gleaned from the late Fred C. Trump. “I tional and analytical The Trump family, perhaps fearing criminality, arrogance, disregard for oth- learned about toughness in a very tough abilities of a clinical shame or worse, tried hard to quash this ers) and “dependent personality disorder” business, I learned about motivating psychologist and the book, based on the terms of a settlement (inability to make decisions or take re- people, and I learned about competence writing talent of a in a long-ago lawsuit. They failed, and sponsibility, discomfort with being alone). and effi ciency.” former graduate stu- Mary Trump does offer some embar- She even suggests that Trump suffers a In “Too Much and Never Enough,” dent in comparative rassing, even silly, stories about growing “long undiagnosed learning disability” Mary L. Trump, the president’s niece, de- literature. up Trump: that Donald paid a friend to that hinders his processing of informa- scribes those lessons somewhat different- But she also brings take the SATs for him; that, for all their tion. She provides little specifi c evidence ly. In her telling, her wealthy grandfather the grudges of riches, Trump and his wives skimped on or context for this assertion — a habit that was a suffocating and destructive infl u- estrangement. Mary Christmas presents, regifting old food recurs throughout the book, as the author ence: emotionally unavailable, cruel and Trump writes that baskets and used designer handbags; that makes defi nitive pronouncements about controlling. Fred Trump both instilled her own father, Freddy, the oldest child Maryanne, a former appeals court judge, her uncle’s state of mind. and fortifi ed his middle son’s worst quali- of the Trump family, was robbed of his described her younger brother Donald as And she contends that Trump has been ties — Donald’s bullying, disrespect, lack birthright and happiness for committing “a clown” with “no principles.” “institutionalized” for most of his adult of empathy, insecurity and relentless self- the unforgivable sin of failing to meet More memorable are this book’s in- life, in that he has been shielded from his aggrandizement — while lavishing on him Fred’s demands and expectations. Freddy sights and declarations. Mary describes shortcomings — whether by his father every opportunity and fi nancing every was supposed to take over the family busi- her grandfather as a “high-functioning bailing him out of terrible investments or mistake, to the point that both men came ness, was supposed to be a “killer,” which sociopath,” a condition that can include by a federal government now deployed to believe the myths they had created. in the Trump family means being utterly abusiveness, ease with deceit and indiffer- to protect his ego. “Donald’s pathologies In the wreckage of this relationship, invulnerable. But he preferred to become ence to right and wrong. Couple that with are so complex and his behaviors so often Mary Trump writes, is a “malignantly a commercial airline pilot, an ambition his a mother who was often absent because inexplicable that coming up with an accu- dysfunctional family” that engages in father constantly mocked. of health problems, and young Donald rate and comprehensive diagnosis would “casual dehumanization” around the din- “Freddy simply wasn’t who he wanted began to develop “powerful but primitive” require a full battery of psychological and ner table, a family in which privilege and him to be,” Mary Trump writes. “Fred coping mechanisms, Mary Trump writes, neuropsychological tests that he’ll never anxiety go together, in which money is the dismantled his oldest son by devaluing including hostility, aggression and indif- sit for,” Mary Trump concludes. only value, in which lies are just fi ne and and degrading every aspect of his per- ference to the neglect he experienced. A lesson for the Trump family: Keep apologies are just weak. sonality and his natural abilities until all Unable to have his emotional needs met, your friends close, but your nieces with “Too Much and Never Enough” is a that was left was self-recrimination and “he became too adept at acting as though doctorates in psychology closer. Sunday, July 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

TO-DO LIST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 13141516 BY LAURA TAYLOR KINNEL / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ 17 18 19 20 Laura Taylor Kinnel, of Newtown, Pa., teaches math and is the director of studies at a Friends boarding school near Philadelphia. Since her last puzzle appeared in March, she has spent lots of time with colleagues developing best methods and new processes for 21 22 23 24 remote learning. Laura remarks that she was sitting and conducting classes from home in the same spot where she normally makes crosswords! — W.S. 25 26 27 28 29 ACROSS 46 What Franklin 95 It’s frequently under 4 Eeyore-ish sentiment 30 31 32 33 34 1 1/48 of a cup: Abbr. famously asked for fire 5 Stocking stuffer 49 Floor-plan spec 96 Prepare to bathe 35 36 37 38 4 Ad Council offerings, 6 Donkey Kong, e.g. 50 for short Blog-feed inits. 98 Olivia Benson’s 7 Imbroglios division on TV: Abbr. 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 52 Debtor’s letters 8 Play charades 8 Home of the Kaaba 99 Conditional word 53 Email holder 9 Setting for a Sistine 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 13 Spartan 54 Something lent to a 102 Expressively Chapel painting creative 53 54 55 56 57 58 17 ‘‘The Problem friend 10 Results from 55 Set of skills, 104 First of the With ____’’ (2017 11 Near 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 metaphorically metalloids documentary) 12 ‘‘Methought I was 57 Father of Scout, in ‘‘To 106 Border 66 67 68 69 70 71 enamour’d of an 18 Orator’s platform Kill a Mockingbird’’ 107 Flight recorder ____’’ : Titania 19 ‘‘Never meet your 59 Declare 72 73 74 75 76 108 ____ complex 13 Brand of rum ____’’ (maxim) 61 Best-actor winner 111 A much greater 14 Improper 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 20 Less wild Malek quantity 15 Best-actress winner 63 Normandy battle site 84 85 86 87 88 21 Done working: Abbr. 113 Lead-in to fit or Zellweger 65 Wads active 22 About which you 16 Tiny fractions of 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 66 Last dance? 114 ____ New Guinea might always say, joules 69 Managed an 115 Foreword 96 97 98 99 100 101 ‘‘Bee prepared’’? 18 ‘‘____ Would Be unmanageable 117 Org. that kicked off King,’’ 2018 novel by 23 They take the form group, figuratively again in 2020 after a Wayétu Moore 102 103 104 105 106 of self-flying paper 72 Wonder Woman 19-year hiatus 20 Attach, in a way 107 108 109 110 111 112 airplanes in the accessory 118 Studio behind 26 Stack topper Harry Potter books 73 Aware of ‘‘Platoon’’ and 113 114 115 116 117 ‘‘Amadeus’’ 28 Iconic Chevy 24 Topping for a 75 Playroom chest 29 ‘‘You nailed it!’’ 118 119 120 121 25-Across 76 Downwind 119 Salary negotiator 77 They’re worn on 120 Adversary 32 ____ page 25 Piece of cake, say 122 123 124 125 heads with tails 121 Embodiment of 34 Spanish ‘‘now’’ 27 Improv-class 79 Store slipperiness 36 Olympic pentathlete’s exercises 81 Was first 122 Word before or after need 48 70 ‘‘It Ain’t Me Babe’’ 92 Form a new mental 103 Two to one, say 29 Kids 83 Ka ____ short 38 Well-being Combination meant to 123 One of the six simple 40 Purse part change behavior songwriter picture of 105 Time and again 30 Without aim (southernmost point on Hawaii) machines 41 Flying Clouds and 51 Starter earring 71 Percolate 93 Got away 107 Warner ____ 31 Mob 56 Play piano, informally 84 Prefix with -graph 124 State pair: Abbr. Royales 74 Zip 94 Sharing word 109 Like the Liberty Bell 33 Fish whose males 85 Run on 125 Mrs., in Mexico 43 Be fully qualified 58 Machu Picchu builder 77 No. in a directory 97 Canon competitor in 1846, for the last . . . or a hint to this 60 Something frequently bear the young 86 Singer Brickell 78 Wimbledon wear, 99 Leaves weaponless time puzzle’s theme made with the eyes 35 Evening gala 87 Believed something DOWN perhaps 110 Big name in British 44 Author of ‘‘The Silent shut 100 One participating 37 Note-taking spot? without question 1 Transportation for the art World: A Story of 62 X-ray alternative, 80 Chooses not to act in a new Summer 38 Sustained period of 89 Commercial lead-in Doctor on ‘‘Doctor Olympics sport in 112 Hall-of-Fame catcher to land Who’’ Undersea Discovery maybe 82 Academia figure luck, as with dice and Adventure’’ 2021 Campanella 91 Elizabeth Warren vis- 2 Small suit 64 Spanish treasure 88 It follows the Hijri 39 Litter critter 45 Czech reformer Jan 101 Fashion designer 114 Print maker à-vis former chief 3 Tries to make the 67 Anthem starter calendar 40 Floor-plan unit McCartney justice Earl Warren, unappealing 46 Coastal inlets 68 Businesses with a 90 Protruding bit of 116 Tulsa-to-Des Moines 42 Restless desire e.g. attractive 47 It might get a licking portmanteau name bedrock 102 Heads-up dir.

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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and online at gunstonstreet.com. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 GADGETS & TECHNOLOGY Bringing wireless dead zones to life Rural Pennsylvania solves its slow internet problem

BY JASON NARK areas in and near the Allegheny National The Philadelphia Inquirer Forest in the northwest, had the slowest speeds. Some were as dismal as 0 to 3 ig Valley is a living postcard of megabits per second, far below the FCC’s Pennsylvania. Jet-black buggies 25 mbps benchmark for “high speed.” A hug the shoulders of its long, 2016 Federal Communications Commis- Bstraight roads and knobby-kneed sion report estimated that 39% of rural foals prance in fi elds so green they look Americans, about 23 million people, had electrifi ed. Most signs there urge motor- no access to 25 mbps. In Pennsylvania, ists to repent and rejoice, or to buy fresh the number of people without access to strawberries from the Amish children high-speed internet is 803,645, about 6% sitting in the shade. of the state’s total population. But one Pennsylvania tradition also The Philadelphia suburbs had the high- plagued residents who live in this sweep- est speeds. ing landscape: slow, unreliable and The areas of Miffl in and Huntingdon expensive internet service. The govern- counties that the RBC serves often had ment couldn’t help. Private suppliers have speeds less than 2 mbps, Diven said. He long said improved speeds were too costly was served by Verizon and said he was to provide for such a sparsely populated frequently in touch with the company area. So a group of mostly retirees banded about improving speeds. Verizon repre- together and took a frontier approach to sentatives often attended local meetings a modern problem. They built their own about the issue. Comcast, he said, wanted TIM TAI, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TNS wireless network, using radio signals $80,000 to lay high-speed internet for ap- From left, Rural Broadband Cooperative board members Deborah Grove and Tom instead of expensive cable. proximately eight miles. Bracken, president Brandon Beck and Ken Diven, one of the founding members, at “We just wanted better internet service “I tried the FCC and the PUC (Penn- the cooperative’s wireless internet tower in Mill Creek, Penn. up our valley. It was pretty simple as sylvania’s Public Utility Commission) and that,” said Kevin Diven, a founding mem- got nowhere,” said Diven, who had hoped starting in 2017, saving money by divvy- station in Allensville. The signal races ber of the Rural Broadband Cooperative. they would intervene with the private ing up talents and livelihoods. Approxi- across Big Valley, then up the mountain The nonprofi t RBC services anyone who providers. mately 25 people kicked in $60,000 for past buzzards and ravens. The signal can can see the 120-foot, former HAM radio The issue of slow internet speeds isn’t the project. Some worked in construction, be bounced off other dishes and relayed to tower its founders bought and erected on something that anyone rages on about, others in engineering. One was a former other homes, much like a laser off mir- a patch of land they lease from an Amish but it’s a consistent problem from coast to genomics professor at Penn State, another rors. Each home has its own small dish to man at around 1,900 feet on Stone Moun- coast, made even more noticeable during retired from the U.S. Army. Brandon receive the wireless signal from the tower. tain, on the border of Miffl in and Hunting- the pandemic. In some parts of Pennsyl- Beck, the RBC’s president, was a profes- The signal can service a 15-mile radius. don counties, 180 miles from Philadelphia. vania, online learning was not possible sional musician in the Tampa Bay area, Fixed wireless systems are “line of sight,” Users pay an initial set-up fee of about for school districts. Kotala, 30, works as playing the French horn. They pooled meaning users have to be able to see the $300, and monthly costs for the service the mapping coordinator for the Penn- their money to clear the land, buy the tower from their residences in order to are approximately $40 to $75, depending sylvania Environmental Council and has tower and equipment, and pour concrete connect. Sometimes, trees block it. on the speeds you choose, ranging from 5 to download large fi les to her computer for the bunker that houses the electron- “Leaves are the enemy,” Beck said. to 25 megabits per second. daily. When the COVID-19 pandemic ics, which includes two banks of batteries Tom Bracken, an RBC board member, The RBC has just under 40 paying struck, she left her offi ce in State College used to propel Nissan’s electric car, the said pines are the worst. “If you’re going customers. and started working from home, where Leaf. to try to shoot through pines,” Bracken “We love living out here,” said customer downloads screeched to a halt. “They were available,” Beck said, ex- said, “just hang it up and go home.” Helena Kotala, of Jackson Corner, Hunt- After one month of quarantine, she plaining the batteries. Bracken, retired from the U.S. Army, ingdon County. “It’s just that the internet bought into the RBC and loves the service. Power is supplied through solar panels, said fi xed wireless systems exist all over totally sucked.” “I had already gotten rid of Netfl ix with a back-up wind generator. the world and rural communities can A Pennsylvania State University re- because watching any movie online was a The signal went live in 2019. Unlike tra- emulate what the RBC did. search project conducted in 2018 found nightmare,” she said. “I would have to sit ditional DSL or satellite-based wireless, “You have to tap into the skills of your that internet speeds in the state were there and wait for stuff to download or up- the RBC taps into an existing fi ber line community,” he said. “You never know dismal. Counties such as Sullivan and load and just go do something for a while.” it turns into a radio signal that bounces who your neighbor is and what they can Wyoming in the northeast, along with vast The RBC’s members did all the work off a dish fastened to a three-pump gas do.” GADGET WATCH Wi-Fi that fills every nook and cranny

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JEFFERSON CITY MO — A man was charged after allegedly threatening to use a gun at St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City. Clinton Miller, 49, of Mokane was charged with first-degree making a terrorist threat, The Jefferson City News-Tribune reported. Officers were called to the hos- pital after Miller allegedly told emergency room staff he had a gun and would use it if he could not see his ex-wife and daughter, who had come to the hospital. Hospital officials locked down the facility, affecting more than 150 patients and staff, according to police. Officers responding to the hospital found Miller sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot, and ar- rested him without incident. Of- ficers did not find a firearm and Miller reportedly told police he did not have a gun. Woman charged with helping inmates escape

BON AIR — A woman VA who worked at a Vir- ginia juvenile correctional facil- ity was arrested and accused of helping two inmates escape, au- KELSEY BRUNNER, THE ASPEN (COLO.) TIMES/AP thorities said. Destiny L. Harris, 23, was charged with two counts of aid- Paddling ruff waters ing with the escape of a juvenile, news outlets reported. Harris Jeremy Parker, left, paddles his daughter, Presley Parker, 3, and dog, Derby, through the Northstar Nature Preserve in Aspen. Paddlers said worked at the Bon Air Juvenile that although the water level seemed low compared to earlier in the summer, there was still a good flow. Correctional Center. It’s unclear what role Harris were recovered and relocated by THE CENSUS The Washington Department may have had in the escape. marine biologists, officials said. of Fish and Wildlife investigated The Virginia Department of Ju- The number of years a fugitive had been on the run before surren- and confirmed the depredations venile Justice said Jabar A. Tay- Firefighters battle blaze dering to the FBI in Miami. Jonathan Cifuentes, who was wanted in at a private ranch, a department lor, 20, and Rashad E. Williams, engulfing train car a 2015 double shooting in Doral, flew to Miami in federal custody and spokeswoman told The Capital 18, escaped from the Bon Air cen- 5 was arrested on the federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecu- Press. All the cattle suffered in- ter through a hole that was cut in juries, she said. NORTH PLATTE tion, the FBI announced. The FBI then took Cifuentes, 29, to jail, where the perimeter fence. The pack crossed the threshold — Fire crews battled he’s being held on two counts of attempted premeditated murder and one count of Officials said Taylor and Wil- NE for the department to consider le- a blaze that consumed a rail car discharging a firearm in public. The charges stem from an incident at a Doral club liams used a cord to choke a se- thal removal with four earlier at- loaded with automobiles at Union on April 5, 2015, when police say he shot two people after being asked to leave, curity staff member unconscious. tacks. The department opted not Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North according to court records. Officials said the inmates took to cull the pack. Platte, officials there said. the staff member’s keys, exited The department has not made Arriving firefighters found the the unit and escaped through the a decision on how to respond to car fully engulfed in flames. It the deer survived his swim un- hole. State reaches record the depredations confirmed , the took several hours for fire crews harmed,” police wrote. Taylor was convicted of two spokeswoman said. from several surrounding depart- Police wrote it’s “a great re- high in marijuana sales counts of second-degree murder Fish and Wildlife and wolf ad- ments, as well as Union Pacific minder to only swim when a life- and aggravated malicious assault. vocates are waiting for a Seattle employees, to extinguish the fire. guard is present!” DENVER — Canna- Williams was convicted of mali- judge to rule on whether the de- No one was injured, but all of CO bis sales in Colorado cious wounding and robbery. partment’s lethal-removal proto- the vehicles loaded on the rail car set a new monthly record in May, Bass Harbor Head Light col is legal. Men charged with theft were destroyed. Officials are in- reaching their highest level since vestigating the cause of the fire. now part of national park broad legalization in 2014. of protected eggs Dispensaries sold over $192 Virgin Mary statue at Lifeguards rescue BAR HARBOR million worth of cannabis prod- church scorched WEST PALM BEACH ME — The Bass Harbor ucts that month, according to FL — Two Florida men deer stuck in ocean Head Light Station is now part of data from the state Department Acadia National Park. BOSTON — Boston were charged with stealing 93 of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforce- MA police are investigat- protected sea turtle eggs. LONG BRANCH — The National Park Service ment Division compiled by The Emergency responders announced that the property, ing vandalism to a statue of the Federal prosecutors in West NJ Denver Post. That figure is up Virgin Mary outside a Roman Palm Beach announced charges on land and in the water helped including the lighthouse con- about 29% from April and 32% rescue a deer that got stuck in the structed in 1858, was transferred Catholic church in the city. against Carl Lawrence Cobb, from May 2019. Officers responded to St. Pe- 63, and Bruce Wayne Bivins, ocean off a New Jersey beach. by the U.S. General Services In all, the cannabis industry The deer was spotted in the Administration. ter’s parish in the city’s Dorches- 63. They each face three felony has sold more than $779 million ter neighborhood , according to a counts, including violating the water near Rooney’s Oceanfront “Bass Harbor Head Light Sta- in products this year and paid post on the department’s website. Endangered Species Act, and up Restaurant, Long Branch police tion is an iconic part of the Acadia more than $167 million in taxes Fire investigators at the scene to 15 years in prison. wrote on Facebook. National Park landscape and will and fees to the state. told police that someone had set According to the criminal Two members of the city’s now be enjoyed by generations fire to plastic flowers, which were complaint, Cobb dropped Bivins beach rescue team on personal of visitors to come,” said Chris- Wedge wolf pack in the hands of the statue, caus- off at the Singer Island Beach, water craft and two lifeguards topher Averill, regional adminis- just north of Palm Beach . Bivins on paddle boards headed into the trator for the GSA. attacks 7 more cattle ing the face and upper body of the found a sea turtle nest, removed surf, while police officers and an The acquisition includes five statue to be burned and marred 93 eggs and then called Cobb for animal control supervisor on land historic buildings on two acres SALEM — The Wedge with scorch marks. a pick-up, officials said. Officers helped coordinate the rescue. of land. The Bass Harbor Head OR wolf pack in northeast No arrests were announced. with the Florida Fish and Wild- The rescuers helped guide Light Station becomes one of Washington attacked seven more Police are asking members of the life Conservation Commission the young deer to shore at Seven three light stations in Acadia Na- cattle, bringing the number of public with information about the reported seeing the poaching and Presidents Oceanfront Park. tional Park along with Baker Is- depredations by the pack to near- vandalism to come forward. stopped Cobb’s truck. The eggs “We are happy to report that land and Bear Island lights. ly a dozen since May 11. From wire reports PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Trump’s war on Fauci may bring both down Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY RAMESH PONNURU Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff observers is that Fauci has performed it they are likely to be somewhat useful in Bloomberg Opinion exceptionally well. many. Since supplies are low at the mo- Because Fauci has civil-service protec- ment, it would be best if people showed EDITORIAL own double digits in some polls tions, Trump can’t keep him from doing restraint in getting medical-grade masks.” with less than four months until this vital work. If he thinks Fauci gives bad The choices Fauci and others actually Terry Leonard, Editor the election, President Donald advice, he has an easy solution available: made, on the other hand, depleted public [email protected] DTrump has decided that it’s time He doesn’t have to take it. Trump can listen trust. If many people “just don’t believe Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor to launch an attack against ... his own ad- to other people he trusts more. If Trump science and they don’t believe authority,” [email protected] viser. Who’s much more popular than he is. thinks Fauci has done a poor job as a com- as Fauci has lamented, it’s in part because Trump has rewritten the political rulebook municator, he can have his administration they have been given reasons for doubt. Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content over the last four years, but this revision [email protected] authorize fewer interviews. The insistence that citizens and public seems unlikely to stick. Fauci’s TV appearances have brought officials should “believe” or “follow” sci- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation White House aides have been distribut- him public acclaim. They have done less to ence during the pandemic has been thor- [email protected] ing a memo criticizing Dr. Anthony Fauci, advance the public interest. While the crit- oughly unhelpful. Science hasn’t been able and one went so far as to write an op-ed icism leveled at him is frequently overdone to tell us to what extent and for how long Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital column slamming him. Trump himself [email protected] — his record of public statements on the to suspend normal life, or where the next has shared criticisms of Fauci on Twit- pandemic certainly looks a lot better than viral hot spots will be — or even, as noted, ter and made his own in interviews. But Trump’s — he has made serious missteps. how effective masks are. BUREAU STAFF he has also chided the aide who wrote the In early March, he told viewers of “60 Min- That’s an indictment of a way of looking anti-Fauci op-ed piece, economic adviser utes” that “there’s no reason to be walking at science, not of science itself. Science is Europe/Mideast Peter Navarro, since this White House is around with a mask.” Masks, he said, were Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief not a comprehensive set of answers to our [email protected] incapable of sticking to one story. not “providing the perfect protection that problems, and its practitioners are not a +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 All of this is perverse as a matter of po- people think” and could backfire by caus- priestly caste with privileged access to litical strategy and government manage- ing wearers to touch their faces more often. those answers. What science is, among Pacific ment. Like a lot of what the president does, He also cited the need to reserve masks for other things, is a valuable method of get- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief it seems to be based on paying too much [email protected] medical providers and sick people. ting answers we don’t already have. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 attention to what he sees on television. The By June, he was saying that Americans The backlash to Fauci, which in its wild- best result of this one-sided feud might be should wear masks and that the earlier er manifestations assumes that he is con- Washington for both he, and we, to see less of Fauci. advice discouraging it was a response to spiring to wreck our economy, partakes of Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief The doctor has played several distinct “short supply.” More recently, he has got- these same outsized expectations of what [email protected] roles during the coronavirus pandemic. ten testy when asked about the shift in his science can tell us: If listening to him isn’t (+1)(202)886-0033 The debate over him dwells on two of them: message. Fauci was in line with the public- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News solving our problems, there must be some [email protected] adviser to the president and explainer of health community generally in downplay- sinister explanation. public-health policies to the public. A third ing the benefits of masks early in the crisis. The sniping at Fauci from the White CIRCULATION has gotten much less attention. As direc- But that’s the problem. The public-health House is yet another example of this ad- tor of the National Institute of Allergy and community, including Fauci, wasn’t being ministration’s dysfunction. But it’s also Mideast Infectious Diseases, a division of the Na- candid. a symptom of our political culture’s con- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager tional Institutes of Health, Fauci leads and Treating Americans as competent adults [email protected] fused relationship with science. [email protected] coordinates the development of treatment would have meant saying something like: and vaccine protocols to fight the corona- “While the precise effectiveness of masks Bloomberg Opinion columnist Ramesh Ponnuru is DSN (314)583-9111 a senior editor at National Review, visiting fellow virus. This role is more important than the in protecting against the spread of corona- at the American Enterprise Institute and contribu- Europe other two. The consensus among informed virus in different situations is not known, tor to CBS News. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific In Fauci, we trust – and these top Miami doctors Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 BY FABIOLA SANTIAGO evoking the first images of sick and dying We need these experts. They should be CONTACT US Miami Herald people that many are reticent to relate to the ones driving policy, not politicos turn- Florida, the new epicenter of the coronavi- ing a deadly disease that can leave organ Washington hank you, universe, for Dr. rus pandemic. damage for life into a contest of political tel: (+1)202.886.0003 Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top in- But that’s who we are now, Wuhan preferences. 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 fectious disease specialist. redux. Unnecessarily, so. It should blow We should all be in this one together, Where would we be in poorly Reader letters T your mind. Florida, but we’re not — and on Tuesday led, COVID-ravaged Florida without Fau- [email protected] Thank you, universe, for Dr. Lilian we broke another grim record, adding 132 ci’s consistent advice to take the highly Abbo. deaths to bring the statewide death toll to Additional contacts infectious virus seriously? We all would be Do you now get the urgency to wear 4,409. The total of confirmed coronavirus stripes.com/contactus swimming in the petri dish of ignorance masks, to social distance, to wash your cases almost reached 300,000. and denial that our mediocre local, state OMBUDSMAN hands, deniers? If the constant bad news As of this writing , Miami-Dade had and federal leaders have cultivated by out of Florida doesn’t jolt you out of com- 69,803 confirmed cases and 1,175 deaths. downplaying the dire facts. Ernie Gates placency, then you’re probably emotionally The Chinese province of Wuhan reported But Fauci and our own dynamic duo of unavailable to receive any advice. 50,000 cases and 3,800 deaths before num- infectious disease experts, Drs. Aileen The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow Last Sunday, the state saw the high- bers began to flatten in April. 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The ombudsman Mayor Carlos Gimenez — with clarity and suring our suffering against that of the welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted truth-telling. record set in New York. by email at [email protected], or by phone at “Extremely grave,” Florida Interna- birthplace of COVID-19. 202.886.0003. “Miami is now the epicenter of the pan- There’s something wrong when the pres- demic,” Abbo said during a virtual press tional University epidemiologist Dr. Aileen ident sidelines Fauci, director of the Na- conference Monday. 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Fabiola Santiago is a Miami Herald columnist . Sunday, July 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/SPORTS BRIEFS Briefl y Sports Auto racing Pro soccer Iowa Speedway Race 1 MLS is Back tournament on AFN IndyCar Series GROUP A (EASTERN CONFERENCE) Friday W D L GF GA Pts At Iowa Speedway Orlando City 2 0 0 5 2 6 Finau, Palmer tied Newton, IA Philadelphia 2 0 0 3 1 6 Go to the American Forces Lap length: 0.894 miles Miami 0 0 2 2 4 0 (Start position in parentheses) New York City FC 0 0 2 1 4 0 Network website for the most 1. (23) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Chev- Wednesday, July 8 up-to-date TV schedules. rolet, 250 laps, Running. Orlando City 2, Miami 1 2. (17) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 250, Thursday, July 9 myafn.net Running. Philadelphia 1, New York City FC 0 3. (14) Oliver Askew, Dallara-Chevro- Tuesday, July 14 for Memorial lead let, 250, Running. Orlando City 3, New York City FC 1 4. (8) Pato O’Ward, Dallara-Chevrolet, Philadelphia 2, Miami 1 Deals 250, Running. Monday, July 20 5. (2) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chev- New York City FC at Miami Associated Press rolet, 250, Running. Orlando City at Philadelphia Bucks guard Bledsoe 6. (5) Alexander Rossi, Dallara-Honda, GROUP B (WESTERN CONFERENCE) Friday’s transactions 250, Running. DUBLIN, Ohio — Tony Finau tests positive for virus 7. (9) Jack Harvey, Dallara-Honda, 250, W D L GF GA Pts BASEBALL San Jose 1 1 0 4 3 4 figured he was on the right track Major League Baseball Running. 8. (1) Conor Daly, Dallara-Chevrolet, Chicago 1 0 0 2 1 3 when he shot 59 at Victory Ranch LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. American League Seattle 0 1 1 1 2 1 BOSTON RED SOX — Signed 3B Blaze 250, Running. — Milwaukee Bucks coach 9. (10) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara-Hon- Vancouver 0 0 1 3 4 0 last week in Utah. Jordan and LHP Shane Drohan to minor Friday, July 10 league contracts. da, 250, Running. That kind of score isn’t happen- Mike Budenholzer confirmed 10. (6) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, San Jose 0, Seattle 0, tie KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed LHP Tuesday, July 14 ing at Muirfield Village, where Eric Bledsoe tested positive for Daniel TIllo and C Nick Dini on the 10-day 249, Running. 11. (18) Alex Palou, Dallara-Honda, Chicago 2, Seattle 1 the greens are getting firmer by COVID-19, but remains cautious- IL. Wednesday, July 15 NEW YORK YANKEES — Released RHP 249, Running. 12. (21) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, San Jose 4 Vancouver 3 the hour. Finau still took enough ly optimistic the veteran point Adam Warren. Sunday, July 19 TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed OF Austin 248, Running. confidence from playing with his guard will be ready for the start 13. (11) Santino Ferrucci, Dallara-Hon- San Jose at Chicago Meadows on the 10-day IL. Selected the Vancouver at Seattle kids at home during a week off, of the season’s resumption. contract of LHP Aaron Loup from Dur- da, 247, Running. ham (IL). 14. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, Dallara-Hon- Thursday, July 23 and it translated into 14 birdies “With the virus you’re never National League da, 247, Running. Vancouver at Chicago over two days and a share of the CHICAGO CUBS — Selected the con- 15. (16) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevro- GROUP C (EASTERN CONFERENCE) sure,” Budenholzer said Friday. tract of INF Jason Kipnis from Triple-A let, 247, Running. W D L GF GA Pts 36-hole lead at the Memorial. “There are certainly things that Iowa. 16. (12) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara- Toronto FC 1 1 0 6 5 4 Finau recovered from two bo- CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms Honda, 247, Running. New England 1 1 0 2 1 4 you have to kind of clear and with OF Jacob Hurtubise on a minor 17. (15) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chev- D.C. United 0 2 0 3 3 2 geys after three holes of his sec- rolet, 245, Running. cover, but the opener, if it’s two league contract. Montreal 0 0 2 3 5 0 ond round Friday, making birdie COLORADO ROCKIES — Released LHP 18. (19) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevro- Thursday, July 9 weeks away, then I think most let, 213, Did not finish. Jake McGee and RHP Bryan Shaw. New England 1, Montreal 0 on the rest of the par 5s and fin- medical, most things and re- MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Signed IF 19. (4) Colton Herta, Dallara-Honda, Monday, July 13 Drew Smith and LHP’s Brandon Knarr 156, Did not finish. D.C. United 2, Toronto FC 2, tie ishing with a wedge to 2 feet for search would say he is going to be and Jason Munsch to minor league con- 20. (13) Rinus Veekay, Dallara-Chevro- Thursday, July 16 birdie and a 3-under 69. tracts. let, 156, Did not finish. Toronto FC 4, Montreal 3 available.” SAN DIEGO PADRES — Released OF 21. (3) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, Friday, July 17 That put him at 9-under 135 Budenholzer’s comment came Juan Lagares and RHPs Kyle Barraclough 142, Did not finish. New England 1, D.C. United 1, tie with Ryan Palmer (68), who had and Seth Frankoff. 22. (20) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Hon- Tuesday, July 21 a day after multiple reports indi- WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Released da, 128, Did not finish. New England at Toronto FC only one bogey over two rounds. cated Bledsoe said he had tested LHP Fernando Abad. 23. (22) Zach Veach, Dallara-Honda, D.C. United at Montreal The way Muirfield Village is BASKETBALL 95, Did not finish. GROUP D (WESTERN CONFERENCE) positive but was asymptomatic. National Basketball Association Race statistics W D L GF GA Pts playing, both are impressive. WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed F Average speed of race winner: 132.220 mph. Real Salt Lake 1 1 0 2 0 4 They were a shot in front of Jarrod Uthoff. Minnesota 1 1 0 2 1 4 MLS delays expansion FOOTBALL Time of race: 01:41:25.2939. Jon Rahm (67), who has another Margin of victory: 0.4954 seconds. Sporting KC 1 0 1 4 4 3 National Football League Colorado 0 0 2 2 5 0 chance to reach No. 1 in the world ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed OL Kel- Cautions: 1 for 26 laps. due to pandemic Lead changes: 7 among 6 drivers. Sunday, July 12 vin Beachum to a one-year contract. Minnesota 2, Sporting Kansas City 1 this week for the first time in his HOCKEY Lap leaders: Daly 1-14, Newgarden NEW YORK — Major League 14-70, Rosenqvist 71-77, Sato 78-126, Real Salt Lake 2, Colorado 0 career. U.S. Open champion Gary National Hockey League Friday, July 17 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed D Newgarden 127-137, Pagenaud 138-147, Woodland had a 70 and was two Soccer delayed the first seasons O’Ward 148-177, Pagenaud 178. Sporting Kansas City 3, Colorado 2 Sean Day to a one-year, two-way con- Minnesota 0, Real Salt Lake 0, tie behind. of expansion teams in Charlotte, tract. Points: Dixon 213, Pagenaud 163, O ward 143, Newgarden 137, Herta 130, Wednesday, July 22 N.C.; St. Louis; and Sacramento, SOCCER Sporting Kansas City at Real Salt Lake For Tiger Woods, it was a mat- Major League Soccer Ericsson 115, Rahal 106, Rosenqvist 105, Ferrucci 104, Power 101. Minnesota at Colorado ter of making it to the weekend. Calif., by one year each because COLUMBUS CREW — Named Corey GROUP E (EASTERN CONFERENCE) Wray as Assistant General Manager. of the coronavirus pandemic. W D L GF GA Pts Woods said his back felt stiff O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 lineup Columbus 2 0 0 6 0 6 while warming up, and missing a Charlotte will start play in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series New York 1 0 1 1 2 3 pair of 3-footers didn’t make him 2022, and St. Louis and Sacra- Pro basketball Sunday, July 19 Cincinnati 1 0 1 1 4 3 At Texas Motor Speedway Atlanta 0 0 2 0 2 0 feel any better. He managed two mento will take the field in 2023, Fort Worth, Texas Saturday, July 11 birdies and a 7-foot par save on Lap length: 1.44 miles New York 1, Atlanta 0 the league said Friday. NBA Restart schedule (Car number in parentheses) Columbus 4, Cincinnati 0 his final three holes for a 76 that Austin, Texas, remains on track All games in Orlando, Fla. 1. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. Thursday, July 16 allowed him to make the cut on Thursday, July 30 2. (12) Ryan Blane, Ford. Cincinnati 1, Atlanta 0 to begin next year, when MLS will Utah vs. New Orleans 3. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. Columbus 2, New York 0 the number at 3-over 147, match- have 27 teams. L.A. Clippers vs. L.A. Lakers 4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. Tuesday, July 21 ing his highest 36-hole score at Friday, July 31 5. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. Columbus at Atlanta Orlando vs. Brooklyn 6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. Wednesday, July 22 the Memorial. Bengals WR Green signs Memphis vs. Portland 7. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. New York at Cincinnati “Not very good,” Woods said. Phoenix vs. Washington 8. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. GROUP F (WESTERN CONFERENCE) Boston vs. Milwaukee 9. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. W D L GF GA Pts “I three-putted two holes early, 1-year franchise deal Sacramento vs. San Antonio 10. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. Portland 1 0 0 2 1 3 and whatever kind of momentum Houston vs. Dallas 11. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. Houston 0 1 0 3 3 1 Saturday, Aug. 1 CINCINNATI — Receiver A.J. 12. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. Los Angeles FC 0 1 0 3 3 1 I was going to create, I stifled that Miami vs. Denver 13. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet. Green signed his one-year, $17.9 Utah vs. Oklahoma City LA Galaxy 0 0 1 1 2 0 early and fought it the rest of the 14. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet. Monday, July 13 million contract Friday after the New Orleans vs. L.A. Clippers 15. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford. Philadelphia vs. Indianapolis Houston 3, Los Angeles FC 3, tie day.” 16. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford. Portland 2, LA Galaxy 1 deadline passed for agreeing to a L.A. Lakers vs. Toronto 17. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford. Sunday, Aug. 2 18. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet. Saturday, July 18 long-term deal with the Cincin- Washington vs. Brooklyn 19. (41) Cole Custer, Ford. Houston at Portland Edmonton CFL club to nati Bengals. Portland vs. Boston 20. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet. LA Galaxy at Los Angeles FC San Antonio vs. Memphis 21. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. Thursday, July 23 drop ‘Eskimos’ name The club used its franchise tag Sacramento vs. Orlando 22. (42) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet. Houston at LA Galaxy on Green, who missed all last sea- Milwaukee vs. Houston 23. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota. Portland at Los Angeles FC EDMONTON, Alberta — The Dallas vs. Phoenix 24. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet. son with an ankle injury. Green Monday, Aug. 3 Edmonton Eskimos of the Ca- Toronto vs. Miami 25. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. NWSL Challenge Cup wanted a multiyear deal to stay Denver vs. Oklahoma City 26. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet. nadian Football League report- 27. (53) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet. At Herriman, Utah in Cincinnati but said he wouldn’t Indianapolis vs. Washington Quarterfinals Memphis vs. New Orleans 28. (38) John Hunter Nemechek, Ford. edly will change their name. The 29. (27) Gray Gaulding, Ford. Friday, July 17 hold out if the club used the tag San Antonio vs. Philadelphia North Carolina 0, Portland 1 team would not confirm the two L.A. Lakers vs. Utah 30. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. to keep him around for another 31. (27) JJ Yeley, Ford. Houston 1, Utah 0 (3-2 PK) reports. Tuesday, Aug. 4 Saturday, July 18 year. Brooklyn vs. Milwaukee 32. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet. TSN and Postmedia said Friday Dallas vs. Sacramento 33. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota. Washington vs. Sky Blue Phoenix vs. L.A. Clippers 34. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford. OL Reign vs. Chicago the team will make a switch fol- Orlando vs. Indianapolis 35. (51) Joey Gase, Ford. Semifinals Oilers’ arena deemed Boston vs. Miami 36. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford. Wednesday, July 22 lowing a decision to do the same Houston vs. Portland 37. (96) Daniel Suarez, Toyota. Quarterfinal winners by Washington’s NFL team. sound after storm Wednesday, Aug. 5 38. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. Championship Memphis vs. Utah 39. (78) B.J. McLeod, Chevrolet. Sunday, July 26 Teams across sports have been Philadelphia vs. Washington 40. (7) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet. Semifinal winners under increasing pressure to drop Edmonton’s mayor says a Denver vs. San Antonio preliminary assessment shows Oklahoma City vs. L.A. Lakers racist or stereotypical names. Toronto vs. Orlando Critics say the Edmonton team’s storm damage to Rogers Place is Brooklyn vs. Boston Golf Thursday, Aug. 6 name is a derogatory, colonial- not structural and the arena will New Orleans vs. Sacramento era term for Inuit. be able to hold upcoming NHL Miami vs. Milwaukee The Memorial Henrik Norlander 74-66—140 -4 Indianapolis vs. Phoenix Steve Stricker 73-67—140 -4 In February, the club said it was games. L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas PGA Tour Jim Furyk 72-68—140 -4 Don Iveson says photos of Portland vs. Denver Friday Danny Willett 74-66—140 -4 keeping the name following year- L.A. Lakers vs. Houston At Muirfield Village Golf Club Jordan Spieth 70-70—140 -4 long research that involved Inuit Thursday night’s flooding and Friday, Aug. 7 Dublin, Ohio Viktor Hovland 74-66—140 -4 damage to the arena’s roof are Utah vs. San Antonio Purse: $9.3 million Patrick Cantlay 70-70—140 -4 leaders and community members Oklahoma City vs. Memphis Yardage: 7,456; Par: 72 Lucas Glover 69-72—141 -3 across Canada. The club said it concerning. Sacramento vs. Brooklyn Second Round C. Bezuidenhout 72-69—141 -3 Orlando vs. Philadelphia received “no consensus.” “The damage is cosmetic and is Washington vs. New Orleans Ryan Palmer 67-68—135 -9 Dylan Frittelli 73-68—141 -3 Boston vs. Toronto Tony Finau 66-69—135 -9 Matthew Fitzpatrick 75-66—141 -3 The CFL in June postponed the to the roof’s surface, as opposed Saturday, Aug. 8 Jon Rahm 69-67—136 -8 Justin Thomas 74-67—141 -3 start of its 2020 season because to any structural damage,” Iveson L.A. Clippers vs. Portland Gary Woodland 68-70—138 -6 Jimmy Walker 70-72—142 -2 Utah vs. Denver Chez Reavie 71-67—138 -6 Rory McIlroy 70-72—142 -2 of the pandemic, and there is no told a news conference Friday. “It L.A. Lakers vs. Indianapolis Luke List 70-68—138 -6 Matt Wallace 72-70—142 -2 doesn’t look good but ... the build- Phoenix vs. Miami Jason Day 73-66—139 -5 Patrick Rodgers 70-72—142 -2 guarantee the league will play Milwaukee vs. Dallas Mackenzie Hughes 74-66—140 -4 Bo Hoag 75-67—142 -2 this year. ing is sound.” PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 NFL Protocols: Still more questions than answers

FROM BACK PAGE rector DeMaurice Smith said COVID-19 pandemic, players opt- Friday no players have formally ing out will be a sure bet. decided to skip the 2020 season For those who choose to side- out of virus concern. line themselves with a medically “Are there some things that are approved high-risk condition, incredibly important to our play- will they continue to receive their ers about being able to opt out? salary and benefits and accrue a Yes. We don’t want players un- season toward free agency eligi- fairly punished by it, in the same bility? Who way that we wouldn’t want our will sign players unfairly punished ... be- off on the cause of testing positive,” Smith categories said. and the He added: “If that was your diagnosis? son, what options would you want As with him or her to have, as they made the rest of a decision about engaging in this society in the work? I know it sounds a little ut- fight against terly altruistic. It is. That’s how this unseen, we try to make these decisions.” fierce and Tampa Bay Buccaneers left Smith unprec- tackle Donovan Smith said re- edented foe, cently on social media that the list of questions is far longer playing this season during the JOE CAVARETTA, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL/AP than the answer key. pandemic “does not seem like a “I just pray that everybody can risk worth taking” for him and New York Jets running back Frank Gore works out at Autonation Field in Davie, Fla., on Thursday. be safe. A lot of people have fami- his family’s health. lies. People have kids,” Tennes- New York Giants left tackle see Titans running back Derrick Nate Solder was more blunt last Henry said. week on Twitter: “If the NFL With the targeted July 28 start doesn’t do their part to keep play- for training camp for most teams ers healthy,” he posted, “there Union wants daily testing fast approaching, the owners and is no football in 2020. It’s that the players have a lot of health- simple.” related protocols to establish so The culture of the sport, from this precarious season can even the natural aggression that un- kick off. Testing frequency is at folds on the field to the short ca- the top of the list. The practice once training camps open reers made more urgent by the schedule and necessity of exhibi- lack of guaranteed contracts, tion games are also major points could well prompt a fringe player BY ROB MAADDI of negotiation. Then there’s the Associated Press issue of opt-out clauses. to ignore a heightened personal or family risk out of fear of losing Snyder vows culture change One potential point of lingering The NFL Players Association wants players tested contention between the league his spot on the roster or his place in the league. Unlike baseball, daily for coronavirus, one of the outstanding points and the NFL Players Associa- in discussions with the NFL over health and safety Washington NFL owner Dan Snyder said Friday pro football has a smaller amount he’s committed to improving the culture inside the tion is whether COVID-19 will protocols as the start of training camp draws near. of players secure enough to skip team after allegations of sexual harassment, while the be categorized as a “non-football “We believe daily testing is important, especially a season without worrying about league will wait for a law firm’s review before taking injury.” Players on the reserve given some of these hot spots,” NFLPA executive the ramifications. action. non-football injury list are not re- director DeMaurice Smith said Friday, referring “You’re putting them in a re- The Washington Post reported Thursday that 15 quired to be paid. to states with increasing numbers of coronavirus ally difficult position, not that female former employees said they were sexually ha- In baseball, high-risk individu- cases. “We don’t right now plan on changing that much different than the essential rassed during their time with the team. Snyder said als were allowed to opt out with position.” pay. San Francisco Giants catch- worker that’s got to make a deci- the behavior described in the story “has no place in The league and the union already finalized pro- er Buster Posey, however, will not sion, ‘Do I go drive the bus and our franchise or society.” tocols regarding team travel, media, and treatment receive a salary because his rea- potentially risk my own health He hired District of Columbia law firm Wilkinson response, and updated the facilities protocol to soning for not playing was spe- and my family’s health in order to and Walsh to conduct an independent review of team specifically address training camp based on rec- cific to him and his wife adopting pay the rent?’ I’m not comparing policies, culture and allegations of workplace miscon- ommendations from a joint committee of doctors, identical twin girls. $18 per hour to $610,000 a year, duct. The league said in a statement it will meet with For an NFL player who makes but the guy making $610,000, the trainers and strength coaches formed by the league lawyers after the investigation is complete and will act a similar decision, the NFLPA seventh-round rookie, he hasn’t and players’ union. The committee recommended based on the findings. will push for at least service time made the team yet. He doesn’t testing every other day. Snyder also pledged to make organizational accrual and benefits eligibility, have any money,” said agent NFLPA president JC Tretter, a center for the changes. even if salary is withheld. Blake Baratz, of The Institute for Cleveland Browns, called an “emergency” meeting “Beth Wilkinson and her firm are empowered to To date, NFLPA executive di- Athletes. Thursday night with head team doctors from clubs do a full, unbiased investigation and make any and in hot spot cities to discuss whether it’s safe to start all requisite recommendations,” Snyder said. “Upon camp. Rookies for Houston and Kansas City are set completion of her work, we will institute new policies to report on Monday. Players from all teams report and procedures and strengthen our human resources by July 28. infrastructure to not only avoid these issues in the fu- “They gave their medical opinion it was safe to ture but most importantly create a team culture that open training camp, and that’s where we are,” Smith is respectful and inclusive of all.” said. He said the commitment to establishing a new cul- If the league and union fail to reach an agreement, ture and higher standard began with the hiring of Ron the NFL can implement its proposed rules, accord- Rivera as coach this year. Rivera told The Athletic he ing to the CBA. The NFLPA could file a grievance was brought in to change the culture and “create an to argue the league isn’t providing a safe work en- environment of inclusion.” vironment under rules of the collective bargaining — Stephen Whyno, Associated Press agreement. “The league is management,” Smith said. “They have the exclusive right, just like somebody who sticking point. The union wants 45 days per the owns a plant, regarding when it opens and when it joint committee’s recommendation. The breakdown closes. They want training camps to open on time. would be 21 days strength and conditioning, 10 days The role of the union is to hold them accountable of non-padded practices, then 14 days of contact to about whether it’s safe to open now. ... We are all try- get ready for games. Also, the union doesn’t want STEVE LUCIANO/AP ing to get to the right decision more so than getting to play any preseason games while the NFL had New York Giants offensive tackle Nate Solder, right, has said he to the fast decision.” planned to cut the exhibition schedule from four won’t play if the NFL doesn’t do its part to keep players healthy. An acclimation period for players is another main games to two. Sunday, July 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 MLB/COLLEGE FOOTBALL/AUTO RACING Test sweep Pagenaud successful win snaps Baseball’s promising news Ganassi comes as nation struggles streak BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press Associated Press NEWTON, Iowa — Simon PHOENIX — Major League Pagenaud’s worst-to-first run Baseball’s COVID-19 testing capped a wild opening night to sweep appears to be having some IndyCar’s doubleheader at Iowa success even as large swaths Speedway. of the United States continue to The former series champion, struggle with containing the fast- who was unable to qualify because spreading virus. of a fuel pressure issue, managed MLB and the players’ union re- to stretch his tires and take ad- leased statistics Friday saying six vantage of of 10,548 samples were new posi- a unique tives in the week ending Thurs- pit strat- day, a rate of 0.05%. In addition egy — and to five players, one staff member NATHAN DENETTE, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP a little bit of tested positive. Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo, right, talks behind home plate during an intrasquad game in luck — to get That’s fairly good news for a Toronto on Friday. MLB is set to begin its abbreviated 60-game schedule next week. to the lead. sport that’s trying to begin its ab- Pagenaud breviated 60-game schedule next for the season to happen,” Mar- DJ LeMahieu and Atlanta Braves Press. “And maybe because MLB then held off week. But players and coaches lins pitcher Adam Conley said. first baseman Freddie Freeman will be putting resources into series leader are also aware that the optics of “But it makes me sad if someone both returned to the field after trying to buy all these tests, that Scott Dixon baseball’s relative testing success through the is desiring or needing to be tested missing time with the virus. might actually be a way to expand Pagenaud — especially in hard-hit states and doesn’t have the means to get Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior schol- capacity. I don’t know if that’s final laps like Arizona, California, Texas that. It’s heartbreaking.” ar at the Johns Hopkins Center going to happen or not, but we Friday night and Florida — might not be ideal MLB is trying to ensure its for Health Security, said it was want to be in a place where testing to end Chip Ganassi Racing’s considering demand for tests has nearly 10,000 weekly tests don’t possible baseball’s rigorous test- can be done as quickly and as eas- four-race winning streak. sometimes been higher than the strain public resources by using ing could create conflicts over re- ily as possible for all purposes.” “I can’t believe it. I have to supply for the average person. private facilities. The avalanche of sources in test-strapped regions, MLB’s approach to its return rewatch the race. How did I get “If they’ve deemed that players tests has allowed the sport to keep but he also thinks MLB’s invest- has been different than the NBA there?” asked Pagenaud, who also being tested is necessary to pro- on top of potential outbreaks. ment might spur much-needed and NHL, which both opted for gave team owner Roger Penske vide jobs, opportunity, entertain- On Friday, Pittsburgh Pirates innovation and boost production a bubble-like atmosphere in hub his first IndyCar victory since ment, TV, all that’s going on — if outfielder Gregory Polanco and in testing. cities. The NBA has 22 teams in purchasing the series late last they think that’s really valuable — free agent outfielder Yaisel Puig “The solution here is really to Orlando, Fla., while the NHL’s year. “I don’t know. The last 50 then they’ve weighed it’s impor- both tested positive for COVID-19 make sure that we expand test- teams will play in Toronto and laps, a lot of tension. When Dixon tant for us to be tested this often while New York Yankees infielder ing,” Adalja told The Associated Edmonton, Alberta. is chasing you, you’d better hit your marks.” Pagenaud went from 23rd to first, but Dixon was just as im- pressive. He started 17th before finishing second. ‘Big window’: Rigor of NCAA plan questioned “That was an awesome race,” he said. “I’m sure Simon is happy BY RALPH D. RUSSO ‘ Seventy-two hours leaves open a big window for somebody to test after the mess-up they had in Associated Press qualifying.” negative on Wednesday, become infectious on Thursday or Friday or Pagenaud won for the 15th time If there is a college football season, Wednes- Saturday morning and then go onto the field and spread it around. in the series, and first since To- days could be busy for medical staffs around ’ ronto last season. The 36-year-old the country. Zachary Binney Frenchman gave Team Penske its The NCAA’s latest guidance for playing col- Emory University epidemiologist third Iowa win in four races. lege sports during the coronavirus pandemic Oliver Askew and Pato O’Ward recommends testing players once a week were third and fourth for Arrow within 72 hours of competition. For typical The Atlantic 10 and America East, neither of That includes an individual who was within McLaren SP with Josef Newgar- Saturday football games, that means Wednes- which sponsors football, announced they are 6 feet of someone with COVID-19 for at least den rounding out the top five. day would be the soonest athletes would be postponing fall sports, hoping to make them 15 minutes while not wearing a mask. The Newgarden spent much of the tested. up in the second semester. Indiana became NCAA recommends teams segment their play- night racing for the lead before Is that enough for a team of about 100 ath- the latest major-college football program to ers into “functional units” of five to 10 players. the back-to-back cautions shuf- letes playing a contact sport to get through a suspend workouts after six participants tested But it takes 22 on the field to play football and fled up the field. season without major disruptions? Especially positive. public health guidance that works well for “The caution was certainly the considering simply being exposed to someone All of this has happened while the U.S. sees grocery stores doesn’t always translate per- nail in the coffin. Without sound- who tests positive can land a player in quaran- a surge in reported COVID-19 cases. fectly to sports. ing too over-confident, we had the tine for two weeks? car to beat tonight, hands-down,” “Seventy-two hours leaves open a big win- The Nebraska athletic department, as is the The surge in COVID-19 cases in many case with many schools affiliated with hos- areas of the country where big-time college he said. “To be honest, I’m angry dow for somebody to test negative on Wednes- about how this all transpired. day, become infectious on Thursday or Friday pitals, has been working with its academic football is played increases the need for more health center to test athletes since they arrived frequent testing and quick delivery of results, Some of it’s just bad luck. The yel- or Saturday morning and then go onto the field low coming out when it came out, on campus for voluntary workouts at team fa- Binney said. and spread it around,” said Zachary Binney, I can’t fault my guys. They did a cilities in June. The hospital also serves the “I would be a lot more comfortable with an epidemiologist at Emory University. “Not great job. I had a rocket ship.” community. this plan for the Ivy League than the Big 12,” only (to) their team but their opponents, who So did Will Power, who was then travel back where they came from.” “While it is a resource that’s being lever- Binney said. “This feels like a plan that might jockeying for the lead with New- The NCAA released updated recommenda- aged by athletics, there are also competing work decently in areas without a lot of commu- garden when another head-shak- tions on Thursday but also warned if national interests for those resources that have to be nity cases. In areas with more cases and more ing incident on pit road ruined his trends in the pandemic don’t change there will taken into account,” said Dr. Chris Kratoch- community spread I think there is a very real night. It appeared his left-front be no football and other fall sports. Already, vil, who heads the Big Ten’s Task Force for likelihood of somebody being missed by this tire changer failed to secure his more than 300 Division I football games have Emerging Infectious Diseases and is execu- testing protocol and getting on the field.” wheel during a stop, and when it been canceled or postponed. tive director of the Global Center for Health The Power Fives conference are finaliz- came loose Power went careening There was more bad news Friday as the Co- Security at University of Nebraska Medical ing their own guidelines that are similar to into the outside wall. His tire flew lonial Athletic Conference became the fourth Center. the NCAA’s. In that document, obtained by over him and bounced through Championship Subdivision league to call off its The NCAA’s recommendations say any in- The Associated Press, they add to high-risk the first and second turns. fall football season, but with a twist. The CAA dividual with a high-risk exposure to some- exposures “anyone participating in face-to- “The front took off straight into is allowing its members to compete in football one is required to quarantine for 14 days, per face or contact drills against each other or the wall,” Power said. “Unbeliev- on their own. Powerhouse James Madison and guidance from the Centers for Disease Con- using equipment that has not been adequately able. I don’t know what I need to Elon are among those that plan to try. trol and Prevention. cleaned.” do. So, so frustrating.” PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 19, 2020 MLB Extra-inning format stirs much debate Baseball’s answer to shootouts, PKs aims to prevent long games

BY STEVE MEGARGEE “I think it makes sense in terms Associated Press of trying to bring some finality to the game in this short season,” MILWAUKEE — Baseball has Chicago White Sox general man- its answer to penalty kicks, over- ager Rick Hahn said. “And, frank- times and shootouts, and it fig- ures to stir just as much debate as ly, in a year where we’re playing all those other tiebreakers. 60 games, why not try something Major League Baseball will different? Why not experiment a AARON GASH/AP start each extra inning in this little bit?” Fans cheer as the Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich walks off the field after driving in the winning abbreviated, 60-game season by There will be experimentation run with a double during the ninth inning against the Chicago Cubs last season. Yelich likes the new rule putting a runner on second base. in dugouts as baseball adjusts to in which games will start each extra inning this season by putting a runner on second base. “I think it’s The rule has been used since the change. great,” the 2018 National League MVP said. 2018 in the minor leagues, where Will road teams try to bunt it created more action and settled that runner over to third or play games sooner. for the big inning? How often will ‘ I haven’t met “It’s like ‘arena baseball,’ ” said pitchers walk the leadoff batter Scott Thorman, who managed anyone so far that to set up a double play? How fre- the Kansas City Royals’ Single- quently will teams pinch-run for likes it. A Carolina League affiliate in ’ Wilmington, Del., last season. the guy on second? Dave Martinez Those words may cause tradi- “It’s a whole different realm Nationals manager tionalists to shudder. strategy-wise,” Arizona Dia- “I haven’t met anyone so far mondbacks general manager ‘ As a player, there’s that likes it,” Washington Nation- Mike Hazen said. als manager Dave Martinez said. Minor league managers al- nothing worse than Dave Martinez, meet Christian ready know that. extra innings. Yelich. Thorman used to make sure he ’ “I think it’s great,” said Yelich, Christian Yelich saved at least one or two reliev- Brewers OF and 2018 MVP the Brewers outfielder and 2018 ers in case a game ended up last- National League MVP. “As a ing 14-plus innings. He said he player, there’s nothing worse than doesn’t have to worry about that extra innings. Especially in a sea- defeat the purpose of the format anymore because games rarely son like this, where you literally change by lengthening time be- can’t take on that 15- or 16-in- last that long. tween pitches. NICK WASS/AP ning game with just how rosters Matt Erickson, who manages “I think you’ve all seen, with a are constructed and pitchers not the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez, left, said he doesn’t runner on second base these days, being built up to where they usu- of the Single-A Midwest League, know anyone who likes the new rule this season that will have we have to be pretty complicated ally are and not really having the said the cold weather had road major league games starting each extra inning by putting a runner with our sequences,” Minnesota option to draw from this minor teams often bunting and playing on second base. This rule has been used since 2018 in the minor Twins closer Taylor Rogers said. “I don’t see that speeding up the league talent pool.” for one run early in the first sea- leagues, where it created more action and settled games sooner. Indeed, MLB is experimenting game. In fact, I see that slowing son under the new rule. it down.” with the rule this year in part to “But as the summer went on, By the numbers prevent marathon games from That hasn’t been the case in the you find out you’re not really minors. causing long-term damage to playing for a run as the visiting pitching staffs. Extra-inning games in the mi- team,” Erickson said. “You’re nors lasted 29.3 minutes longer Brady Williams, who manages pretty much playing for multiple than an average nine-inning game the Tampa Bay Rays’ Triple-A in 2018 and 29.7 minutes longer affiliate in Durham, N.C., said runs if you’re on the road, trying 93 50.5 29.7 last year. That’s down from a 45- he initially considered the extra- to get a big inning.” minute difference in 2016 and a inning format “Mickey Mouse Williams believes road teams 43-minute margin in 2017. baseball” but eventually appreci- have an advantage because the The percentage Percentage of Average number S kep t ic s of t h i s for m at m ay n e e d ated how it reduced his bullpen’s runner on second scores so often, of games in the minor league of minutes longer to get used to it even though MLB workload. putting immediate pressure on minor leagues games won by an extra-inning has indicated this is a one-year According to minor league data, the home team. that ended after home team in game lasted deal put in place because of this 71% of extra-inning games ended “As the season went on, I was season’s unusual circumstances. after one or two more innings in one or two extra 2019, the second than a 9-inning talking to my coaches and I’d say “I wouldn’t necessarily say I 2016 and it was about the same that I wish you had a rule where innings since year the rule was game in 2019. It support it or don’t moving for- in 2017 (74%). With the new rule if you’re the home team, you had the rule was in effect. In 2017 was 43 minutes ward,” New York Yankees manag- in place, that number climbed to the option of hitting first or pitch- er Aaron Boone said. “In the short 93% each of the past two seasons. implemented. it was 53.8%. longer in 2017. ing first (in extra innings),” Wil- term, I’m OK with it. I do think Brewers general manager liams said. there’s some tactical advantages David Stearns, who backs the SOURCE: Associated Press The other side of it is that when to be taken advantage of there if change, noted a game that lasts at you can be smart about it.” least 15 innings “can impact you a road team doesn’t score, the Home teams won minor-league 2016 and 53.8% in 2017 — the two for weeks after that if they are home team can win the game extra-inning games 50.5% of the years before the rule change. AP sports writers David Brandt, Dave Campbell, Jake Seiner, Andrew compounded by other challeng- without another batter even time in 2019 and 51% of the time Some players wonder if all Seligman and Dave Skretta contributed ing games.” reaching base safely. in 2018. That’s down from 52% in these tactical decisions could to this report. Sunday, July 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 MLB 10 players to watch The search Reds hope they’ve found leadoff hitter in Akiyama

BY DAVID BRANDT is to play in every game so I just Associated Press want to compete in every single game I play. That’s what I want to PHOENIX bring.” he Cincinnati Reds Here’s a look at 10 players to hope their long-running watch for the upcoming season. search for a consistent This week’s focus is on the NL Tleadoff hitter comes to and AL Central Divisions. an end with Shogo Akiyama. The first Japanese-born play- AL Central er in franchise history signed a three-year, $21 million deal dur- Chicago White Sox: RHP ing the offseason and is part of Lucas Giolito. The former first- the team’s extensive overhaul. round pick developed into an All- Mike Moustakas, Nick Castella- Star last season, finishing with a nos, Wade Miley and Pedro Strop 14-9 record, 3.41 ERA and 228 were also added to end a streak of strikeouts in 176 innings. He’s six straight losing seasons. still young — turning 26 on Tues- But it’s the 32-year-old Aki- day — and part of the White Sox’s yama who might be the most in- young nucleus that the franchise triguing. He was a consistent star hopes can lead a turnaround. /AP in Nippon Professional Baseball Cleveland Indians: SS Francis- AARON DOSTER over the past five seasons, hitting co Lindor. The 26-year-old short- The Reds signed Nippon League star Shogo Akiyama to a $21-million, three-year deal this offseason. over .300 four times while flash- stop is an established star and ing consistent power and provid- had another great year in 2019, Detroit Tigers: RHP Michael ing stellar defense. batting .284 with 32 homers, 22 Fulmer. The 27-year-old righty is If he can do something similar stolen bases and winning a Gold trying to come back from Tommy in Cincinnati, the Reds will be Glove. The problem for the Indi- John surgery, which cost him the thrilled. ans is they probably can’t afford entire 2019 season. He was one “There’s only 60 games and to keep him when he hits the free of the game’s intriguing young obviously the goal is to make the agency market following the 2021 pitchers just a few years ago, win- playoffs,” Akiyama said through season. A blockbuster trade could ning Rookie of the Year in 2016 an interpreter. “My personal goal happen sooner rather than later. and making the All-Star team in 2017. Kansas City Royals: C Sal- vador Perez. One of the game’s best catchers was sidelined all of last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. The 30-year-old is also dealing with COVID-19, though he’s said he’s asymptomatic. He’s a six-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner. Minnesota Twins: OF Byron Buxton. The 26-year-old has been considered a future star for the better part of a decade, but hasn’t quite been able to deliver on his potential. He’s had a few good moments — especially in 2017 when he won a Gold Glove — but the Twins hope he can avoid in- juries and provide consistent production. NL Central ELAINE THOMPSON/AP Chicago Cubs: OF/DH Kyle The Royals’ Salvador Perez is one of the best catchers in baseball Schwarber. The National League but missed last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. has decided to use the DH dur- ing this abbreviated season and batting .278 with 22 homers. His St Louis Cardinals: IF/OF one of the obvious candidates for bat isn’t a question but his defen- Tommy Edman. The 25-year-old the Cubs would be Schwarber. sive work behind the plate will be came out of nowhere to become The 27-year-old has never been a closely watched. a crucial piece for the Cardinals great fielder, but there’s no doubt Pittsburgh Pirates: OF Greg- during their playoff push last he can provide punch with his ory Polanco. The Pirates hope year. He’s a versatile defender bat. He hit a career-high 38 hom- that the 28-year-old’s surgically who can play in the infield or ers last season. outfield and was good with the repaired left shoulder is ready Milwaukee Brewers: C Omar bat in 2019, finishing with a .304 to go. He was limited to just 42 Narvaez. He’s the clear-cut start- average, 11 homers and 15 stolen ing catcher after the Brewers lost games last season because of lin- DAVID DERMER/AP bases in a little more than half of All-Star Yasmani Grandal to the gering soreness. Back in 2018, he a season. Cleveland Indians’ Francisco Lindor runs the bases during a White Sox in free agency. The 28- was one of the team’s best hitters, AP sports writers Steve Megargee, Joe simulated game at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Lindor is due to year-old had a breakout season finishing with a .254 average, 32 Kay, Dave Campbell and Dave Skretta be a free agent after the season, which means he may be traded. with the Mariners last season, doubles and 23 homers. contributed to this story. S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, July 19, 2020 A win for Penske Pagenaud’s IndyCar victory SPORTS snaps Ganassi’s streak » Page 21 What are the protocols?

BY DAVE CAMPBELL The NFL’s player pool is more than twice Associated Press as big as MLB’s, groomed for fundamen- League, union tal extreme-contact activities of blocking, he 60-game mini-season Major tackling and covering that are as inher- League Baseball assembled this ently ripe for virus spread as any in sports. still undecided summer was still long enough If the 2020 season can get off the ground that a dozen or so health-con- T this fall amid the global paralysis of the cerned players, even a few stars, decided on virus issues to sit it out. SEE PROTOCOLS ON PAGE 20