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AFGHANISTAN US drawdown could require short-term rise in troop levels

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — More Amer- ican troops could deploy to Af- ghanistan in the coming months to help with U.S. withdrawal efforts from the country, Pentagon’s chief spokesman said Friday. “It is not out of the realm of the possible that for a INSIDE short period of time, there will Biden have to be some ad- ditional enabling taking capabilities added to Afghanistan to risk by help affect a safe, pulling orderly and delib- erately planned troops drawdown of every- Page 4 body by the presi- A worker goes to pick up a coffin outside Paris. dent's deadline by France passed the grim milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths early September,” John Kirby last week, with the worldwide death toll topping 3 million on Saturday. said during a news briefing. RAFAEL YAGHOBZADEH/AP President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced he had de- cided to withdraw the 2,500 or so VIRUS OUTBREAK U.S. troops in Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that led to the invasion of the country. The with- drawal was originally supposed to happen by May 1 as laid out in peace agreement with the Tali- Global death toll ban, but Biden had previously said meeting that deadline would difficult. Preliminary plans had already been written for the May with- drawal, Kirby said. Those plans will now need to be updated and passes 3 million could possibly include logisticians and engineers as the U.S. needed when leaving Iraq in 2011, and se- Worldwide vaccination campaign struggling to meet needs as crisis deepens curity forces to protect withdraw- Associated Press The number of lives lost, as compiled by icantly higher because of possible government ing troops, he said. RIO DE JANEIRO — The global death toll Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the concealment and the many cases overlooked in “We've seen [the Taliban] from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Vene- the early stages of the outbreak that began in threats, and it would be impru- million people Saturday amid repeated set- zuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. It is Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. dent for us not to take those backs in the worldwide vaccination campaign bigger than Chicago (2.7 million) and equiva- When the world back in January passed the and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, lent to Philadelphia and Dallas combined. SEE RISE ON PAGE 4 India and France. And the true number is believed to be signif- SEE TOLL ON PAGE 9 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER S&P 500 marks its 4th weekly gain in a row EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1116.07 Associated Press stocks, which have been prone to er in the month, when the 10-year Switzerland (Franc) 0.9198 Euro costs (April 19) $1.17 Thailand (Baht) 31.21 Stocks added to their recent pull back when bond yields move note traded at a yield of 1.75%. Dollar buys (April 19) 0.8132 Turkey (NewLira) 8.0734 British pound (April 19) $1.34 gains Friday, driving the S&P 500 higher. Rising bond yields tend to “There’s sort of a churning with Japanese yen (April 19) 106.00 (Military exchange rates are those available and Dow Jones Industrial Aver- make shares in technology com- regard to interest rates and in the South Korean won (April 19) 1092.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ age to new highs. panies that have had a strong run- market itself,” said Tom Martin, many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, led by up over the past year look too ex- senior portfolio manager with Britain (Pound) 1.3793 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2516 your local military banking facility. Commercial gains in companies that rely di- pensive. Crude oil prices slipped, Globalt Investments. China(Yuan) 6.5208 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.2087 rectly on consumer spending, weighing down energy compa- The S&P 500 rose 15.05 points to Egypt (Pound) 15.6799 when buying currency. All figures are foreign health care stocks and banks, nies. 4,185.47. The Dow gained 164.68 Euro 0.8348 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7721 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ which benefited from higher Bond yields rose broadly after points, or 0.5% to 34,200.67. The Hungary (Forint) 301.57 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2775 Treasury yields. The benchmark falling earlier in the week. The S&P and Dow also hit all-time Japan (Yen) 108.87 INTEREST RATES index notched its fourth straight yield of the 10-year Treasury note highs on Thursday. 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BY ROSE L. THAYER Randon, the Army’s assistant dep- mented at Fort Hood, III Corps and prevention to rebuilding trust be- try Division at Fort Carson, Colo., Stars and Stripes uty chief of staff for military intelli- Army Forces Command, known as tween soldiers and leaders to im- the 1st Armored Division at Fort AUSTIN, Texas — A report of gence and one of three leaders of FORSCOM. proving the program designed to Bliss, Texas, and the 1st Infantry sexual harassment from a soldier the People First Task Force. The Army created the commit- respond to sexual assault and ha- Division at Fort Riley, Kan. under Army Forces Command The Army announced the policy tee to review Fort Hood’s com- rassment so soldiers can trust it. However, units and bases out- now will be investigated by an offi- change alongside 20 others made mand climate and culture and the The Army’s SHARP program, side of this purview are not im- cer outside of that soldier’s bri- since the Fort Hood Independent Sexual Harassment/Assault Re- which was created in 2008 and im- mune to the problems identified by gade, according to a new policy Review Committee released a re- sponse and Prevention program plemented in 2012, will be com- the Fort Hood review committee. from the command. port Dec. 8 about the Texas Army last year after the disappearance pletely restructured under the task Members of the training staff at More so, the Army plans to im- base. The report included 70 rec- and death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen. force, said Randon, an Army civil- Fort Sill, Okla., which falls under plement the change servicewide as ommendations to improve the The 20-year-old soldier was killed ian for 35 years. Army Training and Doctrine Com- a way to stabilize its sexual assault command climate and culture at in an arms room by a fellow soldier Other recommendations imple- mand, were suspended earlier this and harassment response program Fort Hood and the entire Army. nearly one year ago. Her family has mented to address sexual assault month for allegations that they while also creating a complete The People First Task Force was said she was sexually harassed on and harassment included III Corps were involved in the sexual assault overhaul of the 10-year-old pro- created to implement all the rec- base prior to her death. sharing publicly court-martial con- of a trainee at the base. gram that was found to be failing ommendations. The committee found the cli- victions for sex crimes and requir- That command, known as TRA- soldiers. Randon, alongside Lt. Gen. Gary mate “permissive” of sexual as- ing its commanders to update sex- DOC, is conducting an evaluation “The investigating officer will be M. Brito, the deputy chief of staff sault and harassment, the criminal ual assault victims within 72 hours of how to enforce recommenda- from outside of that soldier’s chain for Army personnel, and Sgt. Maj. investigative unit needed more re- of the sexual assault review board tions of the report at basic training of command, so that they are com- Julie A.M. Guerra, the deputy chief sources, and there was a lack of meeting about their case. and while training future drill ser- pletely separated from what the of staff for personnel sergeant ma- knowledge and trust in reporting III Corps is the highest head- geants, said Guerra, a former drill problem set may be, and it’s not jor, lead the task force. They took sex crimes. Recommendations quarters based at Fort Hood and sergeant. something that is embedded inside questions Friday about the five rec- from the committee ranged from oversees the 1st Cavalry Division, of the formation where they’re kind ommendations implemented improving the Army Criminal In- which is also as Fort Hood. III [email protected] of policing their own,” said Diane across the Army and the 16 imple- vestigation Command and crime Corps also oversees the 4th Infan- Twitter: @Rose_Lori Army housing survey shows slight increase in satisfaction

BY ROSE L. THAYER out of a possible 100 points, an in- work is needed,” according to the Stars and Stripes crease of 0.3 points. Army-owned survey summary. AUSTIN, Texas — The Army’s and leased housing achieved an More than 53% of privatized annual survey found increased overall satisfaction score of 72.9 housing bases and 63% of govern- satisfaction among residents of points, an increase of 3.4 points. ment-owned and leased bases Army-run and privatized housing The survey ran from December showed improvements in overall from the previous year. to January at 21 bases within the satisfaction, the Army said. Results of the 2021 tenant sur- United States, Europe and the Pa- “The results of this survey will vey were released Friday and cific region. Stateside bases in- be used by installation leadership, showed a higher participation rate cluded Fort McCoy, Wis., Joint in conjunction with government than last year, with nearly 24,500 Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., housing managers and private NANCY MONTGOMERY/Stars and Stripes residents filling out the question- and Fort Buchanan in Puerto Ri- company property managers, to A duplex on Villagio, U.S. Army Garrison Italy's on­base housing. naire generated by a third-party co, all of which received an “out- further refine action plans to ad- firm. About 85,000 residents were standing” rating. Hawthorne Ar- dress deficiencies and prioritize have pledged to add $2.8 billion in ment Accountability Office report invited to participate, the Army my Depot, Nev., received the low- resources,” Reheuser said. “We new development, modernization found the service branches were said. est rating of “crisis,” but only two appreciate everyone who took the and renovation, according to the not asking and analyzing ques- “We are encouraged by the re- residents, or 11%, of those invited, time to participate, and look for- service. tions in a standardized manner, sults, and the responses will help responded to the survey. ward to their feedback on how to “These efforts will not only im- which made efforts to combine the us determine how to continue im- The results “indicate efforts are further improve living condi- prove housing and community results across the Defense De- proving the quality of life of our being made to improve the level of tions.” conditions, but will also provide partment unreliable. residents,” said Michael E. Re- service provided to the tenants. The majority of Army housing quality, safe and secure housing The Defense Department told heuser, director of installation While satisfaction did increase, in the United States is managed by for our soldiers and their fam- the GAO that efforts to standar- services. the scores for the Europe Directo- private companies that partner ilies,” the Army said. dize surveys across the depart- Privatized housing received an rate still fall in the range of below with the government. During the Annual housing surveys came ment would be completed in Octo- overall satisfaction score of 75.4 average indicating additional next five years, those companies under fire in 2019 after a Govern- ber, according to the GAO.

51 West Point cadets caught cheating must repeat year BY MICHAEL HILL demic. An investigation was ing of an academy policy that were turned back six months. liams said in a prepared release. Associated Press launched after instructors no- spared many cadets in this case Those cadets are under proba- “West Point must be the gold Most of the 73 West Point ca- ticed irregularities in answers. from being kicked out. tion until graduation. standard for developing Army dets accused in the biggest All but one were freshmen, or West Point said that of the 73 Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, officers. We demand nothing cheating scandal in decades at plebes, in a class of 1,200. The cases investigated by the cadet West Point’s superintendent, less than impeccable character the U.S. Military Academy are other was a sophomore. honor committee, six cadets re- personally adjudicated each from our graduates.” being required to repeat a year, Cadets at the centuries-old of- signed during the investigation, case. Eight cadets were removed and eight were expelled, acade- ficer training academy on the four were acquitted by a board of “The tenets of honorable living from the academy. Of those, my officials said Friday. Hudson River are bound by an their peers, and two cases were remain immutable, and the out- three accepted the chance to The cadets were accused of honor code that they “will not lie, dropped due to insufficient evi- comes of our leader develop- take part in an “academy men- cheating on an online freshman cheat, steal, or tolerate those dence. ment system remain the same, to torship program” that allows calculus exam in May while stu- who do.” The cheating scandal is Most of the cadets, 51, were graduate Army officers that live them to reapply to the academy dents were studying remotely the biggest at West Point since “turned back” one full year after honorably, lead honorably, and after serving for up to a year as because of the coronavirus pan- 1976 and preceded the tighten- admitting to cheating, and two demonstrate excellence,” Wil- an enlisted soldier. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 WAR ON TERRORISM

ANALYSIS Biden’s gamble Will pulling troops revive extremist threat?

BY ROBERT BURNS extremist threat, although he sug- Associated Press gested the losses would be man- BRUSSELS — At its start, ageable. America’s war in Afghanistan was “The U.S. government’s ability about retribution for 9/11. Then it to collect and act on threats will di- was about shoring up a weak gov- minish. That’s simply a fact,” ernment and its weak army so that Burns said. “It is also a fact, how- Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida could ever, that after withdrawal, when- never again threaten the United ever that time comes, the CIA and States. all of our partners in the U.S. gov- Now it’s about over. With bin ernment will retain a suite of ca- Laden long since dead and the pabilities, some of it remaining in United States not suffering anoth- place, some of them that we will er major attack, President Joe Bi- generate, that can help us to antic- den is promising to end America’s ipate and contest any rebuilding longest war and move on to what effort.” ANDREW HARNIK/AP he believes are bigger, more con- There were 2,500 to 3,000 U.S. President Joe Biden visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday. sequential challenges posed by a troops in Afghanistan when Biden resurgent Russia and a rising Chi- took office, the smallest number The Taliban in Afghanistan “This would be a humanitarian agreed to negotiate with the Af- na. since early in the war. The num- pledged in a February 2020 agree- disaster for Afghans — far worse ghan government, but those talks Even so, by withdrawing the re- ber peaked at 100,000 during ment with the Trump administra- than today’s insurgency,” he said. have stalled. maining few thousand U.S. troops President Barack Obama’s first tion that they would not allow al- More broadly, the absence of It’s difficult to judge what has in Afghanistan by the 20th anni- term. As U.S. war casualties have Qaida or other extremist groups to U.S. forces in Afghanistan could been gained in the 12 years since versary of the 9/11 attacks, Biden declined, so has the American use Afghan territory to threaten lead to further instability in a re- Obama escalated the war. Afghan is taking a calculated risk that ex- public’s attention. The war was the United States. But that deal gion with two rival nuclear pow- security forces likely are stronger, tremists in Afghanistan can be barely mentioned during last may be imperiled by Biden’s deci- ers — Pakistan and India, which although their resilience will be countered by U.S. and partner year’s presidential contest, and sion not to complete the withdraw- have insurgencies of their own to tested in the absence of U.S. sup- forces elsewhere in the region — pulling the plug may prove politi- al of forces by May 1, as the Trump contend with. port they grew to rely upon. The and that he won’t become the cally popular. administration had promised. “This is already a dangerous Afghan government has not president who underestimated Yet worries remain. Stephen The bigger peril, Biddle said in part of the world; making it worse strengthened its authority across the resilience and reach of extre- Biddle, a Columbia University an email exchange, is that the by allowing the collapse of the Af- the country, and the Pentagon ar- mists who still aim to attack the professor who has advised U.S. withdrawal could lead to the col- ghan government is the biggest gues that its intense focus on United States. commanders in Afghanistan, says lapse of Afghan security forces risk here,” Biddle said. countering insurgents there and CIA Director William Burns it’s possible al-Qaida could re-es- and multi-sided civil warfare in- At a previously pivotal moment in the Middle East has been such a told Congress on Wednesday the tablish its base structure in Af- volving Taliban factions and oth- in the war, Obama took a similar drain on resources that the U.S. is U.S. unavoidably will lose some ghanistan once the Americans ers “in a more-lethal version of the view. When he announced a surge losing ground against China and intelligence leverage against the and their coalition partners leave. civil war of the 1990s.” of 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanis- Russia. tan in December 2009, he argued The war has cost more than against trying to contain extremist 2,300 U.S. lives and immeasurable threats in the Afghanistan-Pakis- suffering among Afghans since tan region only with what the U.S. the United States invaded in Octo- military calls “over-the-horizon” ber 2001. Ten years into the war, forces — troops and aircraft posi- in May 2011, U.S. forces killed bin tioned beyond Afghan borders. Laden in Pakistan, and for a short “To abandon this area now — time it seemed possible that and to rely only on efforts against Washington would see an opening al-Qaida from a distance — would for ending the war. significantly hamper our ability to A few weeks after bin Laden’s keep the pressure on al-Qaida and death, a young American soldier create an unacceptable risk of ad- at a dusty outpost in eastern Af- ditional attacks on our homeland ghanistan asked visiting Defense and our allies,” Obama said. Secretary Robert Gates what ef- So Obama went ahead with a fect the al-Qaida leader’s demise troop buildup aimed at hitting the would have on the war, suggesting Taliban so hard that they would hope that it would hasten its end agree to negotiate a peace deal. It and allow troops to go home. didn’t work. The Taliban kept “It is too early to tell,” Gates re- fighting. Even after President Do- plied. nald Trump authorized a more Ten years later, Biden has de- muscular military approach to the cided the time has come, although LORENZO TUGNOLI/For The Washington Post Taliban in 2017, the hard-hit mil- for Afghans the war may be far Special forces recruits in the Afghan National Army train at a base near Kabul in March 2020. itant group did not give up. It from over. Rise: Presence of Defense Department-funded contractors still being determined

FROM PAGE 1 [Lloyd] Austin both made clear, He also said the Pentagon will ment-funded contractors will re- the United States support to Af- that any attack on our draw down, be limited in how transparent it main in the country after the ghan forces will mostly be finan- threats seriously. It would also be on our forces, or our allies and will be about day-to-day details re- drawdown to help Afghan forces cial, he said. imprudent for the Taliban to not partners as they draw down, will garding the drawdown due to the is still being determined, accord- take seriously what the president be met very forcefully,” Kirby Taliban threats. ing to Kirby. With the end of the [email protected] and what [Defense] Secretary said. Whether some Defense Depart- military mission in Afghanistan, @caitlinmkenney Sunday, April 18, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 WAR ON TERRORISM Sorrow, sacrifice 20 years of war in Afghanistan Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Presi- dent Joe Biden has announced a withdrawal of all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sep- tember, about 20 years after the start of a war provoked by the deadliest terror assault on the United States. Biden’s plan, announced Wednesday, is to pull out all the American forces — now number- ing 2,500 — by Sept. 11, the anni- versary of the attacks on the twin towers in New York and the Pen- tagon that were coordinated from Afghanistan by the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. There were 2,500 to 3,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when Biden took office, the smallest number since early in the war. The num- BRENNAN LINSLEY/AP ber peaked at 100,000 during Pres- During a rescue mission by a team from a U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, army medics carry a wounded Afghan Army soldier ident Barack Obama’s first term. to an evacuation helicopter, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, on Aug. 2, 2010. Associated Press photogra- phers have recorded the two-dec- ade conflict from every angle. So many of their images have con- veyed the drama and grim reality of battle: U.S. Marines nearly swallowed in clouds of swirling sand as they returned fire on Tali- ban shooters; a Marine with shrapnel wounds to his face and body peering out from behind bloodied bandages; an Air Force paramedic draping an American flag over the remains of two U.S. soldiers killed by an improvised explosive device; Marines rush- ing a comrade who had been shot in the chest to a waiting medevac helicopter. DAVID GUTTENFELDER/AP JULIE JACOBSON/AP They also have captured the un- Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take A tattoo on the back of U.S. Army Sgt. James Wilkes of Rochester, expected — such as when a soldier defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from N.Y., is seen through his torn shirt after a foot patrol on May 8, 2010, roused from sleep during an at- Taliban positions on May 11, 2009. Spc. Zachary Boyd of Fort Worth, in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. The full tattoo reads, “Sacrifice. tack rushed to a defensive position TX, far left was wearing 'I love NY' boxer shorts after rushing from his Without fear there is no courage.” in Restrepo wearing his bright sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members. red-and-white “I Love New York” boxer shorts — and the poignant, including a frame of a soldier sit- ting on his top bunk after hanging a hand-drawn American flag sent by friends with the message “We Support Our Troops!” As U.S. war casualties have de- clined, the American public has lost interest in the Afghanistan conflict and the withdrawal of troops is likely to be politically popular. But some are warning that it could lead to another power grab by the Taliban and an undo- ing of the democratic gains the country has made over the past 20 years. The move is also likely to spark criticism from Republicans KEVIN FRAYER/AP DAVID GUTTENFELDER/AP — even though former President U.S. Marine LCpl. Franklin Romans of Michigan, from the 2nd U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit return fire on Donald Trump also said he want- Battalion 2nd Marines "Warlords" searches a house during an Taliban positions near the town of Garmser in Helmand Province of ed a full troop withdrawal. operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 23, 2009. Afghanistan on May 2, 2008. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 NATION FBI: FedEx shooter threatened ‘suicide by cop’ last year Associated Press/Report for polis, Deputy Po- America lice Chief Craig INDIANAPOLIS — The former McCartt told a employee who shot and killed eight news conference. people at a FedEx facility in Indi- Investigators anapolis was interviewed by FBI searched a home agents last year, after his mother in Indianapolis called police to say that her son associated with Hole might commit “suicide by cop,” the Hole and seized MICHAEL CONROY/AP bureau said Friday. evidence, including desktop com- A body is taken from the scene where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Coroners released the names of puters and other electronic media, Friday. A gunman killed several people and wounded others before taking his own life, police said. the victims late Friday, a little less McCartt said. than 24 hours after the latest mass Hole began firing randomly at were wounded, including five who day, family members said in social items were found in Hole’s bed- shooting to rock the U.S. Four of people in the parking lot of the Fe- were taken to the hospital. media posts late Friday. Domin- room but he did not elaborate on them were members of Indianapo- dEx facility late Thursday, killing “You deserved so much better ique Troutman, Smith’s sister, wait- what they were. He said agents lis’ Sikh community. The attack was four, before entering the building, than this,” a man who identified ed hours at the Holiday Inn for an found no evidence of a crime and another blow to the Asian Ameri- fatally shooting four more people himself as the grandson of Johal update on her sister. “Words can’t that they did not identify Hole as es- can community a month after six and then turning the gun on him- tweeted Friday evening. Johal had even explain how I feel ... I’m so pousing a racially motivated ideol- people of Asian descent were killed self, McCartt said. He said he did planned to work a double shift hurt,” Troutman said in a Facebook ogy. A police report obtained by in a mass shooting in the Atlanta ar- not know if Hole owned the gun le- Thursday so she could take Friday post Friday night. The Associated Press shows that of- ea and amid ongoing attacks gally. off, according to the grandson, who Weisert had been working as a ficers seized a pump-action shot- against Asian Americans during “There was no confrontation would not give his full name but bag handler at FedEx for four gun from Hole’s home after respon- the coronavirus pandemic. with anyone that was there,” he identifies himself as “Komal” on his years, his wife, Carol, told WISH- ding to the mother’s call. Keenan The Marion County Coroner’s of- said. “There was no disturbance; Twitter page. Johal later decided to TV. The couple was married nearly said the gun was never returned. fice identified the dead as Matthew there was no argument. He just ap- grab her check and go home, and 50 years. McCartt said Hole was a former R. Alexander, 32; Samaria Black- peared to randomly start shooting.” still had the check in her hand when Paul Keenan, special agent in employee of FedEx and last worked well, 19; Amarjeet Johal, 66; Jas- McCartt said the slayings took police found her, Komal said. charge of the FBI’s Indianapolis for the company in 2020. The depu- winder Kaur, 64; Jaswinder Singh, place in a matter of minutes, and “(What) a harsh and cruel world field office, said Friday that agents ty police chief said he did not know 68; Amarjit Sekhon, 48; Karli that there were at least 100 people in we live in,” he added. questioned Hole last year after his why Hole left the job or if he had ties Smith, 19; and John Weisert, 74. the facility at the time. Many were Smith, the youngest of the vic- mother called police to say that her to the workers in the facility. He The shooter was identified as changing shifts or were on their din- tims, was last in contact with her son might commit “suicide by cop.” said police have not yet uncovered a Brandon Scott Hole, 19, of Indiana- ner break, he said. Several people family shortly before 11 p.m. Thurs- He said the FBI was called after motive for the shooting. Biden’s approach to guns, policing faces roadblocks BY ZEKE MILLER crats and Republicans on gun con- made “ghost guns” and the stabiliz- AND ALEXANDRA JAFFE trol and policing reform behind the ing braces for handguns that allow Associated Press scenes. them to be fired from a shoulder, WASHINGTON — As the nation “In this building, the legislative like a rifle. He has not proposed new struggles with yet another mass team, senior members of the White legislation to revoke gun manufac- shooting and faces a reckoning over House staff, we are working on mul- turers’ liability protections or to the deaths of Black men at the hands tiple fronts at the same time,” White toughen federal background of police, President Joe Biden is call- House press secretary Jen Psaki checks, despite pledging to send ing for action. Going beyond that, said. such legislation to Congress on his however, is proving a lot more diffi- Officials say Biden’s less publicly first day in office. Instead he’s sup- cult. prominent role in legislative discus- porting legislation proposed by Three months into his presiden- sions on guns and policing is by de- House Democrats. cy, Biden’s robust agenda is running sign, out of risk of further politiciz- On police reform, on Friday, At- up against the realities of his narrow ing already complicated negotia- torney General Merrick Garland Democratic majority on Capitol Hill tions. They also assert that issuing did rescind Trump-era limits on and the Senate’s limited ability to executive orders on policing could consent decrees, the court-ordered tackle multiple pieces of large-scale ANDREW HARNIK/AP undermine any momentum on the agreements used to enforce reforms legislation at once. With the White President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the issue on Capitol Hill, and they’re within police departments. But Bi- House focusing first on a sweeping White House in Washington April 15. buoyed by burgeoning discussions den has yet to take any significant coronavirus relief package and now in Congress, such as talks between executive action, largely focusing asprawling infrastructure plan that central promises he made to Demo- lice reform advocacy group, sug- Republican Sen. Tim Scott and instead on the George Floyd Justice is likely to dominate the congres- cratic voters — particularly Black gested activists are willing to be pa- Democratic Sen. Cory Booker. in Policing Act on Capitol Hill. sional calendar for months, issues voters who helped propel him to the tient but not for long. She welcomed Still, Biden himself has described That focus has been embraced by like gun control and police reform White House — both about his prior- Biden’s recent executive orders on his legislative strategy as a “one at a some major police reform groups, appear likely to take a back seat. ities and his ability to maneuver in gun control, which took modest time” approach. He said last month including the Leadership Confer- Biden on Friday insisted that Washington, where issues like gun steps toward tightening back- that successful presidents make ence on Civil and Human Rights, wasn’t the case, saying that on the is- control have languished for years. ground checks, but said “those ac- progress because “they know how whose interim president and CEO, sue of gun control in particular, “I’ve The mass shootings, as well as re- tions don’t go far enough.” to time what they’re doing, order it, Wade Henderson, said legislation never not prioritized this.” He spoke newed focus on police killings of “They don’t have the tentacles decide and prioritize what needs to was the best approach to such an in- a day after a gunman killed eight Americans of color following inci- down in to really hit where rubber be done.” tractable problem. people at a FedEx facility in Indi- dents in Chicago and a Minneapolis hits the road,” Hoskins said. Implicit in that statement was “This matter is much too urgent anapolis, the latest in a rash of mass suburb, have increased demands The White House says it can mul- that some priorities would have to for delay, and Congress is by far the shootings across the United States for action. titask, pushing publicly on its infras- wait their turn. more appropriate venue to consider in recent weeks. DeAnna Hoskins, president and tructure plan while working to build Biden has taken some executive changes in law regarding police ac- At issue for Biden are many of the CEO of Just LeadershipUSA, a po- support among moderate Demo- actions on guns, targeting home- countability,” he said in a statement. Sunday, April 18, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Arrests made on 6th night of Minn. protests Star Tribune Troops and officers who had MINNEAPOLIS — A sixth stood back behind the fences and night of protests outside the twin- simply watched most of the night fenced Brooklyn Center police swiftly issued dispersal orders, headquarters ended within a few fired flash-bang grenades and chaotic minutes Friday night moved in to arrest people after the when the National Guard and attempt to breach the fences and State Patrol rushed a dwindling when an increasing number of ob- but increasingly volatile crowd jects were thrown at them by a few and made arrests. protesters. JOHN MINCHILLO/AP At its peak, the crowd protesting For most of the night, no curfew Sunday’s fatal shooting of 20-year- was in effect, but late Friday, an 11 Demonstrator Michael Odiari pleads for calm during a protest over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright after a traffic stop, outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, on Friday, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. old Daunte Wright by a former p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew was hastily Brooklyn Center police officer declared. lic Safety, laid out a detailed time- conference offered no details on persal orders and then quickly swelled to about 1,000 people, one In a news conference early Sat- line of Friday’s events. For several how that breach was attempted moved in to make arrests, Har- of the week’s largest gatherings. urday, law enforcement leaders hours, he said, the gathering was and how extensive it was. rington said. He said most people And early on, the protest had the stressed that Friday’s gathering passionate, peaceful and orderly. When law enforcement observ- fled at that point and officers fo- air of a block party. was peaceful and legal until its last But just before 9 p.m., an assault ed some people who were wearing cused on those who were hard by But everything changed about 9 few minutes, and expressed dis- on the fences was undertaken and helmets, hockey or gas masks and the fences. p.m., when arguments erupted appointment that Thursday glass bottles, rocks and other ob- tactical gear moving on the front “This is a night that should have within the crowd about protest night’s strategy of backing off and jects were being thrown at offi- and back fences with baseball been about Daunte Wright,” Har- tone and tactics after one speaker waiting out the protest did not cers, he said. bats, shields, bleach and other rington said with visible emotion, called for the fences to be rushed work Friday. By 9:30 p.m. an attempt was items that they had been hiding adding that the chaos of the last and taken down, with some at- John Harrington, commission- made to cut parts of the fence, al- behind nearby Dumpsters and few minutes hijacked an other- tempting to do just that. er of the state Department of Pub- though he and others at the news buildings, they issued three dis- wise legal, nonviolent protest. Riot declared in Portland after police fatally shot man Associated Press porters earlier in the day that a white man witness who spoke to reporters at the scene front of them. PORTLAND, Ore. — Police declared a in his 30s was shot and killed by police, who said the man, who had removed his shirt As police began to finish on-scene inves- riot Friday night after authorities said pro- opened fire with a gun and weapons that and was blocking an intersection, ap- tigation around 3 p.m. the crowd marched testers smashed windows and burglarized fire non-lethal projectiles. peared to be in a mental health crisis, The through the park, ripped down police tape businesses during demonstrations that The man was pronounced dead at the Oregonian/OregonLive reported. and stood face to face with officers dressed started earlier in the day after police fatal- scene in Lents Park, which is in a leafy, res- The police investigation into the shoot- in riot gear. Police left the park around 3:30 ly shot a man while responding to reports idential neighborhood of the city. ing was being hampered by a “decent- p.m., and the crowd remained and eventu- of a person with a gun. Two officers fired a 40mm device that sized crowd of fairly aggressive people” ally stood in a nearby intersection, block- The vandalism downtown came after the shoots non-lethal projectiles, and one offi- who showed up at the park within two ing traffic and chanting. Friday morning police shooting but also cer — an eight-year veteran — fired a gun, hours of the shooting. Police said later Friday they had used was part of vigils and demonstrations al- police said in a statement. The officer is on As investigators scoured the scene and pepper spray on protesters in order to dis- ready planned for the night in the name of paid administrative leave, and his or her documented evidence, nearly 100 yards engage. Some people hit officers with people killed in other police shootings na- name will be released Saturday, author- away, a crowd of more than 150 people — sticks and chased officers as they were tionwide. They include 13-year-old Adam ities said. many dressed in all black and some carry- leaving, police said in a news release. Offi- Toledo of Chicago and Daunte Wright, a Davis did not know if the man who died ing helmets, goggles and gas masks — cers deployed smoke canisters and then Black man in Minneapolis. had pointed a weapon at the officers and gathered behind crime scene tape, chant- used a rubber ball distraction device, po- Deputy Police Chief Chris Davis told re- did not say how many shots were fired. A ing and yelling at the officers standing in lice said. Fires, destruction at Oakland protest Associated Press were seen walking past the scene member was also assaulted, po- OAKLAND, Calif. — A protest of a car crash. lice said. that began peacefully in Califor- Photos and videos posted online The statement said protesters nia ended with multiple fires set, showed marchers with signs and dragged barriers into the road to several cars damaged and numer- flags. Many chanted the names of block and delay responding offi- ous windows shattered. Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old who cers. The protest against police bru- was shot and killed by an officer in Authorities declared an unlaw- tality in Oakland began calmly Brooklyn Center, Minn., and ful assembly and instructed dem- Friday night, news outlets report- Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old fatally onstrators to leave. Police said the ed. A subsequent march drew shot by an officer in Chicago. protesters dispersed peacefully. around 300 people with some set- People in the crowd threw bot- There were no arrests, or citations ting fires and breaking windows. tles and other objects at officers issued. ETHAN SWOPE/AP A car dealership was among the during the march, Oakland police Some businesses had boarded Demonstrators set fire to the front of the California Bank and Trust buildings damaged. At least one said in a statement. One officer up their storefronts earlier Friday building during a protest against police brutality in Oakland, Calif., on car was set on fire. A fire was also suffered an injury from being in anticipation of the unrest, ac- Friday. set outside a bank. Demonstrators struck in the head. A community cording to news outlets. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 NATION Biden plans to raise refugee cap by May 15 Associated Press action to reverse the Trump pol- WASHINGTON — Facing swift icy that banned refugees from blowback from allies and aid many key regions, to enable groups, the White House said flights from those regions to begin President Joe Biden plans to lift within days; today’s order did his predecessor’s historically low that.” TYLER LARIVIERE, CHICAGO SUN­TIMES/AP cap on refugees by next month, The new allocations provide Activists gather for a protest near Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home in Chicago Friday, a day after the release of after initially moving only to ex- more slots for refugees from Afri- video that shows a Chicago police officer fatally shoot a 13­year­old last month. pand the eligibility criteria for re- ca, the Middle East and Central settlements. America and lift Trump’s restric- In an emergency determination tions on resettlements from So- signed by Biden earlier Friday, he malia, Syria and Yemen. Chicago shooting videos elicit stated the admission of up to Critics from both sides of the 15,000 refugees set by former political spectrum had accused President Donald Trump this the president of bowing to politi- mixed reactions from viewers year “remains justified by hu- cal pressure that has been mount- manitarian concerns and is other- ing over the record pace of unac- Associated Press tion. implored the public to keep the wise in the national interest.” But companied migrants crossing the CHICAGO — Newly released Several legal experts said Friday peace and allow the police review if the cap is reached before the U.S.-Mexico border. Stephen video that shows a Chicago police that they don’t think Stillman could board to complete its investigation, end of the current budget year Miller, a key architect of Trump’s officer fatally shoot a 13-year-old be charged under criteria estab- some had already made up their and the emergency refugee situa- immigration policies, tweeted will be key evidence when prosecu- lished by a landmark 1989 Supreme minds about what happened to To- tion persists, then a presidential that keeping Trump’s cap “re- tors consider a case against the offi- Court ruling on the use of force by ledo, whose mother described him determination may be issued to flects Team Biden’s awareness cer and are confronted with both police, though another said prose- as a curious and goofy seventh raise the ceiling. that the border flood will cause the emotions surrounding the chill- cutors might see enough evidence grader who loved animals, riding That set off a deluge of criti- record midterm losses.” ing footage and legal precedent that to justify an involuntary man- his bike and junk food. cism from top allies on Capitol The White House indicated the makes it difficult to bring charges slaughter charge and let a jury de- Speaking Friday on the floor of Hill such as the second-ranking border situation was partly why against law enforcement. cide guilt or innocence. the Illinois House, state Rep. Edgar Senate Democrat, Dick Durbin of Biden had not acted before now, Video of last month’s encounter The killing of Toledo, who was Gonzalez, who lives four blocks Illinois, who called that initial lim- even though migrants at the bor- was released Thursday and pro- Latino, by Stillman, who is white, from where Toledo died, called the it “unacceptable.” der do not go through the same voked an outpouring of grief and adds to already-heightened tension killing a “murder” and expressed White House press secretary vetting process as refugees. outrage. It shows Officer Eric Still- over policing in Chicago and else- frustration at what he described as Jen Psaki said later that Biden is “It is a factor,” said Psaki, not- man shooting Adam Toledo less where in the U.S., particularly in a too-familiar pattern of police expected to increase the refugee ing that the Office of Refugee Re- than a second after the boy drops a Black and Latino communities. The abuse. cap by May 15, though she didn’t settlement “has personnel work- handgun, turns toward Stillman videos and other investigative ma- “So if you put your hands up, they say by how much. ing on both issues and so we have and begins raising his hands. terials were released against the shoot. If you put your hands down, Biden has been consulting with to ensure that there is capacity Some viewers have called for backdrop of the trial in Minneapolis they shoot. If you walk, you run, you his advisers to determine what and ability to manage both.” Stillman to be charged or fired. But of former Officer Derek Chauvin in hide, you sleep, you do exactly as number of refugees could realisti- Connecticut Democratic Sen. for others, the video shows how dif- the death of George Floyd and the they say, they still shoot,” Gonzalez cally be admitted to the United Richard Blumenthal said he ficult such decisions might be for recent police killing of another said. “So I ask the members of this States between now and Oct. 1, the didn’t buy that. prosecutors and police higher-ups, Black man, Daunte Wright, in one chamber, what are we supposed to end of the fiscal year, Psaki said. “This cruel policy is no more with an officer making a quick deci- of that city’s suburbs. do?” “Given the decimated refugee ad- acceptable now than it was during sion to shoot after chasing a suspect Around a thousand people gath- When asked about the video Fri- missions program we inherited,” the Trump Administration,” Blu- down a dark alley while responding ered Friday evening in a park on day, White House press secretary she said it’s now “unlikely” Biden menthal said. “To be clear: The to a report about gunshots. Chicago’s northwest side, some Jen Psaki called it “chilling” and a will be able to boost that number asylum process at the southern Whether Stillman is charged will holding signs that read, “stop killing reminder that across the country, to 62,500, as he had proposed in border and the refugee process be up to the Cook County state’s at- kids” and “CPD can’t be re- “law enforcement uses unneces- his plan to Congress two months are completely separate immigra- torney’s office, which will get the formed.” A brass band played mu- sary force too often, resulting in the ago. tion systems. Conflating the two Civilian Office of Police Account- sic as the crowd chanted, “no jus- death of Black and brown Ameri- But Biden, she said, was urged constitutes caving to the politics ability’s report after the independ- tice, no peace.” cans.” She said she didn’t know if by advisers to “take immediate of fear.” ent board completes its investiga- Although Mayor Lori Lightfoot President Joe Biden had watched it. Oath Keeper is 1st suspect to plead guilty in Capitol riot Associated Press er sentence, and the Justice De- Schaffer, a supporter of former baseball hat that read “Oath case is the largest and most seri- WASHINGTON — A member partment will consider putting President Donald Trump, was ac- Keepers Lifetime Member” on ous brought by prosecutors so far of the far-right Oath Keepers mi- Schaffer in the federal witness cused of storming the Capitol and Jan. 6, and acknowledged in his in the attack. litia group and heavy metal guita- security program, U.S. District spraying police officers with bear plea agreement that he is a Authorities say those defend- rist on Friday became the first Judge Amit Mehta said. spray. He pleaded guilty in a deal “founding lifetime member” of ants came to Washington ready defendant to plead guilty to fed- This signals that federal prose- with prosecutors in federal court the extremist group, prosecutors for violence and intent on stop- eral charges in connection with cutors see him as a valuable coop- in Washington to two counts: ob- said. ping the certification. Many the insurrection at the U.S. Capi- erator as they continue to investi- struction of an official proceed- The 53-year-old was not came dressed for battle on Jan. 6 tol. gate militia groups and other ex- ing, and entering and remaining charged in the case involving in tactical vests and helmets and Jon Ryan Schaffer, the front- tremists involved in the insurrec- in a restricted building with a Oath Keepers members and asso- some discussed stationing a man of the band Iced Earth, has tion on Jan. 6 as Congress was dangerous or deadly weapon. ciates, who are accused of con- “quick reaction force” outside agreed to cooperate with investi- meeting to certify President Joe Schaffer, of Columbus, Ind., spiring with one another to block the city in the event they needed gators in hopes of getting a light- Biden’s electoral win. was wearing a tactical vest and the certification of the vote. The weapons, prosecutors have said. Sunday, April 18, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION/WORLD Toll: Countries countinue struggle to rein in virus verberate beyond its borders FROM PAGE 1 since the country is the biggest bleak threshold of 2 million supplier of shots to COVAX, the deaths, immunization drives had U.N.-sponsored program to dis- just started in Europe and the tribute vaccines to poorer parts of United States. Today, they are un- the world. Last month, India said it derway in more than 190 coun- would suspend vaccine exports tries, though progress in bringing until the virus’s spread inside the the virus under control varies country slows. widely. The WHO recently described While the campaigns in the U.S. the supply situation as precarious. and Britain have hit their stride Up to 60 countries might not re- and people and businesses there ceive any more shots until June, are beginning to contemplate life by one estimate. To date, COVAX after the pandemic, other places, has delivered about 40 million mostly poorer countries but some doses to more than 100 countries, rich ones as well, are lagging be- enough to cover barely 0.25% of hind in putting shots in arms and the world’s population. have imposed new lockdowns and Globally, about 87% of the 700 other restrictions as virus cases million doses dispensed have been soar. given out in rich countries. While 1 Worldwide, deaths are on the in 4 people in wealthy nations rise again, running at around have received a vaccine, in poor 12,000 per day on average, and countries the figure is 1 in more new cases are climbing too, eclips- than 500. ing 700,000 a day. BRUNA PRADO/AP In recent days, the U.S. and “This is not the situation we Carlos Alberto holds out his arm during the burial service for his 41­year­old wife Aparecida de Freitas, some European countries put the want to be in 16 months into a pan- who died from complications related to COVID­19, in the Inhauma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.use of Johnson & Johnson’s CO- demic, where we have proven VID-19 vaccine on hold while au- control measures,” said Maria their throats. In the early days of the pandem- is 1,000 times greater.” thorities investigate extremely Van Kerkhove, one of the World The slow vaccine rollout has ic, as sufferers were calling out for This situation is similarly dire in rare but dangerous blood clots. Health Organization’s leaders on crushed Brazilians’ pride in their comfort that she was too busy to India, where cases spiked in Feb- AstraZeneca’s vaccine has like- COVID-19. own history of carrying out huge provide, Melo filled two rubber ruary after weeks of steady de- wise been hit with delays and re- In Brazil, where deaths are run- immunization campaigns that gloves with warm water, knotted cline, taking authorities by sur- strictions because of a clotting ning at about 3,000 per day, ac- were the envy of the developing them shut, and sandwiched them prise. In a surge driven by varia- scare. counting for one-quarter of the world. around a patient’s hand to simu- nts of the virus, India saw over Another concern: Poorer coun- lives lost worldwide in recent Taking cues from President late a loving touch. 180,000 new infections in one 24- tries are relying on vaccines made weeks, the crisis has been likened Jair Bolsonaro, who has likened Some have christened the prac- hour span during the past week, by China and Russia, which some to a “raging inferno” by one WHO the virus to little more than a flu, tice the “hand of God,” and it is bringing the total number of cases scientists believe provide less pro- official. A more contagious varia- his Health Ministry for months now the searing image of a nation to over 13.9 million. tection than those by Pfizer, Mod- nt of the virus has been rampaging bet big on a single vaccine, ignor- roiled by a medical emergency Problems that India had over- erna and AstraZeneca. across the country. ing other producers. When bottle- with no end in sight. come last year are coming back to Last week, the director of the As cases surge, hospitals are necks emerged, it was too late to “Patients can’t receive visitors. haunt health officials. Only 178 Chinese Center for Disease Con- running out of critical sedatives. get large quantities in time. Sadly, there’s no way. So it’s a way ventilators were free Wednesday trol and Prevention acknowl- As a result, there have been re- Watching so many patients suf- to provide psychological support, afternoon in New Delhi, a city of edged the country’s vaccines offer ports of some doctors diluting fer and die alone at her Rio de Ja- to be there together with the pa- 29 million, where 13,000 new in- low protection and said officials what supplies remain and even ty- neiro hospital impelled nurse Li- tient holding their hand,” Melo fections were reported the previ- are considering mixing them with ing patients to their beds while diane Melo to take desperate mea- said. She added: “And this year it’s ous day. other shots to improve their effec- breathing tubes are pushed down sures. worse, the seriousness of patients The challenges facing India re- tiveness. Divers back in Gulf of Mexico to search for crew of capsized ship Associated Press was not releasing the names of any about 8 milessouth of the Louisia- PORT FOURCHON, La. — Div- of those rescued, recovered or still na coast. Nine remain missing. ers returned Saturday to the mur- missing out of respect for the pri- Six people were rescued Tues- ky, roiling waters of the Gulf of vacy of their families. day shortly after the vessel cap- Mexico in search of lost crew “Our deepest sympathy goes sized, and one body was recovered members aboard a capsized lift out to the family, friends and loved from the water Wednesday. A sec- boat off Louisiana, the Coast ones of everyone involved in this ond body was found Thursday Guard said. tragic incident,” said Capt. Will night, according to a Coast Guard “They took a break overnight Watson, commander of Coast news release. because of the weather, operating Guard Sector New Orleans. “We The boat has three legs de- as long as they could, but got back are using every asset available to signed to extend to the sea floor out there this morning and they’re us to continue our search efforts.” and raise the ship so it can serve as in the water now,” said Petty Offi- The Lafourche Parish Coro- GERALD HERBERT/AP a platform for nearby rigs. cer John Michelli. ner’s Office did not immediately Dawn Saddler, sister of missing crewmember Gregory Walcott, talks Michelli said an update on the respond Saturday to an emailed The hope of loved ones is that to reporters as she leaves a briefing for family members by Coast search progress would be re- request for comment regarding those still missing have found air Guard and NTSB officials in Port Fouchon, La., on Friday. leased later Saturday. the latest victims recovered from pockets to survive inside the ship. Late Friday, divers recovered the water. But authorities haven’t reported “It just keeps going on and on,” Time is of the essence because two more unresponsive crew Rescuers in the air and the sea any contact with anyone inside the said Frank Boeckl, whose neph- any air pockets will eventually be- members, the Coast Guard said. have been searching for the 19 ship since Tuesday. ew, Larry Warren, was among the come depleted of oxygen, said Commercial divers on the cap- workers who were aboard the ves- Meanwhile, feelings of shock missing workers. “They need Mauritius Bell, diving safety offi- sized Seacor Power lift boat found sel, which is designed to support and worry were turning to frustra- more divers in that water, and ev- cer at the California Academy of them, the Coast Guard statement offshore oil rigs, when it overturn- tion and anger for families of the ery family feels this way. It’s not Sciences: “At some point, it’s not said. But the Coast Guard said it ed Tuesday in rough weather missing. just me.” survivable.” PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 WORLD Suspect named in attack at Iranian nuclear facility

BY NASSER KARIMI ran and Israel, the prime suspect in Associated Press the sabotage, still rages. TEHRAN, Iran — Iran named a State television named the sus- suspect Saturday in the attack on its pect as 43-year-old Reza Karimi. It Natanz nuclear facility that dam- showed a passport-style photo- aged centrifuges there, saying he graph of a man it identified as Kari- had fled the country “hours before” mi, saying he was born in the nearby the sabotage happened. city of Kashan, Iran. While the extent of the damage The report also aired what ap- from the April 11 sabotage remains peared to be an Interpol “red notice” unclear, it comes as Iran tries to ne- seeking his arrest. The arrest notice IRIB/AP gotiate with world powers over al- was not immediately accessible on Centrifuge machines line the hall damaged on April 11 at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, some lowing the U.S. to re-enter its tat- Interpol’s public-facing database. 200 miles south of the Iranian capital Tehran, Saturday. tered nuclear deal and lift the eco- Interpol, based in Lyon, France, did nomic sanctions it faces. not immediately respond to a re- tar, Romania, Turkey, Uganda and There was a “limited explosion of military and intelligence services, Already, Iran has begun enrich- quest for comment. the United Arab Emirates. a small part of the electricity-feed- blamed a cyberattack for the dam- ing uranium up to 60% purity in re- The TV report said “necessary ac- The report did not elaborate how ing path to the centrifuges’ hall,” the age. sponse — three times higher than tions” are underway to bring Karimi Karimi would have gotten access to TV report said. “The explosion hap- The Iranian state TV also said ever before, though in small quanti- back to Iran through legal channels, one of the most secure facilities in pened because of the function of ex- there were images that corroborat- ties. The sabotage and Iran’s re- without elaborating. The supposed the Islamic Republic. However, it plosive materials; and there was no ed the account of an explosion rath- sponse to it also have further in- Interpol “red notice” listed his for- did for the first time offer authorities cyberattack.” er than cyberattack offered by secu- flamed tensions across the Mideast, eign travel history as including Eth- acknowledging an explosion struck Initial reports in Israeli media, rity services, but it did not broadcast where a shadow war between Teh- iopia, Kenya, the Netherlands, Qa- the Natanz facility. which maintain close relations to its those pictures. Raul Castro resigns as head Prince Philip is laid to rest as somber queen sits alone of Communist Party in Cuba Associated Press around the church. WINDSOR, England — As mil- Prince Charles, the heir to the BY ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ itary bands played and a proces- throne, sat opposite the monarch Associated Press sion of royals escorted his coffin to alongside his wife Camilla. Prince HAVANA — Raul Castro said the church, Prince Philip was laid Andrew was two seats to the Friday he is stepping down as head to rest Saturday in a funeral cere- queen’s left. of Cuba’s Communist Party, end- mony that honored his lifetime of Prince William and his wife ing an era of formal leadership that service to the U.K., the crown and Kate sat directly opposite from his began with his brother Fidel and his wife of 73 years, Queen Eliza- brother Prince Harry, who had the country’s 1959 revolution. beth II. traveled back from California The 89-year-old Castro made the The widowed British monarch, without his pregnant wife Megh- announcement in a speech at the setting an example amid the coro- an. opening of the eighth congress of navirus pandemic, sat alone at the People across Britain observed the ruling party, the only one al- ceremony, dressed in black and one minute of silence in honor of lowed on the island. with her head bowed in prayer. Philip just before the funeral got He said he was retiring with the Philip, who died April 9 two underway. sense of having “fulfilled his mis- months shy of his 100th birthday, Under soft spring sunshine, sion and confident in the future of was honored at Windsor Castle in some locals earlier stopped out- the fatherland.” a service that was steeped in mil- side the castle to leave flowers, but “Nothing, nothing, nothing is itary and royal tradition but also people largely heeded requests by forcing me to make this decision,” ARIEL LEY ROYERO, ACN/AP pared down and infused with his police and the palace not to gather said Castro, part of whose speech to Raul Castro, first secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party and former own personality. because of the pandemic. the closed Congress was aired on president, waves to members at the opening session of the party’s The entire royal procession and For the procession, senior mili- state television. “As long as I live I VIII Congress as Cuban President Miguel Diaz­Canel, right, applauds funeral took place out of public tary commanders lined up in front will be ready with my foot in the at the Convention Palace, in Havana, Cuba, Friday. view within the grounds of the cas- of the vehicle. The children of Phi- stirrup to defend the homeland, the tle, a 950-year-old royal residence lip and the queen — Charles, Prin- revolution and socialism with more cial Cuban News Agency showed The transition comes at a diffi- 20 miles west of London, but was cess Anne, Andrew and Prince force than ever.” Castro, dressed in an olive green cult time for Cuba, with many on shown live on television. Edward — walked behind the Castro didn’t say who he would uniform, entering the compound the island anxious about what lies Coronavirus restrictions meant hearse, while the 94-year-old endorse as his successor as first with Díaz-Canel by his side. ahead. that instead of the 800 mourners queen traveled to the chapel in a secretary of the Communist Party. Castro’s retirement means that The coronavirus pandemic, expected in the longstanding Bentley car. But he previously indicated he fa- for the first time in more than six painful financial reforms and re- plans for Philip’s funeral, only 30 Grandsons Prince William and vors yielding control to 60-year-old decades Cubans won’t have a Cas- strictions imposed by the Trump people were allowed inside the Prince Harry also walked behind Miguel Díaz-Canel, who succeeded tro formally guiding their affairs; administration have battered the castle’s St. George’s Chapel, in- the coffin, although not side by him as president in 2018 and is the and many had been expecting the economy, which shrank 11% last cluding the queen, her four chil- side. standard bearer of a younger gen- change. year as a result of a collapse in tou- dren and her eight grandchildren. The brothers, whose relation- eration of loyalists who have been “One has to step aside for the rism and remittances. Long food Following strict social distanc- ship has been strained amid Har- pushing an economic opening with- young people,” said 64-year-old re- lines and shortages have brought ing rules during the pandemic, the ry’s decision to quit royal duties out touching Cuba’s one-party sys- tiree Juana Busutil, for whom Cas- back echoes of the “special period” queen set an example even in and move to California, flanked tem. tro “is going to continue being the that followed the collapse of the So- grief, sitting apart from family their cousin Peter Phillips, the son Photographs released by the offi- leader.” viet Union in the early 1990s. members who were arrayed of Anne. Sunday, April 18, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Man gets prison for killing elephant seal LOS ANGELES — A CA man was sentenced to three months in federal prison for shooting a protected northern ele- phant seal to death on the central California coast near San Simeon. A Los Angeles federal judge al- so sentenced Jordan Gerbich, 30, to a year of supervised release af- ter his prison term, three months of home detention, 120 hours of community service and ordered him to pay a $1,000 fine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Gerbich, who lived in Santa Ma- ria at the time and now lives in Coalville, Utah, pleaded guilty last year to a misdemeanor count of il- legally taking a marine mammal, the office said. Northern elephant seals are massive animals found along North America’s Pacific coast and are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. School to swap KKK leader’s name for athlete’s ATLANTA — An At- GA lanta high school that was named after a Ku Klux Klan leader will strip the name and in- stead honor the late baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron. The Atlanta Board of Education LM OTERO/AP voted unanimously to change the name of Forrest Hill Academy to Hank Aaron New Beginnings A- Here’s looking at you cademy, news outlets reported. A man who asked to be identified as Worker, works on artwork called the Eye created by artist Tony Tasset in downtown Dallas. The 30­foot The new name is expected to be in giant eye had been vandalized and the workers said they were restoring the fiberglass sculpture. place by the time students return to the southwest Atlanta alterna- that,” Pensacola Police Depart- THE CENSUS is recruiting remote workers, Gov. tive school in August. ment spokesman Officer Mike Jim Justice said. Aaron, a former Atlanta Braves Wood told the newspaper. The number of dogs that were found inside the SUV of ZJar Urulu- The program would give partic- baseball player, died in January at “It’s not very often that people 16 zu, 57, in Bridal Veil Falls, Calif. Thirteen of the dogs in the vehicle ipants $12,000 cash and free pas- the age of 86. Under the nickname want to get involved anymore, but were placed in the care of Animal Services, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Of- ses for a year to recreational desti- “Hammerin’ Hank,” he set a wide he did," he said. fice said in a Facebook posting. Three others were found dead. There were an nations such as whitewater raft- array of career hitting records Lopez has been released from “excessive amount of flies in there, and waste, dogs tethered together,” Henry ing, golf and rock climbing. during his 23-year span, ultimate- the hospital. Brzezinski, manager of county Animal Services, told KOVR-TV. Uruluzu was Justice said state Tourism Cabi- ly breaking Babe Ruth’s home run arrested on suspicion of non-care and cruelty to animals. net Secretary Chelsea Ruby told record while enduring racist Students disciplined over him the state had received 55,000 threats. ‘slave trade’ on Snapchat inquiries into the program since it Forrest Hill Academy had been Caution urged of boaters be. But police in Kansas City said was announced. named after Nathan Bedford For- ALEDO — Students at after rare whales spotted one mom took matters too far The program is accepting appli- rest, a Confederate general and an TX a North Texas high when she used a gun to threaten cations for the first 50 openings in early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. school are being disciplined for BOSTON — A group another mother in a school drop- Morgantown, home to West Vir- their role in a mock slave auction MA of rare whales has off line. ginia University. Homeless Army vet pulls they conducted on social media. been spotted east of Boston, Police said in reports that a man from burning vehicle A group of students at the Da- prompting the federal government mother was dropping off her chil- Teen who took explosive niel Ninth Grade Campus in the to urge caution among boaters. dren when another car sped to school charged PENSACOLA — A Fort Worth suburb of Aledo set up The whales are North Atlantic around hers. As the line was stop- FL homeless Army veteran the so-called “slave trade” of right whales, which number only ped, the mother got out of her car NEWAYGO — A 16- is being called a hero for pulling a Black classmates on Snapchat, about 360 in the world. The Na- and confronted the other driver — MI year-old student who man to safety when his car caught civil rights activists told the Fort tional Oceanic and Atmospheric a woman who also was dropping lost both thumbs after his home- fire after a head-on crash in Flor- Worth Star-Telegram. Administration said it is asking off students. made explosive went off in a high ida’s Panhandle. A screenshot provided to the mariners to route around the area That’s when the woman who school classroom in western Mi- Freddie Finkley, 56, was stand- Star-Telegram showed a Snap- or transit through it at 10 knots or was confronted displayed a hand- chigan has been charged. ing near an intersection with his chat group with various names, in- less until April 23. gun and made threatening state- He is charged with manufac- girlfriend Stephanie Tidwell on cluding “Slave Trade” and anoth- The whales were spotted on ments to the first mother, police ture/possession of a Molotov cock- April 7 when they witnessed the er name that includes a racial slur. April 8. The animals are often said. School officials reported the tail or similar device and posses- crash on an I-10 overpass near One person typed they would seen off Massachusetts as they incident to police, and officers ar- sion of a weapon in a weapon-free Pensacola. spend $1 on a peer, and another head north. rested the woman who displayed school zone, the Newaygo County Finkley told the Pensacola person wrote in the chat they the gun a short time later. prosecutor’s office said. News Journal he pulled Eric Lo- would pay $100 for someone else. Mom arrested for gun A homemade explosive was tak- pez, 34, from the vehicle as flames The district didn’t specify what threat at school drop-off State gets 55K inquiries en March 8 to Newaygo High were coming through the dash- discipline has been dealt out to the for remote work program School and accidentally detonat- board. students, but Aledo school Super- KANSAS CITY — Any- ed, police said. The teen, four oth- “Anybody that helps out anoth- intendent Susan Bohnsaid in a KS one who has ever nego- CHARLESTON — er students and a teacher were er person — especially in this case statement that district officials tiated the line of vehicles at a WV West Virginia re- hurt. He was also suspended. where it could have or did save a have spoken with all the students school drop-off zone knows how ceived 2,000 applications in the life — we certainly appreciate involved and their parents. frustrating the daily process can first two days after announcing it From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 MUSIC

REVIEW Swift takes a principled stand, and it’s a bonanza for her fans Rerecorded ‘Fearless’ includes 14 of singer’s ‘vault’ tracks

BY MIKAEL WOOD Well, maybe. Los Angeles Times In the decade and change since her soph- On Jan. 31, 2010, Taylor Swift stood on- omore LP, “Fearless,” took the Grammys’ stage at the Grammy Awards and promised most prestigious award, Swift has won al- that the story of that night — the night “in bum of the year two additional times — 2010 that we got to win album of the year at including just last month, when the singer’s the Grammys,” as she put it — would be the victory with the platinum-certified “folk- one she’d tell her grandkids over and over Taylor Swift again when she was 80. SEE SWIFT ON PAGE 13 Fearless: Taylor’s Version (Republic)

Taylor Swift has returned to her 2008 album “Fearless” as the first installment in her much­discussed plan to rerecord her six earliest studio LPs following the 2019 purchase of her former label, Big Machine, by Scooter Braun, above left.

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APPRECIATION DMX rapped, and lived, with unmatched ferocity

BY AUGUST BROWN pital with his family wanna die / All I know is pain, all I feel is New York rap at its most distilled: brash Los Angeles Times by his side after rain / How can I maintain with that s— on deliveries, a hard-bitten worldview and n a November interview with being placed on life my brain?” productions rooted in soulful, confident Talib Kweli, rapper DMX was support for the past DMX prowled the stage with tendons horn samples. His sprawling Ruff Ryders searingly candid about his drug few days. Earl was a rippling, eyes aflame, a physical manifes- crew (alongside future stars Eve, Ja Rule use and the trauma that drove it. warrior who fought tation of the storms in his head. But he hit and in-house producer Swizz Beatz) kept “I learned that I had to deal with till the very end. He more ruminative and tender notes as hits coming from all directions. Ithe things that hurt me,” he said. “I didn’t loved his family with well, as on “How It’s Goin’ Down” with The next albums of his Billboard 200 DMX really have anybody to talk to … talking all of his heart and R&B singer Faith Evans. “It’s Dark and streak lost a little of that momentum, about your problems is viewed as a sign we cherish the times we spent with him. Hell Is Hot” was an instant classic, and it even with occasional standout singles like of weakness when actually it’s one of the Earl’s music inspired countless fans made him an immediate but troubled 2001’s “Who We Be” that drew lines bravest things you can do. One of the across the world and his iconic legacy superstar. among the societal failures of prison, bravest things you can do is put it on the will live on forever.” With his follow-up later in 1998, “Flesh drugs and isolation that broke Black com- table, chop it up, and just let it out.” DMX’s life and career were contradic- of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood,” DMX munities (its video, with black-and-white He recounted how, as a 14-year-old, tions from the start. He was devoutly was already wrestling with the demons of protest footage from the ’60s, felt like an he’d unwittingly smoked a crack-infused religious yet accrued a lengthy list of drug abuse. “Slippin” used a Grover antecedent to Lil Baby’s “The Bigger blunt, which introduced him to drugs and arrests and incarcerations — most re- Washington Jr. sample to moving effect, Picture” clip). began a stormy, lifelong relationship with cently, in 2018, he went to prison for tax while DMX laid out how a childhood 2003’s “X Gon’ Give It to Ya,” a bigger- self-medication to heal his pain. “Drugs fraud. He possessed one of rap’s most laced with uncaring institutions, absent than-life anthem from the soundtrack of were never a problem, drugs were a distinctive, combative vocal tones, with family and drug use bent his sense of self. the action movie “Cradle 2 the Grave,” symptom of a bigger problem,” he said. gut-spilling lyrics churning through his His third album, 1999’s “… And Then became his final signature hit, eventually “There were things I went through in my difficult youth in 1980s New York, yet he There Was X,” was a juggernaut on the serving as mixed martial arts walk-out childhood where I just blocked it out. You was also a staggeringly popular artist, charts, going six times platinum on the music, the backdrop for a killing spree in never know when the things you stored topping the Billboard 200 with each of his strength of “Party Up (Up in Here),” the 2016 film “Deadpool” and as the mu- away are going to come out and just fall first five albums, starting with 1998’s which retooled his tense paranoia into a sical bed for a “Rick and Morty” montage all over the place.” landmark “It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot” on monster hit that would echo at clubs and that became an ever-present reaction The interview seemed an encouraging Ruff Ryders/Def Jam. All told, he had 15 sports arenas for years to come. “What’s meme. In 2016, Bernie Sanders even used sign that the rapper, born Earl Simmons, Hot 100 singles. He also was a charismat- My Name” and “What These Bitches DMX’s “Where the Hood At?” as walk-on was finally rounding a bend on his diffi- ic film star in critical and commercial Want” took a darker, tenser flip on that music to a rally, sending rap fans and culties with substance abuse, after can- successes like “Belly” and “Romeo Must template, but now, DMX wasn’t just a leftists alike into unlikely glee. celing a tour and checking into rehab in Die.” growling, compellingly paranoid entry to While DMX had devoted much of his 2019. But the 50-year-old rapper suc- From the opening salvo of his first the New York canon — he was a super- late career to preaching in his Christian cumbed to that longtime struggle. DMX major-label single, “Get at Me Dog,” to star. faith, he’d reportedly re-signed with Def died on April 8 after suffering a heart “Stop Being Greedy” and “Ruff Ryders He also defined a transitional era in Jam. In an era with so much nostalgia for attack on April 2, following an overdose Anthem,” the ultimate get-ready-to-rum- hip-hop, as it moved from the bicoastal the era of rap and pop he helped epito- at his home in White Plains, N.Y. ble rap track that helped made producer wars and gang conflicts of the late Noto- mize, this could have been the beginning A statement from his family read, in Swizz Beats’ career, DMX possessed a rious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur into a new, of a much-deserved comeback. So many part: “We are deeply saddened to an- voice like no other. His delivery was dominant form of popular music. After young rappers have fallen victim to drugs nounce today that our loved one, DMX, deep, frantic and hoarse, yet with a coiled Biggie, Jay-Z may have become the King and violence of late; it’s only compound- birth name of Earl Simmons, passed intensity that made his songs feel like hits of New York, and Wu-Tang Clan made ing to watch older ones struggle so deeply away at 50 years old at White Plains Hos- even as he rapped: ‘N— wonder why N— the city a mythic realm. But DMX was with the same things. Swift: Redo of breakout album makes creative, business sense FROM PAGE 12 ketplace with a product she owns. In the less” era from what Swift calls her vault, that of course has gotten deeper, huskier lore” made her the first woman to three- future, when a filmmaker or ad agency complete with interest-piquing contribu- and more flexible since the late ’00s. But peat in Grammys history. wants to use one of her songs in a movie or tions from Maren Morris and Keith Ur- she only really takes advantage of that But if her treasured memories have TV commercial, or when a fan streams it ban. shift a couple of times — in “Fifteen,” gotten more crowded than she might’ve on Spotify, she’s betting they’ll turn to One of the vault selections, “Mr. Per- which now carries some of the disappoint- anticipated, “Fearless” still looms large in these renditions instead of those in which fectly Fine,” caused a hubbub online when ment her fresh-faced narrator had yet to the Taylor Swift mythology. Released in Braun reportedly retains a financial in- fans deduced that Swift had written the face, and “The Best Day,” an earnest trib- 2008, when she was 18, the record cap- terest. sharply witty song in the aftermath of ute to her parents that skirted corniness a tures her arrival at true superstardom; it Yet the rerecording project makes being dumped by Joe Jonas. (Among her decade ago but now feels lined with an sold more than 10 million copies and spun unique creative sense for an artist suffi- better epithets in a tune full of them: “Mr. adult understanding of childhood. (That off her first Top 10 pop hit in the Romeo ciently obsessed with time and aging and never told me why / Mr. never had to see Swift’s mother has since battled cancer and Juliet-themed “Love Story.” nostalgia that she spent her big Grammys me cry / Mr. insincere apology so he repeatedly makes the song only more Now Swift, 31 and on her fourth full- speech as a teenager imagining herself in doesn’t look like the bad guy.”) poignant.) length in less than two years, has returned senior citizen-hood. For most acts, this So how does the “Fearless” redo com- As for the lightweight bonus material, to the album as the first installment in her whole enterprise would seem crassly pare to the old album? It would take a which she cut in the studio with her “folk- much-discussed plan to rerecord her six commercial; for Swift, it presents a chance deeply devoted Swiftologist — of which lore” and “Evermore” collaborators Aaron earliest studio LPs following Scooter to live out a key lyric from one of “Fear- there are millions, each eagerly armed Dessner and Jack Antonoff, none of it Braun’s 2019 purchase of her former label, less’” emotional highlights: the strummy, with a fine-toothed comb — to suss out the argues that it deserved a place on “Fear- Big Machine. (The music exec, known impossibly yearning “Fifteen,” about minute differences, so thoroughly has the less,” though “Mr. Perfectly Fine” comes among other things for his onetime work wishing “you could go back and tell your- singer re-created her original arrange- close. Lots of mid-tempo acoustic strum- with Swift’s nemesis Kanye West, last self what you know now.” ments. Accompanying her are many of the ming; lots of lyrics missing the trademark year sold Big Machine — and with it the Which isn’t to say she’s not seizing an folks who played on “Fearless” and on specificity that defines Swift’s A-game. singer’s master recordings — to an in- opportunity to ring up more business. tour with Swift around the same time, with Still, for an artist who would appear to vestment fund for more than $300 mil- Beyond the 13 songs on the original “Fear- the conspicuous exception of her former have earned a hiatus — “Lover,” though it lion.) less” — its other hits include “You Belong co-producer Nathan Chapman, who, judg- seems an eternity ago, came out in the Swift has been open about her motive With Me” and “White Horse” — “Taylor’s ing by his recent work with other Big pre-pandemic summer of 2019 — Swift for making “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” Version” features 14 bonus tracks, a half- Machine acts, perhaps elected not to rock has put a remarkable amount of energy as she’s calling the new set released April dozen of which have never been heard a professional boat. into this would-be practical exercise. 8: She’s looking to devalue those masters before; they’re newly recorded produc- The most significant change is in Swift’s Only she could make bare-knuckled by essentially replacing them in the mar- tions of tunes written during the “Fear- singing voice, a once-brittle instrument capitalism feel like a moral act. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 BOOKS American dreams with a dash of magic Young man navigates cultural, societal expectations of being a second-generation Indian American in ‘Gold Diggers’

BY RON CHARLES brown adults in a largely white ingest the dreams and plans thetically, uses his alienated The Washington Post subdivision” — “create a sim- invested in that shiny bling. perspective to capture the plight anjena Sathian’s “Gold ulacrum of India in a reliably red As a metaphor of the thirst for of “conceptual orphans” Diggers” is a work of Georgia county.” success, this domestic sorcery is launched into the United States 24-karat genius. This Sathian creates that cul-de-sac pure gold. But the real miracle by eager immigrant parents. Sremarkable debut novel with a wry and loving eye — a here is the way Sathian melds “In the space between us and — already chosen by Mindy kind of South Asian version of that ancient magic to the con- the rest of adulthood lay a great Kaling for an upcoming TV se- “The Wonder Years,” with Neil’s tours of her otherwise natural expanse of the unknown,” Neil ries — melts down striving im- awkward antics narrated by his story of contemporary life. She’s says. “We had not grown up migrant tales, Old West mytholo- older self. This is a world in working in a liminal realm imbibing stories that implicitly gy and even madcap thrillers to which children act as a fulcrum where the laws of science aren’t conveyed answers to the basic produce an invaluable new alloy for their parents’ ambition. Neil suspended so much as stretched. questions of being: What did it of American literature. is admonished to study harder “There are some mysteries a feel like to fall in love in Amer- Charting the route that gener- and longer, while Anita and his person needs to accept,” Neil ica, to take oneself for granted in ations of Indian immigrants have sister throw themselves into the says, which is good advice for America? Starved as we were for taken to these shores, Sathian Miss Teen India pageant. Every anyone entering this novel. clues about how to live, we would locates the precarious nexus of aced quiz, every spelling bee In a dazzling demonstration of grip like mad on to anything that pride and anxiety where so many prize, every science fair trophy is Sathian’s range, the book’s sec- lent a possible way of being.” newcomers reside. She follows confirmation that the decision to ond half jumps a decade later, As Sathian mines that vein of the children who straddle two leave India was correct, while beyond the tragedy of Neil’s desperation, the term “gold dig- cultures, forced again and again temptations, he dutifully heeds failure of any kind throws the adolescence to the smoldering ger” keeps turning, catching the to answer the question, “What his “mother’s warnings that family’s entire sacrifice into wreckage of his adulthood. It’s a light in strikingly different ways. does it mean to be both Indian engaging in nonsense could abort doubt. jarring transition — and meant It’s a slur hurled at women pur- and American?” And in the proc- all you were supposed to be- “There was no room to imag- to be. Moving from Atlanta to the suing wealthy men; it’s a de- ess, she plumbs the universal come, could in fact abort the ine multiple sorts of futures,” Bay Area, the novel also shifts scription of this country’s inex- challenge of satisfying the hun- very American dream we were Neil says, “We’d put all our from anxious teen drama to haustible craving. And while ger for more — more money, duty-bound to live out.” brainpower toward conjuring up more astringent satire of second- everyone Neil knows rushes more prestige, more time — an But then there is Anita. a single one: Harvard.” generation Americans whose toward the future, he burrows obsession that would make any Anita Dayal is literally the girl It’s around this point that Sath- ambitions have pooled in Silicon through 19th-century California of us strangers to ourselves. next door, but she’s also Neil’s ian’s effervescent social satire Valley. history looking for an Indian gold The narrator of “Gold Dig- Cleopatra and Daisy Buchanan. breaks the bonds of ordinary As a poor grad student in his- digger who may offer him “a gers” is an endearing young man A friend since childhood, she’s reality and rises to another level. tory, Neil finds himself out of legible American ancestor to named Neil Narayan, an Indian infinitely cooler than Neil and In a moment of crazed teenage sync with the moneyed internet provide guidance on how to American living in Atlanta. bound to achieve the glittery despair, Neil discovers that right culture around him. make a life.” “When I was younger,” Neil success he won’t. And yet Anita next door, Anita and her mother “Sometimes,” he laments, “I With Neil’s struggle to find a says, “I consisted of little but my and Neil remain yoked together are practicing alchemy. Using an can’t imagine ever feeling at usable past and a viable future, parents’ ambitions for who I was by proximity and culture and ancient recipe, they’re melting home anywhere in the world, or Sathian has created a funny, to become.” eventually by disaster. Anita’s down stolen jewelry and creating with anyone at all.” Sathian, who compassionate, tragic novel of Despite the usual high school parents and his own — “the four a tart liquid that Anita drinks to inhabits Neil’s despair so sympa- astonishing cultural richness. ‘Speak, Okinawa’ author bonds with mother over shared heritage

BY AKEMI JOHNSON had turned Okinawa into a weapons depot alternately ignored her and mocked her; she she must say yes to anything boys and men Special to The Washington Post and rest-and-relaxation destination, with cut up her dresses and kimonos for scraps. asked of her. When they found her attrac- When she was a young child, Elizabeth tens of thousands of American troops stop- As an adult, Brina contended with her tive, she didn’t know “how to channel this Miki Brina lived in her mother’s homeland ping over on the island. own challenges with drinking and relation- attraction toward respect, toward care, of Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefec- At the club, Brina’s mother met an Amer- ships, and began to empathize with her toward love.” The memoir becomes a testa- ture. She rode on her grandmother’s back, ican soldier from Manhattan, a college mother’s pain. Visiting her parents one ment to the importance of their lives as played under the subtropical sun, heard the graduate from a wealthy white family. Bri- weekend at age 26, she engaged in her “typ- Asian women, as mother and daughter, and roar of military jets and spoke Japanese. na imagines their meet- ical rant-exchange” over politics with her an apology for all the years Brina thought Then, her parents moved her to the Unit- ing: He is “Elvis hand- father during dinner, the two of them shout- otherwise. ed States, and she didn’t think about Okina- some” and seems “like ing different views and ignoring her mother, “Speak, Okinawa” is strongest when wa for three decades. As she grew up, she a way out.” “She is who drank two bottles of wine and then Brina is recounting, with piercing candid- spoke only English, knowing nothing of her beautiful, exotic … too crawled under the table. When her mother ness and clarity, the almost claustrophobic mother’s history. vulnerable to resist.” started screaming and kicking, knocking world of an only child and her parents — “Which is to say,” Brina writes, “that I They married and over glasses, Brina joined her on the floor, their shifting allegiances, the wounds they grew up not knowing my mother or myself.” eventually settled in the curling their bodies together. In earlier inflict on each other and their rocky path Brina’s poignant memoir, “Speak, Okina- suburbs of Rochester, days, Brina might have run away, but in that toward acceptance, apology and forgive- wa,” is the story of her discovery of Okina- N.Y., where Brina grew instant she saw that “her trauma is my ness. The memoir is also a portrait of the wa as an adult — and discoveries about her up in a 99%-white com- trauma, that our pain comes from the same devastating effects of imperialism and rac- mother and herself. Brina also explores munity. In her eyes, her father was her source.” ism on a person’s identity, self-worth and Okinawa as an overlooked piece of the hero, the one with all the answers, who Brina’s curiosity grew, and at age 34, she relationships and offers a perspective on American story in need of hard scrutiny. navigated their world with confidence and traveled to Okinawa and began to delve into how a person can combat these legacies. Brina’s mother was born three years after power. its history of war, colonialism and survival. In the book’s early pages, Brina observes World War II. Like many Okinawans, her “He knew what to say, and he said it so In her mother, she began to see strength that she is “too American.” By the end, she family survived the U.S. occupation by well,” Brina writes. “His pronunciation was instead of weakness, the weight of history writes that her story is both American and working for the U.S. military — building perfect.” instead of personal failing. She detected Okinawan. She claims her Okinawan identi- bases, serving cafeteria food, cleaning bar- Meanwhile, her mother struggled to learn traces of Okinawa’s subjugation in both her ty in part by taking a stand against the in- racks. They lived in poverty, eating sweet English and seemed “never entirely wel- own life and her mother’s, in the way they justices inflicted on Okinawa over the years. potatoes for every meal, as military in- come” in their town, “never [able to] fully were “fighting to be acknowledged and She points to the many crimes committed stallations took over their island. Brina’s participate.” Her mother coped by drinking, understood. Fighting to matter.” by U.S. servicemen since World War II, mother dropped out of school in the eighth sometimes once a month, sometimes once a This battle was most evident in their including sexual assault, murder and rob- grade to work in a factory and later became week, until she passed out. Brina, internaliz- relationships with men. Brina’s father treat- bery, and opposes a new American base a waitress in a nightclub. By then the Viet- ing the racism of her peers, idolized her ed her mother “more like a daughter than a being built on the main island today. “Free nam War was raging, and the U.S. military father and was “cruel” to her mother. She wife.” As a teenager, Brina began believing Okinawa!” Brina writes. Sunday, April 18, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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VIOFO/TNS Viofo A139 3 Channel Dash Cam has front­facing, interior infrared and rear­facing cameras, so everything you need is recorded. Dash cam captures video PHOTOS BY JOSE A. IGLESIAS/TNS from front, back and inside A delivery robot runs along the road on March 30 in Section 9, located in the Brickell area of Miami, among restaurants operated by REEF. The robots will deliver from REEF’s Miami­area restaurant partners. BY GREGG ELLMAN on a microSD memory card, Tribune News Service class 10 up to 256GB. When you look at the specs for The interior camera has a Viofo A139 triple channel dash 6-element infrared LED lamp cam, it’s easy for non-tech heads system, which translates to com- to be intimidated and stay away plete coverage of the interior for Tips not required from it. But don’t. Dash cameras day or night. are a technology gadget you Other features include parking think you don’t need until you do, mode, time-lapse, GPS with route Miami’s REEF brings robot dinner delivery to downtown which is often too late. data and vehicle speed, dual- If you are ever in an accident, band WiFi built-in with 2.4GHz BY BOB WILE there’s no better evidence than and 5GHz for transferring con- Miami Herald video. tent, and audio recording. An he future is here — and it is rolling Yes, the Viofo A139 does a lot, external microphone can be through the Brickell neighborhood deliv- but once you see the high-quality added to capture audio in specif- ering dinner. image it produces and records ic locations. T Miami-based REEF has officially (MP4 and JPG), it’s easy to see Online: viofo.com; $269.99 launched a robot delivery service, using Miami’s why this is almost a must-have. urban core to test bringing food orders from its The triple cameras include a Just in time for grilling season, network of delivery-only kitchens, also called ghost front-facing, interior infrared, Cave Tools has launched the kitchens. REEF is partnering with Mountain View, and rear window camera, so Chicken and Turkey Roasting Calif.-based robot designers Cartken on the rollout. everything is recorded without Rack to produce dinners cooked Anyone within a ¾-mile radius of Brickell and having to sacrifice a view. Along to perfection. After using it on a downtown Miami could be on the receiving end of a A large SUV steers around a delivery robot running with the cameras, quick-release chicken, I’ll confirm that it per- robotic courier. along the road March 30 in the Brickell area of mounting equipment, easy in- formed and produced as it’s For now, customers can’t choose whether they Miami, among restaurants operated by REEF. stallation cables, car char- promoted, with a smokier, get a robot. But consumers who order from a REEF ger adapter and crispier and juicier partner brand like Postmates, UberEats, DoorDash The bots will deliver orders from REEF’S Miami instructions are all result. or GrubHub may find themselves prompted with partner brands, including Della Bowls, Krispy included. It does The patented the option for one. Rice, Genuine Burger, Fuku, Mamma Parmigiana, take a little self-basting and For those who do get droid delivery, here’s how it BurgerFi, Michy B’s, Van Leeuwen and Sam’s time for in- non-stick stain- works: When the bot arrives at their house or apart- Crispy Chicken. stallation, less steel ment building, it waits outside and sends a text REEF, founded in 2013 as ParkJockey by en- but it’s noth- frame makes it message alerting them that the delivery has ar- trepreneurs Ari Ojalvo and Umut Tekin, became a ing to shy simple for rived. While it makes its delivery, the robot’s com- billion-dollar “unicorn” in Dec. 2018 when it raised away from cooking on a partment is locked so that no one but the recipient an undisclosed sum from a syndicate led by tech doing on your grill or in an can access the food. The robots’ sensors and cam- conglomerate SoftBank; that company’s COO, Mia- own. oven. It holds up eras help them navigate through busy sidewalks mi-based Marcelo Claure, recently talked up REEF Each camera to 20 pounds of and street crosswalks as well as over steps and as an example of Miami’s potential as a tech hub. In has a Sony sen- poultry at a unique curbs. November, REEF raised an additional investment sor, which records 20-degree angle. The The cost and time to receive the order is the same round of $1 billion from SoftBank, Emirates-based in full HD. You’ll really frame holds the poultry as if you were ordering from a plain old human Mubadala Capital, and Oaktree Capital Manage- see the effect of sitting with the worker — now in short supply due to the pandemic. ment. the Sony sensors CAVE TOOLS/TNS legs facing down “Delivery continues to be the driving force be- While other U.S. communities already enjoy after recording Cave Tools Roast Rack holds on the outside of hind supporting many of our beloved restaurants robot catering, REEF could end up ushering in the night vision, which up to 20 pounds of poultry at the roasting while staying safe during this pandemic,” said Matt first mass rollout of the technology. The company provides incred- a 20­degree angle. rack, while keep- Lindenberger, Chief Technology Officer at REEF, says it plans to deploy in other locations in the com- ible detail. The ing the wingtips in a statement. “However, the rising demand for ing weeks; it currently lists more than 1,000 open front has a 140-degree wide- tucked in. delivery has created a bottleneck during peak din- job roles nationwide on its website. angle view; the inside and rear This allows drippings to pool ing hours that slows efficiency. We’re looking at our “We’re proud to be ground zero for this type of are 170 degrees. The front has a above the breast, keeping it robot delivery service as a long-term solution that exciting and forward-thinking innovation that will nearly 300-degree rotation to moist. Keeping the poultry off the can advance the delivery ecosystem by offering help reduce congestion and carbon emissions — not ensure the necessary angle. grilling surface also speeds cook- speed, quality and scale while reducing congestion just in Miami, but cities around the world,” said All three cameras can record ing time by about 20 minutes. and carbon emission.” City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez in a statement. simultaneously. Content is stored Online: cavetools.com; $19.99 Sunday, April 18, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Ensure every willing, eligible citizen can vote BY GARY ABERNATHY and others. A considerable portion of every Special to The Washington Post How much better election’s ballots are cast by voters only after EDITORIAL igh voter participation is often would our government they are hassled, prodded and shamed — Terry Leonard, Editor mistakenly hailed as the bench- something I know well from my days in poli- [email protected] mark of a successful election, tics when my colleagues and I would spend leading to the temptation to place be if elections were Election Day calling Republicans — most of Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor H blame when turnout is low, such as accusing them white and rural — and begging them to [email protected] decided by voters Republicans of suppression. A perfect exam- go to the polls. Democrats do the same with Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content ple was provided recently by Kenneth Che- participating only their constituents. [email protected] nault, a former chief executive at American Our politics are less about achieving good Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation Express who has led an array of Black busi- because of their own government and more about winning and [email protected] ness leaders speaking out against Georgia’s keeping power through the machinations of new election law. According to The New York sense of duty and the cleverest campaign gurus. The successful Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital Times, Chenault said, “There is no middle ones are feted by glowing reviews and re- [email protected] ground here. You either are for more people patriotism? warded with the golden tickets of book deals voting, or you want to suppress the vote.” and television gigs. “We knew we had to maxi- BUREAU STAFF Georgia, Texas and other GOP-controlled voters were denied a reasonable and equita- mize turnout in that part of the state” is a typ- states have come under fire for crafting new ble means to exercise their franchise when ical post-election boast, complete with self- Europe/Mideast legislation allegedly aimed at suppressing mi- they wanted to. Total voters are mostly deter- congratulatory descriptions of how the mira- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] nority turnout. The facts, as they have slowly mined by the level of enthusiasm for the issues cle was achieved. It’s understandable — there +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 been reported, have been more nuanced, but or candidates in any given election. We can- are no prizes to be won by sitting back and Pacific critics abound. Democrats claim that GOP- not, and should not, require people to care, nor waiting to see who votes on their own initia- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief backed reforms are an unnecessary remedy devise too-clever legislation designed to over- tive. [email protected] to a nonexistent problem rooted in former come apathy when the privilege of determin- How much better would our government +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 President Donald Trump’s unfounded claim ing the makeup of our government is not inspi- be if elections were decided by voters partici- Washington that the 2020 election was stolen. But Repub- ration enough. pating only because of their own sense of duty Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief licans have long viewed safeguards such as Some people vote in every election. Others and patriotism, not because they were ha- [email protected] strengthening voter ID standards and encou- vote only when they’re excited about a partic- rassed by partisan operatives, or because the (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News raging in-person voting as important to ensur- ular candidate. In 2012, claims that Republi- government ordered more drop boxes conve- [email protected] ing that only legal votes are cast. cans were suppressing the vote were belied niently placed or millions of ballots mailed di- But the true culprit behind low turnout isn’t when President Barack Obama was reelected rectly to homes? CIRCULATION a political effort to suppress the vote. It’s a in part because African American turnout Ideally, every American would be so enthu- more basic condition that knows no partisan, surpassed that of white people, 66.6% com- siastic as to line up at the polls days in advance, Mideast racial or socioeconomic boundary: apathy. pared with 64.1%, according to the Brookings as they would for free concert tickets or when Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] Millions of people — affiliated and unaffiliat- Institution. By contrast, in 2016, apathy nega- Walmart opens its doors for Black Friday. But [email protected] ed, of all races and backgrounds — don’t vote tively impacted Democrats while Trump mo- what really matters is that every eligible citi- DSN (314)583-9111 for many reasons, including because they tivated rural white people. It’s still too early to zen who wants to vote is able to cast a ballot — Europe simply don’t care. It matters not to them who draw firm data-based conclusions as to what yes, without any unfair impediment, but it’s Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager holds office, or which ballot issues are ap- degree the pandemic-related expansion of also OK if some planning and effort is re- [email protected] proved or defeated. It is a choice perhaps not mail-in votes contributed to either the turnout quired. Leaving everyone else to the comfort [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 to be admired, but, in a free country, one to be or result last year. But my bet is that the emo- of their indifference would be fine, even if it tolerated. tional fervor both for and against Trump made get-out-the-vote programs obsolete, Pacific Acknowledging the role of apathy is to un- drove the record participation. and “suppression” an incessant but unfound- Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 derstand why Chenault’s “either-or” declara- In typical U.S. elections, the truth is, turnout ed allegation. tion is off base. Whether suppression has oc- is usually shamefully low, and it would likely

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TENNIS GOLF DEALS BRIEFLY Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Chubb Classic Friday’s transactions Friday Champions Tour BASEBALL At Monte Carlo Country Club Friday Major League Baseball Monte Carlo, Monaco At Tiburon Golf Club American League Purse: Euro 2,082,960 Naples, Fla. BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Surface: Red clay Purse: $1.6 million Cole Sulser to alternate training site. Men’s Singles Yardage: 6,881; Par: 72 DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Rony Quarterfinals First Round Garcia to Erie (Double­A Southwest). More NFL players: Stefanos Tsitsipas (4), Greece, def. Ale­ Fred Couples 30-33—63 -9 LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled INF jandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, 7­5, 0­0, Bernhard Langer 32-33—65 -7 Luis Rengifo from alternate training site. Selected the contract of OF Scott Schebler ret. Gene Sauers 33-33—66 -6 Daniel Evans, Britain, def. David Goffin from alternate training site. Designated (11), Belgium, 5­7, 6­3, 6­4. Steve Stricker 33-33—66 -6 OF Jon Jay for assignment. Casper Ruud, Norway, def. Fabio Fognini Robert Karlsson 32-34—66 -6 MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled LHP Le­ (15), Italy, 6­4, 6­3. Kirk Triplett 32-35—67 -5 wis Thorpe from alternate training site. No in-person work Optioned RHP Shaun Anderson to alter­ Andrey Rublev (6), Russia, def. Rafael Tim Petrovic 34-33—67 -5 Nadal (3), Spain, 6­2, 4­6, 6­2. nate training site. Associated Press Men’s Doubles Corey Pavin 33-35—68 -4 NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHP Mi­ each other for several years and Quarterfinals David Toms 34-34—68 -4 chael King from alternate training site. Players on four more NFL had discussed working with each Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Horacio Glen Day 31-37—68 -4 OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed OF Ste­ Zeballos (4), Argentina, def. Guido Pella, Shane Bertsch 34-34—68 -4 phen Piscotty on the paternity list. Re­ teams will be skipping in-person other in various capacities. Argentina, and Cristian Garin, Chile, 6­3, called INF Vimael Machin from alternate Alex Cejka 34-34—68 -4 training site. voluntary workouts because of the Wade played 16 NBA seasons 6­1. Scott Dunlap 34-35—69 -3 Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic (2), Croa­ SEATTLE MARINERS — Activated LHP pandemic: the Los Angeles Rams with Miami, Chicago and Cleve- tia, def. Nicolas Mahut and Pierre­Hugues Fred Funk 35-34—69 -3 Anthony Misiewicz from the 10­day IL. Op­ Herbert (7), France, 6­3, 6­1. Miguel Angel Jiménez 33-36—69 -3 tioned RHP Erik Swanson to alternate and Chargers, the Atlanta Falcons land before retiring after the 2018- Daniel Evans and Neal Skupski, Britain, Marco Dawson 35-34—69 -3 training site. Optioned RHP Robert Dugger to alternate training site. Transferred LHP and Miami Dolphins. 19 season. He won three NBA ti- def. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Ben Ken Tanigawa 36-33—69 -3 Mclachlan, Japan, 1­6, 7­6 (5), 10­4. James Paxton from the 10­day IL to the 60­ The players posted through tles and had his No. 3 jersey re- Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal Billy Mayfair 34-35—69 -3 day IL. (1), Colombia, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, and Doug Barron 34-35—69 -3 TEXAS RANGERS — Activated LHP Joely their union that they are joining 11 tired by the Heat last month. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7­6 (5), Kent Jones 34-35—69 -3 Rodriguez from the 10­day IL. Optioned 7­5. RHP Josh Sborz to alternate training site. other groups who previously said David McKenzie 34-35—69 -3 National League Dodgers’ Bellinger has MUSC Health Women’s Open ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned LHP Tuck­ they would not be on hand for the RBC Heritage er Davidson to alternate training site. hairline fracture in leg Friday Placed LHP Drew Smyly on the 10­day IL. sessions. At Family Circle Tennis Center PGA Tour Friday Recalled RHP Kyle Wright and 3B Johan Ca­ This weekend players from the SAN DIEGO — Los Angeles Charleston, S.C. margo from alternate training site. Purse: $235,238 At Harbour Town Golf Links CHICAGO CUBS — Activated INF Matt other 17 clubs are expected to an- Dodgers center fielder Cody Bell- Surface: Red clay Hilton Head, S.C. Duffy from the 10­day IL. Reassigned INF Il­ Women’s Singles Purse: $7.1 million demaro Vargas to alternate training site. nounce plans. The offseason ses- inger has a hairline fracture in his Quarterfinals Yardage: 7,121; Par: 71 CINCINNATI REDS — Placed OF Aristides sions begin Monday, and on left fibula, manager Dave Roberts Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Shelby Second Round Aquino on the 10­day IL. Recalled 2B Max Rogers, United States, 7­5, 6­1. Stewart Cink 63-63—126 -16 Schrock from alternate training site. Wednesday the league sent a me- said Friday before the defending Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, def. Nao Hibino, Ja­ Corey Conners 67-64—131 -11 PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed RHP Mi­ mo to all 32 teams saying the first World Series champions opened a pan, 6­0, 6­1. Emiliano Grillo 68-64—132 -10 chael Feliz on the 10­day IL. Recalled RHP Sean Poppen to the active roster. Maria Camila Osorio Serrano, Colombia, Cameron Smith 62-71—133 -9 four weeks of the voluntary pro- highly anticipated three-game se- def. Clara Tauson, Denmark, 6­4, 1­0, ret. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP Astra Sharma, Australia, def. Linda Fruh­ Collin Morikawa 65-68—133 -9 Johnny Cueto on the 10­day IL. Recalled gram will be virtual. The plan is to ries against the Padres. virtova, Czech Republic, 6­4, 6­3. Sungjae Im 68-65—133 -9 RHP Camilo Doval from alternate training Roberts said Bellinger had a Women’s Doubles Billy Horschel 66-67—133 -9 site. then transition to in-person work Quarterfinals Wesley Bryan 68-66—134 -8 WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled scan Thursday that showed the RHP Kyle McGowan from alternate train­ at team facilities. Caty McNally and Hailey Baptiste, Unit­ Tom Hoge 67-67—134 -8 ed States, def. Jessy Rompies and Beatrice ing site. Placed LHP Luis Avilan on the 10­ Last year, the offseason pro- hairline fracture. The manager Gumulya, Indonesia, 6­0, 6­0. Harold Varner III 66-68—134 -8 day IL. said there is no timetable for his Semifinals Abraham Ancer 69-66—135 -7 BASKETBALL grams were all done virtually and Storm Sanders and Ellen Perez (1), Aus­ Shane Lowry 70-65—135 -7 National Basketball Association training camp was pushed back return. tralia, def. Julia Wachaczyk, Germany, and Matt Fitzpatrick 71-64—135 -7 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed C De­ Marcus Cousins to a 10­day contract. Bellinger, the 2019 NL MVP, Renata Zarazua, Mexico, 6­2, 6­2. Will Zalatoris 68-67—135 -7 because of the COVID-19 pan- ORLANDO MAGIC — Signed G Devin Can­ was injured on April 5 when he AUTO RACING Michael Thompson 68-67—135 -7 nady to a two­way contract. demic. Lucas Glover 67-69—136 -6 FOOTBALL Saying no to in-person workouts was cleated by Athletics pitcher Toyota Owners 400 lineup Sung Kang 68-68—136 -6 National Football League Reymin Guduan on a close play at Charles Howell III 66-70—136 -6 CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR Marquise earlier this week were players NASCAR Cup Series Goodwin to a one­year contract. first base. He was placed on the 10- Robert MacIntyre 70-67—137 -5 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Released DT from the Super Bowl champion After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday Adam Schenk 68-69—137 -5 At Richmond Raceway Sheldon Richardson. Buccaneers, Broncos, Seahawks, day injured list the next day and Richmond, Va. Robert Streb 68-69—137 -5 DENVER BRONCOS — Signed WR Diontae was eligible to be activated on Fri- Lap length: 0.75 miles Ian Poulter 69-68—137 -5 Spencer. Giants, Bears, Raiders, Lions, (Car number in parentheses) Chris Kirk 70-67—137 -5 HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed OL Lane day. Taylor and DL DeMarcus Walker. Browns, Steelers and Patriots. 1. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, .000 Sepp Straka 70-67—137 -5 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Waived C Roberts said Bellinger is still mph. Brian Harman 67-70—137 -5 Dustin Woodard. Signed DB J.C. Jackson. The Jets said “many” of their play- 2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, .000. Camilo Villegas 69-68—137 -5 Released OL Dustin Woodard. taking swings and was going 3. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, .000. ers would skip them. Matt Wallace 65-72—137 -5 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — through a workout in Los Angeles 4. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, .000. Waived CB DeMarkus Acy. In other NFL news: 5. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, .000. Charley Hoffman 68-69—137 -5 HOCKEY earlier Friday. 6. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, .000. Branden Grace 68-69—137 -5 National Hockey League ■ The lawyer for Los Angeles 7. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, .000. Dustin Johnson 70-67—137 -5 8. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, .000. NHL — Fined Toronto F Zach Hyman for Rams defensive lineman Aaron MLS: Beckham’s Miami 9. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, .000. high­sticking D Neal Pionk during an April 10. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, .000. Lotte Championship 15 game against Winnipeg. Donald said Friday that witnesses CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned C broke budget rules 11. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, .000. LPGA Tour 12. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, .000. Mikael Hakkarainen from Rockford (AHL) and surveillance video refute a Friday to Indy (ECHL). NEW YORK — David Beck- 13. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, .000. At Kapolei Golf Club man’s claim the player assaulted 14. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled RW ham’s Inter Miami was found by .000. Kapolei, Oahu Cole Caufield to taxi squad from loan to him at a Pittsburgh nightclub last 15. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, .000. Purse: $2 million Laval (AHL). Major League Soccer to have vio- Yardage: 6,586; Par: 72 NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled D Matt weekend. 16. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, .000. lated league budget rules with its 17. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, .000. a-amateur Tennyson to taxi squad from loan to Bing­ Attorney Casey White told 18. (42) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, .000. Third Round hamton (AHL). signing of French midfielder 19. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford, .000. Lydia Ko 67-63-65—195 -21 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned D WPXI-TV that the video indicates 20. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, .000. Nelly Korda 65-68-63—196 -20 Ben Thomas to Syracuse (AHL). Blaise Matuidi, and the team SAN JOSE SHARKS — Assigned LWs Alex­ Donald did not assault anyone but 21. (41) Cole Custer, Ford, .000. Yuka Saso 64-64-71—199 -17 bought out the contract of Argen- 22. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, .000. ander Barabanov and Jayden Halbge­ was trying to save the victim, De- 23. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, .000. Leona Maguire 68-67-65—200 -16 wachs and D Jacob Middleton to the taxi tine midfielder Matías Pellegrini 24. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, .000. Amy Yang 69-68-64—201 -15 squad. ’Vincent Spriggs. 25. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, .000. Lexi Thompson 68-67-67—202 -14 VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Assigned D to get back in compliance. Jack Rathbone from Utica (AHL) to the taxi 26. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford, .000. Sei Young Kim 67-68-67—202 -14 The station aired black-and- 27. (99) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, .000. squad. MLS said Friday that final re- Hyo Joo Kim 68-65-69—202 -14 white video that shows about a 28. (15) James Davison, Chevrolet, .000. SOCCER sults of the investigation, includ- 29. (38) Anthony Alfredo, Ford, .000. Wei-Ling Hsu 67-73-63—203 -13 Major League Soccer dozen men and a melee in which 30. (43) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, .000. Sarah Schmelzel 69-69-65—203 -13 ATLANTA UNITED FC — Signed G Rocco ing sanctions, will be announced 31. (52) Josh Bilicki, Ford, .000. Rios Novo to a short­term agreement. one man, purportedly Spriggs, Hannah Green 70-67-66—203 -13 “in the near future.” 32. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, .000. Linnea Strom 69-67-67—203 -13 Loaned D Efrain Morales to Atlanta United 33. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, .000. II for the rest of the season. ended up on the ground. White The league said Pellegrini is be- 34. (77) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, .000. Brittany Altomare 64-71-68—203 -13 AUSTIN FC — Signed D Aedan Stanley says Donald is in the video, pulling 35. (78) BJ McLeod, Ford, .000. Ally Ewing 65-69-69—203 -13 and G William Pulisic. ing loaned to Fort Lauderdale, the 36. (7) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, .000. Luna Sobron Galmes 69-64-70—203 -13 D.C. UNITED — Signed D Antonio Alfaro someone away from the fight. 37. (53) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, .000. Georgia Hall 70-68-66—204 -12 from Seattle to a one­year contract in ex­ affiliate of Miami in the third tier 38. (33) Austin Cindric, Ford, .000. change for a second­round pick in the 2022 White told ESPN that five wit- Nicole Broch Larsen 68-70-66—204 -12 SuperDraft with performance­based con­ United Soccer League’s League AP SPORTLIGHT Inbee Park 71-66-67—204 -12 siderations. Signed D Andy Najar to a one­ nesses say Donald helped pull One. That team is Miami’s reserve Klara Spilkova 69-68-67—204 -12 year contract with club options through people away. April 18 Brooke M. Henderson 68-68-68—204 -12 2023. Placed MF Yordy Reyna on the in­ side. A Lim Kim 70-64-70—204 -12 jured list. 1959 — The Montreal Canadiens win FC CINCINNATI — Acquired a 2021 inter­ Dwyane Wade joins The league announced its inves- their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup with So Yeon Ryu 65-68-71—204 -12 national roster spot from Portland in ex­ tigation on March 5. a 5­3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs Xiyu Lin 69-72-64—205 -11 change for general allocation money. Jazz ownership group in the fifth game. Matilda Castren 71-69-65—205 -11 INTER MIAMI CF — Signed D Sami Guediri The 33-year-old Matuidi, a 1962 — Boston’s Bill Russell scores 30 Caroline Masson 74-65-66—205 -11 to a contract with club options through SALT LAKE CITY — Dwyane points and grabs 40 rebounds to lead the 2023. Agreed to terms with designated member of France’s 2018 World Celtics to a 110­107 overtime win over the Esther Henseleit 71-68-66—205 -11 player Mattias Pellegrini on an off­season Wade is an NBA owner. Cup champions, joined Miami on Los Angeles Lakers and their fourth con­ Yealimi Noh 69-70-66—205 -11 buyout in order to be in compliance with secutive NBA title. Russell’s 40­rebound Hinako Shibuno 68-71-66—205 -11 the MLS limit on the number of designated The Utah Jazz announced Fri- Aug. 13 from Juventus. Miami effort matches his NBA Finals record set Austin Ernst 69-68-68—205 -11 players for the start of the 2021 season. day that the 13-time NBA All-Star said it used targeted allocation on March 29, 1960. Danielle Kang 68-69-68—205 -11 LOS ANGELES FC — Agreed to a contract 1966 — Bill Russell is named the coach of termination with G Kenneth Vermeer. will join the youngest ownership money. the Boston Celtics to become the first Afri­ Yu Liu 68-69-68—205 -11 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Announced can American head coach of an NBA team. Paula Reto 69-67-69—205 -11 D Marcos Lopez and MF Judson have es­ group in the league. Each team was allowed two 1967 — Rick Barry scores 55 points as the Mi Hyang Lee 67-68-70—205 -11 tablished permanent residency and will The group is headed by technol- high-priced designated players San Francisco Warriors beat Philadelphia, Rose Zhang (a) 67-68-70—205 -11 no longer occupy international transfer 130­124, in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Brianna Do 68-66-71—205 -11 slots. ogy entrepreneur Ryan Smith, whose budget charge could ex- 1986 — Washington ends the game on a SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Announced F 18­0 run in the last 3 minutes, 49 seconds Jennifer Chang 72-69-65—206 -10 Raul Ruidiaz has established permanent who along with his wife, Ashley, ceed the maximum, plus a third if and wins it on a banked Dudley Bradley Lauren Coughlin 70-69-67—206 -10 residency and will no longer occupy an in­ three­pointer at the horn. The 76ers had a Jenny Shin 69-70-67—206 -10 ternational roster slot. Acquired a second­ acquired majority interest in the there was a $150,000 payment to seemingly safe 94­77 lead, but do not Angela Stanford 69-70-67—206 -10 round pick in the 2022 SuperDraft and per­ Jazz in late 2020. the league split among other score in the 3:39 in the opening game of formance considerations in exchange for the first­round of the NBA playoffs. Su Oh 73-68-66—207 -9 D Tony Alfaro. Wade and Smith have known teams. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 AUTO RACING

Dixon seeking milestone 7th IndyCar championship BY JENNA FRYER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Scott Dixon looks around the IndyCar paddock and sees drivers half his age acting like A.J. Foyt even if they’ve never crossed the finish line first. They are young and brash with the same swagger of “Super Tex,” the winningest driver in IndyCar history. “Most of them rock up these days feeling, you know, it seems like they’ve won everything in the world already, you know?” Dixon said Friday. “You definitely see JEFF ROBERSON / AP the changing of the guard, which Scott Dixon begins his 21st is always interesting.” season in IndyCar with Sunday’s The Iceman isn’t ready to pass season­opening race at Barber the torch anytime soon. Dixon be- Motorsports Park in pursuit of BRYNN ANDERSON / AP gins his 21st season in IndyCar A.J. Foyt’s all­time marks. Bubba Wallace, the 27­year­old driver of the new 23XI team co­owned by NBA Hall of Famer Michael with Sunday’s season-opening Jordan and NASCAR star Denny Hamlin, said he’s trying to lead by example by getting vaccinated. race at Barber Motorsports Park milton both won seven Formula in pursuit of Foyt’s all-time marks. One titles, while Richard Petty, The six-time champion needs Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie John- just one more title to tie Foyt’s re- son each won seven in NASCAR. Approach to vaccine across cord of seven and his 50 career Foyt is alone in IndyCar. victories trail only Foyt (67) and But time is not on Dixon’s side. Mario Andretti (52) in the record He turns 41 in July and although books. Will Power and Sebastien he has won two of the last three Bourdais at 39 wins each are the championships, he has never won NASCAR, motorsports varies only active drivers even remotely back-to-back titles and guesses he in Dixon’s class. has five good years left in his ca- BY HANK KURZ JR. showed him receiving his jab, the out fans, and I think the level of And yet those trophies and reer. Team owner Chip Ganassi Associated Press 27-year-old Wallace said he’s try- access that we’ve always provided numbers and his two decades of noted that Alex Palou, the 24- RICHMOND, Va. — Bubba ing to lead by example. is second to none compared to oth- dominance don’t drive Dixon the year-old second-year IndyCar Wallace says get the shot, like he Wallace is the only Black driver er sports.” way they once did. Don’t get him driver, was the fastest of the four did. in NASCAR’s top series, and the IndyCar is preparing to kick off wrong — he loves to win. But los- Ganassi drivers in preseason test- Brad Keselowski says he hasn’t Black community has been espe- its season at Barber Motorsports ing sticks with him a whole lot ing and might very well be the one decided yet whether to get vacci- cially hard hit by the pandemic, Park in Birmingham, Ala., this longer than a victory celebration. Dixon has to beat this year. nated against which has claimed more than weekend and Mark Miles, presi- He led wire-to-wire last year in Dixon thinks he is up for the COVID-19 while 561,000 lives in the United States dent and CEO of Penske Enter- winning his sixth title, but those challenge and finds that much like Austin Dillion alone. tainment Corp., said “somewhere celebratory moments were fleet- Tampa Bay quarterback Tom and reigning “I’m not trying to shove it down around 90% of the team personnel ing. Brady, who at 43 won his sixth Su- NASCAR Cup people’s throats,” Wallace said will be vaccinated, and I think “It’s nice to have victories but per Bowl in February, he’s in the Series champion Friday. “I’m just saying, ‘Hey, I’m that’s going to continue to move it’s not something I really dwell on best physical shape of his life. His Chase Elliott say comfortable taking this route to up.” too much,” Dixon said. “The hard cardio and strength training has it’s a personal get us back to a normal capacity in IndyCar also is considering reg- part is always all the things you re- evolved over the last decade, and choice and no Keselowski all aspects of life.’ ” ular COVID-19 testing for partici- member the most of the close mis- he said he doesn’t have a great one else’s busi- Wallace’s former boss, retired pants who choose not to receive ses. I think that’s the part of what gauge on his reaction speeds “be- ness, though Dillon’s Richard great Richard Petty, filmed a pro- the vaccine, Miles said. drives you. I don’t go to bed think- cause I still pass my tests, so that’s Childress Racing team did host a motion showing him getting vac- “I expect it to be very close to ing about how great it was to win a a good thing.” voluntary vaccination clinic on cinated, but few others have taken 100% by the time we get here to sixth championship. But I do go to His biggest challenge, he’s site for employees and their fam- such steps. race,” he said, speaking of the In- bed thinking about how close we found, has been time management ilies. “I think it’s a personal decision dianapolis 500, which is sched- lost the Indy 500 last year. That’s since he and wife, Emma, decided Throughout motorsports, which that everyone has a right to, and uled for May 30 amid hopes for what keeps the fire strong.” to expand their family last year. has long prided itself on face-to- so, accordingly, I think once it’s full attendance of some 400,000 Dixon is now in pursuit of mo- They welcomed a third child — face access for fans and glad- open to everyone, those who feel fans. torsports’ magical number: Mi- their only son — a decade after handing time with sponsors, ap- comfortable getting it should cer- NASCAR is also eager to have chael Schumacher and Lewis Ha- starting their family. proaches to stifling the spread of tainly get it if that’s what they the full return of fans; the biggest the coronavirus that has cost the want to do,” said Keselowski, the turnouts in the past year have sports world billions still vary 2012 Cup Series champion. “I been approximately 30,000 at greatly. In IndyCar, teams are haven’t made a decision on what Bristol (twice) and then 30,000 for pushing toward 100% vaccination. I’m going to do.” the season opener at Daytona. But in NASCAR, with a fan base His crew chief has. Jeremy Bul- Chase Briscoe also hasn’t said traditionally more conservative in lins said: “I don’t have it yet, but I what he plans to do about vaccina- its Southern strongholds, it is the do have an appointment sched- tion, but noted he hopes race rare driver who touts vaccination. uled.” weekends get back to normal. He One of the few is Wallace, driv- With talk that NASCAR would said that last weekend at the race er of the new-this-year 23XI team like to — local governments per- in Martinsville he “probably co-owned by NBA Hall of Famer mitting — begin increasing the signed (autographs) for 30 or 40 Michael Jordan and NASCAR number of fans at races, and per- fans walking in because they’re star Denny Hamlin. Like RCR, haps allow sponsor access into the all standing there.” 23XI had a mass vaccination day garage, it’s an easy choice, Bullins “I feel like it’s no different if we at its shop for employees and their said. have sponsors in the garage or families. Wallace also partnered “I read this weekend they’re go- whatever,” Briscoe said. “I think this week with Novant Health to ing to start letting fans back in,” the sponsors in the garage is a MIKE CARLSON / AP address the hesitancy some have he said. “From that regard, I think huge thing that we’ve been needi- Driver Scott Dixon, left, and team owner Chip Ganassi celebrate after to getting vaccinated; after CNN our sport is not sustainable with- ng to have happen.” winning the NTT IndyCar Series Championship on Oct. 25. Sunday, April 18, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NBA

Scoreboard

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division WLPct GB Philadelphia 39 17 .696 — Brooklyn 38 18 .679 1 Boston 30 26 .536 9 New York 30 27 .526 9½ Toronto 23 34 .404 16½ Southeast Division WLPct GB Atlanta 30 26 .536 — Miami 28 28 .500 2 Charlotte 27 28 .491 2½ Washington 22 33 .400 7½ Orlando 18 38 .321 12 Central Division WLPct GB Milwaukee 35 20 .636 — Indiana 26 29 .473 9 Chicago 22 33 .400 13 Cleveland 20 35 .364 15 Detroit 17 39 .304 18½ Western Conference

Southwest Division WLPct GB Dallas 30 25 .545 — Memphis 28 26 .519 1½ San Antonio 26 28 .481 3½ New Orleans 25 31 .446 5½ Houston 14 42 .250 16½ Northwest Division WLPct GB Utah 42 14 .750 — Denver 36 20 .643 6

Portland 32 23 .582 9½ RON JENKINS / AP Oklahoma City 20 36 .357 22 Minnesota 15 42 .263 27½ Knicks forward Julius Randle, right scores as Mavericks guard Josh Richardson, center, and forward Tim Hardaway Jr. look on. Randle finished Pacific Division with 44 points in New York’s 117­109 win over the Mavs on Friday in Dallas. WLPct GB Phoenix 40 15 .727 — ROUNDUP L.A. Clippers 39 19 .672 2½ L.A. Lakers 34 22 .607 6½ Golden State 28 28 .500 12½ Sacramento 22 34 .393 18½ Friday’s games Utah 119, Indiana 111 Detroit 110, Oklahoma City 104 Philadelphia 106, L.A. Clippers 103 Washington 117, New Orleans 115, OT Knicks’ Randle scores 44 in Brooklyn 130, Charlotte 115 Toronto 113, Orlando 102 Denver 128, Houston 99 Memphis 126, Chicago 115 Minnesota 119, Miami 111 Portland 107, San Antonio 106 New York 117, Dallas 109 Saturday’s games Utah at L.A. Lakers victory over hometown Mavs Cleveland at Chicago Detroit at Washington Golden State at Boston Associated Press Memphis at Milwaukee Nets 130, Hornets 115:Kevin Durant had San Antonio at Phoenix DALLAS — Julius Randle scored 44 points 25 points and 11 assists, Joe Harris scored 26 Sunday’s games in his best game in his hometown, leading the points and Brooklyn beat visiting Charlotte. Indiana at Atlanta New Orleans at New York New York Knicks to a 117-109 victory over the Wizards 117, Pelicans 115 (OT): Russell Brooklyn at Miami Houston at Orlando Dallas Mavericks on Friday for a five-game Westbrook scored 10 of his team’s 12 points in Oklahoma City at Toronto winning streak, their longest in seven years. overtime, including a pair of free throws to Portland at Charlotte Sacramento at Dallas RJ Barrett had 24 points and eight rebounds. break a tie with 1 second left after he was Minnesota at L.A. Clippers fouled by Zion Williamson, and host Washing- Monday’s games Derrick Rose added 15 points with fellow back- Cleveland at Detroit up guard Alec Burks sidelined by COVID-19 ton edged New Orleans. Chicago at Boston protocols. Trail Blazers 107, Spurs 106: CJ McCol- Golden State at Philadelphia Houston at Miami “I was locked in and focused,” said Randle, lum scored 29 points and Portland escaped Oklahoma City at Washington Phoenix at Milwaukee whose third career 40-point game came a night with a victory after host San Antonio missed San Antonio at Indiana Memphis at Denver after scoring 32 in a 116-106 victory at New Or- three shots on the final possession. Utah at L.A. Lakers leans. “I always love playing at home in front of Nuggets 128, Rockets 99: Nikola Jokic Tuesday’s games my friends, in front of my family. I never take scored 29 points, Michael Porter Jr. added 21 Brooklyn at New Orleans Charlotte at New York those moments for granted.” and visiting Denver cruised past Houston. Orlando at Atlanta L.A. Clippers at Portland The Knicks (30-27) are three games over Pistons 110, Thunder 104: Josh Jackson Minnesota at Sacramento .500 for the first time since December 2017, scored 29 points and host Detroit overcame Leaders about two months before a season-ending knee RICK BOWMER / AP several key absences to hand Oklahoma City Scoring injury for Kristaps Porzingis in what ended up Indiana Pacers center Goga Bitadze, right, its ninth straight loss. GFG FT PTS AVG being his final game for the Knicks before end- battles Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert for Grizzlies 126, Bulls 115: Dillon Brooks Beal, WAS 46 501 324 1425 31.0 ing up in Dallas in a blockbuster trade. position on Friday in Salt Lake City. scored a season-high 32 points and visiting Curry, GS 48 485 265 1474 30.7 It’s the longest winning streak for New York Memphis beat Chicago. Rebounds since an eight-game run in 2014. The Knicks Jazz 119, Pacers 111: Donovan Mitchell Timberwolves 119, Heat 111: Karl-Antho- GOFF DEF TOT AVG haven’t finished above .500 since 2012-13. scored 22 points before leaving the game with a ny Towns scored 24 points, including eight in Capela, ATL 49 230 469 699 14.3 Luka Doncic scored 22 points and tied a ca- sprained ankle in the third quarter, and the the fourth quarter before fouling out, to lead Gobert, UTA 56 191 568 759 13.6 reer high with 19 assists, while Porzingis had NBA-leading Jazz beat visiting Indiana. host Minnesota past Miami. Assists 23 points and 12 rebounds. But the Mavericks 76ers 106, Clippers 103: Joel Embiid had Raptors 113, Magic 102: At Tampa, Fla., GAST AVG couldn’t follow Doncic’s electrifying game- 36 points and 14 rebounds and host Philadel- Paul Watson Jr. scored 20 of his career-high 30 Harden, BKN 42 457 10.9 winning three-pointer in Memphis two nights phia snapped Los Angeles’ seven-game win- points in the third quarter and Toronto pulled Westbrook, WAS 48 519 10.8 earlier with another victory. ning streak. away to beat Orlando. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 MLB

ROUNDUP Scoreboard

American League

East Division WLPct GB Seager HR in 12th lifts Dodgers Boston 9 4 .692 _ Toronto 6 7 .462 3 Baltimore 6 8 .429 3½ Associated Press Tampa Bay 6 8 .429 3½ SAN DIEGO — Whew! And New York 5 8 .385 4 still 18 more to go. Central Division Corey Seager hit a tiebreaking, WLPct GB two­run homer on Tim Hill’s first Kansas City 7 4 .636 _ pitch of the 12th inning and the Cleveland 7 6 .538 1 Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago 6 7 .462 2 Detroit 6 8 .429 2½ San Diego Padres 11­6 Friday Minnesota 6 8 .429 2½ night in a tense, entertaining first West Division matchup this season between NL WLPct GB West rivals who have visions of deep playoff runs. Seattle 9 5 .643 _ Los Angeles 8 5 .615 ½ It took 4 hours, 57 minutes to Oakland 7 7 .500 2 decide this one, which ended Houston 6 7 .462 2½ early Saturday morning. The Texas 6 8 .429 3 benches emptied after Dodgers National League reliever Dennis Santana hit Jorge Mateo with a pitch to put runners East Division on the corners with one out in the WLPct GB 10th. Trent Grisham walked to New York 5 3 .625 _ load the bases, but Santana struck Philadelphia 7 6 .538 ½ Miami 6 7 .462 1½ out Fernando Tatis Jr. to escape. Atlanta 6 8 .429 2 “I’m very hesitant to get ahead Washington 4 7 .364 2½ of things, but it was like a playoff Central Division game,” said Dodgers manager WLPct GB Dave Roberts, a multisport high GREGORY BULL / AP Cincinnati 8 5 .615 _ school star in northern San Diego Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager, left, drops the ball as the Padres’ Manny Machado safely Milwaukee 7 6 .538 1 County. “They played a lot of steals second base during the ninth inning Friday in San Diego. St. Louis 6 7 .462 2 guys, we played a lot of guys — Pittsburgh 6 8 .429 2½ the intensity was there. Man, I over in left field after the Padres first inning off opener Nick Nel­ plunked four Chicago batters but Chicago 5 8 .385 3 can look up and down my lineup ran out of relievers. son (0­2), and AL champion Tam­ still left with the lead after a last­ West Division card and everyone contributed.” Left fielder Jurickson Profar pa Bay kept up its domination of minute call­up, and Will Smith WLPct GB The teams met for the first time moved to second base as infielder host New York, setting off frus­ stranded the bases loaded in the Los Angeles 12 2 .857 _ since the Dodgers swept San Die­ Jake Cronenworth came in to trated fans who caused a brief in­ bottom of the ninth inning for vis­ San Francisco 8 5 .615 3½ go in their Division Series last pitch. He got the final two outs, terruption. iting Atlanta. San Diego 9 6 .600 3½ Arizona 5 9 .357 7 year en route to winning the including striking out Betts to end Athletics 3, Tigers 0: Frankie Marlins 4, Giants 1: Starling Colorado 3 10 .231 8½ World Series. The Padres respon­ the inning. Montas (2­1) allowed two hits in Marte snapped an eighth­inning Friday’s games ded by beefing up their rotation, “It’s always there, something I six sharp innings and host Oak­ tie with a three­run homer and Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 2 trading for Yu Darvish, Blake kind of have in my back pocket,” land won its sixth straight game host Miami defeated San Francis­ Baltimore 5, Texas 2 Oakland 3, Detroit 0 Snell and Joe Musgrove. said Cronenworth, a college clos­ by beating Detroit. co. L.A. Angels 10, Minnesota 3 Seattle 6, Houston 5 Darvish and Snell are sched­ er at Michigan. “I wanted maybe Mariners 6, Astros 5: Ty Orioles 5, Rangers 2:Rio Ruiz Toronto at Kansas City, ppd. Chicago White Sox at Boston, ppd. uled to pitch in the final two to throw a little harder, but they France hit a game­ending RBI and D.J. Stewart homered, Jorge Atlanta 5, Chicago Cubs 2 games of the three­game series. told me not to.” single, lifting host Seattle to its López (1­2) struck out eight in Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 2 Miami 4, San Francisco 1 “Yeah, it felt like a rivalry to­ Hill (0­2) allowed five runs, third straight win. five innings and Baltimore Washington 1, Arizona 0 1 1 Cincinnati 10, Cleveland 3 night,” said Roberts, who down­ three earned, and four hits in 1⁄3 ⁄3 Angels 10, Twins 3: Justin Up­ topped Texas for its latest road Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 1 played that notion during spring innings. ton hit a grand slam in the sev­ win. L.A. Dodgers 11, San Diego 6, 12 innings N.Y. Mets at Colorado, ppd. training Nationals 1, Diamondbacks 0: enth inning, and Jared Walsh Reds 10, Indians 3:Joey Votto Saturday’s games Seager homered to center field, Kyle Schwarber hit a game­end­ homered and drove in three runs hit a two­run homer to cap a sev­ Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees his second, with Mookie Betts on ing homer in the ninth inning, in host Los Angeles’ victory. en­run third inning and host Cin­ Toronto at Kansas City Chicago White Sox at Boston second base after making the last giving host Washington a win Phillies 8, Cardinals 2: Zach cinnati cruised past Cleveland. Detroit at Oakland Toronto at Kansas City out of the 11th. The Dodgers add­ over Arizona after Max Scherzer Eflin (1­0) pitched into the eighth Pirates 6, Brewers 1: JT Bru­ Baltimore at Texas ed three more runs in the inning, passed Cy Young on baseball’s inning and J.T. Realmuto hit a baker (2­0) struck out eight in six Minnesota at L.A. Angels Houston at Seattle including a sacrifice fly by reliev­ career strikeouts list. two­run homer, leading host Phi­ impressive innings and visiting Arizona at Washington Atlanta at Chicago Cubs er David Price (1­0) that was Rays 8, Yankees 2: Brandon ladelphia past St. Louis. Pittsburgh extended its recent St. Louis at Philadelphia Cleveland at Cincinnati caught by Musgrove, who took Lowe hit a two­run double in the Braves 5, Cubs 2:Kyle Wright surge by beating Milwaukee. N.Y. Mets at Colorado San Francisco at Miami Pittsburgh at Milwaukee N.Y. Mets at Colorado L.A. Dodgers at San Diego AP study: MLB salary down 4.8% in 2 years Sunday’s games Tampa Bay (TBD) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole BY RONALD BLUM borne the brunt of the drop. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dodgers set the record at $270 2­0) Associated Press Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 0­0) at Bos­ median salary — the point at Trevor Bauer is the highest­paid million at the start of the 2015 sea­ ton (Pérez 0­0) NEW YORK — The average which an equal number of players player in 2021 at $38 million after son. Toronto (Ray 0­1) at Kansas City (TBD) Baltimore (Means 1­0) at Texas (Gibson major league salary dropped 4.8% are above and below — is $1.15 agreeing to a $102 million, three­ Players are unhappy with the 2­0) Detroit (Boyd 1­1) at Oakland (Bassitt to just under $4.17 million on million, down 18% from $1.4 mil­ year contract he can terminate af­ slide in salaries under the current 1­2) opening day from the start of the lion two years ago and a drop of ter one season. Los Angeles An­ collective bargaining agreement, Minnesota (Happ 0­0) at L.A. Angels (Cobb 1­0) previous full season in 2019. 30% from the $1.65 million record gels outfielder Mike Trout is sec­ even before last year’s pandemic­ Houston (Odorizzi 0­1) at Seattle (TBD) Chicago White Sox (TBD) at Boston The average has fallen 6.4% high at the start of 2015. ond at $37.1 million, followed by shortened season, and intend to (TBD) Arizona (Bumgarner 0­2) at Washington since the start of the 2017 season, Of 902 players on opening­day Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole ($36 press for changes during labor (Strasburg 0­1) when it peaked at $4.45 million, rosters, 417 (62%) had salaries un­ million) and St. Louis third base­ talks this year to replace the con­ St. Louis (Gant 0­1) at Philadelphia (Nola 0­1) according to a study of major der $1 million, including 316 man Nolan Arenado ($35 million), tract that expires Dec. 1. Cleveland (Bieber 1­1) at Cincinnati (Miley 2­0) league contracts by The Associat­ (35%) under $600,000. who was acquired in an offseason The average was just over San Francisco (Wood 0­0) at Miami (Ló­ ed Press. The salary downturn is The 50 highest­paid players are trade with Colorado. $500,000 when AP started its sala­ pez 0­1) Pittsburgh (Kuhl 0­1) at Milwaukee (Per­ yet another sign baseball could be getting 33.4% of all salaries, up The World Series champion ry studies in 1989 and went down alta 2­0) N.Y. Mets (TBD) at Colorado (TBD) headed toward labor strife and a from 28.6% in 2017, and the 100 Dodgers topped the major just twice before 2017: after the L.A. Dodgers (Bauer 2­0) at San Diego possible work stoppage in 2022. highest­paid are receiving 52.4%, leagues at $241 million, the high­ 1994­95 strike and between the (Snell 0­0) Atlanta (TBD) at Chicago Cubs (Hen­ Baseball’s middle class has an increase from 42.5% in 2017. est big league total since the 2003 and 2004 seasons. dricks 0­1) Sunday, April 18, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NHL/MLS

NHL ROUNDUP NHL scoreboard

East Division Swayman, Bruins GP WLOT Pts GF GA Washington 44 28 12 4 60 154 132 N.Y. Islanders 44 27 13 4 58 126 105 Pittsburgh 43 27 13 3 57 147 120 Boston 42 24 12 6 54 119 107 shut out Islanders N.Y. Rangers 43 21 16 6 48 140 112 Philadelphia 43 20 17 6 46 125 155 Associated Press New Jersey 42 14 22 6 34 103 139 BOSTON — Taylor Hall scored Buffalo 43 11 25 7 29 105 149 his second goal in two nights, Jere- Central Division my Swayman stopped 25 shots and GP WLOT Pts GF GA the Boston Bruins beat the Islan- Carolina 42 28 10 4 60 137 103 ders 3-0 on Friday, their second Tampa Bay 43 29 12 2 60 146 110 win over New York in two nights. Florida 44 27 12 5 59 138 120 David Pastrnak added his 17th Nashville 45 24 20 1 49 120 127 Chicago 44 20 19 5 45 123 139 goal of the season and Curtis Lazar TED S. WARREN / AP Dallas 42 16 14 12 44 117 108 had a late empty-netter as Boston Columbus 45 15 21 9 39 113 149 Sounders forward Fredy Montero, right, eyes the ball during the put more distance between itself WINSLOW TOWNSON / AP Detroit 45 16 23 6 38 103 141 second half of Friday’s match against Minnesota United in Seattle. and the idle New York Rangers for Bruins goaltender Jeremy West Division Swayman stopped 25 shots the East Division’s final playoff GP WLOT Pts GF GA MLS ROUNDUP spot. Friday against the Islanders. Colorado 43 30 9 4 64 154 101 Ilya Sorokin had 21 saves for the Vegas 43 30 11 2 62 142 96 Islanders, who have lost three of John Gibson made 44 saves as Minnesota 42 26 13 3 55 127 113 four. last-place Anaheim saw its two- St. Louis 42 19 17 6 44 122 132 Coming off a 4-1 win on Thurs- game winning streak end. Arizona 44 19 20 5 43 118 139 San Jose 43 18 21 4 40 116 144 Sounders cruise day night, the Bruins were again Canadiens 2, Flames 1: Tyler Los Angeles 42 16 20 6 38 114 127 solid defensively, turning back all Toffoli scored two goals, including Anaheim 45 14 24 7 35 101 142 five of New York’s power play the winner in the third period, to North Division chances. lift host Montreal to a victory that GP WLOT Pts GF GA Golden Knights 4, Ducks 0: snapped Calgary's three-game Robin Lehner made 16 saves for winning streak. Toronto 44 28 12 4 60 145 117 past Minnesota Winnipeg 44 27 14 3 57 144 117 his first shutout of the season and Toffoli was credited with the go- Edmonton 42 25 15 2 52 134 120 16th of his career, and visiting Ve- ahead goal at 15:45 of the third af- Montreal 41 19 13 9 47 125 115 Associated Press gas extended its winning streak to ter he deflected in a pass from Joel Calgary 44 19 22 3 41 116 129 SEATTLE — João Paulo scored MLS scoreboard five games. Armia over the glove of Jacob Vancouver 37 16 18 3 35 100 120 a goal of the season candidate Ottawa 44 14 26 4 32 118 164 William Karlsson, Chandler Markstrom. early in the second half, Raul Rui- Eastern Conference Friday’s games Stephenson, Nicolas Roy and Jake Allen made 13 of his 28 Montreal 2, Calgary 1 diaz added two goals three min- WLTPts GF GA Brayden McNabb scored for the saves in the first period for the Boston 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 utes apart, and the Seattle Sound- Minnesota 3, San Jose 2 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 Golden Knights, who moved with- Canadiens, who had lost three of Vegas 4, Anaheim 0 ers welcomed fans back to its New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton at Vancouver, ppd. in two points of the West Division- their previous four games — in- Los Angeles at Colorado, ppd. home stadium with a 4-0 win over New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 leading Colorado Avalanche. Ste- cluding a 4-1 loss to the Flames on Saturday’s games Minnesota United on Friday night. Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 phenson added an assist and Mark Wednesday night. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers The start to the 2021 season for D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington at Philadelphia Toronto FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stone had two assists to help Vegas Wild 3, Sharks 2: Nick Bonino Pittsburgh at Buffalo the reigning Western Conference Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ottawa at Montreal improve to 3-0 on its four-game had a goal and an assist, Cam Tal- St. Louis at Arizona champions was a rousing celebra- Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 trip to Southern California. bot made 20 saves and host Minne- Chicago at Detroit tion welcoming fans back to Lu- Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton at Winnipeg NYCFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lehner, who missed over a sota held on to win. Florida at Tampa Bay men Field for the first time in 13 Nashville at Carolina Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 month of play between February Mats Zuccarello and Zach Par- Columbus at Dallas months. João Paulo ignited the Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 and March with a concussion, ise also scored for the Wild, who San Jose at Minnesota cheers with a deft moment of skill, Inter Miami CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 made just his 13th start of the sea- won their second straight. Sunday’s games scoring on a 25-yard volley in the Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington at Boston son while picking up his 10th win. It Tomas Hertl and Evander Kane N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey 49th minute to give Seattle the Western Conference Pittsburgh at Buffalo was his first shutout since March 3, scored, and Martin Jones stopped Vegas at Anaheim lead. WLTPts GF GA 2020, against the New Jersey Dev- 15 of 18 shots for the Sharks, who N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia Ruidiaz scored his first in the Toronto at Vancouver Houston 1 0 0 3 2 1 ils. lost their fourth in a row. Los Angeles at Colorado, ppd. 70th minute off a terrific pass by Seattle 1 0 0 3 4 0 Will Bruin and moments later col- LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 lected a second goal after Cristian Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roldan found Ruidiaz with a step FC Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 History: At 41, Marleau isn’t done yet Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 behind the Loons defense. Fredy Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montero, playing his first game San Jose 0 1 0 0 1 2 FROM PAGE 24 Chelios approached Howe’s mark, great job to have. Once it becomes for Seattle since 2012, added the fi- Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 tip-top condition and working no one has been able to reach a re- work, then you’re done. It’s pretty nal goal in the 86th minute. Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 1 0 0 0 4 hard off ice and on the ice these cord many thought was unbreak- clear he loves what he’s doing.” The crowd of 7,042 wasn’t the LAFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 are the results you get. There are a able when Howe retired. Howe said his father would nearly 40,000 that has become the Austin FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 lot of effortless players out there “Records are made to be bro- have been proud of Marleau if he norm in Seattle, but was a sellout Note: For the 2020 season, MLS will de­ who can’t play this long. I remem- ken,” said Howe’s son Mark, a were still alive and the family under the current COVID-19 re- termine standings using points per game; three points for victory, one point for tie. ber we used to joke around and I scout for Detroit who played 1,355 would have someone on hand for strictions. Friday’s games would tell him he could play until games combined in the NHL and the record-setting game if not for Dynamo 2, Earthquakes 1:Me- Houston 2, San Jose 1 Seattle 4, Minnesota 0 he was 60. Obviously I was exag- WHA. “This one here, I thought the pandemic. mo Rodríguez scored the opening Saturday’s games gerating a bit, but maybe I wasn’t would be a really, really tough one Marleau has generated that goal of the Major League Soccer Toronto FC at Montreal Atlanta at Orlando City exaggerating as much as I to break but Patrick is finally go- kind of respect throughout the season and Maximiliano Urruti Austin FC at Los Angeles FC thought.” ing to do it.” league over his career, as evi- added a goal in the second half as Sporting Kansas City at New York New York City FC at D.C. United While Marleau won’t play until Mark Howe joked that the oat- denced by the well wishes he has host Houston beat San Jose. Colorado at FC Dallas Cincinnati at Nashville he is 60, he isn’t ready to hang it up meal from Saskatchewan might gotten in recent days from stars Rodríguez raced to Joe Coro- New England at Chicago after this season, either. It’s a sim- have been what fueled both his fa- like Anze Kopitar, Ryan Miller na’s through ball in the 39th min- Sunday’s games ilar mindset to Howe, who retired ther and Marleau through all and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as for- ute and bent a shot around JT LA Galaxy at Miami Philadelphia at Columbus at 52 after posting 41 points in his those games. But there is some- mer coaches and teammates like Marcinkowski. Urruti was left Portland at Vancouver final season for Hartford. Howe thing else that Marleau and Gor- Todd McLellan and Marco Sturm wide open at the penalty spot in also played an additional 419 die Howe have in common. after his final games of the season the 56th and he easily slotted games in the WHA, which don’t “You can’t do it unless you love against their teams. home Tyler Pasher’s cross to forced a diving save in the 80th. count toward his NHL record. what you’re doing,” Mark Howe “For those guys to do all that, it’s make it 2-0. Rodríguez also sent a Paul Marie scored for San Jose While players like Jaromir said. “If you love going to the rink humbling,” Marleau said. “That shot off the crossbar in the first in the 74th on a curling shot from Jagr, Mark Messier and Chris every day and have fun at it, it’s a obviously means a lot to me.” minute after halftime and Urruti distance. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, April 18, 2021 Taking the lead SPORTS Wallace encouraging NASCAR fans to get vaccinated ›› Page 20 Poised to make history Marleau about to pass Howe in NHL career games played

BY JOSH DUBOW Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. rowing up on a farm as a hockey-loving kid in Sas- katchewan, the knowledge that players like Gordie Howe had made the journey fGrom that remote province to the NHL gave Patrick Marleau belief that he could one day follow that same path. Marleau has done far more than just make it to the NHL. Now nearly a quarter- century after leaving Saskatchewan to sign with the San Jose Sharks as a fresh-faced teenager, Marleau is set to eclipse Mr. Hockey’s games played record in the NHL. Marleau has played in 1,766 career games and was poised to tie Howe’s mark of 1,767 on Saturday night in Minnesota and break it Monday night in Las Vegas. “Just first and foremost is loving the game and I just love being out there and playing,” Marleau said Thursday about what has kept him gong all these years. “Ob- viously, every kid’s dream is to hoist that Stanley Cup, so I’ve been chasing it all this time and that goal hasn’t changed for me, PHOTOS BY TONY AVELAR/AP since you know what the Stanley Cup’s Above: San Jose Sharks center Patrick about.” Marleau is on pace to break Gordie The Stanley Cup has eluded Marleau, Howe’s record for games played in the who got to the Final once in 2016 in a career NHL. Barring some unforeseen event, he with many playoff disappointments. should do it Monday night in Vegas. Left: The 41-year-old Marleau has accom- Anaheim defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, right, and center Ryan Getzlaf shake plished plenty in his career: 566 goals, 1,196 hands with Marleau as he nears the mark. points, three All-Star appearances and two Olympic gold medals for Canada in 2010 Marleau made his debut on Oct. 1, 1997, at and ‘14. age 18 years and 16 days, which is the But it is his supreme skating skill and de- youngest for any player in the NHL since pendability that has allowed him to play 895 Lee Wharton debuted at 17 years, 81 days in consecutive games since last missing a con- 1945 for the Rangers. test when he was 29 that will be his legacy. He scored 13 goals as a rookie and then He has played through bouts with the flu, had his first of 15 20-goal seasons the follow- various other bumps and bruises and even ing season as he quickly established himself chartered a plane to join his teammates in as a top player. Nashville for a game in 2009 after the birth “He was an effortless skater from day of one of his sons. one,” said Sharks executive Mike Ricci, “I want to be looked upon when I’m gone who spent seven years as Marleau’s team- that I gave it my all,” he said. “Enjoyed the mate. “That might be a thing he was blessed game, loved the game, loved being around with. Being a natural skater and being in the team, loved winning games. Those are the biggest things.” SEE HISTORY ON PAGE 23

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