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Volume 80 Edition 45B ©SS 2021 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY,JUNE 20, 2021 Free to Deployed Areas ‘Heartbreaking’ CDC ban could separate troops, rescued dogs

BY J.P. LAWRENCE Stars and Stripes A new U.S. health rule means troops could lose what a soldier described as “that one good thing” that happens during deployments — the dogs they meet and forge deep bonds with in places like Jor- dan, Iraq and Afghanistan. “It’s heartbreaking that the CDC would opt to take that one good thing away from soldiers,” a service member deployed to Jor- dan said after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week declared 113 countries to be high-risk areas for rabies and temporarily banned dogs from those countries from being brought into the U.S. Afghanistan, Djibouti, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya and Saudi Arabia are on the list. “Deployments are very tough

EVAN RUCHOTZKE/U.S. Army and having the opportunity to Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan views the Vanessa Guillen Gate, named for the Fort Hood soldier whose death spurred Army action on adopt a true friend I’ve made here sexual assault, at the Texas base on May 6. A new study found that female soldiers at two Texas bases face the highest risk of sexual assault. has meant the world to me,” said the soldier in Jordan, whose dog, Abu, won’t have all the vaccina- tions she needs to be able to go to Study: Texas bases tops SEE BAN ON PAGE 3 in risk of sexual assault Female soldiers in medical, personnel jobs lowest risk overall; field artillery face highest risk

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, both in Texas, faced Associated Press the highest risk, particularly those in combat 8.4% WASHINGTON — Female soldiers at Army commands or jobs such as field artillery and bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Ken- engineering. And units with more frequent de- Percentage of the roughly 5,883 Army women — tucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and ployments to war also saw higher risk. Other about 1 in 12 — who served at Fort Hood that were harassment than those at other posts, account- bases with high risk were Fort Campbell in sexually assaulted, according to a new Rand Corp. ing for more than a third of all active-duty Ar- Kentucky, Fort Carson in Colorado and Fort study released on Friday. At the Pentagon, where Courtesy photo my women sexually assaulted in 2018, accord- Riley in Kansas, said the study which reviewed the risk of sexual assault to female service members Pepper, a dog adopted by a U.S. ing to a new Rand Corp. study. assault data from previous years. was the lowest of all installations studied, it was soldier in Jordan, may not be able The study, released Friday, looked at Army 1.8%, or about one in 50. to be brought back to the U.S. incidents, and found that female soldiers at SEE RISK ON PAGE 4 SOURCE: Associated Press due to a new one-year CDC ban. PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, June 20, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER S&P 500 has its worst week since February EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1135.07 Associated Press to markets. James Bullard said on CNBC his Switzerland (Franc) 0.9218 Euro costs (June 21) $1.16 Thailand (Baht) 31.49 NEW YORK — Stocks sank The Dow Jones Industrial Aver- personal prediction was that the Dollar buys (June 21) 0.8181 Turkey (NewLira) 8.7332 British pound (June 21) $1.35 again on Wall Street Friday, age lost 533.37 points, or 1.6%, to first rate increase may come as Japanese yen (June 21) 108.00 (Military exchange rates are those available knocking the S&P 500 to its worst 33,290.08, and the Nasdaq compos- soon as next year. South Korean won (June 21) 1103.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ weekly loss since February, as ite fell 130.97, or 0.9%, to 14,030.38. It’s an acknowledgment that a many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3769 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ more steam comes out of banks Investors are still recalibrating rebounding economy with near- Britain (Pound) 1.3818 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2426 your local military banking facility. Commercial and other stocks that soared earli- their moves following the Federal record prices for homes and stocks China(Yuan) 6.4531 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.2640 er this year with expectations for Reserve’s signal last week that it may not need super low rates Egypt (Pound) 15.6644 when buying currency. All figures are foreign the economy and inflation. may raise short-term interest rates much longer. A recent burst of in- Euro 0.8423 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7629 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ The S&P 500 fell 55.41 points, or twice by late 2023, earlier than ex- flation may also be upping the Hungary (Forint) 299.76 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2787 1.3%, to 4,166.45 in a widespread pected. The Fed also began talks pressure. But any pullback in Fed Japan (Yen) 110.16 INTEREST RATES slump. It was the worst day for the about slowing its bond-buying pro- support would be a big change for Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3013 Norway (Krone) 8.6693 Prime rate 3.25 index in a month as unease grows gram that’s helping to keep longer- markets, which have been feasting Philippines (Peso) 48.51 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.83 Federal funds market rate 0.09 about the Federal Reserve making term rates low. On Friday, St. on ultra-low rates for more than a Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7502 3­month bill 0.04 plans to eventually offer less help Louis Federal Reserve President year. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3443 30­year bond 2.03 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANTALYA, Turkey — The Af- ghan government’s chief peace en- voy expressed fears on Friday that the Taliban will have no interest in apolitical settlement with the U.S.- supported administration in Kabul after the scheduled departure of American and NATO forces. Abdullah Abdullah, head of Af- ghanistan’s National Reconcilia- tion Council, said there were signs that the Taliban were seeking mil- MEHMET GUZEL/AP itary advances ahead of the Sept. 11 Abdullah Abdullah, head of troop withdrawal. He warned how- Afghanistan’s National ever that, if so, the extremist Is- Reconciliation Council, said the lamic movement was making a nation’s neighbors must “big miscalculation.” cooperate, not interfere, to In an interview with The Associ- promote stability. ated Press, Abdullah also said Af- been in the northern Faryab prov- ghanistan’s neighbors must re- ince and in southern Helmand. frain from interfering and instead Asked about possible interfe- seek cooperation with Kabul for rence from neighbors after U.S. Courtesy photos the country’s long-term stability. and NATO troops have left, Abdul- Abu sleeps against the leg of the U.S. soldier who adopted her while deployed to Jordan. A rule announced ”(Withdrawal) will have an im- lah said regional countries have June 14 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will ban soldiers from bringing dogs into the pact on the negotiation with the Ta- declared that they have an interest U.S. from 113 countries at high risk for rabies, including Jordan. liban,” Abdullah said. “(They) may in a stable Afghanistan and that find themselves further embold- they should “put those words into ened and they may think — some of deeds.” Ban: them at least — that with the with- “There were some countries CDC spokesman says rabid dogs drawal, they can take advantage of which had concerns about the the situation militarily.” presence of NATO troops in Af- He added however that “it will ghanistan, including the Islamic would detract from COVID-19 response be a big miscalculation ... should Republic of Iran,” he said. “Now, they think that they can win mili- NATO troops are not going to be FROM PAGE 1 rus was sweeping the world, tarily. There are no winners there.” the U.S. before the ban takes effect stretching global health care re- through the continuation of the He was speaking on the sidelines on July 14. The soldier asked not to sources thin. war.” of an international forum in Anta- be named to avoid repercussions; The temporary dog import ban Abdullah said there are signs lya, on Turkey’s Mediterranean troops are not authorized to have seeks to minimize the risk of ra- that the Taliban are trying to take coast, where he held separate pets while deployed. bies being reintroduced in dogs in over provincial districts in a bid to meetings with the foreign minis- The CDC could grant a waiver the U.S., at a time when the take “advantage of that situation.” ters of Turkey, Iran, Qatar and Pa- to people wanting to bring a dog world’s focus is on tackling the “But it’s something that defies kistan. into the U.S. from a high-risk coronavirus, the CDC said. the lessons of history,” he said. “I don’t think that that they country, but will only do so in “ex- “A rabid dog importation would “Should this be the case, it will would like to see instability in Af- tremely limited” cases if permis- detract resources from the CO- mean that (the) Taliban are opting ghanistan or (a) return to the old sion is requested at least 6 weeks VID-19 response efforts,” Daigle for a military solution, which is not days because we have too much (of before the dog enters the United said. a solution to begin with, and it will a) common interest in the neigh- States, the disease prevention Rabies in dogs was eliminated not happen the way that they envi- borhood as a whole,” Abdullah agency says on its website. in the U.S. in 2007 following an ex- saged.” said. “Dogs that arrive from high- tensive pet vaccination effort. By Sept. 11 at the latest, around In a further warning to neigh- risk countries without advance But Puppy Rescue Mission, 2,300-3,500 remaining U.S. troops bors, Abdullah said millions of ref- written approval from CDC will which arranges medical care for and roughly 7,000 allied NATO ugees had returned to Afghanistan be denied entry and returned to dogs and cats adopted by deployed forces are scheduled to leave Af- as the country stabilized and add- the country of departure at the im- “Deployments are very tough and soldiers and helps transport the ghanistan, ending nearly 20 years ed: “Should the situation reverse, porter’s expense,” the CDC having the opportunity to adopt a pets to the U.S., said the ban is too of military engagement. There are the consequences of this will also warns. true friend I’ve made here has broad and would have severe con- concerns that the Afghan govern- be reversed.” Several soldiers said the ban, meant the world to me,” said the sequences on the abandoned ani- ment and its security forces may The peace negotiator said talks which will run for one year, will soldier who adopted Abu. mals and troops. be ill-prepared for the withdrawal between the government and the most likely force them to say good- “We will be forced to tell our and that the country may descend Taliban, that were scheduled to bye to the dogs they formed bonds leave her here.” service members to leave behind into chaos. take place in Turkey before the with on deployment — dogs like The temporary ban was driven their best friend to suffer a short, The Taliban ruled Afghanistan September troop withdrawal, Pepper, who was skin and bones in part by a sharp rise in the num- pain-filled life of torture and until ousted by a U.S.-led coalition were not “completely off the ta- when she was found three months ber of dogs whose humans tried to abuse,” PRM’s founder, Anna after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in ble.” ago by a U.S. soldier on patrol in bring them into the U.S. with “im- Cannan Chiasson, said in a state- America. In recent weeks Taliban “Turkey’s position is that when Jordan. proper” rabies certificates, CDC ment. “This will be devastating to fighters have overrun several dis- both sides ... are ready for serious “I want nothing more than to spokesman Dave Daigle said in an morale, both on the battlefield and tricts in south and northern Af- negotiations, we are ready to host bring her home and show her a email. Some of the dogs’ rabies when they return home.” ghanistan, convincing government it,” he said, adding that the Taliban better life,” said the soldier, who certificates were outright fakes, security forces to surrender and had at times “put conditions” to also asked to remain anonymous. media reports have said. [email protected] seizing their weapons and military participate in the talks or engaged “This ban will make me have to At the same time, the coronavi- Twitter: @jplawrence3 vehicles. The heaviest fighting has in delaying tactics. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, June 20, 2021 MILITARY AFRICOM head warns terrorism sweeping Africa

BY MOSA’AB ELSHAMY governments deal with the threat, Associated Press but, he added, “all of that does not TAN-TAN, Morocco — A senior seem to be sufficient enough to U.S. general warned Friday that stop what I call ... (the) wildfire of the “wildfire of terrorism” is terrorism that’s sweeping that re- sweeping across a band of Africa gion.” and needs the world’s attention. African Lion saw more than He spoke at the close of large- 7,000 troops from seven countries scale U.S.-led war games with and NATO carry out air, land and PHOTOS BY MOSA'AB ELSHAMY/AP American, African and European sea exercises together. U.S military forces take part in a large scale drill as part of the African Lion military exercise, in Tantan, troops. “It has helped our interopera- south of Agadir, Morocco, on Friday. The African Lion war games, bility, our joint capabilities, and which lasted nearly two weeks, provided readiness and a good op- held some airborne operations stretched across Morocco, a key portunity to build cohesion across near the Western Sahara and not U.S., ally, with smaller parts held the forces,” said Maj. Gen. An- far from Polisario refugee camps in Tunisia and Senegal. The an- drew Rohling, commander of the in Tindouf, in neighboring Alge- nual drills were skipped last year U.S. Army’s Southern European ria. due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Task Force Africa. He spoke Fri- “Those activities have been per- Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, day in the desert town of Tan-Tan. fectly conducted and agreed upon head of the U.S. Africa Command, There was a hitch at the start, between the two militaries,” Mo- praised the work accomplished in with Spain withdrawing from the roccan Brigadier Gen. Mo- joint operations, and painted a war games citing budgetary rea- hammed Jamil told The Associat- dark picture of threats besetting sons. Press reports attributed the ed Press. parts of Africa. move to Spain’s poor relations Townsend, asked whether any “I am concerned about the secu- with Morocco, a former key part- action spilled into the disputed rity situation across a band of Afri- ner. Western Sahara, was categoric: “I ca,” from the Sahel region in the The two countries have been at can confirm it did not.” west to the Horn of Africa, Towns- loggerheads since Spain took in The participating countries in end told reporters. He noted dead- the leader of the Polisario Front Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, head of the United States Africa African Lion were the U.S., Mo- ly attacks by al-Qaida- and Islamic independence movement — Mo- Command, center, observes a large scale drill as part of the African rocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Italy, The State-linked jihadis and al-Sha- rocco’s No.1 enemy — for CO- Lion military exercise. Netherlands and Britain. Observ- bab. “All of them are on the VID-19 treatment in a Spanish ers also attended from countries march,” he said. hospital earlier this year. dependence for the Western Sah- claims as its own. including Egypt, Qatar, Niger and African neighbors are helping The Polisario is fighting for in- ara, a vast region that Morocco During the exercise, Morocco Mali. Risk: Fort Hood review found reporting assault was discouraged

FROM PAGE 1 er Swecker, the chairman of the ing in 2015. Other jobs that lagged northern Virginia, and Fort Ge- man, social science advisor at the Rand’s study provides greater review panel, told Congress that behind were infantry, armor and orge G. Meade and the Walter resilience directorate and the Ar- detail on the rates of sexual assault the base leaders were focused on special operations. Reed National Military Medical my’s project lead for the study. “It and misconduct across the Army, military readiness and completely James A. Helis, director of the Center, in Maryland. suggests there are location-specif- a chronic problem that military neglected the sexual assault pre- Army Resilience Directorate, said According to the study, an esti- ic concerns that require targeted leaders have been struggling to vention program. As a result, he the study “sheds light on the envi- mated 8.4% — or about 1 in 12 — of interventions into climate and cul- combat. And it comes a year after said, lower-level unit command- ronmental and occupational fac- the roughly 5,883 Army women ture and will require additional the killing of Spc. Vanessa Guillén, ers didn’t encourage service tors that contribute to the risk of who served at Fort Hood were research to understand.” who was missing at Fort Hood for members to report assaults, and in sexual assault and sexual harass- sexually assaulted, while at the In the wake of the Guillén kill- about two months before her re- many cases were shaming vic- ment for our soldiers and, in turn, Pentagon it was 1.8%, or about one ing and a spike in suicides last mains were found late last June. tims. will help inform future prevention in 50. The study noted, however, year, Army leaders launched a Guillén was killed by a soldier, According to the Rand study, and response efforts.” that the difference is not surpris- program in October that focuses who her family says sexually ha- the risk of assault for women at The report used earlier Rand ing considering that it’s likely that on the wellbeing of soldiers and rassed her, and who killed himself Fort Hood was nearly a third high- studies as well as data from De- women at the Pentagon are, on av- their families, specifically making as police sought to arrest him. Her er than the average risk faced by fense Department anonymous erage, older, more senior-ranking people the Army’s top priority, death put a spotlight on violence all women in the Army. Overall, surveys in 2016 and 2018 that seek and more highly educated. They overtaking combat readiness and and leadership problems within Rand said that the risk across the information about sexual assaults also are more likely to be working the Army. The Rand report also Army varied widely depending on and harassment that may or may with older and more senior-rank- weapons modernization. confirmed one of the Army’s con- the female soldiers’ base, unit, ca- not have been formally reported. ing men. And the Sergeant Major of the clusions about the impact of com- reer field, age, and even whether And it compared that to other mil- The report said that the data can Army, Michael Grinston, the top mand climate, finding a lower risk they were at posts with a higher itary personnel and demographic be used to help the Army tailor enlisted soldier, began a cam- of sexual misconduct in units with number of civilians. data. prevention and other programs to paign called “This is My Squad” to more positive supervisor scores. For example, female soldiers in Soldiers assigned to the Wash- better counter sexual assault in build unit cohesion and encourage The Fort Hood violence medical or personnel jobs have ington, D.C. region, meanwhile, the ranks. soldiers to look after each other. prompted an independent review the lowest risk, while those in field have some of the lowest risk totals, “These findings provide the Ar- The broader effort also is aimed at which found that military leaders artillery face the highest risk. with the Pentagon showing the my with increased visibility on improving the command climate were not adequately dealing with Field artillery jobs were among lowest of all installations listed. where exactly risk is consistently in units, since poor leadership was high rates of sexual assault and some of the last Army combat spe- Among the bases with the lowest high for sexual assault and sexual identified as a significant problem harassment at the post. Christoph- cialties opened to women — com- reported risk were Fort Belvoir, in harassment,” said Jenna New- at Fort Hood. Sunday, June 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Biden boasts 300M shots in 150 days

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE The White House said its whole- Associated Press of-government approach to the WASHINGTON — President vaccination effort has put the vi- Joe Biden took a cautious victory rus in retreat, which in turn has lap Friday in his quest to bring the brought COVID-19 cases, hospi- MICHAEL DWYER/AP COVID-19 pandemic under con- talizations and deaths to their low- Crowds gather on L Street Beach in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, on June 5. trol, announcing that 300 million est levels in over a year. But Biden vaccine shots have been adminis- noted in his remarks that some tered in the 150 days since he took communities in states with lower office. vaccination rates are seeing cases Poll: Many Americans resuming Biden credited scientists, com- and hospitalizations increase. panies, the American people and The administration is in the his whole-of-government effort. middle of a monthlong blitz to pre-virus life; some fear haste The president noted that the wide- combat vaccine hesitancy and the Associated Press two boys, said she feels both relief in the U.S. spread vaccination campaign had lack of urgency some people feel MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Many and joy at the chance to resume During the height of the pan- set the stage for most Americans to get the shots, particularly in the Americans are relaxing precau- “doing the little things,” such as demic, restaurants, movie thea- to have a relatively normal sum- South and Midwest. tions taken during the COVID-19 having drinks on a restaurant pat- ters and stores either closed or mer as businesses reopen and em- CDC Director Rochelle Walen- pandemic and resuming everyday io with her husband. continued operating with limited ployers hire. sky said Friday that she expects activities, even as some worry that “Honestly, I almost cried,” Mo- occupancy; church services, “We’re heading into a very dif- the delta variant of the coronavi- coronavirus-related restrictions ran said. “It’s such a feeling of schools and government meetings ferent summer compared to last rus will become the dominant were hastily lifted, a new poll having been through the wringer, went virtual; and many employers year,” the president said. “A strain in the U.S. That strain has shows. and we’re finally starting to come made working from home an op- bright summer. Prayerfully, a become dominant in Britain after The poll from The Associated out of it.” tion or a requirement. Mask wear- summer of joy.” it was first detected in India. Press-NORC Center for Public Af- Still, 34% of Americans think re- ing in public became the norm in But as Biden marks one mile- During an appearance on ABC’s fairs Research finds that majori- strictions in their area have been most places, with some states and stone, he is in danger of failing to “Good Morning America,” she ties of Americans who were regu- meet another: his target to have told Americans who get their lifted too quickly, while somewhat cities making it mandatory. larly doing so before the pandemic 70% of American adults at least shots that “you’ll be protected fewer — 27% — say they were not The emergence of the vaccine say they are returning to bars or partially vaccinated by July against this delta variant.” lifted quickly enough. About 4 in has helped slow down rates of in- restaurants, traveling and attend- Fourth, in a little over two weeks. Biden wants to celebrate Inde- 10 rate the pace of reopening fection and death, allowing state ing events such as movies or Overall, about 168 million pendence Day as a “summer of sports. about right. and local economies to reopen and American adults, or 65.1% of the freedom” from the virus. Just 21% are very or extremely The way Americans ap- leading Americans to return to ac- U.S. population 18 years and older, Earlier this week, the White worried about a COVID-19 infec- proached their daily lives sudden- tivities they once enjoyed. have received at least one dose of House announced plans to host tion in their inner circle — the low- ly changed after COVID-19 spread The Centers for Disease Control the COVID-19 vaccine as of Fri- first responders, essential work- est level since the pandemic be- through the U.S. in early 2020. Fol- and Prevention advised last day, according to the Centers for ers and service members and gan — and only 25% are highly lowing the advice of health offi- month that vaccinated Americans Disease Control and Prevention. their families on the South Lawn concerned that the lifted restric- cials and governments, people iso- don’t have to wear a mask in most The pace of new vaccinations in for a cookout and to watch the fire- tions will lead to additional people lated in their homes — either scenarios, indoors or out. The lat- the U.S. has dropped significantly works over the National Mall. being infected in their communi- alone or with families — to avoid est CDC data shows 53% of all from a high of nearly 2 million per More than 1,000 guests are ex- ty. exposure to the virus, which has Americans — 65% of those 18 and day about two months ago, jeopar- pected for what will be one of the Andrea Moran, a 36-year-old sickened more than 33 million older — have received at least one dizing Biden’s ability to hit the largest events of Biden’s presi- freelance writer and mother of people and killed 600,000 people dose of the vaccine. 70% mark. dency. Federal judge rules for Florida on CDC order blocking cruise ships Associated Press ed a preliminary injunction that the hardworking Floridians ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A prevents the CDC from enforcing whose livelihoods depend on the federal judge on Friday ruled for the order pending further legal cruise industry,” said Moody, a Florida in a lawsuit challenging a action on a broader Florida law- Republican. “The federal gov- U.S. Centers for Disease Control suit. ernment does not, nor should it and Prevention order making it “This order finds that Florida ever, have the authority to single difficult for cruise ships to re- is highly likely to prevail on the out and lock down an entire in- sume sailing due to the coronavi- merits of the claim that CDC’s dustry indefinitely.” rus pandemic. conditional sailing order and the While the CDC could appeal, U.S. District Judge Steven implementing orders exceed the Merryday ordered both sides to Merryday wrote in a 124-page de- authority delegated to the CDC,” return to mediation to attempt to cision that Florida would be Merryday wrote. work out a full solution — a previ- harmed if the CDC order, which Florida Attorney General Ash- ous attempt failed — and said the the state said effectively blocked ley Moody praised the decision in CDC could fashion a modification LYNNE SLADKY/AP most cruises, were to continue. a statement Friday. in which it would retain some The Royal Caribbean cruise ship Empress of the Seas heads out of The Tampa-based judge grant- “Today’s ruling is a victory for public health authority. PortMiami, in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2016. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, June 20, 2021 NATION Biden opposes gas tax hike for infrastructure

BY KEVIN FREKING “The President has been clear Congress has traditionally relied “Democrats want to fund this $48 billion on public transit. An Associated Press throughout these negotiations: on the user-pay principle to pay by taxing people (earning) additional $47 billion would go to- WASHINGTON — The White He is adamantly opposed to rais- for road and bridge work, but is $400,000,” Brown said. ward efforts to fight climate House made clear Friday that ing taxes on people making less increasingly relying on general The White House is expecting change and there is money for President Joe Biden was opposed than $400,000 a year,” White funds to accomplish that task. to hear from the senators crafting electric vehicle charging sta- to letting the federal gasoline tax House spokesman Andrew Bates Lawmakers from both parties are the infrastructure package on tions. rise at the rate of inflation to help said. “After the extraordinarily wary of attack ads accusing them Monday. It is scaled back from Senate Majority Leader Chuck pay for an infrastructure package hard times that ordinary Ameri- of supporting a hike in gas prices. Biden’s proposal, but Democrats Schumer, D-N.Y., described the that a bipartisan group of 21 sen- cans endured in 2020 — job loss- Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, the are preparing to move other parts infrastructure bill being negotiat- ators is trying to craft. es, shrinking incomes, squeezed Democratic chairman of the Sen- of Biden’s agenda in separate leg- ed as a good start, but most Demo- The gas tax increase was part budgets — he is simply not going ate Finance Committee, said that islation that they could pass using crats don’t believe it does enough of an early package that called for to allow Congress to raise taxes indexing the gas tax to inflation a tool that requires only a simple on climate or on the amount of $579 billion in new spending on on those who suffered the most.” was a nonstarter for him. majority for approval. revenue raises, and doesn’t ad- roads, bridges, rail and public The federal gas tax stands at “It’s another hit on working The bipartisan plan offers dress priorities like paid family transit. It’s unclear if it will make 18.4 cents a gallon and has not in- people,” Wyden said. about $579 billion in new spend- leave. So they will proceed on two the final cut and the White House creased since 1993. It helps pay Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, ing, including $110 billion on tracks that include a reconcilia- seems intent on making sure it for highways and mass transit said a gas tax hike is a “Republi- roads and highways, $66 billion tion package going beyond what’s doesn’t. programs around the country. can thing.” on passenger and freight rail and in the infrastructure bill. Voting argument heats up in DC but leaves voters cold BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI midterms. Associated Press Republicans face their own PLANO, Texas — Brenda Mar- pressures. Donald Trump’s false tinez, a 19-year-old community claims of massive fraud in the college student, thinks the govern- 2020 election have so eroded some ment should help immigrant stu- GOP voters’ confidence that they dents more. Donald Huffman is say they won’t vote again. Mean- worried about turning 50 next while, the party’s push for addi- week with no work available be- tional restrictions runs the risk of cause the federal government is driving away moderate voters. delaying the pipelines he usually That debate is still roiling in helps build. Binod Neupane, who Texas, where the legislature is just moved to Texas to research al- due to return to a special session to ternative fuels, wants action on consider voting legislation. That climate change. comes after Texas Republicans, LM OTERO/AP The three Texas voters have lit- following the lead of Republican- Texas Organizing Project volunteers listen to Beto O'Rourke speak before a neighborhood walk in West tle in common politically other controlled legislatures in more Dallas, on June 9. than one thing — none considers than a dozen states, tried to mus- voting and election reform, the is- cle through a sweeping elections ‘Unemployment, climate change — pushed him out of the GOP. sue that has dominated partisan bill that increased the power of “There’s conservative, and then there’s this,” Nowasky said. debate this year, a top priority. partisan poll watchers, limited the this stuff should be on the top of The major political parties for As politicians from Austin to power of local election officials years have fought furiously in the Washington battle over the practi- and prevented voting on Sunday the list, not the voting thing.’ courts over the mechanics of elec- cal aspects of how to run elections mornings when Black church- tions. But rarely does the fight be- — clashing over details such as goers traditionally flock to the Binod Neupane come a central part of the parties’ polling booth hours and the num- polls. Democrats in the Texas Texas voter pitch to voters. That changed ber of ballot drop boxes per coun- House walked out in the final when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, ty — many voters are disconnect- hours of the legislative session, de- Texas lawmakers. started following politics during many states liberalized their vot- ed from the fight. A passionate priving the GOP of the quorum But Harris’ message has yet to the Trump era because he was so ing laws to make it safer to vote base of voters and activists on both needed to pass the bill. reach many back in the politically outraged by the former president. and Trump seized on the changes sides may be intensely dialed in on Since then, advocacy groups mixed suburbs north of Dallas, a Of more than a dozen voters in- as a source of fraud, triggering the issue, but a disengaged middle have stepped up organizing and potential battleground in next terviewed, only one brought up new state laws often billed as mak- is baffled at the attention. outreach. Former congressman year’s midterm elections. The the issue unprompted: Nathan No- ing it “hard to cheat.” “Unemployment, climate and presidential candidate Beto swath of comfortable, diversifying wasky, a retired certified public “It’s more of a live issue than it change — this stuff should be on O’Rourke has seized on the issue, neighborhoods was once dominat- accountant, Texas native and life- has been probably since the civil the top of the list, not the voting holding rallies and knocking on ed by the GOP but is now political- long Republican whom Trump rights movement,” Anna Green- thing,” said Neupane, 34. doors to discuss voting, as he con- ly divided. drove out of the party. He cited the berg, a Democratic pollster, said That disconnect is now the chal- siders launching a campaign for As a heat wave this week state voting bill as one of the rea- of voting rights. Still, she noted, lenge before Democrats, who are governor. On Wednesday, Vice brought fresh warnings of black- sons he and his wife were “think- voting remains relatively simple trying to marshal public support President Kamala Harris, the Bi- outs reminiscent of the electrical ing about moving elsewhere, be- for most citizens. The voters most for federal legislation that would den administration’s point person grid’s collapse during a February cause Texas is a political backwa- animated by the issue are those thwart a series of new state laws on the voting debate, hosted the snowstorm, several voters were ter.” who believe the system is rigged tightening election procedures. Texas Democrats at the White confused about why legislators A self-professed news junkie, against them or those who see a With rallies, ads, White House House. are spending so much time on Nowasky was familiar with the pattern of racial discrimination in events and a certain-to-fail vote in “We have a great challenge be- election issues. conspiracy theories and false alle- new laws. the Senate next week, Democrats fore us and a fight, which is to fight “Making it difficult for people to gations about the 2020 election. “There are lots of people keep- are aiming to fire up their voters for every American’s right — vote, it’s just ridiculous,” said He believes the Texas voting bill is ing it on the agenda even if, for around the issue, hoping their pas- meaningful right — to vote,” Har- Marcin Mazurek, a 50-year-old fueled by those ideas and illus- your average swing voter, it’s not sions hold through next year’s ris said as she was flanked by the construction worker who only trates the political extremism that their No. 1 issue,” Greenberg said. Sunday, June 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Claudette brings rain, floods to Gulf Coast BY KEVIN MCGILL The website poweroutage.us re- AND RUSS BYNUM ported roughly 22,000 outages to- Associated Press tal across Louisiana, Mississippi, NEW ORLEANS — Thunder- Alabama and Florida. storms and high winds on the east Beaman of the National Weath- side of Tropical Storm Claudette er Service warned swimmers to battered the Florida panhandle beware that treacherous surf and much of Alabama on Satur- would remain a threat along area day, as the weather system moved beaches for several days. toward the North Carolina coast. “The Gulf waters are going to The National Hurricane Center remain dangerous for anybody declared Claudette organized coming down to the beaches after enough to qualify as a named the storm,” Beaman said. storm at 4 a.m. Saturday, well af- The storm struck on a weekend ter the storm’s center of circula- when many on the Gulf Coast tion had come ashore southwest of planned to celebrate Juneteenth New Orleans. By mid-morning it and Father’s Day. was 75 miles north-northeast of Business owners across the the city with winds clocked at 40 Gulf Coast, from restaurateurs to mph. It was moving north-north- swamp boat operators, had antici- east at 14 mph, and most of the pated an influx of tourist cash af- heavy weather was happening far SCOTT THRELKELD,THE ADVOCATE/AP ter a year of lost revenue due to the to the north and east of the center. Motorists navigate a flooded Gause Boulevard in Slidell, La., late Friday, as a tropical disturbance neared coronavirus pandemic. After dumping flooding rains the Louisiana shore. Tropical Storm Claudette formed Saturday morning along the U.S. Gulf Coast. “My biggest concern is that it north of Lake Pontchartrain in drives away a busy weekend, and Louisiana and along the Mississip- Ocean off North Carolina on Mon- home near Brewton, said Jason neighborhoods as the storm may just end up being a lot of pi coast, the storm was inundating day, and regain tropical storm Beaman, a National Weather Ser- pushed onshore overnight. Slidell rain,” Austin Sumrall, the owner the Florida panhandle and, well strength over open water Tues- vice meteorologist in Mobile. police said the flooding had large- and chef at the White Pillars Res- inland, a broad expanse of Alaba- day. Forecasters said Claudette ly receded by daybreak, after taurant and Lounge in Biloxi, ma. The National Weather Service Residents of Pace, Fla., called could dump 5 to 10 inches of rain in swamping as many as 50 cars and Miss., said Friday. issued a series of possible tornado 911 to report a possible twister that the region, with isolated accumu- trucks with water. He had 170 reservations on his warnings Saturday morning in tore the roofs off two homes and lations of 15 inches possible. “A few low lying areas are still books for Sunday, but was con- north Florida and south Alabama. damaged at least three others. “We’ve got little squalls running inundated with water and cannot cerned some patrons would can- Parts of inland Mississippi and “Nobody’s hurt,” said Sarah through. It’ll rain really really be reached” with regular vehicles, cel. Georgia were getting heavy rain Whitfield, spokeswoman for Santa hard for a few minutes and slack Slidell police said in a Facebook “We saw, especially last year, from Claudette as well. And even Rosa County, where the Florida up for a few minutes,” said Glen post. “...We had to rescue multiple the rug can get jerked out from un- though the storm was weakening, homes were damaged. “We’re just Brannan of the Mobile County, people from their flooded cars, der you pretty quickly,” he said. the National Hurricane Center is- thankful it happened after sun- Ala., Emergency Management along with a woman, who was on In Louisiana, the threat came a sued a tropical storm watch for rise,” not overnight as people Agency early Saturday. “Just a lot her way to the hospital, possibly month after spring storms and parts of the North Carolina coast, slept. of water on the roads.” going into labor.” flooding that were blamed for five which could feel the effects by In Alabama, possible tornadoes Residents of Slidell, La., north Most people riding out the deaths, and as parts of the state Sunday night. The storm was fore- damaged a fishing pier near Dau- of Lake Pontchartrain, reported storm still had electricity when continued a slow recovery from a cast to cross into the Atlantic phin Island and flipped a mobile flooded streets and water in some they woke up Saturday morning. brutal 2020 hurricane season. Western heat wave threatens health of vulnerable people BY ANITA SNOW ing 128 degrees in Death Valley on sun if possible and take frequent Associated Press Thursday. breaks on hot days. They warn PHOENIX — Extreme temper- Those who are vulnerable to people to not leave children or atures like the ones that blistered high temperatures include the ve- pets in vehicles, and they work the American West last week ry young, the very old and people with nonprofits like the Salvation aren’t just annoying, they’re with heart or kidney disease, ail- Army to open facilities that allow deadly. ments that disproportionately af- people to cool off. The record-breaking temper- fect communities of color. The rising risks of the heat be- atures last week were a weather “We are activated for Phoenix came painfully clear three years emergency, scientists and health and monitoring it closely,” said ago when 72-year-old Stephanie care experts say, with heat re- Nicolette Louissaint, executive Pullman died at her Phoenix-area sponsible for more deaths in the director of the Washington non- home after Arizona’s largest elec- U.S. than all other natural disas- profit Healthcare Ready, which tric utility turned off her service ters combined. With more fre- was founded after Hurricane Ka- for failure to pay $51. A coroner quent and intense heat waves trina to help communities deal listed “environmental heat expo- likely because of climate change RANDY HOEFT, THE YUMA SUN/AP with natural disasters. sure” as one of the causes of her and the worst drought in modern Aaron Denison, left, owner of Yuma Snow On The Go, hands a cup of Louissaint said her organiza- 2018 death. history, they say communities ice water to a U.S. Postal Service carrier who stopped in for a cool tion has helped in heat emergen- It led to a series of moratoriums must better protect the vulnera- refreshment Thursday afternoon, in Yuma, Ariz. cies by funding cooling centers on overdue electrical bills in Ari- ble, like homeless people and that offer bottled water and shade zona that continued through the those who live in ethnically and stress of high heat, scientists and ventilated mobile homes or with- or arrange transportation for ol- end of last year amid the corona- racially diverse low-income doctors said. But with overnight out air conditioning. Or they may der people without cars who need virus pandemic. The utility, Ari- neighborhoods. temperatures in the 90s, that work outside in the sun as con- dialysis or heart checkups. zona Public Service, says it has “This heat has an important ef- didn’t happen. struction workers or landscapers. “Extreme heat really exacer- suspended service disconnec- fect on people and their health,” Karuppana noted that many Phoenix baked in temperatures bates those kind of serious medi- tions and waived late fees through said Dr. Suganya Karuppana, people she sees may have no car above 115 degrees all week. The cal conditions,” she said. “It’s Oct. 15. chief medical director at the Valle and have to take public transpor- high Friday hit a record 117 de- tough on people who don’t have a The county that includes Phoe- del Sol community health clinics tation in the Phoenix heat, walk- grees after breaking another lot of money.” nix reported three heat-related in Arizona. ing through neighborhoods with Thursday at 118 degrees. Daily re- Phoenix and other local govern- deaths as of Saturday, with an ad- People — along with plants and few trees and waiting at bus and cords also were set last week in ments around the Southwest re- ditional 20 fatalities being investi- animals — need cooler temper- light rail stops with no or little places across the U.S. West, such mind people on social media to gated as possibly caused by high atures at night to recover from the shade. Some people live in poorly as Nevada and California, includ- drink lots of water, stay out of the temperatures. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, June 20, 2021 NATION Catholic bishops OK drafting of politician rebuke

BY DAVID CRARY and other public figures who dis- Associated Press obey church teaching on abortion U.S. Catholic bishops over- and other core doctrinal issues. whelmingly approved the draft- Bishop Donald Hying of Madi- ing of a “teaching document” that son, Wis., said during Thursday’s many of them hope will rebuke debate that he speaks with many Catholic politicians, including people who are confused by a Ca- President Joe Biden, for receiving tholic president who advances DAN BUSEY, THE (FLORENCE, ALA.) TIMESDAILY/AP Communion despite their support “the most radical pro-abortion From left, April Moore, Ana Carter­Peeples and Tiana Ingram post a sign during the Juneteenth: Freedom for abortion rights. agenda in history,” and action Day Block Party outside the Lauderdale County Courthouse on Friday, in Florence, Ala. The decision, vehemently op- from the bishops’ conference is posed by a minority of bishops, needed. came despite appeals from the “They’re looking for direction,” Vatican for a more cautious and Hying said. Declaration of Juneteenth holiday collegial approach to the divisive Bishop Robert McElroy of San issue. And it raises questions of Diego countered that the USCCB leads to scramble in some states how closely the bishops will be would suffer “destructive conse- able to cooperate with the Biden quences” from a document tar- Associated Press kota and stalled in Ohio, all states hastily called school snow day. administration on issues such as geting Catholic politicians. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Congress controlled by Republicans. But West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice al- immigration and racial injustice. “It would be impossible to pre- and President Joe Biden acted even in Maryland, where Demo- so declared Juneteenth a state ho- The result of the vote — 168 in vent the weaponization of the Eu- with unusual swiftness this week crats control the Legislature, a Ju- liday at a last-minute virtual press favor and 55 against — was an- charist,” McElroy said. He in approving Juneteenth as a na- neteenth bill passed one chamber conference. The governors of nounced Friday near the end of a warned that the initiative would tional holiday. That shifted the only to die in the other. Connecticut and Florida issued three-day meeting of the U.S. weaken the bishops’ ability to battle to the states, where the holi- Only a handful of states headed their Juneteenth proclamations Conference of Catholic Bishops speak on issues such as poverty, day faces a far less enthusiastic re- into Thursday’s signing of the fed- Friday. that was held virtually. The bish- racism and the environment. sponse. eral Juneteenth law with the paid Georgia law caps the number of ops had cast their votes privately Biden, who attends Mass regu- Nearly all states recognize Ju- holiday on the books to be cele- state holidays at 12, meaning Ju- on Thursday after several hours larly, says he personally opposes neteenth in some fashion, at least brated in 2021. The governors of neteenth could be added only if of impassioned debate. abortion but doesn’t think he on paper. But most have been slow Washington, Illinois, Louisiana another holiday were dropped. Supporters of the measure said should impose that position on to move beyond proclamations is- and Maine, by contrast, all signed In Mississippi, Democratic a strong rebuke of Biden is need- Americans who feel otherwise. sued by governors or resolutions more recent laws that were set to state Rep. Bryant Clark has filed ed because of his recent actions He’s taken several executive ac- passed by lawmakers. So far, at kick in for 2022. bills to make Juneteenth a state protecting and expanding abor- tions during his presidency that least nine states have designated it Louisiana Gov. John Bel Ed- holiday for about 15 years. All tion access, while opponents were hailed by abortion-rights ad- in law as an official paid state holi- wards closed state offices for a have stalled. warned that such action would vocates. day — Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, half-day Friday, only a few days Clark said Friday that he will portray the bishops as a partisan The chairman of the USCCB Massachusetts, New Jersey, New after he signed Juneteenth legisla- keep trying. force during a time of bitter politi- doctrine committee, Bishop Ke- York, Texas, Virginia and Wash- tion, and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker “Sometimes progress is ex- cal divisions across the country. vin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South ington. All but Texas, where the was among governors who tremely slow,” said Clark, a mem- As a result of the vote, the Bend, Ind., said no decisions have events of the original Juneteenth changed their states’ start dates to ber of the Legislative Black Cau- USCCB’s doctrine committee will been made on the final contents of took place, acted after the killing 2021. cus. Several communities in Mis- draft a statement on the meaning the proposed document. He said of George Floyd last year. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike De- sissippi already hold Juneteenth of Communion in the life of the bishops who are not on the com- This year alone, legislation to Wine issued a Juneteenth state- celebrations. One is the capital church that will be submitted for mittee will have chances to offer make Juneteenth a paid state holi- ment late Thursday and closed city of Jackson, where the popula- consideration at a future meeting, input, and the final draft will be day died in Florida and South Da- state offices in the manner of a tion is more than 80% Black. probably an in-person gathering subject to amendments before it in November. To be formally is put up to a vote. adopted, the document would Rhoades also said the docu- need support of two-thirds of the ment would not mention Biden or bishops. other individuals by name and 11 mayors commit to developing One section of the document is would offer guidelines rather intended to include a specific ad- than imposing a mandatory na- slavery reparations pilot projects monition to Catholic politicians tional policy. Associated Press advise the mayor of each city. But Hancock. Their stated goal is for SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elev- the mayors say they are commit- these reparations programs to en U.S. mayors — from Los An- ted to paying reparations instead “serve as high-profile demonstra- geles to tiny Tullahassee, Okla. — of just talking about them. tions for how the country can have pledged to pay reparations “Black Americans don’t need more quickly move from conver- for slavery to a small group of another study that sits on a shelf,” sation to action on reparations for Black residents in their cities, say- said St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Black Americans,” according to ing their aim is to set an example Jones, the city’s first Black female the group’s website. for the federal government on how mayor and a member of the group. The other mayors are Jorge a nationwide program could work. “We need decisive action to ad- Elorza of Providence, R.I.; Steve The mayors had no details on dress the racial wealth gap hold- Adler of Austin, Texas; Steve how much it would cost, who ing communities back across our Schewel of Durham, N.C.: Esther would pay for it or how people country.” Manheimer of Asheville, N.C.: would be chosen. All of those de- This group of mayors, dubbed Quinton Lucas of Kansas City; EVAN VUCCI/AP tails would be worked out with the Mayors Organized for Repara- Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento, President­elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, attend Mass at the help of local commissions com- tions and Equity (MORE), is led Calif.; Melvin Carter of St. Paul, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle during Inauguration Day prised of representatives from by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Gar- Minn.; and Keisha Currin of Tulla- ceremonies in Washington, on Jan. 20. Black-led organizations set up to cetti and Denver Mayor Michael hassee, Okla. Sunday, June 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION New footage of Capitol riots released by court

BY ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Other footage released in the case against Associated Press Patrick McCaughey III, a Connecticut man Videos released under court order pro- charged with assault, show police wearing vide a chilling new look at the chaos at the helmets and face shields gathered in a Capi- U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, including body cam- tol doorway as the crowd pushes aggres- era footage that shows a man charging at a sively forward and shouts at them. police officer with a flagpole and tackling At one point, Daniel Hodges of Washing- him to the ground. ton’s Metropolitan Police Department gets Federal judges ordered the release of the pinned against a door and a rioter rips off videos after media organizations, including his mask. The mob shouts “heave ho” as it The Associated Press, went to court to re- pushes forward. Hodges, whose mouth ap- quest that the Department of Justice pro- pears bloody, cries out as he’s crushed be- vide access. The videos are being presented tween a riot shield and the door. McCaugh- as evidence in prosecutors’ cases against ey at one point points to Hodges and says three men charged with assaulting police. “he’s hurt,” seemingly trying to alert the The new videos show a Marine Corps vet- other officers. Hodges has recovered from eran and former New York City police offi- his injuries. An email seeking comment was cer wielding a flagpole as he attacks police, METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT/AP sent to an attorney for McCaughey. as well as rioters crushing another officer Body camera video shows Thomas Webster, center, at the west front of the U.S. Capitol Democrats used the video of Hodges, into a door as he screams in pain. Still anoth- on Jan. 6. Webster is accused of assaulting a police officer with a flagpole. which had been previously obtained by er video shows a New Jersey man punching some media outlets, in their impeachment an officer in the head. ernment Three Percenters extremist Webster pinning the officer to the ground case against Trump accusing him of incit- The release comes at a time when Repub- movement was indicted on a new charge and grabbing at his face. ing the insurrection. The House impeached lican lawmakers in Washington increasing- that he brought a semi-automatic handgun Webster’s lawyer wrote in court docu- him — the second of his presidency — a ly try to downplay the siege, portraying the with him to the Capitol. ments seeking his release from jail while he week after the riot for telling his supporters breach of the Capitol as a mostly peaceful Body camera video released in the case awaits trial that his client got upset when he that morning to “fight like hell” to overturn protest despite the shocking violence that against former New York City policeman saw police using pepper spray on the crowd. his defeat. The Senate acquitted him weeks unfolded. Thomas Webster shows the man holding a The lawyer, James Monroe, wrote that “as a later. Supporters of former President Donald flagpole and shouting profanities at officers former U.S. Marine and a member of law Footage released in a third case shows a Trump fought past police lines to storm the standing behind a metal barricade. Webster enforcement, defendant’s moral instinct man identified as Scott Fairlamb and others building and interrupt the certification of pushes the barricade and swings toward an was to protect the innocent.” yelling at police as the officers walk through President Joe Biden’s election win over officer with the flagpole. There’s a violent Monroe said the officer provoked Web- the crowd outside the Capitol. Fairlamb Trump. scuffle, the officer manages to take the flag- ster by reaching across the barrier and then shoves an officer and punches at his The Justice Department has brought pole away from the man, and Webster ap- punching him. The lawyer says Webster head, hitting his face shield. An email seek- hundreds of criminal cases against the riot- pears to tackle the officer to the ground. never actually struck the officer with the ing comment was sent to Fairlamb’s attor- ers. Last week, a man linked to the antigov- Other images in court documents show flagpole. ney. Searchers comb NC river after 3 tubers die, 2 disappear at dam BY GERRY BROOME A Duke Energy employee who Friday afternoon and was to re- release from the sheriff’s office broadcastify.com. Associated Press saw some of the tubers called the sume Saturday. He said he was didn’t indicate how Karlos Villano First responders could be heard EDEN, N.C. — Searchers situation in to 911 on Thursday af- still optimistic the two missing tu- was related to the others, except to over public safety radio ordering combed a North Carolina river ternoon, and four were rescued bers could be found alive. Earlier say he was a visiting relative. boats and other swift water rescue Friday for two missing tubers af- that day. Three tubers’ bodies in the day, rescue personnel were The sheriff’s office identified equipment to the area shortly af- ter a family on a recreational float were also found Thursday. seen hauling rafts toward the wa- the victims as Bridish Crawford, ter the 911 call came in around 3:15 went over a dam, resulting in Cates said that the rescued tu- ter at a staging area in Eden, north 27, and Antonio Ramon, 30, of p.m. Thursday. three deaths and the rescue of four bers spent the night floating in the of Greensboro near the Virginia Eden; and Sophie Wilson, 14, also A rescuer says on the recording people from the water. water near the dam before they state line. of LaPorte, Ind. . that some of the tubers were stuck The group of nine, all believed were found clinging to the tubes. “We’re still positive and opti- Still missing are Teresa Villano, near the dam because of the pull of to be part of the same family, was He said they managed to stay mistic, but we’ll see how things go 35, and Isiah Crawford, 7, both water flowing over it. floating down the Dan River on in- afloat for approximately 19 hours, tomorrow,” Cates told reporters. from Eden, the sheriff’s office Cates told reporters Friday that flatable tubes and went over a describing them as “very, very fa- Rockingham County Sheriff said. debris and rocks in the river can dam that’s about 8 feet high next to tigued” when they were found. Sam Page identified those rescued First responders indicated the puncture tubes or rafts, so it’s im- a Duke Energy plant Wednesday The four were taken to a hospital as Reuben Villano, 35; and chil- survivors were caught in fast- portant for people to wear life pre- night, Rockingham County Emer- and were expected to survive. dren Eric, 14, and Irene, 18, all of moving water near the dam when servers. He said it wasn’t clear if gency Services Director Rodney Cates said the search for the two Eden. Also rescued was Karlos they were found, according to re- any of the nine were using life pre- Cates told reporters. still missing was suspended late Villano of LaPorte, Ind.. A news cordings of scanner traffic on servers. Ariz. teen suspected in drive-by shootings thought he was being followed

Associated Press fear throughout the region. Four face and body covered in blood, the gun at him,” police wrote. told police he shot the man in self- PHOENIX — An Arizona teen- people were shot, including a man court documents state. Tricarico was working as a li- defense. The gun he used was im- ager suspected of killing one per- whose pickup truck careened into Police said Tricarico admitted to censed, armed security guard at a pounded and has remained in po- son and injuring a dozen others a canal alongside some of the shootings and declined restaurant in north Phoenix on lice custody. during a 90-minute string of drive- a freeway. to talk about others but denied fir- May 5 when he shot a male custom- Tricarico, who was arrested by shootings in metropolitan Phoe- A witness told ing at a woman or killing the man, er outside who was reportedly in- Thursday, appeared remotely for nix told police he believed people police he saw the whom police haven’t identified. toxicated, causing a disturbance a court hearing Friday and was di- were after him because of his in- suspect drive up Tricarico told police he was in- and charging at Tricarico. Phoenix rected to contact a public defend- volvement in another shooting, ac- behind the truck volved in another shooting a month police said in a statement Friday er. The Maricopa County Office of cording to court documents re- and swerve into ago in Phoenix while he was a secu- night. the Public Defender did not have a leased Friday. the lane beside it rity guard and believed people Police said the man was taken to specific attorney assigned to Tri- Ashin Tricarico, 19, is accused of and then he have been following him because ahospital with a non-life-threaten- carico, whose next court hearing is Tricarico opening fire on vehicles and pe- heard a gunshot. of it, according to the court docu- ing injury, and Tricarico remained scheduled for June 24. He faces destrians from a white SUV on Police later found the man’s body ments. at the restaurant and cooperated charges of first-degree murder, Thursday in at least eight separate inside the truck with a gunshot “Ashin thinks every vehicle and with investigators. The case is still shooting from a vehicle, aggravat- shootings in three cities that stoked wound to the neck and his head, person he drives past is pointing a being investigated, and Tricarico ed assault and endangerment. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, June 20, 2021 WORLD Hard-line judiciary chief to be next president of Iran

BY JON GAMBRELL Khamenei and the Iranian people Associated Press for taking part in the vote. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates “God willing, the decisive elec- — Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief tion of my esteemed brother, Aya- won the country’s presidential tollah Dr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, election in a landslide victory Sat- promises the establishment of a urday, propelling the supreme strong and popular government to leader’s protege into Tehran’s solve the country’s problems,” Re- highest civilian position in a vote zaei wrote. that appeared to see the lowest The quick concessions, while turnout in the Islamic Republic’s not unusual in Iran’s previous history. elections, signaled what semioffi- Initial results showed Ebrahim cial news agencies inside Iran had AP Raisi won 17.8 million votes in the been hinting at for hours: That the A resident walks past smoldering houses in the Kinma village, in central Myanmar, Wednesday. Residents contest, dwarfing those of the carefully controlled vote had been said people are missing after military troops burned the village. race’s sole moderate candidate. a blowout win for Raisi amid the However, Raisi dominated the boycott calls. election only after a panel under As night fell Friday, turnout ap- the watch of Supreme Leader peared far lower than in Iran’s last UN General Assembly condemns Ayatollah Ali Khamenei disquali- presidential election in 2017. At fied his strongest competition. one polling place inside a mosque coup in Myanmar in resolution His candidacy, and the sense in central Tehran, a Shiite cleric the election served more as a coro- played soccer with a young boy as Associated Press war (is) real.” the army’s takeover. nation for him, sparked wide- most of its workers napped in a UNITED NATIONS — In a rare “Time is of the essence,” she The resolution’s approval fol- spread apathy among eligible vot- courtyard. At another, officials move, the U.N. General Assembly said. “The opportunity to reverse lows calls for more aggressive ers in the Islamic Republic, which watched videos on their mobile on Friday condemned Myanmar’s the military takeover is narrowing U.N. action by many countries and has held up turnout as a sign of phones as state television blared military coup and called for an and regional threat increasing.” Myanmar’s U.N. Ambassador support for the theocracy since its beside them, offering only tight arms embargo against the country The resolution was the result of Kyaw Moe Tun, who has been 1979 Islamic Revolution. Some, in- shots of locations around the coun- in a resolution that demonstrated lengthy negotiations by a so-called charged with treason by the mili- cluding former hard-line Presi- try — as opposed to the long, snak- widespread global opposition to Core Group including the Europe- tary junta. He urged the interna- dent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ing lines of past elections. the junta and demanded the resto- an Union and many Western na- tional community “to take the called for a boycott. Balloting came to a close at 2 ration of the country’s democratic tions and the 10-member Associ- strongest possible action to imme- In initial results, former Revo- .a.m. Saturday, after the govern- transition. ation of Southeast Asian Nations diately end the military coup.” lutionary Guard commander ment extended voting to accom- Supporters had hoped the 193- known as ASEAN, which includes The more powerful U.N. Securi- Mohsen Rezaei won 3.3 million modate what it called “crowding” member U.N. General Assembly Myanmar. ty Council, whose resolutions are votes and moderate Abdolnasser at several polling places nation- would approve the resolution Even though the resolution legally binding, has adopted sever- Hemmati got 2.4 million, said Ja- wide. Paper ballots, stuffed into unanimously by consensus, but didn’t get the overwhelming sup- al statements on Myanmar, in- mal Orf, the head of Iran’s Interior large plastic boxes, were to be Belarus called for a vote. The mea- port its backers hoped for, the ac- cluding condemning the use of vio- Ministry election headquarters. counted by hand through the sure was approved with 119 coun- tion by the General Assembly, lence against peaceful protesters, The race’s fourth candidate, night, and authorities said they ex- tries voting “yes,” Belarus voting while not legally binding, reflects calling on the military to restore Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashe- pected to have initial results and “no” and 36 countries abstaining international condemnation of the the democratic transition and “ex- mi, had around 1 million votes, Orf turnout figures Saturday morning including Myanmar’s neighbors Feb. 1 coup that ousted Aung San ercise utmost restraint” and “on said. at the earliest. China and India, along with Rus- Suu Kyi’s party from power and all sides to refrain from violence.” Hemmati offered his congratu- “My vote will not change any- sia. put her under arrest along with But it has never been able to con- lations on Instagram to Raisi early thing in this election; the number U.N. special envoy Christine many government leaders and demn the coup or authorize an Saturday. of people who are voting for Raisi Schraner Burgener warned the politicians, as well as strong oppo- arms embargo or other sanctions “I hope your administration is huge and Hemmati does not General Assembly after the vote sition to the military crackdown on because of an almost-certain veto provides causes for pride for the have the necessary skills for this,” that “the risk of a large-scale civil protesters demanding an end to by China, and possibly Russia. Islamic Republic of Iran, im- said Hediyeh, a 25-year-old wom- proves the economy and life with an who gave only her first name comfort and welfare for the great while hurrying to a taxi in Haft-e nation of Iran,” he wrote. Tir Square after avoiding the Partygoers, police injured at rave in France On Twitter, Rezaei praised polls. “I have no candidate here.” Associated Press gasoline bombs and other projec- cluding how the 22-year-old lost PARIS— A 22-year-old man lost tiles at security forces, according his hand. Regional gendarme chief his hand and several others were to images of the clashes shared on- Pierre Sauvegrain told France-In- also injured amid clashes as police line and the top government offi- fo radio that the man was believed tried to break up an unauthorized cial in the region, prefect Emma- to have picked up an object that ex- rave party in western France, au- nuel Berthier. Local authorities ploded, without elaborating. thorities said Saturday. estimated about 1,500 people took An underground New Year’s The tensions erupted in a field part in the event despite a local or- Eve rave party in the same area near the Brittany town of Redon on dinance banning it. drew at least 2,500 people and led Friday night, just two days before Berthier accused the attendees to multiple arrests. Participants in France was to lift an overnight vi- of “extreme” and “inexcusable” Friday night’s event said they rus curfew that’s been in place for violence. It took police more than were honoring a man killed in 2019 more than eight months — and has seven hours to disperse the crowd, as police cleared out another unau- prompted growing frustration and authorities were still evacuat- thorized party in the nearby city of IRANIAN PRESIDENCY OFFICE/AP among young people. ing people from the field Saturday Nantes. The tough stance by President Hassan Rouhani, left, speaks with the media after his Police repeatedly fired tear gas morning, Berthier told reporters. French police against such raves meeting with President­elect Ebrahim Raisi, right, who is current and charged clusters of violent He said an investigation is under has grown tougher amid virus re- judiciary chief, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday. partygoers who hurled metal balls, way into the overnight events, in- strictions. Sunday, June 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

‘Little slice of hell’ home for sale for $590K cash DENVER — The real CO estate listing promises it could be “your own little slice of hell” — a home with spray painted profanities left by a tenant, a re- frigerator full of rotting meat, soil- ed carpets from an illegal pet res- cue and a back porch falling off. But in the hot real estate market, the owner is asking for $590,000 cash for the five-bedroom home in Colorado Springs. The strategy appears to be working. A lack of houses availa- ble for sale means most homes are selling as is, without buyers asking for fixes or having their closing costs covered, listing agent Mimi Foster told KMGH-TV. She said that she received 16 written cash offers in the first 24 hours after putting the house on the market. The owner cannot afford to fix the home, and with the national freeze on foreclosures ending in July, decided to sell. Historic clock restored, returned to church BOSTON — An al- MA most three-century- old clock was returned to the Old North Church in Boston after a two-month restoration project. “It really does give you a deep sense of place within the church and a tangible connection to the people who came before,” Nikki KRISTOPHER RADDER,THE BRATTLEBORO (VT.) REFORMER/AP Stewart, executive director of the church and historic site, told The Boston Globe of the Avery-Ben- Ripe for the picking nett gallery clock built in 1726. Jullienne Bishop from Cambridge, Mass., picks fresh strawberries at Dutton Berry Farm’s You Pick It field in Newfane, Vt. The Old North Church, which still hosts services, was a seminal waited more than an hour for an THE CENSUS caused sawdust to ignite. location in the Revolutionary War ambulance. Dobson Pipe Organ Builders when two lanterns hung from the Mark Tenia of the Richmond The number of dogs police in northern Idaho found abandoned in was founded in 1974. steeple set off Paul Revere’s ride Ambulance Authority said they 85 a home where a tenant had recently been evicted. The Kootenai to warn of the British army’s ap- are short staffed and have just half Humane Society took in 66 of the dogs found in the Kellogg home. It was the Plane at bottom of lake proach. of the emergency drivers needed. most animals the organization has rescued from a single case, KHS executive not from 1965 crash Ken Pearson, 70, of Gloucester, At the time of the crash, all other director Debbie Jeffrey said. Kellogg Police Sgt. Paul Twidt said the dogs were who owns a timepiece repair manned ambulances were at or on discovered when the landlord and an animal control officer did a walk-through FOLSOM — A small store, completed the restoration the way to a hospital or on the of the property. One of the dogs was dead and another had to be euthanized. plane recently spotted The animals were mostly terriers, Jack Russells and Chihuahuas. CA project. He is also the descendant scene of another call, he said. by sonar at the bottom of a North- of two men who also worked on the Jim Nolan, a spokesperson from ern California lake is not the clock in 1823 and 1830, the news- the mayor’s office, said in a state- Hospital. He was later airlifted to narcotics and stabbings to over- wreck of an aircraft that disap- paper reported. ment that it “should not have hap- USA Medical Center in Mobile. doses and a shooting last month. In peared into the water after a mid- pened,” but officials are thankful four months, there were approxi- air collision in 1965, authorities Stunt rider dies in world that police and fire departments City sues ‘crime-plagued’ mately four overdoses at the sta- said. record jump attempt were there in minutes to render Greyhound station tion, in addition to around 11 nar- The possibility arose when first aid until an ambulance ar- cotics complaints, the statement wreckage was spotted by techni- MOSES LAKE — A rived. The first responding agen- COLUMBUS — A read. cians testing sonar equipment at WA local stunt rider died cies will meet with the ambulance OH downtown Greyhound Folsom Lake. from injuries sustained while at- authority to figure out what hap- bus station that has been the scene Fire destroys pipe organ Dive team sergeants from the tempting to set a world record mo- pened in this case, he said. of hundreds of emergency calls making business Placer and El Dorado county sher- torcycle jump in Grant County. this year alone is a public nui- iff’s offices went out with the tech- Alex Harvill, 28, was attempt- Man sleeping on railroad sance, the city of Columbus and its LAKE CITY — Fire de- nicians to obtain better images, ing to jump the length of a football tracks hit by train police department declared in a IA stroyed a western Iowa and determined it was an airplane field on his motorcycle during a lawsuit. business that made pipe organs that crashed in 1986, the Placer performance at the Moses Lake PASCAGOULA — A City Attorney Zach Klein and for churches, schools and custom- County Sheriff’s Office said. Air Show when he crashed. MS man on the Mississip- the Columbus Division of Police ers from around the world, offi- The 1986 crash did not involve He was taken to the hospital for pi coast was seriously injuredafter filed the complaint against the bus cials said. any fatalities, the office said in a his injuries, but later passed away, being hit by a train while he was carrier. They are seeking prelimi- Firefighters found Dobson Pipe statement. officials said. sleeping on the tracks. nary and permanent injunctive re- Organ Builders engulfed in The earlier crash occurred on WLOX-TV reported that the lief against the “crime-plagued” flames that caused its exterior New Year’s Day 1965. One plane Woman waits hour for man, 63, whose name was not re- property, according to a state- walls to collapse, officials said. managed to land safely at an air- ambulance after crash leased, was hit on the railroad ment. One employee of the company port but the other plunged into tracks in Pascagoula. The lawsuit comes as Columbus was burned when he discovered Folsom Lake. Remains of its pilot RICHMOND — The One of the man’s arms and both police report having received the fire and tried to put out the were recovered. but the bodies of VA fire department re- of his legs were severed, police more than 300 calls for service to flames, according to authorities. the three passengers were not sponded when a pregnant woman told the television station. Officers the bus station so far in 2021. The The State Fire Marshal’s Office found. was in a car crash in Richmond, applied tourniquets and the man calls, the department said, have said it believes the fire was started but Latanya Thornton said she was transported to Singing River ranged from concerns about guns, by a malfunctioning fan that From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, June 20, 2021 MUSIC

A new kind of nightmare

Danny Elfman writes a quarantine solo album with ‘venom’ pouring out

BY MARK KENNEDY “Beetlejuice,” “Big isolation and alienation. Elfman samples Donald Trump Associated Press Fish,” “Edward Scis- in “Choose Your Side” and tackles quarantine in “Love hen Danny Elfman started creating sorhands,” “Milk,” in the Time of COVID,” which has the lyrics “Living a music during quarantine, what came “Good Will Hunting,” life in a nutshell / Staying inside is a tough sell.” out was a surprise even to him. “Men In Black” and The album had a curious birth. Elfman had been “When I opened my mouth to sing, “Silver Linings Play- approached in 2019 by the Dark Mofo festival in Tasma- more venom than I ever knew that I book,” as well as the nia, Australia, and asked to create a crazy performance hWad in me came pouring out,” he said recently. “I didn’t opening theme for piece. He decided to combine strings and a rock band, really know what I had to work with, other than a lot of “The Simpsons.” something he calls “chamber punk.” frustration and anger. And I think that’s what needed to He says he had He created a 12-minute instrumental but ran out of express itself.” found a balance for time to create a full hourlong set. He returned to it The result is a sonic howl — part glam rock, part his racing mind by during lockdown and it became “Sorry,” the album’s orchestral, part punk, with driving, industrial songs that ANTI­/AP alternating film pro- first cut. Then the other songs came tumbling out. are liable to disintegrate or tear off into a different jects and classical Laura Engel, the executive producer of the album, direction. The title for the ambitious 18-track double music — until lockdown. Then emerged rock. “I think a has worked with Elfman for over 40 years, said he al- album is perfect: “Big Mess.” It’s his first solo collec- lot of us kind of found parts of ourselves that we weren’t ways likes moving forward, exploring new sonic territo- tion in more than 30 years. expecting.” ry and never being tied to a single genre. “I was either writing really heavy or like really hyper “Big Mess” is clearly a pandemic diary, exploring “I learned early on that anything I do with Danny, it’s energized, fast and kind of crazy,” Elfman said. “I never going to be linear,” she said. “It’s always going to found myself writing personally in a way that I haven’t surprise me and it’s always going to be just a little bit before. And that was also surprising to me.” Top: Danny Elfman poses in his studio on May 26 in more fun, more interesting and more brilliant than most Grammy- and Emmy-winning Elfman, a former Los Angeles to promote his 18­track double album, anything else you could ever do.” leader of new wave band Oingo Boingo, has for so long “Big Mess,” above. turned his talent to fueling film scores like “Batman,” MARK J. TERRILL/AP SEE ELFMAN ON PAGE 13 Sunday, June 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 MUSIC REVIEWS

Chris Thile Tom Jones St. Vincent Laysongs (Nonesuch) Surrounded by Time (S-Curve) Daddy’s Home (Loma Vista) On his new solo album, Chris Though still probably best Every St. Vincent album comes Thile contemplates being alone. known for lounge-y ’60s hits such with a fresh concept and persona. The theme is God, as Thile — as “It’s Not Unusual” and “What’s On 2014’s “St. Vincent,” singer armed only with his mighty man- New Pussycat?,” Tom Jones has and shape-shifter Annie Clark was dolin and his experience as a always been able to go toe-to-toe a “near future cult leader.” lapsed fundamentalist — takes on with his more acclaimed peers in On 2017’s “Masseduction,” she the topics of faith, doubt, community and isolation. rock and R&B. Now, at 80, the Welsh eminence continues was “like a dominatrix at a mental institution,” pealing Thile has long pushed musical boundaries as a member a remarkable late run with “Surrounded by Time.” off wicked guitar solos while done up in latex and high of Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers, and in projects with With its Moog-dominated atmospherics, the album is heels. such fellow virtuosos as Yo-Yo Ma and jazz pianist Brad less overtly rootsy than Jones’ three previous, excellent With “Daddy’s Home,” Clark time-travels back to Mehldau. But “Laysongs” falls into a different category. collaborations with producer Ethan Johns. But like all 1970s New York. She’s calling the new aesthetic “Gena Thile grew up in a Christian household, once wrote a first-rate interpreters, the singer again invests himself in Rowlands in a Cassavetes film,” evoked in a “color pal- song titled “Doubting Thomas” and now describes him- a disparate collection of songs and uses them to fashion ette of the world of ‘Taxi Driver.’” self as a weak agnostic. On the album cover he stands his own story. And, with the exception of a too-busy “The Musically, that means touches of early ’70s Stevie with his back to a church sanctuary, looking over his Windmills of Your Mind,” the accompaniment here en- Wonder funk and swirling Pink Floyd prog, hard-hitting shoulder. hances rather than detracts. horns on the opening “Pay Your Way In Pain,” and gauzy And so he sings about death, the devil, music as med- The former sex symbol has some winking fun with Cat interludes on several tracks that turn into drifting mood icine and the human struggle with belief. His lyrics defy Stevens’ “Pop Star,” and he audaciously tackles stoner- pieces. She continues to work with New Jersey producer- gravity — Thile rhymes “Dionysus” with “purple kisses” savant Todd Snider’s “Talking Reality Television Blues.” to-the-stars Jack Antonoff — also a go-to guy for Taylor — and as he considers what’s sacred, he occasionally That song and Jones’ take on Tony Joe White’s “Ol’ Moth- Swift, Lorde and Lana Del Rey, among others. turns profane. er Earth” a lament for the ravaged environment, both “Daddy’s Home” also has an autobiographical bent, on The mostly original music isn’t gospel, spiritual or speak to pressing matters. the title track, which is about the return of Clark’s father contemporary Christian 7-11 songs (the kind that repeat While the singer admits frailties on Michael Kiwanu- from prison after serving 10 years for his role in a stock- the same seven words 11 times), but rather a wild blend of ka’s “I Won’t Lie” and Bobby Cole’s “I’m Growing Old,” manipulation scheme. jazz, folk and classical elements, from Hazel Dickens to the invigorating gospel of “Samson and Delilah” and the After that news broke in the tabloid press, Clark decid- Bartók. Tempos and meters shift, and then there’s no beat brash declarations of Malvina Reynolds’ “No Hole in My ed to take control of the narrative in the endearingly at all. As always, Thile’s playing is an unpredictable de- Head” reveal his booming voice to be as robust as ever. tender song. “You still got it in your government green light, ranging from furious strumming to pointillistic Jones finishes with a nine-minutes-plus version of Ter- suit, and I look down and out in my fine Italian shoes,” fusillades, and at times his eight-string rings like a church ry Callier’s “Lazarus Man.” As “Surrounded by Time” she sings. “We’re tight as a Bible with the pages stuck bell. makes clear, Jones’ story is less one of coming back from like glue.” It’s the sound of someone wrestling with riddles that the dead and more that of an artist continuing to find At its best, the new album is richly rewarding. “Down even his enormous talents can’t solve. ways to maximize his gifts and remain stirringly relevant. and Out and Downtown” gurgles with an inviting — Steven Wine — Nick Cristiano warmth. Associated Press The Philadelphia Inquirer But “Daddy’s Home” often fails to connect: The mean streets Clark is inhabiting have been well trodden, and the soulful milieu she’s chosen isn’t a natural fit for an artist who has previously specialized in operating at a cool distance. Elfman: — Dan DeLuca Songs on ‘Big Mess’ include The Philadelphia Inquirer one from musician’s Oingo Boingo days Alan Jackson

FROM PAGE 12 Where Have You Gone (ARC/Capitol) intended it to be part of a set at Coa- from the head of another. The song- The “you” in “Where Have You Elfman wrote much of the album chella and was thinking who could be writer said it captures how he felt Gone” is country music itself. In in a house outside Los Angeles, the insects of today? His answer: U.S. with various parts of him “living the title song and leadoff cut of his where he, his wife, Bridget Fonda, senators. together, but aren’t good room- first album in six years, Alan 16-year-old son, Oliver, and their dog “These are my bloodsuckers of mates.” Jackson laments what he sees as fled to ride out the pandemic. today. These are like the human Elfman, ever the productive song- the disappearance from the radio The house didn’t have a recording insects,” he said. So the new lyrics writer, has already moved on, fin- of the country verities: fiddle and steel, “words from the studio, only a little writing room. go: “Old white men, they’re back in ishing a cello concerto and working heart ... sounds from the soul.” And he vows: “I won’t let Elfman had a computer, one hand- power again / They’re sucking all the on back-to-back film scores. them fade.” held microphone, a single electric power and pride.” He’s also returning to the stage That’s no surprise coming from the superstar who for guitar and a pair of with a live concert three decades has deftly melded country traditionalism faulty headphones of Tim Burton’s and commercial accessibility. And it’s not the first time — not the best “The Nightmare he has taken a shot at a Nashville establishment he views equipment for put- “It was scary because I was like, Before Christmas” as betraying the music’s roots. Remember his duet with ting together a on Oct. 29 at the George Strait, “Murder on Music Row.” double album. But ‘This is just me. I don’t have any Banc of California Throughout the 21 songs on “Where Have You Gone,” he pressed on. Stadium. most written by Jackson, he lives up to his pledge, and He decided not to protection here.’ When you write He hopes to be with impressively consistent results considering it is fix any of his vocals able to play “Big essentially a double album. when it came time third person, you’re protected Mess” live one day He chronicles the joys and pains of everyday life with to go to the studio in some form and plainspoken grace against generous helpings of fiddle and invited musi- — you’re protecting yourself.” show off what he and steel. Among the most touching numbers, two of cians — including learned during them, “You’ll Always Be My Baby” and “I Do,” are de- drummer Josh Danny Elfman quarantine. One scribed as having been “written for daughters’ wed- Freese, bassist Stu on the decison to write from his point of view rather than that of a character thing was to ditch dings,” while “Where the Heart Has Always Been” was Brooks and guita- his regular writing “written for Mama’s funeral.” rists Nili Brosh and Robin Finck — to He laughs darkly that the dys- for a character and just write from This being country, there are also plenty of references record their parts, one at a time, per topian America he found himself the heart. to booze: “Wishful Drinkin’,” “Way Down in My Whis- COVID-19 protocols. “I just kept writing about in the 1980s is looking “It was scary because I was like, key,” “I Was Tequila,” “Beer:10.” most of my original guitars and vo- more recognizable in the 2020s. ‘This is just me. I don’t have any In “Back,” amid a litany of staples of country life cals from the demos,” said Elfman. “‘1984’ seemed a lot closer to me in protection here,’” he said. “When you (“Bourbon on the table, Jesus on the wall”), Jackson While 17 of the 18 songs are origi- 2020 than it did in 1984.” write third person, you’re protected sounds uncharacteristically boastful: “Back, I’m bringing nals, fans of Oingo Boingo will notice For the cover artwork, 3D scans of — you’re protecting yourself. And I country back / Back where it belongs, back on track.” Elfman has reworked one of the Elfman were transformed into a felt very unprotected for much of this We’ll see, but he himself has never lost the faith, nor the band’s old songs, “Insects” from disturbing digital sculpture by Sarah record. Then I had to kind of make a fire to keep his aim true. 1982. Not surprisingly, the new one is Sitkin. It’s an unsettling trio of Elf- decision at a certain point to not — Nick Cristiano darker and more political. He had mans, with one painfully emerging care.” The Philadelphia Inquirer PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, June 20, 2021 MOVIES Long hauler At 88, Ellen Burstyn is starring in the film ‘Queen Bees’ and has no plans to retire BY JAKE COYLE Associated Press That Ellen Burstyn plays a woman who recoils at the very mention of a retirement community in the upcoming film “Queen Bees” is extremely appropriate. Rarely has an actor been as good for as long as Burstyn has. She is still, at 88, tire- less, her vitality almost preternaturally un- diminished. As intense as her early career my 20s and 30s. When I got into was — Lee Strasberg’s The Ac- my 40s, I started dropping bad tors Studio in the late 1960s fol- habits slowly. First hard liquor lowed by ’70s classics like “The went, then wine went, exercise Last Picture Show,” “The Exor- began, changing my diet and cist” and “Alice Doesn’t Live giving up meat. Marijuana was Here Anymore” — her later also part of the mix. I just gave it years have been no less probing all up. I think it really paid off. or challenging — “Requiem for a Has acting evolved for you Dream,” “Interstellar,” last over time? CHARLES SYKES/AP year’s “Pieces of a Woman.” I’m not sure I know how to Ellen Burstyn, photographed in 2019, plays a woman forced into a retirement home in “Queen Bees.” She has the awards to show for answer that. It must have. You it. A six-time Oscar nominee and know, I’m very well trained. I are more available than others. I retired because I don’t get work. “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Any- one-time winner (for “Alice,” a had the great, great fortune of don’t have to go very far to un- But volunteering to retire? I can’t more” that’s really about that, movie she might have directed studying with one of the master derstand them. And then some of picture that. and affected it in some way. until she picked a young film- teachers of all time — Lee them are strangers to me and I What drew you to the movie? In your memoir, “Lessons in maker, Martin Scorsese, to do so Strasberg — and he influenced have to go deeper to find a place I love it when the movie indus- Becoming,” you wrote about instead), she has a Tony and two me so much. I found as I went on where I align with them. try shows women past 60 still how your third husband, after Emmys, too. And while “Queen in my career that the things I had Your character in “Alice having interest in life and not separating, broke into your Bees,” now in theaters, is more of to work hard for early on became Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” was retiring. I read so many scripts home and raped you. It’s his a fun diversion, Burstyn remains easier and easier to access. I one close to you. What’s one from the time I was 50 that were name you have. Do you wish you a magnificent and fierce screen became more relaxed in my that was a stranger? all about: Should we put grandma didn’t? presence. efforts. But I never lost interest. Well, I did a film in Greece in the nursing home? And how do (Laughs) Well, I try not to She plays a proudly independ- You had a somewhat with Melina Mercouri (“A we tell her? It was always like spend time on wishing for any- ent senior temporarily staying at tumultuous early life. Was acting Dream of Passion”) where I putting her out to pasture. This is thing that I can’t change. That’s a retirement community that initially an escape for you? played a character who was in quite different. It happens in a my name, however I came to it. It turns out to be as rife with com- No, I think it was something jail for killing her children. It retirement home, but there’s lots surprised me, but that’s what I ical cliques and romantic possi- that I discovered pretty young was a Medea theme. That really of life going on in there, a lot of got. But I know I was very honest bility as “Mean Girls.” The cast that I could do. From the first took a lot of work for me to be mating. So I liked it. It’s a story as I wrote that book. Every time I includes James Caan, Ann-Mar- time I went on stage, I felt at able to go there. I don’t mean that about, let’s say, elderly lusty came to a new chapter in my life, gret, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine home there. Not that it wasn’t I wanted myself to be able to kill people. I’d go, “Well, I can’t write about and Christopher Lloyd. scary — it was. But it felt right to my children. (laughs) But I had You’ve lived through a that.” Finally, I said: Honey, if Burstyn’s own retirement me. It’s a gift that I came in with. to find the thing in her that al- patriarchal era in Hollywood. Do you’re going to tell the story, tell plans aren’t just unmade. They’re You must meet a lot of young lowed that. I did get to that point you ever wonder how your the story. unfathomable. When she turned actors through the Actor’s where there was a maniacal fury. career and life might have been You could tell in that book that 80, she decided to move from Studio, where you’re I found that what she was doing different without those you view your life as an Rockland County, up the Hud- co­president with Al Pacino and was hurting her husband in the roadblocks? ever­ongoing spiritual journey. son, into New York City. “Time Alec Baldwin. What do you tell best way she possibly could. It I’ve done a lot of studying Where would you put yourself on for a little action,” she explained them? wasn’t about the children. It was about the patriarchy, which has that journey now? in a recent interview by phone. It’s a process. It’s one of those about her fury with him. been in effect for thousands of The way I understand life is She has since lived in an apart- things that the more you do it, if With quite a few of your years. Only now is it really being that you come on Earth to learn ment overlooking Central Park, you’re really approaching it from characters — “The Exorcist,” challenged. I think that’s what’s something spiritually, and every- which she strolls daily. “It’s my the point of view of wanting to “Requiem for a Dream” — that so scary to a lot of fellas, that thing that happens is a spiritual garden,” she says. During the get better and better, then you’re meant going to quite dark they’re not going to know how to lesson if you view it that way. I’m pandemic, Burstyn has mostly always learning. I tell actors that places. Did that ever wear on function if they’re sharing the still on the path of trying to be as laid low, spending time with where you start out from is just you? catbird seat with a woman. I honest and sensitive and open friends in the Catskills and at a the beginning. The act of doing a good job is think it affects our politics. I and kind as I can possibly be. So condo on the Connecticut water- Did any advice you received thrilling and pleasurable. If the think what the country is going I hope I’m growing that way. front. have a dramatic influence on act is to play a horrible person, through right now is a fear, for You’ve also talked about how “Otherwise, I’ve been in the you? the result is that you feel after- some people, that if the white memory is the reservoir of all city. I’ve been in my apartment,” The most important thing was ward that you did the job well. It man is not in power that that your acting. For someone who says Burstyn. “I am absolutely a connecting the character and has its own strange reward. would be a bad thing. I don’t draws so much on the past, you cooped-up person ready to hit the myself emotionally so that I I imagine your “Queen Bees” share in that opinion. I think we seem very forward­looking. road again.” could understand on an emotion- character wasn’t a far journey have been slowly in my lifetime I use my memory all the time Remarks have been edited for al level what was happening to since her attitude about opening up the throne to the in my work. Memory, it forms us. clarity and brevity. her — that I wasn’t just saying retirement aligns with yours. other sex and the other color and Our stories form us. Being totally AP: What do you attribute your words. I can’t picture my retirement. the other religion — the other. I present is essential. I’m in the longevity to? Do you still immerse yourself (laughs) I can’t picture wanting don’t think about how my life had past and I’m in the future and Burstyn: I must have some so much in a character? to retire. The only thing I can been different. I’m just glad I I’m in the now all at the same good genes. I was sort of wild in It’s just that some characters picture is if some day I’m being was able to make some films like time. Sunday, June 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 WEEKEND: CROSSWORD AND COMICS

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GADGETS Power washer has 10 times the pressure of garden hose

BY GREGG ELLMAN the kit or $149 for just the power Tribune News Service washer What was supposed to be an hour or two of testing turned into Just one hour with Proscenic’s a successful 12-hour cleaning new P10 Pro cordless 4-in-1 vac- project with the Dewalt 20 V uum cleaner shows how impres- MAX 550 PSI power cleaner kit. sive and efficient vacuuming can I’ve been a power washing fan be. for a year, so now adding the What makes it so versatile, portable outdoor cleaner gives along with its ultra-strong suc- me a full arsenal. The 20V MAX tion power of 25,000pa, is the 550 PSI power cleaner is an addi- multifunctionality. In a second it tion this spring to Dewalt’s 20V switches from an upright vacu- MAX system, which includes um cleaner to a handheld vacu- more than 200 other products in um cleaner for floor-to-ceiling CURIOSITYSTREAM/TNS the rechargeable battery system. cleaning with the included at- Drone pilot Doug Thron uses his drones and infrared photography to unearth wildlife and pets that are The MAX 550 connects to your tachments. victims of natural disasters. His exploits are chronicled on CuriosityStream’s series “Doug to the Rescue.” garden hose with a quick connect The attachments go on and off adapter and delivers 10 times the instantly for any surface, from water pressure you’ll get from hardwood, to carpet, furniture, the average garden hose alone. walls and even ceilings. And The connection is standard, since it’s cordless, moving from High-flying rescues straight from the hose to the room to room isn’t hampered by power washer; just make sure an electrical cord. the connection is tight and se- The flexible vacuum reaches TV series subject uses drones with infrared cameras to save animals cure. everywhere at any angle with the Four quick-release connect ability to rotate 90 degrees up- BY LUAINE LEE started with it was from those events in my past,” nozzles, each producing a differ- wards and downwards, and 180 Tribune News Service he says. ent degree of spraying, are in- degrees to left and right. he new high flying drones are utilized for Thron’s first rescue was a dog, a Royal Bahamian cluded. They spray at 15, 25 and The long crevice nozzle is all kinds of missions from surveillance to Potcake. “He was right in the middle of Hurricane 40 degrees along with a turbo perfect for corners of furniture, backyard play. But Doug Thron uses them Dorian, a 40-hour-long hurricane with winds up to nozzle. An attachable soap bottle in corners, under pillows and Tto save the lives of animals. 180 miles per hour and 30-foot-deep water and is included. The wider nozzles other normally hard-to-reach Thron is an aerial cinematographer who has hundreds of houses smashed; hundreds of people produce a gentler wash, while areas. And when vacuuming is adopted drone photography for his art. But he ele- passed away. And he was literally smack dab in the the narrower nozzles have grea- completed inside, it turns into a vated that art when he discovered infrared drones middle of this ... with a snapped leg and banged-up ter and more focused pressure. handy mini-vacuum for cleaning that could pierce the devastation left by wildfires face,” Thron recalls. For power, a rechargeable 20V the inside of a vehicle. and hurricanes, revealing wildlife trapped in their He not only saved the dog, he kept him, crowning MAX XR DCB205 battery is The P10 Pro is built with three wake. him ‘Duke.’ “He was super sentimental to me, be- included with a charger. Like any adjustable suction modes and “I’m a pioneer of using infrared drones with ing the first one,” says Thron. gadget that runs on portable cyclonic technology with an ad- spotlights and zoom lenses to rescue animals,” he “For the first six or eight months he wouldn’t batteries, it’s a good idea to get a vanced Turbo 3.0 motor rotating says. bark. He wouldn’t wag his tail. He was just, I think, second one. The battery connects with a high speed of 110,000rpm, “I’ve been somewhat, for lack of a better word, on pretty shell-shocked — probably had all sorts of to the power washer in a plastic 260w power rating. With anti- a crusade, not only to rescue the animals from nat- muscles torn. He had a super bad case of heart- watertight compartment. tangle technology, longer pieces ural disasters that just keep getting bigger and worm. And now when you see him, he’s like the Initially, with the 550 PSI pow- of hair won’t tangle within the bigger, but also to get this incredible technology most loving dog. Jumps all around, licks, barks and er cleaner, my thinking was that roller brush to ensure optimum known by the world. Because my hope is that one yeah, you would never even know that he had ever this would be good for minor performance at all times. day these infrared drones rescuing animals will be been through a hurricane. And it’s pretty mirac- cleaning, but it can also handle Inside the P10 Pro is a long-life as popular and as common as say, helicopters are ulous to see.” the jobs of a more typical power rechargeable battery, good for up for rescuing people.” Sometimes animals are unable to flee, and Thron washer. It’s great for the small to 55 minutes of run time in min Thron’s exploits are the subject of Curiosity- finds them alone and abandoned. “In Louisiana things but with the portability, mode. Charging with the in- Stream’s new series, “Doug to the Rescue.” Thron when we were doing the rescues, I was uncovering there’s so much more you can do cluded AC cord is done with the travels all over the world where disaster strikes, dogs that were chained and left for dead, chained to without having to pull anything removable battery in or out of the illuminating lost pets, stranded koalas and terrified a car,” he says. around besides the attached unit and is completed in 2.5 wildlife. “And through this series, we get to see animals garden hose. hours. He first got the idea when a filmmaker united months later that were chained to cars and left for Online: dewalt.com; $199 for Online: proscenic.com; $178 Thron with a man who was using an infrared scope dead and starved, pretty much just about ready to to rescue cats after the Santa Rosa, Calif., fires. die. And then you see them months later and “We were both chatting about it, and we were they’re jumping around licking you and super hap- like, ‘God, if we could put one of these infrared py in their new adopted home. So, it blows me away scopes on a drone, it would be unbelievable.’ Fast- how these dogs can recover and turn out to be ev- forward, about a year later, I was just volunteering eryday normal dogs in a short period of time.” with the Sea Shepherd boat out in the Bahamas, It’s not only dogs he salvages, but an array of and I was using a drone to rescue animals out there. wildlife, including cats. Thron recalls one special And I found it exceedingly hard to find the animals rescue of a badly burned black cat. “I had to grab because of debris piles,” he says. him underneath some burned stuff. And he bit and “Imagine hundreds of houses all being smashed clawed and everything like that, but he was so up and debris piles 30 feet tall, and boards and nails burned up that if I didn’t grab him, he was likely to and everything. I found it super hard to find the die and run off to the woods. animals. So then I thought back about an infrared “And a couple of months later it was interesting scope and thankfully, one had been invented for because the vets were putting honey on these public use that would potentially work on this wounds that were almost burned down to the bone. drone. A couple of months later the wounds are just about “So I mounted it on the drone, and it worked healed, and the cat’s the most loving, purring cat. incredibly well, and from there I started putting And I was kind of like, ‘I wish I had adopted this DEWALT/TNS spotlights on drones and putting 180 times zoom little black cat because it’s just like my little Mittens The Dewalt 20 V MAX 550 PSI power cleaner comes with a lens cameras as well. That’s basically how I got when I was a kid.’” rechargeable 20V MAX XR DCB205 battery and a charger. Sunday, June 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander US needs NATO allies who fully help maintain order Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY GEORGE F. WILL Last month, the authoritarian Belarusian 2024. Washington Post Writers Group regime of Alexander Lukashenko pioneered a When NATO was assembled in 1949, it was WASHINGTON new form of air piracy, sending military air- all about Europe. Its first secretary-general, EDITORIAL n 1995, when Serbians chained some craft to force a commercial airliner to land in Lord Hastings Ismay, famously said it was Terry Leonard, Editor U.N. personnel in Bosnia to military Belarus, where a passenger, a dissident Bela- created to “keep the Soviet Union out, the [email protected] targets as human shields, the U.S. sec- rusian journalist, was arrested. British For- Americans in, and the Germans down.” To- retary of state was mystified. Warren eign Secretary Dominic Raab said it is “very day, the memory of the Soviet Union that nur- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor I Christopher said: “It’s really not part of any difficult to believe that this kind of action could tured Putin haunts and motivates him; he calls [email protected] reasonable struggle that might be going on have been taken without at least the acquies- its death “the greatest geopolitical catastro- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content there.” Anesthetized by their belief that cence of the authorities in Moscow.” Brian phe of the century.” President Joe Biden has [email protected] peaceful reasonableness is natural among na- Whitmore of the Atlantic Council notes that wisely reversed his predecessor’s order re- tions, statesmen from civilized nations often “the Russian and Belarusian air defense sys- ducing U.S. forces in Germany. But although Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] adjust slowly, if at all, to contrary evidence, tems are deeply integrated, as are their mili- that nation has Europe’s largest economy, in which is always abundant. taries and security services.” Putin’s foreign 2022 it probably will, as usual, fall at least 25% Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital In 2008, Vladimir Putin sent forces into the minister, Sergei Lavrov, said Belarus’ action short of NATO’s defense spending target. [email protected] South Ossetia region of Georgia to support was “reasonable.” NATO’s 2010 “Strategic Concept” con- Russian separatists. When Georgian forces Russia continues “hybrid warfare.” For ex- tained not a word about China. At last week’s BUREAU STAFF counterattacked, Putin launched (Robert Ka- ample, the Financial Times reports on a Mon- summit, however, NATO said China now pos- gan later reported) a “full-blown invasion, treal-based website that calls itself an inde- es “challenges.” That is a remarkably ano- Europe/Mideast with tens of thousands of troops, fighter air- pendent research organization, but actually dyne characterization of activities that in- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] craft and elements of the Black Sea Fleet all is, the U.S. State Department says, “deeply en- clude: Shredding commitments regarding +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 pre-positioned.” NATO, undiscouraged, in meshed in Russia’s broader disinformation Hong Kong’s autonomy and suffocating liber- Pacific 2010 issued a cheerful 40-page “Strategic and propaganda ecosystem.” One of the web- ty in one of the world’s great cities. Escalating Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief Concept” that said NATO-Russia cooperation site’s May headlines said: “Covid-19 Vaccines incursions by Chinese military aircraft into [email protected] “contributes to creating a common space of Lead to New Infections and Mortality: The Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 peace.” NATO, wanting “a true strategic part- Evidence is Overwhelming.” This is biologi- (Tuesday marked the largest yet — 28 planes, Washington nership,” would “act accordingly” and “with cal warfare at one remove. including four nuclear-capable bombers.) Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief the expectation of reciprocity” from Putin’s So, at last week’s one-day summit, NATO Militarizing, contrary to public assurances, [email protected] Russia. NATO would seek a “constructive unlimbered its heavy parchment artillery. It artificial islands in the South China Sea, (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News partnership based on mutual confidence, labeled Russia’s actions a “threat.” Evidently, through which up to a third of global seaborne [email protected] transparency and predictability.” however, Russia is not sufficiently threaten- commerce passes. And inflicting what the In the subsequent 11 years, Russia’s behav- ing to require stopping the Nord Stream 2 United States has formally identified as geno- CIRCULATION ior has become predictable. It has invaded pipeline, which will deepen Europe’s, and es- cide on the Uyghurs, more than 1 million of Mideast Donbass before annexing Crimea, thereby pecially Germany’s, dependence on Russian whom are in concentration camps, enduring Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager partially dismembering Europe’s geographi- energy. Of the 30 NATO members who sub- forced labor and worse. [email protected] cally largest nation, Ukraine, which Russia scribed to the banal “threat” label, it is prob- One purpose of Biden’s trip to Europe was [email protected] still menaces with military deployments. It able that only the United States, Britain and to reassure allies that the United States is DSN (314)583-9111 has prolonged the slaughter in Syria by inter- five smaller nations will in 2022 spend the 2% ready to resume its responsibilities regarding Europe vening in its civil war. It has assassinated, or of their gross domestic product on their mili- the maintenance of an orderly world. Now, Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager attempted to assassinate, Putin’s domestic taries that is the minimal target that NATO some comparable reassurances from allies [email protected] [email protected] enemies in Russia and abroad. adopted seven years ago to be reached by would be timely. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Where was the FBI before the attack on the Capitol? CONTACT US BY RYAN GOODMAN have permitted an assessment of those dan- than 50 referrals to the FBI with tips of AND ANDREW WEISSMANN gers. The FBI, along with other agencies, rou- planned violence in Washington on Jan. 6, in- Washington Special to The Washington Post tinely takes actions to prepare for highly sensi- cluding specific threats of violence being tel: (+1)202.886.0003 hat did the FBI know before the tive events such as the Jan. 6 certification of planned at the Capitol. Wray confirmed the 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol? the Electoral College results. company had done so. What was done — or not Reader letters What did it do to make sure it Indeed, although Wray did not mention this done — with that information? [email protected] Whad the necessary intelligence? to lawmakers, the FBI’s role in preparing for What is hard to understand about the FBI’s Additional contacts And what did the bureau do with what it did such events allows the bureau, in accordance failures is that, by comparison, the recent Sen- stripes.com/contactus know? with the attorney general’s guidelines, to en- ate report shows the U.S. Capitol Police was After two days of recent hearings with FBI gage in “proactively surfing the Internet to apparently far ahead of the FBI in under- OMBUDSMAN Director Christopher Wray, these questions find publicly accessible websites and servic- standing the threat. Their small intelligence Ernie Gates remain frustratingly unanswered. Many law es” through which the “promotion of terrorist division only “began gathering information enforcement and intelligence agencies fell crimes is openly taking place.” about events planned for January 6 in mid-De- The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the short in the runup to Jan. 6; they failed to ade- What is clear is that the FBI knew enough to cember 2020” but “through open source col- military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s quately prepare for the dangers of a singular take further action but failed to do so. Shortly lection, tips from the public, and other sources independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for event that had every member of Congress and after the attack, the head of the FBI’s Washing- …knew about social media posts calling for vi- fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman the vice president in a single location. ton Field Office said that the bureau had “de- olence at the Capitol on January 6, including a welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by email at [email protected], or by phone at But the stingy, unenlightening testimony by veloped some intelligence that a number of in- plot to breach the Capitol, the online sharing of 202.886.0003. the FBI director is particularly disappointing. dividuals were planning to travel to the D.C. maps of the Capitol Complex’s tunnel sys- Wray repeatedly failed to provide the infor- area with intentions to cause violence,” and tems, and other specific threats of violence,” Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday mation lawmakers seek to perform their over- that the FBI disrupted their travel. The Wash- according to the report. through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and sight role. 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PRO SOCCER PRO BASKETBALL TENNIS DEALS BRIEFLY MLS WNBA Bett1 Open Friday’s transactions Friday BASEBALL EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE At Am Rothenbaum Rot-Weiss Tennis American League Preece wins reopened WLTPts GF GA WLPct GB Club BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Selected the Berlin contract of RHP Thomas Eshelman from New England 5 1 2 17 11 7 Connecticut 8 4 .667 — Purse: Euro 456,073 Norfolk (Triple-A East). Placed LHP Bruce Nashville’s Truck race Surface: Grass Zimmermann on the 10-day IL, retroactive Philadelphia 4 2 2 14 9 5 New York 6 6 .500 2 Women’s Singles to June 15. Designated C Chance Sisco for LEBANON, Tenn. — Ryan New York 4 4 0 12 12 10 Chicago 6 7 .462 2½ Quarterfinals assignment. Preece won the first NASCAR Orlando City 3 1 3 12 8 4 Washington 5 6 .455 2½ Belinda Bencic (5), Switzerland, def. DETROIT TIGERS — Reinstated C Gray- son Greiner and optioned him to Toledo race at Nashville Superspeedway NYCFC 3 2 2 11 13 7 Atlanta 5 7 .417 3 Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4). (Triple-A East). Optioned RHP Erasmo Ra- in a decade by scoring a victory in CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9 Indiana 1 13 .071 8 Alize Cornet, France, def. Garbine Mugu- mirez to Toledo (Triple-A East) on a rehab Columbus 3 2 2 11 7 6 ruza (6), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5). assignment. his first career Truck Series start. WESTERN CONFERENCE Liudmila Samsonova, Russia, def. Madi- KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Selected the Nashville 2 1 5 11 9 8 son Keys, United States, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (0). contract of RHP Anthony Swarzak from Preece got in a truck for the first Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7 WLPct GB Victoria Azarenka (7), Belarus, def. Jes- Omaha (Triple-A East). Transferred RHP Ronald Bolanos from the 10-day IL to the time to get bonus track time ahead D.C. United 3 5 0 9 8 11 sica Pegula, United States, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. Seattle 12 2 .857 — Women’s Doubles 60-day IL. of Sunday’s Cup race, the first ev- Inter Miami CF 2 4 2 8 8 13 Las Vegas 10 3 .769 1½ Semifinals MINNESOTA TWINS — Reinstated OF Toronto FC 1 4 2 5 8 12 Nicole Melichar, United States, and Max Kepler from a rehab assignment and er for NASCAR’s top series at the Phoenix 6 7 .462 5½ from the 10-day IL. Optioned OF Gilberto Chicago 1 5 1 4 4 11 Demi Schuurs (1), Netherlands, def. Vero- Minnesota 5 6 .455 5½ nika Kudermetova, Russia, and Marketa Celestino to St. Paul (Triple-A East). track. Nashville closed after the Cincinnati 1 4 1 4 6 15 Vondrousova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3. SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled RHP Yo- Los Angeles 5 6 .455 5½ han Ramirez from Tacoma (Triple-A 2011 season when it couldn’t land a WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas 5 7 .417 6 Fever-Tree Championships West). Selected RHP Vinny Nittoli from Ta- coveted Cup date. coma. Optioned C Jose Godoy to Tacoma. WLTPts GF GA Friday’s game Friday Placed RHP Justin Dunn on the 10-day IL. It’s reopening Friday night was At The Queen’s Club Phoenix 80, Los Angeles 66 Transferred Of Kyle Lewis from the 10-day Seattle 5 0 3 18 14 3 London IL to the 60-day IL. the first act in a three-day show Purse: Euro 1,290,135 Sporting KC 5 2 2 17 16 11 Saturday’s games TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed RHP Shaun that concludes with the Cup Se- Surface: Grass Anderson off waivers from Minnesota and LA Galaxy 5 2 0 15 11 11 Connecticut at Chicago Indiana at Washington Men’s Singles optioned him to Round Rock (Triple-A ries’ return to the Nashville-area Colorado 4 2 1 13 12 8 Minnesota at Dallas Quarterfinals West). Designated RHP Tyson Miller for for the first time in 37 years. But Real Salt Lake 3 1 3 12 12 8 Matteo Berrettini (1), Italy, def. Daniel assignment. Sunday’s games Evans (6), Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-3. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled LHP An- very few current drivers have Houston 3 3 2 11 11 12 New York at Los Angeles Alex de Minaur (4), Australia, def. Marin thony Kay from Buffalo (Triple-A East). Op- San Jose 3 5 0 9 11 12 Cilic, Croatia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. tioned RHP T.J. Zeuch to Buffalo. Placed OF raced at Nashville Superspeed- Monday’s games Jonathan Davies on the restricted list. Portland 3 4 0 9 9 11 Cameron Norrie, Britain, def. Jack Drap- No games scheduled er, Britain, 6-3, 6-3. National League way, which hosted 21 Xfinity Se- LAFC 2 3 2 8 8 9 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned ries races, 13 Truck Series races Austin FC 2 4 2 8 6 9 AUTO RACING NOVENTI Open RHP Humberto Castellanos to Reno (Tri- ple-A West). Reinstated RHP Zac Gallen and eight IndyCar events before it Vancouver 2 5 1 7 7 12 Friday At Gerry Weber Stadium from the 10-day IL. Agreed to terms with Rackley Roofing 200 RHP Blake Rogers on a minor league con- closed after only 10 years. Minnesota 2 4 1 7 6 11 Halle, Germany FC Dallas 1 3 3 6 8 11 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series tract. Selected the contract of RHP Noe Ra- Todd Gilliland drove from the Purse: Euro 1,318,605 mirez from Reno (Triple-A West). Desig- Friday Surface: Grass Note: Three points for victory, one point At Nashville Superspeedway nated RHP Keury Mella for assignment. back of the field to a second-place for tie. Men’s Singles LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned LHP Lebanon, Tenn. Quarterfinals Scott Alexander to Rancho Cucamonga finish that gave DGR-Crosley a 1-2 Friday’s games Lap length: 1.33 miles Andrey Rublev (4), Russia, def. Philipp (Low-A West) on a rehab assignment. New York 2, Nashville 0 (Start position in parentheses) Kohlschreiber, Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-2. MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned 2B Isan finish and rebound from a terrible Real Salt Lake 3, Vancouver 1 1. (6) Ryan Preece, Ford, 150 laps, 0 Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, def. Lloyd Diaz and OF Lewis Brinson to Jacksonville start to the day. points. Harris, South Africa, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Saturday’s games (Triple-A East). Reinstated SS Miguel Ro- 2. (35) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 150, 35. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, def. jas and RHP Cody Poteet from the 10-day Chicago at Columbus 3. (4) Grant Enfinger, Toyota, 150, 43. Marcos Giron, United States, 6-3, 6-2. IL. Commissioners dig into Colorado at Cincinnati 4. (9) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 150, 46. Ugo Humbert, France, def. Sebastian MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Reinstated 2B Orlando City at Toronto FC 5. (17) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 150, 32. Korda, United States, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4. Kolten Wong from the 10-day IL. Selected CFP expansion New England at New York City FC 6. (15) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 150, 37. Men’s Doubles RHP Zack Godley from Nashville (Triple-A Miami at D.C. United 7. (16) Ben Rhodes, Toyota, 150, 35. Quarterfinals East). Optioned INF/OF Pablo Reyes and ROSEMONT, Ill. — College Minnesota at FC Dallas 8. (13) Ty Majeski, Toyota, 150, 29. Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Tim RHP Eric Yardley to Nashville (Triple-A San Jose at Austin FC 9. (3) Austin Hill, Toyota, 150, 37. Puetz (5), Germany, def. Sam Querrey and East). Designated INF Jake Hager for as- Football Playoff expansion took Seattle at LA Galaxy 10. (34) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 150, Austin Krajicek, United States, 6-3, 6-4. signment. Sporting Kansas City at Portland 27. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, and Felix Au- ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned OF another step forward Friday as Houston at Los Angeles FC 11. (2) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 150, 36. ger-Aliassime, Canada, def. Jonathan Er- Justin Williams to Memphis (Triple-A the full group of commissioners lich, Israel, and Lloyd Harris, South Africa, Sunday’s games 12. (8) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 150, 35. East). 13. (5) Chandler Smith, Toyota, 150, 42. 6-3, 6-4. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Returned who manage the postseason sys- Philadelphia at Atlanta 14. (24) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 150, Semifinals INF Starlin Castro from the restricted list. tem wrapped up two days of dig- Tuesday, June 22 23. Horia Tecau, Romania, and Kevin Kra- Reinstated RHP Austin Voth from the 10- 15. (21) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, 150, 22. wietz (3), Germany, def. Sander Gille and day IL. Placed OF Andrew Stevenson on ging into a plan for a 12-team for- San Jose at Orlando City 16. (11) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 150, Joran Vliegen (6), Belgium, 7-6 (6), 7-5. the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 17. Op- Wednesday, June 23 21. tioned RHP Ryne Harper to Rochester (Tri- mat that would revamp the nation- 17. (18) Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet, Birmingham Classic ple-A East). Assigned RHP Rogelio Armen- New York at New England al championship. 150, 20. Friday teros outright to Rochester after clearing Columbus at Philadelphia 18. (36) Tanner Gray, Ford, 150, 22. waivers. Atlanta at New York City FC At Edgbaston Priory Club The first debate about what the 19. (12) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 150, 0. Birmingham, Great Britain USA Baseball Austin FC at Minnesota 20. (22) Tate Fogleman, Chevrolet, 150, USA BASEBALL — Named Chris Lionetti final version of a new playoff will Cincinnati at Chicago Purse: $235,238 17. Surface: Grass director of player identification. D.C. United at CF Montréal 21. (14) Hailie Deegan, Ford, 150, 16. BASKETBALL look like has emerged: The Pac-12 Colorado at Sporting Kansas City Women’s Doubles National Basketball Association 22. (23) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 150, 0. Quarterfinals is pushing for each Power Five Portland at Houston 23. (7) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 150, 15. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Acquired Toronto FC at Nashville 24. (20) Drew Dollar, Toyota, 150, 13. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Elise Mertens G Kemba Walker from Boston in exchange conference to receive an automat- Real Salt Lake at Seattle 25. (30) Spencer Davis, Toyota, 150, 12. (1), Belgium, def. Tereza Martincova, for Cs Al Horford, Moses Brown and a 2023 FC Dallas at Los Angeles FC 26. (19) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 150, 11. Czech Republic, and Naiktha Bains, Bri- second-round draft pick. ic berth. LA Galaxy at Vancouver 27. (27) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, tain, 6-2, 6-4. FOOTBALL Expect a lot more negotiating to Friday, June 25 150, 10. National Football League 28. (31) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 150, 9. COLLEGE BASEBALL come. Orlando City at Miami ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed S Richie 29. (25) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 150, 8. Grant to a four-year contract. Saturday, June 26 30. (32) Danny Bohn, Toyota, 149, 7. World Series CHICAGO BEARS — Signed TE Jake Butt, “This is the beginning of a long, 31. (33) Cory Roper, Ford, 148, 6. DL Mike Pennel and OL Tyrone Wheatley Los Angeles FC at Sporting Kansas City At Omaha, Neb. ongoing process,” Big 12 Commis- Cincinnati at Toronto FC 32. (29) Kris Wright, Chevrolet, 148, 5. Jr. Released DL Thomas Schaffer and OL 33. (28) Trey Hutchens III, Chevrolet, 146, (Double Elimination; x-if necessary) Gunnar Vogel. sioner Bob Bowlsby said as he de- Houston at Real Salt Lake Saturday, June 19 Philadelphia at Chicago 4. DETROIT LIONS — Signed WR Chad Han- 34. (26) Lawless Alan, Toyota, 142, 3. Game 1: No. 9 Stanford vs. N.C. State sen. Waived WR Jonathan Adams. Signed parted Big Ten headquarters in CF Montréal at Nashville Game 2: No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Arizo- Vancouver at Seattle 35. (1) Derek Kraus, Toyota, accident, LB Derrick Barnes to a four-year contract. suburban Chicago. “It’s going to 110, 20. na JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR LA Galaxy at San Jose Sunday, June 20 Minnesota at Portland 36. (10) William Byron, Chevrolet, en- Laquon Treadwell. be months before we come to any gine, 78, 0. Game 3: No. 3 Tennessee vs. Virginia LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed TE closure on any of this.” NWSL Race Statistics Game 4: Texas vs. No. 7 Mississippi St. Matt Seybert, DL Willie Yarbary, LB Damon Average Speed of Race Winner: 114.636 Monday, June 21 Lloyd and WR Michael Bandy. There is no announced timeline Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser SOCCER WLTPts GF GA mph. Time of Race: 1 hour, 44 minutes, 25 sec- Game 6: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 win- Major League Soccer and the earliest expansion would ner Orlando 3 0 2 11 7 4 onds. LOS ANGELES FC — loaned D Mohamed Margin of Victory: 0.950 seconds. Tuesday, June 22 Traore, D Mamadou Fall, F Danny Musov- be possible is 2023 if there are no Portland 3 2 0 9 11 4 Caution Flags: 5 for 29 laps. Game 7: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser ski, M Alvaro Quezada and F Christian big snags. Change could be as far Washington 2 1 2 8 5 5 Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers. Game 8: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 win- Torres to Las Vegas Lights FC. ner SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Loaned F Er- out as the 2026 season after the Gotham FC 2 1 1 7 2 1 Lap Leaders: D.Kraus 0-48; A.Hill 49-50; C.Smith 51-98; G.Enfinger 99-103; S.Friesen Wednesday, June 23 ic Calvillo to Orange County SC (USL Houston 2 2 1 7 6 6 104-108; G.Enfinger 109-117; R.Preece 118; Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 loser Championship) for remainder of the 2021 current media rights contract Chicago 2 2 1 7 4 7 G.Enfinger 119-143; R.Preece 144-150 Thursday, June 24 season. with ESPN expires. The proposal Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 los- North Carolina 1 2 1 4 6 3 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): C.Smith, 1 time for 48 laps; er GOLF put forth by a subcommittee that Reign FC 1 2 1 4 2 3 D.Kraus, 1 time for 48 laps; G.Enfinger, 3 Friday, June 25 included Bowlsby does not ad- Louisville 1 2 1 4 2 8 times for 39 laps; R.Preece, 2 times for 8 Game 11: Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 win- Meijer Championship laps; S.Friesen, 1 time for 5 laps; A.Hill, 1 ner dress when a new format could be Kansas City 0 3 2 2 2 6 time for 2 laps. Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 LPGA Tour Note: Three points for victory, one point Wins: J.Nemechek, 4; B.Rhodes, 2; T.Gilli- winner Friday implemented. for tie. land, 1; S.Creed, 1. Saturday, June 26 At Blythefield Club Last week, the CFP unveiled a Saturday’s games Top 16 in Points: 1. J.Nemechek, 525; 2. x-Game 13: Teams TBD Grand Rapids, Mich. B.Rhodes, 455; 3. A.Hill, 427; 4. T.Gilliland, x-Game 14: Teams TBD Purse: $2.3 million plan to expand from four to 12 Reign FC at North Carolina 396; 5. Z.Smith, 389; 6. G.Enfinger, 370; 7. Championship Series Yardage: 6,556; Par: 72 Washington at Chicago S.Creed, 364; 8. M.Crafton, 354; 9. S.Friesen, (Best-of-three) Second Round teams. Six spots would be re- Sunday’s games 334; 10. C.Hocevar, 311; 11. C.Smith, 296; 12. Monday, June 28: Teams TBD Leona Maguire 65-64—129 -15 served for the highest-ranked con- J.Sauter, 281; 13. A.Self, 255; 14. T.Ankrum, Tuesday, June 29: Teams TBD Su Oh 67-65—132 -12 Houston at Louisville 248; 15. D.Kraus, 232; 16. R.Truex, 209. x-Wednesday, June 30: Teams TBD Kansas City at Portland Lindy Duncan 68-65—133 -11 ference champions, but no league Gotham FC at Orlando AP SPORTLIGHT Mina Harigae 68-66—134 -10 would automatically qualify. The Tuesday, June 22 Brittany Altomare 68-66—134 -10 other six teams would be chosen Lizette Salas 68-66—134 -10 Chicago at Reign FC hammad Ali, is convicted of violating the June 20 Nelly Korda 68-66—134 -10 at-large from the selection com- Wednesday, June 23 1936 — Jesse Owens sets a 100-meter re- United States Selective Service laws by re- Anna Nordqvist 67-67—134 -10 Orlando at Kansas City cord of 10.2 seconds at a meet in Chicago. fusing to be drafted. Clay is sentenced to mittee’s rankings. The plan calls North Carolina at Louisville 1940 — Joe Louis stops Arturo Godoy in five years in prison and fined $10,000, the Perrine Delacour 71-64—135 -9 for first-round games on campus- the eighth round at Yankee Stadium to re- maximum penalty for the offense. Ali re- Madelene Sagstrom 68-67—135 -9 Saturday, June 26 tain the world heavyweight title. mains free while his conviction is on ap- Moriya Jutanugarn 68-67—135 -9 es and quarterfinal and semifinal Louisville at Chicago 1960 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Inge- peal. In Gee Chun 68-67—135 -9 1980 — Roberto Duran wins a 15-round games played in bowls. Gotham FC at Reign FC mar Johansson in the fifth round in New Marina Alex 67-68—135 -9 Portland at North Carolina York to become the first boxer to regain decision over Sugar Ray Leonard at Olym- Orlando at Houston the world heavyweight title. pic Stadium in Montreal to win the WBC Chella Choi 67-68—135 -9 Washington at Kansas City 1967 — Cassius Clay, later known as Mu- welterweight crown. Charley Hull 65-70—135 -9 Associated Press PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, June 20, 2021 NHL PLAYOFFS/TRACK AND FIELD Crouser goes big, breaks 31-year-old shot put mark

BY PAT GRAHAM Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. — The record was older than he is. When Ryan Crouser broke it, “it felt like it was a huge weight lifted.” The 28-year-old who built a training ring at his home in Arkan- sas to stay on point during the coro- navirus pandemic shattered a shot put world record Friday night that was set 2½ years before he was born. On Day 1 of the U.S. Olympic Trials, he heaved the massive med- al sphere 76 feet, 8¼ inches (23.37 meters) to put his name in the re- cord book and punch his ticket for Tokyo, where he’ll have a chance to defend his Olympic title next CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP PAUL CHIASSON/AP month. Ryan Crouser celebrates after The Canadiens’ Josh Anderson scores past Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc­Andre Fleury during Just like he always imagined. setting a world record during the overtime in Game 3 of their semifinal series Friday in Montreal. “There were so many times that finals of the men’s shot put at the Iwas throwing a six-pound shot out U.S. Olympic Track and Field behind the middle school, throw- Trials on Friday in Eugene, Ore. ing by myself, and let it go and put my hands over my head and be Crouser, who grew up in Oregon, Canadiens beat Knights in OT like, ‘Oh, new world record!’ ” went to college at Texas and now Crouser said. “I knew it’s been a serves as a volunteer coach at Ar- Associated Press possibility or potential to do it since kansas. “I think I was celebrating MONTREAL — Luke Richard- 2017.” on that one almost before it left my son didn’t envision his debut as an Virtually everyone in this tightly hand.” NHL head coach coming this way. knit group of throwers knew the re- Among those congratulating But he’ll take it. cord of 75-10¼ (23.12) held by Ran- him were world champion Joe Ko- Josh Anderson scored his sec- dy Barnes since May 20, 1990, was vacs, who finished second, and ond goal of the game at 12:53 of in jeopardy. Earlier this year, Payton Otterdahl, who earned the overtime and Carey Price made Crouser topped Barnes’ indoor re- third spot. 43 saves as Montreal beat the Ve- cord. Earlier on Friday, during “There are three or four guys ca- gas Golden Knights 3-2 on Friday qualifying, Crouser heaved 75-2½ pable of doing that,” Kovacs said. night for a 2-1 lead in the Stanley (22.92) to set the American Olym- “In Tokyo, there are going to be Cup semifinal series hours after pic trials record. some fireworks.” learning interim coach Domin- Crouser was feeling so good in The opening day of trials also ique Ducharme tested positive for the preliminary round that he featured strong first-round per- COVID-19. thought a world record was possi- formances from world 800-meter “I would have thought my first ble right then and there. What kept champion Donavan Brazier and chance running an NHL bench him from going for it was his shoes. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, would be an exhibition game,” Though he had brought a pair of who turned in the fastest 100-meter said Richardson, a Canadiens as- new Nikes to Eugene for the trials, time (10.84 seconds). High jumper sistant temporarily promoted to he opted for a more broken-in pair Vashti Cunningham — the daugh- the top job in Ducharme’s ab- because the shot put ring at newly ter of former NFL quarterback sence. “But it happened to be in remodeled Hayward Field was Randall Cunningham — easily third round of the Stanley Cup GRAHAM HUGHES/AP “fast.” qualified for the final and discus playoffs in overtime, so it’s pretty The Canadiens’ Josh Anderson (17) celebrates with teammates Paul “But they take your shoes if you thrower Valarie Allman set a meet exciting. Byron, center, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi after scoring against the Vegas break the world record,” Crouser record with her throw of 229-8 “We’re just hoping to keep this Golden Knights during overtime in Montreal. said of World Athletics, which tests (70.01) in qualifying. thing going and we’ll get the whole all shoes involved in a record. “I In the night’s other final, Woody group back together.” gelo scored for Vegas. Marc- Scoreboard thought, ‘I don’t know, if I throw a Kincaid sprinted the final stretch Cole Caufield also scored for Andre Fleury finished with 24 world record in prelims, I won’t to hold off Grant Fisher and win the Montreal in front of 3,500 fans at stops — and one major gaffe on have shoes for the final. I’ll have to 10,000 meters. Both run for the the Bell Centre as the Canadiens Anderson’s tying goal late in regu- Semifinals throw in the (new) Nikes.’ ” Bowerman Track Club. Kincaid won in overtime for the fourth lation — for the Golden Knights. (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) So, the record held — but only for finished in 27:53.62. Joe Klecker time in the playoffs. “We liked the way we played,” Montreal 2, Vegas 1 a few more hours. was third. Vegas 4, Montreal 1 Ducharme’s first test came Vegas captain Mark Stone said. Montreal 3, Vegas 2 Even before the fourth of his six All received second billing to back positive Friday morning be- “Starting from the top, we have to Friday: Montreal 3, Vegas 2, OT tries on a mild, sunshiny evening Crouser. Sunday: at Montreal fore a subsequent result provided score goals.” Tuesday: at Vegas had plunked into the dirt, Crouser He’s hard to miss at a track meet. x-Thursday: at Montreal confirmation. He addressed the The Golden Knights will have to x-Saturday, June 26: at Vegas was lifting his arms to celebrate. The 320-pounder takes down about team before and after the game do that when the best-of-seven Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 When the shot landed, far beyond 5,000 calories a day to keep weight virtually, and was in communica- showdown resumes Sunday night. N.Y. Islanders 2, Tampa Bay 1 where any other mark had been on his 6-7 frame. His diet consists tion with Richardson and his staff Anderson’s winner came after Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 made, a collective gasp came from of two big breakfast burritos in the Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 between periods. he knocked down a pass from Saturday: at N.Y. Islanders the quarter-filled stands. morning, a pound of ground beef Monday: at Tampa Bay “It was very difficult,” Ander- Jesperi Kotkaniemi at the offen- x-Wednesday: at N.Y. Islanders About a half-minute passed for lunch and three of the four por- son said of not having Ducharme sive blue line. The puck fell to Paul x-Friday, June 25: at Tampa Bay while officials checked the dis- tions from a meal delivery service present. “Most of us were pretty Byron, who froze Fleury before tance. When the mark came up on at night. confused, too. Us staying in such a passing back to Anderson for his again until his teammates finally the board, confirming that he had So, what does a newly minted tight bubble, and not going any- third goal of the playoffs. found traction. broken one of the longest-standing world-record holder do to cele- where outside. “It looked like we had a lot more “It was incredible,” Anderson records in the books, he was brate? “When you lose your head energy than them (in OT),” An- said of the goaltender’s perform- mobbed by his competitors near “I’ll probably go for a big, old coach, it’s obviously very tough.” derson said. “We found a way.” ance. “He kept us in the game, all the ring. double-double hamburger some- Nicolas Roy and Alex Pietran- Price stymied Vegas time and game. “Finally timed that one up,” said where,” he said. Sunday, June 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NBA PLAYOFFS Curry, Harris help Sixers remain alive Philadelphia forces Game 7 on home court

BY CHARLES ODUM Danilo Gallinari’s jam with 20 seconds re- Associated Press maining cut the lead to three points but the ATLANTA — The Philadelphia 76ers re- 76ers made all six of their free-throw at- mained confident after blowing big leads in tempts to close the game. back-to-back losses to the Atlanta Hawks and The Hawks rallied from deficits of 18 and 26 continued to avoid self-doubt after falling be- points to win back-to-back games and were in hind by 12 early in Game 6. position to clinch the series at home. Finally, the 76ers showed their belief in “That stung for us as a whole team,” Harris their talent, and their No. 1 seed, were justi- said of blowing big leads in two losses. “We fied. said there’s really going to be a lot of criticism Seth Curry hit six three-pointers and but we really have to stay focused because the scored 24 points and the 76ers avoided elim- series isn’t over. ... As a group we basically just ination in the Eastern Conference semifinal locked into that.” series by beating the Hawks 104-99 on Friday The Hawks finally started strong, leading night. by 12 points in the first period and never trail- The 76ers overcame Trae Young’s 34-point ing in the first half. Atlanta led 51-47 at half- effort to force Game 7 on Sunday night in Phi- time. ladelphia. The 76ers opened the second half with a “You saw the fight and grit of a whole flurry of four threes, including three by Cur- group,” said Tobias Harris, who also had 24 ry, during a 14-0 run to open the second half points. that gave Philadelphia a 61-51 lead. The 76ers Harris made four free throws in the final 13 led by 11 at 68-57, following a jumper by Embi- seconds to protect the lead. Joel Embiid add- id. ed 22 points and 13 rebounds. “I don’t think we were tight,” said Hawks “Tonight I think we showed that mental coach Nate McMillan, who said the team toughness and came out on top,” Ben Sim- struggled when it “just started to take quick mons said. shots. We didn’t make them work on defense.” Curry made six of nine threes as he served Atlanta cut the lead to 80-76 entering the fi- as Philadelphia’s answer for Young’s long- nal period. distance shooting. After outscoring Philadelphia 40-19 in the “It’s fun. It’s a lot of fun,” Curry said. fourth quarter of their 109-106 comeback win “That’s a great team over there. ... You’ve just in Game 5, the Hawks took the momentum in- got to weather the storm and come back at to the opening period of Game 6. them at the other end.” Collins’ jumper to open the game helped At- Young’s long three, just before the shot lanta score 10 of the game’s first 12 points. A clock expired, cut Philadelphia’s lead to 94- steal and free throw by Kevin Huerter, who JOHN BAZEMORE/AP 93. Embiid answered with a basket. Free had 17 points, stretched the advantage to 12 Philadelphia 76ers guard Seth Curry, left, drives to the basket as Hawks forward Danilo throws by Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, who points for the first time at 20-8. Gallinari defends during the first half of Game 6 of their Eastern Conference semifinal scored 16 points off the bench, pushed the ad- A long three-pointer by Young again ex- series Friday in Atlanta. Curry finished with 24 points to lead the Sixers. vantage to 98-93. tended the lead to 12 at 25-13. Uncharted: Suns await Clippers in next round Scoreboard Conference semifinals are all trying to win and our team is willing to when his layup made it 96-95 with 10:36 re- execute defensively. We didn’t get back and let (Best­of­seven) Eastern Conference do whatever it takes to win.” maining. their guys do whatever they want,” said Mitch- Brooklyn 3, Milwaukee 3 The fourth-seeded Clippers will face sec- Mann was 15-for-21 from the field and also ell, who had seven games in the playoffs with Brooklyn 115, Milwaukee 107 Brooklyn 125, Milwaukee 86 ond-seeded Phoenix in the Western Confer- became just the third player in franchise histo- 30 or more points. Milwaukee 86, Brooklyn 83 Milwaukee 107, Brooklyn 96 ence finals. Game 1 is Sunday in Phoenix. Los ry to make at least seven threes in a postseason Mitchell opened the second half with a 33- Brooklyn 114, Milwaukee 108 Milwaukee 104, Brooklyn 89 Angeles won two of the three games in the reg- game. foot, step back three-pointer to give the Jazz a Saturday: at Brooklyn ular season. “You saw a full complete game from a sec- 75-50 lead 24 seconds into the third quarter. It Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 128, Philadelphia, 124 The close-out victory was viewed by 17,105 ond-year player,” said George of Mann. “I was 88-67 with 6:37 remaining when LA fought Philadelphia 118, Atlanta 102 Philadelphia 127, Atlanta 111 at Staples Center, marking the first time in 15 mean, you saw him stretch the floor. You saw its way back by going on a 21-2 run to get within Atlanta 103, Philadelphia 100 months the Clippers had played in front of a him rebound, muscle his way to the basket. a basket with 1:42 remaining with 10 points June 16: Atlanta 109, Philadelphia 106 Friday: Philadelphia 104, Atlanta 99 full house after California eased COVID-19 You just saw so many flashes of so many differ- from Mann and Jackson scoring nine. Sunday: at Philadelphia Western Conference safety restrictions on Tuesday. ent things. He did it in the most crucial part of “When Mitchell hit that three-pointer, I was Phoenix 4, Denver 0 “You felt the monkey off of the Clippers’ the game.” thinking that we didn't want to go home,” Mann Phoenix 122, Denver 105 Phoenix 123, Denver 98 back in terms of getting out of the second The Clippers had a 107-106 lead with eight said. “I had a lot to do. They left me open and I Phoenix 116, Denver 102 Phoenix 125, Denver 118 round,” said George, who had 28 points. “It was minutes remaining before they seized control hit my shots. The offense is going to take care of L.A. Clippers 4, Utah 2 Utah 112, L.A. Clippers 109 just a special night. You know, you felt it, the with nine straight points, including five by itself if you are confident in your game.” Utah 117, L.A. Clippers 111 cheers, the excitement. Mann. The closest the Jazz would get after that Adunk by O’Neale and Mitchell’s pair of free L.A. Clippers 132, Utah 106 L.A. Clippers 118, Utah 104 “The playoffs are about grit. It’s about fight- was six. throws pushed Utah’s lead back up to six, but L.A. Clippers 110, Utah 111 ing. It’s about whatever it takes, and time after Donovan Mitchell led top-seeded Utah with Jackson’s three-pointer with 11.1 seconds re- Friday: L.A. Clippers 131, Utah 119 Conference finals time, I think we’ve shown that.” 39 points. It is the second time in franchise his- maining cut the advantage in half heading into (Best­of­seven) Mann — who had 25 points in the first five tory the Jazz have blown a 25-point lead in a the fourth quarter. x­if necessary games of the series — helped bring the Clip- postseason game. The first half saw 12 lead changes. Rajon Western Conference Sunday: at Phoenix pers back with 20 points in the third quarter. Royce O’Neale added 21 for the Jazz. They Rondo’s layup with 9:17 remaining in the sec- Tuesday: at Phoenix Thursday: at L.A. Clippers Utah had a 94-91 lead going into the final 12 had the NBA's top regular-season record but ond quarter gave LA a 41-40 lead before Utah Saturday, June 26: at L.A. Clippers minutes, but Jackson gave the Clippers their lost four straight for the first time all year. outscored the Clippers 33-10 the remainder of x­Monday, June 28: at Phoenix x­Wednesday, June 30: at L.A. Clippers first lead since early in the second quarter “We just turned the ball over a lot. We didn’t the half to take a 72-50 advantage at the break. x­Friday, July 2: at Phoenix PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, June 20, 2021 MLB/COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

ROUNDUP Scoreboard

American League

East Division Nats top East Division-leading Mets WLPct GB Tampa Bay 43 28 .606 _ Associated Press Boston 42 28 .600 ½ New York 36 33 .522 6 WASHINGTON — Yan Gomes hit a game­ Toronto 33 35 .485 8½ ending single in the ninth inning, Erick Fedde Baltimore 23 46 .333 19 extended his scoreless streak to 20 innings Central Division and the Washington Nationals two­hit the WLPct GB first­place New York Mets in a 1­0 victory Fri­ Chicago 43 27 .614 _ day night. Cleveland 38 29 .567 3½ Juan Soto opened the ninth with a walk and Kansas City 31 37 .456 11 moved to third on Ryan Zimmerman’s single Detroit 29 41 .414 14 to right. Gomes then singled to left to beat Ed­ Minnesota 28 41 .406 14½ win Díaz (1­2). West Division Brad Hand (4­2) pitched the ninth to close WLPct GB out Washington’s gem. The Nationals have Oakland 44 27 .620 _ won a season­high five straight. Houston 41 28 .594 2 Orioles 7, Blue Jays 1: Cedric Mullins Seattle 36 36 .500 8½ homered twice and Thomas Eshelman Los Angeles 35 35 .500 8½ Texas 25 44 .362 18 pitched effectively into the fifth inning to help National League host Baltimore snap an eight­game losing streak with a victory over Toronto, which lost East Division its fifth straight. WLPct GB Athletics 5, Yankees 3: James Kaprielian New York 35 27 .565 _ made it to the Bronx six years after New York Philadelphia 33 34 .493 4½ took him in the first round of the amateur Atlanta 32 35 .478 5½ draft, and beat the team that drafted him by Washington 31 35 .470 6 Miami 30 39 .435 8½ 2 pitching three­hit ball over 5⁄3 innings as Oak­ land won its seventh straight. Central Division CAROLYN KASTER/AP Padres 8, Reds 2: Wil Myers homered WLPct GB The Nationals’ Yan Gomes, center, is doused by Josh Bell (19) and Kyle Schwarber (12) as he twice and doubled, Tommy Pham hit a leadoff Chicago 39 31 .557 _ is interviewed after hitting a single to drive in the winning run during the ninth inning against homer and Chris Paddack struck out 11 in five Milwaukee 38 32 .543 1 the New York Mets on Friday in Washington. Cincinnati 35 33 .515 3 impressive innings to match his career high St. Louis 35 35 .500 4 for San Diego in a win over visiting Cincinna­ grand slam and a two­run drive, and Miami Giants 5, Phillies 3: Johnny Cueto struck Pittsburgh 24 44 .353 14 ti. snapped a four­game slide by routing the host out five in six uneven innings, Brandon Belt West Division Pirates 11, Indians 10:Gregory Polanco hit Cubs. homered and San Francisco beat visiting Phi­ WLPct GB a two­run homer in a five­run first inning and Twins 7, Rangers 5 (10): Luis Arraez hit an ladelphia. Pittsburgh nearly squandered a 10­run lead at RBI triple to start his team's 10th inning and Mariners 5, Rays 1: Yusei Kikuchi threw San Francisco 45 25 .643 _ Los Angeles 42 27 .609 2½ home before hanging on to beat Cleveland and visiting Minnesota then drew two bases­load­ four­hit ball over seven innings, host Seattle San Diego 40 32 .556 6 snapping a 10­game losing streak. ed walks to beat Texas in the opener of a batted around during a four­run first inning Colorado 30 41 .423 15½ Braves 9, Cardinals 1: Ozzie Albies and three­game series matching last­place teams. and beat Tampa Bay. Arizona 20 51 .282 25½ William Contreras homered off Carlos Martí­ Royals 5, Red Sox 3: Adalberto Mondesi Angels 11, Tigers 3: Shohei Ohtani cele­ Friday’s games nez in a four­run second inning, Max Fried hit a 464 foot three­run homer, Salvador Pérez brated his appointment to next month’s All­ Oakland 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Pittsburgh 11, Cleveland 10 allowed two hits in seven innings, and Atlanta added his 18th home run this season, and host Star Home Run Derby by connecting twice Baltimore 7, Toronto 1 handed visiting St. Louis its fifth straight loss. Kansas City beat Boston for its second win in during Los Angeles’ win over visiting Detroit. Houston 2, Chicago White Sox 1 Kansas City 5, Boston 3 Astros 2, White Sox 1: Yordan Álvarez had its last 13 games. Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 0: Arizona Minnesota 7, Texas 5, 10 innings Seattle 5, Tampa Bay 1 a game­ending double in the ninth inning for Rockies 6, Brewers 5 (10): At Denver, C.J. stumbled to its franchise­record 15th straight L.A. Angels 11, Detroit 3 Washington 1, N.Y. Mets 0 his third hit, lifting host Houston over Chica­ Cron hit a game­ending single in the 10th in­ loss, with Steven Souza Jr. hitting a go­ahead Atlanta 9, St. Louis 1 go. ning, and Colorado beat Milwaukee to extend home run in his return to Phoenix following a Miami 10, Chicago Cubs 2 Colorado 6, Milwaukee 5, 10 innings Marlins 10, Cubs 2: Adam Duvall hit a its winning streak to a season­high five. horrific knee injury and leading Los Angeles. San Francisco 5, Philadelphia 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 0 San Diego 8, Cincinnati 2 Saturday’s games Oakland at N.Y. Yankees Cleveland at Pittsburgh Texas highest remaining national seed Minnesota at Texas Toronto at Baltimore Associated Press Boston at Kansas City pacity at 100%, after the 2020 sea­ freshmen, two sophomores, two Stanford’s Brendan Beck is the Chicago White Sox at Houston OMAHA, Neb. — Texas is mak­ son was shut down in March be­ juniors and a senior. Pac­12 pitcher of the year, and Car­ Detroit at L.A. Angels Tampa Bay at Seattle ing its record 37th appearance in cause of the COVID­19 pandemic. “I think that team really over­ dinal No. 2 pitcher Alex Williams N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1st game N.Y. Mets at Washington, 2nd game the College World Series and, un­ Play began Saturday with No. 9 achieved in ’18,” Pierce said. “We threw a two­hit shutout with 10 Miami at Chicago Cubs Philadelphia at San Francisco like the last time it was here in Stanford (38­15) taking on unseed­ pieced the pitching together and it strikeouts against Texas Tech in Cincinnati at San Diego 2018, coach David Pierce believes ed North Carolina State (35­18) in did well but it wasn’t what our super regionals. St. Louis at Atlanta Milwaukee at Colorado this team has the makings to be na­ the afternoon and reigning nation­ pitching is now. And I think when The Chad Dallas­led Tennessee L.A. Dodgers at Arizona tional champion. al champion and No. 4 Vanderbilt you go to Omaha and you feel con­ staff has a strikeout­to­walk ratio Sunday’s games The Longhorns (47­15) went 5­0 (45­15) facing No. 5 Arizona (45­ fident because your starting pitch­ of 3.7­to­1, which is best among the Cleveland (Hentges 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Brubaker 4-5) through their regional and super 16) at night. Games Sunday match ing gives you an opportunity, it’s a eight teams in Omaha and No. 2 na­ Oakland (Manaea 6-2) at N.Y. Yankees regional for the first time since No. 3 Tennessee (50­16) against different feeling.” tionally. Virginia’s Andrew Abbott (Montgomery 3-1) Toronto (Ryu 5-4) at Baltimore (Harvey 2004 and are the highest remain­ unseeded Virginia (35­25) and the Texas has one of the nation’s top has struck out 152, four behind na­ 3-8) Boston (Eovaldi 7-3) at Kansas City (Mi- ing national seed at No. 2. Longhorns against No. 7 Missis­ starting rotations in sophomore Ty tional leader Leiter and three be­ nor 5-4) “Going in there this year, there’s sippi State (45­16). Madden, junior Tristan Stevens hind Rocker. Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 6-1) at Houston (McCullers Jr. 3-1) never been any thought of, ‘Hey, Texas has been at the CWS four and redshirt freshman Pete Han­ Mississippi State leads the na­ Minnesota (Maeda 2-2) at Texas (Dun- ning 2-5) we made it to Omaha,’ ” Pierce times since it won the last of its six sen. All three have sub­3.00 ERAs, tion with 12.4 strikeouts per nine Detroit (Mize 4-4) at L.A. Angels (Bundy 1-7) said. “The only thought we’ve had national titles in 2005. and the staff leads the nation at innings, with Will Bednar and Tampa Bay (McClanahan 2-2) at Seattle is, ‘It’s the next step. We’re going to The 2018 team was led by Kody 2.89. Christian McLeod having com­ (Gonzales 1-4) N.Y. Mets (Walker 6-2) at Washington 2 Omaha to win this thing.’ ” Clemens’ 24 home runs and a There’s no shortage of strong bined for 226 in 154⁄3 innings. (Corbin 4-5) Miami (TBD) at Chicago Cubs (Mills 2-1) “Now, whether we’re good strong defense but the pitching starting pitching in the field. Mad­ Arizona has the top all­around Milwaukee (Lauer 1-3) at Colorado (Gon- enough and the pieces fall into was not elite. That club went two den is projected to be a top­10 pick offense. The Wildcats average 8.6 zález 2-4) Philadelphia (Howard 0-2) at San Fran- place, you’ve to have a little luck, games and out. in the Major League Baseball runs per game, bat .329, lead the cisco (Long 0-0) Cincinnati (Castillo 2-9) at San Diego you’ve got to stay healthy, it’s just Only four players from the ’18 draft, as are Vanderbilt’s Jack Lei­ nation in doubles and triples, and (Lamet 1-2) got to work out.” team remain on the roster for a ter and 2019 CWS Most Outstand­ have homered 14 times in their last L.A. Dodgers (Gonsolin 0-0) at Arizona (TBD) The CWS returns, with fan ca­ team whose batting order lists four ing Player Kumar Rocker. eight games. St. Louis (Kim 1-4) at Atlanta (TBD) Sunday, June 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 US OPEN/SWIMMING

US Open scores

Friday At Torrey Pines Golf Course, South Bland, Henley surprise leaders Course San Diego, Calif. Purse: $12.5 million Yardage: 7,685; Par: 71 Second Round With two rounds Richard Bland 70-67—137 -5 Russell Henley 67-70—137 -5 Louis Oosthuizen 67-71—138 -4 to go, big names Matthew Wolff 70-68—138 -4 Bubba Watson 72-67—139 -3 Jon Rahm 69-70—139 -3 are still lurking Kevin Streelman 71-69—140 -2 Mackenzie Hughes 73-67—140 -2 BY JIM LITKE Xander Schauffele 69-71—140 -2 Scottie Scheffler 72-69—141 -1 Associated Press Guido Migliozzi 71-70—141 -1 Raise your hand if you had a guy Patrick Rodgers 70-71—141 -1 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 72-70—142 E named Bland sharing the 36-hole Bryson DeChambeau 73-69—142 E lead on your U.S. Open bingo card. Branden Grace 72-70—142 E Now put it down. Even he didn’t. Harris English 72-70—142 E Collin Morikawa 75-67—142 E The 48-year-old Englishman — Justin Thomas 73-69—142 E first name, Richard — won the Brooks Koepka 69-73—142 E Adam Hadwin 70-72—142 E first tournament of a not-so-distin- Tom Hoge 72-71—143 +1 guished European Tour career at Lee Westwood 71-72—143 +1 the British Masters just last Rory McIlroy 70-73—143 +1 Matt Jones 72-71—143 +1 month to snap an 0-for-447 streak Charley Hoffman 72-71—143 +1 and earn an invitation to Torrey Rikuya Hoshino 69-74—143 +1 Dylan Wu 70-73—143 +1 Pines. Next, he followed up his Brian Harman 72-71—143 +1 opening-round 67 with a 70 on Fri- Daniel Berger 71-72—143 +1 day, sharing the top spot on the Chez Reavie 76-68—144 +2 Joaquin Niemann 75-69—144 +2 leaderboard with the slightly-less- Robert MacIntyre 71-73—144 +2 improbable Russell Henley at 5 Marc Leishman 74-70—144 +2 Dustin Johnson 71-73—144 +2 under. Sungjae Im 72-72—144 +2 To suggest the golf world didn’t Kyle Westmoreland 71-73—144 +2 see either one coming might be an JAE C. HONG/AP Jhonattan Vegas 75-69—144 +2 Francesco Molinari 68-76—144 +2 understatement. England’s Richard Bland watches his shot from the 14th tee during the second round of the U.S. Open on Phil Mickelson 75-69—144 +2 “Most guys who come in here,” Friday at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. Bland has a share of the lead at 5 under. Rafa Cabrera Bello 68-76—144 +2 Charl Schwartzel 71-74—145 +3 a reporter asked Bland at his post- Stewart Cink 73-72—145 +3 round news conference, “have the PGA Tour, the last one in 2017. week, there’s never any question thew Wolff is at 4 under, Jon Hideki Matsuyama 69-76—145 +3 Ping or Titleist across their hat. He hasn’t recorded a single top-10 where the United States Golf As- Rahm at 3 under, and Brooks Adam Scott 70-75—145 +3 Sergio Garcia 71-74—145 +3 What’s the story behind …” finish in 26 previous major ap- sociation set-ups fall on the risk- Koepka, Colin Morikawa, Justin Patrick Reed 72-73—145 +3 “This is just my golf club back pearances. reward scale. Thomas and Bryson DeCham- Patrick Cantlay 70-75—145 +3 Lanto Griffin 76-69—145 +3 home, the Wisley,” Bland said. “I “I’ve never been in this position It isn’t just the narrowed fair- beau are all at even-par. Even 51- Greyson Sigg 71-74—145 +3 don’t have a hat kind of deal at the before in a major,” Henley said. ways and speeded-up greens. The year-old Phil Mickelson, at 2 over, Chris Baker 74-71—145 +3 Tommy Fleetwood 72-73—145 +3 minute. … I kind of said to the golf “Just feel like I’m going to learn only time a PGA Tour player en- is still within shouting distance of Matt Fitzpatrick 70-75—145 +3 club, ‘Look, it would be quite nice something no matter what hap- counters anything as tall and the lead. Martin Kaymer 77-68—145 +3 if I wore the hat,’ and they gave me pens.” gnarly as the rough pinching those But when a layout like Torrey Gary Woodland 74-71—145 +3 Dylan Frittelli 73-72—145 +3 sort of like 10 to come out here What the rest of us learned — or fairways and ringing every green Pines punishes mistakes as richly Ian Poulter 74-71—145 +3 with.” at least, were reminded of again — is after returning from a month on as it rewards birdies, it puts every J.T. Poston 72-73—145 +3 Wade Ormsby 72-74—146 +4 Henley, on the other hand, has a is that the U.S. Open deserves its the road to find out the gardener golfer on the defensive and brings Taylor Montgomery 70-76—146 +4 golfing pedigree. The former col- reputation as the toughest test in retired. steady, short-hitting players like Troy Merritt 75-71—146 +4 lege golfer of the year award win- golf. Unlike the double-digit bird- That’s not to say, of course, that Bland and Henley into the mix. Paul Casey 71-75—146 +4 Jordan Spieth 77-69—146 +4 ner at Georgia turned pro 10 years ie-fests the PGA Tour stages to fa- the game’s stars can’t play tough The other thing it does is fray ev- Rick Lamb 71-75—146 +4 ago and has won three times on vor the big-hitting stars every courses, too. Among others, Mat- eryone’s nerves. Lochte’s Olympic career likely over after 7th in 200 IM BY PAUL NEWBERRY world record he still holds, a time of 1:54.00 the runner-up spot in the 200 breaststroke, Associated Press from the 2011 world championships in the touching the wall nearly three-quarters of a OMAHA, Neb. — After beating only one prime of his brilliant career. second behind Annie Lazor. other swimmer, Ryan Lochte was the last A 12-time Olympic medalist, not to men- King had previously won the 100 breast. one to climb from the pool. tion the winner of 27 medals at the world Caeleb Dressel, who is expected to suc- He struggled to lift himself out of the wa- championships, Lochte seemed to recog- ceed Phelps and Lochte as the big star on ter, undoubtedly feeling all of his 36 years nize that his legacy was greatly impacted by the U.S. men’s team, looked unbeatable in after attempting to make one more Olympic his shenanigans five years ago. the semifinals of the 100 butterfly. He led team in the grueling 200-meter individual During a boisterous night in Rio with sev- the way in 49.76, while no one else cracked medley. eral younger teammates, Lochte lied about the 50-second barrier. In the end, he didn’t come close. being robbed at gunpoint. His story quickly Murphy set himself up to go for another There won’t be a chance for redemption fell apart, revealing a swimmer whose life backstroke-double in Japan, leading the en- in Tokyo. was barreling out of control. tire race to post a winning time of 1:54.20. After embarrassing himself five years Lochte arrived in Omaha insisting he had The 25-year-old Floridian, who trains in ago in Rio de Janeiro, Lochte’s bid for a fifth JEFF ROBERSON/AP turned things around. He is now married California, swept both races at the Rio Olympics ended with a labored, seventh- Ryan Lochte wipes away tears after with two young children, who were all on Games. The American men haven’t lost a place finish in the 200 IM at the U.S. swim- finishing seventh in the men’s 200 hand at poolside to cheer him on. backstroke race at the Olympics since 1992 ming trials Friday night. individual medley at the U.S. Olympic In other events, Ryan Murphy romped to in Barcelona. Youth was served in a race that requires Swim Trials on Friday in Omaha, Neb. victory in the 200 backstroke, adding to his Bryce Mefford took the likely second one lap using each of swimming’s four triumph in the 100 back, while Abby Weitzel Olympic spot behind Murphy in 1:54.79. No strokes. minute, 55.44 seconds. won the 100 freestyle after defending Olym- one else was within a second of the top two. That was something Lochte just didn’t Chase Kalisz, who already had won the pic champion Simone Manuel shockingly Weitzell’s winning time in the 100 free have. 400 individual medley at these trials, failed to advance from the semifinals the was 53.53, with Erika Brown taking the sec- Michael Andrew — 14 years his junior — claimed another Olympic event by finishing previous night. ond individual spot for Tokyo in 53.59. Oli- romped to victory by going under world-re- next in 1:56.97. Lilly King also booked a second event in via Smoliga (53.63) and Natalie Hinds cord pace over the first three laps and hold- Lochte lagged far behind, touching in Tokyo, though she didn’t touch the wall (53.84) finished third and fourth to earn ing on in the freestyle for a winning time of 1 1:59.67. That was nearly 6 seconds off the first. The outspoken American settled for spots on the 4x100 free relay. 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Clippers guard Terance Mann goes up for NBA PLAYOFFS a layup during the second half of Game 6 of a second­round playoff series against the Utah Jazz on Friday in Los Angeles.

PHOTOS BY MARK J. TERRILL/AP

Clippers in uncharted territory Mann leads Los Angeles past Utah, into conference finals for first time in history BY JOE REEDY eliminate the Jazz. Associated Press The Clippers are the first team in LOS ANGELES NBA history to rally from a pair of aul George, Terance Mann and the Los 2-0 series deficits in the same post- Angeles Clippers have learned to thrive season. They had to do it this time under adversity. without All-Star forward Kawhi Le- So, when they trailed by 25 points onard, who was sidelined by a early in the third quarter Friday night in sprained right knee for the final two Lue PGame 6 of their Western Conference semifinal series games. against the Utah Jazz, it was nothing new. “They have been starving, starved for success. Instead of being rattled, the Clippers rallied, post- They have had a lot of good teams and just caught a lot ing the largest comeback victory by a team in a se- of bad breaks. We know when Kawhi went down, ries-clinching win over the last 25 seasons and ad- probably thinking the same thing over and over vancing to a conference final for the first time in the again,” coach Tyronn Lue said. “Our team, I just tell franchise's 51-year history. you, they just don’t quit. It’s a total team effort and we Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, left, is consoled by Clippers guard Mann scored 25 of his career-high 39 points in the Paul George after the Clippers won 131­119 to close out the series. second half as the Clippers posted a 131-119 victory to SEE UNCHARTED ON PAGE 21

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