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BY NIKKI WENTLING said Phyllis Wilson, president of ors all military women. Stars and Stripes the Women in Military Service The monument, titled The for America Memorial Founda- Pledge, will be unveiled during a WASHINGTON — The Women tion and a retired chief warrant ceremony Saturday. In bronze, it in Military Service for America officer. depicts a service woman outfitted Memorial, at the gateway to Ar- for combat, kneeling and staring lington National Cemetery, is The memorial has been closed for about seven months during face-to-face with a military work- regularly placed on lists of “hid- ing dog. The base of the monu- den gems” within the nation’s the coronavirus pandemic. It re- ment says it honors “all women capital — a perspective on the opens Oct. 18 with a new feature of the U.S. military, past present Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation memorial that its leaders are that Wilson hopes will draw more trying to change. people inside: the first monument and future.” The monument titled The Pledge honors the commitment of service “I don’t want it to be hidden,” in the Washington area that hon- SEE MONUMENT ON PAGE 3 women, in all the jobs they do. PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES PG&E equipment seized in fatal Calif. fire probe Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9091 Euro costs (Oct. 13) ...... $1.15 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.15 Dollar buys (Oct. 13) ...... €0.8259 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.8780 British pound (Oct. 13) ...... $1.33 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those to neighboring Tehama County. As of Friday, it had Japanese yen (Oct. 13) ...... 103.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Oct. 13) ...... 1,129.00 scorched 88 square miles and destroyed more than Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance SAN JOSE, Calif. — Fire investigators looking for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3771 200 buildings, about half of them homes. Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For into what caused a wildfire that killed four people British pound ...... $1.3044 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., The utility said it does not have access to the evi- Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3115 in far Northern California have taken possession of purchasing British pounds in Germany), China (Yuan) ...... 6.7455 dence collected by Cal Fire, which has yet to deter- check with your local military banking equipment belonging to Pacific Gas and Electric, Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.2997 facility. Commercial rates are interbank mine a cause for the fire. Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.6961 the utility has reported. rates provided for reference when buying Customers in the area where the fire started, Euro ...... $1.1815/0.8464 PG&E said in a filing Friday with the Public Utili- Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7502 currency. All figures are foreign currencies near Zogg Mine Road and Jenny Bird Lane north Hungary (Forint) ...... 302.43 to one dollar, except for the British pound, ties Commission that investigators with the Califor- which is represented in dollars-to-pound, of Igo, are served by a 12,000-volt PG&E circuit. Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.3808 nia Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Japan (Yen) ...... 105.33 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) seized some of its electrical equipment near where On the day the Zogg Fire began, the utility’s auto- Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3059 INTEREST RATES the Zogg Fire started Sept. 27. mated equipment in the area “reported alarms and Norway (Krone) ...... 9.1525 Philippines (Peso)...... 48.64 Prime rate ...... 3.25 The fire erupted in Shasta County during high other activity between approximately 2:40 p.m. and Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.80 Discount rate ...... 0.25 3:06 p.m.,” PG&E told regulators. The line was then Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7514 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.09 winds and quickly grew, killing four people in the Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3568 3-month bill ...... 0.10 community of Igo, population 600. It later spread de-activated. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,508.63 30-year bond ...... 1.58 WEATHER OUTLOOK TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY IN EUROPE WEDNESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 15 Crossword ...... 15 Faces ...... 14 Opinion ...... 16-17 Sports ...... 18-24 Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 WAR/MILITARY US launches strikes on Taliban in Helmand

BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN U.S. troops “should” be home by Stars and Stripes Christmas. KABUL, Afghanistan — Amer- Trump’s comments “alarmed ican forces launched airstrikes in Pentagon and State Department Afghanistan’s southern Helmand officials who fear that putting a province after Afghan forces definitive date on troop withdraw- there came under attack from the al could undercut negotiations to Taliban, a U.S. military official finalize a peace deal between the said Monday. The two days of strikes were Taliban and the Afghan govern- in line with the peace agreement ment,” USA Today reported last signed by the Americans and week. Taliban in February, USFOR-A Military officials have said spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett the Taliban have not held to ver- said on Twitter. The U.S. said in bal agreements with the U.S. to the agreement that it would de- fend Afghan troops if they came reduce violence against Afghan under attack. forces. The Taliban also have “USFOR-A has & will continue fallen short of conditions in the to provide support in defense of February deal, including that the ANDSF under attack by the they would sever ties with ter- Taliban,” Leggett tweeted. rorist groups like al-Qaida — the In a separate statement Leggett posted on Twitter, USFOR-A masterminds of the 9/11 attacks commander Gen. Scott Miller on the U.S. called on the Taliban “to imme- The beginning of intra-Afghan diately stop their offensive ac- talks, another condition, only got tion in Helmand Province and J.P. LAWRENCE / Stars and Stripes underway in September, after ex- reduce their violence around the tensive delays, and are expected country.” An Afghan army outpost used to watch over a highway in Helmand province in April 2019. The announcement of the tar- to take months, if not years. geted airstrikes followed heavy kar Gah. The Taliban have also the U.S. is on course to fulfill a May next year. Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this clashes over the weekend that been blamed for a rash of fighting key commitment it made under But President Donald Trump report. brought the Taliban to the out- around the country. the deal with the Taliban — to blindsided military leaders [email protected] skirts of Helmand’s capital, Lash- Despite the escalating violence, withdraw all foreign forces by when he tweeted last week that Twitter: @pwwellman Monument: Reveal marked Japan vows by 100th anniversary of 19th defense hike after parade Amendment on women’s rights by N. Korea FROM FRONT PAGE ment, guaranteeing and protect- ing women’s constitutional right It will be placed in the center BY MARI YAMAGUCHI to vote. It also comes after the of the memorial’s lobby to draw Associated Press visitors in to see the rest of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Gins- exhibits, Wilson said. The monu- burg on Sept. 18 — a leading voice TOKYO — Japan vowed Mon- ment was commissioned by the for gender equality and women’s day to bolster its missile deter- U.S. War Dogs Association and is rights. rence capability to respond to Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation meant to honor female veterans Ginsburg helped secure equal threats by North Korean weapons and military dogs. benefits for female service mem- The Pledge, the first monument in the Nation’s Capital honoring all that are becoming “more diverse “People may come in for the bers and in 1970 pushed the military women, will be unveiled Saturday at the Women in Military and complex,” as displayed dur- dog, but then stay and learn that military to drop its policy that Service for America Memorial. ing Pyongyang’s military parade women have served from the forced pregnant troops to leave over the weekend. Revolutionary War to today, when the service. She also helped open an emotional way — the strength, donations come from women who North Korea, marking the 75th they can serve in every single ca- the Virginia Military Institute to capability and compassion of have worn the uniform,” Wilson anniversary of its ruling party women in the 1990s. Ginsburg reer field they can qualify for,” all our service women,” Bahary said. “Honestly, I find that dis- on Saturday, paraded a variety of was buried beside her husband in Wilson said. “Because women said. “Sometimes bringing in concerting. The memorial was weapons systems, unveiling what Arlington National Cemetery in are a smaller — but ever-growing an animal has a special effect of built to honor them, not to encour- appeared to be an intercontinen- — percentage of the military and September. That day, the Women drawing people in and making age them to keep it funded.” tal ballistic missile that is larger veteran populations, sometimes in Military Service for America than any of the North’s known their hearts more open. I think Wilson has changed strategy people fail to think of us in these Memorial was draped in black in once we open our hearts, we’re ICBMs. It also displayed what and put more focus on reaching more dangerous roles, like mili- her honor, Wilson said. able to accept the message more was likely an upgraded version of tary dog handler.” “To have such a great justice easily.” out to defense contractors and a missile that can be fired from One side of the monument is and such a great woman pass at In addition to the new monu- other American corporations for submarines. inscribed with a quote from Anne this time, it really draws our at- ment, Wilson is working on big- financial support. She plans to While some experts say the Sosh Brehm, a first lieutenant in tention to the importance of equal ger changes to the memorial initiate a new fundraising cam- weapons could have been mock- the Army Nurse Corps during rights and the importance of our — including a new fundraising paign next year, in the hopes of ups of missiles under develop- World War II: “Let the generations women,” Bahary said. “It really strategy and a major renovation. financing a redesign of the me- ment, the exhibits appear to know that women in uniform also emphasizes the need to accept About 3 million people visit morial in 2022 and 2023. signify North Korea’s continu- guaranteed their freedom. That women on an equal plane with Arlington National Cemetery in “We want people to experience ous upgrading of its weapons our resolve was just as great as men.” a typical year. Though it’s on the the women’s memorial in a whole capabilities . the brave men who stand among Bahary, whose work can be cemetery grounds, the Women in new way,” Wilson said. “I just “In order to respond to threats us. And with victory, our hearts found in national museums and the Military Service for America envision this being one of those that are diversifying and complex, on military installations, will at- were just as full and beat just as Memorial only gets about 100,000 things where people will walk we will firmly work to strengthen fast — that the tears fell just as tend the unveiling Saturday . The visitors, Wilson said. Over the our comprehensive missile deter- out feeling uplifted and inspired hard for those we left behind.” Pledge is supposed to depict a past several years, the memorial rence capability,” Chief Cabinet about how things have changed.” Wilson and sculptor Susan Ba- final moment between a service has struggled to stay afloat. Secretary Katsunobu Kato told hary said the monument’s unveil- woman and military dog before Wilson became president of To enter the memorial after a regular news conference Mon- ing comes at a poignant time for they go into combat, she said. It the memorial foundation late last Saturday, members of the public day. “We understand that some women in America. This year represents their pledge to their year and took a hard look at the must register for timed passes. of those missiles are said to make marks the 100th anniversary of country, as well as to each other. memorial’s donors, she said. [email protected] it difficult for us to respond with the passage of the 19th Amend- “I designed it to represent — in “Right now, more than 70% of Twitter: @nikkiwentling our conventional equipment.” PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK EU to set traffic light rule across nations

BY SAMUEL PETREQUIN When the virus struck in March, several solution together,” EU Commission Presi- total number of cases is more than 150 per Associated Press EU countries decided to close their bor- dent Ursula von der Leyen said. 100,000 will also be classified red. ders to noncitizens without talking to their The key measure is a common map of in- In light of the very high level of infec- BRUSSELS — European Union coun- neighbors, creating huge traffic jams and fections drawn up by the European Centre tions across the Continent, it means that tries are getting ready to adopt a common slowing down the delivery of much-needed for Disease Prevention and Control. It will traffic light system to coordinate traveling medical equipment. sort European regions into green, orange most of the bloc should be classified as red across the 27-nation bloc, but a return to The cacophony, which also played havoc and red zones according to the severity of or orange. full freedom of movement in the midst of with millions of tourists caught off guard coronavirus outbreaks, taking into account The harmonization stops short of pro- the COVID-19 pandemic remains far from by the virus, prompted the EU’s executive new confirmed cases per 100,000 people viding common rules for the EU’s orange reach. arm to push for a more unified approach. and the percentage of positive tests. and red zones. Travelers from green areas In addition to causing the deaths of at The EU commission last month came up Under the latest proposal, red zones won’t face limits on their journeys, but na- least 151,000 EU citizens and plunging the with proposals that have been discussed should be areas where COVID-19 cases tional EU governments will continue to set EU’s economy into recession, the corona- and amended before their scheduled ap- are more than 50 per 100,000 people dur- virus has also landed a blow to a cherished proval by EU nations on Tuesday. ing a 14-day period and the percentage of their own restrictions such as quarantines cornerstone of EU citizenship, the free “This new system will make things easi- positive tests reaches at least 4%. Regions or mandatory testing upon arrival for peo- movement of people. er for citizens. I am glad that we found this with a lower positive rate but where the ple coming from orange or red zones. Stuttgart Iran shatters single-day ups limits record for a second day BY AMIR VAHDAT Iran’s health minister Saeed Associated Press Namaki made an appeal on Sun- after red day for harsher punishments, TEHRAN, Iran — For the sec- according to the state-run IRNA ond day in a row, Iran shattered its news agency, noting the meager alert set single-day record for new deaths fines for maskless residents would and infections from the coronavi- do nothing to boost vigilance. BY JOHN VANDIVER rus, with 272 people confirmed Lamenting that the health min- Stars and Stripes dead among more than 4,200 new istry’s 7,000 inspectors couldn’t cases on Monday. handle the sprawling city of over STUTTGART, Germany — A Like in many other countries, 10 million, he empowered the po- sharp increase in coronavirus the spiraling outbreak in Iran lice and Basij forces, a paramili- cases in Stuttgart over the week- reflects the government’s con- tary wing of the Revolutionary end has forced officials to raise tradictory virus response. This Guard used for internal security, the health threat in the city to month, as the daily recorded to help enforce pandemic rules. Germany’s highest level and death toll reached the triple dig- In the coming weeks, Namaki order new restrictions on social its, authorities announced tighter added, authorities plan to extend gatherings. JOHN VANDIVER/Stars and Stripes restrictions for the hard-hit capi- the mask mandate to other major “We have to act decisively now tal of Tehran. cities. to get the number of new infec- People walk in downtown Stuttgart on Monday hours after officials Recently reopened universities Iran emerged early in the pan- tions down again immediately,” raised the German city’s health threat level to red following a sharp and schools, as well as libraries, demic as a global epicenter of the Stuttgart Mayor Fritz Kuhn said rise in the number of coronavirus cases. mosques, cinemas, museums and virus and has since seen the worst in a statement Sunday. beauty salons, shut down. On Sat- outbreak in the Middle East, with About 28,000 Americans with people in rented or public spaces, In its daily coronavirus update urday, the government mandated more than 500,000 confirmed ties to the military live in the the statement said. on Sunday, RKI included travelers that all Tehran residents wear cases and 28,800 deaths. Lead- Stuttgart area, which is home to Masks will be required in all in the groups that have seen clus- face masks outdoors and in public ers first played down the virus’s the Army’s Europe and Africa public areas in the city center. ters of cases of the virus. Many places, warning violators would risks and, as hospitals filled up, commands. Restrictions imposed Restrictions on the sale and con- in the U.S. military community be fined. Cabinet spokesman Ali international experts suspected by city authorities also apply to sumption of alcohol downtown in Germany were believed to be Rabiei promised those who tested Iran was hiding the true number U.S. military personnel and their are expected to also be beefed traveling over the long holiday positive would be closely tracked. of infections and deaths. Authori- up, but details were still being families, many of whom live off- weekend. And yet enforcement and mea- ties have since admitted that the hashed out Monday. Bars in Stutt- base, and Defense Department Stricter coronavirus measures sures like contact-tracing in the outbreak is more severe than re- gart currently can’t serve bever- civilians. were also expected in the Bit- country of 80 million remain a ported, with a recent parliamen- ages after 11 p.m. and shop sales The health threat was elevated buerg-Pruem district, which in- challenge. Those who disobey tary report putting the number of must stop by 9 p.m. face fines of just 500,000 riyals, to “red” after 82 new cases were cludes Spangdahlem Air Base, infections at “eight to 10 times” The neighboring county of Es- or $1.60, roughly the price of a reported from Saturday to Sun- after it was moved up to the red higher than official numbers. slingen has been at the red alert burger downtown. Many resi- Movement restrictions this day, pushing the district above alert level over the weekend. level since last week. dents, tired of staying home, now spring somewhat checked the the infection rate of 50 cases per The district in Bavaria that in- The rise in coronavirus cases ignore the rules about masks and spread of the disease. Then the 100,000 inhabitants over a 7-day cludes the Army’s Grafenwoehr in the area mirrors what is hap- Training Area, where U.S. troops social distancing to pack indoor government swiftly reopened the period. That’s the level at which pening in communities across and militaries from NATO allies cafes and restaurants. As resi- country, desperate to boost its Germany’s public health agency, Germany, including those that and partner nations train, is on dents defy coronavirus precau- stricken economy. Since June, the the Robert Koch Institute, raises are home to Americans affiliated orange alert for the virus. Wies- tions and the government resists a case count has steadily increased the alert status for a city or dis- with the military. baden is also orange, but Frank- lockdown to salvage its economy, — and spiked to new heights in trict to the highest level. Last week, the threat status in furt, which is immediately next Iran’s caseload is skyrocketing. recent weeks. “The trend seems to be in- the Kaiserslautern district, which door, is at the highest alert level. tensifying,” the city said in a includes Ramstein Air Base and Garrison commander Col. statement. several Army bases and is home Jason Condrey urged the Stutt- atic cases. The ruling Communist Case numbers are rising so China to test 9 million to tens of thousands of Ameri- gart military community, which Party has lifted most curbs on rapidly that the city can no lon- cans, was raised to the second registered more coronavirus after new outbreak travel and business but still moni- ger do effective contact tracing, highest level — orange — after a cases than any overseas base tors travelers and visitors to public “which is so important for con- BEIJING — Chinese health jump in cases. The city of Kaiser- when the outbreak first hit Ger- trolling the pandemic,” the head authorities will test all 9 million buildings for signs of infection. slautern itself remained at a lower many in the spring and summer, of Stuttgart’s health department people in the eastern city of Qing- Authorities were investigat- alert level, but the nearby district to remain vigilant as cases rise said in the statement. dao for the coronavirus this week ing the source of the infections that houses the town of St. Wendel again. after nine cases linked to a hos- in eight patients at Qingdao’s “We are therefore mobilizing went red over the weekend. “We must be mindful of illness. pital were found, the government Municipal Chest Hospital and all forces within the city admin- Most of the recent cases at We must wear masks,” Condrey announced Monday. one family member, the National istration and are requesting help Ramstein were “locally contract- said. “We must keep our distance. The announcement broke a Health Commission said. from the German army,” Prof. ed or from travel within Europe,” We must wash our hands.” Stefan Ehehalt said. Lt. Col. Will Powell, chief of pub- two-month streak with no virus “The whole city will be tested Starting Wednesday, celebra- lic affairs for the 86th Airlift Stripes reporter Karin Zeitvogel con- transmissions reported within within five days,” it said on its so- tributed to this report. cial media account. tions will be restricted to 10 par- Wing at Ramstein Air Base, said [email protected] China, though China has a prac- ticipants in private venues and 25 in a statement Sunday. Twitter: @john_vandiver tice of not reporting asymptom- From The Associated Press Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK White House pivots again on stimulus aid after backlash BY JEFF STEIN according to one person familiar AND ERICA WERNER with the plans who spoke on the The Washington Post condition of anonymity to dis- cuss the administration’s internal The White House again piv- planning. oted its approach to stimulus “Now is the time for us to come negotiations on Sunday, with the together and immediately vote president’s aides pushing for im- on a bill to allow us to spend the mediate action on a narrow mea- unused Paycheck Protection Pro- sure after the administration’s gram funds while we continue $1.8 trillion proposal was rebuffed to work toward a comprehensive ALEX BRANDON/AP by members of both parties. package,” Meadows and Mnuchin With two bandages on his hand, President Donald Trump removes his face mask to speak from the Blue In a letter to Congress sent said in a letter to congressional Room Balcony of the White House to a crowd of supporters Saturday in Washington. Sunday, White House Chief of leaders. Staff Mark Meadows and Trea- Lawmakers in both parties sup- sury Secretary Steven Mnuchin port an extension of the Paycheck asked lawmakers to first pass Protection Program. More than Trump says he’s not contagious, legislation allowing the Trump a dozen moderate Democrats in administration to redirect about the House have indicated support $130 billion in unused funding for a GOP-led procedural move health experts say it’s not certain from the Paycheck Protection that could force a floor vote on Program intended for small busi- a stand-alone PPP bill, but it is nesses while negotiations contin- not clear if the effort will secure BY KARIN BRULLIARD COVID-19 have been reinfected, soon after a COVID-19 diagno- ue on a broader relief effort. enough support to require a vote AND FELICIA SONMEZ and experts say many questions sis, and they noted that the White The administration’s latest re- on the House floor. The Washington Post remain about immunity, includ- House has never made clear quest is unlikely to advance in Few Democratic lawmakers ing how long it may last. the severity of Trump’s illness, the House, where Speaker Nancy have embraced Mnuchin’s pro- WASHINGTON — President “A total and complete sign off which could influence how long Pelosi, D-Calif., has rejected posal, although Rep. Ro Khanna, Donald Trump tweeted on Sun- from White House Doctors yes- he should isolate. stand-alone legislation in favor D-Calif., called for Pelosi to ac- day that he is “immune” to the terday,” Trump said. “That means The letter from Sean Conley of a comprehensive package to cept the offer of a $1.8 trillion coronavirus and “can’t give it,” I can’t get it (immune), and can’t said that Trump had met the address the economic and health stimulus on Sunday. even though the White House has give it. Very nice to know!!!” Centers for Disease Control and consequences of the coronavirus White House officials have dis- not released negative test results Trump’s claim came one day Prevention’s criteria for “safe pandemic. The administration’s missed Pelosi’s objections and and immunity to the virus re- after his physician said he is “no discontinuation of isolation” and stimulus proposal on Friday alleged she is trying to avoid giv- mains poorly understood. longer considered a transmission that “an assortment of diagnos- came under heavy criticism from ing Trump a victory ahead of the The tweet was quickly flagged risk to others,” in a memo that tic tests” found no evidence of lawmakers in both parties over November election. Larry Kud- by Twitter, which said it con- seemed to clear Trump to return actively replicating virus, which the weekend, making its chances low, the president’s top economic tained “misleading and poten- to his normal activities a little must be present for someone to of passing appear remote. adviser, said on CNN on Sunday tially harmful misinformation” more than a week after he an- infect others. White House officials will re- that the Senate would approve related to the coronavirus. It was nounced that he had tested posi- It did not say that Trump had quest that Congress approve a stimulus agreement reached the latest example of the social tive for the coronavirus. Trump tested negative for the virus, how- legislation allowing firms dem- by Mnuchin and Pelosi, despite media giant pushing back against planned to hold a campaign rally ever, and its brevity left experts onstrating a decline in revenue to much of the caucus’s opposition. the president’s posts on the dead- Monday in Florida. puzzled over what evidence had apply for a second round of PPP “If an agreement can be ly virus, and it appeared to refer But experts say there would be led the White House physician to funding, which they are not al- reached here, they will go along to Trump’s claim to immunity. no way to know for sure whether conclude the president is no lon- lowed to do under existing law, with it,” Kudlow said. Some recovered patients with the president is contagious so ger contagious. Study: Virus can persist for 4 weeks on smooth surfaces

BY JASON GALE making it potentially harder to carried out in the dark, to remove ticular significance, considering SARS-CoV-2 on fresh and frozen Bloomberg control in winter than summer. the effect of ultraviolet light, as the frequency of circulation and food as well, they said. The research also helps to more research has demonstrated di- the potential for transfer of viable “The research may also help The coronavirus may remain accurately predict and mitigate rect sunlight can rapidly inacti- virus both between individuals to explain the apparent persis- infectious for weeks on banknotes, the pandemic’s spread, the re- vate the virus. and geographic locations.” tence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 glass and other common surfaces, searchers said. “While the precise role of sur- The survival of the coronavi- in cool environments with high according to research by Austra- “Our results show that SARS- face transmission, the degree of rus on stainless steel at cooler lipid or protein contamination, lia’s top biosecurity laboratory CoV-2 can remain infectious on surface contact and the amount temperatures may help explain such as meat processing facilities that highlights risks from paper surfaces for long periods of time, of virus required for infection is COVID-19 outbreaks linked to and how we might better address currency, touchscreen devices reinforcing the need for good yet to be determined, establish- meat processing and cold stor- that risk,” Trevor Drew, director and grab handles and rails. practices such as regular hand ing how long this virus remains Scientists at the Australian washing and cleaning surfaces,” viable on surfaces is critical for age facilities, the authors said. of the Australian Centre for Dis- Centre for Disease Prepared- said Debbie Eagles, the center’s developing risk mitigation strat- Their data support the findings ease Preparedness, said in the ness showed SARS-CoV-2 is “ex- deputy director, in an emailed egies in high contact areas,” Ea- of a study showing the survival of statement. tremely robust,” surviving for statement. gles said. 28 days on smooth surfaces such The coronavirus tended to The persistence on glass is an as glass found on mobile phone survive longer on nonporous or important finding, given that screens and plastic banknotes at smooth surfaces, compared with touchscreen devices such as mo- room temperature, or 68 degrees porous complex surfaces, such as bile phones, bank ATMs, super- Fahrenheit . That compares with cotton. market self-serve checkouts and 17 days survival for the flu virus. The research received funding airport check-in kiosks are high Virus survival declined to less from Australia’s defense depart- touch surfaces which may not be than a day at 104 degrees Fahren- ment. It involved drying the coro- regularly cleaned and therefore heit on some surfaces, according navirus in an artificial mucus on pose a transmission risk of SARS- to the study, published Monday different surfaces, at concentra- CoV-2, the researchers said in the in Virology Journal. The findings tions similar to those reported in paper. add to evidence that the COVID- samples from infected patients, They found the longer survival 19-causing coronavirus survives and then re-isolating the virus time of SARS-CoV-2 than sea- for longer in cooler weather, over a month. The study was also sonal flu on banknotes “of par- PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Rapid test effort stumbles over risk of false positives

From wire reports Mayor Bill de Blasio announced fines of up to $15,000 for holding NEW YORK — A federal effort big get-togethers and penalties of to arm nursing homes with rapid up to $1,000 for those who refuse coronavirus tests is stumbling to wear face coverings. on concern the tests return false Under new state rules, hous- positives, putting at least one es of worship in the hot spots state at odds with federal officials haven’t been allowed to host over the value of the tests. groups of more than 10 since last Nevada this month ordered Thursday. nursing homes to stop using the point-of-care tests after they found more than 20 instances Georgia where positive findings were SOUTH FULTON — A south overturned by more precise as- Atlanta police department con- says. That was more than half firmed its chief has been diag- of the positive samples retested. nosed with COVID-19. Other states are now questioning A spokesman for the City of their accuracy as well. South Fulton Police Department Federal officials, meanwhile, said Chief Keith Meadows and his said states don’t have the au- wife, Tanya, tested positive for thority to bar the tests, and the the coronavirus and are currently BRONTE WITTPENN, AUSTIN (TEXAS) AMERICAN-STATESMAN/AP U.S. Department of Health and quarantining at home, WXIA-TV Human Services said it would reported. Jody Quimby and others protest against Gov. Greg Abbott’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic near take “appropriate action” if Ne- In addition, the department the governor’s mansion in Austin on Saturday. vada didn’t cease the ban. Brett said it has notified six other em- Giroir, an assistant health secre- ployees who have been in close linked to a wedding and reception spread of the virus, read a reso- Washington tary leading the administration’s contact with Meadows about the that made national news. lution that the State Republican testing efforts, said Nevada was chief’s condition. The York County Jail became a Executive Committee passed SEATTLE — University of putting nursing home residents The department said it is also coronavirus hotspot after an em- last month calling for Texas to Washington COVID-19 cases at risk. continuing to sanitize the pre- ployee who attended an August reopen. among students in more than a Nevada’s directive “can only be cincts and “take all of the nec- wedding more than 200 miles The crowd also marched dozen sororities and fraternities based on a lack of knowledge or essary precautions to reduce away in the Katahdin region around the mansion carrying have topped 200. bias, and will endanger the lives transmissions (of the coronavi- spread the virus. The number signs such as “Open Texas Now” As of Thursday , 215 posi- of our most vulnerable,” Giroir rus) per CDC guidelines.” of cases associated with the jail and “Exile King Abbott.” tive cases have been confirmed wrote to Nevada officials. was approaching 90 as of Friday, Abbott was scheduled for a Sat- among 15 fraternities and sorori- Indiana and the number of cases linked urday morning campaign event ties, spokesperson Victor Balta to the wedding and reception has A rizona in Dallas and shortly after noon said on the school’s website. INDIANAPOLIS — Republi- topped 170 with eight deaths. That’s up from 179 cases as PHOENIX — Cases of the coro- tweeted a photo of himself at the can Gov. Eric Holcomb said he’s The email obtained by news of Tuesday, and 131 cases on navirus in Arizona dropped 75% Texas-Oklahoma football game still comfortable lifting COVID- outlets said inmates were not per- Friday. following the implementation of in Dallas. 19 restrictions in Indiana after mitted to bring masks into any According to the UW’s case mask mandates, a new report by health officials on Friday re- housing unit, a policy that likely tracking system, as of Oct. 6, 476 the Centers for Disease Control ported a record-high day of new exacerbated the outbreak. The Vermont and Prevention said. students, 63 staff and 10 faculty infections in the state. federal Centers for Disease Con- have tested positive since Feb. 27. The drop occurred after a The Indiana State Depart- MONTPELIER — Criminal trol and Prevention advocates Students who have tested posi- statewide stay-at-home order was ment of Health announced that jury trials are set to restart in mask-wearing to slow the spread tive or have COVID-like symp- lifted, which resulted in a 151% 1,832 more Hoosiers have tested Vermont after being suspended of the coronavirus. toms are being told to isolate in spike in cases. positive for the coronavirus. That in March to prevent the spread of Corrections officers reported their current place of residence, The CDC report was authored brings the total number of Indi- that there was an “an informal the coronavirus. according to the university. The with the Arizona Department of ana residents known to have had directive not to wear masks in the The first trials will be in Wind- university is not aware of any stu- Health Services, including direc- the coronavirus to 131,493 as the housing units for fear of creating ham County in December, ac- dents who have been hospitalized tor Dr. Cara Christ, the Arizona state’s seven-day rolling average hysteria amongst the inmates,” cording to a statement from the or reported severe symptoms of Republic reported. of new cases of the respiratory said William Doyle, an official Vermont Judiciary. Jury draw- the virus. The stay-at-home order ex- disease continues growing at re- with the union that represents ings are scheduled for Dec. 7 in pired May 15. Two weeks later, cord levels. corrections officers. Windham County, the Rutland the daily average number of coro- Western Indiana’s Vigo Coun- Herald reported. West Virginia navirus cases jumped by 151%. ty Health Department issued a Texas Social distancing and masking HUNTINGTON — All city warning Friday discouraging will be required of everyone in employees in Huntington will large gatherings, noting that the AUSTIN — Activists and lead- New York courthouses, courtrooms will be receive a $1,000 supplemental county’s current COVID-19 cases ers from the right wing of the sanitized daily and hand sanitiz- uniform and cleaning allowance, NEW YORK — City offi- are mostly linked to a recent Texas Republican Party on Sat- er will be available for jurors and cials gave out 62 fines totaling officials said. apple festival and other outdoor urday continued their backlash others. $150,000 for violations of COVID- Huntington Mayor Steve Wil- events with a large attendance. In against Gov. Greg Abbott’s han- Plans were announced in July 19 rules in hot spots in Brooklyn dling of the coronavirus pandem- liams and City Council Chairman Elkhart County, where both of the to resume criminal trials in Ver- and Queens over the weekend, ic, staging a protest outside his Mark Bates announced Thursday area’s local hospitals are full, the mont, but were tentative because the city government said. home as they criticized his orders that the payment is a reimburse- local health department said on many courthouses had to make Five unnamed religious institu- its Facebook page that “a major as overbearing and unlawful. ment for added expenses em- tions were among those hit with State party chairman Allen facility changes to hold trials ployees have incurred during the disturbing increase” in the num- safely. fines. ber of coronavirus cases calls for West, Texas Agriculture Com- coronavirus pandemic. One concern was that each The crackdown came amid renewed vigilance around mask- missioner Sid Miller and some About 325 employees in the courthouse had to have an air- an alarming spike in COVID-19 wearing and physical distancing. GOP lawmakers were among an state’s second-largest city will re- cases from Borough Park, Brook- estimated 200 people gathered handling system that was suf- ceive the payment, according to lyn, to Kew Gardens, Queens. Maine outside the governor’s mansion to ficient, especially with winter a statement released by the city. With many of the affected areas blast Abbott’s executive orders — coming, said Karen Carroll, as- The payments will come from the home to large Orthodox Jewish ALFRED — An email points to including a continued statewide sociate justice of the Vermont Su- city’s general fund. populations, leaders have pleaded an outright ban on masks in hous- mask mandate and lockdowns. preme Court and co-chairwoman Williams and City Council with the communities to shy away ing units in a Maine jail dealing West, who has criticized some of a committee formed to restart members will not receive the from large gatherings. Last week, with a coronavirus outbreak that’s of Abbott’s efforts to stem the jury trials safely. payments. Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 NATION Health care is focus as judge’s hearing opens

BY MARK SHERMAN, Catholic, told reporters ahead of Associated Press obtained. LISA MASCARO a campaign trip to Ohio that he Republicans are moving at a AND MARY CLARE JALONICK doesn’t think “there’s any ques- breakneck pace to seat Barrett Associated Press tion about her faith.” before the Nov. 3 election to se- The committee, meeting on a cure Trump’s pick, which would WASHINGTON — Senate federal holiday, kicked off four put her on the bench for any elec- Democrats branded Supreme days of statements and testimo- tion-related challenges. Court nominee Amy Coney Bar- ny in an environment that has Democrats are trying in vain rett a threat to Americans’ health been altered by the coronavirus to delay the fast-track confirma- care during the coronavirus pan- pandemic. Some senators were tion by raising concerns about demic Monday at the start of a taking part remotely, and the the safety of meeting during the fast-tracked hearing that Repub- hearing room itself was arranged pandemic after two GOP senators licans are confident will end with with health concerns in mind. on the panel tested positive for Barrett’s confirmation to replace Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the coronavirus. Sen. Mike Lee, the late Justice Ruth Bader Gins- opened the hearing acknowl- of Utah, one of those who tested burg before Election Day. edging “the COVID problem in positive, was in the hearing room In a competing effort to approv- America is real.” But he said, Monday after his spokesman said ingly define the 48-year-old Bar- “We do have a country that needs he was symptom-free. The other rett, who sat silent and wearing a to move forward safely.” affected senator, Thom Tillis, of face mask, Republican senators Graham acknowledged the ob- North Carolina, was participating called President Donald Trump’s vious: “This is going to be a long, remotely; he too is symptom-free, pick a thoughtful judge with im- contentious week.” his spokesman said. Both tested peccable credentials. Protesters rallied outside the positive 10 days ago . Barring a dramatic develop- Senate buildings with the hearing Trump chose Barrett after the ment, Republicans appear to room largely closed to the public. death last month of Ginsburg, a have the votes to confirm Barrett Capitol Police said 22 people were liberal icon. It’s the opportunity to a lifetime seat on the Supreme LEAH MILLIS, POOL/AP arrested and charged on suspi- to entrench a conservative major- Court. If she is confirmed quick- cion of crowding, obstructing or ity on the court for years to come ly she could be on the Supreme In remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court other violations. with his third justice. Court when it hears the latest nominee Amy Coney Barrett wrote that “courts are not designed to Barrett, a federal appeals Outside groups are pushing challenge to the Affordable Care solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life.” court judge, was to tell senators Democrats to make a strong case Act, a week after the election. that she is “forever grateful” for against what they call an illegiti- Democrats sought to tie her as “Obamacare” on Nov. 10. Bar- debate, especially in regard to her Ginsburg’s trailblazing path as mate confirmation, when people nomination to the upcoming rett has criticized the court’s two stance on abortion, with Sen. Josh a woman. But she is resolved to are already voting in some states, court case. earlier major rulings supporting Hawley, of Missouri, lambast- maintain the perspective of her saying the winner of the presi- “Health care coverage for mil- the law. ing what he called a “pattern and own mentor, the late conserva- dency should make the pick. No lions of Americans is at stake Among Republicans, Sen. practice of religious bigotry” by tive Justice Antonin Scalia, and Supreme Court justice has ever with this nomination,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, dis- Democrats. However, Democrat- “apply the law as written,” ac- been confirmed so close to a pres- Dianne Feinstein, of California, missed warnings Barrett will ic senators made clear in advance cording to her prepared opening idential contest. the Senate Judiciary Committee’s undo the Obama-era health care of the hearing that they didn’t remarks for the hearings. The country will get an ex- senior Democrat. law as “outrageous.” plan to question the judge on the “Courts are not designed to tended look at Barrett over the The Trump administration Republicans also warned specifics of her religious faith. solve every problem or right every next three days during the heat- wants the court to strike down against making Barrett’s Catholi- Democratic presidential nomi- wrong in our public life,” Barrett ed election environment and the the entire law popularly known cism an issue in the confirmation nee Joe Biden, also a practicing says in the remarks, which The pandemic limiting public access. Graham’s last stand?

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sen. Lind- sey Graham of South Carolina is wielding the gavel in the perfor- mance of his political life. Once a biting critic of President Donald Trump, the Senate Judi- ciary Committee chairman Mon- day opened confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett in a bid to seal a 6-to-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Hanging in the balance could be the future of government health care during a coronavirus pan- ERIN SCHAFF, THE NEW YORK TIMES/AP demic that’s claimed more than 214,000 American lives. And Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Graham’s own career appears in listens during a confirmation jeopardy like never before. hearing for Supreme Court For Graham, the Republican nominee Amy Coney Barrett . Senate majority and Trump him- self, the hearings three weeks larly where Trump is concerned. before Election Day could be a He’s been both friend and foe last stand. The proceedings are of the president. Now, they play a display for voters of what it golf. He once vowed to oppose means to control the presidency any Supreme Court confirmation and the Senate. But they’re also hearings in presidential election a real-time test of whether that’s years. This week, he is chairing enough to counter a jaw-dropping Barrett’s, and predicting she’ll be $57 million fundraising haul by confirmed . Graham’s Democratic opponent Graham, 65, mounts the dais in the South Carolina race, Jaime confronted with his opponent’s Harrison. withering fundraising, his own “Senator, how good is your statements as one of the Sen- word?” Harrison, 44, asked at a ate’s most visible members, and recent debate. Trump’s weak standing against Graham’s answer is complicat- Democrat Joe Biden in the final ed by his whipsaw shifts, particu- stretch of the campaign. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 NATION Poll: Biden keeps lead over Trump due to virus

The Washington Post The president’s ratings on handling the With little more than three weeks remaining until Election pandemic are … 41% of registered voters Day, President Donald Trump saying they approve and 58% saying they is in a race against the clock as he continues to trail former vice disapprove. president Joe Biden by double dig- Washington Post-ABC News poll its, his standing driven down by distrust on the issue of the coro- navirus pandemic, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. states are considered toss-ups. for reelection, while nearly 9 in 10 The president has not managed Still, no candidate has won an who disapprove support Biden. to close the gap with Biden dur- electoral-college majority while Trump’s best ratings come on DAMIAN DOVARGANES/AP ing a tumultuous period of events losing the popular vote by a mar- the economy, where 54% of voters that included the first presidential gin like Trump’s current deficit. Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey was dealt another blow to approve of his performance and debate, the debate between Vice The major obstacles in the pres- her campaign last week after the mayor of Los Angeles withdrew his President Mike Pence and Sen. ident’s path remain his overall ap- 45% disapprove. However, on this support and endorsed her opponent. Kamala D. Harris, D-Calif., and proval rating and how Americans measure, there is less symmetry Trump’s hospitalization after test- judge his handling of the pandem- in how this translates into support ing positive for the coronavirus. ic. Despite his efforts, he has not for him and Biden. Among those Los Angeles DA race In fact, the race has changed little been able to change those assess- who approve of his handling of the over a period of months, with vot- ments, and until he does, he will economy, 77% back the president, ers seemingly impervious to the struggle to overtake his Demo- and 16% favor Biden. Among those turns even more bitter flood of news and controversies. cratic challenger. Biden is favored by 54% of like- Trump’s overall approval rating who disapprove of his handling of BY BRIAN MELLEY because he backs aggressive ly voters, with Trump favored by among registered voters stands at the economy, 96% support Biden criminal justice reform. He favors 42%. Libertarian Party nominee 45% positive and 54% negative, for president compared with 0% Associated Press mental health and drug treatment Jo Jorgensen received 2% sup- with 47% saying they strongly for Trump, with the remainder LOS ANGELES — After a port, and Green Party nominee disapprove. Among those who ap- over incarceration. supporting Jorgensen, Hawkins scrappy debate that Los Angeles The contest to run an office with Howie Hawkins is at 1%. Biden’s prove of his job performance, 90% or offering no preference. County District Attorney Jackie lead among registered voters is favor him for reelection, while nearly 1,000 lawyers and a juris- The reason for this appears Lacey believed lifted her cam- diction that covers the nation’s also 12 points, consistent with among those who disapprove, 93% paign and was a “disaster” for her Post-ABC polls taken in recent favor Biden. Notably, Trump’s to be voters’ judgment that the second-largest city and 10 million president’s pandemic response opponent, she got a text message residents in the country’s most months. deficit in support to Biden has from the LA mayor with unwel- National polls reflect the status matters more to them than his populous county is seen as the hovered close to his net approval come news: He was switching his of the popular vote and not the margin throughout the election. crown jewel for progressives try- handling of the economy as they endorsement to her challenger. state-by-state contests for the 270 The president’s ratings on han- ing to reshape the way crime is determine whom to support. Eric Garcetti’s defection was electoral votes needed to win the dling the pandemic are slightly prosecuted at the local level. Among the 12% of the electorate a blow to Lacey after other high- presidency. Post-ABC polls of bat- worse than his overall marks, with Their target is Lacey, the two- that approves of Trump on the profile Democratic politicians had tleground states, as well as other 41% of registered voters saying term incumbent, and their can- withdrawn support or switched public polls, show Biden with an they approve and 58% saying they economy but disapproves of the didate is former San Francisco allegiances in the high-stakes advantage in that competition as disapprove. Slightly more than 9 way he has handled the pandem- District Attorney George Gascon, campaign that has been reshaped well, though the state margins in 10 who approve of his handling ic, 58% support Biden, while 19% who was a police officer and chief after a summer of protests over generally are narrower, and some of the outbreak support Trump back the president. in two cities before becoming a police brutality. prosecutor. The loss of support adds to a very In his endorsement, Garcetti unusual dynamic where Lacey, said Gascon would “help our coun- the first woman and Black person ty shift the burden from the crimi- Fauci rips president’s new ad; says to run the nation’s largest local nal justice system and jails toward prosecutor’s office, faces some of diversion, intervention, and re- her harshest criticism from Black entry programs that save money comments were taken out of context Lives Matter supporters because and save lives.” Garcetti’s father, of her failure to prosecute police Gil, who was a two-term DA and BY THERESA BRAINE I have been devoting almost full National Institute of Allergy and officers for fatal shootings. Mean- once Lacey’s boss, also backs Gas- New York Daily News time on this,” Fauci said, accord- Infectious Diseases, told CNN. while, her opponent, a former con, as do Gov. Gavin Newson and i ng to C N N. “ I ’m dow n at t he W h ite “The comments attributed to me Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday police chief, is vilified by police vice presidential candidate Cali- House virtually every day with without my permission in the unions and public safety groups fornia Sen. Kamala Harris. he was taken completely out of the task force. It’s every single GOP campaign ad were taken context — and without his permis- day. So, I can’t imagine that under out of context from a broad state- sion — in a campaign ad for Presi- any circum- ment I made months ago about dent Donald Trump lauding the stances that the efforts of federal public health U.S. response to the pandemic. anybody officials.” Court grants stay to Texas “I can’t imagine that … any- could be The Trump ad insisted that body could be doing more,” Fauci doing more.” “President Trump is recovering is shown saying in the 30-second AG in mail-in ballot case That was from the coronavirus, and so is ad, with the ellipses inserted in before more America,” and talks of protecting Associated Press for the November elections. a caption to the video, just at the than 200,000 seniors and getting them “life- U.S. District Judge Robert point where there appears to be a people had AUSTIN, Texas — A federal saving drugs in record time.” Pittman on Friday said Abbott’s split-second break. died, econo- appeals court issued a temporary order was unconstitutional. Ab- According to CNN, Fauci’s mies had Trump campaign spokesman order that blocks Texas counties quote came out of a Fox News opened up Tim Murtaugh told CNN that re- from setting up multiple drop-off bott’s Oct. 1 order allowed only interview conducted in March Fauci too much too gardless of how much time had locations for mail-in ballots. one mail ballot drop-off site per in which he praised the efforts quickly, and passed since then and what had The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of county, no matter its size, which of the White House coronavirus the barely dented infection rate transpired, “These are Dr. Fau- Appeals on Saturday granted Re- the judge said likely violates the task force. At the time, he spoke had begun to rise once again. ci’s own words. The video is from publican Texas Attorney General right to vote. about the unprecedented nature It was also never meant to be an a nationally broadcast television Ken Paxton’s request for an emer- The appeals court must still de- of the coronavirus threat and the endorsement, Fauci told CNN. interview in which Dr. Fauci was gency stay of a federal judge’s in- cide if it will grant a longer-last- “all hands on deck” nature of the “In my nearly five decades of praising the work of the Trump junction that blocked GOP Gov. ing stay. response. public service, I have never pub- Administration. The words spo- Greg Abbott’s order limiting Republicans say the reduction “Since the beginning, that we licly endorsed any political can- ken are accurate, and directly counties to just one ballot drop- in drop-off sites is necessary to even recognized what this was, didate,” Fauci, the head of the from Dr. Fauci’s mouth.” off location during early voting ensure election security. Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Whitmer: Mich. to keep voters safe Guard jailed in BY PAUL EGAN people safe. at rallies against her emergency this one involving ongoing sur- Detroit Free Press “We will not tolerate anyone ... orders. Trump, who tweeted veillance of the alleged conspira- interfering with someone’s ability “Liberate Michigan” in capital tors and use of confidential FBI LANSING, Mich. — Gov. to safely vote.” letters following an anti-Whitmer informants. killing at Gretchen Whitmer, the target of On Thursday, the federal gov- demonstration at the state Capitol “Why weren’t we in the Legis- an alleged kidnapping plot that ernment charged six men with in April, “has been increasingly lature warned of the plot to take included threats of violence, said conspiracy to kidnap in connec- divisive and downright danger- hostages at the Capitol?” Chatfield protests Sunday she is not worried about tion with an alleged plot to kidnap ous,” Whitmer said. asked in the letter to Whitmer. violence on Nov. 3, but the state is Whitmer, which authorities said On Saturday, state House “The plot by these terrorists Associated P ress prepared to keep voters safe that they wanted to carry out before Speaker Lee Chatfield, in a series was against us, too. Why weren’t day. Election Day. Also Thursday, of tweets and in an “open letter” House sergeants warned? You DENVER — A private secu- Whitmer also said on CBS’ Michigan Attorney General Dana to Whitmer released by his of- knew, and we weren’t even given rity guard working for a Denver “Face the Nation” she believes Nessel brought charges against fice, criticized the governor for a warning. We had people work- TV station is behind bars and “there still are serious threats” seven other men that included not tipping off legislative leaders ing in the building every day accused in the deadly shooting from individuals aligned with supporting terrorism, gang mem- and security officials about the doing essential work, and their of another man during dueling groups similar to those involved bership, and possession of a fire- alleged plot, which she has said lives matter, too.” right- and left-wing protests, po- in the alleged plot against her, arm in commission of a felony. officials advised her about a few McQuade, who was U.S. attor- lice said Sunday. which is a suspected act of do- Whitmer repeated earlier com- weeks ago. ney in Detroit from 2010 to 2017, Matthew Dolloff, 30, was mestic terrorism. ments she believes groups such as Chatfield faced immediate took to Twitter in response to booked into jail for investigation Asked by host Margaret Bren- the Wolverine Watchmen, whose blowback from numerous sourc- Chatfield’s comments on social of first-degree murder following nan if she is worried about vio- founders are accused in her case, es, including former U.S. Attor- media. “Law and operational se- the clash Saturday afternoon in lence on Election Day, in light of are taking comfort and motiva- ney Barbara McQuade, who said curity prohibit her from alerting Civic Center Park. the alleged plot against her, Whit- tion from statements by Presi- it is up to the FBI and others in others,” McQuade said of Whit- Authorities have not identified mer said: “I’m not worried, but dent Donald Trump and some law enforcement to determine mer. “That’s DOJ’s (the Depart- the man killed, but his son told the we are preparing to make sure Republican leaders in the Michi- who should be informed about ment of Justice’s) call, not the Denver Post it was his father, Lee that we do everything to keep gan Legislature, who have spoken any active investigation, such as victim’s.” Keltner, a 49-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who operated a hat-mak- ing business in the Denver area. “He wasn’t a part of any group,” Johnathon Keltner told the news- ‘We can’t lose our paper. “He was there to rally for the police department and he’d been down there before rallying for the police department.” momentum’: La. A man — appearing to be Keltner — participating in what was billed as a “Patriot Rally” slapped and sprayed Mace at a vows to rebuild man who appeared to be Dolloff, the Post reported, based on its Associated Press Edwards said. He said it didn’t photographs. The man identified appear the generator had cooled LAKE CHARLES, La. — Back- by the newspaper as Dolloff drew down before the man refilled it. to-back hurricanes in the space of a gun from his waistband and A third storm-related death shot the other person, according six weeks left parts of Louisiana was reported in Florida, where a blanketed Sunday with tarpau- to the Denver Post journalist who 19-year-old tourist from Illinois witnessed the episode . lins, mangled metal and downed drowned after getting caught in power lines — but not necessarily A decision on charges will be up a rip current caused by the storm to the Denver District Attorney’s despair. off Destin, authorities said. Office, police said. A spokesper- Utility crews fanned out across BILL FEIG, THE ADVOCATE/AP Roughly 350,000 customers son for District Attorney Beth the battered southwestern part of in Louisiana remained without The aftermath of Hurricane Delta is seen Saturday near Jennings, McCann said Sunday that the ar- the state to restore electricity in power two days after Delta blew La. Roughly 350,000 customers in Louisiana remained without rest affidavit in the case remained the wake of Hurricane Delta, and ashore near the town of Creole power two days after Delta blew ashore near the town of Creole. sealed and referred further ques- residents began returning home with winds of 100 mph, slamming tions to the police . along roads lined with debris and a part of the state still recover- from their homes . industry. Vessel traffic was halted The shooting occurred beneath houses missing roofs. Some were ing from Hurricane Laura’s 150 Clair Hebert Marceaux lost until port authorities and the U.S. a city surveillance camera, and grateful that the damage was not mph onslaught on Aug. 27. Laura her home in Cameron Parish dur- Army Corps of Engineers could police said they have footage of as bad as it could have been. was blamed for 32 deaths, many ing Hurricane Laura and said the take stock of the damage. Sunken the incident, KUSA-TV reported. A 70-year-old woman in Iberia of them caused in the storm’s af- community was hard at work on boats, utility poles and other flot- KUSA said it had hired the Parish died in a fire likely caused termath by carbon monoxide poi- rebuilding when Delta struck. sam filled waterways. guard through the Pinkerton se- by a natural gas leak following soning from generators. “We can’t lose our momen- “We are still in an assessment curity firm. damage from Hurricane Delta, The remnants of Delta, mean- tum,” she said, though she added phase,” Marceaux said, “but we The right-wing “Patriot Rally” the Louisiana Department of while, dumped heavy rain on there was “utter devastation” in will be limping along as best as was one of two demonstrations Health said Sunday. parts of Georgia, the Carolinas the area. we can.” happening at about the same time Louisiana officials also blamed and Virginia. The storm was also Marceaux, who was born and More than 8,000 Louisiana res- that drew hundreds of people the death of an 86-year-old man blamed for washing out a railroad raised in Cameron Parish, is the idents who evacuated because of to the park. Protesters at a left- on the hurricane. The St. Martin track and causing the derailment director of the community’s busy Laura were still in shelters as of wing “BLM-Antifa Soup Drive” Parish resident died in a fire that of a freight train in the Atlanta port, which hosts fleets of shrimp Sunday, Edwards said. Roughly nearby held up flags and signs erupted after he refueled a gen- area that sparked a small fire and crab boats and serves as a 850 people were in shelters be- railing against Nazis and white erator in a shed, Gov. John Bel and briefly forced some residents key link in the region’s oil and gas cause of Delta. supremacists. Senator: Tentative settlements reached in W.Va. veterans’ hospital deaths

Associated Press by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., further evidence that the VA and in prison for each of seven counts “satisfactory response” to ques- on Saturday as well as in federal the Clarksburg VAMC were neg- of second-degree murder. No sen- tions about the reasoning behind CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ten- court filings stemming from the ligent in the murders that hap- tencing date has been set. her actions. tative settlements have been deaths of six veterans at the Louis pened under their watch.” Mays admitted at a plea hearing It is not clear whether Mays ad- reached in several civil lawsuits A. Johnson VA Medical Center in The veterans’ deaths involved to purposely killing the veterans, mitted a connection to Navy vet- filed on behalf of the families of Clarksburg. in the settlements occurred in injecting them with unprescribed eran Russell R. Posey Sr.’s death. veterans who died at a West Vir- The proposed settlement 2018. insulin while she worked over- But in addition to her second-de- ginia hospital where a former amounts range from $700,000 to Fired hospital nursing assis- night shifts at the hospital in gree murder pleas, she also plead- nursing assistant admitted to in- $975,000. The court filings said a tant Reta Mays pleaded guilty in northern West Virginia between ed guilty to one count of assault tentionally killing seven people Nov. 20 hearing is scheduled. July to intentionally killing seven 2017 and 2018. Her motive is still with intent to commit murder with fatal doses of insulin. Manchin said in a statement patients with wrongful insulin in- unclear. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell involving the death of “veteran The settlements were disclosed that the tentative settlement “is jections. Mays, 46, faces up to life said authorities did not receive a R.R.P.” — Posey’s initials. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 SCIENCE NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket

BY MARCIA DUNN don’t want to appear overly con- Associated Press fident,” Chodas said. “But it’s the first time, in my view, that all the CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — pieces fit together with an actual The jig may be up for an “aster- known launch.” oid” that’s expected to get nabbed And he’s happy to note that it’s a by Earth’s gravity and become a mission that he followed in 1966, mini moon next month. as a teenager in Canada. Instead of a cosmic rock, the Asteroid hunter Carrie Nugent newly discovered object appears of Olin College of Engineering in to be an old rocket from a failed Needham, Mass., said Chodas’ moon-landing mission 54 years conclusion is “a good one” based ago that’s finally making its way on solid evidence. She’s the au- back home, according to NASA’s thor of the 2017 book “Asteroid leading asteroid expert. Observa- Hunters.” tions should help nail its identity. “Some more data would be use- “I’m pretty jazzed about this,” ful so we can know for sure,” she Paul Chodas told The Associated said in an email. “Asteroid hunt- Press. “It’s been a hobby of mine ers from around the world will to find one of these and draw such continue to watch this object to a link, and I’ve been doing it for get that data. I’m excited to see decades now.” how this develops!” Chodas speculates that asteroid The Harvard-Smithsonian 2020 SO, as it is formally known, Center for Astrophysics’ Jona- is actually the Centaur upper than McDowell noted there have rocket stage that successfully pro- been “many, many embarrassing pelled NASA’s Surveyor 2 lander to the moon in 1966 before it was incidents of objects in deep orbit discarded. The lander ended up … getting provisional asteroid crashing into the moon after one designations for a few days be- of its thrusters failed to ignite fore it was realized they were on the way there. The rocket, artificial.” meanwhile, swept past the moon Last year, a British amateur and into orbit around the sun as astronomer, Nick Howes, an- intended junk, never to be seen nounced that an asteroid in solar again — until perhaps now. orbit was likely the abandoned A telescope in Hawaii last lunar module from NASA’s Apol- month discovered the mystery lo 10, a rehearsal for the Apollo object heading our way while 11 moon landing. While this ob- doing a search intended to protect ject is likely artificial, Chodas our planet from doomsday rocks. and others are skeptical of the SAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM/AP The object was promptly added connection. to the International Astronomi- Technicians work on an Atlas Centaur 7 rocket, which is now believed to be the mystery object formally Skepticism is good, Howes cal Union’s Minor Planet Center’s known as asteroid 2020 SO, at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Aug. 13, 1965. wrote in an email. “It hopefully tally of asteroids and comets will lead to more observations found in our solar system, just NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labora- to outside forces. though its orbit around the sun when it’s next in our neck of the 5,000 shy of the 1 million mark. tory in Southern California. That’s how astronomers nor- resembled Earth’s. woods” in the late 2030s. The object is estimated to The object is also in the same mally differentiate between Even more exciting, in 2002, Chodas’ latest target of inter- be roughly 26 feet based on its plane as Earth, not tilted above or asteroids and space junk like Chodas found what he believes est was passed by Earth in their brightness. That’s in the ballpark below, another red flag. Asteroids abandoned rocket parts, since was the leftover Saturn V third respective laps around the sun in of the old Centaur, which would usually zip by at odd angles. Last- both appear merely as moving stage from 1969’s Apollo 12, the 1984 and 2002. But it was too dim be less than 32 feet long includ- ly, it’s approaching Earth at 1,500 dots in the sky. There are likely second moon landing by NASA to see from 5 million miles away, ing its engine nozzle and 10 feet mph , slow by asteroid standards. dozens of fake asteroids out there, astronauts. He acknowledges the he said. in diameter. As the object gets closer, as- but their motions are too impre- evidence was circumstantial, He predicted the object will What caught Chodas’ atten- tronomers should be able to bet- cise or jumbled to confirm their given the object’s chaotic one- spend about four months circling tion is that its near-circular orbit ter chart its orbit and determine artificial identity, said Chodas. year orbit around Earth. It was Earth once it’s captured in mid- around the sun is quite simi- how much it’s pushed around by Sometimes it’s the other way never designated as an asteroid, November, before shooting back lar to Earth’s — unusual for an the radiation and thermal effects around. and left Earth’s orbit in 2003. out into its own orbit around the asteroid. of sunlight. If it’s an old Centaur A mystery object in 1991, for The latest object’s route is di- sun next March. “Flag number one,” said Cho- — essentially a light empty can example, was determined by rect and much more stable, bol- Chodas doubts the object will das, who is director of the Center — it will move differently than a Chodas and others to be a regular stering his theory. slam into Earth — “at least not for Near-Earth Object Studies at heavy space rock less susceptible asteroid rather than debris, even “I could be wrong on this. I this time around.” Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data

BY FRANK JORDANS thing we set out to do,” the expe- Ocean Research that organized camp on the ice, creating a small going on, and the more people Associated Press dition’s leader, Markus Rex, told the expedition. scientific village protected from help out, the better.” The Associated Press by satellite More than 300 scientists from wandering polar bears by alarms Rex, the expedition leader, BERLIN — An icebreaker car- phone as it left the polar circle 20 countries, including the Unit- and scouts. noted that the ship encountered rying scientists on a year long last week. “We conducted mea- ed States, Britain, France, Rus- “We went above and beyond unusually thin and mushy condi- international effort to study the surements for a whole year with sia and China, took part in the the data collection we set out to tions in the region above northern high Arctic has returned to its just a short break.” $177-million expedition to mea- do,” said Melinda Webster, a sea Greenland this summer that al- home port in Germany carrying The ship had to break away sure conditions in one of the most ice expert at the University of lowed them to make an unplanned a wealth of data that will help re- from its position in the far north remote and hostile parts of the Alaska, Fairbanks, whose work is detour to the North Pole. searchers better predict climate for three weeks in May to pick up planet over the course of a whole funded by NASA. “We are watching the Arctic change in the decades to come. supplies and rotate team members year. Webster, who led a team of 14 sea ice die,” said Rex, adding that The RV Polarstern arrived after coronavirus restrictions dis- Much of the information will be scientists during the fourth leg he thinks it’s possible there may Monday in the North Sea port of rupted carefully laid travel plans, used to improve scientists’ mod- of the trip, said it will likely take be no summer sea ice in the Arc- Bremerhaven, from where she but that didn’t cause significant els of global warming, particular- years, or even decades, to sift tic soon. This would cause not just set off more than a year ago pre- problems to the mission, he said. ly in the Arctic, where change has through the data. significant disruption to indig- pared for bitter cold and polar “We’re bringing back a trove been happening at a faster pace “This is an extremely exciting enous societies in the region, but bear encounters — but not for the of data, along with countless than elsewhere on the planet. time to get into Arctic science be- also interfere with the planet’s pandemic lockdowns that almost samples of ice cores, snow and As part of the expedition, cause of the changes that are hap- cooling system. scuttled the mission halfway water,” said Rex, an atmospheric known by its acronym MOSAiC, pening,” she said. “We need to get “We need to do everything to through. scientist at Germany’s Alfred the Polarstern anchored to a all the help we can because it’s preserve it for future genera- “We basically achieved every- Wegener Institute for Polar and large floe last fall and set up a important to understand what’s tions,” he said. Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Ex-frat member given 18 months in hazing event

ALBUQUERQUE NM — A former New Mexico State University frater- nity member who shot another student during a hazing ritual last year was given an 18-month suspended sentence. Miguel Altamirano, 22, pleaded no contest to charges of aggravat- ed assault with a deadly weapon and negligent use of a deadly weapon while intoxicated. Altamirano shot Jonathan Sil- las in the leg at a campground in November 2019 during hazing for the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the university. “I expected a little bit of haz- ing. I didn’t think they were going to hurt us,” Sillas said two months after he was hospitalized. The university revoked Kappa Sigma’s charter and Altamirano was expelled. Noose in park leads to hate crime charge

BERKELEY — A man CA suspected of tying a noose to a tree branch in Berke- ley’s marina was charged with a misdemeanor hate crime, police said. A person who works at the ma- rina saw the man, later identified as Jaime Robledo-Espino, 32, tying a noose with some rope, the East Bay Times reported . When the employee confronted Robledo-Espino about the noose, he fastened it to a tree branch and fled the area, police said. The employee took a picture of the suspect and provided it to officers. He was arrested a short WARREN DILLAWAY, THE (ASHTABULA, OHIO) STAR-BEACON/AP time later . Missing inmate found Horsing around two months later Participants in the Ashtabula Horsemens Association Dice Ride return to Cederquist Park after a ride on trails at Indian Trails Park in OMAHA — An inmate Ashtabula Township, Ohio. NE was arrested more than two months after he went missing into the middle of the lake where THE CENSUS sewer system backed up. from the Community Corrections a fire district boat crew rescued Eagle Creek resident James the children, who were unhurt, Center in Omaha. The amount a Tennessee restaurant Hutson told The Virginia-Pilot the district said in a statement. Authorities had been looking chain was ordered to pay in back wages that it’s an “insult” to live in a Rescue personnel were unable for Matthew Saxton since Aug. to 120 employees. The U.S. Department $300,000 home and have to use to revive the woman. 1 when he didn’t show up to his $563K of Labor found that Don Pancho Mexican an outdoor portable bathroom. work-release job, the Nebraska Restaurant violated minimum wage and Currituck County said in a Department of Correctional Ser- Agency removes wildlife overtime rules. The restaurant kept a portion of servers’ tips and paid other work- news release that repairs are vices said in a news release. from unlicensed rehab ers a flat salary regardless of how many hours they worked, according to a news underway, but the sewer system Saxton is serving a four- to release from the Labor Department. In addition, the restaurant chain was fined is privately owned. The system’s seven-year sentence, which he MUSKEGON — Of- $683 for violating child labor rules by allowing a 15-year-old to work outside of vacuum pumps are malfunction- began Aug. 19, 2019. His convic- MI ficials removed a half- allowed hours and for more hours than allowed by law. ing and wastewater has backed tions include fourth-offense DUI dozen red foxes, three coyotes and up in at least 183 homes. and leaving the scene of a prop- other animals from an unlicensed erty-damage accident. rehabilitation center in western Ex-eBay workers plead They are among seven for- School ditches Indian Michigan where the owner’s 2- mer eBay employees charged in Mother drowns in lake; year-old granddaughter lost an guilty in harassment plan the scheme that involved other mascot, gets new one arm after reaching into a pen that anonymous deliveries sent to the 6 kids on boat rescued housed two wolf-dog hybrids. BOSTON — Two for- couple’s home, including a funer- SKOWHEGAN — A State conservation officers MA mer eBay Inc. em- Maine high school ZEPHYR COVE — A searching the Howling Timbers al wreath and a bloody pig Hal- ME woman drowned after ployees pleaded guilty to their loween mask. that eliminated its Indian mascot NV facility in Muskegon also found roles in a campaign to terrorize a falling off a boat carrying six chil- 47 dogs that are believed to have The couple was targeted after will now be known as the River dren on Lake Tahoe and a man publisher and editor of an online their newsletter published an ar- Hawks. been crossbred with wolves or newsletter critical of the com- who jumped off the boat to try to other wolf-dog hybrids, accord- ticle about a lawsuit filed by eBay The school board in Skowhegan pany with a scheme that included rescue her had to be hospitalized ing to Michigan’s Department of accusing Amazon of poaching its voted 15-5 for the new mascot. live spiders and other disturbing for severe hypothermia, authori- Natural Resources. sellers, investigators said. It hasn’t been an easy change deliveries sent to their home. ties in northern Nevada said . The Natural Resources Depart- at Skowhegan High School. Many Stephanie Popp, former senior The Tahoe Douglas Fire Pro- ment, Muskegon County sheriff’s people in the Skowhegan area feel manager of global intelligence; Residents use portable tection District said the incident office, and the state Department that the Indian mascot is a part of and Veronica Zea, a former eBay toilet as sewer backs up occurred near Zephyr Cove, of Agriculture and Rural Devel- their history. which is on the east side of the contractor who worked as an in- opment are investigating owner School board member Jennifer lake that straddles the California- Brenda Pearson for operating the telligence analyst in eBay’s Glob- MOYOCK — Residents Poirier said it will take time but Nevada border. facility without required permits. al Intelligence Center, pleaded NC of nearly 200 homes in After the woman and the man The DNR revoked Pearson’s guilty to conspiracy to commit an affluent eastern North Caro- “the new generation” will em- went into the water, the boat with wildlife rehabilitation permit in cyberstalking and conspiracy to lina neighborhood were forced to brace the new mascot. the children still aboard drifted 2010. tamper with witnesses. use portable bathrooms after the From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 WORLD 2 Americans win Nobel Prize in economics for auction theory

Associated Press secretary-general of the Royal about paying too much and losing Swedish Academy of Sciences. STOCKHOLM — Americans out,” the committee said. The award caps a week of Nobel Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Milgrom developed a more Wilson won the Nobel Prize in Prizes at a time when much of the general theory of auctions that economics Monday for “improve- world is experiencing the worst takes into account what is known ments to auction theory and in- recession since World War II be- as the “private value” of what’s ventions of new auction formats.” cause of the impact of the corona- being sold that can vary greatly virus pandemic. “Their discoveries have bene- from bidder to bidder. The committee said Wilson’s fitted sellers, buyers and taxpay- Speaking to reporters in Stock- work showed “why rational bid- ers around the world,” the Nobel holm by phone after learning of Committee said, noting that the ders tend to place bids below their his win, Wilson struggled to think auction formats developed by the own best estimate of the common value,” that is, “the value which is of an auction he himself had par- winners have been used to sell ANDERS WIKLUND, TT/AP radio frequencies, fishing quotas uncertain beforehand but, in the ticipated in. But then added: “My and airport landing slots. end, is the same for everyone.” wife points out to me that we Americans Paul R. Milgrom, left, and Robert B. Wilson won the The winners were announced “(Bidders) are worried about bought ski boots on eBay. I guess Nobel Prize in economics for “improvements to auction theory and in Stockholm by Goran Hansson, the winner’s curse — that is, that was an auction.” inventions of new auction formats.”

Belarus rights group: country with an iron fist for 26 Turkish ship resumes Mediterranean survey years. The Viasna human rights Scores detained at rally center estimated that around Bloomberg for dialogue with Greece over ter- threat to peace and security,” and KYIV, Ukraine — Scores of 100,000 people took part in the ritorial disputes, while warning it urged Ankara to immediately re- people were detained in Be- protest, which the police moved A Turkish survey ship returned would return it in the absence of voke its decision. larus on Sunday during protests to disperse with water cannons, to the contested waters of the east- stun grenades and truncheons. ern Mediterranean on Monday as progress. Greece says islands must be against the country’s authoritari- While the two countries agreed taken into account in delineating an leader, who won his sixth term Rallies also took place in other deepening frictions with Greece cities including Brest, Vitebsk challenge international efforts to last month to resume exploratory a country’s continental shelf, in in office in a vote widely seen as talks, no date has been set. Any line with the United Nations Law rigged, a Belarusian rights group and Grodno. defuse the showdown there. Dozens of protesters sustained The Oruc Reis will carry out headway was further under- of the Sea, which Turkey hasn’t said. injuries, according to Viasna. The seismic studies in an area be- mined by the recent announce- signed. Ankara argues that a Tens of thousands of protesters group released a list of protesters tween the Greek islands of Kas- ments by both sides of planned country’s continental shelf should rallied in the Belarusian capital detained across the country on its tellorizo and Rhodes through Oct. naval drills. be measured from its mainland, Minsk for the 10th consecutive 22, according to a Turkish navy The Greek Foreign Ministry and that the area south of Kas- Sunday, demanding the resig- website that by Sunday evening website. Ankara had recalled the denounced Turkey’s move as tellorizo falls within its exclusive nation of President Alexander had more than 300 names on it. ship last month to allow a chance “a major escalation and a direct zone. Lukashenko, who has run the From The Associated Press Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD English villages are waking up to find they’re Brexit’s new border

BY JILL LAWLESS home in the village of Mersham Britain must erect a customs bor- Associated Press used to be a 20-minute walk from der with the 27-nation EU, its big- Sevington. Closure of the path for gest trading partner. SEVINGTON, England — Four construction work means it’s now Opponents of Brexit say it is a years after Britain voted to leave an almost 4-mile drive. waste of money and effort that the European Union, Brexit can This county, Kent, voted by will hurt businesses on both sides. still seem abstract. But in the 60%-40% to leave the EU in Brit- For supporters, it’s all part of tak- county known as the Garden of ain’s 2016 referendum, but Swan- ing back control of the country’s England, it is literally taking con- dale said visions of truck stops borders and trade. crete form. and customs depots were not up- But everyone agrees it means Just beyond the ancient oaks permost in their minds. new red tape, with the need for MATT DUNHAM/AP and yews that surround medi- “That was never part of the ac- customs declarations and inspec- With the spire of St. Mary’s Church in the background, construction eval St. Mary’s Church in the tual selling and the marketing for tions. If the U.K. and the EU fail takes place on a post-Brexit customs clearance border post facility village of Sevington, bulldozers, Brexit,” she said. to strike a free trade deal before between the villages of Mersham and Sevington. dump trucks and cement mixers The prosperous villages of the end of the year, tariffs will be swarm noisily over a field. They Sevington and Mersham are 15 slapped on many goods, bringing are chewing up land to create miles from the Channel Tunnel more disruption, bureaucracy trucks, and imposing a “Kent ac- government has given itself to buy part of Britain’s new border with to France and 20 miles from Brit- and expense. cess pass” — essentially a pass- and build without consulting local the European Union — a customs ain’s biggest ferry port at Dover. Prime Minister Boris John- port that truckers heading for the authorities or residents first. clearance depot with room for up Between them, the two routes son’s Conservative government EU must have to enter Kent from “Up to now no local resident to 2,000 trucks. carry 4 million trucks a year, has been reluctant to disclose de- other parts of Britain. has seen the plans,” said Rick No one asked local people for filled with food and all manner of tails of its border plans. But last The Sevington site is intended Martin, chairman of Sevington permission, and even in this other essential items. month, it admitted its “reasonable for customs checks, and could parish council, adding that locals Brexit-backing area, the disrup- Those goods moved back and worst-case scenario” involved also be a “temporary traffic man- are worried about gridlock and tion is straining support for the forth freely while Britain was “7,000 port-bound trucks in Kent agement facility” — a parking lot the effect the site will have on United Kingdom’s rupture with part of the EU’s single market and associated maximum delays — for trucks if there are border property prices. the EU. and customs union. The U.K. left of up to two days.” delays, the government says. “People are quite perplexed at “The first anyone knew about it the bloc’s political structures in The government’s plans for The 27-acre field is one of 10 the moment about what it’s going was when a sign went up saying January, and will make an eco- limiting the disruption include sites around the country ear- to look like when there’s 1,000 the footpaths had been closed,” nomic break when a transition converting parts of a highway marked for potential border in- lorries parked across the road,” said Sharon Swandale, whose period ends Dec. 31. That means into a temporary parking lot for frastructure, under powers the he said. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 FACES Paris Hilton protests for closure of school in Utah

Associated Press Paris Hilton has been speak- ing out about abuse she said she suffered at a boarding school in Utah, and she took her push nearly to the school’s front doors on Oct. 9. Hilton organized a protest in a park near Provo Canyon School, along with several hundreds of others who share stories of abuse they say they suffered there or Left to right: Directors Alfonso Cuaron, at similar schools for troubled Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and youth. She is calling for the clo- Guillermo del Toro sure of the school. Hilton, a socialite who became GETTY IMAGES/TNS a reality TV star, and many oth- ers wore black T-shirts with /AP red letters on the back that said RICK BOWMER “survivor” and on the front read Paris Hilton protests Oct. 9 in “breaking code silence,” The Provo, Utah, outside a boarding slogans referred to Hilton’s new school where she alleges she campaign to shed light on what was abused physically and Hollywood’s Three Amigos she believes is a corrupt indus- mentally by staff as a teen. try that manipulates parents and traumatizes youth. It was Hilton’s The school aims to help youth first time back to the area since who have struggled in typical Earlier works by trio of Mexican directors worth finding she was there as a teen, when she home and school environments, says she was verbally, emotional- some of whom are dealing with BY CHRIS HEWITT ing with his debut, “Amores Perros,” and continu- ly and physically abused in what drug addiction or acting out vio- Star Tribune (Minneapolis) ing with “Biutiful” and “Birdman.” she described as “torture.” lently, according to the website. The chameleon is Cuaron, who has made mov- Since a documentary titled Hilton stayed at Provo Canyon ong before Oscar went nuts for the Three ies for children, including the finest of the Harry “This Is Paris” was released on School in Utah for 11 months and Amigos, they were making fantastic Potters, “The Prisoner of Azkaban”; family dra- YouTube last month, other celeb- says while there, she was abused movies. mas such as “Roma”; and the dystopic adventure rities have also spoken out about mentally and physically, claim- Plenty has been written about how a trio L “Children of Men,” which I’d call the best work by their experiences at that school or ing staff would beat her, force her of pals, all from Mexico, have dominated the Acad- any of the three. others like it, including Michael to take unknown pills, watch her emy Award for best directing, winning five times Despite their differences, the amigos are simpa- Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson shower and send her to solitary between 2013 and 2018 (Damien Chazelle sneaked tico. All worked in Mexican TV, where they learned and tattoo artist Kat Von D. confinement without clothes as one in during that period, for “La La Land”). But to be creative on a budget, a skill that helped them The institution is now under punishment. it took the awards a while to recognize the great- immensely in early efforts . new ownership and the adminis- The 39-year-old says the treat- ness of friends who had been making entertaining That boundless imagination also is a key to why tration has said it can’t comment ment was so “traumatizing” that movies for years. movies are the perfect form for them: When we go on anything that came before, in- she suffered nightmares and in- I’d argue, in fact, that most of the best movies to the theater, we are demonstrating our willing- cluding Hilton’s time there. somnia for years. from Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Ale- ness to believe in worlds that aren’t real, the kinds jandro Gonzalez Inarritu came well before they of worlds all three amigos love to conjure. started winning statues for “Roma,” “The Shape All three realized their talents weren’t going to of Water” and “The Revenant,” respectively. be used to their fullest in Mexico’s tiny film indus- Gal Gadot to play Cleopatra in upcoming film Although they work on each other’s films, the try, so they headed north to Hollywood, which em- amigos are very different artists. braced them almost immediately. Gal Gadot’s casting as Cleopa- Leigh and Elizabeth Taylor have Del Toro is attracted to genre filmmaking, mix- If you’re a movie fan, you’re already familiar tra in an upcoming Paramount portrayed the historical figure . ing horror and science fiction in not only “Water,” with their Oscar winners, which also include Cu- film has launched a debate about Cleopatra was a descendant of which won him two Oscars, but also “The Devil’s aron’s “Gravity,” with Sandra Bullock and George the Egyptian ruler’s ancestry and Ptolemy I, a Mace- Labyrinth,” “Crimson Peak” and “Pacific Rim.” Clooney, but now’s a great time to search stream- whether the actress is right for donian Greek who Inarritu gravitates toward message dramas in ing services for these early winners that might the role. established himself which a broad swath of characters interact, start- have escaped your attention. The film, which will be direct- as king of Egypt ed by Patty Jenkins from a script after the death ‘A Little Princess’ ‘Cronos’ (1993) it was clear to what extent Cua- by Laeta Kalogridis, was Gadot’s of his companion ron is devoted to the color green. idea and is being billed as an epic Alexander the (1995) Del Toro’s elegantly grisly The writer/director uses it to biographical drama. The news Great. Cleopatra’s symbolize several things, but was first revealed by Deadline. Simply the best live-action vampire movie established him Gadot mother’s identity mostly it’s about imagination, Gadot, best known for playing children’s movie of the past as a witty, inventive movie- is unknown. specifically our ability to imag- Wonder Woman in two Jenkins three decades, Cuaron’s Eng- maker right out of the gate. I t’s Fan reaction was mostly skepti- a gruesome crowd-pleaser that ine better lives for ourselves. projects (including the upcom- lish-language debut is a riches- ing “Wonder Woman 1984”), is cal, with many wondering wheth- to-rags-to-riches fable. While features a lovely performance er Cleopatra should’ve been by the late Federico Luppi as ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ of Israeli descent. She is far from her father is off fighting World the first white woman to play the played by an actress of color. War I, Sara stays at a boarding a grandpa/bloodsucker and (2001) launched del Toro’s long collabo- role: Claudette Colbert, Vivien From The Los Angeles Times school presided over by an en- ration with actor Ron Perlman. Del Toro wrote and directed tertainingly evil Eleanor Bron. this horror movie that takes “I am a princess. Every girl is,” ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien’ place in an orphanage. The set- Mulgrew to reprise Star Trek role in ‘Prodigy’ says Sara, and the stunningly ting is Spain after the civil war, beautiful movie will have you (2001) and the chills come from ghosts believing that. Captain Janeway is headed idea that has elevated the world Cuaron’s rollicking road that haunt our young hero as well back to space. Kate Mulgrew will for decades.” ‘Amores Perros’ (2000) movie, starring Garcia Bernal, as the lingering shock waves of reprise her famous role as Cap- Janeway, the first female “Voy- Diego Luna and Maribel Verdu combat among countrymen. tain Kathryn Janeway in Nick- ager” captain, will I know Inarritu has won two in a sexy comedy/drama, feels as elodeon’s new animated series join the animated directing Oscars (for “Rev- fresh and youthful today as it did ‘21 Grams’ (2003) “Star Trek: Prodigy,” the network show about “a enant” and “Birdman”) not for 20 years ago. It’s easy to see why Inarritu announced Oct. 8. group of lawless this drama, but I don’t care. His was attracted to this thriller in “I have invested every scintilla teens who discover first movie remains his best. Gael ‘Great Expectations’ which disparate lives are con- of my being in Captain Janeway, a derelict Starfleet Garcia Bernal also launched a (1998) nected metaphysically (the title and I can’t wait to endow her with ship and use it to Hollywood career with “Perros” refers to the supposed weight of nuance that I never did before in search for adven- (whose title’s English translation It wasn’t until this woozy ro- a human soul). It’s a stellar ex- ‘Star Trek: Prodigy,’ ” the “Or- Mulgrew ture, meaning and can’t be printed here). It’s one of mance, both a rags-to-riches ample of his acumen with actors, ange Is the New Black” alum said salvation.” those dramas in which seem- fairy tale and a story of enduring with Naomi Watts and Benicio in a statement. “Prodigy” is expected to pre- ingly unrelated stories come to- love that stars Ethan Hawke and Del Toro (no relation to Guiller- “How thrilling to be able to in- miere next year. gether in a dazzling finale. Gwyneth Paltrow, came out that mo) earning Oscar nominations. troduce to these young minds an From The New York Daily News Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Trump or Biden, US and Europe will split Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY ANDREAS KLUTH West” as a community of liberal values and sia, would be happy to do bilateral deals Bloomberg Opinion collective defense, which is why it appears with Trump to stay on his good side. The EDITORIAL to be dissolving. nationalist government in Warsaw, in par- Terry Leonard, Editor lowly but surely, the Mid-Atlantic In his trade wars, Trump made the Eu- ticular, seems to prefer liaising with the [email protected] Ridge keeps pushing the North ropean Union a bogeyman second only to White House to talking with Brussels, Ber- American and European plates China, imposing “national security” tar- lin or Paris. Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor apart, at the rate of about an inch [email protected] S iffs on European steel and aluminum, and Biden, by contrast, is an avowed support- a year. Something similar is happening in more. In defense, he even cast doubt on his er of America’s alliances. He would reas- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content geopolitical tectonics. One generation ago commitment to NATO. According to John sure NATO and rejoin the Paris Agreement [email protected] the U.S. was western Europe’s indispens- Bolton, a former national security adviser, and the WHO. And he’s likely to work with able ally. Today, under President Donald Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation the president might quit the alliance in a the “E3” (Germany, France and the U.K.) [email protected] Trump, it often looks more like Europe’s second term, just as he has walked out of to reengage Iran for an updated version “foe” (Trump’s word) than friend. the Paris Agreement on climate change, of the nuclear deal abandoned by Trump. Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital That’s why Europeans, too, are waiting the World Health Organization and other He will treat the Europeans as partners [email protected] with bated breath for the U.S. presidential multilateral forums. again. election next month. If Trump wins, the Trump has thereby erased all European Only up to a point, however. Biden may BUREAU STAFF trans-Atlantic rift will make another au- assumptions about geopolitics. The Ameri- not withdraw U.S. troops from Germany, dible crack. If Joe Biden wins, the loudest can military and nuclear aegis has since as Trump is planning. But he won’t invest Europe/Mideast sound will be the popping of champagne World War II been western Europe’s best in trans-Atlantic defense, either. That’s Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief corks. 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JACK OHMAN/Washington Post Writers Group PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 SCOREBOARD/SPORTS BRIEFS Briefl y Sports Auto racing Bank of America ROVAL 400 Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 4067; 2. on AFN D.Hamlin, 4054; 3. B.Keselowski, 4035; 4. Sunday C.Elliott, 4027; 5. J.Logano, 4022; 6. M.Truex, At Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course 4017; 7. A.Bowman, 4009; 8. Ku.Busch, Concord, N.C. 4006; 9. Ky.Busch, 2187; 10. A.Dillon, 2186; Lap length: 2.28 miles 11. R.Blaney, 2160; 12. W.Byron, 2155; 13. Go to the American Forces (Start position in parentheses) C.Bowyer, 2154; 14. A.Almirola, 2143; 15. Reds Hall of Famer 1. (2) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 109 laps, M.DiBenedetto, 2131; 16. C.Custer, 2123. Network website for the most 49 points. up-to-date TV schedules. 2. (8) Joey Logano, Ford, 109, 44. Eifel Grand Prix 3. (14) Erik Jones, Toyota, 109, 35. myafn.net 4. (10) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 109, 33. Sunday 5. (24) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 109, 46. At Catalunya Circuit 6. (13) William Byron, Chevrolet, 109, Nurburg, Germany 42. Lap length: 5.00 kilometers Morgan dies at 77 Golf 7. (7) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 109, 37. (Start position in parentheses) 8. (5) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 109, 34. 1. (2) Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain, 9. (28) Cole Custer, Ford, 109, 28. Mercedes, 60 laps, 1:35:49.641, 25 points. Associated Press bled at the end of the season, 10. (11) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 109, 27. 2. (3) Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Shriners Hospitals 11. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 109, 26. losing seven of their last eight Red Bull Racing Honda, 60, +4.470 sec- CINCINNATI — Joe Morgan, for Children Open 12. (16) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 109, onds, 19. games. In the playoffs, they lost 28. 3. (6) Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Re- the Hall of Fame second base- 13. (30) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 109, in the wild card round to the Oak- Sunday nault, 60, +14.613, 15. man who became the sparkplug At TPC Summerlin Course 24. 4. (9) Sergio Perez, Mexico, Racing land Athletics. Las Vegas 14. (18) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 109, 23. Point BWT Mercedes, 60, +16.070, 12. of the Big Red Machine and the Purse: $7 million 15. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 109, 22. 5. (10) Carlos Sainz Jr, Spain, McLaren 16. (12) Aric Almirola, Ford, 109, 21. Renault, 60, +21.905, 10. prototype for baseball’s artificial Yardage: 7,243; Par: 72 17. (38) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, Police arrest 76 as Final Round 6. (12) Pierre Gasly, France, Scuderia turf era, has died. He was 77. 109, 20. Toro Rosso Honda, 60, +22.766, 8. Martin Laird won on the 2nd hole of playoff 18. (3) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 109, 20. M. Laird, $1,260,000 65-63-65-68—261 -23 7. (4) Charles Leclerc, Monaco, Ferrari, He died at his home Sunday in Lakers fans celebrate 19. (6) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 109, 18. 60, +30.814, 6. Austin Cook, $623,000 63-65-67-66—261 -23 20. (21) Chris Buescher, Ford, 109, 17. Danville, Calif., family spokes- M. Wolff, $623,000 68-66-61-66—261 -23 21. (26) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 109, 8. (20) Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Rac- man James Davis said in state- Seventy-six people were ar- A. Ancer, $343,000 66-66-65-67—264 -20 18. ing Point BWT Mercedes, 60, +32.596, 4. rested and more than 30 build- James Hahn, $259,000 64-66-67-68—265 -19 22. (20) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 109, 23. 9. (16) Romain Grosjean, France, Haas ment Monday. Morgan was P. Malnati, $259,000 66-62-71-66—265 -19 23. (17) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 109, 24. Ferrari, 60, +39.081, 2. suffering from a nerve condition, ings and business were damaged W. Zalatoris, $259,000 68-64-64-69—265 -19 24. (35) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 109, 10. (14) Antonio Giovinazzi, Italy, Alfa P. Cantlay, $190,750 63-65-65-73—266 -18 30. Romeo Racing Ferrari, 60, +40.035, 1. a form of polyneuropathy. when a downtown Los Angeles B. DChmbeau, $190,750 62-67-71-66—266 -18 25. (34) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 109, 12. 11. (11) Sebastian Vettel, Germany, celebration turned chaotic after Si Woo Kim, $190,750 67-67-63-69—266 -18 26. (36) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 109, Ferrari, 60, +40.810. Morgan’s death marked the lat- M. NeSmith, $190,750 66-68-64-68—266 -18 0. 12. (19) Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Alfa est among major league greats the Lakers won their 17th Nation- Justin Suh, $190,750 68-65-66-67—266 -18 27. (32) Corey Lajoie, Ford, 109, 10. Romeo Racing Ferrari, 60, +41.476. al Basketball Association cham- Sungjae Im, $125,417 67-63-69-68—267 -17 28. (25) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, 109, 9. 13. (15) Kevin Magnussen, Denmark, this year: Whitey Ford, Bob Gib- J. Niemann, $125,417 68-66-67-66—267 -17 29. (37) James Davison, Ford, 109, 8. Haas Ferrari, 60, +49.585. son, Lou Brock, Tom Seaver and pionship, police said Monday. W. Simpson, $125,417 68-67-65-67—267 -17 30. (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 109, 7. 14. (18) Nicholas Latifi, Canada, Wil- Causes for the arrests included H. Varner III, $125,417 63-68-66-70—267 -17 31. (15) Ryan Newman, Ford, 109, 11. liams Mercedes, 60, +54.449. Al Kaline. W. Clark, $125,417 67-63-65-72—267 -17 32. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, 109, 7. 15. (13) Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Scuderia Morgan failure to disperse, vandalism and Brian Harman, $125,417 65-63-67-72—267 -17 33. (29) Josh Bilicki, Ford, 108, 0. Toro Rosso Honda, 60, +55.588. assault on a police officer, a police John Huh, $86,030 69-66-64-69—268 -16 34. (23) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet, 108, 3. 16. (8) Lando Norris, Great Britain, was a two- Zach Johnson, $86,030 65-68-68-67—268 -16 35. (33) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 108, 0. McLaren Renault, did not finish, 42. time NL department statement said. L. Oosthuizen, $86,030 65-68-71-64—268 -16 36. (19) John H. Nemechek, Ford, 105, 1. 17. (5) Alexander Albon, Thailand, Red Eight officers were treated for Scott Piercy, $86,030 68-65-67-68—268 -16 37. (22) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, sus- Bull Racing Honda, did not finish, 23. Most Valu- C. Tringale, $86,030 66-66-66-70—268 -16 pension, 95, 1. 18. (7) Esteban Ocon, France, Renault, injuries and two members of the did not finish, 22. able Player, Tom Hoge, $61,950 70-64-66-69—269 -15 38. (27) Timmy Hill, Toyota, engine, 57, crowd were taken to hospitals P. Kizzire, $61,950 67-68-65-69—269 -15 0. 19. (1) Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Mer- a 10-time C. Smith, $61,950 70-63-66-70—269 -15 Race Statistics cedes, did not finish, 18. after being injured by so-called Average Speed of Race Winner: 76.951 20. (17) George Russell, Great Britain, All-Star and mph. Williams Mercedes, did not finish, 12. won five less lethal munitions fired by of- KPMG Championship Time of Race: 3 hours, 17 minutes, 11 Driver Standings ficers, the statement said. seconds. 1. Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain, Mer- Gold Gloves. LPGA Tour Margin of Victory: 3.895 seconds. cedes, 205 points. A 5-foot- Sunday Caution Flags: 9 for 16 laps. 2. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Mercedes, At Aronimink Golf Club Virus cases push back Lead Changes: 17 among 12 drivers. 161. 7 dynamo Morgan Newtown Square, Penn. Lap Leaders: D.Hamlin 0; B.Keselowski 3. Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Red known for Purse: $4.3 million 1-7; C.Elliott 8-12; C.Bowyer 13-20; Bull Racing Honda, 128. Baylor vs. Oklahoma St. Yardage: 6,831; Par: 70 T.Dillon 21-25; C.Bell 26-29; W.Byron 30-39; 4. Lando Norris, Great Britain, McLar- flapping his Final Round R.Blaney 40-51; C.Bell 52-53; W.Byron 54- en Renault, 65. left elbow at the plate, Little Joe WACO, Texas — Seventh- Sei Y. Kim, $645,000 71-65-67-63—266 -14 70; C.Bowyer 71; R.Blaney 72-73; R.Preece 5. Alexander Albon, Thailand, Red Bull Inbee Park, $388,569 70-70-66-65—271 -9 74-81; A.Bowman 82-83; C.Elliott 84-87; Racing Honda, 64. could hit a home run, steal a base ranked Oklahoma State’s sched- N. Hataoka, $249,967 72-69-68-64—273 -7 Ky.Busch 88-90; E.Jones 91; C.Elliott 92-109 6. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Renault, and disrupt any game with his C. Ciganda, $249,967 68-69-71-65—273 -7 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, 63. uled game Saturday at Baylor A. Nordqvist, $175,511 69-68-68-71—276 -4 Laps Led): C.Elliott, 3 times for 27 laps; 7. Charles Leclerc, Monaco, Ferrari, daring. has been pushed back nearly two B. M. Hndrson, $143,599 71-69-65-72—277 -3 W.Byron, 2 times for 27 laps; R.Blaney, 57. Charley Hull, $112,752 70-71-69-69—279 -1 2 times for 14 laps; C.Bowyer, 2 times 8. Lance Stroll, Canada, Racing Point Most of all, he completed Cin- months because of an increase J. Kupcho, 112,752 72-65-71-71—279 -1 for 9 laps; R.Preece, 1 time for 8 laps; BWT Mercedes, 57. cinnati’s two-time World Series in positive COVID-19 cases and L. Stephenson, $83,765 70-68-74-68—280 E B.Keselowski, 1 time for 7 laps; C.Bell, 2 9. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Racing Point B. Lincicome, $83,765 67-72-72-69—280 E times for 6 laps; T.Dillon, 1 time for 5 laps; BWT Mercedes, 56. championship team, driving a concerns of a potential outbreak Gaby Lopez, $83,765 68-72-68-72—280 E Ky.Busch, 1 time for 3 laps; A.Bowman, 1 10. Pierre Gasly, France, Scuderia Toro club featuring the likes of Pete inside the Bears’ program. B. Pagdngnan, $83,765 77-65-65-73—280 E time for 2 laps; E.Jones, 1 time for 1 lap; Rosso Honda, 45. D.Hamlin, 1 time for 0 laps. Manufacturers Standings Rose, Johnny Bench and Tony The Big 12 Conference an- BMW Championship Wins: K.Harvick, 9; D.Hamlin, 7; 1. Mercedes, 366. Perez to back-to-back titles. nounced Sunday night that the B.Keselowski, 4; C.Elliott, 3; J.Logano, 2. Red Bull Racing Honda, 192. Sunday 2; M.Truex, 1; A.Bowman, 1; Ku.Busch, 3. McLaren Renault, 106. Morgan’s tiebreaking single game has been rescheduled for At Wentworth Golf Club 1; A.Dillon, 1; R.Blaney, 1; W.Byron, 1; 4. Racing Point BWT Mercedes, 104. with two outs in the ninth inning Dec. 12. Baylor said last Thurs- Surrey, England C.Custer, 1. 5. Renault, 99. Purse: $7 million of Game 7 in 1975 gave the Reds day that it was pausing football Yardage: 7,284; Par: 72 the crown in a classic matchup Final Round activities to evaluate recent posi- Tyrrel Hatton 66-67-69-67—269 -19 College football with Boston, and he spurred a tive tests for COVID-19, but said Victor Perez 69-66-70-68—273 -15 four-game sweep of the Yankees Andy Sullivan 71-69-69-65—274 -14 then it hoped to play the game Patrick Reed 70-68-68-68—274 -14 AP Top 25 USA Today Top 25 the next season. against the Cowboys (3-0, 2-0 Big Ian Poulter 69-70-68-68—275 -13 Morgan was the league’s MVP 12) . Eddie Pepperell 67-70-70-69—276 -12 The Top 25 teams in The Associated The Amway Top 25 football poll, with Renato Paratore 73-69-68-67—277 -11 Press college football poll, with first- first-place votes in parentheses, records both years. And his Hall of Fame Matthew Fitzpatrick 67-65-76-69—277 -11 place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 11, total points based on 25 teammates and manager readily Joachim B. Hansen 68-67-70-72—277 -11 points for first place through one point South Korea’s Kim wins Scott Hend 68-69-73-68—278 -10 through Oct. 10, total points based on 25 for 25th, and previous ranking: acknowledged he was the one that Marcus Kinhult 72-67-71-68—278 -10 points for a first-place vote through one Record Pts Pvs got it all started.. Women’s PGA Martin Kaymer 73-68-69-68—278 -10 point for a 25th-place vote, and previous 1. Clemson (55) 4-0 1543 1 Sami Valimaki 72-67-74-66—279 -9 ranking: 2. Alabama (5) 3-0 1478 2 “He was just a good major NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. Jordan Smith 72-67-71-69—279 -9 Record Pts Pvs 3. Georgia 3-0 1424 3 league player when it didn’t Shane Lowry 67-65-74-73—279 -9 4. Notre Dame 3-0 1332 5 — Sei Young Kim shot the best 1. Clemson (59) 4-0 1,546 1 mean anything,” former Reds Tommy Fleetwood 71-68-67-73—279 -9 2. Alabama (2) 3-0 1,463 2 5. Ohio State (2) 0-0 1194 6 round of the week in the KPMG David Horsey 70-69-67-73—279 -9 6. North Carolina 3-0 1175 9 and Tigers skipper Sparky An- 3. Georgia (1) 3-0 1,430 3 7. Oklahoma St. 3-0 1056 10 Women’s PGA Championship, 4. Notre Dame 3-0 1,317 5 8. Penn St. 0-0 1005 8 derson once said. “But when it closing with a 7-under 63 at Aron- 5. North Carolina 3-0 1,190 8 9. Florida 2-1 928 3 meant something, he was a Hall 6. Ohio St. 0-0 1,152 6 10. Cincinnati 3-0 906 11 imink for a five-shot victory and Deals of Famer.” 7. Oklahoma St. 3-0 1,069 10 11. Texas A&M 2-1 801 20 her first major championship. 8. Cincinnati 3-0 971 11 12. Miami 3-1 795 7 In a 22-year career through 9. Penn St. 0-0 970 9 13. Brigham Young 4-0 759 15 Kim had 10 victories, the most Sunday’s transactions 14. Auburn 2-1 735 13 1984, Morgan scored 1,650 runs, 10. Florida 2-1 904 4 of any player on the LPGA Tour BASEBALL 15. Wisconsin 0-0 687 14 stole 689 bases, hit 268 homers 11. Texas A&M 2-1 883 21 16. Oregon 0-0 646 17 without a major . She won by five Major League Baseball 12. Oregon 0-0 817 12 and batted .271 . American League 17. Tennessee 2-1 505 12 over seven-time major champion HOUSTON ASTROS — Activated RHP 13. Miami 3-1 789 7 18. SMU 4-0 464 21 Chase De Jong. Reassigned OF Chas Mc- 14. BYU 4-0 708 15 19. Michigan 0-0 454 19 Inbee Park, who closed with a 65. 20. Iowa St. 3-1 372 24 White Sox fire Renteria Cormick to the minor leagues. 15. Auburn 2-1 702 13 In other golf news: TAMPA BAY RAYS — Designated RHP 16. Wisconsin 0-0 633 16 21. Louisiana-Lafayette 3-0 280 23 Oliver Drake for assignment. Activated 22. Kansas St. 3-1 276 29 after four seasons  Martin Laird lost a chance 17. SMU 4-0 522 18 23. Virginia Tech 2-1 156 18 LHPs Josh Fleming and Jose Alvarado. 18. Tennessee 2-1 462 14 Reassigned RHP Trevor Richards and OF 24. Southern Cal 0-0 147 28 to win by making bogey on the Brett Phillips to the minor leagues. 19. Michigan 0-0 417 20 25. Minnesota 0-0 146 26 CHICAGO —- The Chicago 18th hole, only to redeem himself FOOTBALL 20. Iowa St. 3-1 404 24 Dropped out: No. 16 LSU (1-2); No. 22 White Sox parted ways with National Football League 21. Louisiana-Lafayette 3-0 341 23 Texas (2-2); No. 25 Central Florida (2-1). in a three-way playoff by mak- TENNESSEE TITANS — Activated DL 22. Kansas St. 3-1 301 - Others receiving votes: C. Florida 93; manager Rick Renteria, General ing a 20-foot birdie putt on the DaQuan Jones and LS Beau Brinkley from 23. Virginia Tech 2-1 198 19 N.C. State (3-1) 89; Oklahoma (2-2) 87; Marshall (3-0) 73; Boston College (3-1) Manager Rick Hahn announced second extra hole to win the Shri- the reserve/COVID-19 list. 24. Minnesota 0-0 177 25 HOCKEY 68; Iowa (0-0) 53; Coastal Carolina (3-0) Monday. Renteria managed the ners Hospitals for Children Open National Hockey League 25. Southern Cal 0-0 124 - 48; Utah (0-0) 44; West Virginia (2-1) 39; DALLAS STARS — Signed C Joel Others receiving votes: Marshall 105, Alabama-Birmingham (3-1) 38; Army (4- White Sox for four seasons and in Las Vegas. L’Esperance to a two-year, two-way con- NC State 86, Oklahoma 71, Tulsa 61, UCF 1) 37; Boise State (0-0) 36; Tulsa (1-1) 20; had a 236-309 record with the  Ernie Els birdied the final tract. Signed C Radek Faksa to a five- 57, Boston College 42, Coastal Carolina Mississippi State (1-2) 20; Memphis (1-1) year contract. 37, UAB 29, Utah 29, Iowa 28, West Virgin- 17; TCU (1-2) 16; Mississippi (1-2) 13; Air team. Last season, the White Sox two holes, running in a 40-footer NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Loaned F ia 25, Army 20, Memphis 12, Air Force 11, Force (1-0) 13; Arizona State (0-0) 12; made their first playoff appear- in the rain on the last, for a 6- Egor Afanasyev to CSKA Moscow (Konti- Liberty (4-0) 8; Kentucky (1-2) 8; Texas nental Hockey League). Liberty Flames 8, Mississippi 6, Arizona (2-2) 7; Houston (1-0) 7; California (0-0) 7; ance since 2008 after finishing under 66 and a one-stroke victory WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed F St. 6, Texas 5, Houston 5, LSU 5, Washing- Washington (0-0) 6; Stanford (0-0) 6; Mis- with a 35-25 record. Daniel Carr to a one-year, two-way con- ton 4, Missouri 2, Virginia 2, Louisiana souri (1-2) 6; Nebraska (0-0) 5; Louisiana over Colin Montgomerie in the tract. Tech 2, Indiana 1, TCU 1. Tech (3-1) 5; LSU (1-2) 4; Arkansas (1-2) 1. However, the White Sox stum- SAS Championship in Cary, N.C. Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 NFL Carr, Raiders snap Chiefs’ 13-game win streak Associated Press ‘ I’ve had a lot of KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Derek Carr could be forgiven for think- sad walks up that ing he was due for another miser- able day at Arrowhead Stadium. ramp, but you know The Raiders quarterback had what? Not today. never won in six tries in Kansas ’ City, his quarterback rating so Derek Carr low in his personal house of hor- Raiders quarterback, after earning his rors that he probably deserved fi rst career win at Arrowhead Stadium to be benched. And when Carr threw an early interception Sun- day that helped the Chiefs take a he played in this game, being a commanding lead, well, it seemed captain. He just controlled the as if history was repeating itself. game, made sure everybody “I’ve had a lot of sad walks up stayed positive.” that ramp,” Carr said later, “but Mahomes spent the entire you know what? Not today.” game trying to escape the Las Instead, the oft-criticized quar- Vegas pass rush, which manhan- terback steadied his shaky team, dled the Chiefs offensive line. He outplayed Super Bowl MVP finished with 340 yards passing Patrick Mahomes and led the and two touchdowns along with Raiders to a 40-32 victory. Carr an interception. Kelce had 108 finished with 347 yards and three yards receiving. touchdowns passing. Perhaps fit- “You know, we just didn’t ex- tingly, he executed the quarter- ecute at a high enough level,” Ma- back sneak on fourth-and-1 that homes said. “We weren’t running clinched the win. plays the right way and I wasn’t “I think we’re back a little finding the right reads, and that bit,” Carr said with a smile, “but carried over and we didn’t play we have to win football games the second half the way we want- REED HOFFMANN/AP against these guys to make it a ed to.” rivalry. We haven’t done that in a Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr, center, earned his first win in six tries at Arrowhead Stadium on Virus concerns: The Raiders long time. To make it a rivalry, we Sunday, leading the Raiders over the previously undefeated Chiefs 40-32, in Kansas City, Mo. placed DT Maurice Hurst on the have to win games like this one.” COVID-19 list earlier this week, The game, tied 24-24 after three field goal from Daniel Carlson hitting Travis Kelce for a TD Carr sneaked for the crucial first and the Chiefs reportedly had an quarters, could have gone either and an interception of Mahomes and Darrel Williams for the 2- down. assistant strength and condition- way. But with the high-powered on fourth down to set up Jacobs’s point try. But the Raiders (3-2) “It clicked to me in the locker ing coach test positive. But con- Kansas City offense sputtering, second TD and establish breath- recovered a squib quick, Jacobs room. I’m like, ‘Man, this is your tact tracing was done within both the Raiders got the go-ahead ing room. rumbled for a first down as the first win,’ ” Jacobs said. “It feels organizations and there were no touchdown from Josh Jacobs, a Mahomes quickly answered, Chiefs (4-1) burned timeouts, and good to see him, and see how good additional positive tests. Roundup Wilson lifts Seahawks over Vikings

Associated Press play, and host Dallas beat winless scored four touchdowns, includ- New York. ing the clincher with 2:59 remain- SEATTLE — By this point, Michael Gallup made two ing, and Pittsburgh remained Russell Wilson piecing together spectacular sideline catches on unbeaten with a win over visiting more late dramatics that ends throws from Dalton, the second Philadelphia. with the Seattle Seahawks erupt- a 38-yarder to the New York 16. Dolphins 43, 49ers 17: Ryan ing in celebration seems almost The Cowboys ran the clock down Fitzpatrick threw for 350 yards expected. to 3 seconds, and Greg Zuerlein and three touchdowns and visit- Another late drive. Another had his second game-ending kick ing Miami sent defending NFC touchdown throw by Wilson. An- of the season, from 34 yards. champion San Francisco to its other Seahawks victory. Rams 30, Washington 10: third straight home loss to open “I don’t know how anybody Jared Goff threw for 309 yards the season. could ever be better than what and two touchdowns and ran for Texans 30, Jaguars 14: De- he continues to show us in those another, and visiting Los Angeles shaun Watson threw for a sea- situations,” Seattle coach Pete improved to 4-1 by beating Wash- son-high 359 yards and three Carroll said. “He’s as good as you ington in Alex Smith’s return al- touchdowns and Houston got its can get.” most two years since a gruesome first win of the season, beating Wilson capped a 94-yard drive injury put his career in jeopardy. visiting Jacksonville in the wake with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Smith played his first NFL of coach Bill O’Brien’s firing. DK Metcalf on fourth-and-goal game 693 days since breaking Panthers 23, Falcons 16: with 15 seconds left, and the Se- his right tibia and fibula, entering Teddy Bridgewater threw for 313 ahawks beat the Minnesota Vi- when new Washington starting yards and two touchdowns, Jus- kings 27-26 on Sunday night. quarterback Kyle Allen injured ton Burris made a huge intercep- Seattle improved to 5-0 for his left arm. Smith was 9-for-17 tion in the end zone and Carolina the first time in franchise his- for 37 yards on the same field he held on for a victory over winless tory with Wilson providing more was carted off of on Nov. 18, 2018, host Atlanta. prime-time magic and yet anoth- before undergoing 17 surgeries to Ravens 27, Bengals 3: Host er late comeback on a soggy Octo- repair the injury. Baltimore sacked Joe Burrow ber night in an empty stadium. Browns 32, Colts 23: Baker seven times, forced the Cincinna- In his career, Wilson has 34 ca- Mayfield passed for a season-high ti rookie into a pair of turnovers reer game-winning drives when 247 yards and two touchdowns and effectively stuffed the Ben- tied or trailing in the fourth quar- against the NFL’s No. 1 defense, gals’ running game in a box. ter and overtime — regular sea- Myles Garrett forced a crucial Cardinals 30, Jets 10: Kyler son and playoffs combined. safety in the fourth quarter and Murray ran for a touchdown and Cowboys 37, Giants 34: Dak host Cleveland held on for a win threw another to DeAndre Hop- Prescott sustained a gruesome over Indianapolis. kins as Arizona snapped a two- STEPHEN BRASHEAR/AP ankle injury not long after his The Browns improved to 4-1 game losing streak with a victory first career touchdown catch be- for the first time since 1994. over host New York, further put- Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson runs with the ball during the fore backup Andy Dalton led a Steelers 38, Eagles 29: Rook- ting coach Adam Gase’s future in Sunday’s 27-26 win over the Minnesota Vikings in Seattle. The drive to a field goal on the final ie wide receiver Chase Claypool jeopardy after an 0-5 start. Seahawks improved to 5-0 for the first time in franchise history. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 NFL SCOREBOARD

American Conference Rams 30, Washington 10 Cardinals 30, Jets 10 East L.A. Rams 6 14 3 7—30 Arizona 7 10 7 6—30 W L T Pct PF PA Washington 7 3 0 0—10 N.Y. Jets 0 3 7 0—10 Buffalo 4 0 0 1.000 123 100 First Quarter First Quarter New England 2 2 0 .500 97 92 LAR—Henderson 1 run (kick failed), Ari—Edmonds 29 run (Gonzalez kick), Miami 2 3 0 .400 136 113 7:29. 7:33. N.Y. Jets 0 5 0 .000 75 161 Was—K.Allen 7 run (D.Hopkins kick), Second Quarter South 1:34. NYJ—FG Ficken 26, 7:01. Tennessee 3 0 0 1.000 80 74 Second Quarter Ari—K.Murray 2 run (Gonzalez kick), Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 126 88 LAR—Woods 56 pass from Goff (Slo- 2:41. Houston 1 4 0 .200 110 140 man kick), 14:52. Ari—FG Gonzalez 47, :03. Jacksonville 1 4 0 .200 109 147 LAR—Goff 2 run (Sloman kick), 7:32. Third Quarter North Was—FG D.Hopkins 48, :00. NYJ—Crowder 11 pass from Flacco Pittsburgh 4 0 0 1.000 118 87 Third Quarter (Ficken kick), 5:51. Baltimore 4 1 0 .800 149 76 LAR—FG Sloman 28, 7:04. Ari—Drake 1 run (Gonzalez kick), :15. Cleveland 4 1 0 .800 156 149 Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter Cincinnati 1 3 1 .300 102 126 LAR—Henderson 11 pass from Goff Ari—Hopkins 37 pass from K.Murray West (Sloman kick), 6:37. (pass failed), 8:35. Kansas City 4 1 0 .800 149 110 LAR Was Ari NYJ Las Vegas 3 2 0 .600 151 152 First downs 20 10 First downs 28 21 Denver 1 3 0 .250 82 98 Total Net Yards 429 108 Total Net Yards 496 285 L.A. Chargers 1 3 0 .250 83 95 Rushes-yards 35-129 14-38 Rushes-yards 30-127 28-123 Passing 300 70 Passing 369 162 Punt Returns 7-31 2-13 Punt Returns 3-8 1-9 National Conference Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-48 Kickoff Returns 1-31 4-43 East Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-21 W L T Pct PF PA Comp-Att-Int 21-30-1 18-30-0 Comp-Att-Int 27-37-1 18-33-0 Dallas 2 3 0 .400 163 180 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-9 8-41 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-11 3-33 DAVID RICHARD/AP Philadelphia 1 3 1 .300 113 145 Punts 5-41.0 10-51.1 Punts 4-41.8 6-46.5 Washington 1 4 0 .200 89 142 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins, left, and quarterback Baker N.Y. Giants 0 5 0 .000 81 133 Penalties-Yards 5-60 3-40 Penalties-Yards 10-59 6-30 South Time of Possession 35:35 24:25 Time of Possession 32:15 27:45 Mayfield celebrate a 15-yard touchdown pass against the Colts. Carolina 3 2 0 .600 122 118 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Tampa Bay 3 2 0 .600 139 112 RUSHING—L.A. Rams, Akers 9-61, Hen- RUSHING—Arizona, Drake 18-60, Ed- New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 123 123 derson 15-38, Brown 8-30, Goff 3-0. Wash- monds 3-36, K.Murray 9-31. N.Y. Jets, Bell Cowboys 37, Giants 34 Browns 32, Colts 23 Atlanta 0 5 0 .000 122 161 ington, Gibson 11-27, K.Allen 1-7, McKis- 13-60, Gore 9-30, Flacco 4-20, Berrios 1-13, sic 1-3, Smith 1-1. Wesco 1-0. N.Y. Giants 14 6 3 11—34 Indianapolis 7 3 10 3—23 North PASSING—Arizona, K.Murray 27-37-1- Dallas 3 21 7 6—37 Cleveland 3 17 7 5—32 Green Bay 4 0 0 1.000 152 101 PASSING—L.A. Rams, Goff 21-30-1-309. Washington, K.Allen 9-13-0-74, Smith 9- 380. N.Y. Jets, Flacco 18-33-0-195. First Quarter First Quarter Chicago 4 1 0 .800 105 100 RECEIVING—Arizona, Hopkins 6-131, Dal—FG Zuerlein 24, 11:20. Cle—FG Parkey 24, 10:24. Detroit 1 3 0 .250 99 127 17-0-37. RECEIVING—L.A. Rams, Kupp 5-66, Kirk 5-78, Edmonds 5-56, Fitzgerald 4-35, NYG—Engram 3 run (Gano kick), 6:53. Ind—J.Taylor 4 run (Blankenship kick), Minnesota 1 4 0 .200 132 152 Daniels 2-37, Isabella 2-30, Sherfield 1-6, NYG—Fackrell 46 interception return 6:00. West Everett 4-90, Woods 4-71, Henderson 3- 30, Reynolds 2-46, Higbee 2-12, Brown Johnson 1-5, Drake 1-2. N.Y. Jets, Crowder (Gano kick), 5:48. Second Quarter Seattle 5 0 0 1.000 169 135 8-116, Smith 3-23, Hogan 3-20, Herndon 2- Second Quarter Cle—Hunt 2 pass from Mayfield (Par- L.A. Rams 4 1 0 .800 136 90 1-(minus 6). Washington, McKissic 6-46, Gibson 5-24, McLaurin 3-26, Hemingway 24, Bell 1-7, Wesco 1-5. NYG—FG Gano 55, 13:30. key kick), 14:06. Arizona 3 2 0 .600 128 102 Dal—Elliott 1 run (Zuerlein kick), 6:31. Ind—FG Blankenship 32, 10:15. San Francisco 2 3 0 .400 124 114 1-10, Thomas 1-4, Wright 1-3, Inman 1- (minus 2). Dal—A.Brown 29 fumble return (Zuer- Cle—Higgins 15 pass from Mayfield Thursday’s games Texans 30, Jaguars 14 lein kick), 5:00. (Parkey kick), 5:58. Chicago 20, Tampa Bay 19 Jacksonville 0 7 0 7—14 NYG—FG Gano 50, :51. Cle—FG Parkey 36, :13. Sunday’s games Ravens 27, Bengals 3 Houston 0 10 3 17—30 Dal—Prescott 11 pass from C.Wilson Third Quarter Baltimore 27, Cincinnati 3 Second Quarter (Zuerlein kick), :16. Cle—Harrison 47 interception return Pittsburgh 38, Philadelphia 29 Cincinnati 0 0 0 3— 3 Baltimore 10 7 3 7—27 Hou—FG Fairbairn 36, 14:07. Third Quarter (Parkey kick), 12:15. Carolina 23, Atlanta 16 Jac—K.Cole 13 pass from Minshew NYG—FG Gano 54, 9:25. Ind—Rodgers 101 kickoff return (Blan- Las Vegas 40, Kansas City 32 First Quarter Bal—FG Tucker 46, 10:40. (Hauschka kick), 6:33. Dal—Elliott 12 run (Zuerlein kick), kenship kick), 12:00. L.A. Rams 30, Washington 10 Hou—Fells 44 pass from D.Watson 5:03. Ind—FG Blankenship 37, 3:58. Arizona 30, N.Y. Jets 10 Bal—Andrews 5 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker kick), :40. (Fairbairn kick), 4:32. Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter Houston 30, Jacksonville 14 Third Quarter NYG—FG Gano 28, 11:09. Cle—safety, 14:39. Miami 43, San Francisco 17 Second Quarter Hou—FG Fairbairn 33, 11:35. NYG—Freeman 4 run (A.Thomas pass Ind—FG Blankenship 25, 2:50. Dallas 37, N.Y. Giants 34 Bal—M.Brown 2 pass from L.Jackson from D.Jones), 8:46. Cle—FG Parkey 46, :21. (Tucker kick), 14:56. Fourth Quarter Cleveland 32, Indianapolis 23 Hou—Fuller 19 pass from D.Watson Dal—FG Zuerlein 40, 1:56. A—11,759. Seattle 27, Minnesota 26 Third Quarter (Fairbairn kick), 14:16. Dal—FG Zuerlein 34, :00. Ind Cle Monday’s games Bal—FG Tucker 39, 2:36. Jac—C.Johnson 4 pass from Minshew A—25,147. First downs 15 22 Denver at New England, ppd. Fourth Quarter (Hauschka kick), 10:18. NYG Dal Total Net Yards 308 385 L.A. Chargers at New Orleans Bal—Queen 53 fumble return (Tucker Hou—FG Fairbairn 46, 7:29. First downs 20 28 Rushes-yards 18-68 33-124 Tuesday’s games kick), 8:21. Hou—Cooks 28 pass from D.Watson Total Net Yards 300 402 Passing 240 261 Buffalo at Tennessee Cin—FG Bullock 38, :32. (Fairbairn kick), 4:39. Rushes-yards 27-89 29-126 Punt Returns 1-7 1-5 Open: Detroit, Green Bay, Denver, New Cin Bal England A—12,413. Passing 211 276 Kickoff Returns 5-212 5-99 First downs 12 17 Jac Hou Punt Returns 0-0 1-3 Interceptions Ret. 2-18 2-55 Sunday, Oct. 18 Total Net Yards 205 332 Denver at New England First downs 22 24 Kickoff Returns 2-49 2-28 Comp-Att-Int 21-33-2 22-38-2 Rushes-yards 28-70 24-161 Total Net Yards 364 486 Interceptions Ret. 1-46 0-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 1-4 Chicago at Carolina Passing 135 171 Cincinnati at Indianapolis Rushes-yards 20-75 22-129 Comp-Att-Int 20-33-0 24-33-1 Punts 1-54.0 2-46.5 Punt Returns 1-4 3-10 Passing 289 357 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 2-12 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Detroit at Jacksonville Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-30 Atlanta at Minnesota Punt Returns 0-0 1-9 Punts 2-52.0 2-43.5 Penalties-Yards 5-34 2-10 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-12 Kickoff Returns 1-40 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Time of Possession 25:15 34:45 Washington at N.Y. Giants Comp-Att-Int 19-30-1 19-37-1 Baltimore at Philadelphia Interceptions Ret. 2-48 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-81 3-25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Sacked-Yards Lost 7-48 1-9 Comp-Att-Int 31-49-0 25-35-2 Time of Possession 32:22 27:38 RUSHING—Indianapolis, Taylor 12- Cleveland at Pittsburgh Punts 7-50.1 4-44.3 Houston at Tennessee Sacked-Yards Lost 4-12 1-2 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 57, Hines 3-8, Dulin 1-3, Wilkins 1-1, Riv- Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 Punts 3-47.7 1-33.0 RUSHING—N.Y. Giants, Freeman 17- ers 1-(minus 1). Cleveland, Hunt 20-72, N.Y. Jets at Miami Penalties-Yards 5-40 4-25 Green Bay at Tampa Bay Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 60, Gallman 5-24, Engram 2-9, Penny 1-3, D.Johnson 8-32, Mayfield 2-17, Janovich Time of Possession 34:39 25:21 Penalties-Yards 4-35 5-25 Jones 2-(minus 7). Dallas, Elliott 19-91, 2-4, Beckham 1-(minus 1). L.A. Rams at San Francisco INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Monday, Oct. 19 Time of Possession 31:59 28:01 Pollard 6-30, Prescott 2-7, Dalton 1-0, PASSING—Indianapolis, Rivers 21-33- RUSHING—Cincinnati, Mixon 24-59, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Cooper 1-(minus 2). 2-243. Cleveland, Mayfield 21-37-2-247, Kansas City at Buffalo Burrow 3-10, Thomas 1-1. Baltimore, In- Arizona at Dallas RUSHING—Jacksonville, J.Robinson PASSING—N.Y. Giants, Jones 20-33-0- Beckham 1-1-0-18. gram 11-57, Duvernay 1-42, Dobbins 1-34, 13-48, Minshew 4-18, Thompson 2-7, Cole 222. Dallas, Prescott 14-21-1-166, Dalton RECEIVING—Indianapolis, Hilton 6-69, Open: Las Vegas, New Orleans, Seat- Edwards 7-25, Jackson 2-3, M.Brown 1-1, tle, L.A. Chargers 1-2. Houston, Da.Johnson 17-96, Watson 9-11-0-111, C.Wilson 1-1-0-11. Burton 5-33, Johnson 3-53, Hines 2-22, Griffin 1-(minus 1). 2-25, Du.Johnson 3-8. RECEIVING—N.Y. Giants, Slayton 8- Taylor 2-17, Pascal 2-15, Dulin 1-34. Cleve- PASSING—Cincinnati, Burrow 19-30-1- PASSING—Jacksonville, Minshew 31- 129, Tate 4-42, Freeman 2-27, D.Lewis 2- land, Beckham 5-58, Hooper 5-57, Landry Sunday 183. Baltimore, Jackson 19-37-1-180. 49-0-301. Houston, Watson 25-35-2-359. 1, Gallman 2-0, Engram 1-16, Smith 1-7. 4-88, Higgins 3-31, Hunt 3-21, Njoku 1-6, Steelers 38, Eagles 29 RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Mixon 6-35, RECEIVING—Jacksonville, Shenault Dallas, Lamb 8-124, Gallup 4-73, C.Wilson D.Johnson 1-4. Higgins 4-62, Boyd 4-42, Sample 2-22, Tate 7-79, J.Robinson 5-22, Thompson 3-35, 4-22, Cooper 2-23, Pollard 2-2, Elliott 1-14, Philadelphia 7 7 8 7—29 1-12, Thomas 1-6, Bernard 1-4. Baltimore, Johnson 3-30, O’Shaughnessy 3-20, Chark Bell 1-13, Prescott 1-11, Schultz 1-6. Pittsburgh 7 10 14 7—38 M.Brown 6-77, Andrews 6-56, Dobbins 3- 3-16, Eifert 3-16, Conley 2-58, Cole 2-25. Dolphins 43, 49ers 17 First Quarter 21, Duvernay 2-17, Ricard 1-7, Boyle 1-2. Houston, Cooks 8-161, Cobb 6-47, Fuller Miami 14 16 7 6—43 Pit—Claypool 2 run (Boswell kick), 1:04. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Baltimore, 4-58, Fells 2-57, Da.Johnson 2-7, Stills 1- Raiders 40, Chiefs 32 San Francisco 0 7 10 0—17 Phi—Sanders 74 run (Elliott kick), :07. Tucker 61. 14, Du.Johnson 1-11, Brown 1-4. Las Vegas 3 21 0 16—40 First Quarter Second Quarter MISSED FIELD GOALS—Jacksonville, Kansas City 7 17 0 8—32 Mia—Shaheen 3 pass from Fitzpatrick Pit—Claypool 32 pass from Roethlis- Seahawks 27, Vikings 26 Hauschka 49, Hauschka 24. First Quarter (Sanders kick), 10:45. berger (Boswell kick), 11:49. Las—FG Carlson 38, 6:45. Mia—Gaskin 1 run (Sanders kick), Phi—Sanders 1 run (Elliott kick), 6:17. Minnesota 7 6 6 7—26 KC—Mahomes 3 run (Butker kick), 2:06. 4:14. Pit—FG Boswell 41, 1:57. Seattle 0 0 21 6—27 Panthers 23, Falcons 16 Second Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter First Quarter Carolina 3 17 0 3—23 KC—Hill 10 run (Butker kick), 14:29. SF—Juszczyk 7 run (Gould kick), Pit—Claypool 5 pass from Roethlis- Min—Cook 8 run (Bailey kick), 8:48. Atlanta 7 0 3 6—16 Las—Agholor 59 pass from Carr (Carl- 12:07. berger (Boswell kick), 13:01. Second Quarter First Quarter son kick), 11:48. Mia—Parker 22 pass from Fitzpatrick Pit—Conner 1 run (Boswell kick), Min—FG Bailey 52, 8:33. Atl—Gurley 35 run (Koo kick), 8:19. KC—Watkins 8 pass from Mahomes (Sanders kick), 7:29. 10:32. Min—FG Bailey 46, :10. Car—FG Slye 38, :57. (Butker kick), 9:04. Mia—FG Sanders 26, 2:00. Phi—Ward 8 pass from Wentz (Hight- Third Quarter Second Quarter Las—Waller 5 pass from Carr (Carlson Mia—FG Sanders 50, :38. ower pass from Wentz), 5:58. Sea—Dissly 19 pass from R.Wilson Car—FG Slye 39, 9:06. kick), 6:24. Mia—FG Sanders 29, :00. Fourth Quarter (Myers kick), 9:55. Car—Moore 57 pass from Bridgewater Las—Ruggs 72 pass from Carr (Carl- Third Quarter Phi—Fulgham 4 pass from Wentz (El- Sea—Metcalf 13 pass from R.Wilson (Slye kick), 2:30. son kick), 2:39. SF—Bourne 19 pass from Beathard liott kick), 11:27. (Myers kick), 8:19. Car—Davis 3 pass from Bridgewater KC—FG Butker 32, :28. (Gould kick), 8:07. Pit—Claypool 35 pass from Roethlis- Sea—Carson 29 run (Myers kick), 8:02. (Slye kick), :23. Fourth Quarter Mia—P.Williams 32 pass from Fitzpat- berger (Boswell kick), 2:59. Min—Thielen 3 pass from Cousins Third Quarter Las—Jacobs 7 run (kick failed), 14:14. rick (Sanders kick), 4:42. A—4,708. (run failed), 3:39. Atl—FG Koo 46, 12:19. Las—FG Carlson 43, 6:34. SF—FG Gould 37, :46. Phi Pit Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter Las—Jacobs 2 run (Carlson kick), 5:26. Fourth Quarter First downs 20 25 Min—Thielen 6 pass from Cousins Atl—FG Koo 31, 14:48. KC—Kelce 7 pass from Mahomes (Wil- Mia—FG Sanders 31, 8:40. Total Net Yards 336 367 (Bailey kick), 7:08. Car—FG Slye 22, 1:10. liams pass from Mahomes), 3:57. Mia—FG Sanders 49, 5:52. Rushes-yards 16-94 32-136 Sea—Metcalf 6 pass from R.Wilson Atl—FG Koo 54, :04. A—13,311. Mia SF Passing 242 231 (pass failed), :15. A—6,656. Las KC First downs 22 19 Punt Returns 1-1 2-12 Min Sea Car Atl First downs 22 21 Total Net Yards 436 259 Kickoff Returns 3-48 2-48 First downs 31 18 First downs 24 21 Total Net Yards 490 413 Rushes-yards 33-94 19-131 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-3 Total Net Yards 449 314 Total Net Yards 437 369 Rushes-yards 35-144 20-80 Passing 342 128 Comp-Att-Int 21-36-2 27-34-0 Rushes-yards 41-201 16-124 Rushes-yards 27-124 25-166 Passing 346 333 Punt Returns 3-9 1-17 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-34 1-8 Passing 248 190 Passing 313 203 Punt Returns 0-0 1-0 Kickoff Returns 1-15 1-20 Punts 2-50.0 2-41.5 Punt Returns 2-7 1-15 Punt Returns 1--3 1-3 Kickoff Returns 3-45 2-45 Interceptions Ret. 2-48 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Kickoff Returns 2-37 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-64 2-47 Interceptions Ret. 1-47 1-29 Comp-Att-Int 22-28-0 16-35-2 Penalties-Yards 9-84 8-86 Interceptions Ret. 1-7 1-7 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-31-1 22-43-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-8 5-43 Time of Possession 25:17 34:43 Comp-Att-Int 27-39-1 20-32-1 Comp-Att-Int 27-37-0 21-37-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-1 3-7 Punts 2-42.0 3-44.3 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Sacked-Yards Lost 3-1 4-27 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-23 Punts 2-53.0 5-48.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 RUSHING—Philadelphia, Sanders 11- Punts 2-48.0 5-45.2 Punts 3-44.7 3-46.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-69 7-75 80, Wentz 4-11, Scott 1-3. Pittsburgh, Mc- Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-59 10-94 Time of Possession 36:53 23:07 Cloud 2-63, Conner 15-44, Snell 7-19, Mc- Penalties-Yards 6-55 3-25 Penalties-Yards 4-25 3-40 Time of Possession 35:17 24:43 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Farland 3-6, Claypool 3-6, Roethlisberger Time of Possession 39:28 20:32 Time of Possession 33:06 26:54 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Miami, Gaskin 16-57, Bre- 2-(minus 2). INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Las Vegas, Jacobs 23-77, ida 9-28, Fitzpatrick 3-16, Bowden 3-4, PASSING—Philadelphia, Wentz 20-35- RUSHING—Minnesota, Mattison 20- RUSHING—Carolina, Davis 16-89, Booker 7-62, Richard 1-4, Carr 4-1. Kansas Fejedelem 1-1, Grant 1-(minus 12). San 2-258, Hurts 1-1-0-18. Pittsburgh, Roeth- 112, Cook 17-65, Boone 2-19, Thielen 1-3, Samuel 4-28, Anderson 1-3, Bridgewater City, Edwards-Helaire 10-40, Mahomes 6- Francisco, Mostert 11-90, Wilson 4-27, lisberger 27-34-0-239. Cousins 1-2. Seattle, Wilson 5-58, Carson 3-3, Armah 1-2, Cannon 2-(minus 1). At- 21, Hill 3-15, Williams 1-4. Juszczyk 2-11, Samuel 1-3, McKinnon 1-0. RECEIVING—Philadelphia, Fulgham 8-52, Homer 3-14. lanta, Gurley 14-121, Hill 6-39, I.Smith 3-6, PASSING—Las Vegas, Carr 22-31-1-347. PASSING—Miami, Fitzpatrick 22-28-0- 10-152, Ward 4-26, Sanders 2-19, Hight- PASSING—Minnesota, Cousins 27-39- K.Smith 1-1, Ryan 1-(minus 1). Kansas City, Mahomes 22-43-1-340. 350. San Francisco, Beathard 9-18-0-94, ower 2-18, Arcega-Whiteside 1-37, Rod- 1-249. Seattle, Wilson 20-32-1-217. PASSING—Carolina, Bridgewater 27- RECEIVING—Las Vegas, Waller 5-48, Garoppolo 7-17-2-77. gers 1-18, Ertz 1-6. Pittsburgh, Claypool RECEIVING—Minnesota, Thielen 9-80, 37-0-313. Atlanta, Ryan 21-37-1-226. Richard 4-26, Ruggs 2-118, Agholor 2-67, RECEIVING—Miami, Gesicki 5-91, Gas- 7-110, Ebron 5-43, Smith-Schuster 4-28, Cook 5-24, I.Smith 4-64, Mattison 3-24, RECEIVING—Carolina, Davis 9-60, An- Ingold 2-25, Jacobs 2-8, Witten 2-6, Ren- kin 5-34, Williams 4-106, Parker 2-50, Ford Washington 3-25, Conner 3-19, McCloud Jefferson 3-23, O.Johnson 1-13, Beebe 1- derson 8-112, Samuel 5-36, Moore 4-93, frow 1-42, Booker 1-5, Z.Jones 1-2. Kansas 2-23, Breida 1-31, Cox 1-6, Grant 1-6, Sha- 3-12, McDonald 1-4, Johnson 1-(minus 2). 11, Rudolph 1-10. Seattle, Metcalf 6-93, Cooper 1-12. Atlanta, Ridley 8-136, Gurley City, Kelce 8-108, Hill 3-78, Edwards-He- heen 1-3. San Francisco, Kittle 4-44, Aiyuk MISSED FIELD GOALS—Philadelphia, Carson 6-27, Lockett 4-44, Swain 2-14, Ol- 4-29, Gage 2-16, Hill 2-15, Hurst 2-8, Zac- laire 3-40, Hardman 2-50, Watkins 2-24, 3-44, Mostert 3-29, Bourne 2-30, Samuel Elliott 57. sen 1-20, Dissly 1-19. cheaus 1-13, Graham 1-7, Stocker 1-2. Robinson 2-2, Pringle 1-23, Williams 1-15. 2-19, McKinnon 2-5. Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NFL On football Juggling act with schedule probably is just begining Titans-Bills remains on schedule for Tuesday

BY BARRY WILNER dream in a collision sport with so Associated Press many participants per team. Not to mention dozens of organiza- If fans are feeling dizzy, their tional members who work at team SMILEY N. POOL, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS/AP heads spinning like they were facilities. jonesing on Lamar Jackson/Pat- Whatever wiggle room the NFL Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott receives medical attention after being injured on a tackle by rick Mahomes highlight videos, had in compiling the schedule re- New York Giants cornerback Logan Ryan during the third quarter of the Cowboys’ 37-34 win Sunday in it’s understandable. Arlington, Texas. Prescott is out for the season with a fracture dislocation of his right ankle. leased in the spring pretty much is All of the schedule juggling the gone. Further outbreaks — or the NFL is doing feels like a Tilt-A- continuance of the ones in Nash- Whirl gone mad. Even worse, it’s ville and Foxborough — will lead Ankle injury ends Prescott’s almost certainly not over. to more disturbances. But given Super Bowl in springtime? Not the nature of the sport and the out of the realm of possibility. inability to play games too close The COVID-19 outbreak in together on any regular basis, the season in Cowboys’ victory Tennessee, followed by a mini- league is now cornered. outbreak in New England, has NFL executives have said they forced all sorts of machinations. have myriad contingency plans, No team’s schedule through late BY SCHUYLER DIXON Prescott reached for the leg as which have to include regular- Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ? he writhed in pain, and TV imag- November has been more dis- rupted than the Chargers — and season games in January. How es showed his right foot bent at an many? As many as are needed to ARLINGTON, Texas — After A fracture dislocation of his right awkward angle away from his leg. they haven’t had a coronavirus positive. get to 16 games — barring a total Dak Prescott’s season ended on ankle ends the season of Cowboys He was fighting back tears as he The Bills’ game with the Titans shutdown of the entire league. a gruesome ankle injury, his run- quarterback Dak Prescott, who was carted off with a cast on the remains on schedule for Tuesday Other team sports have consid- ning mate for all five of their sea- leg. Most of Prescott’s teammates has started 69 consecutive games night after the Titans had no posi- ered using or to employ winning sons with the Dallas Cowboys had rushed to greet him, as did New since his rookie year of 2016. tives Monday morning, while the percentage to determine playoff a hard time getting through the York players, including Ryan. berths when necessary. When post-game interview. SOURCE: NFL.com Patriots also returned no positives The team said Prescott had a after the NFL pushed back their you play just 16 games in a sea- Ezekiel Elliott sounded the same year Elliott went fourth fracture dislocation of the right game with Denver to Sunday. son, though, it seems inherently crushed, even after backup Andy overall. ankle and was taken to a hospi- However, when the NFL on unfair to reward or penalize any Dalton led a drive to Greg Zuer- “It’s hard to kind of put in tal, where surgery was planned Sunday shuffled the schedule team that can’t get to 16 because lein’s second game-ending field words,” Elliott, who rushed for 91 later in the day. Prescott started cards, it was the Chargers who of a pandemic. goal of the season as the Cowboys yards and two touchdowns, said the first 69 games of his career, came up with deuces. Certainly there are factors to rallied twice in a 37-34 victory in the middle of an answer about from the beginning of his rookie Get this: The Chargers had four consider about stretching the reg- over the winless New York Giants Dalton’s role in the rally. “I’m season. games and their bye impacted. ular season into a month when the on Sunday. sorry. I’m just struggling a little “I feel terrible for him,” first- Not only will fans have to check playoffs should be going on. For “I can’t even think right right bit right now.” year coach Mike McCarthy said. whose playing in the upcoming one, of course, it means pushing now,” Elliott, the two-time rush- Prescott was going down in the “He was having a tremendous weeks, so will the players. back the Super Bowl from Feb. 7 ing champion, said to no question arms of defensive back Logan year in the short time working As if that’s not enough upheav- if more than one week in January in particular as he continued try- Ryan at the end of a 9-yard run in with him. He’s made such an im- al, consider that we are in Week is needed to complete the season. ing to absorb the third-quarter the third quarter when the Dallas pression on me and he’s clearly 5. That means 12 more weeks on It means a longer schedule for the injury to Prescott, a two-time quarterback’s lower right leg got the leader of this football team. the schedule, ending on Jan. 3. also-rans who want to get away Pro Bowl quarterback who was caught under Ryan and appeared I have no doubt that he’ll bounce Except that getting in all of the and forget. the unheralded fourth-round pick to snap. back from this.” games by then likely is a pipe Stay tuned. Falcons fire Quinn, Dimitroff after they fall to 0-5

BY PAUL NEWBERRY the Falcons became the first team in NFL history to blow Associated Press fourth-quarter leads of at least 15 points in back-to-back games. ATLANTA — Dan Quinn never stopped believing he Those losses, to Dallas and Chicago, essentially served could turn things around in Atlanta. as Quinn’s epitaph, even though he managed to hang on for He won’t get the chance. two more games. With the Falcons mired at 0-5 for the first time since After falling to the Panthers, Quinn insisted that he 1997, Quinn was fired as the team’s coach — just hours wasn’t thinking about his job status, maintaining the out- after a 23-16 loss to the Carolina Panthers. ward confidence he displayed throughout his tenure. Longtime general manager Thomas Dimitroff was also “Honestly, it’s the furthest thing from my mind,” the 50- dismissed. year-old coach said. “My job is coaching and my focus on The Falcons promoted defensive coordinator Raheem us to keep playing and play the way we can.” Morris to interim coach on Monday. He was head coach Before the night was done, his tenure in Atlanta was of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2009-11, posting a re- over. cord of 17-31, and has served a variety of roles in Atlanta “This is a results business and I owe it to our fans to put BRYNN ANDERSON/AP since joining Quinn’s staff in 2015. the best product we can on the field,” owner Arthur Blank Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff, left, and Quinn’s five-plus seasons will be remembered for a said. “We have poured every resource possible into win- coach Dan Quinn were fired after Atlanta dropped to 0-5 Super Bowl meltdown at the end of the 2016 season, when ning and will continue to do so, but the results of late do for the first time since 1997. the Falcons infamously squandered a 28-3 lead to Tom not meet our standard or what I’ve promised our fans.” Brady’s New England Patriots and became a national Quinn was the second NFL coach this season to lose his Quinn departed with an overall record of 43-42, but he laughingstock — a stigma that lingers to this day. job after Houston’s Bill O’Brien was let go following an was just 14-23 since the beginning of the 2018 season. He That ugly memory returned in force this season, when 0-4 start. was 3-2 in two postseason appearances. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, October 13, 2020 AUTO RACING/NBA FINALS Elliott wins at Roval, champ Busch bounced

BY JENNA FRYER have anything for nobody.” Associated Press Busch led just one lap after the restart before both teammate CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch, Erik Jones and Elliott passed leading a race he had to win, not him and then his Toyota began to once believed he was driving to- fade. Busch finished 30th. There ward a season-saving victory. He are only four races remaining doesn’t even think he can get to for him to extend his streak to 16 victory lane this year. consecutive seasons with at least “Do we even have a shot to one victory. win? I don’t think we have a shot,“ He acknowledged the mental Busch said after he was eliminat- toll of this disappointing year and ed from the playoffs Sunday. didn’t rule out personnel changes NASCAR will crown a new for his team. champion this year and the worst “There have certainly been season of Busch’s career ex- times this year were I’ve thought, tended to mark the earliest the ‘Man, there was something wrong reigning Cup champion has been with me. I’m not doing it right, eliminated since the format de- I don’t know what I’m doing,’“ buted in 2014. Busch said. “I don’t know what Chase Elliott won on the hybrid to think, but certainly it would be road course-oval at Charlotte nice to score a win. To have a win Motor Speedway, where Busch for this year, that would be the and three others were trimmed consolation prize for the way this from title contention. It was El- year has gone.“ liott’s fourth straight road course Austin Dillon in a Chevrolet for victory dating to last season. Richard Childress Racing, and Elliott is in the round of eight Stewart-Haas Racing teammates for the fourth consecutive year Clint Bowyer and Aric Almirola and still seeking his first appear- in Fords also were eliminated. ance in the championship final Bowyer, who this week said he’s four. retiring at the end of the season “We’ve been fortunate to get to and will move to the television the round of eight the last couple booth, was treated for exhaustion MARK J. TERRILL/AP years, that’s kind of been the stop- after driving the second half of The Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, left, and Anthony Davis celebrate defeating the Miami Heat ping point,” Elliott said. “We’re the race without power steering. 106-93 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, Sunday, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. just eyes ahead trying to as- Elliott, meanwhile, won for the sert ourselves amongst the next second consecutive year at “The group.” Roval” and third time this season. Busch, meanwhile, won’t be in It’s his second win this season at Top: the title-deciding finale for the Charlotte — he won on the oval Lakers end tough year with title first time in six years. He needed in May when NASCAR resumed his first win of the season to ad- racing during the pandemic. FROM BACK PAGE Scoreboard 6-for-6 in the half, the first time vance, a tall ask in this bumpy Elliott will try to take that mo- They made the clincher look he’d done that since November year. He seemed good as done mentum into the round of eight, easy. James won his fourth title, 2007. The Lakers’ lead was 46-32 when a flat tire at the end of the which he advanced to for the doing it with a third different with 5:00 left in the half, and they second stage should have ended fourth-straight year. Elliott has franchise — and against the Heat NBA Finals outscored Miami 18-4 from there his chances. never made it to the champion- At Lake Buena Vista, Fla. until intermission. franchise that showed him how to (Best-of-seven) He seemed resigned when he ship finale. become a champion. L.A. Lakers 4, Miami 2 Ball game. The 28-point half- keyed his mic and said, “Good job “Best way to get into the next L.A. Lakers 116, Miami 98 time lead was the second-biggest Bam Adebayo had 25 points L.A. Lakers 124, Miami 114 this year, guys,” to his No. 18 Joe round is to win,” Elliott said. and 10 rebounds for Miami, which Miami 115, L.A. Lakers 104 in NBA Finals history, topped Gibbs Racing crew. He still some- “Looking forward to the oppor- L.A. Lakers 102, Miami 96 only by the Celtics leading the got 12 points from Jimmy Butler Miami 111, L.A. Lakers 108 how recovered and was third tunity and looking to make some — the player who, in his first Heat Sunday: L.A. Lakers 106, Miami 93 Lakers 79-49 on May 27, 1985. when he gambled on not pitting to noise.” season, got the team back to title True to form, the Heat — a No. take over the lead. Elliott advanced along with Sunday 5 seed in the Eastern Conference contention. Rajon Rondo scored Lakers 106, Heat 93 His fate was in his hands but Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch, 19 points for the Lakers. that finished with a losing record Busch knew he didn’t have a who won the first two races of the L.A. LAKERS — Green 4-10 0-0 11, James last season, a team that embraced With that, the league’s bubble 13-20 1-4 28, Davis 7-17 5-7 19, Caldwell- chance. second round, along with Kevin chapter, put together after a 4 ½- Pope 6-13 3-3 17, Caruso 2-7 0-0 4, Dudley the challenge of the bubble like “We were trying something, 0-1 0-0 0, Kuzma 1-4 0-0 2, Morris 1-4 0-0 none other — didn’t stop playing, Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Joey month suspension of play that 3, Howard 1-1 0-0 3, Cook 0-1 0-0 0, Rondo anything,” Busch said. “I didn’t Logano and Alex Bowman. started March 11 because of the 8-11 0-0 19. Totals 43-89 9-14 106. not even when the deficit got to 36 MIAMI — Butler 5-10 1-3 12, Crowder 3- coronavirus pandemic, is over. 9 5-7 12, Adebayo 10-15 5-9 25, Herro 3-10 in the third quarter. So, too, is a season that saw the 0-0 7, Robinson 3-8 1-1 10, Hill 2-2 0-0 5, A 23-8 run by Miami got the Olynyk 4-7 0-0 9, Iguodala 0-2 0-0 0, Jones league and China get into politi- Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Dragic 2-8 1-2 5, Nunn 3-8 0-0 Heat to 90-69 with 8:37 left. But 8. Totals 35-79 13-22 93. the outcome was never in doubt, cal sparring, the death on Jan. 1 L.A. Lakers 28 36 23 19—106 of commissioner emeritus David Miami 20 16 22 35—93 and before long confetti was Stern — the man who did so much Three-Point Goals—L.A. Lakers 11-35 blasted into the air as the Lakers’ (Rondo 3-4, Green 3-7, Caldwell-Pope celebration officially began. to make the league what it is — 2-7, Morris 1-2, James 1-5, Caruso 0-2, and then the shock on Jan. 26 that Kuzma 0-2, Davis 0-3), Miami 10-28 (Rob- inson 3-7, Nunn 2-4, Butler 1-2, Herro 1-2, TIP-INS came with the news that Bryant, Crowder 1-5, Iguodala 0-2, Dragic 0-4). his daughter Gianna and seven Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—L.A. Lak- Lakers: Davis did not wear ers 46 (Davis 15), Miami 41 (Adebayo 10). other died in a helicopter crash. Assists—L.A. Lakers 23 (James 10), Mi- the gold-painted sneakers that he The Lakers played the rest of ami 25 (Butler 8). Total Fouls—L.A. Lakers had for Game 5; instead, he went 22, Miami 18. the season in his memory. with red-and-black ones Sunday. They delivered what Bryant did ... John Salley and Robert Horry five times for L.A. — a ring, and were, until Sunday, the only play- the clincher was emphatic. ers were getting everything they ers to win championships with Game 6 was over by halftime, wanted and then some, outscor- three different franchises. James the Lakers taking a 64-36 lead ing Miami 36-16 in the second (Miami, Cleveland) and Danny into the break. The Heat never quarter all with James making Green (San Antonio, Toronto) led and couldn’t shoot from any- just one shot in the period. added their names to that list where: 35% from two-point range Rondo, now a two-time cham- with this title. in the half, 33% from three-point pion and the first to win rings as Heat: Goran Dragic (torn left NELL REDMOND/AP range and even an uncharacteris- a player in both Boston and Los plantar fascia) checked in late in Chase Elliott (9) leads the way out of Turn 7 on Sunday at Charlotte tic 42% from the line, not like any Angeles — the franchises now the first quarter, his first appear- Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. of it really mattered. The Lak- tied with 17 titles apiece — was ance since Game 1 of the series. Tuesday, October 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 MLB PLAYOFFS/NHL Arozarena, Zunino drive Rays past Astros Tampa Bay takes 2-1 win in Game 1 of ALCS

BY BERNIE WILSON MLB scoreboard Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Randy Aro- zarena homered again at Petco Playoffs Park and Mike Zunino drove in LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES the go-ahead run for the Tampa (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) American League Bay Rays, who beat the Houston Tampa 1, Houston 0 At San Diego Astros 2-1 Sunday night in the Sunday: Tampa Bay 2, Houston 1 opener of the AL Championship Monday: Game 2 Tuesday: Game 3 Series. Wednesday: Game 4 Blake Snell allowed Jose x-Thursday: Game 5 x-Friday: Game 6 Altuve’s homer as he labored x-Saturday: Game 7 through the first inning on 29 National League L.A. Dodgers vs. Atlanta pitches before the 2018 AL Cy At Arlington, Texas Young Award winner settled Monday: Game 1 Tuesday: Game 2, Atlanta (Anderson down to pitch five innings for the 3-2) vs. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 6-2), AFN- Sports, 2 a.m. Tuesday CET; 9 a.m. Tues- win. day JKT Diego Castillo got five outs for Wednesday: Game 3, L.A. Dodgers (TBD) vs. Atlanta (Wright 2-4) the save. He came on with the Thursday: Game 4 bases loaded with one out in the x-Friday: Game 5 x-Saturday: Game 6 eighth and got out of it with one x-Sunday, Oct. 18: Game 7 pitch when Yuli Gurriel ground- ed into a double play. Aaron Loup Sunday had loaded the bases on a hit bat- Rays 2, Astros 1 ter, walk and single. Houston Tampa Bay Castillo threw 29 pitches in two ab r h bi ab r h bi Springer cf 5 0 1 0 Brssu 3b-1b 3 0 0 0 innings Friday night in the 2-1 Altuve 2b 5 1 2 1 Arzarna dh 4 1 1 1 win against the New York Yan- Brantley lf 3 0 1 0 Lowe 2b 4 0 1 0 Bregman 3b 4 0 2 0 Y.Diaz 1b 2 0 1 0 GREGORY BULL/AP kees that clinched the AL Divi- Correa ss 2 0 0 0 Wnle pr-3b 0 0 0 0 Tucker rf 4 0 1 0 Renfroe rf 4 0 0 0 Tampa Bay’s Randy Arozarena rounds third after homering against Houston Astros starter Framber sion Series. Gurriel 1b 2 0 0 0 Adames ss 2 1 0 0 “I was going to be ready,” he A.Diaz dh 4 0 1 0 Margot lf 3 0 0 0 Valdez during the fourth inning of the Rays’ 2-1 win Sunday in Game 1 of the ALCS in San Diego. Mldonado c 3 0 0 0 Krmaier cf 4 0 2 0 said through a translator. “I knew Reddick ph 1 0 1 0 Zunino c 3 0 1 1 with the day off yesterday, I came Straw pr 0 0 0 0 They are villains in many peo- fifth off lefty Framber Valdez. his 2020 season debut until Aug. Totals 33 1 9 1 Totals 29 2 6 2 to the stadium prepared. I just Houston 100 000 000—1 ple’s eyes for their sign-stealing Adames reached on a leadoff 30. The only Tampa Bay players came ready to pitch.” Tampa Bay 000 110 00x—2 scandal three years ago, when walk and advanced on consecu- with more homers in a postseason E—Correa (1). DP—Houston 1, Tampa Tampa Bay has leaned on its Bay 2. LOB—Houston 10, Tampa Bay 9. they beat the Los Angeles Dodg- tive ground outs to Valdez. are Melvin Upton Jr. with seven 2B—Kiermaier 2 (2). HR—Altuve (1), Aro- ers in the World Series. They also Arozarena continued his break- bullpen all season. zarena (1). SB—Brantley (1). and Evan Longoria six, both in “I think the job he did sums up IP H R ER BB SO remain unapologetic. out postseason with his fourth 2008. Altuve homered in his third his whole year,” said Zunino, the Houston Tampa Bay is trying to reach homer in six games, sending a 1-2 Valdez L,0-1 6 4 2 2 4 8 straight game, driving a 2-1 pitch catcher. “He stepped up big for 1 its second World Series after los- pitch from Valdez to center field Taylor ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 from Snell to left with one out in 2 us. He’s been throwing a lot in big Paredes ⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 ing to the Philadelphia Phillies in with one out in the fourth to tie it the first. Snell allowed one run situations for us. We had an idea Raley 1 1 0 0 1 2 2008. at 1. He homered in each of the Tampa Bay and six hits, struck out two and who we might be able to go to, Snell W,1-0 5 6 1 1 2 2 “They’ve got a lot of weapons first three games of the AL Divi- Curtiss H,1 1 1 0 0 1 0 over there where they can mix sion Series against the New York walked two. but him coming in there showing Thompson H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 what he’s made out of says a lot Loup H,1 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 and match, and we tried to keep Yankees, also in San Diego. 2 Castillo S,1-1 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Up next about what those guys in the bull- HBP—Taylor (Brosseau), Loup (Brant- the right-handed side of their Nicknamed “The Cuban Rock- pen have done for us all year.” ley). WP—Loup. T—3:50. lineup in there tonight, which we et,” Arozarena defected to Mex- Astros: McCullers allowed four Game 2 is Monday afternoon did,” Houston manager Dusty ico in 2015 and signed as a free when the Rays turn to 36-year- Baker said. “Everything went agent with the St. Louis Cardinals earned runs and eight hits in four old Charlie Morton, who got the The Astros, who got into the according to plan tonight, other in 2016. He made his big league innings of Houston’s 10-5 victory win for Houston in Game 7 when playoffs with a losing record, than winning the game.” debut last year and was traded to against Oakland in the opener of it won the 2017 World Series. are in the ALCS for the fourth Zunino singled past diving the Rays in the offseason. the ALDS. The Astros counter with Lance straight season and are trying to shortstop Carlos Correa to bring He tested positive for COVID- Rays: Morton got the decision McCullers Jr., who started that advance to the World Series for in Willy Adames with the go- 19 during intake testing prior to in the Rays’ 8-4 win against the Game 7 for Houston. the third time in that span. ahead run with two outs in the summer camp and didn’t make Yankees in Game 3 of the ALDS.

NHL roundup Sabres agree to sign Hall for $8 million

Associated Press tion are excited, and our fans are ex- before being traded to Toronto in cited,” general manager Kevyn Adams February. BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sa- said. “This is a great step. But we’re in  The Vegas Golden Knights signed bres are banking on Taylor Hall to turn what was a long and unsettled offseason a position right now where we have to go three players, including forward Tomas into a far brighter immediate future. earn it. We have to go get better every Nosek, who returns for a fourth season Buffalo became the surprise team to day.” after signing a one-year, $1.25 million win the Hall free-agency sweepstakes Hall won the Hart Trophy as the contract Sunday. by signing the 10th-year forward and NHL’s MVP in 2018, when he posted ca- Vegas also signed minor-league for- six-time 20-goal-scorer to a one-year, $8 reer bests 39 goals and 93 points with the wards Tomas Jurco and Danny O’Regan million contract Sunday night. New Jersey Devils. Over the past three to one-year, $700,000 contracts. His addition, even for one year, pro- seasons, his 1.05 points-per-game aver-  The Detroit Red Wings signed free vides the Sabres a much-needed boost of age ranks 17th among NHL players. agent center Vladislav Namestnikov instant credibility — and offense — after In other free-agent news: to a $4 million, two-year contract on missing the playoffs for a franchise-  The St. Louis Blues signed free Sunday. RICK SCUTERI/AP worst ninth straight year. The drought is agent forward Kyle Clifford to a two- The Red Wings announced the move the NHL’s longest active streak, and one year, $2 million contract Sunday. on their website. A person with direct Arizona Coyotes left wing Taylor Hall signed short of matching a league record. Clifford was a two-time Stanley Cup- knowledge of the deal told The Associ- a one-year, $8 million deal Sunday as a free “I certainly hope that the players and winner in spending his first nine-plus ated Press the contract’s value on condi- agent with the Buffalo Sabres. Hall won the Hart coaches and our staff and the organiza- seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, tion of anonymity. Trophy as the NHL’s MVP in 2018. S TARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, October 13, 2020 F3HIJKLM Morgan dies at 77 Hall of Famer was spark behind Cincinnati’s SPORTS ‘Big Red Machine’ » Sports briefs, Page 18

NBA FINALS BACK ON TOP

Lakers beat Heat in Game 6 for James’ fourth NBA title

BY TIM REYNOLDS ceptable, with them back atop the basketball world. lowed the death of the iconic Bryant in January and all Associated Press For the first time since Kobe Bryant’s fifth and final the challenges that came with leaving home for three title a decade ago, the Lakers are NBA champions. months to play at Walt Disney World in a bubble de- LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. James had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and signed to keep inhabitants safe from the coronavirus. he ultimate anguish. The ultimate joy. the Lakers beat the Miami Heat 106-93 on Sunday night It would be, James predicted, the toughest title to This season, for LeBron James and the Los to win the NBA Finals in six games. ever win. Angeles Lakers, had it all. And it ended in the Anthony Davis had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Tonly fashion that they deemed would be ac- Lakers, who dealt with the enormous anguish that fol- SEE TOP ON PAGE 22 The Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, center, celebrates with teammates after the Lakers defeated the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, Sunday, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. James had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists en route to his fourth Finals MVP — and fourth championship. Mark J. Terrill/AP

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