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BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes For nearly a decade, the unem- ployment rate for military spouses has sat stubbornly at 22% — near- ly four times higher than the cur- rent national average. While the challenges that often block spous- es from finding long-term, mea- ningful employment remain con- stant, military family advocates believe the coronavirus pandemic may have shifted employers’ per- ceptions enough on remote work to open the door for real progress. “Honestly, I think that’s one of the beauties of the pandemic is that it shows just how creative we can get with remote employ- ment,” said Jennifer Davis, gov- ernment relations deputy director for the National Military Family Association. “I think this is kind of the perfect time and opportunity to just drive that home.” While acknowledging that the pandemic has devastated overall employment levels, especially among women, which account for 88% of military spouses, the asso- ‘Vanguard of a generation’ ciation and other military advo- cates want to capitalize on the shift

Defense Secretary Austin tells graduating West Point cadets they’re ready to face down emerging threats SEE REMOTE ON PAGE 4

Associated Press “You’re watching as Amer- strain, economic fallout, painful issues of rac- WEST POINT, N.Y. — U.S. Defense Secre- ica’s longest war winds down. ism and discrimination, social tensions and the tary Lloyd Austin told U.S. Military Academy And you’re seeing technology end of a long and controversial war,” said Aus- cadets Saturday they were graduating during change the character of war tin. “Well, that all sounds pretty familiar to “exceptionally tough circumstances” but that itself. And even as big and ris- those of us from the Class of 1975.” West Point prepared them to face the extraor- ing powers jostle and com- West Point’s graduation ceremony returned dinary threats from pandemics to terrorism. pete, you’re seeing new to Michie Stadium a year after the pandemic Austin spoke to about 1,000 cadets becoming threats from pandemics to prompted a change in venue. Last year, then- Austin U.S. Army second lieutenants in a ceremony terrorism to cyber weapons. President Donald Trump spoke to graduates held with pandemic precautions at West And you’re seeing those threats race across sitting spaced out on the academy’s nearby pa- Point’s football stadium. Austin, a 1975 gradu- borders like a gale,” said Austin, the nation’s rade field. ate of West Point, recalled his own years at the first Black defense secretary. Trump’s appearance was criticized as a po- academy as he told graduates their West Point “I might, I just might, have a bit of insight JACK SANDERS/Department of Defense training will keep them on course. into what you’re facing: a democracy under SEE READY ON PAGE 5 First lady Jill Biden listens to a facilitator from Military Above: Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy class of 2021 celebrate at the end of their graduation ceremony on Saturday, in West Point, N.Y. OneSource during a facility tour EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AP in Arlington, Va., on April 7. PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Activists block McDonald’s distribution in UK EXCHANGE RATES

Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1,128.03 Associated Press ing the depots. spokesman for the group. Switzerland (Franc) .8980 Euro costs (May 24) $1.19 Thailand (Baht) 31.40 LONDON — Animal rights pro- The group said it intends to re- “The only sustainable and real- Dollar buys (May 24) 0.7976 Turkey (New Lira) 8.4052 British pound (May 24) $1.39 testers are blockading four main at the sites for at least 24 istic way to feed 10 billion people Japanese yen (May 24) 106.00 (Military exchange rates are those available McDonald’s distribution centers hours, causing “significant dis- is with a plant-based food system. South Korean won (May 24) 1,098.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ in the United Kingdom in an at- ruption” to the McDonald’s sup- Organic, free-range and ‘sustain- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain (Dinar) .3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ tempt to get the burger chain to ply chain, adding that the move able’ animal-based options sim- Britain (Pound) 1.4155 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2064 your local military banking facility. Commercial commit to becoming fully plant- will affect some 1,300 restau- ply aren’t good enough,” he add- China (Yuan) 6.4342 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.1046 based by 2025. rants. ed. Egypt (Pound) 15.6599 when buying currency. All figures are foreign Animal Rebellion said Satur- “The meat and dairy industry A McDonald’s spokesperson Euro .8209 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7637 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ day that trucks and bamboo is destroying our planet: causing said the company was assessing Hungary (Forint) 286.08 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2555 structures are being used at the huge amounts of rainforest defor- the impact of “the disruption” on Japan (Yen) 108.93 INTEREST RATES distribution sites in Hemel estation, emitting immense quan- its restaurants. Kuwait (Dinar) .3006 Norway (Krone) 8.3871 Prime rate 3.25 Hempstead, Basingstoke, Coven- tities of greenhouse gases and “We apologize to our custom- Philippines (Peso) 47.94 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.69 Federal funds market rate 0.09 try and Heywood, Greater Man- killing billions of animals each ers for any disappointment Saudi Arab (Riyal) 3.7501 3­month bill 0.01 chester, to stop trucks from leav- year,” said James Ozden, a caused,” the spokesperson said. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3316 30­year bond 2.33 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY SETH ROBSON commanded a nuclear-powered Stars and Stripes aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham American veterans in the Phi- Lincoln. lippines are backing a campaign Trinidad was born on Nov. 25, to name a U.S. warship after the 1890, in New Washington, Aklan only Filipino in the Navy to re- province, Panay, Philippines. He ceive the Medal of Honor. enlisted in the U.S. Navy as part of Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Insular Force in the Philip- American Legion posts in Angeles pines in 1910 and served during City approved resolutions last both world wars until his retire- month calling on the Navy to name ment in 1945. He lived in Imus, a new warship after Telesforo Tri- Cavite, Philippines, until his death nidad. on May 8, 1968, at age 77, accord- Trinidad’s bravery aboard the ing to a website set up by the cam- USS San Diego during a disaster at paign. sea earned him the nation’s high- Tens of thousands of Filipinos est military honor, according to have served in the U.S. military. the Naval History and Heritage After the Philippines obtained in- Command. dependence in 1946, over 35,000 On Jan. 21, 1915, while on patrol Filipinos were recruited into the in the Gulf of California, the ar- U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1992 under mored cruiser conducted a four- a provision of the Republic of the hour, full-speed and endurance Philippines-United States Mili- trial. At the end of the trial, an ob- tary Bases Agreement. PHOTOS BY USS TELESFORO TRINIDAD CAMPAIGN Thousands of Americans of Fil- structed tube of one of the ship’s ipino descent enlisted during the boilers gave way, creating a chain Fireman Second Class Telesforo Trinidad was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic actions after a boiler explosion on the armored cruiser USS San Diego, on Jan. 21, 1915. same 40 years, and continue to do reaction of explosions that killed so, according to the campaign’s nine men and injured several oth- cape a burning fireroom on the website. ers, according to the National ship, was also awarded the Medal In an April 20 letter to Acting Medal of Honor Museum in Ar- of Honor. Secretary of the Navy Thomas lington, Va. Three active Navy ships are Harker, Rep. Joe Courtney, D- Trinidad’s actions during the di- named for Asian Americans and Conn., wrote: “Naming a future saster as a fireman second class Pacific Islanders. The Arleigh Navy warship after this hero, Te- were reported by the Navy’s mag- Burke-class destroyers USS lesforo Trinidad, sends a powerful azine, Our Navy, in its May 1915 is- Chung-Hoon and USS Daniel In- and timely message about our na- sue, republished by the museum. ouye are named in honor of Rear tion and our Navy’s diversity.” “At the time of the explosion, Adm. Gordon Pai’ea Chung-Hoon, However, the campaign’s ef- Trinidad was driven out of fire- recipient of the Navy Cross and forts have been delayed because room No. 2 by the force of the the Silver Star, and the late Sen. President Joe Biden has yet to blast, but at once returned and Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, who re- confirm a permanent Navy secre- picked up R.E. Daly, Fireman Sec- ceived the Medal of Honor, Distin- tary, according to Dennis Wright, ond Class, whom he saw to be in- guished Service Cross, Bronze aformer Navy captain living in the jured and proceeded to bring him Star, and Purple Heart. The Bob Philippines. He is an adviser to the out,” the magazine reported. Hope-class cargo ship USNS Pili- ship-naming campaign. “While passing into Fireroom No. laau is named after Private 1st Wright, in a telephone interview 4, Trinidad was just in time to Class Herbert Pililaau, a Medal of Thursday, said he’d worked with catch the explosion in No. 3 Fire- Honor recipient. many Filipino sailors during his room but without consideration After the Philippines obtained independence in 1946, over 35,000 The Philippines-based veter- 33-year career. for his own safety, although badly Filipinos were recruited into the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1992 under ans’ efforts to honor Trinidad sup- “It would be great to announce a burned about the face, he passed a provision of the Republic of the Philippines­United States Military port a campaign led by a group of ship-naming this month as part of Daly on and then assisted in rescu- Bases Agreement. retired Filipino American mili- Asian Pacific heritage month,” he ing another injured man from No. tary officers, including former Air said. 3 Fireroom.” ter of commendation and a gratui- ported. Force Col. Nonie Cabana and for-

For his valor that day, Trinidad ty of $100, the equivalent of about Ensign Robert Cary, who held mer Navy Capt. Ronald Ravelo, [email protected] received the Medal of Honor, a let- $2,700 today, the magazine re- doors open to allow sailors to es- the only Filipino American to have Twitter: @SethRobson1 US military police car overturns after accident in Kaiserslautern BY MARCUS KLOECKNER to have been distracted before hit- German and U.S. emergency Stars and Stripes ting a car parked on Kaiser- personnel responded to the wreck KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- strasse, a two-lane road near Pu- and both cars had to be towed ny — A military police soldier’s laski Barracks with several busi- away. vehicle landed on its side after nesses catering to the U.S. mili- The estimated damage to both striking a parked car in the city’s tary community. vehicles was in the tens of thou- Einsiedlerhof neighborhood early The military police car “pushed sands of euros, police said. Friday, Kaiserslautern police and the parked car to the sidewalk and The soldier, whose name wasn’t Army officials said. then it overturned,” said Bern- provided, was taken to the hospital The soldier, assigned to the 92nd hard Christian Erfort, a Kaiser- for evaluation, German police Military Police Company at Rhine slautern police spokesman. said. Ordnance Barracks, wasn’t seri- The vehicle landed on its left POLICE DEPARTMENT WESTPFALZ ously hurt, a 21st Theater Sustain- side in the middle of the road, A U.S. military policeman lost control of his vehicle Thursday, hit a Stars and Stripes reporter Jennifer H. Svan parked car and then overturned, blocking Kaiserstrasse in ment Command spokesman said. blocking traffic for hours until contributed to this report. Police said the driver appeared 12:30 p.m., police said. [email protected] Kaiserslautern, Germany, near Pulaski Barracks. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 MILITARY Remote: DOD works to make finding jobs easier FROM PAGE 1 When remote isn’t possible that stay-at-home orders have had in ac- Remote work isn’t possible for everyone, cepting remote work as productive and and so there is also a push to continue im- beneficial for a company. provements for the 30% of military spouses “The pandemic kind of removed the stig- who work in fields regulated by state occu- ma of remote work, because now everybo- pational licenses, said Davis, of the National dy’s having to figure out a way to make it Military Family Association. work,” said Sue Hoppin, founder and presi- Licensure compacts, which are meant to dent of National Military Spouse Network. remove barriers for spouses in jobs that re- “It does work. We can have a geographical- quire a state license, have come a long way, ly dispersed workforce, and still provide a she said. Those fields include health care, product or service and still work together teaching, law and real estate. The nursing cohesively.” compact agreement is the largest, with 33 A Defense Department survey released states recognizing a nurse’s credentials in December showed that, despite years of from other states in the compact. ongoing effort to get more spouses into jobs, “I think more and more [states] are com- the unemployment rate has held at 22% ing around to understanding why this is since 2012. The survey, which the depart- beneficial for them,” Davis said. “If you’ve ment conducts every other year, included ERIC R. DIETRICH got a military family that comes to your lo- responses obtained from more than 65,000 Mollie Raymond, spouse of Space Force’s Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” cal installation and they have a job, that spouses in 2019 — before the pandemic hit. Raymond tours a Military OneSource facility in Arlington, Va., on April 7. helps with your local economy. It’s just a Meanwhile, advocates are pitching Con- win-win.” gress and the Defense Department to im- Va., specifically for military spouses who For instances where no compact is avail- plement other measures to provide incen- Adapting goals to job availability need somewhere to conduct business. It able, the 2018 National Defense Authoriza- tives for companies to hire spouses and im- Tatyana Ray, who is married to an Army features semi-private space, a conference tion Act allowed each service branch to of- prove state partnerships to allow spouses to officer assigned to Peterson Air Force Base, room, a second-floor patio and office equip- fer reimbursement up to $1,000 each for move more easily with occupational licens- Colo., has felt that loss of identity. Her en- ment on an appointment basis, said Maura spouses who have to renew their licenses in es. tire life, she said her parents raised her to do Keenan-Gondek, a program supervisor for a new state after moving. “I think we just need to flip the dynamic a well in school, go to college and get a good the regional USO. They had 50 reservation Congress and the White House are also little bit and maybe ask different ques- job with a high income. requests within the first two months with renewing efforts, with two bills being re- tions,” Hoppin said. “Not what will it take to “That definitely hasn’t been my experi- spouses seeking a quiet place to work, filed this month to include military spouses hire military spouses, but what will it take to ence, because I married a military service study, write resumes or prepare for inter- in the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the retain military spouses who move?” member and we move around so much,” views. return of the Joining Forces program, un- Inside the Defense Department, Lee Kel- she said “We know women in the workforce have der first lady Jill Biden’s direction, that tar- ley, director of military community support About six years ago, she landed a position been really affected by [the coronavirus gets several areas of stress in military life. programs, said seeing the statistic remain with Purdue University Global as a military pandemic] and that they’ve had to make Hoppin, of National Military Spouse Net- unchanged in yet another spouse survey outreach coordinator, which allows her to that hard decision to leave employment be- work, said she is encouraged by the pro- was “disheartening.” work remotely from wherever her husband cause they’re managing virtual education of gram’s return. “It’s an area that we are focused on every is assigned. Since then, they’ve moved four their kids, and the emotional and social “That did a really great job of bringing single day,” she said. In fiscal year 2021, the times with a fifth scheduled for the sum- health of their children during this time. more corporate employers to the table to Pentagon directed $65.9 million toward mer. For some just it’s too much. You can’t do ev- get them to hire military spouses, and then spouse employment programs, which “It definitely takes the stress out of [mov- erything,” Keenan-Gondek said. “But hav- to start the conversation around why we range from career counselors and work- ing] so frequently,” Ray said. “If I had a dif- ing this space gave that spouse an opportu- make a really great workforce,” she said. shops to developing partnerships with pri- ferent job at all of these installations, I know nity to be able to tag team with their service “What we’ve done a really good job of is get- vate companies to helping develop state that there are employers that would look at member and say, ‘OK, I need to go and get ting military spouses employed. What we partnerships that ease state licensing re- [my resume] like, ‘What is wrong with you? some stuff done and I’m going to go to this haven’t done a really good job of is keeping a quirements for certain careers. The De- Why are you changing jobs every year and a quiet workspace.’” military spouse employed through transi- fense Department also offers qualified half?’” Courtney Reed, an Army spouse, does tions through [moves]. … Because we have spouses $4,000 in tuition assistance to pay The consistency of the university out- property management and has used the the employers at the table and they’re inter- for an associate degree, license, certificate weighs the fact that she’s working outside USO space to work out lease agreements ested in hiring spouses, what do we need to program or approved testing that expands her intended field. She has a master’s de- and other business without interruptions do to get them to retain spouses?” employment opportunities. gree in early childhood education and youth from her 6-year-old daughter. Once more spouses start getting into full- Given the lessons learned in the pandem- development, but faced challenges early in “It’s hard to write a lease when you don’t time employment, Kelley said Defense De- ic, Kelley said she’s reviewing the depart- her career when she tried to focus on this have a half-hour of uninterrupted time. partment support programs are ready to ment’s existing programs to adapt to “the field alone. When I leave the house and actually say the help them adjust to the changes that will changing landscape of employment.” She’s Ray previously worked as a Defense De- words, ‘I’m going to the office,’ everybody likely follow in their relationships. actively working to expand an employer- partment civilian in Child Youth Services, just sort of respects the lingo,” Reed said. “The way that we look at spouse employ- partnership program with more than 500 but after each move she struggled to find “Not to mention the margin of error. I don’t ment isn’t in a bubble. It isn’t in a silo. It’s companies to include more small business- openings that would help advance her ca- make errors when I’m there because I’m related to all the other aspects of well-being es, which have typically been more hesitant reer forward. She didn’t work at all during a not interrupted.” and readiness,” Kelley said. “If I connect a to hire military spouses because of the risk year spent in Alabama, because she simply Mollie Raymond, spouse of Space Force’s spouse with a job, that does not solve all of of them moving. couldn’t find a job. While in Germany, she Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” the challenges that that military spouse “I think we are at a point where compa- chose to take a step back in her career, Raymond, said she toured the USO’s work- may face to be able to get to that job. Now nies are recognizing that a military spouse which she said stunted any momentum space and would love to see it expand to oth- there’s child care, there’s transportation, moving actually doesn’t matter at all. They she’d built to leverage for a better salary in er bases. In connecting with spouses of Air there’s the changing roles in the home.” can maintain the training that they’ve in- future employment. Force and Space Force members, she said With so much of a military family’s life in- vested in that military spouse, the experi- “I finished my master’s in Germany, and employment and self-care remain among tertwined, she said they will continue to ence that they’ve had and continue to lev- I was like, I have this master’s and I am sit- their top concerns. seek ways to address the full picture of sup- erage their skills that as they seamlessly ting at home,” Ray said. “Emotionally it was In the fall, the two services will host a vir- porting those who serve. transition from one location to another,” a blow, and it took a year to kind of get tual forum to discuss spouse employment “We are committed to continuous proc- Kelley said. through that because you start to question with an emphasis on using social platforms, ess improvement, but also continuous Solving the problem isn’t just about the fi- every choice you’ve made at that point. I such as LinkedIn. learning of the developing environment,” nancial stability of a military family, it is al- made the best of a bad situation, but I’ll tell “I’m not looking for work, but I love my she said. so about readiness, self-worth and emotion- you those first few months, it was definitely LinkedIn connections. I see so much oppor- For more information about the Defense al well-being, she added. hard.” tunity being offered,” Raymond said. “The Department’s spouse employment pro- “The word dependent has such a negative To cater to expanding remote work op- more information I have, I think makes me grams, go to www.militaryonesource.mil. connotation in the military, and military portunities for spouses, the USO of Metro- a better advocate and a better connector. A spouses can feel like they lose their identi- politan Washington-Baltimore opened in lot of what I like to do is connect spouses to ty,” Kelley said. March a shared workspace at Fort Belvoir, resources, so if I have knowledge, that helps [email protected] others.” Twitter: @Rose_Lori Monday, May 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Prosecutors: Soldier intended to kill wife

BY WYATT OLSON cient evidence to warrant a court- Hernandez,” Bishop said. Day” in social media posts, Bishop wounds — all from behind, Bishop Stars and Stripes martial. Hernandez Perez obtained a said. said. She was hit with such force SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Ha- Hernandez Perez’s defense temporary restraining order Bishop said investigators found that her skull shattered. waii — Prosecutors say a 25-year- team waived the opportunity to against her, and he moved into the that early on Jan. 10, Hernandez Roth’s hands and arms showed old Hawaii-based soldier bludge- present evidence during the hear- barracks. Perez had queried Google about no signs of cuts or bruises associ- oned and stabbed his estranged ing, conducted by Lt. Col. Burt Despite that, whether a blow from a wooden bat ated with defending oneself, he wife to death on their one-year Smith, the preliminary hearing of- he continued to could kill someone. said. wedding anniversary in January ficer. visit her for con- Friends and family did not hear Roth was a woodworker, and shortly after asking Google how For 90 minutes, Capt. Matthew sensual sex, from Roth after that evening, and her garage was filled with various many blows from a wooden bat Bishop presented a record of text Bishop said. In a on Jan. 13 her mother asked the pieces of lumber. Prosecutors al- are needed to kill someone. messages, photos, social media counseling let- base’s security force to check on lege that the soldier beat her with Army prosecutors on Thursday posts, closed-circuit video footage ter, his first ser- her home, Bishop said. They a 2-inch by 2-inch board. laid out their case against Spc. and GPS tracking maps. geant ordered found the door ajar. Upstairs, the Closed-circuit footage shows Hernandez Raul Hernandez Perez during an Hernandez Perez and Roth had him to cease the bedroom’s four walls and ceiling Hernandez Perez disposing of a Perez Article 32 hearing at Schofield been intimately involved while visits, but he were spattered with blood and white garbage bag holding some- Barracks on Oahu. she was in a previous “open” mar- continued them anyway, he said. blood stained the mattress. thing long outside his barracks on Hernandez Perez — an intelli- riage, Bishop said. In October 2020, he filed for di- Her body was discovered stuff- the morning of Jan. 10. gence analyst assigned to the Roth divorced her first hus- vorce, and Roth said in social ed into a large-wheeled garbage The instruments used to kill 500th Military Intelligence Bri- band, with whom she had one media posts she was preparing to receptacle and covered with the Roth have not been found. gade — was charged in February daughter, and married Hernan- move back to the mainland. Nev- sheets from the bed and towels. Bishop said Hernandez Perez’s under the Uniform Code of Mili- dez Perez in January 2020. The ertheless, the couple spent most of Based on the signal from Her- actions indicate the killing was tary Justice with murder and fail- marriage was a rocky one, with Jan. 9 together — their one-year nandez Perez’s phone, investiga- premeditated. A conviction car- ure to follow a lawful order follow- frequent quarreling, Bishop said. wedding anniversary. tors learned that he had visited the ries the possibility of a life sen- ing the death of Selena Roth, 25. At one point, Roth smashed her Prosecutors tracked signals home twice after leaving the tence without parole. Military police found her body husband’s video game console and from Hernandez Perez’s cell- morning of Jan. 10. Smith, the hearing officer, will on Jan. 13 in a large trash can in cellphone. phone and gathered closed-circuit While there on Jan. 12, he submit a report to Col. Theodore her home on Schofield Barracks. Hernandez Perez rekindled a video from Walmart, Subway and searched Google for information Travis, commander of the 500th An Article 32 hearing is re- relationship with a high school a large mall, revealing that the about garbage pickup days for Military Intelligence Brigade, quired before a defendant can be girlfriend from Florida. Roth was pair had returned to the base that household, Bishop said. who will decide whether Hernan- referred to a general court-mar- infuriated by the relationship, but around midnight. The Honolulu Medical Examin- dez Perez will face court-martial. tial. It is similar to a preliminary she did not want to lose him, Bish- They could be seen holding er Office’s autopsy determined hearing in civilian court and held op said. hands and hugging in the video. Roth had died from blunt-force [email protected] to assess whether there is suffi- “She is still in love with Spc. Roth had dubbed the time “Raul’s trauma to the head and four stab Twitter: @WyattWOlson Hurlburt Field airman accused of rape, solicitation of 11-year-old girl

BY KAT BOUZA said. “I remembered your name and Stars and Stripes However, a spokeswoman for face especially when we met for A Hurlburt Field, Fla., airman the 1st Special Operations Wing the first time,” Williams wrote in has been charged in Alabama said Williams is now “within the subsequent messages, according with rape and solicitation of a confines of an Air Force base and to the affidavit. “So I found you on child after police alleged he trav- is not allowed to leave the state of here.” eled across state lines to meet an Alabama,” according to the The affidavit stated Williams 11-year-old girl he befriended on a Northwest Florida Daily News. referenced specific physical ac- EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AP dating app, according to court Authorities began investigating tivity with the girl, and what the United States Military Academy graduating cadets salute during their documents. Williams after child was wearing the night they graduation ceremony at Michie Stadium on Saturday, in West Point. Senior Airman Keith Norris he sent a friend met. Williams, 25, was arrested in request to a “Ima definitely marry you in Florida on April 30 and extradited shared Face- the future lol,” Williams wrote. Ready: Cadets celebrate to Decatur, Ala., on May 15, the book profile After being confronted by her Decatur Police Department said monitored by parents, the girl admitted she in a statement posted to its official the girl’s father knew Williams and that he “came graduation from West Point Facebook page. He faces charges on Feb. 12, ac- to her house and engaged in sex- of first-degree rape, electronic so- cording to a po- ual intercourse with her in the people coming of age at a hinge in Williams FROM PAGE 1 licitation of a child and traveling lice affidavit fil- backyard” in October 2020, the af- history, who grew up never know- to meet a child for an unlawful sex ed in Morgan County District fidavit states. litical move that put the graduates ing anything other than a nation at act. Court. The girl’s family contacted De- at risk, though the Army said the war,” Austin said. If convicted, Williams faces up The girl’s father posed as his catur police that same day, cadets had to return to campus The modified ceremony capped to life in prison, according to the daughter and began engaging prompting the investigation, ac- anyway for final medical checks, an unusual year at West Point in Decatur Daily. with Williams via the social media cording to the affidavit. equipment and training. which COVID-19 forced changes Although Decatur Police and site. “Williams is presumed inno- All guests at the ceremony this in how the military trained and court documents identified Wil- “After Williams sent a friend cent until and unless proven year were required to provide ei- educated more than 4,000 cadets. liams as an airman first class, the request to the account, the father guilty,” the wing public affairs of- ther a negative COVID-19 test re- West Point also endured fallout 1st Special Operations Wing at sent Williams a message asking, fice told the Northwest Florida sult or proof of vaccination. from a cheating scandal in which Hurlburt Field referred to Wil- ‘Do I know you?’” the affidavit Daily News. “However, the Air Graduating cadets were spaced dozens of freshmen were accused liams as a senior airman in a state- states. Force has a strict zero-tolerance 3 feet apart on the field. Each of cheating on an online calculus ment emailed to the Northwest Williams responded by sharing policy on this type of behavior. We graduate was provided with six exam in May 2020. Florida Daily News. his screen name from Badoo, a are confident in the Decatur Po- tickets, instead of 10, which al- “Probably the biggest chal- Williams is assigned to the 901st dating app. In an interview with lice Department’s ability to con- lowed spacing between different lenge that I faced that is unique to Special Operations Aircraft authorities several weeks later, duct not only a thorough and fair families in the stands of the stadi- this year was leading through CO- Maintenance Squadron, accord- the 11-year-old confirmed she had investigation, but that proper jus- um. VID,” said Cadet Reilly McGin- ing to the newspaper. first met Williams on the app tice for all will be met.” “Looking out at all of you, I see nis, first captain of Corps of Ca- He was released from custody some months prior, according to the vanguard of a generation. I dets, days before commence- Sunday on a $60,000 bond, police court documents. [email protected] see patriotic, committed young ment. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Germany eases rules in areas where US forces reside

BY MARCUS KLOECKNER tions that apply for grocery stores: Stars and Stripes masks are required, but tests and KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- appointments will no longer be ny — Coronavirus restrictions mandated by the government. were eased over the weekend in Under the federal govern- parts of Germany, including areas ment’s “emergency brake” rules, that host large numbers of U.S. the trigger for loosening restric- forces, local government officials tions is when rates drop below a said. weekly average of 100 new cases In the district of Kaiserslau- per 100,000 inhabitants for five tern, home to the largest concen- consecutive days. BRIAN FERGUSON/Stars and Stripes tration of Americans in Germany, The city of Kaiserslautern will People walk past shops in the pedestrian zone of Kaiserslautern, Germany, in March. Virus restrictions a curfew was lifted Sunday and keep the emergency restrictions were eased over the weekend in parts of Germany. outdoor restaurant dining is per- in place because its seven-day in- mitted for the first time in several cidence rate remained above of Saturday. Stuttgart could relax nesses, including hotels, camp- to declining incidence rates. months. those figures as of Thursday, its emergency brake restrictions sites and outdoor eating establish- Restrictions were loosened on “This is very gratifying and a though it has since dropped. But Thursday if it continues to remain ments should be allowed to open Friday in the city of Pirmasens, little bright spot,” Kaiserslautern the district, which is home to under 100, city spokesman Sven for business. home to a U.S. Army base, Ger- district commissioner Ralf Less- Ramstein Air Base, has rapidly Matis told news site SWR on Fri- Likewise, lower infection rates man officials said. The emergen- meister said in a statement. “We improved. Its seven-day inci- day. in Bavaria, including communi- cy brake rules remain in effect in hope the incidence will continue dence rate stood at 55.7 cases per In the nearby town of Boeblin- ties around the Army’s training Birkenfeld district, home of U.S. to go down and further steps to 100,000 people as of Saturday. gen, home to Stuttgart Army gar- hub in Grafenwoehr, have led to Army Garrison Baumholder, and ease restrictions will become pos- Restrictions are likely to be lift- rison headquarters, the rate was the lifting of restrictions. Several in Wiesbaden, headquarters of sible.” ed in a similar fashion in many at 78.4 on Thursday and has been other towns surrounding the U.S. Army Europe-Africa. Two households with a maxi- other parts of Germany. under 100 for several days, ac- training area such as Neumarkt in mum of five people are allowed to In Stuttgart, home to U.S. Eu- cording to government figures. der Oberpfalz, Neustadt an der Stars and Stripes reporter John Vandiver contrib- meet together and all businesses ropean and Africa commands, the Like the district of Kaiserslau- Waldnaab and Weiden have al- uted to this report. can open under the same condi- seven-day rate dropped to 85.2 as tern, that means numerous busi- ready eased their restrictions due [email protected] Testing’s value shrinks as vaccines beat back COVID Associated Press exposed to someone infected. School of Public Health, who cham- COVID-19 is no longer a major threat, WASHINGTON — Federal health offi- The change represents a new phase in pioned widespread testing at colleges even as the United States reports daily cials’ new, more relaxed recommenda- the epidemic after nearly a year in which last year. case counts of roughly 30,000. tions on masks have all but eclipsed an- testing was the primary weapon against While vaccinated people can still catch “The average Joe Public is interpret- other major change in guidance from the the virus. Vaccines are now central to the virus, they face little risk of serious ing what the CDC is saying as ‘This is government: Fully vaccinated Ameri- the response and have driven down hos- illness from it. And positive test results done. It’s over,’ ” said Dr. Michael Mina cans can largely skip getting tested for pitalizations and deaths dramatically. can lead to what many experts now say of Harvard University, a leading advo- the coronavirus. “At this point we really should be ask- are unnecessary worry and interrup- cate of widespread, rapid testing. The Centers for Disease Control and ing ourselves whether the benefits of tions at work, home and school, such as With more than 60% of Americans not Prevention said that most people who testing outweigh the costs — which are quarantines and shutdowns. fully vaccinated, he thinks screening of have received the full course of shots lots of disruptions, lots of confusion and Other health specialists say the CDC’s those without symptoms still has a role, and have no COVID-19 symptoms don’t very little clinical or public health bene- abrupt changes on the need for masks particularly among front-line workers need to be screened for the virus, even if fit,” said Dr. David Paltiel of Yale’s and testing have sent the message that who have to deal with the public. Pfizer appointments for kids in Europe filling up quickly on US bases

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN spokesman for Regional Health dow of 21 to 42 days, health officials over but was previously not avail- fered only to kids age 12 to 17 at Eu- Stars and Stripes Command Europe. said. able at U.S. bases in Europe. ropean bases, she said. Coronavirus vaccinations for Appointments were also booked Some locations, such as Stutt- The U.S. military in Europe re- So far, about 190,000 first and children as young as 12 have start- for first doses at Kaiserslautern gart, are hosting vaccination clin- ceived about 28,000 Pfizer doses second doses of the Moderna vac- ed in U.S. military communities in High School. As of Friday, there ics for kids and adults, offering the last week, enough to give all eligi- cine and the single-dose Johnson & Europe and shot clinics are were still limited appointments Pfizer vaccine to adolescents and ble 12- to 17-year-olds in the com- Johnson vaccine have been admin- planned at some schools to make available at Ramstein High School either the Johnson & Johnson or mand first and second doses, Er- istered in Europe, Erickson said. vaccines more accessible to stu- on Wednesday, Mattorano said. Moderna vaccines to eligible ickson said. “Our current number of active dents and families, officials said Appointments may be booked adults. Five installations that have the cases (of coronavirus infections) is Friday. online at informatics- “We’re working toward making ultra-cold freezers required to the lowest they’ve been since Au- The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine stage.health.mil/COVAX. the vaccine as accessible as possi- store the vaccine received ship- gust 2020,” Erickson said. arrived in theater a week ago and Parents must be present and ble,” said Col. Elizabeth Erickson, ments. They include Naples, Sigo- It’s an encouraging downtrend appointments for the first of two sign a consent form for their child acting command surgeon for U.S. nella and Vicenza in Italy, Rota in she attributes to more people get- doses for 12- to 17- year-olds are fill- to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Ei- European Command. Spain and in Germany, the U.S. Ar- ting vaccinated. ing up quickly, medical officials ther a passport or Defense Depart- The U.S. Food and Drug Admin- my Medical Materiel Center-Eu- “These vaccines are really quite said. ment ID card is also required. Stu- istration earlier this month ex- rope in Pirmasens. remarkable in their efficacy and Landstuhl Regional Medical dents may get a first dose in Europe panded emergency use authoriza- The vaccine is being distributed their safety,” she said. Center on Friday opened addition- and a second dose in the United tion for Pfizer’s coronavirus vac- to other medical clinics for short- al appointments for Monday and States if they are gone during the cine to children as young as 12. It term storage, Erickson said. [email protected] Tuesday, said Gino Mattorano, a recommended second-dose win- had been authorized for 16 and The Pfizer vaccine is being of- Twitter:@stripesktown Monday, May 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK New US cases drop to lowest levels in a year BY STEPHEN GROVES Friday even waded into offering dat- Associated Press ing advice. They are teaming up New coronavirus cases across the with dating apps to offer a new rea- United States have tumbled to rates son to “swipe right” by featuring PHOTOS BY WADE VANDERVORT, LAS VEGAS SUN/AP not seen in more than 11 months, vaccination badges on profiles and People wait after getting a coronavirus vaccine during a pop­up COVID­19 vaccine event at Larry Flynt’s sparking optimism that vaccination in-app bonuses for people who have Hustler Club in Las Vegas on Friday. campaigns are stemming both se- gotten their shots. vere COVID-19 cases and the In Mobile, thousands of joyful spread of the virus. revelers, many without masks, com- As cases, hospitalizations and peted for plastic beads and trinkets Las Vegas officials hold pop-up deaths steadily dropped last week, tossed from floats Friday night as pre-pandemic life in America has Alabama’s port city threw a Mardi largely resumed. Hugs and un- Gras-style parade. But only about a vaccination clinic at strip club masked crowds returned to the quarter of the county’s population is BY MICHELLE L. PRICE White House, a Mardi Gras-style fully vaccinated. Many went with- Associated Press parade marched through Alaba- out masks, though health officials LAS VEGAS — Wearing a ma’s port city of Mobile and even had urged personal responsibility. French maid-inspired lingerie states that have stuck to pandemic- Alabama’s vaccination rate — costume and high heels, dancer related restrictions readied to drop 34% of people have received at least JoJo Hamner waited patiently to them. Health experts also cau- one dose — is one of the lowest in the get her COVID-19 vaccine in a line tioned, however, that not enough U.S. It’s part of a swath of Southern that snaked past a glittery hostess Americans have been vaccinated to states where vaccine uptake has stand under a red-light chande- completely extinguish the virus, been slow. Health experts worry lier. leaving the potential for new varia- that areas with low vaccine rates When it was her turn, Hamner nts that could extend the pandemic. could give rise to new virus variants sat in a chair and held onto a small As the seven-day average for new that are more resistant to vaccines. feather duster that completed her cases dropped below 30,000 per day “My biggest concern is new costume while a nurse adminis- last week, Rochelle Walensky, the strains of the virus and the need to tered the shot into her already-ex- director of the Centers for Disease remain vigilant in the months posed arm. Control and Prevention, pointed out ahead,” said Boston College public Hamner then waited nearby for cases have not been this low since health expert Dr. Philip J. Landri- the required 15 minutes of obser- Performer JoJo Hamner waits as Southern Nevada Health District June 18, 2020. The average number gan. vation, sitting with other vaccine nurse Guadalupe Perez looks over her intake form during a pop­up of deaths over the last seven days al- Amedical center in Louisiana re- recipients in leather chairs be- vaccine event in Las Vegas. so dropped to 552 — a rate not seen ported Friday that it has identified tween plush purple booths, vacant since July last year. It’s a dramatic the state’s first two cases of a CO- stages and empty poles at this Southern Nevada Health District, goal of vaccinating 75% of the eli- drop since the pandemic hit a devas- VID-19 variant that has spread strip club in Las Vegas. who monitored the walk-in clinic. gible population. tating crescendo in January. widely since being identified in In- “This is just the most Vegas “It might attract some people who Nevada officials have been in- “As each week passes and as we dia. The COVID-19 variant has been thing I’ve ever seen,” she said of like the novelty of it, I suppose.” creasingly turning to pop-up clin- continue to see progress, these data classified as a “variant of concern” the experience. The clinic opened for several ics in places like churches, schools give me hope,” Walensky said Fri- by Britain and the World Health Or- Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club, with hours Friday night, administering and senior centers — and now day at a news conference. ganization, meaning there is some a spinning disco ball casting rain- shots to about 100 people before strip clubs — to try to get more Health experts credit an efficient evidence that it spreads more easily bow colors on the walls but with the strip club opened for its usual shots in arms. rollout of vaccines for the turn- between people, causes more se- more lights turned on than usual, business. Several workers at the Ralph James, the general man- around. More than 60% of people vere disease or might be less respon- was an unconventional site for a club, including Hamner, a dancer ager, said the business thought it over 18 have received at least one sive to treatments and vaccines. The walk-in vaccination clinic. But as at a topless revenue, got their would be a good chance to help the shot, and almost half are fully vacci- variant has also been reported in government officials and health shots at the clinic along with mem- community and get back to nor- nated, according to the CDC. But de- several other states, including Ten- workers try to address the slowing bers of the public. mal faster. He acknowledged peo- mand for vaccines has dropped nessee, Nebraska and Nevada. demand for COVID-19 vaccines, More than 46% of the state’s ple may not typically think of the across much of the country. Presi- Though Landrigan said the big they’re increasingly turning to population age 12 and over has re- strip club as a public health part- dent Joe Biden’s administration is drop in cases nationwide was “the creative ways to incentivize peo- ceived at least one shot of the vac- ner but said, “this gives everyone trying to convince other Americans best news we’ve had on the pandem- ple to show up and get a shot. cine, but Nevada health officials a chance to see how clean it is and to sign up for shots, using an upbeat ic” and showed that vaccines are “This is just another way to ac- said that a steep drop-off in de- it’s a normal business just like any message that vaccines offer a return working, he warned that people cess our population,” said JoAnn mand for shots may make it im- other business.” to normal life. should remain vigilant for local Rupiper, the chief nurse of the possible for the state to reach a White House health officials on flare-ups of new cases. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 NATION Shock of Capitol riot devolves into political fight

BY STEVEN SLOAN ate. Democrats will need at least Associated Press 10 Republicans to join them in WASHINGTON — In one of the backing the measure, a dim pros- most chilling scenes from the Jan. pect after Senate GOP Leader 6 insurrection, a violent mob Mitch McConnell expressed op- surged through the halls of the position last week. U.S. Capitol chanting “hang Mike The partisan fight over the new Pence.” But when the House panel is alarming to historians moved last week to create an inde- who have said that an independ- pendent commission to investi- ent record of that dark day is gate the tragedy, the former vice needed to understand what hap- president’s brother voted no. pened and hold those involved ac- Pressed to explain his decision, countable. Rep. Greg Pence of Indiana “If you don’t have follow-up, it praised his brother as a “hero” reaffirms that folks are right in and turned his ire on Democrats, their wrongness,” said Carol An- calling the commission a “cover- derson, a professor of African up about the failed Biden adminis- American studies at Emory Uni- tration.” He was even more ag- versity. gressive in a baseless statement The debate is unfolding as law- labeling House Speaker Nancy makers prepare to spend much of Pelosi a “hanging judge” who “is the summer at home in their dis- hellbent on pushing her version of tricts and attention gradually partisan justice complete with a shifts to next year’s campaign. On hand-picked jury that will carry the cusp of majorities in both out her predetermined political chambers of Congress, Republi- execution of Donald Trump.” ANDREW HARNIK/AP cans are eager to make sure the Pence’s swift pivot to attacking Rep. Greg Pence, R­Ind., left, is seen with former Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence in 2019. races become a referendum on Democrats and defending the for- The former vice president's brother voted no when the House moved to create an independent commissionPresident Joe Biden — not their mer president about a riot that to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. response to the insurrection. threatened his brother’s life is a “I want our midterm message to stark measure of how the horror of dent John F. Kennedy or Pearl this,” said Sen. Rick Scott of Flor- mizing the haunting events of the be about the kinds of issues that Jan. 6 has been reduced from a vi- Harbor, Republicans are calculat- ida, who is leading the GOP’s ef- day when a mob of Trump sup- the American people are dealing olent assault on American democ- ing they can regain at least partial forts to win a Senate majority next porters used flagpoles as weapons with,” said Sen. John Thune of racy to a purely political fight. control of Congress if they put the year. and brutally beat police officers. South Dakota. “It’s jobs and wages Rather than uniting behind a bi- issue behind them as quickly as The Republican resistance to an The issue could come to a head and the economy, national securi- partisan investigation like the possible without antagonizing independent commission comes this week if the legislation creat- ty, safe streets, strong borders and ones that followed the 9/11 terror Trump or his supporters. as many in the GOP attempt to re- ing the commission, which passed those types of issues, and not rel- attacks, the assassination of Presi- “There’s no reason to be doing write the history of Jan. 6, mini- the House, gets a vote in the Sen- itigating the 2020 election.” Proud Boy charged with assault following Jan. 6 riot The Seattle Times rested Thursday in Florida, physical violence in a restricted Scott — identifiable by his cloth- showing off a “Proud Boy” arm SEATTLE — A former Arling- where he made an appearance building. ing, beard and a hat that stated, tattoo. ton man identified as a prominent before a magistrate judge in Tam- According to the charges, Scott, “God, Guns and Trump” — in a The FBI and other federal offi- member of the Proud Boys extre- pa. He was released on a $25,000 a prominent member of the Proud melee with officers outside the cials have said the Proud Boys mist group was charged in Wash- bond and ordered to appear in the Boys who goes by the moniker Capitol’s lower west plaza. were among the primary instiga- ington, D.C., federal court with U.S. District Court for the District “Milkshake,” was among the first Other photos of Scott show him tors of the Jan. 6 attack on the breaking into the U.S. Capitol dur- of Columbia to answer six felony of the insurrectionists to physical- outside a hospital in Spokane in Capitol, naming another Wash- ing the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, charges, including assault, ob- ly confront Capitol police block- May 2020, where a COVID-19 me- ington man — Ethan Nordean of obstructing Congress and assault- struction of Congress, obstruction ing the building. morial was vandalized, wearing a Auburn — as a leader of the ing a federal officer. of law enforcement and knowing- A number of photographs con- black ballistic vest labeled group. Nordean has been indicted Daniel Lyons Scott, 27, was ar- ly entering and engaging in acts of tained in the complaint show “Proud Boy.” In another, he’s and remains in federal custody. New voter ID rules raise concerns of fraud and ballot rejection Associated Press the Voting Rights Lab, which advocates for them unable to vote absentee. Identifica- flashpoint in the battle over voting, with past ATLANTA — When voters in Florida and expanded voter access. tion, they say, is already required when reg- efforts focused on rules surrounding in-per- Georgia want to vote by mail in next year’s Republicans, seizing on false claims by istering to vote and when voting in person son voting. As of 2020, 36 states had ID re- races for governor, they will have to make former President Donald Trump of wide- for the first time. quirements for voting at polling places, ac- sure they take one more step to ensure they spread fraud in last year’s White House When ID is also required to cast a mailed cording to the National Conference of State receive a ballot: providing their identifica- election, say identification is needed for ballot, as is now the case in Georgia, critics Legislatures. tion. mailed ballots to deter fraud and improve say it will only result in more ballots being Most allow a wide range of nonphoto iden- Just two states had ID requirements in confidence in elections. There is no evi- rejected. It is also expected to dispropor- tification such as a bank or utility statement. 2020 for voters requesting a mailed ballot. dence of widespread fraud in the 2020 elec- tionally affect poor, minority and college- Many states allow voters to sign an affidavit This year, Republicans across the country tion. Courts rejected multiple claims by age voters — groups more likely not to have under penalty of perjury that they are who have zeroed in on mail voting and enacted Trump and his allies, a coalition of federal, an ID or to have one with a different address. they say they are. new limits on a process that exploded in state and local election officials called it the “Every additional requirement you add Democrats have said they are not op- popularity during the coronavirus pandem- most secure election in U.S. history, and will lead to more ballot rejections, people posed to ID requirements as long as multi- ic. Trump’s own attorney general said he had who inadvertently fail to comply or don’t ple forms of identification are accepted and In addition to Florida and Georgia, legis- seen nothing that would change the out- comply correctly with those requirements,” there is an option for voters to sign an affida- lation to require additional identification for come. said Wendy Weiser, director of the democ- vit should they not have an ID or forget to mail voting was introduced in Arizona, Critics say adding ID requirements to re- racy program at the Brennan Center for bring it to the polls. Federal legislation be- Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New quest a mailed ballot is not only unneces- Justice at NYU’s School of Law, which sup- ing pushed this year by Democrats in Con- Hampshire, Ohio, South Carolina and Tex- sary, but creates one more opportunity for ports expanded voter access. gress would make an affidavit mandatory in as, according to information compiled by voters to make a mistake that could leave Voter ID requirements have long been a any state with a voter ID law. Monday, May 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Floyd act sees divide over police reform Associated Press over what would constitute real NEW YORK — Monifa Bandele progress. became a community organizer in “What we’ve come to realize the late 1990s, after New York City over the past decades is that police police fatally shot a young, un- departments, with their oversized armed Black immigrant named budgets and their outsized politi- Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. cal power, are able to rise above In the two decades since, she re- reformist policies,” said Bandele, peatedly witnessed police reforms an organizer with the Movement that failed to stop Black people for Black Lives, a coalition of over /AP from dying at the hands of offi- 150 Black-led advocacy organiza- STEVEN SENNE cers. Some of those reforms are tions that opposes the Floyd legis- Demonstrators display placards while marching during a protest April 21, in the Nubian Square now part of federal legislation be- lation because it does not hit hard neighborhood, of Boston, a day after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. ing negotiated in the name of Ge- enough at systemic racism. orge Floyd, the Black man whose The bill also includes prohib- crat, said she remains hopeful of changing the so-called qualified shape or form do I think it’s going murder under the knee of a white itions on no-knock police raids like an eventual compromise. immunity protections for law en- to be enough.” Minneapolis officer last year the one in Louisville, Ky., that The House approved the sweep- forcement. Republicans largely Police have killed roughly 1,000 sparked worldwide protests. killed Breonna Taylor, a young ing police overhaul earlier this object to that approach and prefer people in the U.S. each year since For instance, the legislation Black front-line worker. It would year, but it faces stiff resistance to hold the officers’ employers re- 2015, and a disproportionate num- calls for banning chokeholds, a create a national registry for offi- from Republicans in the closely sponsible. ber of the victims have been step already taken by New York cers who are disciplined for seri- divided Senate. Republican Sen. One top Democrat, Rep. James Black. Studies of criminal justice City prior to the 2014 death of Eric ous misconduct, among other pro- Tim Scott of South Carolina has a Clyburn of South Carolina, the data show Black Americans are Garner, who in an encounter with posals. more modest alternative, and the highest-ranking Black lawmaker far more likely than white Amer- the NYPD uttered the same last Although Bandele thinks the bill parties have been engaged in long, in Congress, has suggested he icans to be pulled over by police words as Floyd: “I can’t breathe.” is well-meaning, now is not the private negotiations over a poten- would be open to a compromise, and are as much as three times As the anniversary of Floyd’s time to settle for the same old tial compromise. and Bass said she agreed with his more likely to be searched. death approaches, some reform ideas, she said. “It is more important that we broader point that it’s not worth Black men were about 2.5 times supporters say the best way to “Our duty is that we have to get it right, and that we have a sub- walking away from a deal if Dem- more likely than white men to be honor him would be for Congress make a bigger demand,” she said. stantive bill, versus do something ocrats cannot include every prior- killed by police between 2013 and to pass the George Floyd Justice in In Congress, hopes of passing a ceremonial because of the date,” ity. 2018, according to a 2019 study Policing Act. But many activists package by the May 25 anniver- Bass told reporters Wednesday on “I also agree that the day that published by the National Acade- warn that some of the proposed re- sary have faded as negotiations Capitol Hill. President Biden signs this bill, the my of Sciences. Black women forms have not been enough to between the House and Senate One key debate has been wheth- next day, we keep working,” Bass were 1.4 more times likely than stop past police abuses, reflecting grind on. But top negotiator Rep. er to allow individual police offi- said. “Because this bill, I think, white women to be killed by po- a divide within the movement Karen Bass, a California Demo- cers to be sued over their actions, will be significant. But in no way, lice, according to the same study. Vet cemeteries lift limits ahead of Memorial Day

BY NIKKI WENTLING number of people who can attend Day weekend, Walters said. Stars and Stripes a service.” “We’re unable to hold the large WASHINGTON — The Depart- The restrictions have been in public ceremonies that we typical- ment of Veterans Affairs will no place at national veterans ceme- ly hosted prior to COVID-19 that longer require masks or social dis- teries since the start of the corona- often attract hundreds and some- tancing at its 155 national veterans virus pandemic last spring. Dur- times thousands of people,” he cemeteries for people who are ful- ing Memorial Day last year, the said. “Those require several ly vaccinated against the corona- VA restricted all public ceremo- months of advance planning and virus. nies and barred groups from plac- coordination. Even with the new The VA is also lifting its restric- ing flags at veterans’ headstones CDC guidance, we can’t do the lo- tions on gathering sizes at funeral gistics at this late date.” — a Memorial Day tradition. services starting Wednesday. The Masks and social distancing will Les’ Melnyk, a VA spokesman, new rules go into effect days be- still be required at national veter- said plans are underway at many fore Memorial Day weekend, ans cemeteries for visitors who national cemeteries to hold mass which is expected to draw many are not fully vaccinated against flag-placement ceremonies this visitors to veterans cemeteries the coronavirus. The VA will not across the country. Memorial Day weekend. Howev- be checking vaccination cards. “We are lifting the limits on the er, the cemeteries will not allow The National Cemetery Admin- number of people who can attend people to attend wreath-laying istration “does not have the au- a committal service at all of our events this year. thority — or frankly, the manpow- 155 national cemeteries,” said Ro- The Centers for Disease Control er — to check vaccination cards,” nald Walters, the acting undersec- and Prevention relaxed its guid- Melnyk said. “It will be the honor retary for memorial affairs at the ance on mask-wearing and social system.” STARS AND STRIPES VA. “I’m sure many families will distancing May 16, which didn’t give the VA enough time to coor- Service members place flags on graves at Arlington National be happy to get the news that [email protected] Cemetery before Memorial Day in 2012. there’s no longer a limit on the dinate large events for Memorial Twitter: @nikkiwentling PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 NATION FBI agent indicted for theft of documents BY DEREK HAWKINS counts of gathering, transmitting den associate in Africa, accord- formation retained by the de- Kingsbury is not accused of The Washington Post or losing defense information, a ing to the indictment. fendant for more than a decade is leaking any of the documents she A former FBI agent with top- felony that carries a maximum The files were from 2005 and simply astonishing,” Alan E. allegedly stored at home. But secret security clearance was in- sentence of 10 years. 2006, when bin Laden, who mas- Kohler Jr. assistant director of prosecutors say she was aware dicted last week on charges that Kingsbury, 48, from Dodge terminded the Sept. 11 terrorist the FBI’s Counterintelligence she wasn’t allowed to possess she illegally took numerous na- City, Kan., is accused of taking a attacks, was alive and on the run Division, said in a statement. them. tional security documents, in- range of materials between 2004 from U.S. forces. Kingsbury is scheduled to be Kingsbury worked as an FBI cluding materials related to al- and 2017, many of which were Prosecutors didn’t indicate a arraigned on June 1. intelligence analyst for more Qaida and Osama bin Laden, and marked secret because they dis- motive for Kingsbury’s alleged Criminal cases against intelli- than 13 years, from June 2004 kept them in her home over the cussed intelligence sources and offenses but said they zeroed in gence officials accused of mis- until Dec. 15, 2017, during which course of more than a decade. methods, cyberthreats and other on her as part of their work to handling classified information time she received training on the The grand jury indictment, fil- highly sensitive matters. root out “insider threats” within are fairly common, but unlike different types of classified in- ed in federal court in Missouri One batch of documents in- the bureau. Kingsbury’s case they often in- formation and how to handle and unsealed Friday, charges volved “internal correspond- “The breadth and depth of clude allegations that the materi- them, according to the indict- Kendra Kingsbury with two ence” about a suspected bin La- classified national security in- als were leaked. ment.

Shooting outside Ohio Virgin bar leaves at least 3 dead At least three people were killed and three others were Galactic wounded in a shooting Sunday outside a bar in Youngstown, Ohio, police said. Chief Carl Davis of the Young- passes stown police department said gunfire was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday in the area of the 3rd test Torch Club Bar & Grille in Young- stown. Davis said three people were BY JOSEPH WILKINSON dead of apparent gunshot wounds New York Daily News and at least three others were Virgin Galactic, one of sever- wounded, one in critical condi- al companies hoping to take tion. rich tourists to space, complet- None of the shootings occurred ed its third successful test in the bar “but they stemmed flight Saturday. from an incident which began The company’s space plane, there,” he said. VSS Unity, reached 55.45 miles Authorities said no one was in above Earth’s surface and was VIRGIN GALACTIC/AP custody but they were talking to piloted by veteran astronauts This image shows the release of VSS Unity from VMS Eve and ignition of rocket motor Saturday over several individuals. Police de- C.J. Sturckow and Dave Mack- Spaceport America, N.M. clined to comment on how many ay, Virgin Galactic said in a weapons were used or other de- press release. the Chihuahuan Desert. New America was aborted in De- fore Virgin Galactic, technical- tails. VSS Unity was carried into Mexico is now the third U.S. cember 2020 after VSS Unity’s ly have a different definition of Police were processing evi- the atmosphere by a larger state to host a successful engines didn’t fire. “outer space” than the rest of dence from two shooting scenes craft, called VMS Eve, before spaceflight. Owned by British billionaire the world. near the bar as well as a traffic ac- detaching and rocketing to Virgin Galactic previously Richard Branson, Virgin Ga- The U.S. considers 50 miles cident reported at about the same space. held successful test flights in lactic plans to run routine above the Earth’s surface to be time. Saturday’s flight was the December 2018 and February flights from Spaceport Ameri- space, but the international It wasn't immediately clear first to succeed from Virgin 2019, launched from Mojave ca to outer space and says 600 line is at 62 miles. what relation the accident had to Galactic’s glitzy Spaceport Air and Space Port in south- people have already paid at Virgin Galactic’s flights are the shooting. America in New Mexico, about central California. The first least $200,000 for the journey. supposed to take place in be- 100 miles north of El Paso in test flight from Spaceport The United States, and there- tween the two markers. At least 2 dead, 12 hurt in shooting at NJ party FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. US extending Haitians temporary protected status — At least two people were killed and 12 others were wounded in a Associated Press we can to support Haitian nation- DHS initially designated Haiti The NYIC, an umbrella group shooting at a large South Jersey WASHINGTON — The Biden als in the United States until condi- for TPS in January 2010 in the af- for policy and advocacy organiza- house party, state police said. administration is allowing eligible tions in Haiti improve so they may termath of the 7.0-magnitude tions in the state, estimates that New Jersey State Police said a Haitian nationals residing in the safely return home,” Mayorkas earthquake that devastated the 5,200 Haitian recipients of TPS re- 30-year-old man and 25-year-old- U.S. to apply for a new 18-month said. country. The designation was ex- side in New York. Saturday’s re- woman were fatally shot. designation for temporary pro- DHS says a foreign country may tended several times until the newal of TPS affects more than the There were 12 other people who tected status, reversing a Trump be designated for temporary pro- Trump administration announced 50,000 Haitians living in the U.S. were injured and transported to administration effort that had tected status, or TPS, because of in January 2018 that Haiti’s TPS while redesignating TPS for Hai- local hospitals. sought to end the special consider- conditions that temporarily pre- designation would end effective tians who arrived in the U.S. after No arrests have been made. ation. vent the country’s nationals from July 22, 2019. Several lawsuits 2010 could benefit up to 100,000 Officials said police responded In a statement Saturday, Home- returning safely or because the challenging the termination have more, according to the NYIC. to the house in Fairfield Town- land Security Secretary Alejandro country is unable to handle the re- allowed the designation to remain Individuals eligible for TPS un- ship, about an hour outside of Phi- Mayorkas cited security concerns, turn of its nationals adequately. in effect. der the new designation must file ladelphia, late Saturday night. A social unrest, an increase in hu- While a person with TPS cannot be “Today, the Biden administra- an application for TPS with U.S. resident who runs a local anti-vio- man rights abuses, crippling pov- removed from the U.S., DHS notes tion affirmed America’s commit- Citizenship and Immigration Ser- lence organization said he was erty and other problems in Haiti that it is a temporary benefit that ment to its humanitarian values,” vices within the registration peri- called out to assist families at the for the decision. doesn’t lead to lawful permanent Murad Awawdeh, executive di- od, DHS said. Current beneficiar- 90s-themed party. “After careful consideration, we resident status or give any other rector for the New York Immigra- ies under Haiti’s TPS designation determined that we must do what immigration status. tion Coalition, said in a statement. also must apply, the agency said. From The Associated Press Monday, May 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Cocaine with photo of Escobar washes up GULF SHORES — AL Packages of cocaine, in- cluding one decorated with a pho- tograph of Colombian drug king- pin Pablo Escobar, are still wash- ing up on Alabama beaches days after an initial haul of almost 70 poundsworth more than $1 million was found on the sand, police said. Beach combers began discover- ing cocaine wrapped in plastic in the surf in Gulf Shores, a popular tourist spot, and police told news outlets that additional bundles of the drug were still coming in spo- radically. One of the brick-like packages bore the image of what appeared to be a 1976 booking photo of Esco- bar, a notorious kingpin who was shot to death in Colombia in 1993. Cash-counting motorist hits a mailbox, rolls truck SABATTUS — A ME pickup driver in Maine who was counting his cash hit a mailbox and rolled the truck, state police said. Nicholas Landry told police he’d just cashed his paycheck and was counting the money when his KELLEY SMITH, THE (MICHIGAN CITY, IND.) NEWS DISPATCH/AP pickup veered onto a shoulder, clipped a mailbox and rolled over in Sabattus, police said. Blasting off Landry, 32, of Greene, was Barker Middle School in Michigan City, Ind., hosted its annual water bottle rocket STEM community challenge on the soccer field at Michigan wearing his seat belt and walked City High School. Sixteen teams from Barker, local elementary schools, the Michigan City Police Department and KTR Corp. made it to this away from the crash with a “slight year’s finals with their homemade rockets. The goal was to engineer a craft that would stay airborne for the longest amount of time. bump on his head,” Sabattus Po- lice Lt. Daniel Davies said in a driving by, then the officer falling THE CENSUS along the Arizona-Nevada border statement. from the vehicle and rolling on the said small, moth-like insects that pavement. The number of days a hiker was missing in a Southern Cali- thrive along the river are becom- FBI look for person who Hours later, two St. Louis Coun- 5 fornia forest before being rescued. George Null, 58, was ing a nuisance. flew drone near CBP helo ty officers in separate squad cars picked up by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s helicopter in a remote area of the The U.S. Bureau of Reclama- were chasing the car suspected in Angeles National Forest. A Sheriff’s Department photo taken with a crew mem- tion is planning a series of water TUCSON — The FBI is the officer’s dragging when the ber showed Null dirty and with a stubbly beard but smiling broadly. His sister, reductions from a dam on the Col- AZ seeking to identify suspect stopped and ran from the Rebecca Latta said her brother is an experienced hiker, but he told her he be- orado River to dry out caddisfly whoever is responsible for illegal- car. When the officer in the first came disoriented in an area burned last year by the Bobcat Fire, which black- eggs and larvae to reduce the pop- ened more than 180 square miles of the forest. ly flying a drone near a U.S. Cus- squad car stopped to chase the ulation. Birds and bats also are toms and Border Protection heli- driver, the second squad car rear- likely to feed on the flies, the agen- copter about three months ago. ended the first, officials said. Both ceived multiple reports of scam- to end a policy that for 30 years cy said. On the night of Feb. 9, Border officers were treated for minor in- mers contacting residents by text, limited to the winter months the Officials in Bullhead City and Protection employees told Tucson juries and released from the hos- claiming that the agency is award- dredging of accumulated sand Laughlin, Nev., requested the ac- police that a drone was flying dan- pital. ing consumers with cash prizes and mud in harbors from the Car- tion, saying the insects are hurting gerously close to their helicopter. The suspect got away, police for being safe drivers, officials olinas to Florida. businesses and visitors who flock Over the next few hours, multi- said. said. The seasonal limits were enact- to the communities on opposite ple law enforcement agencies In another reported scam, a ed to protect sea turtles from be- sides of the river. worked to find the drone’s oper- City to host free drive-in consumer received a text message ing killed and maimed by the vac- ator but were unsuccessful. movies this summer from someone that falsely repre- uum-like suction pumps of hopper Mountain lion that The FBI said the drone ap- sented they worked for the DMV dredges, and conservationists roamed city captured peared to launch from an area CHARLESTON — and needed the consumer to text credit that policy with helping about 5 miles south of Tucson and WV West Virginia’s large- them back in order to update the threatened and endangered tur- SAN FRANCISCO — A flew across Tucson and north over st city plans to host free drive-in consumer’s driving status. tles species begin to rebound. CA mountain lion that Marana. movie events this summer. The DMV does not send unsolic- The Army Corps now says the roamed the streets of San Francis- The city of Charleston said in a ited texts to consumers, and it seasonal dredging limits are no co for two days has been captured Officer dragged during news release that “Frozen 2” will does not award cash prizes, the at- longer necessary, citing a report and will be returned to the wild, traffic stop, 2 others hurt be shown on June 9, “Moana” on torney general’s office said in a last year by federal government authorities said. July 7 and “Godzilla vs. Kong” on statement. scientists who found sea turtles The cougar, an approximately ST. LOUIS — Au- Aug. 4 in the parking lot of the Big could endure roughly 150 deaths 2-year-old male, was found in a MO thorities are search- Lots on Patrick Street. Judge halts dredging plan per year from dredging. tree near Mission Street and tran- ing for a driver after a suburban Each movie night will begin over threat to sea turtles The judge ordered the Brun- quilized by San Francisco Animal St. Louis police officer was with a 30-minute cartoon. Parking swick dredging project be put on Care and Control officers. The dragged during a traffic stop, and will start 90 minutes before each SAVANNAH — A fed- hold until December, unless the animal was taken to the Oakland two other officers were later in- event and be on a first-come, first- GA eral judge ordered an Corps can use a different type of Zoo for an examination. jured in a crash as they tried to served basis, the statement said. immediate halt to plans to dredge dredge that poses far less risk to The lion had a radio collar, indi- stop the suspect. a shipping channel on the Georgia sea turtles. cating it was being tracked by The incident began when a St. DMV receives reports of coast, citing a threat to sea turtles wildlife experts, and that helped John officer stopped a vehicle and scamming text messages nesting on nearby beaches. Insect becomes nuisance identify the animal as the lion that was dragged for an unspecified The injunction by U.S. District in riverside communities was spotted in Bernal Heights and distance when the driver sped off, CONCORD — The Judge R. Stan Baker delivered an the Portola District. police said. Doorbell camera vid- NH New Hampshire Divi- initial setback to the Army Corps BULLHEAD CITY — eo of the incident shows the car sion of Motor Vehicles has re- of Engineers. The agency is trying AZ Officials in two cities From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 WORLD Iran limits Cable access to car fall nuclear site images Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s parlia- kills at ment speaker said Sunday that in- ternational inspectors may no longer access surveillance imag- es of the Islamic Republic’s nu- clear sites, escalating tensions least 9 amid diplomatic efforts in Vienna to save Tehran’s atomic accord with world powers. Associated Press The comments by Iran’s parlia- ROME — A cable car taking vis- ment speaker Mohammad Bagh- itors to a mountaintop view of er Qalibaf, aired by state TV, fur- some of northern Italy’s most pic- ther underscored the narrowing turesque lakes plunged to the window for the U.S. and others to ground Sunday, killing at least reach terms with Iran. nine people and sending two chil- “Regarding this, and based on dren to the hospital, authorities SOCCORSO ALPINO E SPELEOLOGICO PIEMONTESE/AP the expiration of the three-month said. Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed near the summit of the Stresa­Mottarone deadline, definitely the Interna- A photo of the wreckage taken line Sunday in the Piedmont region, northern Italy. tional Atomic Energy Agency will by Italy’s fire department showed not have the right to access imag- the crushed and crumpled re- Milan noted that the cable line lowing travel between regions af- The trip up the mountain from es from May 22,” Qalibaf said. mains of the cable car in a clearing had been renovated in 2016 and ter a winter of COVID-19 restric- the base at the lake features a ca- Hours later, however, a web- of a thick patch of pine trees near had only recently reopened after tions. ble car to get up halfway and then site called Nournews that’s be- the summit of the Mottarone peak coronavirus lockdowns forced the Mottarone reaches a height of a chairlift to reach a small amuse- lieved to be close to Iran’s Su- overlooking Lake Maggiore. closures of ski lifts across Italy. 1,491 meters and overlooks sever- ment park, Alpyland, further up preme National Security Council At that location, about 100 me- Sunday was a beautiful, sunny al picturesque lakes and the sur- that has a children’s rollercoaster quoted an anonymous official ters before the final pilon, the ca- day in the area, and Milan hypoth- rounding Alps of Italy’s Piedmont offering 360-degree views of the suggesting Tehran’s deal with the bles of the lift were particularly esized that many families were region. Milan said a total of 11 peo- scenery. Italy’s transport minis- IAEA could be extended “anoth- high off the ground, said Walter taking advantage of the gorgeous ple were in the cable car at the ter, Enrico Giovannini, was fol- er month.” Milan, spokesman for the Alpine weather to enjoy a day in nature time. The two children were in se- lowing the rescue effort, which in- Under what is called an “Addi- rescue service. The cause hasn’t after months of lockdown. Italy rious condition and were taken to volved the deployment of three tional Protocol” with Iran, the been determined. only reopened a few weeks ago, al- a Turin hospital, Milan said. helicopters to the mountainside. IAEA “collects and analyzes hun- dreds of thousands of images cap- tured daily by its sophisticated Residents flee as surveillance cameras,” the agen- cy said in 2017. The agency also said then that it had placed “2,000 volcano erupts in Congo tamper-proof seals on nuclear coordinate relief efforts. material and equipment.” Associated Press The government said an evacua- Iran’s hard-line parliament in GOMA, Congo — Congo’s Mount tion plan was being activated, but December approved a bill that Nyiragongo erupted for the first the official announcement came would suspend part of U.N. in- time in nearly two decades Satur- several hours after the sky turned a spections of its nuclear facilities day, turning the night sky a fiery fiery red, and many had already if European signatories did not red and sending lava onto a major fled on foot in hopes of crossing the provide relief from oil and bank- highway as panicked residents Rwandan border post just outside ing sanctions by February. The tried to flee Goma, a city of nearly 2 town. IAEA struck a three-month deal million. Rwandan immigration author- with Iran to have it hold the sur- There was no immediate word ities reported that some 3,000 peo- veillance images, with Tehran on any casualties, but witnesses ple already had officially crossed threatening to delete them after- said that lava already had engulfed over from Congo to escape the vol- ward if no deal had been reached. one highway that connects Goma cano’s eruption, according to the It wasn’t immediately clear if with the city of Beni in North Kivu national broadcaster. the images from February had province. Authorities at the Goma Volcano been deleted. Before Qalibaf’s re- Congolese President Felix Tshi- Observatory initially said it was the JUSTIN KABUMBA/AP marks, lawmaker Ali Reza Salimi sekedi said he would be returning nearby Nyamulagira volcano that People stand and take selfies in front of lava from the eruption of urged an open session of parlia- home on Sunday from Europe ear- had erupted. The two volcanos are Mount Nyiragongo in the early hours of Sunday in Buhene, on the ment to ensure Iran’s civilian nu- lier than planned in order to help located about 13 kilometers apart. outskirts of Goma, Congo. clear arm “erased” the images. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran did not immediately com- ment on the decision. Israeli police escort Jewish visitors to flashpoint holy site “Order the head of the Atomic Energy Organization to avoid de- Associated Press rael and Gaza’s militant Hamas the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound the public order.” Police spokes- lay,” said Salimi, a cleric from JERUSALEM — Israeli police rulers came to a fragile halt Fri- and barred entry to Muslims un- man Micky Rosenfeld said the site Iran’s central city of Delijan. The escorted more than 250 Jewish day, but left behind immense ruin der the age of 45, according to the was open for “regular visits” and “recorded images in the cameras visitors Sunday to a flashpoint ho- in Gaza, including hundreds of Islamic Waqf, which oversees the that police had secured the area. should be eliminated.” ly site in Jerusalem where clashes homes that have been completely site. Muslims who entered were The visits later ended without It also wasn’t clear what this between police and Palestinian destroyed and many more that required to leave their IDs with any further incident. The Waqf meant for in-person inspections protesters helped trigger a war in were badly damaged, according to police at the entrance. said Sunday was the first time by the IAEA. There are 18 nucle- Gaza, according to the Islamic au- the U.N. Israeli police denied there was Jews had been allowed to visit the ar facilities and nine other loca- thority overseeing the site. With tensions still high, police any age restriction and said they site since May 4, a week before the tions in Iran under IAEA safe- The 11-day conflict between Is- cleared young Palestinians out of arrested five people who “violated war broke out. guards. Monday, May 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD Severe conditions prove deadly in China ultramarathon

Associated Press The runners were racing on an But the weather caught them off BEIJING — Twenty-one people extremely narrow mountain path guard, and on the morning of the running a mountain ultramarath- at an altitude reaching 6,500-9,800 race Saturday, he already sensed on died in northwestern China af- feet. The 60-mile race was held things were not normal. The run- ter hail, freezing rain and gale- Saturday in the Yellow River Stone ners were not dressed for winter- force winds hit the high-altitude Forest tourist site in Baiyin city in like conditions, many wearing race, state media reported Sun- Gansu province. short-sleeved tops. day. Participants were not rookies. Some runners farther along the After an all-night rescue oper- One of the deceased was a well- course had fallen off the trail into ation in freezing temperatures in- known runner, Liang Jing, who deep mountain crevices, accord- volving more than 700 personnel, had won a 62-mile race in Ningbo, ing to a reporter for state broad- rescuers were able to confirm that reported the Paper, a state-backed caster CCTV. It was not clear how 151 people were safe, out of a total newspaper based in Shanghai. many of them survived. of 172 participants. Twenty-one The race also followed a rela- Video footage showed rescuers had died, according to the official tively established course, having in winter jackets in the pitch-dark FAN PEISHEN/AP Xinhua News Agency, which said been held four times, according to night searching with flashlights Rescuers search for survivors Sunday in northwest China’s Gansu the runners suffered from physi- an account posted online by a par- along steep hills and narrow paths. Province after more than a dozen people running a mountain cal discomfort and the sudden ticipant in the race who quit and Search operations ended by noon marathon died when hail, freezing rain and gale­force winds hit the drop in temperature. managed to make his way to safety. Sunday, rescuers told Xinhua. high­altitude race, state media reported. Soldier killed in Pakistan in firefight with Afghan militants Associated Press district of North Waziristan in Khyber Pak- The statement said Pakistan has consis- man Fawad Aman said there was no “center ISLAMABAD — Militants in Afghanistan htunkhwa province late Saturday night, the tently asked Afghanistan to manage and of terrorism in Afghanistan” and that al- fired across the border at a military post in military said in a statement. It said troops control its side of the border. Pakistan most all militant groups fighting in Afghan- northwestern Pakistan, killing a soldier in a returned fire and a young soldier was killed. strongly condemns the use of Afghan soil by istan have bases in Pakistan. firefight with Pakistani troops, the military No one immediately claimed responsib- militants for attacks against targets inside “Terrorists are entering Afghanistan said. ility for the attack and the military provided Pakistan. from Pakistan conducting terrorist oper- The cross-border attack took place in the no further details. Afghan Defense Ministry deputy spokes- ations against people,” he said. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Biden’s EV tax credits redistribute wealth … upward Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander BY GEORGE F. WILL that the biggest beneficiaries were house- much of the greenhouse gases that a gasoline Washington Post Writers Group holds with adjusted gross income of at least car will emit across its entire lifetime.” EDITORIAL WASHINGTON $100,000. One percent went to households The Obama-Biden administration’s “Cash Terry Leonard, Editor residential gravitas swamped Mi- earning less than $50,000. States, too, have for Clunkers” tried to meld economic stimu- [email protected] chigan last week when Joe Biden joined the market manipulation. In Califor- lus and environmental stewardship. Con- announced that, regarding electric nia, where about 47% of EVs are sold, buyers sumers trading in old vehicles received Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor vehicles (EVs), the nation was at can gain up to $15,000. That such subsidies vouchers for more climate-friendly, fuel-effi- [email protected] P both an “inflection point” and a “crossroads.” “work” is shown by what happens when they cient vehicles — vouchers for $3,500 or Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content After he remakes the automobile industry, end: In 2015, when Georgia ended its $5,000 $4,500, depending on the miles-per-gallon [email protected] his speechwriting shop should be next. state tax credit, EV sales plummeted 89% in difference between trade-in and the new pur- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation Hitherto known as “Amtrak Joe,” the pres- two months. chase. A Brookings Institution study found [email protected] ident told Michiganders he is “a car guy,” Biden’s policy to use less affluent Ameri- that the 55-day program’s $2.85 billion essen- which was well-received by automobile exec- cans’ money to entice more affluent Ameri- tially shifted “roughly a few billion [consum- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital utives and autoworkers pleased by his indus- cans to buy EVs is only one of the contemplat- ers’] dollars forward from the subsequent [email protected] trial policy promoting EVs. This, like all his ed regressive policies by which his adminis- two quarters following the program.” Most of policies, is, he says, climate policy, and serves tration would transfer wealth upward. 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Biden even wants $15 bil- related to climate change — including cost credit. All such measures will have a climate [email protected] lion to build 500,000 EV charging stations. and convenience — the future of EVs proba- impact too tiny to measure, given that U.S. When U.S. automobile sales exploded from 8 bly would be bright even without government personal cars, of which EVs will be a small CIRCULATION million vehicles on U.S. roads in 1920 to 23 midwifery. Perhaps, however, these should proportion for many years, produce only 2.4% million in 1930 without tax credits, the private be called “19.3% coal cars,” that being the per- of global emissions. Mideast sector, responding to real rather than syn- centage of U.S. electricity generated by coal. In 1928, presidential candidate Herbert Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] thetic demand, built sufficient gas stations. 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BY DAVID BAUDER Associated Press hrissie Hynde wouldn’t make her own mark in music until a few years Clater, but her memories of how 1971’s daily soundtrack was tied to the times remain vivid. “Music said something,” the Pre- tenders’ leader and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer says at the start of “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything,” an eight- part documentary series that pre- miered Friday on the Apple TV+ streaming service. Singer­songwriter Carole King performs in New York’s Central Park in Hynde had just dropped out of 1973. King helped to break down sexual barriers in the early ’70s. Kent State University in Ohio, where a year earlier four students bums of all time. Joni Mitchell’s were shot and killed by the National “Blue.” King’s “Tapestry.” Len- Guard. Neil Young’s incendiary non’s “Imagine.” The Rolling song about the incident, “Ohio,” Stones’ “Sticky Fingers.” Sly & the AP photos played as she told her story. Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Her three words essentially pro- Goin’ On.” David Bowie’s hit John Lennon in 1971, the year he released his iconic song “Imagine” and the album of the same name. Lennon is featured in “1971: The vide the theme statement for the se- “Changes.” Gil Scott-Heron’s song Year That Music Changed Everything,” an eight­part documentary ries’ producers. They document, that became a catchphrase, “The series that premiered Friday on the Apple+ streaming service. through indelible work made that Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” year by Marvin Gaye, Carole King, Gay-Rees was 4 years old at the all of the video they dug up, includ- Brown and other Black artists John Lennon and many others, how time. It took three years to make the ing film of Lennon, producer Phil fought against racism, the rise of musicians responded at a time series, mostly because of the ardu- Spector and musicians recording hard drugs and how it affected art- when the 1960s dream was dying ous task of securing rights to about the “Imagine” album. In another ists like the Rolling Stones and Sly and it was unclear what would re- 150 pieces of music, after he was in- priceless clip, President Richard Stone, and how George Harrison’s place it. trigued by the David Hepworth Nixon introduces a performance by “Concert for Bangla Desh” provid- “Some people run away and hide book, “1971 — Never a Dull Mo- In 1971, Marvin Gaye released the Ray Conniff Singers at the ed a template for future benefits. themselves in drugs,” said James ment: Rock’s Golden Year.” “What’s Going On,” which tops White House by saying, “if the mu- While Gay-Rees said he’s “not Gay-Rees, one of the series’ execu- After a somewhat unfocused first Rolling Stone’s list of the top sic is square, it’s because I like it prone to nostalgia,” it’s hard to dis- tive producers. “Some people write episode, the series settles in with 500 albums of all time. square.” miss the quality of the songwriting. protest music and some people find more thematic subsequent pieces. Nixon keeps a frozen smile as one Was it the best year ever for pop- their identity. It’s such a brilliant One episode focuses on King and addressed issues like poverty and of the singers holds up a sign pro- ular music? tipping point, really.” Mitchell and the breaking down of treatment by authorities with work testing the Vietnam War. “You can argue whether it was It was the year of Gaye’s “What’s sexual barriers, while “The Revolu- that sounds fresh today. Other topics include the emer- ’66 or 1950 or ’71,” he said. “But it Going On,” No. 1 on Rolling Stone tion Will Not Be Televised” zeroes Besides the crucial music clear- gence of glam rock in the aftermath was a pretty good year by any- magazine’s list of the top 500 al- in on Black musicians and how they ances, producers deserve credit for of the Beatles’ breakup, how James body’s measure.” CMA board limits Wallen’s eligibility; singer performs at bar From wire reports Glasses,” when the video was posted on TMZ chronic pain. for the studio band immortalized as “The Country singer Morgan Wallen will be eli- in February. Wallen has apologized for using The Grammy and Oscar-winner said the Swampers” in the rock hit “Sweet Home Ala- gible for multiple awards at this year’s CMA the slur and radio stations and streaming ser- producer kept her “locked away” in a studio bama,” died Thursday at 75. Hawkins died Awards but not the show’s top prize, a sign of vices dropped him from playlists, but his al- and threatened to burn her music if she didn’t after an extended illness, said Ana Hyde, stu- the continuing fallout after bum sales surged. take off her clothes, She refused to name the dio and operations manager at Muscle Shoals he was caught on camera Wallen, 28, performed Wednesday night at producer, explaining she doesn’t “ever want Sound Studio. Roger played on hundreds of using a racial slur. Kid Rock’s honky tonk bar in Nashville, sing- to face that person again.” hit recordings. His session credits include re- The Country Music As- ing “Whiskey Glasses” and “Wasted on You” Gaga first publicly told Howard Stern in a cordings with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pick- sociation’s Board of Direc- with the band, according to The Tennessean. 2014 interview that she had been raped by a ett, Percy Sledge, Bob Seger, The Staples tors voted that Wallen will Lady Gaga says rape at 19 producer 20 years older than her, saying it in- Singers, Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Steve not be eligible for individu- spired her 2013 track “Swine.” Winwood, Otis Redding, James Brown, Etta al artist categories, such as led to a ‘total psychotic break’ James, Levon Helm, Alicia Keys and many entertainer of the year and Lady Gaga says she got pregnant at 19 after Other news more. Wallen male vocalist of the year, being raped by a music producer early in her ■ Nearly 20 years after her first novels ■ Paul Mooney, the boundary-pushing co- according to Catharine McNelly, a CMA spo- career, a trauma that triggered a “total psy- were published, Stacey Abrams is hitting full median who was Richard Pryor’s writing keswoman. chotic break.” stride as a writer. The voting rights activist, partner and whose bold, incisive musings on The board decided that Wallen could be The singer-songwriter opened up about grassroots organizer and former Georgia racism and American life made him a re- nominated for awards that recognize an artis- the ordeal on Oprah Winfrey and Prince Har- Democratic gubernatorial candidate has a vered figure in stand-up, has died. He was 79. tic work, such as album of the year, song of ry’s Apple TV+ show “The Me You Can’t deal for two political thrillers, Doubleday and Cassandra Williams, Mooney’s publicist, said the year, single of the year, musical event and See,” which focuses on mental health. Anchor Books announced Thursday. The he died Wednesday at his home in Oakland, music video, “so as to not limit the opportuni- Lady Gaga, whose hits include “Born This new novels will bring back the gifted and in- Calif., from a heart attack. Mooney wasn’t as ty for other credited collaborators.” Way” and “Shallow,” recalled having a “total trepid law clerk Avery Keene from Abrams’ widely known as Pryor, but his influence was The voting schedule was released Friday, psychotic break” years after she was raped. current work, “While Justice Sleeps,” which ubiquitous. As head writer on “In Living Col- with the first nomination ballot going out to “For a couple years, I was not the same girl,” came out two weeks ago and is already a No. 1 or,” Mooney helped create and inspire the CMA voters on July 6. she said. New York Times bestseller with more than Homey D. Clown character. He played the Wallen was already one of the genre’s big- Gaga said she was diagnosed with PTSD 100,000 copies in print. future-foretelling Negrodamus on “Chap- gest stars, with crossover hits like “Whiskey years later after going to the hospital for ■ Roger Hawkins, the original drummer pelle’s Show.” Monday, May 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/AUTO RACING

DEALS AUTO RACING SOCCER Kyle Busch Saturday’s transactions Pit Boss 250 Toyota Tundra 225 MLS BASEBALL Major League Baseball NASCAR­Xfinity NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Eastern Conference Saturday Saturday dominates American League At Circuits of the Americas At Circuits of the Americas WLTPts GF GA CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled LHP Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas. Kyle Nelson from Columbus (Triple­A New England 3 1 2 11 7 6 East). Optioned RHP Triston McKenzie to Lap length: 3.41 miles Lap length: 3.41 miles Columbus. (Start position in parentheses) (Start position in parentheses) Orlando City 2 0 3 9 6 2 Xfinity race HOUSTON ASTROS— Recalled INF Taylor 1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 46 laps, 0 1. (5) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 41 laps, 52 NYC FC 2 1 2 8 10 4 Jones from Sugar Land (Triple­A West). points. points. Atlanta 2 1 2 8 6 4 Optioned RHP Tyler Ivey to Sugar Land. 2. (7) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 46, 48. 2. (2) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, 41, 49. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Acquired RHP 3. (9) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 46, 43. 3. (1) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 41, 48. Montreal 2 2 2 8 8 7 in Austin Domingo Tapia from Seattle in exchange 4. (12) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 46, 0. 4. (23) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 41, 33. Philadelphia 2 2 2 8 5 5 for cash considerations and optioned him 5. (8) Austin Cindric, Ford, 46, 34. 5. (3) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 41, 41. Inter Miami CF 2 2 2 8 8 9 to Omaha (Triple­A East). Transferred RHP 6. (10) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 46, 31. 6. (21) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 41, 39. BY JIM VERTUNO Jesse Hahn from the 10­day IL to the 60­ 7. (3) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 46, 0. 7. (17) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 41, 30. Nashville 1 0 4 7 6 4 day IL. Sent INF/OF Hunter Dozier to Oma­ 8. (5) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 46, 0. 8. (15) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 41, 29. New York 2 3 0 6 7 6 Associated Press ha for a rehab assignment. 9. (6) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 46, 38. 9. (9) Austin Hill, Toyota, 41, 28. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned LHP 10. (11) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 46, 27. 10. (11) Ben Rhodes, Toyota, 41, 43. D.C. United 2 4 0 6 5 10 AUSTIN, Texas — Kyle Busch Dillon Peters to Salt Lake (Triple­A West). 11. (35) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 46, 35. 11. (26) Paul Menard, Toyota, 41, 26. Columbus 1 2 2 5 3 4 turned in a dominating perform- Reinstated RHP Junior Guerra from the IL. 12. (21) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 46, 25. 12. (6) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 41, 28. Toronto FC 1 2 2 5 7 9 MINNESOTA TWINS — Activated RHP 13. (17) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 46, 0. 13. (13) Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet, 41, ance to win the NASCAR Xfinity Tyler Duffey. 14. (22) Preston Pardus, Chevrolet, 46, 24. Chicago 0 4 1 1 3 10 SEATTLE MARINERS— Traded RHP Dom­ 23. 14. (28) Hailie Deegan, Ford, 41, 23. Cincinnati 0 3 1 1 4 13 race at the Circuit of the Americas ingo Tapia to Kansas City for cash consid­ 15. (18) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, 46, 30. 15. (4) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 41, 38. erations. Claimed LHP Daniel Zamora off 16. (29) Riley Herbst, Ford, 46, 21. 16. (29) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, 41, Western Conference on Saturday, with lessons learned waivers from N.Y. Mets. Reinstated RHP 17. (19) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 46, 28. 21. for maybe an even bigger victory Robert Dugger and LHP Anthony Misiew­ 18. (13) Andy Lally, Chevrolet, 46, 26. 17. (16) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 41, 24. WLTPts GF GA icz from the IL. Optioned LHP Aaron Fletch­ 19. (16) Spencer Pumpelly, Chevrolet, 46, 18. (8) Parker Chase, Toyota, 41, 19. later in the weekend. er and RHP Wyatt Mills to Tacoma (Tri­ 18. 19. (24) Camden Murphy, Toyota, 41, 19. Seattle 5 0 1 16 13 2 ple­A West). Signed RHP Zack Weiss to a 20. (4) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 46, 17. 20. (12) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 41, 17. Busch, looking to get some extra minor league contract. Selected the con­ LA Galaxy 4 1 0 12 10 8 21. (23) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 46, 16. 21. (19) Derek Kraus, Toyota, 41, 24. laps and much-needed track experi- tract of 2B Ty Kelly from Long Island (At­ 22. (30) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 46, 15. 22. (27) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 41, 15. Sporting KC 3 2 1 10 9 7 lantic League). 23. (33) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 46, 23. (32) Lawless Alan, Toyota, 41, 14. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Transferred LHP Colorado 3 1 1 10 8 6 ence before the NASCAR Cup Se- Cody Reed from the 10­day IL to the 60­day 25. 24. (22) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 41, 14. San Jose 3 3 0 9 10 8 24. (31) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 46, 13. 25. (30) Tate Fogleman, Chevrolet, 41, 12. ries race, stepped into the Xfinity li- IL. Actvated RHP J.P. Feyereisen. Recalled Houston 2 2 2 8 7 8 SS Taylor Walls from Durham (Triple­A 25. (34) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 46, 12. 26. (14) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 41, 15. neup and crushed the field from the East). Claimed C Deivy Grullon off waivers 26. (14) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 46, 27. (31) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, 41, 10. Real Salt Lake 2 1 1 7 6 4 from N.Y. Mets. Optioned RHP Chris Mazza 11. 28. (33) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 41, 9. Vancouver 2 3 1 7 5 7 pole position with a pace and road 27. (25) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 46, 10. 29. (25) Michele Abbate, Toyota, 41, 8. and C Deivy Grullon to Durham. Portland 2 3 0 6 6 8 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed INF Ca­ 28. (27) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 46, 10. 30. (34) Cory Roper, Ford, 41, 7. course mastery that left little doubt van Biggio on the 10­day IL. Optioned LHP 29. (26) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, 46, 8. 31. (36) Tanner Gray, Ford, 40, 6. Austin FC 2 3 0 6 5 7 30. (2) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 36, 0. 32. (18) Timothy Peters, Chevrolet, 40, 5. about the outcome from the opening Anthony Kay and RHP Jeremy Beasley to Minnesota 2 4 0 6 5 10 Buffalo (Triple­A East). Recalled RHP Ty 31. (24) Boris Said, Toyota, 35, 6. 33. (20) Chandler Smith, Toyota, 39, 4. laps. Tice from Buffalo. Activated INF Joe Panik 32. (36) Kris Wright, Toyota, engine, 29, 0. 34. (35) Roger Reuse, Chevrolet, 38, 3. FC Dallas 1 2 2 5 6 6 and RHP Anthony Castro from the 10­day 33. (28) Timmy Hill, Ford, engine, 29, 0. 35. (10) Christian Eckes, Toyota, suspen­ Los Angeles 1 2 2 5 5 6 “Its cool to come here in the first IL. 34. (15) Miguel Paludo, Chevrolet, rear­ sion, 36, 2. National League gear, 25, 4. 36. (7) Cameron Lawrence, Chevrolet, 34, Note: Three points for victory, one point race at a new track. Really proud of ARIZONA DIAMONBACKS — Signed RHP 35. (32) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, 1. for tie. the effort,” Busch said. “There are engine, 19, 2. Nick Gardewine and RHP Noe Ramirez. Ac­ Race Statistics Saturday’s games quired OF Deivi Estrada from Atlanta for 36. (20) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, en­ other fast guys out here who will be RHP Yoan Lopez. gine, 13, 1. Average Speed of Race Winner: 70.793 Cincinnati 2, CF Montréal 1 mph. Portland 3, LA Galaxy 0 a force to reckoned with (Sunday).” ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Ja­ Race Statistics cob Webb to Gwinnett (Triple­A East). Re­ Time of Race:1 hour, 58 minutes, 30 sec­ Chicago 1, Miami 0 Busch led 36 of 46 laps and fin- called RHP Bryse Wilson from Gwinnett. Average Speed of Winner: 72.722 mph. onds. Orlando City 1, Toronto FC 0 Acquired RHP Yoan Lopez from Arizona Time of Race:2 hours, 9 minutes, 25 sec­ Margin of Victory: 7.941 seconds. Columbus 2, New York City FC 1 ished 11 seconds ahead of A.J. All- for OF Deivi Estrada. onds. Caution Flags: 2 for 2 laps. New England 3, New York 1 CHICAGO CUBS — Assigned C Tony Wol­ Margin of Victory: 11.024 seconds. Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers. Real Salt Lake 2, FC Dallas 2, tie mendinger for his record 98th Xfin- ters outright to Iowa (Triple­A East). Caution Flags: 4 for 7 laps. Lap Leaders: T.Ankrum 0; K.Grala 1­11; Houston 2, Vancouver 1 ity victory and 217th in NASCAR's COLORADO ROCKIES — Activated RHP Lead Changes: 6 among 5 drivers. T.Gilliland 12­13; S.Creed 14­23; B.Rhodes Sporting Kansas City 3, San Jose 1 Carlos Estevez from the 10­day IL. Op­ Lap Leaders:K.Busch 0­11; A.Allmendin­ 24­26; M.Crafton 27; S.Creed 28­31; T.Ank­ Los Angeles FC 2, Colorado 1 top three series. tioned RHP Justin Lawrence to Albuquer­ ger 12­14; J.Allgaier 15­17; A.Cindric 18­19; rum 32­35; T.Gilliland 36­41 Sunday’s games que (Triple­A West). K.Busch 20­27; J.Haley 28­30; K.Busch 31­46 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, “Kyle Busch is one of the best MIAMI MARLINS — Transferred RHP Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): S.Creed, 2 times for 14 laps; Atlanta at Seattle Elieser Hernandez from the 10­day IL to Laps Led): K.Busch, 3 times for 35 laps; K.Grala, 1 time for 11 laps; T.Gilliland, 2 Philadelphia at D.C. United we've ever seen. To run second to the 60­day IL. Selected the contract of LHP A.Allmendinger, 1 time for 3 laps; J.All­ times for 8 laps; T.Ankrum, 1 time for 4 Austin FC at Nashville him is not the worst thing,” All- Shawn Morimando from Jacksonville (Tri­ gaier, 1 time for 3 laps; J.Haley, 1 time for 3 laps; B.Rhodes, 1 time for 3 laps; M.Craf­ ple­A East) and signed him to a one­year laps; A.Cindric, 1 time for 2 laps. ton, 1 time for 1 lap. Saturday, May 29 mendinger said. “Second was the contract. Placed RHP Jordon Holloway on Wins: A.Cindric, 3; J.Allgaier, 2; A.All­ Wins: J.Nemechek, 2; B.Rhodes, 2; Montreal at Chicago the 10­day IL. mendinger, 1; J.Burton, 1; M.Snider, 1; S.Creed, 1; T.Gilliland, 1. Orlando City at New York best we were going to do unless MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Activated SS J.Berry, 1; T.Gibbs, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. J.Nemechek, 396; 2. New England at Cincinnati something happened to Kyle.” Willy Admes and RHP Trevor Richards. Re­ Top 16 in Points:1. A.Cindric, 471; 2. H.Bur­ B.Rhodes, 365; 3. S.Creed, 327; 4. A.Hill, 303; Toronto FC at Columbus called RHP Alec Bettinger from Nashville ton, 394; 3. A.Allmendinger, 390; 4. D.Hemric, 5. T.Gilliland, 288; 6. M.Crafton, 285; 7. Nashville at Atlanta NASCAR's inaugural race week- (Triple­A East). Optioned 3B Pablo Reyes 383; 5. J.Allgaier, 359; 6. J.Burton, 345; 7. J.Ha­ G.Enfinger, 266; 8. Z.Smith, 259; 9. S.Frie­ New York City FC at Los Angeles FC to Nashville. Designated LF Billy McKinney ley, 330; 8. J.Clements, 302; 9. N.Gragson, sen, 257; 10. C.Hocevar, 225; 11. J.Sauter, San Jose at LA Galaxy end at the 3.4-mile track built for for assignment. Sent RF Derek Fisher to 301; 10. M.Snider, 298; 11. M.Annett, 279; 12. 215; 12. A.Self, 199; 13. C.Smith, 180; 14. D.C. United at Miami Formula One is pushing drivers to Nashville for a rehab assignment. B.Jones, 268; 13. B.Brown, 242; 14. R.Herbst, T.Ankrum, 178; 15. H.Deegan, 154; 16. Houston at Sporting Kansas City NEW YORK METS— Recalled RHP Jordan 227; 15. J.Berry, 222; 16. R.Sieg, 208. R.Lessard, 150. FC Dallas at Colorado quickly learn its 20 turns, s-curves Yamamoto from Syracuse (Triple­A East). Minnesota at Real Salt Lake Activated LHP Stephen Tarpley from the and elevation changes. None are 10­day IL. Designated INF Jake Hager for Sunday, May 30 trickier than the first corner, a left- assignment. TENNIS GOLF Portland at Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES— Recalled RHP Austin FC at Seattle handed switchback that quickly Spencer Howard from Lehigh Valley (Tri­ WTA Belgrade ple­A East). Placed LHP Matt Moore on the Pure Silk Championship sends the cars into a 133-foot de- 10­day IL, retroactive to May 21. Saturday PITTSBURGH PIRATES— Placed RHP Tre­ At Novak Tennis Center Saturday scent. Belgrade PRO BASKETBALL vor Cahill on the 10­day IL. Activated RHP At Williamsburg, Va. The win and the course knowl- Kyle Crick from the 10­day IL. Sent INF Ke­ Purse: $235,238 Yardage: 6,588; Par: 71 Surface: Red clay WNBA ’Bryan Hayes to Indianapolis for a rehab Third Round edge could be a boost for Busch assignment. Women’s Singles ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Activated RHP Semifinals Moriya Jutanugarn  71­67­65—203 ­10 heading into Sunday’s Cup race if Miles Mikolas from the 10­day IL. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, def. Maria Camila Wei­Ling Hsu  66­72­65—203 ­10 Eastern Conference Osorio Serrano, Colombia, 7­6 (6), 7­6 (4). conditions stay the same. Saturday SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Selected the Jessica Korda 70­67­67—204 ­9 WLPct GB contract of LHP Scott Kazmir from Sacra­ Paula Badosa (4), Spain, def. Viktoriya Lizette Salas 73­68­64—205 ­8 morning Xfinity qualifying was in mento (Triple­A East) and signed him to a Tomova, Bulgaria, 6­1, 6­2.  Connecticut 4 0 1.000 — one­year contract. Optioned LHP Sam Sel­ Sarah Kemp 69­67­69—205 ­8 the rain. The afternoon race was man to Sacramento. Designated OF Bra­ Championship Chicago 2 0 1.000 1 Giulia Molinaro 73­70­63—206 ­7 den Bishop for assignment. Paula Badosa (4), Spain, def. Ana Kon­ New York 3 1 .750 1 dry. Rain looms in the forecast for BASKETBALL Ryann O'Toole 68­72­66—206 ­7 juh, Croatia, 6­2, 2­0, ret. Washington 1 2 .333 2½ Women’s National Basketball Lauren Stephenson 71­68­67—206 ­7 Sunday. Association Atlanta 1 2 .333 2½ Lyon Open Elizabeth Szokol 68­72­67—207 ­6 Busch cut through the wet condi- WASHINGTON MYSTICS — Waived F Jil­ Indiana 0 4 .000 4 lian Alleyne. Saturday Ruixin Liu 67­73­67—207 ­6 At Parc de la Tete d’Or tions in the morning to earn pole po- FOOTBALL Wichanee Meechai 70­68­69—207 ­6 Western Conference National Football League Lyon, France sition and was just as dominant Purse: Euro 419,470 Lindsey Weaver 73­69­66—208 ­5 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed DT Surface: Red clay WLPct GB when the sun came out. Jay Tufele to a four­year contract. Perrine Delacour 70­71­67—208 ­5 HOCKEY Men’s Singles Semifinals Pajaree Anannarukarn 71­69­68—208 ­5 Seattle 3 1 .750 — Ross Chastain started second and National Hockey League Stefanos Tsitsipas (2), Greece, def. Lo­ Las Vegas 2 1 .667 ½ NHL — Fined Washington F Anthony Sei Young Kim  67­71­70—208 ­5 challenged Busch from the start renzo Musetti, Italy, 4­6, 6­3, 6­0. Phoenix 2 2 .500 1 Mantha $5,000 for goaltender interference Cameron Norrie, Britain, def. Karen Kha­ Hinako Shibuno 70­75­64—209 ­4 through the first corner. But his race against Boston G Tuuka Rask during a May chanov (8), Russia, 6­1, 6­1. Stephanie Meadow 72­69­68—209 ­4 Dallas 1 1 .500 1 21 game. Fined Carolina F Jordan Staal was done early as he broke an axle $5,000 for tripping against Nashville F Luke Jennifer Song 70­69­70—209 ­4 Los Angeles 0 2 .000 2 Kunin during a May 21 game. Geneva Open Jasmine Suwannapura 69­74­67—210 ­3 Minnesota 0 3 .000 2½ when he left the track in the first lap SOCCER Jenny Coleman 72­70­68—210 ­3 Major League Soccer Saturday and his car limped back the garage. At Tennis Club de Geneve Eaux­Vives Ally Ewing 73­68­69—210 ­3 FC DALLAS— Acquired North Texas Soc­ Geneva Friday’s games Busch led most of the first stage cer Club (USL) G Colin Shutler on a short­ Purse: Euro 419,470 Lindy Duncan 72­69­69—210 ­3 Washington 101, New York 72 but wound up 13th after getting de- term loan. Surface: Red clay Mina Harigae 69­72­69—210 ­3 Atlanta 83, Indiana 79 LOS ANGELES FC — Loaned Ms Bryce Men’s Singles Duke, Alvaro Quezada, Fs Christian Torres, Anne van Dam 71­69­70—210 ­3 Connecticut 84, Phoenix 67 layed by traffic in pit lane. He quick- Championship Las Vegas 97, Los Angeles 69 Cal Jennings, Ds Mohamed Traore and To­ Luna Sobron Galmes 67­73­70—210 ­3 ly returned to the front before pit- ny Leone to Las Vegas Lights (USL) for Casper Ruud (3), Norway, def. Denis Sha­ Saturday’s games their match today vs. Phoenix Rising FC. povalov (2), Canada, 7­6 (6), 6­4. Stacy Lewis 68­69­73—210 ­3 Seattle 100, Dallas 97, OT ting again at the end of the second. Sunday’s games Justin Haley, who missed last SPORTLIGHT New York at Chicago week's race at Dover because of Washington at Indiana Connecticut at Las Vegas what was termed as problems with May 24 during a slowdown period near the end of ish at the Indianapolis 500, beating Scott Monday’s games coronavirus protocols, won the sec- 1967 — The AFL grants a franchise to the the race. The decision is later reversed, Goodyear by 43­thousandths of a second, Cincinnati Bengals. giving Unser credit for the victory, but he barely half a car length. Lyn St. James, the Dallas at New York ond stage. is fined $40,000. second woman to race at Indy, finishes 1981 — The Indianapolis 500 ends in con­ Tuesday’s games Busch then closed the door on the troversy when Mario Andretti, who fin­ 1986 — The Montreal Canadiens win 11th. ished second to Bobby Unser, is declared their 23rd Stanley Cup, beating the Cal­ 1995 — Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley be­ Washington at Indiana field with a bolt up the hill out of the winner because Unser broke a rule gary Flames 4­3 in five games. comes the sixth pitcher to record 300 Atlanta at Chicago 1992 — Al Unser Jr. wins the closest fin­ saves, in a 5­2 win over Baltimore Orioles. Connecticut at Seattle third-stage restart. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP/GYMNASTICS

Scoreboard Biles makes PGA Championship more history Saturday At Kiawah Island Ocean Course Kiawah Island, S.C. Purse: $8.1 million in return Yardage: 7,876; Par: 72 Third Round Phil Mickelson 70-69-70—209 -7 BY WILL GRAVES Brooks Koepka 69-71-70—210 -6 Associated Press Louis Oosthuizen 71-68-72—211 -5 Kevin Streelman 70-72-70—212 -4 Time on her hands and a world- C. Bezuidenhout 71-70-72—213 -3 class gym at her disposal after the Branden Grace 70-71-72—213 -3 2020 Olympics were postponed, Bryson DeChambeau 72-71-71—214 -2 Simone Biles started experiment- Joaquin Niemann 71-72-71—214 -2 Gary Woodland 70-72-72—214 -2 ing almost as a way to stave off the Paul Casey 71-71-73—215 -1 monotony of training. Sungjae Im 70-72-73—215 -1 Pretty soon a vault that she occa- Corey Conners 67-75-73—215 -1 sionally tinkered with for fun — Jordan Spieth 73-75-68—216 E Rickie Fowler 71-76-69—216 E the Yurchenko double pike — Tony Finau 74-72-70—216 E started to look like a vault she Patrick Cantlay 73-73-70—216 E could pull off in competition. Keegan Bradley 69-75-72—216 E So what if it had historically Matt Fitzpatrick 73-71-72—216 E Charley Hoffman 73-70-73—216 E been done only by men? So what if Jason Kokrak 71-72-73—216 E the International Gymnastics Fed- Harry Higgs 72-71-73—216 E eration seemed intent on not giv- Richy Werenski 71-72-73—216 E ing the vault a difficulty value Billy Horschel 77-72-68—217 +1 Joel Dahmen 74-73-70—217 +1 commensurate with its complexi- MATT YORK/AP Steve Stricker 76-71-70—217 +1 ty? Phil Mickelson walks up the 18th hole during the third round at the PGA Championship golf tournament onScottie Scheffler 72-74-71—217 +1 The vault exists. She can do it. So the Ocean Course, Saturday, in Kiawah Island, S.C. Will Zalatoris 71-74-72—217 +1 she did. Ian Poulter 74-70-73—217 +1 Shane Lowry 73-71-73—217 +1 Hands seemingly magnetized to Padraig Harrington 71-73-73—217 +1 her hamstrings as she soared off Martin Laird 70-73-74—217 +1 the vaulting table, Biles drilled the Hideki Matsuyama 73-68-76—217 +1 Yurchenko double pike during her Webb Simpson 75-74-69—218 +2 Ben Cook 72-77-69—218 +2 victory at the US Classic on Satur- A wild ride for Lefty Patrick Reed 74-75-69—218 +2 day night. The 24-year-old defend- Carlos Ortiz 73-74-71—218 +2 ing world and Olympic champion Cameron Smith 72-73-73—218 +2 generated so much momentum Despite losing five-shot lead, Mickelson can become oldest major champ Alex Noren 77-72-70—219 +3 Talor Gooch 71-78-70—219 +3 she took a couple of big hops upon BY DOUG FERGUSON Sunday should get his attention, thing just fell apart. All in all, two Jon Rahm 72-75-72—219 +3 landing before letting out a semi- Associated Press starting with the guy who joins behind going into Sunday, I’ve got Tyrrell Hatton 71-75-73—219 +3 relieved smile. KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Phil him in the final group. Koepka sur- to take a lot of positives out of that.” Collin Morikawa 70-75-74—219 +3 Get ready to add another ele- Daniel van Tonder 75-70-74—219 +3 Mickelson could have done with- vived what he called the worst put- At least they have a chance. Viktor Hovland 69-75-75—219 +3 ment in her name in the sport’s out the thrills Saturday in the PGA ting of his career. Statistically, he Mickelson broke away quickly Harold Varner III 73-76-71—220 +4 Code of Points, even she thinks the Championship. was middle of the pack, but he mis- with four birdies in seven holes, Aaron Wise 69-79-72—220 +4 6.6 start value for the Yurchenko Losing a five-shot lead in a span sed a 6-foot par on the final hole for and he even managed to avoid los- Jason Scrivener 73-75-72—220 +4 double-pike — just a tick above of five holes on the back nine. One a 70 that cost him a share of the ing his focus. One distraction came Robert MacIntyre 75-73-72—220 +4 significantly less difficult vaults — Justin Rose 72-75-73—220 +4 tee shot into the water, another lead. from the fourth fairway, when Lee Westwood 73-72-75—220 +4 isn't as high as it should be. that ended up under a cart tire. It No matter. At stake for Koepka Mickelson saw a drone in the air Denny McCarthy 73-76-72—221 +5 And no one in the sport has ever was all part of a wildly entertain- is a shot at his third Wanamaker left of the green and said to a CBS Emiliano Grillo 77-72-72—221 +5 excelled as much as Biles. Her all- ing day at Kiawah Island that end- Trophy in four years. No one has spotter, “Can you radio to the TV Jason Day 74-75-72—221 +5 around score of 58.400 in her first Wyndham Clark 75-74-72—221 +5 ed with Mickelson nearly holing a won the PGA Championship so of- guys to get the drone out of the Rory McIlroy 75-72-74—221 +5 event in more than 18 months was flop shot that can test the nerves of ten so quickly since it switched to flight of my shot?” He saved par Stewart Cink 71-76-74—221 +5 easily the best of the night even just about any 50-year-old but him. stroke play in 1958. from a back bunker. Tom Lewis 71-74-76—221 +5 though she shorted her dismount That brought Mickelson to the “I’m in the final group,” Koepka He went out in 32 — Mickelson Chan Kim 75-74-73—222 +6 on floor exercise and sailed off the Sam Horsfield 69-80-73—222 +6 cusp of history not many could said. “That’s what you want.” played the front nine on Friday in Danny Willett 77-71-74—222 +6 uneven bars. have seen coming. Mickelson was at 7-under 209. 31 — and was five shots clear when Dean Burmester 74-74-74—222 +6 After teasing the Yurchenko That par save for a 2-under 70 For all his success in the majors — he walked off the 10th green. Five Matt Jones 73-75-74—222 +6 double-pike for the better part of a gave him a one-shot lead over five victories, runner-up finishes holes later, the lead was gone. Russell Henley 78-70-74—222 +6 year and then unveiling it during Daniel Berger 79-69-74—222 +6 Brooks Koepka and left him 18 in all four of them — this is only the Mickelson badly missed a 7-foot Jimmy Walker 73-74-75—222 +6 training on Friday, Biles made it holes away from becoming the ol- third time he has held the 54-hole birdie attempt on No. 11. He pulled Abraham Ancer 74-72-76—222 +6 official in front of the women try- dest champion in the 161 years of lead. his tee shot into a bunker on No. 12 Bubba Watson 72-73-77—222 +6 ing to join her on the Olympic team the majors. Koepka, shaking off effects and had to play back to the fair- Tom Hoge 74-75-74—223 +7 this summer. Robert Streb 77-72-74—223 +7 When he curled in the 4-foot putt from ligament surgery on his right way, leading to his first bogey of Cam Davis 69-78-76—223 +7 Biles sprinted down the runway, for par on the 18th hole, Mickelson knee that has limited him to two the round. Matt Wallace 73-73-77—223 +7 did a roundoff onto the spring- became the oldest player with a tournaments in three months be- And then he drove into the water Harris English 75-74-75—224 +8 board followed by a back hand- 54-hole lead in a major since 59- fore arriving at Kiawah, wasn’t on the 13th with his 2-wood, had to Adam Hadwin 77-71-76—224 +8 spring onto the vault, finishing Brad Marek 73-73-78—224 +8 year-old Tom Watson at Turnber- surprised to have another shot at a hit his third shot from the tee be- Henrik Stenson 73-76-76—225 +9 with two backflips with her legs ry in 2009. major. He already has four of them cause of where he thought it cross- Byeong Hun An 73-75-77—225 +9 ramrod straight and her hands That didn’t end well for Watson, in the last five years. ed the hazard line, and missed a Lucas Herbert 76-72-77—225 +9 clasping the back of her legs. who lost that British Open in a Louis Oosthuizen started the 12-footer to take double bogey. Brendan Steele 75-74-77—226 +10 It wasn’t quite perfect. No wor- Rasmus Hojgaard 71-76-79—226 +10 playoff to Stewart Cink. For Mick- third round tied with Mickelson Ahead of him, Koepka rattled off Garrick Higgo 73-76-78—227 +11 ries, she’ll get more chances over elson, it’s an opportunity to be- and had a long three-putt bogey. three birdies. Brian Gay 77-71-80—228 +12 the next two months. Even though come the oldest major champion. The South African never caught Mickelson, without so much as a she doesn’t agree with the way it’s Julius Boros was 48 when he won up, though he had his chances un- top 20 the last 10 months, is going being judged, she has no plans to the 1968 PGA Championship. til missing a 4-foot birdie putt on after his first major since the 2013 their raucous shouting. stop throwing it. Asked to describe such an occa- the par-5 16th and a 5-foot par putt British Open, and the final hour “The guy’s got four good rounds “I know it’s not the correct one, sion, Mickelson was too busy on the par-3 17th. made it clear that this might not be on any golf course in him, and no but I can still do it,” Biles said. “So glancing at his watch. Sunlight He wound up with a 72 and was easy. one would bet against that,”. said why not just show off my ability was fading and he wanted to prac- two shots behind. But it will be loud. The gallery is Jordan Spieth, who matched the and athleticism?” tice. These opportunities don’t “Probably the worst I’ve played the largest at a major since the low round of the day with a 68 but Biles’ spot on the U.S. Olympic come along as often as they once in a while,” Oosthuizen said. “I pandemic — the PGA of America is still seven shots behind. Team is assured. Jordan Chiles did. was just sort of fighting to stay in it has said there would be 10,000 peo- Mickelson has had three good finished second in the all-around “I’m not really dwelling back on and at the end there, started judg- ple, a number that felt far greater ones at Kiawah Island. (57.100) to Biles and ranked in the what took place today,” he said. ing the greens wrong and every- — and Mickelson was the object of One more for history. top four in each of the four events. Monday, May 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

Scoreboard

American League

East Division WLPct GB Boston 29 18 .617 _ Tampa Bay 28 19 .596 1 New York 27 19 .587 1½ Toronto 23 21 .523 4½ Baltimore 17 28 .378 11 Central Division WLPct GB Chicago 26 18 .591 _ Cleveland 24 19 .558 1½ Kansas City 21 23 .477 5 Detroit 18 27 .400 8½ Minnesota 16 29 .356 10½ West Division WLPct GB Oakland 28 19 .596 _ Houston 26 20 .565 1½ Seattle 21 25 .457 6½ Texas 21 27 .438 7½ Los Angeles 19 27 .413 8½ National League East Division WLPct GB New York 21 18 .538 _ Atlanta 22 24 .478 2½ Philadelphia 22 24 .478 2½ Miami 21 24 .467 3 Washington 19 23 .452 3½ Central Division WLPct GB

St. Louis 26 19 .578 _ TONY DEJAK/AP Chicago 23 22 .511 3 Milwaukee 22 23 .489 4 The Indians’ Franmil Reyes, left, and Jose Ramirez celebrate Reyes’ two­run homer against the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, in Cleveland. Cincinnati 20 24 .455 5½ Pittsburgh 18 27 .400 8 ROUNDUP West Division WLPct GB San Diego 29 17 .630 _ Los Angeles 28 18 .609 1 San Francisco 28 18 .609 1 Arizona 18 29 .383 11½ Indians knock off Twins in 10 Colorado 17 29 .370 12 Saturday’s games Associated Press N.Y. Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 0 Texas 8, Houston 4 CLEVELAND — César Hernández hit a two- Kansas City 7, Detroit 5 Cleveland 5, Minnesota 3, 10 innings run homer in the 10th inning off Alex Colomé, Washington 12, Baltimore 9 giving the Cleveland Indians a 5-3 victory over Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1 Boston 4, Philadelphia 3 Minnesota on Saturday that dropped the Twins San Diego 6, Seattle 4 Oakland 6, L.A. Angels 2 to 0-8 in extra-inning games this season. Colorado 7, Arizona 6 AL Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 1 Miami 3, N.Y. Mets 1 allowed three runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 in- Milwaukee 4, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 2, Chicago Cubs 1 nings. He struck out six, ending his 23-game L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 3 streak of at least seven strikeouts. Sunday’s games Yankees 7, White Sox 0:Gerrit Cole shook Baltimore at Washington Boston at Philadelphia off rare control problems to pitch four-hit ball Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees Tampa Bay at Toronto over seven innings, and host New York won its Minnesota at Cleveland fifth straight. Detroit at Kansas City Houston at Texas Dodgers 6, Giants 3: Max Muncy hit a home Oakland at L.A. Angels Seattle at San Diego run into McCovey Cove, connecting off Scott Milwaukee at Cincinnati Kazmir in the lefty’s first big league game N.Y. Mets at Miami Pittsburgh at Atlanta since 2016, and visiting Los Angeles beat San Arizona at Colorado L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco Francisco for its seventh straight win. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Red Sox 4, Phillies 3:Matt Barnes retired Monday’s games Bryce Harper and Rhys Hoskins to strand the Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 2-3) at Toronto (Stripling 0-3) potential tying run in the ninth, and visiting Cleveland (Hentges 1-1) at Detroit /AP (Turnbull 3-2) Boston beat Philly for its fourth straight win. ADAM HUNGER Baltimore (Means 4-0) at Minnesota Padres 6, Mariners 4: Eric Hosmer hit a (Shoemaker 2-5) Gerrit Cole allowed four singles and struck out seven in the Yankees’ 7­0 win on Saturday. St. Louis (Kim 1-1) at Chicago White Sox two-run, bases-loaded single and Fernando New York has four straight starts of seven shutout innings for the first time since 1932. (Lynn 4-1) Seattle (TBD) at Oakland (Montas 5-3) Tatis Jr. came around and scored on an error Philadelphia (Eflin 2-3) at Miami (Rogers on the play to highlight the five-run fifth inning to thwart a rally attempt and host Colorado drove in three runs, Josh Staumount escaped a 6-2) Colorado (Gomber 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (Pe- for host San Diego. dealt Arizona its 12th straight road loss. bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning and Kan- terson 1-3) San Diego (Snell 1-0) at Milwaukee Athletics 6, Angels 2: At Anaheim, Calif., Brewers 4, Reds 3: Daniel Robertson hit sas City stopped visiting Detroit's four-game (Woodruff 2-2) Chris Bassitt pitched five-hit ball into the his first home run in more than two years, a tie- winning streak. Tuesday’s games eighth inning and Seth Brown hit a two-run breaking, seventh-inning drive, and Milwau- Cardinals 2, Cubs 1: Four pitchers com- Toronto at N.Y. Yankees Atlanta at Boston homer in the Athletics’ victory over the Angels. kee topped host Cincinnati. bined for five innings of scoreless, two-hit re- Cleveland at Detroit Kansas City at Tampa Bay Nationals 12, Orioles 9:Ryan Zimmerman Marlins 3, Mets 1:At Miami, Garrett Coop- lief after Miles Mikolas appeared to get injured Baltimore at Minnesota hit a tiebreaking three-run homer and Wash- er hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth in- in his delayed season debut, and Yadier Molina L.A. Dodgers at Houston St. Louis at Chicago White Sox ington overcame a pair of five-run deficits in a ning, and the Marlins beat New York. hit a tiebreaking home run that lifted host St. Texas at L.A. Angels Seattle at Oakland win over visiting Baltimore. Braves 6, Pirates 1: Ozzie Albies hit home Louis over Chicago. Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Rockies 7, Diamondbacks 6: Charlie runs from both sides of the plate and Ronald Rays 3, Blue Jays 1: At Dunedin, Fla., Tay- Philadelphia at Miami Cincinnati at Washington Blackmon hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Acuña Jr. led off with his major league-best lor Walls hit a pair of doubles in his major Colorado at N.Y. Mets San Diego at Milwaukee Madison Bumgarner in a four-run sixth inning, 15th homer as host Atlanta beat Pittsburgh. league debut and Tampa Bay won its ninth San Francisco at Arizona left fielder Raimel Tapia made a dazzling catch Royals 7, Tigers 5: Andrew Benintendi straight game. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 NBA PLAYOFFS

ROUNDUP Scoreboard Middleton lifts Playoffs Play­in Play­in First Round Eastern Conference Bucks over Heat Tuesday, May 18 Indiana 144, Charlotte 117 Boston 118, Washington 100 Western Conference in OT of Game 1 Wednesday, May 19 Memphis 100, San Antonio 96 L.A. Lakers 103, Golden State 100 Associated Press Play­in Second Round Eastern Conference MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounm- Thursday, May 20 po and the Milwaukee Bucks found them- Washington 142, Indiana 115 Western Conference selves in danger of suffering one more dev- Friday, May 21 astating playoff loss to the Miami Heat. Memphis 117, Golden State 112 (OT) First Round Khris Middleton made sure it didn’t hap- (Best­of­seven) x­if necessary pen. Eastern Conference Middleton broke a tie with a jumper with Philadelphia vs.Washington Sunday: at Philadelphia 0.5 seconds left in overtime and had 27 Wednesday, May 26: at Philadelphia Saturday, May 29: at Washington points to help the Bucks beat the Heat 109- Monday, May 31: at Washington 107 on Saturday in Game 1 of the first-round x­Wednesday, June 2: at Philadelphia x­Friday, June 4: at Washington series. x­Sunday, June 6: at Philadelphia Brooklyn 1, Boston 0 “I have confidence in myself,” Middleton Saturday: Brooklyn 104, Boston 93 said. “You miss a lot of shots. You make a lot Tuesday: at Brooklyn Friday, May 28: at Boston of shots. You just have to trust all the work Sunday, May 30: at Boston COREY SIPKIN/AP x­Tuesday, June 1: at Brooklyn you put in during the season and practice.” x­Thursday, June 3: at Boston The nip-and-tuck nature of this game — Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant dunks during Game 1 of the Nets’ first­round series against the Boston x­Saturday, June 5: at Brooklyn Milwaukee 1, Miami 0 nobody led by more than four points in the Celtics, Saturday, in New York. Durant had 32 points and 12 rebounds in the Nets’ 104­93 win. Saturday: Milwaukee 109, Miami 107 (OT) Monday: at Milwaukee fourth quarter and overtime — exemplified Thursday, May 27: at Miami the competitive nature of this playoff re- Saturday, May 29: at Miami x­Tuesday, June 1: at Milwaukee match. Game 2 is Monday night in Milwau- x­Thursday, June 3: at Miami x­Saturday, June 5: at Milwaukee kee. New York vs. Atlanta “The pressure was all on them,” said Sunday:  at New York Nets rally past Celtics Wednesday, May 26: at New York Miami’s Goran Dragic, who scored 25 Friday, May 28: at Atlanta BY BRIAN MAHONEY Sunday, May 30: at Atlanta points and tied it with a corner three with then stormed out of the locker room with an 18-4 x­Wednesday, June 2: at New York 20.6 seconds left. “They need to win at Associated Press run to open the third and swing the lead the Nets' x­Friday, June 4: at Atlanta x­Sunday, June 6: at New York home. It was a close game. I feel like we had NEW YORK — Maybe it was Boston's defense. way for good. Western Conference Utah vs. Memphis our chances, but unfortunately we didn’t It could have even been Brooklyn's own fans. The Nets announced a sellout crowd of 14,391 Sunday: at Utah take them.” Whatever the reason, something had the Nets' after playing in fully or mostly empty arenas for Wednesday, May 26: at Utah Saturday, May 29: at Memphis Mavericks 113, Clippers 103: Luka Big Three out of rhythm to start the playoff open- most of the season. Harden said the loud crowd Monday, May 31: at Memphis x­Wednesday, June 2: at Utah Doncic scored 31 points and visiting Dallas er. was an adjustment. x­Friday, June 4: at Memphis x­Sunday, June 6: at Utah beat Los Angeles in Game 1. Once the second half arrived, Kevin Durant, “It just threw me off a little bit, but second half Phoenix vs. L.A. Lakers Kawhi Leonard had 26 points and 10 re- Kyrie Irving and James Harden went from way we got more comfortable and the shots started Sunday: at Phoenix Tuesday: at Phoenix bounds for the Clippers, and Paul George off to off and running. falling,” he said. Thursday, May 27: at L.A. Lakers Sunday, May 30: at L.A. Lakers added 23 points. But they were a combined Durant had 32 points and 12 rebounds, Irving Durant, Irving and Harden scored 28 of the x­Tuesday, June 1: at Phoenix 3 of 14 on three-pointers and the Clippers scored 29 points and the Nets recovered from Nets' 31 points in the period, with Joe Harris — x­Thursday, June 3: at L.A. Lakers x­Saturday, June 5: at Phoenix shot 31% after leading the NBA at 41% dur- their superstars' frigid start to beat the Celtics who made Brooklyn's only three-pointer of the Portland 1, Denver 0 Saturday: Portland 123, Denver 109 ing the regular season. 104-93 on Saturday night. first half — hitting another for the other points. Monday: at Denver Trail Blazers 123, Nuggets 109: Da- “I think once your energy’s focused on the de- Harris had 10 points for the Nets, who host Thursday, May 27: at Portland Saturday, May 29: at Portland mian Lillard scored 34 points and led Por- fensive side of the ball, it will start to turn for Game 2 on Tuesday night. x­Tuesday, June 1: at Denver x­Thursday, June 3: at Portland tland’s three-point barrage that sparked you,” Durant said. “So you saw that for us in the “I felt like we put on a good show,” Irving said. x­Saturday, June 5: at Denver the win over host Denver in the opener of second half.” “We’ve just got to do it three more times.” Dallas 1, L.A. Clippers 0 Saturday: Dallas 113, L.A. Clippers 103 the first-round playoff series. Harden finished with 21 points, nine rebounds Jayson Tatum scored 22 points, but shot just Tuesday: at L.A. Clippers Friday, May 28: at Dallas MVP favorite Nikola Jokic led Denver and eight assists in just the ninth appearance of 6-for-20 and couldn't come to his 50-point effort Sunday, May 30: at Dallas with 34 points, and Michael Porter Jr. the season for the trio. The three combined to go in the play-in tournament, when Boston beat x­Wednesday, June 2: at L.A. Clippers x­Friday, June 4: at Dallas chipped in 25. Aaron Gordon added 16. 0-for-11 from three-point range in the first half, Washington to earn the No. 7 seed. x­Sunday, June 6: at L.A. Clippers Easy: NBA Finals could see 100% fan capacity

FROM PAGE 24 The memo detailing the moves, sent Sat- ed this weekend. Residents of Los Angeles their buildings for Games 3 and 4 of their urday morning and obtained by The Associ- County who get their first dose of the Pfizer respective series against Brooklyn and New ated Press, also said that head coaches will or Moderna vaccine, or the one-dose John- York. Dallas, New York, Brooklyn, Utah, have to wear masks during halftime, during son & Johnson vaccine, on Saturday or Sun- Philadelphia and Phoenix are also planning warmups and shootaround before the start day will be eligible to enter a drawing for for crowds exceeding 10,000 fans — all siz- of the third quarter and postgame. If oppos- two season tickets for Los Angeles Lakers able jumps over regular-season norms. ing coaches choose to meet briefly on the games next season. Leaguewide, the average maximum at- court after a game, masks are encouraged. More changes to NBA policy could be tendance for games in Round 1 is currently Coaches have needed to wear masks coming as the playoffs go along. The NBA about 10,600, and that could rise as the post- throughout games all season, and some hasn’t ruled out the possibility of arenas re- season goes along if the league, teams and even got calls from the NBA with a remind- turning to 100% capacity for the NBA Finals local governments determine that they can er to be more committed to keeping the in July. The league also is planning to eval- safely bring more fans into buildings. masks over their nose and mouth. But for uate whether teams can increase travel par- New York planned on welcoming up to the playoffs, the league said it was making ties starting with the second round of the 15,000 fans for its playoff opener Sunday at the mask change “to facilitate in-game playoffs. Teams have been limited in how Madison Square Garden against Atlanta. coaching duties, and in light of vaccination many staffers can travel to games through- “You don’t realize how much you miss rates among NBA head coaches” along with out the season. them. ... It’s just great to see things sort of recent updated guidance from the Centers “We’re making progress. We’re moving getting back to normal,” Knicks coach Tom for Disease Control and Prevention. in the right direction,” Budenholzer said. Thibodeau said. Coaches will still need to participate in “Still a lot of work to be done with the virus MORRY GASH/AP Only fully vaccinated head coaches, for the NBA’s testing regimens, the league said. and with COVID, but for our fans and for The Bucks’ Khris Middleton makes a now, can go without masks. Assistant In Los Angeles, public health officials our players, to get to experience this com- basket over the Heat’s Duncan Robinson coaches and players are still required to were offering an additional incentive for petition, playoff basketball in person ... it’s in overtime Saturday, in Milwaukee. wear masks in the bench area. those who are considering getting vaccinat- really exciting.” Monday, May 24, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NHL PLAYOFFS Sorokin, Islanders beat Pens to tie series BY VIN A. CHERWOO Tristan Jarry had 23 saves for Associated Press Pittsburgh, and drew mocking UNIONDALE, N.Y. — After two chants of “Jar-ry! Jar-ry!” from tough losses, the New York Islan- Islanders fans. ders turned back to Ilya Sorokin in “We just got to stay with it," Pen- agame they needed to win, and the guins coach Mike Sullivan said. "I rookie goalie came through. don't think we were quite as sharp Sorokin stopped 29 shots, Oliver tonight. We didn't have as many Wahlstrom and Ryan Pulock each looks tonight as we had in the first had a goal and an assist and the Is- few games. We're going to have to landers beat the Pittsburgh Pen- work for those moving forward.” guins 4-1 in Game 4 on Saturday to Game 5 is Monday night in even the first-round series. Pittsburgh, and Game 6 back at Sorokin, who had 39 saves in the Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday. Islanders’ 4-3 win in Game 1, was With the teams skating 4 on 4 in back in goal after Semyon Varla- the third period, Pittsburgh’s Kris mov started Games 2 and 3 — both Letang was whistled for interfe- losses. rence to put the Islanders on their “Ilya’s been through a lot of third power play. Just as a penalty stuff, everything from league on Scott Mayfield was expiring, championships in a very good Wahlstrom fired a one-timer that league in the KHL,” New York was stopped by Jarry, However, FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP coach Barry Trotz said. “He’s won Pittsburgh's Teddy Blueger New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin (30) protects the net from the Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney it, he’s been MVP. He’s been un- knocked the puck in while trying Crosby during the second period of Game 4 of their first­round playoff series, Saturday, in Uniondale, N.Y. der the spotlight a lot and been in to clear the rebound, putting New those big moments. ... He’s not a York up 3-0 at 6:04. that off they got a lot of life. Just The Islanders expect the Pen- fresh for Game 5. We’ve been In a guy that’s a pure rookie coming in With the Islanders still on a two huge goals to put the game guins to come out refocused back few playoff series past few years the NHL or a lot of these high- power play, Eberle made it 4-0 away. That’s a crucial moment, on their home ice Monday night. so we kind of got a feel on where pressure situations. He’s had a lot just 24 seconds later as he beat big by our power play.” “It’s a pretty veteran group over our heads need to be at and where of them, just in different leagues.” Jarry high on the glove side from Zach Aston-Reese spoiled Soro- on the other side,” Barzal said. “I our focus is at. We’ll enjoy this one Josh Bailey and Jordan Eberle the inside edge of the right circle. kin's shutout bid with a short- think whatever we did tonight, and once we leave the rink tonight also scored and Mathew Barzal “It’s a critical moment in the handed goal with 2:35 to go. It was they’ve probably already forgot- it’s a tied series, three-game se- had two assists for New York. game,” Barzal said. “(If) they kill his first career playoff goal. ten about it. They’re going to be ries.”

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First-round playoffs (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Carolina 2, Nashville 1 Carolina 5, Nashville 2 Killorn, Kucherov pace Lightning’s rout Carolina 3, Nashville 0 Friday: Nashville 5, Carolina 4, 2OT Associated Press even the first-round playoff series. Sunday: at Nashville Tuesday: at Carolina TAMPA, Fla. — The sight of Nik- Matthews also had assists, Wil- x-Thursday: at Nashville x-Saturday, May 29: at Carolina ita Kucherov crumpled to the ice in liam Nylander added goal and an Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1 pain left a sour taste in the mouths assist, and Jason Spezza, Rasmus Tampa Bay 5, Florida 4 of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Sandin and Alexander Kerfoot, in- Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1 Florida 6, Tampa Bay 5, OT The reigning Stanley Cup cham- to an empty net, also scored. Jack Saturday: Tampa Bay 6, Florida 2 Monday: at Florida pions beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 Campbell stopped 22 shots, and x-Wednesday: at Tampa Bay to take a commanding 3-1 lead in Mitch Marner had two assists. x-Friday, May 28: at Florida Boston 3, Washington 1 their first-round postseason Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored for Washington 3, Boston 2, OT matchup on Saturday, with Kuche- Montreal, and Carey Price stopped Boston 4, Washington 3, OT Boston 3, Washington 2, 2OT rov continuing to sparkle after mis- 29 shots. Friday: Boston 4, Washington 1 sing the entire regular season The best-of-seven matchup be- Sunday: at Washington x-Tuesday: at Boston while recovering from hip surgery. tween the Original Six rivals shifts x-Thursday: at Washington Coach Jon Cooper and Kuche- to the Bell Centre for games Mon- Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Islanders 2 rov’s teammates understandably day and Tuesday nights. The Cana- N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 were alarmed when the Tampa diens won the opener 2-1. Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Islanders 4 Saturday: N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1 Bay star went down after being The Maple Leafs were without Monday: at Pittsburgh slashed by Florida’s Anthony Du- captain John Tavares after he sus- Wednesday: at N.Y. Islanders x-Friday, May 28: at Pittsburgh clair with the Panthers trailing by tained a concussion and knee inju- Montreal 1, Toronto 1 four goals midway through the ry on a scary collision 10 minutes Montreal 2, Toronto 1 Saturday: Toronto 5, Montreal 1 third period. into Game 1. Monday: at Montreal “The hockey game ended half- CHRIS O'MEARA/AP Knights 4, Wild 0: Marc-Andre Tuesday: at Montreal Thursday: at Toronto way through the second period, Tampa Bay left wing Alex Killorn, center, celebrates his goal in front Fleury made 35 saves for his 16th x-Saturday, May 29: at Montreal x-Monday, May 31: at Toronto then it turned into something else,” of Panthers defenseman Brandon Montour, left, during the second career postseason shutout, Nicolas Winnipeg 2, Edmonton 0 Cooper said after a penalty-filled period in Game 4 of an first­round playoff series on Saturday. Roy scored twice and visiting Ve- Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 1 afternoon that saw Florida finish gas beat Minnesota 4-0 in Game 4 Friday: Winnipeg 1, Edmonton 0, OT Sunday: at Winnipeg with 13 penalties for 50 minutes Monday night. “And if one of our guys stays to take a 3-1 series lead, Monday: at Winnipeg x-Wednesday: at Edmonton and Tampa Bay 13 for 42 minutes. Kucherov remained on the down,” Killorn offered, “he’s Alex Tuch and Mark Stone each x-Friday, May 28: at Winnipeg “Not much there for me,” Pan- bench for a short time, but did not hurt.” got their third goal of the series and x-Sunday, May 30: at Edmonton Vegas 3, Minnesota 1 thers coach Joel Quenneville said return to the game. Defenseman The Lightning pushed their in- Keegan Kolesar had two assists for Minnesota 1, Vegas 0, OT of the slashing call on Duclair. “I Mikhail Sergachez was also shak- trastate rivals to the brink of elim- the Golden Knights, who have nine Vegas 3, Minnesota 1 hope he’s all right.” en up by a late hit. ination by scoring three first-peri- unanswered goals and lead 3-1 in Vegas 5, Minnesota 2 Saturday: Vegas 4, Minnesota 0 Kucherov had a goal and three Cooper would not discuss the in- od goals, then building their advan- the first-round, best-of-seven Monday: at Vegas x-Wednesday: at Minnesota assists.. Alex Killorn scored a pair juries. tage to 5-1 when Killorn beat goalie matchup. x-Friday, May 28: at Vegas of second-period goals and “Nothing. Next question,” the Sergei Bobrovsky twice in a span of “When you get those leads, Colorado 3, St. Louis 0 notched two assists, while Andrei coach said. 94 seconds to break the game open. sometimes you sit back. I think we Colorado 4, St. Louis 1 Colorado 6, St. Louis 3 Vasilevskiy stopped 39 of 41 shots “It’s tough. You never want to Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1: did a good job of just pushing for- Friday: Colorado 5, St. Louis 1 Sunday: at St. Louis for the Lightning, who can wrap up see a guy go down on the ice and Auston Matthews broke a tie early ward,” Stone said. x-Tuesday: at Colorado the best-of-seven series by winning stay there,” forward Yanni Gourde in the second period and host To- They get Game 5 at home on x-Thursday: at St. Louis x-Saturday, May 29: at Colorado Game 5 in Sunrise, Florida, on said. ronto beat Montreal in Game 2 to Monday night. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 24, 2021 All evened up SPORTS Islanders bounce back, tie series with Penguins ›› NHL playoffs, Page 23

NBA PLAYOFFS Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra goes maskless during Game 1 of Saturday’s first­round playoff series against the Bucks. Below: Milwaukee’s Mike Budenholzer, left, and the Celtics’ Brad Stevens, right, were also among the eight NBA coaches not wearing masks Saturday. AP photos

Breathe easy Fully vaccinated coaches permitted to open playoffs without masks

BY TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press “You just start to see more and more signs ust in time for the playoffs, the NBA told its head that things are coming around. It brings coaches Saturday they may work without masks you a great deal of hope, just in general.” during games if they have been fully vaccinated. J And coaches quickly took advantage. Erik Spoelstra All eight coaches whose teams had playoff openers Sat- Miami Heat coach urday — Miami’s Erik Spoelstra, Milwaukee’s Mike Bu- denholzer, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Tyronn Lue, Dallas’ Rick Carlisle, Boston’s Brad Stevens, Brooklyn’s Steve Another notable change now that the playoffs are here Nash, Portland’s Terry Stotts and Denver’s Michael Malo- is that crowds will be much bigger than was the case in ne — all roamed their sidelines without masks, the first time the regular season. The Heat announced Saturday all season that coaches were permitted to do so. that they have been approved to have 17,000 fans The NBA’s updated policy is consistent with the way starting with Game 3 of their matchup against Mil- things have been trending in the league during the pandem- waukee on Thursday, the biggest known attend- ic: Those who are vaccinated simply have more freedoms ance number in the league so far this year. than those who are not. Boston and Atlanta, without specifying exact “You just start to see more and more signs that things are numbers, said they would be near capacity in coming around,” Spoelstra said. “It brings you a great deal of hope, just in general.” SEE EASY ON PAGE 22

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