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Troops at Bagram Air Base catch early premiere of Star Wars movie

BY J.P. LAWRENCE with you,” said Army Sgt. Danny Ramirez from Ba- Sgt. David Stanfield, Stars and Stripes gram Airfield in a phone interview. from the 10th Combat “It was one of the things I thought I was going to Aviation Brigade, KABUL, Afghanistan — Troops howled their best miss out on,” added Ramirez, a lifelong Star Wars shows off his Chewbacca impressions as they waited for the latest fan who watched the previous eight movies of the Star Wars-themed Star Wars movie, which premiered in a special show- saga in preparation. tattoo before ing for troops in Afghanistan on Thursday. Troops at Bagram, the largest U.S. base in Afghan- viewing “The Rise About 10,000 service members deployed through- istan, lined up outside one of the Morale, Welfare and of Skywalker” on out the Middle East had a chance to see “Star Wars: Recreation buildings an hour early to secure seats Thursday at Bagram The Rise of Skywalker” a day before fans back home for one of four showings of the movie on its first day. Airfield, Afghanistan. in America, thanks to a partnership between the Inside, decorative Death Stars, TIE fighters and Army and Air Force Exchange Service and Walt Millennium Falcons hung over their heads. Disney Studios. VICTORIA GOLDFEDIB “It’s actually, really, really exciting, to be honest SEE STAR WARS ON PAGE 6 U.S. Army PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Uber to pay $4.4M to end sex harassment probe Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9781 Euro costs (Dec. 20) ...... $1.1409 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.20 Dollar buys (Dec. 20) ...... €0.8765 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.9385 British pound (Dec. 20) ...... $1.34 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those a culture of sexual harassment sexual harassment in a timely Japanese yen (Dec. 20) ...... 107.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Dec. 20) ...... 1,135.00 and retaliation against individu- manner. Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance SAN FRANCISCO — Uber for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the als who complained about such The commission initiated the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Technologies Inc. will establish a British pound ...... $1.3040 harassment.” investigation after a former Uber nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., $4.4 million fund to settle a fed- Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3116 purchasing British pounds in Germany), A claims administrator will engineer wrote a widely circu- China (Yuan) ...... 7.0100 eral investigation into allegations check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7180 send notices to women who worked lated blog post exposing sexual facility. Commercial rates are interbank that the San Francisco company Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.0391 at Uber between Jan. 1, 2014, and harassment at the company, in- Euro ...... $1.1124/0.8989 rates provided for reference when buying allowed a rampant culture of sex- currency. All figures are foreign currencies ual harassment, the U.S. Equal June 30, 2019. The commission cluding propositions from her Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7981 Hungary (Forint) ...... 297.18 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Employment Opportunity Com- will determine which claimants boss. Susan Fowler said her com- Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4831 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, mission announced Wednesday. may be eligible for money from plaints to human resources were Japan (Yen) ...... 109.28 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) the $4.4 million fund. ignored. Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3036 INTEREST RATES The agreement ends an investi- Norway (Krone) ...... 8.9699 gation launched in 2017 in which The company has also agreed The company fired 20 people Philippines (Peso)...... 50.63 Prime rate ...... 4.75 the commission found reasonable to create a system to identify se- after an investigation by former Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.83 Discount rate ...... 2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7491 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.55 cause to believe the ride-hail- rial offenders and managers who U.S. Attorney General Eric Hold- Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3552 3-month bill ...... 1.53 ing tech company “permitted fail to respond to concerns about er’s law firm. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,165.95 30-year bond ...... 2.35 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The United States could conduct its missions in Afghanistan of fighting ter- rorist groups and supporting the Afghan military with about 8,600 troops, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday. But he also told reporters on Capitol Hill that an official an- nouncement of a U.S. military drawdown there might not be imminent. /Facebook LEIGH CHARVAT Graham, R-S.C., said Army A jury awarded Staff Sgt. Matthew Charvat, his wife, Leigh, and Gen. Scott Miller, the top com- their two children $2 million in damages after finding in their favor mander of U.S. and NATO forces in a lawsuit against Lincoln Military Housing and San Diego Family in Afghanistan, had convinced Housing . A California judge said Dec. 6 that amount was too high. him during his visit to Kabul this week that the 12,000 to 13,000 troops serving there now were more than are needed in the coun- Judge: $2M is too try. But the senator, a key ally and confidant to President Donald Trump, said he had not discussed the issue in depth with the presi- high for damages dent, seeming to clarify reporting this week that an announcement of a drawdown would come be- fore the end of the year. in housing lawsuit “We have some people there probably in redundant roles, and BY ROSE L. THAYER Trapp, who also presided over the capability of an 8,600 force is RAHMAT GUL/AP Stars and Stripes the Charvats’ trial two months sufficient to maintain our coun- ago, did not throw out the jury’s terterrorism mission and provide U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday from the Resolute Support A judge has ruled that $2 mil- ruling that Lincoln be held liable, basic support to the Afghan mili- headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, that President Donald Trump lion in damages for a Marine only that the family was awarded tary,” he said. would announce an American troop drawdown this week . On Corps family sickened by mold in too much money. The $500,000 Graham has long been ada- Wednesday at the Capitol, Graham said he had not discussed the military housing is excessive, ac- for each member is significantly mant that the United States main- issue in depth with the president. cording to court documents. more than the cost of the medical tain forces in Afghanistan and San Diego Superior Court Judge expenses for three of the family in the Middle East. He backed his recent visit to Afghanistan negotiations stalled following a Randa Trapp sided with Lincoln members, totaling about $4,500, plans, eventually adopted by and neighboring Pakistan that Taliban attack Dec. 11 outside Military Housing and its subsid- the judge wrote. Trump, to increase the U.S. force Islamic State ’s affiliate in that Bagram that killed two Afghans iary San Diego Family Housing, A representative for Lincoln in Afghanistan from about 8,400 country sought to attack the U.S. and wounded dozens. The state the company that manages resi- said the company has no comment troops when former President homeland. of future negotiations was not dences at Marine Corps Recruit on the ruling. But the Charvats Barack Obama left office to more “There was actual intelligence Depot, San Diego, according to clear Wednesday. In September, were disappointed and frustrated than 14,000 in 2017. coming out of ISIS-[Khorasan] court documents filed Monday. Trump abruptly called off peace by the ruling, according to Matt Trump has long called for an regarding plots against our home- Trapp ordered a new trial dur- talks with the group following Poelstra, their attorney. end to American operations in land,” Graham said. “Elements in ing a hearing Dec. 6. Trapp said a Taliban attack that killed an “We completely disagree with Afghanistan, and in a surprise Afghanistan are reaching back the new trial should determine the judge’s ruling and, at this point American soldier. Thanksgiving Day visit to Bagram to America trying to radicalize a new figure for damages for in time, we are filing an appeal The Taliban has sought the full Airfield said he planned for a sig- people here and attack us here at the family of Staff Sgt. Matthew and are confident that it will be removal of American forces from nificant force reduction. Yet, the home.” Charvat family for pain, suffering overturned,” Poelstra said. “[The Afghanistan in exchange for en- Pentagon has not received orders The senator declined to pro- and emotional distress, because family is] confused by the whole suring terrorist groups cannot to draw down. Pentagon officials the $500,000 awarded to each of process and how this can happen vide additional details about the thrive in the country. But Graham the four family members was too after the jury decided this was a referred questions Wednesday to plots. The revelations came as said a full withdrawal was not an much. fair and appropriate amount for the White House, which did not U.S., Afghan and Taliban forces option and opined the Taliban was “The evidence presented does what they went through.” reply to a request for comment. have all hammered ISIS-K in its not serious about negotiations. not support such a high amount California has a statute that Graham said he has highlight- stronghold in eastern Afghani- “If they were serious, they for what appears to be temporary allows a judge to throw out dam- ed the potential value of Afghani- stan’s Nangarhar province in re- wouldn’t have attacked Bagram. stan’s rare minerals, in an attempt nasal symptoms, insomnia and ir- ages that they feel are excessive, cent months. Graham said some I don’t think they are there yet,” to convince the president to main- 400 ISIS fighters had been taken ritability, breathing difficulties, but this typically occurs when he said. tain an American interest in that captive after locals stopped sup- tiredness and Mrs. Charvat feel- the judge believes something oc- Nonetheless, Graham said he country. He compared the effort porting the terrorist fighters and ing like she lost a year,” the judge curred in the trial to mislead the supports the negotiations because to another recent strategy to con- essentially “starved them out.” wrote in her ruling. jury, he said. the potential for a breakthrough vince Trump to leave troops in a Those fighters, held now by the Charvat, his wife, Leigh, and The ruling does not mention does exist — especially if the Tal- their two children moved into any wrongdoing during trial, country that he desired to leave Afghans, are almost exclusively — using U.S. troops to secure oil foreign fighters, many of them iban, the Afghan government and base housing in San Diego in which lasted three weeks and the Pakistani government could ended in September. fields in eastern Syria. from Pakistan, Graham said. April 2015. The house had a “hor- work together to broker a region- rible, musty odor throughout,” “It’s very frustrating that a jury “The minerals in Afghanistan While the ISIS group has been wide deal to end the violence. as well as mold in the air vents, can spend three weeks of time could be well over $1 trillion. hit hard, it retains hundreds of “We’ve put a hurting on them,” crumbling drywall and a dam- and energy for a judge to pull the Lithium and other really valu- fighters and continues to con- Graham said of the Taliban. “I aged roof, according to court rug out from under them,” Poels- able minerals,” Graham said. stitute a serious threat, Graham documents. tra said. “One thing President Trump re- said. American support — espe- am OK with talking. It’s always The Charvat family started The Charvats’ case returns to ally wants to do is look at those cially air power — remains criti- good to talk, but you don’t want to feeling ill the following January court in March for a hearing to resources differently.” cal to fighting ISIS and other reward bad behavior.” and discovered mold in the home determine whether Lincoln will The senator, a retired Air terrorist groups, including al- He added later: “I know what a month later, according to court have to pay the attorney fees and Force lawyer and former mem- Qaida, which has maintained a happens … if we don’t get this documents. They moved in April costs of the family, which are ber of the Senate Armed Services presence in Afghanistan. right. We’re closer today to get- 2016 and their symptoms dissi- about $1.2 million, according to Committee, warned the United Graham’s visit came as the ting it right than we’ve been in a pated shortly thereafter. court records. States must maintain a presence United States revamped — and long time, and it’s still hard.” The Charvats filed their lawsuit [email protected] in Afghanistan or risk “a second quickly paused — peace talks [email protected] in January 2018 . Twitter: @Rose_Lori 9/11.” He said he was told during with the Taliban in Doha. The Twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 PACIFIC Marines dedicate memorial to Iwakuni collision victims

BY JAMES BOLINGER vived after ejecting. ron decided on a granite memo- Stars and Stripes Four officers from the fighter rial beneath a torii gate. A section squadron were fired after inves- of a propeller recovered from the MARINE CORPS AIR STA- tigators determined the pilot’s wreckage forms the gate’s top TION IWAKUNI, Japan — Iwaku- inexperience conducting night- beam. Maury said the memorial ni Marines dedicated a memorial time, in-air refueling and a toxic was designed by Capt. Anthony to five aviators who died one year command climate contributed to Walter and his wife, Emily. ago after the tail of their KC-130J the collision. A torii is often found near the TYLER HARMON/U.S. Marine Corps Hercules, call sign Sumo 41, was It’s tough to plan a memorial, entrance to a Shinto shrine and struck by an F/A-18 Hornet dur- said refueler squadron com- symbolically marks a transition Marine Corps Sgt. Alberto Ruiz lays flowers during the unveiling of a ing a nighttime training mission. mander Lt. Col. Mitch Maury in to a sacred place. memorial at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, on Dec. 5. The Marines were assigned to an interview Monday. He was in “Being able to use a piece of the Marine Aerial Refueler Trans- sary, the Marines participated eficial to the grieving process. It port Squadron 152. The granite command the day of the incident. wreckage that was recovered al- “You never feel like you can lows us to be reminded about our in a 4.1-kilometer memorial run. also allows an opportunity to not monument honoring them was The 4.1 signified Sumo 41, and forget the sacrifices we all make unveiled outside the squadron’s do enough for the families or to brothers, and all events that took the group made five stops where in the line of duty,” Torrecil- building on the first anniversary properly put things into perspec- place that day,” Gunnery Sgt. An- two Marines shared stories about las said. “And it strengthens our of the accident. tive to honor those who we lost,” drew Torrecillas, also of the re- bond immensely.” Lost on Dec. 6, 2018, from the he said. “If I try to put myself in fueler squadron, said in an email one of their friends who didn’t refueler squadron were Cpl. Dan- the family’s shoes, I think my big- Thursday. “Sumo 41 will always make it home, Maury said. As a final ode to the fallen, the iel Baker, Maj. James Brophy, gest fear would be people not re- be tied to those 5 great Ameri- “From my personal experience, squadron showed a video record- Staff Sgt. Maximo Alexander membering what great men they cans, but also to the aircraft lost. it is nice to have other personnel ed in late November when a KC- Flores, Lt. Col. Kevin Herrmann were, what selfless individuals, We will never forget.” to talk to who are going through 130J dropped two wreaths at the and Cpl. William Ross. what they contributed. We need- The granite marker, which was similar emotions,” Torrecillas crash site off the coast of Japan in The Hornet pilot — Capt. Jah- ed something that would remind flown in from Salt Lake City, was said. He said he was friends with remembrance of Baker and Ross mar Resilard of Iwakuni’s Ma- those coming into the squadron purchased with donations collect- Herrmann, the squadron’s opera- — the only two Marines whose rine All-Weather Fighter Attack about who they were, what they ed within the squadron, Maury tions officer. remains were not recovered. Squadron 242 — was also killed. gave.” said. “Sharing stories and celebrat- [email protected] The jet’s weapons officer sur- A committee within the squad- On the morning of the anniver- ing their lives together is ben- Twitter: bolingerj2004 Army mortuary affairs specialist found dead in S. Korea

BY KIM GAMEL Staff Sgt. Deontae D. Allen, 27, ployed twice to Afghanistan and ment Support Battalion. Memphis, Tenn., in September Stars and Stripes of Kansas City, Mo., was found was awarded the Army com- “His dedication to his soldiers 2012, then was assigned to Ft. Lee, unresponsive and pronounced mendation medal and the Army and his duty as a mortuary af- Va., after completing training. SEOUL, South Korea — A 2nd dead at the scene on Camp Hum- achievement medal. fairs professional showed through [email protected] Infantry Division soldier who phreys by emergency medical “Staff Sgt. Allen was one of the in every interaction,” Hallmann Twitter: @kimgamel worked as a mortuary affairs spe- personnel on Sunday, according finest NCOs with which I have said. “His presence will be sorely cialist was found dead Sunday in to a press release. served,” said Capt. Scott Hall- missed, not only by his soldiers, his barracks room, the Army said Allen, who was assigned to 2nd mann, commander of the bri- but by the company as a whole. Thursday. The cause of death is ID’s sustainment brigade, joined gade’s 348th Composite Supply He was a blessing to all of us.” under investigation. the division in May. He had de- Company, 194th Combat Sustain- Allen joined the Army from Wanted: Eyewitnesses to surrender aboard the Missouri

BY WYATT OLSON memoration, which is being ad- anese surrender in 1945. Stars and Stripes ministered by the Department of Ige and Adm. Philip Davidson, Defense. commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific BATTLESHIP MISSOURI Bob and Elizabeth Dole, both Command, are honorary co- MEMORIAL, Hawaii — Orga- former U.S. senators, are national chairs of the Hawaii committee. nizers for an event planned next co-chairs of the commemoration, “What strikes me here, and year for the 75th anniversary which will recognize the end of what strikes me about the 75th of the end of World War II have the war in Europe with events in commemoration, is not what tracked down 14 veterans who Washington, D.C., May 6-10. Bob ended here on this deck, but were aboard the USS Missouri Dole is a World War II Army vet- [what actually began] a rules- where Japan officially surren- eran and was severely wounded based international order that lit- dered. All have agreed to attend. in Italy. erally freed hundreds of millions Thousands of allied sailors More than 100 vintage war- from tyranny and lifted billions and officers crammed aboard birds are expected to fly over out of poverty over the course the Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945, as the National Mall on May 8 in 24 of the nearly 75 years now,” said it was anchored in Tokyo Bay for separate formations sequenced Davidson, who added that he had the official Japanese surrender, by historical periods. served aboard the USS Missouri said Michael Carr, president of Hawaii Gov. David Ige for- during Operation Desert Storm /Stars and Stripes the USS Missouri Memorial As- WYATT OLSON mally kicked off commemoration in 1991. sociation, during a news confer- Hawaii Gov. David Ige signs a planning for his state Wednesday Davidson made special mention ence Wednesday on the ship’s proclamation on the deck of the with a proclamation naming the of those who served in the armed deck. Battleship Missouri Memorial on 25 committee members oversee- forces during World War II. “Every square inch of this ship Wednesday. ing the event, which will include “There are very few of them was covered with men,” he said. a welcome banquet, gala, educa- left, and this is a key opportunity “We have identified 14 individu- — along with one traveling com- tional forums, flyovers and the to again commemorate and cel- als who were actually on board. panion each, will be flown to ceremony aboard the Missouri. ebrate their service and their sac- There is no central database, un- Hawaii for the five-day commem- The ship has been berthed at rifice during World War II and fortunately, that we can go [to] to oration, which begins Aug. 29 Ford Island in Pearl Harbor since what it’s meant to the foundation help identify all of them.” and concludes with a ceremony 1999, when it was converted into of freedom, not only for the Unit- The search is continuing, he aboard the Battleship Missouri a World War II memorial site. ed States but for the Indo-Pacific said. Memorial on Sept. 2. Ige signed the proclamation on as well,” he said. Those 14 — and others if they National legislation authorized the exact spot where Gen. Doug- [email protected] are found in the coming months the 75th World War II Com- las MacArthur accepted the Jap- Twitter: @WyattWOlson Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY NDAA orders courts to track race of accused

BY JOHN VANDIVER fense Secretary Mark Esper The reforms were spurred by investigations courts-martial. Stars and Stripes within 180 days after the act is However, the disparities made signed into law to direct the ser- conducted by the Government Accountability little difference in terms of The race, ethnicity and gender vices to detect and address the of service members accused of Office and Protect Our Defenders. convictions. disparities. “Race was not a statistically crimes must be tracked so that The services must record the the armed services can root out significant factor in the likeli- race, ethnicity and gender of the possible disparities in the mili- victim and the accused in every and “take steps to address the found that in the Army, Navy, Ma- hood of conviction in general and tary justice system, according to court-martial, and that data must causes of such disparities.” rine Corps and Air Force, black, special courts-martial,” the GAO the 2020 National Defense Au- There is no distinction made Hispanic and male service mem- said. thorization Act just passed by be included in annual military in the bill between gender, which bers were more likely to be in- Congress. justice reports, the NDAA states. The GAO review was prompted The legislation, expected to The military also must estab- is sometimes defined in terms of vestigated than white and female by a 2017 report by Protect Our be signed by President Donald lish criteria to determine when social identity, and sex, which de- service members. They were also Defenders that first put a spot- Trump, calls for reforms after a data indicates bias in the military notes biological characteristics. more likely to be tried in general light on the issue, finding that government investigation found justice process. The reforms were spurred by and special courts-martial, the black service members were The secretary of defense, in co- separate investigations conduct- GAO found in an analysis based that the rate at which men and “substantially more likely than some minorities were investi- ordination with the service chiefs, ed by the Government Account- on data from 2013-2017. white service members to face gated and tried for crimes was must then “conduct an evaluation ability Office and the military General courts-martial in- disproportionate with their rep- to identify the causes of any ra- justice advocacy group Protect clude more serious offenses and military justice.” resentation in the military. cial, ethnic, or gender disparities Our Defenders. typically carry greater poten- [email protected] The NDAA will require De- in the military justice system” Earlier this year, the GAO tial punishments than special Twitter: @john_vandiver Marine gets 3-years suspended for drunken rampage

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS interpreter rines around midnight that night, he injured for his sister. Hill account Hill’s admission of guilt Stars and Stripes Wednesday Hill became lost, passed out in learned later, he testified, that he and promises to seek counsel- evening, an alley and woke up at 6:30 a.m. choked the woman, who fell and ing, stop drinking alcohol and not TOKYO — After spending Hill’s de- feeling scared and disoriented, he broke her jaw in the incident. reoffend. months in a Japanese jail, a Ma- fense at- testified last month. Through an interpreter, the “From the defendant’s actions rine lance corporal convicted torney told “My heart was racing. I shout- judge on Wednesday called the in court, we can see how sincere- of drunkenly assaulting three Stars and ed for help,” he said. “People ig- attacks “violent and danger- ly the defendant has regret,” the people in Tokyo is free on a sus- Stripes that nored me, which made me think ous,” especially because of Hill’s judge said through a translator. pended sentence. Hill would be I was dreaming. I started to act “built-up physique through train- Hill also faces disciplinary ac- Kahsai Tyree Hill, 21, assigned immediately recklessly because of that.” ing” with the Marine Corps. tion from the Marine Corps. Hill to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Reg- released. He struck a taxi driver who ap- The judge said he suspended testified in November that he iment at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was Hill After a proached him for an $8 fare and Hill’s sentence because Hill paid expects to be discharged on bad found guilty Wednesday in Tokyo night of ran away without paying. Later, about $16,800 in compensation to conduct. District Court of three counts of drinking with fellow Marines he punched a bystander who tried his victims and he “can’t rule out” Stars and Stripes reporter Hana bodily injury. The judge gave him in the city’s Shinjuku ward on to help him find his hotel, Hill that an underlying mental illness Kusumoto contributed to this report. a suspended sentence of three May 25, Hill struck two men and testified. played a role in Hill’s actions. [email protected] years in prison with hard labor. choked a woman, according to He said he mistook the woman The judge said he also took into Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Hill won’t have to serve his testimony at a November hear- prison time unless he commits ing. The Marines were in town another crime in Japan within from nearby Camp Fuji. the next five years. Hill broke the male bystander’s Hill had been in jail for 110 days nose and left all three with bruis- awaiting trial and sentencing, the es, according to his testimony. judge said. Speaking through an Separated from the other Ma- Space Force may call Colo. base its home BY JOHN VANDIVER the Space Force personnel cur- Stars and Stripes rently serving on Peterson and Schriever Air Force Bases, this The Space Force, a new armed NDAA solidifies our community’s service branch that will be re- position as the premier defense sponsible for America’s military space community of the United efforts in space, needs a home States,” Rep. Doug Lamborn, R- and it may be Colorado. Colo., said in a statement. The National Defense Autho- The establishment of the Space rization Act, passed by Congress Force, a top priority for Trump, and expected to soon be signed marks the first time in more than into law by President Donald 70 years that a new military ser- Trump, doesn’t explicitly des- ignate where the new military vice has been formed. U.S. Air branch’s main hub will be. But Force Gen. John Raymond, who the spending plan authorizes $148 heads Space Command, told Stars million to begin construction on a and Stripes in October that grow- Combined Space Operations Fa- ing security demands in space cility at Schriever Air Force Base and the need to defend satellites in Colorado Springs, an area al- from potential attack require a ready home to the newly estab- military branch devoted to it. lished U.S. Space Command. The idea is for the Space Force Colorado officials appear opti- to be a partner to the Air Force as mistic that the region will be the the Marine Corps is to the Navy. eventual headquarters. “I think it is absolutely im- “With U.S. Space Command portant that we have a separate established in Colorado Springs service with a singular focus on earlier this year, and the bulk of space,” Raymond said. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 MILITARY Senators push Trump on N. Korea, urge sanctions

BY DAVID NAKAMURA talks. eight Senate Democrats, including The Washington Post At a news conference Wednes- Minority Leader Chuck Schumer day, a bipartisan group of sena- of New York, sent Trump a three- WASHINGTON — Senators tors said the time had come to page letter Wednesday citing from both parties are seeking to enact stricter “secondary sanc- “grave and growing concern” at force President Donald Trump’s tions” approved by Congress that the prospects that the adminis- hand on North Korea, with lead- would punish international banks tration’s North Korea policy is ing Democrats warning Wednes- and other entities which do busi- headed toward failure. day that his diplomatic outreach ness with the North. They called “We are disturbed that almost /AP is “on the brink of failure” and the current international sanc- two years after the Singapore AHN YOUNG-JOON a bipartisan group pressing for tions program “leaky” and said Summit your administration has A military vehicle passes by the Unification Bridge, which leads stronger economic sanctions on the Kim regime has been able to yet to develop a workable diplo- to Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, on Kim Jong Un’s regime. skirt some of the restrictions and matic process to structure real, Monday. Senators are pressuring the president over North Korea. The moves illustrate growing buy time to develop its weapons serious and sustainable nego- alarm on Capitol Hill that the program. tiations with North Korea,” the to comment Wednesday. has been consumed by impeach- administration’s stalled nuclear The new sanctions measures Democrats wrote, referring to Biegun left Seoul on Tuesday ment proceedings on Capitol talks with Pyongyang could lead are included in the sweeping Na- Trump’s first meeting with Kim after meeting with senior South Hill. As congressional lawmak- to an increase in hostilities on the tional Defense Authorization Act in June 2018. Korean leaders in a visit that ers press for tougher sanctions, Korean Peninsula, as Kim has that is being sent to the White The group supported continued was viewed as a last-ditch effort China and Russia have moved at promised an unwelcome “Christ- House for Trump’s approval this diplomatic outreach to Pyongyang to resuscitate engagement with the United Nations to ease sanc- mas gift” by year’s end. week. and cautioned against a return to the North, which has been stalled tions on North Korea, scrambling The increasing pressure from Trump’s “fire and fury” rhetoric “It seems to me the best chance since a working-level meeting in international consensus. lawmakers could put Trump in we have in changing the path toward Pyongyang in 2017. Stockholm in October ended with- Biegun, who was in Tokyo on a difficult spot as his administra- North Korea is on is with crip- The lawmakers instead called out a breakthrough. Pyongyang, Wednesday, was scheduled to tion has struggled to convince the pling sanctions. The current on Trump to pursue a “phased which has ramped up short-range visit Beijing before returning to North Koreans to reengage and sanctions regime is not enough,” process to verifiably dismantle” missile tests since the spring, the United States. moved to d efuse tensions in re- said Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., key North Korean nuclear weap- performed a “crucial test” at a cent weeks by limiting joint mili- a key architect of the provisions. ons production facilities. Pyong- long-range launch site last week, The secondary sanctions legis- tary drills with South Korea and He was flanked by legislative yang has called for the United prompting U.S. Air Force Gen. lation calls on the administration blocking a United Nations forum colleagues as well as Fred and States to lift some economic Charles Brown to speculate that to designate entities for sanctions on human rights abuses. Cindy Warmbier, the parents of sanctions in return for a partial it could portend a long-range mis- within four to six months of the Despite those gestures, Otto Warmbier, a college student dismantlement, but the Trump sile test. bill becoming law. The president Trump’s top North Korea nego- who died in 2017 just days after administration has insisted that That could force Trump into a can waive the sanctions only if he tiator, Stephen Biegun, left Seoul being released from 17 months of the North relinquish its entire reckoning over one of his most im- makes a case that they adversely empty-handed this week after captivity in North Korea. program. portant foreign policy initiatives affect U.S. national security, law- calling on Pyongyang to resume In a separate action, a group of White House officials declined at a time when the White House makers said. Star Wars: Service members in Afghanistan ‘feel connected’ with new movie

FROM FRONT PAGE new movie to the Middle East deployment, recalled the days The building’s kitchen area began in the spring, Tom Shull, when he had to wait until he got was transformed into something AAFES director and CEO, said in home to watch big-ticket films. like a Star Wars cantina. There an email. The aviation operations spe- was even a red carpet rolled out The movie was hand-carried cialist said he feared speaking in the building for selfies. into Afghanistan and other coun- to his friends and family due to Not many troops at the first tries on encrypted DVDs that spoilers. But now that he has seen screening wore the fanciful cos- must be destroyed afterward, “The Rise of Skywalker,” he said tumes of the heroic Jedi knights Shull said. he doesn’t want to spoil it for any- or insidious Sith lords, but those “Enjoying a first-run block- one else — although the thought at the late-night screenings often buster movie offers troops a break had crossed his mind. do, said Don Baumgartner, Mo- from the tensions of deployment,” “It’s such huge relief, for the rale, Welfare and Recreation di- Shull said. “It also helps them first time, I kind of get to know rector at Bagram. feel connected with family and about these movies before other Bagram has hosted other Star friends, who are seeing the same people,” Ramirez said. Wars movies in 2015, 2016 and movie back home.” [email protected] 2017. Preparations to bring the Ramirez, who is on his fourth Twitter: @jplawrence3

PHOTOS BY VICTORIA GOLDFEDIB/U.S. Army Sgt. Danny Ramirez from the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade prepares to watch the Star Wars premiere on Thursday at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Soldiers in Afghanistan await the premiere of the Star Wars movie “The Rise of Skywalker.” Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 MILITARY 2 models of helicopters eyed for Marines

BY TONY CAPACCIO tiveness of a potential mix” of the A Pentagon decision to move to- that the Army has proposed halt- Based on the initial work, Bloomberg helicopters “to perform the heavy ward a combination of the copters ing procurement of 28 CH-47 Deputy Defense Secretary David lift mission,” John Whitley, acting as soon as the fiscal 2021 budget Chinooks and shifting an esti- Norquist directed a wider review The Pentagon is assessing director of the cost assessment would be a blow to Bethesda, mated $962 million into a sepa- that’s now underway into wheth- whether the Marine Corps should office, wrote the congressional Maryland-based Lockheed. rate program. er a mix or an all-King Stallion scale back its $31 billion program defense committees this month. The Navy’s plans to buy 200 The preliminary analysis “con- fleet “better balances” meeting to buy new King Stallion heli- The results “will be available King Stallions were a prime mo- cluded that a pure fleet of marin- the mission against cost-effec- copters from Lockheed Martin with the submission of the admin- tivation for Lockheed’s $9 billion ized” Chinooks could save as tiveness, according to the mate- Corp. and opt for a combination istration’s fiscal 2021 budget,” acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft much as 40% compared with a rial sent to Congress. It said the with a modified version of the lat- fleet composed entirely of King study “will include reviewing the Whitley wrote in a letter obtained from United Technologies Corp. est-model Chinooks built by rival Stallions, Christopher Sherwood, costs of training, simulators and by Bloomberg News. Charts ac- in 2015. Twenty have been put Boeing Co. a spokesman for the cost assess- maintenance.” companying the letter said “anal- Officials from the Pentagon’s on contract to date. The current ment office, said in a statement. But the Marine Corps is signal- acquisition, sustainment, re- ysis suggests a mix” of the two budget plan calls for requesting But he said a fleet solely of Chi- ing resistance to the mixed-fleet search and operational test offic- aircraft “could be more cost-ef- 77 King Stallions, designated nooks “cannot meet the mission idea. es are evaluating and expanding fective and will be investigated.” CH-53K, through 2024, including set” for heavy lift needs. Lieutenant General Steven on a preliminary review complet- The combination assumes the 14 in fiscal 2021, which would be The preliminary analysis ex- Rudder, the top Marine aviator, ed in May by the Pentagon’s inde- Chinook, built for the Army, can five more than this year. amined expenditures across a said in a statement that a mixed pendent cost assessment office at be converted for the rugged, cor- A mix would be a boon to Chi- 20-year life-cycle and consid- fleet “degrades capabilities by the urging of lawmakers. rosive environment of aircraft cago-based Boeing, its Philadel- ered acquisition costs, fuel usage, 40%, while only realizing a po- They are “reviewing the opera- carriers and amphibious warfare phia plant and the 4,580 workers maintenance, and sustaining sup- tential 10% cost savings over the tional suitability and cost effec- ships. there. That’s especially true given port costs, Sherwood said. aircraft life cycle.” Man who broke into home of Americans sentenced

BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL Along with two of his broth- Stars and Stripes ers and a fourth man, Mettbach went to the Americans’ house in ZWEIBRUECKEN, Germany Landstuhl on an evening in Feb- — The last of four men who tried ruary with duct tape, zip ties and to force their way into an Ameri- a loaded air gun, after hearing can family’s home in Landstuhl from moving company workers to rob them was sentenced Thurs- that the family had high-value ob- day under a strict German law that could see him spend the rest jects in a safe, the court heard in of his life in prison. earlier hearings. “What you did put the (Ameri- The American father fought can) family in grave danger,” back when the men tried to force Judge Susanna Thomas said after their way into the home and sentencing August Mettbach, 62, stopped three of them. But one to five years in prison with con- of Mettbach’s brothers forced his current drug and alcohol reha- way through the door and ran DEANNA C. GONZALES/U.S. Navy bilitation programs. At the end upstairs, where he assaulted the Capt. Richard Culley, a nurse anesthetist, and a Rwandan medical professional prepare a patient for of his prison term, Mettbach will American mother. surgery during a U.S. Army Africa medical readiness exercise in Kigali, Rwanda, in August. be placed under preventive de- After slamming the door on tention, a strict regimen that re- Mettbach and the two others, the quires convicted criminals to be father, a former Air Force major regularly assessed to determine if now working as a civilian for the Army plans more medical drills they are still a menace to society. military, grabbed a kitchen knife “You spent so many years in and ran upstairs, where Heinz jail but always returned to crime Mettbach was holding his hand in Africa amid growing demand after being released,” the judge over the mouth of the American said. “Everyone can decide to mother to try to silence her. change the path they’re on in life The marks around the mother’s BY NANCY MONTGOMERY cal professionals who’ve partici- can soldiers to injuries and ill- but you always chose to return to mouth indicated that the force the pated in recent MEDREXs have nesses not often seen in the U.S., crime. “ Stars and Stripes suspect was applying could have benefited greatly, both personally he said. In one case, a woman who Mettbach, who has already VICENZA, Italy — The Army and professionally,” USARAF had fractured all the bones on the spent half his life in prison, pre- led to her suffocating, medical plans to nearly double the num- commander Maj. Gen. Roger left side of her face in a motor- sented “a high risk for commit- experts told the court. ber of medical exercises it holds Cloutier said. “[N]ow there are cycle crash didn’t have the money ting more violent crime in the Two of the family’s young chil- in Africa, providing care to some more African partners and U.S. or opportunity to see a physician, future,” Dr. Sergiy Davydenko, dren watched everything from a of the world’s most disadvantaged Army medical units asking to and the fractures had begun heal- head of the forensic psychiatry hiding place, the court was told in people and giving Army medi- participate in these exercises ing on their own, causing pain and psychotherapy department an earlier hearing. cal units unique opportunities to than ever before.” and deformity, he said. at the University Medical Cen- The father scuffled with Heinz practice and develop skills. Taking part in exercises in plac- Her bones had to be rebroken ter Mainz, told the court days before chasing him down the U.S. Army Africa has for years es with scarce medical resources and set “so she could close her earlier. stairs and out of the house. Dur- sent small groups of active duty “creates a new environment and jaw and chew,” Phillips said. Because of his long criminal ing the scuffle, the home invader and reserve military doctors, skills that could be useful on the But not every MEDREX has record, Mettbach had been tried was stabbed. He died shortly af- nurses and medics on short-term battlefield,” said Col. Doug Phil- been worthwhile for the Ameri- separately from two other men, terward of his wounds. medical-readiness exercises, or lips, chief nurse at the 44th Medi- cans. A surgeon who deployed who earlier this month were sent August Mettbach complained MEDREXs. They’re designed to cal Brigade in Fort Bragg, N.C., to Cameroon two years ago said to prison for four and a half and during one of his sessions with train soldiers to deploy and prac- who has done two MEDREXs in the U.S. team was allowed only to five years in connection with the Davydenko that he wasn’t able tice medicine without the technol- Rwanda. assist in mundane tasks, not per- violent attempted burglary. to sleep “because ‘when I close ogy and tools they’re accustomed In the Rwandan military hos- form surgery. Deployed surgeons Preventive detention lasts on my eyes, I still have the image in to, share best practices with pital where Phillips was based, in 2014 and 2015 on average op- average 25 years, said Johannes my head of my brother bleeding erated on patients less than once health care providers in African many surgeries are done with Berg, lead counsel to the Ameri- to death in the car,’” the psychia- nations and build relationships. a month, a study published in the only a nerve block and the patient can family. trist said. Last year, they performed 235 still awake, he said. Journal of the American College Given Mettbach’s poor state of A German court ruled in May general surgeries, saw 725 people “One guy almost didn’t know of Surgeons found — a rate that health — he has a heart condition, that the American father acted in in the emergency room and did what to do because the (patient) is insufficient to maintain skills, asthma, a lung disorder and hep- 98 medical-equipment repairs in was sitting there looking at him,” experts have said. atitis C, the court was told — he is self-defense and did not charge him. countries across Africa. said Phillips, a nurse anesthetist. [email protected] likely to spend the rest of his life “African and U.S. Army medi- MEDREXs also expose Ameri- Twitter:@montgomerynance in detention, Berg said. [email protected] PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 NATION House impeaches Trump on pair of charges

BY LISA MASCARO expected to diverge from plans AND MARY CLARE JALONICK to acquit the president ahead of Associated Press early state election-year primary voting. WASHINGTON — President Pelosi, once reluctant to lead Donald Trump was impeached Democrats into a partisan im- by the U.S. House of Represen- peachment, gaveled both votes tatives, becoming only the third closed, risking her majority and American chief executive to be speakership to follow the effort to formally charged under the Con- its House conclusion. stitution’s ultimate remedy for No Republicans voted for im- high crimes and misdemeanors. peachment, and Democrats had The historic vote split along only slight defections on their party lines Wednesday night, side. Voting was conducted man- much the way it has divided the ually with ballots, to mark the nation, over a charge that the moment. 45th president abused the power On the first article, abuse of of his office by enlisting a foreign power, two Democrats, Jeff Van government to investigate a polit- Drew of New Jersey, who is con- ical rival ahead of the 2020 elec- sidering switching parties to tion. The House then approved a become a Republican, and Col- second charge, that he obstructed lin Peterson of Minnesota voted Congress in its investigation. against impeaching Trump. On The articles of impeachment, the second article, obstruction, the political equivalent of an in- those two and freshman Rep. dictment, now go to the Senate for Jared Golden of Maine voted trial. If Trump is acquitted by the against. Democratic Rep. Tulsi PHOTOS BY JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes Republican-led chamber, as ex- Gabbard of Hawaii, who is run- pected, he still would have to run ning for president, voted “pres- Democratic leaders in the effort in the House to impeach President Donald Trump talk to reporters after for reelection carrying the endur- ent” on both. the vote Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. ing stain of impeachment on his What Pelosi called a sad and purposely disruptive presidency. solemn moment for the country, Congress. The White House de- The votes for impeachment coming in the first year after layed the funds, but Trump even- were 230-197-1 on the first charge, Democrats swept control of the tually released the money once 229-198-1 on the second. House, unfolded in a caustic day- Congress intervened. Democrats led Wednesday long session that showcased the Narrow in scope but broad in night’s voting, framed in what nation’s divisions. its charges, the impeachment many said was their duty to pro- The House impeachment reso- resolution said the president tect the Constitution and uphold lution laid out in stark terms the “betrayed the nation by abusing the nation’s system of checks and articles of impeachment against his high office to enlist a foreign balances. Republicans stood by Trump stemming from his July power in corrupting democratic their party’s leader, who has fre- phone call when he asked the elections,” and then obstruct- quently tested the bounds of civic Ukrainian president for a “favor” ing Congress’ oversight like “no norms. Trump called the whole — to announce he was investigat- president“ in U.S. history. affair a “witch hunt,” a “hoax” ing Democrats including poten- “President Trump, by such and a “sham,” and sometimes all tial 2020 rival Joe Biden. conduct, has demonstrated that three. At the time, Zelenskiy, new he will remain a threat to nation- The trial is expected to begin to politics and government, was al security and the Constitution in January in the Senate, where a seeking a coveted White House if allowed to remain in office,” it vote of two-thirds is necessary for visit to show backing from the said. conviction. While Democrats had U.S. as he confronted a hostile Republicans argued that Dem- the majority in the House to im- Russia at his border. He was ocrats were impeaching Trump peach Trump, Republicans con- also counting on $391 million in because they can’t beat him in House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, center, walks to his trol the Senate and few if any are military aid already approved by 2020. office after a vote to impeach Donald Trump on Capitol Hill. Action: Pelosi delays delivering articles of impeachment to Senate

FROM FRONT PAGE Nancy Pelosi of being afraid to send “their “The next thing will be when we see the Do Nothing with the Articles & not de- As for what the Senate should do, the shoddy work product to the Senate” after process that is set forth in the Senate,“ Pe- liver them to the Senate,” Trump tweeted Kentucky Republican said, “It could not she threw uncertainty into the impeach- losi said. “Then we’ll know the number of Thursday morning. He claimed the tim- be clearer which outcome would serve the ment process late Wednesday by refusing managers we may have to go forward and ing of the trial was up to the Senate, and stabilizing, institution-preserving, fever- to say when she would send two impeach- who we would choose.” that if Democrats didn’t transmit the ar- breaking role for which the United States ment articles to the Senate for a trial. Speaking earlier, McConnell said the two ticles of impeachment “they would lose by Senate was created and which outcome He said the Democratic-controlled articles failed to meet the constitutional Default!” House “has let its partisan rage at this par- standard of high crimes and misdemean- But there is no Constitutional require- would betray it.” ticular president create a toxic new prec- ors and that the House simply impeached a ment on Pelosi to send them swiftly — or McConnell described Trump’s impeach- edent that will echo well into the future.” political foe for an abuse of power offense at all. ment as “the most rushed, least thorough Pelosi was upbeat the day after the House that isn’t considered a crime. Pelosi said House Democrats could not and most unfair impeachment inquiry in impeached Trump on two charges — abus- “The framers built the Senate to provide name impeachment managers — House modern history.” ing his presidential power and obstructing stability,” McConnell said. “To keep parti- prosecutors who make the case for Trump’s Fighting back and using McConnell’s Congress — stemming from his pressure san passions from boiling over. Moments conviction and removal from office — until own words, Democratic leader Chuck on Ukraine to announce investigations of like this are why the United States Senate they know more about how the Senate will Schumer of New York then said on the Sen- his political rival as Trump withheld U.S. exists.” conduct a trial. ate floor that the Republican leader was aid. A trial in the Republican-controlled Sen- “We cannot name managers until we see plotting the “most rushed, least thorough “We’ve been hearing from people all ate would almost certainly result in Trump what the process is on the Senate side,” Pe- and most unfair” impeachment trial in his- over the country,” Pelosi told reporters being acquitted of the charges. losi said. “And I would hope that that will tory by declining to agree to call witnesses at the Capitol on Thursday. “Seems like McConnell was meeting later Thursday be soon. … So far we haven’t seen anything including former Trump national security people have a spring in their step because with Schumer to begin negotiations on how that looks fair to us. So hopefully it will be adviser John Bolton, who declined to tes- the president was held accountable for his to conduct next year’s Senate trial. fair. And when we see what that is, we’ll tify before the House. reckless behavior.” The two leaders have a tense relation- send our managers.” “McConnell claimed the impeachment Pressed about next steps, Pelosi wouldn’t ship and McConnell holds a tactical edge if McConnell rejected a proposal earlier was motivated by partisan rage,” said say. Democrats are insisting on more wit- he can keep his 53-member Senate major- this week from Schumer, D-N.Y., to call Schumer. “This from the man who said nesses, testimony and documents than Mc- ity united. several witnesses. McConnell also said proudly, ‘I am not impartial.’ ” Connell appears willing to provide before A day after his impeachment, Trump that he is coordinating with the White “What hypocrisy.” they name the House “managers” who was quick to lash out at Pelosi. House and declared that “I am not an im- McConnell accused House Speaker would prosecute Trump in the Senate. “Now the Do Nothing Party want to partial juror.” Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Trump says he’s ‘not worried’ in speech at rally

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE, ed to as they have tried to mini- ZEKE MILLER mize the votes’ significance. Still, AND JILL COLVIN Trump clearly was stung by the Associated Press stain that an “ugly” impeachment will attach to his legacy. BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Throughout the rally, Trump Defiant in the face of a historic unleashed his anger at the Demo- rebuke, President Donald Trump crats, slammed their effort as “il- PAUL SANCYA/AP labeled his impeachment by the legal” and accused the party of House of Representatives on demonstrating “deep hatred and Audience members hold signs at President Donald Trump’s rally in Battle Creek, Mich., on Wednesday. Wednesday “a suicide march” for disdain” for voters. the Democratic Party as he deliv- “After three years of sinister promised “the best speech you’ve ered a rambling two-hour rally witch hunts, hoaxes, scams, to- ever heard.” speech that overlapped the vote. night the House Democrats are Throughout the day, Trump White House: Trump ‘just “Crazy Nancy Pelosi’s House trying to nullify the ballots of tens had stared down the impending Democrats have branded them- of millions of patriotic Ameri- vote as he has every obstacle in selves with an eternal mark of riffing’ in swipe at Dingell cans,” Trump said, claiming that his presidency: by broadcasting shame,” Trump told the crowd in it was the Democrats who were his grievances via tweet. battleground Michigan, where he Associated Press providing “A-plus treatment” “interfering in America’s elec- “Can you believe that I will be took the stage just minutes before after her husband’s death in tions” and “subverting American BATTLE CREEK, Mich. becoming only the third president impeached today by the Radi- February. democracy.” in U.S. history to be impeached. cal Left, Do Nothing Demo- — The White House said that He quoted her as saying, Midrally, an aide held up a sign “It’s a disgrace.” crats, AND I DID NOTHING President Donald Trump was “Thank you so much. John notifying Trump of the impeach- It was a dramatic and discor- WRONG!” Trump wrote in one “just riffing” when he took would be so thrilled. He’s look- ment vote count and the presi- dant split-screen moment, with of 45 tweets posted before noon. a swipe at the late Rep. John ing down.” dent announced to the crowd that Trump emerging from a mock He asked his followers to “Say a Dingell during a raucous im- Then he added: “I said, “every single Republican voted peachment-day rally, drawing fireplace like Santa Claus at the PRAYER!” ‘That’s OK. Don’t worry about for us. Whoa. Wow, wow. ... And a quick rebuke from the long- Christmas-themed rally as the Trump’s urgency appeared it.’ Maybe he’s looking up. I impeachment debate in Wash- three Democrats voted for us.” time Michigan congressman’s don’t know.” Trump spent much of his mara- to escalate later in the day as widow and successor in the ington played out. It was also he switched to all capital let- The remark drew wary oohs Trump’s longest rally ever, ac- thon speech zigzagging between House. and aahs from the crowd in ters: “SUCH ATROCIOUS LIES cording to the tracking site Fact- impeachment and unrelated top- White House press secre- Michigan, where John Ding- base, clocking in at two hours and ics, punctuating his remarks with BY THE RADICAL LEFT, DO tary Stephanie Grisham said ell was a powerful advocate one minute. more profanity than usual. NOTHING DEMOCRATS. THIS Thursday on ABC’s “Good for the state he represented As Trump spoke — seem- And after a day of harsh tweets, IS AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA, Morning America” that she for more than 59 years. The ingly unaware for a stretch that Trump at times projected a less- AND AN ASSAULT ON THE did not know why Trump de- comment came shortly after the votes had been tallied — the concerned attitude toward what REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!” cided to suggest that Dingell Debbie Dingell voted in favor House moved to impeach him on he called “impeachment lite.” As the impeachment debate was in hell. of two articles of impeachment two counts. The first charges him “It doesn’t really feel like we’re wore on, Trump aides, including But Grisham added that against the president. with abuse of power for alleg- being impeached,” he said shortly White House counselor Kelly- Trump is a “counter-punch- Debbie Dingell tweeted er,” and suggested Trump edly pressuring the president of after taking the Christmas tree- anne Conway, fanned out across her response, telling Trump: was venting his frustration Ukraine to investigate his Demo- adorned stage. Later, he added: Capitol Hill to bolster the presi- “Mr. President, let’s set poli- “I don’t know about you, but I’m after being impeached by the tics aside. My husband earned cratic rivals while crucial U.S. dent’s message that impeachment having a good time. It’s crazy.” House. “It was a very very all his accolades after a life- security aid was being withheld. is helping Republicans and dam- The second charges him with ob- At another point, he de- supportive and wild crowd and time of service. I’m prepar- aging Democrats. struction of Congress for stone- clared: “I’m not worried. I’m not he was just riffing on some of ing for the first holiday season walling investigative efforts. worried.” Trump’s campaign has expe- the things that had been hap- without the man I love. You Yet there is little chance Trump Aides had said that Trump rienced a surge in contributions pening the past few days.” brought me down in a way you will be convicted by the Repub- would wait until the House had and volunteers during the im- Trump told the Battle Creek can never imagine and your lican-controlled Senate and re- finished voting before speak- peachment inquiry and was hop- rally that Debbie Dingell had hurtful words just made my moved from office — a fact that ing at the rally, but he appeared ing to raise $2 million Wednesday thanked him profusely for healing much harder.” Trump and his allies have point- on stage ahead of the votes and ahead of the votes. Trump ally Meadows says he won’t seek reelection to House

BY GARY D. ROBERTSON only beginning. This President the fight to return Washington, which eventually led to Boeh- restaurant before getting a real Associated Press has accomplished incredible re- D.C. to its rightful owner, We The ner’s resignation. At the time, the estate license to sell houses. He sults for the People, has only just begun.” Freedom Caucus was a solid bloc eventually became a real estate RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican country in Meadows is a longtime leader of conservative lawmakers that developer and made millions of congressman Mark Meadows, just three of the House Freedom Caucus, wielded considerable clout in the dollars before deciding to run a top ally to President Donald years, and which pushed hard-line conser- House, often thwarting the GOP in 2012 to replace a Democratic Trump, said Thursday that he I’m fully vative policies, often rebelling leadership. congressman who decided not won’t seek reelection. committed against House Republican lead- But Meadows also drew atten- to seek reelection. He won that His announcement comes just to staying ers. Meadows is a staunch Trump tion for his friendship with pro- year’s Republican nomination a day after the U.S. House voted in the fight loyalist and talks with him often. gressive Democratic Rep. Elijah after a bruising eight-way pri- to impeach Trump on charges with him Meadows’ name has been float- Cummings, who died earlier this mary and won the general elec- that he abused his power and and his team ed inside the White House as a year. tion before making a name for obstructed Congress. In a state- to build on possible replacement for Acting “There was no stronger advo- himself as a staunch conservative ment, the North Carolina con- those suc- Meadows White House Chief of Staff Mick cate and no better friend than who opposed the policies of Presi- gressman said he struggled with cesses and Mulvaney. Elijah Cummings,” Meadows dent Barack Obama. the decision and came to it after deliver on his promises for the In 2015, Meadows stunned his tweeted after his death. Candidate filing ends Friday in discussion with his family. years to come,” Meadows said in Republican colleagues by filing a Meadows, 60, moved to the North Carolina. Four Democrats “My work with President the statement. “I’ve always said motion to oust the powerful GOP North Carolina mountains in the and one Green Party candidate Trump and his administration is Congress is a temporary job, but House Speaker John Boehner, 1980s from Florida and opened a had filed for Meadows’ seat. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 NATION ‘Obamacare’ mandate ruled invalid by court

Associated Press In dissent, Judge Carolyn Dineen King said her colleagues NEW ORLEANS — A federal were prolonging “uncertainty appeals court on Wednesday over the future of the healthcare struck down “Obamacare’s” now- sector.” King would have found toothless requirement that Amer- the mandate constitutional, al- icans carry health insurance but though unenforceable, and would sidestepped a ruling on the law’s have left the rest of the law alone. overall constitutionality. The de- California Attorney General cision means the law remains in JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AP effect for now. Xavier Becerra, who is leading state efforts to defend the law, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accompanied by Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar The 2-1 ruling handed down prepare to meet the media before a bilateral meeting in Washington on Wednesday. by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit promised a quick appeal to the Court of Appeals in New Orleans Supreme Court. means the ultimate fate of the “For now, the President got the rest of the Affordable Care Act gift he wanted — uncertainty in including such popular provi- the healthcare system and a path- US, India pledge cooperation sions as protections for those with way to repeal — so that the health- care that seniors, workers and pre-existing conditions, Medic- Associated Press families secured under the Af- “We won’t let the noise and operations. aid expansion and the ability for the silliness in Washington, D.C., The two sides also discussed fordable Care Act can be yanked WASHINGTON — The Unit- children under the age of 26 to re- distract us from that,” he said at China’s growing global footprint, from under them,” Becerra said ed States and India agreed on main on their parents’ insurance a news conference with Esper, a matter that is of particular con- in a statement. Wednesday to expand defense, remains unclear. Indian Foreign Minister Subrah- cern for both the U.S. and India, The panel agreed with Texas- Attorney General Ken Pax- science and technology coopera- manyam Jaishankar and Indian and challenges on the Indian sub- based U.S. District Judge Reed ton of Texas, which spearheaded tion as Secretary of State Mike Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. continent, notably the rivalry be- O’Connor’s 2018 finding that the the lawsuit seeking to throw out Pompeo said impeachment would Asked whether he would par- tween India and Pakistan. law’s insurance requirement, the the ACA, applauded the court’s not distract the Trump admin- ticipate as a witness in a Sen- As the Trump administration so-called “individual mandate,” decision to declare the mandate istration on national security ate trial if the House impeached grapples with impeachment, In- was rendered unconstitutional unconstitutional. matters Trump, Pompeo said he would dia’s government is dealing with when Congress, in 2017, reduced “As the court’s opinion rec- Pompeo and Defense Secre- a tax on people without insurance ognized, the only reason the Su- tary Mark Esper met their In- produce State Department docu- protests over a new law that grants to zero. preme Court upheld Obamacare dian counterparts for security ments and testify if the requests citizenship on the basis of religion The court reached no decision in 2012 was Congress’ taxing talks at the State Department as were “appropriate and required and has drawn deep opposition. It on the big issue — how much of power, and without the individual the House debated impeachment by law.” provides a path to citizenship for the Affordable Care Act must mandate’s penalty that justifica- charges against President Don- Democrats have complained Hindus, Buddhists, Christians fall along with the insurance tion crumbled,” Paxton wrote. ald Trump. The House voted later that Pompeo’s previous responses and other religious minorities mandate. “We look forward to the oppor- Wednesday to impeach the presi- have been disingenuous because who are in India illegally but can “It may still be that none of the tunity to further demonstrate dent, setting up a Senate trial. the department has not produced demonstrate religious persecu- ACA is severable from the indi- that Congress made the indi- Pompeo said “the noise and sil- any documents in response to tion in Muslim-majority Bangla- vidual mandate, even after this vidual mandate the centerpiece liness” in Washington would not impeachment investigators’ re- desh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. inquiry is concluded. It may be of Obamacare and the rest of the affect the administration’s focus quests. Department officials did It does not apply to Muslims. that all of the ACA is severable law cannot stand without it.” on U.S. national security. testify before the impeachment Critics say the Citizenship from the individual mandate. It President Donald Trump also The U.S. and India are each inquiry but only over the admin- Amendment Act is the latest ef- may also be that some of the ACA applauded the decision, calling it dealing with domestic political istration’s objections and under fort by Prime Minister Naren- is severable from the individual a “win for all Americans.” crises: the U.S. with impeach- subpoena. dra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led mandate, and some is not,” Judge A legal analyst who has followed ment, India with widespread pro- “My participation will continue government to marginalize In- Jennifer Elrod wrote. the health law from its early days tests and violent clashes in India to be precisely that which the law dia’s 200 million Muslims, and a The decision sends the case said the ruling seems to indicate over a new citizenship law. requires,” Pompeo said. violation of the country’s secular back to a judge who already that the lower court judge who “The world should know that Pompeo’s comments were the constitution. ruled once to throw out the en- struck the entire statute down as despite all the noise, the chaos, only remarks related to the im- The Trump administration has tire ACA but with some guidance. unconstitutional overreached. the media asking questions that peachment and came after the spoken out forcefully against re- O’Connor has to be more specific “The opinion suggests that are completely unrelated to the meetings ended. pression of Muslims and other about which parts of the law can’t Judge O’Connor went too far in reason we are here today, that During the talks, the four men religious minorities in China and be separated from the mandate, invalidating the entire statute, the leaders of our two nations are said they had agreed to improve Myanmar, but has remained rela- and also must take into account and that he should have consid- working diligently to protect the defense cooperation, primarily tively silent on India’s proposed Congress’ decision to leave the ered what Congress intended in American people, to develop a re- through increasing troop levels law, which Jaishankar defended rest of the law essentially un- 2017 when it zeroed out the man- lationship that’s important stra- during joint military exercises as a humanitarian gesture. Pom- changed when it reduced the pen- date penalty,” said Tim Jost, a re- tegically for the coming decades and promoting the capacity of peo demurred when asked how or alty for not having insurance to tired law professor at Washington between the United States and India’s smaller neighbors to par- whether the U.S. would respond zero, Elrod wrote. and Lee University in Virginia. India,” Pompeo said. ticipate in U.N. peacekeeping to the enforcement of the law. Supreme Court could limit job bias lawsuits against churches

Associated Press two Catholic schools in California religious employee, who cannot. and their operations from the an age discrimination claim after to proceed. The question for the justices in government’s reach. she was demoted. WASHINGTON — The Su- The court has previously ruled the new cases is whether religious In one case, a former fifth-grade Both schools invoked the min- preme Court said Wednesday it that religious employees of a institutions can invoke a “min- teacher at the St. James School in isterial exception to try to end the will consider expanding protec- church cannot sue for employ- isterial exception” to anti-dis- Torrance says her contract was suits, arguing that the teachers tions for churches against job- ment discrimination. But it did crimination laws more broadly, not renewed after she informed had important religious functions. discrimination claims. not make clear the distinction even when the employees do not the school she was being treated But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of The justices agreed to review between a secular employee, who have special religious training or for breast cancer. In the other, a Appeals said the teachers could two cases in which a federal ap- can take advantage of the gov- titles. This doctrine says the First non-Catholic fifth-grade teacher not be considered ministers for peals court allowed discrimina- ernment’s protection from dis- Amendment’s guarantee of free- at the Our Lady of Guadaloupe this purpose. The cases will be tion lawsuits by teachers against crimination and retaliation, and a dom of religion shields churches School in Hermosa Beach filed argued together in the spring. Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 NATION Justice Dept. targets violent crime in cities

BY MICHAEL BALSAMO tough-on-crime approach in his AND COREY WILLIAMS previous stint as the nation’s chief Associated Press law enforcement officer in the early 1990s as the national violent DETROIT — The Justice De- crime rate peaked. Those efforts, partment announced a crackdown he has said, helped seriously cut Wednesday aimed at driving violent crime. down violent crime in seve ral of Since he became attorney gen- the nation’s most violent cities. eral in February, Barr has vowed Attorney General William Barr to use the federal government’s released details of the initiative resources to drive down violent known as Operation Relentless crime in cities where the crime Pursuit at a news conference in rate has been rising, and has Detroit alongside the leaders of made prosecuting violent crimi- the FBI, the Drug Enforcement nals and gun offenders a priority Administration, the Bureau of for federal prosecutors. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Still, Barr has also embraced Explosives and the U.S. Marshals a bipartisan criminal justice re- Service. form measure known as the First As part of the initiative, the Step Act, which gives judges more Justice Department will inten- discretion when sentencing some sify federal law enforcement re- drug offenders, eases mandatory sources in the cities — Detroit; minimum sentences and encour- Albuquerque, N.M .; Baltimore; ages inmates to participate in Cleveland; the Kansas City, Mo., programs designed to reduce the and Kansas City, Kan. , metropol- risk of recidivism, with credits itan area; Memphis, Tenn.; and that can be used to gain an earlier Milwaukee — that have violent COREY WILLIAMS/AP release. crime rates higher than the na- From left, Detroit Police Chief James Craig speaks in Detroit as U.S. Attorney General William Barr and He acknowledged that Detroit tional average. FBI Director Christopher Wray listen during the announcement of a crime reduction initiative Wednesday . Police Chief James Craig and his “Fighting violent crime is one officers have “done a great job” in of the priorities of this adminis- bringing down the city’s violent of the cities and add additional of- agencies will work with local and Network, which can help match tration,” Barr said. “In a number crime rate. ficers to federal task forces. The state investigators to target vio- images of bullet cases collected at of cities it’s a stubborn problem. Craig, also at the news confer- The federal government can’t department is also committing lent criminals, members of drug crime scenes to link shootings. ence, said overall violence in De- attack this problem alone. It de- up to $71 million in federal grant cartels and gun traffickers by Targeting violent crime has troit fell by about 14% from 2014 pends on collaboration with state funds that can help fund the task utilizing federal resources and been a top priority for the Justice to 2018. Homicides have dropped and local partners.” forces, be used to hire new offi- intelligence. Agents will also uti- Department, Barr and President from just over 300 in 2016 to 267 The Justice Department will cers, pay overtime and purchase lize the ATF’s national database Donald Trump. two years ago to about 260 in 2018 increase the number of federal new equipment and technology. known as NIBIN, or the National Barr, an ardent backer of law — the lowest number in Detroit in law enforcement officers in each The federal law enforcement Integrated Ballistic Information enforcement, was known for a 50 years. Senator proposes 3 states file lawsuit seeking money, oversight to block ERA ratification Associated Press ment could be used to strike down abortion restrictions or require MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Ala- for dam safety boys and girls to compete against bama, Louisiana and South Da- each other in sports. kota have filed a federal lawsuit Associated Press The Republican Alabama at- seeking to block the addition of the Equal Rights Amendment to torney general also noted that U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday called for five states that previously ratified more federal money and oversight to shore up the the U.S. Constitution, Alabama’s attorney general announced the amendment later moved to re- nation’s aging dams following an Associated Press RICK BOWMER/AP Wednesday. scind their support. investigation that found scores of potentially trou- The amendment, submitted to bling dams located near homes and communities Mountain Dell Dam, east of Salt Lake City, is one The lawsuit filed in federal of at least five Utah dams in poor condition. court in Alabama comes in re- the states in the early 1970s, would across the country. ban any discrimination based on Gillibrand said new legislation in the works should sponse to a renewed push to get by North Carolina with 168 and Pennsylvania with the required 38th state to ratify sex. It fell short of the required 38 ensure that federal standards are in place to make states needed to make it the 28th dams more resilient to extreme weather events that 145. New York had 48 such dams. the Equal Rights Amendment, Inspection reports cited a variety of problems: amendment to the Constitution. are becoming more common because of a changing which would ban discrimination leaks that can indicate a dam is failing internally; There is an effort in Congress to climate. She also called for greater funding for fed- on the basis of sex. The lawsuit unrepaired erosion from past instances of overtop- notes that Congress set a 1982 try to remove the 1982 deadline. eral grants to fix unsafe dams that pose a risk to the ping; holes from burrowing animals; tree growth deadline to get the required 38 The ERA Coalition, a group public. that can destabilize earthen dams; and spillways too states to agree and seeks to pre- working for the ratification of the “We should not wait for a catastrophic dam failure small to handle a large flood. vent David Ferriero, the archivist amendment, criticized the law- or major flooding event to spur us to action,” Gilli- The nation’s dams are on average more than a of the United States, from ac- suit as a “disgraceful exercise in brand, a Democrat from New York, said in a letter to half-century old, but there is no national standard cepting a new ratification from a fear mongering.” leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works for inspecting them. That’s led to a patchwork of state. “The filing of a lawsuit by Committee, which is crafting a new water resources state regulations in which some high-hazard dams “The people had seven years Alabama’s Attorney-General to bill. Gillibrand is a member of the committee. are inspected annually while others wait up to five to consider the ERA, and they stop the Equal Rights Amend- She cited an AP analysis published last month years. rejected it. To sneak it into the ment is a shameful effort to keep that used federal data and state open records laws Gillibrand said states should be required to in- Constitution through this illegal women from gaining Constitu- to identify at least 1,688 high-hazard dams rated in spect all high hazard dams yearly. process would undermine the tional equality,” the organiza- poor or unsatisfactory condition as of last year in 44 She said lawmakers should “proactively address very basis for our constitutional tion said. “Alabama has filed this states and Puerto Rico. The AP analysis noted that dam safety” in the next Water Resources Develop- order,” Alabama Attorney Gener- lawsuit to thwart the democratic the actual number is almost certainly higher, be- ment Act, which authorizes programs overseen by al Steve Marshall said in a state- process, and the will of the over- cause some states haven’t rated all their dams and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other agen- ment announcing the lawsuit. whelming majority of Americans several states declined to release full data. cies related to levees and dams. Marshall said Alabama, Loui- to enshrine the fundamental right The AP’s investigation focused on high-hazard A spokesman for the Senate Environment and siana and South Dakota are com- to sex equality in our Constitu- dams — which could kill people if they were to fail Public Works Committee said its chairman, Repub- mitted to equality but contended tion. The Attorney General of — that were found by inspectors to be in the worst lican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, will consider the “ERA would not promote Alabama has done a disservice to condition. Georgia led the way with 198 high-hazard Gillibrand’s request while working on the legisla- true equality, but rather a far-left women, including the women of dams in unsatisfactory or poor condition, followed tion next year. agenda.” He argued the amend- Alabama.” PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 NATION Sports betting grows, faces more tests in 2020 BY JENNIFER MCDERMOTT ing Connecticut, Massachusetts, only at Oaklawn Racing Casino AND GEOFF MULVIHILL Missouri and Ohio — all states Resort. Associated Press where efforts this year fell short. By contrast, bets can be made In Georgia, state Sen. Brandon practically everywhere in the LINCOLN, R.I. — The line for Beach has been pushing for years nine states where online sports the ticket windows at a Rhode Is- to legalize horse racing as a way to betting is happening. Online wa- land casino’s sportsbook stretched promote economic development. gering has been allowed but not to the door on one afternoon last He’s now trying to get momentum started in another five states plus month: Gamblers were cashing for a constitutional amendment to the District of Columbia. in their winnings from betting on allow casino betting, horse rac- But the programs work in dif- the victorious New England Pa- ing and sports betting in a state ferent ways. In New Jersey and triots the day before and placing that doesn’t have any legalized Indiana, anyone who is eligible new wagers for that night. gambling outside the lottery. He and within the state’s border can This could be the scene in more wants to use the revenue to beef sign up online and start betting. states in the years ahead. Legal- up a lottery-funded college schol- In Iowa, Nevada and some other ized sports betting has caught arship program. states, bettors must first register on quickly since a U.S. Supreme The biggest states in person at casinos. RICHARD W. COLLINS JR./AP Court ruling in 2018 allowed for So far, the three most popu- How it’s doing Army 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III was slated for deployment to South it to be legalized in every state; lous states — California, Texas From July (the start of most Korea and days from graduating from Bowie State University when 2020 will be a test of whether that and Florida — have not legalized states’ fiscal years) through Oc- he was stabbed to death at a University of Maryland bus stop. rapid expansion continues. sportsbooks. tober, sports betting generated Where it’s happening But the industry is watching about $50 million in state tax In 2019, the first legal sports them, along with the fourth-larg- revenue across the country ac- bets were made in Arkansas, In- est, New York, where bets can cording to an Associated Press Man guilty of murder in diana, Iowa, New York and Or- be made only in person at four analysis of data from the states. egon, joining eight states where upstate casinos located far from New Jersey accounted for more betting was already running. the New York City area’s mas- than $15 million of that, making soldier’s slaying in Md. Voters in Colorado and law- sive population. Whether those sports betting more lucrative for makers in Illinois, Montana, New four casinos can add online bet- the state than in Nevada, which BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN They urged jurors to convict Ur- Hampshire, North Carolina and ting without an amendment to lost its monopoly after the Su- Associated Press banski of second-degree murder Tennessee also legalized it this the state constitution is under preme Court decision. But states instead of first-degree murder. year, but the programs have not debate. including Rhode Island and West UPPER MARLBORO, Md. Second-degree murder carries a yet launched. The same is true How it works Virginia are falling short of their — A white man was found guilty maximum sentence of 30 years in in the District of Columbia and As with other gambling offer- own projections for revenue. of murder on Wednesday for prison. Puerto Rico. A bill that cleared ings, states vary widely on what Rhode Island state Senate stabbing a black college student Prosecutors said a toxic mix- the Michigan Legislature this they’re allowing. President Dominick Ruggerio, a to death at a bus stop on the Uni- ture of alcohol and racist propa- month also is expected to be In New Mexico, lawmakers Democrat, the biggest advocate versity of Maryland’s campus, ganda poisoned Urbanski’s mind signed into law. never explicitly allowed sports- for legalized sports betting in the a crime that prosecutors had and emboldened him to act on his What’s ahead in 2020 books, but two Native American legislature, is unsure whether the claimed was racially motivated. hatred of black people. Defense Whether to legalize sports bet- tribal casinos are offering it, with state will hit its $22.7 million tar- Sean Urbanski, 24, faces a max- attorney ting is expected to be debated in bets being taken only on site. In get and worries about potential imum sentence of life in prison John McK- 2020 in a number of states, includ- Arkansas, bets are being taken competition from nearby states. without the possibility of parole. enna said He is scheduled to be sentenced there was April 16. no evidence A Prince George’s County jury or testimony deliberated for about two hours to support a Lawsuits allege major hotel chains ignored before convicting him of first-de- racial mo- gree murder in the May 2017 kill- tive for the ing of Richard Collins III, 23. clear signs of human trafficking for years killing. Supporters of Collins’ parents “Sean hugged them after the verdict, was stu- BY ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS while Urbanski’s mother leaned Urbanski ‘ pid drunk, Associated Press Despite her desperate pleas and screams over and wept. and the only poison in his veins Collins’ parents said in a state- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lawyers for help... the hotel staff ignored her and was the alcohol,” McKenna said ment after the verdict that “jus- representing human traffick- Wednesday during the trial’s did nothing ... tice is finally being served.” ing victims want a single federal ’ “Two-and-a-half years after closing arguments. judge to oversee multiple lawsuits March 9 lawsuit Richard’s murder, this verdict A prosecutor, Jonathon Church, alleging that major hotel chains has reaffirmed one of our nation’s said Urbanski already brandished have ignored human trafficking most fundamental values — that a 3-inch folding knife when he taking place on their premises. to work as a prostitute in hotel Va . The woman was forced to every American, regardless of emerged from the shadows of Attorneys have asked a federal rooms for days on end — forced perform sex acts on men at least race, religion, or sexual orienta- a wooded area and approached panel to consolidate at least 21 to serve up to 10 johns a day seven times a day but sometimes tion, is entitled to live freely and Collins at the bus stop. such lawsuits pending in 11 states — but hotel employees didn’t do twice that and her trafficker paid safely,” they said. “He had it ready because he into a single case in federal court anything. hotel staff to look the other way, a On Tuesday, Circuit Court knew in his mind what he was in Columbus, arguing that the The lawsuit says hotel staff Dec. 2 lawsuit alleged. Judge Lawrence Hill Jr. agreed going to do,” Church said of the lawsuits contain the same basic overlooked easily observed signs “I felt invisible the whole entire to throw out a hate crime charge knife. allegations. of trafficking, including trash time,” the 32-year-old woman against Urbanski before jurors The judge allowed prosecutors “Human traffickers have cans full of condoms, payment told The Associated Press. “That began deliberating. The judge to present evidence that Urbanski capitalized on the hospitality in- had saved at least six photographs for rooms in cash, and refusal of was the worst part, is knowing ruled that prosecutors didn’t meet dustry’s refusal to adopt and im- housekeeping services. of racist memes on his cellphone that people knew and nobody was their legal burden of showing ra- plement industry-wide standards “Despite her desperate pleas and liked a Facebook group called willing to help.” cial hatred motivated Urbanski to and anti-trafficking policies and and screams for help, after being “Alt-Reich: Nation.” The AP does not identify vic- stab Collins. procedures, including, but not beaten or choked at the Defen- Collins was commissioned as tims of sexual assault. Hill’s ruling left jurors to decide limited to, training hotel staff on dants’ hotel properties, the hotel between two murder charges, a a second lieutenant in the U.S. Companies named in the law- how to identify obvious and well- staff ignored her and did nothing decision that hinged on whether Army shortly before his death known signs of sex trafficking,” to prevent the ongoing and obvi- suits, including Choice Hotels they found Collins was killed in and was preparing to be deployed according to a court filing earlier ous torture she endured while she International Inc., Inter-Conti- a premeditated, intentional act of to the demilitarized zone between this month seeking to consolidate was regularly trafficked for sex ,” nental Hotels Corp., and Wynd- violent hate or an alcohol-fueled North Korea and South Korea. He the cases. according to the March 9 lawsuit. ham Hotels & Resorts, declined attack by an “out-of-his-mind was days from graduating from In Columbus, a woman who In Virginia in 2012, a woman to comment on the lawsuit but all drunk.” Bowie State University, a histori- was trafficked for months has said she was trafficked out of ho- said they take the issue of human Defense attorneys didn’t dis- cally black college, and was cel- sued three hotel chains, alleging tels owned by Wyndham Hotels trafficking seriously and do ev- pute Urbanski killed Collins and ebrating with a friend at bars on they knew she was being forced — such as a Super 8 in Hampton, erything they can to prohibit it. conceded he committed a crime. the night of his killing. Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 NATION Maine eyes changes to declining fur trade 2 Iranian BY PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — Trap- ping wild animals for fur is a way judges of life that goes back thousands of years in Maine, and the state is considering new ways to manage the declining business. Maine trappers harvest mam- hit with mals such as foxes, beavers and muskrats for their fur. The trap- ping trade has slowed in recent years as a result of depressed international prices and an aging US curbs workforce. The Maine Department of In- Associated Press land Fisheries and Wildlife is WASHINGTON — The United gathering feedback from trappers States is imposing sanctions on and others across the state as part additional senior Iranian offi- of an effort to examine and pos- cials for human rights abuses sibly change the way it manages as the Trump administration the animals. Management is also increases its “maximum pres- important to prevent the spread sure campaign” on the Tehran of diseases such as rabies and to government. avert dangerous encounters be- Secretary of State Mike Pom- tween animals and people, said peo denounced the recent violent Nate Webb, a biologist with the crackdown by Iranian authori- department. ties against widespread protests, “Everything is on the table,” ROBERT F. B UKATY/AP and the Treasury Department on Webb said. “We’re going to be Thursday targeted two top Irani- talking about research priori- Brian Cogill prepares to pack up a beaver he trapped in Limington, Maine, in 2015. Trapping wild an judges with penalties. Pompeo ties for these species. Habitat animals for fur is a way of life that goes back thousands of years in Maine, and the state is considering assailed Iranian officials for “hy- considerations. It’s not just about new ways to manage the declining business. pocrisy” by depriving citizens, consumptive use or hunting and particularly ethnic and religious trapping.” practice is unnecessary, and the the process as “not an honest de- it helps them craft their mes- minorities of their constitutional The subject of wild animal trap- state’s attempt to update the rules bate,” because the state doesn’t saging to make trapping more rights. ping frequently leads to conflicts will be no different, he said. consider arguments that trapping palatable.“ Pompeo said he had redesig- between trappers and fur buyers “They’ll open up a can of is inhumane. The state held a series of public nated Iran as a “country of par- and animal welfare advocates. worms. There’s a lot of people “I do believe the department meetings about furbearer man- ticular concern” for religious Neil Olson, a Bethel-based fur that don’t hunt, fish or trap that is genuinely interested in how agement in early December and freedom, a status that adds a layer buyer, said the state needs to en- don’t like it,” Olson said. the public views these animals is collecting comments online of potential sanctions against the courage more young people to Karen Coker, director of the an- and the trapping enterprise, but until Saturday, Dec. 7. The pro- government. He also said the ad- get involved in trapping to keep imal advocacy group WildWatch not because it has an interest in cess of updating Maine’s rules ministration would enact travel the industry going. However, the Maine, said she feels the state shifting its policies to accommo- about furbearing animals will bans on officials found to have industry has long had to contend has long ignored the anti-trap- date public interests,” Coker said. likely take three to four years in violated human rights, as well as with activists who believe the ping movement. She described “It simply needs to know because total, Webb said. their families. “The United States has stood, and will stand under President [Donald] Trump, for the Iranian people,” Pompeo said in a speech More election security funds headed to states at the State Department. “The ap- peasement of the regime simply Associated Press implement rigorous post-election bined, states will have received influx of federal funds can be will not work.” audits and use paper ballots in ex- $805 million from the federal spent on replacing many of these The sanctions announced by Congress is poised to give change for federal funds. government since 2016. the Treasury Department freeze states a last-minute infusion of machines because it can take “I’m afraid this bill will widen New Mexico Secretary of any assets the two judges may federal funds to help boost elec- months to request bids, decide the gulf between states with good State Maggie Toulouse Oliver have in U.S. jurisdictions and bar tion security with voting in early on a vendor, acquire the equip- Americans from any transactions election security and those with said election officials appreciate caucus and primary states slated ment, test it, deploy it and train with the judges. The sanctions perilously weak election secu- Congress’ help, but added that to begin in February. workers to use it. But experts say will also affect foreigners doing rity,” Wyden said in a statement. “while this new batch of funding Under a huge spending bill, the money can be used quickly to business with the judges, who sit “I appreciate the intent behind is needed and welcomed, ongoing states would receive $425 million implement audits to ensure the at the top of two branches of the this provision, but until Congress and sustainable funding from the for upgrading voting equipment, accuracy of election results, hire Tehran Revolutionary Court. takes steps to secure the entire federal government to help states conducting post-election audits, cybersecurity personnel, hold “Abolghassem Salavati and cybersecurity training and other election system, our democracy fight external threats to election cybersecurity training and buy Mohammad Moghisseh oversaw steps to secure elections. To re- will continue to be vulnerable to security is still badly needed.” additional equipment to defend the Iranian regime’s miscarriage ceive the funds, states must match foreign interference.” The state previously used fed- their systems. of justice in show trials in which 20% of their allocation. The Sen- It’s the second batch of federal eral funds for a full-time election Experts have urged Congress journalists, attorneys, political funds sent to states since the 2016 security position as well as to sup- ate is expected to approve the bill to build election security funds activists, and members of Iran’s election, when Russian agents port counties by covering system as soon as Thursday, sending it to into the annual budget, so offi- ethnic and religious minority targeted voting systems across upgrades, risk and vulnerability President Donald Trump for his cials could plan for equipment groups were penalized for exer- the country. Authorities say there assessments and training. Future signature. upgrades and other election secu- cising their freedom of expres- has been no evidence that any vote funds, Toulouse Oliver said, will States have been scrambling rity priorities. sion and assembly and sentenced to shore up their systems ahead tallies or voter data was changed. likely be used for equipment up- to lengthy prison terms, lashes, U.S. officials say Russians also grades, hiring IT staff, election “The way Congress has been of the 2020 election. The nation’s addressing election security is and even execution,” the depart- intelligence chiefs have warned stole Democratic emails and con- audits and more training. the Band-Aid approach; when- ment said in a statement. that Russia and others remain ducted am extensive social media A key concern for election se- Salavati runs Branch 15 of the ever they get sufficient pressure interested in attempting to inter- campaign to support Trump’s curity advocates has been voting Revolutionary Court. The state- they spit out some money,” said fere in U.S. elections and under- candidacy and add to the divisive- machines, which in many parts of ment said he had sentenced so mine democracy. ness in U.S. elections. the country are outdated and need Lawrence Norden, director of the many people to capital punish- For many who have been ad- The funds were a compromise to be replaced. A survey last year Electoral Reform Program at the ment that he is nicknamed the vocating for more congressional after Democrats pushed for more by the Brennan Center for Justice Brennan Center. “But it’s not the “the Judge of Death.” Moghisseh action on election security, the money and advocates pressured at NYU Law found officials in 33 way to be approaching election presides over Branch 28 of the money is welcome, but they say Senate Republicans, who were states said they must replace their security. Congress should be a court, and the statement said he more must still be done to ensure initially resistant to send any ad- voting machines by 2020. Many full partner in this.” had sentenced numerous artists elections are secure. Sen. Ron ditional funding. Republicans had voting systems rely on software The federal funds will be dis- to lengthy sentences for “collu- Wyden, a Democrat from Ore- said they wanted to see how states and hardware that is no longer tributed by a formula that takes sion against national security and gon, has been among those push- spent the first batch of federal supported by manufacturers. into account the voting-age popu- propaganda against the state al- ing Congress to require states to funds, but later relented. Com- It’s unlikely the most recent lation within each state. legedly found in their artwork.” PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 NATION Surprising USDA move: Wakanda off free-trade list BY REIS THEBAULT The Washington Post ‘ So do we, or do we The implications of the United not have free trade States’ sudden tariff decision with Wakanda? Also weren’t clear at first. Was the move an opening salvo in yet an- where are things at other trade war? Was the Trump on negotiations with administration making a politi- Agrabah? cal statement ahead of the 2020 ’ campaign? And perhaps the most Christopher Heath important consideration: What reporter in Orlando, Fla. would become of our nascent eco- nomic partnership with the King- dom of Wakanda? These pivotal geopolitical ques- testing and has now been taken tions swirled for several hours down,” he said. Wednesday, as a Washington im- Wakanda, and its most famous resident, first appeared in a July mersed in an impeachment im- CRAIG BAILEY, FLORIDA TODAY/AP broglio briefly turned its attention 1966 edition of the Fantastic Four to issues of international trade comic with a cover announcing A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolls out to the pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday . Atop with the Marvel Universe nation the introduction of “The sensa- the rocket is Boeing’s Starliner capsule, scheduled to lift off Friday morning to the International Space best known as the home country tional Black Panther!” It’s said Station. The capsule will carry Christmas presents and treats, as well as 500 tree seeds. of T’Challa, aka Black Panther. to be an East African country, lo- Taxpayers and reporters alike cated near Uganda, Kenya, South demanded answers from the Sudan and Ethiopia. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Online, those who track trade Boeing crew capsule prepared which at some point on Wednes- developments with fictional day removed Wakanda from its countries were left perplexed by Agricultural Tariff Tracker, an Wednesday’s back and forth. for debut flight to space station government-operated tool that “So do we, or do we not have tracks the cost of importing and free trade with Wakanda?” Chris- exporting goods from countries topher Heath, a reporter in Or- Associated Press on a new generation of moonshots lando, Fl a., asked. Then, floating and other distant travel. Regard- that have free trade agreements CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — possible bilateral discussion with less of which company flies astro- with the United States. Boeing’s shiny new Starliner crew Wakanda was added to the list the country home to Jasmine, nauts first, NASA’s commercial Aladdin and Jafar, he added: capsule makes its debut this week — where it appeared alongside with a launch to the International crew program finally seems to be partners like Colombia, Costa “Also where are things at on ne- closing in on the finish line, after gotiations with Agrabah?” Space Station, the company’s last Rica and Peru — sometime be- hurdle before flying astronauts years of technical difficulties and tween June 10, when an archived One conservative commentator delays. argued the news was a sign of the for NASA next year. version of the tracker’s website Testing the cosmic waters will It’s been 8 ½ years since Ameri- omits the fictional country, and president’s booming economy. cans rocketed into orbit from “[Donald] Trump made Amer- be Rosie the mannequin, decked this week, when a reporter at out in Boeing’s custom blue space- home soil, and everyone — Boe- NBC News first queried the agen- ica so great that even fictitious suit and a red polka dot bandanna ing, SpaceX, NASA, local resi- cy about it. super hero countries wanna do dents — is anxious for astronaut business with us,” tweeted Cabot modeled after the World War II The outlet was tipped off by launches to resume. Phillips, editor of the website riveter. Francis Tseng, a fellow at the non- Rosie is outfitted with sensors Campus Reform. If the orbital demo goes well, profit Jain Family Institute, who to gauge the stresses of the week- Others argued that the move the first Starliner crew could be noticed the puzzling inclusion and long flight . tweeted his confusion Wednesday centered on Wakanda’s valuable rocketing to the space station by stash of vibranium, the super- summer. NASA gave more than $4 bil- morning. lion to Boeing in 2014 to develop The tracker listed hundreds of strong element out of which Cap- SpaceX also is looking to start and fly the capsule to the space data inputs for Wakanda, report- tain America’s shield was forged. launching astronauts for NASA, perhaps by spring. It completed a station; the company had been ed NBC News, which noted the Whatever the root, there is JOHN RAOUX/AP details before they were deleted. precedent for the United States similar test flight of its crew cap- working on it since 2010. SpaceX The country’s commodity groups taking an official stance on a The Starliner capsule can fit up sule in March. got $2.6 billion for its crew cap- ranged from fresh vegetables and Marvel country — at least in the to seven people and is reusable. The space agency hired the sule, an upscale version of its unroasted coffee beans to essen- comic book’s universe. It will aim for landing on land on private companies to build and Dragon cargo ship, flying since tial oils and livestock. In one issue that unfolded dur- its return to Earth. fly the capsules while it focused 2012. Wakanda’s yellow potatoes ing the Nixon administration, were to maintain a “0.5 cent/kg” then-Secretary of State Henry base rate when imported, accord- Kissinger met with the villain- ing to the report. Frozen Chinese ous Dr. Doom to discuss a nonag- water chestnuts, however, were gression agreement with Doom’s Navy eyes Russian ship near Fla. coast tariff free. Cows, too. Latveria, an eastern European But, the tracker cautions, the nation. Kissinger would later in- (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Sun Sentinel “The U.S. Navy and intelligence The Viktor Leonov has been tercede, ordering the Fantastic community will closely moni- seen before off the United States information it presents “is not of- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Four to back off during an inva- tor all Russian activity near our coast, and it also routinely oper- ficial and should only be used as a — A Russian surveillance ship general reference.” sion of Latveria territory. shores,” Sen. Marco Rubio said. ates in the Caribbean . has been spotted off the coast Far from having the USDA’s So it was unsurprising when Viktor Leonov also has been “What’s unusual about this of Florida, prompting the U.S. imprimatur, an agency spokes- Tseng feared a similar inter- spotted sailing off the coast of is it’s not putting on their lights man told The Washington Post national incident after seeing Navy and other officials to keep it South Carolina in recent days. when they ought to, and not com- that Wakanda’s public listing was Wakanda removed from the list. under close watch amid security The ship’s actions were deemed municating with nearby vessels a mistake from the start. The staff “Well, the USDA took Wakanda concerns. unsafe because it wasn’t running about their location,” said Benja- responsible for the tracker were off the list,” Tseng wrote on Twit- South Florida’s congressional lights in low-visibility weather min Friedman, policy director at “using test files to ensure that the ter. “Guess we’re in a trade war leaders see the presence of the and wasn’t replying to hails from Defense Priorities, a foreign pol- system is running properly,” Mike with them too.” Viktor Leonov, a Russian recon- commercial vessels that were icy organization. “The Russian Illenberg said in a statement. Wakanda trade representa- naissance and communications trying to help prevent collision, ship seems to be endangering “The Wakanda information tives could not be reached for ship, as a display of military according to CNN, which cited in- other ships in the area and maybe should have been removed after comment. power off the state’s shores. formation from two U.S. officials. even themselves .” Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 WORLD Johnson lays out legislative plan for Brexit

BY JILL LAWLESS “points-based” immigration sys- sweeping review of defense and Associated Press tem that will be introduced after foreign policy, and set up a “Con- Brexit, when EU citizens will lose stitution, Democracy and Rights LONDON — Prime Minister the automatic right to live and Commission” that could lead to Boris Johnson signaled an end to work in the U.K. reform of institutions including Britain’s era of Brexit deadlock There are also plans to over- the Supreme Court. The court Thursday, announcing a packed haul agriculture, fishing, trade angered the government by rul- legislative program intended to and financial services after Brex- ing in September that Johnson’s take the U.K. out of the Euro- it in ways that will have a huge decision to suspend Parliament pean Union on Jan. 31, overhaul — though still largely unknown was illegal. everything from fishing to finan- — effect on the British economy. Shami Chakrabarti, justice cial services and shore up the Johnson also promised “an spokeswoman for the opposition country’s cash-starved public ambitious program of domestic Labour Party, called the proposal services. reform,” including a law com- “vindictive revenge” and “anoth- The commanding House of mitting the government to spend er play from the Book of Trump.” Commons majority won by John- more on the overstretched Nation- The government also intends son’s Conservative Party in last al Health Service after a decade- to pass a law protecting military week’s general election all but long funding squeeze by previous veterans from “vexatious” pros- MATT DUNHAM, POOL/AP guarantees he will be able to turn Conservative governments. ecutions. The question of whether those promises into law, although Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II walks with Prince Charles through the There were tough-sounding veterans who served decades ago with Brexit casting a shadow Royal Gallery before delivering the Queen’s Speech at the State announcements on law and order, in Northern Ireland should be over the British economy, there’s Opening of Parliament ceremony in London on Thursday. including longer sentences for open to criminal prosecution is a question mark over how he will people convicted of terrorist of- hugely controversial. pay for it all. to move politics on and move the concluding trade talks with the fenses and other serious crimes. Also proposed is a ban on pub- In a speech delivered from country on.“ bloc by the end of 2020. Trade The speech also promised to lic institutions taking part in a golden throne in Parliament In less than 10 minutes, the experts and EU officials say “prioritize investment in infra- “boycott, divestment or sanctions by Queen Elizabeth II, Johnson monarch rattled through more striking a free trade deal within structure,” and Johnson hinted campaigns against foreign coun- opened the legislative floodgates than two dozen bills the govern- 11 months will be a struggle, but he might revive an idea he’s tries and those who trade with after three years in which minor- ment intends to pass in the com- Johnson insists he won’t agree to floated before: a bridge between them” without the government’s ity Conservative governments ing year. The first will be the EU any more delays. That vow has set Northern Ireland and Scotland. approval. The move is aimed at tried in vain to win legislators’ Withdrawal Agreement Bill, the off alarm bells among businesses, Engineers say spanning at least universities that have boycotted backing for their Brexit plans. law needed to make Brexit a real- who fear that means the country 12 miles of the deep and stormy Israel over its treatment of the “This is the moment to repay ity, which is set to receive its first will face a “no-deal” Brexit at the Irish Sea would be difficult to Palestinians. the trust of those who sent us significant parliamentary vote on start of 2021. impossible. The government also promised here by delivering on the people’s Friday. The government also plans Several of the measures are to lessen regional inequality and priorities,” Johnson told lawmak- The bill commits Britain to to pass several other Brexit-re- likely to prove contentious. The bring greater unity to the United ers after the speech. “They want leaving the EU on Jan. 31 and to lated measures, including a new government said it would hold a Kingdom . PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 WORLD Talks resume as Paris protests stretch to 15th day

Associated Press Anti-government protesters fered fewer problems, tourists to dismantle hard-won worker and employers’ representatives are keeping up pressure on Presi- and Paris commuters alike are rights, and want to preserve a Thursday. PARIS — Traffic improved slightly on French trains Thurs- dent Emmanuel Macron with a still struggling to get around the system that allows some workers The government hopes to day as nationwide strikes over the new march through Paris in the capital, spending hours fighting to leave as early as their 50s. reach a deal with more moder- government’s retirement reform afternoon. And some workers are through clogged intersections or Macron showed willingness ate players such as France’s larg- entered a 15th day and small expected to maintain their strike waiting for elusive subway trains. Wednesday to compromise, and est union, CFDT, which Macron signs of progress emerged in ne- through the Christmas holidays . The centrist Macron, a former his prime minister launched hopes may divide and weaken the gotiations with unions. The SNCF national rail author- investment banker, wants to raise negotiations with unions on po- protest movement. However, the crisis hitting one ity said about 60% of trains were the retirement age to 64 and says tential amendments to the land- CFDT Secretary General Lau- of the world’s biggest economies at a standstill Thursday, down the current pension system costs mark pension reform bill. Prime rent Berger said Thursday the at the height of the holiday season from 90% earlier in the strike. too much; unions say the pension Minister Edouard Philippe will government showed a “willing- is far from over. While provincial cities have suf- reform is part of Macron’s plans meet again with union leaders ness to discuss” the issue. Indian police detain hundreds in protests over citizenship law

Associated Press ment’s push to bring India closer not immediately available be- tion in Muslim-majority Bangla- “I think what is wonderful is to a Hindu state. cause top police officers could not desh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. that young people all in their NEW DELHI — Police de- Authorities erected road blocks be reached by phone. It does not apply to Muslims. 20s have so vividly understood tained more than 1,200 protest- and disrupted internet and phone Protesters also clashed with Critics say it’s the latest effort the game plan, which is to divide ers in some of India’s biggest services, including in parts of New police in parts of Lucknow, the by Prime Minister Narendra people,“ said Zoya Hasan, a politi- cities Thursday after they defied Delhi, and tightened restrictions state capital of northern Uttar Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led gov- cal scientist in New Delhi. “What bans on assembly that authorities on protesters in the northeastern Pradesh state, where police said ernment to marginalize India’s people are saying is that you are imposed to stop widespread dem- border state of Assam, where the one person died from a gunshot 200 million Muslims, and a vio- going to divide, we are going to onstrations against a new citi- protests began last week. fired by someone among the pro- lation of the country’s secular multiply.” zenship law that opponents say A curfew was imposed in parts testers. The protesters torched a constitution. The protests come amid an threatens the country’s secular of Mangalore, a city in southern bus, hurled rocks at police and Modi has defended it as a hu- ongoing crackdown in Muslim- democracy. Karnataka state, after police damaged some police posts and manitarian gesture. majority Kashmir, the restive At least three people were re- fired warning shots and used tear vehicles, police officer Vikas Rather than contain uprisings, Himalayan region stripped of ported killed as protests raged gas and batons to disperse a large Dubey said. the protest bans appear to be help- its semi-autonomous status and around the country despite the group of protesters. The new citizenship law ap- ing them spread — from Assam demoted from a state into a fed- bans as opposition increased to At least two people were killed plies to Hindus, Christians and and a handful of university cam- eral territory last summer. They the law, which excludes Muslims. during clashes with police, the other religious minorities who puses and Muslim enclaves in the also follow a contentious process The legislation has sparked anger Press Trust of India news agency are in India illegally but can capital — to campuses and cities in Assam meant to weed out for- at what many see as the govern- said late Thursday. Details were demonstrate religious persecu- from coast to coast. eigners in the country illegally.

Dutch court overturns Rotterdam’s catcall ban

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A local ordinance banning cat- calls on the streets of the Dutch port city of Rotterdam was over- turned Thursday by an appeals court that ruled it amounts to a possible breach of the country’s constitutionally-enshrined free- dom of expression. Rotterdam introduced the local law against street intimidation in an attempt to clamp down on ver- bal abuse , but The Hague Appeals Court ruled that the municipality overstepped its powers. The court said that it “respects the wish of the Rotterdam munic- ipality to tackle this vulgarity,” but ruled that only the Dutch Par- liament has the power to crimi- nalize such behavior . EU court: It’s OK to sue over spilled plane coffee

BRUSSELS — The Europe- an Union’s highest court ruled Thursday that an airline could be held liable if a passenger is burned by hot coffee even if tur- bulence or other flight-related factor didn’t cause the spill. The European Court of Justice said such injuries don’t have to be linked to issues typically as- sociated with air travel to provide grounds for a passenger to seek damages. The advisory ruling came in an Austrian case seeking financial compensation for a girl who had her father’s coffee spilled on her during a flight. From The Associated Press Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 WORLD

TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI/AP A man sits next to his solar panel in a squatter camp in Harare, Zimbabwe on Dec. 12. Zimbabwe turning to solar energy

BY FARAI MUTSAKA which manages the dam. Associated Press With water levels still shrink- ing, authorities have severely re- HARARE, Zimbabwe — Out- duced power generation and, at side Cecilia Ziwane’s house sits times have warned of a complete a neatly stacked woodpile next shutdown. to a small solar panel — her two Nor does Zimbabwe have the major sources of energy. foreign currency needed to im- “We cannot do without them,” port adequate electricity from said the mother of three, who neighboring Mozambique and lives in Glen Norah, a working- South Africa. The result is the class suburb of Zimbabwe’s capi- widespread power cuts leaving tal, Harare. Like the rest of the homes, offices and factories in country, Ziwane has been coping the dark. for more than a year with crip- To promote solar energy, the pling power cuts lasting up to 19 government has removed import hours per day. duties on solar panels and acces- With no sign of the state util- sories and encouraged new build- ity generating adequate electric- ings to include solar power, said ity, desperate Zimbabweans are reverting to a combination of old Energy Minister Fortune Chasi. and new sources of energy: fire- “It is clean, it is sustainable and wood for cooking and solar for could save us a lot of the money light. that we use to import electric- “I would rather have normal ity,” said Chasi to The Associated electricity supplies. Solar is bet- Press. “Climate change means ter but firewood ... as you can see, we have to look at alternatives, we it is heavy, it is dirty, but I have no can’t rely on hydropower as much choice,” she said. as we did before.” Zimbabwe is experiencing its Zimbabwe’s rich and poor alike worst economic crisis in a de- are turning to solar energy. Small cade, with inflation estimated at solar panels are perched atop nearly 500%. The most severe makeshift shacks made from plas- drought in decades has added to tic sheets, cardboard boxes, grass the country’s woes, increasing and mud in a squatters’ camp on shortages of food and water. what used to be open land in Bor- The drought has also made rowdale, one of Harare’s affluent electricity even more scarce. suburbs. Larger solar panels are Zimbabwe’s state power utility re- on the roofs of the substantial lies heavily on hydro-power gen- homes, just a few yards away. erated by the Kariba Dam on the “They have money but they Zambezi River. Lake Kariba, one don’t have electricity, just like us of the world’s largest man-made squatters,” said 78-year-old Chi- bodies of water, is currently only wenga Mutekede, 78, pointing at 10% full, compared to 55% at the the posh houses nearby. “We are same period last year, according in the same boat, solar all the to the Zambezi River Authority, way,” he said with a chuckle.

Grinches steal Christmas tree in Germany

Associated Press from outside the fire department in nearby Bell. BERLIN — Police in western Germany say thieves have made Given the size of the tree, police off with a town fire department’s believe several people were likely Christmas tree, lights and all. involved in the theft. Mayen police said Thursday Bell is a town of about 1,500 that sometime in the early morn- people that is 20 miles west of ing hours of Wednesday, thieves Koblenz. cut the cables to the lights and Police are asking for any wit- carted away the 13-foot fir tree nesses to come forward. Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 19 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Man stuffs shrimp down pants in grocery thefts

RIVERSIDE — A thief CA stuffed a total of 30 bags of frozen shrimp down his pants in back-to-back burglaries of a Southern California grocery store, police said. The man took the shrimp from a Vons market in the city of Riv- erside by entering the store three times in a span of 15 minutes on Dec. 14. Each time he went to the frozen food section and concealed the shrimp in his pants, Riverside po- lice said in a statement. The stolen food had a retail value of more than $500. Woman surprised by delivery of AR-15 parts

DEBARY — A Florida FL woman was surprised by the delivery of a package she didn’t order. The bigger surprise came when she opened the pack- age and found parts for an AR-15 rifle inside. Volusia County Sheriff’s offi- cials said the 69-year-old woman had been notified by her bank about fraudulent payments that recently appeared on her credit card. She cancel ed the card and was told the charges were also cancel ed, but one was processed. The News-Journal of Daytona Beach, Fla., reported the woman plans to return the parts. RICK WEST, (ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL.) DAILY HERALD/AP Boy, 15, heads to Stanford on scholarship May the force help you heal

CARY — A 15-year- Patient Brandon Callison, 10, of Warrenville, Ill., checks out a puzzle given to him by Star Wars characters at Northwestern Medicine NC old math whiz in North Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill. The visitors were members of the Midwest Garrison, which is the Illinois chapter of the 501st Carolina has earned a scholar- Legion, a Star Wars Imperial costuming club. The 501st is dedicated to the movie-quality costumes of the “villains” of the Star Wars ship to Stanford University. universe. Brandon was in the hospital after recovering from a trampoline injury. WRAL reported that Kenan Hasanaliyev is a standout student at Triangle Math and Science dreaming of a “green” Christmas THE CENSUS Pranksters cover home, Academy in the Raleigh suburb found himself inside the gray walls of a Tennessee jail. 2 cars in cheese of Cary. The value of a gold bar found among donations According to court documents, He earned math credits in sixth to one of the Salvation Army’s red kettles in state police caught Somphone GIRARD — A man and grade that put him three grades Kentucky. Louisville Area Commander Major Roy Temmeraj, 57, with more than 80 PA two teenage boys who ahead. Since then, he’s mastered $1.5K Williams told WAVE-TV that the bar was found pounds of marijuana disguised as allegedly covered two cars and a AP Calculus and Calculus 2 at in a kettle at the Kroger in Prospect. It was the Christmas gifts at Nashville In- home with cheese slices are fac- the University of North Carolina fourth year in a row that a one-ounce gold piece has been donated anonymously, ternational Airport , news outlets ing disorderly conduct charges. at Chapel Hill. He’s also taken he said. Other smaller gold and silver coins also have been found in recent days. Pennsylvania state police said graduate-level math classes. reported. Officers and a K-9 smelled a the prank occurred in Girard, but Incident involving hyena, strong odor of marijuana coming Nelson, was charged in federal kill five classmates. The girl re- it’s not clear what motivated it. from three bags, according to the court in Plattsburgh, N.Y. , with portedly made the shape of a gun The names of the three suspects zookeeper investigated documents. The officers said they possession with intent to distrib- with her fingers and pointed at — a 17-year-old Girard boy and saw Temmeraj pick up the bags ute cocaine. four students, then herself. The two Lake City residents, ages 17 ALBUQUERQUE and load them onto a cart. He al- Associated Press is not identify- and 18, — have not been released. NM — Albuquerque Bio- lowed officers to search the bags. Girl who pointed finger ing the mother to protect the girl’s Authorities said they admitted logical Park officials are investi- Temmeraj had flown to Nash- identity. their involvement in the prank. gating an “emergency incident” ville from Seattle, the documents gun placed on diversion involving a zookeeper and a state. Service dogs help College offers free hyena. OVERLAND PARK — tuition to firefighters KOB-TV reported the zoo con- Feds seize cocaine KS A 13-year-old Kansas couple wed girl who was arrested for mak- firmed it is looking into a Nov. 7 ELKHART — A commu- episode before the park opened. headed to Canada ing her fingers into the shape of WILLISTON — A Flor- a gun and pointing at classmates ida couple said their IN nity college in Indiana According to emergency dis- FL will offer free tuition to volunteer patch calls, first responders re- MONTPELIER — Fed- has been placed on a juvenile di- service dogs are so important to VT eral agents seized al- version program. them that they decided to make firefighters and first responders ported a 40-year-old female with seeking associate degrees, offi- “some type of hand injury” who most 370 pounds of cocaine that The Overland Park girl, who it a canine themed wedding. was hidden in a truck preparing was originally charged with felo- They’re even changing their last cials announced. was bleeding profusely. The calls Ivy Tech Community College also indicated the need for medi- to enter Canada at Vermont’s ny threatening, was set to go be- name to Brown-Paws. Derby Line border crossing, a fore a judge on Tuesday, but the Ten German shepherds at- and the Indiana Volunteer Fire- cal transport at the time and that fighter Association have joined “this is a city employee.” court document said. Johnson County Juvenile Court tended the backyard ceremony in The cocaine, packed in 142 hearing was canceled. Williston. Groom Robert Brown’s together to offer the program Park officials are not answer- starting in the 2020 spring se- ing questions about the case. brick-shaped packages, was Under diversion, a charge can service dog, Sirius, and the bride’s found by agents of U.S. Customs be dismissed if a juvenile success- service dog, Hero, stood close as mester. Ivy Tech, with more than and Border Protection with the fully meets certain conditions set the couple read their vows. 40 locations statewide, is provid- Police: Marijuana gifts help of a drug-sniffing dog in a by authorities. Bride Sarah Pawleski, who is an ing $250,000 over two years to sniffed out at airport hidden compartment, said an af- The girl’s mother told The Kan- Army veteran, was matched with cover tuition. fidavit filed in the case. sas City Star previously that on her dog in 2013. Brown, a Desert The goal is to increase the num- NASHVILLE — A man The driver of the Quebec-reg- Sept. 18, a boy asked her daugh- storm veteran, was matched with ber of volunteers. TN who may have been istered truck and trailer, Jason ter who she would kill if she could Sirius three years later. From wire reports PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 FACES Yet another ‘Christmas Carol’ ... but actor Serkis says the world can use a new take on the Dickens classic Kim Spilo

BY HILARY FOX He described shaving off the ‘Survivor’ host Associated Press heavy beard as “joyous.” “I feel so much better,” he said. apologizes earing a tall black “My son will speak to me now.” hat, a heavy mottled Despite the discomfort of his to contestant fur coat covered in “facial accoutrements,” this was Wtrinkets, a long beard a project Serkis couldn’t turn BY CHRISTI CARRAS and plenty of hair, Andy Serkis down. Los Angeles Times received a round of applause Coming from “Peaky Blind- from the crew of “A Christmas ers” creator Steven Knight, this After a tumultuous, scandal- Carol’’ after thanking them for version of the classic Charles marred season, “Survivor: Island their hard work on the set. Dickens story was “plugged into of the Idols” has come to an end. An hour later, he emerged the zeitgeist,’’ Serkis said. The But the #MeToo controversy that clean shaven and delighted to script appealed to him, he said, engulfed the long-running real- be “derigged” from his garb as because although it told the tale ity competition — resulting in a the Spirit of Christmas Past — a “through a 19th century lens, it contestant’s expulsion and criti- pagan-inspired look he describes feels incredibly contemporary cism of CBS and the producers’ as “total sensory deprivation.” — philosophically and emotion- handling of the situation — will “I don’t think I’ve ever worn ally and politically.” continue to reverberate into fu- such an uncomfortable costume,’’ “Everything is transactional ture seasons, with the network said Serkis. “The costume’s real- planning to implement new “poli- in the world of Scrooge. Every- ly heavy. I’ve got an eye, which is cies and procedures” to improve thing has a currency and a value kind of a milky eye, which I have safety on set. and a monetary value. So, I think no peripheral vision out of the Guy Pearce, above “Survivor” crowned its 39th that sort of ultra or uber capital- right-hand side of my face. I’ve left, plays Ebenezer winner Wednesday night during ist view is very much what Ste- got long fingernails.” Scrooge and Andy its reunion special, bringing the It didn’t help that this festive ven has been trying to grapple Serkis is the Spirit players back together after the fi- offering was shot during a heat with,” Serkis said. of Christmas Past in nale to reflect on the game. wave in July. Serkis loves Dickens and isn’t a new, made-for-TV “Island of the Idols” repeatedly Even the colder night shoots surprised there have been so take on “A Christ- broke the fourth wall to address were no relief. “I thought, I’ve many screen versions of his mas Carol.” Serkis multiple #MeToo moments and, got the best costume; I don’t work. says the FX Origi- for the first time, ousted a con- need a warm set coat. But then “At the end of the day, who nal version of the testant for misconduct before the it started raining and I realized needs another ‘Christmas classic Dickens tale final vote. During the reunion, the when my costume started get- Carol’?” he asked. “There’s so is plugged into the spotlight was on Kellee Kim, an ting wet, it weighed about five many ‘Christmas Carols’ and modern zeitgeist. MBA student who first expressed there’s so many versions of every times as much,” Serkis said. PHOTOS FROM FX concerns about fellow contestant This new version of “A Christ- Dickens story. But when you NETWORKS/AP Dan Spilo inappropriately touch- mas Carol,’’ starring Guy Pearce have a production company and ing her and other young female as Ebenezer Scrooge, airs state- a writer and a creative team that Serkis thinks Pearce’s por- though he’s incredibly hard and players in the season premiere. side several times this month on have such a unique and specific trayal is something fresh. refuses to be drawn into any kind After he revealed the final FX. take on the source material, then “He’s so wary of the cliche of of an emotional release,” Serkis votes in the studio, host and exec- Serkis, who is perhaps best it’s something you’d love to be in- presenting a Dickensian char- said. utive producer Jeff Probst spoke known as the actor behind the volved in for sure.” acter. He wants him to be totally When asked which modern- directly to Kim, apologizing for computer-enhanced character Also on the set, Pearce’s emotionally truthful; very, very day political figures could ben- how she was treated during pro- of Gollum in “The Lord of the Scrooge looked pale, tormented subtly pulled back. It’s a tight- efit from Dickens’ lesson on duction — the first time he had Rings’’ and “Hobbit’’ films, talk- by his past. In his hand-sewn, rope, but he’s avoided all of the altruism, Serkis laughs. done so, publicly or privately. ed to the Associated Press on set Victorian-tailored costume, he trappings of any version of this “I don’t think the imagination “Before we begin, I want to say in Hertfordshire, England, after looked quite different from the character I’ve seen before. He’s has to stray too far ... There are to you, you were right,” Probst wrapping his part in the produc- stripy bed socks, night cap and really very mean-spirited, yet quite a few who could do with said. “You were right to speak up. tion of “A Christmas Carol’’ last comedic grumpy demeanor of still, a grain of you feels some having the mirror held up to You were right to step forward summer. many other interpretations. empathy toward him, even themselves, put it that way.” ... and to speak your truth. And I want to acknowledge and apolo- gize for your pain. You didn’t ask for it, and you didn’t deserve it.” By midseason, a tearful con- Driver walks out of NPR interview over sound clip fessional from Kim and more accounts from castaways of non- From wire services Dec. 11 episode where a rerun was broad- on “Fresh Air,” which “seemed to work out consensual touching by Spilo, cast. “We had promised you an interview fine.” corroborated by island footage, With three concurrent starring roles in with actor Adam Driver today, but unfortu- “We still don’t understand why he left, and motivated production to step in, buzzworthy films this season, actor Adam nately we weren’t able to do it as planned,” we wish we would have been able to feature issuing a warning to Spilo and a Driver was an obvious choice for an inter- public statement. Producers re- Gross said. him as a guest on our show last week,” Miller view on “Fresh Air,” the popular and influ- moved Spilo from the game four Representatives for Driver said. ential NPR talk show produced by WHYY. episodes later . did not immediately respond Now, Driver and “Fresh Air” are making CBS’ proposed new “policies to requests for comment. Cabello apologizes for old posts headlines not for the interview, but for the and procedures” include adding interview that wasn’t. “Fresh Air” executive Pop singer Camila Cabello is apologiz- “another on-site professional to On Tuesday, the Daily Beast reported that producer Danny Miller con- ing for past racist language she used on so- provide a confidential means of Driver left in the middle of his interview firmed the incident in an cial media. The Grammy-nominated singer reporting any concerns”; amend- taped earlier this month. NPR sources told email to The Washington wrote on Wednesday that she is sorry for ing pre-production orientation to the Daily Beast that Driver’s abrupt exit Driver Post. using offensive and hurtful words on social include “new anti-harassment, came after “expressing displeasure at the “Honestly, we’re surprised media as a teen, and now that she is 22, she unconscious bias and sensitivity idea of listening to a clip of himself singing this has become such a big deal. We always has grown up. training for cast, producers and ‘Being Alive’ from the musical ‘Company’ ” play clips when we have on actors — that’s “When I was younger, I used language production crew”; implementing — a song Driver’s character sings in the new just standard procedure for any broadcast that I’m deeply ashamed of and will regret a new rule “stating unwelcome Netflix film “Marriage Story.” The actor also or podcast interview,” he said. “But knowing forever,” Cabello shared in a lengthy social physical contact, sexual harass- stars in the current films “The Report” and that Adam Driver does not like to hear back media post. “I was uneducated and ignorant ment and impermissible biases “Star Wars: The Last Skywalker.” clips of himself, we invited him to remove his and once I became aware of the history and cannot be brought into the com- Reactions shared to social media were headphones while playing back the clip from the weight and the true meaning behind this petition and will not be permitted split between defending Driver’s right to ‘Marriage Story,’ which, after all, he was on horrible and hurtful language, I was deeply as part of gameplay”; and part- set boundaries and criticizing him for being Fresh Air to talk about.” embarrassed i ever used it.” nering with “a third-party expert unprofessional. Miller said they did the same thing — cue- The former Fifth Harmony singer has in the field to review, evolve or “Fresh Air” host Terry Gross mentioned ing him to remove his headphones during a been accused of using racial remarks in now- add to these new policies and pro- the incident only briefly during the show’s clip playback — during his 2015 interview deleted Tumblr accounts. cedures going forward.” Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander A shot in the arm for the Constitution Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY NOAH FELDMAN law. They include things like the politiciza- gress’ authority to oversee the president. Bloomberg News tion of the Department of Justice and the Impeachment on its own is only part of EDITORIAL FBI and the subtle corruption of the presi- what the legislative branch should do to he House of Representatives’ his- dency through Trump’s continuing pursuit stand up for the Constitution. If, as seems Terry Leonard, Editor toric vote to impeach President [email protected] of his business interests while in office. For likely, the Senate does not remove Trump, Donald Trump comes near the most of the last three years, Trump has it could imply that Trump’s conduct is ac- Senior Managing Editor Robert H. Reid, end of the president’s third tu- successfully undercut those kinds of hard- ceptable. The result could erode constitu- [email protected] T multuous year in office — which is also the won, unwritten norms. tional norms still further. 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pilot training? What newspapers Even as a software fix by Boeing hasn’t yet met with regulatory approval as a suf- ficient fix, and as Boeing said this week it are saying at home will stop production of the 737 Max, we’ve been wondering something else: How did The following editorial excerpts are se- Boeing end up where it is now? lected from a cross section of newspapers Our thought is that Boeing was once a throughout the United States. The editori- company with a culture led by its engi- als are provided by The Associated Press neers. When it moved its headquarters to and other stateside syndicates. Chicago (instead of Dallas) two decades ago, did it also start down a path of chang- Trump panders as N. Korea ing its corporate culture in a way that al- lowed it to make the kind of mistakes that advances weapon development gave us an airplane that has crashed twice The Washington Post and is now in limbo? President Donald Trump’s highly per- If that’s an imponderable, it should sonalized diplomacy with North Korean nonetheless be clear that being known for leader Kim Jong Un is not bearing fruit. a culture of safety even at the expense of Trump has pandered to a dictator, the U.S. short-term or midterm loss is the best path envoy is pleading for talks — and North back to a solid, profitable future. Korea is boasting of progress in develop- Boeing is a world leader in aircraft de- ing its weapons systems. sign. It must also be a world leader in put- Recently, Trump delivered a gift to Kim ting forward solutions that enable a flying by blocking a discussion at the 15-member public to feel confident about new planes, United Nations Security Council of North new travel routes and a new future. Korea’s severe human rights abuses. Eight ting them to do so. Maybe that’s part of the problem, though. members had agreed to such a discussion, But in truth the blame belongs primarily Climate change arising from global warm- which requires nine votes. The United to the national leaders themselves, whose ing is not just something we’re foisting off Civil War center can avoid delegates failed miserably during the two- on our children and grandchildren. I ts ef- States, which holds the presidency of the pitfalls of divisive subject week Conference of the Parties to craft fects are already being felt. The current council for December, refused to become rules on how the Paris agreement would generation also expects more from lead- The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer the ninth, as first reported by Foreign be implemented, including designing a ers, and must insist on it. The more time At a Monday news conference, State Policy. This silence is exactly what North transparent global carbon trading system we take to change how we produce and Rep. Billy Richardson and Fayetteville Korea demanded in a letter circulated and firming up a process for getting finan- consume energy globally, the more diffi- Mayor Mitch Colvin rolled out a plan they Dec. 4 at the United Nations. Trump seems cial aid to smaller, more impoverished na- cult it will be — and more dreadful will be believe will help the community move for- panicked by Kim’s recent warning of a tions already beset by the effects of global the consequences . More pressure is need- ward on the North Carolina Civil War & “Christmas surprise” — perhaps a long- warming. As U.N. Secretary-General An- ed from all generations to compel political Reconstruction History Center. The multi- range missile test. Kim has a history of tonio Guterres said, the world “lost an im- leaders to act with a sense of urgency be- million-dollar state project is proposed to such brinkmanship. portant opportunity” to chart a different fore we become a world of boiled frogs. be built in Fayetteville and has been on a North Korea is a police state with con- future, setting the stage for an even rockier glide-path to funding. But it has been chal- centration camps. It also has tested nu- meeting next year in Glasgow, Scotland, at Boeing should go back to the lenged in recent weeks by some residents clear weapons, built long-range missiles which the international community is sup- and activists skeptical of its content, and and carried out damaging cyberattacks. posed to set still more ambitious goals than basics of brilliant engineering the motives of its organizers. Trump has tried a charm offensive in were included in the Paris agreement. The Dallas Morning News Colvin has been a prominent figure who three meetings with Kim, but they have Shouldn’t it be clear by now that this is When Boeing unleashes its engineers on has raised questions, though he has said not been founded in any evident strategy. no time for global leaders to dawdle? It’s a problem, that problem gets solved. several times he is not against the proj- He demanded that Pyongyang totally re- true that many countries are struggling Consider the 787 airplane. In the early ect. He has said he wants to make sure it linquish its nuclear weapons; Kim brushed to meet the goals they set under the 2015 part of this century, the company had a tells the full story of the difficult period. aside the demand while pocketing the rec- Paris agreement to limit greenhouse gas clear vision of how the plane would be used. He has also said he wants History Center ognition he craves and angling for the aid emissions and avoid the worst impacts of Boeing saw that passengers prefer nonstop supporters and officials to broaden their his country desperately needs. global warming. Indeed, although the pact flights, even from midsize airports, and community outreach in pitching the center Working-level talks in Stockholm went called for holding warming to “well below” that airlines were trying to accommodate and addressing residents’ concerns. These nowhere in October. Now, Kim is reverting 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial lev- them with new routes, busting up the tradi- concerns are heightened among some to form and threatening new weapons tests; els, the world has already warmed by 1 tional hubs in favor of more point-to-point black residents who fear the center will be North Korea claimed on Dec. 8 and again degree and is now expected to warm by 3 flying. The airplane manufacturer de- a glorified Confederate museum. Dec. 14 that it conducted tests at a satellite degrees or more — disastrously high — by signed a plane that is smaller than the 777 We have said that Richardson and Col- launching facility near the Chinese border. the end of the century even under the cur- behemoth, but could still go long distances vin’s ideas are sound — they include forbid- Trump, seeming unnerved, wrote on Twit- rent Paris commitments. and is very fuel efficient. Voila! Boeing ding, through the force of a local bill, any ter on Dec. 8, “Kim Jong Un is too smart The conference and the protests spot- customers like American Airlines buy the Confederate statues from coming to the and has far too much to lose, everything lighted a couple of significant friction 787 and use it on such routes as Dallas to center, and creating a local advisory board actually, if he acts in a hostile way,” add- points. Attendees said smaller nations that Cancun, Mexico, and Philadelphia to Man- to have input in History Center content. ing a plaintive “He does not want to void stand to lose the most from rising seas and chester, England. But we believe the North Carolina Civil his special relationship with the President changing climates pushed for aggressive Then Boeing trained these new ideas and War & Reconstruction History Center has of the United States.” On Monday, the U.S. measures while larger economies balked. technologies on its most popular product, much to say and, when properly present- special envoy, Stephen Biegun, appealed to Helen Mountford of the World Resources the smaller, narrow-body 737. And along ed, will convince most skeptics willing to North Korea to talk. “We are here, let’s get Institute, an environmental advocacy the way, this formula of addressing the de- keep an open mind. It’s bold. It seeks to this done,” he said in Seoul. group, lamented the lack of progress. “In- sires of the flying public by accommodat- tell a compelling story of all North Caro- Two years ago, Trump told South Ko- stead of leading the charge for more am- ing the strict business models of publicly linians living during the period just prior rea’s National Assembly that North Korea bition, most of the large emitters were traded airlines led to deadly consequences. to the war, during the conflict and then is a police state where “leaders imprison missing in action or obstructive,” she said. The 737 Max is a great plane with an unac- in the aftermath. Judging by its diverse their people under the banner of tyranny.” That, of course, includes the United ceptable flaw that led to two crashes. bench of prominent scholars, it will be the A U.N. Commission of Inquiry report in States. Last month, President Donald The Max is a fuel-efficient version of exact opposite of the rehashing of Rebel 2014 documented a “wide-ranging array Trump formally notified the U.N. that he the airplane designed to go long distances glories that is too often depicted below the of crimes against humanity” in the coun- is pulling our country out of the agree- and to meet regulatory conditions for fly- Mason-Dixon Line. The center’s digital try. This suffering continues. At the U.N., ment effective in November 2020, leaving ing over water. Using a narrow-body plane curriculum would revolutionize the way Trump pulled the plug on a public airing of the United States as the only nation in the in this way is a revolutionary concept that the war and Reconstruction is taught in the atrocities, bowing to the despot. Trump world not to be a party to it. Notably, the perfectly matches the business model and K-12 education in North Carolina, giving has gotten nowhere with directionless so- U.S. has for generations fueled its economy aspirations of Boeing’s largest customer, more schoolchildren a stake in events that cializing. It is time, albeit late, to devise a through the burning of oil, coal and gas, Southwest Airlines. Southwest famously continue to shape the state and nation into serious strategy to restrain North Korea. helping create one of the richest societies flies only the 737 in order to keep opera- the present day. in human history. We and other industrial- tions efficient and costs in check. But the In a prepared statement Mac Healy, Climate change meeting was ized nations bear significant responsibility Dallas airline has grown to one of the chairman of the History Center’s nonprofit for tr ying to undo the harm we have caused. world’s largest, and customers are con- foundation, expressed support for Rich- extended, still came up short Yet without U.S. leadership, it becomes in- stantly asking for overseas destinations. ardson and Colvin’s plan, which also calls Los Angeles Times creasingly difficult for world economies to With the new 737s, Southwest added routes for a local delegation to visit three success- An international meeting in Madrid that forge and adopt the critically necessary to Hawaii, to much hoopla and delight. ful museum s around the country that have was supposed to finalize rules arising from policies, including ending the production But after two separate airplane crashes similar content. Richardson said he want- the groundbreaking 2015 Paris agreement of energy from burning fossil fuels, to limit of 737 Max planes flown by African and ed critics to be part of the tours and make on climate change went into extra time the worst effects of global warming. Asian airlines, all plans for the model suggestions for the History Center. over the weekend — two days longer than Chilean Environment Minister Carolina halted. The 737-trained pilots who crashed Colv in said of the center ’s prospects: “I’m scheduled, in fact. But the delegates may Schmidt, who co-chaired the conference, seemed to not have understood the func- favorable about it. I know there are several as well have gone home early, given how referred directly to the responsibility to- tions of the new Max, and pilots around members of the community who are will- disappointingly little was accomplished. day’s leaders have to the young people of the world began asking if their 737 train- ing to have their voices and their opinions It’s tempting to conclude that the United the world: “The consensus is still not there ing and experience was enough to fly this heard, and the fact that you have major Nations is better at telling the governments to increase ambition to the levels that we plane safely. Some aviation insiders won- funding partners represented in this room of the world that they need to act quickly need,” she said. “The new generations ex- dered if the 737 Max is really a 737, or is it today, I think makes it more credible.” on climate change than it is at actually get- pect more from us.” a new model that should require separate It certainly does. 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Sports College football Pro football College basketball Adrian Peterson (toe). NCAA FCS playoffs NFL CAROLINA PANTHERS at INDIANAPO- Wednesday’s men’s scores on AFN Quarterfinals AMERICAN CONFERENCE LIS COLTS — PANTHERS: DNP: LB Mario EAST Friday, Dec. 13 East Addison (shoulder), RB Reggie Bonnafon Buffalo 82, Canisius 73 James Madison 17, Northern Iowa 0 W L T Pct PF PA (illness), LB Marquis Haynes (knee), RB Case Western 65, Alvernia 64 Montana State 24, Austin Peay 10 x-New England 11 3 0 .786 372 181 Christian McCaffrey (not injury related), Dartmouth 76, CCSU 60 Go to the American Forces Weber State 17, Montana 10 x-Buffalo 10 4 0 .714 291 222 DT Gerald McCoy (knee), OT Garrett Franklin Pierce 74, Roberts Wesleyan 59 Saturday, Dec. 14 N.Y. Jets 5 9 0 .357 247 343 McGhin (ankle), S Eric Reid (shoulder), Huntingdon 93, Averett 92 Network website for the most North Dakota State 9, Illinois State 3 Miami 3 11 0 .214 241 435 LB Shaq Thompson (ankle). FULL: TE La Salle 74, Wagner 60 up-to-date TV schedules. Semifinals South Greg Olsen (concussion). COLTS: DNP: Montreat 98, St. Andrews 75 Saturday, Dec. 21 Houston 9 5 0 .643 341 330 DT Denico Autry (concussion), S Malik New Hampshire 64, Marist 56 myafn.net North Dakota State (14-0) vs. Montana Tennessee 8 6 0 .571 339 279 Hooker (hand), CB Kenny Moore (ankle), Pfeiffer 92, Piedmont 87 State (11-3) Indianapolis 6 8 0 .429 303 329 CB Quincy Wilson (shoulder). LIMITED: St. Bonaventure 87, Niagara 70 James Madison (13-1) vs. Weber State Jacksonville 5 9 0 .357 250 353 LB Anthony Walker (hamstring). St. John’s 85, Albany (NY) 57 (11-3) North JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at ATLANTA Syracuse 74, Oakland 62 Deals Championship y-Baltimore 12 2 0 .857 472 257 FALCONS — JAGUARS: DNP: DE Cal- Transylvania 75, DePauw 74 Saturday, Jan. 11 Pittsburgh 8 6 0 .571 269 259 ais Campbell (back), C Brandon Linder UConn 66, St. Peter’s 56 At Frisco, Texas Cleveland 6 8 0 .429 297 329 (knee). LIMITED: DE Josh Allen (shoul- UNC Greensboro 54, Vermont 53 Semifinal winners Cincinnati 1 13 0 .071 211 359 der), CB A.J. Bouye (hamstring), LB Ursinus 84, Washington (Md.) 73 Wednesday’s transactions West Austin Calitro (shoulder), WR D.J. Chark William Peace 92, Berea 70 BASEBALL NCAA Division II playoffs y-Kansas City 10 4 0 .714 394 284 (ankle), CB D.J. Hayden (knee), DT Abry SOUTH American League Oakland 6 8 0 .429 274 386 Jones (elbow), QB Gardner Minshew Abilene Christian 77, New Orleans 71 KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to Semifinals Denver 5 9 0 .357 239 284 (right shoulder), TE Nick O’Leary (shoul- Alabama 102, Samford 87 terms with 3B Humberto Arteaga and 2B Saturday, Dec. 14 L.A. Chargers 5 9 0 .357 299 290 der), OT Cam Robinson (knee). FULL: WR Ball St. 65, Georgia Tech 47 Erick Mejia on minor league contracts. Minnesota State 58, Slippery Rock 15 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Dede Westbrook (neck/shoulder). FAL- Belmont 83, Kennesaw St. 44 NEW YORK YANKEES — Designated West Florida 28, Ferris State 14 East CONS: DNP: RB Kenjon Barner (shoulder/ Bethel (Tenn.) 109, Crowley’s Ridge 98 RHP Chance Adams for assignment. Championship W L T Pct PF PA knee), G Jamon Brown (illness), DT Jack Catawba 88, Wingate 79 Agreed to terms with RHP Gerrit Cole on Saturday, Dec. 21 Dallas 7 7 0 .500 378 288 Crawford (thigh), TE Luke Stocker (hip). ETSU 74, LSU 63 a nine-year contract. At McKinney, Texas Philadelphia 7 7 0 .500 334 328 LIMITED: S Ricardo Allen (shoulder), G Howard 105, Regent 47 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to Minnesota State (14-0) vs. West Flor- N.Y. Giants 3 11 0 .214 283 382 James Carpenter (concussion), WR Julio Jacksonville 81, Presbyterian 58 terms with RHP Tanner Roark on a two- ida (12-2) Washington 3 11 0 .214 215 347 Jones (shoulder), K Younghoe Koo (left Jacksonville St. 92, Delaware St. 80 year contract. South foot), LB Foyesade Oluokun (shoulder), King (Tenn.) 88, Emmanuel (Ga.) 82 y-New Orleans 11 3 0 .786 378 303 National League NCAA Division III playoffs OT Ty Sambrailo (hamstring). FULL: CB Louisville 70, Miami (Ohio) 46 MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms Tampa Bay 7 7 0 .500 416 398 Isaiah Oliver (shoulder). Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 329 365 McNeese St. 109, Paul Quinn 67 with OF Matt Kemp, Cs Ryan Lavarnway Semifinals CINCINNATI BENGALS at MIAMI DOL- Mississippi St. 77, Radford 68 Carolina 5 9 0 .357 324 390 — DNP: DT Geno Atkins and Brian Navarreto, 2B Gosuke Katoh Saturday, Dec. 14 PHINS BENGALS: Nicholls 64, Texas A&M-CC 58 and Christian Lopes and RHPs Aaron North Central (Ill.) 45, Muhlenberg 14 North (not injury related), CB Darqueze Den- x-Green Bay 11 3 0 .786 330 283 nard (not injury related), TE Tyler Eif- Richmond 62, Old Dominion 59 Northcraft and Josh A. Smith on minor Wisconsin-Whitewater 35, Saint John’s SC-Upstate 73, SC State 70 (Minn.) 32 Minnesota 10 4 0 .714 378 259 ert (not injury related), WR A.J. Green league contracts. UCF 70, Bethune-Cookman 65 Championship Chicago 7 7 0 .500 256 253 (ankle), G John Miller (concussion), CB MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to VCU 76, Coll. of Charleston 71 terms with 3B Jace Peterson on a minor Friday, Dec. 20 Detroit 3 10 1 .250 304 373 Darius Phillips (illness). FULL: G Michael At Shenandoah, Texas West Jordan (neck). DOLPHINS: LIMITED: RB Valparaiso 87, High Point 72 league contract. Virginia 56, Stony Brook 44 WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed North Central (Ill.) (13-1) vs. Wiscon- x-San Francisco 11 3 0 .786 419 258 Chandler Cox (shoulder), WR Allen Hurns sin-Whitewater (13-1) x-Seattle 11 3 0 .786 371 345 (ankle/knee), CB Nik Needham (groin), MIDWEST to terms with RHP Mario Sanchez on a Cent. Missouri 67, Missouri Baptist 58 minor league contract. L.A. Rams 8 6 0 .571 332 306 WR DeVante Parker (hip), DT Zach Sieler Arizona 4 9 1 .321 310 398 (ankle), WR Albert Wilson (hip). FULL: Cincinnati 78, Tennessee 66 FOOTBALL NAIA playoffs DePaul 73, Cleveland St. 65 National Football League x-clinched playoff spot QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (right shoulder), TE Championship y-clinched division Mike Gesicki (hip), C Daniel Kilgore (fin- Green Bay 126, Concordia (Ill.) 64 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed LB Illinois St. 67, UIC 66 Tanner Vallejo and CB Kevin Peterson on Saturday, Dec. 21 Thursday, Dec. 12 ger), RB Patrick Laird (knee), DE Avery At Grambling, La. Baltimore 42, N.Y. Jets 21 Moss (hip). Indiana St. 78, Tennessee St. 72 IR. Signed LB Vontarrius Dora from the Michigan St. 77, Northwestern 72 practice squad, CB Andre Chachere from Morningside (13-0) vs. Marian (Ind.) Sunday, Dec. 15 BALTIMORE RAVENS at CLEVELAND (12-0) Kansas City 23, Denver 3 BROWNS — RAVENS: DNP: RB Mark In- S. Dakota St. 75, Florida Gulf Coast 56 Carolina’s practice squad, LB Keishawn S. Illinois 75, Hampton 53 Bierria from Jacksonville’s practice Tampa Bay 38, Detroit 17 gram (not injury related), CB Jimmy squad and CB Duke Thomas and LB Houston 24, Tennessee 21 Smith (not injury related), S Earl Thomas W. Michigan 84, Aquinas 61 Jamey Mosely to the practice squad. N.Y. Giants 36, Miami 20 (not injury related), G Marshal Yanda Wittenberg 69, Hanover 52 CHICAGO BEARS — Placed LB Danny Boxing Seattle 30, Carolina 24 (not injury related). FULL: LB Chris Board Xavier 74, W. Carolina 61 Trevathan on IR. Signed DB Michael Jo- Green Bay 21, Chicago 13 (concussion), OT Ronnie Stanley (concus- Youngstown St. 73, Binghamton 55 seph from the practice squad and WR New England 34, Cincinnati 13 sion). BROWNS: DNP: OT Kendall Lamm SOUTHWEST Alex Wesley to the practice squad. Fight schedule Philadelphia 37, Washington 27 (knee), DT Sheldon Richardson (back), Arkansas St. 79, Louisiana-Lafayette 67 DETROIT LIONS — Signed DT Jamie Arizona 38, Cleveland 24 C J.C. Tretter (knee). LIMITED: WR Odell Baylor 91, UT Martin 63 Meder. Dec. 20 Jacksonville 20, Oakland 16 Beckham (groin), LB Tae Davis (knee), RB Cent. Arkansas 88, Incarnate Word 82, OT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed OT At Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoe- Minnesota 39, L.A. Chargers 10 Dontrell Hilliard (neck), OT Christopher Lamar 79, SE Louisiana 73 Travis Vornkahl and DT Roderick Young nix, Daniel Jacobs vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Atlanta 29, San Francisco 22 Hubbard (knee), WR Jarvis Landry (hip), Oregon St. 88, UTSA 78 to the practice squad. Jr., 12, super middleweights; Julio Cesar Dallas 44, L.A. Rams 21 S Eric Murray (knee), DE Olivier Vernon Sam Houston St. 92, Northwestern St. 79 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released S Martinez vs. Cristofer Rosales, 12, for Buffalo 17, Pittsburgh 10 (knee), CB Denzel Ward (ankle). FULL: DE Stephen F. Austin 96, Houston Baptist 68 Marcus Gilchrist. Signed S Doug Middle- vacant WBC World flyweight title; Mau- Monday, Dec. 16 Porter Gustin (neck). Utah St. 76, South Florida 74 ton from the practice squad and RB Jere- rice Hooker vs. Pedro Campa, 10, welter- New Orleans 34, Indianapolis 7 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at TENNES- FAR WEST my McNichols, DL Dewayne Hendrix and weights; Daniyar Yeleussinov vs. Alan Saturday’s games SEE TITANS — SAINTS: DNP: S Vonn Bell Cal Baptist 78, Southern U. 61 LB Joe Dineen to the practice squad. Sanchez, 10, welterweights. Houston at Tampa Bay (knee), S Chauncey Gardner-Johnson Gonzaga 94, North Carolina 81 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Claimed DE Dec. 21 Buffalo at New England (concussion), G Larry Warford (knee). Loyola of Chicago 78, Vanderbilt 70 Terrell Suggs off waivers from Arizona. At Toyota Arena, Ontario, Calif., Tony L.A. Rams at San Francisco LIMITED: LB Kiko Alonso (quadricep), OT Nevada 91, Texas Southern 73 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Claimed CB Harrison vs. Jermell Charlo, 12, for Har- Sunday’s games Terron Armstead (ankle), G Andrus Peat New Mexico St. 65, Ark.-Pine Bluff 40 Janoris Jenkins off waivers from the N.Y. rison’s WBC World super welterweight N.Y. Giants at Washington (forearm), OT Ryan Ramczyk (knee), CB Oregon 81, Montana 48 Giants. title; Hugo Centeno Jr. vs. Juan Macias Cincinnati at Miami Patrick Robinson (calf). TITANS: DNP: Pacific 74, UNLV 66 NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DB Montiel, 10, middleweights; Jhack Tepora New Orleans at Tennessee WR Adam Humphries (ankle). LIMITED: Sacramento St. 57, Cal Poly 56 Rashaan Gaulden from the practice vs. Oscar Escandon, 10, featherweights; Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets LB Daren Bates (shoulder), WR Corey Saint Mary’s (Cal) 96, Arizona St. 56 squad and DE Kevin Wilkins to the prac- Efe Ajagba vs. Iago Kiladze, 10, heavy- Baltimore at Cleveland Davis (ankle), RB Derrick Henry (ham- San Diego St. 92, San Diego Christian 48 tice squad. weights; Andre Dirrell vs. Juan Ubaldo Carolina at Indianapolis string), CB Adoree’ Jackson (foot), WR Santa Clara 89, San Jose St. 84 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed LB Cabrera, 10, super middleweights. Jacksonville at Atlanta Kalif Raymond (knee), LB Wesley Wood- Utah 69, Kentucky 66 Kamu Grugier-Hill on IR. Signed DT Bruce Dec. 23 Oakland at L.A. Chargers yard (knee). Utah Valley 69, Wyoming 67 Hector from the practice squad and LB At Yokohoma, Japan, Ryota Murata Detroit at Denver PITTSBURGH STEELERS at NEW YORK Deshaun Davis to the practice squad. vs Steve Butler, 12, for Murata’s WBA Arizona at Seattle JETS — STEELERS: DNP: LB Mark Barron PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed WR World middleweight title; Ken Shiro vs. Dallas at Philadelphia (not injury related), CB Artie Burns (ill- Wednesday’s women’s scores Jamal Custis to the practice squad. Randy Petalcorin, 12, for Shiro’s WBC Kansas City at Chicago ness), G David DeCastro (not injury re- EAST TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed and Alvarado’s IBF junior flyweight titles; Monday, Dec. 23 lated), C Maurkice Pouncey (not injury Dartmouth 66, New Hampshire 47 WRs Scotty Miller and Mike Evans and Moruti Mhtalane vs. Akira Yaegashi, 12, Green Bay at Minnesota related), OT Alejandro Villanueva (not Fairmont St. 84, Wayne (Mich.) 73 S Jordan Whitehead on IR. Signed WR for Mhtalane’s IBF flyweight title. injury related), LB T.J. Watt (not injury Glenville St. 145, Carlow 64 Spencer Schnell from the practice squad, Dec. 28 NFL injury report related). LIMITED: WR JuJu Smith-Schus- Liberty 71, St. Francis (Pa.) 52 WR Cyril Grayson from Dallas’ practice At Marseille, France, Arsen ter (knee). FULL: TE Vance McDonald Rider 77, Wagner 63 squad and DB Herb Miller to the practice Goulamirian vs. Constantin Bejenaru, NEW YORK — The National Football (concussion). JETS: DNP: G Tom Comp- Robert Morris 69, Norfolk St. 62 squad. 12, for Goulamirian’s WBA Super World League injury report, as provided by the ton (calf), WR Demaryius Thomas (ham- S. Connecticut 65, St. Thomas Aquinas 63 TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed LB Ni- cruiserweight title. league (OUT - definitely will not play; string/knee). LIMITED: S Jamal Adams Widener 78, Ursinus 53 gel Harris from the practice squad and At State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Ger- DNP - did not practice; LIMITED - limited (ankle), DE Henry Anderson (shoulder), participation in practice; FULL - full par- Williams 98, Delaware Valley 50 PK Greg Joseph from Carolina’s practice vonta Davis vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa, 12, for OT Kelvin Beachum (ankles), LB B.J. Bello SOUTH squad. ticipation in practice): (illness), S Bennett Jackson (illness), CB the vacant WBA World lightweight title; Saturday Birmingham-Southern 74, Millsaps 65 WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed DB Jean Pascal vs. Badou Jack, 12, for Pas- Arthur Maulet (calf), DT Steve McLendon Delta St. 79, Ark.-Monticello 59 Maurice Smith from the practice squad HOUSTON TEXANS at TAMPA BAY (knee/hip), CB Brian Poole (concussion), cal’s WBA World light heavyweight title; BUCCANEERS — TEXANS: DNP: WR De- Emmanuel (Ga.) 94, King (Tenn.) 93 and WR Emanuel Hall to the practice Angelo Leo vs. Cesar Juarez, 12, super RB Bilal Powell (ankle), DT Quinnen Wil- Florida St. 70, North Florida 41 squad. Andre Hopkins (illness), RB Carlos Hyde liams (neck). FULL: CB Maurice Canady bantamweights; Jose Uzcategui vs. Lio- (ankle/not injury related), LB Jacob Lamar 65, SE Louisiana 57 HOCKEY nell Thompson, 10, super middleweights; (shoulder), QB Sam Darnold (knee/left Maryland 114, Georgia St. 41 National Hockey League Martin (knee), LB Benardrick McKinney thumb), QB David Fales (right elbow), DE Petros Ananyan vs. Juan Heraldez, 10, (concussion). LIMITED: S Jahleel Ad- McNeese St. 81, LSU-Shreveport 77 ANAHEIM DUCK — Recalled C Isac super lightweights; Malik Hawkins vs. Kyle Phillips (hip), OT Brent Qvale (knee), Middle Tennessee 86, VCU 63 Lunderstrom and LW Max Jones from dae (Achilles), TE Darren Fells (hand), DE Nathan Shepherd (rib/ankle). Darwin Price, 10, super lightweights; WR Will Fuller (hamstring), RB Taiwan Montreat 71, St. Andrews 63 San Diego (AHL). Ahmed Elbiali vs. Brian Vera, 10, light OAKLAND RAIDERS at LOS ANGELES Morgan St. 71, Texas St. 62 Jones (hamstring), LB Brennan Scarlett — Practice not ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned D Rob- heavyweights. CHARGERS RAIDERS: Roanoke 78, Elizabethtown 68 bie Russo to Tucson (AHL). Recalled D (Achilles/shoulder). BUCCANEERS: DNP: complete. CHARGERS: Practice not com- Dec. 31 DT Beau Allen (ankle), WR Chris Godwin plete. Sam Houston St. 79, Northwestern St. 69 Jordan Gross from Tucson. At Tokyo, Kazuto Ioka vs. Jeyvier Cin- St. Augustine’s 63, Claflin 61 NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Activated D (hamstring), TE Tanner Hudson (concus- DETROIT LIONS at DENVER BRONCOS Connor Carrick off IR. tron, 12, for Ioka’s WBO super flyweight sion). LIMITED: K Matt Gay (right groin), — LIONS: DNP: LB Devon Kennard (ham- Webber 74, Northwestern Ohio 69 SOCCER title; Kosei Tanaka vs. Wulan Tuolehazi, OT Donovan Smith (ankle/knee), QB Ja- string), DT A’Shawn Robinson (shoulder). MIDWEST 12, for Tanaka’s WBO flyweight title. meis Winston (right thumb/knee). FULL: LIMITED: LB Christian Jones (shoulder), Anderson (Ind.) 70, Eureka 56 Major League Soccer OT Demar Dotson (not injury related), C COLUMBUS CREW — Signed D Vito Jan. 10 RB Bo Scarbrough (ribs), OT Rick Wagner Cent. Michigan 65, Oakland 47 At Ocean Resort Casino, Atlantic City, Ryan Jensen (elbow), LB Anthony Nel- Concordia (Wis.) 73, Spalding 62 Wormgoor. son (hamstring), LB Jason Pierre-Paul (knee). FULL: DT Damon Harrison (knee/ N.J., Shohjahon Ergashev vs. Keith Hunt- calf), LB Steve Longa (quadricep). BRON- E. Michigan 68, UIC 59 er, 10, super lightweights. (knee). Evansville 76, Chicago St. 42 BUFFALO at NEW ENGLAND — BILLS: COS: Practice not complete. Jan. 11 DALLAS COWBOYS at PHILADELPHIA Fort Hays St. 89, Harding 48 At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Atlantic DNP: LB Lorenzo Alexander (rest), RB Hastings 66, St. Xavier 52 Pro baseball Frank Gore (rest), DE Jerry Hughes EAGLES — COWBOYS: DNP: DE Michael City, N.J., Jesse Hart vs Joe Smith Jr., 10, Bennett (foot/illness), CB C.J. Goodwin North Dakota 83, Mayville St. 52 light heavyweights; Rob Brant vs. Habib (rest), OT Ty Nsekhe (ankle). LIMITED: Princeton 68, Missouri 33 DT Corey Liuget (knee). PATRIOTS: DNP: (thumb), LB Sean Lee (pectoral/thigh), Ahmed, 10, middleweights. OT Tyron Smith (eye), LB Joe Thomas Purdue 67, W. Kentucky 50 MLB calendar At Alamodome, San Antonio, Jaime CB Jonathan Jones (groin). LIMITED: Walsh 96, West Liberty 74 LB Ja’Whaun Bentley (knee), LB Jamie (knee), LB Leighton Vander Esch (neck). Jan. 10 — Salary arbitration figures Munguia vs. Gary O’Sullivan, 12, middle- LIMITED: OT La’el Collins (knee), P Chris Wittenberg 72, Franklin 57 weights. Collins (shoulder), WR Julian Edelman Youngstown St. 83, Lake Erie 48 exchanged. (knee/shoulder), CB Jason McCourty Jones (abdomen), CB Jourdan Lewis Jan. 21 — Baseball Writers’ Associa- Jan. 18 (knee), G Zack Martin (ankle), QB Dak SOUTHWEST At Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, (groin), DL Danny Shelton (shoulder). Abilene Christian 76, New Orleans 62 tion of America Hall of Fame voting re- LOS ANGELES RAMS at SAN FRAN- Prescott (right shoulder). FULL: S Jeff sults announced. Julian Williams vs. Jeison Rosario, 12, CISCO 49ERS — RAMS: Practice not com- Heath (shoulder/shoulder), CB Byron Baylor 111, Arkansas St. 43 Feb. 3-21 — Salary arbitration hear- for Williams’ IBF/IBO/WBA Super World plete. 49ERS: Practice not complete. Jones (hip), DT Antwaun Woods (knee). Cent. Arkansas 47, Incarnate Word 37 ings, Phoenix. super welterweight titles; Chris Colbert Sunday EAGLES: DNP: WR Nelson Agholor (knee), Stephen F. Austin 59, Houston Baptist 42 Feb. 4-6 — Owners meetings, Orlando, vs. Jezreel Corales, 12, for vacant WBA NEW YORK GIANTS at WASHINGTON DE Derek Barnett (ankle), OT Lane John- Texas 73, Ohio 60 Florida. interim junior lightweight title. — GIANTS: DNP: S Antoine Bethea (not son (ankle). LIMITED: G Brandon Brooks Texas A&M-CC 55, Nicholls 49 Feb. 11 — Voluntary reporting date for Jan. 25 injury related). LIMITED: G Kevin Zeitler (calf), DT Fletcher Cox (triceps), CB Ron- FAR WEST pitchers, catchers and injured players. At Barclays Center, New York, Danny (ankle). FULL: TE Rhett Ellison (concus- ald Darby (hip flexor), RB Jordan Howard Arizona St. 70, New Mexico St. 47 Feb. 16 — Voluntary reporting date for Garcia vs. Ivan Redkach, 12, welter- sion), QB Daniel Jones (ankle), LB Oshane (shoulder). BYU 75, San Jose St. 56 other players. weights; Jarrett Hurd vs. Francisco San- Ximenes (ankle). REDSKINS: DNP: S Land- ARIZONA CARDINALS at SEATTLE SE- Ball St. 77, Loyola Marymount 72 Feb. 21 — Mandatory reporting date. tana, 10, super welterweights; Stephen on Collins (Achilles), CB Fabian Moreau AHAWKS — CARDINALS: Practice not Boise St. 75, W. Oregon 32 March 26 — Opening day, active ros- Fulton vs. Arnold Khegai, 12, super ban- (hamstring). LIMITED: DT Jonathan Allen complete. SEAHAWKS: Practice not com- Long Beach St. 74, Air Force 68 ters reduced to 26 players. tamweights. (toe), CB Quinton Dunbar (hamstring), plete. New Mexico 86, Providence 66 April 28-30 — New York Mets vs. Miami Feb. 1 S Montae Nicholson (ankle), OT Donald KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at CHICAGO Oregon St. 91, N. Arizona 57 at San Juan, Puerto Rico. At Haikou, China, Jose Ramirez vs. Vik- Penn (knee). FULL: LB Ryan Anderson BEARS — CHIEFS: Practice not complete. Santa Clara 78, CS Northridge 55 June 10-12 — Amateur draft, Omaha, tor Postol, 12, for Ramirez’s WBC World/ (shoulder/hand), QB Dwayne Haskins BEARS: DNP: WR Taylor Gabriel (concus- USC 80, Texas Rio Grande Valley 43 Neb. WBO super lightweight titles. (ankle), LB Cole Holcomb (thumb), RB sion), OT Bobby Massie (ankle). Stanford 78, Tennessee 51 PAGE 26 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 NHL Scoreboard Roundup

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Devils Boston 35 21 7 7 49 118 90 Buffalo 35 16 12 7 39 110 108 Montreal 34 16 12 6 38 108 108 Toronto 35 17 14 4 38 115 112 Tampa Bay 32 17 12 3 37 114 103 Florida 33 16 12 5 37 115 109 win 2nd Ottawa 35 14 18 3 31 94 113 Detroit 36 9 24 3 21 79 141 Metropolitan Division Washington 35 24 6 5 53 125 100 N.Y. Islanders 32 22 8 2 46 95 80 Carolina 34 21 11 2 44 113 89 Pittsburgh 34 20 10 4 44 114 90 straight Philadelphia 34 18 11 5 41 105 100 N.Y. Rangers 33 16 13 4 36 105 106 Columbus 34 14 14 6 34 87 101 Associated Press New Jersey 33 11 17 5 27 80 116 Western Conference NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils’ decision to trade Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 2018 MVP Taylor Hall to Arizona St. Louis 36 22 8 6 50 109 96 has put pressure on other players Colorado 34 22 9 3 47 123 92 Winnipeg 34 20 12 2 42 104 97 to step up and lead the team. Dallas 35 19 12 4 42 91 82 In their first game since Mon- Nashville 33 16 12 5 37 115 106 Minnesota 35 16 14 5 37 107 115 day’s trade, Hall’s former line- Chicago 35 13 16 6 32 95 114 mates Nico Hischier and Kyle Pacific Division Arizona 36 20 12 4 44 100 86 Palmieri answered the call. Vegas 37 19 13 5 43 112 105 Hischier and Palmeiri scored Edmonton 37 19 14 4 42 109 112 Calgary 36 18 14 4 40 96 108 second-period goals and the Vancouver 35 16 15 4 36 111 108 San Jose 36 16 18 2 34 98 125 Devils beat the Anaheim Ducks Los Angeles 36 15 18 3 33 94 114 3-1 on Wednesday night, giving /AP Anaheim 35 14 17 4 32 89 104 BEN MARGOT Note: Two points for a win, one point them consecutive wins for only for overtime loss. Top three teams in the fourth time this disappointing The Arizona Coyotes’ Taylor Hall skates against the Sharks during the second period of Tuesday’s game each division and two wild cards per season. in San Jose, Calif. It was Hall’s first game since being traded to the Coyotes by the New Jersey Devils. conference advance to playoffs. Wednesday’s games “I think it’s for the young guys New Jersey 3, Anaheim 1 Colorado 4, Chicago 1 coming up, it’s those close games St. Louis 2, Edmonton 1 and finding ways to win or finding Thursday’s games Buffalo at Philadelphia ways to close them out,” Palmieri Los Angeles at Columbus said. “Tonight, finding a way to Dallas at Tampa Bay N.Y. Islanders at Boston come from behind and find a lead Coyotes counting on Hall Nashville at Ottawa going into the third and come out Chicago at Winnipeg Carolina at Colorado there and keep playing on our Montreal at Calgary toes. They had a couple looks but Minnesota at Arizona Vegas at Vancouver we held the fort.” Friday’s games Washington at New Jersey Sami Vatanen also scored and Dallas at Florida Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 to provide scoring boost Toronto at N.Y. Rangers saves as the Devils gave interim Pittsburgh at Edmonton Saturday’s games coach Alain Nasreddine his sec- Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders BY JOHN MARSHALL Los Angeles at Buffalo ond straight win. Associated Press Winnipeg at Minnesota Adam Henrique scored against Florida at Carolina Nashville at Boston his former team for the Ducks, GLENDALE, Ariz. — Taylor Hall wanted out of Detroit at Toronto who squandered an early 1-0 lead New Jersey at Columbus New Jersey. The Coyotes needed a scoring boost. Montreal at Edmonton in losing to New Jersey for the Arizona’s deal with the Devils turned out to be a Philadelphia at Ottawa first time in four games. Ryan Tampa Bay at Washington perfect match for both. Chicago at Colorado Miller had 17 saves as Anaheim Hall got the change of scenery he wanted, to an Pittsburgh at Vancouver lost its second straight on a four- St. Louis at San Jose up-and-coming team in contention for a playoff spot, Sunday’s games game East Coast trip. no less. The Coyotes got a top-line scorer without Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers “Obviously you get a good start Calgary at Dallas having to give up much in return. Arizona at Detroit and get a lead and go from there,” “To keep the group together, it was almost too Vegas at San Jose Henrique said. good to be true, and we were very fortunate and op- Leaders Avalanche 4, Blachawks 1: portunistic,” Coyotes general manager John Chayka Goal scoring Ian Cole and Mikko Rantanen said during Hall’s introductory news conference on Name, Team GP G each had a goal and an assist, and TOM CANAVAN/AP David Pastrnak, Boston 35 28 Wednesday. With support from ownership, these Jack Eichel, Buffalo 35 24 visiting Colorado beat Chicago. things come together, and so far it’s been great.” Devils general manager Ray Shero traded Hall for Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton 37 21 Nathan MacKinnon and Andre Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado 34 21 The Coyotes have undergone a shift, both philo- three prospects and two draft picks. Auston Matthews, Toronto 35 21 Burakovksy also scored for the sophically and financially, since Alex Meruelo be- Alex Ovechkin, Washington 35 21 Avalanche, who are 9-1-1 in their Sebastian Aho, Carolina 34 20 came majority owner this summer. The Coyotes have not made the playoffs since Connor McDavid, Edmonton 37 20 last 11 games. Pavel Francouz Typically the franchise watching other teams reaching the 2012 Western Conference finals, but Artemi Panarin, N.Y. Rangers 33 20 made 31 saves for Colorado. The Anthony Duclair, Ottawa 35 19 go after the biggest names on the market, Arizona have taken steps to rebuild the past few seasons Patrick Kane, Chicago 35 18 Avalanche, who lost 5-2 at St. made the largest splash of the offseason, trading for Brad Marchand, Boston 35 18 Louis on Monday, are 3-0 against under Chayka. Arizona added Nick Schmaltz, Derek Jake Guentzel, Pittsburgh 34 17 highly productive forward Phil Kessel. The move Stepan, Carl Soderberg, Antti Raanta, Darcy Kue- James Neal, Edmonton 37 16 the Blackhawks this season and came 10 days after Meruelo was approved by the Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ottawa 35 16 have outscored their Central Di- mper and Michael Grabner. Arizona also drafted Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg 34 16 NHL’s Board of Governors. Clayton Keller, Jakob Chychrun and Barrett Hay- Max Pacioretty, Vegas 37 15 vision rival 16-5. The Coyotes are off to one of their best starts in David Perron, St. Louis 36 15 Ryan Carpenter got his sec- ton under Chayka. Brayden Schenn, St. Louis 36 15 years behind two superb goalies and a steady de- The Kessel trade was an eye-popping move by the Jakub Vrana, Washington 35 15 ond goal of the season for fading fense. They still have struggled to score despite the Plus/Minus Chicago, which has lost five of franchise and they shook up conventional wisdom Name, Team GP +/- addition of Kessel, so instead of sitting back and try- again by trading for Hall. Ryan Graves, Colorado 33 22 six. Corey Crawford stopped 32 ing to grind out wins, they went out and tried to find Dougie Hamilton, Carolina 34 21 shots. “Between Phil Kessel and Taylor, it’s a paradigm Ian Cole, Colorado 29 20 an immediate fix. Taylor fits that bill perfectly. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ottawa 35 19 Blues 2, Oilers 1: Brayden shift in how we’re operating and the things we’re The 28-year-old has scored at least 20 goals in John Carlson, Washington 35 18 Schenn scored, Jake Allen made doing here,” Chayka said. Zdeno Chara, Boston 35 18 six of his nine NHL seasons and eclipsed 25 assists Brian Dumoulin, Pittsburgh 23 17 35 saves and host St. Louis edged The trade gives Hall an opportunity he’s rarely Brad Marchand, Boston 35 17 seven times. He had 39 goals and 54 points while Edmonton for its fourth straight had during during stints with Edmonton and New Jaccob Slavin, Carolina 34 17 winning the 2018 Hart Trophy as the league MVP David Krejci, Boston 29 16 win. Jersey: to play in the postseason. Nick Bonino, Nashville 33 15 and had six goals with 20 assists before the trade. Bryan Rust, Pittsburgh 20 15 Mackenzie MacEachern also Hall had an immediate impact on his new team, Hall played on a team that reached the playoffs Carson Soucy, Minnesota 32 15 scored for the Stanley Cup cham- just once, with New Jersey in 2017-18, and that last- Jack Eichel, Buffalo 35 14 setting up the winning goal in Arizona’s 3-2 win Roman Josi, Nashville 33 14 pion Blues. over San Jose Tuesday night. ed just five games. Philippe Myers, Philadelphia 18 14 James Neal had a late goal and J.T. Compher, Colorado 31 13 “I just know when John told me we acquired Tay- The Coyotes lead Vegas by a point in the Pacific Aaron Ekblad, Florida 32 13 Mikko Koskinen stopped 42 shots lor, the juice — not so much for the coaching staff Division and don’t appear to be a team that’s going Ryan Ellis, Nashville 33 13 for the Oilers, who lost for the Jared McCann, Pittsburgh 32 13 — just trickled down,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet to fall off very far. fifth time in six games. said. “The excitement that you acquire a guy like “There’s definitely a sense of guys know their Calendar Edmonton went 0-for-4 on the him is something that I think the fan base is so ex- role,” Hall said. “Guys are comfortable in their own Dec. 19-27 — Holiday roster freeze. power play, snapping an eight- skin in the room and on the ice, and that’s a really Jan. 1 — Winter Classic, Nashville at cited about. I know John made a point: They deserve Dallas (Cotton Bowl). game scoring streak with the it.” good situation to come into as a player like myself.” Jan. 26 — All-Star Game, St. Louis. man advantage. Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 27 NBA Bulls rally from 18 down, beat Wizards in OT Associated Press Scoreboard WASHINGTON — Chicago Bulls forward Zach LaVine of- fered blunt advice to teammates Eastern Conference as they rallied against the Wash- Atlantic Division ington Wizards on Wednesday W L Pct GB Boston 18 7 .720 — night. Toronto 19 8 .704 — “It just seemed like a real ugly Philadelphia 20 9 .690 — Brooklyn 15 12 .556 4 game,” LaVine said. “I just kept New York 7 21 .250 12A telling them, ‘Hey, man it’s an Southeast Division Miami 20 8 .714 — MATT SLOCUM/AP ugly game, might as well get ugly Orlando 12 16 .429 8 with them.’ ” Charlotte 13 18 .419 8A Miami Heat’s Kendrick Nunn, left, goes up for a shot past Philadelphia 76ers’ James Ennis III. Nunn had Washington 8 18 .308 11 It worked. Atlanta 6 22 .214 14 26 points Wednesday to help the Heat hand the 76ers their first home loss of the season, 108-104. Wendell Carter Jr. made a layup Central Division Milwaukee 24 4 .857 — with 9.1 seconds left in overtime, Indiana 19 9 .679 5 Detroit 11 17 .393 13 Roundup completing the Bulls’ comeback Chicago 11 19 .367 14 from an 18-point deficit in the Cleveland 7 21 .250 17 fourth quarter to beat the Wiz- Western Conference ards 110-109. Southwest Division Nunn, Adebayo help Heat LaVine capped a 21-3 Bulls run W L Pct GB with three free throws that tied Dallas 18 9 .667 — Houston 18 9 .667 — the game at 96 with 5.5 seconds San Antonio 10 16 .385 7A left in the fourth. Bradley Beal Memphis 10 18 .357 8A New Orleans 7 22 .241 12 hand 76ers first home loss hit a jumper with 0.5 seconds re- Northwest Division Denver 18 8 .692 — maining to put Washington ahead Utah 16 11 .593 2A 98-96, but LaVine was fouled on Oklahoma City 13 14 .481 5A Associated Press Towns, the Timberwolves lost points and Chris Paul added 18 Portland 12 16 .429 7 the ensuing inbound play and hit Minnesota 10 16 .385 8 their seventh straight game after for the Thunder, who rallied from Pacific Division PHILADELPHIA — Kendrick two free throws to force OT. shooting 38% from the field. An- 26 points down to beat the Chi- L.A. Lakers 24 4 .857 — Nunn scored 26 points to help the “It showed that our identity L.A. Clippers 21 8 .724 3A drew Wiggins led them with 27 cago Bulls on Monday. should be like that for the rest of Sacramento 12 15 .444 11A Miami Heat hand the Philadel- A points. Brandon Clarke scored 27 Phoenix 11 16 .407 12 phia 76ers their first home loss of the year,” former Wizards player Golden State 5 24 .172 19A Raptors 112, Pistons 99: Kyle points, Jonas Valanciunas scored Tomas Satoransky said. “We won Tuesday’s games the season, 108-104 on Wednes- Charlotte 110, Sacramento 102 Lowry had 20 points, 10 rebounds 24 and Ja Morant added 22 for the day night. thanks to our defense.” Indiana 105, L.A. Lakers 102 and 10 assists for a triple-double Grizzlies. New York 143, Atlanta 120 The 76ers had been 14-0 at Lauri Markkanen’s alley-oop Brooklyn 108, New Orleans 101, OT home, including a 113-86 victory and Toronto had an 11-0 run in Nuggets 113, Magic 104: basket gave the Bulls their first Utah 109, Orlando 102 the third quarter on its way to a Jamal Murray and Paul Millsap L.A. Clippers 120, Phoenix 99 over the Heat last month. lead since the first quarter, 106- Wednesday’s games win at Detroit. helped fuel a 24-0 run in the third 105 with 1:47 left in overtime. Chicago 110, Washington 109, OT Tobias Harris buried a three- Cleveland 100, Charlotte 98 pointer for the Sixers with 25.5 The Raptors were without quarter and host Denver rallied Beal’s two free throws put Miami 108, Philadelphia 104 guard Fred VanVleet because of to beat Orlando for the eighth Washington back on top, and Isa- Toronto 112, Detroit 99 seconds left that made it 106-104 New Orleans 107, Minnesota 99 and they had sudden life when right knee injury. Then center straight time. iah Thomas’ two foul shots made Oklahoma City 126, Memphis 122 Marc Gasol left in the first quar- Murray finished with 33 points, it 109-106 with 53 seconds left. Denver 113, Orlando 104 Nunn missed twice at the free Boston 109, Dallas 103 throw line. Al Horford, though, ter with a left hamstring strain. including 13 in the pivotal third Carter, aided by a lane violation Portland 122, Golden State 112 Toronto still had enough firepow- quarter. Millsap scored 14 of Thursday’s games missed an open three-point at- by Washington, made two free Utah at Atlanta er to handle the Pistons. his 15 points during the third throws with 40 seconds to go and L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee tempt from the wing and the Heat Brooklyn at San Antonio escaped in a thriller. Detroit allowed 133 points in in his return from a strained scored the winner after Beal’s Houston at L.A. Clippers a loss to Washington on Monday quadriceps. miss. Friday’s games Bam Adebayo scored 23 points Memphis at Cleveland and Duncan Robinson had 15 night. The Pistons got frontcourt Trailing 69-50 with 9:18 left in Beal missed another jumper at Sacramento at Indiana standouts Blake Griffin and the third, the Nuggets stormed the buzzer. Detroit at Boston for the Heat. Robinson made a Washington at Toronto pair of threes in the fourth that Andre Drummond back from back as they held the Magic score- “Felt good,” Beal said. “I got an Dallas at Philadelphia their injuries for this game, but less for more than six minutes. open shot over a small defender. New York at Miami stretched the lead to 14 points, Phoenix at Oklahoma City and Nunn buried a 30-footer for a they still allowed 70 points in the Celtics 109, Mavericks 103: It was just short.” Minnesota at Denver Orlando at Portland 99-83 lead. first half and 40 in the second Kemba Walker scored 32 points Markkanen had 31 points and New Orleans at Golden State Joel Embiid, who missed Sun- quarter. and Jaylen Brown had 26 as Bos- nine rebounds, and LaVine added Saturday’s games Utah at Charlotte day’s rout by the Nets with an Cavaliers 100, Hornets 98: ton won at Dallas. 24 points. Atlanta at Brooklyn Collin Sexton scored 23 points, Jayson Tatum added 24 points Davis Bertans led Washington Chicago at Detroit upper respiratory illness, had 22 Washington at Philadelphia points and 19 rebounds. Harris Cedi Osman had 18 and host to help the Celtics prevail on a with 26 points, and Beal finished Milwaukee at New York Cleveland held off a late Charlotte night when both teams were miss- with 22 on 4 of 19 shooting from Sacramento at Memphis scored 20 points. L.A. Clippers at San Antonio Jimmy Butler scored 14 points comeback. ing key players and struggled to the field. Houston at Phoenix for the Heat and was pretty much The Cavaliers, who had lost shoot 40% from the field. The Wizards led 93-75 with Minnesota at Portland a non-factor until late in his sec- 16 of 18, led the entire game but Bostons held the Mavs 15 8:21 left in the fourth before Cart- Leaders nearly squandered a 24-point lead points below their season aver- er’s dunk started Chicago’s spurt. ond game back in Philadelphia. Scoring Pelicans 107, Timberwolves in the third quarter. age, including a Dallas season- LaVine’s three-pointer pulled the G FG FT PTS AVG Harden, HOU 27 301 312 1049 38.9 99: Brandon Ingram scored 34 Terry Rozier scored a career- low 18 in the third quarter, with Bulls within 96-93 with 1:33 re- Antetokounmpo, MIL 27 317 177 855 31.7 points and New Orleans snapped high 35 points for the Hornets Luka Doncic’s absence felt more maining. LaVine scored 10 points Doncic, DAL 25 236 184 732 29.3 Young, ATL 27 253 165 764 28.3 its 13-game losing streak with a and hit five three-pointers in the than in Dallas’ win Monday over in the final three minutes of the Beal, WAS 26 242 164 717 27.6 win at short-handed Minnesota. fourth quarter, the last coming Milwaukee. period. Davis, LAL 26 250 182 712 27.4 Lillard, POR 26 214 177 689 26.5 Jrue Holiday had 18 points and with 21 seconds remaining to cut Trail Blazers 122, Warriors “Just didn’t execute like we Towns, MIN 23 207 113 609 26.5 Lonzo Ball added 10 points, six the deficit to 100-98. 112: Damian Lillard had 31 did to get us the lead and I think FG Percentage FG FGA PCT rebounds and six assists off the Thunder 126, Grizzlies 122: points and a season-high 13 as- that hurt us.” Thomas said. “We Gobert, UTA 141 208 .678 Dennis Schroder scored 31 sists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed played like we were stalling, Allen, BRO 131 197 .665 bench for the Pelicans, who were Holmes, SAC 135 206 .655 coming off a 108-101 overtime points, and host Oklahoma City 23 rebounds and host Portland playing against the shot clock and Rebounds overcame a 24-point deficit and beat Golden State. hoping to make the shot at the end G OFF DEF TOT AVG loss at home to Brooklyn a night Drummond, DET 26 121 313 434 16.7 earlier. beat Memphis. CJ McCollum scored 30 points of the shot clock.” Capela, HOU 23 97 242 339 14.7 Gobert, UTA 25 88 260 348 13.9 Playing without leading scorer Danilo Gallinari and Shai Gil- and Carmelo Anthony added 17 In his return to Washington, Sabonis, IND 26 88 259 347 13.3 and rebounder Karl-Anthony geous-Alexander each scored 20 for the Blazers. Satoransky had 17 points. Whiteside, POR 25 93 230 323 12.9 PAGE 28 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Utah knocks off No. 6 Kentucky Utes dodge Wildcats’ comeback

BY W.G. R AMIREZ big, physical presence. But that’s Associated Press the stuff I work on.” Kentucky, which had held its LAS VEGAS — Timmy Allen last four opponents to 58 or fewer has dedicated every game he’s points, got off three more shots, played to his mother since losing including two in the final 11 sec- her to cancer in 2016. onds, but none connected. He gave her something special The Utes’ last win against an Wednesday night — at a contest AP Top 25 team was on Feb 27, benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, no 2016, against No. 9 Arizona at less. home, 70-64. Allen hit a tiebreaking floater Both Gach contributed 14 with 1:14 left to help Utah dodge points and six rebounds, Rylan a rousing comeback try by No. 6 Jones had 12 points and Riley Kentucky for a 69-66 upset. The Battin added 10 for the Utes. JOHN LOCHER/AP Utes sophomore, who has a tattoo Utah shot a blistering 62.5% Kentucky’s Nick Richards, right, fouls Utah’s Timmy Allen during the second half of Wednesday’s game on his arm and messages writ- (10-for-16) from the floor in the in Las Vegas. Allen hit the tiebreaking shot in the Utes’ 69-66 upset and finished with 25 points. ten on his shoe memorializing his second half and was 23-for-42 mother, Elise, said his mind went (54.8%) for the game, including They deserved to win the game.” we shared the ball,” Krystkowiak half hitting 6 of 9 to cut Utah’s straight to her. 53.3% (8-for-15) from three-point Tyrese Maxey led Kentucky said. “I thought there were some lead to 35-31 at halftime. “I told her this game was for range. with 18 points, and Hagans added stretches when we lost our com- her today, and I’m glad I lived Coach Larry Krystkowiak said 16. posure, turning it over and maybe Big picture up to it,” said Allen, who had 25 he challenged his Utes before the Maxey had a chance to tie it but forced some shots. For our guys to points and nine rebounds. game to outmuscle the Wildcats, was called for an offensive foul kind of stay in the fight, that was Kentucky: The Wildcats had The Wildcats (8-2) used a 27- something Kentucky coach John when he drove the lane and bar- pretty cool.” made at least one three-pointer 10 run to tie it at 68 on Ashton Calipari said was the difference. reled into Battin, giving the Utes The Utes opened on a 10-4 run in each first half of their nine Hagans’ dunk with 1:43 remain- “They physically fought, they the ball with 22.7 seconds left. as Gach hit four of his first five games. They were 0-for-7 against ing, but Allen put the Utes (9-2) fought for position, they fought for Jones hit 1 of 2 free throws to shots. Utah made seven of its first Utah, contributing to their dismal back ahead with his step-back, defense, they fought for rebounds, give Utah a three-point lead. nine from the floor to take an 18- shooting display over the first 20 right-handed floater over Nick they fought running down the Maxey missed a three-pointer, 9 lead midway through the first minutes. Richards. floor, they outran (us),” Calipari Kentucky scrambled for the re- half. Utah: Gach came into the game “It was tough, but that’s the said. “That’s what I’m trying to bound, and Immanuel Quickley Kentucky struggled to find a hitting a career 30.3% from three- stuff I work on,“ Allen said. “I’m get my team to do. That was a clanked a three off the rim as rhythm early, hitting just four of point range and just 27% this sea- not surprised I made it, but I had great win and they deserved it. I time ran out. its first 14 attempts. The Wildcats son. He found his touch against a 6-foot-11 guy right there, so get- mean he outcoached me the way “When we were under control, were just 13-for-31 from the floor the Wildcats, hitting 3 of 5, all in ting it over him was tough. He’s a they did it, and they outplayed us. we were pretty darned good when in the first half. They closed the the first half. Top 25 roundup No. 2 Gonzaga routs North Carolina

Associated Press about this thing for six months from all our ler scored 19 points each and the Bears fans, in a good way. They were excited,” won their eighth straight game. SPOKANE, Wash. — Corey Kispert Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. MaCio Teague had 12 points and Mark turned, put his hands out and gave a little Garrison Brooks led North Carolina (6- Vital added 11 for Baylor (9-1), which shot shrug as he jogged back down the floor 5) with 16 points, but the Tar Heels have 56%, including 62% in the second half. after his fifth three-pointer of the night. dropped four straight for the first time Cincinnati 78, No. 21 Tennessee 66: Gonzaga’s do-everything junior forward since the 2009-10 season. It’s been a bru- Trevon Scott scored 15 points and the host picked a memorable night in the history tal stretch for the Tar Heels, with the Zags Bearcats recovered from back-to-back of Zags basketball to have maybe the best the fifth opponent ranked in the top 10 in losses by knocking off the Volunteers. game of his career. North Carolina’s past six games. Cincinnati (7-4) got the better of a back- “It was just one of those times when you No. 3 Louisville 70, Miami (Ohio) 46: and-forth game by getting inside one of the were in the zone. ... I knew it was in when I Jordan Nwora scored 20 points and the country’s stingiest defenses for close-up let it go,” Kispert said. “It’s hard not to play host Cardinals pulled away with a 17-0 run baskets. Forty-six of the Bearcats’ points with emotion in this place. The fans get you to beat the Redhawks. came in the paint. hyped up and pumped up and I kind of just Ryan McMahon added 11 points for Lou- No. 9 Virginia 56, Stony Brook 44: let it show.” isville (11-1), and Dwayne Sutton tied a ca- Kihei Clark scored 14 points and Jay Huff Kispert scored 26 points, Filip Petrusev reer-high with 15 rebounds. had eight of his 12 during a second-half added 20 and No. 2 Gonzaga rolled past Mekhi Lairy led the Redhawks (5-6) run for the host Cavaliers. YOUNG KWAK/AP North Carolina 94-81 on Wednesday, with 10 points. Huff ended a 5-minute scoreless drought handing the Tar Heels their fourth straight No. 8 Oregon 81, Montana 48: The for Virginia (9-1) with a putback dunk with Gonzaga guard Ryan Woolridge, right, loss. Ducks made a big addition to their lineup 12:11 remaining and added six more points shoots over North Carolina forward One of the most highly anticipated as 6-foot-11 N’Faly Dante played his first as the Cavaliers turned a 35-30 lead into a Garrison Brooks during the first half of games inside Gonzaga’s gym was a party college game and contributed 11 points in 49-38 edge. Wednesday’s game in Spokane, Wash. most of the night for the home team. The a rout of the Grizzlies. No. 15 Michigan State 77, Northwest- Bulldogs (12-1) won their fourth straight The much-anticipated debut of Oregon’s ern 72: Cassius Winston scored 21 points No. 20 San Diego State 92, San Diego since suffering their only loss of the season top freshman recruit probably wasn’t need- and Xavier Tillman had 15 points and 10 Christian 48: Yanni Wetzell scored 17 against Michigan in the final of the Battle ed against Montana (4-6), but the Ducks rebounds, helping the visiting Spartans points and the host Aztecs beat the NAIA’s 4 Atlantis. want Dante comfortable with his role be- beat the Wildcats. Hawks to remain undefeated. More importantly, the Zags finished fore Pac-12 play begins in two weeks. Or- Winston went 8-for-16 from the field for SDSU (11-0) was playing for the first off an unbeaten stretch of three marquee egon (9-2) has two more nonconference Michigan State (8-3, 2-0 Big Ten) in their time in 10 days and for the first time since games at Washington, at Arizona and games. 11th consecutive victory against North- jumping into The Associated Press Top 25. against the Tar Heels. No. 10 Baylor 91, UT-Martin 63: At western. Boo Buie scored a career-high 26 The Aztecs moved up five spots Monday “I’m just glad it’s over. I’ve been hearing Houston, Davion Mitchell and Jared But- points for Northwestern (5-5, 0-2). despite not playing last week. Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 29 SPORTS BRIEFS/COLLEGE FOOTBALL Briefl y Russia plans to file appeal against 4-year Olympic ban

Associated Press fielder Jacoby Ellsbury. The grievance was disclosed to MOSCOW— Russia has sig- The Associated Press by a person naled it will file an appeal against familiar with the process who its four-year Olympic ban due spoke on condition of anonymity. to World Anti-Doping Agency Barring a settlement, the griev- sanctions which President Vladi- ance will be heard by arbitrator mir Putin on Thursday branded Mark Irvings. “unfair.” New York converted Ellsbury’s The Russian anti-doping agen- $153 million, seven-year contract cy’s supervisory board voted to non-guaranteed, contending Thursday to file an arbitration he violated the deal by getting case with the Court of Arbitration unauthorized medical treatment, for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland. then released the 36-year-old out- WADA last week ruled Russia fielder on Nov. 20. The Yankees had manipulated doping laborato- said he was treated by Dr. Viktor ry data to cover up past offenses. Bouquette of Progressive Medi- Putin said it was not fair to cal Center in Atlanta without the threaten Russia with more dop- team’s permission. ing-related punishment, and that any sanctions should be on an /AP Shiffrin will skip World JEFFREY MCWHORTER individual basis. “I think it is not just unfair but not corresponding Cup races in France Dallas Jesuit senior running back EJ Smith, son of NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith, is to common sense and law,” Putin congratulated by his parents Emmitt and Pat Smith after committing to Stanford on Wednesday. VAL D’ISERE, France — Mi- said. kaela Shiffrin is starting her LSU’s top RB nursing Christmas racing break early by skipping a World Cup meeting in Playoff teams reap top recruits hamstring injury France this weekend. After sitting out a training run BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU Thursday ahead of a downhill coach Ed Orgeron said running scheduled Saturday, the three- back Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s time defending overall World Cup Eight of the top 16 prospects go to 3 teams in playoff status for the college football champion said she will now focus playoffs is uncertain following a on preparing for Dec. 28-29 races hamstring injury in practice this in Austria. BY STEVE MEGARGEE evening. Oklahoma’s class was The Tigers also landed two week. Associated Press ranked ninth. previously uncommitted top-100 Tests are ongoing, Orgeron Ukrainian weightlifter “More teams are recruiting at recruits in outside linebacker said, adding that he does not know Teams competing for the na- an elite level,” said Barton Sim- Phillip Webb (42nd) and offensive the extent of Edwards-Helaire’s stripped of gold medal tional championship this season mons, the director of scouting for tackle Marcus Dumervil (97th) got good news well before the but also lost three players who injury and that he’s “not sure that LAUSANNE, Switzerland 247Sports. “Usually, it’s one, two College Football Playoff — even had verbally committed to them. Clyde can play or can’t play yet” — Ukrainian weightlifter Oleksiy or three (teams) tops. This cycle if they didn’t have much time to Wide receiver Rakim Jarrett when No. 1 LSU meets Oklahoma Torokhtiy has been stripped of there’s legitimately four or five celebrate. (20th) made a switch to Mary- in the national semifinals at the the gold medal he won at the 2012 teams recruiting at a national The early signing period land, wide receiver Jermaine Peach Bowl on Dec. 28. Olympics and banned for doping. championship level.” opened Wednesday with three Burton (52nd) opted for Georgia Edwards-Helaire is LSU’s The International Olympic Clemson coach Dabo Swinney playoff teams — Clemson, LSU and four-star safety Malcolm leading rusher with 1,290 yards Committee said Friday that the said he needed a big recruiting and Ohio State — landing eight Greene selected Clemson. and 16 touchdowns. He also has Ukrainian tested positive for the haul as he attempts to replace a 50 receptions for 399 yards and of the nation’s top 16 prospects senior class that is trying to help banned steroid turinabol when according to composite rankings one TD. his sample from the 2012 London the Tigers win their third nation- Top Florida, California of recruiting sites compiled by al title in four years. Games was retested using mod- 247Sports. prospects leaving home German doctor charged ern methods. “When you graduate players They worked to sign those re- like that, you better have qual- Seven of the top 10 prospects in with harming by doping cruits while preparing for playoff ity coming in the door,” Swinney Florida according to the 247Sports QB’s indecent exposure matchups, one consequence of said. Composite picked out-of-state MUNICH — A German doctor the early signing period that ar- charge dismissed Clemson signed seven of the schools. Clemson landed three of has been charged with causing rived two years ago. Ohio State nation’s top 29 prospects accord- Florida’s top four recruits in run- serious bodily harm as part of a ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The faces Clemson and LSU meets ing to the 247Sports Composite. ning back Demarkcus Bowman group which allegedly provided case against a New Mexico col- Oklahoma in the CFP semifinals That included No. 1 overall re- (No. 16), defensive tackle Demon- doping services for elite athletes lege football quarterback charged on Dec. 28. cruit Bryan Bresee, a defensive te Capehart (No. 24) and corner- in multiple sports. with indecent exposure has been “You have 14 guys coming in tackle from Damascus, Md. back Fred Davis II (No. 26). The Prosecutors in the city of Mu- tossed out, a Bernalillo County mid-year, you have award shows Ohio State’s class features wide top Florida prospect is the LSU- nich said Thursday the doctor, Metropolitan Court spokeswom- to go to and, by the way, once you whose name was protected by receiver Julian Fleming (No. 2) bound Ricks. an said Tuesday. get off the road, you have two The highest-rated California German privacy regulations, was The Albuquerque Journal weeks to prepare to play Clem- and offensive tackle Paris John- charged along with four “help- son Jr. (No. 7). The Buckeyes player to sign with a home-state reported that charges against son,” Ohio State coach Ryan Day school so far is Stanford-bound ers.“ They are accused of being Sheriron Jones, 23, were dis- said. “That’s a very stressful time. landed the top uncommitted involved in doping in sports in- quarterback when C.J. Stroud wide receiver John Humphreys, missed after witnesses failed to But it is what it is and we’re keep- ranked 114th nationally. cluding cycling and various win- show up for a trial. Jones was ac- ing our head down and going.” (No. 87) chose Ohio State. ter events. cused of showing his genitalia to Those busy schedules haven’t The top two uncommitted pros- Forging his own path Prosecutors said blood transfu- a woman in a university parking stopped the usual suspects from pects to sign Wednesday were sions and growth hormone were structure in October. reaching the playoffs and top- Upland (Calif.) linebacker Justin All-purpose back E.J. Smith, administered as part of “sophisti- ping the recruiting rankings each Flowe and Columbia (S.C.) de- the son of Hall of Fame running cated treatment plans“ designed Herbert, Rankin lead year. fensive end Jordan Burch. Flowe, back and former Florida star Em- to help athletes perform better Australian PGA Many of the elite recruits that ranked fourth overall, picked Or- mitt Smith, had a Gators hat on and minimize the risk of failing a didn’t choose LSU, Clemson or egon. Burch, the nation’s No. 5 the table along with caps from drug test. Lucas Herbert and Brett Ohio State are instead heading prospect, chose South Carolina. various other schools as he pre- Rankin shared the first-round to Alabama and Georgia, two pared to announce his college MLBPA files grievance lead at the Australian PGA Cham- other recent playoff participants. LSU wins some, choice. But the top-150 recruit on behalf of Ellsbury pionship after carding 5-under Those five programs have com- loses some from Dallas Jesuit chose Stan- 67s on Thursday at Royal Pines mitments from about half the top ford instead. NEW YORK — The Major in Queensland. 50 prospects. LSU had one of the most event- Smith isn’t the only Pac-12 League Baseball Players As- The Australian pair were one Clemson tops the 247Sports ful days of any program. recruit with strong family con- sociation has filed a grievance clear of a group of five players Composite team recruiting rank- The Tigers signed two of the nections. Colorado signed wide against the New York Yankees in including New Zealander Ryan ings and was followed in order nation’s top 12 recruits in tight receiver Brenden Rice, the son an attempt to regain the remain- Chisnall, while Adam Scott and by Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia end Arik Gilbert (No. 9) and cor- of Hall of Fame receiver Jerry ing $26 million due released out- Stewart Cink were three back. and LSU as of early Wednesday nerback Elias Ricks (No. 12). Rice. PAGE 30 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 20, 2019 NFL Jenkins: Sorry for tweet, not sorry to be with Saints

BY BRETT MARTEL Associated Press METAIRIE, La. — Former Giants cornerback Janoris Jen- kins asserted he was in fact sorry about his use of an offensive term in an exchange with a fan on so- cial media. Jenkins also made it clear he was not upset about his exile from New York, particularly after it landed him with playoff-bound New Orleans. Giants coach Pat Shurmer said last week that Jenkins’ “refusal to acknowledge the inappropriate BRIAN BLANCO/AP and offensive language” when he Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett had eight catches for 120 yards and a touchdown in his used the word “retard” in a so- team’s 30-24 defeat of the Carolina Panthers Sunday in Charlotte, N.C. cial media exchange influenced the the club’s decision to waive PAUL SANCYA/AP the cornerback. But Jenkins said The New York Giants cited an Wednesday that the Giants “twist- offensive tweet by cornerback Seahawks’ Lockett shakes ed” his position on the matter. Janoris Jenkins when they “I’m sorry to whoever I of- waived him last week. He has fended. You know, the way I was landed with the playoff-bound raised, we got different cultures flu, injuries to return to form New Orleans Saints. and different terms that you use,” Jenkins said. “I apologize if I of- has four interceptions this sea- BY CURTIS CRABTREE fended anybody or anybody with son, as many as the Saints’ leader By the numbers erybody probably thought it was those disabilities. I didn’t mean it in that department, safety Mar- Associated Press going to be a pick, but somehow that way.” cus Williams. Tyler came up with it.” Gone from a 3-11 Giants team, RENTON, Wash. — After a “We’ll see,” Saints coach Sean Moore and Lockett were af- Jenkins is now aiming to fit in rough few weeks due to injury flicted with the flu at the same Payton said, adding that his staff with an 11-3 Saints squad that has and illness, Tyler Lockett’s re- time and Moore said it took over a believes Jenkins is capable of already won the NFC South for turn to form against the Carolina week after the illness subsided to playing multiple roles in the de- 120 a third straight season and is in Panthers was a huge boost for the begin feeling back to normal . fensive backfield. “He gives us the running for one of the top two Seattle Seahawks. “He always wants to see every- versatility, and I think that’s im- seeds in the NFC playoffs. Lockett had been ailing since Receiving yardage for one else do great,” Moore said. portant here down the stretch.” “You can already tell it’s a or- mid-November, when a badly “He had it rough coming off the The Saints’ starting corner- Seattle wide receiver Tyler ganization that you’d like to play bruised shin required a stay in a sickness, both of us. Then he found backs are Marshon Lattimore for. Winning, everybody got the Bay Area hospital following a win Lockett on 8 catches in his himself back this past game and it same mindset, winning a cham- and Eli Apple. Jenkins and Apple over the San Francisco 49ers. team’s defeat Sunday of was like Tyler is doing good again pionship. And I’m just looking were teammates in New York be- Then as the bruise began to heal, the Carolina Panthers. and he and Russ are connecting forward to it,” Jenkins said after fore the Giants traded Apple to Lockett became one of several again.” his first practice. New Orleans during last season. Seahawks to come down with a The Seahawks had averaged Jenkins is one of two new defen- Apple said the Saints consulted nasty case of the flu. 24.8 points per game in their first sive backs to join the Saints this him before claiming Jenkins off The two issues left Lockett 10 games of the season as Lockett week. New Orleans also added of waivers . Apple described Jen- without his usual explosiveness 107 gained nearly 800 yards and six depth at safety with the signing kins as “somebody with great in- over Seattle’s last several games. touchdowns over that span. But stincts, smart and savvy as well, Wednesday of free agent safety That changed against the Lockett’s combined with Lockett ailing the last few D.J. Swearinger. Starting strong and great ball skills.” Panthers as Lockett caught weeks, Seattle’s offense failed to safety Vonn Bell, who missed Apple said he was not worried eight passes for 120 yards and a receiving yardage over the score a touchdown against the Monday night’s game against In- about whether his role as a starter touchdown. previous four games, when Los Angeles Rams and was held dianapolis with a knee injury, has could be threatened by Jenkins’ “He was just kind of battling he was battling a shin to just 17 points against Phila- yet to practice this week. arrival, adding that a team trying through,” quarterback Russell delphia. Seattle’s 37-30 win over When the Giants waived Jen- to win a championship needs to Wilson said. “He is such a tough injury and the flu. Minnesota was bolstered by kins on Friday, the club did so capitalize on opportunities to add warrior in how he prepares and the ground game which had 218 players of Jenkins ability. with a waived-injured designa- how he plays, plays through inju- SOURCE: Associated Press yards rushing. tion. Jenkins has said that he hurt “Around this time you’ve gotta ries and stuff like that. He is back With four defensive starters out his ankle in a loss to Philadelphia have good depth, especially on to full speed Tyler Lockett, which just have one person that teams against Carolina and two more the back end,” Apple said. “We’ve on Dec. 9, but that he is fine now. is a great thing for us.” can focus on, a team’s not really leaving the game with injuries, had some injuries. So it makes He was not listed on New Orleans’ The highlight for Lockett was going to be able to go far.” the Seahawks needed their of- sense.” injury report on Wednesday. a 44-yard catch behind close cov- Without that extra kick in his fense to carry the load and Lock- Jenkins said being teammates Jenkins, who goes by the nick- erage from cornerback Donte step in recent weeks, Seattle’s ett’s resurgence helped kick their again with Apple is “fun.” Jackson. His ability to stretch a name “Jackrabbit,” said he isn’t passing attack hadn’t been quite attack into gear. “We always had a bond,” Jen- defense vertically is important bitter about the way the Giants as productive as it has been ear- “We’re better when he’s play- cut him loose. kins said. “Now I’m here where for Seattle’s offense because of ing like that,” head coach Pete lier in the season. Lockett was on “I look at it as, ‘business is busi- he’s at, so he can show me and what it opens up for his team- Carroll said. “You can see. Look pace to potentially break multiple ness.’ You know, you can’t control kind of tell me the playbook mates underneath. at Russ’ efficiency numbers when team receiving records this sea- what they do in the front office,” and I’ll learn it and just move “It felt good but the biggest he’s got Tyler on the field. That’s Jenkins said. “You just go in each forward.” thing about it was everybody on son before the injuries and illness no accident. Russ was on a tear and every day and go to work. Jenkins added that he’s open our team can ball, so even when limited him to just eight catches with his numbers. It’s great to And anybody around that facil- to playing various roles in a de- I’m not getting the chances or for 107 yards in his previous four have him back, he’s a wonderful ity can tell you that Jackrabbit fense that often fields more than anything like that, you see other games combined. football player.” always showed up on time, never four defensive backs in passing people that are being able to take “It was a beautiful sight be- Lockett is just 6 yards shy of late and did what he had to do. situations. advantage of their opportunities.” cause you see some amazing going over 1,000 yards on the It remains unclear how the “I can thrive anywhere,” he Lockett said. “For me, that’s just things, like that catch he had,” season for the first time in his Saints will deploy Jenkins, who said. the biggest thing because if you receiver David Moore said. “Ev- career. Friday, December 20, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 31 NFL Jaguars fire Coughlin following NFLPA criticism

BY MARK LONG Associated Press ‘ I determined earlier this fall that making this JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The move at the conclusion of the 2019 season Jacksonville Jaguars fired top would be in everyone’s best interests. But, executive Tom Coughlin on Wednesday, parting ways with in recent days, I reconsidered and decided the two-time Super Bowl-win- to make this change immediately. ning coach a little more than a ’ Shad Khan day after the NFL Players Union Jacksonville Jaguars owner, in a statement on the fi ring took a sledgehammer to his reputation. of executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin Coughlin served as executive vice president of football opera- tions since 2017. It was his sec- Khan added. hard-fought wins by the union in ond stint with Jacksonville, the The NFLPA grievances are a collective bargaining about how expansion franchise he helped product of Coughlin’s peccadil- much time players were obliged build from the ground up in the los, many of which come from to spend at team headquarters in mid-1990s. a good place — that of an old- the offseason. The unbending taskmaster had school coach who always believed Coughlin and the Jaguars have been in trouble for weeks because that football was more than just a been on the wrong end of other of the team’s sagging record business. high-profile battles against play- and several questionable roster But the rules that once seemed ers — involving running back moves. The NFLPA seemingly trifling — no sunglasses, all Leonard Fournette, cornerback STEPHEN B. MORTON/AP forced owner Shad Khan’s hand meetings start 5 minutes early Jalen Ramsey and now-retired after an arbitrator’s decision to The Jacksonville Jaguars fired executive vice president of football — took a more sinister tone since defensive end Jared Odrick. All undo millions in fines imposed by operations and two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Tom Coughlin on Coughlin’s return. He was still involved fines or criticism of Coughlin himself. Wednesday after revelations by the NFLPA on Monday that indicated basking in the glow of two Super players who didn’t act the way The NFLPA said Monday that that more than 25% of player grievances filed in the last two years Bowl titles during his in-between Coughlin liked, or failed to show more than 25% of player griev- have been against the Jaguars. stay as coach of the New York Gi- up to voluntary sessions that the ances filed in the last two years ants that painted him as a man old coach always believed weren’t have been against the Jaguars. Khan said in a statement. “But, map.” who had truly changed his ways. really voluntary. The union’s take: “You as players in recent days, I reconsidered Khan said general manager He fined defensive end Dante The pushback against Coughlin may want to consider this when and decided to make this change Dave Caldwell and head coach Fowler more than $700,000 in was as much a sign of the attitudes you have a chance to select your immediately. Doug Marrone will each report 2018 for missing “mandatory” of players in the late 2010s as it is next club.“ “I thank Tom for his efforts, directly to him on an interim appointments at the facility dur- of their willingness to blindly fol- “I determined earlier this fall not only over the past three years basis. ing the offseason. Problem was, low a leader who hadn’t proven that making this move at the con- but for all he did from our very “My expectations, and those of the appointments weren’t really himself to them — regardless of clusion of the 2019 season would first season, 25 years ago, to put our fans, for our final two games mandatory — a reality cooked whatever message those Super be in everyone’s best interests,” the Jacksonville Jaguars on the and the 2020 season are high,” into the rule book after some Bowl rings might have delivered. Rare: Bills riding high ahead of showdown with division rival Pats “That’s our next challenge,” Bills de- By the numbers fensive end Jerry Hughes said. “It’s not like we’ve proven much. We’ve just been knocking down the challenges that have been in front of us. In order for us to get to where we want to go next — that’s to hang a banner up here — we have to handle the 31-3 Patriots. ... This is the playoffs for us.” This may be Buffalo’s best chance yet. The Bills are riding high after a 17-10 win Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday career record against the Buffalo Night Football that earned them a trip to the postseason. One week before, Buffalo Bills. The Patriots have never lost held Lamar Jackson in check and pushed to Buffalo in a game Brady the Baltimore Ravens to the brink in a 24- has started and finished. 17 defeat. And on Thanksgiving the Bills picked up a season-defining 26-15 win on the road over the Dallas Cowboys. SOURCE The Associated Press Buffalo has yet to beat the Patriots under coach Sean McDermott, who is the driving with five interceptions. White had two of force behind the Bills’ turnaround. The those interceptions, placing him in a tie Bills have just three wins over the Patri- with Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore ots since 2003 and have never beaten New for the league lead. England in a game that Tom Brady has “It’s been building since 2017,” White both started and finished. Brady’s 31-3 re- said. “I was McDermott’s first pick and cord against Buffalo is tops by any quarter- I was the start of the new rebuild. I don’t back against a single opponent; he also has take it lightly and it’s something that I’m more touchdowns (69) and 300-yard games going to cherish and I feel like we’ve been (11) against Buffalo than any other team. building it and we’re still going, it’s not a Buffalo did an admirable job of contain- finished product.” ing Brady and the Patriots in their Week 4 White was named Buffalo’s only Pro meeting, however. Bowl selection on Tuesday night, which The quarterback finished with the fifth- was bittersweet for the third-year corner. worst passer rating of his career (45.9), White has established himself as one of the completing 18 of 39 attempts for 150 yards, league’s best corners , but the Bills were no touchdowns and one interception. New disappointed to not see any other players England had just 11 first downs (compared honored. They know that only continued DON WRIGHT/AP to Buffalo’s 23) and finished with 224 net success can make that change — starting Bills tight end Tyler Kroft, second from left, celebrates with running back Devin yards of offense. The defense picked apart with a win over the Patriots. Singletary, right, and others after scoring on a pass from quarterback Josh Allen Steelers quarterback Devlin Hodges on “They’re the best for a reason,” McDer- during the second half Sunday’s game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Sunday night, leading Buffalo to victory mott said. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, December 20, 2019 Feeling the Heat Miami hands Philadelphia fi rst SPORTS home loss of season » Page 27

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BY MARK LUDWICZAK Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. re’Davious White didn’t know much about the one-sided rivalry between the Bills and New England Patriots prior to his arrival in Buffalo. THe quickly caught up to speed. “Since I first got here, before I even played my first game, I was sitting at Buffalo Wild Wings and I was by myself and I was eating and the ‘ That’s Patriots were on,” White said. “It was a Thursday night, and just a our next random guy came up to me, ‘You’ve challenge. got to beat these guys.’ ” It’s not The Bills have come a long way like we’ve since White’s arrival in 2017. They proven have clinched their second playoff much. ... berth in three years. They have won 10 games for the first time we have to since 1999. Yet they still have to handle the topple the Patriots, who have held a Patriots. ’ stranglehold over the AFC East as Jerry Hughes well as the Bills over the past two Buffalo Bills decades. defensive end The surging Bills (10-4) will get that opportunity to flip the script on Saturday when they travel to take on the Patriots (11- 3) in a battle between the division rivals.

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