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BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As Tennessee registered what then was its highest single-day coro- navirus case increase, Gov. Bill Lee held a news conference and issued a stern response. It wasn’t a mandate to wear masks in public or clamp down on businesses or social gatherings. Instead, it was a plea for residents to do the right thing. “When we have people dying in this state as a result of this virus, we should be taking personal re- sponsibility for this,” the Republi- can governor said. It was the same message Lee issued in late March as the COVID-19 disease was beginning to spread. He has vowed to stick to the personal responsibility mantra, with no plans to reinstate stay-at-home restrictions or im- pose statewide mandates — even as photos of unmasked people crowding bars and outdoor con- certs across Tennessee spread across social media. Instead, Lee signed an execu- tive order Friday that allows local officials to issue their own mask mandates if they want — as Nash- US, Russia share brutal history in Afghanistan ville and Memphis had already done. Elevating a message of person- al responsibility over statewide BY KATHY GANNON Now both superpowers are linked again country that does not serve as a base for crackdowns on businesses and Associated Press over Afghanistan, with intelligence re- extremists to export terrorism. requirements for people in public ports indicating Russia secretly offered “The Russian endgame is an Afghani- ISLAMABAD bounties to the Taliban to kill American stan which will neither support jihadi SEE SAFETY ON PAGE 5 oscow and Washington are troops there. movements in the former U.S.S.R. nor host intertwined in a complex But analysts suggest that despite these American bases that might one day be and bloody history in Af- apparent differences, the two adversaries used against Russia,” says Anatol Lieven, ghanistan, with both suf- actually have much in common, especially a Georgetown University professor in the ‘ fering thousands of dead when it comes to what a postwar Afghani- What it boils down Mand wounded in yearslong conflicts. stan should look like: Both want a stable SEE HISTORY ON PAGE 4 to is, we must be Moscow and Washington each have bloody Afghan histories, but analysts suggest the two adversaries have much in common when careful individually. ’ it comes to their desires for postwar Afghanistan: a stable nation that does not serve as a base for exporting terrorism. Gov. Henry McMaster MAYA ALLERUZZO/AP Republican from South Carolina

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US trade deficit rises 9.7% in May to $54.6B Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9460 Euro costs (July 6) ...... $1.10 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.13 Dollar buys (July 6) ...... €0.8681 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.8676 British pound (July 6) ...... $1.22 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press goods with China rose 7.3% to $27.9 billion in May. Japanese yen (July 6)...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking So far this year, the overall U.S. deficit in the South Korean won (July 6) ...... 1,170.00 facilities in the country of issuance WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit rose for Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the trade of goods and services has fallen 9.1% to $223.4 Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For the third straight month in May. Both exports and billion from $245.7 billion in January-May 2019. British pound ...... $1.2464 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., imports fell as the coronavirus outbreak continued Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3568 purchasing British pounds in Germany), World trade has plummeted in the face of the China (Yuan) ...... 7.0660 check with your local military banking to take a toll on world commerce. COVID-19 outbreak. In May, overall U.S. trade Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.6309 facility. Commercial rates are interbank The Commerce Department said Thursday that Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.1203 rates provided for reference when buying — exports plus imports — came in at $343.6 billion, Euro ...... $1.1238/0.8899 currency. All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, the gap between the goods and services the United Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7501 down 28% from May 2019. Exports of crude oil and which is represented in dollars-to-pound, States buys and what it sells abroad rose 9.7% in May petroleum products dropped sharply in May as did Hungary (Forint) ...... 313.87 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4337 to $54.6 billion, highest since December 2018. The auto imports. Japan (Yen) ...... 107.52 coronavirus pandemic has devastated world trade. In May, the United States ran a $76.1 billion deficit Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3078 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 9.4888 U.S. exports fell 4.4% in May to $144.5 billion, lowest in the trade of goods such as autos and appliances. Philippines (Peso)...... 49.50 Prime rate ...... 3.25 since November 2009. Imports slid 0.9% to $199.1 But it ran a $21.5 billion surplus, smallest since Feb- Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.98 Discount rate ...... 0.25 billion, lowest since July 2010. ruary 2016, in the trade of services such as banking Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7508 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.08 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3941 3-month bill ...... 0.15 The politically sensitive deficit in the trade of and education. South Korea (Won) ...... 1199.36 30-year bond ...... 1.43 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 17 Books ...... 14 Comics/Crossword ...... 15 Movies ...... 11 Music ...... 12-13 Opinion ...... 18 Sports ...... 19-24 Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 WAR ON TERRORISM US envoy pushes on with Taliban peace deal

BY KATHY GANNON Gulf state’s capital of Doha. brother Wahidullah, who was the soared and countries worldwide resolution of outstanding issues so Associated Press “We agreed development plans go-between for those facilitating struggled with the dangers of those negotiations could begin. in support of peace can never start the attacks on U.S. troops. re-opening. He did not travel to Until now the biggest hurdle ISLAMABAD — Washington’s too early,” Khalilzad tweeted. The New York Times first Afghanistan citing the dangers has been the release of prison- envoy to Afghanistan stressed However, Washington has re- reported the U.S. intelligence of the pandemic and instead held ers. The peace deal called for the Saturday the economic ben- cently become embroiled in a con- claiming the payment of bounties video conference calls with both Afghan government to free 5,000 efits of the peace deal with the troversy over intelligence reports as well as Azizi’s involvement. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Taliban prisoners, in exchange Taliban, forging ahead with an that Russia Added to the uncertainty and and his government partner, for the Taliban releasing 1,000 agreement that has run into new was paying delays swirling around the U.S- Abdullah Abdullah. government personnel. So far the political obstacles both in the U.S. money to Taliban peace deal, the Pentagon Pakistan’s Foreign Minister government has freed 3,500 and and regionally. insurgents released a report on Wednesday Shah Mahmood Qureshi tested the Taliban around 700. Zalmay Khalilzad was wrap- with links that questioned the Taliban’s positive for COVID 19, just 48 Ghani earlier this week sug- ping up a week-long trip that to the Tal- commitment to end its ties with after meeting with with Khalil- gested that his government had a included stops in Uzbekistan, iban to kill Al-Qaida. The peace deal calls zad. Both had been pictured wear- problem with some of the names Pakistan and the Gulf state of American for the Taliban to fight against ing masks during their meeting on the Taliban’s list of prisoners Qatar, where the Taliban negotia- and NATO terrorist organizations and en- on Wednesday in the Pakistani tors are headquartered. soldiers. sure Afghanistan would not be capital of Islamabad to be released and said alterna- The U.S. signed a peace deal The iden- used again to attack U.S. interests Qureshi said he developed a tive names would be given. with the Taliban in Febru- tity of the or its allies. Critics of the deal say fever on Friday and tested posi- It seems unlikely that the Tal- Khalilzad ary to end 19 years of war in insurgents the militants can’t be trusted. tive to the virus. But he promised iban will accept anyone not on the Afghanistan. who took the bounty money is Taliban spokesman Zabihullah to “carry on” his official duties list agreed upon during negotia- Khalilzad has sought to stress still vague but the payments have Mujahid denied contacts with Al- from home. tions with the U.S. the economic benefits of the peace been traced to an Afghan drug Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent, Even as Khalilzad winds up his Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban’s deal throughout his tour. In a se- lord Rahmatullah Azizi, who is saying the insurgents were com- latest diplomatic mission, there political spokesman in Doha, ries of tweets early Saturday, the living in Moscow, according to mitted to the peace deal. was no date for crucial intra-Af- called the Afghan government U.S. envoy said he had met with Afghan officials who spoke with Khalizad embarked on his ghan negotiations that bring the reasons for delaying prisoner re- the Qatar Investment Authority The Associated Press. tour of the region last weekend, Taliban together with the Afghan leases “phony excuses“ and the and the Taliban’s chief negotiator The officials said the money even as the rate of coronavirus government and other local ac- reason for the delay in beginning Mullah Abdul Ghani, in the tiny was delivered through Azizi’s infections in the United States tors. Khalilzad called for a quick intra-Afghan talks. Huntington-Ingalls gets $936M destroyer contract

Associated Press than those in previous models. The Pentagon list of defense PASCAGOULA, Miss. — A Mississippi shipyard has a $936 contracts signed Monday notes million Navy contract modifica- that the contract modification tion to build another destroyer includes the possibility of nearly equipped to launch guided mis- $11.7 million more in engineering siles. This comes in addition to change proposals, design budget- a $5.1 billion contract signed in ing requirements and post-deliv- 2018 for Ingalls Shipbuilding in ery availabilities. Pascagoula to build six Arleigh The shipyard is a division of Burke-class destroyers. Huntington-Ingalls Industries The contract and Monday’s Inc., based in Newport News, V a. modification are for Flight III of Ingalls has delivered 32 de- the design, which the Navy says stroyers to the Navy and has four incorporates an air and missile more under construction, accord- defense radar system much better ing to a company news release.

Air Force Academy confirms virus cases among freshman MICHAEL B. KELLER/Stars and Stripes

Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, then-Third Air Force commander, speaks during his change-of-command The Denver Post media,” Michael Kucharek, an ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in 2016. Air Force Academy spokesman, The U.S. Air Force Academy said in a statement. on Saturday confirmed members “The Academy is deemed one of its freshman cadet class have of the U.S. Force’s critical acces- First African American officer tested positive for COVID-19, but sion sources and the Academy pushed back against reports indi- has been deemed mission essen- cating a massive outbreak. tial by the Secretary of the Air picked to lead Air Force Academy An Air Force Academy spokes- Force. We will continue to carry person called them “outbreak ru- out our mission of training and Associated Press tion at the Pentagon. served as the school’s comman- mors” in response to Denver Post educating future Air and Space Clark is expected to take com- dant of cadets, was a junior var- inquiries, saying it was “way, way COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. force leaders with the safety of less than the rumor mill on social — An African American man mand in August if the Senate con- sity football coach and candidate our cadets, faculty, staff and the was nominated for the first time firms the nomination, becoming counselor. media.” The Academy would not entire USAFA population as a to lead the U.S. Air Force Acad- the second Black general to head “I have no doubt that Lt. Gen. release the number of positive main priority. We have a rigorous emy in Colorado Springs, officials up a service academy, officials Clark will be an extraordinary cases. medical response plan in place said. said. He would replace Lt. Gen. leader for the Academy,” Silveria “Although the Department to mitigate risks here and are The Air Force announced Jay Silveria. said. “He has a long history with of Defense directs DOD instal- working closely with our instal- Thursday that President Don- “I am extremely humbled and USAFA and an exceptional lead- lations to report numbers of lation medical professionals, and ald Trump nominated Lt. Gen. honored by the nomination to ership record.” positive COVID-19 cases only to in line with DOD and Centers for Richard Clark to be the school’s serve as the Superintendent of Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams be- the respective military service Disease Control and Prevention next superintendent, The Gazette the Air Force Academy,” Clark came the first African American branches, we can say the num- guidelines.” reported. Clark is currently the said. superintendent of the U.S. Mili- ber of positive COVID-19 cases at The Colorado Springs Indepen- deputy chief of staff for strategic Clark graduated from the tary Academy at West Point, New the Academy are far lower than dent first reported the outbreak deterrence and nuclear integra- Academy in 1986. He previously York, in 2018. what has been reported on social Thursday. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 5, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM History: US, Russia hold similar interests in Afghanistan

FROM BACK PAGE Middle Eastern state of Qatar and a senior fellow at the New Ameri- can Foundation. Even the Pentagon said this week in a report to the U.S. Con- gress that Russia backed Wash- ington’s deal with the Taliban as the best path forward, while at the same time the Kremlin has sought to cultivate interest with the group, limit the West’s military presence and encourage operations against Islamic State militants. Lieven, who studied the Soviet Union’s invasion of the country in 1979 and its subsequent occu- pation, defeat and withdrawal a decade later, said Moscow would “prefer to see a mixed govern- ment in Afghanistan, with Tal- iban power limited.” He says Moscow has not for- gotten its experience in Afghani- stan, where at least 15,000 Soviet troops were killed in fighting that began as an effort to prop up a communist ally and soon became a grinding campaign against the U.S.-backed mujahedeen insurgency. But in today’s Afghanistan, the threat facing Russia is the Islamic State affiliate and its allies known as the Islamic Movement of Uz- bekistan, a terrorist organization that has taken aim at Russia’s Muslim regions and was born of brewing discontent in Muslim- MAYA ALLERUZZO/AP dominated Central Asia. Even as Russia and the U.S. U.S. Marines are seen during a memorial ceremony in November 2009 for a comrade killed in Afghanistan’s Farah province. vie for influence in Afghanistan, they are aligned in their opposi- Afghanistan because it would be tion to ISIS. Lieven says Moscow pocketed by officials. regards the Taliban as the lesser Insurgents also benefit from evil and, like Washington, sees it the exploding drug trade and as an ally in the fight against both have taken payments from coun- ISIS and the IMU. tries seeking to buy influence, Remnants of the mujahedeen analysts say. groups in Afghanistan are now “U.S. military officials have warlords-turned-political leaders often suggested that Russia is in the Kabul government and also funneling arms to the Taliban, are in the ranks of the Taliban. but the evidence hasn’t been The chief Taliban negotiator in nearly as strong as it is for Paki- peace talks with the United States, stani and, more recently, Iranian Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, support for the Taliban,” said Mi- fought in the 1980s on the side of chael Kugelman, deputy director the U.S.-backed mujahedeen, as of the Asia Program at the Wil- did Mullah Mohammed Omar, son Center. “While Moscow has the founder of the Taliban. sought to scale up its engagement “A humiliating defeat of the with the Taliban in recent years, U.S. and NATO forces in Afghani- much of this has been meant to stan by the Taliban would provide promote support for peace and some in Moscow with a feel-good reconciliation. And this is part sense of revenge for the U.S. sup- of a broader Russian objective to port to mujahedeen groups in the increase its influence in Afghani- 1980s that led to the humiliating stan,” he said. defeat and withdrawal of Soviet But for Brian G. Williams, forces,” says Andrew Wilder, vice author of “Counter Jihad. The president of the Asia Program at America Military Experience the U.S. Institute of Peace. in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria,”

Wilder said Moscow’s vision of ALEXANDER SEKRETAREV/AP and a former employee of the a postwar Afghanistan is much CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center, the same as Washington’s. Soviet soldiers observe the highlands while fighting Islamic guerrillas in Afghanistan in April 1988. Russia’s endgame in Afghanistan “They would prefer an end state is to hand Washington a humiliat- not that different from what the bordering Russia, would be “the officials since the collapse of the The money was pumped into ing defeat. U.S. desires — a political settle- biggest losers” if a withdrawal of Taliban in 2001. Afghanistan by the U.S., Iran, “The generals in the FSB (Fed- ment that leads to the withdraw- U.S. and NATO forces led to a col- As far back as 2013, suitcases Pakistan, Russia and India. eral Security Service) and GRU al of U.S. and NATO forces but lapse of the country and a return of cash given to the Afghan gov- In Kabul’s Sherpur neigbor- (Main Intelligence Directorate) leaves behind a relatively stable to the anarchy of the 1990s. ernment by the CIA was being hood, the multistory marble would again be toasting should and ethnically inclusive govern- As for the reports of boun- blamed for runaway corruption. mansions owned by warlords, American Chinooks be forced ment that can ensure Afghani- ties being paid to the insurgents, Washington’s own watchdog, the drug lords and Kabul’s political to chaotically evacuate U.S. per- stan doesn’t again become a safe analysts also say that cash from Special Inspector general for Af- elite were built by corruption, sonnel from the U.S. Embassy in haven for transnational terrorist abroad has flowed into Afghani- ghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) according to Afghans who stage Kabul.” he said, groups,” he said. stan for years. Loyalties are fluid has alleged that billions of dol- anti-graft protests. Last month, a Williams said President Vladi- He said Afghanistan’s neigh- in the country and money has lars have been pocketed by gov- group of lawyers and economists mir Putin “has always seen Amer- bors, including the strategically been used to buy influence, curry ernment officials, warlords, drug asked the International Mon- ica as its primary competitor for sensitive nations of Central Asia favor or manipulate government lords and insurgents. etary Fund not to lend money to power in post-Soviet Eurasia.” Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK UK pubs reopen as rest of world still struggles

BY CARA ANNA the tally kept by Johns Hopkins Associated Press University. More than 11 million people JOHANNESBURG — Pubs around the world are known to across England were reopening have been infected since the pan- AARON CHOWN, PA/AP Saturday in an effort at normal demic began, 2.7 million of those life, while South Africa signaled in the U.S., according to the Johns A staff member stands behind a screen as he waits to serve drinkers at the reopening The Toll Gate, anything but — reporting anoth- Hopkins data. With shortages of a Wetherspoons pub in Hornsey, London, as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased across the er record daily high in confirmed testing materials, the real num- country Saturday . coronavirus cases as the health ber of cases is unknown. system showed strain. In South Africa, a growing fections, raising the total for the people in the towers will go into lives below the French poverty “Let’s not blow it now,” British hot spot as the pandemic picks outbreak to 674,515. “hard lockdown,” meaning “there level. Infections surged as the Prime Minister Boris Johnson up speed in parts of Africa, con- Russia’s caseload is the world’s will be no one allowed in ... and no virus swept neighboring Brazil. said as some in England rushed firmed cases have climbed to third-largest behind the United one allowed out.” In Germany, Chancellor Ange- to restaurants or barbers for the more than 177,000, with a record States and Brazil, but its reported Authorities in northeast Spain la Merkel said that “the way our first time in more than three 9,063 reported in the most recent deaths are lower than many other ordered the lockdown of El Segria country reacted to the pandemic months. 24-hour period. countries. Officials have denied county around the city of Lleida, has largely proved to be right.” The U.S. plunged into Fourth Around 30% of cases are in speculation that the figures are home to over 200,000 people after The country has over 190,000 of July weekend with many pa- Gauteng province, home of Jo- being manipulated. health officials recorded a jump confirmed cases and has started rades and fireworks displays hannesburg and the capital, Elsewhere, authorities target- in 60 cases in 24 hours. The out- canceled, and health authorities Pretoria, as the country loosens ed communities for special mea- breaks are linked to agricultural testing asymptomatic people in warned it will be a crucial test lockdown measures under eco- sures as virus clusters emerged. workers in the rural area. care homes. of Americans’ self-control. Con- nomic pressure. Australia’s Victoria state locked France said it is sending med- Merkel paid tribute to the el- firmed cases are climbing in 40 Russia marked a milestone as down nine public housing towers ics to its South American territo- derly, who like elsewhere in the states, and the U.S. set another the death toll rose above 10,000. and three more Melbourne sub- ry of French Guiana to help treat world, have been particularly record Friday with 52,300 newly The national coronavirus task urbs after 108 new cases. Pre- growing numbers of patients in a hard hit. They also have faced reported infections, according to force also reported 6,632 new in- mier Daniel Andrews said 3,000 region where half the population loneliness. Safety: Some governors order mask mandates, others leave it up to locals

FROM FRONT PAGE ethos has been GOP orthodoxy Aaron Milstone, a pulmonary and spaces has been a consistent ap- for decades, often used to justify critical care physician at Tennes- proach among certain governors smaller government and promote see’s Williamson Medical Center, during the coronavirus crisis. individualism. In the current cli- to warn that simply relying on That’s especially true in Repub- mate, personal responsibility is public encouragement is inad- lican-leaning states that had being used to encourage wear- equate to combat a pandemic. relatively few cases in the initial ing masks, social distancing and He compared virus-related months of the outbreak but have avoiding large crowds without statewide mandates to other pub- begun to spike in recent weeks. making those steps mandatory. lic safety laws. Governors in Alabama, Arkan- How well those calls for volun- “If we really want to slow the sas, Louisiana, Montana, South tary good behavior are working spread and buy time for us to get Carolina, South Dakota and Utah is another matter. COVID-19 in- to a vaccine ... then we need to also have invoked some form of fections are soaring in places like start treating the idea of physi- the “personal responsibility” Tennessee, South Carolina, Ar- cal separation the same way that message over issuing strict state- kansas, Alabama and other states we do with speed limits and seat wide mandates. where Republican governors have belts and drunk driving laws,” he “You shouldn’t have to order balked at statewide mandates and said. JAE C. HONG/AP somebody to do what is just in business shutdowns. Still, the appeals to personal The message is not limited to your own best interest and that A mannequin wears a face mask at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce, responsibility over government Republicans. of your family, friends and neigh- Calif., on Thursday. mandates reflect the political re- In Louisiana, an early hot spot bors,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, alities in many of the states where where cases and hospitalizations a Republican, said earlier this cases rise swiftly and the state’s worse, but recently warned that governors have so far refused to are again on the rise, Democratic week as she urged people to wear rate of positive tests is three times he might impose a mask mandate issue statewide orders. masks and take other precautions Gov. John Bel Edwards has re- the recommended level. as cases in the state continue to In Utah, Republican Gov. Gary but downplayed the effectiveness fused to implement a statewide McMaster’s focus on reboot- rise. Herbert has repeatedly urged vol- of statewide orders. mask requirement. Instead, he ing the economy placed South In South Dakota, Republican untary mask use but has encoun- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Re- Carolina among the first states Gov. Kristi Noem has largely regularly calls on people to be tered withering criticism when publican, has frequently invoked to reopen. He has since said he avoided ordering restrictions “good neighbors.” trying to impose even limited personal responsibility but took won’t close down the state again during the pandemic and re- Another Democrat, Montana mandates. The more liberal-lean- more decisive action this week in while emphasizing the need for fused to order social distancing Gov. Steve Bullock, said residents ordering Texans to wear masks in the state’s residents to follow or mask-wearing for President should wear masks when indoors ing urban areas of the state have public in most cases. That came hygiene and social distancing Donald Trump’s visit to Mount and in crowds. But as the state implemented mask measures, but after another Republican gov- recommendations. Rushmore on Friday, an event passed 1,000 known cases, he con- in the more rural areas restau- ernor, Doug Ducey of Arizona, “We cannot keep businesses that drew thousands. tinued to promote personal habits rants and other indoor areas are changed direction and allowed closed forever,” McMaster said in She has consistently invoked over any statewide mandate. full of people not wearing them. mayors to make mask-wearing defending his decision. “What it personal responsibility as a key “Let’s recommit to taking care Herbert’s office recently is- mandatory in their cities. boils down to is, we must be care- strategy in combating the virus. of our neighbors so we can move sued a statement on behalf of in- Those actions contrast with ful individually.” “Every one of them has the op- forward together and not have to terfaith leaders throughout Utah. governors such as Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Jus- portunity to make a decision that take any steps backwards,” he It encouraged residents to wear Henry McMaster of South Caro- tice, a Republican, has appealed they’re comfortable with,” Noem said. masks because “one cannot claim lina, who has refused a statewide to residents’ sense of duty to help told Fox News. Poor participation in social to love one’s neighbor while delib- mask order even as confirmed prevent the disease from getting The personal responsibility distancing and mask use led Dr. erately putting them at risk.” PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 5, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Curfews, closures as virus burdens Florida

Associated Press California MIAMI — As coronovirus in- LOS ANGELES — Califor- fections surge across Florida and nia counties that fail to enforce hospital authorities nervously health orders could lose state count their available intensive funding, the governor warned as care beds, the state’s most popu- cases of the coronavirus jumped, lous county is closing down again, prompting renewed closures of imposing a curfew and closing businesses and beaches heading beaches over the Fourth of July weekend to contain the spread. into the Fourth of July weekend. Miami-Dade County Mayor With hospitalizations and infec- Carlos Gimenez said the 10 p.m. tion rates rising, Gov. Gavin New- to 6 a.m. curfew begins Friday som has ordered the three-week night and will be in place indefi- closures of bars, indoor restau- nitely. A new county order also rant dining areas and other in- closes casinos, strip clubs, movie door venues for 21 of 58 counties, theaters, the zoo and other enter- including the two most populous, tainment venues a month after Los Angeles and San Diego. they were allowed to reopen. Public health officials have “This curfew is meant to stop pleaded with people to obey so- RICHARD VOGEL/AP people from venturing out and cial distancing and mask-wearing hanging out with friends in requirements — and to stay home Vendor Vivianne Robinson, wearing a mask to protect from the coronavirus, takes a photo with a pigeon groups, which has shown to be this holiday because big crowds perched on her hand along the Venice Beach strand Friday in Los Angeles. spreading the virus rapidly,” Gi- could further fuel the outbreak. menez said in a statement. But law enforcement and other The dog was euthanized after shire as useless garbage bags and Pittsburgh, rose by 166, the de- Florida reported 341 new hos- officials in some areas have pub- the neurological illness pro- instead is providing a different partment said. Allegheny County pital admissions of COVID-19 pa- licly said they can’t or won’t issue gressed. Officials said the dog’s style, according to a spokesper- put the increase in confirmed tients on Friday, the biggest daily citations or conduct sweeping neurological illness was caused son for the Federal Emergency cases at 177 on Friday. jump since the pandemic began. crackdowns against those who ig- by a condition unrelated to the Management Agency. In response to a spike in cases The state health department also nore the statewide directives. coronavirus. The New Hampshire Health there, the county’s Health De- reported 9,488 new confirmed While Newsom has acknowl- Guidelines from the U.S. Cen- Care Association, which repre- partment closed bars and restau- cases and 67 deaths, a day after edged the difficulty of enforce- ters for Disease Control and sents nursing homes, said this rants for a week, starting Friday, setting a new daily record with ment for 40 million people, on Prevention say that based on the week that the bulk of the items although they can still provide more than 10,000 cases. Friday he warned that local gov- limited information available sent by FEMA to protect work- take-out and delivery. The mayor’s order also tightens ernments could “jeopardize their so far, the risk of pets spreading ers against the coronavirus were Allegheny County also ordered mask rules at restaurants, requir- eligibility for state funding” if coronavirus to people “is consid- unusable, including child-sized the casino there to close and ing customers to wear facial cov- they fail to abide by and enforce ered to be low.” gloves, surgical masks with ear banned gatherings of more than erings at all times unless eating them. loops that broke when stretched 25 people for the next week, while or drinking. Under the previous The state budget that took effect Iowa and isolation gowns with no arm encouraging residents to stay at order, customers were allowed this week includes $2.5 billion in- openings. home to help stem the spread. to remove masks when they sat tended to help local governments DES MOINES — The number A FEMA spokesperson said Health officials in Philadel- down. pay for services needed because of confirmed positive coronavirus Thursday that the agency coor- phia and Allegheny County have Other counties, including the of the pandemic but the money is cases identified in Iowa increased dinated two shipments to nearly said they’ve noticed that many of Florida Keys, also closed beaches contingent on following the emer- by 389 on Friday, bringing the 15,400 nursing homes nationwide, those recently infected have been during the long holiday weekend. gency health orders. state’s total known positive cases with the first round completed socializing in bars or traveling Gimenez said Miami-Dade police “We are in unprecedented to nearly 30,500, state health of- June 10 and the second round to beach vacations or coronavi- will be checking businesses to times,” the governor wrote in let- ficials said. beginning June 18. Based on rus hot spots in other parts of the enforce mask and capacity rules, ters to local officials, saying it is Three more COVID-19 deaths feedback from the first round, country. and closing establishments in important to fight the pandemic also were reported Friday, bring- face shields were added to the violation. “as a unified California.” ing the state’s total to 720 since second shipments, and the isola- Wisconsin Young people are driving the Meanwhile, many communi- the outbreak began. tion gowns were replaced “with surge, and risk infecting their ties have canceled annual fire- Iowa Department of Public a more familiar disposable gown MADISON — Wisconsin health parents and grandparents, who works shows and limited or closed Health data indicates positive style” that also meet industry officials have confirmed nearly may be more at risk of severe ill- beaches. The beach closures case numbers had been in decline standards. 600 more cases of COVID-19 in ness, officials said. began Friday from Los Angeles since early May but began a slow Gov. Chris Sununu said the state the state. Gimenez said beds remain County northward through Ven- climb again around mid-June. is replacing any of the defective The state Department of Health available but some hospitals have tura and Santa Barbara counties. That is about two weeks after Gov. items with items from its stock- Services said Friday that the state staffing shortages. The county’s To the south in Orange County, Kim Reynolds reopened bars and pile and is asking FEMA to do has now seen 30,317 confirmed latest statistics showed more than hugely popular beaches such as restaurants and relaxed other re- the same. He said he would prefer cases since the pandemic began 1,400 COVID patients in Miami Huntington and Newport were to strictions on large gatherings and that FEMA send such items to the in March. That’s up 579 cases hospitals, including 306 in inten- close Saturday and Sunday Some, social activities. state for distribution rather than from Thursday. sive care, occupying about 73% of however, were intent on trying to The latest numbers come as to individual facilities. The department reports three the ICU beds that would be other- keep it a normal summer: Doz- state health officials confirmed “I can’t answer why FEMA’s more people have died since wise available. ens of surfers caught the Friday a second outbreak of the virus doing it this way. It’s very frus- Thursday, bringing the total dead Miami’s largest hospital said morning swells at Malibu’s Sur- at a long-term care facility in trating,” he said. to 796. it will begin restricting elec- frider Beach despite LA County’s Story County, the Ames Tribune Nearly 40 additional people tive procedures on Monday. Two ban. reported. Pennsylvania were hospitalized since Thurs- large medical networks in the Accura Healthcare of Ames has day, bringing the total hospital- Tampa Bay area also said they’ll Georgia had three residents and three em- HARRISBURG — The rising izations to 3,555, or about 12% of limit non-emergency procedures ployees test positive for the virus, number of COVID-19 infections the total cases. at eight hospitals next week, since ATLANTA — A dog in Geor- said Lisa Toti, the facility’s vice in the Pittsburgh area helped Nearly 80% of people infected Pinellas County has just 10% of gia is believed to have been the president of strategic and orga- drive Pennsylvania’s number of have recovered, however, leaving its ICU units available. second canine in the U.S. to test nizational engagement. That fol- confirmed new cases to 667, the the state with 5,473 active cases Florida’s health department positive for the virus that causes lows 12 staff members and nine state Health Department said as of Friday. The percentage of releases a daily cumulative tally COVID-19, health officials said. residents who tested positive for Friday. positive tests had been dropping of new hospitalizations of people The 6-year-old mixed breed dog the virus at Bethany Life nursing Pennsylvania’s death toll from over the last four days, from a who test positive for the virus, was tested after its owners con- facility in Story City. Two of those the coronavirus pandemic rose 14-day high of 7.1% on Sunday but doesn’t provide statewide tracted COVID-19 and the dog residents died. by 34 to more than 6,700 since to 4.2% on Thursday, but rose on numbers of COVID-19 patients began suffering from a neuro- the infection began to spread in Friday to 5.7% currently in hospitals, ICU beds logical illness, the Georgia De- New Hampshire the state earlier this year. There The actual number of infec- or on ventilators. These are key partment of Health said in a news have been nearly 89,000 people tions is thought to be far higher indicators of the severity of the release Wednesday. CONCORD — The federal gov- diagnosed with the disease in the than the state’s totals because outbreak, because not everyone The dog was positive for SARS- ernment is no longer sending nurs- state so far. many people have not been tested who becomes infected develops CoV-2, the virus that causes ing homes disposable isolation The number of cases in Allegh- and studies suggest people can be serious symptoms. COVID-19. gowns described in New Hamp- eny County, which encompasses infected without feeling sick. Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 NATION Trump accuses protests of attacking ‘legacies’

Associated Press echoed Trump’s attacks against his opponents who “are trying to MOUNT RUSHMORE NA- wipe away the lessons of history.” TIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. — At the foot of Mount Rushmore and “Make no mistake: This is being on the eve of Independence Day, done deliberately to discredit President Donald Trump dug America’s founding principles by deeper into America’s divisions discrediting the individuals who by accusing protesters who have formed them,” she said. pushed for racial justice of engag- The small town of Keystone, ing in a “merciless campaign to which lies a couple of miles from wipe out our history.” the monument, was buzzing with The president, in remarks Fri- people Friday hoping to catch a day night at the South Dakota glimpse of the fireworks and the landmark, offered a discordant president. Many wore pro-Trump tone to an electorate battered by T-shirts and hats. Few wore a pandemic and seared by the re- masks. cent high-profile killings of Black “This is going to rank up in people. He zeroed in on the des- the top Fourth of Julys that I ecration by some demonstrators talk about,” said Mike Stewhr, of monuments and statues across who brought his family from the country that honor those who Nebraska. have benefited from slavery, in- Mike Harris of Rapid City, who cluding some past presidents. said he was a Republican, wore a Four months from Election mask and waved an anti-Trump Day, his comments amounted to flag. He also was sporting a hand- a direct appeal to the political gun on each hip. He said he was base, including many disaffected worried the event would spark a white votes, that carried him to COVID-19 outbreak. the White House in 2016. “I think it’s a bad example “This movement is openly at- PHOTOS BY ALEX BRANDON/AP being set by our president and tacking the legacies of every per- President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, stands during the national anthem our governor,” Harris said. son on Mount Rushmore,” Trump with a flyover by the U.S. Navy Blue Angles at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, on Friday, near Leaders of several Native said. He lamented “cancel cul- Keystone, S.D. American tribes in the region ture“ and charged that some on raised concerns that the event the political left hope to “defame focus on his most ardent base of could lead to virus outbreaks our heroes, erase our values and supporters as concern grows in- among their members, who they indoctrinate our children.” He side his campaign that his poll say are particularly vulnerable to said Americans should speak numbers in the battleground COVID-19 because of an under- proudly of their heritage and funded health care system and shouldn’t have to apologize for its states that will decide the 2020 chronic health conditions. history. election are slipping. “The president is putting our “We will not be terrorized, we Trump in recent weeks has tribal members at risk to stage a will not be demeaned, and we will increasingly lashed out at “left- not be intimidated by bad, evil wing mobs,” used a racist epithet photo op at one of our most sacred people,” Trump added. “It will to refer to the coronavirus and sites,” said Harold Frazier, chair- not happen.” visited the nation’s southern bor- man of the Cheyenne River Sioux The speech and fireworks at der to spotlight progress on his Tribe. Mount Rushmore came against 2016 campaign promise to build a Some Native American groups the backdrop of a pandemic that U.S.-Mexico border wall. used Trump’s visit to protest the has killed over 125,000 Ameri- The event, while not a cam- Mount Rushmore memorial it- cans. The president flew across paign rally, had the feel of one self, pointing out that the Black the nation to gather a big crowd as the friendly crowd greeted Hills were taken from the Lakota of supporters, most of them Trump with chants of “Four more people. maskless and all of them flouting years!” and cheered enthusiasti- More than 100 protesters, public health guidelines that rec- Trump smiles at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. cally as he and first lady Melania many Lakota, lined the road lead- ommend not gathering in large Trump took the stage. ing from Keystone to the monu- groups. in South Dakota. Both Guilfoyle dent announced he was signing “They think the American peo- ment holding signs and playing The discord was heightened as and Trump Jr., who serves as a an executive order to establish ple are weak and soft and submis- Lakota music in 95-degree heat. the Trump campaign confirmed top surrogate for the president, the National Garden of Ameri- sive,” Trump said. “But no, the Some held their fists in the air during the president’s speech are isolating themselves and have can Heroes, a vast outdoor park American people are strong and as cars loaded with event at- that Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top canceled public events, accord- that will feature the statues of proud, and they will not allow our tendees passed by. Others held fundraiser for the campaign and ing to Sergio Gor, chief of staff to the “greatest Americans to ever country and all of its values, his- signs that read “Protect SoDak’s the girlfriend of Trump’s eldest the Trump campaign’s finance live.” tory and culture to be taken from First People,” “You Are On Sto- son Donald Trump Jr., had tested committee. Amid the campaign headwinds, them.” len Land” and “Dismantle White positive for the coronavirus while During the speech, the presi- the president has sharpened his Republican Gov. Kristi Noem Supremacy.” 2 hit by car on Seattle highway closed during protests

Associated Press Patrol’s District 2 public infor- as a barrier. The car careened longed unrest following the May way is “simply not a safe place for mation account for King County toward a small crowd of protest- 25 police killing of George Floyd SEATTLE — Two women were pedestrians,” and said he hoped struck by a car whose driver sped tweeted shortly after 2 a.m. Just ers on the freeway, striking two in Minneapolis, which sparked protesters would reconsider what through a protest-related closure before midnight, he had tweeted people who flew into the air be- nationwide protests. he termed illegal activity “as a re- on a freeway, authorities said that portions of Interstate 5 were fore landing on the ground. Dozens of people were arrested sult of this tragedy.” early Saturday. closed because of protests. A nearly two-hour-long Face- this past week in connection with The state patrol tweeted out One suffered life-threatening The vehicle was stopped and book livestream captioned “Black protests as demonstrations con- two pictures of the driver’s car, the driver was in custody, the Femme March takes I-5” from tinue after authorities cleared the injuries and the other had serious a white Jaguar with signifi- State Patrol account tweeted. Diaz Love ended abruptly; with “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” injuries, a Washington State Pa- cant damage to its bumper and trol spokesperson tweeted. The Charges remain under investiga- about 15 seconds left, shouts of zone Wednesday morning. windshield. Seattle Fire Department tweeted tion, as does the motive and point “Car!” can be heard as the cam- Washington State Patrol Capt. that the injured women appeared of entry onto the interstate. era starts to shake before screech- Ron Mead said at the press con- Seattle police tweeted that they to be in their 20s. Video on social media showed a ing tires and the sound of impact ference that protesters had shut were assisting the State Patrol “A vehicle drove through the white car traveling at a high rate are heard. The Associated Press down the interstate for 19 days in with the scene, as southbound closure and struck multiple pedes- of speed navigate around two ve- could not immediately reach her. a row. lanes of the freeway remained trians on the freeway,” the State hicles positioned across the lanes Seattle has been the site of pro- He emphasized that the free- closed for investigation. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 5, 2020 NATION Socialite arrested for role in Epstein scandal

Associated Press said in a statement. “Day after day, I have waited for the news British socialite Ghislaine that Maxwell would be arrested Maxwell was arrested Thursday and held accountable for her ac- on charges she helped lure at tions. Her arrest is a step in that least three girls — one as young as 14 — to be sexually abused by direction, and it truly means that the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, the justice system didn’t forget who was accused of victimizing about us.” dozens of girls and women over The indictment, which was un- many years. sealed Thursday, included counts According to the indictment, of conspiracy to entice minors to Maxwell, who lived for years with travel to engage in illegal sex acts, Epstein and was his frequent enticement of a minor to travel to companion on trips around the engage in illegal sex acts, con- world, facilitated his crimes and spiracy to transport minors with on some occasions joined him in intent to engage in criminal sex- sexually abusing the girls. ual activity, and transportation of Epstein, 66, killed himself in a a minor with intent to engage in federal detention center in New criminal sexual activity. York last summer while awaiting She was also accused of perjur- trial on sex trafficking charges. ing herself during a deposition in Maxwell has, for years, been a civil lawsuit over alleged abuse. accused by many women of act- “Maxwell lied because the ing as a madam for Epstein, help- truth, as alleged, was almost un- ing him scout young girls for JOHN MINCHILLO/AP speakable,” Audrey Strauss, the abuse, then hiring them to give acting U.S. attorney in Manhat- Audrey Strauss, acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, gestures as she him massages, during which the tan, said. speaks during a news conference to announce charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in girls were pressured into sex acts. The indictment focused on the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein, Thursday in New York. In one lawsuit, a woman alleged Epstein’s alleged abuse of three Maxwell was the “highest-rank- specific girls at his Manhattan ing employee” of Epstein’s alleged chased for $1 million last Decem- property in New Hampshire, con- Jennifer Araoz, who says Ep- mansion and other residences in sex trafficking enterprise. Those ber. The FBI had been keeping tinuing to live a life of privilege stein raped her when she was 15, Palm Beach, Fla.; Santa Fe, N.M., accusations, until now, never re- tabs on her after she disappeared while her victims live with the said she feared the financier’s and London. Their names were sulted in criminal charges. from public view following Ep- trauma inflicted upon them years ring of conspirators for years. not revealed in court filings. The 58-year-old was arrested stein’s arrest a year ago. ago,” William Sweeney, head of “Now that the ring has been Strauss promised the investi- in Bradford, N.H. where she was “More recently we learned she the FBI’s New York office, told a taken down, I know that I can’t gation was continuing and urged living on a wooded estate she pur- had slithered away to a gorgeous news conference Thursday. be hurt anymore,” Araoz, now 33, other victims to come forward. Legality of geofence warrants to be challenged in court

BY DENISE LAVOIE waged against facial-recognition software, Privacy advocates say such broad Associated Press persistent aerial surveillance and Stingray warrants inherently sweep up innocent cellphone trackers, among other technol- people. RICHMOND, Va. — It was a terrify- ogy, and civil rights advocates are even Zachary McCoy, a Florida restaurant ing bank robbery: Demanding cash in a more concerned now that people are pro- worker, had the wherewithal to fight back handwritten note, a man waved a gun, testing against racial injustice. when Google emailed saying Gainesville threatened to kill a teller’s family, ordered “If you are someone who went out on the police were seeking information related to employees and customers onto the floor streets to express your rage, your sadness his Google account. Plugging the case num- and escaped with $195,000. and your hope that there is a better way to ber into a police website, he saw a 97-year- Surveillance video gave authorities a do policing and are then subject to a war- old woman’s home had been burglarized. lead, showing a man holding a cellphone rant, I think that would go against every- “I was kind of terrified that for some outside the Call Federal Credit Union in thing we are telling people they have the reason I was going to prison even though Midlothian, Va., on May 20, 2019. So like a right to do,“ said New York state Sen. Zell- I hadn’t actually committed a crime,” he growing number of law enforcement agen- nor Myrie, a lead sponsor of a bill to ban said. cies, they got a court-approved “geofence” geofence warrants. McCoy had to enable Google’s location search warrant, seeking the location his- The legislation was prompted in part by services to track his bike rides on Run- tory of any devices in the area at the time. a New York Times report that prosecutors Keeper. The exercise-tracking app showed Google is served with the vast major- sought Google’s cell phone records around him near the woman’s house three times ity of these warrants because it stores the spot where the Proud Boys, a far-right around the time of the burglary as he did information from millions of devices in a group, brawled with anti-fascist protest- laps around the neighborhood. massive database known as Sensorvault. ers in 2018. Several Proud Boys were later McCoy borrowed $7,000 from his par- If your Android phone or iPhone has Lo- convicted of assault. ents to hire a lawyer, who persuaded police cation History enabled, this is where your In Chatrie’s case, bank cameras showed to withdraw the warrant. data is tracked and stored. the robber came and went from an area Geofence data ensnared a man who A Google spokesman declined to say where a church worker saw a suspicious how many geofence warrants the company person in a blue Buick. Chatrie’s Location seemed to be at the site of a 2018 killing has received, but Google’s legal brief in History matched these movements. Prose- in Avondale, Ariz. Jorge Molina spent six the bank robbery says requests jumped cutors say Chatrie confessed after officers days in jail before his lawyer provided po- 1,500% from 2017 to 2018, and another found a gun and nearly $100,000 in cash, lice with evidence exonerating him. His SAMUEL JONES/AP 500% last year. including bills wrapped in bands signed by mother’s ex-boyfriend was later arrested Police credit these warrants with help- the bank teller. Zachary McCoy pauses on his bicycle in the killing. It turns out Molina had given ing identify suspects in a fatal shooting in Chatrie’s lawyers say all the evidence in Gainesville, Fla. Local authorities the man his old cellphone, which was still North Carolina, home invasions in Minne- should be suppressed because it flowed considered McCoy a suspect in a house logged in to his Google account. sota and a murder in Georgia, among other from the geofence warrant in violation of burglary because his Google location data “Police are basically treating this like crimes. Defense attorneys say they uncon- the 4th Amendment’s protection against showed he was near the house three it’s DNA or fingerprint evidence, but it’s stitutionally ensnare innocent people and unreasonable searches. times on the day the burglary occurred. not,“ said Jack Litwak, Molina’s attorney. violate the privacy of anyone whose cell- “It is the digital equivalent of searching “Jorge was nowhere near there and then phone happens to be in the vicinity. every home in the neighborhood of a re- tifying information on a smaller group of he was accused of the worst crime you can Now geofence warrants are getting their ported burglary, or searching the bags of suspect devices. be accused of committing.” first significant court challenge. Lawyers every person walking along Broadway be- “We vigorously protect the privacy of Prosecutors consider Google “a wit- for Okello Chatrie want a federal judge in cause of a theft in Times Square,” Chatrie’s our users while supporting the important ness to the robbery” in Chatrie’s case, and Richmond to suppress the warrant that led lawyers wrote. work of law enforcement,” said Richard argue he had no reasonable expectation to his arrest for the bank heist. Typically, Google initially turns over Salgado, Google’s director of law enforce- of privacy since he voluntarily opted in to Similar court challenges are being anonymized data; police then seek iden- ment and information security. Google’s Location History. Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 WORLD Iran withholds cause of blaze at nuclear site

BY JON GAMBRELL spokesman of Iran’s Supreme Na- Associated Press tional Security Council as saying authorities know the cause of the DUBAI, United Arab Emirates fire. — An online video and messages “Due to some security consid- purportedly claiming responsi- erations, the cause and manner bility for a fire that analysts say of the accident will be announced damaged a centrifuge assembly at the appropriate time,” Keyvan plant at Iran’s underground Na- Khosravi reportedly said on Fri- tanz nuclear site deepened the ADNAN AHMED/AP day, without elaborating. mystery Friday around the inci- The International Atomic Ener- Kaywan Kawa holds Turkish shell fragments at the bedside of his injured son in the city of Sulaimaniyah, dent — even as Tehran insisted gy Agency said none of its inspec- northern Iraq. Iraq has set up border posts to prevent a Turkish military advance deeper into Iraqi it knew the cause but would not tors were at Natanz at the time territory this week as civilians suffer from over two weeks of airstrikes as Ankara continues to target make it public due to “security of the fire and “that the location Kurdish rebels in the country’s north. reasons.” The multiple, different claims where the incident occurred does by a self-described group called not contain nuclear materials.” the “Cheetahs of the Homeland” Before news of the fire became Iraqi border guards erect posts to included language used by sev- public Thursday, the BBC’s Per- eral exiled Iranian opposition sian service says its journalists organizations. They also focused received emails from the self- prevent deeper Turkish advance almost entirely on Iran’s nuclear proclaimed “Cheetahs of the program, viewed by Israel as a Homeland” claiming an attack at Natanz. BY SALAR SALIM danger to its very existence. vilians have been killed as Turk- Speaking from the brigade A video claimed the group in- AND SAMYA KULLAB ish jets pound PKK targets, and base, he told The Associated The disparate messages, as well cluded “soldiers from the heart of several villages in Iraq’s north- Press that his troops’ task is to as the fact that Iran experts have Associated Press regime’s security organizations” ern Kurdish region have been “eliminate attacks on civilians in never heard of the group before, who wanted to stop Iran from ac- IRBIL, Iraq — Iraqi troops evacuated. the area.” raised questions about whether were enforcing positions along The invading Turkish troops Turkey regularly carries out Natanz again had faced sabotage quiring a nuclear weapon. Iran the border with Turkey, officials set up posts in the Zakho district air and ground attacks against by a foreign nation as it had dur- long has maintained its atomic said Friday, to prevent Turkish in northern province of Dohuk, 9 the PKK in northern Iraq. It says ing the Stuxnet computer virus program is for peaceful purpos- forces from advancing deeper into miles inside Iraqi territory, said neither the Iraqi government outbreak believed to have been es. However, the IAEA has said Iraqi territory after two weeks of the officials, speaking on condi- nor the regional Iraqi Kurdish engineered by the U.S. and Isra- that Iran “carried out activities airstrikes as Ankara continues to tion of anonymity to discuss the administration have taken mea- el. Tehran’s reaction so far shows relevant to the development of target Kurdish rebels in northern military operations. sures to combat the group. The Iranian officials are increasingly a nuclear explosive device” in a Iraq. Zerevan Musa, mayor of Dark- recent incursion into Iraqi ter- taking the possibility seriously. “structured program” through Security officials said Ankara ar, said there were five Turkish ritory has drawn condemnation “If it is proven that our country the end of 2003. has established at least a dozen posts close to his town, including from Baghdad, which has sum- has been attacked by cyberat- The video and one written state- posts inside Iraqi territory as two on the nearby Mt. Khankiri. moned Ankara’s ambassador to tacks, we will respond,” warned ment also referred to Supreme part of a military campaign to He said Turkish airstrikes have Iraq twice since the campaign Gen. Gholam Reza Jalali, the Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rout members of the Kurdistan hit Sharanish and Banka villages was launched. head of Iran’s military unit in as “zahhak,” a monster in Per- Worker’s Party, or PKK, who in the area. Turkey maintains that until the charge of combating sabotage, sian folklore. But the tone across Turkey says have safe havens in Iraqi border guards erected two Iraqi government take actions according to a report late Thurs- the messages clashed, with one northern Iraq. The airborne-and- posts along the Khankiri range, against the PKK, it will continue day by the Mizan news agency. using terminology often associ- land campaign, dubbed “Opera- said Brig. Delir Zebari, com- to target the Kurdish group, con- Iranian officials have sought to ated with Iran’s Mujahedeen-e- tion Claw-Tiger,” began June 17 mander of the First Brigade of sidered a terrorist organization by downplay the fire, which erupted Khalq exile group, or MEK, and when Turkey airlifted troops into the Iraqi Border Guards, tasked Turkey, the United States and the early on Thursday, calling it only the video seemingly showing northern Iraq. with securing a 153-mile stretch European Union for its decades- an “incident” that affected an Iran’s Shiite theocracy as worse Since then, at least six Iraqi ci- of border territory. long insurgency within Turkey. “industrial shed.” However, a re- than the rule of Shah Mohammad leased photo and video of the site Reza Pahlavi. broadcast by Iranian state tele- The MEK group said it was not vision showed a two-story brick responsible for the fire. Its state- building with scorch marks and ment described the blaze as a Indian PM visits troops in disputed region its roof apparently destroyed. De- “reaction to the nuclear project of bris on the ground and a door that the religious fascism ruling Iran, looked blown off its hinges sug- BY AIJAZ HUSSAIN left 20 Indians dead and dozens forces have either lost or forced to which has afflicted the Iranian gested an explosion accompanied Associated Press injured in the Galwan Valley, turn back,” he said in an oblique people (with) only poverty, re- the blaze. the worst confrontation in over reference to China. pression, terrorism and war.” SRINAGAR, India — Indian four decades between the Asian Ji Rong, the Chinese Embassy Two U.S.-based analysts who Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to The Associated Press, .Suspicion over the incident im- giants. spokesperson in New Delhi, said mediately fell on Israel, includ- made an unannounced visit Fri- Indian officials say there were it was groundless to view China as relying on released pictures and day to a military base in a remote satellite images, identified the af- ing in a commentary published casualties on the Chinese side as “expansionist.” He tweeted that region bordering China where fected building as Natanz’s new by Iran’s state-run IRNA news well, but there has been no con- China has demarcated boundar- troops from the two countries Iran Centrifuge Assembly Cen- agency Thursday. firmation by Beijing. ies “with 12 of its 14 neighboring have been facing off for nearly ter. A satellite image on Friday Meir Javedanfar, an Iran lectur- two months. Modi chanted “Long live countries through peaceful nego- by Planet Labs Inc., annotated by er at the Interdisciplinary Center Modi, accompanied by India’s mother India!” while addressing tiations, turning land borders into experts at the James Martin Cen- in Herzliya, Israel, who viewed military leadership, met with troops at the Nimu military base, bonds of friendly cooperation.” ter for Nonproliferation Studies the “Cheetahs of the Homeland” troops in Ladakh region. A photo insisting that “after every crisis, Modi’s speech, which lasted 26 at Middlebury Institute of Inter- video, said any domestic group on his Instagram account showed India has emerged stronger.” He minutes, was punctuated with na- national Studies, shows what ap- that managed to penetrate Iran’s him sitting in a camouflage tent praised the valor of Indian sol- tionalist fervor and praise for In- pears to be damage done to half heavily guarded nuclear facilities at the base. diers, saying, “Enemies of India dian soldiers. He said the bravery of the building. would be unlikely to risk being Modi’s visit comes after a have seen your fire and fury.” shown by troops was “a message Iranian nuclear officials did not captured by distributing such a massive Indian army buildup in “Days of expansionism are of India’s prowess” to the world. respond to a request for comment video. He said “it’s difficult to Ladakh following hand-to-hand over. Expansionism creates dan- Later Friday, Modi also visited from the AP on the analysts’ find- know” if Israel’s Mossad or an- combat between Indian and Chi- ger for world peace. This is an a military hospital where he met ings. However, the semiofficial other foreign intelligence agency nese soldiers on June 15 that era of development. Expansionist injured soldiers. Tasnim news agency quoted the produced the video. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 5, 2020 WORLD North Korea: No plans for talks with US

BY KIM TONG-HYUNG or have any dealings with the she described as U.S. threats. Associated Press ‘ The U.S. is mistaken if it thinks things U.S. which persists in the hostile “The U.S. is mistaken if it policy toward the DPRK in disre- thinks things like negotiations SEOUL, South Korea — North like negotiations would still work on us. ’ gard of the agreements already would still work on us,” she said. Korea on Saturday reiterated Choe Son Hui made at the past summit?” Choe The North in recent months has it has no immediate plans to re- North Korean first vice foreign minister said, referring to North Korea by also been ramping up pressure sume nuclear negotiations with its formal name, the Democratic against South Korea, blowing up the United States unless Wash- People’s Republic of Korea. an inter-Korean liaison office ington discards what it describes “We do not feel any need to sit in its territory and threatening as “hostile” policies toward help set up the now-stalled nego- sanctions relief in exchange for face-to-face with the U.S., as it to abandon a bilateral military Pyongyang. tiations between Washington and a partial surrender of its nuclear does not consider the DPRK-U.S. agreement aimed at reducing The statement by North Korean Pyongyang, also expressed hope capability. dialogue as nothing more than a tensions. It follows months of First Vice Foreign Minister Choe that Trump and Kim would meet Kim entered 2020 vowing to tool for grappling its political cri- frustration over Seoul’s unwill- Son Hui came after President again before the election in a bolster his nuclear deterrent in sis,” she said. ingness to defy U.S.-led sanctions Donald Trump’s former national video conference with European face of “gangster-like” U.S. sanc- Some analysts believe North and restart joint economic proj- security adviser, John Bolton, told leaders on Tuesday. tions and pressure. Choe’s state- Korea would avoid serious ne- ects that would breathe life into reporters in New York Thursday Kim and Trump have met three ment followed a series of similar gotiations with the United States the North’s broken economy. that Trump might seek another times since embarking on their declarations by the North that it at least until the November The North’s state media on Fri- summit with North Korean lead- high-stakes nuclear diplomacy would no longer gift Trump with presidential election as there’s day said that Kim, while super- er Kim Jong Un as an “October in 2018, but negotiations have fal- high-profile meetings he could a chance U.S. leadership could vising a Politburo meeting of the surprise” ahead of the U.S. presi- tered since their second summit boast of as his foreign policy change. ruling Workers’ Party on Thurs- dential election. in February last year in Vietnam, achievements unless it gets some- Choe said the North has already day, discussed “import issues re- South Korean President Moon where the Americans rejected thing substantial in return. established a “detailed strategic lated to the external affairs” but Jae-in, who had lobbied hard to North Korean demands for major “Is it possible to hold dialogue timetable” for managing what didn’t specify what they were. Many left Indian state bans sale of stranded dog meat, as floods ceases trade

BY WASBIR HUSSAIN hit Japan Associated Press

BY MARI YAMAGUCHI GAUHATI, India — Authori- ties in India’s northeastern state Associated Press of Nagaland have banned the sale TOKYO — Heavy rain in of dog meat and halted the import southern Japan triggered flood- and trading of dogs to be used for ing and mudslides on Saturday, food, officials said Saturday. leaving more than a dozen people The remote Christian-majority presumed dead, about 10 missing state’s Chief Secretary Temjen and dozens stranded on rooftops Toy said in a tweet that the state waiting to be rescued, officials government banned all commer- said. cial import and trading of dogs More than 75,000 residents in and also the sale of dog meat, the prefectures of Kumamoto both cooked and uncooked. The and Kagoshima were urged to move followed an appeal earlier KYODO NEWS/AP evacuate following pounding in the week by Indian lawmaker rains overnight. The evacuation Rescue operations are conducted in a flooded area following a heavy rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Maneka Gandhi, who urged the was not mandatory and it was not prefecture, southern Japan, on Saturday . Nagaland government to act. Gandhi’s appeal came after she known how many actually fled. received fresh photographs of the “I smelled mud, and the whole Ashikita, six people were unac- trade from a Nagaland-based ani- area was vibrating with river counted for and a seventh was mal protection group. The appeal water. I’ve never experienced seriously injured, Kumamoto of- led to more than 125,000 people anything like this,” a man in a ficials said. writing to the Nagaland govern- shelter in Yatsushiro city, in west- In the mountainous village of ment to urge the banning of the dog ern Kumamoto, told NHK TV. Kuma, residents stranded at their trade and the sale of dog meat. He said he fled early fearing a homes were being airlifted by a “This is a major turning point disaster. rescue helicopter. In Hitoyoshi in ending the cruelty in India’s NHK footage showed large city, rescuers transported some hidden dog meat trade,” animal areas of Hitoyoshi town in Kuma- residents in a boat. rights advocacy group Humane moto inundated in muddy waters Flooding also cut off power Society International said in a that gushed out from the Kuma and communication lines. About statement. River. Many cars were sub- 8,000 homes in Kumamoto and The group estimates that up to merged up to their windows. neighboring Kagoshima were 30,000 dogs a year are smuggled Mudslides smashed into houses without electricity, according to into Nagaland, where they are and floodwaters carried trunks the Kyushu Electric Power Co. sold in live markets. The group from uprooted trees. Several Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also says dogs are regularly beat- people were standing atop a con- en to death with wooden clubs. TAKUMI SATO, KYODO NEWS/AP set up a task force and said up to venience store as they waited for Authorities praised the 10,000 defense troops were being rescuers. A stranded woman is rescued following a heavy rain. movement. mobilized for rescue operations. Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Ka- “This is a progressive move. In bashima later told reporters that dents at the riverside care home of three people buried under- The Japan Meteorological this day and age, positive social 14 residents at a flooded elderly Senjuen, where floodwaters and neath mudslides were pulled out Agency earlier issued warnings media activism and advocacy care home in Kuma village were mud gushed in, stranding the res- without vital signs, Kumamoto of extraordinary rain in parts of has an enormous impact on poli- presumed dead after being found idents, NHK said. The Japanese prefectural crisis management Kumamoto, which is about 600 cymakers. Congrats and thanks during rescue operations. He said Self-Defense Force said it had official Takafumi Kobori said. miles southwest of Tokyo, but to all,” Abu Metha, an adviser to three other elderly residents had dispatched troops to join rescue Rescuers were still searching for later downgraded them as the Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu hypothermia. efforts at the site. the third person. rainfall — estimated at 4 inches Rio, the state’s highest elected of- They were among some 60 resi- In Tsunagimachi district, two In another badly flooded town, per hour — subsided. ficial, said in a tweet. Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 11 MOVIE REVIEW

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“The Outpost” is the rare war movie with a veteran at the helm. Read about director Rod Lurie, and the thoughts of several of the real-life soldiers depicted in the film, at stripes.com/go/ WAR MOVIE, outpostmovie Xorj cautionary tale? ‘The Outpost,’ about a 2009 Taliban assault in Afghanistan, works well as both

BY ANN HORNADAY hemmed in, like sitting ducks at the bot- The Washington Post tom of a giant punch bowl — the words can’t help but sound prophetic. n Oct. 3, 2009, a group of sol- What ensues is a welter of names, diers stationed at an isolated off-color banter and the daily routine of base in the Hindu Kush endured outpost life, wherein the saying about Owhat would become one of the war — interminable boredom punctuated bloodiest confrontations in the U.S. war by moments of sheer terror — becomes in Afghanistan: the Battle of Kamdesh, a jarringly literal. Wending his camera punishing 12-hour assault from hundreds through cramped quarters and the dusty of Taliban forces that wound up costing environs inside the wire, Lurie eaves- several American lives and becoming a drops on the men’s sometimes intimate, particularly grievous example of poor sometimes uneasy camaraderie, as teas- military judgment, and its most dire con- ing gives way to argument, which can sequences for the people forced to carry quickly morph into outright hostility. The it out. strutting, fretting, swearing and macho “The Outpost,” adapted from CNN bravado, one senses, masks the underlying anchor Jake Tapper’s book (subtitled “An anxiety that they are far too easy prey for Untold Story of American Valor”), revisits the mostly unseen enemy watching from that day with harrowing verisimilitude, virtually a grenade’s throw away. both as a riveting war picture and caution- This is a movie in which casual con- ary tale. Skillfully directed by Rod Lurie, versation all too often presages a spate of this engrossing and deeply wrenching sudden, brutal violence: When the soldiers Screen Media Films photos thriller dances the same fi ne line as most laugh off their Afghan translator’s warn- “The Outpost” stars Scott Eastwood, above right, and Orlando Bloom, top. latter-day movies that want to honor ings of an imminent “big one,” there’s no service and sacrifi ce, without lapsing into doubt that carnage will surely ensue. It in which the dialogue can sound distract- not taking adequate measures to secure empty triumphalism. For the most part, does, in quick, lethal outbursts. But the ingly studied, even at its most offhand. the base.) The most haunting issues the “The Outpost” balances those competing big one, when it comes, is something else (The script was written by Paul Tamasy fi lm raises — how on Earth anyone would impulses, with a canny combination of un- altogether. and Eric Johnson.) “Embrace the suck” put soldiers so brazenly in harm’s way; adorned bluntness and technical fi nesse. Filming in long, unbroken takes, Lurie the reasoning behind keeping them so In classic style, Lurie introduces the makes “The Outpost” an impressively is a favorite catchphrase, for obvious rea- sons. Another is “It’s all good,” repeated woefully under-resourced; the absurdity audience to the men of Bravo Troop 3rd immersive experience, giving viewers a of asking the U.S. military to act as both Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment of the chance to see, up close, the pitiless chaos by one soldier even when he knows it’s all anything but. aggressor and diplomat; what, ultimately, 4th Infantry Division, through a group of of combat that often looks like an indis- the mission was — remain long after the The climactic battle, which unfolds newcomers to the titular outpost, which cernible morass of smoke, dirt, blood and smoke and dust have cleared. sits at the bottom of three imposing moun- decimated bodies. There are only three over the fi nal 45 minutes or so of “The To paraphrase another saying: Never tains amid hostile territory. When one of identifi able stars in the movie: Orlando Outpost,” is stirring and heartbreaking, have so few served for so long on behalf the soldiers chooses his bunk, he sees the Bloom, Scott Eastwood and Caleb Landry as men lose comrades, fi ght to save others of so many. The question, still, is to what words “It doesn’t get better” carved into a Jones, who plays a pale, skinny staff and become heroes they never would have end. piece of timber next to it; when the viewer sergeant named Ty Carter. Four real-life chosen to be had circumstances been less “The Outpost” is rated R for war violence and considers how vulnerable the men’s situ- survivors of the Battle of Kamdesh are shamefully mismanaged. (After an inves- grisly images, pervasive crude language and ation is — utterly exposed and utterly on hand to provide authenticity to a fi lm tigation, four offi cers were disciplined for sexual references. Running time: 123 minutes. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 5, 2020 MUSIC

BY KRISTIN M. HALL Brown and Jimmie Allen have all had No. 1 Associated Press country hits in recent years, while Mickey Guyton just released an unfl inching song hen country singer Rissi Palmer called “Black Like Me.” But that ingrained was working on her debut culture of exclusivity remains a struggle to album, she wanted a song like change. WGretchen Wilson’s “Redneck “You can look at the reviews of my fi rst Woman,” a song that would introduce her album. I was called colored, like, ‘I didn’t and tell her story to fans. know colored people like country music,’ ” On her 2007 debut single, “Country Girl,” said Palmer, who had three singles reach she celebrated her country roots while ex- the Hot Country Songs Chart. “I used to get plaining that she didn’t have to look or talk a messages all the time on MySpace, saying, ‘I certain way to call herself a country girl. am so sick of you. Why are you trying to be “I said that I am not white in the fi rst white?’ or ‘Why are you trying to take over verse, and the label was like, ‘No, no, no,’ ” country music?’ ” said Palmer, who then rewrote the lyrics to Change hasn’t been easy. After Grammy- Country music reckons make it feel more universal. “It was very winning country group Lady Antebellum intentional when I wrote that song to talk announced they were changing their name with racial stereotypes, about all the women, or all the people, that to Lady A, they later had to apologize to a might not necessarily fi t in the Black singer who had been using that stage box, but are still of the same name for years. radio play and its future mindset.” Atlanta-based country rapper Breland The country music also wanted to address, with a wink and industry has long been a smile, country music’s racial blind- hesitant to address its long ers with his TikTok-fueled song “My and complicated history Truck.” The music video starts with a with race, but the death white guy in a black cowboy hat singing of George Floyd in police as smoke billows across a dusty landscape, custody and the protests then Breland abruptly shoves him out of the it sparked in the U.S. and frame to announce, “Don’t touch my truck.” around the world became “I just felt like it was time for people to a sound too loud for the change their perspective on what country genre to ignore. music is and what country music can be, Over the past weeks, because there is an audience of country country artists, labels and music listeners under 30 who believe country music organiza- Black Lives Matter,” said Breland, whose tions posted about Black song reached No. 26 on Billboard’s Hot Lives Matter on social media, Country Songs chart and has been remixed participated in the industry- with Sam Hunt. wide Blackout Tuesday Like Lil Nas X’s genre-bending “Old or denounced racism Town Road,” Breland playfully fuses outright. On June 25, trap rhythms with country tropes about Grammy-winning country horses, do-si-dos and beer on his self- group The Dixie Chicks titled EP and sings with country artists Chase Rice and Lauren Alaina. Breland said country music labels can’t just continue to focus on one type of audience. “There’s a group of country listeners who love country music because of the way it sounds, but don’t love some of the politics that they know are going on behind the scenes,” he said. announced it would drop Historically country music was created “dixie’’ from its name. The by and played in both white and Black group said in a statement communities in the South, but the music that it wanted to meet “this From top: Darius Rucker, Jimmie became marketed along racial lines in moment.” the Jim Crow era, said Amanda Marie But Black artists say the Allen and Kane Brown all have Martinez, a historian and writer who is industry still needs to ad- studying country music and race. White dress the systematic racial had No. 1 country hits recently. country music was stigmatized early barriers that have been en- on as “hillbilly music,” so the industry trenched in country music AP photos started pushing it toward the rising white for decades. Stereotypes Above: Rhiannon middle class as a way to make the genre that country music is just Giddens received more respected and hugely profi table. for white audiences, writ- a MacArthur “In the process, they’ve also priori- ten by white songwriters Foundation grant tized the white, middle income, relatively and sung by mostly white for her work to conservative listener as their demo- males are reinforced daily reclaim Black graphic, kind of the opposite of youth Rissi Palmer says on country radio, contributions to culture,” Martinez said. she was pressured playlists, label rosters and country and folk But there were periods of diversity, to remove tour lineups. In recent music. such as the post-Civil Rights era, when a reference to years, however, the con- being Black from versations about country Red Light Management CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 her debut single, music have shifted to a “Country Girl,” in broader acknowledgement 2007, and was that nonwhite artists ‘ I just felt like it was time for people subjected to tone- have always been in deaf commentary the genre, even if they to change their perspective on what from reviewers aren’t always recog- country music is and what country and online trolls nized. ignorant of Black Artist/scholar Rhi- music can be, because there artists’ history annon Giddens received is an audience of country music in country music a MacArthur Foundation back to its roots. grant for her work listeners under 30 who believe CHRIS CHARLES/AP to reclaim Black Black Lives Matter. contributions to ’ country and folk Breland music. And art- Atlanta-based country rapper, ists like Darius on his song “My Truck” Rucker, Kane PAUL R. GIUNTA, INVISION/AP Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 MUSIC REVIEWS Gone West The Archives Nick Lowe Canyons (Triple Tigers Records) Carry Me Home. A Reggae Tribute Lay It On Me to Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson (Yep Roc Records) The full-length debut from Gone (Montserrat House) West sets the tone on the album cover In typical — the four members languidly walk- The Archives, a reggae band from Nick Lowe fash- ing up a road in Malibu, Calif. It’s Washington, D.C., pay an inspired ion, the upbeat warm and they are sun-kissed. tribute to the late, groundbreaking love song that’s Grammy-winner Colbie Caillat soul and jazz poet and musician Gil the title track — known for effervescent pop hits Scott-Heron — and his collaborator of his latest EP, including “Bubbly” and “Realize” Brian Jackson — on songs from the “Lay It On Me,” — joins Justin Kawika Young, Jason Reeves and Nelly Joy for 1970s that are still powerfully relevant today. is immediately followed by a note of cau- a Nashville sound mixed with southern California. Together, Founded and led by keyboardist Darryl “Trane” Burke, who tion: “Don’t Be Nice to Me.” they make music reminiscent of Little Big Town and Lady A. produced the album with Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation, And just to pile on the misery, he Four of the songs fi rst appeared on the band’s debut 2019 The Archives play at a high level. With some notable guests, follows that up with a cover of a 1962 EP “Tides”: “Gone West,” “Home Is Where the Heartbreak including Jackson himself, they’ve made a very fi ne album. Brenda Lee hit “Here Comes That Feel- Is,” “This Time” and the outstanding “Confetti,” a rare fun The band’s home base is a connection — Scott-Heron and ing,” a song not about fi nding love, but celebration of a breakup. Jackson lived in the city and the area for years — and the reg- losing it. “Gone West” acts as the band’s letter of intent, with each gae versions aren’t a random stylistic choice either, as Scott- It’s that sardonic duality that’s long en- member having a verse about fi nding each other in differ- Heron’s father was a Jamaican soccer player. deared Lowe to music fans over his more ent parts of the country. It’s wonderfully crafted, catchy and Opener “Home Is Where the Hatred Is” is like a fi rst-person than 40-year career. After all, this is the smart — like the band. This is a group whose tender, blended update of John Prine’s heartbreaking “Sam Stone.” Instead of guy perhaps best known for “Cruel to Be harmonies aren’t faked. Reeves and Joy have been married for the addict’s child lamenting the father’s torment, the junkie Kind.” And true to form, thanks to the eight years while Caillat and Young dated for a decade before himself tells the tale — “Home is where I live inside my white surf-rock backing of Los Straitjackets, calling it quits this year. The four songwriters and performers powder dreams.” Lowe combines his tales of love lost with have worked together and complement each other effortlessly, Scott-Heron’s best-known composition, “The Revolution Will an upbeat, ’50s-era groove that will help like a country Fleetwood Mac. Not Be Televised,” is stripped of most of its lengthy lyrics, a you forget the sad tales he’s weaving. The 13-track “Canyons” shows more of the band’s range sensible choice as, for example, neither Spiro Agnew nor John “Here comes that lonely feeling again while staying fi rmly in the country genre. “Slow Down” is a Mitchell mean today what they did during the Nixon era. (you can’t fi ght the feeling),” the 71- lazy river of a song with Vince Gill making a guitar cameo, “Who’ll Pay Reparations on My Soul?” draws power from its year-old Lowe sings in a tone that almost and “Knew You” has a reggae vibe. harsh questions and all-too-familiar life story, while “Must Be sounds like he’s enjoying it. If anything, Another highlight is a reworking of a Caillat deep cut Something” features Jackson as one of three vocalists, their Lowe sounds the most melancholy on — “I’m Never Getting Over You,” which she co-wrote with singing the best part of a great arrangement. “Lay It On Me,” the one love song. Young for her 2014 album, “Gypsy Heart.” Here, Gone West Raheem DeVaughn puts some very touching Marvin Gaye- The only other tune on this oh-too- have slowed it down, added strings, rewritten lyrics and made like vocals on “A Toast to the People” and Jackson plays a short release is an instrumental remake it into a piano-fueled duet with male vocal. It has gone from Grandmother Moog on “Winter in America,” another classic of the 1969 Shocking Blue song “Venus.” power pop to an achingly beautiful ballad. he co-wrote with Scott-Heron. “Lay It On Me” marks the third EP in The album ends on a dreamy high with “Tides” — borrow- “Carry Me Home” is a true labor of love that respectfully two years to feature Los Straitjackets, ing the title of their EP for a full-circle moment — with Young but bravely reimagines a selection of great songs while placing the Nashville-based, Mexican wrestling- adding a verse in Hawaiian. “Every time we say goodbye / We a much-deserved spotlight on a pair of pioneers whose mes- mask-wearing band now in their fi fth say hello to what’s on the other side,” the group sings. sages continue to ring too true. year backing up Lowe. — Mark Kennedy — Pablo Gorondi — Scott Bauer Associated Press Associated Press Associated Press

FROM PAGE 12 that the door is open for them,” said Damon Whiteside, CEO Black artists like Charley Pride, of ACM. Linda Martell, O.B. McClinton But just as country artists outwardly refl ect a predominant- and Stoney Edwards were hav- ly white image, there are few Black country music executives ing success, alongside Johnny working behind the scenes. Candice Watkins got one of her Rodriguez and Freddy Fender, fi rst big breaks in country music working as the day-to-day who were singing in English and manager for Keith Urban between 2009 and 2011. Spanish. “That changed my life because obviously he’s a super- Black artists today are also star,” said Watkins, who is now the vice president for reclaiming spaces that have been marketing for Big Loud Records, whose roster includes overwhelmingly white domains. Jake Owen and Morgan Wallen. Claude Kelly and Chuck Har- But in that manager’s role, she realized that she was AP often the only Black person at the boardroom table. mony, who work as a duo called Watkins said her label supports her and values her Louis York, were already hit- Charley Pride, pictured in opinion, but she knows that might not be the same for making songwriters and produc- 1975, was the Country other minorities and their companies. ers behind pop songs like “Party Music Association’s “How is a young A&R person empow- in the USA” by Miley Cyrus and Entertainer of the Year in ered to come back to the table and “Grenade” by Bruno Mars when 1971 and was inducted maybe pitch a Black artist or person they moved to Franklin, Tenn., into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. of color? Culturally speaking, do a Nashville suburb that is home they feel free to do that, or do to historical sites of a major they automatically know this is Civil War battle and plantations where slaves were once held. dangerous ground for them to There they set up their Weirdo Workshop artist collective and even bring up?” Watkins said. have worked with Jimmie Allen and noted author/poet Caro- “There’s a dismantling of cul- line Randall Williams. ture that needs to happen.” “We knew that if we were to make our mark in this town as Palmer, who is recording musicians and as Black musicians that playing the Grand Ole a podcast that focuses on the Opry would be the pinnacle for that,” Harmony said. experiences of women of color They got a standing ovation at the Opry, but more impor- in country music, said she feels tantly for Harmony, he wanted the audience to learn about optimistic that the current dis- country music’s roots. cussions about race and country “I just wanted their unbiased, undivided attention, so that music can lead to progress, if they can make the correlation between the music that they real changes are implemented. came to see and the music that we make as Black people,” “I love country music, always Harmony said. have, always will. It’s healing Both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music music. It’s beautiful music at its Association started diversity task forces more than a year ago core. It’s heartfelt. It’s spiritual,” when country music was being criticized for a lack of female Palmer said. “And it would be a shame voices and women were being left out of major categories like if not everybody got to enjoy it because entertainer of the year. of the outward package.” Becky Gardenhire, a top executive at talent agency WME in Nashville who leads ACM’s diversity task force, said they are looking at ways to recruit and retain diverse voices, both Chuck Harmony, left, and Claude in the boardroom and on the stage, with efforts like mentor- Kelly, who perform as Louis York, ships, networking and outreach to build up a pipeline of future have played at the Grand Ole Opry, leaders and artists. a steppingstone on their mission to “We’re hungry for diversity. We want the candidates to educate audiences. come and knock on the door, but we have to also show them Jeremy Ryan/AP PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 5, 2020 BOOKS An eventful year for Pulitzer Prize winner Whitehead

BY HILLEL ITALIE during the coronavirus out- Associated Press break. “Underground Railroad” combined historical detail from ven sheltering in place, the 19th century and a unique Colson Whitehead has twist: Whitehead imagined the had an eventful year. network for bringing runaway E Whitehead became slaves North to their freedom as the fi rst fi ction writer to win a literal railroad. demic) and I felt the same thing Pulitzers for back-to-back novels, “The Nickel Boys” stays closer after the hurricane (Sandy) a few “Underground Railroad” and to the facts: It’s based on a notori- years ago, when lower Manhat- “The Nickel Boys,” which won ous Florida boarding school from tan was blacked out. It was like the Pulitzer in May and comes the Jim Crow era that brutalized walking through ‘Zone One.’ And out in paperback this week. He and sometimes murdered the now it’s real and it’s more scary also managed to fi nish a crime kids sent there. One protagonist than I thought.” novel, with the working title is a promising teenager who How life has changed since “Harlem Shuffl e,” that he had lands in the Nickel school after describing himself as incapable begun more than a year ago. being accused of a crime he of joy in the 2014 nonfi ction book “I was on the downward slope didn’t commit. on poker “The Noble Hustle”: of the book when the quarantine During his interview, White- “I was this depressed guy going started,” said Whitehead during head also discussed the Black through this midlife crisis and a recent phone interview. “For Lives Matter protests, early having this wonderful writing the fi rst eight weeks, most of the infl uences and how each book assignment (to write about the time was spent looking after the refl ects the person he was while World Series of Poker) fall into kids, making sure the Wi-Fi was writing it. my lap. It’s really who I was in on so they could do their school- Here are highlights: 2011, and in order to keep that inner voice, I had to impersonate ing. Then I fi nished the draft of Childhood reading: “I wanted MADELINE WHITEHEAD, DOUBLEDAY/AP the book — not sure how it hap- to write from a very early age, who I had been two years before. pened. You just have to fi nd the just from reading Marvel Comics When I look back through all my Colson Whitehead became the first fiction writer to win Pulitzer Prizes time and not get too distracted to and Stephen King, and Arthur C. work. ... I think who I was at the for back-to-back novels, with “Underground Railroad” in 2017 and do the fi nal leg of the book.” Clarke and Ray Bradbury. I con- time is always determining how “The Nickel Boys” in May. Whitehead, 50, has been stay- sumed fantastic fi ction and loved the book turns out. ing in Long Island with his wife how you could make possible “For ‘The Nickel Boys,’ I was other day it seemed there was a the South and the Midwest and and two children. He has been whatever weird idea you had someone trying to fi gure out case of police brutality and we’d you’re seeing protesters in New a published author since his in your head. Your taking your where the country was going. It have this conversation about how York and on Fifth Avenue and in acclaimed debut novel, “The In- eccentric ideas and trying to was during the fi rst months of that has to change and nothing Union Square and at the Bar- tuitionist,” came out in 1999, and convince the reader that they’re the Trump administration and in happened. My whole life has clay Center. I’ve been delighted he has established himself for his plausible.” Elwood and Turner (the book’s been me seeing these docu- and surprised how people have vivid prose style and imagina- How real life sometimes re- two main characters), I had mented cases that result in zero seized the moment. It feels like tion. “Zone One,” published in minds him of ‘Zone One’: “I have Elwood being the optimist and change. we’re moving somewhere in the 2011, is speculative fi ction that tried not to think about that book Turner being the pessimist.” “But I’ve been surprised how country. I’m usually pessimistic depicts a pandemic-stricken because things turn out pretty On the Black Lives Matter far reaching and involved the about where things are going, but New York City, a narrative terribly. I was terrifi ed those fi rst protests: “I grew up in New York protests have been. You’re seeing the protests have made me feel a which became painfully timely couple of weeks (of the pan- and in the early ’80s and every people in white, tony towns in little different.” The summer reads that Black bookstore owners are recommending

BY BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER conversations with people connecting over feature a child of color as the star. For Black: On Power, Politics, and Leader- Bloomberg a shared love of reading.” those in the 5- to 9-year-old range, co- ship,” which features contributions from Bloomberg reached out to Black-owned owner Godfrey recommends “Rocket Says the likes of Stacey Abrams and Harry Twenty years ago, there were 325 independent bookstore owners across Look Up!” by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Belafonte, Eric Holder and Michael “Killer Black-owned bookstores across the United the U.S. to ask their owners if they would Adeola. “A meteor shower is coming,” she Mike” Render. “ ‘Conversations in Black’ States. By 2012, that total had fallen to 54. provide a recommendation for one (rela- says of the book’s plot, “and Rocket wages brings together prominent voices in Black Though the number has roughly doubled tively) new book that excites them and for a one-girl war against a world with its America to address many of the topics we in recent years, Black-owned bookstores, a favorite classic title. nose stuck in its phones, so her family and face today,” says Wilson, “including one like all Black-owned businesses, occupy a Jeannine Cook, owner of Harriett’s neighbors can witness a meteor shower central question: What should the future precarious space in their neighborhoods Bookshop in Philadelphia, recommends and experience the thrill of watching of black leadership look like? And just as in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Such A Fun Age” by the heavens put on a important, it offers a One way that activists in the Black Kiley Reid. The story display.” It allows her, compelling road map Lives Matter demonstrations have encour- of a 25-year-old Black Godfrey says, “to be for the future of Black aged their fellow Americans to educate babysitter for a white transported from the excellence.” themselves and their children about the family “addresses the minutiae of our daily Her choice for an Black experience is to purchase books intersections of race existence into some- all-time classic is “The from these Black-focused and -owned and class, motherhood, thing transcendental.” Souls of Black Folk” by bookstores. They remain a crucial pres- activism, racial profi l- Instead of focusing W.E.B. Dubois. “One ence in the communities they serve, as ing, labor, and law,” on just one author, of the most infl uential well as a lifeline for the authors they sup- says Cook. Godfrey recommends works in African- port. Though many have been closed due Her personal fa- the classic collection American literature, to the coronavirus, their books remain vorite is “Beloved” by “Black Voices: An written by one of the available for purchase online. Toni Morrison. “I read Anthology of African most prolifi c Black “At a time like this, it’s especially vital it at 19. I was a young pregnant sophomore American Literature.” She describes it writers in history, The Souls of Black Folk for everyone to support these bookstores in college, and the idea of a mother choos- as “a broad overview of Black American contextualizes what it means to be Black in because relationships are going to be es- ing to kill her child rather than have it literature that provides a window into the America. DuBois’ concepts of life behind sential for bridging the gaps in communi- experience slavery was jarring and scary souls of the people who struggled for free- ‘the invisible veil of race’ and the result cation and understanding between people and powerful. It was written by a literary dom, from America’s inception through of ‘double-consciousness’ — the sense of of different racial backgrounds,” says genius who reminds us that ‘We are our the Civil Rights Movement.” always ‘looking at oneself through the Mijha Godfrey, co-owner of Jambo Books. own best thing.’ ” Janifer Wilson, the founder and presi- eyes of others’ — are still pertinent today “Great relationships can be fomented in Jambo Books is a subscription service dent of Sister’s Uptown Bookstore in — and, we believe, essential to understand- bookstores through clubs and spontaneous that, every month, sends two books that Manhattan, suggests “Conversations in ing the plights of the Black community.” Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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BY GREGG ELLMAN monitoring with optional notifi - Tribune News Service cations sent to your smartphone, setting up voice assistants as I door lock has two main did with Alexa and other control features: opening and features of the Lockly. The hub is closing. Lockly, a leader small and plugs directly into any Ain manufacturing the wall outlet within 10 feet of the world’s most advanced smart lock for best performance. lock, let me give the Secure Pro The Lockly Secure Pro offers Latch Edition a try. several ways to open the lock: There’s a lot to say about the keyless with the app, combina- lock; it has great features, it’s tion, fi ngerprint, send a single- visually appealing, and it per- use key to someone else (like a forms perfectly. The instructions repair person) or grant regular Lockly supplied are written in access to a family member or a clear step-by-step, easy-to-un- close friend . derstand format. You will also The keypad is front facing and need the free Lockly app, which activated with a tap. It’s got fi ve does require a security confi r- buttons, four with three numbers mation passcode during setup. in each and an OK button for cre- ating and using access codes. DANIEL CONSTANTE, DREAMSTIME/TNS A nice feature of the keypad is that the four buttons with num- Musicians are making the most of Twitch, the most popular service for livestreaming in the U.S. bers in them move around (using patented PIN Genie Technology) every time you use the lock. So each time you go to the lock, Hub of connectivity the numbers are in a different, unique place, so the access code pattern can’t be stolen from a recorded pattern routine. Up to eight sets of access codes Twitch platform gives music industry a place to plug in can be stored and deleted when needed. BY LUCAS SHAW of the top 15 genres on the site. The fi ngerprint reader was Bloomberg News “Music is growing like crazy right now,” said next to be connected. Being a Mike Olson, Twitch’s head of music. “We’re see- hot summer day, n the morning of May 27, Kenneth ing a lot of artists who, for all the reasons you’re my fi ngers were Charles Blume III wanted to talk about aware of, are in need of a place to connect with sweaty and I did white privilege. Blume, a 29-year-old fans and a way to make up for revenue they’d have to dry them /TNS ODJ from Greenwich, Conn., has pro- normally get on the road.” LOCKLY a few times. But duced beats for some of the biggest rappers in Olson joined Twitch in 2018 from Pandora, The Lockly Secure Pro Latch after a few tries, I had my thumb the game, including Vince Staples, Freddie Gibbs the online radio service. The following year, he and index fi ngerprint set up, as and JPEGMAFIA, under the pseudonym Kenny helped to create a music team dedicated to in- did my wife. Up to 99 fi nger- Beats. Having benefi ted directly from Black cul- I set out to see how long it prints can be stored. creasing the number of artists who regularly use would take my wife and me to ture, he felt an urge to speak out after the killing the site. Since then, Olson has tried to convince You have to scan your fi nger- of George Floyd in Minnesota days earlier. get the old lock off and install print several times at slightly dif- artists that they don’t need to drastically change the Lockly. I have little experi- To vent, he turned to Twitch, a video site owned their routine in order to attract an audience on ferent angles on the reader, and ence in installing locks; just what you’ll get a beep when the read- by Amazon. He began his performance, which Twitch — they can just fi lm themselves getting I’ve learned over the years from ing has been registered. Now, would go on for more than two hours, by saying ready for a show, or practicing at home or playing he was in a foul mood. He then responded to a installing a few other smart locks with both hands full, you can video games. viewer question about the Minnesota Freedom for testing. If you’re handy, this walk up to the door and as long At fi rst, musicians were slow to come around. Fund, a nonprofi t organization that bails out low- installation should be no problem as you can free one fi nger for a Many associated Twitch with the insular world income people from jail. Blume urged his view- using a few basic tools. few seconds to be scanned, the of hardcore video-game fans, which remains a ers to donate. “A lot of us who grew up poor have It took us about an hour to get door will unlock. It’s that easy major constituent on the site. In April, nine of the white privilege,” he said. “I’m trying to normalize the deadbolt Secure Pro lock and secure. The advanced 3D 10 most popular genres on Twitch were specifi c the idea of talking about this.” hardware installed. This in- fi ngerprint scanner is designed video games, led by Valorant. “Before all this Such outpourings, often in response to ques- cluded removing the old one and to prevent lifted fi ngerprints tions from fans, have earned Blume a large and hit, 90% of artists didn’t even know what Twitch using the existing hole cut in my from being used. growing following on Twitch, the most popular was,” said Karen Allen, a manager who wrote an door and frame for the Lockly, Next was Alexa (or Google service for live streaming in the U.S. Since start- advice book for musicians on how to use Twitch. since they matched. Assistant), which also runs you ing his Twitch channel in March, Blume has “Of the 10% who did, it was 50/50 on whether they To make sure they match, through a few security steps in amassed more than 100,000 followers. Every time knew there was a music category.” you must go through a series of the Alexa app. Remember, this he goes live, thousands of people tune in to hear But in recent months, as thousands of artists measurements with the supplied is the front door you’re opening, him talk about his artistic process and to observe found themselves stuck at home, many started to information to ensure holes don’t not just turning on a light, so you how he interacts with musicians and fellow pro- try out Twitch. While some social networks are have to be adjusted or added. The want this security. After a few ducers. just starting to offer live chats and subscriptions, lock adjusts to different existing minutes, Alexa was unlocking Long an afterthought to YouTube, Instagram those options have been built into Twitch from the hole sizes. the door. and TikTok, Twitch has emerged recently as an beginning. “Facebook and YouTube and Insta- If you follow the instructions, The lock is loaded with many effective way for musicians to interact with fans gram are where you put your polished self,” said the installation is straightfor- innovative and handy features during the coronavirus pandemic. Established Allen. “No one is going to Twitch to see signed ward; just take your time. This — too many to name here. But DJs like Diplo and Sofi Tukker now post to the site artists in all their perfect glory. They are going includes adding the included one in particular I liked and multiple times per week, while a growing num- there because they like music and a fun creator four AA batteries for power and adjusted within the app was the ber of up-and-coming musicians have embraced who is good, or fun to hang out with.” installing the door sensors. With auto-lock timer. The default set- Twitch as a way to build up a fan base. According to Allen, to make a living off of the hardware installed, the lock ting has it lock instantly when “I don’t think we’ve ever experienced quite this Twitch, artists need to surpass 100 concur- is ready to open the door from you close the door. Instead, I had large of a growth in following as we have in the rent viewers and stream multiple days a week. the outside the old-fashioned it lock after the door was closed last 78 days,” said Sophie Hawley-Weld, one-half Many acts make more than $100,000 a year from way, with the supplied keys. for fi ve minutes. You can have it of electronic duo Sofi Tukker. She and Tucker Twitch alone, typically from a mix of ad revenue Next, we set up the secure link totally disabled, but you’ll have Halpern have streamed live on Twitch nearly 100 and donations. That’s good money for a musi- Wi-Fi hub with the Lockly app to remember to lock it when you days in a row. cian who can’t sell out a club, but it’s still pocket (iOS and Android), which does leave. What YouTube is for music videos, Instagram is change to a major act. require a few security steps. The Access can be granted to for photos and TikTok is for memes, Twitch is be- “Twitch is one of the best things to ever happen app is critical for setting up the guests and workers when you’re coming for live performance and conversations. for artists, particularly for independent artists,” keyless features. A user-friendly not home, even without online ac- In May, people spent almost 27 million hours said Blume’s manager Mike Power. “I don’t think dashboard within the app works cess. When you do have Internet watching live music and other performing arts on there’s ever been a better way to connect with great for locking and unlocking access, the lock can be controlled Twitch, according to StreamElements, more than fans and have fans be in a position to support the door. from anywhere. fi ve times January’s total. And music is now one you.” The Wi-Fi hub is used for live Online: lockly.com; $299.99 Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Man fatally beat father he thought was vampire

HEMPFIELD — A PA man who said he fatal- ly beat his 92-year-old father in their home because he believed his father was a vampire has been sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison. Douglas Novak pleaded guilty but mentally ill to murder, arson, reckless endangerment and risking a catastrophe charges. Authorities said he fatally beat Frank Novak with the wooden arm of a dining room chair. The Novaks were found when police responded to a fire at their Hempfield home. Authorities said the fire started when candles used as part of a vampire ritual burned to the floor. 5 stabbed in dispute over illegal fireworks

NEW YORK — Five NY men were stabbed after a dispute over illegal fireworks in the Bronx turned violent, police said. Police said a man was setting off fireworks in a public park in the South Bronx shortly before 1:30 a.m. when he was confronted by someone who objected to the fireworks, sparking a fight. The man who had been setting off fireworks stabbed or slashed four men, and one of the men grabbed the knife and stabbed LYNNE SLADKY/AP him, police said. All five men were hospitalized with wounds that police said were Taking in the rays not life-threatening. Women sunbathe on a strip of grass along Government Cut as a container ship passes by during the coronavirus pandemic in Miami Beach, Man jailed for taking Fla. Beaches throughout South Florida are closed for the busy Fourth of July weekend to avoid further spread of the new coronavirus. dead mom’s payments The staircase was built in the THE CENSUS One of the two had arrived in 1950s when the Navy replaced ORLANDO — A Flori- another vehicle to help change the a World War II ladder that was da man was sentenced The number of additional charges a Shaftsbury, Vt., man was flat, left rear tire of a 1997 Toyota FL used to access mountaintop radio to two years in federal prison for accused of in a farm-related fraud case. Vermont State Po- Camry, the Riverside Press-En- equipment. collecting his mother’s Social Se- lice filed dozens more fraud charges against Richard Blackmer terprise reported. curity payments after her death. 66 Jr., 38, accusing him of defrauding people in deals involving The box truck, a 2013 Ford, A federal judge in Orlando Car crashes into house, hay, maple syrup, farm equipment and collectible model cars. went out of its lane and onto the sentenced Bobby Morlen, 54, ac- misses woman inside Blackmer had pleaded not guilty to the initial 30 charges, the Bennington Banner shoulder, striking the rear of the cording to court documents. The reported. The new charges include 45 additional counts of false pretenses, 20 Camry and the couple, the high- Deltona man pleaded guilty to MANCHESTER — A new counts of bad checks and one count of identity theft, Vermont State Police way patrol said. theft of government funds. NH vehicle crashed into a said. Blackmer would get customers to buy additional deliveries of hay and require Morlen’s mother was receiv- house and stopped inches away them to pay up front, often saying he was giving them deals, and then fail to deliver Vandals damage dozens ing Social Security Retirement from a woman who was watching the hay after he got the payment, police said. of gravestone markers Insurance Benefits when she television in her living room, po- died in 2014 , according to court lice in New Hampshire said. WATERLOO — Police in records. Her death was never The driver, identified as a 29- cue boat. was made aware of the allega- Waterloo are investigat- reported to the Social Security IA year-old woman, and the resident The other four people and the tions against Mendez and notified ing after dozens of gravestones Administration, and the benefit dog were helped aboard the res- the department’s Internal Affairs suffered minor injuries and were were damaged in a late-night payments continued. Prosecutors taken to a hospital, Manchester cue boat from the sinking vessel. Division to look into the accusa- vandalism spree. said Morlen continued to access police said. They were taken to Bay Harbor tions, Prince George’s Interim Up to 50 gravestones were top- the funds, totaling $131,457, and The vehicle swerved off the Marina in Bay City. Police Chief Hector Velez said in pled or moved at Elmwood Cem- use them for his own personal ex- road and struck a utility pole, the release. etery , cemetery manager Joe Fox penses until last year. snapping it in half. It then contin- Cop accused of giving Mendez was subsequently sus- ued across the lawn of the house pended and the investigation was told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls information to prostitute Courier. City to make famed before crashing through the side, turned over to the State’s Attor- police said. ney’s Office, Velez added. “They toppled some huge mark- stairs public attraction LANDOVER — A ers. It would take two or three Coast Guard rescues 5, MD police officer in 2 people changing tire adults to cause some of this. To do HONOLULU — Owner- Maryland was accused of giving that many, and that many large HI ship of a stairway that dog from sinking boat confidential information about a killed in freeway crash ones, they had to have really in- snakes along a mountainside in case to a prostitute he was paying tentionally wanted to come out Hawaii has been transferred BAY CITY — Five to engage in sexual acts with him, SAN BERNARDINO and do some damage,” Fox said. to the city of Honolulu in hopes MI people and a dog were officials said. CA — Two people chang- Among the headstones dam- of transforming the current- rescued from a sinking boat in Prince George’s County Cpl. ing a flat tire were killed while on aged was one for a 2-month-old ly off-limits hike into a public Michigan’s Saginaw Bay. Ivan Mendez was indicted by the shoulder of a Southern Cali- baby named Allen who died in the attraction. The 50-foot vessel was halfway a grand jury on a misconduct fornia freeway when a box truck 1800s. It appeared to be thrown The Board of Water Supply submerged and one person wear- charge , the Prince George’s drifted out of its lane and struck about 5 feet from the burial spot. transferred the staircase known ing a life jacket was in the water County Police Department said them, authorities said. Although that marker was in- as the Stairway to Heaven or when a Coast Guard rescue boat in a news release. Police said the The man and woman in their tact, others were shattered. Haiku Stairs to the city, the Ho- arrived , the Coast Guard said in a information Mendez provided to 50s were outside of two parked “Some of these old ones that nolulu Star-Advertiser report- news release. the prostitute related to an on- cars along Interstate 215 in San are in pieces. Sometimes we can’t ed. They also transferred 200 A line was tossed to the person going police investigation. Bernardino when the collision get those fixed,” Fox said. acres of land that surrounds the who was pulled aboard the Coast The indictment comes more occurred , according to the Cali- structure. Guard Station Saginaw River res- than a year after another officer fornia Highway Patrol. From wire reports PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 5, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Consider building new statues as well Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY CASS R. SUNSTEIN rights.” We need much more building. To mark Bloomberg Opinion Johnson’s key distinction — between the the end of slavery, Juneteenth should prob- EDITORIAL builders and the haters — is keenly rel- ably be made a national holiday. he year: 1964. The location: the evant today, of course. Most important, it Have you ever paused and taken a deep Terry Leonard, Editor Oval Office. captures the split between those who are breath on May 17? That’s the day in 1954 [email protected] President Lyndon Johnson, working for racial justice, including voting that the Supreme Court ruled, in Brown v. an improbable advocate for civil Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor T rights (and jobs), and the modern-day Wal- Board of Education, that racial segregation [email protected] rights, was meeting with Alabama Gov. laces, who in various forms are complain- is a violation of the U.S. Constitution. The George Wallace, an implacable foe of civil ing of “street revolutionaries,” doubting nation should find a way to commemorate Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content rights. Wallace had requested the meeting. the patriotism of the protesters, and em- that day. [email protected] The specific topic was voting rights and phasizing looting and acts of violence, as if There is a strong argument for erecting Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation the ongoing demonstrations on their be- they are all that matter. new statues and memorials to those who [email protected] half. He wanted the president to help stop Looting and acts of violence are crimes, worked on behalf of the nation’s highest them. and they should be deterred and punished; ideals, including Frederick Douglass, Rosa Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital After a little small talk, the governor but they are not all that matter. The cause [email protected] Parks and, above all, Thurgood Marshall, began the conversation by alleging that of the fever matters even more. the greatest civil-rights lawyer in U.S. his- many of the “malcontents” had been At the same time, Johnson’s words can tory. How about a statue of Marshall in the BUREAU STAFF “trained in Moscow.” Johnson responded be taken to speak to the protesters them- U.S. Capitol? that all the protesters wanted was the right selves — even in a literal sense. American history has a lot of unknown Europe/Mideast to vote. He added that “you can’t stop a It is right to take down statues and mon- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief heroes — people whose names are unfa- [email protected] fever by putting an ice pack on your head. uments celebrating leaders of the Confed- miliar or whose stories have been largely +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 You’ve got to use antibiotics and get to the eracy. It is a good moment to reconsider lost. Let’s recover them. Whether or not cause of the fever.” whom and what we are honoring. But moral they deserve statues, they deserve recog- Pacific Wallace was disdainful. He said that it time-travel is perilous, and it’s important Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief nition and celebration, perhaps at the state [email protected] was impossible to “deal with street revo- to make distinctions. and local levels. +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 lutionaries,” who could never be satisfied. The cause of justice would not be much To be sure, symbols are not substitutes You might give them the right to vote, helped by tearing down statutes of leaders Washington for reforms in economic and social policy or but “then it’s jobs; then it’s distribution of like Washington, Jefferson and Grant, who in law enforcement. But as Oliver Wendell Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief wealth without work.” did not see things as we do, or even had be- [email protected] Holmes Jr. wrote, “We live by symbols.” (+1)(202)886-0033 Increasingly frustrated, Johnson asked liefs, and engaged in actions, that are ab- Holidays, statues and monuments help Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News Wallace to think about the verdict of his- horrent by modern standards. define a nation and its aspirations; they in- [email protected] tory, not about the current moment. He There’s too much hate out there — a hun- spire action. New statues and monuments asked: ger for destruction. If the goal is to promote can unify a diverse people and elevate the CIRCULATION “George, what do you want left behind? hope and to inspire change, it would be far human spirit. Mideast Do you want a great big marble monument better to build. There’s a place for taking By all means, we should be taking down Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager that says ‘George Wallace: He Built’? Or down, but let’s also lift up. some of the old ones. But as Johnson told [email protected] do you want a little piece of scrawny pine After a struggle of 15 years, builders Wallace, it’s important to build — and to [email protected] lying there along that hot caliche soil that managed to create a national holiday cele- leave something behind. DSN (314)583-9111 says ‘George Wallace: He Hated’?” brating Martin Luther King Jr. (in the face Wallace was shaken. Later he said to an of a filibuster from Sen. Jesse Helms, R- Cass R. Sunstein is a Bloomberg Opinion col- Europe umnist. He is the author of “The Cost-Benefit Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager aide, “Hell, if I’d stayed in there much lon- N.C.). The holiday has become a defining Revolution” and a co-author of “Nudge: Improving [email protected] ger, he’d have had me coming out for civil part of our nation’s self-understanding. Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness.” [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Maxwell allegedly perverted a safety tactic CONTACT US BY MONICA HESSE and groomed by Maxwell, specifically for she under his thrall as well? Other victims Washington The Washington Post Epstein’s pleasure. Maxwell met her in have discussed how they were encouraged tel: (+1)202.886.0003 London and then introduced her to Epstein, to recruit friends to perform sexual favors 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 omen with male health care according to the indictment. Epstein then for Epstein, creating a pyramid of abuse providers are accustomed to requested the massages that other victims where other women were crushed below. Reader letters their medical appointments [email protected] have said gave way to sexual assault. Did Maxwell begin as a victim, then be- Wbecoming three-person pro- “Maxwell’s presence during minor vic- come an accomplice? Under oath, she once Additional contacts ductions. You, the doctor, and a female tims’ interactions with Epstein, including said in a deposition that she had no knowl- stripes.com/contactus nurse or technician, whose job is to bear interactions where the minor victim was edge of Epstein abusing underage girls; OMBUDSMAN witness. She’s in the room to make sure undressed or that involved sex acts with she has now been charged with perjury as the doctor doesn’t do anything to you. She’s Epstein,” the indictment alleges, “helped well. Ernie Gates in the room to make sure you don’t false- put the victims at ease because an adult “For years, I feared Epstein and his ly accuse the doctor. She’s there for your woman was present.” ring,” wrote Epstein accuser Jennifer The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow safety. It would have been, in other words, a Araoz in a statement praising Maxwell’s of news and information, reporting any attempts by the On Thursday, Jeffrey Epstein’s onetime arrest. “Maxwell was the center of that sex military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s horrifying scheme exploiting an intuitive independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns girlfriend and associate Ghislaine Max- solidarity. It would have relied on pervert- trafficking ring.” and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- well was arrested in New Hampshire, 11 ing all the safety tips young women are After Epstein’s death, she disappeared. ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted months after the disgraced financier died taught as they prepare to enter a world that She was spotted once in California, then by email at [email protected], or by phone at by suicide in jail. Her indictment was can be unsafe for them: Go in pairs. Bring she was rumored to be in France. Law- 202.886.0003. made public, and over 18 pages her alleged a female friend. Are you in trouble? Look yers for victims attempted to serve her role in Epstein’s sex trafficking scheme be- for another woman, one who could be your papers for civil suits, and then complained comes clear. She was, allegedly, a twisted Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- mom. they couldn’t find her to do so. Conspiracy days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday version of the woman in the room. She was Like many abusers, Epstein frequently theorists tacked her on their pinboards of through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and there, allegedly, to serve a role in a three- targeted vulnerable young women. In puppetmasters and protection rackets. She Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send person production: to make girls feel safe, “Filthy Rich,” Netflix’s recent Epstein seemed like Carmen Sandiego, always on address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, so they could instead be abused. documentary, women now in their 30s re- the run, aided by her money and her con- APO AP 96301-5002. This newspaper is authorized by the Department of Maxwell, 58, would allegedly take flect on themselves as teenagers, homeless nections, mysterious and missing. Defense for members of the military services overseas. “Minor Victim 1” on shopping trips or to or trying to escape violent homes, desper- It was easy to get so caught up in where However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, the movies. She would ask about “school, she might be that you forgot about the plac- and are not to be considered as the official views of, or ate for the stabilizing influence of an adult, endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, her classes, her family.” And then, the in- but without the life experience to know es she’d been. Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- dictment reads, Maxwell “sought to nor- what that would look like. Picture a 14-year-old girl, unaccompa- nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. malize inappropriate and abusive conduct Enter Maxwell, a glamorous mentor nied in a mansion, wondering how a sur- The appearance of advertising in this publication does by among other things, undressing in — the Oxford-educated, quadrilingual prise shopping trip had suddenly turned not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. front of Minor Victim and being present daughter of a wealthy publishing magnate into this, a “massage room” painted to Products or services advertised shall be made available for when Minor Victim undressed in front of — signaling that Epstein’s depravity was look like the Sistine Chapel, and a guy old purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, Epstein.” fine. Of course it was fine. If it weren’t, enough to be her father disrobing in front religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor Minor Victim 1 was 14 years old. would this woman be in the room? of her. Picture the relief of realizing anoth- of the purchaser, user or patron. Maxwell allegedly shopped with “Minor Since the sordid Epstein saga began er woman was in the room, and the nausea © Stars and Stripes 2020 Victim 2,” offered her massages, and unspooling, years ago, Maxwell has con- of realizing that didn’t matter after all. then encouraged her to massage Epstein. tinued to be one of its more inscrutable Monica Hesse is a columnist for The Washington stripes.com “Minor Victim 3” was allegedly recruited characters. Was she as evil as he was? Was Post’s Style section and author of “American Fire.” Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/GOLF/SPORTS BRIEFS

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Go to the American Forces BY LARRY LAGE recalled. “I was focused on doing what I need- Network website for the most Associated Press ed to do to be healthy, to be a good husband for up-to-date TV schedules. my wife and a good father to my kids. I was myafn.net DETROIT — Webb Simpson and Bryson thankfully in a place financially where my ca- DeChambeau were expected to be contenders reer could wait.” Deals at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, taking advan- The 35-year-old Kirk has won four times on tage of a relatively weak field and course by the PGA Tour, most recently in 2015. PGA Tour standards. Simpson won the RBC Heritage two weeks Friday’s transactions Chris Kirk was not. ago in South Carolina, finishing at a tourna- BASEBALL A year after taking a leave of absence from ment-record 22-under for his second win of Major League Baseball the PGA Tour to address alcohol abuse and American League the season and seventh of his career. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Signed SS Mi- depression, though, he has turned around his He withdrew from the Connecticut event lan Tolentino, OF Petey Halpin, C Steve life and revived his career. Baron, INF Jake Elmore and RHP David last week because one of his daughters ap- Hernandez to minor league contracts. Kirk had a 7-under 65 on Friday to take the National League peared to have COVID-19, but she later tested SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Signed LHP second-round lead at the Detroit Golf Club, Nick Swiney to a minor league contract. and Simpson later shot a 64 to pull into a tie negative. SOCCER Simpson and DeChambeau chose to come to Major League Soccer atop the leaderboard at 12-under 132. TORONTO FC — Signed G Kevin Silva to “I was out there thinking about him a little the Motor City while many of the PGA Tour’s a first-team contract. top players skipped the tournament. COLLEGE bit, just with his decision to take some time AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY In the PGA Tour’s first three events after — Announced that Mark Hudspeth has away from golf and take care of himself,” resigned his duties as head football Simpson recalled. “I’m so proud of what he’s the COVID-19 pandemic stunted the season, coach. been able to do and come back and make the the top five players in the world ranking par- comeback he’s made, winning on the Korn ticipated in each tournament. Pro soccer Ferry Tour. And, now he’s out here trying to None of the top five players is at the Detroit win a PGA Tour event.” Golf Club and the field includes just 18 of the Kirk won a Korn Ferry Tour event two top 50. NWSL Challenge Cup Simpson is No. 6 in the world ranking and At Herriman Utah weeks ago, using the PGA Tour’s developmen- Saturday, June 27 /AP tal circuit as a springboard to compete again DeChambeau is No. 10. North Carolina Courage 2, Portland CARLOS OSORIO Thorns 1 with the world’s best players. Matthew Wolff (64), Seamus Power (66), Washington Spirit 2, Chicago Red Webb Simpson hits onto the 17th green When Kirk stopped playing last year, he Mark Hubbard (66), Ryan Armour (64) and Stars 1 Tuesday, June 30 Friday during the second round of the didn’t know what his future was in the sport. Richy Werenski (66) also were a a shot off the Houston Dash 3, Utah Royals 3 Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. “I kind of just didn’t care at that point,” he lead going into the weekend. OL Reign 0, Sky Blue 0 Wednesday, July 1 Portland Thorns 0, Chicago Red Stars 0 North Carolina Courage 2, Washington Spirit 0 Saturday, July 4 Utah Royals vs. Sky Blue Briefl y Houston Dash vs. OL Reign Sunday, July 5 North Carolina Courage vs. Chicago Red Stars Portland Thorns vs. Washington Spirit Braves star Freeman, 3 others test positive Wednesday, July 8 Utah Royals vs. OL Reign Sky Blue vs. Houston Dash Sunday, July 12 Washington Spirit vs. Houston Dash Associated Press Chicago Red Stars vs. Utah Royals Top recruit Maker snubs Russia: World Athletics McCallie won’t return Monday, July 13 OL Reign vs. Portland Thorns ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves big schools for Howard freeze blow to athletes to coach Duke women Sky Blue vs. North Carolina Courage four-time All-Star Freddie Free- Quarterfinals MOSCOW — The president of Joanne P. McCallie won’t re- Friday, July 17 man, reliever Will Smith and two WASHINGTON — Five-star Teams TBD teammates have tested positive prospect Makur Maker verbal- Russia’s track and field federa- turn for a 14th season as Duke’s Saturday, July 18 Teams TBD for the coronavirus. ly committed to Howard Uni- tion said Friday it is “catastroph- women’s basketball coach. Semifinals Manager Brian Snitker said versity on Friday, picking the ic” to suspend Russian athletes’ McCallie announced her de- Wednesday, July 22 Quarterfinal winners Saturday the four players, includ- Bison over applications to compete over a $5 parture in a 6-minute video post- Championship million unpaid fine for breaking ed Thursday on the program’s Sunday, July 26 ing right-hander Touki Toussaint college bas- Semifinal winners and infielder Pete Kozma, agreed ketball pow- anti-doping rules. Twitter account. She said she was to have the team disclose their erhouses Yevgeny Yurchenko said World “choosing to step away” as coach, Auto racing positive tests. UCLA, Ken- Athletics had ignored the impact saying she wanted to bring “clar- Snitker said Freeman had a tucky and of the coronavirus pandemic ity” instead of uncertainty as negative intake test before having when it held Russia to a Wednes- she entered the final year of her Big Machine Hand Sanitizer Memphis. a positive test on Friday. Snitker The high- day deadline for payment, which contract. 400 lineup said the first baseman has a fever ly touted was missed. McCallie led the Blue Devils Race Sunday and “is not feeling great.” recruit is World Athletics said Thursday it to a 330-107 record in her 13 sea- At Indianapolis Motor Speedway was freezing the work of the panel Indianapolis, Ind. “It will be a while before we the highest- sons and was a three-time Atlan- Lap length: 2.5 miles can get him back,” Snitker said of which vets Russians who want to ranked play- tic Coast Conference coach of the (Car number in parentheses) Freeman. compete internationally with “au- 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. er to commit Maker year. Duke won at least a share of 2. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. Major League Baseball has thorized neutral athlete” status. the ACC regular-season title four to a Histori- 3. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. scheduled the 60-game season to Russia owes a $5 million fine and times as well as three ACC Tour- 4. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet. cally Black College or University 5. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. start on July 23. Freeman is the $1.3 million in other costs. nament titles. 6. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. biggest star in the sport so far to since ESPN began tracking rank- The freeze lasts until July 7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. ings in 2007. Maker is a 6-foot-11, 8. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. have his positive virus test pub- 29-30. Case against Kansas up 9. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. licly announced by his team. 235-pound center who declared 10. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. for the NBA Draft in April be- for independent review 11. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. Kenyan runner Kipsang 12. (12) Ryan Blane, Ford. Cleveland Indians are fore opting to consider college 13. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet. basketball. banned for missed tests LAWRENCE, Kan. — The 14. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford. NCAA’s infractions case against 15. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. reviewing nickname Maker, ranked No. 16 by ESPN, 16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. MONACO — Former marathon the University of Kansas men’s announced Friday on Twitter 17. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet. CLEVELAND — Amid new world record holder Wilson Kip- basketball program has been ac- 18. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet. he was committing to Howard 19. (38) John H. Nemechek, Ford. pressure sparked by a nation- sang was banned for four years cepted into a newly created in- 20. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford. al movement to correct racial and coach Kenneth Blakeney. Friday after a series of missed dependent investigation process 21. (42) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet. He hopes his decision opens the 22. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford. wrongdoings, the Cleveland In- doping tests. that was created to handle espe- 23. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota. dians said Friday night they will door for other prospects to go the A ruling published by the Ath- 24. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet. cially complex cases. 25. (51) Joye Gase, Ford. review their long-debated nick- HBCU route. letics Integrity Unit states that The Infractions Referral Com- 26. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet. name which has been in place for “I need to make the HBCU the Kenyan runner was found to 27. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford. mittee said Wednesday that the 28. (78) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet. 105 years. movement real so that others will have missed three tests and failed case against the Jayhawks and 29. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. “We are committed to making a follow,” Maker said. “I hope I in- to provide timely information on 30. (41) Cole Custer, Ford. coach Bill Self would go through 31. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford. positive impact in our community spire guys like Mikey Williams to his whereabouts on a fourth occa- the Independent Accountability 32. (77) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet. and embrace our responsibility to join me on this journey.” sion, all in 2018 and 2019. 33. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet. Resolution Process. The approval 34. (27) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet. advance social justice and equal- It goes beyond Williams. Online Kipsang was also found to have is the first significant step in a 35. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota. oddsmaker Bovada on Friday set 36. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. ity,” the team said in a statement tampered with the doping control process that was created in Au- 37. (96) Daile Suarez, Toyota. that came just hours after the HBCUs among the favorites to process by making false claims gust 2018 to deal with select cases 38. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. 39. (7) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet. NFL’s Washington Redskins an- land Bronny James, son of NBA in relation to two of the missed and minimize perceived conflicts 40. (78) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet. nounced a similar move. superstar LeBron James. tests. of interest. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 5, 2020 NHL/AUTO RACING Healthy Kessel expected to give Coyotes a boost BY JOHN MARSHALL By the numbers When the NHL shut down due Associated Press to the coronavirus on March 12, Kessel had 14 goals and 24 as- GLENDALE, Ariz. sists. More telling, he had five he start of Phil Kes- even-strength goals and was on sel’s desert tenure did pace to set a career low in shots. not go according to 844 “Obviously, I had a tough year,” plan, for him or the said Kessel, who returned to Ari- TArizona Coyotes. zona from Florida three weeks Expected to give the Coyotes Number of consecutive ago. “I think it’s probably my JULIE JACOBSON/AP a scoring jolt, Kessel instead la- games Arizona right wing most injuries I’ve had is this year, bored, in large part due to a string but that’s no excuse. It’s one of Denny Hamlin leads the pack around Turn 1 during a NASCAR Cup of injuries. Phil Kessel has played those years. Obviously, I’m going Series race on Aug. 5, 2018 in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Three months The NHL’s pandemic-caused during his 13-year career, to look to never have that again. after its opening day was canceled by the coronavirus pandemic, pause has given the 32-year-old sixth-longest in history. I’ve never had a year like that, so Watkins Glen International is hosting car clubs again. right wing a chance to heal, put- I’m looking to bounce back. This ting him in position to have a is a good time to get it started much bigger impact when the again.” Coyotes return to the ice. Now healthy and refreshed, Watkins Glen open “I feel good right now,” Kessel 6 Kessel could give the Coyotes a said during a video call this week. big boost when the NHL season “I feel better than I did all year, so Number of seasons during resumes. He won consecutive I’m excited. My body feels good, I Stanley Cup titles with the Pen- again as NASCAR feel rested. I’m going to be ready his career Kessel has guins and has 33 goals with 44 as- to go.” scored at least 30 goals. sists in 87 career playoff games. The Coyotes pulled off the big- He scored 27 last season Kessel was runner-up to Sid- race draws nearer gest move of the 2019 offseason, with the Penguins. ney Crosby for the 2016 Conn acquiring Kessel from Pittsburgh Smythe Trophy after finishing BY JOHN KEKIS “It’s been a challenge, there’s no for center Alex Galchenyuk. with 10 goals and 12 assists when Associated Press question about it,” said Scott Bell, Kessel continued to be produc- the Penguins won the first of two general manager of the Harbor tive more than a decade into his titles. The roar is back at New York’s Hotel, which has remained open NHL career, scoring 27 goals 14 “I think it matters,” Kessel said Thunder Road. during the pandemic. “We’re see- with 55 assists with the Penguins of playoff experience. “I think Three months after its opening ing occupancy levels that can’t last season. He has scored at least guys that have been there in those day was canceled by the corona- even be explained. We don’t cre- 30 goals six times during his 13- Number of goals Kessel spots, they know what to expect virus pandemic, Watkins Glen ate the demand, we support the year NHL career and had a ca- had scored this season and what to do. I think to be hon- International is hosting car clubs demand, so to have the track open reer-high 92 points in 2017-18. when the season was est, it’s a different level of hockey. again as NASCAR weekend looms and car clubs coming in, there’s a Kessel was expected to be the It’s a faster, more crisp game. It’s in mid-August. pulse back in the region, which is scoring piece the Coyotes had shut down on March 12. a fun time of year.” “Everybody is excited about wonderful to see. been missing since reaching the NHL training camps are getting back in the saddle. I know “It drives the economy, no 2012 Western Conference finals, SOURCE: Associated Press scheduled to open July 10 and an we are,” track president Michael question about it. We need all cyl- their last playoff appearance. agreement is in place to restart Printup said. “We had some peo- inders churning in order to cap- Instead, Kessel showed flashes Kessel didn’t miss a game, the season. The start date and ple on furlough and we were able ture whatever we can the rest of of his previous brilliance, yet stretching his ironman streak to sites of the two hub cities have yet to bring back almost every single the summer.” never got on much of a scoring 844 straight games, sixth-longest to be determined, but the Coyotes person, so that’s good. It’s good Most of the schedule at Watkins run. He suffered a groin injury in NHL history, yet he didn’t seem will be one of the 12 Western Con- to get the activity going, get the Glen has been shuffled. IMSA’s early in the season and the pains to have the same explosiveness he ference teams continuing their track hot.” annual sports car endurance kept coming. had in previous seasons. seasons. Car clubs returned to The Glen race, the Sahlen’s Six Hours of two weeks ago and Printup ex- The Glen, was moved from late pects the car club schedule will June to the first weekend in Octo- quickly be booked through Nov. ber and now has been switched to 1. Labor Day weekend. The Sports And that would be a very good Car Club of America’s Majors thing. Super Tour, originally slated for “It’s been pretty quiet,” Printup June, and the Finger Lakes Wine said. “When you think about car Festival in July have been post- clubs, we turn those track rentals poned until 2021. three times a week. You’re chang- Untouched so far is NASCAR. ing 150 to 400 drivers a week that Its Cup and Xfinity series are are driving the economy and this slated to race Aug. 15-16, perhaps community. It’s sorely missed.” before thousands of fans. WGI is a major economic driv- Printup said WGI’s proposal to er in the Finger Lakes region New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of upstate New York. NASCAR will be to allow only people from weekend has sold out five straight the state and within 150 miles of times. Attendance figures are not the track to attend. released by the stock car organi- “We think we have a pretty zation, but local officials peg it at good plan on being able to allow a over 90,000 annually since 2015. limited number of fans,” Printup Judy McKinney Cherry, execu- said. “We know that to ask him to tive director of the local Partner- bring fans from outside the state ship for Economic Development, was probably going to be a big figures the track’s economic im- stretch. pact is at least $275 million an- “It’s all about social distancing, nually, based on the most recent temperature takes of every fan,” study. Printup added. “We can social Printup figures that number distance them in the grandstands. might be down as much as 75% We have plenty of those.” WINSLOW TOWNSON/AP this year. “It’s a pretty big num- And surely plenty of space to Phil Kessel has had a disappointing first season with the Arizona Coyotes after suffering a string of ber,” he said. spread out. WGI covers more than injuries. Now that he’s had time to heal up during the NHL’s pause, the high-scoring forward could help Downtown Watkins Glen busi- 1,800 acres, one of the largest of the Coyotes make a deep run once the season resumes. nesses have been hit hard. the 12 tracks NASCAR owns. Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 AUTO RACING Johnson first NASCAR driver to test positive

BY JENNA FRYER standings, 63 points inside the Associated Press playoff picture. NASCAR’s rules state a driver must be symptom INDIANAPOLIS — Seven- free and have two negative coro- time NASCAR champion Jim- navirus tests in a 24-hour span to mie Johnson has tested positive return. for the coronavirus and will miss NASCAR said it has granted this weekend’s race at Indianapo- Johnson a playoff waiver. lis Motor Speedway. “Jimmie is a true battle-tested The 44-year-old Johnson is the champion, and we wish him well first driver in any NASCAR series in his recovery,” the series said. to test positive and the news Fri- Johnson could potentially also day evening cast a shadow over miss the Cup race at Kentucky the historic NASCAR-IndyCar and the All-Star race at Bris- doubleheader races coming up tol. Next week’s test of the road Saturday and Sunday. There was course at Indy in Scott Dixon’s no indication any races would be car has also been scrapped. affected. NASCAR was one of the first Hendrick Motorsports said sports to resume competition Johnson will not return until from the pandemic shutdown and he is cleared by a physician. He has completed 11 Cup races since was tested earlier Friday after its May 17 return. The sanctioning his wife, Chani, tested positive body does not test for coronavirus after experiencing allergy-like but participants are required to symptoms. do a temperature check as they Johnson is asymptomatic. enter the facility. “My first priority is the health Drivers have been told to iso- and safety of my loved ones and late at the track and there is very my teammates,” Johnson said. little interaction beyond radio “I’ve never missed a race in my conversation between the com- Cup career, but I know it’s going petitor and his crew. to be very hard to watch from the Although Stewart-Haas Rac- sidelines when I’m supposed to ing and Team Penske both said be out there competing. Although they’ve had positive tests from this situation is extremely disap- shop-based team members, John- MATT SLOCUM/AP pointing, I’m going to come back son is the first driver. Earlier Fri- ready to win races and put our- Jimmie Johnson stands on the start-finish line before the start of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at day, Brazilian sports car driver selves in playoff contention.” Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. The 44-year-old Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus. Felipe Nasr said he had tested Johnson earlier Friday held a positive and will miss Saturday’s Zoom session with reporters to Rick Hendrick, owner of Hen- has implemented detailed pro- Johnson is scheduled to retire IMSA event at Daytona Interna- discuss Sunday’s race and an up- drick Motorsports. “We’re re- cedures to protect the health of from full-time NASCAR com- tional Speedway. coming test of an Indy car on the lieved he isn’t showing symptoms its team members. They include petition at the end of the season Johnson earlier Friday dis- road course at the fabled venue. and that Chani is doing great, and daily COVID-19 screenings at the and was trying to tie Jeff Gor- cussed the Indy car test scheduled He will now miss that test, as well we know he’ll be back and ready team facilities; the separation of don and Michael Schumacher with Chip Ganassi Racing, which as what was supposed to be his to go very soon. It’s going to be facility operations and traveling as the only five-time winners at he said was the first step in deter- final Brickyard 400. Justin All- difficult for him to be out of the personnel; split work schedules; Indianapolis. mining if actual races are in his gaier will replace him in the No. car and away from his team, but stringent face covering and social Johnson has made 663 con- future. If he’s any good, he said, 48 Chevrolet. it’s the right thing to do for Jim- distancing requirements; and an secutive Cup Series starts — the he would be open to racing all 12 “Jimmie has handled this situa- mie and everyone involved.” increased level of disinfecting and longest streak among active driv- street and road course events on tion like the champion he is,” said Hendrick Motorsports said it sanitization of all work areas. ers — and is currently 12th in the the IndyCar schedule. Penske adds golden touch to Indianapolis Motor Speedway

BY JENNA FRYER ‘ Associated Press This is his life’s work. ... This is his Mona Lisa. Chip Ganassi’ INDIANAPOLIS — The purists can car owner, on longtime rival Roger Penske and Indianapolis Motor Speedway relax: Roger Penske did not remove troughs from the men’s bathrooms at In- dianapolis Motor Speedway. its functionality. He went through another spected his sprawling new property, one of He replaced them, of course, with the dry run of the lift, ensuring it lined up per- the most famous sports venues in history. shiniest, sleekest basins on the urinal mar- fectly for post-race celebrations and alert- Penske is meticulous and every element ket, thus preserving one of the speedway’s ing an employee to some manufacturer of his operations reflects an immaculate treasured if unusual features while still in- stickers he wanted removed lest the public and organized culture. When “The Cap- sisting every inch of the facility be brought see anything short of a perfect production. tain” talks about sprucing up the speed- up to Penske code. It’s been six months “This is his life’s work,” said Chip Ga- way, he often references Augusta National, since Penske completed his purchase of the nassi, a longtime rival car owner. “The home of the Masters and a gold standard 111-year-old national landmark, a fixer- way he talks about the place, the energy in among golf tournaments in terms of re- upper that he has already lavished with his voice over every element — this is his sources, presentation and hospitality. some $15 million worth of improvements. Mona Lisa.” It is Penske’s expectation that fans will “It’s like you just bought a Ferrari,” said Penske, for the record, is a billionaire view Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Penske, “but it was rained on.” transportation titan with a record 18 India- the same level of admiration, awe and re- Penske gave The Associated Press a napolis 500 victories. He has powerhouse spect that Augusta receives. two-hour tour of the speedway this week, teams in both NASCAR and IndyCar, but “It’s my job. I’m not looking for a gold showing off with dizzying detail the new the latter is now even more of a beloved star or a blue ribbon, I just want to be sure landscaping, paved lots, planted trees, pic- project. When Tony George approached the guests, the fans that come, ultimately nic tables, widened pedestrian paths, hand JENNA FRYER/AP him last September to inform him the Hul- when they can come, will have the experi- dryers in every bathroom, improved sight man family was looking to sell the famous ence that I hope they will,” Penske said. “I lines, pressure-washed buildings, freshly Roger Penske looks over the track from speedway, Penske pounced on the once-in- want to take Indianapolis Motor Speedway painted signs and LED monitors every- the grandstand Thursday at Indianapolis a-lifetime opportunity. to the next level.” where. There is not a lone piece de resis- Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. The deal was finalized in six weeks and He envisions three IndyCar races a sea- tance; Penske is equally proud of every he got the keys — he literally has a set of son, a return of Formula One, a crown jewel change, including a 104-by-20-foot video Two days before the speedway opened keys that opens doors inside the speedway sports car race and an improved NASCAR board on the Pagoda, a lift in the winner’s for a historic NASCAR-IndyCar double- — the first week of January. He was quick- weekend that potentially could see the Cup circle to raise the winning car and, of header, the 83-year-old Penske was push- ly climbing through the grandstands in a Series shift to the road course and away course, those old-school troughs. ing a car onto the lift to quadruple-check freezing Indiana rain as he personally in- from the 2.5-mile oval. PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 5, 2020 MLB Annual All-Star Game canceled Dodger Stadium must keep waiting

BY BETH HARRIS from taking place that year. It was Associated Press pushed back to the next season. The Dodgers hosted the only LOS ANGELES — Dodger Midsummer Classic in Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host Stadium history in 1980, won 4-2 the All-Star Game is going to last by the National League. even longer. The stadium — third-oldest in The game scheduled for July baseball behind Fenway and Chi- 14 was canceled Friday because cago’s Wrigley Field — is the only of the coronavirus pandemic, and park in the majors not to have in- Dodger Stadium was awarded creased its 56,000-seat capacity the 2022 Midsummer Classic. since it opened in 1962. The 2021 game is set for Atlanta’s That’s not to say it hasn’t Truist Park, home to the Braves changed, however. since 2017. Since 2013, the stadium that TIM DONNELLY/AP Because of the pandemic, open- overlooks downtown Los An- Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer. The game ing day had already been delayed geles has undergone a series of scheduled for July 14 was canceled Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Dodger Stadium from March 26 to July 23 or 24. structural and behind-the-scenes was awarded the 2022 Midsummer Classic. “Once it became clear we were improvements, including two en- unable to hold this year’s All-Star trance plazas on the field level, and spruced-up outfield pavil- in right field noting the All-Star The coronavirus slowed con- festivities, we wanted to award tiered seating and bar areas ions. Also added were elevators, game. It arrived without a date, struction at the stadium. In the Dodgers with the next avail- overlooking both bullpens. The escalators and bridges to improve making it viable to use for the up- mid-April, retired Hall of Fame able All-Star Game, which is ballpark has also gotten new HD circulation around the ballpark coming 60-game regular season. broadcaster Vin Scully narrated 2022,” baseball Commissioner video screens and sound systems, without changing its picturesque “It will be a constant remind- a brief video of the project. Rob Manfred said in a statement. wider concourses and renovated look and feel. The speaker tower er that Los Angeles is getting a Scully, now 92, announced the No date for the 2022 game has restrooms, kids play areas, dis- sound system in center field is game,” Kasten said, adding that 1959 All-Star game hosted by the been announced, although Dodg- plays to honor the franchise’s being replaced. New so-called money pledged by MLB and the Dodgers at Los Angeles Memo- ers President Stan Kasten said storied history, new home and “home run seats” are being added Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation rial Coliseum (the second such it would take place in the third visiting clubhouses and batting in front of existing outfield seats. for community projects around game played that year). He joined week of July. cages. “We had a lot of elaborate prep- the game will be spent this year. Mel Allen on the call for NBC on This year will be the first time And that doesn’t include the arations coming into this year, People who purchased tickets Aug. 3. since 1945 that no game is held. $100 million in renovations that not the least of which is this huge, for this year’s game will be of- It was the first Midsummer Travel restrictions because of helped the Dodgers land the 2020 fantastic renovation,” Kasten said fered an incentive to let the team Classic to be played on the West World War II kept the game game. Those feature two acres on a video conference call. hang on to their money until 2022, Coast, and also one of only two scheduled for Boston’s Fenway of food and entertainment offer- The Dodgers have installed a Kasten said. Refunds will also be games to be played outside the Park and any player selections ings in a new center-field plaza sign above the visitors’ bullpen offered beginning Monday. month of July. Back: Marlins’ stadium served as site for summer training, COVID-19 testing

FROM BACK PAGE their cuts. Mini cones spaced well team get ready for playing out- It was a very strange scene in apart marked sections of grass doors when the regular season Miami. for separated stretching and begins. While the team worked out on calisthenics. Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija the new artificial turf, there was Air horns blew at different in- said he fully expects there will a long line of cars outside Marlins tervals, a sound more familiar at be fans in the seats at some point Park because it’s a testing site for a football practice. A makeshift this year. the coronavirus, and cases have infield was pieced together in the “I think we’ve seen from the been surging in South Florida. outfield for defensive drills. owners they’re not afraid to put Major League Baseball an- “Everything that we can do in anyone at risk, especially if it nounced 31 players and seven order to keep the guys distanced makes them money,” he said. staff members tested positive for from each other,” rookie manager Even though practice sessions COVID-19 during intake for the Luis Rojas said. are shut to the public, a few fans resumption of training, a rate of Phillies star Bryce Harper had saw actual baseball. 1.2%. The positive tests occurred his own crowd. His pregnant wife The Texas Rangers held their among 19 of the 30 teams. and their 10-month-old son ac- first official workout in the new Opening day for the delayed, companied him to Philadelphia. $1.2 billion Globe Life Field, shortened 60-game season is July “The last three days, under- under the closed retractable roof. 23. Major League Baseball said standing what we’re going to do When Rougned Odor pulled a the All-Star Game, scheduled for on the field, understanding that home run into the right-field seats AARON DOSTER/AP July 14 at Dodger Stadium, has we do have to wear masks wher- in an intrasquad game, there was been canceled. The Reds’ Joey Votto throws during practice Friday at Great ever we go, those are things you a smattering of applause. At Comerica Park in Detroit, American Ballpark in Cincinnati. Votto said it felt “weird” to be have to get used to and respect While the session was closed the effects of virus precautions opening summer training after being shut down for four months. the people around you ... I feel to outsiders, there were still were evident. safe right now,” Harper said. small groups of people taking “There’s Xs in the dugout where fielder and his wife, Jessica, are Mets catcher Wilson Ramos In Phoenix, it was 102 degrees tours of the new stadium, and a we can and can’t stand. You have expecting the couple’s first child could sympathize. as the Arizona Diamondbacks blood drive was being held on the to come down to the field one way in August. “It’s hard right now to be here,” held their first summer workout concourse. and back off the field another “Honestly, I still don’t feel that Ramos said, thinking of his wife at steamy Chase Field, which had “I’m kind of expecting weird, way,” Tigers pitcher Michael Ful- comfortable,” the 28-year-old and children in Florida. “But at the roof closed but the window expecting things to be different,” mer said. “It’s going to definitely star said. the same time, I’m very happy panels on the back wall open. manager Chris Woodward said take some getting used to, but as “If I test positive, I talked to to be here doing what we love to General manager Mike Hazen later. “I just think the whole situ- long as we’re playing baseball, I doctors and they said I couldn’t do.” said there were two main reasons ation is different. And that’s kind can follow about anything.” see the baby for 14 days or Jess The Mets worked out in three to keep the field open despite the of our theme ... we’ve got to stay Trout, the three-time AL MVP, can’t see the baby for 14 days if separate shifts during the day. high temperatures. One, it helped positive and just kind of like roll wants to wait a bit. she’s positive, we’re going to be Music played softly over the sta- with the air circulation to try to with the punches, take things The Los Angeles Angels out- upset,” he said. dium sound system as hitters took avoid the virus and two, it let the head on, deal with it.” Sunday, July 5, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 MLB/COLLEGE BASKETBALL Experienced transfers especially valuable to coaches in new jobs

BY AARON BEARD Associated Press Mark Byington has spent more than three months as the men’s basketball coach at James Madi- son without being able to take a recruiting trip or meet personally with the eight players joining his program during the coronavirus pandemic. But he takes some comfort in that five of the newcomers have Division I experience. He’s hop-

CARLOS OSORIO/AP ing the older players provide some stability amid these uncer- Pittsburgh Pirates bench coach Don Kelly, left, and manager Derek tain times for college athletics Shelton watch from the dugout during a spring training game against — highlighting the Toronto Blue Jays on March 12 in Bradenton, Fla. the enhanced ‘ value of trans- There’s fers for the defi nitely coaches who a value changed jobs Pirates skipper after last sea- — if it’s son and are the right trying to build new programs. transfer.’ “We wanted Bryce Drew to get older,” tired of routine Grand Canyon said Byington, head coach who left Geor- gia Southern BY WILL GRAVES in Altoona — a longtime Pirates for the Colonial Athletic Asso- Associated Press Double-A affiliate — as an “alter- ciation program. “And the best evaluations we could get during nate training facility” once spring /AP PITTSBURGH — Derek Shel- training 2.0 starts next week. a pandemic was watching guys PAUL SANCYA ton ended nearly each press In a way, though, all the chang- who played against other Division Former Michigan assistant Luke Yaklich is the new head coach at the availability during spring train- es might work to Shelton’s advan- I players.” University of Illinois at Chicago. Yaklich has three Division I transfers ing by jokingly telling reporters tage. No manager has worked Twenty Division I programs and two junior-college transfers joining the program he took over. they picked the wrong day to ask under the unique conditions the have changed coaches since the Pittsburgh Pirates first-year league faces over the next three March, when the pandemic shut ily on because they have proven Bose from Houston Baptist and manager about his opening day months. In a way, it’s everyone’s down college and professional they can make the jump from Virginia Tech’s Isaiah Wilkins starter. first year on the job no matter sports as well as in-person re- high school to college. They can — who committed before the late- His answer was always some how many World Series rings cruiting. Wake Forest is the only manage their academics. They April coaching change. He added variation of “sorry, that’s tomor- they might have stashed away. school from a Power Five confer- can play at this level. They can be UNLV graduate Jonah Antonio, row” before jogging off to his next “Managers who have managed ence to do so after firing Danny competitive. They can be voices. guard Daivien Williamson after meeting. The bit was equal parts in playoff situations probably Manning and hiring Steve Forbes “That’s proven... And now we coaching him two years at ETSU corny and comforting, a way for have a little bit more advantage from East Tennessee State. need them to be more mature and Tennessee graduate Jalen the former minor league catcher with how to use their bullpens Other notable changes include than ever because of what’s going Johnson — who committed to turned major league assistant to and things like that,” Shelton said. Hall of Famer Rick Pitino going on in the world and the uncertain- the Buccaneers before following set an easygoing tone for a club “But I think it’s an unknown for to Iona, former Vanderbilt and ty of the sport right now.” Forbes to Wake Forest. with both a modest payroll and all of us because there are going Valparaiso coach Bryce Drew That includes when teams can The Dukes will have UAB grad- modest expectations. to be rule changes along with it. moving to Grand Canyon, ex- get back to “normal” recruiting. uate guard Rashawn Fredericks Three months later, the routine You’re putting in the three-batter Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy On Thursday the NCAA ex- next season. They’re pursuing feels like a relic of a reality that no (minimum), which we’ve talked returning to his alma mater at tended a dead period through immediate-eligibility waivers for longer exists. The questions Shel- about all along. Now, you’re put- UAB, and former Michigan and August for all Division I sports. big man Joel Mensah (San Diego ton must grapple before manag- ting a runner at second (in extra Texas assistant Luke Yaklich Coaches are barred from in-per- State), wing TJ Taylor (Wyo- ing his first regular-season game innings), which no one has man- taking over at Illinois-Chicago. son activities such as traveling to ming), guard Vado Morse (Mount are far more complex. Like, how aged with. ... No one really knows And there’s former Kentucky meet a recruit or bringing one in St. Mary’s) and guard Jalen is he going to make sure his team how it’s going to be affected.” and Texas A&M coach Billy Gil- for an official visit. Hodge (Louisiana-Monroe). Each is abiding by the 108-page health Shelton is in the middle of get- lispie taking over at Tarleton In many cases they don’t have has at least two years of Division protocol Major League Baseball ting a crash course from assistant State, which begins the transition information from personally eval- I experience. put together in response to the hitting coach Mike Rebelo — who Wednesday to Division I. uating a player’s game or observ- At UIC, Yaklich knew the COVID-19 pandemic? How will used the runner at second rule They’ve bolstered their first ing something as subtle as body Flames needed experienced he support players who might feel while managing in Double-A last recruiting classes with multiple language. A transfer, particularly guards. So they added rising Di- the need to speak out on social year — on how to handle the rule transfers, from Division I gradu- from Division I, could offset some vision I juniors in Iowa State for- justice issues? How will he help designed to avoid games from ates to junior-college additions. risk with experience. ward Zion Griffin, Chattanooga create a positive vibe in a club- stretching well into the night. Some committed as the NCAA “There’s definitely a value — if guard Maurice Commander and house filled with players smart- Then again, he’s getting a crash considered changing the waiver it’s the right transfer, I’ll add,” said guard Teyvion Kirk, who played ing from a protracted and testy course in a lot of things. Like the process to allow all Division I Drew, whose first class includes two years at Ohio and redshirted negotiation with owners on when role his players might want to athletes to transfer once without Division I transfers Asbjorn Midt- last year at Colorado State. They and how to return? play in bringing attention to so- sitting out a season, though that gaard (Wichita State), Dima Zdor added two junior-college guards, Figuring out a fifth starter and cial justice issues following the was delayed as the NCAA looks (Weber State) and Sean Miller- too. who to pencil in at designated hit- death of George Floyd last month instead at changing legislation by Moore (Oregon State). Others like Pitino at Iona and ter on a given night seems quaint while being taken into custody by January. “Some players are transferring new Western Illinois coach Rob by comparison. police. It remains unclear how many because there’s a reason they’re Jeter went heavy on juco players “Zoom calls aren’t cutting it While the players have not dis- transfers will get a waiver to play transferring and it’s not good. with four each, while Jeter’s class anymore,” Shelton said. cussed specifics about any public right away or must sit out a year. And then there’s others where includes two Division I transfers He’s eager to get back to some gestures, Shelton said he will sup- That is, of course, whenever a they’re transferring for a fresh and one from Division III. semblance of normal, even if nor- port them “100%.” season might take place as the start and a new opportunity.” “Whether it be the junior col- mal is in short supply in 2020. “I think one of the things that pandemic continues. It’s why Wake Forest and James Madi- lege or four-year transfers, Instead of six weeks in Braden- we have to be very aware of is ACC Network analyst and former son aim to take advantage with there’s obviously more concrete ton, Fla., to get ready, Shelton we have to continue to learn, we Notre Dame player Jordan Cor- five Division I transfers, while information and background on will have half that time to turn have to continue to educate, we nette pointed to more than talent UAB and UIC joined Grand Can- what they can do: more video, the trick with players split at fa- have to be part of making sure and fit with a transfer’s value. yon with three. more stats, more opportunities to cilities 100 miles apart. The team that the situation that we’re in in Maturity “comes into play with For the Demon Deacons, talk with people,” said Yaklich, a announced on Thursday it will the world is getting better moving transfers,” Cornette said. “Those Forbes inherited two guards former assistant to John Beilein use People’s Natural Gas Field forward,” he said. are the ones you will lean heav- — high-scoring graduate Ian Du- and Shaka Smart. S TARS AND STRIPES Sunday, July 5, 2020 Positive test Johnson fi rst NASCAR driver SPORTS to contract coronavirus » Page 21

MLB

Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout runs the bases during practice Friday at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. Even with all the safety protocols put in place, Trout says “I still don’t feel that comfortable.” ASHLEY LANDIS/AP It’s back After nearly a 4-month hiatus, baseball returns

Associated Press press box, it was possible to hear players talking on the field about is N-95 mask squarely the virus. in place, Mike Trout No doubt, those sentiments stroked line drives, echoed all around the majors. streaked around the H Baseball tried to take another bases and caught fly- step forward Friday in a most balls at Angel Stadium. The sport’s uncertain setting, with players on biggest star then let something the field at their empty home ball- drop — he’s not “comfortable” in parks for the first team workouts this COVID-19 environment and since exhibition games ended isn’t sure he’ll play this season. March 12. At Citi Field, Mets two-time Cy A few players were missing: Young Award winner Jacob de- San Diego outfielder Tommy Grom ran sprints by himself in Pham, Cleveland outfielder shallow right field, then grabbed Delino DeShields Jr. and Texas his personal bag of baseballs to reliever Brett Martin are among throw off a bullpen mound. At those who have tested positive for Camden Yards, Baltimore man- the virus. ager Brandon Hyde watched “I’m sure they have fears and practice from the stands behind are dealing with the change, the the dugout. protocol, the testing. All of that is “It’s weird,” Reds star Joey different,” Marlins manager Don Votto said. Mattingly said. “But when we got At Nationals Park, Max Scher- out on the field and started work- zer limbered up with 65 pitches ing, it felt a lot like the beginning as the World Series champion of spring training.” Washington Nationals got back to work at 7:45 a.m. High in the SEE BACK ON PAGE 22

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