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By LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Dem- ocrats' push to immediately bring President Donald Trump's demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote, saying the chamber would "begin a process" to ad- dress the issue. Pressure is mounting on the Republican-led Senate to follow the House, which voted over- whelmingly on Monday to meet the president's demand to increase the checks from $600 as the virus crisis worsens. A growing number of Republicans, including two senators in runoff elections on Jan. 5 in Georgia, have said they will support the larger amount. But most GOP senators oppose more spending, even if they are also wary of bucking Trump.

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Continued from Front most all Democrats for a robust two-thirds vote of The outcome is highly un- approval. certain heading into the In the Senate, McConnell rare holiday-week session. is expected to be devis- "There's one question left ing a way out of the bind, today: Do Senate Repub- perhaps incorporating two licans join with the rest other issues Trump raised of America in supporting Sunday as he ultimately $2,000 checks?" Senate signed the massive pack- Democratic leader Chuck age into law. Schumer said as he made Trump repeated his frustra- a motion to vote. tions over the outcome of McConnell, who has said the presidential election, little publicly on Trump's re- which he lost to President- quest, objected but gave elect Joe Biden, as well as almost no indication of his the ability of technology plans ahead. companies like Facebook "The Senate will begin a and Twitter to regulate process," the GOP leader content in ways Trump be- said. He said he plans to lieves are unfair. bring the president's de- "Those are the three impor- mand for the $2,000 checks tant subjects the president and other remaining issues has linked together," Mc- "into focus." Followed by a staffer, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, leaves the Capitol for Connell said. The showdown has thrown the day, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Trump's push could fizzle Congress into a chaotic Associated Press out in the Senate and do year-end session just days payments in a compromise second time. ed relief checks. little to change the COV- before new lawmakers over the big year-end relief The GOP blockade may Trump repeated his de- ID-19 relief and federal are set to be sworn into of- bill Trump reluctantly signed not be sustainable in the mand in a tweet ahead of spending package Trump fice for the new year. It's into law. face of Trump's demands Tuesday's Senate session: signed into law. preventing action on an- Liberal senators led by and as senators face the "$2000 for our great peo- But the debate over the other priority — overturning Bernie Sanders of Vermont constituents at home. ple, not $600!" size and scope of the Trump's veto on a sweep- who support the relief aid The two GOP senators Following Trump's lead, Re- package — $900 billion in ing defense bill that has are blocking action on the from Georgia, David Per- publican Sens. Josh Haw- COVID-19 aid and $1.4 tril- been approved every year defense bill until a vote can due and Kelly Loeffler, an- ley of Missouri and Marco lion to fund government for 60 years. be taken on Trump's de- nounced Tuesday they Rubio of Florida, among agencies — is potentially The president's last-minute mand for $2,000 for most support Trump's plan for the party's potential 2024 one last confrontation be- push for bigger checks Americans. bigger checks as they face presidential hopefuls, are tween the president and deeply divides Republi- "The working class of this Democrats Jon Ossoff and pushing the party in the the Republican Party. The cans, who are split be- country today faces more Raphael Warnock in runoff president's direction. new Congress is set to be tween those who align with economic desperation elections that will deter- "We've got the votes. sworn in Sunday. Trump's populist instincts than at any time since the mine which party controls Let's vote today," Hawley For now, the $600 checks and those who adhere Great Depression of the the Senate. tweeted. The House vote are set to be delivered, to what had been more 1930s," Sanders said as he "I'm delighted to support late Monday was a stun- along with other aid, traditional conservative also tried to force a vote on the president," said Perdue ning turn of events. Just among the largest rescue views against government the relief checks. "Working on Fox News. Loeffler said days ago, during a brief packages of its kind. spending. Congress had families need help now." in an interview on Fox that Christmas Eve session, Re- The COVID-19 portion of settled on smaller $600 But McConnell objected a she, too, backs the boost- publicans blocked Trump's the bill revives a weekly sudden demand for big- pandemic jobless ben- ger checks as he defiantly efit boost — this time $300, refused to sign the broader through March 14 — as COVID-19 aid and year- well as the popular Pay- end funding bill into law. check Protection Program As Trump spent days fum- of grants to businesses to ing from his private club in keep workers on payrolls. Florida, where he is spend- It extends eviction protec- ing the holidays, millions of tions, adding a new rental Americans saw jobless aid assistance fund. lapse and the nation risked Americans earning up to a federal government shut- $75,000 will qualify for the down Tuesday. direct $600 payments, Dozens of Republicans cal- which are phased out at culated it was better to link higher income levels, and with Democrats to increase there's an additional $600 the pandemic payments payment per dependent rather than buck the out- child. going president and con- Biden told reporters at an stituents counting on the event Monday in Wilm- money. House Democrats ington, Delaware, that led passage, 275-134, but he supported the $2,000 44 Republicans joined al- checks.q A3 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 30 December 2020 Wiser resolutions? Lessons from COVID’s unfulfilled ones

By MELISSA RAYWORTH mendous psychological Yoga teacher Pamela Egg- Associated Press labor. That work is invis- leston shifted her teaching She’d wanted to frame ible, but it takes its toll, says online, filming a self-care and hang them — just Catherine Sanderson, chair course for Yoga Journal three printed pictures that of the psychology depart- to help people thrive dur- had been sitting in Lucy ment at Amherst College. ing this challenging year. O’Donoghue’s suburban For much of the nation, the Teaching exclusively on- Atlanta house since the sense in the early days of line “was a challenge for year began. That’s all. Yet quarantine that the disrup- me. But I did it,” she says. with a full-time job and two tion would be brief soon Though she’s based in the small kids, she hadn’t found melted into an amorphous Washington, D.C., area, the time. uncertainty. she soon had students tun- But when COVID-19 The normal guardrails that ing in from as far away as slowed life to a quaran- govern the days — get- Scotland. And something tine-induced crawl, she ting dressed and out the else: She returned to social began working remotely. door on time, driving kids justice activism this year. It seemed like the perfect to sports practices and “I’ve done more of that time to get this — and a dance classes on a tight than I had done in a This image provided by Lucy O’Donoghue shows a children slew of other small projects schedule in the evenings while,” Eggleston says. “It playing by a lake. — done. — disappeared for many. feels good to me to return Associated Press Eight months later, So while having extra time to these issues. They never might have seen quaran- mental health, was simplici- O’Donoghue finally walked might have seemed like a leave me, as a Black wom- tine as a time to be highly ty. So I’m carrying that over the two short blocks to a bright spot, it was also dis- an.” productive — and would into 2021 with intentional store near her house and orienting. WHAT REALLY MATTERS have beaten herself up if simplifying,” she says. bought a trio of ready- With too much unstruc- Tough times can be clarify- she wasn’t. “I’m normally So with those early-quar- made frames. tured time, “I feel this aim- ing. They aren’t always so, someone that thrives on al- antine resolutions in mind, “I put the pieces of art up in lessness,” says Steph Auteri, but they can be. ways being busy, jumping how do we approach this my house, and that made a writer who lives in Vero- People may not have tack- from one thing to another,” weekend, the moment of me so happy,” she says. na, New Jersey. “The busier led the home improvement she says. shaking off 2020 and invok- “How is it that something I am, the better I operate. projects they planned or Instead, she prioritized ing fresh New Year’s resolu- that only took me 45 min- The more time I have, I start written novels. But many keeping a healthy balance tions for 2021? utes has taken me over a to get down in the dumps.” focused on their own well- between managing her Serani expects many peo- year to get around to do- That’s a common experi- being, and their kids’, and business and connecting ple’s resolutions will be ing?” The answer, as it has ence, says Serani: In the asked themselves what re- with her family. focused less on material been with so much, is this: United States, “it’s a re- ally matters. “My big thing this year, just goals and more on what Because 2020. ally high-octane life. And In the past, business coach out of purely trying to focus they’ve decided is most Ten months ago, Ameri- it was slammed. We hit the Rachel Brenke says, she on my kids, myself and my important. q cans waded into unfamiliar brakes and everybody had waters. For many who were to stop, and it was hard for not plunged immediately many people.” into economic or medi- This year has required us to cal emergency, it was as create new structures. That though some strange, pro- takes time and energy. tracted, fragmented snow Pre-pandemic, “on a Sat- day had begun. Plans and urday, you wouldn’t wake promises bloomed on so- up in your office. There’s cial media like spring flow- a distinction. And now, ers. Bread was baked. Proj- you have to actually think ects were launched. about, ‘What am I do- “With the greatest of inten- ing?,’” Sanderson says. “It tions, in the first few weeks requires a level of planning people had rearranged that you’re not used to and their shoe closets and that we don’t have prac- made their spice racks al- tice with.” phabetical,” says psychol- Yet amid all this uncertainty ogist Deborah Serani, an and psychological labor, adjunct professor at Adel- people are looking back phi University in New York. and realizing they did dis- PSYCHOLOGICAL LABOR cover a quiet productivity. The pandemic requires In her Queens, New York, new levels of vigilance home, months of quar- and decision-making, and antine led Neesa Sunar it has disrupted millions to return to playing viola of families. The presiden- after many years away. tial election required deft Auteri made progress too, calibration to get along reorganizing her schedule peaceably with relatives or around helping her 6-year- friends with differing views. old daughter with remote This year saw an escalation learning, and eventually in crises social, racial and launching an educational environmental. website in time for the start All of this has required tre- of school in September. A4 Wednesday 30 December 2020 U.S. NEWS Winter storm could bring several inches of snow

By The Associated Press to 24-hour operation until DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A the snow stops. strong winter storm began “We’re looking at 8 inches making its way across the followed by some ice so Upper Midwest Tuesday, that’s going to be a won- creating treacherous trav- derful complication and I el conditions and spurring think I’ve seen the forecast warnings urging people to for Jan. 1 which has anoth- stay off the roads. er 4 to 5 inches,” he said. The National Weather Ser- Wisconsin was also bracing vice issued winter storm for up to 10 inches (25 cen- warnings for parts of Ne- timeters) of snow in some braska, Iowa, Kansas, Mis- areas. The forecast called souri, South Dakota, Wis- for 3 to 6 inches of snow in consin and Illinois. the Milwaukee area. By Tuesday morning, snow AccuWeather said parts was so heavy in western of southeast Nebraska, Nebraska that Interstates northeast Kansas, north- 80 and 76 were closed for ern Missouri and southern several hours in both direc- Iowa could see ice accu- tions after numerous ac- mulations of up to a quar- cidents, and the Nebraska ter of an inch, which could Cars head west along West Center Road towards 139th Street as blowing snow limits visibility, Department of Transpor- weigh down power lines Tuesday morning, Dec. 29, 2020, in Omaha, Neb. tation warned people to Associated Press and branches and cause avoid unnecessary travel. power outages. “Conditions remain hazard- Heavy snowfall of up to a night, the Iowa department “All our troopers are very In Topeka, morning snow ous & we anticipate they foot (30 centimeters), and said on Twitter. “If you must busy right now covering was expected to give way will remain so all day Tues- perhaps more in some travel in the impacted ar- crashes all over Iowa. Road to freezing rain before day. Please avoid travel,” spots, was forecast in parts eas, buckle up, slow down conditions are very dan- eventually becoming rain. the department said on of Iowa, where the state and allow plenty of space gerous,” he said. In the Kansas City area, light Twitter. Department of Transporta- between vehicles.” The city of Des Moines had snow on Tuesday morning Police in Omaha reported tion urged people to delay By 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, snow- more than 200 employees resulted in several acci- several accidents blamed travel plans. fall was heavy, causing vis- from public works, parks dents. Among them were on slick roads. Some parts The department’s road ibility problems for motorists and recreation, and waste- several rollover wrecks on of Nebraska had already conditions map showed and rapidly deteriorating water reclamation depart- the Kansas side of the met- seen 3 inches (8 centime- most highways in the west- road conditions, Iowa State ments on snow removal ropolitan area. ters) of snow by mid-morn- ern part of the state cov- Patrol spokesman Sgt. Alex duty. The Missouri Department of ing, and the area near ered or partly covered with Dinkla said. He added that Public Works Director Jon- Transportation said roads Creston, Iowa, already had snow by midday Tuesday. crashes were happening athan Gano said 100 snow were mostly or partly cov- 5 inches (13 centimeters) of “Travel conditions are like- across the state with heavy plows, trucks and other ered with snow in the north- snow. ly to go downhill all day/ post-Christmas travel. equipment were activated ern third of the state.q First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado

Disease Control and Pre- as all COVID-19 indicators, placed under strict lock- vention was notified. very closely,” Polis said. down measures. Scientists Scientists in the U.K. be- Polis and state health offi- say there is reason for con- lieve the variant is more cials are expected hold a cern but the new strains contagious than previously news conference Wednes- should not cause alarm. identified strains. The vac- day. Japan announced Mon- cines being given now are The discovery of the new day it would bar entry of all thought to be effective variant led the CDC to issue nonresident foreign nation- against the variant, Colo- new rules on Christmas Day als as a precaution against rado health officials said in for travelers arriving to the the new strain. a news release. U.S. from the U.K., requiring New variants of the coro- Public health officials are they show proof of a nega- navirus have been seen al- investigating other poten- tive COVID-19 test. most since the virus was first tial cases and performing Worry has been growing detected in China nearly A waitperson wears a face mask while tending to a patron sitting contact tracing to deter- about the variant since Sat- a year ago. It is common in the outdoor patio of a sushi restaurant, late Monday, Dec. 28, mine the spread of the vari- urday, when Britain’s prime for viruses to undergo mi- 2020, in downtown Denver. ant throughout the state. minister said a new strain nor changes as they repro- Associated Press “There is a lot we don’t of the coronavirus seemed duce and move through a By PATTY NIEBERG announced Tuesday. know about this new CO- to spread more easily than population. The slight modi- Associated Press/Report for The variant was found in a VID-19 variant, but scientists earlier ones and was mov- fications are how scientists America man in his 20s who is in iso- in the United Kingdom are ing rapidly through Eng- track the spread of a virus DENVER (AP) — The first re- lation southeast of Denver warning the world that it is land. The nation’s first vari- from one place to another. ported U.S. case of the CO- and has no travel history, significantly more conta- ant case was identified in But if the virus has signifi- VID-19 variant that’s been state health officials said. gious. The health and safe- southeast England. cant mutations, one con- seen in the United Kingdom The Colorado State Labo- ty of Coloradans is our top Dozens of countries barred cern is that current vac- has been discovered in ratory confirmed the virus priority, and we will closely flights from the U.K., and cines might no longer offer Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis variant, and the Centers for monitor this case, as well southern England was the same protections.q A5 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 30 December 2020 Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Croatia; 6 deaths reported

By SASA KAVIC coast village of Ston was Associated Press destroyed. PETRINJA, Croatia (AP) — A Regional TV channel N1 re- strong earthquake hit cen- ported from Petrinja that a tral Croatia on Tuesday, collapsed building had fall- destroying buildings and en on a car. The footage sending panicked people showed firefighters trying to fleeing into rubble-covered remove the debris. A man streets in a town southeast and a small boy eventually of the capital. Authorities were rescued from the car said at least six people and carried into an ambu- were killed and dozens lance. were injured. The Croatian military was The European Mediterra- deployed in the region to nean Seismological Cen- help with the rescue opera- ter said the magnitude 6.3 tion. quake hit 46 kilometers (28 Croatian seismologist Kresi- miles) southeast of Zagreb. mir Kuk described the It caused widespread dam- earthquake as “extremely age in the hardest-hit town strong,” far stronger than of Petrinja. The same area another one that hit Za- was struck by a 5.2 quake greb and nearby areas on Monday. People walk through the rubble from buildings damaged in an earthquake in Petrinja, Croatia, in the spring. He warned Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Officials said a 12-year-old people to keep out of po- Associated Press girl died in Petrinja, a town tentially shaky old buildings of some 25,000 people. “My town has been com- earthquake. evacuated in army heli- and move to newer areas Another five people were pletely destroyed. We have “The biggest part of cen- copters and ambulances. of the city because of af- killed in a nearly destroyed dead children,” Petrinja tral Petrinja is in a red zone, Health officials said a baby tershocks. village close to the town, Mayor Darinko Dumbovic which means that most of was delivered in a tent in In the capital, people ran according to the state HRT said in a statement broad- the buildings are not us- front of the hospital in the into the streets in fear. television. At least 20 peo- cast by HRT. “This is like Hi- able,” Plenkovic said. aftermath of the earth- The earthquake was felt ple were hospitalized, two roshima - half of the city no He said the army has 500 quake. throughout the country with serious injuries, officials longer exists.” places ready in barracks European Commission and in neighboring Serbia, said, adding that many Marica Pavlovic, a resident, to house people, while oth- President Ursula von der Bosnia and Slovenia. It was more people are unac- said the quake felt “worse ers will be accommodated Leyen said on Twitter that felt as far away as Graz in counted for. than a war.” in nearby hotels and other she spoke with Plenkovic southern Austria, the Aus- In Petrinja, cries could be “It was horrible, a shock, places. and instructed an envoy to tria Press Agency reported. heard from underneath de- you don’t know what to “No one must stay out in travel to Croatia as soon as Authorities in Slovenia said stroyed houses. One wom- do, whether to run out or the cold tonight,” the prime possible. the Krsko nuclear power an was found alive some hide somewhere,” she told minister said. As a Mediterranean coun- plant was temporarily shut four hours after the quake. The Associated Press. Officials also toured a dam- try, Croatia is prone to down following the earth- Emergency teams used res- Croatian Prime Minister An- aged hospital in the nearby earthquakes, but not big quake. The power plant is cue dogs while looking for drej Plenkovic and other town of Sisak, which was ones. The last strong quake jointly owned by Slovenia survivors, while family mem- government ministers ar- also badly hit. Plenkovic struck in the 1990s when and Croatia and located bers looked on in despair. rived in Petrinja after the said the patients will be the picturesque Adriatic near their border.q Dutch government under fire for late start with vaccinations

By MIKE CORDER Delaying the start of the ing staff. Associated Press vaccination program De Jonge declined com- THE HAGUE, Netherlands means that “the overbur- ment Tuesday on Coutin- (AP) — A former senior dening of healthcare will ho’s criticism. health official has called continue for a long time. In another grim measure the Netherlands’ corona- That means it has an ef- of the pandemic’s impact, virus vaccination strategy fect not only for people the Dutch government’s “embarrassing,” as the who have COVID, but also Central Bureau for Statis- nation waits until Jan. 8 to for others, because they tics reported Tuesday that begin administering shots cannot be admitted or op- 162,000 people have died while other nations in Eu- erations have to be post- in the Netherlands this year, rope and elsewhere al- poned.” 13,000 more than would be ready have started vacci- The first batch of vaccines expected in a normal year. nations. made by Pfizer and its Ger- The country has registered Roel Coutinho, a respect- man partner BioNTech al- more than 10,500 COV- ed former director of the ready have arrived in the ID-19 fatalities. A nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Josepha Delmotte, 102 years old, center, at La Bonne Maison de Bouzanton care Center for Infectious Dis- Netherlands, but will not be “Such a rise in the number home in Mons, Belgium, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. ease Control at the Nation- administered until Jan. 8. of deaths has not been Associated Press al Institute for Public Health The government has said seen since World War II,” and the Environment, told it is still involved in prepa- the agency said. past two weeks from 48.64 on Dec. 28, although re- Dutch current affairs show rations including getting IT The 7-day rolling average new cases per 100,000 peo- ported new cases declined Nieuwsuur on Monday systems ready to register all of daily new cases in Neth- ple on Dec. 14 to 58.30 new over the Christmas holi- night: “Every week counts.” the vaccinations and train- erlands has risen over the cases per 100,000 people days. q A6 Wednesday 30 December 2020 WORLD NEWS Russian monk charged with inciting suicidal acts in sermons

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV assault and sentenced to Associated Press 13 years in prison, He joined MOSCOW (AP) — Russian a church school after his re- riot police stormed into lease and later became a a monastery Tuesday to monk. detain a rebel monk who The charismatic priest has castigated the Kremlin quickly became known and the Russian Orthodox for his efforts to open new Church leadership and de- churches and monasteries nied the existence of the in the Urals. In his fiery ser- coronavirus. mons, he denounced al- In the overnight show- leged plots of the “world down, police clashed with government” and glorified the priest’s supporters at Russia’s last czar, Nicholas the Sredneuralsk monas- II, who was killed by the Bol- tery outside Yekaterinburg sheviks along with his entire in the Ural Mountains. family in Yekaterinburg in The monk, Father Sergiy, 1918. was quickly flown to Mos- Father Sergiy has been the cow, where a court ap- most visible and outspo- proved his arrest. Authori- ken of a few ultra-conser- ties charged him with incit- vative clerics who have In this file photo taken on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, Father Sergiy, right, a Russian monk who ing suicidal actions through has defied the Russian Orthodox Church’s leadership, speaks to journalists in Russian Ural’s challenged the leadership sermons in which he urged Sredneuralsk, Russia. of the Russian Orthodox believers to “die for Russia.” Associated Press Church. Observers have He denied the accusations. said the monk’s rebellious Russia’s top investigative VID-19 as part of a global President Vladimir Putin Facing stiff resistance by actions and now his deten- agency, the Investigative plot to control the masses as a “traitor to the Moth- hundreds of his supporters, tion undermine the author- Committee, said Father via chips. erland” who was serving church officials and local ity of Patriarch Kirill. Sergiy also faces other The monk, who has urged a Satanic “world govern- authorities appeared reluc- In another sign of internal criminal charges related to followers to disobey the ment.” He also denounced tant to evict him for months. tensions within the church, his allegedly arbitrary ac- government’s lockdown the head of the Russian Or- Hundreds of his support- an ecclesiastical panel tion to take control of the measures, had holed up at thodox Church, Patriarch ers continued rallying at ruled Tuesday to defrock monastery. the monastery near Yekat- Kirill, and other top clerics the monastery hours after a liberal-leaning theolo- When the virus arrived in erinburg he founded years as “heretics” who must be he was taken away. Some gian, Protodeacon Andrei Russia early this year, the ago. Dozens of burly vol- “thrown out.” wept. Kurayev, who has been ac- 65-year-old monk denied its unteers, including veterans The Russian Orthodox Father Sergiy, who was tive in expressing his views existence and denounced of the separatist conflict Church stripped Father Ser- born as Nikolai Romanov, online. Kurayev lamented government efforts to stem in eastern Ukraine, helped giy of his abbot’s rank for served as a police officer the verdict as a punish- the pandemic as “Satan’s enforce his rules, while the breaking monastic rules in during Soviet times. After ment for sharing opinions electronic camp.” He has prioress and several nuns July, but he rejected the leaving the ranks of law en- that sometimes differed described the vaccines be- left. ruling and ignored police forcement, he was convict- from official stance of the ing developed against CO- The monk chastised Russian investigators’ summons. ed of murder, robbery and Moscow Patriarchate.q Egypt court sentences ex-student to 3 years in #MeToo case

ulous country. #MeToo movement aims American International The Cairo Economic Court to hold accountable those School, one of Egypt’s most convicted Ahmed Bassam involved in sexual miscon- expensive private high Zaki, a former student at duct and those who cover schools, and the American American University in Cai- it up. University in Cairo. AUC offi- ro, of blackmailing and sex- According to accusations cials said he left the univer- ually harassing two women. posted on social media, sity in 2018. Zaki is being tried sepa- Zaki would mine the pool Zaki’s case, activists say, rately in criminal court on of mutual friends on Face- shows that misogyny cuts charges of rape and at- book, online groups or across Egypt’s stark class tempted rape of three oth- school clubs, for females to lines. Many in Egypt have er women who were minors target. previously portrayed sexual at the time of the alleged He would start with flattery, harassment as a problem crimes, according to the then pressure the women of poor urban youth. court documents. In addi- and girls to share intimate Sexual assault and harass- In this June 14, 2014 file photo, Egyptian women shout slogans tion, he faces drug posses- photos that he later used to ment are deep-seated and hold banners during a protest against sexual assaults, in Cairo, Egypt. sion charges. blackmail them with if they problems in Egypt, where Associated Press Tuesday’s verdict can did not have sex with him, victims must also fight the be appealed to a higher according to the accusa- undercurrent of a conser- By SAMY MAGDY conduct charges and sen- court. tions. In some instances he vative culture that typi- Associated Press tenced him to three years The former student was ar- threatened to send com- cally ties female chastity CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian in prison, the first conviction rested in July after allega- promising pictures to family to a family’s reputation. In court Tuesday convicted a in a case that has fueled tions against him surfaced members. courts, the burden of proof former student at an elite the #MeToo movement in on social media, resulting in Zaki hails from a wealthy lies heavily on the victims of university of sexual mis- the Arab world’s most pop- a firestorm of criticism. The family and studied at the such crimes.q A7 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 30 December 2020 U.S. cuts military aid to El Salvador amid intense lobbying By JOSHUA GOODMAN affected, it’s nonetheless a Milena Mayorga, who this Associated Press Writer symbolic blow to the coun- month became El Sal- MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. is tries as they try to show vador’s ambassador in slashing foreign military progress in strengthening Washington, said she was aid to El Salvador despite the rule of law, said Adam surprised by the curtail- staunchly pro-American Isacson at the Washington ment, which she said goes President Nayib Bukele’s in- Office on Latin America. against decades of close tense lobbying in Washing- “It basically puts these military cooperation be- ton to counter criticism he countries on the same tier tween the two countries. has taken his country down as dictatorships and failed El Salvador was one of the an authoritarian path. states,” said Isacson, an ex- few Latin American nations Tucked into the omnibus pert on defense spending. to join the U.S.-led coalition spending bill signed Sun- “Only a handful of coun- that invaded Iraq in 2003 day by President Donald tries aren’t eligible for this and the country’s interna- In this Feb. 9, 2020 file photo, armed Special Forces soldiers Trump was a provision bar- program.” tional airport is one of just of the Salvadoran Army, following orders of President Nayib ring access for El Salvador Israel, Egypt and more than two in Latin America used Bukele, enter congress upon the arrival of lawmakers, in San — as well as for neighbors a dozen other countries by the U.S. military to carry Salvador, El Salvador. Guatemala and Honduras annually receive around out anti-narcotics missions Associated Press — to a State Department $5.6 billion through the so- in the region. world’s highest homicide inviting the Organization of program that finances the called Foreign Military Fi- “It’s of vital importance this rates. But in Washington he American States to lead a purchase of U.S. defense nancing program to fund decision be reconsidered,” has drawn criticism from commission to investigate equipment. purchases of U.S. military Mayorga said in an inter- Democrats and some Re- graft, are in line with anti- The ban is part of an initia- equipment and services. view with The Associated publicans for strong-armed corruption concerns in the tive by House Democrats to El Salvador has received Press. “Our military will al- tactics like his decision last U.S. Congress. strengthen anti-corruption about $15 million through ways need to have certain February to surround con- “Right now is when we most efforts in Central America. the program since 2016, tools to fight insecurity.” gress with heavily armed need the U.S.’s support,” While far larger secu- including $1.9 million this Bukele took office in 2019 troops to pressure lawmak- said Mayorga, a popular rity assistance channeled year. Honduras and Gua- vowing to rescue El Salva- ers into approving a loan former TV anchor who as a through the Pentagon to temala last received such dor from the deep divisions to fund the fight against lawmaker angrily split with fight drug trafficking is not funding in 2018. left by uncontrolled gang gangs. her conservative ARENA violence and systemic cor- Mayorga said the tradi- party to back Bukele. ruption in both right- and tional parties that have Bukele’s government tried left-wing governments dominated El Salvador’s to improve its standing that followed the end of a congress have spared in Washington by signing bloody civil war in 1992. no effort trying to portray lobby contracts with three He remains popular at Bukele as an autocrat. But different Washington firms home thanks to a sharp she said many of the presi- totaling more than $1.6 mil- reduction in one of the dent’s initiatives, such as lion since August. q

Relatives of 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea by Chinese authorities, attend a press conference in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. Associated Press Hong Kongers charged in China plead guilty, relatives told By ZEN SOO lies. Associated Press It was not clear whether HONG KONG (AP) — Rela- the 10 would also be sen- tives of the 10 Hong Kongers tenced on Wednesday, accused of fleeing the city but Chinese courts often is- by speedboat during a sue sentences at the same government crackdown time as verdicts. on dissent say they’ve The 10 defendants all been informed that their faced charges of illegally family members pleaded crossing the border, while guilty, according to a sup- two of them faced addi- port group. tional charges of organiz- The families of the de- ing the attempt, according tainees were informed by to an indictment issued in court-appointed lawyers Shenzhen. Separate hear- Tuesday that a court in the ings were expected for southern Chinese city of two minors who were also Shenzhen will deliver the aboard the boat that was verdicts on Wednesday, apparently heading for Tai- according to the 12 Hon- wan when it was stopped gkongers Concern Group, by the Chinese coast which is assisting the fami- guard on Aug. 23. q A8 Wednesday 30 December 2020

Local performing artist Natusha Croes introduces: Caricia, a multidisciplinary cartographic experience

her world like a mermaid seduces CARICIA. A soothing and gentle a human to indulge in the sea’s life. interaction that brings to you an Croes is that she gives you air in- in-depth artistic exploration to our stead of taking it away. While you first location on the map of explo- considered a stone, just a stone, ration, namely Daimari.” Croes makes you appreciate ev- ery single thing nature has created She explains Caricia is a gentle as you connect with what you see means to interact, inviting an eco- and feel in front of you. Imagine logical awareness, a sense of cu- having this experience in the out- riosity, and a state of play. It ac- doors instead of observing it on- knowledges the importance of our screen. “That is my intention. Tak- sensibility, of touching, of submerg- ing visitors on a journey in nature.” ing ourselves into the landscape, An eco-friendly artistic interpreta- opening a space where words sub- tion of Aruba side and an invitation for feeling A year ago Croes finished her MA takes charge. “With Caricia, I am in Performance Making at Gold- exploring different sites on Aruba, smiths University of London after acknowledging their cultural and obtaining a BA in Audio Visual Fine natural heritage. Understanding Arts at Rietveld Academy in Am- the child-like curiosity that leads sterdam. “I came back after ob- me to explore and thus unfold the taining my Masters of Arts degree creative potentialities these natural in Performance Making to conduct sites provide. Delving deeper into artistic research, which is develop- our natural heritage and opening ing into a business proposal which a channel, for the inner and the will deliver to our visitors and lo- outer to become one. A sense of cals a more eco-friendly artistic homage for Aruba guided me into interpretation of Aruba.” Her goal a process of interacting, intimately, is creating a wellness-oriented sensibly with one location at the map of experiences which takes time. the audience into an in-depth ex- ploration of Aruba’s landscape For more information: with concentration and a rever- Email: [email protected], ence for one location at the time. Facebook Caricia, Instagram na- ORANJESTAD — If you wish to really this is what she does with her Aru- “From a simple touch, I developed tushacroes connect to Aruba and its origin, go ban mother earth. deeper into the heart of the island, and be open to an art performance Upon arrival you will find a key on a that takes you on a mind-opening small table with a note asking you journey: go experience Caricia to take a minute of mindfulness be- at UNOCA by local artist Natusha fore opening the door. Fully present Croes. Caricia means caress and in the moment, you are taken on a visional tour enhanced with sing- ing, poems and words of Croes, the performing artist. She presents live to you and also from a screen in a video. “I’m led by a deep sense of longing and child-like cu- riosity to play and create from an immediate interaction with the landscape. Manifesting from an ur- gency to reconnect with the island from which I originate.” After being gone for almost a decade, recon- necting back with the organisms that the landscape permitted en- abled her to come in communion with a portal that connects Croes with everything that existed before and will continue existing after her. Croes is a storyteller with an evi- dent passion for poetry and with her pure and peaceful appear- ance she takes you deeper into A9 LOCAL Wednesday 30 December 2020

New Covid-19 measures starting today

ORANJESTAD — The Gov- the exception of Dec ernment of Aruba (GOA) 31 until Jan 1 as then introduced new measures curfew starts at 2am with regards to Covid-19 (Jan 1st, 2021). in a press conference on • During the days of Dec Tuesday December 29th 30, 2020 through Jan 3, in the morning. Yesterday 2021. Aruba had 206 active posi- tive cases. 1. All establishments must close at 10:00pm ex- The reasons behind this de- cept for hotels. cision is the consistent pat- 2. No live music with DJ's is tern of daily new cases and allowed. the raise in positive local 3. Restaurants are al- cases. This in combination lowed musical enter- with the preoccupation tainment as long as the of people lowering their rules and regulations guard and not testing or are followed. late. It is very important to 4. Guests must be seated understand that the new at tables of a maximum measures are to protect of eight persons per ta- the island and its locals and ble. Guests cannot be visitors and to stress the ne- standing in long lines cessity that all of us take the waiting for tables and protocol serious to keep us cannot agglomerate, outside. homes with a limited 10. Dande bands are dis- all safe and healthy. five people maximum 6. Dancing is not allowed. number of people. couraged because can wait outside, at 7. Music outside of restau- 9. Home visits are limited they visit various homes 1.5m distance. rants is not allowed. to a maximum of ten and take off masks to The following new rules and 5. Establishment owners, 8. Businesses are allowed people inside, if dis- sing. This puts a pause regulations are valid: management, and to throw fireworks until tancing is possible, and on a culture tradition in • Curfew starts on De- compliance officers are December 31st, 2020 a maximum of 25 peo- order to protect health cember 30, 2020 from responsible for guests to until 3pm. After that ple outdoor, if distanc- and the economy. 11:00pm-5:00am with follow rules inside and hour it is allowed in ing is possible. q A10 Wednesday 30 December 2020 local Holidays at Hilton Aruba Caribbean Resort & Casino

PALM BEACH — A slew of to know they may watch fun activities awaits guests Football on the South Pool spending their holidays at Deck, lounging on a pool Hilton Aruba Caribbean Re- floatie and being served sort & Casino. beverages right in the pool. On December 31st, a very This year the resort activities special treat, a DANDE team covered all angles band bearing good wishes creating a holiday program for the New Year, will be like no other. For starters, re- strolling through the resort - 10:30pm, featuring the not to be missed during sort guests may contribute from Castaways Bar at 12 finest steaks and seafood vacation, as it is hosting to the Tree of Giving, in the noon, follow their trail for specialties, or New Year’s pampering Spalidays with Aruba Tower lobby, with guaranteed prosperity in Eve Grand Fiesta at Gilli- a special ‘Cheers to You’ proceeds earmarked for the New Year. gan’s, on the edge of the menu featuring exclusive the island’s food bank. New Year’s Eve presents beach, 5:30pm - 10:30pm. rejuvenating and invigorat- Families can bring the holi- a number of fabulous din- Mira Solo Lobby Bar will ing treatments. days to the beach by book- ing options at Hilton Aruba welcome 2021 in, 11pm - Hilton Aruba Caribbean ing an exclusive and fully Caribbean Resort & Casino 1am, with cocktails and DJ Resort & Casino wishes its decorated Holiday Palapa. with a three-course dinner music. guests and its tourism part- day season. Sport buffs will be pleased at the Sunset Grille 5:30pm The resort’s eforea spa is ners a warm and safe holi- www.hiltonaruba.com Message from friends abroad

ORANJESTAD — You are vacation memory or greet- back or you will be back, ings from home. Isn’t that hopefully soon. We are re- a special way to keep Last but not least: check out our website, Instagram and Facebook page! Thank you for ally happy if you could your best moments alive? supporting our free newspaper, we strive to make you a happy reader every day again. share the love for this island Please do note: By submit- with us or send us a mes- ting photos, text or any oth- Today we have a great story from Kathleen Chainey, Boston. sage from home. er materials, you give per- They share with us their gingerbread creation that they submitted for their com- mission to The Aruba Today pany’s year-end zoom gathering event. With 31 competitors it was a land slide What do you do? Newspaper, Caribbean win for Jim Flajnik and Kathe Chainey. Jim and Kathie have been going to the Complete the sentence: Speed Printers and any of island for well over 25 years and are owners at the Marriott Ocean club. They Aruba to me is ……. Send its affiliated companies to donated their winnings to the local food bank in Arlington, Massachusetts where your picture with that text use said materials, as well they live. Due to Covid-19 they had to reschedule two planned trips in 2020 and (including your name and as names, likeness, etc. for one planned trip in 2021. where you are from) to: promotional purposes with- [email protected] out compensation. “We look forward to our return to the island and hope to put our feet in the sand and we will publish your once again in April. Happy New Year! Kathie and Jim.” A11 business Wednesday 30 December 2020 Millennial Money: 3 vague financial resolutions to avoid

By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of PLAN FOR RETIREMENT NerdWallet Here we go with ambiguity As we close out 2020 and again. Sure, thinking ahead enter 2021, most of us are to retirement is smart. And anxiously awaiting a hap- you should 100 percent pier year ahead. Tradition- be doing that. But “stay- ally, we mark the fresh cal- ing on track for retirement” endar year with New Year’s doesn’t exactly qualify as a resolutions to keep us great resolution. hopeful and motivated — A more specific goal would particularly when it comes be to say that you want to our finances. to retire at age 65 without If all goes well, by this time compromising your current next year, you’ll be post- lifestyle, Rogers says. ing on social media about Using that as your guide- how you crushed your 2021 line, you’ll have an idea #goals. of how much money you But that post will be a lot need in retirement and can less likely if you set resolu- take steps to work toward tions that aren’t attainable that target. in the first place. So in 2021, your retirement To increase your chances resolution may actually be of success, here are three along the lines of: Organize financial resolutions to In this Jan. 1, 2019, file photo a “Happy New Year” hat lies on the wet ground along with other my financial documents. avoid this year — and some items following the celebration in New York’s Times Square. Set up a balance sheet Associated Press better alternatives instead. and income statement to SPEND LESS MONEY it your mission to set aside Sean Rogers, CFP, owner egy is a personal decision, track my spending and It’s probably the most ba- a specific percentage of of Capital Stewardship for most people, Venanzi saving. Commit to a long- sic financial goal: spending your income each month, Partners in Grand Rapids, recommends focusing on term savings rate. less. But as well-intentioned Venanzi recommends. Michigan. For instance, if paying down your high-in- GOALS ASIDE, MAKE A PLAN and financially respon- This approach will help you you’re putting more money terest debts. Or, you could Any financial resolution can sible as it sounds, it prob- spend less by taking sav- in savings each month but get even more granular be good or bad, depend- ably won’t yield the great- ings off the top. Working then charging more to your and resolve to work on ing on if you have a proper est results over the next 12 from a percentage — say, credit card to make up for debts above a certain in- plan to execute it, accord- months. saving 20% — is also ben- less money in your check- terest rate. ing to Kyle Hill, CFP, owner “Focus on savings goals eficial because you won’t ing account, you’re not If you have more than one of Hill-Top Financial Plan- as opposed to budget- be comparing yourself with actually saving more. high-interest debt, check ning, LLC in Kansas City, ing goals,” says Taylor Ve- anyone else. Someone else PAY DOWN DEBT for variable-rate debts. Be Missouri. nanzi, certified financial may save $500 a month, Like saving money, paying aware of these because “Buying a house, getting planner and owner of Ac- but you can calculate down debt sounds like an the interest rate could jump a new-to-you car or even tivate Wealth in Philadel- and save a dollar amount important resolution. And in the future. getting out of debt — these phia. “And then you kind of based on your own income it is. Once you take inventory are all great goals,” Hill back into your budget from that works for you. But it’s actually more im- of your debts, pick a debt says. “But if you don’t have there.” Just make sure you’re ac- portant to make a plan for payoff strategy and make a plan for achieving those, If you really want to save tually saving money rather attacking that debt. While that your New Year’s reso- I think that’s where you can more money in 2021, make than just rearranging it, says your debt repayment strat- lution. kind of get into trouble.”q Major rail safety technology installed before deadline

By JOSH FUNK tions like when it’s in danger a freight train near Los An- AP Business Writer of colliding, derailing be- geles, killing 25 and injuring OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The cause of excessive speed, more than 100. Congress railroad industry has in- entering track under main- extended the original 2015 stalled an automatic brak- tenance or traveling the deadline twice and gave ing system on nearly 58,000 wrong direction because railroads until the end of miles of track where it is re- of switching mistakes. this year to complete the quired ahead of a yearend “PTC is a risk reduction sys- system. deadline, federal regula- tem that will make a safe The braking system uses tors said Tuesday. industry even safer, and GPS, wireless radio and Federal Railroad Admin- provide a solid founda- computers to monitor train istration chief Ronald Ba- tion upon which additional position and speed, and it tory said railroads worked safety improvements will can give engineers com- together over the past 12 be realized,” Batory said. mands. The NTSB said the years to develop and install The National Transportation system could have pre- the long-awaited technol- Safety Board has said more vented the December 2017 An N train moves through the Long Island City neighborhood ogy known as positive train than 150 train crashes since derailment of an Amtrak Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. control, or PTC. The roughly 1969 could have been pre- passenger train in Washing- Associated Press $15 billion braking system is vented by positive train ton state that killed three can Railroads trade group, the industry that will “en- aimed at reducing human control, which was required passengers and injured 57 said completing the posi- hance safety and spring- error by automatically stop- in 2008 after a commuter people. Ian Jefferies, CEO tive train control systems is board innovation long into ping trains in certain situa- train collided head-on with of the Association of Ameri- an important milestone for the future.”q A12 Wednesday 30 December 2020 HEALTH New U.S. dietary guidelines: No candy, cake for kids under 2

By CARLA K. JOHNSON evidence isn’t as clear for AP Medical Writer moderate drinking. Lower- Parents now have an extra ing the limit for men would reason to say no to candy, likely be socially, religiously cake and ice cream for or culturally unacceptable young children. The first to many, Clark said, which U.S. government dietary could have ripple effects guidelines for infants and for the rest of the guide- toddlers, released Tuesday, lines. “They need to be ac- recommend feeding only ceptable to people, other- breast milk for at least six wise they’ll reject it outright months and no added sug- and we’ll be worse off,” he ar for children under age 2. said. “If you lose the public, “It’s never too early to these guidelines have no start,” said Barbara Sch- merit whatsoever.” neeman, a nutritionist at More careful scientific re- University of California, search into the long-term Davis. “You have to make effects of low or moderate every bite count in those levels of drinking is needed, early years.” he said. The guidelines stop short of WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE? two key recommendations Most Americans fall short of from scientists advising the In this Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 file photo, Valentina Frey of Switzerland breasts feed her daughter, following the best advice Charlotte Katharina, in the Paul VI hall on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the government. Those advis- on nutrition, contributing to Vatican. ers said in July that every- Associated Press obesity, heart disease and one should limit their add- diabetes. Much of the new ed sugar intake to less than guidelines say. If breast milk Pregnant women should themselves to one serving advice sounds familiar: 6% of calories and men isn’t available, they should not drink alcohol, accord- per day — a 12-ounce can Load your plate with fruits should limit alcohol to one get iron-fortified infant -for ing to the guidelines, and of beer, a 5-ounce glass and vegetables, and cut drink per day. mula during the first year. breastfeeding women of wine or a shot of liquor. back on sweets, saturated Instead, the guidelines stick Babies should get supple- should be cautious. Caf- Tuesday’s official guide- fats and sodium. with previous advice: limit mental vitamin D begin- feine in modest amounts lines ignored that, keeping The guidelines suggest added sugar to less than ning soon after birth. appears safe and women the advice for men at two making small changes that 10% of calories per day af- Babies can start eating can discuss that with their drinks per day. add up: Substitute plain ter age 2. And men should other food at about 6 doctors. Dr. Westley Clark of Santa shredded wheat for frosted limit alcohol to no more months and should be in- ALCOHOL AND MEN Clara University said that’s cereal. Choose low-sodium than two drinks per day, troduced to potential al- In July, the science advis- appropriate. Heavy drink- canned black beans. Drink twice as much as advised lergenic foods along with ers suggested men who ing and binge drinking are sparkling water instead of for women. other foods. drink alcohol should limit harmful, he said, but the soda.q “I don’t think we’re finished “Introducing peanut-con- with alcohol,” said Schnee- taining foods in the first man, who chaired a com- year reduces the risk that mittee advising the gov- an infant will develop a Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the ernment on the guidelines. food allergy to peanuts,” “There’s more we need to the guidelines say. new coronavirus variant? learn.” The dietary guide- There’s more advice than Viruses often undergo lines are issued every five in prior guidelines for preg- small changes as they years by the Agriculture nant and breastfeed- reproduce and move Department and the De- ing women. To promote through a population. In partment of Health and healthy brain develop- fact, the slight modifica- Human Services. The gov- ment in their babies, these tions are how scientists ernment uses them to set women should eat 8 to track the spread of a virus standards for school lunch- 12 ounces of seafood per from one place to anoth- es and other programs. week. They should be sure er. Some highlights: to choose fish — such as But if a virus mutates signif- INFANTS, TODDLERS AND cod, salmon, sardines and icantly enough, one worry MOMS tilapia — with lower lev- is that current vaccines Babies should have only els of mercury, which can AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin might no longer offer as breast milk at least until harm children’s nervous much protection. And al- they reach 6 months, the systems. 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elect in 2016. But this time, "there was a different feel- ing in the room from the moment we walked in." He said he confronted a press representative when he saw Trump's team was preparing to videotape the interview, reminding them of an agreement not to use the material. When Trump threatened to release the unedited tapes, Owens protested and tried to stop it. The White House went ahead anyway, allowing outsiders a rare opportu- nity to see how the show crafted raw material into a finished, edited piece. Like the interview itself, that ul- timately proved unremark- able. "I was heartened — not surprised, but heartened — that we had almost no criti- cism over our editing, which This image released by CBS News shows "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl on the set. CBS' pioneering newsmagazine is people thought was fair," consistently one of the most-watched programs on television and its viewership is up 9 percent over last year, the Nielsen company Stahl said. "That was pleas- said. Associated Press ing. But I knew it would be fair. We're always fair." Owens said that "we didn't By DAVID BAUDER for the last few years, every That has encouraged pro- lace, Morley Safer, Ed Brad- feel good that we were un- AP Media Writer week has been unpredict- files of Jerry Seinfeld, Viola ley and Bob Simon. Yet it's able to deliver a more ful- NEW YORK (AP) — One of able. You have to be pre- Davis, David Attenborough noteworthy how "60 Min- some interview. But it also television's hottest shows is pared to jump. and Ken Burns to be mixed utes" has maintained mo- wasn't of our own choos- also among its oldest. "It's part of the reason that in with stories on autism, a mentum while turning to a ing." It's not the first time that's we have continued to be growing grizzly bear popu- new generation of report- How about going back, been said about "60 Min- successful, and continue lation and a striking Scott ers like Pelley, Cooper, Bill and offering Trump the utes" since its 1968 debut. to get a new stream of Pelley piece on churches Whitaker and Jon Wert- first TV interview of his post- In the frenzied news year of young people to come hewn into rock in Ethiopia. heim, Heyward said. presidency? 2020, however, the success in and watch," she said. "I "60 Minutes" this fall has "The key to the program's "I haven't given that much is a tribute to both durability also think that people find featured interviews with success is really smart story thought," Owens said. "I and adaptability. a certain kind of comfort in fired government cyber- selection, really deep re- have a feeling we wouldn't CBS' pioneering newsmag- the fact that we do it in the security chief Chris Krebs, search and really good re- be his first shot." azine is consistently one same way we've always former President Barack porters and producers out Stahl, too, has moved on. of the most-watched pro- done it. It looks the same, Obama and poisoned there doing the work," he She's preparing for an in- grams on television and its the sensibility is the same, Russian opposition lead- said. terview with House Speaker viewership is up 9% over last the DNA is the same." er Alexei Navalny. "In this While Trump's ongoing ef- Nancy Pelosi. year, the Nielsen company Anderson Cooper's re- newsiest of years, it's fitting fort to stay in office was ad- Stahl said she's completely said. That's more than any port on lingering COV- that '60 Minutes' became dressed in the Krebs inter- healed from her own rough other prime-time program ID-19 symptoms received even more responsive to view, Owens said he's cho- bout with COVID-19 last on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, a strong response this fall, the headlines," said An- sen not to give additional spring. That contrasts with and also one of only four and there have been other drew Heyward, former CBS oxygen to the story. her husband, who had a to show a year-to-year in- pandemic-related stories News president and now Stahl's off-the-rails inter- relatively mild case, but still crease. about vaccine develop- research professor at Arizo- view with the president will feels lingering symptoms, All that, and a well-pub- ment and problems pro- na State's Walter Cronkite likely be the season's most- she said. licized dust-up with Presi- ducing protective equip- School of Journalism and remembered moment. Her experience hasn't had dent Donald Trump, too. ment. Reporters almost Mass Communication. Trump became disgusted much impact on her work, After executive producer always return from corona- Original executive produc- with Stahl's questioning and both physically and in influ- Bill Owens turned the show virus stories with ideas for er Don Hewitt often ran "60 cut things short. encing the types of stories primarily over to COVID-19 others, Owens said. Minutes" as an island unto "I've had people say to me, she wants to do, she said. coverage last spring, "60 "The thing about this story itself. His replacement, Jeff 'He set you up. He planned She does feel a connection Minutes" has returned to is that it really does touch Fager, pushed the broad- that,'" Stahl said. "I am ab- to stories about health care its traditional format while every part of our lives," he cast to be more responsive solutely positive that that's workers, because she's being focused on being said. "It's not that we're to the news and Owens has not the case. It happened seen how hard they work. timely. looking to just do stories emphasized it even more organically in the room." "One person who took care "We're being encouraged, about the pandemic. We over the past nine months. Owens said "60 Minutes" of me said — when I got and we do, to look for sto- want to do relevant stories The show's ticking stop- has had a decent profes- better — that I was the first ries that relate to the week," about the pandemic. But watch has never changed, sional relationship with person she had taken care said veteran correspon- I also think people need a and Stahl is a living link to Trump, who gave Stahl his of who hadn't died," she dent Lesley Stahl. "Certainly break." late reporters Mike Wal- first interview as president- said.q A15 sports Wednesday 30 December 2020 Morant hurts ankle but Grizzlies top short-handed Nets in OT

By The Associated Press Donovan Mitchell hit a NEW YORK (AP) — Ja Mo- go-ahead layup with 7 rant exited with a sprained seconds left and finished ankle but the Memphis Griz- with 20 points, lifting Utah zlies earned their first victory over Oklahoma City. Bo- of the season without him, gan Bogdanovich scored outlasting the short-hand- 23 points and Mike Conley ed Brooklyn Nets 116-111 in added 20 points, 10 re- overtime Monday night. bounds and nine assists for The reigning NBA Rookie of the Jazz, who ended a 17- the Year was wheeled to game losing streak in reg- the back of the arena late ular-season road games in the first half after hurt- against the Thunder, includ- ing his left ankle when he ing games in the NBA’s Or- leaped to block a shot by lando bubble last season. Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot Utah’s last win in Oklahoma and landed on the Nets City came on Oct. 31, 2010. forward’s foot. Morant re- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, joined his teammates on who hit a game-winning the bench in the second shot in the Thunder’s sea- half with his foot in a walking son-opening win at Char- boot. He watched Brandon lotte, missed a driving la- Clarke score the go-ahead yup in heavy traffic at the basket on a follow shot with Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, right, fouls Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroeder buzzer. He had 23 points 41 seconds left in overtime (17) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, in Los Angeles. and seven assists, while Lu- Associated Press before the Grizzlies put it guentz Dort led the Thun- away with free throws.Kyle his 31 points in the second a tentative return from a way through the fourth but der with a career-high 26 Anderson scored a career- half, and CJ McCollum one-game absence due to did not re-enter the game. points. high 28 points and Dillon had 20 points and 11 assists a bruised calf. James Harden had 34 HAWKS 128, PISTONS 120 Brooks added 24 for the in Portland’s victory over NUGGETS 124, ROCKETS 111 points to lead under- ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young Grizzlies, who had dropped Los Angeles. Gary Trent Jr. DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic manned Houston. Christian scored 29 points, Bogdan their first two games. Clarke matched his career high had 19 points, 18 assists and Wood added 23. Bogdanovic added 17 and had 16 points and Jonas with seven 3-pointers while 12 rebounds for the 42nd The Rockets have started Atlanta beat Detroit in its Valanciunas finished with scoring 28 points in the triple-double of his career, the season without key home opener. 14 points and 14 rebounds. Blazers’ second straight win and Denver beat short- components of their ros- John Collins finished with Caris LeVert had 28 points over the Lakers at Staples handed Houston for its first ter, including John Wall, 15 points for the Hawks, and 11 assists for the Nets, Center. LeBron James had win of the season. DeMarcus Cousins, Eric who are 3-0 for the first time who rested Kevin Durant 29 points, nine rebounds Jamal Murray added 21 Gordon and Mason Jones, since 2016-17. They hit 20 and Kyrie Irving while los- and six assists for the NBA points before leaving with who remain away from 3-pointers while shooting ing for the second straight champions, who dropped 4:05 remaining in the third the team due to COVID-19 48% from beyond the arc. night. Brooklyn is also with- to 2-2 on their season-open- quarter after a collision in health and safety proto- The Pistons dropped to 0-3. out Spencer Dinwiddie, ing homestand. Dennis traffic sent him sprawling to cols. Houston dressed nine They played without star who will have surgery to Schröder added 24 points, the floor. He held his hand players against the Nug- forward Blake Griffin and repair a partially torn right but the Lakers’ streak of 59 to his head for a couple gets and was coming off reserve guard Derrick Rose, ACL sustained Sunday. straight victories when tak- of minutes but got up and a two-point overtime loss who were given the night TRAIL BLAZERS 115, LAKERS ing a lead into the fourth walked under his own pow- at Portland in the season off to rest. Josh Jackson 107 quarter was snapped. er to the locker room for fur- opener Saturday. scored 27 points in Griffin’s LOS ANGELES (AP) — Da- Anthony Davis had 13 ther examination. He was JAZZ 110, THUNDER 109 spot. Jerami Grant also had mian Lillard scored 21 of points and 10 rebounds in back on the bench mid- OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — 27.q Tennis’ BNP Paribas Open postponed until later in 2021

By BETH HARRIS local public health officials have less than 15% capac- AP Sports Writer and tournament owner Lar- ity. The BNP Paribas Open, ry Ellison. This year’s tournament was featuring the men’s and Coronavirus hospitaliza- the first major U.S. sport- women’s pro tennis tours, tions are stabilizing in parts ing event called off after won’t be held in March as of California but patients a case of COVID-19 was originally scheduled. are still overwhelming hos- confirmed in the Coachel- Tournament organizers said pitals in a large swath of the la Valley in March. Initially, Tuesday they are working state. Intensive care units in organizers had hoped to with the ATP and WTA tours Southern California and the reschedule it for later in the as well as the title sponsor agricultural San Joaquin year, but the coronavirus to confirm dates later in Valley have no capacity crisis only worsened. 2021 for the event in Indian remaining, according to The event typically draws Wells, California. It was orig- state figures. upwards of 450,000 fans. It Rafael Nadal, of Spain, hits a forehand to Karen Khachanov, inally set for March 8-21 at Gov. Gavin Newsom said it is commonly referred to as of Russia, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Indian Wells Tennis Garden. was “self-evident” his latest the “fifth slam” because Wells, Calif., in this Friday, March 15, 2019, file photo. The decision to postpone stay-at-home order would of its popularity among Associated Press the event was made after be extended Tuesday in the players and its stature, $17 million in prize money low tennis’ four Grand Slam consulting with state and places where hospital ICUs ranking points and over that place it one rung be- tournaments. q A16 Wednesday 30 December 2020 sports Bills earn 1st sweep of Patriots since ‘99 with 38-9 win

By KYLE HIGHTOWER Their absences were AP Sports Writer most glaring in the pass- FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) ing game. New England — The Buffalo Bills put a struggled to put pressure cherry atop the changing on Allen, allowing him time of the guard in the AFC to find open receivers. The East. Patriots allowed a season- A week after unseating the worst 474 yards overall. Patriots as division cham- “They outplayed us across pions, Buffalo became the the board, outplayed us first AFC East team in two and out-coached us,” decades to sweep New Belichick said. England in a season series The Patriots closed to 10-9 with a 38-9 victory Monday on Newton’s 9-yard TD run night. in the second quarter, but Josh Allen passed for four Nick Folk missed the extra touchdowns to help the Bills point and the Bills pulled stay in the mix for the No. 2 away from there. seed in the AFC playoffs. Buffalo used its passing The Bills (12-3) last swept the game to march down the Patriots in 1999. The last di- field on the ensuing drive. vision opponents to sweep Allen completed 5 of 7 the Patriots were the Jets Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) celebrates his touchdown with teammates in the throws for 59 yards and a and Dolphins in 2000. The second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, in 4-yard TD to Lee Smith. Patriots’ 19 straight seasons Foxborough, Mass. After a quick three-and-out without losing both games Associated Press by New England, the Bills to a divisional opponent to 13-3 and give ourselves an ankle injury. Cam New- about who will start the Pa- went right back to work. was an NFL record. New a chance in the playoffs. It ton had a touchdown run triots’ finale Sunday against Allen misfired on his first pass England (6-9) will finish with doesn’t mean much if we but was just 5 of 10 for 34 the New York Jets. of the drive, and then con- its first losing record since can’t get it done.” yards passing before being “It was the opportunity nected with Diggs for 17 coach Bill Belichick’s first Stefon Diggs had nine pulled in the third quarter to give him a chance to yards to get the ball to mid- season in 2000. catches for 145 yards and for backup Jarrett Stidham. play,” Belichick said of in- field. Diggs got free again Allen was 27 of 36 for 320 three touchdowns, setting Newton’s 34 yards passing serting Stidham. “Cam did on the next play, slipping yards. He now has 34 touch- a Bills single-season record are the fewest by a Patriots a good job for us. I mean, behind J.C. Jackson on a down passes, surpassing for receiving yards. starting quarterback since that wasn’t the problem. slant and sprinting the final Jim Kelly to set a franchise “I’m new to this team so I’m 1993. He said the season We were just not very com- 32 yards for the touchdown single-season record. With basking in (the) ambience has been frustrating be- petitive in the beginning.” to make it 24-9. his eighth 300-yard game, of everybody,” Diggs said. cause the work he has put The Bills had no trouble The Allen-Diggs connection he also surpassed Drew “I’ve got a young quarter- in hasn’t translated into moving the ball against a worked again on the open- Bledsoe’s single-season back who’s balling.” wins. “I’ve sacrificed so depleted Patriots defense ing drive of the second half. team record of seven. The Patriots struggled to much this year, and it hurts that was missing linebacker Allen found Diggs three “We’ve got one game left. move the ball for most of when you have an outing Ja’Whaun Bentley and de- times during an eight-play, And all that, it’s cool, the re- the night with running back that you have tonight,” fensive tackle Lawrence 75-yard drive that ended cords, this and that,” Allen Damien Harris out for the he said. Belichick said he Guy due to shoulder inju- with an 18-yard TD play by said. “But the plan is to get second straight game with hasn’t made any decisions ries. the star receiver.q Swiss skier Gisin ends Shiffrin-Vlhova winning slalom streak

of 28 slaloms that were won women’s team since Marl- was 16th in the Italian’s by either Shiffrin, who tri- ies Oester shared victory weakest discipline. Shiffrin’s umphed 19 times, or Petra with Kristina Koznick of the American teammate Nina Vlhova. That streak started United States at a race in O’Brien scored a person- in January 2017. Berchtesgaden, Germany, al best in slalom, finishing “I broke the incredible run in January 2002. ninth. of two giants,” Gisin said. The Swiss drought lasted for The floodlit slalom took “It’s a perfect day.” 162 slaloms. Gisin had nine place a day after strong Vlhova was nearly nine- previous podium results winds had destroyed parts tenths off the pace in sixth on the World Cup but was the finish area between Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin gets to the finish area after after the first run before im- lacking a victory. However, two runs of a giant slalom completing an alpine ski, women’s World Cup slalom, in proving to fourth. she won Olympic gold in as gusts blew away safety Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Vlhova had won all five the combined event in Py- fencing and sponsor ban- Associated Press slaloms since Shiffrin last eongchang in 2018, four ners. SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin by two-hun- won in Lienz, Austria, one years after her sister, Domi- Workers rebuilt the setup at Michelle Gisin earned her dredths of a second but year ago. Katharina Liens- nique Gisin, shared victory the bottom of the Zauber- maiden World Cup win on posted the second-fastest berger posted the fastest with Tina Maze in the Olym- berg course early Tuesday. Tuesday, becoming the first time in the final run as the time in the final run and pic downhill from Sochi. The women’s World Cup Swiss skier to win a women’s American dropped to third, the Austrian trailed Gisin by Federica Brignone, who continues with another sla- slalom in nearly 19 years. 0.57 behind. 0.11 in second. It was the dethroned Shiffrin as over- lom in Zagreb, Croatia, on Gisin trailed first-run leader Gisin’s win ended a streak first slalom win for the Swiss all champion last season, Sunday.q