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Volume 80 Edition 34 ©SS 2021 THURSDAY,JUNE 3, 2021 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas 3M wins earplug lawsuit

BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes A federal jury in Florida sided with earplug manufacturer 3M that the company’s product did not cause hearing loss for a veter- an who used them while serving in the military. The trial was the second of three scheduled this year that could impact the outcome of a lawsuit involving nearly 236,000 veterans who were issued the ear- plugs while in the service. 3M, a Minnesota-based compa- ny, lost the first trial April in which a jury awarded $7.1 million to three Army veterans who said they suffered from hearing loss and tinnitus because of the ear- plugs. The second trial involved one veteran, Dustin McCombs, RAPID FIRE with a similar lawsuit. The jury on Friday determined 3M was not liable, negligent or PHOTOS BY ZACHARY STAHLBERG/U.S. Army fraudulent when selling earplugs U.S. soldiers assigned to 41st Field Artillery Brigade fire a rocket during an exercise at Novo Selo, Bulgaria, on Tuesday. to the military, according to court documents. “We are pleased with today’s US flies Army artillery into Bulgaria in demonstration of mobility and firepower verdict and will continue to vigor- ously defend ourselves in upcom- BY JENNIFER H. SVAN a support Humvee were gone soon ing trials. The Combat Arms Ear- Stars and Stripes after the smoke cleared. They plug Version 2 product is and has NOVO SELO TRAINING AR- were back at Ramstein Air Base in EA, Bulgaria — The only U.S. Germany before sunset, courtesy SEE LAWSUIT ON PAGE 4 rocket artillery brigade in Europe of the Tennessee Air National moved rapidly across borders and Guard. launched its mobile weapons in The battalion practiced a rapid Bulgaria, a display of speed aimed insertion with the intent to “get in, at reassuring NATO allies con- execute and then get right back fronted by an increasingly assert- out to minimize our signature and ive Russia. risk to the force,” said Lt. Col. An- About eight hours after depart- thony Brunner, commander of the ing Germany early Tuesday with 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery its artillery systems, the contin- Regiment. gent from the 41st Field Artillery The operation led by U.S. Army Brigade fired six rockets at targets Europe and Africa was part of the DEBRAH SANDERS/U.S. Army more than five miles away on a “Fires Shock” series of rocket ex- Spc. Coca Temoananui, assigned sprawling military range in the ercises that began last month in to the 311th Signal Command, Bulgarian countryside. Estonia. The command’s artillery puts in ear protection prior to a The soldiers and their two 12- A soldier looks at the C-17 aircraft that brought him home after Saber helicopter flight in 2012. ton wheeled rocket launchers and SEE RAPID ON PAGE 3 Guardian at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Tuesday. 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BY JOHN VANDIVER ry of Bulgaria should contribute to building Stars and Stripes “We sincerely apologize to the business and its security and trust in collective defense, not The U.S. Army is investigating how 173rd employees. We always learn from these exercises breed tension.” Airborne Brigade soldiers ended up storm- USAREUR-AF said a video posted to so- ing a civilian factory building during a re- and are fully investigating the cause of this cial media by Bulgarian journalist Dilyana cent training drill in Bulgaria, which Gaytandzhieva that showed soldiers enter- sparked a minor diplomatic stir after the mistake.” ing a building and identified the building as embarrassing mishap came to light. a factory where olive oil machinery is pro- “We sincerely apologize to the business U.S. Army Europe and Africa statement duced appeared to be authentic. and its employees. We always learn from USAREUR-AF said it takes training seri- these exercises and are fully investigating decommissioned airfield, which also in- ing this interaction,” USAREUR-AF said. ously and prioritizes the safety of “soldiers, the cause of this mistake,” U.S. Army Eu- volved clearing buildings at a training area Still, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev our allies, and civilians.” rope and Africa said in a statement Tues- in the town of Cheshnegirovo, the Army said the soldiers put lives in danger. “We will implement rigorous procedures day. said. “It is inadmissible to have the lives of Bul- to clearly define our training areas and pre- The incident happened May 11 during the Among the nearby buildings was a pri- garian citizens disturbed and put at risk by vent this type of incident in the future,” Army’s Swift Response 21 exercise, which vate business operated by civilians, which military formations, whether Bulgarian or USAREUR-AF said. took place across numerous countries, in- the soldiers thought was part of the training belonging to a foreign arm,” Radev said, as cluding Bulgaria. area, the Army said. quoted by Bulgaria’s Novinite news agency. [email protected] Soldiers simulated seizing and securing a “No weapons were fired at any time dur- “The exercises with our allies on the territo- Twitter: @john_vandiver Rapid: Brigade’s show of speed aimed at reassuring NATO allies FROM PAGE 1 units are showcasing their long- “I’m so pleased range precision rocket systems because I across two continents. The drills, tied to the large De- witnessed for the fender-Europe 21 series, will wrap up later this month in Morocco first time an event with the African Lion exercise. The Grafenwoehr-based artil- that happened on lery brigade returned to Germany in 2018 as U.S. European Com- our territory. It’s mand sought to bolster its fire- power on the Continent to counter perfect.” more Russian activity and boost Col. Petrov Yuliyan NATO’s collective defense. The 1st Battalion employs both Bulgaria’s joint force command the M270 Multiple Launcher ner said. Rocket Systems, or MLRS, and The system can fire a salvo of ZACHARY STAHLBERG /U.S. Army the lighter M142 High Mobility rockets within minutes of receiv- U.S. soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Artillery Rocket System, or HI- ing a target location from a for- Brigade, fire a rocket during an exercise at Novo Selo, Bulgaria, on Tuesday. MARS. The unit has deployed the ward observer, he added. HIMARS three times for a rapid On Tuesday, Bulgarian military Watch a video of the 12-ton insertion mission since activating observers and other spectators at wheeled rocket launchers at last August, including twice to Ro- Novo Selo had to wait more than a https://bit.ly/3ibGVdX mania. few minutes to see the artillery Of the two rocket systems, the display. we eventually got to.” HIMARS packs less firepower. Earlier that morning, more than One soldier explained to an ob- But it is mounted on an Army a dozen soldiers along with two server that the system’s software truck chassis and light enough to HIMARS and a support vehicle has much tighter safety margins be transported by C-130 cargo hitched a ride aboard a Tennessee in an exercise, referring to it as “a plane, making it more mobile. Air National Guard C-17 from peacetime constraint.” The system can defeat artillery, Ramstein to the military airfield at But the display — the loud air defense concentrations and Bezmer in Bulgaria. They drove to bangs, the soaring, inert projec- other targets, and move away be- the Novo Selo range, arriving tiles and the white smoke — was fore enemy forces can locate the around noon. impressive, observers said. launch site, according to Lock- It took a couple hours and much “I’m so pleased because I wit- heed Martin. The company re- maneuvering around the launch nessed for the first time an event ceived a $492 million contract in site before the first boom sounded. that happened on our territory,” 2019 to produce the launchers and The biggest challenge was the said Col. Petrov Yuliyan, chief of hardware for the Army, Marine ridge the rockets had to clear, the joint training department for Corps, Romania and Poland. Brunner said. Bulgaria’s joint force command. “It gives our senior command- “That was giving us some errors “It’s perfect.” ers and our multinational partners on our fire mission processing,” JENNIFER SVAN/Stars and Stripes more deterrence options for our he said. “That’s why we had to [email protected] U.S. soldiers prepare to fire rockets at Novo Selo, Bulgaria. regional threats in Europe,” Brun- move a few times to get to where Twitter: @stripesktown PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 MILITARY Lawsuit: Hilbert ‘excited to rejoin the team’ Firm says General back in Bavaria to lead 7th ATC as Norrie military uses heads to new task force BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON 4th version Stars and Stripes GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Brig. Gen. Joseph Hilbert, who of its earplug headed the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels FROM PAGE 1 until last year, has returned to Ba- always been safe and effective to varia to assume command use,” 3M representatives said in a Wednesday of the Army’s largest statement. overseas training area. Nearly 236,000 veterans are Hilbert, who arrived from the part of the multidistrict lawsuit 3rd Infantry Division at Fort against 3M, which claims the Stewart, Ga., took over the 7th Ar- company’s dual-sided earplug my Training Command from Brig. used by the military for more than Gen. Christopher Norrie. a decade, including during the “We are excited to rejoin the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, team here,” Hilbert said. “I look could imperceptibly slip in the forward to working with many of wearer’s ear. Work began on the you again.” earplugs in the 1990s and 3M sold The 7th ATC is responsible for GERTRUD ZACH/U.S. Army them to the military until 2015. providing and overseeing the Brig. Gen. Joseph Hilbert, the incoming commander of the 7th Army Training Command, receives the 7th The three trials scheduled for training requirements for U.S. Ar- ATC guidon from Gen. Christopher Cavoli, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commander, during a ceremony onthis year are bellwether trials, my Europe and Africa soldiers, as the parade field at Tower Barracks, Germany, on Wednesday. which are used to present a repre- well as troops from NATO and sentative of the cases before a ju- partner countries. consistently poor options,” Norrie deep gratitude, grateful that our review at Fort Hood, Texas, that ry to gain useful information for Norrie oversaw the Army’s re- said in an open letter posted on the paths crossed with all of you here found pervasive command cli- potentially reaching a settlement sponse to the coronavirus pan- command Facebook page. “My in Bavaria, combined with the mate problems and fear of retalia- for all cases. It can help both par- demic in Bavaria, which once saw experience in this was, just like honor of being a soldier here in tion for reporting sexual assaults, ties determine the costs of subse- some of the highest case totals and many others, that our common this very special place.” among other deficiencies. quent lawsuits. strictest regulations in Germany. path through the pandemic has Norrie’s next assignment is to McCombs’ lead attorneys — “During the pandemic, I had to been difficult, paved with obsta- lead the Army’s People First Task Bryan Aylstock of Aylstock Wit- devote myself to the difficult task cles and deprivation. Force at the Pentagon, which was [email protected] kin Kreis & Overholtz PLLC, of making a selection from a list of “But I will leave with a feeling of created following an independent Twitter: @Manny_Stripes Shelley Hutson of Clark, Love & Hutson GP, and Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP — said in a statement that they are Nuclear refueling barge arrives in Ala. to be scrapped “disappointed” in the jury’s con- clusion, but look forward to the BY LAWRENCE SPECKER way for tremendous job growth next bellwether case, which is al.com now and through future work in scheduled to begin June 7 in Pen- MOBILE, Ala. — A gigantic new the dismantlement of Navy ships sacola, Fla. fixture arrived on the skyline of the with highly skilled personnel,” “We continue to believe that the Port of Mobile on Tuesday: a U.S. said Mayor Sandy Stimpson, quot- evidence overwhelmingly dem- Navy Surface Ship Support Barge ed in an APTIM news release. onstrates that 3M knew their that has made its final port of call. “APTIM has an exceptional re- [Combat Arms Version 2] ear- The barge was used for dockside cord, and I look forward to seeing plugs were defective, yet allowed refueling of nuclear-powered ves- their continued success and the our service members who relied sels and for disassembly of spent positive impact this project will on them for hearing protection to nuclear fuel components. It has make for our workforce in Mo- suffer from preventable hearing been deemed obsolete and in 2020, bile.” loss and tinnitus,” the attorneys APTIM Federal Services LLC won The barge was delivered Tues- said. “We will continue to hold 3M a contract for the task of disman- day to Alabama Shipyard after a accountable for the damage they tling it, which will be done at the 13-day tow aboard a “heavy-haul have caused to those who served site of partner Alabama Shipyard. vessel” from Newport News Ship- our nation.” APTIM describes the job as a yard in Virginia. According to U.S. No recall was ever issued on the three-year, $129 million project. LAWRENCE SPECKER, AL.COM/TNS Navy information, it started life as product and a fourth version of According to information re- A Navy vessel called the Surface Ship Support Barge, used to refuel a tanker and was converted to its the earplug remains in use by the leased by the Navy in 2018, there is nuclear­powered ships and dismantle spent fuel units, arrived in nuclear use in 1964. It is about 268 military, according to 3M. no nuclear fuel aboard the barge Mobile, Ala., on June 1. It will be scrapped in a three­year process. feet long, displaces 4,813 long tons, In July 2018, the Justice De- and efforts to reduce residual con- and has a main deck “about 41 partment announced 3M agreed tamination have been under way sels and shore facilities,” said Alan prevent environmental releases. above baseline with a clean house to pay $9.1 million to resolve alle- since at least 2004. According to Weakley, president of APTIM’s These include the use of contain- hatched about 109 above base- gations that it knowingly sold the APTIM, the process will remove business unit overseeing the dis- ment systems and enclosures, en- line.” earplugs to the military without “all hazardous and radiological posal of the SSSB. NAVSEA is a vironmental monitoring, on-site Since the beginning of the effort disclosing defects that hampered materials following proper dispos- reference to the Navy’s Naval Sea regulatory oversight by the Nucle- to contract out the work, there has effectiveness. That lawsuit was al regulations. The majority of the Systems Command. ar Regulatory Commission (NRC), been speculation that the process filed through the whistleblower waste from the project will be dis- “APTIM is proud of our contri- financial assurances for project used to dismantle the SSSB could provision of the False Claims Act, posed of at Waste Control Special- bution to safely and efficiently dis- completion with performance serve as a partial model for the fu- according to the Justice Depart- ists’ facility in Andrews, Texas.” pose of this once strategic asset,” bond, liability insurance and pollu- ture breaking down of the carrier ment. “This dismantlement and dis- said Weakley. “We are also proud tion liability insurance, and proac- USS Enterprise, deactivated in In settling the claim, 3M did not posal of the SSSB represents a ma- of our partnership with Alabama tive and transparent communica- 2012 and decommissioned in 2017. admit to wrongdoing, according jor step forward in NAVSEA’s Shipyard and their impressive tions with the community.” Mobile reportedly has been con- to the company. campaign to reduce, in the most safety record.” “The SSSB brings with it an ex- sidered as a potential site for that cost efficient and safe way, inac- APTIM said the project will use citing opportunity for the City of project, expected to cost more than [email protected] tive nuclear reactors in both ves- “proven programs and controls to Mobile’s economy by paving the $1 billion. Twitter: @Rose_Lori Thursday, June 3, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 WAR/MILITARY Afghanistan withdrawal up to 44% complete BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS moved the equivalent of about 300 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Before the drawdown began, drawing troops are six B-52 bom- Stars and Stripes C-17 Globemaster III loads of ma- told House lawmakers Thursday there were approximately 2,500 bers based in Qatar and the air- WASHINGTON — One month terial out of Afghanistan, Kirby that the overall drawdown was troops in the country. craft carrier USS Dwight D. Ei- into the U.S. drawdown from Af- told reporters at the Pentagon, cit- “slightly ahead” of schedule but In the last month, the U.S. also senhower, which Austin directed ghanistan, American forces have ing information from U.S. Central provided no additional details sent additional troops and other to stay in the Middle East should completed between 30% to 44% of Command. about the efforts. assets — including several extra force be needed. the entire withdrawal process, Additionally, U.S. forces have CENTCOM has been providing hundred Army Rangers and 12 The drawdown is expected to be chief Pentagon spokesman John turned over nearly 13,000 pieces weekly updates but is withholding F-18 attack planes — to the region completed by Sept. 11. Kirby said Tuesday. of equipment in Afghanistan to the information about the number of to help protect exiting forces as

Since the withdrawal’s official Defense Logistics Agency for de- U.S. troops remaining in Afghan- they leave Afghanistan. [email protected] start May 1, the military has re- struction, Kirby said. istan, citing operational security. Also helping protect the with- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Report tells of sexual assault, racism at VMI Associated Press American.’ ” The Virginia Military Institute The report said the state should has tolerated and failed to address require VMI to submit quarterly institutional racism and sexism reports on diversity and inclusion and must be held accountable for efforts, adding that VMI “will like- making changes, according to a ly follow through on its promised state-sanctioned report released reforms only if it is forced to do Tuesday. so.” The 145-page report, put togeth- The school’s first Black super- er by an independent law firm at intendent, retired U.S. Army Maj. the request of the State Council of Gen. Cedric T. Wins, said the Higher Education for Virginia, school has already been moving states that “racial slurs and jokes toward becoming more inclusive are not uncommon” and “contrib- and welcoming. Those efforts in- ute to an atmosphere of hostility clude the removal of a prominent toward minorities.” statue of Confederate Gen. Stone- Some graduates welcomed the wall Jackson, who taught at VMI, findings as long-overdue at a near- in December. ly two-century-old institution that Wins added that he developed carries the prestige of helping to an action plan following “deep educate Gen. George Patton but is dives” into VMI’s policies that will RAHMAT GUL/AP also indelibly tied to the nation’s help to better unify cadets. Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. history of racism and sexism. Oth- “And so now it’s up to us to take ers said the report mischaracter- the report, along with our Board of ized “isolated” incidents that can Visitors, and look at it and under- happen at any school. stand what the recommendations NATO chief says Afghan exit is Among other findings, the re- are,” Wins told The Associated port found that a racial disparity Press during a phone interview. going well as several die in attacks exists among cadets who have “And we’ll certainly have conver- been dismissed by the school’s sations with state agencies ... and Associated Press equipped troops whose loyalties waver between student-run honor court. Cadets of chart a path in terms of the direc- BRUSSELS — NATO’s Secretary General Jens their country and local warlords. color represent 23% of the corps tion that we need to go.” Stoltenberg said the military organization’s pullout The experts say the Afghan armed forces, which but make up 41% of those dismis- Shah Rahman, a 1997 VMI grad- from Afghanistan is going well, as at least six people are meant to be the bulwark against Taliban insur- sed since 2011. uate, told the AP that Tuesday’s were killed Tuesday in a series of attacks that gents who have stepped up their attacks in recent The report also said that sexual report is “quite critical of VMI’s plunged the country’s capital, Kabul, into darkness. months, is rife with corruption, demoralized and assault is prevalent yet inade- minority and gender inequities, NATO has helped provide security in Afghanis- struggling to hold on to territory. quately addressed at the nation’s and rightly so.” tan for almost two decades, but it now believes the Three explosions rattled Kabul late Tuesday. oldest state-supported military But Rahman added that the re- government and armed forces it has trained are Two bombs exploded in quick succession in sepa- college. A survey found that 14% of port “is also an opportunity for strong enough to stand on their own in the conflict- rate locations in a western neighborhood, killing at female cadets reported being sex- VMI to correct its course.” torn country without the help of international least 10 people and wounding a dozen others, ac- ually assaulted, while 63% said Rahman said he’s hopeful be- troops. cording to the Afghan Interior Ministry. A third that a fellow cadet had told them cause Wins, who graduated from NATO took charge of security efforts in Afghan- blast heavily damaged an electrical grid station in that he or she was a victim of sex- the school in 1985, has already istan in 2003, two years after a U.S.-led coalition north Kabul. ual assault. made changes since becoming in- ousted the Taliban for harboring former al-Qaida NATO “will continue our civilian diplomatic “The racist and misogynistic terim superintendent in Novem- leader Osama bin Laden. Fewer than 9,000 troops presence in Kabul, to provide advice and capacity- acts and outcomes uncovered dur- ber and then superintendent in remain, including up to 3,500 U.S. personnel, and building support to Afghan security institutions,” ing this investigation are disturb- April. they are scheduled to leave by Sept. 11 at the latest. Stoltenberg said. NATO diplomats said this week ing,” the report states. “Although “Wins attending VMI as a man “The drawdown of our forces is progressing in an that it remains unclear who will protect those civil- VMI has no explicitly racist or of color is an important part of the orderly and coordinated way. At every step, the ians or how Kabul’s international airport will be se- sexist policies that it enforces, the overall reason for my hope,” Rah- safety of our personnel remains paramount,” Stol- cured. facts reflect an overall racist and man said. ”He has an understand- tenberg told reporters after chairing virtual meet- The former Norwegian prime minister said that sexist culture.” ing of the dynamics of the institu- ings of NATO’s foreign and defense ministers. NATO is also studying ways to educate Afghan The report includes several oth- tion.” While NATO troops will no longer be in Afghan- troops and train special forces soldiers outside the er concerns at the 182-year-old in- Other alums pushed back at the istan, the 30-nation alliance and its partners will country. He said the ministers agreed that “this stitution: VMI is less diverse than report, saying it relied on isolated continue to provide funding to what Stoltenberg de- continued support is the best way in which we can other schools. It maintains an incidents that failed to add up to scribed as the country’s “capable, strong security all contribute to peace efforts in Afghanistan.” “outdated” reverence for the Civil structural biases. force.” NATO’s departure from Afghanistan will figure War and Confederacy. And a rift “I would say that it is system- It remains unclear exactly how money will be high on the agenda of a summit in Brussels on June between athletes and non-athletes ically hard — but it’s hard for ev- channeled to the Afghan army, which military ex- 14 led by U.S. President Joe Biden. No Afghan lead- has led “to the incorrect percep- erybody,” said Mathew Daniel, perts have warned is made up of poorly trained, ill- ers will take part in the meeting. tion that ‘athlete’ means ‘African who graduated in 1985. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 MILITARY DPAA to ID 90% of USS Oklahoma unknowns

BY WYATT OLSON on Battleship Row on the morning associated with the Oklahoma. Stars and Stripes of Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese tor- Those remains — representing FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — pedo bombers descended on Pearl 388 sailors and Marines — were The Defense Department expects Harbor. Several made direct hits disinterred in 2015 and trans- by year’s end to have identified on the ship, capsizing it and killing ferred to DPAA’s lab in Nebraska 90% of the exhumed remains of 429 crew members. for DNA testing. 388 sailors and Marines who died After being moved to several “Since then, DPAA anthropolo- aboard the USS Oklahoma during gravesites, the remains of 394 sail- gists and odontologists, located the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl ors and Marines who died that day primarily at Offutt Air Force Base, Harbor and were buried as un- — all too badly burned, disfigured Nebraska, have worked to sort and knowns in Hawaii. or decayed to identify — were laid analyze over 13,000 bones and as- “The identification of 338 indi- to rest in 46 plots for the unknown sociate them to missing Sailors viduals, to date, from the USS Ok- in 1950 at the National Memorial and Marines,” the agency said lahoma represents the first suc- Cemetery of the Pacific, also Tuesday. cessful completion of a project of known as the Punchbowl, in Ho- “Genealogists from the Navy such scope and complexity,” the nolulu. and Marine Corps Casualty Offic- Defense POW/MIA Accounting The remains might never have es conducted research to find fam- Agency said in a news release been identified if not for Ray Emo- ily members so that DNA testing Tuesday. ry, a Pearl Harbor attack survivor could be conducted by scientists The agency spearheads the na- who retired in Hawaii. In the late at the Armed Forces Medical Ex- tion’s effort to identify and ac- 1990s, he began researching infor- aminer System, all of which were count for missing service mem- mation about the Oklahoma un- critical components in the identi- bers lost during World War II and known graves and uncovered evi- fication process.” all subsequent conflicts. dence of the identity of several of The Defense Department does Active work on the USS Oklaho- the remains. not have DNA reference samples U.S. National Archives ma project is expected to end later In 2003, the Defense Depart- from next of kin for 11 of the ser- Rescue teams stand on the capsized hull of the USS Oklahoma on this year, the DPAA said in a state- ment agreed to disinter one casket vice members still unaccounted Dec. 7, 1941, in an attempt to save crew members trapped inside. ment provided to Stars and of commingled remains based on for from the Oklahoma, the agen- Stripes. Emory’s findings, and five sailors cy told Stars and Stripes. find a next of kin or the next of kin “For example, there were mul- “Nearly 86% of unknowns from were identified at a DOD lab at “We have requested all the has declined to participate, ac- tiple sets of brothers missing from the USS Oklahoma have been in- Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. [family reference samples] for the cording to the DPAA statement. the incident, so DNA had to be dividually identified and it is ex- Emory, who died in 2018, unaccounted-for associated with Work on some remains took joined with additional lines of evi- pected that 90% will be identified pressed for more exhumations of the USS Oklahoma,” the state- longer than others because addi- dence to resolve them individual- by the end of the project, surpass- Oklahoma unknowns, and in 2015 ment said. tional DNA testing had to be con- ly,” the statement said. ing the original projected estimate Defense Department officials ap- As for remains of Oklahoma ducted by the Armed Forces Med- of 80%,” the release said. proved disinterment of all un- service members for whom DOD ical Examiner System, the state- [email protected] The USS Oklahoma was moored known graves at the Punchbowl has no sample, the Navy cannot ment said. Twitter: @WyattWOlson Judge tosses lawsuit from former Japanese police recommend Marine who was jailed in Iran that US sailor be charged in BY ERIC TUCKER that caps payments at $20 million, crash that killed pedestrian Associated Press the amount Hekmati and his law- BY HANA KUSUMOTO ing to police. WASHINGTON — A judge has yers say he was entitled to receive. AND SETH ROBSON Police upgraded the charges they thrown out a lawsuit from a former He was told in late 2017 that his Stars and Stripes recommended against Alkonis fol- Marine who was jailed in Iran for claim was eligible for payment from TOKYO — Japanese police have lowing the woman’s death and sent more than four years and then de- the fund. But no money came, and recommended a U.S. sailor as- the case to prosecutors on Monday, nied a multimillion-dollar payout the Justice Department told Hek- signed to Yokosuka Naval Base be a Fujinomiya police spokesman from a special U.S. government vic- mati’s lawyers in 2019 that it charged with negligent driving re- said Tuesday. tims’ fund after an FBI espionage in- planned to reconsider its earlier po- sulting in death and injury following A spokesman for the Shizuoka vestigation into his travels. sition that Hekmati was eligible for an accident Saturday that took the District Public Prosecutors Office Judge Richard Hertling of the an award. Kenneth Feinberg, re- life of an elderly woman and injured in Numazu confirmed that the case Court of Federal Claims said in a rul- nowned for overseeing payments to two other people. was referred to them and that Alko- ing dated Friday that the court victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Lt. Ridge Hannemann Alkonis, nis remained in custody. Prosecu- lacked jurisdiction to overturn deci- was reappointed special master of 33, was arrested at 2:40 p.m. Satur- tors, not police, decide formal sions of the special master who over- the fund for the purpose of reconsi- day after police said he crashed his charges under Japan’s criminal jus- sees the fund. A lawyer for Amir dering Hekmati’s claim. car into vehicles and pedestrians in tice system. Hekmati said Tuesday that he was In January 2020, he told Hekma- AP Fujinomiya, a city in Shizuoka pre- Some government officials in Ja- disappointed by the ruling. ti’s lawyers that he had concluded Amir Hekmati, a former Marine, fecture that’s about two hours from pan customarily speak to the media “We will, of course, pursue a that Hekmati was ineligible for a was jailed in Iran for more than the naval base. on condition of anonymity. prompt and vigorous appeal, and we payout. He cited documents reveal- four years. Police allege Alkonis drove into a Naval Forces Japan spokeswo- are confident that ultimately the ing a decade-old FBI espionage in- restaurant parking lot in the city’s man Cmdr. Katie Cerezo on Sunday facts will prevail,” said the attorney, vestigation into whether Hekmati infantryman and interpreter in Iraq Yamamiya district around 1 p.m. said the Navy was cooperating with Scott D. Gilbert. had traveled to Iran with the intent before being honorably discharged and struck five vacant vehicles and Japanese police. She declined to Hekmati, who in 2016 was re- of selling classified information. from the Marines in 2005, say any three pedestrians. Alkonis since provide additional information leased as part of a prisoner swap, Feinberg said the records raised suggestion he could have been a spy April has served as a weapons offi- about the case on Wednesday. was initially awarded a default judg- questions about whether Hekmati for Iran is impossible to square with cer aboard the destroyer USS Ben- In October, Alkonis won first ment after Iran failed to contest his had misled the U.S. government the way he was imprisoned and fold, according to his LinkedIn pro- prize in an essay contest about mine allegations that he was wrongfully when he said his primary purpose in tortured there. They note that he file. warfare that was sponsored by the imprisoned and brutally tortured traveling to Iran was to visit his ail- was initially awarded payment from One of the pedestrians, an 85- Mine Warfare Association and pub- there on suspicion that he had been ing grandmother. the fund well after the FBI investi- year-old woman, died that after- lished in Proceedings, the U.S. Na- spying for the CIA. Such awards are Hekmati has vigorously disputed gation was underway, and that he’s noon at a nearby hospital. Also hos- val Institute’s monthly magazine. made from a fund for victims of the espionage suspicions and has never faced any charges. pitalized were a man, 54, with seri- state-sponsored terrorism that is never been charged. The ruling did not delve into spe- ous injuries, and a woman, 53, with [email protected] Twitter: @SethRobson1 administered by the Justice Depart- Lawyers for Hekmati, who was cifics of the dispute; it simply turned minor injuries. [email protected] ment through a special master and raised in Michigan and served as an on a legal question of jurisdiction. Alkonis was not injured, accord- Twitter: @HanaKusumoto Thursday, June 3, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Japan giving US military in Japan has 9 new cases $800M more BY MATTHEW M. BURKE to UN-backed Stars and Stripes CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — vaccine deal The U.S. military in Japan report- ed nine new cases of COVID-19 as Associated Press of 6 p.m. Wednesday. TOKYO — Japan’s prime minis- The Marine Corps on Okinawa ter announced Wednesday an addi- had eight people test positive for tional $800 million contribution to the coronavirus between Satur- the U.N.-backed initiative to pro- day and Tuesday: three each at vide COVID-19 vaccines to poor Marine Corps Air Station Futen- countries, a four-fold increase of Ja- ma and Camp Hansen and two at panese funding for the COVAX pro- Camp Foster, according to a Face- gram. book post Wednesday by Marine The pledge by Prime Minister Corps Installations Pacific. Yoshihide Suga comes as his gov- The Marines have reported 53 ernment attempts to accelerate vac- cases of COVID-19 since May 1. cinations in Japan, one of the U.S. Army Japan reported that a world’s least inoculated countries, recent arrival tested positive only about 50 days before it hosts while still in the mandatory 14-day the Olympics amid a continuing quarantine between May 26 and surge in infections. Tuesday, according to an Army He spoke as Japan co-sponsored news release Wednesday. a fundraising event for COVAX Japan reported 2,642 new coro- MATTHEW DICKINSON/U.S. Navy with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, navirus cases on Wednesday, A Navy hospitalman fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID­19 vaccine earlier this year at Naval Hospital which helps run the program. The down nearly 4,600 from the most Okinawa. program managers are seeking recent peak of 7,237 on May 8, the about $2 billion more to reach a tar- Yomiuri newspaper reported. The second-largest metro area, report- prefecture are restricting outpa- up inoculations ahead of the get of $8.3 billion for its effort to fund government has counted 750,000 ed 213 new infections, according tient treatment and limiting inpa- Olympic Games, scheduled to be- free vaccines for low- and middle- cases during the pandemic and to NHK. tient admissions, NHK reported gin July 23, according to Japanese income countries around the world. more than 13,000 deaths, accord- Amonth ago, the prefecture was Wednesday. media reports. “Now is the time for us to act,” Su- ing to the World Health Organiza- experiencing its highest caseload Hospitals on Okinawa are close Vaccine distributions will begin ga said, leading a parade of world tion. of the pandemic. It had 1,057 new to 98% capacity for coronavirus at seven state-run universities and humanitarian leaders who an- Tokyo on Wednesday reported COVID-19 patients on May 2 cases and 93.5% for all other hos- across Japan later this month, nounced pledges and commitments another 487 people coronavirus alone, according to prefectural da- pitalizations. Kyodo News reported Wednes- on Wednesday. He said the addi- infections and 13 deaths, accord- ta. Tokyo and nine other prefec- day. Japanese athletes, coaches tional $800 million will bring Ja- ing to public broadcaster NHK. Okinawa prefecture, now expe- tures, including Osaka and Okina- and staff taking part in the Tokyo pan’s contribution to $1 billion, sec- The number of new infections is riencing its worst phase of the wa, are in a state of emergency Olympics received their first dos- ond to the $2.5 billion pledged by the 256 less than the same day last pandemic, thus far, reported an- through June 20. es Tuesday. United States. week, according to metro govern- other 223 new infections Wednes- Japan, which has lagged other Suga also announced plans to ment data. day, according to NHK. developed nations in vaccinating [email protected] provide 30 million doses of a vac- Osaka prefecture, the nation’s Due to the surge, hospitals in the its population, is preparing to step Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 cine manufactured under license in Japan to other countries and re- gions in need. He did not specify the maker or recipients. Restrictions ease for US service members in Germany Officials have said Japan is con- sidering providing the AstraZeneca BY MARCUS KLOECKNER been closed for several months. vaccine to Taiwan as the island Stars and Stripes The situation is similar in other faces a resurgence of infections. KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- German states where U.S. bases Japan has approved three for- ny — Movie theaters, entertain- are located. eign-developed vaccines and is cur- ment parks and other businesses The incidence rate for Bavaria rently using ones from Pfizer Inc. were allowed to reopen Wednes- stood at 37.5 per 100,000 people on and Moderna Inc. It has no immedi- day, as several areas where U.S. Wednesday. Weiden, a town with ate plans to use the AstraZeneca forces live in Germany reported about 42,000 people near large vaccine, which is easier to store and coronavirus incidence rates that U.S. Army training areas, had a transport than the other two vac- allow local officials to ease feder- rate of just 4.7 new cases per cines, which require special freez- ally mandated restrictions. 100,000 people, which is the low- ers, officials said. Restrictions on shopping and est rate in Bavaria. Suga also introduced a new vac- activities were pared down start- In the southeastern state of Ba- cine strategy adopted Tuesday and ing last month in communities den-Wuerttemberg, which hosts vowed to develop Japan’s own vac- that had a weekly average inci- numerous U.S. installations, the cines and provide them globally and dence rate of 100 new cases per incidence rate Wednesday was to improve the clinical testing envi- 100,000 people, with additional al- about 37 new cases per 100,000 ronment to prepare for future pan- lowances for areas with a rate of Erik Slavin/Stars and Stripes people. In Stuttgart and the sur- demics. less than 50 new cases per 100,000 Restaurants and shops open up again to customers in Limburg an der rounding region, the rate was 43 Under the long-term strategy, Ja- people. Lahn, Germany, on Monday. Coronavirus restrictions have eased in per 100,000 people. pan will aim for the speedy develop- The state of Rheinland-Pfalz, much of the country as incidence rates have fallen in recent weeks. In Hesse, home to U.S. Army ment and rollout of new vaccines. In home to tens of thousands of U.S. Europe and Africa headquarters addition to a lack of locally devel- service members, reported a doors at restaurants do not need a dence rate in Rheinland-Pfalz has in Wiesbaden, the incidence rate oped vaccines, Japan’s lengthy weekly average incidence rate of test. Swimming pools may also declined significantly, we can moved up slightly to 46 on drug approval process was criti- about 32 new cases per 100,000 open at 50% capacity, according continue to go this way carefully Wednesday. A nighttime curfew cized as a major obstacle that de- people Wednesday, a sharp drop to the state rules. but also with confidence,” state was lifted in the city of Wiesba- layed vaccinations during the pan- compared to recent weeks. Entertainment and cultural governor Malu Dreyer said in a den, where the rate stands at demic. That same day, the improved venues, including cinemas, are al- statement. about 73. The number of cases The event was also attended by numbers allowed most of the state lowed to admit up to 100 people The state government in Mainz there is higher than many cities in U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, to open hotels to guests and in- indoors and 250 people at once said it expects to ease restrictions the region but much lower than a Australian Prime Minister Scott door dining to patrons who can ei- outside, the rules stated Wednes- more in the second half of June. month ago. Morrison, U.N. Secretary General ther show a negative test or proof day. This would include opening flea Antonio Guterres and philanthro- of vaccination. Diners eating out- “Since in past days the inci- markets and fairs, which have [email protected] pist Bill Gates. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Getting vaccine may lessen need for boosters

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD They also appear effective against Associated Press worrisome virus mutants, at least Scientists have found clues that for now. the world’s leading COVID-19 vac- Scientists do not yet know what’s cines offer lasting protection that called the correlate of protection, could diminish the need for fre- the level below which antibodies quent booster shots, but they cau- cannot fend off the coronavirus AP tion that more research is needed without additional help. Jack Campise talks with his mother, Beverly Kearns, through her apartment window at the Kimberly Hall and that virus mutations are still a Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. gov- North nursing home, in May 2020, in Windsor, Conn. New coronavirus outbreaks, often traced to infectedwild card. ernment’s leading infectious dis- staff members, are still occurring in long­term care centers, causing continued havoc for visitation policies. Critical studies are underway, ease expert, told a Senate subcom- and evidence is mounting that im- mittee last week that vaccine pro- munity from the mRNA vaccines tection would not be infinite. made by Pfizer and Moderna does “I would imagine we will need, at Nursing homes still endure not depend exclusively on antibod- some time, a booster,” Fauci said. ies that dwindle over time. The body “What we’re figuring out right now has overlapping layers of protection is what that interval is going to be.” outbreaks that limit visits that offer backup. To date, 62.8% of the adult U.S. Pfizer and Moderna have fueled population has received at least one BY SUSAN HAIGH less frequent and less severe than the 46 cases identified, 26 residents booster questions by estimating that dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and Associated Press during the height of the pandemic, and 20 workers became infected, in- people might need yearly shots, just 133.6 million, or more than 40%, are Jeannie Wells had hoped that reg- there continue to be hundreds of cluding 18 residents and four work- like with flu vaccinations, and the fully vaccinated. The rate of new ular visits would resume at her el- deaths each week attributed to the ers who were fully vaccinated 14 companies are working to have vaccinations has slowed to an aver- derly mother’s New York nursing coronavirus. According to federal days before the outbreak. some candidates ready this fall. But age below 600,000 per day, accord- home once all the residents were ful- data, 472 nursing home deaths were Three of the nursing home’s resi- companies will not decide when ing to the Centers for Disease Con- ly vaccinated against COVID-19. related to COVID-19 in the first two dents who contracted COVID-19 boosters get used. That will be up to trol and Prevention, nearing Presi- Around Easter, her wish finally weeks of May, down from 10,675 in died, including two who were not health authorities in each country. dent Joe Biden’s goal of 70% with at came true, and she was able to hold the first two weeks of January. vaccinated. So-called “break- Other experts say boosters may least one inoculation by July 4. the 93-year-old’s hand more than a “There is this notion among some through” infections among vacci- be needed only every few years. Infections and deaths continue to year after bringing her mother to the that vaccines were administered in nated individuals were also identi- “I would be surprised if we ac- fall. The nation’s seven-day average facility for rehabilitation for a frac- long-term care, so we’re done, and fied in nursing homes in Chicago, tually needed a yearly booster shot,” for daily new cases fell to less than tured hip and knee. that would be a perilous mistake,” according to another recent CDC re- said Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine spe- 17,300 on Tuesday, down from more But that reunion was short-lived. said Dr. David Gifford, chief medi- port. cialist at the Children’s Hospital of than 31,000 two weeks ago. Daily Visits were quickly stopped for cal officer for the American Health Tim Brown, director of market- Philadelphia who advises the Food deaths declined to 588, down from about six weeks after an employee Care Association, a national nursing ing and communications at Athena and Drug Administration. 605, according to data from Johns tested positive for COVID, and home trade association, in a recent Health Care Systems, which oper- They point to ways the immune Hopkins University. The virus has Wells said visits are still far from statement. “Nursing homes and as- ates 48 facilities in Connecticut, system remembers the coronavirus killed more than 595,000 people in normal even when there haven’t sisted living communities have a Rhode Island and Massachusetts, so that once original antibodies fade, the U.S. been outbreaks. constant flow of new residents, recently estimated about 50% to 60% the body’s defenses can swing back So-called long-lived plasma cells COVID-19 vaccines have allowed whether coming from the hospital of staff have been vaccinated so far, into action if a person is exposed are one of the body’s backups. Im- nursing homes in the U.S. to make or the community, and many of with as many as 80% in some build- again. munologist Ali Ellebedy at Wash- dramatic progress since the dark them haven’t been vaccinated yet.” ings. If a staff member tests positive, “I’m pretty optimistic. I wouldn’t ington University in St. Louis found days of the pandemic, but senior In addition, the CDC has warned he said, buildings are put under rule out the need for boosters, but that nearly a year after people reco- care facilities are still experiencing that low rates of vaccination among quarantine and visits are put on hold the immune response so far looks vered from mild COVID-19, those scattered outbreaks that are largely health care workers in skilled nurs- while another round of staff testing actually quite impressive,” Univer- plasma cells had migrated to the blamed on unvaccinated staff mem- ing facilities raises risks of out- is conducted. Unvaccinated staff sity of Pennsylvania immunologist bone marrow where they were con- bers. The outbreaks and ensuing breaks. are being tested regularly. John Wherry said. tinuing to secrete antibodies. That’s shutdowns have jolted family mem- A March outbreak involving a “If there are no other cases, or if Antibodies that form after vacci- why although antibodies diminish bers who were just starting to enjoy variant at a Kentucky nursing home, the employee did not work on a spe- nation or natural infection do wane with time, they have not disap- in-person visits with loved ones for where most residents had been vac- cific wing, then we allow visitation naturally, but there’s evidence that peared. Now Ellebedy is hunting for the first time in a year. cinated for COVID-19, was traced to for that wing or for for the wings that those levels remain strong for at the same cells in vaccine recipients. While the outbreaks inside nurs- an infected, unvaccinated worker, are not affected by the positive em- least six to nine months after mRNA The research isn’t finished, but he’s ing homes now are much smaller, according to a CDC report. Among ployee,” Brown said. vaccination and possibly longer. finding hints that they’re forming. Beer is among latest vaccine incentives for Biden ‘month of action’ Associated Press on the vaccination rollout and his shots. them to get shots. million per day in early April when WASHINGTON — Free beer is plans to get 70% of adults partially The White House said Biden’s To date 62.8% of the adult U.S. demand for shots was much higher. the latest White House-backed in- vaccinated by Independence Day “month of action” will continue to population have received at least Anheuser-Busch announced centive for Americans to get vacci- — essential to his goal of returning use public and private-sector part- one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and Wednesday morning that it would nated for COVID-19, as President the nation to a pre-pandemic sense nerships to encourage Americans 133.6 million are full vaccinated. “buy Americans 21+ a round of Joe Biden planned to announce a of normalcy this summer. The lat- to roll up their sleeves, drawing in The rate of new vaccinations has beer” once Biden’s 70% goal is met “month of action” Wednesday to get est vaccine sweetener, provided by businesses, social media influen- slowed again to an average below through a promotional giveaway on more shots into arms before the Ju- Anheuser-Busch, builds on other cers, colleges, celebrities and com- 600,000 per day, down from more its website that will provide $5 cred- ly 4 holiday. incentives like cash giveaways, munity organizations to help than 800,000 per day when incen- its to the first 200,000 people to re- Speaking from the White House, sports tickets or paid leave, to keep spread the word about the benefits tives like lotteries were announced, spond when the nation reaches the Biden planned to update the nation up the pace of Americans getting of vaccination and to encourage and down from a peak of nearly 2 vaccine threshold. Thursday, June 3, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Charges after Capitol riot anger far-right groups

Associated Press the 2020 election — it’s kind of dis- Former President Donald solved,” said Jared Holt, a resident Trump’s lies about a stolen 2020 fellow at the Atlantic Council’s election united right-wing sup- Digital Forensic Research Lab. porters, conspiracy theorists and But others believe President Joe militants on Jan. 6, but the after- Biden’s victory and the Jan. 6 in- math of the insurrection is roiling vestigation, the largest federal two of the most prominent far- prosecution in history, might ani- right extremist groups at the U.S. mate the militia movement — Capitol that day. fueled by an anti-government an- More than three dozen mem- ger. bers and associates across both the “We’re already seeing a lot of Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers this rhetoric being spewed in an ef- have been charged with crimes. fort to pull in people,” said Freddy Some local chapters cut ties with Cruz, a Southern Poverty Law national leadership in the weeks Center research analyst who stud- after the deadly siege. The Proud ies anti-government groups. “It’s Boys’ chairman called for a pause very possible that people will be- in the rallies that often have led to come energized and try to coordi- clashes with anti-fascist activists. nate more activity given that we And one Oath Keeper has agreed have a Democratic president in of- to cooperate against others fice.” charged in the riot. Members of the Proud Boys and Some extremism experts see the Oath Keepers make up just a parallels between the fallout from U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA/AP fraction of the more than 400 peo- the Capitol riot and the schisms In this image taken from Capitol building security camera footage and released in a criminal complaint by ple charged so far. Prosecutors that divided far-right figures and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Derek Jancart, circled by the source, joins other riotershave narrowed in on the two extre- groups after their violent clashes who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in Washington. mist groups as they try to deter- with counterprotesters at the mine how much planning went in- “Unite the Right” white nationalist “alt-right” movement fractured that weekend. broader far-right movement, to the attack, but authorities have rally in Charlottesville, Va., in Au- and ultimately faded from public “I think something kind of like where the cohesive tissue that said they’re intent on arresting gust 2017. The white supremacist view after the violence erupted that is happening right now in the brought them all together — being anyone involved. US ends policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico Associated Press dent Joe Biden’s first day in office be a poor use of the Department’s safety in Mexico. ous mistake” that would hinder ef- WASHINGTON — The Biden two years later. resources.” He said the costs would Since Feb. 19, about 11,200 people forts to curb the numbers of mi- administration on Tuesday formal- The announcement appeared to far outweigh any benefits. with active cases have been al- grants entering the U.S. The re- ly ended a Trump-era immigration be a foregone conclusion after Bi- The policy coincided with a lowed to return to the United States marks by Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., policy that forced asylum-seekers den promised as a candidate to end sharp decline of asylum-seekers at to wait for a ruling, a process that underscored the GOP view that the to wait in Mexico for hearings in the policy, known informally as the border, but critics noted that can take years in the backlogged situation at the border remains a U.S. immigration court. “Remain in Mexico,” but he left a people were continually hampered court system. The administration political liability for Democrats. A seven-page memo by Home- window open by ordering a review by violent conditions in Mexico, has yet to say if tens of thousands “The common thread across land Security Secretary Alejandro before shutting it down permanent- lack of access to lawyers and diffi- more whose cases were either dis- President Biden’s continued ac- Mayorkas marked the end of the ly. culty making it to court. Mayorkas missed or denied will get another tions is unwinding commonsense “Migrant Protection Protocols,” Mayorkas said keeping the poli- acknowledged those concerns by chance. border security policies while put- which returned about 70,000 asy- cy intact or modifying it “would not noting the high rate of denied The top Republican on the House ting our homeland security on the lum-seekers to Mexico from Janu- be consistent with this Administra- claims for failing to appear in court Homeland Security Committee back burner,” Katko said in a writ- ary 2019 until it was halted on Presi- tion’s vision and values, and would and the lack of housing, income and lambasted the move as “a very seri- ten statement. Biden reverses Trump move, suspends oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

Associated Press wildlife — and a rich reserve of oil. gram approved by the Trump ad- ronmental Policy Act, a bedrock Indigenous Gwich’in, for drilling. WASHINGTON — The Biden The order by Interior Secretary ministration under a 2017 law en- environmental law. Democrats, environmental administration on Tuesday sus- Deb Haaland follows a temporary acted by Congress. The remote, 19.6 million-acre groups and some Alaska Native pended oil and gas leases in Alas- moratorium on oil and gas lease After conducting a required re- refuge is home to polar bears, cari- tribes have been trying to block it. ka’s Arctic National Wildlife Ref- activities imposed by President view, Interior said it “identified bou, snowy owls and other wildlife, Environmental groups and uge, reversing a drilling program Joe Biden on his first day in office. defects in the underlying record of including migrating birds from six Democrats cheered the Interior approved by the Trump adminis- Biden’s Jan. 20 executive order decision supporting the leases, in- continents. Republicans and the Department order, while Alaska’s tration and reviving a political suggested a new environmental cluding the lack of analysis of a oil industry have long been trying all-Republican congressional del- fight over a remote region that is review was needed to address pos- reasonable range of alternatives” to open up the oil-rich refuge, egation slammed it as misguided home to polar bears and other sible legal flaws in a drilling pro- required under the National Envi- which is considered sacred by the and illegal. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 NATION

Off-duty FBI Police release new agent charged in shooting on body-cam video of subway train Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. — An FBI agent has been charged with at- rail yard shooting tempted murder in the off-duty shooting of another man on a Met- Associated Press inside a building and armed with a ro subway train last year in a Ma- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A gunman handgun. ryland suburb of Washington, who killed nine co-workers at a The body camera footage shows D.C., according to court records Northern California rail yard shot the team cautiously climbing unsealed Tuesday. himself twice in the head as sher- stairs to the third floor, where a SANTA CLARA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/AP During a hearing, Montgomery iff’s deputies raced into a building, VTA supervisor comes out with In this image from body­camera footage, deputies approach a set of County prosecutors outlined their according to authorities who on arms raised and hands over his doors with their weapons drawn inside a building at the Santa Clara Valley account of how the Dec. 15 con- Tuesday released body-camera keycard so officers can get inside Transportation Authority bus and rail yard May 26 in San Jose, Calif. frontation between the agent, footage of the tense encounter. the building. Eduardo Valdivia, 37, and an un- The nearly 4 ½ minutes of foot- The five-member team then What might be two more shots cers were closing in on him or not, armed passenger swiftly escalat- age is from one deputy who arrived sweeps into the building, guns are heard. but he may have seen their flash- ed from a testy exchange of words minutes after the first shooting re- raised, using gun-mounted flash- The footage shows a man lights and heard them yelling to to a shooting on a train approach- ports and while shots were still be- lights as they pass through rooms slumped in a chair near a stairwell each other as they determined ing Medical Center station in Be- ing fired at the Santa Clara Valley and corridors to a dispatch center. with a gun in his hand. He is across where the shooter and victims thesda. Transportation Authority bus and Within minutes, they hear a gun- from a dispatch center door with a were as they moved through the Defense attorney Robert Bon- rail yard in San Jose, where 57- shot, then another, followed by two window shattered by gunfire. building, Smith said. sib said Valdivia acted in self-de- year-old Samuel Cassidy opened more. As they come to another The gunman had shot himself The deputies and officers “hard- fense as the man approached him fire before killing himself. door, one of the team looks through under the chin then put the gun to ly spoke a word to each other” at the rear of a train car. A “contact team” of deputies a small window and says: “I’ve got the side of his head, Santa Clara when they entered the building be- After the hearing, the county’s and San Jose police officers was somebody down” inside. The team County Sheriff Laurie Smith said. cause “they knew what their job top prosecutor declined to explain immediately formed to find the opens the door and somebody It wasn’t clear whether Cassidy was,” she said, adding that they why his office concluded that the gunman, who was reported to be shouts “Let me see your hands!” knew that law enforcement offi- showed extraordinary courage. shooting wasn’t justified. Thursday, June 3, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Teen shoves bear that swatted family dog BRADBURY — Hailey CA Morinico didn’t hesi- tate when she saw a large bear fac- ing off with her family dogs from the top of a wall in their Southern California backyard. Home surveillance video aired by ABC 7 shows the mama bear perched on top of the wall, swat- ting at a large black dog on the ground. Two bear cubs are behind the bear while four smaller dogs are barking and darting around the yard. The 17-year-old sprints into the frame, uses two hands to push the large bear off the wall, then picks up one of the smaller dogs. She and the other dogs then run out of the frame. The bears disappear over a wall into a neighbor’s yard. Man accused of plotting Walmart attack arrested KERRVILLE — Au- TX thorities in Texas ar- rested a man accused of plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Wal- mart, and a search of the suspect’s home turned up firearms, ammu- nition and materials officials de- scribed as “radical ideology par- aphernalia.” Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, was arrested in Kerrville and was charged with making a “terroris- tic threat to create public fear of serious bodily injury,” the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office said in a RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER, (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.) STAR TRIBUNE/AP news release. Investigators said they inter- cepted a message from Blevins in- Slip sliding away dicating he was “preparing to pro- Shawnda Henderson, of Minneapolis, rode the Giant slide with her daughter Mira on the last day of the Kickoff to Summer at the Fair event at ceed with a mass shooting,” and the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, Minn. that the threat included Walmart. Blevins was taken into custody the strong current during a boating THE CENSUS Woman charged after next day. trip on Florida’s St. Johns River. crash involving 6 kids The father, Steven Poust, told The height in feet of a towering sculpture of a chicken in rural Park Police rescue dog Jax4 television station that he an- 62 south Georgia. The framed outline of the giant chicken towers SPRING LAKE TOWN- that tumbled into gorge chored his boat in the river while above nearby homes in the city of Fitzgerald. The finished product will be a MI SHIP — A 29-year-old he fished and his children played. gargantuan topiary, meaning the chicken will be sculpted from living plants woman was charged with drunken CASTILE — A special- Chase Poust said the current was growing on its frame. The plans call for a room inside the base of the chicken driving and child endangerment that can be rented to visitors. Mayor Jim Puckett said he’s heard from new- ized police ropes team too strong for his sister Abigail to after crashing a vehicle carrying NY lyweds interested in booking it for a honeymoon suite. went down into a western New hold onto the boat, and he also let six children into a utility pole in York gorge to rescue a dog that go to stay with her. Only the girl western Michigan. had fallen into it, state Park Police was wearing a life jacket. “We were kind of wondering their money. And the invitations The Ottawa County sheriff’s of- said. Their father jumped in the wa- why we weren’t receiving any were mailed well enough in ad- fice said the Kentwood woman ap- The Labrador retriever, named ter to grab her. Chase then began RSVPs, but we really didn’t think vance of the September wedding. parently lost control of the vehicle Achilles, plunged about 150 to 200 swimming toward shore. much of it,” Crystle Lewis of Wa- at a curve before crashing. feet into a gorge in Letchworth Chase kept swimming, doggie silla told news station KTUU-TV. Fire destroys historic No one was hurt. State Park in Castile, about 50 paddling and floating on his back It turns out, they had incorrect train depot, museum miles southeast of Buffalo, the to keep from tiring out. It took him postage on their invitations. Their Man charged after tires park police said in a Facebook post about an hour to reach land. He style of invitation, with a wax seal McCOMB — A mas- slashed on vehicles . The dog broke his leg and was ran to the nearest house for help. on the back side of the envelope, MS sive fire wrecked a stranded. Crews from the Jacksonville required extra postage. Mississippi city’s train depot and PORTLAND — A The Genesee High Angle Rope Fire and Rescue Department, the A notice had been sent to the museum, a beloved restored land- ME man was charged af- Rescue team found Achilles and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and post office box associated with the mark that dates back to McComb’s ter tires were slashed on more made their way down to the dog. the Florida Fish and Wildlife Con- invitations, informing them about founding as a railroad town. than 30 vehicles in Portland’s Old Police said that except for the servation Commission found the the postage due. No cause was immediately de- Port. broken leg and some minor inju- father and daughter about a mile Wasilla Post Office window termined for the fire that broke James Rozakis, 43, was charged ries, he was healthy. from their boat. clerk Edward “Lee” Mayton no- out in the north end of the building with criminal mischief, trespass- ticed the letters and saw that the in which the museum’s office and ing and violating bail conditions, Boy, 7, swims an hour Clerk pays extra postage owner hadn’t checked the P.O. archives were housed. McComb police said. to rescue his dad, sister to send wedding invites box. Fire Chief Gary McKenzie told the He was arrested after being Mayton bought the extra post- Enterprise-Journal that a rigor- spotted and attempting to run JACKSONVILLE — A WASILLA — An Alas- age needed to mail the 50 or so in- ous investigation will be done. away. FL 7-year-old boy was AK ka bride-to-be mailed vitations and with the help of his It’s unclear what effect the fire Many of the targeted vehicles credited for helping to save his fa- out her wedding invitations last co-workers, got them stamped will have on Amtrak train service. were near the Regency Hotel. ther and 4-year-old sister by month and eagerly waited for and in the mail. The museum was formed in swimming to shore and calling for friends and family to respond. Lewis and her fiancé tried to re- 2001 and opened in 2003. It ex- help after they got caught in a And kept waiting. pay Lee, but he wouldn’t accept panded in 2013. From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 WORLD Meat producer Iranian getting back online after cyberattack warship Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia — The world’s largest meat processing company is getting back online after production around the world was disrupted by a cyberattack just weeks after a similar inci- sinks dent shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. Brazil’s JBS SA said late Tuesday that it had made “significant progress” in dealing with the cyberattack and expected the “vast majority” of after fire its plants to be operating on Wednesday. Earlier, the White House said JBS had notified Associated Press the U.S. of a ransom demand from a criminal or- TEHRAN, Iran — The largest warship ganization likely based in Russia. in the Iranian navy caught fire and later JBS is the second-largest producer of beef, sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman un- AP pork and chicken in the U.S. If it were to shut der unclear circumstances, semiofficial Personnel stand on Iran’s navy support ship Kharg after it caught on fire in the Gulf down for even one day, the U.S. would lose al- news agencies reported. of Oman on Wednesday. most a quarter of its beef-processing capacity, or The blaze began around 2:25 a.m. and the equivalent of 20,000 beef cows, according to firefighters tried to contain it, the Fars evacuating the vessel as a fire burned be- The warship, built in Britain and Trey Malone, an assistant professor of agricul- news agency reported, but their efforts hind them. launched in 1977, entered the Iranian na- ture at Michigan State University. failed to save the 679-foot Kharg, which Fars published video of thick, black vy in 1984 after lengthy negotiations that The closures reflect the reality that modern was used to resupply other ships in the smoke rising from the ship early Wednes- followed Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. meat processing plants are heavily automated, fleet at sea and conduct training exercis- day morning. Iranian officials offered no cause for for both food- and worker-safety reasons. Com- es. State media reported 400 sailors and Satellite photos from Planet Labs Inc. the fire aboard the Kharg, though they puters collect data at multiple stages of the pro- trainee cadets on board fled the vessel, analyzed by The Associated Press said an investigation had begun. duction process, and orders, billing, shipping with 33 suffering injuries. showed the Kharg off to the west of Jask It comes after a series of mysterious ex- and other functions are all electronic. The vessel sank near the Iranian port of on Tuesday. plosions that began in 2019 targeting com- JBS, which has not stated publicly that the at- Jask, some 790 miles southeast of Tehran Satellites from the U.S. National Ocean- mercial ships in the Gulf of Oman. tack was ransomware, said the cyberattack af- on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of ic and Atmospheric Administration that The U.S. Navy later accused Iran of tar- fected servers supporting its operations in North Hormuz — the narrow mouth of the Per- track fires from space detected a blaze at geting the ships with limpet mines, timed America and Australia. Backup servers weren’t sian Gulf. Photos circulated on Iranian so- the site of the Jask that started just before explosives typically attached by divers to affected and it said it was not aware of any data cial media of sailors wearing life jackets the time of the fire reported by Fars. a vessel’s hull. being compromised. Thursday, June 3, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 FACES New this week: ‘We Are Lady Parts’ series, a third ‘The Conjuring’ movie Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Asso- ciated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies ■ Pride Month will be celebrated across many streaming platforms beginning this week. One standout new release is “Chang- ing the Game,” Michael Barnett’s docu- HEIGHTS LIBRARIES/AP mentary about three transgender teens Sara Phillips, a branch manager with navigating high school athletics. The film, Heights Libraries in Ohio, holds the Bob which premiered at the Tribeca Film Fes- Dylan double album “Self Portrait” tival in 2019, began streaming on Hulu on borrowed in 1973 by eighth grader Tuesday, with some updated material. Howard Simon. He returned the album Amid swirling media attention, “Changing recently after finding it in his collection. the Game” humanizes a sometimes fraught issue by staying close to the kids — a wres- tler in Texas, a skier in New Hampshire and Direction home: a Connecticut track star. ■ With old-school, trope-heavy, sturdily built horror tales, “The Conjuring” films Dylan album have amassed a surprisingly vast franchise, with its many iterations and offshoots total- is returned ing nearly $2 billion in worldwide box of- fice. In “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me 48 years late Do It,” the third in the flagship “Conjuring” WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT/AP series and the eighth film overall in the Con- Vera Farmiga, left, and Patrick Wilson are pictured in a scene from “The Conjuring: The Associated Press juring-verse, paranormal investigators Ed Devil Made Me Do It.” The film opens Friday in theaters and on HBO Max. After nearly five decades of blowin’ in the and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and wind, a double Bob Dylan album finally has Vera Farmiga) are back for a 1981 murder ■ After playing together at the Taj Mahal a direction home: A man living in San Fran- trial in Connecticut considered to be the Hotel in Mumbai, the Eagles’ Joe Walsh in- cisco has mailed the vinyl back to an Ohio first known court case in which demonic vited classical sarod player Amjad Ali Khan library 48 years after it was supposed to be possession was used as a defense. The film and his two sons to Los Angeles to record returned. opens Friday in theaters and on HBO Max. music at his home studio last year. The re- Howard Simon recently sent the album — AP Film Writer Jake Coyle sult is “Prayers,” a three-song EP being re- along with a letter to Heights Libraries leased Friday. The three tracks — “Healing apologizing for his tardiness, according to a Music Love,” “Goddess” and “Hope (We Shall news release from the library system out- ■ Liz Phair last released an album of Overcome)” — were inspired by frontline side Cleveland. original songs 11 years ago, and she’s re- workers and social justice groups. And art- Simon checked out Dylan’s “Self Por- turning to the scene with “Soberish” on Fri- ist proceeds from the album will benefit trait” album in 1973 as an eighth-grader at a day. The 13-track album was produced by global health nonprofit Intrahealth Interna- University Heights middle school. Simon Brad Wood, who worked on Phair’s albums tional. says he found it between two other Dylan “Exile In Guyville,” “Whip-Smart” and — AP Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu albums in his personal vinyl collection. “whitechocolatespaceegg.” Phair said this Television “As a recent retiree, I am taking the op- of the album’s title: “Soberish can be about portunity to turn my attention to some of the partying. It can be about self-delusion. It ■ A 1921 race attack that destroyed a many vignettes of life that by dint of career can be about chasing that first flush of love prosperous Tulsa, Okla., business district and family have been neglected these many or, in fact, any state of mind that allows you known as Black Wall Street and killed years,” Simon wrote. “I am returning with to escape reality for a while and exist on a scores of the community’s residents is get- the letter an overdue item by my count, ap- happier plane. It’s not self-destructive or ting unprecedented attention on its centen- proximately 17,480 days overdue as of this nial. Among the TV entries: A two-part out of control; it’s as simple as the cycle of PEACOCK/AP writing.” dreaming and waking up.” OWN special, “The Legacy of Black Wall “We Are Lady Parts,” a six­part series His letter says the album cover is a little ■ Street,” debuting on consecutive Tuesdays It’s also been 11 years since Grammy- about a Muslim female punk band, battered after traveling with him from Uni- on the channel (9 p.m. EDT) and the discov- nominated rapper Lloyd Banks has drop- premieres Thursday on Peacock. versity Heights to San Francisco with vari- ped a solo album. On Friday, the former G- ery+ streaming service. The first episode, ous stops in between, but the library says Unit member will release “The Course of which debuted Tuesday, tells of the pio- versity pals and routine. The series debuts the records themselves remain in “great the Inevitable,” a 18-track set featuring col- neers who built Greenwood District and Thursday on the Peacock streaming ser- shape.” laborations with Styles P, Benny The saw its destruction by mob violence, while vice. Simon also sent the library a $175 re- Butcher, Vado, Sy Ari da Kid, Roc Marci the June 8 chapter details efforts by a new ■ Netflix’s “Sweet Tooth,” based on writ- placement fee for “Self Portrait” along with and Ransom. generation of entrepreneurs and others to er-illustrator Jeff Lemire’s DC Comics se- an album he recorded, “Western Reserve,” resurrect what was lost. ries, is set a post-pandemic world in which for possible inclusion in the library’s collec- ■ The eye-catching title is just the start children born as human-animal hybrids are tion. of the fun with “We Are Lady Parts,” a six- feared and hunted. Gus (Christian Con- The library bore no hard feelings, or part, London-set series about a Muslim fe- very) is a deer-boy who emerges from his sense that Simon wasted their precious male punk band called — you’ve got it — La- protected forest home and ends up in the time, essentially telling him in the press re- dy Parts. Anjana Vasan plays Amina, a mi- company of a wanderer (Nonso Anozie), lease don’t think twice; it’s all right. crobiology student who is reluctantly skirting danger as they both seek answers “The funny thing about this is that we pressed into service as the group’s lead gui- about themselves and what remains of don’t charge overdue fines anymore — as tarist by driven frontwoman Saira (Sarah America. The series makers, including hus- long as we get the item back, we see no need UNIVERSAL MUSIC, CHRYSALIS/AP Kameela Impey) despite the doubts of her band-and-wife producers Robert Downey to penalize people,” branch manager Sara This combination of images shows cover bandmates (Juliette Motamed, Faith Jr. and Susan Downey, say it’s a work of Phillips was quoted as saying. “We’re grate- art for “Prayers,” a three­song EP by Joe Omole) and manager (Lucie Shorthouse). hope meant for families to watch together. ful that Mr. Simon returned the record. I’d Walsh and Amjad Ali Khan, left, and Amina, captivated by the band’s spirit, un- The eight-part series is out Friday. said we can now call it even.” “Soberish,” a 13­track album by Liz Phair. easily finds it at odds with that of her uni- — AP Television Writer Lynn Elber PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Learn from Israel’s odd-couple arrangement BY DAVID IGNATIUS Washington Post Writers Group They have competing visions of the future of EDITORIAL WASHINGTON Terry Leonard, Editor he United States could take a les- the state. But they share a belief that the [email protected] son from what’s happening this week in Israel, where two radical- nation and its institutions come first. Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor ly diverging wings of Israeli poli- conclusive elections over the past two years. “When I look at the legal attempt to torpedo [email protected] T tics have united in opposing the polarizing Partly, it’s a feeling of disgust about Neta- the [coalition] government . . . I see what Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content government of Prime Minister Benjamin nyahu continuing to hold power even as he happened on the Capitol Hill happening [email protected] Netanyahu. stands trial on charges that he abused it. here. I hope it’s just a nightmare scenario,” Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid couldn’t Most of all, I suspect, Bennett and Lapid Liberman said. [email protected] disagree more about big issues. Bennett is have come together because of a shared pas- I’ve watched Lapid and Bennett speak an Orthodox Jewish former settler leader sion for the well-being of their country. And many times in Tel Aviv at conferences held Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital who wants to annex the West Bank; Lapid is that’s the point that I wish Americans could by the Institute for National Security Stud- [email protected] a secular Jew who favors a two-state solu- learn from watching this episode. This ies. It’s hard to imagine two more different tion to the Palestinian problem. Yet the two seems to be a moment where Israel’s version people — in style, temperament and ideolo- BUREAU STAFF joined forces last weekend for what support- of “red” and “blue” states — people who dis- gy. They have competing visions of the fu- ers call a “change government.” The mis- agree about fundamental issues — have put ture of the state. But they share a belief that Europe/Mideast sion is to oust Netanyahu and end the im- those divisions aside because of something the nation and its institutions come first. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] passe in Israeli politics he helped create. that’s more important: national survival. “The country is paralyzed because [Neta- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 Netanyahu is the ultimate political survi- Bennett, the religious conservative, put it nyahu] only cares for himself,” argues Amos Pacific vor. He has remained prime minister for the this way: “Two thousand years ago, there Yadlin, a retired Israeli air force general Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief past 12 years in part because of his genius at was a Jewish state which fell here because of who headed military intelligence and re- [email protected] exploiting the divisions in Israeli society for internal quarrels. This will not happen cently retired as head of the Institute for Na- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 his own benefit. He exploited “wedge poli- again. Not on my watch.” Lapid, the secular tional Security Studies. He argued that the Washington tics” much like his political ally, former centrist, also stressed the search for unity, tipping point wasn’t a disagreement about Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief President Donald Trump. He has kept his “to see if we can find in the coming days wise national security, where Israelis are united [email protected] post despite a 2019 indictment on charges of compromises for the sake of the big aim.” except for the Palestinian issue — it was ex- (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News bribery, fraud and breach of trust, and a trial One unsettling similarity between Israeli asperation with Netanyahu, known in Israel [email protected] that resumed in April, in which he has plead- and U.S. politics is that Netanyahu’s die- as “Bibi.” ed not guilty. hard supporters have been threatening vio- “Bibi took our political norms to an unac- CIRCULATION But this week, Netanyahu’s threats and lence in recent days, just as Trump’s sup- ceptable level . . . by inciting and dividing the bluster finally seemed to have lost their bite. porters did in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Gideon people,” Yadlin told me in a phone interview Mideast Lapid and Bennett asked Israeli President Saar, a former Netanyahu ally who supports Tuesday. The diverse coalition for change Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] Reuven Rivlin for a mandate to form a gov- the change coalition, warned: “There is an emerged, he said, because “Bibi put himself [email protected] ernment, and they appear to have the Knes- incitement machine that is running . . . an in- before the country,” and it was time “to nor- DSN (314)583-9111 set votes to remove Netanyahu. We’ll know citement machine that has nothing to do with malize again our political system.” Europe by Wednesday night whether they have suc- ideology, but only with anxiety about the loss The change coalition won’t solve all Is- Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager ceeded. of power.” rael’s problems. But it will reinforce the fun- [email protected] What has happened in Israel to produce Avigdor Liberman, another former Neta- damentals of Israeli democracy — and the [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 this extraordinary (if precarious) move- nyahu ally now backing change, specifically need for people to unite, even when they dis- ment for national unity? Partly it’s frustra- likened the threats and intimidation by Ne- agree bitterly over policy. Let’s hope Amer- Pacific tion with the political impasse Netanyahu tanyahu’s supporters against those they icans experience the same revelation before Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 produced as he held office through four in- view as traitors to the Jan. 6 insurrection. it’s too late. CONTACT US Washington China’s 3-child policy won’t reverse population decline tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 BY DAVID FICKLING eration once the shift to later maternity was not just funding for child care, schooling and Reader letters Bloomberg Opinion complete. parental leave, but a change in attitudes in [email protected] f China hopes to avert a fall in its pop- A three-child policy will certainly help on the workforce, property law and the home so ulation by raising the maximum num- that front. Given replacement levels of 2.1 that women don’t shoulder all the burden of Additional contacts ber of children per mother from two to births per mother, it’s by definition impossi- raising a family. stripes.com/contactus Ithree, it’s going to have its work cut ble to stabilize your population when you Measures to address this in China were an- OMBUDSMAN out. can’t have more than two children. Still, nounced alongside the three-child policy, That’s because declining fertility, once there are reasons beyond population policy though it’s unclear whether promised or Ernie Gates started, tends to be an inexorable force that that China may struggle to spark a baby even enacted changes will be enough. Japan The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow few nations have managed to arrest, let alone boom. has some of the world’s most generous pater- of news and information, reporting any attempts by the reverse. Of the 85 countries where fertility Consider what’s happening in other coun- nal leave policies in an attempt to get fathers military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns had fallen to less than 2.1 births per woman in tries in the region. Japan and the four Asian more involved in child care, but only about and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for 2009 — the so-called “replacement level,” “Tiger Economies” of Hong Kong, Singa- 3% of men take any time off at all. fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by below which population decline tends to set pore, South Korea and Taiwan have so strik- Switching away from an economic model email at [email protected], or by phone at in — only Tunisia had managed to just about ingly few babies that the term “ultra-low fer- built on a constant cycle of real estate invest- 202.886.0003. creep back above replacement 10 years later. tility” has been coined to describe them. The ment might also help. China’s major cities, Even that achievement could suggest a four tigers, along with Macau, take out the where property is as expensive per square Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday measurement problem more than genuine bottom five places globally in the CIA’s latest foot as in far richer global cities, aren’t par- through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals policy success. Women tend to have children ranking of countries by fertility rate, with Ja- ticularly attractive places to raise large fam- postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send later in life as education levels and employ- pan not far behind. ilies. address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. This newspaper is authorized by the ment prospects improve. That can sharply There’s evidence that this isn’t just about The good news for China is that, given the Department of Defense for members of the military services depress fertility in the early years of the de- the delayed maternity that caused Europe’s right incentives, most people in the world overseas. However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, and are not to be considered as the official views mographic shift as women wait longer to fertility slowdown. The ongoing decline seem to want to have the two or three chil- of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspa- have children, before leading to a modest since 2000 in South Korea is being driven in- dren needed to balance populations for the per, Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official channels and use appropriated funds for distribution to rise in the birth rate later as they catch up in stead by women having fewer or no children, long term. The only question is whether the remote locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. their 30s. according to a 2018 study by Sam Hyun Yoo two dozen 60-something men (and one wom- The appearance of advertising in this publication does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense or Apparent phenomena as diverse as declin- and Tomas Sobotka of the Wittgenstein Cen- an) on the Politburo will have the insight Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. ing fertility in northern Europe and the sup- tre for Demography and Global Human Cap- needed to change nearly five decades of anti- Products or services advertised shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, posed higher fertility rate of Hispanic wom- ital. natalist policy. religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical en in the U.S. are as likely to be the result of What can be done to reverse this? Reduc- handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. having children later rather than having few- ing the human and financial cost of rearing David Fickling is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering commodities, as well as industrial and consumer companies. © Stars and Stripes 2021 er children. Birth rates in the European children will be vital, as my colleague Clara He has been a reporter for Bloomberg News, Dow Jones, Union, for instance, barely changed in a gen- Ferreira Marques has written. That means The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the Guardian. stripes.com PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 Eugene Sheffer Crossword Frazz Dilbert

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PRO SOCCER PRO TENNIS DEALS Catching up: MLS French Open Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Ber- Tuesday’s transactions narda Pera, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. EASTERN CONFERENCE BASEBALL Tuesday Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Anna- Major League Baseball WLTPts GF GA At Stade Roland Garros Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-0. American League Recruiting Paris Anett Kontaveit (30), Estonia, def. Vikto- — Optioned RHP Purse: Euro 16,404,509 CHICAGO WHITE SOX New England 5 1 2 17 11 7 rija Golubic, Switzerland, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), Jimmy Lambert to Charlotte (Triple-A Surface: Red clay 6-0. East). Philadelphia 4 2 2 14 9 5 Men’s Singles Wang Qiang, China, def. Hsieh Su-wei, can return Orlando City 3 1 3 12 8 4 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP First Round Taiwan, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. Triston McKenzie to Columbus (Triple-A NYCFC 3 2 2 11 13 7 Marco Cecchinato, Italy, def. Yasutaka Ekaterina Alexandrova (32), Russia, def. East). Venus Williams, United States, 6-3, 6-1. CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9 Uchiyama, Japan, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Activated C Alex de Minaur (21), Australia, def. Ste- Magda Linette, Poland, def. Chloe Pa- to normal Columbus 3 2 2 11 7 6 Max Stassi from the 10-day IL. Optioned fano Travaglia, Italy, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4). quet, France, 6-3, 6-3. LHP Jose Quijada to Salt lake (Triple-A Nashville 2 0 5 11 9 6 Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. Ugo Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. West). Sent C Drew Butera outright to Salt BY STEVE MEGARGEE Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7 Humbert (29), France, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-3, 6-3. Lake. Agreed to terms with LHP Wade Le- Aslan Karatsev (24), Russia, def. Jenson Karolina Pliskova (9), Czech Republic, Associated Press New York 3 4 0 9 10 10 Blanc on a minor league contract. Brooksby, United States, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 7-5, 6-4. NEW YORK YANKEES — Acquired INF Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck spoke for D.C. United 3 5 0 9 8 11 Mikael Ymer, Sweden, def. Roberto Car- Coco Gauff (24), United States, def. Alek- Connor Cannon from San Francisco. Op- Inter Miami CF 2 4 2 8 8 13 balles Baena, Spain, 6-4, 0-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. sandra Krunic, Serbia, 7-6 (11), 6-4. tioned INF Mike Ford to Scranton/Wilkes- many coaches nationwide last De- Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, def. Adrian Man- Karolina Muchova (18), Czech Republic, Toronto FC 1 4 2 5 8 12 Barre (Triple-A East). narino, France, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 1-6, 6-3, OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed OF Ra- cember when he noted he still Chicago 1 5 1 4 4 11 James Duckworth, Australia, def. Salva- 6-4. mon Laureano on the 10-day IL retroactive hadn’t shaken the hands of about Cincinnati 1 4 1 4 6 15 tore Caruso, Italy, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Sloane Stephens, United States, def. to May 28. Recalled OF Skye Bolt from Las Gael Monfils (14), France, def. Albert Ra- Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 3-6, 7-6 (4), Vegas (Triple-A West). half the prospects who were about WESTERN CONFERENCE mos-Vinolas, Spain, 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4. 6-4. SEATTLE MARINERS — Activated LHP Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, def. Benja- Men’s Doubles Marco Gonzales from the 10-day IL. Placed to sign with his program. WLTPts GF GA min Bonzi, France, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. First Round CF Kyle Lewis on the 10-day IL. Recalled CF Those days finally are coming to Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. An- Horia Tecau, Romania, and Kevin Kra- Taylor Trammell from Tacoma (Triple-A Seattle 5 0 3 18 14 3 drey Rublev (7), Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 3-6, wietz (9), Germany, def. Gonzalo Escobar, West). Optioned RHP Robert Dugger to Ta- an end. Sporting KC 5 2 1 16 15 10 6-4. Ecuador, and Ariel Behar, Uruguay, 6-3, coma. Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Felix Auger- 3-6, 7-6 (5). The NCAA has lifted the recruit- LA Galaxy 5 2 0 15 11 11 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent RHP Patrick Aliassime (20), Canada, 6-3, 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-4. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Franko Sku- Murphy to Buffalo (Triple-A East) for a re- ing dead period that has been in Colorado 4 2 1 13 12 8 Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. gor, Croatia, def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Ge- hab assignment. Houston 3 3 2 11 11 12 Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 2-6, orgia, and Andre Begemann, Germany, National League place since March 13, 2020, due to 6-4. 6-4, 6-2. San Jose 3 5 0 9 11 12 CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled LHP Cionel Diego Schwartzman (10), Argentina, def. Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands, and Perez from Louisville (Triple-A East). the coronavirus pandemic. The Portland 3 4 0 9 9 11 Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez, El Salvador, Placed 3B Max Schrock on the 10-day IL. NCAA returned to its usual Real Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 9 7 Richard Gasquet, France, def. Hugo Gas- def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, and Sent 1B Joey Votto to Louisville for a rehab LAFC 2 3 2 8 8 9 ton, France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Henri Kontinen (12), Finland, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (1), assignment. Placed RHP Michael Feliz on recruiting calendar Tuesday, al- Federico Coria, Argentina, def. Feliciano 7-6 (2). the 10-day IL. Selected the contract of 2B Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9 Lopez, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Andrey Golubev and Alexander Bublik, Mike Freeman from Louisville. lowing prospects to meet coaches Austin FC 2 4 1 7 5 8 Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Alexei Pop- Kazakhstan, def. Fabien Reboul and Sadio COLORADO ROCKIES — Recalled 2B Alan in person and coaches to conduct Minnesota 2 4 1 7 6 11 yrin, Australia, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Doumbia, France, 7-6 (7), 6-1. Trejo from Albuquerque (Triple-A West). Matteo Berrettini (9), Italy, def. Taro Da- Fabrice Martin and Jeremy Chardy (13), Optioned 1B Connor Joe to Albuquerque. live evaluations of recruits. FC Dallas 1 3 3 6 8 11 niel, Japan, 6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. France, def. Tommy Paul, United States, Optioned LHP Ben Bowden to Albuquer- That means programs across Note: Three points for victory, one point Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, def. Lucas and Lorenzo Musetti, Italy, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-1. que. for tie. Pouille, France, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. Benoit Paire, France, and Romain Arneo- MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with the country are going to make up Kwon Soon Woo, South Korea, def. Kevin do, Monaco, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, Saturday, May 29 SS Galli Cribbs and 2B Justin Twine on mi- Anderson, South Africa, 7-5, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4). and Marc Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. nor league contracts. for lost time. CF Montréal 1, Chicago 0 Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Tennys Jean-Julien Rojer and Wesley Koolhof MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed CF Lo- “It’s going to be crazy,” South New York 2, Orlando City 1 Sandgren, United States, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. (11), Netherlands, def. Filip Krajinovic and renzo Cain on the 10-day IL. Recalled LF Ty- New England 1, Cincinnati 0 Women’s Singles Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. rone Taylor from Nashville (Triple-A East). Carolina coach Shane Beamer Columbus 2, Toronto FC 1 First Round Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal NEW YORK METS — Claimed INF Travis Nashville 2, Atlanta 2, tie Ann Li, United States, def. Margarita (2), Colombia, def. Ken Skupski and Neal Blankenhorn off waivers from Seattle. said. New York City FC 2, Los Angeles FC 1 Gasparyan, Russia, 6-0, 6-1. Skupski, Britain, 6-4, 6-4. Designated INF Wilfredo Tovar for assign- The change is a relief for high LA Galaxy 1, San Jose 0 Jasmine Paolini, Italy, def. Stefanie Voe- Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Maximo Gon- ment. D.C. United 3, Miami 0 gele, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-1. zalez, Argentina, def. Mackenzie McDo- PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent 2B Scott school football players such as Sporting Kansas City 3, Houston 2 Ons Jabeur (25), Tunisia, def. Yulia Pu- nald and Taylor Fritz, United States, 6-4, Kingery to Lehigh Valley (Triple-A East) for Colorado 3, FC Dallas 0 tintseva, Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-2. 6-3. Max Reese, a wide receiver from Minnesota 1, Real Salt Lake 1, tie a rehab assignment. Jennifer Brady (13), United States, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Horacio PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent 1B Colin Fenwick High School in the Chica- Sunday, May 30 Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, 6-3, 6-3. Zeballos (4), Argentina, def. Szymon Walk- Moran and 3B Phillip Evans to Indianapolis Philadelphia 3, Portland 0 Astra Sharma, Australia, def. Irina Bara, ow and Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 6-1, 6-1. (Triple-A East) for a rehab assignment. go suburbs. Reese has offers from Austin FC 0, Seattle 0, tie Romania, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Nicholas Monroe and Frances Tiafoe, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled RHP Maria Sakkari (17), Greece, def. Katarina United States, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, Bowling Green and Northern Illi- Saturday, June 12 Johan Oviedo from Memphis (Triple-A Zavatska, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-1. and Marcelo Melo (8), Brazil, 6-3, 6-4. East). Placed RHP Jack Flaherty on the 10- nois, and he has visited both Mid- Austin FC at Sporting Kansas City Fiona Ferro, France, def. En Shuo Liang, Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Filip Polasek (5), day IL. Taiwan, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. Slovakia, def. Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Selected the American Conference schools. NWSL Elina Svitolina (5), Ukraine, def. Oceane and Andres Molteni, Argentina, 7-5, 6-7 (6), contract of RHP Dominic Leone from Sac- Babel, France, 6-2, 7-5. 7-6 (6). ramento (Triple-A West). Optioned RHP But he couldn’t meet the coaching WLTPts GF GA Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, def. Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Jamie Murray Nick Tropeano to Sacramento. Recalled C staffs at either program during his Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-4, (7), Britain, def. Dominic Inglot and Luke Orlando 3 0 1 10 6 3 Chadwick Tromp from Sacramento. 6-2. Bambridge, Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3. Placed C Curt Casall on the 10-day IL retro- visits because of pandemic-im- Washington 2 1 1 7 4 4 active to May 31. Recalled RHP Sam Dela- posed restrictions. Portland 2 2 0 6 8 4 COLLEGE BASEBALL PRO BASKETBALL plane from Sacramento and placed on the 60-day IL. Now he finally gets to speak face North Carolina 1 1 1 4 6 2 WNBA BASKETBALL Reign FC 1 1 1 4 2 2 USA Today Coaches Poll Women’s National Basketball to face with the coaches who have Gotham FC 1 1 1 4 1 1 The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 baseball EASTERN CONFERENCE Association been Zooming with him for the last Houston 1 2 1 4 5 6 poll, with team’s records through Sunday CHICAGO SKY —Signed G Lexie Brown to in parentheses, total points based on 25 WLPct GB a remainder-of-season (ROS)contract. year. That should give both the Louisville 1 1 1 4 2 5 FOOTBALL for first place through one point for 25th, prospect and the staff a better idea Chicago 1 2 1 4 3 7 ranking in last week’s poll and first-place Connecticut 7 2 .778 — National Football League Kansas City 0 2 2 2 2 5 votes received. New York 5 2 .714 1 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed P Tyler of their interest in each other. Atlanta 4 2 .667 1½ Newsome. Note: Three points for victory, one point Record Pts Pvs BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived DT Xa- Ohio State assistant athletic di- for tie. Washington 2 4 .333 3½ vier Kelly and WR Donte Sylencieux with 1. Arkansas (32) 46-10 800 1 Wednesday, May 26 Chicago 2 5 .286 4 injury designations. Signed DL Jovan rector for player personnel Mark 2. Tennessee 45-16 740 4 Orlando 2, Portland 1 Indiana 1 8 .111 6 Swann. Pantonidiscussed how tough it has Chicago 2, Kansas City 0 3. Vanderbilt 40-15 728 3 BUFFALO BILLS — Signed LS Reid Fergu- son to a three-year contract extension. been for prospects to evaluate Washington 2, Houston 1 4. Texas 42-15 713 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Friday, May 28 DETROIT LIONS — Signed DT Brian Price. schools based on virtual campus 5. Arizona 40-15 633 7 WLPct GB JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Named Nick North Carolina 5, Louisville 0 6. Notre Dame 30-11 566 8 Sorenson special teams coordinator. tours. Saturday, May 29 Seattle 6 1 .857 — LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed DB Dayan 7. Texas Tech 36-15 553 5 Lake. “It’s cool when you see the com- Houston 2, Chicago 1 Las Vegas 5 3 .625 1½ 7. Mississippi State 40-15 553 6 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed RB mercial of the nice flashy car, but Sunday, May 30 9. Stanford 33-14 503 12 Phoenix 4 3 .571 2 Rex Burkhead. NEW YORK JETS — Waived LB Sharif Portland 1, Gotham FC 0 10. TCU 40-17 498 14 Los Angeles 2 3 .400 3 you don’t really know until you test Orlando 1, Kansas City 0 Dallas 2 4 .333 3½ Finch. Signed DL Ronald Blair. Washington 1, Reign FC 0 11. Mississippi 41-19 492 11 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed WR An- drive it how cool it really is,” Pan- Minnesota 1 4 .200 4 Saturday’s games 12. Oregon 37-14 461 9 dy Jones. Released QB Josh Johnson and TE Daniel Helm. toni said. “That’s what we’re about 13. Florida 38-20 445 13 North Carolina at Chicago Monday’s games TENNESSEE TITANS — Named Blaise to do. These kids are about to test- Reign FC at Gotham FC 14. East Carolina 41-15 421 10 No games scheduled Taylor pro scout, Matt Miller college Louisville at Portland scout, Mical Johnson scouting assistant, drive the car finally after seeing 15. Old Dominion 42-14 322 21 Tuesday’s games 16. UC Irvine 40-16 269 15 Kylan Butler as the Bill Walsh offensive fel- the commercial for so many COLLEGE SOFTBALL Connecticut 74, Las Vegas 67 lowship coach and Kiara Mayo as the Amy 17. North Carolina State 30-17 252 17 Dallas 79, Los Angeles 69 Adams women in football training camp months.” NCAA Division I World Series 18. Louisiana Tech 40-18 247 20 Phoenix 84, Chicago 83 intern in scouting and operations. Seattle 88, Indiana 73 HOCKEY College staffs have been gearing At USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium 19. Nebraska 31-12 154 25 Wednesday’s games National Hockey League up for this moment. Oklahoma City 20. Southern Miss 37-19 151 16 NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed F Juu- Double Elimination; x-if necessary 21. UCLA 35-18 125 27 No games scheduled so Parssinen to a three-year contract. Florida State was welcoming Thursday, June 3 SOCCER 22. Gonzaga 33-17 124 18 Thursday’s games Oklahoma vs. James Madison Major League Soccer recruits to campus just after mid- Las Vegas at New York Oklahoma St. vs. Georgia 23. Oklahoma State 35-17 114 29 ORLANDO CITY SC — Recalled F Daryl Alabama vs. Arizona Chicago at Phoenix night as part of its “Midnight Mad- UCLA vs. Florida St. 24. Florida State 30-22 93 22 Indiana at Los Angeles Dike from loan to Barnsley F.C. (English Championship). ness” event to mark the end of the Friday, June 4 25. Charlotte 39-19 77 19 Friday’s games Oklahoma-James Madison winner vs. SPORTING KC — Loaned F Gadi Kinda to dead period. Oklahoma St.-Georgia winner Dropped out: No. 23 Arizona State (32- Atlanta at Minnesota Israel Men’s National Team. Alabama-Arizona winner vs. UCLA-Flor- 20); No. 24 South Carolina (33-21). Dallas at Seattle COLLEGE At Ohio State, director of cam- ida St. winner Others receiving votes: Others receiving AUSTIN PEAY — Named Connor Craw- Saturday, June 5 votes: South Carolina (33-21) 75; Duke (32- AP SPORTLIGHT ford assistant indoor volleyball coach and pus recruiting Erin Dunston said Oklahoma-James Madison loser vs. Ok- 20) 65; Liberty (39-14) 31; Miami (32-19) 30; recruiting coordinator. the Buckeyes have 51 official visits lahoma St.-Georgia loser Connecticut (33-17) 25; Arizona State (32- BINGHAMTON — Named Brian Johnson June 3 Alabama-Arizona loser vs. UCLA-Florida 20) 19; Dallas Baptist (37-15) 19; Maryland men’s basketball associate head coach, scheduled for June. Pantoni said St. loser (28-16) 18; Oregon State (34-22) 12; Virgin- 1991 — Thomas Hearns becomes a world Patrick Norris assistant coach, Marion Sunday, June 6 Guild assistant coach, Matt Burke director Ohio State’s yearly total of official ia Commonwealth (37-14) 10; Fairfield champion for the sixth time, capturing the Teams TBD of basketball operations and Damani (37-3) 9; Georgia Tech (29-23) 9; UC Santa World Boxing Association’s light-heavy- visits normally is in the “high 40s to Championship Series weight title with a 12-round unanimous Myers video coordinator. Monday, June 7 Barbara (39-18) 8; Virginia (29-23) 7; North- decision over Virgil Hill. BRADLEY — Named Mike Geary wom- low 50s.” Teams TBD eastern (36-10) 6; San Diego (33-12) 6; 1995 — Pedro Martinez of Montreal en’s basketball associate head coach. Tuesday, June 8 Wright State (35-11) 6; Indiana State (30- pitches nine perfect innings against San MARYLAND — Named Libby Ellis associ- “So this is pretty extraordinary, Teams TBD 19) 3; LSU (34-22) 3; Michigan (27-17) 3; Diego before giving up a leadoff double to ate director for sports administration. but not unexpected, either,” Pan- Wednesday, June 9 Central Michigan (40-16) 1; Grand Canyon Bip Roberts in the 10th inning of the Expos’ TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY — Named Teams TBD (39-19) 1. 1-0 win. Kyle Timm assistant men’s soccer coach. toni said. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 MLB

Scoreboard ROUNDUP

American League East Division WLPct GB Tampa Bay 35 21 .625 _ Mullins, Orioles end 14-game skid Boston 32 22 .593 2 New York 30 25 .545 4½ Toronto 28 25 .528 5½ His spectacular catch Baltimore 18 37 .327 16½ Central Division sparks Baltimore to 7-4 WLPct GB victory over Twins Chicago 33 22 .600 _ Cleveland 30 24 .556 2½ Associated Press Kansas City 27 26 .509 5 Detroit 23 32 .418 10 BALTIMORE — Cedric Mul­ Minnesota 22 32 .407 10½ lins hustled over to right­center West Division field and made a sliding, back­ WLPct GB handed catch at the base of the Oakland 32 25 .561 _ wall. Houston 30 24 .556 ½ It was still early, but by then, Seattle 28 28 .500 3½ this night felt different for the Bal­ Los Angeles 25 30 .455 6 Texas 22 34 .393 9½ timore Orioles. National League “I think that was the turning point in the game,” Orioles starter East Division Bruce Zimmermann said. “Every­ WLPct GB body saw that, we were ready to New York 26 21 .553 _ roll. You could see kind of a mental Atlanta 25 27 .481 3½ Philadelphia 26 29 .473 4 shift in our favor after that catch.” Miami 24 29 .453 5 Mullins got two hits and scored Washington 22 29 .431 6 two runs to go along with his sen­ Central Division sational catch, helping Baltimore WLPct GB snap its 14­game losing streak with JULIO CORTEZ/AP Chicago 31 23 .574 _ a 7­4 victory over the Minnesota Baltimore Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins makes a catch on a ball hit by the Minnesota Twins’ Nelson St. Louis 31 24 .564 ½ Twins on Tuesday night. Cruz to end the third inning. Mullins also had two hits in the Orioles’ 7­4 win Tuesday in Baltimore. Milwaukee 29 26 .527 2½ Pedro Severino and Maikel Cincinnati 24 29 .453 6½ Pittsburgh 20 34 .370 11 Franco both homered for the San Diego after Padres star Fer­ hit a two­run homer and Washing­ Astros 5, Red Sox 1: Luis Gar­ West Division Orioles, who also ended a 16­game nando Tatis Jr. left with an injury. ton overcame Stephen Strasburg’s cia threw a career­high seven in­ WLPct GB head­to­head skid against Minne­ Tatis exited because of right early exit to win at Atlanta. nings, Jose Altuve homered and sota. Zimmermann (3­3) allowed oblique tightness. He hit a fly to Soto had three hits, drove in four host Houston earned its third San Francisco 34 21 .618 _ 1 San Diego 34 22 .607 ½ two runs and six hits in 5⁄3 innings, left field in the sixth inning and runs and scored four times to lead straight victory. Los Angeles 32 23 .582 2 striking out a career­high seven. was replaced at shortstop in the the Nationals’ 14­hit outburst. Garcia (4­3) permitted one run Colorado 21 34 .382 13 The Orioles used four relievers. bottom half by Ha­Seong Kim. Indians 6, White Sox 5: AL and six hits, retiring 11 of 12 bat­ Arizona 20 36 .357 14½ Cole Sulser pitched the ninth for Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2: Ed­ MVP Jose Abreu grounded out ters over one stretch. Tuesday’s games Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 5 his first save of the season. He al­ mundo Sosa hit a tiebreaking sin­ with the bases loaded to blunt a The right­hander struck out six Toronto 5, Miami 1 lowed the tying run to come to the gle in the ninth inning, Tyler ninth­inning rally against closer and walked one in his fourth con­ Baltimore 7, Minnesota 4 N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3, 11 innings plate with one out before striking O’Neill made a running catch for James Karinchak, giving Shane secutive win. Detroit 10, Milwaukee 7 Houston 5, Boston 1 out Alex Kirilloff and retiring the final out and St. Louis won at Bieber and host Cleveland a win. Blue Jays 5, Marlins 1: Vladi­ Kansas City 10, Pittsburgh 5 Jorge Polanco on a flyout — Polan­ Los Angeles. Bieber (6­3) allowed two earned mir Guerrero Jr. keyed a career­ Colorado 3, Texas 2, 11 innings L.A. Angels 8, San Francisco 1 co hit a drive to right earlier in his O’Neill led off the ninth with a runs in seven innings, striking out best four­hit outing with his major Oakland 12, Seattle 6 Philadelphia 17, Cincinnati 3 at­bat that hooked just a bit foul. single against Blake Treinen (1­2) seven to beat AL Central­leading league­leading 17th home run and Chicago Cubs 4, San Diego 3 Washington 11, Atlanta 6 It was tied at 1 in the third when, and stole second before Sosa hit a Chicago for the second time this Toronto celebrated the return to Arizona 6, N.Y. Mets 5, 10 innings with a runner on first and two outs, sharp grounder into left field. season. their temporary Buffalo home St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Wednesday’s games Minnesota’s Nelson Cruz hit a Phillies 17, Reds 3: Odúbel Tigers 10, Brewers 7: Eric with a win over Miami. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland drive to right­center. Mullins, the Herrera and Andrew McCutchen Haase and Jonathan Schoop each Royals 10, Pirates 5: Andrew Minnesota at Baltimore Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees center fielder, had to make a long each hit two of Philadelphia’s sev­ hit two home runs, Miguel Cabre­ Benintendi hit a grand slam and Miami at Toronto Boston at Houston run before sliding along the warn­ en home runs in a rout at Cincinna­ ra had three RBI and previously drove in five runs to lead host Kan­ Texas at Colorado ing track for a backhanded catch ti. Matt Joyce capped the rout with light­hitting Detroit won on the sas City over Pittsburgh. Oakland at Seattle 2 Philadelphia at Cincinnati in front of the wall. a grand slam in the ninth off Reds road to end Milwaukee’s five­ and eight hits in 5 ⁄3 innings. San Diego at Chicago Cubs N.Y. Mets at Arizona “Probably one of the best catch­ infielder Alex Blandino, who was game winning streak. Rockies 3, Rangers 2 (11): Washington at Atlanta St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers es I’ve ever seen in pro baseball,” on the mound to help spare the The Brewers’ Kolten Wong and Ryan McMahon scored on Brett Thursday’s games Zimmermann said. bullpen. Tyrone Taylor also hit two homers Martin’s wild pitch in the 11th in­ Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 2-3) at N.Y. Yan- Yankees 5, Rays 3: Clint Fra­ Nationals 11, Braves 6: Ryan apiece in a game that saw nine ning and host Colorado sent Texas kees (Cole 6-2) Boston (Pérez 3-2) at Houston (Odorizzi 0-2) zier hit a game­ending, two­run Zimmerman and Juan Soto each home runs. to its 13th straight road loss. Texas (Foltynewicz 1-5) at Colorado (Gray 4-5) homer with two outs in the 11th in­ Angels 8, Giants 1: Anthony Detroit (Mize 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 4-1) ning after making a game­saving Rendon drove in five runs, Max Minnesota (Happ 3-2) at Kansas City catch in the eighth, and slumping Stassi returned from a concussion (Bubic 1-0) Seattle (Sheffield 4-4) at L.A. Angels New York beat the visiting Tampa and hit an RBI double and Los An­ (Canning 4-3) Washington (Corbin 3-4) at Atlanta (An- Bay Rays. geles won at San Francisco. derson 4-2) Miami (Poteet 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Ander- The righty­hitting Frazier turn­ Rendon hit a two­run single in son 3-5) ed on a slider from right­hander the third to end an 0­for­10 funk Arizona (TBD) at Milwaukee (Houser 3-5) Andrew Kittredge (5­1) and stood and a bases­loaded double during Cincinnati (Castillo 1-8) at St. Louis (TBD) at the plate to admire the drive, a five­run fourth. He singled again Chicago Cubs (Davies 2-2) at San Fran- cisco (DeSclafani 4-2) capping a tight finish in which in the ninth. N.Y. Mets (Walker 4-1) at San Diego (Dar- both teams came up short on po­ Athletics 12, Mariners 6: Matt vish 5-1) Friday’s games tential rallies. Olson hit his 14th homer in the sec­ Boston at N.Y. Yankees One of those stalled efforts came ond inning and a two­run single in Cleveland at Baltimore Houston at Toronto in the eighth, when Frazier dove Oakland’s six­run seventh as it Tampa Bay at Texas Detroit at Chicago White Sox and needed every inch of his mitt won at Seattle, ending the Mari­ Minnesota at Kansas City to catch Joey Wendle’s soft­hit lin­ ners’ five­game winning streak. Oakland at Colorado Seattle at L.A. Angels er to strand two. Diamondbacks 6, Mets 5 (10): Miami at Pittsburgh Washington at Philadelphia Cubs 4, Padres 3:Patrick Wis­ FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP Josh Reddick hit a two­run double L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta Arizona at Milwaukee dom hit his third homer in two The New York Yankees’ Clint Frazier (77) celebrates with teammates in the bottom of the 10th inning Cincinnati at St. Louis games, Willson Contreras also after hitting a game­winning two­run home run in the 11th inning of a and host Arizona rallied to beat Chicago Cubs at San Francisco N.Y. Mets at San Diego went deep and host Chicago beat 5­3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in New York. New York. Thursday, June 3, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 FRENCH OPEN/SPORTS BRIEFS

BRIEFLY Medina Spirit drug test confirmed; Derby victory is in jeopardy

Associated Press ESPN and The Athletic. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bob Baf- Ainge won NBA titles with the fert’s lawyer said Wednesday that Celtics in 1984 and ‘86 and took a split-sample test of Kentucky over as the team president in 2003. Derby winner Medina Spirit came He was voted the league’s top ex- back positive for the presence of ecutive in 2008, when Boston won the steroid betamethasone, which its 17th championship — a league could lead to the horse’s disqual- record that has been matched by ification and discipline for the the Los Angeles Lakers. Hall of Fame trainer. In other Celtics news: Attorney Craig Robertson said ■ A plea of not guilty to a the test showed 25 picograms of charge of assault and battery with the steroid, after 21 were found a dangerous weapon was entered initially. Even a trace amount of on behalf of Cole Buckley, 21, of betamethasone is prohibited on Braintree, Mass., in Boston Mu- race day in Kentucky and consid- nicipal Court. He was also ordered MICHEL EULER/AP ered a violation. to stay away from the TD Garden Germany’s Alexander Zverev plays a return to Russia’s Roman Safiullin during their second­round French Robertson said additional test- after he threw a water bottle at Open match Wednesday in Paris. Sverev won 7­6 (4), 6­3, 7­6 (1) to advance. ing is being conducted to try to Nets guard Kyrie Irving.. trace the source of the drug to an ointment to treat a skin infection Bush among 1st-timers and not an injection. “At the end of the day, we antici- up for College Hall Zverev keeps it short, pate this case to be about the treat- Former Southern California ment of Medina Spirit’s skin rash star Reggie Bush, who had his with Otomax,” he said. “We will Heisman Trophy victory in 2005 have nothing further to say until vacated for committing NCAA vi- the additional testing is com- olations, is among the players advances to 3rd round plete.” making their first appearance on Source: Krzyzewski’s will the College Football Hall of Fame ballot this year. German downs Safiullin in straight sets before. coach final season The National Football Founda- For the third straight year, Stefanos Tsitsipas al- Duke Hall of Fame coach Mike tion announced on Wednesday the after needing 5 sets in previous round so will be playing in the third round. The fifth-seed- Krzyzewski will coach his final players and coaches eligible for ed Greek player excelled at the net and saved 11 season with the Blue Devils in election into the Hall of Fame, and BY SAMUEL PETREQUIN break points to defeat solid baseliner Pedro Marti- 2021-22, a person familiar with the 26 of the 78 FBS players will be de- Associated Press nez of Spain 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. situation said Wednesday. buting on the ballot. PARIS — Down 4-1 in the third set, Alexander Just another Grand Slam filled with five-setters The person said former Duke Hall of Fame ballots go to more Zverev decided it was time to shorten his match at for Kei Nishikori. player and associate head coach than 12,000 NFF members and the French Open. The former U.S. Open finalist rallied past 23rd- Jon Scheyer would then take over current Hall of Famers. The votes He was determined to avoid another lengthy seeded Karen Khachanov 4-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 on as Krzyzewski’s successor for the are considered by the NFF’s Hon- fight following a five-set battle in the previous Wednesday to reach the third round of the French 2022-23 season. ors Courts, which then deliberates round, so he applied pressure on qualifier Roman Open — after having also gone the distance to beat The person spoke to The Associ- and selects a class of about a dozen Safiullin. The sixth-seeded German won the next Italian qualifier Alessandro Giannessi in his open- ated Press on the condition of ano- players and two or three coaches. game at love, broke back by pushing his rival into ing match. nymity because the school hasn’t College Football Hall of Famer unforced errors and was nearly flawless in the tie- In the women’s draw, 2019 runner-up Marketa commented publicly on the deci- and two-time Heisman Trophy breaker. Vondrousova reached the third round with a 6-1, sion. An announcement is expect- winner Archie Griffin from Ohio The reward was a 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (1) victory to 6-3 win over wild-card entry Harmony Tan. Earli- ed later Wednesday. advance into the third round at Roland Garros. er, 10th-seeded Belinda Bencic’s campaign at Ro- State is the chairman of the Hon- “I’m happy to be through in three sets. I’m happy land Garros ended with a 6-2, 6-2 loss to Daria Ka- Celtics replace Ainge with ors Court, which includes athletic not to have played another five-setter,” Zverev satkina, while Katerina Siniakova saved two match administrators, Hall of Famers said. “I think it’s going to be important for me dur- points to oust 29th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova Stevens as president and members of the media from ing the course of this tournament.” 7-6 (7), 5-7, 7-5. The Boston Celtics shook up all over the country. Zverev, facing a rival he has known since their Ahead of the French Open, Siniakova made a their front office on Wednesday, a Other first-timers on the ballot days in the boys’ categories, dropped his serve deep run in Parma, where she upset top-seeded Se- day after they were eliminated included quarterbacks Andrew three times on Court Suzanne Lenglen but man- rena Williams. from the playoffs, with president Luck of Stanford and Kellen aged to catch up with Safiullin. It wasn’t smooth — Williams, a year after she withdrew from the of basketball operations Danny Moore of Boise State, Penn State he hit 10 double-faults and challenged several calls tournament before her second match because of an Ainge retiring and coach Brad star linebackers LaVar Arrington — but he kept his cool when it mattered. injured left Achilles, advanced to the third round Stevens moving up to the front of- and Paul Posluszny and former A 25-shot rally in the final tiebreaker epitomized Wednesday with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 defeat of Mihaela fice to replace him. California running back Mar- Zverev’s combative attitude. First on the defen- Buzarnescu of Romania. The moves game about 12 hours shawn Lynch. sive, Zverev turned it around and won the point Bencic struggled with her serve throughout and after the 17-time NBA champions Bush averaged 7.3 yards per with a passing shot. He took the next five points to was broken four times by her Russian rival. The lost to the Brooklyn Nets in Game carry in his career at USC, includ- seal the match and extend his perfect record Swiss player has never progressed past the third 5 of their first-round playoff se- ing 8.7 yards during his Heisman- against qualifiers to four matches on the Paris clay. round at the French Open in five appearances. Ka- ries. The Celtics, who reached the winning season. Zverev has been in excellent form in the buildup satkina made it to the quarterfinals in Paris in 2018, conference finals in three of the But his Heisman was later va- to the clay-court major. He is among the top con- but it’s the first time this season that she has won previous four seasons, had flirted cated after USC was hit with tenders in Paris following his title in Madrid, consecutive matches on clay. with a top-four seed in the East for NCAA sanctions after it was found where he beat Rafael Nadal. Venus Williams and 17-year-old Coco Gauff much of the season before stum- Bush and his family received Zverev was joined in the third round by qualifier were beaten by 13th-seeded Ellen Perez and Zheng bling into the play-in round. money and gifts during his time Henri Laaksonen, who hit 53 winners to upset 11th- Saisai 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 in the first round. It marked Celtics staff were informed with the Trojans from marketing seeded Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. The the first time that Williams had played a Grand Wednesday morning of the moves, agents who were hoping to repre- 29-year-old Swiss had never beaten a top 20 player Slam doubles match with anyone but her sister. which were first reported by sent the rising football star. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 NHL PLAYOFFS/NBA PLAYOFFS Gun: Young joins elite company in postseason

FROM PAGE 24 The underdog role suited Young well. He’s often griped skin of the Knicks and their fans. about how the team is overlooked, “I love it,” Young said. “This is a from a lack of national television fun series.” appearances to him being passed He has become just the fourth over for a spot in this year’s All- player in NBA history to average Star Game in his home city. at least 25 points and 10 assists in “We have been disrespected all his first four career playoff games. this year and overlooked a lot,” The others: Oscar Robertson, Young said. Kevin Johnson and Stephen Cur- With Young as the centerpiece ry. of a massive overhaul, Atlanta The 6-foot-1 Young has befud- went 49-100 during his first two dled the Knicks with a dazzling ar- seasons in the league. Last year, ray of moves and passes. When because of the pandemic, the they sag into the lane, he’ll pull up Hawks were one of eight teams for the jumper. When they crowd that didn’t take part in the Disney him on the outside, he’ll take it to World bubble. the hoop. When others are open — It was tough for Young to watch. and the Hawks have plenty of “I started training the first day KARL B DEBLAKER/AP shooters — Young delivers passes everyone got in the bubble and Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy watches the puck during the second period against thein about every way imaginable. started playing,” he recalled. “Be- Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of their second­round playoff series Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C. “He really doesn’t have a weak- ing at the house late at night, ness,” said interim Hawks coach watching those games, seeing all Nate McMillan. “He takes what those playoff games, seeing guys the defense gives him.” in the play-in games, even when As good as he is as a shooter — they were just playing (the last Vasilevskiy, Lightning take Young’s range is roughly just in- few regular-season) games, for side the half-court line — his pass- me it was frustrating. I wish I ing may be even better. could have done more to help our He even amazes himself at team get there. For us to be here times. now means a lot to me. And this is 2-0 lead over Hurricanes “I always know in my mind just the beginning.” where I want to go with the ball,” Young is seemingly picking up BY AARON BEARD “It does make you sit an inch Young said. “Sometimes, it trips new fans with every stellar per- Associated Press NHL scoreboard taller on the bench when you’ve me out the way it goes. A couple of formance. RALEIGH, N.C. — Andrei Vasi- got him back there,” Cooper said games ago, I did a behind-the- After Atlanta romped to a dom- levskiy has spent two games turn- Second round of Vasilevskiy. back pass to Tony (Snell) in the inating victory in Game 4, Hall of ing nearly every shot away for the (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) Andrei Svechnikov got the Hur- corner. I knew where I wanted to Famer Isiah Thomas chimed in on Tampa Bay Lightning. A couple Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 0 ricanes on the board with 1:30 left, go with it. I just hoped it got there. Twitter. more, and the reigning Stanley Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 taking a feed from Jordan Staal The fact that it got there, I was “He’s the real deal,” Thomas Tuesday: Tampa Bay 2, Carolina 1 Cup champions could be headed Thursday: at Tampa Bay and finishing from the top of the pretty tripped out by that.” wrote. “Let it be known!” to the next round. Saturday: at Tampa Bay The charismatic Young has McMillan has worked with x-Tuesday, June 8: at Carolina crease. Alex Killorn and Anthony Cirel- x-Thursday, June 10: at Tampa Bay Carolina had a 32-15 edge in never shied away from the spot- Young to cut down on his turn- x-Saturday, June 12: at Carolina li scored while Vasilevskiy carried Boston 1, N.Y. Islanders 1 shots on goal, but it also had more light, making it clear from the day overs. After averaging 4.14 per a shutout into the final minutes, Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 than double the giveaways (23-11) he arrived in Atlanta that he was game during the regular season, helping the Lightning beat the N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 3, OT more than willing to be the face of he’s given up the ball only 11 times Thursday: at N.Y. Islanders while Tampa Bay blocked 16 Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Tues- Saturday: at N.Y. Islanders a team that has largely been a for- in four playoff games. Monday: at Boston shots. day night for a 2-0 lead in their x-Wednesday, June 9: at N.Y. Islanders “It was a pretty good game, gotten NBA outpost. “He’s showing growth in ma- second-round series. x-Friday, June 11: at Boston Even though the Hawks made naging and running a team,” the Winnipeg vs. Montreal played pretty hard,” Hurricanes As in the first round against Wednesday: at Winnipeg coach Rod Brind’Amour said. the playoffs for the first time since coach said. “He has to cut down Florida, Tampa Bay has opened a Friday: at Winnipeg 2017, most of the hype was on the the turnovers. He’s too good of a Sunday: at Montreal “You’re playing the best team in best-of-seven series with a pair of Monday: at Montreal the world and we’re going toe-to- Knicks — a flagship franchise in passer to have five or six turn- x-Wednesday, June 9: at Winnipeg road wins. This time, it comes x-Friday, June 11: at Montreal toe, that’s how it feels like, that’s the league’s biggest media market overs a game. Two is OK. But five against the Central Division x-Sunday, June 13: at Winnipeg for sure. Certainly not getting that ended an eight-year postsea- or six is a big number for a guy champion and a team that was in Colorado 1, Vegas 0 son drought of its own. who passes as well as he does.” Colorado 7, Vegas 1 overwhelmed. We just didn’t get a the Presidents’ Trophy hunt until Wednesday: at Colorado Friday: at Vegas break. the final week of the regular sea- Sunday: at Vegas “Two games, we’re just fighting son. x-Tuesday, June 8: at Colorado x-Thursday, June 10: at Vegas and trying to find that one and we “We’ve been through (road x-Saturday, June 12: at Colorado haven’t been able to get it.” playoff games) before,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “And we’ve got a group that believes in was huge. We know how hard it is Finding the net how to play and what you need to to win this time of the year, peri- Killorn got the Lightning on the do to shut a game down. ... I think od.” board 7:09 into the second period when you just have that overall Vasilevskiy finished with 31 when he whipped a straightaway mentality and everybody puts the saves after being named one of shot past Alex Nedeljkovic. The team first, good things and magi- three finalists for the Vezina Tro- goaltender was shielded by team- cal things can happen. And that’s phy presented annually to the mate Jaccob Slavin tussling with what these guys are doing.” league’s top goaltender. That Cirelli and didn’t appear to see the Now Tampa Bay heads home came two days after he made 37 puck until it was past him in the for two games, with Game 3 on stops in Game 1, including 15 net. Thursday, and a chance to sweep. saves in the opening period. Cirelli added to Tampa Bay’s “It was rocking these last two Both games ended the same lead by taking Victor Hedman’s games,” Lightning captain Steven way, with Carolina down 2-1 and stretch pass and shaking free from BRYNN ANDERSON / AP Stamkos said of PNC Arena with spending the final minute with the Brady Skjei before converting a The Hawks’ Trae Young, center, passes the ball against the New York more than 16,000 rowdy fans. “To empty net and extra attacker in a backhand to make it 2-0 at 8:06 of Knicks’ Derrick Rose, right, and Obi Toppin during the first half of come in here and get both wins desperate tying attempt. the third. Game 4 of their first­round playoff series Sunday in Atlanta. Thursday, June 3, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NBA PLAYOFFS Lillard scores 55 but Nuggets win in 2OTs

BY ARNIE STAPLETON Associated Press Scoreboard DENVER — On Damian Lil- lard’s record-breaking night when First Round (Best-of-seven) he was hitting one shot after an- x-if necessary Eastern Conference other from behind the arc and al- Philadelphia 3,Washington 1 most beyond belief, it was Michael Philadelphia 125, Washington 118 Philadelphia 120, Washington 95 Porter Jr. who quietly sank the Philadelphia 132, Washington 103 biggest basket of all. Washington 122, Philadelphia 114 Wednesday: at Philadelphia MPJ’s three-pointer from the x-Friday: at Washington left corner barely fluttered the net x-Sunday: at Philadelphia with 1:33 left in the second over- Brooklyn 4, Boston 1 Brooklyn 104, Boston 93 time and proved the game-winner Brooklyn 130, Boston 108 Boston 125, Brooklyn 119 as the Denver Nuggets squelched Brooklyn 141, Boston 126 an epic comeback by the Portland Tuesday: Brooklyn 123, Boston 109 Trail Blazers with a 147-140 win Milwaukee 4, Miami 0 Milwaukee 109, Miami 107 (OT) Tuesday night in Game 5 of their Milwaukee 132, Miami 98 best-of-seven playoff series. Milwaukee 113, Miami 84 Milwaukee 120, Miami 103 “That’s what playoff basketball Atlanta 3, New York 1 ADAM HUNGER/AP is,” Porter said after the thriller Atlanta 107, New York 105 New York 101, Atlanta 92 Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving, right, shoots over Boston Celtics forward Aaron Nesmith in the Nets’ that included a dozen lead chang- Atlanta 105, New York 94 es and 11 ties, including long Atlanta 113, New York 96 series­clinching 123­109 Game 5 win Wednesday in New York. Wednesday: at New York threes by Lillard that forced over- x-Friday: at Atlanta time and the second OT. x-Sunday: at New York Western Conference Lillard’s night included a fran- Utah 3, Memphis 1 chise playoff record 55 points and Memphis 112, Utah 109 Utah 141, Memphis 129 Triumphant trio: Nets oust NBA playoff record 12 three- Utah 121, Memphis 111 pointers. He eclipsed the mark of Utah 120, Memphis 113 Wednesday: at Utah 11 set by Golden State’s Klay x-Friday: at Memphis Thompson at Oklahoma City on x-Sunday: at Utah Phoenix 3, L.A. Lakers 2 May 28, 2016. Phoenix 99, L.A. Lakers 90 Celtics with Game 5 victory “It was the best playoff per- L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 102 formance I’ve ever seen,” Trail L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 95 BY BRIAN MAHONEY Harden had 34 points, 10 re- of the Year for a reason, so we’re Phoenix 100, L.A. Lakers 92 Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. Phoenix 115, L.A. Lakers 85 Associated Press bounds and 10 assists for his first looking forward to the chal- Thursday: at L.A. Lakers “At this point, all that matters is x-Saturday: at Phoenix NEW YORK — Kevin Durant, postseason triple-double with lenge.” we can’t lose another game in the Denver 3, Portland 2 Kyrie Irving and James Harden Brooklyn, leading the Nets into Despite their limited time to- series,” Lillard shrugged. Portland 123, Denver 109 had just eight games together in the Eastern Conference semifi- gether during the regular season, Denver 128, Portland 109 And he, for one, isn’t going to Denver 120, Portland 115 the regular season, few enough to nals with a 123-109 victory over Brooklyn’s three superstars Portland 115, Denver 95 dwell on his big night and even Tuesday: Denver 147, Portland 140, 2OT wonder how good they could real- the Boston Celtics on Tuesday showed how potent they can be in bigger letdown. Thursday: at Portland ly be. night in Game 5. this series, particularly when x-Saturday: at Denver “If I don’t put it behind me, and Five games against Boston pro- Irving scored 25 points and Du- they combined for 104 points in Dallas 2, L.A. Clippers 2 hold onto it, it’s going to get in the Dallas 113, L.A. Clippers 103 vided some answers — and a rant had 24 for Brooklyn, which Game 4. Dallas 127, L.A. Clippers 121 way of what we need to do in the chance to keep making up for all will face the Milwaukee Bucks in “We weren’t even worried L.A. Clippers 118, Dallas 108 next one,” Lillard said. L.A. Clippers 106, Dallas 81 their lost time. their first appearance in the sec- about the playoff run yet, we were Wednesday: at L.A. Clippers Lillard scored 17 of Portland’s Friday: at Dallas “We just don’t want to take any ond round since 2014. The No. 2- just happy to be on the court to- x-Sunday: at L.A. Clippers 19 points in the two overtimes, but of this time for granted,” Irving seeded Nets will host Game 1 gether,” Harden said. “So it’s he didn’t score again after his 12th said. “This doesn’t happen too of- against Giannis Antetokounmpo great to get one series out of the three-pointer in 17 attempts put remaining. Lillard’s three-pointer ten kind of in our culture, in our and the Bucks on Saturday. way and like I said, we’ll take to- the Blazers ahead 140-138 with with three seconds left in regula- history, where three of the best “We’ve got our work cut out for morrow off and we’ll recoup and 3:47 left. And his teammates didn’t tion tied it at 121, capping a 22- scorers to ever play the game are us,” Durant said. “I mean, he’s a get ready for a tough Milwaukee score again, either. point comeback. His three with on one team.” two-time MVP, Defensive Player team.” Nikola Jokic, who scored 38 6.4 seconds left in the first over- points and came one assist shy of a time tied it at 135 and that capped triple-double, tied it at 140 with a the Blazers’ comeback from a Suns dismantle Lakers, take 3-2 lead layup and Porter broke the tie quick nine-point deficit in the ex- with a three from the left corner tra period after Denver hit a trio of BY JOHN MARSHALL with 1:33 left off a sweet pass from threes. Associated Press Jokic. “We won and lost that game so PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns made Le- Portland was within three many times before ultimately win- Bron James look away. points — and Lillard’s range — un- ning it,” Nuggets coach Michael Riding an orange wave of support in the des- til a pair of costly mistakes sent it Malone said. ”... We never got ert, the Suns sent the four-time league MVP to back home for Game 6 on Thurs- down. Every time they threw a the locker room early and took control of their day night trailing the Nuggets 3-2 haymaker and got us down on the first-round playoff series with a 115-85 disman- in the best-of-seven series. canvas, we got up and were able to tling of the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday First, Robert Covington missed pull it out in the end.” night. a dunk with 41 seconds left and Porter, who finished with 26 Phoenix leads 3-2, one win shy of becoming then CJ McCollum stepped out of points, said it wasn’t hard to keep the first team in 15 tries to send James packing MATT YORK /AP bounds with 9.1 seconds left and composed when Lillard kept hit- in the first round of the playoffs. Phoenix Suns forward Torrey Craig knocks the ball Lillard setting up for another ting daggers to extend the game. “There’s nobody that’s scared of the mo- from Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James three. “It was 0-0. We knew there was ment,” Suns guard Devin Booker said. “We’re a during the Suns’ 115­85 win Tuesday in Phoenix. “It’s a shame we wasted one of only 5 minutes. We knew we confident team.” the all-time best performances by couldn’t hang our heads,” Porter Phoenix won in Los Angeles on Sunday to tie little resistance, allowing Phoenix to score not being more supportive of said. “It was a big game and we the series and went right at the Anthony Davis- nearly at will while building a 30-point halftime him,” McCollum said. needed it.” When Jokic’s preci- less Lakers in front of a revved-up crowd in lead — the Lakers’ largest halftime deficit in 25 Monte Morris, who scored 28 sion pass found Porter in the left Game 5. years. points off the bench, hit a pair of corner in the second overtime, “I Davis was out after suffering a groin injury in Booker scored 30 points after two quiet free throws with 8.8 seconds to said I’ve got to make up for that Game 4 and the Suns took advantage by attack- games, the Suns made 14 three-pointers and seal it, and Shaq Harrison added buzzer beater than Dame hit. I got ing every chance they had. Los Angeles put up had just four turnovers. two free throws with 3.8 seconds to make up for it,” Porter said. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, June 3, 2021 Lightning strike SPORTS Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay take 2-0 series lead over Carolina ›› NHL playoffs, Page 22

NBAA PLAYOFFS Hawks guard Trae Young reacts during Game 4 of his team’s first­round playoff series Sunday against the New York Knicks in Atlanta.

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Young gun blazing Hawks guard shines in first postseason BY PAUL NEWBERRY INSIDE round playoff series against the New Associated Press York Knicks. ATLANTA Nets finish off Celtics Atlanta tried to wrap it up Wednesday hen the Atlanta Hawks Page 23 night in Game 5 at Madison Square Gar- were excluded from the den, where a fan spit on Young as he in- bubble last summer, Trae it really matters in the NBA. bounded the ball the last time he was in WYoung stewed at home. Now, he’s got his chance. New York. He watched games on television, envi- Talk about rising to the occasion. No worries on Young’s end. That just SETH WENIG/AP ously tweeted about what he was mis- Young has joined an extremely rare shows how much he’s gotten under the The Knicks’ RJ Barrett fouls Young sing, and longingly visualized what it group of point guards and guided the during the second half of Game 1. would be like to play a starring role when Hawks to a 3-1 lead in their opening- SEE GUN ON PAGE 22

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