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BY LOUISA LOVELUCK AND JOHN HUDSON The Washington Post BAGHDAD — U.S. military of- ficials in Iraq have grown increas- ingly alarmed over attacks by Iran-backed militias using drones to evade detection systems around military bases and diplomatic fa- cilities. In place of rockets, militiamen have turned at times to small, fixed-wing drones that fly too low to be picked up by defensive sys- tems, military officials and diplo- mats say. An official with the U.S.- led coalition described the evolv- ing drone threat as the military mission’s biggest concern in Iraq. In April, a drone strike targeted a CIA hangar inside the airport complex in the northern city of Ir- bil, according to officials familiar with the matter. The drone’s flight was tracked to within 10 miles of the site, but its path was then lost as it moved into a civilian flight path, the coalition official said. The drone’s remains were partial- ly recovered, and preliminary MICHAEL DIMESTICO/U.S. Navy analysis suggested it was made in Petty Officer 2nd Class Edmond Nazareno checks a gyro repeater compass while standing watch aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iran, a coalition official said. The Kearsarge in 2018. A recent report says despite a 2017 Navy policy aimed at managing fatigue, sailors still are not getting adequate sleep. attack deeply concerned White House and Pentagon officials be- cause of the covert nature of the facility and the sophistication of the strike. Dangerously deprived Although no one was harmed in the strike, it prompted a long night of deliberations over how to re- GAO finds Navy still has not addressed lack of sleep, fatigue among deployed sailors spond, according to Western offi- cials. Some U.S. officials advocat- BY JENNIFER H. SVAN ten or sometimes affect ship operations. ed serious consideration of a mil- Stars and Stripes One officer “had observed other officers degrade to itary response, including the Na- ailors still are not getting enough sleep more near senselessness while attempting to safely navigate 14% tional Security Council’s than three years after the Navy issued a policy a ship — because of leadership’s disregard of sleep re- coordinator for the Middle East Percentage of officers who re- to address fatigue in the wake of two deadly col- quirements,” the officer told the GAO. ceived the recommended seven and North Africa, Brett McGurk, Slisions blamed in part on sleep deprivation, a “The Navy is not ensuring that its sailors are suffi- hours or more of sleep during said two people familiar with the government watchdog said. ciently rested for optimal performance and safety,” the their most recent deployment. matter. The Biden administration Only about 14% of officers received the recommend- GAO concluded in a report released Thursday. 67% received five hours or less, ultimately decided against taking ed seven hours or more of sleep during their most re- While the service has taken steps to collect more in- and about 84% said fatigue- military action. cent deployment, and 67% received five hours or less, formation on fatigue in the surface fleet, it is not “mea- related conditions among the A similar drone attack in May the Government Accountability Office found. About crew often or sometimes affect 84% said fatigue-related conditions among the crew of- SEE DEPRIVED ON PAGE 8 ship operations, the GAO found. SEE DRONES ON PAGE 8 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 31, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Median CEO pay packages rose amid pandemic EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1,114.83 Associated Press by the crisis. 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BY WYATT OLSON “During negotiations for the rine Corps to replace Humvees, the vehicles we manufacture and Stars and Stripes modification, Navistar was asked which were vulnerable to road- sustain.” An Illinois-based maker of mil- to provide sales information on the side explosive devices. Burgess “showed enormous itary vehicles agreed to pay $50 contract parts to assess the rea- Under the modified contract, courage” in bringing the fraud al- million to resolve allegations that sonableness of Navistar’s pro- the Marine Corps paid Navistar legation to the government’s at- it defrauded the Marine Corps posed prices,” the DOJ said. “The about $30,000 more than the typ- tention, said the attorney repre- with inflated prices during a con- United States alleged that Navis- ical price for a suspension system, senting the whistleblower. tract modification for a suspen- tar knowingly created fraudulent spending almost $120 million ex- “This settlement reinforces the sion system on armored vehicles, commercial sales invoices and tra for that component, according vital role that whistleblowers play in uncovering fraud,” H. Vincent the Department of Justice said submitted those invoices to the to the complaint filed in the case. McKnight Jr. said in a statement. Thursday. government to justify the compa- Navistar Defense LLC denied The acting U.S. Attorney for the The claims were brought ny’s prices.” any wrongdoing in an emailed District of Columbia, Channing against Navistar Defense LLC un- The U.S. government alleged statement to Stars and Stripes. Phillips, said in the DOJ news re- der the whistleblower provisions the sales for those receipts never “We believe the allegations DUSTIN MARCH/U.S. Marine Corps lease that the settlement demon- of the False Claims Act by Duqu- actually occurred but that the gov- were mistaken and misplaced as Marine Corps Mine­Resistant strates “our commitment to go af- oin Burgess, a former government Ambush Protected armored ernment had relied on the docu- we know our pricing was fair, rea- ter any contractor who treats contracts manager for Navistar, vehicles in Helmand province, mentation in agreeing to meet Na- sonable, and competitive,” the America’s dedication to our troops the DOJ said. Afghanistan, on April 3, 2014. vistar’s inflated prices, the DOJ statement said. as a get-rich-quick scheme at the Under those provisions, a pri- said. “There is nothing more impor- expense of the taxpayer and the vate party can file an action on be- more than $11 million out of the Navistar’s 2007 contract called tant than the safety and capabili- safety of our military personnel.” half of the United States and re- settlement, the DOJ said. for it to build several hundred ties of those serving our country ceive a portion of any recovery, Navistar admitted no liability in Mine-Resistant Ambush Protect- and our allies,” the statement said, [email protected] and Burgess will receive a little the settlement, the DOJ said. ed, or MRAP, vehicles for the Ma- “and we take tremendous pride in Twitter: @WyattWOlson YouTuber on quest to preserve quirky and nostalgic AFN ads BY CHAD GARLAND making activities in its produc- the bases where his father served Stars and Stripes tions, said Jo Bordeau, a spokes- as a career U.S. soldier in the 70s Killer vending machines, secu- woman for the Defense Media Ac- and 80s. He took it for granted un- rity-conscious hamsters and a tivity. Instead, it lets commanders til the early 90s Base Realignment roommate who devolves into a ca- put out messages about force pro- and Closure process threatened to veman. tection, weather, current events shutter bases he’d grown up on. These are some of the memora- and base services. “Fearing that AFN might also ble features of Garry Terrell’s vast Whether witty, off-kilter or go away, I decided to try and col- collection of military-grade videos deadly serious, the promos are of- lect some AFN radio and TV items AFRTSFAN/YouTube from the American Forces Net- ten the butt of jokes. Several years to add to my ever-growing memo- A screengrab from AFN Gasthaus — Killer Vending Machines from work and its predecessor, the ago, a pair of folk-singing Air ry book of Germany,” he said in an 1988. Armed Forces Radio and Televi- Force pilots known as Dos Grin- email. “I felt like I was in a race sion Service. gos paid homage to the “daily dose Each clip brings back a memory, lives in Tulsa, Okla., with a family against time.” The son of a former U.S. soldier, of life skills that you just cannot he said, and he hears often from of her own. When she shared a few He began contacting and be- Terrell is trying to preserve “all avoid,” lampooning AFN warn- veterans, military brats and oth- AFN clips with her husband and friending AFN staff and alumni, things AFN/AFRTS,” and boasts ings about shaken babies, oper- ers who feel the same way. children, they “thought it was fun- growing his collection through over 3,600 videos on the YouTube ational security, roommate cour- “It’s not unusual to have some- ny, but definitely didn’t laugh as contributions from his expanding channel AFRTSfan. tesy and the dangers of general one recite verbatim a spot that hard as I did.” He began his collection nearly power of attorney. network of AFN insiders and “su- they have not seen or heard in 40- The specific ads Brown recalled three decades ago, after learning Because they’re broadcast perfans.” plus years but remember it like it don’t appear to be in the AFRTS- that little had been done to save across various theaters, the ads He started sharing this burge- was yesterday,” he said. fan collection, at least not yet, but the many AFN spots that serve as served as “kind of like this bond- oning library on YouTube over a Brown still recites lines to people are continuing to share a touchstone for troops and mili- ing thing” for kids’ friend groups decade ago, creating something of friends she grew up with, like a hip their videos with Terrell. tary families who’ve lived over- frequently reshaped by duty sta- a time capsule, with spots that run hop-style spot about “proper “Which is terrific for all of us seas. The military-made produc- tion changes, said Sabine Brown, the gamut from cringe-inducing, wrapping technique” for mailing looking for that special AFN com- tions fill what would normally be an airman’s daughter who grew silly or lame to fun, brilliant and packages, or a healthy eating ad mercial,” he said. ad time in broadcasts back home. up in Germany in the 80s and 90s. truly memorable. that urges, “come on buddy, buy As a DOD function, AFN can’t For Terrell, whose mother is Terrell’s hardly the only one some broccoli.” Stars and Stripes reporter Ann Pinson contributed sharing AFN ads on YouTube, but to this report. run traditional ads or mention German, “it was just my local TV They’re inside jokes that evoke [email protected] commercial products or profit- and radio provider” growing up on few collections seem as extensive. nostalgia, said Brown, who now Twitter: @chadgarland Vaccinated shoppers can go maskless at Navy Exchange BY WYATT OLSON quired, NEXCOM will follow all set guid- All patrons and employees not fully vac- Exchange Service is already following the Stars and Stripes ance within those facilities.” cinated must continue to wear masks while mask policy updated in a May 13 memo by The Navy Exchange is dropping a coro- The command oversees about 14,000 per- at indoor Navy Exchange Command facil- the Office of the Deputy Secretary of De- navirus mask mandate for its fully vaccinat- sonnel and operates six business lines ities, the statement said. fense, according to AAFES spokesman ed customers and employees, although in- around the world, with the most public-fac- Navy Exchange barbers and beauticians Chris Ward. stallation commanders have the final say at ing being the Navy Exchange retail stores will continue to wear masks. It stated fully vaccinated Defense De- local stores. and Navy Lodges. Customers are still being asked to main- partment personnel who are at least two “This new policy will go into effect when Because individual locations may have a tain social distancing, the statement said. weeks beyond the final vaccine dose are no the Commanding Officer of that installation specific mask policy based on directives by Concessionaires, food service personnel longer required to wear a mask indoors or deems appropriate, and at no instance pri- base leaders, signs have been placed at the and contractors will continue to follow and outdoors at DOD facilities. or,” the Navy Exchange Service Command entryways at all lodges and exchange stores obey all state and local guidelines, the state- announced in a statement Thursday. “For stating the policy in effect at that particular ment said. [email protected] those locations where masks are still re- outlet, the statement said. For its outlets, the Army and Air Force Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 31, 2021 MILITARY Deep-rooted racism, discrimination in ranks Associated Press killings of Black Americans across ic; 6% Asian; 4% multiracial; and For Stephanie Davis, who grew the nation, Army Gen. Mark A. less than 1% Native Hawaiian, Pa- up with little, the military was a Milley, who is also the Depart- cific Islander, American Indian or path to the American dream, a ment of Defense’s Chairman of the Alaska Native. And the diversity realm where everyone would re- Joint Chiefs of Staff, told congres- gap widened the higher individu- ceive equal treatment. She joined sional leaders the military cannot als moved up in the ranks. the service in 1988 after finishing afford racism or discrimination. The report emphasized the in- high school in Thomasville, Ga., a “We who wear the cloth of our creasing importance of the repre- small town said to be named for a nation understand that cohesion is sentation of minorities reflecting soldier who fought in the War of a force multiplier,” Milley said. the nation’s morphing demo- 1812. “Divisiveness leads to defeat. As graphics, saying the Defense De- Over the course of decades, she one of our famous presidents said, partment “must ensure that all steadily advanced, becoming a ‘A house divided does not stand.’ ” service members have access to flight surgeon, commander of Austin pledged to rid the ranks opportunities to succeed and ad- flight medicine at Fairchild Air of “racists and extremists” during vance into leadership positions.” Force Base and, eventually, a lieu- his confirmation hearing before Several Black officers inter- tenant colonel. Congress, which came on the viewed by the AP said the culture But many of her service col- heels of the Capitol insurrection. must give way if they are ever to leagues, Davis says, saw her only “The job of the Department of flourish. as a Black woman. Or for the white Defense is to keep America safe While serving in Afghanistan, resident colleagues who gave her from our enemies,” he said. “But one Marine officer recalled being the call sign of ABW — it was a we can’t do that if some of those questioned by a white colleague joke, they insisted — an “angry enemies lie within our own about why he was conversing with black woman,” a classic racist ranks.” fellow Black officers. “My re- trope. sponse to him was ‘I don’t ask you White subordinates often re- ‘Extraordinarily proud’ why you’re always hanging out fused to salute her or seemed un- When Marine Maj. Tyrone Col- with white officers,’ ” said the Ma- comfortable taking orders from lier, a Black man, was a newly rine, who asked not to be named her, she says. Some patients re- minted second lieutenant and because he remains on active du- fused to call her by her proper judge advocate, he had a profound ty. “Why can’t they just be offi- rank or even acknowledge her. experience with the simple cus- cers? Why the qualifier?” She was attacked with racial slurs. STEPHANIE DAVIS/AP tom of saluting. Collier was at Thomas Hobbs, an infantry col- And during her residency, she was Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Stephanie Davis points to a “Tuskegee” Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall onel who retired after 27 years of the sole Black resident in a pro- patch on her flight suit. in Virginia when he was saluted by service in the Marine Corps in gram with no Black faculty, staff a Black enlisted Marine. But even 2018, was among the officers inter- or ancillary personnel. tion doesn’t exist just within the military levels is urgent. after Collier acknowledged the viewed who spoke of the pressures “For Blacks and minorities, military rank-and-file. That same “Those who are indoctrinated gesture, the salute continued. Puz- of trying to blend into an over- when we initially experience rac- fiscal year, civilians working in into white supremacist ideology zled, Collier asked why the Marine whelmingly “white male culture,” ism or discrimination in the mili- the financial, technical and sup- present a significant threat to na- held it for so long. while also feeling the need to out- tary, we feel blindsided,” Davis port sectors of the Army, Air tional security and the safety of “He said, ‘Sir, I just have to perform white officers to negate said. “We’re taught to believe that Force and Navy also filed 900 our communities,” SPLC Presi- come clean with something. ... We racial stereotypes. it’s the one place where everybody complaints of racial discrimina- dent Margaret Huang wrote. never see Black officers. We never Hobbs said the Marines have has a level playing field and that tion and over 350 complaints of In a statement to the AP, the De- see people like you and it makes done better than other branches of we can make it to the top with work discrimination by skin color, data fense Department said extremism me extraordinarily proud,’ ” Col- the service in recruiting Black that’s based on merit.” from the U.S. Equal Employment is not “widespread” in the armed lier recalled. candidates into the officer corps, In interviews with The Associ- Opportunity Commission shows. forces, but acknowledged that “ef- “You can imagine what it’s like but noted that “many of them don’t ated Press, current and former en- In February, Lloyd J. Austin III forts to stamp out extremist views for a Black enlisted Marine who, stay in the military past their 10th listees and officers in nearly every — a former Army general who from the rank-and-file have his- for example, might want to consid- year.” branch of the armed services de- now is secretary of defense, the torically been reactive versus er becoming a warrant officer or a “At the moment, we have more scribed a deep-rooted culture of first Black man to serve in the post proactive until recently.” Penta- commissioned officer or who captains than we ever had before,” racism and discrimination that — ordered commanders and su- gon spokesman Maj. César Santia- served under commander after he said, “but our field grade levels stubbornly festers, despite repeat- pervisors to take an operational go pointed to Austin’s stand-down commander and received so few are actually going down. Why ed efforts to eradicate it. pause for one day to discuss extre- order in February that stressed opportunities to see people that don’t they stay in? Because they’re The AP found that the military’s mism in the ranks with their ser- the oath of office taken by military look like them in higher ranks,” exhausted from having to act a judicial system has no explicit cat- vice members. personnel, including a “commit- Collier said. “Representation real- certain way all the time and they egory for hate crimes, making it Austin gave commanders the ment to protecting our nation from ly does matter.” can never be themselves.” difficult to quantify crimes moti- latitude to address the matter as enemies foreign and domestic.” Though that prolonged salute The Marine who remains on ac- vated by prejudice. they saw fit, but emphasized that Santiago added that “we know took place in 2010, the racial pic- tive duty also called it “exhaust- The Defense Department also discussions should include the that far too many service mem- ture has not improved much since. ing,” adding “not only do you have has no way to track the number of meaning of their oath, acceptable bers indicate they experience dis- At the end of 2020, the Defense to deal with your own things but troops ousted for extremist views, behaviors both in and out of uni- crimination.” He noted that the Department’s Diversity and In- whenever a Black enlisted Marine despite its repeated pledges to form, and how service members Defense Department had clusion Board released a report gets in trouble, they will come to root them out. More than 20 peo- can report actual or suspected ex- launched multiple efforts in the aimed at identifying ways to im- you and say, ‘Oh man, what’s ple linked to the Jan. 6 siege of the tremist behavior through their past year, including updating its prove racial and ethnic diversity wrong with these guys?’ Coming to U.S. Capitol were found to have chains of command. anti-harassment policy, assessing in the U.S. military. you like you’re the expert on ev- military ties. A recent poll from The Military its training on implicit bias, and Among the report’s findings: erything Black.” The AP also found that the Uni- Times showed the stand-down developing data-driven strategies The enlisted ranks of the active Collier said he felt pressure to form Code of Military Justice does was received with mixed reviews. to guide efforts to attract and re- and reserve military were “slight- act differently from the first mo- not adequately address discrimi- Some service members said their tain diverse members and also ly more racially and ethnically di- ments he was recruited, recalling natory incidents and that rank- units went “above and beyond,” identify unhealthy work environ- verse than its U.S. civilian coun- an encounter at a formal dinner and-file people of color commonly but others reported their trainers ments. terparts.” But not the officer with a Marine major trying to face courts-martial panels made made disparaging comments that When Davis was medically re- corps. Furthermore, it found that bring him into the service. up of all-white service members, undercut the discussions and that tired by the Air Force in 2019 after the civilian population eligible to “I was one of two Black men which some experts argue can the sessions were short and non- more than two decades of service, become commissioned officers who were applying … and he and I lead to harsher outcomes. interactive. she felt ground down by overt rac- was “less racially and ethnically were chatting, and the selection The military said it processed The Southern Poverty Law Cen- ism and retaliated against for ac- diverse than the civilian popula- officer kind of mentioned to us, more than 750 complaints of dis- ter sent Austin a letter shortly af- cusing a superior of sexually as- tion eligible for enlisted service.” ‘Hey, you guys might not want to crimination by race or ethnicity ter his order, applauding him for saulting her. The breakdown of all active isolate yourselves in this way be- from service members in fiscal his decisive action but underscor- In the midst of last year’s sum- commissioned officers: 73% year 2020 alone. But discrimina- ing that systemic change on all mer of unrest sparked by police white; 8% each Black and Hispan- SEE RANKS ON PAGE 5 Monday, May 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Ranks: Troubling incidents recounted

FROM PAGE 4 One of its tools is an anonymous, crimination did take place on their cause it might not look good,’ ” voluntary “organizational cli- ships, with nearly a third report- Collier said. “I mean, this is one of mate” survey that offers a snap- ing racial jokes, comments or my first experiences involving the shot of a unit’s institutional effec- slurs. Nearly 1 in 4 sailors said Marine Corps and I have a Marine tiveness and provides command- they could not use their chain of major telling me I can’t talk to an- ers with insight into diversity and command to report incidents other Black person without worry- inclusion issues within their ranks without fear of retaliation or repri- ing about how people will look at and how they are addressed. sal, and 4 out of every 10 said dis- us if we’re purposely isolating our- “Racist, sexual and bigoted cipline is unfairly administered. selves from the group.” jokes are a daily occurrence in my Out of the 11 aircraft carriers, Other service members of color ‘work place,’ ” a Marine at Califor- the George Washington, John C. detailed incidents in which they nia’s Camp Pendleton wrote in Stennis and Abraham Lincoln said they were discouraged by su- one December 2017 survey. “Very performed worst when sailors periors from openly embracing little has really ever been done to were asked about racial discrimi- their cultures. Some said they prevent it.” Another Marine said nation and whether they could CLIFF OWEN/AP were told to avoid speaking lan- slurs were commonly uttered by safely report harassment. In 2019 Reserve Marine Maj. Tyrone Collier visits the U.S. Marine Corps War guages other than English to not officers and enlisted colleagues on the George Washington, for in- Memorial near his home in Arlington, Va., on April 17. offend their mostly white col- with no repercussions. stance, 30% of sailors said unequal leagues. But not everyone is comfortable treatment occurred based on race, out, including being told repeated- And it says the military must DeMarcus Gilliard, a 34-year- filling out the surveys or with be- color or national origin. ly that he wasn’t “built” for the add questions to its climate sur- old former Marine captain, told ing honest. Women assigned to The AP’s request to interview a military. veys that explicitly ask about rac- the AP that he felt an unspoken Navy SEAL units, for example, representative of the Defense “If it was for the purpose of to ism, antisemitism and suprema- pressure to prove himself better fear they can be identified since Equal Opportunity Management embarrass and to mentally break cism. than his peers when he entered the surveys break down demo- Institute was referred to the Pen- you, I guess that’s what they tried In addition, Shands believes the the Basic School, where new offi- graphics by gender, rank and race tagon, which did not provide any- to do,” he said. military — like the nation it is cers learn the ropes, feeling like a and not many women are assigned one with knowledge of the work- Shands said targeted racism sworn to protect — also needs to symbol of Black Americans. to special operation units. ings of the command climate sur- and discrimination continued af- do some deep soul-searching. But he said he never experi- Congress and the Defense De- veys. ter he left Idaho and served on dif- Though he has moved on with enced overt racism there and partment have mandated that the In a statement, the Navy called ferent bases, leading him to depart his life, he carries humiliation and credits the Marine Corps for mak- surveys be conducted annually or diversity a “key component to the military in 2018. He believes a pain that he cannot erase. ing strides toward diversifying its whenever a unit changes com- maintaining our highest state of tough road lies ahead for the De- Still, he will always cherish as- top ranks. manders, but response rates vary readiness,” adding that “certainly fense Department and Congress, pects of his military career. As a “It’s a great idea, ‘I don’t see col- widely across units, the surveys our military is better served when which provides oversight, to ad- public health instructor with the or,’ but it actually is pretty dismis- do not fall under the Federal Re- it reflects the nation it serves and dress structural racism in the mil- USAF School of Aerospace Medi- sive. And I think not talking about cords Act and they are destroyed all of its members are treated with itary and prevent other service cine, he had a direct impact on stu- issues of race actually exacer- after three years. dignity and respect.” members from suffering as he did. dents eager to make a change in bates the problem and we need to Using multiple Freedom of In- But a round of sweeping chang- the world. He also met his wife in be able to talk about these things,” formation Act requests, the AP Seeking change es to the National Defense Autho- the military. said Gilliard. “I think the Marine managed to collect surveys for the As a young airman, Nick Shands rization Act — which primarily After the police killing of Ge- Corps would be a great place to do past four years, concentrating on didn’t initially think much of it funds and lays out policies govern- orge Floyd in Minneapolis it.” the eleven aircraft carriers in the when he received a request to re- ing the Defense Department and sparked protests that swept the The Basic School told the AP U.S. Navy fleet due to their large port to the medical treatment fa- military services — could present globe, Shands finally confronted that sessions on diversity and in- population size, which can mimic cility on Mountain Home Air a unique opportunity to begin to one of his former superiors — a clusion are a core part of the train- a small floating city with more Force Base. But when he arrived, turn the tide toward systemic white woman involved with the ing it offers, including “discus- than 5,000 personnel. he thought it was strange that he change. dumpster task more than a decade sions about the negative impact In surveys collected from 2017, saw only a handful of superiors A bill that was passed earlier ago. bias has on leadership, decision- 265 sailors from the USS Abraham and a large dumpster. His task: this year ordered the Secretary of After the woman posted in a pri- making and cohesiveness.” Lincoln, the USS George Wash- Climb in and sift through the gar- Defense to devise a plan to remove vate military Facebook group that Last year, Gen. David Berger , ington, the USS John C. Stennis, bage for documents containing all names, symbols, displays and “Black Lives Matter,” Shands re- who became the top general of the the USS Nimitz and the USS personally identifiable informa- monuments that honor the Con- ached out to remind her of the in- Marine Corps in 2019, used the oc- Dwight D. Eisenhower said they tion. federacy, including the renaming cident, telling her he hoped it casion of the Marine Corps Asso- personally experienced racial dis- Shands, one of the few Black air- of military bases such as Fort Ben- didn’t take the “murders of Black ciation’s annual Modern Day Ma- crimination. But in the fall of that men on the Idaho base, was ning and Fort Hood that honor humans” to awaken her to the dis- rine expo to drive home the mess- year, the discrimination question stunned by the order but clam- Confederate leaders. crimination and racism that exists age that diversifying the service softened, moving from pointed in- bered over the side for what turn- “Several years ago, they uncov- in both America and the Air Force will save lives. quiries to broadly asking whether ed out to be a nearly all-day task, ered a cell of white supremacists — including the discrimination “I am absolutely convinced: Too discrimination “does not occur.” as his superiors watched him down at Fort Bragg,” U.S. House she exerted upon him. much similarity, too much that we Since that change, in 2019, the search fruitlessly. Majority Whip Jim Clyburn re- The woman acknowledged she look all the same, think the same, latest complete year obtained by He said it was just one incident called in an interview with the AP. did not treat Shands well and had got the same background — we’re AP, more than 1,600 sailors — or 1 among several on the nearly all- “Were they there because of the been “incredibly ignorant to ac- going to get killed because we’re in 5 — disagreed, saying racial dis- white base where he felt singled attitudes they brought with them knowledging and/or recognizing going to end up with solutions that or were they celebrating the fact many things, including systemic we’re all familiar with, but they’re that Fort Bragg is named after a racism and the presence of it in the easy to counter,” Berger said. segregationist? Air Force,” according to the “That’s one reason those of us screenshots reviewed by the AP. Deep roots here in Congress feel that we need For Shands, the conversation Racism in the ranks is not mere- to get rid of all of the institutional- was cathartic, as others chimed in ly a modern stain. More than a ization and the celebration of to offer support. But it also half-century ago in 1971, Frank W. these racist attitudes,” Clyburn brought home the dualities facing Render, a Black man who was as- said. Black Americans and other peo- sistant secretary of defense, re- Buried deep within the more ple of color, inside and out of the signed over what he viewed as un- than 1,400-page bill are mecha- military, who are trying to navi- equal treatment of people of color. nisms aimed at transforming the gate a nation riddled by racism. That same year, the Defense way the military addresses racism “You’re not going to escape rac- Department created what is now and extremism from within. It ism anywhere in this country,” he known as the Defense Equal Op- lays out tracking and reporting re- said. “The best interpretation I’ve portunity Management Institute quirements for supremacist, ex- ever heard of being in the military, — the Pentagon’s premier agency tremist and criminal gang activ- especially a minority or a person for education and training pro- MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP ity, and creates an inspector gen- of color in the military, is that the grams covering diversity and in- DeMarcus Gilliard, a veteran Marine captain, walks along a trail in eral to oversee diversity and inclu- military is a microcosm of regular clusion within the U.S. military. Santa Clarita, Calif., on April 23. sion efforts. society.” PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 31, 2021 MILITARY Navy opens walk-in contraceptives clinic Facility is service’s 2nd in Europe

BY NANCY MONTGOMERY of Obstetricians and Gynecolo- Stars and Stripes gists with a $10,000 award. VICENZA, Italy — The U.S. Na- The initiative was begun to ad- vy has expanded its number of dress unintended pregnancy rates walk-in contraceptive clinics in an among service women that have effort to make getting birth con- been substantially higher than in trol more accessible and conve- the civilian population, resulting nient and reduce the number of in reduced readiness, negative ca- unintended pregnancies. reer impacts, and, for those de- One of the latest to open is at the ployed, delayed prenatal care. Up U.S. Navy hospital in Naples, to 68% of single active duty wom- where service members and TRI- en have reported that their preg- CARE eligible women and adoles- nancy was unplanned, compared cents can get a variety of contra- to 51% of the general population. ceptives, including long-acting re- A 2017 study quantified the versible contraceptives such as costs of unintended pregnancy to implants and IUDs, with no ap- include maternity care at $12,770, pointment or referral required. a nondeployable status for 17 “This novel clinic concept was months, and 84 lost duty days per designed to fulfill unmet patient pregnancy. The military does not needs with the goal of reducing perform abortions, generally does barriers to care, expanding access not pay for them and has no data for our beneficiaries and ultimate- regarding them. ly, improving readiness of our Unintended pregnancy is large- BRANNON DEUGAN/U.S. Navy members and their families,” said ly due to not using contraceptives, Seaman Sharay Upshur discusses intrauterine devices with a patient at a U.S. Naval Hospital Pensacola, Capt. Kristina Morocco, an obste- or using the least effective meth- Fla., clinic in 2018. The Navy in Naples recently opened the service’s second walk­in clinic in Europe. trician at the Naples hospital. ods such as condoms, hormonal “So far our patients have pro- rings and patches and oral contra- placement, and that those who had vice said a 2019 study of a walk-in appointments among reproduc- vided tremendous positive feed- ceptives, researchers say. The been trained had often not placed clinic at the Naval Hospital in Oki- tive age women and a 108% in- back and report improved satis- Centers for Disease Control and one of the devices in the past year. nawa, Japan. It found that LARC crease among high-risk women. faction with their care due to the Prevention, and the American Getting a LARC for many military utilization increased among all The use of LARCs among high risk increased convenience, access, Congress of Obstetricians and Gy- women requires a referral to the women “but most substantially women rose by 207%. and availability of contraception necologists recommend LARCs as closest Obstetrics and Gynecology among ... high risk active duty and Meanwhile, Landstuhl Region- care,” she said in a statement. the most effective means for pre- department and an approximately non-active duty women aged 18 to al Medical Center is the sole Army So far, the clinics remain pri- venting unintended pregnancy. monthlong wait, the study said. 24.” medical facility in Europe with an marily a Navy benefit, which to- “But many of the primary care Furthermore, many military Last year experts recommend- obstetrics and gynecology clinic, gether with the Marine Corps has practitioners in the military med- women have little control over ed to the Defense Health Agency and care there is by appointment, about 25 of them. ical system ... are not trained to their daily schedule and inspec- that walk-in contraceptive capa- said Gino Mattorano, a spokesman Naples is the service’s second educate women regarding contra- tions or field exercises might pre- bilities be mandated at military for Regional Health Command contraceptive walk-in clinic in Eu- ception options or credentialed to clude keeping the appointment, medical facilities. Europe. At other Army health rope, following one at Naval Sta- perform procedures to insert “ultimately leaving her vulnera- Cmdr. Shannon Lamb, chief of centers, “contraceptive care tion Rota in Spain. The first walk- LARCs,” said a 2017 study pub- ble to pregnancy as she restarts the Navy Office of Women’s starts with the primary care pro- in clinic opened in 2016 at Naval lished in Military Medicine. the process for obtaining contra- Health Bureau of Medicine and vider,” he said. Medical Center San Diego; three A survey of Army primary care ception,” the study noted. Surgery, said that the clinics had years later the initiative was rec- managers found that a majority The clinics have proven popular resulted collectively in over a [email protected] ognized by the American College had not been trained for LARC with women who’ve used the ser- third increase in contraception Twitter: @montgomerynance Blood-drawing device makes battlefield health testing easier BY SETH ROBSON The company has been working blood-borne exposure to a dis- make up to 150,000 a month, he Stars and Stripes with the Defense Threat Reduction ease,” the agency said. said. Medics jabbing troops with nee- Agency, which is focused on com- Blood is a primary means of as- That’s only a fraction of the po- dles for blood tests in remote loca- bating weapons of mass destruc- sessing people’s health. For exam- tential demand with a billion blood tions may become a thing of the tion, Casavant said. ple, a patient undergoing therapy tests done in the U.S. each year, ac- past thanks to some new technolo- The device could be a useful tool for prostate cancer can take blood cording to Casavant. gy. in a future pandemic involving a tests to screen for tumor cells rath- Tasso has developed a software A blood-drawing and testing de- blood-borne pathogen such as Ebo- er than undergoing an invasive system to dispense tests to patients vice, developed with the help of the la since it could be sent to a region biopsy, Casavant said. and send blood to laboratories and Defense Advanced Research Pro- where it’s difficult to deploy doc- “Being able to obtain [blood] in a is also working with other govern- jects Agency, is easy for anyone to tors, he said. simple and scalable way is incred- ment agencies, including the De- use, according to its manufacturer. The agency’s Fort Belvoir, Va.- ibly important for an organization partment of Veterans Affairs, he Seattle-based telemedicine com- based Chemical and Biological like the Defense Department that said. pany Tasso developed the blood- Tasso Inc. Technologies Department, in an has as wide a footprint as they do,” The coronavirus pandemic has tester after winning a $150,000 The new blood­drawing device Oct. 6 statement, touted the blood- he said. changed the way that people access DARPA grant in 2013, according to developed with the help of the drawing device as a way to perform Since winning the DARPA grant, medical care with more turning to company CEO Ben Casavant. Defense Advanced Research tests that identify disease or expo- Tasso has received another $13 mil- telemedicine to manage chronic To use the Tasso Device, a pa- Projects Agency is easy for sure to a chemical or biological lion in government awards. In the disease, he said. tient places it on their arm and anyone to use, according to its threat. past year it shipped tens of thou- The company’s blood-drawing manufacturer, Tasso Inc. pushes a large red button that acti- A modified version of the device sands of the blood-testing devices device is a way for people at home vates a needle. Meanwhile, a vacu- “will enable collection and trans- to the Defense Department, Casa- to access powerful new medical um draws blood to the skin’s sur- home and mail it to a laboratory for port of potentially hazardous clini- vant said. technologies that require blood face to be collected in a tube, he said tests. A soldier at a remote location cal samples — such as blood from a Initially the devices were 3D samples, he said. in a telephone interview Friday. or a sailor on a warship can do the warfighter with an infection — any- printed but the company has since [email protected] People can use it to draw blood at same thing, he said. where in the world, without risking set up a factory in Seattle that can Twitter: @SethRobson1 Monday, May 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 MEMORIAL DAY

Ceremonies Belleau Wood commemorated to feature flyovers Marines honor fallen from WWI battle BY CHAD GARLAND Stars and Stripes BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON On Sunday, Gunnery Sgt. Da- U.S. military airplanes will per- Stars and Stripes niel Sallee, based out of Stuttgart, form flyovers at Memorial Day GRAFENWOEHR, Germany wore a World War I uniform and ceremonies in Europe streamed — A group of about 100 Marines, had his portrait painted by the unit online, but the events at ceremo- some wearing military uniforms historian, whose artwork of cos- nies remain closed to the public from World War I, came together tumed Marines will be used later again this year. Sunday at an American cemetery within the unit or offered as gifts. The American Battle Monu- in France to pay tribute to fellow “Getting to put on a uniform ments Commission will stream Marines who died 103 years ago in from that time [is] amazing,” said two prerecorded Memorial Day the Battle of Belleau Wood. Sallee, a future plans and concepts ceremonies online Monday after- Marines from the 5th Marine chief with Marine Forces Europe noon in Europe, featuring re- Regiment, 1st Marine Division and Africa. “It brought a surreal marks from U.S. military leaders Band and Marine Forces Europe sense to me, and it continually and band performances. and Africa were joined by mem- makes me appreciate that much “Memorial Day provides a spe- bers of the French and German more, everything I think people cial opportunity to honor [fallen military during a ceremony at don’t appreciate.” American service members’] Aisne-Marne American Cemete- Sallee said putting on the histor- BRYTANI MUSICK/U.S. Marine Corps courage in combat and selfless ry to honor service members who ical uniform “brings back a sense Lance Cpl. Carlos Rivera, a U.S. Marine Forces Europe and Africa service,” Gen. Tod D. Wolters, fought in the 1918 battle, which of realism of history long lost.” administrative specialist, stands as part of the Color Guard for a me­ head of U.S. European Command, was considered a turning point in Another Marine, who is part of morial ceremony in Belleau Wood, France, on Sunday. said in a statement. World War I. the joint color guard, was excited Air Force C-130 aircraft from During the Battle of Belleau to attend the ceremony for the first Europe and Africa said. “Honest- battle over a century ago. Ramstein, Germany, KC-135 Wood, Marines and soldiers time. ly, it gives me chills, and I feel hon- It is believed that Marines re- tankers from RAF Mildenhall, fought against German forces af- “It makes me feel excited to be a ored to be [at Belleau Wood] to- ceived the nickname “Devil Dog” England, and F-35A Lightning II ter they breached the Western part of this once in a lifetime day.” from German forces during the fighter jets in France were slated Front and came within 45 miles of chance for myself and my fellow Traditionally when this cere- battle. to conduct flyovers Sunday and Paris. The bloody battle lasted Marines,” Lance Cpl. Carlos Riv- mony takes place, Marines drink Monday at U.S. military ceremo- about three weeks and claimed era, an administrative specialist from the Bulldog fountain to re- [email protected] nies in France and the United nearly 10,000 American lives. with U.S. Marine Corps Forces member those that fought in this Twitter:@Manny_Stripes Kingdom, the command said in a statement Thursday. Some U.S. cemeteries in France, Belgium and the Nether- College displays lands began reopening to the pub- lic in May, but “out of an abun- flags to honor dance of caution” they would close during Memorial Day cere- fallen soldiers monies and reopen afterward, the Associated Press American Battle Monuments STATESBORO, Ga. — One Ge- Commission said in a statement. orgia university has hundreds of The Air Force C-130s and American flags on display in KC-135s would conduct five memory of fallen soldiers. flyovers at unspecified ceremo- The Military and Veteran Ser- nies. Two F-35s and two French vices office at Georgia Southern Dassault Rafale fighter jets were University planted 570 flags along slated to fly over Lafayette Esca- Sweetheart Circle in the heart of drille Memorial Cemetery in the Statesboro campus in advance Marnes-la-Coquette, France, of Memorial Day. which has not yet reopened to the Attached to the flags are cards public. that each bear the photo and name A ceremony honoring the of a military member who died in World War I dead at the Suresnes combat or while serving on active American Military Cemetery in duty. France will be streamed online Retired Col. George Frederick, starting Monday at 4 p.m. Central the head of veteran services at Ge- European Time. A second cere- orgia Southern, told WTOC-TV mony honoring World War II many of those soldiers were sta- JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes dead at Epinal American Cemete- tioned in Georgia at posts like Fort ry in France is scheduled for 5 Stewart. Rolling to Remember p.m. Monday. Others had a personal connec- Both ceremonies will be avail- tion to faculty and staff at Georgia Motorcyclists await the start of the Rolling to Remember ride in the parking lot of RFK Stadium in able on the ABMC Facebook and Southern. Washington, D.C., on Sunday. YouTube pages. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 31, 2021 MILITARY Drones: US looks to improve defense against hits by Iran

FROM PAGE 1 declined in response to increasing rocket attacks, which left some on the sprawling Ain al-Asad air commanders describing their sol- base raised similar concerns diers as sitting ducks. There are among coalition commanders now about 3,000 coalition troops in about how militias are adapting Iraq, including 2,500 Americans. their tactics, according to officials In the absence of effective de- and personnel on base. fenses, the drone threat now rais- “The damage wasn’t huge but es the prospect of a sudden escala- the coalition were very upset. tion of violence. Each fresh attack They told our commanders that it triggers a flurry of communica- MARIANNE GUEMOU.S. Navy was a major escalation,” said one tion as U.S. officials seek to deter- Cmdr. Jefferey Servello, executive officer aboard the Arleigh Burke­class guided­missile destroyer USS Iraqi soldier stationed at Ain al- mine whether Americans have Paul Ignatius, conducts a berthing inspection in 2020. A recent GAO report says despite a 2017 Navy Asad, speaking on the condition of been killed or injured. policy aimed at managing fatigue, most officers are not getting adequate sleep anonymity due to the sensitivity of “The death of an American is the situation. Ain al-Asad was pre- their red line,” said one Western viously targeted by Iran with bal- official, speaking on the condition Deprived: listic missiles in January 2020 in of anonymity due to the sensitivity Report finds irregular sleep response to the U.S. assassination of the issue. “The first question the of Iranian commander Maj. Gen. Americans always ask is: what Qassem Soleimani earlier that was the casualty’s nationality?” practices despite Navy’s 2017 policy month. The top U.S. military command- FROM PAGE 1 Rocket attacks by Iran-backed er in the Middle East, Marine Gen. months and who were responsible for managing the groups have at times killed Amer- Frank McKenzie, said recently suring and managing fatigue in a timely manner,” the sailors who stand watch over critical ship functions. ican servicemen and Iraqi securi- that efforts were underway to de- report said. Among its findings: Only 40% of Navy surface ty personnel and civilians, velop better defenses against the The Navy committed to a comprehensive review of ships had implemented a seven-hour sleep minimum prompting retaliatory military ac- drones. While visiting northeast- the ill effects of sleep deprivation following two sep- and less than 20% had limited workdays to a maxi- tion from the United States and ern Syria, McKenzie told report- arate deadly collisions in 2017 involving the guided- mum of 12 hours. pushing Washington and Tehran ers that military officials were missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. “We estimate that 86% of officers received less to the brink of outright conflict on looking for ways to cut command- McCain, in which a combined 17 sailors died. than the target seven hours of uninterrupted sleep a Iraqi soil. and-control links between a drone In both cases, bridge watch standers had little to no day, and that most of these respondents were not able Although tensions have cooled and its operator, improve radar sleep the night before the collisions, which impaired to supplement their lack of sleep with a two-hour con- since President Joe Biden took of- sensors to quickly identify the their situational awareness and ability to react to an tinuous nap, per policy,” the report said. fice, officials worry that future at- threat as it approached, and find emergency. Workload, required meetings and drills were pre- tacks still risk sparking a new cy- effective ways to bring it down. Overwork and training deficiencies were other venting adequate sleep, the Navy found in a separate cle of tit-for-tat violence as Iran- “We’re open to all kinds of root causes in the incidents, the Navy review found. survey. Both the Navy and GAO found that sailors backed groups try to push a rump things,” he said, according to the Sleep deprivation can impair job performance, yet spent the majority of their day working, which al- coalition force out of Iraq alto- Associated Press. “Still, I don’t active-duty service members are twice as likely as lowed for limited personal time, including sleep. gether. think we’re where we want to be.” civilians to go without enough shut-eye, said a Penta- The GAO also found that the Navy routinely as- Iraqi pressure on U.S. and other Another official said that elec- gon report to Congress earlier this year. signs fewer crewmembers to ships than its workload coalition forces to withdraw tronic jammers are being consid- The GAO’s review from 2019 to 2021 was aimed at studies have determined are needed to safely operate surged last year amid outrage ered, as are other systems being determining to what extent the Navy has acted to ad- them. here over the Trump administra- developed by U.S. Special Forces dress sailor fatigue, resize surface ship crews to han- The Navy should revise its guidance and practices tion’s decision to kill Soleimani in Syria. dle workload and improve training in the surface to better measure sailor fatigue and address the fac- and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mah- In April, the White House an- fleet. tors causing sailor fatigue and inadequate sleep, the di al-Muhandis using a drone nounced the formation of a joint Much of the report addressed fatigue. After the GAO recommended. strike. working group between the Unit- 2017 collisions, the Navy directed commanding offi- It also suggested the Navy use required positions U.S. troop levels have fallen ed States and Israel “on the grow- cers to establish a seven-hour sleep minimum, limit when reporting crew sizes and projecting personnel roughly by half since then, in part ing threat of Unmanned Aerial continuous work shifts to no more than eight hours needs, and factor training into workload. The Penta- because Iraqi security forces are Vehicles [UAVs] and Precision and limit workdays to no more than 12 hours. gon agreed with the recommendations. now taking the lead rolling up Guided Missiles produced by Iran But those practices have been implemented incon- what remains of the Islamic State. and provided to its proxies in the sistently, the GAO found after surveying surface [email protected] But American numbers have also Middle East Region.” warfare officers who had been to sea in the last 12 Twitter: @stripesktown Yokosuka-based officer in custody after car accident kills woman

BY SETH ROBSON ya, a city about two hours south- noon at a nearby hospital, the with the media. Cerezo declined to confirm Al- AND HANA KUSUMOTO west of the naval base, said Sun- spokesman said. Also taken to An investigation is ongoing, konis’ name or other details in a Stars and Stripes day. the hospital the spokesman said. follow-up email, referring all TOKYO — A U.S. sailor as- Alkonis — who since April has were a man, 54, The Navy is cooperating with questions to Japanese police. signed to Yokosuka Naval Base served as a weapons officer who suffered Japanese police, who are taking In October, Alkonis won first was in Japanese police custody aboard the destroyer USS Ben- serious injuries, the lead on the investigation, Na- prize in an essay contest about Sunday following a vehicle acci- fold, according to his LinkedIn and a woman, val Forces Japan spokeswoman mine warfare that was spon- dent that took the life of an 85- profile — allegedly drove his car 53, who had mi- Cmdr. Katie Cerezo said in an sored by the Mine Warfare Asso- year-old woman and injured two into a restaurant parking lot in nor injuries. email Sunday. ciation and published in Pro- others. the city’s Yamamiya district at Alkonis was “We are aware that a U.S. Na- ceedings, the U.S. Naval Insti- Lt. Ridge Hannemann Alko- about 1 p.m. Saturday, striking not injured, the vy Sailor stationed on board tute’s monthly magazine. Alkonis nis, 33, was arrested at 2:40 p.m. five empty vehicles and three pe- spokesman Fleet Activities Yokosuka was Saturday on suspicion of “injur- destrians, the spokesman said. said. It’s customary in Japan for involved in a fatal vehicle acci- [email protected] Twitter: @SethRobson1 ing people by driving a car,” a One of the pedestrians, an 85- some government officials to re- dent in Fujinomiya City,” she [email protected] police spokesman for Fujinomi- year-old woman, died that after- main anonymous when speaking wrote. Twitter: @HanaKusumoto Monday, May 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Virus restrictions ease as vaccine rates rise

Associated Press The business had switched to PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Just in internet orders, sidewalk sales time for Memorial Day weekend, and virtual author events to sur- more U.S. cities and states are vive the pandemic. shrugging off lingering COVID-19 “We had to get creative, we had restrictions as vaccination rates to pivot,” store manager Alex Bru- rise and the number of infections baker said. “Our readers and our falls. customers have been incredible. Massachusetts lifted a mask re- It’s a rainy weekend, but the book- quirement Saturday, a day after store is full.” New Jersey dropped its mandate. Minnesota lifted all statewide In New York City and Chicago, of- coronavirus restrictions for bars ficials reopened public beaches, and restaurants Friday, though lo- though winds and cool temper- cal governments can maintain atures kept crowds away. their own social distancing and Chicago’s Navy Pier also reo- mask rules. pened retail stores and restau- Vermont boasts the nation’s rants, carnival rides, and tour highest vaccination rate, with boats and cruises after the pan- nearly 70% of its residents having demic forced monthslong clo- received at least one dose. The sures at the busy tourist destina- governor is expected to drop all tion. pandemic-related restrictions It’s one more sign of progress once 80% of Vermont’s eligible that reflects increasingly positive population has received at least health data. On Saturday, Illinois’ one dose, a milestone the state ex- Department of Public Health re- pects to hit this week. DAMIAN DOVARGANES/AP ported 802 new confirmed and In neighboring Massachusetts, People crowd the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif. Californians are celebrating the probable infections, the second- Gov. Charlie Baker lifted a mask Memorial Day weekend, more upbeat than they have been for any other holiday since the pandemic began lowest one-day total in the last six mandate effective Saturday, thanks to dramatically lower virus cases and increasing vaccinations. months. though face coverings are still re- For businesses nationwide, the quired in certain places, including sachusetts dropped limits on back where we are right now.” This progress has made it possible improving outlook and long holi- on public transportation. The state crowd sizes. Red Sox president According to Massachusetts of- for us to lift all remaining COVID day weekend offered a chance to also still encourages unvaccinated Sam Kennedy said about 24,000 ficials, 78% of all adult residents restrictions across the common- welcome customers back to in- people to wear masks in indoor or tickets were sold. have had at least one vaccine dose. wealth.” person shopping. public areas. “It’s such a bright moment right “New cases have dropped by Virginia relaxed its distancing Midtown Scholar Bookstore in CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Wa- now,” Walensky told reporters, 94% since they peaked in Janu- and capacity restrictions on Fri- Harrisburg, Pa., opened its doors lensky threw out the ceremonial encouraging people to get vacci- ary,” Baker said Friday as he an- day. President Joe Biden celebrat- to customers for the first time in first pitch at Fenway Park before nated. “It’s been a really long year, nounced the end of the restric- ed the progress with a visit to a nearly 14 months Friday. Masks the Red Sox played the Miami and we’ve seen some really, really tions. “Hospitalizations are down rock climbing gym in northern are still required. Marlins on the first day that Mas- dark times. ... I’m thrilled we’re by about 90% since their peak. Virginia. Indian variant discovered among COVID-19 samples from Guam Stars and Stripes “of concern,” according to the according to Guam’s government, A COVID-19 “variant of inter- CDC, meaning there is evidence of which said it will continue to send est” — B.1.617.2, or the Indian vari- increased transmissibility, hospi- samples to the CDC for testing. ant — has been discovered among talizations or deaths. On Friday, Gov. Lou Leon Guer- samples collected on Guam this Another of the samples turned rero signed an executive order that spring, according to the U.S. terri- out to be the Indian variant, which extends the island’s public health tory’s Joint Information Center. the CDC and World Health Orga- emergency until July 1. As of that Twenty-five samples taken in nization call a “variant of interest” day, Guam had recorded 8,156 CO- March and April underwent ge- because its potential risks warrant VID-19 cases and 139 deaths. nome sequencing by the Centers close monitoring. The CDC raised the U.S. territo- for Disease Control and Preven- To date, Guam has submitted 116 ry’s risk level to “very high” on tion, which returned the results to COVID-19 samples to the CDC for May 17, meaning people should Guam’s Department of Pubic genome sequencing, according to avoid all travel to the island be- Health and Social Serves on Fri- the information center. The U.K. cause it had tallied more than 100 day. and South African variants popped new COVID-19 cases in the past 28 Of those, 16 were identified as up in previous batches, along with days. MARK SCOTT/Guam National Guard B.1.1.7, the United Kingdom varia- B.1.429, the California variant.

A member of the Guam National Guard guides people during a nt, and one was B.1.341, the South The Brazil and Japan variants [email protected] vaccination clinic earlier this year at Okkodo High School in Dededo. African variant. Both are variants have yet to be found on the island, Twitter: @starsandstripes Texas GOP muscles new voting restrictions through in overnight session

Associated Press Democrats, who have virtually no path to measure would also eliminate drive-thru watchers the right to take photos, but that AUSTIN, Texas — Republicans in the stop it from becoming law. But the bill must voting and 24-hour polling centers, both of language was removed from the final bill Texas Senate muscled one of the most re- still clear a final vote in the Texas House which Harris County, the state’s largest that lawmakers were set to vote on this strictive new voting laws in the U.S. to the later Sunday in order to reach Republican Democratic stronghold, introduced last weekend. cusp of the governor’s desk early Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it. year. Another new provision could also make it approving fewer ways to cast a ballot and Under revisions during closed-door ne- The bill would newly empower partisan easier to overturn an election in Texas, al- more criminal penalties after rushing the gotiations, Republicans added language poll watchers by allowing them more ac- lowing for a judge to void an outcome if the bill to the floor in the middle of the night. that could make it easier for a judge to over- cess inside polling places and threatening number of fraudulent votes cast could The sweeping measure, known as Senate turn an election and pushed back the start criminal penalties against elections offi- change the result, regardless of whether it Bill 7, passed along party lines around 6 of Sunday voting, when many Black cials who restrict their movement. Repub- was proved that fraud affected the out- a.m. after eight hours of questioning by churchgoers head to the polls. The 67-page licans originally proposed giving poll come. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 31, 2021 NATION At least 2 dead, over 20 injured in Fla. shooting

Associated Press violence, a cowardly act,” Rami- HIALEAH, Fla. — Two people rez told the Miami Herald. died and an estimated 20 to 25 peo- “This type of gun violence has to ple were injured in a shooting out- stop. Every weekend it’s the same side a banquet hall in South Flor- thing,” Ramirez said during an ida, police said. early morning news conference. The gunfire erupted early Sun- Gov. Ron DeSantis commented day at the El Mula Banquet Hall in on the shooting on Twitter. northwest Miami-Dade County, “We mourn the loss of the two police told news outlets. victims and are praying for the re- The banquet hall had been rent- covery of the more than 20 people ed out for a concert. Three people injured at El Mula Banquet Hall got out of an SUV and opened fire near Hialeah. We are working into a crowd outside with assault with local authorities to bring jus- rifles and handguns, police direc- tice to the perpetrators. Justice tor Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III needs to be swift & severe!” De- said. Authorities believe the Santis tweeted. shooting was targeted. Businessman and TV personal- “These are cold blooded mur- ity Marcus Lemonis, star of “The derers that shot indiscriminately Profit,” took to Twitter to offer a into a crowd and we will seek jus- $100,000 reward to help author- tice,” Ramirez said in a tweet. ities capture the suspects. Two people died at the scene, Gun violence ushered in the police said. As many as 25 people Memorial Day weekend in South went to various hospitals for treat- Florida when dozens of shots were ment. fired outside another gathering in No arrests were immediately Miami’s Wynwood area. The announced. shooting late Friday killed one JOE CAVARETTA, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN­SENTINEL/AP “This is a despicable act of gun person and injured six others. Miami­Dade Police work the scene of a shooting outside a banquet hall near Hialeah, Fla., on Sunday. Defense for some Capitol rioters: Election misinformation BY DAVID KLEPPER Trump’s own attorney general. In Chicago when the pandemic shut Associated Press many cases, the baseless claims down his work. He and his room- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — False- about vote dumps, ballot fraud and mates began watching Fox News hoods about the election helped corrupt election officials were am- almost all day long, and Antonio bring insurrectionists to the Capi- plified on social media, building began posting and sharing right- tol on Jan. 6, and now some who are Trump’s campaign to undermine wing content on TikTok. facing criminal charges for their faith in the election that began long Even though he’d never been in- actions during the riot hope their before November. terested in politics before — or gullibility might save them or at The tide of misinformation con- even voted in a presidential elec- least engender tinues to spread, U.S. District tion — Antonio said he began to be some sympathy. Judge Amy Berman Jackson consumed by conspiracy theories Lawyers for at wrote Wednesday in a decision de- that the election was rigged. least three de- nying the release of a man accused Court records portray Antonio fendants of threatening to kill U.S. House as aggressive and belligerent. Ac- charged in con- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. cording to FBI reports, he threw a nection with the “The steady drumbeat that in- MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP water bottle at a Capitol police offi- violent siege tell spired defendant to take up arms Supporters of President Donald Trump, including Jacob Chansley, cer who was being dragged down The Associated has not faded away,” Berman right, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the the building’s steps, destroyed of- Chansley Press that they wrote in her ruling ordering Cleve- Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. fice furniture and was captured on will blame election misinforma- land Grover Meredith Jr. to re- police body cameras yelling, “You tion and conspiracy theories, main in custody. “Six months later, likened the process to brainwash- been brainwashed into participa- want war? We got war. 1776 all over much of it pushed by then-Presi- the canard that the election was ing or falling into the clutches of a ting in a bank robbery after being again” at officers. dent Donald Trump, for mislead- stolen is being repeated daily on cult. Repeated exposure to false- kidnapped by the radical Symbio- Antonio, who wore a patch for ing their clients. The attorneys say major news outlets and from the hood and incendiary rhetoric, nese Liberation Army group. the far-right anti-government mi- those who spread that misinforma- corridors of power in state and fed- Watkins said, ultimately over- “It’s not an argument I’ve seen litia group The Three Percenters, tion bear as much responsibility eral government, not to mention in whelmed his client’s ability to dis- win,” said Christopher Slobogin, is charged with five counts, includ- for the violence as do those who the near-daily fulminations of the cern reality. director of Vanderbilt Law ing violent entry and disorderly participated in the actual breach of former president.” “He is not crazy,” Watkins said. School’s Criminal Justice Pro- conduct on Capitol grounds and the Capitol. The defendants represent only a “The people who fell in love with gram, a psychiatry professor and obstruction of law enforcement “I kind of sound like an idiot now fraction of the more than 400 peo- (cult leader) Jim Jones and went an expert on mental competency. during civil disorder. saying it, but my faith was in him,” ple charged in the failed attempt to down to Guyana, they had hus- Slobogin said that unless belief Joseph Hurley, Antonio’s law- defendant Anthony Antonio said, disrupt the certification of Biden’s bands and wives and lives. And in a conspiracy theory is used as yer, said he won’t use his client’s speaking of Trump. Antonio said victory. But their arguments high- then they drank the Kool-Aid.” evidence of a larger, diagnosable belief in false claims of election he wasn’t interested in politics be- light the important role that the fal- Similar legal arguments failed mental illness — say, paranoia — fraud in an attempt to exonerate fore pandemic boredom led him to sehoods played in inspiring the to exonerate Lee Boyd Malvo, who it’s unlikely to overcome the law’s him. Instead, Hurley will use them conservative cable news and right- riot, especially as many top Repub- at age 17 joined John Allen Mo- presumption of competence. to argue that Antonio was an im- wing social media. “I think they did licans try to minimize the violence hammed in a sniper spree that “I’m not blaming defense attor- pressionable person who got ex- a great job of convincing people.” of Jan. 6 and millions of others still killed 10 people in the Washington, neys for bringing this up,” he said. ploited by Trump and his allies. After Joe Biden’s victory in last wrongly believe the election was D.C., area in 2002. His lawyers “You pull out all the stops and “You can catch this disease,” year’s presidential election, stolen. tried to argue that Malvo wasn’t re- make all the arguments you can Hurley said. Misinformation, he Trump and his allies repeatedly At least one of those charged sponsible for his actions because make,” he said. “But just because said, “is not a defense. It’s not. But claimed that the race was stolen, plans to make misinformation a he had been deluded by the older you have a fixed, false belief that it will be brought up to say: This is even though the claims have been key part of his defense. Mohammed. the election was stolen doesn’t why he was here. The reason he repeatedly debunked by officials Albert Watkins, the St. Louis at- Attorneys for newspaper heir- mean you can storm the Capitol.” was there is because he was a dum- from both parties, outside experts torney representing Jacob Chan- ess Patty Hearst also argued, un- Antonio, 27, was working as a so- bass and believed what he heard and courts in several states and sley, the so-called QAnon shaman, successfully, that their client had lar panel salesman in suburban on Fox News.” Monday, May 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Man on scooter leads police on pursuit MEDFORD — A man MA on a motorized scoot- er led police on a pursuit through several Massachusetts towns, at one point driving in the wrong di- rection on an interstate highway, before troopers stopped him, ac- cording to a statement from state police. The 28-year-old man, described as “emotionally distraught” by po- lice, was taken to the hospital for an evaluation after he was pulled off the scooter in Medford just north of Boston, according to a statement from state police spo- kesperson David Procopio. The pursuit started in Danvers when local police attempted to stop the man, who reportedly had a knife and had threatened to harm himself. Swastika spray-painted on Holocaust Museum ST. PETERSBURG — FL Vandals spray-painted a swastika and “Jews are guilty” on a wall at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, police said. Patrol officers spotted the graf- fiti around 4 a.m., the St. Peters- burg Police Department said. The incident is being investigat- ed as a hate crime, news outlets re- ported. DUSTIN SAFRANEK, KETCHIKAN (ALASKA) DAILY NEWS/AP City sanitation workers had painted over the graffiti. Leaps and bounds McDonald’s employees Nathan Kashevarof, 17, jumps from the Stedman Street bridge into Ketchikan Creek during high tide in Ketchikan, Alaska. hold one-day strike Lonaconing. THE CENSUS and discriminatory behavior has HARTFORD — Work- The winners chose the $546.8 no place in Danvers or any com- CT ers from McDonald’s million lump sum cash option, The amount in pounds of methamphetamine seized by sheriff munity.” restaurants at two Interstate 95 which is about $366.6 million after 103 deputies during two stops in Seward, Neb. Seward County rest stops held a one-day strike to federal and state taxes. Sheriff Michael Vance said deputies seized 3 pounds of the drug after stopping Lawyer fined after finger protest what they contend are at- Lottery officials said the group a vehicle for several traffic violations. A deputy with the Interdiction Task Force gesture at opposition tempts to stop them from unioniz- told them that they don’t plan to stopped a minivan for a traffic violation and discovered 100 pounds of meth- ing and to demand hazard pay for change their lifestyles, but they amphetamine in the van. The sheriff said drugs found in the second stop had LANSING — The Mi- working during the pandemic. want to invest the money to take been purchased for $2 million and were being taken to New Jersey. MI chigan Court of Appeals The small group of workers, care of their families and positive- fined an attorney $3,000 for rais- from restaurants on I-95 in Darien ly impact their communities “for Center, a record number of sib- cious predator, piranhas are more ing his middle finger while an op- and Branford, rallied at the state generations to come.” lings will be among the class of likely to scavenge for dead or dy- posing lawyer was speaking dur- Capitol with members of Local about 250 students — eight sets of ing prey, including fish or crusta- ing a virtual hearing. 32BJ of the Service Employees In- Teen charged after gun twins and one set of triplets. ceans,” the news release said. James Heos also was referred to ternational Union, which is help- found in backpack “It’s pretty crazy. I don’t know a the Attorney Grievance Commis- ing their efforts to unionize. lot of sets of twins that don’t go to BLM sign stolen from sion for possible further discipline Franklin Soults, a union spokes- WILLISTON — A 15- this school district,” said Aidan church, noose left behind following the incident, the Detroit person, said workers at the restau- ND year-old boy accused Oelke who is graduating with his Free Press reported. rants who support the union have of bringing a gun to Williston Mid- twin Erin. DANVERS — The Heos, 74, of East Lansing, said had their hours cut and been ha- dle School was arrested and MA theft of a Black Lives he made the gesture at his mal- rassed by supervisors. charged, police said. Illegal piranha found in Matter sign from a Massachusetts functioning computer screen and Soults said the restaurants used Williston police responded to a university’s lake church and a rope fashioned into had no idea that the three judges staffers from other locations to report of a weapon on school prop- what appeared to be a noose left or anyone else could see him. stay open. erty. Officers on scene discovered BATON ROUGE — A dangling from a church sign are “It’s a very embarrassing situa- a firearm within a backpack. LA piranha has been found being investigated as a possible tion,” Heos said. “I’ve been a law- ‘Power Pack’ claims Williston Middle School and in a lake at Louisiana State Uni- hate crime, local authorities said. yer 46 years” and “I’ve never been $731M Powerball jackpot Bakken Elementary School were versity, and fisheries agents are The theft and rope was reported accused of inappropriate, unruly, placed on lockdown during the in- looking in case there are more, the by a volunteer at the Northshore or rude conduct in the cour- BALTIMORE — An cident. No injuries were reported. Louisiana Department of Wildlife Unitarian Universalist Church in troom.” MD anonymous group and Fisheries said. Danvers, according to a statement When questioned during the that nicknamed themselves “The Graduating class has The red piranha was probably a from town officials. hearing, Heos claimed he was Power Pack” has stepped forward record number of siblings pet that someone released into “We do not yet know who did “pointing” at his computer screen. to claim the largest prize in the University Lakes, a news release this or why, but the message a “Mr. Heos exhibited shameful Maryland Lottery’s history. ONALASKA — The said. symbol like this is intended to disrespect to the court and to op- The Maryland Lottery an- WI graduating class at Ona- Piranhas are native to the Ama- send is one of fear and intimida- posing counsel in his offensive nounced that the winners of the laska High School has a unique zon Basin in South America, and tion,” read the statement, signed gesture and his dishonest replies $731.1 million Powerball Jackpot place in the school district’s histo- it’s illegal to possess or sell them in by the town manager, select board to the court’s inquiries,” Judge have come forward four months ry. Louisiana, the department said. chair and police chief. “We reject Thomas Cameron said. after the winning ticket was pur- When the seniors cross the “While their reputation in pop- such acts of cowardice and want to chased Jan. 20 at Coney Market in graduation stage at the La Crosse ular culture labels them as a vi- be clear that this type of hateful From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 31, 2021 NATION Tulsa massacre unremembered for most of century BY DEEPTI HAJELA its absolute destruction, but other Associated Press racial and ethnic communities When the smoke cleared in have been impacted as well. June 1921, the toll from the mas- Americans not knowing about sacre in Tulsa, Okla., was cata- these events or not recognizing strophic — scores of lives lost, the full scope of the country’s con- homes and businesses burned to flict-ridden history has impacts the ground, a thriving Black com- that continue to reverberate, munity gutted by a white mob. Guild said. The nightmare cried out for at- “If we don’t understand the na- tention, as something to be investi- ture of the harm ... we can’t really gated and memorialized, with have a full reckoning with the pos- SUE OGROCKI/AP speeches and statues and anniver- sibility of any kind of redress,” he Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa massacre, holds a rose she received as she arrives for sary commemorations. said. a luncheon honoring survivors Saturday, in Tulsa, Okla. But the horror and violence vis- Manisha Sinha, a professor of ited upon Tulsa’s Black communi- American history at the Universi- How an event is presented can ty didn’t become part of the Amer- ty of Connecticut, agreed. make a difference, Wagner-Pacif- ican story. Instead, it was pushed “It’s really important for Amer- ici said. That could include wheth- down, unremembered and un- icans to learn from the past, be- er it’s connected to other historical taught until efforts decades later moments and what parts are em- started bringing it into the light. cause you really cannot even un- phasized or downplayed. And even this year, with the 100th derstand some of our current-day “All sorts of political forces and anniversary of the massacre being political divisions and ideas unless actors will kind of move in, to try to recognized, it’s still an unfamiliar you realize that this conversation name it and claim it, in order ei- history to many — something his- over both the nature and the pa- ther to tamp it down in its impact torians say has broader repercus- rameters of American democracy or to elaborate it in its impact,” she sions. is an ongoing and a really long said. “The consequences of that is a one,” she said. She pointed to a current exam- sort of a lie that we tell ourselves Terrible events that many ple: the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection collectively about who we are as a Americans don’t know about in- by a predominantly white mob at society, who we have been histor- clude long-ago history, such as the the U.S. Capitol. Some Republi- ically, that’s set some of these Snake River attack in Oregon in cans have attempted to minimize things up as aberrations, as excep- 1887, where as many as 34 Chinese or even deny the violence, and on tions of what we understand socie- gold miners were killed, and the DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, MCFARLIN LIBRARY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA/AP Friday GOP senators blocked the ty to be rather than endemic or in- 1864 Sand Creek massacre of Fires burn during the Tulsa Race Massacre in Tulsa, Okla., on June 1, creation of a bipartisan panel to in- trinsic parts of American history,” around 230 Cheyenne and Arapa- 1921. vestigate the attack. said Joshua Guild, an associate ho people by U.S. soldiers in Col- It just shows that remembering professor of history and African orado. Others are within the life- Pacifici, a professor teaching so- or political forces,” she said. is never just actually about re- American studies at Princeton times of many Americans living ciology at the New School for So- In Oklahoma, the massacre membering, Wagner-Pacifici University. today, like the 1985 bombing by cial Research, who has written largely wasn’t discussed until a said. Indeed, U.S. history is filled Philadelphia police of the house about the MOVE bombing. commission was formed in 1997 to “It’s always motivated,” she with dark events — often involv- that headquartered the Black or- “You can never assume, no mat- investigate the violence. For dec- said. “Who remembers what ing racism and racial violence — ganization MOVE, killing 11 peo- ter how huge an event may be in ades, the state’s public schools about the past, who allows a past to that haven’t been made part of the ple. terms of its literal impact on num- called it the Tulsa race riot, when be remembered, to be brought national fabric. Many involved As odd as it may sound, the bers of people, that it’s going to be it was discussed at all. Students back to life and in what ways ... it’s Black Americans, of which the mere fact that something hap- framed and recognized and move now are urged to consider the dif- absolutely fundamental to who Tulsa Race Massacre is consid- pened isn’t enough for it to be re- forward in time, in memory, by fu- ferences between calling it a you decide you want to be in the ered among the most egregious in membered, said Robin Wagner- ture publics or state apparatuses “massacre” or a “riot.” present.” Black fear of Tulsa police lingers 100 years later

BY CLIFF BRUNT Black north Tulsa neighborhood that in- cording to an Associated Press article from The appointment of Wendell Franklin to Associated Press cludes the area known as Black Wall Street the time, Black people who were driven succeed Jordan last year is seen by some as TULSA, Okla. — There’s been undenia- — was burned to the ground with assistance from their homes by the hundreds shouted, a measure of progress. But Black Tulsans ble progress in the relationship between the from the virtually all-white Tulsa Police “Don’t shoot!” as they rushed through the say that’s not enough. Tulsa police and the city’s Black communi- Department. Sparked by accusations that a flames. “I think it’s something that the communi- ty in the past 100 years. Then again, it’s hard 19-year-old Black man had assaulted a 17- After the massacre went largely ignored ty needs to see,” said Ina Sharon Mitchell, a to imagine it could have gotten worse. year-old white girl in an elevator, the Tulsa for decades, awareness has increased in re- 70-year-old woman who was raised in north Complaints about police bias and a lack of Race Massacre left as many as 300 Black cent years. Police Chief Chuck Jordan stood Tulsa. “But how far does that change really enough minority officers remain. But the people dead and thousands of Black resi- in Greenwood in 2013 and apologized for the go when the doors are closed?” police chief is now a Black man from north dents displaced. Thirty-five square blocks department’s role. In a 2018 Gallup-Tulsa Citivoice Index Tulsa, the area that includes what once was were torched and damages spiraled into the “I can’t apologize for the actions, inaction poll designed to measure quality of life is- America’s wealthiest Black business dis- millions. or derelictions of those individual officers sues, only 18% of Black residents said they trict. Tulsa’s police department deputized and their chief,” Jordan said. “But as your trust police “a lot,” compared to 49% of Back in 1921 — decades before the civil white mobs and provided them with arms. chief today, I can apologize for our police white residents, and 46% of Black Tulsans rights movement — even the thought of a Numerous reports describe white men with department. I am sorry and distressed that said they trust the Police Department “not Black police chief would have been incon- badges setting fires and shooting Black peo- the Tulsa Police Department did not protect at all” or “not much,” compared to 16% of ceivable. That year, Greenwood — the ple as part of the Greenwood invasion. Ac- its citizens during the tragic days in 1921.” whites. Monday, May 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD

Over 200 bodies Judge: Blame in fatal discovered at Indigenous Italy cable car crash school in Canada Associated Press KAMLOOPS, British Colum- rests with technician bia — The remains of 215 chil- dren, some as young as 3 years BY NICOLE WINFIELD managers freed while allowing the old, have been found buried on Associated Press technician, Gabriele Tadini, to the site of what was once Cana- ROME — The three suspects in leave under house arrest. The da’s largest Indigenous resi- Italy’s cable car disaster that killed three men, who remain under in- dential school — one of the in- 14 people were allowed to leave vestigation, left Verbania prison stitutions that held children prison Sunday after a judge indi- early Sunday, accompanied by taken from families across the cated that most of the blame fell on their lawyers. LUCA BRUNO/AP nation. just one of them: a service techni- Fourteen people were killed The wreckage of a cable car near the summit of the Stresa­Mottarone Chief Rosanne Casimir of cian who intentionally disabled when the lead cable of the Motta- line in the Piedmont region, northern Italy, is seen Wednesday. A judge the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc the car’s emergency brake be- rone funicular overlooking Lake said most of the blame for the crash rests with a service technician. First Nation said in a news re- cause it kept locking spontaneous- Maggiore in northern Italy lease that the remains were ly. snapped and the emergency brake younger brother and his great- et in place if he thought doing so confirmed last weekend with Judge Donatella Banci Buo- failed to prevent the cable car from grandparents were killed in the di- might endanger passengers. the help of ground-penetrating namici said there wasn’t sufficient reeling backward down the sup- saster. Prosecutors had hypothesized radar. evidence suggesting the owner of port line. The cable car pulled off Tadini admitted during ques- that Tadini’s managers knew More bodies may be found the Mottarone cable car company, the line entirely when it hit a sup- tioning that he had left a fork- about the jerry-rigged brake and because there are more areas Luigi Nerini, or the maintenance port pylon, crashed to the ground shaped bracket on the cable car’s had an economic reason in using it to search on the school chief, Enrico Perocchio, knew that and then rolled down the mountain emergency brake to disable it be- to keep the funicular running. grounds, Casimir said Friday. the technician had deactivated the until it was stopped by a stand of cause it kept locking on its own Prosecutor Olimpia Bossi said the In an earlier release, she brake on several occasions even trees. while the car was in service, said owner would have had to have tak- called the discovery an “un- before the May 23 disaster. The lone survivor, 5-year-old Ei- his lawyer, Marcello Perillo. en the whole lift out of service for thinkable loss that was spoken After evaluating prosecutors’ tan Biran, remains hospitalized Speaking to reporters outside the more extensive, “radical” re- about but never documented at request for continued detention of but conscious, with his aunt look- Verbania prison, Perillo said Tadi- pairs that were necessary to fix the the Kamloops Indian Residen- the three, Buonamici ordered the ing after him. Eitan’s parents, his ni never would have left the brack- faulty emergency brake. tial School.” PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 31, 2021 OPINION

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DaBaby, Megan Musicians unite in Thee Stallion call for solidarity with Palestinians top BET noms From wire reports BY MESFIN FEKADU More than 600 musicians from Associated Press around the world issued a letter Chart-topping rappers Megan May 27, addressing the recent vio- Thee Stallion and DaBaby each lence between Israel and the Pal- scored seven nominations at the estinian group Hamas and calling 2021 BET Awards, airing live on on musicians “to publicly assert June 27 from the Microsoft Thea- their solidarity with the Palesti- ter in Los Angeles. nian people.” Megan Thee Stallion, who won The letter, published by the or- three Grammys this year, is up for ganization Musicians for Pales- best female hip-hop artist, album tine, was signed by artists includ- of the year for “Good News” and ing Patti Smith, Rage Against the video of the year for “WAP,” her Machine, Run the Jewels, Pink No. 1 hit with Cardi B. The “Sav- Floyd’s Roger Waters, the age” rapper is also a double nomi- Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, Sys- nee for both the viewer’s choice tem of a Down’s Serj Tankian, award and best collaboration. Noname, the Roots’ Questlove and DaBaby has four songs compet- Black Thought, Royce da 5’9” and ing for best collaboration: “Rock- Cypress Hill. star” with Roddy Ricch; “For the “As musicians, we cannot be si- Night” with Pop Smoke and Lil lent. Today it is essential that we Baby; “Cry Baby” with Megan stand with Palestine,” the state- Thee Stallion; and “What’s Pop- ment says, adding that “we speak pin” with Lil Wayne, Tory Lanez Mistakes welcome together and demand justice, dig- and Jack Harlow. nity and the right to self-determi- He’s also nominated for best nation for the Palestinian people male hip-hop artist, the viewer’s and all who are fighting colonial choice award and album of the Musician doesn’t hesitate to let himself look bad in film ‘Moby Doc’ dispossession and violence across year for “Blame It on Baby.” the planet.” It alleges that the Is- Drake and Cardi B are the sec- BY JAMI GANZ Though the animal rights activist — who also raeli military has committed war ond-most nominated acts, scoring New York Daily News founded Los Angeles vegan restaurant Little Pine — crimes. five bids each, while four nomina- verything feels so real in “Moby Doc,” admits creating things is “a little bit of a compulsion,” tions went to Chris Brown, Chloe x puppetry and reenactments notwithstand- his drive to do the documentary was due in part to the Other news Halle, Bruno Mars and Anderson ing. hope that it “might address issues that, presumptu- ■ Conservative pundits Clay .Paak. All of those acts are nomi- E In Rob Gordon Bralver’s documentary, ously, I feel deserve to be addressed.” Travis and Buck Sexton will take nated for video of the year. released May 28 in theaters and on digital, the titular “Also, I don’t know, addressing aspects of my story over the Premiere Networks af- The show will allow those who “Feeling So Real” singer made a concerted effort to in a way that, when someone experiences it, maybe ternoon spot left open when Rush are vaccinated to register to be put all of his cards on the table, the less flattering the they experience a catharsis,” Moby continued. “Or, it Limbaugh died in February of part of the live audience. better. makes them, if they’re able to find increased comfort lung cancer. The nationally syndi- Other nominees at the show in- “When a subject is involved in the creation of a — around their own sort of buried issues.” cated program moving into Lim- clude The Weeknd, up for album whether it’s a memoir, an autobiography, a documen- Among the familiar faces in the film are the eccen- baugh’s noon to 3 p.m. time slot of the year and best male pop/ tary — there’s always that assumption that, to some tric Davids — the late Bowie, Moby’s favorite musi- will be called “The Clay Travis & R&B artist, and late rapper Pop extent, they’re going to gloss over the things that cian before they struck up a friendship and perform- Buck Sexton Show” when it starts Smoke, who won five Billboard might make them feel compromised or diminished. ed together, and Lynch, who lauded the “Natural late next month. Music Awards last week and But because I get so vexed when other people do that, Blues” singer for his remix of the “Twin Peaks” ■ Usher says he’s almost ready picked up two nominations at the I actually feel like, to an extent ... that I went in the track, “Laura Palmer’s Theme.” to release the sequel to his ground- BET Awards, including best male other direction and whenever there was an opportu- The film highlights the good, the bad and the ugly breaking, epic 2004 album “Con- hip-hop artist. His competition is nity to make myself look bad, I took it,” the Harlem- of his life — from his tumultuous and financially fessions.” The R&B star said May J. Cole, Drake, Lil Baby, DaBaby born multihyphenate, 55, told the Daily News last strapped childhood to nearly giving up music and 26 that he plans to drop his highly and Jack Harlow. week. most everything in between — but Moby wouldn’t anticipated project this year. The Nicki Minaj was shut out of best Even when it came to foibles and mistakes, the change anything he’s been through. singer didn’t offer a definitive re- female hip-hop artist despite “Go” singer never glossed over the pictures he paints “If I could build a time machine and go back to lease date, but he expects to re- launching two No. 1 hits last year of himself, be it the success of 1999’s “Play” having meet myself when I was 19, the only thing I would say lease the follow-up album after he with her appearances on 6ix9ine’s “ultimately corrupted and ruined” the electronic mu- to myself is, ‘Well, things are going to be complicat- begins his Las Vegas residency, “Trollz” and Doja Cat’s “Say So” sician to the admittedly “gratuitous” description of ed,’” he said. which kicks off in July. remix. From 2010 to 2016, Minaj waking up with an unknown person’s feces on him. “I don’t know if this is gonna sound a little bit odd or ■ Chris Noth is joining the up- had won the honor for seven con- “That’s just me, sort of like, masochistically taking esoteric,” Moby cautioned. “Of all the things I have in coming “Sex and the City” minis- secutive years, and had been a another opportunity to throw myself under the bus,” my life, the thing that is most precious to me is my eries “And Just Like That ...,” nominee for 11 consecutive years. Moby, born Richard Melville Hall, said. perspective: regarding myself, regarding others, re- HBO Max announced May 26. Female performers competing Many of Moby’s memories, insecurities and inner garding the world, regarding music.” Noth joins the 10-part series along- with Megan Thee Stallion include thoughts are explored in the documentary through Noting that one’s perspective inevitably stems side Sarah Jessica Parker as Car- Cardi B, Doja Cat, Saweetie, Latto reenactments of therapy sessions to more unconven- from their collective experiences, Moby says his own rie Bradshaw, Cynthia Nixon as and Coi Leray. tional means like puppetry. “would be compromised if I had made better choices Miranda Hobbes and Kristin Da- Best actor nominations go to the Bralver “didn’t want this to be a puff piece. And when I was growing up. vis as Charlotte York. Episodes late Chadwick Boseman, Daniel honestly, neither did I,” Moby told The News, cred- “If I had done everything flawlessly growing up, if I will run a half-hour each. Kaluuya, Eddie Murphy, LaKeith iting Alcoholics Anonymous meetings he attended on had never had mental illness or addiction or stupid ■ The 94th Academy Awards Stanfield, Aldis Hodge and Dam- the Lower East Side with having helped inspire his relationships or heartbreak, terrible choices ... all of have a new date, moving to March son Idris. Actor-singers Andra candor. those regrettable, embarrassing, terrible things are 27, 2022, a month later than origi- Day and Zendaya are up for best “I was so impressed with people’s ability to tell what have led me to have the perspective that I have nally planned, the motion picture actress, along with Viola Davis, their stories honestly,” the Grammy nominee re- today, that I value so much,” said Moby. “So no, even academy announced May 27. Angela Bassett, Issa Rae and Jur- called. “There really was never a goal of trying to though there’s so many things I would love to change ■ “NCIS” is losing one of its nee Smollett. gloss over the difficult stuff, as evidenced by the fact about my past, if I could change them, I don’t think veterans. Emily Wickersham, Best movie nominees are “Com- that all the difficult stuff is included.” that I would.” who plays Ellie Bishop, took to In- ing 2 America,” “Ma Rainey’s stagram last week to confirm she’s Black Bottom,” “The United leaving the long-running proce- “If I could build a time machine and go back to meet myself when I was 19, the only thing I would say to States vs. Billie Holiday,” “Judas dural. The “Gone” actress joined myself is, ‘Well, things are going to be complicated,’” says Moby, who has a new film out, “Moby Doc”. and the Black Messiah,” “Soul” “NCIS” — which premiered in TNS and “One Night in Miami.” GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT/ 2003 — in 2013. 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DEALS AUTO RACING SOCCER BRIEFLY Saturday’s transactions Alsco Uniforms 300 MLS BASEBALL NASCAR Xfinity Series Eastern Conference Major League Baseball Saturday American League At Charlotte Motor Speedway WLTPts GF GA BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled RHP Concord, N.C. Travis Lakins Sr. from Norfolk (Triple­A Lap length: 1.50 miles New England 5 1 2 17 11 7 East) to serve as 27th man for today’s dou­ (Start position in parentheses) Orlando City 3 1 3 12 8 4 Resurgent Spieth bleheader. Returned RHP Travis Lakins Sr. NYC FC 3 2 2 11 13 7 to Norfolk. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled RHP 1. (8) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 200 laps, 51 CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9 points. Zack Burdi from Charlotte (Triple­A East) Columbus 3 2 2 11 7 6 to serve as the 27th man for today’s dou­ 2. (4) Austin Cindric, Ford, 200, 49. Philadelphia 3 2 2 11 6 5 bleheader. Returned RHP Zack Burdi to 3. (13) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 200, 42. Charlotte. 4. (32) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 200, Nashville 2 0 5 11 9 6 33. DETROIT TIGERS— Placed RHP Jose Ure­ Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7 leads at Colonial na on the 10­day IL, retroactive to May 27. 5. (16) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 200, 0. New York 3 4 0 9 10 10 HOUSTON ASTROS — Activated RHP 6. (2) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 200, 0. Jake Odorizzi from the 10­day IL. Optioned 7. (10) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, 30. D.C. United 3 5 0 9 8 11 8. (14) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 200, 30. Associated Press RHP Enoli Paredes Sugar Land (Triple­A Inter Miami CF 2 4 2 8 8 13 West). 9. (9) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 200, 38. 10. (6) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 200, FORT WORTH, Texas — Jor- LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Selected the Toronto FC 1 4 2 5 8 12 27. Chicago 1 5 1 4 4 11 contract of INF Kean Wong from Salt Lake 11. (26) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200, 28. dan Spieth knows how to finish out (Triple­A West). Designated C Drew Bute­ 12. (1) Riley Herbst, Ford, 200, 25. Cincinnati 1 4 1 4 6 15 of the rough, and still had the lead ra for assignment. 13. (28) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 200, MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the con­ 24. Western Conference after three rounds at Colonial. tract of RHP Juan Minaya from St. Paul 14. (33) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 200, 23. WLTPts GF GA (Triple­A East) and signed him to a one­ 15. (22) Chad Finchum, Toyota, 200, 22. After hitting his final drive Sat- year contract. Optioned RHP Cody Stash­ 16. (20) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 200, 21. Seattle 5 0 2 17 14 3 urday into the thick grass on an in- ak to St. Paul. Designated RHP Dakota 17. (25) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, 200, 20. Chalmers for release or assignment. 18. (30) Jesse Little, Toyota, 200, 19. Sporting KC 5 2 1 16 15 10 cline right of the No. 18 fairway, — Recalled RHPs NEW YORK YANKEES 19. (11) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 200, 18. LA Galaxy 5 2 0 15 11 11 Albert Abreu and Deivi Garcia from Scran­ Spieth recovered with an ap- 20. (31) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 200, 17. Colorado 4 2 1 13 12 8 ton/Wilkes­Barre (Triple­A East). Placed 21. (34) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 199, 16. proach to 8 feet before rolling in LHP Justin Wilson on the 10­day IL. Sent 22. (17) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, Houston 3 3 2 11 11 12 LHP Zack Britton to Somerset (Double­A 199, 15. Portland 3 3 0 9 9 8 the birdie putt that gave him the Northeast) for a rehab assignment. Re­ 23. (21) Stefan Parsons, Chevrolet, 199, 14. turned RHPs Albert Abreu and Deivi Garcia 24. (19) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 199, 13. San Jose 3 5 0 9 11 12 solo lead again over playing part- to Scranton/Wilkes­Barre. 25. (15) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 198, 12. Real Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 9 7 SEATTLE MARINERS — Activated RHP Will ner Jason Kokrak in the final 26. (7) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 196, 11. LAFC 2 3 2 8 8 9 Vest from the 10­day IL. Placed Erik Swan­ 27. (23) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, acci­ group at the the Charles Schwab son on the 10­day IL. Transferred RHP Casey dent, 187, 22. Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9 Sadler from the 10­day Il to the 60­day IL. 28. (3) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, accident, Minnesota 2 4 1 7 6 11 Challenge. TEXAS RANGERS— Agreed to terms with 186, 29. Austin FC 2 4 0 6 5 8 2B Trace Loehr to a minor league contract. 29. (27) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, Spieth had his second consecu- National League accident, 186, 8. FC Dallas 1 3 3 6 8 11 tive round of 4-under 66 to get to 15 — Activated ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 30. (29) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 184, 7. Note: Three points for victory, one point 1B Christian Walker from the 10­day IL. Op­ 31. (12) Ryan Sieg, Ford, accident, 151, 8. for tie. under at Colonial. That put up one tioned 2B Andrew Young to Reno (Triple­A 32. (18) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, accident, RON JENKINS/AP West). 150, 5. Saturday’s games stroke ahead of Kokrak, who had ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent CF Cristian 33. (5) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, CF Montréal 1, Chicago 0 matched him for the lead with four Jordan Spieth pumps his fist after Pache to Gwinnett (Triple­A East) for a re­ brakes, 128, 22. New York 2, Orlando City 1 hab assignment. 34. (36) Timmy Hill, Toyota, engine, 114, 0. New England 1, Cincinnati 0 birdies in a six-hole stretch before his birdie putt on the 18th during CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with 35. (24) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, accident, Columbus 2, Toronto FC 1 the third round on Saturday. 2B Dee Strange­Gordon on a minor league 103, 2. Nashville 2, Atlanta 2, tie a closing par in his round of 66. contract. 36. (35) Grant Enfinger, Toyota, accident, New York City FC 2, Los Angeles FC 1 “It’s never easy to win out here. COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed INF Tre­ 26, 0. LA Galaxy 1, San Jose 0 vor Story on the 10­day IL, retroactive to D.C. United 3, Miami 0 It’s a Saturday," Speith said. "It’s giving his grandfather plenty to May 28. Activated INF Matt Adams from Race Statistics Sporting Kansas City 3, Houston 2 one of those where you would like think about. the 10­day IL. Recalled LHP Lucas Giul­ Average Speed of Winner: 112.536 mph. Colorado 3, FC Dallas 0 breath from Albuquerque (Triple­A West). Time of Race: 2 hours, 39 minutes, 57 Minnesota 1, Real Salt Lake 1, tie to separate yourself and get a big The 18-year-old grandson of LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Activated OF seconds. Sunday’s games Cody Bellinger and INF/OF Zack McKinstry Margin of Victory: 0.437 seconds. lead, but then he’s going to go championship car owner Joe from the 10­day IL. Optioned OF DJ Peters Portland at Philadelphia Caution Flags: 10 for 51 laps. Austin FC at Seattle Gibbs took the lead with 20 laps and INF/OF Sheldon Neuse to Oklahoma Lead Changes: 12 among 7 drivers. make those putts on the back nine, City (Triple­A West). Sent LF A.J. Pollock to Lap Leaders: R.Herbst 0­7; D.Hemric 8­ NWSL and he’s a player that plays with a left at Charlotte Motor Speedway Rancho Cucamonga (Low­A West) for a re­ 47; A.Allmendinger 48; D.Hemric 49­92; hab assignment. A.Allmendinger 93; D.Hemric 94­114; WLTPts GF GA lot of confidence. Colonial is a and held off the field for his second MIAMI MARLINS — Sent CF Lewis Brin­ C.Briscoe 115­120; A.Cindric 121; C.Briscoe great setting for a good finish.” Xfinity Series win of his rookie son to Jacksonville (Triple­A East) for a re­ 122­145; A.Cindric 146; R.Sieg 147­150; Orlando 2 0 1 7 5 3 hab assignment. C.Briscoe 151­180; T.Gibbs 181­200 North Carolina 1 1 1 4 6 2 The resurgent Spieth has the 54- season on Saturday. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Recalled RHP Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Alec Bettinger from Nashville (Triple­A Laps Led): D.Hemric, 3 times for 105 laps; Reign FC 1 0 1 4 2 1 hole lead for a PGA Tour best- If the younger Gibbs keeps this East) to serve as 27th man for today’s dou­ C.Briscoe, 3 times for 60 laps; T.Gibbs, 1 time Gotham FC 1 0 1 4 1 0 bleheader. for 20 laps; R.Herbst, 1 time for 7 laps; matching fourth time this season, up, Joe Gibbs might not be able to NEW YORK METS— Activated RHP Taijuan R.Sieg, 1 time for 4 laps; A.Cindric, 2 times Washington 1 1 1 4 3 4 all in a span of 11 tournaments. keep the hard-charging young Walker from the 10­day IL. Optioned RHP for 2 laps; A.Allmendinger, 2 times for 2 laps. Chicago 1 2 1 4 3 7 Yennsy Diaz to Syracuse (Triple­A East). Wins: A.Cindric, 3; J.Allgaier, 2; T.Gibbs, Louisville 1 1 1 4 2 5 That stretch includes his win at driver out of the Cup Series. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned C 2; A.Allmendinger, 1; J.Burton, 1; M.Snider, Rafael Marchan to Lehigh Valley (Triple­A 1; J.Berry, 1. Houston 1 2 1 3 5 6 the Valero Texas Open, the first Gibbs won the Daytona road East). Activated C J.T. Realmuto from the Top 16 in Points: 1. A.Cindric, 520; 2. Portland 1 2 0 3 7 4 time he had won since the 2017 course event in February with a 10­day IL. Sent LHP Matt Moore to Lehigh H.Burton, 436; 3. A.Allmendinger, 412; 4. Kansas City 0 1 2 2 2 4 Valley for a rehab assignment. D.Hemric, 412; 5. J.Allgaier, 387; 6. J.Burton, British Open. late pass through a grassy area. In PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Activated OF 383; 7. J.Haley, 348; 8. J.Clements, 329; 9. Note: Three points for victory, one point Ka’ai Tom from the 10­day IL to serve as N.Gragson, 323; 10. M.Snider, 309; 11. for tie. They will play again in the final this Xfinity win, Gibbs overcame a 27th man for today’s doubleheader. B.Jones, 298; 12. M.Annett, 292; 13. Friday’s game group Sunday, when Kokrak will spin at the end of the second stage ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed INF Max B.Brown, 275; 14. R.Herbst, 252; 15. T.Gibbs, North Carolina 5, Louisville 0 Moroff on the 10­day IL, retroactive to May 238; 16. J.Berry, 227. be going against the local favorite and kept his patience until the end 27. Selected the contract of INF José Ron­ Saturday’s game dón Memphis (Triple­A East). Recalled Houston 2, Chicago 1 who won Colonial in 2016 and has when he came out on top of a side- RHP Junior Fernández from Memphis. Op­ Sunday’s games by-side duel with NASCAR Cup tioned RHP Johan Oviedo to Memphis. GOLF been the runner-up there two oth- Transferred RHP Miles Mikolas from the Portland at Gotham FC er times. Series racer Chase Briscoe, who 10­day IL to the 60­day IL. Kansas City at Orlando SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP Aa­ Charles Schwab Challenge Washington at Reign FC “Jordan birdied 13, the par 3 lost control and surrendered the ron Northcraft from El Paso (Triple­A PGA Tour and I walked off the green, I was lead to Gibbs. West). Optioned LHP Nick Ramirez to El Saturday Paso. At Fort Worth, Texas like, ‘Well, I’m definitely not the Braves OF Ozuna SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Activated Yardage: 7,209; Par: 70 RHP Logan Webb and INF Wilmer Flores Purse: $7.5 Million PRO BASKETBALL favorite here this week.’ He’s a from the 10­day IL. Optioned RHP Nick Tro­ Third Round Texas guy. I’m an Ohio guy. It’s arrested for assault peano and IF/OF Jason Vosler to Sacra­ WNBA mento (Triple­A West). Jordan Spieth 63­66­66—195 ­15 fun,” Kokrak said. NEW YORK— Atlanta Braves WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled Jason Kokrak 65­65­66—196 ­14 Eastern Conference RHP Kyle McGowin from Rochester (Tri­ Sergio Garcia  63­69­68—200 ­10 The 36-year-old Kokrak got his star Marcell Ozuna was arrested ple­A East). Agreed to terms with 2B Cor­ WLPct GB ban Joseph to a minor league contract. Ian Poulter  68­70­64—202 ­8 first career victory in the CJ Cup Saturday on charges of aggravat- BASKETBALL Sebastián Muñoz  67­65­70—202 ­8 Connecticut 6 1 .857 — at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas in ed assault by strangulation and Women’s National Basketball Brendon Todd  72­64­67—203 ­7 New York 5 2 .714 1 Association October. That was after he tied for battery after police officers said Erik Compton  65­68­70—203 ­7 Atlanta 4 2 .667 1½ LAS VEGAS ACES— Waived F Emma Can­ they witnessed him attacking his non. Signed F Joyner Holmes for the rest of Patton Kizzire  67­65­71—203 ­7 Chicago 2 3 .400 3 third at Colonial last June. the season. Kyle Stanley  69­67­68—204 ­6 Washington 2 4 .333 3½ Sergio Garcia, who was 21 when wife. Tony Finau  69­67­68—204 ­6 Indiana 1 6 .143 5 he got the first of his 11 PGA Tour A statement from the Sandy Talor Gooch  67­69­68—204 ­6 AP SPORTLIGHT Western Conference victories at Colonial 20 years ago, Springs Police Department in Ge- Kevin Streelman  69­66­69—204 ­6 WLPct GB orgia said officers responded to a Brian Harman  69­66­69—204 ­6 was alone in third at 10 under . May 31 Kramer Hickok  66­68­70—204 ­6 Seattle 5 1 .833 — Ian Poulter had the best round 911 call Saturday afternoon and 1983 — The Philadelphia 76ers win the Adam Hadwin  66­67­71—204 ­6 Las Vegas 4 2 .667 1 NBA championship with a 115­108 victory of the day with a 64 after getting entered a home where the front over the Los Angeles Lakers, completing a Maverick McNealy 70­63­71—204 ­6 Phoenix 3 3 .400 2 started with four birdies in a five- door was open and they heard four­game sweep. Los Angeles 1 2 .333 2½ — Jason Kidd becomes the first KitchenAid Championship screaming coming from inside. 2002 Dallas 1 4 .200 3½ hole stretch on the front nine, player in 35 years to record three triple­ PGA Champions Tour The statement said officers wit- doubles in an NBA playoff series, and the Saturday Minnesota 0 4 .000 4 moving up 26 spots into a tie for New Jersey Nets finish off the Boston Cel­ Tulsa, Okla. Saturday’s games fourth at 8 under with Sebastian nessed Ozuna grab his wife by the tics in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference fi­ Purse: $3.5 million nals. He joins Oscar Robertson (1963) and Yardage: 6,968; Par: 70 Atlanta 90, New York 87, OT Munoz (70). neck and throw her against a wall. Wilt Chamberlain (1967) as the only play­ Third Round Phoenix 89, Dallas 85 “In addition to the strangulation ers with three triple­doubles in a series. Steve Stricker  69­68­67—204 ­6 Sunday’s games 2008 — Usain Bolt sets the world record attempts, the suspect also struck Alex Cejka  67­70­68—205 ­5 Indiana at Las Vegas Ty Gibbs gets 2nd Xfinity in the 100 meters with a time of 9.72 sec­ Los Angeles at Chicago the victim with his arm which has onds at the Reebok Grand Prix in New Mike Weir  68­65­74—207 ­3 Connecticut at Minnesota York. Bolt is .02 seconds faster than the old Tim Petrovic  72­69­68—209 ­1 win of rookie season a cast from a previous injury,” the record held by fellow Jamaican, Asafa Po­ Monday’s games well. K.J. Choi 68­70­71—209 ­1 No games scheduled. CONCORD, N.C.— Ty Gibbs is statement said. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 31, 2021 NHL PLAYOFFS Pastrnak has hat trick as Bruins cruise

BY DOUG ALDEN was again open for fans to pack them.” Associated Press the house — just as they used to. Anthony Beauvillier also A six-day layoff in between The Bruins, who hadn't played scored for the Islanders, Jordan games did nothing to slow the since clinching their first round Eberle had two assists and Ilya Boston Bruins and David Pastr- series against Washington last Sorokin finished with 35 saves, nak. Sunday, soaked up the energy and keeping New York in it through Pastrnak got his second career kept up the pace throughout all the first 40 minutes despite the on- playoff hat trick and the Bruins three periods, outshooting the Is- slaught of shots from the Bruins. opened the second round of the landers 40-22 and taking a 1-0 lead “We’ve got to challenge them a playoffs with a 5-2 win over the in the best-of-7 series. little bit more," New York coach New York Islanders on Saturday “That was obviously a little Barry Trotz said. “We backed off. night. fun," Pastrnak said. “Outstanding They’re going to make plays “I think our guys responded to have the fans back. You could through you.” well. They’re a veteran-enough feel the energy already this morn- Trotz said the shot discrepancy group to understand what’s at ing. We were all excited.” may have been a little misleading. stake,” Boston coach Bruce Cassi- Charlie McAvoy and Taylor The score was still tied at 2 after dy said. “We figured there’d be a Hall also scored for the Bruins, two periods, thanks in large part little bit of the battles, the jostling, and David Krejci had three as- to Sorokin. getting bumped below the goal sists. Patrice Bergeron had a pair The rookie goalie stopped lines both offensively and defen- of assists for the Bruins, who will Pastrnak twice on one-timers ELISE AMENDOLA / AP sively, that that might take a little host Game 2 on Monday night. from in close in the first period, Bruins right wing David Pastrnak, left, and center Patrice Bergeron getting used to again.” “The energy, the atmosphere but couldn’t hold off the Bruins’ celebrate their victory over the New York Islanders in Game 1 of their There was plenty of jostling, was everything we expected and sharpshooter as he got his second second­round playoff series onSaturday in Boston. bumping and some all-out hitting more. To say that we’ve missed career playoff hat trick. as the Boston-New York rivalry them is an understatement,” Ber- Pastrnak, whose first postsea- wrist shot past Sorokin 14:10 into elated Boston fans celebrated be- returned to the postseason again. geron said. “I think you appre- son hat trick came three years ago the third period. ing back inside the arena and an- It was extra special in Boston on ciate it even more when the fans in Game 2 of the opening round The hats began flying from all other victory by the Bruins. Saturday, when Massachusetts kind of are taken away from the against Toronto, scored his third levels of of the arena, which got “It felt amazing. Obviously, it lifted COVID-19 restrictions and game a little bit for quite some Saturday after weaving through loud enough to shake over the few was nice to see hats,” Pastrnak capacity limits, and TD Garden time and you have to play without the Islanders zone and ripping a minutes it took to clear the ice as said. Canadiens force Game 7 with Maple Leafs Scoreboard Associated Press First round

MONTREAL— Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored at (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) 15:15 of overtime and the Montreal Canadiens Carolina 4, Nashville 2 beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday Carolina 5, Nashville 2 night to force Game 7 in the first-round series. Carolina 3, Nashville 0 Nashville 5, Carolina 4, 2OT Corey Perry and Tyler Toffoli also scored and Nashville 4, Carolina 3, 2OT Carolina 3, Nashville 2, OT Carey Price made 41 saves in front of the first Carolina 4, Nashville 3, OT Canadian hockey crowd since the start of the Tampa Bay 4, Florida 2 pandemic. Tampa Bay 5, Florida 4 Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1 With his team outshot 13-2 and struggling to Florida 6, Tampa Bay 5, OT Tampa Bay 6, Florida 2 generate anything in the extra period, Kotka- Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 niemi ripped a shot past Jack Campbell's glove Tampa Bay 4, Florida 0 side after Toronto defenseman Travis Dermott Boston 4, Washington 1 Washington 3, Boston 2, OT turned the puck over to Paul Byron. Boston 4, Washington 3, OT “It’s pretty unbelievable,” said the 20-year- Boston 3, Washington 2, 2OT Boston 4, Washington 1 old Kotkaniemi, who was a healthy scratch in Boston 3, Washington 1 Game 1. “Remarkable ... it’s a great feeling. Es- N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 2 Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT pecially when the fans are in the stands. Gives Pittsburgh 2, islanders 1 you goosebumps.” Pittsburgh 5, islanders 4 Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1 Jason Spezza and T.J. Brodie scored for To- Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 2, 2OT ronto, beating Price with under 10 minutes to go Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 3 in regulation to tie it. Campbell stopped 28 Toronto 3, Montreal 3 Montreal 2, Toronto 1 shots. Toronto 5, Montreal 1 Toronto 2, Montreal 1 “The crowd and the push at the start was sig- Toronto 4, Montreal 0 nificant for them," Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Montreal 4, Toronto 3, OT Saturday: Montreal 3, Toronto 2, OT Keefe said. “We’ve got to be a whole lot better.” Monday: Montreal at Toronto Game 7 is Monday night in Toronto, with the Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 0 Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 1 winner facing Winnipeg. Also an overtime win- Winnipeg 1, Edmonton 0, OT ner in Game 5 in Toronto, the Canadiens are Winnipeg 5, Edmonton 4, OT Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 3, 3OT RYAN REMIORZ, THE CANADIAN PRESS / AP looking to come back from a 3-1 series deficit to Vegas 4, Minnesota 3 win for the third time in franchise history. Montreal’s Jesperi Kotkaniemi, right, reacts after scoring in overtime on Toronto goaltender Minnesota 1, Vegas 0, OT “There’s no quit in this group,” said Montreal Jack Campbell in Game 6 of the first­round playoff seres on Saturday in Montreal. Vegas 3, Minnesota 1 Vegas 5, Minnesota 2 captain Shea Weber, who played more than 37 Vegas 4, Minnesota 0 Minnesota 4, Vegas 2 minutes. “We grinded. (Price) kept us in it, es- “We could hear them before the game and, tempt over the glass to gift the home side a 5- Minnesota 3, Vegas 0 pecially in overtime there when they were going out for warmups, had chills,” Weber said. on-3 power play for 1:41. Vegas 6, Minnesota 2 pushing and gave us a chance." “Honestly, it was unbelievable. It felt like a lot And the Canadiens made the Maple Leafs pay Colorado 4, St. Louis 0 Colorado 4, St. Louis 1 Montreal won despite being outshot 13-2 in more than 2,500 people. It was amazing. I can’t when Toffoli squeezed a shot past Campbell at Colorado 6, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, St. Louis 1 overtime. imagine what 20,000 people would be like. 6:43 to stretch the lead to 2-0. Colorado 5, St. Louis 2 “That’s just hockey,” Toffoli said. “You just “That was electric.” Spezza cut it to one with 8:25 left when his Second Round have to find a way. One shot wins it. We just Perry opened the scoring at 5:26 of the third shot went in off the stick of Montreal defense- (Best-of-seven) Boston 1, N.Y. Islanders 0 found a way.” period on a scramble in front with Toronto's man Jeff Petry. Brodie tied it off Petry’s skate Saturday: Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 About 2,500 fans were allowed in the 21,302- William Nylander off for goalie interference. with 3:11 left. Carolina vs. Tampa Bay seat arena after the Quebec government re- Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe's challenge was “We just didn’t come ready to play,” Marner Sunday: at Carolina laxed some restrictions and the province’s cur- denied, putting the Maple Leafs back down a said. “We really do have to start on time because Colorado vs. Vegas few ended Friday. man. Mitch Marner then fired a clearing at- it’s getting said a lot, and it’s not good enough.” Sunday: at Colorado Monday, May 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

Scoreboard ROUNDUP

American League

East Division WLPct GB Tampa Bay 33 20 .623 _ Meadows helps hot Rays top Phils Boston 32 20 .615 ½ Associated Press New York 29 23 .558 3½ Toronto 26 24 .520 5½ ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Austin Meadows Baltimore 17 35 .327 15½ drove in his third run on a tiebreaking infield Central Division single during a two­run eighth inning and the WLPct GB Tampa Bay Rays won for the 14th time in 15 Chicago 31 20 .608 _ games, 5­3 over the Philadelphia Phillies on Cleveland 27 22 .551 3 Saturday. Kansas City 24 26 .480 6½ Randy Arozarena had a leadoff single in the Minnesota 21 30 .412 10 Detroit 21 31 .404 10½ eighth and advanced to third on a wild pitch by Sam Coonrod (0­2). After Yandy Díaz was in­ West Division tentionally walked with one out, Meadows WLPct GB made it 4­3 with his hit off José Alvarado. Oakland 31 23 .574 _ “Randy going first to third right there, his Houston 27 24 .529 2½ Seattle 26 27 .491 4½ awareness was really huge,” Meadows said. Los Angeles 23 29 .442 7 “We were able to just put the ball in play.” Texas 22 32 .407 9 Tampa Bay took a two­run lead when Alva­ National League rado walked pinch­hitter Mike Brosseau with East Division the bases load. WLPct GB Diego Castillo (1­3) worked out of a two­on, two­out jam in the eighth for the Rays, who New York 25 20 .556 _ Philadelphia 25 27 .481 3½ have won three in a row after Kansas City stop­ Atlanta 24 26 .480 3½ ped their 11­game winning streak on Tuesday. Miami 24 28 .462 4½ J.P. Feyereisen worked the ninth to get his sec­ Washington 21 27 .438 5½ ond save. Central Division Philadelphia starter Zack Wheeler gave up WLPct GB three runs, four hits, two walks and struck out a St. Louis 30 22 .577 _ career­high 14 over seven innings. CHRIS O’MEARA/AP Chicago 29 22 .569 ½ Matt Joyce homered for the Phillies, who The Rays’ Randy Arozarena scores in front of Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto on a single by Milwaukee 27 25 .519 3 struck out 15 times. Tampa Bay struck out 16 Austin Meadows during the eighth inning on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Cincinnati 22 28 .440 7 Pittsburgh 20 31 .392 9½ times. West Division Mets 13, Braves 2: Francisco Lindor, hits and drove in two runs for the Brewers in a run­scoring single, helping the Cubs improve WLPct GB James McCann and Jonathan Villar hit three of the nightcap. Lorenzo Cain was 3­for­3 and to 18­7 this month. the Mets’ season­high five homers, Taijuan scored twice. Angels 4, Athletics 0: Shohei Ohtani hit a San Diego 34 19 .642 _ San Francisco 32 20 .615 1½ Walker pitched five scoreless innings in his re­ Freddy Peralta pitched his first major key two­run single, Alex Cobb struck out eight Los Angeles 31 21 .596 2½ turn from the injured list and host New York league complete game in the opener, going all in seven scoreless innings to win consecutive Colorado 19 34 .358 15 won its fourth straight as word spread that At­ seven innings. Milwaukee (27­25) is two games starts for the first time this season, and visiting Arizona 18 35 .340 16 lanta star Marcell Ozuna had been arrested. over .500 for the first time since May 13. Los Angeles beat Oakland, stopping a two­ Saturday’s games Ozuna was charged with aggravated assault The Nationals dropped to 21­27 and are in game skid. Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 3 Chicago White Sox 7, Baltimore 4, 7 in- strangulation and misdemeanor battery/fam­ last place in the NL East following a three­ The Angels are 22­8 when scoring four or nings, 1st game; Chicago White Sox 3, Bal- ily violence, according to Fulton County Jail game losing streak. Washington is 0­5 in seven­ more runs and avoided matching the club’s timore 1, 7 innings, 2nd game Minnesota 6, Kansas City 5 records in Georgia. inning games this season. season­low at eight games below .500. Detroit 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 0 Brandon Drury and Billy McKinney piled on Tigers 6, Yankees 1: Jonathan Schoop Red Sox 3, Marlins 1:Nathan Eovaldi went Boston 3, Miami 1 1 with homers during the Mets’ seven­run sixth homered and Spencer Turnbull pitched well 5 ⁄3 scoreless innings and host Boston beat Mia­ San Diego 11, Houston 8, 12 innings Seattle 3, Texas 2 inning. into the sixth inning as host Detroit beat New mi. Toronto at Cleveland, ppd. Pittsburgh 7, Colorado 0, 7 innings, 1st Giants 11, Dodgers 6:Donovan Solano and York. Bobby Dalbec, Kevin Plawecki and Hunter game; Pittsburgh 4, Colorado 0, 7 innings, 2nd game Evan Longoria homered, Logan Webb pitched Turnbull (4­2) allowed one run on three hits Renfroe each had an RBI single for Boston, 2 Milwaukee 4, Washington 1, 7 innings, five sharp innings and visiting San Francisco and three walks in 5 ⁄3 innings. He struck out which won for the seventh time in nine games 1st game; Milwaukee 6, Washington 2, 7 in- nings, 2nd game won consecutive games at Dodger Stadium af­ six. and posted its ninth straight home victory over Chicago Cubs 10, Cincinnati 2 N.Y. Mets 13, Atlanta 2 ter losing the first four in the season series. White Sox 7­3, Orioles 4­2:Billy Hamilton the Marlins in front of an announced crowd of San Francisco 11, L.A. Dodgers 6 Mike Yastrzemski hit two doubles and Wil­ hit a solo home run, Jose Abreu had a two­run 25,089. St. Louis 7, Arizona 4 mer Flores had three of the Giants’ 16 hits. homer, and Lance Lynn pitched five scoreless Padres 11, Astros 8 (12):Fernando Tatis Jr. Sunday’s games Miami at Boston Webb (4­3) held the Dodgers to just one hit innings to help host Chicago complete a dou­ launched a monstrous, three­run homer with N.Y. Yankees at Detroit and one earned run. He struck out seven, walk­ bleheader sweep of Baltimore. two outs in the ninth inning to tie it, Wil Myers Philadelphia at Tampa Bay Toronto at Cleveland, 2 ed non. In the opener, Jake Lamb and Yoán Monca­ hit a three­run drive in the 12th and visiting San Baltimore at Chicago White Sox Kansas City at Minnesota Albert Pujols hit his 669th career home run da homered, with Abreu driving in three runs Diego beat Houston. San Diego at Houston L.A. Angels at Oakland and doubled, and is tied with Babe Ruth for the for the White Sox. Myers connected against Ralph Garza Jr Texas at Seattle fourth most extra­base hits in major league Chicago has won five of six after getting (0­1), sending a drive just over the glove of Colorado at Pittsburgh Milwaukeeat Washington history with 1,356. Pujols drove in three runs. swept by the New York Yankees last weekend. leaping right fielder Kyle Tucker for his fifth Cincinnatiat Chicago Cubs San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers Pirates 7­4, Rockies 0­0:Mitch Keller and The Orioles have lost 12 straight for their long­ home run. St. Louis at Arizona the Pittsburgh bullpen finished off a pair of est losing streak since dropping 13 in a row Mariners 3, Rangers 2: J.P. Crawford and Atlantaat N.Y. Mets seven­inning shutouts in a sweep of visiting from Sept. 17­30, 2009. Mitch Haniger homered late, and Seattle sent Monday’s games Minnesota (Berríos 5-2) at Baltimore Colorado. Lance Lynn (6­1) became the fifth White Sox Texas to its 11th straight road loss. (López 1-6) After JT Brubaker excelled to win the open­ pitcher to go 5­0 in May. He allowed three hits The Rangers managed four hits in their fifth Tampa Bay (Hill 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Taillon 1-3) er and end Pittsburgh’s six­game losing streak, while striking out seven and not allowing a consecutive defeat overall. They matched the Detroit (TBD) at Milwaukee (TBD) Chicago White Sox (Rodón 5-2) at Cleve- Keller was equally impressive. walk in the second game. second­longest road skid in team history, an 11­ land (TBD), 1st game; Chicago White Sox The Pirates shut out a team in both games of Twins 6, Royals 5: Rookie Trevor Larnach game stretch in 1982. The team record is 12 in (TBD) at Cleveland (TBD), 2nd game L.A. Angels (Heaney 2-3) at San Francis- a doubleheader for the first time since Oct. 3, homered and Rob Refsnyder drove in two runs 2003. co (Cueto 3-1) Boston (Richards 4-3) at Houston (Gar- 1976, against the St. Louis Cardinals. as host Minnesota hung on to beat Kansas City. Crawford hit a solo homer in the seventh to cia 3-3), Oakland (Kaprielian 2-0) at Seattle (Gil- Pittsburgh pitchers combined to hold Col­ Nelson Cruz had an RBI double that drove in break a 1­all tie and Haniger added his 14th of bert 0-2), orado to just six total hits. The Rockies have Josh Donaldson with a notable run — it was the the season in the eighth. Pittsburgh (Crowe 0-3) at Kansas City (Minor 3-2) lost five in a row. 2 millionth run scored in Major League Base­ Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 4:Tyler O’Neill Philadelphia (Velasquez 2-0) at Cincin- nati (Miley 4-4) Brewers 4­6, Nationals 1­2: Luis Urías ball history. homered for a third straight game, Yadier Mo­ San Diego (Paddack 2-3) at Chicago went 3­for­3 with two RBIs, including the tie­ Cubs 10, Reds 2: Joc Pederson, Ian Happ lina had three RBIs and visiting St. Louis sent Cubs (Williams 3-2) Washington (Scherzer 4-3) at Atlanta breaking double in a four­run sixth inning, and and Eric Sogard each drove in two runs, and Arizona to its 13th straight loss. (Morton 3-2) St. Louis (Flaherty 8-1) at L.A. Dodgers visiting Milwaukee swept a doubleheader host Chicago beat Cincinnati Reds for its sea­ The Diamondbacks are stuck in their longest (Bauer 5-3) from Washington. son­high sixth consecutive victory. losing streak since dropping a franchise­re­ N.Y. Mets (Peterson 1-4) at Arizona (Kel- ly 2-5) Leadoff batter Kolten Wong also had three Rafael Ortega homered and Kris Bryant had cord 14 consecutive games in 2004. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, May 31, 2021 NBA PLAYOFFS Sweep: Bucks close out Heat in four games FROM PAGE 24 that we just did. Means nothing if provement or not, it’s irrelevant. we don’t keep doing it going for- They took their game collectively ward.” to another level. They beat us for a After a pair of Milwaukee reason.” romps by a combined 63 points in Once Milwaukee grabbed the Games 2 and 3, this one immedi- first three games, history said the ately took on a different feel. result was inevitable. NBA teams The Heat — who led 9-2 shortly with 3-0 series leads are now 141-0 after the start of Game 1 and all-time in those matchups, with hadn’t enjoyed even that much of a these Bucks becoming the 88th of margin in the last 136 minutes and those teams to finish off matters 8 seconds of basketball leading in- with a sweep. to the start of Game 4 — got the Their reward: a week off, at early jump. A pair of free throws least. by Duncan Robinson with 3:48 left The third-seeded Bucks won’t in the opening quarter put Miami play again until at least next Sat- up 20-12, its biggest lead of the se- urday. Their East semifinals se- ries, and the Heat margin would ries against either second-seeded eventually grow to as much as 12

Brooklyn or seventh-seeded Bos- in the first half. ROB CARR/TNS ton will start on June 5 if the Nets Yet there were signs that the The 76ers’ Joel Embiid dunks against the Washington Wizards during Game 3 in their first­round playoff advance in five games; in any oth- Bucks had to like: Antetokounmpo series at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. er scenario, the Bucks will next was 1-for-7 with three fouls in the play on June 7. first half, Milwaukee had only two “We’ve got a long ways to go,” points off the first seven Heat Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer turnovers, and despite all that, said. “It’s the first round of the Miami’s lead was merely 64-57 at Embiid, 76ers rout Wizards playoffs. I think there’s got to be the break. humility, a humbleness, an atti- And, sure enough, the third Philadelphia center scores career playoff high 36 points in Game 3 win tude or a mindset to get better. quarter was all Milwaukee. We’ve advanced in the first round. “We went out there and compet- BY STEPHEN WHYNO utes by a player who scored 35- ards fans didn't have much to Whoever we play next, we’ve got ed as hard as possible,” Anteto- Associated Press plus points since the NBA's shot- cheer about because the game to have the similar focus, a similar kounmpo said. “Obviously, they WASHINGTON — Joel Embi- clock era began in 1954. was never closer than four points edge, willingness to play with each made it very, very tough for us but id shook off the jeers from a mis- “I can’t imagine anybody play- beyond seven minutes in, and other, play together, all the things we kept our composure.” sed dunk and made sure he did ing better than him,” Wizards Philadelphia led by as many as 31 not miss his next attempt. After coach Scott Brooks said. “That on the way to the franchise's first throwing the ball down through was MVP-level tonight. He’s def- 3-0 series lead since 1985. the rim, he cupped his hands to initely a handful.” The top-seeded 76ers will go his ears to encourage the crowd. Embiid missing only three for the sweep in Game 4 on Mon- “I had the opportunity where I shots apart from the botched day. actually made a dunk, so that’s dunk made it almost impossible “That would be incredible,” why I went over to them and I to guard the Sixers' other stars. Simmons said. “We want to do wanted to hear more boos,” Em- Ben Simmons scored 14 and had that. Obviously we want to get the biid said. nine assists, Tobias Harris had 20 sweep so we can get some rest, Some booed. Many 76ers fans points, 13 rebounds and five as- but they're a tough team.” chanted “M-V-P! M-V-P!” in sists, and Danny Green made five In Game 3, the 76ers took ad- Embiid's direction. After another three-pointers to finish with 15. vantage of the Wizards' biggest valuable performance, Philadel- The 76ers shot 58.6% from the stars nursing injuries, though phia is one victory away from a field, including 51.5% from 3- they still produced. Russell first-round sweep. point range. Westbrook had 26 points, 12 re- Embiid set a career playoff “When you shoot the ball that bounds and 10 assists for the tri- high with 36 points, and the Six- well, you’re going to win a lot of ple-double after being a game- ers routed the Washington Wiz- games,” coach Doc Rivers said. time decision with a sprained ards 132-103 on Saturday night to “We had one of those nights right ankle, and Beal had 25 as he take a 3-0 series lead. Embiid where everything fell for us.” continues to get back to full scored 25 points in the first half That brought mixed reactions health from a strained left

LYNNE SLADKY/AP and finished 14 of 18 from the from the crowd of 10,000, which hamstring. Heat guard Tyler Herro, right, is fouled by Milwaukee Bucks guard floor in 28 minutes before resting was the largest to attend an in- Westbrook said he felt “so-so. Jrue Holiday, center, as center Bobby Portis defends during Game 4 the entire fourth quarter. door sporting event in the na- Just trying to go out and do what I of their first­round playoff series, Saturday, in Miami. That's the second-fewest min- tion's capital in 14 months. Wiz- can. That's pretty much it.” Jazz’s Mitchell returns to form in victory over Grizzlies

BY TERESA M. WALKER “Donovan was Donovan down more stoic in this game, and he 14 rebounds, Bojan Bogdanovic Associated Press the stretch,” said it was to help preserve him- and Jordan Clarkson added 15 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Donovan Jazz guard Mike self for the end of games. apiece, and Royce O’Neale had Mitchell says he’s working his Conley said. “It’s a long game,” Mitchell 12. way back to his All-Star level. This was the said. “It’s been a while and just Game 4 is Monday night in To the rest of the Utah Jazz, he second game getting back into it. That’s really Memphis. looks just like himself. back for Mitch- it.” Ja Morant led Memphis with 28 Mitchell scored 10 of his 29 ell, who missed Conley, in Memphis where he points, and Dillon Brooks had 27 points in the fourth quarter and the final 16 started his career, matched his before fouling out. Grayson Allen the top-seeded Utah Jazz games of the regular-season and playoff ca- added 17 off the bench, hitting JOHN AMIS/AP knocked off the Memphis Griz- Mitchell regular season reer highs with seven three- five threes. Kyle Anderson had 11 Utah Jazz center Derrick Favors zlies 121-111 on Saturday night to and the first pointers and finished with 27 points and 13 rebounds, and Jonas ties the ball up with Grizzlies take a 2-1 lead in the first-round game in this series with a points. Valanciunas had 10 points and 13 forward Jaren Jackson Jr. playoff series. sprained right ankle. He was a bit Rudy Gobert had 15 points and rebounds. Saturday in Memphis, Tenn. Monday, May 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NBA PLAYOFFS/FRENCH OPEN

Scoreboard

Trail Blazers beat Playoffs Play­in Play­in First Round Eastern Conference Tuesday, May 18 Indiana 144, Charlotte 117 Nuggets in Game 4 Boston 118, Washington 100 Western Conference Wednesday, May 19 Memphis 100, San Antonio 96 Powell’s 29-point effort helps Portland even series L.A. Lakers 103, Golden State 100 Play­in Second Round BY ANNE M. PETERSON assists and eight rebounds. He also Eastern Conference Associated Press Thursday, May 20 sat for the final quarter after the Washington 142, Indiana 115 Western Conference PORTLAND, Ore. — Usually the Blazers led by as many as 33 points Friday, May 21 chants in Portland are for star Da- in the third. Memphis 117, Golden State 112 (OT) First Round mian Lillard. On Saturday Norman “If you would have told me going (Best­of­seven) Powell was treated to the crowd’s in that game that Lillard’s going to x­if necessary Eastern Conference adulation. be 1-for-10 from the field and we’re Philadelphia 3,Washington 0 CHRISTOPHE ENA/AP Powell matched his career play- going to get blown out, I would’ve Philadelphia 125, Washington 118 Philadelphia 120, Washington 95 Naomi Osaka returns the ball to Patricia Maria Tig during their first­ off high with 29 points and the Trail probably had a hard time believing Saturday: Philadelphia 132, Washington 103 round match of the French Open, Sunday, in Paris. Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets that,” Nuggets coach Michael Mal- Monday: at Washington x­Wednesday: at Philadelphia 115-95 on Saturday in Game 4 to one said. “So, I have to be a lot bet- x­Friday, June 4: at Washington even the first-round series. ter and the urgency has to be there. x­Sunday, June 6: at Philadelphia Brooklyn 2, Boston 1 Osaka wins, fined $15K “I love these types of games, Maybe this could be a wake up call Brooklyn 104, Boston 93 Brooklyn 130, Boston 108 these kinds of moments. It’s the for our starting group, just to play Friday: Boston 125, Brooklyn 119 moment where nothing else mat- harder. Good things happen when Sunday: at Boston Tuesday: at Brooklyn for skipping conference ters,” Powell said. “You get caught you play hard, and we didn’t play x­Thursday, June 3: at Boston x­Saturday, June 5: at Brooklyn up in the course of the season with anywhere close to hard enough to- Milwaukee 4, Miami 0 Associated Press tennis. stats sometimes, this-that-and-the- night.” Milwaukee 109, Miami 107 (OT) PARIS — Naomi Osaka was Other results perhaps were Milwaukee 132, Miami 98 other, road trips, but when you get The Nuggets downed the Blazers Milwaukee 113, Miami 84 fined $15,000 at the French Open more newsworthy than a straight- Saturday: Milwaukee 120, Miami 103 into the playoffs, the only thing that 120-115 at the Moda Center on Atlanta 2, New York 1 for skipping a post-match news set win by the No. 2-ranked Osaka matters is winning.” Thursday night. In that game, Den- Atlanta 107, New York 105 conference after her first-round — three-time major champion An- New York 101, Atlanta 92 Powell made four three-pointers ver had 20 three-pointers and got a Friday: Atlanta 105, New York 94 victory Sunday — and threatened gelique Kerber's third straight Sunday: at Atlanta and was 11 of 15 from the floor. boost from four straight threes Wednesday: at New York by all four Grand Slam tourna- first-round loss in Paris, for exam- x­Friday, June 4: at Atlanta When he left the floor with the from Austin Rivers during a key x­Sunday, June 6: at New York ments with stiffer penalties, in- ple — but the events that unfolded game well in hand, fans chanted stretch in the fourth quarter. On Western Conference cluding being defaulted, if she con- after the Japanese superstar's Utah 2, Memphis 1 “Nor-man Pow-ell! Nor-man Pow- Saturday, Rivers had eight points. Memphis 112, Utah 109 tinues to avoid meeting with the match were of high interest. ell!” It was imperative for Portland Utah 141, Memphis 129 media. Osaka next faces 102nd-ranked Saturday: Utah 121, Memphis 111 “I thought it was really dope,” he that big man Jusuf Nurkic — prob- Monday: at Memphis The fine will come out of Osaka's Ana Bogdan, who swept aside Ital- x­Wednesday: at Utah said. “At first I didn’t know what ably Portland’s best defense x­Friday, June 4: at Memphis prize money and was announced in ian qualifier Elisabetta Cocciaretto x­Sunday, June 6: at Utah they were saying when I was sitting against Jokic — stay out of trouble L.A. Lakers 2, Phoenix 1 a joint statement from the presi- 6-1, 6-3. there, and then the guys on the after fouling out in the previous two Phoenix 99, L.A. Lakers 90 dent of the French tennis federa- The 26th-seeded Kerber was L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 102 bench were chanting as well so that games. Portland’s bench, with the L.A. Lakers 109, Phoenix 95 tion, Gilles Moretton, and the heads beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Anhelina Kalini- Sunday: at L.A. Lakers got a little smile out of me.” exception of Carmelo Anthony, Tuesday: at Phoenix of the other majors. na, a qualifier from Ukraine CJ McCollum added 21 points had also been struggling, out- x­Thursday, June 3: at L.A. Lakers The statement said Osaka has ranked 139th and making her tour- x­Saturday, June 5: at Phoenix for the sixth-seeded Trail Blazers. scored in Game 3 24-19 by Denver. Portland 2, Denver 2 been “advised” that “should she nament debut. Portland 123, Denver 109 The series shifts to Game 5 on Nurkic finished with 17 points, Denver 128, Portland 109 continue to ignore her media obli- Roland Garros thus remains the Tuesday night in Denver. and Anthony had 12 — on his 37th Denver 120, Portland 115 gations during the tournament, she only Grand Slam title that Kerber Saturday: Portland 115, Denver 95 Nikola Jokic finished with 16 birthday — to lead the bench. Tuesday: at Denver would be exposing herself to possi- hasn’t won: She was the champion x­Thursday, June 3: at Portland points and nine rebounds for third- “We got our butts whooped to- x­Saturday, June 5: at Denver ble further Code of Conduct infrin- at the Australian Open and U.S. seeded Denver before sitting out night so that should be all the moti- Dallas 2, L.A. Clippers 1 gement consequences.” Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in Dallas 113, L.A. Clippers 103 the final quarter. He was the Nug- vation we need,” Denver’s JaMy- Dallas 127, L.A. Clippers 121 Citing the rule book, the state- 2018. Friday: L.A. Clippers 118, Dallas 108 gets’ top scorer. chal Green said. “I mean it was em- Sunday: at Dallas ment notes that “tougher sanc- Also, 2019 Australian Open semi- Lillard was 1-for-10 from the barrassing. So when we go home Wednesday: at L.A. Clippers tions” from “repeat violations” finalist and 2020 French Open x­Friday, June 4: at Dallas field but finished with 10 points, 10 we gotta be the aggressors.” x­Sunday, June 6: at L.A. Clippers could include default — being dis- quarterfinalist Danielle Collins de- qualified from the tournament — feated Wang Xiyu 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. and “the trigger of a major offense In men's action, reigning U.S. investigation that could lead to Open champion and two-time more substantial fines and future French Open finalist Dominic Grand Slam suspensions.” Thiem squandered a two-set lead Osaka vowed in a Twitter post and is out of Roland Garros. Wednesday she would not be doing The fourth-seeded Austrian was the news conferences at Roland beaten 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 by 68th- Garros. That didn't mean she was ranked Pablo Andujar in the first able to entirely elude any question round. about her problems playing on red It marked the first time in eight clay. appearances at the clay-court Osaka returned to Roland Gar- Grand Slam that Thiem lost his ros after skipping the trip last time, opening match. turning in a mistake-filled 6-4, 7-6 Andujar also defeated Roger Fe- (4) victory over 63rd-ranked Patri- derer in Geneva earlier this month. cia Maria Tig at Court Philippe It’s the first time in his career that Chatrier on Day 1 in Paris. Andujar has come back to win after After the 2020 French Open was losing the opening two sets. pushed to a September start with a Thiem dropped to 11-9 in five-set limit of 1,000 spectators per day be- matches. cause of the coronavirus outbreak, Thiem lost the 2018 and 2019 fi- things were closer to normal Sun- nals to Rafael Nadal. day: It was a sun-kissed May day No. 12 seeded Pablo Carreno and more than 5,000 fans permit- Busta beat Norbert Gombos 6-3, ted, with a delay of only a week this 6-4, 6-3, and 27th-seeded Fabio year due to COVID-19 concerns. Fognini broke a racket along the STEVE DYKES/AP While not quite back to its way to eliminating French wild- Trail Blazers forward Norman Powell, left, drives to the basket on Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, packed pre-pandemic self, Roland card entry Gregoire Barrere 6-4, right, during the second half of Game 4 of their first­round playoff series in Portland, Ore. on Saturday. Garros did bubble with cheers and 6-1, 6-4. 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NBA PLAYOFFS Reversal of fortune Bucks sweep Heat, roll into Round 2

BY TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press here was no raucous celebration. No histrionics, no big on-court party when the final horn sounded in Miami and Milwaukee had officially avenged Tits playoff loss to the Heat last season. Put simply, the Bucks expected to win. And the last four games showed exactly why. The Bucks-Heat rematch was a mismatch, and Milwau- kee became the first team to advance in this season’s play- offs by beating Miami 120-103 on Saturday to complete a 4-0 first-round sweep. Brook Lo- FLAMING OUT pez scored 25 points, Bryn The Heat became the Forbes scored 22 and Giannis second team in this playoff Antetokounmpo had a triple- format to go from sweeping double — 20 points, 12 re- in the first round one year bounds and 15 assists — for to being swept in the first Milwaukee. round the next. The only “Obviously, it’s a great mo- other team to endure that ment for us and winning 4-0, was the then-New Jersey beating the team that beat us Nets, who swept New York last year, feels good,” Anteto- in 2004 and lost 4-0 to Miami in 2005. kounmpo said. “But at the end of the day, we’ve got a long SOURCE: Associated Press way to go.” Khris Middleton had 20, Bobby Portis 13 and Jrue Holi- day 11 for Milwaukee, which outscored Miami by 24 in the second half. Bam Adebayo scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for Miami, which got 18 points from Kendrick Nunn, 14 from Tyler Herro, 13 from Goran Dragic and a triple-dou- ble — 12 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists — from Jimmy But- ler. “We tip our hat to the Bucks’ organization,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “They were a great team last year and they improved on that. Whether we were a part of that im-

SEE SWEEP ON PAGE 22 “Obviously, it’s a great moment for us and winning 4-0, beating the team that beat us last year, feels good. But at the end of the day, we’ve got a long way to go.” Giannis Antetokounmpo Milwaukee Bucks forward

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take 3-0 lead LYNNE SLADKY/AP Page 22 Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo scores during Game 4 of their first­round playoff series against the Heat, Sat­ urday, in Miami. Antetokounmpo had a triple­double — 20 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists — for Milwaukee.

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