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Volume 79 Edition 163 ©SS 2020 WEDNESDAY,DECEMBER 2, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas GAO: Weekly unemployment report flawed

BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON — A govern- ment watchdog has found that the Labor Department’s widely watched weekly unemployment benefits data are providing an in- accurate reading on the number of newly laid off workers because of flaws in the government’s data collection. The Government Accountabil- ity Office said in a report Monday that the Labor Department’s weekly report of the number of people filing new applications for unemployment benefits and those receiving continuing claims contained a number of inaccura- cies. The GAO said the problems in data collection and reporting were making it hard for policy- makers to get a reliable picture of what unemployment was doing during the pandemic. The report said the weekly data included JASON WAITE/U.S. Navy overestimates and at other times The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard sits pier side at Naval Base San Diego on July 16. It is still unkown what caused a fire on underestimates of the number of July 12 that burned through 11 of the ship’s 14 decks before it was extinguished. people filing for unemployment benefits. SEE GAO ON PAGE 9 Ship to be scrapped Navy says rebuilding Bonhomme Richard after fire would be too expensive

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY which various courses of action the time believed it began in the Stars and Stripes were considered and evaluated, “We did not cargo hold where supplies for the WASHINGTON — The USS we came to the conclusion that it is maintenance work being conduct- Bonhomme Richard will not re- not fiscally responsible to restore come to this ed on the ship were stored. turn to sea after the Navy deter- her.” “This fire probably couldn’t mined that the damage it sus- The 22-year-old Bonhomme Ri- decision lightly.” have been in a worse point on the PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP tained from a fire in July was too chard, a Wasp-class amphibious Navy Secretary ship in terms of its source that al- The Labor Department’s weekly extensive and restoration deemed assault ship, was undergoing lowed it to spread up elevator unemployment benefits data are too expensive, the service an- maintenance at Naval Base San Kenneth Braithwaite shafts as an example, up exhaust providing an inaccurate reading nounced Monday. Diego when the fire started July stacks as an example, to take that on the number of newly laid off “We did not come to this deci- 12. The fire burned through 11 of ors and 23 civilians were treated fire up into the superstructure and workers because of flaws in the sion lightly,” Navy Secretary Ken- its 14 decks, destroying the ship’s for minor injuries, such as heat ex- then forward,” Adm. Mike Gilday, government’s data collection, neth Braithwaite said in a pre- forward mast, and damaging its haustion and smoke inhalation. the chief of naval oper- according to the Government pared statement. “Following an superstructure before it was ex- How the fire started is still un- Accountability Office. extensive material assessment in tinguished July 16. About 40 sail- known, however Navy officials at SEE SCRAPPED ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER This holiday, everyone is shopping from home EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Associated Press Philppines (Peso) 48.11 search firm eMarketer. It expects rily quiet this year. Health offi- Euro costs (Dec. 2) $1.17 Poland (Zloty) 3.72 NEW YORK — The viral pan- online sales to jump nearly 36%, cials had warned shoppers to stay Dollar buys (Dec. 2) 0.813 Saudi Arab (Riyal) 3.7505 British pound (Dec. 2) $1.30 Singapore (Dollar) 1.3400 demic is accelerating a transfor- while sales at physical stores fall home, and stores followed suit by Japanese yen (Dec. 2) 101.00 So. Korea (Won) 1,108.65 South Korean won (Dec. 2) 1,080.00 Switzerland (Franc) 0.9035 mation of America’s holiday shop- 4.7%. putting their best deals online to Thailand (Baht) 30.26 ping season. The online rush was on full dis- discourage crowds. Commercial rates Turkey (Lira) 7.8524 Bahrain (Dinar) 0.3771 (Military exchange rates are those availa­ Few people showed up at the play Monday, known as Cyber Half as many people shopped Britain (Pound) 1.3349 ble to customers at military banking facil­ mall this weekend, with millions Monday, a day of sales promoted inside stores this Black Friday Canada (Dollar) 1.2969 ities in the country of issuance for Japan, China (Yuan) 6.5712 South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands of pandemic-wary shoppers stay- by retailers back in 2005. Once the than last year, according to retail Denmark (Krone) 6.2061 and the United Kingdom. For nonlocal cur­ rency exchange rates (i.e., purchasing Brit­ ing home to shop online. final numbers are tallied up, this data company Sensormatic Solu- Egypt (Pound) 15.6743 ish pounds in Germany), check with your lo­ Euro 0.8337 cal military banking facility. Commercial The result? Overall holiday year’s Cyber Monday is projected tions. Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7524 rates are interbank rates provided for refer­ sales are projected to rise a slight to become the biggest online shop- Online, sales hit a record $9 bil- Hungary (Forint) 296.74 ence when buying currency. All figures are Israel (Shekel) 3.2981 foreign currencies to one dollar, except for 0.9% in November and December ping day in American history. lion on Black Friday — up a sharp Japan (Yen) 104.48 the British pound, which is represented in Kuwait (Dinar) 0.3050 dollars­to­pound, and the euro, which is — and even that modest gain will Meanwhile, Black Friday, typi- 22% from last year, according to Norway (Krone) 8.8503 dollars­to­euro.) be due to an explosion in online cally the frenzied kick-off of the Adobe Analytics, which tracks on- shopping, according to the re- holiday shopping season, was ee- line shopping. WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Naples 58/52 Okinawa Morón 74/70 60/47 Sigonella Rota 59/44 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 59/53 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 84/75 62/58 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 14 Sports ...... 20-24 Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Flu vaccine trickles in to US bases in Europe BY JENNIFER H. SVAN There haven't been any docu- es for at least part of their vaccine Stars and Stripes mented cases of the flu on Ram- allotment, Mattorano said, al- Many Americans affiliated with stein Air Base so far this season, though they have done that every the U.S. military in Europe Powell said. The European Center year and it has never been an is- haven’t been able to get flu shots for Disease Prevention and Con- sue. Vaccine doses in vials, which this year, due to delays in deliver- trol has documented only 12 posi- medical personnel then have to ing the vaccine that officials are tive cases among more than 14,000 add to syringes, have already ar- struggling to explain. tests so far. rived and been used to inoculate Military and health officials “For the Region as a whole, in- members of the community, he have said the inoculations are par- fluenza activity has been at base- said. ticularly important this year, as line level since the start of the sea- The Navy in Naples did not im- they would help reduce the impact son," the health agency said in its mediately respond to a question of contagious respiratory illnesses most recent report. about whether it had ordered pre- on the broader population and The U.S. Centers for Disease filled syringes or vials. ease the burden on the health care Control and Prevention says flu Another possible explanation system during the overlapping flu activity usually peaks between De- for the delayed delivery is that the season and coronavirus pandemic. KARINA LOPEZMATA/U.S. Marine Corps cember and February and dimin- coronavirus has “impacted global But even as some U.S. bases in A U.S. Navy corpsman at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., ishes by May. Though the effec- industry,” including commercial Japan wrapped up their flu vacci- gives a Marine a flu shot. Many U.S. military bases in Europe are still tiveness of the flu vaccine varies transportation, said Col. Ryan Mi- nation drives in October and oth- waiting to receive their full allotment of the influenza vaccine. from year to year, the vaccination hata, 86th Medical Group com- ers are in the process of complet- is still recommended as it may mander at Ramstein. ing them, many Americans in Eu- for Regional Health Command October, received an additional make the illness milder and pre- More flu drives in the Kaiser- rope are waiting to be inoculated. Europe. Bases were expected to 3,500 doses this week, and the 86th vent hospitalization if the flu is slautern area were announced U.S. Naval Hospital Naples in announce further vaccination Medical Group is preparing for an- contracted, Regional Health Com- Tuesday, at Landstuhl Regional Italy is a rare exception in Europe. dates soon, he said. other two-day vaccination cam- mand Europe said in a statement. Medical Center, Kleber and It has “enough influenza vaccine But the command is still waiting paign, one of which will be open to In years past, flu shot drives in Baumholder, although some came on hand to inoculate all eligible for about 40% of its total allotment, all beneficiaries, said Lt. Col. Will Europe have typically begun in with caveats. beneficiaries,” a spokeswoman which would allow it to vaccinate Powell, 86th Airlift Wing spokes- early October and finished by late Baumholder said it would hold said last week. “the rest of our beneficiaries,” man, on Tuesday. November. seven vaccination campaigns be- But many European bases ran Mattorano said Tuesday. But “this week’s shipments will Several bases had to cancel tween Dec. 7 and Jan. 6, open to all out of doses after immunizing He was unable to give a precise not be enough to vaccinate our planned community inoculation DOD ID cardholders aged 6 health care workers and military date for when the remaining vac- nearly 18,000 beneficiaries and we clinics last month because they months and older, but warned, members this fall. cine doses would arrive, saying on- expect to run out relatively quick- didn't have any vaccine. “Dates may change pending vac- More vaccine arrived Monday ly that officials “hope to get more ... ly,” he said. “Ramstein will need Some of the delay in getting the cine availability.” and was expected to be distributed in the next week or two.” more doses, but we have no further vaccine could be due to the fact to Army medical clinics this week, The Ramstein Air Base clinic, information regarding timing of many Army medical facilities in [email protected] said Gino Mattorano, a spokesman which inoculated 4,000 airmen in subsequent shipments.” Europe ordered pre-filled syring- Twitter: @stripesktown  Aquilino expected to lead NATO high-level panel urges Indo-Pacific Command BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS quential region for America’s fu- ‘much more’ focus on China Stars and Stripes ture” in a June 2019 Indo-Pacific The White House is expected to strategy report issued amid sim- BY JOHN VANDIVER has been a priority of the Trump commander with broader com- name Adm. John Aquilino, com- mering tensions with China. Stars and Stripes administration, which has pres- mand and control capabilities. mander of the Navy’s Pacific The region is “a vital driver of STUTTGART, Germany — NA- sured allies to make it a larger alli- But NATO’s official strategic Fleet, to lead Indo-Pacific Com- the global economy and includes TO needs an updated strategy to ance focus. NATO also could form concept — last updated in 2010 — mand, The Wall Street Journal re- the world's busiest international meet challenges posed by a rising closer partnerships with Pacific doesn’t account for Russia’s ag- ported Tuesday. sea lanes and nine of the 10 largest China, which until now hasn’t countries, including Australia, Ja- gressive moves in Ukraine or the Aquilino would replace Adm. ports,” according to the INDOPA- been a major focus for the 30-na- pan and South Korea, as a counter- challenges posed by China. Philip Davidson, COM website. It also is home to tion Atlantic security pact, a new balance to Beijing, the report said. The panel of experts, chaired by who since May seven of the world’s 10 largest report commissioned by the alli- The report comes one year after U.S. diplomat Wes Mitchell, says 2018 has over- standing militaries and five nucle- ance’s top official said. French President Emmanuel Ma- steps are needed to speed up deci- seen the geo- ar-armed nations. NATO foreign ministers Tues- cron rattled allies when he said sion-making inside NATO to en- graphic combat- Aquilino is a Naval Academy day discussed how the alliance NATO was suffering from “brain sure that disputes within the con- ant command graduate and naval aviator who should transform in the decade death” because of a lack of coordi- sensus-driven organization are re- that spans an ar- spent his early career flying the ahead. The 2030 plan, which was nation on key security issues. solved faster. ea from the Unit- F-14 Tomcat and the F-18 Hornet, crafted by experts appointed by Stoltenberg responded by as- “Political divergences within ed States to In- according to his Navy biography. NATO Secretary-General Jens sembling a panel of experts to NATO are dangerous because Aquilino dia. Davidson is His résumé also includes time as Stoltenberg, lays out 138 recom- delve into how NATO should adapt they enable external actors, and in expected to retire, according to the Pacific Fleet’s director of mar- mendations. to the changing security environ- particular Russia and China, to ex- the Journal report, which cited itime operations, deputy chief of “NATO must devote much more ment. ploit intra-Alliance differences unnamed U.S. officials. naval operations for operations, time, political resources, and ac- Early next year, NATO is ex- and take advantage of individual President Donald Trump, plans and strategy, and 5th Fleet tion to the security challenges pected to take action on at least Allies in ways that endanger their whose term ends Jan. 20, is ex- commander. posed by China — based on an as- some of the recommendations de- collective interests and security,” pected to nominate Aquilino to the Davidson, also a Naval Acade- sessment of its national capabili- tailed in the report, when allied the report said. post, the report said, and the Sen- my graduate, is a surface warfare ties, economic heft, and the stated heads of state meet for a leader On Monday, Stoltenberg said he ate could consider the nomination officer who previously served as ideological goals of its leaders,” summit in Brussels. Stoltenberg doesn’t view China as an adver- “in the early winter,” according to commander of the 6th Fleet and the report said. has already invited President- sary. But the NATO chief noted the report. Fleet Forces Command, accord- Allies should set up a new “con- elect Joe Biden to the talks. that China is “investing massively INDOPACOM did not immedi- ing to his biography. He spent his sultative body” to discuss all as- The report credits NATO with in new weapons. It is coming clos- ately respond to an emailed re- early career in policy, strategy pects of security related to China, responding effectively to Russia’s er to us, from the Arctic to Africa.” quest for commentTuesday. and operations billets with the Pa- including Beijing’s technological 2014 intervention in Ukraine. NA- “China does not share our val- The command covers 36 nations cific Fleet, Navy and Joint staffs. development, and monitor and de- TO expanded its mission along its ues,” Stoltenberg said. in a region the Defense Depart- fend against any Chinese activ- eastern flank, added multinational ment deemed its “priority thea- [email protected] ities, it said. battlegroups to the Baltics and [email protected] ter” and “the single-most conse- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Getting NATO focused on China granted NATO’s supreme allied Twitter: @john_vandiver PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 MILITARY Air Force looking to transition some airmen BY COREY DICKSTEIN proving its airmen’s lives. incentive bonuses, including re- Since sequestration, the Air vice in the past cut the number of Stars and Stripes Nonetheless, the service is fac- enlistment bonuses in some spe- Force has rebuilt its force, adding new officers and enlisted airmen WASHINGTON — The Air ing overmanning in certain jobs cialties, Kelly said. He did not pro- some 23,000 airmen and making entering the service to help re- Force will need some of its active- and ranks that it must take steps to vide specifics Tuesday about up for a 4,000-troop shortfall in duce its size, but it left the Air duty troops to transfer early to Re- address, he said. which retention bonuses could critical aircraft maintenance spe- Force with too few troops at some serve or National Guard duty or “And so, as we go on in [fiscal end. cialties. ranks later, the general said. change specialties amid the high- year 2021], you’ll be seeing us be- The service, however, will not However, not all jobs have been The service will cut its recruit- est retention rate that the service gin to look at the various levers for revert to involuntary measures to completely filled. ing goal slightly for fiscal year has seen nearly two decades, a top us to give people some opportuni- address its force size, Kelly said. The service still faces a short- 2021, he said, but it still will need general said Tuesday. ties to make some transitions in The Air Force — like other mili- age of some 1,900 to 2,000 pilots, some airmen to agree to make The Air Force now boasts some different ways,” Kelly said. “Par- tary services — were forced to in- Kelly said. But the pilot issue has shifts in their careers. 334,600 airmen on active-duty, ticularly if they wanted, for in- voluntarily separate thousands of recently improved. As airliners, By bringing fewer new troops about 900 more than the service’s stance, to transition to the Guard troops amid sequestration-man- which compete heavily with the into the service, the Air Force congressionally determined tar- or Reserve on an earlier timeline dated budget cuts from 2012 to service to attract experienced could accomplish its end-strength get end strength for fiscal year then they normally would — we 2018. flyers, have cut back positions reduction quickly, but it does not 2021, said Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, the have abilities and opportunities “[There is] no anticipation and during the pandemic, the service want to repeat mistakes caused by Air Force personnel chief. The for them to do that. Or if they want- no outlook that we would use any has seen some increase in reten- past recruiting reductions, Kelly service has been overloaded as ed to move from an overmanned to involuntary measures … like we tion of pilots, and he said he ex- said. airmen have sought to remain on an undermanned career field … had had to do in the past when we pected to see further increases in “You’re going to find suddenly active-duty by recommitting or we’ll have some opportunity for had sequestration,” Kelly said. the near term. that you’re short on staff sergeants delaying retirement plans amid them to do that as we go forward.” The Navy last month an- Pilot positions are well-manned or you’re short … captains in dif- the coronavirus pandemic, which The service is in the process of nounced it would take similar at higher ranks, major through ferent places because you re- has cut deeply into the U.S. civil- examining its career fields to de- measures to reduce some over- colonel. But the Air Force is un- duced accessions,” he said. “We ian job market. termine precisely which ones are manned specialties, including of- dermanned for pilots at the ranks want to have an overall compre- In 2020, the Air Force has seen overmanned and at what ranks fering some enlisted sailors the of captain and below, Kelly said. hensive strategy that allows us to its greatest retention of troops within those fields airmen might opportunity to switch careers, The issue right now, he said, is the manage the size and shape of the since 2002, just after the 9/11 ter- need to be moved, Kelly said. transfer early to the reserves or ability to attract and produce new force … not just using reduction rorist attacks, Kelly said, calling The service will provide further even separate from active-duty pilots. and accessions. We’re trying to the unexpected boost “wel- information to the force soon, he before completing their enlist- The Air Force, for now, does not balance it.” comed.” He said he believed it re- added. ment obligations. Like the Air plan to make deep cuts to its flected the poor jobs market but The high retention rates could Force, the Navy vowed not to in- recruiting efforts to address its [email protected] also an Air Force committed to im- also mean the end of some popular voluntarily separate troops. overmanning, Kelly said. The ser- Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Scrapped: Navy says restoration would cost more than $3B

FROM PAGE 1 ations, said about the fire a day af- ter it was put out. In an email to senior naval lead- ers soon after Gilday’s visit to the ship, he wrote that sections of the flight deck were warped and bulg- ing and firefighters told him that they had faced 1,200-degree heat, zero visibility and multiple explo- sions on the ship. Wind from the bay and the ex- plosions allowed the fire to spread and become more intense, he said. Gilday praised the work of sail- ors in his letter, some of whom went aboard the ship eight times to fight the fire. “They had experienced the in- tense, inferno-like heat, the dark smoke that obscured view of teammates by their side, and the explosions — the latter had to be like a mine field … unknown when and where, and how severe, those blasts might be. Some had been knocked down by these blasts — some, more than once — but they got up, refocused and reattacked.” U.S. Navy All investigations into the fire Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department boats combat a fire on board USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego on July 12. are still ongoing, according to the Navy’s statement Monday. again determined the $1 billion the brave men and women who that, the service plans to remove a report by The San Diego Union- The Navy’s assessment of the cost, which could build a new hos- fought so hard to save her, as well systems and components from the Tribune. damage concluded it would cost pital ship or command and control as the sailors and Marines who Bonhomme Richard to be used by Ver Hage is the commander of more than $3 billion to restore the ship, was too much. served aboard her during her 22- other ships. Navy Regional Maintenance Cen- ship and five to seven years for “Although it saddens me that it year history,” Braithwaite said. The cost of decommissioning ter. construction to be completed. The is not cost effective to bring her When the ship will be disman- the ship will be about $30 million service also considered rebuild- back, I know this ship’s legacy tled has not been decided, accord- and will take up to a year, accord- [email protected] ing the ship for other purposes but will continue to live on through ing to the Navy. However before ing to Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage in Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Camp Lejeune starts random LSD testing BY JOHN VANDIVER recent incidents,” 2nd Marine Di- Several incidents involving tion Centers. Stars and Stripes vision said, without providing de- LSD, also known as acid, in the But some proponents say it LSD has been added to the list of tails. past 15 months indicated that the boosts creative problem solving. A drugs that are randomly tested for Since LSD hasn’t traditionally drug was becoming a problem at Marine major caused a minor stir at Camp Lejeune in North Caroli- been tested by the Marine Corps, the base and beyond. in 2019 when he wrote that mili- na amid suspicions that more and the division is working with the In September 2019, a 23-year- tary intelligence and surveillance more Marines and sailors at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner old Camp Lejeune Marine was analysts could benefit from micro- base are tripping, base officials lab in Dover, Del., to conduct charged by the Onslow County doses of psychedelics like LSD said. “large-quantity random LSD test- Sheriff’s Office with trafficking and psilocybin, or magic mush- “We have a drug problem in the ing.” LSD. And in June, the Naval Crim- rooms. 2d Marine Division,” said the Some 4,000 tests have been con- inal Investigative Service warned In small amounts, the hallucino- unit’s commanding general, Maj. ducted since the summer, when that there had been numerous gens can help people “connect Gen. Francis L. Donovan, in a random testing for the hallucino- Drug Enforcement Administration cases involving Department of seemingly unconnected pieces of statement Monday. “We are gen was launched, the Corps said. A blotter of lysergic acid Navy personnel who purchased information and create revolu- changing the way in which we test “This testing led to numerous diethylamide, better known as LSD over the internet’s so-called tionary new solutions,” Marine for illegal substances.” positive results,” the division said, LSD or acid. “dark web” since the beginning of Maj. Emre Albayrak wrote in the A series of drug-related inci- without specifying an exact num- 2020. Marine Corps Gazette in Febru- dents involving Marines and sail- ber. “Consequently, going for- said. A psychedelic drug that was ary last year. ors was behind the decision to test ward, 2d MARDIV plans to con- “Zero tolerance is the Marine popular among hippies and musi- Some medical studies have also for LSD in random screenings, the duct random testing, locally and Corps’ stance, and Marines need cians in the 1960s, LSD has made a suggested that drugs like LSD and Corps said. on a more consistent basis.” to understand that there is no drug comeback in recent years. The magic mushrooms have potential In the past, Marines would typ- Marines who test positive for that they can take without the drug modifies neural pathways, benefits for those who suffer from ically only be screened for the hal- LSD, or any other illegal drug, means for government detection,” causing the user to have hallucina- post-traumatic stress disorder. lucinogenic drug if there was could face nonjudicial puni- said Lt. Col. Christian Ruwe, the tions and altering the perception probable cause. shment, a dishonorable discharge staff judge advocate for the 2nd of things such as sound and time, [email protected] But “all that changed following or time in confinement, the Corps Marine Division. according to the American Addic- Twitter: @john_vandiver

JENNIFER H. SVAN/Stars and Stripes BRIAN FERGUSON/Stars and Stripes Airmen 1st Class David Camargo, 24, left, and Raylan Sherwood, 21, shovel snow outside their dormitory Airman 1st Class Jonathan Pereboom finishes his snowman by the at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Tuesday. roundabout at Harmon Avenue and Lawn Avenue on Ramstein Air Base on Tuesday. Personnel and the schools had a two­hour report­ First snowfall of the season ing delay due to the area's first snowfall of the winter season. blankets US bases in Germany

Stars and Stripes personnel, staff and students. on Ramstein, Baumholder and The first snowfall of the season Shoveling duties fell on some Vogelweh were canceled due to in Rheinland-Pfalz, Hesse and airmen at Ramstein Air Base. unsafe driving conditions. Stu- other German states gave some They were out early clearing side- dents affected were to be given an Americans an extra two hours in walks and common areas at their excused absence, Ramstein offi- the morning to get to school and dormitories, including David Ca- cials said on Facebook. work on U.S. military bases in the margo, an airman first class who Army bases in Grafenwoehr, region. grew up near Phoenix, Ariz. Vilseck and Hohenfels also saw With snow and freezing temper- “It’s only about two inches,” he snow accumulate by Tuesday atures forecast overnight, U.S. said. “This is probably like my morning; the Ansbach and Katter- military installations and Defense third time seeing snow in my life.” bach area received more than 4 Department schools in Kaiser- While the base had only a couple inches, said Andreas Friedrich, a slautern, Wiesbaden, Baumhold- of inches, more snow tends to ac- German Meteorological Service BRIAN FERGUSON/Stars and Stripes er and Stuttgart announced on cumulate in villages to the south of spokesman. Sadie Webb scrapes the snow and ice off the windshield of her Monday night a two-hour report- Ramstein at higher elevations. Chrysler Pacifica before heading to the post office at Ramsteim Air ing delay Tuesday morning for Some bus routes for DOD schools [email protected] Base on Tuesday. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Americans facing new restrictions after Thanksgiving Associated Press took to the highways to be with Americans returning from family and friends. Thanksgiving break faced strict Now they’re being urged to new coronavirus measures watch for any signs of illness and around the country Monday as get tested right away if they ex- health officials brace for a disas- perience symptoms. trous worsening of the nation- A record 90,000 people were in wide surge because of holiday the hospital with the virus in the gatherings over the long week- United States as of Sunday, push- end. ing many medical institutions to Los Angeles County imposed a the limit. stay-at-home order for its 10 mil- West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice lion residents, and Santa Clara said hospitals across the state County, in the heart of Silicon will reduce elective surgeries to PAUL ELLIS/AP Valley, banned high school, col- ensure there is room for corona- Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a vial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine COVID­19 candidate lege and professional sports and virus patients. The number of vaccine, known as AZD1222, at Wockhardt's pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wales, on Monday. decreed a quarantine for those people hospitalized with CO- who have traveled more than 150 VID-19 jumped 29% in the past miles outside the county. week. In Kansas City, Kan., hos- In Hawaii, the mayor of Ha- pital and nursing officials said UK leader touts local rules, waii County said trans-Pacific they fear there will not be enough travelers arriving without a nega- nurses to staff new hospital beds tive COVID-19 test must quaran- in the metro area if COVID-19 but pubs are still in distress tine for 14 days, and even those cases continue unchecked. who have tested virus-free may Health officials on Monday add- Associated Press from Johnson’s own Conservative the restrictions at once, or move be randomly selected for another ed 4,425 confirmed infections LONDON — British Prime Min- Party — who say the measures too quickly, in such a way that the test upon arrival. New Jersey is and 87 hospitalizations to the ister Boris Johnson urged law- will devastate businesses, espe- virus would begin to spread rapid- suspending all youth sports. state’s pandemic tally since Fri- makers to vote Tuesday for a new cially pubs, which face some of the ly again,” triggering a new lock- “The red flags are flying in day. set of coronavirus restrictions in tightest restrictions. Most of the down in January, he said. terms of the trajectory in our pro- Rhode Island’s hospitals reac- England, saying the country must country is being put into the upper The new measures are to be re- jections of growth,” said Califor- hed their COVID-19 capacity on “hold our nerve” until vaccines two tiers, where shops, hairdress- viewed every two weeks and re- nia Gov. Gavin Newsom. “If these Monday, the same day the state’s are approved and distributed. ers, beauty salons and places of strictions will be eased for five trends continue, we’re going to two-week pause took effect. Un- England’s current four-week worship can reopen. But pubs and days over Christmas so that fam- have to take much more dramat- der restrictions announced by national lockdown ends at mid- restaurants face strict limits in ilies can get together. Other parts ic, arguably drastic, action.” Gov. Gina Raimondo, some busi- night, and the government plans Tier 2 and closure in Tier 3. of the United Kingdom — Scot- Health experts had pleaded nesses will be required to shut to replace it starting Wednesday Johnson told the House of Com- land, Wales and Northern Ireland with Americans to stay home down, while others are restricted. with a three-tier regional system mons that a lockdown imposed on — are all following their own local over Thanksgiving and not gather Residents are also asked to limit based on the severity of the out- Nov. 5 had succeeded in levelling restrictions to curb the spread of with anyone who didn’t live with their social circles to people in break in different parts of the off the coronavirus infection rate the virus. them. Nevertheless, almost 1.2 their household. country. in England, but that there was “a Britain has had Europe’s dead- million people passed through “This will not be easy, but I am The change requires Parlia- compelling necessity” for further liest COVID-19 outbreak, with U.S. airports Sunday, the most pleading with you to take it seri- ment’s approval, and it faces op- restrictions. more than 58,500 confirmed vi- since the pandemic gripped the ously,” Raimondo said in a state- position from lawmakers — many “What we cannot do is lift all of rus-related deaths. country in March, and others ment. Red Cross chief urges fight against ‘fake news’ regarding vaccines

BY EDITH M. LEDERER and about a COVID vaccine in and Kenya — which showed a “We believe the massive, coor- and suggestions, tracking commu- Associated Press particular” around the world, steady decline in the perceptions dinated efforts that will be needed nity perceptions “and providing UNITED NATIONS — The pointing to a recent Johns Hop- of the risk of COVID-19 infection. to roll out the COVID vaccine in an accurate and timely information head of the world’s largest human- kins University study in 67 coun- A growing number of people in- equitable manner need to be par- in local languages through diverse itarian network is urging govern- tries that found vaccine accept- dicated the virus doesn’t affect alleled by equally massive efforts channels,” he said. ments and institutions to combat ance declined significantly in young people or Africans, that the to proactively build and maintain Rocca said he has watched with “fake news” about COVID-19 vac- most countries from July to Octo- disease doesn’t exist now but did trust,” Rocca said. concern in recent weeks “as the cines which has become “a second ber this year. exist and the pandemic has ended, This will require the same kind imminent arrival of a possible pandemic,” and start building In a quarter of countries, Rocca Rocca said. of sustained community engage- vaccine has, at least in some coun- trust in communities around the said, the study found the accept- “In several African countries, ment that recently defeated Ebola tries, washed away the commit- world about the critical impor- ance rate for a vaccine against the we have seen a common skepti- in Congo, he said. ments that were made over the tance of vaccinating people. virus was near or below 50%, with cism toward vaccines in general, The federation operates in 192 summer to ensure an equitable Francesco Rocca, president of Japan dropping from 70% to 50% with a common belief being that countries with almost 14 million distribution of vaccines between the International Federation of acceptance, and France dropping foreigners use Africa as a medical volunteers, and painstaking com- and within countries.” Red Cross and Red Crescent So- from 51% to 38% acceptance. ‘testing ground,’” Rocca said. munity outreach and engagement He said “politicizing the vac- cieties, said in a virtual briefing to Rocca stressed that the lack of Surprisingly, Rocca said, some at the heart of its COVID-19 re- cines is a huge mistake” and the U.N. Correspondents Associ- trust “is by no means a Western typically vulnerable and margin- sponse, Rocca said. strongly backed the international ation on Monday that “to beat this phenomenon,” citing the federa- alized groups aren’t even aware of So far, Red Cross and Red Cres- initiative to distribute COVID-19 pandemic, we also have to defeat tion’s research in recent months in the pandemic, pointing to a feder- cent Societies, with federation vaccines to countries worldwide the parallel pandemic of distrust.” eight African countries — Congo, ation survey in Pakistan which support, have reached 243 million known as COVAX as “the correct He said there is “a growing hes- Cameroon, Gabon, Zimbabwe, found 10% of respondents didn’t people with COVID-19 activities approach both for rich countries itancy about vaccines in general, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Lesotho know about COVID-19. including responding to questions and the rest of the world.” Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK US military reports 32 new virus cases in Japan

BY JOSEPH DITZLER due to contact with an infected Nov. 13 with three infected indi- tracing and one was discovered af- the southern island of Kyushu, re- Stars and Stripes person. viduals and peaked 10 days later at ter developing symptoms of CO- ported one new case, a person who TOKYO — The U.S. military in Three others are new arrivals 43 cases, according to reports on VID-19, the respiratory disease tested positive Monday while in a Japan reported 32 new coronavi- who were tested by Japanese au- the base Facebook page. caused by the coronavirus, ac- 14-day quarantine. That person is rus cases as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, thorities at Haneda International Yokosuka Naval Base, south of cording to the base. the only active infection at the mostly infections that popped up Airport in Tokyo and went direct- Tokyo, announced that 10 individ- Public health officials are trac- base, according to an official Face- at bases near the capital city over ly into the mandatory 14-day quar- uals have tested positive for the vi- ing that person’s contacts, the book post. the past week. antine, according to a base Face- rus since Friday. base said. The naval base reported four Yokota Air Base, the headquar- book post. Seven were already in the two- Yokosuka has 30 people under cases in November and a total of at ters in western Tokyo of U.S. The contacts of the remaining week quarantine as recent arriv- care with the virus, according to least 15 during the pandemic, so Forces Japan, announced that 21 three are being traced, according als to Japan, according to a base the post. The base reported 36 in- far. people had tested positive be- to the post. The base has 30 virus Facebook post. fections during November, for a tween Nov. 25 and Monday. Fif- patients. Of the remaining patients, two pandemic total of at least 155. [email protected] teen were already in quarantine A cluster began at Yokota on tested positive during contact Sasebo Naval Base, on the tip of Twitter: @JosephDitzler Vietnam reports 1st infection in 89 days

Associated Press tact with the man to stay in a cen- port foreign diplomats and ex- HANOI, Vietnam — Vietname- tral quarantine facility and shut perts. se authorities are conducting in- down an English center where he The country has reported 1,347 tensive contact tracing after dis- works as a teacher, the newspaper coronavirus cases, including 35 covering the country's first con- said. deaths. Nearly half of the con- firmed local transmission of the The new case ended Vietnam’s firmed cases were imported, ac- coronavirus in 89 days. streak of 89 days without any cording to the Health Ministry. State media said Tuesday that a known local transmission of the In other developments in the 32-year-old man in Ho Chi Minh virus. Earlier, it went 99 days Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong City tested positive for the corona- without local transmissions until a leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday virus on Monday after visiting a cluster of cases broke out at a hos- urged residents to stay home as flight attendant who was undergo- pital in Da Nang in central Viet- the city grapples with a resur- ing self-quarantine at his home nam in July. gence of the coronavirus, which following his return from Japan Vietnam’s borders remain has infected over 500 people in the two weeks ago. The flight attend- closed in an attempt to keep out past week. Lam asked citizens to ant tested positive on Saturday, the virus. “refrain from social gatherings” the Tuoi Tre newspaper said. Only limited international and said that people, in particular KIN CHEUNG/AP Health authorities ordered 137 flights are operating to repatriate the elderly, should remain at People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus people who had been in close con- Vietnamese nationals and trans- home. wait outside a bakery in Hong Kong on Monday. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Study: Some students falling behind in math Associated Press last week topping 14,000. A disproportionately large The levels are far above those number of poor and minority stu- recorded during a summer peak dents were not in schools for as- or even in March, when a state sessments this fall, complicating public health order restricted peo- efforts to measure the pandemic’s ple from going outside except for effects on some of the most vulner- the most essential reasons. That able students, a not-for-profit order was later eased. company that administers stan- Currently, 51 of 58 counties are dardized testing said Tuesday. in the “purple” tier of the state’s Overall, NWEA’s fall assess- COVID-19 system, meaning they ments showed elementary and are under the strictest business middle school students have fallen restrictions. Those counties ac- measurably behind in math, while count for most of the state’s pop- most appear to be progressing at a ulation. MARK LENNIHAN/AP normal pace in reading since Nurses walk out of Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital to go on strike over safe staffing issues during the schools were forced to abruptly Delaware coronavirus pandemic Tuesday in New Rochelle, N.Y. close in March and pickup online. DOVER — A school district in The analysis of data from nearly Delaware has returned its stu- will help bolster our providers at positive tests. It was not specified rus pandemic, according to recent 4.4 million U.S. students in grades dents to remote learning after the this critical time and allow them to if they are senators, employees or reports. 3-8 represents one of the first sig- state’s COVID-19 figures showed continue providing care to Maine interns. Neither was on site during The average daily use count on nificant measures of the pandem- that the county has met two of people. the transmission period nor had the Long Trail rose 35% this year, ic’s impacts on learning. three indicators to determine sig- Mills also announced a $40 mil- close contact with anyone in the according to the Green Mountain But researchers at NWEA, nificant community spread of the lion economic recovery grant pro- Senate. Club. And in September alone, whose MAP Growth assessments coronavirus. gram for Maine’s tourism, hospi- Chirkun is the sixth known law- overnight shelter use jumped 80% are meant to measure student pro- Remote instructions for Capital tality and retail small business maker to be infected in less than a from last year, Vermont Public ficiency, caution they may be un- School District students in Kent sector earlier on Monday. That month, amid surging COVID-19 Radio reported. derestimating the effects on mi- County will be effective until Jan. program is backed by CARES Act cases, hospitalizations and deaths “I think this was definitely a nority and economically disad- 4, Interim Superintendent Dr. Syl- money as well. among the public. The Legislature year where the value of having vantaged groups. Those students via Henderson said in a statement has 148 members and is due to re- these outdoor resources in Ver- made up a significant portion of on the district’s website. Maryland turn this week after a two-week mont, and having them open, real- the roughly 1 in 4 students who The county’s rates of new case ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. break. ly came through,” said Green tested in 2019 but were missing and positive COVID tests are now Larry Hogan and state Attorney House Democratic Leader Mountain Club Field supervisor from 2020 testing. in the “red phase” used to deter- General Brian E. Frosh are press- Christine Greig said Chirkun, a Isaac Alexandre-Leach. NWEA said they may have opt- mine how schools operate during ing leaders in Washington for third-term Democrat from Rose- There also was more than twice ed out of the assessments, which the pandemic, but closures are not more stimulus relief related to the ville, thinks he contracted the vi- as much pedestrian traffic on the were given in-person and remote- mandated by the state. coronavirus pandemic. rus during a recent hunting trip. West River Trail in Brattleboro ly, because they lacked reliable The change comes after the The Frederick News-Post re- this fall, according to findings technology or stopped going to school board voted last week to ported Monday that the governor Rhode Island from a recent use survey. school. continue hybrid learning to ele- urged President-elect Joe Biden PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island The NWEA findings show that, mentary students and delay in- to prioritize a new stimulus pack- has opened two field hospitals that Wisconsin compared to last year, students person instructions to other stu- age to help states and small busi- combined have more than 900 MADISON — Auto fatalities are scored an average of 5 to 10 per- dents, Delaware State News re- nesses that are struggling. The beds to deal with an expected up in Wisconsin despite there be- centile points lower in math, with ported. state is approaching 200,000 con- flood of COVID-19 patients that ing fewer people on the road due students in grades three, four and firmed cases of COVID-19. has already swamped the state’s to the coronavirus pandemic, a re- five experiencing the largest Maine “States are already fighting an hospitals. port released Tuesday by the Wis- drops. PORTLAND — Maine has uphill battle to rebuild our econo- Care New England opened a consin Policy Forum found. English language arts scores launched a grant program de- mies and maintain essential ser- field hospital with more than 300 The report examined state were largely the same as last year. signed to help health care organi- vices in education, health care, beds in Cranston on Monday, the crash data from March 14 through zations continue serving patients emergency operations and public same day the state sent an emer- July 31. California during the coronavirus pandemic. safety,” the Republican wrote. gency alert saying conventional While all crashes and injuries SACRAMENTO — A stagger- The program is backed by $30 Frosh, the state’s Democratic hospitals had reached their coro- were down compared with the ing rise in coronavirus cases could million in federal coronavirus re- AG, joined a coalition of attorneys navirus capacity. same period in 2019, crashes overwhelm California’s health lief dollars and is called the Maine general who are asking Congress A facility with nearly 600 beds where someone was killed and the system within weeks and “dras- Health Care Financial Relief Pro- to extend CARES Act funding opened Tuesday at the Rhode Is- number of crash-related fatalities tic” action such as a widespread gram, Democratic Gov. Janet through the end of next year. The land Convention Center in Provi- were up. stay-at-home order may be need- Mills said. The grant program is CARES Act has provided more dence. It is run by Lifespan, the Fatal crashes increased by ed to combat the threat, Gov. Ga- open to hospitals as well as nurs- than $2 trillion in economic relief state’s largest hospital group. more than 17% and total crash fa- vin Newsom warned. ing, congregate care and behav- to state and local governments. There were 365 patients in the talities grew by 20%, the report Hospitalizations from CO- ioral health facilities and commu- state’s hospitals with the disease found. VID-19 have increased nearly 90% nity service providers, state offi- Michigan as of Saturday, the most recent At the same time, alcohol-in- and could triple by Christmas, of- cials said. LANSING — State Rep. John date for which the information volved crashes were up 50%, ficials said Monday. The grants can go as high as Chirkun said Monday he had test- was available, according to the drug-involved crashes grew by “The red flags are flying in $100,000, Mills said Monday. ed positive for the coronavirus, state Department of Health, down 46% and speeding-involved crash- terms of the trajectory in our pro- “Our health care providers, and becoming at least the 10th mem- from a single-day high of 381 on es were up by 52%, the report said. jections of growth,” Newsom said. the heroic workers they employ, ber of the Legislature to be infect- Nov. 23. Other Midwestern states have The number of COVID-19 cases have shouldered an enormous ed since the pandemic hit Michi- also seen increases in auto fatali- reported each day in California burden this year,” Mills said. gan more than eight months ago. Vermont ties this year, but Wisconsin was has been setting records, with the “These funds, although not nearly Also, two people in the Senate More people took to Vermont’s out of step with nationwide trends, average daily case rate over the enough to make up for their losses, notified the business office of their hiking trails during the coronavi- the report said. Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Biden names liberal economics team

Associated Press nomic Policy Institute and former gling the economy, as President will likely have to come in under WILMINGTON, Del. — With Labor Department chief econo- Donald Trump repeatedly $1 trillion to get Senate Republi- unemployment still high and the mist during the Obama adminis- warned during the 2020 cam- can support, Riedl said, rather pandemic threatening yet another tration. paign. than the higher figure House economic slump, President-elect Biden’s nominees are also a “They are intellectual liberals, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seeking. Joe Biden is assembling a team of more personally diverse group but not burn-it-all-down social- Aspokesman for GOP Sen. John liberal advisers who have long fo- than those of previous presidents. ists,” said Brian Riedl, a senior fel- Cornyn of Texas tweeted that Tan- cused on the nation’s workers and Yellen, if confirmed by the Sen- low at the Manhattan Institute and den “stands zero chance of being government efforts to address ec- ate, would be the first woman to an adviser to Sen. Mitt Romney’s confirmed” as budget director, onomic inequality. serve as treasury secretary, after presidential campaign. “They’re citing “an an endless stream of Janet Yellen, announced Mon- breaking ground as the first wom- fairly conventional liberal econo- disparaging comments about” Re- day as Biden’s nominee for treasu- an to chair the Fed. Rouse would mists and experts.” publican senators. And Josh ry secretary, served as chair of the be the first Black woman to lead Still, the Biden administration’s Holmes, a political adviser to Sen- Federal Reserve from 2014 to the CEA in its 74 years of exist- ambitious goals will face solid op- ate Majority Leader Mitch 2018, when she placed a greater ence. And Neera Tanden, Biden’s position from Republicans in Con- McConnell, tweeted that her con- emphasis than previous Fed pick for director of the Office of gress. The GOP needs to win one firmation was likely doomed. chairs on maximizing employ- Management and Budget, would of two Georgia Senate seats in a Brian Deese, a former senior ment and less focus on price infla- be the first South Asian American Jan. 5 special election to retain economic adviser in the Obama tion. Biden also named Cecilia in that job. control of the Senate, and the Re- administration and now the ma- Rouse as chair of his Council of Biden also selected Wally publicans made major inroads on naging director and global head of Economic Advisers, and Heather Adeyemo to be Yellen’s deputy, Nov. 3 in the Democrats’ House sustainable investing at Black- Boushey and Jared Bernstein as which would make him the first majority. Rock, is expected to be named di- members of the council. Black deputy treasury secretary. “Most of the policies that Biden rector of the White House Nation- MEL EVANS /AP All are outspoken supporters of Rouse, Tanden and Adeyemo will ran on will not survive a Republi- al Economic Council, according to Neera Tanden is President­elect more government stimulus all require Senate confirmation, can Senate,” Riedl said. Those in- a person familiar with transition Joe Biden's pick for director of spending to boost growth, a major and Tanden in particular is al- clude proposals to raise the mini- plans who was not authorized to the Office of Management and issue with the coronavirus pan- ready drawing heavy Republican mum wage to $15 an hour and sig- speak publicly on the matter. Budget. demic cramping the U.S. econo- criticism. nificantly increase taxes on Deese worked on the auto bai- my. Along with its progressive cast, wealthy Americans. lout and environmental issues in giant Wall Street asset manage- Those choices “signal the desire Biden’s team also has years of ex- Biden could secure another the Obama White House, where ment firm. BlackRock has sought of the Biden administration to take perience in government and poli- round of stimulus spending early he held the title of deputy director to avoid greater regulatory scruti- the CEA in a direction that really cymaking. And that’s earning next year, particularly if the re- of both the NEC and the OMB. ny by Treasury, and many activ- centers on working people and plaudits from some conservatives, cent spikes in confirmed virus Deese and Adeyemo are both ists assail the firm for owning raising wages,” said Heidi Shier- who note that the nominees are cases push the economy into re- under fire from progressives for huge stakes in oil and gas compa- holz, senior economist at the Eco- not a far-left group bent on stran- cession again. But such a package their connections to BlackRock, a nies. GAO: Labor Department advised to Biden gets access to President’s Daily Brief make changes to jobless reports Associated Press “On a given day, I might read WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Bi- about terrorist cells in Somalia or FROM PAGE 1 releases and agreed to pursue op- Republicans remaining far apart den has had his first look as presi- unrest in Iraq or the fact that the GAO said the problem arose tions for obtaining more accurate on the size of another relief bill. dent-elect at the President’s Daily Chinese or Russians were devel- because the Labor Department data from the states. But the La- The GAO report also found Brief, a top-secret summary of oping new weapons systems,” was using the number of people bor Department balked at a rec- that, under the program to help U.S. intelligence and world events Obama wrote. “Nearly always, filing for claims in each state as a ommendation that it seek state gig workers and the self-employ- — a document former first lady there was mention of potential ter- proxy for the number of people data going back to January 2020, ed, the majority of states had Michelle Obama has called “The rorist plots, no matter how vague, claiming benefits nationwide. contending that collecting back been paying the unemployed in Death, Destruction and Horrible thinly sourced or unactionable — This has resulted in inaccurate data would put too much of a bur- these programs the minimum al- Things Book.” a form of due diligence on the part counts, however, because of large den on already strained state un- lowable benefit instead of the Biden has already had eyes on of the intelligence community, backlogs in processing historic employment offices. amount they would be eligible to different iterations of the so- meant to avoid the kind of second- levels of claims and other data In response to the pandemic receive based on their prior earn- called PDB, which is tailored to guessing that had transpired after collection problems. that triggered shutdowns and the ings. the way each president likes to ab- 9/11.” “Without an accurate account- loss of millions of jobs, Congress The GAO findings were part of sorb information. From now until Inauguration ing of the number of individuals provided support through three the congressional watchdog “The briefers almost certainly Day, Biden and Vice President- who are relying on these benefits programs. It boosted relief agency’s routine reviews of the will be asking Biden what he pre- elect Kamala Harris will be read- in as close to real time as possi- through the regular jobless pro- operation of the programs Con- fers in terms of format and style,” ing the PDB crafted for President ble, policymakers may be chal- gram by $600 weekly to provide gress passed last spring to pro- said David Priess, author of “The Donald Trump, who had delayed lenged to respond to the crisis at more support. It also extended vide support for the country after President’s Book of Secrets,” a giving them access to it as he con- hand,” the GAO said in its report. this relief from the usual 26 the economy went into deep re- history of the PDB. “At a mini- tests the outcome of the election. GAO recommended that the weeks to 39 weeks and created a cession. mum, they’re seeing what seems Trump, who prefers absorbing Labor Department revise its Pandemic Unemployment Assist- Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. to resonate most with him so that information in visual ways, likes weekly news releases to clarify ance program that provided ben- and the chairman of the House when they make the book his book, short texts and graphics. that the numbers in the reports efits to gig-economy workers and Select Subcommittee on the Cor- they can tailor it to him.” “Trump himself said during his are not an accurate estimate of the self-employed. onavirus Crisis, said the new re- Obama’s PDB was a 10- to 15- campaign and during the transi- the number of individuals claim- The program providing an ex- port highlighted continued fail- page document tucked in a leather tion in 2016 that he did not like ing benefits. tra $600 in weekly benefits ex- ures of the Trump administration binder, which he found waiting for reading long documents — that he The GAO also recommended pired in August. The program to in dealing with the crisis. him on the breakfast table. Later preferred bullet points,” said that the department pursue other help gig-workers and the self-em- “With the coronavirus killing in his presidency, he liked reading Priess, who has not seen any of means to get more accurate read- ployed as well as the extended more than one thousand Ameri- the ultra-secret intelligence brief Trump’s PDBs. “It probably has ings on benefit applications, such benefits program are both due to cans each day, I strongly agree on a secured iPad. charts, tables, graphs — things as using data collected by the expire at the end of December. with GAO that we need urgent ac- “Michelle called it “The Death, like that. Not the parody that peo- states. Congressional negotiators have tions to prevent the further loss of Destruction and Horrible Things ple make that it’s like a cartoon The GAO report said that the so far been unable to reach agree- Americans’ lives and liveli- Book,” Obama wrote in his recent- book ... but something that is more Labor Department had agreed to ment on reviving these benefit hoods,” Clyburn said in a state- ly released book, “A Promised visual. But we don’t know for make revisions to its weekly news programs, with Democrats and ment. Land.” sure.” PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 NATION Minn. gives final approval of disputed oil pipeline

Associated Press Kellner said. “Line 3 is poised to MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota provide significant economic regulators approved the final per- benefits for counties, small busi- mit Monday for Enbridge Ener- nesses, Native American commu- gy’s Line 3 crude oil pipeline re- nities and union members — placement across northern Min- bringing 4,200 family-sustaining, nesota, giving the company the mostly local construction jobs, green light to begin construction millions of dollars in local spend- on the $2.6 billion project. ing and additional tax revenues at The Minnesota Pollution Con- a time when Northern Minnesota trol Agency granted a construc- needs it most.” tion storm water permit for the But two tribes — the Red Lake project, which was the last hurdle and White Earth Bands of Chip- that Calgary, Alberta-based En- pewa — asked the PUC last week bridge needed to clear after years to stay its approval of the project, of reviews and court battles. The saying the influx of construction U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers would put residents and the independent Minnesota along the route at higher risk of Public Utilities Commission gave JIM MONE/AP COVID-19. A consolidated appeal their final approvals last week. Pipeline used to carry crude oil is shown at the Superior, Wis., terminal of Enbridge Energy. by environmental and tribal “This project has had the most groups is also pending before the extensive review in Minnesota ers welcomed the decision, but happen. mately November 30.” The com- Minnesota Court of Appeals. history,” Gov. Tim Walz told re- opponents have vowed to keep up But Enbridge has signaled that pany has previously said it ex- Opponents say the project porters. He said his position all their fight. the start could be imminent. The pected the work to take about threatens spills in pristine waters along has been that the state “Construction can now begin,” company notified landowners nine months. where Native Americans harvest needed to follow the regulatory Enbridge spokeswoman Juli along the route via letters earlier “This is the culmination of six wild rice and that the Canadian process, the law and the science. Kellner said in a statement that in the month that it expected con- years of evidence and science- tar sands oil it plans to carry The company and its support- didn’t specify when that would struction to “start on approxi- based review of the project,” would aggravate climate change. Ex-Hawaii prosecutor, police chief get prison Associated Press community in many ways,” U.S. Later, he told Louis Kealoha truth and nothing but the truth,” to forge a police report she used HONOLULU — A U.S. judge District Judge J. Michael Sea- that while his wife was the mas- and lies, the judge said of Louis to explain negative information sentenced a former high-ranking bright said. termind, “you did master the Kealoha’s false testimony at the on a credit report. She also plead- Honolulu prosecutor to 13 years He described how Katherine frame job that followed,” and the trial of his wife’s uncle for steal- ed guilty to a charge that involved in prison Monday and her retired Kealoha orchestrated a reverse scheme couldn’t have succeeded ing the couple’s mailbox. The protecting her brother from the police chief husband to seven mortgage scheme that forced her without the Honolulu Police De- trial ended in a mistrial that pros- drug investigation. years, saying she stole money grandmother to sell her home, partment. ecutors say the then-chief caused In a letter to the judge, she from her own grandmother and framed her uncle for stealing the A jury convicted the Kealohas on purpose to thwart the investi- blamed a prescription drug ad- then used his law enforcement Kealohas’ home mailbox, stole last year of conspiracy, along gation. diction for clouding her judg- power to frame her uncle for a money from children whose with two former officers who are The Kealohas later pleaded ment. crime he didn’t commit — all to trusts she controlled as a lawyer, scheduled to be sentenced Tues- guilty to bank fraud, saying they “My client was on drugs, her maintain the couple’s lavish life- cheated her uncle out of his life day. provided false information to ob- mind was not clear and she did a style. savings, convinced her firefighter The case is especially shocking, tain loans. lot of bad things,” her lawyer, Ga- Katherine and Louis Kealoha, lover to lie about their affair and Seabright said, because of the They went to great lengths to ry Singh, said in court. now estranged, were once a re- used her position as a prosecutor role a police chief of a “major maintain a lifestyle they couldn’t Kealoha apologized to her fam- spected power couple. Louis Kea- to turn a drug investigation away American city,” played. afford on public servant salaries, ily in court and asked for forgive- loha agreed to retire amid a wide- from her doctor brother. “Think about that, the chief of the judge said. ness. “To my uncle, especially,” ranging federal investigation. She “Truth can be stranger than police of one of the largest police Katherine Kealoha, 51, also she said. “I know that he has been later gave up her law license. fiction,” the judge said at Kathe- departments in the country ... pleaded guilty to an identity theft through so much pain and so “This case has staggered the rine Kealoha’s sentencing. swears to tell the truth, the whole charge, saying she got an officer much hurt.” Giuliani associate Parnas pleads not guilty in fraud case BY SHAYNA JACOBS his business partner David Cor- federal prosecutors. Igor Fruman and Andrey Kukush- want to be in a courtroom with a The Washington Post reia collected investments rang- On Monday, U.S. District Judge kin — are set to stand trial togeth- mask and taking the subway in NEW YORK — A Ukrainian- ing between $200,000 and Paul Oetken said the March 1 trial er. All are free on bail, though law- this situation.” born associate of Rudy Giuliani $500,000. date that had been scheduled for yers for each argued Monday that Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas pleaded not guilty Monday to Giuliani was paid $500,000 by Parnas and his co-defendants was their ability to prepare a defense Roos said that several trials have charges he defrauded investors in Fraud Guarantee for consulting no longer realistic due to rising has been inhibited by the pandem- been conducted in the courthouse a start-up insurance company that work before teaming with Parnas coronavirus numbers in New ic. recently “without incident.” claimed to offer fraud-protection in what would prove an unsuc- York. Courts there have essential- Parnas’s lawyer Joseph Bondy Authorities have accused Par- services to corporate clients — cessful quest to dredge up infor- ly halted such proceedings as a re- told the judge that his investigator, nas of lying about how much of his what prosecutors have called a mation in Ukraine that would sult, and Oetken said that other for instance, cannot be sent to money was at stake in Fraud sham business that was never op- damage Joe Biden ahead of the cases will likely take priority places where case counts are par- Guarantee and how much had erational. election. The former New York when trials resume because they ticularly high, such as Florida and been collected from others. They Lev Parnas, whose ties to Giu- mayor, who as Trump’s personal involve defendants who have been Texas. Kukushkin’s lawyer Ger- allege that he used tens of thou- liani became a focal point in Presi- lawyer is leading the president’s detained. ald Lefcourt is based in New York sands of dollars to cover personal dent Donald Trump’s impeach- long shot bid to overturn the elec- A new trial date has not yet been while his client is in California. expenses while telling his backers ment, appeared by video in Man- tion’s outcome, has maintained set. Oetken gave the lawyers two Lefcourt said they have “never that their funds were to be used hattan federal court to formally there was nothing improper about weeks to agree on a new schedule. been in the same room” to discuss only for operating costs. face charges related to the compa- his consulting work nor his efforts Widespread availability of a coro- evidence. Correia, his former partner in ny, Fraud Guarantee. The Flor- to undermine Biden’s candidacy navirus vaccine may be a deter- “It is too dangerous to go to trial the venture, pleaded guilty in Oc- ida-based entity was defunct, — though Giuliani’s activities mining factor. now, Lefcourt said, citing New tober and admitted he duped in- prosecutors say, when Parnas and abroad have drawn the scrutiny of Parnas and two other men — York’s rise in infections. “I don’t vestors. Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Inmates start jail fire by burning mattresses ATLANTA — Three GA people were transport- ed to a hospital after inmates start- ed a fire at a Georgia jail by burn- ing two mattresses, authorities said. Fulton County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan said two Fulton County Jail em- ployees and an inmate were taken to a hospital as a precaution after the blaze. The fire was already out by the time crews got to the building, but there was heavy smoke and minor damage, Atlanta Fire Rescue spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford told The Atlanta Journal-Consti- tution. He said a guard had also suffered from smoke inhalation. It is not clear how many inmates are responsible for setting the mattresses on fire. Nuns to decide fate of closing monastery CONCORD — A Ca- NH tholic monastery in Concord is closing, leaving its five remaining nuns with a decision to make. The Concord Monitor reported the Diocese of Manchester an- nounced that it will close the Car- melite Monastery, 74 years after it HEATHER ROUSSEAU, THE ROANOKE (VA.) TIMES/AP was founded as a branch of the Carmelites of Boston. It will be up to the nuns to decide On top of the world whether they want to join another A hiker checks out the view after waking up before dawn to catch the sunrise at the top of McAfee Knob on Sunday in Catawba, Va. Carmelite monastery. The Moni- tor reported they will also decide Elliott was elected mayor in No- THE CENSUS police said. what to do with the monastery's vember. He is the city's current The suspect was pronounced property and the remains of sev- public works director and retired The approximate amount in dollars in rewards for leads in the dead at the scene. eral sisters buried onsite. in 2017 after more than 20 years 14K deaths of two Louisiana black bears. Louisiana authorities are The customer was taken in for with the Dunbar police depart- offering $14,500 in rewards for leads in the deaths of two black bears shot a questioning and police recovered Light extravaganza goes ment. few miles and nearly six months apart. Investigators don’t know whether a bear both weapons. drive-thru due to virus found Nov. 9 near Centerville and one found May 17 south of nearby Franklin Mysterious silver monolith were shot by the same person, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Fort Wayne's replica fort NEW ORLEANS — The said in a news release. Ballistics results so far indicate only that each bear was disappears from desert shot by a rifle, but not the caliber or other details, Adam Einck, enforcement faces costly repairs light extravaganza tra- LA spokesman for the department, said in an email. dition called Celebration in the SALT LAKE CITY — A FORT WAYNE — The Oaks that is held yearly in City UT mysterious silver IN replica of Fort Wayne’s Park has turned into a drive-thru monolith that was placed in the attacked a person with a machete. the Des Moines International Air- early 1800s namesake military experience as a result of the coro- Utah desert has disappeared less The Edgecombe County Sher- port in 2020, the TSA said. There post is facing costly repairs after a navirus pandemic. than 10 days after it was spotted by iff's Office said the attacked oc- were 12 guns found at the airport car crashed into its outer timber Thousands of visitors usually go wildlife biologists performing a curred in Macclesfield. in 2019. wall. to the park every holiday season to helicopter survey of bighorn Police said Carlos Antonio A typical first offense for carry- The crash knocked down the tall see the elaborate light show. It fea- sheep, federal officials and wit- Washington attacked a person ing a loaded handgun into a check- timbers making up a corner of the tures various scenes and charac- nesses said. with a machete outside the vic- point is $4,100 and can go as high Old Fort’s wall and damaged the ters made out of lights inter- “We have received credible re- tim's home. Police said Washing- as nearly $13,670, depending on baker’s oven. spersed throughout the park's ports that the illegally installed ton fled after being shot at by any mitigating circumstances, the “This is the fourth time the fort trees and landscapes. structure, referred to as the members of the victim's family. TSA said. has been hit by a vehicle,” said In recent years, visitors would ‘monolith’ has been removed from Washington was apprehended Tom Grant, the treasurer of His- buy a ticket and walk through a Bureau of Land Management later by police and is being held at Customer kills gunman toric Fort Wayne. “This is abso- section of the park where the public lands by an unknown par- a local detention center. Police during robbery attempt lutely the worst situation we’ve lights are arranged. But this year ty,” BLM spokesperson Kimberly said the victim suffered minor in- had.” the pandemic has meant some Finch said in a statement. The juries. PHILADELPHIA — A Grant estimates that it could changes. Instead of walking, vis- agency did not remove the struc- PA customer shot and costs tens of thousands of dollars itors will buy tickets and drive ture, she said. Man stopped with loaded killed an armed man during an at- to make repairs at the replica fort through the park to see the lights. The Utah Department of Public handgun at airport tempted robbery at a restaurant, that was first built in the 1970s at Safety said biologists spotted the police said. the downtown site along the St. Mayor-elect loses arm monolith. It was about 11 feet tall DES MOINES — An Ok- The 53-year-old suspect en- Marys River. He said the nonprof- after hunting accident with sides that appeared to be IA lahoma man was caught tered the Wingstop eatery on Cott- it group was seeking donations. made of stainless steel. with a loaded handgun in his car- man Avenue, brandished a gun The car drove over a grassy DUNBAR — The ry-on bag at an Iowa airport dur- and demanded money from the berm between a street and the fort WV mayor-elect of a West Police: Man charged in ing Thanksgiving week, federal employees, police said. before hitting the timber wall. The Virginia city has lost an arm in a machete attack transportation officials said. The suspect pointed the weapon car was abandoned when police hunting accident. Des Moines police were called at a 27-year-old customer who had officers arrived and the crash was Dunbar Mayor-elect Scott El- MACCLESFIELD — to the airport, and officers confis- walked into the restaurant, ac- under investigation, police said. liott was injured in a hunting acci- NC Police in North Caroli- cated the gun and cited the man on cording to police. The customer, dent, City Council member Greg na said they've charged a man suspicion of a weapons charge. It who had a valid permit to carry a From The Associated Press Hudson said in a Facebook post. with attempted murder after he was the sixth gun confiscated at gun, shot the suspect in the neck, PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 WORLD Azerbaijan fully reclaims lands ceded by Armenia Associated Press Karabakh, forcing Armenia to ac- BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbai- cept the Russia-brokered peace jan on Tuesday completed re- deal that took effect Nov. 10. claiming territory ceded by Arme- The agreement saw the return nia under a Russia-brokered of a significant part of Nagorno- peace deal that ended six weeks of Karabakh under Azerbaijan's con- fierce fighting over Nagorno-Ka- trol and also requested Armenia to rabakh. hand over all of the regions it held Azerbaijani President Ilham outside the separatist region. Aliyev hailed the restoration of The Lachin region, which lies control over the areas as a historic between Nagorno-Karabakh and achievement. Armenia, was the last of the three “We all lived with one dream areas on the rim of Nagorno-Kara- and now we fulfilled it," Aliyev bakh to be surrendered by Arme- said in an address to the nation. nian forces on Tuesday. “We won a victory on the battle- Russia deployed nearly 2,000 field and on the political arena, peacekeepers for at least five and that victory opens a new era years to monitor the peace deal for our country. It will be an era of and help the return of refugees. development, security and pro- The Russian troops will also en- gress." sure safe transit between Nagor- Nagorno-Karabakh is in Azer- no-Karabakh and Armenia across baijan but has been under the con- the Lachin region. trol of ethnic Armenian forces Turkey, which has strongly backed by Armenia since a sepa- backed its ally Azerbaijan, has ex- ratist war there ended in 1994. tended its clout in the region. On That war left Nagorno-Karabakh Tuesday, Russian and Turkish and large chunks of surrounding military officials signed docu- lands in Armenian hands. ments to set up a joint monitoring In 44 days of heavy fighting that center to ensure the fulfillment of began Sept. 27, the Azerbaijani the peace deal, which was cele- military routed Armenian forces brated in Azerbaijan, but sparked and wedged deep into Nagorno- mass protests in Armenia. Militants massacre at least 110 on Nigerian rice farms

BY DANIELLE PAQUETTE lence didn't stop after Buhari de- The Washington Post clared the group "technically de- The farmers had tried to fight feated." An offshoot, the Islamic back. State in West Africa, has since They were tired of Boko Haram spread, assaulting military out- extremists stealing their money posts and collecting taxes from and crops, a local official said, so villagers it intends to rule. when they saw a chance to capture Both groups want to govern Ni- one of their tormentors, they tied gerians with an extreme version him up to face justice. of Islam. They have driven scores In response, gunmen on motor- of aid workers and federal helpers bikes stormed the village of Kosh- out of the country's remotest cor- obe on Saturday, killing at least ners, leaving residents with little 110 people in one of the region's recourse. deadliest attacks in years. The assailants who struck "The entire country is hurt by Koshobe over the weekend — these senseless killings," tweeted about an hour's drive from Borno's Nigerian President Muhammadu capital, Maiduguri — targeted Buhari, whose office described people who worked on rice fields. the loss as "insane." They tied up the victims and slit No one has claimed responsib- their throats, the local govern- ility for the bloodshed. ment said. Most were migrant Nigeria's Borno state has grap- workers who had come from the pled with a relentless insurgency nation's northeast. Then the sus- for more than a decade. Residents pected militants set fire to the land have long blasted leaders in the in an agricultural community that capital, Abuja, for failing to pro- depends on it. tect them. In addition to the 110 people who Boko Haram has killed more died in the ambush, many others than 30,000 people since 2009 and were wounded, said Edward Kal- continues to stage regular attacks lon, the U.N. humanitarian coordi- across Borno. Millions have been nator in Nigeria. Several women forced from their homes. The vio- were kidnapped, he added. Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD Month ahead of split, Brexit trade deal uncertain

BY JILL LAWLESS ITV. Frost met through the weekend in London If there is no deal, New Year’s Day will Associated Press The U.K. left the EU early this year, but with no breakthrough. Talks are contin- bring huge disruption, with the overnight LONDON — The British government told remained part of the 27- uing, and U.K. officials have said this is the imposition of tariffs and other barriers to businesses Tuesday to make sure they are nation bloc’s economic last week to strike a deal. U.K.-EU trade. That will hurt both sides, ready for big changes when the U.K. makes embrace during an 11- The two sides remain stuck over key is- but the burden will fall most heavily on Bri- its final Brexit break from the European month transition as the sues including the resolution of future dis- tain, which does almost half its trade with Union in exactly a month. But with negotia- two sides tried to nego- putes and “level playing field” provisions — the EU. tions on a free-trade deal with the bloc tiate a new free-trade deal the standards the U.K. must meet to export The British government has launched a stuck, firms say they still don't know key de- to take effect Jan. 1. into the EU. major information campaign, with bill- tails of what those changes will be. Talks have already The biggest hurdle appears to be fish, a boards and advertisements warning that Michael Gove, the minister in charge of slipped past the mid-No- small part of the economy with an outsized “time is running out” and telling businesses Barnier Brexit preparations, said trade talks were vember date long set as a symbolic importance for Europe’s mari- to get ready for change on Jan. 1. “getting close to the wire.” deadline for agreement to be reached if it is time nations. Gove said “more than 80% of what busi- “It’s certainly the case that there is a to be approved by lawmakers in Britain and EU countries want their boats to be able ness needs to do” would be the same wheth- chance that we may not get a negotiation the EU before the end of the year. to keep fishing in British waters, while the er or not there is an agreement. outcome, that’s why it’s important that busi- Teams led by EU chief negotiator Michel U.K. insists it must control access and quo- “But I very much want a deal and I be- nesses prepare for all eventualities,” he told Barnier and British counterpart David tas. lieve that we can secure one,” he said. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Biden says US is back. Back to what? Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY DAVID VON DREHLE success of our friends is good for us, too. He The recognition of Israel by the United Arab The Washington Post is like the homeowner who understands that Emirates and Qatar reflects a sober under- merica is back,” said Presi- asafe neighborhood raises everyone’s home standing that endless conflict stands in the EDITORIAL dent-elect Joe Biden as he values. way of urgently needed economic diversifi- Terry Leonard, Editor announced key members of To the extent that Biden takes the country cation across North Africa. [email protected] “A his foreign policy team. “back” to the expansive, internationalist ap- Team Biden should press ahead with this Those three seemingly simple words in fact proach, he will benefit the national interest. breakthrough rather than go back. In doing Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor require a lot of unpacking: back to what? But it would be a mistake to turn the clock so, however, the new administration should [email protected] Trump-era foreign policy has certainly “back” to 2016. Post-Cold War foreign policy end the mollycoddling of Saudi Arabia’s Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content been a departure from seven decades of bi- was off track in some important ways. reckless Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sal- [email protected] partisan consensus among leaders in gov- Trump’s radical reboot has positioned Bi- man. Modernization, yes; wars and assassi- ernment, business and philanthropy. The den to start from a new place and build some- nations, no. As to Iran, Biden should take a Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] generation that felt itself dragged into two thing better. long, reflective pause before undoing catastrophic world wars concluded that only Start with China. In hindsight, it’s clear Trump’s policy — not because Trump was Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital the United States had the economic and mil- that the U.S. gave too much and demanded careful about withdrawing from the Iran nu- [email protected] itary muscle to establish and maintain a too little in facilitating Beijing’s economic clear deal (he was rash), but because U.S. in- more stable order. They understood that the rise. The bipartisan consensus took as an ar- terests are damaged by a ping-ponging par- BUREAU STAFF long-term interests of Americans were best ticle of faith the idea that prosperity and tisan approach. served by the gradual expansion of peace freedom would go hand in hand. Instead, the Finally, Biden should not go “back” on Europe/Mideast and prosperity worldwide. ruling Communist Party has grown richer — Trump’s engagement with our nearest Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] This stance toward the world has always and more repressive, too. From Uighur con- neighbors. Having renegotiated the North +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 bred suspicion and resentment among those centration camps to the crackdown on Hong American Free Trade Agreement, the cur- Pacific who, like President Donald Trump, tend to Kong, Beijing is proposing an alternative to rent administration leaves the country Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief believe that every transaction necessarily the human-rights oriented American order. pointed toward shared prosperity. 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[email protected] of bad deal for our country. “The one that do it smarter. That means restarting the Resolute regarding China, flexible in the benefits, really, the least is the United Trans-Pacific Partnership of enhanced Middle East, bullish on development of the CIRCULATION States,” he said last year, adding, “we’re trade with our many friends in China’s Americas: These three themes constitute Mideast helping Europe.” In fact, the unpreceden- neighborhood. We won’t be pushed by a re- the best of Trump’s unconventional, some- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager tedly stable Western alliance has been indis- pressive communist regime into abandon- times dangerous, foreign policy. 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Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Asso- Music ciated Press’ entertainment journalists of A house is not a home during the holiday what’s arriving on TV, streaming services season without Mariah Carey’s “All I Want and music platforms this week. for Christmas Is You” blasting. During a normal year, Carey and her Christmas cra- Movies ziness would be on a holiday tour. Because Film history fans will get a meal out of live shows aren’t really a thing in 2020, she’s David Fincher’s “Mank,” about “Citizen launching a holiday TV special on Apple Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiew- TV+ on Friday. “Mariah Carey’s Magical icz who is masterfully played by Gary Old- Christmas Special” will includes a mix of man. Shot in gorgeous black and white, musical performances and dancing with “Mank” transports you into the depression- animation. Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hud- NETFLIX era studio system and to the bungalow son, Snoop Dogg, Tiffany Haddish, Misty Christian Serratos is Selena Quintanilla in “Selena The Series,” coming Friday to Netflix. where the first draft of the classic Orson Copeland and Carey’s 9-year-old twins will Welles film was composed. Available on make special appearances. Netflix on Friday, “Mank” is one of the Shawn Mendes released his debut album year’s best films and both a tribute to and in 2015 and he’s dropping his fourth effort searing critique of Hollywood’s golden age. Friday. “Wonder” continues to showcase “Sound of Metal” stars Riz Ahmed as a Mendes’ growth as a punk metal drummer who experiences sud- singer, songwriter den severe hearing loss. The film, which is and performer. The captioned in English, dives into the world of album features the the deaf community with Ruben (Ahmed) singles “Wonder” in a way you’ve never seen or heard before. and “Monster” with It’s the directorial debut of Darius Marder- Justin Bieber, which who assembled an crack team of sound mix- debuted in the Top ers and editors to create a unique auditory 10 of the Billboard Amazon Studios SHOWTIME experience to simulate what Ruben is going Hot chart this week. Riz Ahmed stars in “Sound of Metal” as a William H. Macy is Frank Gallagher in through as he loses his hearing entirely. Additionally, a Netflix documentary called punk metal drummer who experiences “Shameless.” The 11th and final season of The new live-action “Mulan” will finally “Shawn Mendes: In Wonder” is available sudden severe hearing loss. the series premieres Sunday. be free for Disney+ subscribers Friday. for streaming and follows Mendes’ rise and From director Niki Caro, this adaptation of journey over the past few years. The 11th and final season of the Showtime the Chinese folk tale about a young woman Christmas came early when Carrie Un- Television dramady “Shameless” debuts Sunday, who disguises herself as a man and takes derwood released her first holiday album in “Selena: The Series” is described by Net- weaving the pandemic, urban gentrifica- her father’s place in the army is breathtak- September, and on Thursday she’ll debut a flix as a coming-of-age drama that follows tion and personal pressures into the lives of ingly beautiful, from the stunning land- musical TV special to accompany it. On Selena Quintanilla from talented youngster the Gallaghers of Chicago’s South Side. scapes to the colorful costumes. Although it HBO Max’s “My Gift: A Christmas Special to musical phenom, aided by her family. A Aging patriarch Frank (William H. Ma- may fall short of the kind of intoxicating sto- from Carrie Underwood” — conducted by breakthrough star in male-dominated Teja- cy) is facing the toll of longtime alcohol and ry magic that the Disney label signifies, it is award-winning musical director Rickey no music, the singer was just shy of her 24th drug abuse, while and Ian and Mickey worth a watch and may just inspire some Minor — the country superstar is backed by birthday in 1995 when she was fatally shot (Cameron Monaghan, Noel Fisher) strug- curious young viewers to delve into more a live orchestra, choir and her band. John by a former business associate. The two- gle as newlyweds. Deb (Emma Kenney) Asian cinema classics. Also, if you find Legend makes an appearance, and viewers part series debuts Friday with Christian stands ready to give her all to single mother- yourself missing the songs and Eddie Mur- will get a behind-the-scenes look at Under- Serratos (“The Walking Dead”) as Selena hood and Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) feels the phy, the animated 1998 version is also avail- wood’s 5-year-old son, Isaiah, recording his and Gabriel Chavarria (“East Los Angeles’) same about his nascent law enforcement able on the service. vocals for “Little Drummer Boy.” and Ricardo Chavira (“Desperate House- career. — AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr — AP Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu wives”) among the cast members. — AP Television Writer Lynn Elber Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of 2020 Associated Press The Weeknd’s album is the only Felicity Huffman’s next Other news The year’s most played artist on one in the top five to earn no Spotify? Globally speaking: Bad Grammy nominations. The al- act: TV baseball comedy
The co-author of the million- selling “Game Change” has a book Bunny. bum’s single, “Blinding Lights,” is Felicity Huffman, the “Desper- The Puerto Rican superstar is Spotify’s most-streamed song of coming about the 2020 election. ate Housewives” star who was the music platform’s most- the year with 1.6 million streams Simon & Schuster announced convicted last year in the college streamed artist of the year with 8.3 globally. Monday that John Heilemann is admissions scandal, just got a new billion streams globally. The Latin “Dance Monkey” by Australian working on a “dramatic, first- lease on her acting life. The Em- Grammy winner and hitmaker, singer Tones and I is the second hand account” of Joe Biden’s vic- my-winning actress has inked a who released a new album last most-streamed song of the year, torious presidential campaign. deal for a comedy pilot for ABC. In week, leads a top five list that in- while Roddy Ricch’s “The Box,” The book is currently untitled. cludes Drake, J Balvin, Juice SAINt JHN’s “Roses — Imanbek the half-hour how, as yet untitled,
Dave Prowse, the British WRLD and The Weeknd. Remix” and Lipa’s “Don’t Start Huffman will play the unlikely weightlifter-turned-actor who With more than 3.3 billion Now” came in third, fourth and owner of a minor-league baseball was the body, though not the voice, streams, Bad Bunny’s sophomore fifth respectively. team that she inherited after her of arch-villain Darth Vader in the solo album “YHLQMDLG” tops In the U.S., late rapper Juice husband’s death. “Peanut Butter original Star Wars trilogy, died Spotify’s list of most-streamed al- WRLD was the most-streamed Falcon” actor Zack Gottsagen will Nov. 28 after a short illness. He bums globally. The Weeknd’s “Af- artist on Spotify. His album “Leg- co-star as Huffman’s eldest son, a was 85. Director George Lucas ter Hours,” Post Malone’s “Holly- ends Never Die” was the plat- baseball fanatic who has Down saw Prowse in a small part in “A AP wood’s Bleeding,” Harry Styles’ form’s most-streamed album in syndrome. The story is based on Clockwork Orange” and asked the Bad Bunny, shown at the Bill­ “Fine Line” and Dua Lipa’s “Fu- the U.S., while Ricch’s “The Box” the life of Susan Savage, owner of 6-foot-6-inch actor to audition for board Latin Music Awards in ture Nostalgia” round of the top was the country’s most-streamed the Triple A World Champion Sac- the villainous Vader or the Wookie 2019, was the most­streamed five. song. ramento River Cats. . Chewbacca in “Star Wars.” artist on Spotify in 2020. Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 SCOREBOARD/HIGH SCHOOLS

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AP Top 25 schedule AP men's Top 25 SOUTHWEST No. 1 Alabama at LSU, Saturday SMU 91, Texas A&M-CC 54 No. 2 Notre Dame vs. Syracuse, Saturday The top 25 teams in The Associated Texas 78, Davidson 76 No. 3 Ohio State at Michigan State, Sat- Press' college basketball poll, with first- urday place votes in parentheses, records FAR WEST No. 4 Clemson at Virginia Tech, Saturday through Nov. 30, total points based on 25 CS Northridge 76, Seattle 65 No. 5 Texas A&M at Auburn, Saturday points for a first-place vote through one California 60, Nicholls 49 No. 6 Florida at Tennessee, Saturday point for a 25th-place vote and previous Nevada 70, Pacific 58 No. 9 Miami at Duke, Saturday ranking Stanford 82, Alabama 64 No. 10 Indiana at No. 18 Wisconsin, Sat- Texas Southern 76, Wyoming 74 urday Record Pts Prv No. 11 Georgia vs. Vanderbilt, Saturday AP women's Top 25 No. 12 Iowa State vs. West Virginia, Sat- 1. Gonzaga (57) 2-0 1569 1 urday 2. Baylor (6) 2-0 1513 2 The top 25 teams in The Associated No. 13 Oklahoma vs. Baylor, Saturday Press' women's college basketball poll, No. 14 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 25 Liberty, 3. Iowa 2-0 1410 5 with first-place votes in parentheses, re- Saturday 4. Wisconsin 2-0 1287 7 cords through Nov. 30, total points based No. 15 Marshall vs. Rice, Saturday 5. Illinois 3-0 1281 8 on 25 points for a first-place vote through No. 17 Southern Cal vs. Washington one point for a 25th-place vote and previ- State, Sunday 6. Duke 1-0 1185 9 ous ranking No. 19 Oklahoma State at TCU, Saturday 7. Kansas 1-1 1169 6 No. 20 Louisiana-Lafayette at Appala- 8. Michigan St. 2-0 1028 13 Record Pts Prv chian State, Friday No. 21 Oregon at California, Saturday 9. Creighton 1-0 981 11 1. South Carolina (29) 3-0 749 1 No. 22 Tulsa at Navy, Saturday 10. Houston 3-0 949 17 2. Stanford (1) 1-0 704 2 No. 23 Washington vs. Stanford, Satur- 11. West Virginia 3-0 943 15 day 3. UConn 0-0 689 3 No. 24 Iowa at Illinois, Saturday 12. Villanova 2-1 939 3 4. Baylor 1-0 665 4 MICHAEL ABRAMS / Stars and Stripes 13. Tennessee 0-0 878 12 5. Louisville 2-0 607 5 Stuttgart’s Karen Kosinski, center, spikes the ball past the Ramstein DEALS 14. North Carolina 1-0 591 16 6. Mississippi St. 1-0 586 6 defense of Lauren Szczygeil, left, and Sequoia Juhaz duringthe Divi­ Monday's transactions 15. Virginia 1-1 581 4 7. Arizona 1-0 566 7 16. Virginia Tech 3-0 570 — 8. NC State 2-0 564 8 sion I final at the DODEA Europe volleyball championships in Kai­ BASEBALL 17. Texas 2-0 478 19 serslautern on Nov. 2, 2019. The next season, if it happens, won’t Major League Baseball 9. UCLA 1-0 494 9 American League 17. Texas Tech 2-1 478 14 10. Oregon 1-0 477 10 begin until at least January. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded RHP 19. Richmond 2-0 382 — 11. Kentucky 2-0 466 11 Adam Cimber to Miami for cash consider- 20. Kentucky 1-1 363 10 12. Texas A&M 2-0 412 13 ations. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Signed OF Mi- 21. Oregon 0-0 338 20 13. Indiana 1-0 342 16 chael Taylor. Designated LHP Foster Grif- 22. Florida St. 0-0 304 21 14. Maryland 2-1 327 12 fin for assignment. 23. Ohio St. 2-0 282 23 15. Northwestern 0-0 289 17 National League 24. Rutgers 3-0 252 24 16. Arkansas 3-1 265 14 CHICAGO CUBS — Named Jeff Greenberg assistant general manager. Named Craig 25. Arizona St 2-1 233 18 17. Oregon St. 1-0 256 18 Breslow assistant general manager and 18. Gonzaga 1-1 193 21 DODEA Europe vice president of pitching. Others receiving votes: Michigan 90, San 19. Ohio St. 1-0 189 20 MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP Jose Diego St. 86, Saint Louis 69, Louisville 55, Urena for assignment. Alabama 52, Florida 45, Indiana 38, UCLA 20. DePaul 1-1 187 19 14, Maryland 9, Providence 7, Stanford 7, BASKETBALL 21. Missouri St. 2-1 153 24 UConn 6, Clemson 4, LSU 3, Arkansas 2, 22. Syracuse 1-0 142 23 National Basketball Association Loyola of Chicago 1, TCU 1, Colorado 1, BYU DETROIT PISTONS — Signed guards Kil- 1. 23. Iowa St. 1-1 128 15 lian Hayes and Saben Lee and forwards 24. Michigan 2-0 110 25 Isaiah Stewart and Saben Lee. winter sports Monday's men's scores 25. Texas 2-0 65 — FOOTBALL National Football League EAST Others receiving votes: South Dakota St. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed TE Evan Hofstra 73, Fairleigh Dickinson 58 31, North Carolina 24, South Dakota 20, Baylis on waivers. Notre Dame 20, Arizona St. 10, Wake Forest BALTIMORE RAVENS — Activated OLB Seton Hall 86, Iona 64 St. John's 97, Boston College 93 9, Ohio 6, South Florida 1, Boston College 1, Jaylon Ferguson, G D.J. Fluker, CB Iman Tennessee 1, Rutgers 1, Duke 1. Marshall and DT Broderick Washington UALR 76, Duquesne 66 from the reserve/COVID-19 list. SOUTH Monday's women's scores CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed DE Yetur season delayed Gross-Matos on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Bowling Green 78, Appalachian St. 76 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Claimed S Te- Campbell 85, St. Andrews 51 EAST dric Thompson off waivers from Kansas Chattanooga 62, Tennessee Tech 54 Penn St. 87, St. Francis (Pa.) 54 BY KENT HARRIS to the Naval Station Rota com- City. Activated FB Andy Janovich from the Emmanuel 64, Stetson 61 Towson 95, La Salle 66 Jacksonville St. 85, Mobile 66 Stars and Stripes reserve/COVID-19 list. SOUTH mand. HOUSTON TEXANS — Activated G Hjalte LSU 96, SE Louisiana 43 Froholdt from the exempt/commissioner Mercer 86, Georgia St. 69 Buffalo 80, James Madison 64 The American high school win- Elsewhere, the situation is a bit permission list. Mississippi St. 68, Texas St. 51 Clemson 80, Charlotte 73 ter sports season in Europe will more complicated. Germany’s JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Activated K North Carolina 78, UNLV 51 FAU 93, North Florida 81 Chase McLaughlin from the reserve/CO- UCF 63, Auburn 55 Howard 87, Mount St. Mary's 83 get off to a later start than antici- national decree that expires Dec. W. Carolina 96, Piedmont 58 VID-19 list. MIDWEST pated. 20 prohibits any training or com- PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Activated DE MIDWEST Gendard Avery from injured reserve. Pro- DePaul 128, Chicago St. 66 If it happens at all. petition for amateur sports, Clem- moted TE Caleb Wilson and DT T.Y. McGill Indiana 79, Providence 58 Gonzaga 54, South Dakota 50 Kansas St. 62, UMKC 58 to the active roster. FAR WEST “There won’t be any competi- mons said. It’s entirely possible PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Activated DE Minnesota 67, Loyola Marymount 64 Isaiah Buggs and G Kevin Dotson from the Xavier 99, E. Kentucky 96, OT Arizona St. 62, Saint Mary's (Cal) 53 tion at least until we come back in that could be extended into the reserve/COVID-19 list. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Activated PRO SOCCER AP SPORTLIGHT January,” Kathy Clemmons, the new year. Christmas break starts WR Jaydon Mickens and RB T.J. Logan DODEA Europe athletic director, Dec. 19. and school resumes Jan. from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Placed DL MLS playoffs Benning Potoa on the reserve/COVID-19 Dec. 2 said Monday, shortly after shar- 4. Play-in list. 1907 — Tommy Burns defends his world ing an update with school admin- Italy has both national and re- Eastern Conference heavyweight title by knocking out Gunner SOCCER Friday, Nov. 20 MLS Moir in the 10th round at London. istrators and athletic directors. gional decrees in play. Vicenza New England 2, Montreal 1 1944 — Ohio State quarterback Leslie LOS ANGELES GALAXY — Exercised con- Nashville 3, Inter Miami 0 In Europe, the winter season has the only DODEA high school tract options of G Justin Vom Steeg, D Die- Horvath wins the Heisman Trophy. die Traore, M Kai Koreniuk and F Ethan Zu- First Round 1947 — Notre Dame quarterback Johnny has traditionally featured two in Italy currently with students in bak. Agreed to terms with M Sacha Kijes- Eastern Conference Lujack wins the Heisman Trophy. tan on a new contract. Declined the op- Saturday, Nov. 21 1952 — Oklahoma halfback Billy Vessels weeks of competition — and classrooms. AD Theresa Urquilla tions of M Joe Corona, D's Emiliano Insua Orlando City 1, New York City FC 1, (Or- is named the Heisman Trophy winner. about a month’s worth of practic- said they’re waiting on a national and Emil Cuello, F's Yony Gonzalez and lando advances 6-5 on penalties) 1958 — Army back Pete Dawkins is Gordon Wild and G Jonathan Klinsmann. Columbus 3, New York 2 named the Heisman Trophy winner. es — before the Christmas break. decree that expires Thursday to National Women's Soccer League 1993 — The Houston Rockets tie the NBA WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Re-signed M Tori Tuesday, Nov. 24 record for the best start to a season, im- But Clemmons said host nation see how they’ll proceed. Huster to a two-year contract. Nashville 1, Toronto 0, OT proving to 15-0 with a 94-85 victory over New England 2, Philadelphia 0 the New York Knicks. The Rockets regulations and U.S. military re- “There are so many layers, it’s matched the start of the 1948-49 Washing- PRO BASEBALL Western Conference ton Capitols. strictions to try to curb the spread just impossible to say, ‘This is Sunday, Nov. 22 1995 — Notre Dame advances to the of the coronavirus will make the what we’re going to do,’ ” as an MLB calendar Sporting Kansas City 3, San Jose 3, NCAA women’s soccer championship by (Sporting KC advances 3-0 on penalties) becoming the first team to beat 13-time winter season far from ordinary, organization, Clemmons said. In a Dec. 2 — Last day for teams to offer 2021 Minnesota United 3, Colorado 0 champion North Carolina in the national contracts to unsigned players on their 40- Portland 3, Dallas 3, (Dallas advances 8-7 semifinals. The lone score comes when just as it did in the fall and spring mass email, she encouraged man rosters. on penalties) Tar Heels forward Cindy Parlow acciden- — where entire sports or seasons schools who could practice to 2021 Tuesday, Nov. 24 tally heads a ball into her own net. 2002 — Oakland’s Tim Brown and Jerry were reduced or eliminated. start. But she said traveling to Jan. 15 — International amateur signing Seattle 3, Los Angeles FC 1 period opens. Rice take turns rewriting the NFL record There might be practices at play seemed unlikely under cur- Jan, 26 — Hall of Fame voting an- Conference Semifinals book in a 26-20 win over the New York Jets. nounced. Eastern Conference Brown becomes the third player with 1,000 some schools, though. rent conditions. Feb. 1-19 — Salary arbitration hearings, Sunday, Nov. 29 receptions and the third with 14,000 yards Scottsdale, Ariz. New England 3, Orlando City 1 receiving. Rich Gannon ties an NFL record “Nothing has been finalized,” “We’ll come back in January, Feb. 17 — Voluntary reporting date for Columbus 2, Nashville 0 with his ninth 300-yard passing game of said Dennis Ullery, athletic direc- after Christmas break, and we’ll pitchers, catchers and injured players. the season. On the very next play after Feb. 22 — Voluntary reporting date for Western Conference Brown’s 1,000th catch, Rice scores on a 26- tor at Lakenheath in England. But see where we stand,” she said. Tuesday's game yard catch, giving Oakland a 13-10 lead. other players. th Feb. 27 — Mandatory reporting date. Dallas at Seattle It’s Rice’s record 192nd TD catch and puts if the 48 Fighter Wing grants ap- Anderson said practice is bet- him over 1,000 yards receiving for a record March 15 — Last day to place a player on Thursday's game waivers for 30 days termination pay. 14th season. proval, practices for both girls ter than nothing for the Admirals, Minnesota United at Sporting Kansas 2009 — The New Jersey Nets are pound- March 27 — Last day to offer a retention City and boys teams in volleyball and who have never fielded boys vol- bonus to an eligible player attending ed into NBA infamy, falling 117-101 to the spring training with a minor league con- Conference Championships Dallas Mavericks for their 18th straight weightlifting could start as early leyball or any weightlifting tract. Sunday's game loss to start the season. The Nets pass the March 30 — Last day to place a player on Eastern Conference 1988-89 Miami Heat and 1999 Los Angeles as Dec. 8. teams. waivers for 45 days termination pay. New England at Columbus Clippers, who both dropped their first 17 That’s also the situation at Rota “I know the kids would really April 1 — Opening day, active rosters re- games. duced to 26 players. Monday's game 2017 — McKenzie Milton of UCF passes in Spain. AD Ben Anderson said like to be doing something after July 13 — All-Star Game, Atlanta. Western Conference for 494 yards and five TDs to help the 12th- July 25 — Hall of Fame induction, Coo- Seattle-Dallas winner vs. Sporting KC- ranked Knights win the American Athletic students — who have been back school,” he said. perstown, N.Y. Minnesota winner Conference title with a 62-55 victory over Dec. 1 — Collective bargaining agree- No. 16 Memphis in double overtime. The in school in Rota since Oct. 5 — ment expires, 11:59 p.m. EST. MLS Cup 117 points between UCF and Memphis sets would like to start practice next Dec. 15 — International amateur signing Saturday, Dec. 12 a record for an FBS conference champion- [email protected] period closes. Teams TBD ship game. week. But the decision will be up Twitter: kharris4stripes Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Virus spike forces Gophers to cancel game vs. Wildcats

Minnesota football has had 47 positive cases since Nov. 19

Associated Press Minnesota announced Monday it has called off this weekend’s game against No. 16 Northwest- ern, the second straight cancella- U.S. ARMY / U.S. Army tion for the Gophers due to a spike The 25th Infantry Division’s Wolfhounds, whose soldiers defended a foothold on the Korean peninsula in in COVID-19 cases within the pro- 1950, are the inspiration for Army’s football uniforms for this year’s Army­Navy game at West Point. gram. STACY BENGS / AP University officials made the Linebacker Josh Aune, front, and decision in consultation with the Minnesota have had to cancel Big Ten after seven additional two consecutive games because Army’s game uniform inspired positive cases were confirmed. of a coronavirus outbreak. The Wildcats, who lead the West Division by one game at 5-1, were ority,” athletic director Mark by Wolfhounds of Korean War scheduled to play Saturday at TCF Coyle said. “The last couple of Bank Stadium. Those Gophers days have shown a decrease in BY WYATT OLSON division’s distinctive insignia: a during the conflict, which ended who have contracted the virus positive cases, but not to the point Stars and Stripes golden lightning bolt emblazoned in 1953. have experienced “very, very where we are able to return to FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — upon a red taro leaf. “The Wolfhounds have more mild symptoms,” according to competition.” The U.S. Army’s Hawaii-based The division was activated on Medal of Honor recipients than coach P.J. Fleck. Coyle said the Gophers are aim- “Tropic Lightning” 25th Infantry Oahu shortly before Japan’s sur- any other regiment going back to College football is limping to- ing to play Nebraska as scheduled, Division is serving as the inspira- prise attack on the island on Dec. the Spanish-American War,” the ward the postseason in late De- and Fleck said the team is game- tion for the uniforms to be worn 7, 1941. Its soldiers participated in Army said. cember as multiple programs deal planning for the Huskers. next week during the Army-Navy the invasion of Luzon, Philippines, The uniforms carry a shoulder with COVID-19 outbreaks and The virus has done a number on football game. in January 1945 and were among patch of an American flag from contact tracing protocols. Four the Big Ten race, with six cancel- The annual matchup will take the occupying forces in Japan af- the early 1950s, which had only 48 games on this week’s schedule lations so far. The 18th-ranked place Dec. 12 at Army’s Michie ter its surrender later that year. stars before Hawaii and Alaska have been postponed or canceled. Badgers have likely become ineli- Stadium. On one shoulder of the uniform became states in 1959. Over the last three weeks, 52 gible for the conference cham- Black Knights players’ uni- is a wolf head, symbol of the divi- The game venue of West Point, games have been called off be- pionship because they haven’t forms will honor the division’s Ko- sion’s Wolfhounds, whose soldiers N.Y., chosen in the wake of the cause of COVID-19 issues out of played enough games. East Divi- rean War-era 27th Infantry Re- were deployed from the tranquil coronavirus pandemic, is a signif- 179 that were scheduled. Since sion leader and third-ranked Ohio giment, the Wolfhounds, which Japan occupation to Korea when icant departure from the longtime late August, the total number of State, which had to cancel its last played a decisive role in repelling war broke out in June 1950. tradition of holding the game at canceled or postponed games is game against Illinois, would be in the initial massive assault by the The Wolfhounds were among neutral locations. 103. danger of that fate with one more North Korean People’s Army in the units defending the Pusan Pe- Over the 120 years the rivals Minnesota’s football team has cancellation. 1950, according to promotional rimeter and then pushed the ene- have competed, about three-quar- turned up 47 positive cases since materials released by the Army. my back toward the north, earning ters of those games were played in Nov. 19 — 21 players and 26 staff College basketball Army’s helmets will sport the three Presidential Unit Citations Philadelphia. members. The Gophers paused all The pandemic is also disrupting team activities six days ago, when the early days of the college bas- they canceled the annual rivalry ketball season, with coaches Fuller lands SEC football honor game at Wisconsin. Minnesota al- scrambling to fill holes in the so said it will hold all meetings vir- schedule. The 21st-ranked Oregon Associated Press first and scored two extra points tually for the rest of the season. men’s basketball program an- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The for New Mexico on Aug. 30, 2003, Left on the schedule is a game at nounced it would play two games Southeastern Conference has and April Goss, who had an extra Nebraska on Dec. 12 and a to-be- in Omaha, Neb. — against Missou- named Vanderbilt kicker Sarah point for Kent State in 2015. determined cross-division oppo- ri on Wednesday and Seton Hall Fuller as the league’s co-special Fuller is continuing to practice nent on Dec. 19. on Friday. teams player of the week after she with Vanderbilt, which visits No. “There’s not a lot we can do Oregon is yet to open its basket- made history becoming the first 11 Georgia on Saturday. Fuller about it. Nobody’s doing anything ball season because of the CO- woman to play in a Power 5 con- helped Vanderbilt win the South- wrong. The virus remains unde- VID-19-related cancellations of ference football game. eastern Conference women’s feated,” Fleck said on his weekly multiteam events the Ducks Fuller shared the award Mon- tournament title on Nov. 22. radio appearance on KFAN-FM. hoped to play in as well as a game day with Florida punt returner Fuller said she wants to remain “We are in a major city, surround- against Eastern Washington. Kadarius Toney after the senior a member of the team. ed by a lot of people.” Ducks coach Dana Altman was soccer player served as Vander- “I'll stay around as long as they The university is working with the longtime coach at Creighton, bilt’s primary kicker in a loss to want me, till they like, kick me the state health department to iso- in Omaha, before leaving for Ore- Missouri. She sent a squib kick 30 off,” Fuller said Sunday. “So I'm late and treat the individuals gon and he has remained close yards that was covered at the Mis- here for the long run.” who’ve tested positive. Last week, friends with athletic director souri 35 to open the second half in Fuller said her longest field goal Minnesota added testing beyond Bruce Rasmussen. her only chance to kick. in practice last week was 38 yards. the conference’s established pro- Seton Hall (0-1), like Creighton, The Vanderbilt kicker became “I asked for some film on some tocols. plays in the Big East. Rasmussen the third woman to play at the NFL kickers that are comparable L.G. PATTERSON / AP “The health and safety of our served as the middleman to get the Football Bowl Subdivision level, to how I kick so I can refine that," Vanderbilt's Sarah Fuller kicks student-athletes, coaches and Ducks and Pirates together on joining Katie Hnida, who was the Fuller said. off at Missouri Saturday. staff continues to be our main pri- Creighton’s home court. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL/NBA

TOP 25 ROUNDUP Davis, 14th-ranked Tar Heels top UNLV Associated Press Runnin’ Rebels (0-2), who hit their first five ASHEVILLE, N.C. — North Carolina shots. But UNLV made just 13 of 57 shots started its first game of the relocated Maui (22.8%) while the Tar Heels snagged seem- Invitational so badly that it faced an imme- ingly every miss to finish with a 54-35 re- diate double-digit hole as its Hall of Fame bounding advantage. coach benched multiple starters. No. 17 Texas 78, Davidson 76:At Ashe- The 14th-ranked Tar Heels offered up a ville, N.C., Courtney Ramey had the go- confidence-building response to those early ahead driving score with 20 seconds left for troubles. the Longhorns in the opening game of the Freshman RJ Davis scored 16 points to Maui Invitational. help UNC beat UNLV 78-51 in Monday Ramey’s score broke a 76-all tie, then night’s first round. After falling behind 13-0, Texas (2-0) came up with a pair of stops on the Tar Heels used a big run spanning half- the final possession, when the Wildcats (1-1) time and a dominating effort on the glass to had a chance to tie or win. advance. Davidson's Sam Mennenga missed a con- “I told them at the first timeout I wasn’t tested three-pointer from the wing, but the worried about the score,” coach Roy Wil- Wildcats got another shot when the ball liams said. “I was just worried about how went out of bounds with 3.8 seconds left. we were playing.” Davidson inbounded again to Mennenga, Garrison Brooks added 14 points and sur- who missed a final three for the win with the passed the 1,000-point mark for his career Longhorns’ Andrew Jones closely defend- in the first half for North Carolina (2-0), ing him. Mennenga turned toward the offi- which didn’t score for the first 6 ½ minutes. cial at the horn, while Wildcats coach Bob But UNC closed the gap, then went on a 28-4 McKillop also protested slightly before run for its own big lead. leaving the court. The Tar Heels got a big contribution from Ramey scored 14 points to lead the Texas senior reserve Andrew Platek, who had 11 in the win. points and hit a pair of first-half three-point- Mennenga scored 17 points to lead David- ers after UNC sputtered out of the tipoff. son. “I think we were worried for a second,” Long Beach St.­No. 22 UCLA, ppd.: The Platek said of the players’ reaction to the Bruins’ home opener against the Beach was early deficit. “But then we just knew if we postponed. UCLA spokesman Alex Tim- played our principles and played our game iraos said the game is off “out of an abun- KATHY KMONICEK / AP plan, we were going to be fine.” dance of caution” based on COVID-19 pro- North Carolina guard RJ Davis, back, leaps to shoot over UNLV guard Bryce Hamilton Bryce Hamilton scored 15 points for the tocols in the Long Beach State program. during the first half of Monday's game at the Maui Invitational in Asheville, N.C. Back: Teams still deciding if they can begin season with fans

FROM PAGE 24 increased back-to-backs means that we’ll the start of Phase 4 in the league’s five- have to manage our time appropriately.” phase plan for health and safety. For nine coaches — Tom Thibodeau in “We’re all going to have to be very nim- New York, Steve Nash in Brooklyn, Billy ble, first of all keeping guys safe and Donovan in Chicago, Doc Rivers in Phila- healthy,” Utah general manager Justin Za- delphia, Nate Bjorkgren in Indiana, Stan nik said Monday. “We’ll get an idea of the Van Gundy in New Orleans, Stephen Silas schedule, how travel is, how the pandemic in Houston, Mark Daigneault in Oklahoma affects us. ... No one in the NBA, other than a City and Tyronn Lue with the Los Angeles three-month bubble, has ever gone through Clippers — this week marks the formal start what we’re about to go through.” of their on-court tenures with their clubs. Preseason is less than two weeks away, It’ll also be the first training camp as head starting Dec. 11. The regular season starts coach for J.B. Bickerstaff in Cleveland; he on Dec. 22, three weeks from Tuesday. A took over as coach in February. schedule for the first half of the shortened Some teams haven’t played since March 72-game regular season could be known in 11. Others saw their seasons resume in July, the coming days, and many teams are still then end in August or September. And for deciding if they can begin the season with the Lakers and the Heat, the NBA finalists, fans in their arenas or not. The NBA cham- the season went until mid-October. pion Lakers have already said they aren’t Not even two months later, it’s time to having fans in their building to start the sea- play again. son; Charlotte and Oklahoma City an- “I think it’s fair to say that coming into the nounced Monday that they will begin their season, given everything that’s going on in home schedules the same way. the country relative to COVID and the ef- “This is going to be a challenging season fects that it’s having on everybody both lo- for us,” Phoenix general manager James cally and nationally, this is going to be a Jones said. “We’re going to do everything in pretty unique season,” Oklahoma City gen- our power to make sure that we try to stay MARK J. TERRILL / AP eral manager Sam Presti said. COVID-free and try to stay healthy. With 72 The Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, left, and Anthony Davis celebrate winning the “We’ve never been through a season like games in a condensed season and more or NBA Finals on Oct. 11. Now the Lakers will begin defense of that title. this before. No team has.” Wednesday, December 2, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NFL

Scoreboard Steelers’ American Conference game with East WLTPct PF PA Ravens now Buffalo 8 3 0 .727 299 282 Miami 7 4 0 .636 284 205 New England 5 6 0 .455 229 255 Wednesday N.Y. Jets 0 11 0 .000 152 322

South BY DAVID GINSBURG WLTPct PF PA Associated Press Tennessee 8 3 0 .727 324 285 The Baltimore Ravens’ struggle Indianapolis 7 4 0 .636 302 253 to contain an extended outbreak of Houston 4 7 0 .364 268 297 the coronavirus forced their res- Jacksonville 1 10 0 .091 227 325 cheduled game Tuesday night North against the unbeaten Pittsburgh WLTPct PF PA Steelers to be moved back to Pittsburgh 10 0 0 1.000 298 174 Wednesday afternoon. Cleveland 8 3 0 .727 265 286 It’s the third fix to a matchup Baltimore 6 4 0 .600 268 195 originally slated to be played Cincinnati 2 8 1 .227 230 289 Thanksgiving night. The game West will remain on NBC. WLTPct PF PA Also, the Steelers’ home game in Kansas City 10 1 0 .909 348 238 Week 13 against Washington has Las Vegas 6 5 0 .545 292 319 been moved from Sunday to Dec. Denver 4 7 0 .364 209 298 7. The Ravens’ home game against L.A. Chargers 3 8 0 .273 277 300 Dallas will be on Tuesday, Dec. 8 on Fox and NFL Network. It was National Conference originally set for Thursday night,

East then moved to Dec. 7. WLTPct PF PA Ravens-Steelers was moved back one more day for medical N.Y. Giants 4 7 0 .364 214 253 Washington 4 7 0 .364 241 243 reasons, but now Baltimore gets Philadelphia 3 7 1 .318 237 277 CHRIS SZAGOLA / AP some time for workouts. The NFL Dallas 3 8 0 .273 251 359 The Seattle Seahawks’ DK Metcalf, top, tries to hurdle Philadelphia Eagles’ Darius Slay. Metcalf had 10 permitted the Ravens to return to catches for 177 yards in his team’s 23­17 win Monday at Philadelphia. South their facility on Monday night un- der doctors’ supervision, which is WLTPct PF PA similar to what happened when New Orleans 9 2 0 .818 326 225 the Tennessee Titans had a coro- Tampa Bay 7 5 0 .583 344 280 Atlanta 4 7 0 .364 295 281 navirus outbreak earlier this sea- Carolina 4 8 0 .333 280 300 son. The Titans got three days of Metcalf, Wilson propel workouts in that scenario. North “Players arrived already pre- WLTPct PF PA pared to work out on the field, and Green Bay 8 3 0 .727 349 283 they did not enter the locker room Chicago 5 6 0 .455 216 250 Minnesota 5 6 0 .455 292 305 or training room,” the Ravens said Detroit 4 7 0 .364 252 328 Seahawks past Eagles in a statement. “We intend to hold another walk-through session on West BY ROB MAADDI had another rough game. He was Seahawks 23, Eagles 17 Tuesday, in preparation for trav- WLTPct PF PA Associated Press 25-for-45 for 215 yards, two TDs — Seattle 0 14 3 6 — 23 eling to Pittsburgh Tuesday eve- Seattle 8 3 0 .727 341 304 PHILADELPHIA — DK Met- and one interception. ning.” Philadelphia 0 6 3 8 — 17 L.A. Rams 7 4 0 .636 263 215 calf got extra motivation he didn’t Seattle’s defense entered the The NFL announced the most Arizona 6 5 0 .545 304 258 Second Quarter San Francisco 5 6 0 .455 261 254 even need. game allowing the most yards in Sea—Moore 1 pass from R.Wilson recent switches Monday after the Metcalf caught 10 passes for 177 the NFL and most yards passing (Myers kick), 10:56. Ravens placed starters Matthew Thursday, Nov. 26 Sea—Carson 16 run (Myers kick), 5:27. yards, Russell Wilson threw for but held the Eagles’ inept offense Phi—Goedert 3 pass from Wentz (kick Judon, Willie Snead and Mark An- Houston 41, Detroit 25 failed), :12. Washington 41, Dallas 16 230 yards and a touchdown and to 250 yards. Third Quarter drews on the reserve/COVID-19 Metcalf was on the board when list. Sunday, Nov. 29 the Seattle Seahawks beat the Phi- Phi—FG Elliott 42, 7:33. Sea—FG Myers 44, 2:06. Atlanta 43, Las Vegas 6 ladelphia Eagles 23-17 on Monday Philadelphia took J.J. Arcega- Although Baltimore also had Fourth Quarter Buffalo 27, L.A. Chargers 17 night. Whiteside in the second round four players return from that list, Cleveland 27, Jacksonville 25 Sea—FG Myers 33, 11:08. Miami 20, N.Y. Jets 3 Before the game, Metcalf said with the 57th pick in 2019. Arcega- Sea—FG Myers 39, 1:13. the team will still be severely Minnesota 28, Carolina 27 Phi—Rodgers 33 pass from Wentz N.Y. Giants 19, Cincinnati 17 Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Whiteside has 12 career catches (Sanders run), :12. short-handed. New England 20, Arizona 17 Schwartz, who coached Calvin and was a healthy inactive before A—0. Tennessee 45, Indianapolis 26 Sea Phi New Orleans 31, Denver 3 Johnson in Detroit, compared him landing on the COVID-19 list. Met- San Francisco 23, L.A. Rams 20 First downs 20 18 Kansas City 27, Tampa Bay 24 to the former Lions star. calf, who was the final pick of the Green Bay 41, Chicago 25 Total Net Yards 301 250 “I’m getting a little respect, but second round, had the best game Rushes-yards 30-76 14-70 Monday's game you know I still got work to do. One of his rookie year in Seattle’s play- Passing 225 180 Seattle 23, Philadelphia 17 of the defensive coaches came up off win at the Eagles last season Punt Returns 4-27 2-19 Kickoff Returns 1-21 4-95 Wednesday's game to me and it kind of made me mad and again showed why he’s one of Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Baltimore at Pittsburgh that he was like, ‘You know, I was the best receivers in the NFL. Comp-Att-Int 22-31-0 26-46-1 Sunday's games in Detroit with Megatron but Metcalf’s 52-yard catch on Sacked-Yards Lost 2-5 6-41 Cincinnati at Miami you’re not there yet,’ ” Metcalf third-and-13 set up Wilson’s 1- Punts 3-52.0 5-49.0 Cleveland at Tennessee said. “In my mind, I’m not trying yard TD pass to David Moore that Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Detroit at Chicago Penalties-Yards 8-83 9-79 Indianapolis at Houston to be Megatron. I’m trying to be gave the Seahawks a 7-0 lead. Jacksonville at Minnesota Time of Possession 32:57 27:03 Las Vegas at N.Y. Jets me. So I had a little chip on my “It’s kind of like coming home, a New Orleans at Atlanta INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS L.A. Rams at Arizona shoulder the whole game.” place that had a chance to draft me RUSHING—Seattle, Carson 8-41, Hyde N.Y. Giants at Seattle The Seahawks (8-3) moved one but they didn’t so I’ve got to make 15-22, Wilson 6-12, Moore 1-1. Philadel- New England at L.A. Chargers phia, Wentz 5-42, Sanders 6-15, Scott 2-7, Philadelphia at Green Bay game ahead of the Rams in the them pay,” Metcalf said. Clement 1-6. Denver at Kansas City PASSING—Seattle, Wilson 22-31-0-230. NICK WASS / AP Open: Carolina, Tampa Bay NFC West. Philadelphia (3-7-1) Cornerback Darius Slay, who Philadelphia, Wentz 25-45-1-215, Hurts 1-1- fell a half-game behind the Giants followed Metcalf in coverage, 0-6. Quarterback Lamar Jackson and Monday, Dec. 7 RECEIVING—Seattle, Metcalf 10-177, Washington at Pittsburgh and Washington in the woeful called it his worst game. Lockett 3-23, Moore 3-(minus 6), Carson 2- the rest of the Baltimore Ravens Buffalo at San Francisco 18, Hollister 2-11, Hyde 2-7. Philadelphia, will now play the Steelers on NFC East. “I lost every 50-50 ball. I let the Goedert 7-75, Scott 5-40, Rodgers 3-53, Re- Carson Wentz didn’t cede many team down. I gotta play better,” agor 3-11, Fulgham 2-16, Jeffery 2-15, Sand- Wednesday, nearly a week after Tuesday, Dec. 8 ers 2-7, Ward 1-3, Hightower 1-1. Dallas at Baltimore snaps to backup Jalen Hurts but Slay said. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. the game was scheduled. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Battle of the birds SPORTS Seahawks rough up Wentz, hold off Eagles ›› NFL, Page 23

MARK J. TERRILL / AP The Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo dunks during the second half of Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 11 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

NBA Getting back to it Ready or not, training camps opening BY TIM REYNOLDS league Tuesday, though on-court sessions As is the case with school, there will be Associated Press were limited to individual workouts and on- tests in NBA camps. Lots of them. or the Los Angeles Lakers and ly for those players who have gotten three Players and coaches will be tested for Miami Heat, it was the shortest negative coronavirus test results back in the coronavirus daily around the league, and a offseason ever. For the eight last few days. Mandatory “group training positive test at this point would likely derail teams that haven’t played since activities,” another way to describe what someone for most of camp and probably in- March, the offseason dragged would otherwise be called practice, will be- to the preseason. The rules are so strict that fFor longer than most seasons last. And for all gin in some cities Friday and for most clubs clubs cannot even hold a team dinner on the 30 clubs, questions are far more prevalent Sunday, the league said. eve of training camp; the NBA isn’t allowing TAMI CHAPPELL / AP than answers these days. “I feel like a kid getting excited for the those to take place until at least Dec. 11, or Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young tweeted Ready or not, the NBA is back. first day of school again,” Atlanta guard that he feels “like a kid getting excited for Training camps opened around the Trae Young tweeted. SEE BACK ON PAGE 22 the first day of school again.”

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