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In this July 14, 2020, file photo, a health worker performs a COVID-19 test at a Test Iowa site at Waukee South Middle School in Waukee, Iowa. Associated Press Virus cases rise in U.S. heartland, home to anti-mask feelings

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, NICKY FORSTER The spike across the Midwest as well as parts of Public Health. and JOCELYN NOVECK the West has set off alarms at hospitals, schools Harvard’s tracking dashboard globalepi- Associated Press and colleges. demics.org has shown an increasing number MISSION, Kan. (AP) — It began with devasta- Wisconsin is averaging more than 2,000 new of states turning red, indicating over 25 new tion in the New York City area, followed by a cases a day over the last week, compared cases per 100,000 population. With experts ex- summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coro- with 675 three weeks earlier. Hospitalizations pecting a surge in coronavirus cases and the navirus outbreak is heating up fast in smaller in the state are at their highest level since the flu as cold weather sets in and people move cities in the heartland, often in conservative outbreak took hold in the U.S. in March. indoors, Tsai warned: “It’s important to not take corners of America where anti-mask sentiment Utah has seen its average daily case count our foot off the brakes.” runs high. more than double from three weeks earlier. The U.S. is averaging more than 40,000 new Elsewhere around the country, Florida's Repub- Oklahoma and Missouri are regularly recording confirmed cases a day. While that number is lican governor lifted all restrictions on restau- 1,000 new cases a day, and Missouri Gov. Mike dramatically lower than the peak of nearly rants and other businesses Friday and all but Parson, a staunch opponent of mask rules, 70,000 over the summer, the numbers are wor- set aside local mask ordinances in the political tested positive this week. Kansas and Iowa risome nonetheless. The nation’s death toll battleground state, in a move attacked by are also witnessing a spike in cases. And South eclipsed 200,000 this week, the highest in the Democrats as hasty. Dakota and Idaho are seeing sky-high rates of world. Meanwhile, confirmed cases of the virus in the tests coming back positive. In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis, a major ally of U.S. hit another milestone — 7 million — ac- "What we're seeing is the newer hot spots rise President Donald Trump, gave businesses the cording to the count kept by Johns Hopkins over the course of the last several weeks, pre- OK to reopen, declaring, “We’re not closing University, though the real number of infections dominantly in the Upper Midwest," said Thomas anything going forward.” is believed to be much higher. Tsai, a professor at Harvard's Chan School of Continued on next page A2 Saturday 26 September 2020 UP FRONT Continued from Front In Joplin, Missouri, a mask The governor, who has re- ordinance was allowed to sisted making mask-wear- expire in mid-August as virus ing mandatory statewide, fatigue grew. Since then, also said he will stop cities the number of positive cas- and counties from collect- es there and in surrounding ing fines from people who Jasper County — a deeply don't cover their faces, vir- conservative county that tually nullifying local mask Trump won by more than ordinances. 50 percentage points over Florida was a major hot Hillary Clinton in 2016 — has spot over the summer, and risen about 80%. the death toll there stands "I am getting sick and tired at nearly 14,000. Deaths of telling people to wear are running at over 100 a their masks, and I know they day, and newly confirmed are sick and tired of me infections at about 2,700 a saying it," said Tony Moehr, day. chief of the Jasper County Like Trump, DeSantis has Health Department. "And it questioned the effective- just seems like people have ness of closing down busi- heard it so many times, I'm nesses, arguing that states not sure if they really even that more aggressively shut hear it anymore when we down, including California, say it." have fared no better. At the home of the Univer- Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, left, is shown by a poll worker which way to go as he votes early at "The state of Florida is prob- sity of Oklahoma, the Nor- the Richmond general registrar's office in Richmond, Va., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, on the first day of ably the most open big Virginia's 45-day early voting period. man City Council voted 5-3 state in the country," he Associated Press this week to require that boasted Friday. masks be worn indoors at Florida Democrats have Northam announced he nearly 80 people died were ing social-distancing rules. house parties if more than bemoaned the governor's and his wife have tested charged with neglect over Health officials said if virus 25 people are present. The push to reopen. positive, though he said their handling of the out- cases in these neighbor- ordinance passed over ob- "No one is advocating for he has no symptoms. break. They could go to hoods continue to build, jections from members of a full-scale lockdown in Northam, a Democrat who prison if convicted. It is be- the city might roll back the the public. Florida. But we have been is also a doctor and usually lieved to be the nation's reopening in some places "You can make any law and continue to ask for wears a mask in public, has first criminal case brought and require businesses to that you want to. You common-sense preven- been criticized by Repub- against nursing home offi- close back down. come into my house tell- tion measures such as face licans who say his restric- cials for actions during the In the Midwest, the virus ing me that I got to wear masks, which are essen- tions aimed at slowing the crisis. is now landing squarely this stupid thing and you're tial to preventing further spread of the virus are too — In New York City, which in places where there is going to have a firefight on spread," state Sen. Audrey stringent. beat back the virus after strong resistance to masks your hands," said Josh Dan- Gibson said Thursday. — Two former administra- a disastrous spring, four and governors have been forth, holding a mask, who In other developments: tors of a Massachusetts Orthodox Jewish schools reluctant to require face identified himself as an Iraq — Virginia Gov. Ralph veterans home where were closed for violat- coverings. war veteran.q Birx: Not considering leaving coronavirus task force with what she saw as a di- coordinating the groups." to expire Oct. 2, should be minished role and ques- Birx said she has been on extended. tioned how long she could a heavy travel schedule, "Within two weeks of the remain in the role. Birx said but said that is crucial to mask mandate, you can she was not considering understanding the nation's see the dramatic decline leaving. response. She said she had in cases here in Alabama," "Do I look like a person that been in about 28 states, in- Birx said. is diminished? I'll tell you cluding more than 15 uni- She said it is important for that is the first time those versities, in the last three people to maintain their adjectives have ever been months. mitigation efforts in the fall. used in describing my be- "Yes, I have been on the As Birx urged the extension havior," Birx said. She also road. ... Why is that? That's of the mask order, a new urged the state to extend because that dialogue al- lawsuit was filed challeng- its mask mandate. lows you to understand ing it. Dr. Deborah Birx, right, coordinator of the White House corona- "We are in the middle of a what polices are work- Former Alabama Chief Jus- virus task force, speaks at a press conference along LSU interim pandemic that is affecting ing, what needs to be tice Roy Moore on Thurs- President Tom Galligan, left, after one of several roundtable dis- Americans. As an Ameri- changed, what is difficult day announced a new cussions with LSU officials and others, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 in the LSU Foundation Training Room in Baton Rouge, La. can, I think I can do the for people," Birx said. federal lawsuit challenging Associated Press best service to my country Birx has recently toured the constitutionality of the right now by serving in this Southern universities that mask mandate and past AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — of the task force and was role, working across the are starting the fall semes- state health orders that White House coronavirus considering leaving. agencies because that is ter. She met with Alabama closed businesses or direct- response coordinator Dr. During a livestreamed news the experience that I have," Gov. Kay Ivey in the morn- ed people to stay home. Deborah Birx on Thursday conference at Auburn Uni- Birx said. ing. Birx praised Ivey for The lawsuit was filed by pushed back against a re- versity in Alabama, Birx was Birx said it would be "on me issuing a statewide mask Moore's Foundation for port that said she was dis- asked about a CNN report if I was distressed, right? Be- mandate. She said she be- Moral Law on behalf of sev- tressed over the direction that said she was frustrated cause I'm supposed to be lieves the order, which is set en plaintiffs.q A3 U.S. NEWS Saturday 26 September 2020 Largest California wildfire threatens marijuana-growing area SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) pattern will reverse during — California's largest wild- the weekend as a ridge of fire is threatening a mar- high pressure boosts tem- ijuana-growing enclave, peratures and generates and authorities said many gusty winds flowing from of the locals have refused the interior to the coast. to evacuate and aban- In northern and central ar- don their maturing crops eas of the state the stron- even as weather forecast- gest winds were forecast ers predict more hot, dry to occur from Saturday and windy conditions that night into Sunday morning, could fan flames. followed by another burst The wildfire called the Au- Sunday night into Monday. gust Complex is nearing The Pacific Gas & Elec- the small communities of tric utility was tracking the Post Mountain and Trinity forecasts to determine if it Pines, about 200 miles (322 would be necessary to shut kilometers) northwest of off power to areas where Sacramento, the Los Ange- gusts could damage the les Times reported. company's equipment or Law enforcement officers hurl debris into lines that went door to door warn- can ignite flammable veg- ing of the encroaching fire etation. danger but could not force The utility posted a power In this Sept. 11, 2020, file photo, firefighters light a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson residents to evacuate, Trin- Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif. cut "watch alert" for Satur- ity County Sheriff's Depart- Associated Press day evening through Mon- ment Deputy Nate Trujillo day morning. If the shutoff said. ald Triangle, a three-county lars, millions and millions of the August Complex, said happens, about 21,000 "It's mainly growers," Trujillo corner of Northern Califor- dollars of marijuana out fire officials plan to deliver customers in portions of said. "And a lot of them, nia that by some estimates there," Trujillo said. "Some of a clear message that "we northern Butte, Plumas and they don't want to leave is the nation's largest can- those plants are 16 feet (5 are not going to die to save Yuba counties would lose because that is their liveli- nabis-producing region. meters) tall, and they are people. That is not our job." power, PG&E said. hood." People familiar with Trinity all in the budding stages of "We are going to knock When heavy winds were As many as 1,000 people Pines said the community growth right now." door to door and tell them predicted earlier this remained in Post Mountain has up to 40 legal farms, Gunfire in the region is once again," McMillan said. month, PG&E cut power and Trinity Pines, authorities with more than 10 times common. A recent night "However, if they choose to to about 167,000 homes and local residents estimat- that number in hidden, ille- brought what locals stay and if the fire situation and businesses in central ed Thursday. gal growing areas. dubbed the "roll call" of becomes, as we say, very and northern California in Numerous studies in re- Growers are wary of leav- cannabis cultivators shoot- dynamic and very danger- a more targeted approach cent years have linked big- ing the plants vulnerable ing rounds from pistols and ous … we are not going to after being criticized last ger U.S. wildfires to global to flames or thieves. Each automatic weapons as risk our lives." year for acting too broadly warming from the burning farm has crops worth half a warnings to outsiders, said Efforts to extinguish more when it blacked out 2 mil- of coal, oil and gas, es- million dollars or more and Post Mountain volunteer than two dozen major wild- lion customers to prevent pecially because climate many are within days or Fire Chief Astrid Dobo, who fires across California have fires. change has made Cali- weeks of harvest. also manages legal canna- benefitted recently from PG&E equipment has fornia much drier. A drier One estimate put the value bis farms. low winds and normal tem- sparked past large wildfires, California means plants are of the area's legal marijua- Mike McMillan, spokesman peratures along with and including the 2018 fire that more flammable. na crop at about $20 mil- for the federal incident moist air flowing inland destroyed much of the Sier- The threatened marijuana lion. command team manag- from the Pacific. But fore- ra foothills town of Paradise growing area is in the Emer- "There (are) millions of dol- ing the northern section of casters said that weather and killed 85 people. q Brown women's sports settlement gets preliminary approval By MARK PRATT sports at Brown on Aug. 31, tice and two private law spokesperson Friday said lenge to Brown's decision A federal judge on Friday 2024. firms, alleged that the cuts she is pleased with the set- to cut women's gymnastics gave preliminary approval The settlement stemmed violated the 1998 agree- tlement. and volleyball in the early to a settlement between from a legal challenge in ment, known as the Cohen "The Cohen agreement 1990s. Five former Brown Brown University and stu- June to the Providence, agreement after the lead served an important pur- student-athletes who were dent-athletes who had Rhode Island school's de- plaintiff. pose when it was signed plaintiffs in the 1990s case challenged the Ivy League cision to reduce several Under an order entered Fri- 22 years ago, but Brown's blasted their alma mater in school's decision to drop women's varsity sports day by U.S. District Judge commitment to women an open letter published in several women's varsity teams to club status. Sev- John McConnell, Jr., the athletes transcends the The Providence Journal on sports. eral men's sports were also plaintiffs will have until Nov. agreement," the statement Friday. "With a new settle- The settlement announced reduced to club status, al- 24 to raise objections to said. "We can provide ex- ment now proposed, we earlier this month restores though some were later re- the settlement. A hearing cellent athletics opportuni- write to express our deep the women's equestrian stored. on whether to approve it is ties for women and men, disappointment in what we and women's fencing The June motion by stu- scheduled for Dec. 15, the be a leader in upholding Ti- have discovered: that your teams to varsity status, and dent-athletes represented ACLU said in a statement. tle IX and have a competi- commitment to gender eq- calls for an end to a 1998 by attorneys with the Amer- Brown President Christina tive varsity program." uity only goes as far as the legal agreement ensuring cian Civil Liberties Union of Paxson in a statement The 1998 agreement had letter of the lawsuit," they gender equity in varsity Rhode Island, Public Jus- emailed by a university stemmed from a legal chal- wrote.q A4 Saturday 26 September 2020 U.S. NEWS Ginsburg makes history again, lying in state at Capitol By LISA MASCARO en's rights and equality. AP Congressional Corre- "Brick by brick, case by spondent case," said Rabbi Lauren WASHINGTON (AP) — The Holtzblatt of the Adas Isra- late Supreme Court Justice el Congregation in Wash- Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay ington, she changed the in state Friday at the U.S. course of American law. Capitol, the first woman so "Today, she makes history honored in America, mak- again," the rabbi said. ing history again as she had Few Republicans attended throughout her extraordi- the service that was filled nary life. with women and Demo- The flag-draped casket crats. Sens. Elizabeth War- of Ginsburg, who died last ren of Massachusetts and week at 87, in the Capitol's Amy Klobuchar of Minneso- grand Statuary Hall drew ta, both former presidential members of Congress, mili- contenders, were among tary officials, friends and those attending. family, some with children Senate Majority Leader in tow, paying respect Mitch McConnell, who is to the liberal icon who leading the push for Trump's changed American law, nominee to replace Gins- and perceptions of wom- burg, was invited but no- en's power. Democratic The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in the U.S. Capitol on Friday, ticeably missing. The GOP presidential nominee Joe Sept. 25, 2020. Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Sept. 18 and is the first women to lie in state at whip, Rep. Steve Scalise of Biden and his wife, Jill, sat the Capitol. Louisiana, was there. Associated Press quietly with other invited Services were brief, with guests. His vice presidential the rabbi's reflections and coronavirus restrictions for short procession from the have rippled through the running mate, Sen. Kamala prayer, before guests lined the service for Ginsburg court's steps where it had Ginsburg commemora- Harris also attended. up to pass by the casket amid a Capitol in turmoil. been on public view for tions this week. But Friday's Harris said RBG, as the late and pay their respects. President Donald Trump is several days to the East ceremony focused on her justice is known by many, Toward the end of the line prepared to announce a Front of the Capitol. A mili- life and work, with musi- "absolutely" and intention- of mourners, one dropped conservative nominee to tary honor guard carried it cal selections from one of ally cleared a path for to the ground and did replace the justice on Sat- inside the Capitol's stately her favorite opera singers, women like her in civic life. three quick pushups. It was urday, weeks before the Statuary Hall. It departed mezzo-soprano Denyce "She, first of all, made Bryant Johnson, the jus- election. A Senate confir- a few hour later, female Graves. She is the first Jew- America see what leader- tice's beloved trainer of her mation vote is expected in lawmakers on the Capitol ish American to lie in state ship looks like -- in the law, popular workouts. late October. steps, waving goodbye. at the Capitol. in terms of public service Members of the House and House Speaker Nancy Pe- Ginsburg, the second Small in stature, large in -- and she broke so many Senate who were not in- losi said it was with "pro- woman to serve on the Su- history, the Brooklyn-born barriers," Harris told report- vited to the ceremony be- found sorrow" that she wel- preme Court, will be buried Ginsburg was remembered ers at the Capitol. "And I cause of space limitations comed the liberal icon and next week in Arlington Na- as a bright Columbia grad- know that she did it inten- imposed by the coronavi- opened the private service. tional Cemetery beside her uate who was passed over tionally knowing that peo- rus pandemic will be able She and Senate Democrat- husband, Martin, who died for jobs at a time when few ple like me could follow." to pay their respects before ic leader Chuck Schumer in 2010. women entered law, only She called Ginsburg "one a motorcade carrying Gins- welcomed Ginsburg's cas- The politics of the moment, to go on to reshape the na- of the greatest Americans." burg's casket departs the ket her casket made the in a tense election year, tion's laws protecting wom- Mourners gathered under Capitol early afternoon. q Former exam administrator pleads guilty in college scam BOSTON (AP) — A former college en- Williams "regrets the harm she has caused trance exam administrator pleaded guilty her school, her students and the compa- Friday to taking bribes to help wealthy nies that trusted her," he lawyer said in an parents rig their kids' test scores as part of email. a college admissions bribery scheme. "While she has struggled through this dif- Niki Williams, 46, a former employee of the ficult process, she is eager to move be- Houston Independent School District, is yond it and start the next chapter of her among about 40 people who have admit- life," attorney Eric Tennen said. ted to charges in the case that exposed Rick Singer, the admissions consultant, a scheme to get undeserving teens into and Mark Riddell, who secretly took the college with fake athletic credentials or exams for the students, have also plead- manipulated test scores. ed guilty. Prosecutors say Williams, who adminis- Williams pleaded guilty to one count of tered the college entrance exams at the conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail public high school where she worked, took fraud and honest services wire fraud and In this March 25, 2019, file photo, Niki Williams, right, a money from the admissions consultant at mail fraud before a Boston federal court college entrance exam administrator, arrives at federal the center of the scheme in exchange for judge held via video because of the court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college allowing someone else to take exams in coronavirus pandemic. admissions bribery scandal. place of the children of Singer's clients or Williams is scheduled to be sentenced Associated Press correct their answers. Dec. 21.q A5 WORLD NEWS Saturday 26 September 2020 Paris stabbing suspect wasn't on police radar, minister says By ANGELA CHARLTON and evacuated. OLEG CETINIC Moreira said a man in PARIS (AP) — The main sus- the street "attacked two pect in the double stabbing people who were in front Friday outside the former of the building, didn't en- Paris offices of a satirical ter the building, and who newspaper where dozens attacked them with an were killed in 2015 was ar- axe and who left." He said rested a month ago for car- the company had not re- rying a screwdriver but not ceived any threats. on police radar for Islamic A tweet from Charlie Heb- radicalization, France's in- do posted not long after terior minister said. the attack said: "All the Two suspects were arrest- team at Charlie offers sup- ed separately shortly after port and solidarity to its the stabbing in which two former neighbors and col- people were wounded, al- leagues at PLTVfilms and to though the links between the people hit by this odi- the two suspects weren't ous attack." immediately clear. The Associated Press reporters main suspect, the young at the scene saw police man, was arrested on the flood the neighborhood steps of the Bastille Opera Police officers stand by a knife, seen on the ground, in Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. in eastern Paris near the not far from the attack site, Associated Press Richard Lenoir subway sta- near the building where tion, which remained cor- the weekly Charlie Hebdo rorist motive because of not been released. An in- its determination to fight doned off hours later. Chil- was located before the the place and timing of vestigation was opened terrorism." dren were sequestered in 2015 attack. the stabbings: in front of into "attempted murder in In a tweet, Charlie Hebdo nine schools while police The interior minister said the building where Charlie relation with a terrorist en- strongly condemned the scoured the area, but were the young man arrived in Hebdo was based until the terprise," according to an stabbings. later released, according France three years ago as Islamic extremist attack on official at the terrorism pros- "This tragic episode shows to the Paris school district. an unaccompanied minor, its cartoonists and at a time ecutor's office. us once again that fa- Witness Kader Alfa told The apparently from Pakistan, when suspects in the 2015 French Prime Minister Jean naticism, intolerance, the AP at the scene: "I saw a but his identity was still be- attack are on trial across Castex said the lives of the origins of which will be re- guy that was in his 30s or ing verified. town. two wounded workers were vealed by the investigation, 40s with an axe in his hand "But manifestly it's an act Prosecutor Jean-Francois not in danger. He offered are still present in French so- who was walking behind a of Islamist terrorism," Interior Ricard said that the chief the government's solidarity ciety....There is no question victim covered in blood." Minister Gerald Darmanin suspect in Friday's stab- with their families and col- of ceding anything," the A wrenching, two-month said in an interview with the bings was arrested, along leagues. newspaper said. trial in the Charlie Hebdo France 2 television station. with another person. Ricard The prime minister noted The two people confirmed attacks is currently unfold- "Obviously, there is little said the assailant did not the "symbolic site" of the at- injured worked for docu- ing at the main Paris court- doubt. It's a new bloody at- know the people who were tack, "at the very moment mentary film company Pre- house. Murmurs broke at tack against our country, stabbed, a woman and a where the trial into the atro- mieres Lignes, according to the terrorism trial of 14 peo- against journalists, against man working at a docu- cious acts against Charlie founder Paul Moreira. He ple, including 3 fugitives, this society." mentary production com- Hebdo is under way." He told France's BFM television accused of helping the at- France's counterterrorism pany who had stepped promised the government's that the attacker fled into tackers in the January 2015 prosecutor said earlier that outside for a smoke break. "unfailing attachment to the subway, and the com- killings, as the news filtered authorities suspect a ter- The suspects' identities have freedom of the press, and pany's staff members were through. q

Turkey slams US speaker over remarks on Trump, Erdogan ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — on the U.S. president to "(Pelosi's) rise to become Turkey's foreign minister honor his oath of office Speaker of the House is on Friday accused US and the U.S. Constitution. what is truly worrisome for House Speaker Nancy Pe- "We do know who he ad- American democracy, losi of "blatant ignorance" mires. He admires (Rus- given her blatant igno- over her comments that sian President Vladimir) rance," Cavusoglu wrote. questioned U.S. President Putin, he admires Kim "You will learn to respect Donald Trump's commit- Jong Un, he admires Er- the Turkish people's will." ment to democracy and dogan in Turkey," Pelosi Trump has been fanning his alleged "admiration" said. uncertainty as he floats of Turkey's President Re- She added: "But I remind theories the election may cep Tayyip Erdogan and him, you are not in North be "rigged" if he loses, other leaders accused of Korea, you are not in Tur- echoing warnings he authoritarian rule. key, you are not in Russia, made ahead of the 2016 Pelosi criticized Trump's Mr. President." voting — even though refusal to commit to a Foreign Minister Mevlut past elections have not Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. speaks during peaceful transfer of pow- Cavusoglu took to Twitter shown substantial evi- a news conference Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in er if he loses elections in to admonish Pelosi over dence of fraud from mail- Washington. November, and called her remarks. in voting. q Associated Press A6 Saturday 26 September 2020 WORLD NEWS 'Hotel Rwanda' hero admits backing rebels, denies violence

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA was denied and now he is Associated Press appealing that rejection. KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The The denial of bail further man portrayed as a hero in alarmed his family, which the movie "Hotel Rwanda" along with some human has admitted in court that rights and legal groups has he backed a rebel group, expressed concern that his but denied that he support- arrest is the latest example ed any violence or killings. of Rwanda targeting critics. Paul Rusesabagina, in a "We have no hope that he pink prison uniform for his can be given fair justice in bail hearing on Friday, Rwanda and ask for his im- told the court in Kigali, the mediate release," daugh- capital, that he helped to ter Carine Kanimba said form the National Libera- on social media earlier this tion Front in order to assist month. Rwandan refugees, but He also distanced him- said he never supported self from the activities of a violence. rebel movement that is the The judge has postponed armed wing of his opposi- ruling on his application for tion political platform, say- bail until Oct. 2. ing he was not the move- Rusesabagina, a Belgian ment's leader and that the citizen and U.S. perma- Paul Rusesabagina, center, whose story inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda", wears a pink prison uni- group's members should nent resident who has form as he appears for a bail hearing at a court in the capital Kigali, Rwanda Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. be held responsible. The been a prominent critic of Associated Press armed wing has claimed President Paul Kagame, is responsibility for deadly at- charged with 13 offenses tion. He was represented in Dubai was going to Bu- indicated that Rusesabagi- tacks in Rwanda. that also include financing by Rwandan lawyers, Da- jumbura, Burundi, where he na may have been tricked Rusesabagina is credited terrorism, complicity in mur- vid Rugaza and Emaline had planned to speak to into boarding the plane, with saving more than 1,000 der, recruiting child soldiers, Nyembo, provided by the churches at a pastor's invi- adding; "It was actually lives during Rwanda's 1994 and forming a rebel group. Rwandan government. A tation. flawless!" genocide that killed some If convicted, he faces a team of international law- Instead, Rusesabagina Human Rights Watch has 800,000 Tutsis and moder- maximum of 25 years in yers have said they will rep- stepped out of the plane asserted that Rusesaba- ate Hutus. For his efforts he prison. It's not clear when resent Rusesabagina, but and was surrounded by gina was "forcibly disap- was awarded the U.S. Presi- his trial will begin. they were not at the bail Rwandan soldiers, the re- peared," saying that the dential Medal of Freedom. Rusesabagina, 66, has lived hearing. port said. He said he was lack of lawful international But he has faced criticism outside Rwanda since 1996 Earlier this month, he de- then tied up, couldn't see extradition proceedings from Rwandan authorities but on Aug. 31, he sudden- scribed how he disap- anything and didn't know suggests that Rwandan au- in the years since he began ly appeared in the East Af- peared while visiting Dubai where he was. thorities don't believe their speaking out against al- rican country in handcuffs. and then turned up days The Rwandan court has evidence would stand up leged human rights abuses Appearing frail and speak- later in Rwanda, a country said he was arrested at Ki- to independent scrutiny. by Kagame's government. ing in a soft voice, Rus- his family says he'd never re- gali International Airport, Rusesabagina had asked Government support- esabagina said that he is turn to voluntarily. Speaking contradicting the earlier to be released on bail, cit- ers reject Rusesabagina's sick and would not attempt to The New York Times with police version that he was ing poor health that has criticism, saying Kagame's to leave Rwanda. The Rwandan authorities pres- arrested through "inter- caused him to be taken to leadership supports de- prosecutors said he would ent, he said he thought the national cooperation." a hospital three times since mocracy and economic jeopardize their investiga- private plane he boarded Kagame earlier this month his arrest. His bail request growth.q China aims to make 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses a year

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese giants Pfizer and Moderna One of those is Coro- health official said Friday aim to produce a billion naVac, made by the pri- that the country's annual doses each in 2021 as well. vate company SinoVac, production capacity for Zheng said distribution of which is already rolling off coronavirus vaccines will the vaccines would priori- the factory floor at a bio- top 1 billion doses next tize groups such as medical secure facility outside Bei- year, following an aggres- workers, border personnel jing. SinoVac's chairman, sive government support and the elderly before they Yin Weidong, said Thursday program for construction of are made available to the that the factory was built new factories. general public. in months, and more could Capacity is expected to China has promoted the be constructed if demand reach 610 million doses by construction of vaccine is sufficient. Some nations the end of this year, Zheng testing facilities and manu- are pooling vaccine efforts Zhongwei from the Nation- facturing plants, and as- to ensure success against al Health Commission said. signed independent moni- the disease. More than 150 Zheng Zhongwei, an official with China's National Health Com- mission, holds a chart showing different priority groups for a "Next year, our annual ca- tors for their assembly. countries are setting up the coronavirus vaccine as he speaks during a press conference pacity will reach more than China has 11 vaccine can- COVID-19 Vaccines Global held to discuss COVID-19 vaccine-related issues at the State 1 billion doses," he said at a didates in human trials, with Access Facility, or COVAX, Council Information Office in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. news conference. four of them currently in the under the World Health Associated Press American pharmaceutical third and final trials. Organization.q A7 WORLD NEWS Saturday 26 September 2020 Push within El Salvador to advance priest massacre case By MARCOS ALEMAN "It looks more like a com- Associated Press plicit court with the goal SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador of protecting people ac- (AP) — For years, attempts cused of being war crimi- within El Salvador to inves- nals," Baulenas said. "We tigate and prosecute the see it as a threat in the masterminds of a massa- sense that there appears cre of six Jesuit priests dur- to be complicity with those ing that country's civil war being processed." have been delayed and Current President Nayib deflected by legal maneu- Bukele's office did not im- vers. mediately respond to a The sentencing of former request for comment. Salvadoran colonel Ino- Late Thursday, Bukele an- cente Orlando Montano nounced that he was de- to 133 years in prison by a classifying the archives of Spanish court earlier this another civil war atrocity, month in relation to the the El Mozote massacre, in case is raising calls once which soldiers killed near- again for El Salvador to ly 1,000 people in a rural deal with this dark chapter community in 1981. in its history. The Spanish court that Arnau Baulenas, a lawyer sentenced Montano for In this Nov. 15, 2008 file photo, people hold banners depicting six Jesuit priests massacred in 1989, with the Human Rights In- during a memorial to mark the 19th anniversary of their death, in San Salvador. the priests' killings called it stitute at Central American Associated Press "state terrorism" carried out University — a school run by powerful interests, in- by the Jesuits and the site gave the orders and who six priests — five Spaniards ing the amnesty. After the cluding Cristiani, aimed at of the 1989 murders — said knew about them. and one Salvadoran — Supreme Court found the "holding onto their positions Montano's conviction and The question of whether to their housekeeper and the amnesty unconstitutional, of privilege within the pow- sentence in Spain showed reopen the case remains housekeeper's daughter a judge ordered one of er structures." Cristiani has that the orders came from stalled in the Supreme in the priests' campus resi- those officers, Col. Guill- denied any involvement high up. He blames a lack Court's criminal chamber. dence. They tried to make ermo Benavides, back to or knowledge of the plan of political will and resis- A lower court had ruled the massacre appear as prison where he remains. to kill the priests. Attempts tance within El Salvador's that an investigation into though it had been carried Baulenas said authorities to reach him for comment justice system for being un- the involvement of a group out by leftist guerillas. The in El Salvador continue were not successful. able to achieve similar out- of military officers and ex- killings sparked internation- to resist efforts to deter- "The truth has to be known comes there. President Alfredo Cristiani al outrage. mine who was involved in and I would ask ex-Presi- Since El Salvador's Supreme could go ahead. But the Nine members of the mili- planning the murders. He dent Cristiani that if he has Court declared the 1993 officers appealed and tary were initially put on said the university wants nothing to hide, why not amnesty established after the case made it to the trial, but the court ab- to know what Cristiani, as come to the court and tell the war unconstitutional in Supreme Court last year solved seven of them. Two president and commander the truth," Baulenas said. 2016, Baulenas has been where it sits today. officers served short sen- in chief of the military at the "But it seems he has al- fighting to reopen the case On Nov. 16, 1989, an elite tences in El Salvador, but time, knew about the plan ways hidden behind the and go after those who commando unit killed the were released in 1993 dur- to murder the priests. military."q

London officer shot dead while detaining suspect at station LONDON (AP) — A Brit- rorism. Naseem, said the suspect ish police officer was shot Metropolitan Police Com- had been arrested for pos- dead inside a London po- missioner Cressida Dick said session of drugs and pos- lice station early Friday by a "early indications are that session of ammunition and suspect he was detaining, the suspect shot himself." taken to the holding facil- who then appears to have Dick said Ratana, originally ity in a police vehicle. He turned the gun on himself. from New Zealand, had was handcuffed behind Investigators said the sus- been in the police force for his back when shots were pect was handcuffed at almost 30 years and leaves fired, "resulting in the fatal the time. a partner and an adult son. injuries to the officer and London's Metropolitan Po- "We are all deeply shocked critical injuries to the man." lice force said Sgt. Matiu and saddened.," she said. "A non-police issue firearm, Ratana, 54, was shot at the "The Met is a family. Policing which appears to be a re- Croydon Custody Center in is a family, within London volver, has been recov- the south of the city just af- and across the United King- ered from the scene," Nas- ter 2 a.m. He was taken to dom, and today we are all eem said. a local hospital where he mourning a great loss." Prime Minister Boris Johnson A police officer stands outside Croydon Custody Centre where a police officer was shot in the early hours of Friday, Sept. 25, was pronounced dead. The force has launched a and other senior politicians 2020, in Croydon, England. The 23-year-old man being murder inquiry. Watchdog expressed shock at Friday's Associated Press detained is in critical con- body the Independent Of- death. "We owe a huge dition in a hospital with a fice for Police Conduct is debt to those who risk their London Mayor Sadiq Khan ficer, who has paid the ul- gunshot wound. The case also investigating. own lives to keep us safe," said, "My heart goes out to timate price for helping to is not being treated as ter- Its regional director, Sal Johnson said. the family of this brave of- keep Londoners safe."q A8 Saturday 26 September 2020

Aruba Bank donates to Stichting Ambiente Feliz

the persons with metal limi- they always visit and spend piness to those who just tations on the island. Due time here.” Ambiente Feliz came different into this to the high demand that is the only residential home world. But different is beau- time, Simons managed for mentally challenged to- tiful, everybody counts and to open a home at Santa gether with Cas Shaburi. It that is what Ambiente Feliz Cruz 75 with the capac- is heart-warming to see the expresses. ity for 12 clients under the connection between the name of “Stichting Gezins- staff and the clients here, Aruba bank is very proud vervangend Tehuis”. In No- they are indeed family and to be able to contribute to vember 1997 the name of the smiles on the faces of such a beautiful cause. If the institute was changed the clients are priceless. you want to donate to this to Stichting Ambiente Feliz. institute too, please con- Through the years the num- Day in, day out these peo- tact them at +297 585-8738 ber of clients increased ple do this rewarding job or by email at ambientefe- and the original home had in the sense of giving hap- [email protected] ORANJESTAD — The current residential home for men- been expanded to accom- situation of the Covid-19 tally challenged adults. modate more residents. pandemic makes it a very My Aruba story … memories challenging time for many Aruba Bank made a spe- More than half of the cli- organizations that depend cial donation to the insti- ents are above 50 years of a loyal follower mostly on donations and tute consisting of basic old and thus aging is an ex- subsidy. This is the case for food items, hygiene and tra care. “We offer 24-hour ORANJESTAD — Aruba ly purchased at Playa Foundation Ambiente Feliz personal care products for care in a professional and Today welcomes read- Linda and I can’t wait to who depends completely all their clients. caring environment. The ers to participate in our get back. The kindness of on these donations for their reason that the clients live newspaper. Now that we all the locals makes me daily operations and to Foundation Ambiente Feliz here is that it became too are open to visitors again feel so special and right provide for the 20 clients of was founded 31 years ago hard for the family to take after the three months of at home. The local restau- their care centre. Founda- in 1986 by Sister Philothé Si- care day in, day out. But lockdown we are all ears rants are out of this world, tion Ambiente Feliz, mean- mons. Simons with the help we do aim for a warm con- to hear about you. How the food is amazing and ing Happy Ambiance, is a of other Sisters took care of nection with the family and do you feel to be back they always remember or maybe this is your first my name. My days start time in Aruba? Let us early, about 0400 to enjoy know! Send us a picture the sunrise and to grab and tell us about your my favorite chickee of experience because we course. Breakfast at Edu- love to share this with our ardos is a daily ritual and readers. if I'm really hungry I go to either Salt & Peppers What do you do? or Chicken and Lobster, It’s easy. Mail us your va- they are both amaz- cation picture(s) togeth- ing. The Bloody Marys at er with your Aruba story Scotts Brats are a must (Email: news@arubato- as well. The VIP morning day.com) and we will snorkel on the Blue Melo- publish this in our newspa- dy has become a tradi- per. This for sure is a great tion, the grilled cheese is vacation memory to take out of this world! Aruba home with you. would not be the same For today’s newspaper without them. we received this great pictures and wonder- The breath taking beauty ful words from Lauren of the beaches are heav- Kostantin. en to me, my eyes have never seen such shades “My Aruba story started of blue. In the evenings only a few years ago. I it’s so wonderful to walk went for a long weekend out of your resort at night on a getaway and fell in and go out into town to love with the island and eat, dance and shop. I knew I would always re- feel safer on the island turn. Since then I have than I do at home. I could been fortunate enough go on for days... to return a few times a year with my family and Thank you for sharing par- great friends. We recent- adise with me.”q A9 LOCAL Saturday 26 September 2020

Wiki Loves Monuments Aruba is back!

ORANJESTAD — This year Monu- Every national contest will be able and by anybody for any purpose. Monuments on Wikimedia be- ments fund Aruba will once again to nominate some of their winning Since then, the project helped tween September 1 and 30. You celebrate our monuments during pictures for the international con- to collect information on 1,5 mil- will be automatically participating the monument’s month of Septem- test. These nominated pictures will lion monuments from 76 national with WLM Aruba. ber. Normally they organize activi- be judged by the international jury, competitions − with more than 1,7 A jury of three will choose the win- ties that connect the community which will then award extra prizes million pictures submitted by over ning picture and nominate the ten with monuments. This year due to to the best images from all partici- 60,000 participants, adding to the best pictures to participate with the Covid crisis they have decided pating countries. sum of all human knowledge gath- the international competition. to only organize Wiki Loves Monu- The contest is inspired by the suc- ered on Wikipedia. For more information about the ments (WLM). cessful 2010 pilot in the Nether- This year will be the fifth edition of competition follow our Facebook lands, which resulted in 12,500 free- Wiki Loves Monuments Aruba and page Stichting Monumentenfonds Wiki Loves Monuments is an inter- ly licensed images of monuments to participate is very easy, just up- Aruba or our website www.monu- national photo contest for monu- that can now be used in Wikipedia load your best pictures of Aruban mentenfondsaruba.com.q ments, organized by Wikimedia this September. Wikimedia is the movement behind Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – a global col- laboration authored by volunteers. Cultural heritage is an important part of the knowledge Wikipedia collects and disseminates. Every- body can contribute images as well as write articles. An image is worth a thousand words, in every language at once and local en- thusiasts can (re)discover the cul- tural, historical, or scientific signifi- cance of their neighborhood. In more than 40 countries all over the world, a national contest will be organized with their national monuments, partners, rules, events and winners. A10 Saturday 26 September 2020 LOCAL United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, (ECLAC): Digital transformation key to recovery and building back better, says new report

firms”, said Ángel Gurría, and for all. The European over 20% of jobs in some Secretary General of the Union’s digital single market countries likely to undergo PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD croenterprises have been OECD. is an example of how digi- some kind of automation. & TOBAGO — Digital trans- hit particularly hard: 2.7 tal integration can focus Therefore, the region needs formation can help Latin million of them are likely to According to LEO 2020, on including citizens and massive new investments in America and the Carib- close, entailing the loss of the crisis is exacerbating a supporting businesses. But education and training to bean (LAC) region recov- 8.5 million jobs. On the eve set of interlinked, structural we must not forget that to equip workers with the nec- er more quickly from the of the crisis, 40% of workers challenges, including high benefit, access is a must.” essary digital skills. COVID 19 crisis, according in LAC economies did not inequality and informality, to the Latin American Eco- have access to any form of low productivity, and de- “Digital transformation of- The 2020 edition of LEO nomic Outlook (LEO) 2020: social protection, and 60% ficient public services and fers a unique opportunity to outlines a series of public Digital Transformation for worked informally. institutions. boost productivity and to policy recommendations Building Back Better. provide better public ser- to better co-ordinate the “We expect more than 45 The good news is that digi- vices in Latin America and many digital agendas pro- The report is jointly pro- million additional people tal transformation can help the Caribbean. With Cov- liferating in LAC countries, duced by the Develop- will fall into poverty. The so- LAC economies out of the id-19, the region has accel- and highlights the impor- ment Centre of the Or- cioeconomic crisis makes a crisis by stimulating business erated its digital processes, tance of linking these with ganisation for Economic new development model innovation and new con- but there is still a long way broader National Develop- Co-operation and Devel- more urgent than ever. Dig- sumption models, trans- to close the gap with ad- ment Plans (NDPs), 16 of opment (OECD), the United italisation could be a pow- forming production systems vanced economies”, add- which are analysed in the Nations Economic Commis- erful tool to overcome the and value chains, re-orga- ed Luis Carranza, Executive report. Clear responsibility sion for Latin America and structural challenges of the nising economic sectors, President of CAF. and adequate implemen- the Caribbean (ECLAC), region, only if it is consid- and introducing new con- tation power are crucial for CAF Development Bank of ered as a comprehensive ditions of competitiveness. Yet the report warns of a the success of these agen- Latin America and the Eu- way to foster progressive Digital tools can also sup- rough road ahead. Inter- das. The report also stresses ropean Commission. structural change, through port better access to ser- net access, in particular, is that, in order to make the policies for the generation vices, including health and far from universal: in 2018, most of digital transforma- “LEO 2020 is a very timely of new sectors, quality jobs, education. Finally, they can 68% of the population in tion at local, national and report. It will help foster dia- the development of ca- help improve governance, LAC used it regularly – al- international levels, inter- logue across LAC countries pacities and innovation.”, putting citizens at the cen- most twice the share in national partnerships need and with the international said Alicia Bárcena, Execu- tre of policymaking. 2010, but far behind the to be renewed. Taxing the community around how tive Secretary of ECLAC. OECD average of 84%. In digitalised economy ef- we can make the most As the European Com- addition, while 75% of the fectively and fairly, for ex- of digital transformation “The crisis has created missioner for International richest population in Latin ample, requires strong in- in the current context of the momentum for long- Partnerships Jutta Urpilain- America uses internet, only ternational co-operation. COVID-19 crisis,” said Iván overdue reforms that can en pointed out, “Digital 37% of the poorest popula- Similarly, through stronger Duque Márquez, President help spread the benefits transformation presents EU tion does. The difference regional co-operation, LAC of the Republic of Colom- of digital transformation to and Latin America and the between the rich and the countries could strengthen bia. achieve inclusive and re- Caribbean with an oppor- poor is much higher (almost their domestic digital ca- silient growth. It also high- tunity to devise together 40 percentage points) than pacities. LEO 2020 documents the lights the urgent need to innovative solutions and in OECD countries (below pandemic’s dramatic im- bridge the digital divides address structural chal- 25 percentage points). Dig- More information about pact on the most vulner- between territories, fami- lenges. An opportunity also ital transformation comes the report: http://www.lat- able and marginalised. Mi- lies, students, workers and to tackle inequalities once with stark challenges, with ameconomy.org.q Blind snakes

SANTA CRUZ — Foundation Parke Nacional Arikok strives to create awareness amongst the community on the different snakes that reside in Aruba.

As you may be spending more time in your garden, it is crucial to rec- ognize our native species and the invasive species. Count yourself lucky if you encounter the most elusive snake in your garden, the ‘Col- ebra di dos cabes’: ● Blind snakes – ‘Colebra di dos cabes’ – ‘Indotyphlops braminus’ (Brah- miny Blind Snake) & ‘Liotyphlops albirostris’ (Whitenose Blind Snake): Blind snakes are tiny and often confused for worms. They are very com- mon in gardens throughout the Caribbean. Being very sensitive to the sun and heat, they hide in moist plant pots or soil. The blind snakes in Aruba typically feed on termite and ant eggs and larvae. If you encounter a ‘Colebra di dos cabes’ in your garden, please do not harm this species. If you encounter a Boa in your garden, please send a Facebook message to the national park and a Park Ranger will contact you.q A11 BUSINESS Saturday 26 September 2020 Landlords suing to push back against eviction ban By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and tute. ADRIAN SAINZ Still, housing advocates Associated Press have offered only tepid MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — As support of the moratorium, millions of Americans strug- warning that without more gle to pay their rent during federal help for people the coronavirus pandem- who are unemployed and ic, landlords are going to behind on their rent in courts, claiming that the pandemic, it only delays a national eviction morato- pending eviction wave. rium unfairly strains their fi- "I think there are a lot of nances and violates their people still struggling eco- property rights. nomically. Those are the At least 26 such lawsuits people who are being kept have been filed by proper- in their housing right now ty owners this year, includ- because of the CDC's or- ing several federal chal- der, said Katy Ramsey Ma- lenges of President Donald son, an assistant law pro- Trump's directive, delivered fessor at the University of by the Centers for Disease Memphis. Control and Prevention, The CDC's order notably that broadly prevents evic- didn't include financial tions through the end of help for landlords, forcing 2020. many to consider selling In Memphis, seven land- their properties as rents go lords who together man- unpaid. This could ultimate- Buildings at Hunter Oaks Apartments undergo renovations on Tuesday. Sept. 22, 2020, in Memphis, age or own more than Tenn. ly cause an even greater 5,000 rental units sued this Associated Press loss of affordable housing. month, accusing Trump "In a way I am surprised it and other federal officials Memphis says. These land- health. The agency put it in hardships, and affirm that took so long for this lawsuit of unconstitutionally violat- lords are required by law the context of other histor- they are likely to become to show up," Mason said. ing their due process pro- to spend money on repairs ic, unprecedented and ex- homeless if evicted. These challenges are par- tections and wrongly pre- and upkeep of the rental ceedingly rare government The CDC's directive was ticularly significant in Mem- empting state laws. The homes, but aren't getting responses to the pandem- handed down just as many phis, where mass foreclo- National Apartment Asso- federal help under the ban, ic, and said stopping evic- other eviction bans — in- sures in the Great Reces- ciation joined a separate it says. tions is an effective way of cluding the CARES Act's sion that followed the 2008 federal lawsuit this month in Housing advocates worry preventing the spread of eviction moratorium, which housing market collapse Georgia against the CDC. that overturning these bans the coronavirus. covered an estimated 12 forced much of the city's Another legal battle has could cause homelessness To be eligible for this pro- million people in federally Black middle class to lose been filed in Ohio. to spike, forcing people to tection, renters must earn supported housing — were ownership of single-family "All plaintiffs have tenants crowd into indoor spaces $198,000 or less for couples set to expire. homes. Out-of-state invest- in units who are delinquent and shelters and worsening filing jointly, or $99,000 for This sparked alarm, since ment companies snapped in the payment of rent the spread of infection. single filers; demonstrate more than 20 million renters up these properties and and who would be other- The CDC's directive, which that they've sought govern- live in households that have turned them into rentals, wise lawfully evicted from took effect Sept. 4, is based ment help to pay the rent; suffered COVID-19-related said Daniel Schaffzin, who the units ... but for the halt on the agency's broad declare that they can't jobs losses, according to a teaches law at the Univer- order," the complaint in powers to protect public pay because of COVID-19 report from the Aspen Insti- sity of Memphis.q

Google parent agrees to $310M misconduct lawsuit settlement

NEW YORK (AP) — Google's par- Rubin received $90 million in sev- pledging $310 million toward diver- ent company has reached a $310 erance even though several em- sity, equity and inclusion programs million settlement in a shareholder ployees had filed misconduct al- over 10 years. It is also setting up lawsuit over its treatment of allega- legations against him. Sharehold- an advisory committee to monitor tions of executives' sexual miscon- er lawsuits followed, and in 2019 how it handles sexual misconduct In this July 25, 2017, file photo, Alpha- duct. Google launched a board investi- allegations against its executives. bet stock is shown on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Alphabet Inc. said Friday that it gation over how it handles sexual "This settlement will not only Associated Press will prohibit severance packages misconduct allegations. change and improve the culture for anyone fired for misconduct or In January, David Drummond, the at Google, but it will set the stan- mandatory arbitration for worker is the subject of a sexual miscon- Alphabet's legal chief, left without dard for culture change at tech disputes, will be extended to all of duct investigation. A special team an exit package, following accu- companies throughout Silicon Val- Alphabet's divisions. Mandatory ar- will investigate any allegations sations of inappropriate relation- ley," said Ann Ravel, an attorney bitration requires employees to set- against executives and report to ships with employees. The compa- from Renne Public Law Group who tle their disputes with the compa- the board's audit committee. ny didn't give a reason for his de- led parts of the settlement nego- ny privately and outside of court. Thousands of Google employ- parture, but claims against Drum- tiation. The practice, widespread in U.S. ees walked out of work in protest mond were included in the board The changes, as well as changes employment contracts, can lend in 2018 after The New York Times investigation. that had already been imple- itself to secrecy and has faced revealed Android creator Andy With the settlement, Alphabet is mented at Google, such as ending criticism.q A12 Saturday 26 September 2020 SCIENCE New measurements show moon has hazardous radiation levels By MARCIA DUNN nauts to land on the moon AP Aerospace Writer under the new Artemis pro- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. gram would spend about a (AP) — Future moon ex- week on the lunar surface, plorers will be bombarded more than twice as long with two to three times as the Apollo crews did a more radiation than as- half-century ago. Expedi- tronauts aboard the Inter- tions would last one to two national Space Station, a months once a base camp health hazard that will re- is established. quire thick-walled shelters NASA is looking to put astro- for protection, scientists re- nauts on the moon by the ported Friday. end of 2024, an acceler- China's lander on the far ated pace ordered by the side of the moon is provid- White House, and on Mars ing the first full measure- sometime in the 2030s. ments of radiation expo- The space agency said sure from the lunar surface, it will have radiation de- vital information for NASA tectors and a safe shelter and others aiming to send aboard all Orion crew cap- astronauts to the moon, the sules flying to the moon. As study noted. for the actual landers, three A Chinese-German team separate corporate teams reported on the radia- are developing their own tion data collected by the In this Sept. 2, 2020 file photo, the full moon shines surrounded by clouds in the outskirts of Frank- craft with NASA oversight. lander — named Chang'e furt, Germany. For the first Artemis moon 4 for the Chinese moon Associated Press landing, at least, the astro- goddess — in the U.S. jour- nauts will live in the ascent nal Science Advances. passengers on a trans-At- moon," he added. measurements by a detec- portion of their lander. "This is an immense achieve- lantic airline flight, noted Radiation levels should be tor on a NASA orbiter that The German researchers ment in the sense that now Robert Wimmer-Schweingr- pretty much the same all has been circling the moon suggest shelters built of we have a data set which uber of Christian-Albrechts over the moon, except for for more than a decade, moon dirt — readily avail- we can use to benchmark University in Kiel, Germany. near the walls of deep cra- said Kerry Lee, a space ra- able material — for stays of our radiation" and better "The difference is, how- ters, Wimmer-Schweingru- diation expert at Johnson more than a few days. The understand the potential ever, that we're not on ber said. Space Center in Houston. walls should be 80 centime- risk to people on the moon, such a flight for as long "Basically, the less you see "It is nice to see confirma- ters (about 2 1/2 feet) thick, said Thomas Berger, a as astronauts would be of the sky, the better. That's tion of what we think and they said. Any thicker and physicist with the German when they're exploring the the primary source of the our understanding of how the dirt will emit its own sec- Space Agency's medicine moon," Wimmer-Schwein- radiation," he said. radiation interacts with the ondary radiation, created institute. gruber said in an email. Wimmer-Schweingruber moon is as expected," said when galactic cosmic rays Astronauts would get 200 to Cancer is the primary risk. said the radiation levels are Lee, who was not involved interact with the lunar soil. 1,000 times more radiation "Humans are not really close to what models had in the Chinese-led study. "So in this sense — I think the on the moon than what we made for these radiation predicted. The levels mea- In a detailed outline re- walls of European Castles experience on Earth — or levels and should protect sured by Chang'e 4, in fact, leased this week, NASA would be too thick!" Berger five to 10 times more than themselves when on the "agree nearly exactly" with said the first pair of astro- wrote in an email.q

NASA astronaut plans to cast her ballot from space station

ALEX SANZ lays the completed ballot back to Associated Press the county clerk. ATLANTA (AP) — NASA astronaut "It's critical to participate in our de- Kate Rubins told The Associated mocracy," Rubins said. "We con- Press on Friday that she plans to sider it an honor to be able to vote cast her next vote from space – from space." more than 200 miles above Earth. NASA astronauts have voted from Rubins is just outside Moscow in Star space before. Rubins and Shane City, Russia, preparing with two Kimbrough cast their votes from cosmonauts for a mid-October the International Space Station. launch and a six-month stay at the Rubins, the first person to sequence International Space Station. DNA in space, plans to work on a "I think it's really important for ev- cardiovascular experiment and erybody to vote," Rubins said. "If conduct research using the space we can do it from space, then I station's Cold Atom Lab. believe folks can do it from the While she's there, she'll celebrate ground, too." the 20th anniversary of continuous Most U.S. astronauts live in Houston. human presence on the space sta- This photo provided by NASA. Expedition 64 crew member NASA astronaut Texas law allows them to vote from tion, and welcome the crew of the Kate Rubins, is seen during Soyuz qualification exams Wednesday, Sept. 23, space using a secure electronic second SpaceX commercial crew 2020 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. ballot. Mission Control forwards the mission, expected to arrive in late Associated Press ballot to the space station and re- October.q A13 feature Saturday 26 September 2020 Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out landmines HEALTH

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Private Tours 4 hour trip for only $125 up to 1 to 5 prsn TU Tours Mini van A/C Cell +297 7312727 A14 Saturday 26 September 2020 PEOPLE & ARTS Holly Hunter suits up as U.S. prosecutor in 'The Comey Rule' By LYNN ELBER real-life ones. That includes LOS ANGELES (AP) — Holly King, whom she portrayed Hunter has been entrusted in the 2001 TV movie "When with playing an array of re- Billie Beat Bobby," about al-world women, from ten- the 1970s battle-of-the-sex- nis great Billie Jean King to es tennis match between a cheerleading mom gone King and Bobby Riggs (Ron astray to her latest role, a Silver). federal prosecutor caught Hunter received an Emmy in the maw of politics. nod for the role and won In Showtime's "The Comey the trophy for a pair of Rule," the Oscar-winning other TV movies, 1993's actor ("The Piano") was "The Positively True Adven- cast as Sally Yates, whose tures of the Alleged Texas decadeslong career im- Cheerleader-Murdering ploded along with that of Mom" and 1989's "Roe vs. FBI director James Comey Wade." and others serving in the "In a way, the greatest Trump administration. thing I got out of playing For Hunter, the project's Billie was Billie as a friend," main draw was playing Hunter said. It also made Yates, "who has enormous playing her more difficult, integrity, and brought an "because I was afraid I was incredible positive, ethical going to completely screw This image provided by Showtime shows Holly Hunter, left, as Sally Yates and Jeff Daniels as James energy and intellect to the Comey in a scene from "The Comey Rule." Hunter plays former federal prosecutor Sally Yates in her up." Justice Department," she Showtime’s two-part drama, debuting Sunday and Monday, Sept. 27 and 28. She is also "steadfast said. The two-part drama Associated Press friends" with Susan Zirinsky, debuts 9 p.m. EDT Sunday the inspiration for the driven and Monday. paign and the election of Daniels, and Brendan older Black woman whose TV news producer in 1987's In Yates' 2017 Congressio- Donald Trump, her respect Gleeson's Trump occupy land was at risk of being "Broadcast News." Hunter nal testimony on Russian grew — even more so after center stage in the drama taken. said she and the journalist, election interference, she meeting her fellow native from writer-director-pro- "I had never tried a case who was an associate pro- came across as poised and Georgian. ducer Billy Ray, an Oscar- before. I didn't even know ducer on the film, became exacting, befitting a lawyer "She's got a great sense of nominated screenwriter for where to stand. ... But that close after it was made. who reached the level of humor. She's very, very real, "Captain Phillips" and "Shat- jury did right," Yates tells a "I was at such a different deputy U.S. attorney gen- very down-to-earth," Hunt- tered Glass." Ray adapted young aide. "You remem- place in my career, which eral (and, for 10 days, act- er said. "She's an enormous- Comey's book, "A Higher ber that, next time some- is to say at the beginning," ing attorney general, until ly optimistic woman. ... I Loyalty," supplemented by body tells you this country Hunter recalled. "I wasn't she was fired after refusing think that there are a lot of interviews. can't be its best self or the worried about offending to enforce a travel ban on people in government who Yates, who is briefly men- law doesn't matter." Susan or not bringing Su- Muslims). are incredibly optimistic tioned in Comey's account, Actors can become at- san to life. I was just worried As Hunter became more and have real hopes, real gets her say here. In one tached to the fictional about myself. I was worried versed in Yates' role in dreams about things that scene, she recalls her work characters they play, but about, like, 'Wow, am I ac- events surrounding the they want to accomplish." on a lawsuit in which an Hunter has developed tually going to be able to 2016 presidential cam- Comey, played by Jeff all-white jury found for an bonds with some of the do this?'"q Nobel laureate refuses local honor over Poland's LGBT 'rift'

zenship from the region game," said Tokarczuk, the southwestern city of Wro- of Poland where she lives winner of the 2018 Nobel claw, explained her rea- because she would have Prize in literature and a vo- sons behind declining the had to share the honor with cal supporter of lesbian, honor. a Roman Catholic bish- gay, bisexual and trans- "Instead of being a joyous op who has made hostile gender people. celebration of a sense of comments about the LGBT Dec has repeatedly de- community, it is a vivid illus- community. scribed the LGBT rights tration of the painful rift in Tokarczuk said in a tweet movement as a threat to our society," she said. q Friday that while she appre- the Catholic Church and to ciated being considered, Poland, which is predomi- Solution Sudoku she "sadly" couldn't accept nantly Catholic. Lower Silesia's honorary Local councilors linked to citizenship. She said that Poland's centrist opposi- receiving it at the same tion Civic Coalition party time as Bishop Ignacy Dec nominated Tokarczuk as In this Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 file photo, Polish writer and Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk reacts to the media during a press would highlight the "pain- a honorary citizen, while conference in Duesseldorf, Germany. ful rift" in Poland over LGBT members of the right-wing Associated Press rights. Law and Justice party that "I do not want to become governs the country rec- WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Olga Tokarczuk has de- an object of such actions ommended Dec. Nobel Prize-winning writer clined an honorary citi- and an element in this Tokarczuk, who lives in the Puzzle on Page 13 A15 SPORTS Saturday 26 September 2020 Davis, Lakers beat Nuggets to take 3-1 lead in West finals LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) throws that cut it to four, — The Los Angeles Lakers before the Lakers took a are a victory away from 60-55 edge to the locker returning to the NBA Finals room. — and only another come- The Nuggets shot 59% in the back from 3-1 down by the first half but the Lakers had Denver Nuggets can stop an 18-2 advantage in sec- them. ond-chance points. Anthony Davis scored 34 The Lakers seemed to be points, LeBron James had taking control when Ra- 26 and the Lakers beat the jon Rondo and Kentavious Nuggets 114-108 on Thurs- Caldwell-Pope combined day night in Game 4 of the for a flurry that pushed the Western Conference finals. lead to 11 with under 4 min- "We played great down utes remaining in the third, the stretch, we played but Michael Porter Jr. hit great overall," Davis said. two 3-pointers late in the "Still some things that we period that cut it to 87-84 can fix if we want to put this going to the fourth. thing away." TIP-INS Davis got the Lakers off to Lakers: Howard hadn't a fast start with his scoring started in any of his 10 post- and James helped them with a rebound. We had stantly turned back from Game 3 but the 6-foot-10 season appearances and finish it with his defense, too many empty posses- there by a key stop or re- forward acknowledged didn't play much at all in forcing Jamal Murray into sions tonight." bound by the Lakers. that his two-rebound per- the last round, when the some late misses after the Game 5 is Saturday night, "We just had so many formance was "unaccept- Lakers went small to match guard had kept the Nug- when the Lakers can reach breakdowns throughout able." He came out much up against the Houston gets in it with an array of the NBA Finals for the first the game," Murray said. more aggressively Thursday Rockets. He made two high-difficulty baskets. time in a decade. Davis "We've just got to be bet- after the Lakers played starts in the regular season. "I knew it was winning time said he expects to be fine ter." from behind much of the ... Caldwell-Pope scored 13 and Jamal had it going," for it after rolling his ankle in The Lakers have 16 champi- last game. points and Rondo had 11. James said. the fourth quarter. onships, one behind Boston With an array of short jump- Nuggets: Jerami Grant James added nine re- The Nuggets will be facing for the most in NBA history, ers, Davis made his first six scored 17 points and Porter bounds and eight assists, elimination for the seventh but they haven't played shots before anyone else had 13. and the Lakers had 12 of- time in the bubble. They for one since winning their on the Lakers made a bas- THOUGHTS FOR TAYLOR fensive rebounds for a were down 3-1 against most recent title in 2010. ket. Then Howard scored James had the words "We whopping 25-6 advantage Utah in the first round and The Lakers started Dwight on consecutive follow shots want justice" written next to in second-chance points. climbed out of the same Howard at center and he before James followed with Breonna Taylor's name on "This is the Western Confer- hole against the Los An- had 12 points and 11 re- his first two field goals. his sneaker. Lakers coach ence finals, Game 4. If you geles Clippers in the West bounds, helping put Nikola Murray kept the Lakers from Frank Vogel said the news can't help us on the de- semifinals. Jokic into foul trouble. getting too far away with a a day earlier that a Ken- fensive end, maybe you But they couldn't come Murray had 32 points and 7-for-8 start. tucky grand jury brought shouldn't be on the floor," back in this game, get- eight assists, but Jokic fin- He followed his acrobatic no charges against Lou- Denver coach Michael ting within one point in ished with just 16 points and layup around James with isville police for the Black Malone said. "We have to the opening minute of the seven rebounds. 2 1/2 minutes remaining in woman's shooting death hit be able to lock in, finish fourth quarter but con- Davis scored 27 points in the half with a pair of free the players hard.q Thomas returns from shoulder injury to lead Sun past Aces BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas, had three players with double-doubles in knocked out of Game 2 two days ago by points and rebounds. Bonner moved up a dislocated shoulder, made a surprise to 12th in career playoff points, passing start and led the Connecticut Sun to a Taj McWilliams-Franklin. A'ja Wilson led the 77-68 victory over the Las Vegas Aces on Aces with 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Thursday night for a 2-1 lead in the best-of- Angel McCoughtry added 16 points. five semifinal series. The Sun will try to wrap up the series Sun- Thomas scored 23 points on 10-of-21 shoot- day. ing and had 12 rebounds. She pushed the STORM 89, LYNX 79 Sun to victory in the closing minutes, scor- Jewell Loyd scored 20 points and Seattle ing eight points in the final three minutes, beat Minnesota to take a 2-0 lead in the the last basket coming after a steal with best-of-five series. 45 seconds remaining for a seven-point Loyd had 10 points in a 12-0 run to end the edge.Thomas was injured midway through first half, including consecutive 3-point- the first quarter Tuesday night in a loss and ers, for a 46-33 lead and the Storm led the was listed as out before her status was rest of the way, fending off multiple Lynx Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas (25) knocks the ball changed to questionable Thursday. charges. away from Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) during the Brionna Jones had 15 points and 10 re- The second-seeded Storm beat No. 4 second half of Game 3 of a WNBA basketball semifinal round bounds, and DeWanna Bonner 12 points Minnesota in the series opener on Alysha playoff series Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. and 10 boards for the Sun. It's the first Clark's last-second putback. They have a Associated Press time in league postseason history a team chance to sweep the series Sunday.q A16 Saturday 26 September 2020 SPORTS Fitzpatrick handles Jaguars again, this time with Dolphins By MARK LONG scored a few plays later AP Pro Football Writer as Jacksonville allowed a JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) touchdown on the game's — Ryan Fitzpatrick handles opening drive for the third the Jacksonville Jaguars as straight week. well as anyone in the NFL. "We've got to do a better It doesn't matter which uni- job of executing early on," form the journeyman quar- Jaguars coach Doug Mar- terback is wearing, either. rone said. Fitzpatrick accounted for Fitzpatrick had TD passes to three touchdowns and led Preston Williams and Ge- Miami to a 31-13 victory sicki — his best throw of the Thursday night, becoming night — in the first half and the first NFL quarterback ran for a score in the third. to notch six wins over the Everything went so well for same opponent with six Fitzpatrick that even a pass teams. batted down at the line "Fitz is out of his mind," tight of scrimmage in the fourth end Mike Gesicki said. "He's bounced right into his arms (37) and playing like he's for a reception. 23. You see the fun he has. "You will rarely see me After I scored, we came slide, and today I slid," he off the field chest bump- said. "That may not hap- ing and screaming. It's so with my friends." this season. next play, ending a shot at pen again all year. throw- much fun to play with him." He improved to 6-2 as a "As a group we just didn't making the game close at ing a block and getting hit, The lopsided outcome also starter versus Jacksonville, get it done," said Jaguars halftime. that helps me get into the gave Miami (1-2) its first with wins coming with quarterback Gardner Min- —Left tackle Cam Robinson game a little bit." double-digit victory in 39 Cincinnati (2008), Buffalo shew, who completed 30 of was disqualified for making BRIGHT SPOT games, ending the longest (2012), Tennessee (2013), 42 passes for 275 yards and contact with an official fol- Rookie running back James drought in the league. It Houston (2014), the New two turnovers. "We had too lowing Minshew's fumble. Robinson was one of Jack- was the first time the Dol- York Jets (2015) and now many mistakes. That's plain —Rookie cornerback CJ sonville's few bright spots. phins have won a game Miami. and simple." Henderson was on the He ran 11 times for 46 yards by more than eight points Fitzpatrick also ran for 39 Jacksonville's most egre- wrong end of one of four and two touchdowns and since Dec. 3, 2017, a 35-9 yards and a score, his gious errors: pass interference calls had six receptions for 83 victory over Denver. 37-year-old legs looking —Chris Conley dropped against Jacksonville. He yards. Fitzpatrick completed his as fresh as any in Miami's two passes that would also failed to touch re- WRIGHT'S DEBUT first 12 passes — a career backfield. have been first downs and ceiver Jakeem Grant down Jaguars rookie Brandon high — as Miami scored He completed 18 of 20 was flagged for offensive after Grant made a diving Wright made his NFL de- touchdowns on its first three passes — the last one to pass interference in the catch. Grant jumped up but against Miami, joining drives for the first time since himself — for 160 yards third quarter. and gained an extra 10 a small list of Black place- 2011. He ended the night and two touchdowns in Minshew fumbled on the yards. kickers in league history. celebrating another victory his latest successful out- next play, leading to Mi- Adding injury to insult, the The group includes Gene over the Jaguars (1-2). ing against the Jags, who ami's fourth touchdown of Jaguars may have lost line- Mingo, Cookie Gilchrist, "It's why I still play," Fitzpat- made countless mistakes the night. backer Leon Jacobs for the Donald Igweibuike, Obed rick said. "I enjoy playing, while failing to consistently "I let this offense down," season. Jacobs was carted Ariri, Cedric Oglesby and especially when you're move the chains and get Conley said. "Rough night." off the field on the open- Justin Medlock. having success. I feel like off the field on third down. —Minshew audibled to a ing drive with a right knee Wright missed one of his the luckiest guy in the world In short, they looked exact- pitch to the short side of injury. two extra point attempts. sometimes getting to go ly like the team most outsid- the field on a third-and-5 Fitzpatrick was already He also injured a groin in outside and play football ers expected them to be play. He was sacked on the in control by then. He the fourth quarter.q Ganna 1st Italian to win men's time trial at road worlds

the first Italian to win the Stefan Küng was third, 29.8 Two-time defending cham- men's time trial at the road seconds behind the winner. pion Rohan Dennis of Aus- cycling world champion- "So much happiness," Gan- tralia was only fifth fastest, ships — and he did it on na said with a laugh when behind British cyclist Ger- home turf. asked to describe his emo- aint Thomas. Ganna was the penulti- tions. "I didn't expect it." Dennis and Thomas were mate rider to set off and he "Up until three days ago," almost 40 seconds be- was cheered on passion- he said, "I was with friends hind their Ineos Grenadiers ately by Italian fans lining and we talked about ev- teammate Ganna. the 32-kilometer (20-mile) erything apart from cycling Pacing was more key than route, which started and and the world champion- usual as there were strong Italy's Filippo Ganna competes on his way to win the men's In- dividual Time Trial event, at the road cycling World Champion- ended on Imola's auto rac- ships. I arrived here really headwinds in the first part ships, in Imola, Italy, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. ing circuit. relaxed and without any of the course, heavy cross- Associated Press The 24-year-old beat Wout pressure and maybe that winds in the center sections van Aert of Belgium by was also the secret behind and a tailwind on the way IMOLA, Italy (AP) — Filippo Ganna on Friday became 26.72 seconds. Swiss cyclist my good performance." back.q