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BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper told House lawmakers Thursday that Penta- gon intelligence agencies had not corroborated reports Russia of- fered Taliban fighters payments to kill U.S. troops in Afghani- stan and pledged a crackdown on leaks of sensitive information coming from his department. Esper also told House lawmakers that top U.S. gen- erals overseeing efforts in Afghan- Esper istan had been studying intelli- gence claiming a Russian program paid Taliban in- surgents to target NATO service members, but the leaked infor- mation did not originate from the Defense Intelligence Agency or other military organizations. The defense secretary said briefings Blunt talk that he had received did not use the term “bounty” to describe the alleged Russian campaign, but he was informed some officials in the intelligence community had asserted the Russians offered “payment” to Taliban-linked about bases groups to target Americans. “All of the defense intelligence agencies have been unable to cor- GREG NASH, POOL/AP roborate that report,” Esper told Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley arrives for a House Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. House Armed Services Commit- tee members Thursday during a hearing on Capitol Hill. “Com- Milley calls Confederacy treasonous, says Pentagon taking ‘hard look’ at rebel ties manders take all reports serious- ly, regardless to the credibility or confidence [in the intelligence] BY ALEX HORTON opposition to any changes. Stripes, against the U.S. Consti- that general fought for the insti- … I want to reassure you of that. The Washington Post “The Confederacy, the Ameri- tution, and those officers turned tution of slavery that may have We’ve been in discussions with can Civil War was fought, and their back on their oath.” enslaved one of their ancestors,” WASHINGTON — The mil- commanders [in Afghanistan] it was an act of rebellion,” the The Army is now about 20% he said. itary’s top officer on Thursday about this.” chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Black, he said. Last month, Trump rejected described Confederate leaders Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, told “For those young soldiers that Esper and Army Gen. Mark calls to rename installations after as traitors and said he is taking a members of the House Armed go onto a base — a Fort Hood, a Milley, the chairman of the Joint Defense Secretary Mark Esper Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers “hard look” at renaming 10 Army Services Committee. “It was an Fort Bragg or a fort wherever installations that honor them, de- act of treason at the time against named after a Confederate gen- signaled a willingness to do so, SEE ESPER ON PAGE 5 spite President Donald Trump’s the Union, against the Stars and eral — they can be reminded that saying his administration “will not even consider” that plan. Joint Chiefs chairman says a clear distinction is needed between police and military Page 5 SEE BLUNT ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES

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BY ROSE L. THAYER are now able to attend religious services tioned at Navy bases, retained First Lib- June 24 order banning attendance of off- Stars and Stripes where mitigations to limit the spread of erty Institute, a Texas-based legal office base services “substantially burdens Maj. coronavirus are appropriately applied, focused on defending religious freedoms, Schultz’s sincerely held religious beliefs.” The Navy has pulled back on an order Capt. Sarah Self-Kyler, spokeswoman for to challenge the order “We are grateful to acting Undersec- barring attendance at off-base religious U.S. Fleet Forces, said Thursday. Last week, Mike Berry, general counsel retary Slavonic and Navy leadership for services after at least five service mem- “This change applies to those service for First Liberty, sent letters on behalf of righting this ship, and to commander in bers took action to fight the coronavirus- members within the continental United the service members to each member’s chief [President Donald] Trump for mak- related restrictions. States that remain at [Health Protection chain of command to ask for an accommo- ing religious liberty a priority,” Berry said Gregory Slavonic, acting Navy under- Level Charlie],” she said. dation from the order. in a statement. “This is a major victory for secretary, released a memo Wednesday In an initial order issued June 24, atten- Air Force Maj. Daniel Schultz, who is as- the Constitution and for religious freedom that stated the service will not “restrict dance at off-base services was prohibited signed to the Naval Post Graduate School attendance at places of worship where at- along with most other locations or events in California and therefore falls under the within our military. This memo means tens tendees are able to appropriately apply that encourage group gatherings. However, order’s restrictions, is one of the service of thousands of our brave service members [coronavirus] transmission mitigation the order did allow attendance at on-base members who challenged the order. Schul- will be able to safely and freely exercise measures, specifically social distancing religious services, depending on available tz is part of the leadership and worship their religious beliefs.” and use of face covering.” opportunities. team of his off-base church, and the letter [email protected] Service members assigned to Navy units The five service members, who are sta- to Schultz’s commander stated the Navy’s Twitter: @Rose_Lori DOD knew of US pilot safe after plane K2 exposure crashes in to toxins; VA Afghanistan refuses care BY J.P. LAWRENCE Stars and Stripes BY STEVE BEYNON KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. Stars and Stripes Air Force pilot is safe after eject- ing from an Afghan light attack WASHINGTON — Recently declassi- plane before it crashed in north- fied Defense Department documents show ern Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan the Pentagon knew troops were exposed to officials said. multiple toxins and hazards that have led to The pilot, who has not been hundreds of cancer cases and dozens of dead MASTER SGT. SCOTT T. STURKOL/U.S. Air Force identified, was on a training flight veterans after deploying to Uzbekistan in the in an A-29 Super Tucano Thurs- early days of the War on Terror. The Depart- C-130 Hercules aircrew members board their aircraft for an Operation Enduring Freedom mission at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, on April 19, 2005. day when the crash occurred, a ment of Veterans Affairs is denying most of spokesman for U.S. Forces-Af- them care and disability. However, the number might not include troops ghanistan said in a statement. Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, known as It was unclear if the American K2, is a Soviet Air Base in southeastern Uz- ‘ K2 was a crime scene in who served there on short, temporary assign- ments or certain special operators serving was flying alone or with a mem- bekistan that shares a border with northern need of an investigation, ber of the Afghan air force. The Afghanistan. After the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. highly classified missions. “K2 was a crime scene in need of an investi- A-29 has two seats but can be established Camp Stronghold Freedom at K2, this is only the beginning of flown by one pilot. which was used to support combat missions gation, this is only the beginning of the inves- the investigation. tigation,” Mark Jackson a veteran who served Aircraft quickly arrived in the from 2001 to 2005. Veterans described a toxic ’ remote valley in Baghlan prov- environment at the post, where pond water Mark Jackson at K2 said. K2 vet It can be difficult to definitively link dis- ince where the crash occurred glowed green, black sludge oozed from the and rescued the pilot, said provin- ground and the government posted massive eases that some post-9/11 troops are suffering after exposure to military dump areas and cial spokesman Javed Basharat. white and yellow signs warning troops to keep USFOR-A confirmed the suc- out of certain areas due to chemical agents. contaminated bases. mental contaminants.” “They [VA] consider their hands tied, they cessful rescue operation but did On Thursday, the House Subcommittee on A 2002 assessment recommended not to feel it’s not in their power to grant [benefits]. not provide details on the pilot’s National Security released previously classi- dig “into soil contaminated with jet fuel,” but They feel at this point unless it’s documented, condition. fied documents provided by the military in those areas were populated with tents sol- their hands are tied. They would prefer this Preliminary indications are 2001, 2002 and 2004 that reveal a mountain of diers slept in and aircraft hangars, accord- was otherwise,” Lynch said. that mechanical issues caused evidence that service members were exposed ing to the declassified document. In the same It is unclear if declassified documents could the crash, USFOR-A said. to voluminous health risks including cancer- year, another DOD health risk assessment move the VA faster on dishing out benefits. The crash could be heard risking toxins. found “between 50% and 75% of personnel at The Pentagon did not return a request for throughout Baghlan’s mountain- Most notably, the former Soviet base had Stronghold Freedom” would be exposed to el- comment on whether they will urge the de- ous Doshi district, one local said. contained chemical weapons, enriched ura- evated levels.” partment to move on the issue. “I was working on the roof of nium and soil saturated with fuels and other “The Department of Veterans Affairs con- The VA’s perceived slow movement and un- my house and a big sound echoed solvents that formed a “black goo.” tinues to deny these illnesses are related clear communication on the issue after two in the mountains,” said Moham- The documents were declassified in Febru- and continue to deny benefits,” Rep. Stephen decades of Middle East wars have had some mad Kabir. ary, but Defense officials waited until July to Lynch, D-Mass., said in a call with reporters compare it to the decades it took for veterans The Embraer/Sierra Nevada alert Congress, according to a release from Thursday. VA did agree to a study on K2 vet- sickened with Agent Orange to finally get Corp.-made A-29 turboprop is the House Committee on Oversight and Re- erans, according to Lynch. “It should not have benefits. the Afghan air force’s main light form. Former service members who spent been this hard to convince VA to make this “We were told by the VA they did not have attack aircraft. Twenty-nine Af- time at K2 testified before on Capitol Hill commitment. ... K2 veterans have time-sensi- scientific data to what conditions existed ghan pilots are qualified to fly the in February that they were aware of at least tive needs that need to be addressed now.” at K2 and how that was connected to condi- 15 A-29s in the country, a Penta- 400 individuals diagnosed with cancers who Five months after the United States in- tions,” said Paul Widener, another veteran gon report to Congress said last served at the base. They said at least 30 have vaded Afghanistan, air samples at the base who served at K2. month. died. found elevated levels of tetrachloroethylene. The VA website says, “At this time, re- Training for Afghan A-29 pilots During a health assessment test in 2001, According to the Centers for Disease Control search does not show evidence of long-term shifted from Moody Air Force military analysts found the base had “elevat- and Prevention, “Studies in humans suggest health problems from exposure to burn pits. Base in Georgia to Afghanistan ed levels of volatile organic compounds and that exposure to tetrachloroethylene might VA continues to study the health of deployed this fall, and continues to be led total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) were lead to a higher risk of getting bladder cancer, Veterans.” by U.S. Air Force instructors, the detected at numerous locations throughout multiple myeloma or non-Hodgkin’s lympho- The agency did not return a request for report said. Stronghold Freedom, including tent city, east- ma, a cancer that originates in the lymphatic comment on if there is updated guidance for ern expansion area and adjacent to the air- K2 veterans. Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this system” report. craft maintenance facility.” It also found that An estimated 7,000 troops served at K2 the [email protected] [email protected] ambient air is the “main concern for environ- first four years of the war in Afghanistan. Twitter: @StevenBeynon Twitter: @jplawrence3 PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 MILITARY Pompeo slams UN Navy’s first Black female drone strike report fighter pilot to earn wings Associated Press autocratic regimes that regularly abuse human rights. GENEVA — U.S. Secretary Callamard is perhaps best of State Mike Pompeo has criti- known for leading an investiga- BY CHAD GARLAND cized an independent U.N. human tion into the killing of Washington Stars and Stripes rights expert’s report insisting a Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, A Navy officer has made his- American drone strike that killed a Saudi national, and issuing a tory this week as the service’s a top Iranian general in January scathing report on the actions of first African American woman was a “watershed” event in the Saudi officials. to become a fighter jet pilot, the use of drones and amounted to a In her new report, Callamard service said. violation of international law. acknowledged that international “BZ to Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle The report presented by Agnes humanitarian and human rights on completing the Tactical Air Callamard to the U.N.-backed law can provide “diverging an- (Strike) aviator syllabus,” the Human Rights Council on Thurs- swers” on the legal validity of Twitter account for the chief of day chronicled events around the some drone strikes, and the one naval air training said Thursday, death of Iranian Gen. Qassem So- against Soleimani raised “genu- using a Navy abbreviation mean- leimani and the legal implications ine uncertainty as to how to inter- ing well done. “Swegle is the @ of his killing as part of a broader pret its lawfulness.” USNavy’s first known Black fe- look on the use of drone strikes. She said the United States had male TACAIR pilot and will re- Callamard, the special rappor- not “engaged with” her as she ceive her Wings of Gold later this teur on extrajudicial, summary drafted the drone report. But month. HOOYAH!” or arbitrary executions who has based on the evidence the U.S. Graduates of the tactical air been commissioned by the coun- provided, “the targeting of Gen. program generally go on to fly F/ cil, called the January strike in Soleimani, and the deaths of those A-18E/F Super Hornets, EA-18G Iraq “the first known incident accompanying him, constitute an Growlers or F-35C Joint Strike in which a state invokes self-de- arbitrary killing for which, under Fighters. fense as justification for an attack (international human rights law), Swegle’s achievement appears against a government official out- the U.S. is responsible,” she said. to have first been made public side a declared armed conflict.” Callamard wrote that the strike Tuesday when Twitter user @ Pompeo said in a statement late targeting Soleimani was “qualita- paigealissa posted photos of the Thursday that the U.S. rejected tively different” from other drone Naval aviator smiling and cele- her report and “opinions.” strikes that targeted non-state brating next to a T-45C Goshawk “Ms. Callamard’s conclusions actors. two-seat training jet at Naval Air are spurious,” he said. “The strike “This is the primary reason the Station Kingsville, Texas. that killed Gen. Soleimani was in Soleimani strike is considered a “Just my best friend making response to an escalating series watershed change in the conduct history,” she wrote. of armed attacks in preceding of extra-territorially targeted The Navy did not immediately months by the Islamic Republic strikes and killings,” she stated in respond to a request for fur- of Iran and militias it supports the report. ther details on the achievement. on U.S. forces and interests in the “It is hard to imagine that a Swegle, of Burke, Va., graduated Middle East region.” similar strike against a Western from the U.S. Naval Academy in Pompeo said the strike on military leader would not be con- 2017. She is assigned to the Red- Baghdad International Airport sidered as an act of war, poten- hawks of Training Squadron 21 in was carried out “to deter Iran tially leading to intense action, Kingsville, Navy photo captions from launching or supporting political, military and otherwise, stated. further attacks against the Unit- against the state launching the Swegle will receive her wings ed States or U.S. interests, and strike,” she added. of gold at a ceremony slated for to degrade the capabilities of the Among other recommenda- July 31, the Navy captions said. Qods Force.” He said Callamard tions, the report calls on the Unit- “Go forth and kick butt,” said “gives more cause to distrust U.N. ed Nations to examine the legal Rear Adm. Paula Dunn, the Na- human rights mechanisms.” framework on the use of drones vy’s vice chief of information, The Trump administration and for the U.N. Security Coun- after lauding Swegle on Twitter. pulled the United States out of the cil — which Callamard called The news comes as the Defense rights council two years ago, ac- “missing in action” on the subject Department and its services cusing it of an anti-Israel bias and of drone strikes — to take up the move to address issues of race alleging that it is too accepting of issues . and diversity amid social unrest in the U.S. It also comes a little over two years after two Black male pilots, Navy shipbuilder responds one a sailor and one a Marine, claimed they’d been kicked out of the tactical air training program to union’s threats to scabs because of their race. A Navy in- ANNE OWENS/U.S. Navy vestigation found that they were Associated Press believed to be roughly a dozen. correctly removed from their Student naval aviator Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle, assigned to the The shipyard said Friday that BATH, Maine — Navy ship- squadron, but had not been treat- Redhawks of Training Squadron 21 at Naval Air Station Kingsville, employees have a right to con- builder Bath Iron Works on ed with “appropriate dignity and Texas, exits a T-45C Goshawk training aircraft following her final Friday accused the union repre- tinue working under the law, respect,” which included being flight to complete the undergraduate Tactical Air (Strike) pilot and that they “have the right to given discriminatory call signs. training syllabus, July 7. Swegle is the Navy’s first known Black senting striking production work- ers of threatening workers who do so without being unlawfully In a May 2019 letter, Vice Adm. female strike aviator and will receive her wings during a ceremony harassed and threatened.” The DeWolfe Miller, commander of July 31. choose to cross the pickets to re- turn to work. statement also said workers who Naval Air Forces, ordered re- resign from the union to cross 1990, becoming the first woman became the first woman to fly Machinists’ Local S6 issued an forms to the call sign process and picket lines cannot be fined. rebukes or administrative pun- to do so. in combat for any service while alert warning that anyone who More than 4,000 Local S6 ishment for some officers, Mili- The first Black female pilot in serving in the Air Force 25 years chooses to cross the pickets will workers went on strike June 22 tary.com reported. the Navy was Brenda E. Robin- ago. be fined after the strike is over. Swegle’s accomplishment also son, who earned her wings on Swegle’s father, who had played It also had some harsh words after overwhelmingly rejecting a comes more than 45 years after June 6, 1980, said a biography basketball for the Naval Acad- for so-called scabs: “No man has three-year contract offer. Rosemary Mariner became the on the website for the nonprofit emy, applauded his daughter’s a right to scab so long as there is Bath Iron Works is one of the first woman in the Navy to fly group Women in Aviation Inter- milestone online. a pool of water to drown his car- Navy’s largest shipbuilders and tactical jets in 1974, an online national. She also became the “It’s official,” he said on Twit- cass in, or a rope long enough to a major employer in Maine, with Navy biography stated. Mariner, first Black woman certified for ter. “My daughter, Maddy contin- hang his body with,” the state- 6,800 workers. The General Dy- who died last year, commanded C-1A carrier landings in January ues rise.” ment said. namics subsidiary builds Navy an operational air squadron dur- 1981. [email protected] The number of striking work- destroyers, the workhorse of the ing Operation Desert Storm in Arizona Sen. Martha McSally Twitter: @chadgarland ers who’ve crossed picket lines is fleet. Saturday, July 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY Esper: DOD leader says probe started to find source of leaks FROM FRONT PAGE control of. It’s bad. It’s unlawful. that the military continued to And it needs to stop.” study the issue, pledging reper- Esper said he had recommitted cussions for Russia if the program the department to consider oper- was proven true. The Pentagon ational security measures when leaders, who testified Thursday in discussing military matters. He person from separate tables sev- said his investigation seeks to eral feet apart due to the corona- find the people who leak classi- virus pandemic, said Russia has fied information, sensitive but for years worked to interfere with unclassified information includ- American work in Afghanistan. ing potential changes to policy “As of today, we don’t have that have not been finalized, and cause-and-effect linkage to a “unauthorized discussions with Russian bounty program causing the media.” GREG NASH, POOL/AP U.S. military casualties,” Milley Esper said his announcement said. “However, we are still look- of the investigation into leaks Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Rep. Mac ing. We are not done. We’re going came only after he considered Thornberry, R-Texas, arrive for a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, on Capitol Hill. to run this thing to ground.” all aspects of the Constitution, On June 26, The New York including the First Amendment and choose which leaks you like,” duty troops were positioned just Trump drew the ire of lawmak- Times, citing unnamed officials, which protects a free press. Moulton said. “Which leaks aren’t outside Washington to respond if ers, including Smith, who de- reported U.S. intelligence of- “I think a free and open press damaging versus what is an [op- needed. Those troops never en- manded the military must remain ficials had discovered Russian is critical to a free and function- erational security] problem. This tered the national capital. apolitical. military personnel had offered ing democracy,” he said. White House routinely uses leaks On June 1, as protests in the On Thursday, Esper and Milley the bounties to Taliban-linked Lawmakers had varying re- to their advantage, but suddenly wake of George Floyd’s death at reiterated statements they made groups. The Times wrote Presi- sponses to Esper’s pledge to crack it’s a problem to their apologists.” the hands of Minneapolis police in the days and weeks that fol- dent Donald Trump and others down on leaks. Rep. Don Bacon, one week earlier spread across lowed that incident, apologizing in the White House were made R-Neb., was among those who Role during protests the country and sometimes grew for their participation in the walk aware of the intelligence but did supported the defense secretary’s violent, Trump demanded the and vowing to keep the Pentagon not pursue it further. Trump has effort. The hearing marked the first nation’s governors active their out of politics. denied direct knowledge of the al- “These leaks, I think, under- appearance by the Pentagon’s National Guard troops in force In his testimony, Milley told leged Russian scheme. mine our intelligence commu- top civilian and military officer and “dominate” or he would call lawmakers that he had advised As Esper took questions about nities and just undermines the since early March and was called in active-duty forces. Esper, in the deployment of the about 1,700 the bounties Thursday during the confidence of our citizens in the to discuss the military’s roles in the same private phone call with active-duty troops from Fort hearing, he decried national se- president, in this case, or … in our civilian law enforcement efforts state leaders that quickly leaked Drum, N.Y., and Fort Bragg, N.C., curity-related leaks coming from intelligence organizations, them- across the nation — especially to the media, added they needed to Washington’s outskirts. He said government officials, including selves,” said Bacon, a retired in Washington, D.C. — amid re- to “dominate the battlespace” to even as he provided the advice he from inside his own organization. Air Force brigadier general who cent civil unrest demanding ra- restore order. hoped they would not be needed. The defense secretary said he served in Iraq. “I think it’s imper- cial justice and an end to police Later that day, Esper and Mil- “It was my view then and it re- launched an investigation after ative we start holding people ac- brutality. ley joined Trump on a walk mains so now, that local state and a series of “bad leaks” last year countable to the maximum extent Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., through White House-adjacent federal police, backed up by the that have continued into 2020, in- the law allows.” chairman of the House Armed Lafayette Square just after most- National Guard under governors’ cluding disclosure of the potential Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., a Services Committee, had de- ly peaceful protestors had been control, could and continually Russian program. Marine veteran who also served manded Esper and Milley appear forcibly moved by federal law can effectively handle the secu- “We are aggressively pursuing in Iraq, asked Esper to focus before the committee to discuss enforcement, who were backed rity situation in every case across leaks within the Defense Depart- more on supporting his troops their actions, as more than 40,000 up by D.C. National Guard. That the country,” Milley said. ment,” Esper told lawmakers. than going after selected leakers. National Guard troops were mo- walk and Esper’s participation [email protected] “It’s something we need to get “I don’t think you get to pick bilized nationwide and active- in a photo opportunity alongside Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Blunt: Pentagon also considers blanket ban on Confederate flags in public

FROM FRONT PAGE Forces, bears the name of Gen. Milley stopped short of offer- Braxton Bragg, a commander ing a policy prescription for how often assailed as one of the most Milley: Police, military distinction needed to handle the installation names, bumbling commanders in the which has become a flash point at war. Fort Benning in Georgia, BY JINITZAIL HERNANDEZ view,” Gen. Mark Milley told Milley was responding to a the Pentagon as the nation grap- the home of Army infantry and CQ-Roll Call the House Armed Services question on a Pentagon pro- ples with the history of racism in airborne training, is named after Brig. Gen. Henry Benning, who Committee. gram created to offload surplus the wake of George Floyd’s death laid out the protection of slavery WASHINGTON — The He referred to camouflage military equipment to the ben- at the hands of police in May. as the motivation for secession in chairman of the Joint Chiefs of uniforms giving local and state efit of local police departments, The installations, all in former a speech in 1861. Staff on Thursday stressed the police officers the appearance though uniforms are not part of Confederate states, were named The other bases named after importance of a “visual distinc- of military. that program. with input from influential local Confederate commanders are tion” between members of the “When you start introduc- An issue Milley’s response residents during the Jim Crow Forts Lee, Pickett and A.P. Hill police and the military, an issue ing the military you’re talking touched on — law enforcement era. The Army courted their buy- in Virginia, Forts Polk and Beau- that has surfaced anew during about a different level of effort or military members at the pro- in because it needed large swaths regard in Louisiana, Fort Hood recent protests. there,” continued Milley. tests whose attire left unclear of land to build bases during the in Texas, Fort Gordon in Georgia “You want a clear definition He spoke at a hearing that ex- what organization they were military buildups of World War I and Fort Rucker in Alabama. between that which is military, amined the Department of De- with — was also discussed at and II. The Pentagon has also consid- and that which is police in my fense’s role in recent protests. the hearing. That decision was political, ered a blanket ban on the Confed- Milley told the committee, and erate flag in public places at all renaming the installations would military installations. onstrators from Lafayette Square But lawmakers criticized what The Post found. also be a political move. During the hearing, Esper on June 1 so that Trump could occurred hours later as a much Esper launched an investigation Two of the Army’s biggest also defended the use of National visit a nearby church. more kinetic action. Helicopters into the use of the helicopters. The installations are named after Guardsmen to aid police as pro- The Guardsmen “did not ad- from the D.C. National Guard — report is currently under review Confederate commanders and tests over Floyd’s death spread vance on the crowd,” fire rubber whose chain of command goes di- avowed white supremacists. across the country. National Guard bullets or use chemical agents rectly to the Pentagon — roared with the Pentagon’s inspector Fort Bragg in North Carolina, troops were alongside law enforce- such as tear gas. Their role was over protesters as low as 45 feet general and could go to the com- the headquarters of the Special ment as authorities removed dem- static support, Esper said. from the ground, an analysis by mittee next week, Esper said. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Catholic Church got $1.4B in aid Associated Press covering Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., where a church investi- NEW YORK — The U.S. Roman gation revealed last year that Catholic Church used a special then-Bishop Michael Bransfield and unprecedented exemption embezzled funds and made sexual from federal rules to amass at advances toward young priests. least $1.4 billion in taxpayer- Simply being eligible for low- backed coronavirus aid, with interest loans was a new opportu- many millions going to dioceses nity. But the church couldn’t have that have paid huge settlements been approved for so many loans or sought bankruptcy protection — which the government will for- because of clergy sexual abuse give if they are used for wages, cover-ups. rent and utilities — without a sec- The church’s haul may have ond break. reached — or even exceeded Religious groups persuaded — $3.5 billion, making a global the Trump administration to free religious institution with more them from a rule that typically than a billion followers among disqualifies an applicant with JEROME DELAY/AP the biggest winners in the U.S. more than 500 workers. Without government’s pandemic relief ef- this preferential treatment, many Covid-19 patients are being treated at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, on Friday. forts, an Associated Press analy- Catholic dioceses would have sis of federal data released this been ineligible because — be- week found. tween their head offices, parishes Houses of worship and faith- and other affiliates — their em- In South Africa, oxygen already based organizations that promote ployees exceed the 500-person religious beliefs aren’t usually cap. eligible for money from the U.S. “The government grants spe- runs low as coronavirus surges Small Business Administration. cial dispensation, and that creates But as the economy plummeted a kind of structural favoritism,” Associated Press A nurse at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and jobless rates soared, Con- said Micah Schwartzman, a Uni- — the third largest hospital in the world with more gress let faith groups and other JOHANNESBURG — The coronavirus storm versity of Virginia law professor than 3,000 beds — painted a bleak picture, saying nonprofits tap into the Paycheck has arrived in South Africa, but in the overflowing specializing in constitutional is- new patients with the virus are now being admitted Protection Program, a $659 bil- sues and religion who has studied COVID-19 wards the sound is less of a roar than a into ordinary wards as the COVID-19 ones are full. lion fund created to keep Main the Paycheck Protection Pro- rasp. “Our hospital is overloaded already. There Street open and Americans gram. “And that favoritism was Medical oxygen is already low in hospitals at the has been an influx of patients over the last two employed. worth billions of dollars.” new epicenter of the outbreak, Gauteng province, weeks,” the nurse said, speaking on condition of By aggressively promoting the The amount that the church home to the power centers of Johannesburg and the anonymity because they were not authorized to give payroll program and marshaling collected, between $1.4 bil- capital, Pretoria. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, interviews. resources to help affiliates navi- lion and $3.5 billion, is an un- visiting a hospital Friday, said authorities are work- More and more colleagues at the hospital are test- gate its shifting rules, Catholic dercount. The Diocesan Fiscal ing with industry to divert more oxygen their way. ing positive daily for the virus, the nurse said, “even dioceses, parishes, schools and Management Conference, an or- Some patients spilled into heated tents in the hos- people who are not working in COVID wards.” other ministries have so far re- ganization of Catholic financial pital parking lot. They lay under blankets in the Already more than 8,000 health workers across ceived approval for at least 3,500 officers, surveyed members and middle of winter in the Southern Hemisphere, with Africa have been infected — half of them in South forgivable loans, AP found. reported that about 9,000 Catho- a cold front bringing freezing temperatures this Africa. The Archdiocese of New York, lic entities received loans. That is weekend. How the country struggles to manage the pan- for example, received 15 loans nearly three times the number of “The patients are scared, very, very scared,” demic will be amplified in other nations across Af- worth at least $28 million just for Catholic recipients the AP could said Lynne Wilkinson, a public health specialist rica, which has the world’s lowest levels of health its top executive offices. Its iconic identify. who is part of a volunteer effort seeking 100 oxy- funding and health staffing. St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth The AP couldn’t find more gen concentrators for a 450-bed field hospital in The continent as of Friday had 541,381 confirmed Avenue was approved for at least Catholic beneficiaries because the Johannesburg. cases, but shortages in testing materials means the $1 million. government’s data, released after But sourcing the portable, low-volume devices is real number is unknown. In Orange County, Calif., where pressure from Congress and a a problem because they’re bought up by the private South Africa’s surge in cases comes as the coun- a sparkling glass cathedral es- lawsuit from news outlets includ- sector, even individuals, she told The Associated try loosens what had been one of the world’s strict- timated to cost over $70 million ing the AP, didn’t name recipi- Press: “They keep them at home.” est lockdowns, with even alcohol sales banned until recently opened, diocesan offi- ents of loans under $150,000 — a South Africa overnight posted another record June 1. Now restaurants have sit-down service and cials working at the complex re- category in which many smaller daily high of confirmed cases, 13,674, as Africa’s religious gatherings have resumed. The economy ceived four loans worth at least churches would fall. And because most developed country is a new global hot spot was hurting and needed reopening, authorities $3 million. the government released only with 238,339 cases overall. More than a third are said. And elsewhere, a loan of at least ranges of loan amounts, it wasn’t in Gauteng. But nervous officials in Gauteng province have $2 million went to the diocese possible to be more precise. “The storm that we have consistently warned called for stricter lockdown measures to return. On South Africans about is now arriving,” Mkhize said Friday, Gauteng Premier David Makhura announced this week. he had tested positive with mild symptoms. WHO experts to visit China to plan probe

Associated Press organization said. year focused initial attention on a A major issue will be to “look fresh food market in the central BEIJING — Two World Health at whether or not it jumped from Organization experts were head- Chinese city of Wuhan, but the species to human, and what spe- discovery of earlier cases sug- ing to the Chinese capital on Fri- cies it jumped from,” WHO day to lay the groundwork for an gests the animal-to-human jump spokesperson Dr. Margaret Har- may have happened elsewhere. investigation into the origins of ris said at a briefing in Geneva. In an effort to block future out- the coronavirus pandemic. Scientists believe the virus may An animal health expert and an have originated in bats and was breaks, China has cracked down epidemiologist will meet Chinese transmitted to another mammal on the trade in wildlife and closed SETH WENIG/AP counterparts in Beijing to work such as a civet cat or an arma- some markets, while enforcing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, right, delivers his homily over mostly empty out logistics, places to visit and dillo-like pangolin before being strict containment measures that pews as he leads an Easter Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New the participants for a WHO-led passed on to people. appear to have virtually stopped York in April. international mission, the U.N. A cluster of infections late last new local infections. Saturday, July 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Disney World to reopen with new rules for safety

BY MIKE SCHNEIDER more heat-related calls from Associated Press visitors due to the mandatory mask-wearing. ORLANDO, Fla. — Forget “With the masks and summer about up-close “meet-and-greet” in Florida, that’s going to be in- sessions with Mickey Mouse or teresting,” said Tim Stromsnes, Donald Duck when Walt Disney an official with the Reedy Creek World parks reopen. There will Professional Firefighters, Local be no firework shows or parades 2117. “A lot of people aren’t used — those would draw too many to our heat and humidity.” people together — and both visi- Disney spokeswoman Andrea tors and employees will be get- M. Finger said in a statement ting temperature checks when Wednesday that the company is they enter. “moving forward carefully and Despite a huge surge of Florid- methodically.” She said seven ians testing positive for the new unions representing thousands of coronavirus in recent weeks, two staff have signed agreements to of Disney World’s four parks are return to work. scheduled to reopen Saturday. When they do, visitors to “The Disney World workers have Most Magical Place on Earth” been at the parks already for sev- will find new rules in place. eral weeks, going over hygiene Everyone has to wear a mask protocols to stop the spread of and maintain social distance. the virus, sanitizing handrails /AP No hopping between parks is al- JEFF GRITCHEN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER and consoles and reviewing other changes such as new break rooms lowed, for the time being, and Maria Delgadillo takes a selfie with her mother Rosa Torres at the entrance to Disneyland in Anaheim, that now only accommodate four visitors will need reservations to Calif., on its reopening day Thursday . enter. people at a time. In addition to a thermometer, Disney employees won’t be al- Though Magic Kingdom and Disney has been reopening its other Disney workers, the singers workers were given three face lowed to take photos of visitors in Animal Kingdom are sched- parks around the globe for the and actors can’t wear face masks front of Cinderella’s Castle since uled to reopen Saturda y, Disney past two months. In May, the when they perform. masks and a plastic face shield, it involves touching the tourists’ World’s other two parks, Epcot company opened Disney Springs, Other union leaders are confi- equipment that made it difficult cameras. There will be no live and Hollywood Studios, won’t a complex of shops, restaurants dent in the new safety measures. for some of them to recognize shows since the reopening has welcome back guests until four and entertainment venues in Clinton, whose members are cus- their colleagues without checking caused a labor dispute between days later. All of the parks closed Lake Buena Vista. Only Disney- todians, housekeepers and park their name tags, said Hollywood Disney World and its actors and in mid-March in an effort to stop land in California delayed its greeters, said a visit to Disney Studios worker Scott Dudas. singers. the virus’s spread. Disney World’s plans to reopen in mid-July, say- World is now safer than going to “I think from a safety aspect, “That is a very different Disney crosstown rivals, Universal Or- ing it was awaiting guidelines the grocery store. everyone should be on board to World than the one you worked lando and SeaWorld Orlando, also from the state. “Will I be safe at work? The feel comfortable with everything at back in March, and that is be- closed in March but have been The union that represents Dis- short answer to that is, ‘Yes,’” in place,” Dudas, who discussed cause of the need for safety,” Eric back open for several weeks after ney World actors and singers Clinton told his members. how reassured he felt by the Clinton, president of Unite Here! instituting similar rules to pro- wishes the Florida resort would Firefighters and paramedics face shields with his colleagues Local 362, told his members in a tect employees and customers do the same until workers can be for Disney World’s private gov- on Facebook, said . “I feel super recent Facebook discussion. from the virus. tested on a regular basis. Unlike ernment are expecting to see safe.” Some state lotteries blessed by pandemic, others cursed

BY MICHAEL CASEY “This pandemic has dramati- May. for the fiscal year. Unlike Texas, Associated Press cally exposed the limitations and Arkansas Scholarship Lottery which kept many retail outlets vulnerabilities of the lottery’s all- Director Bishop Woosley attrib- open, Massachusetts temporar- BOSTON— The coronavirus cash, in person business model,” uted the sales spike in his state to ily closed more than 1,500 due to pandemic has been a roller coast- Goldberg said. low gas prices, a lack of other en- the pandemic. That left players er for state lotteries across the The pandemic and the subse- tertainment options and “people with fewer places to spend their country, with some getting a boost quent economic downturn were simply being bored and looking money. from the economic downturn and expected to be a good thing for for activities that they can do in But as states begin to reopen, others scrambling to make up for lottery sales. Past studies have their own homes. ” some of the hardest hit lotteries revenue shortfalls. shown a correlation between a Texas also saw lottery sales are bouncing back. Since March, Texas, Arkansas rise in unemployment and in- increase more than $155 mil- Along with Virginia, Maryland and Montana and several other CHARLES KRUPA/AP crease in lottery sales — a trend lion this fiscal year and more saw its lottery sales recover after states have seen an increase in A woman scratches a $30 that prompted an anti-gambling than $753 million compared to a rocky few weeks. In the midst sales, in part, driven by house- instant ticket while playing the group to unsuccessfully call for the 2018 fiscal year. A big driver of the pandemic, lottery officials bound residents putting cash lottery at Ted’s Stateline Mobil in states to shut down their lotteries was scratch-off tickets, which feared profits would be $50 mil- down for scratch-off tickets. But Methuen, Mass., on June 24 until the coronavirus pandemic increased 10% over the last fis- lion below the state’s projections lottery officials say other states, cal year and 22% over sales from ended. for the fiscal year that ended June like Massachusetts and Oregon, “We have known for some time 2018 mostly because 20,000 re- make up a huge portion of a state 30. Now, officials are expecting confronted revenue drops due to that people end up playing the tail locations were deemed essen- budget. But because the monies profits to be about $10 million stay-at-home orders that forced are often directed to specific pro- lottery more often or with more tial services, according to Gary below those projections. the closure of restaurants, bars grams like education, environ- of their dollars when they get put Grief, executive director of the Gordon Medenica, Maryland’s and some retailers selling tickets. ment or veterans programs, they in dire circumstances, when they Texas Lottery Commission. lottery and gaming director, re- Some also blamed a lack of an on- can have an outsized impact when have a drop in income,” said Cor- But not all state lotteries have line presence, something only a there are upticks or declines in nell University business profes- benefited from the pandemic. called weeks in April when sales handful states currently allow. sales. sor David Just, who has studied Delaware’s lottery sales are off were down as much as 30% and “We got used to lottery as a Massachusetts Treasurer Deb- lottery purchases. almost $40 million through May “we really didn’t know where constant companion support- orah Goldberg told lawmakers in “Unemployment is one of the compared to the last fiscal year, the bottom was at that point. We ing the system, and it was a gut April that the lottery was hobbled potential big drivers for some- mostly due the closure of casinos were just seeing sales absolutely punch to realize we don’t have the by the closure of claims centers thing like that. We saw that at the with video poker and table games, collapse.” time to react,” said Chris Havel, and the lack of an online pres- beginning of the pandemic,” he according to state data. “Since then, they have re- spokesperson for Oregon Parks ence — something that helped said. “Massive rises in unemploy- Another factor in several states bounded remarkably well. In the and Recreation, which laid off neighboring New Hampshire and ment, you would expect, would was a drop in revenue from big- month of May, we actually had 47 people and closed more than several other states attract new lead people to this place where money games like Powerball, our all-time best month for the two dozen parks due to a $22 mil- players. Currently, at least nine they want to take more risks to try which saw lower jackpots. year in both sales and profits,” lion projected budget shortfall states allow online lottery sales, and get back what they’ve lost.” In Massachusetts, sales were Medenica said. “Instant tickets through next year driven in part according to the North American That was the trend in several down by about 13% in March, have been booming. Our daily by a drop in lottery revenues. Association of State & Provincial states, including Arkansas, which 30% in April and around 10% in numbers games have been boom- State lottery revenues do not Lotteries. saw strong sales in April and May, leaving the lottery down 5% ing. Lottery is doing really well.” PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Arizona governor caps capacity at restaurants

Associated Press month for two-week quarantines after inmates tested positive for PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. the virus at the California Correc- Doug Ducey on Thursday capped tional Center in Susanville, where restaurants at half of their ca- firefighters are trained to deploy pacity but declined to shut them across Northern California. down entirely as he looks to beat That deepens a growing hole in back one of the world’s largest the state’s firefighting ranks as outbreaks of the coronavirus. the state releases thousands of in- Ducey also said the state will mates early to create space dur- increase testing with a focus on ing the pandemic, officials said. low-income areas of Phoenix as In response, Newsom an- many people report it’s hard or nounced Thursday he will use impossible to find tests. Most $72.4 million to hire 858 addition- people are waiting up to a week al seasonal firefighters and field or more for test results. six more California Conservation He encouraged people to con- Corps crews through October. tinue sacrificing, noting the early signs of potential improvement Florida nearly two weeks after he ordered the closure of bars and gyms and TALLAHASSEE — Health au- AMANDA RAY, YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC/AP urged people to stay home when- thorities in Florida reported 120 ever possible. new deaths from the new corona- Estakio Beltran, director of advocacy and community innovations with the Yakima Valley Community Arizona continues to report virus on Thursday, grimly mark- Foundation, right, unloads a box of masks to Providence House, in Yakima, Wash., on Thursday. record highs for hospitalizations ing the highest one-day jump yet and use of ventilators. After a amid a surge in new infections spikes in the COVID-19 disease a ruling from the 9th Circuit, “by lic, even when he’s around groups drop in the number of additional that continues to befuddle the caused by the coronavirus, with which time the legal landscape of people. “I’m not comfortable cases reported in the early part state’s attempts to contain the patient hospitalizations rising and may have changed but the ir- with mandating masks. It’s not of the week, they shot back above outbreak. public health officials expressing reparable harm to the church’s something that I would do.” 4,000 on Thursday. The number of deaths was the worry about the significant jump First Amendment rights will be Stitt also said he wouldn’t take “We are seeing some better re- highest since the 113 reported in in positive tests for the virus. irreversible.” steps to stop local ordinances sults,” Ducey, a Republican, said early May. The cumulative death More than 3,200 people have died requiring people to wear masks during a televised news confer- toll has now surpassed 4,000 as from COVID-19, according to North Carolina in public, which have been ence. “We need to see more. But confirmed cases climbed by near- health department data released implemented in Stillwater and the actions we took 10 days ago ly 9,000 to more than 229,000. Thursday, and 1,042 infected pa- RALEIGH — A decision on how are making a difference. We need Norman. The state also reported on tients are in the hospital. More North Carolina public schools will In Oklahoma City on Thurs- to increase this difference.” Thursday the biggest 24-hour than 1,800 new positive tests were start the year teaching students The Department of Health day, Archbishop Paul Coakley jump in hospitalizations, with 409 reported overnight. during the COVID-19 pandemic announced a new requirement Services reported 75 additional patients admitted. will come next week, Gov. Roy to wear masks or face coverings deaths, increasing state’s total to Intensive care units are quickly Nevada Cooper said on Thursday as case at all public masses and church 2,038. The additional 4,057 con- filling up, including those in some and hospitalization rates remain gatherings. Parishioners were firmed cases reported Thursday hospitals with the largest bed ca- RENO — Leaders of a rural Ne- stubbornly high. previously encouraged to wear brought the total to 112,671. The pacity such as the University of vada church are asking the U.S. Cooper previously delayed the masks, but it wasn’t mandatory. state’s case count doubled in two Florida Health Shands Hospital Supreme Court to suspend the disclosure set for July 1, saying Oklahoma on Thursday report- weeks. in Gainesville and Tampa Gen- state’s 50-person cap on religious he wanted more time to receive ed 603 new cases of coronavirus eral Hospital. gatherings while an appellate feedback from educators and stu- in the last 24 hours, bringing to California Data from the Florida Agency court considers their claim that dents, review the latest science nearly 18,500 the number of peo- for Health Care Administration COVID-19 restrictions treating on school reopenings, and get ple who have tested positive for SACRAMENTO — As Cali- shows statewide about 14% of the casinos and others more leniently more “buy-in across the board.” the virus. fornia enters wildfire season, the total ICU beds were available violate their constitutional right Cooper was reticent on Wednes- state is scrambling to find suffi- Thursday. to freely exercise their beliefs. day to reveal how he is leaning. cient firefighters amid a corona- Dr. Elizabeth Ransom, chief Gov. Steve Sisolak’s June 4 Schools have been asked to plan South Carolina virus outbreak that has depleted physician executive at Baptist directive allowing casinos, res- for three scenarios in preparation COLUMBIA — The eight his- the ranks of inmates who usually taurants, bowling alleys and Health in Jacksonville, said hos- for classes to begin Aug. 17. torically black colleges and uni- handle some of the toughest du- amusement parks to reopen at pitals are on high alert and pre- The scenarios range from in- versities in South Carolina are ties and caused a budget deficit 50% of capacity while maintain- paring to bring in temporary person classrooms with minimal getting more than $2 million for that derailed plans to hire 600 ing a hard cap for church services staff, anticipating the numbers social distancing to all students technology upgrades, part of new state firefighters and sup- will rise. “simply turns the First Amend- working from home. K-12 schools emergency relief parceled out port personnel. “We worry if we’re going to see ment on its head,” lawyers for Cal- teaching over 1.5 million stu- from a federal funding pack- Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thurs- a bump from the recent Fourth of vary Chapel Dayton Valley wrote dents have been given minimum age related to the coronavirus day said the state has enough July weekend,” she said. in the request to the high court standards to meet under each of outbreak. money to instead add 172 profes- for an emergency injunction. the three. Retaining regular re- Gov. Henry McMaster’s office sional firefighters, but he said he Louisiana “The Free Exercise Clause pro- mote learning for students is sure said Thursday that the money will use his emergency authority tects the exercise of religion. No to bring extended hardships to would be used to upgrade the to beef up seasonal crews as the BATON ROUGE — Despite constitutional provision protects working parents. schools’ abilities to conduct online state enters another hot, dry sum- Louisiana’s surging coronavirus the right to gamble at casinos, eat Cooper said he also will an- learning, a need revealed during mer when fires often rage out of outbreak, Gov. John Bel Edwards at restaurants, or frolic at indoor nounce next week whether busi- the switch to distance learning control. and a majority of state House amusement parks,” they said. nesses by his executive order Firefighting hand crews that members oppose a state senator’s The church east of Reno ap- — bars, gyms, skating rinks and earlier this year. Funding is ex- typically include 15-17 inmates call for the cancellation of public pealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit entertainment venues among pected to be used on hardware, or civilian California Conser- school athletics this fall. Court of Appeals last month after them — that’s set to expire July software, distance-learning re- vation Corps members do what Edwards said Senate Educa- a federal judge in Nevada upheld 17 can reopen. sources and electronic textbooks. Newsom called “the really hard tion Chairman Cleo Fields’ push the state’s policy. Roslyn Clark Artis, president grunt work.” They use hand tools to suspend K-12 athletic events Last week, the appellate court Oklahoma of Benedict College in Columbia, and chainsaws to cut and scrape as a safety precaution was well- in San Francisco denied the made an original request for the road-like clearings through trees meaning — but the Democratic church’s request for an emer- OKLAHOMA CITY — Despite funding, which is coming from and brush in hopes of stopping governor said it’s “just a little too gency injunction pending the rising numbers of confirmed the Governor’s Emergency Edu- the spread of wildfires. early” to make such a sweeping outcome of the appeal. The three- cases and hospitalizations due to cation Relief Fund, awarded to The number of such crews is determination. sentence ruling pointed to the Su- COVID-19 infections in Oklaho- each state through the CARES “substantially down from where “I think we all have some con- preme Court’s refusal in May to ma, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt Act. Artis served as a member of we’ve been in the past,” Newsom cerns,” Edwards said. “But I strike down California’s limit on said Thursday he remains op- AccelerateSC, McMaster’s task said. Of the prison system’s 192 don’t think we’re at that point in the size of religious gatherings. posed to mandating that residents force created to advise him on authorized inmate crews, just 94 time where that decision needs to Calvary Chapel’s lawyers said wear masks. matters related to reopening the are currently available. be made, and I think we need to in the request filed late Wednes- “I’m going to protect the free- state’s economy following shut- The state shut down 12 of its know a little bit more.” day at the Supreme Court that it doms in Oklahoma,” said Stitt, downs related to efforts to stem 43 inmate firefighter camps last Louisiana is seeing renewed will take several months to obtain who rarely wears a mask in pub- the outbreak. Saturday, July 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Tropical Storm heads Court: Much of east Okla. is native land toward New England MIAMI — Tropical Storm Fay slightly picked up speed and BY ANN E. MARIMOW law,” wrote Justice Neil Gorsuch, ment after the ruling indicat- court’s ruling tosses McGirt’s strength as it moved closer to The Washington Post who was joined by the court’s lib- ing they have made “substantial state conviction and means he land Friday, and forecasters de- eral justices. progress toward an agreement” must be tried in federal court. creased projections for rain totals WASHINGTON — The Su- “To hold otherwise would be to to submit to Congress and the Oklahoma and the federal and flooding. preme Court said Thursday that a elevate the most brazen and long- Justice Department that would government contended that laws Fay was expected to bring 2 large swath of eastern Oklahoma standing injustices over the law, put in place a “framework of passed between 1890 and 1907 to 4 inches of rain, with the pos- remains an American Indian res- both rewarding wrong and failing shared jurisdiction.” gave the state jurisdiction over the sibility of flash flooding in parts ervation, a decision with potential those in the right.” “We have a shared commitment land. The state said that there are of the mid-Atlantic and southern implications for nearly 2 million The dissent, led by Chief Jus- to maintaining public safety and thousands of similar cases and New England, The U.S. National residents and one of the most sig- tice John Roberts Jr., warned of long-term economic prosperity that a ruling in favor of McGirt Hurricane Center said in its 5 nificant victories for tribal rights significant upheaval in the crimi- for the Nations and Oklahoma,” would not only throw the crimi- a.m. advisory. That’s down from in years. nal justice system, and in other according to the statement from nal-justice system in turmoil but earlier forecasts of about 3 to 5 The land at issue contains areas of government such as Hunter and the Creek, Cherokee, also disrupt taxing powers and inches of rain. much of Tulsa, the state’s sec- The storm picked up speed ond-largest city. The question for taxing and zoning. But state and Chickasaw, Choctaw and Semi- other municipal jurisdictions. Friday morning, moving north the court was whether Congress tribal leaders downplayed those nole nations. In his dissent Thursday, Rob- around 10 mph and producing top officially eliminated the Musco- concerns and said they are nego- Lawmakers in Washington erts agreed, writing that the sustained winds of 50 mph, fore- gee (Creek) Nation reservation tiating an agreement to address would have to pass legislation, for state’s ability to prosecute crimes casters said. Earlier observations when Oklahoma became a state jurisdictional issues. instance, for state officials to con- “will be hobbled and decades of showed it moving at 8 mph with in 1907. Most directly, the ruling means tinue prosecuting crimes involv- past convictions could well be top sustained winds of 45 mph. In a 5-to-4 decision invoking that federal officers, not state au- ing tribal members in the area thrown out.” A tropical storm warning re- the country’s long history of mis- thorities, have the power to pros- affected by the Supreme Court’s “On top of that, the Court has mained in effect from Cape May, treating Native Americans, the ecute tribal members for major ruling. profoundly destabilized the gov- N.J. , to Watch Hill, R.I . court said “we hold the govern- crimes committed in the defined The case was brought by Jimcy ernance of eastern Oklahoma. ment to its word” and the land area. Less certain is how the deci- McGirt, a member of the Creek The decision today creates sig- Congress promised to the Creek sion affects the authority of state Nation who was convicted in state nificant uncertainty for the CEO of Goya praises Nation is still Indian land. and city leaders when it comes to court of molesting a child. Be- State’s continuing authority over Trump, backlash is swift “If Congress wishes to with- imposing taxes, zoning laws and cause the crime occurred on the any area that touches Indian af- draw its promises, it must say so. other regulations. land in question, McGirt said that fairs,” wrote Roberts, who was NEW YORK — Goya Foods is Unlawful acts, performed long Oklahoma Attorney General state courts had no jurisdiction joined by Justices Samuel Alito facing a swift backlash after its enough and with sufficient vigor, Mike Hunter and leaders of five and that the federal government Jr., Brett Kavanaugh and Clar- CEO praised President Donald are never enough to amend the tribal groups issued a joint state- would have to prosecute. The ence Thomas. Trump at White House event. Goya was founded in Manhat- tan in 1936 by Don Prudencio Unanue and his wife Carolina, immigrants from Spain. The com- DHS gets new role under pany calls itself the largest His- panic-owned food company in the United States. Trump monument order Robert Unanue, a grandson and now Goya CEO, spoke at a Associated Press federal government amid often Rose Garden event announcing a chaotic clashes that have ranged “Hispanic Prosperity Initiative” PORTLAND, Ore. — Protest- across several downtown blocks on Thursday. ers who have clashed with author- “We all truly blessed, at the after midnight for weeks. same time, to have a leader like ities in the Pacific Northwest are “I don’t have authority to order President Trump who is a build- not just confronting local police. federal officers to do things,” er,” Unanue said standing at a po- Some are also facing off against Davis said. “It does complicate dium beside Trump. federal officers whose pres- things for us.” Almost immediately, #Boycott- ence reflects President Donald The DHS officers’ presence Goya, #GoyaFoods and #Goy- Trump’s decision to make crack- comes at an incredibly tense away began trending on social ing down on “violent mayhem” a moment for Portland. After media platforms like Twitter, with federal priority. Floyd’s death, the city for days scorn coming seemingly from all The Department of Homeland saw marches and rallies that at- directions, including some big po- Security has deployed officers tracted more than 10,000 gener- litical names. in tactical gear from around the ally peaceful Black Lives Matter country, and from more than a protesters to the downtown area. half-dozen federal law enforce- The police took a “mostly hands- Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen ment agencies and departments, off approach” to those events be- back in federal prison to Portland, Ore., as part of a cause they were orderly, Davis surge aimed at what a senior of- said. NEW YORK — President Don- ficial said were people taking Civil liberties advocates and ald Trump’s former personal law- DOUG BROWN/AP advantage of demonstrations activists have accused federal yer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was over the police killing of George authorities of overstepping their Agents from different components of the Department of Homeland returned to federal prison Thurs- Floyd to commit violence and jurisdiction and excessive use of Security are deployed to protect a federal courthouse in Portland, day, after balking at certain con- vandalism. crowd-control measures, includ- Ore., July 5. ditions of the home confinement “Once we surged federal law ing using tear gas and patrolling he was granted because of the enforcement officers to Portland, beyond the boundaries of federal Jackson near the White House. needed. coronavirus pandemic. the agitators quickly got the mes- property. Portland police are pro- The president has denounced Improving coordination among Records obtained by The As- sage,” said the official, speaking hibited from using tear gas under the Black Lives Matter movement law enforcement agencies is part sociated Press said Cohen was on condition of anonymity to dis- a recent temporary court order and protests calling for the re- of DHS’s mission. It also oversees ordered into custody after he cuss an ongoing operation. unless they declare a riot. moval of statues honoring racist the Federal Protective Service, “failed to agree to the terms of The deployment represents “DHS should go back to in- figures, associating peaceful pro- which guards federal government Federal Location Monitoring” in somewhat of a departure for vestigating the rise of white su- tests with the sporadic outbursts buildings around the nation. Manhattan. DHS, which was created after premacist activity and actors of vandalism and looting at some A former DHS official said But Cohen’s attorneys disput- the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who are seeking to cause violence demonstrations. He referred to BORTAC agents were viewed as ed that, saying Cohen took issue is primarily focused on threats against these peaceful protests, “the violent mayhem we have “highly trained, valuable, scarce with a condition of his home con- from abroad and border security. that is under the purview of the seen in the streets of cities that resources” and would typically finement that forbids him from During the Trump presidency, its agency’s mission,” said Andrea are run by liberal Democrats,” as be used for domestic law en- speaking with the media and pub- focus has been largely on carry- Flores, the deputy director of im- well as the “merciless campaign forcement in extraordinary cir- lishing a tell-all book he began ing out the president’s tough im- migration policy at the American to wipe out our history,” in his cumstances. “These units don’t working on in federal prison. The migration agenda. Now it is in Civil Liberties Union who was a July 3 Mount Rushmore speech. normally sit around idle,” said the rules also prohibited him from the role of supporting Trump’s DHS official during the Obama Following the executive order, official, who spoke on condition “posting on social media,” the re- law-and-order campaign, raising administration. DHS created the Protecting anonymity because he no longer cords show. questions about overstepping the Trump issued an executive order American Communities Task works at the agency, after serv- “The purpose is to avoid glam- duties of local law enforcement. on June 26 to protect monuments Force and sent officers from Cus- ing under Trump and President orizing or bringing publicity to Portland Deputy Police Chief after protesters tried to remove or toms and Border Protection and Barack Obama, and is not autho- your status as a sentenced inmate Chris Davis said his department destroy statues of people consid- other agencies to Washington, rized to discuss operations. serving a custodial term in the did not request the assistance and ered racist, including a failed at- D.C., Seattle and Portland. Others “What did they get pulled off of community,” the document says. did not coordinate efforts with the tempt to pull down one of Andrew were ready to deploy elsewhere if in order to watch over statues?” From The Associated Press PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 WORLD US envoy offers reassurances to Japan on alliance

Associated Press South Korea on Thursday asked Biegun to try to revive the TOKYO — A U.S. envoy reas- talks with the North. He stressed sured top Japanese officials Fri- during his meetings in Seoul that day of the importance of their resuming the diplomacy with the alliance in dealing with regional North was important. But he sep- security threats, just as the North arately accused a senior North Korean leader’s sister expressed Korean nuclear negotiator who low expectations of a summit be- had blamed the deadlocked talks tween her brother and President on American hostility of being Donald Trump this year. “locked in an old way of think- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State ing.” Those remarks indicated /AP Stephen Biegun is in Tokyo after Washington won’t likely make THIBAULT CAMUS his visit to Seoul where he dis- concessions to resume the talks Workers walk through a scaffolding at Notre Dame Cathedral on Friday in Paris. cussed nuclear diplomacy with despite the North’s pressure. North Korea, which has refused Kim Yo Jong said “a surprise to resume talks due to what it thing may still happen, depend- calls hostile American policies. ing upon the judgement and deci- Biegun met with Japanese For- sion between the two top leaders” Notre Dame Cathedral to be eign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi but that the U.S. needed summit and Defense Minister Taro Kono talks while Pyongyang did not. separately and reaffirmed the North Korea has demanded rebuilt without modern touches importance of their alliance in that the U.S. lift international maintaining and strengthening sanctions and provide a security Associated Press Macron, who wants Notre ment’s form and a restoration of “the free and open Indo-Pacific” guarantee if it’s truly committed Dame reopened in time for the the cathedral in its latest state,” PARIS — Notre Dame Cathe- and dealing with regional con- to talks about the status of its nu- 2024 Olympics, had initially the statement said. cerns including North Korea and clear weapons program. dral will be rebuilt just the way it pushed for a contemporary touch That means how Notre Dame China. Some analysts believe North stood before last year’s devastat- atop the cathedral, prompting was on the afternoon of April 15, Earlier Friday, Kim Yo Jong Korea, which is sensitive about ing fire. eye-catching proposals from ar- 2019, before the fire broke out, said her brother won’t be meeting potential changes in U.S. leader- No swimming pool or organic chitects around the world. consumed the roof and threat- Trump because there is no need ship, will avoid serious talks with garden on the roof of the medieval But Macron came around to ened the rose-windowed twin for the North to gift Trump meet- the Americans for now before an Paris monument, or contempo- the traditionalists’ argument, and towers that keep the cathedral ings when it’s not getting any re- eventual return to negotiations rary glass spire, or other modern approved reconstruction plans upright. ward in return. In her statement after the U.S. presidential elec- twists. And to stay historically ac- for the 12th century monument More than a year later, the released through Pyongyang’s tion in November. curate, it will again be built with that were presented Thursday, structure remains unstable. It official Korean Central News Kim Yo Jong said that the diplo- potentially toxic lead. according to a statement from took nearly a year to clear out Agency, she called for major con- macy could be salvaged only by a That’s the verdict reached by the state agency overseeing the dangerous lead residue released cessions from washing ton to keep reciprocal exchange of “irrevers- French President Emmanuel project. in the fire and to get to the point alive the nuclear diplomacy. ible simultaneous major steps.” Macron, the cathedral’s present- The plan includes recreating where workers could start re- Kim Yo Jong is seen as her The nuclear diplomacy has day architects and the general in the 19th century spire designed moving scaffolding that had been brother’s closest confidant and stalled since a second summit be- charge of the colossal reconstruc- by architect Eugene Viollet-le- in place for a previous renova- was recently confirmed as his top tween Kim and President Donald tion project for one of the world’s Duc that collapsed in the fire tion effort. Actual reconstruction official for inter-Korean affairs. Trump in early 2019. most treasured landmarks. and “favors fidelity to the monu- won’t start until next year. Depp: Feces found US blocks Pakistani carrier in bed was last following fake pilot scandal Bloomberg time later. Pakistan said last month that straw in marriage Pakistan’s national airline has 262 out of over 850 airline pilots been barred from flying to the Associated Press had fake certificates and didn’t sit U.S. as a result of a scandal in in the qualification exams them- LONDON — Johnny Depp said in a London court which almost one-third of the selves that are conducted by the on Friday that ex-wife Amber Heard’s claims he nation’s pilots were found to have regulator. The South Asian nation abused her turned him from “Cinderella to Qua- faked certifications. fired 28 pilots this week while it simodo” in the public eye. The Transportation Depart- continues to investigate the rest. ment notified Pakistan Interna- He also said the couple’s tempestuous marriage ALBERTO PEZZALI/AP The Federal Aviation Admin- broke down for good after an incident in which feces tional Airlines Corp.’s lawyers istration had notified the depart- were found in their bed following a party. Johnny Depp arrives at the High Court in London in Washington on July 1 that its ment on June 30 that all of PIA’s “I thought that was an oddly fitting end to the re- on Friday for the trial of his libel suit against a authorization to operate to U.S. operations to the U.S. should be lationship,” he said. tabloid newspaper that called him a “wife-beater” destinations was being immedi- terminated as a result of the pilot- Depp was wrapping up his evidence in his libel in an April 2018 article that said he’d physically ately suspended. The department certification scandal. PIA was case against a British tabloid newspaper that ac- abused ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp strongly released a copy of the letter on flying special flights from desti- cused him of physically abusing Heard. The Hol- denies the allegations. Thursday. nations including New Jersey and lywood star is suing News Group Newspapers, PIA has been wracked by years Chicago in June to fly stranded publisher of The Sun, and the paper’s executive of compiling a dossier of fake claims against him as of financial losses and on May 22 passengers as nations imposed editor, Dan Wootton, over an April 2018 article that an “insurance policy.” suffered a fatal crash in which 98 travel restrictions to curb the called him a “wife-beater.” Depp, 57, and Heard, 34, met on the set of the 2011 people died after pilots of an Air- virus from spreading. In three and a half days in the High Court wit- comedy “The Rum Diary” and married in Los An- bus jet inexplicably retracted the The U.S. move follows the Eu- ness box, Depp has described a volatile relation- geles in February 2015. Heard, a model and actress, landing gear just before touch- ropean Union Aviation Safety ship with Heard that descended into screaming filed for divorce the following year and obtained a down, damaging its engines. The Agency’s decision last month to matches which sometimes turned physical. But he restraining order against Depp on the grounds of flight crew tried to lift off again, ban airlines from Pakistan flying has strongly denied hitting Heard and accused her domestic abuse. The divorce was finalized in 2017. but the engines failed a short to its member states. Saturday, July 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 VIDEO GAMES More to explore Isle of Armor expansion outshines base game

BY GENE PARK with endless amounts of Poke- conservative studio, and the slow The Washington Post mon and items. The things you evolution of the Pokemon series do in the Wild Area remain the is a refl ection of that. But more ast year’s Pokemon same: catch monsters, get items importantly, it’s not a studio ex- Sword and Shield games and do raids. But the context of a perienced in playing around with had fl ashes of brilliance, more cohesive map makes it all a genres outside of what’s famil- Lmarred by technological bit more fun to fi nd. iar in Pokemon. Only last year, barriers. The game’s Wild Areas It’s a delight to see old Poke- the studio admitted to shifting — free-roam landscapes popu- mon favorites return. The “Na- focus to other projects to grow lated by wandering Pokemon tional Dex” controversy (dubbed the staff’s experience in game — hinted at the seemingly unat- “Dexit”) started because Game creation. tainable dream of a fully online Freak had to cut several old The Isle’s Wild Area still Pokemon game. As implemented, monsters in favor of new ones has many of the same fl aws as though, Sword and Shield had for Sword and Shield. In the end, the base game. Going online fewer monsters than prior games the controversy did little to blunt is a pain. It’s still hard to con- and didn’t look as good as they the game’s sales (more than 17 nect with other random players could, especially compared with million sold by March). But the for Pokemon raids. The fi elds other Nintendo Switch titles. Enter Isle of Armor. The ex- game feels a lot more like home might still show other Pokemon pansion is the fi rst piece of down- once you see recognizable mar- trainers running around, but it’s loadable content (DLC) to drop quee monsters such as Jigglypuff not actual players, just avatars for the Switch era of Pokemon. It and Marill roaming the fi elds. representing them. And every features the titular isle and a new There are a few caveats here. second of online play in the legendary monster, Kubfu, as The story campaign is short, Wild Area is weighed down by well as more than 100 other crea- which is to be expected. The nar- framerate dips as the game need- tures, including several returning rative revolves around getting lessly streams in these “shadow” favorites. Most impressively, the and evolving Kubfu, all done via trainers to populate the fi eld. new content is all Wild Area, and “hardcore training” disguised as Nintendo’s developers famously it feels more cohesive and true a series of menial tasks. struggle with adding online fea- Nintendo to the world than the Wild Areas Most of the quests are bor- tures. Game Freak is trying, but in the base game. For one, the ing. One of them has you taking the result is still a far cry from Isle of Armor, the first set of downloadable content for Pokemon desert isn’t just a patch of sand in Kubfu around to see the sights the desired outcome. Sword and Pokemon Shield video games, launched on June 17. the middle of a valley. The erratic and ... that’s it. But it’s how these And for all its interesting The second, The Crown Tundra, will launch in the fall. weather system is also gone, re- missions are structured that design choices, the game’s main placed with distinct named areas makes the DLC interesting. The methods of engagement are still level much easier, as well as Ap- glimpse. It lays a decent outline with their own weather patterns, missions and story all play out limited to what was in the base ricorns to trade for rare items. for where the series could go such as the Forest of Focus and in the open world. Witcher 3 this game: raids, catching monsters If the base Sword and Shield next. And this fall’s The Crown Challenge Beach. game is not, but it’s encouraging and fi nding items. games didn’t excite you, chances Tundra DLC should be bigger. There are separate forest to see developer Game Freak ex- Dedicated trainers will love a are that forking over an extra You can always wait until then to areas, wetlands, an entire sea of periment with mission structure number of upgrades, including $40 isn’t worth it. But if you’re see whether the $40 is worth it. islands to explore, as well as an outside of narrow corridors. a new soup recipe that lets your intrigued by the future of the Platform: Nintendo Switch intricate web of caves, all fi lled Game Freak is a famously monsters reach Gigantamax series, Isle of Armor is worth a Online: tinyurl.com/y8z38ejq Little Orpheus: A cheeky homage to the golden age of science fiction

BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD slaved by mind-controlling hel- of the puzzles or platforming Special to The Washington Post mets that mysteriously resemble sequences are that taxing. the Soviet-issued helmets with Although I did not fi nd the ittle Orpheus is quite which Ivan is acquainted. platforming sequences especially a departure for The In his efforts to puzzle out tricky, I did mutter in frustra- Chinese Room, the small how the creatures came to be tion over the controls from time LBritish development subjugated and to track down the to time when it seemed to me team known for its brooding stolen power source of his ship, that the game failed to register narrative-focused games Dear Ivan sets off on a wide-ranging a jump or a quick change of Esther (2008) and Everybody’s adventure that sees him get swal- direction. It is certainly possible, Gone to the Rapture (2015). lowed by a whale, travel through though, that the controls may not Rather than tackling weighty a musical city full of large bells be as fi nicky for others as they themes like remorse and death, and crumbling masonry, visit a were for someone like me, who the game channels the spirit moon, meet a famous dog and is partial to playing games on of mid-20th century sci-fi and square off against a czarist gen- console or computer. matinee adventures to spin an eral who has gone mad. Besides the sprightly dialogue outlandish tale, full of vim, about Anchoring these wild ad- between the General and Ivan, a cosmonaut who travels to the ventures is the sharp banter what I enjoyed most about Little center of the Earth. Divided between the incredulous general Orpheus, were the game’s crisp The Chinese Room into eight episodes, roughly a and the questionably credible visuals which made me feel like I half-hour each, Little Orpheus is Little Orpheus is a visually stunning romp to the center of the earth Ivan, who has a habit of tripping was watching an animated serial suited for gaming on the go. with cosmonaut Ivan Ivanovich. over his words. In gameplay on my phone. (The art style pays At the start, we meet Comrade terms, Little Orpheus hews to the homage to the covers of Amazing Ivan Ivanovich, a trim man with from Little Orpheus, the atomic return to the Earth’s surface familiar tropes of platforming Stories and other art from the a pompadour haircut, seated at powered rocket drill entrusted without the atomic bomb that games. Running is accomplished Golden Age of science fi ction.) a small table in an interrogation to him by the “Great” Soviet powered his ship. (Ergo, the par- by sliding your fi nger across the The Chinese Room’s latest room before the much larger, state, in a crash. (Throughout allel with the Orpheus myth.) screen of your iPhone or iPad. caters to a longing for childlike, intimidating General Yurkovoi. the story, Ivan comically tries The story Ivan tells is utterly To climb, you slide your fi nger wide-eyed wonder. Its humor, The General is there to debrief to impress the General with his fantastical. After parachuting up or down. Jumping is accom- coupled with moderately chal- Ivan about his mission to the patriotism.) from the vehicle, he fi nds himself plished by double-tapping on the lenging platforming sequences, center of the Earth for the pur- Under threat of execution, in a lush, sun-dappled jungle screen while the manipulation of should appeal to players of all poses of assessing its suitability Ivan must give an account of his patrolled by dinosaurs. From objects is done by pressing down ages who are fond of light escap- for colonization. After descend- whereabouts for the past three there he discovers a city fi lled onto the screen. The developers ism. ing into the Earth via a defunct years and explain to the skepti- with giant blue creatures, many clearly wanted their game to Platform: Apple Arcade volcano, Ivan becomes separated cal general how he managed to of whom are either caged or en- offer a brisk experience, as none Online: littleorpheus.com PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 FITNESS & HEALTH - - - A new path FORWARD - - - With no races on the horizon, runners should focus less on metrics and more on attitude

BY AMANDA me out the door. Racing is LOUDIN icing on the cake.” Special to Now is a good time The Washington Post to get more sleep, focus on nutrition nn Marie and foster a re- Kirkpat- covery mindset, rick had too. Abeen on “Athletes are track to run a solid very good at using Boston Marathon the fi ght-or-fl ight in April. The same mechanism for for Lou Serafi ni, training and compe- who was not only tition,” Bosley says. training for Boston “But it’s important to but also leading a cultivate a ... rest and high-performing recovery cycle, too.” group of runners This might look with the same intent. like a string of easy Keira D’Amato was runs, or one hard excited to line up at workout per week, the World Athlet- for the time being. ics Half Marathon “Go slow, go fast, Championships in do whatever feels Poland at the end of good right now, as March. long as it’s off a regi- All three high- men,” Ross recom- level runners, like mends. “It’s an people across the opportunity to fi nd country, are now that ‘fl ow state’ with facing a much dif- running that’s not ferent scenario. found when running Because of the for metrics.” COVID-19 pandem- The danger comes ic, races across the when athletes ignore country and world that right now is a have been canceled stressful time for or postponed. For all, and try to push elite athletes who through it with hard often spend nearly a training. Stress is year with their eyes stress to the body on one big prize, this — adding in hard is a serious blow. training on top of In this new real- that can lead to a ity, Kirkpatrick, drop in immunity. Serafi ni, D’Amato Serafi ni, for his and other elite run- part, is going easier ners must fi gure out right now. a new path forward “I want to main- — with the tain fi tness, but not go over the top,” he mental-emo- says. tional part as As summer signifi cant as progresses, along anything. Step one, with the possibility says Denver-based iStock photos of races getting re- sports psychologist Justin scheduled sometime Ross, is allowing them- in the future, Ross selves to process the emotions reaction was to fi nd another Bosley recommends that once now, running is one of the only encourages athletes that surround the loss of their race near the original for which runners have had a chance to constants in our lives,” he says. to take their temperature on “A” races. she could use her hard-earned process the loss of all racing “We can use it as meditation. enthusiasm. “You have to give yourself fi tness. prospects, they choose the next I’ve come to enjoy the fact that “Don’t race because you permission to be sad,” he says. “I was excited for the op- best target. I don’t have to have the foot on feel you must,” he says. “Race “Any major loss connected to portunity and I was bummed It “doesn’t have to be an- the gas right now.” because you are excited and a personal goal will have a big when the situation changed,” other race to be motivating,” This approach is an emotion- have renewed purpose after this emotional impact.” she admits. “As I tried to fi nd he says. “It can be measuring ally healthy one, Ross says. break.” Justin Bosley, a board-certi- a replacement race, all those progress on a favorite route, for “This is an opportunity to For now, Kirkpatrick is con- fi ed sports medicine physician sidering signing up for Decem- in the San Francisco Bay Area, were canceling as well.” instance.” recognize that running provides In 38-year-old Kirkpatrick’s This is something D’Amato so many other benefi ts beyond ber’s California International concurs. Marathon, but she says she “Whenever I work with case, the vaunted Boston race has put into place. Recently she achieving race goals,” he says. had become a big goal after set a personal best in a solo ef- “It gives us freedom to explore won’t get her hopes up as she high-level athletes, I remind had for Boston. Instead, she’ll she ran a challenging Olympic fort 5K on the track. the outdoors and connect back them that when an unforeseen focus on a sure bet: The local marathon trials race in Febru- “I’m focusing on the daily to the reasons it matters to us.” circumstance arises that forces “Firecracker 5 K,” which will a change in plans, it’s OK to ary. and the weekly, instead of a Kirkpatrick, who lives in be an invitation-only, 20-person mourn,” he says. “You can’t “The trials were my ‘A’ race,” she says. Colorado with plenty of outdoor elite fi eld (10 men/10 women). move on until you process your race for a long time, but then I Serafi ni, 28, the community space around her, is doing just “They’re doing an individual emotions fi rst.” headed into them run-down and manager at clothing brand that. time trials for each runner and D’Amato, 35, a real estate anemic,” she says. “I missed Tracksmith who had been lead- “I have no foreseeable races, fi lm[ing] each person running agent from Midlothian, Va., is key workouts and took awhile to ing a training group preparing so I’m just enjoying the beauty the course,” she says. “On July hoping she will have a chance bounce back. I handled myself for Boston, has already changed of Colorado and taking a break 4, they’ll release the video and to compete at her race at its new surprisingly well during the tri- his outlook. from structured training,” she announce the winners, paying rescheduled date in October. als and felt strong, so I had con- “The message I’m trying to says. “I love running, so I don’t out prize money. It will be re- Still, she says that her knee-jerk fi dence heading into Boston.” convey to my group is that right necessarily need a race to get ally fun.” Saturday, July 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 LIFESTYLE

no touch required Virtual hugs and handshakes aren’t perfect substitutions but can help fi ll a void

BY LILA SEIDMAN “If that’s part of someone’s normal way an IRL embrace? real space.” With greatly reduced offl ine Los Angeles Times of being ... the deprivation of that is going Jeremy Bailenson, founder of the Vir- social opportunities, online interactions to be experienced as a psychological loss,” tual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford, could at least temporarily fi ll the void. ying in a fetal position next to my Siegel said. thinks there’s potential. “Is it still a net positive to go online and laptop on a lazy Saturday after- But there are alternatives. Hug curtains “Technologically and psychologically, hang out to get social and emotional sup- noon, a soothing voice wafts over exist. And there are some guidelines that it’s possible to convey emotion over virtual port from people as opposed to nothing? LZoom and asks me if my body can mitigate risk. But for the risk-averse touch,” Bailenson said. And the answer there, I can tell you with- parts are “saying anything.” — or the experientially curious — there Bailenson pointed to a 2007 study he co- out any research, is yes,” Williams said. The voice belongs to Jean Franzblau, are methods that don’t involve touch in the led that showed participants were able to “Something is better than nothing. These a slim woman with graying hair and a traditional sense at all : identify, above chance, the intended emo- are not negative experiences.” warm presence who is a professional cud- tions in a virtual handshake from other Games that involve building long-term dler. She began offering virtual sessions Use your imagination human participants. He noted that this teams are most likely to lead to what re- in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, To “hug” your grandma or immunosup- was achieved through limited movements searchers refer to as bonding. Those type when she realized the core of her service pressed friend, you don’t necessarily need — mostly up and down, left and right of relationships can outlast a single game — to offer platonic touch outside of the to get out of your chair. Imagery exercises — “meaning not as fancy as your hand is, and sometimes evolve into deep relation- scope of sex and romance — now comes — thinking about a pleasant physical or with all the angles and the forces.” ships. (Think Second Life marriages.) with serious health risk. social experience — can have similar psy- The pandemic has inspired Bailenson If you need “to learn to trust each other The business’ “whole purpose is to help to develop an app that will allow users and cooperate and coordinate, then you people to connect people, and this virus chological benefi ts as the activity itself. to transmit virtual handshakes through really are forced to get to know each other is basically saying that’s not going to be a They are frequently used in therapy, ac- a smartphone. For Bailenson, the tech to win the game,” Williams said. “The safe thing for most people,” said Franz- cording to Dr. Emanuel Maidenberg, head blau, the founder of Cuddle Sanctuary in of UCLA Health’s cognitive behavioral would offer personal relief: He and his ‘getting to know each other’ is the really Los Angeles. “And I had to face that and therapy program. wife have become close with neighbors valuable side effect.” say, ‘Is there anything I can do?’ ” However, it requires two key qualities to they met during stay-at-home orders. It’s still not the same What can any of us do? Social and be effective: vividness and specifi city. “And now I’ve spent 100 hours with them, physical distancing are the mantras of the “If you just close your eyes and spend and haven’t shook their hands,” he said. Experts agree there is no perfect substi- moment. Public health guidelines advise some time with a friend, that’s not likely to As envisioned, one user will shake his tution for human touch. people to stay at least six feet away from do it,” Maidenberg said. “But if you start phone while standing at least six feet away That’s why Franzblau, the professional those outside of their household — too far thinking about very specifi c circumstanc- from the intended recipient, who will feel cuddler, was at fi rst hesitant to attempt a for a hug, cuddle or handshake. es” — including where it will take place, the movement as vibrations through her virtual simulation. For some — like the happily partnered the time of day, what you look like, what own phone. “There’s something deeply moving or the content recluse — the directive your partner looks like — “that’s it. That’s about human touch,” Franzblau said. “The might not be diffi cult to follow. But for likely to produce an emotional response Hug an avatar human element, the human attunement, those living alone who thrive on physical that is likely to be close to what one would Good news for “Animal Crossing” cannot be duplicated.” connection, all that distance can be lonely. want.” enthusiasts: Online interactions can offer She’s since found creative ways to And humans do need touch. social and emotional support at a safe translate sensations and presence, while Dr. Steven Siegel, who chairs USC’s Go virtual distance, according to Dmitri Williams, a acknowledging it’s “apples and oranges.” psychiatry department, said that several Virtual reality holds an inherent prom- USC professor specializing in games and During our session, she asked if it would studies show that pleasant, situationally ise to allow users to transcend physical communities. be comforting to know she was watching appropriate touch increases activity in space, to see — and potentially touch — Pre-pandemic, Williams said he as I drifted into a relaxed state. It was parts of the brain associated with pleasure who and what’s not really there in front of wouldn’t recommend people seek out far from a hug, but it was something only and enjoyment, as well as social interac- them. But can a virtual hug from a friend needed support in video games. He’d sug- human eyes — even mediated by a screen tions. or an AI entity offer the same warmth as gest those needs be fulfi lled by “people in — could achieve.

First-grade teacher Caitlin Hicks gives a virtual hug to Sid Solomon, 6, as she greets her students one final time June 3 at Center Street Elementary in El Segundo, Calif. The students were able to see their teacher in person for the first time in months due to the coronavirus pandemic as they came to the school to pick up their work.

JAY L. CLENDENIN, LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 MOVIES

BY JAKE COYLE Associated Press hough most of the fi lms that have debuted dur- ing the pandemic never Tgot to screen for packed movie houses, “Palm Springs” had the kind of premiere fi lm- makers dream of. At the Sundance Film Fes- tival in January, the time-loop romantic comedy, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, drew big laughs, enthusiastic reviews and a record deal for the festival. Hulu and the indie distributor Neon acquired “Palm Springs” for $17,500,000.69. The extra cents were suggested after negotiations stretched deep into the night by Samberg’s Lonely ‘Palm Springs’ arrives Island part- ner Akiva Schaffer, a for the Groundhog Days producer on the fi lm. of coronavirus quarantine “We’ve been say- ing Hulu insisted. It Barbakow was either Akiva or Hulu,” says Samberg, chuckling. “It might have been Akiva at, like, 5 a.m. after stay- ing up all night making a deal and having been drinking earlier in the night. Or it was Hulu. I can’t quite recall.” That memory may be distant and from another lifetime en- tirely. But “Palm Springs,” which premieres Friday on Hulu and in drive-in theaters, has found itself oddly suited to right now. The fi lm, the feature debut of director Max Barbakow and screenwriter Andy Siara, is about a bridesmaid, Sarah (Mili- oti), who, after an encounter with Cristin Milioti, left, and Andy a guest, Nyles (Samberg), at her Samberg pose for a portrait sister’s wedding, falls into a time to promote the film “Palm loop. She begins reliving the day Springs” during the Sundance over and over again, a cycle that Film Festival in Park City, Nyles has already been stuck in Utah, on Jan. 25. The film will for so long he can’t remember. premiere Friday on Hulu. When other movies were Tayl or Jewell , Invision / AP postponing their releases, “Palm Springs” opted to essentially stay put. With people in some state of lockdown across the country, slightest,” says Samberg. “The ‘ self-reproach. I think it’s a moment of wanting a movie about the comedy of thing about it that made me want If you’re stuck with “When I watch it, I feel like to stay vigilant and focused and reliving the same day became to do it anyway is, to me, it feels yourself, there’s a she just absolutely murders it,” engaged,” he says. “As someone weirdly appropriate. A time loop like it very intentionally picks up Samberg says. who is trying to be that way, I Over the past month, they also fi nd that at the end of the opened, and “Palm Springs” where ‘Groundhog Day’ leaves lot of opportunity have all wondered about whether day, when I put the kid to bed, we dove in. off.” for introspection “Palm Springs” really does fi t want to put on something light When Siara and Barbakow “Palm Springs” uses its daily reset to dig into the emotional the moment. While protests half the time to give ourselves a started on “Palm Springs,” and connection lives of Sarah and Nyles, both around the death of George momentary break.” they didn’t intend to wade into of whom who have shrugged off Floyd forced a national reckon- They’ve all found themselves “Groundhog Day” territory. The with whoever you’re maturity in various ways. It’s a ing on ingrained racism, it be- living a strange version of the two met in fi lm school and, after relationship comedy where the stuck with. ’ came clear the pandemic hasn’t movie they created. But there making a few shorts together, starts and stops of personal and Max Barbakow been “Groundhog Day.” It’s also are some positives. The main decided to set their feature debut romantic growth happen through “Palm Springs” director been a time of tragedy and reck- upside, says Samberg, is spend- in Palm Springs after a weekend surreal science-fi ction reruns. oning and self-examination. ing more time with his wife, in the Southern California desert “It was dark and weird in ways We talked about bailing on it a “We’ve all been asked to sit musician Joanna Newsom, and oasis. that I’m extremely drawn to few times,” says Samberg. “It with ourselves, and that can be young daughter. Siara, who with Siara had just gotten mar- while also making me laugh and sort of morphed into feeling like really diffi cult. That’s what hap- his wife is soon expecting the ried in Palm Springs, and they also moving me,” Milioti says. “I ‘We shouldn’t do this because pens in the fi lm for Sarah for the birth of their second child, hasn’t gravitated toward a nihilistic just thought it was so delightful there are so many’ into ‘We fi rst time, and it’s a nightmare,” minded the repetitive days. “I’m character who had long tired of and nuts.” should do this because there says Milioti. “The silver lining of cool with being stuck in the mo- standard wedding chitchat. Lonely Island, the trio of Sam- are so many’ — like it was just a that is that we, white people, had notony,” he says chipperly. That the fi lm started character berg, Schaffer and Jorma Tac- genre now.” to sit in the discomfort of ‘Oh, my But no one can compete with fi rst, not with the high concept, cone, helped develop the project “Palm Springs,” the fi lm- God.’ We had to watch things. We Barbakow in terms of syncing the two say was key. Still, en- with Barbakow and Siara. But if makers realized, hung on the had to sit in the horror of it all with their fi lm. He proposed to croaching on any such storyline “Groundhog Day” was initially relationship between Sarah and and there was no distraction.” his girlfriend during quarantine. risked breaching the sacred com- an impediment, time-loop tales Nyles, and it would be diffi cult Samberg calls it “an interest- “If you’re stuck with yourself, edy territory of Harold Ramis’ — like the acclaimed Netfl ix to overstate how much Mili- ing moment to be putting out a there’s a lot of opportunity for “Groundhog Day.” series “Russian Doll” — prolifer- oti (“Fargo,” “Black Mirror”) comedy. introspection and connection “I went in thinking, ‘The all- ated while they worked on “Palm brings to the movie. Her perfor- “The last thing you want is with whoever you’re stuck with,” timer of that is done.’ And I don’t Springs.” mance, while equally goofball, to feel like you’re distracting says Barbakow. “I’m happy to be think this changes that in the “We were like, ‘(Expletive).’ grounds the fi lm in genuine from what’s going on right now. stuck with my now fi ancee.” Saturday, July 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 MOVIE REVIEWS Inventive take on a familiar genre Unlikely pair can’t escape time loop in romantic comedy ‘Palm Springs’

BY KATIE WALSH reckon with what it means to Tribune News Service never grow old, never die. How will you live your life when there e’ve probably all are no consequences for any- been to a wedding thing you do? Hit by a car? Wake that felt like it would up in the morning. Hook up with Wnever end. For Sarah the bartender? Wake up in the (Cristin Milioti), that wedding is morning. Perform an elaborate her younger sister’s, where she’s dance routine wearing matching drowning herself in red wine and denim jackets in the local dive extremely unprepared to give bar? Wake up in the morning. It’s a speech. Now imagine living the power of an infi nitely clean that nightmarish day again, and slate, which Nyles uses to test again, and again. This is a vision the boundaries of polite behavior of a sun-drenched, perfectly and enjoy a perpetual vaca- Pinterested hell that co-writers tion, sipping cervezas on a pool Andy Siara and Max Barbakow, fl oaty. Sarah, on the other hand, who also directs, have conjured craves more: more meaning, as the setting for their cerebral more weight to her actions, more “Groundhog Day”-inspired rom- redemption. com, “Palm Springs.” These are the questions that HULU/AP Sarah is saved from the speech drive the curious existence by a beer-swilling character in of Nyles and Sarah in “Palm When carefree Nyles (Andy Samberg, left) and reluctant maid of honor Sarah (Cristin Milioti) have a a Hawaiian shirt, Nyles (Andy Springs,” which is as high-con- chance encounter at a wedding, they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves or each Samberg), who seems to have cept as it is low-key. Barbakow other, in “Palm Springs,” now on Hulu. perfected his wedding routine, achieves a chill and stylish anticipating every dance move, vibe for what is fundamentally a world around a fantastical breakout performance. Although message is even more poignant predicting every hookup. He’s a hangout movie that begs the premise, but one that feels real she’s had an enormously success- now, as we all seem to be trapped either really, really intuitive, question: How weird can you get? and natural. The infi nite time ful career on stage and in TV, in the never-ending sameness of or he’s been here before. When What Nyles and Sarah fi nd in loop is outlandish enough, so this feels like the fi rst leading quarantine. But “Palm Springs” Sarah follows him into the desert the weirdness is the deep human there’s no need to mug for cheap fi lm role for Milioti that allows takes it one step further: It’s not at night, she discovers that connection they’ve been lack- laughs, and the laugh-out-loud her to show new shades of her just about accepting, but fi nd- Nyles is trapped in an infi nite ing, Nyles coasting in a vapid moments are organically earned. range. She’s darker, funnier, ing connection in the madness. time loop, like Bill Murray in relationship with bridesmaid It offers the actors a sense of wackier than she’s been before, Maybe that’s the only way to fi nd “Groundhog Day” or Natasha Misty (Meredith Hagner, who freedom to be as real or as kooky but still grounded. salvation within, and possibly Lyonne in “Russian Doll,” and absolutely owns the niche she’s as they want to be. It’s nice to see The canon of infi nite time escape the loop. now she is, too. carved out for herself playing Samberg in a romantic leading loop texts is often about fi nding Against the expansive desert absurd ditzes), Sarah stuck in the role that plays on his strengths serenity in the insanity, their “Palm Springs” is rated R for sexual content, language throughout, drug backdrop and a repeating ritual broken divorcee rut. of sweet silliness, but “Palm neurotic protagonists learning to use and some violence. Running time: of love, Sarah and Nyles will Barbakow and Siara build Springs” belongs to Milioti, in a surrender to the scenario. That 90 minutes. Action-packed ‘Old Guard’ elevated by exploring morality of immortality

BY KATIE WALSH tial questions when Nile (Layne) shows Tribune News Service up, perhaps to show her the possibili- ties again. Nile, a Marine, embodies the he new Netfl ix sci-fi action fi lm grounded, human questions of it all: Why “The Old Guard,” starring Charl- her? How? What about her family? As Nile ize Theron and KiKi Layne, is a progresses from scared to rebellious to Tslick actioner with a supernatural accepting, Layne capably conveys the twist. It has a great concept, cast and weight of the new reality for her charac- script, and it’s executed crisply by Gina ter, and Prince-Bythewood gives those Prince-Bythewood, the director of “Love moments time to breathe. & Basketball” and “Beyond the Lights.” What makes “The Old Guard” fasci- This fi lm makes her the fi rst Black woman nating is not necessarily the fi ght scenes to direct a big-budget, star-driven action or action sequences (though those are a movie, which already makes it worth the necessary part of building out this unique watch, and Prince-Bythewood’s assured world), but the conversations the char- direction makes it a worthy one, too. acters have about what they’ve chosen to “The Old Guard” refers to a group of do with the immortality they never chose immortals, an “army” of sorts, or at least for themselves. Rucka’s script carefully a sleeper cell of four warriors, led by weaves these moments into organic con- Andy (Theron), who have been around for versation so it never feels like an exposi- centuries. They’re moral mercenaries, tion dump, and Prince-Bythewood is so fi ghting for what they believe in. Andy, skilled at balancing the emotional discus- the oldest of the guard, has led the life of NETFLIX/AP sions about the morality of immortality a mysterious, legendary warrior, keeping with adrenaline-pounding fi ght scenes. a low profi le in the modern world while Four undying warriors who have secretly protected humanity for centuries become The villain is a bit of an underdeveloped saddling up for special missions. When targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal in “The Old stereotype, but he gets the job done. a rescue op turns out to be a setup and a Guard,” starring Charlize Theron. It’s now playing on Netflix. All too often, the human aspect gets lost new warrior of their kind (KiKi Layne) in the spectacle of an action movie. But pops up in Afghanistan, Andy has to offer a taste of the vastness of the tale, but vating performance that isn’t in any way Rucka and Prince-Bythewood foreground scramble for her team’s survival, even it never overwhelms the story at hand. showy, but subtle and sensitive. She’s a that element of the story to create some- though survival, for them, is the easy part. This supernatural-ish concept is grounded tremendously gifted physical actor, and thing with stakes, intrigue and philo- Captivity for an immortal is the very, very and deeply human, wrestling with love, as Andy, she moves with a confi dent ef- sophical weight. They make sure this cool hard part. loss, destiny, betrayal and the question if fi ciency, not a movement wasted, honed by concept and cast are given their due, and Greg Rucka adapts his own graphic what we’re fi ghting for here on Earth is centuries of practice. When that confi - set up a sequel too. With any luck, we’ll novel series for the screen, and he delivers worth it. dence and power starts to slip in her gait see this world again. a fantastic script, one that is modern but Since Theron always seems somewhat and posture, you take notice. “The Old Guard” is rated R for sequences of rich in mythology. Prince-Bythewood superhuman anyway, this is an easy role Andy, jaded after centuries of this life, graphic violence, and language. Running time: 118 gives just enough fl ashback material to for her to slip into. She delivers a capti- is grappling with ethical and existen- minutes. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Man accused of driving plow truck into home

LANCASTER — A NH man is accused of driv- ing a plow truck into his ex-wife’s mobile home and two cars follow- ing a fight over yard work, pros- ecutors in New Hampshire said. Coos County prosecutors said George Bell, 71, and his ex-wife have been divorced for 15 years, but were living together, WMUR- TV reported. Investigators said Bell was asked to leave after the two started to fight Tuesday night, and then he allegedly drove the truck into the cars and porch. Police said Bell told them he was drunk at the time. “Ms. Bell told police and our office that this incident terrified her and that after she fell, she crawled back under her deck and back into her residence,” pros- ecutor Jessica Cain said. Pilot injured as plane crashes into backyard

PORT ORCHARD WA — At least one per- son was seriously injured when a plane crashed into the backyard of a Port Orchard home Wednes- day afternoon. KOMO-TV reported the Cess- na 150 plane went down into the STEVEN SENNE/AP trees along Genesis Avenue just before 4 p.m., according to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office. Movie night The pilot was trapped in the burning wreckage, but witnesses Kevin Rokos and his 1-year-old son Merritt, both of Boston, attend a drive-in movie screening of the film “Moana,” on Wednesday in a near the scene were able to begin parking lot in Boston. Access to the free July Drive-in Movie Series put on by the city is granted to Boston residents only. firefighting efforts before fire- fighters from South Kitsap Fire right whale from “endangered” cials said. & Rescue arrived. The pilot was THE CENSUS to “critically endangered” on its The crash occurred June 30 a eventually freed and airlifted to Red List of jeopardized species. few blocks from Shamal Alezie’s a local hospital, deputies said. The Switzerland-based organiza- The amount a North Dakota man has been home in West Palm Beach. He It’s still unclear what caused the tion’s Red List is one of the most- ordered to pay in restitution for poaching a died Saturday at St. Mary’s Hos- plane to go down. cited endangered species lists in $74K trophy mule deer buck in northwestern New pital, the Palm Beach County the world. Mexico. The state Department of Game and Fish Sheriff’s Office said. Teen hurt when device The IUCN said the total popula- reported Wednesday that Cody Davis also was Alezie, 17, was riding in a cart detonated in home tion of the whales declined about ordered to make a $3,000 donation to the Operation Game Thief program. attached by a plastic grocery bag 15% from 2011 to 2018. The popu- Authorities say Davis killed a mule deer out of season and didn’t have a license. to a bicycle pedaled by a 16-year- PHILADELPHIA lation is estimated to be about old boy, the Palm Beach Post PA — The detonation of an 400 animals. The species has reported. explosive device inside a Phila- been plagued by high mortality are seeing a surge in shootings 2 workers rescued after Alvardo Nathan Bauld, 28, hit delphia row home has left a teen- and poor reproduction in recent but experts say the increase can’t the bike and cart as it crossed the age girl seriously injured and the years. easily be explained. scaffold malfunctions road, a sheriff’s report said. The residence damaged, authorities impact separated the cart from said. Shootout between Volunteer firefighter BOSTON — Two the bike and sent Alezie onto the The 16-year-old girl was with MA workers were rescued vehicle’s hood and windshield. arrested for arson Neither Bauld nor the teen on two other teens when the device masked suspects probed from a scaffold dangling off a the bike were injured, officials was detonated around 8:30 p.m. building in Boston on Thursday, FOUNTAIN — Police JEANERETTE — A said. The report said the 16-year- Wednesday. The injured girl ap- officials said. in southern Colorado volunteer firefighter old was dressed in black and his parently lost most of her right CO LA Boston Fire Department said are investigating a shootout be- has been accused of starting a bike had no lights. foot and had other injuries, and on Twitter that the scaffold was lo- tween people in two cars who fire in south Louisiana. she remains hospitalized in stable cated on a building in Chinatown were all reportedly wearing The State Fire Marshal’s Of- condition. and malfunctioned at around 11 Burned bear recovering, bandannas. fice, in a news release Tuesday, Authorities have not provided a.m. One side of the scaffold fell, There were no known injuries said Kentrelle Beasley Jr., 18, was expected to be released specific details about the device causing the equipment to hang from the shooting, which hap- arrested on a charge of simple or how it was detonated. The blast at a steep angle around the 12th DURANGO — A pened at around 7 p.m. Tuesday arson for setting an abandoned left a foot-wide hole in the ceiling floor of the building. young bear rescued on a main thoroughfare in a resi- house on fire in Iberia Parish CO of the two-story home, authorities At least one worker was pulled after suffering burns in a Colo- dential area in Fountain, about 10 shortly after midnight July 4. said. The two other teens appar- safely into the building because a rado wildfire has shown strong miles south of Colorado Springs, Beasley reported the fire to ently were not injured. window was shattered by the fall- signs of recovery and is expected police spokesperson Lisa Sch- the Jeanerette Fire Department, ing scaffold. to be released, wildlife officials neider said Wednesday. where he had worked for three The fire department said two said. Right whale critically The four men suspected of months, the fire marshal’s office others had to be rescued by fire- Colorado Parks and Wildlife of- endangered, group finds being involved left before officers said. He also helped extinguish fighters. None of the workers re- ficials posted a message on social arrived but multiple shell casings the blaze, authorities said. quired hospitalization. media saying the bear that suf- PORTLAND — A were found, she said. The men An investigation found the fered severe burns on its paws is worldwide conserva- have not been found and it’s not blaze was intentionally set on ME successfully recuperating at the tion organization said Thursday known why they were wearing the home’s front porch, the fire Teen riding in shopping Frisco Creek Rehabilitation Fa- that the status of a rare species of the face coverings, she said. marshal’s office said. When in- cart hit by car dies cility in Del Norte, The Durango whale has worsened to the point Police say shootings are rare vestigators learned the fire chief Herald reported. where it deserves greater atten- in the city of about 26,000 people. suspected Beasley may have been WEST PALM BEACH “The bear is almost ready to tion from the global environmen- However, two teens were wound- involved in starting it, they ques- — A Florida teenager FL have its bandages taken off and tal community. ed in a shooting during an alleged tioned Beasley and he confessed has died more than a week after should be released in the coming The International Union for drug deal in late May outside a to starting it so he could help put he was hit by a car while riding weeks,” the agency said. Conservation of Nature said it convenience store there. out a fire, officials said. in a shopping cart that was being is moving the North Atlantic Some cities across the country No injuries were reported. pulled by a bicycle, sheriff’s offi- From wire reports Saturday, July 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Trump could benefit from a political overcorrection Europe Business Operations Caroline E. Miller, BY GARY ABERNATHY and embrace of chaos. referring to people “in a racial, ethnic or Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Special to The Washington Post Big city governments are seriously con- cultural context.” That’s fine, and so the sidering dramatically defunding their same goes for “white,” right? No. AP de- EDITORIAL HILLSBORO, Ohio police departments. The mayor of Seattle cided that the white population will keep ur political pendulum typically gave her blessing to a citizen takeover of an the lower-case “w,” at least for now. Terry Leonard, Editor swings in short, almost imper- entire police-free neighborhood, finally or- Columbia Journalism Review struggled [email protected] ceptible strokes — for instance, dering the so-called Capitol Hill Organized to explain why it adopted the same rule, modestly left in 1992 from George Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor O Protest area cleared out only after entirely noting, among other tidbits, “For many H.W. Bush to Bill Clinton, to modestly right [email protected] foreseeable acts of violence, including two people, Black reflects a shared sense of again, from Clinton to George W. Bush in fatal shootings. In Baltimore, police stood identity and community. White carries a Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content 2000. 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Sports Auto racing Shady Rays 200 Morikawa up one stroke on AFN NASCAR Xfinity Series Thursday At Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Ky. Go to the American Forces Lap length: 1.50 miles BY DOUG FERGUSON (Start position in parentheses) Network website for the most 1. (12) Austin Cindric, Ford, 136 laps, Associated Press 57 points. up-to-date TV schedules. 2. (23) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 136, 41. myafn.net 3. (2) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 136, DUBLIN, Ohio — Collin Morikawa didn’t get rat- 48. 4. (7) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 136, 41. tled by his first missed cut as a pro or his first time 5. (4) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 136, playing Muirfield Village. 41. Deals 6. (11) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, Morikawa finally had a forced weekend off two 136, 38. weeks ago after 22 consecutive cuts to start his PGA 7. (9) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 136, 34. Thursday’s transactions 8. (30) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, Tour career, three short of the standard set by Tiger 136, 29. Woods. He bounced back Thursday in the Workday BASEBALL 9. (8) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 136, 33. Major League Baseball 10. (13) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 136, Charity Open with a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead National League 0. over Adam Hadwin. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Signed 11. (1) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 136, RHP Slade Cecconi to a minor league 46. It was a quiet day of work, typical for the PGA contract. 12. (20) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed OF 136, 25. Tour with no spectators allowed in the return from Billy Hamilton on the 10-day IL. 13. (31) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, 136, 24. the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. It was never FOOTBALL 14. (14) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, 136, 23. National Football League 15. (28) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 136, more evident at Muirfield Village, which typically CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed T Jed- 22. has enough fans to frame just about every hole. rick Wills to a four-year contract. 16. (32) Chad Finchum, Toyota, 136, GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed LB Ka- 21. Morikawa goes about his work quietly in any cir- mal Martin to a four-year contract. 17. (5) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 136, cumstances, and he was dialed in from the start JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR 29. Laviska Shenault Jr. to a four-year con- 18. (17) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 136, 19. of a relatively calm and steamy afternoon on the tract. 19. (22) Ronnie Bassett Jr, Chevrolet, NEW YORK JETS — Signed RB La’Mical accident, 135, 18. course Jack Nicklaus built. His shot into the par-5 Perine to a four-year contract. 20. (10) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, ac- fifth settled 3 feet away for eagle. All but one of his HOCKEY cident, 135, 25. National Hockey League 21. (33) Timmy Hill, Toyota, accident, birdie putts was inside 12 feet. The only setback was NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Name Tom 135, 0. a bogey from the fairway on the 18th. Fitzgerald Executive Vice President/Gen- 22. (27) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 135, eral Manager. Named Lindy Ruff head 0. “It’s a beautiful track. It’s a very tough course, ob- coach. 23. (34) Vinnie Miller, Chevrolet, 134, viously, but you just have to map your way around 14. 24. (16) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 134, 13. it,” Morikawa said. “You’ve got to be really smart. DARRON CUMMINGS/AP 25. (25) Kody Vanderwal, Chevrolet, If you’re not in the fairway, you’ve got to make sure Pro soccer 134, 12. 26. (18) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 133, you play smart. I was playing smart but I felt good Coilin Morikawa hits from a bunker on the 18th 11. 27. (19) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, with my irons, so I was able to attack some pins hole Thursday during the opening round of the NWSL Challenge Cup 132, 12. when they were accessible.” Workday Charity Open in Dublin, Ohio. At Herriman Utah 28. (26) Mason Massey, Toyota, 130, 9. Saturday, June 27 29. (24) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, Most of the good scoring came in the morning. North Carolina 2, Portland 1 suspension, 129, 8. Hadwin had five birdies over his last eight holes for his card for a 67. He was joined by past Muirfield Chicago 1, Washington 2 30. (35) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 122, 7. Tuesday, June 30 31. (15) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, a 66. Nick Taylor, a new father who chose to stay Village winner Hideki Matsuyama. Houston 3, Utah 3 brakes, 120, 6. home in Canada for an extra month after the tour Keegan Bradley had a 69 and was among 35 play- OL Reign 0, Sky Blue 0 32. (21) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, ac- Wednesday, July 1 cident, 119, 5. resumed, had an eagle at No. 11 and kept bogeys off ers who shot in the 60s. Portland 0, Chicago 0 33. (36) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevro- Washington 0, North Carolina 2 let, reargear, 54, 4. Saturday, July 4 34. (3) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, accident, Utah 1, Sky Blue 0 45, 3. Houston 2, OL Reign 0 35. (29) Stephen Leicht, Toyota, elec- Sunday, July 5 trical, 21, 2. Briefl y North Carolina 1, Chicago 0 36. (6) Brandon Jones, Toyota, acci- Portland 1, Washington 1 dent, 0, 1. Wednesday, July 8 Race statistics Utah 0, OL Reign 1 Average speed of race winner: 109.759 Sky Blue 2, Houston 0 mph. Cindric earns first win of season Sunday, July 12 Time of race: 1 Hrs, 51 Mins, 31 Secs. Washington vs. Houston Margin of victory: Under Caution Sec- Chicago vs. Utah onds. Monday, July 13 Caution flags: 9 for 40 laps. Associated Press for reduced capacity, saying Wednesday it plans to OL Reign vs. Portland Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers. allow fewer than 14,000 fans at home game at M&T Sky Blue vs. North Carolina Lap leaders: N. Gragson 1-33;C. Bris- SPARTA, Ky. — Austin Cindric answered the nag- Quarterfinals coe 34-37;N. Gragson 38-91;J. Haley 92- Bank Stadium in 2020. Friday, July 17 94;A. Cindric 95-133;C. Briscoe 134;A. Cin- ging question of when he’ll finally conquer an oval. Teams TBD dric 135-136. In fact, he did it so well at Kentucky Speedway the Saturday, July 18 Leaders summary (driver, times lead, Giants’ Posey skipping season Teams TBD laps led): Noah Gragson 2 times for 87 issue now is whether an encore is possible. Semifinals laps; Austin Cindric 2 times for 41 laps; Wednesday, July 22 Chase Briscoe 2 times for 5 laps; Justin Cindric won the first of two NASCAR Xfinity Se- SAN FRANCISCO — Giants star catcher Buster Quarterfinal winners Haley 1 time for 3 laps. ries races at Kentucky, charging past Chase Briscoe Championship Stage 1 top 10: 9,20,22,10,21,1,11,7,39, Posey became the latest big-name player to skip this Sunday, July 26 02. on an overtime restart Thursday night for his first season because of concerns over the coronavirus Semifinal winners Stage 2 top 10: 9,22,98,10,18,7,1,39,68, 21. victory of the season and first of his career on an pandemic, announcing his decision Friday. oval. The six-time All-Star said his family finalized Golf Buckle Up in Your Truck 225 “I don’t care what shape the track is — if it’s dirt, the adoption of identical twin girls this week. The lineup oval, I don’t care I’m just so happy this Ford Mus- babies were born prematurely and Posey said after Workday Charity Open NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series tang is in Victory Lane,“ Cindric said. consultations with his wife and doctor he decided to Race Saturday Cindric spent most of the first two stages chasing opt out of the season. PGA Tour At Kentucky Speedway Thursday Sparta, Ky. Noah Gragson, the pole-sitter who seemed poised Posey had missed three San Francisco practices At Muirfield Village Golf Club Lap length: 1.50 miles to dominate all three segments. Cindric then took Dublin, Ohio (Car number in parentheses) while dealing with a personal issue. Purse: $6.2 million 1. (23) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet. charge on a series of restarts in Team Penske’s No. The 2012 NL MVP and three-time World Series Yardage: 7,456; Par: 72 2. (21) Zane Smith, Chevrolet. 22 Ford. On the last one, he went around Briscoe on First Round 3. (26) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet. champion joined Dodgers pitcher David Price, Collin Morikawa 32-33—65 -7 4. (18) Christian Eckes, Toyota. the outside and pulled away before a scary last-lap Washington first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, Col- Adam Hadwin 31-35—66 -6 5. (16) Austin Hill, Toyota. wreck ended the race. Nick Taylor 35-32—67 -5 6. (99) Ben Rhodes, Ford. orado’s Ian Desmond, Arizona pitcher Mike Leake Hideki Matsuyama 32-35—67 -5 7. (98) Grant Enfinger, Ford. The accident involved Justin Allgaier, who was 8. (2) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet. and other in deciding not to take part in the 60-game Zach Johnson 34-33—67 -5 transported to a hospital for further evaluation. Aaron Wise 32-35—67 -5 9. (38) Todd Gilliland, Ford. season this year. Justin Thomas 33-35—68 -4 10.(51) Chandler Smith, Toyota. Rookie Riley Herbst was second in a Toyota, fol- Pat Perez 33-35—68 -4 11. (13) Johnny Sauter, Ford. Louis Oosthuizen 33-35—68 -4 12. (52) Stewart Friesen, Chevrolet. lowed by Ross Chastain in a Chevy, Briscoe in a Ruff hired as Devils coach 13. (4) Raphael Lessard, Toyota. Tim Wilkinson 33-35—68 -4 14. A88) Matt Crafton, Ford. Ford and Michael Annett in a Chevy. Peter Malnati 31-37—68 -4 15. (44) Natalie Decker, Chevrolet. Lindy Ruff impressed the New Jersey Devils Patrick Reed 33-35—68 -4 16. (45) Ty Majeski, Chevrolet. with his experience from decades of coaching. Tom Ian Poulter 33-35—68 -4 17. (19) Derek Kraus, Toyota. Jaguars reducing fan capacity Adam Long 34-34—68 -4 18. (40) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet. Fitzgerald wowed ownership with his moves in a Graeme McDowell 34-34—68 -4 19. (24) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jag- Roger Sloan 34-34—68 -4 20. (9) Codie Rohrbaugh, Chevrolet. few short months as general manager. Chase Seiffert 34-34—68 -4 21. (15) Tanner Gray, Ford. uars announced plans Friday to play home games in The Devils on Thursday hired Ruff as coach and Luke List 35-34—69 -3 22. (7) Korbin Forrister, Toyota. Matt Jones 33-36—69 -3 23. (00) Angela Ruch, Toyota. front of a significantly reduced capacity this fall. removed Fitzgerald’s interim tag to give him the Shane Lowry 33-36—69 -3 24. (33) Bryant Barnhill, Toyota. Fans in attendance will be required to wear face full-time GM job. Ruff, who coached the Sabres Matt Kuchar 33-36—69 -3 25. (02) Tate Fogelman, Chevrolet. Brendan Steele 35-34—69 -3 26. (56) Tyler Hill, Chevrolet. coverings. from 1997-2013 and took Buffalo to the Stanley Cup Hudson Swafford 35-34—69 -3 27. (22) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet. The team released details in an email to season- Final in 1999, got the job over interim coach Alain Viktor Hovland 31-38—69 -3 28. (3) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet. Jason Day 34-35—69 -3 29. (20) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet. ticket holders, saying it expects about 25% capacity Nasreddine and fellow veteran coaches Gerard Gal- Xander Schauffele 35-34—69 -3 30. (04) Cory Roper, Ford. at TIAA Bank Field in 2020 “in compliance with lant, Peter Laviolette and John Stevens. Steve Stricker 34-35—69 -3 31. (11) Spencer Davis, Toyota. Jason Dufner 35-34—69 -3 32. (30) Brennan Poole, Toyota. state and local authorities and following CDC social The Devils posted a 28-29-12 overall record and Rory Sabbatini 33-36—69 -3 33. (68) Clay Greenfield, Toyota. distancing guidelines.” will miss the playoffs for the seventh time in eight Sepp Straka 37-32—69 -3 34. (49) Tim Viens, Chevrolet. Keegan Bradley 32-37—69 -3 35. (10) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet. “Once the season begins, any future increase in years. Troy Merritt 33-36—69 -3 36. (83) Ray Ciccarelli, Chevrolet. capacity will depend on developments on the health This is the 60-year-old Ruff’s third head job in the Joaquin Niemann 35-34—69 -3 37. (75) Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet. Andrew Putnam 36-33—69 -3 38. (6) Norm Benning, Chevrolet. and safety front,” the Jaguars said. NHL. He coached the Dallas Stars from 2013-2017 Sam Burns 32-37—69 -3 39. (55) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet. Matthew NeSmith 37-33—70 -2 40. (14) Trey Hutchens III, Chevrolet. The stadium’s capacity is listed at over 67,000. and spent the past three seasons as an assistant with Henrik Norlander 34-36—70 -2 38. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. Baltimore was the first team to announce plans the New York Rangers. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 MLS/NBA MLS roundup MLS scoreboard

MLS is Back tournament At Orlando, Fla. Group Stage Bou lifts Revolution over Impact Group A – Eastern Conference W L T GF GA Pts Orlando City 1 0 0 2 1 3 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1 0 3 Inter Miami 0 1 0 1 2 0 New York City FC 0 1 0 0 1 0 Group B – Western Conference Nashville SC forced to withdraw W L T GF GA Pts Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 because of more positive tests Group C – Eastern Conference W L T GF GA Pts New England 1 0 0 1 0 3 D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 Associated Press ry’s first game as coach of the Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Impact. Montreal 0 1 0 0 1 0 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Group D – Western Conference Montreal also played to a 2- W L T GF GA Pts — Gustavo Bou scored in the 2 draw with Dallas on the road Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 56th minute to give the New Eng- Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 before the league was shut down Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 land Revolution a 1-0 victory over because of coronavirus on March Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 the Montreal Impact in the MLS Group E – Eastern Conference 12. W L T GF GA Pts is Back tournament Thursday Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Revolution were winless Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 night. to start the season after the loss Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bou maneuvered atop the pen- New York Red Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 to the Impact and a draw at home Group F – Western Conference alty area before a blast that goal- against the Chicago Fire. W L T GF GA Pts keeper Clement Diop couldn’t Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 The group stage opened LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 stop in the match played without Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday night with Orlan- Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 fans at ESPN’s Wide World of do City’s 2-1 victory over Inter Wednesday, July 8 Sports complex at Walt Disney Orlando City 2, Inter Miami CF 1 Miami. The preliminary round Thursday, July 9 World. will be played over 16 consecu- Philadelphia 1, New York City FC 0 Revolution goalkeeper Matt New England 1, Montreal 0 tive days with the results count- Friday, July 10 Turner preserved the victory in ing toward the regular season. Seattle vs. San Jose stoppage time with a big save on Saturday, July 11 Union 1, NYCFC 0: Alejandro Atlanta United vs. New York Red Bulls Ballou Tabla’s curling shot from Bedoya scored in the 63rd minute Cincinnati vs. Columbus distance. Sunday, July 12 to lift Philadelphia over New York Toronto vs. D.C. United The game came as expan- City FC. Sporting KC vs. Minnesota United Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado sion Nashville SC was forced to NYCFC goalkeeper Sean John- Monday, July 13 withdraw from the tournament Los Angeles FC vs. Houston son dove and got a hand on the LA Galaxy vs. Portland earlier Thursday after nine play- ball but couldn’t keep Bedoya’s Tuesday, July 14 ers tested positive for coronoavi- Chicago vs. Seattle left-footed strike out of the net Orlando City vs. New York City FC rus. Nashville joined FC Dallas, after a scoreless first half. Wednesday, July 15 which also withdrew after 10 Montreal vs. Toronto Goalkeeper Andre Blake pre- Vancouver vs. San Jose players and a coach tested posi- served Philadelphia’s first win Thursday, July 16 tive. The remaining 24 teams at Atlanta United vs. Cincinnati of the season in the 86th minute /AP D.C. United vs. New England the World Cup-style tournament when he dove to push away Bra- JOHN RAOUX Columbus vs. New York Red Bulls Friday, July 17 are being sequestered at two Dis- zilian forward Heber’s shot from New England’s Carles Gil, right, prepares to jump into the arms of Sporting KC vs. Colorado ney resorts. the left side of the box. Real Salt Lake vs. Minnesota United teammate Gustavo Bou after Bou scored during the second half of Saturday, July 18 Bou peppered Diop with shots Teams are divided into six Thursday’s match against Montreal in Kissimmee, Fla. Portland vs. Houston in the final minutes of the open- Los Angeles FC vs. LA Galaxy groups for the opening stage of Sunday, July 19 ing half but couldn’t finish and the World Cup-style tournament, played before the season was shut the name Taylor for Breonna Tay- Chicago vs. San Jose the teams were scoreless at the Philadelphia vs. Inter Miami with results counting toward the down on March 12. The team has lor, a Black emergency medical Seattle vs. Vancouver break. regular season. yet to score a goal this season. technician who died after being Monday, July, 20 New York City FC vs. Inter Miami Impact coach Thierry Henry, NYCFC finished atop the East- The Union, which had a loss shot eight times by Louisville, Orlando City vs. Nashville wearing a Black Lives Matter T- ern Conference last season. The and a draw to start the season, Ky., officers serving a narcotics Tuesday, July 21 Toronto vs. New England shirt, kneeled for the first 8 min- team returned much of its roster, finished third in the East last search warrant in her apartment. Atlanta United vs. Columbus utes and 46 seconds of the game including midfielder Maxi Mo- year. Forward Kacper Przybylko, Goalkeeper Blake wore Floyd, for Montreal vs. D.C. United Wednesday, July 22 in honor of George Floyd. ralez, who led the league in as- who led the Union with 15 goals George Floyd, a handcuffed Black Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting KC The two teams met Feb. 29 to sists last season with 20. Heber last season, started. man who died after a white Min- Cincinnati vs. New York Red Bulls Colorado vs. Minnesota United open the season, with Montreal had 15 goals in 22 appearances Players for the Union wore neapolis police officer pressed Thursday, July 23 LA Galaxy vs. Houston winning 2-1 on Max Urruti’s goal with the team last season. jerseys with the names of people his knee against Floyd’s neck for Chicago vs. Vancouver in the 80th minute. It was Hen- NYCFC lost both of its games killed by police. Ray Gaddis wore nearly eight minutes. Los Angeles FC vs. Portland Practices begin inside Disney’s bubble

BY TIM REYNOLDS “It’s great to be back after four months,” words “Black Lives Matter” displayed on Associated Press Vucevic said. “We all missed it.” the sides. The last eight teams were coming in Brooklyn, Utah, Washington and Phoe- Nikola Vucevic had to raise his voice Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers and nix all were down to practice Thursday, a bit to answer a question. He had just Philadelphia 76ers among them. Lakers along with the Magic. Denver was origi- walked off the court after the first Orlando forward LeBron James lamented saying nally scheduled to, then pushed back its Magic practice of the restart, and some of farewell to his family, and 76ers forward opening session to Friday. By Saturday, his teammates remained on the floor while Joel Embiid — who raised some eyebrows practices will be constant — 22 teams engaged in a loud and enthusiastic shoot- this week when he said he was “not a big working out at various times in a window ing contest. fan of the idea” of restarting the season in spanning 13 ½ hours and spread out across After four months, basketball was truly a bubble — showed up for his team’s flight seven different facilities. back. in what appeared to be a full hazmat suit. Exhibition games begin July 22. Games Full-scale practices inside the NBA bub- “Just left the crib to head to the bubble. restart again for real on July 30. ble at the Disney complex started Thursday, ... Hated to leave the #JamesGang,” James “It just felt good to be back on the floor,” with the Magic — the first team to get into posted on Twitter. said Brooklyn interim coach Jacque the campus earlier this week — becoming Another last-day arrival at the Disney Vaughn, who took over for Kenny Atkin- the first team formally back on the floor. campus was the reigning NBA cham- son less than a week before the March 11 By the close of business Thursday, all 22 pion Toronto Raptors, who boarded buses suspension of the season because of the teams participating in the restart were to for the two-hour drive from Naples, Fla. coronavirus. “I think that was the most PHELAN M. EBENHACK/AP be checked into their hotel and beginning — they’ve been there for about two weeks, exciting thing. We got a little conditioning Center Nikola Vucevic and the Orlando their isolation from the rest of the world for training at Florida Gulf Coast University underneath us. Didn’t go too hard after the Magic were the first NBA team back what will be several weeks at least. And by in Fort Myers — for the trip to the bubble. quarantine, wanted to get guys to just run on the floor Thursday when the league Saturday, all teams should have practiced The buses were specially wrapped for the up and down a little bit and feel the ball began practice at the Disney complex. at least once. occasion, with the Raptors’ logo and the again.” Saturday, July 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 NFL Stay-at-home order stiff-arms fading tradition Traveling for training camp was already on the decline for teams before pandemic

BY SCHUYLER DIXON Associated Press im Flynn was looking forward to one final year as the mayoral host of training camp for the Dallas TCowboys in Oxnard, Calif. So much for that. The pandemic forced the NFL to aban- don, at least for this year, the fading but still time-honored tradition of teams trav- eling to training camp. The league’s version of a stay-at-home order will end the latest California run for the Cowboys, stop the 54-year streak for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Latrobe, Pa., and keep the Carolina Panthers away from the only campsite the 25-year-old franchise has known. And Flynn won’t get that final, formal goodbye with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Camps are scheduled to start July 28. “It’s a little bit of a disappointment for me individually because I’m moving on,” said Flynn, who is running for another of- fice in Ventura County after 14 years on the Oxnard City Council, the last eight as mayor. “But you know what? I’ll still be able to see the practices. I just won’t be mayor MICHAEL OWEN BAKER doing it. That’s kind of like my own special /AP relationship there.” The Dallas Cowboys practice at the team’s training camp in Oxnard, Calif., on July 29. The coronavirus pandemic forced the NFL to Flynn is confident the Cowboys will be abandon, at least for 2020, the fading but still time-honored tradition of teams traveling to training camp. back after one year in Texas. Dallas will hold the entirety of camp in its home mar- Among the biggest assets about 60 miles Texas and California since. The latest ket for the first time. It will be in the spar- north of Los Angeles are mild weather and ‘ Getting away, I think, streak in Oxnard lasted eight years. kling facility that opened four years ago two side-by-side outdoor grass fields next The Buffalo Bills have trained about and can handle the logistics because of an to a hotel that houses all players, coaches builds fellowship and a 90-minute drive from home at St. John indoor field that can keep players out of the and staff members. Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y., since Texas heat. camaraderie. “There’s just nothing that can replace 2000, and their current deal covers next But even before the opening of the ’ Sean McDermott it,” Flynn said. “The lure of California will season. sprawling complex 30 minutes north of Bills coach, on traveling for a training camp always be there. And if not just for the Cow- Sean McDermott has preferred shorter Dallas, Flynn said he never worried about stints away from home, and there’s been boys, it is for many other teams. But we whether Jones would quit bringing the speculation the fourth-year coach wants to have a very special relationship with the Cowboys to California. closer to downtown Charlotte. spend the entire time at the Bills’ facility. Cowboys and we want that to continue.” Likewise, Flynn isn’t concerned that When the new building opens, train- McDermott takes issue with such talk. Jones & Co. will suddenly realize they Officials with Wofford College in Spar- ing camp and everything else will be held “I think there was some myth, for some have everything they need in the suburb of tanburg, S.C., are preparing for the perma- there — as it is with the majority of NFL reason, mixed messaging early,” said Mc- Frisco and don’t have to make the NFL’s nent departure of the Panthers. The club teams. For decades, most or all teams Dermott, who has led the Bills to the play- longest trip for training camp: about 1,500 is building a practice facility in Rock Hill, trained elsewhere in the summer. That offs twice in three seasons after Buffalo miles. still in South Carolina but about 40 miles number has dwindled to single digits. missed the postseason 17 straight years. “I Wofford, the alma mater of former owner just believe in that for a lot of reasons, one Jerry Richardson, built locker rooms and of which is getting away, I think, builds fel- facilities specifically for the expansion lowship and camaraderie.” Panthers, who debuted in 1995. Super Bowl champion Kansas City has “We’ve enjoyed hosting them, made a lot trained about an hour north in St. Joseph’s, of friendships and learned a lot,” said ath- Mo., for the past decade, and coach Andy letic director Richard Johnson, who was Reid prefers going away. Like the Cowboys, Wofford’s men’s basketball coach when the the Chiefs have two outdoor fields and one Panthers showed up. indoor field, so being at home won’t be a “I think the ancillary benefit to hosting huge issue. camps is you get kind of the side benefit, It’s not much of a blip for Indianapolis, the expertise of that organization. We’re either. The Colts have trained not far from going to miss that. It’s always good to have home at a massive youth sports complex visitors on campus. So we’re gonna miss the past two years and are likely to return. that as well.” Washington has trained in Richmond, Saint Vincent College in Latrobe hasn’t Va., since 2013, but was at team headquar- seen a summer without the Steelers since ters before that. The move to Richmond 1965, when they trained in Kingston, R.I., was mostly for fans, so it might be in play before splitting the 1966 camp between next year. the University of Rhode Island and Saint Flynn is sure the fans will be waiting if Vincent. — he leans toward when — the Cowboys In a brief statement after the NFL an- return to Southern California. nounced that teams would stay home, Steel- “The Cowboys being a national sports ers President Art Rooney II said the club team, it broadens their fan base by coming planned to return to Latrobe next year. to California,” Flynn said. “I just always KEITH SRAKOCIC/AP The Cowboys had a 27-year streak in thought they’d be back.” Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster talks with some young fans Thousand Oaks, not far from Oxnard, that AP sports writers John Wawrow in Buffalo, N.Y.; along the fence line after making a catch in drills during practice at training camp in ended in 1990, a year after Jones bought Dave Skretta in Kansas City, Mo.; Steve Reed in Charlotte, N.C.; Michael Marot in Indianapolis; Latrobe, Pa., on Aug. 15. This is the first time the Steelers won’t train at Latrobe the team and fired longtime coach Tom Stephen Whyno in Washington; and Will Graves in since 1965, though they say they will be back in 2021. Landry. The club has bounced between Pittsburgh contributed to this report. PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, July 11, 2020 MLB Short on time Free agents-to-be get 60 games in which to maximize their value BY DAVID BRANDT Oakland Athletics: LHP A.J. Associated Press Puk. The 6-foot-7 left-hander showed tantalizing potential in PHOENIX 10 relief appearances last season, 1 obbie Ray already knew striking out 13 batters in 11 ⁄3 in- 2020 would be a big nings. Now the Athletics hope the season for his financial No. 6 overall pick from the 2016 Rfuture because it’s his draft is ready to compete for a last one before becoming a free spot in the starting rotation. agent. Seattle Mariners: 1B Evan Now the Arizona Diamond- White. The 24-year-old was set as backs left-hander has less time to Seattle’s starting first baseman make a strong impression. the second he signed a $24 mil- Major League Baseball’s coro- lion, six-year contract last offsea- navirus-delayed 60-game season son without having played higher is much shorter than the usual than Double-A. He’s a whiz defen- 162-game grind. That means sively and reminds scouts of J.T. pitchers like Ray will probably Snow, who won six straight Gold make about 11 or 12 starts instead Gloves from 1995 to 2000. He’s of the typical 30-plus. part of young core that includes Because of the compressed cal- outfielders Kyle Lewis and Jake endar, the 28-year-old Ray made Fraley, and infielders J.P. Craw- sure he kept in shape during the ford and Shed Long Jr. /AP spring hiatus from baseball. In MARK J. TERRILL Texas Rangers: OF Joey Gallo. his first live work off the mound Los Angeles Dodgers starting The 26-year-old’s health is the Sunday, he threw nearly 80 pitcher Walker Buehler made biggest current concern after pitches and said he’s very close to a huge jump in his second full he tested positive for COVID-19. being ready for the regular sea- season, making the All-star team The good news is he’s asymptom- son, which begins July 24 against and finishing with 14-4 with a atic and the Rangers hope he can the Padres. 3.26 ERA and 215 strikeouts. return soon to provide his usual The motivation is obvious: A punch in the middle of the line- ROSS D. FRANKLIN, ABOVE, AND TONY GUTIERREZ, BELOW/AP bad start to the season could cost progression. up. He’s hit 103 homers over the him millions of dollars in what’s San Diego Padres: SS Fer- past three seasons and if he gets Above: As a pending free agent, Arizona Diamondbacks left-handed expected to be a tight free-agent nando Tatis Jr. The rising young hot, his bat could carry the team starter Robbie Ray knows he could lose millions of dollars if he gets market during the offseason. Con- star was limited to 84 games last through a big chunk of the short- off to a poor start to the pandemic-delayed 60-game season. versely, two good months might season because of injuries but ened schedule. Below: Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo’s health is the biggest lead to a big payoff this winter. still finished third in Rookie of concern after he tested positive for COVID-19. The good news is “I had the assumption that once AP sports writers Kristie Rieken, Bernie the Year voting. The Padres were Wilson and Tim Booth contributed to he’s asymptomatic and can return soon to provide punch in the everything got fired back up it at their best when he was in the this story. middle of the lineup. He hit 103 homers the past three seasons. would be quick,” Ray said. “Show lineup and if he plays close to all up in three or four days and then 60 games this season, they could camp is 30 days or less. Being the be surprise contenders in the NL year that it is, I didn’t want to be West. behind and not able to go out and San Francisco Giants: RHP perform at my best day one.” Johnny Cueto. The two-time Ray’s best year came in 2017 All-Star missed a big chunk of when he made the All-Star team the past two seasons because of and finished 15-5 with a 2.89 Tommy John surgery but ap- ERA. He was 12-8 with a 4.34 pears to be fully healthy for 2020. ERA last year and had a career- The Giants could definitely use high 235 strikeouts. his presence at the top of the ro- He’s one of several players tation, and the shorter 60-game to watch as MLB preps for its season might allow him to avoid strange season. This week’s focus any problems while coming back is on players in the NL West and from the elbow injury. AL West. AL West NL West Houston Astros: RHP Lance Colorado Rockies: OF David McCullers Jr. The 2017 All-Star Dahl. The 26-year-old has been is coming off Tommy John sur- one of the game’s best young hit- gery and missed all of 2019. The ters when he can stay in the line- Astros hope the 26-year-old can up. He’s been limited by various assume a bigger role in the ro- injuries throughout his career but tation after they lost ace Gerrit was still an All-Star in 2019, when Cole to the New York Yankees in he batted .302 with 15 homers in free agency. 100 games. Los Angeles Angels: RHP/DH Los Angeles Dodgers: RHP Shohei Ohtani. The big right- Walker Buehler. The 25-year-old hander became one of the game’s made a big jump in his second biggest stars two years ago as a full season, making the All-Star rare two-way player. He was lim- team and finishing 14-4 with a ited to DH duty last season — bat- 3.26 ERA and 215 strikeouts in ting .286 with 18 homers — but 1 182 ⁄3 innings. Now that David is trying to bounce back from Price has opted out of the 2020 Tommy John surgery and con- season, it’s even more vital that tribute once again in the Angels’ Buehler continues his upward pitching rotation. Saturday, July 11, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL/VIRUS OUTBREAK Scraps: Big Ten decision erases over 40 Bowl Subdivision games

FROM BACK PAGE fund their athletic budgets. Hours March Madness, this past spring. before the Big Ten announce- More than a dozen schools have ment, Northern Iowa, which will reported positive tests for the lose a Sept. 5 game at Iowa, said virus among athletes in the past it expected an athletics budget month but the bad news picked shortfall to exceed $1 million. up this week as the Ivy League A handful of teams were sched- canceled all fall sports and Stan- uled to play two Big Ten oppo- ford announced it was cutting 11 nents, including Bowling Green, varsity sports. Central Michigan and Northern The Big Ten decision is the big- Illinois. Bowling Green athletic gest yet because Bowl Subdivi- director Bob Moosbrugger said sion football games — more than the Big Ten’s decision “is the tip 40 of them, all moneymakers in of the iceberg.” different ways — were simply “Ten FBS conferences have erased. And the move didn’t wash signed a college football playoff away fears agreement the entire with an ex- fall season ‘ I was pectation could be in cautiously that we will jeopardy. optimistic. work to- “I am re- gether for ally con- I’m not even the good of cerned, that there now. college foot- is the ques- ’ ball,” Moos- Gene Smith brugger tion of the Ohio State Athletic said. “If we day,” Ohio Director, pictured State athlet- are to solve ic director these chal- JOEY DEGRAFF/AP Gene Smith said on a conference lenges and be truly dedicated to call after the announcement. “I protecting the health and safety Southern Utah’s Ghita Nassik hits the ball during practice in Cedar City, Utah. The school eliminated was cautiously optimistic. I’m not of our student-athletes, we need its men’s and women’s tennis programs last month due to budget cuts brought on by the coronavirus even there now.” to do a better job of working outbreak. More than four Division I schools have cut tennis since the start of the pandemic. Besides football, the sports af- together.” fected include men’s and wom- Illinois State was scheduled to en’s cross country, field hockey, play at Illinois on Sept. 4. men’s and women’s soccer, and “Obviously, we are disappoint- women’s volleyball. ed by the decision, as there are many people affiliated with both Tennis proving vulnerable “By limiting competition to other Big Ten institutions, the universities that have had this conference will have the greatest game circled on their calendars flexibility to adjust its own opera- for a long time,” Illinois State ath- No sport feeling crunch more as colleges address budget concerns tions throughout the season and letic director Larry Lyons said. He said the budget is in a “con- make quick decisions in real-time BY STEVE MEGARGEE cut men’s tennis, while Akron could be renovated for less than stant state of flux,” but there are based on the most current evolv- Associated Press dropped women’s tennis. Con- $600,000. Southern Utah and no plans to cut sports. ing medical advice and the fluid necticut won’t have a men’s ten- Northern Colorado didn’t have Memphis, which had been The promise of college tennis nature of the pandemic,” the Big nis team after 2020-21. indoor facilities on campus, and scheduled to visit Purdue on lured Abhimanyu Vannemreddy Ten said. “My assessment is some of Southern Utah’s teams often Sept. 12, announced Thursday it from his home in India to the The other big conferences, the these cuts had probably been in had to travel 45-50 minutes for was cutting administrative and United States, where he settled in SEC, ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12, the works,” said Timothy Russell, practice. sports operation budgets 14% in at Winthrop in South Carolina. have all indicated they intend to the CEO of the Intercollegiate Northern Colorado and South- addition to some other personnel Now he’s pondering his future play fall sports. Tennis Association, the govern- ern Utah belong to the Big Sky savings. thousands of miles away from his ing body for college tennis. “Usu- Conference, which previously re- “The Big Ten decisions are in- The Big Ten said it would re- family as financial reality crash- teresting and provide additional ally when there’s a cut, there’s a quired its members to field tennis lease detailed schedules later and es down on his sport. big hue and cry. There’s so much teams. When the Big Sky relaxed information to inform our discus- continue to evaluate other sports. Winthrop announced last sions,” Big 12 commissioner Bob going on with the noise in this that requirement last month, both The league said its schools will month that both its men’s and environment, it’s easier to make schools dropped their programs. Bowlsby said. “At this time our honor scholarships for athletes women’s tennis programs will be these cuts with nobody paying as Scholarship concerns also play medical and scientific advisors who choose not to compete in dropped because of budget woes much attention.” a role. have suggested we should move the upcoming academic year resulting from the coronavirus Nearly 89% of Division I schools The NCAA allows schools to ahead slowly and with constant because of concerns about the pandemic. Tennis has been hit had women’s tennis programs and offer up to 4 ½ scholarships in re-evaluation. We plan to con- coronavirus. hardest among college programs 71.5% had men’s teams as of 2019, men’s tennis and eight in wom- tinue to prepare for all available Indiana athletic director Scott as athletic departments nation- but these recent cuts have raised en’s tennis. Harrawood said that scenarios until we are informed Dolson said he and his Big Ten wide ponder cutting sports to concern and pushed officials to meant Winthrop’s tennis pro- that some are no longer viable.” colleagues “know that there re- save money. seek solutions. grams were generating a smaller Southeastern Conference main many questions that still “I was definitely caught by sur- Tim Cass, a former New Mexi- percentage of tuition revenue Commissioner Greg Sankey said need to be answered, and we will prise,” Vannemreddy said. “No co and Texas A&M coach, now is than the school’s other Olympic- work toward finding those an- league officials “will continue prior warning or rumor about the general manager for the U.S. Ten- style sports. swers in the coming weeks.” to meet regularly with our cam- program shutting down. It was nis Association’s national campus Vannemreddy, like many other In the SEC, Missouri athletic pus leaders in the coming weeks, just a random call one day and in Florida. He believes colleges players, now faces a series of director Jim Sterk was asked guided by the medical advisors, just found out it’s done.” can help their programs by open- decisions. about the possible rationale for a to make the important decisions Dozens of college tennis play- ing on-campus tennis facilities to He could give up college ten- conference-only schedule. necessary to determine the best ers across the country are in their communities, hosting junior nis and stay at Winthrop, which is “Probably, it’s a comfort level path forward related to the SEC similar situations. Men’s and or adult tournaments and offer- honoring the financial aid pack- of how protocols are being en- fall sports.” women’s tennis are the only ing after-school programs. ages it offered its tennis players. acted, how testing is done and The marquee nonconference sports dropped by more than four “If you’re doing that, more than Or he could try to play elsewhere, then keeping it within that fam- matchups in the Big Ten this Division I schools since the start likely your program has a very knowing fewer roster spots are ily, if you will — your expanded season included Notre Dame vs. of the pandemic, according to AP social circle or social pod,” said good chance of being safe,” Cass available with a surplus of play- Wisconsin on Oct. 3 at Lambeau research. Sterk, whose Tigers play in the said. ers seeking new homes. Field, home of the NFL’s Green East Carolina, Northern Colo- SEC. “You might be able to con- A lack of quality facilities has He can’t help but wonder about Bay Packers. Other big match- rado, Southern Utah and Wright trol things more that way, or feel contributed to some cuts. the risk of choosing a school that ups included Michigan at Wash- like you can, anyway versus the State have eliminated men’s and Winthrop deputy athletic di- could cut its own program a year ington, Ohio State-Oregon, Penn unknown of people coming from women’s tennis over the last three rector Hank Harrawood said his from now. State-Virginia Tech and Miami- outside our 11 states.” months. Green Bay suspended its school’s tennis facility required “That’s definitely something Michigan State. men’s and women’s tennis pro- at least $1.3 million in repairs, on my mind,” Vannemreddy said. Much of the pain will be felt at AP sports writers Tom Withers, grams indefinitely while in Ar- though men’s coach John Collins “There’s so much uncertainty at Teresa Walker, Steve Megargee, smaller schools that lean heavily Cliff Brunt and Stephen Hawkins kansas, UAPB suspended them says he’s received an estimate these times. It’s basically a gam- on the big-money games to help contributed to this report. for the year. Appalachian State that all 12 of the school’s courts ble, if I’m being honest.” S TARS AND STRIPES Saturday, July 11, 2020 Fading tradition Outbreak accelerates decline of teams SPORTS traveling for training camp » Page 21

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Keeping it in the family Citing pandemic, Big Ten scraps nonconference competition

BY JOHN ZENOR of things like scheduling and traveling. Associated Press ‘ “We may not have sports in the fall,” Warren told the Big Ten We may Network. “We may not have a college football season in the Big he Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not have Ten. not play nonconference games in football and sever- “So we just wanted to make sure that this was the next logi- al other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet sports in cal step to always rely on our medical experts to keep our stu- by a power conference because of the coronavirus dent-athletes at the center of all of our decisions and make sure pandemic. the fall.’ that they are as healthy as they possibly can be from a mental, a TThe conference cited medical advice in making its decision Kevin physical, an emotional health and wellness standpoint.” and added ominously that the plan would be applied only “if the Warren There has been deep unease that the pandemic will deal a conference is able to participate in fall sports.” Big Ten blow to fall sports after wiping out hundreds of games, including Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said it was “much eas- Commissioner ier if we’re just working with our Big Ten institutions” in terms SEE SCRAPS ON PAGE 23

Turf manager Jared Hertzel touches up the Big Ten Conference logo on the football field at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., in 2011. The Big Ten announced Thursday that it will not play nonconference games in football or several other sports this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.

JACOB HANNAH, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR/AP

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