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Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper Page 8 Growing mystery of suspected energy attacks draws U.S. concern SYNDROME By N. MERCHANT, ROBERT been behind any attacks, if BURNS and ERIC TUCKER the symptoms could have been caused inadvertently WASHINGTON (AP) — The by surveillance equipment Biden administration is fac- — or if the incidents were ing new pressure to resolve actually attacks. a mystery that has vexed its Whatever an official review predecessors: Is an adver- concludes could have sary using a or enormous consequences. radio wave weapon to at- Confirmation that a U.S. tack the brains of U.S. dip- adversary has been con- lomats, spies and military ducting damaging at- personnel? The number of tacks against U.S. person- reported cases of possible nel would unleash calls for In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, tourists ride classic convertible cars on the Malecon beside the attack is sharply growing a forceful response by the United States Embassy in Havana, . and lawmakers from both United States. Associated Press parties, as well as those be- For now, the administration cal care. in Cuba. At least 130 cases not authorized to discuss lieved to be affected, are is providing assurances that The problem has been la- across the government are details publicly. The Nation- demanding answers. But it takes the matter seriously, beled the “Havana Syn- now under investigation, al Security Council is lead- scientists and government is investigating aggressively drome,” because the first up from several dozen last ing the investigation. officials aren’t yet certain and will make sure those cases affected personnel year, according to a U.S. about who might have affected have good medi- in 2016 at the U.S. Embassy defense official who was Continued on Page 2 A2 Monday 24 May 2021 UP FRONT Growing mystery of suspected energy attacks draws U.S. concern

Continued from Front who described how, while this year. He has met with nications, and systemic dis- “It’s very difficult, if not im- serving in a country Miller those reporting injuries as organization” in respond- possible, to fake or misrep- People who are believed to wouldn’t identify, he had have other top CIA officials. ing to the Havana cases. resent certain findings to have been affected have heard a “shrieking” sound The agency has worked to The report says the cause objective clinical evalu- reported headaches, dizzi- and then had a splitting reduce the wait time for its of the injuries was “currently ations,” Giordano said. “I ness and symptoms consis- mean, there are certain tent with concussions, with things you can’t make your some requiring months of nerves do or not do.” medical treatment. Some Other scientists remain have reported hearing a skeptical. Dr. Robert Baloh loud noise before the sud- of the University of Califor- den onset of symptoms. nia, Los Angeles, argued Particularly alarming are that scans of healthy peo- revelations of at least two ple’s brains sometimes possible incidents in the display mini-strokes and Washington area, includ- that any possible weapon ing one case near the would be too large or re- White House in November quire too much power to in which an official report- be deployed without de- ed dizziness. tection. The new higher number of Baloh said the growing possible cases was first re- number of cases consid- ported by The New York ered directed energy at- Times. CNN first reported tacks is actually linked to the case near the White “,” House and an additional in which people learning of incident in November. others with symptoms be- Advocates for those affect- gin to feel sick themselves. ed accuse the U.S. gov- In this March 14, 2019, file photo, Cuban officials make a presentation on a series of mysterious “Many people are hearing ernment of long failing to illnesses suffered by U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Havana, reiterating that no evidence supports about it and that’s how it take the problem seriously allegations that the symptoms resulted from high-tech attacks, during a news conference in gets propagated,” Baloh Havana, Cuba. or provide the necessary said. Associated Press medical care and benefits. Lawmakers from both par- “The government has a ties are pushing the Biden much better understand- headache. employees to receive out- unknown.” The document administration to take this ing of it than it has let on,” “He was well-trained, ex- patient treatment at Wal- was published by George seriously. A bill introduced said Mark Zaid, a Washing- tremely well-trained, and ter Reed National Military Washington University’s Na- in both the House and Sen- ton lawyer who represents he’d been in combat be- Medical Center. tional Security Archive. ate on Wednesday would several people affected. fore,” Miller told The Associ- The CIA also replaced its The report also noted that bolster the payment of dis- Zaid has obtained Nation- ated Press. “This is an Amer- chief medical officer with the CIA ultimately closed its ability benefits for traumat- al Security Agency docu- ican, a member of the De- a doctor seen internally as Havana station, a victory ic brain injuries suffered in ments noting it has informa- partment of Defense. At more sympathetic to pos- for a potential adversary. the incidents. tion dating to the late 1990s that point, you can’t ignore sible cases. Dr. James Giordano, a neu- “There’s no greater priority about an unidentified “hos- that.” “We were treated so aw- rology professor at George- than ensuring the health tile country” possibly hav- Defense and intelligence fully in the past,” said Marc town University, consulted and safety of our people, ing a microwave weapon officials have publicly prom- Polymeropoulos, a 26-year with the State Department and the anomalous health “to weaken, intimidate, or ised to push for answers and CIA veteran who was di- on the Havana cases and incidents that have afflict- kill an enemy over time.” better care for people with agnosed with a traumatic has been briefed on more ed our personnel around Chris Miller, the acting de- symptoms. Lt. Col. Thomas brain injury following a 2017 recent incidents in the U.S. the world are of grave fense secretary during the Campbell, a Defense De- visit to Russia. “Now they’re and abroad. In reviewing concern,” said Rep. Adam last months of the Trump partment spokesman, said putting people in place records of people affected Schiff, the California Demo- administration, created a the causes of any incidents who not only believe us but in Havana, Giordano noted crat who chairs the House Pentagon team to inves- “are areas of active inqui- are going to advocate for evidence of neurological Intelligence Committee, tigate the suspected at- ry.” Officials have not iden- our health care.” injuries in several people, in a statement. Rep. Devin tacks. That was after he tified a suspected country, One key analysis identified suggesting they may have Nunes, the committee’s met a soldier late last year though some people af- “directed, pulsed radio been hit with radio waves. top Republican, said the fected suspect Russian in- frequency energy” as the He identified two possible people reporting symptoms volvement. most plausible culprit. Pub- culprits: a device intention- “were apparently subject CIA Director William Burns lished in December by the ally used to target potential to attack.” ARUBA testified before Congress National Academy of Sci- victims or a tool that used Polymeropoulos, the for- CLEAN that he would make the in- ences, the report said a ra- directed energy waves to mer CIA officer, said he vestigation “a very high pri- dio frequency attack could conduct surveillance that believed the U.S. would ul- ority to ensure that my col- alter brain function without may have unintentionally timately identify what was leagues get the care that causing “gross structural harmed the people target- behind the incidents and they deserve and that we damage.” But the panel ed. One of the November who is responsible. get to the bottom of what could not make a definitive attacks outside the White “The actual intelligence is caused these incidents finding on how U.S. person- House had “substantial going to take us to the truth and who was responsible.” nel may have been hit. similarities” to the Havana on this,” he said. “If we find Burns receives daily up- And a declassified 2018 cases, Giordano said, add- that a certain adversary IS MORE dates on the investigation, State Department report ing that he was not autho- did this, there’s going to be which covers employees cited “a lack of senior lead- rized by the government to uncomfortable decisions DUSHI who have reported cases ership, ineffective commu- be more specific. on what to do.”q A3 U.S. NEWS Monday 24 May 2021 U.S. commander says more work needed to counter small drones

By LOLITA C. BALDOR The Biden administration Associated Press has resumed strategic talks BAGHDAD (AP) — A month with Baghdad, initiated after an explosives-laden under President Donald drone targeted U.S. forces Trump, in which the future at an Iraq base, the top of U.S. troop presence in American commander for Iraq is a central point of the Middle East says find- discussion. McKenzie and ing better ways to counter others have expressed opti- such attacks is a top prior- mism that the U.S. will main- ity, and the United States tain a military presence in is still behind the curve on the country solutions. The militia groups, McK- Marine Gen. Frank McK- enzie said, are frustrated enzie told reporters travel- because there had been ing with him that the use some hope that U.S. forces of small drones by Iranian- would leave Iraq, particu- backed militia is only go- larly in the wake of the So- ing to grow in the next few leimani strike. years. He spent the day in “They believe they can Iraq on Thursday, but for carry out attacks at a fairly security reasons, media ac- low level that won’t pro- companying him were not voke a response, yet will allowed to report on his visit create enough friction that until after he left the region. will eventually induce us to The drones, which are leave,” McKenzie told re- cheap and easy to buy, In this Thursday, May 20, 20201, photo Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the top U.S. commander for porters traveling with him. the Middle East, arrives in Baghdad. are often difficult to detect Associated Press “I think it’s a dangerous and problematic to defeat. situation.” He said he be- McKenzie said the U.S. must quickly identify the threat forces near a northern Iraq have been frequent since lieves the U.S.-led coalition find more ways to counter as it approaches, and find airport, causing a large fire a U.S.-directed drone strike still has work to do in Iraq their use by America’s ene- effective electronic and and damage to a building. killed Iranian Gen. Qassem to help defeat the Islamic mies in the Middle East and kinetic ways to bring them There were no casualties. Soleimani near the Bagh- State group, which main- elsewhere. down. He added that fenc- No one has claimed re- dad airport last year. Iraqi tains some presence in “We’re working very hard ing and high netting can sponsibility for the attack. militia leader Abu Mahdi al- western and northern Iraq. to find technical fixes that also be used as protective The U.S. has blamed Iran- Muhandis was also killed in But he said the Iraqi security would allow us to be more measures. backed militia groups for the attack. The strike drew forces have done a good effective against drones,” “We’re open to all kinds of previous attacks, most of the ire of mostly Shiite Iraqi job battling IS. McKenzie said. Efforts are things” he said. “The Army them rockets that have lawmakers and prompted After spending Thursday in underway, he said, to look is working it very hard. Still, targeted the American parliament to pass a non- Iraq, McKenzie was in Syria for ways to cut command I don’ t think we’re where presence in Baghdad, the binding resolution to pres- on Friday, meeting with U.S. and control links between we want to be.” capital, and military bases sure the Iraqi government and partner commanders a drone and its operator, In mid-April, an drone tar- across Iraq. Overall attacks to oust foreign troops from and forces at four different improve radar sensors to geted U.S.-led coalition against coalition troops the country. bases.q U.S. again extending temporary protected status for Haitians WASHINGTON (AP) — The prevent the country’s na- eral lawsuits challenging Biden administration is al- tionals from returning safely the termination have al- lowing eligible Haitian na- or because the country is lowed the designation to tionals residing in the U.S. to unable to handle the return remain in effect. apply for a new 18-month of its nationals adequate- “Today, the Biden adminis- designation for temporary ly. While a person with TPS tration affirmed America’s protected status, reversing cannot be removed from commitment to its hu- a Trump administration ef- the U.S., DHS notes that it manitarian values,” Murad fort that had sought to end is a temporary benefit that Awawdeh, executive di- the special consideration. doesn’t lead to lawful per- rector for the New York Im- In a statement Saturday, manent resident status or migration Coalition, said in Homeland Security Secre- give any other immigration a statement. “Haitian New tary Alejandro Mayorkas status. DHS initially desig- Yorkers can now rest easier cited security concerns, nated Haiti for TPS in Janu- knowing that their families social unrest, an increase in ary 2010 in the aftermath of can stay together and in human rights abuses, crip- the 7.0-magnitude earth- their communities as a vital In this Thursday, May 13, 2021 file photo, Homeland Security pling poverty and other quake that devastated part of our economic and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate problems in Haiti for the de- the country. The designa- social fabric.” Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing cision. tion was extended several The NYIC, an umbrella on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Associated Press DHS says a foreign coun- times until the Trump ad- group for policy and advo- try may be designated ministration announced in cacy organizations in the renewal of TPS affects more arrived in the U.S. after 2010 for temporary protected January 2018 that Haiti’s state, estimates that 5,200 than the 50,000 Haitians liv- could benefit up to 100,000 status, or TPS, because of TPS designation would end Haitian recipients of TPS re- ing in the U.S. while redesig- more, according to the conditions that temporarily effective July 22, 2019. Sev- side in New York. Saturday’s nating TPS for Haitians who NYIC.q A4 Monday 24 May 2021 U.S. NEWS Charleston church shooter making appellate arguments By MEG KINNARD tory case for death.” Associated Press Following his federal trial, COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Roof was given nine con- man on federal death row secutive life sentences af- for the racist slayings of ter pleading guilty in 2017 nine members of a Black to state murder charges, South Carolina congrega- leaving him to await ex- tion is making his appellate ecution in a federal prison argument that his convic- and sparing his victims and tion and death sentence their families the burden of should be overturned. a second trial. Oral arguments in the case After that sentencing, So- of Dylann Roof are sched- licitor Scarlett Wilson — who uled to be held Tuesday had also been pursuing the before a three-judge panel death penalty — called the of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court deal “an insurance policy of Appeals, based in Rich- for the federal conviction,” mond, Virginia. Appellate ensuring that Roof would Judge Jay Richardson, who spend the rest of his life in as an assistant U.S. Attorney prison, should the federal prosecuted Roof’s case, is sentence not stand. not part of the panel. Wilson also said that she felt In 2017, Roof became the more confident a federal first person in the U.S. sen- death sentence would be tenced to death for a fed- carried out under the new- eral hate crime. Authorities ly minted Trump adminis- have said Roof opened fire In this April 10, 2017, file photo, Dylann Roof enters the courtroom at the Charleston County Judicial tration than it would have during the closing prayer of Center in Charleston, S.C. been under a Democratic a 2015 Bible study session at Associated Press one. Charleston’s Mother Eman- At the time, there was an- uel AME Church, raining wrote, arguing that their cli- despite the fact that “ev- tal-impairments out of the ticipation that then-Presi- down dozens of bullets on ent’s mental illness should ery defense expert agreed public record.” dent might those assembled. Roof was have prevented him from Roof suffered a delusional In that part of the trial, the swiftly resume federal ex- 21 years old at the time. serving as his own attorney belief he would be rescued self-avowed white suprem- ecutions, following cessa- In a lengthy brief, Roof’s during a portion of the trial, by the victors of a race-war, acist neither fought for his tion of the practice under attorneys argue that an and also being sent to fed- which prevented him from life nor explained his ac- several several previous appellate court should va- eral death row. understanding the threat of tions, saying only that “any- administrations. cate Roof’s convictions U.S. District Judge Richard execution was real.” one who hates anything in Trump’s decision to rein- and death sentence, or Gergel held two compe- Representing himself for their mind has a good rea- state federal executions remand his case to court tency hearings for Roof: sentencing, Roof success- son for it.” didn’t come until 2020, for a “proper competency one before the start of his fully prevented jurors from This, his attorneys wrote, however, when his Justice evaluation.” trial, and one before its hearing mitigating evi- resulted in “a complete Department ended a 17- “The federal trial that result- sentencing phase, to de- dence about his mental breakdown” of any possi- year hiatus, going on to ed in his death-sentence termine if Roof could act health, “under the delu- ble defense, with jurors be- oversee a total of 13 fed- departed so far from the as his own attorney for that sion,” his attorneys wrote, ing “left in the dark” about eral executions. standard required when portion of the trial. that “he would be rescued any details from Roof’s past Due to his remaining ap- the government seeks the His appellate team wrote from prison by white-na- that could have possibly peals, Roof’s case was not ultimate price that it can- that the court errantly tionalists — but only, bi- been used to mitigate the eligible for execution at not be affirmed,” they found Roof competent, zarrely, if he kept his men- government’s “inflamma- that time.q 2 dead, 12 injured in shooting at New Jersey house party

fatally shot and 12 others other people who were in- that there was chaos af- were wounded, state po- jured and transported to lo- ter that. Partygoers ran lice said. cal hospitals. Photos show through their yards and Authorities arrived at the overturned pop-up party asked to come into their house in Fairfield Township, tents, tables and chairs, houses. They said cars ran about an hour outside of and debris throughout the into one other trying to Philadelphia, late Saturday home’s yard. A long drive- speed away. night. A resident who runs way was still filled with cars Fairfield Township Mayor a local anti-violence orga- late Sunday morning. Benjamin Byrd Sr., who was nization said he was called Two cousins who live in the at the scene Sunday, said out to assist families at the area of the shooting said that New Jersey Gov. Phil 90s-themed party. John they heard music from the Murphy offered his support Fuqua, of Life Worth Living, party until after midnight, and help. Investigators works the scene of a shooting in Fairfield Township, said guests who attended then a series of shots — at “Nobody knows when N.J., Sunday, May 23, 2021. the party were of all ages. least 15 of them over a few someone’s going to come Associated Press New Jersey State police minutes. out of the woods with a By GEOFF MULVIHILL ty in South Jersey turned said a 30-year-old man and Joeron Pierce and James gun,” Byrd said. He did not FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. into a crime scene where 25-year-old-woman were Pierce, who live in homes have any details about the (AP) — A family house par- at least two people were fatally shot. There were 12 next to each other, said shooting.q A5 WORLD NEWS Monday 24 May 2021 Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on By NASSER KARIMI and JON The Atomic Energy Organi- GAMBRELL zation of Iran, the country’s Associated Press civilian atomic agency, did TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s not immediately comment hard-line parliament on the decision. speaker said Sunday a “Order the head of the temporary deal between Atomic Energy Organiza- Tehran and international tion to avoid delay,” said inspectors to preserve sur- Salimi, a cleric from Iran’s veillance images taken at central city of Delijan. The nuclear sites had ended, “recorded images in the escalating tensions amid cameras should be elimi- diplomatic efforts to save nated.” Under a confiden- the Islamic Republic’s tial agreement called an atomic accord with world “Additional Protocol” with powers. As fellow hard-lin- Iran, the IAEA “collects and ers demanded Iran delete analyzes hundreds of thou- the images, officials de- sands of images captured layed an earlier-planned daily by its sophisticated news conference by the surveillance cameras,” the head of the International agency said in 2017. Atomic Energy Agency in It also wasn’t clear what this Vienna. That signaled ne- meant for in-person inspec- gotiations between the In this May 28, 2020, file photo, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, center, is surrounded by a group of tions by the IAEA. There are United Nations agency lawmakers after being elected as speaker of the parliament, in Tehran, Iran. 18 nuclear facilities and Associated Press and Tehran will continue nine other locations in Iran through Sunday night. under IAEA safeguards. The last-minute discussions Energy Agency definitely the IAEA could be extend- Rafael Mariano Grossi In 2018, then-President further underscored the won’t have the right to ac- ed “another month.” would brief journalists Sun- Donald Trump pulled the narrowing window for the cess the camera footage The nuclear negotiations day afternoon on Iran. The U.S. unilaterally out of the U.S. and others to reach or transfer them,” he said. have been plagued by agency said Sunday night nuclear deal, known as terms with Iran. The Islamic Qalibaf, a member of Iran’s contradictory, anony- that the briefing would be the Joint Comprehensive Republic is already enrich- top Supreme National Se- mously leaked information delayed as consultations Plan of Action. An escalat- ing and stockpiling ura- curity Council, previously coming from Iran. It’s likely between the IAEA and Iran ing series of incidents since nium at levels far beyond preempted another nu- a sign of the conflict be- continued. Trump’s withdrawal has those allowed by its 2015 clear program announce- tween the administration It wasn’t immediately clear threatened the wider Mid- nuclear deal. ment in April as well. of the outgoing President if the images from February east. Iran’s hard-line parliament Hours later, however, a Hassan Rouhani, the rela- until Saturday had been Over a year ago, a U.S. in December approved a website called Nournews tively moderate cleric who deleted. Before Qalibaf’s drone strike killed a top bill that would suspend part that’s believed to be close clinched the 2015 deal, remarks, lawmaker Ali Reza Iranian general, causing of U.N. inspections of its nu- to Iran’s Supreme National and the hard-liners now Salimi urged an open ses- Tehran to later launch bal- clear facilities if European Security Council quoted seeking to replace him. sion of parliament to en- listic missiles that wounded signatories did not provide an anonymous official sug- In Vienna, the IAEA had sure Iran’s civilian nuclear dozens of American troops relief from oil and banking gesting Tehran’s deal with said its Director-General arm “erased” the images. in Iraq.q sanctions by February. The IAEA struck a three-month deal with Iran in February Gaza fishermen take to water again after cease-fire to have it hold the surveil- lance images, with Tehran GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip the ceasefire will hold. threatening to delete them (AP) — The frenzied shouts After a night out on the afterward if no deal had of an auctioneer at Gaza water, fishermen unload- been reached. City’s main fishing port ed their bounty of crabs, That three-month deadline brought a welcome re- shrimp and other fish at expired Friday under the prieve from the din of first light Sunday at Gaza Gregorian calendar. Un- gunfire and explosions as City’s al-Mina port, where der the Persian calendar, life begins slowly return- Hamas police were pres- however, the three-month ing to normal following 11 ent to maintain order. deadline comes on Mon- days of hostilities between Buyers were already wait- day. Hamas and Israel. ing to make their bids on On Sunday morning dur- Israeli security forces pre- boxes of fish arrayed on ing a session of parliament, vented fishermen from the ground after being speaker Mohammad Ba- sailing during the conflict, unloaded from the boats, Fisherman load a horse-drawn cart before delivering their haul to market after a limited number of boats were allowed gher Qalibaf announced but they began allowing where young boys work- to return to the sea following a cease-fire reached after an the deal had expired. He a limited number of ships ing as deckhands assisted 11-day war between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, Sunday, said Iran’s Supreme Leader to set out beginning Sat- older men in sorting and May 23, 2021. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, urday as Egyptian media- washing their catch. Associated Press who has final say on all tors worked to firm up a The fish were then loaded matters of state, support- cease-fire that took effect onto horse-drawn carts for gan clearing rubble from during the early days of ed the decision to see the Friday. delivery to local markets. Gaza’s streets. The work airstrikes on Gaza, with deal as void. Gazans take pride in their Meanwhile Sunday, hun- began outside a high- workers loading rubble “After these three months, seafood, and the return of dreds of municipal work- rise building that was flat- into donkey carts and the International Atomic fishing buoyed hopes that ers and volunteers be- tened by Israeli warplanes small pickup trucks.q A6 Monday 24 May 2021 WORLD NEWS 21 die in extreme weather in ultramarathon BEIJING (AP) — Twenty-one cold. people running a mountain When he finally decided to ultramarathon have died turn back, he already felt in northwestern China after dazed. He said he was able hail, freezing rain and gale- to make it to safety and force winds hit the high- met a rescue crew. He did altitude race, state media not respond to a request reported Sunday. for comment left on his so- After an all-night rescue cial media account. operation in freezing tem- Some runners farther along peratures involving more the course had fallen off than 700 personnel, rescu- the trail into deep moun- ers were able to confirm tain crevices, according to that 151 people were safe, a reporter for state broad- out of a total of 172 par- caster CCTV. It was not ticipants. Twenty-one had clear how many of them died, according to the of- survived. ficial Xinhua News Agency, Video footage showed res- which said the runners suf- cuers in winter jackets in the fered from physical dis- pitch-dark night searching comfort and the sudden with flashlights along steep drop in temperature. hills and narrow paths. The runners were racing Search operations ended on an extremely narrow In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, rescuers walk into the accident site to by noon Sunday, rescuers mountain path at an alti- search for survivors in Jingtai County of Baiyin City, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Sunday, told Xinhua. May 23, 2021. tude reaching 2,000-3,000 Associated Press Online, some wondered meters (6,500-9,800 feet). what, if any preparations The 100-kilometer (60-mile) there were no predictions who quit and managed to a first-person account that organizers had made in race was held Saturday in of extreme weather for the make his way to safety. has been viewed more the event of an emergen- the Yellow River Stone For- day of the race, according But the weather caught than 100,000 times on his cy. The race organizer did est tourist site in Baiyin city to Beijing News, a paper them off guard, and on the WeChat account “Wan- not immediately respond in Gansu province. owned by the Beijing city morning of the race Sat- dering about the South.” to calls seeking comment Participants were not rook- government. urday, he already sensed He later told the Paper that Sunday. ies. One of the deceased However, Baiyin city’s lo- things were not normal. The the forecast the day prior Baiyin city Mayor Zhang was a well-known runner cal branch of the National runners were not dressed to the race did not predict Xuchen held a news con- Liang Jing, who had won Early Warning Information for winter-like conditions, the extreme weather they ference later Sunday and a 100-kilometer (62-mile) Center had warned for the many wearing short- encountered. profoundly apologized as race in Ningbo, reported past three days of hail and sleeved tops. The most difficult section, the organizer of the event. the Paper, a state-backed strong winds. “I ran 2 kilometers before from kilometer 24 (mile The government promised newspaper based in The race also followed the starting gun fired to 15) to kilometer 36 (mile a full investigation. Shanghai. a relatively established warm up ... but the trouble- 22), climbed 1,000 meters “We express deep condo- A woman who worked for course, having been held some thing was, after run- (3,280 feet). There, he said lences and sympathy to the race organizer, Gansu four times, according to an ning these 2 kilometers, my the path was just a mix of the families of the victims Shengjing Sports Culture account posted online by body still had not heated stones and sand, and his and the injured,” the mayor Development Co., said a participant in the race up,” the competitor said in fingers grew numb from the said.q Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 13 then tumbled down the Images from the site vice tweeted the “defini- slope, killing 13 people and showed the crumpled car tive toll” stood at 13 dead sending two children to the in a clearing of a thick and two injured. hospital in serious condi- patch of pine trees near Milan noted that the cable tion, authorities said. the summit of the Mot- line had been renovated in Stresa Mayor Marcella Sev- tarone peak overlooking 2016 and had only recently erino said it appeared that Lake Maggiore. The car reopened after coronavi- a cable broke, sending the was believed to have fallen rus lockdowns in Italy cur- car careening until it hit a around 15 meters (yards), tailed travel and forced the pylon and then fell to the according to Italian media. suspension of many leisure ground. At that point, the “It was a terrible, terrible activities. Milan suggested car overturned “two or scene,” Severino told Italy’s many families may have three times before hitting SkyTG24. flocked to the mountain some trees,” she said. Some The plunge on the the on a sunny Sunday after of those who died were Stresa-Mottarone line hap- months of restrictions. Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed thrown from the cabin. pened about 100 meters The line is popular with tour- near the summit of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont The Italian government an- (yards) before the final ists and locals alike to scale region, northern Italy, Sunday, May 23, 2022. nounced a commission pylon, said Walter Milan, Mottarone, which reaches Associated Press to investigate the disas- spokesman for Italy’s Al- a height of 1,491 meters NICOLE WINFIELD taintop view of some of ter, which is likely to renew pine rescue service. (4,900 feet) and overlooks Associated Press northern Italy’s most pic- questions about the qual- There was initially confu- several picturesque lakes ROME (AP) — A cable car turesque lakes plummeted ity of Italy’s transport infra- sion about the number of and the surrounding Alps of taking visitors to a moun- to the ground Sunday and structure. injured, but the rescue ser- Italy’s Piedmont region. q A7 WORLD NEWS Monday 24 May 2021 Zimbabwe’s tobacco booms, but Black growers complain of debt

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s tobacco is flourishing again. And so are the auctions where premium prices are being paid for the “golden leaf” that is exported around the world. Most of the growers are Black, a historic change from when tobacco was largely produced by white farmers. But many of the small-scale farmers com- plain they are being im- poverished by middlemen merchants who are luring them into a debt trap. Rosemary Dzodza recently traveled 200 kilometers (125 miles) to the capital, Harare, with her tobacco crop for what she hoped would be a good payday. The 60–year old farmer ended up sleeping in the open for two weeks await- ing payment. When the money eventually came, A tobacco grower waits patiently for her tobacco crop to be sold at the auction floor in Harare, Thursday, April 8, 2021. it was just a tiny fraction of Associated Press what her tobacco had ac- tually fetched at the auc- Since then tobacco pro- keting Industry Board, 96% supplied. At the heart of the problem tion. duction by Black farmers of tobacco farmers have More than 90% of tobacco is the inability of resettled “My tobacco sold for has grown. been financed under the farmers want out of con- farmers to raise their own fi- $7,000, but I am only going A few thousand white farm- contract growing scheme. tract growing, but cannot nance through banks, said home with less than $400,” ers produced the bulk of The contract system is find alternative funding, economist and analyst she said, trembling with an- the tobacco crop before hailed for reviving tobacco according to a study pub- John Robertson. ger. The rest of the money the land reform but now and cementing Zimbabwe lished last year by Tobacco “Banks fear that they will went to the merchant who the number of Black grow- as Africa’s biggest grower Control, a journal on to- be left holding a piece of had given her a loan to ers, mainly small-scale, has of the crop. But many Black bacco research. paper if a farmer fails to re- pay for fertilizer, seed, la- risen to more than 145,000. farmers say greedy mer- Close to 60% of farmers pay. They can’t touch the bor, firewood for curing, The recovery has been chants are impoverishing said they were in debt, ac- land,” said Robertson. and even household food stunning in recent years farmers. cording to the research. The government says items under a contract with Zimbabwe’s tobacco Farmers are charged high “There is no evidence to the solution lies with the growing scheme. crop estimated to be 200 interest on their loans and suggest that tobacco state-owned Land Bank In addition to repaying the million kilograms this year, many fall prey to predatory growing, in its current state, launched in April, which loan with interest, Dzodza up from 180 million kilo- contractors, said Tobacco has benefitted the (Black) would loan farmers money was obligated to sell her grams in last year. Association of Zimbabwe tobacco farmers. Tobacco for their tobacco crops at crop to the merchant, at Zimbabwe’s commercial president George Serem- farmers are largely victims, reasonable rates. Some the price he set. The mer- banks used to give loans to we. rather than beneficiaries of are skeptical, but farmers chant then sold the tobac- white farmers so they could “It’s a loss-making venture. the sector,” the report said. such as Dzodza can only co to the highest bidders at purchase inputs for their The farmer is always in debt “The model is now expen- pray for its success. the auction or to wealthier crops. But the banks pulled because as soon as they sive and needs to be re- “Otherwise I will have to re- merchants, mostly buyers out years ago because the repay the loan, they have viewed,” main in contract farming,” who will export the crop to government has not issued to take out another one. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe she said. “It’s like we are China. transferable ownership Year in and year out they governor John Mangudya chained.”q For more than 60 years, to- deeds to the Black farmers are in debt,” he said. told state media in April af- bacco was a lucrative ex- resettled on the formerly Some lose livestock — their ter complaints by farmers. port crop from which white white-owned land. only wealth — to mer- farmers profited. But after The contract growing chants after failing to re- the year 2000 when Robert scheme helped Black pay the loans due to poor Mugabe’s supporters be- farmers desperate to get in harvests, while “unethical” SOLD BY OWNER gan seizing white-owned on the tobacco bonanza. merchants are also “a Small Car Rental! Price Awg. 248.000 farms, often violently, to- It was initiated mainly by menace,” said Seremwe. bacco production plum- Chinese buyers but is now The Tobacco Industry Mar- 35 licence plates meted. The flue-cured to- so lucrative that it attracts keting Board this year re- 25 for cars and/or UTV's bacco crop dropped from dozens of Zimbabwean leased 20,000 farmers from a 1998 peak of 260 million merchants. contracts with merchants 10 for any kind of motorcycle kilograms to just 50 million According to the regulato- who tried to cheat them by kilograms in 2008. ry body, the Tobacco Mar- bloating the value of inputs For more information please contact 737.8484 After 4pm! A8 Monday 24 May 2021 local

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Henry Bengis celebrating his 100+ in Aruba EAGLE BEACH — When Hen- ry is in the office of General Manager Luigi Heredia, he entertains his audience, Lu- igi and the executive assis- tant at Costa Linda Beach Resort. The man is a char- acter. He’s been coming to Aruba since the 80’s, never missed a year, including 2020. He intends to spend the next few weeks under a beach palapa, he says, among his Aruban friends, at his home away from home. II, Henry moved to London The way he tells it, his keen- in 1942 and participated in eyed late wife, she died of over 20 strategic bombing cancer a few years ago, missions over Germany. On noticed construction going his 21st mission, in Septem- on, beachside, to the right ber 1944, his plane was hit of the Divi property, where by anti-aircraft fire, and he throughout the country, secret to vibrant, eternal ourselves, also fantastic na- q she was vacationing with performed a perfect land- and Henry claims to be youth is a healthy sense of tional health care. Henry. ing in the countryside, in their best client. humor – Henry told us he Source: Aruba Timeshare As- She dragged him in, they Belgium, where he was tak- was a retired pole dancer, sociation signed the dotted line and en prisoner with his crew, So here you have it: The when we first introduced have enjoyed the resort transported by train and together, for many years. later on foot, to a prisoners’ Henry now travels with his camp in Northern Germa- daughter – she is a great ny. He was 23. They were cook, he adds. not all bad Germans, says Henry, who reports he was Henry’s mask says it all: treated fairly by his cap- Making the world a better tors, who were interested in place since 1921. Hollywood Western movies. Yes, he was born in 1921, Then around April 1945, the which makes him a cen- guards just left, abandon- tenarian. His cap, 8th Air ing their post, signaling the Force, also tells a story, and end of the war. so does his tee-shirt praising Wicked Winnahs. Henry is Henry returned home to a obviously a New England fruitful life, raising a family, Patriot fan. watching football, travel- What’s with the cap, I ing, mostly to Aruba. asked. “I have to thank the VA, the Veteran Administration”, Unexpectedly Henry gave he says, in charge of life- us all a lesson in history. As long healthcare services a pilot in the US Air Force to eligible military veterans combat units of World War like Henry. “I am all spare parts, he banters, from tip to toe, they have operat- ed, repaired and replaced, almost every bone and sys- tem in my body, they treat me like a celebrity, and are proud I’m still around, in need of their services.” We understand they have 1,700 VA medical cen- ters and outpatient clinics A10 Monday 24 May 2021 local Aruba in the top 10 Vaxication” Destinations ORANJESTAD – According to the portal Kayak, Aruba ranked in the top 10 “Vaxication Destinations” for US trav- elers. The number 1 destination is San Jose Costa Rica and at number 10 Cairo Egypt.

Travel is back on but with restrictions. As we slowly ease back into tourist mode, we're closely tuning into where we can and can't go and the local rules of all possible destinations, which may be different from the U.S. To help narrow down our search, Kayak has rounded up the most-searched cities that are now open to vaccinated U.S. citizens. If you decide to hop a plane this summer, check them out but don't forget to pack your vax card and plenty of masks to keep everyone safe. This is certainly a positive news for our tourism. Aruba has a total of 60.000 persons vaccinated of which 40.000 re- ceived their 2nd vaccine already. The purpose of this top 10 list is to help US travelers choose a destination which has all its protocols in place and is safe to travel to and spent their vacation on without any worries. For more information go to https://www.brit.co/lifestyle/ travel/vacation-ideas-during-covid.q

Aruba is preparing to welcome Cruise Tourism

ORANJESTAD - Aruba is preparing to receive its first cruise ship in the such as the CDC’s most recent guidelines in America, where all-out month of June. It must be emphasized that the reintegration of cruise ships originate from and all conditions must be in place with regards to tourism will be a slow and gradual process. This has been said various the current situation. times before and will continue to be the case for this year, according It is something that Aruba is preparing itself for, however, we are pre- to Ronella Croes, CEO of the Aruba Tourism Authority. pared for this process to go slower than the other aspects of tourism, such as those who come via airplane. Besides the trajectory to fight The situation will likely normalize around the year 2022 and onward. the virus, which has been ongoing for quite some time, the trajectory All rules, protocols recent developments must be taken into account, in recovering our economy has also been receiving more attention.q

Successful meeting of the National Action Plan Committee and Animal Care Foundations

ORANJESTAD — The Nation- aid to help reduce stray Foundation indicated that tant to establish very good to find a permanent new al Action Plan Committee dogs is required. So far, he needed approximately communication and coop- home for these dogs. met with animal care foun- some elements in the first 1 million florins to sterilize eration between all entities, The DCU is here to enforce dations and other private phase of the PLdC include, pets. The government has foundations and govern- the law. People are being entities dealing with the for example, the manda- no money for this in the cur- ment departments in order fined and the police have stray dog issue in Aruba. tory registration of all dogs, rent situation. The limited to implement this law suc- been asked to publish the Participants were given the the establishment of rules resources available for the cessfully. According to the penalties for non-compli- opportunity to ask ques- for breeders and a propos- implementation of the Na- PLdC, all dogs must be kept ance. Authorities hope that tions about the Dog Control al to make dog sterilization tional Plan are used to deal on their owner's property. dog owners will take bet- Center (CCC) and the Dog mandatory. with irresponsible owners. Many foundations have al- ter care of their dogs. The Control Unit (DCU). Mrs. Since August 2019 they ready helped sterilize stray dog law serves not only to Irene Croes, veterinarian While sterilization of all pets have started educational dogs and are willing to as- keep dogs on the owner's and chairman of the action is a great incentive, it has programs in schools about sist with the early stages property, but also to pro- committee gave a presen- failed in the past due to the dog law. They also of the DCU, but only if the vide appropriate care for tation of the National Plan. lack of implementation. At have a Facebook page dogs are not dangerous or all dogs, as animal abuse the end of 2017, no funds "Stima Mi Mascota" to raise a threat to their neighbor- and neglect is not permit- The National Plan consists were available for the im- awareness and educate hood. Only with the con- ted by law. of three phases and the plementation of mass ster- the community on this top- sent of the entire neighbor- The capacity at the CCC is Dog Control Unit (DCU) has ilization. In 2019, an advi- ic. The old policy of not giv- hood can neutered dogs limited. Based on the gov- completed the direct ac- sory committee, and later ing unwanted pets even an remain in the area, but with ernment's current financial tion phase. Both the DCU an action committee, filed hour to be rescued remains a visible tag to avoid being situation, they urge the and the CCC are part of a petition for large foun- in the past. Now the strays taken by the DCU. It must community to do its part, the Platform Dog Ordi- dations receiving interna- are being held for days as be clear to all foundations sterilize their pets, keep nance (PLdC). First a loca- tional funding to take care per the dog law, waiting to that unwanted dogs in the them on their property and tion had to be created for of this. During the meeting find a new owner, with the neighborhood can turn to be patient. The DCU has the dogs to be placed in they petitioned to find do- help of promotion on their the residents for assistance started and is addressing custody as indicated in the nations for “Fundacion Sti- social media page Stima at the DCU. The founda- this issue step by step due PLdC, which serves to keep mami, Sterilisami” so that Mi Mascota. In addition, tion, which is responsible for to the nature of the issue. the dogs off the street. Ac- they can continue with their the CCC guides the owners placing these dogs in the The goal is to help motivate cording to the PLdC, the program. The chairman in handing over their pets neighborhoods, will ide- the community to become use of dog catchers as an of the Stimami Sterilisami at the location. It is impor- ally have the opportunity responsible pet owners.q A11 business Monday 24 May 2021 High inflation? A generation of investors has never felt it

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The cen- tral question gripping Wall Street is whether the burst of inflation hitting the econ- omy as it recovers from the pandemic is just temporary or the start of a real prob- lem. The answer threatens to crack the stock market’s incredible, record-setting run that began in March 2020. Adding to the fog of the de- bate — and the uncertain- ty that has markets churn- ing — is that more than a generation has passed on Wall Street since investors had any experience at all with high, long-lasting infla- tion. What’s clear is that the average cost of regular gasoline has jumped to $3.04 per gallon from $1.89 a year earlier. Used cars and trucks cost 21% more last month than a year be- fore. Airline fares ascended In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, file photo, a trader works the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. nearly 10%. Associated Press Many economists, as well said Rich Weiss, a 61-year- doesn’t know what it was ing up a bigger propor- periods, but returns there as the Federal Reserve, old senior portfolio man- like to live through the tion of trading volume, as can be volatile too, as evi- say not to worry about any ager at American Century trauma of price controls or waves of new investors denced by the 1970s and of this. They’re convinced Investments. He started in having to pay a mortgage jump into the stock market early 80s. these fast price gains will the industry in 1984, when with a 10% interest rate. But for the first time. That could At Columbia Threadneedle prove fleeting. If the experts inflation was finally on the he spent much of his time be adding to the market’s Investments, few fund man- are wrong, however — re- decline, but he remem- studying it while earning his overall unease and volatil- agers are looking to the member last month’s jobs bers how painful the earlier doctorate degree in eco- ity. historical record to gauge data, where economists’ years had been while he nomics. By some measures, retail in- whether long-lasting infla- predictions were wildly off was in graduate school. “Fortunately, experience vestors made up more than tion should be a big worry the mark? — it could rav- “Anybody, if they want, can be transmitted through a third of all U.S. trading vol- now, “as we’ve never re- age the economy and can go back to the num- generations of investors,” ume for stocks in the early opened an economy af- force the Fed to reverse bers and see what happens he said. part of this year, up from a ter a global pandemic,” its record-low interest rate when inflation becomes Like American Century’s quarter in the years before spokeswoman Liz Kennedy policy and trim the bond ingrained, embedded in Weiss, Jacobsen believes the pandemic. said. purchases that are boost- the fabric of the economy this rise in inflation will be One difficulty for all inves- “Many said they needed ing markets. and the markets,” he said. only “transitory,” which is tors, big and small, is that more data over a longer That possibility has led to “But it’s different if you live the word Fed officials have there is no clear playbook time period as the econ- some jagged moves in through it.” used to describe it. for navigating high infla- omy reopens to really get the stock market. The S&P The numbers show that He also talks regularly with tion. a sense for how this plays 500 slumped 2.1% in one the high-inflation era was colleagues, both retired Gold is often pitched as out,” she said. day last week after a re- painfully bumpy for stocks, and still-working, who lived protection against inflation, If that’s the case, be pre- port showed the Consumer giving some credence to through the last inflation but the biggest ETF hold- pared to experience even Price Index rose at the fast- the worries that are shak- era. Their message to him ing the metal is down 1.8% more swings in the stock est pace since 2008 in the ing Wall Street now. The so far? for 2021, as of Wednesday. market as Wall Street’s big- year through May. S&P 500 tumbled 29.7% in “They told me this is noth- Bitcoin has also been rec- gest question waits even The difficulty is that the last 1974 as inflation shot up to ing,” Jacobsen said. ommended for protection longer to be answered.q time very high, long-lasting 12.1%. But big gains were “Mainly because they against inflation, but its inflation was a serious threat interspersed through the lived through it before, and price fell sharply on the day for the economy was be- period as well, such as a they’re like, ‘4.2% inflation? of the inflation report last fore many of today’s pro- 31.5% surge in 1975. Put a 1 in front of that num- week and then tumbled fessional money managers Brian Jacobsen, a senior in- ber and then maybe I’ll further on Wednesday. were born. To have had ex- vestment strategist at Wells worry. Don’t wake me until Treasury Inflation-Protected perience in such a market, Fargo Asset Management, it’s 14.2%.’” Securities are bonds whose they need to remember was born a year after that, Regular investors logging payouts rise and fall with in- the 1970s and early 1980s, in 1976. into trading apps on their flation, but many are offer- when inflation remained Most of Jacobsen’s work- phones, though, don’t ing negative yields. stubbornly above 10%. ing life has been in an era get to lean on institutional Stocks are supposed to be “Certainly, having gone of ever-moderating infla- knowledge like that. And some of the better per- through that, it’s helpful,” tion and interest rates. He experts say they are mak- formers during inflationary facebook.com/arubatoday/ A12 Monday 24 May 2021 technology New detector finds gamma rays from surprising cosmic sources By SAM MCNEIL (AP) — Astrophysicist Cao Associated Press Zhen opens a steel hatch HAIZI MOUNTAIN, China on a windswept Tibetan

Chinese astrophysicist Cao Zhen gestures while talking about a model of the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) at the Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Associated Press Plateau and climbs down Gamma rays are a type trying to understand how a ladder into inky darkness. of extreme radiation gen- matter such as carbon, ox- His flashlight picks out a erated by the hottest and ygen and iron came to be. boat floating on a pool of brightest explosions in the Located near the 4,400-me- purified water above thou- universe, like when a large ter-tall (14,500-foot-tall) sands of glittering orbs the star implodes. Haizi Mountain, it houses size of beachballs. Those implosions also cre- separate instruments that He’s inside a $175 million ate the matter that make can study different phe- observatory that isn’t tech- up planets — and every- nomena, including cosmic nically complete but has thing that lives on them, in- rays, high energy subatom- already discovered some- cluding us. Of all the elec- ic particles that scientists thing tantalizing: bursts of tromagnetic waves in the believe come from the gamma rays from outer universe, gamma rays have same sources as gamma space that may someday the smallest wavelengths rays. Cosmic rays are like help explain how matter and the most energy. They sparks from a massive stel- is created and distributed can release more energy in lar crucible — each con- across the universe. 10 seconds than our sun in tains flecks of material from The Large High Altitude Air 10 billion years. the forging process. Shower Observatory, the The pool of purified water Gamma rays are more like biggest device of its kind, at LHAASO that Cao pad- light from a glowing hearth. has detected a dozen dled across measures the By studying both, the ob- sources of ultra high-ener- subatomic shrapnel — the servatory can learn more gy gamma rays, according “air shower” in the obser- about what generated to a study in the journal Na- vatory’s name — created them. ture, from what Cao calls when gamma rays and The Chinese observatory “many hot spots,” in our high energy particles called offers “unprecedented Milky Way galaxy. cosmic rays crash into the sensitivity,” said Avi Loeb, Gamma rays with such high Earth’s atmosphere. a Harvard University astro- energy have never been The shrapnel includes mys- physicist, that may, for ex- detected before, and the terious particles called mu- ample, help physicists tell findings suggest these rays ons that can be seen as whether if some rays come can come not just from faint blue flashes known as from inside our galaxy or dying stars, but are also Cherenkov radiation in the farther away. generated inside massive observatory’s dark water. It’s not yet complete, how- young stars. The array of 3,120 beach- ever. Cao said that by the “These results are really ball-sized globes contain end of June the instruments stunning — some of the tiny sensors that measure will be in place, includ- most exciting I have ever the radiation. ing 5,195 electromagnetic seen,” said Alan Watson, “We can trace these detectors, 1,188 muon de- an astrophysicist working gamma rays back to their tectors, and 18 Cherenkov with the Pierre Auger Ob- source in the sky,” said telescopes each the size of servatory in Argentina. Cao, dressed in blue scrubs a shipping container that Cao’s team traced 530 to keep the water clean. will study air showers in the high-energy gamma rays “We can find something sky. to 12 sources including a new.” “The outcome really justifies massive cluster of young LHAASO is one of dozens of the massive effort,” Watson stars called the Cygnus devices on Earth and in or- said of the new findings. 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David Paltiel of Yale’s School of Public Health, who championed wide- spread testing at colleges last year. facebook.com/arubatoday/ A14 Monday 24 May 2021 SCIENCE Networks rely on reboots, franchises amid streaming’s rise By DAVID BAUDER and launch a series and view- LYNN ELBER ers like to watch franchise Associated Press shows — and thus the com- Everything old is new again mercials — as they air, he on network television, and said, adding, “our bread without apology. and butter is still selling ad As the TV industry rushes into time.” the future with streaming The shows also do surpris- services, traditional broad- ingly well on streaming. casters unveiled 2021-22 There are 350-plus epi- schedules that rely heav- sodes of durable “NCIS” on ily on familiar series brands Netflix, and the show had and reboots of decades- the second-most minutes old shows. streamed in the last week There’s even a two-fer of April against such buzz- based on “CSI: Crime worthy competition as “The Scene Investigation,” the Falcon and the Winter Sol- Las Vegas-set forensics dra- dier.” ma that dazzled viewers MORE DIVERSITY when it arrived in 2000. Get The network plans reflect- ready for “CSI: Vegas,” a ed notable efforts at pro- CBS remake complete with moting diversity and social original stars William Peters- activism, in the year follow- en and Jorja Fox and, in a This image released by CBS shows William Petersen reprising his role as Gil Grissom in a scene ing the murder of George sign of diversity progress, from the new “CSI: Vegas,” the sequel to the Network’s global hit “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” Floyd and the widespread (Sonja Flemming/CBS via AP) Black actor Paula New- demonstrations afterward. Associated Press some as the lead investiga- Fox will televise “Our Kind of tor. People,” a series about up- The annual network tradi- Tuning in to some of the ners emphasized all of the dience. per-middle-class Black pro- tion of wooing potential broadcast network’s on- content available on mul- So while the rise of stream- fessionals who vacation on ad buyers with lavish New line presentations felt like tiple platforms. ing makes this feel like a Martha’s Vineyard. CBS will York City presentations of watching a phone compa- “We talk about literally look- business in transition, it’s premiere “The Activist,” a upcoming shows and their ny show off its new collec- ing at our company holisti- not entirely clear what lies reality show about people stars was reduced by COV- tion of landlines. With rotary cally, and where these ahead. looking to bring change in ID to a virtual presentation dialers! shows end up, where they WANT FRIES WITH THAT? the areas of health, educa- for the second year. It’s interesting. Maybe even seem to fit best,” said CBS The term “franchise” ap- tion and the environment. But a deeper disruption helpful. But it doesn’t re- entertainment chief Kelly plies to the fast-food in- ABC is remaking its old se- came with the announce- flect the world of today, Kahl in an interview. “That’s dustry and to TV, with ries, “The Wonder Years,” ment that Discovery and or tomorrow. Streaming the goal of what we’re try- some networks making the but this time with a Black WarnerMedia plan to undeniably draws the buzz ing to do. We’re trying to adaptable series formats it cast. It will air a limited se- merge, adding yet anoth- now — the hot programs get the best shows in front describes as a central part ries on the life of Mamie Till- er media behemoth with that get critical attention or of viewers, however they of their schedules. Mobley, whose son Emmett streaming services — Dis- awards, and the format is decide to watch.” A key producer is Dick Till was lynched in 1955 and covery+ and HBO Max — what business leaders con- Fox Entertainment CEO Wolf, whose series will fill became a civil rights icon. to the fray that began with centrate on. Charlie Collier sounded al- nine prime-time hours on Its new series “Queen” fea- Netflix. During the 1995-96 televi- most plaintive in talking to two networks this fall: The tures singers Eve and Bran- The broadcast networks sion season, 56% of people advertisers about his net- new “Law & Order: For the dy in a story about a 1990s aren’t merely on the side- watching television in the work’s shows: “These are Defense” is joining long- hip-hop act getting back lines. Most are aligned with evening were seeing the not built for subscribers, running “Law & Order: SVU” together. streaming services through live output of network affili- they’re built for you, to help and recently introduced ABC’s parent Disney Corp. their corporate owners, ates — primarily CBS, NBC, your brand.” “Law & Order: Organized is starting the Onyx Collec- such as Disney’s ABC and ABC and Fox. This year, that That’s as close as you’ll get Crime” on NBC, which al- tive, an effort at promoting Disney+, which means was down to 26%, accord- a television executive to ready airs Wolf’s three the work of diverse cre- they’re both competing ing to the Nielsen compa- saying they’re making ma- “Chicago”-set dramas, ators. And the NatGeo net- and cooperating. ny. terial to be played in be- and CBS is adding “FBI: In- work made note that it was The strategy to double- The always caustic Jimmy tween commercials. ternational” to make it a donating to a group that down on standard net- Kimmel referred to ABC as It’s a business. And while trio of his “FBI” shows. promotes Black scientists work fare comes as lavish “Disney minus.” He torpe- executives may be on their CBS is expanding its “NCIS” studying sharks. streamed shows including doed the network’s show heels, advertisers commit- family (from another pro- “We believe people want “The Crown” draw critical “Big Sky” as “the #1 new ted to some $18.6 billion in ducer) with a Hawaii-set to watch shows that give acclaim, Emmy Awards drama that no one has spending for commercials newcomer added to the voice and value to those and subscribers. But it’s ad ever heard of or seen.” last year on broadcast and franchise that includes the who’ve been left out or dollars that the networks The unveiling of a new fall cable networks after hear- original series starring Mark gone unheard,” Fox’s Col- need, and they’re uniquely schedule at CBS — for two ing their plans, even with Harmon and “NCIS: Los An- lier said at a news confer- positioned to provide the decades generally Ameri- uncertainty caused by the geles.” ence. mass audiences that justify ca’s most-watched televi- pandemic, according to “If you look at what is work- Unsurprisingly, Kimmel had them. sion network — used to be Media Dynamics, Inc. Ad ing these days on broad- a more acidic take. Here are the key take- the week’s centerpiece. spending hasn’t dropped cast television, it’s impos- “We don’t know what to do aways from this week’s an- This year it was rushed the way viewership has, sible to escape that fran- right now,” he said. “We’re nouncements by ABC, CBS, through, almost an after- since the programming is chises help you on several so desperate, we’ve had Fox and NBC. thought. Instead, CBS and still among the few oppor- levels,” said CBS executive to resort to doing the right ROUGH WATERS its Viacom corporate part- tunities to reach a large au- Kahl. A brand name helps thing.”q A15 sports Monday 24 May 2021 Harris scores 37 leads 76ers past Wizards 125-118 in Game 1

By DAN GELSTON er a 3-point barrage late in ers for 60 points in January, Simmons on the AP Sports Writer the third quarter that had and Westbrook combined bench. ... Wash- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tobi- 11,160 fans — roughly half- for just 20 points in the first ington and as Harris showed why Phila- capacity — sounding as if half but took a 62-61 lead P h i l a d e l p h i a delphia might have its own it was 20,000-plus packing into the break. played each Big 3 worthy of winning a the house. Washington advanced by other for the championship. Harris, of course, hit a ty- routing the Indiana Pacers first time in the Harris carried top-seed- ing 3, Seth Curry hit his first, to emerge from the play- postseason ed Philadelphia’s offense Danny Green buried one in round as the East’s No. 8 since 1986. when it sagged early and and Curry pounded his seed, returning to the play- scored 37 points, Joel Em- chest and talked smack af- offs after a two-year ab- biid had 30 and the 76ers ter another 3 made it 88-81. sence. The Wizards were a survived the sub.-500 Wash- The fans erupted soon af- disaster early in the season, ington Wizards in a 125-118 ter in a “Trust the Process” dealing with injuries and a Game 1 victory on Sunday. chant with Embiid at the COVID-19 outbreak. They 76ers: Game 2 is Wednesday in free-throw line, and the Six- started 0-5 and were 17-32 Dikembe Mutom- Philadelphia. ers closed the quarter with in early April. They made bo, who helped Harris scored 28 points in a 99-93 lead. the playoffs at 34-38 and lead the Sixers to the first half, making a case The Sixers hung on for their are trying to become the the 2001 NBA Finals, Philly has — with All-Stars first playoff win in two years, first team with a losing re- received a rousing ova- Embiid and Ben Simmons even as Simmons went 0 for cord to win a playoff series tion when he rang the — three big stars that could 6 from the free-throw line since the 1987 Seattle Su- ceremonial bell to start rival the superstar trio of and scored only six points. perSonics. the game. .. They went Kevin Durant-James Hard- Embiid was whistled for Washington’s must-win at- 27-5 in the regular sea- en-Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn. three fouls and the Sixers titude down the stretch son with Simmons, Curry, The Sixers needed Harris’ missed 14 of 17 3-pointers in spilled into Game 1. The Green, Harris and Embiid outburst to offset an up- the first half, leaving it up to Game 1 trend this week- in the starting lineup. ... Har- set-minded Wizards team Harris to play up to his $180 end had been heavy fa- ris joined Allen Iverson as that was within five points million contract. vorites with time off — such the only Sixers with 28-plus with 45 seconds left. Brad- Harris spent the season be- as Brooklyn against Bos- points in a half in the play- ley Beal scored 33 points lieving he was worthy of an ton — needed time to find offs since 1997. and Russell Westbrook All-Star spot and opened their legs before putting the YOU’RE THE MAN had 16 — but neither sen- some eyes with 28 points game away. The Wizards Coach Doc Rivers went to sational scorer took over on 12-of-19 shooting in the played Thursday — while each Sixer this week and in long enough stretches half. He played the half like the Sixers had a full week told him how important needed for an upset. West- he was trying to win a game off — and played every his contribution this sea- Philadelphia 76ers’ Tobias brook even stepped out of HORSE — turnarounds, minute as a team deter- son was to their success. “I Harris reacts after making a three-pointer during the of bounds with 37 seconds fallaway jumpers, pull-up mined to steal one on the thought this year, every guy second half of Game 1 of a left, cutting off a potential jumpers in the paint, and in road. needed to know what their first-round NBA basketball rally. one instance, he drove the TIP-INS value was to this team and playoff series against the Unable to create consistent length of the court before Wizards: The Wizards went how important they were, Washington Wizards, Sunday, offense outside of Harris, he hit a little floater. on 10-0 run late in the first and how important each May 23, 2021, in Philadelphia. the Sixers finally put togeth- Beal, who torched the Six- quarter with Embiid and guy’s role was,” he said.q Associated Press

Campenaerts gets 1st Grand Tour stage win, Bernal keeps lead

GORIZIA, Italy (AP) — Bel- greater purpose of chang- the peloton, more than 17 gian rider Victor Campen- ing lives with bicycles: to minutes behind. The 2019 aerts won the 15th stage of provide bicycles in Africa Tour de France champion the Giro d’Italia on Sunday for better education and maintained his lead of 1 for his first victory in a Grand better lives.” minute, 33 seconds over Tour, and Egan Bernal kept The duo had attacked from Simon Yates and is 1:51 the leader’s pink jersey af- a breakaway approaching ahead of third-place Da- ter a day that was marked the final climb, with the rain miano Caruso. by a large crash at the be- falling heavily. The stage was halted for ginning of the route. Nikias Arndt won a sprint about half an hour shortly Campenaerts, who rides for third, seven seconds be- after the start following a for Team Qhubeka Assos, hind Campenaerts. mass crash. Several riders edged out Oscar Ries- “I’ve missed an opportuni- had to get medical atten- ebeek at the end of the ty, perhaps the opportunity tion at the side of the road 147-kilometer (91-mile) of a lifetime,” Riesebeek and there were numerous route from Grado to Gorizia said. “I just made a mis- bicycle changes. that crossed into Slovenia Belgian cyclist Victor Campenaerts, right, followed by Dutch take, I don’t know if I made Emanuel Buchmann, who and covered the fourth- rider Oscar Riesebeek, celebrates as he crosses the finish line to a mistake or … of course, had hopes of a podium win the 15th stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race, from Grado category climb to Gornje he was really strong. It’s finish, was one of the rid- to Gorizia, northern Italy, Sunday, May 23, 2021. Cerovo three times. Associated Press hard after 15 days to find ers forced to retire from the “As we don’t have climb- something good about it. race because of his injuries. ers for the next few stages Campenaerts said. “Now fantastic ... We’re making At the minute I am very dis- The German cyclist was in the mountains, we de- we have three victories in an important statement appointed.” sixth overall, 2:36 behind cided to go all in today,” the Giro, which is simply as we are racing for the Bernal crossed the line in Bernal.q A16 Monday 24 May 2021 sports

Rays rally past Blue Jays 6-4 for 10th straight win By The Associated Press to send Toronto to its fifth walked on four pitches. DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Austin straight loss. Josh Fleming (4-3) got the Meadows, Manuel Margot After a leadoff walk and win, and recently acquired and Mike Brosseau drew a single, Brett Phillips hit an J.P. Feyereisen worked the consecutive bases-loaded RBI single with one out that ninth for his first save. walks with two outs in the made it 4-3. Chatwood re- YANKEES 5, WHITE SOX 4 ninth inning and the Tam- tired Randy Arozarena be- NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron pa Bay Rays rallied for their fore walking Yandy Díaz to Judge walked against Liam 10th straight win, beating load the bases. Hendriks with the bases the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 Bergen entered and loaded in the ninth inning, on Sunday. Meadows worked a nine- and the Yankees over- The Rays trailed 4-2 going pitch walk after fouling off came Aroldis Chapman's Toronto Blue Jays' Randal Grichuk celebrates his two-run into the ninth, but took ad- three 3-2 pitches, tying the first blown save on the way home run with Teoscar Hernandez during the eighth inning of a vantage of five walks by score. Margot walked on to their sixth straight win. baseball game Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Dunedin, Fla. relievers Tyler Chatwood five pitches to put Tampa Jameson Taillon com- Associated Press (0-1) and Travis Bergen Bay ahead and Brosseau pleted a historic scoreless turn through the New York rotation. But pinch-hitter Andrew Vaughn sprinted around the bases after ty- ing it at 4 with his one-out homer in the ninth. It was the first blown save by Chapman (4-0) in 12 chances this year. Clint Frazier singled off Aar- on Bummer (0-3) leading off the bottom half, and then stole second as Brett Gardner struck out. DJ Le- Mahieu was intentionally walked and Tyler Wade reached with an infield hit on a slow roller to second. Hendriks relieved to face Judge, who missed the first pitch, then took four balls for the first walk-off RBI of any kind in his big league career. New York moved a season- high nine games over .500 at 28-19. The Yankees are 23-9 since their 5-10 start. AL Central-leading Chi- cago (26-19) has lost three straight for the first time this year. BREWERS 9, REDS 4 CINCINNATI (AP) — Chris- tian Yelich hit his first homer of the season and Kolten Wong had three hits, pow- ering Milwaukee to the win. Yelich, who has been ham- pered by back trouble for much of the season, hit a solo drive in the ninth against Brad Brach. The 2018 NL MVP finished with two hits and two RBIs.q