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BY CHAD GARLAND wind — and it was raging — and blinding For the Army air crews’ efforts on Sept. President Donald Stars and Stripes smoke to rescue families who were trapped 5, Trump honored seven soldiers with Dis- Trump participates in a by the massive Creek Fire,” President Don- tinguished Flying Crosses during the event ceremony recognizing he air crews were told to turn back, ald Trump said during an awards ceremony at a hangar in McClellan Park, Calif., near the California National but they flew into the fire anyway. Monday. Sacramento. It is one of the military’s high- Guard at Sacramento McClellan Airport, in They were told not to return, but Despite the calls to abort the mission, est decorations, ranking above the Soldier’s McClellan Park, Calif., Twent twice more to rescue about 240 they “decided to continue anyway, knowing Medal. on Monday after being people trapped by wildfire at a campground The award recognizing acts of heroism they might not return,” Trump said. “They briefed on wildfires. in California’s Sierra National Forest. knew that people were in danger — great and extraordinary achievement in aerial “They flew into blazing flames, raging danger.” SEE AWARD ON PAGE 6 ANDREW HARNIK/AP

Schools plan to welcome students at Yokosuka base back to class before month’s end

BY JOSEPH DITZLER Yokosuka Naval Base on Tuesday also must test free of the virus before leaving cal appointments and grocery shopping, Stars and Stripes reported two new coronavirus patients, isolation. from March 27 until June 11. both recent arrivals to Japan who tested The population of the base, about 40 miles The base commander, Capt. Rich Jar- TOKYO — The Navy’s largest overseas positive while in quarantine. The base has southwest of central Tokyo, endured one of rett, ordered heightened restrictions again base, which reduced its coronavirus risk four active cases, down from a high of 44 the longest periods of coronavirus restric- Aug. 10 after six people tested positive. level Monday, is sending its children back on Aug. 21. tions of any U.S. installation in Japan. Its Monday, he reduced the level of risk of to base schools on Sept. 28, according to a U.S. Forces Japan requires new arrivals personnel were restricted to their homes the virus spreading from “substantial” to message Tuesday from the district school and travelers returning to Japan to spend under a “shelter-in-place” order, except for superintendent. 14 days in restricted movement. They work and essential services such as medi- SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 8 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Lawsuit challenges United on sports charters staffing Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9068 Euro costs (Sept. 16) ...... $1.16 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.22 Dollar buys (Sept. 16)...... €0.8201 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.4871 BY SHANNON MCMAHON years, respectively. list for the charters. Guillory and British pound (Sept. 16) ...... $1.26 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Sept. 16) ...... 103.00 available to customers at military banking “United has created a despi- Tesler, who are Black and Jewish, South Korean won (Sept. 16) ...... 1,151.00 The Washington Post Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the cable situation,” the women said respectively, said they discovered Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Two veteran flight attendants British pound ...... $1.2887 in the complaint, by unlawfully that the women on the list were nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3165 are suing United Airlines for enacting “procedures that are all young, white and have less purchasing British pounds in Germany), China (Yuan) ...... 6.7787 check with your local military banking discrimination, saying that the designed to ensure that young, seniority than them. The women Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.2712 facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7585 airline favors young, blond, blue- white, blond/blue-eyed, female are seeking monetary damages rates provided for reference when buying Euro ...... $1.1863/0.8430 currency. All figures are foreign currencies eyed crew members when as- employees receive positions with from United. Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7503 signing for flights that serve the the charter program.” The airline, however, says its Hungary (Forint) ...... 301.43 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4268 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, NFL, NCAA and MLB, accord- The lawsuit says more senior, chartered flights, which shuttle Japan (Yen) ...... 105.37 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) ing to a complaint filed in the Black and Jewish employees like sports teams traveling around Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3056 INTEREST RATES Superior Court of California. The Norway (Krone) ...... 9.0204 the plaintiffs are not assigned to the United States, have race and Philippines (Peso)...... 48.37 Prime rate ...... 3.25 flight attendants, Kim Guillory the flights, and that the plaintiffs age averages in line with those of Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.75 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7509 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.09 and Sharon Tesler, have worked were told by supervisors that they the crew on its standard commer- Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3605 3-month bill ...... 0.10 for United Airlines for 28 and 34 were not on the “preferred” crew cial flights. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,179.25 30-year bond ...... 1.41 WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY JENNIFER H. SVAN quently called out for not meet- regarding the move,” Spangda- Stars and Stripes ing its NATO defense spending hlem Mayor Alois Gerten said. obligations. As the Air Force in Europe KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- The Pentagon has said the re- reviews plans to move Spangda- ny — No date has been set for the alignment will move more F-16s hlem’s F-16s, it’s also preparing last remaining U.S. fighter squad- closer to the strategic Black Sea for the arrival of the first F-35s /Stars and Stripes MATTHEW KEELER ron in Germany to move to Italy, region along NATO’s southeast- in the fall of 2021 at RAF Lak- Capt. Sean Sherlock wears his new U.S. Space Force tape during his the leader of U.S. Air Forces in ern flank. enheath in the United Kingdom, commissioning ceremony at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Monday. Europe – Air Forces Africa Gen. The July announcement trig- Harrigian said. Jeffrey Harrigian said. gered alarm among Spangdahlem Trump’s plan to shrink the U.S. Six weeks after Defense Secre- families, who expressed concern mission in Germany also means Space Force welcomes tary Mark Esper announced that about how quickly they might that KC-135 tankers from the nearly 12,000 troops would leave have to move from their homes in 100th Air Refueling Wing and Germany — including the 480th the rural Eifel region of western CV-22 Ospreys operated by the handful of Air Force Fighter Squadron and the 52nd Germany. 352nd Special Operations Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, But there was still “a fair at RAF Mildenhall will not be which would go from Spangda- amount of work in front of us to transferring to Germany, Esper transfers in S. Korea hlem Air Base to Aviano Air Base understand the necessary details said in July. The U.K. base would in Italy — “details for the imple- required” to carry out the move, have closed if the aircraft had mentation are still being worked,” Harrigian said. moved. BY MATTHEW KEELER new and different service with a USAFE officials said Tuesday. Among the issues still needing But keeping Mildenhall open Stars and Stripes mission in space. As plans crystallize around the to be ironed out is whether Avi- “made sense,” said Harrigian, “It’s awesome to see how the Pentagon’s realignment plan, an- ano, which already supports two OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea “particularly given the great sup- military has changed over time, nounced in July, airmen and their F-16 squadrons, has adequate fa- port that we get there, the infra- — Three Air Force captains and to come to focus in on this area,” families will be kept informed cilities to be able to handle a third a master sergeant joined approxi- structure that we already have” he told reporters. “It’s huge to be so “they know what their future one, he said. and the need to retain operational mately 2,400 other members a part of that history. To be able looks like,” Harrigian said Mon- “We want to make sure we get it of America’s newest military flexibility at bases across Europe, to step into a new service, define day in a call with reporters. right,” Harrigian said. The move Harrigian said. service, the Space Force, at a how that service is going to fight, When Esper made the an- would take some time to put in swearing-in Monday at the Osan Air Force leaders are looking and define how that service is nouncement in July, U.S. military place, he added. to ensure assets are in the right officer’s club. going to support the overall global officials in Europe said some German officials in Spangda- Seventh Air Force commander locations, “particularly in those community is right where I want moves could begin in weeks and hlem said the Air Force, which areas where we know we’re going Lt. Gen. Scott Pleus administered to be.” that Spangdahlem’s civil engi- pledged to keep them informed the oath to Capt. Juan Correa, of to be impeding and needing to The four will continue to serve neers could be the first to go. of any new developments re- deter … Russia,” he said. Independence, Ky.; Capt. Jacob with U.S. Forces Korea; how- The plan would fulfill Presi- garding the proposed move, had Myers, of Crowley, La.; Capt. Stars and Stripes reporter Marcus ever, they will be trained, orga- dent Donald Trump’s demands been quiet since the Pentagon’s Sean Sherlock, of San Diego; and Kloeckner contributed to this report. nized and equipped by the Space to remove thousands of troops announcement. [email protected] Master Sgt. Patrick McCanless, Force. from Germany, which he has fre- “We have not heard anything Twitter: @stripesktown of Brookneal, Va. “Gentlemen, as you transition The four volunteered to trans- to the U.S. Space Force you will fer into the fledgling Space Force, be expected to support and inte- a separate military branch creat- ed within the Department of the grate with your Air Force, Army, Air Force on Dec. 21. However, Navy and Marine counterparts,” not much will change for them, Pleus said during the ceremony. duty-wise, Pleus said. “As members of the Space Force “While this is a milestone you will be responsible for ac- event, I recognize tomorrow you quiring military space systems, will come to work and sit at the maturing military doctrines same desk you did today,” he said for space power and organizing during the ceremony. “Your name Space Forces to present to com- tapes will now be blue instead of batant commands.” spice brown, and your uniform McCanless is the manager of will read U.S. Space Force.” 7th Air Force Space Operations The new Space Force mem- and has 15 years with the Air bers will report to Lt. Col. Guy Force. Epps, who will become director “It’s awesome to be a part of a of Space Forces Korea after con- team of elite space professionals,” gressional confirmation. he said. “It’s kind of cool to think that when people study Space Myers, the chief of space plans ALEX MILLER/U.S. Air Force for 7th Air Force with seven years Force history, they are going to be in the service, said after the cer- reading and studying about us.” A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron, rests on the flight line emony that he revels in the op- [email protected] at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in May 8 . USAFE-AFAFRICA commander Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian said portunity to be part of an entirely Twitter: @MattKeeler1231 Monday that moving the squadron to Aviano Air Base, Italy, could take some time. 3 more virus cases linked to American’s bar crawl in Bavaria

Associated Press the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, Bavaria’s governor, Markus So- an for prosecutors in Munich, which is reserved for members of which caters to U.S. military per- eder, called the outbreak in Gar- said Tuesday that her office had the American military, their fam- BERLIN — Authorities in southern Germany said Tuesday sonnel and at which the woman misch-Partenkirchen “a model opened a preliminary investiga- ilies and veterans, has also shut they have recorded three more worked. case of stupidity” because the tion into the woman on suspicion down completely for two weeks. cases of COVID-19 in people Anton Speer, who heads the 26-year-old had gone partying of causing bodily harm but that it The U.S. military is conducting who frequented bars visited by county administration, told re- despite having COVID-19 symp- was too early to give any details. its own investigation into the in- a 26-year-old American woman porters that authorities are still toms and awaiting a test result. “The investigation is ongoing,” cident and is recommending any suspected of flouting quarantine waiting for the results of about Soeder said Monday that “such she told The Associated Press. service members or others who rules in the Alpine resort town of 300 tests conducted on Monday recklessness must have con- The outbreak has lead to a 10 had contact with the Edelweiss Garmisch-Partenkirchen. and it was too soon to give the sequences” and suggested the p.m. curfew on bars and restau- employee to be tested for the The latest cases take the total “all-clear.” The three new cases woman, who hasn’t been named, rants and a rule that no more than coronavirus, said John Tomassi, number of recent infections emerged from 740 tests conduct- could receive a stiff fine. five people can gather in public. spokesman for the U.S. Army there to 59, including 25 staff at ed over the weekend. Andrea Mayer, a spokeswom- The Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, Europe. PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 MILITARY Report: Navy seeks more unmanned vehicles

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS and electronic warfare systems,” accord- Act. Congress did not establish a timeline Stars and Stripes ing to the report. The Navy in July awarded for reaching that goal, but the Trump ad- a $35 million contract to L3 Technologies ministration has said it wants this accom- The Navy could swap out some tradi- Inc. to develop a prototype. plished by 2028. tional ships with crewless vessels as the Staying ahead of China is one reason That “mix of platforms” previously service fast-tracks its goal of adding large behind the Navy’s request for more un- would have been made up of more tradi- unmanned vehicles to the fleet, according manned vessels. tional manned ships, but the future Navy to a recent Congressional Research Ser- “The Navy’s desire to employ these ac- could include “large unmanned surface vice report. celerated acquisition strategies can be vehicles, medium unmanned surface vehi- The Navy aims to shift toward “a more viewed as an expression of the urgency that cles and extra-large unmanned undersea distributed fleet architecture,” one with the Navy attaches to fielding large UVs for vehicles,” according to the report. fewer guided-missile cruisers and destroy- meeting future military challenges from While unmanned vessels don’t currently ers, more frigates and littoral combat ships U.S. Navy countries such as China,” the report said. count toward that 355-ship goal, includ- and “significant numbers” of large un- Washington and Beijing are at odds ing them in the tally could help ensure the An expeditionary warfare unmanned manned ships and submarines, according over China’s militarization of islands in Navy “has an adequate number of ships surface vessel sails a predetermined to the research service’s “Navy Large Un- the South China Sea. The U.S. military but is unable to properly crew, arm, oper- course during an exercise near Camp manned Surface and Undersea Vehicles” regularly patrols the region, often sending ate, and maintain those ships,” according Lejeune, N.C., in July 2019. report issued Sept. 8. warships and military aircraft on freedom- to the report. In its 2021 budget request to Congress, of-navigation operations near the islands to “Navy officials state that while the 355- the Navy asked for nearly $580 million USVs, would be about 200-300 feet long challenge territorial claims, drawing the ship goal is a priority, they want to avoid for research and development of large un- and capable of carrying various weaponry, ire of Beijing. creating a so-called hollow force,” the re- manned vessels and use accelerated acqui- “particularly anti-surface warfare and At 350 ships, China this year became the port said. sition strategies “to get them into service strike payloads, meaning principally anti- world’s largest navy, according to a Sept. The Office of Management and Budget more quickly,” according to the report. ship and land-attack missiles,” according 1 Pentagon report to Congress on Chinese has directed the Navy to ask Congress to The crewless ships will be able to “per- to the report. The Navy aims to develop military developments. The U.S. Navy had include “large unmanned UVs that oper- form missions that might otherwise be two prototypes next year, one in 2022 and approximately 293 as of early 2020. ate essentially as unmanned ships” in its assigned to manned ships and subma- procure a deployable large USV in 2023. The U.S. aims to have a f leet of “not fewer ship count once deployable, according to rines,” including hunting enemy ships and The medium USVs would be 45-190 feet than 355 battle force ships, comprised of the report. submarines. long and used initially for “intelligence, the optimal mix of platforms,” according [email protected] Large unmanned surface vessels, or surveillance and reconnaissance payloads to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos China sends two aircraft carriers to sea at same time

BY SETH ROBSON China and India have clashed in protecting crucial maritime The carriers may have some Meanwhile, U.S. warships have Stars and Stripes in recent months along the dis- transport lanes like the Strait of impact in the South and East been engaged in larger scale and puted 2,175-mile border that sep- Malacca,” he said. China Seas since those waters are more complex training in the China’s navy hit a milestone arates the world’s most populous However, Ian Chong, an associ- farther from Chinese air bases, region. this month, sending two aircraft nations. The rivals, who fought a ate professor of political science Chong added. Valiant Shield, which kicked off carriers to sea at the same time, 1962 war, have agreed not to at- at the National University of Sin- Beijing is engaged in multiple in waters near Guam on Monday according to state-controlled tack each other with firearms; gapore, thinks China’s carriers disputes with its neighbors over and ends Sept. 25, follows last media. however, there have been occa- wouldn’t be a major factor in a sea territory that encompasses month’s Rim of the Pacific exer- The Liaoning, Beijing’s first sional skirmishes along the bor- conflict over Taiwan. vast natural resources. It has cise off Hawaii, which involved carrier, and the Shandong, com- der. A June 15 brawl involving The island is well within range built up and militarized several navies from 10 nations with 22 missioned at the end of last year, clubs, stones and fists killed 20 of China’s land-based air power, small islands in the South China surface ships and one submarine. are both embarked on separate Indian troops. evidenced by multiple sorties of Sea that have become frequent The exercise includes the air- training missions, the Global Beijing considers Taiwan a Chinese military aircraft flying targets of U.S. freedom-of-navi- craft carrier USS Ronald Reagan Times newspaper reported Sept. breakaway province that must be around Taiwan in recent years, gation operations. and amphibious assault ship USS 6. reunited by the mainland. he told Stars and Stripes in an “If it is the case that the Chi- America, along with other war- The Liaoning was spotted leav- The U.S. Taiwan Relations Act nese wish to make some state- email Tuesday. ships and about 100 aircraft and ing its base and sailing in the Yel- of 1979, passed to coincide with “An aircraft carrier makes ment about power projection, this 11,000 personnel from the Navy, low Sea that weekend, according recognition of Beijing’s govern- marginal difference, especially could create some pressure on Air Force, Army and Marine to the report. The Shandong de- ment, allows arms sales to Taiwan if they carry less fuel and muni- other claimant states and possi- ployed a week earlier to exercise and calls for the U.S. to “maintain tions than land-based aircraft as bly the U.S.,” Chong said. Corps. in the Bohai Sea. the capacity” to resist any force widely reported,” he said. Deployment of the carriers Another exercise off Guam, China’s carriers will become or coercion that would jeopardize The vessels also wouldn’t likely could spur stronger responses Pacific Vanguard, began Satur- key forces in handling pres- Taiwan’s security. be very helpful in a contingency from the U.S. and China’s neigh- day and involves eight ships from sure from the United States in Two aircraft carriers could involving India, Chong said. bors, he said. the U.S., Japan, South Korea and the South China Sea and Taiwan combine with anti-ship ballistic “To have the carriers out in the “It comes down to the appetite Australia, along with more than Strait and potentially from India missiles to squeeze Taiwan and Indian Ocean leaves them quite Beijing has for escalation and 1,500 sailors, one unnamed sub- on China’s maritime routes, Bei- prevent U.S. intervention in any exposed,” he said. “They are what it believes the appetite for marine and a patrol aircraft. jing-based naval expert Li Jie conflict there, Li Jie added. unable to put pressure on India escalation of other interested ac- [email protected] told the newspaper. “They can also play a role when in the Pacific.” tors are,” he said. Twitter: @SethRobson1 Navy commander of Texas training center is fired following probe

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY about the investiga- to the Navy. Taking over at Naval Techni- Center for Security Forces has 14 training Stars and Stripes tion because “the cal Training Center Lackland is Cmdr. locations around the world that provide matter is pending Brian Carroll, the director of the Center training to more than 23,000 students each WASHINGTON — The commander of a final decision.” for Security Forces Learning Site Gulf- year, according to the Navy. naval training center in Texas was relieved “I would add that port, Miss. Arias has served on several ships, in- of command “due to loss of confidence” command leaders are Arias, a prior enlisted sailor who reached cluding the USS Cowpens and the USS following an investigation, according to held to a high stan- the rank of chief petty officer before re- John Paul Jones. He also served with Joint the Navy. dard. Their positions ceiving a commission, took command of Task Force Guantanamo detainee opera- Cmdr. Robert Arias, the commanding tions and a deployment in support of Op- officer of Naval Technical Training Center require the utmost NTTC Lackland April 4, 2018, according Lackland was relieved of command Friday in responsibility, re- to the center’s official Facebook page. eration Iraqi Freedom to Anbar province, liability and leader- The Naval Technical Training Center “where he led the intercoastal waterway by Capt. John Ferguson, the commander of Arias the Center for Security Forces, according ship, and the Navy Lackland is located on Joint Base San An- military and police transition teams,” ac- to a Navy statement. holds them accountable in cases where tonio-Lackland and it has an initial school cording to his Navy biography. He was also His removal followed an administrative they fall short of those standards,” Stock- for master-at-arms sailors training in se- the lead security assessor for Navy Instal- investigation, Cmdr. James Stockman, a man wrote. curity and law enforcement. It also has an lations Command, overseeing 72 naval in- spokesman for Naval Education and Train- Arias has been temporarily reassigned academy for corrections specialists and a stallations around the world. ing Command, wrote in an email Monday. to Naval Education and Training Com- school for military work dog handlers, ac- [email protected] Stockman could not provide more details mand located in Pensacola, Fla., according cording to the center’s official website. The Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 WAR ON TERRORISM Americans want end to Afghan War, less foreign interventions

BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN militarized fashion than it cur- increase by a by 2-to-1 margin, it Stars and Stripes rently does.” said. Even when it comes to ad- During Trump’s presidency, KABUL, Afghanistan — Amer- versaries like Iran, Americans defense spending has reached icans prefer diplomacy over would prefer diplomacy to war, historic heights, the report said. military intervention, want nego- the report said. A majority of The U.S. spends more on defense tiations with adversaries like the those surveyed want Washing- than China, India, Russia, Saudi Taliban and would rejoin inter- ton to “pressure Iran through … Arabia, France, Germany, the national agreements the country non-military means, either by United Kingdom, Japan, South has pulled out of under President reviving nuclear negotiations and Korea and Brazil combined, it Donald Trump, a new report pursuing diplomatic solutions or said. said. … pressuring Iran via economic Regardless of whether Trump Nearly 62% of Americans said sanctions,” the report said. or his Democratic rival for the they backed an agreement signed Two-thirds of respondents said presidency, Joe Biden, wins the in February between the United the U.S. should rejoin the Iran ANCY OLDBERGER/U.S. Air National Guard election in November, Americans N G States and Taliban after they nuclear deal, a 2015 six-nation are unlikely to have their wish were provided with the details, agreement that restricted Iran’s Air Force Tech. Sgt. Franklin Wetmore, of the 202nd Engineering for “a more restrained foreign the report released Monday by enriched uranium stockpiles and Installation Squadron, 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National the Eurasia Group Foundation allowed in international inspec- policy” fulfilled in the short term, Guard, was awarded the Purple Heart by Maj. Gen. Thomas Carden, found. The deal aims to bring all tors. The Trump administration it said. Adjutant General of the Georgia Department of Defense, during a U.S. troops home from the coun- argued that it didn’t go far enough “But, as time goes on and as ceremony at the Museum of Aviation outside Robins Air Force Base try by next year. It calls for the to prevent Iran from developing candidates heed public opinion to in Georgia on Sunday. Taliban to hold talks with the Af- nuclear weapons. preserve democracy at home and ghan government — which began Nearly half of those polled promote it abroad, the public’s Saturday after months of delays for the report, which is in its desire for fewer interventions — to cut ties with terrorist groups third year, thought U.S. military and expansive commitments Georgia Air National like al-Qaida, and to bar them spending should be held at cur- should become more prevalent in from using Afghanistan as a base rent levels. Those who supported Washington.” to recruit fighters and launch at- decreases to military spending Guardsman receives [email protected] tacks on the U.S. and its allies. outnumbered those favoring an Twitter: @pwwellman The report sought to under- stand what American voters want Purple Heart award the U.S. role to be in the world. The war in Afghanistan, launched BY J.P. LAWRENCE and 80 injured, Afghan officials in October 2001 after the 9/11 at- Stars and Stripes said. tacks, is America’s longest. An additional five service Last week, Central Command KABUL, Afghanistan — A members from the Republic of boss Marine Gen. Kenneth McK- Georgia Air National Guardsman Georgia, a coalition partner, were enzie said the U.S. aimed to cut received the Purple Heart for an among the wounded, but U.S. mil- troop levels in Afghanistan from injury sustained during a Taliban itary officials at the time didn’t 8,600 — roughly where they were attack on Bagram Airfield in De- disclose whether any American when Trump took office — to cember, a military statement said troops had been hurt. about 4,500 “by the late October- this week. On Bagram, the largest U.S. November time frame.” Air Force Tech. Sgt. Franklin base in Afghanistan, the bombs The number of Americans who Wetmore was hurt when an ex- shattered windows and damaged want to keep troops in Afghani- plosion shook a terminal at the buildings. stan until “all enemies have been airfield, the statement said, as Wetmore, who deployed with defeated” was down by half, from part of a daylong attack by Tal- the 202nd Engineering Installa- 30% to 15%, compared with 2019, iban suicide bombers attempting tion Squadron, 116th Air Control the report said. to storm the base. Wing, received the Purple Heart Overall, Americans “want Despite his injury, Wetmore, at a ceremony at the Museum of to decrease the number of U.S. a radio frequency transmission Aviation outside Robins Air Force troops stationed overseas and systems craftsman, provided se- Base in Houston County, Ga. reduce security commitments to curity to more than 500 person- The Georgia Air National BRIAIRA TOLBERT/U.S. Army countries in Europe, Asia and the nel who were hunkered down in Guardsman in the statement said Middle East,” it said. Soldiers from 10th Mountain Division sort testing kits for movement the terminal during the attack. he was honored to receive the They want the U.S. “to engage to forward operating base at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Friday, He held his position for about medal. with the world, but in a far less April 24. two hours as shots fired in the “I am proud to serve and al- distance before he received med- ways wanted to be deployed to the ical attention, said the statement, tip of the spear,” Wetmore said. which did not identify his injury. “But this time, the enemy’s spear The attack destroyed several got me.” New Mexico approves settlement houses outside Bagram and left [email protected] Twitter: @jplawrence3 on groundwater permit violations at least two Afghan civilians dead

Associated Press left behind by past military fire- Environment Secretary James US copter makes emergency fighting activities. Kenney said in a statement that CLOVIS — State water qual- ity officials announced Thursday The state Environment Depart- federal facilities in New Mexico landing in Syria, no injuries that they approved a settlement ment had initially fined the Air have a history of disregarding agreement with the U.S. Depart- Force almost $1.7 million for fail- state environmental laws and that Associated Press recovered, he said. ing to monitor the contaminants the Defense Department must Hundreds of U.S. troops are ment of Defense over groundwa- BEIRUT — A helicopter made discharged at Cannon and for let- comply with permitting require- ter violations at Cannon Air Force an emergency landing in north- stationed in northeastern Syria, ting its permit expire. ments to ensure protection of Base in eastern New Mexico. east Syria on Tuesday morning, working with the Kurdish-led The agreement addresses a Under the agreement, DOD will drinking water supplies on which a U.S. military spokesman said. Syrian Democratic Forces to compliance order that was issued pay the state more than $250,000 residents rely. There were no injuries. fight Islamic State militants. The over Cannon’s lack of a ground- and monitoring of contamina- The agreement does not af- Col. Wayne Marotto tweeted United States carries out patrols water discharge permit. The base tion linked to chemicals known fect the state’s pending lawsuit that the incident was not the result in the area, and over the past was also accused of not providing as per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub- against the U.S. government over of hostile activity. The helicopter months there has been friction state environmental regulators stances, or PFAS, will be part of PFAS contamination at Cannon landed safely, emergency person- with Russian troops and Syrian with information about chemicals the new permit. and Holloman air bases. nel responded and the crew was government forces. PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 MILITARY Award: California guardsmen fought abysmal odds to save hundreds

FROM FRONT PAGE paint for fire duty, Trump de- flight was presented to Chief War- scribed the crews’ harrowing 10- rant Officer 5 Joseph Rosamond, hour effort to rescue the stranded Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kipp adults and children. Goding, Chief Warrant Officer 2 As night fell, the two helicop- Brady Hlebain, Chief Warrant Of- ters’ crews could see next to ficer 2 Irvin Hernandez, Warrant nothing through miles of heavy Officer 1 Ge Xiong, Sgt. George smoke, he said, but they man- Esquivel Jr. and Sgt. Cameron aged to reach the camp and found Powell. All seven were with the them. They flew as many people California National Guard’s 40th as they could back to base, un- Combat Aviation Brigade. loaded them and returned for “These men are heroes,” Cali- more, Trump said. fornia Gov. Gavin Newsom said “Their superior said, ‘You on Twitter along with a photo of cannot do this. You cannot do it the soldiers and family members, again,’” Trump said. “They did saying the state issued proclama- it. The smoke had become even tions honoring them. more overpowering, yet they re- Trump was in California to turned a third time. We are proud meet with Newsom and other of- of them.” ficials about the fires that have After a round of applause, burned more than 3.2 million Trump thanked the soldiers, who acres there since the beginning he said flew another dangerous of the year. On Monday, some mission that saved 50 people from 16,500 firefighters were battling “absolute imminent danger” less 28 major wildfires across the than 48 hours after the Mammoth state that have left 24 dead and Pool rescue. That time, they were 4,200 structures destroyed in advised to abort the mission after the past month, said Cal Fire, the The White House being forced to turn back twice, state’s forestry and fire protec- but were successful on their third tion agency. President Donald Trump poses with two California National Guard helicopter crews he awarded the attempt. At least 12 of the 242 people Distinguished Flying Cross on Monday for their heroic rescue of about 240 adults and children trapped “To each of you: Your unyield- rescued from the Mammoth Pool by the Creek Fire near Fresno, Calif., on Sept. 5. ing determination lifts our na- Campground were hospitalized tion,” Trump said. “You’re what — two with severe injuries and week, citing the California Office volved in the rescue mission, one cy services office told the AP. makes our nation great.” 10 with moderate wounds — The of Emergency Services. A Chi- of several rescues that involved Standing in front of a Chinook [email protected] Associated Press reported last nook and a Black Hawk were in- 40th CAB aircraft, the emergen- marked with fluorescent pink Twitter: @chadgarland

‘Where is he?’ asks family of Fort Bliss soldier missing for nearly 2 months

BY ROSE L. THAYER by homicide and the case is under Patricia Halliday said she Stars and Stripes investigation. believes the Qatar deployment Wedel-Morales’s family had to coupled with measures to prevent AUSTIN, Texas — The family fight to change the deserter des- the spread of the coronavirus had of a Fort Bliss soldier who hasn’t ignation in order to bury the sol- a detrimental effect on her son’s been heard from since he left dier at a veterans cemetery. well-being and emotional state. the west Texas base in late July Patricia Halliday said her son Because of travel restrictions, is asking for the public’s help in does not telephone or post to so- he was not allowed to attend his locating him, hoping he is still cial media often, but typically brother’s wedding and had been alive. checks in every couple of weeks. mostly confined to his barracks, Shortly before Pvt. Richard Had she known he was missing, she said. Halliday disappeared, the 21- she and her husband Robert Hal- The Hallidays said the Army year-old was disciplined by his liday, who served 30 years in the seems uncaring. Patricia Halli- unit, the 32nd Army and Air Mis- Army, would have been able to day said she felt they likened her sile Defense Command, for vio- start looking for him sooner. son to “an old shoe to throw out.” lating orders, his mother Patricia “We were not given that op- Richard was adopted from Po- Halliday said she learned from portunity to work for free not land at age 5 along with his older Fort Bliss officials. He was last only for the good of Richard, but brother, joining the Halliday’s two seen at the base by other soldiers for the unit, the good of the com- daughters in the Army family. His on July 24. mand, the good of the Army and father was stationed in Germany Base officials contend Rich- for several years and Richard was PATRICIA HALLIDAY the good of the United States,” ard Halliday left Fort Bliss on she said. primarily raised in Heidelberg, his own and is a deserter, though Pvt. Richard Halliday has been missing from Fort Bliss since July 24. Fort Bliss said that they did Patricia Halliday said. The fami- the soldier’s family believes his contact the family. ly also visited relatives in Ireland disappearance could have been than 21 and traveling across the fied on-post and community law “Unit leaders made multiple quite frequently and Richard has avoided had they known he was border to Mexico, which soldiers enforcement, and called phone attempts to contact Halliday’s citizenship there. having trouble adjusting after are not authorized to do. numbers on file for him,” Payne family throughout this process Patricia Halliday homeschooled returning from a deployment to After 30 days of being AWOL, said. and are following existing Army the children and Richard decided Qatar. Halliday was labeled a deserter Throughout the Army, there regulations on soldiers who are in while they were spending extend- “We don’t want the Army to and dropped from the unit’s rolls, have been 820 AWOL cases this absent without leave and deserter ed time in Korea that he wanted look bad, but where is he?” Patri- which is an administrative step year, Army Secretary Ryan Mc- status, Payne said. to join the Army. He enlisted in cia Halliday said from her home to remove Halliday as a mem- Carthy said Friday on the televi- Patricia Halliday admitted they Korea and chose the field of air in Sarasota, Fla. She said she had ber of his unit, said Lt. Col. Allie sion news show 20/20. McCarthy frequently travel internationally, defense. only learned that her son was a de- Payne, spokeswoman for the 1st was discussing the case of Army and it is possible that Army of- Now she struggles with the serter on Aug. 28 after contacting Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Spc. Vanessa Guillen, who went ficials attempted to contact her lost opportunity of trying to help his unit. She hadn’t heard from which is located in El Paso along missing in April from Fort Hood about her son within the first day Richard before he disappeared. her son in more than a month. U.S. border with Mexico. The and was found dead more than of his disappearance, as the Army She said she is hoping for a law Richard Halliday had been a move allows the unit to replace two months later. She was killed regulation stipulates. that provides a soldier optional top performer in basic training, the missing soldier with another. by another soldier. All appropriate federal agencies paperwork to sign that waives Patricia Halliday said. But prob- For the soldier, it triggers a fed- During the search for Guillen, are now aware of the arrest war- some privacy restrictions and lems began in November after he eral arrest warrant. the remains of another Fort Hood rant and Halliday is considered grants a commander permission returned from Qatar. Since her “During the two days after Pvt. soldier were found, Pvt. Gregory a missing person, Payne said. A to contact the soldier’s family in son’s disappearance, she said she Halliday fled from his escorts on Wedel-Morales. He went missing “Be-On-The-Lookout” alert was the event that the soldier shows a has learned of the disciplinary July 24, his unit actively searched in August 2019 and was consid- sent to Fort Bliss military police, dramatic change in behavior or action taken against Richard for on post, notified all access points ered a deserter. After his body as well as base gate security and mental health. behavior that included driving to Fort Bliss, contacted emergen- was found in a field in Killeen, local law enforcement in the El [email protected] drunk when he was still younger cy rooms at local hospitals, noti- local police now believe he died Paso area. Twitter: @Rose_Lori Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY USAF chief aims to empower airmen to drive rapid change

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Brown encouraged his troop s Stars and Stripes to think differently and challenge norms, if their ideas for change WASHINGTON — Gen. Charles could improve the way the Air “CQ” Brown, the Air Force’s new Force operates. Airmen should chief of staff, committed Monday not fear repercussions for unique to driving rapid change within the ideas, he said. service, which he says is critical “Part of this is we’re always to maintaining military advan- worried about some aspect of SARAYUTH PINTHONG/U.S. Air Force tages over great-power competi- [what happens] when I get in trou- tors China and Russia. ble?” he said. “Actually, I want Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown tours the Airman Training Complex at Joint Base Brown also said the Air Force some folks to figure out when best San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, in August. Speaking during the annual Air Space and Cyber Conference must institute cultural changes to move forward and [we] … are recently, Brown encouraged leaders not to continue doing the same things they have always done. to keep pace with the improving going to actually do things a little Chinese and Russian militaries, bit differently.” both of which have developed That could become especially advanced technologies in re- important as the Air Force, and cent years, aimed at challenging the overall Defense Department, American military supremacy. is likely to face shrinking budgets To make such changes, he said he in the future, Brown said. He is aims to empower airmen at all lev- already looking at ways to stream- els to share their own ideas, and he line the service’s bureaucracy and wants to cut through the service’s make changes that would limit vast bureaucracy to focus on col- the impact of reduced funding in laboration. The changes, Brown the future. added, must start immediately. That means Air Force elements “Just like Ricky Bobby, I want should work collaboratively in- to go fast,” he said during the stead of developing ideas “in Air Force Association’s annual silos,” where information goes Air Space and Cyber Confer- unshared, Brown said. Collabo- ence, referring to the fictional ration between differing parts of NASCAR driver depicted by Will the service would likely speed up Ferrell in the comedy film “Talla- innovation, streamline processes, dega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” “My central theme as and reduce redundancy, he said. your chief of staff [is] accelerate Brown’s vision could also mean change or lose.” reorganizations in parts of the Brown’s appearance at the an- service. nual event, which is being held The general envisions moving virtually because of the corona- airmen out of some jobs consid- virus pandemic, marked his first ered less important to modern op- public comments since taking the erations and into under-resourced service’s reins Aug. 6. He used the jobs that he sees as vital to fight- platform to encourage Air Force ing a high-end conflict. He did not leaders not to continue doing the specify Monday what jobs could same things they have always be considered for such changes. done. The new chief of staff said he Commanders should be engag- expected some people in the Air ing regularly with their troops Force would probably push back and listening to their ideas, Brown on or attempt to block changes. said. Throughout his career, the But failing to make changes could general said he has often held leave the Air Force unprepared “brown bag lunches” with troops for its next fight, he said. at different levels under his com- “Folks don’t want to change mand to connect with and better once you’re in your comfort understand them. zone,” Brown said. “So, you have “The more you understand got to have a forcing function that about what folks are trying to drives that change. … If we don’t achieve, the more trust you’ll start doing things a bit faster, have,” Brown said. “That requires we’re going to be behind, and the that dialogue back and forth.” advantage we have will continue Brown said he wants leaders to erode. And that’s my concern. at the lowest-possible level with- “You know, I might not succeed in the chains of command to be in everything I’m trying to push trusted to make critical decisions. here, but it won’t be due to lack of Making those calls at lower levels trying.” means troops can move forward [email protected] quicker, he said. Twitter: @CDicksteinDC

‘ Just like Ricky Bobby, I want to go fast. My central theme as your chief of staff [is] accelerate change or lose. ’ Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. Air Force chief of staff PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Officials worldwide face death threats amid the pandemic

BY RICK NOACK closed schools. AND RUBY MELLEN Lauterbach argued in favor of The Washington Post strict measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. MIKE WALTERS/U.S. Army A top Australian public health Another key figure in Germa- officer has become the latest in a ny’s response to the pandemic, sci- A research assistant at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research studies coronavirus protein samples string of health officials around entist Christian Drosten, reported in June. The Army’s vaccine candidate may also target strains of the common cold. the world to face death threats receiving similar threats. Critics of over their responses to the novel the government’s decision to close coronavirus pandemic. schools had blamed Drosten for the Jeannette Young, the chief move, which was inline with simi- Army’s vaccine candidate also health officer in the Australian lar shutdowns that affected more state of Queensland, said the than a billion around the world, threats have taken an “enormous according to a U.N. count. targets strains of common cold toll” on her, the Australian news- The United States’ top infec- paper reported Monday. A police tious-disease expert, Anthony detail has been stationed outside BY TARA COPP AND MICHAEL WILNER Modjarrad said that they are currently testing Fauci, told CNN last month that her house. McClatchy Washington Bureau their vaccine in monkeys, and depending on the re- he had received death threats and She faced a backlash after sults, will enter into human trials toward the end of that his family was exposed to WASHINGTON — Scientists at the Walter Reed Queensland decided to close its the year. harassment. Army Institute of Research are advancing a vaccine borders with neighboring states to From preliminary research in mice, the vaccine that may be able to prevent strains of the common has generated “extremely high levels of antibodies” curb the spread of the virus, mak- Threats against health officials cold in the future. that neutralize the coronavirus, and has also demon- ing it impossible for several Aus- in the United States have pushed But their immediate concern is the imminent flu strated a strong safety profile, he said. tralian citizens to attend relatives’ some to leave their posts. season because nearly seven months since receiving Walter Reed’s researchers have also found that funerals. “They’re becoming villainized for their guidance,” Lori Tremmel their first samples of the novel coronavirus from a there is very little mutation occurring in the virus. Among critics of the move was Washington state patient, they still don’t know wheth- That means just one vaccine could work for the entire Australian Prime Minister Scott Freeman, the chief executive of the National Association of County and er catching the flu could increase the chances of get- global population — whether the COVID-19 variant Morrison, who said the country ting COVID-19. City Health Officials, told Kaiser originated in China or whether it was the one that risks “losing its humanity.” “When this virus emerged, it was sort of coming to- Health News over the summer. “In came into the United States from Europe, which is The threats against Young fol- ward the tail end of the flu season. And now we have normal times, they’re very trusted the most common type now, said Dr. Morgane Rol- lowed similar cases in other coun- both, at the same time, and we don’t know what that’s land, chief of viral genetics for the Henry M. Jack- members of their community,” tries, as public frustration over life going to look like,” said Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad, direc- son Foundation, which is supporting Walter Reed’s under the pandemic mounts. Health care workers around the tor of emerging infectious diseases at Walter Reed in research. In Germany, Karl Lauterbach, a world have also faced threats, and Maryland. “If you get sick with flu, is that going to “There’s really one strain, and that’s enough to health expert for the Social Demo- even assaults, since the coronavi- make you more susceptible of getting COVID or risk make a vaccine,” Rolland said. “In terms of vaccine cratic Party, is part of the coun- rus began to spread earlier this of it, or vice versa? We don’t know that.” purposes, the virus is not a moving target.” try’s governing coalition, said he year. In April, some Australian of- The vaccine that Modjarrad and his team are work- Rolland’s team just finished looking at the genetic received several death threats in ficials warned nurses not to wear ing on would target not just COVID-19, but also other sequences of 27,000 people who have had COVID- spring, after Germany imposed a scrubs outside of work to avoid coronavirus-related illnesses, including several vari- 19. Viruses will mutate when spreading from one shutdown on many businesses and abuse. ants of the common cold. human to another, or an animal to human, because “Most children, by age 2 or 3, have been infected of the chance that not all of the tens of thousands of with one of these common cold coronaviruses,” Mod- genomes will replicate exactly when they enter a new jarrad said. “I don’t think people are really focused host, Rolland said. Pelosi: House stays in session until aid package OK’d on trying to prevent the common cold, but that is, I What Rolland’s team found is that there were very WASHINGTON — Speaker condition of anonymity but autho- think, an important side benefit of what we are trying few mutations. They think that is because COVID-19 Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday the rized to quote her remarks. to do,” he told McClatchy in an interview. spread so rapidly that the virus didn’t have a chance While the Walter Reed vaccine candidate is cur- House will remain in session until Pelosi’s comments came as to mutate. rently focused on COVID-19, the lab has structured “At this point the vaccine would cover all the di- lawmakers deliver another round moderate Democrats signed on to the vaccine to be able to target different types of a $1.5 trillion rescue package en- versities that we are seeing in sequences that are of COVID-19 relief. coronavirus. Once they have “proof of concept” that spreading around the world,” Rolland said. dorsed by the bipartisan Problem Pelosi told her Democratic col- the vaccine is safe and effective, Modjarrad said, the Modjarrad said that individuals should not be con- Solvers Caucus, a group of about leagues on a morning conference Army lab will decide whether to pivot their efforts cerned with receiving a flu vaccine in close proximity call that “we have to stay here until 50 lawmakers who seek common to creating the “pan-coronavirus” vaccine that would to an eventual vaccine for COVID-19, and encour- we have a bill.” That’s according solutions to issues. help prevent the common cold and other potential aged all Americans to get vaccinated for the flu early to a Democratic aide speaking on From The Associated Press novel coronaviruses. in the season. Students: Masks, social distancing will be required in return to classrooms

FROM FRONT PAGE ents and students opted to return “asynchronous” assignments, parents must ensure their chil- sued a coronavirus warning ahead “moderate,” or Health Protection to classroom learning, while some meaning no interaction with dren have their own masks on the of an upcoming weekend holiday Condition-Bravo, and loosened continue in virtual classrooms. teachers, Sept. 22-24 while teach- first day of school. for locals and tourists, according some restrictions again. The Department of Defense Ed- ers train on mitigating corona- Elsewhere in Japan, the capital to a statement on the prefectural A steady decline in new cases ucation Activity has three schools virus risks and prepare their city reported 191 new coronavirus website. Respect for the Aged Day on base and in surrounding Yo- on the main installation: Sullivans classrooms, Allen wrote. cases, more than double Monday’s falls on Monday. kosuka city, along with a drop in Elementary, Yokosuka Middle Sept. 25 is a College and Career total, according to public broad- “Please don’t visit your grand- active cases and effective contact and Nile C. Kinnick High, and a Ready training day and non-in- caster NHK. Several U.S. bases parents on Respect for the Aged tracing, prompted Jarrett to lower fourth, Ikego Elementary, at the structional day, she wrote. are in or near Tokyo, which is Day,” and expose them to a risk of the risk level, base spokesman Ikego Housing Detachment. Back at school, students must off-limits to most U.S. military infection, Tamaki said. Please call Randall Baucom said in an email Remote instruction will con- wear masks, maintain social dis- personnel. them or use social media to talk to Monday. tinue for Yokosuka students until tancing “to the greatest extent On Okinawa, where the bulk of them instead, he said. Yokosu ka is a mong t he last bases Sept. 24, according to a letter to possible” and continue healthy U.S. forces are stationed, the local in Japan to move out of condition students and families from Judith hygiene practices, Allen wrote. government reported four new Stars and Stripes reporters Aya Ichihashi and Caitlin Doornbos contrib- Bravo, which is a requirement for Allen, superintendent of DODEA She said DODEA has ordered two coronavirus patients, a continuing uted to this report. classroom instruction at Defense Pacific East District. masks for each student and staff decline in cases there. [email protected] Department schools. Most par- However, students will have member as a backup supply, but Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki is- Twitter: @JosephDitzler Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Dems to probe on whether officials meddled with data Associated Press South Carolina WASHINGTON — A House COLUMBIA — South Carolina subcommittee is launching an Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette was diag- investigation into whether po- nosed with COVID-19 on Friday litical appointees have meddled and is recovering in isolation with with routine government sci- her family at home, officials said. entific data to better align with Evette had a sore throat and President Donald Trump’s public headache Thursday and was test- statements about the coronavirus ed for the virus. She has stayed pandemic, following a report that at her family’s home near Green- one such appointee claimed sci- ville since noting the symptoms, entists were trying to undermine said Brian Symmes, the spokes- KEN RITTER/AP Trump. man for Gov. Henry McMaster. Nevada health officials said Monday they expect to see a spike in positive cases of the coronavirus after The Democrat-led subcom- “She is feeling better now,“ mittee said Monday that it is re- thousands of people turned out for campaign rallies for President Donald Trump, like this one Sunday at said Symmes, adding that Evette an equipment rental assembly plant in Henderson, Nev. questing transcribed interviews plans to stay out of the public for with seven officials from the two weeks. Most of the confirmed COVID- most extracurricular activities. county only accounts for two in Centers for Disease Control and Evette’s positive test prompted 19 cases have been among people Justice suggested a new “gold” 10 state residents. Prevention and the Department McMaster and his wife to get ages 20-39 (49%) and ages 40-59 color could apply to counties that Dunn said college officials of Health and Human Services, COVID-19 tests, which both came (29%). Deaths from the disease are “only so slightly into the or- have implemented solid preven- including communications aide back negative Sunday. It was the Michael Caputo. Caputo has often are far more prevalent in ages 80 ange category,” which currently tive measures for campus, but fifth negative test since the pan- and older (51%) and ages 60-79 applies to counties with 10 to 24.9 “they need help from their stu- publicly pushed back on CDC demic began for the governor and statements about the coronavirus (38%). cases per 100,000 people. dents to act responsibly while off the third for his wife, Symmes There are also considerable ra- campus.” and said falsely in a Facebook said. video on Sunday that the CDC cial disparities. Pacific Islanders, Michigan has a “resistance unit” against Hispanic people, Native Ameri- Wisconsin Trump, according to The New Pennsylvania cans and Alaska natives are dying LANSING — A county on Mon- day ordered a two-week quar- MADISON — The University York Times. His page has since Gov. Tom Wolf’s pandemic re- from COVID-19 at the highest been made private. rates in Washington state. antine for 23 fraternities and of Wisconsin-Madison decided strictions that required people to sororities and seven large rental Monday to eliminate spring break According to a report in Polit- stay at home, placed size limits houses near Michigan State Uni- next semester in an effort to curb ico, Caputo, along with scientific North Carolina on gatherings and ordered “non- versity following a coronavirus the spread of the coronavirus. adviser Paul Alexander, pres- life-sustaining” businesses to CHARLOTTE — A county in outbreak that a local health of- The university’s Faculty Senate sured officials to alter the CDC’s shut down are unconstitutional, a North Carolina incorrectly told ficial said was turning into a voted 140-7 to erase the nine-day Morbidity and Mortality Weekly federal judge ruled Monday. The nearly 7,000 residents they had “crisis.” break from the 2021 spring cal- Reports, a long-running weekly Wolf administration said it will tested positive for the coronavi- The quarantine, which is man- endar. Officials said the move is journal that features the latest appeal the decision. rus due what officials said was a datory, means students or others designed to discourage students science-based research and data U.S. District Judge William technical glitch. living in the buildings cannot and staff from traveling long on infectious diseases. Known Stickman IV, who was appointed The messages were sent by text leave except for medical care or distances and bringing the virus as MMWR, the report has long by President Donald Trump, messages to more than 6,700 resi- necessities that cannot be deliv- that causes COVID-19 back to been a sacred government infor- sided with plaintiffs that included dents in Mecklenburg County on ered. The houses have known campus, officials said. mation resource for doctors, sci- hair salons, drive-in movie the- Friday, The Charlotte Observer cases or exposure to COVID-19. The proposal has classes start- entists and researchers tracking aters, a farmer’s market vendor, reported. More than 500 people Ingham County Heath Officer ing Jan. 25, a week later than cur- outbreaks. a horse trainer and several Re- also received a county email with Linda Vail acted two days after rently scheduled. Spring break publican officeholders in their the notice. she urged all MSU students liv- would be eliminated, but classes Nevada lawsuit against Wolf, a Democrat, The county told residents that ing locally to voluntarily self- would not be held Saturday, and his health secretary. morning the messages were a quarantine for two weeks, citing March 27, which is the beginning CARSON CITY — Nevada The Wolf administration’s pan- health officials said Monday “scam,” and that their health de- at least 342 cases among people of Passover; Friday, April 2, which demic policies have been over- partment does not notify people affiliated with the university dur- is Good Friday; or Saturday, April that they expect to see an uptick reaching, arbitrary and violated of their COVID-19 test results ing the previous 16 days. 3, the day before Easter. Classes in new coronavirus cases after citizens’ constitutional rights, through text message. She said the outbreak was being would end April 30, the same day President Donald Trump held po- Stickman wrote in his ruling. A few hours later, the county fueled by a lack of cooperation as the current calendar. litical rallies in the state over the The ruling means that current said on Twitter the messages had and compliance from some stu- weekend. restrictions can’t be enforced, ac- actually gone out due to a glitch dents at the school, which is offer- Thousands of mostly mask- Oklahoma cording to attorney Thomas W. “in the software system that has ing online-only instruction after less supporters attended Trump King III, who represented the been addressed by the software encouraging students to not live OKLAHOMA CITY — Several campaign rallies in Minden on plaintiffs. The state has been en- provider.” in dorms and instead stay home. Oklahoma House Democrats re- Saturday and Henderson on forcing a gathering limit of more People who willfully violate the quested a legal opinion Monday Sunday, held in violation of state than 25 people for events held in- West Virginia order could face six months in on Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt’s directives that cap the number doors and more than 250 people jail, a $200 fine or both. decision to spend federal corona- of people who can attend public for those held outside. CHARLESTON — West Vir- virus relief funds to send students gatherings at 50. ginia Gov. Jim Justice wants Utah to private schools. The Henderson event was Washington to amend the state’s metric for Members of the House Demo- the first rally held indoors since reopening schools a week after SALT LAKE CITY — College cratic Education Policy Group Trump spoke at an arena in SEATTLE — More than 2,000 classes reopened for face-to-face students in Utah County are driv- requested a formal opinion from Tulsa, Okla. , in June. After cases people in the state of Washington instruction in most counties. ing a rise in confirmed corona- state Attorney General Mike subsequently surged, health of- have now died due to the corona- Justice said at a press confer- virus cases in the state, health Hunter. ficials there said the rally “likely virus, according to The Washing- ence Monday that the state’s officials said Monday. Stitt faced criticism in July contributed” to the uptick. ton state Department of Health. color-coded map may need a new Utah reported 563 new cases when he announced his plan to Case investigators have yet As of Monday afternoon, category to allow counties that Monday — bringing the weekly spend $10 million from the Gov- to trace any exposures to the KUOW reported that there have have between 10 and 13 corona- average to nearly 490 per day. ernor’s Emergency Education president’s rallies in Minden or been 2,006 recorded deaths from virus cases per 100,000 residents That’s the highest it’s been since Relief Fund to allow Oklahoma Henderson. Nevada Health De- COVID-19, and 80,138 confirmed in-person classes and sports late July, state figures show. families to access $6,500 in funds partment deputy administra- cases since the pandemic began competitions. Nearly four in 10 new cases for private-school tuition. tor Julia Peek said investigators early this year. The state’s death The state’s map currently has come from Utah County and the State Rep. Andy Fugate said “will certainly be looking at the rate remains at 2.5%, which is four colors: green, yellow, orange majority are college-aged people, he believes there are questions data related to any of those events the percentage of people who die and red. The latter two levels re- said state epidemiologist Angela about the legality of the gover- and future events as well.” after getting infected. quire schools to go virtual and end Dunn in a news release. The nor’s decision. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 NATION Texas officer charged in fatal 2019 shooting HOUSTON — A Texas police Slow Sally fuels fears of flooding officer has been charged with as- sault for fatally shooting a woman after a struggle over the officer’s BY JAY REEVES at Gulfport’s marina were empty, stun gun last year, prosecutors AND STACEY PLAISANCE and many businesses had metal announced Monday. Associated Press storm shutters or plywood cover- A Harris County grand jury ing the windows. indicted Baytown Officer Juan GULFPORT, Miss. — Hurri- In Alabama, officials closed Delacruz on Monday for shooting cane Sally, a plodding storm with the causeway to Dauphin Island Pamela Turner in the parking lot winds of 85 mph, crept toward the and the commuter tunnel that of an apartment complex where northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday they both lived in May 2019. as forecasters warned of poten- runs beneath the Mobile River. An online video from Dauphin Is- Delacruz was charged with tially deadly storm surges and aggravated assault by a public flash floods with the heaviest land showed a few cars and SUVs stuck in a beachfront area, their servant, a felony. Police in the downpours dumping nearly 2 feet Houston suburb said the officer tires sunk deep into wet sand. of rain. shot Turner, 44, during an at- Forecasters said the storm’s “Short and sweet: it is going to tempted arrest after she shocked sluggish pace made it difficult rain hard — we have a chance for him with his Taser. to predict precisely where the flooding and tornadoes,” tweeted storm’s eye would make land- officials in Okaloosa County, Fla. In Adirondacks, racism fall. But they kept nudging the The storm was moving at only 2 predicted track eastward, easing mph late Tuesday morning, cen- may be a tough climb fears in New Orleans, which was tered about 110 miles south of Mo- LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Nicole once in Sally’s crosshairs. LUKAS FLIPPO, THE SUN HERALD/AP bile, Ala., and 55 miles east of the Hylton-Patterson moved to the By late morning Tuesday, hur- mouth of the Mississippi River. Adirondack Mountains to help Anthony Woods, right, and Fabian Barreto, who both serve in the ricane warnings stretched from Hurricane-force winds stretched make this vast, and overwhelm- military, secure sandbags as they prepare for heavy rain and storm east of Bay St. Louis, Miss., to Na- 45 miles from its center. ingly white, region more welcom- surge from Hurricane Sally in Gulfport, Miss., on Monday. varre, Fla., and forecasters said Forecasters expected Sally to ing to people who, like her, are Sally should reach land near the move slowly northward Tuesday, Black. Alabama-Mississippi state line flooding, he said. exits appeared to be largely with the storm’s center bypassing While the death of George by late Tuesday or early Wednes- “This is going to be historic closed. Pascagoula police tweeted the coast of southeastern Louisi- Floyd gave her mission a jolt of day. Rainfall of up to 20 inches flooding along with the historic video of rising seawater flowing urgency, the “Go Back to Africa” ana. Forecasters said the storm was forecast near the coast, with rainfall,” Stewart said. “If people across a coastal roadway. graffiti on a bridge near her home a chance the storm could also live near rivers, small streams In Gulfport, Miss., white plas- should remain a Category 1 hur- spoke to her challenges . spawn tornadoes. and creeks, they need to evacuate tic bags hung over some gas sta- ricane, with top winds of 85 mph, “I’ve lived in enough spaces in Stacy Stewart, a senior special- and go somewhere else.” tion pumps to signal they were until it comes ashore. America to tell people, ‘America ist with the National Hurricane Along the I-10 highway that out of fuel. Along a bayou that President Donald Trump is- doesn’t look like New York City, Center, said Tuesday that peo- runs parallel to the Gulf Coast extended inland from the Gulf, sued emergency declarations for it doesn’t look like L.A. and it ple should continue to take the from Louisiana to Florida, rain three shrimp boats were tied up parts of Louisiana, Mississippi doesn’t even look like Atlanta. It storm seriously since “devastat- was starting to intensify in plac- as shrimpers and others tried to and Alabama on Monday, and looks like the Adirondack Park,” ing” rainfall is expected in large es like Gautier and Pascagoula, protect their boats from waves tweeted that residents should lis- said Hylton-Patterson, who be- areas. People could drown in the Miss. Businesses along highway and storm surge. Most boat slips ten to state and local leaders. came the first director of the Ad- irondack Diversity Initiative late last year. “It is more challenging, exponentially so. But the work Louisville to pay millions Trump: ‘Don’t think science still has to get done .“ Protests follow death to Breonna Taylor’s mom, knows’ on climate concerns of knife-wielding man Associated Press getting cooler, just you watch.” LANCASTER, Pa. — A po- reform police practices Crowfoot politely pushed back lice officer fatally shot a man SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With that he wished the science agreed with a knife after his sister said the smell of California wildfires in with the president. Trump coun- she called police to get him in- BY DYLAN LOVAN and the long wait, which is now the air, President Donald Trump tered, “I don’t think science voluntarily committed, leading Associated Press six months since her daughter’s on Monday ignored the scientific knows, actually.” to street protests and vandalism death. consensus that climate change is LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The city That striking moment came on in what the mayor of the small In that time, her daughter’s playing a central role in historic Pennsylvania city of Lancaster of Louisville will pay millions to slaying — along with George West Coast infernos and renewed a day of dueling campaign events, the mother of Breonna Taylor and with Trump and Biden dramati- called a “heartbreaking day.” Floyd and others — has become his unfounded claim that failure Police posted the officer’s body reform police practices as part of a rallying cry for protesters seek- to rake forest floors and clear cally contrasting their outlooks on a lawsuit settlement months after camera video on social media, ing a reckoning on racial justice dead timber is mostly to blame. climate change — and the impact Taylor’s slaying by police thrust showing the man chasing the offi- and police reform. High-profile The fires are threatening to it has had on the record-setting the Black woman’s name to the cer down a sidewalk with a knife celebrities like Oprah Winfrey become another front in Trump’s fires ravaging the West Coast. forefront of a national reckoning before he was fatally shot. and LeBron James have called reelection bid, which is already Trump’s suggestion that the on race. Police eventually used tear gas for the officers to be charged in facing hurdles because of the planet is going to start to unex- early Monday to disperse hun- A person who has seen the Taylor’s death. pectedly cool is at odds with real- settlement told The Associated coronavirus pandemic, jobless- dreds of protesters who took to Palmer’s lawsuit accused three ity, experts say. Press it is the largest sum paid by ness and social unrest. His Dem- the streets following the shooting Louisville police officers of blind- “Maybe there is a parallel uni- the city for a police misconduct ocratic challenger, Joe Biden, death of Ricardo Munoz on Sun- ly firing into Taylor’s apartment verse where a pot on the stove day afternoon. Munoz, 27, was case. The source asked not to be in his own speech Monday said the night of the March raid, strik- with the burner turned to high diagnosed with bipolar disorder identified because the settlement the destruction and mounting ‘starts getting cooler.’ But that is and schizophrenia and hadn’t has not been announced publicly. ing Taylor several times. Taylor’s death toll across California, Or- not our universe,” said Stanford been taking his medications, his Taylor’s death sparked months boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, was egon and Washington require University climate scientist Chris sister told Lancaster Online . of protests in Louisville and calls in the apartment with her and stronger presidential leadership Field. nationwide for the officers to be fired a single shot that struck an and labeled Trump a “climate Biden, who gave his climate criminally charged. The state’s officer in the leg. Walker said arsonist.” Watchdog to review speech in Delaware on Monday, attorney general, Daniel Camer- he did not hear police announce Trump traveled to Northern Stone sentencing issues on, is investigating police actions themselves and said he thought California to be briefed by Demo- released a $2 trillion plan in July in the March 13 fatal shooting. he was guarding against an cratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and to boost investment in clean ener- WASHINGTON — The Justice The lawsuit, filed in April by intruder. other state and federal officials. gy and stop all climate-damaging Department’s internal watchdog Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, The warrant was one of five is- At one point, state Natural Re- emissions from U.S. power plants has begun reviewing the contro- alleged the police used flawed in- sued in a wide-ranging investiga- sources Agency Secretary Wade by 2035. versial handling of the sentenc- formation when they obtained a tion of a drug trafficking suspect Crowfoot urged the president to Trump visited McClellan Park, ing recommendation for Roger “no-knock” warrant to enter the who was a former boyfriend of “recognize the changing climate a former U.S. Air Force Base Stone, a longtime friend of Presi- 26-year-old woman’s apartment Taylor’s. That man, Jamarcus and what it means to our forests.” about 10 miles outside Sacramen- dent Donald Trump who was in March. Taylor was roused from Glover, was arrested at a differ- “If we ignore that science and to that is used by firefighters as convicted of lying to the House her bed before being shot several ent location about 10 miles away sort of put our head in the sand a staging area for large aircraft Intelligence Committee during times and police found no drugs from Taylor’s apartment on the and think it’s all about vegetation used in combating blazes. Most its investigation of Russian in- at her home. same evening. management, we’re not going to of the largest firefighting aircraft terference in the 2016 election, a Palmer has said she is trying The settlement includes re- succeed together protecting Cali- have not been utilized in recent Justice Department spokeswom- to be patient about the results of forms on how warrants are han- fornians,“ Crowfoot added. days due to heavy smoke limiting an said Monday . Cameron’s criminal investigation dled by police. Trump responded, “It will start visibility . From wire reports Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP W aterfront pier partly collapses, injuring 2

SEATTLE — A pier WA along Seattle’s water- front partially collapsed Sunday as crews were demolishing por- tions of it, injuring two workers. The Seattle Times reported that Pier 58, the structure supporting a park between the Seattle Aquar- ium and a ferris wheel, gave way roughly a month after officials discovered it had moved several inches away from the land. Five workers were on the pier when it began to give way, said Marshall Foster, director of the city of Seattle’s Office of the Wa- terfront. A monitoring system triggered alarms and the work- ers evacuated, but not before two men fell into the water. Both were rescued by on-site safety staff. The Seattle Fire Department transported the two injured work- ers to Harborview Medical Cen- ter in stable condition. No other injuries were reported. Police gun fires in diner by accident, injures 2

CAMDEN — An up- NY state New York po- lice deputy’s gun accidentally discharged in a restaurant and injured two people Saturday, ac- cording to state police. The gun discharged Saturday CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP evening at the Grape and Grog restaurant in Camden, about 20 miles northeast of Syracuse. Take me home, country road State police said an off-duty Otsego County deputy’s handgun A man rides a bicycle along a country road Saturday near Emmet, Kan. went off while he was seated at a table. The bullet went through the vandals cut a path about 800 feet THE CENSUS Norfolk. bottom of his pants, ricocheted off long and 8 to 14 feet wide in the The pursuit continued through the floor and struck a 38-year-old shape of a line and a circle. The approximate amount of money a lock of streets in Chesapeake, Virginia woman and a 10-year-old girl. The warden service has not Abraham Lincoln’s hair and a bloodstained tele- Beach and Norfolk before the ve- The woman suffered a minor identified any suspects, and it gram about his 1865 assassination were sold for hicle reentered I-64 West. Once on injury to her right foot, and the is looking for people who might $81K at an auction. No information about the buyer was the interstate, the vehicle struck a girl was treated for a laceration have information about the de- disclosed. The roughly 2-inch-long lock of hair was police vehicle, causing the Cara- to her right thigh and elbow. Both struction. The fields were full of removed during Lincoln’s post-mortem examina- van to spin out of control. were treated at the scene. harvest-ready corn, the Bangor tion after he was fatally shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., by John Wilkes A 14-year-old male driver was Daily News reported. The act was Booth. It was presented to Dr. Lyman Beecher Todd, a Kentucky postmaster and taken into custody, along with five Transit app shows how discovered on Saturday. a cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln, the 16th president’s widow. other juveniles who were passen- many on bus or train gers in the vehicle. Off-duty lifeguards save NEWARK — NJ Transit teen from drowning record in the state with a buck blunt force injuries when she col- Officer hurt after man on Monday announced a NJ she killed this month. lided with a boat propeller. crashes into patrol car pilot program for its mobile app POTOMAC — A 17- Paslie Werth shot a 40-point Since 1991, the center’s team that allows passengers preparing MD year-old boy tried to whitetail buck while she was has treated 454 of the protected RALEIGH — A North to board to see how many other swim across the Potomac River hunting on family property in sea cows with 267 of its patients Carolina police officer passengers are riding their bus from Virginia to Maryland on Kiowa County with her father. reintroduced into the state’s NC was injured after an impaired or train. Sunday night and almost drowned The deer unofficially measured waters. driver crashed into his patrol car, Green, yellow and red color- until two off-duty lifeguards 282 6/8 inches, which would top Whether the manatee from coded icons will indicate light, saved his life, authorities said. the existing record of 280 4/8 Fort Myers will ever join that authorities said. medium or heavy ridership, re- Montgomery County authori- inches set in 1987. number is an big question. When A Raleigh police officer was spectively, the agency said. ties said the two lifeguards per- Before the record can become she arrived, staff didn’t even give responding to two car crashes The ridership information is formed CPR on the teen and had official, the rack of antlers on the a her name. Friday night on an Interstate 87 collected on buses by automated him breathing again before emer- deer Werth shot must dry for 60 ramp when a work van crashed onboard passenger counting gency officials arrived, news out- days. Boy, 14, leads police on into the patrol car, news outlets technology. lets reported. Werth said she had seen the reported. Handheld devices used to scan County Fire and Rescue spokes- deer before in trail camera photo- early high-speed chase The officer was inside his tickets will provide passengers man Pete Piringer said the teen graphs on the family-owned land, vehicle and the patrol lights with ridership data on Raritan started on the Sandy Landing but it was impressive to see it in CHESAPEAKE — A were flashing when the crash Valley, Atlantic City and Morris side in Virginia, but about half- person. VA 14-year-old boy led po- happened. & Essex Lines trains. way through, the current pulled lice on a pre-dawn, high-speed The work van slammed into the him under. Manatee struck by boat chase in a stolen vehicle, Virginia police car from behind, travel- Cornfield vandals wreak Piringer said the teen’s friends state police said. ing at about 50 mph, authorities attempted to help him, but the is treated in zoo facility Police said that a state trooper said. The van knocked the police patrolling Interstate 64 East in destruction on farm lifeguards jumped into action vehicle into the guardrail, which FORT MYERS — A fe- Chesapeake saw a 2016 Dodge when they saw the commotion caused it to spin around, authori- LEEDS — The Maine male manatee is fight- Caravan which passed his marked from the Maryland side. FL ties continued. Warden Service is ing to live in ZooTampa at Lowry vehicle just before 3:15 a.m. Sun- ME The driver of the van fled on looking for vandals who destroyed Park after being rescued near day. The driver was going 114 acres of cornfields by apparently Deer shot by teen may Fort Myers Beach. mph in a 55 mph zone, police said foot but was later apprehended. driving through them. set state size record The sea cow was rescued Sat- in a news release. Emmanuel Eduardo Najera- The service said the vandal- urday. Florida Fish and Wildlife The trooper attempted to make Pereira, 28, faces several charges ism occurred at Barker Farm in KIOWA COUNTY — A Conservation Commission biolo- a traffic stop, but the driver re- including felony hit and run and Leeds, about 50 miles north of KS 14-year-old Kansas girl gist Denise Boyd told the News- fused to stop, police said. The ve- drug possession. Portland, on Friday night. The may have set a new deer hunting Press that the manatee suffered hicle had been reported stolen in From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 NATION Wis. court rejects Green bid for ballot access MADISON, Wis. — The Wis- S.D. attorney general consin Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Green Party presi- dential candidate’s request to be added to the state ballot, ruling that it came too late for any relief “that would not cause confusion involved in fatal crash and undue damage” just seven weeks before the election. The 4-3 ruling blocks a third- Ravnsborg thought he hit deer; found body day after crash party candidacy that Democrats had feared could hurt Joe Biden BY STEPHEN GROVES It is standard practice to request an outside in this narrowly divided battle- Associated Press agency to conduct an investigation when there ground state. It also clears the may be a conflict of interest. way for local clerks to resume SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota At- In a statement Monday, Ravnsborg said he mailing absentee ballots to more torney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a was driving from a Republican fundraiser in than 1 million voters who have al- statement late Monday that he realized he had Redfield to his home 110 miles away when his ready requested one. struck and killed a man walking along a rural vehicle hit something he believed was a large Election officials had warned stretch of highway only after returning to the animal. Ravnsborg said he called 911 and DIRK LAMMERS/AP of significant delay and chaos had scene the next day and discovering the body. the court ordered Howie Hawkins looked around his vehicle in the dark using a South Dakota Attorney General Jason The state’s top law enforcement officer said added to the ballot. cellphone flashlight. He said all he could see Ravnsborg, shown in 2014, reported hitting he initially thought he hit a deer while driving were pieces of his vehicle. a deer with his car but actually killed a home from a Republican fundraiser Saturday After Hyde County Sheriff Mike Volek ar- pedestrian , state investigators said Monday. Daimler to pay $1.5B to night. He is under investigation by the South rived, the two men surveyed the damage and settle emissions probes Dakota Highway Patrol. filled out paperwork for his car to be repaired, 22 hours to allow them to identify Boever’s WASHINGTON — Automaker Ravnsborg said he immediately called 911 the attorney general said. body. after the crash on U.S. Highway 14 and that Daimler AG and subsidiary Mer- “At no time did either of us suspect that Boever had crashed his truck into a hay bale he didn’t realize he had hit a man until he cedes-Benz USA have agreed to I had been in an accident with a person,” near the road on Saturday evening, according returned to the scene the next morning and Ravnsborg said. pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. govern- to his cousin Victor Nemec. found him while looking for the animal he With his car wrecked, Ravnsborg said he ment and California state regula- tors to resolve emissions cheating thought he had hit. borrowed the sheriff’s personal car to return When Boever’s cousins couldn’t find him at allegations, officials said Monday. Authorities identified the dead man as Jo- to his home in Pierre. The next morning, he his home Sunday and saw an accident being The U.S. Department of Justice, seph Boever, 55, who had crashed his truck in investigated near where Boever had left his and chief of staff Tim Bormann drove back to Environmental Protection Agency that area earlier, according to relatives, and truck, they grew fearful that he was involved. return the sheriff’s car. and the California attorney gen- was apparently walking toward it near the They stopped at the spot of the accident, Nemec said he contacted the sheriff around 10 eral’s office say Daimler violated road when he was hit. where Ravnsborg said he discovered Boever’s a.m. and was told to wait. As the hours ticked environmental laws by using so- Republican Gov. Kristi Noem revealed Sun- body just off the shoulder of the road. on, they grew more suspicious and called 911 called “defeat device software” to day that Ravnsborg had been involved in a Ravnsborg said he drove to Volek’s house and the Highway Patrol after 5 p.m. They circumvent emissions testing and fatal crash and asked the Department of Pub- and reported the dead body. They both re- were allowed to identify his body after 8 p.m. sold about 250,000 cars and vans lic Safety to investigate, but neither she nor turned to the accident scene, where Volek said on Sunday. in the U.S. with diesel engines the agency provided any details at that point. he would handle the investigation and asked that didn’t comply with state and Ravnsborg has received six traffic tickets The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal In- Ravnborg to return to Pierre, according to federal laws. vestigation is also participating in the investi- Ravnsborg’s statement. for speeding in South Dakota over the last six The settlement will also re- gation. The South Dakota Division of Criminal Boever’s family said Monday they felt frus- years. He also received tickets for a seat belt quire Daimler to fix the vehicles, Investigation, which would normally be in- trated with and suspicious about the investiga- violation and for driving a vehicle without a officials said. In addition, the volved, is part of the attorney general’s office. tion, especially after investigators took nearly proper exhaust and muffler system. company will pay $700 million to settle U.S. consumer lawsuits. US halts imports from Shouts, alarms heard before ship overturned off Ga. China’s Uighur region WASHINGTON — Four com- Associated Press the Port of Brunswick on Sept. 8, commotion begins, a voice says: is not allowed to attend in person. panies and a manufacturing fa- 2019. The ship, with its cargo still “We’re on our side over here.” Instead, the hearings are being cility in northwestern China were SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sailors inside, remains stuck at the edge After what sound like futile ef- streamed live online. blocked Monday from shipping shouted above blaring alarms their products to the U.S. be- of the shipping channel off St. Si- forts to right the ship, a voice asks Planned witnesses include the and other loud noises for several cause of their suspected reliance mons Island, about 70 miles south if all watertight doors and com- Golden Ray’s captain, the Geor- minutes as the cargo ship Golden on forced labor from people de- Ray listed to one side and finally of Savannah. partments have been sealed. gia-based harbor pilot in charge tained as part of a massive cam- overturned a year ago along the The audio accompanied an It’s unclear from the recording of steering the ship when it cap- paign against ethnic minorities in coast of Georgia, according to an animation that followed the ship’s what caused the Golden Ray to sized, and an executive of Hyun- the region. audio recording played Monday course based on data from the capsize. dai Glovis, the shipping company U.S. Customs and Border Pro- during a government hearing on black box recorder. It appeared Capt. Blake Welborn, the Coast that owns the vessel. tection issued orders freezing the shipwreck. to show the Golden Ray entering Guard officer presiding over the It could take another year imports from companies in the The recording from the ship’s a turn to its starboard side when hearings, said Monday that in- before investigators publish a Xinjiang region of northwestern black box was among the first the chaos broke out. vestigators found no evidence report of their findings, with rec- China, where authorities have de- pieces of evidence U.S. Coast “Whoa!” says a man’s voice of failures in the vessel’s safety ommendations aimed at improv- tained more than 1 million people Guard investigators presented on less than a minute into the turn. equipment, communications ing safety. in detention camps. the opening day of public hear- Another man soon asks: “What’s equipment or machinery that Separate from the investiga- The treatment of people in Xin- ings expected to last more than a going on captain?” contributed to the wreck. tion, a multiagency command has jiang has become a source of fric- week. A series of loud, crashing nois- The Coast Guard has blocked spent the past year making plans tion between the U.S. and China The South Korean-owned Gold- es erupt, followed soon by alarms. out more than a week to hear tes- to carve the ship into eight giant amid broader tensions over trade en Ray capsized with more than Sailors can be heard shouting timony in the port city of Bruns- chunks to be hauled away by and the response to the coronavi- 4,200 automobiles in its cargo “Hard port!” and “Stand by an- wick. As a precaution against barges. Officials hope to begin the rus outbreak. decks shortly after departing chor!” About a minute after the coronavirus infections, the public first cut sometime in October. From The Associated Press Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Venezuela: Suspected US spy charged in alleged plot

Associated Press Venezuela’s Chief Prosecutor a grenade launcher, plastic explo- tive in Iraq. capital of Caracas. Tarek William Saab said on state sives, a satellite phone and a bag Heath has been charged with Venezuela also struggles to CARACAS, Venezuela — Ven- television. of U.S. dollars. terrorism, trafficking illegal provide electricity to residents, ezuela’s chief prosecutor on Mon- The office gave the U.S. sus- “Everything here could qualify weapons and conspiracy, authori- especially in Zulia state, once a day said a U.S. citizen recently pect’s name as Matthew John as a lethal weapon designed to ties said. major hub of the nation’s vast oil arrested in the country as a sus- Heath. cause harm and to promote assas- U.S. authorities have not com- production. pected spy has been charged in Authorities said cellphones sinations, crimes against the peo- mented on the case. The Associ- Heath is accused of targeting an alleged terrorist plot to sabo- taken from the men when they ple of Venezuela,” said Saab, who ated Press was unable to make the Amuay and Cardon refineries tage oil refineries and electrical were arrested last week include also accused the man of planning immediate contact with Heath, — part of the massive Paraguana service in order to stir unrest. images of suspected targets, in- to open a drug trafficking route an attorney or a relative repre- Refinery Complex on Venezuela’s The man, alleged to have CIA cluding a large bridge in Zulia through Venezuela. senting him . northern Caribbean coast. ties, had help from three Venezu- state, military installations and President Nicolas Maduro an- The arrest surfaced as this na- However, the refineries have elan conspirators, who were ar- dilapidated oil refineries in Fal- nounced on Friday that an un- tion, once wealthy from oil, has ceased producing gasoline, and rested with him last week near con state. The prosecutor showed named suspected U.S. spy had been gripped by a deep gasoline Venezuela depends on shipments a pair of oil refineries on the pictures of equipment allegedly been captured, saying he was a shortage that has sparked mile- from Iran, despite having the country’s north Caribbean coast, seized from the group, including Marine and former CIA opera- long lines to fuel up, even in the world’s largest oil reserves. World Trade Organization: US tariffs on China are illegal

Associated Press allies and rivals alike. Trump has repeat- short term, because the U.S. can appeal “This panel report confirms what the edly claimed that the WTO treats the U.S. the decision and the WTO’s appeals court Trump administration has been saying GENEVA — A World Trade Organiza- tion panel ruled Tuesday that Trump ad- unfairly. is currently no longer functioning — large- for four years: The WTO is completely ministration tariffs on $200 billion worth In its decision, the WTO’s dispute settle- ly because of Washington’s single-handed inadequate to stop China’s harmful tech- of Chinese goods are illegal, vindicating ment body ruled against the U.S. govern- refusal to accept new members for it. nology practices,” said U.S. trade repre- Beijing even if the United States has all but ment’s argument that China has wrongly The appeals court issues final rulings in sentative Robert Lighthizer in a statement. incapacitated the WTO’s ability to hand engaged in practices harmful to U.S. inter- trade cases and stopped functioning last He said the U.S. had presented “extensive down a final, binding verdict. ests on issues including intellectual prop- year when the terms of two of its last three evidence” of China’s intellectual property The decision marks the first time that erty theft and technology transfer. judges expired with no replacements. That theft and the WTO has offered no fixes for the Geneva-based trade body has ruled The ruling, in theory, would allow China means the United States can appeal the de- it. against a series of high-profile tariffs that to impose retaliatory tariffs on billions’ cision “into the void,” said Timothy Keeler, The Chinese ministry of commerce said President Donald Trump’s government worth of U.S. goods. But it is unlikely to a lawyer at Mayer Brown and former chief the ruling was “objective and fair” and has imposed on a number of countries — have much practical impact, at least in the of staff for the U.S. Trade Representative. called on the U.S. to respect it. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 FACES

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Associated Press album coming out Friday. “More Family Time” also includes ap- Here’s a collection curated by pearances from Tom Morello, The Associated Press’ entertain- Angelique Kidjo, Ben Harper ment journalists of what’s arriv- and Lisa Loeb as well as Ziggy’s ing on TV, streaming services younger brother, Stephen Mar- and music platforms this week. ley; his children, Judah, Gideon, Barrymore takes on new challenge: talk show host Abraham and Isaiah; and his Movies puppy, Romeo. A portion of the CBS Television is banking on the fact that, in the “All In: The Fight for Democ- proceeds from “More Family BY EMILY YAHR Time” will assist Ziggy Marley’s ultracompetitive world of daytime TV that boasts racy”: Directors Liz Garbus and The Washington Post U.R.G.E. Foundation. names such as Kelly Clarkson, Tamron Hall, Ra- Lisa Cortes document a timely Postponed from April because on’t worry: Drew Barrymore is well chael Ray and more, viewers will have a personal subject, voter suppression, in this of the coronavirus pandemic, the aware that right now is not the ideal time connection to Barrymore. film premiering Friday on Ama- 55th Academy of Country Music to launch a new daytime talk show. While daytime host Ellen DeGeneres just faced zon Prime. The film, the latest Awards will finally air Wednes- D “I had a very different vision and per- controversy when reports emerged that she is less in a rush of pre-election docu- day on CBS. The event usually ception of what we wanted to accomplish with this, kind than she appears to be on her show, Barry- mentaries on the U.S. voting sys- held in Las Vegas will now take and it certainly did not take place from my home,” more would never encounter any surprise about tem, boasts an inside view of the place in Nashville, with country Barrymore said in a behind-the-scenes YouTube her real-life persona — everyone already knows policies and manipulations that stars performing from the Grand series about the launch of “The Drew Barrymore everything about her. Or at least, they feel they do, can impede voting rights. Stacey Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium Show,” which premiered Monday. as they read all about her troubled younger days Abrams, the former Democratic and the Bluebird Cafe. Keith She described endless Zoom meetings with her when she went to rehab as a teenager. candidate for governor of Geor- Urban, who is releasing a new staff as they tried to figure out how to make an en- “[When] you’re on the cover of the National En- gia, is a producer. Abrams has album Friday, will host the show. ergetic talk show that no one will be able to attend quirer at 13 years old for being institutionalized, said her rival in 2018, the Repub- — AP Music Editor for the foreseeable future. Her goal is to stay op- there’s not much people can throw your way ... lican Brian Kemp, was elected in timistic. “You’d think that that would be so de-in- Mesfin Fekadu and there’s really no secrets to be revealed,” Bar- part through voter suppression. centivizing or such a bummer. It is not! It’s what is rymore said dryly on the conference call. “I don’t “The Devil All the Time”: An- happening, and you deal with what is happening.” really know how to expose myself any more as a tonio Campos’ Appalachian noir, Television Although it was initially unclear whether the human being. I struggle, I fail, and I think one of premiering Wednesday on Net- syndicated series would debut as scheduled, Bar- “Tosh.0” began its 12th and the most important things I want to teach my own rymore’s team made it happen. Monday’s debut flix, features an enviable cast final season Tuesday on Com- kids and myself as I grow with them is that change featured Barrymore hosting her “Charlie’s An- including Tom Holland, Robert edy Central, with host Daniel gels” co-stars Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu, along is so important, change in the world, change in Pattinson, Riley Keough and Bill Tosh taking his last shots at viral with a cameo from longtime pal Adam Sandler. yourself. I am a self-examiner and I’ve never pre- Skarsgard. An adaptation of Don- videos and pop culture’s highs Instead of an in-person audience, members of tended to be anyone I’m not.” ald Ray Pollack’s 2011 novel, it’s a and lows. The series had been a virtual crowd were beamed in via Zoom and “The Drew Barrymore Show” will have some of sweaty Southern Gothic melodra- renewed, but the channel’s deci- projected on a large display behind Barrymore. the hallmarks of daytime TV: lifestyle segments, ma thick in post-war atmosphere sion to move toward a more ani- Guests who live on the West Coast have the option feel-good human interest stories, celebrity inter- and stuffed to the gills with color- mation-heavy lineup apparently to appear via green-screen and sit across from the views. But Barrymore wants to put some twists on ful characters. doomed it. The series, which in- host, hologram-style. the tropes, such as anchoring a “Drew’s News” desk “Invisible Man”: Opening back cludes sketches and parodies, will So it’s not exactly what Barrymore envisioned, to talk about a variety of topics, or using wordplay in February, Leigh Whannell’s wrap its run on the cable channel but as she has made very clear in her recent press — and cute animals — when people need to “plug” Blumhouse thriller “Invisible with 10 episodes. tour, hosting a talk show is one of her dreams. their projects by making them hold a pug dog while Man” had a few weeks in theaters TV, our safe harbor during the She’s done TV, she’s done movies, both in front they do so. She also wants to “try and bring a little before the pandemic sent it to on- pandemic, celebrates itself with of and behind the camera — and now she wants a late-night” to morning TV and provide humor. The demand — but it still racked up Sunday’s Emmy Awards. Jimmy new challenge. As someone who grew up on cam- thinking is that those shows make people laugh enough at the box office to count Kimmel hosts the virtual cere- era (she filmed her first commercial at 11 months before they fall asleep, but Barrymore feels you as one of this very odd year’s big- mony on ABC that will give nomi- old before 1982’s “E.T.” made her a superstar at should be able to start the day that way, too. gest hits. Elisabeth Moss is sen- nees the chance to win or lose age 7), she feels especially well-equipped to make “My own personal ‘lack of ending up in a strait- sational as a traumatized woman from the comfort of their home. conversation with anyone. jacket’ is comedy,” Barrymore said. “I need com- haunted by a violent ex. It lands Among the leading contenders “Here is what I get to do in my real life that isn’t edy, comedy is medicine ... I am an imperfect, on HBO and HBO Max on Satur- are “Watchmen,” “Succession” about the making of these films and the telling of messy, silly person who’s desperate to figure it out day at 8 p.m. and “Schitt’s Creek.” these stories,” Barrymore, 45, said on a Zoom con- and not get to the end of my life not having worked — AP Film Writer Jake Coyle Kim Cattrall is at the center of ference call with reporters last week. “It’s about really hard on myself. But I cannot be heavy about Fox’s “Filthy Rich,” a prime-time connecting with people.” it. I refuse to be.” Music soap opera loaded with money and betrayal that debuts Sept. 21. The “The Drew Barrymore Show” premiered Monday with a star-studded “Charlie’s Angels” reunion. Piano-playing pop star Alicia premise: a Southern patriarch CBS Television Distribution Keys is putting out her seventh (Gerald McRaney) and head of album on Friday. Titled “ALI- a popular Christian TV network CIA,” the 15-track set is her first dies in a plane crash, which proves album in four years and comes only shock No. 1 for his wife (Cat- Perfume brand replaces Star Wars actor Boyega in China campaign months after she published her trall) and offspring. Turns out revealing memoir, “More Myself: dad had three children outside Black actor John Boyega has stepped down from owned by Estee Lauder, has said that substituting A Journey.” The album features of marriage, and they threaten his role as a global ambassador for perfume brand Chinese star Liu Haoran in the ad campaign was a several guest stars, including both the wealth and reputation of Jo Malone after the company decided to hire a misstep. It has removed the ad and apologized. Jill Scott, Miguel, Khalid, Snoh the infuriated family. The series Chinese actor to replace him in an ad he created. The original ad starring Boyega, 28, aired last Aalegra, Sampha, Diamond Plat- from writer-director Tate Taylor The Star Wars star wrote on Twitter Tuesday year and was called “The London Gent.” It fea- numz and Ed Sheeran, who co- (“The Help”) was intended to air that the brand’s decision to “replace my campaign tures the London-born actor walking around the wrote the single “Underdog.” last spring but was held to bolster in China by using my concepts and substituting a neighborhood where he grew up and riding a horse Sheryl Crow, Busta Rhymes, Fox’s fall schedule amid pandem- local brand ambassador for me, without either my in a park, and it makes reference to his Nigerian Alanis Morissette and Jamie Lee ic-caused production delays. consent or prior notice, was wrong.” heritage in a scene featuring West African attire. Curtis are some of the eclectic — AP Television Writer Jo Malone, an upscale British perfume brand The Associated Press guests on Ziggy Marley’s new Lynn Elber Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Dems may force me to vote for Trump Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY DANIELLE PLETKA both houses — almost certainly ensured or that the candidate’s history is very pro- Special to The Washington Post by a Biden victory in November — would Israel, but as president would he be strong begin an assault on the institutions of gov- enough to stand up to the new Democratic EDITORIAL n 2016, I never considered voting for ernment that preserve the nation’s small Party’s less-than-ardent support for the Terry Leonard, Editor Donald Trump. The Johnny-come- “d” democracy. That could include the Jewish state? [email protected] lately Republican and his nasty abolition of the filibuster, creating an ex- Are there problems on the right — hor- schoolyard jibes seemed to me the Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor I ecutive-legislative monolith of unlimited rible nasties on a par with the violent pro- worst degradation of American politics. [email protected] political power; an increase in the number testers who have lately inflicted untold But in 2020, I may be forced to vote for the of Supreme Court seats to ensure a lib- damage on many U.S. cities, businesses Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content man. eral supermajority; passage of devastat- and lives? You bet. These execrable gun- [email protected] Hear me out. ing economic measures such as the Green toting racists have received too much tacit I don’t need a bumper sticker or a lawn New Deal; nationalized health care; the encouragement from Trump. But they do Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation sign to convey my distaste for Trump — [email protected] dismantling of U.S. borders and the intro- not represent the mainstream of the Re- his odious tweets, his chronic mendacity duction of socialist-inspired measures that publican Party or guide the choices of the Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital and general crudeness. Over the past four will wreck an economy still recovering vast mass of Republican members of Con- [email protected] years, like an oil slick that besmirches all from the pandemic lockdown. gress. A year ago, I thought the Democratic it touches, Trump himself has managed I fear the grip of Manhattan-San Fran- Party was similarly insulated from the ex- to obscure his administration’s more-sub- cisco progressive mores that increasingly treme left. But I don’t anymore, not when BUREAU STAFF stantive accomplishments, such as focus- permeate my daily newspapers, my chil- so much of the party’s thinking is driven ing the world’s attention on China’s threat Europe/Mideast dren’s curriculums and my local govern- by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Eliza- to global security and brokering a new era Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief ment. I fear the virtue-signaling bullies beth Warren, D-Mass., and Reps. Alexan- [email protected] of Middle East peace. dria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 I fear Trump’s erratic, personality- who increasingly try to dominate or silence Tlaib, D-Mich. — all of whom were once driven decision-making. His contempt for public discourse — and encourage my chil- Pacific on the fringes. NATO is alarming, as is his delusion that dren to think that their being white is in- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief With Trump, I know what I am get- he can manage rogue leaders. I don’t doubt trinsically evil, that America’s founding [email protected] ting. He wears his sins on the outside. For +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 that his eagerness to withdraw U.S. troops is akin to original sin. I fear the growing from their stability missions in places self-censorship that guides many people’s good and ill, he runs his administration. I Washington like Afghanistan and Iraq will encourage every utterance, and the leftist vigilantes worry more about his incompetence and Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief conflict and terrorism. And I fret that his who view every personal choice — from vacillation than I do about any dictatorial [email protected] bizarrely isolationist attitude toward inter- recipes to hairdos — through their twisted tendencies. On the other side, however, I (+1)(202)886-0033 prisms of politics and culture. An entirely am increasingly persuaded that what I Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News national trade will hurt the U.S. economy [email protected] and splinter the global trading juggernaut Democratic-run Washington, urged on by see in Biden — whom I first met in 1992, that over the past half-century has brought progressives’ media allies, would no doubt and whom I believe to be a decent person CIRCULATION the world amazing prosperity, lifting hun- only accelerate these trends. — would merely be the facade for an ad- dreds of millions of people out of extreme Nor do Biden’s national-security posi- ministration, fully backed by both houses Mideast poverty. tions reassure me. While he promises a of Congress, with an agenda that would se- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager riously damage the nation. The corrosive [email protected] But I fear the leftward lurch of the Dem- welcome change in style and a renewed re- [email protected] ocratic Party even more. spect for U.S. alliances, Biden would, like left-wing extremism of 2020 would be as- DSN (314)583-9111 What is there to be afraid of? I fear that Trump, pull our troops from the Middle cendant, while a smiling President Biden East and South Asia. Worse yet, he would assures the country that everything is fine. Europe former Vice President Joe Biden would be a figurehead president, incapable of focus slash defense spending and likely renew Trump, for all his flaws, could be all that Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager stands between our imperfect democracy [email protected] or leadership, who would run a teleprompt- the Obama administration’s misbegotten [email protected] er presidency with the words drafted by love affair with Iran’s tyrants. 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Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 OPINION Do statues honor Churchill’s views or deeds?

BY CHARLES LANE ments? Does he have “as much blood on The Washington Post his hands as some of the worst genocidal dictators of the 20th century,” as Indian hen dawn broke over London writer-politician Shashi Tharoor has said? on Sept. 15, 1940, this was Or would a more differentiated assessment the geopolitical situation: The assign him credit for innocent blood that, Wnorthern tier of Eurasia, from perhaps, wasn’t spilled — by Hitler — due Iberia in the West to Tokyo in the East, was to British resistance? dominated by Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, There’s an instructive parallel in the his- Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union, the torical revisionism now being visited upon latter of which was observing a nonaggres- a very different figure: Mohandas Gandhi, sion pact with Berlin. leader of the nonviolent struggle for Indian Totalitarians thus held sway over about a independence. third of the world’s 2.3 billion people, plus To admirers such as the Rev. Martin Lu- a similar percentage of global economic ther King Jr., Gandhi’s stand against the output. In the United States, meanwhile, British Empire epitomized discipline in the incumbent president, Franklin D. a righteous cause. Churchill, meanwhile, Roosevelt, was running for a third term on a promise to keep out of foreign wars. bitterly opposed Gandhi’s movement and At this pivotal moment, Adolf Hitler once denounced him as “an enemy of the sent a wave of military planes across the Empire.” English Channel, seeking decisive victory Some activists today, however, dispar- in what was then a 2-month-old air war age Gandhi almost as much as Churchill. against the last major power actively re- Discounting his achievements, they focus sisting him: Britain. instead on the odious racist attitudes he Royal Air Force fighters took off to con- expressed toward Black South Africans front the Luftwaffe and, during a ferocious when he lived in that country at about the hour of aerial combat, downed 56 of the turn of the 20th century. ALBERTO PEZZALI/AP German planes; the RAF lost only 40. Statues of Gandhi in Washington and These events exactly 80 years ago proved The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square is seen with graffiti reading “is a Amsterdam, like Churchill’s in London, Hitler could not establish air supremacy racist” on the plinth, in London, on Thursday. have been vandalized; in several British over the British Isles and, therefore, that cities, there have been calls, rejected so far, he would have to scrap his plans to invade (“never surrender”), Churchill now stands sometimes exaggerate: Churchill’s rec- for officials to take down similar images. them from occupied France. accused of imperial crimes, from advo- ommendation that Britain use toxic gas to The global movement for racial justice is The rest, as they say, is history. It is so- cating the use of chemical weapons in the spread “lively terror” among Kurdish and generating a long-overdue reckoning with bering to consider how different today’s Middle East just after World War I to coun- Afghan rebels probably referred to nonle- painful truths, both contemporary and world might be if RAF pilots, who were not tenancing mass starvation in Bengal dur- thal tear gas (unlike, say, the Zyklon B that historical. only Brits but also Polish exiles, Canadians ing World War II. Churchill’s German enemies used at Aus- One such truth is that Churchill was a and a handful of American volunteers, had His reference, in 1937, to White settlers chwitz). The causes of the Bengal famine British imperialist to his core, with all the not prevailed — and Germany had con- of North America and Australia as “a high- include not only Churchill’s failure (or re- prejudices and bellicosity that implies. It is quered the British Empire. er-grade race” than the Indigenous people fusal) to supply aid, while fighting a global also true that Churchill, defying long odds Surely the most ironic legacy of victory they displaced is one of several comments war, but also disruptions due to Japan’s oc- and much conventional wisdom, waged un- in the Battle of Britain is that today’s gen- that have prompted protesters — the latest cupation of neighboring Burma. compromising war on the worst, most dan- erations are free to examine, and condemn, just a few days ago — to paint “racist” on There’s no denying, though, that the Brit- gerous, racist regime there ever was. the dark side of the leader who insisted his statue in London’s Parliament Square. ish Empire committed many atrocities and In a long, complex and sometimes bale- on fighting it: Prime Minister Winston British authorities may have to reinstall that Winston Churchill, soldier and states- ful career, it was indeed his finest hour, Churchill. the covering with which they protected the man, shares responsibility for them. worthy of a monument — or two. Lionized in the postwar decades for his sculpture from vandalism during protests The important question is: Therefore, Charles Lane is a member of the Council on refusal to deal with Hitler, and for galva- earlier this year. what? Should we teach our children that Foreign Relations, and a frequent panelist on Fox nizing his country with ringing rhetoric The critics have a point, even if they Churchill’s sins cancel out his achieve- News’s “Special Report” and “Fox News Sunday.” On my Calif. ranch, fire threat went from ‘if’ to ‘when’

BY MEGAN BROWN our family even thought about colonizing what to expect: the damage, the profound for the rural lifestyle and ran on campaign Special to The Washington Post here. loss. And yet reliving the nightmare again promises of “jobs, water, liberty” — but the Over the past five years, things have stirred up such strong emotions, that after Miocene is bone dry, and yet another fire alifornia has five seasons: fall, shifted noticeably. Our summer grazing I evacuated all I could do was cry and rages in his district. LaMalfa continues to winter, spring, summer and fire. season is longer and hotter. Fire has shift- vomit. propose policies such as the Emergency For the six generations that my ed from a background threat to a constant The damage from the Cherokee fire Wildfire and Forest Management Act, con- Cfamily has been commercial fear, from an “if” to a “when.” It seems like totaled just under $4 million to our fam- sistently supported by the logging industry cattle ranching in this state, this has been no matter how much our animals graze, ily ranch; we have yet to recover from it. and opposed by environmental groups. our normal. The threat of fire is part of our no matter how much defensible space our The Camp Fire leveled communities and He does not believe in man-made climate landscape. Only recently has the season communities create, these fires continue incinerated the infrastructure of the Mio- change. Disturbingly, he’s just part of a been this long, this deadly, this life-alter- to grow extreme in both size and behavior. cene Canal, also a part of our ranch. This larger pattern of putting business inter- ing. I say this as a survivor of three major They act like nothing we have seen before. 25-mile-long canal served not only as a ests before our environment, and refusing fires over four years: the Cherokee in 2017, The disasters deal significant financial water source for farmers, ranchers and to address our planet’s crisis — a pattern the Camp in 2018, and now the Bear, which losses — the Camp Fire cost an estimat- fire suppression — it served as an essential reaching all the way to President Donald is part of the North Complex West Zone Trump’s withdrawing the United States fires. The last two were called “unprec- ed $16.5 billion. The emotional scars are fire break. Without it, smaller fires have from the Paris agreement. edented” at the time. These fires have not harder to measure. already burned ranches along its banks, only altered the landscape of our commu- The first time I was forced to evacuate exacerbating an already highly dangerous Californians are deeply scarred from nity, they have stolen our sense of safety in from a wind-driven fire, it was a primal ex- situation. the fires that have ravaged our home state. our own homes. perience. I had mere minutes in the dark, We are in the middle of fire season. The We live with the knowledge that every My family has been in this area of Cali- cinder-filled night to wake my family and North Complex fire, the one threatening year will bring more fire, that we will be fornia since the 1850s. We have always grab possessions and documents that are my home, encompasses more than 264,000 forced to continue to breathe the ashes of been aware of the fire danger in this area, essential to modern life. As a livestock acres as of this writing, burning many our homes — and that nothing will change and have grazed our cattle accordingly. owner I had to make split-second decisions small communities down to scrap metal. until we get leadership willing to put their Our cattle spend the winter in the Sacra- about which terrified animals I thought I Dry fuel, high winds and low humidity ba- communities ahead of their careers. As mento Valley, enjoying the rains and lush might be able to save, by loading into my sically create a tinderbox in California. We we try to prepare for more “unprecedent- native grasses. By May, our cattle move to stock trailer and taking them with me. cannot escape from the toxic, unbreath- ed” fires, steeling ourselves to assess the their summer pastures high in the Sierra Leaving behind animals I have dedicated able air. Ash and grit coat our skin, hair season’s destruction and start yet another Nevada, typically safe from fire. By letting my life to raising is a feeling from which I and clothes. Going outside feels like being incomplete recovery, the inaction from our our cattle graze the grassland in the foot- will never recover. on another planet. elected officials only puts more human hills of the valley, we reduce the fire load I was better prepared for the second As we pack and flee from our homes yet and animal lives at risk, and adds to our for the fire season. This method mimics evacuation and had more time, but the again, my fear is mixed with frustration. heartbreak. the patterns of native grazers in the area, trauma from surviving a fire — a whisper My congressman, Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a Megan Brown is a sixth-generation California who had adapted to fire season long before over a year earlier — never left me. I knew Republican, prides himself on standing up cattle and hog rancher. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 SCOREBOARD/SPORTS BRIEFS Briefl y Sports Deals College football Monday’s transactions AP Top 25 on AFN BASEBALL The Top 25 teams in The Associated American League Press college football poll, with first- BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Activated OF place votes in parentheses, records Austin Hays from the 10-day IL. Placed through Sep. 12, total points based on 25 Go to the American Forces INF Chris Davis on the 10-day IL. Assigned points for a first-place vote through one Kamna wins Tour’s OF Mason Williams to alternate training point for a 25th-place vote, and previous Network website for the most site after clearing outright waivers. Re- ranking: leased INF/OF Stevie Wilkerson. Record Pts Pvs up-to-date TV schedules. MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned LHP 1. Clemson (60) 1-0 1,524 1 myafn.net Devin Smeltzer to alternate training site. 2. Alabama 0-0 1,456 3 NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP 3. Oklahoma 1-0 1,361 4 Clarke Schmidt to alternate training 4. Georgia 0-0 1,324 5 site. 5. Florida 0-0 1,237 8 initial Alpine stage OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to 6. LSU (1) 0-0 1,236 6 Pro soccer terms with INF Jake Lamb. Placed RHP 7. Notre Dame 1-0 1,155 10 Frankie Montas on paternity list. Trans- 8. Auburn 0-0 1,055 11 Associated Press ferred LHP A.J. Puk from the 10-day IL to 9. Texas 1-0 1,033 14 and Katz families retaining the MLS the 60-day IL. Recalled RHP James Kapri- 10. Texas A&M 0-0 983 13 rest. The deal values the franchise elian from alternate training site. 11. Oklahoma St. 0-0 927 15 VILLARD-DE-LANS, France EASTERN CONFERENCE Activated RHP 12. North Carolina 1-0 892 18 at $2.4 billion to $2.5 billion. SEATTLE MARINERS — — After coming close to a first W L T Pts GF GA Erik Swanson from the 10-day IL. Op- 13. Cincinnati 0-0 647 20 Former major league star Alex Columbus 7 1 3 24 18 4 tioned LHP Aaron Fletcher to alternate 14. UCF 0-0 632 21 Tour de France stage win last Philadelphia 6 2 3 21 17 10 training site. Recalled INF/OF Tim Lopes 15. Tennessee 0-0 528 24 Rodriguez and fiancee Jennifer Toronto FC 6 2 3 21 18 12 16. Memphis 1-0 496 — week, Lennard Kamna did not as 29th man for today’s doubleheader. Lopez also attempted to buy the Orlando City 5 2 4 19 19 13 National League 17. Miami 1-0 463 — miss his second chance. Montreal 5 4 1 16 16 13 ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned LHP 18. Louisville 1-0 387 — team, but they dropped out of the New York City FC 5 5 1 16 10 9 Sean Newcomb to alternate training site. 19. Louisiana-Lafayette 1-0 377 — The 24-year-old German rider New England 3 3 5 14 10 11 Recalled RHP Touki Toussaint from alter- 20. Virginia Tech 0-0 368 — won the roller-coaster Stage 16 bidding last month. New York 4 5 2 14 9 13 nate training site. Released LHP Robbie 21. BYU 1-0 358 — “I am excited to have reached Nashville SC 3 4 3 12 9 11 Erlin. 22. Army 2-0 244 — featuring five categorized climbs Atlanta 3 6 2 11 11 15 CINCINNATI REDS — Activated CF Nick 23. Kentucky 0-0 238 — an agreement with the Wilpon D.C. United 2 5 4 10 9 15 Senzel from the 10-day IL. Transferred 23. Appalachian St. 1-0 238 — after pulling clear of a group of Chicago 2 6 3 9 11 18 RHP Tyler Thornburg from the 10-day IL 25. Pittsburgh 1-0 158 — breakaway riders as the race en- and Katz families to purchase the Cincinnati 2 6 3 9 7 17 to the 60-day IL. Others receiving votes: Baylor 146, New York Mets,” Cohen said in a Inter Miami CF 2 7 2 8 9 14 MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned LHP Brax- West Virginia 81, Georgia Tech 69, TCU 49, tered the Alps on Tuesday. WESTERN CONFERENCE ton Garrett to alternate training site. Virginia 39, Arkansas St. 34, SMU 32, Mis- Kamna was beaten by four sec- statement. W L T Pts GF GA MILWAUKAEE BREWERS — Recalled sissippi St. 14, Iowa St. 14, South Florida Sporting KC 6 3 2 20 21 15 RHP Justin Topa from alternate training 6, Mississippi 5, Texas Tech 5, UAB 4, Mis- onds for the stage win by Daniel Seattle 5 2 3 18 23 10 site. Activated RHP Ray Black from the souri 3, Air Force 2, Florida St. 2, Marshall NASCAR’s Suarez Minnesota United 5 4 2 17 21 17 45-day IL. Optioned RHP J.P. Feyereisen 2, Houston 1. Martinez on Stage 13. Los Angeles FC 4 4 3 15 25 24 to alternate training site. Claimed OF “It was a fight from the begin- leaving Gaunt brothers LA Galaxy 4 3 3 15 16 15 Billy McKinney off waivers from Toronto. Schedule Portland 4 4 2 14 18 22 Designated INF Ronny Rodriguez and ning on and I knew I had to make Houston 3 3 5 14 18 17 RHP Trey Supak for assignment. Friday’s games it to the finish alone,” said Kamna, CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Daniel Real Salt Lake 3 3 5 14 16 19 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Activated SOUTH FC Dallas 3 2 4 13 12 9 3B Scott Kingery from the 10-day IL. Op- Houston at Memphis (1-0) who also won a stage last month Suarez, who landed a ride two Colorado 3 3 4 13 17 16 tioned RHP Ramon Rosso to alternate Campbell (0-1) at Coastal Carolina (1-0) at the Criterium du Dauphine. weeks before the season-opening San Jose 2 4 4 10 15 26 training site. Optioned LHP Ranger Su- Saturday’s games Vancouver 3 7 0 9 12 22 arez to alternate training site. INF Neil EAST There was no significant Daytona 500, will not return to Note: Three points for victory, one Walker has elected free agency after Syracuse (0-1) at Pittsburgh (1-0) change in the overall standings Gaunt Brothers Racing next sea- point for tie. clearing waivers. Appalachian St. (1-0) at Marshall (1-0) Wednesday’s games PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled RHP SOUTH ahead of Wednesday’s mammoth son and is seeking a new team for Colorado at FC Dallas Cody Ponce from alternate training site. Boston College at Duke (0-1) the third time in three years. Montreal at Vancouver Activated RHP Mitch Keller from the 10- Louisiana-Lafayette (1-0) at Georgia St. summit finish in the high moun- Portland at San Jose day IL. Liberty at W. Kentucky (0-1) tains as yellow jersey holder Pri- Gaunt Brothers said Tuesday Friday’s game ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed LF Navy (0-1) at Tulane (1-0) Austin Dean on the 10-day IL. Activated UCF at Georgia Tech (1-0) moz Roglic kept his 40-second it was a mutual decision for the Los Angeles FC at Seattle FAU at Georgia Southern (1-0) Saturday’s games LHP Kwang Hyun Kim from the 10-day IL. lead over second-place Tadej Po- Mexican driver to leave the team. Recalled RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon from Charlotte (0-1) at North Carolina (1-0) FC Dallas at Sporting Kansas City The Citadel (0-1) at Clemson (1-0) New York City FC at New England alternate training site. gacar intact. Suarez will finish the year in the SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled LHP Troy at Middle Tennessee (0-1) Miami at Atlanta Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss. (0-1) The Slovenian pair enjoyed No. 96 Toyota Camry. Cincinnati at New York Joey Lucchesi from alternate training site. Optioned RHP Taylor Williams to al- Virginia at Virginia Tech a quiet day in the pack of main “I’m extremely thankful to my Nashville at Columbus Miami (1-0) at Louisville (1-0) Toronto FC at D.C. United ternate training site. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned Texas State (0-2) at Louisiana-Monroe contenders and crossed the fin- entire Toyota family for every- Chicago at Orlando City (0-1) Minnesota at Houston INF Daniel Robertson to alternate train- ish line 16 minutes, 48 seconds thing they have done for me, es- ing site. Wake Forest (0-1) at NC State Vancouver at Real Salt Lake MIDWEST pecially this year,” Suarez said. Portland at San Jose FOOTBALL behind the stage winner, who is National Football League Austin Peay (0-2) at Cincinnati Colorado at LA Galaxy South Florida (1-0) at Notre Dame (1-0) not a threat in the overall stand- “I will always be grateful to them Sunday’s game ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed OL Alex Light. Placed S Kentrell Brice on the SOUTHWEST ings. Rigoberto Uran of Colombia for having my back.” Philadelphia at Montreal Tulsa at Oklahoma St. Wednesday, Sept. 23 practice squad IL. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DE Ledarius Baylor at Houston remained in third place overall, 1 Suarez has struggled with FC Dallas at Atlanta Stephen F. Austin (0-1) at UTSA (1-0) Toronto FC at New York City FC Mack to the practice squad. Released DE minute, 34 seconds off the pace. Gaunt Brothers, which is in its Abdullah Anderson. SMU (1-0) at North Texas (1-0) Orlando City at Sporting Kansas City Cent. Arkansas (1-1) at Arkansas St. (1-1) first full season of Cup competi- Montreal at New England CLEVELAND BROWNS — Added K Cody Parkey to the active roster. Placed TE Abilene Christian at UTEP (1-1) tion. The team failed to make the Minnesota at Columbus David Njoku on the IR. Waived K Austin Billionaire Cohen Philadelphia at Cincinnati Seibert. Daytona 500 and Suarez is ranked Houston at Chicago DETROIT LIONS — Waived/injured T agrees to buy Mets New York at Miami Dan Skipper. Pro basketball 31st in the standings. D.C. United at Nashville HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed QB Alex NEW YORK — Billionaire He adds his name to a long San Jose at Colorado McGough and TEs Pharaoh Brown and LA Galaxy at Real Salt Lake Troy Fumagalli to the practice squad. WNBA playoffs hedge fund manager Steve Cohen list of drivers looking for jobs in Seattle at Portland JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed CB has agreed to buy the New York 2020, which includes Bubba Wal- Vancouver at Los Angeles FC Sidney Jones. Placed S Jarrod Wilson on Seeding in parentheses IR. All games played at Bradenton, Fla. Mets from the Wilpon and Katz lace, Erik Jones, Corey LaJoie NWSL MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed QB Reid First Round and Kyle Larson, who has been Sinnett to the practice squad. Released Tuesday’s games families. W L T Pts GF GA QB Jake Rudock. (7) Connecticut vs. (6) Chicago The team announced the suspended since April for using a North Carolina 1 0 0 3 4 3 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Waived/in- (8) Washington vs. (5) Phoenix Sky Blue FC 1 0 0 3 2 1 jured S Saquan Hampton. Second Round agreement on Monday. The deal racial slur. There’s been specula- Washington 1 1 0 3 3 3 NEW YORK GIANTS — Added S Sean Thursday’s games is subject to the approval of Major tion Suarez could move to Rich- Reign FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chandler and G Chad Slade to the active TBD vs. (4) Minnesota Orlando 0 0 0 0 0 0 roster. TBD vs. (3) Los Angeles League Baseball owners. ard Petty Motorsports in the seat Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Waived/in- Semifinals A Cohen entity would control Wallace is vacating at the end of Utah 0 0 0 0 0 0 jured G Ross Reynolds. (Best-of-five; x-if necessary) Houston 0 1 0 0 3 4 TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed CB Tye (1) Las Vegas vs. TBD 95% of the team, with the Wilpon this season. Chicago 0 1 0 0 1 2 Smith to the active roster from the prac- Sunday: Game One Note: Three points for victory, one tice squad. Placed CB Adoree Jackson on Tuesday, Sept. 22: Game Two point for tie. the IR. Thursday, Sept. 24: Game Three Saturday, Sept. 12 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM x-Sunday, Sept. 27: Game Four Washington 2, Chicago 1 — Waived/injured DB Simeon Thomas. x-Tuesday, Sept. 29: Game Five North Carolina 4, Houston 3 Waived DB Nate Brooks. (2) Seattle vs. TBD Saturday’s game HOCKEY Sunday: Game One Orlando at North Carolina National Hockey League Tuesday, Sept. 22: Game Two Sunday’s games WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Loaned Thursday, Sept. 24: Game Three Sky Blue FC at Chicago D Axel Jonsson-Fjallby to Vastervik IK x-Sunday, Sept. 27: Game Four Utah at Portland (HockeyAllsvenskan). x-Tuesday, Sept. 29: Game Five Tennis

Round of 64 def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1. Italian Open Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, def. Felix Au- Amanda Anisimova, United States, Monday ger-Aliassime (16), Canada, 6-4, 7-5. def. Donna Vekic (16), Croatia, 7-6 (4), At Foro Italico Casper Ruud, Norway, def. Karen 7-6 (6). Rome Khachanov (11), Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Purse: ?3,465,045 Grigor Dimitrov (15), Bulgaria, def. Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, 6-3, 6-3. Surface: Red clay Gianluca Mager, Italy, 7-5, 6-1. Marie Bouzkova, Czech Republic, def. Men’s Singles Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Alexander Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Qualification Bublik, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4. Jasmine Paolini, Italy, def. Anastasija Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Cristian Ga- Sevastova, Latvia, 6-2, 6-3. def. Corentin Moutet (15), France, 6-1, rin (14), Chile, 6-4, 6-4. Magda Linette, Poland, def. Jelena Os- 6-2. Lorenzo Sonego, Italy, def. Nikoloz tapenko, Latvia, 6-4, 6-3. Basilashvili, Georgia, 6-3, 6-1. Anna Blinkova, Russia, def. Jil Teich- Pedro Martinez, Spain, def. Andrej Ugo Humbert, France, def. Kevin An- mann, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-3. Martin, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2. derson, South Africa, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Elise Mertens (11), Belgium, def. Hsieh Lorenzo Musetti, Italy, def. Giulio Zep- Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, def. Daniel Su-wei, Taiwan, 6-3, 6-1. pieri, Italy, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3. Evans, Britain, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Julia Dominik Koepfer, Germany, def. Jannik Sinner, Italy, def. Benoit Paire, Goerges, Germany, 6-1, 6-0. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 2-6, 6-4, France, 6-2, 6-1. Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov, Spain, def. 6-2. Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Albert Ra- Alison Riske (13), United States, 5-7, 7-6 Tennys Sandgren (1), United States, mos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (3). (4), 6-3. def. Joao Sousa (9), Portugal, 6-3, 6-0. Stefano Travaglia, Italy, def. Taylor Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, def. STUART FRANKLIN, POOL/AP Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, def. Mi- Fritz, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Camila Giorgi, Italy, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4. kael Ymer (11), Sweden, 7-5, 6-1. Women’s Singles Women’s Doubles Marco Cecchinato, Italy, def. Jozef Round of 64 Round of 32 Germany’s Lennard Kamna crosses the finish line Tuesday to win Kovalik, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1. Elena Rybakina (10), Kazakhstan, def. Makoto Ninomiya and Nao Hibino, Ja- stage 16 of the Tour de France over 102 miles from La Tour-du-Pin Federico Coria, Argentina, def. Damir Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 6-0, 6-4. pan, def. Martina Trevisan and Elisabetta Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-1, 6-1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, Cocciaretto, Italy, 1-6, 7-5, 10-5. to Villard-de-Lans. Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Blues: Sun Belt teams have higher aspirations

FROM BACK PAGE Kansas coach Les Miles sure Arkansas State received the didn’t expect Coastal Carolina sixth-most votes of schools that to whip his team for the second are just outside the Top 25. straight year. But after a change “It’s a great win but I hope not,” in schedules caused by the pan- Red Wolves coach Blake Ander- demic — the Chanticleers were son said, when asked whether the supposed to host the Jayhawks last-minute win over the Wildcats — Chadwell’s team headed to an was a program-defining one. “I empty Memorial Stadium and hope there’s a way bigger and won a road game over Kansas for better win ahead of us. Not by any the second consecutive season. means satisfied. Excited and very While it was a banner weekend proud, but by no means is this the for the Sun Belt, it was ugly all- best we can do. We still got a lot around for the Big 12. better football to be played.” Oklahoma, Texas and West Arkansas State was a bit fortu- Virginia took care of business, nate in that it already had a game though the Sooners did it with a depleted roster caused by so JULIO CORTEZ/AP under its belt, losing to Memphis the previous week. But just like many positive COVID-19 tests The Air Force offense, left, lines up against the Navy defense on Oct. 5, 2019, in Annapolis, Md. Navy, that their game against Missouri currently in possession of the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, will visit Air Force on Oct. 3. it was the first time on the field for the Big 12 following an off- State was nearly postponed. Bay- lor did have its opener against season thrown into chaos by the Louisiana Tech postponed be- pandemic, it was the first time cause of positive tests within Louisiana-Lafayette and Coastal the Bulldogs’ program, and will Carolina lined up for a kickoff. instead play a hastily scheduled Both looked better prepared game against Houston — which than their big-boy brethren. A two-game schedule also had its opener against Mem- The Ragin’ Cajuns, who were phis postponed — this weekend. last ranked in 1943, trailed the Speaking of Houston — or at Cyclones just 14-10 at halftime. least Houston Baptist — it took Coach Billy Napier’s team took Texas Tech turning back a 2- Air Force only playing Army, Navy this season the lead on a 78-yard touchdown point try in the final minutes for pass late in the third quarter, the Big 12 team to hold off the added a punt return touchdown BY PAT GRAHAM to postpone fall sports due to COVID-19 concerns. Huskies for a 35-33 victory over Associated Press The team has been practicing since Aug. 24 in com- early in the fourth and managed the Football Championship Sub- pliance with protocols. to shut out Iowa State and quar- division school. The Air Force Falcons will play two football The conference announced Monday that it is terback Brock Purdy over the Rough weekend for the Big 12 games this season against fellow service academies planning an eight-game football season this spring. final 30 minutes for one of the indeed. Army and Navy. Schedules should be announced soon. biggest wins in school history. The Falcons’ abbreviated schedule includes host- No. 22 Army is off to a 2-0 start after beating Mid- It was the Ragin’ Cajuns’ first ing Navy on Oct. 3 and a trip to West Point, N.Y., to dle Tennessee State and Louisiana-Monroe. The win over a Top 25 opponent on the face Army on Nov. 7. The military academies com- Black Knights have 12 games listed on their sched- road, snapping an 0-26 skid. Their pete annually for the Commander-in-Chief’s Tro- ule, but the contest against BYU has been post- only other win over a Top 25 team phy, which goes to the academy with the best record poned. The school’s athletic director took to Twitter came at home in 1996, 29-22 over in the round-robin competition. in an effort to find a replacement. Texas A&M. The school announced Monday that only Air Force Navy lost 55-3 to BYU on Sept. 7. The Midshipmen “We’ve got a lot of belief in our Academy cadets would be permitted to attend the have 11 games listed, including Army on Dec. 12. process. We’ve got a lot of belief game at Falcon Stadium due to the COVID-19 pan- Last season, Air Force finished 11-2, which in- that the University of Louisi- demic. They will social distance and wear masks. cluded a loss to Navy and a win over Army. The Fal- ana should always have a very The base remains closed to the public. cons beat Washington State in the Cheez-It Bowl as competitive team,” Napier said. “It’s certainly going to be a different game. It’s they closed the season with an eight-game winning “We’re fortunate that we’ve got not going to look the same. It’s not going to feel the streak. It was their longest since 1998. the necessary things from our same,” Air Force director of athletics Nathan Pine Coach Troy Calhoun returns a strong nucleus that administration. They decided said in a video posted on the school’s website. “But includes inside linebacker Demonte Meeks, along they wanted to have an excep- we’re going to have an opportunity to play Navy and with offensive linemen Parker Ferguson and Nolan tional Group of 5 football pro- that’s really important for the young men in our foot- Laufenberg. They were all named to the preseason gram and gave us the money to go ball program and really important for the physical all-Mountain West team. hire the people. They gave us the mission at the academy. It’s something that is every The team plans to unveil a new uniform for the resources and some of the things CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP bit worth the effort.” Navy game. The theme will be based around the inside the building to help us re- Navy currently has possession of the trophy after Tuskegee Airmen, who were the first African Amer- ally run basically a Power Five Arkansas State wide receiver beating both schools last season. ican unit to fly combat airplanes in World War II. operation.” Jonathan Adams Jr. celebrates Air Force had been in a holding pattern after its “The Red Tails and the Tuskegee Airmen are a In short, Napier said, “this is a touchdown Saturday against conference, the Mountain West, decided in August great piece of Air Force heritage,” Pine said. what we expected to happen.” Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 MLB Scoreboard Reds take American League Mariners 6, Athletics 5 (7) East Division First game W L Pct GB Oakland Seattle Tampa Bay 30 17 .638 — ab r h bi ab r h bi Toronto 26 20 .565 3A Semien ss 3 1 2 4 Mre ss-lf 2 0 0 0 two from New York 26 21 .553 4 La Stella 2b 4 0 1 0 France 2b 3 0 0 0 Baltimore 21 26 .447 9 Piscotty rf 3 0 0 0 Lewis cf 3 1 1 3 Boston 17 31 .354 13A Grossman lf 1 0 0 0 Seager 3b 4 0 1 0 Central Division Canha lf-rf 3 0 0 0 White 1b 3 0 0 0 Chicago 31 16 .660 — Olson 1b 4 0 0 0 Torrens c 3 1 2 1 Minnesota 30 19 .612 2 Murphy c 3 1 1 1 Ervin rf 3 1 1 0 Cleveland 26 21 .553 5 Dvis dh 3 2 2 0 Mrmlejos lf 3 1 1 1 Detroit 20 26 .435 10A Pirates Laureano cf 2 0 0 0 Walton ss 0 0 0 0 Kansas City 20 28 .417 11A Kemp 3b 2 1 0 0 Lopes dh 3 2 3 1 West Division Totals 28 5 6 5 Totals 27 6 9 6 Oakland 30 18 .625 — Oakland 010 400 0—5 Associated Press Houston 23 24 .489 6A Seattle 000 132 x—6 Seattle 22 26 .458 8 E—Marmolejos (1), Moore (2). LOB— Los Angeles 20 28 .417 10 Oakland 6, Seattle 7. 2B—Davis (4), Lopes AARON DOSTER/AP CINCINNATI — Mike Mousta- Texas 17 30 .362 12A 3 (10). HR—Murphy (6), Semien (7), Tor- kas hit a big three-run homer in rens (1), Marmolejos (6), Lewis (10). The Reds’ Tyler Stephenson, center, is greeted by teammates after the fifth inning, and the Cincin- National League IP H R ER BB SO hitting a walk-off two-run home run against the Pirates on Monday. East Division Oakland nati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pi- Luzardo 4C 7 4 4 0 7 W L Pct GB B rates 9-4 on Monday night for a Atlanta 28 20 .583 — Petit 0 0 0 0 0 A Soria L,2-2 BS,2-3 C 2 2 2 3 1 Orioles 14, Braves 1 White Sox 3, Twins 1 doubleheader sweep. Miami 24 21 .533 2 B Philadelphia 23 23 .500 4 Wendelken 0 0 0 0 0 Atlanta Baltimore Minnesota Chicago Moustakas drove in Shogo New York 21 26 .447 6A Seattle ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Washington 17 28 .378 9A Gonzales W,6-2 6 6 5 5 1 7 Acuna Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 Mullins cf 5 3 2 2 Kepler rf 4 0 2 0 Anderson ss 5 0 3 1 Akiyama and Eugenio Suarez Central Division Hirano S,2-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Freeman 1b 3 1 2 1 Iglesias ss 4 3 4 4 Dnaldson 3b 3 0 1 0 Grandal c 4 0 0 0 with a two-out shot to center off Chicago 28 20 .583 — HBP—Gonzales 2 (Kemp,Laureano), Hchvrria 3b 1 0 0 0 Valaika 2b 2 1 1 1 Cruz dh 4 0 0 0 Abreu 1b 5 0 2 0 St. Louis 21 21 .500 4 Luzardo (Moore), Hirano (Canha). T— Ozuna dh 4 0 1 0 Stewart rf 5 1 2 4 Polanco ss 4 0 1 1 Jimenez lf 3 0 2 0 Nik Turley (0-2). Pittsburgh had Cincinnati 23 26 .469 5A 2:18. d’Arnaud c 3 0 0 0 Mntcstle dh 5 1 3 3 Wade Jr. 1b 4 0 1 0 Encrncn dh 4 0 0 0 Milwaukee 21 25 .457 6 Swanson ss 3 0 0 0 Ruiz 3b 4 0 0 0 Buxton cf 5 0 1 0 Mncada 3b 1 2 0 0 just taken a 4-3 lead on rookie Pittsburgh 14 32 .304 13 Athletics 9, Mariners 0 (7) Markakis rf 4 0 0 0 Nunez 1b 2 1 1 0 Cave lf 4 0 1 0 Robert cf 3 1 0 0 Ke’Bryan Hayes’ two-run shot West Division Duvall lf 2 0 0 0 Holaday 1b 1 0 0 0 Astudillo c 4 0 0 0 Mazara rf 3 0 0 0 Los Angeles 33 15 .688 — Second game Riley 3b-1b 4 0 0 0 Sisco c 4 0 0 0 Adrianza 2b 1 1 1 0 Engel ph-rf 1 0 1 1 with two out in the top half of the San Diego 32 17 .653 1A Oakland Seattle Albies 2b 3 0 2 0 Hays lf 4 2 2 0 Mdrigal 2b 4 0 1 1 inning. San Francisco 23 24 .489 9A ab r h bi ab r h bi Vlzuz 2b-ss 2 2 0 0 Totals 33 1 8 1 Totals 33 3 9 3 Colorado 21 25 .457 11 La Stella 2b 3 1 1 0 Moore 2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 5 1 Totals 38 14 15 14 Minnesota 000 010 000—1 “I’ve hit quite a few big home Arizona 17 31 .354 16 Kemp 2b 0 0 0 0 France 3b 3 0 0 0 Atlanta 000 001 000— 1 Chicago 010 000 02x—3 runs in my career, for sure,” Monday’s games Semien ss 3 0 0 1 Lewis cf 2 0 1 0 Baltimore 109 030 10x—14 DP—Minnesota 0, Chicago 2. LOB—Min- Baltimore 14, Atlanta 1 Orf ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Seager dh 3 0 0 0 E—Riley (7). DP—Atlanta 1, Baltimore nesota 15, Chicago 12. 2B—Wade Jr. (3), Moustakas said. “It was two huge Seattle 6, Oakland 5, 7 innings, 1st game Grsman lf 4 1 2 1 White 1b 2 0 0 0 2. LOB—Atlanta 7, Baltimore 9. HR—Free- Adrianza (5), Cave (3), Buxton (3), Abreu Oakland 9, Seattle 0, 7 innings, 2nd Olson 1b 2 1 0 0 Lopes rf 2 0 0 0 man (11), Stewart (7), Mountcastle (5), (13), Anderson (11). HR—Buxton (8). wins for us today to get momen- game Brown 1b 0 0 0 0 Mrmlejs lf 2 0 0 0 Iglesias (1), Valaika (7). SB—Mullins (6). IP H R ER BB SO tum going into this last little Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 1 Canha rf 4 1 2 3 Walton ss 2 0 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO Minnesota stretch.” Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 1, 7 innings, Lamb dh 4 2 2 1 Odom c 2 0 0 0 Atlanta Berrios 5 6 1 1 1 2 1st game Laureano cf 4 1 2 2 Toussaint L,0-2 2C 7 8 5 3 2 Wisler 1 0 0 0 1 1 Brian Goodwin and Joey Votto Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 4, 7 innings, Heim c 3 1 1 1 Jackson 2B 6 5 5 2 1 Duffey 1 1 0 0 1 2 2nd game Machin 3b 4 1 1 0 Dayton 1 0 0 0 2 2 Rogers L,1-4 B 2 2 2 2 0 also connected for Cincinnati, Miami 6, Philadelphia 2 Totals 32 9 11 9 Totals 21 0 2 0 Wilson 1 1 1 1 0 2 Alcala C 0 0 0 0 2 which won a third straight game Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 1, 8 innings, 1st Oakland 105 003 0—9 Webb 1 1 0 0 2 2 game Seattle 000 000 0—0 Chicago for the first time since Aug. 28. Baltimore Cease 4C 5 1 1 5 4 St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 2, 2nd game DP—Oakland 1, Seattle 0. LOB—Oak- Lopez W,2-0 7 5 1 1 2 3 land 8, Seattle 2. 2B—Lamb (1), Laureano Heuer 1 2 0 0 2 1 Sal Romano (1-0) got the victory, San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers 2 Sulser 1 0 0 0 1 1 Marshall 1B 0 0 0 0 2 Tuesday’s games (6), Lewis (3). HR—Canha (4), Lamb (1). Fulmer 1 0 0 0 1 1 retiring Gregory Polanco with the SB—Grossman 2 (7). Gonzalez C 0 0 0 2 0 Boston at Miami HBP—Fulmer (Swanson). WP—Sulser, Colome W,2-0 1B 1 0 0 1 1 bases loaded for the final out of Washington at Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO Fulmer(2). T—2:54. Heuer pitched to 5 batters in the 6th. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees Oakland HBP—Berrios (Grandal). T—3:51. the fifth. Romano was promoted Kansas City at Detroit Minor W,1-0 7 2 0 0 2 8 Atlanta at Baltimore Brewers 2, Cardinals 1 (8) on Sunday from the taxi squad. Minnesota at Chicago White Sox Seattle Yacabonis L,0-1 1B 2 1 1 3 1 First game Marlins 6, Phillies 2 “It was a good feeling for sure Texas at Houston C St. Louis Milwaukee Cleveland at Chicago Cubs Frankoff 1 5 5 5 2 0 Philadelphia Miami to contribute to the team,” Ro- Oakland at Colorado Lail 4 4 3 3 0 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi Arizona at L.A. Angels HBP—Yacabonis (La Stella). T—2:24. Wong 2b 4 0 1 0 Garcia cf 3 1 1 0 McCtchen lf 4 1 1 1 Dckrson lf 4 1 1 0 mano said. “I knew in my heart I San Francisco at Seattle Edman rf-3b 3 0 1 1 Yelich dh 4 0 1 0 Harper rf 4 0 1 0 Harrison rf 0 0 0 0 could get back here. I know I can Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Reds 3, Pirates 1 (7) Gldsmidt 1b 4 0 1 0 Braun rf 4 0 1 1 Bohm 3b 4 0 0 0 Marte cf 4 2 2 1 N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia B.Miller dh 3 0 0 0 Gyorko 1b 2 0 1 0 Grgorius ss 4 0 0 0 Aguilar dh 3 0 1 2 pitch here. I had to grind it out St. Louis at Milwaukee First game DeJong ss 2 0 1 0 Ptrsn pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Segura dh 3 0 0 0 Joyce rf 3 1 1 0 and it paid off today,” L.A. Dodgers at San Diego Pittsburgh Cincinnati Ravelo lf 3 0 0 0 Hiura 2b 2 0 0 1 Gosselin 1b 3 0 0 0 Brnsn ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Wednesday’s games ab r h bi ab r h bi Wieters c 0 0 0 0 Arcia ss 2 0 0 0 Haseley cf 3 0 0 0 Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0 In the opener, rookie Tyler Ste- Washington (Voth 0-5) at Tampa Bay Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 0 Akiyama lf 1 0 0 0 Crpenter 3b 2 0 0 0 Urias 3b 3 0 0 0 Kingery 2b 3 1 1 1 Chhlm ss-2b 4 0 1 1 phenson hit a tiebreaking two- (TBD) Frzier lf 3 0 0 0 T.Sthnsn ph 1 1 1 2 Thmas ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Narvaez c 3 0 0 0 Marchan c 3 0 1 0 Rojas 3b-ss 3 2 2 1 Oakland (Fiers 5-2) at Colorado (Mar- Hayes 3b 2 0 0 0 Cstlnos dh 3 0 0 0 Molina c 3 0 0 0 Taylor lf 3 1 0 0 Diaz 2b 1 0 0 0 run homer in the seventh inning, quez 2-5) Moran 1b 3 1 1 1 Votto 1b 2 1 1 1 O’Neill pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Anderson 3b3 0 1 1 Boston (TBD) at Miami (Rogers 1-1) Bell dh 3 0 1 0 Suarez 3b 2 0 0 0 Bader cf 3 0 1 0 Wallach c 3 0 0 0 lifting the Reds to a 3-1 win. Toronto (Roark 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees Reynolds cf 2 0 0 0 Mstakas 2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 28 1 5 1 Totals 26 2 4 2 Totals 31 2 4 2 Totals 33 6 9 6 With two out and the bases (Cole 5-3) Newman 2b 3 0 1 0 Farmer 2b 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 000 000 01—1 Philadelphia 100 000 010—2 Kansas City (Singer 2-4) at Detroit Tucker rf 2 0 0 0 Aquino rf 3 0 0 0 Milwaukee 000 000 02—2 Miami 012 101 10x—6 empty, rookie Jose Garcia singled (Skubal 1-2) Planco ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Senzel cf 3 0 0 0 LOB—St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 8. 2B— E—Marchan (1). LOB—Philadelphia to left against Sam Howard (2-2). Atlanta (Hamels 0-0) at Baltimore Murphy c 3 0 0 0 Barnhart c 2 0 1 0 Yelich (7), Garcia (9), Gyorko (2), Braun 2, Miami 5. 2B—Harper (7), Dickerson (Akin 0-1) Casali ph 1 0 0 0 (6). SF—Hiura (2). (4), Aguilar (10), Anderson (6). HR—Mc- Manager David Bell then sent Garcia ss 3 1 2 0 Cutchen (7), Kingery (2), Rojas (3), Marte Minnesota (TBD) at Chicago White IP H R ER BB SO (3). Stephenson up to hit for Shogo Sox (Giolito 4-2) Totals 25 1 4 1 Totals 24 3 5 3 Pittsburgh 000 000 1—1 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO Akiyama, and the catcher hit a Texas (Gibson 1-5) at Houston (Mc- Kim 7 3 0 0 3 6 Cullers 3-2) Cincinnati 000 100 2—3 Philadelphia E—Suarez (4). LOB—Pittsburgh 5, Helsley L,1-1 BS,0-2 B 1 2 1 1 1 drive to left for his second homer. Cleveland (Civale 3-5) at Chicago Cubs B Velasquez L,0-1 3C 7 4 4 1 5 (Lester 2-2) Cincinnati 5. HR—Moran (8), Votto (8), Gomber 0 0 0 1 0 Parker 1B 0 0 0 1 4 The 24-year-old Stephen- Arizona (Smith 0-0) at L.A. Angels T.Stephenson (2). SB—Gonzalez (2). Milwaukee Phelps 1B 2 2 2 0 2 (Bundy 5-2) IP H R ER BB SO Lindblom 5 3 0 0 0 6 Morgan 1 0 0 0 0 1 son lifted his batting helmet off San Francisco (Smyly 0-0) at Seattle Pittsburgh Williams 1 1 0 0 1 2 Neris C 0 0 0 0 0 his head with his left hand and (Margevicius 1-3) Ponce 4 1 1 1 2 3 Hader 1 0 0 0 0 2 Miami L.A. Dodgers (May 1-1) at San Diego Stratton 1 2 0 0 1 1 Peralta W,2-1 1 1 1 0 0 1 Lopez W,4-4 7 3 1 1 0 6 pumped both arms in the sir (TBD) Howard L,2-2 1C 2 2 2 1 3 HBP—Hader (DeJong). WP—Williams. Boxberger 1 1 1 1 0 1 before being swarmed by team- St. Louis (Wainwright 4-1) at Milwau- T—2:37. Cincinnati Kintzler 1 0 0 0 0 1 mates at the plate. kee (TBD) Bauer 6B 4 1 1 2 12 Morgan pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. St. Louis (TBD) at Milwaukee (TBD) Iglesias W,3-3 C 0 0 0 0 2 Cardinals 3, Brewers 2 T—2:47. “I had one of these at High A, Pittsburgh (Brubaker 1-1) at Cincin- T—2:25. nati (Castillo 2-5) Second game but this was so much more excit- St. Louis Milwaukee NL leaders N.Y. Mets (deGrom 4-1) at Philadelphia ing,” Stephenson said. “(Coach) (TBD) Reds 9, Pirates 4 (7) ab r h bi ab r h bi BATTING—Soto, Washington, .354; Second game Wong 2b 5 0 1 0 Garcia cf 3 0 1 0 Solano, San Francisco, .349; T.Turner, Freddie (Benavides) told me Pittsburgh Cincinnati Edman rf-3b 3 2 0 0 Hiura 2b 3 0 0 0 Washington, .348; F.Freeman, Atlanta, Monday Gldscdt dh 5 1 2 0 Arcia ss 1 0 0 0 right before that, if Jose gets on, ab r h bi ab r h bi .345; Conforto, New York, .343; Blackmon, Padres 7, Dodgers 2 B.Miller 3b 3 0 1 1 Yelich lf 4 0 0 0 Colorado, .333; Do.Smith, New York, .333; I’m going to pinch-hit. I had been Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0 Akiyama lf 2 1 1 1 Bader pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Braun rf 3 0 0 0 Los Angeles San Diego Frzier lf 3 2 1 0 Cstllnos rf 4 0 0 0 Cronenworth, San Diego, .328; McNeil, hitting in the cage all game, but DeJong ss 5 0 3 1 Taylor rf 0 0 0 0 New York, .319; Ozuna, Atlanta, .317. ab r h bi ab r h bi Hayes 3b 4 1 1 2 Votto dh 3 1 1 1 Crpenter 1b 2 0 0 0 Vgelbch dh 3 1 2 0 Betts rf 4 0 1 0 Tatis Jr. ss 4 0 1 0 Moran dh 3 0 1 1 Suarez 3b 2 2 0 0 Ravelo ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Sgard pr-dh 1 0 0 0 RBI—F.Freeman, Atlanta, 44; Ozuna, that time I didn’t get a chance to Seager dh 4 0 1 1 Machado 3b 4 0 1 1 Bell 1b 3 1 2 1 Mstakas 1b 4 1 1 3 O’Neill lf 4 0 1 1 Gyorko 1b 3 1 1 2 Atlanta, 43; Machado, San Diego, 40; Ta- put my gloves on because it was Pederson lf 4 0 0 0 Nola c 4 0 0 1 Reynolds cf 2 0 1 0 Goodwin cf 3 1 1 2 Wieters c 4 0 2 0 Urias ss-3b 3 0 0 0 tis Jr., San Diego, 40; Do.Smith, New York, Muncy 1b 3 1 1 0 Myers rf 4 2 2 1 Polanco rf 3 0 0 0 Galvis 2b 2 1 0 0 Thmas cf-rf 4 0 0 0 Ptrsn 3b-2b 4 0 0 0 38; Blackmon, Colorado, 37; Myers, San the next pitch he got a hit.” Taylor ss 4 0 1 0 Crnnrth 1b 4 0 2 0 Newman 2b 3 0 1 0 Farmer ss 1 1 1 0 Nttngham c 1 0 0 0 Diego, 35; Betts, Los Angeles, 35. Votto also homered in the first Bellinger cf 3 0 0 0 Profar lf 4 1 1 0 Stallings c 3 0 1 0 Casali c 1 1 0 0 Gamel ph 1 0 0 0 ERA—deGrom, New York, 1.67; Bauer, Rios 3b 4 0 0 0 Ona dh 4 1 2 1 Totals 28 4 8 4 Totals 22 9 5 7 Narvaez c 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati, 1.71; Darvish, Chicago, 1.77; game, and Raisel Iglesias (3-3) Lux 2b 2 0 0 0 Mateo 2b 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 100 120 0—4 Totals 38 3 10 3 Totals 30 2 4 2 Burnes, Milwaukee, 1.98; Fried, Atlanta, Hrndz ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Grcia ph-2b 2 1 0 1 Cincinnati 021 033 x—9 St. Louis 000 010 101—3 1.98; Lamet, San Diego, 2.12; Kershaw, got two outs for the win. Barnes c 1 1 0 0 Grsham cf 3 2 1 1 E—Gonzalez (5). DP—Pittsburgh 2, Cin- Milwaukee 000 200 000—2 Los Angeles, 2.28; Aa.Nola, Philadelphia, “It was two great team wins,” Totals 30 2 4 1 Totals 35 7 10 6 cinnati 0. LOB—Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati E—Urias (3). DP—St. Louis 1, Milwau- 2.40; Wheeler, Philadelphia, 2.47; Davies, Los Angeles 001 000 001—2 5. 2B—Moran (8). HR—Bell (7), Hayes (2), kee 0. LOB—St. Louis 14, Milwaukee 8. San Diego, 2.49. said Reds manager David Bell, San Diego 000 001 51x—7 Goodwin (2), Votto (9), Moustakas (5). 2B—Goldschmidt (8). HR—Gyorko (8). celebrating his 48th birthday. E—Muncy (4), Myers (3). DP—Los IP H R ER BB SO SB—O’Neill (2). Angeles 0, San Diego 1. LOB—Los Ange- IP H R ER BB SO AL leaders “When Moustakas hit his home les 5, San Diego 4. 2B—Betts (9), Taylor Pittsburgh Keller 3 2 3 3 4 4 St. Louis BATTING—T.Anderson, Chicago, .369; run it was as excited as I’ve seen (9), Cronenworth 2 (14), Ona (1). HR— B LeMahieu, New York, .350; Candelario, Grisham (9), Myers (13). Holland 1 2 1 1 0 3 Ponce de Leon 6 4 2 2 1 9 Turley L,0-2 BS,1-4 C 1 2 2 1 1 Reyes 1 0 0 0 1 3 Detroit, .325; Cruz, Minnesota, .323; Kin- our team. Against a tough left- IP H R ER BB SO Hartlieb 0 0 3 2 4 0 Cabrera W,4-1 1 0 0 0 1 3 er-Falefa, Texas, .321; J.Abreu, Chicago, handed pitcher, he just hung in Los Angeles Davis 1 0 0 0 0 1 Webb S,1-3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .320; Verdugo, Boston, .311. B there.” Kershaw L,5-2 6 5 3 3 0 9 Cincinnati Milwaukee RBI—J.Abreu, Chicago, 48; Trout, Los Baez 0 1 3 1 0 0 DeSclafani 4C 7 4 4 1 7 Burnes 4C 5 1 1 3 10 Angeles, 39; Olson, Oakland, 38; Voit, New Colin Moran connected for Treinen C 2 0 0 0 0 De Leon 0 0 0 0 2 0 Claudio 1 1 0 0 1 1 York, 37; Tucker, Houston, 37; E.Jimenez, Sborz 1 2 1 1 0 1 Romano W,1-0 B 0 0 0 0 0 Yardley BS,0-2 B 3 1 1 0 1 Chicago, 36. . Pittsburgh in the opener, and San Diego Bradley H,1 1 1 0 0 0 2 Rasmussen 2 0 0 0 0 3 ERA—Bieber, Cleveland, 1.53; Keuchel, Josh Bell went deep in the sec- Lamet W,3-1 7 3 1 1 2 11 Jones 1 0 0 0 0 2 Topa L,0-1 1 1 1 0 0 1 Chicago, 2.19; Lynn, Texas, 2.40; Maeda, Pomeranz 1 0 0 0 1 2 Hartlieb pitched to 6 batters in the Ponce de Leon pitched to 1 batter in Minnesota, 2.42; Bundy, Los Angeles, ond game. The Pirates struck out Johnson 1 1 1 1 1 1 6th, De Leon pitched to 2 batters in the the 7th, Claudio pitched to 2 batters in 2.48; Bassitt, Oakland, 2.92; Ryu, Toronto, Baez pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. 5th. HBP—DeSclafani (Frazier), Hartlieb the 6th. HBP—Cabrera (Garcia). WP— 3.00; Carrasco, Cleveland, 3.12; Cease, a combined 25 times in the two T—2:59. (Galvis). WP—Holland, Hartlieb. T—2:59. Reyes, Burnes. T—3:42. Chicago, 3.20; G.Cole, New York, 3.20. games. Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 MLB/NBA PLAYOFFS Celtics’ Walker, Heat’s Butler waited years for East finals matchup

BY TIM REYNOLDS Scoreboard Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Kemba Walker and Jimmy Playoffs Butler entered the NBA on the All games in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. same night. CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS They’ve paid their dues since (Best-of-seven) Eastern Conference the 2011 NBA Draft. Butler is a Miami 4, Milwaukee 1 five-time All-Star, Walker a four- Miami 115, Milwaukee 104 Miami 116, Milwaukee 114 time selection. Walker has the Miami 115, Milwaukee 100 better scoring numbers, Butler Milwaukee 118, Miami 115, OT the better defensive numbers. Miami 103, Milwaukee 94 Boston 4, Toronto 3 Butler leads with a style that’s Boston 112, Toronto 94 often erroneously perceived to Boston 102, Toronto 99 Toronto 104, Boston 103 be gruff, Walker shows a lot more Toronto 100, Boston 93 emotion. Boston 111, Toronto 89 And both went to new homes in Toronto 125, Boston 122 DERRICK TUSKAN/AP Boston 92, Toronto 87 the summer of 2019, looking for Western Conference The San Diego Padres’ Wil Myers flips his bat after hitting a solo home run off Los Angeles Dodgers something better. Here they are: L.A. Lakers 4, Houston 1 Houston 112, L.A. Lakers 97 relief pitcher Josh Sborz during the eight inning of the Padres’ 7-2 win Monday in San Diego. For the first time, Walker and L.A. Lakers 117, Houston 109 Butler are headed to the Eastern L.A. Lakers 112, Houston 102 Conference finals. L.A. Lakers 110, Houston 100 MLB roundup Walker and the third-seeded L.A. Lakers 119, Houston 96 L.A. Clippers 3, Denver 3 Boston Celtics take on Butler and L.A. Clippers 120, Denver 97 the fifth-seeded Miami Heat on Denver 110, L.A. Clippers 101 L.A. Clippers 113, Denver 107 Tuesday night in Game 1 of the L.A. Clippers 96, Denver 85 East title series. Miami is looking Denver 111, L.A. Clippers 105 for its first East championship Denver 111, L.A. Clippers 98 Tuesday: Game 7 Padres tighten race in West since 2014, Boston its first since CONFERENCE FINALS 2010. (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) “We all think that we’re sup- Eastern Conference Boston vs. Miami Lamet outduels Dodgers’ Kershaw, San Diego cuts LA’s lead to 1½ games posed to be here,” Butler said. Tuesday: Game 1 “And that’s the way that I think, Thursday: Game 2 Game 3 Associated Press Saturday: Jake Lamb doubled and homered and retired his final 13 batters. that’s the way that I love, the way Monday, Sept. 21: Game 4 in his first game after signing He was helped by two over-the- that our guys think as well. Be- x-Wednesday, Sept. 23: Game 5 SAN DIEGO — Dinelson Lamet Game 6 with his new team, and Oakland shoulder basket catches on the cause I think confidence and your x-Friday, Sept. 25: outpitched Clayton Kershaw, and x-Sunday, Sept. 27: Game 7 earned a doubleheader split in warning track by a retreating mental (approach) is the majority rookie Jorge Ona hit a go-ahead Seattle. Joyce, who robbed Scott Kingery of this thing. ... Going into these double in a five-run seventh in- The Mariners erased a 5-0 and Jean Segura. games, it’s about us. We’re in con- 82% from the foul line while the ning to lead the San Diego Padres deficit in their Game 1 win, scor- Brewers 2-2, Cardinals 1-3: trol of our destiny right now.” Celtics are at 80%. to their eighth straight win, 7-2 ing twice in the sixth inning with Paul DeJong knocked in the go- The Celtics could say the same, against the Los Angeles Dodgers two outs to stay on the heels of ahead run with a two-out single of course. The history: Miami President on Monday night in the opener Houston in the AL West. Seattle in the ninth inning as St. Louis They went 2-1 against the Heat Pat Riley played against Boston of a series between the NL’s top is 1 ½ games behind the Astros salvaged a doubleheader split at in the regular season, swept Phil- only once in the playoffs — and teams. for second. Milwaukee. adelphia in the first round and that was in the last playoff ap- The Padres cut the Dodgers’ The games were played with Both games went to extra in- then needed seven games to oust pearance of his career. That was lead in the NL West to 1 ½ games. a haze of smoke hovering above nings after being scheduled for reigning champion Toronto in the just the start of the Riley vs. Celt- Trent Grisham added some spice the field at T-Mobile Park, even seven. In the opener, Keston East semifinals. Walker has faced ics rivalry, however. He faced to the rivalry when he hit a tying with the retractable roof of the Hiura hit a sacrifice fly to score Miami in the playoffs before, los- them three times as coach of the home run off Kershaw in the stadium closed. Wildfires on the Avisail Garcia with the winning ing in seven games in 2016 when Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA sixth and said something to the West Coast have suffocated much run in the eighth as the Brewers he was in Charlotte, and said he Finals (going 2-1), and the Heat Los Angeles dugout as he headed of the Pacific Northwest with rallied for the win. has a respect for Heat coach Erik have played Boston in the post- for home. San Diego has won 12 unhealthy air conditions that In the second game, DeJong hit Spoelstra and the franchise. season three times during Riley’s of 14. brought into question whether the a liner off Justin Topa (0-1) that “We’ve just got to be locked stint as Miami’s top executive Lamet (3-1) got the victory games would even be played. barely eluded the reach of short- in,” Walker said. “We’ve got to (going 2-1). Riley and Celtics thanks to a seventh-inning out- Minor (1-5) picked up his first stop Orlando Arcia and went into do it all for a very long time, es- President Danny Ainge have had burst that chased Kershaw (5-2). victory of the season in his third left field to score Tommy Edman pecially defensively. Those guys a less-than-friendly history as Lamet matched his season high start since being acquired by the from third. have so many different ways they well, which only adds to the spice with 11 strikeouts while holding A’s from Texas. Jimmy Yacabonis In the first game, St. Louis took can score the basketball. We’re of this series. the Dodgers to one run and three (0-1) was charged with the loss. a 1-0 lead in the top of the eighth going to have to be really locked Conference finals experience: hits. Kyle Lewis had a big day for when Edman drove in Tyler into their shooters, really locked Boston has seven players who White Sox 3, Twins 1: Adam the Mariners. The rookie out- O’Neill with a two-out single off into Jimmy, obviously Bam (Ade- have been on teams that reached Engel delivered a tiebreaking fielder hit a two-run homer and Freddy Peralta (2-1). bayo), who’s just a different kind the conference finals before, pinch-hit single in the eighth in- reached on a bases-loaded walk Ryan Braun tied it with an RBI of big who can do pretty much with Jaylen Brown and Marcus ning, and host Chicago increased that scored the winning run in the double off the center-field wall everything. So, we’re versatile, Smart’s 12 games in this round its lead in the AL Central. opener. He also robbed Ramon against Ryan Helsley (1-1). Hiura but so are they. We’re just going leading the way. The Heat also The White Sox opened their to have to figure ways out to get Laureano of a grand slam with a won it with his bases-loaded sac- have seven players who have been pivotal four-game set against spectacular catch in the first in- rifice fly off Austin Gomber. stops consistently.” part of conference-finals teams, Minnesota with their ninth win in ning of the second game. Orioles 14, Braves 1: DJ Here’s some of what to know with Udonis Haslem’s 38 appear- 10 games. Chicago (31-16) moved Marlins 6, Phillies 2: Pablo Stewart hit the first of three of going into the Eastern Confer- ances and Andre Iguodala’s 22 two games ahead of the second- Lopez pitched seven innings of his team’s homers in a nine-run ence finals: place Twins (30-19). one-run ball with some help from third inning, and host Baltimore Bubble’s best: Phoenix went leading their list. All told, players Minnesota reliever Taylor Rog- right fielder Matt Joyce, and host stopped a five-game skid. 8-0 in the bubble and Toronto from the current Miami roster ers (1-3) walked Yoan Moncada Miami won Game 7 of its long se- After winning three of four in went 14-5 — the best records of have appeared in 80 conference- and Luis Robert with no outs in ries against Philadelphia. Washington to extend its NL East any team at Disney since the sea- finals games, the current list of the eighth. Engel then made it 2-1 The series, the majors’ longest lead to a season-high 3 ½ games, son resumed July 30. But those Celtics in 47. with a single to center. After Nick in the regular season in 53 years, Atlanta was handed its most lop- squads are home now, so the best Proven winners: Among cur- Madrigal lined out, Tim Ander- included three makeup games sided defeat of the year, enabling records of any club remaining in rent NBA franchises, only the son added an RBI double off the and two doubleheaders. The Mar- second-place Miami to shave a the bubble belong to Boston (13- Los Angeles Lakers have a bet- fence in left. lins won five of the seven games, game off the margin. 6) and Miami (11-6). Both teams ter record in playoff series than Alex Colome (2-0) got four outs including the final three, to move A solo home run by Freddie are shooting 36% from three- Boston and the Heat. The Lakers for the win. into second place in the NL East, Freeman was the extent of the point range in the bubble, both have won 71% of their series all- Mariners 6-0, Athletics 5-9: 1 ½ games ahead of the Phillies. Braves’ offense over seven in- shooting 46% from the field in time, the Celtics 68% and Miami Mike Minor tossed a two-hitter, Lopez (4-4) allowed three hits nings against Jorge Lopez (2-0). the bubble, the Heat are shooting 61%. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 16, 2020 NHL/NFL Stars reach 1st Cup final in 20 years Laviolette named BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press coach of The Dallas Stars were mired in a six-game losing streak when the season was paused for 4 ½ months Capitals because of the coronavirus pan- demic, and have been outscored Associated Press and outshot since getting inside the NHL bubble. WASHINGTON — The Wash- Yet now they are one of only ington Capitals hired Peter Lavi- three teams still playing, already olette as coach Tuesday, turning set for their first Stanley Cup to an NHL veteran who won the Final since 2000. Stanley Cup with the Carolina “We’re finding ways to win Hurricanes in 2006 and saw a right now, and that’s all that mat- successful run with Nashville end ters,” captain Jamie Benn said. with his firing in January. With their captain and two Laviolette replaces Todd Reird- rookies scoring goals in another en, who was fired last month after comeback, the Stars wrapped up a second consecutive first-round the best-of-seven Western Con- exit in the playoffs. ference Final in five games with Laviolette, 55, has 18 years of a 3-2 overtime victory against experience as a head coach. He the top-seeded Vegas Golden most recently coached the Nash- Knights. ville Predators but was dismissed “We’re not going home!” goal- in January after 5 ½ seasons with tender Anton Khudobin screamed the team. At the time, general after his 34-save performance in JASON FRANSON, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP manager David Poile said several the clincher. Dallas Stars goalie Anton Khudobin, Mattias Janmark, left, Alexander Radulov (47) and Jason Dickinson players — and the team — were From a miserable 1-7-1 start to (18) celebrate their series-clinching 3-2 overtime win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday. playing far below expectations. the season way back in October, to Laviolette also led the 2010 Phil- an unexpected coaching change interim coach Rick Bowness said. adelphia Flyers and 2017 Preda- for off-ice issues in December “Down 2-0, there was no panic. NHL scoreboard tors to the Stanley Cup Final. “Peter is a successful NHL after the team was back on the We just were a very confident head coach who has won a Stan- winning track, and then that 0- group that we could respond to ley Cup and brings a wealth of 4-2 span into mid-March, Dallas the challenge.” Stanley Cup playoffs Monday still have a chance to win its sec- experience to our team,” Capitals The finale against the Golden (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) Stars 3, Knights 2 (OT) ond Stanley Cup championship. (Seeding in parentheses) GM Brian MacLellan said in a Knights marked the fifth time Dallas 0 0 2 1—3 Tampa Bay took a 3-1 series CONFERENCE FINALS statement. “We feel he is a great this postseason Dallas came back At Edmonton, Alberta Vegas 1 0 1 0—2 lead over the New York Islanders EASTERN CONFERENCE First Period—1, Vegas, Stephenson 3 communicator who will motivate to win when trailing after the into Game 5 of the Eastern Con- (2) Tampa Bay 3, (6) N.Y. Islanders 1 (Theodore, Tuch), 8:14. our players to play with passion, first period — and the third time Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Islanders 2 Third Period—2, Vegas, Smith 5 (Stast- ference final on Tuesday night, Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 ny), 0:15. 3, Dallas, Benn 8 (Lindell, Radu- structure and discipline, while to win when trailing after two N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 3 lov), 9:54. 4, Dallas, Kiviranta 4 (Gurianov, also in Edmonton. Sunday: Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Klingberg), 16:13 (pp). helping our young players reach The Stars trailed 2-0 in the periods. The Stars have also won Tuesday: Game 5 Overtime—5, Dallas, Gurianov 9 (Kling- their potential. ” six games after giving up the first x-Thursday: Game 6 berg, Hintz), 3:36 (pp). opening seconds of the third pe- x-Saturday: Game 7 Shots on Goal—Dallas 9-5-11-1—26. Laviolette will be the seventh riod Monday night, and finally goal, two short of the franchise WESTERN CONFERENCE Vegas 14-11-10-1—36. coach since Capitals star Alex record set by their 1999 Stanley (3) Dallas 4, (1) Vegas 1 Power-play opportunities—Dallas 2 of got on the board with Benn’s goal Dallas 1, Vegas 0 4; Vegas 0 of 3. Ovechkin entered the NHL. Dis- midway through the period. Cup-winning team. They are 5-0 Vegas 3, Dallas 0 Goalies—Dallas, Khudobin 12-6-0 (36 missing Reirden last month was in overtime, and 10-1 in one-goal Dallas 3, Vegas 2, OT shots-34 saves). Vegas, Lehner 9-5-2 (26- Joel Kiviranta, whose OT goal Dallas 2, Vegas 1 23). an acknowledgement that the in Game 7 of the second-round games. Monday: Dallas 3, Vegas 2, OT T—2:48. longtime assistant wasn’t able to clincher over Colorado capped his Dallas finished the Western make the most out of a team built hat trick, then tied the game with Conference Final with 118 shots to continue contending for cham- 3:47 left. Denis Gurianov scored on goal — 48 fewer than Vegas goal differential in the postseason to get the job done, and it starts pionships with Ovechkin, centers the game-winner on a one-timer had in the five games. In their 21 since the 1968 St. Louis Blues. one shift at a time, and we have Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny during a power play 3:36 into postseason games, the Stars have “We’re a confident group,“ key goals at big moments, and Kuznetsov, wingers Tom Wilson overtime. been outscored 64-62, making Tyler Seguin said. “There’s no everything’s falling in our favor and T.J. Oshie and defensemen “We’ve done this all year. We’ve them the first team to enter the panic, there’s composure. There’s right now. We’ve just have to keep John Carlson and Dmitry Orlov come back from behind all year,” Stanley Cup Final with a negative just knowing that we’re going going.” in the prime of their careers. NFL reminds teams to wear face coverings on sidelines

Associated Press in accountability measures being imposed against offending individuals and/or clubs,” the memo said. The NFL on Monday reminded team personnel on “The face covering must be worn as designed so that the sidelines about the COVID-19 requirements for wearing face coverings, saying such carelessness or it securely fits across the wearer’s nose and mouth disregard could put the season “at risk.” to prevent the transmission of the virus.” There were several games Sunday in which Punishment for not adhering to the protocols has team members other than players did not use face not been announced, but could include anything coverings. from fines to ejection from the sideline. Troy Vincent, who oversees the league’s football During the Sunday night game between Dallas operations, sent a memo to the 32 clubs. He stressed and Los Angeles, Rams coach Sean McVay often that teams “must remain vigilant and disciplined in was shown on camera without a face covering. He following the processes and protocols put in place hardly was the only coach or team member with a by not only the league, union and clubs, but also by bare face during the 13 games Sunday. state and local governments.” “I figured that memo was directed at me. I’ve got He referred to the game-day protocols developed to do a better job about that, and so, moving forward, by the league and the NFL Players Association that there will be a conscious effort to do that,” McVay reflect the advice of infectious disease experts, club said. medical staffs and local and state governmental Would he switch to a face shield like Chiefs coach JEFFREY T. BARNES/AP regulations. Andy Reid wore? Those require all individuals with bench area ac- “That’s a good question,” he replied. “I haven’t Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott pulls his mask down to cess, including coaches and members of the club decided that yet. I might even try one of the gaiters. give instructions on the sidelines against the New York Jets Sunday medical staff, to wear face coverings at all times. I don’t know. I just know I’ve been getting blasted in Orchard Park, N.Y. On Monday, the NFL reminded teams to follow “Failure to adhere to this requirement will result about it all day. I just love it. ... I will do better.” league protocols to wear face coverings on the sidelines. Wednesday, September 16, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 NFL Scoreboard

American Conference Monday Defense, Snell, Big Ben East Steelers 26, Giants 16 W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 3 13 0 10—26 Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 27 17 N.Y. Giants 3 7 0 6—16 New England 1 0 0 1.000 21 11 First Quarter Miami 0 1 0 .000 11 21 NYG—FG Gano 21, 10:34. N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 17 27 Pit—FG Boswell 41, :49. South Second Quarter carry Steelers over Giants NYG—Slayton 41 pass from Jones Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 27 20 (Gano kick), 13:45. Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 16 14 Pit—Smith-Schuster 10 pass from Ro- Houston 0 1 0 .000 20 34 ethlisberger (kick failed), 9:01. BY BARRY WILNER Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 20 27 Pit—Washington 13 pass from Roeth- Associated Press North lisberger (Boswell kick), :07. Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 38 6 Fourth Quarter Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 26 16 Pit—FG Boswell 36, 14:19. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Pit—Smith-Schuster 8 pass from Ro- Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 13 16 ethlisberger (Boswell kick), 5:23. — There was one overriding rea- Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 6 38 NYG—Slayton 7 pass from Jones (pass son Ben Roethlisberger worked West failed), 1:52. Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 34 20 Pit NYG so hard to return from a major L.A. Chargers 1 0 0 1.000 16 13 First downs 19 20 elbow injury. Las Vegas 1 0 0 1.000 34 30 Total Net Yards 349 291 Denver 0 1 0 .000 14 16 Rushes-yards 30-141 20-29 His team. Passing 208 262 Punt Returns 3-13 3-39 Roethlisberger, who missed the National Conference Kickoff Returns 1-33 0-0 final 14 games last season after Interceptions Ret. 2-0 0-0 East Comp-Att-Int 21-32-0 26-41-2 elbow surgery, threw for three W L T Pct PF PA Sacked-Yards Lost 2-21 3-17 scores and the Pittsburgh Steel- Washington 1 0 0 1.000 27 17 Punts 4-45.8 5-38.6 Dallas 0 1 0 .000 17 20 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0 ers beat the New York Giants 26- N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 16 26 Penalties-Yards 3-21 4-25 Time of Possession 31:44 28:16 16 at an empty and eerie MetLife Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 17 27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Stadium on Monday night. He South RUSHING—Pittsburgh, Snell 19-113, New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 34 23 Roethlisberger 3-9, Conner 6-9, Claypool also got all the help he could ask Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 25 38 1-8, Samuels 1-2. N.Y. Giants, Jones 4-22, for from his defense and backup Carolina 0 1 0 .000 30 34 Barkley 15-6, Lewis 1-1. Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 23 34 PASSING—Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger running back Bennie Snell. 21-32-0-229. N.Y. Giants, Jones 26-41-2- North 279. “I am excited we won the Chicago 1 0 0 1.000 27 23 RECEIVING—Pittsburgh, Smith-Schus- game,” Roethlisberger said. “I Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 43 34 ter 6-69, Johnson 6-57, Claypool 2-39, Detroit 0 1 0 .000 23 27 Washington 2-34, Conner 2-8, Ebron 1-18, told the guys before the game it Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 34 43 McDonald 1-3, Samuels 1-1. N.Y. Giants, is not about me individually. The West Slayton 6-102, Barkley 6-60, Shepard 6-47, Board 2-17, Smith 2-17, Engram 2-9, Gall- reason I came back is for these Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 man 1-14, Toilolo 1-13. L.A. Rams 1 0 0 1.000 20 17 guys, this team. It’s a special /AP Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 38 25 Titans 16, Broncos 14 group of football players, of men, SETH WENIG San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 20 24 and I am just glad to be a part of Thursday’s games Tennessee 0 7 0 9—16 Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, left, celebrates Kansas City 34, Houston 20 Denver 7 0 0 7—14 it.” with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger after they connected on a Sunday’s games First Quarter A key part of it, along with sev- Green Bay 43, Minnesota 34 Den—Fant 9 pass from Lock (McMa- touchdown pass against the New York Giants during the fourth Jacksonville 27, Indianapolis 20 nus kick), :26. eral defensive plays and Snell’s Second Quarter quarter on Monday in East Rutherford, N.J. Las Vegas 34, Carolina 30 Ten—Pruitt 1 pass from Tannehill 113 yards on 19 carries — his Buffalo 27, N.Y. Jets 17 (Gostkowski kick), 9:21. first 100-yard performance in his Seattle 38, Atlanta 25 Fourth Quarter their first touchdown. All-Pro up with a huge stop. Bud Dupree Washington 27, Philadelphia 17 Ten—J.Smith 1 pass from Tannehill second NFL season. linebacker T.J. Watt made a clever pressured quarterback Daniel New England 21, Miami 11 (kick failed), 13:49. “We have talked openly about Baltimore 38, Cleveland 6 Den—Gordon 1 run (McManus kick), interception at the New York 36. Jones as he rolled left from the Chicago 27, Detroit 23 9:08. the maturation process and things Roethlisberger beat a blitz with 4 and deflected his pass. Edge Ten—FG Gostkowski 25, :17. L.A. Chargers 16, Cincinnati 13 Ten Den you can expect from a second- a perfect throw to JuJu Smith- rusher Cam Heyward practically Arizona 24, San Francisco 20 First downs 26 19 year player,” coach Mike Tomlin New Orleans 34, Tampa Bay 23 Total Net Yards 377 323 Schuster for a 10-yard second- made a fair catch in the end zone L.A. Rams 20, Dallas 17 Rushes-yards 34-130 26-107 said, “and he’s showed signs of quarter score. Chris Boswell’s for the interception. Monday’s games Passing 247 216 that from the very beginning of extra point hit the upright, leav- “I want to make a play for Pittsburgh 26, N.Y. Giants 16 Punt Returns 3-19 2-16 Tennessee 16, Denver 14 Kickoff Returns 1-19 0-0 this process. He is a quality play- ing them behind 10-9. my team. I saw Bud laying him Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Thursday, Sept. 17 Comp-Att-Int 29-43-0 22-33-0 er and one that is maturing and They got the lead with 7 sec- down,” Heyward said. “I tried to Cincinnati at Cleveland Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 0-0 emerging, and one who answered onds remaining in the half as make a good play and float to the Sunday, Sept. 20 Punts 4-51.0 5-46.4 Jacksonville at Tennessee Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1 the bell when called upon.” Roethlisberger connected with ball. N.Y. Giants at Chicago Penalties-Yards 5-37 5-56 The defense, while not quite on James Washington, who dived “We got to be an opportunistic Detroit at Green Bay Time of Possession 32:40 27:20 Carolina at Tampa Bay INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS the level of the famed Steel Cur- into the end zone for a 13-yard defense. We got sacks by guys RUSHING—Tennessee, Henry 31-116, Buffalo at Miami Tannehill 3-14. Denver, Gordon 15-78, tain, was stingy and physical. It score. Boswell made the PAT this who don’t usually get sacks and San Francisco at N.Y. Jets Lindsay 7-24, Lock 3-5, Freeman 1-0. held Saquon Barkley to 6 yards time, and added a 36-yard field interceptions by guys who don’t L.A. Rams at Philadelphia PASSING—Tennessee, Tannehill 29-43- Atlanta at Dallas 0-249. Denver, Lock 22-33-0-216. on 15 carries, swarming in the goal early in the final quarter. usually get interceptions.” Denver at Pittsburgh RECEIVING—Tennessee, C.Davis 7-101, backfield nearly all night. That came following the night’s Roethlisberger then took Pitts- Minnesota at Indianapolis Humphries 6-47, A.Brown 5-39, J.Smith “I have to be better,” Barkley Washington at Arizona 4-36, Henry 3-15, Firkser 2-5, Blasingame biggest play. burgh 62 yards for the field goal 1-5, Pruitt 1-1. Denver, Fant 5-81, Jeudy 4- said. “I have to be better for the Baltimore at Houston 56, Patrick 4-29, Gordon 3-8, Hamilton 1- Even though the Pittsburgh de- and a 19-10 lead. He hit Smith- Kansas City at L.A. Chargers 18, Freeman 1-12, Lindsay 1-11, Cleveland team. We have to get the running fense broke down as the Giants Schuster again for a 10-yard New England at Seattle 1-7, Butt 1-0, Vannett 1-(minus 6). Monday, Sept. 21 MISSED FIELD GOALS—Tennessee, Gos- game going.” marched 87 yards on 19 plays touchdown and a 26-10 lead be- New Orleans at Las Vegas tkowski 47, Gostkowski 44, Gostkowski 42. Three Steelers stars got them in the third quarter, it still came fore New York got a late TD. Gostkowski makes amends in Titans’ win at Denver

BY ARNIE STAPLETON terback Ryan Tannehill said. “Any win in Gostkowski never missed three field portunity at the end, because the guys de- Associated Press the NFL is a good win. I’ll take it. They goals in a game during his 14 seasons in served the win. We’re all pros here. We’ve don’t put any asterisks on it in the win New England, where he won three Super all had our days. But the kicking position, DENVER — A day after Tom Brady’s column.” Bowl rings, made four Pro Bowls and left you miss a couple of kicks, the camera fol- dud of a debut for Tampa Bay, Stephen Titans coach and ex-teammate Mike this offseason as the Patriots’ all-time lows you around, they talk about you the Gostkowski failed to put all that Patriots Vrabel said he had no qualms about send- leading scorer. whole time, they watch you. It can get to a pedigree to work in his first game with the ing Gostkowski out for another try, On Thursday he joined the Titans, who lonely spot. But you have to keep your head Tennessee Titans. “Nope, and they did, obviously, because had the worst field-goal unit in the NFL high and keep on going.” Until the very end. they weren’t using their timeouts and they last year when their first four kickers Gostkowski missed a 47-yarder in the Unlike Brady, who lost his first game in were banking on him missing,” Vrabel said. combined to connect on only 44.4% of field first quarter and Shelby Harris blocked a uniform other than New England’s, Gos- “We’ve all got to do our job. And again, it’s goals (8-for-18). his 43-yarder just before halftime. Gost- tkowski prevailed Monday night when he not on just one player. We’ll get this stuff The last Titans/Oilers kicker to miss kowski’s 42-yarder in the third quarter was nailed a 25-yard field goal with 17 seconds fixed. We’ve got a lot of faith in our players. three field goals and an extra point in a wide left and he missed the PAT following left, sending the Titans past the Denver Excited to get out of here with a win. This game was Skip Butler against the Jets in Tennessee’s go-ahead touchdown on Jonnu Broncos 16-14 after he missed four kicks is a tough place to play.” the 1977 season opener. Smith’s catch from Ryan Tannehill on for the first time in his career. Gostkowski missed every way you can Gostkowski appreciated the support. fourth-and-1 with 13:49 remaining. “I really wanted to come out and make a think of: wide left, wide right, a block and “I just got here and come out here and Denver replied with a 75-yard drive, with strong first impression,” Gostkowski said. a shanked extra point that loomed large play like that? For the guys to still sup- Melvin Gordon taking it in from a yard out, “I did the exact opposite.” until he atoned for his awful night in the port me and still have my back was pretty and Brandon McManus’ extra point put the Gostkowski missed a kick in each quar- final seconds. good,” Gostkowski said. “That’s the cool Broncos up 14-13 with 9 minutes left. ter, including a blocked field goal and an “You can’t expect him to miss them all,” thing about team sports — you win and The Broncos punted on their next two errant extra point. said Broncos defensive lineman Jurrell lose as a team. A position like mine, every- possessions and the Titans made them It didn’t matter in the end. Casey, who was traded from Tennessee in body sees when you screw up. pay with a 12-play, 83-yard, game-winning “We’re happy to get a win,” Titans quar- the offseason. “That’s why I was grateful for the op- scoring drive. S TARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, September 16, 2020 F3HIJKLM Best in the West Stars close out Golden Knights, SPORTS advance to Stanley Cup Final » Page 22

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The Kansas mascot sits dejected in the empty stands during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 38-23 loss to Coastal Carolina on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan. Orlin Wagner / AP Singing the blues Big 12 licking its wounds after 3 losses to Sun Belt

BY DAVE SKRETTA want to let the Sun Belt down,” Chanti- ‘ You saw Associated Press cleers coach Jamey Caldwell said after today what their 38-23 win over the Jayhawks, a LAWRENCE, Kan. the Sun game that ended just after midnight and aybe the Big 12 Conference should capped the upset-filled Saturday. Belt is. We have followed the lead of the Big “Just proud of the effort,” Caldwell said, Ten and Pac-12 and opted out of “and hopefully the people back on the East didn’t want playing college football this fall. to let the Coast and in Conway were up to see it.” M Or at least opted out of schedul- If not, they certainly took note of it Sunday. Sun Belt ing the Sun Belt. That’s when the latest AP Top 25 was re- down. The lower-tier conference went 3-0 against the leased with schools from the Big Ten and Pac- ’ Power Five league over the weekend, a stunning 12 and elsewhere that are not playing this fall Jamey performance highlighted by Louisiana-Lafay- ineligible for the ranking. That opened the door ette’s romp over then-No. 23 Iowa State. Arkansas Caldwell for voters to select 10 newcomers for the poll. Coastal Carolina State also won at Kansas State and Coastal Caro- Louisiana-Lafayette landed at No. 19 with Sun head coach after lina went to Kansas and outclassed the Jayhawks Belt member Appalachian State tied with Ken- his team’s 38-23 in what may have been the best day in the history tucky at No. 23 following its win over Charlotte. victory over the of the league. Big 12’s Kansas “You saw today what the Sun Belt is. We didn’t SEE BLUES ON PAGE 19

Louisiana-Lafayette linebacker Tyler Guidry celebrates his team’s 31-14 victory Saturday over then-No. 23 Iowa State. Charlie Neibergall /AP

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