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Volume 78, No. 127A ©SS 2019 CONTINGENCY EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas US to send 2K troops to Middle East to deter Iran

BY COREY DICKSTEIN of fighter jets and air defense capabilities sible for the recent attacks on Saudi Ara- to the Iranian regime, which has repeated- Stars and Stripes and follows the deployment of other troops bian oil facilities,” the defense chief told ly denied involvement in the attacks on oil last month to bolster Saudi defenses after reporters Friday at the Pentagon. “Our facilities and tankers in the region. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will September attacks that devastated two international partners agree, including the “Do not strike another sovereign state, send about 2,000 troops to Saudi Arabia key Saudi oil facilities. Defense Secretary United Kingdom, France and Germany, do not threaten American interests, Amer- as part of its efforts to deter Iranian ag- Mark Esper on Friday called out Iran who have said so publicly.” ican forces, or we will respond,” Esper gression in the wake of several attacks at- said, directed at Iran. “Do not mistake our tributed to the regime or its proxy forces for those Sept. 14 drone and cruise mis- Esper urged those and other “like-mind- restraint for weakness. If you [do], you will in recent months, the Defense Department sile strikes, claiming evidence at the site ed” nations to provide additional defensive announced Friday. proves Tehran was to blame. capabilities to the Middle East to deter Ira- regret that.” The new deployment largely consists “It is clear that the Iranians are respon- nian aggression. He issued a stern warning SEE TROOPS ON PAGE 2

SYRIA Turkish forces advance, with deaths rising

BY MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press AKCAKALE, Turkey — Turkish forces pushed deeper into northeastern Syria on Fri- day, the third day of Ankara’s of- fensive against U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish fighters, as casualties mounted, international criticism of the campaign intensified and thousands of civilians fled the violence. Turkey said it captured more K u r d i s h - h e ld v i l l a g e s i n t h e b o r d e r region, while a camp for displaced residents about 7 miles from the frontier was evacuated after artillery shells landed nearby amid intense clashes. Aid agencies have warned of a humanitarian crisis, with nearly a half-million people at risk near the border. U.S. President Donald Trump cleared the way for Turkey’s air and ground assault after he pulled American troops from their posi- tions near the border, drawing swift bipartisan criticism that he was endangering regional stabil- ity and abandoning Syrian Kurd- ish forces that brought down Firefighters battle Islamic State in Syria. the Saddleridge fire, Trump has warned Turkey to Wildfire rages in LA which broke out act with moderation and safe- late Thursday amid guard civilians, and the Pentagon strong Santa Ana said the operation is a threat to Fast-moving flames burn homes, prompting evacuations winds, in Sylmar, progress in combating ISIS mili- Calif., on Friday. tants and a potential threat to U.S. Page 6 DAVID SWANSON/AP troops in Syria. SEE SYRIA ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 MIDEAST Iran: Missiles Troops: Jets, missiles deploying FROM FRONT PAGE and Air Force units to quickly The new troops will include provide increased capability in two fighter squadrons, an air ex- the region if necessary,” he said. peditionary wing to control fight- “... We have a full timeline of ad- hit tanker off ditional forces that can flow into er operations, two Army Patriot missile batteries and one Army theater. We are taking this one Terminal High Altitude Area step at a time.” Defense, or THAAD, system, the Currently, the United States Saudi Arabia Pentagon said. It did not immedi- has 60,000 to 80,000 troops sta- ately identify which units would tioned around the U.S. Central deploy or when they would be Command area of responsibil- BY NASSER KARIMI AND JON GAMBRELL sent to Saudi Arabia. ity, which includes the Middle Associated Press The Patriot batteries join one East and southwest Asia. That /AP SHANA that was sent last month to Saudi includes about 14,000 troops in TEHRAN, Iran — Two missiles struck an Iranian Iranian oil tanker the Sabiti travels through the Arabia in response to the oil fa- Afghanistan, 5,200 in Iraq and tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Red Sea on Friday . cility attacks. Patriot batteries 1,000 in Syria, according to de- Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the typically operate six launchers fense officials. latest incident in the region amid months of height- visible smoke. that shoot defensive surface-to- The new deployment also ened tensions between Tehran and the U.S. The ministry’s SHANA news agency said no ship air missiles designed to protect comes as the USS Abraham Lin- There was no word from Saudi Arabia on the re- nor any authority in the area responded to its dis- against short-range ballistic coln aircraft carrier and the other ported attack and Saudi officials did not immedi- tress messages. missiles, cruise missiles and air- ships in its strike group near the ately respond to requests for comment. Oil prices The Sabiti last turned on its tracking devices in craft. The THAAD system, also a end of their planned deployment. spiked by 2% on the news. August near the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas. surface-to-air defensive system, The Lincoln, which has remained “This latest incident, if confirmed to be an act of Iranian tankers routinely turn off their trackers as protects against short-, medium-, in the Middle East since it was aggression, is highly likely to be part of the wider U.S. sanctions target the sale of Iran’s crude oil. and intermediate-range ballistic rushed into the region after Ira- narrative of deteriorating relations between Saudi “The oil tanker … sustained damages to the body missiles, destroying them as they nian provocations in May, de- and the U.S. and Iran,” private maritime security when it was hit by missiles 60 miles from the Saudi near their target. parted Norfolk in April, but it is firm Dryad Maritime warned. port city of Jiddah,” IRNA said. The agency did not Esper had said previously he scheduled in the coming weeks to “It is likely that the region … will face another say whom Iranian officials suspect of launching the had placed those air defense head to its new homeport in San period of increasing maritime threats, as the Ira- missiles. units on prepare-to-deploy orders Diego. nian and Saudi geopolitical stand-off continues,” it in the event they were deemed Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi de- Defense officials said Friday added. necessary. He said Friday he had scribed the incident as an “attack” carried out by the aircraft carrier’s deployment Iranian state television said the explosion dam- spoken earlier with Saudi Crown those committing “dangerous adventurism.” In a had not yet been extended, but aged two storerooms aboard the oil tanker and Prince Muhammad bin Salman, statement, Mousavi said the Sabiti was struck twice they did not rule out that possibil- caused an oil leak into the Red Sea near the Saudi who had requested additional in the span of a half hour and an investigation was ity. Esper would have to sign off port city of Jiddah. The leak was later stopped, underway. military support. on such an extension. He declined IRNA reported. Lt. Pete Pagano, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s The United States has also to comment when asked about the The state-run IRNA news agency, quoting 5th Fleet overseeing the Mideast, said authorities pledged to bolster military sup- ship Friday. Iran’s National Iranian Tanker Co., identified there were “aware of reports of this incident,” but port to the United Arab Emirates the stricken vessel as the Sabiti. It turned on its declined to comment further. mostly with equipment, but it has The U.S. Naval Institute’s news tracking devices late Friday morning in the Red Benchmark Brent crude oil rose over 2% in trad- not announced plans to deploy wing reported this week that the Sea, putting its location some 80 miles south- ing Friday to reach some $60.40 a barrel. new troops there. U.S. Navy has no other aircraft west of Jiddah, according to data from Marine- The reported attack comes after the U.S. has al- In all, Esper said he has ap- carrier available to backfill the Traffic.com. leged that in past months Iran attacked oil tankers proved an increase of about 3,000 Lincoln in the Middle East if its The ship is carrying some 1 million barrels of near the Strait of Hormuz, at the mouth of the Per- U.S. troops in the Middle East in seven-month deployment is not crude oil, according to an analysis from data firm sian Gulf, something denied by Tehran. recent weeks, primarily to Saudi extended. A Pentagon spokesman Refinitiv. Friday’s incident could push tensions between Arabia, aimed at deterring Iran. on Friday declined to comment Images released by Iran’s Petroleum Ministry Iran and the U.S. even higher, more than a year He said more troops had been no- on aircraft carrier planning, cit- appeared to show no visible damage to the Sabiti after President Donald Trump unilaterally with- tified they could be deployed. ing security concerns. visible from its bridge, though they did not show the drew America from the nuclear deal and imposed “The U.S. military has on alert [email protected] ship’s sides. 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BY J.P. LAWRENCE ioned platforms that allow people Stars and Stripes to sit on the floor with their food — that Rahmdel had hoped to BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Af- furnish it with, BAF Cafe has ghanistan — The paintings that Western tables and chairs. line the walls at Bagram’s newest And security concerns meant eatery depict peaceful mountain Rahmdel could not hire Afghans vistas, old men having tea, the site of the great Buddha statutes to work at the cafe, as he’d have in Bamiyan province. liked. Handing me my tea, BAF Cafe Still, I enjoyed my saffron tea, manager Sushil told me the pic- even if it was not as flavorful as tures were what I’d tasted in cafes in Herat, meant to where much of Afghanistan’s saf- Reporter’s show troops fron is grown. what Af- The cafe opened in Febru- notebook ghanistan ary, Sushil said. Near the main is like out- post exchange and some shops, side the blast walls that surround it competes with an established the largest American base in the food court featuring an Ameri- country. can-style coffee shop and a Pizza “Most of the people don’t know Hut — and Wi-Fi, which the cafe about the culture, you know?” lacks. said Sushil, a native of Nepal. When I stopped in at about Servicemembers, Pentagon ci- noon one recent Thursday, I was vilians and contractors from the the only customer at first. U.S. and elsewhere can spend But as I sipped some invigorat- months, if not years, at big bases ing green tea a little later, soldiers in the Middle East without ever and airmen entered — initially a discovering life outside the base. few and then a group of a half- Kabul-born Riza Rahmdel, the -dozen. Some played a board owner of the cafe, wants it to “cre- game, while others chatted with ate cultural awareness” of Af- Afghan contractors. Above: Jawid Kaderi, ghan life, he said by phone from Sergio Sanchez, a Defense Canada, where he now lives. an Afghan-American Department civilian employ- “I want to get it as close as pos- contractor who works at ee, comes here most Thursday sible to how it’s supposed to be: Bagram Air Base, drinks nights, he told me. He likes that a traditional Afghan tea shop,” tea with a fellow contractor the cafe is quiet, unlike the bus- Rahmdel said. and an airman Sept. 19 at BAF Cafe. The cafe,the But it’s not quite there yet. tling food court. base’s newest eatery, aims “It’s a work in progress,” said The pictures of peaceful, rural to offer troops and others Maria Berrios Borges, gen- Afghanistan help him unwind as an authentic Afghan tea eral manager of the Army and he drinks his tea, he said. shop experience. Air Force Exchange Service in Even if the place is not as au- Afghanistan. thentic as its proprietor and Left: Sushil Budhathoki Yes, troops can sip saffron tea AAFES had hoped, the tea was and Dev Raj Neupane, while surrounded by framed steaming hot and delicious. workers from Nepal, show paintings showing the country’s “It’s the closest you’re going to goods available at BAF beautiful landscapes, but con- be able to get to a real Afghan ex- Cafe. perience here,” one airman told trary to Rahmdel’s vision, little of PHOTOS BY J.P. LAWRENCE/ the food is locally sourced. me. Stars and Stripes Instead of the traditional Af- [email protected] ghan “toshaks” — raised cush- Twitter: @jplawrence3 WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 94

BY EMILY LANGER account reporting that he had Hershel “Woody” Williams, 96, The Washington Post “helped immobilize three Ger- recognized for his bravery as a man tanks, wiped out a house Marine Corps corporal at Iwo Francis Currey, who received full of Nazis, rescued six of his Jima in the Pacific. the Medal of Honor for almost trapped buddies and saved five Currey, who was 6 feet tall single-handedly holding back a wounded men” — Currey re- German attack on a town dur- but only 130 pounds, found him- ceived the Medal of Honor, the self at the heart of the Battle of ing the Battle of the Bulge, has military’s highest decoration. died. the Bulge, the last major Ger- He died Oct. 8 at his home in Currey, one of the last three man offensive of World War II Selkirk, N.Y. surviving recipients of the and a bloody affair resulting in He was 94 and had congestive Medal of Honor for valor during 80,000 American and 100,000 heart failure, said his daughter, World War II, decided one week German casualties. The town Kathryn Domery. after his high school graduation of Malmedy became infamous Currey’s Medal of Honor in 1943 to join the Army. as the site of a massacre by — which he received on July 27, He shipped out in the spring Waffen-SS troops of more than 1945, after the Allied victory of 1944 for Europe, making 80 U.S. soldiers who had been his way from Normandy in the in Europe and just before the defeat of Japan — was one of forced to surrender at the start wake of the D-Day invasion to of the battle. the Netherlands and then, by 472 awarded for service during Reflecting on his actions, he winter, to the Ardennes region World War II, according to the told the Times-Union newspa- of Belgium. There, as a 19-year- Congressional Medal of Honor Society. per in Albany, N.Y., decades PAUL EFIRD, KNOXVILLE (TENN.) NEWS SENTINEL/AP old private first class during the Battle of the Bulge, the infan- His death leaves two living later, “It was just one day of Medal of Honor recipient Francis Currey, right, attends the 2014 tryman was credited with hold- honorees from that conflict: nine months of steady combat.” Congressional Medal of Honor Society convention in Knoxville, Tenn. New ing back a German attack on Charles Coolidge, 98, who was After the war, Currey worked York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed flags on state government buildings to the town of Malmedy. recognized for his actions as as a benefits counselor at a vet- be flown at half-staff Friday in honor of Currey, a Selkirk, N.Y., resident For his actions — heralded an Army technical sergeant in erans hospital in Albany and who died Tuesday. days later in a New York Times France in the fall of 1944, and ran a landscaping business. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 MIDEAST Esper warns of ‘consequences’ over invasion

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY incursion. Stars and Stripes “Just the opposite,” he said Fri- day. “We pushed back very hard WASHINGTON — Defense at all levels for the Turks not to Secretary Mark Esper “strongly commence this operation.” encouraged” Turkey’s defense In Thursday’s call, Esper minister to stop its incursion into “strongly encouraged Turkey northeastern Syria during a call to discontinue actions in north- Thursday, saying the operation eastern Syria” so that they could “risks serious consequences for “deescalate the situation before it Turkey,” according to a Pentagon becomes irreparable.” /AP statement released Friday. Trump told reporters Thurs- ANHA On Tuesday, Turkey started day at the White House that he Flames rising from burned cars at the site of an explosion in the central Qamishli city in northeastern its military action into northeast hoped the U.S., Turkey and the Syria, on Friday. Syria to attack areas where the Syrian Kurds could mediate the Syrian Democratic Forces were situation. operating along the border with “So what we have is really two Turkey. choices: You have the choice of Syria: EU threatens sanctions on Turkey After the fall of the Islamic bringing in the military and de- State caliphate in Syria in March, feating everybody again, or you the United States kept military have the choice of financially FROM FRONT PAGE Agency reported. ity from its allies. forces in northeast Syria to en- doing some very strong things to Plumes of black smoke billowed On the Syrian side, seven ci- “It is not enough to say you sure that the remaining fighters Turkey … We have a very good Friday from the Syrian border vilians have been killed since understand Turkey’s legitimate in the terrorist group do not re- relation- town of Tal Abyad as Turkey con- Wednesday, activists said. concerns, we want to see this soli- form. The Kurdish-led SDF was ship with the tinued bombarding the area in an Russian President Vladimir darity in a clear way,” he said. instrumental in the fight against ‘ To be Kurds. Or we offensive that was progressing Putin said he doubts that the European Union Council chief ISIS and worked alongside U.S. clear, we can mediate “successfully as planned,” the Turkish army has enough re- Donald Tusk said Turkey’s op- forces. … I hope we Turkish Defense Ministry said. sources to take control of prison eration is of “grave concern.” During a Friday news briefing are not can medi- Turkish Foreign Minister camps in the region housing Is- Abandoning the Kurdish fighters at the Pentagon, Esper denied abandoning ate,” he said. Mevlut Cavusoglu has said the lamic State detainees, and he who have been crucial in the fight that the U.S. had turned its back our Even military intends to move 19 miles fears the captured fighters “could against ISIS “is not only a bad on the SDF. with calls into northern Syria and that its just run away,” leading to a reviv- idea” but raises many “questions “To be clear, we are not aban- Kurdish to Turkey’s operation will last until all “ter- al of the militant group. both of a strategic and moral na- doning our Kurdish partner forc- partner defense min- rorists are neutralized.” NATO “We have to be aware of this and ture,” Tusk said. mobilize the resources of our in- He said a threat by Turkish es, and U.S. troops remain with forces, and ister about member Turkey considers the them in other parts of Syria,” he opposition Syrian Kurdish fighters to be ter- telligence to undercut this emerg- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. U.S. troops to the opera- rorists linked to a Kurdish insur- ing tangible threat,” Putin said to “open the gates” and let Syrian Esper told Turkish Defense remain tion, Esper gency inside Turkey and says the during a visit to Turkmenistan. refugees flood into Europe was Minister Hulusi Akar during said Friday, offensive is a counterterrorism The Syrian Kurdish forces had “totally out of place,” adding that their call that the United States with them “I have yet operation necessary for its own been holding more than 10,000 the EU will never accept “that opposes Turkey’s “uncoordinated in other no indication national security. ISIS members, but they said they refugees are weaponized and actions as they place at risk the parts of that they are The Defense Ministry state- are being forced to abandon some used to blackmail us.” progress made by the Defeat- willing to ment reported the death of two of those positions to fight the Amelie de Montchalin, the ISIS Coalition,” according to the Syria. ’ stop.” Turkish soldiers, with three Turkish invasion. French secretary for European Pentagon statement by Chief Mark Esper The U.S. wounded, but did not give details. In Washington, chief Pentagon affairs, said sanctions against Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Defense Secretary has coordi- Defense Minister Hulusi Akar spokesman Jonathan Hoffman Turkey will be “on the table” Hoffman. nated with said 342 “terrorists” — Ankara’s said Defense Secretary Mark at next week’s European Union “While the secretary reaf- Turkey’s term for Syrian Kurdish militia- Esper “made clear” in a phone summit because of the incursion, firmed we value our strategic military where American forces men — have been killed so far. call Thursday with his Turkish telling France Inter radio that Eu- bilateral relationship, this incur- remain in Syria in order to pro- The figure could not be inde- counterpart that the U.S. opposes rope should respond to what she sion risks serious consequences tect them, Gen. Mark Milley, pendently verified. Syrian activ- the incursion. described as a shocking situation for Turkey,” the statement says. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ists say only eight fighters were Esper told his counterpart that against civilians and the Kurdish “The secretary also reiterated Staff, told reporters Friday. killed. the military actions “place at fighters in Syria. his strong concern that, despite “Everyone is fully aware that The Kurdish militia has fired risk” the progress made to de- European diplomats in Brus- U.S. force protection measures, we are the United States military, dozens of mortars into border feat the extremists and he urged sels have responded cautiously to Turkey’s actions could harm U.S. we retain the right of self-defense. towns inside Turkey in the past Turkey to stop its operation, ac- the idea of sanctions, even though personnel in Syria.” And our soldiers, sailors, airmen, two days, including Akcakale, ac- cording to Hoffman. Esper also Turkey’s actions have been met Turkey, a NATO partner, has and Marines will defend them- cording to officials in two prov- said the incursion “risks serious with near-unanimous criticism. raised security concerns about selves,” he said. “That’s clear, and inces on the Turkish side. They consequences” for Turkey, and The Turkish assault aims to the Syrian Kurdish forces, spe- it’s unambiguous with anybody.” said at least nine civilians were he expressed his concern that create a corridor of control along cifically the YPG forces, near its The White House is putting killed, including a 9-month-old it could harm U.S. personnel in Turkey’s border — a so-called border. Turkey’s President Recep Turkey on notice that it could face boy and three girls under 15. Syria. “safe zone” — clearing out the Tayyip Erdogan told President new “powerful sanctions” and Mourners in Akcakale carried Separately, NATO Secretary Syrian Kurdish fighters. Such a Donald Trump during a phone that the U.S. will “shut down the the coffin of the slain boy, Mo- General Jens Stoltenberg urged zone would end the Kurds’ au- call Sunday that he was going Turkish economy” if Ankara goes hammed Omar Saar, as many Ankara to exercise restraint, al- tonomy in the area and put much to conduct an operation in that too far in its incursion against the shouted, “Damn the PKK!” re- though he acknowledged what he of their population under Turkish area. Kurds in northern Syria. ferring to the Kurdish insurgent said was Turkey’s legitimate se- control. Ankara wants to settle 2 Trump responded, saying the Later on Friday, Treasury Sec- group in Turkey linked to Syr- curity concerns about the Syrian million Syrian refugees, mainly U.S. would pull its forces from retary Steven Mnuchin said at the ian Kurdish fighters. The PKK Kurdish fighters. Arabs, in the zone. key posts in northern Syria. The White House the U.S. hopes it will is considered a terrorist group In a joint news conference with The U.N. refugee agency said SDF immediately condemned the not have to use its new, expanded by Turkey, the United States and Turkish Foreign Minister Mev- tens of thousands of people have decision, saying that they would sanctions authority Trump has other countries. lut Cavusoglu, Stoltenberg also fled their homes since Wednesday, defend themselves against a authorized. The latest attack hit the town of expressed worry that the Turk- while the Britain-based Syrian Turkish attack. The Associated Press contributed to Suruc, and a child in the town of ish offensive could “jeopardize” Observatory for Human Rights, Esper denied that the U.S. this report. Ceylanpinar died of his wounds gains made against ISIS. Cavuso- a war monitoring group, put the “greenlighted” Turkey’s [email protected] Thursday night, the Anadolu glu said Turkey expected solidar- figure at more than 60,000. Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MIDEAST Turkey’s invasion raises fears of ISIS prison break

BY BASSEM MROUE ers as terrorists because of their Associated Press links to the Kurdish insurgency in its southeast. The U.S. is also BEIRUT — In the sprawling al- planning to relocate dozens of the Hol camp in northeastern Syria, most feared ISIS prisoners to de- Islamic State wives and widows tention facilities in neighboring PHOTOS BY MAYA ALLERUZZO/AP have set up special courts, stabbed Iraq, according to Iraqi officials. to death at least two people ac- The al-Hol camp is some 30 Women line up for aid supplies, on March 31, at al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province, Syria. As Turkish cused of apostasy and wielded miles from the Turkish border, troops invade northern Syria, there are renewed fears of a prison break in the camp that could give new knives and pistols in clashes with outside the “safe zone” Turkey life to the extremist group. their Kurdish guards. plans to set up in northern Syria. Now, as Turkish troops invade But as the fighting worsens, the more than 40,000 children been sentenced to die and were through the muddy alleys, food is northern Syria and the U.S. aban- there is a heightened risk that in the camp “have experienced about to be stabbed to death, he sometimes scarce and the water dons its Kurdish allies, there are large numbers of detainees could more violence, trauma and dis- said, adding that ISIS supporters used for drinking and cleaning is renewed fears of a prison break escape. placement in their short life than fought back with knives and pis- contaminated. in the camp that could give new The SDF is already struggling any of us can imagine.” tols. He said another raid in Sep- “We are extremely worried life to the extremist group. Female ISIS members have tember uncovered hand grenades about the well-being of the people The Kurdish-led Syrian Demo- to maintain order and that ISIS turned one of their tents into a and the body of a woman who was held in the camp,” Robert Onus, cratic Forces, who captured much is likely to exploit the chaos un- leashed by the Turkish invasion court administering the group’s killed by other detainees and has the emergency manager in Syria of northeastern Syria from ISIS yet to be identified. for Doctors Without Borders, to mobilize prisoners, said Lina harsh interpretation of Islamic with close U.S. military support, Azadeh Moaveni, an analyst known by its French acronym are mobilizing to stop the Turk- Khatib, head of the Middle East law. Last month, they found a 16- year-old girl guilty of apostasy. for the Crisis Group, a Brus- MSF, said. He said MSF was ish invasion and say they may not and North Africa Program at sels-based think tank, visited forced to temporarily reduce After the verdict was announced, be able to spare enough forces Chatham House, a London-based the camp in late June. She said its activities and that other aid women pulled knives from their to secure al-Hol, home to tens of think tank. hard-line detainees were trying groups were struggling to deliv- thousands of ISIS-linked women ISIS lost its last foothold of ter- all-enveloping black robes and to maintain the cruel strictures of er much-needed assistance to a and their children, and other de- ritory in March when the Syrian stabbed her repeatedly. the caliphate inside the camp, in- “very vulnerable population.” tention camps holding more than Kurdish forces captured the east- Al-Hol is home to some 71,400 cluding by whipping women who Aid groups have warned that 10,000 male militants, including ern village of Baghouz with U.S. people, mostly wives, widows and were caught smoking and encour- conditions in the camps could some 2,000 foreign fighters. ISIS support. children of ISIS fighters. They aging their own children to beat get even worse with the Turkish leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, But inside the overcrowded and were swept up in the long and up the children of those deemed offensive . who remains at large, called on squalid al-Hol camp, the group’s grueling military campaign that unbelievers. Abdul-Karim Omar, who acts his supporters last month to at- violent ideology is alive and well, eventually dismantled the ex- Like many other detention as foreign minister in northeast- tack the camps and set the detain- and a new generation is being tremists’ self-styled caliphate . camps in Syria and Iraq, al-Hol ern Syria’s Kurdish-led adminis- ees free. indoctrinated. The International On Oct. 1, police stormed a tent is overcrowded and reliant on tration, says al-Hol is a “ticking Turkey views the Kurdish fight- Committee of the Red Cross says and rescued two women who had international aid. Sewage runs bomb.” NATO lacks mechanism to expel members for missteps

BY JOHN VANDIVER Turkey,” Benitez said. relationships with the offending Stars and Stripes Should NATO ever decide to re- government,” Benitez said. move a member, it would have to For example, the U.S. Congress STUTTGART, Germany— amend its treaty. And that would cut off military aid to Turkey Turkey’s invasion of Syria has mean getting unanimous sup- after it intervened in Cyprus in generated widespread inter- port from all members, including the 1970s. Turkey responded by national condemnation, infuri- Turkey. cutting off American access to ated allies and raised questions During the course of NATO’s military bases in the country. about whether the country’s in- history, members have fallen out A current example would be clusion within NATO should be of favor numerous times and de- Norway, which on Thursday an- reconsidered. bates have swirled about how to nounced it will block exports of But even if there was consensus deal with a recalcitrant ally. military equipment to Turkey. inside NATO about kicking Tur- In 1974, allied leaders discreet- Inside NATO, there are other key out, the 70-year-old military ly debated suspending Portugal’s steps allies can take to punish a alliance faces this key obstacle: membership in NATO following a member, such as withholding in- no mechanism exists in NATO’s leftist coup, Benitez said. formation and excluding them founding charter for revoking a Instead, the Portuguese were from alliance meetings, Benitez state’s membership. quietly sanctioned and excluded said. While Article 13 in NATO’s from most NATO activities dur- For its part, NATO continues to Washington Treaty offers a way ing 1974-1975. emphasize that Turkey is an ally for a county to quit, the charter /AP “The historical record is that PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE in good standing. is silent on how to force out a NATO deals with these problems member state that has fallen out NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, meets with Turkey’s by privately sanctioning the mem- “Turkey is a valued ally,” said of favor. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, on Friday. ber violating alliance values, but a NATO official, speaking on cus- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., does not officially terminate their tomary condition of anonymity. on the eve of Turkey’s Wednesday American military leaders, who but NATO does not, said Jorge membership,” Benitez said. “We have deep relations that al- push into northern Syria, said he say Turkey’s incursion into Syria Benitez, a NATO expert with the Ultimately, NATO leaders wait lies built over decades.” would “call for their suspension should be answered with suspen- Atlantic Council think tank. out the misbehaving national On the issue of how the alliance from NATO” if the U.S.’s Kurdish sion or expulsion from the 29-na- “The issue has been raised leaders until a government con- would go about expelling a mem- partners in the fight against the tion NATO alliance. several times before, when the sistent with alliance values even- ber, the official said, “this is a hy- Islamic State group came under Other international organiza- behavior of a NATO member is in tually returns to power, he said. pothetical question, which would attack. tions such as the United Nations conflict with the values of the al- “It is important to note, that be a matter for the parties to the Similar statements have been and European Union have legal liance and the spirit of the Wash- in these cases NATO members treaty to determine.” made this week by some Eu- mechanisms for suspending ington Treaty, such as (past) act more strongly outside of the [email protected] ropean politicians and former and even removing members, military coups in Greece and alliance, through their bilateral Twitter: @john_vandiver PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 NATION Wildfire rages on LA’s northern edge

BY STEFANIE DAZIO AND JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press Businesses LOS ANGELES — A wildfire raged out of control along the face reality northern edge of Los Angeles early Friday, forcing thousands of of outages people from their homes as fire- fighters battled flames from the Associated Press air and on the ground. Police Chief Michel Moore said SONOMA, Calif. — Re- mandatory evacuations encom- tailers and other business- passed about 100,000 people in es, from hardware chains over 20,000 homes. to coffee shops, are dealing Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas with a new economic real- said the fire had grown to more ity of electrical outages in Northern California. than 7 square miles, and at least Many struggled to keep 25 homes had been damaged. A their businesses open on middle-aged man who was near the second day after the where the fire was burning went nation’s biggest utility, Pa- into cardiac arrest and died, the cific Gas & Electric, cut off chief said, but he did not have power to more than a mil- details. lion people to mitigate the The blaze erupted at about 9 risk of wildfires as heavy p.m. Thursday along the northern winds swept through. tier of the San Fernando Valley as Home improvement powerful Santa Ana winds swept chains Lowe’s and Home through Southern California. Depot said their stores have Terrazas said there were sus- been busy with people seek- tained winds of 20-25 mph, with ing generators, batteries gusts over 50 mph, and relative and flashlights. Both com- humidity levels had fallen as low panies said their stores are as 3%. open and that they are work- “As you can imagine, the em- ing to bring more emergen- bers from the wind have been cy supplies to the affected traveling a significant distance, areas. But for many mom- which causes another fire to and-pop outlets, it was even start,” Terrazas said. more of a struggle as they The fire erupted in Sylmar, the can’t rely on sophisticated distribution centers to keep HOTOS BY ICHAEL WEN AKER/AP northernmost portion of the val- P M O B restocking shelves. ley, and spread westward at a rate Workers at both small Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore tells Jerry Rowe that firefighters are coming after of 800 acres an hour into Porter businesses and big chains the roof of Rowe’s home caught fire from the Saddleridge fire in Granada Hills, Calif., Friday. Ranch, part of a so-called urban- turned to creative ways wildland interface, where subdi- to serve customers either visions crowd against the foothills in the dark or with lim- of the Santa Susana Mountains. ited power from genera- The cause of the fire wasn’t im- tors. They tabulated sales mediately known. on a piece of paper. They Porter Ranch, an upper middle- brought flashlights to work class suburb that was the back- and guided customers to drop for the 1982 movie “E.T.” is dark areas of the store to no stranger to evacuations. Four help them find batteries and years ago, a blowout at an under- other emergency supplies. ground natural gas well operated Friedman’s Home Im- by Southern California Gas Co. provement store in Sonoma, in the neighboring Aliso Canyon Calif., lost power Wednes- storage facility drove 8,000 fami- day but remained open with lies from their homes. a limited amount of elec- In Northern California, the tricity from generators. lights were back on Friday for more than half of the 2 million residents who lost electricity after 1,000 firefighters were on the the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. lines. utility switched it off on Wednes- Edwin Bernard, 73, said he and day to prevent its equipment from his wife were forced to leave their sparking wildfires during dry, four cats behind as they fled their windy weather. Sylmar home. PG&E restored the power after Bernard, standing outside the workers inspected power lines evacuation center at the Sylmar to make sure it was safe to do so. Recreation Center on Friday, said The winds had increased the pos- they were only able to grab their sibility of transmission lines top- three dogs. During a previous pling to the ground and starting wildfire, they’d had time to find wildfires. their passports and photo albums, Helicopters made repeated but not Thursday night. water drops as crews in Los An- “The fireman said, ‘go, go, go!’ geles attacked flames in and Bernard said. “It was a whole around homes. Water- and retar- curtain of fire,” he said. “There dant-dropping airplanes joined was fire on all sides. We had to the battle after daybreak. About leave.” A firefighter runs up a driveway with hoses as the Saddleridge fire threatens homes in Granada Hills. Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 NATION Ex-envoy testifies despite Trump’s opposition

BY ADAM GELLER Trump’s personal attorney and has no offi- The former diplomat who spoke with lomats next week, as well. AND MARY CLARE JALONICK cial role in the U.S. government — pushed Yovanovitch said the ambassador refused On Monday, Fiona Hill, a former White Associated Press Ukrainian officials to investigate baseless to do “all this offline, personal, informal House adviser who focused on Russia, is corruption allegations against the Bidens. stuff” and made clear expected to testify. Three current State WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Am- Yovanovitch was removed from her post that the U.S. govern- Department officials also are tentatively bassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch after insisting that Giuliani’s requests to ment had formal ways scheduled next week — Deputy Assistant appeared on Capitol Hill Friday for a de- Ukrainian officials for investigations be to request foreign Secretary of State George Kent, U.S. Am- position in the Democrats’ impeachment relayed through official channels, accord- governments’ help bassador to the European Union Gordon inquiry, accepting lawmakers’ invita- ing to a former diplomat who has spoken with investigations. Sondland, and Ulrich Brechbuhl, a State The former diplomat tion to testify despite President Donald with her. Department counselor. In a July 25 phone call, Trump told insisted on anonymity Trump’s declaration that his administra- Sondland was originally scheduled for tion wouldn’t cooperate with the probe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to disclose the private a deposition this past Tuesday but did Yovanovitch was recalled from her post that Yovanovitch was “bad news,” accord- conversation. not show up. Trump tweeted afterward in May and is now a State Department fel- ing to a partial transcript released by the The State Depart- that he couldn’t let Sondland testify be- low at Georgetown University. Trump said White House. Neither Giuliani nor Trump ment traditionally earlier this week that he would block all has publicly specified their objections to Yovanovitch relies on mutual legal cause the Democratic-led probe was officials from testifying, saying the probe Yovanovitch. assistance treaties, “compromised.” was unfair and “illegitimate.” It’s unclear Businessmen with ties to Giuliani lob- under which U.S. The committees subpoenaed Sondland if Yovanovitch’s appearance signals a shift bied a U.S. congressman in 2018 for help and foreign officials agree to exchange hours later for a deposition next week, and in that strategy or if she is breaking with ousting Yovanovitch, according to an in- evidence and information in criminal his attorneys said Friday he would testify White House policy. dictment made public Thursday following investigations. on Oct. 17, despite the administration’s po- Democrats are investigating Trump’s the men’s arrest. It alleges that the men Yovanovitch was to speak to the House sition. A statement from his attorneys said, pleas to Ukrainian officials to launch in- leveraged a flurry of GOP political dona- Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Over- however, that Sondland would not be able vestigations of political rival Joe Biden and tions to force Yovanovitch’s removal, an sight and Reform committees behind to product documents “concerning his of- his family. Yovanovitch was recalled from effort prosecutors say was aided by laun- closed doors Friday. The committees are ficial responsibilities,” as they were con- Kyiv in May as Rudy Giuliani — who is dered foreign money. scheduled to talk to several other U.S. dip- trolled by the State Department. Appeals court rules House should get Trump financials

BY MARK SHERMAN AND JESSICA GRESKO ‘ After months of Associated Press delay, it is time for WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the President to President Donald Trump’s finan- stop blocking cial records must be turned over to the House of Representatives. Mazars from The U.S. Court of Appeals for complying with the the District of Columbia Circuit said that lawmakers should get Committee’s lawful the documents they have subpoe- naed from Mazars USA. The firm subpoena. has provided accounting services Rep. Elijah’ Cummings to Trump. D-Md. Trump went to court to prevent Mazars from turning over the re- RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII, (MINNEAPOLIS) STAR TRIBUNE/AP cords. He could appeal to the Su- Supporters listen as President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at a rally in Minneapolis. preme Court. appointee of President Barack Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Obama. chairman of the House commit- Trump appointee Neomi Rao tee that is seeking the records, wrote in dissent that the com- called for prompt compliance. mittee should have asked for the Trump attacks Biden, slams “After months of delay, it is time records under the House’s im- for the President to stop blocking peachment power, not its legisla- Mazars from complying with the tive authority. impeachment probe at rally Committee’s lawful subpoena,” “The Constitution and our his- Cummings said in a statement. torical practice draw a consistent The House Committee on Over- line between the legislative and BY ZEKE MILLER, got robbed,” Trump said. While faces. sight and Reform subpoenaed re- judicial powers of Congress. The STEVE KARNOWSKI the young Biden did have busi- “They want to erase your vote cords from Mazars in April. majority crosses this boundary AND JONATHAN LEMIRE ness interest overseas while he like it never existed,” Trump They include documents from for the first time by upholding Associated Press father was in office, there is no said. “They want to erase your 2011 to 2018 that the House wants this subpoena investigating the evidence of misconduct. Trump’s voice, and they want to erase your for investigation into the presi- illegal conduct of the President MINNEAPOLIS — President adult children have faced con- future.” dent’s reporting of his finances under the legislative power,” Rao Donald Trump was defiant in the gressional scrutiny for their for- He added, “The Democrats’ and potential conflicts of interest. wrote. face of an impeachment probe as eign business dealings while their brazen attempt to overthrow our The list of documents makes no The case is one of several he sought to convert the threat father is serving as president, and government will produce a back- mention of Trump’s tax returns, working its way through courts to his presidency into a weapon Trump still maintains ownership lash at the ballot box the likes which are the subject of separate in which Trump is fighting with on the campaign trail, with bit- stakes in his family’s businesses. of which they have never ever legal disputes. Congress over records. The House ing and unsupported attacks on The rally in Minneapolis, the seen before in the history of this In a 2-1 ruling, the appeals Ways and Means Committee has potential Democratic challenger first since Democrats began pro- country.” court batted away Trump’s legal sued the Trump administration Joe Biden. ceedings two weeks ago to remove Trump was by his own admis- claims. over access to the president’s tax Confronting an investigation him from office, served as a prov- sion fired up and off script as he “Contrary to the President’s returns . In New York, Trump provoked by his unprecedented ing ground for the president as spoke for more than 90 minutes. arguments, the Committee pos- sued to prevent Deutsche Bank calls for Ukraine and then China he tries to use the impeachment Few of his political opponents sesses authority under both the and Capital One from complying to assist in digging up dirt on his inquiry to energize supporters were spared. He said Biden “was House Rules and the Constitution with House subpoenas for bank- political rivals, Trump contin- for his 2020 campaign by cast- only a good vice president be- to issue the subpoena, and Ma- ing and financial records. A judge ued to lay into Biden and his son ing himself — and his support- cause he knew how to kiss Barack zars must comply,” Judge David ruled against him, and Trump Hunter, whom he and his allies ers — as victims of Washington Obama’s ass.” He called Min- Tatel wrote, joined by Judge Pa- appealed. Trump also is in court have accused of illegally profiting Democrats. nesota Rep. Ilhan Omar “a dis- tricia Millett. trying to stop the Manhattan Dis- off his father’s office. The performance revealed a grace” and an “America-hating Tatel was appointed by Presi- trict Attorney from obtaining his “The Bidens got rich, and that defense strategy largely detached socialist.” He said House Speaker dent Bill Clinton. Millett is an tax returns. is substantiated, while America from the allegations Trump Nancy Pelosi was “really stupid.” PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 NATION Study: Russia El Paso shooting tweets linked to release of suspect pleads not hacked emails BY TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press WASHINGTON — Russia’s in- guilty in 22 deaths terference in the 2016 U.S. elec- tion has generally been seen as two separate, unrelated tracks: BY CEDAR ATTANSIO German citizen who lived in Ciu- hacking Democratic emails and Associated Press dad Juarez, Mexico. sending provocative tweets. But A bailiff had asked the court to a new study suggests the tactics EL PASO, Texas — The man remain quiet and warned against were likely intertwined. charged with capital murder in outbursts. the fatal shooting of 22 people at a On the eve of the release of Local prosecutors have said hacked Hillary Clinton cam- Walmart in El Paso, Texas, plead- they will seek the death penalty. ed not guilty Thursday during a paign emails, Russian-linked Federal authorities are weighing trolls retweeted messages from brief initial hearing. capital murder and hate crime Police have said Patrick Cru- thousands of accounts on both ex- charges. The Department of Jus- BRIANA SANCHEZ, THE EL PASO (TEXAS) TIMES/AP tremes of the American ideologi- sius, 21, of Dallas confessed to tice has called the shooting an act cal spectrum. the Aug. 3 mass shooting and that Walmart shooting suspect Patrick Crusius, center, pleads not guilty of domestic terrorism. Those retweets increased the he targeted Mexicans. Some two- during his arraignment Thursday in El Paso, Texas. There were 2,000 witnesses odds selected Twitter users would dozen people survived the attack at the scene of the massacre, so data from his cellphone, records story,” said Mark Stevens, of San be online and able to express out- with injuries, and two of them re- almost everybody in the city of from the Dallas-area schools he Antonio, lead defense attorney. rage when the next day, on Oct. 7, main in the hospital, according to about 700,000 knew somebody attended and tens of hours of foot- “We’ll ask everybody, media and details such as the revelation that hospital officials. affected by the shooting. Clinton may have had early ac- Crusius walked into the court- age captured by Walmart secu- everybody else, to keep an open The first judge assigned to the rity cameras around the time of cess to a primary debate question room wearing a dark suit, white mind until you hear both sides of case recused herself because she the shooting, according to court were released. shirt and glasses. He was sworn knew one of the people killed in the story, what comes out in the records. courtroom.” Those retweets also brought in, waived the reading of his in- the attack. The lead prosecu- those lesser-known users a wider The court records also includ- Joe Spencer, of El Paso, the as- dictment and pleaded not guilty. tor said his sister also was in the audience, encouraging them to ed medical images taken from sistant defense attorney, said he The entire hearing lasted less Walmart during the attack and tweet more and, ultimately, help- shooting victims and jail mail and Stevens “are morally opposed than three minutes. that the gunman walked right by ing polarize American public and phone calls involving Crisius to the death penalty” and that About 80 members of the pub- her. after his arrest. debate. they “will use every breath we lic crammed into the courtroom Crusius fled the scene of the It also includes the FBI’s “man- In the study, Clemson Univer- have to try to save Patrick’s life.” on the top floor of the El Paso shooting in his car but turned ifesto analysis” — a likely refer- sity professors Darren L. Linvill County Courthouse to witness himself in less than an hour later, ence to a racist screed railing He added that the El Paso com- and Patrick L. Warren say mes- his first appearance. A handful according to police. His arrest against an influx of Hispanics munity needs closure and heal- sages were retweeted from some wiped away tears as Crusius pro- warrant says he declared: “I’m into the U.S. that authorities have ing, “and the quickest way to get 4,000 accounts on Oct. 6, 2016, nounced his plea. the shooter.” said Crusius posted online before closure and healing is not through the day before Wikileaks’ release Among the crowd was a delega- In documents filed Thursday, the shooting. seeking the death penalty.” of hacked emails belonging to tion from the Mexican Consul- the El Paso prosecutor notified Meanwhile, the Crusius legal Crusius is being held with- Clinton’s campaign chair, John ate. Eight Mexican citizens were the court that he had shared evi- team appealed for open minds out bond in an El Paso jail. He Podesta. killed in the attack, and most of dence with the defense on Sept. as they present their portrait of has been on suicide watch since Through the retweets, Rus- the victims had Hispanic last 27. That evidence includes police Crusius. shortly after his arrest and is sep- sian trolls amplified messages names. Among the dead was a and FBI interviews with Crusius, “There are two sides to this arated from other prisoners. on the fringes of American poli- tics. Twitter users, especially on the far left, responded negatively to revelations about Clinton, ful- Union indicates to GM filling Russia’s attempt to boost Donald Trump’s candidacy and add to the divisiveness in Ameri- strike won’t end quickly can politics. Ultimately, those retweeted users gained a total of 500,000 new Associated Press top negotiators. followers over the next four days, Committees are working on DETROIT — General Motors the study found. The increase in issues such as products for fac- Chief Executive Mary Barra has followers apparently prompted tories that GM wants to close, in- stepped into contract talks with the Twitter users to tweet more. striking auto workers, asking the vestments in other U.S. factories The report found that, over- union to wrap up outstanding is- and training for union workers all, they had sent 600,000 more sues and respond to a company to handle future technology, ac- tweets over those four days than offer made this week. cording to Dittes’ letter. They’re they would have otherwise. The But in a letter to GM’s top bar- also haggling over company-paid researchers based this figure on gainer Thursday, United Auto legal services for union members a comparison with similar Twit- Workers Vice President Terry and the future of a joint UAW-GM ter accounts that had not had a Dittes wrote that there won’t be a training center in Detroit, the let- retweet from a Russian troll dur- response to Monday’s offer until ter said. ing that period. committees working issues are But the company, in a Thurs- The research was supported by finished. He didn’t know how long day letter to Dittes, said GM ex- a Charles Koch Foundation grant. that would take. pected the union to move more The authors say the foundation Details of the Wednesday meet- quickly and respond to the larger and its conservative leader did offer before the committee work not influence the findings, which ing between Barra and top union PAUL SANCYA/AP bargainers were disclosed in the is done. are in line with other bipartisan letter, which was obtained by The “At the meeting, Mary Barra Yolanda Jacobs, a United Auto Workers member, walks the picket research on Russian meddling in Associated Press. It’s an indica- emphasized the need to get a line at the General Motors Romulus Powertrain plant in Romulus, elections. tion that there won’t be a quick comprehensive response from Mich., on Wednesday. While the existence of a spike end to the nearly monthlong the union as soon as possible,” in Twitter activity on Oct. 6, 2016, strike by 49,000 workers that has wrote Scott Sandefur, GM’s top Dittes wrote, adding that commit- is losing $82 million per day, has been known and the authors halted production at all of GM’s bargainer. tees have been meeting since 3:30 while workers are having to live prior work was cited in Tuesday’s U.S. factories. Dittes wrote that when the com- p.m. Wednesday. on $250 per week in strike pay. release of a Senate Intelligence Both sides are separated on mittees finish, the union will turn Workers walked off their jobs The strike has forced parts- Committee report on Russia’s major economic issues such as in a comprehensive proposal in on Sept. 16 after their four-year supply companies to lay off work- use of social media during the wages and lump-sum payments response to the company’s offer. contract expired. The strike will ers and has made GM close some election, exactly what those trolls and better pensions that will be “The completion of those com- be a month old on Monday. of its factories in Canada and were up to has not been previous- bargained at the “main table” by mittees is not known at this point,” An analyst estimates that GM Mexico. ly detailed. Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION 3 sexually transmitted diseases hit new highs Deadly currents stalk swimmers NEW YORK — U.S. infections from three sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fifth BY DINAH VOYLES PULVER consecutive year. More than 1.7 million cases StarNews of Wilmington of chlamydia were reported last WILMINGTON, N.C. — Hur- year. The infection rate rose 3% ricane Lorenzo’s powerful cur- from 2017. rents and rough surf claimed at It’s the most reported in a year, least four lives in North Carolina though the trend is mainly attrib- last month, including that of a top uted to increased testing. executive from the National Oce- About 580,000 gonorrhea cases anic and Atmospheric Admin- were reported. That’s the highest istration and two swimmers in number since 1991. The rate rose Kure Beach. 5%. Scientists worry antibiotic re- The drownings — and dozens sistance may be a factor. of additional rescues as the hur- And the syphilis rate rose 15%. ricane pounded the Atlantic coast About 35,000 cases of the most for days — bring new attention to contagious forms of the disease the dangers of swimming in the were reported — also the most open waters. since 1991. Powerful currents, high surf and unexpectedly large “sneaker California bans tiny waves” have claimed at least 85 lives this year alone, according plastic bottles at hotels to National Weather Service sta- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ho- tistics. The drownings happened tels in the nation’s most popu- on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf lous state will have to stop giving coasts, as well as along the Great guests small plastic shampoo bot- Lakes. tles under a new law set to take “People consider the ocean a effect starting in 2023. swimming pool and not a very Gov. Gavin Newsom announced dynamic, turbulent place,” said Wednesday he had signed a law Francis Smith, a research scien- banning hotels from giving guests tist at the University of Califor- Above: Carolina plastic bottles filled with sham- nia, Berkeley. But nothing could Beach Ocean poo, conditioner or soap. be further from the truth, he said. Rescue Lifeguard It takes effect in 2023 for ho- “It’s powerful.” Shawn Johnson tels with more than 50 rooms and More people die from surf looks out at the 2024 for hotels with less than 50 zone incidents than any other surf in Carolina rooms. single weather-related cause ex- Beach N.C., last Violators could be fined $500 cept flooding. Between 2014 and month. More for a first offense and $2,000 for 2018, flooding killed 549 people. deaths occur from subsequent violations. Currents, high surf and surprise surf zone incidents The law follows similar ac- waves killed 510, weather ser- than any other tions by some of the world’s vice records show. Nearly two- single weather- largest hotel chains. Marriott thirds of them were caught in rip related cause International has said it plans to currents. except flooding. stop using small plastic bottles The 2014-2018 deaths, which Left: A surfer rides in its hotel rooms by December span the entire United States and a wave near Crystal 2020. IHG, which owns Holiday its territories, are greater than Pier in Wrightsville Inn, Kimpton and other brands, the combined number of fatalities Beach, N.C., on said it will eliminate about 200 by lightning, tornadoes and hur- Oct. 2. million small bottles by 2021. ricanes over the same five years. The count is a minimum, the PHOTOS BY MATT BORN, THE STAR-NEWS/AP Astronauts venture on weather service said, and may not include every death. week’s 2nd spacewalk Beachgoers face a far greater But Bill Lapenta, NOAA’s di- “It is the greatest nightmare I surface, perpendicular to the CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. risk of drowning in a rip current rector of the National Centers will ever experience,” said John beach. — Space station astronauts ven- than they do being bitten by a for Environmental Prediction, Merical. “I’ve cried more tears Many beachgoers have never tured out Friday on their second shark, said Stephen Leatherman, was later pulled from the ocean in the last five and a half months heard of a rip current, said spacewalk this week to swap a professor in the Department of unresponsive and could not be than I have in my entire life.” Leatherman, who’s working with more batteries. Earth and Environment at Flori- revived. The two athletic teenagers his son to develop videos with As Andrew Morgan and Chris- da International University. “Surf conditions and a rip cur- were in water below their knees drones and environmentally safe tina Koch emerged from the In- And yet, Leatherman said the rent in the area were likely a fac- when the rip current knocked dyes to help people visualize the ternational Space Station, NASA death toll “almost seems like a se- tor” in his death, according to a them down and pulled them out, danger. The currents can be de- announced the death of the cret to some degree.” town news release. he said. ceptive or hard to see, even for world’s first spacewalker, Rus- “People see one shark and ev- Lapenta’s death was especially Paige, who started swimming experts. sian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov at erybody goes nuts,” he said. But discouraging, Leatherman said. at age 2, had been taught if she Many swimmers aren’t strong age 85. twice as many people are killed He said if a trained profes- became trapped in a current to enough to swim out of a rip cur- His 12-minute spacewalk on by currents and waves in the U.S. sional can still get caught up in a swim parallel to the shore, advice rent, Leatherman said. Drowning March 18, 1965, preceded the than are bitten by sharks. rip current and die, what chance long given to swimmers. can happen quickly. first U.S. spacewalk by Ed White Leatherman, also known as Dr. does the average person have But now the Mericals believe “When you panic,” he said, by less than three months. Beach for his annual ranking of who doesn’t have that training or their advice was wrong. They “your brain stops working.” “A tribute to Leonov as today is the nation’s best beaches, calls background have? are among a growing group of When a swimmer starts swal- a spacewalk,” Mission Control in the ocean’s strong currents “si- John and Suzi Merical know community organizations and re- lowing water, it immediately at- Houston reported. lent killers.” the answer to that question all too searchers working to change the tacks the air sacs in the lungs, The National Weather Service well. Their only child, Paige, was message. said Smith, the University of Leonov also was the Russian posts warnings about dangerous pulled out to sea in a rip current Swimmers should “flip, float California scientist and former commander of the Apollo-Soyuz conditions in an effort to prevent on April 19 during a beach trip to and follow,” said Jamie Racklyeft, lifeguard. “Your body just shuts joint space mission in 1975. such deaths. Emerald Isle, N.C. executive director of the Great down,” he said. “You don’t get the Morgan and Koch swiftly con- It did so throughout late Sep- She had been at the beach just Lakes Water Safety Consortium. oxygen you need, especially to tinued their work to replace de- tember as Hurricane Lorenzo 45 minutes when a stranger used Flip onto their backs, float with your brain.” cade-old batteries in the station’s churned the waters from Florida Paige’s phone to call her mother to the current and follow the path of Swimmers who can flip over solar power network with new and to North Carolina. relay the horrific news. Although least resistance. and float give themselves time to improved lithium-ion versions. On the morning of Sept. 30, Paige was rescued and taken to Rip currents form when water control their panic, breathe and It’s the second of five space- it advised beachgoers in Duck, the hospital, she died a week later piles up on the shore and rushes make themselves more buoyant walks planned this month to N.C., on the Outer Banks that the from her injuries. to the lowest point to return to the by filling their lungs with air. install six new batteries that ar- risk of rip currents was high: “It A friend with Paige, Ian Lewis, sea. The water finds an existing Once they’re calm, they can get rived via a Japanese supply ship is recommended that you stay out was also swept away in the cur- channel or carves out a channel themselves to shore or wait for two weeks ago. of the water.” rent and died. in the sand beneath the water’s rescue. From The Associated Press PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 NATION Empire State Building shows off $165M view

BY VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press

NEW YORK — The observa- tory atop the Empire State Build- ing has a dizzying new look with floor-to-ceiling, 360-degree win- dows 102 floors above New York City. The remodeled observatory opened to the public on Saturday. It was unveiled to the media on Thursday. More than 4 million annual visitors to the 1931 Art Deco skyscraper — about 60% from abroad — will be offered an un- obstructed view of the city and far beyond through panoramic floor-to-ceiling sheets of glass. They replace old windows that were half the size. For a nocturnal view of New York, visitors have until 1:15 a.m. to take a new, high-speed, trans- lucent elevator to the 102nd floor. Now visible from the interior on the way up are the building’s tower lights, whose colors change daily to celebrate holidays or people. On the way up to the high new perch are an additional 10,000 square feet of fresh exhibits, in- PHOTOS BY RICHARD DREW/AP cluding a replica of the moving People look at the south view in the 102nd floor Observatory of the Empire State Building, in New York, on Thursday. hand of King Kong, the mon- ster gorilla in the 1933 film that Street, where added security sta- pire State Realty Trust Inc. climbs the building, plunging to tions help move the crowd along. Remodeling was a daunting its death amid an attack by Hell- Tickets may be purchased at task, said project manager Rob- diver military planes. electronic kiosks installed only ert Krizman. Also on display are photos of last year, in addition to online Workers mounted metal bas- actors in movies shot there. purchases. kets suspended outside the 103rd The $58 cost to get to the obser- The building also has remod- floor, wearing harnesses attached vatory at 1,250 feet above Fifth Avenue has not changed. But now, eled its famous open-air obser- to the building. From there, they visitors are promised shorter vatory on the 86th floor, which removed defunct broadcast an- lines that have often stretched out still requires a $38 ticket. Walls tennas weighing 200 pounds onto Fifth Avenue, spilling into an were opened between the interior each, jutting out from the top and elbow-to-elbow lobby crowd be- space and the open-air terrace so bottom of the old windows. fore even getting into an elevator. city views emerge immediately Their workstation was an alu- The entrance to the observa- after exiting the elevators. minum and wood cocoon ringing tories has been switched to the The four-year project cost $165 the 102nd floor for months while Visitors to the Empire State Building take a photo featuring an side of the building on West 34th million and was financed by Em- the old walls were demolished. interactive King Kong exhibit in New York on Thursday. You’re gonna need a bigger boat? UMaine has printer for that

BY DAVID SHARP Tennessee are collaborating on the printer plore how large-scale 3D printing can Associated Press project. provide the industry with a competitive “This a big deal. This is probably the advantage. The world’s largest 3D printer has cre- biggest day for this university since Ste- The printer itself cost $2.5 million, with ated the world’s largest 3D-printed boat. phen King matriculated in 1965,” King additional funding going toward installa- And the University of Maine demonstrated joked, referencing the best-selling author tion, commissioning and material testing. Thursday that it’s seaworthy. who graduated from the school. Most of the funding will be provided by the The university unveiled the 25-foot, The 3D printer, which can gobble up 500 U.S. Army. 5,000-pound boat that was printed at the pounds of plastic polymer pellets per hour, Joining Collins, King and U.S. Rep. Jared university’s Advanced Structures & Com- is already proving useful as demonstrated Golden at the reveal event were more than posite Center. It’s one example of how the by the patrol boat. 250 industry, military and government massive printer can create larger proto- But the university hopes to make it representatives. types to assist companies in product de- RON LISNET, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE/AP better. In addition to the boat, the university velopment, said Habib Dagher, founding A 25-foot, 5,000-pound patrol boat, A $20 million research collaboration used the printer to create a mold for a director of the composites center. center, that was produced using a large with the Oak Ridge lab will focus on using bridge girder and a communication shelter “This new printer is going to allow us to polymer 3D printer, behind left, rests on bio-based thermoplastics reinforced by for the Army. innovate so much faster by having proto- a trailer on University of Maine’s campus, cellulose-based materials to create a 3D As for the boat, it was the first thing types made faster than in the past,” Da- in Orono, Maine on Wednesday. printable material that’s strong, durable printed by the university, and it was creat- gher said. and recyclable, Dagher said. If it works ac- ed in one solid piece during a nonstop print- U.S. Sen. Susan Collins christened the The boat is named 3Dirigo, a play on cording to plan, the printer will be able to ing over 72 hours. It cost about $40,000 to boat by smashing a bottle of champagne Maine’s motto, “Dirigo,” which is Latin for quickly produce items like molds for boats produce. on its bow at the event in Orono. Later, she “I lead.” or concrete casks that could be recycled Guinness World Records confirmed it’s and U.S. Sen. Angus King climbed aboard The printer, also unveiled, is currently afterward, he said. the world’s largest 3D-printed boat, the for a demonstration in the university’s W2 70 feet long and will grow to 100 feet with The composites center also received largest 3D-printed object and largest pro- Wave-Wind basin “ocean simulator,” which an extension, Dagher said. The university $500,000 from the Maine Technology totype polymer 3D printer, the university looks like a giant indoor swimming pool. and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Institute to help Maine boat builders ex- said. Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 NATION Ethiopia PM Abiy is awarded 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

BY CARA ANNA, tions that saw tens of thousands ELIAS MESERET of people killed. Ethiopia and Er- AND GEIR MOULSON itrea had not had diplomatic ties Associated Press since the war began in 1998, with Abiy himself once fighting in a OSLO, Norway — Ethiopian town that remained contested at Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has the time of his announcement last been awarded the Nobel Peace year. Prize for 2019 in recognition of Within weeks, the visibly SUNDAY ALAMBA/AP his efforts to end his country’s moved Eritrean president, Isaias two-decade border conflict with Afwerki, visited Addis Ababa and Hunters gather during a meeting in Yolo, Nigeria, in 2014. Thousands of Nigerian hunters are preparing Eritrea. an offensive against the Boko Haram extremists who have ravaged the northeast for a decade. communications and transport The Norwegian Nobel Institute links were restored. on Friday also praised the “im- For the first time in two de- portant reforms” that Abiy, Ethi- cades, long-divided families made opia’s leader since April 2018, tearful reunions. Nigerian hunters prepare for has launched at home. The prize The improving relations led comes as Abiy faces pressure to to the lifting of United Nations uphold the sweeping freedoms he sanctions on Eritrea, one of the introduced, and critics warn that world’s most reclusive nations. offensive against Boko Haram his ability to deal with rising do- mestic unrest may be slipping. But Ethiopia’s reforms do not appear to have inspired any in BY HARUNA UMAR The Nobel committee said Eritrea, which has since closed Associated Press ‘ We don’t fear guns but fear only God. some people may consider it too early to give him the prize, but “it border posts with its neighbor. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — When we roar in the jungle even the lions is now that Abiy Ahmed’s efforts The Nobel committee also Thousands of Nigerian hunters, fear because our fathers have tapped the need recognition and deserve pointed to Abiy’s other efforts to- armed with charmed amulets and encouragement.” ward reconciliation in the region intimate knowledge of harsh ter- secret of the forests, so Boko Haram will The award reflects the commit- — between Eritrea and Djibouti, rain, are preparing an offensive have no hiding place. tee’s taste for trying to encourage between Kenya and Somalia, and against the Boko Haram extrem- ’ works in progress. in Sudan. ists who have ravaged the north- Auwal Unar “We are proud as a nation!!!” The Nobel committee acknowl- east for a decade, calling it “high Nigerian hunter on tracking down Boko Haram extremists Abiy’s office said in a tweet. edged that “peace does not arise time” they help soldiers end the Nobel Institute director Olav from the actions of one party deadly insurgency. Njoelstad, said he had been in alone.” Nigeria’s government discour- that have sprung up in northeast- government to help in transport touch by phone with Abiy, who It said that when Abiy “reached aged a similar offensive five ern Nigeria to combat the Boko but said they need 30 more, along “showed great humility and was out his hand, President Afwerki years ago, calling it a suicide mis- Haram insurgency. with weapons. overwhelmed.” grasped it, and helped to formal- sion. This time it has the backing Usually inheriting their voca- “We have also made it clear Abiy, 43, took office after wide- ize the peace process between the of the governor of Borno state, tion, the hunters are seen as the to the authorities that the differ- spread protests pressured the two countries.” which has suffered the worst of It added that it “hopes the only group with intimate knowl- ence between the soldiers and the longtime ruling coalition and hurt the Boko Haram attacks. peace agreement will help to edge of the forests and other ter- hunters is the military training one of the world’s fastest grow- It is a sig n t hat Niger ia n aut hor i- bring about positive change for rain in the vast region near Lake and our knowledge of the jungle,” ing economies. Africa’s youngest ties, who have repeatedly claimed the entire populations of Ethiopia Chad . he said. “But what unites us both leader quickly announced dra- the defeat of Boko Haram, might and Eritrea.” An Associated Press reporter is armament. So we need arms matic reforms and “Abiymania” be running out of options against began. There was no immediate com- this week visited the camp where and ammunition, just like the the Islamic extremists and a re- On taking office, Abiy surprised ment on the award from Eritrea, about 2,000 hunters have been soldiers.” cent offshoot that has pledged al- people by fully accepting a peace which under its longtime ruler legiance to Islamic State. waiting ahead of their march He said the hunters are being into the Sambisa forest and other deal ending a 20-year border war remains one of the world’s most Borno state’s new Gov. Babaga- fed by the Borno state government between the two East African na- closed-off nations. na Zulum, who inherited the Boko Haram hideouts. as they wait for the offensive . conflict after winning election More than 5,000 are being mo- “We are so happy with the move earlier this year, said he is tired bilized from Nigeria and regional the state governor is making by of applying conventional strate- countries including Burkina Faso, recognizing the contributions Niger and Chad, said one leader gies against an extremist group that the hunters can bring into of the hunters, Baba Maigiwa. that has killed and abducted the counterinsurgency war,” said “The majority of our men have tens of thousands of people and another hunters’ chief, Maigana returned to their various states displaced millions. The unrest Maidurma. “We are ready to lay and communities to go and bid has created a vast humanitarian down our lives if that is what it their families farewell” but are crisis. would take to bring peace to our The governor recently ap- on their way back to the Borno capital, Maiduguri, said another dear land.” proved the sourcing of at least A younger hunter, 32-year-old 10,000 hunters to help end the leader, Abdulkareem Umar. “We are here because the gov- Auwal Unar, called the upcom- fighting. ing offensive “a war to safeguard While Nigeria’s military ernor is passionate about end- our future and the safety of our would not comment, government ing this madness called Boko women and children.” spokesman Isa Gusau confirmed Haram,” he said. He said the hunters believe in that the governor has decided to “I remember about five years “aggressively explore every law- ago when we, on our own, con- the potency of the charms they ful means necessary in trying verged here in Maiduguri with will carry into battle. to put an end to the insurgency” the intention of storming Sambisa “We don’t fear guns but fear after consultations with key forest to confront Boko Haram, only God,” he said. “When we stakeholders including elders and but we did not get the backing of roar in the jungle even the lions traditional rulers. the government and the military. fear because our fathers have MULUGETA AYENE/AP “We need all the prayers we As law-abiding citizens, we had to tapped the secret of the forests, so can get, given the task ahead,” withdraw. But as this is happen- Boko Haram will have no hiding Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, left, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Gusau said. ing now, it means it is time.” place. They will have no choice Abiy Ahmed hold hands as they wave at the crowds in Addis Ababa, The hunters are separate from He said the hunters had re- than to surrender, or they die if Ethiopia, in July 2018. The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was given to the civilian self-defense forces ceived 10 vehicles from the state they dare stand in our way.” Abiy on Friday for his efforts in ending the war with Eritrea. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 WORLD UK, Irish leaders see Brexit path as hope wanes

BY JILL LAWLESS toms checks are unacceptable. Associated Press In recent days, Britain and the EU have traded bad-tempered LONDON — The leaders of barbs about who is responsible Britain and Ireland said they for the deadlock in talks. spotted a “pathway” to an elusive After Johnson’s Downing Street Brexit deal Thursday, as hopes office claimed EU intransigence for a breakthrough dimmed just had made it “essentially impos- THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes three weeks before the U.K.’s sible” for the U.K. to leave with deadline to leave the European a deal, European Commission Airman 1st Class Sabastian Yorr, of Houston, helps fill sandbags in preparation for a major typhoon that Union. President Donald Tusk warned was expected to impact Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Friday. British Prime Minister Boris against playing a “stupid blame Johnson and Irish leader Leo game.” Varadkar provided a status up- Varadkar and other EU lead- date on the issue after a private ers say Johnson, who took office Typhoon may bring 31 inches lunch meeting in northwest in July, has repudiated the with- England. drawal agreement made with the “Both continue to believe that bloc by his predecessor, Theresa of rain, strong winds to Tokyo a deal is in everybody’s interest,” May. That deal was rejected three they said in a joint statement. times by Britain’s Parliament, “They agreed that they could see largely because of lawmakers’ BY MARI YAMAGUCHI a pathway to a possible deal.” opposition to provisions to ensure Associated Press Britain is due to leave the 28-na- an open Irish border. tion bloc on Oct. 31, and attempts Johnson insists the U.K. will TOKYO — A powerful typhoon to find a deal have foundered over leave the U.K. on Oct. 31, with or is forecast to bring up to 31 inch- plans for the border between EU without a divorce deal. es of rain and damaging winds to member Ireland and the U.K.’s However, many members of the Tokyo area and Japan’s Pa- Northern Ireland. Britain’s Parliament are deter- cific coast this weekend, and the The currently all-but-invis- mined to prevent a no-deal Brex- government is warning residents ible border underpins both the it, which economists say would to stockpile necessities and leave regional economy and Northern plunge the U.K. economy into re- high-risk places before it’s too Ireland’s peace process. cession. Last month, they passed dangerous. There was little of substance a law requiring the government Rugby World Cup matches and in Varadkar and Johnson’s state- to ask the EU for a delay if no di- other events were canceled on ment indicating a breakthrough vorce deal has been agreed to by Saturday, and flights and train or whether the “pathway” was Oct. 19 — the day after a key sum- services were halted. In the town near or far off. mit of EU leaders in Brussels. of Kiho, southwest of Tokyo, The two agreed to “reflect” fur- Johnson says he won’t delay shops were boarded up, boats ther on their discussions, which Brexit past Oct. 31 — but also were anchored and authorities TYLER FRASER/U.S. Navy concentrated on the challenges of will obey the law. It’s unclear checked coastal levees. Residents customs and consent. They also how the two statements can be of Tokyo were buying batteries, Petty Officer 2nd Class Christie Welter, a dockmaster at Yokosuka agreed to keep talking. reconciled. bottled water, instant noodles and Naval Base, Japan, watches a harbor tug as it moves a barracks Under a U.K. proposal, there Parliament is expected to hold other food. barge into dry dock ahead of a typhoon on Thursday. would have to be customs checks a rare Saturday sitting on Oct. 19 Meteorological Agency official on some goods, though not on the as lawmakers grapple with what Yasushi Kajihara said Typhoon agency said. It was expected to fense Ministry cut a three-day border itself. The EU says any cus- to do next. Hagibis resembled a typhoon that weaken as it hugs the Pacific annual navy review to a single hit the Tokyo region in 1958 with coast of Japan’s main island on day on Monday. heavy rains and left a half-million Saturday, making landfall south All Nippon Airways grounded houses flooded. More than 1,200 of Tokyo and passing out to sea by all of its domestic flights sched- people died in that storm. Sunday afternoon. uled on Saturday at Tokyo’s Arrested Japanese stalker Haneda and Narita international “In order to protect your own The meteorological agency airports, while Japan Airlines life and your loved ones, please cautioned that the typhoon could canceled all but its early morning used pupil image reflections try to start evacuating early be- trigger waves as high as 41 feet in flights at Tokyo airports. fore it gets dark and the storm be- coastal cities through Saturday. Associated Press Public broadcaster NHK and Up to 31 inches of rain was Central Japan Railway Co. said comes powerful,” Kajihara said it will cancel all bullet train ser- other Japanese media reported at a news conference Friday. forecast in the capital region. TOKYO — A man arrested on this week that details in the wom- vice between Tokyo and Osaka suspicion of stalking a female pop Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s An evacuation advisory was an’s selfies were used to identify issued early to 7,568 people on except for several early Saturday idol used the reflections of her pu- Cabinet held a disaster manage- trains connecting Nagoya and the train station she frequented. Oshima island in the typhoon’s pils in photos she shared on social ment meeting late Friday, vowing Osaka. They said Sato looked at other to do its utmost to protect people’s projected path. Shimoda city, west media and Google Street View to images she shared, such as her The typhoon is spreading fear lives. He said 17,000 police and of Tokyo, also issued an advisory find where she lived. apartment, to figure out where especially in Chiba, near Tokyo, military troops are ready if need- to all of its 21,402 residents. Doz- Tokyo police declined com- she lived. which was hit by Typhoon Faxai ment on the specifics of the in- ed for rescue operations. ens of evacuation centers were last month and where homes Police say he hurt her and com- opening in coastal towns in Chiba vestigation but confirmed Friday mitted indecent acts, such as “The typhoon could cause still are damaged. That typhoon and Kanagawa prefectures. that Hibiki Sato, 26, was arrested groping her after accosting her power outages, damage to infra- knocked down about 2,000 power The storm is expected to dis- Sept. 17 on suspicion of indecent from behind and knocking her structure and significantly affect poles, at one point leaving more behavior in connection with stalk- down. people’s lives,” Abe said. rupt sports and holiday events than 900,000 homes without ing and causing injuries to the 20- Japan has many young female Economy Minister Isshu Suga- on the three-day weekend, which power, triggering concerns about year-old woman. performance groups. Tokyo wara urged hospitals and other includes Sports Day on Monday. the country’s aging infrastruc- The police official, who spoke Shimbun, a metropolitan daily, public facilities to check their Two Rugby World Cup matches ture system built decades ago. on condition of anonymity as is which reported on the stalking backup power supplies. — England vs. France and New Chiba city distributed sand- often policy at Japanese bureau- case, warned readers even casual Hagibis, which means speed Zealand vs. Italy — that were to bags to shield against flooding cracies, said the case was related selfies may show surrounding in Filipino, was advancing north- be played Saturday were can- and urged residents to make to the reports about a stalker and buildings that will allow people northwestward with winds of celed. Qualifying for a Formula sure they have enough food and pupil images. Police described to identify the location of the 110 mph, gusting to 156 mph on One auto race in Suzuka was water and that their phones are Sato as an “avid fan.” photos. Friday afternoon, the weather pushed to Sunday. And the De- charged. Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 13 BUSINESS/WEATHER Experts: Newborns at risk of identity theft

BY BEV O’SHEA Security Administration for iden- send document copies to Tran- NerdWallet tity confirmation. That’s in the sUnion, P.O. Box 380, Woodlyn, works, she said. Pa. 19094. Imagine discovering that your  It’s essential to freeze credit: Each credit bureau will send newborn’s brand-new Social Se- In the meantime, the best pro- confirmation of the freeze, as curity number has already been tection is to freeze kids’ credit. well as a personal identification used to construct what Eva Velas- While it’s possible parents will number. quez, president and CEO of the discover that a child’s Social Se- The PINs will be needed to un- Identity Theft Resource Center, curity number has already been freeze the credit file, so it’s essen- calls a “Frankenstein monster of used to build a synthetic identity, tial to keep that information and identity.” chances are it hasn’t. (If it has, store it in a secure place. Parents may discover their the sooner you clean up the mess, “Even if it is a little difficult, newborn’s tarnished Social Secu- the better.) this is what parents should be rity number when they try to use Freezing a child’s credit can doing,” Levin said about freezing it to file taxes, apply for govern- prevent their Social Security kids’ credit. ment benefits or attempt to freeze number from being used to open the baby’s credit. Suddenly, an bogus credit accounts. Both EXCHANGE RATES application or tax form is kicked Levin and Velasquez say they back. Military rates “absolutely” recommend freez- Euro costs (Oct. 14) ...... $1.1344 “And the parents go, ‘What are ing a newborn’s credit. Dollar buys (Oct. 14) ...... €0.8815 you talking about?’ They don’t British pound (Oct. 14) ...... $1.30 The mechanics are relatively Japanese yen (Oct. 14) ...... 105.00 even know what this means,” said simple. Parents will need to make South Korean won (Oct. 14) ...... 1,159.00 Velasquez, whose nonprofit helps and send copies of documents, in- Commercial rates SETH WENIG/AP Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 victims of identity theft. “And cluding birth certificates, Social British pound ...... $1.2684 … through no fault of their own, Newborns rest in the nursery of Aishes Chayil, a postpartum Security cards and government- Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3198 China (Yuan) ...... 7.0967 they’re left holding the bag and recovery center, in Kiryas Joel, N.Y. Some parents are discovering issued identification, to each of Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7568 they are the ones that are now that the Social Security number assigned to their newborn is being the three major credit reporting Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.2798 Euro ...... $1.1054/0.9046 responsible for cleaning up that used by criminals to commit fraud. bureaus. Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8428 mess.” Go online to Equifax and Ex- Hungary (Forint) ...... 299.58  An identity theft victim now, sometimes the number “is with a previously unused Social Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5008 perian to print out request forms Japan (Yen) ...... 108.47 at birth? The rise in synthetic just completely made up,” Velas- Security number arrives, a new to complete and mail in with the Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3036 identity theft — where criminals quez said. credit file is started based on the required copies of documents. Norway (Krone) ...... 9.0773 Philippines (Peso) ...... 51.48 piece together a fake consumer Fraud-detection measures information in that application. The mailing address is on each Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.89 — is an unintended consequence used previously have become in- The thief often starts small, say, form. TransUnion doesn’t have Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7507 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3735 of Social Security number “ran- effective because it’s no longer with a card marketed to credit an online form; instead, to re- South Korea (Won) ...... 1182.10 domization,” which was initiated possible to pair a Social Security newbies, then builds on that to get quest a freeze, write a letter and Switzerland (Franc) ...... 0.9974 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.44 in 2011 to expand the pool of number with a location or ap- more accounts with bigger credit Turkey (New Lira) ...... 5.8629 available numbers, she said. proximate age. limits. Then, they suddenly max (Military exchange rates are those MARKET WATCH available to customers at military banking Old Social Security numbers Criminals often start with a out all the accounts — a “bust- facilities in the country of issuance had clues to geography and birth not-yet-issued Social Security out” scheme — and walk away, for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For dates in the digits. Randomizing number to create a fake identity. leaving the accounts to go to col- nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., the numbers made it harder for If it works, the number becomes lections and never to be paid. The purchasing British pounds in Germany), check with your local military banking scammers to guess them — but attached to a credit file for a con- child’s credit reputation is left in facility. Commercial rates are interbank also made it harder for credi- sumer who doesn’t exist. tatters, but that’s often not discov- rates provided for reference when buying  currency. All figures are foreign currencies tors to spot the bogus use of a How the number gets in the ered until the child is old enough to one dollar, except for the British pound, Social Security number on an credit system: “You can create a to apply for credit, by seeking a which is represented in dollars-to-pound, application. credit file with almost nothing,” college loan, for example. and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Before randomization, crimi- said Adam Levin, chairman and Velasquez says the solution lies INTEREST RATES nals typically purchased minors’ founder of CyberScout, a com- in creating a process where finan- Prime rate ...... 5.00 Social Security numbers on the pany offering identity theft edu- cial institutions and other credit Discount rate ...... 2.50 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.82 black market or tracked down the cation and resolution services. grantors can verify an applicant’s 3-month bill ...... 1.64 numbers of dead children. But When a credit card application name and number with the Social 30-year bond ...... 2.15 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

Misawa 60/55 Kabul 75/50 Seoul 65/50 Baghdad 99/72 Kandahar 85/59 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 65/51 74/71 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 54/51 59/53 67/58 Iwakuni 69/65 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 91/86 Brussels 66/53 Guam 93/77 63/56 Ramstein 70/66 83/80 Lajes, 68/52 Riyadh Doha Pápa 95/72 Azores Stuttgart 95/80 64/61 70/53 67/51 Aviano/ Vicenza 65/50

Naples 72/62 Okinawa Morón 79/76 85/65 Sigonella Rota 74/63 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 90/77 78/64 72/68 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 AMERICAN ROUNDUP City plants flags in abandoned dog poop

SPRINGFIELD — MO Officials in a south- west Missouri city are planting small flags in piles of abandoned dog poop as part of a campaign to get residents to clean up after their pets downtown. The Police Department in Springfield posted photos of the flags in use on its Facebook page Wednesday. The flags contain messages such as, “Is this your turd? ‘Cuz that’s absurd’ ” and “This is a nudge to pick up the fudge.” The campaign started this week and the department noted on Facebook that leaving behind a pet’s mess in many cases vio- lates a city ordinance. Official: Children using lighter start motel fire

SPRING — Fire inves- TX tigators said two young children who were left alone in a suburban Houston motel room were playing with a lighter that caused a three-alarm fire, re- sulting in minor injuries to seven people. Rachel Moreno, spokeswoman for the Harris County Fire Mar- shal’s Office, said Thursday that the two children, siblings who are JOHN ROARK, THE IDAHO (IDAHO FALLS) POST-REGISTER/AP 3 and 6 years old, were among the seven transported for evaluation. Moreno said witnesses report- Flurries and flight ed they saw the children holding a lighter while running from a Canada Geese take flight off the Snake River in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Wednesday. The geese typically hunker down throughout winter but room Wednesday at the Motel 6 can migrate as far south as Mexico. The v-pattern allows the birds to fly more efficiently, according to the Library of Congress’ website. North just off Interstate 45 about 20 miles north of Houston. Moreno said their mother had Kepke, 27, and Noah Osborne, 22, THE CENSUS the rules get final approval by the hired a baby sitter to watch the were charged last week with un- conservation commission. children but the sitter left the lawfully taking an alligator. The total number of confirmed cases of mumps at a South Caro- Five to ten permits are likely hotel room for a time. Florida Fish and Wildlife Con- lina college after officials confirmed two more cases. News outlets to be available and only Mis- servation Commission officers report the new cases at the College of Charleston were confirmed as of souri residents will be eligible, Victim of dog attack: began investigating in August 7 Wednesday. The school is in the process of notifying people close to the officials said during a Wednesday Don’t blame dogs following a complaint of Osborne sickened. It’s unclear if the infected people include students or staff. webcast. catching the alligator in Palm Department elk specialist PLYMOUTH — A Con- City and handing it to Kepke. Aaron Hildreth said the elk that CT necticut woman recov- Kepke appears in a video to let were reintroduced to Missouri in the reptile bite his forearm. The ing and have asked for the public’s Parking lot at Mormon ering in the hospital after being help identifying the suspect. 2011 now number about 175 and attacked by four of her own large video also shows Kepke feeding church covered in beer the herd is expected to be close to French mastiffs said she doesn’t the alligator beer as it struggles. School evacuated over 200 animals by fall 2020. blame the dogs. When officers interviewed SALT LAKE CITY The department hopes to grow Patricia Collins, 45, told the Kepke last month, he reportedly smoldering laptop UT — Cans of beer have lit- the herd to 400 to 500 elk even- (Waterbury) Republican-Ameri- acknowledged that he was in the tered the parking lot of a church tually and more hunting permits can in a phone interview Wednes- video and said the gator was alive LEWISVILLE — Offi- of The Church of Jesus Christ of will likely become available in day from her room at Yale New when they released it. NC cials said an overheat- Latter-day Saints in a Salt Lake future years. Haven Hospital she doesn’t know ed and smoldering Chromebook City suburb after a semi-trailer what triggered the attack but re- Hotel clerk grabs gun caused about 600 children to be crashed that was carrying cases New office promotes iterated that it wasn’t the dogs’ after thief sets it down evacuated from a school, whose of brew banned by the faith. fault. She was scheduled for sur- district is now recalling about Sandy Police Stg. Jason Nielsen outdoor industry gery Thursday to treat injuries to $4.2 million dollars’ worth of dis- said the semitrailer veered and PADUCAH — A Ken- CONCORD — New her arm and abdomen. tucky hotel clerk man- trict-issued laptops. fell from a road and into the The Plymouth woman was at- KY Winston-Salem Forsyth County church’s parking lot after it was NH Hampshire is creating aged to force a thief out of her a state office dedicated to outdoor tacked by four of her six French workplace by grabbing a gun he Schools’ chief technology officer, hit by a pickup truck that ran a mastiffs on Monday afternoon. recreation in hopes of expand- set down on the check-in counter Kevin Sherrill, told reporters at a red light on Thursday. Beer cans Officers responding to a 911 ing that industry and using it to while stuffing cash into a bag. Wednesday news conference that were strewn across the empty call found her on the rear patio church parking lot. attract young workers to other Security video obtained by the children were evacuated that of a neighbor’s house. Police shot One of the faith’s key rules sectors. news outlets shows an armed morning after the 2015 laptop and killed three of the dogs. The is a ban on members drinking The budget recently signed by man with his face covered, de- began to smoke. fourth was injured and taken to a alcohol. Republican Gov. Chris Sununu manding money from an employ- District spokesman Brent veterinary hospital, but was even- included the creation of the Office ee at a Country Inn and Suites on Campbell said a Lewisville El- tually euthanized. of Outdoor Recreation Industry Monday. ementary third grader reported Officials say elk hunt Development within the Depart- In the video, she can be seen the laptop was getting hot, and is likely in 2020 ment of Business and Economic Man accused of forcing handing over bills as the suspect it then started to smoke. He said Affairs. Commissioner Taylor alligator to drink beer sets his gun down to collect them. the classroom and building were SPRINGFIELD — That’s when the clerk grabs the evacuated, and the laptop was MO Missouri Department Caswell said the new office builds PALM CITY — Author- gun and turns it on him. sprayed with a fire extinguisher. of Conservation officials said the upon ongoing efforts to leverage FL ities said they’ve arrest- The man tries hopping over the Sherrill said the laptop likely state’s elk herd is on track to be economic development with tour- ed a Florida man who provoked a counter to reclaim the weapon suffered a battery-related issue. large enough in 2020 for the first ism marketing and will promote small alligator into biting his arm but the employee continues point- The district is now recalling all hunt in more than a century. New Hampshire as the East Coast and poured beer into the animal’s ing it at him until he flees into a 20,000 of its 2015 Chromebooks, The Springfield News-Leader state that best combines a vibrant mouth. waiting car. which Sherrill said are each val- reported that department officials economy with outdoor lifestyles. News outlets report Timothy Paducah police are investigat- ued at about $210. outlined how a hunt will work if From wire reports Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 TRAVEL

ILLUSTRATION BY NOGA AMI-RAV/Stars and Stripes Tips on how to stay afl oat fi nancially, connected socially on your 1st cruise

BY NEVIN MARTELL You must address how you’ll may only be appropriate in the pool area Usually, there is a lot to do at no extra cost Special to The Washington Post stay connected at sea, or while being banned elsewhere on the ship. — the ship I was on had a free spa and your heavenly holiday will Plot out your wardrobe in advance, so you planetarium shows — but make sure to here’s traditional travel be followed by a hellish bill. don’t get side-eye for wearing the wrong sign up or arrive early to ensure you get and then there’s cruising Cruise operators occasionally offer free outfi t in the wrong place. While you’re a seat. If you have the urge to splurge, go — and they require decid- Wi-Fi, but they generally charge for data packing, double-check that you have ad- ahead and book a massage or private yoga equate supplies of your prescriptions (and class. Just remember to select a time slot edly different approaches. usage. These packages can be pricey and T may not be as generous as you anticipate. bring a motion sickness medicine, such as when you’ll be at sea, so you don’t eat into After spending years thumbing my You can quickly burn through your allot- Bonine or Dramamine). Though the ship your limited shore time. nose at cruises, I recently went on ted plan once you start uploading photos will have a doctor on board, there won’t be Speaking of getting off the ship, the my inaugural voyage, a weeklong and videos to social media or stream- a fully stocked pharmacy. Once you get on cruise line may offer some gratis ex- ing Netfl ix movies . Then you’ll have the shore, obtaining a refi ll can be a diffi cult, cursions, but most cost extra. Deciding trip with Viking from Norway choice of either ponying up for more data time-consuming and expensive process. whether to go on them is a matter of per- to the Netherlands. I returned or going dark for the rest of the trip. You Don’t forget to bring a bunch sonal preference and your budget. These to terra fi rma with my opinions can also remain connected through your of $1 bills for tips, but read tours make transportation to and entry completely realigned and the real- mobile carrier. Though carriers may offer your receipts before laying into attractions a simple, smooth process, ization that a lifetime of globe-trot- an international plan, they usually do not down any extra cash, as many which can be appealing for travelers who cover usage at sea. Some carriers do offer don’t want to endure the hassle of navigat- ting had not totally prepared me to cruise lines build gratuities into their cruise-specifi c packages, but these can be charges. ing a new environment. Warning: They maximize my cruising experience extremely expensive and limited in scope. can be pricey. If you decide to go on any, while minimizing the costs. I made Read all the fi ne print before you buy one. No matter where you’re going, book them well in advance; the popular some pricey mistakes and squan- pack your passport. Some ones sell out quickly. Check the weather in every cruises departing and return- For the most part, however, I’m not a dered some good opportunities. port of call before you go. ing to the same U.S. port only fan of tightly controlled group outings. Luckily, getting the most out of Many cruise lines share this require you to have a driver’s license. I’d rather explore on my own. When fl y- your cruise is predominantly about information online, but even However, if you have to take an emergen- ing solo, do your research in advance to those listings don’t usually include the what you do before you set foot on cy fl ight home, you will need a passport. determine what you want to see, do and weather at sea between destinations. Pack eat — and how you’re going to get to each the ship. This way, you can spend accordingly and plan for contingencies, Take a moment to check out stop on your itinerary. Whenever possible, the onboard dining options. your vacation, well, vacationing like rain or snow, depending on where in I walk. It’s great exercise and you see the world you’re traveling. If you’re cruis- Some require no reservations, — not worrying about how much the destination on a more granular level, ing for a week or longer, it’s worth fi gur- but some restaurants require which often leads to exciting discoveries you’re spending or what you’re ing out the laundry situation. Some cruise a reservation and may even cost extra. that would never happen otherwise. doing next. lines offer free DIY laundry rooms, while Book tables before departure, rather than Bring a daypack with you to easily others charge for such usage. Additionally, when you board, so you can score your When booking your nautical carry your reusable bottle (fi ll it with po- dry cleaning and full-service laundry are preferred dining times. getaway, one of the biggest table water before disembarking), camera often available — for a price. expenses is accommodations. While you’re browsing the and any souvenirs you pick up. Interior cabins cost less and Speaking of clothing, take ship’s profi le online, glance at One last piece of advice: Don’t forget are a great way to save money — if you note of the ship’s dress code. the entertainment and ameni- you’re at sea. Get to the upper decks when don’t plan to spend much time in your Some establishments or ties. Some will be included in possible, so you can see the sunset, go room. That being said, having a balcony events may require certain the ticket price, while others incur a sup- stargazing or simply watch the wake as it is pretty cush and, I believe, worth the attire, like formalwear at a high-end plemental fee. Depending on the cruise unfurls behind the ship. After all, you’re expenditure. restaurant. On the fl ip side, swimsuits line, ship and itinerary, these will vary. not on a traditional trip. You’re on a cruise. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 MOVIES

From ‘Joker’ to ‘Hustlers’ to ‘Parasite,’ fi lmmakers study economic disparity Lionsgate Daniel Craig stars in “Knives Out,” a murder mystery about a nutty rich family and a less well-off staff.

BY JOSH ROTTENBERG And audiences seem to be responding. the fi ctitious city of Gotham circa the late Los Angeles Times Released in March, Jordan Peele’s horror ’70s-early ’80s, its depiction of a world fi lm “Us,” a pointed commentary on class bitterly divided between a marginalized n the face of it, the gritty comic- division in which a family is terrorized by underclass, personifi ed by Fleck, and book blockbuster “Joker,” the their doppelgangers, earned $255 million a callous elite, embodied by billionaire hit female-led crime drama worldwide, making it the highest-gross- Thomas Wayne, felt deeply topical to “Hustlers,” the darkly comic ing nonfranchise fi lm of the year thus far. director Todd Phillips. Korean-language thriller “Para- Meanwhile, on the small screen, arguably “Movies are often a refl ection of where site” and the upcoming Agatha the buzziest current show, HBO’s “Suc- we are,” said Phillips, who co-wrote the Christie-style whodunit “Knives Out” cession,” skewers the cutthroat machina- fi lm with Scott Silver. “We could say this would appear to have little in common be- tions of an ultra-affl uent clan headed by a movie was set in 1979 or 1981 but we yond the fact that they’re all, well, movies. Rupert Murdoch-like media baron. wrote it in 2016 and 2017, so that stuff Scratch beneath the surface of genre, NEON/AP In director Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” does come through.” though, and you’ll fi nd that these fi lms In “Parasite,” an impoverished family which just arrived in stateside theaters, A female-centric answer to fi lms like share a common preoccupation. In differ- schemes its way into the employment of an impoverished family schemes its “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Goodfel- ent ways, each tackles issues of economic a rich one, with surprising results. way into the employment of a rich one las,” “Hustlers” views the issue of income disparity, exploring the gulf between with increasingly dark and surprising inequality through the lens of gender, society’s haves and have-nots that has consequences. The genre-scrambling following a group of strippers who, strug- widened dramatically since the 2008 fi lm, which won the Palme d’Or at this gling to make ends meet in the wake of fi nancial crisis. While steering clear of year’s Cannes Film Festival, has Oscar the fi nancial crisis, begin drugging Wall overt partisan politics, their depiction of ambitions beyond the foreign-language Street types who visit their club and run- individuals, families and entire societies category, and Bong believes it will reso- ning up their credit cards. Released last buffeted and warped by the impacts of nate with audiences well outside his native month, the fi lm has grossed in excess of wealth inequality wouldn’t be out of place South Korea, where it has already proven $100 million globally, roughly fi ve times in a stump speech on the 2020 presidential a box offi ce smash. its budget, striking a particular chord campaign trail. “The topic of the gap between rich and with female audiences at a time when Generally speaking, of course, Holly- poor lends itself to being so universal,” women in America earn on average 80 wood entertainment is designed to provide Bong told The Times recently at the Tellu- cents for every dollar earned by men. audiences with a temporary vacation from ride Film Festival, where the fi lm earned “Stories like this had been told with the real world with its endless parade of STXFilms a rapturous reception. “Every country has men at the center but never with women,” gloomy headlines. But as the gap between its own structures and confl icts regarding said “Hustlers” producer Jessica Elbaum. the rich and poor has grown ever wider Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez are class, but when you really delve deep into “It spoke to themes of money, power, — hitting a record in the U.S. in 2018, strippers who drug wealthy men and run the cave of capitalism and explore the in- greed, control, the American dream. according to data released last month by up their credit cards in “Hustlers.” fi nite darkness of it, you fi nd a similar sort But it really started with what men and the Census Bureau — it should come as no of mechanism fl ows throughout. We’re all women are valued for and how different surprise to see fi lmmakers taking it on. obsessed with class. Whenever we pass by that is, just exploring that and breaking “Films always respond to the world that people, whether they’re rich or poor, even it down to the simplest terms. Women they are born out of,” said writer-direc- if we only see them for three seconds, we are valued for their bodies and men are tor Rian Johnson, whose “Knives Out,” see what kind of clothes they’re wearing, valued for their wallets.” in theaters Nov. 27, is a murder mystery what watch they have, what phone they’re Though the fi lm, directed by Lorene centered on a dysfunctional moneyed fam- using, what car they’re getting out of.” Scafaria and based on a true story, aims ily and their decidedly less-well-off staff. In “Joker,” which broke box-offi ce re- to avoid preachiness, “Hustlers” producer “It’s unavoidable right now that we are cords for an October release last weekend Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas said its implicit in a world dealing with increased income on a wave of controversy, the gap between message is nevertheless clear. disparity and you can feel it. At the same the haves and have-nots becomes the “The last line of the movie is, ‘The time, the tub of boiling water of the public breeding ground for chaos and violence, whole country is a strip club — some discourse has been cranked up to 11. It’s Warner Bros. Pictures as the alienated, disturbed Arthur Fleck people are throwing the money and some no longer something that we all are in the (Joaquin Phoenix) is driven to horrifi c people are doing the dance,’ ” Goldsmith- privileged state of being able to dip in and In “Joker,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, the acts of murder by an uncaring society. Thomas said. “It’s hard not to see it out of. It’s very much the ocean that we’re wealth gap becomes a breeding ground Though the fi lm has the outward trap- through the prism of the craziness of the all swimming in.” for chaos and violence. pings of a comic-book fi lm and is set in reality we’re living in.”

‘ The topic of the gap between rich and poor lends itself to being so universal ... We’re all obsessed with class. Whenever we pass by people, whether they’re rich or poor ... we see what kind of clothes they’re wearing, what watch they have, what phone they’re using, what car they’re getting out of. ’ Bong Joon Ho “Parasite” director Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 MOVIES

Will Smith’s digital de-aging for ‘Gemini Man’ took a team of 500 artists more than 2 years

BY JOSH ROTTENBERG  Los Angeles Times ainting in the digital medium of ones and zeroes, today’s visual effects artists can conjure almost any creature imaginable. A P fl ying elephant? Sure. A rampaging 400-foot lizard? You bet. Talking lions? Hakuna matata. For decades, though, one particular creature has remained stubbornly just out of their reach — and, in a cruel twist, it happens to be the one they see in the mirror every day.

In the visual effects community, creat- The idea for “Gemini Man,” in which Marvel,” in which Samuel L. Jackson building the clone, dubbed Junior, using ing a completely believable, photorealistic aging assassin Henry is hunted by a played a more youthful Nick Fury, and for reference images and footage of young digital human being, capable of holding its younger clone who’s able to predict his the upcoming Martin Scorsese gangster Smith from the sitcom “The Fresh Prince own alongside fl esh-and-blood actors for every move, had been bouncing around epic “The Irishman,” which will feature of Bel-Air,” which launched in 1990, and an entire fi lm, has long been considered Hollywood since the mid-1990s, waiting Robert De Niro and Al Pacino playing the fi lms including 1993’s “Six Degrees of the holy grail. Films like “The Curious for the technology to catch up with the same characters across three decades. Separation” and 1995’s “Bad Boys.” In Case of Benjamin Button,” “Tron: Legacy,” concept. In early 2017, producer David But because “Gemini Man” often addition to closely studying Smith’s face “Star Wars: Rogue One” and “Blade Run- Ellison, whose Skydance Media had involved Smith playing both characters and early performing style, they looked at ner 2049” have moved the industry toward acquired the project from Disney a year in the same scene — and because Lee research papers on the aging process to that goal in recent years, with varying earlier, pitched it to Lee. intended to shoot the fi lm in a high-frame understand subtle physical changes, like degrees of success. Now director Ang Lee Having created a CGI Incredible Hulk rate format that would be less forgiving of how much the nose grows in adulthood. is making the boldest — and riskiest — ef- for 2003’s “Hulk” and a digital tiger for any sleight of hand — the “Gemini Man” During production, the fi lm was es- fort yet with the sci-fi action fi lm “Gemini “Life of Pi,” the director was instantly team had to employ an entirely different sentially shot twice, once on an actual Man,” which pits the 50-year-old Will intrigued both by the fi lm’s technological approach from the typical CGI-Botox- set with Smith playing Henry opposite Smith, as a government hit man, against a challenge and its philosophical ramifi - style “de-aging.” a stand-in for Junior and then a second 23-year-old version of himself. cations. “How a person deals with his “The term ‘de-aging’ usually refers to time on a performance-capture stage, For more than two years, Lee and some younger self, two characters brought up shooting the actor on set using makeup with Smith, wearing a body suit and facial 500 visual effects artists worked virtu- differently but with the same genes — a and then there’s a post-[production] pro- camera, now playing Junior opposite a ally nonstop to try to pull off a convincing situation like that just forces you to exam- cess on top of that to smooth out wrinkles, stand-in for Henry. facsimile of one of the world’s biggest ine what we’re about,” said Lee, who has thin the face, possibly graft in a couple of Still, for all the high-tech wizardry movie stars as we haven’t seen him since won the directing Oscar twice, for “Life of photographed skin pieces from a double, “ brought to bear, the character remains he burst on the scene more than 25 years Pi” and “Brokeback Mountain.” “So I got said visual effects supervisor Bill Westen- fi rmly rooted in Smith’s performance. ago. down to fi guring out how to do it. It was hofer, who shared an Oscar for his work “Will had to get all of the nuances in the “From the start, I said, ‘This will be exciting.” on “Life of Pi.” “Whereas we are creating difference between his 50-year-old self harder than we can imagine,’ ” Lee said. In recent years, visual effects artists from whole cloth a fully digital human. ” and his 23-year-old self,” Westenhofer “Every shot is going to be under scrutiny. have refi ned the ability to play God with Before production even began, Wil- said. “There wasn’t a magical technical That’s really scary. I’m still scared.” the aging process in fi lms like “Captain liams’ team at Weta began the process of button for that part of the equation.”

A government assassin (Will Smith) is targeted by someone he knows well — his younger self — in the action thriller “Gemini Man,” directed by Ang Lee. Paramount Pictures PAGE 18 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 VIDEO GAMES Despite being marred by numerous mechanical glitches, MISFIRE Ghost Recon Breakpoint offers fun cooperative gameplay

BY BRIAN BOWERS less police state backed by killer drones. Stars and Stripes The game unfolds as a series of investi- gations. Almost everyone has an agenda, hen the Xbox 360 and Play- a grudge and something to hide, so expect Station 3 ruled the gaming plenty of twists and turns as you get to the world, Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon bottom of the trouble on Auroa. This pro- Wfranchise delivered excep- vides a good framework for Breakpoint’s tional tactical shooters built around storyline. ingenious gadgets, stealthy combat and But while the story is intriguing and enthralling cooperative play. Missions relatively well developed, the game falters were intense and every action had signifi - because of its light take on the Far Cry cance. and Division formulas. A console generation later, the franchise A typical series of missions plays out is a ghost of its former self. Instead of something like this. You get a request to using its earlier incarnations as a template fi nd, rescue or attack someone. You then for its latest versions, Ubisoft has turned cross swamps, snow-capped mountains, to other games in its catalog for inspira- beaches and towns to gather information. tion. As a result, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Along the way, a few gunbattles and/or Recon Breakpoint — like its immediate stealthy infi ltrations unfold before the predecessor Wild- mystery is solved and a big battle occurs. lands — feels like You then repeat this a few dozen times Ubisoft photos a lightweight mash- until you reach the fi nal fi ght. up of The Division In most encounters, you have the option Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a military shooter set in a diverse and hostile and Far Cry rather of leaving nothing but footprints or gun- open world called Auroa. The game is playable solo or in up to four-player co-op. than the heir of its ning down every enemy in your path. Ei- forbearers. ther way, you’ll probably want to use your those involving the elite soldiers known as Despite all of its issues, my co-op This isn’t neces- small drone to fi gure out where enemies Wolves and Behemoth drones. partner and I enjoyed playing Breakpoint. sarily bad since are and what they’re doing. You can then Breakpoint offers a mixed bag of tech- We just had to remember that stealthy both of the other gain an edge by using other items, such as nical pluses and minuses. It benefi ts from infi ltrations were much more challenging series are quite mines, sensor grenades, electromagnetic good control and gameplay mechanics and and rewarding than simply running into a solid. In fact, pulse grenades and sync-shot drones that solid map design. base and gunning down every dim-witted Breakpoint can be allow you to take out several enemies Making connections with friends is enemy in sight. a lot of fun to play, simultaneously. remarkably easy. However, the connection In addition, there’s a good possibil- Overall grade: especially in co-op, Aside from the reliance on gadgets, isn’t always stable. It’s not uncommon to ity that the game will improve with age. which can accom- much of this will be familiar to Far Cry suffer lag and even momentary stalling, Developers are planning a wide range of – modate up to four fans. On the other hand, Division fans which can lead to uncomfortable moments additions and expansions in the next year, C players. However, will recognize a reliance on loot and gear in battle. including cooperative raids, new character it does feel like a scores. So, in addition to gaining experi- But connection issues are only the classes and new missions. Ubisoft has fol- missed opportunity to recapture the deep, ence and abilities by eliminating enemies start of technical minuses. The audio is lowed a similar course with Rainbow Six intense gameplay of the earlier titles. and accomplishing missions, you boost the problematic, with hitches ranging from Siege, For Honor, The Division and even Breakpoint is a third-person shooter set strength of your weapons and armor by sound effects that just don’t sound right to Ghost Recon Wildlands, and history has on the fi ctional South Pacifi c archipelago looting the bodies of your foes and open- voices that drop off mid-sentence. Graph- shown that developers have responded to of Auroa, home to a settlement of high- ing chests scattered around the landscape. ics are lackluster and visual glitches are players’ concerns and improved the titles tech pioneers whose effort to built a better As you loot more chests, your gear score common. The most amusing was watching dramatically over time. I’m hoping the society — World 2.0 — has gone astray. increases. a friend hop into my helicopter and then same will occur with Breakpoint. You play as Nomad, a special operator However, this mechanic doesn’t play out seeing his character soaring through the Bottom line: C- Tom Clancy’s Ghost whose unit has been sent to respond to the quite like it does in The Division. In that sky about 10 feet outside the aircraft. Recon Breakpoint is fl awed but there’s sinking of a ship. As your helicopters ap- franchise, it’s absolutely essential to keep In addition to the regular missions, still fun to be found, especially in coopera- proach the island, a swarm of tiny drones boosting your gear score because enemies Breakpoint offers a player vs. player tive play. brings them crashing down. From there, even a wee bit stronger are incredibly mode, which is integrated with the cam- Rating: Mature, primarily for violence. you must try to round up survivors, fi nd diffi cult to kill. But in Breakpoint, few paign so the progress you make in one Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC allies and investigate the sinister military enemies are invulnerable and most are carries to the other. But to keep late-game Online: ghost-recon.ubisoft.com contractor who has co-opted World 2.0 downright stupid. As a result, most en- players from rolling over beginners, cer- Ubisoft provided a copy of the game for and turned its plans for utopia into a ruth- counters seem relatively easy aside from tain attributes are retuned. review purposes. Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 HEALTH & FITNESS

you hate eating that way, then the payoff probably won’t feel worth it to you, she says. At least try to eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Living long Drink alcohol in moderation The idea of red wine as a health elixir became popular in the 1980s with the observation that rates of coronary heart disease were low in France, despite the predominance of a diet relatively high in fat and cholesterol. The French pen- and strong chant for a glass of red wine with dinner was proposed as an explanation for this “French Paradox,” popularizing the no- tion of red wine as heart helper. Subsequent studies have found that moderate alcohol consumption may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, and a two-year randomized clinical trial in Israel showed that people with Type 2 diabetes who were assigned to drink a glass of red wine with dinner every night experienced some improvements in blood markers associated with cardiovascular disease risk. But other studies suggest that alcohol may raise the risk of many cancers, and a report published last year in the journal Lancet concluded that there’s no amount of Most habits that help improve longevity are MATTHEW RICHARDSON/For The Washington Post alcohol that improves health. What gives? “Alcohol studies are very much like simple — if only people would adopt them ers is that seven to eight hours of sleep is nutrition studies — based almost exclu- ideal, but that’s just a best guess based on sively on self-reports, and we know that the current data, Carstensen says. BY CHRISTIE ASCHWANDEN  people are really bad at self-reporting,” Special to The Washington Post “The biggest problem is that most of the Carstensen says. “Most people, when they o you want to live to a healthy old age. But how? data is self-reported and people are really say they’re drinking two drinks per day, You could start doing pushups. A study published in February found bad at that,” Carstensen says. are probably consuming more. We don’t that men who can hammer out 40 pushups in one session had a lower risk The advent of sleep trackers can help know the amounts that people are consum- Sof heart attacks and cardiovascular disease compared with guys who with the measurements, but they aren’t ing nor do we know what else they do.” could do only 10 or fewer. always accurate, so avoid fi xating too There’s some evidence that people who Perhaps you want to work on your grip strength. That’s another measure that much on the exact numbers or you may abstain from alcohol are sicker or less tracks longevity in middle-aged folks. end up in a cycle of anxiety that prevents healthy than those who imbibe a little. And if that doesn’t appeal, you could always try improving your walking speed, you from sleeping. Drinking to excess — more than one or which researchers have used to predict mortality rates in older adults. two drinks a day — is unhealthy, and will What these tests have in common is they’re good shorthand of things that mat- Eat right take a toll on your longevity — no doubt ter for longevity: overall health, fi tness and muscle strength. A fi t person walks Forget all those headlines you’ve seen about it. But taking the published studies faster than someone out of shape, and getting up off the fl oor is tricky for people about “anti-aging diets” and anti-aging together, “I don’t think we have a lot of with weak bones and muscles. “superfoods.” evidence that moderate alcohol is bad for “Frailty is a really bad thing starting in middle age, and even worse as you get “These notions are generally not sup- you,” Carstensen says. At the same time, older,” says Michael Joyner, a physician and human physiology researcher at the ported by science,” Lithgow says. That’s she’d “be very hesitant to recommend that Mayo Clinic. not to say diet isn’t important, only that people who don’t drink should start.” One way to think of longevity is “not as some magic property of a body, but as “nutrition is just a very diffi cult science,” the lucky state of not having a fatal disease,” says Steve Cole, professor of medi- he says. Manage stress cine and psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine. Severely restricting calories in lab ani- In today’s world, it’s easy to live in a “By and large, people don’t die of being old; they die of disease.” Therefore, the mals makes them live longer, but “it’s not state of chronic stress, and the problem study of longevity is a way of looking at disease risk or the rate of disease devel- clear that it works in humans,” Lithgow isn’t just that stress feels lousy. It also opment, he says. says. Although there’s plenty of evidence makes you more susceptible to diseases Over the years, various drugs and nutritional supplements have been studied that it’s not good to overeat, he says, that could shorten your life. for their potential to help us live longer, but nothing has been shown to work in whether drastically limiting food intake Researchers are now learning that humans to the extent that would be required for the Food and Drug Administra- can extend life in people remains an open many conditions associated with older tion’s approval, says Gordon Lithgow, chief academic offi cer at the California- question. age — such as cancer, heart attacks and based Buck Institute for Research on Aging. It might be possible to get some of the Alzheimer’s disease — share a common While researchers continue searching for a pill to extend life, you’ll have to try benefi ts of calorie restriction without ingredient: infl ammation. these verifi ed methods. giving up so much food. Satchidananda Under normal conditions, infl ammation Panda, who studies circadian biology at is simply the body’s response to injury the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, — it’s how the body heals cuts and wounds suggests that restricting the timing of and other insults, Cole says. “Infl amma- six years off life expectancy. Exercise is key when you eat, rather than the amount, tion by itself is not inherently evil.” But And it keeps your brain healthy, too. might provoke some of the healthy when we’re feeling chronically threatened The most powerful way to promote lon- “Exercise has better effects on cognitive metabolic changes that reduce the risk or under siege, our bodies amp up their gevity and improve your long-term health performance than sitting around playing is also simple and, depending on how you of diabetes. Most of these studies have infl ammatory machinery to ready our brain games,” Carstensen says. A 2006 been done in mice, however, and Panda biological response to injury, and that inad- do it, free. study in Neuroscience found that exercise “Hands down, nothing compares to acknowledges that the human studies are vertently fuels the development of an array spurs the brain to release growth factors small. of age-related diseases, where infl amma- exercise,” says Laura L. Carstensen, that promote new connections between founding director of the Stanford Center Some skepticism is warranted, however, tion is a common fertilizer, Cole says. neurons, keeping the brain healthy. Joyner says. Research has identifi ed chronic stresses on Longevity. “The great thing is that There’s even research suggesting that “Time-restricted eating has shown that can provoke harmful biological most people can do it, and you don’t need strength training can reverse some age- some interesting results in small studies,” changes, including living in poverty, 10,000 steps per day to get the benefi ts.” related changes in your muscles. he says, but “will it be sustainable over caregiving for a dying spouse, losing a It takes remarkably little exercise to get Get enough sleep time in the real world? This is important loved one, suffering post-traumatic stress longevity benefi ts. because most dietary strategies work only disorder, and experiencing prejudice. Even 10 to 15 minutes per day pro- Extend your life span while you sleep. if they are adhered to.” “Any way of feeling threatened or vides measurable rewards, says Michael It sounds like a bad infomercial, but it What does seem clear, however, is that insecure seems to be enough to activate Joyner, a physician and human physiology turns out that sleeping well is a good way metabolic health is important for long- the body to produce more infl ammation,” researcher at the Mayo Clinic. Going from to keep your body healthy for the long term health, because it keeps diabetes Cole says. “This is one of the best defi ned sedentary to even just a bit of exercise is haul. Sleep is a time when your brain in check and that insulin sensitivity in connections between the world as we where you get the biggest payoffs. The gets caught up on maintenance. In 2013, particular appears crucial. experience it and how we end up generat- health benefi ts — such as reducing your a team led by Maiken Nedergaard at the Given what we know right now, a Medi- ing a body that’s a fertile ground for the risk of heart disease and diabetes — in- University of Rochester Medical Center terranean diet — with its heart-healthy development of these diseases.” crease with greater amounts of exercise, published a study in Science conclud- emphasis on fi sh, vegetables, fruits, nuts, Your chance of developing chronic until you get to about an hour of exercise ing that sleep helps the brain clear out healthy fats like olive oil, whole grains and infl ammation also rises with the pass- per day. After that, the rewards start to metabolic waste that accumulated during limited consumption of red meat — “is ing years. “Infl ammation seems to be a level off. waking hours, providing a kind of restor- probably the best approach for improving general sign of aging, where our infl am- Physical activity also reduces the risk ative maintenance. longevity,” Carstensen says. matory processes are being turned on or of diabetes, which one study found shaved The consensus among sleep research- But the benefi ts are pretty modest. If accumulated,” Lithgow says. PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Protect, but use designs that look like schools Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JENINE KOTOB and speaking with students and teachers. as well as possible escape routes from Special to The Washington Post These crammed, overpopulated camps the building. Some districts are investing EDITORIAL had spatial constraints and limited finan- in low-cost summer upgrades, applying ass shootings wreck our sense cial resources; their school grounds fea- Terry Leonard, Editor opaque, tinted film to windows and glass of safety, and in their wake, tured tall concrete or metal walls intended [email protected] to eliminate an intruder’s ability to see communities often move to to protect students from nearby bombings, into these spaces. This results in a massive Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Mfortify public spaces. Our gut stray bullets, or sights of military tanks loss for the school, reducing natural light [email protected] reaction is often to harden public build- passing by. and views of the outdoors, which studies Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content ings by erecting fences as barriers and In the Am’ari Camp, I stood atop a have shown can improve academic perfor- [email protected] installing more video cameras and metal school building designed like a fortress, mance. Instead, clear glass could be inte- detectors. This human desire to protect with a principal who told me his students grated in strategic and controlled ways, so Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation our loved ones has spawned a $2.7 billion couldn’t envision their own future when [email protected] we can retain the benefits of transparency school security industry, and it drives calls they couldn’t see beyond the walls that sur- while creating hiding spaces, out of the Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital for see-through backpacks and bulletproof rounded them . It was no wonder that many sight of passersby. [email protected] vests and armed teachers. of the students suffered from depression, Second, we should focus on access con- The urge is understandable. As Yale soci- high stress and feelings of isolation. Still, trol. Having too many entry points can ologist Vida Bajc has explained, these acts despite the daily hardships, students and weaken a building. The more control we BUREAU STAFF of violence represent an invasion of our teachers made the journey to school each have over who is coming in and out of a sense of home and undermine our collec- Europe/Mideast day believing that an education was their building, the better. Safer schools should tive ownership of our own neighborhoods. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief path to a better life. feature landscaping that creates natural [email protected] “It’s not just about loss of life,” she told the I took that spirit of resiliency home to the barriers. Strategic placement of ornamen- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 Trace. “Shootings also steal from people United States, where I’ve observed how the tal fencing, vegetation and lighting can Pacific the sense that they inhabit a place, that desire to protect children tends to manifest it’s their space.” Too often, our response is help protect a building without constantly Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief itself. One high school in Indiana, which implying that students may be in danger. [email protected] reactionary: building up our schools as if NBC called the “safest school in America” That aesthetic can be pleasant and nurtur- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 they are bunkers. and which the state’s sheriff’s association ing, rather than starkly intimidating. As of May, there were 234 school shoot- declared a “flagship,” invested in $400,000 Washington Ultimately, security features should be ings in the 20 years since the massacre at worth of upgrades, including smoke can- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief enveloped seamlessly and invisibly into the Columbine High School in Colorado. These nons in the hallway and panic buttons for [email protected] building. Projects such as the new Sandy (+1)(202)886-0033 occurred nearly once a month, on average. teachers. In 2018, elementary and middle Hook Elementary School integrate securi- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News More than 228,000 children have experi- schools across Oklahoma began install- [email protected] enced these unspeakable acts of violence, ing bulletproof storm shelters, starting at ty measures into a building that also man- according to a Washington Post database. $30,000 each, in their classrooms. ages to be beautiful. To enter the facility, CIRCULATION No student should be forced to endure the These measures are intended to shield for example, you must walk across bridges Mideast trauma of a school shooting — I know, be- students, should the unthinkable occur. over a rain garden wrapping the building. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager cause I’ve lived through two. But it’s hard to imagine that it makes them It’s essentially a modern-day moat, but it [email protected] The first occurred on April 16, 2007, feel any safer as they go about their daily can also serve as an educational tool for [email protected] when I was studying at Virginia Tech. business of trying to learn. students learning about the water cycle. DSN (314)583-9111 Thirty-two people were killed that day, School operations and maintenance Throughout the building, additional strat- Europe making it the deadliest school shooting in budgets are sharply limited: In the United egies have been implemented: classroom Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager U.S. history. I still recall the trauma as if States, total spending on schools’ opera- doors that lock automatically without a [email protected] it were yesterday: the hours of searching tions, maintenance, capital and new con- key, entire wings of the school that can [email protected] for my good friend Reema Samaha, only to struction is underfunded by approximately lock down to isolate a threat, and certain +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 find out that she had died; the sadness my $46 billion per year, according to a 2016 windows and walls with bullet-resistant Pacific entire faith community felt at the murder report drawing on federal data. As of the materials to harden against gunfire. While Mari Mori, [email protected] of our friend and classmate, Waleed Shaa- 2012-2013 school year, the average age of a building design is not a panacea to school +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)229.3171 lan; the shock of losing my former teacher, school building was 44 years old. These de- violence, the design process presents a Jocelyne Couture-Nowak. cades-old facilities have become increas- one-time opportunity where stakehold- CONTACT US The second took place in the aftermath ingly unhealthy places for students, due ers can voice their concerns, desires and Washington of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, to problems ranging from mold and poor vision that expresses their community’s tel: (+1)202.886.0003 when officials locked down the Massachu- air and water quality to broken plumbing ideals. 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 setts Institute of Technology, where I at- and rodents. We must invest our resources Students and teachers deserve to go to tended graduate school. The bombers shot strategically to ensure that our schools school without fearing for their safety, but Reader letters and killed Sean Collier, a campus police promote well-being and allow children to we need to think more deeply about what [email protected] officer. flourish, while still providing security. that means. Design features can enhance Additional contacts Both shootings still haunt me. They are But designing a better school goes be- learning or inhibit it. Most school buildings stripes.com/contactus why I’ve dedicated my career to imple- yond installing metal detectors. A few will outlast the debate over gun violence; menting design solutions that can better basic yet effective design principles go a we need to design them in a way that will OMBUDSMAN protect our students. long way. ensure the success of students for genera- During my time at MIT, I studied First, glass is not our enemy. Glass can tions to come. Ernie Gates schools in conflict zones. I traveled to be a powerful security tool: It provides sight Jenine Kotob is an architectural designer, youth refugee camps operated by the United Na- lines that give adults the ability to quickly advocate and community activist with over a The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow tions in the Levant , seeing the buildings spot any danger outside of the classroom, decade of experience designing schools. of news and information, reporting any attempts by the military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by email at [email protected], or by phone at More attention, funding needed to address vet suicide 202.886.0003. BY RUDY D. PLACENCIA simply guess the reasons as to why veteran Better understanding the risk of suicide Special to Stars and Stripes suicide by firearms have increased. How- by firearms, particularly as it relates to the Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday ever, more can and must be done to unpack veteran community, should certainly be through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and was honored to have deployed on this issue . worthy of specific answers. The last thing Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals several tours for my country in Iraq Since we do not have enough data and we need is to continue to ignore this issue postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send and the Middle East. However, upon address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, information as to how we should properly and simply watch it manifest itself before APO AP 96301-5002. 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As a DOD newspaper, community. order to determine the source. resentatives in Washington to provide the Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote One that needs to be addressed is high When many of us veterans were on ac- necessary funding that is required to pro- locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. suicide rates and mental health problems tive duty , we approached matters both logi- duce research that will help lead us to the The appearance of advertising in this publication does among veterans. We often discuss this correct answers for ending gun violence not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense cally and strategically; our policymakers or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. unfortunate reality, but do we know what should take the same approach as it relates and veterans suicide. 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SAN JOSE SHARKS — Reassigned F Hampton (3-2) at Gardner-Webb (2-3) plete. CHIEFS: practice not complete. Washington 137, Guangzhou Long-Li- Jonny Brodzinski to San Jose (AHL). Villanova (6-0) at James Madison (5-1) WASHINGTON REDSKINS at MIAMI Peng Shuai, China, 6-2, 6-4. ons 98 Women’s Doubles SOCCER Samford (3-3) at VMI (3-3) DOLPHINS — REDSKINS: DNP: LB Josh Har- Miami 108, Charlotte 94 Major League Soccer Delaware (3-2) at Elon (2-4) vey-Clemons (hamstring), G Wes Martin Quarterfinals Orlando 97, Atlanta 88 Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara, FC DALLAS — Agreed to terms with M Florida A&M (4-1) at SC State (3-1) (chest), OT Donald Penn (hamstring), C Milwaukee 133, Utah 99 Paxton Pomykal on four-year contract W. Carolina (1-4) at The Citadel (2-4) Ross Pierschbacher (illness), TE Jordan Japan, def. Zhaoxuan Yang and Wang Ya- New Orleans 127, Chicago 125 fan, China, 5-7, 6-4, 14-12. through the 2023 season. Old Dominion (1-4) at Marshall (2-3) Reed (concussion). LIMITED: TE Vernon Thursday’s games WINTER SPORTS Savannah St. (3-2) at Alcorn St. (4-2) Davis (concussion), OT Morgan Moses Peng Shuai and Duan Ying-Ying (4), Houston 118, Toronto 111 AUSTRIAN ANTI-DOPING LEGAL COM- SE Missouri (3-2) at Austin Peay (3-2) (shoulder), G Brandon Scherff (ankle). China, def. Monique Adamczak and Brooklyn 114, L.A. Lakers 111 MITTEE — Announced former cross- Alabama A&M (4-2) at Grambling St. (1-4) FULL: TE Jerome Cunningham (concus- Storm Sanders, Australia, 6-4, 6-1. Oklahoma City 110, New Zealand country skier Johannes Duerr, who was Alabama St. (2-3) at Jackson St. (1-4) sion), CB Quinton Dunbar (shoulder), DE Han Xinyun and Zhu Lin, China, def. Breakers 84 expelled from the 2014 Sochi Olympics Charleston Southern (1-4) at Ken- Matt Ioannidis (foot), QB Case Keenum Darija Jurak, Croatia and Desirae Kraw- Portland 104, Maccabi Haifa 68 for the use of EPO, was banned for life nesaw St. (4-1) (foot), CB Josh Norman (hand), C Chase czyk, United States, 6-0,6-4. Sacramento 105, Phoenix 88 for his alleged role in a doping network Murray St. (3-3) at Tennessee St. (1-5) Roullier (knee), CB Simeon Thomas Denver 111, L.A. Clippers 91 in recent years. Florida St. (3-2) at Clemson (5-0 (wrist). DOLPHINS: LIMITED: T Jesse Da- China Open Golden State 143, Minnesota 123 COLLEGE BYU (2-3) at South Florida (2-3) vis (elbow), WR Jakeem Grant (ham- Friday’s games NCAA — Ordered Mary Hardin-Baylor UConn (1-4) at Tulane (4-1) string), LB Trent Harris (foot), CB Xavien Thursday Boston at Orlando to vacate its 2016 Division III national Middle Tennessee (2-3) at FAU (3-2) Howard (knee), S Reshad Jones (ankle), At Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena Chicago at Indiana championship and 29 victories over the Northwestern St. (0-5) at Nicholls (3-2) CB Chris Lammons (toe), S Bobby McCain Shanghai, China Cleveland at Detroit 2016-2017 seasons because football UNLV (1-4) at Vanderbilt (1-4) (hamstring/shoulder), RB Mark Walton Purse: $7,473,620 Philadelphia vs. Charlotte at Winston- coach Pete Fredenburg let a player use Rhode Island (1-4) at Virginia Tech (3-2) (illness), WR Albert Wilson (calf/hip), Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Salem, N.C. his car for more than 18 months. Georgia St. (3-2) at Coastal Carolina (3-2) CB Jomal Wiltz (groin). FULL: DE Charles Men’s Singles Washington at New York Incarnate Word (3-2) at SE Louisiana Harris (wrist), C Daniel Kilgore (knee). Third round Utah at New Orleans (3-2) CINCINNATI BENGALS at BALTIMORE Fabio Fognini (10), Italy, def. Karen Milwaukee at Dallas Charlotte (2-3) at FIU (2-3) RAVENS — BENGALS: DNP: DT Ryan Khachanov (7), Russia, 6-3, 7-5. Saturday’s games Pro soccer UMass (1-5) at Louisiana Tech (4-1) Glasgow (thigh), WR A.J. Green (ankle), Daniil Medvedev (3), Russia, def. Vasek L.A. Lakers vs. Brooklyn at Shenzen, North Texas (2-3) at Southern Miss. (3-2) OT Andre Smith (ankle), S Shawn Williams Pospisil, Canada, 7-6 (7), 7-5. China Prairie View (2-3) at Southern U. (2-3) (thigh), DE Kerry Wynn (concussion). Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. John Phoenix at Portland MLS playoffs UT Martin (3-2) at Tennessee Tech (4-2) LIMITED: WR Alex Erickson (concussion), Isner (16), United States, 7-5, 6-3. Sunday’s games Army (3-2) at W. Kentucky (3-2) OT Cordy Glenn (concussion), G Michael Matteo Berrettini (11), Italy, def. Ro- Cleveland at Boston First Round Arkansas (2-3) at Kentucky (2-3) Jordan (ankle), G John Miller (groin), LB berto Bautista-Agut (8), Spain, 7-6 (5), Melbourne United at L.A. Clippers Saturday, Oct. 19 Louisville (3-2) at Wake Forest (5-0) Nick Vigil (ankle). FULL: K Randy Bullock 6-4. New Orleans at San Antonio Eastern Conference Florida (6-0) at LSU (5-0) (back). RAVENS: DNP: TE Mark Andrews Stefanos Tsitsipas (6), Greece, def. Chicago at Toronto New England at Atlanta MIDWEST (shoulder), WR Marquise Brown (ankle), Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5). Milwaukee at Washington D.C. at Toronto Toledo (4-1) at Bowling Green (1-4) CB Maurice Canady (thigh), CB Brandon Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Philadelphia at Orlando Western Conference Michigan (4-1) at Illinois (2-3) Carr (not injury related), RB Mark Ingram David Goffin (13), Belgium, 7-6 (7), 6-4. Maccabi Haifa at Minnesota Dallas at Seattle Rutgers (1-4) at Indiana (3-2) (not injury related), LB Patrick Onwuasor Dominic Thiem (4), Austria, def. Portland at Salt Lake Maryland (3-2) at Purdue (1-4) (ankle), CB Jimmy Smith (knee), S Earl Nikoloz Basilashvili (15), Georgia, 6-3, 6- Sunday, Oct. 20 Miami (Ohio) (2-3) at W. Michigan (3-3) Thomas (not injury related), G Marshal 4. Eastern Conference Drake (2-2) at Butler (1-4) Yanda (not injury related). Alexander Zverev (5), Germany, def. Golf New York Red Bulls at Philadelphia Jacksonville St. (4-2) at E. Illinois (0-6) SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at CLEVELAND Andrey Rublev, Russia, 6-0, 7-6 (4). Western Conference W. Illinois (0-5) at Indiana St. (2-3) BROWNS — SEAHAWKS: practice not Men’s Doubles LA Galaxy at Minnesota Ball St. (2-3) at E. Michigan (3-2) complete. BROWNS: LIMITED: T Kendall Second Round Houston Open Conference Semifinals N. Iowa (3-2) at N. Dakota St. (5-0) Lamm (knee), CB Denzel Ward (ham- Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Ra- Eastern Conference Dayton (3-1) at Valparaiso (0-5) string), CB Greedy Williams (hamstring). ven Klaasen (4), South Africa, def. Henri PGA Tour Wednesday, Oct. 23 New Mexico St. (0-6) at Cent. Michigan FULL: WR Odell Beckham (hip), WR Kontinen, Finland, and John Peers, Aus- Thursday Toronto-D.C. winner at New York City FC (3-3) Rashard Higgins (knee). tralia, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 10-8. At Golf Club of Houston Thursday, Oct. 24 South Dakota (2-3) at Missouri St. (1-3) SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS at LOS ANGE- Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo Humble, Texas Philadelphia-New York Red Bulls win- Kent St. (2-3) at Akron (0-5) LES RAMS — 49ERS: practice not com- Melo (2), Brazil, def. Rohan Bopanna, In- Purse: $7.5 million ner vs. Atlanta-New England winner at N. Illinois (1-4) at Ohio (2-3) plete. RAMS: practice not complete. dia, and Denis Shapovalov, Canada, 6-4, Yardage: 7,441; Par 72 higher-seeded team Michigan St. (4-2) at Wisconsin (5-0) ATLANTA FALCONS at ARIZONA CARDI- 3-6, 10-7. First Round Western Conference S. Dakota St. (3-1) at Youngstown St. NALS — FALCONS: practice not complete. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Filip Polasek, a-denotes amateur Wednesday, Oct. 23 (4-1) CARDINALS: practice not complete. Slovakia, def. Horia Tecau, Romania, and Austin Cook 29-35—64 -8 Salt Lake-Portland winner vs. Seattle- Mississippi (3-3) at Missouri (4-1) TENNESSEE TITANS at DENVER BRON- Jean-Julien Rojer (7), Netherlands, 7-6 Talor Gooch 33-31—64 -8 Dallas winner at higher-seeded team Illinois St. (3-2) at S. Illinois (2-3) COS — TITANS: DNP: LB Sharif Finch (3), 6-7 (4), 10-7. Sepp Straka 33-32—65 -7 Thursday, Oct. 24 Penn St. (5-0) at Iowa (4-1) (shoulder), CB Chris Milton (calf), LB Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger- Russell Henley 34-32—66 -6 Minnesota-LA Galaxy winner at Los Nebraska (4-2) at Minnesota (5-0) Cameron Wake (hamstring), TE Delanie Vasselin (6), France, def. Matteo Ber- Lanto Griffin 33-33—66 -6 Angeles FC Southern Cal (3-2) at Notre Dame (4-1) Walker (knee). FULL: G Kevin Pamphile rettini, Italy, and Felix Auger-Aliassime, Tyler McCumber 32-34—66 -6 Conference Championships Tuesday, Oct. 29 SOUTHWEST (knee). BRONCOS: practice not com- Canada, walkover. Nick Watney 34-33—67 -5 Oklahoma (5-0) vs. Texas (4-1) at Dallas plete. Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski, Brit- Western Conference at higher-seeded John Huh 33-34—67 -5 team MVSU (1-4) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (4-2) DALLAS COWBOYS at NEW YORK JETS ain, def. Novak Djokovic and Filip Kraji- Michael Gligic 32-35—67 -5 Lamar (3-3) at Sam Houston St. (4-2) Wednesday, Oct. 30 — COWBOYS: DNP: T La’el Collins (knee), novic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2. a-Cole Hammer 33-34—67 -5 Missouri S&T (4-1) at Texas Southern OT Tyron Smith (ankle), LB Leighton Eastern Conference at higher-seeded (0-5) Braden Bailey 34-33—67 -5 team Vander Esch (illness). LIMITED: WR Am- Xinjun Zhang 33-34—67 -5 Cincinnati (4-1) at Houston (2-3) ari Cooper (ankle/quadricep), DE Tyrone Alabama (5-0) at Texas A&M (3-2) Crawford (hip), G Zack Martin (back), DT AP sportlight Seamus Power 34-33—67 -5 NWSL Texas Tech (3-2) at Baylor (5-0) Antwaun Woods (knee). FULL: WR Tavon Mackenzie Hughes 33-35—68 -4 McNeese St. (3-3) at Cent. Arkansas (3-2) Austin (shin), WR Randall Cobb (hip), Zac Blair 34-34—68 -4 W L T Pts GF GA UAB (4-1) at UTSA (2-3) WR Michael Gallup (knee), LB Sean Lee Oct. 12 Andy Zhang 32-36—68 -4 North Carolina 14 5 4 46 51 21 Houston Baptist (4-2) at Abilene Chris- (knee), RB Tony Pollard (knee/ankle). 1940 — Tennessee registers its 17th Jeremy Gandon 35-33—68 -4 Chicago 14 8 2 44 41 28 tian (2-4) JETS: DNP: DE Henry Anderson (shoul- consecutive regular-season shutout with Cameron Tringale 36-32—68 -4 Portland 11 6 6 39 40 31 Navy (3-1) at Tulsa (2-3) der), RB Trenton Cannon (foot/ankle), a 53-0 rout of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Mark Hubbard 35-33—68 -4 Reign FC 10 6 7 37 25 25 FAR WEST CB Nate Hairston (knee), LB C.J. Mosley The record streak started on Nov. 5, 1938, Maverick McNealy 36-32—68 -4 Washington 9 8 6 33 30 25 North Dakota (3-2) at Idaho St. (2-3) (groin), G Kelechi Osemele (shoulder/ also against Tennessee-Chattanooga. Henrik Norlander 32-36—68 -4 Utah 9 10 4 31 23 24 Washington St. (3-2) at Arizona St. (4-1) knee/illness). LIMITED: WR Josh Bellamy 1946 — The No. 2 Texas Longhorns Kramer Hickok 33-35—68 -4 Houston 7 11 5 26 20 34 N. Colorado (1-5) at E. Washington (2-4) (shoulder), LB Jordan Jenkins (calf), WR beat No. 1 Oklahoma 28-7. It’s the eighth Bronson Burgoon 35-34—69 -3 Sky Blue FC 5 13 5 20 18 31 Sacramento St. (3-2) at Montana St. (5-1) Demaryius Thomas (hamstring/knee), 1-2 matchup in AP poll history and the James Hahn 34-35—69 -3 Orlando 4 16 3 15 22 51 San Jose St. (3-2) at Nevada (3-2) DT Quinnen Williams (ankle). FULL: WR first time the second-ranked team wins Rich Beem 35-34—69 -3 Note: Three points for victory, one Idaho (2-4) at Portland St. (3-3) Robby Anderson (back), TE Ryan Grif- the game. Brian Gay 34-35—69 -3 point for tie. Fresno St. (2-2) at Air Force (3-2) fin (finger/ankle), CB Arthur Maulet 1997 — James Stewart of the Jackson- Cameron Champ 33-36—69 -3 Saturday, Oct. 5 Cal Poly (2-3) at UC Davis (2-4) (thumb), DE Kyle Phillips (hand), G Brian ville Jaguars becomes the fourth player Patrick Rodgers 34-35—69 -3 Washington 3, Orlando 0 Utah (4-1) at Oregon St. (2-3) Winters (shoulder). in NFL history and the first since 1963 to Wes Roach 35-34—69 -3 Saturday’s games S. Utah (1-5) at Weber St. (3-2) PITTSBURGH STEELERS at LOS ANGE- rush for five touchdowns. All the TDs are Rafael Campos 35-34—69 -3 Sky Blue FC at North Carolina Hawaii (4-1) at Boise St. (5-0) LES CHARGERS — STEELERS: practice for less than 10 yards, and he finishes Scott Harrington 36-33—69 -3 Reign FC at Orlando Wyoming (4-1) at San Diego St. (4-1) not complete. CHARGERS: practice not with 102 yards on 15 carries in Jackson- Joseph Bramlett 34-35—69 -3 Houston at Utah Washington (4-2) at Arizona (4-1) complete. ville’s 38-21 victory over Philadelphia. Brandon Wu 35-34—69 -3 Washington at Portland Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 25 SPORTS BRIEFS/WNBA FINALS Briefl y Biles dominant en route to fifth Mystics’ all-around world gymnastics title moment Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Simone Biles won her fifth all-around title at the gymnastics world championships Thurs- day, underlining her status as the clear fa- vorite for next year’s Olympic gold medal. The U.S. gymnast scored 58.999 points to finish 2.1 points ahead of China’s Tang Xijing, who was entered as a late replace- ment for a teammate. Biles’ margin of vic- tory was her biggest at a world all-around event, and matched her winning margin at the 2016 Olympics, before she took a year off. Angelina Melniko- va of Russia was third on 56.399. Biles No other woman has won more than three all-around titles. Biles’ victory makes it seven wins in a row for the United States in the women’s all-around, matching the So- viet Union’s record streak at world cham- pionships in the 1970s and 1980s. PHOTOS BY ALEX BRANDON/AP Biles has won the all-around title at every world championships she’s competed in, Mystics guard Natasha Cloud, left, forward Elena Delle Donne and guard Kristi Toliver celebrate during the second half of Game 5 starting in 2013. She skipped the 2017 sea- of the WNBA Finals on Thursday in Washington. The Mystics beat the Connecticut Sun 89-78 to win the series 3-2. son, when Morgan Hurd won the gold. Boxer Spence injured in crash Washington wraps up first WNBA title; Meesseman named Finals MVP DALLAS — Welterweight boxing cham- BY DOUG FEINBERG pion Errol Spence crashed a speeding Ferrari in Dallas early Thursday and was Associated Press badly injured but is expected to survive, WASHINGTON — Elena Delle Donne police said. and the Washington Mystics capped an The crash happened just before 3 a.m., eventful WNBA season with the team’s when Spence’s Ferrari crossed a median first championship. into oncoming traffic and flipped over sev- A year that began with the league miss- eral times, ejecting Spence, who wasn’t ing some of its top players because of in- wearing a seatbelt, police said. Spence was juries and rest ended with a compelling taken to a hospital and placed in the inten- five-game championship series. sive care unit. Delle Donne battled through injuries all “His injuries are not life-threatening. season, a broken nose early on and then His parents are with him at the hospital,” three herniated disks in her back in the Fi- Tim Smith, a spokesman for Spence’s pro- nals. None of it mattered. She wouldn’t be motor, Premier Boxing Champions, told denied her first title. The Associated Press. “To be on a team that could carry me Police said they’re still investigating the when I wasn’t 100 percent really means a cause of the crash, but they noted that the lot to just get over this hump and to be able Ferrari was speeding at the time. to push through when not feeling great,” she said. Calhoun facing accusations It wasn’t easy. HARTFORD, Conn. — Hall of Fame “It took five games, took four in the Mystics center Emma Meesseman, right, shoots in front of Connecticut Sun center basketball coach Jim Calhoun has been ac- semis, it took battling injuries, it took a Brionna Jones during Thursday’s WNBA Finals Game 5. Meesseman, who scored 22 cused of sexual discrimination by a former lot of resilience, fight, heart,” said Kristi points in Washington’s 89-78 victory, was named Finals MVP. associate athletic director at the Univer- Toliver, the only Mystics player to win a sity of Saint Joseph, the Division III school WNBA title before Thursday night. “We years ago in a trade from Chicago. She was the seventh series in league history where Calhoun now works. had the biggest heart all year, and we were grew up in Delaware, about an hour from that had gone to a deciding Game 5, and Jaclyn Piscitelli filed a lawsuit Wednes- the most focused and determined team all the capital. Delle Donne sat out a year in the home team has won five of them. day in U.S. District Court against the small year, and we’re just really proud of what college when she transferred in the sum- “I think it was good for the league,” Con- we’ve done. But last year obviously cer- Catholic school in West Hartford, which mer before her freshman season from necticut coach Curt Miller said. “It may began admitting men in 2018. tainly motivated us to be really, really fo- UConn to Delaware. She wanted to be clos- not have been a buzzer-beater. We didn’t She alleges she was fired after complain- cused for the season.” er to sister Lizzie, who is blind, deaf and have that kind of finish in any of the five ing about the conduct of men in the athletic It helped that Finals MVP Emma Mees- has cerebral palsy. games, but man, it was good offensive department, including the 77-year-old Cal- seman was back after missing last year to “It feels phenomenal, my goodness, feels basketball, and it was laying it on the line houn, after he was hired to form and coach play with the Belgian national team. so good. Hard to put it into words,” said defensively.” the school’s men’s basketball team. “I don’t think I’m the missing piece. I’m Delle Donne, who fell short in two previ- She alleges, among other things, that the their teammate (and did what) I need to do ous Finals appearances. “To win it with Coach Mike Thibault earned his first former UConn coach once called her “hot” to help my team win a championship. This such a great group of people. We wanted WNBA championship. The league’s all- and on another occasion forced her to clean is my family right here,” said Meesseman, to win it for the person next to us. We’ll time winningest coach had reached the Fi- up coffee grounds he spilled, telling her it who scored 22 points in Washington’s 89- remember this season. I’m kind of sad the nals three times in his career — twice with was something his wife would do for him. 78 victory over the Connecticut Sun on season’s about to be over. My goodness, we Connecticut and last season with Washing- A spokeswoman says Saint Joseph “takes Thursday night. sure ended this on a high note.” ton — but fell short each time. compliance with all matters relating to Delle Donne, a seven-year veteran and It was a fitting conclusion to an enter- Now he can add a title to his name. Title IX very seriously.” two-time MVP, came to Washington three taining series and WNBA season. This “Sweet, isn’t it?” he said. 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Eastern Conference Predators 6, Capitals 5 Atlantic Division Washington 1 3 1—5 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 1 1 4—6 Ducks fall from Buffalo 4 3 0 1 7 18 11 First Period—1, Washington, Eller 1 Detroit 4 3 1 0 6 14 11 (Carlson, Hathaway), 9:17. 2, Nashville, Boston 4 3 1 0 6 9 8 Forsberg 4 (Duchene, Granlund), 10:39. Tampa Bay 4 2 1 1 5 18 13 Second Period—3, Washington, Toronto 5 2 2 1 5 19 20 Ovechkin 2 (Kuznetsov, Carlson), 4:46 Montreal 4 1 1 2 4 15 18 (pp). 4, Nashville, Johansen 1 (Jarnkrok, Florida 3 1 2 0 2 9 14 Arvidsson), 7:37. 5, Washington, Wilson 1 Ottawa 3 0 3 0 0 8 15 (Stephenson), 12:28 (sh). 6, Washington, Metropolitan Division Ovechkin 3 (Backstrom, Carlson), 17:36 Carolina 4 4 0 0 8 17 11 (pp). unbeaten ranks Washington 5 2 1 2 6 15 16 Third Period—7, Nashville, Johansen 2 N.Y. Rangers 2 2 0 0 4 10 5 (Arvidsson, Josi), 5:03 (pp). 8, Nashville, Philadelphia 2 2 0 0 4 8 3 Duchene 1 (Granlund, Forsberg), 6:13. 9, Associated Press Blues 6, Senators 4: Pittsburgh 4 2 2 0 4 11 10 Washington, Oshie 3 (Orlov), 10:09. 10, David N.Y. Islanders 3 1 2 0 2 7 8 Nashville, Bonino 1 (Watson, Sissons), Perron’s second goal of the game Columbus 3 1 2 0 2 7 14 14:52. 11, Nashville, Ekholm 2 (Jarnkrok), PITTSBURGH — Jake Guent- 15:20. proved to be the winner as visit- New Jersey 4 0 2 2 2 9 20 zel has played with Sidney Crosby Shots on Goal—Washington 9-7-10— ing St. Louis beat Ottawa. 26. Nashville 13-9-16—38. long enough to know he needs to Western Conference Power-play opportunities—Washing- Oskar Sundqvist, Jay Bouw- get to the net when he sees Pitts- Central Division ton 2 of 4; Nashville 1 of 4. meester and Brayden Schenn GP W L OT Pts GF GA Goalies—Washington, Holtby 1-1-2 (38 burgh’s captain take a defense- shots-32 saves). Nashville, Rinne 3-0-0 also scored for the Blues. Ryan St. Louis 4 3 0 1 7 14 11 man wide. Colorado 3 3 0 0 6 13 7 (26-21). O’Reilly had a goal and three Nashville 4 3 1 0 6 19 14 A—17,386 (17,113). T—2:37. Guentzel was at the right place assists and Jake Allen made 25 Winnipeg 5 3 2 0 6 19 17 when he scored the tiebreaking Dallas 5 1 3 1 3 12 15 Sharks 5, Blackhawks 4 saves in his season debut. Chicago 2 0 2 0 0 7 9 San Jose 2 2 1—5 goal in the third period to lead the Jets 5, Wild 2: Patrik Laine Minnesota 3 0 3 0 0 6 14 Penguins to a 2-1 victory over the Pacific Division Chicago 2 2 0—4 scored twice and added a pair Edmonton 4 4 0 0 8 18 12 GENE J. PUSKAR/AP First Period—1, Chicago, Kubalik 1 (Saad), 5:07. 2, San Jose, Labanc 1 previously unbeaten Anaheim of assists as host Winnipeg beat Anaheim 4 3 1 0 6 9 5 Ducks on Thursday night. Calgary 4 2 1 1 5 12 11 The Penguins’ Marcus (E.Kane, Couture), 11:30 (pp). 3, Chicago, Minnesota. Vegas 4 2 2 0 4 13 10 Shaw 1 (Maatta, Strome), 13:22. 4, San Guentzel finished Crosby’s Arizona 3 1 2 0 2 5 4 Pettersson, right, collides Jose, Marleau 1 (E.Karlsson, Gambrell), Laine set up Kyle Connor’s 19:43 (pp). backhand feed from the slot at Vancouver 3 1 2 0 2 10 8 with the Anaheim Ducks’ Max third-period goal that broke a 2-2 Los Angeles 3 1 2 0 2 11 17 Second Period—5, Chicago, Shaw 2 7:24 of the third. San Jose 5 1 4 0 2 10 21 Jones during the first period of (DeBrincat), 9:27. 6, San Jose, Burns 2 tie, giving the Finnish shooter the Note: Two points for a win, one point (Gambrell), 10:00. 7, Chicago, Strome 1 “You’re just so used to it now,” Thursday’s game in Pittsburgh. (P.Kane, Gustafsson), 12:14. 8, San Jose, lead in team points with 10 (three for overtime loss. Top three teams in Guentzel said. “With the strength each division and two wild cards per Marleau 2 (Burns, Meier), 17:46. goals and seven assists). conference advance to playoffs. Third Period—9, San Jose, Goodrow 2 (Thornton, M.Karlsson), 4:47. he has, you just kind of think he’ll Predators 6, Capitals 5: Mat- Wednesday’s games Penguins 2, Ducks 1 Buffalo 5, Montreal 4, OT Anaheim 0 1 0—1 Shots on Goal—San Jose 11-12-11—34. get by the defenseman. He comes Chicago 15-7-8—30. tias Ekholm scored with 4:40 Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 0 Pittsburgh 0 1 1—2 in, beats a guy and then makes Second Period—1, Pittsburgh, Crosby Power-play opportunities—San Jose 2 remaining to cap a wild third pe- Vancouver 8, Los Angeles 2 of 3; Chicago 0 of 2. a great play, not really looking. Thursday’s games 2 (Schultz, Letang), 2:57 (pp). 2, Anaheim, riod and lead host Nashville past Kase 1 (Guhle, Ritchie), 3:27. Goalies—San Jose, Dell 1-1-0 (30 Detroit 4, Montreal 2 shots-26 saves). Chicago, Crawford 0-2-0 It’s just a special play and I was Washington. Pittsburgh 2, Anaheim 1 Third Period—3, Pittsburgh, Guentzel 1 (Crosby, Simon), 7:24. (34-29). happy to be on the end of it.” Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 3 A—21,455 (19,717). T—2:22. Ryan Johansen scored twice Edmonton 4, New Jersey 3, SO Shots on Goal—Anaheim 8-12-12—32. Guentzel has five goals in five and Filip Forsberg, Matt Duch- St. Louis 6, Ottawa 4 Pittsburgh 11-10-7—28. career games against the Ducks, Winnipeg 5, Minnesota 2 Power-play opportunities—Anaheim 0 Flames 3, Stars 2 (SO) ene and Nick Bonino added goals of 3; Pittsburgh 1 of 6. Nashville 6, Washington 5 Calgary 0 0 2 0—3 including his second career hat for Nashville, which finished 3-1 San Jose 5, Chicago 4 Goalies—Anaheim, Gibson 3-1-0 (28 shots-26 saves). Pittsburgh, Murray 2-2- Dallas 0 1 1 0—2 trick last season. Calgary 3, Dallas 2, SO Calgary won shootout 2-1 on a season-opening, four-game Colorado 4, Boston 2 0 (32-31). Crosby also scored a power- A—18,414 (18,387). T—2:30. Second Period—1, Dallas, L’Esperance homestand. Arizona 4, Vegas 1 1 (Hanley, Faksa), 16:39. play goal, his second of the season. Friday’s games Third Period—2, Dallas, Benn 1 (Kling- Sharks 5, Blackhawks 4: Pat- Florida at Buffalo Crosby, who opened the season Oilers 4, Devils 3 (SO) berg, Hintz), 0:09 (pp). 3, Calgary, Lind- rick Marleau scored two goals in Anaheim at Columbus holm 2 (Giordano), 2:49 (pp). 4, Calgary, N.Y. Islanders at Carolina Edmonton 1 1 1 0—4 on a four-game point streak, has his first game back with his for- New Jersey 1 1 1 0—3 Hanifin 2 (Backlund, Tkachuk), 5:32. Saturday’s games Shootout—Calgary 2 (Monahan G, Tka- multiple points in five of his last Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers Edmonton won shootout 1-0 mer team, and visiting San Jose First Period—1, New Jersey, Palmieri chuk NG, Gaudreau G), Dallas 1 (Seguin 10 games against Anaheim. Tampa Bay at Ottawa G, Radulov NG, Benn NG). earned its first win of the season. Nashville at Los Angeles 2, 6:14. 2, Edmonton, Draisaitl 2 (Kassian, Nurse), 9:17. Shots on Goal—Calgary 9-9-8-3—29. “I thought he was a force at Barclay Goodrow snapped a Toronto at Detroit Dallas 9-16-7-4—36. Florida at N.Y. Islanders Second Period—3, New Jersey, Gusev both ends of the ice,” Penguins 2 (Carrick, Bratt), 14:12. 4, Edmonton, Power-play opportunities—Calgary 1 third-period tie and Brent Burns Columbus at Carolina of 2; Dallas 1 of 4. coach Mike Sullivan said. “His New Jersey at Boston Neal 7 (McDavid, Nugent-Hopkins), 19:32 scored his 200th career goal for (pp). Goalies—Calgary, Rittich 2-1-1 (36 Winnipeg at Chicago shots-34 saves). Dallas, Bishop 1-2-1 (29- line scored both goals and his San Jose, which opened with four St. Louis at Montreal Third Period—5, New Jersey, Severson 1 (Hischier, Hall), 15:35. 6, Edmonton, 27). line was on the ice when we’re de- consecutive losses. Kevin Labanc Washington at Dallas A—17,989 (18,532). T—2:42. Pittsburgh at Minnesota McDavid 3 (Nugent-Hopkins, Klefbom), fending the lead and they pulled also scored, and Dylan Gambrell Arizona at Colorado 18:54 (pp). Edmonton 1 (Nugent-Hop- their goalie. I just think he’s the had two assists. Calgary at Vegas Shootout— Avalanche 4, Bruins 2 Philadelphia at Vancouver kins NG, McDavid NG, Draisaitl G), New best 200-foot player in the game Flames 3, Stars 2 (SO): John- Jersey 0 (Gusev NG, Hughes NG, Hall Boston 2 0 0—2 Sunday’s games NG). Colorado 1 1 2—4 Pittsburgh at Winnipeg right now.” ny Gaudreau put a backhand Shots on Goal—Edmonton 5-11-4-2— First Period—1, Boston, Pastrnak 2 Vegas at Los Angeles Matt Murray made 31 saves for past Dallas goalie Ben Bishop in 22. New Jersey 7-12-9-3—31. (Marchand, Krejci), 7:58. 2, Boston, Chara Calgary at San Jose Power-play opportunities—Edmonton 1 (Bergeron, Pastrnak), 15:34. 3, Colo- the Penguins. He needs one more a shootout and visiting Calgary 2 of 3; New Jersey 0 of 2. rado, MacKinnon 1 (Landeskog, Makar), win to reach 100 in the NHL. Thursday Goalies—Edmonton, Koskinen 2-0-0 19:05 (pp). beat Dallas. (31 shots-28 saves). New Jersey, Black- Second Period—4, Colorado, Belle- Pittsburgh concluded a season- Tyler Seguin was the only one Lightning 7, Maple Leafs 3 wood 0-1-2 (22-19). mare 2 (Calvert), 9:43. A—14,586 (16,514). T—2:38. Third Period—5, Colorado, Burakovsky opening, four-game homestand of three Stars who beat Calgary Tampa Bay 4 1 2—7 1, 12:54. 6, Colorado, Landeskog 2 (MacK- with a 2-2 record. The Penguins goalie David Rittich in the shoot- Toronto 3 0 0—3 innon, Rantanen), 18:59. First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Point 1 Red Wings 4, Canadiens 2 Shots on Goal—Boston 15-14-12—41. have won nine of their last 12 out. It was tied 1-1, with Sean (Kucherov, Stamkos), 2:28. 2, Toronto, Colorado 13-11-12—36. Johnsson 1 (Matthews, Marner), 4:19 Detroit 2 1 1—4 home games against Anaheim. Monahan beating Bishop before Montreal 1 1 0—2 Power-play opportunities—Boston 0 (pp). 3, Toronto, Tavares 1 (Holl, Kapa- of 1; Colorado 1 of 2. Red Wings 4, Canadiens 2: nen), 7:46. 4, Tampa Bay, Kucherov 2 (Ci- First Period—1, Detroit, Helm 1 (DeKey- Gaudreau won the game on the ser, de la Rose), 13:33. 2, Montreal, Armia Goalies—Boston, Halak 1-1-0 (35 relli, Hedman), 11:24 (pp). 5, Tampa Bay, shots-32 saves). Colorado, Grubauer 3- Anthony Mantha scored his sixth last attempt in the first round. Shattenkirk 3 (Johnson), 12:45. 6, Toron- 3 (Danault, Drouin), 19:07. 3, Detroit, Ber- tuzzi 3 (DeKeyser, Larkin), 19:37. 0-0 (41-39). goal of the season and visiting Avalanche 4, Bruins 2: Andre to, Matthews 6 (Muzzin, Nylander), 17:56. A—18,045 (18,007). T—2:35. 7, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 3 (Cirelli, Point), Second Period—4, Montreal, Domi 2 Detroit snapped a nine-game los- Burakovsky scored the go-ahead 19:17 (pp). (Petry, Tatar), 4:34 (pp). 5, Detroit, Man- ing streak against Montreal. goal with 7:06 remaining and Second Period—8, Tampa Bay, Point 2 tha 6 (Hirose, Cholowski), 15:38 (pp). Coyotes 4, Golden Knights 1 (Stamkos, Kucherov), 10:46. Third Period—6, Detroit, Glendening 2 (Filppula), 19:02. Vegas 1 0 0—1 Darren Helm, Tyler Bertuzzi unbeaten host Colorado handed 9, Tampa Bay, Palat 2 Third Period— Shots on Goal—Detroit 15-11-8—34. Arizona 2 2 0—4 and Luke Glendenning also Boston its first loss of the season. (Sergachev, Cirelli), 3:56. 10, Tampa Bay, Montreal 12-12-11—35. First Period—1, Arizona, Garland 1 Kucherov 3 (Stamkos), 6:57. scored for the Red Wings, who Gabriel Landeskog added an Power-play opportunities—Detroit 1 (Soderberg), 8:00. 2, Arizona, Schmaltz 1 Shots on Goal—Tampa Bay 14-10-9— of 2; Montreal 1 of 3. (Hayton, Dvorak), 19:21. 3, Vegas, Theo- have three wins in four games empty-net goal with 1:01 remain- 33. Toronto 13-11-4—28. Goalies—Detroit, Bernier 2-0-0 (35 dore 1 (McNabb, Glass), 19:55. this season. Power-play opportunities—Tampa shots-33 saves). Montreal, Price 1-1-1 Second Period—4, Arizona, Garland 2 ing for the Avalanche, who are off Bay 2 of 3; Toronto 1 of 2. (33-30). (Oesterle), 2:03. 5, Arizona, Hjalmarsson Lightning 7, Maple Leafs 3: to a 3-0 start for just the second Goalies—Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 2-1-0 A—21,302 (21,288). T—2:31. 1 (Soderberg, Keller), 18:28. (28 shots-25 saves). Toronto, Hutchinson Shots on Goal—Vegas 15-10-13—38. Nikita Kucherov scored twice time since relocating to Denver 0-0-1 (5-5), Andersen 2-2-0 (28-21). Arizona 14-10-5—29. and finished with four points, from Quebec in 1995. The 2013- A—19,387 (18,819). T—2:24. Blues 6, Senators 4 Power-play opportunities—Vegas 0 of Brayden Point had two goals and 14 club opened the season 6-0. St. Louis 0 2 4—6 4; Arizona 0 of 2. Jets 5, Wild 2 Ottawa 2 1 1—4 Goalies—Vegas, Subban 0-1-0 (14 an assist in his season debut and Coyotes 4, Golden Knights First Period—1, Ottawa, Abramov 1 shots-12 saves), Fleury 2-1-0 (15-13). Ari- Minnesota 1 0 1—2 (Sabourin, Zaitsev), 8:10. 2, Ottawa, Ani- zona, Kuemper 1-2-0 (38-37). visiting Tampa Bay beat Toronto. 1: Conor Garland scored twice, Winnipeg 0 2 3—5 simov 1 (Namestnikov, Brown), 19:07. A—13,864 (17,125). T—2:23. Steven Stamkos added a goal Nick Schmaltz and Niklas Hjal- First Period—1, Minnesota, Hartman Second Period—3, St. Louis, Perron 2 1, 13:08. (O’Reilly, Pietrangelo), 9:07 (pp). 4, St. and three assists and Ondrej marsson scored and host Arizona Second Period—2, Winnipeg, Wheeler Louis, Sundqvist 2 (Steen, Barbashev), Scoring leaders Palat also scored for Tampa Bay. beat Vegas for its first win of the 3 (Laine, Scheifele), 1:37. 3, Winnipeg, 11:32. 5, Ottawa, Tierney 1, 17:49 (sh). Through Thursday Laine 2 (Wheeler, Scheifele), 9:10. Third Period—6, St. Louis, Bouw- GP G A PTS Oilers 4, Devils 3 (SO): Leon season. Third Period—4, Minnesota, Hunt 1 meester 1 (O’Reilly, Parayko), 1:38. 7, St. Patrik Laine, WPG 5 3 7 10 Draisaitl scored the only goal in The Coyotes (1-2-0) broke out (Eriksson Ek, Foligno), 3:09. 5, Winnipeg, Louis, Schenn 3, 12:47. 8, Ottawa, Duclair Connor McDavid, EDM 4 3 7 10 Connor 2 (Laine, Pionk), 8:47. 6, Winni- 1 (Brannstrom, Ryan), 14:12. 9, St. Louis, Anthony Mantha, DET 4 6 2 8 the shootout to give undefeated of a scoring slump after manag- peg, Roslovic 2 (Morrissey, Copp), 9:15. 7, Perron 3 (O’Reilly, Bozak), 14:54. 10, St. Mika Zibanejad, NYR 2 4 4 8 visiting Edmonton a victory over ing just one goal in the first two Winnipeg, Laine 3, 17:41. Louis, O’Reilly 1 (Bozak), 18:44. Leon Draisaitl, EDM 4 2 6 8 Shots on Goal—Minnesota 16-15-9— Shots on Goal—St. Louis 8-14-15—37. John Carlson, WAS 5 1 7 8 winless New Jersey. games. Darcy Kuemper made 40. Winnipeg 12-10-10—32. Ottawa 8-12-9—29. Mark Scheifele, WPG 5 1 7 8 Draisaitl, who also scored in 36 saves in his third consecutive Power-play opportunities—Minnesota Power-play opportunities—St. Louis 1 Matt Duchene, NSH 4 1 7 8 0 of 2; Winnipeg 0 of 2. of 4; Ottawa 0 of 0. James Neal, EDM 4 7 0 7 regulation, connected in the third start to open the season, and new Goalies—Minnesota, Dubnyk 0-3-0 (31 Goalies—St. Louis, Allen 1-0-0 (29 Auston Matthews, TOR 5 6 1 7 shots-27 saves). Winnipeg, Hellebuyck 2- shots-25 saves). Ottawa, Nilsson 0-1-0 Jack Eichel, BUF 4 3 4 7 round of the shootout as the Oil- center Carl Soderberg added two 1-0 (40-38). (36-31). Rasmus Dahlin, BUF 4 1 6 7 ers improved to 4-0-0. assists. A—15,325 (15,321). T—2:29. A—9,204 (18,572). T—2:33. Ryan O’Reilly, STL 4 1 6 7 Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 27 MLB PLAYOFFS Scoreboard NLCS capsule

Playoffs A capsule look at the National League Champi- x-if necessary onship Series between the Washington Nationals WILD CARD and St. Louis Cardinals Washington 4, Milwaukee 3 Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 1 Schedule: Game 1, Friday, at St. Louis; Game DIVISION SERIES 2, Saturday, at St. Louis ; Game 3, Monday, at (Best-of-five) American League Washington; Game 4, Tuesday, at Washington; x- Houston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Houston 6, Tampa Bay 2 Game 5, Wednesday, at Washington; x-Game 6, Houston 3, Tampa Bay 1 Friday, Oct. 18, at St. Louis; x-Game 7, Saturday, Tampa Bay 10, Houston 3 Tampa Bay 4, Houston 1 Oct. 19, at St. Louis. Thursday: Houston 6, Tampa Bay 1 x-if necessary N.Y. Yankees 3, Minnesota 0 N.Y. Yankees 10, Minnesota 4 Season series: Cardinals won 5-2. N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 2 Projected lineups N.Y. Yankees 5, Minnesota 1 National League Nationals: SS Trea Turner (.298, 19 HRs, 57 Washington 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 RBIs, 37 2Bs, 35 SBs, 96 runs), RF Adam Eaton L.A. Dodgers 6, Washington 0 Washington 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 (.279, 15, 49, 15 SBs, 103 runs), 3B Anthony L.A. Dodgers 10, Washington 4 Rendon (.319, 34, 126, 44 2Bs, 117 runs, 1.010 Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 1 Washington 7, L.A. Dodgers 3 (10) OPS), LF Juan Soto (.282, 34, 110, 110 runs, St. Louis 3, Atlanta 2 .949 OPS), 2B Howie Kendrick (.344, 17, 62), 1B St. Louis 7, Atlanta 6 Atlanta 3, St. Louis 0 Ryan Zimmerman (.257, 6, 27 in 52 games), C Atlanta 3, St. Louis 1 Kurt Suzuki (.264, 17, 63) or Yan Gomes (.223, St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4, 10 innings St. Louis 13, Atlanta 1 12, 43 in 97 games), CF Victor Robles (.255, 17, LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 65, 28 SBs) or Michael A. Taylor (.250, 1, 3 in (Best-of-seven) American League 53 games). N.Y. Yankees vs. Houston Cardinals: CF Dexter Fowler (.236, 18, 65), Saturday: at Houston AFN-Sports, 2 a.m. Sunday CET 2B Kolten Wong (.285, 11, 59, 24 SBs), 1B Paul Sunday: at Houston Goldschmidt (.256, 33, 95), LF Marcell Ozuna AFN-Sports, 2 a.m. Monday CET Tuesday: at N.Y. Yankees (.242, 29, 88), C Yadier Molina (.271, 10, 57), 3B Wednesday: at N.Y. Yankees Matt Carpenter (.226, 14, 43), RF Tommy Edman x-Thursday, Oct. 17: at N.Y. Yankees x-Saturday, Oct. 19: at Houston (.307, 11, 36), SS Paul DeJong (.234, 30, 78). x-Sunday, Oct. 20: at Houston National League Starting pitchers Washington vs. St. Louis Nationals: RH Anibal Sanchez (11-8, 3.85 Friday: at St. Louis Saturday: at St. Louis ERA), RH Max Scherzer (11-7, 2.92, 243 Ks, 1 AFN-Sports, 10 p.m. Saturday CET 172 ⁄3 IP), RH Stephen Strasburg (18-6, 3.32, Monday: at Washington DIRK SHADD/TNS AFN-Sports, 2 a.m. Tuesday CET 251 Ks, NL-high 209 IP in 33 starts), LH Patrick Tuesday: at Washington Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow, right, and catcher Travis d’Arnaud walk back Corbin (14-7, 3.25, 238 Ks, 202 IP). x-Wednesday: at Washington x-Friday, Oct. 18: at St. Louis to the dugout after the first inning against the Astros in Game 5 of the ALDS on Thursday in Cardinals: RH Miles Mikolas (9-14, 4.16), RH x-Saturday, Oct. 19: at St. Louis Houston. The Astros scored four runs in the first inning en route to a 6-1 victory. Adam Wainwright (14-10, 4.19), RH Jack Flaherty WORLD SERIES (Best-of-seven) (10-8, 2.85), RH Dakota Hudson (16-7, 3.35). Tuesday, Oct. 22: at better record Wednesday, Oct. 23: at better record Relievers Friday, Oct. 25: at worse record Nationals: LH Sean Doolittle (6-5, 4.05 ERA, Saturday, Oct. 26: at worse record x-Sunday, Oct. 27: at worse record Ace: Cole closes out Rays 29/35 saves), RH Daniel Hudson (6-3, 3.00, x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: at better record 2 saves with Toronto; 3-0, 1.44, 6 saves with at better record x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: Washington), RH Fernando Rodney (0-2, 9.42 Thursday FROM BACK PAGE 1 win over the Braves, the Astros scored four with Oakland; 0-3, 4.05, 2 saves with Washing- Houston 6, Tampa Bay 1 runs fast. Now, it wasn’t nearly as big as what ton), RH Hunter Strickland (0-1, 8.10, 2 saves Altuve and the 107-win Astros against Aaron with Seattle; 2-0, 5.14 with Washington), RH Tan- Tampa Bay Houston Judge and the 103-win Yankees. Game 1 is Sat- St. Louis did, but after the Astros were shut ab r h bi ab r h bi down at Tropicana Field, it was just as huge for ner Rainey (2-3, 3.91), RH Wander Suero (6-9, Meadows lf 4 0 0 0 Sprnger cf-rf 4 1 1 0 urday night in Houston — the Astros won four 4.54, 1 save). Pham dh 4 0 0 0 Brantley lf 3 2 2 1 of seven meetings this season. them. Choi 1b 3 0 1 0 Marsnick cf 0 0 0 0 The Astros will make their seventh appear- Cardinals: RH Carlos Martinez (4-2, 3.23, d’Arnaud c 2 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 4 2 2 2 Michael Brantley and Altuve put the finish- 24/27 saves), RH Giovanny Gallegos (3-2, 2.34), Sogard 2b 3 1 1 1 Bregman 3b 4 1 1 2 ing touches on this victory, hitting back-to-back ance in an LCS and are the first team to reach Garcia rf 3 0 0 0 Alvarez dh 3 0 0 0 the ALCS three seasons in a row since the De- LH Andrew Miller (5-6, 4.45), RH John Brebbia Wendle 3b 3 0 0 0 Gurriel 1b 4 0 1 1 home runs in the eighth. The Astros advanced (3-4, 3.59), LH Tyler Webb (2-1, 3.76), RH Ryan Kiermaier cf 3 0 0 0 Correa ss 4 0 0 0 to their third straight ALCS, and are aiming for troit Tigers did it from 2011-13. Adames ss 3 0 0 0 Reddick rf-lf 3 0 1 0 Helsley (2-0, 2.95), LH Genesis Cabrera (0-2, Maldonado c 2 0 0 0 their second World Series crown in that span. Altuve’s shot gave him 11 postseason homers Tucker ph 1 0 0 0 to pass Chase Utley for most all-time by a sec- 4.87, 1 save). R.Chirinos c 0 0 0 0 Houston beat the Yankees in a seven-game Totals 28 1 2 1 Totals 32 6 8 6 ALCS on the way to its first championship in ond baseman. Matchups Tampa Bay 010 000 000—1 Cole extended his major league record by Second postseason meeting between the teams. Houston 400 000 02x—6 2017. The Astros also won the 2015 AL wild- DP—Tampa Bay 0, Houston 1. LOB— card game at Yankee Stadium. striking out at least 10 batters for the 11th Cardinals won 3-2 in 2012 Division Series, when Tampa Bay 2, Houston 4. 2B—Bregman straight game, a stretch where he’s fanned 135. Nationals famously shut down Strasburg before (2). HR—Sogard (1), Brantley (1), Altuve The Rays beat Oakland in the AL wild-card (3). game, then took the last two against the Astros Cole pitched a 1-2-3 third but didn’t strike playoffs to protect his arm following Tommy John IP H R ER BB SO to extend their first playoff run since 2013. anyone out in the frame, ending a streak of 73 surgery. St. Louis overcame 6-0 deficit in decisive Tampa Bay consecutive innings with at least one strikeout. Game 5 at Washington, rallying from two runs Glasnow, L, 0-2 2C 5 4 4 0 3 But facing Cole, they were in trouble — espe- Snell 1B 0 0 0 0 1 cially after Altuve, Alex Bregman and the As- The streak, which dated back to Aug. 1, was the down with four in ninth inning to win 9-7. That was Roe C 0 0 0 0 0 longest such streak since 1961, besting the sec- first of four NLDS heartbreaks in six seasons for Yarbrough 0 0 0 0 1 0 tros scored four times in the first against Tyler Anderson 1B 0 0 0 0 2 Glasnow. ond-best stretch by 33 innings. Nationals — three in Game 5 at home — before Castillo B 1 0 0 0 1 George Springer and Brantley hit back-to- they finally got over hump against NL-best Dodg- Poche B 0 0 0 0 1 Cole followed his 15-strikeout gem in a Game Pagan C 2 2 2 1 1 2 win with another overpowering effort. The back singles and Altuve’s single made it 1-0. ers in Game 5 this year to win a playoff series for C McKay 0 0 0 0 1 right-hander, who grew up a Yankees fan and Bregman’s double, which landed just in front of first time since team moved to Washington ahead Houston Cole, W, 2-0 8 2 1 1 2 10 was originally drafted by them but didn’t sign, the bullpen in right-center, scored two more to of 2005 season. ... Cardinals won three of four Osuna 1 0 0 0 0 1 push the lead to 3-0. in Washington from April 29 to May 2, beating Yarbrough pitched to 1 batter in the improved to 18-0 in his last 24 starts. 5th. T—3:12. A—43,418 (41,168). Cole topped the majors with 326 strikeouts Yuli Gurriel’s groundball single to left field Corbin, Sanchez and Scherzer before Strasburg topped Hudson 2-1 in series finale. Wacha, Wain- Calendar this season, led the AL with a 2.50 ERA and added another. Houston’s five hits and four posted 20 wins, one behind Verlander for most runs set franchise playoff records for most hits wright and Mikolas earned wins. St. Louis took Oct. 11 — League Championship Se- and runs in the first inning. two of three from Nationals at home in Septem- ries start. in the big leagues. Oct. 22 — World Series starts. The 29-year-old struck out the first two bat- After the game, Glasnow was certain he was ber, with wins going to Hudson and Wainwright. ters in the eighth before Willy Adames ground- tipping his pitches in the opening frame. Corbin beat Mikolas in middle game of series. ed out to end Cole’s night. He beat his chest once “It was pretty obvious as far as the tips go,” Big picture before walking to the dugout to a huge ovation said Glasnow, refusing to use that as an ex- Nationals: Surged to playoff spot for fifth time from the rowdy sellout crowd of 43,418 at Min- cuse for his rough start. “I left some pitches in eight years by turning things around after dis- ute Maid Park. that were there to hit, like over the middle of mal start; Nats were 19-31 after May 23 loss to After winning an MLB-best and franchise- the plate, and they’re really good hitters and Mets completed four-game sweep. Washington is record 107 games in the regular season, the they can do things, I don’t care how hard you first team in more than a century to fall 12 games Astros were determined not to suffer the same throw.” below .500 and finish with 93 wins or more. fate as the Dodgers, winners of 106 games, who Glasnow, like Cole a former Pirates pitcher Cardinals: Routed the Cubs 9-0 in regular-sea- were ousted from the playoffs by the wild-card before Pittsburgh traded away both right-hand- son finale to win first NL Central title since 2015. NLCS Game 2 Nationals on Wednesday night. ers in 2018, allowed hits to his first four batters Cardinals (91-71) had clinched playoff spot with Washington Nationals Houston had been outscored 14-4 in the last — and all scored. victory over Cubs on Sept. 21. Division crown at St. Louis Cardinals two games, but looked sharp at home, where it It was clear by how Jose Altuve and Alex came in Mike Schildt’s first full season as manager. AFN-Sports went 60-21 in the regular season. Bregman communicated things to teammates ... Cardinals were a .500 team at All-Star break A day after the Cardinals scored a postsea- after they had back-to-back RBI hits that they before midsummer tear. 10 p.m. Saturday CET son-record 10 runs in the first inning of a 13- perhaps knew what was coming from Glasnow. — Associated Press PAGE 28 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL All-America watch Clemson’s D-line ready to repeat success Tigers’ newcomers amply filling void left by last year’s trio of first-round draft choices

BY PETE IACOBELLI Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — John Simpson is cer- tain of two things about the new starters on the defensive line for No. 2 Clemson: They are tired of the questions and com- parisons to last year’s All-American group and “them boys are ready.” Simpson, the starting left guard for the Tigers, would know. He spent the past few seasons going up against defensive tackles Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence and ends Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant at practice. Ferrell, Wilkins and Lawrence were all first-round NFL Draft picks in April. Bryant went a couple of rounds later, the core four of Clemson’s defense finally done harassing quarterbacks and racking up Atlantic Coast Conference and national titles. Except maybe these new guys are just as good. They will get the chance to show that again Saturday when Clemson faces Florida State. Logan Rudolph has locked down one end spot with junior Nyles Pinckney and fresh- man Tyler Davis filling the middle owned by Wilkins and Lawrence the past few seasons. Junior Justin Foster and sopho- more Xavier Thomas share the other end position. “There’s no drop-off,” Simpson said with a sideways smile. “Not at all.” The numbers — and the on-field perfor- /AP mance — bear that out. Clemson leads the CHRIS SEWARD ACC in total defense (255 yards allowed Clemson defensive linemen Logan Rudolph, left, and Tyler Davis, right, chase down North Carolina running back Michael Carter. per game) and is third in sacks (19) during its 5-0 start. And they have helped the Ti- players Vic Beasley and Grady Jarrett, yet gers come up big in critical situations, none the Tigers began their run of four consecu- bigger than last time out when Thomas and tive ACC titles and College Football Playoff linebacker James Skalski brought down berths with a new quartet up front. North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell Venables places a priority on subbing in short of the goal on a two-point try in the backups who see meaningful minutes, get- final minutes of Clemson’s 21-20 win. ting them ready for their chance up front “I feel like everybody’s on the same in a few years. level and we’re all just growing together,” “You’ve got to develop your team,” Ven- Pinckney said. ables said. There’s a lot of growth to do and this Venables said his biggest concern enter- group is not yet at the level of the departed ing the season was where the leadership stars. would come from. Wilkins and Ferrell “Hey, we don’t have to be Clelin Ferrell weren’t only defensive leaders, but drove or Austin Bryant,” said Rudolph, a 6-2, everything the Tigers did during the 2018 240-pound sophomore who is the younger national championship season. So far, Ven- brother of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback ables is pleased that Pinckney and backup Mason Rudolph. “We just need to be our- Jordan Williams have set a strong tone for selves and give great effort every day and if younger players to follow. we do that, we’re going to be successful.” Maybe some of these players will end The revelation so far this season is Davis, up on the All-America team, but time will who at 6-1 and 290 pounds, accomplished tell. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP something Wilkins and Lawrence did not Just stow the questions about replacing by becoming the first true freshman to the stars. Oregon State wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins has 20 catches for 285 yards and four start at defensive tackle for Clemson since “We knew we were going to get that, touchdowns the past two weeks. 1974. hearing ‘All the good guys are gone. All Davis is nowhere near as tall or bulky as our better guys are gone,’ ” said Williams, a two weeks, Hodgins is second in the nation of attack as well as finding defenders on the 6-4, 345-pound Lawrence. But his first third-year sophomore. “But we never paid in receiving yards at 126.4 per game. the second level against Michigan State,” step is just as quick and he’s manhandled attention to that. We wanted to be our own Cubelic said. “His power and ability to fin- much bigger offensive linemen. Davis legacy.” On The Line ish blocks sets him apart from other col- sits second on the Tigers with 2.5 sacks legiate centers.” this season. Pinckney could see early that Who’s hot? (SEC Network analyst Cole Cubelic, a Davis was something special. When the former guard at Auburn, breaks down an All-America matchup older tackle would quiz the freshman on Isaiah Hodgins, WR, Oregon State offensive lineman playing at an All-Amer- assignments and technique, Davis always The junior has made steady progress. ica level) Neville Gallimore, NT, Oklahoma vs. had the right answer. He contributed and worked his way into Josh Myers, C, Ohio State Zach Shackelford, C, Texas “He always had a jump on it,” Pinckney the starting lineup as a freshman and The first-year starter has stepped into Gallimore has been disruptive in the said. became the team’s leading receiver last a spot held last year by Michael Jordan, middle for an Oklahoma defense that has Brent Venables, the defensive coordina- season with 59 receptions and 876 yards. who was drafted in the fourth round by the played better than last year, but will face tor at Clemson since 2012, has had to make He is on pace to blow those numbers away Bengals. Myers has not let the play in the its most severe test yet. Shackelford has wholesale changes across the front before. this season, and his coming off consecutive middle of the Buckeyes’ line slip one bit. been an anchor for a Texas line that has Clemson lost its front four after 2014, a games with 10 receptions. After 20 catches “Myers was exceptional in helping the grown into a reliable and at times domi- group that included future Atlanta Falcons for 285 yards and four touchdowns the last OSU line provide movement at the point nant group. Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 29 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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Friday’s games No. 13 Oregon vs. Colorado No. 20 Virginia at Miami Saturday’s games No. 1 Alabama at No. 24 Texas A&M No. 2 Clemson vs. Florida State No. 3 Georgia vs. South Carolina No. 5 LSU vs. No. 7 Florida No. 6 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas at Dallas No. 8 Wisconsin vs. Michigan State No. 9 Notre Dame vs. Southern Cal No. 10 Penn State at No. 17 Iowa No. 14 Boise State vs. Hawaii No. 15 Utah at Oregon State No. 16 Michigan at Illinois No. 18 Arizona State vs. Washington State No. 19 Wake Forest vs. Louisville No. 22 Baylor vs. Texas Tech No. 23 Memphis at Temple No. 25 Cincinnati at Houston

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Air Force (3-2) vs. Fresno State (2-2), Saturday Last week: Lost to Navy 34-25 Army (3-2) at Western Kentucky (3-2), Saturday Last week: Lost to Tulane 42-33 Navy (3-1) at Tulsa (2-3), Saturday Last week: Beat Air Force 34-25

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ACC Atlantic Division Conference Overall W L W L Clemson ...... 3 0 5 0 Wake Forest ...... 1 0 5 0 Florida State ...... 2 1 3 2 Louisville ...... 1 1 3 2 NC State ...... 1 1 4 2 Boston College ...... 1 2 3 3 Syracuse ...... 0 2 3 3 Coastal Division Virginia ...... 2 0 4 1 GERALD HERBERT/AP North Carolina ...... 2 1 3 3 Pittsburgh ...... 1 1 4 2 Duke ...... 1 1 3 2 LSU quarterback Joe Burrow hands off to running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire during the first half of last week’s game against Utah State in Virginia Tech ...... 1 2 3 2 Miami ...... 0 2 2 3 Baton Rouge, La. The fifth-ranked Tigers play No. 7 Florida this week. Georgia Tech ...... 0 2 1 4 Big 12 Conference Overall W L W L KEY POWER FIVE MATCHUPS Oklahoma ...... 2 0 5 0 Baylor ...... 2 0 5 0 Texas ...... 2 0 4 1 TCU ...... 1 1 3 2 No. 6 Oklahoma (5-0) No. 1 Alabama (5-0) No. 7 Florida (6-0) Iowa State ...... 1 1 3 2 Texas Tech...... 1 1 3 2 vs. No. 11 Texas (4-1) in Dallas at No. 24 Texas A&M (3-2) at No. 5 LSU (5-0) West Virginia ...... 1 1 3 2 Oklahoma State...... 1 2 4 2 6 p.m. Saturday CET 9:30 p.m. Saturday CET 2 a.m. Sunday CET Kansas State ...... 0 2 3 2 AFN-Sports2 Kansas ...... 0 3 2 4 AFN-Sports AFN-Sports2 Big Ten East Series record — Texas leads 62-47-5. Series record — Alabama leads 9-2. Series record — Florida leads 33-29-3. Conference Overall What’s at stake? — Along with bragging rights and What’s at stake? — Alabama has risen to the top What’s at stake? — Both teams are in position to W L W L Ohio State ...... 3 0 6 0 the Golden Hat trophy, the winner of the Red River of the poll without facing a ranked team. Now, the contend for their respective division titles in the SEC Penn State ...... 2 0 5 0 rivalry game takes a significant step toward a return Crimson Tide get their first Top 25 test, on the road. and a College Football Playoff berth. While a first loss Michigan ...... 2 1 4 1 Michigan State ...... 2 1 4 2 to the Big 12 championship game — and there is The Aggies could make a huge statement with a win in a top-10 clash won’t necessarily eliminate either Maryland ...... 1 1 3 2 team from contention, it’ll leave little to no margin for Indiana ...... 0 2 3 2 the possibility of a December rematch for the second after a disappointing start that includes a 24-10 loss Rutgers ...... 0 3 1 4 year in a row. to No. 2 Clemson. error going forward. West Key matchup — LSU’s high-scoring spread of- Minnesota ...... 2 0 5 0 Key matchup — Texas safety B.J. Foster against Key matchup — Texas A&M’s defense against Wisconsin ...... 2 0 5 0 Oklahoma QB Jalen Hurts. Foster is arguably Texas’ Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa and his dangerous group fense, averaging 571 yards and 54.6 points per game, Nebraska ...... 2 1 4 2 against a Florida pass defense that has a nation’s best Iowa ...... 1 1 4 1 most physical tackler in the secondar y and he’s primed of wide receivers. The Aggies are giving up just 17.8 Illinois ...... 0 2 2 3 for some collisions with Hurts, who has thrown for points and 299.8 yards per game. The Tide rank third 12 interceptions, with 11 in its past four games. Purdue ...... 0 2 1 4 Players to watch — Florida: S Shawn Davis has Northwestern ...... 0 3 1 4 304.6 yards and run for 99.8 yards per game. Foster nationally in passing offense and fourth in scoring of- Pac-12 said Texas wants to make Hurts throw and could be a fense. Tagovailoa and WR DeVonta Smith are coming three interceptions, including a one-handed snag in a North victory over Auburn last week. His other two intercep- Conference Overall spy against him turning up field on his own. off a huge game against Mississippi. tions helped fuel a comeback victory at Kentucky. W L W L Players to watch — Oklahoma: WR CeeDee Players to watch — Alabama: S Xavier McKinney. Oregon ...... 2 0 4 1 LSU: QB Joe Burrow continues to make a case for Stanford ...... 2 2 3 3 Lamb averages 24.4 yards per catch and has caught The Tide gave up 109 rushing yards to Mississippi Oregon State ...... 1 1 2 3 Heisman Trophy consideration, averaging an SEC-best a touchdown in seven consecutive games. That streak quarterback John Rhys Plumlee before an open date. California ...... 1 2 4 2 372.8 yards passing per game to go with 22 touch- Washington ...... 1 2 4 2 started in last year’s Big 12 title game. He also had a McKinney made a career-high 13 tackles in that game Washington State ...... 0 2 3 2 downs passing, which ranks second in the SEC. South TD against the Longhorns last October during another and leads the team in that category. Facts & figures — The last time each team was Arizona ...... 2 0 4 1 seven-game TD streak. Texas A&M: QB Kellen Mond. The Aggies have Southern Cal ...... 2 1 3 2 ranked in the top 10 when they played one another Colorado ...... 1 1 3 2 Texas: Sam Ehlinger has had 391, 386 and 384 sputtered at times on offense but face a Tide defense Utah ...... 1 1 4 1 was in 2015, when then-No. 6 LSU beat No. 8 Flor- Arizona State ...... 1 1 4 1 total yards in his three games against Oklahoma that hasn’t been nearly as dominant as usual. He’ll ida 35-28 in Tiger Stadium. ... Florida is 4-1 against UCLA ...... 1 2 1 5 — the three highest outputs by a Texas quarterback have to produce if Texas A&M hopes to keep up with SEC ranked opponents under second-year coach Dan East against the Sooners. He scored nine touchdowns an Alabama offense averaging 51.8 points per game. Mullen, 3-1 against top-10 teams. ... After beating Conference Overall (four passing, five rushing) against them in the two Facts & figures — Alabama has won all four meet- W L W L then-No. 7 Auburn last week, the Gators are seek- Florida ...... 3 0 6 0 games last season. ings in College Station and has a six-game winning ing a second-straight victory over a top 10 opponent Georgia ...... 2 0 5 0 Facts & figures — This is the second year in a streak over Texas A&M. ... The Aggies beat a top- Missouri ...... 1 0 4 1 for the first time since 2012. ... LSU has won five of South Carolina...... 1 2 2 3 row both teams are ranked in the regular-season ranked Tide team 29-24 in 2012. They’re only the its past six against a top 10 opponent. ... The Tigers Tennessee ...... 0 2 1 4 Kentucky ...... 0 3 2 3 game, after five years in a row when only Oklahoma fifth team since the AP poll started in 1936 to face have scored more than 40 points in each of their first Vanderbilt...... 0 3 1 4 was ranked. ... The Sooners have scored at least 34 two No. 1 teams in a season, having already lost 24- five games for the first time in school history. ... The West Alabama ...... 2 0 5 0 points in 15 games in a row, the third-longest streak 10 to then-No. 1 Clemson. Texas A&M also did it in SEC’s top two in yards receiving per game are LSU’s LSU ...... 1 0 5 0 nationally since at least 1980. ... Oklahoma’s offense 1970. ... Mond needs just 76 rushing yards to join Ja’Marr Chase (112.8) and Justin Jefferson (109.4). Auburn ...... 2 1 5 1 Mississippi ...... 2 1 3 3 has only six more offensive snaps (324-318) than its Johnny Manziel, Reggie McNeal and Stephen McGee ... LSU has driven for a touchdown in less than three Texas A&M ...... 1 1 3 2 Mississippi State ...... 1 1 3 2 opponents, but has outgained them by 1,487 yards as the only Texas A&M players to pass for 5,000-plus minutes 26 times this season. Arkansas ...... 0 2 2 3 (3,219-1,732). yards and rush for 1,000-plus yards in a career. — Associated Press PAGE 30 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, October 12, 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Five things to know Florida-LSU heads high-profile games

BY STEVE MEGARGEE 6 — No. 19 Wake Forest is seeking Associated Press its first 6-0 start since 1944 when it hosts Louisville this week. The Demon ife as a Southeastern Deacons started 7-0 in 1944 and went Conference title con- on to finish 8-1. Wake Forest currently tender means you have is 5-0 for just the fourth time ever, L a chance to make a state- joining the 1944, 1987 and 2006 ment every week but rarely get a squads. chance to breathe. 23 — Oklahoma has scored at Consider the stretch No. 7 Flor- least one touchdown in 23 consecutive ida is facing now. quarters, a streak that started late last Florida won one matchup of season. unbeaten teams last week with 26 — No. 2 Clemson has played a 24-13 victory over Auburn that an FBS-leading 26 consecutive games dropped the Tigers from seventh without allowing a player to rush for to 12th in the Top 25. Now the Ga- 100 yards. Clemson puts that streak tors get another undefeated team, on the line Saturday as it attempts to this time on the road against No. slow down Florida State’s Cam Akers, 5 LSU under the lights in Baton whose 582 yards rushing rank second Rouge. in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Florida-LSU showdown headlines a week full of high-pro- PHOTOS BY KARL B DEBLAKER/AP file pairings. Other matchups of Under the radar Syracuse’s Tommy DeVito, left, avoids the rush of North Carolina State’s Alim McNeill, center, during the Top 25 teams have No. 6 Oklaho- Hawaii (4-1, 1-0 Mountain West) at second half of Thursday’s game in Raleigh, N.C. The Wolfpack won 16-10. ma facing No. 11 Texas, Alabama No. 14 Boise State (5-0, 2-0): Hawaii visiting No. 24 Texas A&M and is coming off a 52-3 blowout at Nevada No. 17 Iowa hosting No. 10 Penn and now faces a major nemesis. Boise State. And that doesn’t even in- State has beaten Hawaii six straight clude No. 9 Notre Dame’s rivalry times and has won each of the last five renewal with unranked Southern meetings by at least 35 points. Wolfpack defense gets California. Wyoming (4-1, 1-0 Mountain West) at San Diego State (4-1, 1-1): Wyo- Game of the week ming ranks 14th nationally in rushing. San Diego State leads all FBS teams in Florida (6-0, 3-0 SEC) at LSU run defense. (5-0, 1-0) No. 23 Memphis (5-0, 1-0 Ameri- LSU has the nation’s highest-scor- can Athletic Conference) at Temple 8 sacks to edge Orange ing offense, while Florida offers one of (4-1, 1-0): This game features two tal- college football’s most fearsome de- ented young running backs in Memphis fenses. This game could come down to BY AARON BEARD redshirt freshman Kenneth Gainwell how well Jon Greenard and his Florida Associated Press (76 carries, 620 yards, 6 TDs) and teammates pressure LSU quarterback Temple true freshman Re’Mahn Davis RALEIGH, N.C. — The sacks Joe Burrow. (84-503-4). kept coming, one after another, for North Carolina State’s defense Heisman watch Hot seat watch all the way to the finish Thursday A few of the nation’s top quarter- Southern California coach Clay Hel- night. backs face their toughest challenges of ton has plenty at stake Saturday when The Wolfpack battered Tommy the season in a week that could narrow his Trojans (3-2) visit Notre Dame DeVito for eight sacks, the last down the Heisman Trophy race. (4-1). coming from Larrell Murchison Burrow faces a Florida team that Helton occupied arguably the hottest in the final seconds to seal a 16-10 leads all Football Bowl Subdivision seat in college football heading into the win Thursday night. teams with 12 interceptions and is season. USC has produced some im- The Wolfpack (4-2, 1-1 Atlan- tied for third nationally with 26 sacks. pressive wins over Utah and Stanford tic Coast Conference) led all Burrow leads the nation in completion this year while dealing with quarter- night and by as much as 16-0 in percentage (.784) and ranks second in back injuries, but a loss to Notre Dame the third quarter before having passing yards per game (372.8) and would drop the Trojans to the .500 to come up with a final stop to third in passing efficiency. mark at the midway point of the sea- maintain their hold on the win. Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts leads the son. That’s not good enough at USC. Fittingly, it came on the play that nation in passing efficiency and has the Wolfpack made a habit in this rushed for 499 yards, but he could have one, with Murchison dragging North Carolina State’s Devin Carter, right, makes a catch next to a much tougher time this week against down DeVito on a third down that Syracuse’s Eric Coley during the first half. Texas, the first Top 25 opponent on the left the Orange (3-3, 0-2) franti- sixth-ranked Sooners’ schedule. cally trying to get another snap against Virginia and North Caro- against Western Michigan and Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa has off against a dwindling clock with lina in 1982. Holy Cross, though they had been thrown 23 touchdown passes without no timeouts. That’s a pretty good early re- dealing with numerous injury an interception this year after finishing Instead, they were flagged for a turn on a move to a 3-3-5 defen- concerns. That included DeVito, second in last season’s Heisman ballot- false-start penalty with 2 seconds sive scheme, while linebacker who left the last game early in ing. Alabama faces its first ranked op- left, prompting a clock runoff that Louis Acceus also credited defen- the fourth with an upper-body in- ponent Saturday at Texas A&M. ended it. sive coordinator Dave Huxtable. jury — then took a beating in this “I thought we showed a lot of “It’s all Coach Hux and his one behind an offensive line that Numbers game stamina at the end, getting that crazy scheming, these blitzes he’s struggled to block anyone. sack to close out the game,” Wolf- drawing up,” said Acceus, who N.C. State: The Wolfpack 1 — No. 3 Georgia has allowed only pack coach Dave Doeren said. had three sacks. “Everybody’s emerged from an open date with one sack all season. The Bulldogs also “The defensive staff I thought crossing here, crossing there, a new quarterback and plenty are the only FBS team that hasn’t given really put together a great game crossing there, and somebody’s of practice reps to fix problems up a single touchdown run all year. plan and the kids executed it going to end up open.” from the losses to West Virginia 4 — No. 8 Wisconsin, No. 10 Penn well.” and Florida State. It was good State, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 17 Going back to an eight-sack enough on this night to win, and The takeaway Iowa give the Big Ten the nation’s four AP effort in the last game against bring plenty of cover for the top-scoring defenses. Wisconsin has Florida State, N.C. State now has Syracuse: The Orange had at Wolfpack’s offense that lacked allowed an FBS-low 5.8 points per Florida State running back a program-record 16 sacks over least regrouped from lopsided any big-play potential under first- game. The Badgers are followed by Cam Akers is second in the consecutive games. That sur- losses to Maryland and then-No. time starting quarterback Bailey Penn State (7.4), Iowa (8.8) and Ohio Atlantic Coast Conference in passed the previous mark of 14 1 Clemson with blowout wins Hockman. State (8.8). rushing with 582 yards. Saturday, October 12, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 31 NFL Scoreboard

American Conference East W L T Pct PF PA New England 6 0 0 1.000 190 48 Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 90 70 N.Y. Jets 0 4 0 .000 39 101 Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163 South Houston 3 2 0 .600 131 110 Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 113 115 Jacksonville 2 3 0 .400 111 118 Tennessee 2 3 0 .400 98 76 North Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 161 123 Cleveland 2 3 0 .400 92 122 Pittsburgh 1 4 0 .200 99 114 Cincinnati 0 5 0 .000 80 136 West Kansas City 4 1 0 .800 148 113 Oakland 3 2 0 .600 103 123 L.A. Chargers 2 3 0 .400 103 94 Denver 1 4 0 .200 90 106 National Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 141 111 Dallas 3 2 0 .600 131 90 N.Y. Giants 2 4 0 .333 111 160 Washington 0 5 0 .000 73 151 South New Orleans 4 1 0 .800 115 116 Carolina 3 2 0 .600 129 107 Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 147 148 Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 102 152 North Green Bay 4 1 0 .800 119 93 Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95 Chicago 3 2 0 .600 87 69 Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 112 73 West San Francisco 4 0 0 1.000 127 57 Seattle 4 1 0 .800 133 118 L.A. Rams 3 2 0 .600 146 134 Arizona 1 3 1 .300 100 138 Thursday’s games New England 35, N.Y. Giants 14 Sunday’s games Carolina vs Tampa Bay at London Philadelphia at Minnesota New Orleans at Jacksonville Houston at Kansas City Washington at Miami Cincinnati at Baltimore Seattle at Cleveland San Francisco at L.A. Rams ELISE AMENDOLA/AP Atlanta at Arizona Tennessee at Denver Dallas at N.Y. Jets New England Patriots linebacker Jamie Collins, front, forces a fumble as he tackles New York Giants running back Jon Hilliman during the Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers second half of Thursday’s game in Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots forced four turnovers in their 35-14 victory. Open: Buffalo, Indianapolis, Chicago, Oakland Monday’s games Detroit at Green Bay Thursday, Oct. 17 Kansas City at Denver Sunday, Oct. 20 Miami at Buffalo Houston at Indianapolis Arizona at N.Y. Giants Patriots put away Giants Oakland at Green Bay L.A. Rams at Atlanta Minnesota at Detroit Jacksonville at Cincinnati San Francisco at Washington L.A. Chargers at Tennessee Baltimore at Seattle New Orleans at Chicago Philadelphia at Dallas Brady throws two TD passes, Open: Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Carolina, Pittsburgh Monday, Oct. 21 New England at N.Y. Jets New England stays unbeaten Thursday Patriots 35, Giants 14 BY KYLE HIGHTOWER straight games against a first- or New York 0 14 0 0—14 Associated Press second-year quarterback, the lon- New England 7 14 0 14—35 gest such streak in NFL history. First quarter NE—Winovich 6 blocked punt return FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — “It was kind of an odd game, (Nugent kick), 1:41. Under coach Bill Belichick, the anytime you get three scores in Second quarter NE—Bolden 1 run (Nugent kick), 7:11. Patriots have made a habit of the game that are non-offensive NYG—Tate 64 pass from D.Jones (Ro- besting young quarterbacks. sas kick), 6:05. touchdowns,” Belichick said. NYG—Golden 42 fumble return (Rosas They can add Giants rookie “That’s kind of a season’s worth kick), 4:38. Daniel Jones to that list. NE—Brady 1 run (Nugent kick), :36. and it all happened in one game.” Fourth quarter Tom Brady had two touchdown The Patriots did it without run- NE—Van Noy 22 fumble return (Nugent runs and moved ahead of Peyton kick), 8:33. ning back Rex Burkhead, who NE—Brady 1 run (Nugent kick), 3:49. Manning for second place on the missed his second straight game /AP A—65,878. NFL’s all-time passing yards list with a foot injury. Receiver Phil- CHARLES KRUPA NYG NE First downs 10 27 as New England pulled away for lip Dorsett was inactive with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady sneaks across the goal line for a Total Net Yards 213 427 a 35-14 victory over the New York Rushes-yards 16-52 34-114 a hamstring issue. During the touchdown during the second half. Passing 161 313 Giants on Thursday night. game, receiver Josh Gordon in- Punt Returns 0-0 1-10 The reigning Super Bowl cham- Kickoff Returns 2-53 1-28 jured his left knee trying to make Jones completed a pass to run- knee injury and receiver Sterling Interceptions Ret. 1-62 3-33 pion Patriots also returned a a tackle after a fumble recovery. ning back Jon Hilliman, who was Shepard was in the concussion Comp-Att-Int 15-31-3 31-41-1 blocked punt for a touchdown and Sacked-Yards Lost 1-0 3-21 “Guys just kind of filled in,” hit in the backfield by Patriots protocol. Punts 6-32.7 3-40.7 forced four turnovers, including a Brady said. “We knew we weren’t linebacker Jamie Collins, forc- As a result, both teams had is- Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 fumble return for a score, to move Penalties-Yards 5-40 3-20 gonna have Phillip tonight. ... ing a fumble. Kyle Van Noy re- sues executing and hanging onto Time of Possession 20:24 39:36 to 6-0 for the first time since time Then Josh got hurt. Just kind of covered, sprinted 22 yards and the ball. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS since 2015. RUSHING—New York, Hilliman 11-38, dealing with kind of what every- stretched the ball to the pylon for Jones was confused at times by D.Jones 2-8, Penny 3-6. New England, Mi- Brady finished 31-for-41 for 334 one else deals with this time of the touchdown. the Patriots’ coverages, contrib- chel 22-86, Bolden 3-23, Brady 7-6, White yards and an interception. Julian 2-(minus 1). year. Lots of injuries and attri- It was part of an error-filled uting to his turnovers. And Brady, PASSING—New York, D.Jones 15-31-3- Edelman had his second straight tion and so forth. But was a good game by both offenses. in addition to his interception, had 161. New England, Brady 31-41-1-334. 100-yard receiving game, catch- RECEIVING—New York, Tate 6-102, win.” Like the Patriots, the Giants a fumble that was returned for a Slayton 3-32, Ellison 3-30, Hilliman 2-(mi- ing nine passes for 113 yards. Despite struggling to move the were missing some of their play- touchdown. nus 3), Penny 1-0. New England, Edelman 9-113, White 9-46, Meyers 4-54, Olszewski Jones had three interceptions on ball for most of the game, New makers. Running back Saquon “I didn’t play well by any 2-34, Izzo 2-31, Michel 2-27, Bolden 2-22, the night, finishing 15-for-31 for York (2-4) had the ball trailing Barkley sat a third straight game means,” Jones said. “I don’t think Gordon 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS—New England, 161 yards. 21-14 with 8:43 left in the fourth because of a sprained right ankle, it was overwhelming. I just made Nugent 40. New England has now won 19 quarter. tight end Evan Engram sat with a bad plays.” S TARS AND STRIPES Saturday, October 12, 2019 Winning habits Brady, Patriots remain undefeated SPORTS with victory over Giants » Page 31 Ace AMERICANin LEAGUE the DIVISION SERIES hole Astros get another playoff masterpiece from Cole in decisive Game 5 to set up showdown with Yanks

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN back the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 Thurs- a 4-0 cushion in the first inning, he Associated Press day night in Game 5 to set up a titanic dominated through the eighth in the HOUSTON showdown with the New York Yan- decisive game of the AL Division Se- errit Cole pitched yet kees in the AL Championship Series. ries, striking out 10 and allowing just another playoff mas- After fellow aces Zack Greinke and two hits. terpiece and the Hous- Justin Verlander were unable to close On deck, the heavyweight match- ton Astros jumped to out the scrappy Rays on the road, Cole up so many fans wanted to see: Jose G a quick lead, turning made sure Houston moved on. Given SEE ACE ON PAGE 27

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