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Growing threat Danger from nuclear weapons and missiles has increased since Trump entered office

BY PAUL SONNE The unveiling of the untested weapon alded an era of “great power competition” with A military parade The Washington Post — which appeared to be a larger version of a China and Russia, resulting in a competitive with what appears North Korean missile that can reach the United buildup that arms-control advocates warn is to be a possible orth Korea’s new road-mobile inter- States — came less than a week after Russia test risking a full-blown arms race. new solid-fuel continental ballistic missile, paraded launched an anti-ship hypersonic cruise missile Russia is developing nuclear-armed underwa- missile is seen through the streets of Pyongyang ter drones, nuclear-powered cruise missiles and at the Kim Il this past weekend, has underscored a on President Vladimir Putin’s birthday and a N month and a half after China test fired its “car- other destabilizing weapons designed to pen- Sung Square in worrying reality: The global threat from nucle- etrate U.S. missile defenses. China is ramping Pyongyang on ar weapons and menacing missiles has grown rier killer” and “Guam killer” ballistic missiles up its missile force and building out its nuclear Saturday . since President Donald Trump entered office, into the disputed South China Sea. despite his administration’s fitful efforts to con- The situation presents a broader challenge to capabilities with new nuclear submarines. KRT/AP trol them. the United States. The administration has her- SEE THREAT ON PAGE 6 Taliban attacks in Helmand spur Afghans’ fears about a hasty US withdrawal

BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN troops could leave the country by next nor Mohammad Yasin Khan said in a state- attacks in Helmand, which began Sunday, AND ZUBAIR BABAKARKHAIL spring, and jeopardizing month-old peace ment Wednesday. and the U.S. launched days of airstrikes Stars and Stripes talks with the government. Peace talks between the Afghan govern- against the militant group, something The Taliban spent six months planning ment and the militants, which were called it has done sparingly since signing the KABUL, Afghanistan — A deadly Tal- the attacks targeting Helmand’s capital for in an agreement the Taliban signed agreement, which calls for the militants iban offensive in Afghanistan’s Helmand and other districts, in which hundreds of with the U.S. in February, were delayed for not to attack U.S. and other coalition forces province has drawn a crescendo of accu- militants, troops and civilians have been an equal amount of time, during which vio- but does not explicitly bar them from at- sations that the militant group is openly killed or injured, and thousands have been lence has erupted in the country. tacking Afghan troops and cities. U.S. flouting a deal under which all American forced from their homes, provincial gover- Afghan troops were deployed to quell the SEE TALIBAN ON PAGE 8 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Walmart to spread out its Black Friday deals Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9135 Euro costs (Oct. 15) ...... $1.15 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.11 Dollar buys (Oct. 15) ...... €0.8287 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.9157 British pound (Oct. 15) ...... $1.27 (Military exchange rates are those BY ANNE D’INNOCENZIO tonville, Ark., will kick off the said that their Black Friday deals Japanese yen (Oct. 15) ...... 103.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Oct. 15) ...... 1,118.00 facilities in the country of issuance Associated Press deals online Nov. 4, with new deals will be spread out and will en- Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3771 in stores on Nov. 7. The second courage more online shopping, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ...... $1.3038 NEW YORK — Walmart says it nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., event will begin online Nov. 11, but none have given specific Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3133 purchasing British pounds in Germany), will spread out its traditional one- followed by a similar sales event details. China (Yuan) ...... 6.7184 check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.3286 day Black Friday deals over three in stores Nov. 14. It will wrap up “If the deal is right, customers facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.6559 weekends in November in an ef- its discounts online Nov. 25 with are willing to shop earlier,” Scott Euro ...... $1.1762/0.8502 rates provided for reference when buying fort to reduce crowds in its stores Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7501 currency. All figures are foreign currencies new discounts in stores Nov. 27, McCall, chief merchandising of- to one dollar, except for the British pound, during a pandemic. Hungary (Forint) ...... 308.74 the day after Thanksgiving and ficer at Walmart, told The Associ- Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.3762 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, The nation’s largest retailer the traditional Black Friday. ated Press. Japan (Yen) ...... 105.20 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) said Wednesday that more of its The details offer the first McCall noted that many of Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3059 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 9.1877 doorbuster deals will be reserved glimpse from a major retailer of the holiday items destined for Philippines (Peso)...... 48.64 Prime rate ...... 3.25 for online, as a way to steer more what a reinvented Black Friday the stores were rerouted to the Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.83 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7511 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.09 shoppers away from its stores. will look like during a pandemic. e-commerce fulfillment centers Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3559 3-month bill ...... 0.11 The discounter, based in Ben- Other retailers like Macy’s have because of the pandemic. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,145.48 30-year bond ...... 1.52 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 15 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 18 Crossword ...... 18 Faces ...... 16 Opinion ...... 17 Sports ...... 19-24 Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Marines relieve leader of unit that lost 9

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS deadliest involving an assault am- The assault amphibious vehicle data which formed the basis for assault amphibious vehicle is still Stars and Stripes phibious vehicle in Marine Corps began taking on water on its way Heckl’s decision, it is still ongoing in development. history, the back to the amphibious transport as the Marine Corps continues to A Marine Expeditionary Unit The Marine Corps has fired the service said. dock Somerset around 5:45 p.m., investigate, assess all relevant in- is composed of about 2,200 Ma- battalion commander whose unit Fifteen according to the Marine Corps. formation, and take appropriate rines and sailors broken into four lost nine service members when Marines and The sailor and eight Marines actions,” the statement said. elements. an assault amphibious vehicle a sailor were died; seven Marines were res- While details about the specific Its battalion landing team sank during a July training ac- aboard the cued. Two investigations into the vehicle involved in the accident cident off the Southern California 26-ton vehi- incident are underway by I MEF are not yet known, such vehicles consists of light armored recon- coast. cle on July 30 and the Naval Safety Center. have been in service since the naissance vehicles, artillery and Lt. Col. Michael J. Regner was when it sank Lt. Gen. Karsten S. Heckl, early 1970s, though they have assault amphibious vehicles and relieved Tuesday from command more than commander I Marine Expedi- been updated and rehabilitated is part of the 1,200-person ground of the Battalion Landing Team, a half-mile tionary Force, based at Camp in the years since. Replacing the combat element, according to the 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regi- Regner from San Pendleton, Calif., relieved Reg- vehicles with expeditionary fight- 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit ment, “due to a loss in trust and Clemente Is- ner of command, according to the ing vehicles was a top priority for website. confidence in his ability to com- land. They had just finished rou- statement. the Marines, but a budget crunch tine waterborne training with the The San Diego Union-Tribune mand,” said a Marine Corps “Although the command inves- in 2011 led to scrapping those contributed to this report. statement issued late Tuesday. Makin Island Amphibious Ready tigation has compiled a substan- plans. [email protected] The training accident was the Group. tial amount of information and A planned replacement for the Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Navy reviews no-shave waiver policy based on task force’s feedback

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE The Navy maintains the condi- Stars and Stripes tion is treatable. Treatment options have included face creams The Navy is reviewing a policy and allowing sailors with no- that did away with permanent shave chits to grow beard hair up shaving waivers for sailors diag- to one-quarter inch in length. nosed with razor bumps after re- Following Gilday’s decision, ceiving feedback through recent sailors with permanent waivers diversity and inclusion initiatives, were given six months to undergo the chief of naval operations said a medical re-evaluation and to es- Tuesday in an interview with De- tablish a new treatment plan, the fense One. Navy told Stars and Stripes last The Navy, under Adm. Mike year. Temporary waivers are still Gilday’s leadership, halted the authorized for up to 60 days to waivers, often referred to as “no- help manage the skin condition. shave chits,” on Oct. 4, 2019, fol- If creams and growing hair lowing a series of reviews by the out do not work, the Navy also of- Naval Safety Center that said fers laser treatments that can kill beard hair posed a safety risk for some of the hairs over time and face seals on breathing devices thin out the beard, Barlow said. REVÉ VAN CROFT/U.S. Army such as respirators. Beards have come and gone Beards are typically not al- throughout the service’s history, A District of Columbia National Guard soldier observes a protest in Washington on June 2. Army leaders lowed in the service except for re- according to a 2014 article by the on Tuesday said they do not have any plans to deploy the National Guard to Washington on Election Day. ligious and medical exemptions. U.S. Naval Institute. Units sta- Razor bumps, also known as tioned in cold weather duty sta- pseudofolliculitis barbae, occur tions, on submarines or those out Army leaders: No plan yet to predominantly in African Ameri- at sea, at times, were allowed fa- cans, according to the Navy. They cial hair, usually within limits. occur when curly beard hair Adm. Elmo Zumwalt Jr., who curves back into the skin after became CNO in 1970, relaxed deploy troops on Election Day shaving. grooming standards to include “It’s something that we’re tak- long hair, beards and sideburns, ing a look at with the inclusion according to the institute. Zum- BY STEVE BEYNON ment of the Army to begin train- Milley said. “And if there is, it’ll and diversity task force,” Gilday walt thought it would help reduce Stars and Stripes ing for any situation,” McConville be handled appropriately by the said when asked if beards were racism and sexism, improve the said. “But our soldiers and units “coming back in the Navy.” The courts and by the U.S. Congress. Navy’s image and boost recruit- WASHINGTON — Army lead- are always prepared.” There’s no role for the U.S. mili- interview with Defense One was ers on Tuesday said they have not ment and retention. McCarthy and McConville are tary in determining the outcome posted to YouTube. Another former CNO, Adm. issued any specific guidance or the latest senior military lead- “We made a decision pretty of a U.S. election. Zero. There is James Watkins, banned all beards training for soldiers to prepare ers to try to quell fears leading early in my tenure as CNO to do no role there.” in 1984 during the Reagan ad- for possible civil unrest surround- into Election Day that the mili- away essentially with no-shave ministration, the article said. It ing Election Day nor do they have tary will step in if the final vote This has been one of the busi- chits,” he said. “Some would was not a popular move. any plans to deploy the National est years in the National Guard’s argue that I moved too fast with becomes disputed or if polling The Navy’s diversity and inclu- Guard to Washington, D.C. history with thousands of troops that decision and that some were places fall into chaos. sion task force, called Task Force “We don’t police American being deployed across the coun- disadvantaged by it.” President Donald Trump has One Navy, was launched in June streets,” Army Secretary Ryan try to provide support in battling Gilday said his thinking at the suggested he might not accept in the wake of nationwide protests time was protecting sailors dur- McCarthy said during the annual the results if he isn’t victorious in the coronavirus and in response after the May 25 police killing of ing fires. However, he said he is Association of the United States his reelection bid. He has fanned to upheaval amid protests against George Floyd, a 46-year-old Afri- open to revisiting the decision Army event. “There have been fears of widespread voter fraud racial injustice. can American, in Minneapolis. after receiving the feedback. no requests from other agencies as a result of a projected increase In early June, the Guard’s coro- The goal of the task force is Of the more than 337,000 sail- to support at this time but we’re in mail-in voting due to the coronavirus missions and its response to listen to sailors at every com- ors in the Navy, about 6,000 each always available to support.” navirus pandemic. to racial-justice demonstrations mand, at every level, and make Gen. James McConville, the year are treated for razor bumps, Army Gen. Mark Milley, chair- increased the number of troops recommendations for reform. Army’s chief of staff, said there is man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Cmdr. Thomas Barlow, a derma- deployed to a peak of 75,000 sol- tologist at Naval Medical Center Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey, an Af- no plan as of now for any specific said in an interview with NPR on diers and airmen. It marked the San Diego, told Stars and Stripes rican American, heads the task training or domestic deployment Sunday that the military plays no last year. The Navy tracks people force, which is composed of of- plans if violence erupted as a re- role in politics. largest domestic use of the Guard treated for the condition but not ficers, enlisted personnel and sult of the election. “This isn’t the first time that outside of a war scenario. civilians. how many permanent waivers “There’s been no planning someone has suggested that there [email protected] are issued. [email protected] guidance given to the Depart- might be a contested election,” Twitter: @StevenBeynon PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 MILITARY McConville: Pandemic, suicide link possible

BY STEVE BEYNON and Army National Guard. to 86 this year. The Pentagon in suicides during the pandemic ing feeling disconnected from Stars and Stripes Slight decreases in suicides in had not publicly released suicide until they had a full year’s worth their community, according to a the Air Force and Navy fueled data beyond of data. Wounded Warrior Project survey WASHINGTON — The Army’s the overall decline, according to March this Yet Army leaders are con- released in September. top general said Tuesday that the the Pentagon’s early findings for year. cerned about social isolation and The survey, the 11th annual coronavirus pandemic is taking the year. However, 38 active-duty At the the squeeze some have felt from membership poll conducted by a toll on the mental health of sol- soldiers killed themselves in the time that the economic difficulties. diers and could be a factor in this first quarter of 2020, an uptick Pentagon “When we look at the after-ac- WWP officials, gathered respons- year’s increase in suicides in the from 30 during the same time in released its tion reports of soldiers who have es from 28,282 post-9/11 veter- service. 2019. The Marine Corps had 14 study on the died from suicide it tends to be ans who are WWP members. Of “I’m very concerned about the suicides in both years for the first first three when relationships have gone those, 60% felt disconnected from behavioral health impacts of [the three months. The Army National months of bad, when they feel they don’t be- their friends and family, 30% re- coronavirus pandemic]. It’s af- Guard saw 19 suicides in the first the year, long, they’re a burden,” McCon- ported having suicidal thoughts fecting the soldiers,” Gen. James three months this year, identical and the AP’s ville said Tuesday. in the past two weeks and virtual- McCarthy C. McConville, the Army’s chief to 2019. reporting A key initiative that the Army is ly the same amount said they are of staff, said during the annual The available data on military on a larger pushing now is building ground- having difficulty getting mental Association of the United States suicides this year is incomplete. chunk of the data, military lead- level leadership. health care. Army event. “Some of the scien- However, The Associated Press ers wouldn’t pinpoint the uptick “One of the initiatives we have The VA had to cancel 7.3 mil- tists have said they cannot show reported in September that mili- in suicide to the pandemic. is to give time back to our junior causation between [the coronavi- tary suicides have increased as “I can’t say scientifically, but leaders to build a cohesive team, lion in-person appointments rus] and suicide but I would argue much as 20% this year compared what I can say is — I can read a so when there’s an issue [soldiers] early in the pandemic, according it is having an effect because it with the same period last year. chart and a graph, and the num- know who to go to,” McConville to a report from the VA inspector disconnects people.” Army leaders said they have seen bers have gone up in behavioral said. “You see this with [the pan- general, as the agency had to sud- The Department of Defense re- about a 30% jump in the number health-related issues,” Army Sec- demic], especially in the begin- denly shift to telehealth. leased a report Oct. 1 that details of active-duty suicides so far this retary Ryan McCarthy said in an ning, people felt disconnected.” Last week, President Donald suicide numbers from the early year and the increased numbers AP interview. That feeling of disconnec- Trump ordered the departments stages of the pandemic from coincide with the start of the Karin Orvis, director of the tion is also seen in the veterans of Defense and Veterans Affairs January to March and before the coronavirus pandemic. Defense Suicide Prevention Of- community. and other agencies in his Cabinet bulk of the country went into so- fice at the Pentagon, said Oct. 1 The AP reported the Army, Some experts have warned of to develop a plan within 45 days cial isolation and the worst eco- which is the largest branch of the that the Pentagon is concerned the toll that nearly a year of social to tackle the mental health issues nomic impacts were felt. military, saw the biggest spike about suicide risks among ser- distancing and a strained econ- The department’s early 2020 from 88 soldier suicides last year vice members and their families omy can have on veterans. With made worse by the coronavirus report showed there were 85 sui- to 114 as of Aug. 31 this year. The during the pandemic, but it would less access to in-person therapy, pandemic. cides in the active components, 16 Army Guard saw a 10% jump in be too early to determine whether and isolation from friends and [email protected] in the Reserve, and 23 in the Air suicides, going from 78 last year there will be a statistical increase family, many veterans are report- Twitter: @StevenBeynon Army action plan seeks to reduce stress on soldiers

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY statement. Stars and Stripes “The intent is to give more time back to our sergeants at the WASHINGTON — The Ar- lower level, so they have chances my’s top leaders are working to to build cohesive teams of highly change training requirements, trained, disciplined and fit sol- deployment timelines and train- diers at the squad, platoon, and ing center rotations in an attempt company level. That is the foun- to reduce the stress on soldiers dation of our army, it’s the foun- JUSTIN MOELLER/U.S. Army and their families, according to a dation of everything we do, and statement released Tuesday. we just want to give our junior For units preparing for upcoming deployments, the Army is reevaluating how much training units need “The Army invested signifi- leaders that opportunity to do prior to a combat training center rotation and how many people in a unit are sent to the centers, such as cant resources and leadership that,” McConville said Tuesday Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., above. into restoring readiness and during a call with reporters. modernizing our Army. However, The Army is also looking at oping units need prior to a combat the statement whether this means When Pvt. Gregory Wedel- our readiness focus resulted in an tions with the Pentagon and the training center rotation and how battalions won’t go into the box Morales went missing from Fort unsustainable operational tempo Joint Staff for reducing “contin- many people in a unit are sent to but still go to the training center Hood in August 2019, he was con- and placed significant demands ual heel-to-toe deployments” of the centers. The Army has two for other training or remain at sidered a deserter. His body was on units, leaders, and soldiers and brigade combat teams, which can such centers: the National Train- their home station. later found in a field in Killeen, families and stress on the force. be up to around 4,000 soldiers, ing Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., Brigades going on rotational Texas, during a search for anoth- Therefore, we are prioritizing down to “task-organized battal- and the Joint Readiness Training deployments to noncombat areas er missing soldier, Spc. Vanessa people as the #1 Army priority,” ion task forces,” which could be Center at Fort Polk, La. An entire such as Atlantic Resolve in Eu- Guillen. His death is considered a according to the Army statement at most 1,000 soldiers. brigade would now go to one of rope might not be required to go homicide by the local police and co-signed by Army Secretary “What we realized is … that the training centers prior to its to a training center prior to the is under investigation. Ryan McCarthy, Army Chief of the [operational tempo] is still deployment as a final test of the deployment if they can do similar Following these policy changes, Staff Gen. James McConville and extremely high, even as the num- unit after months of training. training during the rotation, ac- the Army will measure progress, The Army is looking at reducing cording to the statement. Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael bers of our forces in combat has according to the statement. Grinston. the number of training require- In addition to the upcoming come down. So we’re taking a look “Divisions and brigades will One of the ways that Army at the rotational deployments. ments that a unit needs before guidance on training, Tuesday’s routinely inspect unit systems leaders are looking to reduce We’re working with the [combat- going to a training center. The statement also includes what ap- that focus on their people in- requirements is by implement- ant command] commanders to service also wants to eliminate pears to be a response to a num- ing the new Regionally Aligned see how we can accomplish the the brigade and battalion live- ber of recent missing persons at cluding pay, awards, counseling, Readiness and Modernization mission in innovative ways,” Mc- fire exercises and field-training Fort Hood, Texas. Army leaders barracks/quarters, and physical/ Model, or ReARMM, in a few Conville said about the new model exercises requirement prior to a also announced a guidance will mental/spiritual health to ensure months. The model will allow the during the annual Association of training center rotation. And not come out in the coming weeks to our focus on caring for our sol- Army to balance its operational the United States Army event. every battalion in a brigade com- “clarify” that if a soldier does not diers and families remains con- needs while providing “dedicated For units preparing for upcom- bat team will go into “the box,” or report for duty, “we will consider stant,” the statement reads. periods for mission, training and ing deployments, the Army is also designated training areas, while them missing and take immedi- [email protected] modernization,” according to the reevaluating how much train- at the centers. It’s unclear from ate action to find them.” Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Rape convictions go before high court

BY SHAYNA JACOBS can “destroy” military units by The Washington Post undermining their readiness and “can even damage foreign rela- WASHINGTON — The Justice tions,” Wall argued. Department, in a rare challenge He said the military pros- to the military’s legal processes, ecutors involved in these cases argued to the Supreme Court on believed that the evidence was Tuesday that three rape convic- strong regardless of the passage tions secured years after the of- of time, and that reinstating the fenses were committed should convictions is “critical in order to be reinstated despite recent rul- make progress on rape and sexu- ings that the statute of limitations al assault in the military.” apply in the cases. He said it is critical to uphold Each conviction was over- these convictions to encourage turned last year by the Court of women in the military to report Appeals for the Armed Forces, sexual assault. which found that because the “All three of the offenses at crimes were not death-penalty issue here predated that [2006 eligible, they should have been law] which has no language sug- subject to a five-year time bar. gesting Congress meant to apply Prosecutors brought the cases retroactively,” said Stephen between nine and 18 years from Vladeck, a lawyer representing the date of the offense. Michael Briggs, Richard Collins Lawyers for the Justice De- and Humphrey Daniels, the three partment said the military’s service members whose convic- highest court was wrong in its tions were overturned. interpretation. Briggs was a lieutenant colonel “The question here is whether in the Air Force and was convict- three convicted rapists will go ed in 2014 of raping a subordinate scot-free,” acting solicitor gen- in 2005. Collins was an Air Force eral Jeffrey Wall told the court’s training instructor convicted of eight justices during an hour-long raping a student in 2000 after teleconference hearing. she came forward 14 years later. The Justice Department wants Daniels, an Air Force lieutenant, Colorado Springs Fire Department the Supreme Court to find that was convicted of raping a civilian The Wild Horse Fire began Sunday in the training area of Fort Carson, Colo. As of Tuesday, the fire had the offenses can be prosecuted woman in 1998, following a 2015 spread to about 670 acres. at any time because they were investigation and court-martial. death-penalty cases under mili- Justice Samuel Alito noted that tary law and would have no time “throughout history there have restriction under federal law. been many instances in which Wildfire at Fort Carson spreads The justices must consider occupying armies have gone on whether the death penalty was rape sprees and have raped many, applicable to the convictions and many women in the territory that across 670 acres of training range whether legislation passed by they are occupying. Congress in 2006 eliminated the “Suppose that were to happen five-year statute of limitations for again,” Alito said to Vladeck, “Do BY ROSE L. THAYER drop water on the fire. lease sent Tuesday morning from rape retroactively. you think it’s settled under our Stars and Stripes Known as the Wild Horse Fire, the base. There are no road clo- Wall argued that rape was case law that the death penalty it began Sunday in El Paso County sures and no impacts to training. considered a capital offense in A wildfire that began Sunday could not be imposed on mem- along State Highway 115, which Active fire and smoke from the the military justice system dur- bers of the military who engaged at Fort Carson, Colo., has spread runs along the western edge of interior of the fire will be visible ing that time, even though a 1977 in that sort of practice?” to include about 670 acres of Fort Carson. High winds and dry from Highway 115 for the next Supreme Court decision found The cases before the Supreme training area, but does not pose a conditions helped the fire spread several days as the region re- death was not a just punishment Court are not comparable, threat to any people or structures across the highway into the train- mained under a National Weather for rape. Vladeck said, adding that the at the base, according to base ing area of the base, south of Gate Service red flag warning through Wall also said that rape in a charge of “aggravated rape as a officials. 6 and Wilderness Road. On Sun- Tuesday evening. Wind gusts up military setting has potential war crime” would apply in such Two UH-60 Blackhawk he- day, the fire had spread across to 30 mph are expected, as is low national security implications. It an event. licopters from the 4th Combat 200 acres and has now more than humidity. Aviation Brigade joined civilian tripled in size despite around- Fort Carson, located in Colora- firefighters from the Fort Carson the-clock efforts by fire crews. do Springs, has about 24,600 ser- Directorate of Emergency Ser- Officials have not announced the vice members and about 31,000 vices on Monday and Tuesday cause of the fire. family members. It encompasses ‘ The question here is whether three to help contain about 10% of the “Fort Carson crews have es- 373,000 acres and its largest unit fire, according to the base public tablished a solid perimeter and is the 4th Infantry Division. convicted rapists will go scot-free. ’ affairs office. Four air crews ro- are now focusing on interior hot [email protected] Jeffrey Wall tated shifts in the two aircraft to spots,” according to a news re- Twitter: @Rose_Lori Acting solicitor general Military contractor charged with fraud on Africa contracts

Associated Press U.S. attorney’s office for Southern company allegedly submitted so poorly constructed that they Pollock was arrested Sep. 22 California said in a statement. fraudulent quality-control plans collapsed, including the aircraft in Tbilisi, Georgia, and remains SAN DIEGO — A U.S. military contractor has been indicted in Pollock was chief executive of- that included resumes of ficti- hangar in Niger and a train- in custody in that country while California for allegedly faking ficer of Dover Vantage, which won tious employees, certified qual- ing facility in Senegal,” the U.S. awaiting extradition. quality control on construction contracts from the Army Corps ity control work that was never attorney’s office statement said. It wasn’t immediately clear if projects in Africa that were so of Engineers and Navy Facilities performed, faked concrete “Most of the other structures she had an attorney who could badly done that some buildings Engineering Command for mili- strength test results and made constructed by Dover Vantage speak on her behalf. collapsed, including an aircraft tary and humanitarian projects claims for construction that was are now unusable.” The case is the first involv- hangar, authorities said Tuesday. in Africa between 2011 and 2018. never performed or didn’t meet The military has had to reissue ing the Africa Strike Force, an Micheline Pollock was named They included a maternity ward requirements. contracts, repair damaged build- anti-corruption initiative based in a 98-count indictment by a fed- and a school for the deaf in Togo. “Many of the structures con- ings and reduce operating capac- in Southern California, the U.S. eral grand jury in San Diego, the Pollock and others in the structed by Dover Vantage were ity, the statement said. attorney’s office statement said. PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 MILITARY Threat: Experts say escalatory cycle risks upending progress controlling nukes

FROM FRONT PAGE signed to penetrate American er, submarine, intercontinental And the United States is mod- missile defenses, including the ballistic missile system and air- ernizing its own arsenal, while nuclear-armed Avangard hyper- launch cruise missile in the com- adding low-yield nuclear war- sonic glide vehicle and the nu- ing years. The 30-year effort, heads to submarines and en- clear-armed undersea Poseidon when including the sustainment hancing missile defenses. All the drone. Development of a nuclear- of the current nuclear force, is while, Iran and North Korea are powered cruise missile, known as projected to cost more than $1 advancing as threats. the Burevestnik or Skyfall, led to trillion. The result is an escalatory cycle an accident that killed five people The Trump administration that experts say is threatening de- last year in Russia’s far north, ac- earlier this year deployed a new cades of progress controlling the cording to U.S. officials. Washing- low-yield nuclear warhead for world’s most dangerous weapons. ton explored similar technology Trident ballistic missiles on sub- A recent report from the Center during the Cold War but deemed marines and is starting work on for Strategic and International it too dangerous. a new nuclear cruise missile for Studies warned that the decline Putin has said some of the submarines as well. It’s also in of U.S. global influence and the new weapons Russia is develop- the early stages of developing a rise of regional security tensions, ing would fall under the New nuclear warhead known as the coupled with the staying power START agreement if Washington W93. The Pentagon is working on of authoritarian leaders, will in- and Moscow agree to prolong the a range of hypersonic weapons to centivize more nations to pursue 2010 pact, which expires in early keep pace with China, though it nuclear weapons and limit Wash- February but includes a five-year says they are conventional rather ington’s ability to respond. extension option. In his platform, than nuclear. Democratic nominee Joe Biden The issue looms over the final The developments have led to has said that if elected president, days of the U.S. presidential growing concerns about a nascent he would extend the treaty; Putin campaign, as North Korea dem- arms race. Trump’s recent com- has also expressed a willingness onstrates that, despite Trump’s ments to journalist Bob Wood- to do so. efforts, Kim Jong Un’s regime is ward about a secret, unidentified /AP But the Trump administration busy enhancing its nuclear mis- RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE wants a broader treaty. According nuclear weapons system height- sile arsenal. Trump is also rush- Russia test launched this Zircon hypersonic cruise missile from the to U.S. officials, the administra- ened those fears. ing to conclude a last-minute arms Admiral Groshkov frigate, in the White Sea, north of Russia, this tion is discussing a one- or two- The United States has contin- control deal with Russia, hoping month on President Vladimir Putin’s birthday. year extension of New START ued investments in missile de- to secure an agreement he can with Russia, pending the negotia- fense — which the Russians have tout as a diplomatic win before drone strike in Iraq, he said, has predictability, so I do think things tion of a new pact. The deal would said prompted their investments the Nov. 3 presidential election. only increased the rationale for can get a little crazy.” also freeze both countries’ nucle- in exotic weapons. Trump’s interest in arms con- Iran and North Korea to pursue ar stockpiles in the meantime, a Despite the tension, it’s impor- trol dates to at least the 1980s, nuclear programs to safeguard detail first reported by The Wall tant to put the current state of af- when he sought unsuccessfully to Advancing arsenals their regimes. Street Journal. fairs in broader context, said Rose engage in nuclear talks with the “It’s not just we are building Perhaps Trump’s biggest The Trump administration pre- Gottemoeller, a fellow at Stanford Soviets on behalf of the Reagan and modernizing our nuclear achievement in the arms-control viously has demanded Russia put University’s Hoover Institution, administration. On the campaign weapons program; we are doing it space has been to broker an infor- all its nuclear weapons up for ne- who served as deputy secretary trail in 2016, Trump described at a time when states are seeking mal agreement with Kim to pause gotiation and include China in the general of NATO and one of the nuclear weapons as the world’s riskier behavior with each other North Korea’s tests of intercon- framework for a follow-on treaty. Obama administration’s top biggest problem and has called also,” Narang said. tinental ballistic missiles and If the talks falls apart, Washing- arms-control negotiators. the issue more important than Trump’s administration has nuclear warheads in exchange ton and Moscow would have no In the late 1960s, Gottemoeller climate change. overseen an arms control rollback for a U.S. suspension of military substantive restraints on their ar- said, the United States had more But after nearly four years that has unnerved antinuclear ad- exercises with South Korea. The senals for the first time since the than 30,000 nuclear weapons, in office, he hasn’t signed any vocates but cheered hawks who moratorium reduced tension that Cold War. and the Soviet Union by some ac- significant new treaties to regu- say Washington shouldn’t stay flared between Washington and China, which has refused to counts had at least 40,000 — far late the world’s most devastat- in problematic agreements just Pyongyang in 2017. take part in the talks, is pursu- more than today. She said that the ing weapons and has populated because prior presidents signed But Kim has continued to ad- ing a full nuclear triad that can Trump administration is right to his administration at times with them. Trump pulled out of the vance his nuclear weapons and launch nuclear warheads from sound the alarm about Russia’s arms-control skeptics, such as 2015 nuclear accord that the missile programs in the mean- air, land and sea — and is devel- new systems and China’s expand- John Bolton, the former national Obama administration negoti- time, according to a U.N. Panel of oping its own stealth strategic ed nuclear and missile forces, but security adviser. ated with Iran, citing flaws with Experts report and U.S. officials, bomber. The Pentagon predicts that people shouldn’t overreact. “You have the U.S. leaving the pact and malign activities by conducting a ballistic missile test that Beijing’s arsenal will double “There is no need to panic,” arms agreements with the Rus- Tehran outside the agreement, from a submarine last year and to 400 warheads over the next de- Gottemoeller said. sians, failing to open any kind of and withdrew from the Inter- more recently threatening to re- cade. The United States and Rus- The Nuclear Non-Proliferation meaningful talks with the Chi- mediate-Range Nuclear Forces sume the long-range-missile and sia each have more than 5,000, Treaty — a Cold War-era pact nese, really just succeeding in Treaty with Russia and the Trea- nuclear tests he agreed to halt. according to the Federation of antagonizing the Iranians and whereby nuclear nations pledged ty on Open Skies, citing violations On Saturday, North Korea un- American Scientists. to reduce their arsenals in ex- the North Koreans and looking derscored the advancing threat by Moscow. Still, the Chinese military’s change for nonnuclear nations the other way while allies like its nuclear program poses by Tim Morrison, a senior fel- advancements have raised ques- not pursuing nuclear weapons — the Saudis acquire some inter- unveiling an ICBM on an 11-axle low at the Hudson Institute who tions about whether the nation, could be strained if New START esting capabilities,” said Jeffrey truck. The missile, which hasn’t served as the National Security which has long said it will use a falls apart, Gottemoeller warned, Lewis, an arms-control advocate Council’s senior director for coun- been tested, appeared to be the nuclear weapon only after being and there is no follow-on agree- who serves as director of the East terproliferation and biodefense nation’s biggest and most power- hit by one, is moving away from ment between the United States Asia Nonproliferation Program at under Trump, said the increasing ful to date, according to analysts, that “second strike” doctrine. and Russia to limit strategic the Middlebury Institute of Inter- threat shouldn’t be blamed on the some of whom described it as a Beijing has also developed a arms. But she said she expects national Studies, describing the president. larger derivative of the Hwasong- formidable missile force that has Washington and Moscow to come situation as “bad.” “What I have trouble doing is 15 tested in late 2017. The larger checked U.S. power in Asia, in- Trends were already moving saying that it’s Trump’s fault, that size suggests North Korea is to an agreement. cluding the nuclear-capable DF- The other big issue that must be in a worrisome direction be- somehow the Obama administra- working on advancing its arsenal 26 ballistic missile, sometimes addressed, Gottemoeller said, is fore Trump took office, and any tion or a Biden administration by affixing several warheads to called the “Guam killer” be- the rapid advance and prolifera- administration would struggle would do it better,” Morrison one missile. cause it can reach U.S. military tion of missile technology around to strike substantive new arms said. “I think the problem is this In the Middle East, Iran has facilities on the island, and the the globe, which is giving more control deals in the current en- era that we’re in — it’s an incred- ramped up production of en- DF-21D, an intermediate-range vironment, said Vipin Narang, ibly complicated era.” riched uranium since the Trump ballistic missile that has been countries access to very fast and associate professor of political Trump’s critics, however, administration pulled out of the dubbed the “carrier killer” be- highly accurate missiles. science at the Massachusetts In- counter that his brash and un- 2015 nuclear deal, according to cause it can threaten U.S. aircraft “At the end of the day, I think stitute of Technology. But Trump disciplined approach to foreign the U.N. nuclear watchdog. The carriers. It is also developing hy- the likelihood of nuclear use has has exacerbated the challenges, policy has squandered diplomatic country’s regional archrival, personic glide vehicles that can gone up since President Trump he argued. opportunities, undermined work Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, has move more than five times the took office,” said James Acton, China and Russia are becom- with allies and contributed to been working with the Chinese to speed of sound. co-director of the nuclear policy ing more aggressive in their own global instability. build production capacity for nu- program at the Carnegie Endow- neighborhoods; nuclear-armed “It’s not just that the U.S. is not clear fuel, according to a report ‘No need to panic’ ment for International Peace, India and Pakistan are clashing playing a leadership role, which in The New York Times, and has who said Trump has built up over disputed territory; and the it’s definitely not, but it’s not pro- moved to expand its missile ca- The buildups by Moscow and leverage on countries such as Trump administration is alien- viding any of the functions that pabilities, raising concerns about Beijing come as the United States North Korea but hasn’t been able ating allies in Europe, Narang it used to provide,” Lewis said. the kingdom’s nuclear ambitions. modernizes its nuclear arsenal, to use it. “I think the trend lines said. The U.S. killing of Iranian “Everyone is on their own, and In Russia, Putin unveiled new with the Pentagon planning to are bad and moving us further in Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a there are no rules, and there is no weapons in 2018 that are de- introduce a new nuclear bomb- that direction.” Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY Report: Trump tells DOD to devise plan for Somalia exit

BY JOHN VANDIVER Extracting the U.S. from for- which could in turn affect its air- Stars and Stripes eign military entanglements has strike campaign against mili- been one of Trump’s campaign is- tants. So far this year, AFRICOM STUTTGART, Germany sues as he seeks to win four more has launched 47 airstrikes in the — President Donald Trump has years in the White House. country. ERIKA HODGES asked the Pentagon to draw up Al-Shabab has been a force in The Pentagon is in the midst of Ansbach Middle High School student Clara Hodges works on her plans to withdraw U.S. troops Somalia for more than a decade, reviewing AFRICOM’s mission, from Somalia where they are schoolwork at home in Ansbach, Germany, in May 2020. but in recent years it has been including whether operations fighting al-Qaida backed mili- pushed from the swathes of terri- in Africa should be scaled back. tants, Bloomberg News reported tory it once held by the Horn of One key question that will af- this week. Africa country’s fledgling mili- DODEA to open sign-ups for Trump has discussed the pos- fect the ultimate course of action tary with the support from the taken will be whether the threat sible troop reduction in Somalia U.S. and other forces. posed by militant groups on the 2nd semester of online school with his top advisers, including The militant group now holds continent could reach as far as Defense Secretary Mark Esper less territory than it did in 2011 Stars and Stripes all grade levels due to the coro- the U.S. and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair- when it was on the verge of over- navirus pandemic. Although it’s The Department of Defense man Gen. Mark Milley, Bloom- running the country’s capital, AFRICOM commander Gen. geared primarily toward students berg reported, citing unnamed Mogadishu, but there are ques- Stephen Townsend said in a Education Activity is opening a and families with health vulner- administration sources. tions over whether Somalia’s statement on Sept. 11 that al- three-week enrollment period abilities or with concerns about There are between 650 and 800 military would be able to con- Shabab, “a terrorist organization Thursday for second-semester returning to school, anyone may American troops in Somalia at tain al-Shabab if U.S. forces aligned with al-Qaeda, has ex- virtual school, officials said. enroll. any given time, including special withdraw. pressed their intent to do harm to Parents have until Nov. 6 to About one in four students operations units, which are fo- Pulling out of Somalia could Americans.” sign their child or children up opted for virtual learning in the cused on helping Somalia’s mili- complicate AFRICOM’s ability to [email protected] for the program’s new semester, first semester, DODEA officials tary fight the al-Shabab terrorist collect intelligence on the ground, Twitter: @john_vandiver which begins Jan. 19. said in August. Updated figures group. First-quarter report cards and were not immediately available, “While I won’t speculate on parent-teacher conferences are but a spokesman said Wednes- future force posture, I will tell scheduled to be done before the day that the number has stayed you that U.S. Africa Command enrollment deadline, to aid par- relatively stable throughout the remains committed to working ents in their decision, DODEA- semester. with Somali and international Europe said in a statement. Parents may register using the partners to enhance long-term DODEA is asking parents to DODEA Aspen Family Portal regional stability by degrading commit to virtual school for the and contact their child’s teacher violent extremist organization entire semester when they sign or the local school administration threats and organizations in So- their children up, it said. for assistance if needed. malia,” AFRICOM spokesperson DODEA for the first time this More information is available Kelly Cahalan said in a statement school year made a full-time digi- at dodea.edu/returntoschool.cfm. sent to Stars and Stripes. tal learning option available for [email protected] The command continues to train Somali forces and monitor al-Shabab’s movements to prevent the extremists “from achiev- ing their long-term ambitions, which include exporting violence more broadly and attacking the U.S.,” Cahalan said. Trump’s reported directive to get out of Somalia comes weeks ahead of the Nov. 3 election in the U.S. and hard on the heels of NICK KIBBEY/U.S. Air Force a declaration he made on Twit- ter last week that all U.S. forces U.S. Army Spc. Cristobal Orozco and Spc. Robert Fisher of the would be out of Afghanistan by Oregon National Guard listen to their patrol leader’s instructions in Christmas. Somalia in December 2019. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM Afghan helos crash in Helmand, killing 9

Associated Press LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — Two Afghan army helicop- Taliban: US diplomat urges ‘move toward a lasting … peace’ ters collided while transporting wounded soldiers amid renewed FROM FRONT PAGE “The key here is that we’re trying to end a when their Soviet-era helicopters collided fighting against Taliban militants war responsibly, deliberately,” he said in the on take-off. Reports said the helicopters in the southern Helmand prov- officials have said, however, that they have interview Sunday. were evacuating wounded troops. ince, killing nine Afghan service a verbal commitment from the Taliban to do While one of the conditions of the Febru- International medical charity Doctors members, the country’s Defense neither. ary deal has been met — the belated start of Without Borders, which goes by its French Ministry and local officials said The airstrikes on the militants’ positions intra-Afghan talks — Milley hedged when acronym MSF, opened a hospital as an over- Wednesday. over the weekend were in defense of Af- asked about others, both in the peace deal flow facility after the main trauma clinic The two Soviet-era Mi-17 he- ghan troops and consistent with the Febru- and in verbal agreements with the Ameri- in Lashkar Gah rapidly reached capacity licopters crashed due to techni- ary deal, USFOR-A spokesman Col. Sonny cans, that would influence the withdrawal and struggled to treat people injured in the cal problems while taking off in Leggett said Monday on Twitter. of American troops. fighting, it said on Twitter. Nawa district late Tuesday, the “USFOR-A has & will continue to provide “In terms of violence, for example, if you Among patients treated by MSF doctors Afghan Defense Ministry state- support in defense of the ANDSF under at- start measuring the violence from, call it was a pregnant woman who was hit by a ment said. The nine dead were tack by the Taliban,” he tweeted, using the four or five months ago, has there been a stray bullet that killed her unborn child, it all Afghan crew and soldiers on acronym for Afghan security forces. significant reduction in violence? Answer: tweeted. board the two aircraft. Khan said more strikes have targeted not significant,” he said. “If you measure The Taliban onslaught in Helmand was The crash came amid a new the Taliban since Monday, but USFOR-A has not confirmed that the coalition was it from two to three years ago or five years not isolated. The group has carried out 575 wave of fighting in Helmand attacks against Afghan security forces and involved in those. The Afghan air force has ago, there has been a significant reduction province between the Afghan civilians throughout the entire country also been flying sorties against the Taliban, in violence.” military and Taliban insurgents. in the last two weeks, said Tariq Arian, a Khan said. Although Helmand’s governor said “the The Taliban control roughly 80% spokesman for the Interior Ministry. The offensive in Helmand began days enemy has failed” in its plan to breach of Helmand, and in the past year USFOR-A commander Gen. Scott Miller after President Donald Trump said in a Lashkar Gah and clean-up operations were have waged several attacks on has called on the Taliban “to immediately tweet on Oct. 7 that all U.S. troops “should” beginning Wednesday, local residents and the capital of Lashkar Gah only to stop their offensive action in Helmand prov- be home from Afghanistan by Christmas. officials said the clashes were continuing. be repulsed by Afghan security ince and reduce their violence around the That tweet, which is said to have blind- “We are hearing heavy gunshots in the forces, whose control is largely country.” sided American military leaders, delighted northwest of the city,” Mohammad Aslam restricted to district centers. His message was echoed by the top the Taliban, the group said in a statement. told Stars and Stripes by telephone. “In American diplomat in Afghanistan, Charge Attacks in other parts of the some areas, the Taliban appear to be mov- But it raised fears in many Afghans that, “if d’Affaires Ross Wilson, who said on Twit- country Wednesday killed at least ing close to the city.” Trump follows through, abruptly dropping ter that the latest surge in violence was “not six Afghan security forces and The United Nations said the clashes were the U.S.-Taliban agreement for a conditions- consistent with the U.S.-Taliban agreement” eight civilians. intensifying. Hundreds of Afghan troops based and gradual pullout of the about 4,500 and would lead “only to unacceptable loss of Gen. Assadullah Khalid, Af- and civilians have been killed or wounded, remaining U.S. troops by May, the country life and destruction.” ghanistan’s acting defense min- thousands have been forced to flee their might plunge again into full-scale war and “It should stop so that all parties can move ister, visited Lashkar Gah on political mayhem,” The Washington Post homes, and critical services, including Wednesday to discuss the securi- toward a lasting and much-needed peace for wrote. health care, electricity and telecommunica- all #Afghans,” he wrote. ty situation in Helmand province, The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tions, have been cut off, it said. a Defense Ministry statement. Gen. Mark Milley, insisted in an interview Roadside bombs have been planted Stripes reporter Karin Zeitvogel contributed to this Omer Zwak, a spokesman for report. with NPR that further troop reductions around Helmand, locals said. [email protected] Helmand’s provincial gover- would be “conditions-based.” Nine Afghan soldiers died Wednesday Twitter: @pwwellman nor, said Taliban fighters have launched coordinated attacks in different parts of Helmand prov- said the helicopters were deploy- anonymity because they were not support of Afghan security forces Helmand were “not consistent” ince over the past week, which ing Afghan commandos to repel authorized to speak to the media under attack by the Taliban. with a U.S.-Taliban deal signed in have intensified in recent days. Zwak also said the helicopters a Taliban attack in Nawa district, about military activities. Col. Sonny Leggett, a spokes- February and undermine ongo- that crashed Tuesday were carry- and were evacuating wounded On Monday, American forces person for the U.S. military in ing intra-Afghan peace talks. He ing wounded troops. Three local soldiers on their return flight. said they had carried out several Afghanistan, said Monday that said the airstrikes do not violate officials in Helmand province The officials spoke on condition of airstrikes in Helmand province in the recent Taliban attacks in the February deal. US contractor pleads guilty in Kandahar base theft ring

BY J.P. LAWRENCE allowed unvetted Afghan work- ings from stolen property, and Stars and Stripes ers to enter the base to pick up which places on base were not stolen goods, court documents monitored by security cameras, a KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. filed in the Justice Department’s criminal complaint said. military contractor who was part Eastern District of Virginia said. “The false documents she cre- of a crime ring that stole more Green selected which items could ated, or directed others to create, than $300,000-worth of vehicles, be sold to locals off the base, and were used to deceive security of- generators and other goods from then split the proceeds from the ficers and gate guards and there- Kandahar Airfield in southern sales with Quincy, a court docu- by compromised the security and Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to ment said. Among the stolen safety of the military installa- federal fraud and theft charges, items were a Toyota Hilux pickup tion,” the government’s statement the Justice Department said in a truck, a white Toyota van, vehicle said Tuesday. statement. parts, three generators and a Investigators included person- Varita V. Quincy, 35, of Snell- refrigerator. nel from the Special Inspector ville, Ga., who admitted to con- Green pleaded guilty in July. General for Afghanistan Recon- spiring with another American The pair discussed how to struction, the 939th Military Po- contractor, Larry J. Green of evade detection by the military lice Detachment of the Indiana Chesapeake, Va., to steal military police by transferring stolen Army National Guard and the property and sell the goods local- goods during lunchtime, when Army Criminal Investigation ly, pleaded guilty to the charges most troops were eating, accord- Command. U.S. Army Tuesday in a U.S. District Court, ing to text messages obtained by The thefts took place in 2015. the statement said. investigators. Sentencing has been set for late Soldiers arrive at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, in 2011. An Quincy, a supervisor at an of- Quincy also told Green how to February. American military contractor who was a supervisor in the office that issued security badges required for the personnel and property to fice that issued security badges, forge paperwork himself, how to [email protected] drafted false paperwork that remove stickers and other mark- Twitter: @jplawrence3 enter the airfield, pleaded guilty Tuesday to her role in a theft ring. Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK American Samoa residents left stranded

Associated Press ation makes her “feel abandoned and neglected.” PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — Mak- Other people can’t leave American erita Iosefo Va’a hasn’t been home for Samoa. nearly eight months — the longest she’s Epifania Rapozo lives in Washington ever been away from American Samoa. state and returned to the territory in Feb- She longs for the breezes that cool island ruary for the first time in 20 years to visit humidity and the ocean sounds and smells her ailing grandfather, who later died. that permeate her home in the village of Unable to return to the U.S., Rapozo’s 10- Tula. She also misses the food that’s im- year-old daughter has been taking online possible to recreate in Tracy, Calif., where classes and her 6-year-old son is enrolled the coronavirus pandemic has left her and in a local school. her husband stranded. “I am grateful that we are COVID-free “Every time I talk about it, I just cry,” but also quite disappointed on how the gov- she said. ernment is handling the issue,” Rapozo Va’a left the U.S. territory in the Pacific said. “There is absolutely no excuse as to in February with her husband for medical why there hasn’t been any action imple- treatment. They planned to fly home in mented to repatriate not only us U.S. citi- March from San Francisco but decided to zens but our own people.” postpone after hearing a security worker Moliga is reviewing a petition by strand- at the airport had contracted the virus. ed residents demanding repatriation. But Since then, they haven’t been able to amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Ha- leave because American Samoa Gov. Lolo waii, he has asked Hawaiian Airlines — Matalasi Moliga closed the territory on the only carrier with regularly scheduled March 13 to protect those on the islands ERIC RISBERG/AP service between Honolulu and Pago Pago from COVID-19 — and it hasn’t reported — to suspend flights through November. Makerita Iosefo-Va’a and her husband Shaun Va’a sit together in a park near a relative’s any cases. The territory is controlling its ports by home where they are temporarily staying in Tracy, Calif., on Oct. 8. In July, after the order was extended, quarantining crew members on boats, and the Va’as stopped bothering to make travel essential workers arriving from the U.S. plans and are awaiting word from govern- task force. “As the governor has continu- has turned into a support system for those are tested for the virus. ment officials about when they can come ously pointed out, more healthcare facili- who long to go back to American Samoa, Officials did arrange a free charter flight home. ties are available in Hawaii and mainland said Kueni Aumoeualogo-Hisatake. She in July to take 150 Medicaid patients and “The interests of the 60,000 residents states that they can access if they contract went to Honolulu with her husband for support staff to the United States for medi- on-island and protecting their lives out- the virus.” their bi-annual medical checkups on the cal treatment. There were enough extra weighs the interest of the 600 or more Some people from American Samoa last flight out of the territory on March 26 seats to accommodate 45 students head- residents stranded in the United States,” were stranded in the midst of family visits — not anticipating they would not be able ing to the U.S. for college and 79 people said Iulogologo Joseph Pereira, chairman or business travel. A Facebook page start- to return. who had been stranded on the island since of the territorial government COVID-19 ed by Va’a and others to share information Aumoeualogo-Hisatake said the situ- March. Kadena Pizza Hut worker tests positive for coronavirus

BY JOSEPH DITZLER nawa city. lenged the assertion that the Pizza Hut em- 48 hours prior, which is the period of time AND AYA ICHIHASHI The base in the second post referred to ployee did not interact with customers. our public health professionals are focused Stars and Stripes the Facebook page for the U.S. Centers for One of those commenters claimed to on. As stated in the original post, the indi- Disease Control and Prevention and said have firsthand knowledge that the worker vidual had no contact with customers.” CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Kadena no evidence suggests the coronavirus is did have customer contact and accused the The public affairs office made a similar Air Base on Okinawa reported another spread by food. base of “blatantly lying to everyone.” The statement in an email to Stars and Stripes new case of the coronavirus late Tues- “It may be possible that people can get commenter did not respond to a request on Wednesday evening: “This individual day, an employee at the base Pizza Hut COVID-19 by touching a surface or object, Wednesday via Facebook Messenger to did not have contact with customers, as restaurant. such as a food package or dining ware that speak with Stars and Stripes. stated in our original post and confirmed “This individual worked at the Pizza Hut has the virus on it and then touching their The Kadena Public Affairs Office re- again today by our public health team dur- on base but did not have a customer-ser- own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes,” sponded to the comment by stating that the ing a site visit.” vice role,” Kadena announced on its Face- the CDC guidance says, using the name of medical team “has been able to connect Okinawa prefecture reported 20 new book page at 8:33 pm. the respiratory disease caused by the coro- with you to get any additional information coronavirus cases and two deaths due to Okinawa prefecture earlier Tuesday navirus. “However, this is not thought to be you may have regarding this case.” coronavirus complications Wednesday, ac- identified the patient as man in his 40s the main way the virus spreads.” On Wednesday afternoon, the same cording to a public health official. The prefecture has reported 2,790 cases, most of from Naha city. He was one of two Kade- After contact tracing, an unspecified commenter alleged on the same Facebook whom have recovered, and 51 deaths dur- na employees who tested positive for the number of individuals were quarantined thread that the infected employee some- ing the pandemic. virus, the base announced in two separate as result of exposure to both patients, ac- times delivers pizzas. statements Tuesday. The other works at cording to the base’s announcements. The base responded directly to her: [email protected] Twitter: @JosephDitzler the arts and crafts shop, identified by the The second Facebook post attracted “The individual was not delivering pizzas [email protected] prefecture as a man in his 50s from Oki- comments Tuesday evening that chal- on the day of symptom onset or during the Twitter: @AyaIchihashi US troops eligible for Japan’s ‘Go To Eat’ discounts at off-base eateries

BY SETH ROBSON AND HANA KUSUMOTO Diners can earn points that provide dis- anese identification, a requirement when who was shopping at Yokota on Tuesday. Stars and Stripes counts on future meals when making res- the campaign began in spring. “We love to travel around Japan but ervations through a variety of websites, Online travel website booking.com, for sometimes it gets a little unaffordable,” TOKYO — U.S. troops and their fami- including Tabelog.com and Gurunavi.com, example, displays a “Go To” logo on list- she said. lies can eat for less at off-base restaurants according to the ministry website. How- ings for hotels offering the discounts. The Since arriving in Tokyo 18 months ago, thanks to Japanese government efforts to ever, Japanese language skills will likely website lists the Forest Inn Showakan in her family has been to Nikko and Nagano, boost the economy amid the coronavirus be required. Akishima, near Yokota Air Base in western which are both popular with tourists. pandemic. Diners can earn points or purchase meal Tokyo, which is offering rooms discounted Discounts at local restaurants are a The “Go To Eat” campaign that kicked coupons until the end of January. The from 27,000 yen ($256) to 17,550 yen ($167) bonus, Lyons said. off Oct. 1 provides a 25% discount at par- deadline to use the points is March 31. this month. A room at the Hilton Niseko “We eat out all the time,” she said. “We ticipating eateries. Meanwhile, Japan’s “Go To” travel cam- Village on Hokkaido, also advertised on eat every kind of Japanese food we come across. There’s not a lot of local food that To take advantage of the deals, diners paign, which offers discounts on hotels, the website, is marked down from 28,889 I’ve tried that I haven’t liked.” may buy up to 20,000 yen ($190) in coupons transport and tourism activities, was re- yen ($274) to 18,778 yen ($178). at a time, either online or at convenience cently extended nationwide and to allow The travel savings have been a hot topic [email protected] Twitter: @SethRobson1 stores, according to Japan’s Ministry of U.S. military personnel to take advantage on local military social media pages, ac- [email protected] Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. of it without having to provide official Jap- cording to Air Force spouse Brittnie Lyons, Twitter: @HanaKusumoto PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP 10 Calif . counties ease restrictions

Associated Press now killed 1,611 people in the state. The Health Department LOS ANGELES — Ten Califor- reported 680 new confirmed and nia counties were cleared to ease probable cases of the virus. coronavirus restrictions Tuesday, including some in the Central “There’s not really an option to Valley that saw major case spikes go back on our opening of busi- over the summer, but the state’s nesses,” Hutchinson said at his top health official warned that up- weekly news conference on the coming Halloween celebrations outbreak. pose a risk for renewed spread. Hutchinson, instead, said the Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state health focus needs to be on following the secretary, said no counties moved state’s mask mandate and other safety guidelines. backwards in California’s color- JOHN SHISHMANIAN, THE (NORWICH, CONN.) BULLETIN/AP coded, four-tiered system for Arkansas was among a hand- reopening, but Riverside was on ful of states that never issued a Registered nurse Julie Prochorena, right, of Colchester, Conn., joins about 200 nurses and their the verge of reverting to the most stay-at-home order because of the supporters in a two-day strike Tuesday outside the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Conn . The restrictive purple tier. The county virus, but had closed bars, restau- strike comes amid a breakdown in contract talks between the nurses’ union and hospital management. of about 2.5 million residents has rants and other businesses. They asked for a review of its data and have since reopened, but with said in a statement that Backus was postponed then moved online its color-coded health system and will stay in the red tier until the capacity limits and other safety will remain open and called the gets underway Thursday. instead place counties under re- state makes a decision on its sta- restrictions. strike “heartbreaking.” She said Registration is free and open strictions based on their COVID- tus later this week. Hutchinson had previously nurses have been offered “signifi- for online programs on topics 19 transmission rates, said Gov. Two San Francisco Bay Area rejected a White House task cant” wage increases — 12.5% ranging from food and whiskey Gary Herbert. Each county will counties, Alameda and Santa force’s recommendation that the over three years — along with ad- pairing to the art of whiskey mak- be listed as high, moderate or low Clara, will advance to the less-re- state close bars to slow the virus’ ditional paid time off and a 2% de- ing and putting together cock- level transmission areas. strictive orange tier, which allows spread. The White House Coro- crease in health care premiums. tails with ordinary supermarket Six counties — Salt Lake, Utah, for increased capacity at restau- navirus Task Force said in its Backus nurses say they’re ingredients. There’s also a VIP Cache, Garfield, Juab and Wa- rants, movie theaters and houses latest weekly report on the state, paid less than those at other area package available for $150. satch — have been designated as of worship — all with modifica- released Tuesday, that Arkan- hospitals, while Backus is one of Last year’s festival drew some high transmission areas. Masks tions to require face coverings. sas last week ranked 11th in the the most profitable hospitals in 50,000 visitors from 40 states and will be required in all indoor set- The lifting of some restrictions country for new cases per capita, the state. They also have not had more than 20 countries . The festi- tings in these counties, and social in counties that have shown im- putting it in the “red zone.” sufficient personal protective val runs through Sunday. gatherings must be limited to 10 provement comes as California About a quarter of the state’s equipment during the pandemic people or fewer, said Rich Saun- sees a continued drop in COVID- 9,112 hospital beds and nearly and have had to repeatedly reuse New Mexico ders, acting director of the Utah 19 cases. The seven-day positivity 13% of its 1,031 intensive care gear including N95 masks, Sherri Department of Health. rate was down to 2.7%, Ghaly said. unit beds are available, according Dayton, a nurse and president of ALBUQUERQUE — New Mex- Utah ranks fifth in the country The number of hospitalizations is to the state Department of Health. the Backus Federation of Nurses, ico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for newly confirmed infections about 2,225 — a significant drop There 251 COVID-19 patients in AFT Local 5149, told The Associ- announced Tuesday she will per capita, according to data from from a peak of around 7,000 over ICUs around the state. ated Press earlier this month. renew public health restrictions Johns Hopkins. There have been over 87,000 the summer, he said. The state’s confirmed cases in- She said in recent months, 11 and warned that more stringent reported virus cases in Utah and Ghaly said overall trends are creased by 481 to 89,351. staff on one floor of Backus were rules could be imposed because moving in the right direction, infected with the coronavirus of a rise in COVID-19 cases. 522 people have died, according thanks in part to Californians’ in- Connecticut by a patient from a local nurs- The updated regulations will to state data. creased willingness to wear masks ing home, three more employees take effect later this week. They and avoid large gatherings. NORWICH — More than 400 in the critical care unit were in- will include limiting gatherings Washington Officials are urging families nurses at a Connecticut hospital fected and another worker tested to five people or less, a mandato- OLYMPIA — Washington Gov. to skip trick-or-treating this Hal- began a two-day strike Tuesday positive after caring for a patient ry 14-day quarantine for visitors Jay Inslee says five counties in loween and instead have costume over what union leaders called low in the emergency room. from states deemed high-risk, central and eastern Washington contests and pumpkin carvings wages and struggles to get enough reduced hotel capacities and a 10 still under the tightest COVID- online. personal protective equipment. Indiana p.m. closing time for food or drink 19 restrictions will be allowed to Meanwhile Tuesday, Fresno Dozens of nurses hit the picket establishments serving alcohol. resume more activity and open County stayed in the red tier and line outside the William W. Back- INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Lujan Grisham said the virus is four other counties in the central us Hospital in Norwich in rainy COVID-19 hospitalizations and spiking in New Mexico and that more services. part of the state — Kern, Colu- weather and held signs saying rates of new infections continued the state has experienced some At a news conference Tuesday sa, Sutter and Stanislaus — ad- “Nurses on strike for unfair labor sharp increases in statistics re- of the worst increases in the U.S. the governor said Yakima, Ben- vanced from purple to red. Those practice” and “PPE over profits.” leased Tuesday as the governor so far this fall. Without a vaccine, ton, Franklin, Douglas and Chel- improvements were particularly The strike comes amid a break- faces a deadline on whether to she said officials have only a few an counties will be moved from gratifying after those counties down in contract talks between extend the statewide face mask tools to fight the virus — such as modified Phase 1 into Phase 2. experienced worrying trends just the nurses’ union and hospital order. making people wear masks, stay- Inslee has instituted a virus re- months ago. management, as well as rising The jumps have come since ing home as much as possible and opening plan under which coun- The state is moving more slow- coronavirus cases in Norwich and Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb avoiding groups of people. ties move through four phases ly than the reopening last spring other eastern Connecticut com- decided three weeks ago to lift State health officials have re- — with 1 the most restrictive and that brought with it a dramatic munities. The hospital is operated nearly all of Indiana’s restrictions ported more than 33,710 cases 4 being a full reopening. spike in cases, hospitalizations by Hartford HealthCare. on businesses and crowd sizes, since the pandemic began , and Authorities say there has been and deaths. California, the most Statewide, the infection rate which his Democratic election 918 residents have died. a “leveling out” of coronavirus populous state, leads the nation was 2.4% as of Tuesday, the high- challenger has called on Holcomb In Albuquerque, city officials risk between the five counties with more than 852,000 con- est it has been since June. It has to reverse in hopes of slowing the on Tuesday announced a new pro- and the rest of the state since a firmed cases and has the third- been around 7% in Norwich in re- coronavirus spread. gram to supply local businesses pause in the reopening plan took highest number of deaths at about cent days. The number of people The 1,288 COVID-19 hospital- with personal protective equip- effect in July. 16,500, according to state data. hospitalized statewide climbed izations as of Monday marked the ment and COVID-19 screening Under Phase 2, counties are al- by 17 since Monday to 172, and ninth straight day topping 1,000 supplies. The city plans to spend lowed to resume some adult and A rkansas 25 were in New London County, after not reaching that high since more than $1 million on the youth sports as well as outdoor where Backus is located. In con- the end of May, the Indiana State effort. recreation with more than 12 peo- LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas trast, there were 2,000 daily Department of Health reported. ple. Also, more business activity Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday hospitalizations statewide in the Such hospitalizations have grown Utah will be OK’d, like movie theaters ruled out rolling back the state’s earlier days of the pandemic. 70% since Sept. 21. Indiana hospi- at limited capacity, restaurants reopening despite a recent surge The Backus Federation of tals had 382 coronavirus patients SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is with limited seating and indoor in coronavirus hospitalizations Nurses, AFT Local 5149, and hos- in their intensive care units — a implementing a new strategy to fitness centers with reduced and 25 more deaths from the ill- pital management have been in 50% increase during that time. fight the coronavirus pandemic numbers of people allowed. ness caused by the virus. contract negotiations since June. as the number of confirmed cases There have been more than The Republican governor ex- Unionized nurses voted to autho- Kentucky and hospitalizations continued to 94,000 confirmed COVID-19 tended for another 60 days the rize a strike last month. surge, state officials announced cases in Washington since the emergency declaration he issued Donna Handley, president of BARDSTOWN — This year’s Tuesday. start of the pandemic and 2,211 because of COVID-19, which has Backus and Windham hospitals, Kentucky Bourbon Festival that The state will move away from deaths. Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 NATION High court nominee vows an ‘open mind’ on cases

Associated Press cratic objections before Election been tested in court and the ques- Day. tion calls out for “legal analysis.” WASHINGTON — Supreme Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin She said, “It’s not one that I can Court nominee Amy Coney Bar- of Illinois agreed Barrett is mak- offer a view.” rett presented herself Wednesday ing history — but as the first During Tuesday’s long and in her final round of confirma- nominee considered so close to lively session, she declined to tion questioning as a judge with deeply held personal and reli- a presidential election, tapped to say whether she would recuse gious beliefs but vowing to keep fulfill the president’s public quest herself from any election-related an “open mind” on cases. Sen- to install a ninth justice in time to cases involving the heated race ate Republicans are champion- undo the Affordable Care Act in a between Trump and Democratic ing her conservative approach to case heading to the court Nov. 10. nominee Joe Biden. the law as doubtful Democrats Durbin called Trump’s intent Along with trying to undo the run out of time to stop her quick to dismantle the health care law a health care law, Trump has pub- confirmation. cloud — “an orange cloud” — over licly stated he wants a justice her nomination, a political slam seated for any disputes arising Democratic senators are trying Christian Cooper via AP to dig deeper into the judge’s ap- at the president’s tan. from the election, and particu- proach as a legal originalist, one Barrett’s nomination has been larly the surge of mail-in ballots Amy Cooper talks with Christian Cooper in May in New York’s who adheres to a more strict read- the focus at a Capitol mostly shut expected during the pandemic, as Central Park in this photo made from video by Christian Cooper. ing of the Constitution, but the ap- down by COVID-19 protocols. voters prefer to vote by mail. Amy Cooper, charged with filing a false police report for calling pellate court justice has declined The health care debate has been Barrett testified she has not 911 during the incident, could resolve the case by participating in to directly respond to many ques- central to the week’s hearings, as spoken to Trump or his team a program to educate her and the community, a prosecutor said tions on abortion, health care and Americans struggle during the about election cases, but skipped Wednesday. a potentially disputed presiden- pandemic, but Barrett’s views past Democrats’ pressing ques- tial election, saying it’s against on racial equity and presidential tions about ensuring the date of judicial code to weigh in at this power are also being questioned the election or preventing voter White woman in NYC point. as senators try to unpack how she intimidation, both set in federal Sen. Lindsey Graham, R- would rule on cases if confirmed. law, and the peaceful transfer of S.C., opened the final day of her Durbin probed if her strict ad- presidential power. She declined video case also claimed testimony praising President herence to originalism means a to commit to recusing herself Donald Trump’s nominee as an president could not “unilaterally from any post-election cases “unashamedly pro-life” conser- deny the right to vote” based on without first consulting the other assault, prosecutor says vative who is making history as a race, noting restrictions on mail- justices. role model for other women. in ballots being erected in several “I can’t offer an opinion on Associated Press required to take, but said the 40- “She’s going to the court,” Gra- states before Nov. 3. recusal without short-circuiting year-old former investment port- She agreed there are “many that entire process,” she said dur- NEW YORK — Amy Cooper, ham said. “This is the first time folio manager would have to take laws” that protect the right to ing the nearly 12-hour session. the white woman charged with in American history that we’ve responsibility for her actions. nominated a woman who’s un- vote, including the 14th and 15th On health care, she has repeat- filing a false police report for call- The criminal process “can be ashamedly pro-life and embraces Amendments to the Constitution, edly said her past criticisms of ing 911 during a dispute with a her faith without apology.” but stopped short of a blanket Chief Justice John Roberts’ rul- Black man in New York’s Central an opportunity for introspection Her nomination to replace the statement: “I really can’t say any- ing allowing health care law to Park in May, made a second, pre- and education,” Illuzzi said. The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg thing more.” stand was an academic pursuit, viously unreported call in which range of options could include has ground other legislative busi- Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and does not delve into the specif- she falsely claimed the man had some type of racial sensitivity ness to a halt as Republicans ex- asked what she thinks of Trump’s ic legal issues involved in the case “tried to assault her,” a prosecu- training or a public awareness cited by the prospect of locking in view that he can pardon himself. coming before the court. tor said Wednesday. campaign. a 6-3 conservative court majority Barrett said a president’s abil- “I’m not hostile to the ACA,” Assistant District Attorney In a statement, Manhattan race to confirm her over Demo- ity to pardon himself has never Barrett told the senators. Joan Illuzzi-Orbon described the District Attorney Cyrus Vance second call as Cooper was being Jr. said his office “will pursue arraigned by video in a case that a resolution of this case which had garnered worldwide attention holds Ms. Cooper accountable but was put on hold for months while healing our community, re- because of the coronavirus pan- storing justice, and deterring oth- demic. Cooper did not enter a plea ers from perpetuating this racist to the misdemeanor charge. practice.” In the first 911 call, which was captured on a widely seen video Cooper drew widespread con- of the confrontation, Cooper told demnation and was fired from a dispatcher only that the man, her job at investment firm Frank- a birdwatcher named Christian lin Templeton after frantically Cooper, was threatening her. The calling 911 to claim she was being second call was not recorded on threatened by “an African Amer- video, but a 911 dispatcher pro- ican man,” Christian Cooper, who vided prosecutors with a sworn had confronted her for walking affidavit regarding the calls, Il- her dog without a leash. On the luzzi said. video Christian Cooper recorded “Using a police in a way that of Amy Cooper, he sounded calm is was both racially offensive and appeared to keep a safe dis- and designed to intimidate is tance from her. something that can’t be ignored. There is no relation between Therefore we charged her,” said Christian Cooper and Amy Illuzzi, whose last high-profile Cooper. prosecution sent Harvey Wein- In the video posted on social stein to prison in March for rape. media, Christian Cooper claimed The case was adjourned until Nov. 17 to allow prosecutors and her cocker spaniel was “tear- her lawyer to work on a possible ing through the plantings” in the resolution that Illuzzi said could Ramble, a secluded section of see Cooper participating in a pro- Central Park popular with bird- gram to educate her and the com- watchers, and told her she should munity “on the harm caused by go to another part of the park. GREG NASH /AP such actions.” When she refused, he pulled out Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies Wednesday, the third day of her confirmation Illuzzi didn’t get into details dog treats, causing her to scream hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington . on what actions Cooper might be at him to not come near her dog. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 NATION Fort Bliss officer killed when car is rammed

BY ROSE L. THAYER morning with a bond of $1 mil- Sennessie’s intent to hit Perry’s and it was my pleasure to serve Stars and Stripes lion. He is charged with murder, vehicle was “evident.” with him and to experience his according to the release. Sennessie was arrested Tues- devotion to service to his fellow AUSTIN, Texas — An El Paso Perry was driving an Audi day morning with the help of man and his attitude of present man has been arrested and near the intersection of John the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task leadership. His service to this di- charged with murder in the death Hayes Street and North Zaragoza Force. El Paso police previously vision, the Army and our nation of an Army officer from Fort Road in east El Paso when Sen- arrested him in 2018 for drunken will not be forgotten,” Escobedo Bliss killed in a vehicle accident nessie intentionally crashed his driving and he has served jail said. early Sunday morning, according Jeep Wrangler into the Audi and time for other traffic violations, A logistics officer, Perry’s to El Paso officials. fled the scene, according to city according to jail records. awards include the Army Com- Capt. Malcolm X. Perry, 27, was officials. Perry died at the scene Perry, who arrived at Fort mendation Medal, Army Achieve- driving at about 5:50 a.m. Sunday and the incident remains under Bliss in March, was assigned to ment Medal, National Defense when 23-year-old Richard Mu- investigation. the 1st Armored Division and Service Medal, Global War on stapha Sennessie intentionally Officers from the El Paso Po- had recently taken command of Terror Service Medal, Korea rammed Perry’s vehicle and left lice Department arrived within Bravo Company of the 123rd Bri- Defense Service Medal, Army him for dead, according to a news minutes , said Sgt. Enrique Car- gade Support Battalion, Lt. Col. Service Ribbon and an Overseas release from El Paso city offi- rillo, spokesman for the depart- Gilberto Escobedo, the battalion Service Ribbon, according to a cials. Sennessie was listed as an ment. While he could not release commander, said in a statement. news release from Fort Bliss. inmate at the El Paso Downtown further details about the case, “He embodied what we ask of [email protected] Detention Facility on Wednesday he said the investigation found young leaders in today’s Army, Twitter: @Rose_Lori Capt. Malcolm X. Perry Federal crackdown aims to curb violent crime in New York

Associated Press George Floyd. instances — people to engage in Democrats, who note that overall That would put the city on track The initiative, which will in- sometimes seemingly random crime rates in the city have actu- NEW YORK — The top fed- to have its highest number of ho- volve more than a dozen federal acts of lethal violence.” ally dropped slightly during the eral prosecutor in Brooklyn an- micides since 2011, after several nounced Wednesday that he prosecutors, is aimed at repairing DuCharme, who was sworn pandemic, led by substantial re- years of record lows, but would would put a new priority on fire- the “protective fabric of our com- into office in July, said a team of ductions in the number of robber- munity,” DuCharme said, and senior prosecutors in his office ies, rapes, grand larcenies and still leave New York as one of the arms and drug cases, seeking safest big cities in the U.S. stiffer penalties than are being making use of tougher federal agreed “to take a pause on” other serious assaults. doled out at the state level. sentences for criminals caught cases to help support the office’s The number of shootings, David Patton, Executive Direc- Acting U.S. Attorney Seth carrying illegal guns. expanded violent crime efforts. though, has increased dramati- tor of the Federal Defenders of DuCharme said he was taking ac- “The city is not as safe as it once The characterization of New cally, with the number of people New York, criticized DuCharme’s tion to address a sharp rise in gun was, and it certainly doesn’t feel York as substantially less safe hit by bullets nearly double what initiative as “misguided,” saying violence in New York City. He as safe,” DuCharme said. “When than it used to be echoes rhetoric it was through the same point that federal prosecutions of fire- attributed the uptick to a “per- the threat was al-Qaida and ISIS, President Donald Trump has em- last year. Through Oct. 11, there arms offenses often involve sim- missiveness” that has taken hold that’s where we went, and now ployed recently on the campaign have been 354 killings in the city amid the coronavirus pandemic the threat is essentially an en- trail. — 90 more than there were at the ple possession of a weapon found and the civil unrest that followed vironment that has permitted It has been met with loud de- same time last year, according to in a person’s home rather than the the Minneapolis police killing of — and even encouraged in some nials from many New York City police. use of a gun to harm someone. Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 NATION Democrats, GOP stretch for hard-to-get districts in House

Associated Press tricts that might seem a reach. up key defensive seats,” said Dan Democrats are contesting over Conston, president of the Con- CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. a dozen seats from New York’s gressional Leadership Fund, a — In a rustic Virginia district Long Island to Alaska where big-spending political committee that bounced its Republican con- Trump won by at least 10 per- aligned with House GOP lead- gressman after he officiated a centage points, usually a daunting ers. But he said strong candidate same-sex wedding, the battle to margin. Republicans have fewer recruitment “has created great AMY FRIEDENBERGER, THE ROANOKE TIMES/AP replace him pits a self-described viable targets but are spend- pick-up opportunities for us to win “biblical conservative” backed by ing serious money in places like back seats in surprising places.” Republican candidate Bob Good leaves Lynchburg’s Tree of Life President Donald Trump against South Florida and central Cali- The paramount factor is Ministries, in Lynchburg, Va., in June. a Black doctor who worked in fornia where Trump lost badly Trump, whose unpopularity is Barack Obama’s White House. four years ago. wounding numerous GOP con- In Virginia, Good snatched the tracking firm Kantar/CMAG. The district, which stretches Marking the efforts’ serious- gressional contenders. Trump GOP nomination from Rep. Den- Webb, 37, also has a law degree from Washington’s far suburbs ness, at least one side’s outside compounded his problems with ver Riggleman last spring, win- and worked on health and crimi- to the North Carolina line, has groups are spending $1 million or his fuming debate performance ning a drive-through convention nal justice policy as a White House elected just one Democrat for a more in most of these races. The against Democratic rival Joe at a church forced by the pandem- fellow under Obama and Trump. single two-year term this century. expenditures come during an Biden, his COVID-19 diagnosis ic and giving Democrats an open- He’s cast himself as a pragmatist, Trump carried it by 11 percent- election when the question isn’t and his scoffing at the perils of ing. Riggleman, a mainstream saying in an interview, “My view age points in 2016. Yet Democrats whether Democrats will keep a virus that’s killed over 215,000 conservative, had angered some on any issue is rooted in, what are spending money to go after it. their House majority but how Americans. voters by officiating at the wed- does the data tell us?” The contest between Repub- large it will be. “Strategists on both sides see ding of two male aides. Good, 54, has made religion lican Bob Good and Democrat Democrats have more oppor- a very real potential for a total Democrats consider Good, a his campaign centerpiece. Ads Cameron Webb will answer tunities because of the suburbs’ blood bath on Election Day for born-again Christian and former by him and the Congressional whether a Black candidate with continuing flight from Trump, Republicans, for the president,” athletics official at nearby evan- Leadership Fund accuse Webb an expertise in health care can GOP retirements and primaries said Brendan Buck, who advised gelical Liberty University, too of favoring defunding the police, prevail in a traditionally conser- that produced some weaker can- former House Speaker Paul conservative for the area. One which Webb has said he opposes. vative area during a pandemic didates, and a fundraising edge Ryan, R-Wis., explaining Demo- political committee that backs The leadership fund has mapped and a time of racial reckoning. It’s that lets them spend amply. crats’ spending in difficult races. scientist candidates is on track to spending $750,000 for Good, while also an example of how both par- “The political environment is “If there’s a wave, you don’t want spend $2 million for ads support- the House GOP political commit- ties are pursuing a handful of dis- tough, so it’s forcing us to shore to leave any opportunity behind.” ing Webb, according to the ad- tee has spent over $300,000. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 NATION Supreme Court halts census in latest twist

BY MIKE SCHNEIDER ministration argued that the head Associated Press count needed to end immediately to give the bureau time to meet The Supreme Court on Tuesday a year-end deadline. Congress ruled that the Trump administra- requires the bureau to turn in tion can end census field opera- the figures used to decide the tions early, in a blow to efforts to states’ congressional seats by make sure minorities and hard- Dec. 31 — a process known as /AP LOREN HOLMES, ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS to-enumerate communities are apportionment. TV reporter Maria Athens interviews Alaska’s congressional delegation at an event celebrating the properly counted in the crucial By sticking to the deadline, the opening of an Indian Affairs Cold Case Office on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the Alaska Native Heritage once-a-decade tally. Trump administration would end Center in Anchorage. From left: Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Athens and Rep. Don Young. The decision was not a total up controlling the numbers used loss for plaintiffs in a lawsuit for the apportionment, no matter challenging the administration’s who wins next month’s presiden- decision to end the count early. tial election. Anchorage’s mayor resigns They managed to get nearly two In a statement, House Speaker extra weeks of counting people as Nancy Pelosi called the Supreme the case made its way through the Court’s decision “regrettable and after admitting to relationship courts. disappointing,” and said the ad- The ruling did, however, in- ministration’s actions “threaten crease the chances of the Trump to politically and financially ex- BY MARK THIESSEN Berkowitz, 58, noted that his woman who identified herself as administration retaining control clude many in America’s most Associated Press conduct did great injury to his Athens and who rattled off her of the process that decides how vulnerable communities from wife, their family, his staff and network affiliations threatened to many congressional seats each ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The our democracy.” the people of Anchorage. “For state gets — and by extension mayor of Alaska’s largest city kill Berkowitz, who is Jewish, and Associate Justice Sonia Soto- that, I am deeply sorry,” he said. how much voting power each submitted his resignation Tues- his wife. The audio of the Friday mayor dissented from the high A small but vocal crowd stood state has. day evening, four days after an morning phone call to Berkow- court’s decision, saying “re- and cheered the resignation, The Supreme Court justices’ spondents will suffer substantial anchorwoman at a local television which is effective Oct. 23. itz was obtained by the blog The station threatened to report he ruling came as the nation’s larg- injury if the Bureau is permit- The saga that has been the buzz Alaska Landmine. had posted nude photos of himself est association of statisticians, ted to sacrifice accuracy for of Anchorage started when Ath- Athens was arrested later Fri- on a website. and even the U.S. Census Bu- expediency.” ens posted a video on her Face- Ethan Berkowitz adamantly day after trespassing in the tele- reau’s own census takers and The Supreme Court ruling book page Friday, the same day denied her allegations, but on vision studio after being told she partners, have been raising ques- came in response to a lawsuit by Monday admitted he had an inap- the station barred her from the could not return there. She alleg- tions about the quality of the data a coalition of local governments studio. In the video, she claimed propriate relationship with Maria edly accosted the station man- being gathered — numbers that and civil rights groups, argu- she would break a story that night are used to determine how much Athens, the anchor at a Fox/ABC ager, who charging documents ing that minorities and others claiming Berkowitz posted nude federal funding and how many in hard-to-count communities combined station in Anchorage. identify as her boyfriend, and she “It is with profound sadness and photos to an underage website. congressional seats are allotted would be missed if the census was arrested by police. Her story humility that I resign as mayor of She later also posted what she to states. ended early. They said the sched- the Municipality of Anchorage,” said was a photo of the mayor’s never aired. After the Supreme Court’s de- ule was cut short to accommodate he said in a statement read at the nude back side. Athens was charged with as- cision, the Census Bureau said a July order from President Don- Anchorage Assembly meeting by Berkowitz’s office immediately sault, criminal mischief and dis- field operations would end on ald Trump that would exclude his chief of staff, Jason Bockenst- denied the unsubstantiated al- orderly conduct. She was released Thursday. people in the country illegally edt, and later sent to the media. legation. A day later, Anchorage Monday after posting bail. At issue was a request by the from being counted in the num- police said they and the FBI in- Trump administration that the bers used for apportionment. “My resignation results from According to the city charter, unacceptable personal conduct vestigated and found no evidence Supreme Court suspend a lower The plaintiffs said the ruling Felix Rivera, chairman of the that has compromised my abil- of criminal conduct. court’s order extending the 2020 against them was not a total loss, ity to perform my duties with the Audio of a profanity- and rac- Anchorage Assembly, will serve census through the end of Octo- as millions more people were focus and trust that is required,” ism-laden voicemail also sur- as acting mayor until a special ber following delays caused by counted during the extra two Berkowitz wrote. faced late Monday, in which a election is held. the pandemic. The Trump ad- weeks. California braces for renewed fire threat from dry, windy weather

Associated Press The nation’s largest utility was About 33,000 homes and busi- power Thursday afternoon as in that blaze. PG&E estimated its expected to make a decision ear- nesses could begin losing power winds hit there, PG&E said. cuts could potentially affect near- SAN FRANCISCO — Dry, lier Wednesday on whether to at 6 p.m., mainly in the Sierra Ne- All power should be restored by ly 4,700 customers in Shasta and windy weather posed an ex- implement the preemptive elec- vada foothills and northern San late Friday night, the utility said. around 1,200 in Tehama. treme wildfire risk Wednesday tricity cuts in an effort to prevent Francisco Bay Area, followed by The outages would include More than 8,500 wildfires have in Northern California, where fires from being started by dam- 21,000 other customers two hours regions already hit by massive burned well over 6,406 square massive blazes already have cost aged power lines that have been later in other portions of the Sier- wildfires. The Glass Fire that miles in California since the start hundreds of homes and killed or fouled or knocked down in high ras and the Bay Area, along with ravaged the wine country of Napa of the year, but mostly since mid- injured dozens of people. winds. portions of the Central Coast, and Sonoma counties was nearly August. Thirty-one people have The National Weather Service “We really view it as a last PG&E said. surrounded after destroying died, and more than 9,200 struc- issued a red-flag warning from resort option,” said Mark Quin- The figures for affected cus- more than 1,500 homes and other tures have been destroyed. 5 a.m. through Friday morn- lan, the company’s incident tomers range from more than buildings. “We have had a historic fire ing. With bone-dry humidity commander. 11,300 in Butte County, 6,000 in PG&E said it could cut power season this year,” PG&E meteo- and wind gusts possibly hitting The utility has also deployed Santa Cruz County and around to more than 9,200 customers rologist Scott Strenfel said. “We 55 mph, Pacific Gas & Electric generators and other measures to 5,400 customers in Alameda in Napa and around 1,800 in are and will continue to be in the warned that it may begin cutting keep electricity flowing in some County to just 10 in Yolo County, Sonoma. peak of fire season until the rain power Wednesday evening to as areas that might otherwise have according to the utility. Farther north, the Zogg Fire in and snow returns. And all of us many as 54,000 customers in 24 lost power during the outages, About 200 people in Humboldt Shasta and Tehama counties was here hope that it returns sooner counties. Quinlan said. County in the far north could lose 99% contained. Four people died rather than later.” Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Pizza dough recalled after tampering incident

SACO — Another su- ME permarket chain is recalling a brand of fresh pizza dough amid concerns about tampering. Shaw’s and Star Market announced the company is removing Portland Pie Co. pizza dough from the shelves of its supermarkets in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island. Hannaford Supermarkets already removed the product. A New Hampshire man is accused of putting razor blades in the pizza dough at a Hannaford store in Saco . Nicholas R. Mitchell, 38, was arrested Sunday night and charged as a fugitive from justice in Dover, N.H. Mitchell is a former employee of It’ll Be Pizza, the Scarborough company that makes several brands of dough, including the Portland Pie Co. dough that was allegedly tampered with in Saco. 2,900 ski passes sell out in under 10 hours

ALBUQUERQUE NM — It’s not even winter yet, but Ski Santa Fe has sold out of its nearly 3,000 passes. Albuquerque TV station KOB reported that the ski passes were gone in less than 10 hours. GENE J. PUSKAR/AP Ski Santa Fe general manager Ben Abruzzo said they put 2,900 different reservation-based passes on sale at midnight. Plastic wrap In a typical season, Ski Santa Fe sells close to 6,000 season A statue of Christopher Columbus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh was wrapped in plastic to protect it from vandalism Monday. passes over a few months. Pittsburgh city crews covered the statue in advance of Columbus Day following a recommendation from Mayor Bill Peduto that it be Abruzzo said state officials fi- removed from a city park and placed in a private location yet to be determined. nalized ski areas’ coronavirus- safe plans Monday. Some of those called for its replacement, The THE CENSUS ended an unoccupied cruiser. plans include limiting ski lift ca- Baltimore Sun reported Monday. One of the troopers jumped pacity to 25 percent. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a Mary- The number of Burmese pythons authorities seized from a Salt over a guardrail to avoid being hit land Democrat, said he initiated Lake County, Utah, home that police said were being kept with- and was not injured, state police Mailman rescues man the conversation with U.S. Post- out an exotic or dangerous animal permit. A probable cause af- said. in chainsaw accident master General Louis DeJoy after 20 fidavit said a 64-year-old man sold a baby Burmese python to The wrong-way driver, An- hearing from some constituents an undercover police officer, KUTV-TV reported. Police then got drew Duffy, 55, of Cromwell, who found the mural derogatory was charged with driving under NORWALK — A mail- a search warrant for his home where they found marijuana, a gun, more than or complained of its deteriorating $2,000 and the other pythons, 10 of which were more than 10 feet long. the influence and traveling the CA man on his route in condition. wrong way on a highway, state Southern California came to the police said. rescue of a man who accidentally The three men told deputies early this month after spotting it The other driver, Jamar Jones, cut his own arm with a chainsaw, 2,350-pound pumpkin that they accidentally fell into the driving in a “careless manner,“ 28, of New Haven, was charged authorities said. wins annual contest St. Lucie River along Florida’s according to the agencies. with driving under the influ- United States Postal Service Atlantic coast, leaving the boat ence, reckless endangerment and mailman Fernando Garcia was HALF MOON BAY An officer conducting the stop unmanned. discovered a tire in the bed of motor vehicle violations. wrapping up his shift in Norwalk CA — Being cooped up at It circled around the men nu- when he heard a loud scream home due to the pandemic paid the truck, and inside it, an assist- merous times, forcing them to ing deputy found 37.5 pounds of Boy, 11, steals bus, from a nearby house and rushed handsomely for a Minnesota dive underwater so it wouldn’t toward the home to help, KNBC- horticulture teacher who used methamphetamine worth an es- leads police on chase run them over. timated street value of $350,000, TV reported. the extra time to water and feed The boat then straightened Garcia said he found a man a pumpkin that won this year’s WLBT-TV reported. BATON ROUGE — An out, hit a concrete dock, went air- The driver was charged with with a cut to the arm and used his Half Moon Bay pumpkin contest. borne and hit a second dock be- LA 11-year-old boy stole a aggravated trafficking metham- belt as a tourniquet. Travis Gienger, 40, of Anoka, fore coming to a stop, the Martin school bus, crashed into three ve- phetamine, Scott County Sheriff The Los Angeles County sher- Minn., drove his gargantuan County Sheriff’s Office said in a hicles and led Louisiana officers iff’s department posted on Twit- gourd for 35 hours to see his hard Facebook post. Mike Lee said. on a chase before crashing into a ter that the man is expected to work pay off at the 47th World The men were able to swim to a tree, authorities said. recover because of Garcia’s quick Championship Pumpkin Weigh- nearby sailboat. Trooper dives to safety Baton Rouge Police said the action. Off in Half Moon Bay where his as car hits cruiser boy was not injured in the crash, winner came in at 2,350 pounds. Officers: 37 pounds of news outlets reported. Mural depicting slavery The first-time pumpkin champ Police spokesperson Sgt. L’Jean meth found in spare tire BERLIN — A Connect- McKneely Jr. said the boy took won $16,450, or $7 per pound, for icut state trooper dived at post office covered the pumpkin . CT the bus from the parking lot of the FOREST — Officers to safety as an alleged under-the- Progress Head Start Center. CATONSVILLE — A Driverless boat spins of MS who pulled a driver influence driver struck a cruiser He was charged with theft of a MD nearly 80-year-old over for a traffic violation in in the shoulder of a highway vehicle, aggravated flight, three mural inside a Maryland post control, smashes docks Mississippi allegedly discovered where police had pulled over a counts of damage to property and office that portrays Black slaves about 37 pounds of methamphet- wrong-way driver who was also one count of aggravated assault. pulling barrels of tobacco along- PORT ST. LUCIE — amine hidden inside a spare tire suspected of being impaired, au- The aggravated assault charge side white men on horses was FL Three men conducting stashed in the vehicle. thorities said. comes from the boy “purposely covered in plastic. a photo shoot on a boat in a busy The Scott County Sheriff’s Of- Troopers had closed the right trying to strike a vehicle,“ ac- The mural in the Catonsville Florida river somehow went over- fice and the Flowood Police De- lane and shoulder and the emer- cording to police. post office was covered after board, leaving the 24-foot vessel partment stopped a pickup truck gency lights on their cruisers state and federal representatives unmanned and out of control. along an interstate near Flowood were on when a second car rear- From wire reports PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 FACES Stevie Wonder: Everything’s all right Musical icon gives health update, releases 2 new songs on new label

BY MESFIN FEKADU Love Song” when he was 18. “Then came this year,” he said, “with all Associated Press the confusion and all the hate and all the east versus west, left versus right. It’s just a hard break.” Stevie Wonder released two new songs Tuesday reflecting the cur- All proceeds from “Where Is Our Love Song” — which features rent times that he hopes inspires change. Grammy-winning guitarist Gary Clark Jr. — will benefit Feeding The piano-playing icon dropped the tracks “Where Is Our Love America. Song” and “Can’t Put It In the Hands of Fate,” which he also an- Rappers Busta Rhymes, Rapsody, Cordae and Chika appear on nounced would be released through his new label So What “Can’t Put It In the Hands of Fate.” Wonder said he plans to in- the Fuss Music, distributed through Universal Music clude the songs on a new EP. Group’s Republic Records (Wonder was signed to Mo- He explained that “Can’t Put It In the Hands of Fate” was a AP town Records for the majority of his career). song originally about a relationship, but then he updated the Wonder, 70, made the announcement during a vir- lyrics after “thinking about where we (are) in the world Megan Thee Stallion wrote an tual press conference Tuesday and also gave an up- and thinking about how this is the most crucial time.” op-ed in the New York Times. date on his health, saying he “was blessed with a new “Change is right now. We can’t put it into the hands of kidney” last December. fate. Ain’t nobody got time to wait,” he said. “We can’t Megan Thee Stallion “Since I have been released from the hospital, the put it in the hands of fate finding a cure for this dreadful writes op-ed on need nurses have made sure I’ve taken my medicine on virus. We got to get on our knees and pray or whatever time and I’m going to do it for as long as I have to, you do.” to protect Black women even if it is the rest of my life. I feel great. My voice “I want everyone to be well,” he continued. “I don’t An op-ed by Megan Thee Stal- feels great,” he said. “I feel like I’m about 40 right care what color you are because actually I don’t see your lion on the need to protect Black now, and I just thank everyone for the prayers and the color. You see color, don’t act like you don’t see color; you women was published Tuesday as love.” do. But I don’t see your visual color. But I do feel your rapper Tory Lanez had his first “And for all of the people that have been listen- soul. I do feel your spirit. I see the color of your court hearing on felony charges ing to these rumors, listen, if I’m feeling some spirit and soul, and I’m seeing too many alleging he shot her. kind of way, I’ll let you know,” he continued. spirts and souls that are not about the “I was recently the victim of “We don’t want to have misinformation. I love that we’re supposed to have and an act of violence by a man,” she am alive and well.” feel for one another.” wrote in the New York Times, Tuesday’s announcement without naming Lanez. The op- — which Wonder said was the Stevie Wonder, shown in 2017, ed was published shortly before a first time he released two hopes to inspire change with judge released him on bail and or- songs at the same time — co- two new tracks on his new label, dered him to stay away from her. incided with the 36th birth- So What the Fuss Music: “After a party, I was shot twice day of his second oldest son, “Where Is Our Love Song” as I walked away from him,” she Mumtaz Morris. and “Can’t Put It In wrote about the attacker. “We Wonder said he started the Hands of Fate.” were not in a relationship. Truth- writing “Where Is Our AP fully, I was shocked that I ended up in that place.” In the piece titled “Why I Speak Up For Black Women,” the BTS stirs up hip-hop star writes that “Black women are still constantly dis- respected and disregarded in so China with many areas of life.” In her first public comments on the matter since Lanez was war remarks charged Thursday, she explains why, on July 12, the night she was shot in the feet in the Hollywood BY JUWON PARK Hills, she declined to tell police or Associated Press otherwise publicize that her inju- ries were from gunfire. Chinese nationalists erupted in anger at “My initial silence about what South Korean boy band BTS after its lead- happened was out of fear for my- er thanked Korean War veterans for their self and my friends,” she writes. sacrifices. “Even as a victim, I have been met The singer, who goes by RM, made the re- with skepticism and judgment. mark in a recorded acceptance speech for an The way people have publicly award from the Korea Society for promoting questioned and debated whether U.S.-Korean relations. I played a role in my own violent “We will always remember the history of AP assault proves that my fears about pain that our two nations shared together and discussing what happened were, the sacrifices of countless men and women,” Chinese nationalists are angry at South Korean boy band BTS after its leader RM, third unfortunately, warranted.” RM said in the speech, which included no from right, thanked Korean War veterans in an award acceptance speech. Lanez, whose legal name is mention of China. Daystar Peterson, made his court “After 70 years, the world we are living in absolutely not allowed.” controlled media to whip up anger against appearance by phone in Los An- is much closer than before. Boundaries in A hashtag “BTS Insults China” had been foreign companies, celebrities or govern- geles on charges of assault with many aspects are getting more blurred,” RM viewed more than 4.5 million times, accord- ments that take steps Beijing dislikes. a semiautomatic firearm and said. “As members of the global community, ing to Sina Weibo. Last year, Chinese state TV suspended carrying a loaded, unregistered we should build a deeper understanding and “Many Chinese netizens pointed out that broadcasts of NBA games after the general firearm in a vehicle. He said only solidarity to be happier together.” the speech plays up to U.S. netizens, but the manager of the Houston Rockets expressed “yes, your honor” to a series of Chinese internet users and state media country played the role of aggressor in the support for anti-government protesters in questions from the judge and did took RM’s comments as a slap at China, war,” said an article in the Global Times Hong Kong. Broadcasts resumed this week. not enter a plea. His arraignment whose soldiers fought alongside North Ko- newspaper, controlled by the Chinese Com- was postponed until Nov. 18. rean forces during their failed attempt to munist Party. Other news Lanez’s bail was set at $190,000, annex South Korea in the 1950-53 war. They The attacks reflect Beijing’s assertiveness which was promptly posted, and accused RM of ignoring the role played by abroad and enduring Chinese sensitivity Conchata Ferrell, who became known he was ordered to make no contact China in the war, which Chinese Commu- about the Korean Peninsula. for her role as Berta the housekeeper on TV’s with Megan Thee Stallion and to nist Party propaganda blames on the United Asked about the controversy, a Chinese “Two and a Half Men” after a long career as States, instead of North Korean leader Kim foreign ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, a character actor on stage and in movies, in- surrender any guns he owns. He Il Sung’s attack on South Korea. said, “What I want to say is that it should be cluding “Mystic Pizza” and “Network,” has has been free since he was briefly “Before, I thought some BTS songs were our common pursuit to take history as a mir- died. She was 77. Ferrell died Monday at jailed after an arrest on suspicion pretty good. Now, they seem to be covered in ror, face the future, cherish peace and pro- Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles fol- of illegal weapon possession on excrement,” said a commenter on the micro- mote friendship.” lowing cardiac arrest, according to publicist the day of the shooting. blog service Sina Weibo. “Insulting China is The ruling party uses the entirely state- Cynthia Snyder. From The Associated Press Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Lincoln didn’t deserve Portland’s wrath Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY DAVID VON DREHLE stuffed into his mouth. tainted justice. The Washington Post Some of the killings were even more bru- Ramsey and Pope both warned Lincoln EDITORIAL tal: A baby was nailed to a tree. Women and that failure to kill the 303 would result in ioters in Portland, Ore., smashed children hiding in a field of tall grass were far worse bloodshed. “Private revenge” by Terry Leonard, Editor windows and toppled statues on burned alive. Panic was so widespread lynch mobs would result in the “indiscrim- [email protected] the eve of the federal holiday ded- among the settlers that Lincoln dispatched inate massacre of all the Indians — old Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Ricated to Christopher Columbus. one of his private secretaries, John Nico- men, women, and children,” the general [email protected] Supposedly, the riots were in celebration of lay, to go by train to Minnesota and render wrote. But Lincoln began a careful review the Indigenous peoples of North America, a reliable report. of each case. Exasperated, the governor of- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content but color me skeptical. The rioters went to [email protected] The timing could not have been worse for fered to take control of the prisoners and considerable lengths to avoid being pho- Lincoln. A springtime of Union successes execute them on state authority. Members Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation tographed or recorded, much less inter- had sagged into a summer of demoralizing of Congress arriving from Minnesota for [email protected] viewed or named. Nor were they willing to failures culminating in a two-pronged in- the new session added their own warnings be arrested for their beliefs when police fi- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital vasion of the North by Confederate armies. of mob violence if the Sioux were not sacri- nally intervened — they skedaddled at the Union troops were deserting by the thou- ficed immediately. [email protected] first sign of flashing lights. sands. Lincoln’s Cabinet appeared to be Advised by a lawyer that he must per- Let’s suppose they really were who they splintering. And Queen Victoria’s govern- sonally decide each potential clemency, purported to be and that their reason for BUREAU STAFF ment was preparing to intervene in the Lincoln tediously ground his way through dragging down a statue of Abraham Lin- war to force a conclusion that would per- Europe/Mideast coln was, in fact, his role in the 1862 mass 303 files — even as the Civil War dragged manently divide the United States. and pressure grew from opponents of his Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief execution of Dakota Sioux tribesmen in [email protected] Minnesota. Fair enough. Let’s have a look Assured by his secretary of the need proposed Emancipation Proclamation. The +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 at this painful chapter of U.S. history. for more troops, Lincoln dispatched suffi- easy and popular thing to do was to give In August 1862, starving Dakota fami- cient forces to Minnesota to bring the war Minnesota’s citizenry the executions they Pacific to an end. Gen. John Pope telegraphed the demanded, but as Lincoln explained after- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief lies, whose annuity payments under a [email protected] laxly enforced treaty had been delayed by president in October that he intended to ward, “I could not hang men for votes.” +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 the confusion of the Civil War, appealed to hold prompt trials for hundreds of Dakota Ultimately, the president teased from the owner of a reservation trading post for prisoners, and was “anxious to execute a records of the sham tribunals sufficient Washington food on credit. The trader, Andrew Myrick, number of them.” The tribunals were an grounds to spare the lives of roughly seven Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief was reported to have answered, “Let them acknowledged sham: Pope wrote at the out of every eight condemned Dakota. The [email protected] outset that he found it difficult to figure out hanging of 38 prisoners later in December (+1)(202)886-0033 eat grass or their own dung.” The next day, Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News an outraged young tribesman murdered a which Dakota participated in the fighting was the largest mass execution in U.S. his- [email protected] family of settlers. and which ones actually tried to prevent it. tory, but on the same day, 265 lives were Chief Little Crow reluctantly agreed to In early November, in the midst of a saved solely by the conscience of one man. CIRCULATION expand the assault into a general war on chastening off-year election, Pope for- Someday, Portland’s anonymous vandals settlers along the Upper Minnesota River, warded a list of 303 prisoners he intend- may confront in their own lives unsought Mideast ed to hang. Minnesota Gov. Alexander circumstances that require an agonizing Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager though he predicted the ultimate result. [email protected] “The white men are like the locusts,” he Ramsey followed up with a plea to Lincoln decision. They might remember Lincoln [email protected] said. No matter how many the Sioux killed, that “the execution of every Sioux Indian — might even honor him — who served in DSN (314)583-9111 “ten times ten will come to kill you.” In the condemned by the military court will be at most unwelcome circumstances and bore following weeks, as many as 800 settlers once ordered.” Instead, the harried presi- the weight of dreadful choices. Europe were killed in history’s largest uprising dent demanded that all the files be sent to Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager David Von Drehle is a Washington Post columnist. [email protected] of Native Americans — including Myrick, him for review. Lincoln rightly suspected He is the author of “Rise to Greatness: Abraham [email protected] whose corpse was recovered with grass that the public’s desire for revenge had Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year.” +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Control of the Senate is an even bigger deal than ever CONTACT US BY CHARLES LANE relic” and Democratic vice-presidential West Virginia (five electoral votes), and Washington The Washington Post nominee Sen. 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Otherwise, mutates into conflict over the Senate, fol- handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor dorsing the 60-vote filibuster as one of the would there be a huge naval shipyard in lowed by conflict within it. The deeper the of the purchaser, user or patron. “existing rules, practices, and traditions” Maine or Coast Guard facilities in land- division, the more dangerous the conflict. necessary to the Senate’s “unique role.” locked West Virginia? © Stars and Stripes 2020 Charles Lane is a member of the Council on Yet former President Barack Obama this Good policy or not, such largesse helps Foreign Relations, and a frequent panelist on Fox stripes.com year branded the filibuster a “Jim Crow explain why Democrat Joe Manchin, of News’s “Special Report” and “Fox News Sunday.” PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/NFL

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United 2 10 5 11 13 30 Liberty (4-0) at Syracuse (1-3) WESTERN CONFERENCE Tuesday’s transactions South Florida (1-3) at Temple (0-1) W L T Pts GF GA BASEBALL Kansas (0-3) at West Virginia (2-1) Seattle 9 4 3 30 35 17 Major League Baseball SOUTH Portland 9 4 3 30 36 27 National League Auburn (2-1) at South Carolina (1-2) Sporting KC 9 5 2 29 29 22 ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed OF Adam Clemson (4-0) at Georgia Tech (2-2) Los Angeles FC 7 6 3 24 38 31 Duvall on the 10-day IL. Activated INF Jo- Kentucky (1-2) at Tennessee (2-1) Minnesota United 6 5 5 23 26 21 Texas State (1-4) at South Alabama FC Dallas 5 4 6 21 21 17 han Camargo. BILL KOSTROUN/AP WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Assigned (1-2) San Jose 5 7 5 20 24 43 RHP James Bourque and C Raudy Read to Pittsburgh (3-2) at Miami (3-1) Colorado 5 4 4 19 25 20 Fresno (PCL). Navy (2-2) at East Carolina (1-2) Houston 4 6 7 19 24 27 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday the league “cannot FOOTBALL W. Kentucky (1-3) at UAB (3-1) Vancouver 6 11 0 18 20 38 grow complacent, not the players, not the coaches, not the rest of National Football League Jacksonville St. (1-1) at North Ala- Real Salt Lake 4 7 6 18 22 28 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed CB bama (0-1) LA Galaxy 4 8 3 15 21 30 our personnel” while dealing with protocols for COVID-19. Prince Amukamara to the practice LSU (1-2) at Florida (2-1) Note: Three points for victory, one squad. Released WR Jaron Brown from UCF (2-1) at Memphis (1-1) point for tie. the practice squad. Duke (1-4) at NC State (3-1) Wednesday’s games ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed DL E. Kentucky (1-3) at Troy (2-1) Columbus at Cincinnati Marion Davidson on the reserve/COVID- Texas A&M (2-1) at Mississippi St. (1-2) New England at Montreal 19 list. Signed LB James Burgess to the UMass at Georgia Southern (2-1) New York City FC at Orlando City practice squad. Promoted CB Tyler Hall Virginia (1-2) at Wake Forest (1-2) New York at Toronto FC to the active roster. North Texas (1-3) at Middle Tennessee Philadelphia at D.C. United NFL still has no BUFFALO BILLS — Promoted LB Andre (1-4) Nashville at Houston Smith and CB Dane Jackson to the active Marshall (3-0) at Louisiana Tech (3-1) Atlanta at Miami roster. North Carolina (3-0) at Florida St. (1-3) Chicago at Minnesota CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed TE Jor- Boston College (3-1) at Virginia Tech Sporting Kansas City at FC Dallas dan Franks and OT Timon Parris to the (2-1) Portland at Real Salt Lake practice squad. Released TE Kyle Mark- FIU (0-2) at Charlotte (1-2) Colorado at Seattle ppd. way from the practice squad. Georgia (3-0) at Alabama (3-0) Los Angeles FC at Vancouver DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed QB Gar- MIDWEST San Jose at LA Galaxy rett Gilbert. Louisville (1-3) at Notre Dame (3-0) Saturday’s games plans for bubble DENVER BRONCOS — Signed DB Chris Vanderbilt (0-3) at Missouri (1-2), ppd. Cent. Arkansas (2-3) at Missouri St. (0-2) Sporting Kansas City at Chicago Cooper to the practice squad. Miami at Montreal DETROIT LIONS — Signed WR Victor SOUTHWEST Sunday’s games Bolden to the practice squad. Released Cincinnati (3-0) at Tulsa (1-1) New York City FC at Columbus RB Tavien Feaster. Army (4-1) at UTSA (3-2) Orlando City at New York GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed TE Jo- Mississippi (1-2) at Arkansas (1-2) D.C. United at Cincinnati siah Deguara on injured reserve. Placed Angelo State University at Stephen F. Atlanta at Toronto FC C Jake Hanson to the practice squad in- Austin (1-3) But will begin testing on game day Houston at Minnesota jured reserve. Signed WR Kalija Lipscomb West Texas A&M University (0-1) at Real Salt Lake at Colorado to the practice squad. Abilene Christian (0-2), ppd. Los Angeles FC at Portland HOUSTON TEXANS — Placed LB Bena- Southern Miss. (1-3) at UTEP (3-2) Oklahoma St. (3-0) at Baylor (1-1), ppd. Vancouver at LA Galaxy BY ROB MAADDI nel. It doesn’t appear the league rdrick McKinney on injured reserve. Seattle at San Jose INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB Monday’s game Associated Press will discipline the Titans for any Christian Angulo to the practice squad. Philadelphia at New England violation of protocols following a Released LB Jonas Griffith from the prac- Tuesday’s game The NFL has no plans to move tice squad. Tennis FC Dallas at Nashville review of the team’s actions. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Re-signed Wednesday, Oct. 21 into a bubble as it takes several DT Carl Davis to the practice squad. “We are really working closely Sporting Kansas City at Colorado new steps to combat the spread of KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed FB St. Petersburg Open ppd. and identifying and speaking to Anthony Sherman on reserve/COVID-19 Tuesday Thursday, Oct. 22 the coronavirus. clubs and players in open dia- list. Portland at Seattle LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Signed DB D.J. At Sibur Arena The league will begin PCR test- logue,” Goodell said. “This is not White to the practice squad. St. Petersburg, Russia Friday, Oct. 23 New England at Nashville LOS ANGELES RAMS — Placed S Jordan Purse: $1,243,790 ing for COVID-19 on game days about discipline. This is about Fuller on injured reserve. Promoted DB Surface: Hardcourt indoor Saturday, Oct. 24 starting this week, use of masks Juju Hughes to the active roster. Signed Men’s Singles Orlando City at Miami making sure we’re keeping our DT Eric Banks to the practice squad. Round of 32 D.C. United at Atlanta in walkthroughs are now manda- personnel safe. And that’s been MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DE Borna Coric (7), Croatia, def. Feliciano New York at Chicago tory and only play-callers will be Eddie Yarbrough to the practice squad. Lopez, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Minnesota at Cincinnati our entire focus today.” Waived DT Hercules Mata’afa. Signed DE Ilya Ivashka, Belarus, def. Adrian Man- Montreal at New York City FC permitted to wear face shields Goodell said the league will Jordan Brailford. narino, France, 6-3, 7-6 (6). Toronto FC at Philadelphia NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived WR Da- Milos Raonic (6), Canada, def. Jeffrey Columbus at Houston in lieu of masks or gaiters on the maintain flexibility in order to mion Ratley from the practice squad. John Wolf, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Colorado at Sporting Kansas City sideline. complete the season with the Promoted WR Austin Mack to the active Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, def. FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake roster. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 7-6 San Jose at Vancouver “We cannot grow complacent, Super Bowl. However, it doesn’t NEW YORK JETS — Placed WR Chris (7). not the players, not the coach- appear one of those options will Hogan on injured reserve. Promoted CB Karen Khachanov (4), Russia, def. NWSL Lamar Jackson to the active roster. Re- James Duckworth, Australia, 6-4, 6-4. es, not the rest of our person- be moving the playoffs into a bub- signed WR Josh Malone to the practice Andrey Rublev (3), Russia, def. Vasek W L T Pts GF GA nel,” NFL Commissioner Roger squad. Pospisil, Canada, 6-2, 6-4. Portland 3 0 1 10 10 3 ble like Major League Baseball PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Designated Men’s Doubles Houston 3 1 0 9 12 7 Goodell said Tuesday following did. The NBA and NHL finished S Will Parks from injured reserve. Waived Round of 16 Washington 2 1 1 7 5 4 DB Grayland Arnold and DE Casey Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Edouard Sky Blue FC 2 2 0 6 6 7 virtual meetings with team own- their regular seasons and post- Toohill. Roger-Vasselin (2), France, def. Evgeny Chicago 1 2 1 4 7 7 ers. “Ninety percent is not good seasons in bubbles. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Claimed CB Donskoy and Roman Safiullin, Russia, 6- North Carolina 1 1 1 4 5 7 Parnell Motley off waivers from Tampa 2, 7-6 (3). Utah 0 1 2 2 3 6 enough in this environment. We Troy Vincent, the NFL’s ex- Bay. Cameron Norrie, Britain, and Taylor Orlando 0 2 1 1 2 5 have to be incredibly diligent and SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released LB Fritz, United States, def. Daniel Evans and Reign FC 0 2 1 1 4 8 ecutive vice president of football Tim Williams from the practice squad. Luke Bambridge, Britain, 3-6, 6-3, 10-5. Note: Three points for victory, one disciplined.” operations, said the league is TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed Evgenii Tiurnev and Daniil Golubev, point for tie. The updated protocols sent to DB Ross Cockrell. Signed WR Travis Jon- Russia, def. James Duckworth, Australia, Saturday, Oct. 10 “proceeding as is” and deferred son, TE Codey McElroy and LB Tegray and Ilya Ivashka, Belarus, walkover. Sky Blue FC 3, Chicago 1 teams Monday night also require to Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s Scales to the practice squad. Designated Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands, and Portland 2, Reign FC 1 WR John Hurst and G John Molchon from Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, def. Sander Saturday’s games anyone identified as a “high risk” chief medical officer. injured reserve. Gille and Joran Vliegen (3), Belgium, 7-6 North Carolina at Orlando close contact to be isolated and not Sills said all options are on the TENNESSEE TITANS — Activated CB (1), 7-6 (7). Utah at Reign FC Kristian Fulton and OLB Kamalei Correa permitted to return to the team’s table but warned there are sev- from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Promot- facility for at least five days. ed OL David Quessenberry, DB Kareem eral risks to moving into a bubble. Orr, WR Cody Hollister and LB Daren Auto racing “We expected positive COVID He pointed out that other indi- Bates to the active roster. HOCKEY cases as long as the pandemic is viduals such as service workers National Hockey League prevalent in our society,” Goodell still have to go in and out of the NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed G NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity points leaders Kasimir Kaskisuo and D Tyler Lewington points leaders Through Oct. 11 said, citing rising numbers in bubble. He emphasized the infec- to one-year, two-way contracts. 1. Chase Briscoe ...... 3060 (8) communities. “Our protocols are tion can spread more rapidly if it NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to Through Oct. 11 2. Austin Cindric ...... 3050 (5) terms with F Austin Czarnik and D Grant 1. Kevin Harvick ...... 4067 3. Justin Allgaier ...... 3033 (3) designed to identify through test- gets inside. And, he stressed the Hutton on two-year contracts. 2. Denny Hamlin ...... 4054 4. Noah Gragson ...... 3025 (2) ing, isolate and then prevent the human element, saying that being SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed F Patrick 3. Brad Keselowski ...... 4035 5. Justin Haley ...... 3023 (3) Marleau to a one-year contract. 4. Chase Elliott ...... 4027 6. Brandon Jones ...... 3020 (3) spread of the virus in our team sequestered can cause an “emo- USA Hockey 5. Joey Logano ...... 4022 6. Martin Truex Jr ...... 4017 7. Ross Chastain ...... 3010 (0) environments, and our medical tional” and “behavioral health UNITED STATES WOMEN’S NATIONAL 8. Ryan Sieg ...... 3002 (0) ICE HOCKEY TEAM — Announced the re- 7. Alex Bowman ...... 4009 experts are encouraged by the toll” that becomes a “really sig- 8. Kurt Busch ...... 4006 9. Harrison Burton...... 2068 (2) tirement of captain Meghan Duggan. 10. Brandon Brown ...... 2068 (0) SOCCER 9. Kyle Busch ...... 2187 fact that with few exceptions, we nificant stress point,” especially 10. Austin Dillon ...... 2186 11. Michael Annett ...... 2061 (0) Major League Soccer 12. Riley Herbst ...... 2060 (0) have not seen transmission of the around the holidays. MLS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE — 11. Ryan Blaney ...... 2160 12. William Byron ...... 2155 13. Jeremy Clements ...... 576 (0) virus.” “So for all of those reasons, Warned Atlanta United and New York Red 14. Alex Labbe ...... 543 (0) Bulls for violating the mass confronta- 13. Clint Bowyer ...... 2154 Goodell spoke a few hours be- tion policy in a match on Oct. 10. Fined M 14. Aric Almirola ...... 2143 15. Daniel Hemric ...... 508 (0) right now, today, we don’t feel like Jeff Larentowicz from Atlanta United and 15. Matt DiBenedetto ...... 2131 16. Josh Williams ...... 508 (0) fore the Tennessee Titans were that is the safest course of action M Marc Rzatkowski from New York Red 16. Cole Custer ...... 2123 17. Myatt Snider ...... 503 (0) Bulls an undisclosed amount for insti- 17. Erik Jones ...... 786 18. Anthony Alfredo...... 481 (0) scheduled to host Buffalo in their for us,” Sills said. “We’ve consis- gating and escalating a mass confronta- 18. Jimmie Johnson ...... 778 19. Jesse Little ...... 464 (0) first game since an outbreak shut tently said that we’ll reevaluate tion in a match on Oct. 10. Fined D Franco 19. Tyler Reddick ...... 715 20. Tommy Joe Martins ...... 407 (0) Escobar from Atlanta United an undis- 20. Chris Buescher ...... 608 21. Joe Graf Jr...... 376 (0) down team facilities and forced all of these decisions along the closed amount for violation of league’s 21. Christopher Bell ...... 570 22. Jeffrey Earnhardt ...... 367 (0) the schedule to be rearranged. way and make what we think is policy for hands to face, head, or neck 22. Bubba Wallace ...... 539 23. BJ McLeod ...... 366 (0) of an opponent in a match against New 23. Michael McDowell ...... 536 24. AJ Allmendinger ...... 347 (2) The Titans had eight people the safest decision and all options York on Oct. 10. 24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr ...... 509 25. Chad Finchum ...... 318 (0) test positive Sept. 29 and the total remain on the table. But that’s our NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Bernd 25. Ryan Newman ...... 500 26. Matt Mills ...... 307 (0) Eibler assistant coach. 26. Ty Dillon ...... 493 27. Vinnie Miller ...... 292 (0) reached 24 players and person- thought about it as of today.” PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 NFL Scoreboard Jets release American Conference disgruntled East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 139 142 New England 2 2 0 .500 97 92 RB Bell as Miami 2 3 0 .400 136 113 N.Y. Jets 0 5 0 .000 75 161 South Tennessee 4 0 0 1.000 122 90 trades stall Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 126 88 Houston 1 4 0 .200 110 140 Jacksonville 1 4 0 .200 109 147 BY DENNIS WASZAK JR. North Pittsburgh 4 0 0 1.000 118 87 Associated Press Baltimore 4 1 0 .800 149 76 Cleveland 4 1 0 .800 156 149 Cincinnati 1 3 1 .300 102 126 NEW YORK — Later, Le’Veon. West The New York Jets surprising- Kansas City 4 1 0 .800 149 110 Las Vegas 3 2 0 .600 151 152 ly released disgruntled running Denver 1 3 0 .250 82 98 back Le’Veon Bell on Tuesday L.A. Chargers 1 4 0 .200 110 125 night, ending a disappointing National Conference tenure after less than two full East seasons. W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 2 3 0 .400 163 180 The team issued a statement Philadelphia 1 3 1 .300 113 145 from general manager Joe Doug- Washington 1 4 0 .200 89 142 N.Y. Giants 0 5 0 .000 81 133 las in which he said the Jets made South the move after having several Carolina 3 2 0 .600 122 118 New Orleans 3 2 0 .600 153 150 conversations with Bell and his Tampa Bay 3 2 0 .600 139 112 agent during the last few days Atlanta 0 5 0 .000 122 161 North and exploring trade options. Green Bay 4 0 0 1.000 152 101 In a post on Twitter shortly Chicago 4 1 0 .800 105 100 Detroit 1 3 0 .250 99 127 after the Jets’ statement, Bell WADE PAYNE/AP Minnesota 1 4 0 .200 132 152 posted only a hands in prayer West Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill, center, celebrates a first-half, 10-yard touchdown run. He Seattle 5 0 0 1.000 169 135 emoji — implying that the feel- L.A. Rams 4 1 0 .800 136 90 also passed for three touchdowns in Tuesday’s 42-16 defeat of the Buffalo Bills in Nashville, Tenn. Arizona 3 2 0 .600 128 102 ing is mutual and his wish was San Francisco 2 3 0 .400 124 114 granted. Sunday’s games Baltimore 27, Cincinnati 3 He later followed that up with Pittsburgh 38, Philadelphia 29 another tweet: “Got a lot to prove,” Carolina 23, Atlanta 16 Las Vegas 40, Kansas City 32 he said. “I’m ready to go.” Titans’ Tannehill turns it on L.A. Rams 30, Washington 10 As a vested veteran, Bell does Arizona 30, N.Y. Jets 10 Houston 30, Jacksonville 14 not have to clear waivers. He was Miami 43, San Francisco 17 available to sign with another Dallas 37, N.Y. Giants 34 Cleveland 32, Indianapolis 23 team after 4 p.m. Wednesday. QB has four TDs as Tennessee goes to 4-0, hands Bills their 1st loss Seattle 27, Minnesota 26 Bell and coach Adam Gase Monday’s game New Orleans 30, L.A. Chargers 27, OT appeared to not mesh since the BY TERESA M. WALKER cause of a back injury and Levi Tuesday’s game running back signed a four-year, By the numbers Tennessee 42, Buffalo 16 Associated Press Wallace on injured reserve. Open: Detroit, Green Bay, Denver, New $52.5 million contract with $35 Starting wide receiver John England million guaranteed last year as NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Sunday, Oct. 18 Brown also was out for Buffalo, Houston at Tennessee a free agent. There were reports Tennessee Titans just put to- which had scored at least 30 Washington at N.Y. Giants that Gase was opposed to the Jets gether their most gratifying vic- Cincinnati at Indianapolis points in the past three games. Atlanta at Minnesota — mainly then-general manager tory of coach Mike Vrabel’s short “They were ready to go and at Chicago at Carolina 21 Detroit at Jacksonville Mike Maccagnan — giving such a tenure. the same time we beat ourselves,” Cleveland at Pittsburgh large contract to a running back. They spent the past two weeks Bills coach Sean McDermott Denver at New England Bell spent his first six NFL dealing with the NFL’s first Baltimore at Philadelphia Number of times the NFL said. N.Y. Jets at Miami years in Pittsburgh, but sat out COVID-19 outbreak with each Green Bay at Tampa Bay Buffalo center Mitch Morse the entire 2018 season in a con- morning bringing news of yet has played on a Tuesday, L.A. Rams at San Francisco called this a gut punch. Monday, Oct. 19 tract dispute with the Steelers. He another positive test. A game the last being Dec. 28, Kansas City at Buffalo “It’s tough. They came out and became a free agent and joined postponed and rescheduled with Arizona at Dallas 2010, when the Eagles beat us like a drum,” Morse said. Open: L.A. Chargers, Las Vegas, New the Jets in March 2019 . a second pushed back. Only one Orleans, Seattle hosted Minnesota on a Josh Allen came in second in He rushed for 789 yards and practice with two walk-throughs the NFL in yards passing. He Tuesday three touchdowns last season, and unrelenting criticism. Tuesday because of a threw for 263 yards and two TDs. and had a career-low 3.2 yards The Titans remain depleted. Titans 42, Bills 16 snowstorm postponement. Stephon Diggs had 10 catches for per carry. Bell also wasn’t as They’re also still undefeated. Buffalo 7 3 0 6—16 106 yards. Tennessee 7 14 7 14—42 prominently featured in the pass- Ryan Tannehill threw for First quarter Tennessee needed the turn- ing game as expected, catching 66 three touchdowns and ran for Ten—A.Brown 16 pass from Tannehill overs with seven key players on (Gostkowski kick), 12:45. passes for 461 yards and a score. one as Tennessee routed the Buf- Buf—McKenzie 3 pass from Allen 16 the reserve/COVID-19 list led by (Bass kick), 6:02. Bell. who missed three games falo Bills 42-16 on a rare Tuesday Second quarter this season with a hamstring in- night in a showdown between two wide receivers Corey Davis and Ten—Henry 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 13:54. jury, finished with 74 yards on 19 of the NFL’s five remaining un- Adam Humphries and defensive Days since the last time the Buf—FG Bass 43, 8:35. carries and three catches for 39 defeated teams pushed back two lineman Jeffery Simmons. The Ten—Tannehill 10 run (Gostkowski Titans played, on Sept. 27 Titans also were missing a couple kick), :16. yards. days after a couple more positive Third quarter in Minnesota. of assistant coaches and two play- Ten—J.Smith 4 pass from Tannehill tests for the Titans last week. (Gostkowski kick), 1:49. “What this organization has ers activated off that reserve list Fourth quarter earlier Tuesday were scratched. Buf—Yeldon 22 pass from Allen (pass been through over the past cou- SOURCE: Associated Press failed), 10:00. ple weeks to really fight through The Titans got a big boost on Ten—Henry 9 run (Gostkowski kick), the Bills’ opening drive. 3:57. all of that, shake it all off, really Malcolm Butler intercepted Ten—J.Smith 7 pass from Tannehill limited practice, limited reps and two passes, the second he re- Allen’s pass went off Andre (Gostkowski kick), 1:59. A—8,403. go out and put this kind of win to- turned 68 yards, and both set up Roberts’ hands right to Butler, BUF TEN and he returned the interception First downs 23 25 gether, I think makes a statement short touchdowns for the Titans. Total Net Yards 370 334 and I’m happy we were able to do Kareem Orr’s recovery of a fum- 29 yards to the Buffalo 16. Two Rushes-yards 22-95 34-139 plays later, Tannehill hit A.J. Passing 275 195 that today,” Tannehill said. bled kickoff set up Tannehill’s Punt Returns 1--1 2-40 Tennessee (4-0) continued its fourth TD for 21 points off Buf- Brown, who missed the last two Kickoff Returns 6-138 2-35 games with an injured knee, for a Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-97 best start since winning its first falo’s three turnovers. Kalif Ray- Comp-Att-Int 29-46-2 21-28-0 10 games in 2008 despite not mond’s 40-yard punt return also 16-yard TD for the quick lead. Sacked-Yards Lost 1-10 0-0 Punts 2-64.0 3-42.7 playing since Sept. 27 in Min- set up a 1-yard TD run by Derrick The Bills tied it up with a me- Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 nesota. Coach Mike Vrabel said Henry. thodical 15-play drive converting Penalties-Yards 10-56 6-46 Time of Possession 32:24 27:36 everyone in the organization “We expected to win,” Butler four third downs, taking advan- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS tage of a Tennessee defense play- RUSHING—Buffalo, Yeldon 7-52, Sin- would get a game ball after this said. gletary 11-25, Allen 4-18. Tennessee, performance. The Bills (4-1) had not won ing a pair of rookies in end Larrell Henry 19-57, Tannehill 4-42, McNichols 9-28, D.Evans 2-12. “I learned a long time ago is the five straight games since 2004, Murchison and cornerback Chris PASSING—Buffalo, Allen 26-41-2-263, definition of a pro is they make the and they came in looking for the Jackson. Allen tossed the ball to Barkley 3-5-0-22. Tennessee, Tannehill 21-28-0-195. DAVID DERMER/AP hard look easy, so whatever situa- franchise’s best start since 1991 Isaiah McKenzie for a 3-yard TD RECEIVING—Buffalo, Diggs 10-106, tion we’re presented with we got when Buffalo reached the Super tying it up, the ninth different Bill Beasley 6-53, Davis 5-58, McKenzie 4- The New York Jets released 7, Yeldon 1-22, Roberts 1-16, Knox 1-15, to all come together and make the Bowl. The Bills also played with- to catch a TD pass from Allen. Singletary 1-8. Tennessee, A.Brown 7-82, running back Le’Veon Bell after out starting cornerbacks, with J.Smith 5-40, Firkser 3-19, Raymond 2- less than two full seasons with best decisions for the team each The Titans scored 21 of the 26, Hollister 1-12, Westbrook-Ikhine 1-7, and every time,” Vrabel said. Tre’Davious White inactive be- next 24 points. Henry 1-6, McNichols 1-3. the team. Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Gators halt practices, meetings due to 19 new COVID-19 cases

BY MARK LONG double down Monday, but he Associated Press didn’t back down, either. He brushed aside criticism and GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No. 10 praised his players for how well Florida paused all team activities they have handled COVID safety Tuesday following “an increase protocols. in positive COVID tests among “I think if you look at what players,” putting Saturday’s home we’ve been able to do, the safety game against defending national precautions we have that our champion LSU in jeopardy. players have followed, our coach- The Gators had 19 positives fol- es follow, our staff follows, you lowing Tuesday morning testing, know, I think we’re a model of a person familiar with the situ- safety of what we’ve been doing RICK BOWMER/AP ation told the Associated Press. during this time period,” Mullen The person spoke on the condition Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham took a salary cut with a looming athletic department budget said. of anonymity because of privacy shortfall. The return of football isn’t likely to make much of a dent in the losses athletic departments “So I’m really proud of how laws. The Independent Florida across the Pac-12 will ultimately incur because of the coronavirus pandemic. we’ve handled everything and Alligator first reported the total how safe we’ve been with every- number of positives. thing we’re doing and all the pre- Athletic director Scott Stricklin cautions we’ve had in place .” said the decision to halt meetings Texas A&M AD Ross Bjork said and practices was made “out of an the Aggies have reviewed contact abundance of caution.” Stricklin tracing data deployed by the con- Pac-12 coming up short added that coach Dan Mullen has ference and found nothing yet. spoken with players and parents “At this point, there has been and that he told last week’s oppo- no impact within our football Football may be back, but not all the revenue will be nent, Texas A&M, and Saturday’s program, but we will continue opponent, the Tigers. our regular testing regimen this Stricklin said the situation “will week and stay diligent with all of BY ANNE M. PETERSON league decided on Aug. 11 to postpone all fall and be reevaluated by UF Health and our safety protocols,” Bjork said Associated Press winter sports until after the first of next year. the athletic department’s sports in a statement. But a deal with Quidel, a California-based diag- medicine staff Wednesday.” The Southeastern Conference The return of football isn’t likely to make a dra- nostic healthcare manufacturer, for a daily rapid- The shutdown came three days has postponed one game this matic dent in the losses athletic departments across results coronavirus testing program helped put the after Mullen’s eyebrow-raising week: Vanderbilt and Missouri the Pac-12 will ultimately incur because of the coro- football season — by far the biggest revenue genera- comments about wanting 90,000 was tentatively pushed to Dec. 12 navirus pandemic. tor in college sports — back on track. fans at Florida Field to create because COVID-19 issues have Faced with large budget shortfalls, most schools The league will open a seven-game, conference- a better home-field advantage left the Commodores without in the league have already resorted to layoffs, fur- only football season on Nov. 7. against the Tigers. Mullen didn’t enough players. loughs, and cutting some sports entirely. Arizona athletic director David Heeke insisted At Utah, football coach Kyle Whittingham and that discussions to restart athletics centered around basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak took salary athletes, and not budgets. cuts to help offset up to $60 million in projected loss- Arizona has estimated $60 million to $65 million es. Athletic director Mark Harlan said the Utes are in revenue losses. The Wildcats are looking at a 10% still dealing with “significant financial challenges.” One reason: as of now, none of the Pac-12 football budget cut for their sports programs and a 15% cut games will have fans in attendance. That said, any for all administrative programs. The university also help — like television revenue — is welcomed. has implemented salary cuts and furloughs. “Obviously, we have a chance to have more rev- Oregon President Michael Schill, chairman of the enue than maybe we would have thought of a few Pac-12 CEO group, echoed that the return of foot- weeks ago. So we’re going to continue to adhere to ball is by no means going to make up the shortfall. our budget and into all the policies that we put in “The losses that our schools are encountering — place to manage our way through this, knowing that particularly in our athletic department — are huge. there could be a light here at the end of the tunnel The amount of money that will be paid as a result that we’ll have more revenue that we weren’t neces- of going back to play is tiny in comparison to the sarily counting on,” Harlan said. losses,” Schill said. The pandemic shut down sports in March, in- The most dramatic action was taken by Stanford, cluding the NCAA basketball tournaments. With no which is discontinuing 11 varsity sports programs March Madness, the NCAA was short $375 million at the end of the 2020-21 academic year, including THOMAS GRANING/AP in the money scheduled to be distributed to its mem- men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight ber schools, which were already facing questions rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, Florida coach Dan Mullen, who said he wanted to pack 90,000 fans about enrollment levels and tuition shortfalls. squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball inside Florida Field for the Gators’ game with LSU this week, has Following the cancellation of all spring sports, the and wrestling. been forced to halt practices and meetings because of COVID cases. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, October 15, 2020 SPORTS BRIEFS/ALCS Brieﬂ y Bruins may be missing 2 stars to start season Associated Press verdict that will be tied to results of another round of COVID-19 The Boston Bruins could be testing. without two-thirds of their top “I would think that would come line when the next NHL season today,” Mullen said. “To be honest starts after the team said Tues- with you, it’s hard for me to spec- day that David Pastrnak and ulate until we get the test results GREGORY BULL/AP Brad Marchand each underwent back for today as to where we’re surgery last month. at. I would hate to lead anyone on Tampa Bay Rays reliever John Curtiss stretches Tuesday to snag Pastrnak isn’t expected to be or speculate on that. I would think an infield hit by the Houston Astros’ Yuli Gurriel during the seventh fully recovered and able to play today, by today, for everybody in- inning of Game 3 of the AL Championship Series in San Diego. until mid-February after an op- volved, that we would have some eration to repair a torn labrum more answers.” in his right hip Sept. 16 in New Florida paused team activities York. Pastrnak shared the Rocket Rays have been Tuesday after learning it had 19 Door: Richard Trophy by tying for the positives and about a dozen more league lead with 48 goals last sea- quarantined because of contact son and missed some time in the /AP playoffs because of injury. SEAN KILPATRICK, THE CANADIAN PRESS tracing results. Mullen said two to just one World Series assistant coaches also tested posi- Marchand won’t be good to go The Boston Bruins’ David tive for COVID-19. Those num- until roughly mid-January after Pastrnak, left, and Brad bers could increase more with having a sports hernia repaired Marchand, right, both underwent FROM BACK PAGE Wednesday’s results. AL scoreboard Sept. 14 at UMass Memorial Medi- surgery in September. “I knew that this group would cal Center in Worcester, Mass. He be capable of getting to this point. was the NHL’s first-team All-Star confirmed the extent of the in- Tampa, Phoenix to host I had no doubt in my mind,” the left wing in the postseason voting jury, which happened during the women’s Final Four 30-year-old Kiermaier said, ALCS after having 87 points on 28 goals first half of Arizona’s 30-10 win (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) praising everyone from the front Tampa 3, Houston 0 and 59 assists in 70 games when over the New York Jets on Sun- The NCAA women’s Final Four office to the coaches to the play- At San Diego is finally headed west again. Tampa Bay 2, Houston 1 play was halted. day, and coach Kliff Kingsbury ers. “This is what it’s all about. Tampa Bay 4, Houston 2 Boston defenseman Charlie said Wednesday that Jones has Phoenix will host the 2026 I’m so proud to be a part of this Tuesday: Tampa Bay 5, Houston 2 championship, the NCAA an- Wednesday: Game 4 McAvoy had arthroscopic sur- elected to have the season-ending and have so much fun with these x-Thursday: Game 5 (AFN-Sports, 11 gery on his right knee Sept. 8 and surgery. The recovery time is ex- nounced Wednesday. It will be guys.” p.m. Thursday CET; 6 a.m. Friday JKT) the first time since 2012, when x-Friday: Game 6 is expected to be ready for the pected to be 3-to-4 months. Tampa Bay reached the World x-Saturday: Game 7 start of training camp. It’s a huge blow for the Car- Denver was the host, that the Series in 2008 but lost to the Phil- The Bruins said each surgery dinals’ defense, which has im- women’s Final Four will be in the adelphia Phillies. Tuesday was successful, but the reigning proved after giving up the most Mountain or Western time zone. The innovative Rays had one of Rays 5, Astros 2 Presidents’ Trophy winners for total yards in the NFL last season. Tampa was awarded the 2025 baseball’s lowest payrolls during Tampa Bay Houston finishing with the most points Jones had a career-high 19 sacks Final Four, marking the fourth the pandemic-shortened season ab r h bi ab r h bi Meadows dh 5 0 0 0 Springer cf 4 0 0 0 in the regular season will have in 2019. He only had one sack this time that the Florida city will be and still finished with the AL’s Arozarena lf 4 1 3 0 Altuve 2b 4 1 2 1 an uphill climb to start early in season while frequently draw- the host. Tampa last hosted in Lowe 2b 5 1 0 0 Brantley lf 5 1 2 1 best record at 40-20. It seems Y.Diaz 1b 5 1 1 0 Bregman 3b 3 0 0 0 2021 if play begins Jan. 1 or soon ing double-teams from opposing 2019. a different player comes up big Brosseau 1b 0 0 0 0 Correa ss 4 0 1 0 thereafter, which the NHL is Portland, Ore., and Colum- Wendle 3b 4 1 2 2 Tucker rf 3 0 0 0 blockers. every night, whether it’s an un- Margot rf-cf 3 0 1 0 Gurriel 1b 4 0 0 0 targeting. In other NFL news: bus, Ohio, were the other two sung hitter or reliever — some- Kiermaier cf 2 1 0 0 A.Diaz dh 2 0 1 0 finalists. Zunino c 1 0 0 0 Rddck ph-dh 2 0 1 0 Boston lost to eventual Stanley Denver Broncos running times both. They’ve also played Adames ss 2 0 0 1 Garneau c 2 0 0 0 Cup champion Tampa Bay in the back Melvin Gordon III was cited The next four Final Fours will spectacular defense. Perez c 2 0 0 0 Maldonado c 1 0 0 0 be played in San Antonio, Min- Rnfroe ph-rf 2 0 1 2 Toro ph 0 0 0 0 second round of the playoffs in for driving under the influence The Astros got into the post- Totals 35 5 8 5 Totals 34 2 7 2 the Eastern Conference bubble in and speeding by Denver police on neapolis, Dallas and Cleveland. season with a 29-31 record before Tampa Bay 000 005 000—5 Houston 100 001 000—2 Toronto. The Bruins got to Game Tuesday night. Dallas will also host the Division going 5-1 to reach the ALCS. But E—Altuve (3). LOB—Tampa Bay 8, 7 of the Cup Final in 2019 before Gordon was cited for traveling II and III titles in 2023. they’ve looked nothing like the Houston 10. 2B—Arozarena (1), Renfroe (1). HR—Altuve (2), Brantley (1). S—Mar- losing to St. Louis. between 25 and 39 mph faster team that won the AL pennant got (1). In other NHL news: than the posted speed limit when Johnson out of CJ Cup two of the last three years and IP H R ER BB SO Patrick Marleau rejoined he was pulled over in downtown they remain villains to many for Tampa Bay after testing positive Yarbrough W,1-0 5 3 2 2 2 5 San Jose on Tuesday, signing a Denver, according to police illegal sign stealing en route to Fairbanks H,2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Curtiss H,2 1 2 0 0 0 1 one-year deal worth the league records. NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — the 2017 World Series title. 1 Thompson H,3 ⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 2 minimum of $700,000. The 41- Gordon is coming off his first Dustin Johnson became the most Houston fell apart in the sixth, Loup H,3 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 year-old can now break Gordie 100-yard game for the Broncos prominent player to test positive when the Rays sent 11 batters to Castillo S,2-2 1 0 0 0 2 2 Houston Howe’s all-time NHL games after signing a two-year, $16 for the coronavirus since golf the plate and scored five runs on Urquidy L,0-1 5 4 2 1 1 4 1 played record in the Sharks uni- million free agent contract last Paredes BS,0-1 ⁄3 2 3 3 0 0 resumed in June, forcing him to four hits, two hit batters and Al- 2 Raley ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 form he has worn for the vast ma- offseason. withdraw Tuesday from the CJ tuve’s error at second base. One James 2 0 0 0 0 3 jority of his career. Cup at Shadow Creek. Taylor 1 1 0 0 0 1 of the runs was unearned. Yarbrough pitched to 1 batter in the Marleau is fifth in games played Mullen apologizes, The PGA Tour said in a state- Losing pitcher Jose Urquidy 6th, Curtiss pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, and sits 44 shy of Howe’s mark ment that Johnson notified of- held Tampa Bay to two singles Urquidy pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. awaits word on tests HBP—Yarbrough (Bregman), Paredes 2 going into next season, which ficials he was experiencing through five scoreless innings (Kiermaier,Adames). T—3:59. the league is hoping to start Jan. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Coach COVID-19 symptoms and was before Randy Arozarena singled 1. He played his first 19 seasons Dan Mullen clarified his com- given another test that came back leading off the sixth. Brandon with the Sharks before leaving for ments four days after saying he positive. Lowe hit a grounder to Altuve, rifice bunt of the season. Paredes two years in Toronto, returned wanted 90,000 at Florida Field Johnson is the No. 1 player in who tried for a routine forceout hit Kiermaier on the hand to load last season and was traded to during the coronavirus pandem- the world and the reigning PGA but short-hopped the throw and the bases and then grazed Willy Pittsburgh at the deadline for a ic, apologizing Wednesday “if I Tour player of the year after win- it skipped past shortstop Carlos Adames on the pinkie with a pitch chance to win the Stanley Cup. offended people or anybody out ning the FedEx Cup for the first Correa into left field. to bring in another run. there.” time. He has not played since he Enoli Paredes replaced “A nightmare inning,” Astros Cardinals All-Pro LB A decision on his team’s game tied for sixth at the U.S. Open last Urquidy, and Yandy Diaz singled manager Dusty Baker said. Jones out for season against defending national cham- month. to load the bases. Wendle lined Renfroe, who like Margot pion LSU should happen in much Johnson is the 12th player to a single off third baseman Alex began his career with the Padres, TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Car- quicker fashion. test positive at a tournament or Bregman’s glove to give Tampa flared a pinch-hit double into dinals All-Pro linebacker Chan- The 10th-ranked Gators expect at home since the PGA Tour re- Bay a 2-1 lead. right to bring in two more runs. dler Jones is out for the season the Southeastern Conference sumed its schedule on June 8. The Manuel Margot, whose three- “That big hit has been eluding because of a biceps injury that to make a call on postponing or tour said a small number of play- run homer in Game 2 followed us the whole series,” Baker said. requires surgery. playing Saturday’s game against ers tested positive at home and the first of Altuve’s two errors, “It seems like they get whatever An MRI earlier this week the Tigers by the end of the day, a chose to keep it private. laid down Tampa Bay’s first sac- they want.” Thursday, October 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 NLCS Albies, Freeman again power Braves Pair homers for second straight game, Atlanta leads Dodgers 2-0

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Seager’s RBI double and Max Associated Press Muncy’s two-run homer. Albies extended the game with ARLINGTON, Texas — Ozzie a fielding error on Will Smith’s Albies homered into the Braves grounder to second before reign- bullpen in the ninth inning for the ing NL MVP Cody Bellinger hit second straight night, and Mark an RBI triple. Melancon induced Melancon once again grabbed the AJ Pollock to ground out to third, ball on the fly. ending the 4-hour, 12-minute Atlanta had a five-run lead at game. the time. By the time the reliever “I didn’t feel good with a big went to the mound, the lead was lead because these guys are too down to one. Melancon held on powerful, and that’s a good ball- once again. game to win. They all are now,” Freddie Freeman also hom- Atlanta manager Brian Snitker ered for the second night in a row, said. “We kind of shot ourselves and the streaking Braves beat the in the foot there at the end. Mel- Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 Tues- ancon did a great job coming in.” day night to take a 2-0 lead in the Rookie Ian Anderson extended National League Championship his postseason scoreless streak Series. in an abbreviated start as the Atlanta became just the fourth Braves moved within two wins of /AP team in major league history to their first World Series appear- PHOTO BY ERIC GAY begin a postseason 7-0 on a night ance since 1999. All previous 14 Atlanta’s Nick Markakis scores past Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith on a double by Cristian made more remarkable by Mel- teams to win the first two games Pache in the Braves’ 8-7 win Tuesday in Arlington, Texas, to take a 2-0 lead in the NLCS. ancon’s bullpen grab. of a best-of-seven NLCS went on “That’s more home runs than to claim the pennant. two-run homer in the fourth off said. “We were one swing, one around in the top of the frame I’ve caught my entire life, let “They’re not going to give up. rookie Tony Gonsolin, who filled anything away from tying that and built a 6-0 lead. alone one season,” Melancon We have to treat tomorrow like in after three-time NL Cy Young ballgame and going into extras. “We had a good game plan, and said. “Hopefully tomorrow night the first game of the series and Award winner Clayton Kershaw This is a long series. We’re look- in the playoffs you just have to is three in a row.” come out strong,” Melancon said. was scratched because of back ing up to the challenge.” keep guys from scoring and we The Braves led 7-0 in the sev- “There’s no reason for either club spasms. Freeman added an RBI Anderson allowed one hit and were able to do that,” Anderson enth but the lead had dwindled to take their foot off the gas. ... No- single as part of a four-run out- struck out five, but walked five said. “As long as we keep winning to 8-6 when Melancon replaced body has won anything yet.” burst an inning later. while throwing 85 pitches in ballgames here. ... It’s good to be Josh Tomlin with two outs in the Freeman put NL East cham- “This team’s got a lot of fight. four innings. He didn’t come out up 2-0, and we get back to work bottom of the ninth after Corey pion Atlanta ahead to stay with a We’ve done it all year,” Seager for the fifth after Braves batted tomorrow.” Issues pile up with Scoreboard NLCS (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) Dodgers in 0-2 hole Atlanta 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 At Arlington, Texas Monday: Atlanta 5, L.A. Dodgers 1 Tuesday: Atlanta 8, L.A. Dodgers 7 BY SCHUYLER DIXON his postseason debut before al- Wednesday: Game 3 Thursday: Game 4, L.A. Dodgers (Ker- Associated Press lowing five runs while getting shaw 6-2) vs. Atlanta (TBD), (AFN-Sports, just four more outs. 2 a.m. Friday CET; 9 a.m. Friday JKT) ARLINGTON, Texas — For- x-Friday: Game 5 Not even periodic chants of x-Saturday: Game 6 mer ace Clayton Kershaw is hav- “Let’s go, Dodgers” from the pan- x-Sunday: Game 7 ing more back issues, Kenley demic-reduced, mostly masked Jansen hasn’t seen the mound yet crowd of 10,624 could help in the Tuesday with his closing role unclear and second game with fans this sea- Braves 8, Dodgers 7 baseball’s highest-scoring offense Atlanta Los Angeles son. The first was the series open- ab r h bi ab r h bi stayed silent until it was too late. er in the new 40,518-seat home of Acuna Jr. rf 3 2 0 0 Betts rf 3 1 1 0 It’s no wonder the Los Ange- the Texas Rangers. Freeman 1b 4 2 2 3 Seager ss 4 2 2 4 Ozuna dh 4 0 0 0 Turner 3b 5 0 1 0 les Dodgers are down 2-0 in the The NL’s best bullpen faltered d’Arnaud c 3 1 0 1 Muncy 1b 3 1 1 2 NL Championship Series to the Albies 2b 4 1 3 2 Smith c 5 1 1 0 for the second straight night, this PHOTOS BY ERIC GAY/AP Swanson ss 5 0 2 1 Bellinger cf 5 0 1 1 Atlanta Braves, a deficit the pre- time early instead of late after Riley 3b 4 0 0 0 Pollock lf 5 0 1 0 vious 14 NL teams to face it in Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger reacts after Markakis lf 4 1 2 0 Pderson dh 3 1 1 0 Los Angeles gave up four runs Pache cf 5 1 1 1 Taylor 2b 4 1 1 0 the best-of-seven format couldn’t in the ninth inning of a 5-1 loss striking out in the sixth inning. He has one hit in the series. Totals 36 8 10 8 Totals 37 7 10 7 Atlanta 000 240 101—8 overcome. in the opener. The Dodgers tied Los Angeles 000 000 304—7 The Dodgers, who won their an LCS record by allowing four hits while walking two and hit- ninth. Seager’s RBI double scored E—Albies (1). DP—Atlanta 1, Los An- ting a batter in the left-hander’s Betts in the ninth. geles 0. LOB—Atlanta 10, Los Angeles 9. first five playoff games before walks in an inning, two by Gon- 2B—Pache (1), Markakis (1), Swanson (1), dropping their second straight solin and two from lefty reliever first postseason appearance since Muncy’s two-run homer pulled Seager (1). 3B—Bellinger (1). HR—Free- man (2), Albies (2), Seager (1), Muncy 8-7 on Tuesday night, can’t get Pedro Baez in Atlanta’s four-run 2018, when he came out of the LA within two and forced the (1). SF—Albies (1). in gear in the first neutral-site fifth. bullpen nine times. Lefty Adam Braves to use closer Mark Melan- IP H R ER BB SO NLCS and could be headed to 32 There was still no sign of Jan- Kolarek surrendered Ozzie Al- con. Bellinger’s triple scored Will Atlanta Anderson 4 1 0 0 5 5 years and counting since their sen, the cutter-throwing right- bies’ second ninth-inning homer Smith from first before AJ Pollock Matzek W,1-0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 of the series. hit a game-ending groundout . O’Day ⁄3 2 2 2 0 1 last championship. hander who was bypassed with 2 Minter ⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 Kershaw was scratched be- the score tied in the ninth inning The bats finally showed up late With the bases loaded and two Martin 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 Tomlin ⁄3 3 3 3 0 2 cause of back spasms not long be- of the opener. The club’s career in Game 2, perhaps a sign that a outs in a scoreless game in the 1 Melancon S,1-1 ⁄3 1 1 0 0 0 fore the left-hander was to make leader in saves has been strug- comeback could be in the works . third, Smith bounced into a force Los Angeles 1 his second appearance — both Corey Seager hit a three-run out at third base. The Dodgers, Gonsolin L,0-1 4 ⁄3 3 5 5 3 7 gling with velocity and command, 1 Baez ⁄3 1 1 1 2 0 2 in the playoffs the past week — a and he hasn’t pitched since he homer in the seventh inning for who led the majors in runs dur- Floro ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 2 McGee ⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 few miles from the three-time Cy couldn’t finish LA’s Game 2 win the first Dodgers runs, while ing the regular season, didn’t put 2 Wood 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 2 1 1 Young Award winner’s hometown in the Division Series against San Mookie Betts, Max Muncy and more than one runner on base in Kelly ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Kolarek 1 3 1 1 0 1 of Dallas. Tony Gonsolin filled in, Diego. Cody Bellinger each had his first an inning again until they trailed HBP—Wood (Freeman). WP—Ander- pitching three perfect innings in Alex Wood gave up a run on two hit of the series in a four-run 7-0 in the seventh. son. T—4:12. A—10,624 (40,300). 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ALCS Knocking on the door

Rays one win from World Series

BY BERNIE WILSON Associated Press ‘ We’ve played just tremendous defense all SAN DIEGO season long. It’s a credit to the guys how evin Kiermaier and hard they work at it. the Tampa Bay Rays ’ — with big assists Kevin Cash from two former Tampa Bay manager KPadres who know Petco Park’s outfield well — are one win from the second World Glove winner in center field, defense all season long,” Tampa Series berth in franchise history. saved multiple runs for the Rays Bay manager Kevin Cash said. Joey Wendle hit a go-ahead, with two outstanding catches be- “It’s a credit to the guys how hard two-run single two batters after fore leaving with a hand injury. they work at it.” another critical error by Jose Al- Kiermaier, the longest-tenured tuve, and the Rays beat the Hous- Hunter Renfroe, acquired from the San Diego Padres last De- Tampa Bay player, said it was “an ton Astros 5-2 on Tuesday night amazing feeling” to be so close to for a 3-0 lead in the AL Champi- cember, made a pair of terrific going to the Fall Classic. onship Series. grabs in right. Kiermaier, a three-time Gold “We’ve played just tremendous SEE DOOR ON PAGE 22

Top: Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier makes a diving catch on a fly ball by the Houston Astros’ Carlos Correa during the third inning of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series in San Diego. Left: Correa can’t come up with an errant throw from teammate Jose Altuve on a force at second during the sixth inning. It was Altuve’s third error in two games.

ASHLEY LANDIS, TOP, AND GREGORY BULL, LEFT/AP

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