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MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO, POST-GAZETTE/AP Pandemic air travel costly for service members with pets

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN “I considered having to give flight contracted by the Pentagon ber of rotator flights for person- Commercial options are also Stars and Stripes her up,” Oakley said of the dog for military families. nel and added more in-cabin pet limited and pricey. With thou- he handpicked six years ago from Like Oakley, many service spaces to meet the demand, but sands of flights canceled, airlines RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, a litter of puppies in Frankfurt, members returning from over- out of Ramstein, most spots for are pivoting to freight to make up Germany — Facing costs in ex- “because it was just going to cost seas with pets are scrambling for animals that don’t fit in the cabin for the lack of passengers, put- cess of $3,000 to move his pet in so much.” limited spaces, as commercial are already booked through Au- ting a premium on cargo space, the middle of a pandemic, Air Oakley said he had to “move shipping costs skyrocket amid gust, base transportation officials said Kari Mendoza, a Navy vet- Force Tech. Sgt. Gregory Oakley mountains” to get one of 10 pet the disruption to air travel caused said. eran who for more than 10 years thought he might have to leave his spots in the cargo hold flying from by the coronavirus pandemic. “They’re running out fast,” said has run Island Pet Movers, beloved Corgi, Fritzi, behind with Ramstein to Baltimore on Friday The Defense Department has Revillano Sarao, Ramstein’s in- another family in Germany. on the Patriot Express, a charter temporarily increased the num- stallation transportation officer. SEE COSTLY ON PAGE 7 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9631 US consumer spending sinks by record 13.6% Euro costs (June 1) ...... $ 1.09 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.82 Dollar buys (June 1)...... €0.8754 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.8401 British pound (June 1) ...... $ 1.21 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press Department figures reinforced items such as clothing to services Japanese yen (June 1) ...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (June 1) ...... 1207.00 facilities in the country of issuance evidence that the economy is ranging from doctor visits to hair- Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the WASHINGTON — U.S. con- Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3775 gripped by the worst downturn in cuts. Spending tumbled 17.3% for Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ...... $1.2352 sumer spending plunged by a nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., decades, with consumers unable durable goods, 16.2% for non-du- Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3771 purchasing British pounds in Germany), record-shattering 13.6% in April China (Yuan) ...... 7.1420 or too anxious to spend much. rables and 12.2% for services. check with your local military banking as the viral pandemic shuttered Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7031 Even with employers cutting The depth of the spending drop facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.8405 businesses, forced millions of lay- rates provided for reference when buying millions of jobs incomes soared is particularly damaging because Euro ...... $1.1120/0.8993 currency. All figures are foreign currencies offs and sent the economy into a 10.5% in April, reflecting billions consumer spending is the primary Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7548 deep recession. Hungary (Forint) ...... 313.28 to one dollar, except for the British pound, of dollars in government pay- driver of the economy, accounting Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5211 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Last month’s spending decline ments in the form of unemploy- for about 70% of economic activ- Japan (Yen) ...... 107.54 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) was far worse than the revised ment aid and stimulus checks. ity. Last month’s figure signaled Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3087 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 9.7140 6.9% drop in March, which itself Friday’s report showed sharp the April-June quarter will be es- Philippines (Peso)...... 50.52 Prime rate ...... 3.25 had set a record for the steepest declines in consumer spending pecially grim, with the economy Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.00 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7563 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 one-month fall in records dat- across the board — from durable thought to be shrinking at an an- Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4137 3-month bill ...... 0.14 ing to 1959. Friday’s Commerce goods like cars to non-durable nual rate near 40%. South Korea (Won) ...... 1237.28 30-year bond ...... 1.47 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

Misawa 64/58 Kabul 87/47 Seoul 73/53 Baghdad 105/74 Kandahar 100/61 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 74/54 74/62 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 70/49 64/47 71/58 Iwakuni 67/64 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 90/87 Brussels 65/47 Guam 106/85 74/52 Ramstein 71/63 88/78 Lajes, 70/50 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 107/78 109/78 61/58 68/47 67/53 Aviano/ Vicenza 70/51

Naples 69/59 Okinawa Morón 79/76 86/61 Sigonella Rota 73/56 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 100/86 71/65 68/63 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 19 Crossword ...... 19 Faces ...... 15 Opinion ...... 16-17 Sports ...... 20-24 Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Poland hit by fake news days before drills

BY JOHN VANDIVER Russia is suspected of being behind the Stars and Stripes ongoing attacks, which bear the hallmarks of previous disinformation campaigns led Poland was hit with a barrage of fake by the Kremlin, Zaryn said. news stories last week, including a phony “The military cooperation between the interview with a U.S. commander ridicul- U.S. and Poland is constantly targeted by ing allied militaries, days before a major Russian activities,” he said. NATO exercise kicks off in the country, Other alliance members on the eastern Polish officials said. flank, including the Baltic states — which “The attack coincided with the begin- were annexed by the Soviet Union after ning of the next phase of (the) Defender World War II — have also been targeted in Europe-20 military exercise hosted by Po- recent months by fake news stories, some land,” Polish government spokesman Stan- of which have seized on the coronavirus to islaw Zaryn said in a lengthy statement try to undermine NATO. Thursday, in which he blamed Moscow. In February, a phony story claimed an Hackers used “cyberattack tools” to post American soldier deployed to Lithuania fake content on various news websites, in- was infected with the coronavirus. Lith- cluding prominent Polish media groups, uania’s Kauno Diena newspaper said the Zaryn said. false story was the work of hackers and Among the bogus reports was a fabri- was visible for about 10 minutes before cated interview with U.S. Army Europe being taken down. commander Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Lithuania’s Defense Ministry in April which was published on a website notori- said there had been 807 cases of false or ous for spreading disinformation and was CHRISTINA WESTOVER/U.S. Army then picked up by other sites, Polish offi- misleading information since February Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, U.S. Army Europe commander, is interviewed by media cials said. about the virus, much of it focused on outlets during a visit to Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, last year. Poland The flurry of fake news comes as Poland Lithuania. was hit by a barrage of fake news as it prepared to host a NATO exercise. prepares to host the Agile Spirit exercise Alarmed by such cases, allies have taken this month, the first large-scale exercise to social media with greater frequency to with fabricated statements about a lack of stories was the official site of the town of with the U.S. since the coronavirus pan- shoot down fake stories when they pop up. preparedness for the exercise among Pol- Orzysz in northeastern Poland, where U.S. demic forced most major training events But the hackers are just as active. No to be canceled. ish and Baltic militaries attributed to the troops are based as part of a NATO mis- sooner were the fake articles and Cavoli The drill is part of the Defender Europe- USAREUR commander. sion, Polish officials said. interview taken down in Poland than other 20 effort, which was to be the largest Army USAREUR, in a Twitter post, quickly The disinformation campaign is an at- bogus reports were posted, including one exercise on the Continent in more than 25 dismissed the information as fake. tempt to break down alliance cohesion, that claimed the deleted disinformation years but was significantly scaled back Another phony story focused on U.S. “destroy the image of the U.S.” and weak- wasn’t the work of Russian hackers, but of when the coronavirus hit. troops who had unflattering things to say en its engagement in Europe, and raise the Polish authorities, Zaryn said. Defender Europe was one of the topics about their Polish counterparts. Among doubts about the reliability of countries on [email protected] covered in the fake interview with Cavoli, the websites that picked up the fake news NATO’s eastern flank, Zaryn said. Twitter: @john_vandiver Air Force rewrites official song to replace male-only references

BY WYATT OLSON men are women, according to Air song include: Stars and Stripes Force statistics. “Minds of men fashioned This final revision completes a a crate of thunder” to “Bril- The Air Force on Friday an- process begun in February when liant minds fashioned a crate of nounced completion of an update Goldfein, who will step down this thunder”; to the official Air Force song that summer after a four-year tenure, “Hands of men blasted the replaces male-only references approved gender-neutral changes world asunder” to “Valiant hands /U.S. Air National Guard with gender-neutral lyrics. to the song’s third verse, which blasted the world asunder”; BRADLY SCHNEIDER Most significantly, the update serves as the U.S. Air Force “Souls of men dreaming Air Force Staff Sgt. Melissa Lackore, right, and Senior Airman Paula changed a word in the fourth line Academy’s school song and is of skies to conquer” to “Bound- Hunt sing the Air Force song in 2017. The Air Force has updated of the oft-sung first verse from sung after athletic games. less souls dreaming of skies to the song to replace male-only references. “At ‘em, boys, give ‘em the gun” The final line of that verse was conquer”; to “At ‘em now.” changed from “A toast to the host “To a friend we send a mes- here, which I hope to have over such as hospital corpsman, with “These new lyrics speak more of the men we boast” to “A toast to sage of his brother men who fly” the next few months about wheth- gender-neutral descriptions. accurately to all we do, all that we the host of those we boast.” to “To a friend we send a message er we also want to update the first Navy leaders dropped the idea a are and all that we strive to be as “The U.S. Air Force,” as it is of the brave who serve on high”; verse,” he told the audience. “I few months later after vociferous a profession of arms,” Air Force properly named, has been the “Flying men, guarding the can tell you a number of stories negative feedback from sailors. Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein official song of the service since nation’s border,” to “Fly to fight, of women who have been giving Air Force officials at the time said in a statement Friday. “They 1947 and is played or sung at guarding the nation’s border”. them the gun throughout the ages said the service had no plans to add proper respect and recogni- countless Air Force events big Goldfein spoke about the but especially most recently as all tion to everyone who serves and and small each year. The original changes Feb. 27 during the Air combat positions are open.” modify the catch-all descriptor of who has served.” version was adopted by the Army Force Association’s Air War- In September 2016, the Navy “airman.” Almost 21% of the Air Force’s Air Corps in 1939. fare Symposium in Orlando, Fla. announced its intent to rename job [email protected] roughly 328,250 active-duty air- Other changes to lyrics in the “I want to open a conversation titles containing the word “man,” Twitter: @WyattWOlson New Virginia Beach monument will honor F-14 Tomcats and the pilots

BY STACY PARKER two squadrons at the jet base that — there was no public place in Aviation Monument Park. Two base for the Navy’s F-14 Tom- The Virginian-Pilot stood up the new machine. Virginia Beach to remember the monuments, each costing about cat fleet. The two-person Tom- “It was a fantastic airplane for plane and those who gave their $90,000, will actually be built: cats were built by Grumman Retired Rear Admiral Fred its time,” said Lewis, 79. “Really lives flying it. That will soon one at the Oceanfront and anoth- Aerospace and could fly high at Lewis was 34 when he first flew capable.” change. er in an aviation museum in Pen- supersonic speeds. Pilots and an F-14 Tomcat out of Naval Air But even as the F-14 became A new F-14 Tomcat monument sacola, Fla. Lewis is working on a radar-intercept officers would Station Oceana in Virginia. It was a symbol of America’s air supe- will be installed this month in third for San Diego. use radar-guided and heat-seek- 1974, and he was serving in one of riority — and was later retired the Oceanfront’s existing Naval For a time, Oceana was home ing missiles to target enemies. PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 WAR/MILITARY ISIS claims attack on TV station bus, 2 dead

BY RAHIM FAIEZ creasingly active in Afghanistan Associated Press after suffering battlefield losses to government and U.S. forces, as KABUL, Afghanistan — The well as its Taliban rivals. Islamic State took responsibility Mohammad Rafi Sediqi, an of- Sunday for a roadside bomb at- ficial with Khurshid, confirmed tack against a bus belonging to the deaths of two employees. He a local TV station that killed two said two of the wounded were in employees. critical condition from a bomb- Marwa Amini, the deputy ing that took place on the station’s spokeswoman for the Afghan in- eighth anniversary. terior ministry, said four other The attack came after the ex- station employees were wounded piration of a truce that Taliban in Saturday afternoon’s attack in and Afghan nationals security Kabul. forces reached during the three- In a statement on an ISIS-af- day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, filiate website, the group said the which ended Tuesday. attack was against a bus carrying Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for employees of Khurshid TV, a sta- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, tion it described as “loyal to the tweeted that the Afghan govern- Afghan apostate government.” ment strongly condemned the Both the Taliban and ISIS are heinous and cowardice attack on active in the area, but ISIS has Khurshid TV crew in Kabul and claimed the recent attacks on ci- “stand by the Afghan media.” RAHMAT GUL/AP vilian targets while the Taliban Afghanistan is among the most has taken responsibility for mili- dangerous countries in the world An Afghan security forces member inspects a bus carrying local TV station employees that hit a roadside tary targets. ISIS has been in- for reporters. bomb in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. Edelweiss Resort in the Soldier from Bavarian Alps to reopen Fort Gordon

BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON foot of Germany’s highest moun- saves family Stars and Stripes tain, the Zugspitze, will be limit- ed, and several anti-coronavirus stuck in car The Edelweiss Lodge and measures have been put in place Resort in the Bavarian town of to protect customers and staff, BY JOZSEF PAPP Garmisch is set to reopen in mid- the statement said. The Augusta Chronicle June, weeks after it shut its doors Glass partitions have been in- because of the coronavirus, said stalled at the reception area and FORT GORDON, Ga. — Fort Armed Forces Recreation Cen- other locations around the resort; Gordon Spc. Joshua Bolden ters, which operates the facility. all entrances and restaurants doesn’t consider himself a hero But the June 15 reopening have hand sanitizer stations; and U.S. Army after saving a mother and two will come with some restric- staff have been trained to ob- children from a flipped vehicle tions, made necessary by the The Edelweiss Lodge and Resort in Garmisch, Germany is opening serve strict standards of hygiene, after an accident Wednesday. coronavirus. its doors June 15, after being closed due to coronavirus restrictions. “It was just second nature to me. Initially, reservations will be cleanliness and social distancing to minimize the risk of spreading I was just helping. It wasn’t like I accepted only from eligible ser- will be available, but group size In addition to service mem- was trying to be heroic,” Bolden the virus. bers and their families, those vice members, their families and will be limited, the statement said. “It was just something that Lifts on the Zugspitze will be said. authorized to use AFRC facilities other authorized guests who re- you should do, you should help. open, and the Alpental mini-golf Guests should bring face masks like the Edelweiss resort include side in Germany, AFRC said in a That is just something everybody course will operate during the to wear in common areas and ob- armed forces retirees, members statement last week. should do.” day, the statement said. E-bikes serve social distancing guidelines of other uniformed services such A maximum of half of the Bolden, who is part of the 67th will be available to rent at the during their stay, it said. as the public health service, dis- lodge’s 258 rooms will be occu- Expeditionary Signal Battalion Point Wellness Club, but the fit- Through August, the Edelweiss abled veterans, others who have pied at any given time, but more at Fort Gordon, was on his way ness club itself — a popular fix- will allow cancelations up to two separated from the military, sur- guests will be welcomed “as soon to pick up his son from the boy’s ture featuring a gym, hot tub, days before the start of the reser- viving spouses and families, and as conditions related to COVID- grandparents’ home when some- pool and sauna — will remain vation, the resort says on its web- Defense Department civilians. 19 permit,” it said. one ran a red light, causing a Services and amenities offered closed, it said. site. “We want you to only travel [email protected] three-vehicle accident in which by the resort, which sits at the Guided tours of the alpine area when you feel safe,” it says. Twitter: Manny_Stripes one of the vehicles flipped on its side . Bolden, 19, quickly jumped into action to help. “My first reaction was, ‘go help out.’ When I got to the car, the Tokyo-based chief reassigned to USAF Academy woman told me she had two kids in the back. I couldn’t find the lit- Stars and Stripes mand NATO Alliance Ground career points, and was a finalist visits by top Air Force leaders tle daughter at first because she Surveillance Force at Naval Air for that year’s Naismith College and forced the academy to re- YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan was hanging upside down on her Station Sigonella, Italy, the state- Player of the Year award. think stringent measures taken to — The leader of the largest Air car seat. The son immediately un- ment said. The Selma, Ala., native has prevent an outbreak of the coro- strapped and he came to me,” he Force transport hub in the Far Jones, in his new role, will more than 3,000 flying hours in navirus among its roughly 1,000 said. “There were a couple of peo- East is slated to return to the Air support the academy’s super- T-37, T-44, C-130, and C-17 air- seniors. ple outside waiting to help, so as Force Academy this summer. intendent, a three-star general, craft, according to his official bi- Among the changes that acad- soon as I pulled him out of the car, Col. Otis Jones, commander of in directing “military training, ography. Before coming to Japan emy officials acknowledged was I passed him off and proceeded to the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota academics, and character devel- in July 2018, he led the 19th Op- the decision to allow cadets to look for the daughter. Since she Air Base, Japan, will replace Col. opment programs leading to a erations Group at Little Rock Air have a roommate, if they wanted. was upside down, it was kind of Houston Cantwell as vice super- bachelor’s degree and commis- Force Base, Ark. The seniors, who graduated in hard for me to unstrap her while intendent of the institution near sioning as a second lieutenant” in Jones will be joining the Air April, had been largely isolated to she was suspended in the air.” Colorado Springs, Colo., an Air the Air Force or Space Force, the Force Academy about three single-person rooms while taking After pulling everyone to safe- Force statement said Thursday. statement added. months after two senior cadets online classes after the academy’s ty and knowing paramedics were Cantwell, whom the Senate Jones is no stranger to the acad- were found dead in their dorm roughly 3,000 underclassmen on the way, Bolden quietly left the confirmed earlier this year to pin emy. He graduated in 1995 as the rooms of suspected suicides. The were sent home because of the scene. His superiors didn’t know on his first star, is expected to second-highest scorer in school deaths, which happened within pandemic. about the incident until the next leave the academy July 3 to com- basketball history, with 2,003 48 hours of each other, prompted [email protected] day. Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Okinawa’s Marine airfield move delayed, over budget

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE $8.7 billion. the courts, the spokesman said. AND AYA ICHIHASHI The Defense Bureau, which Estimates for cost and completion Stars and Stripes represents Japan’s Defense Min- could also go up even further. istry on the island, submitted the The relocation is being funded CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa updated figures to the prefectural by the government of Japan. — The Japanese government ac- government April 21 along with a “By law, when a request to knowledged last week that the request to change the already ap- modify the construction has been relocation within Okinawa of Ma- proved and ongoing project, the submitted to the prefecture, we rine Corps Air Station Futenma spokesman said. The prefecture must examine the request pre- Stars and Stripes to Camp Schwab in the rural has up to 223 days to respond. cisely and determine if the re- north has been impeded by fur- Landfill work for the construction of a Marine Corps runway at Camp “We estimate the construction quest is reasonable to approve or Schwab, Okinawa, is seen in January 2020. ther construction delays and cost will be finished nine years and not,” Tamaki said in a statement overruns. three months from the time the in April. has not been set. Since then, costs and completion The project, which had been set Okinawa governor approves the Marine officials on Okinawa dates have ballooned. for completion in 2014 by bilater- request,” the spokesman said. told Stars and Stripes by email The project dates to 1995 when Last year, then-III Marine Ex- al agreement, has been pushed to Government spokespeople in Friday afternoon that the subject two Marines and a Navy corps- peditionary Force commander 2030, a spokesman for the Okina- Japan customarily speak on con- matter expert for the relocation man kidnapped and raped a 12- Lt. Gen. Eric Smith extended the wa Defense Bureau told Stars and dition of anonymity as a condition was not available to comment. year-old girl. During the mass deadline for completion to 2025 Stripes on Friday. The overall protests that followed, Ginowan of their employment. Construction of the Schwab or 2026 “or later.” cost of the new runway into Oura Should Gov. Denny Tamaki, runway has been on hold since residents called for relocation of Bay that will one day facilitate who has been adamantly opposed April 17 when a civilian security Futenma’s air operations. [email protected] Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 the move has skyrocketed from to the project, deny the request, guard tested positive for corona- Schwab was chosen in 1997 [email protected] a 2014 estimate of $3.3 billion to the case will be headed back to virus. A date to resume the work and a plan was unveiled in 2006. Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Americans needing visas for families held up by office closure

BY NANCY MONTGOMERY The change will mean applications for said. “Quite frankly, if you are not active be set up, at Camp Humphreys, South Stars and Stripes immigrant visas have to be filed to a USCIS duty military, the moment you have a rela- Korea; Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan; U.S. office in Dallas, then sent to the National tive is the moment you should file.” Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany, and VICENZA, Italy — Civilians who marry Visa Center in Washington, D.C., and back Active duty service members seeking Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. But foreign nationals in Europe should expect to a U.S. embassy in Europe, where an in- such visas are exempt from the new filing those offices are open only for one week, delays obtaining U.S. documentation for terview would take place. procedure. They and their spouses will be four times a year, and are only for final in- their new families following the closure of When handled at the Rome field office, able to file at the U.S. Embassy in Rome terviews and swearing-in ceremonies. the U.S. immigration office in Rome, one of The Rome immigration office had juris- the last on the Continent to remain open. the process took two or three months, said and have their applications processed The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Karyn Begin, an immigration attorney there. diction for Italy, Algeria, Andorra, Bosnia- Services office there stopped taking visa currently living in Italy who has offices in The USCIS Rome office closure, one of Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Gibraltar, applications as of Friday and is scheduled Germany and Florida. It’s now expected 15 announced last year, will also affect the the Vatican, Kosovo, Libya, Macedonia, to close June 30. to take at least 10 months, she said, partly timeline for active duty service members Malta, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, The last remaining USCIS office in Eu- because of an application backlog, due to seeking U.S. citizenship. They must now Morocco, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, rope is in London. That office quit accept- reduced operations as a result of the coro- file applications with offices in Washing- Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia and Western ing new visa applications in March and navirus pandemic. ton, D.C., or, if based in the Pacific, Guam. Sahara. will stop taking appointments June 19 be- “If you have not planned, your family It was announced last year that four over- [email protected] fore its scheduled closure July 31. will not be able to PCS with you,” Begin seas military naturalization “hubs” would Twitter:@montgomerynance ROTC student killed days after commission given honorary promotion

BY CHAD GARLAND McCarthy in a letter cited by the dure the heartache felt by the Col- crime statutes in the wake of the extend some military death ben- Stars and Stripes statement. lins family since the tragic death decision. efits to ROTC graduates and their Collins was a model student of their son,” the lawmakers said In Collins’ memory, Mary- survivors. A Bowie State University ROTC and cadet at the university lo- in their statement. “This sense- land Democrats have introduced student murdered two days after cated outside Washington, Mc- less loss was deeply disturbing.” [email protected] his Army commissioning in 2017 Carthy said. Urbanski, who is white and was House and Senate bills seeking to Twitter: @chadgarland has been approved for posthu- Defense connected to the Facebook group mous promotion, four Maryland Secretary “Alt-Reich: Nation,” told Collins lawmakers said. Mark Esper to “step left, step left if you know The Army’s move to promote concurred what’s best for you” before the 2nd Lt. Richard W. Collins III with the let- stabbing, police said, according to first lieutenant recognizes his ter, a Penta- to Annapolis’ Capital Gazette. bravery “in the face of evil,” Dem- gon memo The social media group, which ocratic Reps. Steny H. Hoyer and the lawmak- has since been deleted, contained Anthony Brown, and Sens. Ben ers posted racist material, officials said. Cardin and Chris Van Hollen said online said. Prosecutors sought hate crime in a joint statement praising the The 23- Collins III charges against Urbanski, claim- decision, but calling it “overdue.” year-old ing that Collins was targeted be- The Army notified them of the was set to cause he was black. But a judge decision to promote Collins on graduate in May 2017 when he dropped that charge on the Wednesday, they said. was stabbed while visiting the grounds that the prosecution had “The Army considered the University of Maryland’s College failed to provide enough evidence standards and criteria required Park campus. that hatred was his sole moti- for an honorary promotion and In December, a jury found vation, as the law required, the found that 2LT Collins displayed Sean Urbanski, 24, guilty of first- newspaper reported. exemplary conduct in the per- degree murder for the stabbing, The prosecutor, backed by formance of his duties commen- but his sentencing was delayed by the Collins family, had success- surate with a first lieutenant,” the coronavirus pandemic. fully pushed the state legisla- said Army Secretary Ryan D. “No family should have to en- ture to broaden Maryland’s hate PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 PACIFIC S. Korean workers fear extended furlough

BY KIM GAMEL With no end in sight, the South Korean AND YOO KYONG CHANG government has notified the U.S. that it is Stars and Stripes moving forward with plans to enact legis- lation that would provide support for the DONGDUCHEON, South Korea — Kim furloughed workers. South Korean media Chin Ho worked hard to earn his position have reported that sum would then be de- as a quality inspection technician at Camp ducted from its contribution under the next Casey and has been employed by the U.S. agreement. military for more than three decades. The State Department declined to con- But he suddenly found himself job hunt- ing again after he was placed on unpaid firm or comment on the wage proposal as leave on April 1, along with thousands of a matter of policy but called for more com- other South Korean employees, due to the promise from Seoul. protracted stalemate between Seoul and “We have shown significant flexibility in Washington in defense cost-sharing talks. recent weeks in order to reach a mutually The unprecedented furlough of South acceptable agreement,” a spokesman said Koreans working for U.S. Forces Korea in an email on Monday. “We’re looking for — now in its second month — began in the further compromise from the [South Ko- midst of the coronavirus pandemic, mak- rean] government as well.” ing it hard to find part-time work to make The U.S. rejected a previous suggestion ends meet. by South Korea to expedite a separate wage “My colleagues and I never thought deal and negotiate the rest later, citing the we would be furloughed because we have need for a comprehensive agreement. been performing vital tasks for USFK,” The South Korean employees have been Kim said Wednesday in an interview, his caught in the middle, but USFK also has voice cracking with emotion. KIM GAMEL/Stars and Stripes had to adjust its operations due to the reduc- “I’m going through a really tough time tion in manpower, raising concerns about a right now,” he said, adding that the money Yi Taeki, 59, has been employed by U.S. Forces Korea as a kitchen workers at Camp negative impact on fighting capabilities. in his final paycheck for work he did in Casey for 31 years, but he was placed on unpaid leave. Speaking near his home in March was running out. “I’m worried Dongducheon on April 24, Yi said he may have to get a part-time job if the furlough Mitigating measures about how I can put food on the table next continues much longer. month.” The military said it has implemented an April 20 press briefing. “We have to be fight amid a growing nuclear threat from measures to mitigate the hardships and No end in sight treated equitably and fairly, and so that’s the North. ensure essential services such as the hos- where it is right now.” While polls show that overall support for pital, law enforcement and others are Negotiators have deadlocked over U.S. The State Department hasn’t publicly the alliance remains strong in South Korea, uninterrupted. demands that South Korea sharply in- revealed figures but said U.S. negotiators anti-American protests have occurred, “It’s too early to tell about the furloughs crease the amount it pays to offset the had lowered their initial ask. Washington with activists accusing the Trump admin- and its impacts to installation services costs for stationing some 28,500 American is still believed to be demanding $3 billion istration of trying to extort money and as we’ve overlapped with COVID-19,” troops on the divided peninsula. to $4 billion per year. using American troops as “mercenaries.” said USFK spokesman Col. Lee Peters, Both sides appeared to harden their Kim Chin Ho, who joined USFK as a la- South Korea has supported U.S. troops referring to the disease caused by the stances in recent days, signaling that a borer in 1989 and worked his way up to his under the Special Measures Agreement coronavirus. deal remains far away. Some experts say current position with the logistics manage- since 1991, with most of the funds used to no agreement is likely before the U.S. pres- ment team at Camp Casey, just wants to get pay more than 9,000 local employees, lo- “As we’ve maintained minimal manning idential election in November. back to work. gistical support and construction projects. levels, we don’t assess a decline in readi- South Korean Foreign Minister Kang His father worked at Camp Casey in “Rather than have a balanced, fact- ness,” he added. “Overall, we maintain a Kyung-wha said Tuesday that Seoul has Dongducheon, about 20 miles from the based debate on the costs and merits of high level of readiness and committed to put forward its best offer, which was a 13% heavily fortified border that divides the U.S. military presence abroad, the Trump a robust combined defense posture to pro- increase from the nearly $1 billion paid peninsula, until he died in 1974. administration has chosen an all-or-noth- tect South Korea.” last year, according to the Yonhap News “South Korea and the U.S. are brother ing approach that he likely believes will get Yi Taeki, a 59-year-old kitchen worker Agency. nations in a blood alliance. I can never him reelected in November,” said Jessica at a dining facility on Camp Hovey, said She also confirmed that President Don- forget that so many Americans shed blood Lee of the Quincy Institute for Responsible he thinks soldiers or local contractors are ald Trump had rejected that amount, which during the Korean War,” he said, bursting Statecraft, a think tank in Washington, probably washing dishes in his place. was much lower than the nearly fivefold into tears. “But now this has happened and D.C. “I don’t think the two sides are likely to increase that was reportedly the U.S. I’m sad. Why is the U.S. putting the screws “South Korean President Moon Jae-in seal the deal easily, and that will leave me starting point when negotiations began in on our government, setting ridiculous currently has high approval ratings and high and dry,” he said recently, sitting in a September. conditions?” his party has secured a parliamentary ma- park near his apartment in Dongducheon. “In fact, I think the amount was the Kim said his wife is battling cancer and jority, giving him a broad mandate. There He has been spending his days playing highest possible level for us,” Kang told his son is attending university so he needs is no reason for Moon to cede to Trump’s with his 4-year-old grandson at home but lawmakers, adding that the government to earn money but few jobs are available power moves,” she said in an email. will need to find part-time work soon. must reach a “reasonable” deal since it because of the coronavirus. He has signed “The SMA dispute will ultimately erode “I received my wages for my work in would need to be ratified by the country’s up to take the test to become a taxi driver support for the U.S.-[South Korea] alliance March, but I haven’t heard anything spe- newly elected National Assembly. next month. and accelerate calls by South Koreans for cial from the government yet,” Yi said. “I Her comments came days after Trump the U.S. military to reduce its footprint or called South Korea “a very wealthy na- have to make a living.” Alliance worries leave altogether,” Lee added. Cho Mi Kyong, 45, said the furlough was tion” and said it should pay more for the The most recent Special Measures U.S. military presence. The dispute threatens to jeopardize the a double whammy for her family because Agreement expired at the end of last year. her husband works in the tourism industry, “They’ve offered us a certain amount long-standing U.S.-South Korean alliance USFK had been making up for the shortfall which has been paralyzed by the coronavi- of money and I’ve rejected it,” he said in and disrupt the U.S. military’s readiness to with programed funds, but that money ran rus crisis. out on March 31, triggering the furloughs She had to pull her two children from after months of warnings. USFK commander Gen. Robert Abrams their private schools and cut other said he was able to keep about 4,500 local expenses. employees at work after the Defense De- Cho, who works at a dining facility at partment agreed to additional funding Camp Humphreys, the main U.S. base for “critical” logistics cost-sharing con- in the rural area of Pyeongtaek, south of tracts and positions essential for main- Seoul, said she suddenly feels expendable taining “life, health, safety and minimum after years of being told she played an im- readiness.” portant role in USFK’s mission. He called the need to place the oth- “Many KNEs worked for USFK for 10, ers on unpaid leave “heartbreaking” and 20 or 30 years,” she said, using the acro- promised to continue lobbying both sides nym for Korean National Employees. “Now to reach an agreement “in order to end the soldiers and subcontract workers are doing partial furlough.” their jobs, although they can’t work at the USFK said the furloughed employees same level. I feel a sense of shame.” may return to work once a new deal is [email protected] Members of the South Korean employees’ union protest the U.S. Forces Korea reached, but that also makes them ineli- Twitter: @kimgamel furlough outside the main gate at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on April 1. gible for unemployment benefits. [email protected] Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Costly: Troops struggle to find space for pets during moves due to pandemic

FROM FRONT PAGE will make an exception to the a worldwide pet shipping compa- Joint Travel Regulations and re- ny on Hawaii that serves primar- imburse military personnel for ily military customers. transporting their pets during United Airlines stopped flying the pandemic. pets in its cargo compartments in Chief Master Sgt. Ramon March, Mendoza said, and most Colon-Lopez, senior enlisted ad- carriers on international flights viser to Joint Chiefs Chairman are requiring customers to use Gen. Mark Milley, said during a pet shippers, rather than allow- virtual town hall meeting May ing pets to fly as excess baggage 14 that the military would “look — a less costly option. into” an exemption. “Coming out of Europe, pricing In a statement to Stars and has more than doubled,” she said Stripes on Thursday, U.S. Trans- of pet shipping. In Asia, Men- portation Command officials said doza said prices are “absolutely pet travel in conjunction with a JENNIFER H. SVAN/Stars and Stripes insane,” citing a recent price relocation “would continue to be Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gregory Oakley checks on his pet Corgi, Fritzi, while preparing to board a Patriot shared by a colleague of $14,000 funded by the traveler.” Express flight to the States on Friday at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. to move two German shepherds In-cabin pet spaces aboard on Korean Airlines from Incheon Patriot Express missions were Some C-17 flights with pet But there were no pet spaces “There is a way,” she said. “It to the United States. temporarily increased last month spaces were added to move pas- available on the Patriot Express was the biggest relief we’ve had Start making plans as early from 10 to 20 spaces “to support sengers out of Ramstein for sum- for Jax, the family’s wired fox because that was the one thing the anticipated influx of passen- as possible, she advised, and get mer moves, officials at Ramstein’s terrier. — we’re like, ‘We have to leave quotes from more than one ship- gers traveling with pets,” trans- passenger terminal said Friday. After numerous phone calls to and we are not leaving our dog per. It may cost less to fly com- portation officials said. Those weren’t added in time the airlines, they found a solution. behind, so what do we do?’ ” mercial on airline carriers with Cats or small dogs — up to to help Stephanie Sparkes-Schul- The family will fly with Jax on “They’re trying to make it pet spaces than go by military air about 15 pounds — can fly in the theiss Benson and her family. and pay a company to ship one’s cabin aboard Patriot Express About three weeks ago, Benson’s Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Chi- work,” she said of the military and pet, Mendoza said. But those flights, but they must ride in a husband, an Air Force lieutenant cago. Then they’ll take two more pet travel. “I just think there’s no spaces are hard to find on inter- carrier that fits under the seat, colonel, found out he had to be in flights on Alaska Airlines from great solution.” national flights. said Sabine Fehrentz, the passen- Hawaii for his next assignment in Seattle and then onto Hawaii, to [email protected] It doesn’t appear the Pentagon ger travel lead at Ramstein. June. complete a 38-hour journey. Twitter: @stripesktown PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Mosques reopen in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem

BY AYA BATRAWY Saudi Arabia and other countries Associated Press around the world begin to loosen restrictions and stay-at-home or- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ders following weeks of curfews — Tens of thousands of mosques and lockdowns. across Saudi Arabia reopened The Grand Mosque in Mecca, Sunday for the first time in more however, which houses the cube- than two months, but worshipers shaped Kaaba that Muslims have been ordered to follow strict around the world pray toward, guidelines to prevent the spread will remain closed to the public. of the coronavirus as Islam’s holi- The city has been under a strict est site in Mecca remained closed lockdown for several weeks. The to the public. mosque in Medina where the The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusa- Prophet Muhammad is buried lem, the third-holiest site for Mus- will be partially opened to the lims after Saudi Arabia’s Mecca public to pray outside. and Medina, also reopened for The continued closure of Mecca prayers for the first time since points to the increasing likelihood it closed in mid-March. Throngs that the kingdom may suspend waited outside the holy site’s this year’s annual Muslim hajj gates before it opened early Sun- pilgrimage, which falls in late day, with many wearing surgical July. Already, a senior Saudi offi- masks. As they were allowed to cial has told prospective pilgrims enter, the faithful stopped to have not to plan for the hajj this year their temperature measured. amid the global pandemic. The mosque was one of Jerusa- Despite taking early and un- lem’s many holy sites, including precedented measures to curb the the Church of the Holy Sepul- spread of the virus, Saudi Arabia cher and the Western Wall, that has recorded more than 83,000 were restricted to worshipers at people contracting the virus, in- the height of Israel’s coronavi- cluding 480 deaths. AMR NABIL/AP rus outbreak. Throughout that Meanwhile, Israel has weath- period, worshipers continued to Saudi cleric Hammoud Al-Labban recites the call to prayers as worshippers wearing face masks and ered the coronavirus better than pray in the alleyways outside the observing social distancing guidelines to protect against the coronavirus attend dawn prayers at al-Mirabi other harder-hit countries. It has mosque. Mosque in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday. recorded fewer than 300 deaths In Saudi Arabia, the govern- and has managed to mostly keep ment prepared for the reopening languages to inform them about old will not be allowed inside and copies of the Quran. its daily infection count to the of around 90,000 mosques after the new rules for public prayer, mosques. The elderly and those The restrictions call for low dozens since the beginning sanitizing prayer rugs, wash- which include keeping a 6-foot with chronic conditions are being mosques to open just 15 min- of May. But it also imposed se- rooms and shelves holding cop- distance between people during told to pray at home. People are utes before each of the five daily vere restrictions that battered its ies of the Quran, the Muslim holy prayer, wearing face masks at all also being advised to perform the prayers and to close 10 minutes economy and sent its unemploy- book. times and abstaining from greet- mandatory ablution at home since after they conclude. Friday ser- ment rate skyrocketing. Many of The Ministry of Islamic Affairs ing one another with handshakes washrooms at mosques will be mons and prayers are to last no those restrictions, including on said that millions of text messag- or hugs. closed, to use hand sanitizers and longer than 15 minutes. places of worship, began to be es were sent to people in multiple Children under 15 years- to bring their own prayer rugs The new measures come as eased earlier this month. While asking for more, states have been slow to spend virus aid

BY GEOFF MULVIHILL Gina Raimondo said about the money to cities and counties, some to use the money for revenue ity assistance. Associated Press state’s portion of the money. of which had to furlough staff as replacement,” said Tennessee In some states, such as Texas Of other states that have start- tax revenue dropped sharply. He Finance and Administration Com- and Florida, spending decisions Many states have yet to spend ed spending the aid, she said: encouraged them “with great re- missioner Butch Eley. “But that’s aren’t being made quickly because the federal funding they received “They’re taking a gamble, and spect” to get money out the door. not permitted at this time.” the legislatures are out of session. more than a month ago to help I’m just not ready to do that yet.” The AP survey found that at In Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey Idaho is holding on to $800 mil- with soaring costs related to the Congress approved $150 bil- least 32 states are considering said that he’s giving local govern- lion, or nearly two-thirds of its coronavirus crisis, complicating lion for state and local govern- sharing a portion of the federal ments leeway on how they spend $1.2 billion allocation, in case of a governors’ arguments that they ments in late March as part of a aid with local governments. their allocations. future wave of coronavirus cases. need hundreds of billions more $2.2 trillion response to the virus Governors have said that more “I don’t like it when the federal Elsewhere, how the money is from U.S. taxpayers. outbreak, and the money was dis- federal help is important because government makes governors being spent — or even who gets to The Associated Press reviewed tributed within a month. they need to approve balanced stand in line and beg, ‘Mother decide — has created a rift. plans from governors or lawmak- In May, the House approved an budgets before the start of the fis- may I?’” the Republican said dur- The Connecticut Conference ers on how they plan to use the additional $3 trillion aid package, cal year, which for most is July 1. ing a discussion with mayors this of Municipalities blasted Gov. money from the coronavirus re- with nearly a third of that dedicat- Several states — including Cali- week. “And I don’t want to do that Ned Lamont for using $2 million lief bill, and found that at least a ed to state and local governments. fornia, the most populous — are to our local leaders, either.” to pay a consultant for reopen- dozen states have started distrib- Republicans have said that it’s too projecting deficits equal to about Some states are using part of ing plans while taking longer to uting the money. But far more much and want to move slowly 20% of the budgets they proposed their federal aid as reimburse- send money to cities and counties. have not. in the Senate, preferring to see before the virus took hold. ment for the costs of coronavi- Lamont, a Democrat, said help is The reasons vary. Some gover- how states spend the first batch They’re warning about deep rus testing, contact tracing and on the way. nors want permission to use the of money. cuts to K-12 education and other other health-related costs of the Lawmakers and governors in federal aid to plug budget holes “We need to slow down a little core services, as well as layoffs, pandemic. Others have plans to several states are arguing over after business closures and stay- bit here, see what works best in furloughs or pay cuts for state replenish fast-depleting unem- who controls the money. In New at-home orders eroded the tax the CARES Act, see what mis- workers. ployment insurance funds, buy Hampshire, the disagreement led revenue that pays for government takes were made, weigh the con- Congress intended for the more laptops so that government to a lawsuit. operations. Others are holding sequences of having debt this size money to primarily address gov- employees can work remotely and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a back because they fear that a re- in terms of the future of our coun- ernments’ rising costs to respond help schools cover the costs of Republican, said that he had the surgence of the virus could mean try and then cautiously make a to the virus outbreak. U.S. Trea- holding classes online. authority to spend the $1.2 bil- another wave of expenses. And in decision about whether there sury Department guidance says Arkansas and North Dakota lion under a 40-year-old state law. other states, governors and law- should be another bill,” Senate that states must use most of it for have considered using the federal Lawmakers, however, said that makers are wrestling over who Majority Leader Mitch McCon- that purpose, not to make up for money for hazard pay for front- the state Constitution gives them controls the spending decisions nell said this past week at a news lost tax revenue. line workers. North Carolina and spending power. “If I knew today that another conference in his home state of The limits were one reason Ala- Wyoming are using it to start They eventually agreed to coop- billion dollars was coming to Kentucky. bama lawmakers scrapped a pro- grant or loan programs for busi- erate. Since then, Reeves signed Rhode Island to help solve our On a call with governors, Vice posal to use some of their funding nesses. Other states, including a bill adopted by lawmakers that budget deficit, I’d spend the $1.25 President Mike Pence said that a to build a new Capitol building. New Jersey and Colorado, plan to will allocate $300 million to small billion now,” Democratic Gov. majority of states had not yet sent “The number one priority is use it for rental, mortgage or util- businesses. Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP NY passes bill for front-line worker death benefits

Associated Press quested an emergency injunction to lift the restrictions ahead of NEW YORK — New York Gov. Sunday, which was Pentecost. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Sat- Judge Colm Connolly said that urday granting death benefits the pastor could not prove he to the families of police officers, would be irreparably harmed, a public health workers and other legal standard that is required front-line workers who have died for issuing an injunction. But of the coronavirus. he made clear in his ruling that The bill passed by state law- Bullock’s claims “implicate one makers this past week provides of our most treasured rights pro- an accidental death benefit that is tected by the Constitution — the more substantial than the regular right to exercise freely one’s reli- death benefit that public workers’ gion.” And he said that he would families receive. Dozens of police give Bullock’s arguments full officers, public health workers, consideration. transit workers and paramed- ics have died of COVID-19 in the Iowa months since New York became the epicenter of the pandemic in DES MOINES — Iowa report- the United States. ed another 345 coronavirus cases Cuomo said that 67 people died Saturday, surpassing 19,000 total of COVID-19 in the state Friday, for the pandemic, with another the same number as Thursday nine COVID-19-related deaths. and a steep drop from the height The state Department of Public of New York’s outbreak in April health reported that the number when more than 700 people were of coronavirus cases rose 1.8% dying of the virus daily. since Friday afternoon, bringing Speaking in the Bronx, Cuomo the total to 19,243. The number of said that he will focus this week COVID-19-related deaths in the on providing more testing for the pandemic rose 1.7% to 531, the coronavirus and more supplies department said. like masks to neighborhoods in More than half of the state’s the outer boroughs of New York confirmed cases were concen- MICHAEL DWYER/AP City where infection rates remain trated in six counties: Polk, stubbornly high. Woodbury, Black Hawk, Linn, Women dressed like characters from The Handmaid’s Tale demonstrate Saturday against all government Marshall and Dallas. restrictions related to concern about the spread of COVID-19 outside the Statehouse in Boston. Arkansas The state health department said that 43% of cases were in Maryland The department said in a news COVID-19-related deaths, up LITTLE ROCK — The num- adults 18 to 40, and another 36% release Friday that transfers will 3.7% since Thursday night. ber of confirmed coronavirus in adults 41 to 60. While adults 61 COLLEGE PARK — The 12 be done in a “limited, controlled Despite steady increases in cases in Arkansas has surpassed and older accounted for 19% of state schools that constitute the and safe manner,” beginning in cases, Gov. Pete Ricketts has 7,000 and one additional death is confirmed cases as of Saturday, University System of Maryland mid-June. moved to ease social distancing reported due to COVID-19, the they were 87% of the deaths. will use a mix of in-person and Mississippi has about 18,000 restrictions starting Monday. The disease caused by the virus, the remote learning when they re- prisoners in custody. As of Fri- relaxed rules will allow for larger Arkansas Department of Health Kansas open in the fall. day, 28 inmates and 17 employees crowds at public events, and bars reported Saturday. The system, which includes the had tested positive for COVID-19, and other attractions will be able The department said that there WICHITA — Hundreds of peo- flagship University of Maryland the department said. Advocates to reopen for the first time in are now at least 7,013 cases and ple in Kansas’ largest city flocked at College Park, announced a for inmate safety have questioned months. 133 deaths, up from 6,777 cases to bars and clubs on the first week- framework Friday for schools to whether Mississippi is doing and 132 deaths reported Friday. end they were open after Gov. enough testing for the highly con- The state health department Laura Kelly and local officials respond to the coronavirus. South Carolina Each school will announce its tagious virus. reported that 5,166 people have lifted restrictions meant to check Inmates will be quarantined for COLUMBIA — Hundreds recovered from the virus and that the spread of the coronavirus. own plans in the next two weeks as to how they’ll adjust their cal- least 14 days before being moved more cases of the coronavirus 104 were hospitalized, down from By 11 p.m. Friday, bars in the out of South Mississippi Correc- were reported Saturday in South Old Town district of downtown endars and classroom settings. 113 hospitalizations reported on tional Institution, Central Missis- Carolina. The South Carolina Wichita were packing in cus- The release said that all schools Friday. sippi Correctional Facility or the Department of Health and En- tomers for a celebration after will provide at least some on-cam- privately run Tallahatchie County vironmental Control announced being closed for two months, The pus, in-person instruction in com- Delaware Correctional Facility. The release 266 new cases and four additional Wichita Eagle reported. Knots bination with remote learning. did not mention the transfer of in- deaths. Those numbers bring the WILMINGTON — A fed- of people moved through the Some schools may adjust calen- mates out of the other large state- eral judge and a federal appeals streets, hugging friends they met dars to start the fall semester as total number of people confirmed run prison, the Mississippi State to have COVID-19 in South Caro- panel have rejected a request and, in some cases, even turning early as July so that the semester Penitentiary at Parchman. from a Delaware preacher for cartwheels. can conclude by Thanksgiving. lina to 11,394 and those who have an emergency injunction to lift Bars and clubs in Wichita re- All schools will enact plans to re- Nebraska died to 487. state restrictions on church wor- opened as the state reported Fri- duce crowding in residence and Two elderly individuals in Wil- ship to prevent the spread of the day that coronavirus cases had dining halls. LINCOLN — Nebraska contin- liamsburg County were among coronavirus. surpassed 9,200. Johns Hopkins ued Saturday to see an increase the latest deaths, in addition to Neither the ruling Friday from University on Saturday reported Mississippi in coronavirus infections, with one elderly person in Clarendon a judge in Wilmington nor the 2-1 more than 9,600 cases, with 215 confirmed cases approaching County and one in a middle-aged ruling Saturday from the federal COVID-19-related deaths. JACKSON — The Mississippi 14,000. It also reported another individual from Florence County. appeals court in Philadelphia Kelly last week converted her Department of Corrections said six COVID-19-related deaths. As of Saturday, the data also have ended the matter. They only directives for a phased reopen- that it will soon restart the trans- State Department of Health and shows that 199,735 total tests have leave the restrictions in place ing of the Kansas economy into fer of inmates from county jails Human Services data showed that been conducted in the state. while a judge considers the mer- recommendations for local of- into state prisons and from one the number of coronavirus cases To reach more people in under- its of the issue. ficials to follow. Her reopening prison to another — a practice rose by 4.9% or 644 from Thurs- served and rural communities, Christopher Allan Bullock, a plan would have kept bars and that has been on hold for about day night to Saturday evening, to the state has scheduled 103 mo- well-known Wilmington pastor nightclubs further closed over the two months because of the coro- 13,905 since the pandemic began. bile testing events through July and community activist, had re- weekend. navirus pandemic. The state is now reporting 170 2. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 NATION/VIRUS Trump postpones G7, considers adding members

BY JILL COLVIN future of China. all — normalization!” AND KEVIN FREKING The surprise announcement The G7 members are Canada, Associated Press came after German Chancellor France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Angela Merkel’s office said Satur- the United Kingdom and the Unit- ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE day that she would not attend the ed States. The group’s presidency — President Donald Trump said meeting unless the course of the rotates annually among member Saturday that he will postpone coronavirus spread had changed countries. until the fall a meeting of Group by then. Trump has repeatedly advo- of 7 nations he had planned to The leaders of the world’s major cated for expanding the group hold next month at the White economies were slated to meet in to include Russia, prompting op- AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes House despite the ongoing coro- June in the U.S. at Camp David, position from some members, in- navirus pandemic. And he said the presidential retreat in Mary- cluding Canada’s Justin Trudeau, People visit Zojoji, a Buddhist temple near Tokyo Tower, Thursday. he plans to invite Russia, Austra- land, but the coronavirus out- who told reporters he had private- lia, South Korea and India as he break hobbled those plans. Trump ly aired his objection to Russian again advocated for the group’s announced in March he was can- readmittance. Iconic Tokyo Tower reopens expansion. celing the summit because of the “Russia has yet to change the He said he had not yet set a pandemic and that the leaders behavior that led to its expulsion would confer by video conference in 2014, and therefore should not for visitors after 2 months new date for the meeting, but instead. But Trump then switched be allowed back into the G7,” he thought the gathering could take BY HANA KUSUMOTO course, saying a week ago that he said at a news conference. All visitors are asked to wear place in September, around the was again planning to host an in- The House also passed a bi- Stars and Stripes masks and agree to a tempera- time of the annual meeting of the person meeting. partisan resolution in December ture screening at the entrance, United Nations in New York, or TOKYO — A popular, land- according to the website. “Now that our Country is 2019 that supports Russia’s pre- mark tourist spot reopened in perhaps after the U.S. election in ‘Transitioning back to Greatness’, vious expulsion from the annual Other spots, such as museums, November. Tokyo with the recent easing of are also beginning to resume I am considering rescheduling gathering. a state of emergency imposed by Alyssa Farah, White House the G-7, on the same or similar Russia had been invited to at- operations. director of strategic communica- the Japanese government nearly The National Museum of Na- date, in Washington, D.C., at the tend the gathering of the world’s two months ago to curb the coro- tions, said that Trump wanted to ture and Science in the Ueno dis- legendary Camp David,” Trump most advanced economies since navirus pandemic. bring in some of the country’s tra- trict of the city is reopening on tweeted. “The other members 1997, but was suspended in 2014 Tokyo Tower, an iconic red and ditional allies and those impacted are also beginning their COME- following its invasion of Ukraine Monday, though reservations are white communications and obser- required to visit. The Tokyo Na- by the coronavirus to discuss the BACK. It would be a great sign to and annexation of Crimea. vation structure in central Tokyo, tional Museum, also in Ueno, is opened its doors Thursday for the scheduled to reopen on Tuesday. first time since April 8, according Most museums and facilities in to the tower’s website. However, the popular tour- Tokyo closed after the Japanese Army relaxing restrictions for ist destination will operate with government, faced with a rising shorter hours than usual, with the number of coronavirus cases, de- main deck open from 9 a.m. to 9 clared an emergency April 7 in members at Japanese posts p.m daily. Tokyo and several other prefec- The number of visitors rid- tures. The declaration was later ing the elevator at one time will extended nationwide before being BY SETH ROBSON in options will be offered at Army week after Japanese Prime Min- be limited as an anti-coronavi- lifted on May 25. Stars and Stripes posts in Japan, the announcement ster Shinzo Abe ended a 42-day rus measure, the tower’s website Japan counted 16,719 coronavi- said. Social distancing measures state of emergency in all areas stated. rus infected cases and 874 deaths TOKYO — Army posts in will be enforced. of Japan, including Tokyo, where However, every day until June as of Thursday, according to Min- Japan have relaxed some restric- No changes have been made to the pandemic was most deeply 14 visitors may take the 600-step istry of Health, Labour and Wel- tions imposed on service mem- off-post dining restrictions, which felt. People were asked but not outside stairs to the main deck, fare news release. bers to slow the spread of the are limited to takeout within 10 forced to stay at home; nones- which is usually open only on Tokyo, considered hardest hit coronavirus. kilometers, or 6.2 miles, of a per- sential businesses were asked to weekends and holidays. The stair- by the virus in Japan, on Thurs- U.S. Army Japan announced son’s duty station. close or reduce operations. way, which rises 500 feet, will be day reported just four new cases late Friday afternoon that those Also on Friday, U.S. Army Gar- U.S. military bases in the Tokyo open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., weather from the previous day for a total living in on-base family housing of 15, according to the metropoli- rison Japan, based at Camp Zama metro area remain under a public permitting, with last access at or in off-post homes paid for by near Tokyo, announced that a tan government website. Since health emergency declared April 7:30 p.m., the website states. the government may “engage in worker at Sagamihara Yaei Post early April, the city has reported 15 by U.S. Forces Japan. Restric- The higher observation floor at restricted parties or social gath- Office near the Army’s Sagami 820 feet is accessible only by join- 5,195 cases. tions vary by installation but erings of up to 10 people.” The General Depot had tested positive ing a top-deck, special elevator Blue Impulse, the Japan Air typically limit travel to off-base limit for soldiers living in bar- for the coronavirus. tour instead of the usual top-deck Self-Defense Force’s aerobatic racks rooms is four people. The post office will remain off homes and workplaces and shop- tour. The 8,000 yen-per-group demonstration team, flew over “All personnel are required to limits to all U.S. Army Japan per- ping for essential services only. tour (about $75) is limited to Tokyo on Friday afternoon to continue to practice social dis- sonnel through June 12, the an- Those restrictions are sched- groups of four, which allows fam- thank and honor medical person- tancing, use of personal protec- nouncement said. uled to end June 14, except at Yo- ilies and close friends to partici- nel combatting the virus. It was tive equipment and enhanced “Anyone who visited that post kota Air Base in western Tokyo, pate without sharing the elevator only the third time Blue Impulse sanitation,” the statement said. office since May 12 should im- where they may last until June with strangers. flew over Tokyo, Defense Minis- The rules are effective mediately contact their chain-of- 30. The usual multilingual record- ter Taro Kono said on Twitter. immediately. command,” it added. 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Two soldiers test positive for virus after arriving in South Korea from US

Stars and Stripes all other patients have recovered. the disease that is caused by the virus. the respiratory disease while in South The soldiers were tested according to USFK health professionals cleaned and Korea. The others tested positive upon ar- SEOUL, South Korea — Two newly as- rival from abroad. signed American soldiers tested positive procedure after arriving on the Patriot disinfected the plane, the quarantine bus “USFK remains at a high level of readi- for the coronavirus after arriving in South Express at Osan Air Base on Wednesday and the soldiers’ quarantine rooms. ness with only two active duty service Korea on a government-chartered flight and received the results while in manda- However, officials said there was a lim- from the United States, the military said tory quarantine at Camp Humphreys, ac- ited need for contact tracing since all ar- members who are currently confirmed Saturday. cording to a press release. rivals in South Korea must be tested and positive for COVID-19 as all other USFK- The confirmation raised to 30 the num- “Since testing positive, the soldiers have quarantined for two weeks as part of mea- affiliated persons have recovered,” it said. ber of coronavirus cases linked to U.S. been moved to Camp Humphreys’ isola- sures aimed at preventing the further At least 28,500 American service mem- Forces Korea, including six active-duty tion barracks designated for confirmed spread of the virus. bers are stationed in South Korea. service members, but the command said COVID-19 cases,” USFK said, referring to Only two service members contracted [email protected] Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 NATION Protests, unrest continue, spread into Europe

BY TIM SULLIVAN President Donald Trump ap- AND STEPHEN GROVES peared to cheer on the tougher Associated Press tactics Saturday night, commend- ing the National Guard deploy- MINNEAPOLIS — Ameri- ment in Minneapolis, declaring cans awoke Sunday to charred “No games!” and saying police in and glass-strewn streets in doz- New York City “must be allowed ens of cities after another night to do their job!” of unrest fueled by rage over the Presumptive Democratic mistreatment of African Ameri- presidential nominee Joe Biden cans at the hands of police, who condemned the violence as he responded to the chaos with tear continued to express common gas and rubber bullets. cause with those demonstrating Tens of thousands marched after Floyd’s death. peacefully to protest the death “The act of protesting should of George Floyd, a black man never be allowed to overshadow who died last Monday after a the reason we protest,” Biden white Minneapolis police officer said in a late-night statement. pressed his knee on his neck until On Sunday, maintenance crews he stopped breathing. But many near the White House worked to demonstrations sank into may- replace windows that had been hem as night fell: Cars and busi- completely shattered with large nesses were torched. The words pieces of wood. Buildings for “I can’t breathe” were spray- blocks were marked with graffiti, painted all over buildings. The including curses about Trump damaged buildings include many and anti-police sentiments. Shat- near the White House. tered glass still covered the side- The scale of the protests, ex- walks. The damaged buildings /AP tending to nearly every part of the included the Department of Vet- ELIZABETH FLORES, STAR TRIBUNE country and unfolding on a single erans Affairs, directly across the A man walks past a damaged building following overnight protests over the death of George Floyd night, seemed to rival the historic street from the White House. Sunday in Minneapolis, Minn. demonstrations of the civil rights Cleanup soon began in cities and Vietnam eras. And by Sunday across the country. In Madison, two NYPD cruisers lurching morning, the outrage had spread Wis ., hundreds of volunteers into a crowd of demonstrators to Europe, where thousands gathered to pick up after the vio- who were pushing a barricade gathered in London’s Trafalgar lence that included setting a po- against one of them and pelting it Square. Despite government lice squad car on fire, stealing with objects. Several people were rules barring crowds because of from businesses and breaking knocked to the ground. It was un- the COVID-19 pandemic, demon- windows at dozens of stores and clear if anyone was hurt. strators clapped and waved plac- an art museum. “The mistakes that are hap- ards as they offered support to Few corners of America were pening are not mistakes. They’re U.S. demonstrators. untouched, from protesters set- repeated violent terrorist offens- “We’re sick of it. The cops are ting fires inside Reno’s city hall, es, and people need to stop killing out of control,” protester Olga to police launching tear gas at black people,” Brooklyn protester Hall said in Washington, D.C. rock-throwing demonstrators Meryl Makielski said. “They’re wild. There’s just been in Fargo, N.D . In Salt Lake City, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp au- too many dead boys.” demonstrators flipped a police thorized the deployment of up to People set fire to squad cars, car and lit it on fire. Police said 3,000 National Guard troops to threw bottles at officers and bust- six people were arrested and an Athens, Savannah and any other ed windows of storefronts. They officer was injured after being cities where more demonstra- carried away TVs and other items struck in the head with a baseball tions were planned Sunday. Kemp even as some protesters urged bat. had already approved up to 1,500 PETROS KARADJIAS/Associated Press them to stop. In Indianapolis, two Overnight curfews were im- Guardsmen to help enforce a 9 people were reported dead after posed in more than a dozen p.m. Saturday curfew in Atlanta. Three protesters, in the background, marching in support of multiple shootings that happened major cities nationwide, includ- “The protesters need to know detained migrants Sunday in Nicosia, Cyprus, hold up placards to during downtown violence. Those ing Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, we’re going to support their ef- demonstrate their solidarity with African-American man George slayings added to deaths reported Minneapolis, San Francisco and forts in a peaceful, nonviolent Floyd who died after a police officer pressed a knee on his neck. in Detroit and Minneapolis in re- Seattle. protest,” the Republican told tele- cent days. At least 13 police officers were vision station WSB late Saturday. after the acquittal of the white have yet to approach the stagger- In Minneapolis, the city where injured in Philadelphia, and at “The agitators need to know that police officers who beat Rodney ing totals Los Angeles saw during the protests began, police, state least four police vehicles were set we’ll be there ... to take them to King, a black motorist who had five days of rioting in 1992, when troopers and National Guard on fire. In New York City, danger- jail if they’re destroying lives and led them on a high-speed chase. more than 60 people died, 2,000- members moved in soon after an ous confrontations flared repeat- property.” The protests of Floyd’s killing plus were injured and thousands 8 p.m. curfew took effect to break edly as officers made arrests and T he unrest recalled the riots in have gripped many more cities, arrested, with property damage up the demonstrations. cleared streets. A video showed Los Angeles nearly 30 years ago but the losses in Minneapolis topping $1 billion. Massive protests raise fears of new coronavirus outbreaks

Associated Press else in the world. 25 in Minneapolis after a white ences at the University of Califor- Even for the many protest- LOS ANGELES — The mayor Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance police officer pressed a knee into nia, Davis. ers wearing masks, those don’t of Atlanta, one of dozens of U.S. Bottoms warned that “there is his neck. It was the latest in a se- The U.S. has seen over 1.7 mil- guarantee protection. The U.S. cities hit by massive protests in still a pandemic in America that’s ries of deaths of black men and lion infections and nearly 104,000 Centers for Disease Control and recent days, has a message for killing black and brown people at women at the hands of police in deaths in the pandemic, which Prevention says cloth masks keep demonstrators: “If you were out higher numbers.” America. has disproportionately affected infected people from spreading protesting last night, you prob- Violent protests over the death Health experts fear that silent racial minorities in a nation that the virus but are not designed to ably need to go get a COVID test of George Floyd have shaken carriers of the virus who have does not have universal health protect wearers from getting it. this week.” the country from New York City no symptoms could unwittingly care. More than 6 million infections As more beaches, churches, to Minneapolis, from Atlanta to infect others at protests where The Minnesota health commis- have been reported worldwide, schools and businesses reopened Los Angeles. Some protests have people are packed cheek to jowl, sioner warned that the protests with nearly 370,000 deaths, ac- worldwide, civil unrest in the turned into riots and clashes with many without masks. are almost certain to fuel new cording to a tally by Johns Hop- United States over repeated ra- police, leaving stores burned and “Whether they’re fired up or infections. kins University. The true death cial injustice is raising fears of torched cars in the streets. City not, that doesn’t prevent them “We have two crises that are toll is believed to be significantly new coronavirus outbreaks in a officials have ordered overnight from getting the virus,” said sandwiched on top of one other,” higher, with experts saying many country that has seen more infec- curfews to quell the violence. Bradley Pollock, chairman of the Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey victims died of the virus without tions and deaths than anywhere Floyd, a black man, died May Department of Public Health Sci- said. ever being tested. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 NATION SpaceX delivers astronauts to Space Station

The capsule loomed ever larger After historic launch on live NASA TV as it closed the gap. Saturday, capsule Hurley and Behnken took docks 19 hours later over the controls and did a little piloting less than a couple hun- dred yards out as part of the test BY MARCIA DUNN flight, before putting it back into Associated Press automatic for the final approach. Hurley said the capsule handled CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — “really well, very crisp.” SpaceX delivered two astronauts SpaceX and NASA officials had to the International Space Station held off on any celebrations until for NASA on Sunday, following up after Sunday morning’s dock- a historic liftoff with an equally ing — and possibly not until the smooth docking in yet another two astronauts are back on Earth first for Elon Musk’s company. sometime this summer. With test pilots Doug Hurley NASA has yet to decide how and Bob Behnken poised to take long Hurley and Behnken will over manual control if necessary, spend at the space station, some- the SpaceX Dragon capsule pulled where between one and four up to the station and docked auto- months. While they’re there, the matically, no assistance needed. Dragon test pilots will join the It was the first time a privately /AP CHRIS O’MEARA one U.S. and two Russian station built and owned spacecraft car- residents in performing experi- ried astronauts to the orbiting lab A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, ments and possibly spacewalks to in its nearly 20 years. NASA con- prepare to lift off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday. siders this the opening volley in install fresh station batteries. In a show-and-tell earlier Sun- a business revolution encircling In this image Earth and eventually stretching taken from day, the astronauts gave a quick to the moon and Mars. NASA TV video, tour of the Dragon’s sparkling The docking occurred just 19 the SpaceX clean insides, quite spacious for hours after a SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon crew a capsule. They said the liftoff rocket blasted off Saturday after- capsule, with was pretty bumpy and dynamic, noon from Kennedy Space Cen- NASA astronauts nothing the simulators could have ter, the nation’s first astronaut Doug Hurley, mimicked. launch to orbit from home soil in left, and Robert The blue sequined dinosaur ac- nearly a decade. Behnken aboard, companying them — their young Thousands jammed surround- docks with the sons’ toy, named Tremor — was ing beaches, bridges and towns International also in good shape, Behnken as- to watch as SpaceX became the Space Station on sured viewers. Tremor was going world’s first private company to Sunday . to join Earthy, a plush globe de- send astronauts into orbit, and NASA TV/AP livered to the space station on last ended a nine-year launch drought year’s test flight of a crew-less for NASA. back into their pressurized the incoming capsule for the ben- Gleaming white in the sunlight, crew Dragon. Behnken said both A few hours before docking, the launch suits and helmets for the efit of flight controllers at SpaceX the Dragon was easily visible toys would return to Earth with Dragon riders reported that the rendezvous. headquarters in Hawthorne, from a few miles out, its nose cone them at mission’s end. capsule was performing beauti- The three space station resi- Calif., and NASA’s Johnson Space open and exposing its docking An old-style capsule splash- fully. Just in case, they slipped dents kept cameras trained on Center in Houston. hook as well as a blinking light. down is planned. Democrats to interview ousted State Department watchdog

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK according to two congressional administration who may have Committee. Republicans on those scribed interviews. The House AND MATTHEW LEE aides working on the investiga- more information about Linick’s panels will also be invited to ques- will be out of session over the Associated Press tion who requested anonymity to dismissal May 15, including tion Linick and other witnesses. coming week as lawmakers work further discuss the closed-door whether Secretary of State Mike “If Secretary Pompeo pushed from home during the coronavi- WASHINGTON — Members of meeting. Pompeo recommended the firing for Mr. Linick’s dismissal to rus pandemic. three House and Senate commit- Democrats announced Friday for retaliatory reasons. Pompeo cover up his own misconduct, The committee has asked sev- tees will interview former State that they are expanding their has denied that Linick’s firing was that would constitute an egre- eral other State Department of- Department Inspector General probe into Linick’s firing in May retaliatory, but has not given spe- gious abuse of power and a clear ficials to sit for interviews in the Steve Linick on Wednesday as with a series of interviews. The cific reasons for his dismissal. attempt to avoid accountability,” probe, including Undersecretary part of an investigation by House investigation is part of a larger ef- The investigation is being led the Democrats said in a joint of State for Management Brian Democrats into his abrupt firing fort by Democrats and some Re- by House Foreign Affairs Com- statement Friday. Bulatao, Assistant Secretary for by President Donald Trump. publicans to find out more about mittee Chairman Eliot Engel, The committees said that they Political-Military Affairs Clarke Linick will speak to members of Trump’s recent moves to sideline D-N.Y., House Oversight and Re- will release transcripts shortly Cooper, Pompeo’s executive sec- the House Foreign Affairs Com- several independent government form Chairwoman Carolyn Malo- after each interview. retary Lisa Kenna and acting mittee, the House Oversight and watchdogs. ney, D-N.Y., and New Jersey Sen. It’s unclear whether Linick will State Department legal adviser Reform Committee and the Sen- The Democrats plan to inter- Bob Menendez, the top Democrat come to Capitol Hill in person Marik String, according to the ate Foreign Relations Committee, view multiple officials in the on the Senate Foreign Relations or appear virtually for the tran- congressional aides. Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD China: US action on Hong Kong ‘doomed to fail’

BY KEN MORITSUGU the laws could curtail free speech Wong held a news conference to Associated Press and opposition political activities. welcome Trump’s announcement The Chinese government issued and try to downplay any econom- BEIJING — The mouthpiece no official response Saturday, but ic fallout. newspaper of China’s ruling has said previously it would re- Tensions between the U.S. and Communist Party said that the taliate if the U.S. went ahead with China over Hong Kong have in- U.S. decision to end some trading its threat to revoke trading ad- creased over the past year, with privileges for Hong Kong “gross- vantages granted to Hong Kong the U.S. defending pro-democ- ly interferes” in China’s internal after its handover from British to racy protesters who clashed with affairs and is “doomed to fail.” Chinese rule in 1997. police last year and China vilify- The Hong Kong government In Hong Kong, small groups of ing them as violent rioters and called President Donald Trump’s Beijing supporters marched to separatists. announcement unjustified and the U.S. Consulate on Saturday Trump said Friday that his /Associated Press said it is “not unduly worried KIN CHEUNG carrying Chinese flags and signs administration would begin by such threats,“ playing down Pro-democracy activists, from left; Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and protesting “American interfer- eliminating the “full range” of concern that they could drive Agnes Chow attend a press conference Saturday in Hong Kong. ence in China’s internal affair” agreements that had given Hong companies away from the Asian and calling Trump “shameless Kong a relationship with the U.S. financial and trading center. Thursday to bypass Hong Kong’s own for the semi-autonomous ter- and useless.” that mainland China lacked, in- Trump’s move came after Chi- legislature and develop and enact ritory. Democracy activists and Elsewhere in the city, youth- cluding exemptions from controls na’s ceremonial parliament voted national security legislation on its many legal experts worry that ful activists including Joshua on certain exports. Israeli defense minister issues apology for Palestinian death

Associated Press in Jerusalem’s Old City on Satur- ter under a power-sharing deal, “We are really sorry about the In a statement, Israeli police said they spotted a suspect “with JERUSALEM — Israel’s de- day, drew broad condemnations made the remarks at the weekly incident in which Iyad Halak was and revived complaints alleging meeting of the Israeli Cabinet. shot to death and we share in the a suspicious object that looked like fense minister apologized Sun- a pistol.” When he failed to obey excessive force by Israeli secu- He sat near Prime Minister Ben- family’s grief,” Gantz said. “I am day for the Israeli police’s deadly orders to stop, officers opened shooting of an unarmed, autistic rity forces. jamin Netanyahu, who made no sure this subject will be investi- fire, the statement said. Police Palestinian man. Benny Gantz, who is also Is- mention of the incident in his gated swiftly and conclusions will spokesman Micky Rosenfeld later The shooting of Iyad Halak, 32, rael’s “alternate” prime minis- opening remarks. be reached.” said no weapon was found. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Unknown object breaks GOP office window

BULLHEAD CITY— AZ An unknown object broke through a window at a Re- publican Party office in north- western Arizona while volunteers were hosting an organizing event for President Donald Trump, ac- cording to police and the Trump campaign. The initial call reported a “weapons offense,” but police do not believe the window was struck by gunfire, said Emily Fromelt, a spokeswoman for Bullhead City police. Six people were in the building at the time. No one was injured. No one was seen fleeing the area, and no arrests have been made, Fromelt said. Animal control allows bystanders to ride gator

HILTON HEAD IS- SC LAND — A worker for an animal control company allowed bystanders to ride and pose for pictures and videos with an alligator that was captured on a South Carolina miniature golf course, drawing condemnation from town leaders. Hilton Head Island Town Manager Steve Riley issued a statement saying officials were “deeply concerned about the egregious and unacceptable be- havior,” after the alligator was trapped, news outlets reported. ROBERT F. B UKATY/AP Joey Maffo, 19, led the capture of the gator at Legendary Golf in front of a crowd of about 100 peo- Tight squeeze ple, The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported. He was among Shawn Gott works to untangle himself from Dante, his pet sunglow boa constrictor, while taking the snake with him on a walk through a team that responded when the downtown Rockland, Maine . An albino gene gives the specially bred snake a bright color. golf course contacted Critter Management, an animal control Snake interrupts online THE CENSUS on the Chihuahua named Coco company founded by his grandfa- school lesson on Zoom several times, then fled the apart- ther, Joe Maffo. The estimated value of the damages made ment with the dog in his arms. “As soon as I taped the gator, I to a high school in South Florida by a naked A family member told police LAS CRUCES — A thought it was a good opportunity man who broke into the school. Security they thought Basden was going to to get people to understand how NM New Mexico elemen- $100K cameras caught Matthew Crandall, 21, on throw the dog in a nearby pond. tary school teacher on Zoom with big and powerful it was,” Joey video trashing Miramar High School. He students had a lesson interrupted Police searched the pond’s shore- Maffo told the newspaper. wore only a hat and headphones while smashing computers and televisions, Mi- thanks to an uninvited guest: a line and found the dog’s body Both Joey and Joe Maffo apolo- ramar police said in a tweet. The video showed Crandall broke into the school bullsnake. near a residence. gized for the incident. around 7 a.m. and spent nearly 24 hours at the building. He caused flooding in The desert animal surprised “It certainly wasn’t our in- hallways and vandalized classrooms, walls and hallways throughout the school in Sunrise Elementary School War memorial graffitied tent to exploit this alligator,” Joe Broward County, police said. They said that Crandall is charged with burglary and fourth-grade teacher Annette Maffo said. criminal mischief. on Memorial Day Otero Nunez during a class May 12 via Zoom from her backyard in Dispatcher aids woman PITTSBURGH — Au- Las Cruces , the Las Cruces Sun- with runaway SUV News reports. mont Times-Call reported. Knox County Chief Deputy Pat- PA thorities in western Animal control officer Juan Investigators found a “berry- rick Polky. Emergency medical Pennsylvania are investigating CAMBRIDGE — A Valles captured the animal and like substance” inside the lab, technicians performed CPR but vandalism of a Pittsburgh war OH wild ride on an inter- then gave students a quick lesson “No amount of meth is safe, were unable to revive the woman, memorial on the eve of Memorial state in central Ohio came to a on identifying desert snakes and whether it has a berry in it or officials said. Day. safe end when a highway patrol snake safety. not,” Longmont Deputy Chief The exact circumstances of the The statue of a World War I dispatcher calmly instructed a The bullsnake, prevalent in Jeff Satur said. “It’s a highly ad- death are being investigated, but doughboy in the city’s Lawrence- driver how to stop her runaway the American Southwest, is not dictive, life-destroying drug.” investigators believe the mower ville neighborhood was splashed SUV. venomous Investigators said no meth fell from a 5-foot retaining wall. with red paint during the night The driver, named Emma, 20, was found inside the garage but It was the second lawnmower and also appeared to have been called 911 for help when her SUV believe Rogers had the tools to death in a week in Maine. Man arrested for trying sprayed with a logo similar to that would not slow down or stop on make up to an ounce of meth a of a hammer and sickle. Interstate 77 due to a mechanical to make healthy meth day. Satur said police will test the Man stomps Chihuahua problem, the Ohio State Highway duplex where Rogers was living A message spray-painted at the Patrol said. LONGMONT — A for meth contamination . to death, leaves at lake base of the memorial read “June The driver, who was crying, CO Colorado man is facing 19, 1986! Glory to the Day of Hero- said nothing happened when she drug charges after police say he Officials: Lawnmower WEYMOUTH — A ism!” The phase has been used by tapped her brakes. The dispatch- told them he was attempting to MA Massachusetts man some groups in reference to 1986 er remained calm. create a healthy meth substance death second in a week stomped his family’s pet Chihua- Peruvian prison uprisings by im- “Take ahold of your emergency with acai berries inside a meth hua to death and tried to hide the prisoned Maoist revolutionaries. brake and just gradually pull that lab in his garage. APPLETON— A rid- body, police said. Police spokeswoman Cara Cruz ing lawnmower appar- Shykeim Basden, 19, of Wey- a little bit and see if it slows you Craig William Rogers, 49, was ME said that investigators are review- down at all,” the dispatcher said. arrested on suspicion of con- ently tumbled from a retaining mouth, faces arraignment after ing “all available video footage” “Emma, does it slow you down at trolled substance possession, wall, killing a woman in the town his arrest on several charges from the area. She also said that all?” possession of drug paraphernalia of Appleton, officials said. including animal cruelty, Wey- The SUV began to slow down and unlawful distribution, manu- Doreen Robbins, 59, was dis- mouth police said in a statement. arrangements are being made to and came to a stop near the me- facturing, and dispensing of a covered underneath the lawn A witness told responding of- clean the memorial. dian. No one was injured. controlled substance, the Long- mower by a family member, said ficers that Basden had stomped From wire reports Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 FACES Spears drops first new song in years Dreams New Britney Spears music alert! On May 29, the “Toxic” pop singer released the bonus track “Mood Ring (By Demand)” from her 2016 album “Glory,” a track that was previously only available deferred in Japan. “Repurposed this since we didn’t use it,” Spears wrote on Instagram May 28, alongside the new album cover. “What was re- Jason Isbell hoped quested next is out now ... I hope you turn #MoodRing up sooooooo to share new album loud!!!” Earlier this month, Spears re- leased a new cover for “Glory” ‘Reunions’ in person after fans started the #Justice- ForGlory social media campaign, and the album rose through the BY DAVID BAUDER charts on iTunes. Associated Press “You asked for a new Glory cover and since it went to number Jason Isbell had big plans for this summer, one we had to make it happen!!!!,” between a new album specifically designed the artist said on Instagram. to introduce his music to a wider audience “Couldn’t have done it without and a schedule that had him onstage most AMY HARRIS, INVISION/AP you all.” nights from May to September. The repurposed “Glory” cover Like millions of others, many of Isbell’s Jason Isbell, shown March 9 in Nashville, is king of the Americana genre, but he’s features Spears lying in the des- dreams are on hold because of the corona- ambitious for more. His new “Reunions” album seeks a broader reach sonically, and as ert in a gold bathing suit with sil- virus. So on a recent evening, he and wife always, Isbell’s well-crafted songs lie at the center of what he does. ver chains spread around her. Amanda Shires performed his new songs for an internet audience at a near-empty Isbell and his band, the 400 Unit, as if they does with “It Gets Easier.” New novel coming from Nashville club. Stray claps sounded like they played live in a room together. But Isbell “I felt like I had a certain perspective on it ‘The Revenant’ author came from a handful of janitors sweeping up wanted production touches that could help that I hadn’t had before,” he said. “I’m sure in the back. the disc “Reunions” appeal to people who that perspective will change with time. I The author of “The Revenant,” “It wasn’t a new experience,” said Isbell, might not listen to Americana music. felt a little bit safer doing that and a little bit the historical novel adapted into recalling a night in State College, Penn., The touches were subtle: some synthesiz- more qualified.” the Oscar-winning movie star- where his only spectators were the opening ers here and there, a guitar that occasion- It may get easier, he concludes, but it never ring Leonardo DiCaprio, will be band and bar employees. ally recalls Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler. The gets easy. Isbell’s inability to acknowledge publishing his first new work of But it’s one that belongs in the rear-view song “Only Children” sounds like it has a ce- the pressure that he felt while songwriting fiction in nearly 20 years. mirror. The 2013 breakthrough album lestial choir in the background. caused such conflict with Shires that, for 10 Henry Holt and Company an- “Southeastern” established Isbell as an im- Isbell’s carefully-crafted songs are still days, she moved out of their house and into nounced May 28 that Michael portant new voice, and two vibrant follow-ups the backbone. “Reunions” topped Billboard’s a nearby hotel. They talked about the diffi- Punke’s “Ridgeline” will be re- proved that wasn’t a fluke. With Lucinda Wil- country music chart on its first week of re- culties for an article in The New York Times leased in June 2021. The book is liams and the late John Prine, Isbell formed lease, and was No. 9 on the pop chart. that felt, in part, like an uncomfortable peek set in the American West in the a holy trinity for fans of Americana music. His songs handle emotions complex and into a marriage counseling session. 1860s and “interweaves the per- Labels can be cages, though they didn’t universal, from his life and others. “St. Pe- Too much information? spectives of key U.S. Army of- limit forebears like Bruce Springsteen or ter’s Autograph” is about his difficulty deal- “I didn’t regret saying any of those things,” ficers, the family members they Tom Petty. They were rock stars whose ing with his wife’s grief over the death of her Isbell said. “My brand is the truth, for lack of brought with them to settle the music topped the pop charts. Isbell has simi- friend. In “Letting You Go,” he tries to write a better term. People who are interested in West, and the indigenous people lar lofty ambitions and, longtime producer about a father walking his daughter down the following my story and my music are inter- who fought off the invasion of Dave Cobb believes, the talent to back it up. aisle while avoiding cheap sentiment. ested in honesty, so I’ll give it to ’em. their land, including the legend- “You always want to reach people you Isbell has alluded in song to the turning “If I’m living in a way where I think I ary Crazy Horse,” according to haven’t reached before,” Isbell explained. point in his life — getting sober eight years should hide things from people, then maybe Henry Holt. His last few albums effectively captured ago — but never in the head-on manner he I should change the way I’m living.” From wire reports ‘Out’ short features Pixar’s first openly gay protagonist

BY JAKE COYLE “I felt like this was something I had to do,” said Hunter, Associated Press a 51-year-old animator making his directorial debut. “I didn’t come out until I was 27 and I’m 51 now, and I feel In Steven Clay Hunter’s 23 years as an animator at like I’m still dealing with it. You can’t hide who you are for Pixar, he has drawn a seven-armed octopus, a Canadian half of your life and then not carry that baggage around. daredevil and a wheezing toy penguin. But there were You’ve got to process it somehow. I got lucky enough to scenes he never expected to animate until he began work- process it in the making of this movie.” ing on his short, “Out.” It’s part joke, part truth that “Out” is labeled “based on Hunter wrote and directed the nine-minute Pixar film, a true story.” The first shot is of a magical dog and cat which recently debuted on Disney Plus. It’s about a man jumping through a rainbow. Hunter has had a dog named named Greg who, while packing up to move, temporarily Jim but, naturally, hasn’t experienced a canine “Freaky switches bodies with his dog, Jim. While frantically try- Friday.” But the central story is autobiographical. ing to hide evidence of his boyfriend, Manuel, Greg dis- “The relationship of Manuel and Greg is something I covers the courage to reveal his sexual orientation to his went through,” he says. “I wasn’t out to my family and I parents. was in a relationship but they didn’t know about him. It Greg, who’s loosely based on Hunter, is Pixar’s first took a toll on our relationship and we ended up breaking LGBTQ protagonist. And while “Out” includes some more up because of that. And that break-up led to me coming PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS/AP typically Pixar material (a pair of rainbow animals, a out to my family, over the phone in a conference room at cameo from Wheezy of “Toy Story”), it features images Pixar’s animated short film “Out” features a gay Pixar.” never seen before in the 25 years of the studio, or in the protagonist, the first in the studio’s 25-year history. Hunter first came up with the idea of a coming-out film longer history of Disney. Like when Greg and his boy- five years ago. But it was the Pixar SparkShorts program, friend, Manuel, embrace. outsized impact and been celebrated as a milestone for in- which is meant to discover new voices and experiment “The first time I drew Greg and Manuel holding each clusion in family entertainment. GLAAD called it “a huge with different techniques, that presented Hunter with an other in the bedroom, I was bawling my face off,” says step forward for the Walt Disney Company.” opportunity. After working on the Spark short “Purl,” he Hunter. “All this emotion came welling up because I real- “ ‘Out’ represents the best of Disney and Pixar’s legacy pitched “Out.” It was greenlit and finished by December. ized I had been in animation for decades and I had never as a place for heartwarming stories about finding one’s “It was cool that he was telling this coming out story but drawn that in my career. It just hit me.” own inner strength in the face of life’s challenges,” said he was doing so while coming out as a filmmaker,” says “Out” is a small movie on a streaming service, not one Jeremy Blacklow, GLAAD’s director of entertainment Sachar. “It was really wonderful for everyone to be a part of Pixar’s global blockbusters. But it has already had an media. of and witness.” PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Regime change in Iran is necessary Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY REUEL MARC GERECHT be binding on a Republican president, his an arms-control approach is that you have AND RAY TAKEYH colleague Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., de- to pretend that your interlocutors are suffi- EDITORIAL Special to The Washington Post scribed his move as “undermining the au- ciently “moderate” to seek regional stabil- thority of the president,” while Secretary ity. You have to pretend that the Iranians Terry Leonard, Editor egime change in Iran is one of of State John F. Kerry professed himself to are willing to concede their religious ideol- [email protected] the biggest taboos in U.S. foreign be in “utter disbelief.” ogy and imperial ambitions. Most impor- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor policy. 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For stripes.com/contactus are they reminders of China’s historical the dynasties into a bonfire — neighboring years, China has been making huge head- failures, but they also represent an alterna- OMBUDSMAN Hong Kong and Taiwan started to thrive. way not only as an economic powerhouse tive way of life, where peoples of the same They became epicenters for modern Chi- but also a cultural influencer — shaking Ernie Gates origin could somehow thrive outside of the nese pop culture and gateways to how the stereotype that modern China’s ten- watchful eye of the Communist Party. 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Beijing does not have the right to take of the purchaser, user or patron. ers, artists and entertainers, who are used When I interviewed Anthony Wong — a that away. to freely expressing their views through Hong Kong civil rights activist, producer © Stars and Stripes 2020 Arthur Tam is a journalist and was formerly an their mediums. and electronic indie musician — during his editor at Time Out Hong Kong and Cedar Hong stripes.com As I was growing up in the United States, U.S. tour last fall, he told me, “In a way, the Kong. Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 OPINION The case for reopening grade schools this fall

BY DANIEL T. H ALPERIN COVID-19 deaths in Britain might be pre- Special to The Washington Post vented by closing schools and colleges, compared with a potential 17% to 21% pre- s lockdown restrictions ease, a vented from self-isolating. This suggests critical question looms: When that schools are not particularly signifi- do we reopen schools? Parents cant contributors to community transmis- Aand others weighing COVID-19’s sion. As schools reopen, one concern is for risk to children and the adults they may in- the risk to groups already known to be vul- fect, directly or indirectly, should consider nerable to COVID-19: predominantly older emerging evidence that suggests children people with predisposing conditions such are not significant transmitters of COVID- as chronic illness, obesity and smoking. 19. These data, coupled with the enormous The options are distressing: potentially adverse impacts of continuing closures, greater numbers infected vs. the rising argue for reopening schools by fall. educational costs to millions of children. Of about 360,000 COVID-19 deaths School closures of course affect more worldwide, only about two dozen children than academics. Students are also deprived are known to have died. For all the recent of social connections and physical activ- reports of serious complications among /AP ity. Socioeconomic disparities are exacer- young people, these are statistically rare KRISTOPHER RADDER, THE BRATTLEBORO (VT.) REFORMER bated, as some families have resources to and, if detected early, most afflicted youths Joyce Manning, the bookkeeper at Brattleboro Union High School in Brattleboro, Vt., enhance online learning, while less privi- recover within weeks. hands out a diploma sleeve to Edie Cay, a graduating senior, on May 22. leged children fall further behind. While most countries have shuttered Other consequences of school closures schools, others such as Taiwan have A German study that warns against re- cal differences between COVID-19 and include recent surges in child abuse; hun- achieved effective responses without clo- opening schools found viral loads in infect- more common respiratory ailments sug- ger from missed subsidized meals; greater sures. In Denmark and Norway, where ed children at levels comparable to adults. gest that children are not major sources of anxiety, depression and isolation. Students schools began reopening in mid-April, There is evidence, however, that as with infection. with autism, Down syndrome, attention- COVID-19 cases and deaths have de- the earlier SARS outbreak, children who Anthony Fauci, director of the National deficit hyperactivity disorder and other creased. Normally, gregarious youngsters have COVID-19 are less contagious than Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis- are efficient spreaders of respiratory special needs are at particular risk. But adults. Many children with COVID-19 are eases, recently warned against reopening months away from friends and school pathogens. But this appears not to be the asymptomatic; in the absence of coughing schools too early, and noted complications case with COVID-19. structure takes a toll on all students, as be- and sneezing, they emit fewer infectious in some children that resemble Kawasaki leaguered parents everywhere can attest. Emerging evidence suggests that, much droplets. Remarkably, contact tracing disease. The emerging condition, known Schools have begun reopening in France, like with the Severe Acute Respiratory studies in China, Iceland, Britain and the as multisystem inflammatory syndrome Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Australia Syndrome epidemic in 2003, children are Netherlands failed to locate a single case in children, is troubling and must be moni- and elsewhere. Adequate testing and evi- less likely to become infected with this of child-to-adult infection out of thousands tored. But it also appears rare; so far, only dence-based safety precautions are essen- coronavirus. From Feb. 12 to April 2, just of transmission events analyzed. A review several hundred U.S. cases have been 1.7% of U.S. cases for which age is known of studies from several Asian countries reported. tial for protecting teachers and other staff. occurred among people younger than 18. identified few cases of children bringing The low numbers of children affected by Although some COVID-19 cases regretta- Some researchers theorize that some re- the virus home, and a recent analysis of COVID-19 and the new syndrome should bly may result from reopening schools, the sistance has been conferred by previous COVID-19 interventions found no evidence be considered in additional context: More existing evidence does not warrant inflict- exposure to other coronaviruses, such as that school closures had helped contain the than 200 U.S. children were killed last year ing potentially long-term academic, social those that produce the common colds that epidemic. by flu; some 10,000 others died from vari- and vocational disadvantages on millions children frequently acquire. Additionally, Some of this data likely underestimates ous childhood diseases. A rare condition of children. a study published in JAMA found that children’s potential to infect others be- that is not commonly fatal does not jus- Daniel T. Halperin is an epidemiologist and youths are less prone to infection because cause information was collected after tify keeping 55 million American students adjunct professor at the University of North they produce smaller quantities of a pro- lockdowns and other mitigation measures home into the next academic year. Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. He co-authored “Tinderbox: How the West tein, ACE2, that both SARS and the new were implemented. Still, the findings from In March, Imperial College of Lon- Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World coronavirus use to enter cells. contact tracing and the significant biologi- don modeling estimated that 2% to 4% of Can Finally Overcome It.”

A Corona Corps could fight the virus and youth unemployment

BY SCOTT GALLOWAY putting the economy back in an induced toward educational costs or student loan ple, a Senate bill introduced in April calls Special to The Washington Post coma is simple: testing, tracing and isola- debt. for employing the current Peace Corps tion. That is, we need widespread testing This investment would pay dividends volunteers displaced from their jobs by the mong its many victims, the followed by the swift identification and in three ways. First, it would cauterize pandemic. Rather than building the Coro- COVID-19 pandemic has left a temporary isolation of everyone who has the spread of the coronavirus, thus sav- na Corps from scratch, using those volun- generation of young Americans come in contact with infected people. ing lives, and saving us all from another teers and expanding their mandate might Aadrift and without options. After This system requires an army of trac- multi-month lockdown. Second, it would provide an opportunity to build on existing a spring spent peering at pixelated approx- ers out in the field. We do not have nearly train a generation of young people in valu- infrastructures. imations of their instructors on Zoom, 75% enough. able skills and novel life experience. Trac- Service in the Corps would not be with- of college students are unhappy with the The United States entered the pandemic ers would learn to work independently and out risk. But we send young people to the quality of e-learning and 1 in 6 high school with 2,200 tracers, or “disease interven- to interact on sensitive issues with people front lines of wars not because they are im- seniors are considering deferring college tion specialists,” as they are formally of varying backgrounds. Some might get mune from bullets, but because someone for a semester or a full year. Meanwhile, known. Working for the Centers for Dis- crash training in epidemiology, social must go. And we know that young adults unemployment among 18- and 19-year- ease Control and Prevention and local work, programming or operational man- face much lower risk from COVID-19 than olds stands at an astounding 34%. With health agencies, they have until now been agement — skills directly relevant to fu- older people. Corps members would be jobs scarce and social opportunities all at focused on STDs and food-borne illnesses, ture employment. regularly tested and, if they were infected, a distance, how can we prevent a year of and are truly unsung heroes. Today, we The third dividend is less quantifiable, they would have an overwhelming likeli- Fortnite and TikTok for the most fortunate, need 180,000 of these heroes, according to but perhaps the most important over the hood not just of recovering, but of develop- and a slide into poverty for the rest? public health experts. long term: bridging partisan divides. Be- ing antibodies. I propose a United States Corona Corps: Enter the Corona Corps: a volunteer tween 1965 and 1975, more than two-thirds A Corona Corps would not be cheap: an organization in the long tradition of army of 18- to 24-year-olds, trained and of the members of Congress had served 180,000 members at, I estimate, $60,000 youth service, from Mormon missionaries equipped to fight the virus — and reshape their country in uniform. The important each for compensation, training and sup- to Teach for America to the Peace Corps, the trajectory of their own lives. The legislative achievements of those years port would cost nearly $11 billion. The but one laser-focused on the crisis at hand. Corps’ main job would be contact tracing: were shaped by leaders who shared that government could no doubt find a way to While new cases of COVID-19 are declin- interviewing infected people, evaluating bond, larger than politics or party. Today, make it cost twice that. Yet that’s a round- ing in much — but not all — of the country, the nature of their contacts and reaching fewer than 20% have that common bond. ing error on the sums allocated for stimu- a second wave of infections is likely com- out to those put at risk. The Corps would The military does not have a monopoly lus and unemployment to date. ing in the fall, and it will hit a population also staff testing centers across the coun- on service. Since the founding of the Peace Consider it a warranty against needing already short on emotional, physical and try and work with people who are required Corps in 1961, almost a quarter of a million another multitrillion-dollar rescue pack- financial resources. But we do not need to to isolate, providing anything from food of its volunteers have served in 142 coun- age, and an investment in the future. An once again shut down our society to pre- delivery to a sympathetic ear. tries. Public service generates the empa- army of super-soldiers stands ready to vent that second wave. We have seen a bet- The government-funded Corona Corps thy so deeply needed in our hyperpartisan battle COVID-19, and our partisan divide. ter system work elsewhere: South Korea would pay their costs and a modest wage, climate. The Corona Corps could provide Let’s arm them. has even published a playbook. The proven say $2,500 a month. Those who serve at it. Scott Galloway is a professor of marketing at NYU formula for flattening the curve without least six months would receive a credit Other have had similar ideas; for exam- Stern School of Business. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 NFL Analysis League holds off on onside kick changes

BY BARRY WILNER Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ?

For a league that took so many As the NFL seeks ways to eliminate years to find a catch rule that dangerous plays, the onside kick makes sense — we think the cur- has become an obvious target. It rent one does that — it can’t be a surprise that the somewhat radi- occurs rarely, and in recent years cal proposal of an alternative to with alterations to alignments the onside kick has been tabled. and run-ups, the probability of it No, fourth-and-15 is not a dead succeeding has plummeted. The issue, and very likely will be re- play always was a big gamble, visited in March. That’s when, but less than 10% of them have pending developments with the worked over the last two seasons. coronavirus pandemic, the own- SOURCE: Associated Press ers would vote on rules changes or additions. While the idea presented by Not ready for prime time? Ap- parently so. the Philadelphia Eagles has mer- BRYAN WOOLSTON/AP its, it also is gimmicky. And as Remember this is a league that competition committee members took years to adopt the two-point Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield slumped during his sophomore season in Cleveland, following up a Rich McKay and Troy Vincent conversion and decades to move record-setting rookie year by throwing 21 interceptions and completing just 59.4% of his passes. — two of the league’s most influ- back the extra point kick after it ential executives — pointed out, it became automatic . raises lots of questions. Plus, all those alterations to the Basics: Mayfield struggled in second season “Rules like this that are sub- catch rule that took it from con- stantial in nature, they typically founding to, more confounding. take some time,” says McKay, “We probably talked some 20- FROM BACK PAGE president of the Atlanta Fal- 30 minutes on that and ended up Zoom call from his home in cons, “and this is one of the rea- tabling it,” McKay says. “Just Texas, where he’s been holed up sons: People will raise questions taking a little bit of an under- during the COVID-19 pandemic. and say ‘why?’ and ‘explain’ and standing of where teams stood “I’m not going to put any added you’ve got to come back with on it, the questions they had on it. pressure on myself. There’s no answers.” The commissioner has asked us need for that. Because if I win, The NFL desperately is seek- as a committee to make sure we good things will happen. That’s ing ways to eliminate the more get all feedback from the teams, the most important part. dangerous plays, and the onside where they are, and are there “ That’s why quarterback is kick has been deemed one. It oc- ways to address this type of pro- one of those positions that’s the curs rarely, and in recent years posal and bring it back at some hardest in sports. If I play better, with alterations to alignments point? So that’s what we’ll do as a our team’s going to do better. So committee. and run-ups, the probability of I put that pressure on myself. So “Although we didn’t take a for- it succeeding has plummeted. It it doesn’t matter what year it is, I mal vote, we probably had more always was a big gamble, but less have to be way better each year.” clubs that support this year (than than 10% of them have worked in Mayfield was way worse in 2019 in the past). It’s a change, and so the last two seasons. than 2018. He followed a record- as a change mark there were a lot So Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie setting rookie season by throwing of really good questions about the suggested giving teams an alter- 21 interceptions, completing just impacts of all the nuances of the GARY LANDERS/AP native. They could still try the 59.4% of his passes, with a pal- rule, and how that may affect the onside kick, or they could opt for a try 78.8 passer rating. He lacked end of a game. Browns QB Baker Mayfield struggled to establish a connection with fourth-and-15 play from the kick- confidence in the pocket, never “Rules like this take time. It wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., pictured, during their first season ing team’s 25-yard line (barring got on the same page with star took us a long time to make a together, leading to persistent offseason rumors that Cleveland was penalties on the previous scor- receiver Odell Beckham Jr., and ing plays that would be applied change like the extra point. This open to trading the three-time Pro Bowl selection. had a handful of minor media on the kickoff). Convert and you is a pretty major change in giving meltdowns. keep the ball, with a limit of two the offense the ball on fourth- comes around.” fanski, who recently moved his Nothing went as planned for attempts in regulation time only. and-15. There’s a lot of things to Never one to mince words — on family to Ohio after being stuck him or the Browns, who fell flat Newfangled? Absolutely. talk through and that’s what we or off the field, — Mayfield feels in Minnesota when coronavirus on their collective face masks. Exciting? Likely. did today.” time at home has given him per- changed normalcy and shut down Mayfield is determined to learn spective and a greater apprecia- pro sports. from those mistakes. And, as he’s tion of his profession. “Kevin is obviously an ex- done throughout his football life, Circumstances have changed tremely sharp guy,” Mayfield prove people wrong. and so has he. said. “He’s able to relate to every- To start, he’s been noticeably “You only get so many oppor- body. That is one of the best parts low key. For him, that’s a major tunities in this game that I have about him and being around him change. been blessed to play,” he said. “It so far. Just hearing his message, “I have a different approach does not last forever. To be able to everything he does is with a this year,” he said. “Everybody take advantage of that and enjoy purpose.” who has been interviewed on our the moments, I think it is going Mayfield was able to imple- team has hit the nail on the head to be good for me, getting back to ment some of Stefanski’s new over and over about this is time that and having fun and enjoying offense recently after he invited to work. It is time to do our thing, the process of how to get to win- nine teammates, including back- instead of talking about it. This is ning, because that is the most en- up quarterback Case Keenum the first media thing I have done, joyable thing looking back on it.” and newly signed Pro Bowl tight just because there is no need to be In addition to down time play- end Austin Hooper, to join him in talking about it. It is just time to ing board games or boating with Texas for workouts. go do it and right now. his wife, Emily, Mayfield has “A lot of them were here last “It is moving in silence, which spent a major chunk of the past year, but it was good for every- is fine with me. That is how I used two months getting to know new body to be around, speaking the to do it before getting on a bigger Browns coach Kevin Stefanski, same terminology and just kind MARK ZALESKI/AP stage, so I am happy to get back the former Minnesota offensive of hanging out during all this,” The Tennessee Titans’ Rashad Johnson, center, and Kevin Byard to those roots, get back to the fun- coordinator replacing Freddie he said. “You are kind of stuck at (31) try to control an onside kick by Cleveland’s Cody Parkey (3) damentals to where I can accom- Kitchens. home, but we had a chance to get during a game in 2016. The Browns recovered the ball on the play. plish the goals when the season Mayfield is impressed with Ste- outside and throw a little bit.” Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 FLOYD PROTESTS/VIRUS OUTBREAK Goodell: ‘Urgent need for action’ remains

Associated Press tion. But I can remember exactly how I felt as an 8-year-old child. NEW YORK — NFL Com- I felt helpless. I felt as if I was missioner Roger Goodell says neither seen, nor heard, nor un- “there remains an urgent need derstood. As I have watched the for action” following the death of events unfold in the days follow- George Floyd in Minneapolis and ing the murder of George Floyd the protests around the country in Minneapolis, a city where I that have followed. coached and once called home, I From New York to Los Ange- see how many people continue to les and several cities in between, feel those same feelings — help- thousands protested Floyd’s less, frustrated, invisible, angry. I death and repeated police kill- understand the outrage because it ings of black men. Floyd was a seems the list continues to grow: handcuffed black man who died Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Monday after a Minneapolis po- George Floyd. The injustices con- lice officer pressed his knee into tinue to mount and nothing seems his neck for several minutes even to be changing. after he stopped moving and “Fifty-four years later, my son pleading for air. is now 8 years old and I look at the Officer Derek Chauvin, 44, was world he is growing up in and won- charged with third-degree murder der, how much has really changed? and second-degree manslaughter. How often is he judged on sight? Floyd’s death and the ensuing Is he growing up in a world where protests have prompted many he is seen, and heard, and under- sports figures — including ath- stood? Does he feel helpless? Will letes, coaches and league officials he be treated like George Floyd — to speak out in recent days. or Ahmaud Abrey? What have we “As current events dramati- BERND THISSEN/pool via AP really done in the last 54 years to cally underscore, there remains make his 8-year-old world better much more to do as a country Schalke’s Weston McKennie (2) wears an armband with the words “Justice for George” written on it than mine was? We all have to be and as a league,” Goodell said in during the Bundesliga match on Saturday. To be able to use my platform to bring attention to a problem and do better.” his statement Saturday. “These that has been going on to long feels good!!!” McKennie wrote on Twitter. In Germany, U.S. national soc- tragedies inform the NFL’s com- cer player Weston McKennie mitment and our ongoing efforts. Louisville, and Ahmaud Arbery ger,” Smith wrote. “It is also clear deny it. Silence in the face of in- played for Schalke on Saturday There remains an urgent need for in Georgia. Taylor, a 26-year-old that the pain, while shared by justice only works to protect and wearing an armband referencing action. We recognize the power of EMT, was shot eight times by so many, has a history of being perpetuate that injustice.” Floyd’s death. our platform in communities and narcotics detectives who knocked (borne) more by some than oth- Coach Dwane Casey of the The midfielder had the hand- as part of the fabric of American down her front door on March 13. ers. It is as wrong to be willfully NBA’s Detroit Pistons also re- written message “Justice for society. Arbery, who was the cousin of De- ignorant to this pain as it is to use leased a statement. George” on white tape around his “We embrace that responsibil- troit Lions safety Tracy Walker, this pain as cover for inflicting “Fifty-four years ago, I was left arm. ity and are committed to con- was a 25-year-old black man who pain on others.” an 8-year-old boy living in rural “To be able to use my platform tinuing the important work to was shot dead after being pursued NFLPA president JC Tretter of Kentucky when the schools were to bring attention to a problem address these systemic issues to- by two white men while running the Cleveland Browns also wrote desegregated,” Casey said. “I that has been going on to (sic) long gether with our players, clubs and in their neighborhood. a statement on Twitter, saying walked into a white school where feels good!!!” McKennie wrote on partners.” NFL Players Association exec- he felt “a range of emotions” this I was not wanted nor welcomed. Twitter alongside pictures of him- Goodell added that the protest- utive director DeMaurice Smith week. At that time, there were no cell self wearing the armband. “We ers’ reactions “reflect the pain, sent a letter to all of the league’s “Racism is something that we phones to record my treatment, have to stand up for what we be- anger and frustration that so players Saturday, addressing the all must take responsibility to no cable news stations with 24/7 lieve in and I believe that it is time many of us feel.” He also sent con- events around the country. end,” Tretter wrote. “As human coverage, no social media to re- that we are heard!” dolences to Floyd’s family — as “The country is hurting, there beings, we need to identify and cord the reality of the situation McKennie’s Schalke team lost well as those of Breonna Taylor in is uncertainty and there is dan- challenge prejudice, rather than or offer support nor condemna- 1-0 to Werder Bremen. Sports events in England resuming

BY ROB HARRIS with the season yet to start due to the pandemic. Associated Press The return of horse racing will allow Britain’s 59 courses that have been closed since March to start MANCHESTER, England — Horse racing will be to open again. the first main sport to resume in England on Mon- British horse racing employs tens of thousands of day after the government approved the end of the people and the absence of meets since March 17 has 11-week shutdown of events if there are no specta- left many facing “considerable hardship,” according tors and coronavirus protocols are followed. to the Jockey Club. Jockeys will wear masks and medical checks will “The lockdown has been an incredibly hard peri- be required on arrival and before leaving the course od for our industry and it will be a long road back to in the northeast city of Newcastle, where 10 races recovery,“ Jockey Club chief executive Delia Bush- are planned. ell said. “While we are not a human-contact sport, The guidance that allows elite sports competi- extensive plans are nevertheless in place to create tions to restart from Monday was published by the government on Saturday as COVID-19 lockdown the safest possible environment for participants.” restrictions that were imposed in March are eased Competitors and other staff will be required to further. Snooker and greyhound racing events have travel to venues individually and by private trans- also been lined up for Monday. port where possible. Screening for coronavirus “The wait is over,” Culture Secretary Oliver symptoms is required before entering. Dowden said. “Live British sport will shortly be back Where social distancing cannot be maintained on in safe and carefully controlled environments.” — staying 6 feet apart — activities need to be risk- It paves the way for the planned June 17 return assessed and mitigated. Media have been told to of the Premier League, the world’s richest soccer “minimize crossover” with others at the venue, in- competition. cluding players. There is also a request that “during “There is still much work to be done to ensure the any disputes between players and referees, or scor- safety of everyone involved,” Premier League chief ing celebrations” they must stay apart. executive Richard Masters said. “This guidance provides the safe framework for The government announcement allows English sports to resume competitions behind closed doors,” cricket authorities to plan for international series Dowden said. “It is now up to individual sports to against West Indies and Pakistan. Formula One is confirm they can meet these protocols and decide also exploring two races at Silverstone from July, when it’s right for them to restart.” PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 MMA/COLLEGE Burns roughs up Woodley in UFC’s return to Vegas

Associated Press strong takedown defense to drop Woodley in the second round. LAS VEGAS — Gilbert Burns Woodley (19-5-1) hadn’t fought dominated former UFC welter- since losing his title in a one- weight champion Tyron Woodley sided thrashing from Usman in to win a unanimous decision on March 2019. Woodley had reigned Saturday night in the mixed mar- tial arts promotion’s return to Las atop the division for nearly three Vegas. years, and the 38-year-old Uni- Brazilian heavyweight Augusto versity of Missouri graduate said Sakai employed some unpunished he dealt with depression while gamesmanship to eke out a split- debating whether to stay in MMA decision victory over Bulgaria’s or to pursue a music career. Blagoy Ivanov in the penultimate Burns’ victory capped an en- bout of the UFC’s first show in tertaining show at the Apex, its hometown where the octagon is only 25 feet since the in diameter, compared to 30 feet coronavirus ‘ I trained in most competitive cages. The pandemic compact dimensions typically DOUG MCSCHOOLER/AP began. so hard for lead to more aggressive fighting, The event this fi ght, and this card featured six finish- Runners in the men’s NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 23. es in its 11 bouts. was held and I knew Four-year colleges facing budget shortfalls from the coronavirus outbreak have eliminated a total of without fans Burns was fighting in a fan- nearly 100 sports programs since March, including six men’s and five women’s cross country teams. at the UFC I could do free arena for the second time Apex, a small it. in 2½ months. He stopped vet- gym with ’ eran Demian Maia in Brasilia on broadcast fa- Gilbert Burns March 14 in the UFC’s final show 4-year colleges have cut 97 sports cilities on the UFC welterweight before it halted competition. promotion’s After an eight-week break, the corporate campus. The UFC UFC returned to competition in programs due to virus shortfalls used minimal personnel to stage May with three shows in eight days in Jacksonville, Fl a . the fight, and the promotion said ERIC OLSON rest of the athletic department. Although this card was fairly everyone involved was subject to Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ? Akron, for example, draws rev- strict health and safety protocols. light on star power, the promo- enue from the Mid-American The 33-year-old Burns (19-3) tion will stage UFC 250 next Sat- Four-year colleges facing bud- Of the 97 sports programs cut by Conference’s television contract, urday night from the same gym. dominated on his feet and on the get shortfalls stemming from the four-year schools because of the guarantees for playing noncon- ground, finishing his first main- Two-division champion Amanda pandemic are approaching an coronavirus outbreak, 52 have ference road games, ticket sales, event bout with likely the biggest Nunes’ featherweight title defense unwelcome milestone: In coming been men’s sports, 44 have been sponsorships and donations. win of his career and his sixth against Canada’s Felicia Spencer days, the number of eliminated David Ridpath, associate pro- consecutive victory since July headlines the pay-per-view card. sports programs will almost sure- women’s sports and one (Tiffin’s fessor in Ohio University’s Sports 2018, including four straight since UFC President Dana White ly pass 100. equestrian team) had a roster of Administration program and moving back up to welterweight. continues to promise additional Research by The Associated 25 women and one man. president of the Drake Group, a From a first-round knockdown shows this summer from the Press found a total of 97 teams SOURCE: Associated Press nonprofit that advocates for aca- to a strong finish, the Florida- so-called “Fight Island,” an eliminated at four-year schools demic integrity and athlete wel- based Brazilian soundly defeated undisclosed private isle where through Friday. The count includes Staben argues athletes often fare, said the pandemic marks a one of the most accomplished the promotion intends to host only teams cut with the coronavi- pay more than the value of their tipping point for college sports. welterweights in UFC history and bouts between fighters who rus outbreak and its impacts cited partial scholarships for tuition, “There is a ton of fat to cut be- made his case for a shot at cham- can’t enter the U.S. due to health as all or part of the reason. room and board and books, and fore you get to dropping teams,” pion Kamaru Usman, who hap- restrictions. Of the 78 teams lost in Divisions bring diversity to campuses. This, he said. pens to be his training partner. Sakai (15-1-1) remained un- II and III and the NAIA, 44 were he said, is especially important at Ridpath said he would start with football, suggesting there are too “I trained so hard for this beaten in the UFC with his fourth from three schools that closed at a time when enrollment declines many coaches and staff members fight, and I knew I could do it,” straight victory when two judges least in part because of financial are accelerating as budget woes on D-I teams. He also said there said Burns, who entered the bout favored him 29-28 after a lively fallout from the pandemic. hit higher education. should be more regional sched- ranked sixth in the crowded 170- bout with Ivanov (18-4) . No Power Five conference Akron athletic director Larry pound division. “I was calling Sakai escaped punishment school is known to have dropped uling for all sports to save travel Williams was ordered to chop 23%, costs and that a school should have these guys out for a reason. I’m from referee Jason Herzog in the any sports. Most of the 19 Division or $4.4 million, from his budget. coming to stay. That was a former third round when he blatantly I teams cut — 15 men’s, four wom- the flexibility to play football at Akron depends on student fees for the Division I level but play tennis, champion right there. You saw a grabbed the chain-link wall of the en’s — are from schools in the so- 40% of its athletic budget and en- golf and other non-revenue sports dominant performance against cage while attempting to avoid a called Group of Five conferences. rollment is expected to be down at D-III, where there are no ath- a former champion. I’m ready. I takedown attempt by Ivanov. Some of the cuts might not have 20% this fall. The school dropped letic scholarships. feel so good right now.” Grabbing the cage is illegal been made, critics say, if decision- men’s cross country and golf and Big 12 Commissioner Bob and punishable by a point deduc- The judges all gave all five makers had considered the ben- women’s tennis two weeks ago, Bowlsby said he worries about rounds to Burns, scoring it 50-45, tion, but Herzog merely warned efits those sports brought to the and there will be other spending schools cutting Olympic sports. A 50-44 and 50-44 . Sakai verbally. The decision was schools as a whole. and staff reductions. former member of the U.S. Olym- “I love the champ, my train- met with audible disbelief by “College presidents are just Williams noted the accounting pic Committee, he said colleges ing partner,” Burns said. “But Daniel Cormier, the former UFC not thinking this through,” for- system used by his and other uni- play a big role in the development come on, give me a shot. A lot of heavyweight champion work- mer University of Idaho president versities often consider the athletic of international-level athletes. respect, a lot of love for you, but ing in the quiet arena as a color Chuck Staben said. “I cannot be- department a cost center and rev- “There are only 17 men’s gym- I think I’m next. ... If they want commentator. lieve they are making all these enue is generally not considered. nastics programs in the country,” to make a fight in July, come on. I Strawweight contender Mack- probably bad financial decisions “So we in athletics don’t get he said. “If those go away, our don’t have a scratch.” enzie Dern opened the main card for their university when what credit for any of those tuitions that Olympic efforts in men’s gymnas- Burns dropped the ex-champ in by finishing Hannah Cifers with a we need them to do in the face of are paid by the walk-ons. The uni- tics will be devastated. Similarly, the opening seconds and gained a knee bar that was the first leg-lock this pandemic and pending budget versity does,” Williams said. with different numbers, the same full mount. A gaping cut opened submission victory by a woman in cuts from tuition shortfalls and Williams said deep cuts to foot- is true with women’s gymnastics in Woodley’s left eyebrow in the UFC history. Dern (8-1) earned state funding shortfalls is to make ball would not be a good idea for and swimming, wrestling and a opening minutes, and Burns again her first win since giving birth to good financial decisions that ben- Bowl Subdivision schools because whole array of other things like overcame Woodley’s famously her daughter last year. efit students.” the sport typically supports the water polo. Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 MLB/TENNIS Mascot ban plan ruffles some feathers

Muzzle Mr. Met? Phinish off the Phanatic? Mascots argue against ban’s logic

BY DAN GELSTON Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Phillie Phan- atic had stories of his favorite adventures — from the Galapagos Islands to the cob- blestone streets of Philadelphia — read to him most weeks from his very best buds. The Philly furball was tucked in with a bedtime story from Bryce Harper. An- drew McCutchen and manager Joe Girar- di stopped by as guest readers to entertain fans and unite the Phillies community. But should the Phillies play ball this year, well, the book will close on the Phanatic. MLB wants to ban the birds — sorry, Pi- rate Parrot — and Bernie Brewer, Bloop- er, Bernie the Marlin, heck, all costumed creatures great and small from the ball- park this season. Firebird, Paws, the Ori- ole Bird, all face extinction — at least this season, should baseball resume. Not even a muzzle on Mr. Met or a mask on Mariner Moose would help the cause. Gasp! Baseball’s furriest and funni- est fans are forbidden from entering a PHOTOS BY FRANK FRANKLIN II (ABOVE) AND LEE JIN-MAN (BELOW)/AP ballpark. And that’s not cool. Above: The Phillie Phanatic performs before a Feb. 25 spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Clearwater, Fla. “Every mascot should be essential be- Mascots will be banned this season in Major League Baseball should the sport resume. They remain in leagues in South Korea and cause of its ability to connect and distract China. Below: SK Wyverns’ cheerleaders cheer for their team against the Hanwha Eagles in Incheon, South Korea, on May 5. with fun,” mascot guru Dave Raymond said. atmosphere. scales under the arms — because of a Raymond should know as well as any The Chinese Professional Baseball lawsuit filed against the team by the cre- performer, as the first person to take on the League barred spectators over concerns of ators of the original Phanatic. The creators 6-foot-6, 300-pound, 90-inch waist frame spreading the new coronavirus in a crowd- threatened to terminate the Phillies’ rights of the Phanatic. He’s since become a mas- ed space, but the league decided it was to the Phanatic as of June 15 and “make cot consultant to the stars and helped cre- safe to let in cheerleaders and costumed the Phanatic a free agent” unless the team ate, brand and train the next generation of mascots. renegotiated its 1984 agreement to acquire hundreds of stadium characters. Mascots “This is the most important time to le- the mascot’s rights. are as much a ballpark staple as hot dogs verage fun, when people are sick and dying Mascots were lumped in with other and the long ball, and each fuzzy fist bump and dealing with the brutality of life,” baseball traditions that would be weeded or chance concourse encounter hooks the Raymond said. “That is the time that you out under a 2020 proposal. The traditional youngest fans on the game. find a way to distract people and entertain exchange of lineup cards would be elimi- As baseball prepares for a summer slate them.” nated, along with high-fives, fist bumps without fans, Raymond wonders: What’s a Philadelphia Inquirer cartoonist Rob temporarily parked — is engaging through and bat boys and girls. game without a mascot? Tornoe drew the Phanatic (wearing a social content. “I don’t know of anybody who bought “You don’t have to convince me of that,” mask) sitting atop the dugout with his Mascot Mania has gone wild on Insta- season tickets to watch the bat boy,” Ray- Raymond said. “It’s the powers that be that phone and on hold with the unemployment gram and TikTok. Mr. Met cleans windows. mond said. “But you can say that in spades don’t understand that simple truth.” office. D. Baxter the Bobcat taught crosswalk for the mascots. We’d be losing one of the There’s already a blueprint MLB could “This is life or death now for a lot of safety. Wally the Green Monster records draws that brings in people beyond the sta- follow that explains why mascots fit in bar- characters, a lot of performers,” former virtual messages for charity. tistic nerds.” ren ballparks. Timberwolves mascot Jon Cudo said. Then again, mascots have problems just Plus, any fan who attended a Phillies Take a look across the globe. Mascots re- It’s not that dire for most MLB perform- like us: Who gives the Phanatic a trim dur- game in the late 1990s at Veterans Stadium mained a staple of baseball games in Tai- ers who often have other duties within the ing quarantine? knows the Phanatic can play in an empty wan and the KBO League in South Korea. organization or remained active in the “The Phanatic doesn’t need to get his ballpark. American fans who stayed up late (or is it, community with food drives, firetruck pa- hair cut,” Raymond said. “It’s actually a Mascots just want to honk, honk, honk woke up early?) to watch KBO games on rades or other feel-good efforts during the positive when it gets unkempt and long.” for the home team and they do care if they ESPN were mesmerized by mascots gone pandemic. The Phanatic already underwent one ever get back. wild in empty stadiums. The LG Twins Raymond had former and current mas- makeover this year — his new look fea- “I’m just imploring them to value the mascots — twin robot boys named Lucky cots, including Cudo, join this week on tures flightless feathers rather than fur- character brands,” Raymond said. “There and Star — wore masks. So did cheer- his webinar, “What The Heck Should My colored arms, stars outlining the eyes, a is a safe way for you to have fun, and frank- leaders and a drum section that provided Mascot Do Now?” The best suggestion to larger posterior and a powder blue tail, ly, fun is the most important thing you can the soundtrack for an otherwise dreary stay connected with fans — with the ATV blue socks with red shoes, plus a set of invest in right now.” US Open scenarios include group flights, COVID-19 tests

BY HOWARD FENDRICH No spectators. Fewer on-court sional tennis, said Saturday. “We say, 150% focused on staging a All sanctioned competition has Associated Press officials. No locker-room access have made no decisions at all.” safe environment for conduct- been suspended by the ATP, WTA on practice days. With that caveat, Allaster added ing a U.S. Open at the Billie Jean and International Tennis Federa- Charter flights to ferry U.S. All are among the scenarios that if the USTA board does de- King National Tennis Center in tion since March and is on hold Open tennis players and limited entourages from Europe, South being considered for the 2020 U.S. cide to go forward with the Open, New York on our dates. It’s all I until late July. America and the Middle East to Open — if it is held at all amid the she expects it to be held at its wake up — our team wakes up The French Open was post- New York. Negative COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic . usual site and in its usual spot on — thinking about,” Allaster said. poned from May to September; tests before traveling. Central- “All of this is still fluid,” Stacey the calendar. The main draw is An announcement should come Wimbledon was canceled for the ized housing. Daily temperature Allaster, the U.S. Tennis Associ- scheduled to start Aug. 31. from “mid-June to end of June,” first time since 1945. There is no checks. ation’s chief executive for profes- “We continue to be, I would Allaster said. COVID-19 protocol for tennis. S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, June 1, 2020 F3HIJKLM Viva Las Vegas Burns dominates ex-welterweight SPORTS champion Woodley » MMA, Page 22

NFL

Browns’ Mayfield refocused after difficult ’19 season

BY TOM WITHERS Associated Press aker Mayfield went back to his roots during this strange offsea- son, a time he’s used to reflect and forget a season that didn’t go well for the Browns’ brash quarterback. He’s also worked on his golf game. “I’ve always been a high-effort guy,” he said. “I am swinging hard still, but it is still not going straight.” Neither is his NFL ca- reer, and Mayfield’s spent ‘ It is the past two months try- time to ing to get it back on the proverbial fairway. do our After an electrify- thing, ing rookie season, he regressed significant- instead ly with Cleveland. On of talking Wednesday, Mayfield, about it. who will be playing for ’ his fourth coach in three Baker Mayfi eld years in 2020, spoke to Cleveland QB reporters for the first time since January, when the Browns’ 6-10 letdown was followed by yet another coaching change, front-office purge and renewed questions about wheth- er he’s a franchise QB. Mayfield knows the upcoming season is vital. “There’s no doubt Year 3 is always a big year in these contracts and timing-wise, everybody knows that,” Mayfield said on a Nothing much seemed SEE BASICS ON PAGE 20 to go as planned for the Cleveland Browns and star quarterback Baker Mayfield last Inside: season. Mayfield spent the offseason learning Analysis: No surprise league from his mistakes, and tabled proposed alternative to is ready to do as he’s done all his football life onside kick, Page 20 — prove people wrong. David Richar d/AP

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