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Volume 79 Edition 160B ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY,NOVEMBER 29, 2020 Free to Deployed Areas Tensions prompt concern in Persian Gulf Provocative actions by US, Iran could spark unintended escalation

BY LOUISA LOVELUCK AND MUSTAFA SALIM The Washington Post BAGHDAD — The Iraqi gov- ernment is on edge as the Trump presidency enters its final weeks, fearing that a last-minute confron- tation between the United States and Iran could erupt on Iraqi soil. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is under pressure from U.S. officials to escalate his government’s crackdown on Iran- backed militias in Iraq, whose rockets have repeatedly targeted diplomatic and military sites used by Americans over the past year. President Donald Trump has now told his advisers he is prepared to order a devastating response if any Americans are killed in at- PHOTOS BY ELLIOT SCHAUDT/U.S. Navy, above, AND VAHID SALEMI/AP, right tacks attributed to Iran. Above: The USS Nimitz launches an F/A-18 in the Indian Ocean last With tensions running high, week. The U.S. ordered the carrier to the Persian Gulf after an Iranian there are concerns here that pro- nuclear scientist was slain. Right: Protesters burn pictures of Presi- INSIDE vocative actions by either side dent Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden in a gathering in could spark unintended conflict. Tehran on Saturday. Iran threatens “As a government, I think the Iraqis are just wishing they could in an apparent targeted attack in but causing no casualties among retaliation for close their eyes and have these Tehran. Iranian officials implicat- Americans or Iraqi security two months fly by. The potential ed Israel in the killing, raising the forces. ambush slaying for escalation is high,” said Sajad prospect that Iran or its proxies in An armed group identifying it- Jiyad, an Iraq expert and fellow at the Middle East might retaliate self as Ashab al-Kahf said that it of top nuclear the Century Foundation. against Western targets. had fired the barrage in response scientist Tensions in the region spiked Last week, a militia fired rock- to a raid a night before in the city further on Friday after a promi- ets toward the U.S. Embassy in of Fallujah, which led to the arrest Page 3 nent Iranian nuclear scientist, Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was killed Zone, breaching a month-old truce SEE CONCERN ON PAGE 3 States scramble to provide pandemic relief amid Senate stalemate Associated Press “While the United States of ing the last of a federal relief package The Democratic governors of Colorado SANTA FE, N.M — Faulting inaction in passed in the spring as an end-of-year dead- and New Mexico convened special legisla- Washington, governors and state lawmak- America is on fire, the Trump line approaches and the fall COVID-19 tive sessions in the closing days of Novem- ers are racing to get pandemic relief to administration has left states to surge threatens their economies anew. ber to address the virus-related emergency. small business owners, the unemployed, Democrats have been the most vocal in crit- Earlier this week, the New Mexico Legisla- renters and others whose livelihoods have fight this virus on their own” icizing President Donald Trump and the ture passed a bipartisan relief bill that will been upended by the widening coronavirus GOP-controlled Senate for failing to act, but deliver a one-time $1,200 check to all unem- outbreak. Julie Brown many Republican lawmakers are also In some cases, elected officials are spend- New Mexico governor sounding the alarm. SEE RELIEF ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER S&P 500 ends with record high EXCHANGE RATES ASSOCIATED PRESS Positive developments on the ed 16.4% and Pfizer rose 1.9%. The Military rates Poland (Zloty) 3.75 Saudi Arab (Riyal) 3.7506 vaccine front have driven double- two companies earlier this month Euro costs (Nov. 30) $1.16 Singapore (Dollar) 1.3388 Dollar buys (Nov. 30) 0.8170 So. Korea (Won) 1,106.19 NEW YORK — The S&P 500 digit gains in the major indexes released results showing their British pound (Nov. 30) $1.30 Switzerlnd (Franc) 0.9064 rose to a record high Friday as in- this month as investors look for- COVID-19 vaccine candidates Japanese yen (Nov. 30) 102.00 Thailand (Baht) 30.30 South Korean won (Nov. 30) 1,076.00 vestors continue to look forward to ward to progress in gaining con- were highly effective in tests. The Turkey (Lira) 7.8714 Commercial rates (Military exchange rates are those avail­ the distribution of a COVID-19 trol over the pandemic that shares got a boost after a compet- able to customers at military banking fa­ Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3770 cilities in the country of issuance for Ja­ vaccine and relief for the global plunged the global economy into ing vaccine suffered a setback. Britain (Pound) 0.7486 pan, South Korea, Germany, the Nether­ Canada (Dollar) 1.3020 lands and the United Kingdom. For nonlo­ economy. its deepest slump since the 1930s. The University of Oxford and China(Yuan) 6.5756 cal currency exchange rates (i.e., The benchmark index rose 8.70 Meanwhile, retailers were hop- AstraZeneca this week released Denmark (Krone) 6.2463 purchasing British pounds in Germany), Egypt (Pound) 15.6400 check with your local military banking fa­ points, or 0.2%, led by gains in ing that their slumping sales get a positive test results about their Euro 0.8374 cility. Commercial rates are interbank technology companies, and closed boost from shoppers on Black Fri- vaccine. But researchers have Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7509 rates provided for reference when buying Hungary (Forint) 303.03 currency. All figures are foreign curren­ at an all-time high of 3,638.35. The day but early indications are that questioned how Oxford and Astra- Israel (Shekel) 3.3234 cies to one dollar, except for the British Japan (Yen) 104.25 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ Nasdaq also closed at a record store traffic was light. Zeneca calculated the effective- Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3058 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­ euro.) helped by gains in Apple, Tesla, Health care companies also ness of their vaccine. AstraZeneca Norway (Krone) 8.8771 Philppines (Peso) 48.09 Zoom and other tech companies. posted solid gains. Moderna jump- shares were flat. WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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The U.S. military ac- ing of a scientist who led Tehran’s knowledged moving an aircraft military nuclear program, as the carrier back into the region, while Islamic Republic blamed Israel an Iranian lawmaker suggested for a slaying that has raised fears throwing out U.N. nuclear inspec- of reignited tensions across the tors in response to the killing. Middle East. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatol- After years of being in the shad- lah Ali Khamenei called Fakhriza- VAHID SALEMI/AP ows, the image of Mohsen Fakhri- deh “the country’s prominent and Protesters burn U.S. and Israeli flags as the others hold placards condemning inspections by the U.N. zadeh suddenly was to be seen ev- distinguished nuclear and defen- nuclear agency and the country's nuclear talks with world powers Saturday in Tehran. erywhere in Iranian media, as his sive scientist.” widow spoke on state television Khamenei, who has the final say grade levels of 90%, though ex- Hard-line Iranian media has be- Atomic Energy Agency, who have and officials publicly demanded on all matters of state, said Iran’s perts warn Iran now has enough gun circulating memorial images provided an unprecedented, real- revenge on Israel for the scien- first priority after the killing was low-enriched uranium for at least showing Fakhrizadeh standing time look at Iran’s nuclear pro- tist’s slaying. the “definitive punishment of the two atomic bombs if it chose to alongside a machine-gun-cra- gram since the deal. Nasrollah Hours after the attack, the Pen- perpetrators and those who or- pursue them. dling likeness of Revolutionary Pezhmanfar, a hard-line lawmak- tagon announced it had brought dered it.” He did not elaborate. Analysts have compared Fak- Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, er, said a statement calling to ex- the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier Speaking earlier Saturday, hrizadeh to being on par with Rob- whom the U.S. killed in the Janu- pel the “IAEA’s spy inspections” back into the Middle East, an un- President Hassan Rouhani ert Oppenheimer, the scientist ary drone strike. could be read Sunday, the parlia- usual move as the carrier already blamed Israel for the killing. who led America’s Manhattan Soleimani’s death led to Iran re- ment’s official website quoted him spent months in the region. It cited “We will respond to the assassi- Project in World War II that cre- taliating with a ballistic missile as saying. the drawdown of U.S. forces in Af- nation of Martyr Fakhrizadeh in a ated the atom bomb. barrage that injured dozens of Friday’s attack happened in Ab- ghanistan and Iraq as the reason proper time,” Rouhani said. “The Fakhrizadeh headed Iran’s so- American troops, but Tehran also sard, a village just east of the cap- for the decision, saying “it was Iranian nation is smarter than fall- called AMAD program that Israel has the support of proxy forces ital that is a retreat for the coun- prudent to have additional defen- ing into the trap of the Zionists. and the West have alleged was a across the Mideast that it can call try’s elite. Iranian state television sive capabilities in the region to They are thinking to create military operation looking at the upon. said an old truck with explosives meet any contingency.” chaos.” feasibility of building a nuclear The Iranian Guard’s naval hidden under a load of wood blew Israel, long suspected of killing Both Rouhani and Khamenei weapon. The International Atomic forces routinely shadow and have up near a sedan carrying Fakhri- Iranian scientists a decade ago said that Fakhrizadeh’s death Energy Agency says that “struc- tense encounters with U.S. Navy zadeh. As Fakhrizadeh’s sedan amid earlier tensions over Teh- would not stop the nuclear pro- tured program” ended in 2003. forces in the Persian Gulf as well. stopped, at least five gunmen ran’s nuclear program, has yet to gram. Iran’s civilian atomic pro- Iran long has maintained its nu- Iran has conducted attacks tar- emerged and raked the car with comment on Fakhrizadeh’s killing gram has continued its experi- clear program is peaceful. geting Israeli interests abroad rapid fire, the semiofficial Tasnim Friday. ments and now enriches a grow- Fakhrizadeh’s widow appeared over the killing of its scientists, news agency said. However, the attack bore the ing uranium stockpile up to 4.5% unnamed on state television in a like in the case of the three Ira- The precision of the attack led to hallmarks of a carefully planned, purity in response to the collapse black chador, saying his death nians recently freed in Thailand in the suspicion of Israel’s Mossad military-style ambush, the likes of of Iran’s nuclear deal after the would spark a thousand others to exchange for a detained British- intelligence service being in- which Israel has been accused of U.S.’ 2018 withdrawal from the ac- take up his work. Australian academic. volved. The CIA separately de- conducting before. cord. “He wanted to get martyred and Iran also could throw out in- clined to comment on the attack The attack has renewed fears of That’s still far below weapons- his wish came true,” she said. spectors from the International Saturday. Concern: Militia camps divided over calls to avoid attacking US targets mi’s government to bring the Iran- against Iran and those discussions be reduced from 3,000 to 2,500 by on Iraqi territory. In early Janu- FROM PAGE 1 backed militias to heel, ratcheting were reported by the U.S. media, Jan. 15. ary, the U.S. killed senior Iranian of three militiamen. Iraqi security up tensions in Iraq. the head of Iran’s Quds Force, re- “The U.S. is retreating here. general Qassem Soleimani and personnel, a senior militia leader, In calls to Kadhimi and Iraqi sponsible for Tehran’s special op- Why would it be in our interests to Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al- two Western officials and an eye- President Barham Salih in late erations abroad, visited Baghdad bomb them?” said Mohammed Muhandis in a drone attack near witness on the street confirmed September, Secretary of State to urge restraint. Mohie, the spokesman. Baghdad’s international airport. that the raid took place, although it Mike Pompeo threatened to shut- Brig. Gen. Ismail Qaani warned But the apparent divisions with- In retaliation, Iran fired ballistic remains unclear who was de- ter the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad affiliated militias and political fac- in the militia camp could make it a missiles at bases hosting U.S. mil- tained. unless militia rocket attacks were tions against any escalation of at- challenge, even for the most influ- itary personnel. After the Nov. 17 rocket attack reined in. U.S. officials say that a tacks on U.S. targets before ential of the militias and their Ira- Months later, the U.S. launched on the U.S. Embassy, the influen- plan for closing the embassy re- Trump leaves office, according to nian patrons, to maintain calm airstrikes on a site that is said was tial Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbol- mains a live possibility, and ad- individuals briefed on the matter during this sensitive time linked to Kataeb Hezbollah, after lah group denied involvement and ministration officials have been or present in the meeting. In a message directed at Qaani blaming the militia for rocket at- said the truce was still in effect, instructed to prepare for various “Trump already lost every- following his visit, the leader of tacks that killed a U.S. serviceman highlighting apparent divisions in scenarios. thing. Just wait for him to be out of the Asaib al-Haq militia, Qais al- and two Britons on an Iraqi mili- the militia camp and potential While U.S. officials have ad- the picture,” Qaani said, accord- Khazali, said in a television inter- tary base north of Baghdad. Citing threats posed by factions that vised Trump against a preemptive ing to someone present during the view, “The Americans occupy our inadequate intelligence, the Brit- strike out on their own. strike on Iran, according to a se- conversation. country, not yours. We will not lis- ish government declined to join “The fact that this scene is be- nior official, they say that Trump A spokesman for Kataeb Hez- ten to you anymore because our that military action. coming more complicated means has described the killing of an bollah insisted that restraint was motives are 100% nationalist.” He No Westerners or Iraqi security that danger is lurking every- American as a red line that would the best course, especially since added, “The truce with the Amer- personnel were killed in the rock- where,” said Jiyad. prompt immediate and “crush- the Trump administration is al- icans has ended due to its condi- et attack last week on the U.S. Em- The raid in Fallujah came sev- ing” retaliation. ready in the process of withdraw- tions not being met.” bassy. Instead, an 18-year-old Ira- eral weeks after the United States Days after Trump met with his ing some U.S. troops from Iraq. The United States has repeated- qi woman was caught in the cross- intensified its pressure on Kadhi- advisers to review possible action U.S. officials said troop levels will ly clashed with Iran and its allies fire, outside a popular fairground. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 NATION Biden win gives some Gitmo prisoners hope Associated Press from the headlines after President Barack suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Tali- Trump in his 2016 campaign promised to WASHINGTON — The oldest prisoner at Obama failed to close it, even as 40 men con- ban after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. “load” Guantanamo with “some bad the Guantanamo Bay detention center went tinue to be detained there. U.S. authorities maintain the men can be dudes,” but largely ignored the issue after to his latest review board hearing with a de- Those pushing for its closure now see a held as “law of war” detainees, remaining in rescinding Obama’s policies. His adminis- gree of hope, something that has been window of opportunity, hoping Biden’s ad- custody for the duration of hostilities, an tration approved a single release, a Saudi scarce during his 16 years locked up with- ministration will find a way to prosecute open-ended prospect. who pleaded guilty before a military com- out charges at the U.S. base in Cuba. those who can be prosecuted and release At its peak in 2003 — the mission. Saifullah Paracha, a 73-year-old Pakista- the rest, extricating the U.S. from a deten- year Paracha was cap- Of those remaining, seven men have ni with diabetes and a heart condition, had tion center that costs more than $445 mil- tured in Thailand because cases pending before a military commis- two things going for him that he didn’t have lion per year. of suspected ties to al-Qai- sion. They include five men accused of at previous hearings: a favorable legal de- Biden’s precise intentions for Guantana- da — Guantanamo held planning and supporting the Sept. 11 at- velopment and the election of Joe Biden. mo remain unclear. Transition spokesman about 700 prisoners from tacks. Additionally, there are two prisoners President Donald Trump had effectively Ned Price said the president-elect supports nearly 50 countries. Bush who were convicted by commission and ended the Obama administration’s practice closing it, but it would be inappropriate to announced his intention to three facing potential prosecution for the of reviewing the cases of men held at Guan- discuss his plans in detail before he’s in of- close it, though 242 were 2002 Bali bombing. Paracha tanamo and releasing them if imprison- fice. still held there when his Commission proceedings, including ment was no longer deemed necessary. His reticence is actually welcome to presidency ended. death penalty cases related to the Sept. 11 Now there’s hope that will resume under Bi- those who have pressed to close Guantana- The Obama administration, seeking to al- attacks, have bogged down as the defense den. mo. Obama’s early pledge to close it is now lay concerns that some of those released fights to exclude evidence that resulted “I am more hopeful now simply because seen as a strategic mistake that undercut had “returned to the fight,” set up a process from torture. Trials are likely far in the fu- we have an administration to look forward what had been a bipartisan issue. to ensure those repatriated or resettled in ture and would inevitably be followed by to that isn’t dead set on ignoring the existing “I think it’s more likely to close if it third countries no longer posed a threat. It years of appeals. review process,” Paracha’s attorney, Shel- doesn’t become a huge press issue,” said also planned to try some of the men in feder- Defense attorneys say the incoming ad- by Sullivan-Bennis, said by phone from the Andrea Prasow, deputy Washington direc- al court. ministration could authorize more military base on Nov. 19 after the hearing. “The sim- tor at Human Rights Watch. But his closure effort was thwarted when commission plea deals. ple existence of that on the horizon I think is The detention center opened in 2002. Congress barred the transfer of prisoners Some have also suggested Guantanamo hope for all of us.” President George W. Bush’s administration from Guantanamo to the U.S., including for detainees could plead guilty in federal court Guantanamo was once a source of global transformed what had been a sleepy Navy prosecution or medical care. Obama ended by video and serve any remaining sentence outrage and a symbol of U.S. excess in re- outpost on Cuba’s southeastern tip into a up releasing 197 prisoners, leaving 41 for in other countries, so they wouldn’t enter sponse to terrorism. But it largely faded place to interrogate and imprison people Trump. the United States. Appeals court rejects Trump challenge of race in Pennsylvania Associated Press complaint, “like Frankenstein’s PHILADELPHIA — President Monster, has been haphazardly Donald Trump’s legal team suf- stitched together” and denied Gi- fered yet another defeat in court uliani the right to amend it for a Friday as a federal appeals court second time. in Philadelphia roundly rejected The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of the campaign's latest effort to Appeals called any revisions “fu- challenge the state’s election re- tile.” Chief Judge D. Brooks Smith sults. and Judge Michael Chagares Trump’s lawyers vowed to ap- were on the panel with Bibas, a peal to the Supreme Court despite former University of Pennsylva- the judges' assessment that the nia law professor. Trump’s sister, “campaign’s claims have no mer- Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, it.” sat on the court for 20 years, retir- “Free, fair elections are the life- ing in 2019. blood of our democracy. Charges “Voters, not lawyers, choose the of unfairness are serious. But call- president. Ballots, not briefs, de- ALEX BRANDON/AP ing an election unfair does not cide elections,” Bibas said in the President Donald Trump boards Marine One after playing golf at Trump National Golf Club on Friday in make it so. Charges require spe- opinion, which also denied the Sterling, Va. cific allegations and then proof. campaign's request to stop the We have neither here,” 3rd Circuit state from certifying its results, a tinued, Trump posted a tweet say- especially since the high court up- leaning areas, the appeals court Judge Stephanos Bibas, a Trump demand he called “breathtaking.” ing the “U.S. Supreme Court held Pennsylvania’s decision to said. appointee, wrote for the three- In fact, Pennsylvania officials should decide!” accept mail-in ballots through “One might expect that when judge panel, all appointed by Re- had announced Tuesday that they Ever since, Trump and his sur- Nov. 6 by only a 4-4 vote last seeking such a startling outcome, publican presidents. had certified their vote count for rogates have attacked the election month. Since then, Trump nomi- a plaintiff would come formidably The case had been argued last President-elect Joe Biden, who as flawed and filed a flurry of law- nee Amy Coney Barrett has joined armed with compelling legal ar- week in a lower court by Trump defeated Trump by more than suits to try to block the results in the court. guments and factual proof of ram- lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who insist- 80,000 votes in the state. National- six battleground states. But “The activist judicial machin- pant corruption,” Brann, a mem- ed during five hours of oral argu- ly, Biden and running mate Kama- they’ve found little sympathy ery in Pennsylvania continues to ber of the conservative Federalist ments that the 2020 presidential la Harris garnered nearly 80 mil- from judges, nearly all of whom cover up the allegations of mas- Society, wrote in his scathing rul- election had been marred by lion votes, a record in U.S. presi- dismissed their complaints about sive fraud,” Trump lawyer Jenna ing on Nov. 21. “That has not hap- widespread fraud in Pennsylva- dential elections. the security of mail-in ballots, Ellis tweeted after Friday's ruling. pened.” nia. Trump has said he hopes the Su- which millions of people used to “On to SCOTUS!” A separate Republican chal- However, Giuliani failed to of- preme Court will intervene in the vote from home during the CO- In the case at hand, the Trump lenge that reached the Pennsylva- fer any tangible proof of that in race as it did in 2000, when its de- VID-19 pandemic. campaign asked to disenfranchise nia Supreme Court this week court. cision to stop the recount in Flor- Trump perhaps hopes a Su- the state’s 6.8 million voters or at seeks to stop the state from further U.S. District Judge Matthew ida gave the election to Republi- preme Court he helped steer to- least “cherry-pick” the 1.5 million certifying any races on the ballot. Brann, another Republican, had can George W. Bush. ward a conservative 6-3 majority who voted by mail in Philadelphia, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s ad- said the campaign's error-filled On Nov. 5, as the vote count con- would be more open to his pleas, Pittsburgh and other Democratic- ministration is fighting that effort. Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Colleges mull new protocols for students Associated Press “We’ll program stuff for the COLCHESTER, Vt. — St. Mi- campus so people get a break,” chael’s College managed to keep Chief Financial Officer Douglas coronavirus cases at bay for al- Terp said. most two months this fall with stu- More schools are expected to dents tested upon arrival and once require students get tested before every three weeks. they come to campus rather than But in mid-October, cases at the when they arrive, as some institu- small Vermont school started to tions did before the fall semester, climb. The outbreak was linked to said Barbara Mistick, president of an ice rink more than 40 miles the National Association of Inde- away. The liberal arts college pendent Colleges and Universi- shifted to all-remote learning and ties. closed the campus to visitors. By Institutions like Syracuse Uni- November, a total of 76 of the versity in New York abandoned roughly 1,400 students on campus in-person learning earlier than had tested positive, the school planned this fall but are planning said. on a resumption of campus life “It was very concerning to ex- next semester. perience the spike in cases that we But a growing number of did after so many weeks of surveil- schools will stick with virtual in- lance tests with no positives,” struction through the spring. President Lorraine Sterritt said “We are seeing a rapid rise in by email. colleges and universities an- When students come back for nouncing they will move to remote the spring semester, St. Michael’s learning for the remainder of this will begin testing them weekly. LISA RATHKE/AP semester and for the spring,” said The college may also require stu- University of Vermont students walk through a tent leading to a COVID testing site on campus in Lynn Pasquerella, president of dents to move to a separate resi- Burlington earlier this month. the Association of American Col- dence hall when they are told to leges and Universities. quarantine. ter holidays while the country think it’s still possible to keep a January,” President Jeffrey Arm- George Washington University The coronavirus presented faces crushing rates of virus infec- pandemic-era residential college strong said in a campus-wide in Washington, D.C., for one, an- huge challenges for the fall semes- tions. experience. message this month. nounced early last month it will ter for U.S. colleges that opened Schools that are bringing stu- California Polytechnic State In the spring semester, Colby continue most of its classes vir- the academic year with in-person dents back are adjusting testing University in San Luis Obispo College in Maine wants to add tually. learning, including some that took protocols, introducing new plans to add saliva testing in the some rapid antigen tests to twice- Student cooperation with proto- a battering from outbreaks. Those screenings, and eliminating winter quarter that will be proc- weekly tests for students, faculty cols helped to keep the number of not joining the growing number spring breaks to discourage stu- essed on campus and will allow it and staff. It also did away with the coronavirus cases low at the Uni- that will offer only virtual learning dents from traveling to help keep “to test many more people much one-week spring break replacing versity of Vermont’s campus in are assessing how they would campuses open. more quickly — our current esti- it with two mini-breaks in March the small city of Burlington, Presi- bring students back after the win- Other schools big and small mate is 4,000 tests per day by mid- and April. dent Suresh Garimella said. Relief: States taking action amid lack of federal response

FROM PAGE 1 In New Jersey and Washington approved in March, and to provide together, please find a compro- COVID-19 borrowing backed by ployed workers and give up to state, Republicans who are a mi- more federal funding to deal with mise in there, please. If you have the Democratic governor and $50,000 to certain businesses. nority in both legislatures were the consequences of the latest to, move a package now with the Legislature prompted a court Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham the ones pushing for special ses- surge. idea that you will come back and challenge by minority Republi- said the state took action to help sions. They want to direct more “It’s just heartbreaking what move one later,” Walz said. “CO- cans. The state’s high court sided residents “who have real issues money to struggling small busi- they’re allowing to happen with no VID is not going to end at the end with Gov. Phil Murphy’s adminis- about keeping food on their table, ness owners. federal government interven- of the month. We are in an unre- tration, citing the unprecedented a roof over their head.” Republican lawmakers in Wis- tion,” said Washington state lenting spike.” nature of the outbreak. “While the United States of consin, who control both houses of House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, a In Ohio, where Republicans Even so, Murphy has regularly America is on fire, the Trump ad- the Legislature, are considering Democrat. control every branch of govern- pleaded with Congress for more ministration has left states to fight whether to return in December to In making his decision to call ment, Gov. Mike DeWine and leg- aid. this virus on their own,” she said, address effects of the latest coro- the Minnesota Legislature into islative leaders pushed a $420 mil- “It’s shameful that they have noting state efforts alone simply navirus wave after Democratic special session, Walz cited “a lion pandemic spending package not acted in Congress, especially are not enough. “It is clear no help Gov. Tony Evers put forward a sense of urgency” around doing through a special bipartisan panel (Senate Majority Leader Mitch) is coming — not from this presi- $500 million COVID-19 relief bill something on the state level due to late last month. Funded through McConnell and the Republican dent, not from this administration. earlier this week. Minnesota Gov. the lack of a federal response. the CARES Act, it offered grants Senate, to throw a lifeline to small As we have done every day this Tim Walz, a Democrat, plans to The Minnesota Council of Non- to small businesses, bars and res- businesses,” he said. year, New Mexico will step up.” convene lawmakers in December profits reported that more than taurants, low-income renters, arts Republicans have proposed a In Colorado, a special session to contend with the virus, partially half of the state’s charitable orga- groups, and colleges and universi- $300 million aid package to small scheduled for Monday will consid- at Republicans’ urging. nizations received forgivable ties. businesses and nonprofits, but the er roughly $300 million in relief to “Senate Republicans are com- loans through the CARES Act’s Pennsylvania House Majority legislation is stalled. GOP law- businesses, restaurants and bars, mitted to recovering our economy Paycheck Protection Program Leader Kerry Benningoff, a Re- makers told the governor if he child-care providers, landlords, that has been harmed by broad this year, while another $12 mil- publican, gives credit to the feder- does not call a special session to tenants, public schools and others. and prolonged shutdowns,” Min- lion from the CARES Act is going al government for the billions in address the need, many business- “Even as cases have exploded nesota Senate Majority Leader to organizations that provide food aid previously sent out, but he said es and charities “might not sur- across the country, Congress and Paul Gazelka said in a statement. to the needy. But all that will be small businesses and people who vive the winter.” the president have not yet passed “We will work with anyone to find spent — or lost — by the end of De- have lost work need more federal Lawmakers in one state, Illi- much-needed relief for people,” solutions.” cember without congressional ac- assistance. nois, threw up theirs hands and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said in State government leaders want tion. “The election’s over,” Benning- went home despite an unad- announcing the session. “Here in Trump and Congress to extend the “I would reiterate to our federal hoff said. “This is not a time for dressed $3.9 billion budget deficit. Colorado, we want to do the best Dec. 30 deadline for spending vi- partners — to the outgoing admin- finger-pointing.” They cited the health threat posed with what we have to take care of rus relief money already allocated istration and to the incoming Bi- In neighboring New Jersey, the by the virus and hope for help our own.” under the CARES Act, which was den administration — please work partisan divide over $4 billion in from the nation’s capital. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Los Angeles locks down to ease hospital labor

Associated Press to 72 hours before arriving in the LOS ANGELES — The raging islands. coronavirus pandemic has The new policy will take effect prompted Los Angeles County to on Dec. 2. Kawakami said he impose a lockdown to prevent the would gladly repeal it once Kauai caseload from spiraling into a hos- has the virus under control again. pital crisis but the order stops Travelers to Hawaii’s other short of a full business shutdown counties will be able to continue to that could cripple the holiday sale avoid quarantine with a negative season. test. The “safer at home” public health order announced Friday Kentucky calls for 10 million residents to Afederal court halted Kentucky stay home “as much as possible” Gov. Andy Beshear's recent coro- and bars them from gathering navirus-related suspension of in- with people outside of their house- person classes at religious hold for public or private occa- schools, a victory for state Attor- sions. ney General Daniel Cameron. The border exempts church Beshear has appealed the ruling services and protests, which the to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Department of Public Health said Appeals and asked for an emer- are constitutionally protected. gency stay of the judge's order. Schools that currently are hold- U.S. District Judge Gregory F. PAM PANCHAK, POST­GAZETTE/ AP ing in-person classes also mainly Van Tatenhove on Wednesday Debra Hearn from Penn Hills, Pa., and her sister Renee Bell, from Stanton Heights, Pa., walk to their car will be allowed to remain open, as ruled that the Democratic gover- after a morning of shopping at Tanger Outlets in Washington, Pa., on Friday. will beaches, parks and trails. nor's order cannot apply to reli- The order takes effect Monday gious schools as the “First Amend- “We had already decided we Jersey prison that has experi- 3,103. and will last until at least Dec. 20. ment protects the right of reli- weren’t going to do that,” Tank enced a COVID-19 outbreak. “We’re seeing an increase with It is less strict than a statewide gious institutions ‘to decide for told The Associated Press. “We In recent court filings, Wayne the numbers across the country lockdown issued in March by Gov. themselves, free from state inter- would be open only for carry-out. Nelson Corliss has said his health and within our own state,” Cuomo Gavin Newsom but it is still a ference, matters of church gov- We were not in a position to do that is in danger at the federal prison at said in a news release. “It started ratcheting up of measures that ernment as well as those of faith again. We had already done it for Fort Dix because he suffers from with the fall, and it’s going to con- aim to slow the exploding number and doctrine.’” three months earlier in quaran- diabetes, high blood pressure and tinue and probably worsen in the of people who have become infect- Under Beshear's new restric- tine.” obesity. The facility had reported winter.” ed with COVID-19 and those wind- tions, middle and high schools are 255 cases through Wednesday, the Cuomo insisted this week that ing up in hospitals. required to continue with remote Nevada most of any federal prison in the New York is “doing phenomenally “It takes drastic measures to learning until January. Elemen- LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas wel- country according to data on the well” compared to the rest of the slow down the spread of this tre- tary schools may reopen Dec. 7 if comed nearly 1.9 million tourists Bureau of Prisons website. country. mendously deadly virus,” county the county they are located in is in October, a greater total than “It is clear that Mr. Corliss is in The governor said 219,442 CO- Supervisor Hilda L. Solis said in a not in a “red zone,” the highest cat- September but only about half the grave danger at Fort Dix and that VID-19 test results were reported statement. “I will not sugarcoat egory for COVID-19 incidence 3.7 million it hosted throughout the COVID-19 outbreak at the to the state on Thursday — a re- what we are asking people: we are rates. the month a year prior, Las Vegas BOP, coupled with his medical cord high for the second straight asking you to stop seeing your This is not the first time that Convention and Visitors Authority risks, are exceptional and com- day. loved ones, to modify your busi- Judge Van Tatenhove has struck reported this week. pelling circumstances warranting ness operations, to make sacrific- down coronavirus-related man- The slow and incomplete return compassionate release or home Texas es, and to trust that we must work dates in favor of religious institu- of tourists continues to imperil the confinement in this case,” Cor- SAN ANTONIO — The surging together to once again be healthy tions. In May, the judge struck city’s overall economy and ex- liss's attorney wrote in a filing this coronavirus continued to strain together.” down the portion of Beshear's reli- perts haven’t begun to analyze week. hospitals in Texas Friday, as some “We must keep ourselves and gious order that expanded a ban how new restrictions put into ef- Corliss, 71, currently is sched- hard-hit parts of the state re- our families safe so that we can on mass gatherings to in-person fect on Tuesday to contain the uled to be released in 2025. Mess- mained under curfews aimed at avoid getting sick and adding even church services. spread of COVID-19 could jeopar- ages were left Friday with his at- stemming the spread of COVID-19 more burden to our already over- dize efforts to bring back the con- torney and with the U.S. attorney's over the holiday weekend. whelmed healthcare system,” So- Michigan certs, conventions and trade office in Newark, which prosecut- State health authorities report- lis said. A Big Boy restaurant in Michi- shows that traditionally draw vis- ed him initially and is expected to ed more than 8,500 Texans hospi- The county on Friday reported gan’s Thumb region has lost its itors to Las Vegas, the Las Vegas file a response in coming days or talized with COVID-19 Friday, a 24 additional deaths and 4,544 name after the owners refused to Review-Journal reported. weeks to his petition for early re- drop from 8,700 Thursday, but new COVID-19 cases with a five- stop indoor dining as part of state- Tourists’ hesitance to travel has lease. still a more than 50% increase day daily average of 4,751 cases. wide restrictions to slow the caused air traffic to plummet in from a month ago. State data show There were nearly 2,000 people spread of the coronavirus. most parts of the United States, in- New York limited intensive-care unit capac- hospitalized for virus-related Customers were greeted Friday cluding Las Vegas, however the BUFFALO — Coronavirus ity in regions including the Texas problems, nearly a quarter of with Sandusky Diner instead of market for tourists who live within cases continued climbing Friday Panhandle and El Paso area. them in intensive care. Sandusky Big Boy, the name for 35 driving distance grew in October, in New York and hospitalizations Local leaders in El Paso and San years. The company that grants compared to a year prior. rose even as the state recorded a Antonio have issued partial cur- Hawaii franchises took action. “October average daily auto record high in testing for CO- fews through Monday morning. HONOLULU — Travelers to The Sandusky location, about 88 traffic actually increased 3.6% VID-19. The Texas Department of State the Hawaiian island of Kauai will miles north of Detroit, was one of year over year on all major high- Western New York’s positivity Health Services reported 2,473 have to spend 14 days in quaran- four eateries cited this week for vi- ways and was up 7.3% year over rate spiked to a seven-day average confirmed cases of COVID-19 Fri- tine regardless of whether they olating the state’s order against in- year on Interstate 15 at the Neva- of 6.28%, outpacing other parts of day and another 51 deaths, sharp obtain a negative COVID-19 test, door dining. Three other estab- da-California border,” said Joe the state, according to figures re- drops from the numbers reported Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Fri- lishments, including one of the Greff, a managing director at J.P. leased by the state. And Erie Thursday. The reported cases and day. restaurants, also had their liquor Morgan. County, which includes Buffalo, fatalities often fall immediately Ige approved a request from licenses suspended. reported more coronavirus deaths after holidays and weekends that Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami to Big Boy’s corporate office told New Jersey — six — than any other county in delay officials’ counts. temporarily opt out of the state’s the owners that they had 24 hours NEWARK — A convicted sex the state for a second consecutive The actual number of coronavi- pre-travel testing program. This to comply with the state’s order, offender serving 19 years for trav- day. rus cases is believed to be far high- program allows travelers to by- said Troy Tank, part owner and eling to Thailand and molesting The state reported 8,176 new er because many people haven’t pass a two-week quarantine re- operations manager for the res- young boys is among inmates cases, the figures show, and state- been tested and some who get the quirement if they test negative up taurant. seeking early release from a New wide hospitalizations climbed to disease don’t show symptoms. Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Crowds thin on Black Friday as pandemic surges

Associated Press den State Plaza mall in Paramus, NEW YORK — The raging cor- N.J., police monitored a crowd onavirus pandemic kept crowds outside a GameStop, but few peo- thin at malls and stores across the ple kept their distance. country on Black Friday, but a GameStop said it was taking surge in online shopping offered a several safety precautions, in- beacon of hope for struggling re- cluding contactless pickup. tailers after months of slumping Many retailers beefed up their sales and businesses toppling into safety protocols to reassure wary bankruptcy. customers about coming in on In normal times, Black Friday is Black Friday. But stores also ca- the busiest shopping day of the tered to those shopping digitally year, drawing millions of people by moving their doorbuster deals JOSE F. MORENO/AP eager to get started on their holi- online and ramping up curbside Black Friday shoppers take a close look at the Christmas Tree located at the Philadelphia City Hall in day spending. pickup options. Philadelphia on Friday. But these are not normal times: “We have been intentional to try A spike in coronavirus cases is to not create the frenzy, the door- sales for chess-related items. threatening the economy’s fitful busters, the long lines and the Walmart, which spread out its recovery from the sudden plunge crowds you typically see on a Black Friday deals over several in the spring. Crowds at stores Black Friday,” said Stephen Lebo- weekends, said its most popular were dramatically diminished as vitz, CEO of CBL, which operates deals included this year’s new shoppers shifted online. about 100 malls and filed for Chap- gaming consoles, wireless head- Game consoles, cookware, ro- ter 11 bankruptcy in November. phones, home appliances like the botic vacuum cleaners, slippers Several hundred shoppers lined Edufy Robotic Vacuum. and pajamas were popular among up ahead of opening at Mall of Black Friday is projected to shoppers preparing to spend a lot America in Bloomington, Minn., generate $10 billion in online of time indoors this winter. Many which normally attracts several sales, a 39% bump from the year were still eager to get into the holi- thousand on Black Friday. The ago period, according to Adobe. day spirit and delight their loved mall spread out the Black Friday And Cyber Monday, the Monday ones after a tough year. deals over eight days, and many after Thanksgiving, will remain Eric Kelly, a boxing gym owner, retail tenants pivoted more to on- the biggest online shopping day of camped outside a store on Black line and curbside pickup, said Jill the year with $12.7 billion in sales, Friday for the first time in his life, Renslow, Mall of America’s senior a 35% jump. trying to score a PlayStation 5 for vice president of business devel- RINGO H.W. CHIU/AP Big box stores like Walmart and his 13-year-old twin sons as a re- opment. A few Black Friday shoppers wearing face masks wait in line to enter Target, which were allowed to ward for persevering through re- “It feels good, and it’s the right a store at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, Calif., on Friday. stay open during the spring lock- mote learning during the pandem- thing to do to keep everybody downs, have enjoyed further gains ic. safe,” Renslow said “Everyone is Control and Prevention has la- “We think there’s going to be a from ramping up their online ser- “They’ve been away from their shopping a little differently but beled shopping in crowded stores psychological factor that they owe vices, analysts say. friends,” said Kelly, who failed to that’s OK.” during the holidays a “higher it to themselves and their families But stores deemed non-essen- get the console at a GameStop in Only a trickle of shoppers risk” activity and says people to have a better-than-normal holi- tial that were forced to close have New York City’s Union Square but showed up at Macy’s Herald should limit any in-person shop- day,” said NRF Chief Economist struggled to recover. More than 40 said he would keep trying online. Square in New York an hour after ping. Jack Kleinhenz. chains, including J.C. Penney and “They’ve done everything they it opened, offering 50% off hand- The National Retail Federation, Thanksgiving Day hit a new re- J.Crew, filed for bankruptcy. had to do in school and outside of bags and 60% off women’s and the nation’s largest retail trade cord online as spending reached “Is there going to be a surge in school, so I have to award them for men’s coats. Workers sanitized group, predicted that shoppers $5.1 billion, up 21.5% compared to apparel gifting, footwear gifting to being exceptional kids.” door knobs and windows. will be looking for reasons to cele- a year ago, according to Adobe help out any of the specialty retail- Before Black Friday, GameStop A Christmas tree towered over brate. The trade group expects Analytics, which measures sales ers and do they have the digital teased that it would have a limited the largely empty streets around sales for the November and De- at 80 of the top 100 U.S. online re- presence to actually capture the supply of the new $500 PlaySta- The Domain, the most popular cember period to increase be- tailers. Among the most popular attention of the consumers?” said tion 5 game console for sale only at outdoor mall in Austin, Texas. tween 3.6% and 5.2% over 2019, items were Lego sets, Barbie toys, Sonia Lapinsky, managing direc- its stores, in contrast to other re- Store employees counted masked compared with a 4% increase the and kid scooters, HP laptops, and tor in AlixPartners’ retail prac- tailers that sold it only online. shoppers trickling in to stay within year before. Holiday sales have Apple Watches, according to tice. “That remains to be seen, and Kelly said “people were on top the state’s 75% capacity limit. averaged gains of 3.5% over the Adobe. The popularity of Netflix’s I think it will be more on the grim of each other” in the line. At a Gar- The U.S. Centers for Disease past five years. “Queen’s Gambit” has boosted side.” 1 person killed, 1 injured in Sacramento Black Friday mall shooting

Associated Press One person was found dead at Police later said the suspect had witnessed the shooting to come other cities. About 40 homicides SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A the mall and another was found at fled. forward and said the mall's securi- have been reported this year. shooting at a Sacramento mall Fri- a bank outside of the mall and was “We can confirm at this point ty camera footage will be examin- “We are deeply concerned by day killed one person and left an- taken to a hospital with life-threat- that this does appear to be an iso- ed by homicide detectives. the increase in gun violence in other with life-threatening ening injuries, fire officials told lated incident and not the result of “We do know that the mall does Sacramento and other cities dur- wounds and police were looking KPIX-TV. an active shooter,” Chan said at a have a pretty robust surveillance ing the pandemic, and have sup- for the attacker, authorities said. The crowded mall was evacuat- news conference. footage," he said. ported increasing our efforts to re- Shots were reported shortly af- ed in the midst of Black Friday, Other details of the shooting we- Gun assaults and homicides ach young people at risk," Mayor ter 6 p.m. at Arden Fair Mall, po- one of the busiest shopping days of ren't immediately released but have surged in the California capi- Darrell Steinberg tweeted. “A gun lice spokesman Karl Chan said. the year. Chan urged people who may have tol, as well as in Los Angeles and is never the answer." PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 NATION New rule may allow options for executions Associated Press jection. WASHINGTON — The Justice The official told the AP the fed- Department is quietly amending eral government “will never exe- its execution protocols, no longer cute an inmate by firing squad or requiring federal death sentences electrocution unless the relevant to be carried out by lethal injec- state has itself authorized that tion and clearing the way to use method of execution.” other methods like firing squads The change is likely to set off in- ED ANDRIESKI / AP and poison gas. tense criticism from Democrats A Redtail hawk feeds a snake to one of her young ones nested at the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Refuge in The amended rule, published and anti-death penalty advocates, Commerce City, Colo. Friday in the Federal Register, al- as the Trump administration tries lows the U.S. government to con- to push through a number of rule duct executions by lethal injection changes before Trump leaves of- or use “any other manner pre- fice. A spokesperson for Biden White House moves forward on scribed by the law of the state in told the AP earlier this month that which the sentence was im- the president-elect “opposes the posed.” A number of states allow death penalty now and in the fu- federal bird protection rollback other methods of execution, in- ture” and would work to end its Associated Press hawks and eagles to seabirds, forcement,” the Fish and Wildlife cluding electrocution, inhaling ni- use. But he did not say whether The Trump administration storks, songbirds and sparrows. Service said. trogen gas or death by firing executions would be paused im- moved forward Friday on gutting The move scales back federal The administration has contin- squad. mediately once Biden takes office. a longstanding federal protection prosecution authority for the ued to push the migratory bird It remains unclear whether the Attorney General William Barr for the nation’s birds, over objec- deadly threats migratory birds regulation even after a federal Justice Department will seek to restarted federal executions this tions from former federal officials face from industry — from elec- judge in New York in August re- use any methods other than lethal year after a 17-year hiatus. This and many scientists that billions trocution on power lines, to wind jected the administration’s legal injection for executions in the fu- year, the Justice Department has more birds will likely perish as a turbines that knock them from the rationale. ture. The rule – which goes into ef- put to death more people than result. air and oil field waste pits where Two days after news organiza- fect on Dec. 24 — comes as the during the previous half-century, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- landing birds perish in toxic wa- tions announced President Do- Justice Department has sched- despite waning public support vice published its take on the pro- ter. nald Trump’s defeat by Democrat uled five executions during the from both Democrats and Repub- posed rollback in the Federal Reg- Industry operations kill an esti- Joe Biden, federal officials ad- lame-duck period, including three licans for its use. ister. It’s a final step that means mated 450 million to 1.1 billion vanced the bird treaty changes to just days before President-elect All states that use the death the change — greatly limiting fed- birds annually, out of roughly 7 the White House, one of the final Joe Biden takes office. penalty allow lethal injection – eral authority to prosecute indus- billion birds in North America, ac- steps before adoption. A Justice Department official and that is the primary method in tries for practices that kill migra- cording to the U.S. Fish and Wild- Trump was “in a frenzy to final- said the change was made to ac- all states where other methods are tory birds — could be made offi- life Service and recent studies. ize his bird-killer policy,” David count for the fact the Federal allowed, according to data com- cial within 30 days. The Trump administration Yarnold, president of the National Death Penalty Act requires sen- piled by the nonprofit Death Pen- The wildlife service acknowl- maintains that the Act should ap- Audubon Society, said in a state- tences be carried out in the “in the alty Information Center. As lethal edged in its findings that the roll- ply only to birds killed or harmed ment Friday. “Reinstating this manner prescribed by the law of injection drugs become difficult back would have a “negative” ef- intentionally, and is putting that 100-year-old bedrock law must be the state in which the sentence is to obtain, some states have begun fect on the many bird species cov- “clarifying” change into regula- a top conservation priority for the imposed,'' and some of those states looking at alternative methods for ered by the 1918 Migratory Bird tion. The change would “improve Biden-Harris Administration” use methods other than lethal in- carrying out death sentences. Treaty Act, which range from consistency and efficiency in en- and Congress. High court takes on case about noncitizens in census Associated Press lions of noncitizens from the pop- the numbers used for apportion- Maryland and New York have communities get cut out of the WASHINGTON — President ulation count that determines how ment, the process of dividing up ruled that Trump's plan violates count used to apportion the Donald Trump's attempt to ex- many seats each state gets in the congressional seats among the federal law or the Constitution, House,” said Dale Ho, the Amer- clude people living in the country House of Representatives as well states? Will the quality of the cen- which provides that "representa- ican Civil Liberties Union lawyer illegally from the population count as the allocation of some federal sus data be hurt by a shortened tives shall be apportioned among who will argue on behalf of immi- used to divvy up congressional funding, experts say other issues schedule, a pandemic and natural the several States according to gration advocates and civil rights seats is headed for a post-Thanks- loom large for the 2020 census as it disasters? Could a Democratic- their respective numbers, count- groups in the Supreme Court case. giving Supreme Court showdown. heads into unchartered territory controlled House reject the num- ing the whole number of persons The administration argues that The administration's top law- over deadlines, data quality and bers from the Republican admin- in each State.” A fourth court, in both the Constitution and federal yers are hoping the justices on a politics. istration if House leaders believe Washington, D.C., held this past law allow the president to exclude court that includes three Trump A host of novel questions out- they are flawed? Will a lame-duck week that a similar challenge to “illegal aliens” from the appor- appointees will embrace the idea, side of the court's eventual deci- Senate pass legislation that could the administration plan was pre- tionment count. rejected repeatedly by lower sion could determine the final extend deadlines for turning in courts. It's the latest, and likely the product of the nation’s once-a- census numbers? mature, an argument that also has “As history, precedent, and last, Trump administration hard- decade head count, including “There are so many moving been made to the high court. structure indicate, the President line approach to immigration is- whether the incoming Biden ad- parts, it makes your head spin,” “What Trump wants to do need not treat all illegal aliens as sues to reach the high court. Argu- ministration would do anything to said Margo Anderson, a history would be a radical break from ‘inhabitants’ of the States and ments will take place on Monday try to reverse decisions made un- professor at the University of Wis- that. The losers wouldn’t be indi- thereby allow their defiance of by telephone because of the coro- der Trump. consin-Milwaukee. vidual people. It would be entire federal law to distort the alloca- navirus pandemic. Among other questions: Will the How the Supreme Court will states and communities that tion of the people’s Representa- Even as the justices weigh a bid Census Bureau be able to meet a rule is the first unknown. would lose representation when tives,” acting Solicitor General to remove, for the first time, mil- year-end deadline for turning in Federal courts in California, undocumented members of those Jeffrey Wall wrote. Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Biden win hides warning for Dems in rural US Associated Press lost in 2016, and slid in suburbs Congressional District, 18 coun- DES MOINES, Iowa — Demo- across the industrial and agricul- ties that hug the Pennsylvania crats once dominated Koochich- tural north. border and Ohio River, Trump im- ing County in the blue-collar Iron Instead, he supercharged his fo- proved from 64% of the vote to Range of northern Minnesota. But cus on places he won big last more than 66%. in this month’s presidential elec- times. “I’ll be the first to say I was tion, President Donald Trump Trump lost Wisconsin, Michi- doubtful President Trump could won it with 60% of the vote. gan and Pennsylvania, after win- exceed what he did in 2016,” said That’s not because voters there ning all three in 2016. But he won Ryan Steubenrauch, a senior ad- are suddenly shifting to the right, at least 60% of the vote in 126 coun- viser to 6th District Republican said Tom Bakk, who represents ties in the three — 14 more than in Rep. Bill Johnson. the area in the state Senate. It’s be- 2016, according to Associated Though Biden fulfilled Demo- cause, he said, Democrats have Press and state elections data. All crats’ long-sought goal of carrying steadily moved too far to the left of those counties are lightly pop- Georgia and Arizona, albeit nar- for many rural voters. ulated. rowly, it wasn’t because he con- “We’ve got to see if we can get Perhaps more telling, Trump centrated on reaching beyond the Democratic Party to moderate ANDREW HARNIK / AP increased his winning percent- their metro hubs, said Steve Jard- and accept the fact that rural Min- People watch as the motorcade for then­Democratic presidential ages in 90% of the counties where ing, a veteran Democratic strate- nesota is not getting more conser- candidate Joe Biden arrives for a campaign rally at Dallas High School he reached the 60% mark in those gist who has long argued for grea- vative,” said Bakk, who an- in Dallas, Pa., in October. three states four years ago. That ter party engagement in rural nounced last week that he would includes all 24 counties where he America. become an independent after to Republican incumbents, fell, said Iowa Democrat John Norris, won at least 70% of the vote last “Democrats have found a way serving 25 years as a Democrat. some of them hard. a former candidate for governor. time, even while Biden was vastly to win in the country, at least they “It’s that you guys are leaving Though Democrats’ rural woes “We have a great one to convey, outspending Trump on advertis- believe this to be the case, by not them behind.” aren’t new, they now heap pres- but we haven’t put enough empha- ing. concentrating much in big parts of While Democrats powered sure on Biden to begin reversing sis on it.” The rural runaway was even the middle of the country,” he through cities and suburbs to re- the trend. Failure to do so endan- It has become a defining dy- greater in Iowa and Ohio, where said. “That’s a scary proposition.” claim the White House, the party gers goals such as curbing climate namic in almost every state where polls late in October gave Biden’s Jarding worries that by winning slid further behind in huge rural change and winning a Senate ma- Democrats dominate urban areas campaign hopes of a close race or Arizona, Georgia and the northern swaths of northern battlegrounds. jority, especially with GOP Senate and, for at least two elections, have narrow win, only to see him lose swing states without addressing The party lost House seats in the seats in Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania clear momentum in the suburbs. them by the same margins Clinton the rural economy, Democrats Midwest, and Democratic chal- and Wisconsin up in 2022. While Trump sought to squeeze did. might believe the states are now lengers in Iowa, Kansas, Montana “The pressure for Democrats more out of his mostly white, Trump’s greater dominance in trending their way as the result of and North Carolina Senate races, has to be on conveying an econom- working-class base, he made little rural Ohio surprised even Repub- favorable population and demo- all once viewed as serious threats ic message for rural America,” ground in places he barely won or lican strategists. In Ohio’s 6th graphic shifts. Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid a larger reckoning Associated Press Across the country, firefighters George Floyd, and that a firefight- WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — are confronting incidents of rac- er made a noose during a rope and They threw her new cellphone on ism and discrimination as part of a knots class in November 2017. the roof of the station house and burgeoning movement to call out City Manager Lee Garrity cited placed nails under the wheels of and address racial injustice in the state’s personnel privacy law her pickup truck. As she prepared America. in declining to comment. He said to answer a call, someone poured Two Black women sued the city the city has launched a so-called tobacco juice in her boots. It was of Denver in September, saying its “climate assessment” through a too much for Timika Ingram to fire department discriminated Charlotte-based firm, which will bear. against them because of their gen- evaluate the entire fire depart- “It caused me pain, sleepless der and race. One alleged a cap- ment regarding diversity, race, nights, suffering, anxiety,” said tain overseeing her training said gender and sexual orientation. A Ingram, whose four years as a she should “keep her head down report is due by year’s end, he CHRIS CARLSON/AP firefighter in North Carolina and act like a slave” to graduate said. “We’d had very few griev- Timika Ingram poses for a picture holding a flyer when she was a amounted to a collection of indig- from the program. ances or complaints in the last firefighter on Nov. 19 in Charlotte, N.C. nities. Last year, a Black firefighter couple of years,” Garrity said. Other Black firefighters who sued city officials in Lansing, “But I am sure there are opportu- ment in July 2006. Almost right Ingram was transferred and ex- endured similar treatment in the Mich., saying they did nothing to nities for improvement.” away, she said, other firefighters pressed concerns over her treat- Winston-Salem Fire Department stop racial discrimination within Mayo didn’t return multiple stole her food and took her uni- ment to a superior who didn’t ad- recently brought their complaints the fire department after he re- phone calls seeking comment. forms out of her personal space. dress them, she said. before the city. The grievance ceived hostile comments and In early November, Penn said The cellphone incident was a “I was like, ‘I’m fighting a losing they filed in October calls for found a banana on his assigned the climate assessment hadn’t be- significant factor in Ingram’s battle.’ You can talk all you want, Chief William “Trey” Mayo to be firetruck’s windshield. He filed gun and added in an email that de- eventual departure because, with- say what you got to say,” she said. fired for failing to discipline white another lawsuit this summer. partment administrators, includ- out it, her three children had no In July 2010, Ingram quit. Her firefighters who, the group said, A white Delaware firefighter ing Mayo, “has attempted to in- way to reach her. She said her life spiraled downward for a time. have created a hostile work envi- was charged in July with hate timidate and bully our members” white counterparts asked if she’d She said she married someone “to ronment through comments in crimes and harassment after al- by walking in during interviews. actually left her phone where it mask the pain,” but that ended in person and on social media. legedly sending threatening Ingram said of her treatment was last seen and even pretended divorce. Her car was repossessed “It’s a festering problem that messages to a Black paramedic throughout rookie school, “You to search for it. and she was homeless. She missed has become even more disease- and two part-time workers, one develop alligator skin so that you “My daughter was a latchkey work for four months, and doctors ridden and even more detrimental who is Black and the other white can get on through the process. kid at the age of 9. My kids had no told her she developed lupus as a to the life of the individuals who who has Black family members, And then, hopefully, once you get other way to get in touch. They result of the stress she’d under- work here because of the current the News Journal reported. in, you’ll be able to be an advocate didn’t know how. Something went gone as a firefighter. chief,” said 28-year veteran fire- The Winston-Salem group al- or be able to be heard if anything wrong with my kids, and I couldn’t Today, Ingram works in medi- fighter Thomas Penn, a leader of leged two white captains talked goes on, because a lot went on with get to them and they couldn’t get to cal services in Charlotte, the same the group that calls itself Omni- about running over demonstra- me.” me,” she said. “That right there job she took after leaving the fire bus. tors protesting the police killing of She officially joined the depart- just set it off.” department. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 WORLD Turkey seeking to mend its relations with West, Saudis

Bloomberg Officials have hinted that Tur- Turkey is seeking to mend rela- key, in a bid to avert U.S. puni- tions with traditional western al- shments, would ring-fence from lies and regional powerhouse Sau- NATO systems the Russian-made di Arabia as rifts with Russia, Joe S-400 air-defense missiles it Biden’s U.S. election victory and bought and tested. Erdogan has the threat of European sanctions sent his envoy to Brussels to de-es- force a foreign-policy rethink, calate tensions with the E.U. people familiar with the discus- Still, repairing ties also roiled by sions said. western support for Kurdish After he was sworn in with fighters in Syria and U.S. charges SAKCHAI LALIT/AP sweeping executive power more against a major Turkish bank for Protesters flash three­finger gestures as they gather to march in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday. than two sanctions-busting, won’t be years ago, straightforward. President Biden last December derided Recep Tayy- Erdogan as an autocrat and Pro-democracy protesters in ip Erdogan pledged to bolster his domestic made a high- opposition, while Ankara’s mili- stakes pivot tary cooperation with Russia Thailand warn of possible coup away from alarmed NATO powers who can Associated Press tution to be amended to be more caustic words about the king and the pursuit be expected to drive a hard bar- BANGKOK — Pro-democracy democratic, and the monarchy re- the palace. of closer ties gain before again fully embracing demonstrators in Thailand, unde- formed to make it more account- In response, Thai authorities with the Erdogan Turkey. terred by arrest warrants and the able. this past week escalated their le- West. Tur- Turkey’s drilling for gas in the possibility of violent attacks, held Their issue concerning the gal battle against protest leaders, key veered closer to Moscow, Mediterranean has upset Greece another rally on Friday, poking monarchy is the most controver- charging 12 of them with violating alienating and antagonizing fellow and Cyprus, and Erdogan has fun at their critics and warning of sial because the royal institution a harsh law against defaming the members of the North Atlantic rowed with French President Em- the possibility of a military coup. by law and tradition is virtually monarchy. The lese majeste law Treaty Organization. manuel Macron over the latter’s The potential for violence was untouchable, and regarded by carries a penalty of three to 15 Recent events have changed the comments on Islam. illustrated after their last rally on many as the bedrock of national years' imprisonment, but has not calculus, the people said. Trump suspended Turkey from Wednesday, when two men were identity. The military has de- been used for the past three years. Ankara’s interests are increas- helping build the F-35 fighter jet reportedly shot and critically clared defense of the monarchy to Historically, defending the ingly at odds with those of Russian after the Russian missile deal, yet wounded. Although the incident be among its foremost duties. monarchy has been abused for po- leader Vladimir Putin. Russia and Congress is pushing for harsher remains murky and its connection The protest leaders believe that litical reasons. It has also trig- Turkey were on opposite sides in penalties. It’s considering legisla- to the rally unclear, it was a re- King Maha Vajiralongkorn holds gered violence, most notably in Libya’s war before a truce was tion that would force the president minder that the student protesters more power than is appropriate 1976, when it led to the killings of agreed, and have clashing aims in to impose sanctions on Turkey for are vulnerable, especially be- under a constitutional monarchy, dozens of students at a university Syria’s conflict. Turkey then mus- flirting militarily with Moscow. cause of the passions they inspire and have made that the center- protest against the return from ex- cled into Russia’s Caucasus back- According to the people who among some of their opponents. piece of their campaigning in re- ile of an ousted military dictator. yard with its support for Azerbai- discussed Turkey’s change of The protest movement’s core cent weeks. Although any criti- That event was the trigger for a jan in the 44-day war with Arme- heart, Ankara believes Biden’s en- demands are for Prime Minister cism of the monarchy used to be coup, and since then Thailand has nian forces over Nagorno-Kara- during faith in multinational insti- Prayuth Chan-ocha and his gov- taboo, speeches at the rallies — as had successful coups in 1977, 1991, bakh. tutions and transatlantic ties will ernment to step down, the consti- well as signs and chants — include 2006 and 2014. Then there’s the U.S., where help it repair damage with NATO President Donald Trump, who de- partners and improve the likeli- clared his personal rapport with hood of long-sought weapons Erdogan even while they quar- deals. Ethiopia: Troops control Tigray capital reled, is leaving the White House. Turkey’s footprint in Middle And in Europe, leaders are set to East battle zones also boosts the Associated Press With communications cut to the as Ethiopian forces appeared to be discuss penalizing Turkey for its alliance’s ability to contain an ex- NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s region of 6 million people, it is dif- realizing the “final phase” of the unilateral energy exploration in pansionist Russia, they said. military has gained full control of ficult to verify claims by the war- conflict, though the heavily armed contested waters of the Mediter- Erdogan separately used a the capital of the defiant Tigray ring sides. Each government re- TPLF has long experience fight- ranean at a European Union meet- phone call with Saudi Arabian region, the army announced Sat- gards the other as illegal. ing in the region’s rugged terrain ing starting Dec. 10. monarch Salman bin Abdulaziz to urday after Tigray TV reported Millions of civilians have been and some experts have warned of Sanctions would imperil Tur- express his desire to heal ties with that the city of a half-million peo- affected as the fighting has gone a drawn-out conflict. key’s economic recovery from the kingdom, the people said. The ple was being “heavily bombard- on for nearly a month. “The United States is gravely pandemic restrictions just weeks countries’ relations neared col- ed” in the final push to arrest the Humanitarians confirmed the concerned about the worsening after a new team of top officials lapse after Saudi agents murdered region’s leaders. shelling that began earlier Satur- situation in the Tigray region,” the began attempts to get to grips with Washington Post columnist Jamal The army chief of staff, Gen. day in Mekele, a densely populat- U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Kelly a collapsing currency. Khashoggi, a critic of the Gulf Birhanu Jula, made the comment ed city, which immediately raised Craft, tweeted after the reported Erdogan is sounding conciliato- kingdom’s leadership, at the Saudi about the military’s control of Me- concerns about civilian casualties. bombardment began. ry: consulate in Istanbul in 2018. kele while speaking on an Ethio- Ethiopia’s government had She called for dialogue, the pro- “We don’t have issues with any Turkey, which charged two top pian state broadcast. warned Mekele residents there tection of civilians and access for country or institution that cannot aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mo- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed would be “no mercy” if they didn’t aid. be solved through politics, dia- hammed bin Salman for ordering said in a separate statement, “We move away from the TPLF lead- The TPLF once dominated the logue and negotiation,” he said on the killing, has done all it can to have entered Mekele without in- ers in time. country’s ruling coalition but was Sunday as he urged the E.U. to shed light on the murder, but it’s nocent civilians being targets.” The United Nations said some sidelined under new Prime Minis- help overcome obstacles holding now time to focus on bilateral is- Neither mentioned the arrest of residents fled as tanks closed in ter Abiy Ahmed. up Turkey’s bid to join the bloc sues, the people said. Interviews any of the leaders of the Tigray and Abiy’s 72-hour ultimatum for Abiy is now rejecting dialogue and abide by agreements on cus- at stores in Riyadh suggested an People’s Liberation Front, which TPLF leaders to surrender ex- with the TPLF, most recently in toms and visa-free travel. “We ex- unofficial boycott of Turkish runs the region. The Tigray leader pired. his meeting on Friday with Afri- press the same wish in relations goods by Saudi authorities may al- could not be reached. Alarm spiked anew on Saturday can Union envoys. with our ally America.” ready be easing. Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Vandals topple statue of Washington, deface other MINNEAPOLIS — MN Minneapolis Park Police are investigating after van- dals toppled a statue of George Washington and defaced a pio- neer monument with anti-coloni- alist graffiti early Thanksgiving morning. The Star Tribune reported a statue of Washington was torn from its base in Washburn Fair Oaks Park and splashed with paint. Several miles away, in north- east Minneapolis’ BF Nelson Park, the large granite “Pioneers Statue” was spray painted with the words “no thanks,” “no more genocide,” “decolonize” and “land back.” The monument depicts three generations of a pioneer family, whose men are holding a rifle, ax and plow. A woman and her new- born stand at their side. On the back of the statue’s base, an en- graving shows an American Indi- an handing a peace pipe to Father Hennepin. ‘Tacky Lights Tour’ altered due to virus RICHMOND — An an- VA nual holiday tradition of touring elaborate holiday dis- plays at homes in and around Richmond will continue this year, SPENCER TIREY, THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT­GAZETTE/AP but there won’t be quite as many lights. The Tacky Lights Tour is still Nightmare holiday set to begin although some long- Skeletons used for an annual Halloween house display in Bella Vista by Teah Bidwell and husband, John Bowman, at their house on Sandbridge time participants will skip it be- in Bella Vista, Ark., were repurposed for Thanksgiving and Christmas. cause of the need to limit crowds and maintain social distancing ner to an animal hospital where Church in Holts Summit, Mo., are how got into his SUV, accelerated The owners and managers at during the ongoing coronavirus doctors found a puncture wound. “despicable and quite offensive.” in reverse and allegedly dragged KP Food Mart in Anderson fried pandemic. The puppy stayed at the hospital Photos show what appear to be both officers for several feet until turkeys and made side dishes The over-the-top holiday dis- for a few days to recover. bullet holes and boot prints on the they fell off. Thursday for its customers and plays typically attract long lines of older building’s front door. Win- the homeless people who live cars, buses and limos filled with Teen charged with DUI in dows are smashed and an air-con- Clinic owner charged with nearby, store manager Aggi Tar- people who get out and walk crash that kills passenger ditioning unit tipped on its side. Medicaid funds theft nowski told The Independent- around so they can see the lights Inside there are gaping holes in Mail. up close. POWDERSVILLE — the walls, pews tipped over, toilets SPOKANE — The A customer earlier this month Al and Esther Thompson on SC An 18-year-old man shattered, furniture smashed. WA owner of a health clin- won $350,000 on a scratch off tick- Wendhurst Drive in Glen Allen- was charged with driving under ic based in Spokane, Wash., is fac- et, and under South Carolina Lot- have posted signs saying that no the influence in a Thanksgiving Man allegedly dragged ing charges of theft and money tery rules, the store received 1% . more than 25 people will be al- crash that killed one of his passen- two officers with SUV laundering after investigators al- “I might not have much, but lowed to stand in front of the house gers, South Carolina troopers said. leged fraudulent Medicaid billing whatever I have, I’d give it all to comply with the state’s restric- Justin Fowler’s pickup truck CROWN POINT — A totaling more than $5 million since away. I will get it back tenfold and tions on gatherings. ran off the right side of a small ru- IN Chicago man faces near- 2017. I will be blessed for it,” Tarnowski ral Anderson County road, then ly a dozen felony charges after he Investigators from the Wash- said. Video shows man rescue struck a tree and a fence, state allegedly dragged two police offi- ington Attorney General Office’s puppy from alligator Highway Patrol Master Trooper cers with an SUV, running over Medicaid Fraud Control Division New quarter pays homage Gary Miller said. one of them, as they investigated a have been tracking Means since at to state landmark ESTERO — A 74-year- Four people were in the truck. disturbance at a northwestern In- least March, according to court re- FL old man leaped into a The front seat passenger was diana home. cords. WICHITA — The Flint Florida pond and wrestled open trapped in the wreckage and died A Lake County magistrate en- They were tipped off by an ab- KS Hills of Kansas are all the jaws of an alligator that lunged at the hospital after being cut from tered not guilty pleas on behalf of normally large amount of billing abuzz over a new coin that pays from the water to attack his 3- the truck, Miller said. Ernest L. Hoover Jr. codes indicating in-person consul- homage to the state’s Tallgrass month-old puppy. The Lake County Sheriff’s De- tations lasting half an hour or Prairie National Preserve. The rescue last month was cap- Historic Black church partment said two officers were more, many of them at an in-per- The Witchita Eagle reported tured on video by cameras placed vandalized called to a Dyer couple’s home on son substance abuse treatment that the U.S. Mint released the in the area to document wildlife. reports that a man was repeatedly center in Spokane Valley. 55th installment in its America the Richard Wilbanks told the News HOLTS SUMMIT — ringing their doorbell and walking Beautiful Quarters Program. The Press he was walking Gunner, a MO A historic Black back and forth between their Store’s lottery win feeds flip side offers a skyward view of Cavalier King Charles spaniel, church in Missouri was vandal- porch and an SUV parked in their people for Thanksgiving the prairie, native Big Bluestem along the pond’s shoreline when a ized, leaving its congregation reel- driveway. and Indian grasses as well as a Re- 4-foot gator lunged from the water ing and authorities looking to find Officer Alex Gallegos began ANDERSON — A store gal Fritillary butterfly. The in- and grabbed the dog. out who did it. struggling with Hoover, trying to SC in South Carolina that scriptions include “Tallgrass Wilbanks jumped into the water The Callaway County Sheriff’s take him into custody, when Sher- sold a $350,000 winning lottery Prairie,” “Kansas” and the re- and pried open the gator’s jaws, Office said in a Facebook post that iff’s Officer Michael Maggi ar- ticket is using some of its share of lease year. freeing the frightened puppy. the acts committed at the Mount rived and began helping Gallegos the lucky windfall to help its cus- Wilbanks and his wife took Gun- Vernon Missionary Baptist in the arrest. But Hoover some- tomers on Thanksgiving. FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 MUSIC Back on the track AC/DC ready to rock out of the darkness with 1st new album since 2017

BY ANDREW DALTON and Angus Young, selected by the young- Associated Press er Young from a trove of unused songs hrough decades, deaths and that piled up during the band’s long life. disasters, AC/DC keeps thun- “Malcolm and myself over the years, dering on. whenever we’d come to an album we T Forty-seven years along, and always walked in with a lot of A-grade with the closest thing possible to their songs,” the 65-year-old Angus Young said original lineup, the rockers on Nov. 13 via Zoom from his home in Sydney. “We released “Power Up,” their first album in always had a stack full more left that six years. were all great, great tracks.” It’s also the first since the 2017 death of Most of the songs came from a fruitful Malcolm Young, who founded the band in writing period in a long gap between Sydney, Australia, in 1973 with his little albums from 2000 to 2008, and Angus brother, Angus. “Power Up” is dedicated Young chose those that most evoked his to the elder brother and is shot through big brother. with his spirit and songwriting. “I concentrated on the ones I knew “We all felt Malcolm around us; he was were Mal’s favorites,” Young said. “It’s a there. We’re not spiritual-type people, fitting project for him. He always liked but, boy, oh boy,” lead singer Brian John- being simple and direct, so I felt, what son, 73, said during an interview via better than his music?” Zoom from his home in Sarasota, Fla. “Power Up,” their 17th studio album, “Malcolm was a very strong character in whose first single and video, the blues- real life, and him passing away wasn’t inflected “Shot in the Dark,” were re- gonna stop that. He was there, every- leased in October, is overflowing with the where, and I think you can tell it on the same thundering chords and schoolboy record.” sneers that made them legends with al- All 12 tracks are co-written by Malcolm bums like “Highway to Hell” and “Back in Black.” The latter was also dedicated to a recently deceased essential bandmate, original singer Bon Scott, who died in 1980.

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Angus Young of AC/DC performs at Nationwide Arena on Sept. 4, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. AP AC/DC Power Up (Columbia) A new AC/DC record may well be the only good thing to happen in 2020. The legendary Aussies are back with “Pow- er Up,” the latest in a long line of electricity-themed albums that not only talk about power but bristle and crackle with it. It’s been 40 years since AC/DC released arguably the best heavy metal album of all time with “Back In Black,” but these guys still sound as good as they did then. For some, that’s a bit of a problem: Decades of AC/DC albums have tended to sound like each other, and that’s the case with at least part of “Power Up.” The opening track, “Realize,” uses almost the same “ah-ah-ah-ah” chant that served as the foundation of 1990’s “Thunderstruck.” Another new track, “Witch’s Spell,” uses a similar-sounding guitar line. “Rejection” uses the same four-chord pattern as 1979’s “Shot Down In Flames.” But it’s all good. I can eat pizza five nights a week, with it tasting the same each night, and it’s still awesome. Not everything here has been heard before. “Kick You When You’re Down” has a funky, catchy riff atop pounding drums, and “Demon Fire” is a fast-paced boogie with a riff that burns into your brain with just one listen. After an extended hearing-related absence that necessitated Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose filling in to finish an AC/DC tour, lead singer Brian Johnson is back at the mic, and his voice, subjected to so much torture over the decades, sounds powerful again. And no guitar player anywhere sounds quite like Angus Young; the sound of his fingers sliding up and down the strings is as raw as it is instantly recognizable. — Wayne Parry Associated Press Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 MUSIC

Kelsey Waldon They'll Never Keep Us Down (Oh Boy) Kelsey Waldon’s “They’ll Never Keep Us Down” is a serviceable hom- age, as the proud Kentuckian covers everyone from Nina Simone to Neil Young, and everything from union labor to feelings of freedom. It’s her own voice and artistry that often struggles to shine through. Last year Waldon became the first artist to sign to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records in 15 years when the late songwriter took Waldon under his wing. Since then Wal- don has done Prine proud, but she doesn’t appear to be aiming for radio play with these relatively listless cover tracks. Young’s “Ohio” is beautifully handled by Waldon’s collection of accomplished musicians, but her vocals have trouble breaking through the sonic wall and come off as an afterthought. Waldon’s version of Simone’s “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” falls similarly short. The peppy country pace doesn’t deliver the passion the song de- serves. On “The Law Is for Protection of the People,” a song penned by Kris Kris- tofferson, Waldon never quite lets her voice rise to a level that would match the fire of the lyrics. Waldon finally shines on “They’ll Never Keep Us Down,” a pro-union song written by Hazel Dickens in the mid-1970s for the Oscar-winning documentary “Harlan County, USA.” This clearly rings special to Waldon and her feelings for her home state, and this bluegrass composition and pace suits her best. — Ron Harris Associated Press

ROB GRABOWSKI, INVISION/AP Brian Johnson, left, and Angus Young, of AC/DC, perform on the Rock or Bust Tour on Feb. 17, 2016, in Chicago. Johnson was un­ able to complete the tour because of hearing problems, but is back for the band’s new album, “Power Up.” Randall Bramblett “We’re doing a lot Pine Needle Fire Back: (New West) Band On “Pine Needle of promotional stuff Fire,” Georgia soul man Randall Bram- planned to tour to let people know, blett’s warm, weathered tenor gives voice to average FROM PAGE 12 to get the message folks who are hanging on, and he provides “There is the similarity between Bon’s a beat to keep them going. tragedy and Mal’s,” Angus Young said. out that AC/DC’s Bramblett laments mortality, the rat With Malcolm Young suffering from the race, co-dependency and misplaced pas- dementia that would lead to his death, his got a new album. sion. His solution? Dance those blues nephew Stevie Young stood in for him on away. Nearly everything comes with an 2014’s “Rock or Bust,” and did it again on Hopefully to cheer irresistible groove, as has been the case “Power Up,” although at 63 he’s hardly for most of Bramblett’s 45-year recording the new kid. you up.” career. He and his crack crew of studio “We’ve known Stevie forever and ever. musicians do swampy, sweaty, Southern- He’s been around us for decades,” bassist Angus Young fried funk, and like a great bar band Cliff Williams said via Zoom from his AC/DC guitarist they’re both loose and tight, while riding a home in North Carolina. “So there was no gospel undercurrent. trying to fit him into any kind of thing.” shows,” Young said. “We’d done a couple Nick Johnson contributes stinging gui- After a tough tour in 2016 that Johnson of weeks of that, and then a few days later tar, and horns — including Bramblett’s couldn’t finish because of hearing loss that the world started to shut down.” tenor sax — add momentum. had grown increasingly severe, it ap- AP When the coronavirus reached pandem- “Built to Last” lives up to its title, thanks peared the classic version of the band “Power Up” is dedicated to AC/DC co­ ic levels, the album was shelved and the to a six-note rock riff as its foundation. might never play together again. founder and guitarist Malcolm Young, who band went dark, stuck across different “Rocket to Nowhere” swings with Steely He’s since been equipped with state-of- died in 2017. continents as they isolated with families Dan-style syncopation, references “Kid the-art hearing-aid technology and had and friends. Charlemagne” and serves up a Fagen- been anxious to get back on stage, espe- was ready to go.” After nearly a year passed, the band and esque aside: “At least they didn’t look in cially after feeling how well it worked to The album had been recorded in 2018 Columbia Records opted to release it in the glove compartment.” rehearse with the band at full power. and early 2019, and the jam sessions came November. Imagine a world where musicians play “It was just a lot of fun to be with the in preparation for the planned release “We’re doing a lot of promotional stuff concerts: These songs would have folks on boys, and I felt like I was equipped to date, early in 2020. to let people know, to get the message out their feet. actually go out and do something,” John- “We rehearsed quite a bit, because we that AC/DC’s got a new album,” Young — Steven Wine son said. “My ammunition belt was full. I were hoping to be able to maybe do some said. “Hopefully to cheer you up.” Associated Press PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 BOOKS Fragile hope Barack Obama takes a critical look at the first 2½ years of his presidency in his new memoir

BY ELI STOKOLS Los Angeles Times eading Barack acknowledgment of its low ebb. Obama’s deeply Readers might have a hard introspective time determining whether Oba- and at times ma’s expressions of disappoint- elegiac new ment reflect his actual feelings at presidential the time or, rather, emotions Rmemoir, I thought often about colored by the hindsight of hav- something the writer James ing seen his legacy unraveled. Baldwin said in 1970, two years That muddling might be un- removed from the assassination conscious, but the general omis- of Martin Luther King Jr. and sion of Donald Trump seems despairing about America from intentional. Not until page 672 abroad. does Obama mention him by “Hope,” an exhausted Baldwin name, in a passage on the inane told a reporter from Ebony mag- 2011 controversy over his birth- azine, “is invented every day.” place. Obama only foreshadows Inventing hope has long been Trump’s unlikely ascent by regis- the Obama project, from his tering his concerns about rising early days as an organizer nativism and the tribalism his through the election seemed to unleash, an 2008 cam- implacable opposition party and paign, a conservative media increasingly two-term untethered to truth. JEFF CHIU/AP presidency Unspooled chronologically, the Former President Barack Obama, shown in 2019, sold nearly 890,000 copies of his book “A Promised and now, in book’s first 200 pages recapture Land” in the first 24 hours and more than 1.7 million copies in the first week in the U.S. and Canada. retrospect, the headier days of the future his inter- president as a young man, high- writer Vaclav Havel warning and in recalling moments when unique swell of national pride mittent lighted by Obama’s evocative him about early in his presi- he seethed, as when a recal- and common purpose: “The fact career as a account of his bright-eyed 2004 dency, the “curse” of having citrant general went rogue in an that we could no longer imagine memoirist. address to the Democratic Na- raised his country’s expectations. interview. He lavishes praise on uniting the country around any- Finally free tional Convention. He relates Obama took office in January his staffers but is unsparing and thing other than thwarting at- of electoral what it was like to feel the first 2009 amid a spiraling economic funny in depicting some world tacks and defeating external politics, the spark of an electrical charge that crisis, his lofty plans for change leaders. enemies, I took as a measure of former president concedes that would carry him to the White running smack into the buzzsaw The narrative puts the reader how far my presidency fell short the project has gotten harder, House just four years later. of Washington’s partisan real- in the room at defining moments of what I wanted it to be — and that he has struggled at times to “There comes a point in the ities. — but also in the head of an how much work I had left to do,” find hope — the very thing he acutely self-aware individual. he writes. personified for so many. On finding out he’d been Obama’s anguish is leavened, “A Promised Land” often Finally free of electoral politics, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, however, by his sense of history reads like a conversation Obama he asks, incredulously, “For and what Dr. King called the is having with himself — ques- the former president concedes what?” When a candle-holding long arc of the moral universe. tioning his ambition, wrestling crowd gathers outside his hotel A visit to the former Buchen- with whether the sacrifices were that the project has gotten harder, window in Oslo before the cere- wald concentration camp with worth it, toggling between pride mony, he thinks of the ongoing Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, in his administration’s accom- that he has struggled at times wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: along with a D-Day commemo- plishments and self-doubt over “The idea that I, or any one per- ration at Omaha Beach, France, whether he did enough. Written to find hope — the very thing son, could bring order to such “answered whatever doubts in the Trump era, his elegant chaos seemed laughable,” he stirred in me” about how individ- prose is freighted with uncertain- he personified for so many. writes. “On some level, the uals can change the world. ty about the state of our politics, crowds below were cheering an And in 2007, when Obama was about whether we can ever reach speech where I find my cadence. Detailing the fevered policy- illusion.” still a candidate, a visit to Selma, the titular promised land. The crowd quiets rather than making of his first two years, Nowhere is the heaviness of Ala., to mark “Bloody Sunday” On that central question, he roars,” he recalls. “It’s the kind Obama draws a textured portrait the presidency clearer than in similarly fortified him: elders writes glumly in the book’s pref- of moment I’d come to recognize of himself as a rookie executive Obama’s descriptions of deciding who’d endured bombings, beat- ace, “the jury’s still out.” in certain magic nights. There’s a — seeking counsel from aides, to authorize military action, first ings and firehoses connected Covering only the first two and physical feeling, a current of sneaking cigarettes on the Tru- in Libya as part of a NATO coali- their journey to his own, casting half years of his presidency, this emotion that passes back and man Balcony, frustrated by the tion and then in the raid that themselves as “the Moses gener- 701-page tome — part one of two forth between you and the crowd constraints on his ambitious resulted in the killing of Osama ation” and leaving it to him, “the — isn’t the usual post-presi- ... [Y]ou’ve tapped into some agenda but undaunted in pursu- bin Laden, which concludes this Joshua generation ... to take the dential legacy-burnishing pro- collective spirit, a thing we all ing it, even at a steep political volume. The ticktock of the raid’s next steps.” ject. There is a literary grand- know and wish for, a sense of cost. His retelling of his adminis- secret planning and execution is Four years later, Obama deliv- ness, to be sure — references to connection that overrides our tration’s carefully calibrated exhilarating, but Obama reflects ered a college commencement Hemingway and Yeats and dra- differences and replaces them responses to crises unforeseen — on the cathartic euphoria of the speech in Miami, offering his matic renderings of moments with a giant swell of possibility — the H1N1 epidemic, the Deep- aftermath. presidency as proof to another high and low captured in some- and like all things that matter water Horizon blowout, the Arab Reading an email from the generation “that the American times Sorkin-esque dialogue. But most, you know the moment is Spring — can evoke a strange daughter of a 9/11 victim after idea endures.” the triumphs are tempered with fleeting and that soon the spell nostalgia for an era of process- announcing Bin Laden’s death to “At about the same age as the brooding reflections about the will be broken.” driven policymaking. the country, he considered the graduates were now, I’d seized inevitable limitations of the pres- The bulk of the book is about Obama’s emotional restraint profound losses of so many, the on that idea and clung to it for idency. In this surprisingly fast- what happened when the spell gives way in moving passages courage of CIA analysts and dear life,” he writes. “For their moving volume, the audacity began to break — about facing about fatherhood and the loss of Navy SEALs involved in the sake more than mine, I badly isn’t in the hopefulness but the something he recalls the Czech his mother and grandmother, successful raid and the sadly wanted it to be true.” Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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BY LINDSEY BAHR ture, who badly needed care and attention. Associated Press Nicotero, who has worked on “Day of the ruce, the fiberglass shark made Dead” and “The Walking Dead,” said he from the “Jaws” mold, is ready got into the business because of “Jaws” for his close-up. The 1,208- and volunteered for the task of bringing Bpound, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old him back to life. shark, famous for being difficult to work “One of the great things about being the with on the set of Steven Spielberg’s clas- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is sic thriller, was hoisted up in the air Nov. that we have access to Academy members 20 above the main escalator of the new in all craft areas of the industry,” said Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer. Los Angeles where he will greet guests for “We can call on our members and other the foreseeable future. And this time, he members of the film industry who have cooperated. either worked on the film that the artifact It is the culmination of years of plan- is from or know enough about the prove- ning, including a seven-month restoration nance and work that had been done to CHRIS PIZZELLO/AP by special effects and makeup artist Greg help us restore it. We’re in an incredibly A fiberglass replica of Bruce, the shark featured in Steven Spielberg's classic 1975 film Nicotero. The shark is expected to be a privileged position.” "Jaws," is lifted into a suspended position for display where he'll be visible from the major draw for the museum, which plans Restoration was one thing, but loading street at the new Academy of Museum of Motion Pictures. to open its doors to the public on April 30, Bruce into the museum proved to be an- 2021. other ordeal. Pritzker Prize-winning ar- “spine” where he faces East and is visible visitors for as long as we can keep him up Super fans know that the “Jaws” crew chitect Renzo Piano made sure to account from Fairfax. there,” Kramer said. “It’s a free space and started calling the shark Bruce after Spiel- for large-scale objects in his restoration of Shraddha Aryal, Vice President of Exhi- a free moment for our visitors to bring berg’s lawyer Bruce Ramer. They’ll also the Saban Building, which was originally bition Design and Production, described delight and hopefully inspire them to learn know that the Bruce that will greet guests the May Company department store. But the years of painstakingly detailed model- more about the movies, the history of in the museum wasn’t technically in Bruce is their biggest piece to date, and ing and work that went into preparing for visual effects and how this prop was “Jaws.” He’s a replica, and it’s the last of everyone soon realized that he wouldn’t be this moment, including full-scale mock- made.” his kind. The three mechanical Great able to get into the building with his fins ups and light tests to ensure that all of Curious visitors can come and check out Whites designed by art director Joe Alves attached. Bruce’s 116 teeth would be visible to tour- the massive great white, the restaurant were destroyed when production wrap- Last week Bruce was transported from ists. and the Spielberg Family Gallery to see a ped. But once the film proved to be a box- a storage facility on a 70-foot flatbed to the Seeing him lifted into the building was 10-minute film on the history of cinema office phenomenon, a fourth shark was museum at Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire “such an exciting moment,” she said. before even committing to purchasing a made from the original mold. For 15 years, Boulevard where engineers, construction Kramer said they expect Bruce to be a ticket. he hung at Universal Studios Hollywood workers and art handlers removed two huge draw for visitors, which is why he’ll There will also be a public program- as a photo opportunity for visitors until he panels of glass three stories up to get him be hanging in a public area where people ming series on conservation and restora- wound up at the Sun Valley junkyard he into the building. Once inside with fins can see him without having to pay for a tion drawing on items from the collection would call home for the next 25. reattached and a final touching up, Bruce museum ticket. Almost a half century that have been restored including the ruby But Bruce wasn’t quite camera ready. A was hooked onto five cables, each of which after Bruce made generations of kids and slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” the quarter century in the California sun, plus could hold his weight if any were to fail, adults scared to get in the water, he’s now Aries-1B from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” all the years of being repainted at Uni- and hoisted up on a truss by remote con- beckoning film lovers into a museum. the extra-terrestrial from “Alien” and, of versal, had taken its toll on the poor crea- trol to get into position in the building’s “We plan on having Bruce greet our course, Bruce.

If it’s possible to get excited about a GADGETS portable battery, Satechi’s Quatro wire- less charging power bank is it. Consider it a charging and organization Be ready with this dash cam power solution, since it can eliminate a bunch of other chargers and a mess of BY GREGG ELLMAN era and a cell phone is done with the Wi-Fi tangled cables. Tribune News Service pairing button. Four charging sources are built into the As they say, a day late and a dollar The image quality from the NEXS1 pocket-sized (6.4-by-2.9-by-0.7-inches) short. But with the window-mounted front-facing dashcam is outstanding. 10,000 mAh rechargeable battery. Inside Scosche NEXS1 Smart, full high-defini- A 140-degree lens captures a wide-angle is a Qi charging pad with a 5W charging tion dash camera, powered by Nexar, I’ll view in 1080p full HD. Inside, a SONY speed, and an Apple-certified Apple be ready for next time. Starvis image sensor works well at night Watch charging puck up to 2.5W. The Qi I’m referring to a minor car accident and in other low-light environments. A charging area can be used for wireless (no injuries) I was in while this dash cam high-precision G-Sensor automatically charging devices including iPhones and sat boxed up on my desk, waiting to be detects the impact and crucial moments AirPods in addition to non-Apple Qi-en- tested. Not 24 hours later I had it un- for recording. This includes parking mode abled devices. packed and ready for testing; it would for recording incidents when the driver On the side are two additional charging have helped me greatly, and hopefully isn’t in the car. SCOSCHE/TNS ports, a 12W USB-A port for connecting there’s not a next time. When you start driving, the camera The Scosche NEXS1, a front­facing dash­ charging cables (not included) and a fast- It wasn’t that long ago that dashcams turns on and when you stop, it shuts off. cam, mounts with suction or adhesive. charging 18W USB-C output port, which were a complicated setup, often ending in Auto-loop recording is done directly to the doubles as a charging port for the battery. frustration. With NEXS1, which is part of included SanDisk 32GB micro-SD memo- directly to participating insurance compa- All this adds up to one charger for mul- Scosche’s SafeTech line of products de- ry card, which can be expanded up to nies, which includes the location with the tiple devices at home or on the go. Apple signed to make driving safer, you can have 256GB. With the included free cloud stor- automatic GPS. Nexar’s Groups feature users will also admire the Quatro’s slick, it set up and filming in no time. age, along with the Nexar app (iOS and can immediately alert anyone you choose modern style. Its appearance is reminis- A quick-release StickGrip suction cup Android) recordings are uploaded so they along with the location if an accident oc- cent of an iPhone with its black finish and mounts on the windshield (front or back) can be deleted from the camera. curs. chrome sides. LED battery level indica- and an included dual-port adapter plugs in A great feature that caught my attention Online: scosche.com; $159 for the suc- tors on the end display how much power with an 11.5-foot cable for power. is the 1-Click reporting. It works with the tion cup mount version, $149 for the auto- remains in the battery itself. Setting up the Wi-Fi to connect the cam- app for submitting an incident report motive-grade adhesive dash mount Onilne: satechi.net; $99.99 Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 MOVIES

DAVID LEE/Netflix Viola Davis’ role as a Southern blues singer in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is expected to land her an Academy Award nomination. ‘She was unapologetic’ Viola Davis says she learned a lot while playing Ma Rainey

BY JEN YAMATO triumphs with a bruising, melancholy aftertaste. An open- Los Angeles Times ly queer Black songstress defiant of the bigotry of the era, iola Davis has collected an Academy Award, an Ma Rainey demands her due from all who cross her path, Emmy, two Tonys and dozens more acting from the strangers whose hostile glares she returns while kudos, and now another powerhouse role has parading her much-younger girlfriend (Taylour Paige) on Vpropelled her to the top of the 2021 best actress her arm, to the bickering members of her band (Colman Oscar race: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, the unapologetically Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman and Boseman) RACHEL MURRAY/TNS brash real-life Southern blues singer at the center of a and the white managers (Jeremy Shamos, Jonny Coyne) Denzel Washington, one of the producers for “Ma Rain­ tempestuous 1927 Chicago recording session in the Au- trying to squeeze another hit song out of her on the cheap. ey’s Black Bottom,” says there was no question that Viola gust Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Filmed last summer in Pittsburgh in a soundstage Davis, shown, could fill her character’s shoes. “She’s a It’s a juicy role that has landed Davis in the Oscar con- transformed into a sweltering Chicago recording studio, once­in­a­generation talent,” Washington said. versation along with her costar, the late Chadwick Bose- “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — titled after the hit song man, who dazzles in his final performance as a hotheaded that becomes hotly contested over the course of the chaot- media, which led to inspired set decoration: a 1926 Vanity young horn player with eyes for Ma’s girlfriend and rad- ic afternoon — left Davis invigorated. Fair article celebrating Ma’s musical rivals sits next to ical new ideas for Ma’s music. (Netflix unveils the film in In Rainey, she found an artist whose battles hit close to her in one of the character’s more emotionally revealing a limited theatrical run Nov. 25 and begins streaming it home. “She was a woman who was unapologetic about scenes. “I just wanted it sitting there, haunting Ma with- Dec. 18.) But even the formidable Davis admits she her worth and her power. She’s constantly reminding out her even necessarily being aware of it,” Wolfe teases. wasn’t initially sure she could pull off the swaggering people who she is, and that had a transformative effect on Instead, Davis drew on Wilson’s text, adapted for the blues legend. me too,” says Davis. “That’s what happens a lot in our screen by playwright and actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “There’s a typecasting that happens in the business, profession: You’re always hustling for your worth. That’s and searched within to understand who Rainey was. and after a while you start to typecast yourself and think what you’re constantly doing in this business and in this “What I have to rely on is my life experience, because of 50 million other people who could have played the world, so it felt very liberating to play a woman who was therein lies the problem: Ma Rainey is considered the role,” says Davis, 55, whose six-season, Emmy-winning not doing that.” Mother of the Blues, but finding any material about Ma star turn on the ABC hit drama “How to Get Away with Donning a rubber suit and a horsehair wig, her skin Rainey was very difficult,” she says. Murder” concluded this year. “But that’s not what acting slicked with sweat, Davis revels in Rainey’s physicality, She thought of her aunts, her mother, her grandmother is. It’s a transformative art form. It’s about taking whatev- outfitted in period dress and furs by costume designer and of women in tune with Rainey — “someone who er you have and using it to transform into a character that Ann Roth. When Ma sings, resplendent in her gold teeth could be at a bar on Tuesday and beating up a 200-pound is completely different than you.” and greasepaint makeup, the aches and joys of living man, to an orgy on Thursday and be arrested by the po- She typecasted herself, Davis says — until she stopped reverberate within her all at once. (Aside from one song lice and thrown in jail, to church on Sunday! I understand comparing herself to other actresses and embraced the sung by Davis, vocals are courtesy of singer Maxayn the emotional life of those people because they’re in my challenge. Denzel Washington, who starred opposite and Lewis.) And when Ma fumes over slights dealt to herself life — those complicated, beautiful, funny, hardcore, directed Davis in 2016’s “Fences,” never doubted that she or those in her care — well, no man wants to find himself unapologetic people have been in my life forever.” could fill Rainey’s shoes. “Viola can do anything,” says in the path of that train. Davis is bringing the lessons of Rainey with her as she Washington, a producer on “Ma Rainey.” “There was no Researching such a singular historical figure was no continues to forge her own path in Hollywood. Centering question that she could do it. She’s a once-in-a-generation easy feat, says director George C. Wolfe, considering that stories like those on her producing slate “is always at the talent.” only “six or seven” photographs of Rainey exist today. forefront of everything that I do,” Davis says. “When you In “Ma Rainey,” Davis sinks her teeth into the title Unlike contemporaries like Bessie Smith, Rainey was not ask me what’s on my agenda — silently, blatantly — it’s character’s grandiosity with nuance and rings even her considered glamorous or anointed by white mainstream absolutely part of my agenda.” PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander History behind the hottest game Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY PAUL STEEGE Special To The Washington Post EDITORIAL n Nov. 13, Activision Games re- Terry Leonard, Editor leased the latest game in the Call [email protected] of Duty franchise, “Black Ops Cold War.” It will almost certain- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor O ly fly off the shelves, the latest installment [email protected] in a pop culture juggernaut that arguably Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content exerts an influence beyond all but the large- [email protected] st Hollywood blockbuster. While the popular success of this sort of Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] first-person shooter game has occasioned a fair amount of anxious hand-wringing Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital about the misplaced fear that virtual kill- [email protected] ings may translate into real-world violence, there is also a very real danger in how Call BUREAU STAFF of Duty’s marketers are using claims about history to construct fantasies about the Europe/Mideast world we live in. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] The senior creative director at the soft- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 ware company that developed the game ex- Pacific plained the connections between it and the Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief original 2010 “Call of Duty: Black Ops”: [email protected] “Something that both games have in com- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 mon is their use of real-world history ... This TREYARCH/Activision Washington was a critical element that made all the con- The video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War” is set in the 1980s, when the United Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief spiracy so great in the original Black Ops States and the Soviet Union were battling for supremacy. [email protected] (+1)(202)886-0033 and is something we couldn’t wait to contin- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News ue.” acy theorists like to imagine. ican willingness to face up to Soviet “active [email protected] The history celebrated in the video game, Even in Berlin, the divided city that measures” that sought to destabilize the however, depends on delusional conspiracy served as the backdrop for so much Cold United States. And the game provides the CIRCULATION theories to simplify the world’s messy com- War melodrama — and which functions as opportunity for players to deliver repeated Mideast plexity. What we really need is a healthy an- the hub from which players depart on their violent spectacles as a means to overcome Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager tidote of actual history — one that rests on a various missions in “Black Ops Cold War” that threat. [email protected] critical investigation of primary sources — local conditions consistently contradict- In fact, war fantasies were consistently a [email protected] and reminds us that the course of world ed the explanations U.S. and Soviet leaders core component of Cold War practice — but DSN (314)583-9111 events depends on the interactions of count- sought to impose on this central Cold War this is not something to celebrate or roman- Europe less individuals navigating their everyday battleground. Whether it was Soviet Zone ticize. 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In one trailer, a writers imagined. In fact, the rhetorical that practice has evolved so smoothly since CONTACT US virtual Ronald Reagan enters a room and flourishes on which the Cold War depended the Cold War ended. Washington endorses the covert mission the players are (think of Reagan’s 1987, “Mr. Gorbachev, Since the Soviet Union collapsed, the tel: (+1)202.886.0003 about to take on. They are tasked with seek- tear down this wall!”) relied on the ways United States has continuously expanded 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 ing out a Soviet agent code-named Perseus that Berliners, East and West, had so suc- the scope of the problems for which it might Reader letters and thwarting his plans to threaten the free cessfully integrated the Wall into their ev- offer military solutions, a process that ac- [email protected] world and “shift the balance of the Cold eryday lives. As is the case with “Black Ops celerated following the Sept. 11, 2001, at- War.” As he directs a virtual Secretary of Cold War,” an embrace of Cold War con- tacks, which ushered in the so-called Global Additional contacts State Alexander Haig to give the covert frontation and violence depended on exot- War on Terrorism. While that war has stripes.com/contactus team whatever it needs, the game’s version icizing the practical realities of life on the evolved, it nonetheless remains ongoing, OMBUDSMAN of Reagan intones, “there is no higher duty, ground. and the threat of “terror” now encompasses there is no higher honor” than seeking to de- But by promoting the game as an oppor- a nebulous enemy that requires constant Ernie Gates fend “our way of life.” tunity for players to “blow up a Cold War mobilization at home and abroad. The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow The dialogue is stilted, but its embrace of conspiracy decades in the making,” marke- One industry observer has already criti- of news and information, reporting any attempts by the violence to defend “our way of life” reflects ters are endorsing a dangerous idea, one cized the way that Activision’s willingness military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns some of the most extreme U.S. rhetoric of that has fueled violent white power move- to peddle Cold War paranoia has resonated and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for the time. In a 1983 speech to the National ments that imagine the need to “bring the with contemporary proponents of far-right fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by Association of Evangelicals, Reagan de- war home.” conspiracy theories. But the real threat email at [email protected], or by phone at 202.886.0003. nounced the Soviet Union as an “evil em- As historian Kathleen Belew has ex- posed by an ad campaign that asks viewers pire.” But just before that phrase for which plained, the growth of conspiratorial right- to “know your history” is more mainstream Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- the speech is generally recalled, Reagan wing movements in the wake of the U.S. war if no less pernicious. days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday painted a much darker picture of a fantasy in Vietnam imagined that defeat by a com- In the same way that game designers through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals of heroic sacrifice in the service of total war, munist enemy abroad could be overcome have promoted the “haptic feedback” deliv- postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send one in which a young father would be will- by taking on new versions of the same ene- ered by new game controllers as a way to address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. This newspaper is authorized by the ing to sacrifice his two little girls rather than my, this time on American soil. The racist convey a better sense of the different weap- Department of Defense for members of the military services overseas. 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From Nicaragua to Vietnam ment together. war by means of a dangerously inaccurate handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of to Afghanistan, the local complexities of The Call of Duty advertising campaign interpretation of complex history. the purchaser, user or patron. Cold War conflicts again and again proved links Soviet-era ideology and political pro- © Stars and Stripes 2020 that neither the Americans nor the Soviets test in the United States, suggesting that Paul Steege is an associate professor of history at Villanova stripes.com controlled as many of the pieces as conspir- leftist protesters were undermining Amer- University. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 SCOREBOARD/SPORTS BRIEFS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRO FOOTBALL BRIEFLY Friday's scores NFL tion): jury related). FULL: WR Chris Godwin (fin- SUNDAY ger), G Ali Marpet (concussion), CB Ryan SOUTH Smith (ankle). AMERICAN CONFERENCE ARIZONA CARDINALS at NEW ENGLAND US women’s soccer team Liberty 45, UMass 0 PATRIOTS — CARDINALS: DNP: TE Darrell LAS VEGAS RAIDERS at ATLANTA FAL- Notre Dame 31, North Carolina 17 East Daniels (ankle), DE Josh Mauro (hamstr- CONS — RAIDERS: LIMITED: DE Clelin Fer- UCF 58, South Florida 46 ing), S Jalen Thompson (ankle). LIMITED: T rell (not injury related), S Erik Harris (calf), shuts out Netherlands WLTPct PF PA Justin Murray (hand), S Charles Washing- RB Alec Ingold (ribs), RB Josh Jacobs (hip), MIDWEST ton (groin). FULL: WR DeAndre Hopkins CB Amik Robertson (illness), T Sam Young BREDA, Netherlands — Rose Cent. Michigan 31, E. Michigan 23 Buffalo 7 3 0 .700 272 265 (illness), QB Kyler Murray (right shoulder), (knee). FULL: WR Nelson Agholor (knee), TE Maxx Williams (illness). PATRIOTS: CB Damon Arnette (illness), DT Maurice Lavelle scored against the Neth- Iowa 26, Nebraska 20 Miami 6 4 0 .600 264 202 DNP: DE Tashawn Bower (illness), RB Rex Hurst (ankle), T Kolton Miller (ankle), DE erlands again, Kristie Mewis SOUTHWEST New England 4 6 0 .400 209 238 Burkhead (knee), DT Carl Davis (concus- Carl Nassib (knee), RB Jalen Richard Iowa St. 23, Texas 20 N.Y. Jets 0 10 0 .000 149 302 sion), T Isaiah Wynn (knee). PATRIOTS: (chest), DT Kendal Vickers (shoulder). scored in her first appearance for FALCONS: DNP: DE Dante Fowler (hamstr- FAR WEST DNP: RB Rex Burkhead (knee), DT Carl Da- South vis (concussion), T Isaiah Wynn (knee) ing), RB Todd Gurley (knee), WR Julio the United States in six years and Oregon St. 41, Oregon 38 LIMITED: LB Ja'Whaun Bentley (groin), DE Jones (hamstring), RB Qadree Ollison (ill- the U.S. women won a rematch of Stanford 24, California 23 WLTPct PF PA Tashawn Bower (illness), DT Adam Butler ness). LIMITED: G James Carpenter Wyoming 45, UNLV 14 (shoulder), DT Byron Cowart (back), S Kyle (groin), TE Hayden Hurst (ankle), DT Grady last year’s World Cup final by the Indianapolis 7 3 0 .700 276 208 Dugger (toe), K Nick Folk (back), CB Ste- Jarrett (knee, groin), WR Calvin Ridley PRO SOCCER Tennessee 7 3 0 .700 279 259 phon Gilmore (hand), WR N'Keal Harry (foot), LB Edmond Robinson (hamstring), same score, 2-0, on Friday. (shoulder), TE Ryan Izzo (hamstring, LB Mykal Walker (hamstring). FULL: LB Houston 4 7 0 .364 268 297 The older sister of starter Sam MLS playoffs hand), G Shaquille Mason (calf), WR Matt Foyesade Oluokun (knee), TE Luke Stocker Jacksonville 1 9 0 .100 202 298 Slater (knee), RB J.J. Taylor (quadricep). (foot). Mewis came in as a second-half Play-in CAROLINA PANTHERS at MINNESOTA LOS ANGELES CHARGERS at BUFFALO Eastern Conference North VIKINGS — PANTHERS: DNP: G Dennis Da- BILLS — CHARGERS: DNP: CB Casey Hay- substitute and scored in the 70th Friday, Nov. 20 ley (concussion), CB Donte Jackson (toe). ward (groin), DE Melvin Ingram (knee), DE WLTPct PF PA LIMITED: S Sam Franklin (ankle), RB Chris- Uchenna Nwosu (shoulder, chest). LIMIT- minute. It was Kristie Mewis’ sec- New England 2, Montreal 1 ED: RB Kalen Ballage (ankle, calf). FULL: T Nashville 3, Inter Miami 0 tian McCaffrey (shoulder), G John Miller ond goal for the team, after her Pittsburgh 10 0 0 1.000 298 174 (knee, ankle), T Russell Okung (calf). FULL: Bryan Bulaga (knee, not injury related), DT First Round Cleveland 7 3 0 .700 238 261 RB Alex Armah (ankle), QB Teddy Bridge- Jerry Tillery (groin). BILLS: DNP: WR John first in 2013. The 2,722 days be- Brown (ankle), T Cody Ford (ankle, knee), Eastern Conference Baltimore 6 4 0 .600 268 195 water (knee), DE Marquis Haynes (shoul- Saturday, Nov. 21 der), WR D.J. Moore (shoulder), LB Tahir TE Lee Smith (illness). LIMITED: QB Jake tween her goals was the longest Orlando City 1, New York City FC 1, (Or- Cincinnati 2 7 1 .250 213 270 Whitehead (rib), WR Brandon Zylstra Fromm (not injury related). FULL: DE A.J. Epenesa (concussion), DE Jerry Hughes stretch in team history. lando advances 6-5 on penalties) West (shoulder). VIKINGS: DNP: DE Jordan Brail- Columbus 3, New York 2 ford (not injury related), G Ezra Cleveland (back), RB Taiwan Jones (hamstring), TE “I just had to just re-watch it, Dawson Knox (hamstring), CB Josh Nor- WLTPct PF PA (ankle), TE Irv Smith (groin, back). FULL: T Tuesday, Nov. 24 Brian O'Neill (shoulder), DE Ifeadi Odenig- man (illness). actually, because I think I blacked MIAMI DOLPHINS at NEW YORK JETS — Nashville 1, Toronto 0, OT Kansas City 9 1 0 .900 321 214 bo (shoulder, concussion), G Dru Samia out on what actually happened,” New England 2, Philadelphia 0 (not injury related), S Harrison Smith DOLPHINS: DNP: RB Salvon Ahmed (shoul- Las Vegas 6 4 0 .600 286 276 der), G Solomon Kindley (foot). LIMITED: Western Conference (neck). Kristie Mewis said about her goal. Denver 4 6 0 .400 206 267 CHICAGO BEARS at GREEN BAY PACKERS WR Jakeem Grant (hamstring), QB Tua Ta- Sunday, Nov. 22 govailoa (left thumb). FULL: S Kavon Fra- The United States hadn’t played Sporting Kansas City 3, San Jose 3, L.A. Chargers 3 7 0 .300 260 273 — BEARS: DNP: QB Nick Foles (hip), DT Akiem Hicks (hamstring), T Charles Leno zier (shoulder), DE Shaq Lawson (shoul- (Sporting KC advances 3-0 on penalties) der), CB Jamal Perry (foot), LB Andrew Van in 261 days because of the coro- Minnesota United 3, Colorado 0 NATIONAL CONFERENCE (toe). LIMITED: CB Buster Skrine (ankle). FULL: T Rashaad Coward (ankle, knee), TE Ginkel (wrist), LB Kyle Van Noy (hip). JETS: Portland 3, Dallas 3, (Dallas advances 8-7 DNP: T George Fant (knee, ankle), LB Pa- navirus pandemic. The top- on penalties) East Jimmy Graham (not injury related), DT John Jenkins (ankle), S Sherrick McManis trick Onwuasor (hamstring). LIMITED: LB ranked Americans have won all Tuesday, Nov. 24 WLTPct PF PA (hand), LB Barkevious Mingo (shoulder), Blake Cashman (hamstrings), T Chuma Edoga (ankle), T Alex Lewis (not injury re- nine matches they’ve played this Seattle 3, Los Angeles FC 1 RB David Montgomery (concussion), C Washington 4 7 0 .364 241 243 Sam Mustipher (knee), WR Cordarrelle lated). FULL: QB Sam Darnold (right shoul- year. They’re 11-0-0 under coach Conference Semifinals Patterson (calf), LB Danny Trevathan (not der), RB Frank Gore (not injury related), TE Eastern Conference Philadelphia 3 6 1 .350 220 254 Christopher Herndon (back), WR Breshad Vlatko Andonovski, who took over injury related), QB Mitchell Trubisky (right Perriman (shoulder). Sunday's games N.Y. Giants 3 7 0 .300 195 236 shoulder). PACKERS: DNP: WR Marquez Game 1: New England at Orlando City Dallas 3 8 0 .273 251 359 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at DENVER BRON- after Jill Ellis stepped down last Valdes-Scantling (achilles). LIMITED: WR COS — SAINTS: DNP: WR Deonte Harris Game 2: Nashville at Columbus Davante Adams (ankle), CB Jaire Alexan- South (neck), RB Ty Montgomery (hamstring), G year. Western Conference der (knee, hand), RB Tyler Ervin (wrist, Andrus Peat (concussion). LIMITED: RB Al- ribs), CB Josh Jackson (concussion), CB Tuesday's game WLTPct PF PA vin Kamara (foot), WR Michael Thomas Undermanned Texans Kevin King (achilles), WR Allen Lazard (ankle). FULL: TE Josh Hill (concussion), CB Dallas at Seattle (core), TE Marcedes Lewis (knee), C Corey New Orleans 8 2 0 .800 295 222 Marshon Lattimore (abdomen), RB Wednesday's game Linsley (back), G Lucas Patrick (toe), P J.K. release WR Stills Tampa Bay 7 4 0 .636 320 253 Dwayne Washington (back). BRONCOS: Minnesota United at Sporting KC Scott (back, right quadricep), WR Equani- DNP: S Trey Marshall (shin). LIMITED: T De- Carolina 4 7 0 .364 253 272 meous St. Brown (knee). FULL: CB Ka'dar mar Dotson (calf, hand), G Graham Glas- HOUSTON — The Houston Conference Championships Hollman (quadricep), LB Christian Kirksey Sunday, Dec. 6 Atlanta 3 7 0 .300 252 275 gow (calf), WR Jerry Jeudy (achilles, an- (quadricep), LB Kamal Martin (neck), S kle), LB Joseph Jones (calf), DT Sylvester Texans released veteran wide re- Game 1: Teams TBD North Will Redmond (shoulder, elbow), S Vernon Williams (elbow). FULL: CB Bryce Callahan ceiver Kenny Stills on Friday. Game 2: Teams TBD Scott (shoulder), WR Darrius Shepherd (foot), CB Duke Dawson (chest), TE Noah WLTPct PF PA (shoulder), CB Chandon Sullivan (ribs), TE Fant (ribs), LB Josey Jewell (ankle), QB Despite being undermanned MLS Cup Robert Tonyan (ankle), DE Billy Winn Saturday, Dec. 12 Drew Lock (ribs), LB Malik Reed (ankle), T Green Bay 7 3 0 .700 308 258 (knee). Elijah Wilkinson (knee). this season at the position after Teams TBD CLEVELAND BROWNS at JACKSONVILLE Chicago 5 5 0 .500 191 209 NEW YORK GIANTS at CINCINNATI BEN- the offseason trade of All-Pro JAGUARS — BROWNS: DNP: S Sheldrick GALS — GIANTS: LIMITED: WR Sterling She- DEALS Minnesota 4 6 0 .400 264 278 Redwine (knee), CB Denzel Ward (calf). pard (hip, toe), CB Brandon Williams (an- Deandre Hopkins to Arizona, Detroit 4 7 0 .364 252 328 LIMITED: T Jack Conklin (knee), C Nick Har- kle). FULL: CB James Bradberry (not injury ris (ankle), DT Larry Ogunjobi (ankle), S Houston decided to cut Stills. Friday's transactions related), G Kevin Zeitler (concussion). West Andrew Sendejo (groin), G Wyatt Teller BENGALS: DNP: WR Mike Thomas (hamstr- Stills, 28 and in his eighth pro BASKETBALL (calf), C J.C. Tretter (knee). FULL: S Ronnie ing). LIMITED: CB Mackensie Alexander WLTPct PF PA Harrison (knee), RB Dontrell Hilliard (not (hamstring), LB Markus Bailey (hamstr- season, was struggling this year National Basketball Association injury related), CB Robert Jackson (not in- MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed F Torrey ing), RB Giovani Bernard (concussion), WR L.A. Rams 7 3 0 .700 243 192 jury related), CB Kevin Johnson (finger), Mike Thomas (hamstring). FULL: CB Mack- for the Texans (4-7). He has 11 Craig, G Bryn Forbes and F Bobby Portis. WR Jarvis Landry (hip), LB Elijah Lee (not OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Acquired Seattle 7 3 0 .700 318 287 ensie Alexander (hamstring), DT Geno At- injury related), S Jovante Moffatt (illness), kins (not injury related), LB Markus Bailey catches on 19 targets and one F Trevor Ariza from Detroit and F Justin Arizona 6 4 0 .600 287 238 LB Jacob Phillips (not injury related), LB Jackson, a 2023 second-round draft pick (hamstring), RB Giovani Bernard (concus- touchdown. He rarely figured in San Francisco 4 6 0 .400 238 234 Malcolm Smith (not injury related), WR sion), DT Mike Daniels (not injury related), (best from either Dallas or Miami) and a Taywan Taylor (not injury related), CB Ta- 2026 second-round draft pick from Dallas WR A.J. Green (not injury related), LB Lo- the Deshaun Watson-led offense Thursday, Nov. 26 vierre Thomas (not injury related), T Je- gan Wilson (neck). in a three-team trade in exchange for drick Wills (illness), LB Mack Wilson (not in 2020. sending F James Johnson to Dallas. Houston 41, Detroit 25 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS at LOS ANGELES Washington 41, Dallas 16 injury related). JAGUARS: DNP: WR D.J. RAMS — 49ERS: No Data Reported. RAMS: SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Signed 2020 Chark (ribs), WR Chris Conley (hip), CB Sid- His release leaves Houston first-round pick G Devin Vassell. DNP: DE Michael Brockers (not injury relat- Sunday's games ney Jones (achilles), G Andrew Norwell ed), TE Tyler Higbee (elbow), LB Terrell Le- with Will Fuller and Brandin FOOTBALL Arizona at New England. (forearm). LIMITED: LB Dakota Allen (an- wis (knee). LIMITED: C Brian Allen (knee). National Football League Carolina at Minnesota kle), DE Aaron Lynch (shoulder), QB FULL: DT Aaron Donald (not injury related). Cooks as the main wideouts. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed wide re- Cleveland at Jacksonville Gardner Minshew (right thumb). FULL: TE TENNESSEE TITANS at INDIANAPOLIS ceivers Larry Fitzgerald and Trent Sher- L.A. Chargers at Buffalo Tyler Eifert (concussion), TE James COLTS — TITANS: DNP: CB Adoree' Jackson field on the Reserve/COVID-19 list. Las Vegas at Atlanta O'Shaughnessy (knee, not injury related), (knee). LIMITED: WR Adam Humphries CHICAGO BEARS — Activated DB Eddie Miami at N.Y. Jets RB Dare Ogunbowale (hand), T Cam Rob- (concussion), C Ben Jones (knee), TE My- Florida State has game Jackson from reserve/COVID-19 list. N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati inson (illness), WR Laviska Shenault Cole Pruitt (knee), G Rodger Saffold (an- CINCINNATI BENGALS — Announced DL Tennessee at Indianapolis (hamstring), S Jarrod Wilson (shoulder). kle). FULL: WR A.J. Brown (knee), CB Mal- postponed again coach Nick Eason and DB coach Steve New Orleans at Denver KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at TAMPA BAY colm Butler (rib), T Dennis Kelly (knee), DT Jackson will be unable to attend team's San Francisco at L.A. Rams BUCCANEERS — CHIEFS: FULL: T Eric Fisher Larrell Murchison (rib), TE Jonnu Smith Florida State’s has had a home game vs. the N.Y. Giants on Sunday for CO- Kansas City at Tampa Bay (ankle, shoulder), LB Willie Gay (shoul- (ankle), S Kenny Vaccaro (concussion). VID-19 related reasons. Chicago at Green Bay der), DT Chris Jones (groin), TE Travis COLTS: DNP: C Ryan Kelly (neck), S George football game postponed on the Kelce (pectoral), CB Thakarius Keyes (an- Odum (knee), LB Bobby Okereke (ankle). CLEVELAND BROWNS — Activated OL Monday's game day it was to be played for the sec- Chris Hubbard from the reserve/COVID-19 kle), DT Derrick Nnadi (ankle), C Austin Re- LIMITED: G Quenton Nelson (back, ankle), list. Placed DE Porter Gustin on the re- Seattle at Philadelphia iter (knee), T Mike Remmers (rib), DT Kha- WR Zach Pascal (knee, foot), QB Philip Riv- ond straight week. serve/COVID-19 list. len Saunders (elbow), CB L'Jarius Sneed ers (toe), RB Jonathan Taylor (not injury HOUSTON TEXANS — Waived WR Kenny NFL injury report (collarbone), WR Sammy Watkins (calf, related). FULL: S Julian Blackmon (illness), The Atlantic Coast Conference Stills. hamstring). BUCCANEERS: DNP: CB Jamel DE Justin Houston (not injury related), CB announced Saturday the Semi- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Placed DE Takka- NEW YORK — The National Football Dean (concussion), TE Tanner Hudson Isaiah Rodgers (knee), T Braden Smith rist McKinley on injured reserve. League injury report, as provided by the (not injury related), LB Jason Pierre-Paul (thumb), TE Noah Togiai (knee), LB Antho- noles' game against Virginia LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Placed DE league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: (knee), C A.Q. Shipley (neck), T Donovan ny Walker (ribs), S Khari Willis (ribs, shoul- Melvin Ingram on injured reserve. limited participation; FULL: Full participa- Smith (ankle), DT Ndamukong Suh (not in- der), CB Rock Ya-Sin (illness). would not be played because of MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Activated CB COVID-19 issues within Florida Mark Fields II for return from reserve/CO- COLLEGE BASKETBALL VID-19 list. State’s program. The game was to TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed OL Mar- Friday's men's scores Mercer 83, Georgia Tech 73 NC A&T 74, Chicago St. 44 have started at 8 p.m. EST. shall Newhouse to the practice squad. NC State 86, North Florida 51 UMKC 138, Greenville 97 SOCCER Norfolk St. 83, James Madison 73 Utah St. 82, N. Iowa 71 Florida State athletic director Major League Soccer EAST Prairie View 64, Evansville 61 Wisconsin 92, Ark.-Pine Bluff 58 David Coburn said after one posi- MLS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE — Fined Army 79, CCSU 57 Queens University of Charlotte 85, Howard 71 Xavier 76, Toledo 73 Orlando City SC G Pedro Gallese an undis- Buffalo 74, Towson 65 Richmond 82, Morehead St. 64 tive test on Friday night, contact closed amount for failing to leave the field Marshall 70, Arkansas St. 56 South Alabama 95, Mobile 75 SOUTHWEST in a timely manner after receiving a red Maryland 82, Navy 52 Troy 66, W. Carolina 64 Houston 68, Boise St. 58 tracing — along with previous opt card during penalties in Orlando's match Rutgers 96, Fairleigh Dickinson 75 Tulane 66, Lamar 57 Rice 68, Incarnate Word 53 outs and injuries — left the team against New York City FC on Nov. 21. St. Peter's 62, La Salle 51 UNC-Greensboro 77, UALR 70 Texas Tech 84, Sam Houston St. 52 Syracuse 85, Bryant 84 UNC-Wilmington 76, UNC-Asheville 68 UTSA 97, Texas-Permian Basin 71 with only 44 scholarship players UConn 69, Hartford 57 VCU 70, Memphis 59 Vanderbilt 77, Valparaiso 71 and some position groups “almost PRO BASEBALL Wake Forest 71, Longwood 60 FAR WEST SOUTH West Virginia 70, W. Kentucky 64 Arizona 74, Grambling St. 55 entirely depleted.” MLB calendar Appalachian St. 105, Carver 23 Cal Poly 100, Bethesda 46 Belmont 77, George Mason 67 Gonzaga 90, Auburn 67 “We deeply regret that many Dec. 2 — Last day for teams to offer 2021 E. Kentucky 60, Charleston Southern 50 MIDWEST Nicholls 70, Idaho St. 51 Florida State and Virginia fans contracts to unsigned players on their 40- ETSU 57, Middle Tennessee 43 Bradley 74, Oakland 60 Oregon St. 114, Northwest University 42 man rosters. East Carolina 66, Charlotte 57 Colorado 76, Kansas St. 58 Saint Mary's (Cal) 72, S. Dakota St. 59 have already traveled to the game Jan. 15 — International amateur signing FIU 82, Flagler 75 Drake 69, South Dakota 54 San Diego St. 77, UC Irvine 58 period opens. Georgia St. 105, Toccoa Falls 60 Illinois 77, Ohio 75 San Francisco 61, Virginia 60 as well as Virginia's team,” Co- Jan. 26 — Hall of Fame voting an- Jacksonville St. 60, FAU 50 Iowa 103, Southern U. 76 Santa Clara 66, UC Davis 63 burn said. nounced. Louisiana Tech 76, Texas-Arlington 71 Kansas 94, Saint Joseph's 72 Seattle 77, William Jessup 53 Feb. 1-19 — Salary arbitration hearings. Louisville 71, Seton Hall 70 Marquette 75, E. Illinois 50 UCLA 107, Pepperdine 98, 3OT — Associated Press Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 COLLEGE BASKETBALL No. 22 UCLA holds off Pepperdine in 3OT

Associated Press probably going to take a nap, get a SAN DIEGO — The UCLA good night’s sleep, get in an ice Bruins have two days before their bath and do whatever I’ve got to do home opener to try to get their legs to prepare for the next game we’ve back under them after a physical- got,” he said. ly taxing three-overtime thriller Senior guard Colbey Ross also against Pepperdine. played all 55 minutes and had 33 Tyger Campbell and Jules Ber- points to become Pepperdine’s all- nard hit three-pointers early in the time leading scorer but it wasn’t third overtime, and Chris Smith enough to keep the Waves (1-1) added a three-point play to finish from losing their sixth straight to with 26 points and lead No. 22 UCLA and their 38th straight to a UCLA to a 107-98 victory Friday. ranked opponent. Ross hit a floa- Jaime Jaquez Jr. played all 55 ter to send the game into a second minutes while Campbell played overtime tied at 81 but missed a 52 and Smith 51. three-pointer that forced a third “There’s a lot of film that we’re OT. going to show tomorrow as we Campbell and the Bruins (1-1) take ice baths,” second-year coach came out strong in the third extra Mick Cronin said. “I’m going to period to avoid a second straight put my head in a bucket of ice and upset loss to open the season. I’m going to have Tyger and those Campbell scored 10 of his 22 guys take cold tubs, Jaime and points in the third overtime. Ber- Chris, who played 50 minutes.” nard had 21, Jaquez 16 and Cody Jaquez, a sophomore swingman Riley 13. who had a heads-up play to keep UCLA was routed 73-58 by San the Bruins alive in the second OT, Diego State on Wednesday night GREGORY BULL / AP was thinking the same thing. in the four-team event at Viejas UCLA forward Cody Riley, right, fouls Pepperdine forward Jan Zidek while driving to the basket during the “I know when I go back I’m Arena. first half Friday in San Diego. The Bruins won 107­98 in triple­overtime.

TOP 25 ROUNDUP C Garza nearly perfect as No. 5 Hawkeyes roll

Associated Press rebounds. in his first two games for the Red IOWA CITY, Iowa — Luka Gar- Ochai Agbaji, whose foul trou- Raiders (2-0). za expects perfection every time ble proved costly in an opening Zach Nutall had 14 points for he shoots. 102-90 loss to No. 1 Gonzaga, added Sam Houston State. The Iowa center came close to 18 points. Jalen Wilson had 14 for No. 15 West Virginia 70, West­ that in the fifth-ranked Hawkeyes’ the Jayhawks (1-1). ern Kentucky 64: Derek Culver 103-76 win over Southern. Jack Forrest had 18 points for scored 15 points and the Mountain- Garza scored 41 points, missing Saint Joseph’s (0-2). Ryan Daly eers overcame a 10-point second- just one shot early in the second and Dahmir Bishop added 14 for half deficit to beat the Hilltoppers half. He was 14-for-15 from the the Hawks. in the final of the Bad Boy Mowers field, making all three of his three- No. 7 Wisconsin 92, Arkansas­ Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, point attempts, and was 10-for-12 Pine Bluff 58: Micah Potter S.D. on free throws. He also had nine scored 19 points, D’Mitrik Trice Culver was selected the tourna- rebounds and three blocked shots added 15 and the host Badgers ment MVP. Miles McBride had 14 in 29 minutes. overwhelmed the Golden Lions. points and Taz Sherman scored 12 It was the 18th consecutive Wisconsin (2-0) scored the first for the Mountaineers (3-0). game of 20 or more points for Gar- 25 points, hitting 10 of its first 13 No. 17 Houston 68, Boise za, the lone unanimous selection to shots, before Kshun Stokes scored State 58: Quentin Grimes had 25 the AP preseason All-America on a floater from the lane for Ar- points and eight rebounds, Caleb team. kansas-Pine Bluff with 10:05 left in Mills added 12 points and the host “Whenever I get the ball, I feel the first half. Cougars beat the Broncos in the like I can score,” Garza said. Arkansas-Pine Bluff missed it Southwest Showcase. “Sometimes you have those days first 11 shots and committed five Rayj Dennis scored 18 points on where you’re just making shots. I turnovers before finally scoring. 8-for-13 shooting to lead the Bron- put enough work into each shot Shaun Doss Jr. had 16 points for cos in their opener. Marcus Shaver that when I put it up, I have a strong Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-2). Jr. added 16 points and seven re- feeling that it’s going to go in.” No. 8 Illinois 77, Ohio 75:Ayo bounds. Mountain West preseason .” Dosunmu scored 24 points, Kofi player of the year Derrick Alston No. 1 Gonzaga 90, Auburn 67: Cockburn had 13 points and 11 re- Jr. was scoreless on 0-for-6 shoot- Drew Timme had 28 points and 10 bounds and the Illini rallied to beat ing. rebounds, Corey Kispert scored 25 the visiting Bobcats to improve to No. 24 Rutgers 96, Fairleigh points and the Bulldogs routed the 3-0 Dickinson 75:Ron Harper Jr. had Tigers at the Rocket Mortgage CHARLIE NEIBERGALL / AP Jason Preston scored 31 points a career-high 30 points while go- Fort Myers Tip-Off in Fort Myers, Hawkeyes center Luka Garza drives to the basket against Southern for Ohio (2-1). Ben Vander Plas ing 5-for-9 from beyond the arc, Fla. University on Friday in Iowa City, Iowa. Garza scored 41 points in the added 20 points. and Jacob Young had 24 points and Timme, who left the game with Hawkeyes’ 103­76 win. No. 14 Texas Tech 84, Sam seven assists for the Scarlet about eight minutes remaining, Houston State 52: At Lubbock, Knights in Piscataway, N.J. went 11-for-16 from the field. Kisp- Allen Flanigan scored 20 points pulled away to beat the Hawks at Texas, Mac McClung scored 18 Montez Mathis added 15 points ert made four three-pointers. Ja- to lead Auburn (1-1). the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers points and the Red Raiders beat for Rutgers (2-0). len Suggs, Gonzaga’s highest- No. 6 Kansas 94, Saint Jo­ Tip-Off in Fort Myers, Fla. the Bearcats. Brandon Rush and Jahil Jenkins rated recruit, added 12 points and seph’s 72: Christian Braun Braun made 10 of 13 shots, hit Georgetown’s leading scorer each scored 16 points for Fairleigh six assists. scored 30 points and the Jayhawks five three-pointers and added nine last season, McClung has 38 points Dickinson (0-2). PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, November 29, 2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Doing: After halftime, Irish gave up 3 points

FROM PAGE 24 portunity for the Tar Heels. They Dame surrendered only one field got off to a fast start, but then goal from there. The Tar Heels struggled to sustain drives and fin- came in averaging 43 points and ished with 173 yards after the first 563 yards, yet they were unable to two scoring drives. That included protect Howell nor open running being forced to punt on seven of lanes for a pair of backs averaging eight drives before turning it over better than 100 yards rushing each on downs in the final minute. in Javonte Williams and Michael Carter. Poll implications UNC finished with a season-low The Fighting Irish are set to at 298 yards while Howell — one of least stand pat at No. 2, while the the national leaders in passing loss could knock UNC — which yardage and touchdowns — threw peaked at No. 5 in October — out of for just 211 yards and a score. He the poll for a second time. also ran for a touchdown. “You can’t rush for 87 yards and Milestone victory have six sacks and beat anybody, The victory was Kelly’s 101st at much less a really, really good Notre Dame in 11 seasons as football team,” UNC coach Mack coach, moving past Lou Holtz for Brown said. “So give Notre Dame second in school history to Knute AMANDA LOMAN / AP credit. They’re really, really good. Rockne’s 105. Oregon wide receiver Devon Williams, left, tries to get around Oregon State inside linebacker Avery Ro­ When they stepped up in the sec- Notre Dame improved to 29-3 berts during the second half of Friday's game in Corvallis, Ore. Oregon State won 41­38. ond half on defense, they really with Book as a starter, matching a stepped up.” school record for victories with a TOP 25 ROUNDUP starting quarterback. Brady The takeaway Quinn, Ron Powlus and Tom Notre Dame:The Fighting Irish Clements also started 29 victories came in with a defense that for the Irish. ranked among the nation’s best by allowing just 85.1 yards rushing Moving the chains Nolan’s first snap lifts and 16.6 points. That unit came up Playing on the field where he big even after losing safety Kyle made his first career start three Hamilton to a first-half targeting years ago, Book guided Notre call. Dame to four touchdown drives of “They were scoring all over at least 75 yards behind a reconfi- Oregon St. over Oregon film, all over a bunch of teams,” li- gured line that had lost two start- nebacker Drew White said. “And ers to injuries. Associated Press so that just motivated our group as a unit to come into the game and Mistakes CORVALLIS, Ore. — Taking his first college snap just reinforce that we believe UNC had nine penalties for 90 after starting quarterback Tristan Gebbia limped off, we’re the best defense in the coun- yards, including an offsides call as Chance Nolan scored on a 1-yard, fourth-down run try.” Notre Dame lined up for a fourth- with 33 seconds left to give Oregon State a 41-38 upset UNC: Brown had said this game and-1 to extend the drive that end- victory over No. 9 Oregon on Friday night. would be a measuring-stick op- ed with Skowronek’s TD. Jermar Jefferson ran for 226 yards and two touch- downs to help the Beavers (2-2) win their second straight game. Jefferson has run for at least 100 yards in each of Oregon State’s four games and is on pace to hit 1,000 despite the short season. Oregon (3-1) had won seven in a row and three straight over the rival Beavers. The loss dashed any slim hopes the Ducks had of a spot in the College Football Playoff. The Ducks were ranked No. 15 in the first CFP rankings released Tuesday. Tristan Gebbia threw for 263 years and a score and had a touchdown run during the foggy game at Reser Stadium. While no fans were allowed in the game, cars passing near the stadium honked for the home team in the aftermath. Tyler Shough threw for 266 yards and two touch- downs for Oregon. It was the 124th edition of the rivalry that dates to ERIC GAY / AP 1894. This summer amid racial injustice protests na- Iowa State tight end Charlie Kolar, left, makes a tionwide, both schools decided to drop the “Civil catch against Texas during Thursday's game in War” nickname. Austin, Texas. Iowa State won 23­20. Gebbia scored on a 1-yard keeper early in the fourth quarter to pull Oregon State to 31-26. time. No. 15 Iowa State 23, No. 20 Texas 20: Breece Hall gained 91 yards on 20 carries, his first game Hall scored on a 3-yard run with 1:25 remaining and under 100 this season, but had 30 on the final 69-yard the visiting Cyclones held off last-minute drive by touchdown drive. Brock Purdy completed 25 of 36 Sam Ehlinger and the Longhorns to remain in first passes for 312 yards and a touchdown. Charlie Kolar place in the Big 12. had six receptions for 131 yards. After Iowa State sacked Ehlinger on third down, Ehlinger was 17-for-29 for 298 yards and one Texas’ Cameron Dicker barely missed left with a 58- touchdown in what could be his final home game for ROBERT WILLETT, THE NEWS & OBSERVER / AP yard field-goal attempt as time expired. the Longhorns. Ehlinger and Brennan Eagles set up Notre Dame's George Takacs, left, gets past North Carolina's Tyrone The Cyclones (7-2, 7-1) have almost locked up a touchdowns in the first and third quarters, connect- Hopper late in the fourth quarter of Friday's game in Chapel Hill, N.C. spot in the Big 12 championship game for the first ing for 59 and 45 yards. Sunday, November 29, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NFL Ravens-Steelers postponed again

Associated Press ly short-handed against Pitts- With reigning NFL MVP Lamar burgh (10-0). Jackson under quarantine as part Jackson, fullback Patrick Ri- of an outbreak of COVID-19 that card, defensive tackle Justin Ma- has ravaged the Baltimore Rav- dubuike, and long snapper Mor- ens, the team has turned its focus gan Cox were added to the CO- from breaking out of a slump to VID-19 list on Monday. They join simply getting healthy and back to quarterback Trace McSorley; practice. running backs Mark Ingram and The Ravens have more than a J.K. Dobbins; defensive linemen dozen players on the reserve/CO- Calais Campbell, Brandon Wil- VID-19 list, and their training fa- liams and Jihad Ward; linebacker cility is closed to prevent the Pernell McPhee; and centers Pa- spread of the virus. Jackson tested trick Mekari and Matt Skura. positive this week and will not A year ago, the Ravens finished play against the unbeaten Pitts- with the best regular-season re- burgh Steelers Tuesday night, a cord in the NFL behind the play of game that was originally sched- Jackson, who threw 36 touch- uled for Thanksgiving night and down passes and set a single-sea- postponed to Sunday before the son record for yards rushing by a NFL moved the game again. quarterback. Now Jackson is part KEVIN SABITUS/AP The makeup for the makeup of a massive breakdown by a team Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians congratulates quarterback Tom Brady, lef,t after a will be held at 8 p.m. ET and tele- that couldn’t avoid COVID-19 in touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday in Tampa, Fla. cast nationally by NBC. the midst of a season the NFL With that game moving to Tues- staged in the middle of a pandem- day, Baltimore’s game against ic. Dallas, scheduled for Thursday, Baltimore’s problems started Dec. 3, will instead be played at 5 after an overtime loss to Tennes- Chiefs expecting best o’clock on Monday, Dec. 7. see on Sunday, the third defeat in The NFL also has ordered all four games for a team that has team facilities not involving teams gone from a 5-1 start to scrambling playing Monday or Tuesday to be to make the playoffs for a third closed on those days. The Eagles straight year. and Seahawks play Monday night, Ingram and Dobbins were from Brady, Buccaneers and the Ravens and Steelers play placed on the reserve/COVID-19 on Tuesday. list the following day, starting a BY FRED GOODALL year they’ve had a streak at least “We appreciate the efforts of chain reaction that has decimated Associated Press that long. the NFL and Pittsburgh Steelers the roster. TAMPA, Fla. — The Kansas They avenged their lone loss throughout this process, while we Robert Griffin III is slated to City Chiefs aren’t buying all the last week with a 35-31 victory at all work to create an environment start at quarterback for the Rav- talk about Tom Brady’s struggles. Las Vegas, with Mahomes throw- that keeps the health and safety of ens on Tuesday against the Steel- They insist he’s still playing at a ing for 348 yards and two TDs. everyone involved at the forefront ers. He will be taking snaps from a high level and will have to be at Mahomes, who’s thrown for just of each decision,” Ravens coach third-string center and handing their best to beat the Tampa Bay over 312 yards per game with 14 John Harbaugh said. “Our organi- off to backup running backs Gus Buccaneers. TDs and one interception during zation has a plan in place, and we Edwards and Justice Hill. The reigning Super Bowl cham- Kansas City’s winning streak, was will be prepared to play the Steel- “We just want to contain this pions (9-1) visit the Bucs (7-4) on as surprised as anyone that Brady ers. We thank everyone for their outbreak! Speaking from experi- Sunday, with Patrick Mahomes left the Patriots to sign with Tam- adaptability and look forward to ence ... you don’t want to catch CO- facing Brady for the fourth time in pa Bay in free agency last March. the challenge of facing a very good VID!,” Campbell wrote on Twit- his young career and Brady look- “I don’t think it’s going to feel football team at Heinz Field on ter. “This virus is brutal! I pray no ing to shrug off a couple of subpar very much different. It’s still a ve- Tuesday night.” one else has to go thru this. This is performances against playoff con- ry good football team that’s play- Baltimore (6-4) will be decided- bigger than football.” tenders. ing really good football and win- “You can’t take anything away ning a lot of games,” Mahomes from Tom Brady. He’s still very DAVID BECKER/AP said “I know it’s going to be a real- smart, he’s still trying to throw the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback ly big challenge for us.” ball downfield, he still has the Patrick Mahomes is facing Tom Brady threw a pair of costly in- weapons. We’ll have our hands Brady for the fourth time in his terceptions and was 0-for-6 on full,” Chiefs safety Tyrann Math- young career Sunday. passes traveling at least 20 yards ieu said. in last week’s 27-24 loss to the “He’s played against our system one writing off the 43-year-old Rams. He’s 0-for-19 on such a number of times, even going quarterback. throws over the past three games, back to New England,” Mathieu Despite Brady’s recent strug- which includes a 38-3 loss to the added. “He’s familiar with us. gles, particularly on deep passes, Saints. Now we have to get familiar with the Bucs have already matched The struggles have raised ques- him and the weapons he has.” their victory total from all of last tions about whether the offense Brady won two of the previous season and remain in prime posi- Brady is being asked to run follow- three matchups against Ma- tion to end a 12-year playoff ing a 20-year stint with the Patri- homes, including an overtime drought that’s the second longest ots is suited to what he does best. thriller in the AFC championship in the NFL. Bucs coach Bruce Arians con- game two seasons ago. “He’s unbelievable. He’s a great cedes the offense has been incon- The six-time Super Bowl cham- player, a Hall of Fame player. sistent, but attributes that to a lack pion played poorly in home losses We’re lucky enough to have a of continuity caused in part by NICK WASS/AP to New Orleans and the Los An- chance to be in this era where we teams not having a usual offseason Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson tested positive this geles Rams two of the past three get to play him,” Reid said. due to the coronavirus pandemic week and will not play against the unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers Tues­ weeks. Still, Kansas City coach The Chiefs have won five and injuries that have forced li- day night, a game that was originally scheduled for Thanksgiving night Andy Reid cautioned against any- straight, the eighth consecutive neup changes. and postponed to Sunday before the NFL moved the game again. 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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

ROBERT WILLETT, THE NEWS & OBSERVER / AP Notre Dame’s Kyren Williams, left, runs past North Carolina’s Jeremiah Gemmell during the fourth quarter of Friday’s game in Chapel Hill, N.C. Williams rushed for 124 yards. Doing it by the Book QB leads Irish to big victory over Tar Heels

BY AARON BEARD called “one of those road yards — including a 47-yarder with about Associated Press wins that really shows the 5½ minutes left as the Irish burned time off CHAPEL HILL, N.C. mettle of your football the clock. an Book kept scrambling to buy time team.” Williams closed that drive with his sec- and help No. 2 Notre Dame put to- “It felt like it was going ond rushing TD, a clinching 1-yarder with gether multiple long touchdown to be a shootout in the be- 1:20 left that kept the Fighting Irish alone Idrives. The Fighting Irish’s defense ginning,” said Book, add- atop the ACC standings ahead of No. 4 allowed little room for Sam Howell and No. Kelly ing: “Our defense did an Clemson and No. 10 Miami. He also had a 25 North Carolina’s potent offense to do the unbelievable job in the 4-yard scoring catch in the first quarter af- same. second half and gave us a lot of opportuni- ter Book corralled a low snap and scram- Book threw for a score while the Fighting ties, and we were able to capitalize on it.” bled to buy time before finding him on the Irish defense locked down the Tar Heels for Book threw for 279 yards and ran for 48 right side. the final three quarters in a 31-17 victory on yards for the Fighting Irish (9-0, 8-0 ACC, More impressive, though, was a defen- Friday. The win kept Notre Dame on course No. 2 CFP), using his mobility and elusive- sive effort that forced Howell and the high- to earn a spot in the Atlantic Coast Confer- ness to keep plays alive on a night when scoring Tar Heels to work for every gain af- ence championship game. both offenses frequently faced long fields. ter the opening quarter. Both teams scored two first-quarter Receiver Ben Skowronek got Notre UNC (6-3, 6-3, No. 19 CFP) sprinted to GERRY BROOME / AP touchdowns and went into halftime tied at Dame its first lead with his 13-yard run touchdowns on its first two drives, but Notre Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book passed 17, only to see Notre Dame gradually take around the right side midway through the for 279 yards and a touchdown while over in a performance coach Brian Kelly third quarter. Kyren Williams ran for 124 SEE DOING ON PAGE 22 rushing for 48 yards.

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