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AFGHANISTAN US warns Taliban over taking power through force

BY KATHY GANNON AND TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won’t be recognized international- ly after a series of cities fell to the insurgent group in stunningly quick succession. Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. en- voy, traveled to Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a po- litical office, to tell the group that there was no point in pursuing vic- tory on the battlefield because a military takeover of the capital of Kabul would guarantee they JENNIFER H. SVAN/Stars and Stripes would be global pariahs. He and Diesel waits in his kennel inside the passenger terminal at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in May 2020 before boarding a Patriot Express flight. others hope to persuade Taliban leaders to return to peace talks with the Afghan government as American and NATO forces finish their pullout from the country. The insurgents have captured Change in the air six out of 34 provincial capitals in the country in less than a week, in- cluding Kunduz in Kunduz prov- Emotional support animals are no longer a recognized category on DOD flights ince — one of the country’s largest cities. On Sunday, they planted BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL They were implemented on U.S. commercial their flag in the main square, but Stars and Stripes flights at the start of this year, but AMC needed government forces still controlled KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Emo- time to update the DOD instruction, command the strategic airport and an army tional support animals are no longer a recog- spokesman Capt. Frederick Wallace said in an base on the city’s outskirts. nized category on Defense Department flights, email Monday. They are now battling the West- including the Patriot Express, and must fly as Prior to the rule change, emotional support ern-backed government for con- pets at their owner's expense, Air Mobility animals were considered service animals for trol of several others. Late on Command officials said. the purpose of air travel, even though they Tuesday, Taliban forces entered Under new regulations that went into effect don’t go through the rigorous training a service Farah and were seen in front to the last week, only cats and canines will be trans- animal does. provincial governor’s office. ported as pets on DOD flights, and only dogs Passengers wishing to travel with an emo- Taliban spokesman Zabihullah are recognized as service animals, which can tional support animal only needed to provide a Mujahed tweeted the insurgents fly for free in the passenger cabin. ERIC WHITE/U.S. Air Force document from a licensed health professional had taken the city, which is the The section on emotional support animals Emotional support animals like Bailey, seen that said the traveler has a mental or emotional was removed when the rules were updated in at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, in SEE TALIBAN ON PAGE 5 December by the Transportation Department. June, must now fly at their owner’s expense. SEE CHANGE ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Calls mount for Fed to slow stimulus efforts by fall EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1,153.40 Associated Press gin reducing its $120 billion in pur- goods such as homes and cars. 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Naples 92/76 Okinawa Morón 82/79 99/72 Sigonella Rota 111/77 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 79/66 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 91/84 85/78 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 14 Sports ...... 19-24 Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 PACIFIC N. Korea bristles at US, S. Korea exercises BY DAVID CHOI News Agency website. from Monday until Aug. 26. exercise’s intent, rather than its Last month, South Korea reo- Stars and Stripes “The dangerous war exercises The joint military drills be- size, was the cause for her con- pened its communication lines CAMP HUMPHREYS, South pushed ahead by the U.S. and the tween the two countries have cern. with North Korea and offered Korea — Kim Yo Jong, North Ko- South Korean side disregardful of been scaled back since the Donald “Whatever the scale and mode, some hope for rekindling diplo- rean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister our repeated warnings will surely Trump administration due to the the joint military exercises are of macy on the peninsula. The lines and a senior official of the coun- make them face a more serious se- COVID-19 pandemic and diplo- aggressive nature as they are a were suspended for a year before try’s ruling Communist Party, has curity threat,” Kim said. matic overtures from North Ko- war rehearsal,” Kim said. being reinstated “to make a big criticized the United States and Pyongyang routinely criticizes rea. U.S. Forces Korea spokesman stride in recovering the mutual South Korea for an upcoming, U.S.-South Korean exercises as a Former Defense Secretary Col. Lee Peters declined to speak trust and promoting reconcilia- joint military exercise. precursor to an invasion of the Mark Esper postponed a joint ex- about the drills Monday, citing the tion,” KCNA said in its statement. She accused the two countries North. ercise in 2019, citing “a good-faith command’s policy of not com- Roughly 70 South Korean law- of “further accelerating the insta- South Korean military officials effort by the United States and menting on the military exercises. makers last week urged the gov- ble situation” on the Korean Pen- said Monday they would kick off [South Korea] to enable peace.” “Any discussions on combined ernment to postpone the drills and insula and warned that “we will the military drills with a crisis The scheduled drills are ex- training events are a [South Ko- expressed concern in light of the counter the U.S. on the principle management training session the pected to focus on computer sim- rea]-U.S. bilateral decision and reopened communication lines. of power for power,” according to next day. That training is sched- ulations, rather than a field exer- reached with a mutual agree- a statement on published Tuesday uled to be followed by a combined, cise involving thousands of com- ment,” he said in a statement to [email protected] by the state-run Korean Central command-post training exercise bat troops. However, Kim said the Stars and Stripes. Twitter: @choibboy Third Fleet HQ deploys to Hawaii for Navy’s unprecedented drills BY WYATT OLSON incorporates the Army, Navy, Air combat scenarios across the entire Stars and Stripes Force and Marine Corps for train- maritime of the globe,” he said. JOINT BASE PEARL HAR- ing with military forces from the The global exercise force — BOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — For the United Kingdom, Australia and which also includes elements of remainder of August, the San Die- Japan through Aug. 27. the Navy’s 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th go-based 3rd Fleet will be head- Roughly a dozen dark-green Fleets — includes about 36 vessels quartered in a scrum of tents in tents were pitched a week ago at at sea, from carriers to subma- Hawaii while its command takes Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam rines, as well as “an unlimited ar- part in unprecedented, worldwide to serve as 3rd Fleet’s temporary ray of constructive, or computer- Navy drills. home. generated units,” 3rd Fleet said in Large Scale Exercise 2021 “I’ve brought the entire head- a news release Monday. kicked off last week, with synchro- quarters function here, inside this The exercise fleet Koehler over- nized training taking place among expeditionary mock capability,” sees includes the aircraft carrier five numbered fleets within U.S. fleet commander Vice Adm. Steve USS Carl Vinson and some of its WYATT OLSON/Stars and Stripes Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pa- Koehler told reporters while strike group, which arrived in the Vice Adm. Steve Koehler, commander of the Navy’s 3rd Fleet, speaks cific Fleet and U.S. Naval Forces standing near the tents. Hawaiian Islands on Sunday. with reporters at Joint Base Pearl Harbor­Hickam, Hawaii, on Monday. Europe. “So, I’m command-and-con- The guided-missile cruiser USS “The training is based on a pro- trolling all of 3rd Fleet — both Lake Champlain and guided-mis- wrapped up Sunday on the Coral Monday. “But I would tell you that gression of fleet battle problems within the exercise and real world sile destroyers USS Chafee and Sea off Australia, during which the this exercise takes not only the live and scenarios that will assess and —from here,” he said. The fleet in- USS Stockdale from Destroyer USS America Expeditionary forces that are currently under- refine modern warfare concepts, cludes 100 ships, 400 aircraft and Squadron 1 are also taking part in Strike Group, along with the 31st way and currently deployed. including distributed maritime roughly 68,000 personnel, he said. the exercise. Marine Expeditionary Unit, There are ‘synthetic forces’ that operations, expeditionary ad- The scale of the maritime train- The core of Large-Scale Exer- trained beside the Royal Austra- are simulated in all of the scena- vanced base operations, and litto- ing is unprecedented in the mod- cise 2021 involves “leveraging in- lian Navy’s amphibious assault rios that are combined — both with ral operations in a contested envi- ern era, Koehler said. tegrated fighting power of multi- ship HMAS Canberra and frigate the live and the constructive forces ronment,” the Navy said in a news “When you’re looking across the ple naval forces to share sensors, HMAS Ballarat, and Japan Mari- —giving us a very robust scenario. release last week. large-scale naval exercise here weapons and platforms across all time Self-Defense Force destroyer All domains: above below and on The worldwide exercise is a sub- that we’re doing, certainly in my 35 domains,” Rear Adm. Dan Martin, JS Makinami. the sea, space, cyber and informa- set of the even more extensive years this is the first of a kind commander of the destroyer The Navy has been circumspect tion.” Large Scale Global Exercise 21, where we are bringing in all of the squadron, said Sunday in a Navy in revealing details about what The Navy expects to hold similar according to a separate news re- naval forces together, synchro- news release. scenarios and locations are in store worldwide exercises every three lease last week by U.S. Indo-Pacif- nized across the whole Navy, in the “Contemporary naval doctrine for the rest of Large-Scale Exer- years, the 3rd Fleet news release ic Command, whose job it is to meetings that we’re having all day demands a shift of focus from the cise 2021. said. make the joint force, multinational long across these 17 time zones,” individual carrier strike group to a “I’ve got to be careful, specifi- exercise a reality. he said. fleet-centric approach,” he said. cally, of the actual assets and [email protected] Large Scale Global Exercise 21 “Right now, we’re exercising A preliminary, four-day drill where they are,” Koehler said Twitter: @WyattWOlson Chinese and Russian militaries hold joint exercises in northwest China

Associated Press than 1 million Uyghurs and mem- policies largely in opposition to the two countries to jointly safe- claim to virtually the entire South BEIJING — Chinese and Rus- bers of other Muslim minorities in those of the U.S. and its allies. guard international and regional China Sea, over which Beijing sian military forces are engaged in what it calls a campaign against The official Xinhua News Agen- security and stability,” Xinhua clashed with common rival the U.S. joint exercises in northwestern terrorism and extremism. cy said the exercises began Mon- said, citing Chinese and Russian of- on Monday at a high-level U.N. Se- China as ties grow between the two Xinjiang shares a narrow fron- day and were presided over by Li ficials. curity Council meeting on mari- autocratic states amid uncertainty tier with Afghanistan, and Beijing Zuocheng, a member of the ruling “It reflects the new height of the time security. over instability in Afghanistan. is concerned about violence spill- Communist Party’s Central Mili- China-Russia comprehensive stra- China, Taiwan and ASEAN The exercises involving ground ing over its border if the Taliban tary Commission. tegic partnership of coordination members Brunei, Malaysia, the troops and air forces are due to con- take control in the country follow- The exercise aims to “deepen the for a new era and of the strategic Philippines and Vietnam have tinue through Friday in the Ningxia ing the pullout of U.S. troops. joint anti-terrorism operations be- mutual trust, pragmatic exchanges overlapping claims in the disputed Hui Autonomous region. While not part of a formal alli- tween the Chinese and Russian and coordination between the two waters and have been locked in in- The region borders on Xinjiang, ance, Russia and China have militaries and demonstrate the countries,” Xinhua said. creasingly tense territorial stand- where China has detained more aligned their military and foreign firm determination and strength of Russia has backed China in its offs for decades. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 PACIFIC Airman and civilian help save kayakers off Okinawa coast

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE around 7 a.m. They headed toward Stars and Stripes Cape Zanpa, a rocky point on the CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — western side of the island, Yoneda Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Kemble said. and civilian employee Brandon “Once we were around Zanpa, Yoneda got the surprise of a life- Kemble spotted something float- time on June 13 when they came ing in the water,” Yoneda said, “so across a group of exhausted Japa- Idrove the boat toward it and as we nese kayakers bobbing in the sea got closer, we realized it was peo- off the western coast of Okinawa. ple.” The pair of recreational fisher- They found four men in their men — both from Kadena Air late 20s to early 30s, hanging onto Base’s 733rd Air Mobility Squad- one another around a small cooler ron — rescued four people whose over a half-mile off the coast. kayak had overturned in choppy Only two of them were wearing seas, they told Stars and Stripes by life jackets, Yoneda said. They Brandon Yoneda phone Tuesday. were exhausted. A kayak attached to a rope is flipped over half a mile off the coast of Cape Zanpa, Okinawa, on Sunday, First responders told the pair “They were pale, shocked; they June 13. that the group had been in the wa- weren’t even waving at us when we ter for 30 minutes and were quick- approached them,” Yoneda said. in shock, but they assessed their ambulance and the police were Yoneda said. ly running out of time. The two men jumped into action, condition and found them to be in waiting. A large crowd had also Yoneda and Kemble said they “We’re very happy we were in Kemble recalled, barely speaking good health. gathered. were grateful to have been in the the right place at the right time and to one another as they worked. Their kayak was completely “It was kind of crazy because I right place at the right time and to were able to help them out,” Kem- Yoneda said he called Kadena submerged but attached to the didn’t realize it was that big of a have saved their lives. ble said. “It could have been a lot Marina to report the men in the wa- men by a long tether, Kemble said. thing,” Yoneda said in an 18th “Keep an eye on the sea condi- worse.” ter and request help. He hauled it on board as well. Wing statement Thursday. tions and know your limit,” Kem- The day started out like any oth- Kemble hoisted the four men on- Japanese search-and-rescue Police officers told Kemble that ble said. Yoneda added: “When in er, the pair said. Kemble, an asset to the boat, Yoneda said. The pair workers quickly arrived on the the kayakers would be OK, he re- doubt, don’t go out.” evaluator, and Yoneda, an air ter- had trouble communicating with scene and escorted the boat to called. minal operations duty officer, left the kayakers due to the language Toya Port, four miles south of Zan- “We’re just happy they were all [email protected] Kadena Marina in a rented boat barrier and also because they were pa, Yoneda said. A fire truck, an safe and we got them on board,” Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1

Sex offender jailed for stealing over $250K in merchandise from Navy Exchange BY MATTHEW M. BURKE Camacho worked as a charg- now.” Stars and Stripes eback clerk at the exchange store The prosecution pushed for two Aformer Guam Navy Exchange on Naval Base Guam from Janu- years, arguing that Camacho had employee convicted of stealing ary 2014 to October 2019, Williams planned the scheme, used decep- over $250,000 worth of electronics said. tion to obtain the position and then was given two years in federal Camacho received returned gave the stolen items to relatives prison by a district court judge last items, logged those that needed and teenagers, who were close to week. repair and took them to a repair fa- the same age group he had been Jesse Cruz Camacho, 57, of cility if needed, the Daily News convicted of sexually assaulting Harmon, Guam, pleaded guilty on said. He reportedly stole 11 Apple while in the military, the Post said, April 6 to 16 counts of theft of gov- laptops, two iPad Pros and three citing prosecutors. ernment property, the Pacific Microsoft personal computers for Guam District Court Chief Daily News reported at the time. a total value of $261,036.96. Judge Frances Tydingco-Gate- Prosecutors called Camacho a The store noticed the missing wood agreed. sexual predator who concealed goods in 2019 and alerted NCIS, “You stole from the NEX. Even past sexual assault convictions to Williams said. if your motive is good … the bot- obtain his position at the military U.S. Navy Investigators reportedly found tom line is it wasn’t yours to give,” retail store, The Guam Daily Post A former employee at the Guam Navy Exchange was sentenced to two a false wall where Camacho was he said Wednesday, the Post re- reported after the sentencing on years in federal prison for theft of government property. hiding the stolen items, the Post ported. Wednesday. After stealing the reported, citing prosecutors. He In addition to two years in pris- items, he sold some online while cho’s prior service was unavaila- questions to the Naval Criminal was caught in the act once investi- on, Camacho received two years giving others as gifts to high ble Tuesday. Investigative Service. NCIS did gators installed security cameras, of supervised release and 100 school students, according to the He also worked for a brief time not return an email request from the report said. hours of community service; he report. at a local school as an aide but was Stars and Stripes on Monday for Camacho pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay a $1,375.00 “What we have here is a very fired after it learned about his further information. said he had donated some of the special assessment fee and to pay disturbing pattern from a sexual past, the Post said. Williams said in the email that items to charity, the Post reported. back the $261,036.96 he had sto- predator,” assistant U.S. Attorney The Navy Exchange on Guam NEXCOM did not receive com- His attorneys requested 18 len, a Justice Department state- Benjamin Petersburg said during on Monday referred Stars and plaints about Camacho when he months in prison due to a “severe” ment from Wednesday said. the sentencing, the Post reported. Stripes to its home office in Virgin- worked there. The joint Navy Ex- medical condition. Camacho was ordered to sur- Camacho, a level-one sex of- ia. change and NCIS investigation “Majority of the stuff I did give render himself after being as- fender, spent several years in cus- An exchange spokeswoman, concluded Oct. 17, 2020. away, also, to charitable organiza- signed a federal prison facility, the tody and was dishonorably dis- Courtney Williams, ignored ques- Spokeswomen from Joint Re- tions like softball teams,” Cama- Post said. charged after being convicted of tions posed to her by email Mon- gion Marianas and the Justice De- cho said in court Wednesday, ac- sexually assaulting three younger day on whether the exchange partment acknowledged requests cording to the Post. “I know what service members in the early command completed a pre-em- seeking more information on I’ve done is wrong. It will never

1990s, Petersburg said, according ployment background check on Monday, but did not respond fur- happen again. It turned my life up- [email protected] to the Post. Information on Cama- Camacho. She referred further ther. side down and I am paying for it Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY DOD chief under fire for lack of Kenya attack info BY DAN LAMOTHE mission in Somalia. The Washington Post In April, Pentagon spokesman Frustrated lawmakers are pres- John Kirby announced that the in- suring Defense Secretary Lloyd vestigation was complete. But Austin for information about an at- rather than accept Africa Com- tack last year in Kenya that killed mand’s assessment of its actions, three Americans, saying it is “sim- Austin directed an independent ply unacceptable” for the Penta- review of the investigation. gon to stonewall Congress. Kirby said at the time that the The lawmakers said in a letter Pentagon would not make any an- sent to the Pentagon on Friday that nouncements about the investiga- the Defense Department has not tion’s findings until the independ- MOHAMMAD ASIF KHAN / AP responded to numerous requests ent review — led by Gen. Paul Taliban fighters are seen inside the city of Farah, capital of Farah province southwest of Kabul, for information since the Jan. 5, Funk, the com- Afghanistan, on Tuesday. 2020, attack was sprung by mili- manding general tants on a seaside airfield near the of Army Train- Somali border, and that members ing and Doctrine Taliban: of the House Committee on Over- Command — Envoy seeks return to talks sight and Reform expect more was complete. FROM PAGE 1 from the Pentagon and U.S. Africa About a week surgents to stay out of abandoned slaught. Command. later, Army Gen. capital of a province with the same homes of government and securi- The surge in Taliban attacks be- “On February 5, 2020, the Sub- Stephen J. name. But Abdul Naser Farahi — ty officials who have fled, leave gan in April, when the U.S. and committee on National Security Townsend, who a lawmaker from the area who is marketplaces open and protect NATO announced they would end wrote to DOD requesting a brief- leads Africa Austin in Kabul — said the government places of business, including their military presence and bring ing on the attack,” the lawmakers Command, told still retained control of the intelli- banks. the last of their troops home. The wrote. “Seventeen months later — the Senate Armed Services Com- gence department and a military It was not immediately clear if final date of the withdrawal is despite repeated requests to your mittee that Austin had given the base. Taliban fighters on the ground Aug. 31, but the U.S. Central Com- office and AFRICOM — DOD has military “a target date of 90 days to After a 20-year Western mili- would heed Yaqoob’s instructions. mand has said the pullout is al- not provided any substantive in- get the report out.” Nothing has tary mission and billions of dollars Some civilians who have fled Tali- ready 95% complete. formation about the attack or the been released. spent training and shoring up Af- ban advances have said that the On Monday, the U.S. empha- security lapses that contributed to A Defense Department spokes- ghan forces, many are at odds to insurgents imposed repressive re- sized that the Biden administra- it, citing ongoing investigations.” man, Marine Lt. Col. Anton Semel- explain why the regular forces strictions on women and burned tion now sees the fight as one for The letter was signed by Rep. roth, said in an email that the Pen- have collapsed, fleeing the battle down schools. The office of the Afghan political and military lead- Stephen F. Lynch, D-Mass., the tagon is aware of the lawmakers’ sometimes by the hundreds. The U.N. human rights chief said it has ers to win or lose — and showed no subcommittee’s chairman, and request. The review that Austin di- fighting has fallen largely to small received reports of summary exe- sign of stepping up airstrikes de- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., its rected “will provide added insight, groups of elite forces and the Af- cutions and military use and de- spite the Taliban gains. top Republican. perspective and the ability to as- ghan air force. struction of homes, schools and Khalilzad, the architect of the The attack was carried out by al- sess the totality of this tragic event The success of the Taliban blitz clinics in captured areas. peace deal the Trump administra- Shabab, an al-Qaida affiliate. It be- involving multiple Military Ser- has added urgency to the need to There have also been reports of tion brokered with the Taliban, gan before dawn, and spiraled into vices and Department of Defense restart the long-stalled talks that revenge killings. The insurgents was expected to hold talks with hours of violence. components,” Semelroth wrote. could end the fighting and move have claimed responsibility for key regional players and will like- Army Spc. Henry J. Mayfield Austin wants to ensure there is a Afghanistan toward an inclusive killing a comedian in southern ly seek a commitment from Af- Jr., 23, and defense contractors full examination and considera- interim administration. The in- Kandahar, assassinating the gov- ghanistan’s neighbors and other Bruce Triplett, 64, and Dustin tion of the contributing factors in surgents have so far refused to re- ernment’s media chief in Kabul countries in the region not to rec- Harrison, 47, were killed, and at the attack, and that appropriate turn to the negotiating table. and a bombing that targeted act- ognize a Taliban government that least two other American defense action is taken to reduce the possi- Khalilzad’s mission in Qatar is ing Defense Minister Bismillah comes to power by force. When contractors were wounded on a bility of a similar situation in the to “help formulate a joint interna- Khan Mohammadi, killing eight the Taliban last ran Afghanistan, base in Manda Bay. Six contrac- future, Semelroth added. tional response to the rapidly dete- and wounding more. The minister three countries recognized their tor-operated aircraft also were de- “The families impacted deserve riorating situation in Afghanis- was not harmed. rule: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and stroyed or damaged, U.S. military nothing less,” he said. tan,” according to the U.S. State The intensifying war has driven the United Arab Emirates. officials said at the time. They Funk “will take the time he Department. thousands of people to Kabul, Senior Afghan officials have al- were believed to include impor- deems appropriate” to complete He plans to “press the Taliban where many are living in parks. so traveled to Doha, including Ab- tant surveillance aircraft used the independent review, and up- to stop their military offensive and The fighting has also increased dullah Abdullah, who heads the over Somalia. dates will be provided to the fam- to negotiate a political settlement, the number of civilian casualties. government’s reconciliation The attack highlighted contin- ilies of those who died and to Con- which is the only path to stability The U.N. human rights chief, council. Pakistan’s national secu- ued U.S. vulnerabilities in Africa, gress before the public is briefed, and development in Afghanistan,” Michelle Bachelet, said Tuesday rity adviser, Moeed Yusuf, on and marked the deadliest attack he added. the State Department said. that her office had counted at least Monday called for “reinvigorat- on Americans since a 2017 disaster Lynch and Grothman said in Meanwhile, the Taliban mili- 183 deaths and hundreds of inju- ed” efforts to get all sides in the in Niger, where four U.S. soldiers their letter that it is Congress’ “so- tary chief released an audio mess- ries among civilians in a handful conflict back to talks, describing a were killed after their unit was lemn constitutional duty” to con- age to his fighters on Tuesday, or- of cities in recent weeks — but protracted war in Afghanistan as a overrun by militants on a mission duct oversight of U.S. military op- dering them not to harm Afghan cautioned that “the real figures “nightmare scenario” for Pakis- in which they had limited support. erations, and that they expect the forces and government officials in will be much higher.” tan. In the aftermath of the Manda Pentagon will “produce” the ini- territories they conquer. The re- The International Committee of Yusuf refused to definitively Bay attack, senior U.S. military of- tial investigation report to their cording was shared on Twitter by the Red Cross said that its staff has say whether Pakistan, which ficials launched an investigation to subcommittee by Friday, as well the Taliban spokesman in Doha, treated more than 4,000 Afghans holds considerable sway over the scrutinize what happened and as the independent review once it Mohammad Naim. this month in their 15 facilities Taliban, would recognize a Tali- how such a significant attack was is complete. In the nearly five-minute audio, across the country, including in ban government installed by allowed to happen. They did so as The lawmakers also requested a Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of Helmand and Kandahar, where force, saying instead that Pakistan the Trump administration was briefing about the investigation late Taliban leader Mullah Mo- Afghan and U.S. airstrikes are try- wants to see an “inclusive” gov- openly considering ending the and subsequent review by Sept. hammad Omar, also told the in- ing to rein in the Taliban on- ernment in Kabul. U.S. military’s counterterrorism 30. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 MILITARY Change: Cats, dogs now only animals allowed on DOD flights

FROM PAGE 1 disability and needed the animal during the flight or at their desti- nation. Traveling with a service animal, on the other hand, requires pas- sengers to submit a signed state- ment prior to departure, detailing the training the dog received, at- testing that it is in good health and pledging to keep it under control and prevent it from relieving itself in the plane or the terminal, ac- cording to a Pentagon memoran- dum announcing the rule change. Before the changes, some air passengers flew — or tried to fly — with emotional support animals such as horses, hamsters, pigs, ducks, turkeys and an anteater. One passenger was turned away from a New Jersey airport in 2018 after showing up for a United flight with an emotional support peacock, according to media re- ports at the time. It was unclear whether anyone had tried to fly with animals other than dogs or cats on DOD flights prior to the rule change. The new regulations limit the definition of pets to cats and dogs. “Other animals, such as horses, fish, birds, rodents, ferrets, spi- ders and other reptiles are exclud- ed as pets under this authority be- cause of their size, exotic nature, TAYLOR SLATER/U.S. Air Force shipping restrictions, host nation U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Corey Klucker, 721st Aerial Port Squadron, places a cat on a conveyor belt outside the passenger terminal at restrictions and special handling Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in May 2020. difficulties,” the rules state. Spaces on AMC flights for ser- can ship up to two pets per family carried in the cabin on DOD vice animals must travel at the depending on the size of the crates vice animals and pets can be book- if the number of animals allowed flights during peak PCS season passenger’s feet or be held on in which the animals are traveling. ed up to 90 days ahead of travel. on their flight has not been ex- this year, Wallace said. Pets must their lap.

Passengers traveling under per- ceeded, the new rules state. be in carriers that fit under the The number of pets that can be [email protected] manent change of station orders Up to 20 dogs and cats will be seat in front of the traveler. Ser- carried in the cargo hold will vary Twitter: @StripesZeit Former colleagues say they were disturbed by teacher’s behavior

BY JOHN VANDIVER What isn’t yet clear is whether military-connected students can Another staffer who knew Zap- lie down on a red couch in the Stars and Stripes the numerous teachers and faculty achieve their full potential to suc- pey for 10 years “witnessed chil- classroom to read a book and then STUTTGART, Germany — At cited in court documents ever for- ceed in college or careers is always dren straddle Mr. Zappey with reach under her shorts or dress to least eight Patch Elementary mally raised their concerns about a top priority,” DODEA spokes- their legs wrapped around him,” touch her genitals. School faculty members say they Zappey with man Will Griffin said. court records said. Other former students also told witnessed a pattern of alarming school adminis- One faculty member said that he Zappey remained in the class- investigators that Zappey reached behavior with students by a former trators. had known Zappey, a German lan- room until a former student told a under their shirts to touch their teacher whose two-decade career DODEA, guage teacher, for eight years and teacher in March 2020 about abuse nipples. Current students of Zap- ended when a former pupil alleged which named that Zappey “would train students she experienced between 2007 and pey’s at the time also were inter- that she had been sexually assault- Zappey its 2007 to become ‘really touchy feely,’” 2008, when she was 8 years old. viewed. ed in the classroom, court records teacher of the court documents state. She said she did not report the “Multiple current students de- show. year for the Ba- Another faculty member said abuse at the time because she scribe sitting on Zappey’s lap and The question now facing the De- varia district, did she saw several instances of what “didn’t know it was wrong.” placing their heads on his lap, but Zappey partment of Defense Education not respond to she deemed inappropriate touch- The victim was in third grade they state that this touching does Activity is whether school officials questions about a possible safety ing of students by Zappey, accord- when she said Zappey called her to not make them uncomfortable,” could have intervened earlier, giv- breakdown at Patch Elementary ing to the documents. his desk during class and repeat- court records state. en the pre-existing concerns. School. For example, he would run his edly fondled her, court records DODEA said that Zappey was Stefan Eberhard Zappey, who is The fundamental question: Did fingers through girls’ hair, sit stu- state. removed from the classroom after in custody in Georgia, was arrest- teachers have concerns and never dents on his lap and be overly Her report sparked a wider U.S. CID launched its March 2020 in- ed on charges of sexually assault- bring them to the administration, touchy feely with students, the fac- Army Criminal Investigation Divi- vestigation and that he is no longer ing students between 2007 and or were their concerns reported ulty member said. sion probe that involved inter- employed by the district. 2010, according to court docu- but not fully investigated? That faculty member’s mother, views with other students, past and “DODEA has cooperated fully ments released last week. DODEA did not answer directly, during a visit to Patch Elementary, present, as well as faculty. with military and civilian law en- A faculty member who worked saing that anytime there is a seri- told investigators that she saw Zap- Another former student told in- forcement agencies throughout with Zappey for 15 years told in- ous incident in school, a “review of pey place a female student be- vestigators that between 2008 and their investigations,” Griffin said. vestigators that she had “wit- the facts and surrounding circum- tween his legs, close to his “private 2010, Zappey would call her up to “It would be inappropriate to com- nessed him touch female students stances, as well as applicable pol- area.” his desk, “put her on his lap, put his ment further in light of ongoing in- very affectionately” and “that the icies, standards and practices” is A fourth-grade teacher and an- hand inside her pants and touch vestigations and legal proceed- interactions made her very un- conducted. other faculty member “both wit- her genitals with his finger on mul- ings.” comfortable and she would not in- “Students are at the heart of ev- nessed multiple occasions where tiple occasions,” records state. teract with the students in that erything we do in DODEA, and Zappey hugged students at ‘crotch A third former student told in- [email protected] manner,” court records state. creating a safe environment where level,’” court records said. vestigators Zappey would have her Twitter: @john_vandiver Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Tokyo again reports decline in coronavirus cases

BY JOSEPH DITZLER gust, the Pentagon’s chief spokes- different vaccinations, eight dur- Stars and Stripes man, John Kirby, said at a press ing basic training, he said. TOKYO — The capital city of briefing Tuesday morning. Kirby sidestepped reporters’ Japan recorded another day of Austin’s message also serves as questions on specifics, including falling coronavirus case numbers a “warning order” to the unvacci- how Defense Department plans Tuesday, and its second consecu- nated within the ranks that en- would impact troops about to de- tive day below 3,000. courages them to get vaccinated, ploy. He said the month between The Tokyo Metropolitan Gov- Kirby said. “This is coming, and Austin’s message and the request- ernment reported 2,612 people we want you to be ready as well,” ed waiver will provide time for the newly infected with the coronavi- he said. service branches to make plans. rus, according to public broad- About 62% of active-duty ser- “Adding a vaccine to the man- caster NHK. That’s 1,097 fewer vice members are fully vaccinat- datory list doesn’t happen every cases than a week prior. On Mon- ed, and 73% have at least one shot day,” he said. “It’s a big-muscle day, the city reported 2,884 new of a two-shot series, Kirby said. movement.” cases, but the number of seriously Ultimately, implementing a Okinawa prefecture, where ill rose Tuesday by 19 to 176. mandatory vaccine policy falls to most U.S. troops in Japan are sta- One U.S. military installation, AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes commanders, whom Austin ex- tioned, on Tuesday reported 334 Yokosuka Naval Base, south of To- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 2,612 people newly pects to act with “professionalism, new cases of COVID-19 and two kyo, reported 13 new cases of CO- infected with the coronavirus Tuesday. skill and compassion,” Kirby said. deaths. VID-19 since Friday, according to As for uniformed members who The island is filling its hospital a news release from the base. three unimmunized base employ- ber mandating coronavirus vacci- do not comply with a vaccine or- beds. Of the 30 set aside for severe Four immunized individuals ees tested positive after showing nations for all service members. der, Kirby said he “would not cases, 18, or 60%, are occupied. fell ill with COVID-19 symptoms, COVID-19 symptoms. The presidential waiver is re- speculate and get into hypotheti- Eighty percent of the remaining and one immunized individual The naval base has 35 active quired unless the Food and Drug cals.” Service members sign on 794 beds, or 638, are also occu- tested positive during contact coronavirus cases under observa- Administration grants full ap- expecting to comply with any pied, according to the prefecture’s tracing. Four immunized cases tion. proval to a vaccine, all of which number of expectations, including public health department. were discovered during medical On Monday in Washington, De- are, so far, authorized for emer- keeping fit and being ready to screenings, according to the base. fense Secretary Lloyd Austin said gency use only. serve, he said. Stars and Stripes reporter Mari Higa contributed to this report. One unimmunized person fell ill he would seek a waiver from Pres- The two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech The U.S. military already re- [email protected] with COVID-19 symptoms and ident Joe Biden by mid-Septem- may be approved by the end of Au- quires service personnel get 17 Twitter: @JosephDitzler

All S. Korean navy sailors aboard cluster-infected warship have recovered

BY DAVID CHOI The ship’s crew members were “As defense minister, I feel came infected after anchoring of a vaccine. AND YOO KYONG CHANG airlifted back to South Korea in strongly responsible for having their ship and coming into con- As of Tuesday, 1,536 South Ko- Stars and Stripes late July and received treatment the great number of those tested tact with civilians at an undis- rean service members have test- CAMP HUMPHREYS, South at a military hospital in Daejeon, positive for COVID-19, because I closed location. ed positive for COVID-19 since Korea — All of the South Korean roughly 80 miles south from the have failed to take better care of Investigators found that 64 the beginning of the pandemic, navy sailors aboard a warship hit capital city of Seoul. the health of our soldiers,” Sun crew members were infected the defense ministry said in a by a cluster of COVID-19 cases All of the crew members had told reporters last month. “I with the highly contagious delta news briefing. are expected to be discharged recovered 26 days after the initial deeply apologize to the service variant of the coronavirus. Over South Korean service members from the hospital Tuesday, ac- outbreak was discovered, a Min- members … their families, and 70% of the infected sailors had were fast-tracked to receive the cording to military officials. istry of National Defense spokes- the people.” symptoms, including sore COVID-19 vaccine after it be- Of the 301 sailors aboard the man told Stars and Stripes on the The defense ministry released throats, fevers and coughs. came available in January. The South Korean destroyer Munmu customary condition of anonym- the results of an epidemiological Last week, South Korea’s de- country received over a million the Great, 271 had tested positive ity. Two remaining members of investigation Tuesday afternoon, fense ministry said that the vast doses sent from the United for the coronavirus since July. the crew are scheduled to be re- which said the ship’s crew could majority of its service members States. The destroyer was initially pa- leased Tuesday. have started becoming infected were inoculated on a voluntary trolling the Gulf of Aden off East The outbreak prompted an between June 28 and July 1. basis. The ministry reported that [email protected] Africa to disrupt pirates before apology from South Korean De- In their report, investigators 93.6% of its 550,000 active-duty Twitter: @choibboy being recalled from service. fense Minister Suh Wook. said they believe the sailors be- troops received at least one dose [email protected] PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Texas governor seeks out-of-state pandemic support

BY TERRY WALLACE tion Assistance Program food ben- Associated Press efits for August. That was on top of Gov. Greg Abbott appealed for the $3.9 billion in benefits previ- out-of-state help to fight the third ously allocated since April 2020. wave of COVID-19 in Texas while The governor is taking action two more of the state’s largest short of lifting his emergency or- school districts announced mask der banning county and local gov- mandates in defiance of the gover- ernment entities from requiring nor. the wearing of masks and social Abbott’s request Monday came distancing to lower the COVID-19 as a county-owned hospital in risk. Abbott has said repeatedly RICH POPE/AP Houston raised tents to accommo- that Texans have the information A crew works setting up the new drive­up COVID­19 vaccination site at Camping World Stadium in Orlando date their COVID-19 overflow. Pri- and intelligence to make their own on Monday. vate hospitals in the county were decisions on what steps to take to already requiring their staff to be protect their health and the health vaccinated against the coronavi- of those around them. rus. Also Monday, Dallas County Fla. capital schools go against Meantime, the Dallas and Austin Judge Clay Jenkins filed a lawsuit school districts announced Mon- asking a judge to strike down Ab- day that they would require stu- bott’s mask mandate ban. DeSantis, will require masks dents and staff to wear face masks. Meantime, one of Houston’s two BY ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Ordered by DeSantis, the Florida classes later this week. Four others The Houston school district al- county-owned hospitals was pitch- Associated Press Department of Health issued an have adopted mask policies since ready announced a mask mandate ing tents to accommodate its CO- MIAMI — The superintendent of emergency rule last week saying then, and more are having discus- for its students and staff later this VID-19 overflow. Harris Health the school district in Florida’s capi- districts must allow parents to de- sions this week. But most have clar- week if its board approves. System and Lyndon B. Johnson tal said Monday that he will require cide whether their children will ified that parents can opt out. The highly contagious delta vari- Hospital in northeastern Houston students to wear masks amid an in- wear masks. DeSantis’ office said in On Monday, more than 13,600 ant is fueling the wave. added nearly 2,000 square feet of crease in COVID-19 hospitaliza- a statement that the Leon County people in Florida were hospitalized The Republican governor has di- medical tents in the hope of taking tions fueled by the delta variant, de- district’s new policy “blatantly vio- with COVID-19, according to the rected the Texas Department of control of the anticipated increase fying the governor’s attempts to lates the spirit of the executive order U.S. Department of Health and Hu- State Health Services to use staff- in patient volume and keeping staff block schools from imposing such a and the rules.” man Services, and more than 2,800 ing agencies to find additional and non-COVID-19 patients safe. mandate. The superintendent said he had of them required intensive care. Ac- medical staff from beyond the Last week, Houston area offi- Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office respon- sent a letter to DeSantis asking for cording to the CDC, 28,316 new state’s borders as the delta wave cials said the wave of delta variant ded by saying the state’s Board of permission to enforce a temporary cases were reported Saturday in began to overwhelm its present infections strained the area’s hos- Education could move to withhold mask mandate, but received no re- Florida, and 28,317 were reported staffing resources. He also sent a pitals so much that some patients salaries from the superintendent or sponse. Sunday. The new seven-day aver- letter to the Texas Hospital Associ- had to be transferred out of the city, school board members. Though the The Republican governor issued age on Sunday was 22,484 cases, ation to request that hospitals post- with one being sent to North Dako- Leon County mandate allows ex- an executive order in late July for which is double what it was on July pone all elective medical proce- ta. emptions for students with a physi- the education and health depart- 24. The test positivity rate is around dures voluntarily. In Dallas, the superintendent of cian’s or psychologist’s note, it ments to come up with ways of puni- 20%. Hospital officials in Houston the state’s second-largest public doesn’t give parents the authority to shing school districts that mandate State Sen. Lauren Book, the Dem- said last week that area hospitals school system announced Monday opt out, as DeSantis wanted. mask-wearing in classrooms. De- ocratic leader, sent a letter to the 67 with beds had insufficient num- that the district would require Leon County Schools Superin- Santis maintains that enforcing superintendents asking them to im- bers of nurses to serve them. masks and social distancing from tendent Rocky Hanna announced in masks violates parental rights. He plement mask rules due to the rise Abbott also directed the state Tuesday, Abbott’s ban notwith- a livestreamed announcement that cites Florida’s new Parents Bill of in cases and hospitalizations. health department and the Texas standing. children from pre-kindergarten Rights law that says parents have “We understand that public Division of Emergency Manage- At a news conference, Dallas through eighth grade will be re- the freedom to make decisions schools, school districts, and school ment to open additional COVID-19 schools Superintendent Michael quired to wear masks when classes about their children’s health and boards are facing unprecedented antibody infusion centers to treat Hinojosa said the school district’s resume in Tallahassee on Wednes- education. pressure to bow to the wishes of a patients not needing hospital care legal advisers assured that Ab- day. Two Florida school districts first Governor and administration ada- and expand COVID-19 vaccine bott’s order does not limit the dis- “I did a lot of soul-searching, a lot stepped up last week to announce mantly opposed to any measure that availability to the state’s under- trict’s rights as an employer and of thinking,” Hanna said. “If, heav- that they would follow recommen- might be perceived as counter to fu- served communities. He also an- educational institution to establish en forbid, we lost a child to this virus, dations from the U.S. Centers for ture political ambitions,” Book nounced about $267 million in reasonable and necessary safety I can’t just simply blame the gover- Disease Control and Prevention and wrote. “But we believe in and sup- emergency Supplemental Nutri- rules for its staff and students. nor of the state of Florida. I can’t.” require masks when they restart port local rule.”

La. sets another state record for hospitalizations amid continued surge

Associated Press hospitalized had not been fully death toll from COVID-19 to at er in New Orleans. person Christina Stephens said NEW ORLEANS — Hospitali- vaccinated, according to state least 11,260 since the pandemic According to Monday’s fig- on Twitter. zations for COVID-19 hit another data. began. ures, close to 45% of Louisiana Edwards, a devout Catholic, record again in Louisiana — The state hit a record number The highly contagious delta residents have taken their first has begun three days of prayer 2,720 — according to figures re- of coronavirus pandemic hospi- variant of COVID-19, as well as shot of vaccine; nearly 38% are and lunch fasting in honor of the leased Monday as the state con- talizations last Tuesday and the the state’s low vaccination rate, fully vaccinated, well below the state’s health care workers and tinues to be one of the national number has grown each day. are being blamed for the spread. national average. those sick with COVID-19. He epicenters for the virus. There have been 16,541 new The soaring case number has “Simply put, there is just a urged others to join him. The Hospitalization totals released infections reported since Friday, prompted the cancellation of the massive amount of active CO- Democrat said he will be praying by the state health department in including 3,106 cases involving New Orleans Jazz and Heritage VID in Louisiana right now, and for those who are sick, for med- Baton Rouge were 299 higher children, according to state fig- Festival which was set for this you should be getting vaccinated ical professionals, for a safe than Friday’s figures. Ninety- ures. Fifty more deaths were al- fall, and this weekend’s annual and wearing masks indoors,” school year and for a slowing of a one percent of those currently so recorded, bringing the state’s Red Dress Run charity fundrais- Gov. John Bel Edwards spokes- spread of the coronavirus. Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Bipartisan infrastructure Cuomo resigns bill passes in the Senate

BY LISA MASCARO as NY governor; Associated Press WASHINGTON — With a robust vote after weeks of fits and starts, the Senate approved a $1 trillion bi- could be charged partisan infrastructure plan on Tuesday, a rare coalition of Demo- Associated Press also because of the discovery that crats and Republicans joining to NEW YORK — New York Gov. his administration had concealed overcome skeptics and deliver a Andrew Cuomo resigned over a thousands of COVID-19 deaths cornerstone of President Joe Bi- barrage of sexual harassment alle- among nursing home patients. den’s agenda. gations Tuesday in a fall from grace The harassment investigation or- The 69-30 tally provides momen- ayear after he was widely hailed na- dered up by the attorney general tum for this first phase of Biden’s tionally for his detailed daily brief- and conducted by two outside law- “Build Back Better” priorities, now ings and leadership during the dar- yers corroborated the women’s ac- headed to the House. A sizable num- kest days of COVID-19. counts and added lurid new ones. ber of lawmakers showed they were The three-term Democratic gov- The release of the report left the willing to set aside partisan pres- ernor’s decision, which will take ef- governor more isolated than ever. sures, eager to send billions to their fect in two weeks, was announced as His accusers states for rebuilding roads, broad- J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP momentum built in the Legislature included an aide band internet, water pipes and the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, was among to remove him by impeachment. It who said Cuomo public works systems that underpin 19 Republicans who voted in favor of a $1 trillion bipartisan came after New York’s attorney groped her breast much of American life. infrastructure package Tuesday. The measure passed 69­30. general released the results of an in- at the governor’s Infrastructure was once a main- vestigation that found Cuomo sex- mansion. Investi- stay of lawmaking, but the week- $550 billion in new spending over Other Republican senators ob- ually harassed at least 11 women. gators also found slong slog to strike a compromise five years in addition to current fed- jected to the size, scope and financ- Investigators said he subjected that the gover- showed how hard it has become for eral authorizations for public works ing of the package, particularly con- women to unwanted kisses; groped nor’s staff retal- Congress to tackle routine legisla- that will reach virtually every cor- cerned after the Congressional their breasts or buttocks or other- Cuomo iated against one ting, even on shared priorities. ner of the country — a potentially Budget Office said it would add $256 wise touched them inappropriately; of his accusers by “There’s been detours and every- historic expenditure Biden has put billion to deficits over the decade. made insinuating remarks about leaking confidential personnel files thing else, but this will do a whole lot on par with the building of the trans- Two Republicans, Sens. Jerry their looks and their sex lives; and about her. of good for America,” said Senate continental railroad or interstate Moran, of Kansas, and Todd Young, created a work environment “rife As governor, Cuomo touted him- Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, highway system. of Indiana, had been part of initial with fear and intimidation.” self as an example of a “progressive D-N.Y. There’s money to rebuild roads negotiations shaping the package Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a 62-year- Democrat” who gets things done: The outline for Biden’s bigger and bridges, and also to shore up but ultimately opposed it. old Democrat and former member Since taking office in 2011, he helped $3.5 trillion package is next up for coastlines against climate change, “My efforts to reach a compro- of Congress from the Buffalo area, push through legislation that legal- the Senate — a more liberal under- protect public utility systems from mise were honest & sincere, & un- will become the state’s 57th gover- ized gay marriage, began lifting the taking of child care, elder care and cyberattacks and modernize the fortunately, we were unable to ar- nor and the first woman to hold the minimum wage to $15 and expand- other programs that is much more electric grid. Public transit gets a rive at a bill I could support,” Moran post. ed paid family leave benefits. He al- partisan and expected to draw only boost, as do airports and freight rail. said in a tweet. The #MeToo-era scandal cut so backed big infrastructure pro- Democratic support. That debate is Most lead drinking water pipes in Rather than pressure his col- short not just a career but a dynasty: jects, including airport overhauls expected to extend into the fall. America could be replaced. leagues, Senate Republican leader Cuomo’s father, Mario Cuomo, was and construction of a new bridge Tuesday’s Infrastructure Invest- Sen. Rob Portman, of Ohio, the Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, has governor in the 1980s and ’90s, and over the Hudson River that he ment and Jobs Act started with a lead Republican negotiator, said the stayed behind the scenes for much the younger Cuomo was often men- named after his father. group of 10 senators who seized on proposals have been talked about of the bipartisan work. He allowed tioned as a potential candidate for At the same time the behavior Biden’s campaign promise to draft a for years, yet never seem to get the voting to proceed, and may ben- president, an office his father fa- that got him into trouble was going scaled-down version of his initial done, including for a bridge across efit from enabling this package in a mously contemplated seeking. on, he was publicly championing $2.3 trillion proposal, one that could the Ohio River between his state and stroke of bipartisanship while try- Even as the scandal mushroomed, the #MeToo movement and sur- more broadly appeal to both parties Kentucky. ing to stop Biden’s next big effort. Cuomo was planning to run for re- rounding himself with women’s in the narrowly divided Congress, “We’ll be getting it right for the He voted for passage on Tuesday. election in 2022. rights activists, signing into law especially the 50-50 Senate. It American people,” he said. Unlike the $3.5 trillion second Cuomo still faces the possibility of sweeping new protections against swelled to a 2,700-page bill backed The top Democratic negotiator, package, which would be paid for by criminal charges, with a number of sexual harassment and lengthening by the president and also business, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, said rarely higher tax rates for corporations prosecutors around the state mov- the statute of limitations in rape labor and farm interests. It drew an will a piece of legislation affect so and the wealthy, the bipartisan ing to investigate him. cases. expansive alliance of senators and a many Americans. She gave a nod to package is to be funded by repur- The string of accusations that His national popularity soared bipartisan group in the House. the late fellow Arizona Sen. John posing other money, including some spelled the governor’s downfall be- during the harrowing spring of In all, 19 Republicans joined all McCain and said she was trying to COVID-19 aid. gan to unfold in news reports last 2020, when New York became the Democrats in voting for Senate pas- follow his example to “reach bipar- The bill’s backers argue that the December and went on for months. epicenter of the nation’s coronavi- sage. Vice President Kamala Har- tisan agreements that try to bring budget office’s analysis was unable Cuomo called some of the allega- rus outbreak. His tough-minded but ris, as presiding officer, announced the country together.” to take into account certain revenue tions fabricated, forcefully denying empathetic response made for riv- the final tally. Drafted during the COVID-19 cri- streams that will help offset its costs he touched anyone inappropriately. eting television well beyond New While liberal lawmakers said the sis, the bill would provide $65 billion — including from future economic But he acknowledged making some York, and his stern warnings to peo- package doesn’t go far enough as a for broadband, a provision Sen. Su- growth. aides uncomfortable with com- ple to stay home and wear masks down-payment on Biden’s priorities san Collins, R-Maine, negotiated be- Senators have spent the past ments he said he intended as play- stood in sharp contrast to President and conservatives said it is too costly cause she said the coronavirus pan- week processing nearly two dozen ful, and he apologized for some of his Donald Trump’s brush-off of the vi- and should be more fully paid for, demic showed that such service “is amendments, but none substantial- behavior. rus. His briefings won an interna- the coalition of centrist senators was no longer a luxury; it is a necessity.” ly changed its framework. He portrayed some of the encoun- tional Emmy Award, and he went on able to hold. Even broadsides from Despite the momentum, action The House is expected to consid- ters as misunderstandings attribut- to write a book on leadership in a cri- former President Donald Trump slowed last weekend when Sen. Bill er both Biden infrastructure pack- able to “generational or cultural” sis. could not bring down the bill. Hagerty, a Tennessee Republican ages together, but centrist lawmak- differences, a reference in part to The U.S. Justice Department is “This infrastructure bill is not the allied with Trump, refused to speed ers urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to his upbringing in an affectionate investigating the state’s handling of perfect bill,” said Sen. Lisa Murk- up the process. Trump had called bring the bipartisan plan forward Italian American family. data on nursing home deaths. In ad- owski, R-Alaska, one of the negotia- his one-time Japan ambassador and quickly, and they raised concerns As a defiant Cuomo clung to of- dition, the state attorney general is tors. She said the senators kept at it, cheered him on, but it’s unclear if about the bigger bill in a sign of the fice, state lawmakers launched an looking into whether Cuomo broke believing, “It’s better to get some of the former president’s views still complicated politics still ahead. impeachment investigation, and the law in using members of his staff what our constituents want rather carry as much sway with most sen- After the Senate vote, she de- nearly the entire Democratic estab- to help write and promote his book, than none of it.” ators. Trump issued fresh com- clared, “Today is a day of progress ... lishment in New York deserted him from which he stood to make more The measure proposes nearly plaints hours before Tuesday’s vote. a once in a century opportunity.” —not only over the accusations, but than $5 million. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 NATION Calif. wildfire ‘continues to challenge us’

BY CHRISTOPHER WEBER us,” said Chris Carlton, supervisor The fire had grown to an area of AND JONATHAN J. COOPER for Plumas National Forest. 753 square miles and was just 22% Associated Press But high pressure building over contained, according to the Cali- California’s largest single wild- the Western United States meant fornia Department of Forestry and fire in recorded history kept push- the weather would heat up and dry Fire Protection. It had scorched an ing through forestlands as fire out again in the next few days, pos- area more than twice the size of crews tried to protect rural com- sibly hitting triple-digit high tem- New York City. munities from flames that have de- peratures on Wednesday and The Dixie Fire is about half the stroyed hundreds of homes. Thursday along with a return of size of the August Complex, a se- Thick smoke cleared for several strong afternoon winds, fire mete- ries of lightning-caused 2020 fires hours along one edge of the Dixie orologist Rich Thompson warned. across seven counties that were Fire on Monday, allowing aircraft Those are the conditions that fought together and that state offi- to join nearly 6,000 firefighters in have caused the fire to spread rap- cials consider California’s largest the attack. Many were battling to idly since it began on July 13. wildfire overall. protect more than a dozen small Burning through bone-dry trees, Four firefighters were taken to mountain and rural communities brush and grass, the fire had the hospital Friday after being in the northern Sierra Nevada. burned more than 600 homes and struck by a fallen branch. More MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/AP “Today was the first day in a few other buildings, incinerating than 30 people were initially re- In this satellite image, the Dixie Fire burns in Northern California. days that we had good, clean air in much of the small community of ported missing, but by Monday the It has scorched an area more than twice the size of New York City. there so we were able to use our Greenville. Another 14,000 struc- Plumas County Sheriff’s Office helicopters,” allowing some pro- tures were threatened. had accounted for all of them. Oplinger, an incident commander. threatened by two fires that con- gress, Kyle Jacobson, the east zone Damage reports are prelimina- California’s raging wildfires are The fire’s cause was under in- tinued to grow. About a third of the incident commander, said at an ry because assessment teams can’t among some 100 large blazes burn- vestigation. Pacific Gas & Electric McFarland Fire was contained. evening briefing. get into many areas, officials said. ing across 15 states, mostly in the has said it may have been sparked New evacuation orders were is- Crews managed to cut thou- Even more troubling, monsoo- West, where historic drought con- when a tree fell on one of its power sued Monday for residents near sands of acres of new fire lines and nal moisture coming up from the ditions have left lands parched and lines. A federal judge ordered the Monument Fire, which was on- the fire’s southern edges were in south could produce a chance of ripe for ignition. PG&E on Friday to give details by ly about 3% contained. good shape but the fire’s future thunderstorms heading into the The Dixie Fire was the largest Aug. 16 about the equipment and South of the Dixie Fire, firefight- was an unknown, authorities said. weekend that could bring dry wildfire burning in the U.S. Nearly vegetation where the fire started. ers prevented further growth of “We don’t know where this fire lightning and gusts that produce a a quarter of all firefighters as- Northwest of the Dixie Fire in the River Fire, which broke out is going to end and where it’s going greater fire threat, Thompson signed to Western fires are fight- the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Wednesday near the community to land. It continues to challenge said. ing California blazes, said Rocky hundreds of homes remained of Colfax and destroyed 68 homes. Dry Calif. tourist town to guests: ‘Please conserve’

BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ duce costs. AND HAVEN DALEY In February, Hillesland was pay- Associated Press ing $300 for a 3,500-gallon delivery. MENDOCINO, Calif. — Tourists Now it costs $600. If it gets worse flock by the thousands to the coastal and they have to start closing rooms, town of Mendocino for its Victorian “then we are in a situation like at the homes and cliff trails, but visitors beginning of the pandemic — no in- this summer are also finding public come but still plenty of mortgage portable toilets and signs on picket and insurance,” he said. fences pleading: “Severe Drought. Longer-term solutions are being Please conserve water.” considered, including bringing wa- Hotels have closed their lobby ter by barge, plane and train and bathrooms and residents have stop- adding community storage tanks ped watering their gardens in the that can hold up to 500,000 gallons, foggy outpost about 150 miles north asking the U.S. National Guard or of San Francisco after two years of the Army Corps of Engineers to set little rain sapped many of the wells up a mobile desalination treatment Mendocino depends on for potable unit, and even capturing fog. But all water. are expensive, and the town would Mendocino’s water woes were need the support of the state and compounded in recent weeks when federal governments, Rhoades said. the city of Fort Bragg a few miles to HAVEN DALEY/AP For now, Mendocino residents the north — its main backup water Signs alert visitors to the severe drought in Mendocino, Calif. Tourists flock to the picturesque coastal are relying on people like Brian supplier — informed officials that it, town for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer will also find public portable toilets andClark, who has been selling water too, had a significant drop in its dozens of signs announcing: “Severe Drought. Please conserve water” in the Northern California hamlet. from his well outside town and drinking water reserves after the trucking it in. Clark said he can’t Noyo River recorded its lowest gallons a week. many of them dug by hand when the earlier than before. keep up with the demand. flows in decades. Then the couple stopped water- former mill town was established in Because of the pandemic and “I’m really hiding from the “This is a real emergency,” said ing the gardens and switched from the 1850s. Residents and business stay-at-home orders, there were phone, because I’m getting way Ryan Rhoades, superintendent of glass to paper plates to serve wel- owners keep their water in storage few visitors last year when town res- more calls than I have water, and the Mendocino City Community come cookies. They plan to start us- tanks, including some perched atop idents began noticing their wells I’m hearing from people I’ve never Services District, which helps man- ing microfiber bed linens, which historic redwood water towers. were producing less. Now the week- met, never heard of, and I can’t help age the water in the town’s aquifer. take less water to wash. The town has about 1,000 resi- end getaway destination for people them,” he said. Eric Hillesland and his wife nor- “We’re also asking our guests to dents, but its economy depends on in the Sacramento and San Francis- County officials’ short-term solu- mally wouldn’t need to buy water be cognizant of the severity of our about 2,000 people who visit each co Bay areas is teeming with guests. tions include waiving permit re- until late July or August to supply water shortage and to not take the day during the height of the tourist That has forced residents and quirements for storage tanks that the Alegria Inn, their 10-room extensive showers they might be season, from May to October, business owners to find drinking can hold up to 5,000 gallons and oceanfront bed and breakfast. But used to at home,” Hillesland said. Rhoades said. Businesses have tra- water sources that are farther away, identifying wells with excess water the property’s well started pumping Mendocino relies on groundwa- ditionally had to haul in water in the which has doubled the price of wa- near Mendocino. Officials are also little water early in the year, and by ter accessed through a network of fall. But after a second dry winter, ter. Some restaurants are cutting asking the state to help finance the February they were ordering 3,500 about 400 privately owned wells, many have had to order more, much back their operating hours to re- bigger private tanks, Rhoades said. Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Police: Man intentionally drove into laundromat SANTA BARBARA — CA Police said a motorist intentionally drove his truck through the front window of a Southern California laundromat in order to strike a man inside. The victim was hospitalized with moderate injuries after the crash at Mesa Laundromat in San- ta Barbara, KEYT-TV reported. An initial investigation found the driver is an acquaintance of the victim, though it’s unclear why he wanted to hit him. The driver backed into a bystan- der while trying to flee, officials said. The bystander wasn’t hurt and a group of witnesses detained the driver until police arrived. Passengers rescued after bus gets stuck in forest DOTSERO — Author- CO ities are warning driv- ers not to try to find shortcuts to avoid the lengthy detours around a prolonged closure of Interstate 70 in western Colorado after about 20 people had to be rescued from a bus that got stuck on an unpaved forest road. The Greyhound bus had trouble navigating the road generally ELI HARTMAN, ODESSA (TEXAS) AMERICAN/AP used by four-wheel-drive vehi- cles, ripping a hole in the engine’s oil pan and causing a leak, the Gar- In for a bumpy ride field County Sheriff’s Office said. Bull rider Jose Valdez breaks out of the chute on his bull R187 in the first round of the bull riding­only event West Texas Bull Invasion “No An older woman with heart Limits Tour” at the Ector County Coliseum in Odessa, Texas. problems was rescued first fol- lowed by passengers, the driver KTRK-TV reported. THE CENSUS members of the group hiked out to and luggage on other vehicles, the Before the elevator doors could report her missing. The others sheriff’s office said. open, Luu said water started pour- The weight in pounds of a salmon caught by a Michigan teen- hiked back to look for her but did I-70 through nearby Glenwood ing in through the vents as they de- 48 ager, setting a new state record. Louis Martinez, 19, will never not find her. Canyon is shut down because of scended. have to embellish the proverbial fish story after confirmation that he set a new damage by mudslides triggered Luu called his roommate for state record for the largest Chinook salmon ever caught in Michigan. The teen- Lottery sales in pandemic by rain over an area burned by a help as they waited in chest-high ager from Ortonville, Mich., reeled in the nearly 48-pounder while fishing on a give high education funds large wildfire last year. water for emergency responders charter boat in Lake Michigan with his mom, sister and stepdad. The previous to arrive. record — a Chinook salmon of just over 46 pounds caught on the Grand River in RALEIGH — Massive Kent County — had stood for 43 years. Middle school teacher Luu’s roommate and two other NC ticket sales for the tried to set fire to school people managed to open the eleva- North Carolina Education Lottery tor from the lobby by the time the Fuqua said officers working Protests and violent crime have during the coronavirus pandemic DECATUR — A subur- water was up to his neck. special duty at the mall rushed in- occurred more frequently in the have resulted in a best-ever $936 GA ban Atlanta teacher None of them were hurt. side and restrained the man with- Uptown neighborhood since Win- million in annual game profits for has been arrested after school po- out incident. The man, who re- ston Smith Jr. was shot and killed education, the lottery announced. lice said he tried to set fire to a Man yelled and caused fused to give his name but has by a U.S. Marshals task force on Earnings going to education in school and fired a gun there. panic at movie theater since been identified, will face a June 3. Some businesses in the ar- the past fiscal year that ended Antonio Bailey, 23, a Snellville charge of “inducing panic,” police ea have closed because they are June 30 grew by 28% compared to resident, was arrested on first de- COLUMBUS — A man said. worried about the safety of cus- the year before — helped by a 26% gree arson, second degree crimi- OH will face a charge of tomers and employees. increase in ticket sales to $3.8 bil- nal property damage and possess- causing a panic after his actions Recent unrest scares lion, according to a lottery news ing a gun while committing a felo- prompted a panicked rush out of away Greek festival Missing backpacker release. ny, DeKalb County jail records an Ohio mall movie theater over rescued in national park Consumers played lottery showed. the weekend, authorities said. MINNEAPOLIS — games more because they had few WSB-TV reported Bailey is a Columbus police said that, con- MN An annual Greek fes- OLYMPIC NATION- other options for entertainment teacher at Chapel Hill Middle trary to earlier reports, no shots tival in the Uptown neighborhood WA AL PARK — A back- due to the COVID-19 pandemic, School in southern DeKalb Coun- were fired and no weapon of any of Minneapolis has been canceled packer missing for four days in lottery executive director Mark ty. kind was involved. because of recent unrest in the Olympic National Park was found Michalko said. School district police said Bai- Sgt. James Fuqua said a man district, sponsors said. and rescued, authorities said. State law tells lottery leaders to ley tried to set fire to the school’s walked into the Easton Town Cen- St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox A helicopter spotted Cheri Kell- allocate at least 35% of annual rev- main office before dawn and also ter movie theater — just before the Church sponsors the festival, er, 56, of Olympia in a basin near enues toward education, but that’s fired a gun. end of a showing of “Suicide which showcases food, music, Mount Steele, and was able to land a guideline, not a directive. Squad” — and began screaming dancing and other celebrations of and evacuate her, park spokeswo- The legislature decides on 3 people safe after getting “that he was the king” accompa- Greek heritage. man Penny Wagner said in a news spending details. The money went stuck in flooded elevator nied by “many obscenities.” The church said on the festival’s release. Once flown to the airport to public school construction, col- Fuqua said the man then ran to website said it “would be unable to in Shelton, Keller was taken to a lege scholarships and grants, the OMAHA — Three peo- the top of the theater and, still find a successful solution to en- hospital by ambulance in stable state’s prekindergarten program NE ple narrowly escaped a screaming obscenities, started to sure the safety and security” for condition for evaluation, she said. and for K-12 schools to pay for flooded elevator following a storm reach into his bag — and that sent people or property during the fes- Keller became separated from school workers and transporta- that hit Omaha. everyone else racing for the exits, tival. her group as they hiked toward tion. Tony Luu said he and his two even jumping over railings to re- Organizers said they plan to re- Camp Pleasant. friends got in his apartment eleva- ach them, in fear that he had a sume the festival next year, the Her group waited for her there tor to check out storm damage, weapon of some kind. Star Tribune reported. but she did not arrive and two From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 NATION Groups make own drugs to fight high prices, shortages

BY LINDA A. JOHNSON solutions” to produce cheaper drugs to sell at 50,000 retail phar- Associated Press medicines, said Stacie Dusetzina, macies starting in 2023. Impatient with years of inaction a Vanderbilt University health Other “alternative drugmak- in Washington on prescription policy professor. “People should ers” include: drug costs, U.S. hospital groups, be able to access the drugs that ■ Two enterprises, from Pre- startups and nonprofits have work for them without going mier Inc. and Phlow Corp., fo- started making their own medi- broke.” cused on providing their hospital cines in a bid to combat stubborn- But David Mitchell, founder of members with affordably priced ly high prices and persistent the independent consumer group generics that are chronically shortages of drugs with little com- Patients for Affordable Drugs, scarce. petition. said the projects are workarounds ■ NP2, which is about to start The efforts are at varying that help in niches, but are “not producing cheaper generic IV CIVICA RX/AP stages, but some have already enough to fix a broken system.” cancer medicines. This 2019 photo provided by Civica Rx shows vials of vancomycin in made and shipped millions of dos- Civica Rx was started three ■ EQRx, which is creating the pharmacy of the Riverton Hospital in Utah. Civica Rx provides over es. Nearly half of U.S. hospitals years ago by a hospital consorti- brand-name drugs for cancer and 50 generic injectable medicines to more than 1,400 hospital have gotten some drugs from the um. It now provides over 50 gener- inflammatory disorders to sell at members and the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments. projects and more medicines ic injectable medicines in chronic “radically lower prices” than rival should be in retail pharmacies shortage to more than 1,400 hospi- brands. fit company aiming to provide The alternative drugmakers are within the next year as the work tal members and the Veterans Af- Walmart recently added insulin cheap alternatives to high-cost ge- hiring U.S. contract manufactur- accelerates. fairs and Defense departments. to its in-house brand of products neric drugs at 15% above manu- ers whenever possible and getting Most groups are working on ge- Now it’s expanding to help pa- for people with diabetes. It’s sell- facturing costs, no insurance drug ingredients here or in Eu- nerics, while at least one is trying tients directly, said chief execu- ing its own version of the meal- needed. rope, to diversify supply chains to develop brand-name drugs. All tive Martin VanTrieste. Its new time insulin NovoLog, in partner- Brand-name drugs get monopo- heavily reliant on China and India, aim to sell their drugs at prices partnership with Anthem and ship with manufacturer Novo Nor- lies lasting up to two decades un- which limited exports of drugs well below what competitors Blue Cross health plans, Civica- disk, for less than half NovoLog’s der U.S. patent law, so most of the and ingredients early in the pan- charge. Script, is picking six or seven ex- price. alternative drugmakers are tar- demic. The Biden administration “These companies are address- pensive generic drugs to start. It Even entrepreneur Mark Cu- geting certain off-patent medi- also is working to increase domes- ing different parts of the problem will have contract manufacturer ban has jumped in, giving his cines whose prices have risen dra- tic production of essential generic and trying to come up with novel Catalent start producing those name and money to a public-bene- matically in recent years. drugs. Prince Andrew sued by Epstein accuser, citing assault at 17 Associated Press this action will subject me to fur- acts, Giuffre was given “express NEW YORK — One of Jeffrey ther attacks by Prince Andrew or implied threats” by Epstein, Epstein’s longtime accusers and his surrogates — but I knew Maxwell, and/or Andrew to en- sued Prince Andrew on Monday, if I did not pursue this action, I gage in sexual acts with the taking accusations that she has would be letting them and vic- prince, the lawsuit said. repeatedly publicly lodged tims everywhere down.” It said that she “feared death against him, including that he In late 2019, Prince Andrew or physical injury to herself or sexually assaulted her when she told BBC Newsnight that he nev- another and other repercussions was 17, to a formal venue. er had sex with Giuffre, saying, for disobeying” the trio because Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre “It didn’t happen.” of their “powerful connections, filed the lawsuit in Manhattan The interview was widely wealth, and authority.” federal court, where Epstein was panned by critics who said An- The lawsuit was brought under charged criminally with sex traf- drew seemed insensitive to Ep- the Child Victims Act, a 2019 ficking a month before he killed stein’s victims. Afterward, the New York state law that allows himself at age 66 in August 2019 prince quit royal duties. victims to temporarily make le- in an adjacent federal jail where Giuffre has long said Maxwell gal claims of abuse that occurred he was ordered to await trial. recruited her at age 17 to be sex- when they were children regard- Giuffre has repeatedly made YUI MOK / AP ually abused by Epstein and less of when or how long ago the her allegations against Epstein, Britain’s Prince Andrew is being sued by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Maxwell from 1999 to 2002. alleged abuse occurred. his onetime girlfriend Ghislaine Virginia Giuffre, who says he sexually assaulted her when she was 17. According to the lawsuit, Maxwell, 59, has pleaded not Maxwell, and Andrew, but the which sought unspecified com- guilty to sex trafficking charges lawsuit was the first time she has remains beyond the reach of the me.” pensatory and punitive damages, in Manhattan federal court, directly confronted Andrew in courts. “I did not come to this decision the prince abused Giuffre on where she faces trial in Novem- such a formal setting. In a statement, Giuffre said lightly,” Giuffre said. “As a multiple occasions when she was ber. She is held without bail. Her It steps up public relations she was “holding Prince Andrew mother and a wife, my family under the age of 18. lawyers did not respond to re- pressure on the prince, even if he accountable for what he did to comes first — and I know that During each of the alleged quests for comment. Tropical storm warnings issued for Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

Associated Press “The most important thing today is prep- move by later in the week. The disturbance labeled Potential Trop- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Islands in the aration,” said Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pier- Heavy rains hit parts of the eastern Ca- ical Cyclone Six had maximum sustained northern Caribbean braced Tuesday for the luisi. “I am not going to minimize the poten- ribbean overnight, including the islands of winds of 35 mph with higher gusts, accord- storm that could be Fred. tial impact of this event … we expect a lot of Guadeloupe and Dominica. ing to officials. A tropical storm has maxi- The National Hurricane Center issued rain.” The hurricane center issued warnings for mum sustained winds of at least 39 mph. tropical storm warnings for the U.S. Virgin The Dominican Republic, Haiti and the Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the The storm was expected to produce rain- Islands and Puerto Rico, where forecasters southern Bahamas could get hit Wednes- Dominican Republic on the south coast fall of 2 to 4 inches over the Leeward Is- expected the potential cyclone to strength- day, and people in Florida were urged to from Punta Palenque eastward and on the lands, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, with en Tuesday into the sixth named storm of monitor updates, but forecasters said it re- north coast from Cabo Frances Viejo east- up to 6 inches in some areas, and could lead the Atlantic hurricane season. mained uncertain where the storm could ward. to flooding and mudslides. Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD

Trial begins in cannibalism Wildfire on Greek island scorches forests Associated Press some villages. Several other wildfires were wildfires after the government appealed for case in Germany ATHENS, Greece — A massive wildfire burning in the country, with the most signif- aid. Associated Press burning for days on the northern tip of Greec- icant in the southern Peloponnese region. Residents and local officials have com- BERLIN — A 41-year-old teach- e’s second largest island continued to devour Greek authorities focused their resources plained of a lack of firefighting resources, er who is accused of having killed forests Tuesday, its thick smoke hanging in on the Evia blaze Tuesday. The fire service particularly from the air, with some saying another man and eaten pieces of the streets of a nearby town as hundreds of said 873 firefighters, 50 ground teams and not enough water-dropping planes were sent the victim’s body went on trial firefighters battled to save what they could. 229 vehicles were fighting the blaze, includ- early enough, leaving the fire to grow to such Tuesday in Germany’s capital. Burning since Aug. 3, the blaze has de- ing firefighters from Ukraine, Romania, Ser- proportions that flying became too hazard- Prosecutors say the man on trial stroyed most of the north of Evia, an island of bia, Slovakia and Poland. Fourteen helicop- ous. met his victim, a 43-year-old Ger- rugged, forested mountains popular with ters were providing air support, including Satellite imagery shows the massive ex- man mechanic, on an online dat- campers and summer vacationers from three from Serbia, two from Switzerland and panse of destruction in Evia, with much of the ing site a few hours before the Sep- Greece and abroad. two from Egypt, the fire department said. island's north burned. According to the Eu- tember slaying, German news By Tuesday morning, the fire that has de- Hundreds of firefighters and dozens of ve- ropean Union's Global Wildfire Information agency dpa reported. They said stroyed homes and businesses and led to doz- hicles, planes and helicopters from European System and imagery from the EU's Coperni- there was no indication the victim ens of villages being evacuated was still ac- and Middle Eastern countries have arrived or cus Emergency Management Service, more agreed to be killed. tive, albeit on a smaller scale, burning close to are on their way to Greece to help battle the than 49,000 hectares have burnt on Evia. Neither of the men’s names was released, for privacy reasons. The suspect allegedly chopped up the man’s body in his Berlin Canadian faces spy ruling as Huawei decision looms apartment and then spread parts of it in different neighborhoods of Associated Press Michael Spavor and another arrest. gies Ltd., was arrested Dec. 1, the city, dpa reported. BEIJING — A Canadian entre- Canadian were detained in China Asked when a ruling might 2018, in Vancouver on U.S. charg- Police spent weeks looking for preneur who was charged with in what critics labeled “hostage come, Canadian Ambassador Do- es of lying to the Hong Kong arm the missing mechanic before spying after his government ar- politics” after the executive’s minic Barton said, “our sense is, of the British bank HSBC about some bones were found in a forest rested an executive of Chinese 2018 arrest in connection with it’s tomorrow.” As for the second possible dealings with Iran in vio- in northern Berlin and a suspect tech giant Huawei faces a possi- possible violations of trade sanc- detained Canadian, former diplo- lation of trade sanctions. was tracked down with the help of ble verdict Wednesday as Beijing tions on Iran. On Tuesday, a court mat Michael Kovrig, the ambas- A judge in Vancouver is due to sniffer dogs. steps up pressure on Canada rejected the appeal of a third Can- sador said, “we have not received hear final arguments in the next The trial at a Berlin state court, ahead of a court ruling on wheth- adian whose prison term in a drug any indication of that.” few weeks about whether Meng is expected to last until mid-Octo- er to hand over the executive to case was abruptly increased to Meng Wanzhou, the chief finan- should be extradited to the United ber. face U.S. criminal charges. death following the executive’s cial officer of Huawei Technolo- States. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander The CCP’s 100th birthday vs. America’s 250th Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY MITCH DANIELS will define not only who we are as a society to- is not value in pausing now and then to appre- Special to The Washington Post day but also who we will be, a successful, ciate and recognize the good in a person, or a wo anniversaries, one just conclud- world-leading society or, as Xi sees us, one en nation. EDITORIAL ed and one approaching, should route to self-imposed decline. July 4, 1776, marked a huge step forward out Terry Leonard, Editor prompt some thinking about the na- Predictably, and sadly, the first calls are be- of a world of monarchy into a new world of [email protected] Tture and purpose of such occasions, ing heard for using the 250th as yet another oc- freedom, opportunity and self-government. It and specifically those of national scale. casion to dwell on America’s shortcomings. was very far from the last step, or a complete Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor This summer, the Chinese Communist Par- One interest group looks forward to a “new” step, but undeniably it was a forward one. The [email protected] ty commemorated its centennial in the style at patriotism based on “radical honesty” about autocrats of the time understood that and Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation which dictatorships specialize. Everyone the nation’s systemic betrayal of its ideals and trembled. The oppressed of the world under- [email protected] from the smallest children to the highest offi- vital principles. stood that and drew heart from it. It was a wa- cialdom was “invited” to applaud the success- Well, that would be one way. Boy, I’m sure tershed event in human history. BUREAU STAFF es of the past hundred years — the latest 2% of glad I’m not on the invite list when these folks We have all year, every year, to examine — I Chinese history. The events were uniformly celebrate family landmarks. They must be a almost said “wallow in” — our shortcomings. Europe/Mideast grandiose and uplifting. Never was heard a real blast: “Happy Anniversary, dear. Here’s There should still be moments when, welcom- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief discouraging word. alist of all the things you’ve done to disappoint, ing differing views, as always, we accentuate [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 This nationwide gala coincided with a surge anger and betray me over the past year.” Or the positive, celebrate the goodness of our peo- of nationalistic fervor, much state-sponsored “Happy birthday, son. Let’s go over all your ple and the good that the nation has done in its Pacific but much apparently spontaneous, among failures and unacceptable actions during your first quarter-millennium. Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief many Chinese citizens and, it is reported, es- life so far.” But that’s the use to which some be- We should welcome the new attention to Ju- [email protected] pecially the young. Enthusiasm for Confu- lieve we should put our 250th. neteenth as a new day of celebration, for the +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 cianism, with its emphasis on obedience and Imagine what even a tiny gesture of non- most positive of reasons. It marks not the respect for authority, is growing in concert radical honesty would have led to during the largest blot on our history but its eradication, Washington with calls for wenhua zixin, or “cultural self- CCP’s centennial. We can be sure there were the stamping out of slavery, by a white-dom- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] confidence.” President Xi Jinping’s speeches no apologies for Mao Zedong’s murdered mil- inated nation resolved to take its next step for- (+1)(202)886-0033 and party propaganda during the centennial lions, no wreath-layings at Tiananmen Square ward. That victory was accomplished through pounded the theme of China’s coming dom- or protests at the gates of Uyghur concentra- the sacrificial death of hundreds of thousands Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News [email protected] inance over an economically fading and cul- tion camps, no teach-ins about the dehuman- of its men. That is cause not for self-recrimina- turally decadent United States. The picture ization of omnipresent state surveillance and tion but for pride, as July 2026 should be. CIRCULATION presented to the nation and the world was of a “social credit” systems. Anyone murmuring A successful society for all requires con- China about to resume its rightful place as the about any of these “systemic” wrongs would stant self-examination but also a strong de- Mideast center of the world after a brief interruption by risk finding himself on the receiving end of the gree of confidence and morale. A nation with Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] effete Western values. holiday fireworks. our history, whose main adversaries today are [email protected] Meanwhile, July Fourth celebrations re- No one is calling for ignoring any of Amer- a seventh-century theocracy, an oligarchic DSN (314)583-9111 minded many Americans of the imminence of ica’s inequities, past or present. 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Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US The House no longer truly represents the people BY EDWARD B. FOLEY All these competitive states in the presiden- Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Washington Special to The Washington Post tial election mean that Senate seats in those Arizona are all presidential battlegrounds tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 f the three elected parts of the fed- states are also up for grabs. Georgia proved with hotly contested Senate races next year. eral government, the House of that with its double runoffs on Jan. 5, which But their House seats are mostly locked up. Reader letters Representatives was supposed to had margins of victory of 1. 2 and 2 points. It needn’t be this way. 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‘Jeopardy!’ official addresses rumors amid host negotiations BY STEPHEN BATTAGLIO my decision and never has been.” Los Angeles Times Richards also defended himself “Jeopardy!” executive pro- over his being named in discrimi- ducer Mike Richards confirmed nation suits filed by employees of he is under consideration to be- the CBS game show “The Price Is come the new host of the iconic Right,” which is produced by Fre- game show while also doing dam- mantle. The allegations addressed age control on reports on his past issues such as wrongful termina- workplace behavior while run- tion after a model revealed to pro- ning “The Price Is Right.” ducers that she was pregnant, and Variety reported last week that wrongful constructive termina- Richards is in negotiations with tion, retaliation and sexual harass- the show’s production company, ment after a model said she was Sony Pictures Television, to re- treated differently when Richards place the late Alex Trebek, follow- started dating another model on ing the use of guest hosts in the last the show. seven months. Richards also did a “These were allegations made fill-in stint and there was talk that in employment disputes against he was positioning himself for the the show,” Richards said in the NETFLIX full-time role. memo. “I want you all to know that Emilia Jones stars as a hearing daughter of deaf parents who dreams of a singing career in “CODA.” Once Richards emerged as the the way in which my comments leading candidate, dissatisfied and actions have been character- fans have claimed the public ized in these complaints does not search was a façade. They also reflect the reality of who I am or have cited discrimination suits by how we worked together on ‘The New this week: ‘CODA,’ employees at “The Price Is Price Is Right.’ I know firsthand Right,” the CBS daytime game how special it is to be a parent. ... I show where Richards was an ex- would not say anything to disre- ecutive producer from 2008 to spect anyone’s pregnancy and 2018. have always supported my col- Chance the Rapper film Richards, who was named leagues on their parenting jour- “Jeopardy!” executive producer neys.” in 2020, said in a memo to staff ob- Whether Richards survives the The Associated Press “Truth Hurts” and tained by The Times that he is in ongoing controversy is now an Here’s a collection curated by The Associated “Juice.” talks to succeed Trebek, who died open question. In any event, it has Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving ■ “Dear Evan Han- in November, but that no deal has tarnished what had been a cele- on TV, streaming services and music platforms this sen” fans, rejoice: actor been finalized. bration of Trebek, as the guest week. and Grammy-winning “It is true that I was asked if I hosts — which included CNN’s musician Ben Platt, who would consider hosting the show,” Anderson Cooper, NBC’s “Today” Movies starred in the play and Richards said. “I was humbled cohost Savannah Guthrie, actress ■ One of the year’s most winning and crowd- stars in the upcoming and deeply honored. No final deci- Mayim Bialik, actor LeVar Burton pleasing films, “CODA” will arrive in theaters and on film version, releases his sions have been made and discus- and Green Bay Packers quarter- Apple TV+ Friday after causing a sensation at a vir- new album “Reverie” on sions with me and other potential back Aaron Rodgers — raised $3 tual Sundance Film Festival in January. Sian Heder’s Friday. hosts are still ongoing. I know I million for charity through their movie, which set a new Sundance record in a $25 mil- ■ Chance the Rapper have mentioned this to you all be- appearances, which were largely lion acquisition, is about the hearing daughter (Emi- is bringing his concert to fore, but the choice on this is not seen as auditions. AP lia Jones) of a deaf fishing family in Gloucester, the movie theater with Mass. She lives with her parents — played by Marlee Chance the Rapper is his concert film “Mag- bringing a secret concert Matlin and Troy Kotsur — and her brother, played by nificent Coloring filmed four years ago, Daniel Durant, often interpreting for them, but has “Magnificent Coloring World,” which pre- ‘Game of Thrones’ star Harington dreams of singing — an aspiration far removed from World,” to movie screens mieres Aug. 13 in select their hardscrabble lives. this week. AMC theaters. The con- discusses alcoholism, depression ■ Of all the films that were interrupted when CO- cert was filmed in his VID-19 arrived in early 2020, none was impacted hometown of Chicago in 2017, shortly after winning New York Daily News spots’ is completely false: that a quite like Peter Nicks’ “Homeroom,” a vivid vérité three Grammys through his 2016 independent pro- “Game of Thrones” star Kit leopard actually does change its documentary about a year in the life of Oakland High ject “Coloring Book.” Harington has revealed the tough spots. I just think that’s the most School students. The film, which debuts Friday on — AP Entertainment Writer Kristin M. Hall times he faced after the blockbus- beautiful thing. It really helped. Hulu, invests in the daily life of the school’s teenag- ter HBO series ended in 2019. That was something I kind of ers, an especially diverse group of kids who are grap- Television “Things that have happened to clung to; the idea that I could make pling with both their personal futures and difficult ■ “What If ...?” is an embarrassment of MCU rich- me since ‘Thrones’ this huge fundamental change in public present. “Homeroom” captures a young gen- es. The animated series features a bevy of heroes ended, and that who I was and how I went about eration responding to the pandemic with only forti- from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in reimagined were happening my life.” fied passion for the causes they believe in. events. Many of the stars reprise their roles as part of during ‘Thrones,’ Harington, who welcomed his ■ John David Washington, already part of two of the voice cast, including the late Chadwick Boseman were of a pretty first child with wife and former the more defining films of the pandemic (Christoph- as his “Black Panther” character. The Disney+ se- traumatic nature “Game of Thrones” co-star Rose er Nolan’s “Tenet” and “Malcolm & Marie”), is back ries, the first animated one from Marvel Studios, de- and they did in- Leslie six months ago, also got again in “Beckett,” a manhunt thriller set in Greece. buts Wednesday, clude alcohol,” candid about suffering from de- Ferdinando Cito Filomarino directs the film, about a ■ Say a fond bye-bye to NBC’s “Brooklyn Nine- Harington Harington said. pression and whether he faced su- Ohio tourist (Washington) who’s vacationing with his Nine,” which begins its eighth and last season Friday “You get to a icidal thoughts. girlfriend (Alicia Vikander) when a car accident on on AFN-Prime. The series deserves praise, just for place where you feel like you are a “I will give you an answer to that mountain road at night lands him in the middle of a starters, for giving Andre Braugher a chance to show bad person, you feel like you are a question: the answer is yes. Yes of political conspiracy. It debuts Friday on Netflix. his comedic chops. Then there’s the rest of the adroit shameful person,” he said. “And course,” he said. “I went through — AP Film Writer Jake Coyle ensemble cast, including Andy Samberg, Melissa you feel that there’s no way out; periods of real depression where I Fumero, Terry Crews and Stephanie Beatriz. that’s just who you are. And get- wanted to do all sorts of things… Music ■ Small-town pro wrestlers in Georgia are at the ting sober is the process of going, maybe [speaking about this will] ■ Grammy-winner Lizzo has announced that her heart of Starz’s new drama series “Heels,” debuting ‘No, I can change.’” help someone, somewhere. But I new single, “Rumors,” will be out Aug. 13. It’s the first Sunday. The Spade brothers, Jack (Stephen Amell) The 34-year-old, now sober, definitely don’t want to be seen as new music from the Detroit-raised singer and rapper and Ace (Alexander Ludwig), are fighting for the soul added, “One of my favorite things a martyr or special. I’ve been in years since she broke out with her third album of their late father’s wrestling enterprise. I learnt recently is that the expres- through something, it’s my stuff. If “Cuz I Love You” in 2019, which brought hits like — AP Television Writer Lynn Elber sion ‘a leopard doesn’t change its it helps someone, that’s good.” Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/NHL

PRO SOCCER PRO FOOTBALL MLS NFL preseason schedule Saturday, Aug. 21 EASTERN CONFERENCE Buffalo at Chicago WEEK 1 New York Jets at Green Bay WLTPts GF GA Thursday’s games Baltimore at Carolina Washington at New England Atlanta at Miami New England 12 3 4 40 35 22 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Detroit at Pittsburgh Friday’s games Tennessee at Tampa Bay Orlando City 8 4 6 30 28 23 Tennessee at Atlanta Houston at Dallas NYCFC 8 5 4 28 32 18 Buffalo at Detroit Indianapolis at Minnesota Philadelphia 7 5 7 28 25 19 Dallas at Arizona Las Vegas at Los Angeles Rams Saturday’s games Denver at Seattle Nashville 6 2 10 28 26 17 Miami at Chicago Sunday, Aug. 22 D.C. United 8 7 3 27 27 21 Denver at Minnesota New York Giants at Cleveland San Francisco at Los Angeles Chargers Columbus 6 6 6 24 21 23 New Orleans at Baltimore Cleveland at Jacksonville Monday, Aug. 23 CF Montréal 6 7 5 23 24 24 New York Jets at New York Giants Jacksonville at New Orleans New York 5 8 4 19 21 22 Cincinnati at Tampa Bay WEEK 3 Houston at Green Bay Friday, Aug. 27 Atlanta 3 6 9 18 21 25 Kansas City at San Francisco Indianapolis at Detroit Chicago 4 9 5 17 20 29 Seattle at Las Vegas Pittsburgh at Carolina Inter Miami CF 4 8 4 16 15 26 Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Philadelphia at New York Jets Rams Minnesota at Kansas City Cincinnati 3 7 7 16 18 30 Sunday’s game Saturday, Aug. 28 Toronto FC 3 9 6 15 23 38 Carolina at Indianapolis Green Bay at Buffalo WEEK 2 Baltimore at Washington Western Conference Thursday, Aug. 19 Chicago at Tennessee New England at Philadelphia Tampa Bay at Houston WLTPts GF GA Friday, Aug. 20 Arizona at New Orleans Kansas City at Arizona Los Angeles Rams at Denver Sporting KC 10 4 4 34 33 20 Cincinnati at Washington Los Angeles Chargers at Seattle Seattle 9 3 6 33 26 14 CHARLES KRUPA/AP LA Galaxy 10 6 2 32 29 28 TENNIS Colorado 8 4 4 28 22 16 Igor Shesterkin, selected by the New York Rangers out of Moscow in Minnesota 7 5 5 26 21 21 National Bank Open Fernandez, Canada, 7-5, 7-6 (4). the fourth round of the 2014 NHL Draft, is 26­16­3 over two seasons. Rebecca Marino, Canada, def. Madison Portland 7 8 2 23 23 29 Monday Keys (16), United States, 6-3, 6-3. LAFC 6 7 5 23 24 25 At IGA Stadium & Aviva Centre Real Salt Lake 5 6 6 21 26 20 Montreal Purse: $1,835,490 Rogers Cup FC Dallas 5 7 6 21 23 25 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Monday San Jose 5 7 6 21 21 27 Women’s Singles At Aviva Centre Houston 3 6 9 18 19 25 Round of 64 Toronto Austin FC 4 9 4 16 13 20 Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Purse: $2,850,975 Rangers commit Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, 6-1, 6-3. Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Vancouver 3 7 7 16 19 28 Fiona Ferro, France, def. Ajla Tomljanov- Men’s Singles Note: Three points for victory, one point ic, Australia, 2-6, 6-2, ret. Round of 64 for tie. Paula Badosa, Spain, def. Viktorija Go- Ugo Humbert, France, def. Lorenzo So- lubic, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-3. Friday’s game nego, Italy, 6-3, 6-4. Amanda Anisimova, United States, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Albert Ramos- Vancouver at San Jose Tereza Martincova, Czech Republic, 6-1, Vinolas, Spain, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Saturday’s games 4-3, ret. Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Jan-Lennard Nadia Podoroska, Argentina, def. Magda to future in goal LA Galaxy at Minnesota Struff, Germany, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4. Linette, Poland, 6-1, 6-2. James Duckworth, Australia, def. Taylor Miami at New York City FC Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Alison New England at Toronto FC Fritz, United States, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Riske, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, def. Da- New York at CF Montréal Maria Sakkari (11), Greece, def. Marie Re-sign Shesterkin to 4-year, $22.6M deal Colorado at Houston niel Evans, Britain, 6-4, 6-4. Sporting Kansas City at FC Dallas Bouzkova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 3-1, ret. Lloyd Harris, South Africa, def. Brayden BY JOHN WAWROW Hart’s numbers plummeted in Austin FC at Real Salt Lake Oceane Dodin, France, def. Karolina Mu- Schnur, Canada, 6-3, 6-2. chova (14), Czech Republic, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. John Millman, Australia, def. Ricardas Associated Press finishing with a 9-11-5 record and Sunday’s games Ons Jabeur (13), Tunisia, def. Clara Bu- Berankis, Lithuania, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Los Angeles FC at Atlanta rel, France, 6-1, 6-3. Tommy Paul, United States, def. Vasek The New York Rangers locked a 3.67 goals-against average in 27 Columbus at Chicago Anastasia Potapova, Russia, def. Shelby Pospisil, Canada, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3. up their goaltender of the future appearances, including 25 starts. D.C. United at Nashville Rogers, United States, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Reilly Opelka, United States, def. Nick Seattle at Portland Harriet Dart, Britain, def. Leylah Annie Kyrgios, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Monday by agreeing to re-sign He allowed four or more goals 13 NWSL DEALS Igor Shesterkin to a four-year, times, and missed the final 12 WLTPts GF GA $22.6 million contract. games with a sprained left knee. Monday’s transactions PHOENIX SUNS — Re-signed F Frank Ka- The 25-year-old Shesterkin was That was a significant drop-off Portland 9 3 1 28 20 7 minsky. BASEBALL North Carolina 6 4 3 21 17 9 FOOTBALL a restricted free agent who went from his previous season in which Major League Baseball National Football League Gotham FC 5 2 5 20 13 8 American League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed DL Dari- 16-14-3 last season in taking over Hart went 24-13-3 to help the Orlando 5 4 5 20 17 16 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Returned OF us Kilgo. the starting duties following Hen- Flyers finish fourth in the Eastern Chicago 6 6 2 20 15 20 Luis Robert from his rehab assignment in ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed RB D’Onta Charlotte (Triple-A East) and reinstated Foreman. Activated OL Kaleb McGary rik Lundqvist’s departure. Conference standings. Reign FC 6 6 1 19 17 14 him from the 60-day IL. Optioned INF/OF from the physically unable to perform Washington 5 5 3 18 15 15 Gavin Sheets to Charlotte. Released OF (PUP) list. Activated OL Willie Wright from The Rangers announced the His struggles last season were the reserve/COVID-19 list. Waived CB Tyl- Houston 5 6 2 17 15 18 Luis Gonzalez. signing while a person with direct part of a second-half collapse in CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed 1B Bobby er Hall. Placed DT Deadrin Senat on the in- Louisville 4 6 2 14 10 18 Bradley on the 10-day IL, retroactive to jured reserve list. knowledge of the contract re- which the Flyers won 13 of their fi- Kansas City 0 9 4 4 6 20 Aug. 7. Selected the contract of LHP Fran- BALTIMORE RAVENS — Activated LT cisco Perez from Columbus (Triple-A East) Ronnie Stanley from the physically unable vealed its value to The Associated nal 36 games and missed the play- Note: Three points for victory, one point and agreed to terms on a major league to perform (PUP) list. Signed WR Siaosi for tie. contract. Mariner. Press. Shesterkin will make $3 offs by finishing sixth in the East Friday’s game HOUSTON ASTROS — Reinstated LHP CAROLINA PANTHERS — Activated TE million this season, followed by $6 Division standings. Washington at Houston Brooks Raley from suspension. Stephen Sullivan from the COVID-19 list. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Promoted C Waived WR Marken Michel. Placed DE million the following year, $7 mil- Hart will have competition for Saturday’s games M.J. Mendez to Omaha (Triple A East) from Austin Larkin on the injured reserve list. Portland at Orlando Arkansas (Double-A Central). CHICAGO BEARS — Activated OT Elijah lion in 2023-24 and $6.6 million in the starting job this season after Reign FC at Kansas City MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Jorge Wilkinson, LB Christian Jones and LS Pa- the final season of the deal. The the Flyers signed former San Jose Sunday’s games Alcala on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Ed- trick Scales from the COVID-19 list. gar Garcia from St. Paul (Triple-A East). DETROIT LIONS — Activated LB Jalen person spoke on the condition of Sharks starter Martin Jones in Louisville at Gotham FC NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Reeves-Maybin from the reserve/CO- Chicago at North Carolina Luis Gil to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Tri- VID-19 list. Signed WR Darius Jennings. anonymity because the team did free agency last month. ple-A East). Placed INF Gleyber Torres on Waived C Drake Jackson. PRO BASKETBALL the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Nick Nelson INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed WR Gary not release those numbers. The 24-year-old Samsanov from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Selected the Jennings on the injured reserve list. The amount makes Shesterkin’s went 13-4-1 with two shutouts, and WNBA contract of INF Andrew Velazquez from MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived LS Rex Su- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and agreed to nahara. annual average salary of $5.65 lost all three playoff starts in play- EASTERN CONFERENCE terms on a major league contract. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed WR War- TAMPA BAY RAYS — Sent RHP Nick An- ren Jackson. million the highest awarded to an ing behind starter Vitek Vanecek WLPct GB derson to FCL Rays (Florida Complex NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Waived QB NHL goalie in his second contract, last season. Samsanov was pegged League) on a rehab assignment. Jake Dolegala. Signed LS Brian Khoury. Connecticut 14 6 .700 — National League NEW YORK GIANTS — Activated RB Sa- and ahead of Sergei Bobrovsky, to take over the starting duties this Chicago 10 10 .500 4 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent RHP quon Barkley and LB Oshane Ximines from Luke Weaver to ACL D-Backs (Arizona the physically unable to perform (PUP) who made $5.625 million per year year before the Capitals re-ac- New York 10 11 .476 4½ Complex League) on a rehab assignment. list. Released DE Ryan Anderson. over a two-year deal he signed quired Vanecek in a trade with the Washington 8 10 .444 5 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Claimed C An- PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Activated DE Matt Leo from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Atlanta 6 13 .316 7½ thony Bemboom off waivers from the Los with Columbus in 2013. expansion Seattle Kraken last Angeles Angels. Claimed RHP Conner Signed S Blake Countess. Waived S Obi Indiana 4 16 .200 10 Greene off waivers from Baltimore. Trans- Melifonwu with an injury designation. From Moscow, Shesterkin was month. ferred LHPs Danny Duffy and Clayton Ker- PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed G Mal- WESTERN CONFERENCE shaw from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. colm Pridgeon. Waived DL Calvin Taylor selected by New York in the fourth In Anaheim, the Ducks re- Agreed to terms with free agent C Tony with an injury designation. round of the 2014 draft. He has an signed restricted free agent for- WLPct GB Wolters on a minor league contract. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Activated MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned LHP TE Cameron Brate from the physically un- overall record of 26-16-3 over two wards Max Comtois and Max Seattle 16 5 .762 — Blaine Hardy to Nashville (Triple-A East). able to perform (PUP) list. Las Vegas 15 6 .714 1 Reinstated RHP Hunter Strickland from WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — seasons with the Rangers. Jones. Minnesota 12 7 .632 3 the 10-day IL. Signed C Jon Toth. Activated WR Curtis Sa- Shesterkin wasn’t the only re- Comtois signed a two-year con- ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed LHP muel from the COVID-19 list and placed Phoenix 9 10 .474 6 Kwang Hyun Kim on the 10-day IL, retroac- him on the physically unable to perform stricted free agent goalie to sign tract after leading the Ducks with Dallas 9 12 .429 7 tive to August 8. Reinstated RHP Daniel (PUP) list. Ponce de Leon from the 10-day IL. HOCKEY on Monday: The Philadelphia 16 goals and 33 points in 55 games. Los Angeles 6 13 .316 9 BASKETBALL National Hockey League Flyers re-signed Carter Hart to a At 22, Comtois was the second- Sunday’s games National Basketball Association ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed F Max Com- ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed C Gorgui tois and D Josh Mahura to two-year con- three-year, $11.9 million deal, and youngest NHL player to lead his No games scheduled Dieng. tracts. Signed F Max Jones to a three-year Monday’s games BROOKLYN NETS — Re-signed F Blake contract. the Washington Capitals re- team in points last season, behind Griffin. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Re-signed F Janne No games scheduled DALLAS MAVERICKS — Re-signed G Tim Kuokkanen to a two-year contract. signed Ilya Samsonov to a one- Ottawa’s 21-year-old forward Bra- Tuesday’s games Hardaway Jr and C Boban Marjanovic. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed F Ross year, $2 million contract. dy Tkachuk. No games scheduled Signed G Sterling Brown. Colton to a two-year contract. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed Gs Ja- WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed G The 22-year-old Hart is coming Jones, who signed a three-year Wednesday’s games son Preston and Brandon Boston Jr. Ilya Samsonov. off a season in which he struggled contract, has 17 goals and 11 as- No games scheduled NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed F Jericho COLLEGE Sims to a two-way contract. VANDERBILT — Named Ashley Kovacs maintaining the starter’s job in his sists for 28 points in 135 career Thursday’s games PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Re-signed G Fur- women’s track and field associate throws No games scheduled kan Korkmaz. coach. third season with the team. games with Anaheim. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 NBA Anthony joins his friend LeBron with title only goal BY JOE REEDY ence what it is like going through the Associated Press ups and downs of a championship LOS ANGELES — Carmelo An- season.” thony realized the time was finally All four players were part of the right to join forces with his friend U.S. gold medal squad at the 2012 LeBron James. London Games. Anthony wants to Whether James and the veteran- make sure their camaraderie is con- led Los Angeles Lakers can help sistent even when times get tough. Anthony win his first NBA cham- “I’m more excited about the jour- pionship remains to be seen. ney of this season. We are going to “Most people will say we should win games. Let’s be quite frank: We have gotten together years ago, have to win games,” Anthony said. early in our career, but we were on “The basketball part will take care two different paths. It just felt like of itself. It’s how we all come togeth- right now was the best time,” Antho- er and support one another. When ny said. it’s always sunny, it’s cool, but when He and James have known each it starts raining, then what happens? other since high school and were That’s where the expertise and ex- MARK J. TERRILL/AP part of the star-studded 2003 draft perience come into play.” Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, averaged 27.7 points, 8 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game this class. James went first overall to the Anthony — the 10th leading past season, becoming an All­Star for the second time. Cleveland Cavaliers out of high scorer in NBA history — joins his school, while Anthony was the third seventh team as he enters his 19th pick by the Denver Nuggets after season. He averaged 13.4 points and leading Syracuse to its first NCAA made 40.9% of his three-pointers title. coming off the bench for Portland Guarded optimism: Mavs “Bron came to me and said the last season, revitalizing his career time is now and that we have to by proving he can contribute to a make it happen,” Anthony said. “I solid team as a reserve. took my time with it and weighed He’s likely to have a similar role my options.” with the Lakers. re-sign Doncic, Hardaway James won a pair of champion- Anthony’s three-point shooting ships in Miami with Chris Bosh and should be valuable on a team that Doncic signing $207M extension in Slovenian bash, Hardaway signs $75M deal Dwyane Wade, who went fourth has struggled from the perimeter and fifth to the Toronto Raptors and for the past two seasons and added Associated Press Heat, respectively, in 2003. He add- Westbrook, a point guard with a bal- DALLAS — Luka Doncic is set to sign a $207 mil- ed two more titles with Cleveland in ky outside shot. lion supermax extension with the Dallas Mavericks, 2016 and LA last year. The additions — which include who sent an entourage to the Slovenian star’s home Anthony’s teams, meanwhile, Dwight Howard, Wayne Ellington, country to finish off the biggest contract in franchise have gone 3-13 in playoff series, and Kendrick Nunn and Malik Monk — history. the closest he got to a title was a trip have the Lakers with the second- Agent Bill Duffy told ESPN and The Dallas Morn- to the Western Conference finals lowest odds to win the NBA title, ac- ing News on Monday that Doncic and the Mavericks with Denver in 2009. cording to FanDuel Sportsbook. had agreed to terms. The team said a virtual news With James, Anthony, Russell Talen Horton-Tucker, who re- conference was planned for Tuesday. Westbrook and Anthony Davis signed, is one of the few returnees. News of Doncic’s five-year deal, which will kick in headlining the Lakers, anything Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Kyle for the 2022-23 season, came as the Mavericks re- less than a championship will disap- Kuzma, Alex Caruso, Montrezl signed his most reliable scoring partner in the back- point. Harrell and Markieff Morris are no court, shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr., to a $75 mil- “I’m coming in with a champion- longer around after the Lakers’ bid lion, four-year contract. ship in my mind. This is the one for a repeat championship was de- The virtual news conference in Slovenia will in- thing that I’m missing,” the 37-year- railed by Phoenix in the first round clude Doncic, owner Mark Cuban and the new gener- TONY GUTIERREZ/AP old Anthony said. “I want to experi- of the playoffs. al manager-coach combination of Nico Harrison and Dallas Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. averaged Jason Kidd. 16.6 points per game in his eighth season and Dirk Nowitzki, who set an NBA record of 21 seasons averaged 17 points a game in the team’s first­round with the same franchise while becoming the league’s playoff series with the Los Angeles Clippers. No. 6 all-time scorer with the Mavericks, also made the trip to Slovenia. The 7-foot German is now a con- included his best shooting from three-point range. sultant for the team. The 29-year-old Hardaway came to the Mavericks The 22-year-old Doncic was an All-Star in his sec- from New York in a 2019 trade headlined by Kristaps ond and third seasons after being named Rookie of Porzingis, envisioned by Dallas as the European side- the Year in 2018-19. He’s also been first-team All- kick to Doncic. NBA twice, which makes Doncic the first player eligi- While Porzingis became mostly a decoy in the play- ble for a supermax extension off his rookie contract. off loss to the Clippers with the 7-foot-3 Latvian and Doncic will sign the massive deal less than a week Doncic together, Hardaway averaged 17 points per after leading Slovenia to its first Olympic berth and a game in the series and shot 40% from deep. fourth-place finish in Tokyo. The late-season surge by Hardaway came after he The NBA accomplishments are piling up fast for spent most of the season coming off the bench behind Doncic as well. Although he couldn’t get the Maver- Josh Richardson. Their roles reversed, and Richard- icks past the Los Angeles Clippers in the first playoff son faded in the postseason. Harrison’s first move as round each of the past two seasons, Doncic averaged GM was trading him to Boston. 33.5 points with five 40-point games. Hardaway has been traded twice by the Knicks, Doncic is getting one of his backcourt mates back who drafted him in the first round in 2013. The first as well. deal was with Atlanta before in 2015 he rejoined New KATHY WILLENS/AP Hardaway averaged 16.6 points per game in his York as a free agent two years later. Hardaway’s ca- From left, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and LeBron James watch eighth season. The past two seasons with Dallas have reer scoring average is 13.9 points. Dwayne Wade play the final game of his career on April 10, 2019. Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

Scoreboard ROUNDUP

American League East Division White Sox WLPct GB Tampa Bay 68 44 .607 _ Boston 65 49 .570 4 rip Twins, New York 62 50 .554 6 Toronto 60 50 .545 7 Baltimore 38 72 .345 29 Jiménez Central Division WLPct GB Chicago 67 46 .593 _ hits 2 HRs Cleveland 55 55 .500 10½ Associated Press Detroit 54 60 .474 13½ Kansas City 48 63 .432 18 MINNEAPOLIS — Eloy Jiménez Minnesota 48 65 .425 19 hit two homers with five RBIs for the West Division second straight game, Tim Ander- WLPct GB son led off with a home run for the Houston 66 46 .589 _ second day in a row, and the Chicago Oakland 64 48 .571 2 White Sox cruised past the Minne- Seattle 59 54 .522 7½ sota Twins 11-1 Monday night. Los Angeles 56 56 .500 10 Texas 39 73 .348 27 Lucas Giolito pitched two-hit ball for eight innings as the White Sox National League won their fourth in a row. Center East Division fielder Luis Robert came off the 60- WLPct GB day injured list and delivered an Philadelphia 59 53 .527 _ RBI double and single for the AL Atlanta 57 55 .509 2 PHOTOS BY DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP Central leaders. New York 56 55 .505 2½ Washington 50 62 .446 9 The Colorado Rockies said a fan suspected of repeatedly yelling a racial slur at Miami outfielder Lewis Jiménez became the first Chicago Miami 47 66 .416 12½ Brinson, below, was actually hollering at “Dinger,” the club's purple, polka­dotted dinosaur mascot, above. player with consecutive games of at Central Division least two homers and five RBIs, and WLPct GB the first in the majors since Bryce Milwaukee 66 46 .589 _ Harper for Washington in 2015. Cincinnati 61 52 .540 5½ Yankees 8, Royals 6 (11): DJ Le- St. Louis 55 56 .495 10½ Mahieu led off the 11th inning with Chicago 52 61 .460 14½ Rockies: Fan was yelling Pittsburgh 41 71 .366 25 an RBI double and New York, after West Division blowing four late leads, won at Kan- WLPct GB sas City. Brett Gardner drove in three runs San Francisco 71 41 .634 _ Los Angeles 67 45 .598 4 at mascot, not at player for the Yankees, two on a sharp in- San Diego 65 49 .570 7 field single in the 11th that made it Colorado 51 61 .455 20 Marlins’ Brinson still says he heard racial epithet 8-5. The Royals got a two-out RBI Arizona 35 78 .310 36½ single from Edward Olivares and Monday’s games BY ARNIE STAPLETON the fan, who was not identified, brought the potential winning run to Cleveland 9, Cincinnati 3 Chicago White Sox 11, Minnesota 1 Associated Press was actually hollering at the club’s the plate before Carlos Santana N.Y. Yankees 8, Kansas City 6, 11 innings San Diego 8, Miami 3 DENVER — The Colorado purple, polka-dotted dinosaur grounded out to end a game that took Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, ppd. Rockies said a fan was yelling the mascot. 4hours, 52 minutes. Tuesday’s games name of team mascot Dinger and “After a thorough investigation Padres 8, Marlins 3: Joe Mus- L.A. Angels at Toronto, 2 Detroit at Baltimore not a racial slur. The Black player that included calls, emails and vid- grove relied heavily on his breaking Oakland at Cleveland Tampa Bay at Boston who was batting at the time isn’t so eo clips from concerned fans, ball and tossed six strong innings Chicago White Sox at Minnesota sure. media and broadcast partners, the with eight strikeouts in San Diego’s Colorado at Houston N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Colorado Rockies have concluded win over visiting Miami. Texas at Seattle Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 2 Brinson said he didn’t hear the fan that the fan was indeed yelling for Musgrove (8-7) kept the Marlins L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia St. Louis at Pittsburgh shouting during Sunday’s game at Rockies mascot Dinger in hopes of off-balance, surrendering one run Washington at N.Y. Mets Coors Field. But a day later, he’d getting his attention for a photo, and five hits. Cincinnati at Atlanta Arizona at San Francisco reviewed the tape and had a differ- and there was never any racial slur Indians 9, Reds 3: José Ramírez Miami at San Diego ent opinion. that occurred,” the team said in a hit a two-run homer and an RBI tri- Wednesday’s games Chicago White Sox (Lynn 10-3) at Minne- “So I watched the video at least statement. ple, leading host Cleveland to a vic- sota (Ober 1-1) 50 times in the past 15-16 hours,” “The Rockies remain dedicated tory over Cincinnati. Colorado (Senzatela 2-8) at Houston (Valdez 7-3) Brinson said on a Zoom call before to providing an inclusive environ- Wilson Ramos also hit a two-run N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Kansas City (Sing- er 3-7) Monday night’s game at San Die- ment for all fans, players and at the time. homer, Amed Rosario was 4-for-5 Detroit (Skubal 7-10) at Baltimore (Har- go. “I watched it a lot, especially guests at Coors Field,” the team Nobody on the field, including with an RBI and the Indians used vey 6-10) Oakland (Montas 9-8) at Cleveland when I heard that he said Dinger added, “and any fan using deroga- Brinson, reacted to the shouts. five pitchers in a planned bullpen (Quantrill 3-2) Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 6-4) at Boston instead of the N-word.” tory language of any kind will be After the game, Marlins spokes- game to end the Reds’ five-game (Eovaldi 9-7) Toronto (Manoah 4-1) at L.A. Angels “I personally — this is again my ejected from Coors Field.” man Jason Latimer said the team winning streak. (Bundy 2-8) personal opinion — I personally The team said fans who were was aware of the clip. Texas (Howard 0-3) at Seattle (Ander- son 5-8) keep hearing the N-word. It’s not seated nearby contacted the club “Neither Lewis, nor any other Miami (Alcantara 6-10) at San Diego (Weathers 4-4) that I want to hear it, I never want in defense of the fan after it put out Marlins on the field or in the du- L.A. Dodgers (Price 4-1) at Philadelphia to hear it. Personally I’ve never a statement Sunday night saying it gout, heard what was shouted,” he (Gibson 8-3) St. Louis (Wainwright 10-6) at Pittsburgh been called that in person to my was disgusted by epithets hurled said in a text message to The Asso- (Crowe 3-6) Washington (Ross 5-9) at N.Y. Mets (Hill face on the baseball field, outside at Brinson when he was up in the ciated Press. “We brought the mat- 6-4) the baseball field, ever, so I don’t ninth inning of Colorado’s 13-8 vic- ter to the attention of the Rockies. Cincinnati (Miley 9-4) at Atlanta (Tous- saint 1-2) know what my reaction would be if tory in Denver. How the matter is being handled, I Milwaukee (Burnes 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-10) I got called that,” he said. The club then contacted the fan, would have to defer to them.” Arizona (Kelly 7-8) at San Francisco who explained it was just a big mis- The Rockies condemned the (Gausman 10-5) “But to now, saying that again, I Thursday’s games haven’t talked to the Rockies or understanding and that he was on- suspected conduct in a statement Oakland at Cleveland that fan personally. If that’s the ly trying to get the attention of Din- released Sunday night. Detroit at Baltimore Tampa Bay at Boston case, then I’m sorry for any back- ger, who was two sections over. Brinson said he didn’t hear the Texas at Seattle N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox lash or anything he’s getting right The man’s shouts were picked fan during his at-bat and had no Toronto at L.A. Angels now,” he said. up by both teams’ broadcasts al- idea what was going on until after JIM MONE/AP Washington at N.Y. Mets St. Louis at Pittsburgh Brinson hit a home run and a sin- though the Bally Sports Florida the game and started getting mess- The Chicago White Sox’s Eloy L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs gle and scored twice Monday night broadcast was clearer than Col- ages on Instagram. Jimenez hit two homers for the Cincinnati at Atlanta in an 8-3 loss to the Padres. orado’s because Rockies broad- The Rockies don’t plan to make second straight game in an 11­1 San Diego at Arizona Colorado at San Francisco The Rockies said Monday that caster Drew Goodman was talking any changes to the mascot’s name. win Monday at Minnesota. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL/NFL The replacements: Swinney confident in his newcomers Clemson’s Etienne, Lawrence now rookies in the NFL BY PETE IACOBELLI College in the second half for a Associated Press 42-38 victory. Still starting a CLEMSON, S.C. — For a coach week later at Notre Dame as with several huge offensive holes Lawrence recovered from the vi- to fill, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney rus, Uiagalelei threw for 439 sounded like someone without a yards — the most ever against the lot to worry about. Fighting Irish — in a 47-40 over- Swinney’s Tigers entered fall time loss. camp Friday without two of their Swinney said he thinks Uiaga- most important and dominant lelei has only deepened his stars of the past few seasons in knowledge of the offense and his JOHN MUNSON/AP NFL first-rounders in quarter- hold on the team as starting quar- Saquon Barkley, left, who was taken off the physically unable to perform list on Monday, talks with fellow back Trevor Lawrence and tail- terback. running back Gary Brightwell during the New York Giants’ training camp on July 31 in Newark, N.J. back Travis Etienne. “He was way ahead last year But there was the 51-year-old from a typical freshman,” Swin- Swinney, discussing his 40th ney said of his new starter. “His NFL NOTEBOOK year of football as a player and whole mindset is different. His coach and confident his offense maturity, his leadership role, I’ve won’t miss a beat this fall. seen him assert himself a lot bet- “One thing I can tell you is it ter.” Barkley cleared to practice never gets old,” said Swinney, a Right now, there’s no clear wide grin as he spoke. choice as Etienne’s replacement Lawrence and Etienne were as the featured back. Senior 10½ months after ACL injury two of the most prominent faces Lyn-J Dixon was the primary in the college game the past few backup the past three seasons Associated Press that was a team activity. years and accounted for the past and stuck around when Etienne EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Barkley has rushed for 2,344 three Atlantic Coast Conference chose to pass up the NFL and play While he isn’t in football shape yards and 17 touchdowns in his player of the year awards his senior year in 2020. and is unlikely to play in a game first three seasons. He has also (Etienne in 2018 and 2019, Law- Along with Dixon are a host of anytime soon, star running back caught 149 passes, including six rence last fall). eager, talented runners looking Saquon Barkley is back practicing for TDs. Lawrence was 34-2 in his three to make their mark on the pro- with the New York Giants. seasons as the starter, his lone gram like junior Michael Dukes, The Giants activated Barkley Watson returns to losses coming to LSU in the 2019 sophomore Kobe Pace and five- from the physically unable to per- practice with Texans title game and to Ohio State in star freshman Will Shipley. form list Monday and had him last season’s national semifinal. First-year running backs participate in some light drills as HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson Etienne broke several ACC coach C.J. Spiller said it will take the team opened its third week of returned to practice with the marks including the career rush- a group effort from the tailbacks. training camp. Houston Texans on Monday after not taking part in workouts for al- ing record of former North Car- “Having just that one lead dog, The move came roughly 10½ most a week. olina State great Ted Brown that I don’t think we need that,” said months after Barkley tore the ACL JUSTIN REX /AP Watson reported to camp on stood for more than four decades. Spiller, the ACC player of year in his right knee in the second time and was on the field for the Swinney said that Clemson has for Clemson in 2009. game of last season. Texans quarterback Deshaun team’s first five days of practice, the talent at both positions to The Tigers got a boost with “It felt good to just be back out Watson was back at practice after not taking part in workouts participating in individual drills keep clicking toward a seventh Justyn Ross’ medical clearance there playing football,” Barkley straight ACC title and College to return to football after missing for nearly a week. only. When the players wore pads said after practice. “The most fun Football Playoff berth. 2020 due to a congenital fusion for the first time this season last part I would say is being back out Sophomore passer D.J. Uiaga- condition of his neck and spine “Got some ‘Whoa, who’s that?’ and Tuesday, he did not participate there with your teammates. Obvi- lelei proved a stellar replace- that required surgery. people shaking my hand, intro- and was not on the field. ously, (this is) the next step in my ment when Lawrence missed two Ross was the offensive MVP of ducing themselves. That’s all fun- He continued to be absent from rehab process and just thankful to games last fall after contracting Clemson’s 2018 national title win practice until Monday when he be able to go back out there and loving games, like I said, it’s fun to COVID-19. over Alabama and has caught 112 trotted onto the field with the rest play football with my teammates be back out there. Those are some Uiagalelei rallied the Tigers passes for 1,865 yards and 17 of the team. He only worked dur- and be able to get to practice. It’s of the things you miss.” from 18 points behind Boston touchdowns in his two seasons. ing individual drills and went into what I love.” Some of the guys on defense even quipped about wanting to get the indoor practice facility after Neither Barkley nor coach Joe the first five periods of work. He their hands on him. Barkley ad- Judge would put a timetable on returned to the field near the end mitted he threw some trash back. when he will play in a game. Judge of the two-hour practice and The NFL Offensive Rookie of got a laugh saying Barkley would watched as his teammates went the Year in 2018 did not participa- not play in the preseason opener through 11-on-11 work. te in offseason workouts, staying against the Jets on Saturday. Coach David Culley refused to Barkley said what he has re- in the Giants’ facility to focus on say why Watson stopped practic- peated for months: When the doc- his rehab. He started training ing with the team last week, and he tors say he can play in a game, camp on the PUP list, but has been wasn’t available to answer ques- that’s when he will play. on the field watching his team- tions regarding his return Mon- The Penn State product smiled mates. day because he spoke before prac- telling the media he lobbied to re- The Giants had a team blowup tice. turn to practice and laughed when at practice last week, and Barkley Watson’s future is uncertain af- asked if he took any grief from fel- said he was glad he watched it. He ter he asked for a trade in January NELL REDMOND/AP low players at the workout. did take part in the team puni- before 22 women filed lawsuits al- Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney listens to a question during the “That’s just the nature of being shment drill after the scuffle, not- leging that he sexually assaulted Atlantic Coast Conference media days in Charlotte, N.C., on July 22. out and coming back,” he said. ing he was part of the team and or harassed them in March. Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NFL

COMMENTARY Get the jab or take the ball and go home Players refusing to get COVID vaccine impacting teams before season begins

BY TIM DAHLBERG disturbing as they are perplexing. Associated Press In Minnesota, it has already cost This isn’t a betting column, Cousins an endorsement with a though there does appear to be an hospital, which couldn’t very well opportunity to make a few bucks in have him promoting health care the NFL market. That would be in when refusing to do the one thing Minnesota, where quarterback necessary to keep himself and Kirk Cousins seems intent on sabo- those around him healthy. taging any chance the Vikings can Aquarterback is supposed to be a match the win total of nine games leader, someone who pulls the team set by oddsmakers going into the together toward the common goal season. of a Super Bowl. Cousins is doing That Cousins is not vaccinated the opposite, and it has already cost and has no plans to get vaccinated the Vikings valuable practice time should be troubling enough for Vik- as he and two other quarterbacks ings fans. Already sidelined for a were sidelined last week because of few crucial practice days, he’s one possible exposure to COVID. positive test away from potentially It also had coach Mike Zimmer ruining a season that, by all ac- shaking his head over where the counts, looked playoff worthy. players are getting their informa- The same is true in Baltimore, tion about vaccines. where quarterback Lamar Jackson “Some of the things they read are JIM MONE/AP — who missed a game last year af- just …” Zimmer said before paus- Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins salutes fans as he returns to training camp Thursday after a ter testing positive for COVID-19 — ing, “out there.” five­day quarantine because of the coronavirus pandemic. missed the opening of training That makes what Lane Kiffin and camp after testing positive yet his staff have done in college even cines, COVID figures to again dom- work on my health.” passing on the vaccine and getting again. Amazingly enough, Jackson more impressive. Kiffin said last inate the landscape of fall sports Apparently DeChambeau has COVID is, of course, the biggest said he is still on the fence about week his Mississippi football play- heading into winter. been so busy bulking up and trying one. getting vaccinated. ers are 100% vaccinated after an It’s not just football players with to smash a golf ball 400 yards that There are also consequences on “I just got off the COVID list, so education program helped every- their helmets in the sand. Just listen he hasn’t been paying attention to the job. I’ve got to talk to my team doctors body buy in — not just for the sake to Bryson DeChambeau, who al- the news. Had he been doing so, he Around the country, companies, and try to see how they feel about of their own health but the team’s ready had a well-deserved reputa- would have figured out that young schools and government agencies it,” he said Monday. success in a league where forfeits tion as a petulant and self-absorbed people are being hospitalized — are beginning to require vaccina- No need for that because the loom if a school can’t field a team. player even before he made some and some are dying — despite be- tions to remain employed. Soon team doctors will all say the same This was supposed to be the time ignorant remarks about the vaccine ing otherwise healthy before catch- vaccines will be necessary if you thing: Get the vaccine. And most when sports returned to normal af- last week. ing the virus. want to be in the armed forces. players are, with the NFL reporting ter more than a year of missed “I’m young enough, I’d rather And he surely would have known Sports should be no different. For last week that 90% of players have games, empty stadiums and con- give it (the vaccine) to people who that anyone in the United States the good of their sports and their had at least one vaccine shot. stant testing. But with the emer- need it,” DeChambeau said. “I who wants the vaccine can get it — teammates athletes should face on- The decisions by players crucial gence of the delta variant and the don’t need it. I’m a healthy, young and get it quickly. ly one simple choice: Get the shot or to the success of both teams are as refusal of some players to get vac- individual that will continue to There are consequences for take the ball and go home. Tedium: Scrimmages weren’t allowed last season FROM PAGE 24 Wild skirmishes have marked — and in With 27 clubs training at home, the most Angeles Rams, that will practice against some cases, marred — joint practices since 2000, and the preseason cut by a two teams this summer. around the league over the years, with play- game, scrimmaging became a popular op- Scrimmages weren’t allowed last year ers shoving, swinging and piling onto each tion. because of the coronavirus pandemic, but other. The Jets and Giants haven’t prac- “When you get a couple weeks in, you’re they were popular in 2019 when 20 teams ticed together since 2005, when Giants tight ready to see somebody new,” said Chicago participated — including six that went up end Jeremy Shockey fought with two Jets coach Matt Nagy, whose team will host Mia- against two opponents during camp. players on the second play of practice in Al- mi. “It’s nice to see. To me, it’s almost like a “I’ve always felt like you get more out of bany, N.Y. — and Giants coach Tom Cough- mini-preseason thing. You’re just not tack- those joint practices than you do the actual lin and Jets defensive coordinator Donnie ling live.” preseason game,” said Saleh, a longtime as- Henderson got into an epic argument. The Rams and Cowboys were the first sistant in his first year as a head coach. “It’s Saleh said there were discussions about teams to square off, last Saturday at Dallas’ just different because it’s a more controlled the teams practicing together this year, and training facility in Oxnard, Calif. Dallas environment. You’re not exposing yourself he hopes the squads will get together next coach Mike McCarthy chatted with Los An- to being tackled or having to tackle, and you year. Then again, that was before the Giants geles coach Sean McVay, whose team will can get a lot of work in with it, where it’s a got rowdy with each other earlier this week also host Las Vegas this summer, about little bit more structured in terms of situa- when an all-out scrum ended with quarter- some of the ground rules. tions. A lot more things can happen. back Daniel Jones on the bottom of the pile. “I’m not interested in any extracurricular “And you’re getting a really good view of The Giants will have sessions on the road activity nonsense,” McCarthy said. “That’s the players.” at Cleveland and New England. not what this is about. We want the quality Because it has been eight months since Each of the NFL’s 32 teams held training work, and that’s why we agreed to do the NAM HUH/AP many teams played a game, players can get camp at home last summer because of the work with the Rams.” Of preseason scrimmages, Chicago Bears riled up when going up against another pandemic. That’s mostly the case this year head coach Matt Nagy says, “To me, it’s team in the heat of camp. Punches might be with only five — Carolina, Dallas, Indiana- almost like a mini­preseason thing. You’re AP pro football writers Schuyler Dixon and Arnie Stapleton, and thrown in between passes. And mundane polis, Kansas City and Washington — hit- AP sports writers Tom Canavan, Steve Megargee and Andrew just not tackling live.” drills can sometimes turn into melees. ting the road for all or a portion of camp. Seligman contributed. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Contract extension SPORTS Mavericks give Doncic supermax deal worth $207 million ›› NBA, Page 20

NFL TRAINING CAMP Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford runs from Dallas Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory during their joint scrimmage Saturday in Oxnard, Calif.

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Tackling the tedium With one fewer exhibition game, scrimmages break up monotony

BY DENNIS WASZAK JR. they’re looking to get work in.” Associated Press New York is one of 23 teams NEW YORK — The monotony of training camp is scheduled to participate in joint starting to settle in around the NFL. practices, a rising trend around the The sun beats down even hotter. The practices feel league that could increase with the longer. And tempers are shorter. preseason schedule cut to three Many players are understandably tired of looking games other than Dallas and Pitts- at the same faces and plays. That’s where scrimmag- burgh — who played in the Hall of Saleh es against other teams can spice it up a bit. Fame game last week. The Jets are “Everyone’s kind of different with how they view also one of seven squads, along with the Giants, Car- JON WINSLOW/AP those preseason joint practices,” Jets coach Robert olina, Miami, New England, Philadelphia and the Los The New York Giants’ Jeremy Shockey, left, grapples with the New Saleh said. “I think they’re fantastic. Especially when York Jets’ Oliver Celestin during their scrimmage on Aug. 6, 2005. teams go about it and they’re not looking to fight, SEE TEDIUM ON PAGE 23

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