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BY ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is considering “creative ways” to get Americans and oth- ers into the Kabul airport for evac- uation from Afghanistan amid “acute” security threats, Biden administration officials said, and the Pentagon on Sunday ordered six U.S. commercial airlines to help move evacuees from tempo- rary sites outside of Afghanistan. At the one-week mark since the Taliban completed their takeover of the country by sweeping into the capital, U.S. officials ex- pressed growing concern about the threat to the evacuation from Islamic State. That worry comes in addition to obstacles to that mis- sion from the Taliban, as well as U.S. government bureaucratic problems. President Joe Biden planned to provide a public update on Af- ghanistan later Sunday. He also was meeting with his national se- curity team. Afghanistan will be the chief topic of discussion when leaders of the Group of Seven in- JENNIFER H. SVAN/Stars and Stripes dustrialized nations, including Bi- A man reaches for bottles of water inside temporary living facilities set up for Afghan evacuees at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Saturday. SEE AUSTIN ON PAGE 7 ‘Waiting for the next step’ Thousands of Afghan evacuees find temporary home at Ramstein Air Base BY JENNIFER H. SVAN en and children who managed to get a flight out RELATED Stars and Stripes of Kabul to escape Taliban rule were settling ALEX BRANDON/AP RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — In into their temporary home, waiting for the next Afghan woman goes into Defense secretary Lloyd Austin about two days, one of the busiest flight lines in leg of their journey. said the airlift of Americans and the U.S. Air Force transformed into a tent city About 150 tents have been assembled on labor during flight, gives others who qualify for evacuation housing thousands of Afghan evacuees with space typically used to service aircraft, and from Afghanistan will continue for uncertain futures. birth aboard plane as long as possible. By Sunday morning, about 5,000 men, wom- SEE WAITING ON PAGE 5 Page 5 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Judge: Calif. ride-hailing law unconstitutional EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1181.33 Associated Press and other services spent $200 general strongly defended Prop- Switzerland (Franc) 0.9174 Euro costs (Aug. 23) $1.14 Thailand (Baht) 33.35 LOS ANGELES — A judge Fri- million in its favor, making it the osition 22’s constitutionality in Dollar buys (Aug. 23) 0.8348 Turkey (NewLira) 8.5070 British pound (Aug. 23) $1.33 day struck down a California bal- most expensive ballot measure this very case.” Japanese yen (Aug. 23) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available lot measure that exempted Uber in state history. He said the measure will re- South Korean won (Aug. 23) 1147.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ and other app-based ride-hailing Uber said it planned to appeal, main in force pending the ap- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ and delivery services from a setting up a fight that could like- peal. Britain (Pound) 1.3628 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2860 your local military banking facility. Commercial state law requiring drivers to be ly end up in the California Su- The judge sided with three China(Yuan) 6.5002 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.3682 classified as employees eligible preme Court. drivers and the Service Employ- Egypt (Pound) 15.7004 when buying currency. All figures are foreign for benefits and job protections. “This ruling ignores the will of ees International Union in a law- Euro 0.8564 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7903 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ Alameda County Superior the overwhelming majority of suit that argued the measure im- Hungary (Forint) 299.85 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2409 Court Judge Frank Roesch ruled California voters and defies both properly removed the state Leg- Japan (Yen) 109.84 INTEREST RATES that Proposition 22 was uncon- logic and the law,” company islature’s ability to grant work- Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3011 Norway (Krone) 9.0455 Prime rate 3.25 stitutional. spokesman Noah Edwardsen ers the right to access to the state Philippines (Peso) 50.31 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.93 Federal funds market rate 0.09 Voters approved the measure said. “You don’t have to take our workers’ compensation pro- Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7501 3­month bill 0.06 in November after Uber, Lyft word for it: California’s attorney gram. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3625 30­year bond 1.88 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 14 Sports ...... 19-24 Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Triton drones have summer debut in Japan BY SETH ROBSON drones out of Guam last year. Stars and Stripes “It’s cool to fly a high-tech plat- A Navy MQ-4C Triton un- form,” said McCoy, a former Po- manned surveillance plane has seidon pilot. launched around 20 missions this About 80 maintainers are at Mis- summer from northeast Japan, awa supporting the mission, ac- where it shares airspace with U.S. cording to one of them, Petty Offi- and Japanese military and com- cer Jason Grob of Springfield, Mo. mercial aircraft, according to one The mechanics do the same of the drone pilots. work at Misawa that they perform The Triton from Unmanned Pa- on Guam, he said in the same tele- trol Squadron 19 at Naval Air Sta- phone interview as McCoy. tion Jacksonville, Fla., deployed “Misawa is a great location, but from Guam to Misawa Air Base, an airfield is an airfield,” he said. Japan, in May. Another Triton, still The Tritons’ mission coincides on Guam, is also scheduled to de- with the deployment of RQ-4 Glob- ploy to Misawa, according to the al Hawk drones to Yokota Air Navy. Base, home of U.S. Forces Japan in The aircraft, on their first mis- western Tokyo. U.S. forces have sion in Japan, support the 7th Fleet temporarily deployed the Guam- at Yokosuka Naval Base through- based Global Hawks to Japan each out its area of operations, which summer since 2014 to avoid ty- covers the vast Indo-Pacific re- phoons. gion. Tritons, which the Navy has A team of four drone pilots at flown out of Guam since January Misawa works closely with the Ja- 2020, are akin to Global Hawks but pan Air Self-Defense Force and ci- specialized for maritime, rather vilian air traffic controllers, ac- JOSEPH M. BULIAVAC/U.S. Navy than land, surveillance. cording to one of them, Navy Lt. A Navy MQ­4C Triton drone lands at Misawa Air Base, Japan, on May 15. “We can stay airborne for up to Fiona McCoy, of Aurora, Ill. 24 hours,” McCoy said of the Tri- Misawa is home to the U.S. Air planes and EA-18G Growler elec- fly so everything is very structur- operate them during missions, she tons. “Our camera can provide full Force’s 35th Fighter Wing with its tronic attack aircraft operate ed,” McCoy said in a telephone in- said. motion video so we can provide in- “Wild Weasel” F-16 fighters as there, and commercial passenger terview Thursday. The Tritons perform an intelli- formation in real time.” well as Japan’s newest aircraft, the planes also share Misawa’s run- After launch, the pilots in Mis- gence, surveillance and reconnais-

F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters. way. awa hand off the drones to counter- sance mission over the sea, rather [email protected] Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance “We coordinate every time we parts working in Jacksonville, who than land, said McCoy, who flew Twitter: @SethRobson1 Navy begins work on $111M Students study loading dock near Yokosuka remotely after BY ALEX WILSON mander of Yokosuka Naval Base, said dur- Sigonella blaze Stars and Stripes ing a groundbreaking ceremony Wednes- YOKOSUKA, Japan — The Navy and Ar- day at the construction site. Stars and Stripes my Corps of Engineers have begun con- Even that day, Jarrett said, high winds NAPLES, Italy — Students at Naval Air struction of a $111 million loading dock to meant a ship waiting in the harbor for muni- Station Sigonella will start the school year drastically reduce the time needed and tions could not be loaded. Monday with remote learning after a recent streamline the process of loading munitions “This combat loading wharf will eliminate fire disrupted power to base schools. aboard its warships at nearby Yokosuka Na- that uncertainty and it will give days back to A failure at a substation Aug. 10 resulted val Base. sailors so they can spend time with their DANIEL BETANCOURT/Stars and Stripes in a fire, which caused the base’s elemen- When complete, the new combat loading families or out at sea conducting their real- Navy Capt. Rich Jarrett, commander of tary and middle/high schools to lose power wharf at the Navy’s Urago Storage Area will world missions rather than waiting for the Yokosuka Naval Base, speaks during a and air conditioning, NAS Sigonella posted enable the Navy to load its destroyers and weather or the wind or any other circum- groundbreaking ceremony in Yokosuka, on its Facebook page Wednesday. cruisers with munitions faster and despite stance that nature brings upon us,” Jarrett Japan, on Wednesday. The substation supplies power to both inclement weather. said. schools. School buildings were not dam- The project site, in an industrial area The wharf will provide a safer environ- with the Navy, Corps of Engineers and the aged by the fire, which remains under in- about a mile from base and directly adjacent ment for loading munitions, said Randall U.S. government, according to an email vestigation. to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Baucom, spokesman for the naval base, on Thursday to Stars and Stripes from Martin In-person classes are scheduled to begin Force naval base, is officially called the Ura- Friday. Lewis, deputy assistant regional engineer at Department of Defense Education Activ- go Wharf. The facility served as a munitions “At sea, it’s less stable,” he said. “This is for Navy Region Japan. ity schools in Europe on Monday, except at storage area for nearly a century, including safer for the people who are loading and un- Funding comes through the Defense Pol- Sigonella, where officials expect students for the armed forces of Imperial Japan. loading the munitions.” icy Review Initiative, an agreement be- back in classrooms no later than Sept. 7. The “This combat loading wharf represents a The project is planned in three phases. tween the U.S. and Japan to realign defense base has 585 students between both schools, huge step forward in our capability, allow- The first phase, slated for completion in forces in the region, according to Baucom. NAS Sigonella spokesman Lt. Drake Greer ing us to complete all loading requirements 2023, consists of an access bridge approxi- The same initiative has also funded other said. pier-side instead of in the middle of Tokyo mately 340 feet long. U.S. military projects, including the reloca- Generators to supply temporary power Bay,” said Lt. Cmdr. Brian Snyder, com- The second phase is the dock itself, which tion of U.S. Marine Corps troops from Oki- are expected to arrive next week from the manding officer of Naval Munitions Com- should be finished by 2025. At nearly 740 nawa to Guam and the construction there of Netherlands, the base said. It will take sev- mand Pacific East Asia, Detachment Unit feet, it could comfortably service the 567- the Marines’ Camp Blaz. eral days to connect the generators to the Yokosuka. “Right now, nearly 40% of the foot Ticonderoga-class cruisers or the 505- Lewis said the naval base has a joint-use schools’ electrical system and test them. time we’re not able to go out [and load ships] foot Arleigh Burke-class destroyers home- agreement for the wharf with the Japan Teachers will send information to par- because of winds or because of the sea’s ported at the naval base. Maritime Self-Defense Force. He said the ents about remote learning plans. A Face- state. This almost eliminates that factor.” The third phase, expected to be complete specifics on its use of the wharf would likely book town hall meeting planned Thursday Naval ships at Yokosuka are typically in 2028, is a new road connection for easier be addressed after it’s built. for discussion of remote learning was can- loaded via barge, and the speed of the proc- access to the dock. celed. ess is largely determined by weather and Japan is footing the entire $111 million bill [email protected] sea conditions, Capt. Rich Jarrett, com- for the project, although it’s a joint venture Twitter: @AlexMNWilson [email protected] PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 MILITARY Korean War foundation waits on wall names

BY WYATT OLSON holding the names of the 36,595 Stars and Stripes Americans who died in the war But for one crucial delay, the that lasted from 1950 to 1953. It will drive to erect a Wall of Remem- also display the names of 7,151 brance at the Korean War Veter- South Koreans who fought beside ans Memorial in Washington, American troops as part of the Ko- D.C., has in most respects ad- rean Augmentation to the United vanced swiftly. States Army, or KATUSA. Since President Barack Obama It is a moment some family signed the bill in 2016 authorizing members of Korean War veterans the addition of the inscribed are anxiously awaiting. names of more than 36,000 Amer- Robin Piacine describes the icans who died in the conflict, fun- wall as “a priceless gift.” draising and design planning for “I say this because my uncle’s the wall have moved smoothly. remains are still in North Korea, However, the project, now at a and the exact location isn’t known make-or-break stage if it is to com- at this time,” Piacine, who lives in plete work in time for the planned Crossville, Tenn., told Stars and dedication next summer, is long in Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation Stripes in a phone interview Aug. want of only one thing: an official An artist’s rendering shows an interior view of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance 4. list of names to be etched into the slated to be completed on the National Mall in July 2022. “I, along with my siblings, don’t wall. have a place to pay honor to him, to The Korean War Veterans Me- members of Korean War service creating “a 99%-accurate listing of issued, the list would be released to visit him, to tell stories to him or to morial Foundation, which spear- members have grown frustrated the dead,” Fisher said. the Department of the Interior, as grieve for him,” she said. heads the effort, has raised the en- with how long that is taking. They sent that list to the depart- required by the law authorizing Her uncle, Sgt. William C. Bra- tire $20 million needed for the “A year ago, January, we called ment with the intent of helping the the wall. dley, was a medic with the 9th In- wall, which will be built within the the Defense Department and process move along. Fisher said Thursday that a fantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Di- existing Korean War Veterans asked for an update on the names,” It did not seem to do so. DOD official told him that “they’re vision, when he went missing Dec. Memorial on the National Mall, ac- Fisher said. “And they said, ‘What Fisher said he was told by de- almost through with the list and we 1, 1950. His remains have never cording to James Fisher, the foun- update?’ They hadn’t even looked fense officials that the Pentagon probably should have it within been found. dation’s executive director. into it.” needed to first write a policy mem- three weeks. “The Wall of Remembrance will “Our design and all the architec- In the meantime, the foundation orandum laying out eligibility cri- “If they follow that, we can re- be such a hallowed place, a price- tural work immediately passed had requested and received a list teria for names to be placed on the main on schedule,” he said, adding less gift and very personal to me,” through the Congress,” Fisher told of Korean War dead and missing wall. that foundation members are try- Piacine said. “I envision gently Stars and Stripes during one in a from DOD through the Freedom of The memorandum, months in ing to be patient but remain some- tracing the letters of his name, re- series of interviews this month. Information Act, Fisher said. coming, was issued Aug. 13. what skeptical in light of the past alizing that this may be the closest Congress also tasked the De- They verified spellings of names Maj. César Santiago, a DOD couple years. I’ll ever get to him.” partment of Defense with generat- and ranks, at times even visiting spokesman, told Stars and Stripes If the etching of names can pro- ing that list of names, but the foun- cemeteries to get photos of head- in an emailed statement earlier ceed as hoped for, next year’s dedi- [email protected] dation and some Gold Star family stones to use for corroboration, this month that once the memo was cation on July 27 will unveil a wall Twitter: @WyattWOlson VA secretary reiterates need for coronavirus vaccines BY NIKKI WENTLING United States. Many of the active with delta, there’s an exponential ly vaccinated, as well as 303,689 ly all VA employees who work in Stars and Stripes cases are in Texas and Florida, VA increase. That’s why everyone VA employees. hospitals and clinics. In total, 153 WASHINGTON — Coronavirus data shows. needs to be vaccinated.” “I’m asking you to please get VA workers have died of the coro- cases among Department of Vet- VA Secretary Denis McDo- AMVETS worked with the vaccinated, if you haven’t al- navirus since the pandemic be- erans Affairs patients have more nough urged Americans to get Greensboro Vet Center to provide ready,” McDonough said in gan, and 10 of those deaths oc- than tripled in the past three vaccinated, arguing it was the only vaccines to attendees of the con- Greensboro. “More than half of curred in recent weeks. weeks, and at least 638 veterans way to “finally return to normal.” vention. Preliminary numbers the nation’s veterans have done so. All but one of the VA’s 152 hospi- have died in the latest surge, ac- He spoke Thursday in Greensbo- show about 250 veterans, their A vaccine will save your life, pro- tals reported at least one active cording to VA data. ro, N.C., at the national convention family members and caregivers tect your families and keep your coronavirus case Friday. Texas Cases at VA facilities have in- of AMVETS, a veterans service were vaccinated during the three- fellow veterans safe.” and Florida are home to the six VA creased from about 3,700 at the organization. hour event. McDonough implemented a hospitals with the most active end of July to 12,900 on Friday as “We’ve already lost thousands According to VA data, about vaccine mandate in July for some cases. Orlando had the most, with the more transmissible delta vari- of veterans from this deadly dis- 55% of VA patients — nearly 3.3 medical staff, and he extended it 759, followed by Gainesville, Fla., ant of the virus swept through the ease,” McDonough said. “Now million veterans — have been ful- earlier this month to include near- with 618, and Houston with 512. No criminal charges for Wis. National Guard mishandled sex assault cases

Associated Press General Josh Kaul, a Democrat up for re- determined a prosecution was not likely. In the wake of the report, Gov. Tony Ev- MADISON, Wis. — Prosecutors have not election next year, said in a statement. The federal National Guard Bureau in ers fired former Wisconsin Guard chief filed criminal charges for about 30 sexual “This process ensured that reports submit- 2019 found more than 30 cases that were Maj. Gen. Donald Dunbar in 2019 and di- assault cases mishandled by the Wisconsin ted during the time period when the Wis- mishandled by the Wisconsin National rected the Guard to make a series of re- National Guard following an 18-month in- consin National Guard was found to have Guard, leading to the state justice depart- forms. The state justice department review vestigation, the state Department of Jus- mishandled reports were reviewed by an ment review. only included cases prior to 2019, not any tice said Thursday in releasing its findings experienced prosecutor, investigator, and The federal agency found the Guard al- changes implemented since then. and recommendations. victim services specialist.” lowed internal investigations in defiance of Its recommendations include reducing The state justice department reviewed Three of the cases reviewed had already federal law as well as Department of De- alcohol consumption among soldiers, the cases for 18 months and determined been prosecuted. In seven cases, the dis- fense and bureau policy; investigators fal- clearly stating what romantic relationships that while no criminal charges have been trict attorney declined to bring charges. In sely presented themselves as working for are prohibited and the consequences for vi- filed, the cases involved conduct that was at least 12 cases, the statute of limitations the federal bureau; case records were mis- olations, promptly conducting sexual as- “degrading, harassing, and highly inappro- had expired. Three cases were not referred managed; and Guard sexual assault re- sault investigations, keeping the victim at priate in any setting.” due to requests by survivors, in one case sponse policies were not in compliance the center updated on the status of the “Sexual assault is a violent crime that there was not sufficient information to con- with federal regulations for more than five probe and able to ask questions and offer must always be taken seriously,” Attorney duct a review and in seven the department years. input. Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 AFGHANISTAN Afghan woman gives birth on US military plane

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN Stars and Stripes RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — An Afghan mother gave birth to a baby girl aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 on Saturday soon after the plane landed at Ramstein, the Air Force said. The mother went into labor during the flight and Air Force medical crews at Ram- stein helped deliver the child in the cargo bay of the aircraft, Air Mobility Command said in a statement Saturday. The plane originated from an intermedi- ate staging base in the Middle East, AMC said. Most evacuation flights into Ramstein have come from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, where evacuees were first flown after leav- ing Kabul following the Taliban’s seizure of the capital city Aug. 15. The flight from Qatar to Ramstein is about six hours. While in labor, the woman began experiencing complications due to low blood pressure, AMC said. The aircraft commander descended to increase air pres- sure in the aircraft, a decision that helped stabilize and save the mother’s life, the AMC statement said. Upon landing, airmen from the 86th Med- ical Group boarded and delivered the child in the aircraft cargo bay. The Air Force did not say what time the baby was delivered. The baby and mother were transported to a nearby medical facility and are in good condition, AMC said. They were likely taken to Landstuhl Re- gional Medical Center, the largest U.S. Ar- my hospital overseas, which is a few min- utes’ drive from Ramstein. Officials at Ramstein have said evacuees with medical emergencies that can’t be handled there would be transported to LRMC. AMC did not say whether this was the first child delivered on a C-17. On Friday, Air Force officials at Ramstein said Air U.S. AIR FORCE Force aeromedical evacuation crews had Airmen from the 86th Medical Group help an Afghan mother and family off a U.S. Air Force C­17 moments after she delivered a child been dealing with various medical emer- aboard the aircraft upon landing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Saturday. gencies during Afghanistan evacuation flights, including reports of in-flight births. confirm the reports. ing to get to that place to here, it takes a and facilities on the flight line, where eva- Col. Adrienne Williams, commander of But births wouldn’t be surprising given mental toll, a physical toll,” she said. cuees are living while waiting for transpor- the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing at the stress evacuees are under, Williams Since Friday, Ramstein has received just tation to the United States. Ramstein, which is part of AMC and coor- said. under 5,000 evacuees from Afghanistan on dinates logistical air movements, said in an “When you think about where they’re more than 20 flights, a base official said [email protected] interview earlier Saturday that she couldn’t originating from … and then just the transit- Sunday morning. The base has set up tents Twitter: @stripesktown Waiting: Ramstein preparing to support 5K refugees, possibly more FROM PAGE 1 yond that if needed. up trash, serving food, handing Some evacuees were forced to safe but worries about his family more are being erected as part of Life in tent city was quiet Satur- out water, keeping security and leave loved ones behind. Haseeb left behind, who keep asking him the ongoing evacuation effort led day. At midday, evacuees lined up making sure evacuees were com- Kamal, 31, a U.S. citizen from “what’s going to happen to them,” by the U.S. State Department. for a vegetarian meal served in a fortable. Richmond, Va., flew home to Af- he said. Between Friday evening and to-go box. Some opted for Meals, “This is the first time we’ve ghanistan this month to see his “Nobody knows what’s going Sunday morning, 20 aircraft with Ready to Eat, with beef or chicken. done anything like this, so we’re family and get married. on. Nobody has answers,” he said, evacuees landed at Ramstein, Living areas are separated by trying to do everything we can to His wedding day was Aug. 14. adding the United States needs to base officials said. Most flights so gender. Women and children rest- assist them,” said Staff Sgt. Nicho- Kabul fell to the Taliban the next speed up the evacuation process. far have left from Qatar, where ed on their cots inside an aircraft las Villalobos-Moore, an airman day. For now, Ramstein expects to evacuees stayed after leaving Ka- hangar. Some men sat on picnic registering evacuees. Kamal, his father — a retired keep receiving evacuees. From 75 bul in the wake of the Taliban’s benches or on the ground outside. “Everything that we’re doing is Afghan army colonel — and an ol- to 400 people are arriving on each swift takeover of Afghanistan. There are tents for nursing moth- just for them, to make sure they’re der sister escaped, but there was C-17, said Col. Adrienne Williams, Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the ers and for prayer, with blankets going to be OK. That’s what we’re so much chaos at the airport in Ka- commander of the 521st Air Mo- first way station for the evacua- and towels spread on the floors. A trying to relate to everybody,” he bul when they tried to leave that bility Operations Wing. tion, reached capacity quickly, the barrier erected outside the porta- said. Kamal couldn’t get his wife, moth- “We’re saving lives,” she said. Pentagon said in a briefing Friday. ble showers was strewn with Villalobos-Moore said he senses er and other siblings through, he “It’s a humanitarian mission and Ramstein began preparing ear- robes and other clothing. Power evacuees feel some relief at hav- said Saturday. you can look around, everyone’s a lier in the week to receive eva- outlets were available to charge ing made it to Europe, but “there’s “We’re just waiting for the next part of it.” cuees and is building capacity to mobile phones. still a lot of stress,” he said, “be- step,” said Kamal, who worked as support 5,000 people, officials Airmen, soldiers and volunteers cause they don’t know what’s go- a translator for U.S. forces. [email protected] said, but is prepared to expand be- worked among the tents, picking ing to happen next.” Kamal said he’s grateful to be Twitter: @stripesktown PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 MIDEAST China worried, hopeful as US leaves Afghanistan

BY KEN MORITSUGU “The Afghan Taliban have Associated Press promised that they will break BEIJING — In the U.S. depar- from international terrorist ture from Afghanistan, China has forces, but we still haven’t seen seen the realization of long-held how they will do this because they hopes for a reduction of the influ- are not officially in power,” said Li ence of a geopolitical rival in what Wei, an international security ex- it considers its backyard. pert retired from the China Insti- Yet it is also deeply concerned tute of Contemporary Internation- that the very withdrawal could al Relations. bring risk and instability to that The Taliban could be an incon- backyard — Central Asia — and gruent partner for China since possibly even spill over their nar- their religion-based philosophy is row, remote border into China it- diametrically opposed to Beijing’s self and the heavily Muslim north- vision of atheist rule under the western region of Xinjiang. Communist Party that puts social The Taliban’s takeover could stability and economic develop- certainly present political and ec- ment above all. That, however, has onomic opportunities for China, not prevented China’s ultimately including developing Afghanis- pragmatic leaders from reaching LI RAN, XINHUA/AP tan’s vast mineral riches, and Beij- out to them. Taliban co­founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a ing has said it is ready to help re- Foreign Minister Wang Yi host- photo during their meeting in Tianjin, China, in July. build the impoverished nation. ed a delegation led by the Tali- But stability will be required to ban’s political leader, Mullah Ab- States to continue to funnel bil- drilling in the Amu Darya basin government line that China will reap most of those benefits, and dul Ghani Baradar, late last month lions of dollars and resources and because of a delay in the signing of not insert itself into Afghanistan’s the immediate result of the Amer- and pressed China’s hopes for sta- attention into stabilizing Afghan- a transit agreement with Uzbekis- domestic affairs, regardless of ican withdrawal has been more in- bility and an end to violence and istan indefinitely,” he said last tan to allow crude oil to be trucked how the situation develops. At a stability, not less. terrorist threats. week. to China. The Afghan government briefing last week, Foreign Minis- “I think Beijing will play up the Chinese officials and state Yin Gang, a researcher in Mid- later voided the drilling agree- try spokesperson Zhao Lijian said narrative of American feckless- media have been critical of what dle Eastern Studies at the Chinese ment. China would provide assistance to ness and decline of Empire, paint- they call America’s “hasty” re- Academy of Social Sciences, said China has invested heavily in Afghanistan within its means. ing this as evidence of why Beijing treat from Afghanistan. “Taliban’s the two countries share a common Pakistan, which borders Afghan- While “hawkish” Chinese state will be a better steward for the rapid victory embarrasses U.S., interest in a stable Afghanistan. istan, in hopes of extending its Belt media have portrayed events in Eurasian heartland,” said Raffael- smashes image, arrogance,” read “If Afghanistan achieves stabil- and Road Initiative to broaden Afghanistan as a win for Beijing lo Pantucci, an expert on the re- a headline in the state-owned ity, it will make the U.S. look good China’s overseas reach by improv- and loss for Washington, that re- gion at the Royal United Services Global Times newspaper. and China will be invited to partic- ing trade routes, but Afghanistan flects “a false sense of confi- Institute in London. “But in real- Despite the rhetoric, Wang told ipate in reconstruction,” Yin said. appears far from ready to serve as dence,” said Meia Nouwens, a Chi- ity, I am not clear that I see that U.S. Secretary of State Antony China has chased commercial a link in that chain. na expert with the International many huge upsides for Beijing at Blinken that China was willing to ventures in Afghanistan, but the China’s extensive economic in- Institute for Strategic Studies the moment.” work with the U.S. to promote the prospects of such projects reac- terests in Pakistan and Central China might not be as interested Like many nations, China is con- “soft landing” of the Afghan issue. hing fruition appear no closer now Asia could clearly be impacted by in exploiting the U.S. withdrawal cerned about the risk of terrorism He added, however, that “the than they were over the past 20 any terrorist resurgence in Af- as an opportunity to engage eco- from a Taliban-led Afghanistan. U.S. cannot, on the one hand, de- years of the U.S. presence. ghanistan, said Henry Storey, a nomically with Afghanistan as Beijing has repeatedly told the Ta- liberately curb and suppress Chi- A consortium led by China Met- political risk analyst based in Mel- some have suggested, she said, liban that the country cannot be- na to damage China’s legitimate allurgical Group Corp. bid $3 bil- bourne, Australia, noting that Beijing has been slow- come a breeding ground for mili- rights and interests, and on the lion to develop what is one of the “At the same time, China is loath ing its foreign infrastructure in- tants to launch attacks in Xinjiang, other hand, count on China to offer world’s largest copper deposits at to get involved with any boots on vestment. much as Osama bin Laden used it support and coordination.” Mes Aynak, promising to also the ground presence, as it does not The question of how to safe- as a base to prepare his 9/11 at- President Joe Biden has said build a power plant, railway and want to repeat the mistakes of the guard security of Chinese invest- tacks on the United States. leaving Afghanistan will prepare other infrastructure. Years later, U.S. — or be distracted from more ment and personnel also looms A more proximate threat may America to deal with bigger poten- work has yet to start, largely be- pressing issues like Taiwan,” large. be the spillover of militancy into tial threats, including from China. cause of insurgent activity in sur- Storey said, referring to the island “For the moment ... Beijing will Pakistan and Central Asia, where “Our true strategic competitors rounding Logar province. China claims as its own and threat- do the same as most other coun- China has invested heavily and — China and Russia — would love China’s state-owned National ens to invade. tries,” she said. “Wait and see how sought to build alliances. nothing more than the United Petroleum Corp. suspended oil Chinese scholars echoed the things develop in Afghanistan.” Israel strikes Gaza after violent protests along border Associated Press Egyptian blockade of the territory. The critically injured. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that JERUSALEM — Israel’s military demonstration grew violent after dozens The army said in a statement that in re- Israel “will settle the score with those bombed Palestinian militant weapons of people approached the fortified border sponse to the violent demonstrations, who harm our soldiers and Israeli civil- sites in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in re- fence and threw rocks and explosives to- fighter planes hit “four weapons and stor- ians,” adding that the military is “ready sponse to a violent demonstration on the ward Israeli soldiers from behind a black age manufacturing sites” belonging to for any scenario.” perimeter fence that left an Israeli police smoke screen billowing from burning Gaza’s Hamas rulers, and that the mili- Israel and Hamas are bitter enemies officer critically injured, the army said. tires. tary deployed additional troops to the re- that have fought four wars and countless Saturday’s violence erupted after hun- At least 24 Palestinians, including a 13- gion near the border with the Palestinian skirmishes since the Islamic militant dreds of Palestinians took part in a dem- year-old, were injured by Israeli gunfire, enclave. There were no immediate re- group seized control of Gaza in a 2007 onstration organized by Gaza’s Hamas according to the Gaza health ministry. An ports of injuries in the airstrikes. coup, a year after winning a Palestinian rulers to draw attention to the Israeli- Israeli Border Police officer was shot and Addressing the Cabinet on Sunday, election. Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 m MIDEAST Austin: US military hurries evacuations before deadline “until you have received specific FROM PAGE 1 instructions” to do so from the U.S. den, meet virtually on Tuesday. Embassy’s flight organizer. The “The threat is real, it is acute, it notice said that others, including is persistent and something we’re American citizens, who have re- focused with every tool in our ar- ceived specific instructions from senal,” said President Joe Biden’s the embassy to make their way to national security adviser, Jake the airport should do so. Sullivan. Austin said the airlift would He said on CNN’s “State of the continue for as long as possible. Union” that 3,900 people had been “We’re gonna try our very best airlifted out of Kabul on U.S. mil- to get everybody, every American itary flights over the past 24 hours. citizen who wants to get out, out,” A U.S. defense official, speaking Austin said in the interview. “And on condition of anonymity to pro- we’ve got — we continue to look at vide details not yet made public, different ways to — in creative said those people were flown on a ways — to reach out and contact total of 23 flights — 14 by C-17 American citizens and help them MINISTRY OF DEFENCE/AP transports and nine aboard C-130 get into the airfield.” He later said British and U.S. military members engage in the evacuation of people out of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday.cargo planes. That represents an this included non-Americans who increase from 1,600 flown out qualify for evacuation, including aboard U.S. military planes in the Afghans who have applied for previous 24 hours. Special Immigrant Visas. 7 dead at Kabul airport; fighters Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said told ABC’s “This Week” that as Bi- the U.S. should send more military den’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending convoys to help Americans. the evacuation operation ap- “If the Taliban is saying that seize rural areas from Taliban proaches, he will recommend Americans can travel safely to the Associated Press deaths at the airport. Others may Afghan government, but many whether to give it more time. Tens airport, then there is no better way KABUL, Afghanistan — At have been trampled, suffocated Afghans still fear revenge at- of thousands of Americans and to make sure they get safely to the least seven Afghans died in a or suffered heart attacks as Tali- tacks. There have been reports others have yet to be flown out of airport than to use our military to panicked crush of people trying ban fighters fired into the air to in recent days of the Taliban the country. escort them," Ernst, an Army vet- to enter Kabul’s international try to drive back the crowds. Sol- hunting down their former ene- The interview aired Sunday but eran, said on ABC. airport, the British military said diers covered several corpses in mies. It’s unclear if Taliban lead- was taped Saturday as other U.S. A central problem in the evac- Sunday, as thousands were still white clothing. Other troops ers are saying one thing and do- officials cited increased concerns uation operation is processing trying to flee the country in a stood on concrete barriers, try- ing another, or if fighters are tak- about security threats at the Kabul evacuees once they reach other chaotic exodus a week after the ing to calm the crowd. ing matters into their own hands. airport from militants affiliated countries in the region and in Eu- Taliban takeover. Kabul’s airport, now one of the Outside the airport on Satur- with Islamic State. The U.S. Em- rope. Those temporary waysta- The Taliban moved to confront only routes out of the country, day, Western troops in full com- bassy issued a security warning tions, including in Qatar, Bahrain the first stirrings of armed re- has seen days of chaos since the bat gear tried to control crowds Saturday telling citizens not to and Germany, are sometimes re- sistance since capturing nearly Taliban entered the capital on big enough to be seen in satellite travel to the airport without indi- aching capacity. all of Afghanistan in a matter of Aug. 15. Thousands poured onto photos. They carried away some vidual instruction from a U.S. gov- In an attempt to alleviate that, days earlier this month. Anti-Ta- the tarmac last week, and sever- who were sweating and pale. ernment representative. Officials and to free up military aircraft for liban fighters claimed to have al Afghans plunged to their “The situation at Kabul airport declined to provide more specifics missions from Kabul, the Penta- seized three mountainous dis- deaths after clinging to a U.S. remains extremely challenging about the ISIS threat but de- gon on Sunday activated the Civil tricts, and a prominent militia military cargo plane as it took and unpredictable,” a NATO of- scribed it as significant. Reserve Air Fleet. The Defense commander in the only province off, some of the seven killed on ficial said on condition of ano- In a notice Sunday, the State De- Department said 18 aircraft from not yet under Taliban control Aug. 16. nymity in keeping with regula- partment urged people seeking to six commercial airlines will be di- pledged to fight back if attacked. The Taliban have pledged am- tions. The official was not able to leave Afghanistan as part of an or- rected to ferry evacuees from in- The British military on Sunday nesty to those who worked with confirm a precise number of ca- ganized private evacuation effort terim waystations. The airlines acknowledged at least seven the U.S., NATO and the toppled sualties. to not come to the Kabul airport will not fly into Afghanistan. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK

Civil rights Young, healthy, leader, wife hospitalized unvaccinated for COVID Associated Press CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights lead- er and two-time presidential can- dad of 3 dies didate, and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after test- BY KIM CHANDLER severely ill or whether young ing positive for COVID-19, ac- Associated Press people are more vulnerable to it, cording to a statement Saturday. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — but it’s clear the contagiousness Jesse Jackson, 79, is vaccinated Healthy and in their 30s, Christi- means more young people and against the virus and received his na and Josh Tidmore figured children are getting sick. first dose in January during a they were low-risk for CO- “There is no question that the publicized event as he urged oth- VID-19. With conflicting view- average age of people who are ers to receive the inoculation as points about whether to get vac- being hospitalized is going soon as possible. cinated against the virus filling down,” State Health Officer He and his wife, their social media feeds and so- Scott Harris said Friday. 77, are being cial circles, they decided to wait. “I don’t know if it’s clear that treated at North- On July 20, Josh came home delta is worse in that age group or western Memo- from work with a slight cough worse than any of the strains rial Hospital in initially thought to be sinus trou- we’ve seen before. ... But what Chicago. ble. On Aug. 11, he died of CO- you have though is one that is just “Doctors are VID-19 at a north Alabama hospi- much, much more transmissible. currently moni- Jackson tal as Christina Tidmore wit- Because seniors are the ones that toring the condi- nessed a doctor and her team are predominately the vaccinat- tion of both,” according to the frantically try to resuscitate her ed population in our state, the statement from Jesse Jackson’s husband. most vulnerable are these nonprofit, the Rainbow/PUSH “She would say, ‘I need a younger people. So you see them Coalition. pulse.’ I would hear, ‘no pulse,’” getting infected at much higher “There are no further updates Christina Tidmore said through rates than we had before.” at this time,” the statement said. tears. “They were trying so In the past four weeks, people CHRISTINA TIDMORE/AP “We will provide updates as they hard.” ages 25 to 49 years made up 14% Josh Tidmore, a healthy but unvaccinated father of three, died of become available.” “Nobody should go through of all COVID deaths in the state. COVID­19 on Aug. 11 at Marshall Medical Center South in Boaz, Ala. A protégé of the Rev. Martin this. He was only 36 and I’m 35 And people 50 to 64 years made Luther King, Jesse Jackson was and we have three kids.” up about 29%. “I am very concerned that the ized COVID-19 patients are un- key in guiding the modern civil She is now imploring young The state is also seeing a surge children of Alabama are experi- vaccinated. rights movement on numerous is- adults not to dismiss the risk and in COVID cases among children, encing more illness and hospital- Christina Tidmore also had sues, including voting rights. to consider getting vaccinated. although deaths so far have been izations as a result of COVID-19. COVID-19 but recovered. She Despite having been diagnosed “Josh was completely healthy, rare. The state last week set a re- Children can and do contract and said she and her husband were with Parkinson’s disease, Jackson active, not a smoker.” He would cord for pediatric hospitaliza- spread COVID-19 disease. CO- not against vaccines — their chil- has remained active, and has ad- have turned 37 on Saturday. tions with 50 children hospital- VID-19 can be a very serious ill- dren are current on their child- vocated for COVID-19 vaccines Doctors say they are seeing a ized with COVID-19. ness in children with at least 6% hood immunizations. for Black people, who lag behind spike in cases among young In the past four weeks, 6% of of children experiencing long- “If you can try to save your life, white people in the United States’ adults and children as the highly cases of COVID-19 in Alabama term consequences of this dis- then you probably should,” she vaccination drive. Earlier this contagious delta variant sweeps have been among children under ease,” said Dr. Karen Landers, a said of vaccinations. month, he was arrested outside through unvaccinated popula- five while 8% have been among pediatrician with the Alabama “I have lots of feelings and lots the U.S. Capitol during a demon- tions. Medical officials say there children between the ages of five Department of Public Health. of regret and lots of what ifs,” she stration calling for Congress to is conflicting information on and 17, according to the Alabama The Alabama Hospital Associ- said. “you don’t want to do that. end the filibuster in order to sup- whether it makes people more Department of Public Health. ation said that 85% of hospital- You don’t.” port voting rights. Radio host who regretted vaccine skepticism dies of COVID Associated Press wouldn’t die. Republican then-Gov. Don NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A con- After Valentine was moved in- Sundquist, the Tennessean re- servative talk radio host from to a critical care unit, Mark Val- ported. Tennessee who had been a vac- entine said his brother regretted The program grew into a na- cine skeptic until he was hospi- that “he wasn’t a more vocal ad- tionally syndicated show that talized from COVID-19 has died. vocate of the vaccination.” aired for 12 years on as many as He was 61. “I know if he were able to tell 100 stations, according to the Nashville radio station Super- you this, he would tell you, ‘Go newspaper. At the end of the Talk 99.7 WTN confirmed Phil get vaccinated. Quit worrying run, Valentine signed a three- Valentine’s death in a tweet Sat- about the politics. Quit worrying year deal in 2019 that kept him urday. about all the conspiracy theo- on 99.7 WTN. Valentine had been a skeptic ries,’ ” Mark Valentine told The “Phil Valentine was a vision- of coronavirus vaccines. But af- Tennessean on July 25. ary for the conservative move- ter he tested positive for CO- “He regrets not being more ment, and he made an enormous VID-19, and prior to his hospi- adamant about getting the vac- impact on the lives of many Ten- talization, he told his listeners to cine. Look at the dadgum data,” nesseans,” U.S. Sen. Marsha consider, “If I get this COVID Mark Valentine said. Blackburn tweeted. “My deep- thing, do I have a chance of dy- Phil Valentine had been a ra- est condolences and prayers are ing from it?” If so, he advised dio personality since he was 20 with Phil’s wife, Susan, and his JOHN PARTIPILO, THE TENNESSEAN/AP them to get vaccinated. He said and became a popular conserva- family. May they be comforted Phil Valentine, a conservative talk show host for Tennessee and he chose not to get vaccinated tive host by railing against a and surrounded by love during former vaccine skeptic prior to his hospitalization for COVID­19, died because he thought he probably state income tax proposed by this difficult time.” at age 61 on Saturday. Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Mask, vaccine fights lead to violence, harassment Associated Press Ironically, Green wasn’t home PHOENIX — The Hawaii lieu- during a recent intense weekend tenant governor watched in horror of protests. He was on the Big Is- as protesters showed up outside land working on his other job as an his condo, yelled at him through emergency room doctor and treat- bullhorns and beamed strobe ing mostly COVID-19 patients dur- lights into the building to harass ing a record surge in coronavirus him over vaccine requirements. hospitalizations in the state. A parent in Northern California In Kansas, commissioners in barged into his daughter’s elemen- Douglas County in the Lawrence tary school and punched a teacher area were confronted with an an- in the face over mask rules. At a gry, mostly unmasked crowd school in Texas, a parent ripped a Wednesday before they mandated mask off a teacher’s face during a indoor public masks for 2- to- 12- “Meet the Teacher” event. year-olds who are too young to be A Missouri hospital leader was vaccinated. During four hours of approached in a parking garage public comment, opponents in- this week by a man from Alabama voked the Holocaust, the Taliban who handed him papers accusing and Japanese internment camps. him of “crimes against humanity,” As the granddaughter of a Holo- and it was not the only in-your-face caust survivor, Portillo was out- encounter over vaccines and raged at the comparisons. masks. School board members, “It is really insulting to families county commissioners, doctors all over who lost loved ones in gen- and local leaders are regularly ocides,” she said. confronted at meetings and in pub- Researchers, professors and po- lic with angry taunts that compare litical experts have varying opin- them to the Taliban, Nazis, Marx- ions about how and why discourse ists and the leaders of Japanese in- seems to keep plunging to new ternment camps. lows over the pandemic, but many Across the country, anti-vaccine agree that social media is a big fac- and anti-mask demonstrations are BEN GRAY, ATLANTA JOURNAL­CONSTITUTION/AP tor. taking scary and violent turns, and People in favor of a mask mandate for Cobb County schools hold signs against the window to the office Barbara Rosenwein, professor educators, medical professionals during the school board meeting Thursday in Marietta, Ga. emerita at Loyola University Chi- and public figures have been cago and author of “Anger: The stunned at the level at which they eraging nearly 1,000 coronavirus knot on the back of his head,” Gib- building where Lt. Gov. Josh Conflicted History of an Emotion,” have been vilified for even stating deaths a day. son said. Green lives with his wife and two said social media can make minor- their opinion. And they have been Anger from parents over masks He was treated at a hospital and children, ages 14 and 10. ity views look more like the major- terrified over how far protesters has been simmering in rural Ama- returned to work the following Some yell into bullhorns and ity. On the many social media plat- will go in confronting leaders out- dor County in Northern California, day. Still, the incident has shaken shine strobe lights into apartment forms, people validate each other’s side their homes and in their work- and it reached a peak earlier this teachers and the community. units, Green said. Flyers with his anger as being from a just and righ- places. month when for the first time a “The teachers have definitely photo and the words “Jew” and teous place. “The heat definitely got turned teacher was attacked. A father be- been on edge. They are fearful be- “fraud” have been plastered “Over time, the possibility of up this week,” said Shannon Portil- came irate when he saw his daugh- cause the last thing they want is to around the neighborhood. Green, feeling righteous anger has be- lo, a county commissioner in Kan- ter come out of school wearing a have an issue with a parent,” Gib- who is Jewish, has been tearing come democratized. Everybody sas who was berated at a meeting mask but teachers in a lounge were son said. “They definitely looked them down and turning them over feels almost obligated to feel it,” Wednesday in which the board unmasked. Vaccinated staff are al- over their shoulder for quite a few to the state attorney general’s of- Rosenwein said. “That locks you mandated masks indoors for un- lowed to take off their masks if stu- days, but I think things are now a fice. into a position that will allow for no vaccinated children. “It got much dents aren’t present, said Amador little bit more calm.” He understands the right to pro- compromise, which is terrible for more hostile than anything I had County Unified School District Su- Meanwhile, the father is prohib- test, but not why demonstrators our country.” seen.” perintendent Torie Gibson. The ited from entering the school and subject bystanders to such rage. Rosenwein said there’s no The pandemic rage has coinci- father was told this and left, but re- could face prosecution. “They should protest me at my grand, one-size-fits-all solution to ded with a surge in COVID-19 turned later to speak with the prin- Since Hawaii announced a man- place of work, where I’m the lieu- talking to a friend or family mem- cases and hospitalizations, a grow- cipal. date earlier this month that state tenant governor,” Green said. ber who may be taking an anti- ing movement to require vaccines A concerned male teacher went and county workers would have to “But it’s different than flashing a mask and anti-vaccine stance to and a new round of mask require- to the principal’s office. An argu- show proof of vaccination or face strobe light into a 90-year-old extreme levels. ments, most notably in schools ment ensued and the father struck weekly tests, 50 to 100 unmasked woman’s apartment or a strobe “You have to start where they where exhausted families had the teacher. vaccine opponents have gathered light into a family’s apartment, are ... ‘Let’s hear your reasons and hoped the worst days of the virus “The teacher had some lacera- almost nightly outside the down- where they have two kids under try to go from there,’” Rosenwein were over. Now, the country is av- tions and bruising on his face and a town Honolulu condominium age 4.” said. Ky. governor suffers legal defeat in combating ongoing surge Associated Press cies. It comes as CO- paired his ability to carry out his constitu- The governor lifted most of his pandemic FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky gov- VID-19 cases and hospital- tional duties were “largely unsupported by restrictions in June. But with COVID-19 ernor’s efforts to aggressively combat CO- izations are surging be- sound legal principles.” cases spiking due to the delta variant, he VID-19 suffered a landmark legal defeat cause of the highly conta- “In sum, considering that the challenged signed a recent executive order imposing Saturday as the state’s high court cleared gious delta variant. legislation was lawfully passed, the gover- an indoor mask mandate in K-12 schools, the way for new laws to rein in his emergen- The case stems from nor’s complaint does not present a substan- child care and pre-kindergarten programs cy powers. measures passed by the tial legal question that would necessitate across Kentucky. The state Supreme Court ordered a lower legislature this year to staying the effectiveness of the legislation,” One of the contested laws limits the gov- Beshear court to dissolve an injunction that tempo- curb those emergency Justice Laurance B. VanMeter wrote. ernor’s executive orders in times of emer- rarily blocked the Republican-backed laws powers in response to Beshear’s aggressive Republican lawmakers said the new laws gency to 30 days unless extended by law- strictly limiting Democratic Gov. Andy Be- handling of the coronavirus crisis. The gov- were meant to put checks on what they makers. Under another measure, business- shear’s emergency powers. ernor immediately filed a lawsuit challeng- viewed as Beshear’s overreach in ordering es and schools have to comply either with The ruling revolved around a constitu- ing the measures after his vetoes of the bills a series of restrictions to combat the virus’s COVID-19 guidelines from the governor or tional showdown between Beshear and the were overridden. spread. The governor maintained the steps the federal Centers for Disease Control and GOP-led legislature over the scope of the The Supreme Court said Saturday that he took to limit activity during the pandem- Prevention. They could follow whichever governor’s executive authority in emergen- the governor’s claims that the measures im- ic have saved lives. standard is least restrictive. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 NATION Tenn. floods kill at least 10, dozens missing BY JONATHAN MATTISE scientists have warned may be AND R.J. RICO more common because of global Associated Press warming. McEWEN, Tenn. — Rescue The downpours rapidly turned crews on Sunday searched for doz- the creeks that run behind back- ens of people reported missing in yards and through downtown Wa- Tennessee after flooding from ex- verly into raging rapids. Business traordinarily heavy rains left at owner Kansas Klein stood on a least 10 dead. bridge Saturday in the town of JOSIE NORRIS/AP The flooding in rural areas took 4,500 people and saw two girls who Water covers Sam Hollow Road following heavy rainfall on Saturday in Dickson, Tenn. out roads, cellphone towers and were holding on to a puppy and telephone lines, leaving families clinging to a wooden board sweep “It was devastating: buildings were knocked town of McEwen was pummeled uncertain about whether their past, the current too fast for any- Saturday with 17.02 inches of rain, loved ones survived the unprece- one to grab them. down, half of them were destroyed,” smashing the state’s 24-hour re- dented deluge and emergency He isn’t sure what happened to Kansas Klein cord of 13.6 inches from 1982, ac- workers searching door to door, them. Klein heard that a girl and a cording to the National Weather said Kristi Brown, a coordinator puppy had been rescued down- Waverly, Tenn., business owner Service in Nashville, though Sat- for health and safety supervisor stream, and that the other girl was urday’s numbers would have to be with Humphreys County Schools. also saved, but he wasn’t sure it neral expenses for the dead, in- make it out.” confirmed. Humphreys County Sheriff was them. cluding 7-month-old twins yanked Davis told news outlets Satur- A flash flood watch was issued Chris Davis said many of the mis- By Sunday, the floodwaters from their father’s arms as they day about the 10 confirmed deaths for the area before the rain started, sing live in the neighborhoods were gone, leaving behind debris tried to escape. and more than 30 people missing with forecasters saying 4 to 6 inch- where the water rose the fastest from wrecked cars, demolished Not far from the bridge, Klein in his county, located about 60 es of rain was possible. The worst and he expects the death toll will businesses and homes and a chaot- told The Associated Press by miles west of Nashville. storm recorded in this area of Mid- rise. ic, tangled mix of the things inside. phone that dozens of buildings in a The dead ranged from babies to dle Tennessee only dropped 9 The hardest-hit areas saw dou- “It was amazing how quick it low-income housing area known elderly people and included one of inches of rain, said Krissy Hurley, ble the rain that area of Middle came and how quick it left,” Klein as Brookside appeared to have his best friends, the sheriff of the a weather service meteorologist in Tennessee had in the previous said. borne the brunt of the flash flood. county of 18,000 people told Nashville. worst-case scenario for flooding, The Humphrey County Sheriff “It was devastating: buildings WSVM-TV on Sunday. “Forecasting almost a record is meteorologists said. Lines of Office Facebook page filled with were knocked down, half of them “Small town, small community. something we don’t do very often,” storms moved over the area for people looking for missing friends were destroyed,” Klein said. “Peo- We know each other. We love each Hurley said. “Double the amount hours, wringing out a record and family. Go Fund Me pages ple were pulling out bodies of peo- other,” Davis said. we’ve ever seen was almost un- amount of moisture — a scenario were made asking for help for fu- ple who had drowned and didn’t Just to the east of Waverly, the fathomable.” New round of winds fuel fury of Northern California wildfire Associated Press the fire’s western side and under threat in communities PLACERVILLE, Calif. — burned vegetation to starve it of tucked away in scenic forests and Crews were digging in and burn- fuel and prevent the flames from tens of thousands of people re- ing out fire lines amid another heading into the evacuated com- main under evacuation orders. round of high winds that contrib- munity of Pollock Pines. On the Nine national forests in the re- uted to the fury of a Northern northeast side, crews were pro- gion have been closed because of California wildfire. tecting cabins in the dense forest the fire threat. “We have a firefight ahead of area, fire officials said. To the northwest of the Caldor us and the wind today is going to As of Saturday, the Caldor Fire Fire, the massive Dixie Fire kept make it very challenging,” said had devoured about 130 square expanding and new evacuations Keith Wade, a spokesman with miles and more than 1,500 fire- were ordered, including the tiny the California Department of fighters were battling it amid hamlet of Taylorsville. In five Forestry and Fire Protection, or heavy timber and rugged terrain. weeks, the fire about 175 miles Cal Fire, on Saturday. The blaze was one of about a northeast of San Francisco has The Caldor Fire in the north- dozen large California wildfires become the second-largest in ern Sierra Nevada already de- that have scorched Northern Cal- state history and blackened an stroyed dozens of homes, and au- ifornia, incinerating at least 700 area twice the size of Los An- thorities on Friday closed down a homes alone in and around the geles. 46-mile stretch of U.S. Route 50, Sierra Nevada communities of Weather forecasts call for a the main route between the state Greenville and Grizzly Flats. storm system that will bring capital of Sacramento and Lake The fires, mainly in the north- winds but little rain through Tahoe on the Nevada state line. ETHAN SWOPE/AP ern part of the state, have burned Northern California into this The highway was closed after Flames from the Dixie Fire spread Saturday in Genesee, Calif. nearly 1.5 million acres, or week. With it will come in- debris from the blaze fell onto the roughly 2,300 square miles and creased risks of fires. Dozens roadway and because of red flag tional Weather Service said. days, fueled by winds. have sent smoke as far as the have erupted in recent days but warnings for 20- to 30-mph winds The winds could gust to 40 mph “We’re going to invest every- East Coast. They were burning in were quickly stamped out. that by Saturday evening “com- Saturday. thing we can into holding the fire grass, brush and forest that is ex- An exception was the Cache bined with continued extremely The road is a key checkpoint as south” of the road, said Eric ceptionally dry from two years of Fire, a small but fast-moving dry fuels will result in critical crews struggle against the fire, Schwab, an operations section drought likely exacerbated by grass blaze that ravaged at least fire weather conditions in the vi- which erupted last week and chief with Cal Fire. climate change. 56 homes and virtually annihilat- cinity of the Caldor Fire,” the Na- grew to 10 times its size in a few Firefighters made progress on Thousands of homes remained ed a mobile home park. Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Motorcyclist knocked out in hit-and-run, then robbed MINNEAPOLIS — A MN Twin Cities motorcy- clist suffered a broken leg when he crashed into a driver who fled from the scene, then was robbed after he was knocked uncon- scious. Evan Wise captured the crash on his helmet camera which shows a car pull out in front of him in an apparent attempt to make a U-turn. Wise hit his brakes, but it was too late. He hit the driver-side door and flipped over the car. His helmet camera flew off but landed facing both Wise and the car. The camera was still rolling as a number of people gathered around him on the street. Unfortunately, Wise later learned one of the people that sur- rounded him stole money from his wallet. Officials seek lost tool with radioactive material BALTIMORE — Ma- MD ryland environment officials are looking for a lead paint test tool containing small amounts of radioactive material that was lost in Baltimore. BEN BRAUN, PITTSBURGH POST­GAZETTE/AP The lead paint test tool was last seen at a job site by Pennsylvania Avenue and Laurens Street, What's the big dill? where the user placed the tool on the sidewalk next to his vehicle, The 35­foot Heinz pickle balloon floats over the Andy Warhol bridge in Pittsburg as Picklesburgh returns after a COVID­19­prompted then noticed it was missing, ac- cancellation last year. Vendors lined the bridge, and the event spread out onto Fort Duquesne Boulevard with two stages for entertainment, as cording to the Department of the well as prepared foods and happy­hour artisan cocktails between Stanwix and Ninth streets. Environment. line was hit in the head by a metal Richard is an assistant district The tool contains small amounts THE CENSUS object that flew off the ride at Ce- attorney in Lafayette Parish, news of cobalt-57, a radioactive metal dar Point amusement park. The approximate amount in thousands of dollars that former agencies reported. used to make lead measurements. The 420-foot tall Top Thrill Columbus Zoo executives misspent. The review was ordered The accident broke an 8-year- Tampering with the radioactive 630 Dragster roller coaster will re- after a Columbus Dispatch investigation showed apparent improprieties by the old boy’s pelvis and also injured source inside the tool could cause main closed as officials from the zoo’s then-chief executive and chief financial officers, including misuse of zoo boys aged 11 and 14, Wildlife and potentially dangerous exposure. park in Sandusky, ride experts properties and sports tickets. The zoo said former president and CEO Tom Stalf Fisheries’ enforcement spokes- was responsible for $423,000 of the losses, while former CFO Greg Bell was and state authorities investigate, Firefighter among 3 responsible for $139,000. Peter Fingerhut, then-vice president of marketing, man Adam Einck said in an email. Cedar Point said in a statement. was responsible for $57,000, while former director of purchasing Tracy Mur- Those involved and witnesses arrested for kidnapping Park and state officials have re- name was responsible for $13,000. told investigators that Richard leased very few details about what jumped into the water to check on PORTLAND — A Por- happened, saying a female guest the juveniles, then returned to his OR tland firefighter was Sheriff Tommy Wooten said. for a work break. Cooks then among three men arrested and ac- waiting to ride the coaster was 20-foot pontoon boat and left, the struck by a “small metal object” Spence tried to bring about 12 smashed the driver’s side window news release said. cused of kidnapping a person at grams of marijuana into the prison with a 5-foot wooden and metal gunpoint in downtown Portland. that came off the coaster as it was nearing the end of its run. and had “grinders, rolling paper rake and struck Jackson several Douglas Bourland, 46, Hong and smoked marijuana cigars,” an times in the head and arms. State adds patrols to end Dieu Lee, 42, and Edward Sim- arrest warrant states. Cooks testified that he was an- harassment of sea turtles mons, 24, were all lodged in the Officials: Worker brought gry because he thought Jackson HONOLULU — Hawaii Multnomah County Jail on three drugs into prison had struck Cooks’ daughter as she Man sentenced for attack state officials said a counts of first-degree kidnapping, was being escorted off the job, ac- HI ELIZABETH CITY — on McDonald’s manager surge in tourists is leading to in- The Oregonian/OregonLive cording to the judge’s order. He A former correctional creased harassment of sea turtles reported. NC CLAYTON — A St. said he did not intend to assault unit housing manager at a North on a popular North Shore Oahu Bourland is a firefighter with Louis man who at- anyone. Carolina prison is facing several MO Portland Fire & Rescue. tacked the manager of a Chester- beach. Officers responded after some- drug-related charges after she field’s McDonald’s after his Hoards of people are crowding was caught bringing marijuana in- Prosecutor arrested for one reported seeing someone who daughter was fired was sentenced boat hit-and-run, 3 hurt turtles at Laniakea Beach Park, appeared to be forced into a car at to the prison, according to law en- to 15 years in prison. known as Turtle Beach, The Ho- gunpoint by three people, and dri- forcement officials. Kendell R. Cooks, 38, was con- NEW ROADS — A local nolulu Star-Advertiser reported. ven away. Vanessa Uniqua Spence, 29, of victed of first-degree assault, LA prosecutor was arrest- The state Department of Land Officers stopped a car about an Elizabeth City was arrested and armed criminal action and prop- ed in a hit-and-run boating and Natural Resources said in- hour later and eventually arrested charged with possession of a con- erty damage after the confronta- accident that injured three boys creased patrols are being dis- three people, police said. trolled substance while in a prison tion. who were being pulled in an inner patched to enforce laws against facility and possession of drug The manager, Jeffrey Jackson, tube on a Louisiana oxbow lake. approaching the turtles. Roller coaster shut after paraphernalia, The Daily Ad- lost sight in one eye in the attack Agents arrested Chris Richard, Harassment of turtles and en- object flies off, hits girl vance reported. that occurred a couple hours after 64, of Carencro, on charges of felo- dangered Hawaiian monk seals During a routine search of pris- Cooks’ daughter was fired, The St. ny hit and run, careless operation led Gov. David Ige to warn that vi- TOLEDO — The on staff at Pasquotank Correction- Louis Post-Dispatch reported. of a vessel and negligent injury, olators will be prosecuted if OH world’s second-tallest al Institution for contraband, Investigators said Cooks and the Louisiana Department of caught. roller coaster won’t open again Spence was arrested when they several others blocked in Jack- Wildlife and Fisheries said in a this year after a person standing in found drugs on her, Pasquotank son’s car while he was sitting in it news release. From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 NATION Vets are prized candidates in swing districts BY WILL WEISSERT ers in ways not seen since opposi- Associated Press tion to the Iraq War helped Demo- NORFOLK, Va. — With mid- crats retake the House in 2006. term election season rapidly ap- “When the U.S. suffers a very proaching, Republicans and Dem- public defeat ... historically, that’s ocrats have something in common the kind of thing that does become when it comes to recruiting candi- an issue in the next election,” said dates they hope will deliver ma- Aubrey Jewett, a political science jorities in Congress: military vet- professor at the University of Cen- erans. tral Florida. STEVE HELBER/AP Both parties anticipate a signif- In few places are military mat- icant number of races where vet- ters more likely to dominate the Rep. Elaine Luria, D­Va., left, speaks to a Naval officer after a ceremony marking full operation of the erans will be opposing each other, NATO’s Joint Force Command aboard the USS Kearsarge at Naval Station Norfolk, in Virginia, on July 15. debate than in Norfolk, Va., and using their military service as a the surrounding area. It’s a swing foundation of their appeal even as Veteran candidates can be seen nation and challenge Luria is an- think those are really all very im- congressional district along the they hold widely diverging views as more willing to put country other veteran, ex-Navy helicopter portant to representing the dis- Atlantic coast and home to the on issues. above self, which often plays best pilot Jen Kiggans, a state senator. trict well.” Democrats are clinging to world’s largest naval base. One in among moderate voters and in Luria, who sits on the House “There should be more of us,” threadbare advantages in both the 5residents are active military per- swing districts without a dom- Armed Services, Homeland Secu- Kiggans, who deployed to the House and Senate, so the success sonnel, veterans or their relatives. inant political ideology. rity, and Veterans’ Affairs Com- Middle East during her 10-year of these candidates could deter- Rep. Elaine Luria, a Democrat, “One of the reasons you see vet- mittees, said that in her district, naval career, said of running mine the balance of power. served as naval commander, in- erans on veterans is because the someone who has served “instant- against a fellow female veteran in The chaotic winding down of cluding on aircraft carriers that thought process is that just neu- ly goes into this with a level of Luria. “I think veterans truly un- the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan once helped stage Afghanistan tralizes that advantage,” Taylor credibility and connection.” derstand a lot of issues that are im- — combined with President Joe bombing runs. She defeated an in- said. “Both parties are looking for Kiggans believes that, too: “Un- portant to the country and we love Biden’s blaming his predecessor’s cumbent Republican, Scott Tay- that.” derstanding the nuances of mili- the country, we’ve fought for the policies for much of what oc- lor, a former Navy SEAL, in 2018 This year, among those hoping tary life and being a military fam- country, we’ve sacrificed for the curred — could resonate with vot- and again in a rematch in 2020. to capture the Republican nomi- ily member, a military spouse, I country.” Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island Associated Press portunity to move a number of times, but WESTERLY, R.I. — Tropical Storm you know, it’s a very special place,” Muniz Henri hit the coast of Rhode Island on Sun- said. day afternoon, packing high winds that While the wind was significant in certain knocked out power to tens of thousands of areas, experts warned that the storm’s big- homes and bands of rain that led to flash gest threat likely will come from storm flooding from New Jersey to Massachu- surge and inland flooding, caused by what setts. are expected to be heavy and sustained The storm was downgraded from a hurri- rains. Some of the highest rain totals were cane to a tropical storm, but still had wind expected inland. gusts of up to 70 mph, according to the Na- In one of his final appearances as gover- tional Hurricane Center. There were few nor before he is set to step down at the end of early reports of major damage due to wind Monday over a sexual harassment scandal, or surf, but officials warned of the danger of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that spot flooding in inland areas over the next with the threat to Long Island diminishing, few days. the state’s primary concern were inland ar- Millions on New York’s Long Island and eas like the Hudson River Valley, north of in southern New England braced for the New York City, which was projected to get possibility of flooding, toppled trees and ex- inches of rain over the next few days. tended power outages. STEW MILNE/AP Massachusetts’ Steamship Authority National Grid reported 74,000 customers A truck drives through a flooded Atlantic Avenue in Westerly, R.I., as Tropical Storm canceled all Sunday ferry service between without power in Rhode Island and Ever- Henri approaches, on Sunday. the mainland and the popular vacation is- Source is reporting nearly 20,000 custom- lands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket ers out in Connecticut. were riding out the storm in a home that her damage from a hurricane in 1938 and Hur- after the U.S. Coast Guard shut down ports Several major bridges in Rhode Island, family has owned since the late 1950s. Their ricane Carol in 1954 that it built a hurricane on Cape Cod and New Bedford. Tourists which stitch together much of the state, basement flooded with 5 feet of water dur- barrier in the 1960s to protect its downtown waiting in their cars, hoping for a last-min- were briefly shuttered Sunday, and some ing Superstorm Sandy nine years ago. from a storm surge coming up Narragansett ute ferry off the islands, were stranded until coastal roads were nearly impassable. “This house has been through so many Bay. That barrier — and newer gates built the worst of Henri passes. Westerly resident Collette Chisholm, a hurricanes and so many things have hap- nearby — were closed Sunday. The first thunderstorms bringing what 20-year resident, said the waves were much pened,” said Cherie Saunders, 68. “We’re Farther south in Branford, Conn., 61- could be up to half a foot of rain arrived late higher than normal, but said she wasn’t con- just going to wait and see what happens.” year-old geologist Paul Muniz was busy se- Saturday, and flash flooding began in some cerned about her home suffering extensive Rhode Island has been hit by hurricanes curing his boat in anticipation of the storm. areas overnight. Bands of heavy rain over- damage. and tropical storms periodically — includ- Muniz lives close to the marina and has sur- whelmed storm drains and drivers plowed “I love storms,” she said. “I think they’re ing Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Irene in 2011 vived previous storms, and spent $50,000 to through foot-deep water in a few spots in exciting, as long as no one gets hurt.” and Hurricane Bob in 1991. The city of elevate his home 9 feet off the ground. New York City, and Newark and Hoboken, In Newport, Paul and Cherie Saunders Providence sustained so much flooding “I’ve lived here for 32 years, had an op- N.J. Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD Top official in China’s Hangzhou under investigation

Associated Press grown famous as the hometown of BEIJING — China’s ruling internet commerce giant Alibaba. Communist Party is investigating In 2019, Zhou presented the the top official in the eastern tech company’s billionaire founder, and tourism hub of Hangzhou for Jack Ma, with a prestigious good what it called serious violations of citizen award, calling him an “in- discipline and law, usually consid- novator in the digital era and a role ered shorthand for corruption. model of entrepreneurship.” A one-sentence notice on the Since then, the company and its website of the party’s disciplinary founder appear to have fallen out watchdog Saturday gave no details of favor with Xi’s administration. of what Zhou Jiangyong is accused Ma, one of China’s richest and of, although as Hangzhou’s party most prominent entrepreneurs, secretary, he has had access to disappeared temporarily from privileged information and lead- public view after criticizing regu- ing figures, and major influence on lators in a November speech. budgets and appointments. Alibaba was fined $2.8 billion for Anative of Zhejiang province, of anti-competitive behavior as the which Hangzhou is the capital, party tightens control over tech- Zhou had steadily risen through nology industries. Subsidiary Ant the ranks of local government Group was on the verge of a multi- since the mid-1980s. billion-dollar stock market debut If convicted of corruption, he in November when regulators or- would be one of the more promi- dered that suspended. nent officials to be ensnared in Regulators announced execu- powerful Communist Party leader tives of Alibaba, its main competi- and President Xi Jinping’s ongo- tor, JD.com, and four other inter- ing anti-graft campaign. net companies were summoned to NG HAN GUAN/AP Aformer imperial capital famed a meeting and warned not to use Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen at a gala show in June ahead of the 100th for its West Lake and surrounding their market dominance to keep anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. The party is investigating the top temples, Hangzhou has lately out new competitors. official in the eastern tech and tourism hub of Hangzhou. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander Afghan women are no safer this time Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY MASIH ALINEJAD sons, is currently a refugee outside Afghanis- many differences between them. It just so Special to The Washington Post tan.) happens, however, that their contempt for EDITORIAL n Tuesday, the Taliban held a news Women understand Islamist groups better women is one of the core ideological tenets Terry Leonard, Editor conference in Kabul. Their than most because they suffer the harshest they share. Since the Taliban takeover, I have [email protected] spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, consequences. The Islamist war is first and received many eyewitness accounts from Af- bent over backward to reassure foremost directed against women. Mujahid’s ghan women suggesting that the rights won by Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor O the international community of the group’s statements bear an eerie resemblance to the them in the past two decades are in danger of [email protected] benign intentions. He promised an inclusive assurances given by Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho- being swept away. Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation government, hinted at elections and declared meini, leader of the Islamic Revolution, to the On Wednesday, one of the most popular Af- [email protected] that today’s Taliban have changed considera- Western press before he came to power in ghan pop singers, Aryana Sayeed, was seen bly since they lost their grip on power 20 years Iran. In December 1978, before his return crammed into a military airplane leaving Ka- BUREAU STAFF ago. He insisted that the new Taliban govern- from exile, Khomeini said: “Women can bul. She has divided her time in recent years ment will protect freedom of speech, human choose any kind of attire they like so long as it between Kabul and Istanbul — but now she Europe/Mideast rights and women’s rights — within the con- covers them properly and they have hijab.” A fears that she will never able to return to her Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief straints of Islamic law, he repeatedly added. few weeks later, on Jan. 23, 1979, he declared: true home in the Afghan capital. She incarnat- [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 “We assure that there will be no violence “We will give women every kind of freedom, ed the hopes of many Afghans. She broke so against women,” he claimed. “No prejudice but we will prevent moral corruption and, many taboos: perhaps most famously in Sep- Pacific against women will be allowed, but the Islamic where this is concerned, there is no difference tember 2015, when she sang in a stadium in Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief values are our framework.” Many observers between men and women.” Aside from molli- Kabul filled with men. Back when the Taliban [email protected] were struck by the vagueness of the language. fying Western observers, Khomeini was prob- were in power, they banned women from even +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Yet it should be entirely clear what the Tali- ably trying to reassure his liberal allies in the entering stadiums — much less singing in ban have planned. During their previous stint revolution against the Shah, which included a them, proudly unveiled. Washington in power, they stunned the world with the vast number of active and vocal women. Yes, the Taliban have indeed changed: Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] harshness of their regime. Floggings, public Yet once the Islamists took over for good, They have become more sophisticated at us- (+1)(202)886-0033 executions and repression of women were the new reality set in. Female judges, includ- ing Western media to advance their agenda. their hallmarks. And in the two decades since, ing Shirin Ebadi, who later went on to receive The reality in the streets of Kabul tells a differ- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News [email protected] they have given numerous examples of the the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, were fired. Fe- ent story. The Taliban are already covering up same tendencies. Let us be under no illusion. male singers were banned, and the authorities pictures of women from billboards and post- CIRCULATION This is a disaster for women in the region. forbade a number of athletic activities for ers. Soon, women will be erased from the pub- Mujahid’s statements ring hollow to many women. Most important, compulsory hijab lic sphere. We saw the start of this movie in Mideast Afghan women who are hunting for burqas was introduced. Women or girls who refused Iran 42 years ago, and it’s still going on. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] while wondering how long they can survive a the forced hijab found themselves deprived of On March 8, 1979, on International Wom- [email protected] Taliban regime. One Afghan woman’s plea for access to education. They were not allowed to en’s Day, more than 100,000 Iranian women DSN (314)583-9111 protection against the pending violence went hold jobs and faced arrest. According to the marched against Khomeini’s decree impos- viral on social media. “The Taliban forcibly Iranian interpretation of Shariah law, women ing compulsory hijab. The new regime put Europe marry women like me to their fighters,” she who resist the compulsory hijab in public are down this massive protest with force. Unfortu- Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager told me in an interview. “We have many Mi- punished with up to 74 lashes. Several wom- nately, Afghan women may be facing a fate [email protected] [email protected] chelle Obamas in Afghanistan. We have wom- en’s rights activists have been sentenced to that is even worse. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 en as strong as [German Chancellor Angela] long prison terms for simply saying no to Merkel. Now they will be forced to bow down forced hijab. Pacific Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist, author and women’s to Shariah law.” (The woman, whose real And yes, of course, Iranian Islamists are rights campaigner. She hosts “Tablet,” a talk show on Voice of Mari Mori, [email protected] name I have kept confidential for security rea- Shiites, while the Taliban are Sunni; there are America’s Persian service. +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US Washington Afghan refugees are no economic threat to Americans tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 BY NOAH SMITH study the effect on the local labor market. And ment services after only eight years. Over 20 Bloomberg Opinion each time, they find no deleterious effect. years, they tend to contribute tens of thou- Reader letters s the Taliban reconquer Afghanis- Whether it’s Iraqi refugees in Sweden, Syrian sands of dollars more than they use. [email protected] tan in the wake of the U.S. with- refugees in Turkey, Middle Eastern refugees One final concern is crime. If refugees tend drawal, the U.S. has a moral obliga- in Denmark, Cuban refugees in the U.S., or to be a violent bunch, then that will impose Additional contacts tion to allow in refugees. Many Af- any number of other similar situations, econo- substantial costs on any town that takes them stripes.com/contactus A ghans worked for the U.S. during the occupa- mists just keep finding no employment penal- in. In fact, there’s evidence that asylum-seek- tion, often risking their lives to do so; they’ve ty for the native-born. Nor do wages suffer. ers who are exposed to mass killing in their OMBUDSMAN earned the right to a safe home in the country This doesn’t mean, of course, that the refu- countries of origin tend to commit more vio- Ernie Gates they chose to support. Opponents of immigra- gees themselves will automatically flourish. lent crime later in life relative to those who es- The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow tion will marshal many arguments for keeping Unlike immigrants who come here under the cape those scarring experiences. But overall, of news and information, reporting any attempts by the them out, including economic ones. But letting normal employment-based and family-based the evidence is that refugees don’t affect crime military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns in Afghan refugees poses no danger to the live- systems, refugees tend to come to the U.S. rates in general. When former President Do- and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for lihoods of Americans. without much money or many existing net- nald Trump halted refugee resettlement in fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by One economic worry is that refugees take works. But despite these handicaps, studies 2017, it did nothing to bring down national email at [email protected], or by phone at American jobs; after all, Afghans living in the show that refugees tend to do well. For exam- crime rates. And the American towns that ex- 202.886.0003. U.S. will need to find work. But the number of ple, a 2004 study by economist Kalena Cortes perience the biggest refugee influxes tend to

Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- jobs in the world is not fixed; when you add found that though refugees start out at a grea- see big drops in crime. So though some refu- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday more people to a country, and they start doing ter disadvantage than other immigrants, their gees will inevitably commit crimes, overall through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals work, it means more jobs have been created. labor market outcomes 10 to 15 years later are they probably make the country safer. postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send Employers simply find new things for the new actually better. Scholars who have tracked Now, it’s important to note that refugees address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. This newspaper is authorized by the people to do. Even if an immigrant does take a refugees across time find that they tend to do aren’t all homogeneous — some groups will do Department of Defense for members of the military services native-born person’s job, employers will find what’s needed to move up in the world. They better than others. But there’s no reason to overseas. However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, and are not to be considered as the official views something new for the displaced native-born work in a variety of industries, and start more suspect that Afghan refugees will be worse of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspa- per, Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official worker to do — often for a higher salary. than their share of businesses. than other groups on any of these counts, espe- channels and use appropriated funds for distribution to In fact, no immigration is required in order That economic success means that refu- cially because many of the people who come remote locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. The appearance of advertising in this publication does for this magic to happen; as the U.S. population gees are generally not going to be a drain on will have skills that made the U.S. want to em- not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense or grows, so does total employment, regardless public coffers. Besides employment and wag- ploy them during the occupation. Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. Products or services advertised shall be made available for of whether the population increase comes es, the other big economic fear is that refugees So those who want to abandon America’s al- purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, from new entrants or natural births. will require a lot of welfare services, which lies to take their chances under the Taliban religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of Economic evidence bears this out. There will have to come out of the pocket of the tax- have no economic arguments on their side. the purchaser, user or patron. has been no shortage of refugee waves in the paying public. Studies that follow refugees for © Stars and Stripes 2021 past few decades. Each time a bunch of refu- decades have shown that on average, they pay Bloomberg Opinion columnist Noah Smith was an assistant stripes.com gees moves to a new country, economists can back in taxes what they take out in govern- professor of finance at Stony Brook University. Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 Eugene Sheffer Crossword Frazz Dilbert

ACROSS 57 Curved letter 22 Verbal 1 “Mayday!” 58 Playwright 23 Schedule 4 Rice recipe Fugard openings 9 Bud 59 Foundation 27 Pop 12 Author Fleming 29 Inter — Pearls Before Swine Pearls Before 13 Unanimously DOWN 30 Close 14 Flamenco cheer 1 “Ice Age” sloth 32 Editor’s 15 Tennis tactics 2 Rowing need “keep it” 17 Wall St. deal 3 — -Cat 34 Resettled in 18 Cash dispenser 4 Summery shade 37 National 19 Certain Honshu 5 “Moby-Dick” park resident narrator in Maine 21 Throat-soothing 6 Privy 39 Gretel’s beverage 7 Composer brother 24 Saint Bruckner 42 Hagar’s dog Non Sequitur Petersburg’s river 8 Owns (up) 44 Soak (up) 25 Mentalist Geller 9 Speckled 45 Locus 26 Conducted patterns 46 Salt Lake 28 Auto style 10 Goya’s City team 31 Whale groups duchess 50 Foot rub 11 Boxer Spinks response 33 Felon’s flight 16 Bit of butter 51 Globe 35 Composer Porter 20 With (Fr.) 52 Cravat 36 “Get Here” 21 Novelist Victor 53 Turf singer Adams Answer to Previous Puzzle 38 Homer’s cry Candorville 40 — Maria (coffee liqueur) 41 Brief moments 43 Poughkeepsie college 45 Ottoman bigwig 47 Rock’s Brian 48 Olympic skater Midori 49 Areas with poor Carpe Diem reception 54 Hanoi holiday 55 Hopping mad 56 Brazilian city Beetle Bailey Bizarro Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 FACES

COMMENTARY Bedeviled ‘Jeopardy’ drops a bombshell — by details so now what? BY CHUCK BARNEY The Mercury News Director Blomkamp says Well, that was quick. In a stunning announcement Aug. 20, new film ‘Demonic’ ‘only Mike Richards “stepped down” as the new host of “Jeopardy!” exists’ because of COVID His hasty departure came two days after The Ringer website exposed a barrage of BY JAMI GANZ sexist and derogatory comments from his New York Daily News past — and nine days For “District 9” director Neill Blom- after he was tapped to kamp, there was no time like during the replace the late Alex pandemic to dive into his new movie, “De- IFC MIDNIGHT/TNS Trebek as the face of monic,” which stemmed from a project he Carly Pope stars in “Demonic,” which director Neill Blomkamp worked on to “keep busy the iconic game show. had earlier put on ice, just as the world and occupy myself with” during the pandemic. In somewhat of a sur- ground to a halt last year. prise, Richards will “It was kind of like in March when it of previous thoughts and ideas that I had can’t be drawn between the current era and stay on as executive looked like everything was just gonna be, and sort of amalgamated them” into the fi- the claustrophobic feeling evoked when the producer of “Jeopar- you know, put on pause for an unknowable nal product. protagonist ventures virtually into a pos- dy!”, but the search for amount of time that I resurrected this idea All the “Elysium” writer-director knew sessed mind. That was made an on-screen Richards Trebek’s permanent of doing a small horror film that I kind of when he started was that he wanted to do reality by Blomkamp’s desire to use volu- replacement goes on. always wanted to do,” the South African- something similar to found footage staples metric capture technology. In a memo to his staff, Richards said Sony born filmmaker, 41, recently said. like “The Blair Witch Project” or “Paranor- “I think that it’s impossible for [COVID] Television Pictures will return to a guest “I do think a huge part of making the film mal Activity.” to not have affected the film,” Blomkamp host rotation for the new season, details of was to, like, keep busy and occupy myself “They were not much of an artistic refer- admitted. “So it probably is like a bunch of which are still to be announced. with something because I think everyone ence,” he explained, “But it was more like deeper psychological stuff that just, without So now what? was just looking for something to do.” these filmmakers just took their own re- you really realizing it, works its way into the “Jeopardy! could possibly install Mayim But the result wasn’t necessarily going to sources and went out into the woods and movie. ... And it probably has to do with the Bialik as its nightly host. After all, she al- be “Demonic” — now in theaters and on filmed something. And in the time of CO- sort of anxiety and like, tension that’s in the ready has been hired by Sony to host some video on demand — which pits a young VID, it felt like doing that would be awe- movie.” prime-time “Jeopardy!” specials. Why not woman against the supernatural entities some.” Blomkamp said the film, which he called just give the entire job to her? that fueled years of tension between her and Though he filmed in secret amid the may- “an exercise in restraint,” only “exists be- But the former “Big Bang Theory” star her mother. hem of 2020, Blomkamp said he “tried con- cause of the pandemic,” which limited re- comes with some baggage of her own in the “I didn’t have a story,” said Blomkamp, sciously to not put anything related to the sources for so many. form of past controversial opinions, includ- who both penned and helmed the film, not- pandemic into the movie.” “It wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t ing her views on vaccines. She also head- ing he eventually “looked through a bunch Of course, that doesn’t mean parallels for this giant gap that was created,” he said. lines the Fox sitcom “Call Me Kat,” which could cause problems with scheduling. Aaron Rodgers? He’s back to playing football again. The name that keeps popping up is LeVar Burton, who had openly campaigned for the job upon landing a one-week tryout this summer. He has a massive and active fan base and he was trending on Twitter imme- diately after the Richards announcement was made public. And then there’s Ken Jennings. The “Jeopardy!” GOAT reportedly generated the best ratings out of all this summer’s ce- lebrity fill-ins and he remains on staff as a consulting producer for the show. Or why not consider Trebek’s advice? During an interview in 2018, he said that CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates or NHL sportscaster Alex Faust might make a TNS great replacement at the podium. K­pop boy band BTS, shown visiting the SiriusXM Studios in New York City in 2020, has called off its BTS Map of the Soul Tour. In the meantime, it remains almost sadly laughable how much Sony Television screwed up this process. BTS cancels world tour amid pandemic After presenting a parade of notable fill- in hosts, the studio had a chance to bring a The Mercury News the Pacific to kick-start a North American run in Santa Clara, Calif. fresh look to the game show. K-pop band BTS has canceled its massive Map of the Soul tour, The trek was to move south for a rare three-night stay at theRose Instead, it went with the unknown “in- which originally included dates in both the U.S. and Canada. Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. side” guy — a move that triggered outrage The announcement was made on the BTS-affiliated fan platform But about a month before the group was supposed to take the all over social media that the fix was in. Weverse and reported by multiple outlets. stage, BTS postponed the tour amid raising case counts and hospi- Adding insult to injury: Richards had “Our company has worked hard to resume preparations for the talization numbers for COVID-19. It was one of the big dominoes to never made a major dent in online polls ask- BTS Map of the Soul Tour, knowing that all fans have been waiting fall, as the touring industry quickly ground to a halt and remained ing fans to name their choice for host. eagerly and long for the tour,” the tour statement read, according to that way for some 15 months. It’s no wonder, then, that many on social CNN. “Due to changing circumstances beyond our control, it has The dates were never officially rescheduled. And now it appears media took delight in Richards’ downfall. become difficult to resume performances at the same scale and that they won’t be. Once again, past comments (and behavior) timeline as previously planned.” The seven-member South Korean boy band — featuring Jin, Su- came back to torpedo a showbiz career. The tour — supporting the group’s fourth Korean-language al- ga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook — was also originally set to It will be intriguing to see where “Jeopar- bum, “Map of the Soul: 7” — was originally set to kick off in April perform in Dallas; Atlanta; New Jersey; Washington, D.C.; Toron- dy!” goes from here. Let’s hope they don’t 2020 with four shows at Olympic Stadium in Seoul before crossing to; and Chicago. screw it up again. Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD

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BASEBALL IndyCar PGA Tour Eastern Conference Friday’s games Major League Baseball Saturday Saturday WLTPts GF GA Kansas City 17, Arizona 10 American League At World Wide Technology Raceway at At Liberty National Golf Club Washington 17, Cincinnati 13 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Activated RHP Gateway Jersey City, N.J. Madison, Ill. New England 15 3 4 49 44 26 Saturday’s games Chris Ellis. Yardage: 7,410; Par: 71 Lap length: 1.25 miles Purse: $9.5 Million Orlando City 9 4 7 34 30 24 BOSTON RED SOX — Sent LF Danny San- Buffalo 41, Chicago 15 tana to Worcester (Triple-A East) on a re- (Start position in parentheses) Third Round Philadelphia 8 5 8 32 27 20 N.Y. Jets 23, Green Bay 14 hab assignment. 1. (3) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chevro- Cameron Smith 69-68-60—197 -16 let, 260 laps, Running. Nashville 7 2 11 32 32 20 Baltimore 20, Carolina 3 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent CF Billy Ha- Jon Rahm 63-67-67—197 -16 Miami 37, Atlanta 17 2. (5) Pato O’Ward, Dallara-Chevrolet, NYCFC 9 6 4 31 34 19 milton to Charlotte (Triple-A East) on a re- Erik van Rooyen 69-67-62—198 -15 Pittsburgh 26, Detroit 20 hab assignment. 260, Running. CF Montréal 7 7 7 28 27 26 Tennessee 34, Tampa Bay 3 DETROIT TIGERS — Designated INF Rena- 3. (1) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 260, Justin Thomas 63-69-67—199 -14 Running. D.C. United 8 10 3 27 32 31 Houston 20, Dallas 14 to Núñez for assignment. Reinstated OF Tony Finau 67-64-68—199 -14 Indianapolis 12, Minnesota 10 Derek Hill from the 10-day IL. 4. (11) Scott McLaughlin, Dallara-Chev- Shane Lowry 71-67-62—200 -13 Atlanta 6 6 9 27 25 26 Denver 30, Seattle 3 rolet, 260, Running. MINNESOTA TWINS — Sent RHP Randy Viktor Hovland 68-67-65—200 -13 Columbus 6 9 6 24 22 27 Las Vegas 17, L.A. Rams 16 Dobnak to Fort Myers (Low-A Southeast) 5. (18) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara- Chevrolet, 260, Running. Tom Hoge 69-64-67—200 -13 on a rehab assignment. New York 6 9 4 22 23 24 Sunday’s games 6. (16) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 260, Corey Conners 70-69-62—201 -12 NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled OF Este- Running. Inter Miami CF 6 9 4 22 21 31 N.Y. Giants at Cleveland van Florial from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Harold Varner III 66-67-68—201 -12 Chicago 5 11 5 20 23 33 San Francisco at L.A. Chargers 7. (13) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Hon- (Triple-A East). Optioned RHP Brody Koer- da, 260, Running. Sam Burns 71-67-64—202 -11 Cincinnati 3 8 8 17 19 34 Monday’s game ner and OF Estevan Florial to Scranton/ 8. (4) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Chevro- Hudson Swafford 71-65-66—202 -11 Wilkes-Barre. let, 260, Running. Cameron Tringale 67-68-67—202 -11 Toronto FC 3 12 6 15 25 44 Jacksonville at New Orleans OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed OF Ste- 9. (6) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara-Honda, Brooks Koepka 70-64-68—202 -11 Friday, Aug. 27 phen Piscotty on the 10-day IL. Recalled OF Western Conference 260, Running. Xander Schauffele 70-62-70—202 -11 Seth Brown from Las Vegas (Triple-A 10. (15) Jack Harvey, Dallara-Honda, 260, Indianapolis at Detroit Keith Mitchell 68-64-70—202 -11 WLTPts GF GA West). Running. Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled RHP Pittsburgh at Carolina 11. (20) Conor Daly, Dallara-Chevrolet, Charley Hoffman 73-65-65—203 -10 Seattle 12 3 6 42 35 17 Robert Dugger from Tacoma (Triple-A 260, Running. Pat Perez 71-66-66—203 -10 Minnesota at Kansas City West). Placed RHP Diego Castillo on the 12. (24) Dalton Kellett, Dallara-Chevro- Keegan Bradley 69-67-67—203 -10 Sporting KC 11 4 6 39 36 21 Saturday, Aug. 28 10-day IL, retroactive to August 20. let, 260, Running. Sungjae Im 71-65-67—203 -10 Colorado 11 4 4 37 29 19 TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Chris 13. (17) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, Green Bay at Buffalo Mazza to Durham (Triple-A East). Selected Lee Westwood 70-65-68—203 -10 LA Galaxy 11 8 2 35 32 32 Baltimore at Washington 260, Running. the contract of RHP David Hess from Dur- Alex Noren 69-64-70—203 -10 Minnesota 7 6 7 28 22 23 Chicago at Tennessee 14. (14) Romain Grosjean, Dallara-Hon- Arizona at New Orleans ham and agreed to terms on a major da, 259, Running. Kevin Na 67-66-70—203 -10 Real Salt Lake 7 7 6 27 30 23 Tampa Bay at Houston league contract. Designated 1B Mike Ford 15. (19) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Hon- Doug Ghim 71-70-63—204 -9 for assignment. San Jose 6 7 8 26 24 29 L.A. Rams at Denver da, 243, Running. Aaron Wise 69-67-68—204 -9 L.A. Chargers at Seattle TEXAS RANGERS — Signed RHP Buck 16. (10) Felix Rosenqvist, Dallara-Chev- Portland 7 10 3 24 27 39 Farmer to a minor league contract and as- rolet, 211, Did not finish. Patrick Cantlay 68-67-69—204 -9 LAFC 6 9 5 23 25 28 Sunday, Aug. 29 signed him to Round Rock (Triple-A West). 17. (7) Alexander Rossi, Dallara-Honda, Robert Streb 67-68-69—204 -9 National League Vancouver 5 7 8 23 23 30 Jacksonville at Dallas 200, Did not finish. Stewart Cink 71-68-66—205 -8 Las Vegas at San Francisco ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed C Travis 18. (2) Colton Herta, Dallara-Honda, 185, Harry Higgs 69-70-66—205 -8 FC Dallas 5 9 7 22 25 30 d’Arnaud on the paternity list. Recalled C Miami at Cincinnati Did not finish. Cameron Champ 68-70-67—205 -8 Austin FC 5 11 4 19 17 24 William Contreras from Gwinnett (Tri- 19. (8) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 100, New England at N.Y. Giants Joel Dahmen 70-68-67—205 -8 Houston 3 8 10 19 23 32 Cleveland at Atlanta ple-A East). Did not finish. CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled RHP Keegan 20. (21) Alex Palou, Dallara-Honda, 64, Sebastián Muñoz 68-69-68—205 -8 Note: Three points for victory, one point PRO BASKETBALL Thompson from Iowa (Triple-A East. Op- Did not finish. Mackenzie Hughes 67-69-69—205 -8 for tie. tioned RHP Jake Jewell to Iowa. 21. (23) Rinus Veekay, Dallara-Chevrolet, Joaquin Niemann 71-70-65—206 -7 MIAMI MARLINS — Sent RHP Pablo Lo- Friday’s game 64, Did not finish. Talor Gooch 73-67-66—206 -7 WNBA pez to Jacksonville (Triple-A East) on a re- 22. (22) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevrolet, San Jose 2, LA Galaxy 1 hab assignment. Sent RHP Luis Madero 54, Did not finish. Adam Schenk 73-64-69—206 -7 Patton Kizzire 70-67-69—206 -7 Saturday’s games EASTERN CONFERENCE outright to Jacksonville. 23. (9) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 4, MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed OF Ty- Did not finish. Zach Johnson 70-66-70—206 -7 Sporting Kansas City 0, Minnesota 0, tie WLPct GB rone Taylor on the 10-day Il. Recalled RHP 24. (12) Ed Jones, Dallara-Honda, 2, Did Jordan Spieth 72-62-72—206 -7 Seattle 2, Columbus 1 Eric Yardley from Nashville (Triple-A not finish. Paul Casey 70-71-66—207 -6 Orlando City 1, Chicago 0 Connecticut 17 6 .739 — East). CF Montréal 1, Philadelphia 1, tie Race Statistics Rory McIlroy 71-70-66—207 -6 Chicago 11 12 .478 6 NEW YORK METS — Sent RHP Stephen Atlanta 2, D.C. United 1 Nogosek to Florida Complex League Mets Billy Horschel 71-70-66—207 -6 New England 4, Cincinnati 1 New York 11 13 .458 6½ Average Speed of Race Winner: 135.245 (FCL) on a rehab assignment. Signed C Os- mph. Cam Davis 69-70-68—207 -6 New York City FC at New York ppd. Washington 8 13 .381 8 car Campos to a minor league contract. Carlos Ortiz 69-70-68—207 -6 Miami 3, Toronto FC 1 Time of Race: 02:24:10.9404. Atlanta 6 17 .261 11 Sent OF Jose Martinez to Syracuse (Tri- Margin of Victory: 0.5397 seconds. Scottie Scheffler 70-68-69—207 -6 FC Dallas 2, Houston 2, tie ple-A East) on a rehab assignment. Austin FC 3, Portland 1 Cautions: 6 for 49 laps. Hideki Matsuyama 69-68-70—207 -6 Indiana 5 18 .217 12 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent RHP Lead Changes: 11 among 6 drivers. Colorado 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Zach Eflin to Reading (Double-A North- Seamus Power 70-67-70—207 -6 Vancouver 2, Los Angeles FC 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE east) on a rehab assignment. Garrick Higgo 69-68-70—207 -6 FOOTBALL New Holland 250 Friday, Aug. 27 WLPct GB Harris English 69-68-70—207 -6 National Football League Daniel Berger 71-70-67—208 -5 Cincinnati at Columbus Claimed CB Luq NASCAR-Xfinity Series Las Vegas 17 6 .739 — ARIZONA CARDINALS — Toronto FC at CF Montréal Barcoo on waivers from Jacksonville. Saturday Abraham Ancer 72-69-67—208 -5 Miami at Orlando City Seattle 17 7 .708 ½ LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed TE At Michigan International Speedway Brandt Snedeker 72-68-68—208 -5 Brooklyn, Mich. Saturday, Aug. 28 Minnesota 14 9 .609 3 Matt Seybert. Chris Kirk 72-68-68—208 -5 LOS ANGELES RAMS — Placed Ps Corey Lap length: 2.00 miles Kramer Hickok 72-68-68—208 -5 Nashville at Atlanta Phoenix 13 10 .565 4 (Start position in parentheses) Bojorquez and Johnny Hekker on the re- K.H. Lee 71-68-69—208 -5 Chicago at New York Dallas 10 14 .417 7½ 1. (2) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 139 LA Galaxy at Los Angeles FC serve/COVID-19 list. Marc Leishman 69-70-69—208 -5 MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed LB Kylan laps, 58 points. New England at New York City FC Los Angeles 9 13 .409 7½ 2. (24) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 139, 42. Maverick McNealy 69-70-69—208 -5 Philadelphia at D.C. United Johnson on the reserve/COVID-19 list. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed WR 3. (4) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 139, 45. Chez Reavie 71-66-71—208 -5 Colorado at Sporting Kansas City 4. (17) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 139, 38. Minnesota at Houston Saturday’s games Tommylee Lewis on the injured reserve Bryson DeChambeau 71-65-72—208 -5 list. Waived DB Adonis Alexander, WR Ja- 5. (6) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 139, 44. Sunday, Aug. 29 Phoenix 84, Atlanta 69 len McCleskey and K Brett Maher with an 6. (5) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 139, 38. AIG Women’s Open Minnesota 101, Chicago 95 injury settlement. Released LB Quentin 7. (8) Riley Herbst, Ford, 139, 31. FC Dallas at Austin FC 8. (20) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 139, 31. LPGA Tour Real Salt Lake at Vancouver Sunday’s games Poling. Signed SS Jeff Heath. Saturday Waived DB Jarren 9. (19) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, 139, 28. Portland at Seattle Los Angeles at New York NEW YORK GIANTS — 10. (36) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 139, 0. At Carnoustie Golf Links NWSL Seattle at Washington Williams with an injury settlement. 11. (11) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 139, Carnoustie, Scotland Monday’s games PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Waived C Luke 26. Purse: $4.5 million No games scheduled. Juriga with an injury settlement. WLTPts GF GA SOCCER 12. (23) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 139, 25. Yardage: 6,737; Par: 72 Tuesday’s games National Women’s Soccer League 13. (10) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 139, 42. (a)-amateur Portland 9 3 2 29 21 8 14. (27) Matt Mills, Toyota, 139, 23. Third Round Chicago at Atlanta WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Signed MF Tay- 15. (31) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 138, North Carolina 8 4 3 27 22 9 Las Vegas at Connecticut lor Aylmer and D Morgan Goff to national Anna Nordqvist 71-71-65—207 -9 0. N. Koerstz Madsen 70-69-68—207 -9 Reign FC 7 7 1 22 20 17 Los Angeles at Washington team replacement contracts through the 16. (22) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 138, 0. Seattle at Minnesota end of the 2021 season. Lizette Salas 69-69-70—208 -8 Gotham FC 5 3 6 21 16 12 17. (3) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 138, 21. 18. (14) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 138, 19. Sanna Nuutinen 70-71-68—209 -7 Orlando 5 4 6 21 18 17 19. (18) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, Louise Duncan (a) 68-73-68—209 -7 Chicago 6 7 3 21 16 22 YOUTH BASEBALL 138, 18. Madelene Sagstrom 67-73-69—209 -7 Washington 5 5 4 19 17 17 20. (29) Colin Garrett, Toyota, 138, 17. Lexi Thompson 69-70-70—209 -7 21. (35) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 138, 16. Ariya Jutanugarn 71-71-68—210 -6 Houston 5 6 3 18 17 20 Little League World Series Game 13: California vs. Ohio 22. (37) David Starr, Toyota, 137, 15. Louisville 4 6 4 16 12 20 Game 14: Hawaii vs. Nebraska 23. (30) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, B. Henderson 71-69-70—210 -6 137, 14. Nelly Korda 67-73-70—210 -6 Kansas City 1 10 4 7 7 24 At Williamsport, Pa. Game 15: Michigan vs. Texas Game 16: Oregon vs. South Dakota 24. (21) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, Moriya Jutanugarn 72-67-71—210 -6 Note: Three points for victory, one point HANK AARON 137, 13. for tie. WEST A, Honolulu, Hawaii; MIDWEST A, Monday’s games 25. (38) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 137, 12. Yealimi Noh 70-69-71—210 -6 Hastings, Neb.; GREAT LAKES A, Taylor, Sei Young Kim 67-71-72—210 -6 Saturday’s games Game 17: Game 15 loser vs. New Jersey 26. (15) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 137, Mich.; NORTHWEST A, Sammamish, 11. Georgia Hall 68-69-73—210 -6 Wash.; NEW ENGLAND B, Manchester, Game 18: Game 16 loser vs. New Hamp- North Carolina 4, Kansas City 0 shire 27. (40) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 137, 10. Ayaka Furue 74-70-67—211 -5 Reign FC 3, Gotham FC 2 Conn.; MID-ATLANTIC B, Toms River, N.J.; Game 19: Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 28. (28) Carson Ware, Chevrolet, 136, 9. Su Oh 71-69-71—211 -5 SOUTHEAST B, Palm City, Fla.; SOUTH- 29. (12) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 135, 14. Sunday’s game WEST B, Abilene, Texas loser Leona Maguire 72-67-72—211 -5 Game 20: Washington vs. Game 14 loser 30. (26) Mason Massey, Chevrolet, acci- Orlando at Washington TOM SEAVER dent, 125, 7. SOUTHEAST A, Nolensville, Tenn.; NEW Boeing Classic Wednesday’s games Tuesday’s games 31. (13) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 123, 6. ENGLAND A, Hooksett, N.H.; MID-ATLAN- 32. (33) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, accident, Louisville at Kansas City TIC A, Oaks, Pa.; SOUTHWEST A, Lafayette, Game 21: Game 18 winner vs. Game 19 PGA Tour Champions winner 120, 5. Saturday Gotham FC at Portland La.; GREAT LAKES B, Hamilton, Ohio; WEST 33. (16) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 114, 4. B, Torrance, Calif.; NORTHWEST B, Lake Game 22: Game 17 winner vs. Game 20 At The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge winner 34. (39) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, acci- Oswego, Ore.; MIDWEST B, Sioux Falls, S.D. dent, 103, 0. Snoqualmie, Wash. Yardage: 7,217; Par: 72 TENNIS Double Elimination Wednesday’s games 35. (34) Caesar Bacarella, Chevrolet, ga- rage, 45, 2. Purse: $2.1 Million Game 23: Game 13 winner vs. Game 16 Second Round Thursday’s games winner 36. (9) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, garage, WTA Chicago 125 Game 24: Game 14 winner vs. Game 15 45, 8. Woody Austin 66-68—134 -10 Game 1: Hawaii 9, Connecticut 1 37. (1) Austin Cindric, Ford, garage, 41, Jim Furyk 68-67—135 -9 Game 2: Ohio 1, Tennessee 0 winner Saturday 11. Colin Montgomerie 68-67—135 -9 Game 3: Nebraska 5, New Jersey 2 Thursday, Aug. 26 At XS Tennis Village 38. (32) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, garage, 37, Brett Quigley 69-67—136 -8 Chicago Game 4: California 10, New Hampshire 2 1. Game 25: Game 24 loser vs. Game 22 win- Tim Petrovic 69-67—136 -8 Purse: $115,000 Friday’s games ner 39. (7) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, accident, Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Game 26: Game 23 loser vs. Game 21 win- 36, 6. Glen Day 68-68—136 -8 Women’s Singles Game 5: Oregon 8, Pennsylvania 2 40. (25) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, acci- Jerry Kelly 67-69—136 -8 Game 6: Michigan 8, Florida 0 ner Semifinals dent, 35, 1. Billy Mayfair 66-70—136 -8 Clara Tauson, Denmark, def. Ann Li (3), Game 7: South Dakota 2, Louisiana 0 Saturday, Aug. 28 Game 8: Texas 6, Washington 0 Race Statistics Stephen Ames 71-66—137 -7 United States, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Jesper Parnevik 68-69—137 -7 Emma Raducanu, Britain, def. Claire Liu, Saturday’s games Tom Seaver Championship Average Speed of Race Winner: 115.621 United States, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1. Game 27: Game 23 winner vs. Game 26 mph. Ernie Els 66-71—137 -7 Game 9: New Hampshire 4, Tennessee 1 Vijay Singh 71-67—138 -6 Women’s Doubles Game 10: New Jersey 11, Connecticut 4 winner, Noon Time of Race: 2 hours, 24 minutes, 16 Championship seconds. Bernhard Langer 70-68—138 -6 Game 11: Washington 1, Florida 0 Hank Aaron Championship Peangtarn Plipuech, Thailand, and Eri Game 12: Louisiana 5, Pennsylvania 3 Margin of Victory: .163 seconds. Tim Herron 69-69—138 -6 Hozumi, Japan, def. Mona Barthel, Germa- Game 28: Game 24 winner vs. Game 25 Caution Flags: 9 for 43 laps. Tom Gillis 68-70—138 -6 ny, and Yu-Chieh Hsieh, Taiwan, 7-5, 6-2. Sunday’s games winner Lead Changes: 13 among 6 drivers. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 GOLF/LITTLE LEAGUE/COLLEGE FOOTBALL Rahm, Smith share lead as hurricane delays final round

BY DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith were tied for the lead Saturday in The North- ern Trust, and neither could have imagined how they got there. Smith had never shot better than 62 — twice this year on the PGA Tour, once at his home club in Bris- bane, Australia — when he stood over a 12-foot putt on the 18th hole at Liberty National for a chance at the 13th sub-60 round on the PGA Tour. He missed and had to settle for the course record at 11-under 60, and figured that would at least keep him TOM E. PUSKAR/AP in range of the world's No. 1 player. Lake Oswego, Ore.’s Chase Kelly, left, and Crew Corry celebrate after “Jon is playing some pretty good at the minute, so the final out in their 8­2 win against Oaks, Pa. during the sixth inning we’ve got to try to catch up,” Smith said. of a Little League World Series game in South Williamsport, Pa., on Thanks to Rahm, he did. Friday. Oregon was the Northwest Regional runner­up. The U.S. Open champion ran off four birdies in a six-hole stretch around the turn to regain the lead and JOHN MINCHILLO/AP had good scoring chances ahead of him. But he twice Jon Rahm reacts after missing a birdie putt on the hit into the water on the second- and third-easiest 12th green in the third round at the Northern Trust So far in LLWS, holes, dropped a combined three shots and had to ral- on Saturday. Rahm shares the lead entering the ly for a 67. final round, which is scheduled for Monday. They were at 16-under 197 and now get a day off teams don’t need because of Hurricane Henri. The PGA Tour looked at said. “It looked like about this short from covering, so the path, and there was enough rain and dangerous it’s one of those things that happen in golf.” wind on the edges of the storm that they decided to He took a penalty drop, pulled his next shot into close Liberty National on Sunday. The final round thick grass on a bank and made double bogey. an A for success will be Monday. Rahm was just to the left of the reachable par-4 With even a possibility of more rain and no more 16th in what he thought was a soft lie. The idea was to BY ADAM BABETSKI it comes down to it, these teams golf, Rahm wanted the 54-hole lead. At worst, he was give himself a chance at birdie and make par at worst. Associated Press aren’t that different whether they determined not to fall behind. But it came out hot, rolled across the green and into SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. are A’s or B’s. “I didn't want to leave it up to chance,” he said. the water and led to bogey. — Look out for the underdogs. “These guys are 12-year-olds, Rahm didn't find too much wrong with his game. Rahm and Smith were one shot ahead of Erik van With no international bracket they’re not superheroes,” he said He thought his 4-iron into the par-5 13th was flush Rooyen of South Africa, who made 10 birdies for a 62, at the Little League World Series Friday after Oregon’s win over and started walking forward, waiting for the ball to one of four rounds at 62 or lower. this year because of COVID-19 Oaks, Pa. “They make mistakes, hit the green. He noticed his caddie wasn't moving. Justin Thomas (67) and Tony Finau (68) were travel restrictions, runners-up in whether they’re on the mound or “It was a little higher than I expected it and seems three shots behind. Shane Lowry and Corey Conners the U.S. regional tournaments at the plate. If we’re able to exe- like the wind might have picked up a little bit,” Rahm each shot 62 and remained in the mix. have filled half the 16 available cute and take advantage of some slots. They’re noted on the sched- of those mistakes, we can beat ule as B teams, while the regional those guys.” winners are the A’s. Kelly’s son, Chase, a first base- So far, the B’s are having some man and pitcher, said he wasn’t Stroud named starting QB fun. In the first round, they won bothered by playing an A team. five of the eight games played. “I wasn’t nervous at all,” he Each of those winners — Ohio, said. “Obviously I wanted to win, for No. 4 Buckeyes’ opener California, Oregon, South Dakota but if we lost, I wouldn’t have and Texas — had a different and cared that much. I was just trying BY MITCH STACY work. It’s a long way to January entertaining path to victory. to have fun out there.” Associoated Press and that’s been the message. The While California dominated New While Hawaii defeated Califor- Freshman C.J. Stroud will start focus has to continue to be about Hampshire 10-2, South Dakota nia in the West region champion- at quarterback for No. 4 Ohio State development, but also to encour- starter Gavin Weir struck out 15 ship, both teams won their games in the season opener against Min- age the other guys in that room.” batters before hitting the pitch in the first round of the Little nesota, coach Ryan Day said Sat- The 6-foot-3, 218-pound Stroud, count limit in a 2-0 combined no- League World Series. urday. from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., hitter over Louisiana. Javier Chavez, the manager of Stroud, who had been the appar- played sparingly in mop-up duty Ella Bruning of Abilene, Texas, the Torrence, Calif., team, was ent leader in the quarterback der- last year behind Heisman-finalist just the 20th girl to play in the excited by the possibility of a re- by since spring practice, was cho- Justin Fields in the pandemic- LLWS, got the game’s first hit and match with Hawaii — not some- sen over fellow second-year play- shortened season. run in a 6-0 win over Washington. thing that usually happens be- er Jack Miller and true freshmen He has yet to throw a pass in a Noah Davidson of Hamilton, tween teams from the same re- Kyle McCord and Quinn Ewers. college game. Ohio, knocked a hard ground ball gion at the LLWS. “Over the body of work between “I think he knows that this is just just past the first baseman, send- “We cheered them on when we the spring and then also through an opportunity,” Day said. “It’s ing the winning run home in a 1-0 played today, and we’re actually preseason, (Stroud) separated not an accomplishment, it’s an op- victory in eight innings against bunking right next to them,” Cha- himself with his decision-making, portunity, and I think he looked at Tennessee. vez said. “It’s good to be on this his leadership skills, his accura- it like that. Now we got to go about And the Lake Oswego, Ore., journey with them. I feel that cy,” Day said. “Now, we got to go the business of going to put it on team defeated Pennsylvania 8-2, both of our clubs are equally prepare to go play a game.” the field.” behind a strong performance matched. The West produces Day wouldn’t say who would be Ohio State also named captains from starting pitcher Ben Ro- pretty good powerhouses.” next in line. this week. They include receivers bertson, who also launched a cru- All the first-round winners “The other guys in the room un- Chris Olave and Kamryn Babb, of- cial three-run homer into the were scheduled to play Sunday. derstand that this is a long season fensive lineman Thayer Munford, PAUL VERNON/AP bushes in left field of Volunteer California will face Ohio, and and that room has to be strong,” he defensive linemen Haskell Gar- C.J. Stroud was named the Stadium. Oregon will play South Dakota, said. “We know at Ohio State that rett, and Zach Harrison and line- starting quarterback for No. 4 So why are all the runners-up both matchups of exclusively “B” it takes everybody in that room, so backer Teradja Mitchell. All are Ohio State when the Buckeyes playing so well? Simple, said Ore- teams, while Texas will face Mi- that room needs to continue to first-time captains. open the season on Sept. 4. gon manager Chris Kelly. When chigan. Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

Scoreboard American League Yelich’s 6 RBIs power Brewers East Division WLPct GB Tampa Bay 76 48 .613 _ Hits grand slam, solo New York 72 52 .581 4 Boston 70 55 .560 6½ homer as Milwaukee Toronto 64 57 .529 10½ Baltimore 38 84 .311 37 defeats Washington 9-6 Central Division WLPct GB BY JIM HOEHN Associated Press Chicago 72 52 .581 _ Cleveland 60 61 .496 10½ MILWAUKEE — Christian Detroit 59 66 .472 13½ Yelich had a grand slam in the Kansas City 54 68 .443 17 eighth inning, a solo shot in the Minnesota 54 70 .435 18 first and finished with six RBIs as West Division the Milwaukee Brewers held on WLPct GB for a 9-6 victory over the Wash- Houston 73 50 .593 _ ington Nationals on Saturday Oakland 70 54 .565 3½ night. Seattle 66 58 .532 7½ Yelich’s slam gave the Brewers Los Angeles 62 63 .496 12 Texas 43 80 .350 30 a 9-4 lead. The Nationals scored two in the ninth, but left the bases National League loaded. East Division “Really just trying to add on to WLPct GB the lead there, we were already Atlanta 67 56 .545 _ up by one,” said Yelich, who Philadelphia 62 61 .504 5 homered on the ninth pitch of the New York 60 63 .488 7 Washington 53 69 .434 13½ at-bat. “Just trying to really get Miami 51 73 .411 16½ something into the outfield so we MICHAEL R. SCHMIDT/AP Central Division can tag and tack on an extra run.” Luis Urias reached on catcher’s The Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich watches his eight­inning grand slam against the Washington WLPct GB interference to open the eighth Nationals. He also had a solo homer and an RBI single in a 9­6 win Saturday in Milwaukee. Milwaukee 75 49 .605 _ against Javy Guerra (0-1). Jace Cincinnati 68 57 .544 7½ St. Louis 62 60 .508 12 Peterson singled and Jackie Bra- single, then drove a 3-2 pitch 454 Yelich didn’t miss that pitch,” The Nationals loaded the bases Chicago 54 71 .432 21½ dley Jr. was hit by a pitch. After feet to right-center for his eighth Washington manager Dave Mar- in the ninth against Miguel San- Pittsburgh 44 79 .358 30½ Willy Adames popped out, Kolten homer of the season. tinez said. “He threw it pretty chez on two walks and a hit. Josh West Division Wong was hit by a pitch to force in “He got 3-2 on a really good hit- much right down the middle, Hader then allowed an RBI single WLPct GB the go-ahead run at 5-4. ter in Yelich and had to throw a maybe little in, and he crushed and walked in a run, before finish- San Francisco 79 44 .642 _ Yelich, who also had an RBI strike with the bases loaded, and it.” ing off his 25th save in 26 chances. Los Angeles 78 46 .629 1½ San Diego 68 57 .544 12 Colorado 57 66 .463 22 ROUNDUP Arizona 41 83 .331 38½

Saturday’s games Tampa Bay 8, Chicago White Sox 4 N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 1 Max effort: Scherzer helps Dodgers win 9th straight Kansas City 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Toronto 3, Detroit 0 Cleveland 5, L.A. Angels 1 Associated Press scoreless innings, leading host New York to its Houston 15, Seattle 1 San Francisco 6, Oakland 5 LOS ANGELES — Trea Turner, Albert Pu- season-high ninth straight win. Atlanta 5, Baltimore 4 jols and Chris Taylor homered, and the Los Royals 4, Cubs 2:Kris Bubic carried a no- Texas 10, Boston 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Angeles Dodgers beat the slumping New York hitter into the seventh inning, leading Kansas Milwaukee 9, Washington 6 Cincinnati 7, Miami 4 Mets 4-3 Saturday. City to the victory at Chicago. Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 4 Colorado 5, Arizona 2 The surging Dodgers have won nine consec- Reds 7, Marlins 4: Nick Castellanos hit a San Diego 4, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings utive games, matching a season-best win two-run homer and drove in four runs, and Sunday’s games streak. Six of those wins have come against the host Cincinnati won for the fifth time in seven Atlanta at Baltimore Mets, who have dropped eight of nine overall. games. Detroit at Toronto Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless ninth for Astros 15, Mariners 1:Rookie Taylor Jones Texas at Boston Seattle at Houston his 27th save. He hit Kevin Pillar to lead off had a career-high four RBIs and Yordan Alva- Kansas City at Chicago Cubs the inning, then got Brandon Nimmo to ground rez hit a three-run homer, powering Houston San Francisco at Oakland L.A. Angels at Cleveland out and struck out Jeff McNeil and Pete Alon- to the runaway victory over visiting Seattle. Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, ppd. Miami at Cincinnati so. Indians 5, Angels 1: Triston McKenzie Washington at Milwaukee Los Angeles right-hander Max Scherzer struck out Shohei Ohtani three times while Pittsburgh at St. Louis Arizona at Colorado (11-4) struck out eight while pitching five in- ALEX GALLARDO/AP pitching two-hit ball into the eighth inning, Philadelphia at San Diego N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers nings of one-run ball. Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer had eight sending host Cleveland to the win. Giants 6, Athletics 5:Pinch-hitter LaMonte strikeouts and allowed a run in five innings Blue Jays 3, Tigers 0: Hyun Jin Ryu Monday’s games Chicago White Sox (Lynn 10-3) at To- Wade Jr. connected for a two-run homer in the in a 4­3 defeat of the Mets Saturday. cruised through seven innings for host Toron- ronto (Manoah 5-2) ninth inning, helping San Francisco rally for to, and Randal Grichuk and Marcus Semien N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 4-5) at At- lanta (Ynoa 4-2) the win at Oakland. Texas used a surprisingly strong start by Jor- homered. Kansas City (Lynch 3-3) at Houston (Greinke 11-3) Brandon Belt drew a one-out walk against dan Lyles to beat the host Red Sox. Pirates 5, Cardinals 4:Yoshi Tsutsugo and Seattle (Gonzales 5-5) at Oakland (Blackburn 0-1) Lou Trivino (5-5) and was replaced by Mike The victory snapped a four-game losing Kevin Newman homered for Pittsburgh, and Arizona (TBD) at Pittsburgh (Crowe Yastrzemski. Wade followed with his 16th streak for the Rangers, who entered with the Ke’Bryan Hayes added a two-run single in a 3-7) Colorado (Senzatela 2-9) at Chicago homer, a towering drive to right on a 1-1 pitch. majors’ fewest wins since the All-Star break at win at St. Louis. Cubs (Steele 2-2) Braves 5, Orioles 4:Austin Riley put Atlan- 7-25. Andy Ibáñez and Adolis Garcia each had Rockies 5, Diamondbacks 2: Elías Díaz hit Tuesday’s games ta ahead for good with a homer in the fifth in- two of Texas’ season-high seven doubles. a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth Seattle at Oakland L.A. Angels at Baltimore ning in a win at Baltimore, as the Braves Rays 8, White Sox 4:Brandon Lowe, Manu- inning after Garrett Hampson hit a game-ty- Tampa Bay at Philadelphia stretched their winning streak to eight games. el Margot and Joey Wendle each had two hits ing two-run pinch-hit homer in the bottom of Chicago White Sox at Toronto Minnesota at Boston Atlanta overcame four solo home runs by and two RBIs for host Tampa Bay. the eighth, lifting host Colorado past Arizona. Texas at Cleveland N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta the Orioles, including two by Anthony Santan- Wander Franco also had two hits and scored Padres 4, Phillies 3 (10): Adam Frazier Detroit at St. Louis der. Baltimore’s 17-game skid is its second- twice as the Rays won for the fifth time in six scored the winning run on a wild pitch by Con- Kansas City at Houston Arizona at Pittsburgh longest since the team came to the city in 1954, games. Luis Patiño (3-3) pitched six innings of nor Brogdon in the 10th inning and San Diego San Francisco at N.Y. Mets Washington at Miami behind the 0-21 start to the 1988 season. two-run ball, and Collin McHugh got five outs overcame a strong outing by Aaron Nola and Colorado at Chicago Cubs Rangers 10, Red Sox 1: Former Boston for his first career save. beat visiting Philadelphia to end a four-game Cincinnati at Milwaukee L.A. Dodgers at San Diego utilityman Brock Holt hit two RBI singles, and Yankees 7, Twins 1:Gerrit Cole pitched six skid. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, August 23, 2021 SPORTS BRIEFS/BOXING

BRIEFLY Thompson-Herah wins 100, Richardson last in return Associated Press that better finishes are to come. EUGENE, Ore. — Jamaican Elaine Richardson won the 100 on the same track Thompson-Herah bested her Olympic gold- at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in medal winning time in the 100 meters at the June, becoming a sensation with her long, Prefontaine Classic, and Sha’Carri Richard- colorful nails and big personality. But her ti- son finished last in her return to the track af- tle was stripped after she tested positive for ter controversy. marijuana shortly after the race. Thompson-Herah ran the 100 meters Sat- She was handed a 30-day suspension that urday in 10.54 seconds, the best time in the kept her out of the event in Tokyo and was world this year as well as a meet record and a later left off the U.S. team as part of the relay personal best. She topped her Olympic-re- pool, although her suspension would’ve cord 10.61 in Tokyo as she edged closer to been completed by the time of the 4x100 Florence Griffith Joyner’s world record of race. 10.49 set in 1988. “This last month was a journey for me, but Fellow Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser- that’s no excuse, because at the end of the Pryce and Sherika Jackson followed day I’m an athlete.” Thompson to the finish line, the same 1-2-3 finish as the Olympics. Nordqvist wins British Open THOMAS BOYD/AP “I’m a little bit surprised because I’ve not CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Anna Nordq- Jamaica's Elaine Thompson­Herah, left, wins the 100 meters, as American sprinter run that fast in five years and I actually ran vist of Sweden won her third major title with Sha'carri Richardson, center, also competes, Saturday, at the Prefontaine Classic track fast at the championships. But to come back a one-shot victory at the Women’s British and field meet in Eugene, Ore. here after two weeks to run another personal Open at Carnoustie on Sunday. best is a really amazing,” Thompson-Herah Nordqvist tapped in for par at the last hole Sagstrom were tied for second place on 11 Newgarden won for the second time this said. for a 3-under 69 to finish on 12-under par for under. season — third time of his career at Gateway The Diamond League race at Hayward the tournament. — and beat O’Ward to the finish line by Field was heralded as Richardson’s return Nanna Koerstz Madsen of Denmark was IndyCar title race flips to O’Ward 0.5397 seconds. Will Power was third and to the sport after a positive marijuana test, as tied for the lead with Nordqvist heading MADISON, Ill. — The IndyCar champion- Scott McLaughlin fourth to put three Team well as a showdown against the Jamaicans down No. 18, but found a greenside bunker ship flipped leaders Saturday night when Penske drivers in the top four, and Sebastien that many had hoped to see in Japan. with her approach and made double bogey Alex Palou was collected in an early three- Bourdais rounded out the top five in a Chev- “Actually just to be back doing what it is after shanking out. car accident that moved Pato O’Ward to the rolet sweep. that I have a passion for, that’s in my heart, Nordqvist also won the 2009 LPGA Cham- point after a runner-up finish to Josef New- Newgarden led 138 of the 260 laps and that navigates me day-to-day, was a bless- pionship and the 2017 Evian Championship. garden at World Wide Technology Race- jumped from fifth to third in the crowded ing,” Richardson said afterward, vowing Lizette Salas, Georgia Hall and Madelene way. points race. He trails O’Ward by 22 points. Decisions: Big victory for Ugás culmination of long journey

FROM PAGE 24 est levels. Pacquiao’s political career and as many punches as Pacquiao, but Ugás had a clear game plan on the pandemic kept him out of the his blows were more precise and short notice, working hard in the ring in 2020, the WBA took away more effective. Pacquiao was the early rounds with an effective jab the belt and awarded it to Ugás, solid favorite before the bout, but and body shots. Pacquiao was who had won a different version of he struggled to get inside on Ugás’ more aggressive and occasionally the belt in the WBA’s byzantine effective jab while Ugás landed got the crowd to its feet with com- championship system. his right hand to increasing effect binations, but Ugás’ rangy jab sty- The WBA’s decision irked Pac- in the later rounds. mied him. quiao, who held various welter- Two judges scored it 116-112 for Ugás’ confidence grew in the weight belts for a decade after he t Ugás, and a third had it 115-113. middle rounds, and he responded moved up to 147 pounds in 2009 The Associated Press also scored to some action at the seventh- and stopped Miguel Cotto in ar- it 116-112 for Ugás. round bell with a defiant shimmy- guably his greatest performance. Pacquiao also said his legs were shake of his shoulders in Pac- On the undercard of Ugás’ vic- cramping from the second round quiao’s direction. Pacquiao con- tory at T-Mobile Arena, Robert onward. He attributed the prob- stantly threw more punches than Guerrero returned from a 23- lem to a combination of overtrain- Ugás, but they landed about the month ring absence with a unani- ing and age. same number as Ugás showed off mous decision over fellow veteran “I think it was too much hard JOHN LOCHER/AP his defense and accuracy against Victor Ortiz, winning 96-94 on all work,” Pacquiao said. “But I’m not WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugás celebrates his unanimous Pacquiao’s activity. three cards. young anymore. So I don’t know.” decision victory over Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Pacquiao caught Ugás with a The 38-year-old Guerrero (37- The victory was the culmination Two judges scored the bout 116­112, and the third had it 115­113. combination in the 10th round and 6-1) had a strong second round and of a lengthy journey for Ugás, who knocked him back as the crowd persevered with a high punch vol- defected from Cuba two years af- pre-fight physical. Ugás had been two weeks of training, but I lis- rose in excitement, but Ugás reco- ume to beat the 34-year-old Ortiz ter winning a bronze medal in the booked for a bout on the under- tened to my corner and it all vered and rallied with big shots. (32-7-3), who hadn’t fought in 42 Beijing Olympics. Ugás quit box- card, but he jumped at the type of worked out.” Ugás also looked sharp in the 12th months. Ortiz was charged with ing for two years midway through showcase and payday that had T-Mobile Arena appeared to be round, peppering Pacquiao all the multiple counts of sexual assault the last decade, but revitalized his been just out of reach ever since essentially sold out despite the way to the final bell. in 2018, but the charges were dis- career and then capitalized on this he left Cuba on a small boat bound late opponent change, and the Pacquiao had won three consec- missed late last year. golden chance by earning his 12th for Mexico 11 years ago. crowd of 17,438 was vocally be- utive bouts since July 2017, but he Filipino featherweight Mark victory in his last 13 fights. “I’m very excited, but most of hind its Filipino hero. Even after a hadn’t fought since beating Keith Magsayo (23-0, 16 KOs) also pre- Ugás was in the spotlight only all, I want to thank Manny Pac- lengthy layoff in the last stages of Thurman in 2019 to win the WBA served his unbeaten record with a because Spence was forced to quiao for giving me this moment his career, Pacquiao remains a welterweight title. dramatic 10th-round knockout of drop out last week after discover- in this ring today,” Ugás said surefire draw and a bankable star That belt belonged to Ugás by Julio Ceja, who was ahead on all ing he had a torn retina during a through a translator. “We only had in a sport lacking both at its high- the time Pacman returned: While three judges’ scorecards. Monday, August 23, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NFL Ravens win record 19th straight in preseason

BY STEVE REED sure and the Ravens stuffed three Hubbard Associated Press running plays to take over on downs. DeShon CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Many of the Balti- Elliott came up with the big stop on fourth- more Ravens players weren’t aware they’d and-goal at the 1 after Hubbard appeared to made NFL history until coach John Har- make a bad cutback. baugh walked into the locker room after Sat- “We just were going to run our base stuff,” urday night’s 20-3 win over the Carolina Pan- Carolina coach Matt Rhule said. “We didn’t thers and told them. have our goal-line packages out there and all Tyler Huntley threw for 187 yards, and the of those little things.” Ravens tied an NFL record with their 19th Darnold said that didn’t matter. straight preseason win. “We should be able to score with our base Nate McCrary and Ty’Son Williams plays,” Darnold said. “We should have rushed for touchdowns for Baltimore, which punched it in.” equaled the mark set by Vince Lombardi’s The Panthers didn’t play running back Green Bay Packers, who had a 19-game win- Christian McCaffrey, who has 29 touch- ning streak in exhibitions from 1959 to 1962. downs rushing in 51 games. “It’s a good feeling to have because you Darnold said it was good to get his feet wet can see the type of culture we have as an or- in a game and hopes to play more in Caroli- ganization,” said Huntley, who played al- na’s third preseason game. most the entire game. “We strive to win ev- “We just want to continue to build off that ery time we step on the field. It shows you first drive — obviously score touchdowns — how much depth you have.” but just continue to see a good operation, get- Harbaugh said while some critics may dis- ting in and out of the huddle and making the card the accomplishment because it’s the right checks and everyone being together preseason, he doesn’t. and then punching it into the end zone,” Dar- “I believe everything in life has meaning,” nold said. Harbaugh said. “... It’s something only one Will Grier relieved Darnold and played in- other team has done, the Vince Lombardi to the third quarter, completing 11 of 14 pas- Packers and I think that is notable.” NELL REDMOND/AP ses for 144 yards. P.J. Walker finished up for Lamar Jackson did not play for the Rav- Baltimore Ravens running back Ty’Son Williams is tackled by Carolina Panthers line­ Carolina and was 1-for-8 for 8 yards, further ens. backer Julian Stanford. Williams had a 20­yard touchdown in a 20­3 win Saturday. clouding the Panthers’ No. 2 quarterback sit- McCrary ran for 64 yards and Williams 47 uation. yards, including a grinding 20-yard score, as “I just had to get into a rhythm and get us Haason Reddick, who had dropped back in Grier said Baltimore defense threw a lot of Baltimore outgained the Panthers 167-33 on on track,” Huntley said. coverage, grabbed the easy interception. blitz packages at the Panthers. the ground. Sam Darnold had his first action at quar- But after a 16-yard completion from Dar- “They do a lot of different things, probably Huntley started slow, missing on his first terback for the Panthers. but left after one nold to former New York Jets teammate more exotic than anything I have seen in the four passes, including the pick. But he start- seven-play series. Robby Anderson and a 9-yard run by Chuba preseason,” Grier said. ed to heat up against Carolina’s second-team Darnold started the drive at the Ravens’ 33 Hubbard, the Panthers drive quickly stalled. Carolina’s offensive struggles continued defense, completing 15 of his next 16 pass at- after Derrick Brown tipped Huntley’s pass With a first-and-goal at the Baltimore 6, Dar- in the red zone, where it is 1-for-7 scoring tempts. at the line of scrimmage and edge rusher nold threw one pass away while under pres- touchdowns in the preseason. Bridgewater Roethlisberger shines stands out in in his preseason debut BY DAN SCIFO Associated Press rout of Seattle PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlis- BY TIM BOOTH berger enjoyed a perfect preseason Associated Press debut. SEATTLE — Teddy Bridgewater is trying not to Roethlisberger turned in a per- get caught up or focus on being in the middle of the fect passer rating of 158.3 and led Denver Broncos’ quarterback competition. the Steelers’ first-team offense to a Bridgewater has made a pretty strong case with his pair of touchdowns and Pittsburgh play through two weeks of the preseason that he defeated the Detroit Lions 26-20 on should be the one under center come Week 1. Saturday night. “I just want to get in the end zone because at the “I’m just trying to win a football FRED VUICH/AP end of the day if we’re getting in the end zone that game,” Roethlisberger said. “It’s Steelers quarterback Ben means we’re finishing drives and we’re getting the preseason and I wanted to stay Roethlisberger threw two TDs in points, and everything else will take care of itself,” healthy. It was good to be out there Pittsburgh’s 26­20 preseason Bridgewater said. “I can’t get caught up in, ‘Man, you STEPHEN BRASHEAR / AP and playing.” defeat of the Lions on Saturday. know, this decision has to be made.’ This is football to Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, right, Roethlisberger had his initial op- me.” looks for a receiver while under pressure from portunity to work with first-year of- sessions. Bridgewater made another statement in his case to Seahawks linebacker Jordyn Brooks. fensive coordinator Matt Canada “I thought the effort was excel- be Denver’s starting quarterback, leading a pair of during an in-game setting. lent,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin touchdown drives in the Broncos’ 30-3 preseason win sion,” Denver coach Vic Fangio said. “So we’ll give it The 39-year-old Roethlisberger said. over the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday night. thorough thought. We’ve been discussing it with the ran Canada’s up-tempo approach to The Lions sat several regulars, in- Given first billing in the competition with Drew coaches, with (GM) George (Paton) all along and near perfection in three series. He cluding quarterback Jared Goff, Lock and playing with most of Denver’s starting of- we’ll continue to do that.” finished 8-for-10 for 137 yards and who was acquired as part of the Mat- fense, Bridgewater showed poise and command on a Bridgewater was 9-for-11 for 105 yards and a touch- two touchdowns, both to rookie tight thew Stafford trade. Tim Boyle got night the Broncos dominated against mostly a crew of down in his two drives leading the Broncos’ offense. end Pat Freiermuth. the start under center on Saturday Seattle backups. He found Jerry Jeudy for 35 yards on fourth down on Mason Rudolph followed and led and Detroit wasn’t able to cross mid- And a decision about who will be the starter for the Denver’s first possession, stepping away from a blitz the Steelers to three field goal field until late in the third quarter. season opener at the New York Giants could be com- and allowing the second-year receiver to separate drives, going 13-for-18 for 138 yards. Godwin Igwebuike, Javon ing soon. from Ahkello Witherspoon in coverage. Bridgewater Dwayne Haskins led the offense to McKinley and Craig Reynolds “Both of them, Drew and Teddy, have done well, as capped the drive with a 2-yard TD pass to KJ Ham- another field goal, as Pittsburgh scored all three Detroit touchdowns you guys have seen, and they’ve made it a hard deci- ler. scored on six of its first seven pos- in the fourth quarter. 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BOXING

PHOTOS BY JOHN LOCHER/AP WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugás hits Manny Pacquiao during their title bout Saturday night in Las Vegas. Ugás, a late replacement when Errol Spence Jr. had to pull out because of a detached retina, controlled the bout with his jab and retained the title with a unanimous decision. Decisions loom for Pacquiao After losing on cards to Ugás, 8-division champ ponders presidential run, retirement

BY GREG BEACHAM Ugás (27-4) capitalized on this chance as return from the longest layoff of his quar- Associated Press the late injury replacement for Errol ter-century in the sport. He also wouldn’t LAS VEGAS — Although Manny Pac- Spence Jr. The Cuban veteran was slightly confirm whether he will enter the Philip- quiao hasn’t decided what his future holds, better than Pacquiao (67-8-2) throughout pines’ presidential race, as is widely expect- the eight-division world champion realizes one of the most frustrating fights in the 42- ed. He intends to make an announcement his 26-year professional boxing career year-old Filipino senator’s career. next month. might have ended Saturday night with a dis- “I did my best tonight, but my best wasn’t “In the future, you may not see Manny heartening loss. good enough,” Pacquiao said. “No excuses. Pacquiao again to fight in the ring,” Pac- Yordenis Ugás is only seven years young- I wanted to fight for the title in the ring, and quiao said. “I don’t know, but I’m so happy er than Pacquiao, yet he’s just getting start- tonight the champion is named Ugas.” for what I’ve accomplished.” ed after seizing this improbable opportuni- A visibly disappointed Pacquiao said he The 35-year-old Ugás threw roughly half ty to knock off one of the greats. hasn’t decided whether he will fight again Ugás beat Pacquiao by unanimous deci- after an unimpressive performance in his SEE DECISIONS ON PAGE 22 sion in Las Vegas, putting on an impressive technical performance on 11 days’ notice and retaining his WBA welterweight title. “In the future, you may not see Manny Pacquiao “He’s a great competitor, but I came in here to show I am the champion of the again to fight in the ring. I don’t know, but I’m so Pacquiao attends a news conference after WBA,” Ugás said. “A lot of respect for him, the fight. The 42­year­old Filipino hadn’t but I won this fight.” happy for what I’ve accomplished.” fought since July 2019.

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