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Alaska base plays big role in pivot to Russia, China

BY DAN LAMOTHE The Washington Post ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER ALASKA — Lt. Col. Jason Monaco soared six miles above lush wilderness, his fighter jet streaking across the icy blue sky. He banked his two-seat F-16D to the right, shooting around an eight-jet formation maneu- vering against him and his fellow pilots. Gazing through a dark visor, he glimpsed his ad- versary’s jet for the first time. Then, bad news. “Well,” he said, “we just died.” Sporting a gray helmet with distinctive five- pointed red stars on each side symbolizing com- munism, Monaco looked like he could have

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Air Force Lt. Col. Jason Monaco’s helmet sports the distinctive star of a communist nation as he flies an F-16D jet during training missions, a nod toward his unit’s role in replicating the threat of potential adversaries.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK European leaders: We can’t wait for vaccine to relax controls

BY COLLEEN BARRY, PABLO GORONDI ‘ We have to Johnson came as nations around the world and can resume and shops reopen. AND KELVIN CHAN U.S. states are both struggling with restarting “We are facing a calculated risk, in the aware- Associated Press acknowledge economies blindsided by the pandemic. With 36 ness ... that the epidemiological curve could go we may need million newly unemployed in the U.S. alone, eco- back up,” Conte said late Saturday. “We are con- SOAVE, Italy — In separate, stark warnings, to live with this nomic pressures are building even as authorities fronting this risk, and we need to accept it, other- two major European leaders have bluntly told acknowledge that reopening risks new waves of wise we would never be able to relaunch.” their citizens that the world needs to adapt to liv- virus for some infections and deaths. Conte added that Italy could “not afford” to wait ing with the coronavirus and cannot wait to be time to come. ’ Pushed hard by Italy’s regional leaders and until a vaccine was developed. Health experts saved by the development of a vaccine. weeks in advance of an earlier timetable, Conte is say the world could be months, if not years, away The comments by Italian Prime Minister Gi- Boris Johnson allowing restaurants, bars and beach facilities to useppe Conte and British Prime Minister Boris British Prime Minister open Monday, the same day that church services SEE BLUNT ON PAGE 7 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9721 US layoffs hit record high of 11.4M in March Euro costs (May 18) ...... $1.06 Thailand (Baht) ...... 32.04 Dollar buys (May 18) ...... €0.8992 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.9040 British pound (May 18) ...... $1.19 (Military exchange rates are those BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER dramatic as layoffs, which rose ers led with layoffs and hiring Japanese yen (May 18) ...... 104.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (May 18) ...... 1,198.00 Associated Press more than six-fold. The number of slowed, but not as dramatically as Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3773 open jobs dropped nearly 12%, to one might have expected.” Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ...... $1.2118 WASHINGTON — U.S. lay- nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., 6.2 million. The number of hires The fact that job openings and Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.4108 purchasing British pounds in Germany), offs soared in March to a record declined 13%, to 5.2 million. hiring did not fall more in March China (Yuan) ...... 7.1021 check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.8938 11.4 million after state and local New data is revealing how the suggested companies held out facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7407 governments closed restaurants, severity of this downturn has hope that the recession would be Euro ...... $1.0814/0.9247 rates provided for reference when buying bars, movie theaters and other Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7515 currency. All figures are foreign currencies skewed the nature of U.S. reces- brief, and that they would soon to one dollar, except for the British pound, nonessential businesses in re- Hungary (Forint) ...... 328.08 sions. In the pandemic, the lay- be able to return to previous job Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5376 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, sponse to the intensifying corona- offs have been immediate and search and hiring plans. Data Japan (Yen) ...... 107.28 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) virus outbreak. massive. from job sites like Indeed, which Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3092 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 10.2341 The Labor Department also “Workers lost jobs at a hor- are more current, indicated that Philippines (Peso)...... 50.69 Prime rate ...... 3.25 said Friday that job openings rifying rate,” said Nick Bunker, job openings fell further in April, Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.22 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7566 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 plunged and hiring fell, though director of research at Indeed, a sign that businesses are bracing Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4271 3-month bill ...... 0.12 those changes weren’t nearly as the job listings website. “Employ- for a lengthier slowdown. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,232.50 30-year bond ...... 1.32 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

Misawa 49/46 Kabul 70/51 Seoul 64/55 Baghdad 106/73 Kandahar 90/62 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 60/54 63/59 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 67/49 55/49 62/57 Iwakuni 67/63 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 87/79 Brussels 66/46 Guam 99/75 69/47 Ramstein 68/61 83/80 Lajes, 66/34 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 102/72 98/73 63/60 66/44 71/48 Aviano/ Vicenza 73/57

Naples 77/67 Okinawa Morón 78/74 81/58 Sigonella Rota 78/57 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 99/82 71/55 76/70 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 18 Crossword ...... 18 Faces ...... 15 Opinion ...... 16-17 Sports ...... 20-24 Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Fighter pilot USAF reservist nominated to lead Pacific Air Forces qualifies to fly BY WYATT OLSON Stars and Stripes The deputy commander of U.S. forces in South Korea and a sea- soned fighter-jet pilot has been U-2 spy plane tapped to lead Pacific Air Forces and its roughly 46,000 airmen. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach has BY CHAD GARLAND lines offering high-paying jobs. been nominated by President Stars and Stripes The U-2 pilot corps has lost “a Donald Trump for a fourth star fair amount” of its experienced and lead- An Air Force reservist has personnel, but while many of ership of qualified for the first time to fly them have switched to the re- Pacific Air the U-2 Dragon Lady, becoming serves, “we just haven’t had an Forces, which one of fewer than 1,500 people to avenue to train them up to fly the is headquar- pilot the iconic spy plane. aircraft until now,” Mundy said in tered at Joint Maj. Jeffrey Anderson, a for- a video Wednesday. Base Pearl mer active-duty U-2 pilot who The high-flying single-engine Harbor- switched to the reserves more jet, which entered service more Hickam, Ha- than two years ago, took a break than 60 years ago during the Cold waii, the Air from flying for Delta Air Lines War, is unique in the service. The Force said in to requalify on the aircraft, con- COLVILLE MCFEE/U.S. Air Force a statement Air Force has 33 airframes in its Wilsbach sidered among the hardest in the inventory. Air Force Maj. Jeffrey Anderson, 99th Reconnaissance Squadron Thursday. world to fly. Developed at the Lockheed pilot, receives U-2 suit preparations at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., The nomination requires con- “This is truly amazing,” An- Skunk Works in Burbank, Calif., on May 5. firmation by the Senate. derson said in an Air Force state- the secretive facility that also The command is now headed ment last week. gave the world the SR-71 Black- sion, it was sad,” Anderson said. by Gen. Charles Brown Jr., who Officials at the 9th Reconnais- bird, B-2 Spirit stealth bomber ‘ This is truly “It was the right decision for my has been nominated for Air Force sance Wing out of Beale Air Force and F-117 Night Hawk stealth family to commit to the reserves chief of staff. Base, Calif., where the aircraft fighter, the Dragon Lady flew its amazing. ’ and didn’t have a slight thought of If confirmed, Wilsbach would are based, hope to qualify more early sorties spying on the Soviet Maj. Jeffrey Anderson being back here.” oversee a vast geographical area reservists in the coming years Union. Those included getting Air Force reservist Before getting back into the with airmen stationed primarily in Japan, South Korea, Hawaii, to help address pilot shortages in photographic evidence in 1962 of U-2’s cockpit, he trained exten- Alaska and Guam. the service. a Soviet nuclear missile buildup sively. Preparation typically lasts He would take command at a “It’s really exciting to have the on America’s southern doorstep, nine months and involves surviv- first qualified reserve pilot in U- handling, bicycle-like landing time when U.S. strategy is shift- which sparked the Cuban Missile al training, flights in T-38 Talon 2 and Air Force history pave the gear, long forward nose and “tail- ing away from a focus on coun- Crisis. trainers and flight simulators, the way for other reservists to fly,” dragger” configuration make it terinsurgency and toward “great In 1960, the shootdown of a U-2 Air Force has said. said Lt. Col. Chris Mundy, com- on a CIA reconnaissance mission particularly difficult to land, the power” competition, primarily Anderson has completed all his mander of the 99th Reconnais- over Russia resulted in the cap- Air Force said in a fact sheet. with China. “checkrides” and would be able to sance Squadron, which trained ture of pilot Francis Gary Pow- The modern U-2 program is Brown has begun implement- fly missions downrange, Mundy Anderson. ers and the Soviet recovery of a open to military pilots from every ing the Air Force’s new “dynamic In March, the service was about nearly intact airframe. flying background and even said. force employment model” in the 2,000 pilots short of the 21,000 it Due in part to its glider-like transfers from the Navy, Marines “Now that we’ve done this once, Indo-Pacific region, under which needs to meet its requirements, long and thin wings, the aircraft and Coast Guard, an online appli- we know how the process works,” strategic bombers operate from a said Gen. David Goldfein, the Air flies at the upper edge of the at- cation says. Mundy said. “I think in the next broader array of locations, both Force’s top officer. mosphere to gather imagery and While Anderson flew U-2s for few years we will be seeing more on the continental United States Since then, officials have ex- signals intelligence. It’s routinely four years on active duty, he was reserve pilots flying the U-2 pro- and overseas. pressed concerns that the corona- flown at altitudes over 13 miles in a nonflying position in the re- gram, maybe as many as two to The model makes operational virus pandemic could deepen the high, requiring pilots to wear serves and didn’t think he’d ever three a year.” the National Defense Strategy’s objectives of “strategic predict- shortfall, which was first caused pressurized space suits. fly it again. [email protected] mainly by competition from air- The plane’s tricky low-altitude “When I flew my last mis- Twitter: @chadgarland ability and operational unpredict- ability,” the Air Force said. Wilsbach has been commander of 7th Air Force and deputy com- mander of U.S. Forces Korea since August 2018. Army-funded rover could help explore space Prior to that, he headed Alas- kan Command and the 11th Air BY J.P. LAWRENCE meanwhile, wiggled from side-to-side, while Force. Stars and Stripes spinning in a motion that researchers likened Wilsbach is a highly experi- to paddling in water. enced aviator who has logged A robot developed with Army funding The rover in one video of a trial seemed to more than 5,000 hours of flying could help NASA explore the moon, Mars or be stuck before it began moving its wheels time in a host of aircraft, primar- beyond. like legs, as it escaped its predicament. ily F-15C, F-22A, and F-16C fight- The robot, known as the Mini Rover, can “This combination of lifting and wheeling er jets and the MC-12 twin-engine climb hills of loose sand without getting stuck and paddling, if used properly, provides the turboprop, the Air Force said. by using wheels that can spin, wiggle and ability to maintain some forward progress He has flown 71 combat mis- walk, an Army statement said. even if it is slow,” Dan Goldman, physics pro- sions in operations Northern Researchers at Georgia Tech made the fessor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Watch and Southern Watch, Mini Rover using 3D printers, with help from CHRISTOPHER MOORE/Georgia Tech said in the statement. which enforced no-fly zones in the NASA Johnson Space Center and funding The researchers said the next step is to scale Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s from the Army Research Office, the state- Researchers at Georgia Tech developed a up their research to make larger robots. regime, and Enduring Freedom ment said. robot in collaboration with NASA Johnson They said lessons from the study — pub- in Afghanistan. The research could help NASA avoid the Space Center and funding from the Army lished Wednesday in the journal Science Ro- He has commanded a fighter loss of rovers in extraterrestrial soil, such as Research Office, the Army said May 14 . botics — could apply not just to robots in space squadron, an operations group when the Mars rover Spirit got stuck in loose but vehicles on Earth. and two wings and has held staff sand near the Gusev crater after its wheels sons learned” from the research interested “Through our laboratory experiments, we assignments in Japan, Hawaii lost traction in 2010. them for potential applications on Earth. have shown principles that could lead to im- and Florida. Among his awards Researchers said the Mini Rover can get In experiments, the Mini Rover traversed proved robustness in planetary exploration and decorations are the Bronze out of similar jams by combining elements of loose terrain — poppy seeds during trials — — and even in challenging surfaces on our Star and Legion of Merit with two both wheeled vehicles and legged robots. by having the wheels perform different tasks. own planet,” Goldman said. oak leaf clusters. The Army, which has spent much of the past The front wheels in one experiment spun, [email protected] [email protected] few decades fighting in deserts, said the “les- pushing material backward. The rear wheels, Twitter: @jplawrence3 Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 WAR/MILITARY Afghan political rivals sign power-sharing deal

BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN next year if Ghani and Abdullah could not Stars and Stripes work out their problems. That had followed a visit by Pompeo to Kabul during which KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan Presi- he was unable to broker a deal between the dent Ashraf Ghani signed a power-sharing two men. deal Sunday with his chief rival Abdullah Afghanistan’s election commission in Abdullah following months of disagree- February declared Ghani the winner of ment over who won September’s presiden- the presidential poll, nearly five months tial election. after it was held. However, Abdullah re- The ongoing feud is seen as one of sev- jected the results — citing fraud and other eral reasons for the delay in the country’s irregularities — held his own inauguration peace process and some experts worried it ceremony the same day as Ghani’s and risked sparking an all-out civil war. vowed to form a parallel government. Ghani will remain president under the The deepening political crisis led to con- agreement, the text of which was released by state media, while Abdullah will head cerns that the government would be divid- the government’s National Reconcilia- ed and weak going into negotiations with tion Council and lead peace talks with the the Taliban over the country’s future. Taliban. Abdullah also contested the results of The start of those talks is a key condition the 2009 and 2014 elections. After the 2014 AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE/AP for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops vote, then-U.S. Secretary of State John from Afghanistan by mid-2021, as outlined Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right, and political rival Abdullah Abdullah sign a Kerry helped broker a deal that created in February’s U.S.-Taliban deal. Several power-sharing agreement at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday . the position of chief executive for Abdullah other factors have delayed the talks, origi- and named Ghani president. The discord nally slated to begin March 10. “The U.S. is prepared to partner with agreements over a prisoner release and highlights the difficulty of the U.S.-led News of Sunday’s agreement, which also the new govt in a peace process that ends mounting violence across the country. mission in Afghanistan to foster a stable says Ghani and Abdullah will be allowed to the war,” Khalilzad wrote on Twitter. In March, Secretary of State Mike Pom- democracy in the country despite nearly appoint an equal number of cabinet mem- On Friday, Khalilzad said a new start peo announced Washington was withhold- two decades of reconstruction efforts. bers, was welcomed by the U.S. officials, date for the intra-Afghan negotiations was ing $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan this [email protected] including special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad. being discussed, despite lingering dis- year and potentially another $1 billion Twitter: @pwwellman Horizon: Pentagon moves show commitment to turn remote base into major hub

FROM FRONT PAGE jets. been a foreign adversary stalking The changes mark a commit- U.S. targets. But he is the com- ment to turning a remote base on mander of the U.S. Air Force’s the Alaskan frontier into a major 18th Aggressor Squadron, which hub in preparing pilots for mod- flies “red force” jets against the ern aerial combat. “blue force” Americans in train- The Alaska range was placed ing missions. on a back burner for years while Their playground is the remote the Pentagon fought expensive Joint Pacific Alaska Range Com- wars in the Middle East and Af- plex (JPARC), a facility that has ghanistan. A declassified Defense more than 77,000 square miles of Department inspector general re- airspace — roughly the size of Ne- port last year said the simulators braska. For decades, it has been at the range date back decades used to prepare for real-world and are unable to effectively chal- JERILYN QUINTANILLA/U.S. Air Force missions, with pilots warned to lenge pilots training in the F-35 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Russel Reese, the 354th Operations Group Detachment 4 commander, flies an watch out for bears and moose if and F-22. F-16 Fighting Falcon over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex on April 17. they must eject. Additional improvements de- pend on steady funding in coming But the range and its headquar- aircraft moved here will be within Air Force generals have long can do with an entire squadron years — which remains uncertain ters at Eielson Air Force Base are a single flight of Eastern Europe, described Red Flag exercises in like Monaco’s, or by having jets taking on increasing importance and could be complicated if the the Korean Peninsula and other Alaska and Nevada as comple- temporarily fly in training in an as the Pentagon attempts to pivot economic crisis brought on by the potential global hot spots. But the mentary, with Eielson offering aggressor role. to countering China and Russia coronavirus pandemic forces the Air Force will also be able to take more airspace and Nellis being Last year, the service an- after years of focusing primar- Defense Department to reduce better advantage of training in closer to other U.S. bases and nounced that it planned to trans- ily on ground wars in the fight spending. Air Force officials in JPARC’s vast, open skies. having more technology to track fer 11 older-model F-35s to Nellis against terrorism. the past have debated moving the The 10-day exercise is held at and challenge pilots. to serve as aggressor jets. The The first two of 54 new F-35 aggressor squadron at Eielson to JPARC three or four times each But as the F-35 becomes the jets, the service’s most advanced consolidate maintenance costs, planes would help pilots prepare year beginning in the spring after primary U.S. weapon in the sky, to face fifth-generation jets in stealth fighters, arrived at Eiel- but the idea was scuttled under the brutal Alaska weather thaws, the Air Force will attempt to im- son in April, said Col. Benjamin fierce opposition from the Alaska the future, assisting in Air Force with additional versions at Nellis prove technology at JPARC, too, exercises such as Red Flag and Bishop, who oversees the base. congressional delegation. Air Force Base in Nevada. Each so it has both larger airspace and at several other courses held at More are expected throughout The plans now include two new Red Flag involves some 1,500 more-challenging scenarios for Nellis. the year as the Pentagon wrestles fighter jet squadrons on base and troops and scores of aircraft. The pilots in training. with how to prepare for the Chi- double the number of airmen, first two exercises in 2020, sched- New surface-to-air missile But lawmakers have raised nese J-20, the Russian Su-57 and from about 1,750 to 3,200, said uled in May and June, were can- simulators worth some $87 mil- concerns about that being car- other modern jets U.S. adversar- Bishop, the commander of the celed because of the coronavirus lion are expected to arrive within ried out. A provision in the 2020 ies are building. 354th Fighter Wing. The expan- pandemic. 12 to 18 months, said Lt. Col. John defense spending bill prohibits In addition to the F-35s, which sion will come in a rural area The training is based on a Anderson, who oversees train- the Air Force from transferring cost some $80 million each, where the closest town, North premise that the service postulat- ing at JPARC as commander any F-35s for use as aggressor about $500 million in upgrades Pole, has a population of 2,200 ed following the Vietnam War: In of the 353rd Combat Training aircraft until the service submits are planned, including dozens of people and the main attraction is combat, a pilot’s first 10 missions Squadron. a plan to Congress that considers climate-controlled hangars and a Santa Claus House gift shop fea- are the deadliest. Red Flag is de- The Air Force is also grappling other locations and the benefits modern surface-to-air missile turing live reindeer and a 50-foot signed to put them through those with how it should incorporate of modernizing other aggressor simulators designed to challenge statue of St. Nick. 10 flights before the missiles are F-35 jets as aggressor planes in squadrons, including the one in pilots flying in radar-evading The so-called fifth-generation real. future training — something it Alaska. Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY USO’s programs give distraction amid lockdown

BY SETH ROBSON the lack of available shifts, Mar- Stars and Stripes queze-Velasquez said. Despite the shorter hours, the YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan USO is reaching more people — The USO has kept many of its than usual after taking most of its facilities across the Pacific open programs online, she said. during the coronavirus pandemic The Yokota USO’s most popu- and is finding new ways to reach lar posts are on its Facebook page troops and their families online. along with pages managed by “I think we are busier now than USO Japan and USO Pacific, but before the pandemic,” Yokota it also hosts events on the official USO manager Mardie Marqueze- apps for the USO and Yokota Air THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes Velasquez said Wednesday. “We Base, she said. can’t reach them physically, but LaDonna Spivey, a personal trainer and volunteer for the USO at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, leads One popular program, “Story we have great teams across the a workout via Facebook Live on Thursday. globe of volunteers and staff.” Time,” involves operations spe- About half of the Pacific’s cialist Tempus Terns reading Maul and performed poses such Yokota last year was a block party systems airman who has been at 22 USO centers are still active children’s books while dressed as the Ewok stretch, Han Solo attended by 400, Marqueze-Velas- Yokota, his first duty station, for this year, she said. Many of the as a character from the story, she with blaster, Death Star, X-Wing quez said. seven months. ones that closed are in civilian said. and TIE Fighter, Marqueze- Even as the USO moves pro- Operation Birthday Cake al- airports. Terns has dressed up as Ariel Velasquez said. grams online there’s time for lows a stateside family member to “We have to wear masks and from “The Little Mermaid,” About 100 people have regis- some old-fashioned face-to-face contact the USO to deliver a cake stay away from people, but we Anna from “Frozen,” characters tered for the USO’s virtual 5K morale boosting. The Yokota to a service member. keep our doors open because we inspired by the movie “Monsters race that will involve people send- USO is a place for troops to relax Engle — who was called back provide that sense of normalcy,” Inc.” and is planning costumes ing screenshots of their run times and includes free Wi-Fi, snacks, to the office for the surprise — she said. inspired by “Toy Story,” “Cinder- to receive prizes, she said. computers and a theater screen- put on a funny hat and glasses to The Yokota USO has cut its ella” and “Finding Dory,” Mar- On Cinco De Mayo Taco Tues- ing Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime receive his cake as his workmates hours since March, opening at queze-Velasquez said. day, 1,400 people tuned into Face- and HBO. sang “Happy Birthday.” 10 a.m., as usual, but closing at The readings happen every two book to watch Terns teach how to On Wednesday, USO staff and “I was terrified walking back 4 p.m. instead of 10 p.m., and is weeks live at 6 p.m. Friday. cook the perfect taco. volunteers carried a birthday from the shop,” he said. “I thought open only Monday to Friday. Terns hosted an online yoga The online engagement com- cake and balloons to surprise Air- I was getting fired.” The biggest complaint from session May 4 with a “Star Wars” pares favorably to the USO’s live man 1st Class David Engle, 22, of [email protected] Yokota’s 138 USO volunteers is theme. She dressed as Darth events. The most popular one at Eaton, Ind. He’s a cyber transport Twitter: @SethRobson1 DODEA schools in Korea will complete school year online

BY DAVE ORNAUER Korea] and DODEA-Pacific West have items and end-of-year events and activities ly through base neighborhoods, with photo Stars and Stripes jointly decided to finish the 2019-20 school will be provided in the coming days. spreads being posted to schools’ and indi- year in the virtual learning environment,” Though virtual graduation ceremonies viduals’ social media pages. Defense Department schools in South Superintendent Jeff Arrington said in a are in the works, schools, community “Please know that safety measures relat- Korea will remain closed and instruc- message Friday. partners and base commanders are also ed to preventing the spread of the [corona- tion will continue online for the rest of the Online instruction will continue for stu- working on possible in-person end-of-year virus] will be practiced at all times during school year due to concerns about the coro- dents through June 9, the message said, activities, the statement continued. any of these optional activities and during navirus, Department of Defense Education with school closures starting June 1. Some DODEA-Pacific schools have been closure procedures. Activity-Pacific officials said Friday. Information regarding the return of holding parades for graduating seniors, [email protected] “After much consideration, [U.S. Forces school materials, picking up personal with students populating cars rolling slow- Twitter @DaveOrnauer US soldier, civilian base worker suspected of robbing Okinawa shop

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE while brandishing a knife-like ob- “The U.S. military on Okinawa AND AYA ICHIHASHI ject, threatened an employee and works closely with local police on Stars and Stripes demanded money, the spokesman a daily basis and will continue to said. They ran out with $64,700 in cooperate in this matter,” the 18th CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese and U.S. currency. No Wing statement said. “We take Two people who live and work at one was injured. these matters very seriously and Kadena Air Base are suspected of Kadena’s 18th Wing said in a will ensure members are held ac- making off with nearly $65,000 in statement Friday evening that “a countable if they are found to be the armed robbery of a currency civilian and an Army soldier” are involved in criminal activities.” exchange shop on Okinawa. being looked at in the “ongoing Those convicted of robbery The business, which isn’t far investigation, which is being led with threat or assault face be- from Camp Foster’s front gate, by Okinawa Police Station.” tween five years and 20 years was robbed by two mask -wearing On Friday afternoon, local imprisonment under Japanese perpetrators at approximately media photographed a uniformed criminal law, according to the 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to an U.S. soldier being escorted into Ministry of Internal Affairs and Okinawa Police spokesman who the police station by U.S. military Communications. spoke on a customary condition police. AYA ICHIHASHI/Stars and Stripes [email protected] of anonymity. Okinawa Police later said no Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 Two mask-wearing perpetrators robbed this currency exchange store One or both of the suspects arrests had been made in the case [email protected] across from Camp Foster, Okinawa, on Tuesday . went behind the shop’s counter but declined to comment further. Twitter: @AyaIchihashi PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Surge of S. Korea arrivals set for quarantine

BY KIM GAMEL miles around the room. Less Stars and Stripes ambitious occupants get a list of workout tips and may borrow CAMP HUMPHREYS, South weights and other equipment that Korea — With the coronavirus is sterilized after each use. pandemic still going strong, the Shiflet said one hard rule is U.S. military is gearing up to that occupants must stay in their quarantine a surge of troops and rooms or face the possibility of other personnel expected to ar- having to start over. rive for new assignments this “Typically, when I tell them summer. that they stay in their room,” she The Pentagon has banned most said. military moves through at least June 30 to curtail the spread of the virus, although high-priority Work in progress troops and other personnel have The military is working on been allowed to travel under an resolving other issues to accom- exception to policy. modate newcomers, including a So far, the need for quarantine plan to enable people to start the space has been limited to those paperwork and other require- arrivals, people who may have ments to join their unit while in had contact with infected patients quarantine. and anybody showing symptoms “We will experience a large and waiting for test results. changeover. It’ll be mostly people However, U.S. Forces Korea is coming from off-pen,” Crighton preparing for a summertime in- said. “In-processing is a work in flux to the peninsula after the ban progress, but there’s absolutely MATTHEW KEELER/Stars and Stripes is lifted, opening the floodgates an effort to make as much of that for regularly scheduled arrivals Newcomers must spend two weeks in rooms similar to this model room inside the isolation facility at as possible virtual.” and a backlog of people who have Camp Humphreys, South Korea. Officials declined to provide been in a holding pattern. numbers due to the uncertainty Officials have had a lot of prac- surrounding the coronavirus and — a newly constructed, nine- basic furniture as well as a shared the system that exists today. tice since South Korea for weeks the stop-move order. story barracks that was quickly kitchenette and bathroom. “We’ve gotten a lot of experi- suffered the largest outbreak Some 28,500 service members repurposed as a quarantine cen- People being quarantined encing in opening up new build- outside of China before the virus are stationed in South Korea. ter for about 300 people. may use laundry rooms in build- ings,” she said. “It’s definitely spread globally. Most troops arrive at Osan Air Occupants enter through ings that have them, while Army been improving weekly. We make All travelers to South Korea, Base on the government-char- one side of the building and quartermaster units have begun improvements all the time.” including those affiliated with tered Patriot Express flight and exit through the other to avoid providing laundry capabilities to Shiflet learned firsthand about USFK, must be tested and quar- will be taken to quarantine facili- cross-contamination. those that do not, Crighton said. being quarantined when she was antined for 14 days upon arrival. ties from there. Newcomers are provided with Unaccompanied service mem- placed in her own facility last The Army quarantine sys- USFK and the South Korean linens, a trash bag, snacks, bottles bers sharing a suite must take month after being spotted on tem has evolved since the end of government also have agreed of water, toilet paper, disinfec- turns entering the common areas, closed-circuit TV in the same January when a few dozen troops that any U.S. military-affiliated tant wipes, hand soap and paper although families may mingle. store as a confirmed case during who had been to mainland China individual who lands at Incheon towels. Counselors and chaplains also the trace investigation into their holed up in a barracks with heat- Airport will be taken to Camp ing problems to the current itera- Hot meals are served three are allowed to make in-person whereabouts. Humphreys or Osan Air Base for tion equipped with Wi-Fi. times per day from the military visits for behavioral health needs “I was just picking up some- testing and quarantine. “It’s a team-based effort,” dining facility, and snacks are while wearing protective gear. thing real quick before heading Some contractors and civilian said Lt. Col. Martyn Crighton, a available. Food can also be or- Occupants also may be escorted over to my shift and I happened employees, however, may have spokesman for the 2nd Infantry dered for delivery from on-base outside in a carefully controlled to come in contact with some- to use government-designated fa- Division. “At the beginning of restaurants, and units may bring process, Shiflet said, adding that one who later tested positive for cilities depending on availability, this we had bumps and lumps and care packages. staff is available around the clock COVID-19 in the shoppette,” she said USFK spokesman Col. Lee bruises, but it took us a few weeks Travelers should pack towels if occupants need anything. said. “It was really actually very Peters. and everything was sorted out and toiletries, medication, clothes Pets may stay with their own- beneficial. I got to see the whole “The on-base facilities are and it was pretty streamlined.” and other necessities for two ers for the time being and will process that the occupants go weeks. have opportunities to be taken through.” being prioritized for service What to expect However, the post exchange outside, said Sgt. 1st Class Alex- Shiflet changed some rules members and their families,” he and the commissary recently ander Pagel, also with the 630th after the experience, including said. The Army has the capacity to began delivering to the quaran- Clearance Company. allowing occupants to place their “USFK service components quarantine 900 people at a time tine facilities, officials said. “We’re working on getting the trash out for removal at any time are currently analyzing data now on Camp Humphreys, the main “It’s super helpful for people pet situation figured out,” he said. instead of waiting for the bag to to make an informed decision for U.S. military base south of Seoul; coming on-pen who maybe didn’t “We’re also working on getting be full. the number of expected USFK- Camp Casey to the north of the bring a shower towel or something cribs for any infants.” “You’re stuck in this room and affiliated personnel who will ar- capital; and Army Garrison like that, or need more socks,” it gets smelly,” she said. rive and depart this summer,” he Daegu in the south, officials said. said 2nd Lt. Hannah Shiflet of the Learning firsthand Her advice for newcomers is added. “As of now, we are assess- The Air Force also runs quar- 630th Clearance Company, 12th to stick to a schedule. Shiflet said ing contractors will have to quar- antine facilities at Osan Air Base. Engineers Brigade, 2nd Infantry Shiflet’s platoon began doing she made her bed every day after antine off-base, but this is still Stars and Stripes took a tour Division. security at the initial quarantine waking up, got a lot of work done under review.” last week of one of the main Army Each suite has two rooms facility in building 577 in late and caught up with family. [email protected] buildings on Camp Humphreys equipped with twin beds and other February and has helped develop She even managed to run six Twitter: @kimgamel Two more US service members recover from the virus in South Korea

BY KIM GAMEL celebration of defeating it,” she said The sailor will remain on Camp USFK said. Stars and Stripes Saturday in a telephone interview. Humphreys to complete in-process- USFK doesn’t usually identify pa- Tolley, who tested positive on ing before moving on to his new tients due to privacy concerns, but SEOUL, South Korea — What’s the March 26, was one of two U.S. Forces assignment in the southern city of Tolley agreed to be interviewed by first thing you do after recovering Korea service members declared Busan, the command said Saturday Stars and Stripes. The 23-year-old from the coronavirus? Pfc. Victoria Tolley, stationed at free of the virus this week by mili- in a statement. Sitka, Alaska, native plans to return Camp Humphreys, said she had a tary medical doctors. The patients were cleared after to work at the computer help desk victory drink at a restaurant on base The other was a sailor who had showing no symptoms for more than at Eighth Army headquarters on after she was released Thursday from tested positive on May 8 after arriv- seven days, being fever-free without Tuesday. nearly two months in isolation. ing from Japan on a U.S. government- medication and receiving negative “I’m extremely grateful to be “I went to the bar at Texas Road- chartered flight known as the Patriot results from two consecutive coro- healed and to be out back into the house, and I enjoyed a Corona in Express, according to USFK. navirus tests at least 24 hours apart, world,” she said. Tolley Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Eight more sailors on Roosevelt test positive 2nd time

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR anonymity. Associated Press That some crew were testing positive again has puzzled offi- WASHINGTON — Eight more cials and raised questions about sailors aboard the USS Theodore reintegrating troops into the mili- Roosevelt have tested positive tary if a second infection were again for the coronavirus, raising possible. to 13 the number who appear to Also questioned was the ac- have become infected a second curacy of testing itself. In some time while serving aboard the cases infection can be at such a sidelined aircraft carrier. low level that it is not detected All the sailors had previously tested positive for the virus and by the test, which could mean there were no relapses. Also, RICHARD VOGEL/AP had gone through at least two weeks of isolation. Before they people could be cleared though A medical worker passes a self-administered coronavirus test on a pole to a passenger in a car at a were allowed to go back to the their virus levels were too low for drive-through testing site May 6 in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles is ship, all had to test negative twice detection. providing free tests to anyone who wants one, regardless of whether they have symptoms. in a row, with the tests separated The outbreak aboard the Roos- by at least a day or two. evelt was discovered in March. In On Saturday, a Navy official port in Guam since then, the ship confirmed eight additional sail- sent more than 4,000 of its 4,800 Los Angeles offers virus tests to ors had tested positive again. A crew members ashore for quar- day earlier, the Navy had said antine or isolation. Earlier this in a statement that five had test- month, hundreds of sailors began all, has thousands of unused kits ed positive a second time. The returning to the ship, in coordi- Navy official was not authorized nated waves, to prepare to set sail BY BRIAN MELLEY we still have insufficient testing tion, accounting for about half to speak publicly and requested again. Associated Press is really unfortunate,” said Dr. the county’s deaths, and densely Eric Topol, head of the Scripps housed poor people are two main LOS ANGELES — With ample Research Translational Insti- reasons. coronavirus tests and not enough tute, a San Diego-based medical When Garcetti opened up test- sick people seeking them, the research partnership. “I applaud ing April 30, the county at large mayor of Los Angeles recently what they’re doing. The more had relaxed some guidelines on did something on a scale no other people tested the better.” who could get a test, with priori- major U.S. city had done — allow Mayor Eric Garcetti’s vow to ties going to the sickest and most anyone with or without symptoms not let a test go to waste was the vulnerable. It allowed testing to be tested as often as they want. result of a partnership with a some people without symptoms, A website to book a test was quickly swamped by residents in startup company that developed including health care workers the nation’s second-largest city an easy-to-administer test that and emergency personnel . and the surrounding county who doesn’t rely on scarce supplies. Wider testing could help de- couldn’t get tested under more But it was a significant departure termine the disease prevalence, stringent guidelines and were from stricter state criteria and though that would require random concerned they were infected or guidelines to limit tests to those sampling, said Karin Michels, an could be asymptomatic carriers who need them most. epidemiology professor at the unwittingly exposing others. While the virus was initially University of California, Los An- But despite overbooking to com- worse in Northern California, geles. And testing asymptomatic pensate for a third of the people LA County, home to a quarter people comes at the expense of who didn’t show up, the city still of the state’s nearly 40 million those who can’t get a test. has thousands of tests that aren’t residents, now accounts for more “In a perfect world, you want to JORDAN GILBERT/U.S. Marine Corps being used each week, according than half the state’s deaths and a test the whole state, you want to to figures provided to The Associ- case count growing more rapidly test the whole country,” Michels Hospital corpsmen from the 3rd Medical Battalion at Camp Foster, ated Press by the mayor’s office. than other major state counties. said. “We don’t have enough test Okinawa, check a sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt at “Wasted tests at a time when A large nursing home popula- kits for everybody right now.” Naval Base Guam on May 7. Blunt: Leaders say there’s no guarantee of a quick vaccine to combat virus

FROM FRONT PAGE could at finding a vaccine,” Johnson wrote who have symptoms and tracing the con- six hours — but kept them under a general from having a vaccine available to every- in the Mail on Sunday newspaper. “There tacts of infected people. One minister said lockdown. one despite the scientific gold rush now on remains a very long way to go, and I must Sunday that 17,200 people had been re- Small shops were opening in most of to create such a vaccine. be frank that a vaccine might not come to cruited to be contact tracers. Spain, which on Sunday reported only 87 fruition.” Coronavirus has infected more than new deaths, the lowest daily death count “We would find ourselves with our social Johnson said Britain was taking “baby 4.6 million people and killed more than since March 16. Restrictions, however, re- and productive fabric heavily damaged,” steps” toward reopening, “trying to do 312,000 worldwide, according to a tally by mained tighter in Madrid and Barcelona, Conte said. something that has never had to be done Johns Hopkins University . The U.S. has the hardest-hit areas. Italy’s economy is forecast to contract before — moving the country out of a full reported more than 88,000 dead in the In Asia, China’s commercial hub of 9% this year due to the coronavirus amid a lockdown.” pandemic and Europe has seen at least Shanghai announced a June 2 restart of long, strict lockdown. “Despite these efforts, we have to ac- 160,000 deaths. classes for younger students amid falling For his part, Britain’s Johnson, who was knowledge we may need to live with this Churches throughout Greece opened virus cases. People in Thailand streamed hospitalized last month with a serious bout virus for some time to come,” Johnson their doors to the faithful after two months Sunday into shopping malls, which have of COVID-19, speculated Sunday that a wrote. Sunday, while limiting the number of con- been closed since March. vaccine may not be developed at all, de- The Conservative leader said the U.K. gregants and dispensing disinfectants. China’s airline regulator reported that spite the huge global effort to produce one. needs to find new ways of controlling the Turkey allowed people over 65 to leave flights had returned to 60% of pre-out- “I said we would throw everything we virus, including more testing for people their homes only for a second time — up to break levels, exceeding 10,000 per day. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Senators seeks Trump’s take on emergency powers

BY DEB RIECHMANN gencies. The senators think the Associated Press documents would provide them a window into how this White WASHINGTON — The day he House interprets presidential declared the COVID-19 pandemic emergency powers. a national emergency, President “Somebody needs to look at Donald Trump made a cryptic these things,” Sen. Angus King, offhand remark. I-Maine, said in a telephone in- “I have the right to do a lot of terview. “This is a case where the things that people don’t even president can declare an emer- know about,” he said at the White gency and then say, ‘Because House. there’s an emergency, I can do Trump wasn’t just crowing. this, this and this.’ ” Dozens of statutory authorities King, seven Democrats and one EVAN VUCCI/AP become available to any presi- Republican sent a letter late last dent when national emergencies After President Donald Trump declared the pandemic a national emergency, 10 senators have asked month to acting national intelli- are declared. They are rarely to see this administration’s Presidential Emergency Action Documents. The documents outline what gence director Richard Grenell used, but Trump last month powers a president believes the Constitution gives him to deal with national emergencies. stunned legal experts and others asking to be briefed on any exist- when he claimed — mistakenly ing PEADs. Sen. Patrick Leahy, sity, said there is a push to take a “I worry about other things he “Let it be fully understood that — that he has “total” authority D-Vt., wrote a similar letter to look at these documents because might call an emergency,” Geltzer this is incorrect.” Attorney General William Barr over governors in easing COVID- there is rising distrust for the said. “I think around the election Trump later backtracked on and White House counsel Pat 19 guidelines. Trump administration’s legal in- itself in November — that’s where his claim of “total“ authority Cipollone. That prompted 10 senators to terpretations in a way he hasn’t there seems to be a lot of potential and agreed that states have the “The concern is that there look into how sweeping Trump seen in his lifetime. for mischief with this president.” upper hand in deciding when to believes his emergency powers could be actions taken that would The most publicized example The lawmakers made their re- violate individual rights under end their lockdowns. But it was are. was Trump’s decision last year quest just days after Trump made just the latest from a president They have asked to see this the Constitution,” such as limiting to declare the security situation his startling claim on April 13 who has been stretching existing administration’s Presidential due process, unreasonable search along the U.S.-Mexico border a that he had the authority to force statutory authorities “to, if not be- Emergency Action Documents, and seizure and holding individu- national emergency. That deci- states to reopen for business amid or PEADs. The little-known, clas- als without cause, King said. sion allowed him to take up to $3.6 the pandemic. yond, their breaking point,” said sified documents are essentially “I’m merely speculating. It may billion from military construction “When somebody’s the presi- Stephen Vladeck, a law professor planning papers. be that we get these documents projects to finance wall construc- dent of the United States, the at the University of Texas. The documents don’t give a and there’s nothing untoward in tion beyond the miles that law- authority is total,” Trump said, Questions about Trump’s president authority beyond what’s their checks and balances and makers had been willing to fund. causing a backlash from some PEADs went unanswered by the in the Constitution. But they out- everything is above board and Trump’s move skirted the author- governors and legal experts. Justice Department, National line what powers a president be- reasonable.” ity of Congress, which by law has Trump later tweeted that while Security Council and the Of- lieves that the Constitution gives Joshua Geltzer, visiting profes- the power to spend money in the some people say it’s the gover- fice of the Director of National him to deal with national emer- sor of law at Georgetown Univer- nation’s wallet. nors, not the president’s decision, Intelligence. Commission overseeing virus relief struggles with no leader

BY MATTHEW DALY said the money can be leveraged mutual distrust. Associated Press to offer more than $2 trillion in The dispute between the two loans to U.S. companies. leaders “far transcends this par- WASHINGTON — Seven weeks But without a chairman, the ticular problem,” Brian said, but after Congress unleashed more panel’s activity has been reduced “oversight should not suffer be- than $2 trillion to deal with the to tweets and letters by individual cause these two can’t agree.” coronavirus crisis, an oversight commissioners and a May 8 state- Representatives for Pelosi and commission intended to keep ment in which it pledged to pub- McConnell said they had no up- track of how the money is spent lish a required report “soon.” date on when the oversight po- remains without a leader. The failure by Pelosi and Mc- sition would be filled, although Four of the five members of the Connell to agree on an oversight Pelosi has told reporters she Congressional Oversight Com- head is the latest example of a and McConnell have been talk- mission have been appointed, broken Congress, marked by ing “and hopefully we’ll have a but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, partisanship and polarization. decision soon.” Meanwhile, they D-Calif., and Senate Majority Even as both sides acknowledge have engaged in a high-profile Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the importance of overseeing the war of words over a new, $3 tril- have not agreed on a chair, leav- sprawling economic rescue law, lion rescue law pushed by House ing the commission rudderless as ANDREW HARNIK/AP lawmakers are immobilized by a Democrats. the federal government pumps larger political fight, with no res- McConnell called the bill “an unprecedented sums into the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., above, and Senate Majority olution immediately in sight. 1,800-page liberal wish list,” economy. Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have not yet agreed on a chair for “It’s disappointing but not sur- while Pelosi lambasted McCon- Without a leader, the panel’s the Congressional Oversight Commission. prising” that the oversight panel nell and other Republicans who remaining members can still do lacks a leader nearly two months have said they want to hold off on some oversight work, but cannot there is no oversight” on a huge Law School. Lawmakers trying after the emergency law was ad- more relief spending. “It’s amaz- hire staff or set up office space. part of the economic rescue law, to oversee the spending law “are opted, said Danielle Brian, ex- ing to me how much patience and The four members have not met said John Coates, a professor of surging down the rapids without ecutive director of the Project on how much tolerance someone can as a group since the economic law and economics at Harvard a raft,” she said. Government Oversight. “We’ve have for the pain of others,” she rescue law was passed by Con- Law School. Congress created the panel to all seen how Congress operates,” said. The House approved the bill gress and signed by President So far, “it’s a non-oversight, watch over $500 billion in lending she added, saying it was diffi- Friday, setting up negotiations Donald Trump in late March. oversight commission,” added to distressed industries backed cult to see Pelosi and McConnell with the White House and Senate “If the commission is not func- Kimberly Wehle, a visiting pro- by the Treasury Department and agreeing on an appointee in the Republicans that could go on for tioning — which it is not — then fessor at American University Federal Reserve. The Fed has near term, given their level of weeks. Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Obama delivers politically charged Military mystery commencement speech to graduates

BY JILL COLVIN space plane blasts Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation’s response into orbit again to the coronavirus, telling college graduates in an online commence- ment address that the pandemic BY MARCIA DUNN Since the first flight in 2010, shows many officials “aren’t even Associated Press the space planes had logged a pretending to be in charge.” combined 2,865 days in orbit as Obama spoke on “Show Me CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — of Sunday. That’s seven years and The U.S. military’s mystery space Your Walk, HBCU Edition,” a 10 months. two-hour event for students grad- plane rocketed into orbit again Delayed a day by bad weather, Sunday, this time with an extra uating from historically black col- this marks just the second rocket leges and universities broadcast load of science experiments. launch for the newly established It’s the sixth flight of an X- on YouTube, Facebook and Twit- Space Force. In March, it hoisted MICHAEL SOHN/AP 37B, a solar-powered plane that’s ter. His remarks were unexpect- a national security satellite. flown by remote control without a edly political, given the venue, Former President Barack Obama, shown at a town hall meeting last United Launch Alliance, which crew. Officials aren’t saying how and touched on current events year in Berlin, Germany, gave an online commencement address to provided the Atlas V rocket, long the spacecraft will remain in beyond the virus and its social college graduates Saturday. orbit this time or the purpose of dedicated Sunday’s launch to and economic impacts. the mission. the health care workers and oth- “More than anything, this pan- ruary shooting death of Ahmaud goes for a jog and some folks feel ers who are working on the front The previous mission lasted a demic has fully, finally torn back Arbery, 25, who was killed while like they can stop and question lines of the pandemic. record two years, with a touch- the curtain on the idea that so jogging on a residential street in and shoot him if he doesn’t sub- The company said it followed down shrouded in darkness at many of the folks in charge know Georgia. mit to their questioning.” health advice for the launch. what they’re doing,” Obama said. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center “Let’s be honest: A disease like “Injustice like this isn’t new,“ Many of the flight controllers “A lot them aren’t even pretend- last year. this just spotlights the underlying Obama went on to say. “What is The winged spacecraft re- wore masks and were spread out. ing to be in charge.” new is that so much of your gen- inequalities and extra burdens sembles NASA’s old shuttles, but The Cape Canaveral Air Force As he congratulated the college eration has woken up to the fact is considerably smaller at 29 feet Station has an exceptionally fast graduates Saturday and com- that black communities have his- that the status quo needs fixing, long. The one just launched fea- turnaround for its next launch. miserated over the enormous torically had to deal with in this that the old ways of doing things tures an extra compartment for Before dawn Monday, SpaceX challenges they face given the country,“ Obama said. “We see it don’t work.“ experiments, including several attempted to launch another batch devastation and economic tur- in the disproportionate impact of “If the world’s going to get bet- for NASA. The Air Force has two of its Starlink satellites for global moil the virus has wrought, the COVID-19 on our communities, ter, it’s going to be up to you,“ he of these reusable space planes. internet service. former president noted the Feb- just as we see it when a black man said. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Thailand reopens malls as new cases dwindle

BY JERRY HARMER procedures. Window-shopping Associated Press families strolled down concours- es, occasionally pausing to wash BANGKOK — Thais streamed their hands with gel from the into shopping malls on Sunday, many dispensers. once again enjoying their air- “To be able to go out again conditioned oases as the country could help people relax,” said eased one of the restrictions im- posed to fight the coronavirus. mallgoer Jariya Seriyothin. “But The government allowed malls we still have to be careful when to reopen after the number of new we come out and not let all these virus cases in Thailand dwindled easing measures make us forget to single digits for all but one day about everything.” over more than two weeks. Malls The coronavirus crisis has hit had been closed since March. the already-struggling Thai econ- Student Baiplu Chaonuam ex- omy hard. Millions of people have pressed her relief at returning been laid off, with little immedi- to a Bangkok mall. “I started to ate prospect of a return to work get used to staying home, but to for many of them. The reopening be able to come back out and look of the malls at least brings some around at things is an improve- relief to one part of the retail ment from staying in,” she said. sector. The mall experience, however, The government will watch to may not be as carefree as it was see whether the infection rate re- before the virus, with measures mains low before deciding on the instituted to reduce the danger next phase of its plan to restore that malls will become new infec- normality. It is treading carefully, tion hotspots. announcing Saturday that it was Thermal scanners check tem- extending a ban on the arrival of peratures for signs of fever, and /AP each shopper must pass through GEMUNU AMARASINGHE international passenger flights to the end of June. a disinfectant mist at every en- Patrons stand in a line to enter the Louis Vuitton shop at the upmarket shopping mall Siam Paragon in trance. Everyone must wear a Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday. Earlier this month, the gov- mask and keep it on throughout ernment reopened public parks, their stay. Crowding on the esca- to register electronically when who may have been in contact said that the data will be used which had been closed as part of lators is also prohibited, as people entering and leaving a mall, and with them at the mall. only for public health purposes. anti-virus measures. must keep a two-step distance when entering and leaving indi- Contact tracing apps have been Lines formed outside luxury Thai health authorities an- from those in front of them. vidual stores. If someone later adopted in many countries, rais- brand stores at Bangkok’s upmar- nounced three new virus cases More controversially, shop- falls ill, this stored data will be ing concerns among privacy ad- ket Siam Paragon mall Sunday, Sunday, bringing the total to pers must use their smartphones used to trace and contact anyone vocates. But the Thai government as staff enforced the new entry 3,028, including 56 deaths. Italy announces plans to ease travel restrictions

BY CHICO HARLAN Since early March, the move- table as a travel option for Ameri- its restrictions in part because imposed for eight weeks succeed- The Washington Post ment of Italians has been severe- cans. Foreign minister Luigi Di many of its regional governments, ed in slowing the pace at which ly restricted, as part of one of the Maio indicated that Italy’s eased worried about the economic toll, the virus was spreading. The ROME — Italy on Saturday most rigid lockdowns in Europe. restrictions would apply to those have agitated for a more rapid country is discovering roughly moved to significantly unwind Under the current restrictions, already in the European Union, timetable. On May 4, Italy took 1,000 new coronavirus cases coronavirus-related movement people in the country are not al- writing on Facebook that from the first steps to emerge from daily, compared with 6,000 at the restrictions, announcing plans to lowed to leave their region, and June 3, it will be possible “to lockdown, allowing factories and peak in late March. Only 10% of allow travel across the country as leisure travelers are prohibited move within EU states.” construction projects to resume. the country’s intensive care beds well as to and from abroad begin- from coming to Italy. Anybody Even by loosening the restric- The government has since moved are occupied by coronavirus pa- ning June 3. arriving in the country for urgent tions, Italy will have a hard time up the opening date for restau- tients, compared with more than Such changes would restore business reasons is required to fully restoring its summer tour- rants — from early June to May 50% more than a month ago. many of the freedoms that were self-isolate for 14 days. ism season. Airlines have dra- 18. Retail stores and museums The country is sure to pay a se- in place before Italy became the In an evening address, Prime matically cut back on routes to will also restart May 18. vere economic price because of epicenter for the virus’s spread Minister Giuseppe Conte said the country, and many people “The epidemiological situation restrictions necessitated by the in Europe. Italy is under intense that people arriving from other who had planned trips to Italy in Italy is holding,” said Fabrizio virus and because it came to a economic pressure to reopen its EU states would not be subject to have already canceled. Countries Pregliasco, a virologist at the standstill for so long. Italy’s econ- doors and revive its tourism sec- quarantine. with more controlled outbreaks, University of Milan, who noted omy is expected to contract this tor, which normally accounts for “This will create the conditions like Greece and Portugal, are that the last two weeks haven’t year by more than 9%, its deepest 13% of its GDP. for tourism recovery,” he said. trying to pitch themselves as safe shown any worrying upticks in recession in history. Italy’s Con- But the country is also gam- The continent’s external bor- travel destinations for northern the transmission of the virus. fcommercio business association bling that it can contain any new ders are closed to nonessential Europeans trying to escape to the “With some caution, it is reason- said that drop in consumption will outbreaks that might come with travelers until at least mid-June beach. able to imagine a reopening.” mainly hit a few sectors — partic- freer travel. — keeping Italy, initially, off the Still, Italy is moving fast to ease The stringent lockdown Italy ularly hotels and restaurants. Relief and worry mark reopening of Bavarian brewery to guests

Associated Press man states to start reopening the During the coronavirus lock- It’s a relief to reopen the beer by state authorities, tables have hospitality sector as the country down, the Weisses Braeuhaus garden and then the restaurant to be 5 feet apart — reducing the ALTOETTING, Germany gradually eases its coronavirus restaurant started offering take- for guests, but the new social dis- number of guests — and servers — The Graminger Weissbraeu restrictions, is letting restaurants out food and the brewery was tancing conditions are “very dif- have to wear face masks, a diffi- brewery, which has been in the serve guests outside starting able to sell some beer to shops, ficult,” she said. cult requirement for hours on end same family for a century, is Monday and inside a week later. but “overall it’s nowhere near “I am afraid that in the long in warm weather. finally preparing to welcome Birgit Detter is one of three enough,” Detter said. The brew- term it won’t work, because the “The danger will be that we guests back into its restaurant sisters who run the business just ery produces 52,800 gallons of revenue just isn’t there — I think have significantly less revenue for the first time in two months outside Altoetting, a popular beer per year, but is suffering the guests will come, but signifi- but need more employees to fulfil — with new rules and fears for tourist and Catholic pilgrimage from the restaurant closure and cantly fewer than before,” she all the conditions, and of course it the future. site east of Munich, together with the cancellation of a local festival said. would be difficult then to keep it Bavaria, one of the last Ger- their parents. in June. Among the conditions imposed up for long,” Detter said. Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK Skin doctors see more cases of ‘COVID toes’

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD in an Italian hospital and found Associated Press that 1 in 5 had some sort of skin symptom, mostly red rashes over Skin doctors are suddenly look- the trunk. In another, Spanish ing at a lot of toes — whether by doctors reported a series of 375 emailed picture or video visit confirmed virus patients with a — as concern grows that for some range of skin complaints, from people, a sign of COVID-19 may hives to chickenpox-like lesions to pop up in an unusual spot. the toe swellings. Boston dermatologist Esther Pictures of reddened toes and RICH PEDRONCELLI/AP Freeman expected to see skin rashes all over social media and complaints as the pandemic un- doctor chat groups have “already California Gov. Gavin Newsom has had some churches challenge his stay-at-home order during the folded — various kinds of rashes enabled the rapid recognition of pandemic, but a federal judge ruled in his favor this month. occur when people get very ill skin signs by dermatologists. It is from other viruses. now time for rigorous science” to “But I was not anticipating understand the link, Dr. Kanade those would be toes,” said Free- Shinkai of the University of Cali- Carrier exposes 180 in Calif. man of Massachusetts General fornia, San Francisco wrote in Hospital, who has viewed via a recent JAMA Dermatology telemedicine more toes in the last editorial. several weeks than in her entire Boston’s Freeman directs an after attending church service career. international COVID-19 registry They’re being called “COVID for doctors to report cases of pos- BY ALEX WIGGLESWORTH service and instruct them to self- Miller’s contract was up for re- toes,” red, sore and sometimes sibly virus-linked skin symptoms. Los Angeles Times quarantine. The county health newal in the fall and he wanted to itchy swellings on toes that look Of 500 reports since late March, department is also working with give the health department more like chilblains, something doc- about half are chilblain-like spots After a person who attended health care partners to obtain time to recruit a replacement, the tors normally see on the feet and an in-person religious service on on the feet, she said. testing for all attendees, officials release said. hands of people who’ve spent a Chilblains, what doctors call Mother’s Day tested positive for said. “We are prepared to recruit long time outdoors in the cold. “pernio,” are an inflammatory the coronavirus, public health “At this time, organizations for a health officer who, like Dr. Don’t race to the emergency reaction. When pernio-like re- officials in Butte County, Calif., that hold in-person services or Miller, will lead us as we bring room if toes are the only worry, actions appear in coronavirus- issued a strongly worded warn- gatherings are putting the health our economy back and keep this however, said the American infected patients is one of many ing to residents not to speed too and safety of their congregations, Academy of Dermatology. mysteries. For some people, it’s quickly through the reopening the general public and our local virus at bay,” Shari McCracken, Earlier this month, it issued ad- the first or even only symptom process. ability to open up at great risk,” the county’s chief administrative vice that a telemedicine check is they notice. Others see the toe The person received a positive Danette York, county public officer, said in a statement. the first step for people wonder- problem at the same time or even test result the day after the ser- health director, said in a state- The vast majority of religious ing if they have “COVID toes” a few weeks after experienc- vice, which had more than 180 at- ment urging residents to follow institutions have followed the and who have no other reason for ing more common and serious tendees, officials said Friday in a stay-at-home orders. state’s stay-at-home order. But a urgent care. Doctors should then COVID-19 symptoms. news release. “Moving too quickly through few churches have challenged it, decide if the patient should stay in It’s showing up in young people Gatherings of any size remain the reopening process can cause and held services in some cases. home isolation or get tested. as well, according to Dr. Amy prohibited, even in counties that a major setback and could require Earlier this month, a federal The most common coronavi- Paller of Northwestern Universi- are reopening more quickly than us to revert back to more restric- judge ruled that California Gov. rus symptoms are fever, a dry ty, who is part of a pediatric der- the rest of California. But the or- tive measures,” York said. Gavin Newsom had the right to cough and shortness of breath matology registry also collecting ganization that held the service Butte County is one of 22 coun- ban church assemblies in the in- — and some people are conta- chose to open its doors despite the images of patients’ toes. ties that has certified to the state terest of public health during the gious despite never experiencing Among the theories: Is it just rules, exposing the entire con- that it meets the conditions for ad- coronavirus outbreak. symptoms. But as this bewilder- inflammation triggered by an in- gregation to the coronavirus, of- ditional businesses to reopen. Newsom’s stay-at-home order ing virus continues to spread, fection instead of the cold? Is the ficials said. The county’s public health of- less common symptoms are virus irritating the lining of blood “This decision comes at a cost ficer, Andy Miller, announced did not violate the constitutional being reported, including loss vessels in the skin, or perhaps of many hours and a financial Saturday that he was resigning rights to free assembly and re- of smell, vomiting and diarrhea, causing microscopic blood clots? burden to respond effectively to effective July 10. The decision ligion when the Cross Culture and increasingly, a variety of skin “The public health message is slow or stop the spread of COVID- was not related to any particu- Christian Center in Lodi was or- problems. not to panic,” Freeman said, not- 19,” the release said, noting that lar incident or disagreement, the dered to cease holding services, In one report, dermatologists ing that most toe patients she’s health officials are working to county public health department Judge John Mendez ruled in evaluated 88 COVID-19 patients seen haven’t become severely ill. notify all those who attended the said in a news release. Sacramento. Judge says ‘Pharma Bro’ request delusional, denies prison release

Associated Press onstrate extraordinary and com- Matsumoto wrote. Brafman filed court papers last Matsumoto rejected that, relay- pelling factors that would require “Disappointed but not unex- month asking federal authorities ing concerns of probation officials NEW YORK — A judge rejected his release under home confine- pected,” Shkreli’s lawyer, Benja- to release him for three months that Shkreli’s claims of being able the request of convicted pharma- ment rules designed to move vul- min Brafman, said. and allow him to live at his fian- to develop a cure for the corona- ceutical executive Martin Shkreli nerable inmates out of institutions Shkreli is serving a seven-year cee’s New York City apartment so virus which has “so far eluded the to be let out of prison to research during the pandemic. prison sentence for a 2017 convic- that he could do laboratory work best medical and scientific minds a coronavirus treatment, noting The low-security prison in tion for lying to investors about “under strict supervision.” in the world working around the that probation officials viewed Allenwood, P a., where the 37- the performance of two hedge In a research proposal posted clock” is “delusional, self-aggran- that claim as the type of “delu- year-old Shkreli is locked up has funds he ran, withdrawing more online, Shkreli wrote that his dizing behavior.” sional, self-aggrandizing behav- reported no cases of coronavirus money from those funds than he background “as a successful two- Shkreli first gained notoriety by ior” that led to his conviction. among inmates and staff, and was entitled to and defrauding in- time biopharma entrepreneur, buying the rights to a drug used U.S. District Judge Kiyo Mat- there’s no evidence in his medical vestors in a drug company, Retro- having purchased multiple com- to treat an infection that occurs sumoto said in a nine-page ruling files to suggest that a childhood phin, by hiding his ownership of panies, invented multiple new in some AIDS, malaria and can- Saturday that the man known as bout with asthma continues to some of its stock. A judge ordered drug candidates” would make cer patients and raising the price the “Pharma Bro” failed to dem- pose a significant health problem, Shkreli to forfeit $7.3 million. him a valuable asset. from $13.50 to $750 per pill. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 NATION First named 11 Los Angeles storm of the season forms off Fla. coast firefighters hurt Associated Press MIAMI — Tropical Storm Ar- thur formed off the coast of Flor- ida on Saturday, making it the sixth straight year for a named during explosion storm to develop before the of- ficial June 1 start of the Atlantic BY STEFANIE DAZIO Garcetti said at a news confer- hurricane season. AND FRANK BAKER ence outside the Los Angeles The U.S. National Hurricane Associated Press County-University of Southern Center in Miami issued a tropi- California Medical Center where cal storm warning for North Car- LOS ANGELES — An explo- all the injured were treated. olina’s Outer Banks in its 5 a.m. sion Saturday at a hash oil manu- “Things could have been so Sunday advisory. At that time, facturer in downtown Los Angeles much worse,” said Los Angeles the storm’s center was located injured 11 firefighters who had Fire Department Medical Direc- about 380 miles south-south- gone inside and on the roof to try tor Dr. Marc Eckstein, who works west of Cape Hatteras, N.C . Ar- to knock down a fire and then had at the hospital and helped treat thur had top sustained winds of to run for their lives when a ball the injured. 40 mph and was moving to the of flames shot out the building Firefighters were called to 327 north-northeast at 9 mph, slowing /AP and scorched a fire truck across East Boyd St. in the city’s Toy PHOTOS BY DAMIAN DOVARGANES slightly from 13 mph. the street. District for a report of a fire at Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters work the scene of a Forecasts say Arthur will stay Los Angeles Fire Department a one-story commercial build- structure fire that injured multiple firefighters Saturday in Los well offshore of Florida, Georgia Capt. Erik Scott said “one sig- ing. There was light to moderate Angeles. and South Carolina on Sunday nificant explosion” shook the smoke when firefighters entered and then approach the North neighborhood around 6:30 p.m. the building and went on the Carolina coast on Monday, where Firefighters inside had to run roof, normal procedures to try to it will drop 1-3 inches of rain Sun- through a wall of flames he esti- quickly knock down any flames. day night and Monday. mated as 30 feet high and wide, Los Angeles Fire Chief Ralph The tropical storm warning and those on the roof scrambled Terrazas said one of the firefight- was issued for parts of North down a ladder engulfed in fire. ers inside the building thought Carolina’s coast, from Surf City Scott said people at the scene things didn’t seem right — the to Duck, including Pamlico and described the explosion as sound- pressure from the smoke and Albemarle Sounds. ing like a freight train or jet heat coming from the rear of the Dangerous coastal surf con- engine. Some of the fleeing fire- building was increasing. He di- ditions and rip currents are ex- fighters were on fire and tore off rected everyone to get out, and as pected to spread northward from their protective equipment and they quickly started exiting the Florida to the mid-Atlantic states left it on the sidewalk, along with building as it was rocked by the during the next few days. melted helmets, Scott said. explosion. While there may be a com- “That was one of the worst Firefighters on the roof scram- ponent of warming waters and scenes I’ve seen,” he said. bled down ladders with their pro- climate change in other pre- All 11 firefighters suffered tective coats on fire. The wall of June storms, Arthur is more of burns ranging from minor to seri- flames shot out the building and Los Angeles firefighters push ambulance cots at the scene of the fire. a subtropical storm system than ous. Three were listed in critical burned seats inside a fire truck a traditional named storm and condition, and two of them were across the street. spread to several nearby build- who remained at the scene, un- its water is cooler than what’s on ventilators. All were expected More than 200 firefighters ings, but firefighters were able to aware of the seriousness of their usually needed for storm forma- to survive. rushed to the scene, and dozens of douse it in about an hour. colleagues’ injuries, were trau- tion, said Colorado State Univer- “The good news is everybody’s engines, trucks and rescue vehi- The injured firefighters were matized by what had transpired, sity hurricane researcher Phil going to make it,” Mayor Eric cles clogged the streets. The fire rushed to the hospital. Those Terrazas said. Klotzbach. Hundreds rally to demand justice for Ga. shooting victim

BY AARON MORRISON demanding accountability for a rested and charged with murder the resignation of Jackie John- than four hours from Atlanta for Associated Press case in which charges weren’t until May 7, after a video of the son, the district attorney for the the rally, bringing historically filed until state officials stepped shooting was publicly released to Brunswick Judicial Circuit who black fraternities and sororities, BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Justice in after a leaked video sparked a local radio station and less than recused herself from the investi- civil rights organizations and for Ahmaud Arbery, a black man national outrage. 48 hours after state agents took gation, and George Barnhill, the black-led gun rights groups, who killed during a pursuit by a white Arbery, 25, was killed Feb. 23 over the case. Waycross circuit district attorney said if Arbery had armed him- man and his son in Georgia, isn’t just outside the port city of Bruns- “Justice for Ahmaud is more who took over the case and de- self, he might be alive today. just prison time for his killers wick. Gregory McMichael, 64, than just the arrests of his kill- clined to press charges. Gregory — it’s changes in a local justice told police he and his son, Travis ers,” said John Perry, president McMichael was an investigator in Attorney Mawuli Davis came system that never charged them McMichael, 34, pursued Arbery of the Brunswick NAACP chapter Johnson’s office before retiring from his suburban Atlanta home with a crime, rallygoers said because they believed he was re- at the Saturday rally. “Justice is last May. Both Johnson and Barn- because he wanted to make it Saturday. sponsible for recent break-ins in saying that we’ve got to clean up hill have denied wrongdoing. clear how many people are not Hundreds of people came to the neighborhood. the house of Glynn County.” Organizers of the rally said satisfied with how the Arbery the Glynn County courthouse The McMichaels weren’t ar- Speakers at the rally demanded around 250 vehicles drove more case has been handled. Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD China responds to US regarding Huawei rules Netanyahu swears BEIJING — China’s commerce ministry says it will take “all nec- essary measures” in response to new U.S. restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei’s ability to use in new government American technology, calling the measures an abuse of state power and a violation of market BY ARON HELLER coronavirus crisis and its severe principles. Associated Press economic fallout. It wasn’t clear what form Chi- Their controversial power- na’s response would take, but the JERUSALEM — After three sharing deal calls for Netanyahu sides are already deep in conflict deadlocked and divisive elec- to serve as prime minister for the over U.S. accusations of copy- tions, a year and a half of political government’s first 18 months be- right theft and unfair trading by paralysis and another three-day fore being replaced by Gantz for firms in China’s heavily state- delay because of political infight- the next 18 months. Their blocs controlled economy. ing in his Likud party, Prime will also have a similar number of Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ministers and mutual veto power ALEX KOLOMIENSKY, YEDIOTH AHRONOTH/AP finally swore in his new govern- Most wanted Rwanda over most major decisions. ment Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, wears a protective fugitive arrested Critics have already accused The Knesset, Israel’s parlia- face mask, as he makes his way to attend the swearing in ceremony ment, passed a vote of confidence the government of being out of of his new government at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, Sunday. KIGALI, Rwanda — One of the in Netanyahu’s new adminis- touch by creating so many Cabi- most wanted fugitives in Rwan- tration to end over 500 days of net posts at a time when unem- responsibilities, such as “commu- together.” da’s 1994 genocide was arrested upheaval. ployment has soared to 25% as a nity development,” “settlement The main point of contention outside Paris, authorities said Over the weekend, both Ne- result of the coronavirus pandem- affairs” and “higher education for critics has been the newly cre- Saturday. tanyahu and his rival-turned- ic. But because Netanyahu’s bloc and water resources” and a min- ated position of “alternate prime Felicien Kabuga, who had a $5 partner Benny Gantz announced includes several smaller parties, ister to be the liaison between the minister.” million bounty on his head, had their appointments for the new he still only has a limited number parliament and the Cabinet. The post, initially held by been accused of equipping mi- government — the most bloated of Cabinet ministries to hand out In his speech to parliament, Gantz, could allow Netanyahu to litias in the genocide that killed in Israeli history with an expect- to the Likud rank and file. Netanyahu acknowledged that remain in office even after the more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis ed 36 Cabinet ministers and 16 A mini-insurgency by angry compromises had to be made but swap and throughout his corrup- and moderate Hutus who tried to deputies. senior Likud members forced that another election would have tion trial and a potential appeals protect them. Netanyahu and Gantz, a former Netanyahu to seek a delay in the been far more devastating. process. There are also deep sus- Kabuga is expected to be trans- military chief, announced last swearing-in ceremony last Thurs- “The public wants a unity picions about whether Netanyahu ferred to the custody of the U.N. month they would be putting their day. To mollify his backbenchers, government and this is what the will keep his part of the bargain mechanism, where he will stand differences aside to join forces Netanyahu created a series of public is getting today,” he said. and ultimately cede the premier- trial. to steer the country through the new ministries with questionable “We chose to serve the country ship to Gantz. From The Associated Press PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Landlord arrested for assaulting tenants

WARWICK — A Rhode RI Island landlord was ar- rested for assault and disorderly conduct after his tenants accused him of attacking them over past due rent. The tenants captured the land- lord, Frank Marr, on video yelling about evicting them despite Gov. Gina Raimondo’s executive order temporarily barring evictions in response to the coronavirus pan- demic, WPRI-TV reported. Tenant Larry Adekeye said Marr entered the home, broke dishes, spat on him and threat- ened him. Marr said the video does not capture the whole story and that Adekeye pushed him over and dislocated his shoulder. Police use helicopter to rescue man bit by snake

PHOENIX — Authori- AZ ties used a Phoenix Police Department helicopter to rescue a man bitten by a rattle- snake while hiking on South Mountain in the city’s mountain preserve. Fire Capt. Rob McDade said the helicopter was used because the man was near the top of the mountain and because it was im- perative to get him to a hospital for treatment as soon as possible. The man called 911 after being bitten and reported he felt dizzy and light-headed, said McDade, who is also a Fire Department spokesman. McDade said the Phoenix area is now in a time of year when JOHN MINCHILLO/AP rattlesnakes are very active and that hikers and others should use caution while on trails and other park areas. Drive-in in the driving rain

Mannequins aid social People watch “Trolls World Tour” in the rain at the Four Brothers Drive In Theatre amid the coronavirus pandemic in Amenia, N.Y. distancing at restaurant bor with a weed eater, leaving THE CENSUS Courtney McNeal, 38, of St. WASHINGTON — One him with cuts on his back, as the Louis was being held without bail of the country’s most two men feuded over grass clip- after being charged with stealing VA The amount of money that sparked a fatal shooting at renowned restaurants said man- pings left along a roadway, police an Ohio home. Dhameer Haamid Scott, 24, of Middle- more than $25,000, The St. Louis nequins will add a touch of whim- said. town, Ohio, left $30 for his younger brother at a house Post-Dispatch reported. Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s sy and help with social distancing $10 shared by his father and the mother of John Booker, 36. Prosecutors allege McNeal deputies, who were called to the when customers return to its din- When Booker arrived at the home later that day, he took grabbed a satchel containing scene in Evansville, arrested ing room this month. $10 from the cash that was sitting on a shelf and refused to put it back. A physical $64,100 from two guards who Gail Kammerer III, 48, on a pre- Mannequins dressed in 1940’s- altercation ensued after Scott returned and began arguing with Booker. Scott then were filling an ATM on April 10. style attire were theatrically liminary charge of battery with a shot Booker, who was taken to a hospital but died there a short time later. The As one of the guards was distract- staged at The Inn at Little Wash- deadly weapon . shooting is under investigation. ed, McNeal allegedly grabbed the ington, about 90 minutes west of Police said Kammerer was bag as it sat next to the ATM in- Washington, D.C. using his weed eater to trim along side The Crown Food Mart, ac- For now, restaurants in Vir- a ditch when a neighbor com- told WWLP-TV that she plans to Richwood Police Chief Charles cording to charging documents. ginia can only serve dine-in cus- plained that he was blowing those A store employee chased him tomers in an outdoor space. The grass clippings into the street. major in biochemistry and Afri- Burkhamer Jr. grabbed and can American studies. scratched his wife’s arm while into an alley where they struggled three-Michelin-star restaurant Deputies said Kammerer told over the bag. McNeal tossed fist- has opted to wait until May 29 to them he attacked his 57-year-old Hannah chose Columbia be- trying to remove her from a home. cause she was so impressed by He was charged with a misde- fuls of cash into a car waiting for resume dining service indoors. neighbor with the weed eater him and left with $15,980. “When we needed to solve the after the man intentionally blew the professors in the topics she meanor, arraigned and released problem of social distancing and clippings onto him with his own plans to study. She said she also on a $2,500 bond the same day, reducing our restaurant’s occu- riding lawn mower. The neighbor, enjoyed the “vibe” of the campus, according to court documents. Cause of fire at mosque pancy by half, the solution seemed who was cited for provocation, located on the Upper West Side of Richwood Mayor Chris Dren- found to be accidental obvious — fill it with interestingly sustained several lacerations Manhattan. nen said Burkhamer was sus- dressed dummies,” chef and pro- to his back but refused medical Hannah is a senior at Spring- pended immediately after he was MINNEAPOLIS prietor Patrick O’Connell said . treatment. field High School of Science and arrested. MN — Officials say the “This would allow plenty of space Technology. cause of a fire at a mosque in Min- between real guests and elicit a Senior picks Columbia Thief drops phone, ID neapolis is accidental in nature. few smiles and provide some fun over 8 Ivy League schools Police chief charged while stealing ATM bag Investigators found the cause photo ops.” with domestic battery of the fire was an electrical mal- SPRINGFIELD — A ST. LOUIS — A Mis- function, police spokesman John Man attacks neighbor Elder said . A neighbor saw the MA Massachusetts high RICHWOOD — A MO souri man accused with trimmer over grass school senior who was accepted WV West Virginia police of snatching an ATM bag full of fire at Tawfiq Islamic Center and to all eight Ivy League colleges chief was charged with domestic cash dropped his cellphone and a called for help. Firefighters kept EVANSVILLE — A has decided to attend Columbia battery and suspended from his wallet containing his identifica- the fire contained to the entry- IN southwestern Indiana University in New York City. job, officials said . tion while fleeing the scene, au- way with minor damage. man allegedly attacked a neigh- Roberta Hannah of Springfield A criminal complaint said thorities said. From wire reports Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 FACES CW delays season launch

Associated Press zen” will not reopen when Broad- way theaters restart, marking the The CW network is pushing first time an established show has the traditional fall start of its been felled by the coronavirus new season to January 2021, a re- pandemic. sponse to the industry-wide pro- The Disney show opened in duction shutdown caused by the March 2018 and placed among the coronavirus. top five Broadway productions for Instead of debuting new and both gross and attendance over returning CW series this fall, both years it ran, often pulling in the network said May 14 that it more than $1 million, and even $2 plans to air the final episodes of million a week. “Supernatural” amid a mix of un- Until now, only shows that were scripted and acquired series in- waiting to officially open have an- cluding “Swamp Thing” from the nounced postponements or can- DC Universe streaming service. cellations. Disney still has the Mark Pedowitz, the network’s long-running “The Lion King” chairman and CEO, said he an- and “Aladdin” on Broadway and /AP TNT ticipated that production could five productions of “Frozen” resume by late summer or early Daveed Diggs, left, and Jennifer Connelly star in the TNT sci-fi series “Snowpiercer.” worldwide. fall on the final two episodes of Citing the “global pandemic,” “Supernatural,” adding to the Thomas Schumacher, president five already completed. and producer of Disney Theatri- Other networks also are dealing cal Productions, said May 14 that with fallout from the production running three Disney shows on halt forced by the pandemic, with Broadway was “untenable.” Next up for Diggs: sci-fi some delaying their fall schedule Caissie Levy, who originated announcements. the role of Elsa on Broadway, The studios making CW’s other tweeted that the news was a ‘Snowpiercer’ allows ‘Hamilton’ actor to try beloved genre series have targeted a September “heartbreak,” adding “We will al- production start to allow for their ways be a family. Sending love to planned January debuts, Pedow- all the devoted fans of our beauti- BY LYNN ELBER The role he was offered in “Snowpiercer,” as itz said. ful show.” Associated Press the sole surviving homicide detective and a rebel “All American,” “Black Light- leader for the working-class passengers locked in Actors’ Equity Association, Daveed Diggs was sorting through the many TV ning,” “The Flash” and “River- which represents 51,000 actors the back of the train, also gave him the chance to dale” are among the network’s offers coming his way a few years ago when, as the be an action hero. But he still hesitated. and stage managers, reacted with Tony Award-winning actor puts it, “there was a lot returning series. dismay to the news and urged “I was trying to be really careful about saying The four new series are “Su- of ‘Hamilton’ fairy dust attached to me.” ‘yes’ to being a lead on a TV show that was going New York and national politicians One series that caught his interest was TNT’s perman & Lois,” starring Tyler to rescue the arts sector. to take up a lot of my time. If it’s a successful show, Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch “Snowpiercer,” adapted from the 2013 movie of you’re going to be there for years,” he said. But he as working parents Clark Kent, the same name by Oscar-winning “Parasite” film- decided that although the setting is a constrained CBS orders third aka Superman, and journalist maker Bong Joon Ho. Diggs found the concept space, “I felt like there was enough different story Lois Lane; “Walker,” a new take ‘Star Trek’ series richly promising: The last people left on a frozen lines and different characters and enough intrigue. on “Walker, Texas Ranger” star- Earth inhabit a perpetually moving, 1,001-car ... It felt like a challenge.” CBS All Access is bringing back ring Jared Padalecki (“Super- train that serves as microcosm of society and its The drama series, which also stars Oscar-win- Spock for its third full live action divisions. ning actor Jennifer Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind“), natural”); “Kung Fu,” a revamp show in the Star Trek universe, Diggs has taken on varied projects since his debuted stateside on Sunday. It has already been of the original series with Olivia ordering a new series set in the Broadway success in “Hamilton,” including the renewed for a second season, but filming for that Liang as the martial arts hero; years before Capt. James T. Kirk 2018 film “Blindspotting,” a dark comedy he co- was interrupted by the coronavirus-caused pro- and “The Republic of Sarah,” helmed the U.S.S. Enterprise. wrote, and Showtime’s upcoming “The Good Lord duction shutdown. about a school teacher (Stella “Star Trek: Strange New Bird,” in which he portrays former slave and activ- Diggs found that he enjoyed working out the Baker) fighting a mining com- Worlds” will star Anson Mount as ist Frederick Douglass. But “Snowpiercer” hit the choreography of fights but came away with mixed pany to save her town. Capt. Christopher Pike, Rebecca sweet spot. feelings during taping, recalling a scene in which Besides “Swamp Thing,” the Romijn as Number One and Ethan “I’m a sci-fi guy, and it’s more in line with the he had to attack a stunt performer. fall lineup also will include the Peck as Science Officer Spock. things that I consume, just not really the things “We had to do it so many times, and there’s a Canadian investigative drama It will be the third show in the that I have been in,” Diggs said. He’s serious about real person who is my friend and I’m breaking “Coroner”; a reimagined fairy Alex Kurtzman-pioneered Trek- his love of science fiction, and quickly picks N. K. a bottle over his head repeatedly. It’s breakaway tale series, “Tell Me a Story”; the verse after “Star Trek: Discov- Jemisin (“The Fifth Season”) as his favorite con- glass, but it’s not like you don’t feel it. Then he has British comedy “Dead Pixels”; ery” and “Star Trek: Picard.” temporary writer in the genre. to fall down on the floor and hit his head on it,” he and “Penn & Teller: Fool Us.” Peck, Mount and Romijn will be Sci-fi and horror are “really just kind of reflec- said. While Diggs didn’t cause any harm, he found reprising their respective roles tions of what our concerns or fears are for any delivering a beating took an “interesting toll that I ‘Frozen’ musical on from Season 2 of “Discovery.” given generation. If you read them more like that, did not foresee.” Broadway won’t reopen There’s also an animated series they become interesting and entertaining,” the “I actually much prefer shooting scenes where I in the works, “Star Trek: Lower actor-musician said. get my (butt) kicked,” he said. The big-budget musical “Fro- Decks.” Elmo to get his own talk show on HBO Max

BY MARK KENNEDY and human singer is part of a new “Throughout the 15-minute dura- Associated Press Sesame Workshop family-friendly tion of the episode, Elmo is talking talk show on HBO Max called “The about one specific bedtime ritual, like There was a time not too long ago Not Too Late Show with Elmo.” It be- putting on your pajamas or reading when Broadway star Ben Platt was gins streaming May 27. a book or brushing your teeth,” said interviewed by a monster. A perfectly Other guests during the initial 13- Ben Lehmann, executive producer of nice monster, of course. It was Elmo. week run include Kacey Musgraves, “Sesame Street” and “The Not-Too- Elmo asked Platt what was his fa- the Jonas Brothers, John Mulaney, Late Show.” vorite music to sing. Cookie Monster Lil Nas X, Miles Brown, Blake Lively, “Obviously, the whole thing is interrupted to ask what was Platt’s Dan + Shay, Andy Cohen, Hoda Kotb, meant to be playful and a fun family favorite cookie. “Oatmeal chocolate Josh Groban, Olivia Wilde, Sara Ba- experience so rather than spend a lot chip,” replied Platt in one exchange. reilles, Jason Sudeikis, Sofia Carson of time talking, we spend more time “Good answer,” said Cookie Mon- and Ciara. playing games like Hot Potato or Tic- ster. “But, then again, there’s no such The show is the brainchild of Elmo Tac-Toe,” he said. thing as bad cookie.” After a stellar — don’t tell him differently — and The talk show business may be group rendition of the song “C Is for employs his Muppet friends: Cookie ruthless, but late night hosts Jimmy Cookie,” Elmo presented his guest Monster is the sidekick, Rosita is the Fallon and John Oliver make appear- with a placemat. “A placemat for Ben stage manager, Abby Cadabby is the ances and help sharpen Elmo’s inter- ZACH HYMAN, SESAME WORKSHOP/AP Platt,” commented Cookie, proud of writer, and various monsters are the view skills. Elmo challenges Fallon to the rhyme. directors, riffing on the idea that ev- a stare contest, which is not entirely Elmo’s new family-friendly talk show called “The Not Too This meeting of furry monsters eryone wants to direct. fair since Elmo doesn’t have eyelids. Late Show with Elmo.” It streams May 27 on HBO Max. PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Will COVID-19 end the use of paper money? Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JOSHUA GREENBERG Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Special to The Washington Post EDITORIAL aper money is fundamentally dirty. Struggling businesses usu- Terry Leonard, Editor ally don’t mind, but amid COVID- [email protected] P19, some are forgoing cash sales in Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor lieu of contactless smartphones or plastic. [email protected] If cash is a vector of infection, should we socially distance from it? Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content [email protected] Although the World Health Organiza- tion has not advised banning paper money, Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation it has stressed the need for handwashing [email protected] after touching cash, especially before han- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital dling food. Some central banks are deploy- [email protected] ing measures to sterilize paper money with heat or UV light. The Federal Reserve began a seven- to 10-day quarantine for BUREAU STAFF U.S. dollars returning to the country from Europe/Mideast Europe and Asia several weeks ago. Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief Even before the pandemic, paper money [email protected] was not clean. Recent studies show that +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 over 90% of U.S. paper money contains Pacific bacterial colonization, mostly from Staph Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief aureus, salmonella and E. coli. [email protected] And yet, as the primary symbol of the +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 stability and strength of the American economy, federal reserve notes are con- DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP Washington tested cultural space and often resistant Money is taped to the glass from supporters outside the front door of C&C Coffee and Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief to change. Think for example of Treasury [email protected] Kitchen on Tuesday in Castle Rock, Colo. The small restaurant was closed Tuesday Secretary Steven Mnuchin delaying plac- (+1)(202)886-0033 after owners Sunday defied a public order to not offer dine-in service to customers. Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News ing Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. As a [email protected] result, U.S. paper money has looked much the same for over 50 years, with only a few Dirty money is as old as reported being overwhelmed trying to CIRCULATION minor, anti-counterfeiting updates. meet demand for clean bills, but without But for much of American history, public the country, and there any plan for new policies. Mideast The government finally acted after a Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager health epidemics regularly transformed the is precedent for disease [email protected] production and circulation of paper money 1908 study tied cases of syphilis and scar- [email protected] as the government sought to maintain an altering its circulation. let fever in New York to tainted money. DSN (314)583-9111 efficient and safe economy. The COVID-19 When the Treasury Department’s own re- search confirmed that dirty paper money Europe pandemic provides an important opening Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager for officials to once again reassess how the contained billions of germs per square [email protected] public interacts with its money and update was for the health of clerks who handled a inch, they launched a “governmental war [email protected] the currency system to meet the demands large amount of bank notes. The deaths of on germs.” The director of the Bureau of +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 of the moment. a bank teller in Columbus, Ohio, and a Bos- Engraving and Printing, Joseph Ralph, Pacific Dirty money is as old as the country, and ton auction house employee were blamed submitted his initial plan in 1909 to wash Mari Mori, [email protected] there is precedent for disease altering its on smallpox contracted through infected soiled notes in a chemical bath, prolonging +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 circulation. Constantly short of cash to pay paper money. In 1859, Peterson’s Counter- their life while offering the public peace of for the Revolution, each of the original 13 feit Detector warned people who “handle mind about disease. CONTACT US states (and Vermont) circulated their own bank notes, not to wet their thumbs while The plan did not do enough. After an notes in addition to the famously inflation- counting the bills,” if the “thumb comes 11-year old girl supposedly contracted Washington ary Continentals issued by Congress. It was in contact with the tongue after handling smallpox from paper money, the Treasury tel: (+1)202.886.0003 not always a smooth process. When small- a note from the pocket of a man infected Department began paying the postage for 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 pox hit New Bern in the spring of 1779, it with the small pox, the infection is as sure banks that turned in soiled bills. It was a Reader letters disrupted the work of printer James Davis, to take effect as the inoculation of a child.” small change, but one that increased re- [email protected] who was fulfilling an order for millions of Unfortunately, the government did little to demption and decreased dirty bills in dollars of North Carolina paper money. address the problem. Before the Civil War, circulation. This process was included in Additional contacts With local funds for the Revolutionary War state-regulated banks printed their own the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, which stripes.com/contactus effort running low and fears of infected notes and federal officials played almost designed a new national currency and OMBUDSMAN cash, state officials quickly shifted produc- no role in regulating paper money. contained explicit language on how and tion of new, clean money 90 miles south to Concrete steps to clean the paper money when to destroy notes that became “unfit Ernie Gates Wilmington. supply began in earnest after the Civil War for circulation.” It took a couple of decades In the 19th century, as doctors began to ushered in uniform national paper curren- for federal reserve notes (the ones we use The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow probe the transmission of diseases, dirty cy. New federal oversight coincided with today) to supplant other forms of paper of news and information, reporting any attempts by the money became seen as a public health an emerging medical consensus about per- money, but the mission to ensure a clean military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns threat. son-to-person transmission of microscopic money supply took hold and this is the sys- and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- During a cholera outbreak in 1849, viruses and bacteria. When a smallpox tem we have today. ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman outbreak hit New York, Philadelphia, Bos- The history of paper money has shown welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted Thomas Buckler, the elitist physician at by email at [email protected], or by phone at the Baltimore Almshouse, blamed the epi- ton and New Orleans between 1865 and that in moments of crisis, the Treasury De- 202.886.0003. demic on the “circulation of bank notes, 1873, more than 70,000 Americans died partment has the power and wherewithal of a low denomination.” His widely read and created an urgency for clean paper to adapt the currency system to balance observations posited that impoverished, money. The Treasury Department finally the nation’s economic and health needs. Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- began a redemption program in 1874 that So what might social distancing from days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday urban residents unknowingly spread dis- through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and ease with cheaply produced paper money. enabled banks to exchange soiled notes for paper money look like? During the debate Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals Buckler’s argument even influenced some new ones. However, local branches bore over the Cares Act, a proposal from Sen. postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, legislators, who called for removing small responsibility for the program’s expense, Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, called for the APO AP 96301-5002. denomination bills from circulation in limiting its effectiveness. creation of “digital dollars” for American This newspaper is authorized by the Department of favor of more hearty metal coins. They The last major domestic smallpox out- citizens and residents. This new paperless Defense for members of the military services overseas. However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, used paternalistic language to argue that break occurred around Boston between money would reside in free digital wallets and are not to be considered as the official views of, or such a system would maintain the proper 1901 and 1903 with over 1,500 people in- accessible through banks or post offices. endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, balance between safety and economic fected and nearly 300 deaths. Doctors and In the short term, the digital dollars could Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote growth. Merchants could still utilize large scientists responded with a campaign to be used to speed COVID-19 relief funds locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. denomination notes to conduct their busi- ensure a supply of clean money. The Jour- to the unbanked or underbanked. But if The appearance of advertising in this publication does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense ness, while the poor would be protected nal of the American Medical Association accepted, it would also radically change or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. from dirty, troublesome bank notes. called for removing “Dirty Money” from the complexion of the nation’s money sup- Products or services advertised shall be made available for Most state governments attempted to circulation. One of the most outspoken ply, making our transactions less risky purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical institute these small-denomination regu- voices for vigorous government interven- to our health, while addressing concerns handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor lations, but they were short-lived due to tion was New York Academy of Sciences that eliminating cash entirely would leave of the purchaser, user or patron. resistance from consumers over a lack of President Abraham Cressy “Clean Money” many individuals behind. available coins to make the prohibitions Morrison. His public education campaign © Stars and Stripes 2020 Joshua Greenberg is an associate professor of work properly. on dirty paper money soon paid dividends. resource economics at the University of Alaska, stripes.com Another worry in the antebellum era By 1905, Treasury’s redemption bureau Fairbanks. Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 OPINION Constitutional originalism debate just got ugly

BY CASS R. SUNSTEIN in the founding period, most people accept- Bloomberg Opinion ed originalism. Would we then conclude that the oath of office requires judges to be re most members of the Supreme originalists? Court violating their oath of No. You cannot say that the original un- office? derstanding is binding because the origi- A Might Chief Justice John Rob- nal understanding was that the original erts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth understanding is binding. That would be Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and circular; it would assume the conclusion. Elena Kagan be committing impeachable Everyone should agree that the text of offenses? the Constitution is binding. It is “this Con- Did some of history’s most celebrated stitution.” Some originalists act as if the justices — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis text of the Constitution and the original un- Brandeis, Robert Jackson, Earl Warren, derstanding of that text are the same thing. Thurgood Marshall, William Rehnquist They aren’t. The equal protection clause is and Sandra Day O’Connor — also act in- part of the Constitution. The original un- consistently with their oath of office? derstanding of the clause is not. Some prominent law professors at dis- Like any theory of interpretation, origi- tinguished institutions are making pre- nalism has to be defended on its merits, as cisely that argument. It’s unpleasant stuff, the best theory of interpretation — maybe the academic equivalent of “lock her up!” because it limits the discretion of unelect- But like that howl of rage, the new argu- ed judges, maybe because it preserves the ment is resonating in influential circles. separation of powers, maybe because it Before long, it will probably enter into pub- promotes clarity and predictability. lic debates. But even if the arguments for original- To understand what’s afoot, we need to ism are convincing, it doesn’t follow that judges who reject them are violating their explore a much-disputed question: How RJ SANGOSTI, THE DENVER POST/AP should the Supreme Court interpret the oath of office. It doesn’t follow that Holmes U.S. Constitution? Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser addresses the U.S. Supreme Court during tel- and Brandeis, or Roberts and Kagan, are Many justices think that the founding ephonic oral arguments Wednesday in Denver. He argued that Colorado has the right refusing “to support this Constitution.” document contains what Justice Felix to have laws requiring presidential electors to vote for the person chosen by voters. Because originalism is wildly inconsis- Frankfurter called “majestic generalities,” tent with current constitutional law, you phrases like freedom of speech, equal pro- their adversaries have become sophisti- argument goes, they are supporting no might be inclined to say that it is the origi- tection, unreasonable searches and sei- cated and elaborate. constitution, or some other constitution, nalist judges like Thomas who are violating zures, due process of law. Both sides deserve respect and a civi- rather than “this” one. their oath of office. That’s more plausible In their view, the text of the Constitution lized hearing. Recently, however, things But that doesn’t follow at all. The Con- than accusing judges who reject original- is binding, but its meaning is not frozen have taken a new turn. Some originalists stitution does not tell judges to be original- ism of doing that — but still, it’s wrong and in time. Sex discrimination might violate are arguing that judges who disagree with ists. It does not contain a provision saying, ugly and a horrible thing to say. the Constitution now, even if it was con- them are violating their oath of office. “The meaning of this Constitution shall There’s a larger point here. We live in stitutional in 1791 (when the Bill of Rights It’s a serious charge. It’s also be settled by reference to the original an era in which political disagreements was ratified) or in 1868 (when the 14th unfounded. understanding.” are increasingly turned into accusations Amendment was ratified). Racial segrega- Here’s what the Constitution has to say: To buttress the argument, those who of disloyalty, of heresy, of criminality. It’s tion might be unconstitutional now even “The Senators and Representatives before believe that the oath of office requires reasonable to argue about constitutional if those who ratified the equal protection mentioned, and the Members of the sev- originalism contend that in the late 18th method and to contend that originalism is clause had no problem with it. eral State Legislatures, and all executive century, most people believed in original- terrific or terrible. But it’s not reasonable By contrast, some justices, including and judicial Officers, both of the United ism. In their account, it constituted the “in- — in fact it is shameful — to allege that jus- Clarence Thomas and the late Antonin Sca- States and of the several States, shall be terpretive convention” at the time. tices who embrace it or reject it are violat- lia, are “originalists.” They believe that the bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support As a matter of history, it’s far from clear ing their oath of office. Constitution must be interpreted to fit with this Constitution.” that that’s the case; it was not the conven- Bloomberg Opinion columnist Cass R. Sunstein is its “original public meaning” — that is, the Originalists who think that their pre- tional view in 1800, or 1810, or 1820 that the author of “The Cost-Benefit Revolution” and a meaning that members of the public would ferred approach is mandatory point to two justices who did not practice originalism co-author of “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness.” This column does have given to it at the time of ratification. words: “this Constitution.” If judges do not were violating their oath of office. But sup- not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial The debates between originalists and follow the original public meaning, their pose that originalists are right to say that board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. An attempt to exclude conservatives from the legal debate

BY GEORGE F. WILL ety to be ethically problematic — actually self.” The society has taken an “indirect advocates “for particular constituencies, Washington Post Writers Group unethical — conduct. approach to legal change,” rather than causes, or agendas.” Ed Whelan, president The draft opinion also disapproves of litigating and lobbying. Only people un- of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, WASHINGTON judges’ “involvement” with the American familiar with the many (and often discor- calls this “an astounding understatement”: he 15-judge Committee on Constitution Society, but this is transpar- dant) flavors of conservative legal thought The ABA’s Washington lobbying office Codes of Conduct of the Judicial ently tactical balancing: The ACS is much (originalism, textualism, judicial restraint, advocates many policies, some uncon- Conference of the United States smaller and less consequential than the judicial engagement, etc.) can believe that nected with the practice of law. And it has Thas circulated to all federal judges Federalist Society it was launched in 2001 the society possesses and enforces an a Grassroots Action Center that mobilizes “for review and comment” a draft opinion to emulate. A Quixote in search of a wind- orthodoxy. support for (mostly liberal) causes. The that, although seemingly evenhanded, is mill, the ACS exists for the unheroic task The authors of the draft opinion are fact, stressed by the draft opinion, that the disturbing and perhaps cynical. To rea- of defending a congenial status quo, liber- probably concerned about the perception ABA has “a separate membership section sonable readers, the draft seems tailored alism’s dominance of the legal culture. of the judiciary as drenched in politics. for judges” is trivial: This is a cosmetic de- to injure the Federalist Society. Without In “The Rise of the Conservative Legal This perception was deepened by liberals’ vice that indicates an uneasy conscience; necessarily imputing to the committee this Movement” (2008) Steven M. Teles docu- successful mass mobilization in opposi- it does nothing to dilute judges’ association purpose, the proposed code of behavior for ments how the Federalist Society burgeoned tion to Ronald Reagan’s 1987 nomination with the ABA’s substantial political, and federal judges, if adopted, would have the predictable effect of discouraging mem- as part of the “conservative countermobili- of Robert Bork (Yale Law professor and substantially liberal, agenda. bership in the society that has challenged zation” against the entrenchment — in elite then judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Ap- The Federalist Society has always been the American Bar Association’s preemi- law schools and firms — of post-New Deal peals), and by Senate Republicans’ shabby (according to a founder, Steven Calabresi, a nence in the nation’s legal culture. legal liberalism, which still embraces an refusal in 2016 to give Barack Obama’s Su- professor at Northwestern University Law Since 1982, when the Federalist Society activist state, and equality rather than lib- preme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, School) a “conservative university without was born out of a conference at Yale Law erty as “the central constitutional value.” hearings and a vote. walls.” Unfortunately, the draft opinion is School, it has contested liberalism’s hege- Entrenchment was deepest at ideologically The draft opinion’s real purpose, howev- congruent with practices rampant in less- mony in the legal profession. The society’s monochrome law schools where the facul- er, is revealed by its conclusion that judges’ er universities: It serves those who prefer unchanging aim has been to leaven with ty is tenured and self-reproducing, and in involvement with the American Bar As- to injure and exclude rather than debate conservatism — through forums and de- public-interest law firms lavishly backed sociation is not problematic. The opinion’s and refute intellectual adversaries. bates — the student bodies and professo- by the Ford Foundation. authors are right that judges must have a Teles says the Federalist Society has al- riates of the most prestigious law schools, The Federalist Society has been scru- sense of boundaries: They should avoid ways understood this: “Changing legal cul- whose graduates clerk for federal judges, pulous about what Teles calls “bound- involving themselves with organizations ture required shaking the self-confidence and whose law reviews shape the nation’s ary maintenance”: Facilitating members that, for example, file amicus briefs to in- of liberal lawyers by challenging their jurisprudential conversation. Now the through networking and the development fluence courts’ deliberations. But the ABA, perception that they had a monopoly on committee on “codes of conduct” proposes of conservative ideas “rather than directly unlike the Federalist Society, does this. serious legal thought.” The draft opinion to declare judges’ membership in the soci- influencing the actions of government it- The draft opinion concedes that the ABA reflects the mentality of the shaken. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 NBA/NHL What now, Brown? Restart may offer a reset for 76ers

BY DAN GELSTON NBA scoreboard Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Almost fitting for his seven-year tenure EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division coaching the Philadelphia 76ers, W L Pct GB Brett Brown had an injury to re- Toronto 46 18 .719 — Boston 43 21 .672 3 port: his 16-year-old dog pulled Philadelphia 39 26 .600 7½ a hamstring on one of their daily Brooklyn 30 34 .469 16 New York 21 45 .318 26 walks. Southeast Division But for the banged-up Sixers’ Miami 41 24 .631 — Orlando 30 35 .462 11 Big Dogs? Ben Simmons and Joel Washington 24 40 .375 16½ Embiid are coming along just fine Charlotte 23 42 .354 18 Atlanta 20 47 .299 22 from their injuries and should be Central Division healthy enough to play if the NBA Milwaukee 53 12 .815 — Indiana 39 26 .600 14 season resumes — and end a sea- Chicago 22 43 .338 31 son Brown expected the Sixers to Detroit 20 46 .303 33½ Cleveland 19 46 .292 34 WILFREDO LEE/AP contend for a championship. WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division “I think this team was built for W L Pct GB Montreal Canadiens center Max Domi attempts a shot at Florida Panthers goaltender Chris Driedger the playoffs,” Brown said Friday. Houston 40 24 .625 — during a March 7 game in Sunrise, Fla. Domi has played in 375 games, but never in the playoffs. Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ Brown needs Embiid and Sim- Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ mons, Philly’s All-Star franchise New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ players, to be in shape and try Northwest Division to salvage a season that saw the Denver 43 22 .662 — Extended format might provide Utah 41 23 .641 1½ Sixers fade from Eastern Con- Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ ference contenders to just sixth Portland 29 37 .439 14½ Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ in the standings (39-26) when it Pacific Division Canadiens’ Domi a playoff start stopped March 11 because of the L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ coronavirus pandemic. Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ That made Brown’s job status Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 Associated Press NHL scoreboard tough areas of the ice. Golden State 15 50 .231 35 If the NHL holds a postseason a hot topic Max Domi is still waiting to tournament this summer and the around the suit up in the playoffs for the NBA and a Canadiens are included, it could points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.2 as- first time. If the NHL expands EASTERN CONFERENCE daily debate its postseason format to complete Atlantic Division be a chance for Domi, who’s set sists in 54 games, was hurt in a GP W L OT Pts GF GA in Philly. the 2019-20 season, he might get to become a restricted free agent Feb. 22 game at Milwaukee. Boston 70 44 14 12 100 227 174 Brown that chance this year, Tampa Bay 70 43 21 6 92 245 195 after completing the final season led the “That was as disturbing a Toronto 70 36 25 9 81 238 227 The Montreal Canadiens sat Florida 69 35 26 8 78 231 228 of a two-year, $6.3-million con- 76ers from memory as it relates to a player 12th in the Eastern Conference Montreal 71 31 31 9 71 212 221 tract, to show his value. that I can think of,” Brown said. Buffalo 69 30 31 8 68 195 217 the Process and were destined to be on the Ottawa 71 25 34 12 62 191 243 “We believe in each other,” — when the “He’s lying on his back, he’s vom- Detroit 71 17 49 5 39 145 267 outside looking in for a third Metropolitan Division Domi said of a team that would roster was iting primarily because of pain. straight spring — and the fourth Washington 69 41 20 8 90 240 215 be backstopped by a rested Carey purposeful- Trying to get him back on the Philadelphia 69 41 21 7 89 232 196 Price in goal. “We know we can Brown time in five years — when the Pittsburgh 69 40 23 6 86 224 196 ly stripped plane and build him back up to COVID-19 pandemic forced the Carolina 68 38 25 5 81 222 193 win hockey games. Whoever of real NBA some level of health where he can Columbus 70 33 22 15 81 180 187 league to press pause March 12. N.Y. Islanders 68 35 23 10 80 192 193 that’s against, wherever that is, talent to secure better draft picks play basketball again and with us Plenty of scenarios have been N.Y. Rangers 70 37 28 5 79 234 222 I’m sure we’ll be ready to play.” New Jersey 69 28 29 12 68 189 230 — to consecutive 50-win seasons. ... his health obviously ruled the rumored as possibilities if the WESTERN CONFERENCE A natural wing, the Canadiens The Sixers labeled themselves day.” Central Division NHL decides to resume, with the GP W L OT Pts GF GA have converted Domi into a cen- championship contenders this Brown, whose contract runs latest being a 20- or 24-team play- St. Louis 71 42 19 10 94 225 193 ter, with mixed results, behind season, only to have a roster of through 2021-22, said the op- Colorado 70 42 20 8 92 237 191 off tournament. A 20-club format Dallas 69 37 24 8 82 180 177 No. 1 option Phillip Danault. mismatched parts, injuries and portunity for Simmons to rehab wouldn’t include the Canadiens, Winnipeg 71 37 28 6 80 216 203 Domi had 28 goals and 72 points an abysmal road record (10-24) Nashville 69 35 26 8 78 215 217 and get cleared to play should but they’d just sneak in under the Minnesota 69 35 27 7 77 220 220 in 2018-19, but had just 17 goals push them to the brink of a bust. the season start was a rare posi- second option. Montreal was 24th Chicago 70 32 30 8 72 212 218 and 44 points through 71 games Brown has had two months to Pacific Division tive during the break. Brown also in the overall standings at 31-31- Vegas 71 39 24 8 86 227 211 before this season was halted. consider what a play-or-stop sce- spoke with Embiid for a bit Fri- 9, and 24th in points percentage, Edmonton 71 37 25 9 83 225 217 “I very much still enjoy playing nario could mean for his future. Calgary 70 36 27 7 79 210 215 day and found the good-natured when the season was suspended. Vancouver 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 center,” he said. “That’s some- “You’re human, you think Arizona 70 33 29 8 74 195 187 center determined to get into “Oh man, it’s my dream to play thing that I never would have about it all the time,” he said. Anaheim 71 29 33 9 67 187 226 top physical shape for a poten- in the playoffs. It’s everyone’s Los Angeles 70 29 35 6 64 178 212 thought I enjoyed doing as much “I wouldn’t say you think about San Jose 70 29 36 5 63 182 226 tial training camp. Embiid had dream,” said Domi, a veteran of as I do. I’ve been a winger for it to the point where it weights missed 21 games this season and 375 NHL games. “It’s very diffi- you down. But I get it. I’ve been my pro entire career leading up Brown counted on the big man cult to get there. ... I can’t speak to this. Then trying center I was doing this for a long time. I feel to what it’s like. I haven’t experi- with London and was a member to play 38 minutes a game in the like, ‘Oh wow, this is a whole dif- this strongly, as it sits, in my sort enced that.” of Canada’s gold-medal winning postseason. ferent game.’ I really enjoyed it.” of coaching world, this thing is so, Drafted 12th overall by the 2015 world junior team — and “He’s got a real desire to be Domi, who’s been self-isolating for me, incomplete.” Phoenix Coyotes in 2013, Domi’s watched his father, former To- at a playing weight that equals The 23-year-old Simmons had last postseason outing came in ronto Maple Leafs tough guy Tie and training in Toronto during his best since he’s been in the missed his eighth straight game the spring of 2015 with the On- Domi, battle in memorable post- the novel coronavirus outbreak, and was receiving daily treat- league,” Brown said. tario Hockey League’s London season clashes. has worked on faceoffs with ment for his nerve issues in his The sting of last season’s Knights. Now he wants his turn. coaches and veteran teammates lower back when the season elimination, when Kawhi Leon- He didn’t get close to the play- “Everyone elevates their game — he bumped his average up four stopped. Embiid was recovering ard sank the first Game 7-ending offs in three seasons with the Coy- to a whole other level,” Max points to 48.9% this season — but from surgery on his left hand and buzzer-beater in NBA history to otes before getting traded to the Domi said of grinding for the has also been moved back to the had just returned after missing lead Toronto past the 76ers in the Canadiens for Alex Galchenyuk Stanley Cup. “It’s night and day wing at times. five games with a sprained left East semis, still lingers for the in June 2018. Montreal finished from an 82-game regular-season But wherever he lines up, get- shoulder at the time of the shut- franchise . with 96 points last season, but fell schedule.” ting a shot at showing his wares down. Embiid and Simmons had “The mission has been, and will short of the East’s second wild Skilled enough to make plays in the playoffs trumps all. received permission to rehab at be, we need to hunt for a cham- card. and distribute the puck, the 5- “I will definitely be ready to the Sixers practice facility in New pionship,” Brown said. “In many The 25-year-old has been part foot-10, 192-pound forward isn’t go,” Domi said. “I’m excited Jersey. ways, I feel like the carpet has of big moments — he played in afraid to throw his weight around, about that opportunity whenever Simmons, who averaged 16.7 been pulled from this team.” three straight Memorial Cups trash talk opponents or go to the it comes.” Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 OLYMPICS Games may not be conventional, says Tokyo Olympic CEO

BY STEPHEN WADE Muto spoke a day after the Associated Press Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee acknowl- TOKYO — Almost two months edged it would have added costs after the Tokyo Olympics were of $800 million because of the postponed, organizing committee postponement. The IOC said $150 CEO Toshiro Muto said Friday he million would be made available still could not give an estimate of for loans to national Olympic com- how much the one-year delay will mittees and sports federations, cost. some of which have few sources Figures in the Japanese media of revenue outside the games. have ranged between $2 billion But the IOC gave no details of and $6 billion, with most mount- where the ing expenses likely to be covered other $650 by government entities. million EUGENE HOSHIKO/AP Although he was vague about would go. A man rides in front of an advertisement for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo . The head of the the costs and who will pay, Muto Muto said World Health Organization said Saturday it will not be easy to make next year’s Tokyo Olympics a safe was very clear about one thing in he didn’t global gathering after the pandemic. the online news conference. know, either. “The actual games we will have Or at least one year from now may not be the he wasn’t same conventional Olympic and saying. Paralympic Games that we have “As to the WHO head urges global unity come to know,” he said, speak- breakdown ing in Japanese and translated Muto of how this through in interpreter. money will to make Tokyo Games safe Muto floated ideas about cuts be used, the everywhere, though the only spe- IOC has said it’s too early to tell,” cific target he mentioned was the Muto said. “So we at the organiz- BY GRAHAM DUNBAR Most would be joined by team officials staying in torch relay. ing committee have no idea of all Associated Press an athletes village complex of 5,600 apartments at “We are looking into every pos- the details about how this money Tokyo Bay. sible area,” he said. “It’s time for will be spent.” GENEVA — The head of the World Health Orga- Health experts, including in nization said Saturday it will not be easy to make all of us to review what are the Soaring Olympic costs are sure Japan, have questioned how essential things for the games. to be a touchy subject as Japan, next year’s Tokyo Olympics a safe global gathering the 33-sport Olympics can be What are the must-have items? like most countries, battles a after the pandemic. run before an effective global ... I think we might come up with deep recession brought on by the Speaking at a joint news conference with the vaccine program is in place. a new Olympic and Paralympic coronavirus pandemic. IOC, the WHO’s director general Tedros Adhanom “Nobody can at this moment Games, something that is unique Japanese organizers and gov- Ghebreyesus called for “national unity and global in time really give you a reli- to Tokyo.” ernment bodies are obligated by a solidarity” to fight the coronavirus outbreak ahead able answer on how the world Tokyo’s future still has more Host City Contract signed in 2013 of the Olympics. The Games, postponed this year, will look like in July 2021,” questions than answers. to pick up most of the Olympic should bring athletes from more than 200 countries IOC president Thomas Bach How will 11,000 Olympic ath- costs. When they were awarded to Japan. acknowledged. letes and 4,400 Paralympians be the games seven years ago, Tokyo The Summer Games opening ceremony is now “It is too early to start specu- housed in the Athletes Village? officials said the Olympics would Tedros scheduled for July 23, 2021, after the International lation on different scenarios Will the tight quarters be safe? cost just over $7 billion. Olympic Committee and organizers in Japan used and what it may need at the How will they travel to Tokyo? Tokyo now says it is spend- WHO advice in March before agreeing a one-year time to guarantee this safe environment for all How will they train and qualify? ing $12.6 billion to organize the delay. participants.” And what about thousands more games, but a government audit “We hope Tokyo will be a place where humanity Tedros and Bach signed a renewed working agree- staff and games officials? report last year said it was twice will gather with triumph against COVID,” Tedros ment between the two organizations, which aims to Will there be fans, or will it that much. said at WHO headquarters. help promote sport to governments as part of an ac- be a television-only show? What Muto said organizers are still “It is in our hands, but it is not easy. If we do our tive and healthy lifestyle. about millions of tickets already trying to guarantee that 43 ven- best, especially with national unity and global soli- “The Olympics or athletics or football is not just sold? Will there be refunds? Will a ues will be available next year, darity, I think it’s possible,” he said. for the athletes only,” Tedros said. “It has to be a vaccine be available? Will young, hoping to keep the same event Around 11,000 athletes from more than 200 culture for everybody and it has to be everybody’s healthy athletes be a priority for schedule when the Olympics open teams are due to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. responsibility.” a vaccine? on July 23, 2021. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 18, 2020 MLB/SPORTS BRIEFS MLB says $640K per game loss with no fans

BY RONALD BLUM each additional game played. The play- York Mets at $214 million. deal in which players would get a prorated Associated Press ers’ union, however, believes clubs would Detroit would have the lowest negative share of their salaries during a shortened lose less money with more games. In addi- EBIDTA — an accounting measure used to season. As part of the agreement, $170 mil- NEW YORK — Major League Baseball tion, many teams and/or their owners have assess profitability — at $84 million, with lion in salaries are being advanced through told players their prorated salaries would stakes in their regional sports network that Baltimore at $90 million, and Pittsburgh May 24. If the season is scrapped, play- contribute to an average loss of $640,000 for would benefit from additional games. and Tampa Bay at $91 million each. Fig- ers are guaranteed service time equal to each game over an 82-game season in empty Owners voted Monday to propose sala- ures exclude distributions from the central what they accrued in 2019, a key to gaining ballparks, according to a presentation from ries be based on a 50-50 split of revenue, a office, which projects to collect $1.34 billion eligibility for salary arbitration and free the commissioner’s office to the union that framework players say is tantamount to the in media revenue. agency. was obtained by Associated Press. kind of salary cap they will never accept. The figures were calculated by MLB and Now that plans have been formulated to Painting a picture of a $10 billion indus- Teams gave the players’ association their its clubs, and the frequently skeptical union possibly start the season in early July in dis- try shuttered by the contagion, the 12-page virus-testing plan Friday and have waited already has requested a slew of documents infected stadiums with no gate revenue, at document titled “Economics of Playing to make their economic proposal. from MLB. Without Fans in Attendance” and dated The New York Yankees alone would have MLB said 2019 revenue was 39% local least at the start, MLB says the current eco- May 12 was an initial step in negotiations $312 million in local losses when calculat- gate and other in-park sources, followed by nomics are not feasible. Players have said aimed at starting the delayed season around ing their earnings before interest, taxes, 25% central revenue, 22% local media, 11% they already made a deal and see no need the Fourth of July. depreciation and amortization. New York’s sponsorship and 4% other. for change. Teams say the proposed method of sal- figure includes about $100 million toward Teams fear a second wave of the corona- But that deal is contingent on playing in vaging a season delayed by the coronavirus the bonds that financed new Yankee Sta- virus would devastate finances if renewed front of fans at regular-season ballparks. pandemic would still cause a $4 billion loss dium, money that already has been paid for government restrictions cause cancellation The agreement committed both sides to and would give major league players 89% of 2020. of the postseason, which brings in $787 mil- “discuss in good faith the economic feasibil- revenue. The Los Angeles Dodgers were at $232 lion in media money. ity of playing games in the absence of spec- They contend they lose more money with million in local losses, followed by the New MLB and the union agreed to a March 26 tators or at appropriate neutral sites.”

New: Preakness to run Oct. 3, Significant changes one month after Derby The 145th Preakness Stakes ahead when MLB returns has been rescheduled for Oct. 3, an announcement delivered Sat- FROM BACK PAGE rity plus players’ union and MLB urday less than hour before the Restaurants are off limits on the staff along with contractors. original post time for the Triple road, including the ones in hotels, Tier 3 covers broadcast person- Crown race. as are hotel fitness centers. nel and other event services. Traditionally held at Pimlico “We emphasize that this is a Players must wear masks while Race Course on the third Satur- first draft, and will undergo sever- in restricted areas “except while day in May, the Preakness was al rounds of changes as we collect on the field or engaging in other postponed April 3 because of comments and suggestions from strenuous activities” and lockers the coronavirus pandemic. The the clubs, the players’ association, must have at least 6 feet between weather Saturday turned out to players, and government officials,” them. If needed, temporary club- be ideal — slightly breezy with deputy commissioner Dan Halem house space will be added, prefer- temperatures around 80 degrees wrote in an email to owners, team ably outdoors or areas with better — but there were no patrons in presidents and CEOs, and general ventilation. the Pimlico grandstand or infield, managers that accompanied the “Showering in club facilities and no horses in the starting gate protocols. should be discouraged,” the plan for the scheduled 6:45 p.m. race. “The document is designed to says. “To the extent showering oc- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan set minimum standards and iden- curs, clubs should explore modi- LOUIS DELUCA/AP disclosed the new date for the tify best practices, but we have fications to facilities to allow for Preakness on NBC, which also physical distancing and hygiene” Texas Rangers third baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa spits during a game had a hand in the decision be- attempted to provide clubs with last season. Already banned on sidewalks, outlawed indoors and such as installing partitions and cause it televises the race. enough flexibility to achieve the pooh-poohed by polite society, that gob of saliva and lord-knows- limiting the number of players “Under normal circumstances, desired health and safety objec- what-else is done mucking up sports. In the wake of the coronavirus, using the showers at the same I would be standing at Pimlico ... tives in a manner that is tailored teams are revoking the germ-landing privileges that turned dugouts, time. presenting the Woodlawn Tro- to their particular circumstances, benches, boxing rings and grass fields into potential biohazard sites. including ballpark configuration, Teams “should consider requir- phy to the winner of the 145th ing (on-field staff) to arrive at club Preakness Stakes,” Hogan said. location, and the nature of any practice on back fields. Laboratory in Salt Lake City is to local governmental regulations or facilities dressed for the day’s ac- “But as we all know these are not Among the road trip changes: provide results within 24 hours. restrictions,” Halem wrote. tivities in order to limit time spent ordinary circumstances. How-  Use of Uber, subways and Family members of players, um- Scoreboard video is prohibited in the clubhouse or locker room.” ever, I am proud to make this public buses is banned. pires and the households of any- but music allowed. While there Only medical personnel allowed announcement on behalf of the  Private airports encouraged one covered under the plan will be won’t be fans, at least not at the near injured players. state, the Maryland Jockey Club and if not available, teams are to offered access to testing and PPE. start, it will provide a familiar There will be staggered re- and Maryland’s historic racing use private aviation facilities to The individuals are encouraged background audio for the telecasts porting dates for the resumption industry that Preakness 145 will of spring training. When pitch- board and exit. to avoid crowds when away from be held at Pimlico Race Course in critical to MLB’s bottom line.  A ball will be thrown away after ers and catchers arrive, only five Transportation Security ballpark. Baltimore, Maryland, on Oct. 3.” it is touched by multiple players, players may work out at a time. Administration screens should Anyone with a temperature and throwing the ball around the Then come full-team workouts, take place at ballparks if it can be of 100 or higher or who exhib- McCaskey, Bears’ leader infield will be discouraged. Per- with small groups encouraged but arranged. its COVID-19 symptoms or has  who followed Halas, dies sonnel who rub baseballs with not required, followed by exhibi- In-flight catering is limited. come in contact with someone  mud for the umpires must use tion games. There will be intake Lower floors are to be used if confirmed to be infected will be LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Michael gloves. screening upon arrival, followed possible at hotels, so stairs can be subject to rapid testing at a nearby McCaskey, who led the Chicago “Individuals must avoid any a self-quarantine for 24-48 hours used instead of elevators, and pri- site. A person cannot rejoin the Bears for nearly three decades physical interactions (such as until results are available. Players vate areas arranged for entrances, team until testing negative twice following the death of his grand- high-fives, fist bumps, or hugs) not assigned to a big league team exits and check-in. in tests taken at least 24 hours father George Halas, died Sat- while at club facilities,” the man- when the season starts will re-  Six staggered bus trips will apart. The person also must not urday after a lengthy battle with ual says. main at spring training or another be scheduled to and from the exhibit symptoms or COVID-19, cancer, the team said. He was 76. Tier 1 people in the plan include separate facility. ballpark. and the team physician and MLB A Yale graduate and the oldest players, managers and coaches All games at spring training Team staff, including play- medical staff must determine the of Ed and team matriarch Virgin- plus two each from among physi- facilities in Florida and Arizona, ers, will be given thermometers person not at risk. ia McCaskey’s 11 children, Mi- cians, athletics trainers and bull- whether exhibitions or regular for self screening and are to take If an individual is exposed to chael joined the family business pen catchers plus one strength season, must be scheduled for 7-9 two tests in quick succession each a person with an infection, that in 1983 as president and CEO and conditioning coach. p.m. local time unless MLB gives morning. person must show no signs of dis- following the death of Halas, a Tier 2 includes clubhouse staff, specific consent. At the ballpark, people will be ease, be tested daily for at least founding father of the NFL and additional coaches, medical and A fifth umpire would be allowed given temperature checks twice a seven consecutive days and un- the franchise. He succeeded Ed training staff, traveling staff, own- when the temperature reaches a day and multiple fluid swabs each dergo more frequent temperature McCaskey as chairman in 1999 ers, front office, translators, com- certain level, allowing for rotation, week. Comprehensive Drug Test- checks. The person also must wear and remained in that role until munications staff, video personnel, including sharing of plate umpire ing will collect samples and Sports a mask at all times except while on brother George McCaskey took the head groundskeeper and secu- duties, Teams should take batting Medicine Research and Testing the field. over in 2011. Monday, May 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 SOCCER/MMA Harris stopped in emotional return UFC heavyweight starts strong in first bout since death of his stepdaughter but loses to Overeem

BY MARK LONG 23 in Auburn, Ala. Her SUV Associated Press was found abandoned days later in Montgomery. Police said her JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Walt blood was found in the car. Her Harris pointed to the sky and remains were discovered in a proudly showed off a “Fighting wooded area in late November. for Aniah” T-shirt as he entered Ibraheem Yazeed, 29, was the arena. He left a few minutes charged with capital murder. The later with tears in his eyes, hardly medical examiner determined the result he wanted in his first Blanchard died from a gunshot UFC fight since the death of his wound. Prosecutors have indicat- stepdaughter. ed they will seek the death pen- Alistair Overeem stopped Har- SASCHA SCHUERMANN, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS/AP alty if Yazeed is convicted. ris in the second round of UFC’s The UFC will take the next two Soccer balls are disinfected during the Bundesliga soccer match between Duesseldorf and Paderborn in Fight Night main event Saturday, weeks off before fighting May 30. the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Duesseldorf, Germany on Saturday . The German Bundesliga is the first major ending what was an emotional It hopes to return to Las Vegas, soccer league to resume after a two-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. return for the but needs clearance from the Ne- heavyweight vada Athletic Commission. If not, fighter known White said it will be in Arizona. as The Big ‘ You Other fights on the main card: Ticket. haven’t  Claudia Gadelha (18-4) Silently celebrating soccer, Harris was held off Angela Hill (12-8) in the a slight favor- seen the strawweight division and won a ite and the last of split decision. Hill controlled the sentimental Bundesliga returns to play The Big pace, making it more of a spar- choice as he ring bout than a grappling game, stepped into Ticket. ’ BY CIARAN FAHEY but Gadelha got the nod on two of shakes and hugging with the the celebrations,” Dortmund the octagon Walt Harris games keenly watched by the rest team coordinator Sebastian Kehl the three scorecards. Associated Press for the first UFC heavyweight  of the soccer world hoping to re- said. time since his Dan Ige (14-2) edged Edson BERLIN — Erling Haaland start their own leagues. Haaland set up Guerreiro to 19-year-old Barboza (20-9) in another split scored the Bundesliga’s first goal Team staff, and players who seal the result as Dortmund cut daughter, Aniah Blanchard, was decision. Ige’s sixth straight vic- in more than two months and then didn’t start, wore masks. Substi- the gap on leader Bayern Munich killed in Alabama. tory came in the featherweight celebrated. tutes took their positions in the to a point. Bayern is due to play at Harris (13-8) looked as though division. Barboza cut 10 pounds Alone. stands, rather than beside the Union Berlin on Sunday. he would notch his 14th career to move down a weight class.  The 19-year-old’s Borussia field, while balls and seats were Schalke became the first team knockout when he dropped Krzysztof Jotko (22-4) beat Dortmund teammates stayed disinfected. to make five substitutions in a Overeem in the opening round. former Alabama linebacker Eryk away, mindful of the strict hy- Haaland celebrated his 10th Bundesliga game in a new tem- But the veteran regrouped on Anders (13-5) in a middleweight giene measures amid the coro- goal in nine Bundesliga games porary measure allowed in the the eve of his 40th birthday and bout. Jotko did a breakdance in navirus pandemic, as Germany’s with a restrained dance as his league, but they couldn’t change dominated the rest of the way. the middle of the octagon after soccer season resumed in unprec- teammates stayed back. the outcome. Dortmund’s players Overeem (46-18) sent Harris to his third consecutive victory. edented conditions on Saturday. “It’s hard,” midfielder Julian celebrated in front of the empty the mat for the final time with an  Song Yadong withstood Mar- Dortmund beat Schalke 4-0 in Brandt said. “But that’s the way south terrace afterward. unblocked combination early in lon Vera’s last push in the opening the first Ruhr derby to be played it is now. We try to stick to the “To applaud all our fans who the second. fight of the main card and won a in an empty stadium. Shouts rules.” were watching on TV,” Kehl said. Harris never recovered, and unanimous decision in the feath- from coaching staff and play- Brandt set up Raphael Guer- Pre-game television interviews the referee called it after a bevy erweight division. Vera (17-6-1) ers, and the thud of the sanitized reiro before the break and Thor- were conducted with long poles of unanswered shots to the head. refused to shake hands with Song ball being kicked, reverberated gan Hazard after it. Hazard holding microphones and partici- Overeem shared a moment with (5-0-1) after the result . around mainly deserted stands. celebrated alone in front of the pants keeping their distance. Harris on the mat. On the undercard: Players had been warned to Westfalenstadion’s south terrace . “It’s quite surreal,” Dortmund Harris thanked the UFC, his  Miquel Baeza (9-0) notched keep their emotions in check, “It felt strange, also for the chief executive Hans Joachim team and his community while his seventh knockout in nine fights and to desist from spitting, hand- players. You could see that with Watzke told Sky TV. fighting back tears. to remain unbeaten in the welter- “I’m sorry I didn’t get the W for weight division. He took down you tonight,” Harris said. “You’ve 39-year-old Matt Brown (22-17) been like my family through ev- early in the second round. Spanish league approves group training erything, and I’m so grateful.  Kevin Holland (17-5) se- ... Y’all at home watching, I’m cured a 39-second knockout BY TALES AZZONI not be allowed to start training in groups if the gov- sorry. I’ll be back better, I prom- against Anthony Hernandez (7-2) Associated Press ernment hadn’t created exceptions. ise you. You haven’t seen the last in the middleweight division. Teams in regions with tighter restrictions will be of The Big Ticket. I’m going to go  Giga Chikadze made the MADRID — All Spanish league clubs can begin allowed to practice with 10 players in the same ses- home, recover. I’m going to heal most of his size advantage to beat group training sessions this week despite stricter sion, while clubs in areas with fewer restrictions can emotionally and physically, and I Irwin Rivera in a unanimous fly- lockdown restrictions remaining in place in parts of use up to 14 players. Teams in the latter regions also promise you I’ll be better.” weight decision . Spain because of the coronavirus pandemic. can make greater use of their facilities, reaching up Overeem said he offered to  Nate Landwehr bloodied Cities like Madrid and Barcelona have not been to 50% of their capacity. The rest of the clubs can train with Harris down the road, Darren Elkins in the opening allowed to loosen confinement measures like most only use up to 30% of the facilities. hoping it could make both of them round and dominated the rest of of the country, but teams such as Real Madrid and Group meetings between players and the coach- better in a stacked division. the way, winning a bloody unani- Barcelona have been given the go-ahead to move ing staff are also now allowed in some regions if dis- “Of course, Walt has been mous flyweight decision . into the second phase of training. tancing guidelines remain in place, and referees are through personal tragedy, which  Cortney Casey finished The league has told clubs that on Monday all play- now being allowed to train in sports facilities. is awful,” Overeem said. “But I Mara Borrello with an armbar in ers can start small group sessions regardless of the The next training phase will allow for clubs to see it as a sport. It’s a game, right? the first round, Casey’s first sub- lockdown phase in their regions. Players had only start full squad sessions. It’s a way of making a living. ... I mission since 2016 and her first been allowed to train individually across Spain until Clubs and players have been asked to follow strict just see it as professional, nothing fight in 15 months. now. health safety guidelines during training. Players, personal.”  Rodrigo Nascimento (8-0) The Spanish government has been gradually eas- club employees and everyone else involved in the Harris’ wife encouraged him to won his UFC debut and remained ing lockdown restrictions that had been in place training sessions have to be tested daily for COVID- return to the octagon after more undefeated in his MMA career since mid-March because of the pandemic, with 19. Five players from teams in the first and second than six months of grieving. with his sixth submission, this different levels of clearances from region to region. divisions tested positive before the individual prac- Blanchard, a student at Ala- one against fellow heavyweight Teams in Madrid and Barcelona theoretically would tice sessions resumed. bama, was last seen on October Don’Tale Mayes. S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, May 18, 2020 F3HIJKLM Hidden opportunity Restart could offer much-needed SPORTS reset for 76ers, Brown » Page 20

VIRUS OUTBREAK

Spitting banned, showers discouraged as MLB negotiates return

BY RONALD BLUM Associated Press

NEW YORK negotiation with the players’ association. after the 2017 season. ajor League Baseball will look some- Teams will be allowed to have 50 players each Protocols include details on testing for team what like high school ball this year under the plan, with the number active for each staff, who are divided into three tiers. All others under protocols to deal with the new game still to be negotiated. may not enter clubhouses, dugouts and the field. coronavirus, with showers at ballparks Spitting is prohibited along with water jugs and Seats in the empty stands near the dugout should discouraged and players possibly ar- the use of saunas, steam rooms, pools and cryo- be used to maintain distance, according to dia- riving in uniform, like they did when therapy chambers. Hitting in indoor cages is dis- grams in the manual, and the next day’s starting they were teenagers. couraged, batting gloves encouraged. pitcher can’t sit in the dugout. Everyone must keep Team personnel will be banned from eating at Batting practice pitchers are to wear masks, their distance during “The Star-Spangled Banner” restaurants on road trips. dugout telephones disinfected after each use. Play- and “God Bless America,” Even the Phillie Phantic and Mr. Met will be ers may not touch their face to give signs, and Fielders are “encouraged to retreat several steps missing, banned from the field along with all other they’re not allowed to lick their fingers. Teams away from the baserunner” between pitches. First team mascots. are encouraged to hold meetings outdoors, players and third base coaches are not to approach baser- The traditional exchange of lineup cards would spread apart. unners or umpires, and players should not social- be eliminated, along with high-fives, fist bumps, Teams were asked to respond with their suggest- ize with opponents. and bat boys and girls, according to a 67-page draft ed input by May 22. The protocols were written Managers and coaches must wear masks while of Major League Baseball’s proposed 2020 Opera- by MLB senior vice presidents Patrick Houlihan, in the dugouts. The entire traveling party — in- tions Manual. A copy was sent to teams Friday and Bryan Seeley and Chris Young, and vice president cluding players — must wear personal protective obtained by The Associated Press. The guidelines, Jon Coyles. Young is a former pitcher who retired equipment while on buses and flights. first reported by The Athletic, are subject to SEE NEW ON PAGE 22

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