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Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper Page 8 Senate report details broad failures around Jan. 6 attack WASHINGTON (AP) — A the Capitol" with weapons Senate investigation of the and possibly infiltrate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the tunnel system underneath U.S. Capitol found a broad the building. But that intel- intelligence breakdown ligence never made it up across multiple agencies, to top leadership. The re- along with widespread law sult was chaos. A Senate enforcement and military report released Tuesday failures that led to the vio- details how officers on the lent attack. front lines suffered chemi- There were clear warnings cal burns, brain injuries and tips that supporters and broken bones, among of former President Don- other injuries, after fighting In this Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Police officers hold off rioters loyal to President Donald Trump at ald Trump, including right- the attackers, who quickly the Capitol in Washington. wing extremist groups, overwhelmed them and Associated Press were planning to "storm broke into the building. Continued on next page A2 Wednesday 9 June 2021 UP FRONT Continued from Front between life and death," Officers told the Senate in- the statement said. vestigators they were left During the attack, the re- with no leadership or direc- port says, Capitol Police tion when command sys- were compromised by bad tems broke down. intelligence, poor plan- The Senate report is the first ning, faulty equipment and — and could be the last — a lack of leadership. The bipartisan review of how force's incident command hundreds of Trump sup- system "broke down during porters were able to push the attack," leaving officers violently past security lines on the front lines without and break into the Capitol orders. There were no func- that day, interrupting the tional incident command- certification of Joe Biden's ers, and some senior offi- presidential election vic- cers were fighting instead tory. It recommends imme- of giving orders. Capitol Po- diate changes to give the lice "leadership never took Capitol Police chief more control of the radio system authority, to provide better to communicate orders to planning and equipment front-line officers," the in- for law enforcement and vestigation found. to streamline intelligence "I was horrified that NO gathering among federal deputy chief or above was agencies. In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo rioters break into the Capitol in Washington. on the radio or helping us," As a bipartisan effort, the Associated Press one officer told the com- report does not delve into mittee in an anonymous the root causes of the at- leader Mitch McConnell, Steven Sund, desperately unit within the Capitol Po- statement. "For hours the tack, including Trump's role who led the blockade begged for help. lice after widespread fail- screams on the radio were as he called for his support- against such a commission, It finds that the Pentagon ures from multiple agencies horrific(,) the sights were ers to "fight like hell" to over- said he's confident the on- spent hours "mission plan- that did not predict the unimaginable and there turn his election defeat that going reviews by lawmak- ning" and seeking mul- attack even though insur- was a complete loss of con- day. It does not call the at- ers and law enforcement tiple layers of approvals as rectionists were planning it trol. ... For hours NO Chief or tack an insurrection, even will be sufficient. Capitol Police were being openly on the internet. above took command and though it was. And it comes The House in May passed overwhelmed and brutally The police intelligence unit control. Officers were beg- two weeks after Republi- legislation to create a com- beaten by the attackers. "knew about social media ging and pleading for help cans blocked a bipartisan, mission that would be mod- It also says the Defense posts calling for violence at for medical triage." independent commission eled after a panel that in- Department's hesitant re- the Capitol on January 6, The acting chief, Yoganan- that would investigate the vestigated the Sept. 11 ter- sponse was influenced by including a plot to breach da Pittman, who replaced insurrection more broadly. rorist attack two decades criticism of its heavy-hand- the Capitol, the online shar- Sund after his resignation, "This report is important in ago. House Speaker Nan- ed response to protests in ing of maps of the Capitol told the committees that the fact that it allows us to cy Pelosi told colleagues in the summer of 2020 after Complex's tunnel systems, the lack of communica- make some immediate im- a letter Tuesday that if the the death of George Floyd and other specific threats tion resulted from "incident provements to the security Senate fails to approve the in police custody. of violence," the report commanders being over- situation here in the Capi- commission, her chamber The senators are heavily says, but agents did not whelmed and engaging tol," said Michigan Sen. will launch its own investi- critical of the Capitol Po- properly inform leaders of with rioters, rather than issu- Gary Peters, the chairman gations. lice Board, a three-mem- everything they had found. ing orders over the radio." of the Homeland Security The top Republican on the ber panel made up of the On Dec. 28, for example, The committee's interviews and Governmental Affairs rules panel, Missouri Sen. heads of security for the the report notes that some- with police officers detail Committee, which con- Roy Blunt, has opposed House and Senate and the one emailed a public Cap- "absolutely brutal" abuse ducted the probe along the commission, arguing Architect of the Capitol. itol Police account and from Trump's supporters as with the Senate Rules Com- that investigation would The board now is required warned about "countless they ran over them and mittee. "But it does not an- take too long. He said the to approve requests by the tweets from Trump sup- broke into the building. The swer some of the bigger recommendations made police chief, even in ur- porters saying they will be officers described hearing questions that we need in the Senate can be im- gent situations. The report armed on January 6th" racial slurs and seeing Nazi to face, quite frankly, as a plemented faster, such as recommends that its mem- and "tweets from people salutes. One officer trying country and as a democ- legislation that he and Min- bers "regularly review the organizing to 'storm the to evacuate the Senate racy." nesota Democratic Sen. policies and procedures" Capitol.'" There were also said he had stopped sever- Senate Majority Leader Amy Klobuchar, the rules after senators found that internal warnings of an up- al men in full tactical gear, Chuck Schumer said Tues- committee chair, intend to the three board members tick in posts on various sites one of whom said "You bet- day the findings show even introduce soon that would on Jan. 6 did not under- that showed maps of the ter get out of our way, boy, greater need for a biparti- give the chief of Capitol stand their own authority Capitol, including its under- or we'll go through you to san commission to investi- Police more authority to re- and could not detail the ground tunnels. But those get (the senators).'" The in- gate the root causes of the quest assistance from the statutory requirements for specifics were never dis- surrectionists told police of- attack, referring to Trump's National Guard. requesting National Guard seminated widely. ficers they would kill them, unfounded claims about The Senate report recounts assistance. In a response to the report, then members of Congress. the 2020 election. how the Guard was de- Two of the three board the Capitol Police acknowl- At the same time, the sena- "As the 'big lie' continues to layed for hours Jan. 6 as of- members, the House and edged the need for im- tors acknowledge the of- spread, as faith in our elec- ficials in multiple agencies Senate sergeants at arms, provements and said some ficers' bravery, noting that tions continues to decline, took bureaucratic steps to were pushed out in the are already being made. one officer told them, "The it is crucial — crucial — that release the troops. It details days after the attack. Sund, "Law enforcement agen- officers inside all behaved we establish a trusted, in- hours of calls between offi- the Capitol Police chief, re- cies across the country rely admirably and heroically dependent record of what cials in the Capitol and the signed under pressure. on intelligence, and the and, even outnumbered, transpired," Schumer said. Pentagon and as the then- The report recommends a quality of that intelligence went on the offensive and But Senate Republican chief of the Capitol Police, consolidated intelligence can mean the difference took the Capitol back."q A3 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 9 June 2021 U.S. identifies 3,900 children separated at border under Trump SAN DIEGO (AP) — The total cases examined to "We believe the negotia- Biden administration said 5,636, close to the ACLU tions we're having with the Tuesday that it has identi- tally. The discrepancy ap- administration are con- fied more than 3,900 chil- pears to stem largely from structive and being held dren separated from their a federal court ruling in San in good faith," Gelernt told parents at the U.S.-Mexico Diego that excluded 1,723 reporters. "Our hope is now border under former Presi- children who were separat- they've put in a process for dent Donald Trump's "zero- ed for reasons other than reunifying people it can be tolerance" policy on illegal Trump's zero-tolerance pol- scaled up." Gelernt said crossings, providing one icy, such as risk of child en- families not only need to of the more detailed ac- dangerment or questions be reunited but provided counts of a chapter in U.S. about parentage. mental health and sup- immigration history that The task force will also try to port services and compen- drew widespread condem- determine if children were sation. For now, reunited nation. separated during the first In this Wednesday, June 20, 2018, file photo, stuffed toy animals families are being allowed wrapped in aluminum foil representing migrant children sepa- The Biden administration's six months of Trump's presi- to remain in the United rated from their families are displayed in protest in front of the Family Reunification Task dency, starting in January United States embassy in Guatemala City. I States on a temporary ba- Force count of 3,913 chil- 2017, which was outside Associated Press sis, but the ACLU wants the dren separated from July 1, the scope of the ACLU law- administration to give them 2017, to the end of Trump's suit. That could raise the fi- has vowed to reunite par- istration officials say 29 of a more lasting solution, he presidency is well below the nal number. ents who are still apart from the 62 have received final said. "It's not a permanent more than 5,500 children Of the 3,913 children, 1,786 their children, but the pace clearances to return to the status," he said. "That is fore- identified by the American have been reunified with has been slow and it is un- United States, which should most in the negotiations." Civil Liberties Union in court a parent, mostly during clear how high that number occur after travel arrange- The report provided data filings, based on govern- Trump's tenure, parents of will go. The first four parents ments are made. that hadn't been previous- ment information. another 1,695 have been were returned to the United Lee Gelernt, deputy di- ly released. Nearly 60% of The task force said it iden- contacted and the where- States last month, part of rector of the ACLU's immi- children separated under tified "nearly all" children abouts of 391 have not what the task force identi- grant rights project, said the zero-tolerance policy who were separated un- been established. Many fied as an initial group of he wished the reunifica- were Guatemalans (2,270), der the zero-tolerance who have been contact- 62 people — 28 from Gua- tions had happened more followed by Hondurans policy but will review an- ed were released to other temala, 20 from Honduras, quickly but welcomed the (1,150), Salvadorans (281), other 1,723 cases since July family members. 13 from El Salvador and Biden administration's ef- Mexicans (75), Brazilians 2017, which would bring The Biden administration one from Mexico. Admin- forts. (74) and Romanians (23).q Fed lawyers: Trump not liable for 'crude' remarks at accuser By LARRY NEUMEISTER Barr's intervention last Oc- sexual misconduct by pub- NEW YORK (AP) — Don- tober was criticized on the licly brutalizing any woman ald Trump cannot be held campaign trail by then- who has the courage to personally liable for "crude Democratic candidate Joe come forward," she said. and disrespectful" remarks Biden, who said it was inap- "Calling a woman you sexu- he made about a woman propriate for the Justice ally assaulted a 'liar,' a 'slut,' who accused him of rape Department to attempt to or 'not my type,' as Donald because he made the intervene in a private legal Trump did here, is not the comments while he was battle over Trump's person- official act of an American president, U.S. Justice De- al conduct. president." partment lawyers told an The Justice Department's In a statement, Carroll appeals court late Mon- consistency in sticking with said: "As women across the day. the case, even after Trump country are standing up Responding to misconduct lost the election, has been and holding men account- allegations is part of the cited by some as proof able for assault — the DOJ president's job, the gov- that Biden is keeping his is trying to stop me from In this March 4, 2020, file photo, E. Jean Carroll talks to reporters ernment's lawyers told the word that he won't try to having that same right. I outside a courthouse in New York. 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of influence the department's am angry! I am offended!" Associated Press Appeals. As such, it is the moves. Washington Justice Depart- United States itself — and Roberta Kaplan, Carroll's ment lawyers wrote that scope of employment," the The papers were filed af- not Trump — who should attorney, said in a state- Trump was acting "within lawyers wrote, conceding ter the Justice Department be the defendant in a def- ment that it was "horrific" the scope of his office" in that Trump used "crude and appealed a decision by amation lawsuit brought by that Trump raped her client denying wrongdoing af- disrespectful" language in Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, columnist E. Jean Carroll, but it was "truly shocking ter White House reporters questioning Carroll's cred- who ruled in October that who says Trump raped her that the current Depart- asked him about Carroll's ibility. Trump cannot use a law in the mid-1990s in an up- ment of Justice would allow claims. They said comments at- protecting federal employ- scale Manhattan depart- Donald Trump to get away They said: "Elected public tacking her appearance, ees from being sued indi- ment store. with lying about it, thereby officials can — and often impugning her motives and vidually for things they do In defending Trump in its depriving our client of her must — address allegations implying she had made within the scope of their filing Monday, the Justice day in court." regarding personal wrong- false accusations against employment. Department is carrying on "The DOJ's position is not doing that inspire doubt others "were without ques- Arguments supporting the an effort that began under only legally wrong, it is mor- about their suitability for of- tion unnecessary and in- Justice Department's posi- former U.S. Attorney Gener- ally wrong since it would fice." appropriate." But they said tion were also filed Mon- al William Barr while Trump give federal officials free "Even reprehensible con- they "all pertained to the day by a personal lawyer was still in office. license to cover up private duct ... can fall within the denial of wrongdoing." for Trump.q A4 Wednesday 9 June 2021 U.S. NEWS Woman sentenced for false 911 calls sparking fatal raid HOUSTON (AP) — A woman Hamdani said that after was sentenced on Tues- Tuttle and Nicholas were day to three years and four killed, Garcia continued months in federal prison for to not be remorseful, tell- making false 911 calls that ing police she "was tired" of ultimately resulted in a 2019 all the people who came drug raid by Houston police to their neighborhood to that killed both homeown- mourn the couple's deaths. ers. In a brief statement, Garcia Patricia Garcia was the first said when she made the person to be sentenced false 911 calls, she "wasn't in connection with the in my right mind." In March, deadly raid in which Dennis Garcia pleaded guilty to Tuttle, 59, and his wife, Rho- one count of providing gena Nicholas, 58, were fa- false information. tally shot on Jan. 28, 2019. "I never meant for anyone A dozen current and for- ... to die the way they did. I mer officers tied to the nar- am so sorry for my 911 tele- cotics unit that conducted phone calls," Garcia said. the drug raid have been Her attorney, Marjorie Mey- indicted in state and fed- ers, had asked for a sen- eral court in the wake of tence of 10 to 16 months, the shooting. Two current In this Aug. 23, 2019 file photo, former Houston police officers Steven Bryant, foreground, and Ger- recommended by the and former officers, Ger- ald Goines, background, turn themselves in at the Civil Courthouse, in Houston. sentencing guidelines, as ald Goines and Felipe Gal- Associated Press Garcia has a long history legos, are facing murder of mental illness and drug charges in state court. of marijuana and the couple were drug deal- back at them, according abuse. Meyers said what Prosecutors have alleged in the house, but no . ers and had guns inside to authorities. happened to the couple Goines, who led the raid, During a federal court their house. Prosecutors don't suggest was because "of rogue and lied to obtain the warrant to hearing done over video Hamdani said Garcia had Garcia was the cause of corrupt police officers." search the couple's home Tuesday, prosecutor Alam- no daughter and that her the couple's death 20 days But U.S. District Judge by claiming a confiden- dar Hamdani said Garcia other claims were also later, but "that night, things George C. Hanks Jr. said he tial informant had bought made three 911 phone false, made while she were set in motion," Ham- didn't believe Garcia was heroin there. Goines later calls on the evening of Jan. was under the influence of dani said. truly remorseful and she said there was no informant 8, 2019, in which she told and alcohol. Garcia "Ms. Garcia dialed 911 and had been callous in trying and he had bought the police her daughter was had a long running dispute intended to use those three to provoke police to force- drugs himself, they allege. being held against her will with the couple, and the digits as a weapon," he fully enter her neighbors' Police found small amounts inside the couple's home, 911 calls were made to get said. home. q

Rural Arizona residents wait as wildfire spreads uncontained Gila County, which includes under "set" status. Still, she County Sheriff's Office Globe, Miami and smaller decided to have essentials spokeswoman. communities, have been in including her pet parrot, Officials with the American various stages of the evac- Buddy, and his travel cage Red Cross say 90 residents uation process. The town of ready to go. in total stayed Monday at Miami is among those un- Watching flames climb shelters in Globe and Mesa. der an evacuation order. trees Monday night from The fire was human- At least 2,500 homes in Gila her home as the fire made caused. But fire officials County have been evacu- its way into the Pinal Moun- have not shared further de- ated, said Carl Melford, the tains and create an eerie tails. county emergency man- orange glow was surreal, Several miles east of the ager. He estimated that Stephenson said. wildfire, the smaller Mescal there are twice as many "Honestly, it just makes me Fire was at 23% contain- households who are in "set" feel like I can't wait till they ment Tuesday. Fire officials mode with bags packed get it under control and I lifted evacuation orders Smoke rises from the Telegraph Fire, on Monday, June 7, 2021, just in case. can go out and start help- for residents of the com- above Blue Lake, near Miami and Globe, Ariz. "Over the past three years, ing them revegetate," said munity of San Carlos and in Associated Press we've had some pretty ex- Stephenson, who is a plant the areas of Soda Canyon treme fire seasons," said biologist. "It's just really sad and Coyote Flats. But the By TERRY TANG The so-called Telegraph Melford, who has bags at to think about all of the community of East El Capi- Associated Press Fire, straddling two coun- his front door. "We've be- torched plants and all of tan was still on mandatory PHOENIX (AP) — Firefight- ties, has burned 112 square come very familiar with the animals that lost their habi- evacuation. ers in Arizona were fight- miles (290 square kilome- process with what it takes tat during breeding sea- The fire has burned nearly ing Tuesday to gain a foot- ters) and is at zero contain- to evacuate a community. son." 105 square miles (13 square hold into a massive wildfire, ment. The blaze was first But this is the largest evacu- Meanwhile, Superior resi- kilometers) — mostly desert one of two that has forced reported Friday south of ation to date." dents remain in "set" mode. brush, oak and grass. It was thousands of evacuations Superior in Pinal County, Becky Stephenson, 37, But about 400 people in first reported June 2 south- in rural towns and closed about 60 miles (96.6 kilome- whose Globe home sits on nearby Top-Of-The-World east of Globe. almost every major high- ters) east of Phoenix. a hill near the U.S. Highway have been evacuated, The cause is still under way out of the area. Residents in neighboring 60, is feet away from a zone said Lauren Reimer, a Pinal investigation.q A5 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 9 June 2021 Global sting: Secure FBI-run messaging network tricks crooks Associated Press lice Commander Jennifer THE HAGUE, Hearst called it “a water- (AP) — Criminal gangs di- shed moment in global law vulged plans for moving enforcement history.” drug shipments and carry- The ANOM app became ing out killings on a secure popular in criminal circles messaging system secretly as users told one another it run by the FBI, law enforce- was a safe platform. All the ment agencies said Tues- time, police were looking day, as they unveiled a over the shoulders of crimi- global sting operation they nals as they discussed hits, said dealt an “unprece- drug shipments and other dented blow” to organized crimes. crime in countries around “There was a void that was the world. created by a lack of these The operation known as encrypted platforms,” Shiv- Trojan Shield led to police ers said, of the initial move raids in 16 nations. More to take down apps previ- than 800 suspects were ar- ously used by gangs. “So rested and more than 32 that created an opportu- tons of drugs including co- nity for collaboration with caine, , amphet- our international partners, amines and methamphet- to not only develop the amines were seized along specific tool but also to with 250 , 55 luxury develop the process of cars and more than $148 gathering the intelligence million in cash and crypto- In this undated photo supplied by the New Zealand police, a box containing a large amounts of and disseminating the intel- cash is seen after being discovered during a police raid as part of Operation Trojan. currencies. Associated Press ligence.” The seeds of the sting were The FBI collaborator ef- sown in 2018 when law en- messaging platform for the was ready. Over the past conference in The Hague, fectively created a “blind forcement agencies took criminal underworld called 18 months, the agency Netherlands. copy” channel so that ev- down a company called ANOM. The collaborator provided phones via un- The operation led by the ery single message sent by Phantom Secure that pro- engineered the system to suspecting middlemen to FBI with the involvement ANOM users ended up on vided customized end-to- give the agency access to more than 300 gangs op- of the U.S. Drug Enforce- a server run by the agency, end encrypted devices any messages being sent. erating in more than 100 ment Administration, the court documents say. to criminals, according to ANOM didn’t take off im- countries. European Union police Since October 2019, the FBI court papers. Unlike typi- mediately. But once other Intelligence gathered and agency and law has has cataloged more cal cell phones, the de- secure platforms used by analyzed “enabled us to enforcement agencies in than 20 million messages vices don’t make phone criminal gangs to organize prevent murders. It led to several countries dealt “an from a total of 11,800 de- calls or browse the internet drug trafficking underworld the seizure of drugs that led unprecedented blow to vices with about 9,000 cur- but allow for secure mes- hits and money launder- to the seizure of weapons. criminal networks, and this rently active, according to saging. As an outgrowth ing were taken down by And it helped prevent a is worldwide,” said Dutch the documents, which cit- of the operation, the FBI police, chiefly EncroChat number of crimes,” Calvin National Police Chief Con- ed Germany, the Nether- also recruited a collabora- and Sky ECC, gangs were Shivers, assistant director of stable Jannine van den lands, Spain, Australia and tor who was developing a in the market for a new the FBI’s Criminal Investiga- Berg. Serbia as the most active next-generation secure- one and the FBI’s platform tive Division, told a news Australian Federal Po- countries.q British police officer admits kidnapping, raping woman found a week later in the missing as she walked that had been banned woods. A court at ’s home from a friend’s house because of coronavirus re- heard Tuesday in Clapham, south London, strictions. During the gath- that Wayne Couzens, 48, on March 3. A major police ering, accepted responsibility for investigation was launched officers grabbed hold of the death of Sarah Everard and her body was found a several women and pulled though he was not asked week later in a woodland them away in handcuffs to to enter a plea to a charge in the county of , more screaming and shouting of murder. than 50 miles (80 kilome- from onlookers. The actions Members of Everard’s fam- ters) southeast of London. of the police were widely ily sat in court to witness the Everard’s disappearance condemned. defendant enter his pleas. and killing caused a nation- The Metropolitan Police Medical reports about the wide outcry, with women force has expressed shock Metropolitan Police officer, sharing experiences of be- and horror at Everard’s who appeared by video ing threatened or attacked killing. Couzens joined its In this Saturday, March 20, 2021 file photo, floral tributes and link from Belmarsh prison, or simply facing the every- ranks in 2018 and had most messages are placed at the bandstand on Clapham Common are being prepared. A fur- day fear of violence when recently served in the par- in London. Associated Press ther hearing before the walking alone. liamentary and diplomatic judge, Adrian Fulford, will The outcry was clearly protection command, an LONDON (AP) — A British rape of a woman as she take place July 9. evident during an unau- armed unit responsible for police officer has pleaded walked home in south Lon- Everard, a 33-year-old thorized vigil on Clapham guarding embassies in the guilty to the kidnap and don and whose body was marketing executive, went Common on March 14 capital and Parliament.q A6 Wednesday 9 June 2021 WORLD NEWS Trudeau denounces truck attack that targeted Muslim family By ROB GILLIES from the extended fam- TORONTO (AP) — A pick- ily said. “They worked ex- up truck attack that killed tremely hard in their fields four members of an im- and excelled. Their children migrant family has shaken were top students in their Canada, a country where school and connected immigrants are largely ac- strongly with their spiritual cepted, and drew de- identity.” nunciations Tuesday from A fundraising webpage Canada’s prime minister, said the father was a phys- who called it a hate crime iotherapist and cricket en- directed at Muslims. thusiast and his wife was The victims two parents, working on a doctorate in two children and a grand- civil engineering at West- mother were on an eve- ern University in London. ning walk when the driver Their daughter was finish- of the truck struck them at ing ninth grade, and the an intersection in London, grandmother was a “pil- Ontario. lar” of the family, the page “This was a terrorist attack, said. motivated by hatred, in the The family statement urged heart of one of our commu- the public to stand against nities,” Prime Minister Justin Torpenky Khan looks at a street sign that was destryoed at the location where a family of five was hate and Islamophobia. Trudeau told Parliament. “If hit by a driver, in London, Ontario, Monday, June 7, 2021. “This young man who com- anyone thinks racism and Associated Press mitted this act of terror was hatred don’t exist in this to Canada 14 years ago. and in part blamed rheto- gree murder. Police were influenced by a group that country, I want to say this: Many Canadians have ric, disinformation and ex- inside the suspect’s London he associated with, and the How do we explain such been enjoying evening tremism online and in poli- apartment on Tuesday. rest of the community must violence to a child in a walks to get fresh air after tics. Police said Veltman did not take a strong stand against hospital? How can we look long days at home during “They can be a seed that know the victims. Detec- this, from the highest levels families in the eye and say the pandemic, Trudeau grows into an ugly, perva- tive Supt. Paul Waight said in our government to every “Islamophobia isn’t real”? said. sive trend. And sometimes, it was not clear if he be- member of the communi- The victims’ extended fam- “But unlike every other they lead to real violence,” longed to any specific hate ty,” the statement said. ily issued a statement iden- night, this family never the prime minister said. group, but that local police Flowers were placed tifying the dead as Salman made it home,” Trudeau Pakistan Prime Minister Im- were working with federal around a light pole and Afzal, 46; his wife Madiha, said. “Their lives were taken ran Khan said on authorities to investigate a tree where the truck 44; their daughter Yum- in a brutal, cowardly and that the attack revealed potential terrorism charg- crossed onto the sidewalk. na, 15; and a 74-year-old brazen act of violence. This the growing Islamophobia es. He said the attack was A vigil was scheduled grandmother whose name killing was no accident. ... in Western countries. planned. for Tuesday night at the was withheld. The sole sur- Canadians are outraged A 20-year-old suspect, Na- Everyone who knew the mosque the family at- vivor was a hospitalized by what happened on Sun- thaniel Veltman, was ar- Afzal family knew “the tended. Trudeau and oth- 9-year-old boy who was day. And many Muslim Ca- rested in the parking lot of model family they were as er federal political party identified as Fayez. Friends nadians are scared.” a nearby mall. He was fac- Muslims, Canadians and leaders were scheduled to said the family immigrated Trudeau said words matter ing four counts of first-de- Pakistanis,” the statement attend.q

Foundation of FW de Klerk denies reports on his health

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME dition worsened but the fices three or four times a Associated Press FW de Klerk Foundation week. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — responded by saying there “He and his wife, Elita, The foundation of FW de had been “no discernible hope to travel to Greece Klerk, South Africa’s last deterioration in his health for a holiday as soon as apartheid president and since he was diagnosed in COVID regulations per- a Nobel laureate, denied March.” mit,” the foundation said. media reports Tuesday “There have been exten- De Klerk was the last that his health was “rapidly sive media reports that Mr. president of the country’s deteriorating” after he was de Klerk’s health ‘is rapidly white-minority govern- In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 file photo former South African diagnosed with cancer deteriorating.’ This is not ment, which imposed the President FW de Klerk arrives for the State of the Nation Address earlier this year. so,” the foundation said. apartheid policy of ra- at parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. De Klerk announced on “He is now considering the cial segregation in South Associated Press his 85th birthday in March continuation of the course Africa. He was president ers would be released from elections in 1994. De Klerk that he was suffering from of immunotherapy that he from 1989-1994 and a cen- prison and anti-apartheid served as one of his depu- mesothelioma, a cancer has been following for the tral figure in the country’s movements like Mandela’s ty presidents from 1994-96. that affects the tissue that past two months.” eventual move to democ- African National Congress In 1993, de Klerk and Man- lines the lungs. It added de Klerk had at- racy. would be unbanned. dela were jointly awarded Reports in South Africa tended a meeting of his In 1990, he announced Mandela was later elect- the Nobel Peace Prize said de Klerk had been foundation board on Mon- that Nelson Mandela and ed South Africa’s first for their role in ending hospitalized after his con- day and still works at his of- other anti-apartheid lead- Black president in all-race apartheid.q A7 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 9 June 2021 Human rights ombudsman says 58 killed in Colombia protests

By MANUEL RUEDA Colombia’s attorney gen- Associated Press eral has said it is investigat- BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ing police involvement in at — Fifty-eight people have least three deaths of pro- been killed during anti-gov- testers and has launched ernment protests that be- a probe into a recent inci- gan in Colombia five weeks dent in the city of Cali dur- ago and have also led to ing which officers protect- roadblocks and clashes ed armed civilians that shot with police, the country’s at demonstrators. human rights ombudsman On Sunday, President Ivan said Monday. Duque announced a pro- In a report presented to the posal to reform Colombia’s Inter-American Commission police forces that includes on Human Rights, the om- putting body cameras on budsman office also said officers and creating a hu- it had received more than man rights directorate with- 400 allegations of human in the police to seek out- rights violations during the side advice on policies. The protests that started April government also said it will 28, including cases of po- improve methods through lice beatings, arbitrary de- which citizens can file com- tentions and sexual abuses plaints. A man waves a banner representing Colombia’s national colors during an anti-government of protesters in police cus- Protesters, however, have protest triggered by proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions in tody. said they want police offi- Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Colombia’s police have cers placed under the juris- Associated Press come under scrutiny from diction of civilian courts. Of- human rights groups for ficers who commit crimes their behavior during the while on duty in Colombia protests, in which videos are currently judged by have shown police shoot- military tribunals, which are ing at protesters or stand- often staffed by their own ing by while armed civilians peers. fired at demonstrators. The current wave of pro- The situation prompted a tests started over a plan to delegation from the Inter- increase taxes. The govern- American Commission for ment withdrew the plan, Human Rights to visit Co- but the protests have con- lombia this week, where it tinued, fueled by growing will meet with government inequality and unemploy- officials, protest victims and ment during the pandemic. organizations that have ac- Protest leaders are de- cused the police of using manding a new set of so- excessive force during the cial and economic policies protests. that include a basic in- The delegation said Mon- come plan for poor house- day that it will deliver rec- holds and more spending ommendations for the gov- on public education. They ernment to follow up on at also want the police to be the end of its visit. It could transferred from the Ministry also set up an independent of Defense to the Ministry of commission of experts to the Interior. track progress on human Negotiations between pro- rights issues. test leaders and the gov- According to Temblores, a ernment have been slow human rights group based to get off the ground. On in Bogota, police have Sunday, a group of unions been directly involved in 45 and associations that has deaths during the protests. spearheaded the protests Human Rights Watch says it walked away from talks has documented nine cas- with the government over es in which police killed pro- Duque’s recent decision testers with gunfire and four to send soldiers to 13 cities other cases in which police to remove roadblocks and officers killed protesters us- control violent protests. ing tear gas canisters and The government has asked other devices designed to the group to dismantle control crowds. and reject roadblocks that The watchdog group says it have caused food short- is looking into dozens more ages in some parts of the cases of alleged police kill- country and forced facto- ings. ries to stop working.q A8 Wednesday 9 June 2021 local

Mangel Halto is screaming for help

SAVANETA - I think it is time to give damage already Aruba. Mangel Halto a little more attention At the moment (for years) these and a lot more respect. teams are raking all around and dumping everything with this All of us love hanging out at this wheel barrel deeper in the roots of beautiful spot of Aruba, but so the Mangrove trees. This interferes much garbage gets left behind. with life both above and below We need to make everyone a little the surface, rotten roots and lack bit more aware of Aruba’s Nature of water flow between the roots. and how to keep everything in The standing water is killing and balance. Pls everyone, take every- hurting the process even more with thing you brought back with you the algae that accumulate later and find the nearest trash can, causing the roots to rot. The only don't leave anything behind. time some garbage, algae etc get These guys are workers assigned by out is at high tide. Then the waters the Government, they are on con- around Mangel Halto get brown tract but they are not aware of the nasty and murky for a few days till damage they are currently doing the tide gets lower. here. This department called DOW The falling leaves need to be left wants to see Mangel Halto beach alone, don't rake them all, this flow between the roots, so I think apart because of termites. Mangel clean, no matter what and it's just serves as protection for the Fidler they need to open a little channel Halto needs urgent attention. Man- for the eyes. They need to stop rak- crab. They lay eggs down in the in order for this to happen and this gel Halto is suffering my friends. Let ing all the leaves off the floor and sand and these leaves provide the is by the one wooden bridge they us Protect and Respect Nature a sit together to find the best solution shade they need. have in the back, open the chan- little more to help Nature and wildlife here nel and let the water flow. Thank you all for your support my at Mangel Halto, we did enough The Mangroves need a little more The Mangrove are literally falling friends.q

About Mangel Halto Mangel Halto beach is lo- cated in Savaneta, on the southern-west part of the island. The beach is differ- ent from the other beaches in Aruba; it is beach full of mangroves. You reach the beach by a bridge through the mangroves and then you will have several entrances to the sea. There are diverse spots where you can enjoy a perfect beach day, wooden stairs made to enter the wa- ter and a dock to sit on and enjoy the view. Mangel Hal- to is also worth a visit for the snorkeling experience. Inside the bay, the water is clear and you find many colorful fish. Outside the bay is a bit more challenging for begin- ners because of the wind and the waves, but the coral is alive and it is just like snorkel heaven. A9 LOCAL Wednesday 9 June 2021

Aruba welcomes first cruise ship since the start of the pandemic

passengers a new and luxurious experience unlike any other. The cruise ship now offers new rooms, restaurants, recently decorated salons and a completely redesigned spa. The total investment amounted to more than 500 mil- lion dollars.

Additional onboard improvements include: • Contemporary rooms and suites completely rede- signed and inspired by award-winning designer Kelly Hoppen from Celebrity Edge and eXhale bedding from Celebrity with luxury mattresses from the Cash- mere line • Renovated restaurants, bars and saloons where guests can enjoy the culinary experience in a private environment. • New boutiques with the most popular designer lines. • Advanced RFID locking technology that provides pri- vacy and security with digital keys for every room.q

ORANJESTAD - Aruba Ports Authority NV APA Marc Figaroa over the weekend as (APA) has proudly announced that if all he oversaw preparations in port for the ar- goes according to plan, they will welcome rival of Millennium. the first Cruise Ship since the start of the pandemic in 2020 at 8:00 AM on Wednes- The crew and passengers on board the day, June 9, 2021. cruise ship are all over 18 years of age. This is not only an achievement of the APA but The first ship will be Celebrity Cruises' Mil- also of the team consisting of APA, De- lennium. The cruise ship departs from Sint partment of Public Health, Aruba Tourism Maarten and has Aruba on the program. Authority, Department of Shipping Aruba Millennium will spend most of the day in has worked with the Crisis Team on and port and will sail again at 6pm. This will approved the protocols so that Aruba can certainly help boost the economy which again receive cruise ships in the port of is much needed now. “It has been more Oranjestad. Aruba's handling of the pan- than a year since operations at the port demic has paid off positively, given that in Oranjestad were halted due to the this is the first cruise ship to sail Caribbean pandemic. With the exception of a few waters since the start of the pandemic, cruise ships that chose to dock in the Port and Aruba is more than honored. of Oranjestad, we have not received any passengers since the last cruise ship de- Celebrity Millennium has undergone a parted on March 13, 2020. This week fills complete renovation from deck to mast. us with emotions and determination for This was the largest renovation in Celebrity the road to recovery," said the Director of Millennium's history and guarantees their A10 Wednesday 9 June 2021 LOCAL Covid-19: the status on Aruba

ORANJESTAD —Rules and protocols are being • Masks are no longer mandatory but they • Locals who have been vaccinated are no reviewed and evaluated on a daily basis and are recommended when 1.5 meter social longer required to quarantine for two weeks adapted as per current situation by a crisis distancing is not possible. Establishments with contact tracing if they had been in team, in order to protect each and every one however are allowed to require people to contact with a person who tested positive. visiting and residing our island. wear masks to enter and this must be fol- Vaccine is proving to be 95% effective. lowed if it applies. • All restaurants and establishments are re- Current numbers • No more government restrictions regarding quired to close by 11:00pm. This does not There are currently 53 active Covid cases on supermarkets but as stated above each su- include establishments on hotel properties the island. 42 residents and 11 non-residents. permarket can have their individual regula- such as restaurants. There are no persons hospitalized. 107 persons tions that must be followed. • Restaurants have a maximum of eight adults lost their battle against the Covid virus of which • Public parking lots are no longer restricted seated together inside and 10 outside. Chil- 1 of them is a non-resident. A total of 168.768 zones. dren under 12 do not count towards the persons have been tested of which 116.994 • There is no more gathering ban. maximum numbers were tested at the airport. 65% of the total pop- • Bars can now be open and people are al- • All casinos must close by 1:00am. ulation have been vaccinated. Aiming for 85% lowed to sit at bars again. • Beach weddings are allowed to happen of the total population by end of June 2021. • Live music is now permitted with no maxi- but no dancing is allowed and Covid proto- mum number of musicians. No dancing. cols must be followed. • Spectators are now allowed for sporting Measurement by the Government of Aruba ef- events and contact sports are now permit- More information on travel and health require- fective as of Wednesday June 9th, 2021: ted to take place. ments can be found on www.aruba.com.q Most new Covid-19 patients are not vaccinated

ORANJESTAD - Since the and 3 individuals received first Pfizer vaccine in Aruba both vaccines. Those in the was administered on Feb- latter group were hospital- ruary 17, 2021, authorities ized for more than 14 days have been monitoring both with complications after re- the potential side effects ceiving their vaccine. How- and the effectiveness of ever, it is important to note the vaccine in Aruba. that not a single person who was fully vaccinated As of June 3, 2021, 63,925 has been hospitalized on individuals were vaccinat- the ICU due to Covid-19. ed in Aruba and the most The continuous analysis of common side effects were the DVG tracks the effec- as expected; mild and nor- tiveness of the Pfizer vac- mal. Since February 17 and cine and is reason for the through June 3, 3,010 peo- DVG to continue to pro- ple tested positive for the mote the vaccine. Those virus, and of the 3,010 new infected with Covid19 after cases, 2,859 had not been receiving both vaccines vaccinated, 151 received will experience mild symp- the first doses of the vac- toms and recover quickly. cine and 19 received both The vaccine reduces the vaccines. This confirms the risk of serious complications accuracy of the vaccine's and lowers the risk of death effectiveness at 95%. Be- from complications caused tween the same period, lated to Covid19, mostly on received the virus within 14 vaccine, 10 individuals had by the virus.q the hospital indicated that supplemental oxygen. days of receiving the first received only 1 vaccine, 250 Covid19-infected pa- Of the 250 patients hospi- tients were hospitalized for talized, 235 were unvacci- additional care due to re- nated, 5 individuals who re- New prices for petroleum products June 9, 2021 spiratory complications re- ceived both vaccines but ORANJESTAD - Minister of Finance, Eco- nomic Affairs and Culture announces the sales prices for petroleum products from June 9, 2021.

Gasoline unleaded premium : 225.8 cents p/ltr. (+ 3.7 cents)

Diesel LS: 183.0 cents per liter. (+ 8.4 cents)

Kerosene : 158.8 cents p/ltr. (+ 4.7 cents)

The oil prices mentioned above include Taxes known as BBO/BAZV/BAVP. q A11 business Wednesday 9 June 2021 Millennial Money: Trial, error, and what I learned in my 20s By SEAN PYLES of NerdWal- lanta certified financial let planner. Your 20s are a time of self- LEARN FROM MISTAKES exploration, finding your Did you know that if you footing as an adult — and work a contract gig and likely making some money don't put aside enough mistakes. cash to cover taxes, you To save you from learning may be left making month- the hard way — and pass ly payments to the IRS for on some knowledge as I years to come? In my early enter my 30s — here are 20s, I learned this the hard five money lessons from my way. past decade. TIP: Locate the source of GET SERIOUS ABOUT GOALS a problem and find a solu- For several years, my main tion. financial goal was to go In my case, the problem out as much as I wanted was that I ignored my fi- and still have enough mon- nances and didn't think ey left at the end of the about tax obligations. I month to cover rent. resolved the issue by pro- Eventually, though, groggy actively managing my mornings and paltry sav- budget and paying off my ings proved unfulfilling. tax debt. Getting a new My partner and I decided job that wasn't a 1099 gig to set goals and plan for helped, too. them. We wanted to buy a "You've got to figure out: Is house, which meant mov- it the same mistake you're In this Jan. 21, 2020 file photo, dollar bills have been dropped into a tip jar at a carwash in the ing to a less expensive city Brooklyn borough of New York. making over and over? Is so we could build savings. Associated Press it a pattern?" says Christine TIP: Know your passions to Papelian , a certified finan- know your goals. less you feel strongly about tually, I sucked it up and suit you. But if you're more cial planner in Phoenix. "If Sacramento, California, something." started tracking my spend- hands-off, a budgeting it's a new mistake, then certified financial planner If you want to buy a house ing. At first, I felt that I was app might do the trick. now you have an opportu- Pam Rodriguez suggests to host friends and family, slacking if I didn't docu- No matter how you bud- nity to get back on track. identifying what brings you for example, identify how ment where every penny get, it's important to at least It's almost never too late joy, then crafting a finan- much you'll need for a went. But I quickly realized understand the money to change a behavior or a cial plan to create more of down payment and clos- that keeping a simple bud- coming in and going out habit." those moments. ing costs, then work toward get was more my style. monthly. If you have a habit of mak- "Personal finance is a lot that savings goal over time. TIP: Choose a budgeting "When people see their ing late payments , for ex- more emotional than it is a FIGURE OUT A BUDGETING system that reflects who spending, they have an ample, think about setting math equation," Rodriguez SYSTEM you are. aha moment, because up automatic bill pay so says. "Even though the For most of my 20s, my bud- If you're a hyperanalytical they didn't realize where you don't have to worry numbers have to add up, geting system was defined person, a detailed bud- their money was going," about tracking various due you'll never take action un- by the lack thereof. Even- geting spreadsheet might says Sidney Divine , an At- dates. q World Bank sees 5.6% global growth in 2021, best since 1973 By PAUL WISEMAN The projected expansion economy to expand 6.8% WASHINGTON (AP) — The would make 2021 the fast- in 2021, up from the 3.5% World Bank is upgrad- est year of growth since it forecast in January; the ing the outlook for global 1973's 6.6%. world's biggest economy growth this year, predicting But the 2021 rebound will shrank 3.5% last year as that COVID-19 vaccina- be uneven, the bank pre- COVID-19 brought eco- tions and massive govern- dicts, led by rich countries nomic activity to a near ment stimulus in rich coun- such as the United States standstill in the spring. But tries will power the fastest that could afford to spend an aggressive vaccine roll- worldwide expansion in vast amounts of taxpayer out, along with low interest nearly five decades. money to support their rates and massive govern- In its latest Global Economic economies: 90% of ad- ment spending revived the Prospects report, out Tues- vanced economies are economy. day, the 189-country anti- expected to return to pre- China -- the world's No. 2 poverty agency forecasts pandemic levels next year economy and the first to This April 5, 2021 file photo shows the World Bank building in that the world economy -- measured by income per emerge from the coronavi- Washington. will grow 5.6% this year, up person -- versus just a third rus recession -- is forecast to Associated Press from the 4.1% it forecast in of developing countries. grow 8.5% in 2021 after ex- January. The global econo- The World Bank is calling for panding just 2.3% last year. Japan is forecast to post the possibility that the pan- my last year shrank 3.5% as wider distribution of COVID The 19 European countries 2.9% growth this year after demic lingers, that inflation the coronavirus pandemic vaccines to low-income that share the euro cur- registering a 4.7% drop in flares and forces central disrupted trade and forced countries, where inocula- rency are collectively ex- economic output last year. banks to raise interest rates businesses to close and tions have gone slowly. pected to 4.2%, reversing The bank notes downside and that countries struggle people to stay home. The bank expects the U.S. last year's 6.6% drop. And risks to its forecast, including with high debt burdens.q A12 Wednesday 9 June 2021 TECHNOLOGY

The Fastly home page is seen on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Los Angeles. Associated Press Global glitch: Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage

KELVIN CHAN down of the biggest fuel hacking or other mischief. AP Business Writer pipeline in the U.S. Fastly stock jumped about LONDON (AP) — Dozens of Fastly is a content-delivery 6% by midday as investors websites went down briefly network, or CDN. It provides shrugged off the problem. around the globe Tuesday, vital but behind-the-scenes Still, the incident highlight- including CNN, The New cloud computing “edge ed the relative fragility of York Times and Britain’s servers” to many of the the internet’s architecture government home page, web’s popular sites. These given its heavy reliance on after an outage at the servers store, or “cache,” Big Tech companies — such cloud computing service content such as images as Amazon’s AWS cloud Fastly, illustrating how vital and video in places around services — as opposed to a small number of behind- the world so that it is closer a more decentralized array the-scenes companies to users, allowing them to of companies. have become to running fetch it more quickly and “Even the biggest and most the internet. smoothly. sophisticated companies The sites that could not Fastly says its services mean experience outages. But be reached also included that a European user going they can also recover fairly some Amazon pages, the to an American website quickly,” Madory said. , Reddit, can get the content 200 to When the outage hit, Twitch and . 500 milliseconds faster. some visitors trying to ac- San Francisco-based Fastly Internet traffic measure- cess CNN.com got a mes- acknowledged a problem ment by Kentik showed sage that said: “Fastly just before 6 a.m. Eastern. that Fastly began to recov- error: unknown domain: About an hour later, the er from the outage roughly .com.” Attempts to ac- company said: “The issue an hour after it struck at cess the Financial Times has been identified and a mid-morning European website turned up a simi- fix has been applied.” Most time, before most Ameri- lar message, while visits to of the sites soon appeared cans were awake. and to be back online. “Looks like it is slowly com- U.K. government’s gov.uk The company said in an ing back,” said Doug Ma- site returned an “Error 503 emailed statement that dory, an internet infrastruc- Service Unavailable” mes- it was a “technical issue” ture expert at Kentik. He sage, along with the line and “not related to a cy- said “it is serious because “Varnish cache server,” ber attack.” Fastly is one of the world’s which is a technology that Still, major futures markets biggest CDNs and this was Fastly is built on. in the U.S. dipped sharply a global outage.” Down Detector, which minutes after the outage, Brief internet service outag- tracks internet outages, which came a month after es are not uncommon and posted reports on dozens hackers forced the shut- are only rarely the result of of sites going down.q A13 classified Wednesday 9 June 2021 HEALTH Condo Oasiss Eagle Beach World best beach Cumminty gate dOCTOR ON DUTY 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Top Floor Ocean View Fully firnished Oranjestad For all Time -Share Owners Renaissance Suites Condo Cold Coast Call : 011-297-630-1307 Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm On the Islands of Aruba Private Islands Cumminty gate [email protected] Tel. 527 4000 Interested in sell your week 1 BR WK # 24 Room # 2132 $ 2 Bedroom , 2 bath $ 300 K San Nicolas Contact HTTA ( Halley Time 4,5 K 3 Bedroom , 2 Bath $500 K Condo Sunset Residence Imsan 24 hours Travel Aruba ) *Free Listings Ground floor harbor / ocean Fully furnished Eagle Beach World Best Beach Tel.524 8833 *Free Appraisal report view Call : 011-297-630-1307 Gated complex Women in Difficulties *Transfer Ownership 1 BR WK #24 room # 2304 [email protected] 2 Bedroom 2 Bath PHARMACY ON DUTY *Handle all legal documents Garden view $ 5 K Fully Furnished Oranjestad: 36 Years Diong honest busi- Call: 011-297-630-1307 Condo Le Vent Price : $ 380 K Paradera Tel. 588 6638 ness [email protected] Eagle Beach World best beach Call : 011-297-630-1307 San Nicolas: Call: 011-297-630-1307 Cummunity gate [email protected] Aloe Tel. 584 4606 [email protected] Condo Tierra Del 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Women in Difficulties Golf Course community gate Ground floor Fully Furnished Property Land OTHER La Cabana Beach and Casino 3 bedroom 2 1/2 Bath Price : $ 585 K Wespunt Tibushie Dental Clinic 587 9850 1 BR WK # 22 and 23 room # Fully Furnished Call: 011-297-630-1307 391 M2 , Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002 112 C Golf course and Ocean View [email protected] Price : $90K Urgent Care 586 0448 Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic Ground Floor Pool / Ocean With Garage Call : 011-297-630-1307 View +297 588 0539 Price : $450 K Condo Le Vent Women in Difficulties Sunday check in Call : 011-297-630-1307 Eagle Beach World best beach EMERGENCY Price : $5,5 K each [email protected] Cummunity gate Police 100 Call : 011-297-630-1307 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Oranjestad 527 3140 [email protected] House For Sale 3 Bedroom 3 1/2 Bath Noord 527 3200 Tierra Del Sol Ground floor unit can be lock Sta. 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facebook.com/arubatoday/ A14 Wednesday 9 June 2021 people & arts Review: 'In the Heights' is the infusion of joy we needed By JOCELYN NOVECK ounce of cynicism, that AP National Writer wears its big heart proudly "I am Usnavi and you on its sleeve and dares you prob'ly never heard my not to join in. Two lovers, name," declares bodega suddenly dancing up the owner Usnavi at the start of side of an apartment build- "In the Heights," Lin-Manuel ing? A Busby Berkeley-style Miranda's contagiously dance number in a city joyous ode to his beloved pool? Yup. And yup. Washington Heights neigh- Usnavi, we learn, aches to borhood. "Reports of my return to the Dominican fame are greatly exagger- Republic, where his late fa- ated." ther owned a beach kiosk. Um … maybe not for long. Miranda played Usnavi on- Projects by Miranda tend stage but has handed off to attract a wee bit of at- to Anthony Ramos, a "Ham- tention. ilton" alum (that's him with Even in the annals of musi- the "ten-dollar founding cal theater, by nature filled father" line) who eases into with Cinderella stories, "In leading-man duties with the Heights" has an amaz- warmth, humor and charm. ing backstory. It began two Though the film begins with decades ago when a col- a framing device of Us- lege student at Wesleyan navi recounting history to This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Jimmy Smits in a scene from "In the had extra time on his hands Heights." children on a beach — a — his girlfriend was study- Associated Press choice that comes off as ing abroad — so he started overly sentimental — it kicks to write a show. A show genre-bending phenom- tersection, even — through of timing — cultural tim- into gear in that opening that represented the La- enon, was years away. universal experiences, like ing. The release was post- number, in which Usnavi in- tino immigrant experience Comparisons between encroaching gentrification. poned a year; theaters are troduces all the important as he, son of Puerto Rican the two are inevitable, but This updated version also now open. "Lights up," be- characters. parents, saw it. A show they're different animals. touches on the Dreamers, gins the infectious opening There's Abuela Claudia, that melded the things he "In the Heights," directed and a golf reference to number, and those words de facto matriarch of the loved: hip-hop, Latin mu- with unabashed exuber- Donald Trump has been are perfect: Lights up on community (Olga Merediz, sic and dance, rap, and of ance by Jon M. Chu from switched to Tiger Woods. Washington Heights, yes, a Broadway alum, in a course musical theater. a screenplay by Quiara But its main thrust is still the but also on a reawakened deeply poignant perfor- The kid was Miranda, and Alegria Hudes, doesn't seek bonds of community, fam- New York, where many are mance). There's Usnavi's "In the Heights" eventu- to reframe American his- ily and home. (If you look tentatively returning to pre- cousin Sonny (Gregory Diaz ally made it all the way to tory; it uses Miranda's rapid- closely during one song, pandemic rhythms after a IV) — wiry, fast-talking, fun- the Tony podium, winning fire wordplay and hybrid of you can even spot Miran- miserable year, eager for ny. There's Daniela (Daph- best musical. Of course, Mi- traditional and contempo- da's parents.) shared experience. "In the ne Rubin-Vega), owner of randa's own story was just rary styles to tell the story of "In the Heights" also bene- Heights" is a work that reads a local salon threatened beginning. "Hamilton," his one community — one in- fits from an exquisite sense the room: a film without an by gentrification.q

BioNTech founders contributing to book on COVID-19 vaccine By HILLEL ITALIE how they were able to de- humanity a route out of this AP National Writer velop a panel of vaccine pandemic. And, they will NEW YORK (AP) — The hus- candidates within a matter offer a glimpse into the po- band and wife team who of weeks, how they con- tential treatment of other helped make the first CO- vinced major pharmaceu- diseases that the success VID-19 vaccine are con- tical companies to support of the BioNTech vaccine tributing to a book about their work, how they navi- offers." their efforts. BioNTech gated negotiations with Pfizer Chairman and CEO founders Ugur Sahin and the U.S. administration and Albert Bourla is also work- Özlem Türeci are collabo- the European Union, and ing on a book, announced rating with Joe Miller of how in partnership with last month. Harper Busi- the Financial Times on "The Pfizer they managed to ness is publishing Bourla's Vaccine," St. Martin's Pub- produce more than two "Moonshot: Inside Pfizer's lishing Group announced billion doses for countries Nine-Month Race to Make Tuesday. around the world," ac- the Impossible Possible" on Publication is scheduled cording to St. Martin's. Nov. 9. for Nov. 2. That's one week "Drs. Sahin and Türeci will Pfizer last December be- This combination of book cover images shows "The Vaccine: before a book by the head explain the 30 years of sci- came the first U.S. compa- Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Joe of Pfizer, which teamed up entific research that laid ny to have a vaccine au- Miller with Dr. Ozlem Tureci and Dr. Uger Sahin, left, and "Moon- shot: Inside Pfizer's Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible with the Germany-based the foundations for the thorized by the FDA, which Possible" by Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla. "Moonshot" is sched- BioNTech to develop the first Covid-19 vaccine, at days later approved a uled for release on Nov. 9, and "The Vaccine" is scheduled for vaccine, is scheduled to a time when public confi- vaccine by Moderna and Nov. 16. come out. dence in its safety and ef- in February one by John- Associated Press "'The Vaccine' will reveal ficacy is crucial to offering son & Johnson.q A15 sports Wednesday 9 June 2021 Zverev reaches 3rd Grand Slam semifinal, 1st at French Open PARIS (AP) — Alexander never had advanced past Zverev did not want to be- the second round at any lieve that his opponent in Grand Slam tournament. the French Open quarter- Indeed, her biggest tri- finals had saved a break umphs as an athlete might point with a shot that land- have come in an entirely ed on — or was it merely different sport: She was a near? — a line in the fourth junior national champion in game Tuesday. snowboarding. So Zverev crouched down But spurred on by the vo- near the mark on the red cal support of her coach- clay and engaged in a bit ing team on Court Philippe of an argument with chair Chatrier, Zidansek got past umpire Alison Hughes, re- No. 33 seed Paula Badosa peatedly saying, "No!" and 7-5, 4-6, 8-6. then "How?" "It feels overwhelming," Zi- Hughes, whose call was dansek said. backed up by an unoffi- There were 15 service cial video rendering shown breaks in that match and on TV, didn't budge, and Badosa acknowledged Zverev quickly lost that being a bit undone by her game, then the next one, Germany's Alexander Zverev shows the mark on the clay as he plays Spain's Alejandro Davidov- nerves. ich Fokina during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland too, to fall briefly behind. Garros stadium Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Paris. She threw her racket at the Could have been the start Associated Press changeover after falling of an unraveling. behind 6-5 in the third set. Instead, showing the way who was the runner-up to "I played solid so far. I know Pavlyuchenkova entered "I guess I managed to keep in which he stays cooler good friend Dominic Thiem that the matches, (from) the day with an 0-6 record my composure today a at crucial moments in the at last year's U.S. Open. the semifinals on, are not in Slam quarterfinals — in- little bit better than her," Zi- sport's biggest tourna- "I was not very patient with going to get easier. I think cluding a loss in Paris back dansek said. ments these days, the sixth- myself, which I feel like the opponents there are in 2011 — but she edged Zverev was able to contain seeded Zverev recovered now, maybe, I learned how extremely difficult to beat, her doubles partner Elena whatever was roiling inside quickly, grabbed 16 of the to deal with the situation a so I got to play the same or Rybakina 6-7 (2), 6-2, 9-7. after what, to him, perhaps remaining 19 games and little bit better, I'm maybe a raise my level even higher "Mentally it was really, re- felt like a critical moment easily moved into his third little bit calmer at the tour- to have a chance," Zverev ally hard this morning," the — even if it came after just major semifinal by defeat- naments," he said. "But the said. "But I'm comfortable." 29-year-old Pavlyuchenko- 20 minutes of play against ing Alejandro Davidovich end goal hasn't changed." In the two women's quar- va said. "Especially since I the 46th-ranked Davidov- Fokina 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. The German will partici- terfinals played earlier in needed to play Elena." ich Fokina, a 22-year-old "Obviously the Grand Slams pate in his first semifinal at the day at Court Philippe Rybakina managed to from Spain who loves to use are the tournaments that Roland Garros against ei- Chatrier, No. 31 seed An- eliminate 23-time Grand drop shots.But after getting we want to win the most. ther No. 2 Daniil Medvedev astasia Pavlyuchenkova of Slam champion Serena Wil- broken three times in the Before, maybe the last few of Russia or No. 5 Stefanos Russia and 85th-ranked Ta- liams in the fourth round but opening set, Zverev nev- years, I was putting too Tsitsipas of Greece. Their mara Zidansek of Slovenia wasn't able to play as well er faced so much as one much pressure on myself," quarterfinal was contested each earned her first berth against Pavlychenkova. break point the rest of the said the 24-year-old Zverev, Tuesday night. in a major semifinal. Before last week, Zidansek way.q

Baffert, Medina Spirit owners sue Kentucky racing officials By GARY B. GRAVES horse. The Hall of Fame cedural due process rights" LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — trainer and Medina Spirit regarding analysis of the Trainer Bob Baffert and the owner Amr Zedan con- split sample. owners of Kentucky Derby firmed last week that a sec- "The testing the plaintiff winner Medina Spirit have ond test — or split-sample seek would provide empiri- filed a lawsuit against Ken- — was also positive for be- cal and scientific reason- tucky racing officials. tamethasone. able certainty that the min- They are seeking a tempo- Baffert and Zedan Rac- iscule (sic) and materially rary injunction they say is ing Stables filed the lawsuit irrelevant reported positive to prevent violation of due against the Kentucky Horse in Medina Spirit's post race process rights and for cus- Racing Commission on sample was innocuously tody of "remnant" samples Monday in Franklin Coun- sourced from the topical of the colt's urine to prove ty Circuit Court. The suit Otomax," the suit said. that traces of the steroid states that the KHRC told A message left with a KHRC betamethasone found in the trainer and owners on spokesperson was not im- In this May 1, 2019, file photo, trainer Bob Baffert watches his his system during a posi- June 1 that remnant sam- mediately answered. Kentucky Derby entrant Game Winner during a workout at tive drug test did not come ples of the samples had Baffert, suspended by Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. from an injection. been "damaged/contami- Churchill Downs last week Associated Press Medina Spirit's Derby vic- nated" during transport to for two years from the track tory on May 1 is in jeopardy the testing lab. The lawsuit for his recent record of horse had been treated tucky prohibits even trace after a failed postrace drug also seeks an injunction to failed tests, initially denied with an ointment contain- amounts of betametha- test revealed 21 picograms prevent the KHRC from vio- wrongdoing before later ing the corticosteroid for sone in horses on race of betamethasone in the lating "substantive and pro- acknowledging that the a skin inflammation. Ken- day.q A16 Wednesday 9 June 2021 sports

Boosted by big crowds, Suns try to win again vs Nuggets By DAVID BRANDT some well-documented in- Game 2, 9:30 p.m. EDT, TNT PHOENIX (AP) — It would stances of poor fan behav- — NEED TO KNOW: The have been an awesome ior during the NBA's post- Suns are rolling in their first play even when Phoenix season, there's little doubt trip to the postseason in 11 Suns Arena was empty: that a loud arena can also seasons. They've already Cameron Payne floated a be a very, very fun one. The dispatched the defending pass to a streaking Torrey Suns have taken advan- champion Los Angeles Lak- Craig, who soared through tage of their loud home ers and now they've got a the air before grabbing court so far, winning three chance to go up 2-0 on the the alley-oop and flushing of four postseason games Nuggets. Phoenix is getting a powerful dunk with two in the desert. contributions from all over hands. "This crowd is crazy, it's crazy the roster and four play- But there was one thing having all the fans in there," ers — Mikal Bridges, Ayton, that made it even more Suns guard Chris Paul said. Devin Booker and Paul — special for the players. "The energy — there's noth- all scored at least 20 points The crowd went absolutely Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) shoots over Phoenix ing like it. I told the guys in Game 1. nuts. Suns guard Devin Booker (1) during Game 1 of an NBA bas- 'This is why we fought so — KEEP AN EYE ON: Craig. ketball second-round playoff series, Monday, June 7, 2021, in As COVID-19 restrictions Phoenix. hard during the regular He gave Phoenix big min- have slowly eased, the Associated Press season to get home court utes off the bench in Game Phoenix Suns' fan base is rel- advantage.' I think we truly 1, with nine points and sev- ishing the team's return to victory in Game 1 over the played in," Suns forward have that with our fan base en rebounds. The highlight playoffs for the first time in Denver Nuggets. That's just Deandre Ayton said. here." was the high-flying dunk 11 years. The franchise wel- below the arena's listed ca- Game 2 of the Western Paul's stellar fourth quarter on an alley-oop pass from comed a raucous sellout pacity of around 18,000. Conference semifinals is on during Monday night's win Payne that was the excla- crowd of 16,219 on Mon- "This was the loudest game, Wednesday in Phoenix. was obviously good news mation point on a big sec- day night during its 122-105 to be honest, that I've ever Though there have been for the Suns. The 11-time All- ond half run to take control Star has fought through a in the win. shoulder injury that he suf- "No matter where (Payne) fered in Game 1 of the first threw it," Craig said. "I was round against the Lakers. going to get it." He finished with 21 points Craig played for Denver and 11 assists on Monday, during the previous three becoming just the third seasons so he knows the player age 36 or older who team well. His Phoenix has had at least 20 points teammates say the for- and 10 assists in a playoff ward has been valuable in game. sharing the tendencies of Paul's hopeful that Game the Nuggets' players. 2 can be even better, but "It felt good — going out acknowledged he's taking there and competing it game by game. against those guys," Craig "It definitely loosens up," said. "They're a great team. Paul said. "One thing about They've got a lot of great it is you don't get no prac- players. Any time you're tice time. The only way you in a situation where you're get to see how it is, is during competing against a good, the game." you get up for it, you rise to As for Denver, coach Mi- the occasion." chael Malone wants to see — INJURY WATCH: Nug- more toughness from his gets forward Michael Por- team after a "soft" effort in ter Jr. had 15 points and Game 1. seven rebounds in Game "We gave up eight 'And-1s' 1 but most of his produc- tonight," Malone said. "That tion came early. Malone is a soft mentality. You can't said Porter hurt his back at give up eight 'And-1s' in a some point late in the first playoff game. If you are half and didn't look quite as going to foul somebody, explosive in the aftermath. foul them and not let them Denver probably needs get the 'And-1.'" him close to full strength to NUGGETS AT SUNS take Game 2.q