Elevate your Easter Wednesday at Aqua Grill March 31, 2021 T: 582-7800 www.arubatoday.com .com/arubatoday instagram.com/arubatoday Page 8 Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper Lawyer: FBI enlisted leader to inform on FBI agents recruited a Proud Boys leader to pro- vide them with informa- tion about antifa networks months before he was charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right extremist group, a defense attorney says. Proud Boys "thought lead- er" and organizer Joseph Biggs agreed to provide the FBI with information about anti-fascist activists in Florida and elsewhere after an agent contacted him in late July 2020 and arranged to meet at a res- taurant, Biggs' lawyer, J. Daniel Hull, wrote Monday in a court filing. The two agents who met with Biggs wanted to know what he was "seeing on the ground," Hull said. Over the next few weeks, Biggs an- swered an agent's follow- up questions in a series of phone calls. In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Proud Boys members Ethan Nordean, left, and Zachary Rehl walk toward the U.S. Capitol in , "They spoke often," added in support of President . Hull, who is petitioning a Associated Press judge to keep Biggs out of jail pending trial. logical opponents of the violence and even pro- even have counted some officer and a Louisiana The defense lawyer's claims Proud Boys that law en- tected them during their law enforcement officers sheriff's deputy. buttress a widely held view forcement has coddled frequent street brawls with among their ranks, includ- among left-leaning ideo- them, condoned their anti-fascists. The Proud Boys ing a Connecticut police Continued on next page A2 Wednesday 31 March 2021 UP FRONT

through the Proud Boys. In response, the law center Biggs, 37, of Ormond Beach, said Proud Boys members Florida, wouldn't be the first often spread "outright big- Proud Boys informant. The otry" over the internet and group's chairman and top have posted social media leader, , pre- pictures of themselves with viously worked undercover prominent Holocaust de- and cooperated with in- niers, white nationalists and vestigators after he was "known neo-Nazis." accused of fraud in 2012, Justice Department pros- court documents show. ecutors want to jail Biggs Eric Ward, executive direc- while he and the others tor of the Portland-based await trial because he Western States Center, "presents a danger not only which tracks hate groups, based on his own potential said it was "deeply con- violence, but violence by cerning" to learn that Biggs others who undoubtedly had worked with the FBI, still support him." particularly because law But Biggs' lawyer said the enforcement has "frequent- incarceration bid hinges on ly maintained inappropri- evidence that is specula- ately close relations with tive at best. In this Aug. 17, 2019 file photo organizer , in green hat, and Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, holding megaphone, march with members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing demon- far-right groups." The Proud "Importantly, the FBI has strators march across the Hawthorne Bridge during a rally in Portland, Ore. Boys actively promoted vi- known about his political Associated Press olence and street brawling commentary and role in at the rallies in Portland, he planning events and coun- Continued from Front Antifa was the Trump ad- and spoke to the AP on said, and Biggs "called for ter-protests in Portland and Biggs also received "cau- ministration's villainous condition of anonymity. violence in the streets." other cities since at least tionary" phone calls from scapegoat for much of last FBI agents responded to "Law enforcement has no July 2020 and arguably FBI agents and routinely year's social unrest follow- police stations in several credible reason for working benefitted from that knowl- spoke with local and fed- ing the death of George cities, including New York, with someone like Biggs. It's edge in efforts to gather eral law enforcement of- Floyd. Trump and then- to question suspects ar- long past time for a clear intelligence about Antifa in ficials in Portland, Oregon, Attorney General William rested during protests and accounting of institutional Florida and Antifa networks about rallies he was plan- Barr blamed antifa activists focused on those who self- and professional law en- operating across the Unit- ning there in 2019 and 2020, for some of the violence at identified as followers of forcement relationships ed States," Hull wrote. according to Hull. protests over police killings the movement, the official with groups espousing po- The disclosures are reminis- "These talks were intended of Black people across the said. litical violence at home cent of an earlier collabo- both to inform law enforce- U.S. But investigators struggled and abroad," Ward wrote ration between law en- ment about Proud Boy The FBI and the Justice De- to make any cases, in part in an email. forcement and a right-wing activities in Portland on a partment had launched because there is no hierar- Biggs and three other Proud group in Portland during courtesy basis but also to a number of investiga- chical structure to antifa; Boys leaders were indicted repeated clashes between ask for advice on planned tions into extremist groups it's not a single organization March 10 on charges that left- and right-wing demon- marches or demonstra- around that time. They but rather an umbrella term they planned and carried strators. The far-right group tions, i.e., what march were focused on whether for far-left-leaning militant out a coordinated attack staged mul- routes to take on Portland people were violating fed- groups that confront or re- on the Capitol on Jan. 6 to tiple rallies and marches streets, where to go, where eral law by crossing state sist neo-Nazis and white stop Congress from certify- in the liberal city, drawing not to go," Hull wrote. lines to commit violence or supremacists at demon- ing President Joe Biden's out hundreds of residents FBI Director Christopher whether anyone was pay- strations, according to the electoral victory. At least to oppose its message in Wray has said there was ing to send antifa followers official. 20 others in the group have standoffs that sometimes no evidence that antifa to commit violence, a law The FBI would not comment been charged in federal ended in violence. was to blame for the Jan. enforcement official told on why agents were meet- court with offenses related In 2019, Portland opened 6 violence. But that hasn't The Associated Press. The ing with Biggs or why the to the riots out of about 350 an internal investigation stopped some on the right official could not discuss bureau was trying to solicit people charged so far in after more than 11,500 text from making the claims. the investigations publicly information about antifa the deadly riot. messages between Patriot Proud Boys members de- Prayer founder Joey Gib- scribe themselves as a son and police Lt. Jeff Niiya LIKE US ON politically incorrect men's became public. Niiya was club for "Western chauvin- cleared in the investiga- ists." Vice Media co-found- tion, but the episode led er Gavin McInnes, who to training and changes founded the Proud Boys in the way liaison officers in 2016, sued the Southern communicate with groups Poverty Law Center for la- before and during planned Facebook.com/arubatoday/ beling it as a hate group. protests.q A3 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 31 March 2021 Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility Many of the pods had more than 500 children in them. Oscar Escamilla, acting executive officer of the U.S. Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley, said 250 to 300 kids enter daily and far fewer leave. "That number is so lopsided," said Escamilla. On Tuesday, journalists watched children being processed. They went into a small room for lice in- spection and a health check. Their hair was hosed down and towels were tossed in a black bin marked "Lice." The minors — many of whom have made long journeys to get to the border, including stretches on foot — were also checked for sca- bies, fever and other ailments. No COVID-19 test was administered unless a child showed symptoms. Nurse practitioners also gave psy- chological tests, asking children if they had suicidal thoughts. All shoelaces were removed to avoid harm to anyone. The children were then led down a green turf hall to a large intake room. Those 14 and older are fin- Young migrants get processed at the intake area of the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main gerprinted and have their photo detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. taken; younger children did not. Associated Press Then they were taken to a second intake room where they got notic- By ELLIOT SPAGAT and NOMAAN with mats on the floor for sleeping. but more than 4,100 people were es to appear for immigration court. MERCHANT With thousands of children and being housed on the property Border Patrol agents asked them if Associated Press families arriving at the U.S.-Mexico Tuesday. Most were unaccompa- they had a contact in the U.S. and DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden border in recent weeks and pack- nied children processed in tents allowed the child to speak with administration for the first time ing facilities, President Joe Biden before being taken to shelters run them by phone. Tuesday allowed journalists inside has been under pressure to bring by the Department of Health and Children were given bracelets with its main border detention facility more transparency to the process. Human Services and then placed a barcode that shows history of for migrant children, revealing a se- U.S. Customs and Border Protec- with a family member, relative or when they showered and medical verely overcrowded tent structure tion allowed two journalists from sponsor. conditions. where more than 4,000 migrants, The Associated Press and a crew The children were being housed by Outside the facility, the roar of including children and families, from CBS to tour the facility in Don- the hundreds in eight pods about construction equipment could be were crammed into pods and the na, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. 3,200 square feet (297 square me- heard along with air conditioning youngest kept in a large play pen The facility has a capacity of 250 ters) in size. units.q Justice Department to review how best to fight hate crimes By MICHAEL BALSAMO hate crimes and attacks on Asian ing and prosecuting hate crimes, and most effective use of its re- Associated Press Americans and as lawmakers and while increasing community out- sources to combat hate," the WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney community leaders have been reach, Garland said. They should memo says. General Merrick Garland on Tues- increasingly outspoken about also focus on improving the FBI's The review is aimed at determin- day ordered a review of how the the need for the federal govern- collection of data on hate crimes, ing how the Justice Department Justice Department can best de- ment to do more to combat hate which is "critical to understanding can better prioritize investigations ploy its resources to combat hate crimes. the evolving nature and extent of and prosecutions, increase and crimes during a surge in incidents In July, about 150 members of hate crimes and hate incidents track reporting of hate crimes and targeting Asian Americans. Congress called on the Justice De- in all their forms," he wrote in the other incidents that could violate Garland issued a department- partment to take action against memo. federal law and use civil rem- wide memo announcing the 30- crimes targeting Asian Americans, A main criticism from lawmakers edies to address bias incidents day review, citing the "recent rise and last week a bipartisan group and civil rights groups has been that don't amount to federal hate in hate crimes and hate incidents, of former U.S. attorneys penned that the U.S. government vastly crimes. particularly the disturbing trend in an open letter expressing support undercounts hate crimes be- It will also seek to ensure each reports of violence against mem- for the Asian American commu- cause the FBI's reporting system is of the 94 U.S. attorney's offices bers of the Asian American and nity and condemning acts of ha- voluntary. In some states, just 5% across the country has resources Pacific Islander community since tred against any group. of police departments reported dedicated to identifying hate the start of the pandemic." For federal officials to combat the any hate crimes last year. crimes and bias incidents and The memo comes as a number trend, federal prosecutors and "We must recommit ourselves to review how the department can of police departments across the law enforcement officials should this urgent task and ensure that better engage with communities, U.S. are reporting an uptick in place an emphasis on investigat- the Department makes the best among other things.q A4 Wednesday 31 March 2021 U.S. NEWS Video shows vicious attack of Asian American woman in NYC By MICHAEL R. SISAK and and former President Don- day was hospitalized with KAREN MATTHEWS ald Trump's use of racially serious injuries. She was in Associated Press charged terms like "Chi- stable condition on Tues- NEW YORK (AP) — A vicious nese virus." day, a hospital spokesper- attack on an Asian Ameri- This year in New York City son said. can woman as she walked there have been 33 hate According to video foot- to church near New York crimes with an Asian victim age of the assault Monday, City's Times Square is draw- as of Sunday, police said. two people who appeared ing widespread condem- There were 11 such attacks to be security guards nation and raising alarms by the same time last year. walked into the frame and about the failure of by- On Friday, in the same one of them closed the standers to intervene amid neighborhood as Monday's building door as the wom- a rash of anti-Asian vio- attack, a 65-year-old Asian an was on the ground. lence across the U.S. American woman was ac- The property developer A lone assailant was seen This image taken from surveillance video provided by the New costed by a man waving and manager of the build- York City Police Department shows a person of interest in con- on surveillance video late an unknown object and ing, Brodsky Organization, nection with an assault of an Asian American woman, Monday, Monday morning, kicking March 29, 2021, in New York. shouting anti-Asian insults. wrote on Instagram that the 65-year-old woman in Associated Press A 48-year-old man was ar- it was aware of the assault the stomach, knocking her rested the next day and and said staff members to the ground and stomp- showed. stand back and watch a charged with menacing. who witnessed it were sus- ing on her face, all as po- New York City Mayor Bill de heinous act happening." He is not suspected in Mon- pended pending an inves- lice say he shouted anti- Blasio called the video of Mayoral candidate An- day's attack. tigation. Asian slurs and told her, the attack "absolutely dis- drew Yang, the son of Tai- New York Gov. Andrew The head of the union rep- "you don't belong here." gusting and outrageous" wanese immigrants, said Cuomo called Monday's resenting building workers The attack happened out- and said it was "absolutely the victim "could easily attack "horrifying and re- disputed allegations that side an apartment build- unacceptable" that wit- have been my mother." He pugnant" and he ordered the door staff failed to act. ing two blocks from Times nesses did not intervene. too criticized the bystand- a state police hate crimes He said the union has infor- Square, a bustling, heavily "I don't care who you are, ers, saying their inaction task force to offer its assis- mation that they called for policed section of midtown I don't care what you do, was "exactly the opposite tance to the NYPD. No ar- help immediately. Manhattan known as the you've got to help your fel- of what we need here in rests have been made. "Our union is working to get "Crossroads of the World." low New Yorker," de Blasio New York City." The NYPD's Hate Crime Task further details for a more Two workers inside the said Tuesday at his daily The attack comes amid Force, which is investigat- complete account, and building who appeared to news briefing. a national spike in anti- ing the attack, released urges the public to avoid a be security guards were "If you see someone being Asian hate crimes, and surveillance video of the rush to judgment while the seen on the video witness- attacked, do whatever you happened just weeks af- attack and photographs of facts are determined," SEIU ing the attack but failing to can," he said. "Make noise. ter a mass shooting in At- the suspect Monday eve- 32BJ President Kyle Bragg come to the woman's aid. Call out what's happening. lanta that left eight people ning and asked anyone said in a written statement. Their union said they called Go and try and help. Im- dead, six of them wom- with information to contact He condemned the at- for help immediately. The mediately call for help. Call en of Asian descent. The the department's confiden- tack as "yet another exam- attacker was able to ca- 911. This is something where surge in violence has been tial hot line or submit tips ple of the unbridled hate sually walk away while on- we all have to be part of linked in part to misplaced online. and terror" against Asian- lookers watched, the video the solution. We can't just blame for the coronavirus The woman attacked Mon- Americans.q

Court lets woman's defamation suit vs. Trump proceed again the that the presidency excuse to delay justice vice when she contacted protected him from being for Ms. Zervos, and we him afterward. sued in state courts. In a are eager to get back to She sued after he retweet- one-sentence ruling, the the trial court and prove ed a message calling her Court of Appeals tossed her claims," lawyers Beth claims "a hoax" and de- Trump's appeal as moot Wilkinson and Moira Penza scribed women who ac- now that he's out of the said in a statement Tues- cused him of sexual assault White House. day. and harassment as "liars" Lawyers for the woman, A request for comment trying to hurt his presiden- Summer Zervos, had asked was sent to Trump's law- tial chances. the high court to nix the ap- yers. Zervos' attorneys said Trump lawyer Marc Kasow- peal and return her defa- in a court filing last month itz has said that the former mation suit to a trial court that Trump's lawyers didn't president's statements for both sides to continue oppose dismissing the ap- were true and protected pretrial evidence-seeking peal. by free speech rights and In this Oct. 18, 2018 file photo, former "Apprentice" contestant Summer Zervos leaves New York state appellate court in New that could eventually en- Zervos is suing Trump for that Zervos' claims are York. able Zervos' lawyers to quiz calling her a liar after she meritless. Associated Press Trump under oath, and went public during his 2016 Zervos is seeking a retrac- his to question her. Dead- campaign with allega- tion, an apology and dam- NEW YORK (AP) — Former ing from New York's highest lines for such questioning, tions that he subjected her ages. President Donald Trump court Tuesday. known as a deposition, to unwanted kissing and The Associated Press gen- could face questioning Evidence-gathering has had been set for last year groping twice in 2007. She erally does not identify under oath about a former been on hold in Summer before Trump appealed to had appeared on his real- people who say they have "Apprentice" contestant's Zervos' defamation lawsuit the high court. ity show "The Apprentice" been sexually assaulted, sexual assault allegations since Trump asked the high "Now a private citizen, the in 2006 and said she was unless they come forward against him, following a rul- court last year to declare defendant has no further looking only for career ad- publicly.q A5 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 31 March 2021 E.U., U.S. pledge more than $1 billion to tackle Syria’s crisis By SAMUEL PETREQUIN in their own country and BRUSSELS (AP) — The Eu- neighboring countries is ropean Union and the worse than it has been at United States pledged a any time really over the combined $1.2 billion in aid previous nine years” U.N. Tuesday to help tackle war- humanitarian chief Mark ravaged Syria’s deepening Lowcock said. “There is less humanitarian and eco- violence, but there is more nomic crises. suffering.” The promise of aid comes German Foreign Minister amid a worsening coro- Heiko Maas pledged 1.738 navirus pandemic and as billion euros ($2 billion) on the war enters its 11th year Germany’s behalf Tuesday, without a political solution an amount he described in sight. The 27-nation EU as the country’s larg- and the U.S. announced est pledge in the last four their commitments on the years. final day of an annual “The Syrian tragedy must pledging event co-hosted not last another ten years,” by the United Nations. he said. “Ending it begins The virtual event gathered by restoring hope.” dozens of countries and in- Meanwhile, the United ternational organizations. Kingdom cut its pledge The total amount pledged European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during an online joint news conference to “at least” 205 million was expected to be an- with UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator pounds ($281 million), com- nounced Tuesday night. Mark Lowcock at the conclusion of a conference ‘Supporting the future of Syria and the region’ pared to 300 million ($411.8 The U.N. and other aid at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. million) last year. groups are seeking more Associated Press “Coming just weeks after than $4 billion for aid to year. Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Amid the coronavirus pan- the 10-year anniversary of Syria at this year’s confer- “This is not something to be Egypt. demic, Syria’s humanitar- the conflict, this decision is ence, their biggest appeal celebrated. It just shows The decade of bloodshed ian situation has worsened. deeply concerning, espe- yet. Another $5.8 billion is how tragic and prolonged in Syria has killed more than The local currency has cially given the high impact requested for nearly 6 mil- the situation is for the Syrian a half million people and crashed and food prices that British aid has had over lion Syrian refugees who people,” he said. sparked an exodus of refu- have soared increasing by the last ten years,” said Da- fled their homeland. U.S. Ambassador to the gees that has destabilized 222% from last year. Nine vid Miliband, president of Underscoring the added United Nations Linda Thom- neighboring countries and out of 10 people live be- the International Rescue suffering imposed on Syr- as-Greenfield announced impacted Europe. Accord- low the poverty line and in Committee aid group. ians by the COVID-19 crisis, more than $596 million in ing to the U.N., 13.4 mil- northwestern Syria, an area Calling for a political reso- the EU’s top diplomat, Jo- U.S. humanitarian assis- lion people in Syria more that is held by the rebels, lution of the conflict, Bor- sep Borrell, said the bloc’s tance. The State Depart- than half the country’s close to three-quarters of rell said the future of Syria pledge of 560 million euros ment said the aid will bene- pre-war population need the 4.3 million residents are “belongs to none of the ($656.6 million) was equal fit people in Syria and refu- assistance. That’s a 20% in- food insecure. factions and to none of the to the amount pledged last gees in neighboring Turkey, crease from last year. “The situation for Syrians outside powers. q International court upholds Congolese warlord’s conviction

By MIKE CORDER convictions and 30-year sexual slavery. conviction decision and rebel militia forces includ- Associated Press prison sentence of a Con- Bosco Ntaganda was rejects the appeal lodged ing murders, rapes of men THE HAGUE, Netherlands golese warlord known as convicted in July 2019 for by Mr Ntaganda and the and women, a massacre (AP) — International Crimi- “The Terminator” who was his role as a commander prosecutor,” Presiding in a banana field and of nal Court appeals judges found guilty of crimes in- of rebels responsible for Judge Howard Morrison enlisting and using child on Tuesday upheld the cluding murder, rape and atrocities committed dur- said. soldiers. ing a brutal ethnic conflict Ntaganda, wearing a Ntaganda himself used in a mineral-rich region of facemask for the hearing, child soldiers as body- Congo in 2002-2003. sat impassively as Morrison guards in his position as The global court found him read out a lengthy summa- deputy chief of staff and guilty of a total of 18 counts ry of the appeals cham- commander of operations of crimes against humanity ber’s findings. for the Patriotic Forces for and war crimes. Ntaganda became a sym- the Liberation of Congo On Tuesday, a five-judge bol for impunity in Africa in rebel group. The force’s appeals panel rejected the years between his in- leader, Thomas Lubanga, all 15 of Ntaganda’s chal- dictment and his surrender was convicted by the ICC lenges to the convictions to the court in 2013. He has in 2012 of using child sol- and also upheld his sen- always insisted he was in- diers. tence. nocent. He is serving a 14-year pris- The judges also rejected Judges at his trial dis- on sentence. an appeal by prosecutors agreed, saying he was Earlier this month, ICC challenging a legal point guilty as a direct perpetra- judges awarded victims of Rwandan-born warlord Bosco Ntaganda is seen during his first appearance before judges of the International Criminal in the original trial decision. tor of a murder and as an Ntaganda’s crimes $30 mil- Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday March 26, 2013. “The appeals chamber indirect co-perpetrator of lion in reparations.q Associated Press confirms by a majority the crimes committed by his A6 Wednesday 31 March 2021 WORLD NEWS Newlywed militant suspects blamed in Indonesia church attack By YUSUF WAHIL and NINIEK 23 people at Our Lady of KARMINI Mount Carmel Cathedral Associated Press in the Philippine province MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) of Sulu, Indonesian Nation- — A recently married cou- al Police Chief Listyo Sigit ple with suspected militant Prabowo said. links used pressure cooker He said the two attackers bombs to blow themselves were linked to a group of up outside a Roman Cath- suspected militants arrest- olic cathedral during Palm ed in Makassar on Jan. 6, Sunday Mass, Indonesian when a police counterter- officials said Monday. rorism squad killed two sus- The attack wounded 20 pected militants and arrest- people, including four ed 19 others. The two men church guards, and broke who were killed were being windows at the church and sought for their alleged role nearby buildings in Makas- in the Philippine attack. sar, the capital of South Su- Prabowo told reporters lawesi province. on Monday that the po- The couple were married lice elite counterterrorism six months ago and police squad, known as Densus were investigating their 88, arrested four suspected house in Makassar, Na- Members of a police bomb squad inspect the wreckage of a motorbike used to carry out militants believed to have tional Police spokesperson Sunday’s suicide bomb attack at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, South links with the attackers in a Argo Yuwono said. Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, March 29, 2021. raid Sunday in Bima, a city Associated Press Police identified them only on Sumbawa island in West by their initials, L and his Makassar city police chief Jakarta which killed four carried out suicide bomb- Nusa Tenggara province. wife, YSF. Neighbors of the Witnu Urip Laksana. civilians and four militants, ings on churches in Suraba- Another suspect was ar- couple identified the man Police carried out DNA tests an attack on a bus termi- ya, killing a dozen people rested a day later in a sep- as Lukman and his wife as to determine the attackers’ nal in the capital that killed including two young girls arate raid in the province, Dewi and said they were identities, Laksana said. three police officers and an whose parents involved he said. between 23 and 26 years The couple were believed attack on a church in Kali- them in one of the attacks. The five suspects were old.The attackers detonat- to have been members of mantan that killed a 2-year- Police said the father was in the same Quran study ed their bombs when they Jemaah Anshorut Daulah, old girl a year later. Several the leader of a local af- group as the two alleged were confronted by guards which has pledged alle- other children suffered seri- filiate of Jemaah Anshorut attackers, Prabowo said. outside the church. giance to the Islamic State ous burns in the Kalimantan Daulah. Before he died, the man The pressure cookers con- group and carried out a attack. One of the attackers in left a will to his parents, say- tained explosive materi- series of suicide bombings Indonesia’s last major mili- Makassar was believed to ing goodbye and that he als and nails to increase in Indonesia.They included tant attack was in May have had links to a 2019 was ready to become a their harm to victims, said a 2016 Starbucks attack in 2018, when two families suicide attack that killed martyr, he said.q N. Korea calls South’s leader ‘a parrot raised by America’

By HYUNG-JIN KIM “He cannot feel sorry for observe “the rules of mini- conveyed Moon her broth- North’s missile tests a prov- Associated Press being ‘praised’ as a parrot mum etiquette in any cir- er’s invitation to visit Pyong- ocation and encroach- SEOUL, South Korea (AP) raised by America.” cumstance.” yang in early 2018. But ment on the North’s right — North Korea called Seoul’s Unification Ministry Kim Yo Jong once enjoyed since ties turned strained to self-defense. Ri said it South Korea’s president expressed “strong regret” an image of “a peace again later, she’s taken the was “gangster-like logic” “a parrot raised by Amer- over her statement, saying messenger” in South Korea lead in anti-Seoul rhetoric. for Washington to criticize ica” Tuesday, resuming its that the two Koreas must after she visited Seoul and The United States, South the North’s launches while trademark derisive rhetoric Korea and others con- the U.S. freely tested inter- against its rivals amid re- demned North Korea over continental ballistic mis- newed animosities on the its firings of two ballistic siles. Korean Peninsula. missile launches into the North Korea has a history of Kim Yo Jong, the power- sea, the first such weapons using colorfully harsh insults ful sister of North Korean tests in a year. North Korea against rivals.Before enter- leader Kim Jong Un, issued has argued it has sover- ing now-stalled nuclear the latest verbal salvo af- eign rights to perform such talks with the United States ter South Korean President weapons tests to cope in 2018, Kim Jong Un called Moon Jae-in criticized the with U.S. military threats. then President Donald North’s missile launches last But U.N. Security Council Trump “the mentally de- week. She said Moon’s “il- resolutions ban ballistic ranged U.S. dotard” after logical and brazen-faced” missile and nuclear tests Trump called him a “little comments echoed the by North Korea which they rocket man.”In 2019, North U.S. stance. say pose a threat to inter- Korea called Biden, then “We can hardly repress as- In this Feb. 11, 2018, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, North Korean national peace. a presidential hopeful, a tonishment at his shame- leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, listens to South Korean On Saturday, Ri Pyong “rabid dog” and a “fool of lessness,” Kim Yo Jong said President Moon Jae-in, right, during a performance of North Chol, a top deputy to Kim low IQ” when it criticized in a statement carried by Korea’s Samjiyon Orchestra at National Theater in Seoul, South Jong Un, called President his comments about its the North’s state media. Korea. Joe Biden’s criticism of the leadership.q Associated Press A7 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 31 March 2021 Report: Military cleanup in Puerto Rico islands slow-going By DÁNICA COTO pleted uranium and other SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) contaminants. — The reopening of hiking The GAO said that sub- trails and various white- stantial work remains to be sand beaches on two tiny done in one site that covers Puerto Rican islands long some 11,500 acres under- used as Navy bombing water and extends from Vi- ranges and now popular eques’ shoreline to a depth with tourists will be delayed of 10 to 15 feet. Meanwhile, more than a decade, ac- cleanup at 14 of 15 former cording to a federal report military sites in Culebra will released Friday. continue through fiscal Cleanup efforts in Vieques year 2031, the agency said. and Culebra led respec- The report noted, however, tively by the U.S. Depart- that the U.S. Navy expects ment of Defense and the some 5,000 acres in Vi- U.S. Army Corps of Engi- eques might open by 2021 neers will continue through for hiking and other activi- 2032 at an additional cost ties. of $420 million for a total of Overall, the report’s find- $800 million, stated the U.S. ings are a disappointment Government Accountabil- to many of those who live ity Office. in Vieques and Culebra “Substantial work remains,” and to Puerto Rico’s gov- the report stated. “Chal- In this Jan. 13, 2017 file photo, a gate stands closed near Ferro Port lighthouse at Verdiales Key ernment, whose robust lenges include logistics, point on the south coast of Vieques island, Puerto Rico. tourism sector represents Associated Press the islands’ topography only 7 percent of the U.S. and environment, and the 32,000 bombs, 12,000 gre- since January 2020 in Cul- In addition, the Navy iden- territory’s economy but has safety concerns around nades and 1,300 rockets ebra, where the military tified perchlorate in the remained afloat despite a handling unexploded mu- from Vieques, where the ceased all activities in 1975. groundwater in at least one more than decade-long nitions. The Navy also faces U.S. government relocated An unknown number of site in Vieques, where it op- economic crisis. challenges on Vieques with residents when the Navy munitions remains on both erated a training range on The beaches that are open community distrust of the began using the island as a islands located just east of 14,500 acres until its closure in Vieques and Culebra at- military handling cleanup training range in the 1940s. Puerto Rico as teams use in 2001. The area was later tract tens of thousands of efforts.” Meanwhile, crews have tools ranging from machet- designated as a Superfund tourists a year, and officials So far, crews have re- cleared more than 5,000 es to drones to help clean site believed to contain were hoping to increase moved munition including unexploded ordnances the area. mercury, lead, napalm, de- that number.q

UN: Increase in child migrants through dangerous Darien Gap

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The While underage migrants The Darien Gap is a 60- number of child migrants made up only about 2% of mile (97-kilometer) stretch passing through the peril- those using the jungle cor- of roadless jungle that pro- ous Darien Gap between ridor in 2017, in 2020 chil- vides the only land route Colombia and Panama dren comprised 25% of the north out of South Amer- has risen dramatically, the migrants making the hard ica. There is little food or U.N. child welfare agency trek on foot, UNICEF’s re- shelter on the week-long said Monday. port said. trek and bandits and wild animals prey on migrants. Most migrants making the hike are from Haiti or Cuba, with smaller num- bers from African nations such as Cameroon and Congo and South Asian countries India, Bangla- desh and Sri Lanka. “I have seen women com- ing out of the jungle with babies in their arms af- ter walking for more than seven days without water, food or any type of protec- tion,” said Jean Gough, In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, a migrant and his children the UNICEF regional direc- cross the Tuquesa river after a trip on foot through the jungle tor who made a two-day to Bajo Chiquito, Darien Province, Panama. trip to the zone.q Associated Press A8 Wednesday 31 March 2021

Elevate your Easter: Sublime seafood at Aruba’s Aqua-Grill

Chowder, all delicious and as fresh PALM BEACH — For sublime as you can get. seafood in Aruba go to the is- Make room for the entrance of land’s Premiere Seafood res- Blackened Salmon (With sweet taurant: Aqua Grill. This sea- potato and asparagus, sweet and food-heaven place is already spicy red pepper compote) or West a statement for years with a Indian Curried Shrimp (Sautéed in consistency in upscale dining a local coconut-curry sauce with and top service. If you like to jardinière vegetables, basmati rice savor your seafood, this is your pilaf and sweet plantains) or Lamb plunge. We promise you that Rack (Grilled and served with po- you will get hooked. The 2nd tato-zucchini roll, jardinière veg- of April till the 5th of April they etables and a port wine and pom- as Fodor’s, who says, “This hip res- per which are number one sellers offer you an excellent Easter merey mustard sauce). taurant is heaven on earth for sea- in our restaurant being the most menu. Sweetheart, it can’t get any better food lovers, who will find fresh fish prevalent local fishes. Catches like than ending the culinary journey galore…” wahoo, mahi mahi and brasil are The glow of Aqua Grill is obvious by with Cheesecake or Coconut Flan welcome too, anything that comes entering the restaurant. The eclec- or Key Lime Pie. It is simply the per- `A Scheuer thing’ out of the water we embrace.”q tic of a modern and a traditional fect ride. American-born Scheuerman, ex- New England fish house style ap- If deep down delicious seafood is ecutive chef of Aqua Grill, is thrilled Aqua Grill peal and the open-view kitchen what you are craving for then this about ‘his restaurant’. “We started J.E. IrausquinBlvd. 374 adds to the thrill. Let’s see what is is exactly what you will get. Wel- out as a New England style sea- Phone: +297-586-5900 on the Easter menu. come in the theatre of the sea, food restaurant, patterned after Open from 5pm-9pm. Last seating The Oyster bar Selection seduces let us entertain you. One thing is Boston style. But we quickly blend- at 7.30pm you with Duxburry (Massachusetts), for certain: Chef Scott Scheuer- ed into some Caribbean, local Facebook – Instagram – website Billingsgate Lighthouse (Massachu- man and his team are famous for flair… if you will. We do still offer the setts) or Brookhaven (Massachu- getting people hooked, just like traditional New England dishes like setts). the fish on your plate. You will get whole Maine lobster, northern sea- For the $ 60 special menu you get the taste of home fused with Ca- food plates like the salmon, tuna to choose an appetizer between ribbean while dining in elegance. and swordfish. We buy also from Spicy Tuna Tartar, West Indian Fish Aqua Grill reaped accolades from the local fisherman to offer Carib- Cakes and Caribbean Seafood such prestigious travel publications bean dishes like snapper and grou- A9 LOCAL Wednesday 31 March 2021

Bucuti & Tara Proudly Hosts Green Technology Experts German General Federal Ministry of Economics initiative to offer affordable, green solutions

EAGLE BEACH — Bucuti & sen to host this prestigious the conference. He shared Tara Beach Resort is the group, with each speaker the journey to becoming proud host of the German a success story and expert the first, and still only, certi- delegation of engineers, achiever in sustainable fied Carbon Neutral-Hotel architects, and other ex- solutions that can be ap- in the Caribbean. As the vi- perts on sustainability so- plied in Aruba and global- sionary of the Caribbean’s lutions who were in Aruba ly,” shares Ewald Biemans, most eco-certified hotel, to present at the German Owner/CEO of Bucuti & Biemans spotlighted the Green Technology Confer- Tara Beach Resort. “Sus- environmental benefits it ence 2021, Smart Buildings tainability is no longer an provides both locally and for Sustainable Caribbean option in our current state globally. The conference Islands. of global heating and it is focused on technology important that we have the perspectives for hotels, of- Distinguished speakers and opportunities to learn how fices, airports, and residen- experts gathered on the to protect our environment tial buildings. Participants island on March 24th to for future generations.” Bie- could hear expert panel discuss the possibilities and mans, who is widely recog- discussions and join in one- experts, and leading com- Environmental program: energy-saving potential of nized as one of the Carib- to-one networking sessions panies from Germany and www.bucuti.com/resort/ sustainable buildings. “We bean’s most noted eco- with attendees, govern- the Caribbean. For Bucuti eco-friendly.q are honored to be cho- pioneers, was a speaker at ment officials, world-class & Tara’s Sustainability and Prepaid High-Speed Internet anywhere on the island ORANJESTAD — Are you in Aruba for "Workation" and need high-speed Inter- net anywhere at any time? SETAR, Aruba's biggest telecom provider, offers you the fastest wireless Internet plans on an LTE network.

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Visit SETAR Teleshop with locations around the island or at the airport to check your Mi-Fi SIM or device.q A10 Wednesday 31 March 2021 local Snakes of Aruba rattlesnakes in the world. is typically less than 50 cm Boa (Boa constrictor) The range of the Cascabel long. This snake is recogniz- Boas are Aruba’s largest is restricted to the rugged able by the large scales on snakes. The longest Boa and mountainous areas the top of its head and by found on the island was of the island mostly within its pattern of dark brown slightly less than 3 m. New- Arikok National Park. The bands alternating with light born Boas average 35 cm. Arikok National Park was brown bands. The belly is Boas are not venomous. designated in the early plain white or cream col- The most distinctive fea- 1980s to include most of the ored without any markings. ture of a Boa is its pattern of rattlesnake’s population, This snake is shy and not dark brown and tan blotch- providing a safe refuge in aggressive. However, it has es which become red to- which the snake can be enlarged teeth at the back ward the tail. The belly in protected and monitored. of its mouth and mild ven- white or cream colored The government has also om which is not dangerous with numerous black spots. implemented outreach to humans. However, the Boas are excellent climb- ORANJESTAD — Arikok diamond shaped markings and education initiatives venom can paralyze small ers and may be found in National Park is home to on the back. This pattern is to change local percep- lizards and frogs. Santane- trees and cactus. Boas also various unique plant and most noticeable on young- tion of the snake and high- ros are most active at night hide in the leaves under animal species such as er snakes. The most distinc- light its ecological and when they search for food. bushes waiting to catch Aruba’s rare endemic rat- tive feature of this snake is economic importance – it During the day, they hide prey that pass. Boas catch tlesnake Crotalus unicolor). the rattle at the end of its is now being promoted as under rocks or leaves. They their prey with their teeth This rattlesnake is locally tail which makes a buzz- a national symbol. Arikok’s frequently climb trees and and then constrict it in their known as the ‘Cascabel’. ing sound when the snake partnership with the Toledo cactus. Santaneros eat coils. The Boa’s diet consists But Aruba has two more is alarmed. Cascabels are zoo has safeguarded the toads, frogs, insects, and of birds, lizards, rats, mice, snake species living on the shy and not aggressive, but rattlesnake ex-situ and led lizards. You may find San- and rabbits. Large Boas island: the Santanero and their venom can be dan- to a number of research taneros near dams during have been known to eat the Boa. gerous to humans. It is best projects collecting critical periods of rainy weather or small goats and chickens. to leave this snake alone. data on the Cascabel’s crossing roads at night. This When threatened, Boas Cascabel (Crotalus unicol- Do not attempt to catch abundance, life history snake is found island wide. will hiss loudly. Boas are a or) or kill it. Cascabels hunt by and habitat requirement to A Santanero in your garden non-native species. The first The small Cascabel or Aru- waiting under bushes and help guide future conser- will keep away the unwant- Boas were reported on the ba Island Rattlesnake aver- fruiting trees to catch pass- vation efforts. ed insects. If you encoun- island in 1999. Since that ages 70 cm in length. The ing lizards, mice, rats, small ter a Santanero around time they have been found body color is often uniform rabbits, and an occasional Santanero your garden, please do not across the entire island in all gray or light brown. There bird. This is often consid- The slender Santanero or harm this species. types of habitats. Source: may be a faint pattern of ered to be one of the rarest Aruban Cat-eyed Snake National Park Aruba. q Aruba to me ORANJESTAD — You are back and Aruba to me… we would like to portrait you! By inviting you to send us your favor- “Ok where do I start, I just came ite vacation picture while enjoying home from Aruba last week and our Happy Island. this was my third trip since they opened the borders this past July Complete the sentence: Aruba to and my seventh trip to Aruba. As me is ……. Send your picture with always it was a fabulous trip on my that text (including your name and favorite island. This trip my oldest where you are from) to: news@aru- daughter Kayla and her girlfriend batoday.com and we will publish Taylor soon to be fiancé came and your vacation memory. Isn’t that it was there first trip ever to Aruba a special way to keep your best and they absolutely loved it. moments alive? Please do note: By This trip I would love to give a huge submitting photos, text or any oth- shout out to a friend of mine Bren- er materials, you give permission to da James who works for the Tama- The Aruba Today Newspaper, Ca- rijin Hotel. She plays the music at ribbean Speed Printers and any of night for the Divi and Tamarijn and its affiliated companies to use said is the manager of the entertain- materials, as well as names, like- ment there I believe. We became Tamarijn the bartenders,waitress hearted people I have ever met. ness, etc. for promotional purposes friends over my last few visits there. and the cooks at the bar where all The island is beautiful,beaches are without compensation. This past visit I encountered a issue so professional and caring about amazing, the water is as blue as it with other guest who had a issue this. So thank you to all my Tama- can get. Aruba touches my soul Last but not least: check out our with my hair and I got judged on rijin family. and makes me forget about any website, Instagram and Facebook it and it was very upsetting. At the During this trip I also I got to see the worries,stress and just makes me page! Thank you for supporting our time when this happened I was exotic Bully dogs again and wan- the happiest person ever. I have free newspaper, we strive to make with Brenda talking in the lobby na thank Jeremy Tromp for always met the most wonderful people you a happy reader every day and she stepped in and handled bringing the dogs out to see me over the years and we have all again. and disfused the situation so well,it and my family when we visit Aruba.I become great friends and keep couldn’t have been handled any got to meet his beautiful wife and in touch always no matter how far For today we received an amaz- better than what she did for me. children also and they are truly an apart we are from each other. So ing story from Allison Braswell. She I also wanna thank the staff that amazing family. Aruba to me is until next time Aruba, be safe and wrote: was present at the time at the family and the most beautiful,kind see you all soon.”q A11 technology Wednesday 31 March 2021 'Lighting a fuse': Amazon vote may spark more union pushes By JOSEPH PISANI and BILL to a union. In 2020, that fig- BARROW ure was 10.8%, according The Associated Press to the U.S. Bureau of La- What happens inside a bor Statistics. Private sector warehouse in Bessemer, workers now account for Alabama, could have ma- less than half of the 14.3 mil- jor implications not just for lion union members across the country's second-larg- the country. est employer but the labor Advocates say a victory movement at large. would signal a shift in the Organizers are pushing for narrative about unions, some 6,000 Amazon work- helping refute the typical ers there to join the Retail, arguments from compa- Wholesale and Department nies, including Amazon, Store Union on the promise that workers can win ad- it will lead to better working equate compensation and conditions, better pay and conditions by dealing with more respect. Amazon is management directly. pushing back, arguing that "It is because of unions it already offers more than that we have a five-day twice the minimum wage work week. It is because of in Alabama and workers unions that we have safer get such benefits as health conditions in our places of care, vision and dental in- work. It is because of unions surance without paying that we have benefits," says A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in union dues. Bessemer, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Rep. Terri Sewell, whose The two sides are fully Associated Press congressional district in- aware that it's not just the cludes the Amazon facility. Bessemer warehouse on be is anyone's guess. Ap- ated by the union. a bad idea, according to "Workers should have the the line. Organizers hope pelbaum thinks workers Kent Wong, the director one worker who recently right to choose whether what happens there will who voted early likely re- of the UCLA Labor Center, testified at a Senate hear- they organize or not." inspire thousands of work- jected the union because says companies in the past ing. It has also created a Union leaders are circum- ers nationwide — and not Amazon's messaging got to have closed stores, ware- website for employees that spect about specific orga- just at Amazon — to con- them first. He says momen- houses or plants after work- tells them they'll have to nizing plans after the Besse- sider unionizing and revive tum changed in March as ers have voted to unionize. pay $500 in union dues a mer vote, and Appelbaum a labor movement that has organizers talked to more "There's a history of compa- month, taking away mon- says he doesn't want to tip been waning for decades. workers and heard from nies going to great lengths ey that could go to dinners off Amazon to any future "This is lighting a fuse, which basketball players and to avoid recognizing the and school supplies. efforts. But there is broad I believe is going to spark high-profile elected offi- union," he says. Amazon's hardball tactics consensus that a win would an explosion of union orga- cials, including President Walmart, the nation's larg- extend beyond squashing spur workers at some of the nizing across the country, Joe Biden. est retailer and biggest union efforts. 230 other Amazon ware- regardless of the results," For Amazon, which em- private employer, has suc- Last year, it fired a worker houses to mount a similar says RWDSU president Stu- ploys more than 950,000 cessfully fought off organiz- who organized a walkout union campaign. art Appelbaum. full- and part-time workers ing efforts over the years. at a New York warehouse It's less clear whether any The union push could in the U.S. and nearly 1.3 In 2000, it got rid of butch- to demand greater protec- ripple effects would reach spread to other parts of million worldwide, a union ers in 180 of its stores after tion against coronavirus, other prime targets like Amazon and threaten the could lead to higher wag- they voted to form a union. saying the employee him- Walmart and the expansive company's profits, which es that would eat into its Walmart said it cut the jobs self flouted distancing rules. auto industry that has bur- soared 84% last year to profits. Higher wages would because people preferred When , the home of geoned across the South $21 billion. At a time when also mean higher costs pre-packaged meat. Five its headquarters, passed a in recent decades. Both many companies were to get packages to shop- years later, it closed a store new tax on big companies have largely succeeded at cutting jobs, Amazon was pers' doorsteps, which may in Canada where some 200 in 2018, Amazon protested keeping unions at bay. one of the few still hiring, prompt Amazon to raise workers were close to win- by stopping construction The auto workers union bringing on board 500,000 prices, says Erik Gordon, a ning a union contract. At of a new high-rise build- has had some of the larg- people last year alone to professor at the University the time, Walmart said de- ing in the city; the tax was est union pushes of the last keep up with a surge of on- of Michigan's Ross School mands from union negotia- repealed four weeks lat- decade, but their most in- line orders. of Business. tors made it impossible for er. And in 2019, Amazon tense and publicized efforts Bessemer workers finished In a statement, Amazon the store to sustain itself. ditched plans to build a ended in failure. In 2017, casting their votes on Mon- says it encouraged all its The only other time Amazon $2.5 billion headquarters a years-long campaign to day. The counting begins employees to vote and came up against a union for 25,000 workers in New unionize a Nissan plant in on Tuesday, which could that "their voices will be vote was in 2014, when the York after pushback from Canton, Mississippi, ended take days or longer de- heard in the days ahead." majority of the 30 workers progressive politicians and with a decisive 2,244-1,307 pending on how many Any push to unionize is con- at a Delaware warehouse unions. rejection of the union — the votes are received and sidered a long shot, since turned it down. Beyond Amazon is an kind of margin that would how much time it takes for labor laws tend to favor This time around, Amazon anti-union culture that be devastating in Besse- each side to review. The employers. Alabama itself has been hanging anti- dominates the South. And mer. Two years later, how- process is being overseen is a "right-to-work" state, union signs throughout the unions have lost ground na- ever, Volkswagen workers by the National Labor Rela- which allows workers in Bessemer warehouse, in- tionally for decades since in Tennessee had a much tions Board and a majority unionized shops to opt out cluding inside bathroom their peak in the decades more evenly split vote, with of the votes will decide the of paying union dues even stalls, and holding manda- following World War II. In 776 workers supporting final outcome. as they retain the benefits tory meetings to convince 1970, almost a third of the unionization and 833 voting What that outcome will and job protection negoti- workers why the union is U.S. workforce belonged against it. q A12 Wednesday 31 March 2021 SCIENCE Two space fans get seats on billionaire’s private flight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Hubble Space Telescope. (AP) — A billionaire’s pri- The capsule will be outfit- vate SpaceX flight filled its ted with a domed window two remaining seats Tues- in place of the usual space day with a scientist-teach- station docking mecha- er and a data engineer nism for their trip. whose college friend actu- Isaacman, 38, a pilot who ally won a spot but gave will serve as spacecraft him the prize. commander, still won’t say The new passengers: Sian how much he’s paying. Proctor, a community col- He’s donating $100 million lege educator in Tempe, to St. Jude, while donors so Arizona, and Chris Sem- far have contributed $13 broski, a former Air Force million, primarily through missileman from Everett, the lottery that offered a Washington. They will join chance to fly in space. flight sponsor Jared Isaac- Hayley Arceneaux, 29, man and another passen- was named to the crew a ger for three days in orbit month ago. The St. Jude this fall. physician assistant was Isaacman also revealed treated there as a child for some details about his In- bone cancer.That left two spiration4 mission, as the In this photo provided by SpaceX, Chris Sembroski, from left to right, Jared Isaacman, Hayley capsule seats open. Proc- four gathered Tuesday at Arceneaux and Sian Proctor pose for a photo, Monday, March 29, 2021, at the SpaceX launch tor, 51, beat out 200 busi- NASA’s Kennedy Space pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. nesses and nabbed the Center. He’s head of Shift4 Associated Press seat reserved for a custom- Payments, a credit card- while raising money for St. sule currently parked at tude of 335 miles (540 kilo- er of Isaacman’s company. processing company in Al- Jude Children’s Research the International Space meters). That’s 75 miles (120 An independent panel of lentown, Pennsylvania, and Hospital in Memphis, Ten- Station for NASA will launch kilometers) higher than the judges chose her space art is paying for what would be nessee. no earlier than mid-Sep- International Space Sta- website dubbed Space2in- SpaceX’s first private flight Their SpaceX Dragon cap- tember, aiming for an alti- tion and on a level with the spire. q

Virgin Galactic rolls out latest generation of spaceship

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRY- Company officials said it will be the one that takes AN will likely be summer be- British billionaire and Virgin Associated Press fore the ship — designed Galactic founder Sir Rich- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) and manufactured in Cali- ard Branson to the fringes — Virgin Galactic rolled out fornia — undergoes glide of space later this year. its newest spaceship Tues- flight testing at Spaceport CEO Michael Colglazier day as the company looks America in southern New said the addition of the In this undated photo provided by Virgin Galactic is the VSS to resume test flights in the Mexico. That will coincide new ship marks the be- Imagine, the first SpaceShip III in the Virgin Galactic Fleet in coming months at its head- with the final round of test- ginning of Virgin Galactic Mojave, Calif. quarters in the New Mexico ing for the current genera- having a fleet that will one Associated Press desert. tion of spacecraft, which day be capable of ferry- ing paying customers and By Dave Green scientific payloads from spaceports around the 3 8 7 globe. The company is still aiming for commercial op- 4 2 5 7 erations to begin next year following testing and a few months of downtime for 2 1 4 maintenance and other upgrades. 3 2 1 5 Virgin Galactic has reached space twice 5 6 8 3 before — the first time from California in Decem- 6 3 7 1 ber 2018. The company marked its second success- 2 7 3 6 1 ful glide flight over Space- port America last June. Virgin Galactic is one of a 8 2 5 few companies looking to cash in on customers with 9 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. an interest in space.q Difficulty Level 3/31 A13 classified Wednesday 31 March 2021 HEALTH

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She Associated Press also dabbled in a throuple NEW YORK (AP) — Laurie but that was short-lived be- Metcalf smiles and laughs cause Metcalf says, “Jack- when she thinks of her ie was clueless.” Her cur- character Jackie and her rent love interest is Neville, assorted misadventures on portrayed by Nat Faxon. the “Roseanne” spinoff, “It’s so funny now when “The Conners.” we go to work because Dating back to her intro- we’re wearing masks all duction in Roseanne Barr’s through the week and we 1988’s sitcom, Jackie has don’t see each other until reinvented herself many they say, ‘Action.’ We drop times over. She’s been a our mask and we tape the cop, a truck driver, a facto- scene and then we put ry worker, co-owner of The them right back on again. Lanford Lunch Box (which So. I didn’t know what Nat was reopened on “The even looked like for the first Conners), and was for a episode we did together time, as the character de- until they said, ‘Action’ and scribes it, “Lanford’s lead- then I saw his whole face.” ing life coach.” Filming has wrapped on The role earned Metcalf “The Conners” season three three Emmy Awards while and the cast is waiting to “Roseanne” was on the see if they’ll be renewed air, but she’s content with Actress Laurie Metcalf arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. on by ABC for a fourth season. Jackie being a supporting Jan. 7, 2018. Metcalf said there’s more role. Associated Press to be seen from Jackie, “A little bit of Jackie goes started, Metcalf was a the- my strengths was to be this had definite, firm opinions including whether she has a long way, so I’m always ater actor with no experi- victimized loser who didn’t about things. And she still any actual life coaching the weirdo B storyline. Too ence in television. have a clue that’s what she to this day meddles in the experience. much of Jackie would be “Everything was new to was to begin with,” she said rest of the family’s business, “One of my regrets was just overdose.” me. I had a big learning laughing. “But (Jackie) just even though her own life is that you never really got While the character’s over- curve to jump into a multi- went out every day with her collapsing around her.” to see her at work advising all persona has remained camera sitcom. The writers head up and determined That sometimes involves someone, so in hindsight unchanged through started writing to each one to to do something great or Jackie’s romantic interests, there’s a tiny piece of me both series, it’s provided of our different strengths,” make something. And then which have been played that wonders if she just lied a chance to grow as an Metcalf recalled. it would all come collapsing by actors including George about the whole thing,” actor. When “Roseanne” “I’m assuming that one of down around her. But, she Clooney, Jim Varney and said Metcalf. q

BTS condemns anti-Asian racism, says they’ve experienced it “expletives” and being endured is “inconsequen- ism. K-pop bands are “mocked for the way” tial” compared to “events known to be careful about they look. that have occurred over maintaining personas cre- BTS issued their statement the past few weeks,” they ated by their labels, which after recent attacks against felt the need to speak out. often muzzle stars on people with Asian heritage “What’s happening right touchy subjects like race in the United States, which now cannot be disassoci- and mental health. have risen during the coro- ated from our identity as BTS has addressed racial navirus pandemic. A white Asians,” the band said. discrimination and vio- gunman recently killed Many Asian Americans be- lence. In 2020, the band eight people, including six lieve the Atlanta shootings donated $1 million to the women of Asian descent, were racially motivated. Black Lives Matter move- at Atlanta-area massage Police say they are still try- ment, which was quickly businesses. “We cannot ing to determine a motive. matched by their fans In this Jan. 26, 2020, file photo, South Korean K-pop band BTS put into words the pain High-profile stars of Asian within a day, according to arrives for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. of becoming the subject descent like Steven Yeun, “One In An ARMY,” a glob- BTS released a statement condemning racism against of hatred and violence,” Simon Liu and Sandra Oh al fundraising team made Asians and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) on the band said in the state- have been vocal about up of BTS fans.q Tuesday, March 30, 2021. ment, adding that their ex- spreading awareness of Associated Press periences made them feel anti-Asian violence. “I am 6 3 8 7 5 9 4 1 2 By JUWON PARK ing they’ve experienced it powerless and chipped proud to be Asian! We 4 1 9 8 2 6 5 7 3 Associated Press themselves. away at their self-esteem. belong here,” Oh shout- 2 7 5 1 3 4 6 9 8 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) “We stand against racial In February, a German ra- ed into a megaphone at 3 9 2 4 1 5 7 8 6 — K-pop superstar group discrimination,” BTS tweet- dio station drew ire when a a Stop Asian Hate rally in 1 5 7 6 8 2 3 4 9 BTS has condemned rac- ed Tuesday in English and host compared the band Pittsburgh last week. 8 4 6 3 9 7 1 2 5 ism against Asians, Asian Korean. The band said to the coronavirus.The BTS is one of the first South 9 2 4 5 7 3 8 6 1 Americans and Pacific Is- their own painful encoun- band said that although Korean bands to openly 7 8 3 9 6 1 2 5 4

landers in a statement say- ters with racism included the discrimination they condemn anti-Asian rac- 5 6 1 2 4 8 9 3 7 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Difficulty Level 3/31 A15 sports Wednesday 31 March 2021 Analysis: Triple-doubles no longer a rarity in the NBA By TIM REYNOLDS compared to nine years It's the 3-point era in the ago, and every possession NBA. The massive-salary leads to a statistic of some era. The LeBron James era. sort. It's also the triple-double "To me, they're such arbi- era. trary numbers," Van Gundy If it seems like triple-doubles said. "What, if you get 10, are happening more often 10 and 10 that's better than than ever, that's because 35, nine and nine? ... There's they are — by a huge mar- a big difference between gin. On average, the NBA 15 points and 35 points. has seen someone put up There's a big difference at least 10 of this, 10 of that between 10 rebounds and and 10 of those in one out 18 rebounds. And there's of every seven games this a big difference between season. 10 assists and 17 assists. So, The rate of them happen- to say a triple-double is a ing is up 47% over last sea- measure of a great game, son, plus represents a stag- I don't know." gering increase of nearly This will be the fifth consec- 700% over how often they utive year that the NBA has occurred just nine years seen players collect at least ago — when there were 18 100 triple-doubles; there in the entire 2011-12 sea- were 99 this season through Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook (4) grabs the ball next to Detroit Pistons center Isa- son. iah Stewart (28) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, March 27, 2021, in Monday and 551 in the last They happen with amaz- Washington. five seasons, with this one ing regularity now. That Associated Press only barely past the half- doesn't mean everyone is way mark. Westbrook leads enthralled. Westbrook — the triple- "He does things I've never bles are many, but two of the league with 16 already, "I get it. They're nice, round double king — did Monday seen and I've been in this them are clear: the "free- followed by Denver's Nikola numbers and people get night. league for 30 years," Wash- dom of movement" em- Jokic and Brooklyn's James into those things in sports," Westbrook had 35 points, 14 ington coach Scott Brooks phasis in officiating favors Harden with 12 apiece, New Orleans coach Stan rebounds and 21 assists to said. "He's a winner." the offensive player, so that then Dallas' Luka Doncic Van Gundy said. "But I've lead Washington to a win. If people are bored by means more points and with nine. Put another way, never really been one who It was only the third time the triple-double, it might more assists. So, too, does we've seen as many triple- thought a whole lot of the someone had that many be Westbrook's fault. He's the increase pace of play, doubles in the last five years whole triple-double thing." points and that many as- been making them seem which also leads to more as in the 15 seasons before He's right. Some of them sists in an NBA game; throw like nightly happenings for rebound opportunities. that combined. don't seem to have much in the rebounds, and West- years. There are about eight more Even some players seem of an impact on the game. brook's night was unprec- The reasons for the rise possessions and eight more less-than-impressed by Then there's what Russell edented. leaguewide in triple-dou- shot attempts per team as them these days.q Raised fists, kneeling during anthem OK at U.S. Olympic trials By EDDIE PELLS its athletes, determined it fists on the medals stand in AP National Writer would not enforce long- Mexico City led to the semi- The U.S. Olympic and Para- standing rules that ban pro- nal snapshot of social pro- lympic Committee will not tests at the Olympics. test in sports history. sanction athletes for raising The International Olym- With guidance from its re- their fists or kneeling dur- pic Committee's Rule 50 cently formed Council on ing the national anthem is an ongoing source of Racial and Social Justice, at Olympic trials, preview- friction across the globe. the USOPC released a list of ing a contentious policy Many U.S. athletes have do's and don'ts as part of its it expects to stick to when spearheaded the call for document. The list of allow- many of those same ath- more freedom in using their able forms of demonstra- letes head to Tokyo this platform at the Olympics tion included holding up summer. to advance social justice a fist, kneeling during the The USOPC released a nine- causes. But others, both in anthem and wearing hats page document Tuesday and outside the U.S., balk or face masks with phrases to offer guidance about at widespread rule chang- such as "Black Lives Matter" the sort of "racial and social es that they fear could lead or words such as "equality" demonstrations" that will to demonstrations that sully or "justice." and won't be allowed by their own Olympic experi- Not allowed are hate sym- In this Oct. 16, 1968, file photo, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, cen- the hundreds who will com- ences. The wide-ranging bols, as defined by the An- ter, and John Carlos extend gloved hands skyward in racial pro- pete in coming months for debate traces its most-vis- ti-Defamation League, and test during the playing of national anthem after Smith received spots on the U.S. team. The ible roots to the ouster of actions that would impede the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Sum- document comes three U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith others from competing, mer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Australian silver medalist months after the federa- and John Carlos from the such as laying down in the Peter Norman is at left. Associated Press tion, heeding calls from 1968 Games. Their raised middle of the track.q A16 Wednesday 31 March 2021 sports Supreme Court case could change the nature of college sports By JESSICA GRESKO ly offer additional benefits. WASHINGTON (AP) — A Su- That would mean that to preme Court case being ar- compete for the best play- gued this week amid March ers, colleges might offer Madness could erode the things like postgraduate difference between elite scholarships, tutoring, study college athletes and pro- abroad opportunities, vo- fessional sports stars. cational school payments, If the former college ath- computer equipment and letes who brought the case internships, among other win, colleges could end things. And there's a fear up competing for talented some schools might try to student athletes by offer- disguise other, improper ing over-the-top education benefits as permissible edu- benefits worth tens of thou- cation spending. sands of dollars. And that The former college athletes could change the nature have some big-time sup- of college sports. porters. The players associ- At least that's the fear of ations of the NFL, NBA and In this March 20, 2021, file photo the March Madness logo is shown on the court during the first the NCAA. But the former half of a men's college basketball game in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Bankers Life WNBA along with a group athletes who sued say most Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. of former NCAA executives college athletes will never Associated Press are all urging the justices play professional sports to side with the former ath- and that the NCAA's rules of the case. Lower courts The NCAA wasn't happy ily mean an immediate letes, as is the Biden admin- capping education ben- agreed that NCAA rules with the outcome the last infusion of cash to current istration. efits deprive them of the capping the education-re- time its rules were before college athletes. Currently, Whatever happens at the ability to be rewarded for lated benefits schools can the Supreme Court. In 1984, athletic scholarships can high court, how college their athletic talents and offer Division I men's and the high court rejected cover the cost of college athletes are compensated hard work. They say the women's basketball play- NCAA rules restricting the athletes' attendance at is already likely changing. NCAA's rules are not just ers and football players vio- broadcast of college foot- college. That includes tu- The NCAA is in the pro- unfair but illegal, and they late a federal antitrust law. ball. The justices' ruling ition, housing and books, cess of trying to amend its want schools to be able to The narrow ruling still keeps transformed college sports, plus a stipend determined longstanding rules to al- offer any education ben- schools from directly pay- helping it become the by each school meant to low athletes to profit from efits they see fit. ing athletes, but the NCAA multi-billion dollar business cover things like travel ex- their names, images and "This is letting the schools says it is a step in that direc- it is today. penses and other inciden- likenesses. That would al- provide encouragement to tion. This time, the justices will tals. What a ruling for the low them to earn money be better students and bet- In an interview, the NCAA's hear arguments by phone students means is that the for things like sponsorship ter educated ... in return for chief legal officer Donald as they have been do- NCAA can't bar schools deals, online endorsement what amounts to full-time Remy defended the asso- ing for almost a year be- from sweetening their offers and personal appearanc- jobs for the school. What ciation's rules. He said the cause of the coronavirus to Division I basketball and es. could possibly be wrong Supreme Court has previ- pandemic. And the public football athletes with ad- Those efforts have stalled, with that?" said lawyer Jef- ously found preserving the can listen live. The justices ditional education-related however. For their part, frey L. Kessler in an interview amateur nature of college will almost certainly issue a benefits. players at this month's ahead of arguments in the sports to be an "appropri- decision in the case before Individual athletic confer- March Madness tourna- case, which are scheduled ate, pro-competitive justi- they leave for their summer ences could still set limits. ment have been pushing for Wednesday. fication for the restrictions break at the end of June. But Kessler said he believes for reform with the hashtag The former players have that exist in the system of A ruling for the former that if his clients win, "very #NotNCAAProperty on so- so far won every round college athletics." players doesn't necessar- many schools" will ultimate- cial media. q Bautista Agut survives to oust Isner in 3 sets at Miami Open tista Agut didn't take the point of the third-set tie- ami exit since 2017, when easiest route to the Miami breaker on his serve, giv- he lost in the third round. Open quarterfinals. ing the big-hitting Isner the He won the tournament The No. 7 seed from Spain early edge. Isner lost the in 2018 and lost the final in fought off a match point mini-break by putting a 2019 to Roger Federer in before ousting former Mi- forehand into the net five straight sets. ami champion and No. 18 points later, then gave him- No. 21 seed Jannik Sin- seed John Isner of the U.S. self match point after a 138 ner of Italy breezed to the 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday mph ace for a 6-5 edge. quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-2 — his second three-set win Bautista Agut wasn't fazed, win over Emil Ruusuvuori in as many matches so far won three of the last four of Finland. All eight of the in the tournament. points and escaped. men's round-of-16 match- Bautista Agut will face ei- "He makes always difficult es were set to be played ther top-seeded Daniil matches playing against Tuesday — Isner was one of Medvedev of Russia or him," Bautista Agut said. "He four U.S. men to reach that Roberto Bautista Agut, of Spain, serves to John Isner during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Mi- unseeded Frances Tiafoe has a very big serve and a round — as was a wom- ami Gardens, Fla. of the U.S. in the quarterfi- lot of power from baseline en's quarterfinal between Associated Press nals. The Medvedev-Tiafoe with the forehand. It makes top-seeded Ash Barty and match is later Tuesday. it always difficult, no?" seventh-seeded Aryna By TIM REYNOLDS MIAMI (AP) — Roberto Bau- Bautista Agut lost the first It was Isner's earliest Mi- Sabalenka.q