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BY NIKKI WENTLING established credibility and a high level of en- Romance scams are part of a new 200-page Stars and Stripes gagement online. report released Tuesday by Vietnam Veterans She posts about her hikes in Arkansas and of America, which has spent the past two years For Staff Sgt. Sherri Vlastuin, Instagram Utah, her goldendoodle, workouts and duck- on a study of online trolls and their tendency popularity came quickly — and at a price. hunting trips, and she’s often wearing Ameri- to target veterans and servicemembers. Vlastuin, 26, has used the social media net- can flag apparel, Trump regalia or her Army Scammers use Vlastuin’s image — and work since 2013 to document her life as an sometimes her name — to develop relation- Army combat medic at Fort Leonard Wood uniform. Instagram ships with Instagram and Facebook users. in Missouri, her home state. One post — a Many of those photos have been used by After being duped, some of them have tracked Sherri Vlastuin, an Army combat selfie after her graduation from Air Assault scammers to create imitation profiles to lure down Vlastuin’s authentic account and told medic based at Fort Leonard School two years ago — suddenly elevated her unsuspecting people into “romance scams” Wood in Missouri, has had her page. She has amassed 36,500 followers and — a problem on social media platforms, par- her they’d been tricked into sending money. image used in online scams. is known as an “influencer,” someone who’s ticularly for American servicemembers. SEE SCAMS ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 WAR/MILITARY Navy says it’s tracking UFOs

BY ANDREW DYER ment documents. The acknowledgment comes The San Diego Union-Tribune A Navy spokesman told The amid heightened public interest Black Vault that the Navy had in UFOs. SAN DIEGO — Strange flying no “descriptions, hypothesis of A viral Facebook event, “Storm objects captured on video by Navy conclusions” about objects in the Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of fighter pilots off the coast of San three videos. The videos are la- Us,” is scheduled for Friday at the Diego in 2004 and in Atlantic wa- beled on YouTube as “FLIR1,” remote Nevada Air Force base. ters in 2015 were acknowledged “Gimbal” and “Go Fast.” The event proposes that masses by the Navy as “unidentified The Navy also told The Black of people “Naruto run” toward aerial phenomena” last week, Vault the dates on which each the gates of the base in order to the first time the service has ac- video was shot. FLIR1 was shot expose any alien-technology that knowledged the objects are real. by an F/A-18 Super Hornet as- conspiracy theorists have long The three videos, published signed to the aircraft carrier suspected exists on the base. by former Blink-182 guitarist Nimitz off the coast of San Diego “Naruto running” refers to Tom DeLonge’s “To the Stars on Nov. 14, 2004. The other two the animation in a popular Japa- U.S. NAVY, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE/TNS Academy,” appear to show small, videos were shot on Jan. 15, 2015. nese animated series of the same airborne craft flying and maneu- On the “Gimbal” video, one pilot name, in which characters are A screenshot from a Navy video published by former Blink-182 vering at high speeds. The videos says on the radio “Look at that depicted running with their arms guitarist Tom DeLonge’s company “To the Stars Academy” shows were shot by the Advance Target- thing, dude.” pinned back. what the Navy is now calling an “unidentified aerial phenomenon.” ing Forward Looking Infrared Politico reported in April that “Lets see them aliens,” the pods on Navy F/A-18s. the Navy was drafting new guide- event description says. ciation’s Air, Space & Cyber Con- “Our nation has secrets,” he The news was first reported by lines for pilots and other naval Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. ference that the Air Force was said. Extra security and barri- The Black Vault, a website that personnel to report such encoun- Dave Goldfein told a reporter taking the “Storm Area 51” event cades have reportedly been added publishes declassified govern- ters and to de-stigmatize them. Tuesday at the Air Force Asso- “very seriously.” to the base as well. Suicide bomb targets government office in east Afghanistan

Associated Press Wednesday’s attack, but both the Taliban and Islamic State are active in eastern Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan — Militants in Afghanistan The violence comes as Afghanistan prepares for attempted to storm a government office in an eastern presidential elections on Sept. 28, a vote the Taliban provincial capital Monday, with a suicide bombing vehemently oppose. The insurgent group has warned sparking a running gunbattle with security forces, Afghans not to vote in the election and said their Afghan officials said. fighters would target election campaigns as well as The attack in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar polling stations. province, comes a day after the Taliban launched two Khogyani said Afghan security forces had rescued separate suicide attacks — one targeting President at least 10 government employees and other civilians Ashraf Ghani’s election rally in a northern province from inside the center, which issues electronic nation- and another in the heart of the Afghan capital. Those al IDs, since the attack began in the early afternoon. attacks killed at least 48 people and wounding scores Dozens more civilians, including women and chil- more, in the deadliest single day since a peace agree- dren, were still trapped inside the building, said a AP ment with Taliban insurgents was declared dead. provincial official who spoke anonymously because Fighting was still ongoing as of Wednesday eve- they were not authorized to talk to reporters. Afghan security forces arrive near the site of a suicide bombing ning, said Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nan- Two attackers had been killed by forces, accord- and gun battle as militants attempted to storm a government office garhar’s governor. ing to Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the interior in Jalalabad on Wednesday . No one immediately claimed responsibility for ministry. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 17 Business ...... 21 Classified ...... 19, 23 Comics ...... 22 Crossword ...... 22 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 20 Sports ...... 24-32 Weather ...... 21 Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Massive sealift readiness exercise launched

BY JOHN VANDIVER mobility plans, all of which were untested Stars and Stripes during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. During that time, investments in logistics STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. capabilities declined. military has ordered dozens of ships to sea During the past two years, there have in a massive stress test to determine if re- serve transport vessels — crucial for mo- been repeated warnings about the risks bilizing large numbers of troops and forces the military faces because of its decaying in a conflict — are up to the job. transport fleet. U.S. Transportation Command began In 2017, the Government Accountabil- the sealift readiness exercise Monday in ity Office found that the Navy may not be what amounts to one of the largest such no- able to support its warships in combat if it notice “Turbo Activation” drills since the doesn’t upgrade a fleet of supply ships that exercises began in 1994. are growing old and losing their ability to “These exercises typically involve only a quickly provide food, fuel and equipment. few ships but this event targets 28 vessels And last year, a special task force of re- for activation to provide a better assess- tired admirals and generals organized by ment of the readiness of U.S. sealift forces the Defense Department cautioned “sig- than can be accomplished with fewer acti- nificant shortfalls that, if left unaddressed, vations,” TRANSCOM said in a statement will put at risk U.S. ability to project power Tuesday. The activated ships are required to shift and sustain the fight against a strategic from a reduced operating status to a fully competitor.” crewed status, with the quarters made Now, the military is testing various re- habitable and cargo gear ready, within five serve ships, which are located through- days. out the U.S. and maintained in the event /U.S. Air Force For the military, an aging transport HALEY PHILLIPS the Pentagon needs them “to support the fleet has been an area of concern, particu- A Navy seaman directs cargo off the USNS Bob Hope as part of a turbo activation in rapid, massive movement of military sup- larly as the military emphasizes the need 2017 at the Port of San Diego, Calif. U.S. Transportation Command began a similar plies and troops for a military exercise or to adapt to rising threats posed by China turbo activation Monday to test the ability to get forces across oceans in the event of a large-scale conflict,” TRANSCOM said in and Russia. In the event of a large conflict, fight with Russia or China. Tuesday’s statement. the military would be called upon to mobi- The exercise tests and validates that the lize forces and heavy equipment, much of which are on average about 44 years old. during a congressional hearing on the ships are ready and able to meet activation which would need to move by sea. The Navy’s plans for extending the service issue earlier this year. time standards and Pentagon mission re- Lawmakers have issued warnings that life of the ships, such as procuring used TRANSCOM chief Gen. Stephen Lyons with no clear plan to replace decades-old quirements, the command said. transport ships, the military may not be vessels and devising a new construction has said improving sealift capability is a “Activations are commonly followed able to get forces across oceans in the event strategy, hasn’t yet delivered. top priority for his command. immediately by a sea trial,” TRANSCOM of a fight with Russia or China. “The steel is rotting,” said retired Rear Since the end of the Cold War, the mili- said. Among the concerns is a rapidly aging Adm. Mark Buzby, administrator of the tary has not had to contend with an ad- [email protected] Ready Reserve Force of 46 transport ships, Maritime Administration, in testimony versary capable of disrupting its global Twitter: @john_vandiver New command tasked with getting troops to hotspots

BY JOHN VANDIVER Oana Lungescu said. will help our forces become more Allied Commander Europe, Gen. sis is one of the ways the alliance Stars and Stripes The command, the formation of mobile and enable rapid rein- Tod Wolters. has tried to adapt. NATO and the which NATO approved last year , forcement within the alliance, en- Over the past five years NATO European Union also have dis- STUTTGART, Germany — A is one of two new headquarters fo- suring we have the right forces in has focused reinforcing its east- cussed the need to streamline new NATO command focused cused on ensuring military hard- the right place at the right time,” ern flank with more exercises diplomatic clearances for troop on speeding up the movement of ware and forces can quickly cross Lungescu said Tuesday. and basing troops in the Baltics movements as well as ensure that allied troops and tanks around Europe has reached “initial op- national borders in the event of a The command will have 160 and Poland because of concerns infrastructure on the continent erating capability,” the alliance crisis. The other command, based personnel and is expected to be about a more aggressive Russia. — such as tunnels and bridges said. in Norfolk, Va., will help ensure fully staffed by 2021. During a But the ability to move large num- — are strong enough to handle The new Joint Support and En- maritime lines of communication crisis, it will be able to draw on bers of troops on short notice has tanks and other heavy military abling Command based in Ulm, between North America and Eu- as many as 600 personnel, NATO been a long-standing problem. vehicles. Germany, became operational rope remain open. said. The office falls under the re- Setting up new commands to [email protected] Tuesday, NATO spokesperson “The new command in Ulm sponsibility of NATO’s Supreme manage the flow of forces in a cri- Twitter: [email protected] Army presents awards to German paramedics who saved baby’s life

BY MARCUS KLOECKNER pen often, and it’s not something you really want to AND JENNIFER H. SVAN see.” Stars and Stripes The baby is the child of a U.S. soldier assigned to Baumholder and his wife. KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Two German When the paramedics arrived, they realized “this paramedics have been presented with awards by the was a real emergency” and called a helicopter am- Army for saving the life of a servicemember’s baby bulance to come to the base, Therre-Ost said. at Baumholder, the Army and the rescuers said. The two paramedics were able to revive the baby Daniela Therre-Ost and Andre Jank received before the child was airlifted to a hospital in Trier, Certificates of Appreciation last week from Col. she said. Jason Edwards, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland- Earlier this month, Edwards recognized Kemisha Pfalz commander. Miller, a caregiver at the Wetzel Child Development Edwards said the paramedics were heroes and Center on Baumholder, for saving the life of another the certificates were a small token of appreciation child. for their quick actions. Miller was credited for performing emergency The rescue workers had rushed to Baumholder on lifesaving procedures on a 1-year-old in the center’s a Saturday afternoon in late August after getting a care who was choking on a peach. U.S. Army call about an unconscious baby at the base, Therre- Edwards presented Miller with an “On the Spot” Ost said. cash award of $500 and a coin. From left, Daniela Therre-Ost and Andre Jank, paramedics with the “Calls to an emergency at the base in Baumholder German Red Cross Emergency Medical Services, were presented [email protected] are not unusual, but this was different,” Therre-Ost [email protected] with Certificates of Appreciation by Col. Jason Edwards, U.S. Army said. “An emergency involving a baby doesn’t hap- Twitter: @stripesktown Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz commander, in Baumholder on Sept. 9. PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 PACIFIC Protesters prevent Marine boat launch on Okinawa

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE the gate until approximately 4:40 while they honor the SOFA, AND AYA ICHIHASHI p.m., when they departed, The launching the boat at Motobu Stars and Stripes Okinawa Times said. could worry locals and interfere Port officials said the status of with commercial ships . CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A forces agreement between the Japanese Defense Minister U.S. Marine Corps truck deliver- U.S. and Japan allows the U.S. Taro Kono, who was appointed ing a boat to a local port for rou- military to use Japanese ports. Sept. 11, said at a press confer- tine training Tuesday was met by The Marines on Sept. 10 noti- ence Tuesday a misunderstand- about 100 Okinawan demonstra- fied port officials they planned to ing contributed to the protest. tors and turned away after a nine- YouTube launch the boat at Motobu, a port He said the U.S. military was hour protest, according to a local spokesman said. The boat was to moving its parachute training Protesters blocked a Marine Corps truck hauling a boat Tuesday newspaper report. be used in parachute training at back to Ie Island as a result of from entering Motobu Port on Okinawa, Japan . The incident started at ap- nearby Ie Island, according to the complaints from an Okinawa citi- proximately 7 a.m. when a Ma- Japan Ministry of Defense. zen and the prefectural govern- Ie Island.” instead.” rine truck towing a 32-foot boat Marine officials did not re- The prefectural spokesman arrived at Motobu Port from “Under the SOFA agreement, ment about parachute training on spond to requests seeking com- said information about the boat Camp Schwab, the Marine base the Marines informed us on Tues- Kadena Air Base. Motobu Port, ment Wednesday. The Okinawa launch was released Friday in the in Henoko, The Okinawa Times day, Sept. 10, of their intention to on the northwestern coast of Oki- Times reported the Marines used interest of transparency, not to reported. use our port,” the port spokesman nawa’s main island, is about five said. “The prefectural govern- miles from Ie Island. Motobu Port because it’s about 15 rally protesters to the site. The truck and boat were met by “We made a request to [the peaceful protesters who blocked ment notified the press on Friday. The U.S. military had original- miles from Camp Schwab, while The press released the news in ly conducted parachute training the alternative, Kadena Marina, Okinawa Defense Bureau] and their entry by sitting in front of the Marines [on Sept. 11] not to the gate. Others gathered across Saturday’s paper.” at Ie but moved it to Kadena in re- is more than 30 miles away. Okinawa prefectural officials sponse to environmental factors, “If we don’t use Motobu port, use the Motobu Port,” a prefec- the street, according to a video of tural spokesman told Stars and the scene posted on YouTube. said Wednesday they asked the Kono told reporters. we have to use Kadena Marina, Marines not to use the port, but However, the move to Kadena which is further from Camp Stripes on Wednesday. “We have The video shows what appears told the Marines and ODB not use when their request went unheed- angered locals, Kono said, so he Schwab, and we have to use the to be a contingent of Japanese po- the port unless it’s an emergency. ed, they released the information demanded it be returned to Ie. local roads to transport the boat lice in a temporary line between We made another request not to to local media. “Due to bad weather and high to either port,” the newspaper the boat and the protest ers. Mo- use the port yesterday.” tobu police were unavailable for It is customary in Japan for waves, it’s hard to conduct the quoted an unidentified Marine comment Wednesday. No arrests some government officials to training at Ie Island,” Kono said. official as saying. “We thought [email protected] Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 were reported. speak on condition of anonymity. “With that boat, they can practice about the stress and burden to the [email protected] The truck and boat remained at The prefectural officials said much less on Kadena and do so in locals and used the Motobu Port Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 PACIFIC USFK under pressure to speed base returns

BY KIM GAMEL Camp Eagle and Camp Long that have been Stars and Stripes ‘ The perception is that USFK is holding up the available since December 2010; the Shea Range parcel located at Camp Hovey since SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. mili- process when the reality is we’ve already got 15 of 26 October 2012; and parcels of Camp Market tary wants to set the record straight as it bases … that are ready to be turned over. since February 2015, according to USFK. faces South Korean pressure to expedite ’ South Koreans have long been eager to the handover of bases as part of a drawn- Col. Lee Peters USFK spokesman regain control of Yongsan, which was origi- out relocation plan. nally on the outskirts of an impoverished U.S. Forces Korea is ready to turn over Seoul but has become prime real estate more than half of the bases now, including since the South Korean capital has grown parts of Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, the committed to the alliance, which stems slow in large part because of disputes over into one of Asia’s most prosperous cities. command said Wednesday in a rare public from the 1950-53 Korean War, despite the dealing with polluted soil and other envi- The tree-lined base is expected to even- display of frustration. differences. ronmental concerns as the land is returned. tually be transformed into a park similar to South Korea “recently announced that “As a testament to our U.S.-(South Ko- The status of forces agreement between the New York City’s Central Park. it desired to expedite the return process rean) alliance, USFK remains committed two countries essentially throws the burden The population on the Army garrison has of 26 U.S. military installations,” USFK to returning installations as expeditiously of paying for any clean-up on South Korea. dropped from a peak of more than 25,000 to said. “Fifteen of the 26 U.S. military in- as possible to (South Korean) government just over 5,000 after the relocation to Hum- stallations, including four sites specifically Earlier this month, South Korea’s presi- control,” in accordance with relevant agree- phreys. The last major unit will move after requested for transfer at the earliest pos- dential office said it would redouble efforts the new hospital on Humphreys opens in sible date … have been vacated, closed and ments, the USFK press release said. for the early return of the 26 bases, includ- mid-November, allowing the medical facil- available for transfer to the (South Korean) When asked about the statement, a South ing Yongsan. government.” Korean military official told Stars and That prompted media reports speculat- ity on Yongsan to close. “Two parcels of Yongsan Garrison have Stripes that the 15 bases are still the sub- ing that President Moon Jae-in was seeking Seoul and Washington also have agreed been vacated, closed and available for ject of negotiations over environmental con- to complete the relocation before his six- to move the Combined Forces Command to transfer since 2014 with another three par- cerns “so they haven’t been handed over to year term ends in 2022. Humphreys instead of keeping it in Seoul. cels since summer 2019 for a total of five the Republic of Korea yet.” “We’re correcting the record,” USFK Garrison officials recently outlined plans parcels available now,” it added. South Korea has paid for most of the spokesman Col. Lee Peters said Wednes- for closing most facilities by the end of the The statement came amid concerns of nearly $11 billion expansion of Camp Hum- day. “The perception is that USFK is hold- year and ending on-post family housing by a widening rift in the long-standing U.S.- phreys, a former helicopter outpost south of ing up the process when the reality is we’ve July 2020 but said the transition process is South Korean alliance after Seoul ended Seoul, into the new home for the main mili- already got 15 of 26 bases and five parcels expected to take a few more years. a U.S.-based military intelligence sharing tary headquarters and more than 30,000 of Yongsan that are ready to be turned over “As we vacate and close areas, we will be pact with Japan. American troops, families and civilian to the (South Korean) government.” barricading those areas. There’s no change The allies also are gearing up for defense employees. The remaining 11 still house troops who to the perimeter, the actual footprint” in the cost-sharing negotiations that are likely Yongsan has been shrinking from within can’t be moved until facilities are ready. meantime, garrison commander Col. Moni- to be contentious since President Donald by closing many facilities as the bulk of the “You can’t move somebody to a place that ca Washington said during an Aug. 29 town Trump has demanded that the South sharp- population has moved to Humphreys and doesn’t exist or is being built,” he said. hall-style meeting. ly increase its contribution. other southern hubs. Four installations on South Korea’s wish [email protected] Both sides have insisted they remain However, the transition process has been list have been closed for years, including Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 MILITARY Scams: Medic’s Instagram popularity made her a target for cybercriminals

FROM FRONT PAGE Some expect her to repay them, others ‘ I want to be there for seek the same relationship with her that young girls who want a they believed they had with the imposter. She said she has reported hundreds of role model, and I want to the fake accounts to Instagram and Face- book, but they continue to multiply. motivate people. ’ “It’s unstoppable,” Vlastuin said. “No Sherri Vlastuin matter how many times I report them, I’m Army combat medic and Instagram influencer barely making a dent.” Leveraging America’s trust The New York Times, citing the FBI, Vietnam Veterans of America, a con- reported there were nearly 18,500 com- gressionally chartered veterans organiza- plaints last year from victims of romance tion, will send its report, “An Investigation scams, with losses exceeding $362 million. into Foreign Entities Who are Targeting The FBI told the Times that the bureau in- Servicemembers and Veterans Online,” vestigates only a fraction of those reports INSTAGRAM to lawmakers Wednesday. Kristofer Gold- because the amounts lost — typically a few smith, an Iraq War veteran who compiled thousand dollars — are too low. This post in 2017 by Sherri Vlastuin, an Army combat medic based at Fort Leonard the study for VVA, planned to share print- Wood in Missouri, skyrocketed her presence on Instagram. Because of her popularity, ed copies around Capitol Hill. Reporting the imposters cybercriminals have used her name and image to pose as an American servicemember The overall goal, he said, is to keep ser- and engage in “romance scams.” vicemembers, veterans and their families When her profile first became popular, safe in cyber environments. The report Vlastuin would find accounts using her “It’s kind of hard, trying to explain to personate current or former military urges social media networks and federal name and photos, take screenshots and re- them that I don’t owe them anything,” personnel to gain the trust of unsuspect- law enforcement, with support from Con- port them to Facebook and Instagram. As Vlastuin said. “I say, ‘I’m sorry. I under- ing users and ultimately convince them to gress, to put more focus and resources to- her online status grew, fighting the imita- stand you’re a victim in all of this, but so transfer money.” ward stopping romance scams. tion accounts quickly became a full-time am I.’ ” Besides financial harm on behalf of “The way these foreign entities are job. Vlastuin has notified her unit and her those tricked into sending money, the im- abusing the veterans’ population and abus- “It would be a big deal to me,” Vlas- Judge Advocate General officer about the personated servicemembers are victims ing the trust that people have in us — it’s tuin said. “But I would go through them, problem, but no one has been able to do of stolen identities and stolen valor, Kinz- going to weaken [veterans organizations], and after a few hundred of these screen- anything, she said. inger wrote. veterans at large in the United States,” he shots, I was like, ‘What am I doing? This The U.S. military is aware of the prob- At times, the situation is embarrass- told Stars and Stripes. is crazy.’ ” lem of cybercriminals posing as service- ing for Vlastuin. When people she knows Researchers with Oxford’s Project on Even estimating the number of accounts members in romance scams. Kim Joiner, a search for her online, hundreds of pages Computational Propaganda reported in she’s reported would be difficult, Vlastuin deputy assistant to the secretary of defense, appear, some of them with sexual or other 2017 that trolls and bots targeted military said. She guessed it was about 500 accounts told The New York Times her team works explicit descriptions. personnel and veterans with propaganda, between both social media networks. with Facebook to remove imposters. “They look at it, and it has inappropriate conspiracies and hyperpartisan political Sometimes it would take weeks or longer “The problem is identifying them,” stuff on it, and it’s just kind of embarrass- content during the 2016 presidential elec- than a month, but typically Instagram and Joiner told the Times. “Once we identify ing to think somebody would think that was tion. Veterans and servicemembers are Facebook responded by removing the ac- them, I’m very satisfied with how Face- me,” she said. “I’ve found multiple profiles seen as “potentially influential voters and counts, she said. book reacts.” where people I know were following that community leaders” because of the trust Vlastuin has mostly given up reporting Pretending to be another person is profile and not my real one. They probably the public places in them, the study states. them now. against Facebook’s community standards think that’s me posting.” Scammers tend to pose as veterans and People who have been tricked by the im- and Instagram’s terms of use. Facebook, Goldsmith predicts more danger- servicemembers in romance scams for the poster accounts continue to contact Vlas- which owns both social media networks, ous outcomes — the potential to weaken same reason, Goldsmith said. tuin daily. About 75% of them figured out has recognized that servicemembers and the national perception of veterans and “The American people are generally they were being scammed before sending veterans are more likely than other users servicemembers. trusting of servicemembers,” he said. money, Vlastuin said. to be targets of impersonations. “If every time you get a friend request “They’re taking advantage of America’s In one message she received last month, The company works with the Depart- from someone wearing a uniform your as- trust in us.” an Instagram user told her, “Your Insta- ment of Defense, as well as Blue Star Fami- sumption is that they’re a foreign entity, In addition, military service can be used gram image is being abused. I am also the lies and USAA, to help generate awareness that’s not good for anyone,” he said. as an excuse for scammers’ connectivity one who almost suffered.” about the issue and offer tips on identifying Quitting social media and deleting her issues, the timing of their messages and She previously replied to each person and reporting imposter accounts. Instagram page often occurs to Vlastuin, delayed responses, the VVA report states. who messaged her, apologizing they were A Facebook spokesman said the social especially because of the effects on her Many of the cybercrimes tend to originate tricked. Sometimes, though, they would media network is also developing a new friends and family. Cybercriminals will from Nigeria by a group of scammers who want the same relationship with her that detection tool that would spot and remove use photos and stories of her mother, her call themselves the “Yahoo Boys.” they had developed with the scammer. accounts that look like some of the most niece and her friends. She’s stopped in- frequently impersonated servicemembers cluding other people in her posts. and veterans, but the tool is still in the Every time she creates a post, Vlastuin early stages of testing. wonders whether it has any value other “Imposter accounts affect real people, than being used to impersonate her. and we remove these accounts when we She hopes to use her account, and her discover them,” the spokesman said. large number of followers, to inspire young “We’ve invested heavily in strengthening women. our technology to keep them off our ser- In the message accompanying her post vices and we work with law enforcement about graduating Air Assault School — the to prosecute scammers. That job is not one that skyrocketed her Instagram fame finished, and we are committed to sharing — Vlastuin wrote, “I never thought that I our progress.” would attempt this school, simply because I didn’t think I was physically capable of Weakening perception getting past even the first day and because The issue has received attention from I am absolutely terrified of failure. Look- Capitol Hill. ing back, I can’t help but wonder how many Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., an Iraq War times this fear has held me back from veteran and lieutenant colonel in the Air things I could have potentially been great National Guard, is battling his own impos- at.” ter accounts. He sent a letter to Facebook “I want to be there for young girls who CEO Mark Zuckerberg in July, calling want a role model, and I want to motivate his attention to cybercriminals posing as people,” Vlastuin told Stars and Stripes. servicemembers. “I don’t feel like I’m accomplishing that with the way it’s going right now. It seems INSTAGRAM “I am increasingly concerned by the prevalence of so-called ‘romance scams’ like I’m posting a picture just for it to be Vlastuin wants to use social to inspire young women, but cybercriminals using her initiated or perpetrated via Facebook,” stolen.” photos to engage in “romance scams” have made Vlastuin consider deleting her online Kinzinger wrote. “I am particularly con- [email protected] presence. cerned with the pernicious efforts to im- Twitter: @nikkiwentling Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MIDEAST Iranian weapons used in attack, Saudis say

Associated Press infrastructure,” he said, using an acro- Wednesday. ‘ The attack was launched nym for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Trump separately tweeted: “I have just RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Ara- Guard. instructed the Secretary of the Treasury bia alleged Wednesday that Iranian cruise from the north and was Iran sent a note to the U.S. via Swiss dip- to substantially increase Sanctions on the missiles and drones attacked the heart of unquestionably sponsored lomats in Tehran on Monday, reiterating country of Iran!” He did not elaborate. Na- the kingdom’s oil industry, showing jour- that Tehran denies being involved in the tional Security Council officials declined nalists the remains of the weapons while by Iran. Saudi attack, IRNA reported. The Swiss to comment. stopping short of directly accusing Iran of ’ Col. Turki al-Malki have looked after American interests in U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ar- launching the assault. Iran denies being Saudi Arabian military spokesman Tehran for decades. rived Wednesday night in the Red Sea city involved and has threatened the U.S. it will “If any action takes place against Iran, of Jiddah, where he was to meet with Saudi retaliate “immediately” if Tehran is tar- the action will be faced by Iran’s answer Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. geted over the attack, which was claimed immediately,” IRNA quoted the note Pompeo will later travel to the United Arab by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. the United States. However, not retaliat- as saying. It added that Iran’s response Emirates on Thursday to meet with Abu The news conference by Saudi military ing to the strikes also carries the risk of wouldn’t be limited to the source of the Dhabi’s powerful crown prince, Sheikh spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki comes leaving Saudi Arabia exposed to continued threat, suggesting it would inflict damage Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Both after a summer of heightened tensions attacks. beyond what it had suffered. nations are U.S. allies and have been fight- between Iran and the U.S. over President The news conference took place with a IRNA separately reported Wednesday ing against the Houthis in Yemen. Donald Trump unilaterally withdrawing that Iran’s first delegation for the annual Pompeo told reporters en route to Saudi America from Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal backdrop of broken and burnt drones and pieces of one cruise missile allegedly col- U.N. General Assembly meeting had not Arabia that “it doesn’t matter” whether the with world powers. left Iran because the U.S. has yet to issue Houthis claim they were behind the attack. While the U.S. has said Iran was behind lected from the attacks. Al-Malki described the drones as “delta them visas. Foreign Minister Mohammad “This was an Iranian attack,” he said. the attack on Saudi oil installations this Javad Zarif was to travel to New York on “It doesn’t change the fingerprints of the wing” models, which looked like large tri- weekend, al-Malki made a point not to di- Friday, with Iranian President Hassan ayatollah as having put at risk the global angles. The cruise missile had a small jet rectly accuse Iran of firing the weapons or Rouhani following Monday, according to energy supply,” he said, referring to Iran’s engine attached to it, he said. launching them from inside of Iranian ter- the agency. The U.N. meeting had been Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomenei. ritory. The kingdom has sought help from Eighteen drones and seven cruise mis- considered as an opportunity for direct Meanwhile, the state-run Saudi Press international investigators and the United siles were launched in the assault, al-Malki talks between Rouhani and Trump. Agency carried a statement Wednesday Nations, both lengthening the probe and said, with three missiles failing to make As the host of the U.N.’s headquarters, saying the kingdom had joined a U.S.-led internationalizing its conclusions. their targets. He said the cruise missiles the U.S. is mandated to offer world lead- naval coalition to secure the Mideast’s wa- “The attack was launched from the had a range of 435 miles, meaning they ers and diplomats visas to attend meetings terways. Australia, Bahrain and the United north and was unquestionably sponsored could not have been fired from inside there. But as tensions have risen, the U.S. Kingdom already have joined the mission. by Iran,” al-Malki told journalists. Yemen. He played surveillance video he has put increasing restrictions on Iranians Earlier in Tehran, Rouhani told his By stopping short of saying the missiles said showed a drone coming in from the like Zarif. Since becoming Iran’s president Cabinet that Saudi Arabia should see the were launched from Iran, the kingdom po- north. in 2013, Rouhani has spoken each year at weekend attack as a warning to end its war tentially avoids a response that could lead “This is the kind of weapon the Iranian the General Assembly. in Yemen, where it has fought the Houthi to war among the heavyweight countries of regime and the Iranian IRGC are using The U.S. State Department did rebels since 2015 and sought to restore the the region and international superpower, against the civilian object and facilities not respond to requests for comment internationally recognized government. PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 NATION Lewandowski, House Dems spar at hearing

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK “accurate” that Trump had asked him to AND LAURIE KELLMAN deliver the message. At least two Demo- Associated Press crats asked if he “chickened out.” Lewan- dowski said no, that he took his kids to the WASHINGTON — The first impeach- beach instead. ment hearing held by House Democrats And under questioning from a lawyer for quickly turned hostile on Tuesday as their the Democrats, Barry Berke, Lewandowski sole witness, former Trump campaign acknowledged that he had possibly lied in a manager Corey Lewandowski, stonewalled cable interview about his interactions with many of their questions and declared they Trump when he said he didn’t remember were “focusing on petty and personal the president asking him to get involved politics.” with Sessions. New rules approved by the Lewandowski, a devoted friend and sup- committee last week for impeachment porter of President Donald Trump, fol- hearings allow staff questioning at the end lowed White House orders not to discuss of the hearing. conversations with the president beyond Democrats say the televised hearings what was already public in former special are to educate the American people on counsel Robert Mueller’s report. Trump the Mueller report and what they say is cheered him along as he testified, tweet- egregious behavior by the president. They ing that Lewandowski’s opening statement argue that the blockade from the White was “beautiful.” House and stonewalling from witnesses The hearing underscores what has been like Lewandowski just gives them more a central dilemma for the House Judiciary fodder for lawsuits they have filed against Committee all year as they investigate — the administration — and possible articles /AP and potentially try to impeach — Trump. JACQUELYN MARTIN of impeachment on obstruction. Many of the Democrats’ base supporters Corey Lewandowski, center, the former campaign manager for President Donald “You are also proving our point for the want them to move quickly to try to remove Trump, finishes testifying Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. American people to see,” Nadler said, not- Trump from office. But the White House ing that one of the articles of impeach- has blocked their oversight requests at al- “He’s filibustering,” said a frustrated probe. The report, which said Trump ment drafted against President Richard most every turn, declining to provide new House Judiciary Committee Chairman could not be exonerated on obstruction Nixon involved obstruction. He said documents or allow aides and associates to Jerrold Nadler. of justice, detailed two episodes in which Lewandowski’s behavior is “completely testify. Lewandowski eventually began to an- Trump asked Lewandowski to direct then- unacceptable.” On Tuesday, Lewandowski, who is con- swer some questions — he told the com- Attorney General Jeff Sessions to limit Two other witnesses who were subpoe- sidering a run for U.S. Senate in New mittee that he doesn’t think Trump “asked Mueller’s investigation. Trump said that if naed alongside Lewandowski, Dearborn Hampshire, defiantly made clear he me to do anything illegal” — but still stuck Sessions would not meet with Lewandows- and former White House aide Rob Porter, wouldn’t make life easy for the Democrats. mostly to what was already in the report, ki, then Lewandowski should tell Sessions did not show up at all, on orders from the He demanded that they provide him a copy giving Democrats little new information to he was fired. White House. The White House says the of the Mueller report, sending Democratic go on. And he made clear his dislike for the Lewandowski never delivered the mes- former aides are “absolutely immune” staff scrambling to find one. He read di- House majority in the opening statement, sage but asked White House aide Rick from testifying — a principle that Demo- rectly from the report and asked Demo- calling them petty and asserting that in- Dearborn, a former Sessions aide, to do it. crats are currently challenging in court. crats to read passages to him, showing that vestigations of the president were conduct- Dearborn said he was uncomfortable with The committee’s impeachment inves- he wouldn’t say much beyond what Muel- ed by “Trump haters.” the request and declined to deliver it, ac- tigation faces major hurdles, and it’s still ler wrote. Republicans on the panel forced Lewandowski was a central figure in cording to the report. unclear whether the panel will ever draft a series of procedural votes, immediately Mueller’s report, which the committee Under questioning by Rep. Hank John- articles of impeachment or hold any im- sending the hearing into disarray. is examining as part of its impeachment son, D-Ga., Lewandowski confirmed as peachment votes. Democrats push ahead with short-term bill to avoid shutdown

BY ANDREW TAYLOR the government running through Nov. 21 are unclear at best, and fears are growing to steer clear of controversial provisions Associated Press and is to be released Tuesday. House and that most of the government, including the that, if included in the bills, would be so po- Senate votes are expected well in advance Defense Department, will have to run on litically nettlesome that they would derail WASHINGTON — Democrats control- of the Sept. 30 deadline to avert a shut- autopilot at current funding levels. the entire process. But Sen. Patty Murray, ling the House are steering clear of con- down, though its release remained held up “Of course Democrats oppose taking D-Wash., upset that education and health troversy in a short-term, government-wide over a relatively minor but complicated set funds from Congress for our military to programs within her jurisdiction have spending measure that’s needed to pre- of issues. use on the president’s border wall. Every- been shortchanged and angry over a new vent a government shutdown at the end of The Senate, meanwhile, remains one knows that,” Schumer said Tuesday. Trump administration rule banning fam- September. wrapped around the axle in its efforts to “McConnell has been accusing Democrats ily planning providers that accept federal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has agreed advance the 12 annual spending bills that of threatening to block military funding funds from counseling women about their to a White House request to replenish funds would fill in the blanks of this summer’s because we don’t want to pass a bill that abortion options, threatened an amend- for bailout payments to farmers absorbing bipartisan budget and debt deal. steals money from the military.” ment to reverse the administration’s abor- heavy losses as a result of President Don- Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., The maneuvering highlights the pre- tion “gag rule.” ald Trump’s trade battles with China. She has set up a procedural vote for Wednesday carious nature of the summer’s bipartisan McConnell said Murray’s amendment has also rejected suggestions from House on a huge measure to fund the Pentagon, budget pact, which combined a two-year — it would have likely passed the Ap- liberals to try to use the must-pass stopgap foreign aid, and domestic agencies like the increase in the national debt with a set of propriations Committee over opposition measure to try to reverse the president’s energy and education departments, but new spending “caps” to prevent the return from GOP conservatives and the president controversial moves to raid military base Democrats appear likely to filibuster the of automatic, across-the-board spending — would violate the agreement to avoid po- construction projects to pay for the border measure to protest what they say is a raid cuts to both the Pentagon and domestic litically toxic “poison pills,” and the typi- wall, on health and education programs to pay federal agencies. cally bipartisan appropriations process in The temporary spending bill would keep for more border wall projects. Next steps In that agreement, both sides promised the Senate ran aground. Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION McConnell says ‘holding pattern’ on guns remains

Associated Press of people dead. Trump and White House aides WASHINGTON — Six weeks have discussed a number of gun after a pair of mass shootings control measures with members killed more than 30 people, Con- of Congress, including steps to gress remains “in a holding go after fraudulent buyers, notify pattern” on gun control as law- state and local law enforcement makers await proposals from the when a potential buyer fails a White House, Senate Majority background check, issue state- Leader Mitch McConnell said. level emergency risk protection While President Donald Trump orders, boost mental health assis- has said he would veto a House- J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP tance and speed up executions for passed bill to expand background those found guilty of committing Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, center, who has called on world leaders to step up efforts to combat checks for gun purchases, McCo- mass shootings. global warming, stands with indigenous people of the Americas and others during remarks by Sen. Ed nnell said Tuesday he is hopeful Trump hopes to reveal some- Markey, D-Mass., Senate Climate Change Task Force chairman, at a news conference at the Capitol. there are other gun-related pro- thing on gun control to the Amer- posals that Congress can approve ican public “very soon,” White and Trump can support. House spokesman Hogan Gidley Teen activist commands lawmakers “I still await guidance from the said Tuesday. The White House White House as to what (Trump) expects the gun proposal later thinks he’s comfortable signing,” this week or early next week, ac- to work harder on climate change the Kentucky Republican told cording to a person familiar with reporters. “If and when that hap- the administration’s thinking. pens, then we’ll have a real pos- Attorney General William BY MATTHEW DALY about youth activism,” she said. sibility of actually changing the Barr and White House legislative Associated Press ‘ “We don’t want to be heard. We This is not about law and hopefully making some affairs director Eric Ueland met want the science to be heard.” progress.” WASHINGTON — Swedish us. This is not about with GOP senators Tuesday to Despite Thunberg’s request, Senate Democratic Leader teenager Greta Thunberg offered talk about a path forward. Senate lawmakers bombarded her and Chuck Schumer said McConnell a blunt message to Congress on youth activism. We Judiciary Committee Chairman other youth activists with praise, and Trump were blocking mean- Tuesday as she brought her cam- Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said don’t want to be saying they had sparked a global ingful action on gun violence, paign for urgent action on climate background checks remained heard. We want movement that is already being adding, “This is the moment for under discussion, but it was not change to the U.S. Capitol. felt in the 2020 presidential cam- “I know you’re trying,” she told the president to do something dif- clear if progress was being made. the science to be paign and in the halls of Congress, ferent and courageous.” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Democratic senators at an invi- where lawmakers are debating tation-only forum, “but just not heard. The New York Democrat said background checks did not come ’ proposals such as the Green New hard enough. Sorry.” he wonders whether Trump will up during a lunch meeting Tues- Greta Thunberg Deal. Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey “rise to the occasion, or will he day between Senate Republicans Swedish anti-climate change activist Markey is a co-sponsor of the thanked the 16-year-old activist squander this opportunity as he and Vice President Mike Pence. Green New Deal, which would for her advice and her activism, always has done in the past?” Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., cau- shift the U.S. economy away from which has gained worldwide at- Schumer and House Speaker tioned against overinterpreting fossil fuels such as oil and coal Nancy Pelosi warned Trump on tention by inspiring a series of replied. “We don’t want it,” she the White House’s relative si- and replace them with renewable Sunday that any proposal must protests and school strikes, in- added, especially if officials in- lence. “My guess is they’re still sources such as wind and solar include the House-passed bill cluding one set for Friday. tend to talk about climate change vetting ideas, proposals and kind power. to expand background checks. of putting together their plan,” he Thunberg and other young ac- “without doing anything about “We need your leadership,” he Pelosi and Schumer spoke with said. tivists bring “moral clarity” to it.” told Thunberg and other activists. Trump by phone and said they Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Vir- the fight against global warming, Thunberg was in Washington Markey said. “It’s creating a new X-factor” to made it clear any proposal that ginia Democrat who has helped ahead of a global strike planned “We hear you,” he told her, boost efforts to fight climate does not include it “will not get lead a bipartisan push to expand for Friday. Activists are calling vowing that lawmakers “will re- change. the job done” because dangerous background checks, said he had for immediate action from the double our efforts to make sure Last month, Thunberg crossed loopholes will be left open. not spoken to Trump since late that we inject this issue into the world’s governments to halt glob- the Atlantic Ocean in a solar-pow- Schumer said Tuesday he was last week. Manchin said he con- politics of this building and this al warming, reduce fossil fuel ered boat, landing in New York “not encouraged by what the siders a proposal he is offering country because time is running consumption and avert environ- City on Aug. 28. She’s in Washing- president said” but remained with Pennsylvania Republican out.” mental catastrophe. ton for several days of rallies and committed to pushing for stricter Sen. Pat Toomey a starting point. Markey and other lawmakers Instead of listening to her lobbying efforts ahead of Friday’s gun control measures. Senate “You can’t water it down be- hailed Thunberg as a “superpow- and other teenagers, lawmak- global climate strike. Democrats planned to speak for cause that’s the bedrock,” Man- er,” noting that her activism has ers should invite scientists to the Thunberg will testify before hours on the Senate floor to urge chin said, adding that senators drawn a passionate following of Capitol to listen to their expertise the House Foreign Affairs Com- passage of background checks and the White House haven’t children essentially challenging on ways to slow a rise in global mittee on Wednesday and address and other measures in the wake agreed on anything yet. “We’re their elders to take action. temperatures, Thunberg said. the U.N. Climate Action Summit of mass shootings in Texas and just going to see where it goes,” “Save your praise,” Thunberg “This is not about us. This is not in New York next week. Ohio last month that left dozens he said. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 NATION Trump rips Calif., but for donations, it’s a golden state

BY BRIAN SLODYSKO road about a mile from Trump’s AND KEVIN FREKING luncheon site in Portola Valley, Associated Press with demonstrators inflating giant Baby Trump and Trump PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif. — Chicken balloons. President Donald Trump rarely Republican National Commit- passes up the chance to throw a tee member Harmeet Dhillon of sharp elbow at left-leaning Cali- California said about 400 guests fornia, but he showed Tuesday attended the fundraiser at the he’s more than happy to cash in home of Sun Microsystems co- there with a lunch-dinner-break- founder Scott McNealy, where fast-lunch fundraising blitz ex- GINA FERAZZII, LOS ANGELES TIMES/AP the president spoke for about 45 pected to scoop up $15 million minutes then took questions from President Donald Trump supporters wave as Air Force One taxies along the runway after landing at Los from wealthy Republicans in two the crowd. Angeles International Airport on Tuesday . days. Trump tweeted a cheery mes- “There’s not been a president drastically rework the political in living history that is as un- sage as he departed New Mexico ‘ By showing up to a fundraiser deep in the popular in the state of California on Tuesday to fly to the state: contours of the country’s most as Trump,” said Mike Madrid, a “Just departed New Mexico for belly of the beast, one is saying: ‘I don’t populated state, with the former GOP political consultant who is California, where we are deliver- care what the liberal politicians are GOP stronghold of Orange Coun- an outspoken Trump critic. “But ing results!” The tweet included ty now home to more registered statistics about the state’s unem- our money spends the same as ev- saying and I want to show my support for Democrats than Republicans. ployment rate and job creation. eryone else’s.” “By showing up to a fundraiser With protesters not far away, Talking to reporters aboard Air him publicly. deep in the belly of the beast, one Trump kicked off his moneymak- Force One, Trump got in some ’ Harmeet Dhillon is saying: ‘I don’t care what the ing Tuesday with a $3 million Bay fresh digs about the state’s prob- Republican National Committee Member from San Francisco Area luncheon, to be followed by lem with homelessness, saying, liberal politicians are saying and a $5 million Beverly Hills din- “We can’t let Los Angeles, San I want to show my support for him ner at the home of real estate de- Francisco and numerous other publicly,’” said Dhillon, an ardent veloper Geoffrey Palmer. He’ll cities destroy themselves by al- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Gar- California was an incubator for Trump supporter who said she lowing what’s happening.” bring in an additional $7 million cetti, a Democrat, said ahead of the modern conservative move- lined up four tables of donors for on Wednesday with a breakfast in “The people of San Francisco Trump’s arrival that he hoped ment that swept the state’s for- Los Angeles and luncheon in San are fed up, and the people of Los the president would work with mer governor, Ronald Reagan, the Silicon Valley event. Diego before he visits a section of Angeles are fed up. And we’re the city to end homelessness. He into the White House in 1980. But She said the president’s stop- the border wall. looking at it, and we’ll be doing said he had not been invited to demographic changes and an in- over delivered a jolt of energy for About 100 protesters lined the something about it,” he added. meet with the president. flux of new residents have helped California Republicans. NC elections By the numbers Trump criticized for mileage move boost GOP by BY MICHAEL BIESECKER Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Associated Press The move comes after the Justice Department re- two in House 2 cently opened an antitrust investigation into a deal WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is Associated Press between California and four automakers for tougher poised to revoke California’s authority to set auto pollution and related mileage requirements than Seats the GOP gained in mileage standards, asserting that only the federal WASHINGTON — Two Repub- those sought by President Donald Trump. Trump government has the power to regulate greenhouse licans who triumphed last week in the House with the election also has sought to relax Obama-era federal mileage North Carolina special elections of two North Carolina gas emissions and fuel economy. Conservative and free-market groups have been standards nationwide, weakening a key effort by his — including one whose narrow Republicans in special asked to attend a formal announcement of the roll- Democratic predecessor to slow climate change. win displayed anew that subur- back set for Wednesday afternoon at Environmental Top California officials and environmental groups ban voters are deserting the GOP elections last week. Protection Agency headquarters in Washington. pledged legal action to stop the rollback. while rural residents are embrac- Gloria Bergquist, spokeswoman for the Alliance The White House declined to comment Tuesday, ing the party — became members of Automobile Manufacturers, said Tuesday that referring questions to EPA. EPA’s press office did of the House on Tuesday. her group was among those invited to the event fea- not respond to a phone message and email seeking The swearing-in of Dan Bishop 19 turing EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and comment. and Greg Murphy brought the House to full strength, if only briefly because a Wisconsin law- Seats the GOP would need maker will relinquish his office to gain to wrest control next week. But it still left Repub- of the House from the Calif. GOP congressman won’t run again licans needing to gain 19 seats in Democrats. the 2020 elections to recapture Associated Press California has 53 U.S. House general election, the 8th District House control, a surge that will seats, the most of any state. Its was the only one in 2018 to have SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A be difficult. SOURCE: Associated Press Republican congressional del- two Republicans pitted against Bishop, a conservative state Republican congressman in Cali- egation was cut in half during the each other. senator, wrote the 2016 North 2016 presidential election, a wor- fornia said Tuesday he won’t run 2018 midterms, leaving the party However, local government Carolina law that restricted risome sign for Republicans hop- for re election next year, making with just seven of those seats. jobs in California are bigger than which public bathrooms trans- ing to reelect Trump and make him the 18th GOP incumbent to Cook’s job in California’s 8th in most states. San Bernardino gender people may use. It was gains in Congress next year. bow out of the U.S. House of Rep- Congressional District east of Los County has more than 2 million later repealed under criticism. McCready, a former Marine resentatives now that the party is Angeles likely would have been people . He defeated Democrat Dan turned financier, did slightly bet- in the minority. safe had he wanted it. President Cook declined to elaborate on McCready by 2 percentage points ter in Charlotte and its suburbs U.S. Rep. Paul Cook announced Donald Trump won more than his decision through a spokes- last week. That was significantly than he’d done in his November he will instead run for a seat 54% of the vote in the district in man. In a news release, Cook less than Donald Trump’s 11- 2018 bid for the same vacant on the San Bernardino County 2016. And in a state where the top hinted at frustrations with the point win in the district in the seat. Board of Supervisors in 2020. two vote-getters advance to the bureaucracy in Washington. Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 NATION NY panel OKs ban on sale of flavored e-cigs

BY DEEPTI HAJELA ing surging use among young people. Mike Kruger owns two vape shops in the It includes all types of flavored vaping AND DAVID KLEPPER According to data from the state health Albany region and said the ban could force products, including disposable and refill- Associated Press department, nearly 40% of high school se- hundreds of businesses like his to close. able devices. niors and 27% of high school students over- He said smokers looking to quit will have The state health department said it NEW YORK — New York became all in the state use e-cigarettes. Use among fewer options under the ban, potentially would be studying whether menthol should the first state to ban the sale of flavored high-school students went from 10.5% in leading to an increase in the use of tradi- be added, and a report would go to Cuomo e-cigarettes Tuesday, a move that comes as 2014 to 27.4% in 2018. tional tobacco products. As for the breath- in two weeks. federal health officials investigate a mys- Cuomo pointed to vaping flavors such as ing illnesses, Kruger said he believes they Juul Labs, Inc., the company with the terious surge of severe breathing illnesses linked to vaping. bubblegum and cotton candy that he said are the result of people buying black mar- biggest footprint in the industry, has The vote by the state Public Health seemed aimed at young people. ket vape liquid, not the items he sells. said it agrees with the need for action in and Health Planning Council means the “We don’t really know the health conse- “We are bypassing the legislative pro- the flavored e-cigarette sector and will prohibition, which covers flavored e-ciga- quences of these devices,” he said on pub- cess,” he said of the ban. Kruger added comply with any final state and federal rettes and other vaping products except lic radio Monday. that many adults seek out the flavored ver- regulations. for menthol and tobacco flavors, goes into Vape shop owners say they’re consider- sions. He himself prefers blue raspberry. New York becomes the first state to enact effect immediately. Retailers will have two ing a legal challenge to the new regulation, “Vaping has been around for 12 years. And the ban. Michigan approved a ban that in- weeks to remove merchandise from store which they say should have gone before now this.” cludes menthol, but not tobacco flavor, but shelves. lawmakers for hearings, debate and a vote. The exemption for menthol was criti- rules for enactment have not yet been put Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, had Several spoke at the meeting to urge coun- cized by some health groups, who worried into place. Other states are also consider- proposed the emergency ban Sunday, cit- cil members to reject the ban. young people would switch to that variety. ing bans. Whistleblower: Facebook continues to auto-generate extremists’ pages

BY DESMOND BUTLER were to question representatives comment or post on them and we AND BARBARA ORTUTAY from social media companies, remove any that violate our poli- Associated Press including Monika Bickert, who cies. While we cannot catch every heads Facebooks efforts to stem one, we remain vigilant in this WASHINGTON — In the face extremist messaging. effort.” of criticism that Facebook is not The new details come from an Facebook has a number of func- doing enough to combat extrem- update of a complaint to the Secu- tions that auto-generate pages ist messaging, the company likes rities and Exchange Commission from content posted by users. to say that its automated systems that the National Whistleblower The updated complaint scruti- remove the vast majority of pro- Center plans to file this week. The nizes one function that is meant hibited content glorifying Islamic filing obtained by the AP identi- to help business networking. It JON ELSWICK/AP State and al-Qaida before it’s fies almost 200 auto-generated scrapes employment information reported. pages — some for businesses, oth- from users’ pages to create pages A Facebook page title “I love islamic state” was active Tuesday . A But a whistleblower’s com- ers for schools or other categories for businesses. In this case, it may complaint shows that Facebook has inadvertently produced pages plaint shows that Facebook it- — that directly reference ISIS be helping the extremist groups for extremist groups. self has inadvertently provided and dozens more representing al- because it allows users to like the the two extremist groups with a Qaida and other known groups. pages, potentially providing a list It also expanded its definition of networking and recruitment tool One page listed as a “political of sympathizers for recruiters. terrorism to include not just acts of by producing dozens of pages in ideology” is titled “I love Islamic Facebook has been working violence attended to achieve a po- their names. state.” It features an ISIS logo to limit the spread of extrem- litical or ideological aim, but also The social networking com- inside the outlines of Facebook’s ist material on its service, so far attempts at violence, especially pany appears to have made little famous thumbs-up icon. with mixed success. In March, it when aimed at civilians with the progress on the issue in the four In response to a request for expanded its definition of prohib- intent to coerce and intimidate. months since The Associated comment, a Facebook spokesper- ited content to include U.S. white It’s unclear, though, how well en- Press detailed how pages that son told the AP: “Our priority is nationalist and white separatist forcement works if the company Facebook auto-generates for busi- detecting and removing content material as well as that from in- nesses are aiding Middle East ex- posted by people that violates our ternational extremist groups. It is still having trouble ridding its tremists and white supremacists policy against dangerous indi- says it has banned 200 white su- platform of well-known extremist in the United States. viduals and organizations to stay premacist organizations and 26 organizations’ supporters. On Wednesday, U.S. senators ahead of bad actors. Auto-gener- million pieces of content related But as the report shows, plenty on the Committee on Commerce, ated pages are not like normal to global extremist groups like of material gets through the cracks Science, and Transportation Facebook pages as people can’t ISIS and al-Qaida. — and gets auto-generated. New parent charged in college admission scam

Associated Press charged since June, when parent Both Singer and Janke have plead- vacy laws prevent it from discuss- Jeffrey Bizzack pleaded guilty to ed guilty. ing specific cases, but officials BOSTON — A woman accused paying $250,000 to get his son into Sui’s son was admitted to UCLA are “not aware of any currently of paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, the University of Southern Cali- as a soccer player in November enrolled student-athletes who are Los Angeles, as a fake soccer re- fornia as a fake athlete. Dozens 2018, authorities say, and was under suspicion” by the Justice cruit has become the 52nd person of others were charged in March awarded a 25% scholarship. Department. charged in a sweeping college when authorities announced the The case was outlined in a The alleged bribe ranks among admissions bribery scheme, ac- investigation. March indictment against former the highest in the scheme. Some cording to an indictment unsealed Prosecutors say Sui paid UCLA soccer coach Jorge Sal- other parents are accused of mak- Tuesday. $400,000 to a sham charity op- cedo that didn’t identify Sui by ing payments of up to $500,000, Xiaoning Sui, 48, of Surrey, Brit- erated by admissions consultant name. The document said only and some pursued the scheme ish Columbia, was charged with William “Rick” Singer as part of that Salcedo accepted $200,000 multiple times, prosecutors say, a single count of conspiracy and a scheme to have her son admitted to help two of Singer’s clients get with payments totaling up to $1.2 fraud in the indictment unsealed to UCLA as a fake soccer recruit. their children admitted as soccer million. in Boston’s federal court. Authori- Singer worked with Laura recruits . Salcedo has pleaded not Prosecutors did not explain why ties say she was arrested in Spain Janke, a former assistant soccer guilty. Sui was not part of the original on Monday and was being held coach at USC, to fabricate an ath- A statement from UCLA says group of parents charged. Court there while authorities seek to ex- letic profile depicting Sui’s son as it took “immediate corrective ac- documents show Sui’s indictment tradite her to the United States. a top player on two private soccer tion” after the March indictment was filed in March but remained Sui is the first person to be clubs in Canada, prosecutors said. was released. The school said pri- under seal until Tuesday. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 NATION Storm US sues ex-NSA likely to contractor over book dump on Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. government filed a lawsuit Tues- day against former National Security Agency contractor Ed- Houston ward Snowden, alleging he vio- lated nondisclosure agreements by publishing a memoir without BY JUAN A. LOZANO giving the government an oppor- Associated Press tunity to review it first. The Justice Department is HOUSTON — Imelda is threat- seeking to “recover all proceeds” ening to dump up to 18 inches of from Snowden’s book, which was rain in parts of Southeast Texas released Tuesday. and southwestern Louisiana as Snowden published his book, the tropical depression moves in- “Permanent Record,” without land over the next few days. submitting it for a pre-publication Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist review, in violation of nondisclo- and director of flood operations sure agreements he signed with for the Harris County Flood both the NSA and the Central Control District in Houston, said BRETT COOMER, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP Intelligence Agency, the Justice Department alleges. the main threat from Imelda re- Felipe Morales looks under his truck after getting stuck in a ditch filled with high water during a In his mained the potential for heavy rainstorm spawned by Tropical Storm Imelda on Tuesday in Houston. A man with a truck helped pull him memoir, rainfall and flooding. from the ditch. “We have a few things in our Snowden tells his life favor. The ground is dry. It’s been Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday dry for a while here as we’ve Imelda is the first named storm to impact story in de- placed numerous resources on tail for the come through summer,” Lind- the Houston area since Hurricane Harvey, standby across Texas. ner said. “The initial parts of this first time The Texas Division of Emer- and explains rainfall will go toward saturating according to the National Weather Service. gency Management will have why he the ground.” four boat squads in coastal areas. chose to risk Ken Graham, director of the The Texas Parks and Wildlife De- his freedom National Hurricane Center, said es of rain on parts of the flood hicles and staging rescue boats partment will be moving boats to to become the Houston area and parts of Snowden prone city in August 2017, flood- Tuesday. support the Beaumont area and perhaps the the upper Texas coast and East ing more than 150,000 homes in The storm, which formed Tues- adjacent regions. most famous whistleblower of all Texas could get significant rain- Meanwhile Tuesday, the Na- the Houston area and causing an day, made landfall near Freeport, time. It offers an expansive ac- fall through Thursday as the tional Hurricane Center said estimated $125 billion in damage Texas, with maximum sustained count of how he came to reveal storm moves north. Imelda’s rain Hurricane Humberto in the At- secret details about the govern- in Texas. winds of 40 mph . Some parts of bands were also stretching into lantic Ocean is posing a stronger ment’s mass collection of emails, Louisiana. While there could be some iso- Harris County and neighboring threat to Bermuda , though it was phone calls and internet activity The National Hurricane Cen- lated structure flooding in the Galveston County had already about 285 miles away. in the name of national security. ter said early Wednesday that Houston area, widespread house received about 4 inches of rain Tropical Storm Jerry be- Snowden was charged under Imelda had weakened to a tropi- flooding from Imelda “doesn’t through Tuesday afternoon. came the 10th named storm of the U.S. Espionage Act. He now cal depression and was located look likely at this point,” Lindner Many schools in the Houston the Atlantic hurricane season, lives in Russia in order to avoid about 25 miles north-northwest said. and Galveston area canceled though it remained far from land arrest. of Houston. However, he said residents who classes Wednesday because of Wednesday. “The United States’ ability Imelda is the first named storm live in flood prone areas should the storm. Meteorologists also said newly to protect sensitive national se- to impact the Houston area since still be mindful and take extra In a tweet Tuesday, Houston formed Tropical Storm Lorena in curity information depends on Hurricane Harvey, according to precautions. Mayor Sylvester Turner asked the Pacific Ocean could produce employees’ and contractors’ com- the National Weather Service. Officials in the Houston area residents to be “alert and weather heavy rains and flooding in Mex- pliance with their non-disclosure Harvey dumped nearly 50 inch- were preparing high-water ve- aware.” ico by Thursday. agreements, including their pre- publication review obligations,” Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt said in a statement. “We will not permit individuals to enrich Law firm’s abuse clients paid $80M by Chicago archdiocese themselves, at the expense of the United States, without complying Associated Press Payments to the doesn’t disclose settlement pay- some payouts to individuals run- with their pre-publication review outs to specific law firms or in- ning into the millions of dollars. CHICAGO — The Roman obligations.” firm’s clients over dividuals. It did acknowledge The archdiocese fought litiga- In a tweet, Snowden said it is Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago the payments have strained the tion throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s “hard to think of a greater stamp has paid $80 million to 160 vic- nearly 20 years of authenticity than the US gov- tims of sexual abuse by clergy budget of the archdiocese, which but slowly developed a settlement ernment filing a lawsuit claiming represented by a single law firm averaged $500,000 serves more than 2 million Catho- process, Anderson said. He called lics in and around Chicago. the relationship with the archdio- your book is so truthful that it was since 2001, the lawyer who heads per victim. literally against the law to write.” the Minnesota-based firm told re- “The Archdiocese of Chicago cese “arduous and inconsistent” has made significant progress but said that there’s been a posi- The Justice Department is not porters Tuesday. attempting to limit the book’s dis- According to a statement is- in recent years in stabilizing our tive “sea change” in approach in represented by Anderson’s firm. tribution, but is asking a federal sued later by the archdiocese, it finances,” the statement said. It recent decades. It doesn’t include payments to added that the archdiocese still Anderson was asked if some judge to allow the government to has paid around $200 million in collect all the proceeds from the survivors represented by other faces challenges “due to miscon- might raise eyebrows about how all to settle litigation accusing book. The book’s publisher was law firms, and doesn’t include duct settlements, the declining his law firm has profited from the clergy of sexual misconduct over also named in the lawsuit. more than 35 ongoing cases han- recent decades. size of our congregation and other litigation. He answered: “You’re The government is suing the dled by Anderson ’s firm. Jeff Anderson, one of the most factors.” damn right we made a lot of publisher to ensure no funds are prominent attorneys representing If the $80 million figure is cor- A July Chicago Tribune report money.” transferred to Snowden while the accusers nationwide, told a Chi- rect, that means clients of Ander- cited archdiocese officials as esti- But Anderson, who began rep- case plays out, the Justice De- cago news conference it was the son and his colleagues may have mating they may have to pay $156 resenting clergy-abuse victims in partment said. Snowden’s attor- first time he’s publicly revealed received around 40 percent of the million more to settle legal action the 1980s, said his firm has do- ney, Ben Wizner, of the American the sum of payments to clients total $200 million in payouts by by survivors in years to come. nated large sums of money to the Civil Liberties Union, said the abused by nearly 50 clergy. the archdiocese. Anderson said payments to his decadeslong movement to force book does not contain any secrets The $80 million includes recent The brief Tuesday statement clients over nearly 20 years aver- the Catholic Church to “come that haven’t previously been re- settlements for seven accusers from the archdiocese said it aged $500,000 per victim, with clean” about the abuse. ported by news outlets. Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 NATION Number, rate of abortions at lowest levels since 1973

BY DAVID CRARY By contrast, the Northeast added 59 clinics, mostly in Associated Press New Jersey and New York. Over that period, the abortion rate dropped in Ohio NEW YORK — The number and rate of abortions by 27% and in Texas by 30%, but the rate dropped across the United States have plunged to their lowest by similar amounts in states that protected abor- levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in tion access, including California, Hawaii and New 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday. Hampshire. The report from the Guttmacher Institute, a re- Areas with the highest abor- search group that supports abortion rights, counted One trend tion rates in 2017 were the Dis- 862,000 abortions in the U.S. in 2017. That’s down trict of Columbia, New Jersey, from 926,000 tallied in the group’s previous report documented GODOFREDO A. VASQUEZ, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP New York, Maryland and Flor- for 2014, and from just over 1 million counted for in the ida. Rates were lowest in Wyo- The battleship Texas, which served in World War I and World War II, 2011. report: ming, South Dakota, Kentucky, is seen in Houston. Guttmacher is the only entity that strives to count Idaho and Missouri — many all abortions in the U.S., making inquiries of individ- people women from those five states ual providers. Federal data compiled by the Centers who have go out of state to obtain abor- for Disease Control and Prevention excludes Califor- abortions tions . Galveston looking nia, Maryland and New Hampshire. One significant trend docu- The new report illustrates that abortions are de- are mented in the report: people creasing in all parts of the country, whether in increasingly who have abortions are in- Republican-controlled states seeking to restrict creasingly relying on medi- to berth battleship abortion access or in Democratic-run states protect- relying on cation rather than surgery. ing abortion rights. Between 2011 and 2017, abortion medication Medication abortion, making use of the so-called abortion BY KERI HEATH Monument in La Porte, needs rates increased in only five states and the District of rather than pill, accounted for 39% of all The Galveston County Daily News somewhere with higher visita- Columbia. abortions in 2017, up from 29% tion, said Bruce Bramlett, ex- One reason for the decline in abortions is that surgery. in 2014. GALVESTON, Texas — In- ecutive director of the Battleship fewer women are becoming pregnant. The Guttm- The report, which focuses terest in bringing the battleship Texas Foundation, which raises acher Institute noted that the birth rate, as well as the on data from 2017, does not chronicle the flurry of Texas to Galveston is mounting as money for the ship and promotes abortion rate, declined during the years covered by the new report. A likely factor, the report said, is in- sweeping abortion bans that were enacted earlier a citizen-led committee prepares it to visitors. creased accessibility of contraception since 2011, as this year in several GOP-controlled states, including to release a report outlining rec- Beyond Seawolf Park and Pier the Affordable Care Act required most private health a near-total ban in Alabama and five bills that would ommendations on where to berth 21, the committee is researching the historic ship. insurance plans to cover contraceptives without out- ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, as other sites, said Jonathan Hale, The Galveston County Daily of-pocket costs. early as six weeks into pregnancy. committee chairman and vice News reports Seawolf Park on According to the report, the 2017 abortion rate was None of those bans has taken effect; their backers president at Gulf Copper, which Pelican Island and Pier 21 on 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 — the hope that litigation over the laws might eventually repairs and refurbishes marine Galveston’s harbor have emerged lowest rate since the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. lead to a Supreme Court ruling weakening or over- as the top favorites, though there’s vessels and offshore rigs at its Wade decision legalizing abortion. Following that rul- turning Roe v. Wade. been no final decision about Pelican Island yard. ing, the number of abortions in the U.S. rose steadily Guttmacher’s president, Dr. Herminia Palacio, where the vessel might dock. And The committee is looking at — peaking at 1.6 million in 1990 before starting a said abortion restrictions, regardless of whether they whether the World War I-era ship other sites near the East End steady, still-continuing decline. The abortion rate is lead to fewer abortions, “are coercive and cruel by comes to the island at all depends Flats, Galveston Yacht Basin and now less than half what is was in 1990. design,” with disproportionate impact on low-income on which Galveston site local of- along the port, Hale said. Guttmacher noted that almost 400 state laws re- women. ficials agree upon and whether The bottom line is that the ship stricting abortion access were enacted between However, the push for tougher restrictions contin- they agree at all. will need to attract enough people 2011 and 2017, but it said these laws were not the ues. Just last week, Texas Right to Life and some al- The Texas Legislature earlier to get the money it needs, said main force behind the overall decline in abortions. lied groups urged Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special this year announced it would no state Rep. Mayes Middleton, who It said 57% of the nationwide decline occurred in the session of the Legislature to “abolish every remain- longer fund maintenance for the represents Galveston and is part 18 states, plus the District of Columbia, that did not ing elective abortion” in the state. ship after it pays $35 million to of the committee. enact any new restrictions. The report comes amid upheaval in the federal float it to a shipyard for repairs. “The ship needs 300,000 visi- Between 2011 and 2017, the number of clinics pro- family planning program, known as Title X. About All future maintenance will tors a year to be self-sustaining viding abortion in the U.S. declined from 839 to 808, one in five family planning clinics have left the pro- have to be paid for with admission and Galveston has over 7 million with significant regional disparities, the report said. gram, objecting to a Trump administration regulation fees to the ship, and that means tourists a year, so we could easily The South had a decline of 50 clinics, including 25 that bars them from referring women for abortions. the Texas, which now makes its meet those numbers,” Middleton in Texas, and the Midwest had a decline of 33 clin- Title X clinics provide birth control and basic health home near the San Jacinto Battle said. ics, including nine each in Iowa, Michigan and Ohio. services for low-income women. VA removes some officials after vet was covered in ant bites BY ROSE L. THAYER network, was assigned to other Marrable, a 74-year-old with tor “believes veterans in Georgia patient-care positions while Stars and Stripes administrative duties outside the cancer, died the following day of need to be reassured that the VA members of an administrative network, pending a review of the causes unrelated to the ant bites. is doing everything in its power to investigation board from outside A southeast regional director quality and safety of care issues, “What happened at Eagles’ ensure an incident like this never the southeast network investigate for the Veterans Health Admin- according to a VA news release. Nest was unacceptable, and we happens again.” the handling of the incident in- istration was placed on admin- Scott Isaacks, director of the VA want to ensure that veterans and Lawrence B. Connell, VHA volving ants biting patients. istrative leave Tuesday, among Medical Center in Charleston, families know we are determined chief of staff, and Renee Oshin- To improve reporting and com- other regional and Atlanta-area S.C., will take over as acting net- to restore their trust in the facil- ski, VHA deputy undersecretary munication, the administration staff disciplinary actions, after a work director. ity,” said Dr. Richard Stone, VHA for health for operations and realigned the VA’s Office of Net- Vietnam veteran was bitten more work Support, a VA organization than 100 times by ants nearly two The leadership moves come in executive in charge. “Transpar- management, were in Atlanta this that had been responsible for col- weeks ago in a VA-run nursing response to three veterans sus- ency and accountability are key week working with Ann Brown, home in Atlanta, the Department taining ant bites while in the care principles at VA, and they will the new director for the Atlanta lecting and disseminating reports of Veterans Affairs announced. of the Eagles’ Nest Community guide our efforts in this regard.” VA Health Care System, to con- regarding incidents at medical The VA also announced an in- Living Center at the Atlanta VA Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., ex- duct an onsite review of the nurs- centers across the nation to VHA vestigation into how the incident Medical Center, and other un- pressed outrage last week about ing home’s operations “to ensure leadership. occurred and the staff’s handling specified “ongoing issues” within the incident and the VA’s lack of it has the right leaders and staff The final action announced is of it is underway. the region. The daughter of vet- communication after it occurred. in place to provide the highest a pledge to retrain all VA person- Leslie Wiggins, director of eran Joel Marrable said she saw Isakson, who is chairman of the quality health care and services nel involved in reporting urgent the VA Southeast Network, was more than 100 ant bites on her fa- Senate Veterans’ Affairs Com- possible,” according to the VA issues throughout the chain of placed on immediate administra- ther Sept. 6 when she visited him mittee, spoke to VA Secretary statement. command. tive leave and Ajay K. Dhawan, in the nursing home, according to Robert Wilkie on Tuesday and Seven Atlanta VA staff mem- [email protected] the chief medical officer for the a New York Daily News report. staff for Isakson said the sena- bers were also moved into non- Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 NATION O’Brien picked as next national security adviser

BY DEB RIECHMANN AND partment, O’Brien worked closely DARLENE SUPERVILLE with the families of American Associated Press hostages and advised administra- tion officials WASHINGTON — President on hostage Donald Trump said Wednesday issues. He he’s naming hostage negotia- previously tor Robert O’Brien, who Trump helped lead had monitor the criminal case in the depart- Sweden against American rapper ment’s pub- A$AP Rocky, as his new national lic-private security adviser. partnership Trump tweeted the announce- for justice ment from California. reform in “I am pleased to announce that Afghanistan I will name Robert C. O’Brien, O’Brien during the currently serving as the very Bush and successful Special Presidential Obama administrations. Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the Earlier this year, Trump dis- State Department, as our new Na- patched O’Brien to Sweden to tional Security Advisor,” he said. keep tabs on the criminal case “I have worked long & hard with there against A$AP Rocky, who Robert. He will do a great job!” a judge and jury ultimately found Trump announced that O’Brien guilty of assault in August, sev- will become his fourth national eral weeks after a street brawl security adviser a week after he in Stockholm that attracted BEBETO MATTHEWS/AP ousted John Bolton , citing poli- Trump’s attention. Trump tried cy disagreements. O’Brien was to intervene in the case by call- among five candidates the Re- ing Swedish Prime Minister Repairing the bull by the horns publican president had said Tues- Stefan Lofven in July and offer- day were being considered for the ing to personally guarantee bail Jake Joyce, left, and Sarah May, center, from the artist collaborative company UAP, inspect vandalism post, which does not require Sen- for the rapper, whose real name damage to Wall Street’s iconic “Charging Bull” bronze statue, Tuesday in New York. The artist who ate confirmation. is Rakim Mayers. Lofven told created the sculpture, Arturo Di Modica, is expected to travel from his studio in Sicily to oversee repairs As the special presidential envoy Trump he couldn’t interfere in a to the gash from vandalism. for hostage affairs at the State De- legal matter. Woman’s engagement dream Lawmakers seek expansion had an odd ring of truth to it of hyperbaric therapy for vets BY MEAGAN FLYNN old San Diego resident and her The Washington Post befuddled but very concerned BY NIKKI WENTLING fiance rushed to the emergency approved for illnesses such as decompression sick- It was hard for Jenna Evans to room around 8 a.m., “where I Stars and Stripes ness and carbon monoxide poisoning. figure out when the dream ended struggled to explain why I was At the time, the VA said it was an “off-label” use of and real life began. She and her there.” WASHINGTON — Two lawmakers introduced the treatment, but a promising one. fiance, Bobby Howell, were on a Doctors soon discovered what legislation in the House and Senate on Wednesday “There is nothing more important to us than car- high-speed cargo train. The bad Evans’s dream had already told that would require the Department of Veterans ing for our nation’s veterans, and that care must guys were coming. To protect her: She really did swallow her Affairs to offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy for vet- include finding different approaches that work best her engagement ring, Howell told engagement ring in her sleep. erans with post-traumatic stress disorder and trau- for them,” Shulkin said. her, there was only one thing she The specialists had a plan: matic brain injury — an unproven treatment that The VA started using the therapy at facilities in could do: Swallow it. Evans would undergo an upper some veterans have praised as a useful tool in their Oklahoma and California to treat veterans with “So I popped that sucker off,” endoscopy later that morning. recovery. PTSD. The agency recently decided to expand the Evans remembered in a Facebook They would pluck it out of her. The VA began offering hyperbaric oxygen ther- therapy to a facility in North Dakota, the West Fargo post that’s since gone viral, “put They said, “don’t worry its apy for veterans with PTSD at a few select VA fa- Pioneer reported this month. It’s also now available it in my mouth and swallowed not big deal,” Evans wrote, “but cilities in 2017. The TBI and PTSD Treatment Act, in Texas and Florida, the report stated. it with a glass of water” — right please sign this release form just introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., and Sen. The therapy is supervised by a VA physician and about the time she woke up. in case you die.” Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., would require the VA to only available to veterans who haven’t noticed a Something didn’t feel right. Did Once she was out, the doctors make it available to any veteran with PTSD. The bill decrease in PTSD symptoms after going through she really just throw back her 2.4- snaked a little camera down her also extends the use of the therapy to veterans with other, evidence-based treatments. carat diamond ring like a pill? No, throat, past her stomach — and traumatic brain injury. Cramer said his legislation would build upon what she thought, of course not. It was then they saw it: a glowing, shiny “This bill gives veterans an additional choice to the VA is already doing by making hyperbaric oxy- just a dream. object on its way into the small treat these serious mental health issues,” Biggs said gen therapy a covered treatment under federal law. She closed her eyes. When she intestine. in a statement. “[Hyperbaric oxygen therapy] has “I look forward to continuing to work with the woke up again, she saw it clearly Evans opened her eyes again. the potential to help the VA make progress in their administration and my congressional colleagues on in the light: The ring was really The ring wasn’t on her finger. mental health and suicide prevention efforts. This is getting more access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy gone. This time, Howell had it. an avenue where we have a lot of ground to gain.” for our veterans,” he said in a statement. “When I woke up and it was not “Bobby finally gave my ring The treatment uses pressurized hyperbaric cham- The VA said in 2017 that it would conduct new on my hand, I knew exactly where back this morning,” Evans wrote bers to send higher oxygen levels to patients. Former research into the effectiveness of the therapy be- it was,” Evans, who has a history in her post on Thursday. “I prom- VA Secretary David Shulkin announced in 2017 that fore deciding whether to make it available to more of sleepwalking, told KGTV. “It ised not to swallow it again, we’re the agency would begin offering it to veterans with veterans. was in my stomach.” still getting married and all is PTSD, despite a lack of evidence that it’s effective [email protected] Last Wednesday, the 29-year- right in the world.” for mental health. The therapy has been federally Twitter: @nikkiwentling Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 WORLD Election deadlocks Israel’s 2 main parties

BY ARON HELLER outside his home in the West Bank settlement of Associated Press Nokdim. “There is one and only option: a national unity government that is broad and liberal and we JERUSALEM — Israel’s two main political will not join any other option.” parties were deadlocked Wednesday after an un- That could spell serious trouble for the continua- precedented repeat election, with Prime Minister tion of Netanyahu’s lengthy rule. Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to hold Gantz, a former military chief, has ruled out sit- on to his job. ting with a Netanyahu-led Likud at a time when the The election’s seeming political kingmaker, Avig- prime minister is expected to be indicted on cor- dor Lieberman, said he’ll insist upon a secular unity ruption charges in the coming weeks. It raised the government between Netanyahu’s Likud and Benny specter of an alternate Likud candidate rising to Gantz’s Blue and White parties, who based on par- challenge Netanyahu, though most of its senior of- tial results, are tied at 32 seats each out of the 120 in ficials have thus far pledged to stand solidly behind parliament. their leader. Without Lieberman’s endorsement, both parties Netanyahu, the longest serving leader is Israeli appear to have fallen well short of securing a parlia- history, had desperately sought an outright major- mentary majority with their prospective ideological ity with his hard-line and ultra-Orthodox allies in allies. hopes of passing legislation to give him immunity With results still pouring in, Lieberman insisted from his expected indictment. the overall picture was unlikely to change. He also Israel’s attorney general has recommended demanded a secular “liberal” government shorn of charging Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach SEBASTIAN SCHEINER/AP the religious and ultra-Orthodox allies the prime of trust in three scandals, pending a long-awaited minister has long relied upon. hearing scheduled in the coming weeks. A formal Blue and White party leaders, from left, Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny “The conclusion is clear, everything we said indictment would increase the pressure on Netan- Gantz, Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya’alon greet supporters after the first throughout the campaign is coming true,” he said yahu to step aside if he does not have immunity. results of the elections in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday. South Korea lowers Japan trade status as rift grows

BY KIM TONG-HYUNG as telecommunications security Associated Press equipment, semiconductor ma- terials and chemical products to SEOUL, South Korea — South Japan. He said Seoul will work to Korea on Wednesday followed minimize disruption to South Ko- through with plans to drop Japan rean companies. from a list of countries receiving Japan for decades has enjoyed fast-track approvals in trade, a re- a huge trade surplus with South action to a similar move by Tokyo Korea, an economy that’s much to downgrade Seoul’s trade status more dependent on exports and amid a tense diplomatic dispute. where major manufacturers South Korea’ trade ministry heavily rely on parts and materi- said Japan’s removal from a 29- als imported from Japan. member “white list” of nations The trade dispute between the enjoying minimum trade restric- neighbors began in July when tions went into effect as Seoul Japan imposed tighter export rearranged its export control controls on three chemicals system covering hundreds of sen- South Korean companies use to sitive materials that can be used produce semiconductors and dis- for both civilian and military plays for smartphones and TVs, purposes. KYODO NEWS/AP which are major export items for The change comes a week after South Korea, citing unspecified Samoa’s rugby players perform during a welcome ceremony in Yamagata, northern Japan, ahead of South Korea initiated a complaint security concerns over Seoul’s the Rugby World Cup in Japan. The team said it will wear skin suits to cover players’ traditional Pacific to the World Trade Organization Islander tattoos during some training at the World Cup in order not to offend the Japanese hosts. over a separate Japanese move export controls. to tighten export controls on key The measures, which weeks chemicals South Korean compa- later were followed by Japan’s nies use to manufacture semicon- move to exclude South Korea Samoans give up right to bare arms ductors and displays. from its own trade “white list,” Seoul has accused Tokyo of triggered a full-blown diplomatic weaponizing trade to retaliate dispute that saw relations sink to in some Rugby World Cup training against South Korean court rul- lows unseen in decades. ings calling for Japanese compa- The dispute has spilled over to Associated Press larities in our cultures but when venues that have allowed us to nies to offer reparations to South security issues, with Seoul declar- it comes to the tattoos … it’s quite show our tattoos and some plac- ing it planned to terminate a bilat- YAMAGATA, Japan — Samoan Koreans forced into labor during normal in our culture.” es where we can’t, and for those eral military intelligence-sharing rugby players will wear skin suits World War II. Tokyo’s measures “But we are respectful and places, we’ve been given ‘skins’ struck a nerve in South Korea, pact with Japan that symbolized to cover their traditional tattoos mindful to what the Japanese to wear to cover our tattoos,” he the countries’ three-way secu- during some training sessions at where many still harbor resent- way is. We will be making sure said. “The extra skins are only ment over Japan’s brutal colonial rity cooperation with the United the World Cup in order not to of- that what we are showing will be for when we go to the (swimming) rule from 1910 to 1945. States in the face of North Korea’s fend their Japanese hosts. OK.” pools though, at the training we According to the South Korean nuclear threat and China’s grow- Samoa captain Jack Lam said Samoa team manager Va’elua can wear our normal clothes.” trade ministry, with the new mea- ing influence. team officials consulted an ex- Aloi Alesana told the Rugby World Samoa will play Russia, Scot- sures in effect, it can now take up Following an angry reaction pert on Japanese culture to make Cup website that the word tattoo land, Japan and Ireland in Pool to 15 days for South Korean com- from Washington, Seoul later said sure tattooed players avoided any originates from the Samoan word A, opening against Russia on panies to gain approvals to ex- it could reconsider its decision cultural issues. Tattoos are often “tatau, which means ‘a must’,” he Sept. 24. port sensitive materials to Japan, to end the military agreement, associated with organized crime said. “So every young boy, when Defending champion New Zea- compared to the five days or less which remains in effect until in Japan, and people with tattoos he gets to a certain age, he gets land also has a number of indige- it took under a simpler inspec- November, if Japan relists South are often banned at some bath a tattoo as a kind of passport to nous Maori or Polynesian players tion process provided for favored Korea as a favored trade partner. houses and swimming pools. get into the group and serve the who have traditional tattoos. The trade partners. Seoul announced its plans to “We had someone coming in chiefs.” Alesana said the wearing All Blacks say they have received Lee Ho-hyeon, a South Korean downgrade Tokyo’s trade status and giving us a heads-up about of the skin covering will depend advice from experts on Japanese trade ministry official, said the in August before holding a 20-day what we could expect in Japan,” on the training site. protocol to ensure they do not change would affect about 100 period to gather opinions on the Lam said. “There’s a lot of simi- “There are some training cause offense. local firms that export items such decision. PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 WORLD EU leader: Risk of no-deal Brexit remains ‘very real’

BY SAMUEL PETREQUIN skeptical of that declaration. AND MARK CARLSON “I asked the British prime Associated Press minister to specify the alterna- tive arrangements that he could STRASBOURG, France — The envisage,” Juncker said. “As long risk of Britain leaving the Euro- as such proposals are not made, pean Union without a divorce deal I cannot tell you — while look- remains “very real,” European ing you straight in the eye — that Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker declared Wednesday as progress is being made.” EU lawmakers debated the rami- The Brexit agreement made fications of a no-deal Brexit. with the EU by Johnson’s pre- Speaking at the European Par- decessor, Theresa May, was re- liament in Strasbourg, France, jected three times by Britain’s Juncker, who met with British Parliament, prompting May to Prime Minister Boris Johnson resign and the fiercely pro-Brex- on Monday, said a no-deal Brexit it Johnson to come to power in FRANCOIS MORI/AP “might be the choice of the U.K., July. but it will never be ours.” Spelling out the need for the After the debate, the Europe- backstop, EU chief Brexit nego- an Parliament was set to adopt tiator Michel Barnier warned On the bubble a resolu- that even if Britain leaves with- tion laying out any agreement at all, several SeaBubbles co-founder Anders Bringdal of Sweden stands onboard a SeaBubble on the river Seine on Wednesday in Paris. Paris is testing an eco-friendly bubble-shaped taxi that zips along the water, capable out its con- major problems will still have to of whisking passengers up and down the Seine River. Dubbed Seabubbles, the vehicle is still in early cerns about be resolved, including the future stages, but proponents see it as a new model for the fast-changing landscape of urban mobility. Britain’s of citizens hit by Brexit, peace in impending Northern Ireland and the protec- departure tion of the EU’s single market from the and the Irish economy. 28-nation “None of these questions dis- Mexican experts piece together bloc Oct. appears,” Barnier said Wednes- 31. Johnson day, insisting that the challenges has been must not be underestimated. 41 bodies from bags found in well adamant the “We need legally operative so- U.K. will lutions in the withdrawal agree- Associated Press Juncker leave the EU Experts said that after a week rival gangs or kidnap victims. ment to respond precisely to of study, they had been able to In July, prosecutors found on that date MEXICO CITY — Forensic ex- each problem — to address each piece together 13 complete bod- 21 bodies in the yard of a house with or without a withdrawal risk — that Brexit creates.” aminers in western Mexico said agreement. ies, 16 partial bodies, six heads near Guadalajara. In May, the re- “Some three years after the Tuesday they have pieced togeth- and six body trunks that corre- mains of at least 34 people were The main sticking point over British referendum, it’s not a er a total of 41 bodies from bags a Brexit deal is the Irish border spond to different people. found at two separate properties question of pretending to nego- full of body parts found in a well backstop, which would require The pit was first located in in Jalisco. tiate. It’s our responsibility to earlier this month. Britain to respect EU trade and early September, when residents In March, workers were re- continue this process with deter- The examiners in the western customs rules in order to avoid a reported fetid odors and flies moving mud and debris to clear a mination and sincerity,” Barnier state of Jalisco said tests were hard border between EU mem- around the rural site. storm drain at another spot on the told the European lawmakers. continuing on the grisly contents ber Ireland and the U.K.’s North- Clandestine burial sites have outskirts of Guadalajara, when In London, Britain’s Supreme ern Ireland until a better solution of 119 plastic bags dumped in a become common in Jalisco, home they began finding plastic bags Court was set to resume its is found. well near the city of Guadalajara. to the drug cartel of the same with the odor of dead bodies. “I have no sentimental attach- hearing to determine whether Authorities had to call in back- name. Gangs frequently use such In the end, they pulled a total of ment to the backstop,” Juncker Johnson’s decision to suspend hoes to fully excavate the pit. pits to dispose of the bodies of 20 bodies out of the storm drain. said, adding, however, that he Parliament was illegal. Judges remains attached to the purpose must determine if Johnson over- it serves, which is not to create stepped his authority by suspend- border structures that could be ing Parliament for a five-week Hong Kong cancels fireworks amid protests detrimental to peace in Northern period during the run-up to the Brexit deadline. Ireland. Associated Press “That is why I called on the The government’s opponents Plainclothes police escorted them out of the mall, and officers formed a human chain to prevent clash- British prime minister to come argue that Johnson illegally shut HONG KONG — An annual fireworks display in es with the other side. At a similar rally at a mall last forward with concrete propos- down Parliament just weeks be- Hong Kong marking China’s National Day on Oct. weekend, what started as heckling turned violent as als, operational and in writing on fore the scheduled Brexit date 1 was called off Wednesday as pro-democracy pro- people traded blows, some using umbrellas to hit all alternatives that would allow for the “improper purpose” of tests show no sign of ending. their opponents. us to reach these objectives,” dodging lawmakers’ legitimate The city issued a terse statement saying the show scrutiny of his Brexit plans. They The anthem singing has sought to counter a newly Juncker said. over its famed Victoria Harbour had been canceled penned protest song sung by democracy supporters also say Johnson misled Queen EU leaders have made clear “in view of the latest situation and having regard to in malls. Elizabeth II, whose approval was that any amendment to the cur- public safety.” The protests also led the Hong Kong Jockey Club needed for the shutdown. rent proposed divorce deal Major protests are expected on Oct. 1, which will to cancel horse racing Wednesday night. Some pro- should preserve the bloc’s single Speaking in Strasbourg, the be the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Com- testers had suggested targeting the club because a market and uphold the Good Fri- European Parliament’s top munist Party-governed People’s Republic of China. horse owned by controversial pro-Beijing lawmaker day peace agreement that ended Brexit official attacked Johnson’s Hong Kong has experienced often-violent demon- Junius Ho was due to run, public broadcaster RTHK decades of conflict in Northern decision to prorogue Parliament. strations all summer as many residents fear the Chi- reported. Ireland. Noting that Eurosceptic politi- nese government is eroding the rights and freedoms “Our concerns are tied to potential social un- Despite his declaration that cians often criticize the EU for the semi-autonomous territory is supposed to have rest in the vicinity tonight, the very real threat of Britain will leave on Oct. 31 “do being undemocratic, Guy Ver- under a “one country, two systems” framework. a disturbance or possible violence at Happy Valley or die,” Johnson insists he can hofstadt said EU leaders “can do The protests have divided the city. Dozens of sup- Racecourse, and uncertainty regarding transpor- strike a revised divorce deal with a lot of things, but at least they porters of China waved Chinese flags and sang the tation ... for racegoers, jockeys and employees and the bloc in time for an orderly cannot close the doors of our national anthem in a mall Wednesday, while anti- horses throughout the evening,” the club said in a departure. European leaders are house. That is not possible.” government protesters booed them. statement. Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

MCGREGOR WALLACE/AP Mcgregor Wallace’s pig, Leroy , is considered a fugitive pet in Columbia, S.C. Pig’s escapades cause owner to face citations

COLUMBIA — This SC little piggy should have stayed home. The State newspaper reported that for the fourth time, Leroy — a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig — wandered over to Brennan Elementary School in Columbia , leading officials to slap Mcgregor Wallace with citations for owning a pig within city limits and hav- ing a fugitive pet. Wallace said Leroy is his emo- tional support animal meant to help him deal with PTSD from domestic trauma. Wallace said he got Leroy sev- eral months ago to replace a stan- dard pig that grew too big. He said Leroy knows how to open the home’s gate when Wal- lace isn’t home. The 7-month-old swine is now at Columbia’s animal shelter. JOHN RUCOSKY, THE (JOHNSTOWN, PA.) TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT/AP Teen drives 8 blocks with sister on car hood Catch of the day

EASTON — Authorities Madison Byrd, 10, of Nanty Glo, Pa., inspects a small fish she caught on a meal worm at Hinckston Run Reservoir near Vinco, Pa., on PA said a man drove about Tuesday. eight blocks with his sister on the hood of a car, but was stopped when she called her stepfather Police say girlfriend THE CENSUS US bodybuilder wins and he stopped the driver. scorched ex’s home Mr. Olympia title Easton police said Rahmir The number of alligators Mississippi hunters bagged Coley, 18, was charged with child PLEASANT GROVE from public waters during this year’s alligator season. NASHVILLE — A endangerment. AL — Authorities in Ala- Ricky Flynt of the state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries bodybuilder from 918 and Parks said the number is 153 more than last year. The TN Authorities said Coley was driv- bama said a woman admitted to Nashville won the 2019 Mr. Olym- state record of 982 was in 2015. Paul Edwards of Okolona ing the stepfather’s car when he setting her ex-boyfriend’s house pia competition and the title’s and five guests this year tied a state record by catching a 10-foot-long female. picked up his sister. The stepfa- on fire the day after he broke up $400,000 prize. ther told the girl to drive because with her. The Tennessean reported Bran- he didn’t want Coley operating News outlets reported Ashlee don Curry, 36, is the first body- his vehicle. Mack, 33, was charged with sec- charged with breaking into two was reported missing Sunday builder from Tennessee to win Coley refused to leave the car. ond-degree arson and third-de- churches, a dentist’s office and an from Sand Springs Presbyterian the premier bodybuilding compe- The girl then sat on the hood and gree burglary. aesthetic plastic surgery office. Church in Orwood, a ghost town. tition, which started in 1965. The Coley allegedly drove off. Pleasant Grove police Lt. The Asheville Citizen-Times The church is about 16 miles newspaper said Curry is only the Danny Reid said the man broke reported Fewell stole cash and southwest of Oxford. 10th American to claim the title Swingers club owes up with Mack earlier this year. electronics from a nonprofit sup- of Mr. Olympia models for using images Reid said Mack broke into the porting women with breast can- Women left wallet, man’s home the next day, doused cer that was located inside one meth at cash register Couple’s castle to his belongings in gasoline and set of the churches. The items were MIAMI — A Miami reopen for public tours everything on fire. valued at $7,500. swingers club must pay CALHOUN — Authori- FL Reid said police were working 32 models a combined $892,500 ties in Louisiana said a SAVANNA — An Illinois the case for months until Mack LA for using their images without Bell missing from wallet forgotten at a cash register couple’s home that they admitted to starting the blaze. IL permission. historic church found was filled with more than just old turned into a castle will reopen The Miami Herald reported receipts. for tours next month. a jury agreed on the payment, Man accused of stealing WATER VALLEY The Monroe News-Star report- People can tour Alan and Adri- which totals much less than the from cancer charity MS — Authorities in Mis- ed the wallet contained a bag of anne St. George’s Havencrest models’ desired $5.3 million. sissippi said they’ve recovered crystal methamphetamine and Castle in Savanna during week- Miami Velvet caters to couples ASHEVILLE — Po- a bell reportedly stolen from a an insurance card belonging to ends in October. who share partners and have NC lice in North Carolina church on the National Register Alicia A. Pitre, 23. The newspa- The 63-room castle has many group sex. arrested a man who they say of Historic Places. per said Pitre was charged with rooms decorated in traditional The women filed suit in 2015 broke in to several churches and The Oxford Eagle reported Mi- possession of a schedule II con- Victorian designs. Other rooms after advertisements featuring stole thousands of dollars’ worth chael Lippert, 33, was booked in trolled dangerous substance. feature Chinese, Persian, Egyp- their photos appeared on Miami of items from a breast cancer the Lafayette County Detention An arrest report said an em- tian and Indian themes. A medi- Velvet’s website . charity. Center and charged with grand ployee noticed the wallet at eval hall and a conservatory with A judge ruled in favor of the The Asheville Police Depart- larceny . the register in July and looked Chicago-style architecture are women in 2017 . This month’s trial ment said in a news release that The newspaper said the bell through it to find an I D , she in- also open to visitors. was held to determine damages. Conner Lee Fewell, 25, was was found Monday. The bell stead found meth. From wire reports PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 FACES

EMMY PREDICTIONS Will ‘Thrones’ slay again?

BY LYNN ELBER AND MARK KENNEDY to Jon Snow with a statuette. Associated Press Actress, drama series AP AP In the Way Too Much TV Era, it truly is an Should win: honor just to be nominated. Elber — Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve.” Longtime political reporter and “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek is Imagine that you’re working on a television se- A tour-de-force performance of vulnerability analyst Cokie Roberts, pictured and, to her character’s dismay, brutality. Will battling pancreatic cancer. ries, one of the many actors, writers and others win: in 2017, died Tuesday at 75. who give daily thanks for the rise of cable and Sandra Oh. Deserved, history-making rec- streaming that has led to gazillions — at least ognition as she becomes the first actress of Asian Trebek says he’s Women in — of shows and growing employment opportuni- descent to win a lead actress trophy. Also makes ties. Then, besides the possibility of at up for her five “Grey’s Anatomy” sup- resumed chemo least your mom spotting you in the vast porting nods without wins. Kennedy — Should win: The mouse journalism video sea, you learn that your peers “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek watched and, hallelujah, decreed you to Sandra Oh’s cat — Jodie Comer. She has, criminally, not earned enough said he’s had a setback in his bat- hail Roberts Emmy worthy. tle with pancreatic cancer and is Who needs to win? Every nominee, recognition for her special brand of killer. Will win: Sandra Oh. Especially again undergoing chemotherapy. of course, who would prefer to avoid Trebek, 79, told ABC’s “Good being an also-ran smiling bravely for since there’s no Claire Foy from “The as role model Morning America” on Tuesday the cameras. There’s also the produc- Crown” to ruin her night. that after a short period of opti- ers of the Sept. 22 Emmy Awards cer- The Washington Post Actor, comedy series mism when he stopped chemo- emony and Fox, the network airing it, therapy, his “numbers shot up” When there was news, there with an event to sell. Elber — Should win: Bill Hader, and doctors ordered him back on was Cokie Roberts. “Game of Thrones,” “Veep” and FX “Barry.” His scarily winning portrayal the treatment. The Emmy-winning mainstay “When They See Us” look like front- of a hit man with a Hollywood dream The game show host announced reporter of NPR and ABC News runners, but the outcome is anyone’s The AP’s critics was voted tops last year and remains in March that he had advanced died at 75 on Tuesday, ABC said, guess. AP Television Writer Lynn give high marks deserving. Will win: Michael Douglas, after a long and storied career Elber and Entertainment Writer to Billy Porter “The Kominsky Method.” The movie pancreatic cancer. But he hasn’t that began in the 1960s. Mark Kennedy offer theirs in the top and “Pose.” star’s inner comedian comes out and missed a day on the show, which Her death almost instantly categories. plays, wowing Emmy voters. tapes episodes in advance. prompted a wave of condolences Kennedy — Should win: Hader al- Trebek said his goals for the on social media, particularly Drama series ready has his Emmy. Douglas won summer were to get his strength and hair back, and his progress from women in journalism who Should win: a Golden Globe for “The Kominsky Elber — “Pose.” An op- on both fronts was dismal. regarded Roberts as a role model ulent, clear-eyed embrace of the late- Method.” The Emmy should go to An- when the voice and names of men thony Anderson, the beating heart of There have been no changes to 20th-century LGBTQ ballroom scene this season’s taping and produc- crowded newspaper bylines and deserves its due. Will win: “Game “black-ish,” who makes lovingly exas- radio waves. perated completely hysterical but has tion schedule, producer Sony Pic- of Thrones.” A landmark show that Will win: tures Television said. Trebek was “Sad news about one of our brought cinematic sweep to TV gets been overlooked too long. founding mothers,” wrote Mi- The award clearly will go to Eugene scheduled to tape the Tourna- a big farewell, finale naysayers be ment of Champions shows Tues- chele Kelemen, an NPR corre- damned. Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”), who is a come- day and Wednesday as planned. spondent who has been with the Kennedy — Should win: Agreed on dic treasure and rightfully should be Amazon Those episodes, with last season’s outlet for more than two decades. “Pose,” a loving look at a world that has showered with awards. His last Emmy star James Holzhauer among the For many women, Roberts was never been celebrated on TV before, “Fleabag” and was in 1983. It’s time, people. 15 contestants, will air Nov. 4-15. the reason they pursued a career starring the largest LGBTQ cast ever star Phoebe Actress, comedy series So far, 40 episodes have been in journalism. for a scripted series. Will win: “Pose” Waller-Bridge taped out of the 230 planned. “A legend has passed,” NPR’s is up against the behemoth “Game of have stiff Elber — Should win: Catherine “Jeopardy!” typically has a com- Rachel Martin said. “When I was Thrones,” which triggered parodies competition. O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek.” Consider it pressed shooting schedule which, in high school I wanted to grow and homages, memes and talk show a lifetime achievement award, with up to be Cokie Roberts.” publicity. Even the president tried to her delectably self-absorbed, absurd as Trebek has said, gives him Farrah Fazal, an investigative co-opt its tagline “Winter Is Coming.” Moira topping her inventive catalog of long breaks. reporter, said Roberts’ death was The Emmy is coming. characters (and yes, I’m including the While he’s concerned about a “complete, irreplaceable loss” Christopher Guest films. Movies, TV what his passing would mean for to the field. “She was a pioneer, Comedy series — it’s all the same now). Will win: Julia his loved ones, Trebek said he’s not afraid of what lies ahead. a mentor, committed to integrity Elber — Should win: “Fleabag.” Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep.” The queen and truth, a driving force in try- of TV comedy (“Seinfeld,” “The New “I’m 79 years old,” he said. Such shocking sexual abandon and “I’ve had one hell of a good life.” ing to change the system that held emotional dysfunction is downright Adventures of Old Christine,” this) women back.” un-American. Three cheers for this will add a record-setting ninth Emmy ‘Rookie’ producer says Other reporters recalled Rob- British invasion! Will win: “Veep.” A to her haul, breaking a tie with Cloris erts’ career wisdom. three-for-three winner won’t be de- Leachman for most-honored perform- claims unfounded “The advice from @CokieRob- feated in its last hurrah, especially BBC America er ever. Kennedy — Should win: Phoebe Actress Afton Williamson’s erts was consistent,” journalist when politics are all the rage. “Killing Eve” star Should win: Waller-Bridge, who in “Fleabag” needs claims of misconduct against her and former NPR host Michele Kennedy — The second Sandra Oh is a Norris tweeted. “Forget the office season of “Fleabag” — with a woman only to look over her shoulder at us, on the set of “The Rookie” weren’t good bet to win lower her eyes and convey everything substantiated by an independent politics. Just do the work . . . She resisting her feelings for a priest — best actress in a read my copy and pushed me to that’s churning in her complex mind. investigator, according to the and the debut of “Russian Doll” — in drama series. Will win: write in my own voice.” which a New Yorker keeps reliving Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Who is ABC drama series’ producer. Roberts joined CBS on the radio the night of her 36th birthday — were silly enough to vote against her? Production company Enter- as a foreign correspondent soon deeply worthy of wins for writing and Limited series tainment One said Tuesday the after her 1964 graduation from originality. Will win: “Veep,” the safe investigation led it to conclude Wellesley College. She covered and more popular choice. But Emmy Elber — Should win: “When They no unlawful or inappropriate be- Capitol Hill for NPR beginning voters may learn to regret this predict- See Us.” The superb cast, the unspar- havior was committed by the co- in 1978, when she reported on able decision. ing writing, the dismaying currency of workers accused by Williamson. the Panama Canal Treaty, then a 20-year-old case’s implications for In early August, “The Rookie” served as congressional corre- Actor, drama series American justice and racial inequality co-star said she was quitting the show because of sexual harass- spondent for more than a decade, Elber — Should win: Billy Porter, demand an Emmy. Will win: “When ment and racial discrimination according to ABC News. “Pose.” The Tony-winning actor’s per- They See Us.” “Chernobyl” is a deeply House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, formance, by turns brassy, tender and worthy competitor, but Emmy voters she experienced during its fresh- man year last season. D-Calif., called Roberts “a trail- brave, anchors the sprawling drama. Lynn Elber put domestic concerns first. Should win: Williamson called the finding blazer who forever transformed Will win: Billy Porter. He found the TV is pulling for Kennedy — In many “heartbreaking” in a lengthy In- the role of women in the news- role he deserved and gets the award he “Barry” star Bill ways, this category represented the stagram post Tuesday evening, room and in our history books.” earned. Hader. best of TV this season — “Chernobyl,” “Over five decades of celebrated Kennedy — Should win: Yes, yes, “Escape at Dannemora,” “Fosse/Ver- saying the results were the result journalism, Cokie shone a pow- yes. Porter is always the best thing in don,” “When They See Us” and “Sharp of lies and a cover-up. She vowed erful light on the unsung women whatever he’s in and he’s truly fierce in “Pose.” Objects.” Any is a worthy winner. Will win: to continue to work to improve heroes who built our nation, but But did enough people watch? Will win: Kit “When They See Us,” perhaps the best of this ex- conditions for cast and crew on whose stories had long gone un- Harington, buffeted by the waves of “Game of citing category. It had searing acting, harrowing sets. told,” Pelosi said in a statement. Thrones” nostalgia, will give a knightly farewell circumstances and brilliant writing. From The Associated Press Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19

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Transportation 944 Transportation 944 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Hong Kongers in middle of 50 years’ war Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY GEORGE F. WILL studying in Boston recently wrote in her EDITORIAL Washington Post Writers Group college newspaper, “I am from a city owned by a country that I don’t belong to.” Terry Leonard, Editor HONG KONG Residents of this city, especially young [email protected] ee Cheuk-yan, unlike most residents, are decreasingly likely to think Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Americans, remembers and re- of themselves as Chinese rather than as [email protected] veres Lane Kirkland, a hero of the Hong Kongers. In 1997, 47% of residents Lfirst Cold War. During 16 years were “proud to be a citizen of China.” Now Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content as leader of the AFL-CIO, 1979-1995, only 38% are. Among those 18 to 29 years [email protected] Kirkland gave crucial support, both ma- old, 55% have a negative opinion of the Bei- terial and moral, to Lech Walesa and the Managing Editor for Presentation jing regime, which has sown discord and is Sean Moores, Solidarity movement in Poland, where it [email protected] reaping disaffection. was an early tremor in the political earth- The 1992 United States-Hong Kong Pol- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital quake that ended European communism. icy Act commits America, as the State De- [email protected] Here, in this island city at the other end partment notes, to “promote Hong Kong’s

of the Eurasian land mass, a city that has JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP prosperity, autonomy, and way of life.” Its become a flash point in Cold War 2.0, Lee “way of life” is a multifaceted condition BUREAU STAFF is lending support to a fluid, shapeshift- Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, left, that rests on freedom and universal suf- Europe/Mideast ing protest movement that has no Lech and Denise Ho, attend a Congressional frage. A recent Hong Kong demonstration Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief Walesa. Executive Commission on China hearing called for passage by the U.S. Congress [email protected] This lack is a strength and a weakness. Tuesday on Capitol Hill. of legislation that would impose sanctions +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 The movement has no leader with whom on mainland Chinese or Hong Kong offi- Pacific the local government, which is an append- that the massacre would be followed by a cials who abridge the city’s freedoms, and Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief age of Beijing and hence of the Chinese less authoritarian, because more secure, it would require annual review of the spe- [email protected] Communist Party, might negotiate. For- Beijing regime. cial economic privileges Hong Kong gets +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 tunately, however, a movement without a Lee was in a hotel overlooking Tianan- from America. This would make U.S. re- head cannot be easily decapitated, which men Square when the tanks rolled in. He lations with Hong Kong more like those Washington otherwise probably would be Beijing’s de- later organized Hong Kong’s memorial with Taiwan, which receives substantial Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief fault position. [email protected] museum, which is overseen by the same U.S. military and other assistance to but- (+1)(202)886-0033 This thought experiment became the organization that facilitates commemo- tress its independence, even as U.S. policy Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News premise of a 2018 novel (Chloe Benjamin’s rations every June 4. As a human bridge adheres to the prudential fiction that Tai- [email protected] “The Immortalists”): If you knew when you between the first Cold War and the next wan is something it will not soon, if ever, were going to die, how would this change one, he knows that this city today is not like be — part of “one China.” CIRCULATION how you choose to live? Hong Kong’s young East Berlin in 1953, or Budapest in 1956, But Hong Kong could become yet an- people, from whom come most of the dem- or Prague in 1968. In those places, people other casualty of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Mideast onstrations’ participants and energy, know Iraq, which made many Americans com- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager who were in despotism’s firm grip rebelled [email protected] that the clock is ticking for their city. It is and quickly learned how firm the grip was. prehensively skeptical of U.S. attempts, [email protected] 22 years into what was supposed to be a 50- Hong Kong is spectacularly vibrant and in the words of President John Kennedy’s DSN (314)583-9111 year grace period. In 1997, Britain ended prosperous because it perennially — since inaugural address, “to assure the survival 156 years of responsibility for Hong Kong, 1970 — holds the top position in the Eco- and the success of liberty” around the Europe transferring it to China. nomic Freedom of the World rankings. world. Hong Kong, however, unlike Iraq, Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager [email protected] So, just eight years after the Tiananmen When demonstrators here have waved has a vibrant democratic culture and civil [email protected] massacre, there began what was supposed colonial-era flags and shouted “Reclaim society. What is required of U.S. policy is +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 to be half a century of Hong Kong’s excep- Hong Kong,” they were not nostalgic for not “nation building” but sustaining the tionalism preserved, after which the city colonial restoration. Rather, this was large- reality of a polity that, without claiming Pacific might be gracefully melded with a mel- ly a cry for the status quo. or seeking nationhood, simply refuses to Mari Mori, [email protected] lowed mainland. Just 22 years later, this Largely, until now. Now, however, less be absorbed into the domain of an increas- +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)229.3171 hope has been as refuted as the 1989 hope and less. As a young Hong Kong woman ingly nasty regime. CONTACT US Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 The heresy of hearsay returns to Kavanaugh saga

Reader letters BY KATHLEEN PARKER The facts that the alleged victim refused If these stories are true, then Kavana- [email protected] Washington Post Writers Group to be interviewed by the authors and ap- ugh could have been a creepy, perhaps Additional contacts parently told friends that she doesn’t recall monstrous, drunk in his youth. But all stripes.com/contactus WASHINGTON any such incident amount to the very defi- we have to go by is alleged victims who he recent fiasco at The New York nition of a non-story. For the record, The also were drinking at the time and com- OMBUDSMAN Times, which last weekend pub- Washington Post learned of the accusation ments from former classmates, who may lished the latest uncorroborated last year but declined to publish it because also have been inebriated, some of whom Ernie Gates Tsexual-assault accusation against the alleged witnesses weren’t identified corroborate the Ramirez accusation and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and the woman said to be involved refused others who dispute it. The Times’ writers The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow was a monument to hearsay and a travesty to comment. reported finding seven people who they say of news and information, reporting any attempts by the of journalistic ethics. military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s Indeed, the authors’ only sources for corroborated Ramirez’s story, but much of independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns The story, since modified to include cru- the claim were two unnamed officials who what they documented were second- and and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- cial information, was an adapted excerpt spoke to Washington attorney Max Stier, third-hand reports, things overheard and, ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman from a book — “The Education of Brett who last year apparently told the FBI and yes, Ramirez’s mother, to whom she appar- welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by email at [email protected], or by phone at Kavanaugh,” written by two Times staff various senators that he witnessed the al- ently said “Something happened at Yale.” 202.886.0003. writers, Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly. leged incident. But Stier refused to talk to Not exactly a wrap for justice. In it, the authors reported allegations by the Times’ writers himself. The truth is, Kavanaugh has been the a Yale classmate that Kavanaugh was at Some Democratic contenders for the target of a media siege since his name was Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- a “drunken dorm party” where “friends presidency immediately called for Kava- announced for consideration for the high days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday pushed his penis into the hand of a female through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and naugh’s impeachment. They include Sen. court. Ramirez’s story was first reported Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals student.” Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Kamala Harris, by The New Yorker just days before Ford’s postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send Setting aside the logistics of such a feat, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke and congressional testimony, which, frankly, address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, more eye-popping was the omission from South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. was flimsy at best. None of the other four APO AP 96301-5002. This newspaper is authorized by the Department of the original Times’ piece that the alleged But let’s rewind the reel a bit. With people Ford named as attending the high Defense for members of the military services overseas. victim refused to be interviewed for the apologies to my grandmothers, the rea- school party where she claimed Kavana- However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, book — and, according to friends, doesn’t son The Times’ writers likely included the ugh groped her recalled any such gather- and are not to be considered as the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, remember any such incident . penis-in-hand accusation at all is because ing. One of them, a close friend and the Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- Such an oversight is inexcusable. it added context to the accusations by both only other female, Leland Keyser, not only nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote The Times added these details to the Deborah Ramirez, who alleged last year doesn’t remember the party — but says locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. The appearance of advertising in this publication does story after they were flagged by The that she experienced sexual misconduct she’s never even met Kavanaugh. not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway, who had by Kavanaugh at another boozy Yale party, What’s all too clear is that America’s or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. an advance copy of the book. The Times’ and Christine Blasey Ford. privileged youth had a serious drinking Products or services advertised shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, writers, who said that the details had been Ramirez, for her part, initially wasn’t problem in the early 1980s; and boozy religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical in the excerpt’s initial draft, made media quite sure of events. She has admitted to memories from high school and young handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor rounds Monday and Tuesday to explain time lapses and also to having been drunk, adulthood are unreliable. Far more trou- of the purchaser, user or patron. the omission and essentially blamed edi- but told The New Yorker and the Times bling is that several presidential candi- © Stars and Stripes 2019 tors, who, they said, “in the haste” of try- writers that she remembers brushing dates seemingly would impeach a Supreme ing to close out production, had deleted the away a penis thrust in her face, allegedly Court justice on nothing more than hear- stripes.com reference. by Kavanaugh. say — and impeachable journalism. Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 BUSINESS/WEATHER Purdue Pharma keeps running amid bankruptcy

BY MICHAEL R. SISAK finalized. change their positions. Associated Press ‘ All of the claimants, in essence, have the “This is not a sprint. We’ve got “It is, in essence, America itself a little bit of a marathon here,” he that stands to benefit or lose from WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A same interest in maximizing the value of said after the three-hour hear- the success or failure of these re- judge cleared the way Tuesday the business and avoiding immediate and ing in New York City’s northern organization proceedings,” Hueb- for OxyContin maker Purdue suburbs. ner said. Pharma to stay in business while irreparable harm. Purdue’s bankruptcy filing has None of the Sacklers attended it pursues bankruptcy protec- ’ Robert Drain effectively frozen all litigation the hearing, but the family name tion and settlement of more than did come up several times as Pur- U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge against the company, which its 2,600 lawsuits filed against it in a lawyers said has been spending due lawyers declared that they reckoning over the opioid crisis. more than $250 million a year on wouldn’t benefit from any steps At the first court hearing since legal and professional fees, but it taken Tuesday to keep the com- the Chapter 11 filing late Sunday, Under the proposal, backed by “This is a highly unusual case has not stopped lawsuits against pany in business. Purdue lawyers secured per- about half the states, the Sack- in that the debtors have pledged the Sacklers . As the bankruptcy unfolds, mission for the multibillion-dol- ler family, which owns Purdue, to turn over their business to New York Attorney General Purdue will continue to pay its lar company based in Stamford, would turn the company, its assets the claimants,” U.S. Bankruptcy Letitia James, who is suing the approximately 700 employees. Conn ., to maintain business as and more than $1 billion in cash Court Judge Robert Drain said. Sacklers and opposes the pro- usual — paying employees and reserves over to a trust controlled “All of the claimants, in essence, posed settlement, said last week EXCHANGE RATES vendors, supplying pills to dis- by the very entities suing it. have the same interest in maxi- that her office found that mem- Military rates tributors, and keeping current on The Sacklers have also agreed mizing the value of the business bers of the family used Swiss and Euro costs (Sept. 19) ...... $1.1343 Dollar buys (Sept. 19) ...... €0.8816 taxes and insurance. to pay a minimum of $3 billion of and avoiding immediate and ir- other accounts to transfer $1 bil- British pound (Sept. 19) ...... $1.28 The continued viability of their own money to the settlement reparable harm.” lion to themselves. Japanese yen (Sept. 19) ...... 95.00 South Korean won (Sept. 19) ...... 1,160.00 Purdue is a key component of over seven years, as well as up to Joe Rice, a lawyer for some of Purdue lawyer Marshall Commercial rates the company’s settlement offer, $1.5 billion more in proceeds from the plaintiffs, estimated it could Huebner said he hoped states Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 British pound ...... $1.2502 which could be worth up to $12 the planned sale of their non-U.S. be more than a year before the that are opposed to the proposed Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3251 billion over time. pharmaceutical companies. bankruptcy and settlement are settlement could be persuaded to China (Yuan) ...... 7.0917 Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7478 Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.3295 Euro ...... $1.1066/0.9097 Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8217 Hungary (Forint) ...... 301.43 Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5482 Fed likely to cut rates 2nd time as threats loom Japan (Yen) ...... 108.20 Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3041 Norway (Krone) ...... 8.9319 Philippines (Peso)...... 52.17 BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER quarter-point rate cuts this year. to Powell as an “enemy” and the date their forecasts for economic Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.92 Associated Press Most economists have scaled Fed’s policymakers as “bone- growth, unemployment, inflation Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7509 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3745 back their forecasts for further heads.” Despite a still-solid job and interest rates over the next South Korea (Won) ...... 1,187.66 WASHINGTON — The Fed- rate cuts this year to one or two market and brisk spending by three years. Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9936 eral Reserve looks poised to cut Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.53 beginning Wednesday. A resump- consumers, the president has Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.7030 interest rates for a second time tion of trade talks and a less antag- insisted that the Fed slash its (Military exchange rates are those Wednesday to help extend the MARKET WATCH available to customers at military banking onistic tone between Washington benchmark rate aggressively facilities in the country of issuance economic expansion in the face and Beijing have supported that — even to below zero, as the Eu- for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the of global weakness, President Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For view. So has a belief that oil pric- ropean Central Bank has done nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Donald Trump’s trade war with es will remain elevated, that in- — in part to weaken the U.S. dol- purchasing British pounds in Germany), China and geopolitical risks such check with your local military banking flation might finally be reaching lar and make American exports facility. Commercial rates are interbank as the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s the Fed’s target level and that the more competitive. rates provided for reference when buying oil facilities. currency. All figures are foreign currencies U.S. economy remains sturdy. Chairman Jerome Powell has to one dollar, except for the British pound, The modest rate cut the Fed Yet no one, perhaps not even said that the policymakers re- which is represented in dollars-to-pound, announced in July — its first in the Fed, is sure of how interest main focused on sustaining the and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) more than a decade — left its rate policy will unfold in the com- expansion and keeping prices INTEREST RATES benchmark short-term rate in ing months . stable without regard to any out- Prime rate ...... 5.25 a range of 2% to 2.25%. It also Trump has kept up public at- side pressures. In addition to an- Discount rate ...... 2.75 Federal funds market rate ...... 2.14 raised expectations that it would tacks on the central bank’s poli- nouncing its decision on rates, 3-month bill ...... 1.94 follow with up to three additional cymaking, including referring the Fed’s policymakers will up- 30-year bond ...... 2.28 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Sports College football Deals Tennis Schedule Tuesday’s transactions Guangzhou International bert, France, def. Ken Skupski and Jonny on AFN O Mara (3), Britain, 6-4, 7-6 (8). Thursday, Sept. 19 BASEBALL Women’s Open Albano Olivetti and Dan Added, SOUTH American League France, def. Benoit Paire, France, and Ro- Houston (1-2) at Tulane (2-1) CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled UT Wednesday main Arneodo, Monaco, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Friday, Sept. 20 Andrew Velazquez from Columbus (IL). At Guangzhou International Tennis David Pel and Sander Arends, Nether- Center Go to the American Forces SOUTH DETROIT TIGERS — Placed LHP Dan- lands, def. Matt Reid, Australia, and Lu- iel Stumpf on the 60-day IL. Recalled Guangzhou, China cas Pouille, France, 6-4, 0-6, 11-9. FIU (1-2) at Louisiana Tech (2-1) Purse: $500,000 Network website for the most FAR WEST RHP Victor Alcantara from Toledo (IL). Claimed RHP Marcos Diplan off waivers Surface: Hardcourt outdoor up-to-date TV schedules. Air Force (2-0) at Boise St. (3-0) Women’s Singles St. Petersburg Open Utah (3-0) at Southern Cal (2-1) from Minnesota. myafn.net HOUSTON ASTROS — Reinstated SS Round Of 16 Tuesday Saturday, Sept. 21 Sofia Kenin (3), United States, def. Ka- EAST Carlos Correa from the 10-day IL. At Sibur Arena Designated INF tarina Zavatska, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-2. Morgan St. (0-2) at Army (2-1) NEW YORK YANKEES — St. Petersburg, Russia Breyvic Valera for assignment. Reinstat- Sam Stosur, Australia, def. Bernarda Purse: $1,180,000 Pro football Maine (1-2) at Colgate (0-3) ed RHP Luis Severino from the 60-day IL. Pera, United States, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5). Surface: Hardcourt indoor Cornell (0-0) at Marist (1-1) SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated OF Jasmine Paolini, Italy, def. Zheng Sai- Men’s Singles Boston College (2-1) at Rutgers (1-1) Domingo Santana from the 10-day IL. sai (6), China, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. Round Of 32 W. Michigan (2-1) at Syracuse (1-2) National League Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, NFL Penn (0-0) at Delaware (2-1) ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed OF Char- Korea Open def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 7-5, 3-6, 3- AMERICAN CONFERENCE Sacred Heart (2-1) at LIU (0-1) lie Culberson on the 60-day IL. Selected 1, ret. East Mayville St. (1-1) at Merrimack (1-2) the contract of C John Ryan Murphy from Wednesday Egor Gerasimov, Belarus, def. Lukas Columbia (0-0) at St. Francis (Pa.) (2-1) Gwinnett (IL). At Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center Rosol, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-2. W L T Pct PF PA Seoul, Korea New England 2 0 0 1.000 76 3 Coastal Carolina (2-1) at UMass (0-3) MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Reinstated Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, def. Holy Cross (1-1) at Yale (0-0) RHP Brandon Woodruff from the 10-day Purse: $250,000 Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-2, 7-5. Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 45 30 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 19 40 Howard (0-3) at Delaware St. (1-1) IL. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, def. Matteo Brown (0-0) at Bryant (0-3) PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed OF Women’s Singles Viola, Italy, 6-2, 6-1. Miami 0 2 0 .000 10 102 Round Of 16 South Lafayette (0-3) at Albany (NY) (1-2) Corey Dickerson on the 60-day IL. Rein- Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. Dudi Temple (2-0) at Buffalo (1-2) stated RHP Edubray Ramos from the 60- Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def. Mar- Sela, Israel, 6-3, 6-0. Houston 1 1 0 .500 41 42 garita Gasparyan (7), Russia, 6-3, 7-5. Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 43 47 UCF (3-0) at Pittsburgh (1-2) day IL. Andrey Rublev (5), Russia, def. Ilya Butler (1-2) at Princeton (0-0) PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed LHP Kristie Ahn, United States, def. Ana Ivashka, Belarus, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4. Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 60 32 Bogdan, Romania, 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2). Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 38 53 Rhode Island (0-2) at New Hampshire Felipe Vazquez on the restricted list. Re- Men’s Doubles (0-2) instated RHP Chris Stratton from the 10- Ekaterina Alexandrova (2), Russia, Round Of 16 North def. Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 82 27 Fordham (1-2) at Stony Brook (2-1) day IL. Selected the contract of INF Jake Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen (2), Elmore from Indianapolis (IL). Trans- 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Belgium, def. Hans Podlipnik, Chile, and Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 36 46 Villanova (3-0) at Towson (3-0) Women’s Doubles Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 37 62 SOUTH ferred RHP Chris Archer to the 60-day IL. Jozef Kovalik, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-4. Round Of 16 Adrian Mannarino, France, and Hugo Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 29 61 Southern Miss. (2-1) at Alabama (3-0 BASKETBALL Women’s NBA Han Na-lae and Ji-Hee Choi, South Nys, Monaco, def. Mikhail Kukushkin and West Tennessee (1-2) at Florida (3-0) Korea, def. Yana Sizikova and Anastasia Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 68 36 WASHINGTON MYSTICS — Waived G Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (4), 6- California (3-0) at Mississippi (2-1) Potapova, Russia, walkover. 3. Oakland 1 1 0 .500 34 44 Shey Peddy. LSU (3-0) at Vanderbilt (0-2) FOOTBALL Women’s Doubles Nicholas Monroe, United States, and L.A. Chargers 1 1 0 .500 40 37 Elon (2-1) at Wake Forest (3-0) Quarterfinal Andrei Vasilevski, Belarus, def. Konstan- Denver 0 2 0 .000 30 40 National Football League Mercer (2-1) at Furman (1-2) DETROIT LIONS — Released QB Josh Hayley Carter, United States, and tin Kravchuk and Evgeny Donskoy, Rus- NATIONAL CONFERENCE Dartmouth (0-0) at Jacksonville (1-1) Luisa Stefani, Brazil, def. Alison van Uyt- East Johnson and RB C.J. Anderson. Signed sia, 6-3, 6-2. E. Kentucky (1-2) at Presbyterian (0-2) QB Jeff Driskel. vanck and Greet Minnen, Belgium, 6-3, W L T Pct PF PA Robert Morris (0-3) at VMI (2-1) 5-7, 12-10. Dallas 2 0 0 1.000 66 38 GREEN BAY PACKERS — Claimed CB Ark.-Pine Bluff (2-1) at Tennessee St. Tremon Smith off waivers from Kansas Pan Pacific Open Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 52 51 (1-2) N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 31 63 City. Moselle Open Tuesday Louisville (2-1) at Florida St. (1-2) HOUSTON TEXANS — Released P Trev- At ITC Tsuyoshi Tennis Center Washington 0 2 0 .000 48 63 Appalachian St. (2-0) at North Caro- Tuesday South or Daniel. Signed P Bryan Anger. Osaka, Japan lina (2-1) INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed QB At Arenes de Metz Purse: $823,000 (Premier) Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 37 45 Metz, France Surface: Hard-Indoor Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 36 48 South Alabama (1-2) at UAB (2-0) Chad Kelly on the exempt/commissioner permission list. Purse: ?524,340 Singles New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 39 55 James Madison (2-1) at Chattanooga Waived DL Surface: Hardcourt indoor First Round Carolina 0 2 0 .000 41 50 (1-2) KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Cent. Michigan (2-1) at Miami (1-2) Joey Ivie. Claimed OL Greg Senat off Men’s Singles Madison Keys (5), United States, def. North waivers from Baltimore. Round Of 32 Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 6-3, 6-4. Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 31 19 Kentucky (2-1) at Mississippi St. (2-1) Elizabeth City St. (0-2) at NC Central (0-3) LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed Gregoire Barrere, France, def. Hubert Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Garbine Detroit 1 0 1 .750 40 37 TE Lance Kendricks and DE Chris Peace. Hurkacz (6), Poland, 6-2, 6-2. Muguruza, Spain, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1. Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 44 33 Grambling St. (0-2) at Alabama St. (1-2) Prairie View (1-2) at Alcorn St. (1-2) Placed S Adrian Phillips on injured re- Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Varvara Flink, Russia, def. Nao Hibino, Chicago 1 1 0 .500 19 24 Jan-Lennard Struff (8), Germany, 7-6 (3), Davidson (3-0) at Campbell (1-1) serve. Waived WR Andre Patton. Japan, 6-4, 7-5. West 6-4. William & Mary (2-1) at East Carolina MIAMI DOLPHINS — Traded S Minkah Donna Vekic, Croatia (7), def. Caroline San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 72 34 Fitzpatrick, a 2020 fourth-round draft Richard Gasquet, France, def. Marcel Garcia, France, 7-5, 6-2. L.A. Rams 2 0 0 1.000 57 36 (1-2) Granollers, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Wagner (0-3) at FAU (1-2) pick and a 2021 seventh-round draft pick Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 49 46 to Pittsburgh for 2020 first- and fifth- Lorenzo Sonego, Italy, def. Oscar Otte, Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Arizona 0 1 1 .250 44 50 Southern U. (1-2) at Florida A&M (1-1) round draft picks and a 2021 sixth-round Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (2). Misaki Doi, Japan, def. Kristina Mlad- Thursday, Sept. 12 Hampton (2-1) at Liberty (1-2) draft pick. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, def. Pablo enovic, France, 6-1, 6-2. Tampa Bay 20, Carolina 14 W. New England (2-0) at Stetson (1-1) NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL Andujar, Spain, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Doubles Sunday, Sept. 15 Charleston Southern (0-3) at The Cita- Caleb Benenoch. Placed T Isaiah Wynn Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, def. Julian First Round Dallas 31, Washington 21 del (1-2) on injured reserve. Lenz, Germany, 6-1, 6-1. Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya, Ja- Detroit 13, L.A. Chargers 10 Gardner-Webb (1-2) at Wofford (0-2) PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed QB Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, def. Rayane pan, def. Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, San Francisco 41, Cincinnati 17 North Alabama (1-2) at Jacksonville Ben Roethlisberger on IR. Signed QB Dev- Roumane, France, 6-4, 6-4. and Alison Riske, United States, 4-6, 6-4, Houston 13, Jacksonville 12 St. (2-1) lin Hodges from the practice squad. Men’s Doubles 10-0. Indianapolis 19, Tennessee 17 Bethune-Cookman (1-1) at MVSU (0-2) HOCKEY Round Of 16 Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan (2), Baltimore 23, Arizona 17 Morehead St. (2-1) at Murray St. (1-2) National Hockey League Gilles Simon, France, and Mischa Taiwan, def. Monique Adamczak, Austra- New England 43, Miami 0 Ball St. (1-2) at NC State (2-1) BOSTON BRUINS — Agreed to terms Zverev, Germany, def. Jonathan Erlich, lia, and Han Xinyun, China, 6-1, 6-0. Buffalo 28, N.Y. Giants 14 Alabama A&M (2-1) at Samford (1-2) with D Brandon Carlo to a two-year con- Israel, and Fabrice Martin, France, 7-5, Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara, Ja- Seattle 28, Pittsburgh 26 Old Dominion (1-1) at Virginia (3-0) tract extension. 3-6, 10-7. pan, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Kata- Green Bay 21, Minnesota 16 Charlotte (2-1) at Clemson (3-0) CAROLINA HURRICANES — Signed D Marius Copil, Romania, and Ugo Hum- rina Srebotnik (4), Slovenia, 6-3, 6-1. Kansas City 28, Oakland 10 Austin Peay (2-1) at ETSU (1-2) Fredrik Claesson to a one-year, two-way Chicago 16, Denver 14 Notre Dame (2-0) at Georgia (3-0) contract. L.A. Rams 27, New Orleans 9 DALLAS STARS — Loaned C Riley Da- Atlanta 24, Philadelphia 20 Lamar (2-1) at SE Louisiana (1-1) MIDWEST miani to Kitchener (OHL). Returned RW Pro soccer Monday, Sept. 16 Curtis Douglas to Windsor (OHL) and LW Cleveland 23, N.Y. Jets 3 UConn (1-1) at Indiana (2-1) Louisiana-Monroe (1-1) at Iowa St. (1-1) Nicholas Porco to Saginaw (OHL). Thursday’s game NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned Chicago at Cincinnati Tennessee at Jacksonville Michigan St. (2-1) at Northwestern (1-1) MLS Real Salt Lake at New England Michigan (2-0) at Wisconsin (2-0) Fs Egor Afanasyev to Windsor (OHL) and Sunday’s games Philip Tomasino to Niagara (OHL). EASTERN CONFERENCE Orlando City at Houston Miami at Dallas Duquesne (1-1) at Dayton (2-0) W L T Pts GF GA Colorado at Sporting Kansas City E. Illinois (0-3) at Indiana St. (1-2) NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned G Oakland at Minnesota Eamon McAdam to Binghamton (AHL), New York City FC 16 5 9 57 56 37 Montreal at LA Galaxy Cincinnati at Buffalo Louisiana-Lafayette (2-1) at Ohio (1-2) Fs Mitchell Hoelscher and Graeme Clarke Philadelphia 15 8 7 52 55 43 Toronto FC at Los Angeles FC Baltimore at Kansas City W. Virginia St. (0-0) at SE Missouri (1-2) and D Nikita Okhotyuk to Ottawa (OHL), Atlanta 15 11 3 48 48 36 Sunday’s games Atlanta at Indianapolis Troy (1-1) at Akron (0-3) D Xavier Bernard to Charlottetown (QM- Toronto FC 12 10 9 45 53 49 Minnesota at Portland D.C. United 12 10 9 45 40 38 New York City FC at FC Dallas Detroit at Philadelphia CCSU (3-0) at E. Michigan (2-1) JHL) and Michael Vukojevic to Kitchener Denver at Green Bay Kennesaw St. (2-1) at Missouri St. (0-2) New York 12 13 5 41 49 48 Philadelphia at New York (OHL) and G Akira Schmid to Omaha New England 10 10 10 40 45 52 Seattle at D.C. United N.Y. Jets at New England Bowling Green (1-2) at Kent St. (1-2) (USHL). N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay UC Davis (2-1) at N. Dakota St. (3-0) Montreal 11 16 4 37 42 57 Wednesday, Sept. 25 SOCCER Chicago 9 12 10 37 48 43 Atlanta at New York City FC Carolina at Arizona Miami (Ohio) (1-2) at Ohio St. (3-0) Major League Soccer Houston at L.A. Chargers South Carolina (1-2) at Missouri (2-1) Orlando City 9 13 9 36 40 44 Sporting Kansas City at Minnesota DALLAS — Agreed to terms wigth D Columbus 9 15 7 34 36 45 New Orleans at Seattle Tennessee Tech (2-1) at W. Illinois (0-3) LA Galaxy at Real Salt Lake Ryan Hollingshead on a two-year con- Cincinnati 6 21 3 21 30 72 Houston at Los Angeles FC Pittsburgh at San Francisco West Virginia (2-1) at Kansas (2-1) tract. L.A. Rams at Cleveland WESTERN CONFERENCE New England at Portland Idaho St. (1-1) at N. Iowa (1-1) COLLEGE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia at San Jose Monday’s game S. Utah (1-2) at S. Dakota St. (1-1) SYRACUSE — Named Sydney Pirreca Los Angeles FC 19 4 7 64 77 33 Chicago at Washington N. Arizona (2-1) at Illinois St. (2-1) assistant women’s lacrosse coach. Seattle 14 9 7 49 50 47 Nebraska (2-1) at Illinois (2-1) Minnesota 14 10 6 48 49 40 NWSL Valparaiso (0-2) at Truman St. (1-0) Real Salt Lake 14 12 4 46 42 38 W L T Pts GF GA Pro hockey SOUTHWEST LA Galaxy 14 13 3 45 49 49 North Carolina 12 4 4 40 46 19 SMU (3-0) at TCU (2-0) Pro basketball San Jose 13 12 5 44 49 46 Chicago 12 8 2 38 36 26 Auburn (3-0) at Texas A&M (2-1) Portland 13 12 4 43 45 42 Portland 10 5 6 36 39 29 Wyoming (3-0) at Tulsa (1-2) FC Dallas 12 11 7 43 47 42 Utah 9 7 4 31 21 17 NHL preseason McNeese St. (2-1) at Abilene Christian WNBA playoffs Sporting KC 10 13 7 37 44 54 Reign FC 8 5 7 31 21 23 Colorado 10 15 6 36 51 58 Tuesday’s games (1-2) (x-if necessary) Washington 7 7 5 26 24 21 S. Illinois (2-1) at Arkansas St. (1-2) Houston 10 16 4 34 41 51 Houston 7 9 4 25 20 32 Ottawa 3, Toronto 1 First Round Vancouver 7 15 9 30 32 54 N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Northwestern St. (0-3) at Houston Wednesday, Sept. 11 Sky Blue FC 4 13 4 16 16 30 Baptist (2-1) Note: Three points for victory, one Orlando 4 15 2 14 21 47 Carolina 3, Tampa Bay 0 Chicago 105, Phoenix 76 point for tie. Columbus 4, Buffalo 1 Baylor (2-0) at Rice (0-3) Seattle 84, Minnesota 74 Note: Three points for victory, one Wednesday, Sept. 11 point for tie. Detroit 5, Chicago 3 Incarnate Word (1-1) at Sam Houston Second Round Toronto FC 1, New York City FC 1, tie Dallas 2 Minnesota 1, OT St. (1-2) Sunday, Sept 15 Houston 2, Minnesota 0 Wednesday, Sept. 11 Vegas 5, Colorado 0 Nicholls (1-1) at Stephen F. Austin (0-3) Los Angeles 92, Seattle 69 Colorado 2, LA Galaxy 1 Chicago 1, Orlando 0 Vancouver 4, Edmonton 2 Georgia St. (2-1) at Texas St. (0-3) Las Vegas 93, Chicago 92 Real Salt Lake 1, San Jose 0 North Carolina 6, Portland 0 Los Angeles(ss) 4, Arizona(ss) 1 San Jose St. (1-1) at Arkansas (2-1) Semifinals Saturday, Sept. 14 Friday, Sept. 13 Anaheim 4, San Jose 3 UTSA (1-2) at North Texas (1-2) (Best-of-five) New York City FC 2, San Jose 1 Houston 2, Utah 1 Arizona(ss) 5, Los Angeles(ss) 0 Oklahoma St. (3-0) at Texas (2-1) Washington 1, Las Vegas 0 Chicago 4, FC Dallas 0 Saturday, Sept. 14 Nevada (2-1) at UTEP (1-1) Tuesday: Washington 97, Las Vegas 95 Columbus 3, Atlanta 1 North Carolina 6, Orlando 1 Wednesday’s games Reign FC 2, Washington 2, tie Florida vs. Montreal at Bathurst, New FAR WEST Thursday: at Washington Cincinnati 1, Montreal 0 E. Washington (1-2) at Idaho (1-2) Sunday: at Las Vegas New England 3, Orlando City 3, tie Sunday, Sept. 15 Brunswick Chicago 3, Sky Blue FC 0 Tampa Bay at Carolina Monmouth (NJ) (2-1) at Montana (2-1) x-Tuesday, Sept. 24: at Las Vegas Los Angeles FC 1, Philadelphia 1, tie x-Thursday, Sept. 26: at Washington Vancouver 2, Houston 1 Tuesday’s game St. Louis at Washington Norfolk St. (1-2) at Montana St. (2-1) Houston at North Carolina Washington (2-1) at BYU (2-1) Connecticut 1, Los Angeles 0 Sunday, Sept. 15 New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers Connecticut 84, Los Angeles 75 Wednesday’s game South Dakota (0-3) at N. Colorado (0-3) Tuesday: D.C. United 1, Portland 0 Toronto at Ottawa Thursday: at Connecticut Utah at Reign FC New Mexico St. (0-3) at New Mexico (1-1) Toronto FC 3, Colorado 2 Minnesota at Winnipeg Sunday: at Los Angeles Minnesota 3, Real Salt Lake 1 Saturday’s games Detroit at Chicago Harvard (0-0) at San Diego (0-2) x-Tuesday, Sept. 24: at Los Angeles Seattle 4, New York 2 Washington at Chicago San Jose at Calgary E. Oregon (0-0) at Portland St. (1-2) x-Thursday, Sept. 26: at Connecticut LA Galaxy 7, Sporting Kansas City 2 North Carolina at Utah Thursday’s games Oregon (2-1) at Stanford (1-2) Finals Wednesday’s games Sky Blue FC at Reign FC Columbus at Pittsburgh Colorado (2-1) at Arizona St. (3-0) (Best-of-five) Atlanta at Cincinnati Houston at Portland Florida at Montreal Sacramento St. (2-1) at Fresno St. (0-2) Sunday, Sept. 29: Teams TBD New York at Portland Wednesday, Sept. 25 Boston at Philadelphia Toledo (1-1) at Colorado St. (1-2) Tuesday, Oct. 1: Teams TBD FC Dallas at Seattle Washington at Houston Dallas at Colorado Utah St. (1-1) at San Diego St. (3-0) Sunday, Oct. 6: Teams TBD Saturday’s games Saturday, Sept. 28 Vancouver at Edmonton UCLA (0-3) at Washington St. (3-0) x-Tuesday, Oct 8: Teams TBD San Jose at Atlanta North Carolina at Washington Vegas at Los Angeles Cent. Arkansas (3-0) at Hawaii (2-1) x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Teams TBD Columbus at Vancouver Utah at Chicago Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 NHL/COLLEGE FOOTBALL With Kuznetsov out, Caps look to rookie

BY STEPHEN WHYNO “You come into camp compet- Associated Press ing for a spot all the time,” McMi- chael said. “When another thing ARLINGTON, Va. — Connor opens up, obviously you want to McMichael in his NHL exhibition be better, and I’m excited for that debut made a no-look pass to set opportunity.” up a goal that junior coach Dale McMichael is competing with Hunter knows was no accident. established NHL players Tra- “He knew that guy had an vis Boyd and Nic Dowd for the empty net back-door,” Hunter cameo appearance as a top-nine said. “You can’t teach that. That’s forward. Boyd or Dowd sliding a feeling of the game.” up the lineup in Kuznetsov’s ab- McMichael’s feel for the game sence would be the safest play for made him the Washington Capi- the Capitals, though McMichael tals’ first-round draft pick in has already made his presence June. Combine that with Evg- known in the competition. eny Kunzetsov’s sus- “I liked him a lot (in pension and the door Sunday’s) inter-squad could be wide open for ‘ He’s got game, made a couple the youngest player in really good plays,” training camp to earn to get his Reirden said. “For him, a spot on the opening body a little it’s about the maturity night roster. stronger, and whether the right Kuznetsov will miss decision is for him to the first three games of but you continue to stay here the regular season and can see his or (keep) going with the Capitals will need to fill a void in the middle potential. his junior career and of the ice behind Nick- The top end continue to build on what he did last year. las Backstrom and Lars is untapped Eller. McMichael, just All those type of things 18, is in the running. yet. He’ll go into the equation of “There’s nothing out when to let those guys get better go back and play or con- of the question,” coach Todd Reirden said. “He and better.’ tinue to keep them here RICK BOWMER/AP made some really good Dale Hunter and an opportunity to stay here.” plays in the scrimmage London Knights Utah defensive end Bradlee Anae, left, sacks Northern Illinois quarterback Ross Bowers during the the other day, and he’s coach on Capitals McMichael was a second half of their game on Sept. 9 in Salt Lake City. Anae has 20 career sacks and needs 9 ½ to got the ability and our rookie Connor point-a-game player last catch Utah career leader Hunter Dimick, who played for the Utes from 2013-16. scouts speak very high- McMichael season in juniors and ly of him. We just want should be a big piece to put the best players on the ice of the Capitals’ future, we can that give us a chance to especially after Backstrom and win.” Alex Ovechkin are gone. With Utah’s Anae may be next McMichael was the 25th over- that in mind, this preseason is a all pick in the draft. Aside from mix of long-range planning and a the top picks, very few players go short-term reward. right from the draft to the NHL. Hunter, who led the Capitals Getting sent back to Hunter’s to the 1998 Stanley Cup Final as London Knights of the Ontario their captain and coached them mayor of Sack Lake City Hockey League was always the for much of the 2011-12 season, most likely outcome for McMi- told McMichael to give it his all at chael, who is from suburban To- camp because no one knows what ronto. But Capitals brass told him will happen. BY ANNE M. PETERSON The 2014 Utes’ defense had 55 and other centers in camp that a “He’s got to get his body a lit- Associated Press sacks, which is when the Sack potential suspension of Kuznetsov tle stronger, but you can see his Lake City nickname grabbed could change the outlook, and potential,” Hunter said Tuesday. tah left end Bradlee hold. They’ve got seven sacks McMichael wants to seize his “The top end is untapped yet. Anae may be the next overall this season. Oh, and opportunity. He’ll get better and better.” mayor of Sack Lake speaking of sacks, Utah’s offense UCity. is one of four at the FBS level that Anae is among four players in No. 10 Utah (3-0) hasn’t allowed one. the Pac-12 who have collected at Southern Cal (2-1) The Utes open conference play three sacks this season to lead AFN-Sports this week with a trip to Los An- the league, joining Oregon fresh- 3 a.m. Saturday CET geles for a Friday night game man Mase Funa, Colorado’s Mus- against USC (2-1). Utah has won tafa Johnson and Oregon State’s 10 a.m. Saturday JKT just once on the road against the Hamilcar Rashed. Trojans — way back in 1916. Anae has 20 career sacks, “This is a mature team. This ranking him third among active teams nationally with two defen- team seems to handle their busi- players. He needs 9.5 sacks to sive touchdowns, and the Utes ness very well and my guess catch Utah career leader Hunter have four interceptions, ranking is that we will go down there, Dimick (2013-16). them eighth. They’ve allowed not overreact, and just play our “He is definitely within reach, opponents an average of just 9.7 game,” Whittingham said. but he will have to have a pretty points a game. Utah’s D will see something good year, which we hope he Utah (3-0) blanked Idaho State new in LA: The Trojans’ Air does,” Utah coach Kyle Whitting- 31-0 last weekend and rose to No. Raid-style offense under offen- ham said. “He is off to a pretty 10 in the AP Top 25, the team’s sive coordinator Graham Harrell. good start.” highest ranking since 2015. Freshman quarterback Kedon With a defensive line that in- “It is one of the top if not the top Slovis, who was impressive in cludes Anae and fellow seniors front in the country. They have his first start against Stanford, Leki Fotu and John Penisini, Utah some big dudes,” Idaho State had a rough outing last weekend, ranks eighth nationally in total coach Rob Phenicie said. “Num- throwing three interceptions in a defense, allowing 239.3 yards a ber 6 (Anae) and 99 (Fotu) are loss at BYU. SUSAN WALSH/AP game, and seventh in rushing great players and they have some Utah’s defense gets to see the First-round pick Connor McMichael, above, could be a year or two defense, with opponents gain- good linebackers. Their scheme Air Raid again the week after away from full-time NHL duty but has the chance to earn a brief ing just 65 yards on the ground is not that difficult but they are when the Utes host No. 19 Wash- tryout while Evgeny Kuznetsov sits out the first three games. per game. Utah is among just six very good at executing.” ington State. PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Buckeyes picking up steam on the way to Big Ten slate

BY MITCH STACY hawks (1-2) will take a two-hour ride up the Associated Press road to the Horseshoe from Oxford, Ohio. A heavy favorite, the Buckeyes likely will COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 6 Ohio State get another chance to work out the kinks knows the games are going to get harder and get the backups some playing time be- eventually, but so far everything has just fore going on the road against revitalized seemed, well, so easy. Nebraska on Sept. 28. The Buckeyes haven’t played mistake- They’ll have Michigan State at home the free football but avoided any big ones in week after that but won’t see a team that’s overwhelming FAU, Cincinnati and Indi- currently ranked in the AP Top 25 until ana by a combined 138-31. Granted, they they host Wisconsin on Oct. 26. were lesser opponents, but Ohio State has Miami coach Chuck Martin is aware of been highly efficient and proficient on both the buzz-saw the Redhawks are walking sides of the ball. into. Running back J.K. Dobbins has rushed “It’s kind of like going to recess and for 425 yards and four touchdowns while they’ve got the first 85 picks,” Martin said. averaging 7.1 yards per carry. His 193 “You do pretty well at recess.” yards against Indiana — all but two of the The challenge for Ohio State coaches is carries came in the first half — put him at fourth in the nation in rushing yardage. keeping the players performing at a high Quarterback Justin Fields, a Georgia level through another game against an transfer in his first year starting for the overmatched opponent. Buckeyes, has piled up 657 passing yards Day’s message: keep the blinders on and keep working. MARK J. TERRILL/AP and nine touchdowns with a 70.3 comple- tion rate in a balanced attack. He’s also run “Don’t worry about what people are say- Oklahoma linebacker Jalen Redmond pressures UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson- for four touchdowns and has yet to throw an ing,” he said. “I don’t know how much re- Robinson on Sept. 14 in Pasadena, Calif. The Sooners rank 46th nationally out of 130 interception. spect we had coming into the season. It’s teams in scoring defense and 58th in total defense — quite an improvement from last The Ohio State defense has allowed an the same thing now. Just because we won season, when they were 114th in total defense and 101st in scoring defense. average of 57 rushing yards in the first a couple of games doesn’t change anything three games. The unit has given up just for us. We need to stay focused right now. one touchdown and one field goal in the last We do have some momentum and we’ve got eight quarters. All-American defensive end to keep that going. It’s incumbent on the Chase Young has been a disruptive force, coaches and leaders to make sure we don’t contributing five of the team’s 14 sacks. get distracted.” Defense doing its part After struggling last season, the defen- As prolific as he’s been, Fields focuses sive backfield has been playing lights out, on situations where things didn’t go so well, underscored by cornerback Damon Ar- the ones that tend to be so clear in the Sun- Sooners’ ball-hawking unit supporting offense nette’s dynamic 96-yard pick-six against day video tape sessions. Indiana last week. “It’s kind of like a ‘wow’ moment,” he said As much as Ohio State is eager to see how of watching the tape. “We still played pret- BY CLIFF BRUNT Grinch has put an emphasis on forcing it matches up against the meat of the Big ty good, but we did leave stuff on the board. turnovers, and Oklahoma is plus-1.0 per Associated Press Ten, there is at least one more tuneup game, It’s kind of like we have so much room to game in turnover margin, tied for 21st na- this week against Miami of Ohio. The Red- improve, so it makes it more exciting.” NORMAN, Okla. — It is a small sample tionally heading into a bye week. size, but the numbers say Oklahoma’s de- With the improvement has come a swag- fense has improved this season. ger that has been missing in recent years. The Sooners fielded one of the worst de- “Playing with confidence,” linebacker Test: Different challenge awaiting Nix fenses in the nation last season. Just a good Kenneth Murray said. “And that just comes defense with Oklahoma’s historically good from coach Grinch and his staff, they pride FROM BACK PAGE Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher was the offense and Heisman winner Kyler Mur- themselves on keeping things simple, and I Mond has played in plenty of big games. position coach at Auburn for former Tigers ray might have produced a national title. think that’s really the biggest thing. We’ve quarterback Patrick Nix, Bo’s father and This season, the offense is just as good, gotten out there and we’ve made a couple He and the Aggies fell short in the biggest one so far this season, a 24-10 loss to No. high school coach. Bo Nix emerged as one leading the nation with 676.7 yards per plays now. We’ve gotten a chance to go of the nation’s top quarterback prospects game. But now, with it comes an aggressive, 1 Clemson in which Mond threw for 236 against a couple of different teams. Now and an immediate starter. ball-hawking defense led by new coordina- yards with an interception. we’re just creating confidence and we’re Fisher said he has known Bo Nix “for a tor Alex Grinch that has done its part in the Auburn coach Gus Malzahn has seen able to go out there and fly around and do long time.” 3-0 start for the fifth-ranked Sooners. him mature as a quarterback over the past what we do.” “His dad’s a winner,” Fisher said. “He’s Grinch talked in the offseason about in- three seasons. Mond has passed for 747 Murray leads the way with 22 tackles. a great coach, coached in college, coached stilling a new attitude in the defense. So far, Defensive end Jalen Redmond leads the yards and fi ve touchdowns with three in- in high school. So, he’ll (Bo) have a lot of so good for Okla- team with 2.0 sacks, 2.0 quarterback hur- terceptions. intangibles in his blood that some other homa — the Soon- ries and 4.5 tackles for loss. Defensive back “He looks like he’s in command of his of- freshman may not just from the experience ‘ ers allowed 408 Brendan Radley-Hiles has an interception fense this year,” Malzahn said. Now we’re of being around those things.” yards to Houston return for a touchdown and a fumble re- Nix is where Mond once was, growing Nix hasn’t put up big numbers, with Au- just creating in the opener, then covery. Defensive linemen Neville Gal- into the job on the fi eld. confidence 339 yards against limore and Ronnie Perkins have created Mond played in the Aggies’ 2017 opener burn last in the SEC in passing yards. He’s completing 52.4 percent of his passes for and we’re South Dakota and havoc all season. at UCLA but got his fi rst start in an oppo- 311 yards against The Sooners also are building depth, a nent’s stadium in the seventh game of the 545 yards with four touchdowns and two able to go out UCLA. weakness last season. Murray, for exam- season at Florida. He put up modest num- interceptions while dealing with injuries there and fly “I think it’s ple, is playing fewer snaps than he did last bers, but Texas A&M won 19-17. to receivers Seth Williams and Anthony tangible,” Grinch year. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said Nix would probably rather walk out of Schwartz. He also has fl ashed some mobil- around and do said. “You can that’s a credit to recent recruiting success. College Station with a victory and modest ity and running ability, particularly early in what we do. ’ only do it on game “That’s all part of starting to establish numbers than throw fi ve touchdown passes the Kent State game. day. You can talk the culture that we want defensively,” and lose like he did as an eighth grader. “I see him growing each game,” Mal- Kenneth Murray zahn said. Oklahoma LB about it. You can Riley said. “That was part of the plan all He made his college debut in another big get a sense after along, is to play a lot of guys and to create game against No. 16 Oregon in Arlington, Since that Oregon game, Nix has faced a Tuesday in the competition and create depth and create Texas, leading the Tigers to a comeback friendly crowds and overmatched oppo- spring kind of the progress. You can take development of other players.” victory capped by his touchdown pass in nents in Tulane and Kent State. practice seven in fall camp, just a random There’s still plenty of work to do — the the fi nal seconds. Teammates have praised Nix’s challenge this weekend will be de- practice in fall camp — you can leave the Sooners rank 85th in pass efficiency de- his poise and maturity, and both were on cidedly different. facility at night and feel like you’re making fense and 85th in red zone defense. But display in his level-headed reaction to that He’ll be matched up with the SEC’s No. 2 progress, but is it going to show on game Grinch said he sees the right mentality to kind of fi nish. scoring defense, a noisy crowd and a group day?” get things turned around. “It wasn’t hard because I know it’s a long of defenders trying to rattle the 18-year- It has. Last season, Oklahoma ranked “I think we’re becoming a good to bor- season and I didn’t play that great,” Nix old. 114th out of 129 schools in total defense derline great practice team. I say that and said. “So I just wanted to get better. I still “I defi nitely think we can,” Texas A&M and 101st in scoring defense. This season, the minute I say that I cringe a little bit be- want to get better.” cornerback Myles Jones said. “It’s a fresh- the Sooners rank 46th nationally out of 130 cause I hate to oversell that, but that’s one Malzahn believes that experience will man coming into our stadium. I defi nitely teams in scoring defense and 58th in total step to this thing. It’s fun to go to practice help, even though he acknowledges it was think that’s going to be a big factor, too, defense. with these guys.” an Auburn-leaning crowd. with the 12th Man. They get pretty loud.” Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 SPORTS BRIEFS Pirates closer charged with soliciting child

Associated Press lyeva a ban shorter than the standard two- year sanction. The 18-month ban still rules PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates her out of the next two winter seasons. All-Star closer Felipe Vazquez was arrest- Vasilyeva had said her packed travel ed Tuesday on felony charges of pornogra- schedule in her debut World Cup season phy and soliciting a child and was placed on administrative leave by Major League meant she struggled with rules obliging Baseball. athletes to give drug testers advance no- Vazquez was taken into custody by tice of their whereabouts for one hour each Pennsylvania State Police on one count day. of computer pornography/solicitation of a The case comes at a time when the Rus- child and one count of providing obscene sian biathlon team has been accused of material to minors. His arraignment was widespread doping going back several scheduled for later Tuesday. years. Austrian authorities are also inves- The Florida Department of Law En- tigating allegations that bribes were paid forcement said it began investigating the to cover up failed tests. 28-year-old Vazquez in August after learn- ing of an alleged sexual relationship be- Pitino settles with Louisville tween Vazquez and a teenage girl living LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A fiercely compet- in Lee County, Fla. Vazquez, who lives in itive coach on the court, Rick Pitino didn’t Saint Cloud, Fla., and the victim began the relationship when the girl was 13, authori- want to fight in one anymore. ties said. So the University of Louisville Athletic The girl, now 15, allegedly received a text Association and Pitino settled lawsuits message from Vazquez in July in which he stemming from his departure from the was performing a sex act. Vazquez also school, with the former men’s basketball texted the girl to ask if she wanted to meet coach’s personnel file changing his termi- for a sexual encounter following the end of nation to a resignation. the baseball season, according to police. Pitino sued the ULAA for more than Authorities arrested Vazquez and took $38.7 million in November 2017, accusing him to the Allegheny County jail after exe- it of breaching its contract by firing him cuting a search warrant Tuesday morning for cause the previous month in the wake /AP at his Pittsburgh apartment. Police said DAVID ZALUBOWSKI of a federal bribery investigation of college they seized electronic devices that will be Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez has been arrested on charges of basketball. Louisville countersued, seek- used in the investigation. Vazquez will be pornography and soliciting a child. Vazquez was taken into custody Tuesday morning ing monetary damages for vacated games extradited to Florida. by Pennsylvania State Police on one count of computer pornography/solicitation of a and bonuses. The agreement comes a week Vazquez, a two-time All-Star pitcher child and one count of providing obscene material to minors. after representatives for the association from Venezuela, is 5-1 with a 1.65 ERA and and Pitino held settlement talks at the fed- 28 saves for the Pirates this season. Yankee Stadium before Tuesday’s game, up any ground in the standings. eral courthouse that included the coach. “We take this matter, and these charges and the team was concerned when he was  Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog In a statement issued Wednesday in particular, extremely seriously,” Pi- unable to get on his toes. is recovering from a minor stroke. through lawyer Steve Pence, Pitino said rates president Frank Coonelly said in a Betances was sent for a scan and exam- The 87-year-old Herzog became ill Mon- he was moving on “to a new chapter in my statement. ined by Dr. Justin Greisberg at New York- day at his charity golf tournament at Forest life.” The MLB commissioner’s office placed Presbyterian Hospital, and he will get a Hills Country Club in suburban St. Louis. Vazquez on administrative leave as part second opinion from Dr. Martin O’Malley The Cardinals say Herzog is “currently Wizards’ Thomas has surgery of its policy regarding domestic violence, at the Hospital for Special Surgery. At this resting and doing well.” The team provid- sexual assault and child abuse. point, the Yankees said the recommenda- ed an update on Herzog on Tuesday. WASHINGTON — Wizards guard Isa- Administrative leave is not considered tion is to treat the injury conservatively, Nicknamed “the White Rat,” Herzog had iah Thomas underwent thumb surgery and discipline. Vazquez goes on the restricted but the team said the possibility of surgery a 1,281-1,125 record in 18 years as a major is expected to miss six to eight weeks. list and continues to receive his salary but has not been ruled out. league manager with the Cardinals, Roy- The team says Thomas ruptured the ra- is ineligible to play.  The Cleveland Indians’ postseason als, Rangers and Angels. dial collateral ligament in his left thumb In other baseball news: chances have been dealt another blow Under Herzog’s direction, St. Louis won during routine workouts Monday and had  Dellin Betances’ season appears to be — second baseman Jason Kipnis has a bro- the championship in 1982 and also made it surgery Wednesday. General manager over after just eight pitches. ken right hand. to the World Series in 1985 and 1987. Her- Tommy Sheppard says it is “an unfortu- The New York Yankees reliever partial- Kipnis will need surgery on the frac- zog was inducted into the Baseball Hall of nate setback” for Thomas but expects the ly tore the Achilles tendon in his left foot tured hamate bone, the same injury that Fame in 2010. 30-year-old to make a full recovery. when he hopped on the mound after strik- has kept third baseman Jose Ramirez out Thomas signed with Washington as a ing out Brandon Drury, the second and of Cleveland’s lineup for weeks. The team Vasilyeva banned 18 months free agent July 6 after spending last season final batter he faced in his season debut said Kipnis will need four to six weeks to with the Denver Nuggets. He has averaged Sunday at Toronto. recover, which means the earliest he could SALZBURG, Austria — Russian biath- 18.6 points and 5.1 assists a game during Betances appeared to think it was the be back is mid-October. By then, the Indi- lete Margarita Vasilyeva has been banned his eight-year NBA career. third out of the inning and landed awk- ans could be deep into their offseason. for 18 months after missing three drug This injury is another blow to the Wiz- wardly on the artificial turf at Rogers Cen- They are still chasing first-place Minne- tests. ards, who are expected to be without guard tre. He had a smile on his face and wasn’t sota in the AL Central and trailing Tampa The International Biathlon Union says its John Wall for at least the first half of the aware of the injury. Bay and Oakland for a wild card. The loss disciplinary panel “took into account the season and perhaps all of it because of a Betances was sore when he arrived at of Kipnis will make it even harder to make athlete’s degree of fault” when giving Vasi- ruptured Achilles tendon. PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 MLB SCOREBOARD

American League Dodgers 7, Rays 5 Yankees 8, Angels 0 Nationals 6, Cardinals 2 Brewers 3, Padres 1 East Division Tampa Bay Los Angeles Los Angeles New York Washington St. Louis San Diego Milwaukee W L Pct GB ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi ab r h bi New York 99 53 .651 — Pham lf 5 0 0 0 Freese 1b 2 0 0 0 Goodwin cf 3 0 0 0 LeMhieu 1b 4 1 2 1 Turner ss 4 1 1 0 Fowler rf 5 0 1 0 Garcia 2b 1 0 0 0 Grisham rf 3 0 0 1 Tampa Bay 89 63 .586 10 Meadows rf 2 1 1 0 Lux ph-2b 1 1 1 1 Fltcher 3b-2b 4 0 2 0 Judge rf 4 1 0 0 Eaton rf 5 0 1 0 Wong 2b 4 0 0 0 France ph-2b 3 0 0 0 Grandal c 4 0 0 0 Boston 79 71 .527 19 d’Arnaud c 4 1 1 1 Pollock lf 4 0 1 1 Calhoun rf 4 0 2 0 Grgorius ss 5 1 1 2 Rendon 3b 5 0 1 0 Gldschdt 1b 2 0 1 0 Martini lf 4 0 0 0 Mstakas 3b 3 1 1 1 Toronto 60 91 .397 38A Choi 1b 4 1 1 1 Taylor 3b 3 0 0 0 Pujols dh 4 0 0 0 Torres 2b 4 2 2 3 Soto lf 4 1 1 1 Ozuna lf 3 0 0 0 A Machado 3b 3 0 1 0 Braun lf 3 0 0 0 Baltimore 49 102 .325 49 Duffy 3b 3 0 1 0 Maeda p 1 0 0 0 Simmons ss 4 0 1 0 Voit dh 2 1 0 0 Kendrick 1b 4 2 3 1 DeJong ss 4 0 0 0 Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 0 Pomeranz p 0 0 0 0 Central Division Fairbanks p 0 0 0 0 Jansen p 0 0 0 0 Walsh 1b 3 0 0 0 Gardner cf 4 0 1 0 A.Cabrera 2b 3 1 0 1 Molina c 4 0 2 0 Renfroe rf 3 1 1 1 Hiura 2b 3 0 1 0 Minnesota 93 58 .616 — Sulser p 0 0 0 0 Bllnger cf-1b 3 1 1 1 Rengifo 2b 2 0 0 0 Urshela 3b 3 1 2 1 Robles cf 3 1 2 2 Edman 3b 3 1 0 0 Cleveland 88 63 .583 5 Aguilar ph 1 1 1 2 Muncy 2b-1b 3 2 0 0 Thaiss ph-3b 2 0 1 0 Maybin lf 3 1 2 1 Margot cf 3 0 1 0 Arcia pr-ss 0 0 0 0 Gomes c 3 0 2 1 Bader cf 4 0 1 0 Urias ss 3 0 0 0 Thames 1b 2 0 0 0 Chicago 65 86 .430 28 Kittredge p 0 0 0 0 Hrnndz rf-cf 4 1 1 0 Hermosillo lf 1 0 0 0 Romine c 4 0 0 0 Corbin p 3 0 1 0 Mikolas p 2 1 1 0 Hedges c 3 0 0 0 Cain cf 3 1 1 1 Kansas City 56 96 .368 37A Wendle 2b 3 1 1 0 Seager ss 4 1 2 4 Bemboom c 4 0 0 0 Rodney p 0 0 0 0 J.Mrtinez ph 1 0 0 0 Detroit 45 105 .300 47A Adames ss 3 0 0 1 Smith c 3 1 0 0 Totals 31 0 6 0 Totals 33 8 10 8 b-Parra ph 1 0 0 0 Gallegos p 0 0 0 0 Paddack p 2 0 1 0 Woodruff p 0 0 0 0 West Division Kiermaier cf 4 0 0 0 Ferguson p 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 000 000 000—0 Dn.Hudson p 0 0 0 0 Gant p 0 0 0 0 Strahm p 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez p 1 0 0 0 Houston 99 53 .651 — Snell p 0 0 0 0 Urias p 0 0 0 0 New York 020 600 00x—8 Helsley p 0 0 0 0 Stammen p 0 0 0 0 Austin ph 1 0 0 0 Oakland 91 61 .599 8 Brosseau ph 1 0 0 0 Floro p 0 0 0 0 DP—Los Angeles 1, New York 2. LOB— G.Cabrera p 0 0 0 0 Jankwski ph 0 0 0 0 Suter p 0 0 0 0 Texas 74 78 .487 25 Drake p 0 0 0 0 Negron ph 1 0 0 0 Los Angeles 9, New York 7. 2B—Maybin Myers ph 1 0 0 0 Albers p 0 0 0 0 A Carpnter ph 1 0 0 0 Los Angeles 68 83 .450 30 Wong ph 1 0 0 0 Stripling p 0 0 0 0 (17), Gregorius (13). HR—Torres (38). Totals 35 6 12 6 Totals 33 2 6 0 Bednar p 0 0 0 0 Gamel lf 1 1 1 0 Seattle 63 88 .417 35A Poche p 0 0 0 0 Gyorko ph 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Washington 010 101 021—6 Spngnbrg ss 1 0 0 0 Roe p 0 0 0 0 Beaty ph 1 0 0 0 Perez ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Los Angeles St. Louis 001 001 000—2 Anderson p 0 0 0 0 Baez p 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 4 1 Totals 26 3 4 3 National League Zunino ph 0 0 0 0 Kolarek p 0 0 0 0 Ramirez L,5-4 1 1 2 2 1 2 E—Turner (13), Gomes (4). DP—Wash- ington 0, St. Louis 1. LOB—Washington 9, San Diego 000 000 100—1 East Division Lowe ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Pederson rf 1 0 0 0 Suarez 2C 7 6 6 2 3 W L Pct GB Totals 33 5 6 5 Totals 31 7 6 7 Rodriguez 3 1 0 0 3 2 St. Louis 9. 2B—Gomes 2 (13), Soto (30), Milwaukee 001 000 11x—3 z-Atlanta 93 59 .612 — Cahill 1B 1 0 0 0 2 Goldschmidt (22), Molina (23). 3B—Ken- E—Hedges (10). LOB—San Diego 4, Tampa Bay 010 001 030—5 drick (1). HR—Kendrick (16). SB—Gomes Washington 83 67 .553 9 Los Angeles 000 020 50x—7 New York Milwaukee 2. 2B—Gamel (16). HR—Ren- New York 78 73 .517 14A E—Fairbanks (1), Baez (1), Bellinger Severino 4 2 0 0 2 4 (2), Robles (26), Eaton (14), Turner (33). froe (32), Cain (9), Moustakas (35). SF— Philadelphia 77 72 .517 14A (3). DP—Tampa Bay 0, Los Angeles 1. Loaisiga W,2-1 2 0 0 0 1 3 SF—A.Cabrera (2), Soto (5). S—Wong (6). Grisham (3). S—Perez (2). Miami 53 98 .351 39A LOB—Tampa Bay 5, Los Angeles 4. 2B— Tarpley 1B 3 0 0 0 4 IP H R ER BB SO IP H R ER BB SO Central Division Gearrin C 0 0 0 0 0 Meadows (29), Seager 2 (41), Hernandez Washington San Diego St. Louis 84 67 .556 — (19), Bellinger (31). HR—Choi (16), Agui- Adams 1 1 0 0 1 2 Corbin, W, 13-7 6 5 2 0 4 11 Chicago 82 69 .543 2 lar (4). SB—Wendle (8), Meadows (12), Ramirez pitched to 2 batters in the Paddack 5 1 1 1 1 9 Rodney, H, 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 Strahm L,5-9 1 1 1 1 0 2 Milwaukee 82 69 .543 2 Bellinger (13). SF—Adames (1). 2nd, Rodriguez pitched to 3 batters in the Dan.Hudson, S, 2-4 2 1 0 0 0 2 A Stammen 1 1 0 0 0 2 Cincinnati 71 81 .467 13 IP H R ER BB SO 7th. HBP—Tarpley (Hermosillo). WP—Tar- Pittsburgh 65 86 .430 19 pley. T—3:03. A—41,026 (47,309). St. Louis Bednar 1 1 1 1 0 1 Tampa Bay Mikolas, L, 9-14 6 8 3 3 1 4 West Division Milwaukee x-Los Angeles 98 54 .645 — Snell 2 0 0 0 0 4 Gallegos 1B 0 0 0 0 3 Drake 2 0 0 0 0 2 Athletics 2, Royals 1 Gant 0 1 1 1 1 0 Woodruff 2 0 0 0 1 4 Arizona 77 75 .507 21 Gonzalez 3 2 0 0 1 4 A Poche BS,1-7 C 1 2 2 1 1 Helsley C 2 1 1 0 0 San Francisco 73 78 .483 24 B Kansas City Oakland Suter H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2 San Diego 68 83 .450 29A Roe 0 0 0 1 0 G.Cabrera 1 1 1 1 2 0 Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Albers W,8-5 1 2 1 1 0 1 Colorado 66 86 .434 32 Merrifield 2b 4 0 0 0 Semien ss 3 0 0 0 Gant pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Fairbanks L,1-1 B 3 5 3 1 0 HBP—Mikolas (Robles). T—3:21. A— Pomeranz S,2-2 2 0 0 0 0 4 Monday’s games C Mondesi ss 4 0 1 0 Chpman 3b 4 0 0 0 Detroit 5, Baltimore 2 Sulser 2 0 0 0 0 44,061 (45,538). Strahm pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Kittredge 1 0 0 0 0 0 Soler dh 4 0 1 0 Olson 1b 4 1 1 1 Minnesota 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Dozier 3b 4 0 1 0 Canha cf 2 1 1 0 T—2:37. A—34,565 (41,900). Kansas City 6, Oakland 5 Los Angeles Gordon lf 4 0 0 0 Brown lf 4 0 2 1 Twins 9, White Sox 8 (12) Milwaukee 5, San Diego 1 Ferguson 1C 0 1 1 2 1 McBroom rf 3 1 1 0 Davis dh 3 0 0 0 Mariners 6, Pirates 0 St. Louis 4, Washington 2 Urias 1 0 0 0 1 2 Chicago Minnesota B Cuthbert 1b 3 0 2 0 Profar 2b 3 0 0 0 Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 2 Floro 0 0 0 0 1 Starling cf 3 0 0 0 Murphy c 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Seattle Pittsburgh Colorado 9, N.Y. Mets 4 Stripling 2 2 0 0 0 3 Dini c 2 0 0 1 Grssman rf 2 0 0 0 Garcia rf-cf 7 1 1 0 Garver c 4 1 0 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Arizona 7, Miami 5 Baez BS,1-7 1B 1 1 1 0 0 Anderson ss 6 1 4 2 Polanco ss 4 0 0 0 Long lf 5 1 2 2 Newman ss 4 0 1 0 B Neuse 2b 0 0 0 0 Tuesday’s games Kolarek 0 0 0 0 1 Phegley c 2 0 0 0 Abreu 1b 7 0 2 1 Cruz dh 3 2 1 0 Bishop lf 0 0 0 0 Frazier 2b 3 0 1 0 N.Y. Yankees 8, L.A. Angels 0 Maeda W,10-8 1 3 3 3 0 1 Jimenez lf 7 1 3 0 Rosario rf 6 2 3 1 B Laurno ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Crawford ss 3 1 1 0 Cabrera rf 4 0 1 0 Seattle 6, Pittsburgh 0 Jansen S,30-37 1 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 28 2 4 2 Moncada 3b 6 0 2 0 Sano 3b 6 1 1 3 Seager 3b 3 0 0 0 Osuna 1b 4 0 2 0 Cleveland 7, Detroit 2 Urias pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd, McCann c 6 0 2 1 Gonzalez 1b 6 1 3 2 Maeda pitched to 5 batters in the 8th. Kansas City 000 010 000—1 Lewis rf 5 0 0 0 Diaz c 4 0 0 0 L.A. Dodgers 7, Tampa Bay 5 Oakland 000 000 20x—2 Sanchez 2b 5 0 2 0 Arraez lf 5 0 3 0 Narvaez c 4 2 3 2 Moran 3b 4 0 0 0 Toronto 8, Baltimore 5 HBP—Poche (Muncy). T—3:43. A—48,663 Collins dh 4 1 1 1 Schoop 2b 5 0 1 0 Houston 4, Texas 1 (56,000). DP—Kansas City 0, Oakland 1. LOB— Nola 1b 4 1 3 1 Gonzalez cf 4 0 2 0 Kansas City 4, Oakland 6. 2B—Dozier (28), Mndck pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Wade pr-cf 1 1 1 0 Gordon 2b 3 0 0 1 Kramer lf 3 0 1 0 Minnesota 9, Chicago White Sox 8, 12 Engel cf 4 2 2 1 LaMarre cf 2 1 2 1 innings McBroom (3), Brown (8). HR—Olson (35). Smith cf 3 0 0 0 Keller p 1 0 0 0 Phillies 5, Braves 4 SF—Dini (1). Goins ph 1 0 0 0 Cave ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Gonzales p 3 1 1 0 Feliz p 0 0 0 0 Oakland 2, Kansas City 1 Cordell rf 1 1 1 2 Astudillo ph 1 0 0 0 San Francisco 7, Boston 6, 15 innings Philadelphia Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO b-Santana ph 1 0 0 0 a-Tucker ph 1 0 0 0 Milwaukee 3, San Diego 1 Miller cf 0 0 0 0 Tuivailala p 0 0 0 0 Jerez p 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Kansas City Cron ph 1 0 0 0 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4 Segura ss 5 0 0 0 Acuna Jr. cf 4 0 1 0 Lopez L,4-8 6 4 2 2 1 4 McClain p 0 0 0 0 Holmes p 0 0 0 0 Washington 6, St. Louis 2 Realmuto c 4 0 1 0 Albies 2b 5 1 1 0 Barnes 1 0 0 0 1 2 Torreyes 2b 0 0 0 1 Totals 54 8 20 8 Totals 45 9 15 9 c-Joseph ph 1 0 0 0 Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Harper rf 4 1 2 0 Freeman 1b 2 1 0 0 Fillmyer 1 0 0 0 0 1 Wang p 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Mets 6, Colorado 1 Hoskins 1b 3 1 1 2 Donldsn 3b 4 0 0 1 Chicago 000 122 000 012—8 Markel p 0 0 0 0 Oakland Minnesota 005 000 000 013—9 Miami 12, Arizona 6 Kingery cf 4 1 1 0 Mrkkis lf-rf 5 0 1 0 Anderson 5 5 1 1 0 2 Totals 34 6 10 6 Totals 33 0 8 0 Wednesday’s games Rodrguez 3b 4 1 1 0 Joyce rf 3 0 1 1 E—Polanco (20). DP—Chicago 2, Min- Puk W,2-0 2 1 0 0 0 2 nesota 2. LOB—Chicago 14, Minnesota Seattle 010 012 200—6 Kansas City at Oakland Hernndez 2b 4 0 0 1 Hchvrria ph 1 1 1 1 Soria H,20 1 0 0 0 0 2 L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees Pirela lf 2 1 1 2 Duvall lf-ph 1 1 1 1 11. 2B—Jimenez (16), Rosario 2 (23), Pittsburgh 000 000 000—0 Hendriks S,23-29 1 0 0 0 0 2 Arraez (19). HR—Collins (2), Engel (6), DP—Seattle 0, Pittsburgh 2. LOB—Se- Seattle at Pittsburgh Bruce ph 1 0 0 0 Flowers c 3 0 1 0 Lopez pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Toronto at Baltimore Suarez p 0 0 0 0 Swanson ss 3 0 1 0 Anderson (17), Cordell (7), LaMarre (1), attle 7, Pittsburgh 7. 2B—Nola (10), Gon- Detroit at Cleveland HBP—Lopez (Canha), Fillmyer (Canha). zales (1), Frazier (31). HR—Narvaez (22), Hughes p 0 0 0 0 Keuchel p 2 0 0 0 T—2:32. A—14,992 (46,765). Sano (30). SF—Anderson (2), Garver (2). San Francisco at Boston Alvarez p 0 0 0 0 O’Day p 0 0 0 0 S—Sanchez (7), Polanco (2). Nola (10), Long (4). SF—Gordon (6). Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Parker p 0 0 0 0 Ortega ph 1 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO IP H R ER BB SO Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers Gosselin ph 1 0 0 0 Blevins p 0 0 0 0 Indians 7, Tigers 2 Texas at Houston Chicago Seattle Neris p 0 0 0 0 Swarzak p 0 0 0 0 Detroit Cleveland N.Y. Mets at Colorado Velasquez p 2 0 1 0 Dayton p 0 0 0 0 Detwiler 5 7 5 5 4 2 Gonzales, W, 16-11 7 6 0 0 0 4 Miami at Arizona ab r h bi ab r h bi Marshall 1C 0 0 0 1 2 Tuivailala 1 1 0 0 1 1 Haseley ph-lf 2 0 1 0 V.Reyes rf 4 0 1 1 Lindor ss 5 0 0 0 B Philadelphia at Atlanta Totals 36 5 9 5 Totals 34 4 8 4 Bummer 1 2 0 0 0 1 McClain 1 1 0 0 0 0 San Diego at Milwaukee H.Castro cf 4 0 0 0 Mercado cf 5 2 2 1 Herrera 1C 0 0 0 1 1 Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs Philadelphia 000 500 000—5 Cabrera dh 3 0 0 0 Santana 1b 4 3 1 0 Osich B 0 0 0 0 1 Pittsburgh Atlanta 200 000 011—4 Beckham pr 0 0 0 0 Puig rf 5 0 3 1 Colome BS,27-29 1 1 1 1 0 1 Keller, L, 1-5 5 6 2 2 2 7 Thursday’s games LOB—Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 10. 2B— Seattle (Kikuchi 6-10) at Pittsburgh Stewart lf 3 0 0 0 Bauers dh 1 0 0 0 Ruiz L,1-4 BS,0-1 B 5 3 3 0 1 Feliz 1 2 2 2 0 1 Haseley (11), Acuna Jr. (21). 3B—Albies Mercer 2b 3 0 0 0 Luplw ph-dh 3 1 2 2 Jerez 1 2 2 2 1 1 (Brault 4-5) Minnesota San Francisco (Bumgarner 9-8) at Bos- (8). HR—Hoskins (29), Pirela (1), Hecha- Rodriguez 1b 3 0 0 0 Allen lf 4 0 1 1 Holmes 1 0 0 0 1 0 varria (2), Duvall (8). SB—Acuna Jr. (37). Perez 4C 10 3 3 0 4 C ton (Rodriguez 17-6) Lugo 3b 3 1 1 1 Freeman 3b 3 1 1 0 B Wang 0 0 0 1 1 SF—Donaldson (2). Greiner c 3 1 2 0 R.Perez c 3 0 2 2 May 1 2 2 2 0 1 B L.A. Angels (Heaney 4-5) at N.Y. Yan- Duffey 1 0 0 0 0 3 Markel 0 0 0 0 1 kees (Happ 12-8) IP H R ER BB SO W.Castro ss 2 0 0 0 Velzquez 2b 4 0 0 0 WP—Keller. T—2:58. A—10,933 Toronto (Kay 0-0) at Baltimore (Brooks Totals 28 2 4 2 Totals 37 7 12 7 Romo 1 1 0 0 0 3 Philadelphia Rogers 1 0 0 0 0 1 (38,362). 5-8) Velasquez W,7-7 5 5 2 2 2 8 Detroit 001 010 000—2 Detroit (Zimmermann 1-11) at Cleve- C Cleveland 113 100 01x—7 Littell 2 4 1 1 1 2 Suarez H,7 1 0 0 0 0 Harper W,4-2 1 3 2 2 1 0 land (Clevinger 11-3) Hughes H,3 1 0 0 0 1 1 E—Lugo (4). DP—Detroit 0, Cleveland 3. Marlins 12, Diamondbacks 6 Kansas City (Montgomery 3-9) at Min- LOB—Detroit 4, Cleveland 11. 2B—Greiner Detwiler pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Alvarez H,14 1 1 1 1 0 2 HBP—Ruiz (Torreyes). WP—Colome, Per- Miami Arizona nesota (Gibson 13-7) Parker H,4 B 0 0 0 1 1 (5), Puig (11), R.Perez (9), Mercado (24), Philadelphia (Nola 12-5) at Atlanta ez. T—4:51. A—22,518 (38,649). ab r h bi ab r h bi Neris S,27-33 1 1 1 1 2 1 Allen (9), Santana (29), Luplow (15). 3B— Berti cf-3b 6 2 2 0 Vargas ss 5 1 1 0 (Soroka 12-4) Luplow (1). HR—Lugo (6), Mercado (12). San Diego (Lucchesi 10-8) at Milwau- Atlanta SB—Beckham (3). Blue Jays 8, Orioles 5 M.Rojas ss 6 0 4 6 Marte cf 2 1 2 0 kee (Lyles 11-8) Keuchel L,8-6 5 8 5 5 1 2 Castro 3b 4 0 0 0 J.Rojas lf 2 2 2 1 St. Louis (Flaherty 10-8) at Chicago O’Day 1 1 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Baltimore Sierra cf 0 0 0 0 Escobar 3b 5 1 2 1 Cubs (Hendricks 11-9) Blevins C 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit ab r h bi ab r h bi Alfaro c 1 0 0 0 C.Walker 1b 4 0 3 2 Swarzak 1B 0 0 0 0 1 Reininger, L, 0-3 2 5 4 4 1 2 Bichette ss 3 2 0 0 Villar ss 4 1 2 1 Holaday c 4 2 3 2 Flores 2b 4 0 1 1 Dayton 1 0 0 0 0 2 Ramirez 1C 3 2 1 2 2 Biggio 2b 5 3 4 4 Smith Jr. lf 2 1 0 0 B Prado 1b 6 2 2 0 Almonte rf 1 0 0 0 Tuesday Hughes pitched to 2 batters in the 7th, Schreiber 2 0 0 0 1 4 Gurriel Jr. dh 4 0 1 1 Severino c 1 0 0 0 Diaz 2b 5 1 2 1 Jones rf 4 0 1 0 Soto 2 4 1 1 1 4 Alvarez pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. WP— Alford pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Mancini dh 4 1 2 4 Brinson rf 3 1 1 1 Joseph c 0 0 0 0 Mets 6, Rockies 1 Velasquez. T—3:26. A—28,843 (41,149). Cleveland Guerrero 3b 4 0 2 0 Ruiz 3b 3 0 1 0 Dean lf 5 3 3 2 C.Kelly c 4 0 0 0 New York Colorado Plutko, W, 7-4 6 4 2 2 1 6 Grichuk rf 5 1 1 1 Alberto 2b 4 0 0 0 C.Smith p 1 0 0 0 Duplntier p 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Cimber 1 0 0 0 1 1 Smoak 1b 4 1 1 1 D.Stewart rf 4 0 0 0 Nimmo cf-lf 3 1 1 1 Story ss 4 0 1 0 Reds 4, Cubs 2 N.Walker ph 0 1 0 0 Lcstro lf-cf 3 0 0 0 Clippard 1 0 0 0 1 1 Hrnndez cf-lf 4 0 1 0 Williams cf 4 0 2 0 Brigham p 0 0 0 0 Young p 1 0 0 0 McNeil lf 3 0 0 0 Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0 Cincinnati Chicago Carrasco 1 0 0 0 1 0 McKnney lf 2 0 0 0 Hays cf 0 0 0 0 Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0 Cron ph 1 1 1 1 Lagares cf 0 0 0 0 Arenado 3b 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Reininger pitched to 2 batters in the J.Davis ph-cf 2 0 0 0 C.Davis 1b 4 0 0 0 P.Alonso 1b 4 1 2 2 Blackmn rf 3 1 2 1 VanMeter 2b 4 1 1 0 Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 0 3rd. HBP—Carrasco (Stewart). T—2:56. Stanek p 0 0 0 0 Andriese p 0 0 0 0 Jansen c 4 1 2 0 Sisco c 2 1 1 0 Grndrson ph 0 0 0 0 Lamb ph 1 0 0 0 Cano 2b 4 0 1 0 McMahn 2b 4 0 0 0 R.Iglesias p 0 0 0 0 Castllnos rf 3 2 0 0 A—19,108 (35,225). Wlkrsn pr-lf 1 1 0 0 Noesi p 0 0 0 0 Sherfy p 0 0 0 0 Wilson p 0 0 0 0 Tapia lf 3 0 0 0 Votto 1b 2 1 1 1 Bryant 3b 4 0 0 0 Totals 37 8 12 7 Totals 33 5 8 5 Avilan p 0 0 0 0 Hilliard cf 2 0 2 0 Suarez 3b 4 0 2 1 Schwrber lf 4 0 3 2 Clarke p 0 0 0 0 Ramos c 4 1 2 0 Hmpsn ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Aquino rf 4 1 1 2 Cntreras 1b 4 0 0 0 Astros 4, Rangers 1 Toronto 012 000 014—8 Leyba ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Conforto rf 3 0 0 0 Wolters c 3 0 0 0 Barnhart c 4 0 1 0 Caratini c 3 0 0 0 Baltimore 200 010 101—5 Totals 42 12 17 12 Totals 38 6 13 6 Texas Houston E—Bichette (7), Villar (20). LOB—To- Frazier 3b 4 1 2 1 Melville p 1 0 0 0 Ervin lf 4 0 0 0 Heyward cf 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Miami 001 013 520—12 Rosario ss 4 1 2 2 Diehl p 0 0 0 0 O’Grady cf 3 0 0 0 Hoerner ss 4 0 1 0 Choo dh 4 0 0 0 Springer cf 4 0 1 1 ronto 6, Baltimore 7. 2B—Biggio (15), Sisco (7). 3B—Biggio (2), Ruiz (2). HR— Arizona 001 030 101— 6 Stroman p 2 0 0 0 Almonte p 0 0 0 0 J.Iglss ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Darvish p 2 0 0 0 Andrus ss 4 0 1 0 Altuve 2b 4 0 1 0 E—C.Walker (10). DP—Miami 1, Arizona Panik ph-2b 2 1 1 0 Fuentes ph 1 0 0 0 Peraza ss-2b 4 0 0 0 Kemp ph 0 0 0 0 Calhoun lf 2 0 1 0 Brantley lf 4 0 0 0 Grichuk (29), Biggio (14), Smoak (21), Parsons p 0 0 0 0 Gray p 3 1 1 0 Hultzen p 0 0 0 0 Mancini (34), Villar (22). SB—Biggio 2 1. LOB—Miami 11, Arizona 8. 2B—M.Rojas Mazara rf 4 1 2 1 Bregman 3b 3 1 1 1 3 (27), Dean 2 (10), Holaday (6), Diaz Valaika ph 1 0 1 0 Lornzen p-cf 1 0 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 Santana 1b 4 0 1 0 Alvarez dh 3 1 1 1 (13). SF—Gurriel Jr. (3), Mancini (4). S— Garcia p 0 0 0 0 Wieck p 0 0 0 0 Solak 3b 3 0 0 0 Gurriel 1b 4 1 1 1 Smith Jr. (1). (4), Prado (9), Marte (36), C.Walker (24), Totals 33 6 11 6 Totals 31 1 6 1 Happ ph 1 0 0 0 Odor 2b 3 0 0 0 Correa ss 4 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO J.Rojas (5), Escobar (28). 3B—Vargas (1). HR—Holaday (4), Cron (6). S—C.Smith (5). New York 000 004 011—6 Totals 34 4 7 4 Totals 32 2 5 2 DeShields cf 3 0 1 0 Chirinos c 3 1 2 0 Toronto Colorado 000 000 001—1 Cincinnati 300 010 000—4 Trevino c 3 0 0 0 Reddick rf 2 0 0 0 Tepera 1 2 2 2 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO DP—New York 2, Colorado 4. LOB— Chicago 101 000 000—2 Totals 30 1 6 1 Totals 31 4 7 4 Thornton 5 3 1 1 1 4 Miami New York 3, Colorado 4. 2B—Ramos (18), LOB—Cincinnati 5, Chicago 7. 2B—Vot- Texas 000 000 100—1 Shafer C 2 1 1 1 0 C.Smith W,9-10 5 8 4 4 1 4 Valaika (5). HR—Rosario (13), Nimmo (7), to (30), Schwarber (24). 3B—Schwarber Houston 000 012 10x—4 Boshers 0 0 0 0 1 0 P.Alonso (48), Blackmon (29). (3). HR—Aquino (16). Brigham H,4 1 0 0 0 0 0 DP—Texas 0, Houston 1. LOB—Texas 4, B.Stewart B 0 0 0 0 0 Stanek 1 2 1 1 1 2 Houston 6. 2B—Santana (22). 3B—Chiri- IP H R ER BB SO IP H R ER BB SO Law W,1-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Noesi 2 3 1 1 0 1 New York Cincinnati nos (1). HR—Mazara (18), Gurriel (29), Giles 1 1 1 1 0 1 C Bregman (37), Alvarez (26). Arizona Stroman W,3-2 7 4 0 0 1 7 Gray, W, 11-7 6 4 2 2 3 9 Baltimore Young 5 5 2 1 4 4 Wilson 1 1 0 0 0 1 Lorenzen, H, 21 1B 1 0 0 0 2 IP H R ER BB SO Shepherd 4 4 3 3 1 4 Avilan 1 1 1 1 0 0 R.Iglesias, S, 32-37 1 0 0 0 0 2 Texas Andriese L,5-5 BS,1-3 1 3 3 3 1 2 Bleier 1 2 0 0 0 0 Sherfy 0 5 5 5 0 0 Lynn, L, 14-11 7 7 4 4 1 8 Castro 1 0 0 0 0 3 Colorado Chicago Clarke 2 3 2 2 2 2 Melville L,2-3 5C 6 4 4 1 2 Darvish, L, 6-7 7 6 4 4 1 13 Leclerc 1 0 0 0 2 1 Fry 1 1 0 0 0 2 Armstrong BS,4-7 1 1 1 1 1 1 Duplantier 1 1 0 0 0 1 Diehl 0 1 0 0 0 0 Hultzen 0 0 0 0 1 0 Houston Sherfy pitched to 5 batters in the 7th. Almonte B 0 0 0 0 1 Cishek 1 1 0 0 0 0 Verlander, W, 19-6 6 4 0 0 2 8 Givens L,2-6 C 3 4 3 1 2 Parsons 2 2 1 1 2 1 Wieck 1 0 0 0 0 2 Rondon, H, 18 1 2 1 1 0 2 Phillips B 1 0 0 0 0 HBP—C.Smith (C.Walker). WP—C.Smith. Garcia 1 2 1 1 0 0 Hultzen pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Harris, H, 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 Boshers pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, T—3:49. A—19,745 (48,519). Diehl pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. HBP—Gray (Zobrist). T—3:09. A—34,267 Osuna, S, 34-40 1 0 0 0 0 2 Bleier pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. T— T—2:50. A—33,118 (50,398). (41,649). T—2:45. A—39,650 (41,168). 3:27. A—9,280 (45,971). SEE SCOREBOARD ON PAGE 29 Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 MLB Scoreboard Severino sharp in season debut FROM PAGE 28 Giants 7, Red Sox 6 (15) San Francisco Boston BY RONALD BLUM Wild-card race ab r h bi ab r h bi Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE Ystrzmski lf 7 2 2 1 Benintndi lf 7 0 0 0 W L Pct WCGB Belt 1b 6 1 1 1 Bogaerts ss 6 0 2 0 Longoria 3b 4 1 2 0 Devers 3b 8 0 2 0 NEW YORK — Luis Severino Oakland 91 61 .599 — Vogt c 7 1 1 1 Martinez dh 2 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 89 63 .586 — Pillar cf 7 1 1 1 Travis ph 1 0 1 0 got Albert Pujols to reach for a Cleveland 88 63 .583 ½ Crawford ss 6 0 3 2 G.Hrdz pr-dh 2 1 1 0 slider with runners at the corners NATIONAL LEAGUE Shaw dh 3 0 0 0 Centeno ph 1 0 0 1 W L Pct WCGB Solano ph-dh 3 1 2 0 Holt rf 5 1 0 0 and ground into a double play Slater rf 6 0 1 0 Morelnd 1b 6 1 1 1 that ended the first inning of his Washington 83 67 .553 — Dickerson ph 0 0 0 1 Vazquez c 2 1 1 1 Chicago 82 69 .543 — Gerber rf 0 0 0 0 Owings pr 0 0 0 0 season debut, then punched the Milwaukee 82 69 .543 — Dubon 2b 7 0 1 0 Leon c 3 0 2 0 pocket of his glove to celebrate. Bradley cf 7 1 2 2 Philadelphia 77 72 .517 4 M.Hrnnde 2b 7 1 2 0 New York’s ace was back on the New York 78 73 .517 4 Totals 56 7 14 7 Totals 57 6 14 5 Arizona 77 75 .507 5½ San Francisco 103 100 000 000 101—7 mound, in time to make an impact Boston 010 013 000 000 100—6 in the postseason. (5-8) and J.A. Happ (12-8). E—Bogaerts (11). DP—San Francisco 1, Severino pitched four dominant Boston 1. LOB—San Francisco 12, Boston Severino was 19-8 with a 3.39 17. 2B—Vogt (23), Crawford (23), Yastr- innings and reached 98.8 mph in ERA in 32 starts last year but zemski (18), Solano (13), Moreland (15), an 8-0 win over the Los Angeles Vazquez (26). 3B—Travis (1). HR—Belt struggled late in the season. The (17), Yastrzemski (20), Bradley Jr. (19). Angels on Tuesday night that FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP Yankees at first diagnosed Sever- SB—Vazquez (4). SF—Dickerson (1). S— moved New York to the brink of G.Hernandez (2). ino with shoulder inflammation, IP H R ER BB SO clinching its 21st postseason ap- The Yankees’ Luis Severino delivers a pitch during the first inning but when the 25-year-old right- San Francisco pearance in 25 years. of his season debut against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday. hander failed to improve he was Webb 5 3 3 3 4 3 “It was exciting. It was fun Suarez BS,0-1 1 3 2 2 0 2 sent for an MRI on April 9 that Rogers B 2 0 0 0 0 going out there and hearing the All-Star, Severino got hurt while mine said. “We need Sevy where Abad C 0 0 0 0 1 revealed a strained latissimus Gustave 1 0 0 0 1 0 fans,” Severino said. warming up before his first we’re going. He’s pitched some Coonrod C 1 0 0 1 0 But another bizarre injury scheduled spring training ap- big games for us, and we look for- dorsi muscle. He didn’t throw W.Smith 1B 1 0 0 0 2 off a mound again until a bullpen Anderson 2 0 0 0 1 3 struck the Yankees. After the pearance on March 5. ward to him pitching some more Selman H,1 B 1 1 1 1 1 game New York announced re- He began tentatively in game big games for us.” session on Aug. 9 and made three B.Smith 0 1 0 0 0 0 minor league injury rehabilita- Peralta H,1 B 0 0 0 0 1 liever Dellin Betances partially 152, opening with a 12-pitch walk Severino had seven swings and Barraclough BS,0-1 B 0 0 0 1 0 tore the Achilles tendon in his to Brian Goodwin, but got sharper misses on fastballs and two on tion appearances from Sept. 1-11. D.Rodriguez W,6-9 2 2 0 0 1 1 He started in a groove. Boston left foot when he hopped on the and allowed just a pair of singles. sliders. Eovaldi 4 7 5 5 3 6 mound after striking out Brandon “All his pitches were nice and “My fastball command I think “Another huge step back for Brewer 1 0 0 0 0 2 him,” Boone said. Poyner 1 0 0 0 0 0 Drury, the second and final bat- crisp,” the Angels’ Luis Rengifo was great. I still need to work a Brasier 1B 0 0 0 0 3 ter he faced in his season debut said. little bit more in sliders to left- New York lowered its magic Taylor C 0 0 0 1 1 Workman 1 1 0 0 0 2 Sunday at Toronto. Severino walked two and struck handers,” he said. number to one over Cleveland Barnes 1 0 0 0 2 0 “It’s about as freak as it can out four, throwing 47 of 67 pitches Severino’s return gives the to clinch the Yankees’ 55th post- Walden 1 0 0 0 0 2 Cashner 2 4 1 1 0 1 be,” manager Aaron Boone said. for strikes and leaving to an ova- Yankees a plethora of postseason season appearance — 22 more Johnson C 1 0 0 1 1 Betances’ season appears over tion from fans tracking his pitch rotation choices from a group that than any other team. New York’s Kelley L,0-1 1B 1 1 1 0 1 Webb pitched to 1 batter in the 6th, after eight pitches. He and Sev- count. includes James Paxton (14-6), magic number dropped to one B.Smith pitched to 1 batter in the 13th. over Tampa Bay to wrap up the WP—Webb, Coonrod, Eovaldi, Kelley. T— erino spent much of the summer “Looked pretty good out there, Masahiro Tanaka (10-8), Domin- 5:54. A—35,925 (37,731). rehabbing together. A two-time pretty sharp,” catcher Austin Ro- go German (18-4), CC Sabathia Yankees’ 19th AL East title. Roundup Moustakas, Cain lift Brewers into tie with Cubs

Associated Press played in the middle of the 14th inning. The Astros have a magic number of one Blue Jays 8, Orioles 5: Rookie Cavan to clinch a playoff berth and three to cap- MILWAUKEE — Mike Moustakas used Biggio hit for the cycle and drove in four ture their third straight American League one swing of the bat to give the Milwaukee runs, leading visiting Toronto to the win. West title. Brewers’ playoff push a big boost. Biggio and his father, Craig, a Hall of Marlins 12, Diamondbacks 6: Miguel Moustakas hit his 35th home run of the Famer with the Houston Astros, are the Rojas had a career-high six RBIs, includ- season, Lorenzo Cain also homered and the second father-son duo to hit for the cycle, ing a three-run double, and visiting Miami Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 on joining Daryle and Gary Ward . rallied past Arizona. Tuesday night, their 11th win in 12 games. Nationals 6, Cardinals 2: Patrick Corbin The Diamondbacks’ slim playoff hopes “Moustakas, he’s always coming up with struck out 11 in six innings, and Howie took another hit with the loss: They’re 5 ½ big homers,” Cain said. “I’ve been seeing it Kendrick had three hits for visiting Wash- games behind the Cubs and Brewers for for a long time now, especially back in our ington, which increased its lead for the the second NL wild-card with 10 to play. KC days. He has the power. He always hits NL’s top wild card to 1 ½ games over the Athletics 2, Royals 1: Matt Olson hit a 20, 30 homers every single year. So, I don’t Cubs and Brewers. tying homer for host Oakland leading off expect anything less. He’s definitely been St. Louis leads the NL Central by two the seventh, and Seth Brown hit a go-ahead huge for us all year long.” games over Chicago and Milwaukee. double two batters later. The Brewers pulled even with the Chi- Dodgers 7, Rays 5: Corey Seager drove The A’s, who hold the top AL wild-card cago Cubs for the NL’s second wild card in four runs, including a go-ahead, two-run spot, bounced back after their six-game and both trail first-place St. Louis by two double in the seventh, and host Los Ange- winning streak was snapped by Monday’s games in the NL Central. les rallied to beat Tampa Bay. 6-5 loss to the Royals. Manager Craig Counsell likes how ev- Tampa Bay had its lead for the second Phillies 5, Braves 4: Rhys Hoskins and erybody is contributing during this late- AL wild card cut to one-half game over Jose Pirela hit two-run homers off Dallas MORRY GASH/AP season charge. Cleveland. Keuchel in visiting Philadelphia’s five-run “We’re doing our jobs,” he said. “You The Brewers’ Mike Moustakas celebrates Twins 9, White Sox 8 (12): Ronald Tor- fourth inning. feel like if we post a good record, a good his home run during the seventh inning on reyes was hit by a pitch with the bases Vince Velasquez (7-7) gave up two runs game every day for these last 11-12, we’ll Tuesday against the San Diego Padres. loaded in his team’s three-run 12th inning, in the first before recovering with four find ourselves in a pretty good spot.” and host Minnesota maintained its five- straight scoreless innings for the Phillies. Moustakas teed off on a 1-2 pitch from ing its opponents 59-18 during the stretch. game lead in the AL Central. Mets 6, Rockies 1: Marcus Stroman reliever Matt Strahm (5-9) in the bottom But it managed just two runs on five hits Torreyes, a September roster addition pitched seven shutout innings, and visiting of the seventh after Hunter Renfroe’s 32nd against Cincinnati. who has only six plate appearances this New York beat Colorado to boost its flick- home run in the top of the inning tied the Giants 7, Red Sox 6 (15): Mike Yastr- season, crouched in front of a 2-1 fastball ering playoff hopes. score at 1-1. zemski rounded the bases to the cheers of ready to swing before holding off. The ball Amed Rosario, Brandon Nimmo and “It’s a big moment because we kind of the Fenway Park fans after hitting a solo grazed his right forearm as he lowered it Pete Alonso homered in the sixth for the lose the momentum a little bit with the homer for San Francisco — like his grand- over the plate. Mets, breaking open a scoreless game. game tied and everybody pitching so well,” father Carl Yastrzemski heard numerous Indians 7, Tigers 2: Adam Plutko New York pulled within four games of Counsell said. “But, he took it right back, I times during his Hall of Fame career with pitched six effective innings, rookie Oscar Chicago and Milwaukee for the second NL thought, and it’s a huge spot.” Boston. Mercado homered and host Cleveland beat wild card. Reds 4, Cubs 2: Sonny Gray and two re- The game featured a major league re- Detroit for the 15th straight time. Mariners 6, Pirates 0: Marco Gonzales lievers shut down host Chicago, dropping it cord-tying 24 pitchers — including a Astros 4, Rangers 1: Justin Verlander pitched seven innings, helping Seattle win into a tie for the second NL wild card with team-record 13 by the Giants — and had picked up his major league-leading 19th after host Pittsburgh closer Felipe Vazquez Milwaukee. 50 players overall, lasting 5 hours, 54 min- win, and Yuli Gurriel, Alex Bregman and was arrested on multiple felony charges Chicago had won five in a row, outscor- utes. “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” was Yordan Alvarez homered for host Houston. earlier in the day. PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, September 19, 2019 NFL Statistics

AFC Individual Leaders NFC individual leaders Week 2 Week 2 Quarterbacks Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Int Att Com Yds TD Int Mahomes, KC 77 55 821 7 0 Prescott, DAL 62 51 674 7 1 Dalton, CIN 93 61 729 4 1 K. Murray, ARI 94 54 657 2 1 Rivers, LAC 70 46 626 3 2 Stafford, DET 75 49 630 5 2 Brady, NE 64 44 605 5 0 Ryan, ATL 89 60 624 5 5 L. Jackson, BAL 57 41 596 7 0 Keenum, WAS 81 56 601 5 0 Flacco, DEN 81 56 560 2 1 Newton, CAR 89 50 572 0 1 Josh Allen, BUF 67 43 507 2 2 Manning, NYG 89 56 556 2 2 Minshew, JAC 58 45 488 3 1 Wentz, PHL 82 53 544 4 2 D. Carr, OAK 64 45 457 2 2 R. Wilson, SEA 55 43 495 5 0 Watson, HOU 59 36 427 3 1 Goff, LA 67 42 469 2 1 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushers M. Mack, IND 45 225 5.0 63t 1 Att Yds Avg LG TD J. Jacobs, OAK 35 184 5.3 51 2 D. Cook, MIN 41 265 6.5 75t 3 C. Hyde, HOU 30 173 5.8 20 0 Barkley, NYG 29 227 7.8 59 1 D. Henry, TEN 34 165 4.9 18 2 McCaffrey, CAR 35 165 4.7 23 2 Ma. Ingram, BAL 27 154 5.7 49 2 E. Elliott, DAL 36 164 4.6 27 2 Singletary, BUF 10 127 12.7 23 1 Gurley, LA 30 160 5.3 25 1 L. Jackson, BAL 19 126 6.6 19 0 Breida, SNF 27 158 5.9 34 0 Ekeler, LAC 29 124 4.3 19 2 A. Jones, GBY 36 155 4.3 15 1 Ju. Jackson, LAC 13 116 8.9 40 0 Kamara, NOR 26 142 5.5 28 0 Fournette, JAC 28 113 4.0 14 0 Mostert, SNF 22 123 5.6 20 0 Receivers Barber, TAM 31 115 3.7 16t 1 No Yds Avg LG TD Receivers Ross, CIN 11 270 24.5 66t 3 No Yds Avg LG TD S. Watkins, KC 15 247 16.5 68t 3 Gallup, DAL 13 226 17.4 62 0 M. Brown, BAL 12 233 19.4 83t 2 Fitzgerald, ARI 13 217 16.7 54 1 K. Allen, LAC 16 221 13.8 28t 1 M. Thomas, NOR 20 212 10.6 24 0 Andrews, BAL 16 220 13.8 39 2 McLaurin, WAS 10 187 18.7 69t 2 Chark, JAC 11 201 18.3 69 2 Godwin, TAM 11 174 15.8 28 2 Jo. Brown, BUF 14 195 13.9 38t 1 Ridley, ATL 12 169 14.1 34t 2 Kelce, KC 10 195 19.5 42 1 Kupp, LA 12 166 13.8 66 0 E. Sanders, DEN 16 184 11.5 53 2 D. Moore, CAR 16 165 10.3 18 0 Boyd, CIN 18 182 10.1 47 0 Engram, NYG 17 164 9.6 33 1 Punters Golladay, DET 12 159 13.2 31t 2 No Yds Lg Avg Punters T. Long, LAC 6 300 55 50.0 Cooke, JAC 8 384 54 48.0 No Yds Lg Avg Haack, MIA 13 620 58 47.7 Way, WAS 9 470 58 52.2 Kern, TEN 12 565 70 47.1 Johnston, PHL 7 363 57 51.9 Gillan, CLE 5 233 52 46.6 A. Lee, ARI 13 647 59 49.8 Bojorquez, BUF 10 455 63 45.5 Palardy, CAR 9 446 58 49.6 AUSTIN ANTHONY, DAILY NEWS/AP Berry, PIT 10 452 58 45.2 Hekker, LA 7 343 71 49.0 Huber, CIN 9 403 51 44.8 Dickson, SEA 12 581 60 48.4 Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota, front, is tackled by Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Al- Bailey, NE 6 267 53 44.5 O’Donnell, CHI 13 628 75 48.3 Sanchez, IND 8 356 60 44.5 J. Scott, GBY 17 809 63 47.6 Quadin Muhammad during Sunday’s game in Nashville, Tenn. The Colts handed the Titans their first loss. Punt returners Morstead, NOR 7 332 55 47.4 No Yds Avg Long TD Colquitt, MIN 11 511 57 46.5 Cy. Jones, BAL 5 74 14.8 25 0 Punt returners Rogers, IND 5 47 9.4 18 0 No Yds Avg Long TD Olszewski, NE 5 44 8.8 20 0 T. Jones, NYG 3 75 25.0 60 0 Spencer, DEN 4 35 8.8 17 0 Natson, LA 4 61 15.2 32 0 Erickson, CIN 4 34 8.5 11 0 McCloud, CAR 6 69 11.5 39 0 D. Thomas, KC 5 28 5.6 10 0 Sproles, PHL 5 54 10.8 17 0 M. Hyde, BUF 3 16 5.3 10 0 D. Harris, NOR 6 54 9.0 19 0 Mariota trying to repair J. Grant, MIA 3 5 1.7 5 0 Cohen, CHI 5 43 8.6 14 0 Kickoff returners Barner, ATL 7 58 8.3 18 0 No Yds Avg LG TD Beebe, MIN 4 25 6.2 15 0 Dw. Harris, OAK 3 131 43.7 72 0 B. Wilson, TAM 4 21 5.2 11 0 King, LAC 3 90 30.0 43 0 Kirk, ARI 4 18 4.5 8 0 Hilliard, CLE 3 80 26.7 32 0 Kickoff returners D. Phillips, CIN 4 100 25.0 37 0 No Yds Avg LG TD J. Grant, MIA 4 98 24.5 39 0 Hardman, KC 3 63 21.0 27 0 Clement, PHL 3 73 24.3 26 0 P. Campbell, IND 4 82 20.5 23 0 Ballentine, NYG 4 86 21.5 28 0 issues from Titans’ loss Ervin, JAC 3 58 19.3 21 0 Isabella, ARI 4 86 21.5 32 0 Logan, TAM 3 60 20.0 21 0 BY TERESA M. WALKER J. Hill, BAL 3 55 18.3 26 0 for throwing options, Mariota Jennings, TEN 3 53 17.7 26 0 Sims, WAS 4 66 16.5 20 0 Associated Press said he didn’t think so, though Scoring Agnew, DET 3 48 16.0 21 0 Touchdowns Byrd, ARI 4 59 14.8 23 0 that might be a better question for TD Rush Rec Ret Pts R. Penny, SEA 3 44 14.7 21 0 NASHVILLE, Tenn. the coaches. Ekeler, LAC 4 2 2 0 24 Scoring arcus Mariota has D. Henry, TEN 3 2 1 0 18 Touchdowns “I feel like I’m seeing it,” Mari- T. Hilton, IND 3 0 3 0 18 TD Rush Rec Ret Pts looked at the tape, ota said. “When the time comes Ross, CIN 3 0 3 0 18 D. Cook, MIN 3 3 0 0 18 and the Tennessee S. Watkins, KC 3 0 3 0 18 Ju. Jones, ATL 3 0 3 0 18 and the journey’s ending in the E. Sanders, DEN 2 0 2 0 14 Kicking MTitans quarterback Tennessee Titans (1-1) pocket, just to get the ball out.” Kicking PAT FG LG Pts is ready to move on. Mariota was listed as not prac- PAT FG LG Pts Gonzalez, ARI 1/1 7/7 42 22 at Jacksonville Jaguars (0-2) Gostkowski, NE 7/9 5/6 41 22 Gould, SNF 7/7 5/7 47 22 Up next is a quick turnaround AFN-Sports ticing with an injured quad Mon- Tucker, BAL 10/10 4/4 51 22 Lutz, NOR 3/3 6/7 58 21 with the Titans visiting Jackson- day during a walk-through. He Butker, KC 8/8 4/4 46 20 Slye, CAR 3/3 6/7 54 21 2:20 a.m. Friday CET McManus, DEN 1/1 5/6 43 16 Zuerlein, LA 6/6 5/6 56 21 ville on Thursday night, and a said he felt good Tuesday before Santos, TEN 7/7 3/4 53 16 Gay, TAM 4/4 3/4 40 13 chance for Mariota and Tennes- 9:20 a.m. Friday JKT practicing fully. Lambo, JAC 2/2 4/4 40 14 Pineiro, CHI 1/1 4/4 53 13 Bullock, CIN 4/4 3/5 39 13 Jak. Elliott, PHL 3/3 3/3 41 12 see to fix some of what went wrong Through two games, the Titans Boswell, PIT 2/2 3/3 41 11 Hopkins, WAS 6/6 2/2 48 12 Fairbairn, HOU 5/5 2/2 39 11 Maher, DAL 9/9 1/1 25 12 in a 19-17 loss to Indianapolis. are averaging 167.5 yards pass- Carlson, OAK 4/4 2/2 29 10 “I love playing when the lights we needed a spark and instead I ing, putting them 27th in the NFL. T. Long, LAC 4/4 2/4 40 10 NFC team statistics are on, and I look forward to these didn’t check the ball down, and it That’s up two slots from last sea- AFC team statistics challenges,” Mariota said Tues- son, but less than the 185.9 yards Week 2 was on a couple sacks. And that’s Week 2 AVERAGE PER GAME day. “I look forward to these divi- stuff that I got to do a better job passing for all of 2018. AVERAGE PER GAME OFFENSE sion games. And our guys I think Derrick Henry ranked sec- OFFENSE Yards Rush Pass of. But at the same time, you just Yards Rush Pass Dallas 484.0 151.0 333.0 will be ready to go. It’s going to got to have an aggressive mindset ond in the AFC with 1,059 yards Baltimore 541.5 223.5 318.0 N.Y. Giants 420.0 140.0 280.0 be a challenge, but we’re looking rushing last season, and he’s av- Kansas City 477.5 72.0 405.5 San Francisco 414.0 178.5 235.5 and see what you can do.” L.A. Chargers 429.5 131.0 298.5 Detroit 408.0 105.0 303.0 forward to it. Mariota, 28-29 as a starter, is eraging 4.9 yards per carry this New England 423.0 112.5 310.5 New Orleans 377.0 102.5 274.5 Playing in prime time could season and 87 yards per game. Buffalo 379.0 139.5 239.5 Arizona 368.0 66.0 302.0 33-for-52 for 402 yards with four Cincinnati 372.5 29.5 343.0 L.A. Rams 364.5 140.5 224.0 help Mariota and the Titans (1-1), touchdown passes and no inter- Henry said he can help by being Denver 358.0 92.5 265.5 Philadelphia 361.0 86.0 275.0 who have some areas to fix al- more efficient when running and Jacksonville 354.5 92.0 262.5 Atlanta 356.0 65.0 291.0 ceptions in a pivotal season for a Cleveland 346.0 102.0 244.0 Carolina 347.5 83.0 264.5 ready this young season. quarterback in the final year of feels as if he hasn’t made all the Houston 338.5 153.0 185.5 Minnesota 345.0 185.0 160.0 After watching tape, Mariota his rookie contract. plays he can. Indianapolis 332.0 185.0 147.0 Seattle 328.5 111.5 217.0 Oakland 332.0 113.5 218.5 Washington 326.5 37.5 289.0 said staying out of third-and-long The Titans team, from coach “I can be better and be more ef- Tennessee 290.5 123.0 167.5 Tampa Bay 292.0 110.5 181.5 would help. They have converted Mike Vrabel and first-year offen- ficient in the run game ... in those Pittsburgh 284.5 56.5 228.0 Green Bay 274.0 95.5 178.5 only 3 of 20 third downs, and Mar- N.Y. Jets 223.0 68.0 155.0 Chicago 263.5 99.5 164.0 sive coordinator Arthur Smith to third-down situations we’ve got to Miami 192.0 31.5 160.5 DEFENSE iota has been sacked four times in get those third downs so we can DEFENSE Yards Rush Pass Mariota and his teammates, all Yards Rush Pass each of the first two games. Atlanta 277.5 110.5 167.0 pointed the finger at their strug- extend drives and not be three- New England 246.0 37.0 209.0 Chicago 292.5 68.5 224.0 Baltimore 274.5 20.5 254.0 The fifth-year quarterback and-out,” Henry said. “You can’t L.A. Rams 293.5 92.0 201.5 gles on third downs for their of- Buffalo 296.5 98.5 198.0 struggled against the Colts, ap- fensive issues. Too many times get started going three-and-out. Denver 315.0 125.5 189.5 Tampa Bay 304.0 68.5 235.5 San Francisco 305.5 73.0 232.5 pearing to miss wide-open Nobody gets opportunities that Tennessee 317.0 134.5 182.5 the Titans have failed to pick up Indianapolis 338.5 124.0 214.5 Carolina 319.0 133.0 186.0 chances to check down to a near- a first down because they faced way.” Cleveland 339.0 123.0 216.0 Green Bay 337.5 122.0 215.5 by receiver and avoid a couple of L.A. Chargers 357.5 148.5 209.0 Minnesota 340.0 108.5 231.5 third-and-10 — or longer. Defenses focused on Henry Kansas City 367.5 105.0 262.5 Seattle 345.0 57.5 287.5 sacks. Smith took all the blame on means Mariota has opportunities N.Y. Jets 370.0 128.0 242.0 Dallas 362.5 99.0 263.5 Jacksonville 377.0 119.5 257.5 Philadelphia 382.5 42.5 340.0 Blame Mariota trying to be too himself, saying he must call bet- to throw, which means making Houston 395.5 125.5 270.0 New Orleans 397.0 147.5 249.5 aggressive. ter plays. plays. Cincinnati 402.0 165.5 236.5 Detroit 405.5 124.5 281.0 Oakland 404.0 63.0 341.0 N.Y. Giants 441.0 120.0 321.0 “Part of it was trying to make Asked if he might be struggling “We definitely have to execute Pittsburgh 445.0 125.0 320.0 Washington 455.0 168.0 287.0 a big play,” Mariota said. “I felt working through his progression better,” Mariota said. Miami 512.0 195.5 316.5 Arizona 458.5 149.0 309.5 Thursday, September 19, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 NFL Dolphins GM says quick turnaround a good possibility Associated Press Did you know DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier says this year’s roster dismantling has been more drastic than he The Miami expected, but a turnaround can Dolphins have come quickly because the team been outscored will be aggressive in free agency 102-10 through in 2020. In the wake of the deal that their first two sent disgruntled defensive back games. No team Minkah Fitzpatrick to the Pitts- since 1961 has burgh Steelers, no remaining player has asked to be traded, had a worse point Grier said Tuesday. He said play- differential after two ers and team officials are unified games. in their belief in the Dolphins’ DON WRIGHT, ABOVE, AND GENE J. PUSKAR, BELOW/AP rebuilding project, even though Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph, above left, scrambles past Seattle Seahawks middle linebacker they have been outscored 102-10 SOURCE: Associated Press Bobby Wagner for a first down during the second half of Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh. Rudolph will be in the first two games. the Steelers’ starter for the rest of the season after Ben Roethisberger, below, underwent surgery. Team officials tried unsuccess- said, ‘I would trade me for that,’ ” fully to talk Fitzpatrick out of his Grier said. “We were not trying to desire to play elsewhere, Grier do it.” said, and the 2018 first-round Regarding Fitzpatrick, coach pick was traded late Monday for a Brian Flores, owner Stephen Ross first-round pick in 2020. The Dol- and Grier had multiple conversa- Steelers begin post-Ben phins and Steelers also swapped tions with him urging him to stay lower picks. in Miami, Grier said. The Dolphins now have three “We tried to make it work,” first-round choices next year, and Grier said, “saying we wanted are projected to have more than him here and viewed him as a $110 million in salary cap space. core piece. The kid just felt it was life by getting Fitzpatrick “Whether it’s free agency or time for him to move.” the draft, we’ve positioned our- Grier said he, Flores and Ross BY WILL GRAVES selves where we think we can do are in agreement about the team’s Associated Press anything and get whatever player directions and moves made. And we feel will help us,” Grier said. Grier said that while the roster PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers have “We’ll be aggressive in free agen- has been depleted, the team has a no plans to bail on the season with Ben Roethlis- cy. We’re not going to sit back and core to build around that includes berger out until 2020 with an elbow injury. not do anything. We’re going to Pro Bowl cornerback Xavien “Our level of expectations in terms of our perfor- be very proactive and try and get Howard and receiver Jakeem mance will not change,” coach Mike Tomlin said this turned quickly.” Grant, both of whom recently Tuesday. The roster purge included trad- signed contract extensions. A day removed from announcing Roethlisberg- ing left tackle Laremy Tunsil and “Those guys are bought in er’s aching right elbow will require surgery that receiver Kenny Stills to the Hous- 100%,” Grier said. “We have a will sideline him for the rest of the year, the Steelers ton Texans for two first-round good group of young guys that (0-2) began the process of moving on by upgrading picks and one second-rounder. want to be here.” their uneven defense and bringing in some depth Grier said that while the Dolphins Meanwhile, short-term pain behind new starting quarterback Mason Rudolph. hadn’t planned to trade Tunsil, may be unavoidable. No team Pittsburgh sent three draft picks — a first-round- the Texans offered an “historic since 1961 had a worse point dif- er and a fifth-rounder in 2020 and a sixth-rounder haul” that was too good to turn ferential after two games. in 2021 — to Miami for defensive back Minkah Fitz- down. “We know that as the team patrick and a 2020 fourth-round pick. The Steelers “I called Laremy about the was built right now,” Grier said, Tomlin said “But we’re going to get him started on a trade, and Laremy walked in my “it wasn’t going to win a Super also signed former Denver backup Paxton Lynch stable ground this week in terms of his contribution. office and saw it on the board and Bowl.” to the practice squad behind Rudolph and second- And that means playing one position.” stringer Delvin Hodges. Fitzpatrick had two interceptions in his rookie Fitzpatrick, the 11th overall selection in the 2018 year for Miami and collected six tackles and a draft, had grown frustrated with his role for the forced fumble last weekend against New England. rebuilding Dolphins. Miami began shopping him He goes from a team that might be the worst in the after a Week 1 loss to Baltimore and found a willing NFL to a club that began the season expecting to be partner in the Steelers, who will be without starting in the playoff mix. That status is uncertain with Ro- safety Sean Davis for at least the next two months ethlisberger out and the offense now in the hands of after Davis sustained a shoulder injury against Se- the 24-year-old Rudolph. attle last Sunday. The team placed Davis on injured A third-round pick in 2018 who beat out Josh reserve, though Tomlin said there’s a chance Davis Dobbs during training camp to be the primary could return later in the season. backup behind Roethlisberger, Rudolph played well Tomlin admitted the coaching staff became en- during a half of work against Seattle, completing 12 amored with Fitzpatrick in the lead-up to the 2018 of 19 passes for 112 yards with two touchdowns and draft, but knew any chance at getting Fitzpatrick an interception that came off a tipped pass. Tomlin was a “pipe dream” with the Steelers drafting doesn’t expect the offense to change with Rudolph 28th. Miami took Fitzpatrick 17 spots higher, with taking over. Pittsburgh taking safety Terrell Edmunds later in “From a team perspective, we’ve got a great deal the opening round. Now Edmunds and Fitzpatrick of confidence in Mason (Rudolph). It’s the natural will line up alongside each other on Sunday in San process that is team sport,” Tomlin said. “One man Francisco. goes down; the next man steps up.” Though Fitzpatrick played a variety of positions Tomlin declined to get into specifics of the nature LYNNE SLADKY/AP in Miami, including cornerback, slot cornerback of Roethlisberger’s injury. Roethlisberger will have and linebacker in some substitution packages, he surgery in the “upcoming days” and there remains Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier says this year’s will begin his tenure in Pittsburgh at safety. no timetable for how long the 16-year veteran will roster dismantling has been more drastic than he expected, but a “He’s a multi-talented player, and at some point be out. Roethlisberger announced Monday night he turnaround can come quickly because the team will be aggressive in we’re going to utilize those talents as an asset to us,” plans to return for 2020. free agency in 2020 with $110 million in salary cap space. S TARS AND STRIPES Thursday, September 19, 2019 F3HIJKLM Staying the course Pittsburgh pursuing same goals SPORTS without Roethlisberger » NFL, Page 31

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Taking on the 12th Man Freshman QB Nix leads No. 8 Auburn into road test against Mond, Texas A&M

BY JOHN ZENOR was playing (on a) higher level as a younger Associated Press kid. That was tough and it was just my sec- ond year of live football. But it was fun. I had AUBURN, Ala. a blast.” exas A&M quarterback Kellen Nix leads Auburn onto a much bigger Mond can relate to the emotions stage Saturday in College Station, Texas Auburn’s Bo Nix must be feeling against Mond and the No. 17 Aggies. heading into the Aggies-Tigers Mond has been where Nix is, starting Auburn (3-0) showdown this weekend. most of his freshman season at Texas A&M. at Texas A&M (2-1) TMond was once the youthful starter lead- Now, Mond, a junior, is one of the Southeast- ing his team into big SEC road games. ern Conference’s most experienced quar- AFN-Sports Nix, a freshman, will be the center of at- terbacks and well understands how diffi cult 9:30 p.m. Saturday CET tention when he takes the fi eld for the No. Kyle Field can be for opposing quarterbacks 4:30 a.m. Sunday JKT 8 Tigers in the Aggies’ backyard. He does with 102,000-plus fans. have some experience in this situation, albe- “I think it’s shocking for a lot of quarter- CHUCK BURTON/AP it as an eighth-grader. Nix had only three or backs, obviously for a freshman who is prob- four starts under his belt going into a playoff ably playing on the road for the fi rst time at Texas A&M junior Kellen Mond can relate Anae piling up sacks game against eventual state champion Clay- a place like this with the 12th Man and Kyle to Bo Nix’s situation. Mond started most Chalkville, but passed for fi ve touchdowns Field,” Mond said. “So, it’s defi nitely go- of his freshman year for the Aggies. for Utes, Page 25 among his eight completions in an 85-50 loss ing to be something he’s never seen Sooners’ improved in 2014. before.” “As an eighth-grader, that was just in- defense supporting tense,” he said. “That was my fi rst time I SEE TEST ON PAGE 26 offense, Page 26 Auburn quarterback Bo Nix scrambles away from Tulane defensive end Davon Wright on Sept. 7 in Auburn, Ala. Nix, who has completed 52.4 percent of his passes for 545 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions this season, will walk into a hostile environment Saturday afternoon.

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