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VIRUS OUTBREAK Unemployment claims approach 41 million in US Reviewing the battle plan amid reopenings

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Roughly 2.1 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign that companies are still slashing jobs in the face of a deep recession even as more businesses reopen and rehire some laid-off employees. About 41 million people have applied for aid since the virus outbreak intensified in March, although not all of them are still unemployed. The Labor Depart- ment’s report Thursday includes a count of all the people now receiving unemployment aid: 21 million. That is a rough measure of the number of unemployed Americans. The national jobless rate was 14.7% in April, the highest since the Great Depression, and many economists expect it will near 20% in May. States are gradually restarting their economies by letting some businesses — from gyms, retail shops and restaurants to hair and nail salons — reopen with restrictions. As some of these employ- ers, including automakers, have recalled a portion of their laid-off employees, the number of people OMAR RUBI/U.S. Navy receiving unemployment benefits Army Sgt. Isaac Rood, assigned to the 44th Medical Brigade, gives COVID-19 swab testing instructions to airmen outside the Javits has fallen. Center in New York City on May 26. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the DOD might alter strategies for subsequent outbreaks. SEE CLAIMS ON PAGE 8 Military virus aid could look different if 2nd wave hits

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR ing at a variety of plans. But he said U.S. RELATED Associated Press forces might not be deployed the same way if or when the virus surges in a second large Troops could get hazard pay, awards WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary wave or even, more likely, a series of small- to recognize service during pandemic Mark Esper said that as the U.S. military er bursts. Page 8 prepares for another potential wave of the He also said that the military has started coronavirus, it could do things a bit differ- doing antibody tests on service members ently, providing more targeted aid for cities South Korea restores anti-coronavirus who had COVID-19 and recovered, in order measures in Seoul amid new outbreaks and states and possibly shorter quarantine to determine if their plasma can be used in KEITH SRAKOCIC/AP times for troops. others to prevent or treat the virus. Page 9 Help-wanted signs are posted Speaking as he flew back from a trip to Esper said he spoke with military service in front of a Burger King on the Marine Corps recruit base at Parris Is- Online: Get the latest news on the virus May 21 in Harmony, Pa. land, S.C., Esper said the Pentagon is look- SEE AID ON PAGE 8 stripes.com/coronavirus PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9681 CEO pay tops $12.3 million; wage gap widens Euro costs (May 29) ...... $1.08 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.85 Dollar buys (May 29) ...... €0.8842 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.8180 British pound (May 29) ...... $1.20 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press Lisa Su of Advanced Micro Devices. She had com- Japanese yen (May 29) ...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (May 29) ...... 1,206.00 facilities in the country of issuance pensation valued at $58.5 million after guiding her Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the The typical pay package for CEOs at the biggest Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3775 company’s stock to the best performance in the S&P Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ...... $1.2285 U.S. companies topped $12.3 million last year, and nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., 500 for two straight years. Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3773 purchasing British pounds in Germany), the gap between the boss and their workforces wid- China (Yuan) ...... 7.1464 Otherwise, the top of the pay rankings again in- check with your local military banking ened further, according to AP’s annual survey of Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7533 facility. Commercial rates are interbank cludes several familiar names from the media and Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.8391 executive compensation. rates provided for reference when buying entertainment industries, such as Walt Disney’s Euro ...... $1.1038/0.9060 Median pay for CEOs in the survey climbed 4.1% Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7528 currency. All figures are foreign currencies Robert Iger and Netflix’s Reed Hastings. Hungary (Forint) ...... 316.36 to one dollar, except for the British pound, last year. For the typical worker at their companies, which is represented in dollars-to-pound, CEOs such as Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai and In- Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5126 it rose 3.2%. It would take two lifetimes for the typi- Japan (Yen) ...... 107.74 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) cal employee at most S&P 500 companies to make tel’s Robert Swan had packages that were valued Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3085 INTEREST RATES even higher than Su’s but were excluded because Norway (Krone) ...... 9.8371 what their CEO did, or 169 years, according to data Philippines (Peso)...... 50.55 Prime rate ...... 3.25 analyzed by Equilar for The AP. the AP’s survey looks only at S&P 500 bosses who Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.02 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7547 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 For the first time since the AP’s annual pay sur- have been in the job for at least two years, in part to Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4174 3-month bill ...... 0.14 vey began in 2011, a woman is at the top of the list: avoid distortions caused by sign-on bonuses. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,235.95 30-year bond ...... 1.43 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 13 Comics ...... 17 Crossword ...... 17 Faces ...... 15 Opinion ...... 18-19 Sports ...... 20-24 Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Kansas soldier prevents shooting spree

From wire reports worth, Kitchens said. Instead, they discovered that a man had been using KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Fort Leav- multiple weapons to fire randomly at enworth, Kan., soldier stopped a shoot- vehicles. ing spree when he rammed his vehicle The suspect was trapped under a car, into a gunman who had just wounded Kitchens said. another soldier Wednesday, police said. The soldier who was shot was taken to One soldier was seriously injured in the shooting on Centennial Bridge in a hospital, and was in serious but stable Leavenworth, Kan., and the suspect condition Wednesday afternoon. was taken into custody after another The suspect was also taken to a hos- soldier intervened, Leavenworth Police pital with serious injuries from the Chief Pat Kitchens said. crash. Leavenworth police had been called Two additional vehicles were struck to investigate a report of a person firing by gunfire, Kitchens said, but no other shots on the bridge. It’s unclear what led injuries were reported. to the suspect seemingly firing shots at Kitchens said police have not yet de- random on the bridge, Kitchens told termined why the suspect, said to be a reporters, but one person was struck Platte County, Mo., resident, began fir- — an active-duty soldier who appeared ing shots on the bridge, but police were to be an unintended target. looking into the person’s history within Kitchens said another soldier from the community. Fort Leavenworth was waiting in traf- The Leavenworth County Sheriff’s fic when he witnessed the shooting. The Office, the Platte County Sheriff’s Of- soldier intervened, he said, “by striking fice, the Kansas Highway Patrol and the shooter with his vehicle.” other agencies assisted at the scene. Kitchens said the soldier’s actions “What was a very, very dangerous brought an end to the shooting, “likely situation fortunately was ended quite quickly,” Kitchens said. “Again, very JOHN RICHMEIER, LEAVENWORTH TIMES/AP saving countless lives.” Officers initially believed they were likely countless lives were saved by the Authorities gather on Centennial Bridge after a shooting Wednesday near Leavenworth, Kan. responding to a road rage incident on person who intervened.” A Fort Leavenworth soldier is being credited with saving lives after he stopped a person who the bridge that connects Kansas and The Kansas City (Mo.) Star and The Associated was randomly shooting on the bridge that connects Kansas and Missouri. Missouri not far from Fort Leaven- Press contributed to this report. Marine infantry recruit, 18, drops 186 pounds to make it to boot camp

BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON sion, Ramirez, of Oceanside, and pushed me.” Stars and Stripes Calif., said in a service statement Ramirez continued for a while, prior to leaving for Marine Corps but at one point the obstacles in Gabriel Ramirez spent his Recruit Depot San Diego. his life got to be too much, he said childhood dreaming of being a “She looked at me, not at my in the statement. Marine, but that dream seemed weight,” Ramirez said in the He put all the weight he lost unattainable as a 365-pound teen statement. “She told me, ‘It’s all back on and stopped coming to nicknamed “Meatball.” up to you if you want it,’ and from work out. This week, Ramirez, 18, was on there I got her card.” Rodrigues called and asked his way to boot camp, 186 pounds In his junior year, Ramirez what had happened, at which lighter. sometimes doubted he could both point Ramirez said he asked her At the end of Ramirez’s sopho- get in shape and improve his test why she was wasting her time more year at Rancho Buena Vista scores enough to get into the ser- with him. High School in California, Ma- vice. But after he saw Rodrigues “There were a lot of people that rine recruiter Staff Sgt. Anna Ro- again, he visited Recruiting Sub- put Gabriel down, and I would tell BERNADETTE PLOUFFE/U.S. Marine Corps drigues spoke to his class and later station Oceanside and worked out him you can be upset about it or asked him about his interests. with the Marines there. you can show them you won’t be Gabriel Ramirez lost 186 pounds on his way to becoming a Marine “The kids I talk to, one thing I “I did my first workout with the person they think you are,” recruit. look for is heart,” Rodrigues said them and it killed me,” Ramirez Rodrigues said. in a phone interview Wednesday. said in the statement. “I ran a 26- Rodrigues kept motivating him, for an infantry job, Rodrigues Ramirez said. “I was the only one “I am looking for someone that minute mile and a half, I couldn’t at times texting or calling daily. said. that could make this happen for won’t quit and will accept the do any pullups and I couldn’t even Ramirez lost the weight, gradu- “She told me to stop doubt- me. No one could do it for me.” challenge.” do 20 crunches. But they always ated from high school last year ing myself and just put my mind [email protected] The talk made a big impres- encouraged me, motivated me when he was 17 and has enlisted to what I want to accomplish,” Twitter: Manny_Stripes Air Force resumes large-scale drills with exercise over Europe

BY BRIAN FERGUSON the spread of the coronavirus forced can- but that hasn’t been the case at all,” said F-15 Eagles, KC-135 Stratotankers and a Stars and Stripes cellations to several planned activities, Maj. Sean Foote, chief of weapons and tac- NATO Airborne Warning and Control Sys- service officials said. tics for the 48th Fighter Squadron, based tem, or AWACS jet. Air Force fighter jets and aerial tank- Complex training events are usually at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. The opposition in the scenario had the ers from across Europe converged over planned months in advance and require “Obviously there are going to be some same capabilities of real-world potential the North Sea for a quickly arranged exer- considerable support. But U.S. Air Forces challenges because we had to reduce some adversaries, officials said. cise that simulated a large-scale attack by in Europe units, and in particular their of the flying initially, but it was never to “If it was easy and we win every time, enemy forces. younger pilots, have started planning the point where it had an impact on our then the training’s not going to be good for The one-day drill Wednesday was hosted events quickly using teleconferencing and operations.” anybody,” Foote said, adding that Spangda- by the U.S. Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing other remote means, participants said. Units from RAF Lakenheath and RAF at RAF Lakenheath in England. It involved They began planning about 45 days ago Mildenhall, as well as the 52nd Fighter hlem will host a similar exercise in June. 16 allied aircraft trying to intercept 18 ad- and much of the work was finalized Tues- Wing from Spangdahlem, the 31st Wing “Our future goal is to eventually get versaries before they reached the English day, a day before the exercise began. from Aviano Air Base, Italy, and NATO at (other) NATO partners involved as well,” coastline. “When I was making the training plan Gailenkirchen Air Base, Germany, partici- he said. It was the first large-force exercise con- this spring, it was starting to look like we pated in the exercise. [email protected] ducted by Air Force units in Europe since were going to miss out on a lot of training, The 35 aircraft included F-16 Falcons, Twitter: @BrianFerg57 PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 MILITARY Airmen won’t need their new uniforms until September 1

BY JAMES BOLINGER gistics Agency may be worn with Stars and Stripes OCPs starting Sept. 1. Also, the spice-brown flag patch The Air Force has delayed its will be mandatory; infrared flag switch to new color schemes for patches will not be authorized. uniform boots, under garments Thermal undergarments must THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes and flag patches until September, also be coyote brown. citing “unnecessary stress” on its An RQ-4 Global Hawk is displayed at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September. On Sept. 1, airmen wearing service members due to the coro- the new two-piece flight suit navirus pandemic. must have all mandatory badges Airmen, including Space Force in place, spice-brown U.S. cloth service members, by Sept. 1 must flags, green or coyote-brown wear coyote brown boots, T-shirts Global Hawk surveillance socks and coyote-brown boots and spice brown U.S. flag patches and thermal undergarments. with their two-piece flight uni- The Air Force began tran- forms and utility uniforms in the sitioning to the Army’s utility drones will return to Tokyo operational camouflage pattern, better known as OCPs, according uniform camouflage pattern in October 2018. It replaced the air- BY SETH ROBSON Tomodachi, the U.S. military re- six leaders of cities and a town to a notice on the Air Force website. The original deadline was man battle uniform, a gray, blue AND HANA KUSUMOTO sponse to the earthquake and tsu- near Yokota submitted letters and green tiger-stripe pattern. Stars and Stripes nami that struck Japan in March Tuesday to Japanese defense offi- June 1. Airmen who must wear black Airmen may wear the battle 2011. cials and 374th Airlift Wing Com- uniform until April 1, 2021, but YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan “This shift of aircraft to Yokota mander Col. Otis Jones urging combat boots in industrial areas are exempt from wearing the new many have already switched to — The Air Force is sending un- Air Base ensures persistent re- safety precautions and efforts to boots. the new pattern. manned RQ-4 Global Hawks to connaissance in a region where minimize noise from the drones. Tokyo again this summer to take Other changes are delayed to A new set of coyote-brown boots challenges to a free and open Last summer, four Global advantage of favorable weather Sept. 1. All officers in utilities on the exchange website ranges Indo-Pacific have increased,” Hawks supported by about 20 conditions, officials said Thurs- must wear spice-brown rank in- in price from $89 to $264, while 374th Airlift Wing spokesman 1st service members and 100 civil- day as U.S. forces prepare for ty- signia, except first lieutenants T-shirts and socks can be had Lt. Stuart Thrift said in an email phoon season in the Far East. ians from the Guam-based 319th and lieutenant colonels, who will from Defense Logistics Agency Thursday. Global Hawks routinely relo- Reconnaissance Wing flew out of wear black threaded insignia. Troop Support for about $5 and The Air Force would not dis- cate from Guam to Japan to avoid Yokota from August to October. Only coyote-brown T-shirts and $2, respectively. cuss the Global Hawks’ arrival typhoons that batter the island In previous years, Guam’s socks of green or coyote brown date at Yokota or the number of [email protected] and the nearby Northern Mari- Global Hawk detachment has and issued by the Defense Lo- Twitter: bolingerj2004 anas, which include Saipan, Tin- people deploying with them. flown out of Misawa Air Base on ian and Rota. The North Kanto Defense Bu- the northern tip of Japan’s Hon- On average, the northwest Pa- reau, a local branch of Japan’s shu island. The drones moved to cific, including Guam, sees 32 Ministry of Defense, however, Yokota in 2017 because of runway numbered tropical cyclones per stated on its website Monday that construction at Misawa, which season, some as weak as a tropi- six Global Hawks and about 80 hosted the aircraft again in 2018. cal depression and some equal personnel will be deployed there The Northrop Grumman-built to Category 5 hurricanes in the from the end of this month to drones, which can cost $100 mil- United States. Last year, there sometime around October. lion depending on configuration, were 29 named storms, 17 of “Based on the current security are thought to be capable of oper- them typhoon-strength and four environment, the need for [Intel- ating at an altitude of 60,000 feet, of them classified as super ty- ligence, Surveillance and Recon- high above civilian air traffic, phoons in the northwest Pacific. naissance] activities in this area which normally does not surpass In addition to supporting in- continues to be high,” the website 40,000 feet. They can stay aloft telligence, surveillance and re- stated. “They will be temporarily for 34 hours and have a range of connaissance requirements, deployed to Yokota Air Base this 14,000 miles. year after considering the way to the Global Hawk has provided DANIEL TER HAAR/U.S. Air Force imagery during humanitar- secure the most effective opera- [email protected] Twitter: @SethRobson1 ian-assistance and disaster-relief tion of Global Hawks.” [email protected] The Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform features Air Force operations, such as Operation Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Twitter: @HanaKusumoto specific spice brown name tapes. B-1B Lancers train with Japanese fighter jets between Korea and Japan

BY SETH ROBSON “The U.S. steadfast commit- es, Stallsworth said. Ellsworth flew alongside six Air Japanese forces near Misawa Air Stars and Stripes ment remains unchanged, and in- The Air Force flights in the Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from Base . That training involved 13 tegration missions are a way for Western Pacific are part of a the 35th Fighter Wing, seven Japanese F-2s, four F-4 Phantoms YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan the U.S. to demonstrate that com- visible, stepped-up campaign to Japanese F-2s and eight Japanese — A pair of U.S. B-1B Lancer mitment,” squadron commander signal its reach and unpredict- F-15s over Draughon Range near and 28 F-15s, along with six Air bombers flew alongside 16 Japa- Lt. Col. Ryan Stallsworth said in ability, according to other recent Misawa Air Base in northeastern Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from nese fighter jets during a mission the statement. statements. Japan, Tuesday’s Air Force state- Misawa’s 35th Fighter Wing, ac- Tuesday over the Sea of Japan, an Four B-1Bs from Dyess ar- Two B-1Bs also flew over the ment said. cording to the statement. Air Force statement said. rived on Guam on May 1 with ap- South China Sea on Tuesday. On Feb. 3, two B-52 Stratofor- The bombers — deployed to proximately 200 airmen to assist On April 29, two Lancers ap- tress bombers from Minot Air [email protected] Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Pacific Air Forces’ training and peared over the sea during a 32- Force Base, N.D., trained with Twitter: @SethRobson1 from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb deterrence missions, the state- hour round trip from Ellsworth Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing, out ment said. The supersonic B-1s Air Force Base, S.D. That flight of Dyess Air Force Base, Texas can carry air-to-surface and anti- demonstrated the new “dynamic — trained with eight Japan Air ship missiles, along with 2,000- force employment model” aimed Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagles pound bombs. at making its global bomber pres- and eight F-2 Viper Zeros before The missions with Japan make ence less predictable, the Air returning to Andersen, the state- the air forces better at combining Force said at the time. ment said. their firepower over vast distanc- On April 22, B-1B Lancers from Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 PACIFIC Army expects to finish Pathways 2020 exercises

BY WYATT OLSON until June 30. Last week, the Pen- Stars and Stripes tagon issued a memo that, while making the stop-movement order FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii indefinite, gives installations — U.S. Army Pacific expects to more leeway in relaxing travel complete all Pacific Pathways restrictions based on improving exercises scheduled for this year, conditions. despite the coronavirus pandemic About 1,400 soldiers with the that has curtailed most multilat- Hawaii-based 25th Infantry Di- eral training until the end of June, vision were in Thailand for the according to its commander. first leg of Pathways when the “Things will normalize,” Gen. order was instituted. They re- Paul LaCamera said during a turned home in early April and virtual conference last week that were placed in mandatory 14-day included military commanders quarantine. from allies and partner nations in Soldiers with the 25th ID only the region. recently began small-unit arms “We will either return to a normal or adapt to a new normal, but training after a total monthlong LAWRENCE BROADNAX/U.S. Army either way, we will figure it out hiatus for such drills. The service’s top officer also Thai Royal Maj. Gen. Takad Lordsiri speaks with a U.S. soldier during the opening ceremony of the as a team of allies and partners,” Hanuman Guardian exercise, part of Pacific Pathways, at Fort Kanchanaburi, Thailand, on March 31. LaCamera told listeners, accord- promised a resumption of mul- ing to a news release published by tilateral Army exercises in the Pacific. place for our troops so they can requested $364 million for De- activities that are still viable and the Army on Wednesday. still operate in this environment fender Pacific for the fiscal year available” as nations cope with Pacific Pathways is a series of “Our intent is to get back with and make sure that we continue beginning Oct. 1. the pandemic, he said. exercises in which Army units these exercises as soon as the our relationships,” McConville Army officials did not mention “There was discussion that ev- link up with foreign militaries at conditions allow,” Gen. James erybody wanted to continue the various locations in an expedi- McConville, the Army’s chief of said. Defender Pacific in the Wednes- tionary-style deployment. Plans staff, said in the news release. The coronavirus outbreak day news release. virtual engagement to maintain had called for Pacific Pathways “We have to stay ready.” struck as the Army was set to It will likely be another month the connections, but everybody exercises in Timor-Leste, Papua The Army’s plan to resume col- launch Defender Pacific this year. before a time frame for resump- was looking forward to the physi- New Guinea, Tonga, Fiji, Palau lective training is based upon the The exercise would bring to the tion of exercises is within reach, cal engagements, looking at the and Yap in the second half of experience with recruits at basic Pacific a division headquarters U.S. Army Pacific spokesman earliest opportunity to get back 2020. training sites, where the use of and several brigades from the Col. Derrick Cheng told Stars and to the business at hand,” he said. The Defense Department is- masks, physical distancing and continental U.S. for 30- to 45-day Stripes on Tuesday. “There wasn’t a clear picture and sued a stop-movement order for virus testing proved successful in training stints in countries such The teleconference last week set dates of when we could do service members in mid-March, limiting spread of the contagion, as the Philippines and Thailand. was an opportunity for regional that.” due to the pandemic, that had the news release said. Defense News reported ear- military leaders to share thoughts [email protected] been expected to remain in place “We’re putting procedures in lier this year that the Army had about “what are the mil-to-mil Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 MILITARY Navy completes probe into Roosevelt outbreak

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS ing the command investigation worldwide. Modly said Crozier Stars and Stripes into the events surrounding the broke his chain of command with [coronavirus] outbreak aboard the letter to make Navy leaders The Navy’s top officer is review- USS Theodore Roosevelt,” Gilday aware of his concerns about the ing recommendations from an spokesman Cmdr. Nate Chris- outbreak. investigation into the handling of tensen said in a statement. “It will “The spread of the disease is the coronavirus outbreak aboard take time for the investigation’s ongoing and accelerating,” Cro- the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the recommendations to be reviewed zier wrote March 30. “We are spokesman for Chief of Naval Op- and endorsed by [Gilday].” not at war. Sailors do not need to ZACHARY WHEELER/U.S. Navy erations Adm. Mike Gilday said The investigation was launched die.” Wednesday. at Gilday’s request after he re- Modly received backlash from An F/A-18E Super Hornet lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS More than 1,150 Roosevelt sail- viewed the results of a prelimi- sailors and lawmakers for remov- Theodore Roosevelt in the Philippine Sea on Monday. ors — one of whom died — tested nary inquiry into the outbreak ing Crozier and resigned about a positive for the illness after the prompted by then-acting Navy week later when a recording of a port would “provide a more ro- remainder of the crew will re- outbreak began aboard the air- Secretary Thomas Modly’s re- speech he gave to the Roosevelt’s bust documentation of events and embark, according to a statement craft carrier in March. It imme- moval of the ship’s commander in crew was leaked to the public. He give a fuller consideration of the May 18. diately diverted to Guam to seek April. called Crozier “too naive or too circumstances surrounding the The carrier has been away from treatment for some sailors, quar- matter.” Modly made the decision after stupid” to command the carrier. its San Diego homeport since it antine others and sanitize the a letter Capt. Brett Crozier wrote Details on the investigation’s The Roosevelt returned to sea vessel. pleading for help for his crew findings were not immediately for carrier qualification flights left for patrol on Jan. 17. “The Chief of Naval Opera- was leaked to the San Francisco available. In a statement last for its aircrew last week. After [email protected] tions has received and is review- Chronicle and picked up by media month, Christensen said the re- qualifications are completed, the Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Navy offers new guidance for ships at sea amid virus

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — Ships at sea will now operate as clean “bubbles,” allowing only people aboard who have been medically screened and who adhere to health mitigation measures, according to new standards released Wednesday by the Navy. After serious outbreaks of the coronavirus on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and the destroyer USS Kidd while the ships were at sea, the Navy has developed a new standardized operational guidance for the fleet during the pandemic based on lessons learned from combating the disease. The outbreaks also prompted the Defense Department’s inspector general to initiate an evaluation of the Navy’s approach to preventing the spread of infectious dis- eases aboard its ships and submarines. The evaluation will determine whether the Navy has put in place policies and procedures to prevent and stop the spread of dis- eases, and if mitigation measures that are effective at preventing the spread of the coronavirus had been implemented across the fleet, according to an announcement May 11. The new guidance also comes the same day that the Navy’s own investigation into its response to the outbreak on the Roos- evelt was delivered to Adm. Mike Gilday, the chief of naval operations. The initial investigation was expanded April 29 after CONNER D. BLAKE/U.S. Navy acting Navy Secretary James McPherson said the first inquiry left him with “unan- Seaman Alexis Bias disinfects mooring line on the USS Theodore Roosevelt on May 21, following an extended visit to Guam in the swered questions.” midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. His decision followed Defense Secre- tary Mark Esper’s own request days be- these measures the standard across the person during their counter-drug mission, Sailors will still need to practice person- fore for more time to review the Navy’s force for operating during the coronavirus Esper said during a news conference May al mitigation measures such as wearing first investigation after he was briefed pandemic. 5 at the Pentagon. face coverings, self-monitoring, and wash- by McPherson and Gilday on the report’s After the two-week restriction and the The guidance does allow for a waiver in ing their hands, according to the guidance. recommendations. crew is at sea with no cases for more than “extraordinary circumstances” for some- Areas on the ship will also be required to Much of the mitigation measures in the 14 days, the ship is now considered an es- one such as a contractor or inspection team be cleaned daily. The guidance also goes new guidance already have been imple- tablished “bubble” that only personnel and to skip a restriction of movement period over requirements if a sailor becomes sick mented by recently deployed ships such contractors who have also been screened prior to boarding a ship. Approval from with the coronavirus and procedures for as the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Rea- and gone through self-isolation will be al- the naval component commander — such gan, which had medical screenings and a lowed to board. as the admiral of a regional command like the ship once it returns from a deployment, restriction of movement for all sailors be- One of the theories with the outbreak Pacific Fleet — is required before they are including more health screenings. fore they were allowed aboard. The Navy’s aboard the USS Kidd is the crew might allowed into the “established bubble,” ac- [email protected] message Wednesday to the fleet makes have come into contact with an infected cording to the guidance. Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 WAR ON TERRORISM Pentagon working on plans for Afghanistan drawdown

BY DAN LAMOTHE said. AND SUSANNAH GEORGE The bottom line, he said, is that The Washington Post U.S. officials have said for months that the future of Afghanistan WASHINGTON — The Pen- is “going to be best suited for tagon is preparing for President peace” when there is an agree- Donald Trump to withdraw thou- ment between the Taliban and sands of American troops from the Afghan government. Afghanistan before the presiden- The planning for an expedited tial election as military leaders withdrawal comes as a rare three- recommend keeping at least a day cease-fire between Afghan small counterterrorism force to forces and the Taliban, estab- remain in the country, current lished in recognition of the Is- and former U.S. officials said. lamic holiday Eid, appeared to be The troop cuts would follow holding longer than initially con- the withdrawal of several thou- ceived. The cessation of violence sand service members since the was scheduled to end Tuesday at Trump administration signed midnight but had continued, ac- a deal with the Taliban on Feb. cording to Afghanistan’s national 29. The agreement called for the security council. United States to reduce the num- As recently as Tuesday, the ber of service members in Af- Taliban was discussing whether ghanistan from about 12,000 to to extend the cease-fire, ac- 8,600 by mid-July, with a possible cording to Zabiullah Mujahid, a full pullout by next spring if the spokesman for the group. Taliban Taliban meets several conditions. officials have declined to com- The Taliban has mostly re- ment on the status of the truce frained from attacking U.S. forc- since then. es since March, as required in JONATHAN CAMIRE/Defense Department Bringing down the levels of vio- the deal, but peace negotiations lence in Afghanistan is a key de- between the insurgent group and Advisors from the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade conducting advising during their 2019 mand of Afghan, U.S. and Taliban the Afghan government have deployment to Afghanistan. officials as all parties wrangle largely stalled in a bloody quag- over how to proceed. A condition mire. Scores of civilians were joint operations curtailed and mer senior defense official said. The Pentagon’s chief spokes- in the U.S.-Taliban agreement killed or injured as a result of Af- face-to-face meetings severely Miller has stressed to U.S. forc- man, Jonathan Rath Hoffman, had also been a significant stum- ghan government operations and reduced, according to senior Af- es the need to determine what said in a news conference Tues- bling block, with senior Afghan in Taliban attacks last month, a ghan defense officials. U.S. troops equipment should stay and go; day that he had no updates on any officials balking at the idea due to significant increase over April who visited Afghan bases regu- some items have already been forthcoming meetings between security concerns. 2019, according to the United larly are now largely confined to shipped out of the country in re- Defense Department officials Ghani ordered the release of Nations Assistance Mission in their bases, the officials said. cent months. and Trump. up to 2,000 prisoners during the Afghanistan. Army Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. military officials in Af- “I think it’s been clear for some cease-fire this week as a goodwill U.S. officials, however, still ex- U.S. commander in Afghanistan, ghanistan declined to comment time that the U.S. has been look- gesture. U.S. officials praised the pect Trump to cut more troops has long understood that deeper about ongoing planning, refer- ing at different options and how move, stressing that all parties before Election Day as he seeks cuts to the U.S. military in Af- ring questions to the Defense we are going to continue with should seize on the opportunity to deliver on a promise to end ghanistan were possible this year, Department. our presence in Afghanistan,” he for peace. America’s “forever wars.” said one former senior defense of- At a news conference Tuesday ficial familiar with his thinking. evening, Trump declined to set Before the U.S. deal with the a timetable for withdrawal. But Taliban was signed in February, he said that the U.S. has been in Miller told other senior U.S. of- Afghanistan long enough, and ficials that he was comfortable that “we can always go back if we with the terms of the agreement want to. because they safeguarded Amer- “I have no target,” he said of ican interests and included a a potential end to America’s 18- counterterrorism force. year-old war. “But as soon as Last year, Miller directed his reasonable. Over a period of time, top officer overseeing Special but as soon as reasonable.” Operations, Maj. Gen. Christo- Senior Pentagon officials are pher Donahue, to form a network expected to meet soon with the of U.S. forces that could carry out president to discuss options, one counterterrorism missions and defense official said. Several pro- partner with Afghan forces to posals have been drawn up for collect intelligence if a few thou- Trump, including one that would sand troops or fewer remained in remove all U.S. troops this year, the country. another defense official said. The The network, built around what officials, like some others inter- U.S. military officials called “reviewed for this story, spoke on the gional targeting teams,” has been condition of anonymity because operating for months and can be of the sensitivity of the issue. adjusted if more troops are with- The New York Times first re- drawn, a senior U.S. military of- ported Tuesday that senior U.S. ficial told The Washington Post defense officials and Trump during a briefing in Afghanistan would meet in coming days to in February. discuss options for Afghanistan, It would probably take a few including possibly removing all months for the military to with- troops there. draw all of its troops, the former Two Afghan officials said senior defense official said. Wednesday that they are aware The effort would include ship- Trump wants a faster withdrawal, ping weapons and other sensitive but that Afghan President Ashraf equipment out on aircraft, trans- Ghani has not officially been in- ferring other items to Afghan formed of any change in plans. forces and abandoning some The discussions have been items that are of lesser value. Sev- complicated by the coronavi- eral thousand forces from NATO rus, which has spread rapidly in allies also remain in Afghanistan, Afghanistan. and some of the nations would In-person military training need American aircraft to help programs have been suspended, remove their equipment, the for- PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Troops could receive hazard pay, awards

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY ous duty pay, about awards, about Stars and Stripes unit awards, individual awards, etc. All of that kind of stuff is ab- WASHINGTON— Thousands solutely under consideration,” he of troops who have deployed to said. help battle the coronavirus pan- Milley said the policy could be demic could soon receive hazard determined within the next 30 pay and awards to recognize their days. service, the military’s top general During the town hall, Esper said Thursday. also reiterated his support for ex- A group of Pentagon officials tending federal orders for Guard comprised of the senior enlisted members who are on coronavirus leadership from each service missions approved by the Fed- is now determining what the eral Emergency Management rules will be for hazard pay and Agency. awards for personnel, Army Gen. Some National Guard members Mark Milley, the chairman of the who were called up in late March Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during to support relief efforts were set a virtual town hall event at the to have their orders end June 24, Pentagon. just short of the 90 days required More than 55,600 Defense to receive some GI Bill benefits. Department personnel have de- “If it’s a valid mission assign- ployed throughout the United ment, we should certainly extend States for coronavirus relief ef- it. And we should extend that mis- forts, including about 46,000 Na- sion assignment until the mission tional Guard members, according is accomplished,” Esper said. to the Pentagon. Some of these The Pentagon is also working service members have conducted to make certain Guard mem- testing or treated coronavirus pa- bers receive time to quarantine tients, increasing their risk of be- once their mission is complete so coming infected by the virus. they do not infect their families “I expect that we’ll put out some or community when they return JOE LEWNARD, DAILY HERALD/AP guidance that will be definitive home, the defense secretary said. under [Defense Secretary Mark [email protected] Members of the Illinois National Guard work with the public at the state’s new drive-thru COVID-19 Esper’s] signature about hazard- @caitlinmkenney testing facility at Rolling Meadows High School , May 22, in Rolling Meadows, Ill. Aid: Pentagon to Claims: Initial examine response applications for for future outbreak jobless aid drop FROM FRONT PAGE leaders the other day and asked if they would be interested in getting units of blood 8 straight weeks or plasma to send aboard ships or with deployed forces to use as needed. He said FROM FRONT PAGE they all responded that it would be helpful. Esper said he has taken the test to see if First-time applications for unemploy- he has the virus antibodies but doesn’t yet ment aid, though still high by histori- have the results. cal standards, have now fallen for eight Unlike the nasal swab tests being used to straight weeks. In addition to those who diagnose active infections, antibody tests applied last week, an additional 1.2 million look for blood proteins called antibodies, applied under a new program for self-em- which the body produces days or weeks ployed and gig workers, who are eligible for after fighting an infection. The blood test jobless aid for the first time. These figures could show if someone had the coronavi- aren’t adjusted for seasonal variations, so rus in the recent past, which most experts the government doesn’t include them in think gives people some protection. the overall data. It’s not yet known what antibody level MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS OMAR RUBI/U.S. Navy Analysts are monitoring incoming eco- would be needed for immunity or how nomic data to gauge how consumers are U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Fergus, assigned to the 44th Medical Brigade, long any immunity might last and whether responding as many retail establishments people with antibodies can still spread the congratulates soldiers assigned to the Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 005- 1, outside of the Javits Center, in Queens N.Y., on Sunday. gradually reopen. Jobs won’t return in any virus. significant way as long as Americans re- The Pentagon, Esper said, is also taking main slow to resume spending at their pre- a broad look at how best to respond to any to cities in need. ‘ If we can handle that “If one were to assume that the biggest vious levels. future outbreaks. Data from Chase Bank credit and debit Noting that a lot of the military aid rushed wave that hit is the first wave, we’ve dem- first wave, we can handle cards shows that consumers have slowly to communities as the pandemic struck onstrated that we have the hospital capac- increased their spending since the govern- ended up going unused or was used much anything else after that. ity, the ventilator capacity, all those other,” ’ ment distributed stimulus checks in mid- less than anticipated, he said the military Esper said. “If we can handle that first Mark Esper April. Consumer spending had plunged may send medical staff rather than entire wave, we can handle anything else after defense secretary 40% in March compared with a year ear- hospital ships and Army field hospitals. that.” The two U.S. Navy hospital ships that lier but has since rebounded to 20% below Esper added that Dr. Anthony Fauci, year-ago levels. went to New York City and Los Angeles, for the federal government’s top infectious- example, treated few patients. And Army “I think that’s a big lesson learned,” Most of that increase has occurred in on- disease expert, and Dr. Deborah Birx, the field hospitals deployed to other cities also Esper said. line shopping, which has recovered to pre- got less use than initially anticipated. In- Saying that he and Gen. Mark Milley, White House coronavirus task force co- virus levels after having tumbled about stead, they ended up pulling doctors and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ordinator, suggested in a recent Pentagon 20%. But offline spending, which makes up nurses out of those facilities and sending think the virus may come back in smaller meeting that a 14-day quarantine may not the vast majority of consumer spending, is them to local hospitals, where they could waves, Esper said the result may be that be necessary. He said they thought fewer still down 35% from a year ago, according bolster overworked and stressed medical the military may be more likely to provide days might work, and the Pentagon is look- to Chase, after having plummeted 50% at staff. personal protective equipment and doctors ing at that idea now. its lowest point. Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK S. Korea restores restrictions in Seoul amid new outbreaks

BY KIM GAMEL Col. Edward Ballanco, the com- reported in recent weeks at night- Stars and Stripes mander of the Army garrison in clubs and bars in the Seoul area, the southeastern city of Daegu, which is home to about 25 mil- SEOUL, South Korea — Mu- said Thursday that military pa- lion people, about half of South seums, theaters, parks and other trols had found “a bunch of peo- Korea’s population. public facilities in the Seoul met- ple in bars over the last week.” He Health Minister Park Neung- ropolitan area will close for two didn’t give details. hoo said government-run public weeks starting Friday, health Several American soldiers facilities would close from Friday KIM GAMEL/Stars and Stripes authorities said as they raced to have been demoted and civilian to June 14 in the densely populat- Pedestrians cross the street in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday . contain a new outbreak of the employees and contractors have ed capital and surrounding areas coronavirus. been banned from U.S. installa- to slow the spread of the virus. Thursday after an emergency to such efforts,” she said. The announcement came tions for violating the rules over He urged bars, clubs and other meeting. The new measures in Seoul ap- Thursday after South Korea re- the past few months. entertainment facilities to do the South Korea never ordered peared to have little effect on the ported 79 new confirmed cases, “The penalties are severe and same and called on companies to severe lockdowns but has been U.S. military community because its biggest daily number in nearly it’s just foolish right now … to adopt flexible hours to minimize lauded for its aggressive testing Yongsan Garrison and the nearby two months. suffer these penalties just to go crowds and to follow quaran- and tracing efforts that helped K-16 base were the only U.S. in- The spike underscored the risks into a bar when you can go into tine rules including maintaining drive the daily number of cases stallations kept under a height- of lifting strict containment mea- a restaurant and order a drink,” cleanliness and wearing face from a peak of 909 on Feb. 29 to sures as South Korea and other Ballanco said in a Facebook Live masks. ened alert level known as Health single digits earlier this month. Protection Condition-Charlie. nations try to return to normalcy community update. Residents were asked to avoid The government ended a strict amid the ongoing pandemic. The latest increase largely unnecessary gatherings and to That means people affiliated social distancing campaign on with USFK in the area can’t eat U.S. Forces Korea also eased stemmed from a cluster of infec- stay home if they felt ill. May 6 and began what it calls at off-base restaurants or attend restrictions on most bases in the tions among workers at a distri- The government stopped short “everyday life quarantine,” in- other social activities in the local country earlier this month except bution center operated by South of reimposing restrictions nation- cluding a phased plan to reopen for those in the Seoul area but Korean e-commerce company wide, but Park warned the next schools. communities, although they can kept all bars and other “adults- Coupang in Bucheon, a satellite two weeks would be “crucial” in However, health workers are travel to unrestricted areas to do only” establishments off-limits. city to the west of Seoul. determining if measures need to finding it increasingly difficult so. In addition, USFK commander The Korea Centers for Disease be expanded. to track transmissions as public Nonessential travel to the capi- Gen. Robert Abrams renewed Control said it has linked at least “If we fail to eradicate the activity resumes, KCDC director tal, including the two main air- a public health emergency that 82 infections to workers there and spread of the virus in the met- Jeong Eun-kyeong said. ports, also is prohibited without gives him authority to enforce the was testing 4,000 more people ropolitan area at an early stage, “We will do our best to trace special permission. rules for civilians as well as ser- who may have been exposed. it will lead to more community contacts and implement preven- [email protected] vice members through Aug. 20. Similar outbreaks have been infections,” he told reporters tive measures, but there’s a limit Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK US deaths hit 100K; India, Russia cases rise

Associated Press the constitutional vote. Russian officials have angrily rejected the MOSCOW — As the United allegations. States crossed a somber land- Moscow, which accounted for mark of 100,000 coronavirus about half of all infections, or- deaths, India registered record dered an easing of the tight lock- numbers Thursday while Russia down in place since late March, continued to swiftly ease restric- saying that non-food stores, dry tions in sync with the Kremlin’s political plans despite a continu- cleaners and repair shops can re- ing high pace of infection. open on Monday. The mayor also The once-unthinkable death announced that residents will be toll in the U.S. means that more allowed to walk in the parks with Americans have died from the some restrictions and engage in virus than were killed in the Viet- sports in the mornings. nam and Korean wars combined. Across the vast country, nu- Elsewhere around the world, merous provinces already have India saw another record daily eased the lockdowns. jump in coronavirus cases, while In the U.S., Las Vegas casi- Russia reported a steady increase nos and Walt Disney World have in its caseload, even as the city of made plans to reopen, and crowds Moscow and provinces across the of unmasked Americans are ex- vast country moved to ease re- pected to swarm beaches over the strictions in sync with the Krem- summer months. Public health lin’s political agenda. officials predict a resurgence by India, home to more than 1.3 fall. billion people, reported more than Despite the risks, the pressure 6,500 new infections, bringing for easing restrictions has risen the nation’s total to over 158,000. DAVID GOLDMAN/AP across the globe as the economic The spike comes as the nation’s 2- pain has worsened. Rhode Island National Guard Pfc. Gerald Moniz distributes gallons of milk and produce along with French unemployment claims month-old lockdown is set to end volunteers with the Dairy Farmers of America to families in need, Wednesday, in Pawtucket, R.I. Sunday. The country has record- jumped 22% in April, as 843,000 more people sought work and the ed over 4,500 deaths. Nazi defeat in World War II will virus lockdown prevented com- Prime Minister Narendra be held June 24, declaring the na- panies from hiring. The jobless Modi’s government is prepar- tion has passed the peak of the ranks in France don’t include ing guidelines to be issued this outbreak. 8 million people who received weekend, possibly extending the Russian media reported that lockdown in hard-hit areas. Ear- the Kremlin now also plans to go paycheck subsidies from the lier this month, the country al- ahead with another high-priority government. lowed the reopening of shops and item on Putin’s political agenda Worldwide, the virus has infect- factories and the resumption of — a referendum on constitutional ed more than 5.7 million people some train service and domestic amendments that could allow him and killed over 355,000, with the flights. to remain in power through 2036. U.S. having the most confirmed Meanwhile, India’s top court He postponed the vote in April cases and deaths, according to a ordered state authorities to pro- because of the outbreak. tally by Johns Hopkins Univer- vide free train rides and proper The government reported more sity. Europe has recorded about food and water to hundreds of than 8,300 new infections Thurs- 170,000 deaths. thousands of poor migrant work- day, down from more than 11,000 The true death toll from the ers returning to their villages earlier this month. The total num- virus is widely believed to be sig- in the blazing heat after being ber of infections topped 379,000, nificantly higher, with experts GERALD HERBERT/AP thrown out of work in the cities the world’s third-largest caseload saying many victims died without and towns. Micheal Pitts, left, and Deborah Bibbins, mother of graduate behind that of the United States ever being tested. TV images have shown desper- Cameron Magee, cheer him as the New Orleans Charter Science and Brazil. Some nations are seeing im- ate and hungry migrants looting and Math High School class of 2020 holds a drive-in graduation Russian officials reported 174 provements. New cases in Spain food carts at train stations, and at ceremony in New Orleans, on Wednesday . new deaths, for a total of almost and Italy have fallen steadily least four people have died on the 4,150. for two months. China reported trains this week as daytime tem- virus cases in more than 50 days, In Russia, President Vladimir Some Kremlin critics allege just two new cases on Thursday, peratures climbed to 113 degrees a setback that could erase some Putin announced earlier this week that the relatively low mortal- both from abroad. New Zealand Fahrenheit. of the hard-won gains that have that the country’s postponed Vic- ity rate reflects manipulation by has reported no new cases for South Korea on Thursday re- made it a model for the rest of the tory Day military parade mark- authorities trying to set a positive six days and has just eight active ported its biggest jump in corona- world. ing the 75th anniversary of the environment for the parade and cases remaining. VA continues hydroxychloroquine trails despite concerns

BY NIKKI WENTLING day for two weeks as a preventive risk for death and irregular heart tors to use hydroxychloroquine quine on more than 200 corona- Stars and Stripes measure. rhythms. to treat hospitalized coronavirus virus patients. Researchers found The WHO announced Monday The VA, however, said it would patients in specific instances. no benefits of using the drug and WASHINGTON — The De- that it temporarily stopped its continue to administer the drug The potential benefits of using discovered a possible link be- partment of Veterans Affairs will clinical trials of hydroxychloro- to some coronavirus patients. the drug must outweigh the risks, tween hydroxychloroquine and continue to use hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the virus “In certain cases, medical and there must be no adequate, higher death rates. The research- quine to treat some coronavirus after observational studies were providers and patients want to approved or available alternative, ers urged medical providers to patients despite warnings from published that found the drug try hydroxychloroquine to treat the FDA guidance says. wait for more rigorous studies of experts and a decision by the might do more harm than good. COVID-19, and [Food and Drug About 1,300 VA patients have hydroxychloroquine before it’s World Health Organization to Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top Administration] guidance, which received hydroxychloroquine. adopted as a treatment for the halt its clinical trials because of infectious-disease expert, said VA follows, permits that,” VA The department did not say how virus. safety concerns. Wednesday that the drug is not As of Wednesday, 1,191 VA pa- Hydroxychloroquine, an anti- an effective treatment, based on press secretary Christina Noel many of those patients recovered malarial drug that also typically available research. said in an email. “VA only per- from the virus nor how many died. tients and 31 employees had died is used to treat rheumatoid arthri- Fauci and the WHO refer- mits use of the drug after ensur- Noel said only that the answers to of the coronavirus. The depart- tis and lupus, remains an unprov- enced a study published Friday ing Veterans and caretakers are those questions would require a ment reported more than 13,500 en treatment for the coronavirus. in the Lancet, a peer-reviewed aware of potential risks associat- review of all patient records. positive cases of the virus among President Donald Trump held up journal, that looked at 96,000 ed with it, as we do with any other The National Institutes of its patients, about 11,000 of whom the drug as a “game-changer” coronavirus patients worldwide drug or treatment.” Health and the University of Vir- have recovered. for treatment of the virus and and found those who received hy- In late March, the FDA grant- ginia funded an analysis in April [email protected] said that he took a dose every droxychloroquine were at higher ed emergency approval for doc- of the VA’s use of hydroxychloro- Twitter: @nikkiwentling Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Nation’s capital to begin reopening Friday; mayor sees likely case surge

Associated Press that the public shouldn’t be in- late April, despite warnings from formed about providers that don’t public health experts that the WASHINGTON — The nation’s meet the standard of care. But he move was too soon. capital will begin a gradual re- also expressed skepticism at the opening Friday, even as Mayor argument by news organizations Muriel Bowser warns that it Michigan that filed the lawsuit that releas- probably will result in more coro- ing such information wouldn’t LANSING — A Republican navirus infections. harm the competitive positions of legislative leader said Wednesday Restaurants will be permitted nursing homes. that Democratic Gov. Gretchen to seat guests outdoors, barbers “There are meritorious posi- Whitmer “lied” and engaged in and hair salons will open with tions on both sides,” said Coury, a “cover-up” by requesting the limited capacity and nonessential who plans to issue a ruling by the removal of a social media post businesses will be allowed to offer end of the week. about her husband’s attempt to curbside or front-door pickup ser- get his boat in the water during vices. But nail parlors, gyms and California the coronavirus pandemic, only public playgrounds will remain to later acknowledge he did drop closed and gatherings of more SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin her name as a joke. than 10 people will be prohibited. Newsom has crafted himself as The governor confirmed Tues- Dog parks, tennis courts and a data-driven governor, letting day that her husband, Marc Mal- golf courses will reopen, but play- the facts dictate what has been a lory, called a dock company last ground equipment and public largely cautious approach to pub- week before he traveled to their pools will remain closed. Sports lic safety amid the coronavirus home in the Elk Rapids area, that involve close contact, includ- pandemic. after she had urged people to ing football, soccer and basket- Now some California health “think long and hard” about visit- ball, are still banned. For now, officials are wondering if that’s ing the region. all area businesses are encour- still the case as he moves rap- Senate Majority Leader Mike aged to work remotely as much as idly through his four phases for Shirkey questioned why her staff possible. reopening. Among the critics is contacted his office Friday to suc- Bowser said Wednesday that Sara Cody, the Santa Clara Coun- cessfully push Republican Sen. the public health emergency she ty health officer at the forefront of Tom Barrett to delete his Face- declared in March will remain in shutting down the San Francisco book post about Mallory. The post place. Bay Area in mid-March, which was based on a post by the owner “The virus is still in our city, in served as a model for California of NorthShore Dock, who said his our region and in our country,” and other parts of the country. staff took a call from Mallory ask- Bowser said. “We know, without “The state modifications are ing if his boat could be put in the a vaccine or a cure, there will be being made without a real under- water before the Memorial Day JOHN ROARK, THE IDAHO POST-REGISTER/AP new infections.” standing of the consequences of weekend. Isaac Hill wears a gas mask along with his cap and gown during the Washington remains an area what the last move has been,” she When Mallory was told there graduation ceremony for Skyline High School at Motor Vu Drive-In in of concern. There were 263.2 told the county Board of Supervi- was no chance, Tad Dowker Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Wednesday. new cases per 100,000 people in sors Tuesday. “Making changes wrote, Mallory replied, “I am the the District of Columbia over the too frequently leaves us blind.” husband to the governor, will this team playoff format in two host the interim director after Toom- past two weeks, which ranks first In less than 10 days, Newsom make a difference?” according to cities. Pittsburgh is among the fi- ey leaves June 10. in the country for new cases per has announced rules allowing 47 The Detroit News. NorthShore nalists to serve as an NHL “hub” Toomey said it was hard to capita. Last week, Dr. Deborah of the state’s 58 counties to re- Dock subsequently said on Face- and Penguins general manager leave in the middle of the COVID- Birx, coordinator of the White open restaurants and malls, reli- book that Mallory was respectful Jim Rutherford said Wednesday 19 pandemic, but he felt like the House’s virus task force, men- gious services and, as of Tuesday, and understood why the company that players will be allowed to agency reaching its goal of test- tioned D.C., Chicago and Minne- hair salons. He said Wednesday could not quickly get his boat in work out independently in small ing 2% of the state’s population in apolis as areas that merited close that gyms could be open within the water. groups at the team’s practice fa- May made the timing work. monitoring. weeks. All must be done with “The governor lied. Not only cility in Cranberry starting as All told, there have been more modifications. did she lie, but she directed her early as next week. Texas than 8,400 confirmed cases of staff to lie on her behalf in order coronavirus in Washington and Georgia to cover up her own lies,” Shirkey South Carolina AUSTIN — Texas officials 445 residents have died. said in statements from the Sen- fighting to block widespread mail- Washington, working closely ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. ate floor. COLUMBIA — The leader of in voting during the pandemic with neighboring jurisdictions in Brian Kemp said Wednesday that South Carolina’s health agency claimed victory after the state’s Maryland and Virginia, has pur- he wants to lift more restrictions Pennsylvania announced Wednesday that he highest court ruled Wednesday sued a more conservative time- on businesses as long as people is stepping down after a health that a lack of immunity to the line than much of the rest of the continue to heed coronavirus HARRISBURG — Professional scare to spend more time with his coronavirus doesn’t qualify some- nation. guidance from officials and pub- sports can resume in Pennsylva- family as the state continues to one to cast a ballot by mail. Bowser said she doesn’t expect lic health experts. nia where the governor’s stay-at- fight the coronavirus. The decision was unanimous all residents and businesses to The Republican governor’s home order to stem the spread Rick Toomey’s decision to by the Texas Supreme Court, embrace the newly relaxed rules. comments came as state data of the coronavirus is no longer leave the Department of Health which is stocked with nine Re- Some businesses may opt to re- shows the number of new daily in force, but without spectators, and Environmental Control came publican justices, including one main closed and many residents infections trending upward after Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration less than 15 months after he took who revealed last week that she may be slow to change their own weeks of decline. said Wednesday. over the agency. DHEC’s board had tested positive for COVID-19. pandemic habits. “We can’t keep fighting the Those teams and competitors had spent 17 months looking for Texas generally limits mail bal- “We know people are nervous,” virus from our living room,” will be allowed to practice or play its new director before choos- loting only to voters who are over she said. “This is a scary virus Kemp said, according to video in counties where Wolf’s “yellow” ing Toomey, who was a board 65 years old or have a disability. and they should be nervous.” of his remarks posted online by or “green” designation applies in member. Justice Eva Guzman wrote the WMAZ-TV. Kemp was touring a his stoplight-colored three-phase Toomey spent two weeks on court was unified in the conclusion Arizona temporary medical pod setup at a reopening plan. leave starting in late March be- that “fear of contracting a disease hospital in Macon. To resume, a team or a league cause of high blood pressure. is not a physical condition.” PHOENIX — A judge presid- Kemp said that using common must develop a coronavirus safe- Toomey said that health scare The Texas Democratic Party ing over a lawsuit seeking the sense and following health ad- ty plan that has been approved played a part in his decision blasted the decision and moved its number of COVID-19 cases and vice, including social distancing by Wolf’s state Department of to leave, along with wanting to hopes to a similar challenge play- deaths among residents at Ar- and wearing masks, will allow Health and it must include test- spend more time in his Beaufort ing out in federal court. But the izona’s nursing homes says he Georgians to get out of their ing or screening and monitoring home, where his new grandson top elections lawyer in Houston, understands the public’s need for homes safely and help spur the of all “on-venue” players and per- also lives. Harris County attorney Douglas disclosing such information but economy. He said people should sonnel, the administration said. “It is a difficult decision,” Ray, said he believed the rul- he also sees the state’s concerns patronize businesses that follow Fans or spectators cannot be Toomey said at an emergency ing leaves room for each voter to in withholding the data. health restrictions and sanitation permitted inside or outside the board meeting Wednesday. “I decide themselves whether they Maricopa County Superior guidelines. sporting venue property, the ad- have grown to love, to admire qualify, and gives clerks basical- Court Judge Christopher Coury, Georgia was one of the first ministration said. the effort of the individuals who ly no ability to second-guess the who heard arguments Wednes- states in the nation to allow busi- The NHL announced that it make up DHEC.” reasoning. In Texas, voters do not day afternoon in the case, said nesses including tattoo parlors hopes to return at some point this The board then voted to make have to describe their disability he was struggling with the notion and bowling alleys to reopen in summer with an expanded 24- agency attorney Marshall Taylor when requesting a mail-in ballot. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Africa’s endangered wildlife at risk as tourism falls

BY JOE MWIHIA “In our case, that comes to close Associated Press to $2 million a year,” he said. “In the time of COVID, when tourism NANYUKI, Kenya — The armed rangers set off at dusk in has completely stopped, where pursuit of poachers. The COVID- most of our revenue comes from 19 pandemic has brought a new tourism, the revenue we need to alertness, and a new fear. earn to protect the rhino comes With tourists gone along with from tourism, it’s a complete their money, protecting endan- disaster.” gered wildlife like black rhinos has become that much more chal- The conservancy anticipates lenging. And the poachers, like seeing $3 million to $4 mil- many desperate to make a living, lion in lost revenue this year. might become more daring. Therefore, Vigne said, “our abil- Rhinos have long been under ity to look after the rhinos is threat from poachers who kill compromised.” them for their horns to supply il- Conservationists across Africa legal trade fueled by the mistaken belief that the horns have medici- are now monitoring to see how nal value. poachers might try to take ad- Now there are concerns that vantage, and whether more rare the COVID-19 pandemic may in- wildlife will be killed. crease such poaching, said John Africa’s various rhino species Tekeles, a patrol guide and head had been seeing a downward of the dog unit at Ol Pejeta Con- trend in poaching, according to servancy in Kenya. “We are more alert because the IUCN, with 892 poached in maybe more poachers will use 2018, a drop from a peak of 1,349 this time to come in to poach,“ KHALIL SENOSI/AP in 2015. Tekeles said. And the population of black The number of black rhinos in A ranger observes the last remaining two northern white rhinos — Fatu, left, and Najin, right — at the Ol rhinos had been growing by an Pejeta conservancy in Kenya. Africa has been slowly increasing annual rate of 2.5% between 2012 though the species remains “crit- ically endangered,” according to tive law enforcement as one of the est population in East and Cen- Protecting them is expensive. and 2018 to more than 5,600. a report in March by the Interna- reasons for the improvement. tral Africa, said Richard Vigne, Ol Pejeta spends about $10,000 That growth was projected to tional Union for Conservation of Ol Pejeta is home to more than the conservancy’s managing per year per rhino on that protec- continue over the next five years, Nature, or IUCN. It credits effec- 130 black rhinos, the single larg- director. tion, Vigne said. the IUCN has said. Cash, long a refuge in uncertain times, now under suspicion

BY ZEINA KARAM lose our right to our own money. change shops to change money on Associated Press You know what I mean anyway!” the black market — became the For some among the younger norm. BEIRUT — In troubled times, generation, paying with cash is “I wear gloves. But honestly? people have been known to hoard also a status symbol. Corona is the last thing on peo- currency at home — a financial Since the virus outbreak, how- ple’s minds right now,” said a security blanket against deep ever, shops that have remained money changer in Beirut who uncertainty. But in this crisis, open have posted signs encourag- asked to be identified by his first things are different. This time i ng people to pay w it h ca rds. M a ny name, Ihsan, fearing unwanted cash itself, passed from hand to are: According to Germany’s attention from authorities. hand across neighborhoods, cities central bank, the Bundesbank, Cash still rules in many other and societies just like the coro- 43% of people have changed their parts of the Middle East, as well navirus, is a source of suspicion payment behavior in the past few as West and Central Africa. rather than reassurance. weeks; now, a large percentage Monthly banking account fees No longer a thing to be shoved are likely to make contactless are prohibitive for many, and the mindlessly into a pocket, tucked payments with a card. self-employed often keep their into a worn wallet or thrown casu- Japan, for its sophisticated rep- savings at home in hard currency. ally on a kitchen counter, money’s utation, is also a solid believer in In parts of Africa, ATM machines status has changed during the JENNY KANE/AP cash. But the threat of the coro- often don’t work. virus era — perhaps irrevocably. navirus could be the impetus the Dorothy Harpool, a direc- The pandemic has also reawak- U.S. currency and credit cards sit on a table at a restaurant in New nation needed to move toward tor and lecturer at Wichita State ened the debate about the contin- Orleans, La. going cashless. University’s W. Frank Barton ued viability of what has been the “The culture is slowly chang- School of Business, predicted that physical lifeblood of global econo- Some leave the money laid out on ship with physical money that is ing,” says Hiroki Maruyama, who the pandemic would lead some mies: paper money and coins. surfaces for days, for the virus to difficult to erase. heads the Fintech Association of consumers to rethink their use of From the supermarkets of the die. Others disinfect banknotes “Currency represents value Japan, a nonprofit. cash. But going completely cash- United States and Japan to the with spray. Some even microwave that we can hold in our hands,” Billionaire investor Warren less, she says, is a long way off. shantytowns of Africa to the gas them in the belief that it kills the Cohle said. “Cash provides a way Buffett has said that “cash com- “Until everyone and every stations of Tehran, a growing virus. In China, banks are now for us to translate a day’s work bined with courage in a crisis country has reliable access to number of businesses and indi- required to sterilize cash with ul- into something tangible and eas- is priceless.” And in crisis-hit the internet, I do not believe the viduals worldwide have stopped traviolet light or heat. ily traded.” countries and parts of the world pandemic will singularly change using banknotes in fear that phys- “In many areas, cash was al- “Cash ist Fesch” is a common gripped by conflict or inflation, past practices,” Harpool said. In ical currency, handled by tens of ready beginning to disappear saying in Austria and southern cash is still carried in thick wads particular, cash transactions are thousands of people over their due the increased risk of robbery, Germany. The phrase, which lit- for simple shopping expeditions. also likely to remain for business- useful life, could be a vector for the ease of internet ordering, and erally means cash is beautiful, In Lebanon, as the economic es operating under the radar of the spreading coronavirus. the ubiquity of cell phones,” said reflects an attachment to cash — situation deteriorated late last government and other regulatory Public officials and health ex- Zachary Cohle, an assistant pro- and not just among the older gen- year and the fear of banks col- bodies. perts have said that the risk of fessor at the department of eco- eration or those who worry about lapsing mounted, many people Ihsan, the Beirut money chang- transferring the virus from per- nomics at Quinnipiac University the loss of privacy that comes began saving cash in their homes er, said that there are certain son to person through the use of in Connecticut. with cashless payments. and the sale of home safes like- things you just can’t do without money is minimal. “Cash now carries an extra “I always pay with cash — as a wise surged. cash. Still, in the midst of the corona- stigma,” Cohle said. matter of principle!” Ingel Stro- As banks imposed capital con- “Like how else can you bribe virus era, a thousand calculations But is ditching cash altogether bl, a 76-year-old pensioner, said trols, trips to the bank to withdraw a government employee to get are made before cash is handled even feasible? Humans have a while shopping at a bakery in cen- foreign currency — followed by a your business done? With a credit — mostly with gloved hands. centuries-old emotional relation- tral Vienna. “I don’t want that we trip to one of the ubiquitous ex- card?” Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Deputies: Man posed as officer, pointed gun

SPARTANBURG SC — Deputies arrested a man who allegedly flashed a badge, pointed a gun and pulled the trigger on a group of people during a fight at a South Carolina apartment complex, according to a sheriff’s office report. David Wayne Coburn, 57, is accused of first pulling out a badge and telling the group to disperse Monday evening, according to the Spartanburg County report. Witnesses said they told Co- burn to leave because the fight didn’t involve him and they knew he wasn’t an officer. Coburn left but later returned with a gun, the report stated. A witness said Coburn pulled the trigger but nothing came out because there wasn’t a magazine in the gun. Scallop fishing to be limited for months

BOSTON — Scallop MA fishing off New Eng- land will be subject to limitations for about the next 10 months, federal regulators have said. The National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration said it has closed the northern Gulf of

Maine fishing area, which means TOM GRALISH, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/AP vessels fishing under federal regulations can’t fish for or possess scallops in the area until March 31. The closure is necessary be- A great sunset setup cause of projections that the total allowable catch for the area has Couples watch the sun set from the Cherry Hill, N.J., side of the Cooper River on Tuesday, a day when local temperatures reached the 80s. been spent, NOAA said. Howell Police Chief Andrew Ku- THE CENSUS have been used by the South- Classic car in diocese drick said. ern Pacific Railroad to build the fundraiser stolen The Lakewood resident was The number of sea turtle eggs two men had in a bag when they causeway across the lake in 1902 then sent to Monmouth Medical were arrested in Florida over Memorial Day weekend, wildlife or to maintain the causeway in Center Southern Campus for a officials said. Bruce Bivins, 63, was spotted putting objects he the years after . GALLUP — A Roman psych evaluation where he had a 93 dug out of the sand into the bag as he walked on Singer Island, Catholic diocese in NM brief interaction with the nurse a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission affidavit New Mexico says thieves stole a Troopers arrest 4 after he would later go on to track said. An officer later stopped Bivins, who was in a truck driven by Carl Cobb, 63, classic car officials were using down, Kudrick said. the affidavit said. Bivins and Cobb were each charged with unlawful possession chase that hit 174 mph to raise money for a vocations Upon his release, Kudrick said of more than 11 sea turtle eggs, which is a third-degree felony. Both men have program. Larrarte walked 6 miles from his had previous encounters with the law for mishandling sea turtle eggs, the Palm GIBBON — Four peo- The Gallup Independent re- residence to the nurse’s home in Beach Post reported. NE ple from Illinois have ported security cameras from the Howell where he proceeded to been arrested in Nebraska — in- Diocese of Gallup captured two attack the caregiver’s 64-year- cluding a driver accused of lead- men in a dark Chevy Silverado old mother before punching and ing troopers on a chase exceeding stealing the 1966 Plymouth Sport knew if she waited with them the and an ax. We took the elevator choking the nurse. Larrarte ran 170 mph in southeastern Nebras- Fury last week. No arrests have currents would get worse, so she up and we went to the floor below. away after the victim fought him ka, officials said. been made. off, Kudrick said. headed to shore. We went upstairs. The hallway The Rev. Matthew Keller start- Kiana French walked along was pretty well charged. There The Nebraska State Patrol said ed the V8s for Vocations program Teen swims to shore to the shoreline and called out for was a lot of smoke.” the arrests came Monday night, several years ago to raise funds help until she saw a boat and was Taylor said she thought she about 24 hours after a trooper had to educate seminary students save dad and sister taken in by Maine Game Warden would never have the opportunity tried to pull over a Chevrolet Ca- studying for the priesthood in the Kris MacCabe and his wife. Her to thank Pugliese for his bravery. maro for excessive speeding on Diocese of Gallup. Keller said a WATERVILLE — A father and sister were rescued by “The fire obviously shaped the Interstate 80 near York. The car woman who had lost her husband ME 16-year-old Maine another boat. rest of my life,” she said. “I al- fled, reaching a speed of 174 mph donated the Fury to V8s for Voca- girl swam great lengths to save ways knew I was given a second before troopers disabled it with tions a couple of years ago. her dad and sister when their boat Nurse reunited with her chance at life .” spike strips, the patrol said. It ex- took on water and capsized. ited the interstate at Gibbon, and Kiana French swam to shore savior firefighter 100-year-old shipwreck Man accused of trying to find help after the 12-foot alu- troopers later found the car aban- to kidnap nurse minum boat capsized on Parlin NEW YORK — A Vir- exposed by storm doned at Gibbon High School. Pond on Sunday afternoon, the NY ginia nurse has been On Monday night after receiv- HOWELL — A New Jer- Morning Sentinel reported. reunited with the New York fire- SALT LAKE CITY ing a tip, troopers pulled over NJ sey man who was arrest- She said her father, Gary fighter who saved her from a UT — A shipwreck can be a Jeep in Gibbon and found the ed and sent for a psych evaluation French, and sister, Cierrah burning building nearly 40 years seen protruding from the Great suspected driver of the Camaro, last week tracked down a nurse French, were in a state of shock ago. Salt Lake and it could be more Tyler Liles, 22, of Creve Couer, from the medical center he was at and could not swim to shore. Deirdre Taylor, who is working than 100 years old. Ill., inside. The driver of the Jeep, and assaulted her before she was Cierrah French, a cancer sur- in New York to fight the corona- Utah State Parks posted a photo who is suspected of having trav- able to fight him off, police said. vivor, still feels pain in her knee virus pandemic, was reunited of a tangle of brown beams Mon- eled from Illinois to pick up Liles, An officer and his police dog from choriocarcinoma, a rare Monday with retired FDNY fire- day on Facebook after a recent and two others from Illinois also found Leonardo Larrarte, 37, after form of cancer. She said the water fighter Eugene Pugliese, 75, the storm eroded part of the beach were arrested on suspicion of a the alleged attack last Friday and was cold and that her fingers and New York Daily News reported. and exposed the shipwreck, The range of charges, from obstruc- Pugliese, a Vietnam Marine Salt Lake Tribune reported. arrested him. He is charged with toes went numb. tion to minor drug counts. attempted kidnapping and bur- Kiana French said she strapped Corps veteran, said he remem- The wreck is of a steel hold boat Liles faces charges of willful glary, NJ.com reported Monday. on her life jacket in the water, bers saving Taylor and her moth- with wooden planking that dates His arrest came less than a day and then recovered the other two er from a burning building in back to the start of the 20th cen- reckless driving, felony flight after Larrarte was arrested by jackets floating near the boat and SoHo like it was yesterday. tury, park manager Dave Shearer to avoid arrest, and seven other Lakewood police for an alterca- helped her sister put one on as her “I didn’t even have gear on,” said. counts. tion he had with his roommate, dad clung tightly to the boat. She Pugliese said. “I had a helmet Shearer believes the boat could From wire reports PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 WORLD Chinese lawmakers endorse Hong Kong security law

Associated Press making work. enacted prompted U.S. Secretary from Hong Kong’s legislative ages launched or discussed by the The law reflects the determi- of State Mike Pompeo on Wednes- chamber during a debate over a U.S., Japan and Europe. BEIJING — China’s legisla- nation of President Xi Jinping’s day to announce Washington will bill that would criminalize insult- Li, the premier, said Beijing is ture endorsed a national security government to tighten control no longer treat Hong Kong as ing or abusing the Chinese na- in a “strong position to introduce law for Hong Kong on Thursday over Hong Kong following 11 autonomous from Beijing. That tional anthem. new measures” if necessary but that has strained relations with months of anti-government pro- could hurt the territory’s attrac- Also Thursday, the NPC ap- wants to avoid flooding the econ- the United States and Britain tests. Activists in Hong Kong say tiveness as a business center. proved a government budget that omy with too much money. He and prompted new protests in the the law will undermine the “high Pompeo’s notice adds Hong will increase spending to gener- said 70% of planned spending is territory. degree of autonomy” promised to Kong to the Trump administra- ate jobs in an effort to reverse an aimed at putting wages in work- The National People’s Congress the former British colony when tion’s conflicts with China over economic slump after Chinese in- ers’ pockets in order to support approved the bill as it wrapped up it was handed back to China in trade, technology, religious free- dustries were shut down to fight consumer spending, the biggest an annual session that was held 1997 under a “one country, two dom, Chinese handling of the the coronavirus pandemic. driver of the economy. under intensive anti-coronavirus systems” framework and might coronavirus pandemic and the Private sector analysts say as “We will do our utmost to keep controls. The vote was 2,878 to 1 be used to suppress political status of Taiwan, the self-ruled much as 30% of the urban work- China’s economic growth stable,” with six abstentions, in line with activity. island Beijing claims as its own force, or as many as 130 million Li said. “At the same time, we the high-profile but largely cer- Premier Li Keqiang, the coun- territory. people, lost their jobs at least tem- must make sure that all measures emonial body’s custom of near- try’s No. 2 leader, defended the Li called for mutual respect porarily during the shutdown. taken are well calibrated.” unanimous support for all legal law as consistent with Beijing’s and Sino-U.S. cooperation to pro- They say as many as 25 million In an anti-virus measure, Li changes decided by the ruling promises. mote “extensive common inter- jobs might be lost for good this sat on a dais in the Great Hall of Communist Party. “The decision adopted by the ests” in resolving global problems year. the People, the seat of the legisla- The law will alter Hong Kong’s NPC session is designed for and promoting trade, science and The budget calls for giving ture in central Beijing, and talked mini-constitution, or Basic Law, steady implementation of ‘one other fields. local governments $280 billion to by video link with reporters at a to require the territory to en- country, two systems’ and Hong “Both countries stand to gain spend on meeting goals including media center 4 miles away. The force measures to be decided by Kong’s long-term prosperity from cooperation and lose from creating 9 million new jobs. That reporters, wearing masks, sat in the NPC’s standing committee, a and stability,” Li said at a news confrontation,” Li said. is in line with expectations of widely spaced chairs in an audi- small body controlled by the rul- conference. On Thursday, three pro-de- higher spending but a fraction of torium, watching Li on a video ing party that handles most law- The law and the way it is being mocracy lawmakers were ejected the $1 trillion-plus stimulus pack- screen.

Hundreds flee quarantine in Zimbabwe and Malawi

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Man- jumping over a fence or stroll- hunts have begun after hundreds ing out the gate while police and of people, some with the corona- health workers watched. virus, fled quarantine centers in At least 46 escapees had tested Zimbabwe and Malawi while au- positive for the virus. thorities worry they will spread And in Zimbabwe, police COVID-19 in countries whose spokesman Paul Nyathi said of- health systems can be rapidly ficers were “hunting down” overwhelmed. more than 100 people who es- In Malawi, more than 400 caped from centers where a 21- people recently repatriated from day quarantine is mandatory for South Africa and elsewhere fled those returning from abroad. a center at a stadium in Blantyre, From The Associated Press Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 15 FACES Generating comedy like a hurricane

and Jillian Bell as its leads, with J.J. Abrams attached we’re telling. A lot of improvisers and comedians have Improv helps Ben Schwartz as an executive producer. For Schwartz, the three-year superpowers, and that’s definitely one of his.” process of developing the show, shooting the pilot and Reflecting on how the “Wrong Mans” detour rerouted move from bit player to star awaiting a series pickup came with a catch: It prevented his career, Schwartz shares no regrets. Even when he’s him from pursuing work as a cast member elsewhere on not onstage, he remains an improviser at heart — and television. he knows better than most that improv is about taking BY THOMAS FLOYD “I took myself out of auditioning for television shows,” chances. The Washington Post Schwartz says, “because I couldn’t be the lead of ‘The “A lot of this art form is living and breathing and mak- Wrong Mans’ and something else.” ing mistakes,” Schwartz says. “The biggest thing I’ve efore Ben Schwartz and Thomas Middleditch Last summer, Showtime finally arrived at its decision learned for myself from all of this, starting with improv, stride onstage to do long-form improv, the com- — and passed on the series. is you get out there, you take a risk, you fail, you learn edy duo, at Schwartz’s behest, always share a “It was heartbreaking for me when it didn’t go be- from your risk, and you repeat. Bhug. “I love you,” Schwartz utters every time. cause I really believed in the project. I really believe “The more you do that, the more likely you are to find “OK,” Middleditch often responds, not exactly saying that Jillian Bell is a genius, and I loved our team,” says your voice.” “yes, and” to the gesture but sheepishly acknowledging Schwartz, who also was a producer on the show. “Once it his affection, nonetheless. doesn’t go, I look back at those three years and I’m like, “What’s nice — though he had to drag me there, be- ‘Man, did I make a mistake by devoting so much of my cause I’m a man, you understand — is it just implies this time in television to this?’ Because now that it’s in the sense of trust,” Middleditch says of the ritual. “That’s rearview, I have nothing to show for it.” very Ben. He’s a real sap, but he’s a lovely sap.” Within days, however, Schwartz pivoted. Daniels, best Middleditch isn’t alone in highlighting Schwartz’s sin- known as the mind behind “The Office” and “Parks and cerity. “You feel safe with him, and you like him,” says Recreation,” learned that “The Wrong Mans” wasn’t Billy Crystal, who starred with Schwartz in the film moving forward and promptly offered Schwartz an au- “Standing Up, Falling Down.” Greg Daniels, the co-cre- dition for “Space Force.” ator of Schwartz’s next project, Netflix’s “Space Force,” Following his “Wrong Mans” letdown, and the says the actor “just generates comedy at you like a hur- responsibility that came with producing the show ricane — but he’s also very vulnerable, and he just wears as well as starring in it, Schwartz relished the com- his heart on his sleeve.” parative simplicity of his place in the “Space Force” Raised in the Bronx by a music teacher mother and hierarchy. social worker father, Schwartz had the virtues of hon- “You show up as an actor, and you get to say Greg est work ingrained in him early. Before he was booking Daniels’ words and you get to act with John Malkov- roles, selling scripts and packing theaters, he interned ich and Steve Carell,” Schwartz says. “It was exactly for the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe and what I wanted coming off of three years of developing worked as a page for the “Late Show With David Letter- and it not working out.” man,” pitching jokes for the monologue on the side. If Schwartz felt handcuffed because of his commit- Nearly two decades later, Schwartz, 38, is still hustling. ment to “The Wrong Mans,” one wouldn’t know it from “Standing Up, Falling Down” and “Sonic the Hedgehog,” his prolific and eclectic run of recent projects. in which he voices the central speedster, hit theaters in He says his title role in “Sonic the Hedgehog” involved February to favorable reviews. Last month, Netflix re- 20-plus recording sessions and hundreds of ad-libbed leased a trio of acclaimed “Middleditch and Schwartz” quips, as he brought his comic sensibility to the lucra- improv specials. And the first season of “Space Force,” tive tentpole. which he appears in alongside Steve Carell and John Schwartz also spent the past few years honing his Malkovich, launches May 29. long-form improv shows with Middleditch, which they “I’ve just worked my butt off,” Schwartz says. “Being regularly perform on tour and at Los Angeles’ Largo at an actor or writer, as a kid, it was like me saying I want- the Coronet nightclub. Setting out to bring exposure to ed to be an astronaut. I knew nobody that did it, and it the form — in which the improvisers use a conversation didn’t feel like a real thing. So I feel really lucky that I’ve with an audience member to create a spontaneous 50- gotten this far.” minute sketch — they filmed four shows last year in Many TV viewers still recognize Schwartz as the en- New York. Netflix released three of those perfor- dearingly inept entrepreneur Jean-Ralphio Saperstein mances in April, showcasing the duo’s knack for from NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” which he recurred threading together freshly spun characters and on from 2010 to 2015. narratives. “After that,” Schwartz recalls, “I was like, ‘You know “He always gives me credit for coming up what? I really want to try to be the lead of my own with weird characters,” Middleditch says. “But I show.’ ” would say that they don’t mean anything if Ben’s That aspiration steered Schwartz to the Showtime not there to give them purpose for the story that pilot “The Wrong Mans.” A remake of the British action-comedy series, which starred James Corden and Ben Schwartz Mathew Baynton, the American version cast Schwartz CARMEN CHAN/The Washington Post New ‘Hunger Games’ book sells more than a half million copies

Associated Press was slightly higher than the numbers re- Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on July lisher of Simon & Schuster Adult Publish- ported for “Mockingjay” in 2010, when 15-17. ing. He takes over Simon & Schuster at a A decade after the “Hunger Games” se- Scholastic announced first week sales of ASCAP will honor some of today’s top time when the coronavirus pandemic has ries had apparently ended, readers were more than 450,000. Collins’ novels, which songwriters and publishers at its ASCAP devastated the economy and when the pub- clearly ready for more. lisher’s future ownership is uncertain. Suzanne Collins’ “The Ballad of Song- also include “The Hunger Games” and Virtual Awards; winners and guest partic- birds and Snakes” sold more than 500,000 “Catching Fire,” have sold more than 100 ipants will be announced later. Last year copies last week, even as many of the coun- million copies worldwide and are the basis the organization gave awards to Billie Eil- Other news for a billion-dollar movie franchise. ish and her brother-collaborator Finneas, try’s bookstores were closed or offering Apple Music is launching its first Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Cardi B and limited service because of the coronavirus radio show in Africa. The streaming plat- Daddy Yankee. pandemic. The total includes print, e-books ASCAP to honor songwriters, form announced Thursday that “Africa and audiobooks, according to Collins’ pub- publishers with virtual awards Now Radio with Cuppy” will debut Sunday lisher, Scholastic. Simon & Schuster names and will feature a mix of contemporary NPD BookScan, which tracks around The American Society of Composers, Au- Jonathan Karp as new CEO and traditional popular African sounds, 85 percent of the print market, reported thors and Publishers announced Thursday including genres like Afrobeat, rap, house, Wednesday that “Songbirds and Snakes” that it will hold three-day virtual events Jonathan Karp, who has worked with kuduro and more. topped last week’s list with 270,000 copies for its four awards shows, which focus on authors ranging from Sen. Edward Ken- The winner, and still champion, is sold. Collins’ book, a prequel to her previ- pop, R&B, Latin and film music. nedy to Susan Orlean, has been named the CBS. The network finished the traditional ous “Hunger Games” novels, came 10 years The ASCAP Pop Music Awards will be new CEO of Simon & Schuster. He replaces television season, which ended last week, after the author seemingly wrapped up the held June 17-19; the ASCAP Screen Music Carolyn Reidy, who died two weeks ago. as the most-watched broadcaster for the dystopian series with “Mockingjay.” Awards on June 23-25; the ASCAP Latin Karp, who joined the company in 2010, 12th consecutive year, the Nielsen com- The opening for “Songbirds and Snakes” Music Awards on July 7-9; and the ASCAP most recently served as president and pub- pany said. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 NATION Violence rocks Minneapolis in wake of death

BY DOUG GLASS “a robust criminal investigation” Associated Press into Floyd’s death and was making the case a priority. The FBI MINNEAPOLIS — Fires had already announced it was in- burned and looters struck Thurs- vestigating whether Floyd’s civil day after violent protests over the rights were violated. The new death of a black man in police cus- announcement came a day after tody rocked a Minneapolis neigh- President Donald Trump tweeted borhood for a second straight night, with damage stretching for that he had asked an investigation miles across the city and Mayor to be expedited. Jacob Frey appealing to the gov- Mayor Jacob Frey tweeted for ernor to activate the National calm early Thursday. “Please, Guard. Minneapolis, we cannot let trag- Amid the violence, a man was edy beget more tragedy,” he said found fatally shot Wednesday on Twitter. He also asked for night near a pawn shop. Asked the public’s help in keeping the to confirm reports that he had peace. been shot by a store owner, police The officer and three oth- spokesman John Elder said that ers were fired Tuesday, and on was “one of the theories.” Wednesday, Frey called for him Pockets of looting continued to be criminally charged. Thursday at stores where win- Frey asked Gov. Tim Walz to dows and doors were smashed. activate the National Guard, a KSTP-TV reported some fires spokesman confirmed Thursday. at businesses continued to burn The governor’s office didn’t im- with no firefighters on scene. A mediately respond to a request for liquor store employee displayed a comment. Walz tweeted for calm gun as he stood among the debris Wednesday night, calling the vio- of broken bottles and beer cans lence “an extremely dangerous inside the business. DAVID JOLES, STAR TRIBUNE/AP situation” and urging people to Protesters began gathering in leave the scene. the early afternoon Wednesday A man runs near a burning building after a night of unrest and protests in the death of George Floyd near the city’s 3rd Precinct sta- On Wednesday night, officers tion, in the southern part of the hung over Minneapolis and loot- cities. In California, hundreds of Minneapolis grocery store on a responding to a reported stabbing city where George Floyd, 46, ers carried merchandise from people protesting Floyd’s death report of a counterfeit bill being near the protests found a man died on Memorial Day after an a damaged Target store with no blocked a Los Angeles freeway passed. A bystander’s cellphone lying on the sidewalk with what officer knelt on his neck until he interference by police. Video of and shattered windows of Cali- video showed an officer kneeling turned out to be a bullet wound, became unresponsive. Protest- the store’s interior showed empty fornia Highway Patrol cruisers on Floyd ’s neck for almost eight Elder said. The man was pro- ers also skirmished with officers, clothing racks and shelves and on Wednesday. minutes as he eventually became nounced dead at a local hospital. who fired rubber bullets and tear debris strewn about. Obscenities It was a second and much more unresponsive. Elder said a suspect was in cus- gas in a repeat of Tuesday night’s were spray-painted on the exte- violent night in Minneapolis since The U.S. Attorney’s Office tody but said the facts leading up confrontation. rior of the store. the death of Floyd, whom police and the FBI in Minneapolis said to the shooting were “still being On Thursday morning, smoke Protests spread to other U.S. were seeking to arrest outside a Thursday they were conducting sorted out.” Bad weather delays SpaceX launch

Associated Press opening a new era in commercial the right decision” and put safety spaceflight. It would have also first at a time when some were CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. marked the first time in nearly wondering whether the public — The launch of a SpaceX rocket a decade that the U.S. launched attention surrounding the flight ship with two NASA astronauts astronauts into orbit from Ameri- would create undue pressure to on a history-making flight into can soil. launch. orbit was called off with less than But thunderstorms for much of Veteran space shuttle astro- 17 minutes to go in the countdown the day threatened to force a post- nauts Doug Hurley and Bob Wednesday because of thunder- ponement, and the word finally Behnken were supposed to ride clouds and the risk of lightning. came down that the atmosphere into orbit aboard SpaceX’s sleek, Liftoff was rescheduled for Sat- was so electrically charged that white-and-black, bullet-shaped urday afternoon. the spacecraft was in danger of Dragon capsule on top of a Fal- SPACEX/AP The spacecraft — designed, getting hit by lightning. con 9 rocket, taking off from the NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, center, confer with technicians after built and owned by SpaceX — was NASA Administrator Jim same launch pad used during the leaving the Crew Dragon capsule at the Kennedy Space Center in set to blast off in the afternoon for Bridenstine said the agency and Apollo moon missions a half-cen- Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday after an aborted launch. the International Space Station, SpaceX worked together to “make tury ago. Trump preparing executive order targeting social media protections

Associated Press cies including the Federal Com- outlined the draft order on the House strategic communica- terfering in the 2020 Presiden- munications Commission and the condition of anonymity because tions director Alyssa Farah said tial Election” and insisting “as WASHINGTON — President Federal Trade Commission to it was still being finalized Thurs- Trump would sign it Thursday. president, I will not allow this to Donald Trump is preparing to study whether they can place new day morning. Trump and his campaign sign an executive order Thursday happen.” His campaign manag- rules on the companies — though Trump on Wednesday claimed lashed out at the company after er, Brad Parscale, said Twitter’s aimed at curbing liability protec- experts expressed doubts much tech giants “silence conservative Twitter added a warning phrase tions for social media companies, “clear political bias” had led the could be done without an act of voices.” “We will strongly regu- to two Trump tweets that called campaign to pull “all our adver- two days after he lashed out at Congress. late, or close them down, before mail-in ballots “fraudulent” and tising from Twitter months ago.” Twitter for applying fact checks A similar executive order was we can ever allow this to happen.” predicted “mail boxes will be to two of his tweets. previously considered by the ad- Later, also on Twitter, he threat- robbed.” Under the tweets, there’s Twitter has banned political ad- Trump had threatened so- ministration but shelved over ened, “Big Action to follow.” now a link reading “Get the facts vertising since last November. cial media companies with new concerns it couldn’t pass legal Press secretary Kayleigh about mail-in ballots” that guides Late Wednesday, Twitter CEO regulation or even shuttering on muster and that it violated con- McEnany said Trump would sign users to a page with fact checks Jack Dorsey tweeted, “We’ll con- Wednesday, but he alone can’t do servative principles on deregula- an executive order relating to and news stories about Trump’s tinue to point out incorrect or dis- that. The proposed order would tion and free speech. social media companies but pro- unsubstantiated claims. puted information about elections direct executive branch agen- Two administration officials vided no further details. White Trump accused Twitter of “in- globally.” Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander This is not your grandfather’s debt problem Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY EUGENE STEUERLE them, permanent tax increases of a lesser that today’s spending adds onto the New Special to The Washington Post annual magnitude were adopted. Those tax Deal agenda they either love or hate. That, increases over time would pay for far more too, is incorrect. Most New Deal spending ow that the COVID-19 crisis has EDITORIAL than the cost of the war, even when they was temporary: It was targeted at unem- produced predictions that we were cut moderately after fighting ended. ployment, just as the wartime spending Terry Leonard, Editor soon will reach a debt-to-GDP [email protected] Meanwhile, with the troops coming home, was aimed at defeating the Axis. When the ratio previously seen only once spending was set to decline dramatically. Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor N war ended, both needs had subsided, and before — during World War II — it’s time to Congress did face a very real budget- [email protected] almost all New Deal programs ended or lay to rest the wacko assertion that there’s ary threat: that future surpluses would be commanded much smaller shares of our Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content no cause of concern since we’ve been there so large they could cause the Depression [email protected] before. to return. Thus began the first of the post- national income. In that sense, COVID-19 spending paral- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation It’s not just that peacetime debt cannot World War II efforts at expansionary fiscal [email protected] be compared to wartime debt. It’s that the policy. But until the late 1970s, those expan- lels New Deal spending: It will largely end numbers themselves aren’t comparable, sionary spending increases and tax cuts when the crisis ends. But that’s not true Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital except in the narrowest sense, because mainly offset the contractionary nature of of most spending committed today into [email protected] they leave out massive debt-like obligations what the CBO now calls the “current law” the future. It’s misleading to equate our that recent Congresses have legislated for budget — that is, all the scheduled spend- short-term and still smaller need to deal BUREAU STAFF the future. ing and taxing in the law on the books. with this or any other recession with those A simple review of the history of our While revenue rose with economic much bigger and more permanent budget Europe/Mideast debt-to-GDP ratio makes the problem Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief growth, spending largely depended upon problems. [email protected] clear. During World War II, federal debt annual appropriations. There was little To make room for tomorrow’s needs, Re- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 peaked at 106% of gross domestic prod- built-in growth of mandatory or entitle- publicans need to agree that tax rates must uct in 1946, but then fell by an average Pacific ment spending. Even in the rare cases of be set high enough to cover spending in of close to 3 percentage points each year permanency, mainly in a much smaller So- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief good times, while Democrats must agree [email protected] until it reached a low of 23% in 1974 — all cial Security program, it had only a tad of to schedule significantly less automatic fu- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 without dampening long-term economic the built-in growth we have today. growth. Today, with enormous emergency Demographics also worked in our favor ture growth in spending. That leaves to fu- Washington ture Congresses both sustainable budgets Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief pandemic spending added to already grim then. In the decades after the war, the [email protected] debt projections, the Committee for a Re- population expanded, women entered the and enough slack to address future prob- (+1)(202)886-0033 sponsible Federal Budget projects current workforce, and workers became more edu- lems, whether another pandemic, reces- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News debt to exceed 106% of GDP by 2023 and cated. Those changes made it easy to main- sion or war, or how our spending and tax [email protected] head upward from there. tain labor force supply and output even as policies have largely abandoned low- and CIRCULATION This is not your granddaddy’s debt retirement years expanded enormously; moderate-income working families — the problem. today, a typical worker retires on Social ones suffering the most economically in Mideast Even at the height of World War II, fol- Security for about 13 more years than one the current crisis. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager lowing a decade of depression, the debt did in 1940. Those forces of expansion have [email protected] World War II does provide a lesson for [email protected] situation was nowhere near as serious as it ended, and we pretend that lower birth and today. Budgetary shortfalls are good in bad DSN (314)583-9111 is now. In fact, if budget offices in the early immigration rates will require no benefit times, bad in good times — and horrible 1940s had done 10-year budget projections, cuts or tax increases as the worker-to-So- Europe when scheduled regardless of the times. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager as the Congressional Budget Office does cial-Security-beneficiary ratio continues Eugene Steuerle is Richard B. Fisher chair [email protected] today, they would have shown massive sur- to drop dramatically from around 4-to-1 in at the Urban Institute, co-founder of the [email protected] pluses into the future. 1965 to 3-to-1 in 2010 to close to 2-to-1 in Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and a +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Why? It’s simple. Wartime expenses rose less than two decades. member of the board of directors of the Pacific dramatically but temporarily. To pay for Democrats and Republicans like to claim Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US Lockdowns’ effect on young people is cause for alarm Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 BY HENRY OLSEN recent unemployment report bears this members of President Donald Trump’s 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Special to The Washington Post out: More than a quarter of workers be- team are mostly people in their middle tween 18 and 24 are unemployed, roughly ages or more advanced years. They haven’t Reader letters he pandemic’s death toll and eco- [email protected] double the rate of workers 25 or older. lost their jobs, and they don’t stay locked in nomic damage have been horrific. Millions of college students were also a room with no one to talk to. It’s natural Additional contacts Its psychological impact on the forced to go home as campuses closed. their views are affected by their own ex- stripes.com/contactus Tyoung, however, might prove to be Moving is tough at any time, but moving periences. One can say that gives them the its most enduring and dangerous effect of OMBUDSMAN from a largely independent life to one with distance needed to make informed deci- all. enforced dependency is even more stress- sions, but it also means they lack natural Ernie Gates A recent study from the Census Bureau ful. These students also had to suddenly empathy with those who are most affected shows that about half of Americans re- deal with the first economic crisis of their by those decisions. That is potentially a ported symptoms of depression in early The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow adult lives, worrying about their immedi- huge problem for the nation. 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high school track to National Basketball What newspapers Association games clearly isn’t the worst consequence of the coronavirus pandemic that has left roughly 100,000 Americans are saying at home dead. It isn’t even the worst economic impact as tens of millions have lost their jobs The following editorial excerpts are se- and face financial hardships that partici- lected from a cross section of newspapers pants in “The Match” can scarcely dream throughout the United States. The editori- about. But make no mistake, it hurts. als are provided by The Associated Press Sports is entertainment without the prede- and other stateside syndicates. termined resolutions. It dates to cavemen wrestling or so some experts on prehistory Trump is debasing his office claim. It fills some basic human need and not just the physical fitness or character with tweets on Scarborough building of participants. There is a cultural The Wall Street Journal necessity to bearing witness, as a society, President Donald Trump sometimes to the power, grace and courage of athletes traffics in conspiracy theories — recall his in competition. And that’s not even men- innuendo in 2016 about Ted Cruz’s father tioning the cool merchandise. Or the beer and the JFK assassination — but his latest commercials. accusation against MSNBC host Joe Scar- A chummy outing on the links is a poor borough is ugly even for him. Trump has substitute. But you know what might do been tweeting the suggestion that Scarbor- wonders for the country’s psyche right ough might have had something to do with about now? A return of the national pas- the death in 2001 of a young woman who worked in his Florida office when Scarbor- time. We need baseball right now. It’s the ough was a GOP congressman. perfect sport for COVID-19. It’s got a lot “A lot of interest in this story about Psy- of social distancing (just look at the whole cho Joe Scarborough. So a young marathon concept of outfielders and tell us that’s not off approach. nation are erupting in social media. It is all runner just happened to faint in his office, an advertisement for CDC guidelines). It This isn’t a free-speech issue, as Trump painfully familiar. hit her head on his desk, & die? I would takes place in wide open spaces. There is claimed this week. Twitter is a private com- think there is a lot more to this story than Police killed 1,099 people last year in a minimum of physical contact and par- pany and can decide what’s published on that? An affair? What about the so-called the United States, according to Mapping ticipants even wear gloves. Throw in face its platform. But Dorsey understands that investigator? Read story!” Trump tweeted Police Violence. Black Americans repre- masks and you likely could not have de- Twitter is documenting history here. If he Saturday while retweeting a dubious ac- sented 24% of those who died, nearly twice signed a better game for the times (aside bans Trump, he’s making a political state- count of the case. their proportion of the population. from golf or perhaps tennis if players ment — not providing the neutral forum He kept it going Tuesday with new Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Demo- agreed never to touch the ball). for ideas that the company invented. tweets: “The opening of a Cold Case against crat, was blunt. “Being black in America And while you can probably make the But now Dorsey walked into the trap he Psycho Joe Scarborough was not a Donald should not be a death sentence,” he said. case for other sports where participants was trying to avoid. What will be labeled Trump original thought, this has been “This officer failed in the most basic, stand apart (javelin throwing comes im- misinformation? Will liberals, too, get going on for years, long before I joined the human sense. What I keep coming back to mediately to mind), there is something warning labels? Who decides? Will every chorus. … So many unanswered & obvious is this: This man should not have died.” especially reassuring about a quintessen- user be read and reviewed, or just Trump? questions, but I won’t bring them up now! In a jarringly anodyne statement Tues- tially American game. Or, as the James Already, one sees that the “fact-check- Law enforcement eventually will?” Nasty day, as if describing a highway pileup, the Earl Jones character in what is easily the ing” services of social-media giants such stuff, and from the Oval Office to more Minneapolis police said that officers at the corniest movie about a sport where the av- as Facebook are more about stifling the than 80 million Twitter followers. scene “noted (the suspect) appeared to be erage player salary is $4 million per year, conversation than the truth. One day’s con- There’s no evidence of foul play, or an suffering medical distress.” explained: “The one constant through all spiracy theory can turn into another day’s affair with the woman, and the local coro- Incredibly, the statement made no men- the years, Ray, has been baseball. America investigative report, and vice versa. Most ner ruled that the woman fainted from an tion of the fact that the “medical distress” has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. of all, it’s a patronizing, liberal form of en- undiagnosed heart condition and died of occurred in the course of having the weight It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt gineering — deciding that readers can’t head trauma. Some on the web are positing of an officer’s body bear down on the man’s and erased again. But baseball has marked a conspiracy because the coroner had left a judge for themselves. neck. The title of the statement is almost Twitter already has a robust form of the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of previous job under a cloud, but the parents risible: “Man Dies After Medical Incident our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once and husband of the young woman accepted “fact-checking”: All the people who com- During Police Interaction.” ment on a post, retweet a post, rebut, argue was good and that could be again.” the coroner’s findings and want the case to Six short years ago, Americans watched, and insult. Let them handle it, Jack. Yes, well, whatever “Field of Dreams.” stay closed. horrified, as Eric Garner, his neck in a po- The point is that we need a comfort sport Trump always hits back at critics, and lice officer’s chokehold, pleaded again and like we need comfort food, and baseball is Scarborough has called the president men- Police actions in the death of again, “I can’t breathe” on a sidewalk on top of the menu. It doesn’t require packing tally ill, among other things. But suggest- George Floyd were inexcusable Staten Island. Garner died. They watched the stands. Playing games to empty stadi- ing that the talk-show host is implicated in The Washington Post macabre videos showing the deaths of Mi- ums might make the most sense, at least the woman’s death isn’t political hardball. chael Brown, Walter Scott, Tamir Rice and until safe attendance is possible. Baltimore It’s a smear. Trump rightly denounces the Another day in the United States, another unarmed black man dead following other black Americans, all shot to death by knows about empty stands. The Orioles lies spread about him in the Steele dossier, police. pulled that feat against the White Sox in yet here he is trafficking in the same sort unwarranted, insupportable, outrageous police violence. When will it end? Perhaps the suspect in Minneapolis was 2015 during the Freddie Gray unrest. The of trash. intoxicated. Perhaps he did resist arrest. good news is that Major League Baseball Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican In Minneapolis on Monday evening, a white officer bore down with his knee on The officers at the scene activated their wants to restart the season that ended from Illinois, had it right when he tweeted body cams; that footage should be released abruptly in spring training. The bad news on the weekend: “Completely unfounded the neck of a handcuffed black man who lay sprawled on the street, rasping, “I can- immediately. Even if it confirms the police is that there’s no sign that negotiations be- conspiracy. Just stop. Stop spreading it, account, it will do nothing to justify what tween the owners (let’s call them the bil- stop creating paranoia. It will destroy us.” not breathe” and “Don’t kill me.” The man occurred next. No police protocols recom- lionaires) and the players (millionaires) We don’t write this with any expecta- died a short time after. mend kneeling on a human being’s neck have yet produced an agreement for the tion that Trump will stop. Perhaps he even The suspect, George Floyd, was in his until he passes out. That is a protocol for benefit of us thousandaires. Not surpris- thinks this helps him politically, though we 40s. He was arrested when officers re- homicide, not law enforcement. ingly, money is considered the problem can’t imagine how. But Trump is debasing sponded to what they called a suspected his office, and he’s hurting the country in “forgery in progress.” They said the man issue. doing so. appeared to be intoxicated and that he re- It’s not corny for fans to pine So to those folks and their teams of law- sisted arrest, though no evidence has been yers and negotiators, their publicists and presented for either assertion. for the return of baseball business managers, we say this: Pretty, Twitter’s fact-checking plan There is plain evidence of what came The Baltimore Sun pretty please, won’t you consider the plight can’t be implemented fairly next, however, from a video recorded How desperate are Americans for sports of all your fans who desperately want to The New York Post by someone in a group of witnesses who right now? The best measure yet was last hear the crack of the bat and the thump of Sunday’s charity golf match featuring two After President Donald Trump’s fevered stood a few feet away. In it, the white of- a baseball in a catcher’s glove? To make it conspiracy tweets about Joe Scarborough’s ficer appears impassive, almost bored, top professional players partnered with two happen, you’re going to have to take a pay former intern Lori Klausutis, her widower, as the suspect gasps for breath. He is un- quarterbacks, one former, one current. It cut. The loss of ticket and concession sales T.J. Klausutis, begged the company to de- moved as witnesses curse and plead with was rainy. It was dull. There were technical changes the financial equation, obviously. lete them. It was a heartbreaking plea (one him to get off the suspect’s neck, as they glitches. It was full of artifice (like an actu- But how about both sides not making a ton that Trump himself should listen to), but warn that the man’s nose is bleeding, that al conversation about how Peyton Manning of money while so many people are suf- CEO Jack Dorsey made the right call. The he can’t breathe, that he isn’t resisting. Nor might have chosen Tom Brady’s ex-coach fering? Doesn’t that have some merit, too? tweets were a living record of the nation’s does the officer relent when an ambulance Bill Belichick as his caddy). And it was the This may be the week to ink a deal, play- president, and the company wasn’t going to medic arrives and checks the man’s neck highest rated golf event in the history of ers and owners. Let’s get it done, perhaps take them down. for a pulse. cable television with 6.3 million viewers at donate a hefty share of profits to charity, But then, later on Tuesday, Twitter de- When, finally, the officer lifts his knee, its peak. Imagine what Phil Mickelson and and let’s play ball. The country needs you. cided on what is considered a compromise. the man appears to have lost consciousness Tiger Woods thought of that. Here’s what James Earl Jones needs you. And all those It would flag Trump’s tweets for “misinfor- as he is dragged onto a stretcher. they likely thought: Let’s make some more baseball fans who are stuck watching the mation,” beginning with his rants against On Tuesday, that officer and three others of this easy money from America’s clearly Korean Baseball Organization on ESPN? mail-in voting. were fired. Now the FBI is investigating sports-starved populace. Let’s just say the Samsung Lions are no Dorsey should have stuck to his hands- the incident. Now the outrage and condem- The sudden loss of sporting events from Baltimore Orioles. They need you, too. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 NHL/COLLEGE BASKETBALL NHL monitoring situation before selecting sites Several arenas meet qualifications

BY STEPHEN WHYNO Pittsburgh, Chicago, Los Ange- Associated Press les, Toronto, Vancouver and Ed- monton. It will in the next few oncerns about Canadian weeks select two or three to host coronavirus restrictions Eastern and Western Conference could push hockey south brackets and then the Stanley Cof the 49th parallel into Cup Final by factoring in govern- the U.S. this summer. ment regulations, the frequency L.E. BASKOW/AP Seven of the 10 locations the of COVID-19 in the community NHL has zeroed in on to hold and availability of testing. New York Rangers fans arrive at T-Mobile Arena for a game between the Rangers and the Vegas Golden playoff games if it resumes are “We want to just be in a posi- Knights on Jan. 7, 2018 in Las Vegas. T-Mobile Arena is one of the possible locations the NHL has American cities not restricted by tion to, in real time, have lots of zeroed in on to host playoff games if it can return amid the coronavirus pandemic. Canada’s 14-day mandatory quar- options once we understand what antine upon arrival. As 24 teams the state of play is at the time we Before the NHL commits to rants, “Edmonton checks off in rink facilities that we can use for figure out how to squeeze need to make the deci- where games could be held, of- my opinion all the boxes.” the amount of teams that would an expanded roster and sion,” Commissioner ficials are planning for multiple Except that Daly said Canada’s be in the tournament.” limited personnel into ‘ We want Gary Bettman said. “We scenarios. Deputy Commissioner 14-day quarantine would be a There wouldn’t be much of a one of two “hub” cities, to just be could pick one or two lo- Bill Daly is engaged in regular nonstarter. The NHL is already home-ice advantage without fans, the Vancouver Canucks cations, but that might, dialogue with the U.S. and Ca- facing what Winnipeg forward and the league is considering are even considering re- in a if we made the decision nadian governments and medi- Andrew Copp called a “time moving the “home” team to the locating training camp position today, not turn out to be cal experts to determine what crunch” to fit in effectively five other city. to the U.S. if the situa- as good a decision as one the health and safety landscape rounds of playoffs, and if the focus But that isn’t stopping NHL ex- tion doesn’t change in to, in real that we make three, four might look like this summer. shifts solely on U.S. locations, Las ecutives from pitching the ability the coming weeks. time, have weeks from now because “That doesn’t mean we get to Vegas and Columbus appear to be to host playoff games. “It’s something that lots of things are continuing to look for any type of exception or the front-runners. “We have a state-of-the-art fa- we’re thinking about, but evolve in all of the plac- any type of favoritism,” said To- Beyond the abundance of ho- cility in Cranberry, the Lemieux also, too, we just want to options.’ es that we play.” ronto Maple Leafs captain John tels and the sparkling new rink Center, and the medical center give it a few more days Gary Bettman The league told GMs Tavares, who’s on the Return to the Las Vegas Strip can offer, the attached and we have plenty of just to see if something NHL on Tuesday to plan for a Play committee. “I think we just arena district in Columbus could hotels and everything like that,” is going to change,” Van- commissioner roster of 28 skaters and want to continue to follow the serve as an effective bubble for Pittsburgh Penguins GM Jim couver general manager unlimited goaltenders guidelines that are set out for the NHL. Rutherford said. “We meet the Jim Benning said Wednesday. for training camps that won’t us and do the best that we can. “Whether it’s from the build- criteria but we understand there’s “The perfect scenario we’d like to begin before early July and games Hopefully things improve to a ing or the facilities surrounding other cities that do, also.” use our facilities. We’re probably without fans several weeks later. point where those things could be the building to accommodate The two biggest surprises on going to have 30, 32 guys here and Each team will have a personnel possibly loosened up, not just for hotel rooms, meals — whatever the NHL’s list were Chicago and we have great facilities for our cap of 50 in the city where games us but for all of society.” it needs to be, we’ve covered it,” Los Angeles. The Blackhawks players, so we would like to do are played, though the Montreal Because testing is lagging in Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Keka- and Kings each said they were that first and foremost. But we’ve Canadiens could be without one Ontario and British Columbia’s lainen said. “Also, the state of honored to be considered. talked about moving it off site.” of their top players. government isn’t expected to Ohio is in pretty good shape as But not being a coronavirus The Canucks are in the same Montreal GM Marc Bergevin make exceptions for the NHL, far as flattening the curve and hotspot and having a surplus of boat as the NHL, which is in no said forward Max Domi, who is Edmonton could be Canada’s best providing a safe environment testing are key elements to the rush to choose among the 10 fi- high risk because he has Type 1 hope. Oilers GM Ken Holland that way. The transportation is decision. nalists: Las Vegas, Columbus, diabetes, will not play if doctors said with an attached practice easy if needed between facilities AP sports writers Will Graves and Minneapolis/St. Paul, Dallas, deem it to be unsafe. rink and hotel and nearby restau- in Columbus, and we have a lot of Mitch Stacy contributed to this report. Report: Hurley says Arizona State AD minimized scandal

Associated Press meric scale on what sexual assault mean(s) which is disturbing,” Hurley wrote. TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State men’s Anderson responded by telling Hur- basketball coach Bobby Hurley sent an email to Ray Anderson last season alleging ley his email includes false and baseless the Arizona State athletic director mini- allegations. mized sexual harassment allegations by “Your approach here is puzzling,” An- the wives of three athletic staff members derson wrote. against a school booster. Arizona State previously had an out- In the email obtained by Yahoo Sports, side investigation conducted that deter- Hurley accused Anderson on Dec. 8 of mined booster Bart Wear subjected the disregarding the safety of and showing no three women to unwelcome comments and sensitivity toward the women. physical contact. In February, the school “I feel like I’ve been lied to,” Hurley acknowledged to Yahoo that the situation wrote. could have been handled more quickly Hurley also accused Anderson of com- after waiting months to investigate. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP ing up with a numeric scale to judge the The school canceled Wear’s season tick- Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley sent an email to athletic director Ray harassment claims by the women, includ- ets and warned him security may remove Anderson last season alleging Anderson minimized sexual harassment allegations by ing Hurley’s wife, Leslie. him from the premises if he attends any the wives of three athletic staff members against booster Bart Wear. “You have chosen to create your own nu- future Arizona State events. Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 21 GOLF/COMBAT SPORTS European Tour to return with British Masters

BY DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press The European Tour plans to resume its season the last full weekend in July with six tournaments in England and Wales that will include COVID-19 testing and depend on the U.K. lifting its quarantine restrictions. It would start July 22 with the British Masters, hosted by Lee Westwood. The next five in the “U.K. Swing” are new tournaments the Eu- ropean Tour will pay for out of its tournament development fund. Three will be at former Ryder Cup venues — two at Celt- ic Manor in Wales, one at The Belfry in England. The purse at each new event is 1 million Pelley euros. The tour said it will add 500,000 euros for the U.K. Swing for charities — half for the markets they play, half for the top 10 players from a “mini money list” to decide. No spectators will be allowed at least for the UK swing. “There is no question that we’re back,” Keith Pelley, the tour’s chief executive, said in a conference call Thursday. The European Tour also set dates for four Rolex Series events — the Scottish Open and BMW PGA Championship at Went- /AP worth in October, the Nedbank Challenge MATT DUNHAM in South Africa and the DP World Tour A rainbow is seen over the course as Rory McIlroy, center, hits a putt on the 14th green of the 2010 Ryder Cup tournament at the Championship in Dubai in December. Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. The European Tour plans to resume its season with six tournaments in England and Wales, Pelley expects the rest of the schedule beginning July 22 with the British Masters. Three will be at former Ryder Cup venues — including two at Celtic Manor. — with hopes for 24 events — to be announced later. ley said. “They know about the announce- naments have been canceled, including a He said other events, such as the Irish He said the U.K. Swing depends largely ments. They’re worked feverishly with World Golf Championship in Texas and Open and other key stops in continental on lifting the 14-day quarantine for play- us.” the British Open. Nine others have been Europe, were close to being announced. ers arriving from other countries. The The tour returns under an initiative postponed, and officials across several Pelley was quick to point out the tour’s PGA Championship in San Francisco is called “Golf for Good,” which Pelley said tours worldwide have been trying to piece strength — a worldwide tour — has be- scheduled for Aug. 6-9. If the quarantine will underpin the rest of 2020. The key together the season. come an obstacle from having to work with is not lifted, top European Tour players points are the charitable contributions The majors set the framework with the so many different governments and their would have to choose between a major and — 50,000 euros to the five venues and PGA Championship going to Aug. 6-9, regulations for the pandemic. four European Tour events with minimal 250,000 euros for the leading 10 players the U.S. Open planned for Sept. 17-20 in “Moving 30 events with one in its place prize money. from a money list of the U.K. Swing. New York and the Masters moving to Nov. (Dunhill Championship in Scotland on “Hotels need to be in operation and the He recalled a conversation with one Eu- 12-15. Oct. 1-4) has been challenging,” he said. quarantine needs to be lifted to continue ropean Tour partner in which Pelley said, Pelley did not take any questions on the Andrew Murray, the tour’s chief medi- with these events,” Pelley said. “This might not be the biggest event that Ryder Cup — with or without fans — ex- cal officer, says testing will include an an- He said he was encouraged and optimis- you have ever done in terms of crowds and cept to say it remains on the schedule for tigen test for the coronavirus when players tic that will be the case, based on numerous hospitality, but it will be the most impor- Sept. 25-27 in Wisconsin. arrive, along with daily thermal readings conversations with government officials. tant event, and it should be the most emo- The Scottish Open, originally planned and questionnaires about their health. “We wouldn’t be announcing these tional event.” for July, moves to Oct. 8-11 and precedes No media will be allowed at tournaments events without having had significant The European Tour was last played the European Tour’s flagship event, the for the U.K. Swing, and the tour expects no dialogue with the UK government,” Pel- March 8 at the Qatar Masters. Eight tour- BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. more than 500 people on site. Vegas: Partial blueprint for safety rules established by UFC events in Florida

FROM BACK PAGE Jacksonville, Fla., earlier this processed tests for COVID-19. safety protocols on Wednesday to month while waiting to get ap- Veteran fighter Jacare Souza and accompany the return of combat proval from the Nevada commis- two of his cornermen tested posi- sports to their hometown. The sion to return to its hometown. tive before the first event in Flor- UFC and Top Rank have worked The Nevada commission’s safe- ida, but no other positive tests closely with the commission in ty protocols include immediate were reported. recent weeks to create the protesting and mandated quarantine The UFC show Saturday will tocols, according to Bob Ben- at a hotel upon all participants’ be headlined by former welter- arrival in Las Vegas, followed by nett, the commission’s executive weight champion Tyron Woodley another test and isolation period director. facing Gilbert Burns. before the events. “Throughout this process, The main event of UFC 250 on we’ve been working hand in glove The UFC is expected to stage June 6 features dominant two-di- with the UFC,” Bennett said. several domestic cards in Las “I’m aware of their operations Vegas over the upcoming weeks, vision champion Amanda Nunes plan, and everything is moving and President Dana White still defending her featherweight belt forward based on their operations intends to hold other shows on against Canadian challenger Fe- plan and our protocols.” a private island for fighters not licia Spencer. UFC 250 initially JOHN RAOUX/AP The UFC established a par- based in the U.S. was scheduled for May 9 in Nunes’ tial blueprint for the safety rules A worker wearing a mask wipes down padding on the octagon during White said the events in Jack- native Brazil, but was postponed when it staged three shows in UFC 249 on May 9 in Jacksonville, Fla. sonville included more than 1,110 and eventually moved. PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 29, 2020 MLB/NFL Sources: Players want more games, not more pay cuts

BY RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK — Baseball players appeared likely to propose more regular-season games this year while holding to their de- mand for full prorated salaries, people familiar with their de- liberations told The Associated Press. Washington pitcher Max Scher- zer, among eight players on the GERALD HERBERT/AP union’s executive subcommittee, issued a statement late Wednes- The Los Angeles Rams’ Nickell Robey-Coleman breaks up a pass intended for the New Orleans Saints’ day night calling management’s Tommylee Lewis during the NFC championship game in New Orleans on Jan. 20, 2019. The missed proposal for more salary cuts a interference call led to NFL pass interference review rules last season that will likely now be rescinded. non-starter. FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP A day after Major League Baseball proposed a sliding scale New York Yankees pitcher Commentary of salary slashing for a pandemic- Gerrit Cole, under the owners’ economic plan, would lose about delayed season with an 82-game 77% of the $36 million he was schedule in ballparks without set to be paid this season. fans, the union held a conference NFL missed the call with call Wednesday that included its executive board, player repre- about $8 million each. Colorado’s sentatives and alternate player Nolan Arenado would drop from representatives, the people said. $35 million to $7.84 million. pass interference reviews They spoke on condition of ano- “Interesting strategy of making nymity because no details were the best most marketable players potentially look like the bad announced. BY BARRY WILNER but collisions.” Scherzer, among the sport’s guys,” Milwaukee pitcher Brett Associated Press Unfortunately, Pereira be- highest-paid players, confirmed Anderson tweeted. lieves, the NFL expanded what it the call without divulging who The players’ association called Remember back to the NFC was examining in replays. was on it. the proposal “extremely disap- championship game in the 2018 “I think the real case was the “After discussing the latest de- pointing.” The union has argued season. Deep in the fourth quar- fact they used a different stan- velopments with the rest of the players already accepted a cut to ter at the Superdome. dard in replay than they did on players there’s no need to engage prorated shares of their salaries And the missed call — one of the field, and that was where ev- with MLB in any further com- in a March 26 agreement and the worst officiating gaffes in pro erybody got lost,” he said. “They pensation reductions,” he said should not have to bargain again. football memory. wanted to adopt a rule that basi- in a statement posted to Twitter. MLB would like to start the Not only did it likely prevent cally addressed the one play that “We have previously negotiated a season around the Fourth of July the New Orleans Saints from win- happened in the Saints-Rams pay cut in the version of prorated in empty ballparks and proposed ning the conference title, and per- game, and basically only get in- salaries, and there’s no justifica- an 82-game regular season. It haps beating New England in the volved if it reached that level, tion to accept a 2nd pay cut based claims teams would lose bil- Super Bowl, but the embarrass- which was like a huge, huge upon the current information the lions of dollars by playing with ment of the lack of yellow flags on PHELAN M. EBENHACK/AP miss. union has received.” the play sent the NFL into crisis no ticket money and gate-related NFL officiating chief Al Riveron “Poor (NFL officiating chief) “I’m glad to hear other players mode. revenue. was tasked with interpreting a Al Riveron is trying to decide voicing the same viewpoint,” he What the league came up with Union head Tony Clark has not pass interference review rule is this big enough or is it not big added, “and believe MLB’s eco- was a one-year trial in which commented publicly on MLB’s that was too complicated. enough? I can put myself in his nomic strategy would completely proposal and has said very little pass interference calls could be seat, ‘Yep this is interference, but change if all documentation were reviewed in the video replay sys- publicly since late March. Agent every challenge on interference is it big enough for me to get in- to become public information.” tem; it was hailed as major step to volved?’ That was the downfall of Scott Boras has repeatedly criti- was denied. Some coaches be- It was unclear when the union aid officiating. the rule.” cized MLB for proposing more came reticent to even bother. will respond to MLB’s plan, the salary reductions and has ques- But the NFL blew it, and on Few would argue that the people said. Thursday, barring a turnaround, Later, officials seemed to open tioned the accuracy of manage- league has far too many rules Stars Mike Trout and Gerrit the rule will disappear. up their consideration of the chal- ment’s financial claims. and tangents to those rules. When Cole would lose the most under “We passed that rule for one lenges. But there was little to no “Hearing a LOT of rumors the NFL simplifies things, such MLB’s plan, about 77% of the year,” says Falcons President consistency to their decisions. as with the hotly debated “catch about a certain player agent med- $36 million each they were set to Rich McKay, the longtime co- Mike Pereira, who oversaw rule,” it eventually reaches some- dling in MLBPA affairs,” Cincin- be paid this season. In all, there chairman of the powerful com- league officiating for more than a thing logical. nati pitcher Trevor Bauer tweeted are 133 players whose contracts petition committee. “Forever decade and now is an analyst for What it came up with after the Wednesday. “If true — and at call for salaries of $10 million prior to that time, we were really Fox, believes the system set up Rams-Saints fiasco was, it turns or more, not including shares of this point, these are only rumors nervous about having a review was doomed for failure. out, no help at all. signing bonuses. — I have one thing to say... Scott of something that is a subjective “It is the toughest call to make; “I did not feel like it worked,” A big leaguer earning $1 mil- Boras, rep your clients however foul . I think replay proved that last McKay said. “We put New York lion or less would keep at least you want to, but keep your damn “We always had a fear that if we year,” Pereira told SiriusXM in some really tough, tough spots. 43% of his salary under the six- personal agenda out of union do that, you’re necessarily going Radio. “Is it offense, is it defense, Whatever New York did, some- tier scale. That includes a share of business.” to have complete disagreement and it was that simple — that one was going to criticize it on $200 million earmarked for play- Boras declined to comment on about whether a play should be is the way I used to teach it in the other side. It was a no-win ers that is contingent on the post- Bauer’s remarks. reversed or not reversed. It’s not the NFL. Block/charge. If it is a situation. That had always been season being completed. About “Working together to man- black and white, it’s gray. On all charge in the NBA or in college the fear and was why we were 460 of approximately 900 players age the public health issue has other reviews, there are objective basketball, it is offense (at fault). scared — or I should say hesitant on rosters and injured lists when brought great solidarity among markers. Did his foot touch the When it comes to football, if it is a — to make those fouls subject to spring training was stopped in the players,” Boras said earlier in white line? Did the ball cross the block it becomes a defensive foul. review. We didn’t make a recom- mid-March due to the new coro- the day. “They are a strong united plain? Those are objective mark- And it is really the simplest way mendation to have a continuation navirus make $1 million or less. front and resolute in their support ers, not subjective markers.” to look at it when you are talking of that after the one-year trial, so Trout and Cole would be cut to of the MLBPA.” Early last season, virtually about collisions. Not push-offs, the rule dies on its own accord.” Friday, May 29, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 NFL Big names remain Offseason shopping ongoing despite season’s uncertainty

BY DENNIS WASZAK JR. Cam Newton, QB Associated Press The former Panthers star missed all NEW YORK but two games last season because of ffseason shopping is a foot injury and was released in March still in full swing in the after Carolina failed to find a trade part- NFL. ner. Newton is 31 and five years re- O Even with the status moved from his NFL MVP season. He’s of the upcoming season uncer- been posting workout videos on Insta- tain because of the coronavirus gram to show he’s now healthy. Where pandemic, teams continue to tin- he eventually ends up — likely as a ker with their rosters by adding backup, at least at first — remains an players they hope will help them intriguing story line of the offseason. win — whenever or if they actu- ally play. Jadeveon Clowney, DE Virtual workouts are being held all around the league, with some Many believed Clowney would be facilities beginning to reopen but snatched up quickly by a team desper- still closed to coaches and play- ate for a pass-rushing presence. And DANIEL GLUSKOTER/AP ers. General managers work the for big-time bucks. Instead, the 2014 A return to Seattle isn’t out of phones and chat with agents and No. 1 overall draft pick is still unsigned the question for defensive end unsigned players through video two months later and potentially look- Jadeveon Clowney, who would conference calls. ing at a one-year, prove-it deal. A return likely sign a one-year deal. During the last few weeks, Joe to Seattle isn’t out of the question. Flacco (Jets), Carlos Hyde (Se- him to miss three games in the middle ahawks), Frank Gore (Jets), Ty Larry Warford, G of 2019, but bounced back and was Montgomery (Saints), D.J. Fluker his usual solid self the rest of the way. (Ravens) and Prince Amukamara After making the last three Pro (Raiders) have found new homes. Bowls, Warford was cut by New Or- Darqueze Dennard, CB Other big names remain un- leans earlier this month; the Saints signed and could end up filling drafted Cesar Ruiz in the first round as It appeared Dennard had a new major needs for someone. Here’s his obvious successor at right guard. home early in free agency when he MIKE MCCARN, ABOVE, AND BRUCE KLUCKHOHN, BELOW/AP a look at some still waiting to find New Orleans also saved $7 million on signed with Jacksonville, but the three- Above: Quarterback Cam Newton missed all but two games with the right fit — or, in some cases, the salary cap by releasing Warford. He year, $13.5 million deal fell through. the Carolina Panthers last season because of a foot injury and was for quarantine restrictions to be immediately became the most enticing The former Bengals slot cornerback, released in March after Carolina failed to find a trade partner. lifted so they can make in-person offensive lineman on the market, and a 2014 first-round pick, never really Below: Defensive end Everson Griffen exercised his option to void visits before they or the teams will likely find a starting spot. lived up to his lofty draft status in Cin- the remaining three years of his deal with the Minnesota Vikings. make a decision: cinnati. He was limited to nine games Everson Griffen, DE last season after having offseason knee surgery. Minnesota’s four-time Pro Bowl pick has 74 ½ career sacks, including 26 ½ Kelvin Beachum, LT the past three seasons, but he exercised his option to void the remaining Arguably the Jets’ most consistently three years on his contract. Griffen is solid offensive lineman during his three reportedly being patient and waiting seasons in New York, Beachum, who until he can take in-person visits. He’s turns 31 next month, has seen a com- 32, but showed last season he has plete overhaul on the O-line by GM Joe plenty left. Douglas. Beachum’s fate with the Jets was sealed after they drafted Louisville Logan Ryan, CB left tackle Mekhi Becton with the No. 11 overall pick. He’s still a more-than- Ryan, 29, played his first four NFL serviceable starter. seasons with New England, helping the Patriots win two Super Bowls before Devonta Freeman, RB signing a three-year, $30 million contract that included $12 million guaran- Freeman, one of the NFL’s most pro- teed with Tennessee in 2017. He set ductive backs during the 2015 and ’16 career highs with 105 total tackles, 18 seasons, rushed for 11 touchdowns passes defensed and 4 ½ sacks to go and more than 1,000 yards each along with four interceptions last sea- year. He hasn’t been quite the same son, but Tennessee chose to move on. player since, with various injuries limiting him to two games in 2018 and Eric Reid, S only 656 yards rushing and two TDs in 14 games last year. Atlanta released Reid was released in March after him in March, and there are reports he two seasons in Carolina, despite post- might be willing to sit out this season or ing career highs with 124 total tackles even retire if no team meets his hefty and four sacks. He signed a three-year, contract request. $22 million contract extension before last season, but the new-look Panthers Other notables saved $8 million on the cap this year. CB Eli Apple, QB Blake Bortles, Jason Peters, LT DT Mike Daniels, DT Marcell Dareus, K Stephen Gostkowski, DT Damon The big man wants to keep going. Harrison, S Tony Jefferson, S Reshad Peters turned 38 in January and re- Jones, CB Dre Kirkpatrick, RB LeSean portedly has told friends he has his McCoy, LB Clay Matthews, RB Lamar sights on playing into his 40s. He had Miller, LB Cameron Wake and TE Dela- arthroscopic knee surgery that caused nie Walker. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, May 29, 2020 Pay for play MLB players seek more games, SPORTS fewer salary reductions » Page 22

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Back in business Boxing, UFC set for Las Vegas return

BY GREG BEACHAM stage a show without fans in attendance Saturday Associated Press night at the UFC Apex arena on its expansive corpo- rate complex in Las Vegas, followed by the UFC 250 ixed martial arts and boxing are back pay-per-view show at the same place June 6. in business in Nevada. Top Rank is expected to hold fan-free boxing The Nevada Athletic Commission shows at the MGM Grand on June 9 and June 11. Munanimously agreed Wednesday to Citing the importance of sports to the state’s allow two UFC events and two Top Rank boxing economy and morale, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak an- shows in Las Vegas over the next two weeks. nounced Tuesday night that sporting events could The decision ends the moratorium on combat return if promoters followed health rules approved sports that has been in place in Nevada since March by the appropriate authorities. 14, when the commission stopped competition amid The commission approved stringent coronavirus the coronavirus pandemic. The UFC immediately confirmed its plans to SEE VEGAS ON PAGE 21

Top: Former welterweight champ Tyron Woodley, pictured, will face Gilbert Burns on Saturday at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas after the Nevada Athletic Commission voted to end the moratorium on combat sports in the state Wednesday. Right: Boxing promoter Bob Arum will stage a pair of fan-free fight events at the MGM Grand on June 9 and June 11. Photos by Jul io Cortez, top, and Nick Wass, right / AP

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