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BY NANCY MONTGOMERY

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The Trump administration’s plan to begin executing federal death row inmates for the first time in 16 years will have little effect on the four soldiers sentenced to death, military lawyers and the Army said.

They include Ronald Gray, a former cook who was convicted three decades ago of multiple rapes and four murders near Fort Bragg, N.C., and was scheduled to be executed in 2008. The case remains ongo-

ing in Kansas federal district court, with no clear end in sight.

“The case is a procedural morass,” said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, a non-profit that provides analysis and informa-tion on capital punishment.

Also on death row is former Sgt. Hasan Akbar, convicted in 2005 of killing two of-ficers and wounding 14 other soldiers two years earlier in Kuwait; Timothy Hen-nis, a master sergeant convicted in 2010 of the 1985 rape and murder of a woman and murder of her two children; and Nidal

Hasan, an Army psychiatrist convicted in 2013 of killing 13 people and wounding nu-merous others on Fort Hood in 2009.

All “are in various stages of legal action,” Army spokesman William Sharp said in an email. When and how those actions might conclude is unknown.

Presidents must approve the execution of those sentenced to death at court-mar-tial, after receiving a recommendation from the secretary of the associated ser-vice branch. The Navy has not executed any of its members since 1849.

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Resuming federal executions unlikely to affect military on death row

WAR ON TERRORISM

A paratrooper from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to launch a Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Friday. The 3rd Brigade is the first Army brigade to use the drones, which resemble mini helicopters. THOMAS CIESLAK/U.S. Army

BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN Stars and Stripes

KABUL, Afghanistan — Members of the first Army infantry brigade to be issued pocket-sized drones are putting the devices to work in southern Afghanistan.

Paratroopers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, used the Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System last week to support a foot patrol in Kandahar prov-ince, a statement by the division said.

Army photos of the patrol Friday show troops deploying at least one drone, which resembles a miniature helicopter, during a counterterrorism mission.

“The Black Hornet provided overhead surveil-lance for the patrol as it gauged security in the region and spoke to local Afghans about their con-cerns,” the statement said, adding that paratroop-

ers “routinely employ the system” to reduce combat risks.

The 3rd Brigade Combat soldiers were issued the Black Hornets in the spring and deployed to Afghanistan last month.

The hand-held devices, which provide near real-time video, are eventually expect-ed to be issued to every squad in the Army, the service said in a 2018 statement.SEE DRONES ON PAGE 3

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Army brigade uses mini unmanned aerial vehicles for the first time in Afghanistan

Big test for a small drone

‘ Nobody has been in a rush to get these cases through the system. We have not had presidents who have gone out of their way to empty the federal death rows. ’

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The Department of Defense has identi-fied a Marine killed in action Saturday in Iraq.

Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer, 35, of Mancos, Colo., died after appar-ently being hit by enemy small-arms fire in combat, the Pentagon said in a state-ment late Sunday. This incident is under investigation.

He is survived by his wife and two chil-dren, according to information posted with his photo on the Defense Visual Informa-tion Distribution Service.

Koppenhafer was assigned to the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Forc-es Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, N.C. He was supporting Opera-tion Inherent Resolve along with Iraqi se-curity forces in Iraq’s Nineveh province in the country’s north, according to an earlier statement from U.S. Central Command.

Koppenhafer was advising and accom-panying the Iraqi security forces on a planned operation, CENTCOM’s statement said. Iraqi forces have recently launched new operations in the area to weed out remnants of Islamic State.

The Defense Department in 2014 estab-lished a joint task force for Operation In-herent Resolve to deal with ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria.

Koppenhafer enlisted in 2005 and served 10 years with Special Operations Com-mand. He had completed three previous deployments, including to Afghanistan, as a Marine Raider and was named the critical skills operator of 2018 by the com-mand. He earned two Bronze Stars along with many other commendations.

In addition to his military courses com-pleted, Koppenhafer was a 2005 graduate of Adams State College with a bachelor’s degree in business marketing.news@stripes.com

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A USS Champion sailor from New Jersey has been accused of ordering hundreds of grams of MDMA — also known as ecstasy — and LSD intending to distribute them in San Diego late last year, a newspaper re-port said.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel van Dijk, an information systems technician as-signed to the mine countermeasures ship, faces “multiple drug charges” for allegedly possessing more than 380 grams of ecstasy and 93 tablets of LSD between Nov. 22 and Dec. 3, Navy Times reported July 26.

Prosecutors in charge sheets accused van Dijk of ordering about half of the ec-stasy from New York’s Queens borough to be delivered to his personal mailbox at Naval Base San Diego, the report said.

He further brought about 58 grams of ec-stasy onto the base to distribute and is ac-cused of having possessed the LSD and the rest of the ecstasy off base in San Diego, according to the newspaper.

Van Dijk is also accused of trying to “wrongfully distribute some amount” of ecstasy in a drug deal Oct. 26 at or near San Diego, the report said. His court-mar-tial is scheduled for Oct. 21.

Navy Region Southwest did not respond to Stars and Stripes’ requests for comment or court records.

The allegations against van Dijk came just months after 15 sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan were implicated in a drug operation run from the Japan-based air-craft carrier between January 2017 and February 2018. Five sailors went to court-martial and 10 others received nonjudicial punishment in that case, which involved the purchase, sale and use of LSD and ecstasy.news@stripes.com

Report: Sailor accused of bringing ecstasy on base

Pentagon ID’s Marine killed in action in Iraq

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U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer, 35, was killed while supporting Iraqi security forces Saturday .

Pilot honored for safe landing LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky Air

National Guard pilot was honored for anemergency landing officials say saved livesand a $30 million aircraft.

Lt. Col. John T. Hourigan of the 123rdAirlift Wing receiv ed the Distinguished Flying Cross from Air Force Chief of StaffGen. David L. Goldfein at the KentuckyAir National Guard Base on Saturday.

The Guard said Hourigan in July 2016 was a major and commander of a C-130Hercules aircraft that violently vibrated atlow altitude around Owensboro, prevent-ing five crewmembers from communicat-ing or interpreting flight instruments and engine gauges. With the plane decelerating and losing altitude, Hourigan shut down an engine and landed. That engine suffered a catastrophic propeller failure .

Coast Guard rescues 37 SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard

said it rescued 37 people from a fishing boat that capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America.

The agency said 12 Coast Guardsmenwere inspecting a 160-foot Ecuadorian fishing boat on Wednesday when it began listing, forcing them and 25 members of the vessel to abandon ship.

Crewmembers of a Coast Guard cutteron patrol in the region quickly rescued 16 people while 20 others climbed up netshung from the side of the cutter .

Contractor agrees to pay $4M NEWARK, N.J. — A military contractor

has agreed to pay $4 million to settle an overbilling case.

The U.S. attorney’s office in New Jer-sey announced the settlement with Mis-sion1st Group on Friday. The Arlington,Va.-based company specializes in systemsengineering, information technology and telecommunications.

Authorities allege that in contracts withLockheed Martin and USFalcon, the com-pany billed for danger pay and hazardous-duty pay but didn’t pay those enhancementsto employees. The overbilling allegedly oc-curred for more than four years .From The Associated Press

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The drones weigh less than two ounces, are nearly silent and have a flight time of up to 25 minutes, according to FLIR, their Oregon-based manufacturer.

The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Bragg, N.C., deployed to Kandahar province in Af-ghanistan’s south to replace the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, N.Y.

Like its predecessor, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team supports

the dual U.S. mission — a bilateralcounterterrorism effort with the Afghans and a NATO-led effort to build up and support Afghan se-curity forces. Two paratroopersof the 3rd Brigade died from com-bat-related injuries just weeksafter arriving in the country.

Spc. Michael Nance, 24, and Pfc. Brandon Kreischer, 20, werekilled in an apparent insider at-tack on July 29. Both were as-signed to 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment.wellman.phillip@stripes.comTwitter: @pwwellman

Drones: Small, unmanned aerial vehicles nearly silent, fly up to 25 minutes at a time

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ISTANBUL — Turkey says a U.S. delegation has arrived in the country to set up a coordination center for a so-called “safe zone” in Syria, part of an agreement struck last week that appeared to avert a possible new Turkish in-cursion into Syria.

Turkey’s defense ministry tweeted Monday that six Ameri-cans arrived in the southeastern Sanliurfa province and said the center would be activated soon.

Ankara seeks to push out U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish militias from border areas inside Syria, considering them terrorists

aligned with a Kurdish insur-gency in Turkey. These Syrian Kurdish forces are allied with the U.S., and had fought Islamic State in the area.

Last week’s agreement to set up the joint operations center did not specify if the region would be cleared of the Kurdish fighters.

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The latest round of talks between the Taliban and the United States ended early Monday without any sign a peace deal had been reached for Afghanistan, as both sides said they would consult with their leaderships on the next steps.

A Taliban spokesman had said last week that this eighth round of talks would conclude with a deal to end the nearly 18-year war, America’s longest. The two sides have been discussing an agreement under which U.S. forces would withdraw from Af-ghanistan and the Taliban would guarantee the country would not revert to being a launch pad for global terrorist attacks.

U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said the talks that began on Aug. 3 in the Gulf nation of Qatar were “productive” and that he was heading to Washington for con-sultations. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid called the discussions “long and useful.” Neither provided details on their outcome.

The Taliban have continued to stage near-daily attacks across Afghanistan despite the months of negotiations with the U.S. The attacks mainly target Afghan forces and government officials but also kill many civilians.

The U.S. has pressed for a cease-fire and a framework for inter-Afghan talks, but so far the insurgents have refused to recog-nize the Afghan government, dis-missing it as a U.S. puppet.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, frustrated at being side-lined, on Sunday rejected foreign interference in Afghan affairs.

He insists that elections planned for Sept. 28 will give

the next government a powerful mandate to decide the country’s future. But Khalilzad is seeking a peace deal by Sept. 1, weeks before the vote. The Taliban, who effectively control half the country, have dismissed the elec-tion as a sham and warned fellow Afghans to avoid both campaign rallies and the polls.

The Taliban are at their stron-gest since the U.S.-led invasion toppled their five-year govern-ment in 2001 after the group had harbored al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. More than 2,400 U.S. servicemembers have died in Af-ghanistan since then. The U.S. and NATO formally concluded their combat mission in 2014, but around 20,000 U.S. and allied troops remain in the country.

Khalilzad tweeted Sunday that he hoped this would be the last Eid al-Adha in which Afghani-stan is at war, referring to the Muslim holiday that began over the weekend. The Taliban’s holi-day message expressed the hope that future Eids would unfold “without occupation, under an environment of permanent peace and unity.”

WAR ON TERRORISM

No peace deal announced as US-Taliban talks finish

Turkey says American delegation in country for work on Syria ‘safe zone’

THOMAS CIESLAK/U.S. Army

A paratrooper from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to launch a Black Hornet personal drone Friday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in support of a foot patrol.

RAFIQ MAQBOOL/AP

An Afghan military ambulance rushes toward the site of an explosion near police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, last week, an attack for which the Taliban claimed responsibility. The Taliban have continued to stage near-daily attacks across the country despite the months of negotiations with the U.S.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, frustrated at being sidelined, on Sunday rejected foreign interference in Afghan affairs.

UAE-backed separatists pull back from Yemeni port

Associated Press

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates began withdraw-ing Sunday from positions they seized from the internationally-recognized government in the southern port city of Aden.

Both the southern separatists and the government forces are ostensibly allies in the Saudi-led military coalition that’s been bat-tling the Houthi rebels in north-ern Yemen since 2015.

But a major rift in the coalition was exposed during the four days of fighting for control of Aden, as the UAE-backed Southern Tran-sitional Council wrested the city from government forces. More than 70 people were killed in the clashes.

The UAE is the dominant force in Yemen’s south, where it has an

estimated 90,000 allied militia-men and has long been at oddswith the government, which islargely based in Saudi Arabia.

The two U.S.-allied Gulf mon-archies appear to have diverging interests in Yemen, where thestalemated war has spawned the world’s worst humanitarian cri-sis and drawn criticism in Wash-ington. Saudi Arabia views the Houthi rebels in Yemen’s north asa major national security threat, in part because the Houthis havelaunched numerous cross-bor-der missile attacks targeting theSaudi capital and other cities. TheUAE, which recently began with-drawing troops from Yemen, ap-pears more interested in securing its interests in the south — whichlies along major trading routes —than waging a war that appearsincreasingly unwinnable.

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USMC Exchanges to end sales of DVD, Blu-ray discs

Executions: Most recent military death row inmate was put to death 58 years ago

BY CHAD GARLAND

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Marine Corps Exchanges are selling off their stocks of DVDs and Blu-ray discs and will end sales of the media in the next few months, an official said.

“We have already liquidated all inventory at most of our stores with the exception of Camp Pend-leton, Camp Lejeune, Miramar, and [Twentynine] Palms,” ex-change spokesman Bryan Driver said in an email, referring to the service’s larger bases in Califor-nia and North Carolina.

Buyers for the Marine ex-changes, which are operated sep-arately from both the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and Navy Exchange stores, expect to stop selling the products by the end of January, Driver said last week.

The decision brings the Marine exchanges into line with Navy Exchanges, which ceased the sale of pre-recorded music and movie discs in 2017, and AAFES, which announced last week that it will stop DVD and Blu-ray sales by the end of the year, citing plum-meting demand.

Spending on physical media such as discs has halved glob-ally since 2014, while demand for

digital releases has increased by 170%, according to a report re-leased this spring by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Stores on Army, Air Force, Ma-rine Corps and Navy installations will continue to sell some video games on discs or cartridges, of-ficials with all three exchange services said.

Players who use consoles like Xbox or PlayStation — about half of all U.S. gamers — still prefer discs or cartridges, an annual survey released this year by the Nielsen company found.

“There is still a viable business in ‘physical disc/cartridge’ soft-ware across the key platforms where the purchase of physi-cal games remains high,” Navy Exchange Service Command spokeswoman Kristine Sturkie said in an email.

As it stops stocking shelves with DVDs and Blu-ray, AAFES has said it will expand its offer-ing of online digital entertain-ment, including a discount on the streaming service Hulu.

Marine Corps Exchanges do not seem to be following suit

“We do not sell streaming con-tent,” Driver said. garland.chad@stripes.comTwitter: @chadgarland

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No military death row inmates have been put to death since 1961 when Pvt. John Bennett was hanged for raping and attempting to kill an 11-year-old girl.

The last execution of inmates on the federal death row, now holding about 60 prisoners, was during the Bush administration in the early 2000s, after a 40-year hiatus. The executions by lethal injection included Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh; a drug kingpin; and a retired Army Ranger who’d raped and mur-dered a young airman he’d kid-napped from a Texas air base.

“Nobody has been in a rush to get these cases through the sys-tem,” said Eugene Fidell, a pro-fessor at Yale Law School. “We have not had presidents who have gone out of their way to empty the federal death rows.”

Resuming federal executions could have “a slight impact” on the military system, said retired Lt. Col. Jeffrey Addicott, a St. Mary’s University, Texas, law professor in favor of the death penalty. “But it’s more window dressing than anything else. The appellate process in both systems is broken.”

President Donald Trump is a death penalty proponent who has called for making more crimes eligible for the sentence.

“President Trump has never given any reason to believe he opposes the death penalty; quite the reverse,” Fidell said. “So I don’t believe he would veto any military execution unless the ac-cused could point to some act of valor, which I don’t believe any of the current crop of military capi-tal convicts can do.”

Trump has indicated interest in providing clemency to Ameri-can military members accused or

convicted of war crimes. In May, he granted a full par-

don to former Army 1st Lt. Mi-chael Behenna, who spent five years in prison after being con-victed of murdering an Iraqi man in custody in 2008.

Trump has also made state-ments in support of Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, a Green Beret charged in the 2010 killing of a Taliban bomb maker.

The plan to resume federal ex-ecutions comes at a time when public support for the death pen-alty — at 54% in favor — is at its lowest point in decades, accord-ing to the Pew Research Center.

The reasons for the decreasing

support include that 156 peoplehave been exonerated from deathrow since 1973, raising concernsabout executing innocent people.Other arguments in oppositioninclude substandard trial law-yers, geographic disparities in itsapplication and disproportionatenumbers of minorities sentencedto death.

Thirteen servicememberscondemned to death over the past three decades have beenre-sentenced to life in prison,usually after appellate courtsfound errors conducted in theircourts-martial. montgomery.nancy@stripes.comTwitter:@montgomerynance

STEPHANIE BRUCE, THE FAYETTEVILLE (N.C.) OBSERVER/AP

Master Sgt. Timothy Hennis and his wife, Angela Hennis, walk to the Fort Bragg, N.C. courthouse for his murder trial on April 8, 2010. Later in the day, Hennis was found guilty of the May 9, 1985, murder of Kathryn Eastburn and her two children.

MARCUS CASTRO, THE FAYETTEVILLE (N.C.) OBSERVER/TNS

Spc. Ronald Gray is escorted from a military courtroom on Fort Bragg, N.C., on April 7, 1988. Gray was convicted of multiple rapes and four murders near Fort Hood, Texas.Iraq: Gulf Arab states can

secure Persian Gulf aloneAssociated Press

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s foreign minister says Iraq and Gulf Arab states don’t need foreign powers to secure navigation in the Per-sian Gulf as that would only in-crease regional tensions.

Mohammed al-Hakim tweeted Monday that regional states are capable of securing the strategic waterway themselves.

Al-Hakim’s tweet was in re-sponse to efforts by the Trump administration to set up a U.S.-

led naval security mission in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran’s recent seizures of vessels has raised tensions with the West.

The U.S. wants an international coalition to monitor and poten-tially escort commercial ships there. Britain said last week it would join the mission; no other U.S. allies have committed them-selves so far.

Al-Hakim stressed Israel’s par-ticipation in such a mission was unacceptable. It’s not clear if Isra-el has been asked to participate.

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Marine Corps Exchanges will stop selling DVDs and Blu-ray discs in the next few months, officials said.

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BY SCOTT WYLAND

Stars and Stripes

The Navy is replacing touch-screen throttles and helms on de-stroyers with hand-held ones after determining that the state-of-the-art controls caused confusion that contributed to the USS McCain’s deadly collision in 2017.

Steering and speed controls will revert to manual versions in the next two years on destroy-ers equipped with the Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems, according to USNI News.

It’s part of a push by the Navy to overhaul bridges in every class to help avoid accidents like the McCain’s and USS Fitzgerald’s, which together killed 17 sailors. Sailors stated in surveys after the collisions that they preferred the older, hand-held controls to steer and adjust speed, USNI News said.

One Navy leader appeared to agree that newer technology isn’t always better.

Electronic throttles and helms fall in the “just because you can doesn’t mean you should catego-

ry,” Vice Adm. William Galinis, head of surface-ship construc-tion, was quoted by USNI News as saying at an industry confer-ence in San Diego last week.

The first destroyer scheduled to undergo the change will be the USS Ramage in the summer of 2020, Navy Sea Systems Com-mand said

Unfamiliar electronic controls were just one factor when the Mc-Cain collided with a tanker in the Singapore Strait.

Some sailors were poorly trained and unfamiliar with the

equipment, the bridge crew had averaged less than five hours of rest in the 24 hours leading up to the collision, and there was a lack of coordination between the com-mander, deck officers and crew members, a National Transporta-tion Safety Board report said.

An officer’s unorthodox request to operate the helms and throttles separately also caused confusion, the NTSB report said.

Sailors increased speed on one side of the destroyer rather than both sides, causing it to veer sharply into the path of the com-

mercial vessel that struck it.Had the sailors had manual

controls instead of touch screens,they would have detected prob-lems immediately and been lesslikely to conflict with each other,it said.

Switching to manual controlswill be fairly straightforward,Galinis told USNI News.

“We’re already in the contract-ing process, and it’s going to come on almost as a kit that’s relativelyeasy to install,” Galinis said.wyland.scott@stripes.comTwitter: @wylandstripes

BY CARLOS M. VAZQUEZ IIStars and Stripes

Families of warriors who were injured or died while serving dur-ing World War II and Vietnam were reunited with lost Purple Heart medals on a day dedicated to the U.S. military’s oldest award during a ceremony in New York.

The nonprofit foundation Pur-ple Hearts Reunited returned the medals, which included a misplaced Navy Cross, during a ceremony Wednesday at the New York City Fire Museum.

“Every medal and every mili-tary item we have returned is different and has a unique story,” Vermont Army National Guard Capt. Jessica Jaggars, operations director for Purple Hearts Re-united, told Stars and Stripes in an email.

Past items the organization has returned to servicemembers and their families have been found in locations such as Broadway shows, within furniture and bur-ied in backyards, Jaggars said.

During the ceremony at the museum, Helen Patton, grand-daughter of the famed Army Gen. George Patton, presented one of those unique missing military items to the family of Army Pfc. Calvin Morris.

Morris fought in WWII and left behind a footlocker after spend-ing the night in a halfway house on Christmas Eve 1944. The footlocker was found by Patton’s friends, Daniel Le Bulot and Lau-rent Oliveira in Rheims, France, according to a statement released by the organization.

Morris, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., survived the war and went on to serve in fire departments in New York City and Mayer, Ariz. He died from a heart attack while re-sponding to a gunshot victim on Aug. 16, 1992.

Seven other servicemembers — six dating to WWII and one to Vietnam — had their misplaced, lost or stolen medals brought back to their families during Wednes-day’s event.

Army Air Corps Pfc. John Efstis lost his life aboard HMT Rohna when it was sunk off the coast of North Africa by a Ger-man bomber on Nov. 26, 1943.

A stranger turned over his Purple Heart, in its original case, to the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Shreveport, La. It was returned to Efstis’ niece and nephew, David Algranti and Joyce Bailey, both California residents.

“I believe that Johnny, who was a radio operator in the Army Air Corps, would be happy that his and their sacrifice is finally being remembered some 75 years after the Rohna was sunk — with the loss of 1,015 American lives — and that the public is being educated about this incident,” Algranti told Stars and Stripes in an email. “The returned medal means that our uncle has finally received the recognition and honor he so richly deserved for making such a sacrifice for our country.”

A stolen medal was recovered by the Minnetonka Police Depart-ment in Minnesota during a drug interdiction mission and returned by Officer Dustin Stenglein to the nephew of then-19-year-old Navy Seaman 1st Class David Evidon who served aboard the subma-rine USS Pickerel.

Evidon was declared killed in action on Aug. 10, 1945, after the submarine was presumed sunk by a depth charge attack on April 3, 1943, off Honshu, Japan, ac-cording to the organization.

Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Mark Miller, of Morristown, N.J., was a gunner aboard a B-29 Super-fortress shot down during WWII after the plane endured three direct anti-aircraft hits during a bombing mission over Tachika-wa, Japan, on Aug. 8, 1945.

Miller’s Purple Heart was rescued from eBay after being sold for $520 and returned to his grandson, retired Army Sgt. Maj. Mark Baylis.

A medal found in a storage auction in Washington belonged to Army Air Corps Cpl. Howard

Ellis, who served aboard a B-17 bomber that was shot down on Feb. 8, 1942, while on a mission to bomb a Japanese-occupied airport. The medal was returned to his niece, Toni Thompson, of Inchelium, Wash.

“It was just a good feeling to know it would be back with our family,” she told Stars and Stripes in an email. “It drives home the seriousness of the medal’s impor-tance to mend hearts and bring some peace to the families.”

Marine Corps Pfc. Robert Ross died at age 19 on May 10, 1967, after he was severely wounded eight days prior while serving in Vietnam as a mortarman with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. His niece received the medal after it was discovered inside a home once rented by Ross’ deceased wife.

Army Staff Sgt. Milton Coslite’s family has been on a tireless jour-ney to find his medal but were unsuccessful in the hunt for the missing Purple Heart. A replace-ment was awarded at the ceremo-ny, according to Purple Hearts Reunited.

During the event, the group returned a Purple Heart and a Navy Cross, the nation’s second-highest award for valor, to the family of a Navy ensign who lost his life in WWII.

Ensign Rubin Keltch, a native of New York, died while search-ing for survivors in the engine room of the patrol gunboat USS Plymouth. A German U-boat tor-pedo hit the ship during an escort convoy from New York to Florida on Aug. 5, 1943.

Keltch’s medals resurfaced in Vermont in a collection of flea market purchases. His family in-

tends to donate the awards to bedisplayed at the Navy Operational Support Center in the Bronx, N.Y.,according to the organization.

Purple Hearts Reunited hasvisited 42 states and rescued1,050 medals — so far returning 640 of them, according to the or-ganization’s website.

“Our history cannot be forgot-ten, the names of our heroes needto be spoken for generations tocome,” Jaggars said. “Our or-ganization will not stop until we bring these medals home.”vazquez.carlos@stripes.comTwitter: @StripesCarlos

Navy goes low-tech with bridge overhaulMILITARY

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Joyce Bailey, left, and David Algranti, niece and nephew of Purple Heart recipient Army Air Corps Pfc. John Epstis, receive their uncle’s Purple Heart during a ceremony at the New York City Fire Museum in Manhattan, on Aug. 7 .

Group reunites lost medals with families of fallen servicemembers

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BY DEL QUENTIN WILBER

Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Chris-topher A. Wray assured Congress last month that his agents were aggressively combating domestic terror threats from a broad array of extremist groups.

“The FBI, working with our state and local law enforcement partners,” he said, “is all over this.”

But the bureau is now scrambling to investigate domestic terrorism on two fronts — a mass shooting in Gilroy, Calif., followed days later by a far more deadly attack in El Paso, Texas — that appears to undercut Wray’s assertions and raise questions about whether the FBI is doing enough to identify and stop murderous plots by home-grown fanatics with no ties to foreign terrorist organizations.

Some former law enforcement officials and Democratic lawmakers contend fed-eral agencies have been caught flat-footed by a surge in mass shootings by white su-premacists and other extremists target-ing minorities, immigrants and religious groups.

Indeed, the gunman who killed 22 peo-ple at a Walmart store in El Paso on Aug. 3 pushed the total number of victims slain in domestic right-wing terrorism since 2002 to 109. That’s more than the 104 people killed on U.S. soil by zealots linked to al-Qaida or other foreign Islamist groups, the chief FBI focus since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

“The FBI has been slow to react to this, to realign resources,” said Daryl Johnson, a former Homeland Security analyst who wrote a controversial 2009 memo warning

of the rise of right-wing extremism, spark-ing a political backlash. His unit was later disbanded and the department’s work on violent right-wing extremism was halted.

The FBI arrested 115 domestic terror-ism suspects in fiscal 2018 and appears on pace to arrest as many this year. The vast majority, agents said, are driven by racist and anti-government ideology.

A senior FBI counterterrorism official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to brief reporters in May, said the bureau had recorded a “significant” rise in cases involving “racially motivated extremism” since last fall. He declined to provide spe-cifics, or attribute what might be behind the spike.

Overall, FBI agents have arrested more suspects in domestic terrorism investiga-tions in the last three years than in probes with an international nexis — 355 people versus 310. The FBI did not provide a breakdown of charges lodged against the suspects, or the status of their cases.

The FBI currently has about 850 open investigations into domestic terrorism, officials said, although that tally is down slightly from last year.

Outside experts said the FBI needs to do a better job of infiltrating extremist groups and identifying so-called lone wolves, such as the alleged El Paso gunman, who told police he became self-radicalized after reading and posting racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic screeds on social media and the internet.

Just as al-Qaida increasingly relied on sympathizers and supporters acting in-dependently to launch attacks around the globe, right-wing zealots are increasingly acting on their own after reading hate-

filled material online. That has made in-vestigations far tougher.

The suspect in the El Paso shooting told investigators he came to his racist views on his own, largely by reading online screeds, and hadn’t joined or been influenced by any group, a law enforcement official said.

Patrick Crusius, who is being held with-out bail in the case, had posted an online manifesto shortly before the shooting that said he was acting in response to the His-panic “invasion” of the United States. He told police that he targeted Mexicans, au-thorities said.

Suspects sometimes amass a buffet of radical beliefs, which can complicate at-tributing an attack to a specific ideology. The FBI is conducting a domestic terror-ism investigation into the shooting that left four people, including the gunman, dead on July 28 at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, but

agents are still unsure of the assailant’s motives.

They said the gunman, Santino WilliamLegan, 19, was exploring competing violent ideologies and had lists of other potentialtargets, including religious organizations,courthouses, federal buildings and politi-cal institutions involving both the Repub-lican and Democratic parties.

The FBI is also assisting in the investi-gation of the shooting that killed nine peo-ple on Aug. 4 in Dayton, Ohio, hours after the El Paso massacre. The FBI is not yettreating the case as an act of domestic ter-rorism because it is unclear if the shooter,who was killed, had a political or ideologi-cal motive.

Still, it can be difficult to assess how wellthe FBI is confronting domestic terrorismbecause it has released scant informationabout its investigations or its assessments.

BY MATT ZAPOTOSKY AND DEVLIN BARRETT

The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr on Monday decried what he called a “failure” by federal jail officials to secure registered sex offender and mul-timillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was found hanging in his jail cell over the weekend.

But the country’s top law en-forcement official said Epstein’s death would not derail the ongo-ing investigation into those who might have aided Epstein’s al-leged crimes.

“Let me assure you that this case will continue on against anyone who was complicit with Epstein,” Barr said. “Any co-con-spirators should not rest easy. The victims deserve justice, and they will get it.”

Speaking to law enforcement of-ficials in New Orleans, Barr said he “was appalled … and frankly, angry” to learn of the Metropoli-tan Correctional Center’s “failure to adequately secure” Epstein, who was awaiting trial on new sex trafficking charges.

“We are now learning of seri-ous irregularities at this facility

that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investiga-tion,” he said.

The attorney general’s com-ments were noteworthy in that he publicly blamed the Bureau of Prisons, which is part of the Jus-tice Department, for the circum-stances surrounding Epstein’s apparent suicide.

Barr did not specify what ir-regularities had been found in the aftermath of Epstein’s death.

Epstein, whose case has raised questions about whether he re-ceived preferential treatment in the past from Justice Department officials, was found hanging in his jail cell Saturday morning, according to people familiar with the matter.

His death has prompted inves-tigations by the FBI, Justice De-partment inspector general, and the New York City medical exam-iner, and raised a number of ques-tions about conditions inside the federal jail in Manhattan where the 66-year-old millionaire died.

Corrections officers had not checked on Epstein for “several” hours before he was found around 6:30 a.m., a person familiar with the matter said, just one in a se-ries of missteps in the hours lead-

ing up to his death.Officers should have been

checking on Epstein, who was being held in a special housing unit of the Metropolitan Correc-tional Center in New York City, every 30 minutes, and, under nor-mal circumstances, he also should have had a cellmate, according to the person familiar with the mat-ter and union officials represent-ing facility employees.

But a person who had been as-signed to share a cell with Epstein was transferred Friday, and — for reasons that investigators are ex-ploring — he did not receive a new cellmate, the person familiar with the matter said Sunday night.

The person familiar with the matter spoke on the condi-tion of anonymity to discuss the investigation.

Also Sunday, Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Sampson said Epstein’s autopsy was complete, but she had not reached a deter-mination on cause of death “pend-ing further information.” The medical examiner also allowed Michael Baden, a private patholo-gist, to observe the autopsy at the request of Epstein’s representa-tives, Sampson said.

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — Prosecutors and lawyers for the man charged with killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue last year have agreed to a 120-day exten-sion in the case.

The sides met briefly in federal court in Pittsburgh on Monday to review the status of Robert Bow-ers’ prosecution. The defendant wasn’t in court.

Authorities say Bowers opened fire with an AR-15 rifle and other weapons during worship services inside Tree of Life synagogue. Bowers allegedly expressed ha-tred of Jews during the Oct. 27 rampage and later told police that “all these Jews need to die.” It was the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.

Bowers has pleaded not guilty to hate crimes and other offenses.

Right-wing extremism has frustrated FBI

Barr rips jail officials over Epstein

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MARK RALSTON, AFP, GETTY IMAGES/TNS

Members of the Crosses for Losses group arrive Aug. 5 at the scene with crosses for each victim after the shooting that left 22 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall Walmart in El Paso, Texas . Recent mass shootings highlight the problem of domestic terrorism violence.

Sides agree to extension in synagogue massacre case

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A menorah is shown Dec. 2 at a memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue, where authorities say Robert Bowers killed 11 worshippers Oct. 27 . Both sides have agreed to an extension in the case.

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Immigrants using benefits could be denied green cards

Young people march against immigration raids on food plants

BY COLLEEN LONG

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Trump administration rules that could deny green cards to immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance are going into effect, one of its most ag-gressive moves to restrict legal immigration.

Federal law already requires those seeking green cards and legal status to prove they will not be a burden to the U.S., or what’s called a “public charge,” but the new rules, made public Monday, detail a broader range of programs that could disqualify them.

Much of President Donald Trump’s effort to crack down on illegal immigration has been in the spotlight, but this rule change targets people who entered the United States legally and are seek-ing permanent status. It’s part of a push to move the U.S. to a system that focuses on immigrants’ skills instead of emphasizing the reuni-fication of families, as it has done.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-tion Services officers will now weigh public assistance along with other factors such as educa-tion, household income and health to determine whether to grant legal status.

The rules will take effect in mid-October. They don’t apply to U.S. citizens, even if the U.S.

citizen is related to an immigrant who is subject to them.

The acting director of Citizen-ship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli, said the rule change fits with the Republican president’s message.

“We want to see people com-ing to this country who are self-sufficient,” Cuccinelli said. “That’s a core principle of the American Dream. It’s deeply em-bedded in our history, and partic-ularly our history related to legal immigration.”

Immigrants make up a small percentage of those who get pub-lic benefits. In fact, many are inel-igible for public benefits because of their immigration status.

But advocates worry the rules will scare immigrants into not asking for help. And they are con-cerned the rules give too broad an authority to decide whether someone is likely to need public assistance at any time, giving im-migration officials the ability to deny legal status to more people.

Guidelines in use since 1999 re-ferred to a public charge as some-one primarily dependent on cash assistance, income maintenance or government support for long-term institutionalization.

Under the new rules, the De-partment of Homeland Security has redefined a public charge as someone who is “more likely than not” to receive public benefits for more than 12 months within a 36-

month period. If someone has two benefits, that is counted as two months. And the definition has been broadened to include Med-icaid, housing assistance and food assistance under the Supplemen-tal Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Following publication of the proposed rules last fall, Homeland Security received 266,000 public comments, more than triple the average number for a rule change at the agency, and it made a series of amendments to the final rules as a result.

The Medicare Part D low-in-come subsidy won’t be consid-ered a public benefit. And public benefits received by children up until age 21 won’t be considered. Nor will emergency medical as-sistance, school lunch programs, foster care or adoption, student loans and mortgages, food pan-tries, homeless shelters or disas-

ter relief. Green card hopefuls will be

required to submit three years of federal tax returns in addition to a history of employment. And if immigrants have private health insurance that will weigh heavily in their favor.

Active U.S. military members are exempt. So are refugees or asylum seekers, and the rules would not be applied retroactive-ly, officials said. But the Trump administration also has moved to drastically reduce asylum in the U.S.

The administration recently tried to effectively end the protec-tions at the U.S.-Mexico border before the effort was blocked by a court. It has sent more than 30,000 asylum seekers mostly from Cen-tral America back to Mexico to wait out their immigration cases.

According to an Associated Press analysis of census data,

low-income immigrants who are not citizens use Medicaid, food aid, cash assistance and Supple-mental Security Income, or SSI, at a lower rate than comparable low-income native-born adults.

In general, immigrants are a small portion of those receiv-ing public benefits. For example, non-citizen immigrants make up only 6.5 percent of all those par-ticipating in Medicaid. More than 87 percent of participants are na-tive-born. The same goes for food assistance: Immigrants make up only 8.8 percent of recipients, and more than 85 percent of partici-pants are native-born.

The new public assistance threshold, taken together with higher requirements for educa-tion, work skills and health, will make it more difficult for immi-grants to qualify for green cards, advocates say.

BY JEFF AMY

Associated Press

CANTON, Miss. — The chil-dren of Sacred Heart Catholic Church streamed out into Missis-sippi’s heat on a blistering Sunday afternoon, carrying what they said was a message of opposition against immigration raids their parents could not.

“I will not sit in silence while my parents are taken away,” read a sign carried by two Hispanic boys. They were among a group of several dozen marchers who set out on foot from the church to the town square in Canton to protest the 680 migrant arrests at seven poultry plants in Mississippi last Wednesday.

“Imagine coming home and not finding your parents,” said Dulce Basurto-Arce, an 18-year-old community college student, describing how parents of friends were arrested. “We are marching so no other kid has to go through what we went through. Let our voices be heard!”

Basurto-Arce spoke from the steps of the same courthouse in Canton where Martin Luther King

Jr. once rallied protesters against segregation in a 1966 “March Against Fear” across Mississippi.

Churches were the backbone of the civil rights movement. Today, as President Donald Trump and Republican allies continue to defend the raids, churches have

emerged as the top sources of spiritual and material support to the mostly Mexican and Guate-malan workers targeted by the raids.

Some churches are going be-yond comfort and material aid, with their response flaring into

political opposition. The state’s Catholic, Episcopal, United Meth-odist and Evangelical Lutheran bishops denounced the raids in a joint statement Friday.

“We are called ... to speak the truth. And the truth is, this is not right,” said Bishop Brian Seage of the Episcopal Diocese of Missis-sippi, speaking at a news confer-ence one day after the raids.

On Sunday, Trump administra-tion officials defended their ac-tions, amid emotional pleas from children to let their parents go.

Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan acknowledged that one video of an 11-year-old sobbing was “emotional” but said the girl was quickly reunited with her mother.

“I understand that the girl is upset. And I get that,” Morgan said on CNN. “But her father committed a crime.”

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan ac-knowledged that the timing of the raids was “unfortunate,” coming hours before Trump visited El Paso, Texas, where a man who

told authorities he was target-ing Mexicans killed 22 people on Aug. 3. But McAleenan told NBC the operation had been planned for more than a year.

Hours after the officials’ tele-vised appearances, more than 250 people filled Sacred Heart to overflowing. A few were white people there to show support, but most were Hispanic congregants who normally attend the weekly Spanish-language Mass.

Deacon Cesar Sanchez, who is originally from Mexico’s Michoa-can state and is studying to be a priest in the Jackson diocese, gave a homily in Spanish in which he spoke of Jesus also being an immigrant and a refugee.

The Canton church has emerged as a hub of the community’s re-sponse to the raid. Its pastor, the Rev. Mike O’Brien, stood with pa-rishioners until 4 a.m. Thursday outside the Peco Foods plant in Canton, awaiting those freed from custody that night. O’Brien said he drove several people home who had hidden from federal agents inside the plant and emerged late at night.

ROGELIO V. SOLIS/AP

Children of mainly Latino immigrant parents hold signs in support of them and those individuals picked up during an immigration raid at a food processing plant in Canton, Miss. Trump administration rules could deny green cards to immigrants if they use public assistance.

ROGELIO V. SOLIS/AP

Father Mike O’Brien, left, and Deacon Cesar Sanchez offer communion and blessings at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Canton, Miss., on Sunday . Churches have been key to providing comfort to workers following immigration raids at poultry plants .

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Puerto Rico rests, governor turns to policy

Firefighter lost 3 children in Pennsylvania day care blaze

Baltimore shop puts Trump’s negative tweets on a mug

BY DANICA COTO

Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s political turmoil seemed to be at least temporarily easing on Monday with attention shifting to policy rather than pro-tests following the replacement governor’s move to suspend a hurricane recovery contract.

In one of her first moves as gov-ernor, Wanda Vazquez announced late Sunday that she was scruti-nizing a pending $450,000 con-tract that is part of the program to rebuild and strengthen the island’s power grid, which was destroyed by Hurricane Maria nearly two years ago.

“There is no room in this ad-ministration for unreasonable expenses,” said Vazquez, who on Wednesday became Puerto Rico’s third governor in a week follow-ing popular protests that resulted in political turmoil.

Immediate pressure on the new governor appeared to be eas-ing somewhat. There have been no large protests since she was sworn in and none appeared on the horizon.

Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority, which is more than $9 billion in debt, had been expected to sign the contract with Stan-tec, a consulting firm based in Canada. Vazquez did not explain why she was suspending the deal, saying only that transparency is a priority for her administration.

However, a power company spokesman emailed a statement to The Associated Press saying that PREPA executive director Jose Ortiz planned to meet with Vazquez on Monday to explain why it was important to sign the contract. Ortiz said the contract has to be submitted before Oct. 6 so the U.S. territory can ob-

tain federal hurricane recovery funds.

A Stantec official based in Puerto Rico did not respond to a request for comment.

It is unclear whether Vazquez’s move will delay efforts to rebuild and bolster the power grid, which remains fragile and is prone to outages that have exasperated many of the island’s 3.2 million people. Power company spokes-man Jorge Burgos said that he had no further details and that more information would be re-leased after Monday’s meeting.

Puerto Rico’s power company has awarded several multimil-lion-dollar contracts since the Category 4 storm hit on Sept. 20, 2017, and many of those deals have come under intense scrutiny, with some being canceled. Currently, Mammoth Energy Services’ sub-sidiary Cobra Acquisitions, which has some $1.8 billion in contracts with the power company, is facing a federal investigation.

Economist Jose Caraballo said he hopes Vazquez’s announce-ment is the first of more changes to come.

“I hope this isn’t a smoke screen and that there’s a real audit,” he said in a phone interview. “That’s what all these people who have lost trust in the government expect.”

Puerto Rico has been mired in political turmoil, with former Gov. Ricardo Rossello resigning Aug. 2 following large protests. The island’s Supreme Court then ruled that his replacement was illegally sworn in, which left Vazquez, the justice secretary, next in line to become governor. The U.S. territory also is strug-gling to emerge from a 13-year recession and trying to restruc-ture some of its more than $70 billion public debt load.

Associated Press

ERIE, Pa. — Three of five kids killed in a fire at a home child care center in Pennsylvania were the children of a volunteer firefighter who was responding to another call, an official said Monday.

Luther Jones’ two daughters and a son were trapped in a blaze in the lakeside city of Erie while he was responding to another call for what turned out to be a malfunctioning alarm, said Law-rence Park Township Volunteer Fire Chief Joe Crotty.

The children haven’t been for-mally identified, but the Erie Fire Department says the dead range in age from 8 months to 7 years. The owner was hospitalized after the fire Sunday. Erie fire officials say the children were staying overnight at a house that had been turned into a day care center.

The fire, reported at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, was funneling out of every first-floor window when firefighters arrived, Erie Chief Fire Inspector John Widomski told the Erie Times-News. He said the blaze appeared to have

started in the living room area on the first floor.

The department’s two fire in-spectors and three Erie police detectives trained in fire investi-gations are working to determine the cause.

Valerie Lockett-Slupski, stand-ing across the street from the fire-damaged house, told the newspaper she was the grand-mother of four of the children — two boys and two girls — and that

they were staying at the home be-cause their parents were workingovernight.

“So, we are all at a loss, tryingto figure out how this happened,” Lockett-Slupski said.

Erie police detectives told thenewspaper that the owner was listed in stable condition afterbeing flown to UPMC Mercy.Chief Guy Santone of the ErieFire Department said a neighborwas also injured.

BY HANNAH NATANSON

The Washington Post

The tweet-emblazoned mug was supposed to be an inside joke.

When a Baltimore-based en-graving shop pasted President Donald Trump’s negative words about the city onto a blue coffee cup — affixing the phrase “I love my disgusting rodent and rat in-fested mess” above a map of the area — it was purely for the store’s owners and one employee. Just a way to let off steam and laugh.

“It was too good not to do,” said Robbie Marcouillier, the general

manager of Chase Street Acces-sories & Engraving, which sits around the corner from the of-fice of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., in downtown Baltimore. “But then it just blew up.”

The store posted a picture of the mug on Reddit late in the eve-ning on July 27, the day Trump tweeted his remarks. As the pres-ident’s assertion that “no human” would want to live in the major-ity-black city drew national con-demnation as racist, the post also gained attention.

It eventually earned over 500 up-votes on the social media site.

And sales of the mug, which costs about $25, started trickling in, too — a dozen the first day, up to about 100 the next and, as of Fri-day, close to 500.

Long before it went viral, Chase Street had decided: Even if it only sold 10, it would donate 10% of the profits from all mug sales to Thread, a nonprofit organiza-tion that helps underperforming Baltimore high school students overcome challenging home situ-ations to succeed academically, personally and professionally. The shop gave Thread $200 for the month of July, and expects to

donate a larger sum at the end ofthis month.

“We decided to donate to a non-profit that worked with the youth because they are our future,”Marcouillier, 33, said. “We’retaking Trump’s words and using them to reinvest into our city.”

The store plans to keep sellingthe mug as long as there’s a de-mand. It has also spun out a fewrelated items: a slightly cheaper ceramic version, as well as a newline of products, including mugs, canvas tote bags and T-shirts, that bear the logo “Rat-Invested: #WeAreBaltimore,” with theword “Infested” crossed out.

@CHASESTREETAE/Instagram

A shop in Baltimore is selling mugs with Trump’s tweet regarding the city. The mug has gone viral with hundreds of sales.

PHOTOS BY GREG WOHLFORD, ERIE TIMES-NEWS/AP

Erie Bureau of Fire Inspector Mark Polanski helps investigate a fatal fire at 1248 West 11th St. in Erie, Pa, on Sunday .

Paul Laughlin, 57, places stuffed animals on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 outside a home at 1248 West 11th St. in Erie, Pa., where multiple people died in an early-morning fire.

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States damaged by floods fight to recover BY DAVID A. LIEB

Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After devastating flooding this year, Iowa put $15 million into a special fund to help local govern-ments recover and guard against future floods. Missouri allotted more money to fight rising wa-ters, including $2 million to help buy a moveable floodwall for a historic Mississippi River town that’s faced flooding in all but one of the past 20 years.

In Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchin-son announced $10 million to repair damaged levees while cre-ating a task force to study a sys-tem that in some places has fallen into disrepair through years of neglect.

The states’ efforts may turn out to be only down payments on what is shaping up as a long-term battle against floods, which are forecast to become more frequent and destructive as global temper-atures rise.

“What is going on in the coun-try right now is that we are hav-ing basically an awakening to the necessity and importance of wa-terway infrastructure,” said Ar-kansas state Sen. Jason Rapert, a Republican who has been push-ing to improve the state’s levees.

The movement is motivated not just by this year’s major floods in the Midwest, but by more than a decade of repeated flooding from intense storms such as Hurricane Harvey, which dumped 60 inches of rain on southeastern Texas in 2017. In November, Texas voters will decide whether to create a constitutionally dedicated fund for flood-control projects, jump-started with $793 million from state savings.

For years, states have relied heavily on the Federal Emer-gency Management Agency to pay the bulk of recovery efforts for damaged public infrastruc-ture. While that remains the case, more states have been de-bating ways to supplement fed-eral dollars with their own money dedicated not just to rebuilding but also to avoiding future flood damage. Those efforts may in-clude relocating homes, elevating roads and bridges, strengthening levees and creating natural wet-lands that could divert floodwa-ters from the places where people live and work.

“There are states who are real-izing that they have an obligation to step up here, that flooding is re-ally a state and local problem, and the federal taxpayer is not going to totally bail us out. We need to be thinking ahead and helping ourselves,” said Larry Larson, a former director and senior poli-cy adviser for the Association of State Floodplain Managers.

Although President Donald Trump has expressed doubt about climate change, even calling it a hoax, a National Climate Assess-ment released last year by the White House warned that natural disasters in the U.S. are worsen-ing because of global warming. The report cited a growing fre-quency and intensity of storms,

heat waves, droughts and rising sea levels.

Instead of pointing at climate change, governors and lawmak-ers in some Midwestern states have blamed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for worsen-ing floods by the way it manages water along its network of dams.

Preliminary assessments com-piled by The Associated Press have identified about $1.2 bil-lion in damage to roads, bridges, buildings, utilities and other public infrastructure in 24 states from the floods, storms and tor-nadoes that occurred during the first half of 2019. Those states also have incurred costs of about $175 million in emergency response efforts and debris cleanup.

In addition, an AP survey of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts found that this year’s floodwaters breached levees in about 250 locations in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Some levees crum-bled in multiple spots, including one near Missouri’s capital city that inundated the airport. When it’s rebuilt, the floor of a new air-port terminal will have to be 11 feet higher to meet federal flood-plain regulations, said Jefferson City Public Works Director Matt

Morasch.The Army Corps estimates that

levee repairs could top $1 billion in the Missouri River basin, where most of the breaches occurred.

The nation’s disaster costs for public infrastructure will un-doubtedly rise throughout the year. The Army Corps has yet to inspect all the damaged levees, officials in Illinois, Louisiana and elsewhere are still assessing dam-age to their flooded infrastruc-ture, and the annual hurricane season is just getting underway.

The AP’s research shows that Nebraska was one of the states hardest hit by the flooding, with a preliminary assessment of about $435 million in damage to roads, bridges, utilities and other pub-lic infrastructure from a March storm.

Only a few Midwestern states have pumped much of their own money into flood prevention.

Minnesota created a grant program in 1987 that has since awarded almost $525 million to local projects.

After extensive flooding in 2011, Iowa launched a unique pro-gram that lets local governments keep a portion of their growth in state sales tax revenue to help finance levees, floodwalls and

other projects designed to hold back rising waters. The state ex-pects to forgo nearly $600 million of revenue over 20 years to help pay for nearly $1.4 billion of proj-ects in 10 cities. But applications for that program closed several years ago, leading Iowa legisla-tors this year to put $15 million into a separate fund to pay for flood prevention and recovery.

In Texas, the proposed consti-tutional amendment creating a $793 million flood infrastructure fund is part of a broader package. Among other things, lawmakers appropriated $638 million to help local governments pay their share of FEMA recovery and flood-pro-tection projects, and $47 million to update or develop flood-risk maps.

In Arkansas, Rapert began pursuing better levee policies four years ago, after flooding on his farmland along the Arkansas River.

The lawmaker discovered that the nearby levee hadn’t been re-paired after a 1990 breach and that its governing board was defunct. So he sponsored a law allowing local officials to rees-

tablish dormant levee boards andrequiring annual reports to be sent to the state. Although Rap-ert’s local levee got fixed, he saidmost of the districts haven’t filedreports, raising questions aboutwhether their levees are being maintained.

The improved levee workedthis year until it was finally over-topped by floodwaters .

Like his counterpart in Arkan-sas, Missouri Gov. Mike Parsonalso has appointed a task force to examine the state’s levee system, explore ways of better managingflood waters and prioritize state funding for flood recovery.

Parson also signed a budgetthat includes $2 million for amoveable floodwall in Clarks-ville, a rural community of about450 with a 19th century down-town that has been fighting anannual battle against the Mis-sissippi River. After selling thetown’s visitor center to financeflood-fighting efforts, the townis again short on money and still needs additional grants to buy the$4.5 million floodwall.

PHOTOS BY CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worker Ron Allen uses a GPS tool to survey the extent of damage where a levee failed along the Missouri River near Saline City, Mo., on Aug. 6.

Corn stalks litter a dried-out field that was flooded after a levee failed near Saline City, Mo.

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A bridge over a creek near the Missouri River on July 27 remains inaccessible well over a month after floodwaters washed out its connection to a rural road in Callaway County, Mo .

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PLAINS, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter’s hometown makes a point of cel-ebrating democracy. American flags wave outside stores selling old campaign buttons and vintage political posters, and tourists mill around the train depot that served as his 1976 campaign headquarters.

The rural Georgia county where tiny Plains is located is also the site of historic struggles for civil rights, and it could con-tinue to offer lessons on the costly conflicts that may lie ahead nationwide when states redraw voting district lines after the 2020 Census.

Sumter County is embroiled in a court fight over voting rights and redistricting that challenges the composition and cred-ibility of its school board.

In the midst of it is Kelvin Pless, whose election to the board nearly a decade ago shifted control toward an African Ameri-can majority. Before then, a white-major-ity board had governed the district where black students constitute an overwhelm-ing majority. It also unleashed what Pless said felt like a “race war” that returned control to whites after state lawmakers intervened.

“I don’t like to use the term too much, but I think it was borne out of racism,” said Pless. “It was almost like a very mild ver-sion of terrorism.”

The board’s white chairman, Michael Busman, said the election changes that re-constituted the board had “nothing to do with race.” Instead, he called it the simplest

path to shrinking the nine-member body, which he said was too large and costly for the small school district.

With a population estimated around 30,000, Sumter County is about 53% black and 43% white. Like many other Southern communities, it was run by whites until courts overturned Jim Crow laws and or-dered desegregation during the civil rights era.

Before entering state and national poli-tics, Carter served on the school board in the 1950s.

Once a majority-black board was seated in 2011, Pless said agitated white residents crammed meetings in what felt “like a lynch mob.” The local press disparaged the

new 6-3 African American majority as the “gang of six,” he said. At least two African American board members during that time say their employers received threatening letters, advocating they be fired.

Then the state legislature downsized the board, redrew its election districts and added two at-large seats. The motivation for the change remains contested, but the effect was clear. The board shifted to a 5-2 white majority, prompting the lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union later joined.

Two of the last four board elections were called off by judges, and two were held under the new plan, which a federal district judge ruled last year violated the 1965 Vot-

ing Rights Act by “diluting” African Amer-ican voting strength. The judge also saiddecades of discrimination had hinderedthe black community’s ability to exercise electoral power in at-large elections.

Under the Voting Rights Act, the county’splan previously would have been cleared in advance by the Justice Department to guarantee it didn’t harm minorities. Thatprocess, called “preclearance,” was effec-tively dismantled by a 2013 Supreme Courtdecision. That allowed Georgia to imple-ment the plan without oversight.

With no more federal preclearance re-quired, expensive court fights like the onein Carter’s county could erupt nationwideover post-2020 Census redistricting.

“It’s taken four years and probably mil-lions of dollars just to litigate in this one tiny jurisdiction,” said Leah Aden, deputydirector of litigation at the NAACP LegalDefense Fund. “It’s very concerning thatthere might be a need for many more of these types of cases across thousands of ju-risdictions across our country in the com-ing years.”

During such lawsuits, officials who may have been elected through an unfair pro-cess remain in office.

Some African American leaders in Sum-ter County said they’re disappointed thatCarter, who’s traveled worldwide to pro-mote democracy, hasn’t weighed in on thecase unfolding in his hometown.

For now, the Sumter County case is backbefore a U.S. District Court judge who’s overseeing the drawing of new districts forthe 2020 election.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

NATION

Warren wows in Iowa; candidates sprint to caucus

In Carter’s home county, voting rights case tests democracy

BY THOMAS BEAUMONT AND ALEXANDRA JAFFE

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — The chant — “2 cents, 2 cents, 2 cents” — started in the back of a crowd that packed sidewalks at the Iowa State Fair. Elizabeth Warren, basking in the spontaneous adu-lation of her proposed wealth tax, prompted roars with her call for the ultra-wealthy to “pitch in 2 cents so everybody gets a chance to make it.”

A night before, the Massachu-setts senator enjoyed similar treatment when Democrats at a party dinner jumped to their feet — some beginning to dance — at the opening bars of Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” the song that would usher Warren on stage.

For someone whose White House ambitions were dismissed by some Democrats earlier this year, Warren’s reception in Iowa this weekend was a clear warning sign to other 2020 candidates that hers is a campaign to be reckoned with in the state that kicks off the race for the party’s nomination.

Warren was one of nearly two dozen candidates who paraded through Iowa this weekend, speaking at the state fair, the annual Wing Ding dinner and a forum on gun control. The sheer volume of visiting contenders signaled a new phase of the cam-paign, ending the get-to-know-you period and beginning a six-month sprint to the Iowa caucuses.

In that time, the historically large field will winnow, front-run-ner Joe Biden will be tested more forcefully and a fierce competi-tion will unfold for candidates to be seen as the more viable alter-native. They’ll be competing for the support of Democratic voters who say their top priority is to land on a nominee who can defeat President Donald Trump.

As the caucuses near, strate-gists say Warren’s ground-level organization — demonstrated by her large staff and a proven abil-ity to get her supporters to appear at large events like the fair — is fueling her momentum.

“Elizabeth has a super organi-zation and her campaign is hot,” said David Axelrod, who helped

run former President Barack Obama’s winning Iowa campaign. “But we’ve seen hot candidates before. August is no guarantee of what happens in February.”

As Biden maintains a tenuous lead in polls and Warren gains ground, there’s time for ascen-dant candidates Pete Buttigieg and Kamala Harris to get hot. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, is still in the top-tier with a devoted following.

Biden and Harris have both boosted their investments in Iowa recently.

But Biden’s Iowa swing show-cased the challenges that lie ahead for him. The visit was marred by a series of gaffes in

which he stumbled over his words or seemed to get the dates wrong on major events.

Harris’ five-day Iowa tour marked the longest stretch she’s spent in any early voting state. After a slow summer in which she faced questions about her com-mitment to the state, Harris said her biggest challenge in Iowa is being relatively unknown.

Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind. , and Sanders, a Ver-mont senator, also remain strong contenders. Sanders has added seasoned staffers to his team and maintains tens of thousands of volunteers and a strong grass-roots network of activists who helped him pull off a surprise

near-tie in the 2016 caucuses. Buttigieg drew one of the big-

gest responses at the Wing Dingdinner, and he’ll have the mediaspotlight largely to himself when he returns this week for a three-day trip through eastern Iowacounties where Trump won in 2016.

Should Harris or Buttigieg flop, there is time for Cory Book-er or Amy Klobuchar to catch on.Booker, a New Jersey senator, wowed Democrats with his fiery speech at the Wing Ding dinnerand has a strong Iowa operation. Klobuchar, a senator from neigh-boring Minnesota, has played upher Midwestern roots.

JOHN LOCHER/AP

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, in Des Moines, Iowa.

DAVID GOLDMAN/AP

Former President Jimmy Carter’s home county in south Georgia has been involved in a voting rights lawsuit that experts say could soon be replicated nationwide.

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BY PAUL DUGGAN

The Washington Post

Two years ago, when white su-premacists descended on Char-lottesville, V a., organizers of the Unite the Right rally said they were defending a statue of Con-federate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which the city planned to remove from a public park.

The deadly street violence and outpouring of racist and anti-Se-mitic venom on Aug. 11 and 12, 2017, continue to haunt the nation-al psyche.

But what about the sculpture that prompted the angry gather-ing, a huge bronze rendering of Lee astride his beloved steed?

Well, it’s still standing, as is a towering bronze equestrian statue of rebel Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, which the city also wants to remove. And the two Old Dixie icons won’t be going anywhere in the foreseeable future amid a seemingly endless legal fight over their historical meaning.

While supporters contend that the statues, installed in the 1920s, are simply memorials to the Con-federacy’s war veterans, the city argues that the monuments “were intended to, and did, send mes-sages of intimidation, exclusion and hostility to African Ameri-cans.” The question of whether the statues “were part of a regime of city-sanctioned segregation” appears headed for Virginia’s Su-preme Court.

No matter how the statues are interpreted, though, Charlot-tesville’s history of Jim Crow apartheid is undeniable. When the Jackson and Lee sculptures were dedicated, in 1921 and 1924, respectively, this college commu-nity, like the rest of the South and much of the country, was steeped in institutionalized racism.

For instance:Eight months before the Jack-

son monument was unveiled, local citizens of privileged color were aghast at a subversive wish list published Feb. 12, 1921, in the black-owned Charlottesville Mes-senger, and reprinted, for shock value, on the front page of the city’s white-run paper, the Daily Progress.

Titled “The New Negro,” the ar-ticle called for “Teachers’ salaries based on service not on color;” a four-year high school for black students; “Better street facilities in Negro districts”; a voice for blacks in municipal government; and the abolition of “ ‘Jim Crow’ street cars.” The Daily Progress,

appalled by the manifesto, echoed its flabbergasted readers in an ed-itorial warning that “the negroes” should remember their place:

“The circulation of such absurd tirades and impossible proposals … only serve to make the problem of the law-abiding and respected element among the colored people that much harder, [and] if trouble ensues, its greatest weight will ul-timately fall on them.”

After a month of threats and denunciations, the Messenger’s editor, John G. Shelton, mollified whites with an editorial of his own, disavowing, point by point, the radical ideas advocated by the au-thor of “The New Negro,” a Char-lottesville native who was head of the St. Louis Urban League.

“Having thus clearly stated our position,” Shelton concluded apol-ogetically, “we will consider the incident closed and bid farewell to the so called New Negro, and jog along in our accustomed way, well content with the old ones with whom we have thus far journeyed in peace, happiness and a slight measure of success.”

Such was Charlottesville.

Statues’ beginningThe statues, in the city’s Court

Square area, were donated by Paul Goodloe McIntire, a philan-thropist whose slave-owning fa-ther had been financially humbled by the Civil War. McIntire, who was not quite 5 years old when the South surrendered in 1865, amassed a fortune in Chicago and New York before retiring in his hometown and becoming a civic benefactor.

“The princely giver of princely gifts,” as he was called, commis-sioned the monuments in the late 1910s, hiring New York sculp-tors Henry Shrady (for Lee) and Charles Keck (for Jackson). Both statues were expected to be fin-ished by about 1921. At the time, though, Shrady was immersed in his most ambitious creation, the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial near the U.S. Capitol, and he fell be-hind on the Lee project.

After Shrady died in 1922, an-other sculptor took over the job. That was why Keck’s rendering of Jackson — a lesser demigod than Lee — went up three years before the statue of the South’s top military commander, regarded by Confederate apologists as unri-valed in fortitude and chivalry.

On Oct. 19, 1921, the day of the first unveiling, Edwin A. Alder-man, president of the University of Virginia, addressed a crowd

of thousands in front of a 10-foot sculpture atop a 13-foot pedestal. “To the city of Charlottesville, and, in a high spiritual sense, to the valiant souls now living who fought beneath the Stars and Bars,” Alderman said, he was presenting the Jackson statue “in the belief that it will stand here forever.”

The ex-rebel soldiers attending the ceremony belonged to a dying generation that had witnessed 12 years of black suffrage and bira-cial governance in the South dur-ing postwar Reconstruction. After the demise of federally enforced political equality, the culture and legal bulwark of Jim Crow were established, excluding blacks from civic life and denying basic entitlements such as those sought by “The New Negro.”

A majority of the Confederate monuments in the United States today were installed between 1900 and 1930. Whether the statues were erected only to honor van-ishing heroes, or also symbolized the restoration of white power, made no practical difference to Charlottesville’s African Ameri-cans living under Jim Crow. Most of them bore daily oppression and ridicule silently while fearing for their safety.

Lynchings and other forms of racial terrorism were rampant in the South in the early 20th cen-tury. In 1915, filmmaker D.W. Griffith’s lurid box-office smash, “The Birth of a Nation,” glori-fied the murderous, long-dormant Klan of the Reconstruction era and helped fuel a vast resurgence of the Invisible Empire. New chap-ters, or klaverns, were popping up all over the country, including in Charlottesville.

A notice began appearing on public bulletin boards around the city in June 1921, reflecting the nation’s anti-immigration fervor as well as ancient animus toward blacks: “Do you believe in the tenets of the Christian Religion, Free Schools, Free Speech, Free Press, Law Enforcement, Liberty and White Supremacy? Can you take a MAN’S OATH? Drop a line to M.N.T., General Delivery, Charlottesville.”

Signed, “Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.”

The local klavern was desig-nated Klan No. 9, and the Daily Progress gave its meetings and cross-burnings favorable coverage.

“No man can subscribe to te-nets like the following and fail to become a better and bigger and more patriotic citizen,” one article declared, citing Klan No. 9’s cen-tral principle: “Rigid preservation of white supremacy. The destinies of America shall remain with the white race; they shall never be entrusted to the black, the brown, the yellow, or to the unclean hands of hybrids and mongrels.”

Charlottesville todayCharlottesville, population

48,000, is four times bigger now than it was when the statues were erected. Today’s electorate, large-ly white, votes decidedly blue, and two of the City Council’s five mem-bers, including Mayor Nikuyah Walker, are African American.

A lawsuit aimed at saving the sculptures was filed in March 2017 — five months before the violent white-supremacist rally — and the litigation in Charlot-tesville Circuit Court has gone in favor of the 13 plaintiffs, all Con-federate heritage enthusiasts. In a series of rulings this year, Judge Richard E. Moore decided that the hulking effigies are war me-morials protected by a 1904 Vir-ginia preservation law.

The next step for the city is an appeal to the state Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the Lee monu-ment, 26 feet high including its pedestal, stands where it always has, in a small park donated by “the princely giver,” which folks in the 1920s knew was for whites only.

In 1924, three months before the statue was unveiled, Virginia passed its Racial Integrity Act, barring interracial marriage. The law (struck down by the U.S. Su-preme Court in the 1967 Loving v. Virginia case) was cheered in Charlottesville by U-Va.’s Anglo-Saxon Club. The group hosted public lectures on the perils of

miscegenation, including one by a university biology professor and eugenicist named Ivey F. Lewis.

“The mixing of the whites with the blacks was the cause of the fall of the civilizations of Rome, Greece, Egypt and India,” a local reporter wrote, summarizing Lewis’s speech under the head-line “Virginia Again Leading the Nation.”

Then, two weeks later, on April 17, exciting news:

“LEE STATUE ON THE WAY”

The dedication was set for May 21, coinciding with the 1924 re-union of the Grand Camp of Con-federate Veterans of Virginia, a week-long festival of Old Dixie pride that was coming to Char-lottesville. The city, preparing to welcome the gathering of aged rebs, festooned itself in the Stars and Bars.

The anonymous “able and in-fluential citizens” of Klan No. 9 — not to be confused with Klan No. 5, the U-Va. campus klavern — celebrated by burning a giant cross on the evening of May 16 and the next night marched through Charlottesville in their hoods, ac-companied by a brass band.

On the afternoon of the unveil-ing, the Rev. Henry W. Battle, known for his stirring orations, rose before the multitudes in Lee Park and extolled the gray-beard-ed veterans on hand.

The pastor said nothing about human chattel. He said nothing about the forsaken ideals of Re-construction or the rise of Jim Crow. There was no mention of the aspirations of “The New Negro” in Battle’s grandiloquent gusts.

Then he directed his remarks to the younger people in the crowd, “the sons and daughters of the Confederacy,” whose “noblest heritage” had descended “from such men as are these venerable fathers.” To the newer genera-tions, he issued a sacred charge that would carry down the cen-tury, echoing now in a lawsuit by true believers in the Lost Cause.

“Their supreme duty,” Battle declared, will be “to keep the re-cord of Confederate heroism free from the stain of calumny.”

NATION

Removal of sculptures that symbolize racist past embroiled in legal battle

2 years after Va. rally, Confederate statues still stand

CALLA KESSLER/The Washington Post

The statue of Robert E. Lee a year after the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, V a., still stands.

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BY CARSON GERBER

Kokomo Tribune

KOKOMO, Ind. — “DopDaq qul yIchen-moH QobDI’ ghu.’”

There aren’t many people in the world who can read or pronounce that sentence.

Kokomo native Alan Anderson is one of the few who can.

The language is Klingon. Like the made-up language spoken by the ruthless, war-like humanoid species in the science fiction franchise “Star Trek.”

The sentence literally translates to “Set fire to the side when there is danger,” which is a Klingon proverb for when some-one creates an embarrassing distraction to get out of a sticky situation.

That’s right. Anderson speaks, reads and writes fluent Klingon.

It’s a harsh, guttural language that only has been in existence since “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” came out in 1984. That’s when linguist Marc Okrand was contracted by the movie’s producers to create a full-blown language for the Spar-tan-like race distinguished by their large, lumpy foreheads.

Now, Anderson has joined an even more elite group. Today, he not only speaks and reads Klingon. He’s getting paid to do it as one of no more than five professional Klin-gon translators in existence.

Anderson is an assistant translator for the newest installment of the franchise called “Star Trek: Discovery.” The show was released in 2017 on CBS All Access and has now been renewed for a third season.

The job gives Anderson special access to an online drop box of all the episode scripts. When he’s called upon, he trans-lates the dialogue into perfect Klingon, which is then passed along to the actors

and their Klingon language coach.It all begs the question: How did a 57-

year-old computer programmer who worked for decades at Delphi become one of the world’s preeminent Klingon experts?

It all started with a Secret Santa party

in 1994.That’s when Anderson received a copy of

the “Klingon Dictionary,” first published in 1985, as a kind of gag gift.

“I guess I had been pegged as a Trek-kie,” he said. “When I got the dictionary, I first thought, ‘Oh, this is cute.’ Then I thought, ‘Oh, this is really interesting. Too bad I don’t have any use for it.’ ”

But that changed when Anderson came across an online group in 1995 dedicated to the study of Klingon. It was at the dawn of the internet, and the group was part of an emailing list in which diehard “Star Trek” fans discussed and wrote in Klingon.

“I discovered people are actually using this language in order to communicate with each other,” Anderson said. “I thought, ‘That is too cool. I’ve got to do this.’ ”

Soon, Anderson had read through the en-tire dictionary, which included a complete explanation of the grammar and semantics of Klingon. Within a year, he was able to read what people were writing in the lan-guage without using the dictionary.

“It’s unusual. It’s alien. It’s absolutely nothing like English,” Anderson said. “Some languages, I just like the feel of the

sound in my mouth. With Klingon, eachsyllable is so packed with meaning, so you have to speak it slowly. I like that.”

Anderson grew to love the language somuch he decided to go to the third annu-al “qep’a” — the Klingon word for “greatmeeting” — which is a conference put onby the Klingon Language Institute.

At his first conference in 1996, he met Klingon-creator Okrand for the first time. For Anderson, a bright-eyed Klingon initiate at the time, the experience wassurreal.

“It was a really interesting moment when we all met this guy who created thelanguage that we were learning,” he said.“Later that day, we were all literally sit-ting in a circle at his feet as he’s telling usabout the language. We were at the feet ofthe master.”

Now, after speaking and studying the language for nearly 25 years, Andersonhas gained a reputation as one of the lead-ing Klingon experts in the world.

He got the job with “Star Trek: Discov-ery,” after the head translator, Robyn Stew-art, dropped his name as a fill-in in caseshe was unavailable to translate a script.

BY TIM ELFRINK

The Washington Post

Shai Werts was baffled. The star quarterback at Georgia Southern University had just been pulled over for speeding in rural Saluda County, S.C.

Now, a police officer was in-sistent that a white substance smeared on his Dodge Charger’s hood was cocaine.

“That’s bird s---. I swear to God,” Werts, 21, told the officer, in an exchange caught on a dash cam. “Can I tell you something? That’s bird s---.”

The Saluda County Sheriff’s of-ficer was incredulous. “It looks nothing like bird poop, man,” he

said. “We know what bird poop looks like.”

When his field testing kits came back positive for cocaine during the July 31 traffic stop, he arrested Werts. The drug charges sparked national headlines and left the quarterback briefly sus-pended and in danger of missing GSU’s season opener later this month against national power-house LSU.

But Werts was right: That substance wasn’t cocaine. On Thursday night, South Carolina prosecutors told local media that the drug case was being dropped.

“I was informed that the test did come back and that there was no controlled substance found,”

Al Eargle, a prosecutor for the re-gion including Saluda County, told the Savannah Morning News.

Werts’s case is the latest high-profile example of the unreliabili-ty of field-testing drug kits, which in recent years have come back with false positives on everything from Krispy Kreme doughnuts to deodorant to breath mints. In the process, innocent people have spent months in jail and even pleaded guilty under pressure, The Post reported.

Following his arrest, GSU sus-pended the quarterback for two days. After passing a drug test, he was allowed to return to practice on Sunday, but was still banned from the season-opening game

while the case played out.On Thursday, he was in a meet-

ing with coaches and players when his attorney called with the news that the drug case had been dropped.

“He was happy to hear the news,” attorney W. Townes Jones IV told the Morning News. “He was confident that’s what would ultimately happen.”

In 2016, the New York Times and ProPublica found that field-testing drug kits, which cost about $2 a piece, are wildly inaccurate. False positives can result from officer errors, the weather or poor lighting, and are so common that as many as one in three tests might come back wrong, The Post

reported. Warnings from the Jus-tice Department and crime labs about those problems have done little to slow the use of such kitsby local police.

Werts still faces a speedingcharge in Saluda County. His at-torney said the quarterback hasno plans to seek an apology fromthe sheriff’s department over his drug arrest.

“They had a pretty crediblebasis for pursuing, and ultimatelystopping him and that is speed-ing,” Jones told the MorningNews. “Then they didn’t do any-thing wrong by attempting to col-lect evidence … It tested positiveso they were acting within the bounds of the law at the time.”

Charges dropped against quarterback after ‘cocaine’ found to be bird poop

NATION

Ind. man gets paid to speak Klingon

TIM BATH/The Kokomo Tribune

Alan Anderson of Kokomo, Ind., speaks, reads and writes fluent Klingon, a fictional language from the “Star Trek” series. He’s an assistant translator on the latest TV series called “Star Trek: Discovery,” which has been renewed for a third season.

CBS Interactive

Anderson translates Klingon for Kenneth Mitchell, who played Klingon warrior Kol in “Star Trek: Discovery.”

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WORLD

Hong Kong airport shuts down amid protest

Suspect in Norway mosque attack appears in court bruised, smiling

S. Korea to remove Japan from preferred trade list

Thousands mourn Russianengineers killed in blast

BY YANAN WANGAND CHRISTOPHER BODEEN

Associated Press

HONG KONG — One of the world’s busiest airports can-celed all flights after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators crowded into Hong Kong’s main terminal Monday, while the cen-tral government in Beijing issued an ominous characterization of the protest movement as some-thing approaching “terrorism.”

The extreme action by the largely leaderless movement seemed calculated to prompt a stern response from Beijing, and Communist Party leader Xi Jin-ping’s administration responded within hours.

No new violence was reported by Monday evening, although the city remained on edge after more than two months of near-daily and increasingly bloody confron-tations between protesters and police.

Beijing tends toward a broad definition of terrorism, including in it nonviolent protests of gov-ernment policies on the environ-ment or in minority regions such as Xinjiang and Tibet. Such a des-ignation adds to the regime’s de-scriptions of protesters as clowns,

criminals and traitors intent on overthrowing Chinese rule in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong International Air-port said in a statement the dem-onstration “seriously disrupted” airport operations. Only flights that had already started board-ing or those cleared for landing

were allowed to use runways at the airport.

“All other flights have been canceled for the rest of today,” the airport statement said. It later said flights would resume at 6 a.m. local time Tuesday .

Joydeep Chakravarti, a soft-ware engineer whose connecting

flight to San Francisco was can-celed during a layover in Hong Kong, expressed frustration that he was told to leave the airport when he wanted to stay inside the terminal.

“I don’t know what’s out there, so I don’t want to leave. I didn’t make any plans for Hong Kong,”

said Chakravarti, who had a carry-on bag with laptop, char-ger and an extra shirt while therest of his luggage already waschecked in on his Singapore Air-lines flight.

In Beijing, the Cabinet’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Of-fice issued a statement sayingthe situation in Hong Kong was “beginning to show the sprouts of terrorism” and constitutedan “existential threat” to the population.

The chief executive of Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airwayssaid there would be “disciplin-ary consequences” for employeesinvolved in “illegal protests,” asthe airline joined businesses thathave apologized to China in re-cent days over political flaps.

At the airport, a flight atten-dant protesting on his day off,who gave only his surname, Lau,to avoid repercussions from hisemployer, said heavy-handed po-lice tactics had alienated somepeople.

“The police have told a lot oflies to Hong Kong people. Wecannot believe them anymore.We have to come here to protest,” Lau said. China has reportedly threatened to bar air crews tak-ing part in protests.

BY JAN M. OLSEN

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The suspected gunman accused in an attempted terrorist attack on an Oslo mosque and the sepa-rate killing of his teenage stepsis-ter was Monday jailed in pre-trial detention for four weeks.

Philip Manshaus, 21, appeared in court looking bruised and scratched, but smiling. He did not speak, and his defense lawyer Unni Fries told The Associated Press he “will use his right not to explain himself for now.”

Manshaus was arrested Satur-day after entering a mosque in

Baerum, an Oslo suburb, where three men were preparing for Sunday’s Eid al-Adha Muslim celebrations. Police said he was waving weapons and several shots were fired but did not speci-fy what type of weapon was used. One person was slightly injured before people inside the Al-Noor Islamic Center held the suspect down until police arrived on the scene.

Police then raided Manshaus’ nearby house and found the body of his 17-year-old stepsister. He is also suspected in her killing, police said, but did not provide details.

After Monday’s hearing, which

was held behind closed doors, Fries said her client “does not admit criminal guilt.” The Oslo District Court ordered him held for four weeks, including two weeks in solitary confinement, while police investigate.

The head of Norway’s domestic security agency said Monday of-ficials had received a “vague” tip a year ago about the suspect, but it was not sufficient to act because officials had no information about any “concrete plans” of attack.

Dagbladet, one of Norway larg-est newspapers, reported that on the day of the attack, Manshaus wrote online he had been “cho-sen” by “Saint (Brenton) Tar-

rant,” the Christchurch gunman.The name of the Oslo mosque is

similar to the one in the New Zea-land attacks.

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Thousands ofRussians attended the funerals Monday of five Russian nuclear engineers killed by an explo-sion as they tested a new rocket engine, a tragedy that fueled radiation fears and raised new questions about a secretive weap-ons program.

The engineers, who died Thurs-day, were laid to rest Monday inSarov, which hosts Russia’s main nuclear weapons research center,where they worked. Flags flew athalf-staff in the city, located 230 miles east of Moscow, which hasserved as a base for Russia’s nu-clear weapons program since thelate 1940s. The coffins were dis-played at Sarov’s main square be-fore being driven to a cemetery.

The Defense Ministry initiallyreported that the explosion at the navy’s testing range near the village of Nyonoksa in the north-western Arkhangelsk regionkilled two people and injured six others.

The state-controlled Rosatomnuclear corporation then saidover the weekend that the blastalso killed five of its workers andinjured three others. It’s not clear what the final toll is.

The company said the victimswere on a sea platform testing a rocket engine and were throwninto the sea by explosion.

BY KIM TONG-HYUNG

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Monday that it has decided to remove Japan from a list of nations receiving prefer-ential treatment in trade in what was seen as a tit-for-tat move fol-lowing Tokyo’s recent decision to downgrade Seoul’s trade status amid a diplomatic row.

It wasn’t immediately clear how South Korea’s tightened ex-port controls would impact bilat-eral trade. Seoul said some South Korean companies exporting to Japan will be able to receive

exceptions from case-by-case inspections that are normally ap-plied on sensitive shipments to nations with lower trade status and go through the same fast-track approval process that they currently enjoy.

Masahisa Sato, Japan’s vice-minister for foreign affairs, said he believes the impact of Seoul’s move would likely be limited as Japan doesn’t import many sensi-tive materials from South Korea.

Japan provided similar excep-tions while removing South Korea as a favored trade partner, which eased some of the fears in Seoul about a possible blow to its ex-

port-dependent economy, where many manufacturers heavily rely on parts and materials imported from Japan.

After spending weeks berating Tokyo for allegedly weaponiz-ing trade and vowing retaliation, South Korean President Moon Jae-in struck a more concilia-tory tone on Monday, saying that his government will refrain from “emotional” reactions to Japan over the trade dispute.

South Korea’s trade minister, Sung Yun-mo, said Seoul decided to remove Japan from a 29-mem-ber “white list” of countries that enjoy minimum restrictions in

trade because it has failed to uphold international principles while managing its export con-trols on sensitive materials. Sung and other South Korean officials did not specify what they saw as Tokyo’s problems in export controls.

Sato said South Korea would be violating World Trade Orga-nization rules if it was retaliating against Japan’s earlier measures. Park Tae-sung, a South Korean trade official, said that South Korea is making a legitimate ef-fort under domestic and interna-tional laws to improve its export controls.

CORNELIUS POPPEN, NTB SCANPIX/AP

Suspected gunman Philip Manshaus appears in court, in Oslo, Norway, on Monday.

KIN CHEUNG/AP

Protesters gather near a flight information board during a protest at the Hong Kong International Airport on Monday.

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WORLD

Border wall mural tells stories

Portugal rations gas amid truckers’ strike

LISBON, Portugal — Portugalis rationing gas as a precaution after some 2,000 tanker truckdrivers began an open-ended strike over pay on Monday.

The government has set a limitof 6.6 gallons for customers at gasstations until further notice.

Some truckers in other sectors of the economy also joined thewalkout.

Anticipating gas and fresh foodshortages, the center-left Socialist government, which faces a gener-al election in October, is forcingtruckers to provide a minimumvolume of supplies.

Colombia airmen plunge to death during stunt

BOGOTA, Colombia — Twomembers of Colombia’s air forceplunged to their deaths wrappedin their nation’s flag when acable hanging from a helicopter snapped while they were per-forming a midair stunt Sunday.

The accident happened duringa parade to mark the traditionalMedellin Flower Fair. The city’sairport was immediately closed in the aftermath of the accident.

Videos circulating on socialmedia show the moment whenthe two airmen fall to their death.Moments earlier they had beenclinging to a metal cable and wav-ing to the crowd below while car-rying a giant Colombian flag .

Russia accuses YouTube of promoting protests

MOSCOW — Russia’s mediaoversight agency said Sunday that it wanted Google to stop YouTubeusers from posting informationabout unsanctioned political pro-tests or the Russian governmentwould feel free to retaliate against the American company.

The Federal Service for Su-pervision in the Sphere of Tele-com, Information Technologiesand Mass Communication, orRoskomnadzor, communicatedthe demand after weeks of ral-lies over Moscow’s city councilelection.

Tens of thousands participated in a fourth consecutive weekendprotest of the exclusion of someindependent and opposition can-didates from the local electionballot, according to police and anorganization that counts atten-dance at public meetings.

Poland honors group that worked with Nazis

WARSAW, Poland — Polish of-ficials have joined war veterans topay tribute to a World War II-eraunderground force that collabo-rated with Nazi German forcesfor a time toward the end of thewar in their battle against Com-munists imposing control on thenation.

A Mass in Warsaw on Sundayopened ceremonies honoring theHoly Cross Mountains Brigade ofthe National Armed Forces on the75th anniversary of its formation.

The ceremonies were criticizedby children of Polish resistancefighters and Poland’s chief rabbi,who rejected an invitation and called it “a personal insult.” From The Associated Press

BY ELLIOT SPAGAT

Associated Press

TIJUANA, Mexico — Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana returned Fri-day to the Mexican beach where her father entered the U.S. illegal-ly before she was born, this time to put final touches on a mural of adults who came to the U.S. ille-gally as young children and were deported. Visitors who hold up their phones to the painted faces are taken to a website that voices first-person narratives.

There is a deported U.S. vet-eran. There are two deported mothers with children who were born in the U.S. There is a man who would have been eligible for an Obama-era program to shield people who came to the U.S. when they were very young from de-portation, but was deported less than a year before the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, took effect in 2012.

The project blends Mexico’s rich history of muralists with what can loosely be called inter-active or performance art on the 1,954-mile U.S.-Mexico border. At the same Tijuana beach dur-ing an art festival in 2005, David Smith Jr., known as “The Human Cannonball,” flashed his pass-port, lowered himself into a bar-rel and was shot over the wall, landing on a net with U.S. Border Patrol agents nearby. In 2017, professional swimmers crossed the border from the U.S. in the Pacific Ocean and landed on the same beach, where a Mexican of-

ficial greeted them with stamped passports and schoolchildren cheered.

Last month, an artist installed three pink seesaws through a border wall that separates El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

De La Cruz Santana, 28, con-ceived the interactive mural as part of a doctoral dissertation at University of California, Davis, in Spanish with a focus on literature and immigrant experiences. The faces are affixed with barcodes that link to audio on the project website. Her dissertation will

include written arguments for DACA-style benefits to anyone who comes to the U.S. as a young child, without any of the disquali-fiers like criminal history that former President Barack Obama included.

“Technology is one of the best ways and venues for people to tell their stories,” said De La Cruz Santana, whose parents obtained legal status through former Pres-ident Ronald Reagan’s amnesty law.

With a $7,500 grant, De La Cruz Santana, who was born and raised in California, directed

about 15 people who painted on polyester canvas at a Tijuana art gallery called “House of the Tunnel,” which was once used to smuggle drugs in a secret under-ground passage to San Diego. She partnered with Mauro Carrera, a longtime friend and a muralist who lives in Fresno, Calif .

The project is also deeply per-sonal for Carrera, 32, who was born in Mexico, crossed the bor-der illegally as a toddler, and obtained legal status through his father, who had amnesty. He grew up with friends and neigh-bors in the U.S. illegally.

Carrera said the project aims to “see the people behind the politics.” The deportees painted at least 80% of their own faces under his direction.

“I feel I’m right in the middle of the issue,” he said as others rolled canvases over steel poles that were topped with coiled wire installed after Donald Trump be-came president.

Last year, many Central Americans in a large caravan of asylum seekers gravitated to the beach, which is downhill from a light tower, bull ring and restau-rants. The U.S. side of the beach is usually empty, except for Bor-der Patrol agents parked in their vehicles and occasional hikers.

De La Cruz Santana is struck by the lively atmosphere on the Mexican side and quiet in the U.S.

“If you look past this wall on the U.S. side, there’s nothing,” she said. “I wanted to erase the border.”

JOEBETH TERRIQUEZ/AP

Volunteers help install a new mural on the Mexican side of a border wall that shows faces of people deported from the U.S. with barcodes that activate first-person narratives on visitors’ phones, in Tijuana, Mexico, on Friday.

ELLIOT SPAGAT/AP

Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana shows a barcode on her mobile phone, part of a new mural on the Mexican side of a border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, on Friday.

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BY COREY WILLIAMS

Associated Press

DETROIT — Marie Davis wants better medical insurance coverage. Jimmie Pleasant has been out of work for six months.

Both are among the thousands of people who are looking for jobs with Fiat Chrysler under a city program that gives Detroit’s residents first crack at the ap-plication process. It’s part of a $108 million land development deal between an automaker that’s building a massive new plant and a city where the unemployment rate is more than twice the na-tional average.

Detroit officials hope the deal with Fiat Chrysler will mean residents have a better shot at good-paying jobs with the auto-maker, although Fiat Chrysler is obligated only to consider De-troit residents for the work before opening up the jobs to others. Fiat Chrysler is getting land and tax breaks to build in Detroit.

“I sat with FCA (Fiat Chrysler) and I said this: ‘I’m going to give you want you want,’” Mayor Mike Duggan said. “We clear the land and give it to them. I want a win-dow where Detroiters apply for the jobs first. No one in this coun-try has ever got the preference.”

Many cities have workforce de-velopment programs to prepare people for jobs and make them aware of available employment, but Detroit’s requirements that residents receive priority in job

interviews and the application registration process are unique, said Tamara Atkinson, chief ex-ecutive for the regional nonprof-it Workforce Solutions Capital Area Workforce Board in Austin, Texas.

“I have not come across anoth-er city that is as intentional in how Detroit is using city incentives to prioritize a local hire campaign,”

Atkinson said.Detroit has made gains since

its 2014 exit from the largest mu-nicipal bankruptcy in history, and its population seems to have sta-bilized at around 680,000 — less than half of the 1.8 million who lived there in the 1950s.

Duggan wants those who stuck it out during Detroit’s lean years to stay. More than 24,000 resi-

dents have created accounts on the city’s Detroit at Work website and registered for job readiness events tied to the Fiat Chrysler openings. The automaker ex-pects to hire about 4,900 mostly production jobs at the new plant and a nearby facility, with pay starting at just over $17 per hour. Laid-off and temporary Fiat Chrysler workers will get to apply first, then Detroit residents have a 30-day window before the auto-maker starts taking applications from others.

“What we want is for people to own homes and raise families in this city,” Duggan said. “If you’re making $60,000 you can get a nice house in the city of Detroit.”

Davis, 49, who has worked in property management for 25 years, said the $220 she spends each month on health insurance takes a big chunk out of what she earns. Landing a job at Fiat Chrysler would fill the gap, she said.

“It’s a very important opportu-nity for the benefits. I don’t plan on quitting my other job,” Davis added.

Fiat Chrysler has undergone its own recovery since the federal government’s $80 million bailout of the U.S. auto industry. Italian automaker Fiat took over Chrys-ler after the U.S. automaker filed for bankruptcy in 2009. It expects to spend $1.6 billion building the new plant in Motor City.

Meanwhile, the city and state will split land acquisition and preparation costs. The city also agreed to give Fiat Chrysler about $12.1 million in property tax abatements.

The company did not respond to requests for comment about its hiring plans. However, when city leaders approved the land deal in May, Mark Stewart, chief operat-

ing officer for Fiat Chrysler NorthAmerica, said: “We’re putting Michigan and Detroit first. Thisis our home. We’re very proud.”

The deal likely will put some Detroit residents into jobs theyotherwise would not get, saidMichigan State University econo-mist Charles Ballard. But he cau-tioned that the unemployed ratemay change only a little, as manyunemployed people may not have the necessary skills to work in anauto industry that’s been changed by technology.

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Detroit residents getting first crack at auto jobs

COREY WILLIAMS/AP

Detroit residents attend a job readiness event in June to pre-register to apply for jobs at a coming Fiat Chrysler assembly plant on the eastside and another nearby facility operated by the automaker.

Fiat Chrysler deal with city gives thousands exclusive window to apply

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Thursday on suspicion of theft. Police said officers were called to St. Mary’s Catholic School on Thursday after school officials discovered money collected from two book fairs missing.

Police said Slagle-Boyd is ac-cused of spending $630 from a fall book fair and $1,500 raised from a spring book fair for her personal use. The money was supposed to go to the school sys-tem for curriculum supplies.

Slagle-Boyd was booked into the Buena Vista County Jail and her bond set at $5,000.

Person bitten by bat treated for rabies

WY MOOSE — A person bitten by a bat in west-

ern Wyoming underwent treat-ment for rabies.

Grand Teton National Park of-ficials said the unidentified per-son recently visited Jenny Lake as part of an organized group. The bat fell from a tree onto the person’s shoulder. The person was bitten while trying to brush the bat away.

The leader of the group cap-tured the bat in a plastic bag and contacted park rangers. The Jack-son Hole News & Guide reported that tests at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory showed the bat had rabies, a disease that’s fatal if not treated.

Hotel mistaken for store that posted signs

NM MAYHILL — The manager of a south-

ern New Mexico hotel said it’s being wrongly identified as a con-venience store that shares a simi-lar name and has posted signs against immigrants and former President Barack Obama.

The Alamogordo Daily News reported that Mayhill Cafe & Hotel manager Tammy Varbel said the case of mistaken identity has led to bad business reviews and online threats.

The convenience store is locat-ed near the hotel and got national attention after its owner erected the signs on store windows.

One sign read that immigrants in the country illegally were not welcome to shop.

Drunk flight attendant removed and charged

IN SOUTH BEND — A flight attendant on a

Chicago-to-South Bend flight has been charged with public intoxication.

Julianne March, 49, of Wauke-sha, Wis., faces an Aug. 29 ini-tial hearing after being charged Thursday.

Court documents say March was part of an Air Wisconsin crew working an Aug. 2 United Express flight when passengers became “scared for their lives” due to her apparent condition

after departing Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

When the plane landed in South Bend, officers removed March from the plane. Court documents say she smelled of alcohol and had a blood-alcohol content of 0.20%.

Driver jumps out of RV before canyon plunge

AZ BLACK CANYON CITY — Arizona au-

thorities said the driver of a recreational vehicle is OK after jumping out of the vehicle trav-eling on a rural highway before it went off a cliff and down into a canyon where it burst into flames.

The state Department of Pub-lic Safety said the driver was the only person in the RV and wasn’t injured in the incident Friday in a mountainous area along Inter-state 17.

The DPS duty office said Satur-day no additional information was available on the circumstances leading to the vehicle going off the southbound lanes and down a canyon wall about 300 feet.

Day care finds loaded gun in baby’s backpack

MA PEABODY — A father could face charges

after leaving behind a loaded gun at a day care facility in Peabody.

Officials said police were called to Little Sprouts Friday morningafter a staff member discoveredthe gun in a baby’s backpack.

Police said the firearm was loaded and the safety lock was on.It belonged to a father who haddropped his child off at the facil-ity earlier in the morning.

Investigators said the man, whowas not identified, had a license for the gun but could face chargesin connection with the incident.

The state Department of Chil-dren and Families was also noti-fied about the incident.

DUI arrestees to be ID’d on social media

WI MILWAUKEE — Law enforcement authori-

ties in Dodge County say anyonearrested on suspicion of drunkendriving will be identified and have their photos posted on socialmedia.

The Journal Sentinel reportedthe sheriff’s office already releas-es the names of all alleged drunk-en drivers to local media.

The sheriff’s office in a state-ment on Facebook says the newpolicy on disclosure of drunkendriving arrests is legal because records of such arrests are pub-lic . It will begin this month.

The initiative is part of thesheriff’s office’s crash reduc-tion strategy that has focused on drunken driving, speeding, stopsign offenses, seat belt violations and other enforcement efforts.

The number of swimmers, mostly children, who lifeguards at Old Orchard Beach in Maine said they rescued in a single day. Lifeguards told WGME-TV that the Ocean Park area is where most riptides form — and that they stayed on duty an extra two hours past normal shift to keep watch.

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From wire reports

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Man, 73, dies after he’s stung by swarm of bees

AZ SAN SIMON — Cochise County authorities said

a man, 73, died after being stung multiple times by a swarm of bees as he and other people cleaned up scrap piles near San Simon.

According to the sheriff’s of-fice, a deputy who encountered a speeding vehicle Friday learned that the man’s son, 43, was driv-ing with his father in the back seat to get help.

The sheriff’s office said the deputy was stung by bees in the vehicle and had the son roll down the windows and drive a short distance to a location where they met fire department personnel.

The dead man’s son, the third person and the deputy were treat-ed for multiple stings.

Heavily tattooed man convicted in 2 murders

LA BATON ROUGE — A heavily tattooed man,

who feared his facial art might af-fect his chances at a fair trial, has been convicted of two slayings.

News outlets reported that an East Baton Rouge Parish jury found William Bottoms Jr., 29, guilty Friday of two counts of second-degree murder in a 2017 double shooting of Muhammad Hussain, 29, and Dedrick Wil-liams, 23. St. Helena Parish sher-iff’s deputies found the men in a vehicle abandoned in a field.

Authorities were able to tie Bot-toms to the killings after dashcam footage showed a deputy helping him when his vehicle ran out of gas. It’s believed the video was taken shortly before the shoot-ings occurred.

Man takes golf cart on wild ride into Walmart

FL GIBSONTON — Author-ities said a man took his

golf cart on a wild ride through a Walmart store, terrorizing shop-pers and ignoring deputies’ or-ders to stop before crashing into a cash register.

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s investigators said they were sum-moned to the store near Tampa on Thursday where they found Michael Dale Hudson, 56, block-ing the liquor store entrance with his golf cart. The Tampa Bay Times reported he was demand-ing to speak to a manager.

As deputies spoke to Hudson, they say he suddenly drove to-ward the store’s main entrance. Customers jumped out of the way as he barreled through the door. He raced toward the checkout area, hitting several customers.

He was jailed on multiple charges, including aggravated battery.

Teacher accused of stealing book fair funds

IA STORM LAKE — A northwestern Iowa school

librarian and art teacher has been accused of stealing more than $2,000 from two school fundrais-ing events.

The Sioux City Journal re-ported that Susan Slagle-Boyd, 50, of Storm Lake, was arrested

THE CENSUS

Making a splash at the bashParker Robertson, 5, screams as he reaches the bottom of an inflatable water slide during a Back to School Bash and Fire Prevention event hosted by the Bay Fire Department on Saturday at Bay City Hall in Bay, Ark .

QUENTIN WINSTINE, THE JONESBORO (ARK.) SUN/AP

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FACES

Associated Press

Audiences have helped the “Fast & Furious” spinoff “Hobbs & Shaw” take another lap at No. 1 even with an on-slaught of new movies this weekend.

“Hobbs & Shaw” added an estimated $25.4 million from North American theaters, bringing its domestic total to$108.5 million.

Second place went to the PG-13 rated “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” witha better-than-expected $20.8 million. Close behind in third was “The LionKing” with $20 million in weekend five.The Disney movie has made a cumula-tive $473.1 million domestically and stands at $1.33 billion globally.

Newcomer “Dora and the Lost Cityof Gold” placed fourth with $17 million. Rounding out the top five, Sony’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” added $11.6 million in its third weekend for a cumu-lative $100.3 million, the only original film of the summer to cross the $100 million milestone.

“The Art of Racing in the Rain” de-buted in sixth with $8.1 million.

The Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish mob pic “The Kitchen” floppedin seventh with $5.5 million.

K-pop group BTS taking ‘extended’ break

K-pop superstar group BTS is takingan extended break to “enjoy the ordinarylives of young people in their 20s, albeitbriefly,” their agency said Monday.

Big Hit Entertainment said a concert Sunday in Seoul, South Korea, was BTS’last scheduled performance before theseven members take “vacations” for thefirst time since their 2013 debut.

The agency didn’t say when BTS will perform again. According to the com-pany’s website, BTS is scheduled to per-form in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Seoul in October.

BTS has a large international follow-ing and was the first K-pop act to debutatop the Billboard Album chart last yearwith “Love Yourself: Tear.”

VetsAid to feature ZZ Top, Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow

Joe Walsh will be joined by ZZ Top, Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow, and Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit at his VetsAidmusic festival to benefit veterans Nov. 10 in Houston.

In its first two years, net proceedshave allowed VetsAid to disburse nearly$1.2 million in grants. Grants this year will go to Houston-area organizations.

Walsh’s father died while stationed on Okinawa, Japan, when the musician was 20 months old. He offers free guitarlessons to wounded veterans at WalterReed National Medical Center, outsideWashington.

Other news

� Longtime J.D. Salinger publisherLittle, Brown and Company said all four of his works, including “The Catcher in the Rye,” will be made available as e-books Tuesday, marking the first timethat the entirety of his published work will be available in digital format.

� David Berman, founder of the indie rockers Silver Jews, whose wittylyrics and deadpan delivery influencedscores of bands, died Aug. 7. He was 52.A cause of death was not disclosed.

BY STEVEN ZEITCHIK

The Washington Post

This season of “America’s Got Tal-ent” has featured a rat that can navigate a New York cityscape, 76 high-kicking Texas high-school-

ers and a couple that throws knives at each other while singing opera.

But the most impressive feat for NBC’s amateur competition series has little to do with the performers: it’s that 10 million people regularly watch it.

Broadcast ratings tend to plummet in summer as fewer Americans stay home to watch TV. The much-hyped “Love Island,” starring beautiful strangers engaged in romantic melodrama, hasn’t managed to reach three million viewers for CBS.

Yet “Talent,” which begins its popular live-show episodes this week (Wednesdays and Thursdays on AFN-Pulse), flies in the face of much of what experts know about the modern television business. Addition-ally, much of the audience is in the coveted 18-49 demographic and also clicks on You-Tube performances in massive numbers.

“I’m not sure what to say,” said Howie Mandel, a longtime “Talent” judge, when asked for theories about the show’s popu-larity. “I guess viewers just like seeing or-dinary people do extraordinary things.”

How the show has become a juggernaut is one of the entertainment world’s biggest puzzles. And no other network is sure how to solve it.

“You’re never going to beat it. But we still try every year,” said an executive at another network who spoke on condition of anonymity.

If you’re not familiar, “America’s Got Talent” is a vintage talent show done up with “American Idol”-style judging. It involves a host of acts — magic, singing, dancing, comedy — that compete in vari-ous rounds, with the goal of advancing to

the live-show episodes in August and Sep-tember. The winner nabs $1 million (albeit paid over a whopping 40 years) and per-forms at a variety show in Las Vegas.

Backstories are often highlighted and incorporated sentimentally into the per-formance. This year, one of the acts to make it through to the live show is Voices of Service, an a capella group of military veterans who sing covers of Kleenex-yank-ers like Charlie Puth’s “See You Again.”

The show was created by Simon Cowell, who launched a “Got Talent” franchise that would originate on the U.S. airwaves and eventually be exported to dozens of countries. The show began as an also-ran of sorts on NBC in 2006, with a judg-ing panel that included Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff. But “Talent’s” first-ever episode nabbed 12 million viewers. Its bona fides were quickly established.

This season, “Talent” has averaged nearly 10 million viewers in its two-hour Tuesday slot. Since it debuted in May, it’s been the top show of the night nearly every time it’s aired .

Last Tuesday, the show’s 9.6 million viewers were nearly triple the number of ABC rival “Bachelor in Paradise” and al-most five times that of “Love Island.”

The show has experienced a slight rat-ings slip compared to last year, averag-ing 9.6 million viewers versus about 10.4 million in 2019, though it could make up ground with the live shows.

“Talent” has also held the line this year despite the swapping in of several regu-lar judges (Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough have replaced Mel B and Heidi Klum) and host (Terry Crews for Tyra Banks). Mandel and Cowell remain the stalwarts at the judging table.

One of the keys to the success of “Tal-ent,” executives say, has been its popular-ity across demographics.

“It’s the rare show that provides a co-viewing experience — my kids, who are six, four and two, watch it, my husband enjoys it, my parents enjoy it,” said Jenny Groom, executive vice president of alter-native programming and development at NBC. “There’s a plethora of content nowadays that can divide people. Some-one watches on their iPad and someone is watching television and someone else is watching on their laptop. This show brings a whole family together.”

To achieve its unifying effect, produc-ers scour the country for talent. They often take months on the road to find new acts.

“The goal is to find a new crop every year, to find things people haven’t seen before,” said Sam Donnelly, who executive produces the show with Jason Raff.

Though in a sense, “Talent’s” big num-bers may be due largely to familiarity.

“I think a lot of its success is about the consistency of format,” said Preston Beck-man, a former strategist at Fox Network Group . “You cry a little, you root a little — there’s really not much more you need on television.”

Unstoppable ‘Talent’

‘Hobbs & Shaw’ still No. 1 filmat box office

NBC

“America’s Got Talent” judges watch burlesque dancing contestant Ben Trigger during this summer’s competition.

TV’s summer amateur competition series a ratings juggernaut

This year, one of the acts to make it through to the live show is Voices of Service, an a capella group of military veterans who sing covers of Kleenex-yankers like Charlie Puth’s “See You Again.”

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SHIFTING GEARS

BY SCOTT STURGIS

The Philadelphia Inquirer

2019 Hyundai Santa Fe SEL Plus AWD: Better looks, better performance?

Price: $32,670 as tested. (Just $125 for floor mats.)

Marketer’s pitch: “Our most ad-vanced SUV ever.”

Conventional wisdom: Motor Trend likes the “user-friendly infotainment system, spacious interior, and comfort-able ride,” but not the “underpowered engines, poor fuel efficiency, boring to drive.”

Reality: Better looks, at least.What’s new: In theory, most of every-

thing in this redesign year is new.The names are new: It used to be that

the Santa Fe Sport was the two-row crossover and the Santa Fe the three. Now the Santa Fe is the two-row and the Santa Fe XL has three. It also gets squintier in the front and a little squarer, but with rounded corners, a nice look.

Up to speed: But where it counts, it’s not much different.

The standard 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine creates 185 horsepower, which is not a lot by today’s standards for this type of vehicle. At first I found the per-formance to be fairly substandard, but I switched to smart driving mode and it seemed to go a lot better.

It’s no rocket for passing, so certain maneuvers need to be planned a little bit. It takes 8.6 seconds to get to 60 mph, according to Motor Trend. (A 235-horsepower 2.0-liter turbo is available on some fancier models, and shaves al-most a second off that acceleration, MT says.)

Too sporty: If too much sportiness

seems as if it might be a good problem to have, it would seem wrong. Standing starts can get a little out of control, stop-and-go traffic can be unsettling, and the handling was a little more wonky than it was fun. Smart mode — a whole new mode I’d never seen before — actually smooths things out.

Shifty: The eight-speed automatic transmission offered abrupt downshifts for passing and seemed to get a little confused more than a few times. Shift mode works well enough.

On the curves: For a vehicle that feels really indifferent to fun driving, the Santa Fe can really slip through tight turns at a pretty good clip. Still. The handling is old-fashioned American.

Driver’s seat: If you’re a stunt person who needs to practice taking a punch to

the kidneys, the Santa Fe seat would be an excellent proving ground.

This posterior force crept up on me slowly. I found the seats uncomfort-able at first, and even spent five hours of drive time on a round-trip visit to College Roommate 1.0’s 50th birthday extravaganza without much complaint. The next day, though, and on every sub-sequent trip — yeow. I’m squirming the whole ride. And the lumbar was set the whole way off.

What’s more, the Santa Fe-Sorento model features seats that don’t seem in line with the steering wheel. I al-ways find myself sitting a little askew, perched on the armrest; this can’t help the old back much.

Friends and stuff: Sturgis Kid 4.0 found that trip to Northern Virginia

“comfy.” Legroom, headroom, and foot room were all fine.

Cargo space is a healthy 35.9 cubic feet and grows to 71.3 with the rear seat folded.

Safety: The standard features at this trim level include a host of safety fea-tures — avoidance controls for forward, blind spot, and rear cross-traffic col-lisions; lane-keeping assist; driver at-tention warning; and parking distance warning.

Play some tunes: The stand-up touchscreen is a handsome visual. Vol-ume and tuning dials make control easier. Buttons allow for moving among sources and other functions easily, and the touchscreen works fairly well.

At first I thought the stereo sound was a real bust, but over time I was able to adjust the sound quality and get its playback level to a B or B+.

Keeping warm and cool: Dials con-trol temperature, while buttons control everything else. Not too fussy as but-tons go, although the icons for noting current fan speed and whatnot are a little small.

Fuel economy: I averaged about 25 mpg in a highway-heavy round of test-ing. Feed the Santa Fe whatever; it’s not fussy.

How it’s built: Consumer Reports pre-dicts reliability to be 4 out of 5.

In the end: Hyundai and Kia have made great strides in just the eight years I’ve been writing this column. Most of their redesigns run rings around the old version.

Alas, this is not the case for the Santa Fe. If the 2.0 turbo isn’t much better, I’d steer buyers to the Ascent or even the Blazer first.

2019 Hyundai Santa Fe PHOTOS BY DAVID DEWHURST, HYUNDAI/TNS

The 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe offers a length of 188 inches, a width of 74 inches and a longer wheelbase.

2019 Santa Fe moves ahead, but not far enough

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Facts are the best antidote to con-spiracy theories. After we learn of the bizarre and inexplicable, conspiracy theories take wing and

stay very much alive so long as key ques-tions remain unanswered — what actually happened, how did it happen, why did it happen, and who or what is responsible? In the shocking case of Jeffrey Epstein’s death, a reliable finding of the facts cannot come soon enough.

Saturday morning, the country awak-ened to news that Epstein, a wealthy fi-nancier under indictment on federal sex-trafficking charges, had apparently committed suicide in his cell in the Metro-politan Correctional Center in New York. The Epstein case has generated enormous interest around the country, prompting the resignation of the U.S. labor secretary over questions about the way he handled the case a decade ago as a U.S. attorney, as well as great interest in whether any of the many rich and famous people with whom Epstein associated knew about, or played any role in, his alleged crimes. Almost immediately after the news of his death broke, social media was flooded with jour-nalists, commentators and others raising questions about how it could possibly have happened — and whether there was more to the story than meets the eye.

Wasn’t Epstein the most high-profile prisoner currently at the MCC — in fact, one of the most high-profile prisoners in the entire Federal Bureau of Prisons sys-tem? Hadn’t he apparently attempted sui-cide last month? Hadn’t he recently been denied bail and, at 66, been facing a future that might well have meant spending the rest of his life in prison? In light of these facts, all well-known to prison officials,

shouldn’t he have been closely watched and denied access to anything that could be used to harm himself? Do the circum-stances of his death require wholesale re-view of the way suicide risks are assessed and responses implemented in the MCC, or in the Bureau of Prisons more broadly?

Not surprisingly, too, Epstein’s death immediately prompted the spinning of various conspiracy theories, darkly specu-lating that what now appears to be a sui-cide might instead have been the result of foul play. According to some of these theories, Epstein’s suicide could have been orchestrated by a person or people who had something to lose from his remaining alive and the criminal charges and civil cases against him moving forward. With a shocking set of facts such as this one, that kind of speculation, frequently based on naked suspicion, is inevitable and, in today’s world, impossible to stop. The only antidote is a swift, thorough and objective search for the truth.

The Bureau of Prisons is one of the least well-known entities in the Justice Depart-ment. It houses approximately 150,000 federal inmates in more than 120 facili-ties across the country. Approximately 750 inmates are lodged at the MCC, which is generally not a facility where individuals serve sentences but instead where they are incarcerated awaiting trial or sentencing, or for some other, generally short-term reason.

Although the vast majority of Bureau of Prisons employees are dedicated public employees doing honorable and impor-tant work in difficult circumstances, the agency and its personnel are not perfect. As with any large agency, some bureau personnel have engaged in corruption and misconduct, and in various situations have shown themselves to be incompetent. Over the past 30 years, many cases involving

dereliction of duty, corruption and otherforms of misconduct have been investigat-ed by the Justice Department Office of theInspector General and, in some cases, bythe FBI. Where appropriate, those investi-gations have served as the basis for crimi-nal prosecutions.

Given the many important questions sur-rounding Epstein’s death, it’s good and ap-propriate that the Justice Department hasannounced that the inspector general andthe FBI are both investigating, althoughthe scope of their respective roles has notyet been clarified. There is an urgent needfor a public accounting that examines allof the events surrounding Epstein’s death. It should look at the circumstances sur-rounding his initial apparent suicide at-tempt, any suicide-watch protocols thatwere put in place, whether those proto-cols were followed, why the suicide watch may have been ended at some point beforeEpstein’s death, who had access to him, and what light his recorded phone callson prison facility phones can shed on hisfate. Only through a prompt and thoroughinvestigation, and a detailed and objective public report of that investigation, which the inspector general is uniquely equipped to do, can these important questions be answered.

In the meantime, let’s do the unthink-able these days — tamp down the specu-lation, limit the conspiracy theorizing andpostpone the condemnations, which at thispoint are based on little or no information. It takes time to gather and analyze the facts and draw reasonable conclusions based onthe evidence. Let’s act like grown-ups and wait for that.Michael R. Bromwich is the founder and managing principal of the Bromwich Group consulting firm, and practices law through the Bromwich Law Firm. He was the Justice Department inspector general from 1994 to 1999.

BY HUGH HEWITT

Special to The Washington Post

In the aftermath of the murder of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, then a candi-date for president, went forward with

a planned rally at 17th and Broadway in the heart of Indianapolis’ African American community. The country had witnessed more than 100 race riots that left at least 83 dead and 1,800 injured the previous summer, and Kennedy knew that news of King’s assassination could result in similar violence. Instead, he called for “an effort to understand with compassion and love.”

Kennedy’s speech is rightfully hailed as one of the great moments of American po-litical rhetoric. His plea was tragically not successful: More than 40 were killed and 2,500 injured in the riots that followed. The Democratic Convention in Chicago was a long clash between police and demonstra-tors. The Weathermen began their “days of rage” in 1969. The Kent State shootings shocked the nation a year later. Meanwhile, thousands of Americans died in Vietnam: 11,363 in 1967, 16,899 in 1968, 11,780 in 1969 and 6,173 in 1970.

Nevertheless, Kennedy’s speech was a heartfelt, deeply moving appeal for heal-ing and love among fellow citizens. Ken-nedy, who himself was killed two months later, saw all that had occurred, all that loomed and tried to stop it. Read his speech from that night in Indianapolis. Better yet, listen to it.

Then ask if you heard anything approach-ing that this past week from any corner of the Democratic Party. Kennedy was run-

ning for president as a Democrat, but he was very much running against President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Vietnam War. Still, he did not use the tragedy of King’s murder to score points. He did not de-monize his opponents in the field, Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy, or his presumptive opponent in the fall, Richard Nixon. He didn’t just speak to Democrats or some small slice of Democrats whom he considered “his base.” Kennedy spoke to all Americans, especially the deeply traumatized black community, and urged peace and love and healing.

The aftermath of the El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, mass murders, both rooted in the malaise and bigotry of our online age on both the fringe left and right, did not summon forth a Kennedy. Every single Democrat missed his or her opportunity to step up, as RFK did, and instead stepped in it, as I noted in Friday’s Washington Post “Pundit Power Rankings.”

Indeed, almost all of the Democrats chose in this week following a weekend of horrors to pivot their main message of the campaign trail from “Trump and Russia” to “Trump and racism.” At least five of the Democratic candidates went so far as to brand President Donald Trump as a white supremacist.

This is repulsive rhetoric — the sort of speech intended to marginalize and exile. It is “basket of deplorables” on steroids, and it says to every Trump supporter: “You, too, are a white supremacist.”

I discussed the actual number of “white supremacists” with Hillary Clinton on my radio show in November 2017.

“Of the 62.9 million people who voted forPresident Trump, do you have a numberin your mind that you think are actuallywhite nationalist racists of that 62.9 mil-lion, a real number?” I asked. “I don’t thinkthere are 100,000 in any given state. I don’tthink there are a half million in the United States. Do you disagree with me? Do youthink there are more than a half million,you know, honest-to-God white nationalists running around the United States?”

“Probably not, no,” Clinton responded.“But I think there are people who are un-fortunately kind of reverting back to rathervirulent attitudes about race in part be-cause I think that it’s become ‘politicallyacceptable,’ no longer politically correct to try to overcome our own feelings that oftenblock us from seeing each other as fellowhuman beings. So no, the hardcore people,I agree with you, I don’t think that is a very large number.” Clinton was right.

I do not believe Trump is a racist, muchless a white supremacist. I think the rheto-ric of the Democratic candidates is incen-diary and dangerous, and also politicallyself-destructive. It is so absurd as to be laughable but for its repetition.

But they do not wish to argue, debateand persuade. They wish to smear and exclude, and they have exploited this past week’s shock and fear to do so. They shouldturn back. They should follow the exampleof Bobby Kennedy, as should Trump. Wecould all listen to Kennedy’s plaintive words of 51 years ago to good effect. Hugh Hewitt, a Washington Post contributingcolumnist, hosts a nationally syndicated radio show and is author of “The Fourth Way: The Conservative Playbook for a Lasting GOP Majority.”

On Epstein’s death, mull facts, not theories

Today’s Dems lack RFK’s words of healing

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SCOREBOARD

The Northern TrustSunday

At Liberty National Golf ClubJersey City, N.J.

Purse: $9.25 millionYardage: 7,370; Par: 71

Final RoundP. Reed, $1,665,000 66-66-67-69—268 -16A. Ance, $999,000 67-65-68-69—269 -15Jon Rahm, $536,500 64-68-69-69—270 -14H. Varner III, $536,500 67-67-68-68—270 -14Adam Scott, $370,000 68-69-69-65—271 -13Rory McIlroy, $299,469 65-68-70-69—272 -12L. Oosthuizen, $299,469 68-65-70-69—272 -12B. Snedeker, $299,469 71-67-63-71—272 -12J. Spieth, $299,469 67-64-74-67—272 -12Ian Poulter, $240,500 68-66-71-68—273 -11Justin Rose, $240,500 65-68-69-71—273 -11P. Cantlay, $175,750 70-67-70-67—274 -10Kevin Kisner, $175,750 64-70-72-68—274 -10Jason Kokrak, $175,750 68-70-70-66—274 -10Troy Merritt, $175,750 62-70-72-70—274 -10A. Putnam, $175,750 69-64-74-67—274 -10J. Thomas, $175,750 67-68-71-68—274 -10W. Clark, $129,500 67-66-73-69—275 -9Ryan Moore, $129,500 68-72-67-68—275 -9W. Simpson, $129,500 65-73-67-70—275 -9C. Champ, $103,600 71-70-66-69—276 -8C. Conners, $103,600 66-71-70-69—276 -8B. Horschel, $103,600 72-67-67-70—276 -8B. DeChambeau, $74,925 68-68-71-70—277 -7D. Johnson, $74,925 63-67-74-73—277 -7C.T. Pan, $74,925 68-67-72-70—277 -7Adam Schenk, $74,925 67-72-71-67—277 -7Kevin Tway, $74,925 68-73-71-65—277 -7Danny Willett, $74,925 66-70-66-75—277 -7Branden Grace, $53,766 68-73-71-66—278 -6Andrew Landry, $53,766 68-67-73-70—278 -6J. Niemann, $53,766 70-71-71-66—278 -6Vaughn Taylor, $53,766 69-68-73-68—278 -6Tony Finau, $53,766 65-73-70-70—278 -6Matt Jones, $53,766 67-71-68-72—278 -6Brooks Koepka, $53,766 70-69-69-70—278 -6H. Matsuyama, $53,766 68-68-70-72—278 -6Byeong Hun An, $39,775 73-66-68-72—279 -5Max Homa, $39,775 66-71-67-75—279 -5Sungjae Im, $39,775 67-68-76-68—279 -5Chez Reavie, $39,775 66-74-69-70—279 -5J. Vegas, $39,775 72-69-71-67—279 -5Ryan Armour, $27,565 70-68-70-72—280 -4T. Fleetwood, $27,565 69-72-69-70—280 -4D. Frittelli, $27,565 69-67-75-69—280 -4Lucas Glover, $27,565 71-68-72-69—280 -4C. Hadley, $27,565 66-72-73-69—280 -4Adam Hadwin, $27,565 67-71-73-69—280 -4S. Munoz, $27,565 70-69-68-73—280 -4R. Sabbatini, $27,565 68-73-71-68—280 -4Aaron Wise, $27,565 68-73-71-68—280 -4Brian Harman, $21,354 68-71-70-72—281 -3J.B. Holmes, $21,354 70-71-69-71—281 -3C. Morikawa, $21,354 71-70-72-68—281 -3Gary Woodland, $21,354 73-68-71-69—281 -3Jim Furyk, $21,354 72-66-69-74—281 -3Shane Lowry, $21,354 69-67-72-73—281 -3Brian Stuard, $21,354 66-69-70-76—281 -3T. Hatton, $20,165 69-69-72-72—282 -2R. Henley, $20,165 69-70-70-73—282 -2J.T. Poston, $20,165 67-70-70-75—282 -2C. Smith, $20,165 67-74-70-71—282 -2Nick Watney, $20,165 71-69-71-71—282 -2

FedExCup Leaders1. Brooks Koepka2. Patrick Reed3. Rory McIlroy4. Matt Kuchar5. Jon Rahm6. Patrick Cantlay7. Xander Schauffele8. Abraham Ancer9. Gary Woodland10. Dustin Johnson

Ladies Scottish OpenSunday

At The Renaissance ClubNorth Berwick, Scotland

Purse: $1.5 millionYardage: 6,427; Par: 71

FinalMi Jung Hur, $225,000 66-62-70-66—264 -20J. Lee6, $104,559 67-65-66-70—268 -16M. Jutanugarn, $104,559 64-66-67-71—268 -16Mi Hyang Lee, $62,735 63-70-68-68—269 -15A. Jutanugarn, $50,188 68-67-68-68—271 -13Minjee Lee, $39,035 69-73-64-67—273 -11E. Szokol, $39,035 67-69-68-69—273 -11Anne van Dam, $39,035 63-69-71-70—273 -11K. Lampert, $31,368 68-70-68-68—274 -10Xiyu Lin, $31,368 68-68-68-70—274 -10Carly Booth, $31,368 70-67-66-71—274 -10Jane Park, $31,368 63-71-69-71—274 -10Hyo Joo Kim, $25,965 66-72-69-68—275 -9A. Nordqvist, $25,965 67-69-69-70—275 -9Su Oh, $25,965 65-73-66-71—275 -9Yu Liu, $25,965 70-67-67-71—275 -9M. Sagstrom, $23,003 67-70-72-67—276 -8W. Meechai, $23,003 69-67-69-71—276 -8Chella Choi, $23,003 65-70-68-73—276 -8Annie Park, $20,145 71-71-69-67—278 -6Amy Olson, $20,145 70-69-70-69—278 -6U. Wikstrom, $20,145 69-69-70-70—278 -6Na Yeon Choi, $20,145 72-64-71-71—278 -6Bronte Law, $13,814 70-72-70-67—279 -5L. Ridderstrom, $13,814 68-74-70-67—279 -5Laura Davies, $13,814 72-68-71-68—279 -5C. Boutier, $13,814 70-69-71-69—279 -5Charley Hull, $13,814 69-72-68-70—279 -5C. Wolf, $13,814 70-69-70-70—279 -5Georgia Hall, $13,814 69-68-71-71—279 -5N. K. Madsen, $13,814 69-70-67-73—279 -5Linnea Strom, $13,814 69-69-68-73—279 -5L. S. Galmes, $13,814 69-68-69-73—279 -5Gaby Lopez, $13,814 69-68-68-74—279 -5C. Hedwall, $8,551 65-74-70-71—280 -4P. Anannarukarn, $8,551 69-68-72-71—280 -4L. Fuenfstueck, $8,551 70-69-69-72—280 -4Sei Young Kim, $8,551 66-70-72-72—280 -4Katherine Kirk, $8,551 68-69-70-73—280 -4Muni He, $8,551 68-64-73-75—280 -4Cydney Clanton, $7,459 67-73-72-69—281 -3Kendall Dye, $7,459 71-71-68-71—281 -3Ayako Uehara, $7,180 68-73-72-69—282 -2Alena Sharp, $7,180 69-68-72-73—282 -2Lynn Carlsson, $6,636 70-72-70-71—283 -1S. Schmelzel, $6,636 69-70-73-71—283 -1Wei-Ling Hsu, $6,636 71-70-68-74—283 -1Hee Young Park, $6,636 70-71-67-75—283 -1Kelly Tan, $6,636 69-72-67-75—283 -1

Consumers Energy 400NASCAR Monster Energy Cup

SundayAt Michigan International Speedway

Brooklyn, Mich.Lap length: 2 miles

Starting position in parentheses1. (2) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 200 laps.2. (14) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200.3. (17) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200.4. (15) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 200.5. (11) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 200.6. (22) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200.7. (29) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 200.8. (3) William Byron, Chevrolet, 200.9. (6) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200.10. (4) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 200.11. (21) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 200.12. (20) Ryan Newman, Ford, 200.13. (37) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200.14. (25) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet,

200.15. (9) Paul Menard, Ford, 200.16. (24) David Ragan, Ford, 200.17. (8) Joey Logano, Ford, 200.18. (16) Erik Jones, Toyota, 200.19. (1) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200.20. (27) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota,

200.21. (31) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 200.22. (23) Michael McDowell, Ford, 200.23. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 200.24. (7) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 200.25. (19) Matt Tifft, Ford, 199.26. (38) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 199.27. (26) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet,

199.28. (18) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 199.29. (30) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 198.30. (28) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 196.31. (32) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, 196.32. (33) Austin Theriault, Ford, 194.33. (12) Aric Almirola, Ford, 193.34. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet,

192.35. (35) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet,

192.36. (34) Cody Ware, Ford, 191.37. (5) Clint Bowyer, Ford, Accident,

139.38. (36) Spencer Boyd, Ford, Accident,

123.Average Speed of Winner: 149.084

mph.Time of Race: 2 hours, 40 minutes, 59

seconds.Margin of Victory: 1.054 seconds.Caution Flags: 6 for 24 laps.Lead Changes: 19 among 8 drivers.Lap Leaders: B. Keselowski 1-39; D.

Hamlin 40-44; M. Truex Jr 45-55; D. Ham-lin 56; M. Truex Jr 57-63; B. Keselowski 64-81; M. Truex Jr 82; B. Keselowski 83-90; M. Truex Jr 91-108; B. Keselowski 109; K. Harvick 110-113; M. Truex Jr 114-119; K. Busch 120-122; K. Busch 123-126; J. Loga-no 127-141; K. Busch 142; J. Logano 143-150; R. Blaney 151-153; J. Logano 154-182; K. Harvick 183-200.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Brad Keselowski 4 times for 66 laps; Joey Logano 3 times for 52 laps; Martin Truex Jr 5 times for 43 laps; Kevin Harvick 2 times for 22 laps; Denny Hamlin 2 times for 6 laps; Kurt Busch 2 times for 5 laps; Ryan Blaney 1 time for 3 laps; Kyle Busch 1 time for 3 laps.

NFL preseason glanceAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PABuffalo 1 0 0 1.000 24 16New England 1 0 0 1.000 31 3Miami 1 0 0 1.000 34 27N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 22 31

SouthTennessee 1 0 0 1.000 27 10Houston 0 1 0 .000 26 28Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 16 24Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 0 29

NorthBaltimore 1 0 0 1.000 29 0Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 30 10Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 30 28Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 17 38

WestKansas City 1 0 0 1.000 38 17Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 14 3Denver 1 1 0 .500 28 32L.A. Chargers 0 1 0 .000 13 17

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

N.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 31 22Dallas 0 1 0 .000 9 17Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 10 27Washington 0 1 0 .000 10 30

SouthCarolina 1 0 0 1.000 23 13Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 28 30Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 37 48New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 25 34

NorthMinnesota 1 0 0 1.000 34 25Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 28 26Chicago 0 1 0 .000 13 23Detroit 0 1 0 .000 3 31

WestSan Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 17 9Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 22 14Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 17 13L.A. Rams 0 1 0 .000 3 14

Friday’s gamesPittsburgh 30, Tampa Bay 28Minnesota 34, New Orleans 25

Saturday’s gamesOakland 14, L.A. Rams 3Kansas City 38, Cincinnati 17San Francisco 17, Dallas 9

Thursday’s gamesPhiladelphia at JacksonvilleGreen Bay at BaltimoreN.Y. Jets at AtlantaCincinnati at WashingtonOakland at Arizona

Friday, Aug. 16Buffalo at CarolinaChicago at N.Y. GiantsMiami at Tampa Bay

Saturday, Aug. 17Cleveland at IndianapolisNew England at TennesseeKansas City at PittsburghDetroit at HoustonDallas vs L.A. Rams at Honolulu, Ha-

waiiSunday, Aug. 18

New Orleans at L.A. ChargersSeattle at Minnesota

Monday, Aug. 19San Francisco at Denver

Sunday’s transactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP

Tayler Scott to Norfolk (IL).BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP

Hector Velazquez to Pawtucket (IL). Selected the contract of INF Chris Ow-ings from Pawtucket. Transferred 1B/OF Steve Pearce to the 60-day IL.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated RHP Kelvin Herrera from the 10-day IL.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed RHP A.J. Cole on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Hunter Wood from Columbus (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned RHP Trev-or Rosenthal outright to Toledo (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed C Ke-van Smith on the 10-day IL. Recalled C Anthony Bemboom from Salt Lake (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Signed LHP Ryan O’Rourke to a minor league contract.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed LHP Stephen Tarpley on the 10-day IL. Select-ed the contracts of RHP Brady Lail and RHP Joe Mantiply from Scranton/Wil-kes-Barre (IL). Transferred OF Giancarlo Stanton to the 60-day IL.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Released RHP David Paulino. Optioned RHP Jason Adam to Buffalo (IL). Selected the con-tract of RHP Neil Ramirez from Buffalo. Tranferred LHP Ryan Borucki to the 60-day IL.

National LeagueLOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned

RHP Casey Sadler to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reinstated LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu from the 10-day IL.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Signed RHP Nick Vincent to a minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned RHP Parker Markel to Indianapolis (IL). Rein-stated RHP Clay Holmes from the 10-day IL.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Gerardo Reyes to El Paso (PCL). Recalled RHP Carl Edwards Jr. from El Paso. Sent RHP Robert Stock to the AZL Padres 2 for a rehab assignment.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Activated TE Charles Clay and CB Brandon Williams from the PUP list. Re-signed DL Pasoni Tasini.

BUFFALO BILLS — Released G Vlad Duccasse. Signed DE Sam Acho.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived TE/FB Orson Charles. Signed TE Rico Gathers.

DETROIT LIONS — Waived/injured LB Tre Lamar. Signed WR Deontez Alexan-der.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Claimed CB Derrick Jones off waivers.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB Isaiah Langley. Waived TE Zach Conque.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Waived OL Jordan Agasiva and Andrew Lauderdale. Waived/injured RB Benny Cunningham. Signed OL Ka’John Armstrong and Ben Ijalana and TE Ethan Wolf.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived G Ty-ler Catalina. Signed OT Nate Wozniak. Acquired P/K Kaare Vedvik via trade.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Claimed CB Hamp Cheevers off waivers.

NEW YORK JETS — Announced the retirement of PK Chandler Catanzaro. Signed PK Taylor Bertolet.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed S Micah Abernathy and DL Shane Bow-man.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Waived WR T.J. Rahming. Waived/injured LB Garrett Sickels. Placed QB Josh Woodrum on IR. Signed QB Jalan McClendon, DB Dejuan Neal and LB Darrell Williams.

ATP Tour Rogers CupA U.S. Open Series event

SundayAt IGA Stadium

MontrealPurse: $5.7 million (Masters 1000)

Surface: Hard-OutdoorSingles

ChampionshipRafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Daniil

Medvedev (8), Russia, 6-3, 6-0.

WTA Rogers CupA U.S. Open Series event

SundayAt Rexall Centre

TorontoPurse: $2.83 million (Premier)

Surface: Hard-OutdoorSingles

ChampionshipBianca Andreescu, Canada, def. Ser-

ena Williams (8), United States, 3-1 re-tired.

Little League World SeriesAt South Williamsport, Pa.

UNITED STATESNEW ENGLAND: Barrington (R.I.); MID-

ATLANTIC: Elizabeth (N.J.); SOUTHEAST: South Riding (Va.); GREAT LAKES: Bowl-ing Green (Ky.); MIDWEST: Coon Rapids (Minn.); SOUTHWEST: River Ridge (La.); NORTHWEST: Salem (Ore.); WEST: Wai-luku (Hawaii).

INTERNATIONALASIA/PACIFIC: South Chungcheong

(South Korea); AUSTRALIA: Sydney; CANADA: Coquitlam (British Columbia); CARIBBEAN: Willemstad (Curacao); EU-ROPE/AFRICA: Bologna (Italy); JAPAN: Chofu City; LATIN AMERICA: Maracaibo (Venezuela); MEXICO, Guadalupe

Double EliminationThursday, Aug. 15

Game 1: Willemstad (Curacao) vs. Sydney (Australia), 1 p.m.

Game 2: Barrington (R.I.) vs. South Riding (Va.)

Game 3: South Chungcheong (South Korea) vs. Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Game 4: Coon Rapids (Minn.) vs. Bowl-ing Green (Ky.)

Friday, Aug. 16Game 5: Bologna (Italy) vs. Chofu City

(Japan)Game 6: Wailuku (Hawaii) vs. River

Ridge (La.)Game 7: Guadalupe (Mexico) vs. Co-

quitlam (British Columbia)Game 8: Salem (Ore.) vs. Elizabeth

(N.J.)Saturday, Aug. 17

Game 9: Game 1 loser vs. Game 3 loser

Game 10: Game 2 loser vs. Game 4 loser

Game 11: Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 loser

Game 12: Game 6 loser vs. Game 8 loser

Sunday, Aug. 18Game 13: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3

winnerGame 14: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4

winnerGame 15: Game 5 winner vs. Game 7

winnerGame 16: Game 6 winner vs. Game 8

winnerMonday, Aug. 19

Game A: Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 loser

Game 17: Game 9 winner vs. Game 15 loser

Game 18: Game 10 winner vs. Game 16 loser

Game 19: Game 11 winner vs. Game 13 loser

Game 20: Game 12 winner vs. Game 14 loser

Tuesday, Aug. 20Game B: Game 11 loser vs. Game 12

loserGame 21: Game 17 winner vs. Game 19

winnerGame 22: Game 18 winner vs. Game 20

winnerWednesday, Aug. 21

Game 23: Game 13 winner vs. Game 15 winner

Game 24: Game 14 winner vs. Game 16 winner

Thursday, Aug. 22Game 25: Game 21 winner vs. Game

23 loserGame 26: Game 22 winner vs. Game

24 loserSaturday, Aug. 24

Game 27: Game 23 winner vs. Game 25 winner (International final)

Game 28: Game 24 winner vs. Game 26 winner (U.S. final)

Sunday, Aug. 24Third Place

Game 27 loser vs. Game 28 loserChampionship

Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner

MLSEastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GAPhiladelphia 13 7 6 45 48 38Atlanta 13 9 3 42 43 30D.C. United 10 7 9 39 34 32New York City FC 10 5 8 38 41 31New York 11 10 4 37 43 38New England 9 9 7 34 37 44Montreal 10 13 3 33 36 47Toronto FC 9 10 6 33 39 41Orlando City 8 11 6 30 33 34Chicago 7 10 9 30 38 37Columbus 7 14 5 26 27 39Cincinnati 5 17 3 18 25 57

Western Conference W L T Pts GF GALos Angeles FC 17 3 4 55 65 25Seattle 11 7 6 39 38 34Minnesota United 11 8 5 38 42 35San Jose 11 8 5 38 41 36LA Galaxy 12 11 1 37 31 36Real Salt Lake 11 9 4 37 35 32FC Dallas 10 9 6 36 36 31Portland 10 9 4 34 38 34Houston 9 13 3 30 35 41Sporting KC 7 10 7 28 37 43Colorado 7 12 5 26 41 49Vancouver 5 12 9 24 26 45

Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday, August 10New England 3, Seattle 3, tieCincinnati 2, Columbus 2, tieOrlando City 1, Toronto FC 1, tieFC Dallas 5, Minnesota United 3Real Salt Lake 2, Sporting Kansas City

1Chicago 3, Montreal 2Colorado 2, San Jose 1Portland 3, Vancouver 1

Sunday, August 11Atlanta 2, New York City FC 1Philadelphia 2, Houston 1D.C. United 2, LA Galaxy 1Los Angeles FC 4, New York 2

Wednesday, August 14Sporting Kansas City at Orlando CityColorado at Minnesota UnitedSeattle at Real Salt LakeFC Dallas at LA GalaxyChicago at Portland

Saturday, August 17New England at New YorkFC Dallas at MontrealNew York City FC at CincinnatiToronto FC at ColumbusOrlando City at Minnesota UnitedPhiladelphia at ChicagoSan Jose at Sporting Kansas CityColorado at HoustonD.C. United at VancouverLos Angeles FC at Real Salt LakeSeattle at LA Galaxy

SundayLos Angeles FC 4, Red Bulls 2New York 2 0—2Los Angeles FC 2 2—4

First half—1, Los Angeles FC, Harvey, 1 (Vela), 23rd minute; 2, Los Angeles FC, Blessing, 4 (Beitashour), 25th; 3, New York, Casseres Jr, 3, 42nd; 4, New York, Miller, 0 (own goal), 45th.

Second half—5, Los Angeles FC, Vela, 23 (penalty kick), 61st; 6, Los Angeles FC, Segura, 1 (Vela), 72nd.

Goalies—New York, Luis Robles; Los Angeles FC, Tyler Miller.

Yellow Cards—New York, Parker, 8th; Casseres Jr, 46th; Lawrence, 48th; Muyl, 76th.

DC United 2, Galaxy 1Los Angeles 0 1—1D.C. United 1 1—2

First half—1, D.C. United, Arriola, 5 (Segura), 28th minute.

Second half—2, Los Angeles, Alvarez, 3, 48th; 3, D.C. United, Rodriguez, 5, 73rd.

Goalies—Los Angeles, David Bingham; D.C. United, Bill Hamid.

Yellow Cards—D.C. United, Amarikwa, 75th.

Union 2, Dynamo 1Houston 1 0—1Philadelphia 1 1—2

First half—1, Philadelphia, Przybylko, 11 (Medunjanin), 18th minute; 2, Hous-ton, Ramirez, 1 (Beasley), 42nd.

Second half—3, Philadelphia, Elliott, 2, 78th.

Goalies—Houston, Joe Willis; Philadel-phia, Andre Blake.

Yellow Cards—Houston, Figueroa, 34th; Cabezas, 58th.

Atlanta 2, NYC FC 1New York City 0 1—1Atlanta 1 1—2

First half—1, Atlanta, Martinez, 19 (Gressel), 42nd minute.

Second half—2, Atlanta, Martinez, 20 (penalty kick), 63rd; 3, New York City, He-ber, 10 (Castellanos), 81st.

Goalies—New York City, Sean John-son; Atlanta, Brad Guzan.

Yellow Cards—Atlanta, Gonzalez Pirez, 20th; Martinez, 59th; Gressel, 69th. New York City, Sands, 27th; Matarrita, 37th; Chanot, 74th.

Pro soccer

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MLB

BY DAVE CAMPBELL

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — After watching their All-Star closer lose a two-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Cleveland Indians bounced right back to win their four-game series in Minnesota and forge another tie for the AL Central lead.

The three-time defending division champions have made a remarkable sum-mer rebound, setting up a tense race with the Twins for the final stretch.

Carlos Santana hit a grand slam in the 10th, after Tyler Naquin and Francisco Lindor teamed up to throw out what would have been the winning run for the Twins in the ninth, and Cleveland beat Minnesota 7-3 on Sunday.

“It’s nice whenever your teammates can pick you up, ” Naquin said. “That’s what the team is all about.”

After Eddie Rosario’s second double of the afternoon started the four-hit ninth in-ning against Brad Hand (5-3), the Twins used a single by Luis Arraez and a double by Marwin Gonzalez to tie the game. But as pinch-runner Ehire Adrianza tried to score from first base, Naquin grabbed the ball off the bounce from the left-field wall and zipped a throw to the shortstop Lindor, whose relay home was in perfect position for catcher Kevin Plawecki to tag Adrianza with ease for the second out.

“It was actually perfect. I don’t know if you could do it any better,” Indians man-ager Terry Francona said.

It was Naquin’s 10th outfield assist, mov-ing into a tie for third in the majors, but the Twins expressed no regret about the aggressive approach by third base coach Tony Diaz to send Adrianza after Arraez scored. Diaz said he thought Adrianza had a nice read off the bat, almost reaching second when the ball went over Naquin.

“Pushing the envelope a little bit,” Diaz said. “Two perfect throws required.”

Jonathan Schoop grounded out on the next play, and Twins closer Taylor Rogers (2-3) took over in the 10th inning. He al-lowed a single, a walk and another single on a bunt by Greg Allen to load the bases with none out for Santana, who quickly erased the late-inning drama with one big swing. The All-Star first baseman has reached

base at least once in 53 of his last 57 games since June 4, the exact date when the Indi-ans began the surge. They’re 42-17 during that span, the best record in the majors.

“It’s great,” said Santana, who has four career grand slams. “We’re fighting.”

Now the Twins, who had sole possession of first place from April 27 until Friday be-

fore bypassing the Indians again Saturday with a 4-1 victory, are in a tie for the sec-ond time in three days. Their lead was as big as 11 ½ games on June 3 and still 7 ½games on July 13. The Twins and Indians play six more times, all in September.

“When we see them again,” Berrios said, “we’re going to battle again.”

Santana’s 10th-inning slam lifts Cleveland to key victory

Tribe top Twins for share of AL Central lead

JIM MONE/AP

Cleveland catcher Kevin Plawecki, top, tags out the Twins’ Ehire Adrianza as he tried to score from first base on a double by Marwin Gonzalez in the ninth inning of Sunday’s game in Minneapolis. The Indians won 7-3 in 10 innings.

O’s bounce back from embarrassing loss, end Astros’ 8-game streakRoundup

Associated Press

BALTIMORE — Rio Ruiz hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to lift Baltimore over Houston 8-7 Sunday, ending the Astros’ eight-game winning streak in stunning fashion.

Houston scored three runs in the top of the ninth to go up 7-5 before the Orioles answered in the bottom half against Roberto Osuna (3-3). After Chris Davis hit a sacrifice fly, Chance Sisco was at first base when Ruiz launched a 2-2 pitch over the right-field wall.

“I knew that I got it,” Ruiz said. “I kind of looked in the dugout, saw everybody going crazy and I went crazy. Pretty awesome feeling.”

Coming off a 23-2 defeat less than 24 hours earlier, Baltimore took the lead in the fifth against 2011 Cy Young Award winner Jus-tin Verlander, blew the advantage and then mounted an improbable rally to end a five-game skid.

Nationals 7, Mets 4: Asdrubal Cabrera hit a tiebreaking two-

run double against his former team, and visiting Washington stopped New York’s eight-game win streak.

Nationals star Juan Soto was injured on Cabrera’s bases-

loaded hit in the seventh inning. Soto went from first to third but sprained his right ankle after get-ting a late stop sign from third base coach Bob Henley. The team said he is day to day .

Yankees 1, Blue Jays 0: At Toronto, Masahiro Tanaka and Aroldis Chapman combined on a four-hitter for New York .

Dodgers 9, Diamondbacks 3: Justin Turner hit two of host Los Angeles’ four homers and Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched seven scoreless innings of five-hit ball.

Cubs 6, Reds 3: Kris Bryant capped Chicago’s four-run sev-enth with a three-run homer, and the visiting Cubs split their four-game series with Cincinnati.

Braves 5, Marlins 4: At Miami, Ronald Acuna Jr. hit his 33rd homer and sixth in as many games, helping Atlanta to the win.

Rangers 1, Brewers 0: Mike Minor struck out 11 in eight in-nings, and visiting Texas avoided a series sweep.

Cardinals 11, Pirates 9: Lane Thomas hit a go-ahead grand slam for host St. Louis in the sev-enth inning.

Rays 1, Mariners 0: At Seattle, Tampa Bay’s Ryan Yarbrough came within an out of his first ca-reer shutout .

Athletics 2, White Sox 0: ChrisBassitt threw seven sharp inningsand Matt Olson homered, leadingvisiting Oakland to the victory.

Angels 5, Red Sox 4: AnthonyBemboom hit a go-ahead singlein the 10th inning after KoleCalhoun’s solo homer tied it in the eighth as visiting Los Angelessplit the four-game series.

Rockies 8, Padres 3: At SanDiego, Yonder Alonso hit his100th career homer during Colo-rado’s four-run sixth inning, and the Rockies snapped a five-gamelosing streak.

Royals 10, Tigers 2: Hunter Dozier and Jorge Soler each hom-ered twice, and visiting KansasCity earned a split of the four-game series between the worstteams in the AL Central.

Giants 9, Phillies 6: Kevin Pil-lar hit a tiebreaking triple thatscored Evan Longoria with twoout in the bottom of the eighth in-ning, closer Will Smith followedwith a two-run single in his firstcareer at-bat and host San Fran-cisco rallied to beat Philadelphia.

NICK WASS/AP

The Orioles’ Rio Ruiz throws his helmet as he approaches home plate after hitting a two-run walkoff home run against the Houston Astros on Sunday in Baltimore. The Orioles won 8-7.

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MLB SCOREBOARDAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GBNew York 77 41 .653 —Tampa Bay 69 50 .580 8ABoston 62 58 .517 16Toronto 49 72 .405 29ABaltimore 39 78 .333 37A

Central DivisionCleveland 71 47 .602 —Minnesota 71 47 .602 —Chicago 52 64 .448 18Kansas City 43 76 .361 28ADetroit 35 80 .304 34A

West DivisionHouston 77 41 .653 —Oakland 67 51 .568 10Texas 59 58 .504 17ALos Angeles 58 61 .487 19ASeattle 48 71 .403 29A

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBAtlanta 70 50 .583 —Washington 62 55 .530 6ANew York 61 57 .517 8Philadelphia 60 58 .508 9Miami 44 73 .376 24A

Central DivisionChicago 64 54 .542 —St. Louis 61 55 .526 2Milwaukee 62 57 .521 2ACincinnati 56 60 .483 7Pittsburgh 48 69 .410 15A

West DivisionLos Angeles 79 41 .658 —Arizona 59 59 .500 19San Francisco 59 60 .496 19ASan Diego 55 62 .470 22AColorado 53 65 .449 25

Sunday’s gamesBaltimore 8, Houston 7L.A. Angels 5, Boston 4, 10 inningsN.Y. Yankees 1, Toronto 0Kansas City 10, Detroit 2Cleveland 7, Minnesota 3, 10 inningsOakland 2, Chicago White Sox 0Texas 1, Milwaukee 0Tampa Bay 1, Seattle 0Atlanta 5, Miami 4Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 3Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 4St. Louis 11, Pittsburgh 9Colorado 8, San Diego 3L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 3San Francisco 9, Philadelphia 6

Monday’s gamesBaltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 2Texas at TorontoBoston at ClevelandHouston at Chicago White SoxPittsburgh at L.A. AngelsTampa Bay at San DiegoCincinnati at WashingtonArizona at Colorado

Tuesday’s gamesBaltimore (Bundy 5-12) at N.Y. Yankees

(German 15-2)Texas (Lynn 14-7) at Toronto (Pannone

2-5)Boston (Sale 6-11) at Cleveland (Clev-

inger 7-2)Seattle (Kikuchi 4-8) at Detroit (Boyd

6-8)Houston (Cole 14-5) at Chicago White

Sox (Nova 7-9)Minnesota (Perez 8-5) at Milwaukee

(Anderson 5-2)St. Louis (Flaherty 5-6) at Kansas City

(Sparkman 3-7)Oakland (Anderson 10-7) at San Fran-

cisco (Anderson 3-4)Pittsburgh (Williams 4-5) at L.A. An-

gels (Peters 2-1)Tampa Bay (McKay 2-2) at San Diego

(Lauer 6-8)Chicago Cubs (Quintana 10-7) at Phil-

adelphia (Vargas 6-6)Cincinnati (Wood 1-0) at Washington

(Ross 2-3)L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 11-2) at Miami

(Yamamoto 4-3)N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 9-6) at Atlanta

(Fried 13-4)Arizona (Gallen 2-3) at Colorado (Gray

10-8)

SundayBraves 5, Marlins 4

Atlanta Miami ab r h bi ab r h biAcn Jr. rf 4 2 2 1 Berti ss 4 1 0 0Albies 2b 3 0 0 0 I.Diaz 2b 5 1 2 0F.Frman 1b 2 1 1 1 Bri.And rf 5 0 1 0Dnldson 3b 3 1 0 0 Cooper 1b 5 0 2 0Camargo ss 4 0 0 0 Marrero pr 0 0 0 0Clbrson lf 4 0 0 0 S.Cstro 3b 5 2 4 1Incarte cf 3 1 2 3 H.Rmrez lf 5 0 1 2Flowers c 3 0 0 0 Alfaro c 4 0 1 1Fltynwc p 2 0 0 0 Brinson cf 2 0 1 0Duvall ph 1 0 0 0 Noesi p 1 0 0 0Ch.Mrtn p 0 0 0 0 Prado ph 1 0 0 0Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 J.Grcia p 0 0 0 0Swarzak p 0 0 0 0 Kinley p 0 0 0 0Joyce ph 1 0 0 0 Grndrsn ph 0 0 0 0L.Jcksn p 0 0 0 0 Quijada p 0 0 0 0Totals 30 5 5 5 Totals 37 4 12 4Atlanta 100 310 000—5Miami 300 001 000—4

DP—Miami 1. LOB—Atlanta 4, Miami 11. 2B—Bri.Anderson (28), S.Castro (18), H.Ramirez (14). HR—Acuna Jr. (33), In-ciarte (5). SB—Inciarte (7), Brinson (1). CS—Albies (3). S—Noesi (1). IP H R ER BB SOAtlantaFoltynewicz W,4-5 6 8 4 4 2 7Ch.Martin H,13 1 1 0 0 0 2Newcomb H,11 C 0 0 0 2 2Swarzak H,15 B 0 0 0 0 0L.Jackson S,18-25 1 3 0 0 0 0MiamiNoesi L,0-2 6 4 5 5 3 8J.Garcia 0 1 0 0 1 0Kinley 2 0 0 0 1 1Quijada 1 0 0 0 1 3

J.Garcia pitched to 2 batters in the 7th T—3:23. A—12,338 (36,742).

Yankees 1, Blue Jays 0New York Toronto ab r h bi ab r h biLMahieu 2b 3 0 0 0 Bchette ss 4 0 2 0Judge rf 4 0 1 0 Biggio dh 4 0 0 0G.Sanch dh 3 0 0 0 Galvis 2b 3 0 0 0Urshela 3b 4 1 2 0 Grichuk rf 3 0 0 0Gardner cf 4 0 1 1 Smoak 1b 3 0 1 0Torres ss 3 0 0 0 T.Hrnan cf 3 0 0 0Ford 1b 3 0 0 0 Fisher lf 3 0 0 0Romine c 3 0 1 0 Drury 3b 3 0 1 0Tuchman lf 3 0 0 0 McGuire c 2 0 0 0 Grrr Jr ph 1 0 0 0Totals 30 1 5 1 Totals 29 0 4 0New York 000 010 000—1Toronto 000 000 000—0

E—LeMahieu (7). DP—New York 3, To-ronto 1. LOB—New York 4, Toronto 2. 2B—Urshela (27), Gardner (18). CS—Romine (1), Bichette (3). IP H R ER BB SONew YorkTanaka W,8-6 8 3 0 0 0 4A.Chapman S,31-36 1 1 0 0 0 1TorontoThornton L,4-8 6 3 1 1 1 6Gaviglio 3 2 0 0 0 2

Tanaka pitched to 1 batter in the 9th HBP—by Thornton (G.Sanchez). T—2:42. A—27,790 (53,506).

Dodgers 9, Diamondbacks 3Arizona Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h biLcastro lf-cf 4 0 0 0 Pderson rf 3 1 2 1K.Mrte cf-2b 4 0 1 0 Muncy 2b 5 0 1 0E.Escbr 3b 4 1 2 1 J.Trner 3b 4 2 2 3C.Wlker 1b 4 0 2 0 Y.Grcia p 1 0 0 0Flores 2b 3 0 0 0 Chrgois p 0 0 0 0Andrese p 0 0 0 0 Bllnger 1b 4 2 2 1Lamb ph 1 0 0 0 White 1b 1 0 0 0A.Avila p 0 0 0 0 C.Sager ss 4 1 2 0A.Jones rf 4 1 2 0 Will.Sm c 3 1 2 3Ahmed ss 4 1 1 2 Beaty lf 2 0 1 0C.Kelly c 3 0 1 0 Negron cf 4 1 0 0Leake p 1 0 0 0 Ryu p 2 0 1 0Swihart lf 2 0 0 0 E.Rios 3b 1 1 1 0Totals 34 3 9 3 Totals 34 9 14 8Arizona 000 000 012—3Los Angeles 312 020 01x—9

DP—Arizona 2, Los Angeles 1. LOB—Arizona 7, Los Angeles 7. 2B—Bellinger (24), C.Seager 2 (30), Will.Smith (8). HR—E.Escobar (26), Ahmed (12), J.Turner 2 (19), Bellinger (38), Will.Smith (7). SF—Will.Smith (2). S—Leake (1), Ryu (10). IP H R ER BB SOArizonaLeake L,9-9 5 10 8 8 2 2Andriese 2 2 0 0 0 2A.Avila 1 2 1 1 1 0Los AngelesRyu W,12-2 7 5 0 0 1 4Y.Garcia 1 2 1 1 0 2Chargois 1 2 2 2 0 2

HBP—by Ryu (Locastro), by Leake (Pederson). T—2:40. A—44,619 (56,000).

Rays 1, Mariners 0Tampa Bay Seattle ab r h bi ab r h bid’Arnud 1b 4 0 0 0 M.Smth cf-rf 4 0 0 0Pham lf 4 0 0 0 J.Crwfr ss 4 0 0 0Sogard 2b 4 1 1 1 Do.Sntn dh 2 0 0 0Av.Grci rf 4 0 2 0 Narvaez ph 1 0 0 0Aguilar dh 3 0 2 0 K.Sager 3b 3 0 1 0Mdows ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Au.Nola 1b 3 0 0 0Brsseau 3b 3 0 1 0 T.Mrphy c 3 0 1 0Heredia cf 3 0 0 0 D.Grdon 2b 3 0 1 0Zunino c 3 0 0 0 Lopes lf 3 0 0 0Adames ss 3 0 0 0 Moore rf 2 0 0 0 Vglbach ph 1 0 0 0 Broxton cf 0 0 0 0Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 29 0 3 0Tampa Bay 000 100 000—1Seattle 000 000 000—0

E—Zunino (6). DP—Seattle 1. LOB—Tampa Bay 4, Seattle 3. HR—Sogard (13). CS—Av.Garcia (3), D.Gordon (3). IP H R ER BB SOTampa BayYarbrough W,1B 8C 3 0 0 0 8Pagan S,12-18 B 0 0 0 0 0SeattleTuivailala 1 0 0 0 0 1LeBlanc L,6-6 6 5 1 1 0 3Brennan 1 0 0 0 0 0Bass 1 1 0 0 0 1

T—2:23. A—24,219 (47,943).

Cubs 6, Reds 3Chicago Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h biHeywrd cf-rf 5 2 2 0 Senzel cf 4 1 0 0Cstllns rf 4 1 2 0 Votto 1b 4 1 1 1Wick p 0 0 0 0 E.Sarez 3b 3 1 2 1Bote ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Aquino rf 3 0 1 1Bryant 3b 5 1 2 3 Peraza ss 4 0 1 0Rizzo 1b 3 0 0 0 Ervin lf 3 0 0 0J.Baez ss 4 0 1 1 Lrenzen p 0 0 0 0Schwrbr lf 4 0 0 0 Garrett p 0 0 0 0Strop p 0 0 0 0 Winker ph 1 0 0 0I.Happ 2b-lf 4 2 2 1 Stphnsn p 0 0 0 0Cratini c 3 0 0 0 K.Frmer 2b 3 0 1 0Lester p 2 0 1 0 O’Grady ph 1 0 0 0Phelps p 0 0 0 0 Brnhart c 3 0 0 0Kemp ph 1 0 0 1 L.Cstll p 2 0 0 0Almr Jr cf 1 0 0 0 VnMeter lf 2 0 0 0Totals 37 6 10 6 Totals 33 3 6 3Chicago 000 001 410—6Cincinnati 002 010 000—3

LOB—Chicago 6, Cincinnati 7. 2B—J.Baez (32), I.Happ (2), Votto (24), K.Farmer (5). HR—Bryant (23), I.Happ (4), E.Suarez (33). SB—Senzel (10). IP H R ER BB SOChicagoLester 5 5 3 3 3 7Phelps W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1Wick H,2 2 1 0 0 0 4Strop S,10-16 1 0 0 0 1 1CincinnatiL.Castillo 6C 7 3 3 1 8Lorenzen L,0-3 BS,2 0 2 2 2 0 0Garrett 1B 1 1 1 1 0Stephenson 1 0 0 0 0 2

Lorenzen pitched to 2 batters in the 7th T—2:55. A—31,929 (42,319).

Royals 10, Tigers 2Kansas City Detroit ab r h bi ab r h biMrrfeld 2b 5 2 2 3 H.Cstro cf 4 0 0 0A.Grdon lf 5 1 1 0 Goodrum ss 4 1 2 2H.Dzier 3b 5 3 3 2 Mi.Cbrr dh 4 0 1 0Soler dh 3 2 3 5 Dixon lf 4 0 0 0Cthbert 1b 4 0 0 0 D.Lugo 3b 3 0 1 0Strling rf 5 0 0 0 Ro.Rdri 1b 4 0 1 0Dini c 4 0 0 0 Dmritte rf 3 0 1 0Arteaga ss 4 1 1 0 J.Hicks c 3 0 0 0B.Hmltn cf 4 1 1 0 Beckham 2b 3 1 1 0Totals 39 10 11 10 Totals 32 2 7 2Kansas City 202 000 024—10Detroit 101 000 000— 2

E—Goodrum (14). DP—Kansas City 2. LOB—Kansas City 5, Detroit 4. 2B—Soler (24), B.Hamilton (12), Beckham (12). 3B—H.Dozier (7). HR—Merrifield (14), H.Dozier 2 (22), Soler 2 (35), Goodrum (11). CS—Goodrum (3). IP H R ER BB SOKansas CityJunis W,8-10 6 6 2 2 0 6Barlow H,7 2 1 0 0 0 2Newberry 1 0 0 0 0 2DetroitNorris L,3-10 3 4 4 4 2 4VerHagen 5 2 2 2 0 2Alexander 0 4 4 4 0 0Ni.Ramirez 1 1 0 0 0 0

Alexander pitched to 4 batters in the 9th HBP—by Junis (D.Lugo), by VerHagen (Soler). T—2:35. A—19,790 (41,297).

Rockies 8, Padres 3Colorado San Diego ab r h bi ab r h biTapia lf-cf 5 1 2 1 Tts Jr. ss 4 0 0 0Story ss 5 0 1 1 Naylor lf 4 1 1 1Blckmon rf 5 1 2 0 Machado 3b 3 0 0 0Y.Alnso 1b 2 2 1 2 Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 0McMahon 3b 4 2 1 0 Renfroe rf 3 1 0 0Daza cf 2 0 0 0 F.Mejia c 4 1 3 1Desmond lf 3 1 2 2 G.Grcia 2b 3 0 0 0Wolters c 4 1 2 1 Margot cf 3 0 0 0Hampson 2b 4 0 0 0 Strahm p 0 0 0 0Marquez p 2 0 1 1 Edwrds p 0 0 0 0D.Mrphy ph 1 0 0 0 Kinsler ph 1 0 0 0Estevez p 0 0 0 0 Lamet p 2 0 0 0 Stammen p 0 0 0 0 Baez p 0 0 0 0 Myers cf 1 0 1 0Totals 37 8 12 8 Totals 32 3 6 2Colorado 000 004 022—8San Diego 011 000 100—3

E—Tatis Jr. (18). DP—Colorado 1. LOB—Colorado 11, San Diego 5. 2B—Story (30), Blackmon (30), McMahon (18), F.Mejia (7). HR—Y.Alonso (10), Naylor (6), F.Mejia (6). SB—Story (16). S—Marquez 2 (10). IP H R ER BB SOColoradoMarquez W,11-5 8 5 3 3 2 9Estevez 1 1 0 0 1 1San DiegoLamet 5 3 2 2 3 7Stammen L,6-6 C 4 2 2 0 0Baez 1B 0 0 0 1 1Strahm 1 3 2 2 0 1Edwards Jr. 1 2 2 2 2 1

Lamet pitched to 2 batters in the 6th HBP—by Lamet (Wolters). WP—Lamet. T—3:03. A—28,930 (42,445).

Athletics 2, White Sox 0Oakland Chicago ab r h bi ab r h biSemien ss 4 0 0 0 Jay rf 4 0 0 0Martini dh 4 0 0 0 Ti.Andr ss 4 0 1 0M.Chpmn 3b 4 1 1 0 J.Abreu dh 4 0 1 0M.Olson 1b 3 1 2 2 J.McCnn c 4 0 0 0Canha cf 4 0 0 0 El.Jmen lf 3 0 1 0Grssman lf 4 0 2 0 Skole 1b 3 0 1 0Pinder rf 4 0 2 0 Y.Sanch 2b 3 0 0 0Profar 2b 4 0 0 0 Goins 3b 2 0 1 0Hrrmann c 3 0 0 0 Engel cf 3 0 0 0Totals 34 2 7 2 Totals 30 0 5 0Oakland 000 200 000—2Chicago 000 000 000—0

DP—Oakland 2. LOB—Oakland 7, Chi-cago 5. 2B—M.Chapman (28), Pinder (17), Ti.Anderson (18). HR—M.Olson (23). IP H R ER BB SOOaklandBassitt W,8-5 7 4 0 0 2 7Diekman H,21 C 1 0 0 0 0Soria H,15 B 0 0 0 0 0Hendriks S,12-16 1 0 0 0 0 2ChicagoGiolito L,12-6 6 5 2 2 1 13Cordero 2 0 0 0 0 3J.Fry B 1 0 0 0 0Herrera C 1 0 0 0 0

HBP—by J.Fry (M.Olson). T—2:52. A—30,951 (40,615).

Rangers 1, Brewers 0Texas Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h biChoo rf 2 0 0 0 Cain cf 3 0 0 0Da.Sntn 1b 4 0 0 0 Hiura 2b 4 0 0 0Andrus ss 4 0 2 0 Mstakas 3b 4 0 0 0W.Clhun lf 3 1 0 0 Braun lf 4 0 2 0Odor 2b 4 0 1 0 Grandal 1b 4 0 0 0DShelds cf 4 0 0 0 Pina c 3 0 1 0Knr-Flf 3b 3 0 1 1 Grisham rf 3 0 0 0Mathis c 2 0 0 0 H.Perez ss 3 0 1 0Minor p 3 0 0 0 Lyles p 2 0 0 0Leclerc p 0 0 0 0 Claudio p 0 0 0 0 Yelich ph 1 0 0 0 Jffress p 0 0 0 0Totals 29 1 4 1 Totals 31 0 4 0Texas 000 000 100—1Milwaukee 000 000 000—0

DP—Milwaukee 1. LOB—Texas 6, Mil-waukee 5. 2B—Odor (21), H.Perez (8). SB—Cain (14). SF—Kiner-Falefa (1). IP H R ER BB SOTexasMinor W,11-6 8 4 0 0 1 11Leclerc S,8-11 1 0 0 0 0 1MilwaukeeLyles L,7-8 7 3 1 1 4 9Claudio 1 1 0 0 0 2Jeffress 1 0 0 0 0 1

T—2:28. A—44,411 (41,900).

Cardinals 11, Pirates 9Pittsburgh St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h biA.Frzer 2b 5 0 2 2 Edmn 2b-3b 5 2 3 0Rynolds rf 4 3 3 0 J.Mrtin rf 1 1 0 0S.Marte cf 4 1 0 0 De.Fwlr rf 3 1 1 2Bell 1b 4 2 3 4 Gldschm 1b 5 2 4 3Me.Cbrr lf 3 0 0 1 Ozuna lf 4 1 2 0Feliz p 0 0 0 0 DeJong ss 4 1 0 0Crick p 0 0 0 0 Y.Munoz 3b 3 1 1 0Strtton p 0 0 0 0 Brebbia p 0 0 0 0J.Osna ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Wieters ph 0 0 0 0Moran 3b 4 1 3 0 A.Mller p 0 0 0 0Msgrove pr 0 0 0 0 Knizner c 4 1 1 1Hrtlieb p 0 0 0 0 Thomas cf 5 1 2 5C.Hlmes p 0 0 0 0 Mikolas p 2 0 0 0El.Diaz c 4 0 0 0 Frnndez p 0 0 0 0E.Gnzal ss 4 1 1 0 T.Webb p 0 0 0 0Brault p 2 0 0 0 M.Crpnt ph 1 0 0 0P.Reyes lf 2 1 1 1 Gant p 0 0 0 0 Wong ph-2b 1 0 0 0Totals 37 9 13 8 Totals 38 11 14 11Pittsburgh 202 022 001— 9St. Louis 201 100 52x—11

E—J.Martinez (3), El.Diaz (9). DP—St. Louis 2. LOB—Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 9. 2B—Reynolds 2 (25), Moran (19). 3B—Thomas (1). HR—Bell 2 (29), P.Reyes (2), De.Fowler (13), Goldschmidt (26), Thomas (3). SB—E.Gonzalez (4), Edman (7), Goldschmidt (1), Ozuna (10). CS—A.Frazier (4). IP H R ER BB SOPittsburghBrault 4C 5 4 4 3 3Feliz 1B 2 0 0 0 1Crick L,3-7 BS,6 C 3 5 5 0 0Stratton B 0 0 0 0 1Hartlieb 0 4 2 2 0 0C.Holmes 1 0 0 0 1 2St. LouisMikolas 5 7 6 5 1 4Fernandez C 2 2 2 0 2T.Webb B 1 0 0 0 0Gant W,8-0 1 1 0 0 0 0Brebbia H,9 1 1 0 0 0 1A.Miller S,4-6 1 1 1 1 0 1

Hartlieb pitched to 4 batters in the 8th HBP—by Mikolas (S.Marte), by Crick (Y.Munoz), by Crick (Knizner). WP—Brault 2. T—3:40. A—43,912 (45,538).

Indians 7, Twins 3 (10)Cleveland Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h biLindor ss 3 2 1 0 Kepler cf 5 0 0 0G.Allen cf-lf 5 2 2 1 J.Plnco ss 5 0 0 0C.Sntna 1b 4 2 2 5 Sano 3b 5 0 0 0Puig rf 5 0 1 1 E.Rsrio lf 4 2 2 0Jo.Rmir 3b 5 0 0 0 Garver c 3 0 0 0Kipnis 2b 5 0 1 0 Arraez dh 3 1 2 2F.Reyes dh 4 0 1 0 C.Cron 1b 4 0 2 0Naquin lf 4 0 0 0 Adrnza pr-1b 0 0 0 0R.Perez c 0 0 0 0 Gnzalez rf 4 0 2 1Plwecki c 4 0 1 0 Schoop 2b 4 0 1 0Mercado pr-cf 0 1 0 0 Totals 39 7 9 7 Totals 37 3 9 3Cleveland 201 000 000 4—7Minnesota 010 000 002 0—3

LOB—Cleveland 5, Minnesota 6. 2B—Lindor (27), Puig (19), E.Rosario 2 (18), Gonzalez (15). HR—G.Allen (3), C.Santana (25). SF—Arraez (2). IP H R ER BB SOClevelandCivale 6 4 1 1 0 5Goody H,7 1 1 0 0 1 1O.Perez H,16 C 0 0 0 0 1Cimber H,15 B 0 0 0 0 0Hand W,5-3 BS,3 1 4 2 2 0 1H.Wood 1 0 0 0 0 0MinnesotaBerrios 6 6 3 3 1 4Duffey C 0 0 0 1 0R.Harper C 0 0 0 0 0T.May 1C 0 0 0 0 2T.Rogers L,2-3 B 3 4 4 1 1Stashak C 0 0 0 0 0

Berrios pitched to 2 batters in the 7th T—3:29. A—37,849 (38,649).

Giants 9, Phillies 6Philadelphia San Francisco ab r h bi ab r h biB.Hrper rf 3 0 1 2 Belt 1b 3 1 0 0Hoskins 1b 4 0 0 0 Ystrzms lf-rf 5 2 2 1Segura ss 6 0 1 0 Lngoria 3b 4 2 3 2Ralmuto c 3 3 2 0 Vogt c 4 0 1 0Kingery 3b 4 2 2 0 Gennett 2b 4 2 2 2S.Rdrig lf 1 0 0 0 Pillar cf 4 1 2 2C.Dckrs ph-lf 3 0 0 1 B.Crwfr ss 3 1 0 0C.Hrnan 2b 4 1 3 2 Slater rf 3 0 0 0Arrieta p 2 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0Parker p 0 0 0 0 Will.Sm p 1 0 1 2Vlsquez ph 1 0 1 0 Menez p 0 0 0 0R.Sarez p 0 0 0 0 Gustave p 1 0 0 0Knapp ph 1 0 0 0 A.Sarez p 0 0 0 0Morin p 0 0 0 0 Gott p 1 0 0 0B.Mller ph 1 0 0 0 Moronta p 0 0 0 0J.Alvrz p 0 0 0 0 Jerez p 0 0 0 0Pivetta p 0 0 0 0 Rickard lf 2 0 1 0Quinn cf 3 0 0 1 Totals 36 6 10 6 Totals 35 9 12 9Philadelphia 032 000 010—6San Francisco 203 001 03x—9

DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Philadelphia 15, San Francisco 5. 2B—Kingery 2 (25), Yastrzemski (14), Gennett (6), Rickard (8). 3B—Pillar (2). HR—Yastrzemski (12), Gennett (2). SB—B.Crawford (3). SF—C.Dickerson (3). IP H R ER BB SOPhiladelphiaArrieta 3 7 5 5 1 5Parker 1 0 0 0 0 1R.Suarez 2 1 1 1 0 3Morin 1 0 0 0 0 1J.Alvarez L,3-3 C 1 1 1 0 0Pivetta B 3 2 2 2 0San FranciscoMenez 1C 2 3 3 3 4Gustave C 2 2 2 0 0A.Suarez 1 2 0 0 2 1Gott 1C 1 0 0 0 2Moronta 1 0 0 0 2 1Jerez H,1 C 1 0 0 1 1Watson H,23 C 2 1 1 1 0Will.Smith W,4-0 BS,3 1C 0 0 0 2 1

WP—Jerez, Pivetta. T—3:31. A—36,637 (41,915).

Angels 5, Red Sox 4 (10)Los Angeles Boston ab r h bi ab r h biGoodwin lf 5 1 1 0 Owings 2b 5 0 0 0Trout cf 3 0 0 0 Devers 3b 5 1 2 0Ohtani dh 5 0 3 2 Bgaerts ss 5 0 1 0Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 Mrtinez rf 5 0 1 0K.Clhun rf 2 2 1 1 Bnntndi lf 4 1 2 0Fltcher ss-3b 5 0 0 0 Travis dh 1 1 1 0Thaiss 3b 4 1 0 0 Mrlnd ph-dh 0 0 0 0Tovar ss 0 0 0 0 Betts pr-dh 1 0 0 0Stassi c 2 1 0 0 C.Vazqz c 5 1 1 2Upton ph 0 0 0 0 Chavis 1b 2 0 0 0Bemboom c 1 0 1 1 Holt ph-1b 0 0 0 0Rengifo 2b 5 0 2 0 Brdly J cf 3 0 0 1Totals 36 5 8 4 Totals 36 4 8 3Los Angeles 120 000 010 1—5Boston 010 210 000 0—4

DP—Boston 2. LOB—Los Angeles 10, Boston 9. 2B—Goodwin (22), Rengifo(14), Devers (39). HR—K.Calhoun (26),C.Vazquez (18). CS—Devers (7), Betts (3). IP H R ER BB SOLos AngelesPat.Sandoval 4C 6 4 4 4 4Buttrey 1C 0 0 0 1 3Bedrosian 2B 1 0 0 2 2H.Robles W,4-0 1B 1 0 0 0 2BostonCashner 1C 3 3 3 5 1J.Taylor 2B 0 0 0 0 5Walden 1 0 0 0 1 1Eovaldi H,3 1 1 0 0 0 0M.Barnes BS,7 1C 2 1 1 1 1Workman 1B 1 0 0 0 2Weber L,1-2 1 1 1 1 1 0

HBP—by Cashner (K.Calhoun). T—4:02.A—36,709 (37,731).

Orioles 8, Astros 7Houston Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h biSprnger cf-rf 5 1 3 0 Villar ss-2b 4 1 3 0Altuve 2b 4 1 1 1 Mancini rf 4 1 3 2Brntley lf 4 1 1 2 S.Wlkrs cf 0 0 0 0Mrsnick cf 0 0 0 0 Sntndr cf-rf 5 0 2 0Bregman 3b 2 1 0 0 Sverino c 5 1 1 0Alvarez dh 5 1 2 0 J.Ptrsn lf 5 2 3 2Correa ss 5 1 2 3 Alberto 2b 3 0 1 1A.Diaz 1b 4 0 1 0 Ri.Mrtn ss 1 0 0 0R.Chrns c 4 0 0 0 Sisco dh 3 2 1 0Reddick rf-lf 4 1 1 0 C.Davis 1b 4 0 0 1 R.Ruiz 3b 5 1 2 2Totals 37 7 11 6 Totals 39 8 16 8Houston 030 000 103—7Baltimore 110 021 003—8

E—Santander (1), Brantley (3). DP—Baltimore 1. LOB—Houston 9, Baltimore11. 2B—Springer (17), Santander (15), Severino (10), J.Peterson 2 (2), Alberto(14). 3B—Brantley (2), J.Peterson (1).HR—Correa (17), R.Ruiz (7). SB—Villar 2 (26). SF—Alberto (3), C.Davis (3). IP H R ER BB SOHoustonVerlander 5 9 4 4 1 11Devenski 1 3 1 1 0 3Harris 1 0 0 0 0 1Biagini 1 2 0 0 1 1R.Osuna L,3-3 BS,5 C 2 3 3 0 0BaltimoreWojciechowski 6 4 3 3 3 5Armstrong H,7 B 2 1 1 0 0P.Fry H,9 C 0 0 0 1 2M.Castro H,5 C 1 0 0 0 1Givens BS,6 B 3 3 3 0 1Bleier W,3-0 1 1 0 0 0 1

Givens pitched to 4 batters in the 9th HBP—by Verlander (Sisco), byWojciechowski (Brantley), by Givens(Bregman), by R.Osuna (Sisco). WP—M.Castro. T—3:51. A—17,979 (45,971).

Nationals 7, Mets 4Washington New York ab r h bi ab r h biT.Trner ss 5 1 1 0 McNeil rf 4 1 2 2Eaton rf 4 2 1 0 A.Rsrio ss 5 0 1 0Rendon 3b 5 2 4 0 Cnforto cf 4 0 0 1J.Soto lf 2 1 0 0 P.Alnso 1b 3 0 1 0V.Rbles cf 1 1 1 2 J..Dvis lf 4 1 1 0M.Adams 1b 5 0 0 0 W.Ramos c 4 1 2 0A.Cbrra 2b 4 0 2 2 T.Frzer 3b 4 0 0 0Parra cf-lf 3 0 0 0 Panik 2b 3 1 1 1Suzuki c 4 0 1 0 deGrom p 2 0 1 0A.Sanch p 2 0 0 0 Avilan p 0 0 0 0B.Dzier ph 1 0 0 0 Brach p 0 0 0 0Rainey p 0 0 0 0 Gllorme ph 1 0 0 0Grace p 0 0 0 0 Gsllman p 0 0 0 0Strckln p 0 0 0 0 J.Wlson p 0 0 0 0Dan.Hds p 0 0 0 0 Familia p 0 0 0 0Stvnson ph 1 0 0 0 Altherr ph 1 0 0 0Suero p 0 0 0 0 Ed.Diaz p 0 0 0 0Dlittle p 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 7 10 4 Totals 35 4 9 4Washington 300 000 202—7New York 030 000 100—4

E—McNeil (6), P.Alonso (10). LOB—Washington 7, New York 8. 2B—A.Cabrera(16), McNeil 2 (31), W.Ramos (10). HR—V.Robles (15). SB—Eaton (13). SF—Con-forto (5). IP H R ER BB SOWashingtonA.Sanchez 5 7 3 3 1 3Rainey C 0 0 0 1 0Grace W,1-2 B 1 1 1 0 1Strickland H,3 C 1 0 0 0 1Dan.Hudson H,11 B 0 0 0 0 0Suero H,14 1 0 0 0 0 2Doolittle S,26-31 1 0 0 0 0 1New YorkdeGrom 5 4 3 0 1 7Avilan C 2 0 0 0 2Brach B 0 0 0 0 0Gsellman L,2-3 B 2 2 2 0 0J.Wilson C 1 0 0 1 1Familia 1 0 0 0 0 3Ed.Diaz 1 1 2 2 1 2

Grace pitched to 1 batter in the 7th HBP—by deGrom (Parra), by Strickland (P.Alonso). T—3:35. A—41,000 (41,922).

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BY LARRY LAGE

Associated Press

BROOKLYN, Mich. — Kevin Harvick is so confident in his tal-ent and team he doesn’t get ex-cited when he wins.

“It’s more of an expectation,” Harvick said.

He raced to the 47th NASCAR Cup victory of his career and his second in less than a month Sun-day, pulling away from the pack to win at Michigan International Speedway for the second straight year.

With just three races before the playoffs, the timing of his lat-est strong performance may help him win a second championship.

“Hopefully, we’re peaking at the right time,” he said.

Late in the race, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver created a cushion between his Ford and the competition and finished more than a second ahead of Denny Hamlin.

“Nothing I could really do,” said Hamlin, who drove a Toyota-powered car for Joe Gibbs Rac-ing. “Didn’t have enough speed.”

Kyle Larson was third, more than 16 seconds behind Har-vick. He was followed by Mar-tin Truex Jr., Daniel Suarez and points-leader Kyle Busch.

Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson will have to close the regular season strong to extend his streak of earning a spot in every postseason since the for-mat was created 15 years ago. He started the race tied for the 16th and final spot in the playoffs and slipped to 18th. Johnson had an early setback, making contact with a wall on Lap 15 that dam-aged his right rear quarter panel and tire, and finished 34th.

Johnson was several laps back for much of the race, but got a break potentially in the playoff race when Clint Bowyer was knocked out of the race after Paul Menard appeared to bump him. Bowyer began the day 15th in the playoff standings and finished 37th at MIS, putting him in 16th in the race for the final spot.

Ryan Newman, who started the day tied with Johnson in the playoff standings , was 12th in the 38-car field and that was good enough to move him up to 15th.

Pole-sitter Brad Keselowski was 19th, extending his winless streak to 21 at the track about 70 miles from his hometown in sub-urban Detroit. Keselowski got off to a strong start and led for a race-high 66 laps, but a flat tire during the second stage set off sparks behind him and was a set-back he couldn’t overcome.

“Someone once told me faith isn’t believing when everything is going your way, it’s believing when nothing is going your way,” Keselowski posted on Twitter. “Today was a test of faith. We

will return and win here, just not today.”

Joey Logano won at Michigan in June, helping Ford win four straight at the track and bragging rights over Chevrolet and Toyota in a state where the manufac-tures have a big presence.

“We want to win every race, but definitely here,” said Mark Rushbrook, global director for Ford Performance.

Playing hurt: Harvick said he has been driving with an injured shoulder, hurting it while throw-ing a nerf ball. Harvick said he couldn’t lift his arm in June at Sonoma Raceway, but estimated his shoulder is 80% healthy.

Who’s hotHarvick also won at New

Hampshire Motor Speedway last month, giving him two wins in a four-race stretch. He finished sixth and seventh between the victories.

“We still have to get a lot bet-ter, but we’re in better shape than we were,” crew chief Rod-ney Childers said.

Who’s not Johnson finished 30th or worse

for the third time in five races

and in the other two, he was 15th and 19th, putting his postseason chances in peril.

“The guys around that cutoffpoint all seem to be having badluck,” he said.

Johnson’s last Cup victory was on June 4, 2017 at Dover Interna-tional Speedway.

In other auto racing news:� Red Bull Racing has de-

moted Pierre Gasly after just 12 races of the Formula One seasonand promoted Alexander Albon torace alongside Max Verstappen.

The team says French driver Gasly will return to Toro Rosso while it uses the next nine races “to evaluate Alex’s performancein order to make an informed de-cision as to who will drive along-side Max in 2020.”

Gasly has struggled to keepup with Verstappen since being promoted from Toro Rosso at the end of last season. He has just 63points compared to Verstappen’s181 and failed to make the podi-um this season.

Albon became the first Thai driver in F1 in 65 years whenhe made his debut at this year’sAustralian Grand Prix. He im-pressed in races in China, Mo-naco and Germany.

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The 20-year-old Guerrero came into the season with the highest expectations among that trio. He’s hitting .274 with an OPS of .805. Those are somewhat ordi-nary numbers, but there’s still a sense that Guerrero is a star in the making. In a 1-0 loss to the Yankees on Sunday, Guerrero battled Aroldis Chapman for 13 pitches, finally hitting into a dou-ble play but earning plenty of re-spect from the New York closer.

In terms of prospect cachet, Bichette hasn’t been too far be-hind Guerrero. A second-round draft pick in 2016, Bichette rolled through the minor leagues, bat-ting .362 at Class A in 2017 and hitting 43 doubles at Double-A the following year.

Bichette had an .806 OPS with Triple-A Buffalo this year before joining the big league club.

All the way back: When the New York Mets lost at San Fran-cisco on July 21 — their third extra-inning defeat in four games — they were 45-54. They’ve won 16 of 19 since then to pull back into the postseason race. The Mets are now one game behind the second wild card in the Na-tional League after taking two of three from Washington.

The Nationals let those two games against the Mets slip away, but they’ve turned their season around in similar fashion after a 19-31 start. Washington is cur-rently positioned for the first wild card.

Over in the American League, it’s Cleveland that’s come storm-

ing back after a disappointing start. The Indians were 11 ½ games behind first-place Minne-sota before they beat the Twins on June 4. That was the start of a 42-17 stretch for Cleveland, which is now tied with Minnesota atop the AL Central after Carlos Santana’s 10th-inning grand slam against the Twins on Sunday.

Highlighht: The Twins turned their second 5-4-3 triple play in a three-week span Wednesday — and both were with Martin Perez on the mound.

This one came against Atlanta in the third inning. Tyler Flow-ers hit a bases-loaded grounder to third baseman Miguel Sano. He stepped on third and threw to second baseman Jonathan Schoop, who relayed to first base-man C.J. Cron.

Sano was the first baseman when Minnesota pulled off a sim-ilar triple play July 22 against the Yankees. Schoop also made the turn at second on that one.

Line of the week: Baltimore’s Jonathan Villar became the fifth Orioles player to hit for the cycle, wrapping up the feat with a ninth-inning single in a 9-6 loss to the Yankees last Monday night.

Honorable mentions: It’s been a big year for three-homer games, and this past week was no excep-tion. Cincinnati rookie Aristides Aquino homered in his first three at-bats of Saturday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs. That gave him seven homers in his first 10 games with the Reds. The same night, rookie Yordan Alvarez hit three of Houston’s six home runs in a 23-2 rout of Baltimore.

Future: Sons of 3 former stars make up Blue Jays’ infield

2nd victory of year gives Stewart-Haas driver 47 on career

Harvick wins at Michigan

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The Toronto Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette has 13 extra-base hits in 14 games since being called up from the minors.

PAUL SANCYA/AP

Kevin Harvick celebrates with his son, Keelan, after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.

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BY TIM REYNOLDS

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Make no mistake, the 17 players left in consideration for the 12 spots on the team that USA Basketball will take to the FIBA World Cup in China des-perately want to play for the red, white and blue.

They also want to play for Pop.Most of the players who went through

Week 1 of training camp in Las Vegas had never previously played for new USA coach Gregg Popovich. Getting a chance to spend time with one of the best in the NBA was a significant factor in deciding if they wanted to make the time commitment to play for this team.

“Pop’s doing a great job of letting us know he wants us to be ourselves,” Bos-ton guard Kemba Walker said. “It’s been everything I expected. He’s such a great coach, a great guy. He’s the best.”

The first phase of getting ready for China was completed Friday night, when USA Basketball held its intrasquad scrim-

mage in Las Vegas to wrap up Week 1. The national team candidates had no trouble beating the select group of young NBA players brought in to challenge them over the course of the week, winning 97-78 in a

game where the lead stretched to 30 at one point.

Scrimmages in prac-tice over the course of the week were much closer. Popovich’s messages are already starting to sink into the national team.

“As a team, we’re getting better,” Walker said. “We don’t have any selfish guys. Guys are going to make the right plays. We’re get-

ting better each and every day.”In practices, Popovich has been letting

his assistants — Golden State’s Steve Kerr, Atlanta’s Lloyd Pierce and Villanova’s Jay Wright — handle much of the coaching in

scrimmages and drills. Popovich roams about, sometimes addressing the entire team at once and sometimes pulling play-ers aside for 1-on-1 chats where he slings an arm around them and offers words of wisdom.

“Playing for Gregg Popovich, I’ll do that any day of the week,” Boston’s Jaylen Brown said.

Added Milwaukee center Brook Lopez: “To be playing for coach Pop, that’s always been a dream.”

There are still many questions about what the final roster will look like, the rota-tions within that roster and who will start and come off the bench.

There is no question about leadership. Pop’s in charge.

“He’s my favorite coach of all time,” the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kyle Kuzma said. “Growing up, I was a hoops junkie, watch-ing a lot of the Spurs teams and he’s won at every level he’s been at. So, to be here and learn, to be around him, it’s really great.”

The 17 remaining players will recon-vene for Week 2 of camp on Tuesday night

in El Segundo, California. The Americanswill practice for three consecutive days atthe Lakers’ training facility, then head to Anaheim for an exhibition against Spain on Friday. The two-week FIBA World Cup inChina starts Aug. 31.

Popovich expects Week 2 to be crisper,now that a foundation has been laid.

“People were figuring out the terms, what things mean,” Popovich said. “It’s likea new language for some people. It is bas-ketball, but often times you use different words for different actions on the court. As they get used to that, the defense gets bet-ter. ... Now it’s just a matter of getting wiser,becoming more habitual, everybody react-ing correctly more often. That’s what we’relooking for.”

Players expect the same.“Like coach Pop said, this is just the

beginning of a long journey,” Utah guard Donovan Mitchell said. “I think we’re a lotcloser after this past week than we havebeen. Continuing to build that relationship on and off the floor will help us communi-cate, help us do what we need to do to win.”

BY LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — Two Ameri-cans used their medal-winning moments at the Pan American Games to draw attention to social issues back home that they feel are spiraling out of control.

During their medals ceremo-nies at the multi-sport event in Lima, fencer Race Imboden took a knee and hammer thrower Gwen Berry raised her fist. Both athletes could represent the U.S. less than a year from now at the Tokyo Olympics, where similar protests would be seen by a much wider audience.

“Racism, gun control, mis-treatment of immigrants, and a president who spreads hate are at the top of a long list” of Amer-ica’s problems, Imboden said in a tweet sent after his team’s foil medals ceremony. “I chose to sacrifice my moment today at the top of the podium to call attention to issues that I believe need to be addressed.

“I encourage others to please use your platforms for empower-ment and change.”

Berry raised her fist as Amer-ica’s national anthem was played to honor her win in the hammer throw. She called out injustice in America “and a president who’s making it worse.”

“It’s too important to not say something,” Berry told USA Today. “Something has to be said. If nothing is said, nothing will be done, and nothing will be fixed, and nothing will be changed.”

The history of high-profile protests at the Olympics dates to the 1968 Games in Mexico City, when sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists during the medals ceremony for

the 200-meter dash.The issues haven’t changed

all that much in the ensuing 50 years.

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been out of a job since shortly after he started kneeling during the national anthem before 49ers games in 2016 to protest police brutality and social injustice in America.

Since then, athletes represent-ing the U.S. have faced scrutiny about what, if any, signs of pro-

test they might show if they land on the podium at an Olympics or other major event. Among the issues that have been fodder for possible protest have been race relations, the treatment of the LGBT community, social in-justice and disagreements with President Donald Trump.

The actions by Berry and Im-boden will test the Pan Am Sports Organization and the U.S. Olym-pic and Paralympic Committee’s resolve to enforce rules that re-

strict political protests.The USOPC said in a statement

on Sunday that its leadership isreviewing possible consequences. Berry is on the U.S. team that will head to the track and field world championships next month.

“Every athlete competing at the 2019 Pan American Games commits to terms of eligibility,including to refrain from dem-onstrations that are political in nature,” the statement said. “Inthese cases, the athletes didn’tadhere to the commitment theymade to the organizing commit-tee and the USOPC. We respecttheir rights to express their view-points, but we are disappointedthat they chose not to honor their commitment.”AP National Writer Eddie Pells in Denver contributed to this report.

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Race Imboden takes a knee, as his US teammates Mick Itkin and Gerek Meinhardt stand on the podium on Friday after winning the gold medal in team’s foil at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

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American fencer takes knee, hammer thrower raises fist to draw attention to social issues

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Gwendolyn Berry raises her fist on the awards podium for women’s hammer throw on Friday at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

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BY WILL GRAVES

Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The choice was entirely hers. Only there really wasn’t much of one for Simone Biles to make.

Sure, she could have taken her triple-twisting double-flip (aka “the triple-double”) out of her floor exercise routine during the final night of the U.S. women’s gymnastics championships on Sunday. She surely didn’t need it to assure herself of another na-tional title.

Still, even as her coach Lau-rent Landi left the option up to her after the Olympic champion’s bid to become the first woman to complete the triple-double in competition came up a bit short on Friday, he knew the answer.

Spend enough time in the gym around the 22-year-old who is redefining what’s possible in her sport one exhilarating routine at a time and it quickly becomes evi-dent that sidestepping a challenge isn’t really her thing.

So she threw it at the end of her first tumbling pass, fueled by adrenaline, ambition and other-worldly skill. When the dizzying combination ended with her feet firmly on the floor — if barely in bounds — the jolt through the packed arena was palpable. The smile on her face unmistakable. And the competition — just like it has been for six years and count-ing whenever Biles is involved — was over.

The triple-double served as the exclamation point on her sixth national championship. Her two-day total of 118.500 was nearly five points clear of 16-year-old Sunisa Lee in second and almost seven points ahead of third-place finisher Grace McCallum.

Yet Biles doesn’t pay too much attention to the margin or her scores for that matter. She’s been a fixture atop the podium for six years and counting. Attempting to find the boundaries of her im-mense talent is what drives her.

It’s why she got so angry after

putting both hands down as she tried to land the triple-double on Friday. It’s why she never thought about ditching it on Sunday. And it’s why she sneaked a peek at her phone while rotating from floor to balance beam, typically a no-no during a meet. Well, at least for anyone not named Simone Biles.

“I wanted to see how it looked,” she said.

Here’s a word: historic.“It’s like she hit a hole in one

and we were all there,” USA Gymnastics high performance director Tom Forster said. “It’s a big deal and we all know it. No one in the world has done it be-fore in the women and actually, she does it better than most of the men who have done it. She should be super excited about that.”

She was. When Biles finished off a two-hour showcase that highlighted how wide the gulf between herself and the rest of the world has become by drilling her dismount on uneven bars: she danced.

Well, sort of. Biles gave Landi a relieved high-five before sticking out her tongue and waving her arms as she ran to hug the rest of competitors in her rotation.

The anger of Friday night — when she openly seethed after shorting the triple-double and making a bit of a mess on bars — was gone.

“I was a lot happier today,” Biles said. “I feel I haven’t been as confident on bars this year as I was last year. To finally do a good routine like I can do it, I was really happy. I was very happy and the last event, so I was like, ‘Thank God we’re done.’”

For now anyway. Biles is two months away from a trip to the world championships — where her 20 medals are tied for the most by a female gymnast — and a year away from a return to the Olympics. She was a sensation in 2016, cementing her status as one of the best ever with two weeks of gymnastics that came as close to perfection as the sport allows.

A year to go before a return trip to the games, Biles is even better.

And really, it’s not close.“She’s a freaking beast,” said

MyKayla Skinner, an alternate on the 2016 Olympic team who clinched a spot on the national team by finishing eighth. “Like, I don’t even understand. I always ask her, ‘Do you realize how good you are?’ And she’s like ‘Yeah, but I don’t know.’ It just comes so naturally, it’s amazing.”

In a sport that sometimes forc-es athletes to choose between skill and execution, Biles doesn’t have to. She not only puts togeth-er the most difficult routines in the world, she does them better than anyone else. Biles won floor, balance beam and vault and fin-ished third on bars even with her “meh” set on Friday.

“She does stuff that I never thought people could do,” Lee said.

Lee and 2017 world champi-on Morgan Hurd were the only women in the field to place ahead of Biles on any event, finishing one-two on bars .

Hurd rebounded from a rocky floor exercise on Friday that dropped her to eighth overall to zoom up to fourth despite admit-ting she “wanted to throw up a little” when the night began. She promised she would be better on Sunday and she was, despite a glitch before her floor when the music started before she took her starting position. She walked off the podium, exhaled and then went out and drilled her set.

“I think more than anything, tonight just really helped my con-fidence,” Hurd said.

Something every gymnast struggles with sometimes. Biles included. Yes, really. It speaks to her inner perfectionist that even after finishing the triple-double, she still knows it wasn’t quite her best.

“It wasn’t as good as in some of the trainings,” she said. “But I’m just happy that I landed it because after night one, my confidence got shot down. So I was really wor-ried about it going into today and that was all I could worry about.”

Not anymore.

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Simone Biles celebrates after competing in the uneven bars at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships Sunday

She is first woman to hit triple-double in competitionBiles soars to 6th US title

NFL: Brown can’t play with old helmet

Associated Press

ALAMEDA, Calif. — While Raiders star receiver Antonio Brown fights to use his old hel-met, the NFL reiterated its stance that players aren’t allowed to practice or play with unapproved equipment.

NFL spokesman Brian McCar-thy tweeted out a statement Mon-day without mentioning Brown by name that said players can only use helmets that have been certified by experts to be safe to use.

“The player can’t practice or play in games with equipment that’s not approved,” McCarthy wrote. “If he doesn’t play or prac-tice he is in breach of his contract and doesn’t get paid. NFL policy is that helmets have to be certi-fied by NOSCAE. They don’t cer-tify equipment that’s (older) than 10 years.”

Brown was one of 32 players using helmets last season that are now banned by the league and players’ association. Those play-ers, including Tom Brady, were able to use the helmets last sea-son under a grace period but were required to make the change in 2019.

“The helmet thing is a personal matter to him,” coach Jon Gruden said Saturday. “He has a strong feeling about what he’s worn on his head, and we’re supporting him. We understand the league’s position as well, so we’re in a tough spot.”

Brown has been the game’s most prolific receiver the past six years but the Raiders were able to acquire him from Pittsburgh for just a third- and fifth-round pick in March because of problems off the field.

MLB getting early jump with March 26 openers

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will open its 2020 sea-son March 26, its earliest start other than international games. The schedule also features a late April series in Puerto Rico be-tween the New York Mets and Miami Marlins.

Globe Life Field, the new home of the Texas Rangers, opens March 31. This is the first new ballpark since the Atlanta Braves’ SunTrust Park opened in 2017.

The commissioner’s office also said Monday all 30 teams could play on opening day for the first time since 1968. A full slate was scheduled in 2018 but two games were postponed. The 2020 regu-lar season is to end Sept. 27, put-ting the World Series on track for Oct. 20-28.

Reed’s clutch puttswin FedEx Cup opener

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Patrick Reed picked a good time to end 16 months without a victory.

Reed fell behind early, was still

two shots behind on the back nine at Liberty National and then rolledin three straight putts — one for par, two for birdies — that al-lowed him to overtake Jon Rahm and hold off Abraham Ancer towin The Northern Trust.

Reed closed with a 2-under 69 after a breezy afternoon in whicha half-dozen players were in themix on the back nine.

Reed began the FedEx Cupplayoffs at No. 50 and was only as-sured of two events. Points count four times as much in the play-offs, so the victory vaulted him toNo. 2 in the FedEx Cup.

Nadal beats Medvedev for 5th Roger Cup title

MONTREAL — Rafael Nadalwon his fifth Rogers Cup title,beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3,6-0 in just 70 minutes Sunday atbreezy IGA Stadium.

The 33-year-old Nadal won theevent for the third time in Mon-treal. The first came in 2005 atage 19 over Andre Agassi, and the second in 2013. Nadal won inToronto in 2008 and 2018.

“I played a solid match, my bestmatch of the week so far withouta doubt,” Nadal said. “I did a lotof things well — changing direc-tions, changing rhythms.”

The second-ranked Spanishstar won his 83rd singles titleand third of the year, followingclay victories in Rome and atthe French Open. He extendedhis tour record for Masters 1000 titles to 35, two more than top-ranked Novak Djokovic.

Andreescu wins Rogers when Williams retires

TORONTO — Bianca Andrees-cu became the first Canadian towin the Rogers Cup in 50 years when Serena Williams retiredbecause of an injury Sunday.

Andreescu was up 3-1 in the first set when Williams called for a medical timeout. Less thana minute later, the chair umpireannounced that the 37-year-old Williams was retiring from the match, handing Andreescu hersecond WTA Premier title of theseason.

The tournament’s final lastedonly 16 minutes.

Williams selected as Miami’s starting QB

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Jar-ren Williams has been selectedas Miami’s starting quarterback,after beating out N’Kosi Perryand Tate Martell for the job.

Williams appeared in just onegame for the Hurricanes last sea-son, completing one of three pass-es. But he did enough in camp toconvince new coach Manny Diaz that he was right for the job, andwill start for Miami against Flori-da in the season-opener Aug. 24.

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BY BRIAN HALL

Associated Press

EAGAN, Minn. — Seeking a so-lution for their longtime kicking trouble, the Minnesota Vikings have acquired specialist Kaare Vedvik in a trade with the Balti-more Ravens.

Vedvik has kicked and punted for Baltimore, which was set at those positions with standouts Justin Tucker and Sam Koch. The Ravens announced on Sun-day they obtained an unspecified draft pick in the deal, pending a physical exam for Vedvik, and the Vikings released veteran long snapper Kevin McDermott later to make room.

Vedvik was expendable to the Ravens because of the consis-tency and excellence of Tucker and Koch, and the league-wide interest in the native of Norway and former Marshall University kicker and punter increased after Vedvik went 4-for-4 on field goals in Baltimore’s first preseason game on Thursday. One was from 55 yards, and Vedvik also made a pair of extra points and punted twice for a 55.5-yard average.

The Ravens announced the trade just minutes before Vikings coach Mike Zimmer spoke to re-porters. He declined to acknowl-edge the deal.

“If we indeed made a trade, it’s to try to get better guys, wherever we do that,” Zimmer said.

Minnesota currently has veter-an kicker Dan Bailey, who missed seven field-goal attempts last sea-son with a career-worst 75% con-versation rate, and punter Matt Wile. By cutting the incumbent McDermott, the Vikings have turned over the long snapper role to rookie Austin Cutting, a sev-enth-round draft pick from Air Force.

BY HANK KURZ JR.Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — The Washington Red-skins broke camp Sunday and headed to their Ashburn training facility still seeking answers to two major questions about the offense: Who will be their quarterback, and who will be his receivers?

The quarterback battle is a three-way fight with veterans Case Keenum and Colt McCoy sharing snaps with first-round draft choice Dwayne Haskins, and the receiver battle is 11 strong with a mix of former draft choices still waiting for breakthrough seasons, lightly used holdovers from last season and promis-ing rookies.

The leading returning pass-catcher at the wide receiver spot is fourth-year pro Josh Doctson, who had 44 receptions last season. Next is Paul Richardson, who had 20 catches.

In the preseason opener against the Cleve-land Browns, Robert Davis scored the Red-skins’ lone touchdown on a 46-yard pass from Keenum. Darvin Kidsy stood out as the top receiver with five catches, but also because after one of his catches, he fumbled and the Browns recovered.

Kidsy, a second-year player from Texas Southern, would appear to have a leg up in some ways, having spent most of last season getting familiar with the offense on the prac-tice squad before being activated late last season.

Terry McLaurin’s advantages are speed and familiarity not with the offense so much, but with Haskins, the sixth overall pick from Ohio State in the draft. The Redskins took McLaurin, another Buckeye, in the third round.

“I don’t really see myself having pressure, but at the same time I have an expectation of myself,” he said “I feel like I was drafted to come in here and contribute and make plays. I feel like I’ve done that so far.”

Getting so many receivers vying for spots on the roster enough work to properly evalu-

ate them can be “tricky,” coach Jay Gruden said, as will deciding, in the end, how many come with the team into the season.

“It depends on a lot of things: how many tight ends we want to keep, how many offen-

sive linemen we want to keep, defensive line,”he said. “... There’s going to be some tough de-cisions for sure.”

The Redskins next preseason game isThursday night at home against Cincinnati.

Major questions remain for Washington at key positions

Redskins still seek answers at QB, WR

BY STEVE REED

Associated Press

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The Panthers are hoping they’ve found another “superhero” in rookie outside linebacker Brian Burns.

The first-round draft pick from Florida State was impressive in his NFL preseason debut with two sacks in less than two quarters of action against the Chicago Bears on Thursday night. And he caught the eye of his new Carolina team-mates and coach Ron Rivera even further when he celebrated with two Spiderman poses that would test the flexibility of even the most agile yoga instructors.

It even left quarterback Cam Newton playfully trying to mimic the move on the Carolina sideline.

“After I did the pose a lot of my teammates tried to figure out how I did it,” Burns said with a laugh Sunday. “Cam was on the sideline trying to do it. But no one else can do it except for me.”

When asked if Newton came close to duplicating his pose,

Burns laughed and said, “No. The next time you get him for an in-terview, make him try to do it.”

Newton knows a thing or two about superhero poses.

He regularly celebrates his touchdowns by striking the Su-perman pose and pretending

to slowly rip open his jersey to reveal an imaginary “S” on his chest. And it was Newton who nicknamed the team’s top defen-sive player, linebacker Luke Kue-chly “Captain America,” although the mild-mannered Kuechly has never been one for posing after

big plays.The Panthers can use all of the

superheroes — and playmakers— they can get after a disappoint-ing 7-9 season in 2018 in whichthey missed the playoffs.

The defense was 27th in the league in sacks last year, but helpmay be on the way.

Burns and fellow outside line-backer Marquis Haynes, anundrafted rookie in 2018, both impressed Rivera, combining for four sacks in the win over theBears as the new 3-4 defensive scheme received rave reviews.Both players started against theBears with Carolina resting allof its normal defensive starters inthe preseason opener.

“They are different style play-ers where Marquis is a powerful,explosive guy and Brian is veryquick and long,” Rivera said. “So they have a different skillset.”

Burns called it a good start tohis NFL career, but said he there are bigger and better things ahead.

And more poses, too.“Just stayed tuned,” Burns said.

“There is a lot more to come.”

LB Burns could be Panthers’ next superhero

Vikings acquire kicker Vedvik

AMY DAVIS, BALTIMORE SUN/TNS

Kicker Kaare Vedvik was acquired by the Minnesota Vikings in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens for a draft pick on Sunday.

NFL

DAVID RICHARD/AP

Redskins wide receiver Robert Davis reacts after a 46-yard touchdown during the first half of the team’s preseason game against the Browns in Cleveland. It was Washington’s only touchdown in their first preseason game.

MARK BLACK/AP

Panthers rookie defensive end Brian Burns sacks Bears quarterback Chase Daniel during their preseason game on Thursday in Chicago.

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Biles makes history, wins 6th US title » Gymnastics, Page 30

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Pictured, from top: Toronto Blue Jays’ rookies Vladimir Gurrerro Jr.,Bo Bichette, and Cavan Biggio.AP, TNS photos

Blue Jays have bright future with trio ofexciting rookies

Promising pedigrees

BY NOAH TRISTER

Associated Press

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is just part of an exciting group of Toronto rookies.

Bo Bichette was called up from the minors late

last month, and in just 14 games, he already has 13 extra-base hits. He began his career with an 11-game hit-ting streak and also set a major league record with nine straight games with a double. Bichette plays shortstop, which differentiates him a bit from his father, Dante, an outfielder who hit 274 home runs in his big league career.

The Blue Jays are 23 games under .500, but they have the makings of an exciting young infield with Guerrero at third, Bichette at shortstop and Cavan Biggio at second. All three rookies are the sons of prominent major leaguers. Biggio’s father, Craig, had a Hall of Fame career with Houston.

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