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IN NEWS Homeless veteran numbers drop 47% Administration misses goal but hails progress. IN MONEY Vegas summits buzz about threat of ransomware Connected cars, solar panels future targets IN SPORTS Rangers trade deadline winners Texas adds sluggers Lucroy, Beltran NEWSLINE ERIC PIERMONT, AFP/GETTY IMAGES Google’s self driving car pro- ject shown in June in Paris. $2.00 THE NATION’S NEWS TUESDAY HOME DELIVERY 1-800-872-0001 USATODAYSERVICE.COM QIJFAF-02005y(N)L ©COPYRIGHT 2016 USA TODAY, A division of Gannett Co., Inc. STATE-BY-STATE 4A AMERICA’S MARKETS 5B MARKETPLACE TODAY 5D PUZZLES 5D TONIGHT ON TV 6D WEATHER 9A YOUR SAY 9A USA SNAPSHOTS © Political correctness in the office 50% of employees believe the workplace has become too politically correct. SOURCE Harris Poll via CareerBuilder of 1,902 managers and 3,244 employees MICHAEL B. SMITH AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY REVIEW: ‘CURSED CHILD’ IMPERFECT BUT STILL MAGIC DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS, AFP/GETTY IMAGES IN LIFE 08.02.16 All pregnant women in the U.S. should be assessed for possible Zika exposure at every prenatal visit, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. The advice came Monday as federal health ocials also urged women who are pregnant or are considering becoming pregnant to avoid a Miami neighborhood that is the site of a Zika outbreak. Zika can cause catastrophic birth defects in developing fetus- es, including microcephaly, which results in an abnormally small skull and, in most cases, incom- plete brain development. The CDC has warned pregnant women since January to avoid areas with Zika outbreaks. Warn- ings had been limited to foreign countries and U.S. territories. Now, the CDC is telling pregnant women to avoid the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami, where 14 people have been infected with Zika. Such a move seems unprec- edented in CDC history. Florida also confirmed Mon- day 10 more homegrown cases of Zika in people infected by local mosquitoes. CDC ocials said women who have visited Wyn- wood, a community known for splashy murals, street artists and trendy stores, since June 15 should avoid getting pregnant for at least eight weeks. CDC ocials said this is the first time the federal health agen- cy has warned people to avoid an area in the continental U.S., agen- cy spokesman Tom Skinner said. At Florida’s request, the CDC is sending an emergency team of six more sta members to the state to help two already there. Controlling the cluster of Zika cases is proving dicult, CDC Di- rector Tom Frieden said. “We don’t have ideal ways to control the mosquitoes that control Zi- ka,” he said. “In Miami, aggressive mosquito-control measures don’t seem to be working as well as we would have liked.” The Miami cases are a major development because — with the exception of one lab-related case — all infections in the U.S. until now had been diagnosed in peo- ple who traveled abroad or those who had sex with such a traveler. All pregnant women urged to get Zika testing Liz Szabo @lizszabo USA TODAY After a year of attacks that targeted ex-prisoner-of-war John McCain, various Republi- can primary opponents and a federal judge’s “Mexican heri- tage,” Donald Trump may face his biggest uproar yet over the denigration of the Muslim par- ents of a slain U.S. soldier. Numerous Republicans, in- cluding McCain, and military groups criticized Trump for what they called the disrespect shown Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of a U.S. sol- dier killed in Iraq who have criticized the real estate mogul for “smears” of Muslims. McCain, an Arizona senator and the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, said the party’s nod does not come with “unfet- tered license to defame those who are the best among us.” Brian Duy, national com- mander of the Veterans of For- eign Wars, a group that warmly welcomed Trump to its con- vention last week, said, “Elec- tion year or not, the VFW will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression.” Trump maintained his feud with Khizr Khan on Monday, accusing him of unfair attacks during last week’s Democratic convention and in a string of subsequent interviews. “Mr. Khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the DNC and is now all over T.V. doing the same — Nice!” Trump tweeted. Trump did not address the controversy during a campaign event Monday in Columbus, Ohio. Phyllis Matlack, 64, of Greenfield, Ohio, who attended the event, suggested the deci- sion not to bring it up was a sign Trump is listening to good advice. “I think he needs to just put it to rest. Enough has been said. You’re just digging up stu and making it worse,” she said. “I feel if he surrounds himself with the right peo- ple, he will be fine.” Khan said Monday that the New York busi- nessman is “ignorant” of free speech and the U.S. Constitution. Contributing: Chrissie Thompson, The Cincinnati Enquirer TRUMP FACES GOP BLOWBACK OVER KHANS David Jackson USA TODAY Ivanka should quit if harassed, Trump tells USA TODAY columnist Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says in an interview with columnist Kirsten Powers that women should leave their work- places rather than complain about being sexually harassed. “What if some- one had treated (Trump’s daugh- ter) Ivanka in the way (former Fox News chief Roger) Ailes allegedly behaved?” Powers writes. “His reply was startling, even by Trumpian standards. ‘I would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case,’ he said.” IN OPINION AP Sans rules, intersex athletes in spotlight Human rights, athletic fairness at issue as experts debate the eects of hormones on performance Scott Gleeson and Erik Brady USA TODAY Sports ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS, AP South Afri- ca’s Caster Semenya has been sub- jected to invasive and embarrass- ing gender tests because of her mus- cular build and blazing speed. Caster Semenya is a South African runner who could emerge as one of the most compelling figures of the Rio Olympic Games. She is favored to win gold at 800 meters while perhaps breaking track’s longest-standing world record, even as her stunning speed is leading to uncomfortable con- troversy at the uncertain inter- section of gender and athletics and of human rights and athletic fairness. Semenya has never said she is intersex — a word preferred to the stigmatizing hermaph- rodite — but speculation fol- lows her around the globe, her private parts a mortifying matter of public de- bate. (Intersex is an umbrella term for people who are born with sex characteristics “that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bod- ies,” according to a definition by the human rights arm of the United Nations.) Track observers believe Se- menya is hyperandrogenous, meaning her body naturally produces high amounts of tes- tosterone, the hormone that helps build muscle, endurance and speed. The International Association of Athletics Feder- ation (IAAF), track and field’s governing body, has rules lim- iting the amount of naturally v STORY CONTINUES ON 2A Volunteers are in high spirits as they gather around a set of Olympic rings at Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The opening ceremony for the Games with all its glitz and pageantry takes place on Friday. SUMMER OLYMPICS CHARLIE RIEDEL, AP COUNTDOWN TO OLYMPICS

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Page 1: $2.00 THE NATION’S NEWS TUESDAY - Scott Gleesonscottgleeson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PDF-2-USA.08...2016/08/02  · Sans rules, intersex athletes in spotlight Human rights,

IN NEWS

Homeless veteran numbers drop 47%Administration missesgoal but hails progress.

IN MONEY

Vegas summitsbuzz about threatof ransomware Connected cars, solarpanels future targets

IN SPORTS

Rangers tradedeadline winners Texas adds sluggersLucroy, Beltran

NEWSLINE

ERIC PIERMONT, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Google’s self driving car pro-ject shown in June in Paris.

$2.00 THE NATION’S NEWS TUESDAY

HOME DELIVERY1-800-872-0001USATODAYSERVICE.COM

QIJFAF-02005y(N)L©COPYRIGHT 2016 USA TODAY,

A division of Gannett Co., Inc.

STATE-BY-STATE 4A AMERICA’S MARKETS 5B MARKETPLACE TODAY 5D PUZZLES 5D TONIGHT ON TV 6D WEATHER 9A YOUR SAY 9A

USA SNAPSHOTS©

Political correctness in the office

50%of employees

believe theworkplace has

become too politically

correct.

SOURCE Harris Poll via CareerBuilder of 1,902 managers and 3,244 employees

MICHAEL B. SMITH AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY

REVIEW: ‘CURSED CHILD’IMPERFECT BUT STILL MAGIC

DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

IN LIFE08.02.16

All pregnant women in the U.S.should be assessed for possibleZika exposure at every prenatalvisit, the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention warns.

The advice came Monday asfederal health o�cials also urgedwomen who are pregnant or areconsidering becoming pregnantto avoid a Miami neighborhoodthat is the site of a Zika outbreak.

Zika can cause catastrophic

birth defects in developing fetus-es, including microcephaly, whichresults in an abnormally smallskull and, in most cases, incom-plete brain development.

The CDC has warned pregnantwomen since January to avoidareas with Zika outbreaks. Warn-ings had been limited to foreigncountries and U.S. territories.Now, the CDC is telling pregnantwomen to avoid the Wynwoodneighborhood in Miami, where 14people have been infected withZika. Such a move seems unprec-edented in CDC history.

Florida also confirmed Mon-

day 10 more homegrown cases ofZika in people infected by localmosquitoes. CDC o�cials saidwomen who have visited Wyn-wood, a community known forsplashy murals, street artists andtrendy stores, since June 15should avoid getting pregnant forat least eight weeks.

CDC o�cials said this is thefirst time the federal health agen-cy has warned people to avoid anarea in the continental U.S., agen-cy spokesman Tom Skinner said.

At Florida’s request, the CDC issending an emergency team of sixmore sta� members to the state

to help two already there.Controlling the cluster of Zika

cases is proving di�cult, CDC Di-rector Tom Frieden said. “Wedon’t have ideal ways to controlthe mosquitoes that control Zi-ka,” he said. “In Miami, aggressivemosquito-control measures don’tseem to be working as well as wewould have liked.”

The Miami cases are a majordevelopment because — with theexception of one lab-related case— all infections in the U.S. untilnow had been diagnosed in peo-ple who traveled abroad or thosewho had sex with such a traveler.

All pregnant women urged to get Zika testingLiz Szabo@lizszaboUSA TODAY

After a year of attacks thattargeted ex-prisoner-of-warJohn McCain, various Republi-can primary opponents and afederal judge’s “Mexican heri-tage,” Donald Trump may facehis biggest uproar yet over thedenigration of the Muslim par-ents of a slain U.S. soldier.

Numerous Republicans, in-cluding McCain, and militarygroups criticized Trump forwhat they called the disrespectshown Khizr and GhazalaKhan, the parents of a U.S. sol-dier killed in Iraq who havecriticized the real estate mogulfor “smears” of Muslims.

McCain, an Arizona senatorand the 2008 GOP presidentialnominee, said the party’s noddoes not come with “unfet-tered license to defame thosewho are the best among us.”

Brian Du�y, national com-mander of the Veterans of For-eign Wars, a group that warmlywelcomed Trump to its con-vention last week, said, “Elec-tion year or not, the VFW willnot tolerate anyone berating aGold Star family member forexercising his or her right ofspeech or expression.”

Trump maintained his feudwith Khizr Khan on Monday,accusing him of unfair attacksduring last week’s Democraticconvention and in a string ofsubsequent interviews. “Mr.Khan, who does not know me,viciously attacked me from thestage of the DNC and is now allover T.V. doing the same —Nice!” Trump tweeted.

Trump did not address thecontroversy during a campaignevent Monday in Columbus,Ohio. Phyllis Matlack, 64, ofGreenfield, Ohio, who attendedthe event, suggested the deci-sion not to bring it up was asign Trump is listening to goodadvice. “I think he needs to justput it to rest. Enough has beensaid. You’re just digging up stu�

and making it worse,” shesaid. “I feel if he surrounds

himself with the right peo-ple, he will be fine.”

Khan said Mondaythat the New York busi-nessman is “ignorant” of

free speech and the U.S.Constitution.

Contributing: Chrissie Thompson,The Cincinnati Enquirer

TRUMPFACES GOPBLOWBACKOVER KHANSDavid JacksonUSA TODAY

Ivankashould quitif harassed,Trump tellsUSA TODAYcolumnist

Republicanpresidentialnominee DonaldTrump says in aninterview withcolumnist KirstenPowers thatwomen shouldleave their work-places rather thancomplain aboutbeing sexuallyharassed.

“What if some-one had treated(Trump’s daugh-ter) Ivanka in theway (former FoxNews chief Roger)Ailes allegedlybehaved?” Powerswrites.

“His reply wasstartling, even byTrumpianstandards. ‘Iwould like to thinkshe would findanother career orfind anothercompany if thatwas the case,’ hesaid.”IN OPINION

AP

Sans rules, intersexathletes in spotlight Human rights, athletic fairness at issue as expertsdebate the e�ects of hormones on performanceScott Gleesonand Erik BradyUSA TODAY Sports

ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS,

AP

South Afri-ca’s CasterSemenya hasbeen sub-jected toinvasive andembarrass-ing gendertests becauseof her mus-cular buildand blazingspeed.

Caster Semenya is a SouthAfrican runner who couldemerge as one of the mostcompelling figures of the RioOlympic Games. She is favoredto win gold at 800 meterswhile perhaps breaking track’slongest-standing world record,even as her stunning speed isleading to uncomfortable con-troversy at the uncertain inter-section of gender and athletics— and of human rights andathletic fairness.

Semenya has never said sheis intersex — a word preferredto the stigmatizing hermaph-rodite — but speculation fol-lows her around the globe, herprivate parts a mortifyingmatter of public de-bate. (Intersex is anumbrella term forpeople who are

born with sex characteristics“that do not fit typical binarynotions of male or female bod-ies,” according to a definitionby the human rights arm of theUnited Nations.)

Track observers believe Se-menya is hyperandrogenous,meaning her body naturallyproduces high amounts of tes-tosterone, the hormone thathelps build muscle, enduranceand speed. The InternationalAssociation of Athletics Feder-ation (IAAF), track and field’sgoverning body, has rules lim-iting the amount of naturally

v STORY CONTINUES ON 2A

Volunteers are in high spirits as they gather around a set of Olympic rings at Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiroon Monday. The opening ceremony for the Games with all its glitz and pageantry takes place on Friday.

SUMMER OLYMPICS

CHARLIE RIEDEL, AP

COUNTDOWN TO OLYMPICS