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U.S. President Joe Biden and his NA-

TO counterparts will bid a symbolic

farewell to Afghanistan on Monday

in Brussels, their last summit be-

fore America winds up its longest “forever

war” and the U.S. military pulls out for good.

The meeting is bound to renew questions

about whether NATO’s most ambitious oper-

ation ever was worth it.

The 18-year effort cost the United States

alone $2.26 trillion, and the price in lives in-

cludes 2,442 American troops and 1,144 person-

nel among U.S. allies, according to figures from

Brown University. NATO does not keep a re-

cord of those who die in its operations.

Those casualty figures dwarf Afghan losses,

which include more than 47,000 civilians, up to

69,000 members of the national armed forces

and police, and over 51,000 opposition fight-

ers.

The military effort followed the 2001 arrival

of a U.S.-led coalition that ousted the Taliban

for harboring al-Qaida leader Osama bin La-

den. Few experts argue that it brought long-

term stability, meaningful democracy or se-

curity.

“At this point, you get the impression that

NATO leaders almost want to downplay and

leave quietly, rather than making too big a

deal of it, and going on to focus on other busi-

ness,” said Erik Brattberg, director of the Eu-

rope Program at the Carnegie Endowment for

International Peace.

With the U.S. leading the withdrawal, Eu-

ropean allies and Canada want to hear Biden’s

thinking about how security will be assured at

their embassies, along major transport routes

and above all at Kabul’s airport.

Many wonder whether the Afghan govern-

ment can survive a resurgent Taliban. Some

think Kabul’s capitulation is only a matter of

time.

Above: U.S. soldiers walk next to armored vehicles as they arrive at their base southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 8, 2009.

EMILIO MORENATTI/AP

The long goodbyeBiden, NATO counterparts to bid symbolic adieu to ‘forever war’ at summit

BY LORNE COOK

Associated Press

SEE ADIEU ON PAGE 5

AFGHANISTAN

$2.26 trillionCost of the 18-year war in Afghanistan to the U.S.Not counted in that number are the lost lives of2,442 American troops and 1,144 personnel amongU.S. allies. 47,000 Afghan civilians, up to 69,000members of the national armed forces and police,and over 51,000 opposition fighters were also killed.

SOURCE: Brown University; Associated Press

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii —

Every summer as a boy, Tyler

Savage’s mother took him to

spend time in her native country

of Hungary, where he swam and

learned to sail on Lake Balaton,

the largest body

of water in Cen-

tral Europe.

But Savage,

now 19, was al-

ways frustrated

with the strict

rules preventing

him from sailing

all the way

across the lake.

Last month,

he, along with

his 19-year-old

girlfriend, Bella

Siegrist, set sail

on a journey that

had no bounda-

ries, crossing the

Pacific Ocean

from San Diego to Honolulu in a

29-foot boat in 21 days.

They arrived June 5 at a Waikiki

Beach marina and will begin at-

tending the University of Hawaii

in August. That’s a long, long way

from Stuttgart High School in

Germany, where the two met.

At the time, Savage’s father,

Marine Corps Lt. Col. Glenn Sav-

age, was stationed in Germany.

Siegrist’s father, a retired soldier,

worked as a government employ-

ee.

The sailing trip came about

through happenchance and a

sense of adventure.

They graduated in the spring of

2020, after which Savage’s father

was transferred to Marine Corps

Air Station Miramar in San Diego.

SEE SAIL ON PAGE 6

Marine’s son,girlfriend sailto Hawaii toattend college

BY WYATT OLSON

Stars and Stripes

Savage

Siegrist

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WASHINGTON — A group of

House lawmakers put forward a

sweeping legislative package Fri-

day that could curb the market pow-

er of Big Tech companies and force

Facebook, Google, Amazon or Ap-

ple to sever their dominant plat-

forms from their other lines of busi-

ness.

The bipartisan proposals are the

culmination of a 15-month investi-

gation by the House Judiciary Com-

mittee’s antitrust subcommittee,

led by Democratic Rep. David Ci-

cilline of Rhode Island. It concluded

that the four tech giants have

abused their market power by

charging excessive fees, imposing

tough contract terms and extracting

valuable data from individuals and

businesses that rely on them.

“Right now, unregulated tech

monopolies have too much power

over our economy,” Cicilline said in

a statement. “They are in a unique

position to pick winners and losers,

destroy small businesses, raise

prices on consumers and put folks

out of work. Our agenda will level

the playing field and ensure the

wealthiest, most powerful tech mo-

nopolies play by the same rules as

the rest of us.”

The proposed legislation targets

the structure of the companies and

could break them up, a radical step

for Congress to take toward a pow-

erful industry. The tech giants for

decades have enjoyed light-touch

regulation and star status in Wash-

ington, but have come under inten-

sifying scrutiny and derision over

issues of competition, consumer

privacy and hate speech.

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The Army plan to have private

companies operate on-base lodg-

ing has transformed the accom-

modations from old cinder-block

buildings without working fire

alarms to nationally branded ho-

tels with quality standards.

However, the service needs to

improve how it reports the cost

savings and construction plans to

Congress, a government watch-

dog found.

Private companies operating

Army hotels began in 2009 and the

service’s last required update to

Congress occurred a year later,

leaving lawmakers in the dark on

significant changes and delays re-

lated to construction and renova-

tion of facilities, according to a re-

port released Tuesday from the

Government Accountability Of-

fice. The 2020 National Defense

Authorization Act called on the of-

fice to review the program.

“Privatization included con-

structing new hotels, and it has

improved on-base lodging. But

improvements have taken longer

than expected and plans have

changed — information not in-

cluded in reports to Congress. We

also found Army estimates likely

overstate how much this effort re-

duced costs,” wrote Elizabeth

Field, the report’s author and di-

rector of defense capabilities and

management at the GAO.

The Army estimated a cost

avoidance of about $606 million

for official travel lodging costs

from fiscal years 2009 through

2019, according to the report.

However, the service used a base-

line that is higher than what the

Defense Travel Management Of-

fice uses and what off-base com-

mercial preferred hotels might

charge.

The service also chose to re-

place more hotels than it original-

ly told Congress in 2010, but failed

to update lawmakers on its plans.

The Army predicts construction

stretching into 2029, according to

the report.

The Army is the only service

with privatized hotels at U.S.

bases and the program includes

13,048 rooms at 75 hotels across 40

bases, according to the report. Its

decision to privatize came after a

2003 assessment determined that

more than 80% of its hotel facili-

ties needed replacement or reno-

vation with a cost estimate of more

than $1 billion, according to the

GAO.

Most visitors to the base hotels

are service members on tempora-

ry duty, civilian employees on offi-

cial business or military families

moving duty stations. Nightly

rates are determined using a per-

centage of the local rate autho-

rized to military travelers.

“Our top priority is to deliver

lodging accommodations that

meet the unique needs of today’s

military travelers,” Gretchen

Turpen, senior vice president and

director of lodging for private

company Lendlease, said in re-

sponse to the report. “The oper-

ational efficiencies, new hotels

and renovations afforded by priv-

atization better serve those needs

and align with the Army’s objec-

tives of the [private lodging] pro-

gram – improve the quality of life

of military travelers and their

families.”

Field issued recommendations

to the defense secretary to provide

to Congress details on facility im-

provements, timelines for pro-

jects and significant changes to

development plans. The report al-

so recommended requiring the

Army to evaluate how it calculates

cost avoidance from the program,

establish a standardized reporting

of lodging across the service

branches, and assess the extent

that Defense Department person-

nel are inappropriately skipping

on-base lodging for other hotels

and determine how to address any

issues it finds.

Paul Cramer, acting assistant

secretary for defense for sustain-

ment, responded to the report last

month and agreed with all recom-

mendations. In a memo to Field,

he said the department will move

forward on each point.

Lendlease’s Turpen said they

work “diligently with our Depart-

ment of Defense partners to en-

sure transparency and efficiency

across our day-to-day operations

along with our development pro-

jects.”

While all congressional report-

ing requirements were met by the

Army, continued collaboration

and communication with stake-

holders is important, she said.

Report: Army hotels need better rooms, more oversightBY ROSE L. THAYER

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IHG ARMY HOTELS

The IHG Army Hotel at Joint Base Lewis­McChord.

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany

—The U.S. Army’s only long-

range artillery brigade in Europe

fired its rockets this week in the

Arctic region, marking a first for a

unit that has been tested in a new

series of drills stretching from the

High North to Africa.

The 41st Field Artillery Brigade

marked the end of its Fires Shock

exercises with a live-fire event in

Setermoen, Norway, where it

combined forces Thursday with

its Norwegian counterparts.

The exercise was the farthest

north the brigade, based in Gra-

fenwoehr, has operated since be-

ing reactivated in 2019. It was also

the first time in more than 25

years that the U.S. Army had con-

ducted a Multiple Launch Rocket

System live-fire in Norway.

“This type of training in the Arc-

tic increases the Army’s ability to

operate in extreme cold-weather,

mountainous and high latitude en-

vironments and supports the Ar-

my’s Arctic strategy,” U.S. Army

Europe and Africa said in a state-

ment.

The Arctic has emerged as a

larger priority for the Pentagon

amid concerns about Russia’s es-

calating military presence. The

Army released a strategy docu-

ment in March that called for spe-

cially equipped and trained bri-

gades in the Arctic “given increas-

ing levels of great power compet-

itor activities” in the region.

“This will be the first time we

have conducted an MLRS live fire

this far north, but in accordance

with the Army’s Arctic Strategy I

doubt it will be the last,” brigade

commander Col. Daniel Miller

said in a statement.

For USAREUR-AF, the exer-

cise was the culmination of a more

than monthlong effort that has

showcased the 41st’s FAB’s range

across Europe. Fires Shock has

sent its artillerymen on missions

to the Baltics, Black Sea region,

Germany and northern Africa.

In Norway, U.S. soldiers

worked with Norwegian forces

and Marines based out of Camp

Lejeune, N.C. The brigade also co-

ordinated with Norwegian F-16s to

conduct precision targeting.

“In the past month and a half

our 41st FAB Soldiers have

bounced all across Europe and in-

to Africa conducting long-range

precision fires missions,” Miller

said in the statement. “Through-

out the Fires Shock exercises, we

have proved our ability to expertly

plan, deploy and execute multiple

missions simultaneously across

the globe at the time and place of

our choosing.”

Fires Shockartillery drillsend in Arctic

BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON

Stars and Stripes

PHOTOS BY JOE BUSH/U.S. Army

Col. Daniel Miller, 41st Field Artillery Brigade commander, meets with Norwegian artillery soldiers toobserve firing with the K­9 self­propelled howitzer during Exercise Thunderbolt on June 9, in Setermoen,Norway.

Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 41stField Artillery Brigade maneuver during Exercise Thunderbolt.

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KAISERSLAUTERN — The

United States has been dropped

from the list of countries Germany

considers risk areas for the corona-

virus, paving the way for American

tourists to be allowed back into the

country in time for the summer

travel season.

Germany’s disease prevention

agency, the Robert Koch Institute,

made the announcement Friday

when it published an updated coro-

navirus risk evaluation for coun-

tries around the world.

The U.S. and 13 other countries

were taken off the list, while regions

in five other countries were re-

moved as coronavirus numbers fell.

Passengers arriving in Germany

by air still have to complete a digital

entry form before arrival and up-

load either a negative test result,

proof that they are fully vaccinated

against the coronavirus or that they

have recovered from COVID-19

and been cleared for travel by a

medical professional, RKI said on

its website.

Travelers from the U.S. who ful-

fill those requirements no longer

have to quarantine on arrival in Ger-

many, the health ministry told Stars

and Stripes last month.

The “risk” categorization is the

lowest health threat level in RKI’s

ranking system. Countries where

variants of the virus are circulating,

such as the United Kingdom, are

ranked at the highest risk level un-

der the German system, and coun-

tries with high incidence of the virus

are in a tier in between.

Removal from the list means

Americans may once again be able

to travel to the Continent for tourism

after they were barred from enter-

ing most EU countries, including

Germany, for more than a year as

coronavirus infections soared in the

U.S.

Germany has not officially an-

nounced that U.S. tourists will be

able to enter the country now that

U.S. infection levels have fallen to

around 30 new weekly cases per

100,000 people, but German media

reports have suggested that such a

move will happen.

“Guests from overseas could

once again be welcomed at Neusch-

wanstein Castle, under the Bran-

denburg Gate and at the Obersee

near Berchtesgaden, all beloved

destinations of Americans,” the

Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported

Wednesday, when the U.S. State

Department lowered the warning

level for Americans traveling to

Germany.

Prior to Wednesday, the State De-

partment warned Americans not to

travel to Germany — even though

its weekly incidence rate for new

cases was lower than that in the U.S.,

at 18 new infections per 100,000 peo-

ple as of Friday.

Members of the large American

military communities, mostly in the

south of the country, are in Germa-

ny under the Status of Forces Agree-

ment, which gives them resident

status and calls for them to be given

the same travel rights within the EU

as citizens of the 27 nations in the

bloc.

EU leaders were expected to

agree Friday to allow those fully

vaccinated against the coronavirus

to travel freely within the bloc this

summer, Euronews reported.

Germany drops USfrom list of at-riskcountries for virus

BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL

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A company of U.S. Marines will

soon join Australian and Japanese

troops in the Outback for drills

that aim to enhance their ability to

coordinate artillery and air sup-

port with both manned and un-

manned aircraft.

Exercise Southern Jackaroo

kicks off Tuesday and runs

through June 24, Capt. Thomas

deVries, a spokesman for Marine

Corps Rotational Force — Dar-

win, said in an email Thursday.

“The purpose of the exercise is

to increase the capacity to mu-

tually support one another during

joint operations,” he said.

The force of 2,200 Marines is

twice the size of the one that de-

ployed to Darwin for the annual

six-month rotation last year as the

coronavirus pandemic raged. A

record 2,500 Marines were sent

there in 2019.

Southern Jackaroo, which hap-

pens annually, reinforces cooper-

ation across a range of military

disciplines, including infantry,

aviation, artillery and combat en-

gineer training, according to the

head of Australia’s army, Lt. Gen.

Rick Burr.

“The three forces will conduct

complex activities coordinating

artillery, unmanned aircraft sys-

tems and rotary wing assets,” he

said in an army statement. “There

is a lot to learn from our partners

and this trilateral format allows

us to better understand our re-

spective capabilities. It also en-

ables us to continue to work to-

gether and be ready to contribute

to national and collective re-

sponses.”

The exercise comes just before

Talisman Sabre, large-scale bien-

nial training involving 17,000

troops, mostly from the United

States and Australia, that starts in

late June and peaks July 18-31.

Canada, Japan, South Korea, New

Zealand and the United Kingdom

are also involved.

France, India and Indonesia

will participate as observer na-

tions, the Australian Defence De-

partment said last week.

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U.S. Marines board an MV­22B Osprey at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, in May.

Darwin-based Marines set to startsupport drills with Japan, Australia

BY SETH ROBSON

Stars and Stripes

gy calls for Marines to move inside

the range of an adversary’s “long-

range precision fires” and establish

difficult-to-target forward bases.

Air assets have the capability to

refuel and rearm in remote and aus-

tere locations as opposed to large,

static military bases that could be

targeted by adversaries.

At Friday’s ceremony, McPhil-

lips lauded his Marines for remain-

ing ready during the pandemic. He

said the future was bright for the

wing and III MEF.

“I couldn’t be more excited about

the officer that is taking my place,”

McPhillips said of his friend of over

30 years. “This is heartfelt for me;

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Ma-

rine air power in Japan welcomed a

familiar face as its new leader Fri-

day at Marine Corps Air Station Fu-

tenma on Okinawa.

Brig. Gen. Brian Cavanaugh took

command of the 1st Marine Aircraft

Wing from Brig. Gen. Christopher

McPhillips during a flight-line cere-

mony with MV-22B Ospreys and

F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters

parked nearby.

Cavanaugh, a Bronze Star recip-

ient, is no stranger to 1st MAW. He

has held every rank in his 30-year

career, save for second lieutenant,

while serving under its banner.

“I understand that 1st MAW,

through the work of Gen. McPhillips

and his team, is ready to fight now

and we will continue to be ready to

fight now,” Cavanaugh told the au-

dience. “All I ask of the Marines and

sailors is to be ready.”

The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing —

often referred to as the “tip of the

spear” in Marine aviation — con-

sists of approximately 7,500 Ma-

rines and sailors operating a com-

plement of fixed- and rotary-wing

aircraft from bases across Japan

and Hawaii. The unit is the aviation

combat element of III Marine Expe-

ditionary Force.

The wing’s mission is to provide

offensive air support, anti-air sup-

port, aerial reconnaissance and

electronic countermeasures, ac-

cording to the Marine Corps. The

wing may also perform tasks on be-

half of the Navy.

McPhillips, a career AV-8B Har-

rier pilot who took over in June 2019,

heads to a joint billet at U.S. Indo-Pa-

cific Command in Hawaii, wing

spokesman Maj. Ken Kunze said.

McPhillips’ two years were

marked by the coronavirus pan-

demic and a steady stream of exer-

cises in new Marine island-fight

doctrine called expeditionary ad-

vanced base operations. The strate-

there is not a better person to take

command of this unit right now.

He’s a quality leader and I think 1st

MAW is going to be better off for

having him.”

Cavanaugh returns to the wing

from Marine Corps headquarters in

Washington, D.C., where he served

as assistant deputy commandant for

programs and resources, a March 4

Pentagon statement said.

Both he and McPhillips have

been nominated by President Joe

Biden to the rank of major general,

the statement said.

Familiar face returns to Okinawa to command 1st Marine Aircraft Wing BY MATTHEW M. BURKE

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STUTTGART, Germany —

President Joe Biden and other

heads of state next week will

agree on a revamped NATO

strategy that accounts for Chi-

na’s ambitions and the impli-

cations of climate change, the

alliance’s top official said Fri-

day ahead of a summit widely

expected to lack the tumult of

the Trump era.

Secretary-General Jens Stol-

tenberg said allies will “open a

new chapter” Monday when

they agree to NATO’s 2030

plan, which also calls for em-

phasis on cyber and space de-

fenses as well as more technol-

ogy investments.

“This high level of ambition

has to be properly resourced

and funded,” Stoltenberg told

reporters.

Leading up to the summit,

Stoltenberg has also talked

about changing how NATO op-

erations are funded as part of

his 2030 proposal, advocating

the alliance to allow members

to tap into NATO’s shared de-

fense budget to subsidize some

missions. Currently, the nation

that deploys troops pays the

bill, which Stoltenberg has in

the past described as unfair.

On Friday, Stoltenberg did

not make clear whether the

idea allowing nations to use

common funds for operations

will make it into the final 2030

plan. He did, however, say

common funding was a “force

multiplier” and that he expect-

ed members to “recognize the

importance of spending to-

gether.”

Beyond updating strategies

and plans, Monday’s summit is

also expected to serve as a

chance for NATO to showcase

unity among members in a way

that was challenged during

former President Donald

Trump’s tenure.

Traditionally, NATO sum-

mits have been bland, well-re-

hearsed affairs, with few sur-

prises and disputes kept be-

hind closed doors. That

changed with Trump, who in

his first NATO summit in 2017,

publicly blasted allies for in-

sufficient defense spending

and questioned the relevance

of a security pact that he re-

garded as a drain on American

resources.

Biden’s inaugural visit to

NATO headquarters as presi-

dent is anticipated to be bring

a major shift in tone from

Trump, whose appearances in

Brussels kept many allies on

edge.

Biden “is a strong supporter

of NATO, the trans-Atlantic

bond and all allies welcome

this very clear message,” Stol-

tenberg said. “We will demon-

strate that commitment to our

alliance, not only in words but

also in deeds.”

Meanwhile, Stoltenberg said

the Trump era demonstrated

NATO’s resilience and that al-

liance unity “goes beyond indi-

vidual political leaders.”

“We have weathered differ-

ent political winds … This alli-

ance has proven extremely ro-

bust,” he said.

NATO summit likelyto see normalcyreturn with Biden

BY JOHN VANDIVER

Stars and Stripes

NATO

NATO Secretary­General Jens Stoltenberg, right, shakes hands withU.S. President Joe Biden at a meeting in Washington on June 7. 

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“We are currently in intense

discussions with our member

states, the United States, NATO

and the United Nations on the ab-

sence of essential security condi-

tions for our continued diplomatic

presence. It will be difficult to

keep it” in place, European Union

foreign policy chief Josep Borrell

said.

For now, NATO plans to leave

civilian advisers to help build up

government institutions. It’s un-

clear who will protect them. The

30-nation alliance is also weighing

whether to train Afghan special

forces outside the country.

As an organization, NATO will

not provide sanctuary for Afghans

who worked alongside its forces —

routinely risking their lives — al-

though a few individual members

will. NATO Secretary-General

Jens Stoltenberg says it’s simply

time to leave.

“Afghanistan has come a long

way, both when it comes to build-

ing strong, capable security

forces, but also when it comes to

social and economic progress,” he

told The Associated Press. “At

some stage, it has to be the Af-

ghans that take full responsibility

for peace and stability in their own

country.”

Few Afghans share that assess-

ment of their country, which has a

54% poverty rate, runaway crime,

rampant corruption and an illicit

economy that outstrips the legal

economy.

When NATO took charge of in-

ternational security operations in

2003, Afghanistan was its first ma-

jor mission outside Europe and

North America. The aim was to

stabilize the government, build up

local security forces and remove a

potential base for extremist

groups.

Yet 18 years later, security is at

its lowest ebb for most Afghans.

The capital is rife with criminal

gangs, many linked to powerful

warlords, and there are routine at-

tacks by an upstart Islamic State.

Quite early into the operations,

as combat took its toll on NATO

troops, extremists and civilians, a

stalemate developed. The Taliban

could not be routed from outlying

areas, but neither could its fight-

ers seize and hold major cities.

Troop surges made little differ-

ence, and it soon became clear

that NATO’s military training ef-

fort was its exit strategy. Only by

creating a large army capable of

standing on its own feet could the

organization wind up its oper-

ations.

But the Afghan army was

plagued by corruption, desertion

and low morale. Experts have said

it still is, and this remains a major

concern as NATO insists on fund-

ing the nation’s security forces af-

ter it’s gone.

Donald Trump’s unilateral de-

cision to leave by May 1 stunned

U.S. allies. It highlighted NATO’s

weakness: European members

and Canada simply cannot sustain

major operations without logisti-

cal support from their biggest

partner.

Biden’s decision to pull U.S.

troops out by the 20th anniversary

of the 9/11 attacks on New York

and Washington changed little, al-

though he did consult allies this

time.

James Dobbins, a former Af-

ghan envoy who now works for the

Rand Corp. think tank, predicts

that the U.S. exit will mean the loss

of government legitimacy.

“The U.S. departure will be

seen as a victory for the Taliban

and a defeat for the United

States,” he said in an opinion

piece.

“The result will be a blow to

American credibility, the weaken-

ing of deterrence and the value of

American reassurance else-

where.”

On Monday, NATO’s leaders

will reaffirm the strength of their

alliance and go back to what they

know best: their old nemesis, Rus-

sia. Biden will brief his partners

before meeting with Russian

President Vladimir Putin. Afghan

President Ashraf Ghani was not

invited to NATO’s summit.

“There is little appetite left to

continue investing in Afghanis-

tan,” Brattberg said.

“There is a sense of being fed up

in a lot of NATO countries, and

now it’s just time to pack the bags

and get out with little considera-

tion about the consequences that

could have on the ground.”

OLIVIER MATTHYS/AP

NATO troops are shown on a large screen in an empty press room at NATO headquarters prior to a NATOsummit in Brussels on Sunday.

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MILITARY

LAS VEGAS — Maj. Sarah Spy

wanted to be a pilot since she was

a little girl. Now, at 37, she has be-

come the first female flight in-

structor pilot for the Nevada Air

National Guard.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Spy told

the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“It’s kind of mind-blowing that

there’s still firsts to be had in

women in aviation, but I got one.”

Spy said she remembers as a

child being glued to the window of

a plane as it took off, and that ex-

hilaration has never worn off. And

growing up with a mother who ex-

celled in a male-dominated field

— she worked in train mainte-

nance — Spy said she never

doubted her ability to fly planes.

She said that women have been

allowed to fly in combat missions

in the armed forces only since the

1990s, so she’s used to being sur-

rounded by mostly men in the Air

Force. But whenever she attends

the Women in Aviation Interna-

tional Conference, it’s a bit of a

shock.

“They actually have a flight suit

social one night, so there’s a whole

room of just female flyers in their

flight suits,” Spy said. “You’re just

like, ‘Man, is this how the guys

feel, with everyone around?’ It’s a

very interesting feeling.”

Spy said it took years of training

to qualify as an instructor.

She has an undergraduate de-

gree from Kent State University,

has completed various pilot train-

ings and over 4,500 flight hours,

served multiple deployments, and

spent over 750 hours as a co-pilot

before upgrading to C-130 Her-

cules commander for the 152nd

Operations Group at the Nevada

Air National Guard, based at Re-

no-Tahoe International Airport.

She finished instructor pilot

school in May.

“Actually I was selected a few

years ago, just timing didn’t quite

work out for me to go to school, but

it finally worked out,” Spy said.

“COVID was good for one thing: It

gave me time to do that.”

Col. Derek Gardner said he has

worked with Spy since she came

to the Nevada Air National Guard

from Ohio in 2009. The pair be-

came quick friends and deployed

to the Middle East together a cou-

ple of times.

Though Spy referred to Gardn-

er as a mentor, he said he hates the

term because he doesn’t want

people to think he’s better than

her.

“Sarah has always been super

interested in improving herself,

and she’s never wanted to do just

the bare minimum,” Gardner

said. “She’s always been driven

and motivated to learn and broad-

en her skills.”

Spy said she wants people with

aspirations of flying to know that

it’s possible, no matter your back-

ground.

“I grew up not exactly well off,

so it was a little bit of a difficult

journey to make it through where

I was, so I just wouldn’t want any-

one to give up because I’ve heard

so many times, ‘I was wanting to

be a pilot, but I couldn’t do this, I

had this issue, I can’t afford that,’”

Spy said. “I just try not to let peo-

ple let those blocks get in the way

so someday they’re not saying, ‘I

wanted to be a pilot, but .…’”

Female Guardpilot breaksbarriers in Nev.

BY ALEXIS FORD

Las Vegas Review-Journal |Associated Press

ERIK VERDUZCO/AP

Maj. Sarah Spy, C­130 Hercules pilot for the 152nd Operations Group at the Nevada Air National Guard, atthe Signature Flight Support at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, on June 2.

The body of a Marine who went

missing June 5 while swimming

off Okinawa has been recovered

and identified, U.S. and Japanese

officials said Friday.

Cpl. Eric John Niss-De Jesus,

24, of Mountain Lake, Minn., was a

military working dog trainer, Ma-

rine Corps Installations Pacific 1st

Lt. Ashleigh Fairow told Stars and

Stripes in an email.

Niss-De Jesus, assigned to

Camp Kinser, went missing while

swimming with colleagues near a

reef, according to a spokesman for

the Japan coast guard in Naha

who spoke on a customary condi-

tion of anonymity. The Marine

had been swept out to sea by a

large wave.

The coast guard, which re-

ceived a call about the incident at

about 4:45 p.m. that day, used hel-

icopters and patrol boats to search

for Niss-De Jesus until noon June

7, the spokesman said. Japanese

firefighters also searched on land.

The body was found Wednes-

day afternoon in the sea about

1,000 feet off Odo Beach in Itoman,

according to the spokesman.

“Marine Corps is working close-

ly with local officials to determine

the facts surrounding Cpl. Niss-

De Jesus’ death,” Fairow said in

her email. “Our thoughts and

prayers go out to the family and

friends of the Niss-De Jesus fam-

ily.”

Niss-De Jesus, who had a bach-

elor’s degree in animal science

from the University of Minnesota,

was recently se-

lected for the en-

listed commis-

sioning pro-

gram, the Ma-

rine Corps

announced in

April. He was

slated to attend

officer candi-

date’s school later this year and

aspired to be a combat arms offi-

cer.

“Eric was incredibly loved and

we have felt it from each of you,”

his mother, Jessica Blom, wrote

on social media, according to a

Thursday report by CBS News af-

filiate WCCO in Minneapolis.

“God has blessed us with a com-

munity that knows exactly how to

lift up and support each other.”

Marine dog trainer diesafter swept off Okinawa

BY HANA KUSUMOTO

AND SETH ROBSON

Stars and Stripes

kusumoto.hana@stripes.comTwitter: @HanaKusumotorobson.seth@stripes.comTwitter: @SethRobson1

Niss­De Jesus

The teen moved with them, and

Siegrist joined him there later in

the summer.

They had both planned to attend

college in Oregon that fall but de-

cided to forgo school for a year

when that college offered only vir-

tual classes. They then set their

sights on attending the University

of Hawaii.

In the meantime, they im-

mersed themselves in San Diego’s

sailing world, first buying a tiny

catamaran for a few hundred dol-

lars, which they rented out for in-

come. Siegrist worked at a marina

at Lake Miramar.

With money borrowed from his

parents, they bought a 24-foot

boat, and with it, the seed of an

idea.

“I said to Ty, ‘What if we sail to

Hawaii with this boat?’” Siegrist

said during an interview Wednes-

day under a huge banyan tree on

Waikiki Beach near the marina at

which they arrived.

“Ty got into the idea, and he just

carried it away.”

Savage found a YouTube video

posted by a man who had sailed

that same route with a 23-foot sail-

boat.

“That looked miserable,” Sav-

age said. “But when he arrived,

walking on dry land again having

done it, it seemed like a really, re-

ally good feeling. So, it motivated

me and Bella to do it.”

Ultimately, they did not think

their first boat was up to the rigors

of a transpacific trip, so they end-

ed up selling the boats they had to

buy the 29-footer they ended up

taking — after a fair amount of re-

furbishment.

They set off May 15, shortly af-

ter they had both gotten their sec-

ond dose of coronavirus vaccine.

Week one was not at all pleasant

— cold and windy, with choppy

waters pounding onto the side of

the boat and drenching what was

inside.

“The first night I threw up,”

Savage said.

But as they reached a warmer

clime and began sailing into the

waves, there was more to enjoy.

Whales seemed to be curious

about their small boat, swimming

under it at times and partially sur-

facing near it. They once saw a

shark rocket out of the water and

catch a low-flying bird.

Sound sleep, however, was elu-

sive for the entire three weeks.

More often than not, some small

item in the boat would begin tap,

tap, tapping.

“And eventually you go crazy

because you can’t sleep,” Savage

said. “So, we just start opening up

everything, all of our stuff and just

throwing everything on the floor,

rip the whole boat apart to discov-

er what the knocking is.”

Savage’s parents, who flew to

Hawaii for their arrival Saturday,

provided them with a lifeboat and

other safety devices for the trip.

“We are not big sailors, so we

don’t exactly know what is need-

ed, so we just trusted them,” Vera

Savage said.

The teens are staying with

friends as they begin preparing

for school in the fall. Siegrist plans

on majoring in marketing or man-

agement, while Savage will focus

on physics.

As for their boat, they hope to

generate some income by perhaps

chartering it during summers for

tourists seeking a taste of life at

sea, perhaps offering trips to

neighboring islands.

“I think a lot of people want to

see the more unfiltered version of

sailing,” Savage said.

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Monday, June 14, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 7

VIRUS OUTBREAK

While shopping for eyeglasses in

Des Moines, Iowa, last year, Shane

Wayne Michael was approached by

apatron and asked what’s become a

familiar question during the coro-

navirus pandemic: Can you pull

your mask over your nose? But Mi-

chael, whose nose was exposed in-

side Vision 4 Less, did not take kind-

ly to the question in November, ac-

cording to a criminal complaint.

What happened next, police said,

was a parking-lot fight in which Mi-

chael allegedly attacked Mark

Denning’s eyes and genitals. Den-

ning told authorities that Michael

then pulled down his mask and be-

gan to cough and spit in his face.

“If I have it, you have it!” said Mi-

chael, referring to COVID-19, the

disease caused by the virus, accord-

ing to the complaint.

Weeks after the Iowa man was

convicted of willful injury causing

serious injury, Michael, 42, was

sentenced Wednesday to 10 years

in prison for the violent attack stem-

ming from the mask dispute. Mi-

chael’s sentence is among the ster-

nest yet nationwide related to an ar-

gument over face coverings since

the start of the pandemic.

The sentencing comes amid a

continuing flurry of incidents and

arrests at places like banks and

polling places over masks. Airlines

have seen an unprecedented rise in

unruly passenger behavior, with

the Federal Aviation Administra-

tion saying that a large majority of

its incident reports this year have

involved people who would not

comply with the federal mandate to

wear a face covering. A maskless

Florida woman was recently sen-

tenced to 30 days in jail for purpose-

ly coughing on a customer at a Pier 1

store last year. A Family Dollar se-

curity guard in Flint, Mich., was fa-

tally shot last month, authorities

said, after telling a customer that

her child had to wear a face cover-

ing to enter the store.

The Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention’s guidance on cor-

rect mask-wearing says Americans

should “put the mask over your

nose and mouth and secure it under

your chin.”

The incident, first reported by

the Iowa Capital Dispatch, unfold-

ed Nov. 11, when Denning noticed

Michael’s mask was pulled below

his nose inside the Des Moines

store. After Denning asked Michael

to pull up his mask, the two “ex-

changed words” before exiting the

store, the complaint says. At the

time, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a

Republican, had just signed an or-

der extending the state’s public

health emergency in which cus-

tomers and employees were re-

quired to wear masks at “establish-

ments providing personal servic-

es.”

The men offered different ac-

counts to authorities of how the

fight came to be.

Denning told police that Michael

followed him out of the Vision 4

Less and began assaulting him,

with both men falling to the ground.

Denning said he bit Michael’s left

arm when the man had gouged him

in his left eye, the Capital Dispatch

reported. Michael responded by

kneeing Denning in his genitals

several times, according to the

complaint. Then, Michael allegedly

pulled down his mask and made a

reference to COVID while cough-

ing and spitting on Denning.

Michael told authorities that it

was Denning who started the fight

when he shoulder-checked Mi-

chael into a car and poked his

thumb into his stomach. The 42-

year-old claimed he was holding

Denning on the ground to try to de-

fend himself, records show. His fa-

ther, Dennis Michael, claimed to

the Capital Dispatch in April that

Shane Michael has asthma and that

he was “not going to cover his nose

and mouth because he can’t

breathe.”

But multiple witnesses at the

scene reported Michael to be the

aggressor, and one employee de-

scribed him to police as a “prob-

lem.” A photo submitted as evi-

dence to Polk County District Court

shows Denning’s face red and bad-

ly swollen, with his left eye swollen

shut. Denning wrote on Facebook

how he almost lost his eye, accord-

ing to the Capital Dispatch.

Man gets 10 years for attack on person who asked him to pull up maskBY TIMOTHY BELLA

The Washington Post

MOSCOW — The tally of new

coronavirus infections in the Rus-

sian capital rose more than 1,000

from the previous day as Moscow

heads into a week in which many

businesses will be closed under a

mayoral order.

The national coronavirus task-

force said Sunday that 7,704 new

infection cases were recorded,

continuing a steep spike that has

alarmed city officials. At the be-

ginning of June, Moscow was re-

cording about 2,900 new cases a

day.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobya-

nin on Saturday ordered business-

es that do not operate on weekends

to remain “non-working” through

the end of this week and closed

food courts and children's play ar-

eas. He also ordered restaurants

and bars to be limited to takeout

service from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Nationwide, 14,723 new infec-

tions were reported Sunday, about

1,200 more than a day earlier.

After several weeks of lock-

down as the pandemic spread in

the spring of 2020, the Russian

capital eased restrictions and did

not reimpose any during subse-

quent case increases. But because

of the recent sharp rise, “it is im-

possible not to react to such a sit-

uation,” Sobyanin said.

Early last week, city authorities

said enforcement of mask- and

glove-wearing requirements on

mass transit, in stores and in other

public places would be strength-

ened and that violators could face

fines of up to $70.

Although Russia was the first

country to deploy a coronavirus

vaccine, its use has been relatively

low as many Russians are reluc-

tant to get vaccinated.

President Vladimir Putin on

Saturday said 18 million Russians

have received the vaccine —

about 12% of the population.

Overall, Russia has reported

about 5.2 million infections and

126,000 deaths.

A report from Russian state sta-

tistics agency Rosstat on Friday,

however, found more than 144,000

virus-related deaths last year

alone. The statistics agency, un-

like the task force, counts fatalities

in which a coronavirus infection

was present or suspected but is

not the main cause of death.

Moscow orders new restrictions as infections soarAssociated Press

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NATION

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden

has vowed to mend America’s trade rela-

tions with its European allies, which were

stretched to the breaking point by President

Donald Trump’s mercurial behavior, com-

bative policies and aversion to multinational

alliances.

Yet when he meets Tuesday with Europe-

an Union leaders in Brussels, Biden may

find that making up is hard to do. The pros-

pect of forging an accord to resolve their dif-

ferences — and perhaps form a united front

against an increasingly confrontational Chi-

na — may be stymied by European skepti-

cism.

Sounding a sour note about Biden’s inten-

tions, Valdis Dombrovskis, a Latvian politi-

cal leader who serves as the European

Union’s trade chief, said in a speech last

week that the time had come “for the U.S. to

walk the talk..”

Dombrovskis was referring in part to

Trump’s 2018 decision to impose import tax-

es on foreign steel and aluminum — a deci-

sion that left European leaders furious and

triggered retaliatory steps against the Unit-

ed States. Biden has been slow to take up the

possibility of dropping the tariffs, which

Trump had imposed on the basis of “national

security.”

And with trade tensions still shading the

trans-Atlantic relationship, the EU may also

prove reluctant to join a U.S.-led effort to

confront China over its provocative trade

policies.

Then there’s a longstanding dispute over

how much of a government subsidy each

side unfairly provides for its aircraft manu-

facturing giant — Boeing in the United

States and Airbus in the EU.

“This has been going on for 17 years,” says

Cecilia Malmström, a veteran of trans-At-

lantic battles as the European trade com-

missioner from 2014 to 2019.

All that said, U.S.-EU relations are still

certain to be much friendlier than they were

under Trump, who regularly accused the

Europeans of shirking their responsibility to

pay for their own defense through NATO

and of exploiting what he called unfair trade

deals to sell far more products to the United

States than they buy.

Kelly Ann Shaw, a former Trump admin-

istration trade official who is now a partner

at the law firm Hogan Lovells, suggested

that the EU and U.S. are eager to move past

their tariff battles “so they can move on and

tackle some 21st century challenges, not the

least of which is China.”

The steel and aluminum dispute is an es-

pecially sensitive one. In moving to tax im-

ported metals, Trump dusted off a little-

used weapon in U.S. trade policy to justify

the tariffs: He declared the foreign metals to

be a threat to U.S. national security — a deci-

sion that startled and outraged Europeans

and other longstanding American allies.

“Almost all the EU members were NATO

members,” said Malmström, now a senior

fellow at the Peterson Institute for Interna-

tional Economics. “How could we be a na-

tional security threat? It was offensive.”

Malmström said she was surprised that

Biden hasn’t already dropped the tariffs and

hopes he will do so at the summit Tuesday.

Biden looks to mend trade relations with European alliesAssociated Press

CARBIS BAY, England —

Leaders of the Group of Seven

wealthy nations on Sunday

pledged more than 1 billion coro-

navirus vaccine doses to poorer

nations, vowed to help developing

countries grow their economies

while fighting climate change and

agreed to challenge China’s “non-

market economic practices” and

call out Beijing for rights abuses

in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.

Speaking at the end of a G-7

leaders’ summit in southwest En-

gland, British Prime Minister Bo-

ris Johnson praised the “fantastic

degree of harmony” among the

reenergized group, which met in

person for the first time in two

years.

The leaders wanted to show

that international cooperation is

back after the upheavals caused

by the pandemic and the unpre-

dictability of former U.S. Presi-

dent Donald Trump. And they

wanted to convey that the club of

wealthy democracies — Canada,

France, Germany, Italy, Japan,

the United Kingdom and the

United States — is a better friend

to poorer nations than authoritar-

ian rivals such as China.

Johnson said the G-7 would

demonstrate the value of democ-

racy and human rights to the rest

of the world and help “the world’s

poorest countries to develop

themselves in a way that is clean

and green and sustainable.”

“It’s not good enough for us to

just rest on our laurels and talk

about how important those values

are,” he told reporters after the

3-day meeting on the Cornwall

coast. “And this isn’t about impos-

ing our values on the rest of the

world. What we as the G-7 need to

do is demonstrate the benefits of

democracy and freedom and hu-

man rights to the rest of the

world.”

But health and environmental

campaigners were distinctly un-

impressed by the details in the

leaders’ final meeting communi-

que.

“This G-7 summit will live on in

infamy,” said Max Lawson, the

head of inequality policy at the in-

ternational aid group Oxfam.

“Faced with the biggest health

emergency in a century and a cli-

mate catastrophe that is destroy-

ing our planet, they have com-

pletely failed to meet the chal-

lenges of our times.”

Despite Johnson’s call to “vac-

cinate the world” by the end of

2022, the promise of 1 billion dos-

es for vaccine-hungry countries

— coming both directly and

through the international COVAX

program — falls far short of the 11

billion doses the World Health

Organization said is needed to

vaccinate at least 70% of the

world’s population and truly end

the pandemic.

Half of the billion dose pledge

is coming from the United States

and 100 million from Britain.

The G-7 also backed a mini-

mum tax of at least 15% on large

multinational companies to stop

corporations from using tax

havens to avoid taxes.

The minimum rate was cham-

pioned by the United States and

dovetails with the aim of Presi-

dent Joe Biden to focus the sum-

mit on ways the democracies can

support a fairer global economy

by working together.

Biden also wanted to persuade

fellow democratic leaders to pre-

sent a more unified front to com-

pete economically with Beijing

and strongly call out China’s

“nonmarket policies and human

rights abuses.”

In the group’s communique

published Sunday, the group said:

“With regard to China, and com-

petition in the global economy, we

will continue to consult on collec-

tive approaches to challenging

non-market policies and practic-

es which undermine the fair and

transparent operation of the glob-

al economy.”

The leaders also said they will

promote their values by calling on

China to respect human rights

and fundamental freedoms in

Xinjiang, where Beijing is ac-

cused of committing serious hu-

man rights abuses against the

Uyghur minority, and in the

semi-autonomous city of Hong

Kong.

America’s allies were visibly

relieved to have the U.S. back as

an engaged international player

after the “America First” policy

of the Trump administration.

“The United States is back, and

democracies of the world are

standing together,” Biden said as

he arrived in the U.K. on the first

foreign trip of his 5-month-old

presidency.

G-7 leaders agreeon vaccines, China,as summit ends

Associated Press

JON SUPER/AP

A woman walks her dogs as the incoming tide begins to wash away the heads of G7 leaders drawn in thesand by activists on the beach at Newquay, Cornwall, England.

thusiasm” for his engagement.

“America’s back in the business of leading the

world alongside nations who share our most deep-

ly held values,” Biden said at a news conference.

“I think we’ve made progress in reestablishing

American credibility among our closest friends.”

The president, who is on an eight-day, three

country trip, left his mark on the G-7 by announc-

ing a commitment to share 500 million coronavi-

rus vaccine doses with the world and pressing al-

lies to do the same. The leaders on Sunday con-

firmed their intent to donate more than 1 billion

doses to low-income countries in the next year.

NEWQUAY, England — President Joe Biden on

Sunday said the United States had restored its

presence on the world stage as he used his first

overseas trip since taking office to connect with a

new generation of leaders from some of the

world’s most powerful countries and more closely

unite allies on addressing the coronavirus pan-

demic and China’s trade and labor practices.

As he wrapped three days of what he called “an

extraordinarily collaborative and productive

meeting” at the Group of Seven summit of wealthy

democracies, Biden said there was “genuine en-

Biden says he’s restoring US credibilityAssociated Press

Monday, June 14, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 9

NATION

CHICAGO — Two people were

killed and at least 30 others

wounded in mass shootings over-

night in three states, authorities

said Saturday, stoking concerns

that a spike in U.S. gun violence

could continue into summer as

coronavirus restrictions ease and

more people are free to socialize.

The attacks took place late Fri-

day or early Saturday in the Texas

capital of Austin, Chicago and Sa-

vannah, Ga.

In Austin, authorities said they

arrested one of two male suspects

and were searching for the other

after a shooting early Saturday on

a crowded pedestrian-only street

packed with bars and restaurants.

Fourteen people were wounded,

including two critically, in the

gunfire, which the city’s interim

police chief said is believed to

have started as a dispute between

two parties.

No arrests were reported by late

Saturday in the two other shoot-

ings.

In Chicago, a woman was killed

and nine other people were

wounded when two men opened

fire on a group standing on a side-

walk in the Chatham neighbor-

hood on the city’s South Side. The

shooters also got away and hadn’t

been identified by mid-afternoon

Saturday.

In the south Georgia city of Sa-

vannah, police said one man was

killed and seven other people

were wounded in a mass shooting

Friday evening, police said. Two

of the wounded are children — an

18-month-old and a 13-year-old.

Savannah’s police chief, Roy

Minter, Jr., said the shooting may

be linked to an ongoing dispute be-

tween two groups, citing reports of

gunshots being fired at the same

apartment complex earlier in the

week.

“It’s very disturbing what we’re

seeing across the country and the

level of gun violence that we’re

seeing across the country,” he told

reporters Saturday. “It’s disturb-

ing and it’s senseless.”

The attacks come amid an eas-

ing of COVID-19 pandemic re-

strictions in much of the country,

including Chicago, which lifted

many of its remaining safeguards

on Friday. Many hoped that a

spike in U.S. shootings and homi-

cides last year was an aberration

perhaps caused by pandemic-re-

lated stress amid a rise in gun

ownership and debate over polic-

ing. But those rates are still higher

than they were in pre-pandemic

times, including in cities that re-

fused to slash police spending fol-

lowing the death of George Floyd

and those that made modest cuts.

“There was a hope this might

simply be a statistical blip that

would start to come down,” said

Chuck Wexler, executive director

of the Police Executive Research

Forum. “That hasn’t happened.

And that’s what really makes

chiefs worry that we may be enter-

ing a new period where we will see

a reversal of 20 years of declines

in these crimes.”

Tracking ups and downs in

crime is always complicated, but

violent crime commonly increas-

es in the summer months. Week-

end evenings and early-morning

hours also are common windows

for shootings.

Many types of crime did decline

in 2020 and have stayed lower this

year, suggesting the pandemic

and the activism and unrest

spurred by the reaction to Floyd’s

death didn’t lead to an overall

spike in crime.

The Gun Violence Archive,

which monitors media and police

reports to track gun violence,

found that mass shootings spiked

in 2020 to about 600, which was

higher than in any of the previous

six years it tracked the statistic.

According to this year’s count,

there have been at least 267 mass

shootings in the U.S. so far, includ-

ing the latest three overnight Fri-

day into Saturday.

“It’s worrisome,” Fox said. “We

have a blend of people beginning

to get out and about in public. We

have lots of divisiveness. And we

have more guns and warm weath-

er. It’s a potentially deadly mix.”

Mass shootingsrise as summernears in the US

BY KATHLEEN FOODY

Associated Press

AARON MARTINEZ/AP

Some abandoned bikes are parked on the streets after a early morning shooting on Saturday, in downtownAustin, Texas.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The 49 people killed

in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in

Florida were honored in Orlando and

around the world on Saturday, the fifth an-

niversary of the attack.

Speakers at an evening remembrance

ceremony on the grounds of the former

Pulse nightclub said a rainbow appeared as

survivors of the shooting, family members

of those who died and first responders gath-

ered. The site, south of downtown Orlando,

was turned into an interim memorial lined

with photos of the victims and rainbow-col-

ored flowers and mementos.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, who donat-

ed blood recently in honor of the people

who were killed, said the dead must contin-

ue to be remembered with “real change.”

He promised to help foster a community

where everyone feels equally valued and

protected.

Brandon Wolf recalled walking into

Pulse on June 12, 2016, arm in arm with his

best friend, Drew Leinonen. Six days later,

he helped walk Leinonen’s casket down the

aisle at his funeral.

Wolf admitted to the crowd that he felt

like running away after the massacre but

instead made a promise to his late friend: to

“never stop fighting for a world he would be

proud of.” Now the media relations manag-

er for the LGBTQ civil rights organization

Equality Florida, Wolf said the anniversary

of the shooting should remind people to re-

commit themselves to taking action.

“Bigotry and hatred are not asleep. They

still move around us,” he said. “And if we

are going to snuff them out, we must make

the same defiant choice we made on this

site five years ago today, and that is to em-

brace the power of community and reject

the temptation to come apart at the seams

of our differences.”

Members of the onePULSE Foundation,

a nonprofit incorporated by the owners of

the nightclub, said a memorial and mu-

seum is in the works. The group also offers

educational programs and legacy scholar-

ships.

President Joe Biden said Saturday that

he will sign a bill naming the nightclub as a

national memorial. He emphasized in a

statement that the country must do more to

reduce gun violence, such as banning as-

sault weapons and closing loopholes in reg-

ulations that enable gun buyers to bypass

background checks.

At Saturday evening’s memorial, family

members read the victims’ names as a sli-

deshow showed their photos.

City of Orlando officials say more than

600 places of worship worldwide tolled

their bells 49 times to honor each victim

who died in the Pulse Nightclub shooting.

The First United Methodist Church of Or-

lando gathered loved ones and community

members and read the victims’ names.

The deadliest attack on the LGBTQ com-

munity in U.S. history left 49 people dead

and 53 people wounded as “Latin Night”

was being celebrated at the club. Gunman

Omar Mateen was killed after a three-hour

standoff by SWAT team members. He had

pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.

Deputy Orlando Police Chief James P.

Young, an openly gay man who reported to

the scene the night of the shooting, said he’s

seen friendships strengthen and the com-

munity unite over the past five years.

“If we use our shared experiences and

our shared values, including those of

strength and unity, love will always win,”

Young said.

Victims of Pulse massacre remembered 5 years laterAssociated Press

JOHN RAOUX/AP

Visitors pay tribute to the victims of the Pulse nightclub attack at the display outside thememorial Friday in Orlando, Fla.

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NATION

DALLAS — The airline indus-

try’s recovery from the pandemic

passed a milestone as more than 2

million people streamed through

U.S. airport security checkpoints

on Friday for the first time since

early March 2020.

The Transportation Security

Administration announced Satur-

day that 2.03 million travelers

were screened at airport check-

points on Friday. It was the first

time in 15 months that the number

of security screenings has sur-

passed 2 million in a single day.

Airline bookings have been

picking up since around February,

as more Americans were vaccinat-

ed against COVID-19 and — at

least within the United States —

travel restrictions such as manda-

tory quarantines began to ease.

The recovery is not complete.

Friday’s crowds were only 74% of

the volume compared to the same

day in 2019. However, the 2.03 mil-

lion figure was 1.5 million more

travelers than the same day last

year, according to the TSA.

The 2-million mark represents

quite a turnaround for the travel

industry, which was hammered by

the pandemic. There were days in

April 2020 when fewer than

100,000 people boarded planes in

the U.S., and the CEO of Boeing

predicted that at least one major

U.S. airline would go bankrupt.

Most of the airlines are still los-

ing money. Southwest eked out a

narrow first-quarter profit thanks

to its share of $64 billion in federal

pandemic relief to the industry,

and others are expected to follow

suit later this year.

The fear of large-scale fur-

loughs has lifted. United Airlines,

which lost $7 billion and threat-

ened to furlough 13,000 workers

last fall, told employees this week

that their jobs are secure even

when the federal money runs out

in October.

That’s because airlines like

United are upbeat about salvaging

the peak summer vacation season.

International travel and business

trips are still deeply depressed,

but domestic leisure travel is

roughly back to pre-pandemic lev-

els, airline officials say.

The airlines are recalling em-

ployees from voluntary leave and

planning to hire small numbers of

pilots and other workers later this

year.

Hotel operators say they too

have seen bookings improve as

vaccination rates rise.

Mike Gathright, a senior vice

president at Hilton, said the com-

pany’s hotels were 93% full over

the Memorial Day weekend. He

said the company is “very optimis-

tic” about leisure travel over the

summer and a pickup in business

travel this fall.

“The vaccine distribution, the

relaxed travel restrictions, con-

sumer confidence — all of that is

driving occupancy and improve-

ment in our business,” Gathright

said.

Prior to the pandemic, TSA

screened on average 2 million to

2.5 million travelers per day. The

lowest screening volume during

the pandemic was on April 13,

2020, when just 87,534 individuals

were screened at airport security

checkpoints.

As the summer travel season ap-

proaches, TSA is advising passen-

gers to arrive at the airport with

sufficient time to accommodate in-

creased screening time as traveler

volumes are expected to approach

and in some cases exceed pre-pan-

demic levels at certain airports.

Airline industry beginning to reboundAssociated Press

WILFREDO LEE/AP

Travelers wait for their luggage May 28 at a baggage carousel at Miami International Airport in Miami.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An

auction for a ride into space next

month alongside Jeff Bezos and his

brother ended with a winning $28

million bid Saturday.

The Amazon founder’s rocket

company, Blue Origin, did not dis-

close the winner’s name following

the live online auction. The identity

will be revealed in a couple weeks

— closer to the brief up-and-down

flight from West Texas on July 20,

the 52nd anniversary of Neil Arm-

strong and Buzz Aldrin’s moon

landing.

It will be the first launch of Blue

Origin’s New Shepard rocket with

people on board, kicking off the

company’s space tourism business.

Fifteen previous test flights of the

reusable rocket and capsule since

2015 — short hops lasting about 10

minutes — were all successful.

Saturday’s auction followed

more than a month of online bid-

ding that reached $4.8 million by

Friday. More than 7,500 people

from 159 countries registered to

bid, according to Blue Origin. More

than 20 bidders — the high rollers

— took part in Saturday’s auction.

Bezos announced Monday that

he and his younger brother, Mark,

would be on board New Shepard’s

first crew flight; the news quickly

boosted bidding. The winning

amount is being donated to Blue

Origin’s Club for the Future, an

educational effort to promote sci-

ence and tech among young peo-

ple.

Live auction winner to pay $28 million tofly in space with Jeff Bezos next month

Associated Press

BLUE ORIGIN/AP

This undated file illustration provided by Blue Origin shows thecapsule that the company aims to use to take tourists into space.

Not a single higher-end tornado

touched down in the United States

in May, a first on record.

While the overall number of

twisters was close to normal dur-

ing the month, they were exclu-

sively of the weaker or nonsevere

variety, rated EF2 or lower on the

0 to 5 Enhanced Fujita scale for

tornado damage.

Severe tornadoes are consid-

ered those that reach EF3

strength or greater, correspond-

ing to winds of 136 mph or greater.

May’s tornadoes largely missed

homes and structure, yielding rel-

atively little impact and sparing

the country of any tornado fatal-

ities for the first time during the

month since 2014.

May is ordinarily the peak

month of tornado season, and is

known for the seemingly routine

barrages of twisters that spin up

across the Great Plains and cen-

tral U.S.

May 2021 proved exceptional

for its lack of these higher-end

twisters. Reliable bookkeeping on

tornadoes dates back to around

1950. It’s likely that many lower-

end tornadoes were missed early

in the record as radar technology

wasn’t available to detect the

weaker twisters and there were

far fewer storm spotters, but most

severe tornadoes were probably

captured.

Most of the tornadoes during

the past month were short-lived

and weak, and classic tornado set-

ups were less frequent than in

years past. The National Weather

Service Storm Prediction Center

issued 25 tornado watches, the

eighth fewest since 1970.

All told, 288 tornadoes devel-

oped during the month of May, on-

ly eight of which even reached

EF2 strength. The rest were EF0s,

EF1s or “unrated” EFUs. Torna-

does are not assigned an EF rating

if there is insufficient damage evi-

dence to rate them.

The lack of EF3 or greater rat-

ings assigned during the month

does not mean that no tornadoes

of EF3 strength or greater oc-

curred. In fact, it’s almost certain

they did. However, the Enhanced

Fujita scale, which is used to clas-

sify tornadoes, is a damage scale.

That means that, without damage,

higher-end ratings can’t be as-

signed.

On May 26, for instance, more

than a dozen tornadoes — some

likely with winds perhaps crest-

ing in the EF3 range — swirled

across extreme southern Nebras-

ka near the Kansas border. Most

were rated EFUs, since they

passed over open rural land-

scapes with nothing to hit.

No severe tornadoes hit the US this May for first time on recordThe Washington Post

Monday, June 14, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 11

AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Police arrest ‘crawling’restaurant burglar

GA MARIETTA — Police

said they nabbed a man

they call “the crawling burglar”

for crawling through windows of

metro Atlanta restaurants and

then slithering across the floor to

avoid motion detectors.

He is linked to at least a dozen

such crimes, in which cash and li-

quor were stolen, police in Cobb

County told The Atlanta Journal-

Constitution.

The thefts were part of a month-

slong burglary spree dating to

September at restaurants in the

Marietta, Kennesaw and Acworth

areas northwest of Atlanta, police

said. The spree ended with the ar-

rest of Aron Jermaine Major of At-

lanta during a traffic stop, author-

ities said.

Georgia Department of Correc-

tions show that he’s served four

prison sentences since 1992 for fe-

lonies in Gwinnett, Fulton and

Henry counties and has several

burglary convictions on his re-

cord.

Police recover prostheticleg stolen after crash

FL TAMPA — When Chris-

topher Allen Harris’

daughter was just 5 years old, she

drew a picture of her father hold-

ing her in his arms. She included

Harris’ prosthetic leg in the stick-

figure drawing.

But after the father, 49, was

struck by a car, his prosthetic leg

was dislodged and stolen. Police

found the limb, after a tipster re-

ached out. The prosthetic was

found with some discarded items

at a laundromat, according to the

St. Petersburg Police Depart-

ment. Officers returned it to Car-

rie Harris, his estranged wife, who

advocated for the limb’s return.

Harris has had a prosthetic leg

since he was 3 years old, a result of

a birth defect. His most recent one

was covered in one-of-a-kind Mar-

vel artwork and valued at $15,000.

Troopers: No citation forman who helped moose

AK ANCHORAGE — Alas-

ka Wildlife Troopers do

not intend to issue a citation to a

man who was seen lifting a baby

moose over a guardrail in south-

central Alaska , though it is illegal

to “handle any wild animal in a

similar fashion,” an Alaska State

Troopers spokesperson said in an

email to The Associated Press.

Alaska’s News Source reported

an Anchorage man, Joe Tate, was

driving home from a fishing trip

with friends when he saw a line of

cars and a moose in the road on the

Kenai Peninsula.

Tate said a mother moose was

pacing in the road, and a young

calf struggled to scale a guardrail

to join her. He said he considered

calling wildlife officials or law en-

forcement but worried an acci-

dent could occur before they ar-

rived.

Fire crew helps cool downstranded chickens

IL ADDISON — A load of

14,000 chickens that were

stranded in suburban Chicago

when the semitrailer they were in

lost a wheel were later sprayed

down by firefighters to protect the

tightly-packed birds from over-

heating.

After the semi arrived at Super

Truck Service in Addison, a medic

crew from the Addison Fire Pro-

tection District saw mechanic An-

drew Loucks hosing down the

birds and knew that wouldn’t be

enough for the chickens to survive

the heat on a day when temper-

atures climbed well into the 80s.

Battalion Chief Chris Mansfield

said a firetruck was dispatched

and firefighters hosed “probably

several hundred gallons of water”

onto the chickens.

Loucks unloaded the chickens

into the repair shop and two large

fans were then used to help cool

the birds.

Despite those efforts, Mansfield

said several hundred, “if not a

thousand,” chickens died as they

awaited the arrival of a truck from

Wisconsin to take them to a farm.

Police: Driver hit 141 mphbefore killing man

NV LAS VEGAS — Au-

thorities in Las Vegas

said a man from El Paso, Texas,

was arrested on reckless driving

and DUI charges after fatally hit-

ting a moped rider while driving

141 mph near the Strip.

Police said in a statement that

Andrew James Rodriguez, 33, was

driving a blue 2017 Lamborghini

Huracan with a Minnesota license

plate at “an extremely high rate of

speed” when it crashed into the

back of the TaoTao moped driven

by Walter Richard Anderson, 58.

Anderson died at the scene.

Rodriguez did not have a valid li-

cense and was identified by law en-

forcement with a passport, author-

ities said. Rodriguez was also not

the registered owner of the vehicle.

Man says he’s not guiltyin fatal wrong-way crash

MA BOSTON — A man

authorities said

caused a fatal wrong-way crash

while fleeing from the scene of a

robbery was held without bail at

his arraignment via video from his

hospital room, prosecutors said.

William Leger, 35, of Some-

rville, pleaded not guilty to several

charges including vehicular hom-

icide by reckless operation and

unarmed robbery during the ar-

raignment, according to a state-

ment from Essex district attor-

ney’s office.

Authorities said Leger robbed a

convenience store, then while

fleeing in a stolen vehicle south on

the northbound lanes of Route 107

in Saugus, crashed head-on into

another vehicle.

Ashley Forward, 19, of Lynn,

died at the scene. Leger was taken

to Massachusetts General Hospi-

tal with non-life threatening inju-

ries.

Truck runs Border Patrolvan with migrants off road

TX VAN HORN — At least

six people were injured

when a semitrailer cut off a Bor-

der Patrol van carrying migrants

on a West Texas highway, forcing

the van from the road and rolling

it, an agency spokesman said.

The crash happened two miles

east of Van Horn, which is roughly

115 miles southeast of El Paso, said

Greg Davis, Customs and Border

Protection spokesman for the Big

Bend Sector. He said the van was

in a passing lane when the truck

pulled in front of it, forcing it from

the road and rolling it.

The agent at the wheel and a

passenger were airlifted to an El

Paso hospital. The rest were taken

by ambulance, Davis said.

The truck driver was cited, Da-

vis said.

Authorities seize illegalmarijuana grows in bust

CA LANCASTER — Au-

thorities seized tens of

millions of dollars worth of illegal

marijuana grown in the high des-

ert as part of an effort to curtail the

black market’s grip on Southern

California.

Twenty-three people were ar-

rested in the Antelope Valley, 70

miles north of Los Angeles, and of-

ficials planned to bulldoze 500 ille-

gal grows in the area.

The massive bust was partly in

response to residents’ complaints

of water being stolen, Los Angeles

County Sheriff Alex Villanueva

said during a news conference in

Lancaster. The largest grow had

more than 70 greenhouses over 10

acres, with an estimated marijua-

na crop worth $50 million.

Villanueva said the amount of

seized marijuana was being mea-

sured by the tons. Lancaster May-

or R. Rex Parris said the operation

had found $380 million worth of

infrastructure and marijuana in

the area.

CHRIS DILLMANN, VAIL (COLO.) DAILY/AP

Axel, a 5­year­old German shorthaired pointer, gets air during the kick­off event, DockDogs Outdoor Big Air, for the Vail Valley Foundation’sGoPro Mountain Games in Vail, Colo. The Mountain Games ran through Sunday.

Getting some big air

THE CENSUS

7 The length, in feet, of an alligator that a customer found roamingaround the lobby of the Spring Hill Post Office in Florida’s Hernando

County. The building has automatic double doors that allow off-hours entry,the sheriff’s office said in a post on Facebook. The Florida Fish and WildlifeConservation Commission considers an alligator a “nuisance” animal if it is 4feet or longer and deemed a threat to people, pets or property.

From wire reports

PAGE 12 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • Monday, June 14, 2021

WORLD

JERUSALEM — Israel’s parlia-

ment narrowly voted in favor of a

new coalition government, ending

Prime Minister Benjamin Neta-

nyahu’s historic 12-year rule.

Naftali Bennett, a former ally of

Netanyahu turned bitter rival, be-

comes prime minister, presiding

over a diverse and fragile coalition

comprised of eight parties with

deep ideological differences. Ne-

tanyahu remains head of the Likud

party and will hold the post of op-

position leader.

Netanyahu sat silently during

the vote. After it was approved, he

stood up to leave the chamber, be-

fore turning around and shaking

Bennett’s hand.

A dejected Netanyahu, wearing

a black medical mask, then sat

down in the opposition leader’s

chair.

Sunday’s vote, passed by a 60-59

margin, ended a two-year cycle of

political paralysis in which the

country held four elections.

The eight parties, including a

small Arab faction that is making

history by sitting in the ruling coa-

lition, are united in their opposi-

tion to Netanyahu and new elec-

tions but agree on little else. They

are likely to pursue a modest agen-

da that seeks to reduce tensions

with the Palestinians and maintain

good relations with the U.S. with-

out launching any major initia-

tives.

Netanyahu, who is on trial for

corruption, remains the head of

the largest party in parliament and

is expected to vigorously oppose

the new government.

If just one faction bolts, it could

lose its majority and would be at

risk of collapse, giving him an

opening to return to power.

The country’s deep divisions

were on vivid display as Bennett

addressed parliament ahead of the

vote. He was repeatedly interrupt-

ed and loudly heckled by support-

ers of Netanyahu, several of whom

were escorted out of the chamber.

Bennett’s speech mostly

dwelled on domestic issues, but he

expressed opposition to U.S. ef-

forts to revive Iran’s nuclear deal

with world powers.

“Israel will not allow Iran to arm

itself with nuclear weapons,” Ben-

nett said, vowing to maintain Neta-

nyahu’s confrontational policy.

“Israel will not be a party to the

agreement and will continue to

preserve full freedom of action.”

Bennett nevertheless thanked

President Joe Biden and the U.S.

for its decades of support for Is-

rael.

Israel vote ends12-year rule of Netanyahu

BY JOSEPH KRAUSS

Associated Press

ARIEL SCHALIT/AP

Israeli protesters dance and cheer during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem, on Saturday. Israel's parliament narrowly voted infavor of a new coalition government Sunday, ending Netanyahu's rule.

TOKYO — Americans Michael Taylor and

his son, Peter Taylor, go on trial in Tokyo on

Monday on charges they helped Nissan’s for-

mer chairman, Carlos Ghosn, skip bail and flee

to Lebanon in December 2019.

■ How did the Taylors end up in Japan?

The Taylors were arrested in Massachusetts

in May 2020 and extradited to Japan in March.

They have not been released on bail and are not

available for comment, which is standard in

Japan. They were formally charged in March

with helping a criminal escape. Michael Tay-

lor, a former Green Beret, told The Associated

Press while still in the U.S. that Peter was not in

Japan when Ghosn fled the country. The elder

Taylor has helped parents rescue abducted

children, gone undercover for the FBI and

worked as a contractor for the U.S. military in

Iraq and Afghanistan.

■ What happened with Ghosn?

Ghosn led Japanese automaker Nissan Mo-

tor Co. for two decades before his arrest in To-

kyo in November 2018. He was charged with

falsifying securities reports in underreporting

his compensation and with breach of trust. He

says he is innocent and the compensation he is

accused of not reporting was never decided on

or paid. Ghosn says he feared he would not get

a fair trial in Japan, where more than 99% of

criminal cases result in convictions. Japanese

prosecutors say he paid at least $1.3 million to

organize his escape. Ghosn is on Interpol’s

wanted list, but Japan has no extradition treaty

with Lebanon.

■ Escape in a box

Tokyo prosecutors say Michael Taylor and

another man, George-Antoine Zayek, hid

Ghosn in a large box meant to carry audio

equipment, snuck him through airport securi-

ty in Osaka, central Japan, and loaded him onto

a private jet to Turkey. Peter Taylor is accused

of meeting with Ghosn to help with the escape.

Zayek has not been arrested. A U.S. appeals

court rejected the Taylors’ petition to put their

extradition on hold.

■ Court proceedings

The Taylors will go through the Japanese

equivalent of entering a plea before a panel of

three judges. They may also give statements.

They have said they didn’t break any laws be-

cause skipping bail is not technically illegal in

Japan. But Ghosn was not supposed to leave

the country. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Hiroshi

Yamamoto said prosecutors will outline the

charges, but he declined to comment specifi-

cally on the case. Japanese suspects are tried

even if they plead guilty.

The Taylors are held at the Tokyo detention

center on the city’s outskirts.

■ What lies ahead?

English translations will be provided and

media coverage is allowed, but no filming or

recording. If convicted, the Taylors face up to

three years in prison and a fine of up to $2,900.

They also could get suspended sentences and

not serve time. In principle, people accused of

crimes in Japan are presumed innocent until

proven guilty. But the conviction rate is higher

than 99%.

■ Another American

Former Nissan executive Greg Kelly, also an

American, is being tried on charges of falsify-

ing securities reports in underreporting

Ghosn’s pay. He says he is innocent and was

trying to find legal ways to pay Ghosn, partly to

prevent him from leaving Nissan for a rival au-

tomaker.

■ What does Ghosn say?

During the interview in Lebanon in May,

Ghosn told The Associated Press he was eager

to clear his name. He declined to give details of

his escape. Ghosn accuses other Nissan exec-

utives of plotting to force him out to prevent

him from giving its French partner, Renault,

more power in their alliance. Renault sent

Ghosn to Japan in 1999 to rescue the automak-

er when it was on the verge of bankruptcy.

A look at Americans on trial forhelping Nissan’s Ghosn escape

BY YURI KAGEYAMA

Associated Press

AP

Michael L. Taylor, center, and George­AntoineZayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport inTurkey in 2019. Americans Taylor and hisson, Peter, go on trial in Tokyo on Monday onsuspicion they helped Nissan former ChairmanCarlos Ghosn escape to Lebanon.

Hospital attacked bymissiles in Syrian town

BEIRUT — Missiles hit a hospi-

tal in a northern Syrian town con-

trolled by Turkey-backed fighters

Saturday, killing at least 13 people,

including two medical staff, and

putting the facility out of service,

activists and an aid group said.

It was not immediately clear

who was behind the shelling,

which came from areas where

government troops and Kurdish-

led fighters are deployed.

The governor of Turkey’s Ha-

tay’s province, across the border

from Afrin, also said the attack

killed 13 civilians and injured 27,

adding that it involved rocket and

artillery shelling of the hospital.

The governor’s office blamed the

attack on Syrian Kurdish groups.

A war monitor, the Britain-

based Syrian Observatory for Hu-

man Rights, put the death toll at

18. The discrepancy could not be

immediately reconciled.

The Syrian American Medical

Society, or SAMS, an aid group

that assists health centers in oppo-

sition areas, said al-Shifaa Hospi-

tal in the town of Afrin was target-

ed by two missiles. The attack de-

stroyed the polyclinic depart-

ment, the emergency and the

delivery rooms, the group said.

Two of the 13 people killed were

hospital staff and two were ambu-

lance drivers, said SAMS, which

supports the hospital.

From The Associated Press

Monday, June 14, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 13

WORLD

called for a thorough probe into

the cause of the blast in order to

create a “good atmosphere” for

the 100th anniversary of the found-

ing of the ruling Communist Party

on July 1.

“In light of numerous accidents

at companies and on campuses, all

must work together to shoulder

their responsibilities, strengthen

their political comprehension and

root out the causes of such haz-

ards,” Xi was quoted as saying by

the official Xinhua News Agency.

BEIJING — At least 12 people

were killed and 39 seriously in-

jured Sunday after a gas line ex-

plosion tore through a residential

neighborhood in central China.

Responders to the early morn-

ing blast in the city of Shiyan in

Hubei province sent more than 150

people to the hospital, according to

officials quoted by state media.

The cause of the explosion re-

mains under investigation.

Stall keepers and customers

buying breakfast and fresh vegeta-

bles at a food market were the ma-

jority of victims when the explo-

sion hit shortly after 6 a.m., ac-

cording to the reports. The blast

struck a two-story building built in

the early 1990s, which includes

pharmacies, restaurants and other

businesses. More than 900 people

were evacuated from the area.

Images showed rescuers climb-

ing over broken concrete slabs to

reach those trapped inside.

Chinese president Xi Jinping

Central China gas explosion kills at least 12Associated Press

CCTV/AP

In this image taken from a video run by China's CCTV, a firefighterwalks near the aftermath of a gas explosion in Shiyan city Sunday incentral China's Hubei Province. 

MEXICO CITY — Investigators digging

under the house of a suspected serial killer

on the outskirts of Mexico City said Satur-

day they found 3,787 bone fragments, ap-

parently belonging to 17 victims.

Prosecutors in the State of Mexico, which

borders Mexico City, suggested the grisly

finds may not end there. In excavations car-

ried out since May 17, authorities have dug

up the floors of the house where the suspect

lived. They now plan to extend the search to

the soil beneath several other rooms he

rented out on the same property.

ID cards and other possessions from peo-

ple who disappeared years ago were found

at the junk-filled home, suggesting the trail

of killings may go back years.

The number of bone fragments found un-

derneath concrete floors at the suspect’s

home would imply the corpses may have

been hacked into tiny pieces. That could

make sense: the suspect, identified by pros-

ecutors only as “Andrés,” was formerly a

butcher and, in fact, sectioned and filleted

his last victim.

Authorities have not released the full

name of the 72-year-old suspect under

Mexican laws protecting a suspect’s identi-

ty.

He has been ordered to stand trial in the

killing of his last victim, a 34-year-old wom-

an whose body he allegedly dismembered

May 14 with a butcher’s hacksaw and

knives.

He was caught, not as a result of keen in-

vestigative work, but because his most re-

cent alleged victim was the wife of a police

commander whom he knew personally. He

was to have accompanied the victim on a

shopping trip the day she disappeared, so

her husband suspected him when she failed

to return.

The police officer gained access to police

surveillance cameras showing his wife had

entered, but not left, the street where the

suspect lived; the policeman went to the

home, confronted the suspect, and found his

wife’s hacked-up body inside.

Prosecutors said they are still examining

the bone fragments to see if they can extract

any DNA to identify the victims.

Remains of 17 victims found in Mexico killer’s homeAssociated Press

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FACES

Actor Leslie Grace attends the2021 Tribeca Film Festivalpremiere June 9 of “In TheHeights” at the UnitedPalace theater in New York.

EVAN AGOSTINI, INVISION/AP

Like her Nina character in “In The

Heights,” Leslie Grace says she’s

struggled to fit in as an Afro-Lati-

no woman and artist.

“All the time,” the 26-year-old singer said

in an interview with The Associated Press.

“In so many parts of my life I’ve felt that —

not being Latina enough, not being Amer-

ican enough, being first-generation the

same way that Nina is. So a lot of the themes

in Nina’s character, I really related to.”

The just-released “In the Heights” is an

adaptation of the Tony-award-winning mu-

sical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara

Alegría Hudes about the dreams and strug-

gles of the Latino community in New York

City’s Washington Heights neighborhood.

Grace, a Latin Grammy-nominated sing-

er who started her professional career at 16,

was born in the Bronx borough of New York

City to Dominican parents but grew up in

Davie, Fla. Last year, she left the family

home to move to Los Angeles — the same

way that Nina left her dad in their beloved

Washington Heights to attend Stanford

University, where she doesn’t feel that she

belongs.

Grace talked about making her acting de-

but in the biggest Latino movie in recent

history, her experience working alongside

Jimmy Smits and the full-circle moment

the film represents to her family.

Answers have been edited for brevity and

clarity.

AP: You’re not just making your acting

debut in any movie, but in the biggest

possible Latino release. How are you

feeling now that it is finally opening? 

Grace:I just feel so blessed. I feel fulfilled

to be a part of something that not only is so

beautiful and so big and was so incredibly

challenging and fun to make, but that also

gives back and pays homage to the stories of

my mother and my grandmother and my

family, my dad, you know, the people that I

really know that have brought me up and

that have supported me in so many ways.

It’s a full-circle experience for all of us for

so many reasons, but for me it’s really close

to home because of the story.

How did you get the role of Nina?

I had been auditioning for maybe three

years — I kept this little dream to myself,

like a little secret, that I really wanted to act.

And I thought that my first role would be a

guest role as a music artist on some show,

since I was just getting started. Then the op-

portunity for “In the Heights” came along

and I was like, “I need to audition for this! I

need to be a part of this!” It was my first in-

person audition.

We’ve seen you singing, dancing and

acting in music videos. What was the

biggest challenge of doing that now in

such a huge motion picture?

I think that we all felt like Nina: She

doesn’t want to let anybody down. We knew

this was the biggest job that we’ve ever

heard of for a Latino leading cast to tell the

story and tell it in all of its brilliance and

splendor, and also do good on the neighbor-

hood that Lin loves so much. The challenges

for me were to feel like I had something of

value to bring when I’d never ever been on a

movie set, and doing it with such brilliant

people. So you’re overcoming your own in-

securities to see what you can bring to your

character. And then, the dancing. Man! As a

music artist, I’ve done choreography, but

never like this before.

What was it like to work with Jimmy

Smits as your on­screen father?

Jimmy was the best, like I was looking to

my dad. But he is (a father figure, like) el

papá de los pollitos (the father of the little

chickens). He’s Jimmy Smits! ... What an in-

credible person to learn from. It was intimi-

dating, but all that intimidation that I had

internally was met with so much love and so

much generosity and emotional availa-

bility. He really just cradled me. Every-

body did. It was beautiful.

I read that your mother used to

own a beauty salon. What did she

think of the salon ladies and your

salon scene in the movie?

It was another full-circle moment.

My parents had come to visit me on the

set for the first time and something had

changed in the schedule. We weren’t

supposed to be in the salon, but

she arrived just as we were

going to rehearse “No Me

Diga.” So she walks in and

she sees the front desk and

the hair dryers and she’s

like, “¡Este es como mi sa-

lón!” (“This is like my salon!”)

The crazy thing is, this is the place

where my parents’ stories are lived. My

mom’s first salon business was a couple

blocks away from where we were shoot-

ing ... I get to be a part of a story that’s

cherishing my mom’s story, and my

mom gets to witness it by coming to

visit her little girl on set while she’s

living her own wildest dreams.

Full-circle ‘Heights’ momentsSinger Leslie Grace’s acting debut reflects first-generation Latino family’s experiences

BY SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS

Associated Press

Vin Diesel made a mark as the street racer patri-

arch in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, but the sto-

ryline starring his longstanding character will soon

come to an end.

Diesel said in an interview June 10 that the “Fast

and Furious” saga will conclude after two more films

following the upcoming ninth installment, “F9,”

which releases in theaters June 25. He said Universal

Pictures wants to close out the saga in two parts.

The actor said the final two films could potentially

release in 2023 then 2024.

“Every story deserves its own ending,” said Diesel

when asked about the franchise’s future.

“I know people are going to feel like it doesn’t have

to end, but I think all good things should,” he said.

“There are reasons for a finale. I think this franchise

has deserved it.”

Diesel has starred as Dominic Toretto since the

franchise’s inaugural film “The Fast and Furious” in

2001. The movies have become big earners at the do-

mestic and international box office, with the past two

films each making more than $1 billion.

Along with Diesel, the action films have featured

several others including Michelle Rodriguez,

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, rapper

Ludacris, Jordana Brewster, Jason Statham and the

late Paul Walker. In 2019, Johnson and Statham

starred in the franchise’s first spin-off film, “Fast &

Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” which earned

$180.8 million worldwide in its opening weekend.

Director Justin Lin said the idea of finishing the sa-

ga came during a conversation with Diesel, who has

played the leading role in eight “Fast and Furious”

films.

“We got together and Vin says ‘I think we should

think about closing up the saga now,’” said Lin, who

has directed five of the franchise’s films. He will di-

rect the final two installments.

“Nine is kind of the first film of the final chapter,”

the director said. “We’re kind of reconfiguring every-

thing, so that the next two movies should wrap up this

amazing journey for these characters.”

Diesel: Finish line insight for ‘F&F’ saga

BY JONATHAN LANDRUM JR.

Associated Press

UNIVERSAL PICTURES/AP

Vin Diesel says the final two “Fast and Furious”movies could be released in 2023 and 2024.

Here’s your chance to celebrate

Juneteenth with Anthony Hamil-

ton.

The Grammy-winning R&B

icon, known for such popular

songs as “Comin’ From Where I’m

From,” “You’ve Got the Love I

Need” and “Pray for Me,” per-

forms a special Juneteenth live-

stream concert on June 19.

Showtime is 9 p.m. ET and tick-

ets for this one-hour event start at

$9.99, available online at session-

slive.com/anthonyhamilton/tick-

ets.

Hamilton will have plenty to

pick from when putting together

the set list, drawing from a catalog

that includes such gold/platinum-

certified albums as 2003’s “Co-

min’ From Where I’m From” and

2008’s “The Point of It All.”

We are being told, however, that

the singer-songwriter does plan to

perform his newest single — “You

Made A Fool of Me” — for the first

time ever in concert during the en-

core segment at this show.

He will also host a virtual meet

and greet as part of the event.

Hamilton, who made his full-

length studio album debut with

“XTC” in 1996, has reportedly sold

more than 50 million albums dur-

ing this career. He’s also collabo-

rated with Al Green, Buddy Guy,

Santana, 2Pac, Rick Ross, Goril-

laz, DJ Khaled, Chris Brown,

Mark Ronson and other acts.

Anthony Hamilton to performJuneteenth livestream concert

TNS

Anthony Hamilton, shown in2019, will perform hisestablished hits and his newsingle, “You Made A Fool of Me,”during a June 19 livestream.

The Mercury News

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OPINION

Over the past couple of weeks, a

large Iranian navy transport

ship, the Makran, has been lum-

bering through the Atlantic, re-

portedly headed to the Caribbean.

Strapped to the top of this warship is a very

lethal cargo: seven high-speed missile at-

tack boats, probably headed to Venezuela.

The speedboats are of the Iranian Pey-

kaap class, and are typically operated by

the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Nearly 60 feet in length, they can carry two

lethal antiship missiles that have a range of

close to 20 miles in surface-to-surface

mode, as well as a pair of 13-inch torpedoes.

Some reports indicate an Iranian frigate

may be accompanying the Makran and her

cargo.

I know that class of ship well, as do most

U.S. Navy officers. We see them frequently

in the Arabian Gulf, harassing merchant

ships and occasionally challenging our

warships. They are quite dangerous, espe-

cially in a constrained seaway like the Gulf.

What is unique in this situation is that

they are paired with the Makran, which can

function as a kind of 755-foot “mother ship”

to a hostile brood of missile boats, provid-

ing general logistic support, fuel, ammuni-

tion and long-haul communications. After

unloading the speedboats, the Makran can

operate with a large flight deck to operate

helicopters, which would effectively ex-

tend the combat range of the patrol boats

by giving them “eyes” over the horizon.

What is going on between Iran and Vene-

zuela so close to American shores, and how

would the Venezuelans cooperate with the

Iranians in using this sea power?

There have been close relations between

Venezuela and Iran for two decades, initi-

ated by the former Venezuelan dictator

Hugo Chavez. Likewise, the two nations’

navies have cooperated since the turn of

the century. When Chavez died in 2013 and

current dictator Nicolas Maduro took over,

the friendship only deepened. Bitter rela-

tions with the U.S., crippling sanctions,

crumbling economies, harsh regimes with

regional ambitions — Tehran and Caracas,

unfortunately, have a lot in common.

When I was the head of the U.S. Southern

Command in the late 2000s, I was partic-

ularly concerned about Venezuelan irreg-

ular maritime activities directed against

U.S. allies in the region such as Colombia

and Trinidad and Tobago. These included

pressuring commercial fisherman and pro-

viding tacit support to smuggling vessels.

The Venezuelan navy has several poten-

tial uses for the Iranian missile boats. The

most obvious would be to harass Colom-

bian warships, which often operate in the

waters of the southern Caribbean. The two

nations are involved in several territorial

disputes, and Colombia has attempted to

provide U.S.-supplied food aid to Maduro’s

opposition.

Another option is for the Venezuelans to

use the Iranian boats to protect and escort

merchant vessels violating U.S. sanctions

or involved in narcotics smuggling. After

the U.S. seized more than one million bar-

rels of oil from Iranian tankers bound for

Venezuela in August, it seems the Maduro

regime concluded it needed a more robust

scheme for protecting vessels coming in

and out of its ports.

Finally, the Venezuelans could generally

make themselves nuisances in nearby wa-

ters, much as the Iranians do in the Gulf;

the Caribbean is rich with cruise ships,

merchant cargo and larger vessels headed

toward the Panama Canal. They could also

link up with Cuban naval vessels to form an

axis of annoyance across the eastern Carib-

bean.

Whether Iranian sailors will operate the

speedboats or train the Venezuelans to do

so themselves is unclear. Either eventual-

ity is of great concern to SOUTHCOM in

Miami. It already has its hands full with

counter-narcotics enforcement, humani-

tarian disaster relief, medical diplomacy

centered on COVID-19 and, above all, pro-

tection of the Panama Canal and the U.S.

base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Arms transfers by either nation are a po-

tential violation of U.S. sanctions, so inter-

vention may be justified. The U.S. should

take any intelligence it has on the voyage of

the Makran to the Organization of Amer-

ican States, which can coordinate a re-

sponse with America’s partners in the re-

gion.

If the U.S. was willing to seize Iranian oil

shipments for violating sanctions last year,

it should be prepared to take direct action

to stop these small but lethal machines of

war from being delivered to a corrupt and

dangerous regime in Caracas.

Venezuela-bound warship is Iran’s new threatBY JAMES STAVRIDIS

Bloomberg Opinion

Bloomberg Opinion columnist James Stavridis is a retired U.S.Navy admiral and former supreme allied commander of NATO,and dean emeritus of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacyat Tufts University. He is also an operating executive consultantat the Carlyle Group and chairs the board of counselors atMcLarty Associates. His latest book is “2034: A Novel of theNext World War.” This column does not necessarily reflect theopinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.

Current labor shortages might be

temporary as workers re-enter

the labor force over the next sev-

eral months, but the higher pay

they’re earning won’t be, given the tenden-

cy for wages to be sticky. That’s going to

make this economic expansion different

than the last one.

An expansion starting with high wages

and a constrained labor pool will encourage

the creation of businesses built around au-

tomation and artificial intelligence rather

than companies that rely on hiring large

numbers of low-paid workers. This poses

both risks and opportunities for society,

particularly relating to challenges like in-

come inequality.

When business owners or entrepreneurs

are looking to start or expand businesses,

economic conditions matter. And in the

early 2010s, when unemployment was high

and wages were low, it made sense to start

labor-intensive companies like Uber Tech-

nologies and Lyft. They were technology

companies in the sense that they allowed

customers to request vehicles by pushing a

button on their phones. But at the end of the

day, the businesses still required hundreds

of thousands of drivers to give rides to cus-

tomers, who found the services useful in

part because fares were low.

And though we think of the 2010s as being

a decade dominated by technology compa-

nies, the era was disappointing from the

standpoint of productivity growth. Because

there was a large pool of low-paid workers

to draw from, it often made sense to just hire

more people rather than invest in labor-sav-

ing technology. Since worker incomes were

low and not growing very fast, there wasn’t

much need for companies to expand capac-

ity to plan for future demand, hampering

economic growth. It was a chicken-and-an-

egg quandary, which is why the economy

too often felt stuck in a rut.

That’s not the situation prospective en-

trepreneurs find themselves in today. The

average Uber or Lyft ride is 40% more ex-

pensive than it was a year ago, in part be-

cause of a lack of drivers. Companies like

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Amazon.com, and

McDonald’s are raising wages to attract

workers. While we might not get a national

minimum wage of $15 an hour, enough

states and cities and big companies are

moving in that direction that large national

employers might assume we’ll get there

sooner rather than later. A new business

that needs $10 an hour labor to be viable is

no more likely to emerge today than one

needing oil at $20 a barrel.

The new $100 billion businesses built in

the 2020s won’t depend on cheap labor, but

will either be able to pay high enough wages

to draw workers away from other firms, or

be less labor-intensive altogether. In other

words, while technologists have been talk-

ing for years about an economy based on

more automation and artificial intelligence,

we finally have the conditions in place to in-

centivize entrepreneurs and businesses to

invest in it.

The hope is that this will mean everybody

wins. A more productive economy should

always be the goal, and we’re all better off if

a technology like autonomous vehicles en-

ables driverless Uber and Lyft rides, while

former drivers are able to find better-paid

jobs doing something else. The risk is that

service workers enjoy a few years of higher

wages before companies use their new la-

bor-saving technology to throw millions of

people out of work and drive down wages

again, further widening income inequality.

These are the scenarios we should keep in

mind for the rest of the year as we confront

surging wages and inflation fears. We’re in

an unusual period where industry is

swamped with demand while workers have

been slow to return. Companies are still fo-

cused on today’s bottlenecks rather than

planning for the future.

Once businesses and entrepreneurs are

in a position to plan for 2025 rather than just

next week, the focus will move swiftly to au-

tomation and other forms of labor-saving

investments as an alternative to scrambling

to hire workers at higher pay. That’s why

policymakers should stick to their commit-

ment to full employment and not assume

wage increases will be sustainable forever.

To the extent companies have success de-

ploying automation technologies, the battle

for full employment might be just begin-

ning.

Rising wages herald a new era of jobless growthBY CONOR SEN

Bloomberg Opinion

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Conor Sen founded PeachtreeCreek Investments. This column does not necessarily reflect theopinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.

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ACROSS

1 Messes up

5 Corpulent

8 Dutch cheese

12 Blue shade

13 Somewhat (Suff.)

14 “— pity!”

15 Christen

16 Try to grab

18 Vial

20 Faint aromas

21 Lincoln in-law

23 Post-op area

24 Stomach ache

cause, perhaps

28 Bygone jets

31 Altar affirmative

32 Amos and

Spelling

34 Before

35 Proscribes

37 Totally safe

39 Snip

41 Roasting rod

42 Polecat’s kin

45 Clothe

49 Bread baker’s

need

51 Norwegian saint

52 Museo display

53 Sounds of

hesitation

54 Shrek, for one

55 Ticked (off)

56 Singer Carly

— Jepsen

57 Cushions

DOWN

1 Sicilian spouter

2 500 sheets

3 Wheelchair

access

4 Gumshoe

5 Emergency exit

6 Enzyme suffix

7 Spring meltdown

8 Morals

9 Aromatherapy

gadget

10 Starting

11 Red planet

17 Greek letter

19 Barn storage

area

22 Day of “Pillow

Talk”

24 Tease

25 Gilbert and

Sullivan princess

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SCOREBOARD

PRO SOCCER

MLS

Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

New England 5 1 2 17 11 7

Philadelphia 4 2 2 14 9 5

Orlando City 3 1 3 12 8 4

NYC FC 3 2 2 11 13 7

CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9

Columbus 3 2 2 11 7 6

Nashville 2 0 5 11 9 6

Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7

New York 3 4 0 9 10 10

D.C. United 3 5 0 9 8 11

Inter Miami CF 2 4 2 8 8 13

Toronto FC 1 4 2 5 8 12

Chicago 1 5 1 4 4 11

Cincinnati 1 4 1 4 6 15

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Seattle 5 0 3 18 14 3

Sporting KC 5 2 2 17 16 11

LA Galaxy 5 2 0 15 11 11

Colorado 4 2 1 13 12 8

Houston 3 3 2 11 11 12

San Jose 3 5 0 9 11 12

Portland 3 4 0 9 9 11

Real Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 9 7

Los Angeles  2 3 2 8 8 9

Austin FC 2 4 2 8 6 9

Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9

Minnesota  2 4 1 7 6 11

FC Dallas 1 3 3 6 8 11

Note: Three points for victory, one pointfor tie. 

Saturday’s game

Austin FC 1, Sporting Kansas City 1, tie 

Friday, June 18

Nashville at New York Vancouver at Real Salt Lake 

NWSL

W L T Pts GF GA

Orlando 3 0 2 11 7 4

Portland 3 2 0 9 11 4

Washington 2 1 2 8 5 5

Gotham FC 2 1 1 7 2 1

Houston 2 2 1 7 6 6

Chicago 2 2 1 7 4 7

North Carolina 1 2 1 4 6 3

Reign FC 1 2 1 4 2 3

Louisville 1 2 1 4 2 8

Kansas City 0 3 2 2 2 6

Note: Three points for victory, one pointfor tie. 

Saturday, June 19

Reign FC at North Carolina Washington at Chicago 

TENNIS

French OpenSaturday

At Stade Roland GarrosParis

Purse: Euro 16,814,108Surface: Red clayWomen’s Singles

ChampionshipBarbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, def.

Anastasia  Pavlyuchenkova  (31),  Russia,6­1, 2­6, 6­4. 

Women’s DoublesChampionship

Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Sinia­kova  (2),  Czech  Republic,  def.  BethanieMattek­Sands,  United  States,  and  IgaSwiatek (14), Poland, 6­4, 6­2. 

Men’s DoublesChampionship

Nicolas Mahut and Pierre­Hugues Herb­ert  (6), France, def. Andrey Golubev andAlexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, 4­6, 7­6 (1),6­4. 

Nottingham Open

SaturdayAt Nottingham Tennis Centre

Nottingham, Great BritainPurse: $235,238Surface: Grass

Women’s SinglesSemifinals

Johanna Konta (1), Britain, def. Nina Sto­janovic (15), Serbia, 6­2, 6­7 (2), 7­5. 

Zhang Shuai (4), China, def. Lauren Da­vis (14), United States, 6­4, 6­3. 

Women’s Doubles

Semifinals

Storm Sanders, Australia, and CarolineDolehide  (2),  United  States,  def.  AnkitaRaina, India, and Julia Wachaczyk, Germa­ny, 6­4, 7­6 (3). 

Mercedes Cup

SaturdayAt Tennis Club Weissenhof

Stuttgart, GermanyPurse: Euro 543,210

Surface: GrassMen’s Singles

SemifinalsFelix Auger­Aliassime (3), Canada, def.

Sam Querrey, United States, 6­4, 7­5.Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Jurij Rodionov,

Austria, 6­3, 1­0, ret. Men’s Doubles

SemifinalsSantiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Marce­

lo Demoliner, Brazil, def. Maximo Gonza­lez and Andres Molteni, Argentina, 7­6 (3),6­7 (5), 10­6. 

Gonzalo Escobar, Ecuador, and Ariel Be­har, Uruguay, def. Marin Cilic and Ivan Do­dig, Croatia, 7­6 (5), 1­6, 14­12. 

Croatia Open

SaturdayBol, Croatia

Purse: Euro 92,742Surface: Red clay

Women’s SinglesChampionship

Jasmine  Paolini  (3),  Italy,  def.  ArantxaRus (2), Netherlands, 6­2, 7­6 (4).

Women’s DoublesChampionship

Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, and Aliona Bol­sova Zadoinov, Spain, def. Ekaterine Gor­godze,  Georgia,  and  Tereza  Mihalikova,Slovakia, 6­1, 4­6, 10­6.

PRO BASKETBALL

WNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Connecticut 8 2 .800 —

New York 5 4 .556 2½

Washington 4 5 .444 3½

Atlanta 4 6 .400 4

Chicago 4 7 .364 4½

Indiana 1 11 .083 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Seattle 9 2 .818 —

Las Vegas 7 3 .700 1½

Phoenix 5 5 .500 3½

Dallas 5 5 .500 3½

Minnesota 4 5 .444 4

Los Angeles 4 5 .444 4

Friday’s games

Seattle 86, Atlanta 75Dallas 77, Phoenix 59

Saturday’s games

Chicago 83, Indiana 79Minnesota 80, Los Angeles 64

Sunday’s games

Seattle at ConnecticutWashington at AtlantaDallas at Las VegasNew York at Phoenix

Monday’s games

No games scheduled.

Tuesday’s games

Seattle at IndianaChicago at MinnesotaNew York at Las Vegas

AUTO RACING

Detroit Grand Prix

IndyCar ChevroletSaturday

At Raceway at Belle IsleDetroit.

Lap length: 2.35 miles(Start position in parentheses)

1. (15) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara­Honda,70 laps, Running. 

2. (12) Rinus Veekay, Dallara­Chevrolet,70, Running. 

3. (1) Pato O'Ward, Dallara­Chevrolet, 70,Running. 

4. (16) Takuma Sato, Dallara­Honda, 70,Running. 

5. (20) Graham Rahal, Dallara­Honda, 70,Running. 

6. (21) Santino Ferrucci, Dallara­Honda,70, Running. 

7.  (2)  Alexander  Rossi,  Dallara­Honda,70, Running. 

8.  (11)  Scott  Dixon,  Dallara­Honda,  70,Running. 

9. (4) Ed Jones, Dallara­Honda, 70, Run­ning. 

10. (5) Josef Newgarden, Dallara­Chev­rolet, 70, Running. 

11.  (10)  Sebastien  Bourdais,  Dallara­Chevrolet, 70, Running. 

12. (9) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara­Chevro­let, 70, Running. 

13.  (17)  Conor  Daly,  Dallara­Chevrolet,70, Running. 

14. (6) Colton Herta, Dallara­Honda, 70,Running. 

15.  (25)  Alex  Palou,  Dallara­Honda,  70,Running. 

16. (19) Jack Harvey, Dallara­Honda, 70,Running. 

17. (13) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara­Hon­da, 70, Running. 

18.  (24)  Dalton  Kellett,  Dallara­Chevro­let, 69, Running. 

19. (23) Scott McLaughlin, Dallara­Chev­rolet, 67, Running. 

20. (7) Will Power, Dallara­Chevrolet, 67,Running. 

21. (8) Ryan Hunter­Reay, Dallara­Hon­da, 65, Running. 

22. (18) Max Chilton, Dallara­Chevrolet,65, Running. 

23. (3) Romain Grosjean, Dallara­Honda,63, Did not finish. 

24. (22) Jimmie Johnson, Dallara­Honda,49, Did not finish. 

25. (14) Felix Rosenqvist, Dallara­Chev­rolet, 23, Did not finish. 

Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 93.509mph. 

Time of Race: 01:45:33.1123. Margin of Victory: 1.7290 seconds. Cautions: 2 for 9 laps. Lead Changes: 10 among 8 drivers. 

Alsco Uniforms 250

NASCAR-Xfinity Saturday

At Texas Motor SpeedwayFort Worth, Texas.

Lap length: 1.50 miles(Start position in parentheses)

1.  (14)  Kyle  Busch,  Toyota,  171  laps,  0points. 

2. (16) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 171, 44. 3. (4) Austin Cindric, Ford, 171, 52. 4. (5) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, 171, 51. 5. (3) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 171, 39. 6. (1) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 171, 40. 7. (30) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 171, 37. 8. (19) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 171, 29. 9. (2) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 171, 34. 10. (6) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 171, 31. 11. (9) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 171, 26. 12. (12) Riley Herbst, Ford, 171, 27. 13.  (7)  Brandon  Brown,  Chevrolet,  171,

24. 14. (20) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 171,

23. 15.  (22)  Landon  Cassill,  Chevrolet,  171,

22. 16. (13) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, 171, 21. 17. (11) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 171, 20. 18. (10) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 171, 19. 19. (28) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 171, 21. 20. (31) David Starr, Toyota, 171, 17. 21. (36) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet,

171, 16. 22. (38) Ronnie Bassett Jr, Ford, 171, 15. 23. (34) Brandon Gdovic, Toyota, 171, 14. 24. (15) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 171, 13. 25. (27) Garrett Smithley, Toyota, 171, 12. 26. (24) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 171, 11. 27. (40) Matt Jaskol, Toyota, 168, 10. 28. (26) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 167, 9. 29. (25) Jesse Little, Toyota, 166, 8. 30.  (18)  Harrison  Burton,  Toyota,  acci­

dent, 163, 16. 31. (35) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, 162, 6. 32. (8) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 159, 5. 33.  (17)  Myatt  Snider,  Chevrolet,  acci­

dent, 156, 4. 34. (32) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 120,

0. 35. (37) Stefan Parsons, Ford, accident,

110, 2. 36. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, ac­

cident, 107, 1. 37.  (29)  Kyle  Weatherman,  Chevrolet,

fuelpump, 100, 1. 38. (23) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, acci­

dent, 89, 1. 39. (21) Tanner Berryhill, Chevrolet, acci­

dent, 88, 1. 40. (39) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, electri­

cal, 0, 0. 

Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 107.771mph. 

Time of Race: 2  hours,  22  minutes,  48seconds. 

Margin of Victory: 0.433 seconds. Caution Flags: 10 for 52 laps. Lead Changes: 14 among 8 drivers. Lap Leaders: A.Allmendinger  0­8;

B.Jones 9­24; K.Busch 25­28; A.Cindric 29­42.

Saturday’s transactionsBASEBALL

Major League BaseballAmerican League

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled  RHPTriston  McKenzie  from  Columbus  (Tri­ple­A East). Optioned LHP Kyle Nelson toColumbus.

DETROIT TIGERS — Placed  3B  JeimerCandelario  on  the  10­day  IL.  Optioned  CWilson Ramos to Lakeland (Low­A South­east) on a rehab assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Traded  RHPHunter Strickland to Milwaukee Brewersfor cash.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Transferred RHPLuis Severino from Tampa (Low­A South­east) to Hudson Valley (High­A East) for arehab  assignment.  Reinstated  LHP  ZackBritton from the 60­day IL. Designated INFMike Ford for assignment. Optioned RHPBrooks  Kriske  to  Scranton/Wilkes­Barre(Triple­A East).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated  INFDylan Moore from the 10­day IL. RecalledRHP  Yohan  Ramirez  from  Tacoma  (Tri­ple­A West). Optioned OF Dillon Thomasand INF Donovan Walton to Tacoma. As­signed C Jacob Nottingham outright to Ta­coma.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned LHP RyanSherriff to Durham (Triple­A East).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Reinstated LHPTayler  Saucedo  to  the  active  roster  andmade  him  available  for  today’s  game.Transferred RHP A.J. Cole from the 10­dayIL to the 60­day IL. Optioned RHP JeremyBeasley to Buffalo (Triple­A East).

National LeagueCHICAGO CUBS — Recalled RHP Trevor

Megill from Iowa (Triple­A East). OptionedRHP Kohl Stewart to Iowa.

CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled RHP TonySantillan from Louisville (Triple­A East).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned RHPMitch  White  to  Oklahoma  City  (Triple­AWest). Selected the contract of 3B AndyBurns  from  Oklahoma  City.  DesignatedRHP  Dennis  Santana  for  assignment.Placed INF Max Muncy on the 10+day IL.Recalled  OF  Luke  Raley  from  Oklahoma

City (Triple­A West).MIAMI MARLINS — Placed  LHP  Trevor

Rogers on the 10­day injured list. Selectedthe contract of RHP Preston Guilmet fromJacksonville  (Triple­A  East).  Signed  OFZack Zenner to a minor league contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Transferred 3BTravis Shaw from the 10­day IL to the 60­day IL. Placed LF Tyrone Taylor on the 10­day IL, retroactive to June 11. Recalled 2BTim Lopes from Nashville (Triple­A East).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled RHPEnyel  De  Los  Santos  from  Lehigh  Valley(Triple­A  East).  Optioned  C  Rafael  Mar­chan and CF Adam Haseley to Lehigh Val­ley.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned RHPMitch  Keller  to  Indianapolis  (Triple­AEast). Placed RHP Trevor Cahill on the 10­day  IL.  Recalled  RHPs  Geoff  Hartlieb  32)and Wil Crowe Indianapolis.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Signed LHP Ke­vin McGovern and RHP Cory Thompson tominor league contracts.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RF BrianO’Grady to El Paso (Triple­A West). Rein­stated CF Trent Grisham from the 10­dayIL.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — ReinstatedOF Mike Yastrzemski  from the 10­day  ILand selected him as the 27th man for to­day’s doubleheader. Reinstated C Curt Ca­sali from the 10­day IL. Optioned C Chad­wick  Tromp  to  Sacramento  (Triple­AWest).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — ReinstatedRHP Erick Fedde from the IL. Selected thecontracts of RHP Jefry Rodriguez and RHPAndres  Machado  from  Rochester  (Tri­ple­A East) and selected Machado as the27th  man  for  today’s  doubleheader.  Op­tioned OF Yadiel Hernandez to Rochester.Placed RHP Daniel Hudson on the 10­dayIL, retroactive to June 10. Transferred RHPWill Harris from the 10­day IL to the 60­dayIL.

BASKETBALLWomen’s National Basketball

AssociationMINNESOTA LYNX — Signed G Layshia

Clarendon to a remainder of season con­tract.

DEALS

COLLEGE BASEBALL

NCAA Division I Super Regionals

Best of threex-if necessary

At Baum-Walker StadiumFayetteville, Ark.

Friday: No. 1 Arkansas 21, N.C. State 2Saturday: N.C. State 6, No. 1 Arkansas 5Sunday: N.C. State vs. No. 1 Arkansas

At UFCU DischFalk FieldAustin, Texas

Saturday: Texas 4, South Florida 3Sunday: South Florida vs. No. 2 Texasx-Monday: South Florida vs. No. 2 Texas

At Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tenn.

Saturday: No. 3 Tennessee 4, LSU 2Sunday: LSU vs. No. 3 Tennesseex-Monday: LSU vs. No. 3 Tennessee

At Hawkins FieldNashville, Tenn.

Friday: No.  4  Vanderbilt  2,  No.  13  EastCarolina 0

Saturday: No. 4 Vanderbilt 4, No. 13 EastCarolina 1, Vanderbilt advances

At Hi Corbett FieldTucson, Ariz.

Friday: No. 5 Arizona 9, No. 12 Mississippi3

Saturday: No. 12 Mississippi 12, No. 5 Ari­zona 3

Sunday: No. 12 Mississippi vs. No. 5 Ari­zona

At Founders ParkColumbia, S.C.

Saturday: �Dallas Baptist 6, Virginia 5Sunday: �Dallas �Baptist �vs. Virginia, Noonx-Monday: �Dallas Baptist vs. Virginia

Dudy Noble FieldStarkville, Miss.

Saturday: No. 7 Mississippi St. 9, No. 10Notre Dame 8

Sunday: No. 10 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Mis­sissippi St.

x-Monday: No. 10 Notre Dame vs. No. 7Mississippi St.

At Dan Law FieldLubbock, Texas

Friday: No.  9  Stanford  15,  No.  8  TexasTech 3

Saturday: No. 9 Stanford 9, No. 8 TexasTech 0, Stanford advances

Palmetto Championship

PGA TourSaturday

At Congaree Golf ClubRidgeland, S.C.

Yardage: 7,655; Par: 71Purse: $7.3 Million

Third Round suspended due to inclementweather (4 player DNF)

Garrick Higgo 68-69-68—205 -8 Bo Van Pelt 69-71-66—206 -7 Tyrrell Hatton 71-68-67—206 -7 Danny Lee 67-73-67—207 -6 Luke Donald 71-69-67—207 -6 Jhonattan Vegas 66-72-69—207 -6 Doc Redman 65-72-70—207 -6 Pat Perez 70-66-71—207 -6 Seamus Power 70-66-71—207 -6 David Lipsky 71-70-67—208 -5 Scott Harrington 70-71-67—208 -5 Wes Roach 64-77-67—208 -5 Hudson Swafford 68-70-70—208 -5 Rob Oppenheim 69-68-71—208 -5 Erik van Rooyen 65-71-72—208 -5 Rhein Gibson 70-71-68—209 -4 Satoshi Kodaira 69-72-68—209 -4 Sam Ryder 67-74-68—209 -4 Kevin Chappell 68-72-69—209 -4 Ian Poulter 68-72-69—209 -4 Austin Cook 70-69-70—209 -4 Chez Reavie 67-69-73—209 -4 Bryson Nimmer 68-75-67—210 -3 Beau Hossler 71-71-68—210 -3 C.T. Pan 69-72-69—210 -3 Broc Everett 69-72-69—210 -3 Scott Piercy 71-70-69—210 -3 Matt Fitzpatrick 71-70-69—210 -3 Nick Taylor 67-73-70—210 -3 Patrick Rodgers 67-70-73—210 -3 Wilco Nienaber 68-68-74—210 -3 Joseph Bramlett 71-72-68—211 -2 Aaron Baddeley 70-73-68—211 -2 Robby Shelton 72-71-68—211 -2 Ben Taylor 72-70-69—211 -2 Bill Haas 71-70-70—211 -2 Ryan Armour 71-69-71—211 -2 Davis Thompson 71-69-71—211 -2 Vaughn Taylor 67-72-72—211 -2 Henrik Norlander 70-68-73—211 -2 Anirban Lahiri 69-73-70—212 -1 Chase Seiffert 70-71-71—212 -1

Mediheal Championship

LPGA TourSaturday

At Lake Merced Golf ClubDaly City, Calif.

Purse: $1.5 millionYardage: 6,589; Par: 72

Third RoundMin Lee 70-69-68—207 -9 Matilda Castren 71-69-69—209 -7 Lauren Kim 69-69-71—209 -7 Albane Valenzuela 68-74-68—210 -6 A Lim Kim 72-69-69—210 -6 Lindsey Weaver 73-69-69—211 -5 Jenny Shin 72-69-70—211 -5 Jennifer Kupcho 69-72-70—211 -5

Jenny Coleman 71-69-71—211 -5 Danielle Kang 71-66-74—211 -5 Lydia Ko 72-70-70—212 -4 Ashleigh Buhai 71-71-70—212 -4 Lucy Li 71-71-70—212 -4 Yealimi Noh 72-69-71—212 -4 Patty Tavatanakit 70-71-71—212 -4 Leona Maguire 65-73-74—212 -4 So Yeon Ryu 73-73-67—213 -3 Mina Harigae 73-71-69—213 -3 Lexi Thompson 71-72-70—213 -3 Min Seo Kwak 71-71-71—213 -3 Angel Yin 72-69-72—213 -3 Jane Park 69-71-73—213 -3 Cydney Clanton 75-71-68—214 -2 Ryann O'Toole 73-71-70—214 -2 Inbee Park 69-75-70—214 -2 Hannah Green 72-71-71—214 -2 Annie Park 72-70-72—214 -2 Jasmine Suwannapura 66-76-72—214 -2 Charley Hull 73-68-73—214 -2 Da Yeon Lee 69-72-73—214 -2 Alison Lee 68-72-74—214 -2

American Family Insurance

Championship

Champions TourSaturday

At University Ridge Golf CourseMadison, Wis.

Purse: $2.4 millionYardage: 7,083; Par: 72

Second RoundMiguel Angel Jiménez 65-69—134 -10Fred Couples 68-67—135 -9Retief Goosen 68-68—136 -8Jerry Kelly 67-69—136 -8Jim Furyk 68-68—136 -8Jay Haas 70-67—137 -7Stephen Leaney 70-67—137 -7Robert Karlsson 69-68—137 -7John Senden 71-67—138 -6Dicky Pride 70-68—138 -6Rod Pampling 69-69—138 -6Brandt Jobe 69-70—139 -5Tom Gillis 71-69—140 -4Marco Dawson 71-69—140 -4Kenny Perry 70-70—140 -4Colin Montgomerie 68-72—140 -4Ken Tanigawa 68-72—140 -4Paul Goydos 72-69—141 -3Tom Byrum 72-69—141 -3David Toms 70-71—141 -3Scott Dunlap 69-72—141 -3Ken Duke 69-72—141 -3Woody Austin 72-70—142 -2Rocco Mediate 72-70—142 -2Mike Weir 72-70—142 -2Doug Barron 74-68—142 -2Steve Stricker 70-72—142 -2Wes Short, Jr. 68-74—142 -2Billy Andrade 72-71—143 -1David McKenzie 72-71—143 -1Joe Durant 70-73—143 -1Bernhard Langer 70-73—143 -1Skip Kendall 72-72—144 EErnie Els 72-72—144 E

GOLF

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NBA PLAYOFFS

PlayoffsCONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-seven)x-if necessary

Eastern ConferenceBrooklyn 2, Milwaukee 1

Brooklyn 115, Milwaukee 107Brooklyn 125, Milwaukee 86Milwaukee 86, Brooklyn 83Sunday: at MilwaukeeTuesday: at Brooklynx-Thursday: at Milwaukeex-Saturday, June 19: at Brooklyn

Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1Atlanta 128, Philadelphia, 124Philadelphia 118, Atlanta 102Philadelphia 127, Atlanta 111Monday: at AtlantaWednesday: at Philadelphiax-Friday: at Atlantax-Sunday, June 20: at Philadelphia

Western ConferencePhoenix 3, Denver 0

Phoenix 122, Denver 105Phoenix 123, Denver 98Phoenix 116, Denver 102Sunday: at Denverx-Tuesday: at Phoenixx-Thursday: at Denverx-Sunday, June 20: at Phoenix

Utah 2, L.A. Clippers 1Utah 112, L.A. Clippers 109Utah 117, L.A. Clippers 111Saturday: �L.A. Clippers 132, Utah 106Monday: at L.A. ClippersWednesday: at Utahx-Friday, June 18: at L.A. Clippersx-Sunday, June 20: at Utah

Scoreboard

LOS ANGELES — Clippers coach Ty-

ronn Lue was looking for a prime per-

formance from Paul George and Kawhi

Leonard. They delivered Grade A

games to get Los Angeles back into its

second-round series against the Utah

Jazz.

Leonard scored 34 points and George

added 31 in the Clippers’ 132-106 victory

in Game 3 on Saturday night. It is the

second time both have scored at least 30

in the same playoff game, and helped

No. 4 seed LA cut top-seeded Utah’s se-

ries lead to 2-1.

“We know that they are two of the best

in the league,” Lue said. “Like I said yes-

terday, I don’t go to Mastro’s to order the

ketchup. I go to order the steak.”

George shot only 34.3% from the field

in the first two games but was 12 of 24,

including 6 of 10 on three-pointers. He

had 13 points in the second quarter,

eight during a 13-2 run when LA seized

control and took a 57-41 advantage with

2:54 remaining.

Leonard scored 24 points in the sec-

ond half. It is his fourth career postsea-

son game with at least 30 points, 10 re-

bounds and five assists. Three have

come in his two seasons with the Clip-

pers. The big nights from Leonard and

George helped offset another high-scor-

ing game from Donovan Mitchell. The

guard led the Jazz with 30 points.

MARK J. TERRILL/AP

The Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard, right, is defended by Utah’s Miye Oni during Game 3 of their second­round series, Saturday, in Los Angeles. 

Clippers take Game 3George, Leonard combine for 65 points in crucial win over Jazz

BY JOE REEDY

Associated Press

MARK J. TERRILL/AP

Los Angeles Clippers guard Paul George, left, speaks withforward Marcus Morris Sr. during Saturday’s 132­106 winover the Utah Jazz.

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UFC/COLLEGE BASEBALL

GLENDALE,  Ariz.  —  Israel

Adesanya did not like the way his

first fight against Marvin Vettori

went despite winning in a split de­

cision.

The  crafty  UFC  middleweight

star left no doubt in the rematch,

pummeling Vettori with a flurry of

kicks to the head and legs to defend

his title.

Adesanya dominated Vettori at

UFC 263 Saturday night, earning a

unanimous decision to remain un­

defeated in the middleweight divi­

sion.

“I’m  still  the  king,”  Adesanya

said.

Adesanya (21­1) kept out of re­

ach  from  Vettori’s  powerful

punches most of the night and used

his  feet  effectively,  keeping  the

Italian fighter off balance. The Ni­

geria­born New Zealander won 50­

45 on all three judges’ scorecards

in  the  third  full­capacity  UFC

event.

Adesanya  lost  to  light  heavy­

weight champion Jan Blachowicz

in his last fight while trying to add a

second title belt, but remains un­

defeated as a middleweight.

“Adesanya is unbelievable and

he  seems  to  be  getting  better,”

UFC President Dana White said.

In the co­main event, flyweight

Brandon Moreno (19­5­2) became

the first Mexican­born champion

in UFC history, using a rear naked

choke in the third round in a re­

match against Deiveson Figueire­

do (20­2­1).

The two title fights in the desert

were tainted with bad blood.

Adesanya and Vettori fought in

Glendale three years ago, a split­

decision win by Adesanya that left

neither fighter satisfied.

Vettori believed he won, Adesa­

nya thought it was too close and the

buildup to the rematch was con­

tentious, including an off­the­rails

news conference Thursday.

Vettori (17­4­1), as he did in the

first fight, had some success on the

ground in the rematch after a cou­

ple of takedowns in front of a sold­

out crowd. Adesanya wriggled free

and was active with his feet, wear­

ing out the Italian’s front leg while

dodging most of his big punches.

Adesanya snaked out of another

takedown  in  the  fifth  round  and

continued  to  work  over  Vettori

with his feet to defend his title.

“Even when he stood up at the

press conference, I sat down be­

cause  I  didn’t  feel  any  threat,”

Adesanya said.

Figueiredo and Moreno fought

in December, a draw that kept the

title  belt  in  Figueiredo’s  corner

and  denied  Moreno’s  bid  to  be­

come  the  UFC’s  first  Mexican­

born champion.

Like Adesanya and Vettori, the

two flyweights verbally jabbed at

each other in the fight’s  lead­up,

the  intense  Figueirdo  doing  his

best to get under the skin of the

happy­go­lucky Moreno.

Moreno, the No. 1 flyweight con­

tender,  went  after  the  Brazilian

from the start in the rematch, stun­

ning him with a big shot in the first

round. He reversed a takedown in

the second round and  forced Fi­

gueiredo  to submit with a choke

2½ minutes into the third, sending

roars echoing off the rafters.

Figueiredo  put  the  bad  blood

aside after the fight, hugging then

picking up the emotional Moreno

to the delight of the crowd.

“I can’t believe it,” Moreno said.

“This moment is very special. I’m

always trying to make  jokes and

play  with  everybody,  but  today

was  an  emotional  day  for  me.  I

started to cry because I felt it in the

bottom of my heart. I worked so

hard for that belt.”

Charismatic welterweight Nate

Diaz — he lit up a joint at the pre­

fight news conference — returned

to the octagon after a nearly two­

year absence and was a massive

crowd favorite, yet a big underdog

by the oddsmakers against third­

ranked Leon Edwards.

Edwards  (19­3)  showed  why

early,  leaving  Diaz  bloodied  by

opening a gash above his left eye —

he previously cut it in training —

and another on the side of his head

in  the  first  non­title,  five­round

fight in UFC history.

The 36­year­old from Stockton,

Calif., still had plenty of  fight —

and showmanship — left in him,

wobbling Edwards with a big left

in the fifth to bring the crowd to

their feet.

“He  was  sleepwalking,”  said

Diaz,  who  fired  up  another  joint

during his post­fight news confer­

ence.

The  Englishman  managed  to

evade Diaz (21­13) over the final

minute and won by unanimous de­

cision, putting himself in position

for a possible title shot against Ka­

maru Usman.

“I feel the world knows what I

deserve  next,”  Edwards  said.  “I

deserve a world title shot next.”

Diaz, who hopes to fight again in

a few months, invited everyone in

the arena to his house for a party

after the fight.

Light  heavyweight  Paul  Craig

opened the main card by dislocat­

ing Jamahal Hill’s arm in the first

round,  winning  on  a  TKO  when

Hill couldn’t defend himself while

being pummeled to the head.

White  said Hill’s  arm was put

back in place after the fight and he

had full range of motion.

‘Still the king’Adesanya pummels Vettori to defend title at UFC 263;Moreno chokes out Figueiredo to take flyweight belt

BY JOHN MARSHALL

Associated Press

Reigning  national  champion

Vanderbilt  and  Stanford  swept

their NCAA super regionals Sat­

urday and became the first teams

to  lock  up  spots  in  the  College

World Series.

Jack Leiter gave Vanderbilt an­

other  stellar  pitching  perform­

ance in a 4­1 win over East Caroli­

na to send the Commodores to the

CWS in Omaha, Neb., for the fifth

time since 2011.

Stanford will be in the CWS for

the first time since 2008 after Alex

Williams pitched a two­hitter and

Brock Jones homered three times

in a 9­0 win at Texas Tech.

North  Carolina  State  bounced

back  from  a  21­2  loss  Friday  to

beat No. 1 national seed Arkansas

6­5 and even its best­of­three se­

ries, and Mississippi State opened

its  super  regional  against  Notre

Dame with a 9­8 win.

No. 2 Texas posted a 4­3 walk­

off victory against South Florida,

No. 3 Tennessee defeated LSU 4­2

in an all­SEC super regional and

Dallas Baptist moved within a win

of its first CWS appearance after

beating Virginia 6­5.

No. 12 Mississippi avoided elim­

ination and tied its series with No.

5 Arizona by cruising to a 12­3 vic­

tory.

Leiter, who along with Kumar

Rocker  forms  the  most  vaunted

1­2 pitching tandem in the coun­

try, went seven innings and limit­

ed East Carolina (44­17) to a single

and Josh Moylan’s homer.

Rocker and Leiter combined for

21 strikes and allowed one run on

five hits and six walks in 14 1⁄�3 in­

nings for Vandy (45­15) in the su­

per regional.

“This is why you come to Van­

derbilt,  for  moments  like  this,”

said Leiter, son of retired longtime

major  league  pitcher  Al  Leiter.

“The  season  would  have  felt  in­

complete if we hadn’t made it this

far.”

Williams,  like  Branden  Beck

did on Friday, handcuffed one of

the nation’s top offensive teams in

Texas Tech. The Red Raiders had

a total of three runs and nine hits

in the two games. Williams struck

out 10 and walked one in his first

complete game of the season and

second of his career.

Jones homered  in  the  first  in­

ning, hit a grand slam in the sixth

and went deep again in the eighth.

Tommy Troy also homered for the

Cardinal.

“I think we’re going to shock the

world again,” Jones said. “We’re

not satisfied. We didn’t get here

just to get to a super and just to get

to Omaha. We’re trying to go for

the whole thing.”

Stanford (38­15), the No. 9 na­

tional seed, embraced the under­

dog role for its series at No. 8 Tex­

as Tech (39­17), which had hosted

and won all four of its previous su­

per regionals.

The Cardinal were just 5­11 in

the pandemic­shortened 2020 sea­

son and picked fifth in the Pac­12

in the preseason. It took until mid­

April for them to break into the top

20 of the polls.

NC  State  (34­18)  erased  a  2­1

deficit in the fourth inning against

Arkansas  (50­12)  with  Jose

Torres,  Luca  Tresh  and  Vojtech

Mensik each hitting solo homers

in  a  span  of  four  batters.  Sam

Highfill  and  Evan  Justice  com­

bined to limit the Razorbacks to

four  hits,  with  Justice  getting  a

strikeout to end the seventh with

the tying run on third base.

Logan Tanner hit the tiebreak­

ing homer in the seventh inning

and Landon Sims pitched two per­

fect innings for his 10th save for

Mississippi  State  (44­15)  .  Notre

Dame  (33­12),  the  top  fielding

team in the nation, committed four

errors.

Texas  (46­15)  got  past  upstart

South Florida when Silas Ardoin

reached  on  an  error  and  scored

from first on Eric Kennedy’s fly

that got over center fielder Rober­

to Pena’s head. The Bulls (31­29)

had tied it at 3 in the top of the

ninth when Daniel Cantu home­

red and, with South Florida down

to its last strike, Drew Brutcher hit

a two­run  homer  just  inside  the

right foul pole.

Chad Dallas struck out a career­

high  12  and  Tennessee  (49­16)

scratched  out  three  runs  in  the

sixth  inning  to  take  the  lead

against  LSU  (38­24).  With  one

more win, the Vols will go to the

CWS for the first time since 2005

and send Tigers coach Paul Mai­

nieri into retirement.

Jacob  Gonzalez  hit  a  leadoff

home run in the bottom of the first

to open the scoring and added a

two­run double in a six­run sec­

ond for Mississippi (45­21). Pey­

ton Chatagnier also homered for

the Rebels.

Doug  Nikhazy  (12­2)  gave  up

two runs and six hits with three

walks and 10 strikeouts in 5 1⁄�3 in­

nings to beat Arizona (44­16).

MARK HUMPHREY/AP

Vanderbilt’s Enrique Bradfield Jr. (51) hugs winning pitcher Jack Leiter after Vanderbilt beat East Carolinain an NCAA super regional game on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt won 4­1 to sweep thethree­game series and advance to the College World Series.

Vandy, Stanford head to CWSafter super regional sweeps

BY ERIC OLSON

Associated Press

Monday, June 14, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 21

NHL PLAYOFFS/FRENCH OPEN

Semifinals

(Best-of-seven; x-if necessary)

Vegas vs. Montreal

Monday: at VegasWednesday: at VegasFriday: at MontrealSunday, June 20: at Montrealx-Tuesday, June 22: at Vegasx-Thursday, June 24: at Montrealx-Saturday, June 26: at Vegas

Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Islanders

Sunday: at Tampa BayTuesday: at Tampa BayThursday: at N.Y. IslandersSaturday: at N.Y. Islandersx-Monday, June 21: at Tampa Bayx-Wednesday, June 23: at N.Y. Islandersx-Friday, June 25: at Tampa Bay

Fans gave the Carolina Hurri-

canes a standing ovation after

their team bowed out of the second

round of the playoffs in five games

to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The crowd of 16,000-plus did not

get much to cheer about on the ice

before the final horn sounded be-

cause the defending Stanley Cup

champion Lightning kept the Hur-

ricanes from scoring.

“We’re slowly getting back used

to this, but I think ultimately the

way to try and keep the crowd

down is don’t let their team score

on you,” Tampa Bay coach Jon

Cooper said.

Fans are back at varying levels

for every team left in the NHL

playoffs, and yet road teams are

holding their own, winning just

under half the games played so

far. Players and coaches are en-

joying the warmth and noise of

having fans back after the 2020

bubble playoffs went on in cold,

empty buildings.

With that comes the natural de-

sire to silence a home crowd when

on the road.

“If you take the fans out of it

right away, your squad gets ener-

gy and momentum and that’s the

whole goal,” Montreal defense-

man Joel Edmundson said Thurs-

day. “The crowds definitely help

the home team especially in the

playoffs, so the earlier you can

take them out of it, the better it’s

going to set up for you in the

game.”

While goaltending has played a

major role in the success of visit-

ing teams, the biggest key has

been scoring first. The road team

has scored first in 23 of 32 victo-

ries through the first two rounds

and trailed first in 22 of the 33 wins

by the home team.

“If you can do that, maybe the

crowds get a little bit nervous and

in anticipation and they watch the

clock wind down,” said Cooper,

whose Lightning are 5-1 on the

road. “But (if) you let the opposing

team score goals, all it does is amp

up the energy in the building.”

That energy doesn’t just benefit

the home team. After skating in

eerily silent rinks with piped-in

noise for so many games, any

crowd is a good crowd.

“It’s just really exciting to be

around any crowd just because of

what we’ve been through,” Boston

winger Brad Marchand said.

“Typically in playoff time it’s

tough to go in an opposing team’s

building and be in front of their

crowd, but I think we get excited

for it now just as much as the other

team.”

Which team has the better goa-

lie sometimes makes the differ-

ence. NBC Sports analyst Pierre

McGuire credited Minnesota

goaltender Cam Talbot for steal-

ing the first playoff game with fans

at Vegas and New York’s Semyon

Varlamov for winning a game for

the Islanders in Boston.

“That’s the goaltending thing,”

McGuire said. “The biggest thing

now moving forward will be that

the crowds are electrifying.”

No matter the size. A Canadiens

fan said in a clip that has gone viral

during their run that “2,500 will

feel like 25,000” at Bell Centre in

Montreal, and players certainly

appreciated it.

“When guys step on the ice and

the rink full of fans, oh, my God,

tears in my eyes,” Montreal defen-

seman Alexander Romanov said.

The Canadiens’ next game at ei-

ther Vegas or Colorado with over

17,000 expected in attendance will

be just their fifth game with any

fans in the building this season

and by far the biggest crowd

they’ve played in front of. That’s

quite the adjustment, though Is-

landers coach Barry Trotz won-

ders if the smaller crowd in Mon-

treal will have an opposite effect

on the opponent going back into a

quieter atmosphere.

“There could be quite a con-

trast,” Trotz said. “They’ll go from

packed buildings to very few peo-

ple in the building. That could be

an advantage, I guess, for the Can-

adiens because they’ve gotten ve-

ry used to it.”

Either Trotz’s Islanders or

Cooper’s Lightning will only find

out what that’s like if Montreal

pulls the semifinal upset. Vegas

coach Peter DeBoer knows from

his previous two trips to the Cup

Final that success on the road is vi-

tal.

“If you’re one of those teams left

standing at the end in the Stanley

Cup Final, you’ve found a way to

win all kinds of different ways:

home, road, coming from behind,

leading, closing it out,” he said.

“That’s the beauty of playoff hock-

ey.”

Teams holding their own on the road

DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / AP

Avalanche fans watch as the Golden Knights celebrate in front of some of their fans after a goal by centerJonathan Marchessault that knotted the score in Game 5 of the series on Tuesday in Denver.

BY STEPHEN WHYNO

Associated Press

NHL scoreboard

AP Hockey Writer John Wawrow contributed.

served so flawlessly down the

stretch that he did not face a single

break point over the last three

sets.

That enabled him to complete

his sixth career comeback from

two sets down — and second of the

past week.

Indeed, the International Ten-

nis Federation said Djokovic —

who trailed 19-year-old Lorenzo

Musetti two sets to none in the

fourth round — is the first man in

the professional era to win a

Grand Slam tournament after

twice facing a 2-0 deficit in sets.

Experience could have been a

factor, too.

This was the first major final for

Tsitsipas and 29th for Djokovic,

who also won the French Open in

2016, along with nine titles at the

Australian Open, five at Wimble-

don and three at the U.S. Open.

Of just as much, if not more, sig-

nificance to the ultimate outcome

Sunday: Djokovic entered the day

with a 34-10 record in five-setters

— including a men’s-record 31

wins in Grand Slam matches of

that length — while Tsitsipas was

5-4.

On a sunny and breezy after-

noon, with the temperature ap-

proaching 80 degrees Fahrenheit

(more than 25 degrees Celsius),

Tsitsipas needed just over 100

minutes to grab a big lead Sunday.

A supreme returner and impos-

er of his will, Djokovic grabbed

early breaks of serve in each of the

third, fourth and fifth sets.

Shadows were spreading across

the court as the sun descended in

the early evening and, though Djo-

kovic complained that the artifi-

cial lights were switched on, he

shined when it mattered the most.

Title: Djokovic one win from historyFROM PAGE 24

THIBAULT CAMUS/AP

Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Stefanos Tsitsipas during their finalmatch of the French Open, Sunday, in Paris.

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AUTO RACING/OLYMPICS

OMAHA, Neb. — Caeleb Dressel wants to com-

mand the Olympics the way he’s done at worlds.

Katie Ledecky is seeking to extend her dominance.

Ryan Lochte is going after his fifth — and last —

Olympic berth. A couple of teenage girls have de-

signs on shaking up the veterans. Simone Manuel

and Lilly King are back, too.

After a yearlong delay because of the coronavi-

rus pandemic, the U.S. Olympic swimming trials

get underway looking a bit different. Masks are as

much part of the equipment as suits, caps and gog-

gles, along with frequent testing for COVID-19.

The eight-day meet began Sunday in a tempora-

ry pool inside CHI Health Center in downtown

Omaha, the fourth time the U.S. team has been se-

lected in Nebraska. Michael Phelps began his his-

toric run to eight Olympic gold medals by making

the team at the first trials held in Omaha in 2008.

He retired after Rio in 2016, leaving Dressel to

pick up Phelps’ mantle as the world’s dominant

male swimmer. He had a Phelps-like performance

at the 2019 world championships, winning a record

eight medals, including six gold. At 2017 worlds, he

won seven golds.

“I don’t think that falls on my shoulders alone,”

Dressel said. “Michael was one guy within USA

Swimming, but he wasn’t USA Swimming. That’s

what makes USA Swimming so strong is the team

and as a collective whole.”

In the Phelps’ era, swimmers were essentially

competing for one spot because he earned the oth-

er. Now, things have opened up considerably on the

men’s side.

The pandemic forced several changes at trials,

including reducing arena capacity to half of its

usual 17,560. Cardboard cutouts mix with fans in

the seats. The trials were split into two different

meets, with the slowest swimmers competing a

week earlier to avoid overcrowding. Those who

finished first or second advanced to this week’s

competition, which NBC will air every night in pri-

metime.

“The kids are dying to race,” said Ray Looze,

who coaches Olympic champion breaststroker

King. “I think there’s going to be some world re-

cords that go down because there’s been some peo-

ple that have had to go through a great deal, and

they really, really want it bad.”

Defending Olympic backstroke champion Ryan

Murphy can’t wait to swim in front of a live, loud

crowd after fans were banned from meets during

the pandemic.

“It really does add a level of adrenaline behind

the blocks,” he said, “and it makes us feel like we’re

doing something really cool when people are

cheering, when they’re invested.”

The U.S. trials are often considered more com-

petitive than the Olympics. Those who finish third

— and miss the team — would often be in the hunt

for a medal at the games. Even the biggest names

are worried about getting their hand on the wall be-

cause only the top two finishers earn Olympic

berths. Those finishing in the top six of the 100 and

200 freestyles can also qualify.

“There’s a lot of hype on and you can get discour-

aged,” Lochte said. “So just stay calm and just en-

joy it. Enjoy it and embrace everything that’s going

on around you because this is probably one of the

funnest swim meets in the world.”

PHOTOS BY ASHLEY LANDIS/AP

Above: Five­time Olympic gold medal winner Katie Ledecky, at the women’s 1500­meter freestyle final atthe TYR Pro Series swim meet in Mission Viejo, Calif., in April. Below: Caleb Dressel, also shown at theMission Viejo meet, has been the world’s dominant men’s swimmer since Michael Phelps retired.

Dressel, Ledecky lead chasefor Olympic berths at trials

BY BETH HARRIS

Associated Press

DETROIT — Chip Ganassi tells

anyone who will listen that “I like

winners” whenever one of his

drivers takes the checkered flag.

So when Marcus Ericsson was

hired, he worried the team owner

would see his long losing streak

and question the pick.

Ericsson fixed that problem

Saturday by scoring his first Indy-

Car victory in the action-packed

opener of the doubleheader at the

Raceway at Belle Isle Park.

The Swede became the seventh

driver to win through seven Indy-

Car races this season, and he’s the

fourth first-time winner this year.

It was the first victory for the for-

mer Formula One driver since a

GP2 race at Nurburgring in 2013.

“Chip always says he likes win-

ners and I came here, haven’t won

a race in eight years, I think when

he realized that, he was like, ‘Oh,

you haven’t won in that long? We

need to change that,’ ” Ericsson

said. “I think he’s pretty happy

that I won this race. He wants

drivers that can win.”

Hours after Ericsson celebrat-

ed his win by climbing into the

James Scott Memorial Fountain

and straddling a lion that was spit-

ting water, the Ganassi organiza-

tion completed a Saturday sweep

at Belle Isle.

Kevin Magnussen and Renger

van der Zande teamed to win for

the first overall IMSA victory for a

Ganassi car since 2015. Ganassi

moved down a class in sports cars

in 2016 and won its final race in

2019. The team sat out the 2020

IMSA season.

“Pretty big day, I’d say,” said

Ganassi.

Ericsson benefitted from the

second red-flag stoppage of the

race, this one with six laps remain-

ing. An earlier accident sent Felix

Rosenqvist to a hospital for eval-

uation and caused a 78-minute

stoppage to repair the tire barrier

and concrete wall damaged when

what appeared to be a stuck throt-

tle sent Rosenqvist smashing into

the wall.

Will Power had control and led a

race-high 37 of the 70 laps until the

final red flag, and he immediately

screamed over his radio for Team

Penske to bring him water and a

fan.

His car would not restart when

it was time for the race to resume

and IndyCar waved Ericsson past

him into the lead as Power waited

for a replacement for his electron-

ic control unit.

Ericsson scores firstIndyCar win in Detroit

BY JENNA FRYER

Associated Press

PAUL SANCYA / AP

Marcus Ericsson, right, ofSweden, celebrates with teamowner Chip Ganassi after winningthe first race of the IndyCarDetroit Grand Prix on Saturday.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle

Busch has often said he would

stop racing in the Xfinity Series

when he reached 100 wins. With

one to go, he is waffling a bit on

that.

“So here’s the problem, Joe al-

ready sold me for next year, too,”

Busch said, referring to team

owner Joe Gibbs. “So I don’t

know. We’re going to have to talk

about that.”

Busch got career victory No. 99

on Saturday in Texas, where he

stayed ahead of Justin Allgaier

through two late restarts with

pushes from series points leader

Austin Cindric, the last going into

a green-white overtime finish.

It was Busch’s 10th Xfinity win

at Texas, where he led six times

for 94 of the 171 laps and won for

the second time in two starts this

year — he also won the inaugural

race on the road course in Austin.

He led the final 32 laps, including

the four extra because of the 10th

and final caution.

Busch already had twice as

many as Mark Martin’s 49 career

victories that are the second-

most in series history.

Allgaier led 23 laps, but was

unable to regain the lead despite

being side-by-side with Busch on

three restarts in the closing

stretch.

Texas 10th: Kyle Buschgets 99th Xfinity victory

LARRY PAPKE/AP

Kyle Busch celebrates in VictoryLane after winning a NASCARXfinity Series race at TexasMotor Speedway in Fort Worth.

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS

Associated Press

Monday, June 14, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 23

MLB

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 41 24 .631 _

Boston 39 26 .600 2

New York 33 31 .516 7½

Toronto 32 30 .516 7½

Baltimore 22 41 .349 18

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 40 24 .625 _

Cleveland 34 27 .557 4½

Kansas City 30 33 .476 9½

Detroit 26 38 .406 14

Minnesota 26 38 .406 14

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 39 27 .591 _

Houston 36 28 .563 2

Los Angeles 32 32 .500 6

Seattle 31 35 .470 8

Texas 25 40 .385 13½

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GB

New York 32 24 .571 _

Philadelphia 31 31 .500 4

Atlanta 29 33 .468 6

Miami 29 35 .453 7

Washington 26 35 .426 8½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 37 27 .578 _

Milwaukee 37 27 .578 _

St. Louis 32 32 .500 5

Cincinnati 31 31 .500 5

Pittsburgh 23 40 .365 13½

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 40 24 .625 _

Los Angeles 38 26 .594 2

San Diego 37 29 .561 4

Colorado 25 40 .385 15½

Arizona 20 45 .308 20½

Saturday’s games

Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4Toronto 7, Boston 2Oakland 11, Kansas City 2L.A. Angels 8, Arizona 7Cleveland 5, Seattle 4, 10 inningsChicago White Sox 15, Detroit 2Philadelphia 8, N.Y. Yankees 7, 10 in-

ningsMinnesota 5, Houston 2Texas 12, L.A. Dodgers 1Washington 2, San Francisco 0, 7 in-

nings, 1st gameSan Francisco 2, Washington 1, 8 in-

nings, 2nd gameN.Y. Mets 4, San Diego 1Miami 4, Atlanta 2Cincinnati 10, Colorado 3Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 4Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 2

Sunday’s games

N.Y. Yankees at PhiladelphiaBaltimore at Tampa BayChicago White Sox at DetroitSeattle at ClevelandToronto at BostonHouston at MinnesotaKansas City at OaklandL.A. Angels at ArizonaTexas at L.A. DodgersSan Francisco at WashingtonAtlanta at MiamiColorado at CincinnatiSan Diego at N.Y. MetsPittsburgh at MilwaukeeSt. Louis at Chicago Cubs

Monday’s games

Baltimore (Harvey 0-0) at Cleveland(Mejía 1-1)

Toronto (Manoah 1-0) at Boston (Eovaldi7-3)

Detroit (Boyd 3-6) at Kansas City (Keller6-5)

Tampa Bay (Glasnow 5-2) at ChicagoWhite Sox (Lynn 7-1)

L.A. Angels (Bundy 1-6) at Oakland (Ma-naea 5-2)

Minnesota (Maeda 2-2) at Seattle (Gon-zales 1-4)

Pittsburgh (Anderson 3-6) at Washing-ton (Lester 0-2)

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-6) at N.Y. Mets(Peterson 1-5)

Cincinnati (Gutierrez 2-1) at Milwaukee(Lauer 1-2)

Miami (TBD) at St. Louis (Wainwright4-5)

San Diego (Weathers 3-2) at Colorado(Gomber 5-5)

Arizona (TBD) at San Francisco (Wood5-3)

Philadelphia (Eflin 2-5) at L.A. Dodgers(Gonsolin 0-0)

Scoreboard

PHILADELPHIA — Jean Segura scored Ro­

nald Torreyes with an infield single in the 10th

inning for his second straight game­ending hit

and the Philadelphia Phillies got a third consec­

utive walkoff win with an 8­7 victory over the

New York Yankees on Saturday. 

After Yankees star DJ LeMahieu hit a tying,

three­run homer  in  the ninth, Archie Bradley

(2­1) pitched a perfect 10th to strand the desig­

nated runner.

Travis Jankowski led off the bottom of the in­

ning against Aroldis Chapman (4­2) by reaching

on the pitcher’s error. Jankowski bunted, and

Chapman fielded the ball, checked Torreyes at

second, then hurried a throw high to first. Tor­

reyes advanced to third. 

Odubel Herrera popped out, then Segura hit a

hard grounder to  third baseman Gio Urshela,

who dived toward the line to catch it but couldn’t

relay the ball home ahead of Torreyes. 

Bryce Harper doubled, had two singles and

drove in two for the Phillies, who have won five of

six. 

Gary Sánchez hit a solo homer and had an RBI

single, and Rougned Odor also went deep for

New York, which has lost six of eight. 

Rangers 12, Dodgers 1:Jonah Heim and Nate

Lowe had two­run homers among their three hits

apiece, and Texas snapped its 16­game road los­

ing streak. 

Jason Martin hit his first major league homer

and Willie Calhoun had an RBI triple for  the

Rangers, who hadn’t won away from Arlington

since May 6. The skid matched the longest road

losing streak in franchise history, set by the ex­

pansion Washington Senators in 1961. It was also

the AL’s longest road losing streak since 2010,

and the longest within a single season since 1970. 

Kolby Allard (2­2) pitched five scoreless in­

nings of five­hit ball, striking out four with one

walk.  Isiah  Kiner­Falefa  extended  his  hitting

streak to 10 games with three hits and also stole

three bases for the Rangers. 

Indians 5, Mariners 4 (10): César Hernández

scored on a throwing error by pitcher Paul Se­

wald in the 10th inning, completing host Cleve­

land’s rally over Seattle. 

After scoring three times with two outs in the

ninth to make it 4­all, the Indians loaded the bases

with no outs in the 10th. 

Nationals 2­1, Giants 0­2: LaMonte Wade Jr.

led off the eighth inning with an RBI single that

broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning and vis­

iting San Francisco held on to beat Washington to

earn a split in the day­night doubleheader. 

In  the  opener,  Erick  Fedde  returned  after

nearly a month on the COVID­19 injured list and

pitched five sharp innings that led the Nationals

to a seven­inning win. 

Marlins 4, Braves 2: Zach Thompson pitched

five scoreless inning and earned his first major

league win, leading host Miami over Atlanta.

Adam Duvall and Lewin Díaz hit solo homers

for  the  Marlins,  who  won  their  third  straight

overall and second straight over the Braves to

claim their first home series against Atlanta since

Oct. 1, 2017. 

Athletics 11, Royals 2: Matt Olson had four

hits, including his 16th home run, and host Oak­

land roughed up Kansas City rookie Jackson Ko­

war.

Matt Chapman also connected and drove in

three runs. Skye Bolt added his first career home

run as the A’s improved to 11­2 against teams

from the AL Central. 

White Sox 15, Tigers 2: Dylan Cease became

the first White Sox pitcher to win his first eight

career starts against an opponent in a rout at De­

troit. 

Brian Goodwin homered and drove in five runs

in his Chicago debut. 

Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 2: Marcus Semien hit a

two­run homer — one of three longballs by To­

ronto in the fifth inning — to extend his club­re­

cord road hitting streak to 25 games in a win at

Boston. 

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Cavan Big­

gio and Reese McGuire also went deep for the

Blue Jays, who had dropped four of their last five. 

Angels 8, Diamondbacks 7: Anthony Rendon

homered and drove in four runs, and visiting Los

Angeles rallied from a five­run deficit to deal Ari­

zona its ninth straight loss.

Trailing 6­5, the Angels scored three runs in

the top of the ninth inning off Diamondbacks clos­

er Joakim Soria. Jose Iglesias and Taylor Ward

had RBI singles and Rendon delivered a sacrifice

fly. 

Reds 10, Rockies 3: Wade Miley delivered on

the mound and at the plate, Joey Votto had a go­

ahead two­run single in the third inning and Cin­

cinnati beat slumping Colorado, which has lost

each of its road series this season. 

Tyler Naquin had three hits and Miley was one

of four Reds with two, including Nick Castella­

nos. Votto and Eugenio Suárez also added two

hits each for Cincinnati. 

Mets 4, Padres 1: Marcus Stroman pitched

one­run ball into the seventh inning, Francisco

Lindor hit an early two­run homer and host New

York defeated San Diego. 

Stroman (6­4) pitched 61⁄�3 innings, allowing six

hits and walking one while tying a season high

with eight strikeouts. He took a shutout into the

seventh  until  Fernando  Tatis  Jr.  hit  his  18th

homer. 

Rays 5, Orioles 4: Joey Wendle hit an RBI

double during a three­run first inning and AL

East­leading Tampa Bay handed Baltimore its

record­setting 14th consecutive road loss.

It is the longest skid since the team moved from

St. Louis to Baltimore in 1954. The Orioles drop­

ped 13 straight on the road in 2018 and also in

1988. 

Brewers 7, Pirates 4: Christian Yelich hit a

three­run double during a five­run fourth inning

and host Milwaukee bailed out starter Corbin

Burnes in a victory over Pittsburgh.

Burnes allowed three runs in the first inning,

and loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth. Tre­

vor Richards (1­0) relieved and struck out three

straight to end the threat and preserve a three­

run lead. 

Cubs 7, Cardinals 2: Joc Pederson homered

for the third straight game, Sergio Alcántara and

Ian Happ also went deep, and host Chicago used

a five­run second inning to beat St. Louis.

Kyle Hendricks (8­4) threw six solid innings

for his sixth consecutive victory.

Twins 5, Astros 2: José Berríos threw seven

commanding innings, Jorge Polanco had three

RBIs and host Minnesota beat Houston. 

Polanco homered for the fifth time in 11 games

for the Twins.

Phils earn 3rd straight walkoff winSegura’s 10th-inning single sendsthem an 8-7 victory over Yankees

Associated Press

LAURENCE KESTERSON/AP

Phillies Travis Jankowski, left, Jean Segura, center, and Ronald Torreyes celebrate after their8­7 win in 10 innings over the New York Yankees Saturday in Philadelphia.

ROUNDUP

Talented and tenacious as they come, Novak Djo-

kovic was not about to concede a thing after drop-

ping the first two sets of the French Open final

Sunday in Paris against his younger, fresher foe,

Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Djokovic looked diminished and depleted at the outset.

By the end, he was at his imperious best.

The top-seeded Djokovic came all the way back to beat

the fifth-seeded Tsitsipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 for his

second championship at Roland Garros and 19th Grand

Slam title overall.

Djokovic is now just one major trophy away from tying

the men’s record of 20 shared by Rafael Nadal and Roger

Federer. And reigning Australian Open champion Djokovic

now stands halfway to a calendar-year Grand Slam, some-

thing no man has accomplished since Rod Laver in 1969.

The 34-year-old Djokovic eliminated 13-time French

Open champion Nadal — a challenge the Serb likened to

scaling Mt. Everest — in a semifinal that lasted more than

four hours Friday night.

That was only Nadal’s third career loss in 108 matches at

the clay-court major tournament.

Djokovic also defeated Nadal in Paris in 2015 before los-

ing that year’s final, and it appeared as if the same fate was

waiting Sunday.

Djokovic looked drained early, and the 22-year-old Tsit-

sipas had the upper hand for two sets.

“It was not easy for me, both physically and mentally,”

Djokovic said, “especially over the past two or three days.”

Eventually, though, Djokovic started making fewer mis-

takes, got his best-in-the-game returning on track and

Top: Novak Djokovic celebrates defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in their men’s final match at the French Open in Paris.Right: Tsitsipas won the first two sets Sunday at Roland Garros Stadium before eventually falling to the top­seededDjokovic 6­7, 2­6, 6­3, 6­2, 6­4. It was Djokovic’s second career French Open title.

AP photos

Djokovic wins 19th Slam

34-year-old now just one major title away from matching record of 20 held by rivals Federer, NadalAssociated Press

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