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FACES
Perilous 2018Thai cave rescuefocus of new filmPage 14
TOKYO — Submarines proliferating in the
South China Sea are increasing risks in al-
ready treacherous waters, security experts
said Friday, a day after the Navy announced
an undersea collision in the Indo-Pacific.
The USS Connecticut, a Sea Wolf-class
fast-attack submarine, was damaged Oct. 2,
when it collided with something while sub-
merged in international waters in the region,
the Navy said Thursday.
The statement, which did not describe the
object that was struck, said several sailors
suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Dam-
age to the Connecticut is still being assessed,
but the vessel has been moving on the surface
toward Guam since the incident.
A spokesman for the Hawaii-based Pacific
Sailors man the bridge aboard Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Alabama while conducting operations in the Pacific Ocean onJune 17. A collision involving the USS Connecticut on Oct. 2 in the Indo-Pacific has raised concerns about increased undersea activity
in the region, where U.S. military forces have been present and active in support of allies and partners for more than 75 years.
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Unseen risksSecurity experts: Increased undersea activity in South China Sea raises probability for danger
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The Army is a step closer to
fielding its “Dark Eagle” hyper-
sonic missile after equipping sol-
diers with ground launchers that
would fire the weapon at much
higher speed and with greater
precision than the service’s cur-
rent artillery systems.
The 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Ar-
tillery Regiment based at Joint
Base Lewis-McChord in Washing-
ton state was issued the first proto-
type hypersonic ground equip-
ment, the Army announced
Thursday.
“Today marks an important
milestone in equipping our na-
tion’s first hypersonic battery. …
Now, Soldiers can begin training,”
Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood, direc-
tor of the Army’s hypersonics pro-
gram, said in a statement.
The hardware included a bat-
tery operations center, four trans-
porter erector launchers, and
modified trucks and trailers need-
ed to support the Army’s Long
Range Hypersonic Weapon.
Still missing is the missile itself.
But the Army expects the weapon
U.S. Army
Prototype launchers for theArmy's new hypersonic missileare delivered Thursday at JointBase Lewis-McChord, Wash.
Army fields‘Dark Eagle’prototypelaunchers
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BUSINESS/WEATHER
ROME — Thousands of demon-
strators marched down Rome’s
famous Via Veneto and other
streets on Saturday, some smash-
ing their way into a union office
and clashing with police as they
protested Italy’s new “Green
Pass” vaccination requirement
for employees to enter their offic-
es.
The certification is mandatory
beginning on Oct. 15 and applies to
public and private workplaces.
Both employees and employers
risk fines if they don’t comply.
Public sector workers can be sus-
pended if they show up five times
without a Green Pass. The pass is
already required in Italy to enter
museums, theaters, gyms and in-
door restaurants, as well as to take
long-distance trains and buses or
domestic flights.
The passes show that a person
has had least one COVID-19 vac-
cine dose, recovered from the vi-
rus in the last six months or tested
negative in the last 48 hours.
The protesters first held a noisy,
authorized protest Saturday in
Rome’s Piazza Del Popolo. Then
they left the vast square and
clashed with police as they headed
through Villa Borghese Park and
down the Via Veneto in an unau-
thorized march.
RAI State TV said demonstra-
tors numbered at least 10,000,
while organizers claimed 100,000
people. At least one protester was
injured, RAI said. Among the pro-
testers were proponents of an ex-
treme right-wing group, Forza
Nuova, Italian media reported.
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EUROPE
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Ger-
many — Hundreds of Afghans left
Ramstein Air Base late Saturday
as flights to the U.S. resumed fol-
lowing a three-week pause im-
posed after measles cases were
confirmed among evacuees.
“We really are excited to be fin-
ishing up this herculean effort,”
Ramstein installation commander
Brig. Gen. Josh Olson told Stars
and Stripes. “It’s taken much long-
er than expected but it’s an awe-
some ending to what’s been quite
an effort, quite an opportunity —
the world’s largest airlift for
124,000 people.”
Around 300 evacuees were on
board the specially chartered Om-
ni Air International flight that left
Ramstein, bound for Philadel-
phia.
The plane and personnel who
loaded the evacuees’ luggage,
much of it packed in reusable
shopping bags, were provided by
the 521st Air Mobility Operations
wing, led by Col. Adrienne Wil-
liams. The 86th Airlift Wing, led
by Olson, fed, clothed and shel-
tered the evacuees for the weeks
they were in Germany.
“It’s awesome that we are able
to provide a pathway to a new life
of freedom and opportunity,” Wil-
liams said as she and Olson waited
on the tarmac to say goodbye to
the first group of Afghans to head
to the U.S. again.
“We’re saving lives but we’re al-
so giving them another chance at
life.”
Officials at Ramstein expect to
fly around 1,000 evacuees a day to
the U.S. in the coming days, mean-
ing the roughly 9,000 Afghans who
have been housed in hastily erect-
ed camps at Ramstein and nearby
Rhine Ordnance Barracks should
all have left Germany in a little
over a week.
The first evacuees arrived at
Ramstein at the end of August af-
ter U.S. bases in the Middle East
that were temporarily housing
them reached capacity. Among
those airlifted out of Afghanistan
were American citizens, legal res-
idents, Special Immigrant Visa
holders, and their families.
When the flights resumed, only
a couple of the evacuees in Ger-
many were U.S. citizens, an offi-
cial told Stars and Stripes. He
asked not to be named because he
was speaking in an unofficial ca-
pacity.
The German government origi-
nally agreed to allow evacuees to
remain on U.S. military installa-
tions in the country for up to 10
days.
But in mid-September, flights
were abruptly halted when four
measles cases were discovered
among Afghans who had arrived
in the U.S. from overseas bases.
One case of the highly contagious
illness was detected in an Afghan
child in Germany, who went into
quarantine with her family.
Within days, U.S. military per-
sonnel in Germany began giving
measles, mumps and rubella shots
to the thousands of evacuees stuck
at Ramstein and ROB, both in the
Kaiserslautern area. Tens of thou-
sands of Afghans who were al-
ready in the U.S. were also vacci-
nated.
After the three-day inoculation
drive had been completed, the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention said evacuees in
Germany would have to quaran-
tine for three weeks before travel-
ing on to the U.S.
Germany agreed to accommo-
date the Afghans for longer than
initially anticipated, State Depart-
ment spokesman Andy Halus said
last month.
During the evacuees’ extended
time on Ramstein and ROB,
“we’ve been able to keep them bu-
sy with soccer games, cultural en-
gagement, English classes, and
more,” Olson said.
Bonds have formed, but “the Af-
ghans are very excited to continue
on to the U.S.,” he added.
They have undergone stringent
vetting, said Joe Giordono-Scholz,
aspokesman for the U.S. Embassy
in Berlin.
“Anybody traveling to the U.S.
from here would have the same or
even higher levels of screening
than a normal traveler would,” he
told Stars and Stripes.
As the first evacuees arrived at
the waiting plane on Saturday
night, an Afghan boy’s face lit up
as he walked the few steps from
the shuttle bus toward the Omni
Air International Boeing 777.
It wasn’t the aircraft that had
excited him, though. The young
boy had spotted an airman near
the bus. He broke away from the
group, gave a farewell fist-bump
to the American, and then ran up
the stairs and disappeared into the
plane.
Flights carrying Afghans to US resumeBY KARIN ZEITVOGEL
Stars and Stripes
JACOB WONGWAI/U.S. Air Force
An Afghan evacuee makes a peace or victory sign as he makes his way to a waiting area in a passenger terminal at Ramstein Air Base,Germany, before traveling to the United States, on Saturday.
JARED LOVETT/U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Manuel Villarreal, 691st Cyber OperationsSquadron virtual operations supervisor, offers his patch to an evacueeat Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Saturday.
EDGAR GRIMALDO/U.S. Air Force
Transportation Security Administration inspector Dale Wursten has anAfghan evacuee help take pictures of their family members beforeboarding flights to the United States from Ramstein Air Base.
[email protected]: @StripesZeit
“We’re saving lives but we’re alsogiving them another chance at life.”
Col. Adrienne Williams
U.S. Air Force
PAGE 4 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • Monday, October 11, 2021
MILITARY
A Navy nuclear engineer and
his wife have been charged with
repeatedly trying to pass secrets
about U.S. nuclear submarines to
a foreign country, in an alleged
espionage plot discovered by the
FBI, according to court docu-
ments.
Authorities said Jonathan
Toebbe, who has a top-secret
clearance, “has passed, and con-
tinues to pass, Restricted Data as
defined by the Atomic Energy
Act ... to a foreign government ...
with the witting assistance of his
spouse, Diana Toebbe,” accord-
ing to a criminal complaint filed
in West Virginia and unsealed
Sunday.
The court papers say that in
December 2020, an FBI official
received a package that had been
sent to the foreign country con-
taining U.S. Navy documents, a
letter and instructions for how to
conduct encrypted communica-
tions with the person offering the
information.
The letter in the package said:
“Please forward this letter to
your military intelligence agency.
I believe this information will be
of great value to your nation. This
is not a hoax.”
The FBI then posed as spies for
the foreign country and began
communicating with the person,
suggesting a meeting, but the per-
son said both options were too
risky, noting that they were risk-
ing their life in offering the infor-
mation to the foreign govern-
ment.
Eventually, the undercover
FBI agent convinced Toebbe to
conduct a “dead drop” of infor-
mation in late June in West Vir-
ginia’s Jefferson County, accord-
ing to the charging papers.
His wife, Diana Toebbe, ap-
peared to be “acting as a lookout”
when he dropped off the material,
according to the court filing.
The FBI later recovered the
package Toebbe left behind, and
inside found a 16-gigabyte data
card. The card, authorities said,
“was wrapped in plastic and
placed between two slices of
bread on a half of a peanut butter
sandwich. The half sandwich was
housed inside of a plastic bag.”
The card contained details of
the design, operations and per-
formance of Virginia-class nucle-
ar submarine reactors.
Toebbe and his wife were
charged with conspiracy to com-
municate restricted data and
communication of restricted data.
The couple were arrested Satur-
day in West Virginia and are due
to make their first court appear-
ance on Tuesday.
Navy engineer, wife charged with trying togive submarine secrets to foreign country
The Washington Post
NAPLES, Italy — Twenty pal-
lets of extra donations originally
intended for Afghan refugees
went to two Catholic charities in-
stead in a giveaway by Naval Air
Station Sigonella and Italian air
force officials.
The donations were made
Thursday to an aid organization
and a soup kitchen in Acireale, a
commune of Catania, an NAS Si-
gonella statement said.
Items donated included cloth-
ing, personal hygiene products
and baby toiletries, said Lt. Drake
Greer, an NAS Sigonella spokes-
man.
Working with the Italian air
force and the Italian government,
NAS Sigonella served as a transit
site for evacuees prior to their re-
location as part of the U.S. State
Department’s Operation Allies
Refuge.
“Today’s solidarity initiative
shows the full partnership be-
tween NAS Sigonella and the Ital-
ian Air Force to reciprocate the
great generosity of the Sicilian
community,” said Alberto Lunet-
ta, the external relations director
for NAS Sigonella.
During the evacuations, NAS Si-
gonella hosted 4,283 travelers on
21 flights and provided lodging for
3,187 people at one time, the base
statement said.
As of Sept. 16, 100 evacuees re-
mained at the base. Flights to the
United States from overseas
bases, which were halted for
weeks because of small numbers
of measles cases found among
evacuees, were expected to re-
sume over the Columbus Day
weekend.
NAS Sigonella
Naval Air Station Sigonella and Italian air force officials donated 20 pallets of surplus contributions forAfghan evacuees to local charities in Sicily on Thursday.
Donation surplus for Afghan refugees atNAS Sigonella returned for local charity
BY ALISON BATH
Stars and Stripes
[email protected]: @TMSWatchdog
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban on
Saturday ruled out cooperation with
the United States to contain extre-
mist groups in Afghanistan, staking
out an uncompromising position on
a key issue ahead of the first direct
talks between the former foes since
America withdrew from the coun-
try in August.
Senior Taliban officials and U.S.
representatives are meeting this
weekend in Doha, the capital of Qa-
tar. Officials from both sides have
said issues include reining in extre-
mist groups and the evacuation of
foreign citizens and Afghans from
the country. The Taliban have sig-
naled flexibility on evacuations.
Taliban political spokesman Su-
hail Shaheen told The Associated
Press, however, that there would be
no cooperation with Washington on
containing the increasingly active
Islamic State group in Afghanistan.
The ISIS group operating in the
country, also known as ISIS-K, has
taken responsibility for a number of
recent attacks, including a suicide
bombing Friday that killed 46 mi-
nority Shiite Muslims and wounded
dozens as they prayed in a mosque
in the northern city of Kunduz.
“We are able to tackle Daesh in-
dependently,” Shaheen said, when
asked whether the Taliban would
work with the U.S. to contain the Is-
lamic State affiliate. He used an Ar-
abic acronym for ISIS-K.
ISIShas carried out relentless as-
saults on the country’s Shiites since
emerging in eastern Afghanistan in
2014. It is also seen as the terror
group that poses the greatest threat
to the U.S. for its potential to stage
attacks on American targets.
The weekend meetings in Doha
are the first since U.S. forces with-
drew from Afghanistan in late Au-
gust, ending a 20-year military pres-
ence as the Taliban overran the
country. The U.S. has made it clear
the talks are not a preamble to rec-
ognition.
The talks also come on the heels
of two days of difficult discussions
between Pakistani officials and U.S.
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy
Sherman in Islamabad that focused
on Afghanistan. Pakistani officials
urged the U.S. to engage with Af-
ghanistan’s new rulers and release
billions of dollars in international
funds to stave off an economic melt-
down.
Pakistan also had a message for
the Taliban, urging them to become
more inclusive and pay attention to
human rights and minority ethnic
and religious groups.
Later on Saturday, Doha-based
Al-Jazeera English reported the
talks had kicked off. The news outlet
cited Ameer Khan Muttaqi, the Ta-
liban-appointed foreign minister
for Afghanistan, as saying the Tali-
ban had asked the U.S. to lift its ban
on the reserves of the Afghan cen-
tral bank.
Following Friday’s attack, Af-
ghanistan’s Shiite clerics assailed
the Taliban, demanding greater
protection at their places of wor-
ship. The ISIS-K affiliate claimed
responsibility and identified the
bomber as a Uyghur Muslim. The
claim said the attack targeted both
Shiites and the Taliban for their pur-
ported willingness to expel Uygh-
urs to meet demands from China. It
was the deadliest attack since U.S.
and NATO troops left Afghanistan
on Aug. 30.
Michael Kugelman, deputy di-
rector of the Asia Program at the
U.S.-based Wilson Center, said Fri-
day’s attack could be a harbinger of
more violence. Most of the Uyghur
militants belong to the East Turkes-
tan Islamic Movement, which has
found a safe haven in the border re-
gions of Pakistan and Afghanistan
for decades.
“If the (ISIS-K) claim is true, Chi-
na’s concerns about terrorism in
(Afghanistan) — to which the Tali-
ban claims to be receptive — will in-
crease,” he tweeted following the at-
tack.
Meanwhile, the Taliban on Satur-
day began busing Afghans who had
fled from the insurgents’ blitz take-
over in August and were living in
tents in a Kabul park back to their
homes in the country’s north, where
threats from ISIS-K are mounting
following the Kunduz attack.
ATaliban official in charge of ref-
ugees, Mohammed Arsa Kharoti,
said there are up to 1.3 million Af-
ghans displaced from past wars and
that the Taliban lack funds to orga-
nize the return home for all. He said
the Taliban have organized the re-
turn of 1,005 displaced families to
their homes so far.
Shokria Khanm, who had spent
several weeks in one of the tents in
the park and was waiting Saturday
to board the Taliban-organized bus
back home to Kunduz, said she isn’t
concerned about the growing
ISIS-K threat in the northern prov-
ince.
“At least there we have four
walls,” she said, but added that she
was nervous about the future after
fighting between the Taliban and
Afghan government troops had de-
stroyed her house.
“Winter is on the way. There is no
firewood. We need water and food,”
she said.
Taliban said theywon’t work with USto contain ISIS-K
BY KATHY GANNON
Associated Press
Monday, October 11, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 5
PACIFIC
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South
Korea — Less than half of South
Koreans believe it’s necessary to
reunify the war-divided peninsu-
la, the lowest percentage in over a
decade, according to a recent poll
by Seoul National University.
Roughly 44% of respondents to
the survey conducted between Ju-
ly and August said it is at least
somewhat necessary for North
and South Korea to reunify, said
the poll released Tuesday by the
university’s Institute for Peace
and Unification Studies.
The annual in-person poll sur-
veyed 1,200 people between the
ages of 20 and 74 and has a margin
of error of 2.8 percentage points.
The figure represents the low-
est number of people who believe
reunification is necessary since
the poll’s inception in 2007. The
number of respondents who think
it is not essential has been steadily
increasing, from around 16% in
2018 to 29% this year.
The younger generation played
a major role in the decline in sup-
port, according to university re-
searchers. Nearly 43% of respon-
dents between the ages of 20 and
39 said the South does “not really”
need to reunify with the North,
and 34% said the country does not
need to “at all.”
The generational divide is un-
surprising due to the social chang-
es over the past few decades, said
North Korean studies professor
Park Wongon of Ewha Womans
University in Seoul.
“Younger South Koreans have a
very different view of North Ko-
rea compared to the older gener-
ation,” Park told Stars and Stripes
by phone on Wednesday. “The
younger generation of South Ko-
reans haven’t seen North Korea as
the same nation and ethnicity —
they are seeing the North as a to-
tally different entity.”
The survey also asked partici-
pants the reason for their re-
sponses. Roughly 32% of those
who disfavored reunification cit-
ed “economic burdens” imposed
by North Korea, the highest per-
centage among the survey’s choic-
es.
Seoul is expected to absorb
much of the costs associated with
reunification. Previous govern-
ment estimates started at $1 tril-
lion, which, according to the
World Bank, amounts to over 60%
of the country’s gross domestic
product last year. Former South
Korean President Lee Myung-bak
called for a “reunification tax” in
2010, but the proposal was aban-
doned after facing public back-
lash.
Over 26% of the survey’s re-
spondents cited “social problems
that can arise after unification,”
and 21% said they opposed reuni-
fication because of differences in
the countries’ political systems.
South Koreans are also increas-
ingly pessimistic about the possi-
bility of reunification, the poll
said. Roughly 25% said they be-
lieve it is “impossible” while an-
other quarter think it will happen
after 30 years. Only 1.3% believed
reunification is possible within the
next five years.
The two Koreas remain sepa-
rated after the 1950-53 Korean
War, which ended with an armi-
stice agreement rather than a
peace treaty. South Korean Presi-
dent Moon Jae-in last month re-
peated his calls for formally end-
ing the conflict, which senior
North Korean official Kim Yo
Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong
Un, responded to as a “good idea.”
Poll: Only 44% thinkunifying Koreas crucial
BY DAVID CHOI
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes reporter Yoo Kyong Changcontributed to this [email protected]: @choibboy
AARON KIDD/Stars and Stripes
A reunification banner hangs on a fence near the Demilitarized Zone inPaju, South Korea, on May 24, 2017.
“The younger generation of SouthKoreans haven’t seen North Koreaas the same nation and ethnicity.”
Park Wongon
North Korean studies professor
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South
Korea — North Korea on Thurs-
day downplayed its unresolved
history of abducting Japanese citi-
zens and called for new Prime
Minister Fumio Kishida to be
“discreet about his words and ac-
tions,” days after he raised the is-
sue with the U.S. president.
The abduction issue “was long
resolved perfectly and complete-
ly” after past summits with Tokyo,
North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign
Affairs said in a statement. Ja-
pan’s insistence on raising the is-
sue again is moot, it added.
The communist regime admit-
ted to abducting 13 Japanese citi-
zens in the 1970s and 1980s. Al-
though then-North Korean leader
Kim Jong Il claimed in 2002 that
they were taken by rogue groups
motivated by patriotism, regional
governments widely believe they
were kidnapped by state agents to
provide cultural intelligence on
Japan.
In 2014, North Korea created a
special investigative committee to
track down Japanese citizens in its
country in exchange for loosened
sanctions. Pyongyang dissolved
the group two years later because
of the tense relations spurred by a
North Korean nuclear test.
The Japanese government has
identified 17 victims so far, but
many more are believed to have
been kidnapped. Five were repa-
triated in 2002 following negotia-
tions between the two countries.
Kishida, who took office on Oct.
4, campaigned on raising the issue
during his administration, includ-
ing the possibility of hosting a
summit with North Korea.
He mentioned the abductions
during a 20-minute call with Pres-
ident Joe Biden on Oct. 5, his first
conversation with a world leader.
Kishida asked for “continued un-
derstanding and cooperation to-
wards the immediate resolution”
of the issue, according to a readout
of the call from Japan’s Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. Biden respon-
ded by offering his support.
North Korea said in its state-
ment Thursday that Kishida’s
conversation had an “ulterior pur-
pose” and asked “what he is really
trying to get from the issue.”
“It is most likely that the [North
Korea-Japan] relations would be
set gloomier if the Japanese Prime
Minister makes a wrong start
from the beginning, as it is doing
now,” the statement said.
Japan’s chief cabinet secretary,
Hirokazu Matsuno, declined to
comment on the North’s statement
at a news conference Friday, but
said “we can’t absolutely accept
its claim that the abduction issue
has been resolved.”
The government’s position on
the matter has not changed, Mat-
suno said, and it will continue its
attempts to normalize relations
between Japan and North Korea
through a comprehensive agenda
that includes the abduction issue.
“Abduction is the most impor-
tant issue for the cabinet,” Matsu-
no said, adding that time is of the
essence due to the old age of the
abductees and their families.
N. Korea warns ‘gloomier’ Japan relations amid abductionsBY DAVID CHOI
AND HANA KUSUMOTO
Stars and Stripes
LEON COOK/Stars and Stripes
Commuters in 2018 look at photos of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Koreans in 1977,displayed at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.
PAGE 6 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • Monday, October 11, 2021
MILITARY
The 4th Security Force Assist-
ance Brigade out of Fort Carson, Co-
lo., and the 1st Cavalry Division
Combat Aviation Brigade out of
Fort Hood, Texas, will deploy with-
in the next three months to support
two different missions spread
across Europe, the Army an-
nounced Friday.
The assistance brigade, which is
aspecialized unit tasked to train and
advise partner nations, will support
security cooperation in Europe, the
Army said. Adviser teams from the
brigade will deploy to multiple loca-
tions, which were not identified by
the Army.
The Army’s announcement did
not specify the number of troops de-
ploying with the unit.
“The 4th SFAB provides special-
ized and experienced, purpose-dri-
ven U.S. Army leaders who aim to
increase interoperability in support
of [U.S. Army Europe and Africa]
security cooperation objectives,”
said Col. Robert Born, commander
of the 4th Security Force Assistance
Brigade.
The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade will
send about 2,000 troops to participa-
te in Operation Atlantic Resolve, a
nine-month training rotation in
partnership with more than a dozen
European countries, including Po-
land, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Ro-
mania. Troops will replace the 1st
Infantry Division Combat Aviation
Brigade from Fort Riley, Kan.
“Training to fight and win with
our European partners builds confi-
dence across the globe in NATO’s
combined lethality,” said Col. Reg-
gie Harper, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade
commander.
The training rotations began in
April 2014 and place about 7,000 sol-
diers across the region at any given
time, according to U.S. Army Eu-
rope and Africa.
Army sending aviation and assistance brigades to Europe over 3 monthsBY ROSE L. THAYER
Stars and Stripes
[email protected]: @Rose_Lori
TOKYO — Hovering an F-35B Lightning
II over the JS Izumo in the Pacific Ocean, a
Marine Corps test pilot pushed his control
stick forward and lowered the stealth fight-
er onto the warship’s deck.
The Oct. 3 landing — the first aboard a Ja-
panese carrier by a fixed-wing aircraft
since World War II — “felt identical” to
those on U.S. vessels, Lt. Col. Robert
Guyette told Stars and Stripes in a phone in-
terview Wednesday.
It’s a familiar feeling for Guyette, 41, the
executive officer for Marine Fighter Attack
Squadron 242 at Marine Corps Air Station
Iwakuni. The Phoenix native has flown all
three variants of the F-35 since transition-
ing from F/A-18 Hornets in 2012.
“I did a lot of testing for the U.S. ships,” he
said of the short takeoff, vertical landing
F-35B. Pilots typically hover 40-70 feet
above a ship before touching down, accord-
ing to Guyette.
“It is surprisingly easy,” he said of the
steps needed to execute a carrier landing in
an F-35B. “It’s simply pushing the stick for-
ward to go down.”
Sailors from the USS America amphib-
ious assault ship were on the Izumo’s deck
helping guide Guyette and his wingman,
Maj. Nicholas Dylan, as they landed and
launched their fighters once each.
Conditions off the southeast coast of the
Japan on Sunday weren’t particularly chal-
lenging, Guyette said. There were no high
winds or sea swells.
“I’ve worked with the America crew be-
fore in much more aggressive environ-
ments, such as rough sea and at night,” he
said.
The focus of Sunday’s test was on captur-
ing data for the Japanese, including the
amount of heat generated by the jet’s en-
gines on the Izumo’s deck.
There wasn’t an opportunity to hop out
and tour the ship, Guyette added.
“My focus was on just executing my
checklist and taxiing the aircraft into the
launch position,” he said.
There also wasn’t time to ponder the his-
torical significance of the operation.
“I don’t know that it’s at the Chuck Yeag-
er level, but there was a fair amount of work
that went into making this happen,”
Guyette said, name-dropping the legendary
Air Force test pilot who was first to break
the sound barrier in 1947.
Staff at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and
members of the Japan Maritime Self-De-
fense Force did a lot of preparation ahead of
the landing to make sure the test was effec-
tive and safe, Guyette said.
“As a test pilot, to do something for the
first time and make it look like it’s easy, and
it was because of all the preparation, that’s
pretty cool,” he said.
The Izumo is the latest non-U.S. warship
to host the F-35B. The Marine Corps jets
have been deployed to the Pacific with the
Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth air-
craft carrier, and U.S. jets conducted sea
trials aboard the Italian carrier Cavour this
spring. MCAS Iwakuni aviators have also
been working with Japan Air Self-Defense
Force F-35A pilots from Misawa Air Base,
Guyette said.
Pilot says Japan carrier landing ‘felt identical’ to those on US shipsBY SETH ROBSON
Stars and Stripes
TYLER HARMON/U.S. MARINE CORPS
Lt. Col. Robert Guyette holds up a JSIzumo patch after landing an F35BLightning II aboard the Japanese carrier.
WASHINGTON — Ray Odier-
no, a retired Army general who
commanded American and coali-
tion forces in Iraq at the height of
the war and capped a 39-year ca-
reer by serving as the Army’s
chief of staff, has died, his family
said Saturday. He was 67.
“The general died after a brave
battle with cancer; his death was
not related to COVID,” a family
statement said. “There are no oth-
er details to share at this time. His
family is grateful for the concern
and asks for privacy.”
Odierno died Friday; the family
declined to say where. It said fu-
neral and interment information
was not yet available.
President Joe Biden lauded
Odierno as a “hero of great integ-
rity and honor.” In a joint state-
ment, the president and first lady
Jill Biden recalled that Odierno
spoke at the funeral of their son
Beau, who served under Odierno
in Iraq and died of brain cancer in
2015.
“Ray was a giant in military cir-
cles — dedicated first and always
to the service members he com-
manded and served alongside,”
the Bidens said, adding that
Odierno and his wife, Linda, were
advocates for military children
and families.
“We stand with the Odierno
family and all our brave service
members who were shaped and
molded by General Odierno over
his lifetime of service,” they said.
At 6-foot-5, Odierno was an im-
posing figure. He played football
as a cadet at West Point and re-
tained a lifelong interest in the
sport. Army Secretary Christine
Wormuth wrote on Twitter Satur-
day evening that Odierno embod-
ied the values of West Point and of
the Army itself.
“A leader who was larger than
life, we will remember him always
for his selfless service to our na-
tion and to our soldiers in and out
of uniform,” she wrote.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Aus-
tin, who succeeded Odierno as the
top overall commander in Iraq in
2010, called him a confidant, a
friend and a powerful example.
“Ray was known for his loyalty
— to mission and to his people,”
Austin said in a statement. “He
cared deeply about the troops who
knew him as ‘General O,’ and he
and Linda looked after the fam-
ilies of those troops as if they were
their own.”
Odierno served three tours in
Iraq. After his first, in 2003-04 as
commander of the 4th Infantry Di-
vision, he was criticized by some
for overly aggressive tactics that
some believed fed an insurgency.
At an early high water mark, in
December 2003, his soldiers were
involved in the capture of Iraq’s
deposed president, Saddam Hus-
sein. That success gave hope to
quashing an emerging insurgen-
cy, but in 2004, the insurgency
gained greater momentum and
led to the deadly rise of al-Qaida in
Iraq.
Odierno returned to Iraq in
2006 and served for two years as
commander of Multi-National
Corps-Iraq. In 2008, he took over
as the top overall American and
coalition commander in Baghdad,
leaving in 2010 as combat was
winding down and as President
Barack Obama was adding troops
in Afghanistan.
Army general whocommanded in Iraqdies of cancer, 67
BY ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press
Stars and Stripes
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, center, is seen with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. MartinDempsey and White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, before a White House ceremony in 2013.
Monday, October 11, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 7
MILITARY
to be ready by 2023. The Dark Eagle is de-
signed to fly 3,800 mph and hit targets 1,700
miles away with precision.
The U.S. is in a race with Russia and Chi-
na to develop hypersonic weapons systems
and the Pentagon has stepped up funding in
hopes of getting the edge.
Still, some security analysts say the U.S.
is trailing its adversaries in its development
of the weapons.
On Monday, the Russian Defense Minis-
try said it test-fired a hypersonic “Tsirkon”
missile for the first time from a submarine.
In speeches, President Vladimir Putin
has touted Russia’s advances in various hy-
personic systems as “invincible” weaponry.
The Pentagon has been involved in devel-
oping hypersonic weapons since the early
2000s.
But at the time, the U.S. was heavily in-
volved in Iraq and Afghanistan and funding
for such programs was relatively limited.
That has changed in recent years.
“This is due, in part, to advances in these
technologies in Russia and China, leading to
a heightened focus in the United States on
the strategic threat posed by hypersonic
flight,” a July Congressional Research Ser-
vice report said.
Both China and Russia “have conducted
numerous successful tests of hypersonic
glide vehicles and likely fielded an oper-
ational capability,” the report said.U.S. ARMY
The first prototype hypersonic hardware is delivered to soldiers of 5th Battalion, 3rdField Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade at Joint Base LewisMcChord,Wash.
Launchers: US in race with Russia,China to develop hypersonic systemsFROM PAGE 1
“Today marks animportant milestone inequipping our nation’sfirst hypersonic battery… Now, Soldiers canbegin training.”
Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood
Army hypersonics program director
[email protected]:@john_vandiver
Fleet, contacted by Stars and
Stripes on Thursday, would not
say where the collision occurred.
However, an unnamed defense of-
ficial told U.S. Naval Institute
News it was the South China Sea.
Many Chinese submarines are
operating in the region, although
they are less capable than the nu-
clear-powered U.S. vessels, ac-
cording to Ian Chong, an associate
professor of political science at the
National University of Singapore.
Beijing has at least 57 diesel-
electric submarines and five nu-
clear attack versions, according to
a 2015 report by the Office of Na-
val Intelligence. The fleet is pro-
jected to add 14 more vessels, in-
cluding 11 nuclear attack subma-
rines, by 2030.
At least eight nuclear-powered
submarines that will be acquired
by Australia as part of the AUKUS
pact, formed with the United
States and Britain last month, are
expected to join those operated by
the U.S. and other nations beneath
the contested waters.
A sub-on-sub collision is among
many hazards in the South China
Sea that include submerged
equipment, fishing nets and sur-
face ships, Chong said by tele-
phone Friday.
“There is any number of things
they could be colliding with,” he
said.
The lack of major damage sug-
gests the Connecticut likely wasn’t
moving fast when the accident
happened, according to Chong.
“Submarines are being asked to
perform fairly risky kinds of oper-
ations anyway,” he said.
“In the South China Sea, we are
talking about much more shallow
waters. The risks are higher than
if they are in the middle of the Pa-
cific.”
The moderate to minor injuries
reported also indicate slow speed
at the time of the crash, said New
Zealand-based U.S. security ex-
pert Paul Buchanan.
“It could be that [the Connecti-
cut] was doing some seafloor map-
ping or surveillance,” he wrote in
an email Friday. “The fact that it
did not pick up the underwater ob-
ject with its sensors indicates that
they could have been jammed and
it was running slow but blind at
the time.”
Only China and Russia have the
capability of blinding an adver-
sary’s sonar systems and use it in
contested waters such as the
South China Sea, Buchanan said.
“Seawolf-class boats have ad-
vanced shallow water technolo-
gies, so that suggests that it was
running slow, blind and relatively
deep,” he said.
The submarine accident follows
a pair of deadly crashes involving
U.S. destroyers in the Western Pa-
cific four years ago.
In June 2017, the USS Fitzger-
ald collided with a Philippine-
flagged container vessel, killing
seven sailors in Japanese waters.
Two months later, 10 more sailors
died aboard the USS John S.
McCain when it collided with a
Liberian-flagged tanker near Sin-
gapore.
The Navy said the incident in-
volving the Connecticut will be in-
vestigated.
Risks: Slow speed likely saved sub from major damageFROM PAGE 1
PHOTOS BY JOSUE ESCOBO/U.S. Navy
Sailors assigned to Ohioclass ballisticmissile submarine USS Alabama man the control station whileconducting operations in the Pacific Ocean, on June 16.
[email protected]: @SethRobson1
Lt. j.g. Justin Artis mans theperiscope aboard the USSAlabama.
TIMOTHY AGUIRRE/U.S. Navy
The Seawolfclass attack submarine USS Connecticut returns to portat Naval Base KitsapBremerton, Wash., in 2011.
PAGE 8 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • Monday, October 11, 2021
VIRUS OUTBREAK
SAO PAULO — Bars in Sao Paulo
are full again for evening happy
hours, lawmakers in the capital of
Brasilia have nearly done away
with video sessions via Zoom, and
Rio de Janeiro’s beaches are
packed. Calls for strict social dis-
tancing seem but a memory.
Brazil appears intent on return-
ing to pre-pandemic normalcy,
even as its death toll tops 600,000,
according to official data on Friday
from the health ministry. Relief in
both COVID-19 cases and deaths
have been particularly welcome
given experts’ warnings that the
delta variant would produce anoth-
er wave of destruction in the coun-
try with the second-most victims.
So far, that hasn’t materialized.
The country’s average daily
death toll has hovered around 500
for a month, down sharply from
more than 3,000 in April. Almost
45% of the population is fully vacci-
nated, and a booster shot is being
administered to the elderly. A grea-
ter percentage of Brazilians are at
least partially vaccinated com-
pared to Americans or Germans,
according to Our World in Data, an
online research site.
Improvement has encouraged
mayors and governors to admit fans
into soccer matches, and let bars
and restaurants stay open until the
wee hours. Some are even contem-
plating the end of mask mandates,
which people often ignore already.
Marcelo Queiroga, Brazil’s
fourth health minister since the
pandemic hit, suggested in a press
conference on Friday that masks
should not be mandatory. “Why
would I pass a law to force people to
use condoms? Don’t even think of
it,” he said.
Rio’s mayor has announced
plans to bring back the city’s mas-
sive New Year’s Eve party on Copa-
cabana beach.
Gonzalo Vecina, a professor of
public health at the University of
Sao Paulo, told The Associated
Press in July that delta, which is
more contagious, would cause “a
new explosion” of cases within
weeks. He was hardly alone among
experts sounding the alarm.
Now, Vecina believes the high
number of Brazilians infected earli-
er this year with the gamma variant
— first identified in the Amazonian
city Manaus — may have slowed
delta’s advance.
“That isn’t a conclusion from a
study; it is a possibility we are rais-
ing in the face of what we are see-
ing,” Vecina said. “We are seeing
delta rise in countries that reopened
just as much as Brazil, and our num-
ber of cases is still going down, with
few very particular exceptions.”
Friday morning, on Copacabana
where Rio’s New Year’s party will
take place in less than three months,
activist group Rio da Paz held a me-
morial on its sands to mourn the
600,000 dead, with hundreds of
white kerchiefs strung on lines.
Across town, at a support group for
family members of the virus’ vic-
tims, Bruna Chaves mourned the
loss of her mother and stepfather.
“It’s not just 600,000 people who
are gone; it’s a lot of people who die
with them, emotionally,” Chaves
said in an interview. “It’s absurd
that people treat it like it’s a small
number. It’s a big number.”
Brazilians seeknormalcy; COVIDdeaths top 600K
BY MAURICIO SAVARESE
Associated Press
NAPLES, Italy — Nightclubs
will be allowed to reopen beginning
Monday across Italy for the first
time in more than a year and stadi-
ums will be able to hold events at
greater capacity, following the con-
tinued decline of COVID-19 case
numbers from their summer highs.
The national government ap-
proved the reopening and loosened
many restrictions on concerts and
other large gatherings Thursday.
Nightclubs, discos and dance
clubs can open at capacities of 50%
indoors and 75% outdoors, an Ital-
ian Council of Ministers statement
said.
It wasn’t immediately clear how
the decree would impact U.S. mil-
itary bases in Italy. Over the course
of the pandemic, commands have
taken time to evaluate new rules
before issuing guidance.
However, the commands gener-
ally have followed Italian law and
U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention recommendations.
People who want to visit a night-
club will have to show their green
pass health certifications, or the
CDC equivalent, indicating they
are fully vaccinated.
Those without a vaccination pass
must show a negative rapid antigen
test within the last 48 hours or a
negative molecular test within the
last 72 hours, or have a verified re-
covery from COVID-19 within the
last six months.
Other restrictions include man-
datory mask wearing indoors un-
less a person is dancing and a venti-
lation system in closed rooms, ac-
cording to the Italian decree.
The new rules also allow movie
theaters and concert halls to oper-
ate at full capacity. Stadiums may
allow 75% capacity outdoors and
60% indoors, according to the Cor-
riere della Serra newspaper.
Also, museums are no longer re-
quired to meet social distancing
guidelines, the Council of Ministers
statement said. But people attend-
ing museums and other venues
must continue to show their health
certifications and wear masks.
Venues that violate the rules risk
closure after a second violation, the
statement said.
In the meantime, Italian officials
will continue with measures de-
signed to encourage more people to
get vaccinated.
Starting Friday and through the
end of the year, all public and pri-
vate employees working in Italy
will have to prove they have green
pass certifications. Those who
don’t face an unpaid suspension but
won’t lose their jobs, a Sept. 16
Council of Ministers statement
said.
People found to be working with-
out health certificates could be
fined up to 1,500 euros, it stated.
It’s unclear how that decree im-
pacts U.S. military installations, in-
cluding NSA Naples, Naval Air Sta-
tion Sigonella, U.S. Army Garrison
Italy in Vicenza and Aviano Air
Base.
NSA Naples officials are aware
of the decree and “will make every
effort to align with Italian policy,”
said Lt. Jamie Moroney, a base spo-
keswoman.
“NSA Naples will communicate
our way ahead on this matter in the
near future,” she said.
New COVID-19 cases in Italy
have steadily declined since the
last week of August, according to
Italian Health Ministry website da-
ta.
The ministry reported 2,938 new
cases and 41 deaths on Thursday.
There have been nearly 4.69 mil-
lion cases and 131,198 deaths in Ita-
ly since the pandemic began.
The ministry reported Friday
that 79.6% of the population 12 and
older is fully vaccinated.
Sicily, which was put into the
country’s “yellow zone” in August
after a rise in cases, will return to
the “white zone” Saturday. That
means restrictions, such as manda-
tory mask wearing outdoors if so-
cial distancing could not be main-
tained, will be lifted.
Italy reopening nightclubsas it loosens restrictions
BY ALISON BATH
Stars and Stripes
KENT HARRIS/Stars and Stripes
Italians and Americans dance the night away at a nightclub nearAviano Air Base, Italy, prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Italy isreopening discos and nightclubs on Monday.
[email protected]: @TMSWatchdog
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa —
U.S. military and health officials are
urging people to turn out for their
seasonal flu shots as bases across the
Pacific begin to offer the vaccine.
“While flu activity was historical-
ly low during the 2020-21 flu season,
we could see flu activity surge this
season, with relaxed COVID-19 mit-
igation strategies, increased travel,
and the reopening of schools and
business,” the medical director for
the National Foundation of Infec-
tious Diseases, Dr. William Schaffn-
er, said Thursday in Bethesda, Md.
The head of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, Dr.
Rochelle Walensky, speaking
alongside Schaffner, urged every-
one ages 6 months and older to get
vaccinated.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is not
over, and the risk of both flu and CO-
VID-19 circulating could put addi-
tional strain on hospitals and fron-
tline health care professionals,” she
said.
These sentiments were echoed by
officials at U.S. Naval Hospital Oki-
nawa, which began offering the flu
vaccine to hospital staff on Oct. 1 and
everyone else on a walk-in basis on
Oct. 4.
“I recommend it because it adds
greater protection as far as reduc-
tion of getting an illness or disease,”
Navy Lt. Trevor Spellman, the vac-
cination deputy officer in charge,
told Stars and Stripes during a re-
cent tour of the vaccination site. “It
impacts the workforce and man-
ning,” he said. “If someone gets sick
for a number of days, someone else
may have to cover for them.”
The hospital on Camp Foster is
accepting patients 6 months and ol-
der from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a
week through Oct. 24, said spokes-
man Joe Andes.
Other area installations already
offering the flu vaccine include Yo-
kosuka Naval Base, homeport of the
7th Fleet near Tokyo, and Osan Air
Base, headquarters for the 51st
Fighter Wing near Seoul, South Ko-
rea. At Yokosuka, patients can re-
ceive the shot at multiple locations
and times until Oct. 16. The vaccine
push ends Oct. 16, but the hospital
will accept people after that. Osan is
offering the shots at its on-base im-
munization clinic, and active-duty
troops can walk in between 7 a.m.
and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Others, ages 3 and older, can get vac-
cinated at the base gym from noon to
6p.m. Oct. 14-15.
Meanwhile, hospitals at other
bases appear to still be awaiting
their vaccine supply. Camp Hum-
phreys — the largest U.S. military
installation in South Korea — ex-
pects to start the shots next month. A
spokeswoman for the 65th Medical
Brigade, Emily Yeh, said it will in-
form the community via its Face-
book page once they are available.
The Branch Health Clinic at Marine
Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan,
has scheduled a shot drive for 1 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 3, 9, 17 and 23.
Vaccines will also be available by
appointment. Yokota Air Base —
home of U.S. Forces Japan, 5th Air
Force and the 374th Airlift Wing in
Tokyo — is still “determining the
best method to roll out the flu shot as
supply comes available,” an un-
named wing spokesman said via
Facebook Messenger.
Pacific bases offer flu shots as officials warn of tough seasonBY FRANK ANDREWS
Stars and Stripes
[email protected] Twitter: @FrankAndrrws
Monday, October 11, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 9
NATION
ATLANTA — A massive man-
hunt is underway after a young offi-
cer was shot and killed early Satur-
day outside his Georgia police sta-
tion, officials said.
Dylan Harrison, 26, was working
his first shift as a part-time officer
with the Alamo Police Department
when he was gunned down outside
the station at approximately 1 a.m.,
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
spokeswoman Natalie Ammons
said at a Saturday afternoon news
conference.
Harrison is survived by his wife
and their 6-month-old child, offi-
cials said.
A manhunt is underway for 43-
year-old Damien Anthony Fergu-
son, who goes by “Luke,” according
to the GBI. A “Blue Alert” was is-
sued for the Alamo man and a
$17,500 reward is being offered for
information leading to his capture.
Such alerts are issued when a sus-
pect accused of killing or seriously
injuring a law enforcement officer
remains at large.
“Officer Harrison was a part-
time Alamo police officer working
his first shift with the department
last night,” Ammons said, adding
that he was also a full-time Oconee
Drug Task Force agent in nearby
Dodge County.
Officials have not released any
details about what led to the deadly
shooting. Harrison had been in law
enforcement since 2018. His body is
being taken to the GBI Crime Lab
near Decatur for an autopsy.
Tributes for the slain police offi-
cer poured in on Saturday morning
as the news of Harrison’s death
spread.
“Our sincerest thoughts, prayers
and condolences to the family,
friends and co-workers of Officer
Dylan Harrison who was killed in
the line of duty last night in Alamo,”
Telfair County Sheriff Sim David-
son wrote in a Facebook post. “We
are sincerely grateful for his ser-
vice.”
Harrison was the first Alamo offi-
cer killed in the line of duty, accord-
ing to the Officer Down Memorial
Page that tracks law enforcement
deaths.
Anyone with information about
the shooting or Ferguson’s where-
abouts is asked to call the GBI at 1-
800-597-8477 or submit tips to the
agency’s website.
Georgia police officer shot and killed on his first shiftThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Foes of Texas’ strict abortion
ban are taking aim at companies
that donated money to the bill’s
sponsors, hoping consumers will
pressure corporate America to
join the fight against a surge of re-
strictions.
The television and digital ads
that began this past week by the
groups Corporate Accountability
Action and American Bridge 21st
Century, the Democratic Party’s
opposition research arm, high-
light AT&T’s contributions to
Texas Republican lawmakers.
There are plans to expand the
campaign to Florida, where a sim-
ilar abortion proposal has been in-
troduced.
Abortion rights supporters in
Texas are confronting the nation’s
strictest abortion law in one of the
most populous states, as well as a
conservative-majority U.S. Su-
preme Court and a wave of GOP
lawmakers who want their states
to be next. Democrats and their
allies on this issue are looking for
new ways to harness frustration
into leverage.
“This is a moment in our coun-
try where there is no middle
ground. You really can’t be on the
sidelines,” said Cecile Richards,
past president of Planned Parent-
hood and current co-chair of
American Bridge 21st Century.
The Texas law greatly slowed
the number of abortions, forcing
clinics to turn away hundreds of
women and leading patients to
seek the procedure in other
states, which has created growing
backlogs.
Texas had roughly two dozen
abortion clinics before the law
took effect Sept. 1. At least six
clinics resumed performing abor-
tions after six weeks of pregnancy
after a federal judge blocked the
law on Wednesday, according to
the Center for Reproductive
Rights. But late Friday, an ap-
peals court allowed the restric-
tions to resume pending further
arguments. The Biden adminis-
tration, which had sued, has until
Tuesday to respond.
The ads in Texas aim at AT&T,
which Corporate Accountability
Action found donated more than
$645,000 over the past two years
to nearly 22 lawmakers who spon-
sored the measure. The Dallas-
based telecom company also do-
nated thousands to Democratic
lawmakers.
In Florida, the group is criticiz-
ing corporations such as Walt Dis-
ney for its $262,000 in donations
to among the more than two dozen
lawmakers who sponsored pro-
posed abortion restrictions over
the past two years. NBC Univer-
sal gave $83,500 to those legisla-
tors, and some $88,000 in Texas,
CAA found.
AT&T said in a statement it
does not take a position on the is-
sue of abortion or endorse the law
known as Senate Bill 8, and gave
money to legislators on both sides.
Representatives for NBC and
Walt Disney, which have also do-
nated to Democrats at other
times, did not immediately re-
spond to email messages seeking
comment.
Texas abortion law foes target corporate donorsBY LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Associated Press
Monday’s federal holiday dedi-
cated to Christopher Columbus is
highlighting the ongoing divide be-
tween those who view the explorer
as a representative of Italian
American history and others hor-
rified by an annual tribute that ig-
nores native people whose lives
and culture were forever changed
by colonialism.
Spurred by national calls for ra-
cial equity, communities across
the United States took a deeper
look at Columbus’ legacy in recent
years — pairing or replacing it
with Indigenous Peoples Day.
On Friday, President Joe Biden
issued the first presidential proc-
lamation of “Indigenous Peoples’
Day,” the most significant boost
yet to efforts to refocus the federal
holiday celebrating Columbus.
But activists, including mem-
bers of Native American tribes,
said ending the formal holiday in
Columbus’ name has been stymied
by politicians and organizations fo-
cusing on Italian American heri-
tage.
“The opposition has tried to
paint Columbus as a benevolent
man, similar to how white suprem-
acists have painted Robert E. Lee,”
Les Begay, Diné Nation member
and co-founder of the Indigenous
Peoples’ Day Coalition of Illinois,
said, referring to the Civil War
general who led the Confederate
Army.
Columbus’ arrival began centu-
ries of exploration and coloniza-
tion by European nations, bringing
violence, disease and other suffer-
ing to native people already living
in the Western Hemisphere.
“Not honoring Indigenous peo-
ples on this day just continues to
erase our history, our contribu-
tions and the fact that we were the
first inhabitants of this country,”
Begay said.
Across the country, tension over
the two holidays has been playing
out since the early 1990s. Debates
over monuments and statues of the
Italian explorer tread similar
ground, as in Philadelphia where
the city placed a box over a Colum-
bus statue last year in the wake of
the murder of George Floyd, a
Black man, by a white Minneapolis
police officer. Protesters opposing
racial injustice and police brutali-
ty against people of color rallied for
months in summer 2020.
Philadelphia lawyer George Bo-
chetto, who has been fighting
Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney’s
administration to uncover the stat-
ue, said Saturday thatmany felt ef-
forts to remove it were an attack on
Italian American heritage.
Kenney previously signed an
executive order changing the
city’s annual Columbus Day holi-
day to Indigenous Peoples Day.
Monday will be the first city holi-
day under the new name.
“We have a mayor that’s doing
everything he can to attack the Ital-
ian American community, includ-
ing canceling its parade, removing
statues, changing the Columbus
Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples
Day by fiat,” Bochetto said.
Kenney spokesperson Kevin
Lessard said the statue should re-
main boxed up “in the best interest
and public safety of all Philadel-
phians.”
Some feel a split day causes fur-
ther harm. Activists plan a small
protest outside the Robert V. Den-
ney Federal Building, calling for
an outright end to the holiday in
Columbus’ name at all levels of
government.
“It’s patently absurd to honor In-
digenous people and the man who
tortured and murdered their an-
cestors,” said Jackson Meredith,
an organizer. “As far as we’re con-
cerned, we’re going to keep pro-
testing it until Columbus Day is
abolished.”
Legacies of Columbus, native people still at odds
TYLER LARIVIERE, CHICAGO SUNTIMES/AP
City municipal crews help guide the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park as it is removed by a cranein Chicago on Aug. 24, 2020.
Associated Press
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NATION
WASHINGTON — In the fran-
tic bid to avert a default on the na-
tion’s debt, Senate Republican
leader Mitch McConnell held a
position of unusual power — as the
one who orchestrated both the
problem and the solution.
McConnell is no longer the ma-
jority leader, but he is exerting his
minority status in convoluted and
uncharted ways, all in an effort to
stop President Joe Biden’s domes-
tic agenda and even if doing so
pushes the country toward grave
economic uncertainty.
All said, the outcome of this debt
crisis leaves zero confidence there
won’t be a next one. In fact,
McConnell engineered an end to
the standoff that ensures Con-
gress will be in the same spot in
December when funding to pay
America’s bills next runs out. That
means another potentially devas-
tating debt showdown, all as the
COVID-19 crisis lingers and the
economy struggles to recover.
The crisis has cemented
McConnell’s legacy as a master of
misdirection. He’s the architect of
the impasse and the one who re-
solved it, if only for the short term.
More battles are to come as Demo-
crats narrow Biden’s big agenda, a
now-$2 trillion expansion of
health, child care and climate
change programs, all paid for with
taxes on corporations and the
wealthy that Republicans oppose.
To some Republicans, McCon-
nell is a shrewd leader, using ev-
ery tool at his disposal to leverage
power and undermine Biden’s pri-
orities. To others, including Do-
nald Trump, he is weak, having
“caved” too soon. To Democrats,
McConnell remains an infuriating
rival who has shown again he is
willing to break one institutional
norm after another to pursue Re-
publican power.
Biden, in comments made via
video Saturday to the Democratic
National Committee’s fall meet-
ing, hinted at the damage McCon-
nell could inflict not just on that
agenda but also on the party’s
broader case to the electorate. The
president urged activists at the
virtual meeting to keep making
the case for government solutions,
even as Republicans try to under-
cut that message.
“Just as the Republican Party
today offers nothing but fear, lies
and broken promises, we have to
keep cutting through the Republi-
can fog that government is the
problem, and show that we the
people are always the solution,”
Biden said.
The debt showdown left Demo-
crats, who control Washington,
portrayed as big spenders, willing
to boost the nation’s now-$28.4
trillion debt to pay the bills. But
both parties have contributed to
that load because of past decisions
that leave the government rarely
operating in the black.
Republicans risk recrimina-
tions from all sides of their deeply
divided party. In easing off the cri-
sis, McConnell insulated his Re-
publicans from further blame, but
infuriated Trump and his allies,
who are eager to skewer the Ken-
tucky senator for giving in.
Once a routine vote to ensure
the nation’s bills are paid, raising
the debt limit has become a politi-
cal weapon, particularly for Re-
publicans, to rail against govern-
ment spending. The tea party
class of Republicans a decade ago
brought the nation to the brink of
default over the issue and set a
new GOP strategy.
In this case, McConnell made it
clear he had no demands other
than to disrupt Biden’s domestic
agenda, the now-$2 trillion pack-
age that is the president’s signa-
ture legislation but is derided by
Republicans as a “socialist tax-
and-spending spree.”
In muscling Biden’s agenda to
passage, Democrats are relying
on a complicated procedure, the
budget reconciliation process,
which allows 51 votes for approv-
al, rather than the 60 typically
needed to overcome Senate objec-
tions. In the 50-50 split Senate,
Vice President Kamala Harris
gives Democrats the majority
with her ability to cast a tiebreak-
ing vote.
The debt raising vote has rarely
been popular, and both parties
have had to do it on their own, at
times. But McConnell struck new
legislative ground trying to dictate
the terms to Democrats.
McConnell orchestrated the
way around the problem by allow-
ing the traditional vote on Thurs-
day night and even joining 10 oth-
er Republican senators in helping
Democrats reach the 60-vote
threshold needed to ease off the
crisis.
McConnell uses
debt standoff to
undermine Biden
J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, RKy., walks to the chamber for a vote Thursday at the Capitol inWashington. Senate leaders announced an agreement to extend the government’s borrowing authority intoDecember, temporarily averting a default that experts say would have decimated the economy.
Associated Press
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. —Maryland police announcedfirst-degree murder charges onSaturday against a resident of asenior living community aftertwo staff members were shot in-side the facility a day earlier.
Roy Batson, 63, remains incustody on a no-bond status,Prince George’s County policesaid in a news release.
Batson, of Capitol Heights, isaccused of killing 46-year-oldMackeda Evans, of Temple
Hills, and 46-year-old MichelleBoateng, of Capitol Heights, onFriday at the Gateway Villagesenior living community inCapitol Heights, just outside ofWashington. Batson workedand lived at the complex, policesaid.
The preliminary investiga-tion found that Batson had con-fronted Evans on Friday morn-ing about a prior dispute be-tween the two in October over aviolation notice, police said. Headmitted to going to his apart-
ment, retrieving a gun and re-turning to the first-floor officearea and shooting both victims,police said.
Gateway Village is one of 310communities in 25 states run byNational Church Residences,which describes itself as “thenation’s largest provider of af-fordable senior housing andservices.” Its website says theapartment complex about ahalf-mileeast of Washington in-cludes studio and one-bedroomunits for “seniors age 62+.”
Resident charged with killing 2at Maryland senior community
BILL O’LEARY/AP
Police respond to the scene of a shooting at a senior living communityon Friday in Capitol Heights, Md.
Associated Press
PLANTERSVILLE, Texas — A 3-year-
old Texas boy who was missing for four
days was found alive in a wooded area Sat-
urday and seemed to be in good health, au-
thorities said.
Christopher Ramirez was found follow-
ing a tip from a citizen and was being taken
to a hospital for evaluation, according to
Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell. It’s not
yet clear how the child survived after he
wandered off while playing with a family
dog in the yard of his family’s home in
southeastern Texas.
“He’s drinking lots of water, but he’s
good,” Sowell said. “He’s alive, laughing,
cutting up, crying. His mom is crying. He’s
in good shape.”
The child disappeared Wednesday after-
noon from his yard near Plantersville,
about 60 miles northwest of Houston. He
was found not far from where authorities
had been searching, Sowell said.
“Hardly no clues to go on, we were run-
ning on prayers, four-wheel drive and over-
drive to be honest with you because we had
nothing else,” Sowell said. “We had nothing
else.”
3-year-old Texas boy, missing for 4 days, is found aliveAssociated Press
Monday, October 11, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 11
AMERICAN ROUNDUP
Border agents seizedisguised gold at airport
FL FORT LAUDERDALE
— U.S. Customs and
Border Protection found nearly six
pounds of gold that was painted
black being smuggled into a Flor-
ida airport.
The undeclared gold was dis-
guised as belt buckles, bracelets
and keychains and is valued at
about $170,000, officials said. It
was found at Fort Lauderdale-Hol-
lywood International Airport.
“Gold is one of the top ten items
smuggled globally, either to evade
import duties or to launder the il-
licit profits of Transnational Crim-
inal Organizations,” Stephen Ba-
log, the agency’s acting Fort Lau-
derdale port director, said in a
news release.
The passenger with the black
painted gold was arriving from
Colombia.
State police helicoptercrash-lands, pilot injured
LA GONZALES — A Loui-
siana State Police pilot
suffered minor injuries when his
helicopter crash-landed near Ba-
ton Rouge, the agency said.
Amechanical failure apparently
forced an emergency procedure to
get the 1986 Bell 206 B-3 helicopter
to the ground, Lt. Melissa Matey
said in a news release.
She said the helicopter was sig-
nificantly damaged in the accident
at the South Louisiana Regional
Airport, which is about 15 miles
southeast of Baton Rouge in Gon-
zales.
State will streamline,extend assisted death law
CA SACRAMENTO — Cal-
ifornia will streamline
and extend its assisted death law
under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin
Newsom that reduces the time un-
til terminal patients can choose to
be given fatal drugs.
Starting Jan. 1, the waiting peri-
od required between the time a pa-
tient makes separate oral requests
for medication will drop to 48
hours, down from the current min-
imum 15 days. Earlier this year,
New Mexico also reduced its wait-
ing period to 48 hours.
The California legislation also
eliminates the requirement that
patients make a final written attes-
tation within 48 hours of taking the
medication.
City leaders unearthmementos from 1972
MS COLUMBUS— Lead-
ers of an eastern Mis-
sissippi city have opened a time
capsule that local residents buried
nearly 50 years ago in anticipation
of this year’s bicentennial celebra-
tion.
Columbus was founded in 1819
in what was considered at the time
to be Alabama. It became part of
Mississippi and was incorporated
in 1821.
The metal box with books and
other mementos was put into the
ground at Leigh Mall on Aug. 22,
1972, a year before the mall’s open-
ing, The Commercial Dispatch re-
ported.
Items pulled from the box in-
cluded water-damaged 1972 year-
books from Caldwell High School,
Lee High School and Mississippi
State College for Women, which is
now Mississippi University for
Women. The box also held a Co-
lumbus phonebook; the 1972 Sears
fall/winter catalog; the Aug. 22,
1972, edition of the newspaper; and
a large box full of photos.
Push to drop creek’sracist name gains traction
IL DEPUE — Efforts to
change the roughly 200-
year-old racist name of a creek in
northern Illinois have gained trac-
tion.
An 11-mile waterway in the De-
Pue area was named Negro Creek
after the DePue area’s first Black
settler built a cabin at the mouth of
the creek in 1829, according to the
The (Peoria) Journal Star.
Former resident Amy Urban-
owski is among those pushing for
the name change. She has received
support from the Bureau County
Board and a local NAACP branch.
She sent the details to the U.S.
Board on Geographic Names,
which approves such changes. In
the coming weeks, the agency will
consider changing the name to
Adams, the surname of the Black
pioneer. Records of a first name
haven’t been located.
“Changing the name of the creek
is important,” she said, “because
it’s good to reflect on how the
names of towns and villages are all
historically and respectively
named after people, not their
race.”
Woman sent to prison forSocial Security fraud
NC NEW BERN — A fed-
eral judge has sen-
tenced a North Carolina woman to
more than five years in prison for
using her Social Security Adminis-
tration position to direct benefits
into nine separate bank accounts
that she had access to.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in
New Bern said Stephanie Chavis,
45, of Saint Pauls, was also ordered
to pay almost $761,000 in restitu-
tion.
Prosecutors said Chavis used
her credentials as an operations
supervisor at the Fayetteville of-
fice of the Social Security Admin-
istration to access the accounts of
more than 60 people and used the
information to generate fraudu-
lent payment requests.
3 convicted in woman’sdeath cleared on DNA
WV HUNTINGTON —
Three men who were
convicted of killing a woman in
West Virginia 19 years ago were
cleared of charges in the case after
new DNA evidence was presented.
Special Prosecutor Thomas Ply-
male dismissed all charges against
brothers Philip and Nathaniel Bar-
nett and Justin Black, The Herald-
Dispatch of Huntington reported.
Deanna Crawford, 21, was found
beaten and strangled Aug. 8, 2002,
in a secluded area of Cabell Coun-
ty, but her death went unsolved.
Five years later, Brian Dement
gave police conflicting statements
implicating himself and the other
three men during an interrogation
in another case.
Black went to court in 2016 to ask
for additional DNA testing. That
testing indicated another man was
at the scene, as his DNA was found
on a cigarette butt and in semen,
but the man denied ever being to
the area where Crawford was
found.
Plymale said the man, who has
not been charged in Crawford’s
death, will likely not face prosecu-
tion.
City urged to use bottledwater due to lead risk
MI DETROIT — Michigan
urged residents of Ben-
ton Harbor to use only bottled wa-
ter for cooking and drinking, a ma-
jor shift in response to the city’s
elevated levels of lead.
The state recently said it would
distribute free water and filters in
the southwestern Michigan city.
But federal regulators now are re-
viewing how effective the filters
are in removing lead from water at
certain levels, according to the
health department.
The state said more than 15,000
cases of water will be delivered in
coming days to the predominantly
Black and mostly low income com-
munity.
She didn’t know how long it
would take. Filters so far have
been given to more than 2,600
homes, the department said.
ALAN WARREN, THE (OWENSBORO, KY.) MESSENGERINQUIRER/AP
Rex Marsh washes up a V807 Forty & Eight train vehicle on Friday morning, in front of his home in Owensboro, Ky., as he gets it ready to be inthe West Side Nut Club’s Fall Festival parade on Saturday in Evansville. The train vehicle was built in 1934 to honor World War I veterans andhas been in parades all across the country.
Getting the parade on the right track
THE CENSUS
116 The speed a Florida man was going, in miles per hour, in hisTesla before crashing into a house and being arrested and
charged with two counts of vehicular homicide. Vaughn Mongan, 43, didn’thave his car in autopilot mode when he ran a stop sign, hit an embankment,went airborne and crashed into a house, killing one of its occupants, accordingto the Florida Highway Patrol. One of the three passengers in the car also died.Mongan and two other passengers were seriously injured, the department said.Mongan was driving in a residential neighborhood in a 30 mph zone.
From The Associated Press
PAGE 12 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • Monday, October 11, 2021
WORLD
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s
president on Sunday vowed to de-
fend the island from China’s ris-
ing pressure for reunification, af-
ter a week of unprecedented ten-
sions with Beijing.
Speaking at the island’s Nation-
al Day celebrations, a rare show
of Taiwanese defense capabilities
in the annual parade underlined
Tsai Ing-wen’s promise to resist
Chinese military threats.
“We will do our utmost to pre-
vent the status quo from being
unilaterally altered,” President
Tsai said.
“We will continue to bolster our
national defense and demonstrate
our determination to defend our-
selves in order to ensure that no-
body can force Taiwan to take the
path China has laid out for us,”
the Taiwanese leader added.
China claims Taiwan as part of
its national territory although the
island has been self-ruled since it
split from the communist-ruled
mainland in 1949 after a long civil
war.
Tsai emphasized the island’s
vibrant democracy in contrast
with Beijing’s deeply authoritar-
ian, single-party Communist
state.
“The path that China has laid
out offers neither a free and dem-
ocratic way of life for Taiwan, nor
sovereignty for our 23 million
people,” Tsai said.
Surveys show Taiwanese over-
whelmingly favor their current
de facto independent state and
strongly reject unification with
China, which has vowed to bring
the island under its control, by
military force if necessary.
Tsai rarely singles out China in
her public speeches, but in this
speech acknowledged the in-
creasing tensions that Taiwan
faces as Chinese military harass-
ment intensified in the past year.
Since September of last year, Chi-
na has flown fighter jets more
than 800 times toward Taiwan.
Since last Friday, China has
sent a record-breaking number of
fighter jets toward international
airspace close to Taiwan.
The island has strengthened its
unofficial ties with countries like
Japan, Australia and the U.S. in
the face of these perceived
threats.
Following the address, Tai-
wan’s Ministry of National De-
fense showed off a range of weap-
onry including missile launchers
and armored vehicles while fight-
er jets and helicopters soared
overhead. These included a for-
mation of F-16, Indigenous De-
fense Fighters and Mirage 2000s,
which left wide white contrails in
their wake.
The show of air power was fol-
lowed by a group of CM32 tanks,
followed later by trucks carrying
missile systems.
CHIANG YINGYING/AP
Taiwan military vehicles are driven in a parade during National Day celebrations Sunday in front of thePresidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan.
Taiwan rejectsChina’s call forreunification
Associated Press
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s two
main power plants were forced to
shut down after running out of
fuel, the state electricity company
said Saturday, leaving the small
country with no government-pro-
duced power.
Lebanon is grappling with a
crippling energy crisis made
worse by its dependency on fuel
imports. Erratic power supplies
have put hospitals and essential
services in crisis mode. The Leba-
nese increasingly depend on pri-
vate operators that also struggle
to secure supplies amid an un-
precedented crash of the national
currency.
The shortage of diesel and fuel,
along with an antiquated infras-
tructure, has worsened power
cuts that have been a fixture for
years. Blackouts that used to last
for three to six hours could now
leave entire areas with no more
than two hours of state power a
day.
On Saturday, the state electric-
ity company said the Zahrani
power plant in the country’s south
was forced to shut down because
of fuel shortage; the main plant in
the north was shut down on
Thursday.
Electricite De Liban said the
shutdown reduces the total power
supply to below 270 megawatts,
which means a major drop in the
stability of the grid. It said it
would reach out to fuel facilities
in the country’s north and south to
see if they can procure enough
fuel to bring back power. It added
that a new shipment of fuel from
Iraq is expected next week.
But the company, responsible
for most of the government’s
debts, is dependent on credit from
the country’s central bank, which
is struggling with dwindling re-
serves.
The government has gradually
raised prices of fuel and diesel as
the central bank cut back on sub-
sidizing dollars for imports, add-
ing to the hardships in Lebanon,
where about three quarters of the
population has plunged into pov-
erty over the last year.
With prices soaring and unem-
ployment at a record high, many
families have given up private
generators and a few hours of
state power a day is all they get.
On Saturday, distributors of gas
canisters used for cooking and
heating stopped operating, saying
subsidy cuts amid black-market
currency fluctuations meant they
were selling at a loss.
The energy sector has been a
huge drain on state coffers for
decades.
The electricity company has
annual losses of up to $1.5 billion,
and has cost the state more than
$40 billion over the past decades.
Energy sector reforms have been
a key demand by the World Bank
and the International Monetary
Fund.
To help alleviate the crisis, Le-
banon has received fuel ship-
ments from Iran via Syria. Iraq
has also made a swap deal with
the government that has helped
Lebanon’s state electricity com-
pany stay operational for days.
The new Lebanese government
is also negotiating supplies of
electricity from Jordan and natu-
ral gas from Egypt, also through
Syria. But those deals are likely to
take months.
Lebanon’s 2 main state power plants shut down, out of fuelAssociated Press
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa-
ny — Speeding fines in Germany
are set to double next month and
punishments for other traffic vio-
lations will become tougher, with
some potentially leading to a driv-
er losing their license, govern-
ment officials and Germany’s
largest roadside assistance ser-
vice said Friday.
Under the new rules, which take
effect next month, driving just 10
kph over the limit in town will earn
a heftier fine — 30 euros, or
around $35, compared to 15 euros
now, said the German Automobile
Club, or ADAC.
Fines for driving 10 to 12 kph
over the limit in town will double
from 35 euros to 70 euros, or
around $40 to $80, and from 30 to
60 euros on the highway.
German rules allow only a mar-
gin of error of 2-3 kph — less than
2 mph — before a vehicle is con-
sidered to be speeding.
Fines for speeding on highways
and other roads outside German
city limits, which are generally
about 5-10 euros lower, are also
doubling.
Not all sections of the German
autobahn allow vehicles to travel
at unlimited speeds.
The new rules, which were
agreed to after weeks of negotia-
tions between the federal and
state governments, also call for
fines of up to 320 euros for drivers
who use the emergency lane on
highways. They could also lose
their licenses for at least a month.
German traffic rules require
drivers to pull to the left or right,
creating a lane for emergency ve-
hicles, when traffic is moving at
“walking speed” on highways or
multi-lane roads outside urban ar-
eas. The lane has to be kept free
for emergency vehicles if traffic
comes to a standstill.
The emergency lane, or Ret-
tungsgasse, is not on the shoulder,
which also has to remain free of
vehicles.
The cost of parking illegally will
also go up. Blocking another car in
for more than an hour will cost
drivers 50 euros starting in No-
vember, compared with 35 euros
currently. In Germany, parking
across from a garage or driveway
can be considered blocking some-
one else in.
Other parking violations, such
as leaving a gas or diesel car in a
spot for electric or car-share vehi-
cles, will also result in fines as
high as 50 euros, or around $65.
Speeding, illegal parking fines set to go up sharply in GermanyBY KARIN ZEITVOGEL
AND MARCUS KLOECKNER
Stars and Stripes
[email protected]: @StripesZeit
Monday, October 11, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 13
WORLD
German police confirmed Fri-day an investigation into an “al-leged sonic attack” targeting U.S.Embassy staff in Berlin, who areamong the roughly 200 cases of amysterious illness reported byU.S. diplomats and intelligence of-ficers stationed around the world.
As of August, at least two U.S.government employees based inGermany have logged symptoms
like dizziness, nausea and severeheadaches, according to numer-ous media reports. These areamong the signs of “Havana Syn-drome,” an affliction named afterthe Cuban capital where suchcases were first reported.
The U.S. Embassy in Berlincould not immediately be reachedfor comment early Saturday. AState Department spokesman de-clined to discuss specific cases but
said that various governmentagencies were “actively workingto identify the cause of these inci-dents and whether they may be at-tributed to a foreign actor” andthat the Department “is focusedon providing care for those affect-ed.”
Berlin police did not release fur-ther information about theirprobe.
Cases of Havana Syndrome
have been reported everywherefrom Russia to China to Colombiato Uzbekistan and even the UnitedStates itself. Two cases were re-ported in the Washington area,and in July, Austrian authoritiessaid they were working withAmerican officials to investigatearound 20 cases among U.S. Em-bassy staff in Vienna, reportedlythe largest hotbed outside Cuba.
Havana Syndrome encompass-
es a wide range of physical andcognitive symptoms, some as se-vere as extensive memory lapses.In the brain scans of some embas-sy staff in Cuba, tissue damage re-sembled those seen after bomb ex-plosions or car accidents.
Since its emergence five yearsago, the condition has confoundedmedical experts. Government of-ficials refer to potential cases as“anomalous health incidents.”
Germany probes possible sonic attack on US EmbassyThe Washington Post
LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE,Canary Islands — A new river of la-va belched Saturday from the LaPalma volcano, spreading more de-struction on the Atlantic Ocean is-land where more than 1,000 build-ings have already been engulfed orbadly damaged by streams of mol-ten rock.
The partial collapse of the volcan-ic cone overnight gave birth to a newlava stream that started to follow a
similar path down the Cumbre Viejaridge toward the western shore ofthe island to the ocean.
Authorities said the new lava flowis within the area that was hastilyevacuated following the Sept. 19eruption, when 6,000 residentswere forced to flee their homes andfarms.
Police let residents whose homescould now be in danger make tripsto save what they could. Trucks en-tered the exclusion zone Saturday
and left with mattresses, furnitureand other belongings.
Emergency official Miguel ÁngelMorcuende said experts wereclosely watching the delta of newland being formed off the island’scoast since the main lava flow reac-hed the sea last week. He said thatparts of it could collapse, causing ex-plosions and large waves, but thatwould not pose a danger since theimmediate area is already evacuat-ed.
DANIEL ROCA/AP
A volcano continues to spew out lava on La Palma, one of Spain’sCanary Islands, in the early hours of Sunday.
New river of lava belches from La Palmavolcano, threatens even more buildings
Associated Press
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FACES
Richard Stanton, the elite Brit-
ish cave diver who helped lead the
mission to save 12 boys and their
soccer coach from a flooded cave
in Thailand in 2018, isn’t much for
movies.
“I’ve got no interest in films,”
says Stanton. “I can’t remember
the last time I went to the cinema.”
Stanton, 60, is partial to “Apollo
13” — a good thing, since its direc-
tor, Ron Howard, is making a mo-
vie about Stanton and the other
divers who made possible the
Tham Luang cave rescue. (Viggo
Mortensen is playing Stanton.)
But Stanton has, in fact, been to
the movies lately. A lot. Within
days of its premiere at the Tellu-
ride Film Festival last month,
Stanton had seen “The Rescue,”
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and
Jimmy Chin’s riveting non-fiction
account of the underwater ordeal,
five times. At first, he says, it was
“a bit weird.”
“We were just like, ‘Well, that’s
it, then,’” says Stanton, a retired
firefighter prone to pragmatism.
“But the more I’ve seen it, the
more intricate and the more lay-
ers I’ve realized are woven togeth-
er. It’s a hugely intricate story.”
“The Rescue,” which National
Geographic opened in theaters
Oct. 8, is the fullest, most detailed
and most heart-pounding docu-
mentary portrait of just how a
global coalition — and a handful of
cave-diving hobbyists — swam 13
people to safety after they had
been stuck inside the Tham Luang
cave for 16 days. It was trying just
to find the boys, a 2½ hour dive
from the mouth of the cave, and
harder still to get them out. With
the world watching and monsoon
rains in the forecast, Stanton and
other volunteering divers swam
each out individually while they
were sedated. For any normal per-
son, the kind of diving Stanton
does for fun is too panic-inducing
to jump into while conscious.
“We love this story for the same
reasons it captured the hearts and
minds of the whole world. It’s got
all the right ingredients — an im-
possible rescue against all odds,”
says Vasarhelyi. “And it’s got
these characters.”
“The Rescue” is Vasarhelyi and
Chin’s follow-up to “Free Solo,”
their Oscar-winning documentary
about rock climber Alex Hon-
nold’s rope-less assent of Yose-
mite’s El Capitan. Their latest is
likewise a tense and charming
portrait of people with an extreme
and rare obsession. But this time,
instead of rappelling alongside
their subjects (Chin is a world-
class climber), they were assem-
bling the film after the fact and
navigating a much lower altitude.
“We wanted them to show us
how they did it, down to the small-
est detail. Those details matter to
us,” says Chin, who’s married to
Vasarhelyi, with two children.
The filmmakers went through
the decision-making process in
lengthy on-camera interviews
with Stanton and others, including
John Volanthan and Dr. Richard
Harris, an Australian diver and
anesthetist who sedated the boys.
The filmmakers also shot re-cre-
ations with the divers in Pinewood
Studios. One thing Stanton had no
interest in: Acting.
“All we said we’d do is we’d turn
up with exact equipment we had
in Thailand and do exactly what
we did there,” says Stanton.
The cave rescue was immedi-
ately followed by a rush for life
rights. National Geographic land-
ed those to the divers. Rights to the
boys’ stories, steered by the Thai
government, ended up with Net-
flix. Next year, the streamer will
release a miniseries. Howard’s
big-screen drama “Thirteen
Lives” is also due out in 2022.
The competing interests made
it, Vasarhelyi says, “a rights quag-
mire.” She and Chin wanted to
capture the full picture of the op-
eration but there were limitations
— and not just because some, like
the soccer team, couldn’t appear
on camera. They were piecing the
film together during the pandem-
ic, and it wasn’t until this spring
that Vasarhelyi was able to travel
to Thailand, visit the cave and
meet with other prominent figures
in the ordeal.
But the backbone of “The Res-
cue” is the British cave divers,
whose very particular expertise
led them to the cave. To Stanton,
the film captures for the first time
just how difficult and risky a task it
was.
“It’s not just the diving, per se.
It’s the whole thing,” says Stanton.
“And taking that massive respon-
sibility. And trying to persuade a
foreign government to do some-
thing that was, on paper, quite lu-
dicrous.”
To Vasarhelyi and Chin, “The
Rescue” represents a disparate
swath of humanity — some 5,000
were involved in the operation —
coming together for one purpose.
And how supreme dedication to
one passion can lead to something
greater.
“They’re the people you might
not think twice about or think
they’re oddballs,” says Chin. “But
in fact, they may have found the
secret. And in this film, they use it
for a very noble purpose.”
Documentingthe impossible
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/AP photos
The National Geographic documentary film “The Rescue,” chronicling the 2018 rescue of 12 Thai boysand their soccer coach, trapped deep inside a flooded cave.
‘The Rescue’ puts focus on risks, solutionsof 2018’s perilous underwater cave rescue
BY JAKE COYLE
The Associated Press
“The Rescue” shows how diver volunteers led each member of theboys soccer team and the coach out individually, while sedated.
CHARLES SYKES, INVISION/AP
Codirectors Jimmy Chin andElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi attendthe New York Premiere of “TheRescue” Oct. 5 in New York.
A lot of people aren’t laughing at Dave Chap-
pelle’s new comedy special.
The stand-up comic wrapped his new Netflix
offering, “The Closer,” by promising that he
was “done” with jokes about the queer commu-
nity, but not before a monologue of anti-trans
comments that have drawn ire and disgust.
“Gender is a fact,” Chappelle said during the
special, which hit Netflix on Oct. 5.
He also labeled himself “team TERF”
(trans-exclusionary radical feminist) and
praised “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling
for her anti-trans stance.
“In our country, you can shoot and kill a [ex-
pletive], but you better not hurt a gay person’s
feelings,” Chappelle said, specifically talking
about rapper DaBaby.
The so-called jokes drew rebuke online, in-
cluding from “Dear White People” executive
producer Jaclyn Moore, who swore not to work
with Netflix again “as long as they continue to
put out and profit from blatantly and danger-
ously transphobic content.”
GLAAD also criticized both the streaming
service and the comedian, pointing out that this
is not the first time he has made such com-
ments.
“Dave Chappelle’s brand has become syn-
onymous with ridiculing trans people and oth-
er marginalized communities,” GLAAD said
in a statement Oct. 6. “Negative reviews and
viewers loudly condemning his latest special is
a message to the industry that audiences don’t
support platforming anti-LGBTQ diatribes.
We agree.”
A spokesperson for Netflix declined to com-
ment.
Rachel Maddow undergoing
treatment for skin cancerMSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow revealed
Oct. 6 that she was diagnosed with skin cancerafter her partner noticed an odd mole.
Maddow, 48, said she and Susan Mikulawere at a baseball game “a couple months ago”when Susan pointed out that a mole on her neckhad changed.
“Long story short, Susan was right,” Mad-dow said during her show. “I went to the der-matologist ...did a biopsy, turns out it was skincancer.”
The anchor said she underwent surgery atNYU Langone on Oct. 8.
“I am going to be absolutely fine. I’m going tobe totally fine,” she said.
Maddow urged people, especially those withmoles, to get regular checks by doctors.
Chappelle slammed for anti-trans rhetoric in Netflix specialFrom wire reports
MATHIEU BITTON/Netflix
Dave Chappelle is getting a lot ofnegative reactions to his Netflixstandup routine “The Closer.”
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OPINION
Nations, like people, have reputa-
tions, and in both cases there can
be gaps between the rep and the
reality. China is known as the sage
of nations, strategically patient, thinking in
terms of centuries while the West flits about
like a toddler in a toy store. Current events are
forcing a reappraisal, however, as China ca-
reens wildly — and very dangerously — from
one bad decision to the next.
Start with the Chinese Communist Party’s
authoritarian U-turn after a generation in
which China’s gradual opening produced ex-
traordinary growth and modernization. Un-
der the power-hungry leader Xi Jinping —
who is abandoning the term limits honored by
his recent predecessors to hold the reins in-
definitely — the CCP is exerting state control
over economic activity in ways that are rat-
tling the confidence of global investors. Ag-
gressive moves to stifle the internet have
drained more than $1 trillion in value from
Chinese tech companies this year. In July, the
State Department warned U.S. businesses of a
souring commercial climate in Hong Kong
since Beijing’s crackdown there.
Domestically, the CCP is flailing to defuse
the demographic time bomb unleashed by the
party’s foolhardy decision in 1979 to limit Chi-
nese families to a single child. A preference
for boys has created a nation of bachelors,
which thwarts government efforts to reverse
the damage. Runaway health costs and de-
clining growth are the likely consequences of
an aging population.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative to create a
21st-century infrastructure for eastern trade
looks increasingly like a scheme to saddle
weaker partners with debt while keeping Chi-
na’s construction industry occupied. Mean-
while, the unmanageable domestic debt
racked up to overbuild infrastructure at home
has financial markets around the world quak-
ing.
This from a government that continues to
oppress the Buddhists of Tibet while forcing
Uyghur Muslims into concentration camps.
Fearful of losing its grip, Xi’s Communist Par-
ty has slammed the brakes on an open China
and is pulling the nation back toward tyranny.
China’s problems would be China’s prov-
ince but for one important fact. Xi appears to
be flirting with his worst decision yet, one like-
ly to cause worldwide pain, or worse. In recent
days, China has been filling the skies over Tai-
wan with warplanes, leading Taiwan’s de-
fense minister to warn that Beijing may be
preparing to exert control over the breakaway
island by force.
Defeated by the Communists in a long civil
war, the Chinese Nationalist government fled
to Taiwan in 1949, and the status of the island
has been in dispute ever since. Relatively
open and democratic, Taiwan raced ahead of
the communist mainland in its economic vi-
tality. But as China appeared to be catching
up, many observers believed that a peaceful
reunification might lie somewhere in the fu-
ture. That would be the patient strategy — to
let China grow in terms of human rights and
economic freedom, thus making Beijing’s
“one China” policy palatable.
But with Xi and the CCP swinging back in
the authoritarian direction, the prospect of a
peaceful resolution is receding, replaced by
shows of force. The United States is commit-
ted to protecting Taiwan from invasion. A
small number of U.S. military trainers have
been dispatched to improve the readiness of
Taiwan’s army, and the recent decision in
Washington to sell nuclear submarines to
Australia is a further sign of concern about
Beijing’s intentions.
The possibility of a shooting war between
the world’s leading economies over Taiwan,
so unlikely before Xi, now cannot be ignored.
Though the Chinese leader boasts of his na-
tion’s unstoppable rise, Xi’s swelling record of
poor choices suggests that he fears the future
and will act impulsively to try to change it.
This nation that supposedly thinks in centu-
ries is now issuing sweeping fiats on a seem-
ingly weekly basis. Xi is causing the world to
recalculate the risks of doing business with
such an unpredictable nation. The “narrative
of China’s inexorable rise can and should be
challenged,” analyst Logan Wright of the
Rhodium Group wrote with colleagues in
2020. “Growth in China continues to depend
upon increasingly inefficient state-led and
bank-financed investment. … China’s poten-
tial growth and productivity growth are slow-
ing. Demographic changes mean a shrinking
labor force in the coming decade, and produc-
tivity has been hampered by a financial sys-
tem that continues to keep bloated state-own-
ed enterprises and local government firms
afloat.”
Xi, 68, won’t last forever. But as long as he is
ruler, the United States and its allies must
move carefully to limit global exposure to Chi-
nese mismanagement and deploy every tool
short of war to deter rash action by China
against Taiwan. A whole new way of thinking
is required. Western policy has long been
shaped by China’s rapid ascent, but that could
be child’s play compared with confronting a
China in decline.
Think in terms of managing China’s declineBY DAVID VON DREHLE
The Washington Post
Washington Post columnist David Von Drehle is the author of“Triangle: The Fire That Changed America.”
International travel is finally starting to
recover from the COVID-19 slump.
As of August, demand for cross-bor-
der flights was still down about 69% rel-
ative to 2019 levels, according to the Interna-
tional Air Transport Association. But that
marked a notable improvement from the pri-
or month — the sixth straight, in fact. That’s
despite a wave of COVID-19 linked to the delta
variant that weighed on demand for domestic
flights in both the U.S. and China. Cross-bor-
der travel restrictions are becoming increas-
ingly manageable and coherent. That is, for
the vaccinated, as I learned on a recent trip to
France. And that’s a boon to both airlines and
aerospace manufacturers.
The approach taken by the European
Union, which has been open for international
travel since June, is a blueprint for the world.
The bloc’s member states can set their own
entry requirements, and these vary depend-
ing on the traveler’s country of origin, but in
general, people who are vaccinated don’t need
much extra paperwork. The U.S. has finally
reciprocated: Beginning in November, the
government will allow air travel by most vac-
cinated foreigners — including those from 33
previously banned countries — provided they
can present a recent negative COVID test. Un-
vaccinated international visitors will largely
be turned away from here on out. Asia is mov-
ing at a slower pace but is showing signs of pro-
gress: Singapore’s quarantine period for vis-
itors from certain countries has been short-
ened to 10 days from 14.
Despite this relaxation in rules, the percep-
tion persists that international travel is a logis-
tical nightmare best avoided. I myself was
prepared for the worst when I traveled in late
September. It was my third attempt at resche-
duling a 2020 vacation, and were it not for an
expiring hotel credit, I might have stayed
home. Even people who work in the aerospace
industry were surprised to hear I would at-
tempt a European sojourn. Would I even get
into France and, if so, what would I be allowed
to do there? But the experience turned out to
be incredibly smooth and left me optimistic
about the recovery in international travel.
To enter France as a vaccinated American,
I simply needed to show proof of having re-
ceived a full COVID-19 vaccine regimen ap-
proved by the EU and sign a health declara-
tion form. That was it. No test, no quarantine.
France requires a health pass to do just about
anything, including check into a hotel, eat in a
restaurant or go to a museum. It can be proof
of vaccination, evidence of recovery from CO-
VID-19 or negative results from a recent test.
This was my biggest source of worry, because
the EU uses a digital COVID certificate with a
scannable QR code that’s more secure and
verifiable than the cumbersome squares of
paper issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
But France set up a system for foreigners to
have their local vaccination certificates con-
verted into a European pass. The process was
clunky and a little frustrating, but it worked: I
got my digital pass the day we departed.
Health passes really are the ideal way to reo-
pen international leisure travel. I felt perfectly
comfortable doing touristy things knowing ev-
eryone around me had been screened, too.
It was ultimately easier to travel to France
than to return to the U.S. Even vaccinated
Americans need a recent negative test. The
new international protocols proposed by the
U.S. introduce yet more headaches. Foreign
visitors will have to provide phone numbers
and email addresses for contract tracing —
even though the U.S. has no national contact-
tracing system. New York City, San Francis-
co, New Orleans and other tourist destinations
require proof of vaccination for indoor activ-
ities, but the U.S. hasn’t bothered to create an
internationally compatible health pass. Are
local proprietors prepared to check foreign
vaccine records? Do they even know what
those look like?
One thing is clear: People are willing to put
up with an awful lot to visit far-flung corners of
the world — particularly if they’ve been sep-
arated from their family or business contacts
for a year and a half, or are in desperate need
of a vacation. News of the more relaxed U.S.
travel restrictions sent demand for tickets
soaring in Europe.
The doomsayers about the domestic travel
recovery turned out to be wrong. Now, inter-
national travel is set to snap back faster than
expected as well.
International travel is easier than you might thinkBY BROOKE SUTHERLAND
Bloomberg Opinion
Brooke Sutherland is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist coveringdeals and industrial companies. This column does notnecessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board orBloomberg LP and its owners.
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ACROSS
1 Thompson of
“Love Actually”
5 Enjoy Aspen
8 Russian ruler
12 Severe decline
14 Forearm bone
15 Crunchy salad
morsels
16 Two of a kind
17 Yoga pad
18 Clef type
20 Meager
23 Greet
24 Nightclub
of song
25 Soup dumplings
28 Garden tool
29 Major artery
30 Aachen article
32 Spiral seashells
34 Make over
35 Miami- — County
36 West Pointer
37 Sci-fi robots
40 Balm target
41 “It can’t be!”
42 Explosive units
47 Abound
48 Give courage to
49 Back talk
50 Fanatic
51 Wail
DOWN
1 Catchall abbr.
2 Scratch
3 “O Sole —”
4 Radcliffe
grad
5 Espy
6 Family
7 Moments
8 Elvis’ birthplace
9 Thick chunk
10 Blue dye source
11 Exceptional
13 Sports figure?
19 Broadway
star Moreno
20 Learning ctr.
21 Geezer
22 Mimic
23 Singer Lena
25 Lumberjacks,
e.g.
26 Must have
27 Faction
29 Slightly
31 “Kidding!”
33 Figures of
speech
34 With full attention
36 “Arrivederci!”
37 Pixels
38 Mother of Zeus
39 Singles
40 Pride parade
initialism
43 Ostrich’s kin
44 Prefix with meter
45 Just out
46 NBC weekend
show
Answer to Previous Puzzle
Eugene Sheffer CrosswordFra
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Dilbert
Pearls B
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SCOREBOARD
PRO FOOTBALL
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 134 44
Miami 1 3 0 .250 62 109
N.Y. Jets 1 3 0 .250 47 94
New England 1 3 0 .250 71 70
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tennessee 2 2 0 .500 95 111
Houston 1 3 0 .250 67 116
Indianapolis 1 3 0 .250 83 97
Jacksonville 0 4 0 .000 74 115
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 105 92
Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 92 75
Cleveland 3 1 0 .750 100 67
Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 67 93
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 3 1 0 .750 83 49
L.A. Chargers 3 1 0 .750 95 74
Las Vegas 3 1 0 .750 104 100
Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 134 125
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 3 1 0 .750 126 97
Washington 2 2 0 .500 101 122
N.Y. Giants 1 3 0 .250 83 95
Philadelphia 1 3 0 .250 94 106
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Carolina 3 1 0 .750 97 66
Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 122 105
New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 94 69
Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 78 128
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 3 1 0 .750 95 100
Chicago 2 2 0 .500 64 91
Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 94 92
Detroit 0 4 0 .000 81 119
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 4 0 0 1.000 140 85
L.A. Rams 4 1 0 .800 141 116
San Francisco 2 2 0 .500 107 102
Seattle 2 3 0 .400 120 126
Thursday, Oct. 7
L.A. Rams 26, Seattle 17 Sunday’s games
N.Y. Jets vs Atlanta at London, UK Denver at Pittsburgh Detroit at Minnesota Green Bay at Cincinnati Miami at Tampa Bay New England at Houston New Orleans at Washington Philadelphia at Carolina Tennessee at Jacksonville Chicago at Las Vegas Cleveland at L.A. Chargers N.Y. Giants at Dallas San Francisco at Arizona Buffalo at Kansas City
Monday’s game
Indianapolis at Baltimore Thursday’s game
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia Sunday, Oct. 17
Miami vs Jacksonville at London, UK Cincinnati at Detroit Green Bay at Chicago Houston at Indianapolis Kansas City at Washington L.A. Chargers at Baltimore L.A. Rams at N.Y. Giants Minnesota at Carolina Arizona at Cleveland Dallas at New England Las Vegas at Denver Seattle at Pittsburgh Open: N.Y. Jets, Atlanta, New Orleans,
San Francisco Monday, Oct. 18
Buffalo at Tennessee
NFL Injury ReportMONDAY
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at BALTIMORERAVENS — INDIANAPOLIS: OUT: DE KwityPaye (hamstring), T Braden Smith (foot/thumb) RB Jordan Wilkins (illness), CBRock Ya-Sin (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: SKhari Willis (ankle/groin). DNP: DE Kemo-ko Turay (ankle). LIMITED: LB Daius Leo-nafe (ankle). FULL: RB Nyheim Hines(shoulder), C Ryan Kelly (groin), QB Car-son Wentz (ankle). BALTIMORE: OUT: TRonny Stanley (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: SDeShon Elliot (quadricep), S Geno Stone(thigh), T Alejandro Villanueva (knee).DNP: DE Calais Campbell (NIR-restingplayer), OLB Pernell McPhee (NIR-restingplayer), WR Sammy Watkins (NIR-restingplayer).
SOCCER
MLS
Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 20 4 5 65 57 34
Nashville 11 3 14 47 46 26
Philadelphia 12 7 9 45 38 27
Orlando City 11 8 9 42 41 41
D.C. United 12 12 4 40 49 41
NYCFC 11 10 7 40 44 32
CF Montréal 11 10 7 40 40 37
Atlanta 10 9 9 39 37 33
New York 10 11 7 37 34 30
Columbus 9 12 7 34 32 39
Inter Miami CF 9 14 5 32 25 43
Chicago 7 16 6 27 29 46
Toronto FC 6 15 7 25 34 54
Cincinnati 4 16 8 20 29 54
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle 17 5 6 57 48 23
Sporting KC 15 6 7 52 51 31
Colorado 13 5 9 48 38 27
Portland 14 10 4 46 45 44
Real Salt Lake 11 11 6 39 45 44
LA Galaxy 11 11 6 39 39 45
Minnesota 10 9 8 38 30 32
Vancouver 9 9 10 37 35 38
LAFC 9 12 7 34 40 41
San Jose 8 11 9 33 35 44
FC Dallas 6 13 10 28 39 47
Houston 5 12 12 27 33 45
Austin FC 7 17 4 25 29 44
Note: Three points for victory, one pointfor tie.
Saturday’s games
New York 1, Miami 0 Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 1 Seattle 4, Vancouver 1
Sunday’s game
Colorado at Minnesota
NWSL
W L T Pts GF GA
Portland 12 6 2 38 31 16
Reign FC 11 7 2 35 30 19
North Carolina 9 6 5 32 26 14
Washington 8 7 6 30 24 25
Gotham FC 7 5 8 29 23 18
Chicago 8 7 5 29 22 24
Houston 8 7 5 29 27 25
Orlando 7 7 7 28 26 27
Louisville 4 12 5 17 16 37
Kansas City 2 12 5 11 10 30
Note: Three points for victory, one pointfor tie.
Saturday’s games
Gotham FC 3, Orlando 2Washington 3, Louisville 0
Sunday’s games
North Carolina at HoustonChicago at Reign FCPortland at Kansas City
DALLAS COWBOYS — Promoted FB NickRalston and TE Jeremy Sprinkle to the ac-tive roster from the practice squad.
DENVER BRONCOS — Activated CB Ro-nald Darby from injured reserve. Promot-ed WR Tyrie Cleveland to the active rosterfrom the practice squad. Placed TE AlbertOkwuegbunam on injured reserve.
DETROIT LIONS — Promoted TE ShaneZylstra to the active roster from the prac-tice squad.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed CB JaireAlexander on injured reserve. ActivatedDL Tyler Lancaster from the reserve/CO-VID-19 list. Promoted G Ben Braden andWR Equanimeous St. Brown to the activeroster from the practice squad.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed QB BrettHundley to the active roster.
HOUSTON TEXANS — Placed OT MarcusCannon on injured reserve.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Promoted KMatthew Wright to the active roster fromthe practice squad.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Activated LB Wil-lie Gray from injured reserve. Waived LBDarius Harris. Promoted DE Demone Har-ris to the active roster from the practicesquad.
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Activated CB Kei-sean Nixon and RB Jalen Richard from in-jured reserve. Placed CB Damon Arnette,TE Derek Carrier and CB Trayvon Mullen oninjured reserve.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Activated D tackleRaekwon Davis from injured reserve. Pro-moted WR Isaiah Ford and DE JabaalSheard to the active roster from the prac-tice squad.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Promoted CBTye Smith to the active roster from thepractice squad. Promoted G Dakota Dozierand CB Parry Nickerson to the active ros-ter as COVID-19 replacements. Waived WRDan Chisena.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — PromotedDB Myles Bryant, OL James Ferentz, OLAlex Redmond and OL Will Sherman to theactive roster from the practice squad.Placed OL Trent Brown on injured reserve.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed WRKenny Stills to the active roster. ReleasedDL Christian Ringo. Promoted OT JordanMills to the active roster from the practicesquad.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Promoted T KoreyCunningham to the active roster from thepractice squad. Placed OL Jonatthan Har-rison on the practice squad injured list.
NEW YORK JETS — Promoted DB Jarrod
Saturday’s transactionsBASEBALL
Major League BaseballAmerican League
TEXAS RANGERS — Announced RHPMike Foltynewicz elected free agency af-ter clearing outright waivers. Sent RHPsHunter Wood and OF Jason Martin out-right to Round Rock (Triple-A West).
National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Named
Mike Fetters bullpen coach, Dave McKayfirst base coach, Tony Perezchica thirdbase coach and Luis Ureta promoted tonew role on the staff. Chris Cron coach,Robby Hammock quality control & catch-ing coach, Matt Herges pitching coach,Drew Hedman co-hitting coach and RickShort co-hitting coach will not return tothe Major League coaching staff.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Fired third basecoach Joey Cora.
BASKETBALLGOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Waived G
Langston Galloway.FOOTBALL
National Football LeagueARIZONA CARDINALS — Promoted OL
Danny Isidora and TE Ross Travis to the ac-tive roster from the practice squad. Pro-moted CB Jace Whittaker to the active ros-ter as a COVID-19 replacement.
ATLANTA FALCONS — Activated CB Ken-dall Sheffield from injured reserve.Waived TE Parker Hesse. Promoted WR Ju-wan Green and CB Chris Williamson to theactive roster from the practice squad.
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Taron John-son to a three-year contract extensionthrough 2024.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Promoted RBRodney Smith and S Kenny Robinson tothe active roster from the practice squad.
CHICAGO BEARS — Placed RB DavidMontgomery on injured reserve. Activa-ted LB Danny Trevathan from injured re-serve. Promoted RB Ryan Nall to the activeroster from the practice squad.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Activated S Ri-cardo Allen to the active roster from in-jured reserve. Placed G Xavier Su’a-Filo oninjured reserve.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Activated LBAnthony Walker from injured reserve.Signed DE Joe Jackson to the practicesquad and promoted him to the active ros-ter. Promoted S Jovanted Moffat to the ac-tive roster from the practice squad.
Wilson and TE Kenny Yeboah to the activeroster from the practice squad. ActivatedLB Blake Cashman from injured reserve.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Promoted OTLe’Raven Clark to the active roster as aCOVID-19 replacement.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed WR Co-dy White to the active roster. Promoted SKarl Joseph to the active roster from thepractice squad. Released G Rashaad Cow-ard.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Place TE Ge-orge Kittle on injured reserve. Signed WRTravis Benjamin to the active roster. Pro-moted TE Tanner Hudson and QB NateSudfeld to the active roster from the prac-tice squad.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — ActivatedLB Cam Gill from injured reserve. Promot-ed TE Codey McElroy and CB Rashard Rob-inson to the active roster from the prac-tice squad.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Activated WRMarcus Johnson from injured reserve.Signed OLB John Simon to the active rosterfrom the practice squad. Promoted DL Ca-raun Reid and DB Jamal Carter to the ac-tive roster from the practice squad.Waived OLB Sharif Finch.
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Pro-moted WR Antonio Grandy-Golden to theactive roster from the practice squad.
HOCKEYNational Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Released CJustin Scott and LW Tristan Mllin. As-signed C Tyler Sikura, RW Carson Meyer,LW BrendanGaunce, Cs Josh Dunne andTyler Anle to Cleveland (AHL).
DALLAS STARS — Loaned D AndreasBorgman to Texas (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned F DanRenouf, F Jonatan Berggren and D LukeWitkowski to Grand Rapids (AHL).
MINNESOTA WILD — Assigned Fs AdamBeckman and Marco Rossi and Ds CalenAddison to the Iowa (AHL). Recalled G An-drew Hammond from Iowa.
NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled F GregMcKegg from Hartford (AHL).
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Assigned DJuuso Riikola and C Michael Chaput toWilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Signed F James Nealto a one-year contract. Assigned G ColtenEllis, F Dakota Joshua and D Scott Perunov-ich to Springfield (AHL).
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Assigned RWWilliam Lockwood and C Carson Focht toAbbotsford (AHL).
DEALS
Drive For The Cure 250Saturday
At Charlotte Motor Speedway RoadCourse
Concord, N.C.Lap length: 2.28 miles
(Start position in parentheses)1. (14) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 68
laps, 135.5 rating, 49 points.2. (1) Austin Cindric, Ford, 68, 124.4, 35.3. (3) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, 68, 120.4, 54.4. (5) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 68, 112.1,
48.5. (6) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 68, 94.2, 42.6. (10) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 68, 91.2,
46.7. (37) Preston Pardus, Chevrolet, 68,
79.3, 30.8. (13) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 68, 76.0,
37.9. (2) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 68, 79.0,
28.10. (15) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 68, 94.8,
28.11. (17) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 68, 77.5,
26.12. (11) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 68,
75.8, 32.13. (7) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 68, 75.8, 28.14. (20) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 68, 84.2,
23.15. (8) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 68, 78.0,
29.16. (19) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, 68, 64.2,
21.17. (35) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 68,
65.7, 20.18. (40) Austin Hill, Toyota, 68, 77.2, 0.19. (23) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 68, 56.7, 18.20. (32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 68,
62.0, 17.21. (12) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 68, 96.5, 26.22. (16) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 68,
55.7, 15.23. (24) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, 68,
56.5, 14.24. (36) Stefan Parsons, Chevrolet, 68,
46.0, 13.25. (28) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, 68, 81.8,
12.26. (25) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 68, 71.3, 11.27. (4) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 68,
66.2, 10.28. (30) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, 67, 36.0, 9.29. (29) Will Rodgers, Toyota, 67, 68.0, 8.30. (26) Matt Mills, Toyota, 67, 35.0, 7.31. (33) Spencer Boyd, Ford, 67, 35.0, 0.32. (18) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 66, 51.2, 5.33. (21) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet,
accident, 63, 56.7, 4.34. (9) Riley Herbst, Ford, suspension, 61,
77.5, 7.35. (34) Loris Hezemans, Ford, electrical,
59, 38.3, 2.36. (27) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, axle, 47,
53.0, 1.37. (22) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, acci-
dent, 30, 26.2, 1.38. (31) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, accident,
28, 47.8, 1.39. (38) Kris Wright, Chevrolet, suspen-
sion, 19, 28.3, 0.40. (39) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, rear-
gear, 10, 24.3, 1.Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 74.4mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 14 sec-onds.
Margin of Victory: 3.192 seconds.Caution Flags: 7 for 13 laps.Lead Changes: 6 among 5 drivers.Lap Leaders: A.Cindric 0-7; D.Hemric 8-
20; N.Gragson 21; A.Cindric 22-36; D.Hem-ric 37-40; T.Gibbs 41-47; A.Allmendinger48-68
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led,Laps Led): A.Cindric, 2 times for 22 laps;A.Allmendinger, 1 time for 21 laps; D.Hem-ric, 2 times for 17 laps; T.Gibbs, 1 time for 7laps; N.Gragson, 1 time for 1 lap.
Wins: A.Allmendinger, 5; A.Cindric, 5;T.Gibbs, 3; J.Allgaier, 2; N.Gragson, 2; J.Ber-ry, 2; J.Haley, 1; J.Burton, 1; M.Snider, 1;B.Brown, 1.
Top 16 in Points: 1. A.Allmendinger, 3050;2. A.Cindric, 3044; 3. J.Allgaier, 3021; 4.N.Gragson, 3017; 5. D.Hemric, 3016; 6. J.Ha-ley, 3015; 7. H.Burton, 3008; 8. B.Jones, 3003;9. J.Burton, 862; 10. J.Clements, 668; 11.R.Herbst, 660; 12. M.Snider, 657; 13.T.Gibbs, 589; 14. B.Brown, 574; 15. R.Sieg,557; 16. M.Annett, 534.
NASCAR Driver Rating Formula
The formula combines the following cat-egories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes,Average Running Position While on LeadLap, Average Speed Under Green, FastestLap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.
AUTO RACING
GOLF
Shriners Children's OpenPGA Tour
SaturdayAt TPC Summerlin
Las VegasPurse: $7 Million
Yardage: 7,255; Par: 71Third Round
Adam Schenk 64-65-66—195 -18 Matthew Wolff 64-67-65—196 -17 Andrew Putnam 67-64-66—197 -16 Sam Burns 66-63-68—197 -16 Chad Ramey 63-65-69—197 -16 Sungjae Im 63-65-70—198 -15 Harry Hall 66-65-68—199 -14 Adam Hadwin 67-64-68—199 -14 Lanto Griffin 72-64-64—200 -13
Cognizant Founders CupLPGA Tour
SaturdayAt Mountain Ridge Country Club
West Caldwell, N.J.Purse: $3 million
Yardage: 6,612; Par: 71
Third RoundJin Young Ko 63-68-69—200 -13Elizabeth Szokol 68-71-65—204 -9 Yuka Saso 67-70-67—204 -9 Lindsey Weaver 68-67-69—204 -9 So Yeon Ryu 67-66-71—204 -9
Constellation Furyk & FriendsPGA Tour Champions
SaturdayAt Timuquana Country Club
Jacksonville, Fla.Purse: $2 million
Yardage: 6,949; Par: 72Second Round
Phil Mickelson 66-67—133 -11Miguel Angel Jiménez 70-65—135 -9Steve Flesch 69-66—135 -9 Matt Gogel 66-69—135 -9
PRO BASKETBALL
WNBA Playoffs
(x-if necessary)Finals
(Best-of-5)No. 6 Chicago, No. 5 Phoenix
Sunday's game: Chicago at Phoenix Wednesday's game: Chicago at Phoenix Friday's game: Phoenix at Chicago x-Sunday, Oct 17: Phoenix at Chicago x-Tuesday, Oct. 19: Chicago at Phoenix
BNP Paribas Open
SaturdayAt Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Indian Wells, Calif.Purse: $8,359,455
Surface: Hardcourt outdoorMen’s SinglesRound of 64
Reilly Opelka (16), United States, def. Ta-ro Daniel, Japan, 7-5, 6-3.
Hubert Hurkacz (8), Poland, def. AlexeiPopyrin, Australia, 6-1, 7-5.
Diego Schwartzman (11), Argentina, def.Maxime Cressy, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
Daniel Evans (18), Britain, def. Kei Nishi-kori, Japan, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. Se-bastian Korda (32), United States, 6-0, 6-4.
Roberto Bautista Agut (15), Spain, def.Guido Pella, Argentina, 7-5, 6-3.
Casper Ruud (6), Norway, def. RobertoCarballes Baena, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.
Denis Shapovalov (9), Canada, def. Va-sek Pospisil, Canada, 3-0, ret.
Cameron Norrie (21), Britain, def. Ten-nys Sandgren, United States, 6-4, 5-7, 6-0.
Grigor Dimitrov (23), Bulgaria, def. Da-niel Altmaier, Germany, 6-4, 6-2.
Tommy Paul, United States, def. Dusan
Lajovic (28), Serbia, 6-2, 6-3.Aslan Karatsev (19), Russia, def. Salva-
tore Caruso, Italy, 6-0, 6-2.Lloyd Harris (26), South Africa, def. Ale-
jandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, 6-3, 6-3.Daniil Medvedev (1), Russia, def. Mack-
enzie McDonald, United States, 6-4, 6-2.Filip Krajinovic (27), Serbia, def. Marcos
Giron, United States, 7-6 (2), 7-5.Andrey Rublev (4), Russia, def. Carlos
Taberner, Spain, 6-3, 6-4.Women’s Singles
Round of 64Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, def. Garbine
Muguruza (5), Spain, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.Ons Jabeur (12), Tunisia, def. Anastasija
Sevastova, Latvia, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3.Tamara Zidansek (26), Slovenia, def.
Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, def. Sara Sor-
ribes Tormo (28), Spain, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.Karolina Pliskova (1), Czech Republic,
def. Magdalena Frech, Poland, 7-5, 6-2.Amanda Anisimova, United States, def.
Camila Giorgi (30), Italy, 6-4, 6-1.Anett Kontaveit (18), Estonia, def. Marti-
na Trevisan, Italy, 6-3, 5-2, ret.Barbora Krejcikova (3), Czech Republic,
def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.Coco Gauff (15), United States, def. Car-
oline Garcia, France, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1.
Paula Badosa (21), Spain, def. DayanaYastremska, Ukraine, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
Danielle Collins (22), United States, def.Lauren Davis, United States, 6-1, ret.
Daria Kasatkina (20), Russia, def. AstraSharma, Australia, 3-4, ret.
Angelique Kerber (10), Germany, def.Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-1,6-7 (4), 7-5.
Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, def. Ma-ria Sakkari (6), Greece, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil, def. MayarSherif, Egypt, 6-3, 6-0.
Bianca Andreescu (16), Canada, def. Ali-son Riske, United States, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2.
TENNIS
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday’s scoresEAST
Alfred 24, Hartwick 21Alfred St. 35, SUNY Maritime 20Amherst 17, Middlebury 10Bates 33, Tufts 10Bentley 26, Pace 0Bethany (WV) 28, Thiel 7Bridgewater (Mass.) 49, Worcester St. 13Brown 31, Colgate 10California (Pa.) 38, Gannon 17Carnegie Mellon 34, Westminster (Pa.) 10Castleton 21, Dean 13Catholic 30, WPI 7Charleston (WV) 20, Glenville St. 9College of NJ 14, Montclair St. 9Columbia 22, CCSU 20Concord 20, West Liberty 16Cortland 31, Brockport 10Dartmouth 24, Yale 17, OTDelaware St. 56, Va. Lynchburg 6Delaware Valley 48, Kings (Pa.) 15Duquesne 39, Bryant 34East Stroudsburg 27, Millersville 7Elon 33, Maine 23Endicott 45, W. New England 21FDU-Florham 33, Lebanon Valley 27, 2OTFordham 56, Wagner 7Framingham St. 35, Fitchburg St. 0Gallaudet 34, Keystone 14Grove City 56, Geneva 7Harvard 24, Cornell 10Husson 21, Curry 14Indiana (Pa.) 58, Clarion 21Ithaca 37, Rochester 14Kean 24, Rowan 17Kutztown 34, Bloomsburg 7Lafayette 27, Bucknell 0Lycoming 44, Misericordia 16Marist 34, Stetson 3Marshall 20, Old Dominion 13, OTMass.-Dartmouth 26, Mass. Maritime 10Merchant Marine 49, Norwich 14Michigan St. 31, Rutgers 13New Haven 56, St. Anselm 7Penn 20, Lehigh 0Plymouth St. 16, W. Connecticut 13Princeton 31, Monmouth (NJ) 28RPI 24, Buffalo St. 16Rhode Island 22, Delaware 15Robert Morris 31, Charleston Southern 24SMU 31, Navy 24Sacred Heart 20, Merrimack 10Salve Regina 48, New England 6Seton Hill 19, Mercyhurst 17Shepherd 75, Lock Haven 21Shippensburg 34, West Chester 18Slippery Rock 49, Edinboro 13Springfield 60, Coast Guard 0St. Francis (Pa.) 55, LIU Brooklyn 10St. John Fisher 28, Morrisville St. 23Stonehill 25, American International 0Towson 21, Stony Brook 14Trinity (Conn.) 34, Hamilton 7Umass 27, Uconn 13Union (NY) 37, St. Lawrence 7W. Virginia St. 38, WV Wesleyan 3Wake Forest 40, Syracuse 37, OTWash. & Jefferson 63, St. Vincent 22Wesleyan (Conn.) 38, Bowdoin 35Widener 37, Alvernia 7Wilkes 31, Albright 28William Paterson 48, Christopher New-
port 28Williams 42, Colby 0
SOUTH
Alabama St. 35, Ark.-Pine Bluff 15Albany St. (Ga.) 30, Edward Waters 0Alcorn St. 24, Grambling St. 20Benedict 24, Miles 21Berry 49, Millsaps 21Birmingham Southern 43, Hendrix 6Bowie St. 14, Chowan 3Brevard 31, Maryville (Tenn.) 0Campbell 42, Gardner-Webb 28Catawba 33, Carson-Newman 27Clark Atlanta 21, Allen 12E. Kentucky 30, Abilene Christian 15ETSU 48, The Citadel 21Fayetteville St. 15, Shaw 12Ferrum 14, Bridgewater (Va.) 10Florida 42, Vanderbilt 0Florida A&M 30, SC State 7Florida St. 35, North Carolina 25Fort Valley St. 35, Central St. (Ohio) 14Furman 42, Wofford 20Georgia 34, Auburn 10Georgia St. 55, Louisiana-Monroe 21Georgia Tech 31, Duke 27Huntingdon 48, S. Virginia 20Jackson St. 61, Alabama A&M 15Jacksonville St. 28, Stephen F. Austin 24Kennesaw St. 34, Hampton 15Kentucky 42, LSU 21
Lenoir-Rhyne 38, Tusculum 31Liberty 41, Middle Tennessee 13Livingstone 21, St. Augustines 7MVSU 20, Bethune-Cookman 14Mars Hill 40, Barton 32Mercer 34, W. Carolina 24Methodist 34, Lagrange 17Mississippi 52, Arkansas 51Morehead St. 38, Presbyterian 30Morehouse 31, Tuskegee 15NC A&T 38, North Alabama 34NC Wesleyan 21, Greensboro 0Newberry 37, Virginia-Wise 14Notre Dame 32, Virginia Tech 29Randolph Macon 34, Emory & Henry 31Rhodes 55, Sewanee 13SE Louisiana 58, Nicholls 48SE Missouri 30, Austin Peay 14Savannah St. 39, Erskine 6Shenandoah 52, Guilford 25Tennessee 45, South Carolina 20Tennessee Tech 27, NC Central 16Texas Southern 35, Southern U. 31Troy 27, Georgia Southern 24UAB 31, FAU 14UCF 20, East Carolina 16UNC-Pembroke 34, Wheeling Jesuit 28UT Martin 48, Murray St. 24UTEP 26, Southern Miss. 13UTSA 52, W. Kentucky 46VMI 37, Chattanooga 34, OTValdosta St. 55, Delta St. 0Villanova 28, James Madison 27Virginia 34, Louisville 33Virginia St. 35, Elizabeth City St. 7Virginia Union 32, Lincoln (Pa.) 0Washington & Lee 42, Apprentice 13West Alabama 44, Shorter 7West Florida 52, North Greenville 10West Georgia 40, Mississippi College 21William & Mary 31, Albany (NY) 24Wingate 35, Limestone 17Winston-Salem 26, Johnson C. Smith 12
MIDWEST
Adrian 21, Albion 7Akron 35, Bowling Green 20Alma 28, Kalamazoo 3Augustana (SD) 37, Upper Iowa 20Ball St. 45, W. Michigan 20Bemidji St. 42, Concordia (St.P.) 14Benedictine (Ill.) 54, Lakeland 40Bethel (Minn. ) 49, Hamline 7Bluffton 32, Anderson (Ind.) 20Carroll (Wis.) 34, North Park 26Cent. Michigan 30, Ohio 27Cent. Missouri 45, Emporia St. 38Central 55, Coe 21Concordia (Moor.) 34, Macalester 27Concordia (Wis.) 41, Eureka 32Cornell (Iowa) 35, Lawrence 24Davenport 18, N. Michigan 13Dayton 28, Drake 10DePauw 17, Wittenberg 14Dubuque 31, Nebraska Wesleyan 14E. Michigan 13, Miami (Ohio) 12Elmhurst 28, Millikin 7Findlay 31, Kentucky Wesleyan 19Grand Valley St. 70, Northwood (Mich.) 9Greenville 35, Northwestern (Minn.) 23Gustavus Adolphus 72, St. Scholastica 7Heidelberg 44, Marietta 21Hillsdale 20, Walsh 3Indiana St. 37, W. Illinois 27
Indianapolis 57, McKendree 28Iowa 23, Penn St. 20John Carroll 38, Capital 7Kent St. 48, Buffalo 38Knox 42, Beloit 0Lake Forest 48, Illinois College 13Lindenwood (Mo.) 33, Quincy 28Manchester 22, Defiance 0Martin Luther 35, Crown (Minn.) 18Michigan 32, Nebraska 29Michigan Tech 30, Wayne St. (Mich.) 27Minn. Duluth 31, Mary 27Minn. St. (Moorhead) 29, Minot St. 17Minn.-Morris 41, Finlandia 20Missouri 48, North Texas 35Missouri Southern 52, Lincoln (Mo.) 32Monmouth (Ill.) 40, Chicago 37Mount St. Joseph 28, Franklin 14Mount Union 63, Wilmington (Ohio) 0N. Dakota St. 34, N. Iowa 20N. Illinois 22, Toledo 20NW Missouri St. 20, Pittsburg St. 19Neb.-Kearney 35, Missouri Western 14North Central 64, Carthage 13Northern St. 52, Winona St. 49Notre Dame (Ohio) 23, Frostburg St. 21Ohio Dominican 34, Ashland 24Ohio St. 66, Maryland 17Ohio Wesleyan 34, Hiram 17Ripon 52, Grinnell 8Rockford 35, Concordia (Ill.) 13Rose Hulman 31, Hanover 21S. Illinois 42, S. Dakota St. 41, OTS.D. Mines 42, Fort Lewis 7SW Baptist 55, William Jewell 10San Diego 52, Butler 21Simpson 68, Luther 34Sioux Falls 35, SW Minnesota 7South Dakota 20, North Dakota 13St. John’s (Minn.) 50, Augsburg 0St. Norbert 68, Wis. Lutheran 0St. Olaf 23, Carleton 14St. Thomas (Minn.) 20, Valparaiso 13Tiffin 35, Lake Erie 17Trine 35, Olivet 14Truman St. 38, Missouri S&T 21Wabash 49, Oberlin 20Wartburg 58, Loras 21Washburn 23, Fort Hays St. 20, OTWashington (Mo.) 38, Ill. Wesleyan 22Wayne St. (Neb.) 35, Minnesota St. 24Wheaton (Ill.) 45, Augustana (Ill.) 0Wis.-La Crosse 30, Wis.-Oshkosh 21Wis.-River Falls 56, Wis.-Stevens Pt 20Wis.-Stout 38, Wis.-Eau Claire 34Wis.-Whitewater 65, Wis.-Platteville 21Wisconsin 24, Illinois 0Youngstown St. 41, Missouri St. 33
SOUTHWEST
Ark.-Monticello 42, NW Oklahoma 23Arkansas Tech 38, Oklahoma Baptist 35Baylor 45, West Virginia 20Harding 49, S. Nazarene 10Henderson St. 59, East Central 24Midwestern St. 30, Texas A&M Kings. 13Northwestern St. 21, Houston Baptist 17Oklahoma 55, Texas 48Ouachita Baptist 30, SW Oklahoma 10SE Oklahoma 38, S. Arkansas 24Saginaw Valley St. 20, Texas A&M Com-
merce 17, OTSam Houston St. 41, Lamar 7TCU 52, Texas Tech 31Texas A&M 41, Alabama 38Texas State 33, South Alabama 31, 4OTTrinity (Texas) 27, Centre 7Tulsa 35, Memphis 29
FAR WEST
Air Force 24, Wyoming 14Boise St. 26, BYU 17CSU-Pueblo 42, Chadron St. 17Cent. Washington 45, W. Oregon 14Chapman 57, Whittier 14Colorado Mesa 49, Adams St. 14Colorado Mines 41, Black Hills St. 20Colorado St. 32, San Jose St. 14E. Washington 63, N. Colorado 17George Fox 44, Willamette 14Idaho 42, Portland St. 35Idaho St. 27, UC Davis 17Linfield 42, Whitworth 7Montana 31, Dixie St. 14Montana St. 45, Cal Poly 7Nevada 55, New Mexico St. 28Pacific (Ore.) 69, Puget Sound 6Pacific Lutheran 38, Lewis & Clark 37Redlands 51, La Verne 7Sacramento St. 41, S. Utah 20San Diego St. 31, New Mexico 7UCLA 34, Arizona 16Utah 42, Southern Cal 26Washington St. 31, Oregon St. 24West Texas A&M 31, Angelo St. 15Western St. (Col.) 45, N.M. Highlands 38
Scoreboard
MATT GENTRY/AP
Notre Dame kicker JonathanDoerer, right, and Jay Bramblettcelebrate the winning field goalSaturday at Virginia Tech.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The last
thing No. 24 SMU needed was to fall
too far behind against a methodical
Navy team.
The moment the Mustangs
seemed like they might be in trou-
ble, Bryan Massey turned the game
around with a kickoff return for a
touchdown.
“I thought that gave us a little bit of
momentum back,” SMU coach Son-
ny Dykes said. “The thing I was most
proud of our guys about doing, they
just kept their head down, never
looked at the scoreboard. We talk to
them all the time about doing that.”
Tanner Mordecai threw for 324
yards and two touchdowns, and the
Mustangs rallied from a 14-point
second-quarter deficit to beat the
Midshipmen 31-24 on Saturday.
Massey’s return began the come-
back, and SMU’s defense held firm
for most of the second half.
The Mustangs (6-0, 2-0 AAC) had
the game tied by halftime and went
up 31-24 on a 22-yard TD pass from
Mordecai to Jordan Kerley with 8:19
remaining. Navy then turned the
ball over on downs twice.
“That was heartbreaking for our
young men and the program to play
the 24th-ranked team here and be
up 21-7,” Midshipmen coach Ken
Niumatalolo said. “We were feeling
pretty good about where we were.”
Mordecai threw a 66-yarder to
Reggie Roberson on fourth-and-1 to
open the scoring, but Navy (1-4, 1-2)
answered with the next 21 points.
Chance Warren tied the game
with a 23-yard scoring run, then Tai
Lavatai threw the first touchdown
pass of the season for the Midship-
men, 37 yards to Kai Puailoa-Rojas
on a flea-flicker.
Two turnovers in the second
quarter helped Navy. Mordecai was
intercepted in the end zone to stop a
scoring threat, and Diego Fagot re-
turned a fumble 20 yards for a touch-
down and a 21-7 lead.
The Midshipmen never had a
chance to get comfortable, though.
After Massey's return, Tre Siggers
scored on a 2-yard run to tie it with
1:54 left in the half.
Air Force 24, Wyoming 14:Brad
Roberts had 33 carries for 140 yards
and a touchdown to lead the host Fal-
cons.
Haaziq Daniels finished 7-for-10
passing for 110 yards, including a 13-
yard touchdown to Micah Davis that
gave Air Force (5-1, 2-1 Mountain
West) the lead for good at 21-14 with
5:46 left in the third quarter.
JULIO CORTEZ/AP
SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai threw for 324 yards and twotouchdowns to help rally the Mustangs past Navy on Saturday.
ACADEMIES
Navy stalls, can’tfinish upset of SMU
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Big 12 (Oklahoma-Texas) and
Southeastern Conference (Arkan-
sas-Mississippi), and a top-five
slugest (Penn State-Iowa) in the
Big Ten.
At night, No. 14 Notre Dame and
No. 9 Michigan needed late field
goals to win from behind before
Texas A&M topped them all with a
stunning upset.
Over the last two weeks, 10
teams ranked in the top 15 have
lost, including seven in the top 10.
A 2021 season that so many fans
feared would be long march to the
same old, same old, with super
teams turning the College Foot-
ball Playoff race into a foregone
conclusion, has now gone full tilt.
Defending national champion
Alabama succumbed to a shaky
defense and an offense that mis-
fired at the most inopportune
times. And the Tide was taken
down by a backup quarterback.
A&M’s Zach Calzada came in to
the game with five touchdown
passes and four interceptions
since taking over for the injured
Haynes King in Week 2, and then
threw three TDs with one pick
against ’Bama.
All shook upToss the Tide on the pile of title
contenders whose championship
hopes have already taken a hit. A
playoff without Alabama, Ohio
State and Clemson is a very real
possibility.
When the new AP college foot-
ball poll comes out on Sunday, the
top three could very well look like
this:
No. 1 Georgia
No. 2 Iowa
No. 3 Cincinnati.
Depth chargeAt a time when quarterback
depth has never been harder to ac-
cumulate in college football, sev-
eral of the biggest games of Week
6 were decided by backups signal-
callers.
No. 6 Oklahoma remained un-
beaten behind freshman Caleb
Williams, who rallied the Sooners
from three scores down in the sec-
ond half against No. 21 Texas.
The highest-scoring game be-
tween the Red River rivals might
have birthed a new star and rele-
gated preseason Heisman Trophy
hopeful Spencer Rattler to second
string.
In Iowa City, No. 4 Penn State
controlled the first half against the
third-ranked Hawkeyes, but lost
quarterback Sean Clifford to an
undisclosed injury for the entire
second half and couldn’t hold on
without him.
Notre Dame started Jack Coan,
switched to Tyler Buchner, and
then went back to Coan after
Buchner was hurt to rally for a win
at Virginia Tech.
And, of course, Calzada, who led
two late scoring drives against
Alabama.
Oklahoma’s saga seems like
something we have never seen be-
fore in college football.
Rattler came into the season as
the presumptive Heisman favor-
ite, a prospective first-round NFL
draft pick and one of the most
marketable players in the country
in this first season that college ath-
letes can be paid endorsers.
Last month, the third-year
sophomore was given two cars by
a local dealership as part of a deal
for use of his name, image and
likeness.
Rattler has cashed in off the
field, but been only solid on it.
Coming into the Saturday, he was
completing 76% of his passes, with
10 touchdowns and four intercep-
tions.
Rattler looked rattled against
the Longhorns as Texas raced out
to a 21-point first-quarter lead.
Williams is the five-star recruit
from Washington D.C., who OU
fans were chanting for a few
weeks ago as the offense sputtered
in a low-scoring home victory over
West Virginia.
More of a dual-threat, Williams
has been used to supplement OU’s
offense, which has lacked explo-
sive plays with Rattler.
Williams broke a 66-yard touch-
down run the first half and then
coach Lincoln Riley turned over
the offense to him in the second
half.
With Williams, the offense sud-
denly looked like recent units led
by Heisman winners Baker May-
field and Kyler Murray that put up
video-game numbers.
Williams passed for 212 yards.
He was spectacular at times and
looked a little like a freshman in
the biggest game of his life at other
times.
But Rattler wasn’t done for the
day. He came in on a 2-point con-
version halfway through the
fourth quarter and connected with
Drake Stoops to make it 41-all.
“I had confidence in both of my
guys or I wouldn’t have put Caleb
in the game for long stretches and
I wouldn’t have put Spencer in on
the most important play of the
game,” Riley said.
It appears Riley has a quarter-
back controversy on his hands for
the first time in his career. After
the game, he declined to commit to
a starter next week against TCU.
He also declined to let Williams
do a quick postgame interview
with ESPN sideline reporter Holly
Rowe. Riley’s policy is freshman
don’t speak to the media, which
seems even more silly in the day
and age of NIL.
Having a quarterback capable
of coming off the bench to win a
game is becoming more rare in
college football. Experienced
players tend to transfer out, look-
ing for playing time and leaving a
lot of teams with backups that
leave a lot to be desired.
Not everyone is as lucky as Ok-
lahoma to have a player as good as
Williams, who can make up for not
knowing exactly what he is doing
by being one of the most talented
players on the field.
That was the case for Penn
State. The Nittany Lions lost back-
up Will Levis to the transfer portal
in the offseason. He is now the
starter at Kentucky.
Penn State coach James Fran-
klin tried to find a graduate trans-
fer to fill out a thin depth chart, but
was left with Ta’Quan Roberson
behind Clifford.
Roberson is a 5-foot-11 sopho-
more who was a borderline four-
star prospect out of high school.
Maybe in another setting, and not
on the road against one of the best
defenses in the country, Roberson
could have managed the situation.
Against the Hawkeyes, the Nit-
tany Lions could barely get a snap
off cleanly and managed only
three points in the second half.
“We didn’t have an issue with
the crowd noise until we lost
Sean,” Penn State coach James
Franklin said.
Offense continues to be a grind
for Iowa, but the Hawkeyes are
unbeaten with nothing but Big
Ten West opponents left on the
schedule. If you haven’t noticed,
outside of Iowa, there is not a ton
to get excited about in the Big Ten
West.
While Oklahoma deciphers
which quarterback to play, Penn
State will hope an open week fol-
lowed by a trip to Illinois will be
enough to get Clifford back to full
health.
Games against No. 7 Ohio State,
No. 9 Michigan and No. 11 Michi-
gan State loom. With Clifford, the
Nittany Lions are still Big Ten
contenders.
Without him ... maybe they
could make a trade for Rattler?
Around the countryNow that Alabama’s record
winning streak against unranked
teams is over, the longest active
streak belongs to Notre Dame at
36. ... Another chance for a break-
through victory slipped away
from Nebraska against No. 9 Mi-
chigan. Scott Frost’s team is unde-
niably better than it has been, but
he is 0-10 against ranked teams in
four seasons at his alma mater ...
There has been a lot of justifiable
love for Texas’ Bijan Robinson,
but Michigan State’s Kenneth
Walker III is probably the top
Heisman contender among run-
ning backs right now. Walker had
233 yards, including a school-re-
cord 94-yard run, as the Spartans
improved to 6-0 against Rutgers.
... Among second-year coaches,
only Michigan State’s Mel Tucker
has done a better job of turning
around a team than Baylor’s Dave
Aranda. The Bears pounded West
Virginia to improve to 5-1. ... En-
couraging sign for Tennessee in
Year 1 under coach Josh Heupel:
The Volunteers (4-2) have scored
at least 40 points in back-to-back
SEC games for the first time since
2016. .. We can put away all the
“What if BYU goes unbeaten?”
conversations after four turnovers
against Boise State. ... Most disap-
pointing team in the country? How
about preseason No. 10 North Car-
olina? Tar Heels coach Mack
Brown is now 0-11 against Florida
State. ... On the other end of the
ACC, No. 19 Wake Forest beat Sy-
racuse in overtime to improved to
6-0 for the first time since 1944.
Tilt: Tidejust latesthigh-rankedteam to fallFROM PAGE 24
JEFFREY MCWHORTER/AP
Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams (13) puts on the Golden Hat after coming off the bench to lead the Sooners to a 5448 win over Texas atthe Cotton Bowl, Saturday, in Dallas. The freshman may have forced a quarterback controversy upon head coach Lincoln Riley with his play.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas —
Seth Small made a 28-yard field
goal as time expired and Texas
A&M shocked top-ranked Alaba-
ma 41-38 on Saturday night to end
the Crimson Tide’s winning streak
at 19 games.
Defending national champion
Alabama (5-1, 2-1 Southeastern
Conference) had scored 21
straight points — capped by a TD
reception and two-point conver-
sion grab by Jameson Williams —
to take a 38-31 lead with five min-
utes to go.
The Aggies (4-2, 1-2) tied it at 38
when Zach Calzada connected
with Ainias Smith for a 25-yard
touchdown strike with three min-
utes left. Calzada was hit as he
threw the strike and had to be
helped off the field but returned
for the next drive after a visit to the
medical tent.
Calzada returned after Texas
A&M forced a punt to orchestrate
the winning drive, highlighted by a
17-yard pass to Isaiah Spiller be-
fore Small finished it off to send
fans streaming onto the field to cel-
ebrate.
“I’m proud of our guys,” Aggies
coach Jimbo Fisher said. “We
made plays at critical times.”
Calzada threw for 285 yards and
three touchdowns, as the former
backup played like a star. Devon
Achane returned a kickoff 96
yards for a TD in the third quarter
and A&M’s defense got after Bryce
Young all night.
“This is a great win,” Achane
said. “It shows us that we’re capa-
ble of doing great things.”
Smith finished with 85 yards re-
ceiving and two scores and Jalen
Wydermyer had 73 yards receiv-
ing and a TD to help the Aggies to
what certainly is their biggest win
since Fisher took over in 2018.
The Crimson Tide hadn’t lost
since falling 48-45 to Auburn on
Nov. 30, 2019.
“Everyone needs to remember
how they feel and not forget it,”
Alabama coach Nick Saban said.
It’s the first time Saban has lost
to one of his assistants after enter-
ing the game a perfect 24-0 in those
games. He’d beaten Fisher four
times, the most of any of his former
staffers before the former Florida
State coach finally ended the
streak on his 56th birthday.
“It doesn’t mean anything to
me,” Fisher said about ending the
former assistants streak. “Our
football team is learning to play
against other great football teams
and have success. That’s what
matters to me.”
Texas A&M entered the season
ranked sixth and gunning for Ala-
bama after the Crimson Tide
handed them their only loss last
season. But by last week it looked
as if this would be a lost season for
the Aggies after consecutive de-
feats by Arkansas and Mississippi
State sent them tumbling out of the
Top 25.
But instead of falling into a big-
ger hole this week, they pulled off
the upset to snap an eight-game
skid against Alabama. It’s their
first win in the series since Johnny
Manziel’s spectacular perform-
ance led them to a 29-24 win in
2012 on the road when the Crimson
Tide was also ranked first.
“We had a couple of tough weeks
... (but) you’re defined by how you
respond to adversity,” Fisher said.
SAM CRAFT/AP
Running back Isaiah Spiller dives for a touchdown in Texas A&M’s4138 upset Saturday of No. 1 Alabama in College Station, Texas.
Texas A&M stunsNo. 1 Alabama onlast-second kick
BY KRISTIE RIEKEN
Associated Press 100Alabama’s winning streak againstunranked teams that was snappedSaturday by Texas A&M. The CrimsonTide’s last loss to an unranked teamwas Nov. 17, 2007, when it fell to ULMonroe in Nick Saban’s first season ascoach at Alabama.
SOURCES: Associated Press, sports-reference.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa was
in victory formation and the emo-
tion was about to spill over as dusk
settled over Kinnick Stadium.
Spencer Petras took the last
snap, took a knee and took off, ap-
parently thinking he could get off
the field before the students and
other fans pouring out of the seats
could catch him Saturday.
He barely made it to midfield.
That’s where he and his teammates
were swarmed and the mosh pit
formed on the Hawkeyes logo to
celebrate the No. 3 Hawkeyes’
hard-earned 23-20 victory over
fourth-ranked Penn State.
“It’s a pretty special place when
the lights go on and the sun goes
down,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz
said.
Petras threw a 44-yard touch-
down pass to Nico Ragaini to com-
plete the Hawkeyes’ comeback
from a two-touchdown deficit, all
accomplished while the Nittany Li-
ons’ offense did next to nothing af-
ter quarterback Sean Clifford was
knocked out of the game.
Iowa (6-0, 3-0) took control of the
Big Ten West with its 12th straight
victory and thrust itself into the
College Football Playoff conversa-
tion.
“This was like the biggest of the
big-time, which was pretty awe-
some,” Ragaini said. “You don’t get
moments like this every day, taking
advantage of the opportunity. It
was a mentally draining game for
sure, and physically draining.
“On the sideline, I was so emo-
tionally drained that I almost
teared up out there because we
care about each other so much. We
all want each other to succeed.”
An hour after the game, Ferentz
choked up as he reflected on his
players’ locker room celebration.
“It’s fun,” he said, pausing.
“That’s what they’re supposed to
do.”
Penn State (5-1, 2-1) lost for the
first time in 10 games and headed
back to Happy Valley with a list of
injuries that could make its path
through the rest of the season diffi-
cult.
“It’s just a bump in the road,”
Nittany Lions defensive end Ar-
nole Ebiketie said. “We have to get
better.”
The Hawkeyes managed to
come back in the biggest game at
Kinnick Stadium since then-No. 1
Iowa beat then-No. 2 Michigan in
1985.
MATTHEW PUTNEY/AP
Iowa wide receiver Desmond Hutson celebrates with fans on the field after Iowa beat Penn State 2320Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa. It was the Hawkeyes’ 12th consecutive victory.
Hawkeye hoopla: No. 3 Iowaslips past No. 4 Penn State
BY ERIC OLSON
Associated Press
OXFORD, Miss. — Matt Corral promised it would
be different this time against No. 13 Arkansas.
The Mississippi quarterback, who threw six inter-
ceptions last year against the Razorbacks, delivered,
leading the Rebels to a wild victory that was sealed by
the defense.
Sam Williams and Tavius Robinson pressured Ar-
kansas quarterback KJ Jefferson on a potential
game-winning two-point conversion and No. 17 Mis-
sissippi held on 52-51 Saturday after allowing a touch-
down on the final play of regulation.
Arkansas (4-2, 1-2 SEC) scored on a 9-yard pass
from Jefferson to Warren Thompson as time expired
to pull within a point and decided to go for the win.
Jefferson rolled right and under extended pressure
from Williams and Robinson, overthrew Treylon
Burks in the end zone.
“However it works, it’s a win,” Rebels coach Lane
Kiffin said. “Obviously, it’s a huge play at the end. Of-
fensively, we did well. I’ve been in games like this be-
fore and it’s a lot better when you win.”
Ole Miss (4-1, 1-1) took the lead with 1:07 remaining
as Corral threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to Braylon
Sanders, accompanied by a soaring clipboard flip by a
trailing Kiffin, racing down the home sideline.
The Razorbacks answered with a 9-play, 75-yard
touchdown drive to set up the decisive two-point play.
“We had three options on the two-point play,” Ar-
kansas coach Sam Pittman said. “We could pitch, pass
or run and we felt confident. They made the play.”
The frantic final two minutes capped an over-
whelming offensive performance by both teams with
1,287 total yards and 14 touchdowns.
Corral accounted for four touchdowns, two on runs
of 5 and 7 yards and was 14-for-21 for 287 yards pass-
ing.
No. 17 Mississippi edges No. 13 ArkansasBY CHRIS BURROWS
Associated Press
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BOXING/NFL
LAS VEGAS — After three
fights featuring nine combined
knockdowns and a wealth of unfor-
gettable moments, Tyson Fury fi-
nally ended his epic heavyweight
rivalry with Deontay Wilder with
one last valedictory punch.
Fury got up from the canvas
twice in the fourth round and even-
tually stopped Wilder with a dev-
astating right hand in the 11th
round, retaining his WBC title Sat-
urday night in the thrilling conclu-
sion to a superlative boxing trilogy.
Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) finished
Wilder for the second straight time
in their three bouts, but only after a
back-and-forth event featuring
five combined knockdowns and
several apparent moments of im-
minent defeat for both men. Wil-
der ultimately ended up facedown
on the canvas at 1:10 of the 11th
round after a chopping right hook
fired from high in the air by the 6-
foot-9 Fury.
“It was a great fight,” said Fury,
the sport’s lineal heavyweight
champion and a former unified
world champ. “It was worthy of
any trilogy in the history of the
sport. He’s a top fighter, and he
gave me a real (test) tonight.”
Wilder (42-2-1) was knocked
down in the third round and ap-
peared to be on his way out, but he
improbably rallied to knock down
Fury twice in the final minutes of
the fourth. The British champion
was profoundly shaken, but he also
gathered himself and fought on.
“He caught me twice in the
fourth round, but I was never
thinking, ‘Oh, this is over,’ ” Fury
said. “He shook me, put me down,
but that’s boxing, and that’s life as
well. It’s not how many times you
get knocked down. You’ve got to
keep fighting and keep moving for-
ward.”
Fury knocked down Wilder
again with a concussive right hand
midway through the 10th, but Wil-
der recovered and even stunned
Fury in the final seconds of the
round.
Fury persevered — and after the
referee jumped in to wave it off in
the 11th, Fury climbed onto the
ropes in weary celebration before
afrenzied crowd of 15,820 at T-Mo-
bile Arena on the south end of the
Las Vegas Strip.
Fury then broke into a rendition
of “Walking in Memphis,” in keep-
ing with his post-fight tradition of
serenading his crowds.
“I haven’t seen the actual knock-
out tonight, but I felt it,” Fury said.
“I hit him with a solid, crunching
right hook to the temple, and shots
like that, they end careers. He defi-
nitely took some punishment, so
we’ll see what he can do in the fu-
ture.”
Wilder absorbed enormous pun-
ishment and appeared to be phys-
ically drained for much of the bout,
but the veteran American champ
showed his toughness while still
throwing power shots on weary
legs. Fury landed 150 total punches
to Wilder’s 72, with Fury connect-
ing 52 times in the final three
rounds alone.
The fight likely concluded one of
the most memorable rivalries in
recent boxing history — a trilogy
defined by two remarkable dis-
plays of pugilistic tenacity. Fury
said the rivalry is “done now, done
for good.”
Any three-fight series is a rarity
in the fractured modern sport, but
Fury and Wilder brought out the
best in each other through a rivalry
spanning nearly three calendar
years.
They met first in late 2018 in
downtown Los Angeles, where
Wilder knocked down Fury twice
in the late rounds of an excellent
fight otherwise controlled by Fury.
The second knockdown in the 12th
round left Fury flat on his back and
motionless while Wilder celebrat-
ed, but Fury improbably rose and
reached the bell in a bout judged a
split draw.
The second fight was in Las Ve-
gas in February 2020, and Fury’s
dominance was much clearer. The
British champ battered Wilder un-
til the seventh round, when Wil-
der’s corner threw in the towel on a
one-sided victory and Fury
claimed Wilder’s WBC belt.
In this climactic third meeting,
Wilder was somehow even tougher
— and he repeatedly came close to
beating Fury, a superior techni-
cian.
Fury appeared to be in control
until late in the fourth, when Wil-
der landed a powerful right hand
squarely to the top of Fury’s head.
Fury staggered and eventually fell
to the canvas, only to get up and
then be put down again moments
later amid the crowd’s stunned
roars.
Fury survived the round, and
both fighters landed damaging
shots without a knockdown in the
fifth and sixth. Fury hurt Wilder in
the seventh with a series of punch-
es that sent Wilder sprawling back
against the ropes.
Another damaging right hand
from Fury swept Wilder’s legs out
from under him in the 10th, but
Wilder finished the round, even
hurting Fury late.
It ended with one more right
hand from close range. Wilder re-
ached for the ropes on his way
down, but landed facedown with
his eyes glassy.
Fury stops Wilder in 11thin heavyweight thriller
CHASE STEVENS/AP
Tyson Fury, of England, knocks down Deontay Wilder in aheavyweight championship boxing match Saturday in Las Vegas.
BY GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press “It was worthy ofany trilogy in thehistory of thesport. He’s a topfighter, and hegave me a real(test) tonight.”
Tyson Fury
Heavyweight champ
LONDON — Matt Ryan threw for 342
yards and two touchdowns and the Atlanta
Falcons held on and closed out the New
York Jets in a 27-20 victory Sunday in the
NFL’s return to London.
The Falcons (2-3) built a 20-3 halftime
lead and eventually grounded out the victo-
ry despite allowing the Jets to stick around
by losing two fumbles.
But Zach Wilson and New York had trou-
ble moving the ball, which has been the sto-
ry of the season for the rookie quarterback.
He finished 19-for-32 for 192 yards and no
touchdowns with one interception.
Atlanta rookie tight end Kyle Pitts, taken
two spots after Wilson at No. 4 overall in the
draft, had his best game with nine recep-
tions for 119 yards and his first touchdown.
Ryan completed 33 of 45 passes with no
interceptions.
The Jets (1-4) battled back in the second
half with rushing TDs from Ty Johnson and
Michael Carter, but couldn’t pull off the
comeback.
Carter’s 2-yard run and Jamison Crowd-
er’s catch on the 2-point conversion
trimmed the Falcons’ lead to 20-17 with 6:55
remaining.
The team then finally found the dagger
drive it has been missing, driving 75 yards
on nine plays, ending with Mike Davis’ 3-
yard run. On second-and-goal, Davis took
the handoff, spun and got a collective push
from his offensive linemen to get into the
end zone to extend the lead to 27-17 with
2:19 to play.
The scoring drive included a 39-yard re-
ception by Pitts, followed by Olamide Zac-
cheaus’ 15-yard catch and dive for a first
down to New York 24 on third-and-13.
Matt Ammendola’s 49-yard field goal
made it 27-20, but the Jets’ onside kick was
recovered by receiver Olamide Zaccheaus
— sealing Atlanta’s victory.
Cordarrelle Patterson continued doing a
little of everything for the Falcons. The run-
ning back/wide receiver/kick returner had
seven receptions for 60 yards and ran for 54
yards on 14 carries.
After Patterson’s 17-yard reception to the
Jets 2 in the first quarter, Atlanta got a mis-
match with defensive end John Franklin-
Myers covering Pitts on first-and-goal.
Ryan hit Pitts near the back right corner of
the end zone to make it 10-0.
London stallingLondon hasn’t been kind to rookie quar-
terbacks. With Wilson’s loss, they are 0-5 in
the English capital since the NFL started
staging regular-season games here in 2007.
It was the second London game for both
teams, but their first at Tottenham.
The NFL will hold another game at Tot-
tenham next Sunday when the Jacksonville
Jaguars face the Miami Dolphins.
Ryan, Pitts lead Falcons past JetsBY KEN MAGUIRE
Associated Press
ALASTAIR GRANT/AP
Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts, left, iscongratulated by Lee Smith after catchinghis first touchdown pass on Sunday.
Monday, October 11, 2021 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • PAGE 23
MLB PLAYOFFS
WILD CARD
American LeagueBoston 6, New York 2
National LeagueLos Angeles 3, St. Louis 1
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-five)x-if necessary
American LeagueTampa Bay 1, Boston 1
Thursday: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 0Friday: Boston 14, Tampa Bay 6Sunday: at BostonMonday: at Boston AFN-Sports, 1 a.m.
Tuesday CET; 8 a.m. Tuesday JKTx-Wednesday: at Tampa Bay AFN-
Sports, 11 p.m. Wednesday CET; 6 a.m.Thursday JKT
Houston 2, Chicago 0Thursday: Houston 6, Chicago 1Friday: Houston 9, Chicago 4Sunday: at Chicago x-Monday: at Chicago AFN-Sports 10
p.m. Monday CET; 5 a.m. Tuesday JKTx-Wednesday: at Houston AFN-Sports 4
a.m. Thursday CET; 11 a.m. Thursday JKT
National LeagueSan Francisco 1, Los Angeles 1
Friday: San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 0Saturday: Los Angeles 9, San Francisco 2Monday: at Los Angeles AFN-Sports 4
a.m. Tuesday; 11 a.m. Tuesday JKTTuesday: at Los Angeles AFN-Sports 3
a.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m. Wednesday JKTx-Thursday: at San Francisco AFN-
Sports 3 a.m. Friday; 10 a.m. Friday JKT
Milwaukee 1, Atlanta 1Friday: Milwaukee 2, Atlanta 1Saturday: Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 0Monday: at Atlanta AFN-Sports 7 p.m.
Monday; 2 a.m. Tuesday JKTTuesday: at Atlanta AFN Sports 11 p.m.
Tuesday; 6 a.m. Wednesday JKTx-Thursday: at Milwaukee AFN Sports 11
p.m. Thursday; 6 a.m. Friday JKT
ScoreboardMILWAUKEE — Max Fried
says his strategy in pressure situa-
tions is to avoid making too much
of the moment.
The approach that worked so
well for the Atlanta Braves left-
hander in the regular season also
is paying dividends in the playoffs.
Fried pitched six sharp innings
and Atlanta’s bullpen held on after
manager Brian Snitker’s quick
hook, sending the Braves over the
Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 Saturday
to tie their NL Division Series at a
game apiece.
The best-of-five series heads to
Atlanta for Game 3 on Monday.
“He was phenomenal — all you
could ask for,” said the Braves’
Austin Riley, who homered in the
sixth inning. “He came out,
pounded the zone. He’s been do-
ing that since the All-Star break.”
Once Fried was pulled, it got
more dicey for Atlanta.
The Brewers brought the tying
run to the plate against the Braves
bullpen in each of the last three in-
nings but couldn’t get a key hit.
They couldn’t do much of any-
thing against Fried, who has al-
lowed just one earned run over 29
innings in his last four starts.
Fried struck out nine, gave up
three hits and didn’t walk any-
body. Milwaukee didn’t get a run-
ner in scoring position until Willy
Adames hit a two-out double in the
sixth, and Fried responded by
striking out Eduardo Escobar.
“He’s just a really good pitcher,
executing a lot of pitches,” Brew-
ers manager Craig Counsell said.
“It spells a tough night for the of-
fense.”
Fried went 7-0 with a 1.46 ERA
over his last 11 regular-season
starts while pitching his best down
the stretch.
He produced arguably Atlanta’s
biggest pitching performance of
the regular season Sept. 25. The
Braves had lost to San Diego earli-
er that day in the resumption of a
suspended game. Hours later,
Fried threw a three-hit shutout to
stabilize the team’s division lead.
Fried delivered again Saturday
as Atlanta bounced back from a
2-1 loss in Game 1.
“You just try to focus and real-
ize that this is the same game
we’ve been playing all year,”
Fried said. “The stakes might be a
little bit higher, but you go out
there and make the pitch that
you’re supposed to make, that’s
going to trump all.”
MORRY GASH/AP
Braves pitcher Max Fried struck out nine and gave up three hits andno runs through six innings in Atlanta’s win Saturday in Milwaukee.
Fried helps Bravesblank Brewers, geteven in NLDS series
BY STEVE MEGARGEE
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — With some
mighty swings, solid pitching and
defensive gems that have defined
the Dodgers’ success the past dec-
ade, the defending World Series
champions are headed home in
prime playoff position having
grabbed momentum away from
the division-winning Giants.
Fittingly, this NL Division Se-
ries between rivals has become a
back-and-forth fight.
Julio Urías shut down San Fran-
cisco and contributed an RBI sin-
gle for his cause, Cody Bellinger
and AJ Pollock delivered two-run
doubles to break it open in the
sixth, and Los Angeles pounded
the Giants 9-2 on Saturday night to
even the series between baseball’s
two winningest teams at one game
apiece.
Dodgers manager Dave Ro-
berts declared earlier in the day,
“We’re going to play this game es-
sentially like a do or die,” and the
reigning champs did just that by
continuing to add on all game, in-
cluding Will Smith’s leadoff
homer in the eighth.
Now, NL West runner-up Los
Angeles — second place despite
106 wins to San Francisco’s 107 —
is going to Chavez Ravine with a
chance to ride this win and hand
ace Max Scherzer the ball next.
“It’s a good feeling,” Roberts
said. “It’s interesting how the nar-
rative changes from game to
game. Right now, it’s a three-game
series, we have home-field advan-
tage and we have Max on the
mound. I like where we’re at.”
The best-of-five set shifts to
Dodger Stadium for Game 3 on
Monday night all square, hardly a
surprise considering how close
these clubs played for months.
The Giants edged Los Angeles for
the division on the final day and
took the season series 10-9 but
were outscored overall 80-78.
“It’s great to win one on the
road,” Dodgers star Mookie Betts
said. “Julio pitched a great game.
Any type of atmosphere like this,
he’s going to come ready to pitch.”
Urías hit an RBI single in the
second to give Los Angeles the
lead, and Betts followed with a
run-scoring single.
And those “Let’s go, Giants!”
chants were suddenly competing
against the fired-up Los Angeles
faithful’s “Let’s go, Dodgers!” in a
boisterous, largely orange sellout
crowd of 42,275.
“It was exciting to get the team
going, I think they fed off that,”
Urías said through an interpreter.
San Francisco answered right
back in the bottom half when
Urías walked Wilmer Flores lead-
ing off and gave up Brandon
Crawford’s single. Flores ad-
vanced on Evan Longoria’s deep
flyball to center and scored on a
sacrifice fly by Donovan Solano.
Urías hardly looked rattled.
Leading up to his start, the 25-
year-old lefty stressed how facing
these Giants would take an im-
mense focus — and the 20-game
winner sure looked the part from
first pitch in outdueling San Fran-
cisco All-Star right-hander Kevin
Gausman.
Urías went unbeaten in his final
17 regular-season starts since
June 21, going 11-0 during that
stretch that included a Sept. 4 vic-
tory here at raucous Oracle Park.
He struck out five and walked one
over five innings Saturday, giving
up one run on three hits.
“I’ve never seen him not having
his stuff. He always has it,” Giants
infielder Wilmer Flores said.
PHOTOS BY JOHN HEFTI/AP
Above: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Will Smith, right, is congratulated by third base coach Dino Ebel afterhitting an eighthinning home run in a 92 win against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday in San Francisco. Below: Julio Urías had an RBI single and allowed three hits and one run in five innings to get the win.
Artful Dodger: Urías hits,pitches team past GiantsLos Angeles evens NLDS series at 1-1 with 9-2 win
BY JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
PAGE 24 • S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S • Monday, October 11, 2021
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The last time the No. 1 team in the countrylost to an unranked team was 2008.
The last time Alabama lost to an un-ranked team was 2007.
Texas A&M snapped both those streaks andbrought true chaos to this college football sea-son.
The Aggies dragged a two-game losing streakinto Kyle Field on Saturday night, looking likeone of the most disappointing teams in the coun-try.
Then Texas A&Mbeat the mightyCrimson Tide, scor-ing almost as manypoints in a walk-offvictory (41) as the Ag-gies had in three pre-vious games (42)against Power Fiveopponents.
“We knew the last two weeks that we didn’tplay to the best of our ability,” A&M defensiveback Antonio Johnson told reporters. “We knewthis week was an opportunity.”
A&M’s upset, the biggest victory ofJimbo Fisher’s tenure inCollege Station and thefirst over Nick Saban byone of his former assist-ants in 25 tries, capped yetanother thrilling Saturday in aseason that is trying hard to make upfor the pandemic-plagued mess of 2020.
Saturday afternoon featured back-and-forthoffensive outburst between ranked teams in the
Full tiltWith Texas A&M’s upset of Alabama, a season manyexpected to be more of the same has gone sideways
BY RALPH D. RUSSO
Associated Press
SEE TILT ON PAGE 20
TOP 25 TAKEAWAYS
Texas A&M lineman Tyree Johnson and defensive backLeon O’Neal Jr. (9) celebrate Johnson’s sack of Alabamaquarterback Bryce Young on Saturday in College Station,Texas. The Aggies beat the topranked Crimson Tide4138 on a lastsecond field goal by Seth Small.
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“We knew thisweek was anopportunity.”
Antonio Johnson
Texas A&M defensive back
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